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PREFACE. 


their  occurrence  ;  but  it  will  be  manifestly  unfair  to  make  tbcm  the  test  of  merit, 
or  thence  to  pronounce  a  judgment  on  the  accuracy  of  the  whole.  I  may  add 
that  the  greatest  care  has  been  taken  to  render  the  references  and  quotations 
accurate,  and  whenever  it  was  practicable,  they  have  been  collated  in  type  with 
the  originals.  The  great  importance  of  accurate  references  will  be  fully  appre- 
ciated by  the  student  who  has  experienced  the  inconvenience  of  the  many 
inaccurate  ones  in  the  works  of  Nnres,  GifFord,  and  others. 

The  numerous  quotations  I  have  given  from  early  maauscripta  will  generally  be 
found  to  be  literal  copies  from  the  originals,  without  any  attempt  at  remedying 
the  grammatical  errors  of  the  scribes,  so  frequent  in  manuscripts  of  the  fifteenth 
century.  The  terminal  contractions  were  then,  in  fact,  rapidly  vanishing  as  part 
of  the  grammatical  construction  of  our  language,  and  the  representative  of  the 
vowel  terminations  of  the  Anglo-Saxon  was  lost  before  the  end  of  that  century. 
It  is  only  within  the  last  few  years  that  this  subject  has  been  considered  by  our 
editors,  and  it  is  much  to  be  regretted  that  the  texts  of  Ritson,  Weber,  and 
others  are  therefore  not  always  to  be  depended  upon.  For  this  reason  I  have 
had  recourse  in  some  cases  to  the  original  manuscripts  in  preference  to  using 
the  printed  texts,  but,  generally,  the  quotations  from  manuscripts  have  been 
taken  from  pieces  not  yet  published.  Some  few  have  been  printed  during  the 
time  this  work  lias  been  in  the  press,  a  period  of  more  than  two  years. 

In  ascertaining  the  meaning  of  those  early  English  words,  which  have  been  either 
improperly  explained  or  have  escaped  the  notice  of  our  glossariats,  I  have  chiefly 
had  recourse  to  those  grand  sources  of  the  language,  Anglo-Saxon  and  Anglo- 
Norman.  It  appeared  to  mc  to  be  sufficient  in  such  cases  to  indicate  the  imme- 
diate source  of  the  word  without  referring  to  the  original  root,  discarding  in 
fact  etymological  research,  except  when  it  was  necessary  to  develop  the  right 
explanation.  Etymological  disquisitions  on  provincial  words  have  also  been 
considered  unnecessary ;  but  in  some  few  instances,  where  there  existed  no  rea- 
sonable doubt,  the  root  has  been  mentioned. 

In  explaining  terms  and  phrases  of  the  Elizabethan  era,  I  have  had  the 
advantage  not  enjoyed  in  preparing  tliat  part  of  the  work  which  relates  to  the 
earlier  period,  of  referring  to  the  labours  of  a  predecessor  in  the  same  task.  The 
Glossary  of  Archdeacon  Nares  has  here  necessarily  in  some  respects  been  my 
guide,  generally  a  fsitlifol  one  as  far  as  his  explanations  arc  concerned,  but  still 
very  imperfect  as  a  general  glossary  to  the  writers  of  that  age.  I  have  attempted 
to  supply  his  deficicncica  by  more  than  trebling  his  collection  of  words  and 
pluTMes,  but  my  plan  did  not  permit  mc  to  imitate  his  prolixity,  and  I  have  there- 
fore frequently  stated  resulta  without  explaining  the  reasoning  or  giving  the 
reading  which  led  to  them.  Nares'  Glossary  is  however,  notwithstanding  its 
imperfections,  a  work  of  great  merit,  and  distinguished  by  the  clearness  and 


PREFACE, 


I 


discrimination  with  which  the  collections  of  the  Shakespearian  commentaton 
are  arranged  and  discussed.  To  find  him  occasionally  in  error  merely  illustrates 
the  impossibility  of  perfection  in  philological  studies. 

Having  had  in  view  the  wants  of  readers  unskilled  in  early  English  rather 
than  the  hterary  entertainment  of  professed  students,  I  have  admitted  numerous 
forms  the  etymologist  will  properly  regard  corrupt,  and  wljich  might  easily  have 
been  reduced  to  their  original  sources.  I  may  have  carried  the  system  too  far, 
but  to  have  excluded  corruptions  would  certainly  have  rendered  the  work  less 
generally  useful ;  and  it  is  not  to  be  presumed  that  every  one  who  consults  a 
manual  of  this  kind  will  despise  the  assistance  thus  afforded.  There  are,  too, 
many  comiptions  the  sources  of  which  are  not  readily  perceivable  even  by  the 
most  experienced. 

So  many  archaisms  are  undoubtedly  still  preserved  by  our  rural  population, 
that  it  was  thought  the  incorporation  of  a  glossary  of  provincialisms  would 
render  the  work  a  more  useful  guide  than  one  restricted  to  known  archaisms. 
When  Ray  in  16/4  published  the  first  collection  of  English  localisms,  he  gives 
three  reasons  for  having  undertaken  the  task  :  "  First,  because  I  knew  not  of 
anything  that  hath  been  already  done  in  this  kind  ;  second,  because  I  conceive 
they  may  be  of  some  use  to  them  who  shall  have  occasion  to  travel  the  Northern 
coimties,  in  helping  them  to  understand  the  common  language  there ;  third, 
because  they  may  also  afford  some  diversion  to  the  curious,  and  give  them  occa- 
sion of  making  many  considerable  remarks."  It  is  remarkable  that  Ray  seems 
to  have  been  unacquainted  with  the  real  value  of  provincial  words,  and  most  of 
bis  successors  appear  to  have  collected  without  the  only  sufficient  reason  for  pre- 
serving them,  the  important  assistance  they  continually  afford  in  glossing  the 
works  of  our  early  writers. 

Observations  on  our  provincial  dialects  as  they  now  exist  wiU  be  found  in  the 
following  pages,  but  under  the  firm  conviction  that  the  history  of  provincialisms 
is  of  far  inferior  importance  to  the  illustration  they  afford  of  our  early  language, 
I  have  not  entered  at  length  into  a  discussion  of  the  former  subject.  I  have 
spared  no  pains  to  collect  provincial  words  from  all  parts  of  the  country,  and 
have  been  assisted  by  numerous  correspondents,  whose  communications  are  care- 
fully acknowledged  under  the  several  counties  to  which  they  refer.  These  com- 
munications have  enabled  me  to  add  a  vast  qviautity  of  words  which  had  escoped 
the  notice  of  all  the  compilers  of  provincial  glossaries,  but  their  arraugeraeut 
added  immeasurably  to  the  labour.  No  one  who  has  not  tried  the  experiment 
can  rightly  estimate  the  trouble  of  arranging  long  lists  of  words,  and  separating 
mere  dialectical  forms. 

The  contributors  of  provincial  words  are  elsewhere  thanked,  but  it  would 
hardly  be  right  to  omit  the  opportunity  of  enumerating  the  more  extensive  coo- 


ym  PREFACE. 

manicatious.  I  may,  then,  mention  my  obligations  to  Captain  Henry  Smith,  for 
his  copious  glossary  of  Isle  of  Wight  proTindalisms ;  to  the  Rev..  James  Adcock, 
to  whom  I  am  principally  indebted  for  Lincolnshire  words ;  to  Goddard  Johnson, 
Eaq.  for  his  valuable  Norfolk  glossary ;  to  Henry  Norris,  Esq.  for  his  important 
Somersetshire  collection ;  to  David  E.  Davy,  Esq.  for  his  MS.  additions  to 
Forby ;  to  Major  Moor,  for  hiscollectionB  for  a  new  edition  of  his  Suffolk  Words 
aud  Phrases ;  and  to  the  Rev.  J.  Staunton,  for  the  use  of  the  late  Mr.  Sharp's 
manuscript  glossary  of  Warwickshire  words.  Most  of  the  other  communications 
have  been  of  essential  service,  and  I  cannot  call  to  mind  one,  however  brief, 
which  has  not  furnished  me  with  useful  information.  My  anonymous  correspond- 
ents will  be  contented  with  a  general  acknowledgment ;  but  I  have  not  ventured 
to  adopt  any  part  of  their  communications  unsupported  by  other  authority.  My 
thanks  are  also  returned  to  Mr.  Toone,  for  MS.  additions  tolus  Glossary,  chiefly 
consisting  of  notes  on  Massinger ;  to  Sir  Henry  Dryden,  Bart.,  for  a  few  notes  on 
hunting  terms  in  the  earlier  letters ;  and  to  Mr.  Chaffers,  jun.  for  a  brief  glossary 
compiled  a  few  years  since  from  Chancer,  Lydgate,  &c.  But  my  chief  obliga- 
tions are  due  to  Thomas  Wright,  Esq.  M.A.,  whose  suggestions  on  nearly  every 
sheet  of  this  work,  as  it  was  passing  through  the  press,  have  been  of  the 
greatest  advantage,  and  whose  profound  knowledge  of  Anglo-Saxon  and  Anglo- 
Norman  has  frequently  been  of  essential  service  when  the  ordinary  guidea  had 
been  ineffectually  consulted. 

J.  0.  HALLIWBLL. 


BmixTON  Hitx,  Suaarr, 
Fet.  Iff,  1S47. 


THE  ENGLISH  PROVINCIAL  DIALECTS. 


Robert  of  Gloucester,  aAer  describing  the  Nuftnan  Conqticst,  thus  alludes  to  the  change  cf 
Ijuiguagc  iutroduced  by  that  event . 

hAnd  the  NormnnB  ne  couthe  ipcke  tho  txiU-  lirr  owe  tpevhc, 
And  s[»cke  French  u  dude  atom,  and  here  chyldreu  dude  also  techc. 
So  that  hey  men  of  tlittfond,  that  of  her  blixl  come, 
Holdediatlc  thulkevpcche  that  hU  nt  hem  nomc. 
Vor  bot«a  man  coulhe  French,  mo  toUh  of  hym  wel  lute, 
Ae  loW9  men  hotttrtfi  to  Engtyg*,  and  to  her  kunde  0/ieche  ]ti(e. 
Ich  weoe  tber  nc  bo  man  in  world  coittrcyci  none. 
That  ne  hoMcth  to  her  kunde  ipeche,  bote  Eogelond  one.  • 

Ac  wel  me  wot  vor  to  conne  bothe  wel  yt  yi, 
Vor  the  more  that  a  man  con,  the  more  worth  he  yi. 
This  extract  describes  Tcry  correctly  the  general  history  of  the  languages  current  in  England  for 
the  first  two  centuries  after  the  battle  of  Hastings.  Anglo-Norman  was  almost  exclusively  the  lan- 
guage of  thecouTtt  of  the  Norman  gentry,  and  of  U^e^aCu^e.  *' The  works  in  English  which  were 
written  before  thcWars  of  Ihe  Barons  belong/' says  Mr.  Wright,  "  to  the  last  expiring  reraaina  of  an 
older  and  lotolly  different  Anglo-Saxon  style,  or  to  the  first  attempts  of  a  new  English  one  formed 
upon  a  Normaii  model.  Of  the  two  grand  monuments  of  the  pontryof  this  period,  Layamoa 
belongs  to  the  former  of  these  classes^  and  the  singular  poem  entitled  the  Ormulum  to  the  latter. 
After  the  middle  of  the  thirteenth  centurVt  the  attempts  at  poetical  composition  in  English  became 
more  frequent  and  more  successful,  and  preriout  to  the  age  of  Chaucer  we  have  several  poems  of 
a  very  remarkable  character^  and  some  good  Imitations  of  the  harmony  and  s})irit  of  the  French 
versification  of  the  time.'*  After  the  Barons'  Wars,  the  Anglo-Norman  was  gradually  intermingled 
with  the  Anglo-Saxon,  and  no  long  time  elapsed  before  the  mongrel  language,  Cniclish,  was  in 
general  use,  formed,  however,  from  the  latter.  A  writer  of  the  following  century  thus  allegcfi  his 
reason  for  writing  in  English  : 

In  Englii  tonge  y  tchal  jnw  telle, 

5yf  5«  ao  long  with  me  wyl  dwelle  t 

Ne  Latyn  wll  y  fpcke  ne  wottr, 

Bol  EngliKh  that  men  uiea  maate,  , 

For  that  yi  joure  kynde  langagc, 

Thatje  lufc  here  moit  of  usage; 

That  can  ecA  man  unther»tond« 

Thni  U  bom  (n  Bngtvndt  : 

For  that  langage  yiraoittchewrd, 

Alf  wel  mowe  lereth  a*  tewed. 

Lalyn  alto  y  trowe  can  raoe, 

Bot  tho  that  hath  hi  t  of  Kholc  tane  t 

bom  can  FrenKh  anil  no  Latync, 

That  u»elh  hu  court  and  ducllt  thertnac, 

And  torn  can  of  Lalyn  aparty, 

That  can  Frenich  ful  Tebylly  ; 

And  >om  uiithentundUh  Eugllsch, 

That  nolher  cu)  Latyn  ne  Frmiich. 

Btrf  lerdf,  ami  letvde,  nld  and  ytng, 

AU9  untherffondilh  Bn/tlUch  tang*. 

Therrnre  y  holde  hit  moit  tikcr  thanui? 

To  schewc  the  langage  that  ech  man  eao  ; 

And  for  lewethc  men  namely, 

That  ran  oo  more  of  clergy. 

Tho  ken  iham  whare  mott  nrde, 

For  cicrkca  can  tmth  •«  and  rcvlc 

In  diven  trakeaufHoly  Wrltt, 

How  they  tchul  lyve,  yf  chay  loke  hll : 

Thareforey  wylle  me  holly  halde 

To  that  langage  that  Engllwh  yi  ealdr.     UH.  tb^U.  49.  f.  4H. 


1 


ENGLISH  PKOVIXCIAL  DIALECTS. 

The  author  of  the  Cunor  Mundi  tliouglit  each  nation  should  be  coutented  with  one  language, 
and  that  the  English  ifaould  discard  the  Anglo-Norman  : 

Till!  Ilk  Ink  il  n  Iruulate 

Into  In^Ua  long  to  rede. 

For  the  loTc  of  laglit  lede, 

Irgiti  leJe  or  tnftlnnd. 

For  lite  cdtnniun  at  uiiderftADd. 

Fiankif  rime*  here  r  redd 

ComunMk  Ira  ilk  cted. 

UaBtes  it  wrnj^ht  fur  FranllU  iDVl, 

t^wtl  It  for  himna  Franklt  con  f 

Of  logland  the  nacion 

Fi  IngllgniBD  thar  in  commun  ; 

Theapeche  that  man  wit  mast  may  ipede. 

Malt  thar  wit  to  tpeke  war  nede. 

Seldtn  teas /nr  ani  chanre 

Praittii  JnglU  tong  in  Fmnrt  ! 

Givt  ujtt  Itkan  Itiare  tongvge, 

Mr  thinle  ice  do  Oiam  mm  outragt. 

MS.  CM.  Vfpct.  A.  ill.  r. «. 

In  the  curious  lale  of  King  Eilward  and  the  Shepherd,  the  latter  is  destaibediu  being  |)erfectlx  ' 
attonisheil  with  the  I'rcnch  and  Lalin  of  the  court : 

The  lordli  anon  to  chawrobur  went. 
The  kyog  aftur  the  iche[H^e  lent. 

He  was  bro]t  farth  fblle  tone ; 
He  clawed  hli  hed.  hli  hare  he  rent, 
He  wende  wet  to  have  be  tchent. 
He  ne  wyit  what  wai  to  done. 
When  he  French  and  Latyn  herde. 
He  lude  mervelle  how  It  fcrde, 

And  drvw  hym  ever  alone; 

Jhe*u,  he  Bcid,  for  Ihl  gret  grace, 

Brytig  me  fayre  cnit  of  thli  place  ! 

I^ady,  now  here  my  t»ne  < 

MS.  Canlah.  F(.  w.  48,  f.  SS. 
In  the  fifteenth  centurr,  English  tnav  be  laid  to  have  been  the  general  language  of  this  coiin^ 
lr>'.*     At  this  period,  too,  what  h  now  calli-d  old  English,  rapidly  lost  its  gramiDatical  forms,  and 
the  English  of  the  time  of  Henry  VIII.,  orthography  excepted,  ditfcn  very  little  from  that  of  the 
present    day.      A    few  archaisms  now  obsolete,    and   old   phrases,    constitute   the   essential 
diflerenccs. 

Our  present  subject  is  the  provincial  dialects,  to  which  these  very  brief  remarks  on  the  general 
history  of  the  English  language  are  merely  preliminary, — a  subject  of  great  dirticulty,  and  one 
which  requires  far  more  reading  than  has  yet  been  attempted  to  develop  satisfactorily,  especially 
in  its  early  period.  Uelieving  that  the  principal  use  of  the  study  of  the  English  dialects  consists 
in  the  explanation  of  archaisms,  I  have  not  attempted  that  research  wliichwoiddbe  necessary  to 
understand  their  history,  albeit  this  latter  is  liy  no  means  an  unimportant  inquiry.  The  Anglo- 
Saxon  dialects  were  nnt  numerous,  as  far  as  can  be  judged  from  the  MSS.  in  that  language  «)iich 
have  been  preserved,  aud  it  seems  probable  that  most  of  our  English  dialects  might  l>e  traced 
historically  and  etymolugically  to  the  original  tribes  of  the  Saxons,  Angles,  and  Jutes,  not  forget- 
ting the  Danes,  whose  language,  according  to  Wallingfnrd,  so  long  influenced  the  dialect  of 
Yorkshire.  In  order  to  accomplish  this  we  require  many  more  early  documents  which  licar  upon 
the  subject  than  have  yet  been  discovered,  anil  the  uncertainty  which  occurs  in  most  cases  of 
fixing  the  exact  locality  in  which  they  were  written  adds  to  our  difficiillic>i.  When  we  come  to  a 
later  period,  the  thirteentli  and  fourteenth  centuries,  there  being  no  standard  literary  form  of  our 
native  language,  every  MS.  sufBciently  exhibits  its  dialect,  and  it  is  to  be  hoped  that  all  English 
works  of  tills  period  may  one  day  be  classed  according  to  their  dialects.  In  such  an  undertaking, 
great  assistance  will  l>c  derived  from  a  knowledge  of  our  local  dialects  as  they  now  exist.  Hence 
the  value  of  specimens  of  modern  provincial  language,  for  in  many  instances,  as  in  Robert  of 
Gloucester's  Chronicle,  compared  with  the  present  dialect  of  Gloucestershire,  the  organic  forms  of 
the  dialect  have  remained  unchanged  for  centuries.  The  Ayenbytenf  Inwvt  is.  perhaps,  the  most 
remarkable  specimen  of  early  English  MSS.  written  in  a  broad  dialect,  and  it  proves  very  satisfac- 
torily that  in  the  fourteenth  century  the  principal  features  of  what  is  termed  the  Western  dialect 
!  those  also  of  the  Kentish  dialect.     There  can  be,  in  fact,    little  doubt  that  the  former  was 


•  Anoe,  Counteat  of  SialTard,  thui  writes  In  1U8,  I   ■  ■  ordeyne  and  mslw  my  lastament  in  Enf Uih  tmge  for 
my  molt  profit,  redyng,  and  uDdersiandynf;  in  thbwlte." 


EMOLTSB  PBOVINCIAl  SIALEOTB. 

long  ciiirent  throughout  the  Southern  counties,  snr]  even  extcndediu  tome  degree  ufar»  Euex.* 
If  wc  judge  fVoui  the  specitnen!^  of  early  Kn^lish  of  which  tlie  localities  of  conipoiitiou  are  known, 
we  might  perhaps  divide  the  dialects  of  the  fuurtcculh  centurj'  into  three  grand  classes,  the 
Northern,  the  Midland,  and  the  Southern,  the  last  being  that  now  retained  in  the  Western  coun- 
ties. But,  with  the  few  materiaU  yet  published,  I  set  little  reliance  on  any  classification  of  the 
kind.  If  we  may  decide  from  Mr.  Wright's  Specimens  of  Lyric  Poctrj-,  which  were  written  in 
Herefordshire,  or  from  Audelay's  Poems,  written  in  Shropshire  in  the  fifteenth  century,  those 
counties  would  belong  to  the  Midland  division,  rather  than  to  the  West  or  South. 

Tlie  few  writers  who  have  entered  on  the  subject  of  the  early  English  provincial  dialects,  have 
advocated  their  theories  without  a  due  consideration  of  the  probability,  iu  many  cases  the  cer- 
tainty, of  an  essential  distinction  lictween  the  language  of  literature  and  that  of  the  natives  of  a 
county.  Hence  arises  a  fallacy  which  has  led  to  curious  anomalies.  We  are  not  to  supjiose, 
merely  because  we  find  an  early  MS.  written  in  any  county  in  standard  English,  that  that  MS.  is 
a  correct  criterion  of  the  dialect  of  the  county.  There  are  several  MSS.  written  in  Kent  of  about 
the  lame  date  as  the  .\ycnbyte  of  Inwyt,  which  have  nunc  of  the  dialectical  marks  of  that  curious 
woik.  Most  of  the  ()uotalions  here  given  from  enrly  MSS.  must  be  taken  with  a  tiinilar  limita- 
tion as  to  their  dialect.  Hence  the  difficulty,  from  want  of  authentic  specimens,  of  farming  a 
classification,  which  has  led  to  an  alphabetical  arrangeineut  of  the  counties  in  the  following  brief 
ootioei : — 


b 


BEDFORDSHIRE. 
The  dialect  of  this  county  has  been  fully  in- 
vestigated in  Batchelor's  Orthoepical  Analysis 
of  the  English  Language,  Bvo.  1809.  £irtai>cs 
the  place  of  ow,  ea  of  a,  otc  of  the  long  o,  oi  uf 
i,  (ic.  When  r  precedes  «  and  e  final,  or  »  and 
other  consonants,  it  is  frequently  not  pro- 
nounced. Ow  final  is  often  changed  into  er  ,- 
ge  final,  into  dge;  and  g  final  is  (ometimes 
omitted. 

BERKSHIRE. 
The  Berkshire  dialect  partly  belongs  to  the 
Western,  and  partly  to  the  Midland,  more 
strongly  marked  with  the  features  of  the  former 
in  the  South-West  of  the  county.  Tlie  a  is 
changed  into  o,  the  diphthongs  are  pronounced 
broadly,  and  the  vowels  arc  lengthened.  iVai/ 
is  pronounced  iroye ;  thik  and  thak  fur  tliis  and 
that ;  he  for  him,  and  the  for  her. 

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. 

The  language  of  the  peasantry  is  not  very 
broad,  although  many  dialectical  words  arc  in 
general  use.  A  list  of  the  latter  was  kindly  fur- 
mrded  to  me  by  Ur.  Hossey. 

CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 
There  is  little  to  distinguish  the  Cambridge- 
ahire  dialed  from  that  of  the  adjoining  counties. 
It  is  nearly  allied  to  that  of  Norfolk  andSuifalk. 
The  pofcct  tense  is  formed  strongly,  as  hil,  hot, 
tit,  aot,  epare,  spore,  e.  g.  "  if  I  am  spure," 
i.e.  spired,  &c.     I  have  to  return  my  thanks  to 


I 


ttic  Rev.  J.  J.  Smith  and  tbe  Rcr.  Charies 
Warren  for  brief  lists  of  [iroviucialisrat  current 
in  tbis  county. 

CIIESHIHE. 
The  Cbftsbire  di&lcct  cbaiiges  I  intoip,  Winto 
uTor  00,  i  into  oi  or  ee^  a  into  or,  a  into  o,  o  into 
a.  u  into  if  ta  into  yo,  and  oa  into  iro.  Mr. 
Wilhrabam  hiis  [)u1iH8hcd  a  ver>'  uftcful  and  cor- 
rect glossary  of  Clicshire  words.  Second  cd. 
12uu>.  1836. 

Extract  from  a  ^eeek  o/Judtu  hcariot  in  the 
Play  of  Chri9t*9  Entry  inio  JerUMOtem* 

By  dure  God  In  magUile  ! 

1  im  w  wroth  u  I  mayc  be. 

And  tome  waye  I  will  wrccken  roe, 

Ai  fconr  ai  errr  I  male. 

My  mayiler  Jnua,  as  men  mayewc, 

Wa«  rubbed  hrade,  fotilc,  antl  knye, 

With  Ajntnirnle  of  more  dulntie 

Then  I  lee  tnanye  a  dale. 

To  that  I  ha%e  grcate  cnvye. 

That  he  luflVcd  to  dealroyc 

More  then  all  hU  ^ood  thrye» 

And  hli  ilames  tnwe. 

Hade  1  of  ii  hade  maUterye, 

1  woulde  have  loulde  It  lone  In  hie. 

And  put  It  u|»  In  trrtu«ry«, 

Ai  I  was  wonte  to  doe. 

WhatMHMer  we«  germ  to  Jmu, 

1  bavr  kepte.  »lnre  t  hytn  knewe  ; 

For  he  hopea  I  wllbe  trewe. 

Hi«  puTie  allwale  t  l»rc. 

Kym  hade  tiene  tietter.  In  f{ood  I'ayc, 

Hade  fparcd  oynuniCDle  Llwt  daie. 


*  Thti  it  iiatcd  OD  tulBcieotly  ample  authorHy,  but  Vcntegin  appean  to  limit  It  [d  hla  lime  to  the  Wettarn 
CDUntlc«,~'*  We  »ce  thai  In  atime  tcvcraU  parti  uf  EaglaDd  itaelfe,  both  the  name*  of  thlnfti.  and  proountia- 
Ikwa  of  wordi.  an;  wmcwhat  diflVrcrit,  and  that  amnoft:  the  country  people  that  nrrer  borrow  any  wotds  out 
of  the  Latin  or  Frrnch,  and  of  thit  diffbrenl  pronunCialloD  one  example  in  tteed  of  many  ihal  luffice.  aa  Ihb : 
for  pronouncing  according  aa  oo«  would  uy  at  Lontton,  /  woufd  eat  more  chttte  if  I  had  it,  the  Northern  man 
«alth.  ^w  f**^  1*^  mart  rh««M  gim  ay  ha4»t,  and  Ihc  We*[crne  man  »alth,  Chud  eat  more  cSeeee  an  c^rf  it.  Ln 
hrrrelhrtv  difTrreiitproDOuntiatloni  fn  our  owne  country  in  one  thing,  and  hereof  many  the  like  txamplci 
might  tw  altcaged."— rtr«r«yan'f  tUttitutiom,  ICM,  p.  l'X<. 


ENGLISH  PROVINCIAL  DIALECTS. 


For  wrocken  I  wllbetome  waie 

or  wut«  that  WBS  done  thrlr  ; 

Three  hundreth  penny  worthc*  It  wu 

That  he  let  tpill  In  that  place  ; 

Therefore  (*od  geve  me  hard*  grace. 

Bill  hymselfe  fthalbc  »outde 

To  the  Jewes.  nr  that  I  title. 

For  the  tenth  pcaye  of  It  ; 

And  thiK  my  maltter  thnlbe  quite 

Uy  grefl^  a  hundreth  Toulde. 

ChaHv  Pioy«.  li.  13. 

CORNWALL. 
It  is  almost  unnecessary  to  ohacn'e,  that  the 
ancient  Corniah  language  haa  long  been  obso- 
lete. It  Appears  to  have  been  gradually  disiiiipd 
from  the  lime  of  Henry  VIH.t  but  it  was  spoken 
in  iome  parl-s  of  the  country  tilt  the  eighteenth 
ceotury.  Modem  Corniah  is  now  an  Enghsh 
dialect,  and  a  specimen  of  it  is  here  givco. 
Polwhele  has  recorded  a  valuable  list  of  Cornish 
proWncialisms,  and  a  new  glossary  has  recently 
been  puhlished,  in  'Specimens  of  C«riii.">h  Pro- 
TLnclat  DiaIcpl/8vo.  1846.  hi  addition  to  these, 
I  have  to  acknowledge  several  wonla,  hitherto 
annoliccd,  comniunicaled  hy  Miss  llkkti,  and 
It  T.Smith,  Esq. 

Harrison,  Description  of  Britiune,  p.  14,  thus 
mentions  (he  Cornish  language:  "  The  Cornish 
and  Devonshire  mmi,  whose  coiintrie  the  Rritons 
call  Ccrniw,  have  a  speach  in  like  *iort  of  ihcir 
owne,  and  such  as  hath  in  deed  more  atHnitie 
with  the  Armoncanc  toong  than  I  can  well  dis- 
cusae  of.  Yet  in  mine  Ofiiniun,  they  are  botli 
but  a  corrupted  kind  of  Dritish,  albeit  so  far  de- 
generating in  these  daies  from  the  old,  that  if 
either  of  ihcm  doo  mecte  with  a  Welshman,  they 
arc  not  able  at  the  first  to  understand  one  an- 
other, except  here  and  there  in  some  od  words, 
without  the  hcl(»e  of  interjirctors." 

In  Corowal.  Pcinbr.  and  Devon  they  for  to  milk 
uy  milky,  for  to  Hiutnt.  lo  tquinny.  thit,  ihieky, 
die.,  and  after  most  vctIm  ending  wltlt  conftonanu 
Ihey  clap*  y.  but  more  commonly  the  lower  pari  of 
Pembrokeshire. 

lAvjriTt  MS.  jidditUm§  to  Rnjr,  A*hm.  Mum 

(1)  The  Cornwall  Schoolboy. 
An  ould  man  found,  one  day,  a  yung  genllemaa'i 
ponmantle,  a»  he  were  a  going  to  ec  dennar;  be 
took'd  et  ea  and  gived  ct  tu  t»  wife,  and  uld, 
*•  Mally,  here'*a  roul  of  llther,  l<*okiM*c,  I  auppoa&c 
•ome  poor  ould  fhuemaker  or  other  have  lot'en, 
lak'eo  and  pul'en  a  lop  of  the  trjutcr  of  tha  tied, 
he'll  be  glad  to  hab'en  agen  BUin  day,  I  dear  Kay." 
The  uuld  nun.  Jan,  that  wu  et  neame,  went  to  c* 
work  at  before.  Mally  thra  0[)en'd  the  portmAntle, 
and  found  en  et  three  hundetd  pounds.  Soon  after 
Ihet.  the  ould  man  nut  being  very  well,  Mally  caid, 
"  Jan,  I'a^c  «aavcil  away  a  little  mom-y,  hy  the  bye, 
and  a*  thee  auin't  read  or  write,  thee  thu'it  gn  to 
»coo)'*  the  were  then  nigh  threeicore  and  ten).  He 
went  but  a  very  short  (line,  and  corned  hoam  oar 
day,  and  uld,  '•  Molly.  I  w^ jn't  gn  tOKOoIno  more, 
'caase  the  chlldcr  do  \x  lafftin  at  me  ;  tliey  can  tell 
their  Irtlert,  aud  I  caon't  tcU  my  A,  B,  C,  and  1 
wud  rayilicf  ro  lo  work  agea."  "  Do  as  thee  wool," 
so*  Mally.  Jan  had  not  btrti  out  many  days,  afore 
the  yung  geiillem.n  came  by  that  lost  the  |>ort- 
maatlt,  and  uld,  ••  Well,  my  ould  nuo,  dld'ce  see 


or  hear  tell  of  slcb  a  thlog  as  a  portmontle  V*  •<  Poit- 
mantlc,  sar,  wos't  that  un,  sumthing  like  thickey  f 
{pointing  to  one  behind  es  uddle.)  I  found  one  the 
t'other  day  lackly  like  thai."  '•  Where  es  et  i" 
"  Come  along,  1  carr'd'en  en  and  gov'en  to  my  wife 
Ujilly  -,  thee  sha't  av'en.  Mally,  where  es  that  roul 
of  Ittlier  that  I  gi  Vd  tha  the  t'other  day  '"  •*  Whai 
roul  of  Itthcr  V  uld  Mally.  "  The  roul  of  IKber  I 
broft  imand  tould  tha  to  put'eaa  top  of  the  toaster  of 
the  bed,  afore  1  go'd  to  scool."  "  Drat  tha  empe- 
nmcv,"  Mid  the  gcntJenian,  **  thee  art  bclwattlcita 
that  was  before  I  were  twro." 

(2)  A  n'ettem  Eclogue. 
Pengrouxe,  a  lad  In  maiiy  a  science  blest. 
Outshone  his  toning  brothers  of  the  west  i 
Ofsmugllogrhurlingr  wrestling  much  he  knew. 
And  much  of  Un,  and  much  of  pilchards  too. 
Fam'd  at  each  vilUge.  town,  and  country-hou»e, 
Metuckeo,  HcUtone,  Polklnhorne,  and  Grouce ; 
Trespls»en,  Buddock,  Cooy-yerlc,  Trcterry, 
PallMUUrd,  Hollabaxuck.  Eglesderry. 
Pencob,  and  ResUJeg.  Trevlskey,  Breogue, 
trewlnnlck,  Buskcnwyn,  Busvcal,  Roscreague : 
Uui  what  avsil'd  hts  fame  and  various  art, 
Siui-c  he,  by  love,  was  smitten  to  the  heart  * 
The  shaft  a  tx-am  of  Bet  Polglasv's  eyes  ; 
And  now  hedumplio  loaths,  and  pilchard  pies. 
Voting  was  the  lou,  a  servant  at  St.  Tiuy, 
Bom  at  PolpltJ,  and  bred  at  Mevagiaxy. 
Calm  o'er  the  mouittain  blush'd  the  rising  day, 
And  tlng*d  the  lummli  with  a  purple  rav. 
When  sleepleu  ttovn  his  hutch  the  lover  stole. 
And  met.  by  ebonce,  the  mUtrcu  of  his  soul. 
And  **  Whtther  go'stf*  he  scratched  bb  skull  and 

cry'd  ; 
**  Arrear,  God  bless  us,"  well  the  nymph  reply'd, 
*■  To  Vealston  sure,  to  buy  a  pound  o' backy. 
That  us  and  mcutcr  wooderftjlly  lacky  ; 
God  bleu  us  ale.  this  fortnight,  'pon  my  word. 
We  nothing  smoaksbut  oak  learcs  and  cue-terd.** 

Arrear  then,  Ucssy,  1y  aloane  the  backy. 
Sty  here  a  tiny  bit  and  let  ui  lalky. 
Onnsy,  I  loves  thee,  wot  a  ha  me.  osy. 
Wot  ha  Peogrousc,  why  wot  a,  Betsy,  h« .' 

Ah,  hunklo,  hunkln,  mind  at  Uoushole  fair 
What  did  you  at  the  Choughs,  the  alehouse  there  } 
When  you  slows  eighteen  pence  In  cakes  and  beer. 
To  treat  that  dirty  trollup,  Uall  Roseveari 
Vou  stufl*  It  in  her  gills,  and  makes  such  pucker. 
Arrear  the  people  thoft  you  wld  have  choack  her. 
^tfMgroNCe. 

Curse  Mall  Roserear,  I  uys,  agreat  Jack  whore, 
I  ne'er  sees  such  a  dirty  drab  before ; 
I  ilufTs  her  gilts  with  cakes  and  beer,  the  hunk. 
She  siutn  hcTMlf.  she  meslin  and  got  drunk. 
Best*  drink  sure  for  her  jaws  wan't  good  enow. 
So  Jeckerf  makes  her  drunk  as  David's  sow  ; 
Her  feace  is  like  a  bull's,  and  'lis  a  fooel. 
Her  legs  are  like  the  legs  o*  cobler's  stooel ; 
Her  e>e«  be  f;rean*s  a  lick,^  as  yafftrs  big, 
Noost;  flat's  my  hood,  and  neck  so  black's  a  pig. 
Btt  Pol^lau. 

Ay,  but  I've  more  to  uy  i  this  Isn't  ale. 
You  deanc'd  wy  Mall  Rosrvear  't  a  urtln  t»lei 
She  toald  me  so,  and  lefts  me  wy  a  sneare — 
Ay  I  you,  Petigrouie,  did  deance  wy  Mall  Roacrear. 


•  Best  driuk  implies  strong  beer. 
X  Ortea  as  a  leek. 


t  Brandy. 


KNGLISII  PROVINCIAL  DIALECTS. 


I 

I 


I 


I 


ftnfroiiw. 

>    NoWf  Bnty,  hire  me,  Bcity,  vkth  and  ioala. 
Hire  me,  I  wye,  end  thou  i»h»t  hire  the  whoiile : 
Onenlfhr,  a  Wenfday  nlKhl,  I  vowi  to  Ooade, 
Aloane,  a  houback,  to  Trciouzc  I  roade  ; 
SureBewy  vath.  diit  hiremp.  'iUdoIIci, 
A  d— mndar  bale  wu  nerer  teed  wy  eyea. 
I  hiret  mm  mtiilck  at  an  oald  bearne  doore. 
And  htm  a  woadroui  rouiing  on  the  floore ; 
So  In  I  pofM  my  head  ;  tayt  I,  arreare  I 
Why.  what  a  devU'f  neame  If  doing  hcant  ? 
Why  dancing,  cries  the  crowder  by  the  wale, 
Whydeancing.  deandng,  meaner— 'ti»  a  bala. 
Deaoeing.  «ay»  I,  by  Gam  I  hirei  turn  preancen. 
But  tell  u»  where  the  devil  be  the  deanccn  ; 
For  fy  the  dtui  and  ctrawie  to  fleed  about, 
I  could  not.  Beviy,  »py  the  happen  out. 
At  laite  I  iplca  Rna^vrar,  I  wiih  her  dead, 
Whomeaket  meilcanceall  nlie,  the  uinking  Jade. 
Say«  1 ,  1  have  no  thorxc  to  k  ick  a  fouU : 
Why  kick,  uyi  Mall  Rosevcar.  then  kick  thyboote. 
And,  Bet,  dUl  hire  mc,  fur  to  leert  ui  ale, 
A  fiirthing  candle  wink'd  again  the  wale. 
Bet  Pol^ase. 

Ah,  hunkln.  hunkin,  I  am  huge  afraid 
That  you  ii  laughing  at  a  limple  maid, 
Ptngroute. 

Oeate, dearcat  Bet,  let'*  hug  thee  to  my  hearttt 
And  may  ut  never  never  never  pearte ! 
No,  if  I  lie*  than.  Oetiy,  than  I  wUhet 
The  Shackleheads  may  never  clote  the  fUhe*  ; 
That  picky  dog*  may  eat  the  iceanc  when  fule, 
Eat'n  to  ra^i,  and  let  go  ale  the  tchule. 

Bet  Poigiau. 
Then  here's  my  hond,  and  wy  It  teake  my  hearte. 

Pwngrotas, 
Goade  bleai  us  too,  and  here  ii  mlne«,  ods  hearte  I 
One  buit.  and  then  to  Pilchardlng  I'll  packy. 

Bet  Polgiaz*. 
And  I  to  YeaUtone  for  my  master's  barky. 

(3)  j4  Comuh  Song. 
Come,  all  ye  jolly  Tinner  boys,  and  lU/en  to  me  ; 
I'll  tell  ee  of  a  ttorle  shall  make  ye  for  to  sec. 
CooMming  Boney  Peartic,  the  schaamcs  which  he  had 

maade 
To  stop  our  tin  and  copper  mines,  and  all  our  pilchard 

traade. 
Be  summonaed  forty  thouund  men.  to  Polland  they 

did  goa» 
All   for  to  rob  aul  plunder   iticrc  you  very   well  do 

knawa ; 
But  r<^thou-«md  were  killed,  and  taade  dead  in  bUxxl 

and  poare. 
And  thirty  thoutand  ranncd  away,  and   1   cante  tetl 

where,  I'm  sure. 
And  should  that  Boory  Pcartlc  have  forty  thousand  still 
To  maake  into  an  army  to  work  hi*  wicked  wm. 
And  try  for  to  Invaade  ui.  If  he  doent  quickly  fly- 
Why,  forty  thousand  Cornish  boys  shall   knawa    the 

reason  why. 
Hurts  tor  tin  and  copper,  boys,  and  Osberlei  likewise  f 
Hnrm  for  Cornish  maadena— oh,  bless  Iheir  pretty 

eye*  I 
Huresfor  ourould  gentrle.  and  may  they  never  faale  f 
Hurea.   hutea  for  Cornwall!  hurea,  t>o)r»,  "one  and 

aler 

CUMBERLAND- 
The  di*lecl8of  Cumberland,  We»lmorclanii, 
Northumberland,  and  Durham  may  be  conai- 


dered  to  be  identical  in  ill  cstential  peculiari- 
ties, tbc  chief  diffpreDCM  arising;  from  tbc  mode 
of  proiitinciutioQ.  According  to  Boucher,  the 
dialect  of  Cumberland  is  mucb  less  uniform  than 
that  of  AVeatmorelaml.  In  Cumberland,  wo  is 
in  frequent  use  inatead  of  the  long  o,  as  will  be 
noticed  in  the  following  example.  A  glossary  of 
Cumberland  words  \^as  Vindly  forwarded  to  me 
by  Mr.  Thomas  Sanderson. 

(1)  Love  in  Cumb^land. 
IVne,— ••  Cuddle  me.  Cuddy." 

n'a,  Jwohn.  whai'n  mannUhment'a'tii 

'At  tuu's  gnwn  to  dee  for  a  hiaiy  I 
Aw  hard  o'  thti  torrable  tiss. 

An'flw'scum't  to  advise  tha', — *at  ii  ee. 
Ifun,  thoull  nohbet  Iwose  tecgud  neamc 

Wi*  guwlln  an'  whlngln  sea  mlcklc) 
Cockswuntun  I  min  boyde  about  heame. 

An'  let  her  e'en  ga  to  auld  Nickle. 
Thy  plew-geer's  aw  tlggln  how^slrow, 

An*  inmcbody'ft  stown  thee  thy  coutcr  i 
Oh  faiksl  thou'sduin  little 'at  dow 

To  fash  theesci  iwcr  about  her. 
Vour  Seymey  has  broken  car  stang. 

An*  mendlt  it  wid  a  clogcoaker  ; 
Pump-trec'igeaneaw  wheyt  wrang. 

An'  they've  sent  for  auld  Tom  Stawkcr. 
Young  filly's  dung  oure  the  lang  stee, 

An'  leam'd  peer  AnJrew  the  ihecker  ; 
The*  muddcr  wtid  sufTer't  for  l<ee. 

An  haw  hadn't  happVt  to  cltek  her. 
Thau's  spoilt  for  aw  manner  o'  wark  ! 

Thou  nobbet  sits  (K-ghan  an'  pleenan. 
Odswucke,  man  !   doCT  that  durty  sark, 

An*  prelfio  gl'c  way  git  a  clean  an  I 
An*  then  gow  to  Carel  wI'  me, — 

Let  her  gang  toknock-rroia  wid  hersewomin, 
Sec  cUnUcn  at  market  we'll  see, 

A'^ll  up'od  ta'  forgit  her  'or  mwomin'  I 

(2)  Song,  by  Mi*t  Blantire* 
What  ails  Ma  heart  o*  miner 

What  mcMis  this  wat'xy  c'e  ? 
What  garimeay  Itirn  pale  as  death 

When  1  lak'  leave  o'  thee  I 

When  thou  art  far  awa', 

Thou'll  dearer  be  to  me  t 
But  change  o'  place,  and  chui(e  cf  toUt, 

Hay  gar  thy  fancy  jee. 

When  I  lit  down  at  e'en. 

Or  walk  in  morning  air, 
Ilk  rustling  bough  will  seem  to  wy, 

t  us'd  to  meet  thee  there  i 

Then  I'll  sit  down  and  wail. 

And  greet  aueath  a  tree. 
And  gin  a  leaf  fa'  i'  my  lap. 
I's  ca't  a  word  frae  thee 

l'l\  hie  melolhcbow'r 

Where  yews  wi'  loies  tred. 
And  where,  wi*  monle  a  blushing  bud, 

I  strove  my  face  to  hide  I 

I'll  tloat  on  ilka  spot. 

Where  I  ha'e  been  wl'  thee, 
And  ca'ioralnil  some  kindly  look 

'Neath  ilka  hollow  tree. 

Wi'sec  thoughts  i'  my  mind. 

Time  thro'  the  warl  may  ga«, 
Aod  And  me  still,  in  twenty  years. 

The  same  as  I'm  to-day  l 


ENGLISH   PROVINCIAL  DIALECTS. 


*TU  r^lendthlp  bean  the  tway, 
And  keept  ftlendf  1*  th«  r*p  ; 
And  gin  I  think  1 1««  the  ttlll. 
Wha  can  part  thct*  and  nw  i 

DERBySHIRE. 
*'  This  dialect,"  ol»8crves  Ur.  Bosworth,  "  is 
remarkable  for  its  broad  pronunciation.  In  me 
the  e  it  prooounced  long  and  broad,  as  mff. 
The  /  is  often  omitted  after  a  or  o,  as  air  for  nil, 
eauf,  call,  boied,  bold,  coiui,  cold.  Words  in  iiiff 
generally  omit  I  he  j/,  but  somcttmes  it  is  changed 
into  k\  as  think  for  thing,  tovin  for  losing. 
They  use  con  for  can ;  cunner  for  cannot ;  thanner 
for  shall  not ;  voo/,  woontr  for  will,  and  wtU  not ; 
yo  for  you,  &c.''  Lists  of  provincial  words  pe- 
ctiliarto  this  county  hive  been  kindly  forviardcd 
hy  Dr.  Bosworth,  Thomas  Bateman,  Esq.,  the 
Rev.  Samuel  Fox,  the  Rev.  William  Sliiltclo, 
Mrs.  Butler,  and  L.  Jcnitt,  Esq. 

A  Dialogue  between  Farmer  Bennet  and  7^mmua 
Lidr. 

Farmer  Btnnai,  Tummiu,  whjr  dunner  yo  mnid 
mi'h  thoom  f 

Tummua  LJdt,  B«cot,  mestrr,  'tli  so  coed.  I  con-  i 
ner  work  wm  the  taohin  ot  aw.  I've  brt*ckti  it  ten 
timn  I'm  thur  to  do— It  frories  ao  hard.  Why, 
Hrtter  hung  out  a  imork-froek  to  dry,  an  In  three 
tnlnlu  It  wor  froiaen  as  BtiflT  aa  a  praker,  an  1  Con- 
ner afTord  to  keep  a  good  Are  ;  I  with  I  cud,  Td  toon 
mend  yore  thoon,  an  uthers  tow.  I'd  §oon  yam 
■um  munney,  I  wftrraot  ye.  Conner  yo  find  «um 
work  for  m*.  mester,  lhe*e  hard  tlmetf  I'U  doo 
onnythink  to  addle  a  penny.  I  coo  thresh— I  con 
split  wood— I  run  mak  tpar>  —1  con  tliack.  1  con 
kkower  a  dike,  an  I  ron  trench  t'>w,  but  tc  frersei 
•ohard.  I  con  winner-  1  confother,  or  milk.  If  there 
beneedon't.  I  woodner  mind  drlTin  plow  or  onnythink. 

Farmer  B.  I  banner  got  nothin  for  ye  to  doo, 
Tummui  t  but  Metter  Boord  towd  me  JItt  now  (hit 
they  wor  gootn  to  winner,  an  that  thry  thud  wint 
■umt>ody  to  help  'em. 

T\4mmui  L.  O,  I'm  gild  on't.  1*11  run  nor  an  see 
whether  I  con  help  'em  ;  bur  I  banner  bin  weeln  the 
threshold  ov  Hester  Boord'f  doer  for  a  nation  time, 
becos  I  thoot  mU«cs  dldner  um  Hester  well ;  bur  1 
dunner  bear  malice,  an  ao  I'll  gi>o. 

Farmer  B  What  did  Misses  Boord  aa  or  doo  to 
HcfttCT  then  t 

Tummu*  L.  Why,  Hester  may  be  wor  lummut  to 
blame  loo;  for  her  wor  one  on  'em,  de  ye  see,  (hat 
Jawd  itklmmcrton, — the  mak-gam  that  frunied  sum 
o'the  gcntefiKik.  They  said  'twor  time  to  dun  wee 
sich  litter,  or  ilch  slulT,  or  I  dunner  know  whiit  they 
cawdltt  but  they  wor  frunied  wee  Hester  bout  it; 
an  1  aald.  If  they  wor  frunted  wee  Hester,  Iheymid 
t>ee  frunieil  wee  me«.  Thttwt  mlsses'stiack  up,  an 
Hr«ter  banner  bio  a  charrin  there  kin.  Out  *tii  no 
use  to  bear  malice  i  an  solll  goo  oor,  and  see  which 
w«  the  winde  blowv. 

AMwwsa'a  JnfhSason  IHctionar^,  Introd.  p   .11 . 

DEVONSHIRE. 
The  MS.  Ashmole  53  contains  an  early  ro- 
mance, written  about  the  year  1377.  which 
appears  to  have  been  composed  by  a  clergyman 
living  in  the  diocese  of  Exeter.  Several  extracts 
from  it  will  be  found  in  the  following  pages. 
The  MS.  posMtMS  great  intervft,  having  part  of 


the  author's  original  drauglit  of  the  romance. 
See  farther  iu  Mr.  Black's  Catalogue,  col.  15. 

"  A  Devonshire  song"  is  printed  in  Wits  Inter- 
preter, ed.  1671,  p.  171  ;  the  **  Devonshire  ditty" 
occurs  iu  the  same  work,  p.  247.  The  Exinoor 
Scolding  and  the  Exmoor  Courtihip,  specimens 
of  the  broad  Devonshire  dialect  M  the  commence- 
ment of  the  last  centnr}',  have  been  lately  repub- 
lished. The.  third  edition  was  published  at  Exeter 
1  tn  1746,  -410.  Mr.  .M.irshttll  has  given  a  list  of 
I  West  Devonshire  words  in  his  Rural  Ec^momy 
nf  the  West  of  England,  1 796,  vol.  i.  pp.  32:1-32, 
but  the  best  yet  printed  is  that  liy  Mr.  Palmer, 
appended  to  a  Dinlogne  in  the  Devonshire 
Dialect,  8vo.  1H37.  A  brief  glossary  is  also 
addeil  to  the  Devonahii^  Dialogue.  8vo.  1839, 
My  principal  guide,  however,  for  the  dialectical 
words  of  this  county  is  a  large  MS.  collection 
statrd  in  Mr.  Thomas  Rodd'i  Catalogue  of  MSS. 
for  18-45  (No.  276)  to  have  licen  written  by  Dr. 
Milles,  Dean  of  Exeter,  and  quotefl  in  this  work 
as  Dean  Milles'  MS.  I  have  been  since  informed 
thai  it  was  compiled  by  the  late  Rev.  Richard 
Hole,  but  in  either  case  its  integrity  and  value 
arc  undoubted.  Notes  of  Devonshire  words 
have  been  kindly  transmitted  by  Ihc  Rev.  John 
Wilkinson,  J,  II.  James,  Esq.,  William  Chappell. 
Esq..  Mrs.  Lovell.  mid  Mr.  J.  Metcalfe.  The 
West  Countrj'  dialect  is  now  spoken  in  greater 
purity  in  Devonshire  than  in  any  other  county. 

The  following  rcumrk-i  on  thr  English  dialects 
are  taken  from  Au!ircy*6  Natural  History  of 
Wiltshire,  a  MS.  preserved  in  the  library  uf  the 
Royal  Society : 

TIte  Northern  parts  of  Englnnd  speake  guttu- 
Tsllf  ;  snd  In  Yorkiihlre  and  tlic  blthoprlck  uf  Dur- 
hani  Ihey  have  more  of  the  cadene^,  or  Scottish  tone 
than  Ihey  hate  at  EdlDtwrough  :  In  like  manner,  In 
Hercfordthlre  the jr  have  more  of  the  Welch  radmce 
than  theyhavein  Walea.  The  Weitrrnc  people  can- 
not open  their  mouthettotprakfrr  forundo.  Wee  pro- 
nounce |mh/,  pnit,  Ac.,  and  eipecialty  In  PrronAhlre. 
The  Exeter  Coll.  men  in  di(put*tionf,  when  they 
olIef^eCtotiM  C^tumest  Oiu«o  Ctiusati,  thry  pronounce 
it,  Oasa,  QiS4»  eef  Caea  Otsnti  very  un-gracefully. 
Nov  ^eontra  the  French  and  Italians  doe  naturally 
pinnounee  a  fully  ore  rolundo,  and  e,  and  even  chlU 
dren  of  French  txitn  In  Knfcland  ;  and  the  farther 
you  goe  South  the  more  fully,  qd.  NB.  Thti  muft 
proceed  fiom  the  earth  ur  aire,  or  Imth.  One  may 
ot»erre,  that  the  ipeech  (twang  or  aceent— adlantu<| 
of  ye  vulgar  bexlu  to  alter  tome  thlnf;  toward*  the 
Hcrefontwhirr  manner  even  at  C)Tenee«tcr.  Mr. 
Thorn.  Hobtw  told  me.  that  Sir  Charles  CavendUh 
did  Miy,  that  the  Oreeket  doe  ling  their  wnrdt  (as 
the  Hereff.  di>e  tu  some  dv^ee).  From  hence  arose 
the  accents,  not  uied  by  the  ancletiu.  1  have  a 
conceit,  that  the  Brltoiu  of  the  South  partof  this  Itle, 
e.  g.  the  Trinobantec,  Ace.,  did  vpeak  no  moreguttu* 
rail,  or  twanging*,  than  the  InhabltanU  doe  now. 
The  lone,  accent.  Ac,  depend*  on  the  temper  of  iha 
earth  (and  lo  to  plant*)  and  aire. 

{\)  A  Laven'  Dialogue. 

Rab.  1  love  dearly,  Bet,  to  hear  the  tell :  but,  good 
loving  now,  let's  tell  o'aummet  else.  Time  slips 
away. 

JM.  I,  fcgt,  that  It  dith.  I  warais  our  vokes  won- 
der what  the  gmlger'*  a  come  Q*me.  HI  drive  hoin«. 
I  wlih  thee  good  neart. 


I 


I 


I 


I 


Hab.  Why  thm  oow.  Oh.  Bet  t  you  ^en  whftt 
I  hft  to  tdl  atwut,  mnd  you  womt  hc«r  ne. 

S^r.  1,  uy  ao.  CO  ;—i  flddle-de-<l«e— blind  mftm. 

Ro6.  Thrr*  »fen  ! — dM  ctct  any  boddy  hear  the 
like  *     WHI,  toc«.  what  be  1  to  dn  ^ 

Bet,  I  with.  Rab,  you'd  Inve  vetting  me.  Pllhee, 
Irt'a  here  no  more  o'at. 

Rah.  Woll.  I  see  how  'tU.  You'll  be  the  death 
o'me,  ihat'i  a  cure  thing. 

Bet.  Dear  hart,  how  you  tell  I  I  the  death  o' 
thee  !— no.  ool  tot  the  world,  Rab.  Why  I'd  ne'er 
the  heart  to  hurt  thee  nor  any  kindnt  thing  In  all 
my  bom  dayi.  What  whimsies  you  have  I  Why  do 
ye  put  yuunelf  In  such  a  pucker  1 

Rab.  Why,  because  the  mlnnet  I  go  about  to 
break  my  meend,  whlpioce,  you  be  a-go,  and  than  1 
coud  bite  my  tongue. 

B»t.  Why  than  will  you  veaat  me  away  when  you 
know  I  can't  abide  to  hiar  u'al  t  Good-now,  don't'ee 
aay  no  more  about  et*  U»  have  alwayi  been  good 
frlenda — let  ui  hide  %o, 

Rjib.  I've  now  lx?{;an,  and  I  want  let  thee  go  till 
thee  bait  a-hcard  me  out. 

Bet,  Well.  I  woll,  but  don't'ec  cre«m  my  hand  ao. 

Ra6.  I  don't  know  what  I  do  nor  what  I  lay  ;  — 
many  many  neart^  I  ha'n't  a  tecn'd  my  eyet  \aT 
thlnklng  o'thte.  1  can't  live  lo,  'tli  Dever  the  neer 
to  tell  o'at ;  and  I  muit  make  an  end  n'at  wan  way 
or  t'other.  I  be  bent  upon't ;  therefore  don't  stand 
ahlUy  shall^,  but  tookerdesee,  iv  thecdiin't  aay  thee 
wfd  ha  me,  bemre  thicca  cloud  hath  heai'd  ever)'  , 
fhecn  o*  the  moon.  lure  an  doutilc-aurc  I'll  ne'er 
■1  thee  agrn,  b\it  go  a  soger  and  nevvr  zee  liome  j 
DO  more-  Lockt  luck  t  my  precious,  what  dUt  cry  vor^  | 

Bet.  I  be  a  cruel  moody-hcarted  tiresome  body  ; 
and  you  scare  wan,  you  do  so.  I'm  in  a  sad  quan- 
dory.  Iv  I  aay  Is,  I  may  be  sorry  :  and  If  I  cay  no^ 
f  nuy  be  sorry  too,  limmeC  1  hop  you  widn'l  use 
me  badly. 

Rab.  Dlst  think,  my  sweeilng.  I  shall  e'er  be 
mat'd  anew  to  claw  out  my  own  eyes  ?  and  thee  art 
dearer  to  roe  than  they  be. 

BrT.  Hold  not  so  breach  now,  but  hear  flrst  what 
I've  to  lay.  You  must  know.  Rab.  the  teet  money 
I've  a  croop'd  up  I  be  a  shlrk'd  out  o*.  but  'twill 
never  goodee  way  an.  I'll  tell  thee  how  t  was 
*  ^ced. 

RffA.  Good-now,  lovey,  don'^tee  think  o'at.  We 
shall  fadgf«  and  find  without  eL  1  can  work,  and 
will  work*  an  all  my  carklng  and  CArlog  will  be  for 
thre,  and  everything  sliaU  bee  at  thee  woud  ha'et. 
The«  shall  do  what  thee  wid. 

Bet.  I  say  so  too.  Co,  co.  Rah.  how  you  tell ! 
Why,  ptthee.  don't'ec  think  t  be  such  a  ninnyhsin- 
nwT  as  to  dntre  et.  If 'tis  ordained  1  shall  ha  iliec, 
rU  do  my  t»cst  to  make  tha  a  gude  wife.  1  doriH 
want  lobe cocker'd.  Hark  !  hark  9  don't  I  hear  the 
bell  lowering  for  alght  J — 'tU,  as  t  live.  I  shall  tia 
et  whan  I  get  home. 

Ka/>,  If  I  let  thee  go  now,  will  meet  me  agen  to. 
morrow  evening  in  the  dlromct  i 

Be(.  No.  To-morrow  mornlag  at  milking  time 
I  woU. 

Rati,  Sttie. 

Bat.  Sure  and  sure.     So  I  wUh  theegood  neart. 

Aa6.  Nurt,  neart*  my  sweeting  I 

(2)  John  Chnwbacon  and  hia  m/e  MrM^  citrn  up 
tEreter  to  ztt  the  railway  openctii  May  1 ,  1844. 

•«  L,or  Johnny  !  lor  Johnny  !  now  whaiivvcrca  that, 

A  uming  along  like  a  hoss  upon  wheels  ? 
*TU  •*  bright  ;is  yer  btiitons,  and  black  as  yer  hat, 
I  Jist  Usuu,  Johnny,  and  yer  bow  'a  wiueali !" 


"  Dash  my  buttons.  Moll  — I'll  be  dam'd  Iflknowt 

Us  was  vools  to  come  yerr  and  (oum  Into  danger* 
Let's  be  off— 'a  spits  vire  I  lor,  do  let  us  go — 

And  'aholdiuphishead  like  a  goose  at  a  stranger. 
"  I  be  a  bit  rrighteo'd— but  let  us  bide  yerr  ; 

And  hark  how  *a  puff's,  and  'a  csughs.  and  *a  blowa  j 
He  eddcn  unlike  the  old  cart-hoss  last  yer— 

Broken-winded ; — and  yet  only  xee  how  *a  goes  ( 
■*  'A  urns  upon  ladders,  with  they  things  like  wheels. 
Or  hurdles,  or  palings,  put  down  on  the  ground  : 
But  why  do  they  let  'un  stray  out  of  the  veeli  ? 

'Tls  a  wonder  they  don't  clap  'un  Into  the  pound.** 
"  *A  can't  be  alive,  Jao — Idan't  ihfnk 'a  can.** 

*'  I  bnln't  lureo'  that,  Moll,  forjist  look'ee  how 
'A  breathes  like  a  hoss,  or  a  tnlvell'd  old  man  : — 

And  hark  how  he's  bust  out  a  raufihing,  good  nnw. 
"  'A  never  could  dra'all  they  wagglns,d'ee  lee, 

If  *a  llvetl  upon  vatches.  or  turmrtt.  or  hay  ; 
Why,  they  wagglnsbe  vtU'd  up  with  people — they  l>c; 

And  do  'ee  bu  t  look  h  ow  th  cy  'm  larfin  a  way  \ 
"  And  look  totheychiTdem  aumlngabout, 

Wi'  thetr  moulhs  vull  of  gingerbread,  there  by  the 
ihows ; 
And  ape  to  the  scores  of  vine  ladles  tum'd  out ; 

And  genttemrn,  att  In  their  best  Zunday  clothei. 
■  ■  And  look  to  this  house  made  n'  canvas  lo  smart ; 

A  nd  the  dinner  set  out  with  such  bussle  and  fuss ; — 
But  us  brought  a  squab  pie,  you  know,  in  the  cart, 

Anda  keg  of  good  aider— so  that's  nort  to  us. 
"  I  telPce  what 'tis.  Moll  — this  here  Is  my  mind, 

The  world's  gone  quite  msse,  as  cure  as  you'm  bom  : 
*Tls  at  true  as  I'm  living — and  that  Ihcy  will  vind, 

Wiih  their  hossn  on  wheels  that  don't  live  upon  com. 
"  I  wouldn't  go  homeward  b'fnbye  to  the  vann 

Behind  such  a  critter,  when  all's  sed  and  dun, 
We've  ■  travell'd  score  miles,  but  we  never  got  harm, 

Vor  there's  nurt  like  a  market  cart  under  the  sun." 

DORSETSHIRE. 

"  The  rustic  dialed  of  Dorsetshire/*  ot)ser\'08 
Mr.  IJajnc9»  "  is,  with  little  variation,  that  of 
most  of  the  Western  parts  of  England,  which 
were  incliitled  in  the  kingdom  of  the  West  Saxons, 
the  counties  of  Surrey,  Hants,  Berks,  Wilts,  and 
Dorset,  and  parts  of  Somerset  and  Devon."  The 
Dorset  dialect,  however,  has  ei^eniial  features 
of  that  of  the  Western  counties  which  are  not 
heard  in  Surrey  or  Hants,  as  will  he  sufficiently 
apparent  from  the  specimens  here  given.  The 
lacipuage  of  the  south-east  part  of  Dorsetshire 
is  more  nearly  allied  to  that  of  Hants. 

*"  In  the  town  of  Fnole,"  according  to  Dr. 
Salter,  "  there  is  a  small  imrt  which  appears  to 
he  inhabited  hy  ft  peculiar  race  of  people,  who 
are,  and  prohably  long  have  been,  the  fibhing 
population  of  the  (icighhunrhood.  Their  man- 
ner of  speaking  is  totally  different  from  that  of 
the  neighbouring  rustics.  They  have  a  great 
predilection  for  changing  all  the  vowels  into 
short  II,  using  it  in  the  second  person, hut  without 
a  pronoun,  and  suppressing  syllables,  c.  g.  oojr'n 
eorV,  can  you  not  carry  it,  &c."  Mr.  Vernon, 
in  remarking  upon  these  facts,  obscn-'cs,  "  the 
language  of  our  seamen  in  general  is  well  worth 
a  close  investigation,  as  it  certainly  contains  not 
a  Uw  archaisms;  hut  the  subject  requires  time 
and  patience,  for  in  the  mouths  of  those  who 


ENGLISH  PROVrNClAt  DIALKCTS, 


call  the  Bdlerophon  tndthe  ViUe  de  Milan,  the 
BiOjf  Ruffian  and  the  Wheel-em-alontj,  there  is 
nothing 

**  But  doth  •uffer  a  Ma-chuige 
Into  •otnethlng  nrw  and  •trmoge." 
This  moat  be  received  with  some  limitatioa,aiid 
perhaps  applies  almost  entirely  to  difficult  mo- 
dern terms  not  easily  intellig^Me  to  the  unedu- 
cated. Many  of  the  principal  English  nautical 
terms  hare  remained  unchanged  for  centories. 

Valuable  Uatt  of  Dorsetshire  words  have  been 
liberally  sent  me  by  the  Rev.  C.  W.  Bingham, 
James  Davidson,  Esq.,  Samuel   Bagstcr,  Esq., 
Dr.  Salter,  and  G.  Oollop,  £&q. ;  but  my  prin- 
cipal references  have  been  made  to  the  glossary 
attached  by  Mr.  Bantes  to  his  "  I'ocnis  of  Rural 
Life  in  the  Dorset  Dialect/'  8vo.  1844.    The 
same  work  contains  a  dissertation  on  the  dialect, 
with  an  account  of  its  peculiar  features.     Tlie 
change  of  o  into  o,  ao  common  in  Dorsetshire, 
completely  disappears  as  we  proceed  in  a  westerly 
direction  towarxls  Worcestershire. 
(1)  .^  Letter  from  a  Pariah  Clerk  in  Dortet»hire 
to   on  abtent   Vicar,  in    the    Dialect   of   the 
County.     From  *  Poems  on  several  Occasions, 
formerly  written  by  John  Free,  D.D.,'  8vo. 
Lond.1757,  p.81. 

Meutn',  ui't  pl«ue  you,  1  do  ircnd 

Tbcmi  letter  to  you  u  a  vrlcnd. 

Hoping  you'll  pardon  the  inditing, 

Becu  1  am  not  us'd  to  writing. 

And  that  you  will  not  ukc  unkind 

A  word  or  ao  from  poor  George  Uiod, 

For  1  am  always  fn  the  way, 

And  needs  must  hear  what  people  sijr. 

First  of  the  houie  they  make  a  Joktt 

And  tay  the chimole*  never anoak. 

Now  theoccaiion  of  those  jotta, 

Ai  1  do  think,  where  fwallowi  nefia, 

That  chanc'd  the  other  day  to  vaal 

Into  the  parlour,  aut  and  aal. 

Bealde,  the  people  not  a  few 

Begin  to  munnur  much  at  you. 

For  leaving  of  them  In  the  lurch, 

And  letting  itTalngen  aerve  the  chureh. 

Who  are  in  haste  to  gn  agen, 

Zo,  tre  ha'nt  sang  tb«  Lord  knowi  when. 

And  for  their  preaching,  1  do  know 

Ai  well  as  mixist,  'tb  tnii  to,  ao, 

Zurc  if  the  call  you  had  were  right, 

Vou  ne'cT  could  thus  your  oelghtMun  slight. 

But  I  do  fear  you've  act  your  aim  on 

Naught  Id  the  world  tnjt  vllthy  mammon,  A^e. 

(2)  Axen  Maiden*  to  goo  to  Fiair. 
To-marra  work  so  hard'i  ya  can. 
An'  git  yer  Jobs  up  under  han', 
Var  Dick  an'  I,  an*  Poll's  young  man 

Be  gw&in  to  flair  ;  an'  aoo 
IfyouMl  llake  hold  ov  each  a  yarm 
Along  the  road  ar  In  the  twarm 
O*  To'ke,  we'll  kip  ye  out  o'harm, 

An*  gi  ye  a  fialreo  too. 
We  wood'i  stiyUaie  thar;  I'll  beboun' 
We'll  bring  our  shiadcsbaclt  out  o'  town 
Zome  woys  avore  the  sun  ts  down. 

So  long's  the  kky  ts  clear  ; 
An*  aoo.  when  al  yer  work's  a-done, 
Yer  mother  cant  tiut  let  yc  run 
An*  aae  a  lltUe  ff  the  fun 

Wber  oothln  is  to  feu. 


Thcaunha'  flow*r«  to  love  his  light. 
The  moon  ha'  flparklen  brooks  at  night. 
The  trcca  da  like  the  plftysome  flight 

Ov  ayer  vrom  the  west. 
Let  some  like  empty  sounds  to  mock 
Ther  luonesome  vftlee  by  hill  or  rock. 
But  merry  chops  da  like  t'  unlock 

Ther  hearts  to  maidens  hen. 
Zoo  you  git  ready  oow,  d*ye  hiar  ? 
Tho's  nar  another  flair  so  near. 
Aa*  thiese  don't  come  but  twice  a  year. 

An'  you  woon'f  vind  ui  tpUren. 
Wr'U  goo  to  al  the  sights  an'  shows, 
O'  tumblers  wl'  ther  spangled  cloa's. 
An'  conjurers  wi'  cunnen  blows. 

An*  raffle  var  a  flalren. 

(3)  The  WoodiandM. 

0  spread  agen  your  leaves  an'  flow'n, 
Luonetome  woodlands  I  lunny  wcKMilaoda 

Hare  uDdemeath  the  dewy  show'rs 

O'  warm-ilr'd  sprinf-time.  sutmy  woodlands  I 
As  when.  In  drong  .sr  otxm  groun*. 
Wr  happy  tnioylsh  heart  1  voun' 
The  twitt'ren  birds  abutldm  niun' 

Your  hlgh-tMugh'd  hedges,  mnny  woodlands  f 
Va  gie'd  roe  life,  ya  gle'd  me  Jfty, 

Luoorsomc  woodlauds  I  sunny  woodlands  I 
Va  gic'd  me  health  as  In  my  pl4y 

1  rambled  droo  ye,  sunny  woodlands  I 
Va  gie'd  me  freedom  var  to  rove 

In  Airy  mcsd,  arshlady  grove  i 
Va  gle'd  me  tmllen  Fanny's  love. 

The  best  ov  alt  o't.  tunny  woodlands 
My  rust  shill  skylark  whiver'd  high. 

Luosesome  woodlands  I  autmy  woodlands  f 
To  sing  below  your  deep-blue  sky, 

An*  while  spring-clouds.  O  sunny  w  nod  lands  I 
An'  tMughso' trees  that  oonce  stood  bore. 
Wer  glossy  green  (hi*  happy  year 
That  gle'd  me  oon  I  lov'd  so  dear, 

An'  oow  ha  lost,  O  ninny  woodlands  1 
O  let  me  rove  agen  unrpled, 

Luoncsoma  woodlands  I   suiuiy  woodlands  ! 
Aloof;  your  green-bough'd  hedges'  aide, 

A(  thfn  I  rambled,  sunny  woodlands  I 
An'  wher  the  ml»<n  trees  oonce  stood, 
Ar  tongues  oonce  rung  among  the  wood, 
My  memory  shall  mtake  em  good. 

Though  you've  alost  em,  aunny  woodlands ' 

(4)  The  JTeepen  lAady. 
When  llate  o'  nights,  upon  the  green. 
By  lAtk  wold  house,  the  moon  da  sheen, 
A  llady  there,  a-hangro  low 
Her  head's  a-wak-en  to  an*  Tn 
In  roties  to  white's  the  driven  snow  t 

Wi'  oon  ysrm  down,  while  oon  da  raat 

Al  llly-whileupon  the  tirrast 
O  fAlk  poor  wecprn  llady. 
The  rurdlen  win*  an'  whUlen  squall 
Do  shiake  the  ivy  t^y  the  wall. 
An*  miakc  the  plyen  tree-tops  rock. 
But  never  ruffle  her  white  fVock. 
An*  ilamrorn  door  an'  rotllen  lock 

That  in  rAik  empty  house  da  sound. 

Da  never  seem  to  miake  look  round 
ThVk  downcast  weepen  lladay, 
A  liaday,  as  the  ttale  da  goo. 
That  oonce  liv'd  there,  an'  lov'd  too  iruci 
Vict  by  a  young  man  out  aald* 
A  mother  sad.  tMit  not  a  tnide ; 
An'  then  her  father  in  hU  pride 


ENGLISH  PROVINCtAL  DIALECTS. 


Von  Mttor  Mi«t  W  wnAwywi 
To  iMtk  poacwMptn  lUdy. 

That  khe  hersuf  ihould  1c«tc  hia  door. 
'     To  dmrkra  tl  Again  noo  rauorv. 

At  that  her  Uttlr  plbysomr  chile. 

A-ml  awny  a  thouaand  mitr. 

Should  never  meet  her  ryn  to  unlle. 
An*  pliy  again*  (ill  the  in  ihlarae 
Should  die  an'  leive  a  taroUh'd  nlame, 
A  tad  vazmiakcn  liady. 

"  Let  me  be  loat,"  (he  cried. '•  the  while. 

I  do  tfut  know  var  my  poor  chile  ;** 

An*  left  thehuome  ov  al  her  pride. 

To  wander  droo  the  wordle  vide, 

Wi*  grief  that  vew  but  che  ha*  tried, 
An'  Ilk*  a  flow'r  a  blow  ha'  brokr, 
She  withered  wl'  rAfk  deadly  fttrokr. 
An*  died  aweepen  Uady. 

An*  the  da  keep  a-comen  on, 

Towr  fJklk  father  dead  an'  gnne, 

A*  if  her  KMil  could  have  noo  rni 

Avore  her  taary  chiak't  a-prcat 

By  hi*  vargW-cn  kbi :  auo  blett 
Be  they  that  can  but  lire  In  tore. 
An*  vlnea  pllacc  o*  rcat  above, 
Unlik'  the  weepco  Uady. 

DURHAM. 

The  Durbua  dialect  it  the  same  aa  that  spokeit 
in  Northumlwrland  and  the  North  Riditig  of 
York«birc,  the  fonncr  being  more  like  Scotcht 
and  the  latter  more  like  English,  but  each  in  a 
very  flight  degree.  The  Durham  pronnnciation, 
though  tofi.  is  monotonous  and  dravrling.  See 
the  *  Quart«riy  RedcfrTor  Feb.  1836,  p.  358. 

No  glossary  of  Durham  n-orda  has  yet  ap- 
peared, but  Kenoett  has  recorded  a  considerable 
Dumber  in  hii  MS.  Oloasary.  I  hare  been  en- 
abled to  add  many  unknown  to  that  author, 
derived  from  communications  by  the  Rev.  R. 
Douglas,  George  B.  Richardson*  Esq.,  Miss 
Portus.  E.  T.  Warburton,  Esq^iind  Mr.  S.  Ward. 

If  the  following  anecdote  be  true.  Southern 
English  is  but  little  known  amongst  some  of 
the  lower  orders  in  Durham  i 

■*  JohD."  aald  a  master  tanner  In  South  nurham, 
th«  other  dAy,  to  one  of  his  men,  "  bring  in  lome 
fuel."  John  walked  off.  revolving  tTio  word  In  his 
mind,  and  returned  with  a  pHchfork  I  *<  1  don't 
want  that***  said  the  wondering  tanner:  "  I  want  fuel, 
John."  **  Beg  your  pardon,'*  replied  the  man.  **  I 
thought  yon  wanted  •oroething  to  turn  over  the  •kins." 
And  off  he  went  again,  not  a  whit  the  wi»cr,  but 
aahamed  to  confess  hii  ignorance.  Much  mediLaiIng, 
he  Hext  pitched  upon  the  betom.  »houldcrlng  which. 
bcretunwd  to  the  ooundDg-houte.  HU  maater  wai 
now  Ida  pasaloo.  '*  What  a  itupidastyou  are.  John," 
he  exclaimed;  "  1  want  some  sticks  and  thavlngt  lo 
light  th«  flre."  *'  O-h-h-h  V'  rejoined  tlte  rustic,  '*  tboi'i 
what  you  want,  U  it  ?"  Why  couldn't  you  say  so  it 
fir*t.  master.  Instead  of  using  a  London  dictionary 
word  ?"  And,  wishful  to  show  that  he  was  not  alone 
In  Kk  IfDurance,  he  called  a  comrade  to  the  unner'i 
prcance.  and  aaked  hiro  If  he  knew  what  "  fuel"  was. 
"  Ay*  I"  amweicd  Joe,  *'  ducks  an'gcase,  and  itke 
like  r — OaiMAeod  Obasrrer. 

ESSEX. 

The  dialect  of  Essex  is  closely  allied  in  some 
parta  of  the  county  to  that  of  Kent,  and  in 
otbcn  to  that  of  Suffolk,  though  generally  not 


so  broad,  nor  spoken  with  the  strong  Suffolk 
whining  tone.  Mr.  Charles  Clark  has  given  a 
glossary  uf  Essex  words  at  the  end  of  *  John 
Nookea  aad  Mary  Styles,  or  an  Essex  CalTa 
Visit  to  Tiptree  Races,"*  8vo.  1939,  and  I  nm  in- 
debtctl  for  many  others  to  the  kindness  of  thfi 
Rev.  \V.  I'riddcn  and  Mr.  Edward  T.  HiU.  A 
list  of  Essex  words  is  given  in  the  Monthly 
Magazine  for  July,  1814,  pp.  498-9. 

(1)  FtomaPoem^f  ihefifiemthctniury^  by  the 
Vicar  of  Maidotu 
Thcrfor,  my  loffe  chyld,  I  si'hallc  techc  th*. 
Hrrken  mc  wellr  the  roaner  and  the  kV^* 
How  thi  sowie  inward  schalleaqueyntyd  be 
Wlthlhrwisgood  and  vertw  In  allewysse; 
Rede  and  consryve.  for  he  Is  to  displce. 
That  rcdyth  ay,  and  noot  what  is  ment, 
Suchc  redyng  is  not  but  wyndc  dcspent. 
Pray  thI  God  and  prayie  hym  withalle  thl  hart, 
Fadir  andmodyr  have  In  reverence. 
Love  hem  wclEe,  and  be  thou  never  to  smert 
To  her  mcnnyi  conuy]e.  but  kepe  the  thens, 
Tylle  thu  be  rlepld  be  clene  wlthowjt  offence  i 
Saly  w  gladly  to  hym  that  1«  moor  dygne 
Than  art  thiselfc.  thu  srhalt  thl  plase  resygne. 
OrcdethI  maystcr,  thy  thynge  loke  thu  kepe. 
Take  hede  to  thy  housold.  ay  love  thy  wyff, 
E'Icssunte  wordes  oujt  of  thl  mowth  schalle  crepe ; 
Be  not  irouft,  kepe  thi  beheat  os  lyff. 
Be  ttmpr^d,  wyjtc.  and  non  eacesayff : 
Thy  wyves  wordes  make  thu  noon  actorlt<}, 
In  follsclepc  no  moor  thann*  nodyth  ihe. 

US.  HttrLVn,t.  96. 
(2)  Coc*-«.Brt-«  HiU. 
At  Tottum's  Cock-a-BevU  Hill, 

A  iput  surpassed  by  few. 
Where  toddlers  ollts  haut  to  eye 

The  proper  prltty  wlew  ; 
Where  people  crake  so  ov  the  place* 

Lt'as-wayi,  so  I've  bard  uy  ; 
An'  frum  its  top  yow,  ■artcny, 

Can  sec  a  moasus  way. 
'Bout  this  osd  Hilt,  I  warrant  ya, 

Their  bog  it  nuvcr  cease*; 
They'd  growl  thud  yow  nut  own  that  It 

Beau  Danbury's  au*  to  pieces. 
But  no  sense  OT  a  place,  some  think* 

li  thia  here  hill  so  high.— 
Cos  there,  full  oft,  'tis  wtlon  ooad. 

But  that  don't  argufy. 
Vlt,  if  they  their  Inqulratlonsmaake 

In  winter  time,  some  will 
Condemn  that  place  as  no  great  shakes. 

Where  fulki  ha'  the  coad-chill  I 
At  sum'dy,  'hap*,  when  nigh  thesput. 

May  ha*  a  wish  lo  s«e't,— 
From  Mauldontoun  to  Keldon'tls* 

An'  'gin  a  four  releet. 
Where  up  the  road  the  load  It  goM 

So  lugsome  an'  so  stiff, 
Thathossc*  mosty  klich  a  whop, 

Prum  drivers  In  a  tiff. 
Out  who'd  pay  a  how  when  tugging  on  ? 

Noni?buta  tetchy  cif : 
TIs  right  on  plain  etch  chap  dcsarvea 

A  clumsy  thump  himself. 
Haul'd  o'er  the  coals,  slrh  fellars  e'er 

Shud  b«,  by  Martin's  Act ; 
But,  then,  they're  raytbrr  muggy  ofl. 
So  with  um  we're  not  sact. 


i 


KN'OLISII   PROVINCIAL  DIALECTS. 


Uut  thu«»iiU(  'hipi.  to  let  urn  oaf 

U  wrong,  becoi  etch  cartrr. 
ir  maade  iti  cmart.  hit  P't  and  Q'l 

He'd  mine  for  ever  arUrr. 
At  Cack-«Bevl%  Hill,  too*  the 

Witcacre*  ihow  a  tree. 
Which  If  yow  clamber  up,  beture, 

\  precioui  way  yow  iee. 
1  doro'l  think  I  cudcUmeit  now, 

Ald'U'  I  Utter  cud  ; 
1  stiuilii't  wanley  loike  to  troy, 

For  guelch  cum  down  I  thud. 
My  head  'ood  twlm,  — 1  'oodn't  do'lt 

Nut  even  for  a  guinea: 
A  Dairbour  ax'J  me,  tothcr  day, 

•*  Naa,  nai,*^  tayt  I,  •*  nut  qulnny.** 
At  Cock  a-BcTti  Hill,  I  waa 

A -goon  to  tell  the  fnlki. 
Some  wafMT*  back— when  I  bar^n  — 

In  peace  there  lived  John  Noakes. 

GLOUCESTERSHIRE. 
It  has  Uecu  already  remarked  that  the  orga- 
nic forms  of  Ihe  Glouceattrshire  dialect  have 
remained  unchanged  for  centuries,  and  are  to  he 
traced  in  Rohert  of  Gluuct'ster's  Chronicle. 
Many  Anglo-Saxon  words  are  here  preserved  in 
great  punty.  "  lie  gcunne  it  him/'  he  gave  it 
him,  the  Terb  getatne  being  in  general  use 
amongst  the  peo&antry.  The  dialect  is  more 
aiindar  to  that  of  Somersetshire  than  of  the 
adjuining  counties,  though  nut  ao  Btroagly 
m;trked  as  a  Western  diakct.  They  change  o 
into  a,»  into  r.^tntoc,  /  iulo  d^  p  into  ^,  <short 
Q  into  I  or  aoy,  long  e  into  eecr,  long  i  into  ey, 
long  o  into  ooa.  The  A.-S.  termination  en  is 
still  preserved ;  ihte  is  UKcd  for  thou  and  you  ; 
thilk  ia  in  constant  u&e^  htr  is  put  for  «Ae,  jrAe 
for  Aer,  /for  me,  and ou  for  Ae,  fAe,  or  it.  Cotn- 
tnunications  of  Gloucestershire  words  have  been 
received  fnun  the  Rev.  H.T.  Ellacombe,  Mias 
Shipton,  and  Mr.  E.  Wright. 

George  Ridler't  Oven, 

ThcBtwoni  that  built  OeorRC  Rldler'iovm, 

And  thauy  qeum  from  the  Oli*akeney*s  quaar  ; 
And  George  he  wur  a  jolly  old  mon. 

And  hli  yead  It  gfaw'd  atioTe  his  yare. 
One  thing  of  George  Ridler  I  rauit  commend, 

Ar>d  that  wur  not  a  notable  thea|[ ; 
He  mead  hli  braa^  avoorehedled, 

Wi*  any  dree  brothen  hU  aona  ai'houM  atng. 
There  f  Okk  the  treble  and  John  the  me*n, 

Lt-l  every  mon  sing  In  hU  auwn  pleace  ; 
And  George  he  wur  the  elder  brother, 

And  thercroore  he  would  ilng  the  bcasa. 
Mine  hoatcst't  mold  (and  herneaum  'twur  Nell) 

A  pretty  wench,  and  I  lnv'd  her  well  i 
I  lor'd  her  well,  good  reauaon  why. 

Because  s«hc  lov'dmy  dog  and  !• 
My  dog  Is  good  to  catch  a  hen. 

A  duck  or  goo<e  la  vood  for  men  ; 
And  where  good  company  I  spy. 

othethrr  gwocs  my  dog  and  I. 
My  mwothrr  told  I  when  I  wur  young, 

If  I  did  rollow  Ihe  ttrongbeer  pwoot  i 
Thatdreok  would  pruv  my  auverdrow, 

Amtneauk  me  wear  a  cliarrad-barecwo.i(. 


My  dng  hna  gotten  zitch  a  trick, 

I'n  i-lilt  moMl«  when  ihiuy  t>c  skli : 
When  thauy  be  sick  and  ltketadie» 

O  Chechcr  gwocs  my  dog  and  I. 
When  [  have  dree  itspencc*  under  my  thnmb« 

O  then  I  tie  welcome  wherever  I  come  ; 
But  when  I  havenoae,  O  thi-n  t  ptus  by, 

*TU  poverty  peartj  goodconipADy. 
ir  I  fhould  die,  ai  It  may  hnp. 

My  greauvc  ihallbc  under  the  good  yral  tap; 
In  Touted  earmn  there  wfK>l  u«  tie. 

Cheek  by  jowl  my  dog  and  1 1 

HAMPSHIRE. 
The  romance  of  Octovian,  according  to  Mr. 
D'IsraeU,  **  is  in  the  Hampshire  dialect  nearly 
as  il  is  spoken  now."  ^Vlthough  somewhat 
doubtful  as  to  the  literal  corrcrrnes*  of  this 
opinion,  an  extract  from  it  may  be  compared 
vrith  a  modern  specimen  of  the  (iaalect.  A  short 
glossar}'  of  Hampshire  words  is  given  in  Warner's 
collections  for  that  county.  The  dialect  of  the 
west  of  the  county  is  similar  to  that  of  Wiltshire, 
f  heing  changed  into  r,  and  th  into  f/;  and  un 
for  him,  her,  it.  It  is  a  common  saying,  that  in 
Hampsliire  every  thing  is  called  he  except  a  torn- 
cat  wliich  is  called  «Ae. 

( I )  Extract  from  ihe  early  romance  q/"  Oefoptan 
Imfierator. 

The  knyjtyi  logh  yti  the  halle. 

The  mantelljs  they  yeve  menstraiwalle  ; 

Lavor  and  b&tyn  they  gon  calle 

To  wascche  and  aryte, 
And  syth  to  dauncc  on  the  walle 

Of  Parys. 
Whan  the  soudan  thys  tydyng  hcnle. 
For  ire  a«  he  wcr  wod  he  fcrd  : 
He  ran  with  a  drawe  awerde 

To  hyi  raameotrye. 
And  allehyi  gi>ddys  ther  hoamerredf* 

With  greet  envye. 
Atterot,  Jopyn,  and  Mahoun 
He  alle  to-lu*w  wlih  hys  fachoun. 
And  Jutriter  he  drew  adoun 

Of  hysautere: 
Me  seyde,  hy  nere  worth  a  icaloune 

A  He  y-fcre. 
Thn  he  haddc  hyi  goddyi  ytiete. 
He  wa*  ibited  of  aJle  hys  hete. 
To  aende  hyt  sendys  nolde  he  najt  leie, 

Tho  anoooryjt, 
To  Babylonye  after  lordea  grete 

To  balpbymfyjt. 

MS.  Cbti.  Cattf,  A.  U.  f.tt. 

J  Letter  to  the  Editor  of  ihe  Timen,from  a  poor 
Man  at  Andotfer,  on  the  Union  Workhouee, 

Sir, —  Hunger,  as  I've  heerd  say,  breaks  through 
Stone  Walls  ;  but  yet  I  shodn't  have  tliought  of  Ict- 
dngyou  know  about  my  poor  Missus's  dt^th,  hut 
all  my  neltxiura  aay  tell  it  out*  and  It  can't  do  you 
DO  harm  and  may  do  others  good,  sptdally  as  Par- 
Itamtnt  Is  lo  meet  toon,  whrn  the  Oentlefoke  will  t>e 
talking  about  the  working  foke. 

I  be  but  a  farmer*  working  man.  and  was  roArricd 
lo  my  Mtsaus  90  year*  agooe,  and  have  three  ChlU 
dem  living  with  me,  one  10,  another  7*  and  t'other 
3.  I  tM  subject  to  tud  rumnrls,  and  never  earns  no 
morr,  a«  you  may  Judpc,  thnn  to  pay  rent  and  keep 


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our  bodiM  ftnd  louls  tofethtr  when  we  be  ill  wdl. 
1  wa>  tended  by  Mr.  WcttUke  wh^n  lie  wak  Union 
Dnctor,  but  whrn  the  Guardians  turned  him  nut  It 
wu  a  bid  job  for  atl  the  Poor,  and  a  prerious  bad 
job  for  me  and  mine. 

Mr.  Pajme  when  he  come  to  be  our  Union  Doctor 
tmrlcd  upon  me  up  to  almost  the  end  of  lait  AprlU 
but  when  I  tend  up  to  the  Union  Uouie  a«  utual, 
Mr.  Broad,  the  RelerlDg  OOlcer.  tend  back  word 
there  was  nothing  for  me.  and  Mr.  Payne  wofint 
rome  do  more.  I  wa»  loo  bad  to  work,  and  had  not 
Vittali  for  me,  the  Mitsut,  and  the  youn|{  nnes,  to  1 
waf  furced  to  tell  off  (he  Bed,  Bedtlcad,  and  fum't- 
lurc  of  the  young  onci ,  to  by  VlttaU  with,  and  then 
I  and  Miuui  and  the  young  onei  had  onljr  one  bed 
fnr  all  of  ufl.  Mi&tut  was  very  bad,  to,  tlieo^buc  as 
wr  knowd  twere  no  uiclo  mk  the  Union  fornothink 
ccpt  we'd  all  go  mto  the  Workhouse,  and  which 
>li>sus  couldn't  a  bear,  ai  she'd  bin  parted  from  the 
childrm.  she  sends  down  to  tell  Mr.  Westlake  how 
liad  we  was  a  doing  off,  and  he  comes  to  ut  directly, 
and  lends  upon  us  out  of  charity,  and  gives  Missus 
Mutton  and  thlnp.  which  he  said,  and  we  know'd 
too  wrll,  she  wantf>d  of,  and  he  gives  thlioutofhii 
own  Pocket. 

Missus  complaint  urowd  upon  her  and  she  got  lo 
vrry  bad,  and  Mr-  Westlake  says  to  us,  I  do  thtitk 
the  puardUns  wouldn't  let  your  wife  lay  here  and 
starve,  but  would  do  something  for  you  If  thry 
knowcd  how  bad  you  wanted  things,  and  so,  says  he, 
I'll  give  you  a  SertiBcatc  for  some  Mutton  nnd 
things,  and  you  take  It  to  Mr.  Broad,  the  relcvlng 
nflBcer.  Well,  1  doe*  this,  and  he  tells  me  that  hed 
five  It  to  the  guardians  and  let  me  know  what  they 
■aid.  I  sees  him  again,  and  O,  says  he,  I  gired  thai 
SfrtiOcate  to  the  Guardians,  but  rhey  chucked  it  a 
CNM  side  and  said  they  wouldnt  tend  to  no  luch 
thing,  nor  gi\e  you  nothing,  not  even  If  Missus  was 
dying,  if  you  has  anything  lo  do  with  Mr.  Westlake, 
as  they  had  turned  him  off. 

I  told  my  Mi»s<is  this,  and  then  says  she  we  must 
try  loget  their  Union  Doctor,  Mr.  Payne,  as  wecin'l 
go  on  for  ever  takln;;  things  from  Mr.  Westlakc's 
Pocket,  and  he  turned  out  of  Place,  and  so  good  lo 
many  potir  folks  besides  us.  So  we  gets  Mr.  Payne 
after  a  bit  lo  come  down  ;  and  he  says  to  Miuu* 
you're  very  bad,  and  I  shall  order  the  Union  to  seudi 
you  Mutton  and  other  things.  Next  Week  Mr. 
Payne  calls  again,  and  asks  Missus  did  she  have  the 
things  he'd  ordered  for  her  to  have  *  She  says  I've 
hod  a  shltlings  worth  of  Mutton,  Sir.  Why,  says 
he,  you  wants  other  things  besides  Mutton,  and  [ 
ordered  them  for  you  in  the  Union  Book,  and  you 
ought  to  have  thera  In  your  bad  slate.  This  goes  on 
for  5  nr  6  weeks,  only  a  shillings  wcuth  of  Mutton  a 
Week  being  allowed  her,  and  then  one  Week  a  Hlilc 
Gin  woa  allowed,  and  after  that  as  Missus  couldnt 
(M  out  of  bed  a  Woman  was  sent  to  nurse  and  h<-Ip 
hrr. 

I  didnt  ask  Mr.  Payne  to  order  these  ere  things. 
tho*  bad  enof  God  knows  they  was  wanted  ;  but  in 
the  Ant  week  In  tost  November  I  was  served  with  a 
summons  cotendaforeour  Mayor  and  Justices  under 
the  Vograncc  Act;  I  think  they  said  iwos  cause  I 
hod  DOl  found  these  things  for  Missus  myself;  but 
the  UdIoo  Doctor  had  ordered  em  of  the  Guardians 
on  his  sponslblllty.  Well,  I  oltends  afor«  the 
Justlca,  and  there  was  nothing  against  me,  and  so 
they  puts  it  off,  and  orders  tr.c  to  lend  afore  em 
«(aln  next  week,  which  I  does^  and  then  ihcrc  wosot 
coof  for  rm  to  aend  me  to  Gaol,  as  (he  Guardians 
wanted,  for  a  Month,  and  they  puts  it  off  again  for 
aaotber  Week,  and  says  I  must  come  afore  em  again 


■ind  which  I  do«s  ;  and  they  tella  me  thcres  nothing 
[■roved,  that  1  could  aford  to  piy  fnr  the  things,  and 
I  mltr  go  about  my  business. 

I  Just  loses  three  days'  work ,  or  pretty  handy,  by 
this,  and  that  mode  bad  a  good  bit  worse  Next  Day 
Mr.  Payne  comes  again,  and  MIisus  was  so  nut- 
daccout  bad.  she  says  cant  you  give  rre  somrthing 
to  do  me  good  and  ease  me  a  bit ;  says  Mr.  Payne,  I 
dont  see  you  be  much  worse.  Vea.  I  be.  says  Mls*ua, 
and  I  wish  you'd  be  so  good  as  to  let  me  send  for 
Mr.  Westlake, as  I  thinks  he  knows  what'd  mike  me 
rosier,  and  cure  the  bad  pains  I  do  suffVr.  Mr.  Payne 
abused  my  Poor  Minus,  and  dared  hrr  to  do  any. 
thing  of  that  sort,  and  so  we  were  feared  to  do  it, 
left  1  should  he  pulled  up  again  afore  the  Justice*, 
and  lose  more  days  work,  and  prhaps  get  sent  to 
Gaol.  Eight  days  after  l-his  Mr.  Pa>ne  nerer  having 
rame  nlst  ui,  and  the  Uni<.in  hiving  lowd  us  nothing 
al  all,  my  poor  Missus  dies,  and  dies  from  want,  and 
in  agonies  of  pain,  and  as  bad  off  as  If  shed  hern  a 
Savage,  for  she  could  only  have  died  of  want  of  them 
things  which  she  wanted  and  I  couldnt  buy  If  she'd 
been  In  a  foreign  land,  were  there  no  Parsons  and 
People  OS  I've  heard  tcll  be  treated  si  bad  as  dogs. 

Veart  agone.  If  any  body  had  been  half  so  bad  as 
ray  MUstia,  and  nobody  else  wouM  have  tended  to 
her,  there'd  been  the  clergyman  of  the  parish,  at  all 
evenu,  who'd  have  prayed  with  her,  and  seen  too 
that  she  didn't  die  of  starvation,  but  our  Parwin  is 
in  favor  of  this  here  new  Law,  atid  as  he  gets  GOf.  a 
year  from  the  GuardUm,  he  arnt  n  gnlng  to  quarrrl 
with  his  Bread  and  Cheese  for  the  likes  of  we,  and 
so  hedldnE  come  to  us.  Aliho'  he  must  have  knowed 
how  111  Miuus  was ;  and  she,  poor  creature,  went 
out  of  this  here  world  wUhoot  any  Spiritual  contl- 
lalion  whnisrtmeveT  from  the  Potir  Man's  Church. 

We'd  but  one  bed  .ib  I've  lelled  you,  And  only  one 
Bedroom,  and  It  was  very  bod  to  be  all  In  the  same 
Room  and  Bed  wiih  poor  Missus  after  shu  were 
dead  ;  and  as  I'd  no  money  to  pay  for  a  fofUn,  I 
goes  to  Mr.  Frond,  ihen  to  Mr.  Ma}cr,  one  of  the 
Guardians,  and  iTirn  to  the  overseers,  and  axes  .ill 
of  'em  to  And  a  Coffin,  but  'twere  no  use,  and  so, 
not  knowing  what  In  the  World  Co  do.  off  I  goes  to 
tell  Mr.  Westlake  of  It,  and  he  wossiwa  down  at  the 
House,  and  blamed  me  much  for  not  letting  he  know 
afore  Mltausdled,  and  finding  we'd  no  focnl  nor  fire, 
nothing  for  a  shrowd  eept  we  could  wash  up  some> 
thing,  and  ihal  we'd  no  soap  to  do  that  wiih,  he 
gives  us  onmeihlng  to  get  these  ere  things,  and  tells 
me  to  go  again  to  the  Rekvlng  Offlrtr  and  t'olhrrm 
and  try  and  get  a  CofTln,  and  to  tell  un  Missus  ought 
to  be  hurried  as  soon  as  posilble,  eluc  t'would  make 
us  til  ni.  This  1  does  as  afore,  but  get  nothing, 
and  then  Mr.  Westlake  give  me  an  order  whrre  to 
get  a  CoOln,  and  II  he  had  not  stood  a  friend  to  me 
and  mine,  I  can't  think  what  would  have  become  of 
em«  as  twos  sod  at  Nights  to  see  the  poor  little  things 
pretty  nigh  break  their  hearts  wht?n  they  s«vd  their 
poor  dead  motlirr  by  their  j|de  ayion  the  Bed. 

M  y  troubles  wasnt  to  end  even  here,  for  Strang  to 
tell  the  RegltCrer  for  Death*  for  (his  District  dnnt 
live  In  this  the  largest  Parish  with  about  MK>0  fnha- 
bitonlf,  but  at  a  Iltito  Village  of  not  more  than  4(H> 
Peopie  and  5  Mile«  off,  so  I  had  lo  walk  there  and 
back  U*  miles,  which  is  very  hard  upon  us  poor  folk, 
and  what  Is  worse  when  I  got  there  the  Ftegistrer 
watot  up ;  and  when  he  got  up  he  wouldnt  tend  to  m* 
afore  hcd  had  hitbrcakfait,  and  I  wu  aforced  tn  wait 
■  bout  unlU  hod  had  done  breakfast,  and  It  seemed  oi 
'twos  a  very  long  time  for  a  fioor  chap  like  me  to  be 
kept  a  waiting,  whilst  a  man  who  Is  paid  fordoing 
what  I    wanted  won't  do  such   little  work  a*  that 


ENOLISH  PROVIKCTAL  DIALECTS. 


aforf  here  mmde  hiMrlf  ramforUble.  tbo*  I  telM 
bim  haw  had  1  waolod  to  get  back,  and  that  1  »rH>u1d 
kww  «  Day  by  hit  kreflnft  me  walilnit  about. 

Thflt  thli  U  moiUy  the  fault  of  the  Guardlani 
rather  than  anybody  elte  1b  my  firm  tieleif,  the'  If 
Mr.  Payne  had  done  hit  duty  bed  a  been  with  Mivui 
many  timet  afore  >he  died  and  not  have  left  her  aj 
he  did,  when  he  kDowc<1  the  wai  vo  bad,  and  hctl  a 
made  un  give  her  what  ihe  wanted  :  but  then  he 
muit  do,  he  aayt,  Juit  what  the  Guardlani  wi>he«,  and 
that  amt  to  attend  much  on  the  Poor,  and  the  Tl»- 
levlng  Offlrer  it  docked  If  what  he  givei  by  even  the 
Doctors  ordera  ami  proved  of  by  the  Guordimiif 
Blerward,  and  he  had  to  pay  for  the  little  Gin  the 
Doctor  ordered  out  of  his  own  Pocket,  and.  as  the 
Newspnpcr  uys,  for  the  Nurse,  as  this  was  put  in 
our  Paper  by  I'm  sure  1  don't  know  who.  but  I  be- 
lleret  lis  true,  last  week. 

And  now,  Sir,  I  shall  laare  It  to  you  to  Judge 
whether  the  Poor  can  be  trettled  any  when  so  bad 
as  they  be  In  the  Andovcr  Union. 

HEREFORDSHIUE. 

TIic  pronoun  a  is  used  for  he,  slie,  or  it.  Strong 
pretfrits  are  ciinrent,  climb,  chmb^  heave,  hovt, 
pick,  puck,  Khake,  shuck,  squeeze,  a^oze,  Stc. 
The  dialect  of  this  county  must  be  classed  as  be- 
long;ingto  the  Midland  division.  The  word /Mt/ 
is  u»ed  iti  rather  a  peculiar  manner.  Instead  of 
uiying,  1  hove  hut  just  returnrd,  they  say  I  re- 
turned but  juil.  A. list  of  Herefordshire  words 
is  given  in  Uuncumb's  IIi8toi7  of  Hereford,  and 
a  more  extended  one  baa  recently  Iwen  sepa- 
rately published,  8vo.  1B39.  1  am  indebted  for 
many  words  not  to  be  found  in  either  of  thete  to 
lists  given  me  by  Sir  S.  R.  Meyrick,  T.  W.  Lone, 
Esq.,  and  Mr.  Perry. 

(1)  From  Maximon^  a  tale  in  a  ^fS.  written  in 
Hertfordshire  of  the  time  of  Edward  JL 
Herkne  to  my  ron, 
As  Irh  ou  telle  con, 

Uf  cide  al  hou  yt  goi. 
Of  a  mody  toon* 
Hihie  MaxurooD* 

Soth  wlthoute  lea. 
Clerc  he  wat  ful  god. 
So  mont  moo  underttod. 

Nou  herkne  hou  It  wes. 

Vs  wtUe  he  hevede  y-noh. 
Purpre  and  pal  he  droh. 

Ant  other  murthes  mo. 
He  wes  the  feyrest  mon* 
Wlth-outen  Abiolon, 

That  seththe  wes  ant  Uio. 
Tho  laite  U  lyf  so  longe. 
That  he  blgan  unttronge. 

As  mony  tides  so. 
Him  con  rcwe  sore 
Al  ii  wUdelore, 

For  elde  him  dude  so  wo  ; 

So  fone  as  elde  him  com 
Ys  boc  an  honde  he  nom. 

Ant  gan  of  rcuthci  Tttl«, 
Of  his  herte  ord 
He  made  moni  word, 

Ant  of  If  lyvM  dcde. 
He  gan  mcne  is  monet 
So  fcbl*  were  U  bone. 


V*s  hew  blRon  to  wede. 
So  dene  he  wu  y-gno, 
TItat  hpu  ne  hade  he  non  : 

Vs  hcrtc  gan  to  blede. 

Care  and  kunde  of  elde 
Hikcth  ml  body  f elde, 

That  y  ne  maf  stonde  uprlht ; 
Ant  min  herte  unbolde. 
Ant  ml  Ixxly  lo  eotde. 

That  er  thou  wes  so  lyht. 
Ant  ml  body  Ihunne, 
Such  Is  wortdcs  wunnc, 

This  day  me  thioketh  nyht. 

M&  HttrL  99A3,  f. 


RS. 


(2)  Frcm  an  EngliaA  translation  of  Macer  de 
virtutibuM  herbarum,  made  by  John  Lelamow, 
acolemaister  of  Herforde,  1373. 

Mowsere  growuh  lowc  by  thegrownde.  and  berith 
a  yellowc  flourc.  Drlnke  the  Juit  with  wyne  other 
ale,  anil  annynce  the  rcynes  and  the  bak  with  the 
blode  of  a  fox,  for  Itie  ilone.  Also  itampe  him  and 
mylfoly  togadyr,  nnd  drlnke  that  Juls  with  while 
wyne,  and  that  wille  make  one  to  pisse.  Also  drlnke 
the  Juit  with  stale  ale,  a  srkc  man  thai  is  woundld, 
and  yf  he  holdllhe  that  driokc  he  shalle  lyfc,  and  yf 
he  caste  hit  he  shalle  d'ye.  Alto  drinke  the  Juls  of 
tbliserbe  for  thetquynanry.  US,  Sioanr  5,  f.  35. 

HUNTINGDONSHIRE. 
There  seem  to  be  no  peculiorilics  of  dialect 
here  whicti  are  not  common  to  the  adjoining 
county  of  Cambridgeshire.  They  say  mart  for 
a  (|uautity ;  a  mori  of  pneoplc,  a  mort  of  rain. 
To-year  for  this  year,  like  to-day  or  to-morrvw. 
Wonderful  for  very ;  his  pain  were  wonderftU 
great.  To  yei  himself  ready,  for  to  dress  him- 
self ;  he  li  too  weak  to  get  himself  ready.  If  a 
disorder  or  illness  of  any  kind  l»c  inquire<]  for, 
they  never  aay  it  is  better  or  worse,  but  that's 
iMittcr,  or  that's  worse,  with  an  emphasis  on  that. 
The  Rev.  Joseph  Homer  kindly  favoured  me 
with  a  list  of  the  few  provincial  word*  which 
may  he  peculiar  to  this  county. 

ISLE  OP  WIGHT. 

The  dialect  of  the  native  inhabitants  of  this 
island  differs  in  many  respects  from  the  county 
to  which  It  is  opposite.  The  accent  is  rather 
mincing  than  broad,  and  haa  little  of  the  vulgar 
character  of  the  West  country  dialects.  The 
tendcncj*  to  insert  y  in  the  middle  of  words  may 
be  remarked,  and  the  substicuttou  of  rfoi  yis 
not  uncommon  among  the  peasantrj',  but  by  no 
means  general.  The  pronunciation  may  gene- 
rally he  correctly  represented  by  the  duplication 
of  the  vowels. 

No  printed  glossary  of  hie  of  Wight  provin- 
cioliiou  has  yet  a^jpeared^  but  a  very  valuable 
one  in  MS.,  compiled  by  Captain  Henry  Smith, 
was  mo&t  kindly  placed  at  my  diapotal  by  hia 
relative,  Charles  Roach  Stuith,  £aq.  f.8.a«  It 
htA  licen  fully  used  in  the  following  pages.  Use- 
ful communications  have  also  been  rt^ccived 
from  E.  J.  Vernon,  Esq.,  Dr.  Brom6cld,  and 
Dr.  Salter. 


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ENGLISH  PROVINCIAL  DIALKCTS. 


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Jin. 

nut. 


Jmn. 


Jmm, 


WVL 


Jan. 

HUl. 


Specim^m  of  the  hie  of  Wigkl  ttialect. 
Wlint'i  got  therr  you  f 
A  blastnuhun  itradtllebob  craAlun  about  In  the 

Djunmut  big. 
Slnddlcbobl     Where  ded'U  leyani  (o  tuu^n  by 

that  iieysm  ? 
Why,  what  thoud  e  caal'n  f  tes  the  right  oeyun 

nn  ut  i 
Right  ncywn,  oo  t  why  ye  gun  so(e  rooU  cun't 

see  lea  a  Dumblcdore  r 
I  knowi  ic*,  but  vur  ul  that  Strmddlebob'c  *o 

right  a  oeyam  vorn  ai  Dumblcdore  ci. 
Come.  I'll  be  deyaod  if  I  doac:  laay  thee  a  quart 

o'thaL 
Dooe  *  and  Til  ax  ineyaslor  to  night  wht'O  I 

goes  whooam,  bee't  how  *t  wool. 
(Accordlogly  n.t)aAtur  was  applied  to  by  Wilt, 

who  made  hii    dacUlon    known   to  Jan  Che 
next  roomtng.l 
I  lay.  Jan  t     I  axed  ineyastur  about  that  are 

UkC  Dight. 
Wdl!  what  dcd  *ur  aay  f 
Why  a  led  one  neyam  ei  jcat  au  vittun  vorn  as 

tother,  Aud  he  lous  a  ben  caald  StraddJebob 

ever  xuDce  the  bland  was  vust  tneyad. 
The  devvul  ahav  I  if  that's  thekeeu  1  •pooos  I 

kMt  the  quart. 
That  theeluu't  lucky  1  and  we'll  goo  down  to 

Arverton  to  the  Red  Lion  and  drink  un  aier 

we  done  work. 


I 

■  KENT. 

I  Tbe  modem  Kentiih  dialect  is  alightly  broad, 
indeed  more  so  than  that  of  Surrej  or  Siuaex. 
Vaiy,  plaiy,  icaiy,  for  day,  play,  way,  Ike.  Tliey 
say  urho  for  hov,  and  vice  vena.  Mate,  initead 
of  boy  or  lad,  is  the  luual  address  amongtt 
equals.  The  interchange  of  e  and  lo  is  common 
here  u  well  as  in  the  uietropoltg.  At  in  most 
parts  of  England,  the  prunuuciation  of  noiues  of 
places  differs  very  much  from  the  orthography, 
e.g.  Smantci  for  Sevenoaks,  DaimfoT  Durcnth, 
Leiuum  for  Lcwisham,  &c.  No  glossary  of 
Kentish  words  has  yet  been  published,  unless  vrc 
may  so  style  a  short  list  of  words  in  Lcnis's 
History  and  Antiquities  of  the  lale  of  Tenet, 
1 736,  pp.  35-39,  but  I  have  received  valuable 
communications  from  the  Rev.  M.  II.  Lloyd, 
John  Brent,  Esq.,  the  Rev.  Thomas  StrcatfciM, 
the  Rev.  L.  B.  Larking,  John  Pemherlon  Bart- 
lett,  Esq.,  the  Rev.  Dr.  I lusscy,  Thomas  Wright, 
Esq.,  Miss  Cotterell,  J.  K.  I'lughcs,  Esq.,  and 
A.  J.  Uunkin,  Esq.  An  early  song  in  this  dia- 
lect occurs  in  Kavenscroft's  Melismala,  16U. 

We  have  a  most  curious  specimen  of  the 
Kentish  dialect  of  the  fourteenth  century  (1340) 
iu  the  Ayeobyte  of  Inwyt,  a  MS.  in  the  Arundel 
collection.  An  extract  from  it  will  be  found  at 
p.  801,  and  another  is  here  given.  The  change 
ofyintop,  and  .into  j,  arc  now  generally  pecu- 
liar to  the  West  country  dialect,  hut  appear  at 
this  early  period  to  have  extended  over  the 
South  of  England.  In  the  next  century,  the 
broadness  of  the  dialect  was  not  so  general.  Al 
least,  I  poem  of  the  liAeenth  centur,',  in  a  MS. 
al  Oxford,  written  in  Kent,  is  remarkably  pure, 
alihongh  the  author  excuses  himself  for  his 
language: 
I. 


And  though  myn  Eogllih  tie  tympill  to  myn  eulcDt. 
HoEil  in«  excusid,  for  I  wu  borne  in  Kent. 

MS.  LaMd.  416,  f.  49. 
The  principal  peculiarity  in  this  MS.  seems  to 
consist  in  e  being  the  prefix  to  the  verb  instead 
of  ior  y.  For  a  long  period,  however,  the  dia- 
lect of  the  Kentish  peasantry  was  strongly 
marked.  In  a  rare  tract  entitled,  "  How  the 
Plowman  lerned  his  Paternoster,"  a  character  is 
thus  mentioned: 

lie  wu  pmtched,  tome,  snd  all  t<>.rente ; 
It  lemed  by  his  langogc  that  he  ira»  twme  In  Kente. 
HeUijuitB  Anliquttt  vol.  1.  p.  46. 

The   following   very  curious   passage   from 
Caxton  will  further  illustrate  this  fact : 

And  certaynly  our  langage  now  used  varyeth 
ferre  from  that  whiche  was  used  and  spoken  whan  I 
was  borne,  for  we  £nglysshenien  ben  borae  under 
the  domynacyon  of  the  moiie,  whlche  is  never  stcd- 
faste,  but  ever  waverynge,  wexynge  one  season,  and 
wancth  and  dyscreaseth  another  season  *,  and  thai 
cvmya  Englysshe  that  Is  spoken  In  one  shyre  varyeth 
from  another,  Inioraochc  that  in  my  dayes  happened 
that  certayn  marchauotes  were  In  a  shippe  in 
Tatny.e  for  to  have  aayled  over  the  see  into 
ZeUnde,  and  for  lacke  of  wynde,  thel  taryed  atte 
Kortond,  and  wenle  to  lande  {or  to  rcfrcshe  them. 
And  one  of  theytn,  named  ^iheCTt'lde,  a  meri-er,  cam 
into  an  hows  aud  axed  fur  mete,  and  specyally  he 
axyd  after  eggys;  and  thegoodewyf  answerdc  that 
she  coude  speke  oo  Frenslie,  and  the  inarchaunt  was 
angry,  for  be  also  coude  speke  no  Frenshe,  but  wolde 
have  hadde  egges,  aud  the  uoderstode  bym  not ; 
and  thennc  at  laste  another  sayd  that  he  wolde  have 
ryren.  Then  the  good  wyf  sayd  that  she  understod 
hyin  wc].  Loo.  what  sholde  a  man  in  tiiysc  dayes 
now  wryte  egges  or  eyren  /  Certaynly  It  is  hardeto 
playse  every  man,  bycauae  of  dyversit^  and  chaunge 
of  langage.  Ctuton't  JStwy^M,  HW. 

(I)  Extract  from  the  Ayenbyte  (ff  Intoyt,  MS. 

Armtiel  57,  ff.  86-87. 
Me  ret  loe  lives  of  holy  vaderes  Ihet  an  holy  man 
tealde  hou  he  com  to  by  monek,  and  scde  hou  thet 
he  hedde  y-by  anc  payenes  lone,  thet  wes  a  prest  to 
the  momenctte*.  And  tho  he  wes  a  child  on  time 
he  yede  into  the  temple  mid  his  vader  priveliche; 
ther  he  ysc^  ane  gratne  dycvcl  thet  let  ope  ane 
vyealdinde  stole,  and  aV  his  mnync  aboiite  him. 
Ther  com  on  of  the  princes,  and  leal  to  hjm  ;  tho  he 
Him  aksede  the  ilke  thet  let  inc  the  stole  huannes 
he  rom,  and  he  aosuerede  thet  he  com  vram  ane 
iondehuer  he  hedde  arcred  and  y-mad  maoyewerren 
and  manyc  vijtinge*,  mo  thet  moche  volk  weren 
y-silaje,  and  moche  blod  thet  y-SKd.  The  mayster 
him  acscde  Ine  hou  mtMrhe  time  he  helte  thet  y-do, 
and  he  ansuerede  ine  thtitli  dajrt.  He  hini  cede, 
Ine  suo  moche  time  hett  itio  lite  y-do  7  Tho  he 
hct  thethawer  rljt  wel  y.beale,  and  evcle  y-dra5e. 
F:fteT  liian  com  another  thet  alsuo  to  him  leal  as* 
the  verstc.  The  mayster  him  acsede  huannea  ha 
con].  E^e  aosuerede  thet  ho  com  vram  the  se  huer 
he  taedde  y.mfld  tnanye  tempestes,  vcle  laipes  ICH 
bfoke,  and  moche  volk  adreytt.  The  malster  acsedc 
ine  hou  long  time.  He  ansuerede  Ine  tuentl  dajes. 
He  tnydc,  ine  luo  moche  time  hest  auo  lite  ydof 
Enerward  com  the  thrldde,  thet  ansuerede  Ihet  he 
com  vram  ao<  ciU  huer  he  hedde  y-by  al  ane 
bredale,  and  ther  he  hedde  arered  and  y-mad  cheastcs 
and  itriGT,  auo  Ihet  moche  volk  ther  were  y.slaje, 
and  tfaei-to  be  hedde  y  slsje  thane  hotebounde.    The 


XN0U8U  PftOVIKOIAL  DIALECTS. 


taaltur  blm  aciede  hou  long  time  he  aetu  thetvor 
to  dtme.  He  aiuuFnile  ihet  iac  (en  dx^e*.  Tho  he 
hcl  thet  he  were  wel  y-byate  TOt  Ibct  he  hedde  «uo 
longe  abide  thet  to  done  without  more.  Ate  luten 
com  ttDother  to-vore  the  prtnce,  and  to  him  he  bea] ; 
and  he  him  aoede,  huannei  romtt  thou  t  He 
ansueredc  thet  he  com  «ram  the  crmltage  huer  he 
bedde  y-by  vourli  yer  vor  to  vondi  ane  mooek  of 
fornicacion,  thet  ii  Che  tenoe  of  lecherie.  and  xuo 
mf>che  Ich  habbe  y-do  thet  ine  thitonyjt  Ich  hine 
habbe  overcome,  and  y-do  htm  valle  Into  theyenne. 
Tho  Ihip  op  the  mAyster,  and  him  kesle  and  be- 
cleptc,  and  dede  the  corouneope  hit  hcved,  an  dede 
him  litte  beiide  him,  and  to  him  cede  that  he  hedde 
grat  thing  y-do  and  gnt  proweue.  Tho  saydc  the 
guodo  man  thet  hunnne  he  hedde  thet  y-hyerd  and 
thet  y  lojc,  he  thojte  thet  hit  were  grat  thing  toby 
monekf  and  be  tho  enchcytoun  he  becom  monek. 

(2)  Extract  from   MS.  Laud.  416,  written  Ay 

a  native  of  Kent  about  1460. 
Al«o  use  not  to  pley  at  the  dice  ne  at  the  tablls, 
Ke  none  mnner  gamy*  uppon  ihr  holidatt ; 
Uie  no  tavrrnyi  where  be  jciti*  and  fablit, 
Syngyng  nf  trwdc  halettn,  rondcletlu,  or  vlroUlt ; 
Nor  eriy  In  mumyng  to  fecche  home  freich  malt, 
Forytm&kyth  maydios  tostomble  and  TaMe  In  the 

breirt, 
And  afterward  thfy  telle  her  counrele  to  the  frein. 

Now  y-wliyt  were  wele  done  to  know 

The  dylTrreDce  bytweae  t  damielle  and  a  malde, 

For  alle  bene  lyke  whas  they  itond  in  a  low  ; 

But  1  wylle  telle  what  cxperiuncr  said. 

And  in  what  wy>e  they  bccntyrid  and  araled  : 

Maydynfl  were  callla  of  lilk  and  of  thrcd, 

And  dAmaellU  kerchevicpynnid  uppon  thcr  bed. 

Wvffla  may  not  tochirch  title  they  be  entyrcd, 
ETbrldyllldaad  paytrelltH,  toihcw  her  aray, 
And  f«tyd  alkatmwteai  an  hacooy  to  be  hyred  ; 
Thnn  «he  lokyth  aboute  her  If  eny  be  lo  giy  : 
And  oon  thyng  I  comend,  which  U  mo»t  to  ray  pay, 
ThvT  kerrhef  hanggyth  »o  low,   that  no  man  can 

■•«pve. 
To  loke  undlmethe  ooni  to  shrew  her  eie. 

Jangelyng  In  chtrche  among  hem  Ii  not  uild. 
To  telle  alle  her  howiwyfry  of  the  weke  byforc ; 
And  alfo  her  hu«boiidl«  ihallcnot  be  arcnild. 
Now  crokyd  aud  crabbed  they  bene  ever  more  ; 
And  luche  thynggei  lo  1  they  can  kepe  no  srnre. 
They   bene   as    clow  and  covert  as  the  horn   of 

Gabriclle, 
That  wylle  not  be  herd  bat  from  berya  to  belle. 

(3)  From  Dick  and  Salt  a  modem  poem  in  the 

KenitMh  dialect. 
Ym  lee,  when  Mlddlemai  come  roun, 

I  thought  Jat  Sal  and  I 
Ud  go  to  Canterbury  town* 

To  we  what  we  cud  buy. 
Fer  when  1  llVd  at  Challock  Ley>. 

Our  Srcont-man  had  bfvn  : 
An  wonro,  when  we  wai  carrln  pemi. 

He  told  me  what  he'd  tin. 
He  Mid  dare  was  •  teejut  tttHXt 

Dat  Uuted  for  a  wick  ; 
An  all  de  ploughmen  dat  went  dare. 

If  uit  car  dair  thlnlng  atlck. 
An  how  dat  dare  wai  nable  rigi. 

An  Merrlander'i  jokes ; 
Snuff-boitn,  ahowi.an  wblrllgl|S« 

An  boufed  sights  a  folk*. 


But  what  queer'd  me,  he  Md  'twu  kcp 

All  rounatmut  de church  ; 
An  how  dey  had  him  up  de  steps. 

An  left  htm  in  de  lurch. 
At  last  he  got  Into  de  street. 

An  den  he  lott  his  road  ; 
An  Bet  an  he  come  to  a  gate. 

Where  all  de  soadgert  stood. 
Den  she  keCcht  fast  hold  av  his  ban. 

For  she  was  rather  scar'd  : 
Tom  aed,  when  fust  he  see  'em  ttan. 

He  thought  slie'd  be  a-farcd. 

LANCASHIRE. 

The  dialect  of  Lancaaliire  is  principaUy  known 
by  Collier's  Dialogue,  ijubliahed  under  the  aame 
of  Tim  Dobbin.     A  glossary  of  the  fifteenth  cen-    J 
tun,  written  in  Lancashire,  is  preserved  in  MS.    ■ 
Lansd.  560,  f.  45.     A  lettjcr  in  the  Lancashire 
dialect  occurs  in  Braithwaite's  Two  Lancashire 
Lovers,    1640,  and  other  early   specimens  arc     _ 
given  in  Heywon<r9  Late  Lancashire  Witches,    fl 
4to.  1634r  And  Shadwf^ll's  Lancashire  Witches^    1 
4to.  1GB2.     The   glossar}-   at  the  cud   of  Tim 
Bobbin  is  iToperfect  as  a  collcctton  for  thecoimty, 
and  I  have  been  chiefly  indebted  for  Lancashire 
words  to  my  father,   Thomas    HaUiweU,    Esq. 
Brief  notes  hare  also  been  received  from  (he 
Rev.  L.  Jones,  George  Smecton,  Esq.,  the  Rev. 
Ur.   Hume,  G.   R.  Spencer,  Esq.,  and  Mr.  R. 
Pioctor.     The  features  of  the  dialect  will  be 
seeti  from  the  foltowing  specimens ;  o  and  ou  arc 
changed  into  a,  ea  into  o,  at  into  mt,  jt  into  k^ 
long  o  into  oi,  and  d  final  into  /.     The  Saxon 
termination  en  is  retained,  but  generally  mute. 

( 1 )  Extract    from    Tim    Bobbin**    Dialogue 

between  ISimmiu  and  Meary. 

Jtf.  Udds-flih  3  boh  that  wur  breve.  I  wou'd  I'd 
bin  eh  ;orc  Kele. 

T.  Whau  whauj  boh  theawst  hesr.  It  wur  odree 
wey  t<»oto;  heawe'er  I  gcet  there  be  sue*  o'clock, 
on  before  eh  opp'nt  diir,  1  covert  Nip  wuh  th' 
dojMi,  ot  eh  dtoy  meh  netc  weh,  t'let  him  seehcaw 
1  i^iodrt  her.  Then  1  opp'nt  dur:  on  whot  te  dule 
dust  think,  twh  three  Utile  tyney  UandyhewiUconm 
wcaiighing  os  If  th*  htttcewals  wou'd  o  worrit  roc, 
on  after  that  twallut  me  whlck  i  Boh  pretontly 
there  coom  o  fine  wumroon  t  on  I  took  her  for  a  hoo 
justice,  hoor  so  meety  fine  ;  F  r  1  heard  Eluchott 
o' Jack'i  tell  mch  meastr.r,  that  hoo  JuiLlcea  awlus 
did  th'  mooatt  o'th'  wark  !  Heawe'er.  I  axt  hur  If 
Hr.  Justice  wur  o  whoam  ;  hoo  roii'd  naw  opp'n  hur 
meawth  t'  sey  eigh,  or  now ;  twh  limpurt  on  »ed  Isi, 
(the  dickkona  Isi  hur  on  him  too)  -Sed  I,  I  wuddld'n 
tell  him  I'd  fenespeyk  to  him. 

(2)  A  Letter  printed  and  dittributed  in  the 
procetsion  that  ica»  formed  at  Mancheater  m 
commemoration  of  free  trade. 

Bury.  July  ISth.  IfNf!. 

To  UB  Law-an  Jhon  Rt7ssBt.L,  — Well,  me 
Lawrd,  yoan  gctt'o  ut  last  up  to  ih*  top  •>'  ih'  lad- 
Ihur,  un  th'  heemust  stave  anit  brokk'n  wl  yo  this 
time  us  it  did  afore.  Wayal  •eel*  t'ncawwrthur  yu 
kun  keep  yurstnnnm  ur  not;  awm  raytherfyertut 
yoon  find  It  flippy  un  noan  safe  footin  ;  but,  heaw- 
sumevvur,  thin  nawt  like  thr)in. 

But  wot'r  ynfurdootn.*      Vuteenuilo  think  uto 


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SNOLISH  PBOVTNCIAL  DIALECTS. 


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I 


I 
I 


Vwt  dyel  o  thing*  winti  mrndEn,  un  yii  thtnkn  reel, 
Ibr  they  dun:— but  kon  roniannidgeum  i  Vur  fust 
job  '11  be  •  twoffun;  un  iho  It'll  be  o  iwevt  tubjek, 
It'll  hB  lum  leawr  •lufTobeawt  1(.  But  feawr  ur  not 
yo  niun  iLkk  llkebrcek,  un  not  let  that  oinllD, 
leftwty  vtuff  obeawt  •'tUve-grooo  un  free-grtMn" 
•top  yo.  BlcM  me  life,  moD  !  lu  aooof  togtc  won 
th'  bally  wratch  to  yer  o  »et  o  gawnbllos  uts  beyyln, 
un  iplnnln,  un  weyvln,  un  warlu  slavc-groon  kottn 
ettrh  day  o  thtr  live*.  Lawk  obeawt  Ihlr  konshuniu* 
not  letUn  um  iweetn  thir  faybry  pic  fur  th'  chllthur 
wl  o  bit  o  ilaTe-groou  aliugur.  It'i  oa  humbug,  tne 
LmwtA,  un  tell  um  aw  aay  lo.  Stick  yo  fast  to  the 
■kame  o*  having  o«  th'  dewttea  dike  i  but  yo  may 
•Hp  eawt  thooc  twothrcy  yer  ut  yore  fur  keepln  up  o 
(Ufferuuce,  ua  voon  ut  yno  o  mind.  We  kun  tpa.Tc 
oro  wen  wer  biny. 

Sum  o  yur  skames  urweel  onoof?  but  th'  ra»1n 
thing  '11  bo  for  yo  ro  ta  care  to  fpend  uj  little  brait 
ut  yo  koD,  un  giv  ui  o  gud  tbrwle. 

Voan  Icttn  Sur  Robbut  (yoa  knoon  be'f  a  Berry 
mulTun  we're  sharp  chap*) — aw  aay  yoan  lettn  Sur 
Robbut  get  howd  o  yur  loolt  and  wurtch  wl  um 
wouBt,  wi  not  beelo  tharp  onooflT.  He  made  o  ftid 
hondlin  on  um,  too  unigelta  t'wajus  for  hit  wark, 
tho*  I'tkamc  wuryoan,  un  tv  yo  dunnut  mind  he'll 
do  t'lwne  ogen.  Hi<U  let  yo  get  tb'  patthums  redd]:, 
and  make  tntertlna,  un  t'bowu,  un  t'tkrewr,  mi 
tJtchn:  but  he'll  put  t'moabceo  togethur.  un  dray 
th'  wage  ut  th'  Sethurde  nect.  Iv  yo  umut  yur  ecu 
obeawt  yo. 

DuuDot  be  fyert.  moo,  but  rap  eawt  wl  awe  ut* 
net,  un  ui  Berry  foke  'II  elp  yo  ut  ard  at  we  kon. 
Wayn  helpt  Kobdiii,  un  wayn  eJp  yo.  If  yoan  tct 
obeawt  yur  wark  gmdely. 

Wayre  bavvin  o  greyt  ttur  to  day  heer  for  u* 
vurt^ln  foke.  un  wayre  to  have  doance  o  Muiiday 
nevt.  Aw  nobbut  wuth  ut  yo  k'd  kum  deawn  un 
•eem — yoad  tee  titch  o  tcet  un  yer  titch  bhmwtin 
yoa  ne'er  ared  nur  1  yor  life.  They  konnut  theawl 
i  Lunnoo— iti  nobbot  gradely  butthermUk  un  por- 
rltch  Lankethur  ladi  ut  kun  theawt  woth  koin 
•htawttn. 

But  yo  mun  ne'er  heed,  Lawrd  John.  Dunncvl 
be  fycrt,  ua  aw  ted  ofure,  but  tton  up  for  woti  reel, 
un  It  t'  pailyment  winnit  let  yo  ha  yvr  oan  rode, 
kum  e«wt,  un  let  t'  gangway  kmwvei  thry  how  ihjy 
kUD  teawk  t*  public  pap. 

Awm  noan  yutt  to  ritln,  un  aw  feel  tyerl.  to  nw 
mun  lyeT  awt  moor  ut  aw  av  to  tay  tell  me  booil't 
rcatut  itael.     So  aw  remain,  me  Lawrd, 
Yours  for  evrur, 

BURVMUFF. 

(3)  A  Laneathire  Ballad. 
Vow.  aw  me  gud  geotlet,  an  yau  won  tarry, 
lie  lel  how  Gilbert  Scutt  toudn't  marc  Berry. 
He  toudn't  mare  Berry  at  Warikin  fair  ; 
When  heel  be  pide.  hee  knowi  not,  ere  or  nere. 
Soon  at  hee  coom  whoom,  an  toud  hit  wife  Grace, 
H<'n  up  wl  th*  kippn.  an  twat  him  ore  Di*  face; 
Hooptckdt  himoth*  hilloc,  »i  tick  a  thwack. 
That  hoo  had  whel  nl  a  brokken  hit  back. 
Thou  hooer,  quo  hee,  wo't  butlemroe  riie, 
lie  gi  thee  auth'  Uvt,  wench,  that  Imme  He*. 
Ttwu  udgit,  quo  hoi>,  but  whcr  dui  hee  dwct  f 
Belakin,  quo  hcc,  but  I  connan  tcl. 
I  tuck  him  to  be  iiJin  gud  grctlmoti't  ton  ; 
Me  *pt-nt  too  pente  un  mee  when  hee  had  doon. 
Me  gin  mee  a  lunch'n  o  denty  »nlg  py, 
An  fchaukdtmeebllh'  haundt  mott  lovingly. 
Then  Grace,  hoo  prompOt  hur,  lonecatan  lo     lu-. 
To  War'km  hoo  went,  o  Wmaday  betime. 


An  thecr  too,  hoo  itade  ful  Ave  mark  It  day*. 

Til  th'  moD,  wi  th'  mare,  wcro  coom  tu  Raualey 

Shaw**. 
At  Grace  wai  retttn  won  day  In  hur  rowm. 
Moo  tpydt  th'  mon  a  ndlu  o  th'  mare  down  the  town. 
Bounce  gui  hur  hart,  an  hoo  wer  lo  glopen 
That  out  o  th*  wtndohoo'd  like  fort  Ittpin. 
Moo  ttaumpdl,  an  hoo  ttar'dt,  an  down  ttalra  hoo 

run, 
Wi*  th'  hat  under  th'  arm,  an  windt  welly  gon. 
Hur  hedgear  flew  off,  an  to  did  hur  aiMwd. 
Moo  ttaumpdt,  an  hoo  atAr'dt,   a»  an   hoo'd  been 

wood. 
To  Raunley't  hoo  hy'd,  an  hoo  hove  up  th*  latch, 
Afore  th'  mon  had  teed  th'  more  welly  too  ih'  crratch. 
Mc  gud  mon,  quo  hoo,  frcnd,  hee  greets  yau  mciry. 
Au  drsiret  yauM  send  him  money  for  Berry. 
Ay,  money,  quo  hee.  th^c  1  connau  spare  i 
Belakin,  quo  hoo,  but  then  lie  ha  Ih'  mare. 
Moo  poodt,  an  hoo  thrompenll  him,  shaum't  be 

teen  ; 
Thou  hangmon,  quo  hoo,  He  poo  out  thin  ecn  i 
He  mak  thee  a  toropan,  haud  thee  a  groat 
lie  oth'r  ha*  th'  money,  or  poo  out  the  throat ; 
'Tween  them  they  made  such  a  wearison  din. 
That  for  t'  intreat  them,  Raunly  Shaw  coom  in, 
Co4im.  fy,  fy,  naunt  Grace,  coom,  fy,  an  a  donn  ; 
What,  doel,  ar  yau  monkeen,  or  ar  yau  woon  i 
Belakin,  quo  hee,  yau  lane  to  hard  on— 
i  think   now  that  th'  woman  has  quite  spoildt  th' 

mon. 
Coom,  fy,  fy,  naunl  Grace,  coom,  fy,  an  a  doon  ; 
Yaust  ha'  th*  more,  or  th*  money,  whether  yau  won. 
So  Grace  got  th*  moiMy,  aa  wboomwardt  hoo'agoa, 
Hoo  keepiU  aw,  on  gect  Oilbcrt  Scoil  ooo. 

LEICESTERSHIRE. 
The  dialect  of  ihU  county  has  been  entirely 
neglected,  with  the  exception  of  a  few  brief 
remarks  in  Macaulay's  llialory  of  Claybrook, 
1791 ;  but  it  deserves  a  careful  study.  A  valu- 
able glossary  of  Leiceatcrshire  words  was  given 
me  by  Mr.  Jolm  Gibson,  but  too  late  to  be  used 
in  the  early  part  of  the  work. 

The  dialcrt  oT  the  common  people,  though  broad. 
kfl  iufflclcntly  plain  and  Intelligible.  They  have  a 
strong  propensity  to  aspirate  their  words;  the  letter 
h  oomcs  in  almotton  every  occasion  where  It  ought 
not,  and  Is  as  frequently  omitted  where  it  ought  to 
come  in.  The  words  /if,  mine,  and  such  like,  are 
pronounced  as  if  they  were  spelt  y*»M«,mo(nr,'  ptnre, 
fact,  Ac  as  If  ihcy  were  spelt  jtleace,  /-mcv.-  and  In 
the  plural  sonietimes  you  hear  pieicen  ;  clt>»*n  for 
c/owfl/  and  many  other  words  In  the  same  style  of 
Saxon  termination.  The  words  thm  and  irherg 
are  generally  pnmounced  thus,  thcrrf,  whttrt ;  the 
words  mercp,  HeMrv*,  Ac.  thus,  mitrrjf,  Heaarve,  Tho 
following  |>eculiaTltlesor  pronunciation  arc  likewise 
observable!  w:,  siroufrly  aspltiteil,  for  u«,  war  for 
was,  me^d  for  maid,  /Hither  for  fnther,  e'rry  f<»r  rverp- 
brig  for  brittgt,  thttrruugh  for  fUrroir,  /*au'/ for  hnt/, 
c&rt-rU  for  rvf,  malt/actory  for  mani</iicfory,  fnor, 
tivu*  for  atuivMa. 

Maratttaif'M  Cta^hrook,  1701,  pp.  19fM> 

LINCOLNSHIRE. 

The  river  Withaiu  may  be   considered!  with 

tolcrahtc   accuracy  the  boundary  line  between 

the    Northern  and    Southern   diiUecta    of    the 

county,   which  differ  conaidcrably   from   each 


ENGLISH  PKOTINCIAL  DIALECTS. 


other;  the  former  being  more  nearly  allied  to 
that  of  Yorkshire,  the  latter  to  the  ipeecb  of 
East  Anglia,  Ijut  neither  ore  nearly  so  broad  as 
the  more  Northern  dialects.  Many  singular 
phrases  are  in  use.  They  say,  Very  not  well, 
I  used  to  could.  You  shouldn't  hare  ought,  &c. 
The  Lincolnshire  words  were  partially  collected 
by  Skinner  in  the  seventeenth  century,  but  no 
regular  glossary  has  yet  appeared.  This  defi- 
ciency, however,  as  far  as  the  present  work  is 
concerned,  has  been  amply  supplied  by  as  many 
as  nineteen  long  commuDieationB,  each  forming 
a  small  glossary  by  it.<telf,  and  of  peculiar  value, 
from  the  Rev.  James  Adcock  of  Lincoln,  to 
whom  I  beg  to  return  my  best  acknowledg- 
ments, t  have  also  to  acknowledge  asiistance 
from  Sir  E.  F.  Bromhead,  Bart.,  the  Rev.  Dr. 
Oliver,  Robert  Goodocre,  Esq.,  T,  R.  Jackson, 
Esq.,  Mr.  E.  Johnson,  and  papers  kindly  inserted 
at  my  suggestion  in  the  Lincoln  Standard. 

(1)  Extract  from  MS.  Digbf  86,   written  m 
•  Lincolmhire,  Irmp,  Edw.  J. 

Ni]tLD|^le,  thou  havest  wrong, 
M'olt  Ihou  me  lenden  of  thU  lend. 

For  Ich  holde  with  the  rijitc  ; 
I  lake  wilnene  of  lire  Wiwain, 
That  JiMtu  Crlit  jaf  inijt  and  main, 

And  strengthe  for  to  fljttc 

So  wide  to  he  hevcde  i-gOD, 
TT»we  ne  founde  he  nevere  oon 

Bi  daye  ne  bl  nljtte. 
Fowel,  fur  tht  falftr  mouth, 
Thi  Hwe  shfti  t)cn  wide  couth, 

I  rede  the  fle  with  mijtte. 

Ich  habtie  ieve  to  lieD  here. 
In  orchard  and  in  ertiere. 

Mine  Kingcs  for  to  lingc ; 
Herdi  nevere  bi  no  leredi. 
Bote  beodlnese  and  curteyii. 

And  )oye  hy  gunnen  mebiingc. 

Ofroucheie  niurthchy  letictli  me, 
Fere,  alio  1  telle  the, 

Hy  Uveth  in  ionglDginge. 
Fowel,  thou  iltcst  on  haael  bou, 
Thou  laitect  hem,  thou  havetl  wou, 

Thi  word  thai  wide  springe. 

Rlttpringeth  wide,  we)  ich  wol, 
Uou  tei  hit  him  that  hit  not. 

This  tAWC«  ne  beth  nout  newc ; 
Fowel,  hcrline  to  mi  lawc, 
Ich  wile  the  telle  of  here  iawe, 

Thounekepest  nout  hem,  1  knowe. 

Thenk  on  Conitanllnn  quenc. 
Foul  wei  hirciemcdc  fuw  and  grcne, 

Hou  sore  bit  ton  hire  rewe  ; 
Hoefeddeacmpel  In  hire  bour. 
And  hclede  him  with  eovertour, 

Loke  war  wlronuo  beu  trewe.     RWJv  Wnfi?. 

(2)  From  "  fi'etldy  and  Sally ;  a  Lincolmhire 

late,"  by  John  Brown,  12mo.  n.  d. 

Cum,  Sail,  iti  lime  wc  itarted  now, 
Von'i  Fanner  Ilaycock'i  latses  ready, 

And  malfter  uyi  he'll  feed  theeow. 
He  dida't  •*}  w.-did  he  Neddy  r 


YcM.  that  he  did,  to  make  the«  baatfl* 

And  git  thee  aen  made  fmart  and  pretty. 
We  yaUer  ribbon  round  the  waist. 

The  same  as  oud  Squire  Lowden's  Kitty, 
And  I'll  go  fetch  my  sister  Beat, 

I'm  sartin  sure  she's  up  and  ready. 
Come  gle's  a  bus,  thou  can't  do  leaa, 

Says  Sally,  No,  thou  musn'l,  Neddy. 
See,  yonder's  Bess  a  cummin  cross 

The  fields,  we  lots  o'  lads  and  lassei, 
AU  halm  tie  halm,  and  brother  Joes 

A  shouting  to  Che  follts  as  pasMs. 
Odds  dickens.  Sail,  well  her  a  spree. 

Me  hearl's  a%  light  as  ony  feather. 
There's  not  a  chap  dost  russcl  me. 

Not  all  the  town's  chaps  put  toother. 

MIDDLESEX. 

The  metropolitan  county  presents  little  in  its 
dialect  worthy  of  remark,  being  for  the  most 
part  merely  a  coarse  pronunciation  of  London 
slang  and  vulgarity.  The  language  of  the  lower 
orders  of  the  metropolis  is  pictured  very  faith- 
fully in  the  works  of  Sir.  Dickens.  Tlie  inter- 
change of  V  and  ic  is  a  leading  characteristic 
Some  of  the  old  cant  words,  mixed  with  nume- 
rous ones  of  late  formation,  are  to  be  traced  in 
the  London  slang. 

TAt  Thimble  Rig. 
■*  Now,  then,  my  Jolly  sportsmen  !  I've  got 
more  money  than  the  parson  of  the  parUh.  Those 
as  don't  play  can't  vln,  and  those  as  are  here  tiamt 
Ihrre!  I'd  hold  any  on  you,  from  a  tanner  to  a 
sovereign,  or  ten,  as  you  don't  tell  which  thimble 
(lie  pea  is  under."  '•  It's  there,  sir."  ■■  I  barr  tell- 
ings."  ■•  I'll  go  It  agabi."  '■  Vat  you  don't  see 
don't  look  al,  and  vtl  you  do  see  dont  tell.  Ill 
hould  you  a  soveren,  sir,  you  don't  tell  me  rilch 
thimble  the  pea  is  under."  ••  Lay  tiim,  sir,  (In  a 
wiilsper)  ;  It's  under  the  middlc'un.  I'll  go  you 
halves."  •*  Lay  him  another  j  Itut's  right.''  "  I'm 
biow'd  iMit  we've  lost ;  who'd  a  thought  it  i"  Smack 
goes  the  flat's  hat  over  hla  eyea :  exit  tlie  confederates 
with  a  loud  laugh. 

NORFOLK. 
"  The  most  general  and  pervading  charac- 
teristic of  our  pronunciation,"  observes  Mr. 
Porby,  "  is  a  narrowness  and  tcnuily,  precisely 
the  reverse  of  the  round,  sonorotts,  mouth-tilling 
tones  of  Northern  English.  The  broad  and  open 
sounds  of  vowels,  the  rich  and  full  tones  of 
diphthongs,  arc  generally  thus  reduced."  The 
same  writer  enters  very  minutely  into  the  sub- 
ject of  the  peculiarities  of  this  dialect,  and  his 
glossary  of  East  Anglian  words,  2  vols.  8vo. 
1830,  it  the  moat  complete  publication  of  the 
kind.  A  brief  list  of  Norfolk  words  is  given  in 
Brown's  Certain  Miscellany  Tracts,  8vo.  1684, 
p.  1 16.  A  glossary  of  the  provinciaUsms  of  the 
same  county  occurs  in  Marshall's  Rural  Economy 
of  Norfolk,  1787,  and  observations  on  the  dialect 
in  Erratics  by  a  Sailor,  1809.  In  adchtiun  to 
these,  1  have  bad  the  advanttigc  of  using  com- 
munications from  the  Rev.  George  Munford,  the 
Very  Rev.  F.  C.  Huscnbcth,  Mrs.  Rollins,  and 
Goddard  Johnion,  Esq. 


ENOLISH  PROVINCIAt  DIALECTS. 


A  TOcahnUr*  of  the  flftemth  century,  written 
in  Norfolk,  is'prrscncd  in  MS.  Addit.  12I9&, 
but  the  Promptorium  Puniilonim  is  a  much 
more  valuable  uiiJ  extensive  repository  of  early 
Norfolk  word>.  A  MS.  of  CapgraVe's  Life  of 
St.  Kaiherine  in  the  Bodleian  Library,  MS. 
Kawl.  Poet.  1 1 8,  was  written  in  this  county.  It 
would  appear  from  the  following  passage  that 
Norfolk  was,  in  early  tiniei,  one  of  tlic  least  re- 
fined parti  of  the  island : 

1  wenttr  liflyoge  were  ratltucion,  quod  be. 

For  1  lernrd  nvverc  mle  on  txike ; 

And  1  kan  no  Frms&he,  to  fcllh. 

But  of  Uie  frnhcate  I'ndc  of  Nortllfolk. 

rWri  PUmglmaH,  ti.  Wriglit,  p.  91. 

(\)OU  Meanrei  <if  WtigM. 
MS.  Cotton,  Cliudlus  E.  vIlL  fol.  8,  of  the  four- 
tMmthccnlaor,  wtiltm  at  Norwich. 

S«x  wupundo  nuklet  .J.  ledpound.  .xij.  Icd- 
punde  J.  rotiurl.  .xxllij.  fotracl  .j.  folhir  of  Btli- 
itruwe,  )M  havrd  xc.  and  .xxviij^'.  wnpound. 

Sck  waxpunde  nuklet  .J.  Icedpouod.  .xvllj.  leed- 
pund  .J.  leed  tmle.  Jtvlij.  lead  Ijolcs.  j.  fothir  of  ttie 
Konhleondea,  yi  liaat  .xc  and  .xllij.  levd  punde, 
that  tiecth  .xlx.  huDdryd  and  foura  and  fuurti  wrx- 

pulHle,    and  y*  avct  more  bl  alx  and leed 

punde,  ttial  tieeth  to  hundred  and  acxtena  wexpunde. 

Seven*  vaxpund  makiet  onleve  ponde  one  iraye, 
twelf  weyenon  forhir,  thia  avi-lt  two  Ihouiaad  and 
.ix.  trorc  and  fcurc  weapund,  that  becth  thre  hun- 
dryd  and  twrlfve  leedpound,  thia  hiimore  than  that 
of  the  Norcthland  tie  foure  and  thrltti  more  of  leed- 

kpoucdea,  that  t>eeth  foure  and  twcntJ  laaae. 
(2)  Norfolk  Degreet  of  Comparuon. 
PmUlt.     Omtformtit.     tupmlmtl—. 
IMOm    .     Uaa     .     .     Lent 


Leaaercat. 

Lcaaercr  still  Leaaeat  of  all. 

littler  .  .  Littleat. 
Tiny  .  Tinier  .  ■  TInieat. 
Tttty    .     Tlltler       .     Tlltlcat. 


1 

I 


NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. 
~A  midland  dialect,  less  broad  and  not  to 
aiiuilarto  the  Northern  as 'Warwickshire.  I  have 
to  acknowledge  communications  on  the  dialect 
of  this  county  from  the  Rev.  J.  B,  P.  Dennis, 
aod  Cbarlei  Young,  Esq. 

NORTHUMBERLAND. 
Northumberland  has  a  dialect  the  mo»t  broad 
of  all  the  English  counties,  nearly  approaching 
the  Scotch,  the  broadest  of  all  English  dialccls. 
The  Scottish  bur  is  heard  in  this  county  and  ia 
the  North  of  Durham.  A  large  number  of  spe- 
'imens  of  the  dialect  have  been  published,  and 
the  prxmncial  words  have  been  collected  by  Mr. 
Brockett,  but  no  extensive  glossary  of  words 
peculiar  to  the  county  has  l>ecn  published  sepa- 
rately. A  short  list,  however,  is  given  in  Ray's 
English  Words,  ed.  1691  ;  and  others,  recently 
collected,  were  sent  me  by  George  B.  Richardson, 
Esq.  and  the  Rev.  R.  Douglas.  An  early  speci- 
men of  the  Northumberland  dialect  occurs  in 
BoUeio's  Dialogue,  1564,  reprinted  in  Waldron'i 
notes  to  the  Sad  Shepherd,  p.  167. 


NOTTINGHAMSHIRE 
Formerly  belonged  in  dialect  to  the  Norlhern 
division,  but  may  now,  I  believe,  be  included  in 
the  Midland.  I  speak,  however,  with  uncer- 
tainty, no  work  on  the  Nottinghamshire  dialect 
having  yet  appeared. 

From  a  Treatite  on  the  Fuluta  in  ano,  by  John 
Ardtme,  (f  Nncark. 
Johan  Ardeme  fro  the  drat  pcatvJence  that  was  In 
the  yero  of  our  Lord  1340,  duelled  la  Newerke  In 
Notlngtiamtchire  unto  the  ycre  of  out  Lorde  1370, 
and  tber  I  heled  roaoy  men  of  Jutuia  in  ano,-  of 
which  the  firat  was  Sir  Adam  Ever)'ngh4m  of  Laxton 
In  the  Clay  byilde  Tukkesford,  wbiche  Sir  Adam 
for  iotbe  wai  In  Gaacooe  with  Sir  Uenry  that  tyme 
named  herle  of  Derby,  and  after  wai  made  Duke  of 
Lancatttv.  a  noble  and  worthy  lord.  The  forsald 
Sir  Adam  fonoth  luO^rcnd  ,/iaru/am  <n  ano,  made  for 
to  aikc  counaell  at  atle  the  leches  and  corurglena  that 
he  myght  fynd  In  Gascone,  at  Ourdeux,  at  Orlg- 
gcrac,  Tolowa,  and  Neyybon,  and  Pcytera,and  many 
other  places,  and  alle  fonoke  hym  for  uncurable; 
whlche  y-ae  and  y-herde,  the  foraaJd  Adam  ha»tlud 
for  to  tome  home  to  hli  contree,  and  when  he  come 
home  he  did  of  al  hLi  knyghlly  clothings,  aod  cladde 
mournyng clothe*  In  purpoae  of  abydyng  dtuolvyog 
or  lesyng  of  hit  body  tieyng  nyj  to  hym.  A I  ihe  laate 
I  foraald  Johan  Ardeme  y-aojt,  and  covenant  y.raade, 
come  to  hyme  and  did  my  cure  to  hym,  and,  our 
Lorde  bcyng  nienc,  t  htled  hyme  perfitcly  within 
halfe  a  ycre,  and  afterward  hole  and  sound  he  ledde 
a  gUd  life  3n  yerc  and  more.  For  whlche  cure  1  gate 
myche  honour  and  lovyng  thur^  alle  Vnglcmd  ;  and 
(he  foraald  Duke  of  Lancaatrc  and  many  other  gen- 
tiles wondred  therof.  Aftc(r]ward  1  cured  Hugon 
Derlyng  of  Fowlck  of  Balne  by  Snaythe.  Afterward 
I  cured  Johan  .'^rhefcld  of  Rlghlwclleaalde  Tekllle. 
US.  Sloant  I4a,  f.  Ut. 

OXFORDSHIRE. 
The  provincial  speech  of  this  county  has  none 
of  the  marked  features  of  the  Westcni  dialect, 
although  many  of  the  Gloucestershire  and  Wilt- 
shire words  are  in  use.  The  Oxfordshire  dialect 
may  be  described  as  rather  broad,  and  at  the 
same  time  sharp,  with  a  tendency  to  coittrac- 
tioD.  (/»  is  used  instead  of  /,  as  in  some  other 
counties.  There  are  not  a  lorgc  number  of 
words  quite  peculiar  to  the  county,  and  no  glos- 
sary has  yet  been  published.  Keonctt  has  pre- 
served many  now  obsolete,  and  I  am  imltbtcd 
for  several  to  Mr.  A.  Chapman,  and  Francii 
Francillon,  Esq.  Id  the  sixteenth  century,  the 
Oxfordshire  dialect  was  broad  Western.  In 
Scogin's  Jests,  we  have  an  Oxfordshire  rustic 
introduced,  saying  icA  for  I,  dit  for  this,  voy  for 
fay,  ehiU  for  I  will,  vor  for  for,  &c. 

RUTLANDSHIRB. 

The  dialect  of  Rutlandshij-e  possesaes  few,  if 
any,  features  not  to  be  found  in  the  adjoining 
counties.  It  would  appear  to  be  most  similar  to 
that  of  Leicestershire,  judging  from  a  communi- 
cation o»  the  subject  from  the  Rev.  A.  S. 
Atcbeaon. 


ENGLISH  PaoVINCI.il.  UI.VI.ECT8. 


SHROPSHIRE. 

In  the  mnilcm  dialect  of  this  county,  a  ia  fre- 
qnrntly  changed  into  o  or  e ;  c  into  g,  co  into  ^  ; 
(/  final  is  often  supprcascd  or  commuted  into  tin 
the  present  tense ;  e  is  somctinies  lengthened  at 
the  commencement  of  a  word,  as  emd,  end,  and 
it  is  frequently  changed  intoa ,-  jris  often  omitted 
before  h;  the  A  is  almost  invariabl)'  wrongly 
used,  omitted  where  it  should  be  pronounced, 
and  pronounced  where  it  should  be  omitted  j  i 
is  changed  into  ei  or  e ;  /  into  «> ;  o  is  generally 
lengthened ;  r  when  followed  by  »  ia  often  drop- 
ped, tite  t  in  such  cases  being  doubled  ;  /  is  en- 
tirely dropped  in  many  words  where  it  precedes 
»,  and  is  superseded  by  e,  especially  if  tbcrc  be 
any  plurality  ;  y  is  prefixed  to  a  vast  number  of 
words  which  commence  with  the  aspirate,  and  is 
tnbstituted  for  it.  See  further  observations  in 
Mr.  lUrtshome's  Shropshire  glossary  appended 
to  his  Salopia  Antiijua,  Bvo.  1641,  from  which 
the  above  notices  of  the  pecuUarities  of  the 
dialect  have  been  taken.  To  this  work  I  have 
been  diiefly  indebted  for  Shropshire  words,  but 
many  unknown  to  Mr.  Uartsbnme  have  been 
derived  from  Llhuyd's  MS.  additions  to  Ray,  a 
MS.  glossary  compiled  about  ITSO,  and  from 
communications  of  the  Rev.  h.  Darwall  and 
Thomas  Wright,  Esq. 

A  translation  of  the  Pan  Oculi  in  Bngliah 
Terse,  made  by  John  Mirkcs,  a  canon  of  Lille- 
shul,  in  Shropshire,  is  preserved  in  MS.  Cotton. 
Chiud.  A.  ii.  and  MS.  Douce  60,  103,  manuscripla 
of  the  (ifleenth  century.  Tlie  poem  commences 
ti  follows : 

God  tvytb  hyMMlf,  a*  wrytm  wc  fyndr, 

Th«t  whcnne  the  biyndc  tedcth  the  biynde. 

Into  thedychc  ttie;  fallen  txio. 

For  they  nc  fteti  whareby  to  go. 

MS.  ail.  Claud.  A.  II.  f.  1(7- 

Ood  with  hiimclf,  u  writes  y  fyndr, 

That  whan  the  biynde  ledeth  the  biynde. 

Into  the  dirhc  they  fallcth  bo. 

For  they  ne  aeen  howe  they  go. 

MS  Dmice  60,  f.  147- 
It  should  not  he  forgntlen  that  the  dialect  of  a 
MS.  is  not  necessarily  that  used  by  the  author 
himself.  It  oftcner  depended  on  the  scribe. 
We  have  copies  of  i  lampolc'g  Prick  of  Conscience 
written  in  nearly  every  lUalcct. 

The  poems  of  John  Audclay,  a  monk  of 
liaghmon,  who  wrote  alraut  1460,  afford  a 
faitbful  specimen  of  the  Shropshire  dialect  of 
that  period.  A  small  volume  of  his  poetry  waa 
printed  by  the  Percy  Society,  8vo.  1844  : 
As  1  Uy  Mke  In  my  laflf^re. 

In  an  abbay  here  be  West, 
TbIitKike  1  made  with  grtl  dolour, 

When  I  myjt  not  »Iep  ne  have  no  re»t  ( 
Oft  with  my  prayen  I  ineblc*t, 

And  Myd  hyl^  to  hevon  kynj;, 
1  knowUche,  Lord,  hit  if  the  best 

Mekel^  to  take  tht  veaetynR, 
EUU  wot  1  wU  that  I  were  lorae. 

Of  al  lordii  be  he  bleat  I 

Fore  a]  that  je  done  U  fore  the  best. 

Fore  In  thi  defawte  was  never  mon  lost. 
That  b  here  of  womon  txime. 


Mervel  jenot  of  Ihii  makyng. 

Fore  I  me  excuse,  hit  li  not  I ; 
Thif  wai  the  Hole  Goft  werehenf. 

That  tayd  theae  wordit  to  faythfully  ; 
Fore  I  qpoth  never  l»t  hye  foly, 

God  hath  me  chaityat  fore  my  levyng  ! 
I  thong  my  God  my  gncc  treuly 

Fore  hla  gracioui  veoltyng. 
Beware,  aerla,  I  joue  pray. 

Fore  I  mad  thii  with  good  entent. 

In  the  rerrrona  of  God  omnipotent ; 

Prayi  fore  rae  tbot  t>cth  present. 
My  name  is  Jon  the  blynd  Awdlay. 
The  similaritiu'bctwecn  the  dialect  of  Aude- 
lay's  pocnis  and  that  of  modern  Shropshire  arc 
not  very  easily  perceptible  The  lendencj'  to 
turoo  into  a,  and  lo  drop  the  A,  may  be  recog- 
nized, as  aid  for  hold,  &c.  /  is  still  turned  into 
r,  which  may  be  regarded  as  one  of  Audelay's 
dialectical  pectiliarities,  especially  in  the  prefixes 
to  the  verbs  ;  hut  the  ch  for  ih  or  «cA,  so  com- 
mon in  Audelay,  does  not  appear  to  be  still 
ctuTcnt.  There  is  much  uncertainty  in  reason- 
ing on  the  early  provincial  ilialctrta  from  a  single 
specimen,  owing  to  the  wide  diflTerence  between 
the  broad  and  the  more  pobtbed  specimens  of 
the  language  of  the  same  county  ;  and  Audelay's 
poems  can  be  by  no  means  considered  as  affording 
an  example  of  the  broadest  and  purest  early  Salo- 
pian dialect. 

SOMERSETSHIRE: 
The  Parrct  divides  the  two  varieties  of  the 
dialects  of  Somersetshire,  the  inhabitants  of  the 
West  of  that  river  using  the  Devonshire  lan- 
guage, the  difference  being  readily  rccogni«cd  by 
the  brOBiJ  iie  for  I,  er  for  he,  and  the  termination 
/A  to  the  third  person  singular  of  the  present 
tense  of  the  indicative  mood.  TheSomersctshire 
dialect  changes  /A  into  d,  >  into  r,  /  into  v,  in- 
verts the  order  of  many  of  the  consonants,  and 
adds  y  to  the  infinitive  of  verba.  It  also  turns 
many  monosyllnlilca  into  words  of  two  syllables, 
as  aifer,  air,  iooSth,  both,  /oyer,  fair,  eier,  fire, 
•laj/rrt,  stairs,  thower,  sure,  *c.  See  Jennings' 
Observations  on  some  of  the  Dialects  in  the  West 
of  England,  182S,  p.  7. 

A  singularly  valuable  glossary  of  Somerset- 
shire words  was  placed  in  my  hands  at  the  com- 
mencement of  the  present  undertaking  by  Hem; 
Norris,  Esq.,  of  South  Pethcrton.  ll  was  com- 
piled  about  Bfly  years  since  by  Mr.  Norris'a 
father,  at  the  suggestion  of  the  late  Mr.  Boucher, 
anil  Mr.  Norria  has  continually  enriched  it  with 
additions  collected  by  himseljf.  To  this  1  am 
indebted  for  several  hundred  words  which 
woulil  otherwise  have  escaped  me ;  and  many 
others  have  been  derived  from  lists  formed  bjr  fl 
my  brother,  the  Rev.  Thomas  llalliwell,  of  | 
Wringlon,  Thomas  Elliott,  Esq.,  Miss  Elizabeth 
Carcw,  the  Rev.  C.  W.  Bingham,  Mr.  EUjah 
Tucker,  and  Mr.  Kemp. 

Niimeroua  examples  of  the  Somersetshire 
dialect  arc  to  be  found  in  old  plays,  in  which 
country  characters  are  frequently  introduced, 
and  in  other  early  works.  It  should,  however, 
be  remarked  that  many  writen  hare  uuhesi- 


4 


ENGLISH  PROVINCIAL  IHALK<'T8. 


Ufctngly  tasigned  early  gpccimcnB,  conlaining 
the  prcvtuling  marks  of  Western  dialect,  to  Ibis 
rounty.  when  the  style  might  be  referred  lo 
many  others  in  the  South  and  West  of  EugUnd  ; 
and  on  this  account  I  have  omitted  a  list  of 
pieces  stated  by  various  authore  lo  be  specimens 
of  Soracrectfchirc  dialect.  We  have  already  seen 
that  though  the  essential  feature*  of  the  present 
West  country  dialect  may  he  found,  they  may 
possibly  suit'spccimens  of  the  South,  Kent,  or 
even  Essex  dialects,  in  the  state  the  latter  ex- 
isted two  or  three  centuries  ago. 

{\)T7u  PfiuanI  in  London,  from  a  wwA  of  the 
9fveHteenth  amiury. 
Onr  TKUDloD-deti  is  ■  dungeon, 

And  yvitth  chun  gl«d  chRin  here  ; 
Thiivaniout  titty  of  Lungcon 

U  worth  ill  Zomcwet-ihcrc ; 
In  wagoUK,  in  carti,  and  in  coschei. 
Ch«  D*v«r  did  yet  loc  more  hot  ic, 
ThamodM*  do  zhioclike  rochcs. 

And  If  proud  u  my  father*  vorc  horac. 

jr^irhotft  Lor4  Magon'  pagtanU,  ILSIT. 

(2)  Johns  account  of  hU  Trip  to  BrtMtol.on  the 
occaxitm   of    Princt  AWerVa  vuitt  to   hu 
I'Rcte  Ben,  1843. 
Nunk  I  did  ever  I  trll  thee  o'  my  Drittcr  trip, 
T»  ae*  Purnce  Allwrt  an*  tha  gurt  im  thip  1 
How  Mcftry  goo'd  wi*  mc  lthee'«  know  Meary  ml  wife) 
An'  bow  I  got  TTlghten'd  mauat  out  o'  ml  life  ? 
NlfuinlTetdid'n.  'ch  'eel  tell  thee  o'tnow; 
Ao'  be  drat  If  tid'n  true  iv'ry  word.  1  da  tow  I 
Vor  Meutrr  an'  Miu  war  bwoth  o'  m  along  ; 
Any  one  o'm  ool  tell  thee  nlf  iu  da  lay  wrong. 
Wffgoo'd  to  Burgcotcr  wl'  Joe'i  Uddle'ota  ;  — 
Thee**  know  thick  ui  da  meaone,  tha  da  caU'n  wold 

Boat: 
In'  ■  trotted  in  vine  ftyle ;  an"  when  wc  got  there. 
The  voke  wa»  «a  thick  that  'twaa Jiw  Ilk  a  vair. 
We  did'o  goo  droo  et,  but  goo'd  to  tha  itatlon — 
There  war  gurt  Im  'uaart  all  in  a  new  Tuhlon  ; 
An'  there  war  gurt  boxes  U  "olJ  mooc'n  a  thouun', 
Za  long  aa  all  Pcthcrton,  an'  la  high  *s  tha  houicn. 
Ther  war  gennelmcnii'  aarranti  a-drataed  all  In  blue, 
Wl*  rud-coUar'd  quoata,  an*  a  lot  o'  em  too  ; 
An'  all  o'  em  number  'd— tot  one  ui  did  lee 
War  mark'd  In  gurt  vlggera,  ahundcrd  an*  dree. 

Hem  war  nation  aveard  when  tha  tuw  put  hem  In 
Ta  the  grut  ooden  boa,  mauit  aa  blg'a  a  com  blnn  t 
T^had  two  gurt  large  windcn  wi'  'olta  vor  tha  glaw  ; 
Tha  lock'd  op  tha  doort,  an'  there  hem  war  vaia. 
Hem  had'o  bin  there  roorc'o  a  mitmlt  or  too, 
Vorc  aumbody  wuaieU'd.  an'  ofT  u«  did  goo  I 
Hy  cyca!  how  hem  veclM  !— what  away  vor  U  ride  I 
Hem  dra'd  In  her  breath,  an*  hem  thought  hem'd  a 

died. 
VoreeTcr  ua  know'd  et  ut'oller*d  out  "  *up  i" 
Hem  opp'd  wr  ea  bond  an'  catch'd  wuld  o'  et  'at ; 
AM  the  voke  laugh'd  at  hem,  an'  that  made  hem  mad  ; 
But  thof  a'lednothln,  hem  veel'd  cruel  bad. 
When  Tuathcm  look'dout.  hem  war  vrighteo'd  atill 

moon 
Hem  thori'twar  tha  ••  wuld  one"  n-draggln,  vov  fura  i 
Vor  narry  a  'oaa,  nor  nothin  war  In  et  i 
ruiwdiim*d  if  we  did'n  goo  thirty  miles  in  a  mlnlt. 


Tha  cows  in  tha  vecls  did  cock  up  their  tails, 
An'  did  urn  vor  their  lives  roun'  Iha  'edges  an*  rails  i 
Tha  'osaes  did  glowy,  an*  tha  sheep  gtowied  too, 
An*  the  jackasses  blared  out  "  ooh— eh— ooh  !" 

About  a  mile  nfl*  hem  seed  a  church-steeple* 
An'  in  leas  'an  a  mlnnlt  a  iced  all  the  people ; 
Us  war  glowing  right  at  'em  ta  ace  who  hem  cou'dvlnd, 
But  avore  hemcou'd  look,  tha  war  a  mile  behind. 

Thcc'st  bin  to  a  varc  where  the  conjeren  ply — 
"  Prlsto  Jack  an' begone  I"  and  tha  thing*  vlecawy  t 
Dash  my  wig  !  an'  If  'twad'n  the  same  wi'  tha  people, 
wr  the  wagglnian"osaea,th«  church  an'  thaatccple. 

Gwain  auver  a  bnidge,  athurta  gurt  river. 
Tha  dreyv'd  jis  sa  hard  on'  aa  ventersom's  Iver  \ 
An'  rummcil'd  lik  thunder  :  hem  thoft  to  be  ground 
All  ta  pieces,  an'  imaih'd,  an'  murdered,  an'  drown'd. 

Oh  dear  I  my  poor  hed  !  whc-n  us  think  o'  et  now. 
How  us  ever  got  suver't  hem  can't  trll  thee  *ow ; 
Ml  hed  UUl  whlrdlcly  all  roun'  and  roun' — 
Hem  cou'd'n  ston*  op,  nor  hem  coii'd'n  alt  down. 

When  us  got  In  ta  Brlster— But  hem  wo*n*t   tell 

the  now, 
(Vor  1  da  ace  thee  art  vldgetty  now  vor  ta  goo> 
How  hero  aeed  tha  Queen's  husUmd  tha  Plmcc,  an' 

hes  train ; 
How  tha  Pimce  on*  tha  ship  war  buoth  catch'd  In 

tha  rain. 
Uch  '1  tcU'ce  tha  rrsC  o'et  mm  other  time. 
Vor  hem  promised  hem's  wife  hcm'd  be  woam  evor« 

nine ; 
An'  now  tha  elock'i  hatttn  a  quarter  past  ten : 
Zo  gee  us  thl  hood,  an'  good  night,  Nuncla  Bcc  ' 

(3)  Mr,  Guy  and  the  Robben, 
Mr.  Guy  war  a  gcnnelnun 

O'  Huntspitl,  well  knawn 
As  a  graxivr,  a  birch  one, 

WI'  loni  u'  his  awn. 
A  Ateu  went  la  Lunnun 
Bis  cattle  vor  u  aill ; 
All  tha  hossca  that  a  rawd 

Nivcr  minded  badge  or  hill, 
A  war  afcard  o'  naw  one : 
A  nlvcr  made  hU  will, 
Like  wither  vawk,  avaura  went 

Hii  cattle  vor  U  aill. 
One  time  a'd  bin  ta  Lunnun 

An  aawld  la  cattle  well ; 
A  brought  awA  a  i>ower  o'gawld. 

As  I've  a  hired  tell. 
As  late  at  night  a  rawd  along 

All  droo  a  unkctood. 
A  Doman  rawte  vrom  off  tha  groun. 

An  right  avaur  en  stood. 
She  look'd  aa  pitls  Mr.  Ouy 

At  oncehia  boss's  pac« 
SUpt  short,  a  wonderln  how.atnlghl, 

She  com'd  in  Jltch  a  place. 
A  little  trunk  war  in  herhont 

She  tim'd  vur  gwun  wf  chile. 
She  ax'd  en  nlf  a'd  uke  er  up 

An  COT  era  veo  mile. 
Mr.  Guy,  a  man  o'  veelin 

Vor  a  ooman  In  distreM/ 
Than  took  er  up  behind  en ; 

A  cood'n  do  na  le«*. 
A  corr'd  er  trunk  avaur  en. 
An  by  his  bell  o'lvathcr 
A  bid  or  hawld  vast :  on  thi  rawd 
Athout  much  t&k,  together. 


ENGLISH  PROVINCIAL  DIALECTS, 


Not  vur  thA  went  ATtur  ih*  gld 

A  whiMie  loud  an  lonf, 
Which  Mr.  Guy  lh»wt  very  stringf : 

Er  voice  too  ilm'd  la  itroiig  I 
She'd  lost  er  dog,  the  icd  ;  an  than 

Anuther  whinle  bUw'd, 
Th»t  ttortlcd  Mr.  Guy  :— a  kUpl 

Hiv  hoM  upon  tha  rawd. 
Goo  on^  wtl  she  ;  bit  Mr.  Guy 

ZuRi  ri(  beglnn'U  ta  fccri 
Vor  voioa  rawic  upon  tha  wine, 

An  stm'd  a  comln  near. 
Again  thft  rawd  along  ;  k^aln 

Shcwhiulrd.      Mr.  Guy 
Whipt  out  hlx  knife  an  cut  Iha  belt. 

Than  putb'd  er  offl  — Vnr  why  I 
Tha  ooman  he  took  up  bchine, 

Begummen,  war  a  hmh  / 
Tha  rubber*  a«w  ad  lid  ther  plota 

Ourgruier  lo  trepan. 
1  tholl  not  tfapta  tell  what  wd 

Tha  man  In  oomanV  rlawae  ; 
Bit  he,  an  All  o'm  jlst  bchine, 

War  what  you  raid  luppawae, 
Thicuit,  thA  swBur.  thadrcaten'd  too. 

An  At«r  Mr.  Guy 
ThAgallop'd  All :  twar  nlTcr-iha-ncar  : 

Hii  ho«»  along  did  vly. 
Auver  downs,  droo  dalci.iwA  a  went, 

Twar  dA-llght  nowanuwit. 
Till  at  an  Inn  a  fUpt,  at  lait, 

To  thenk  what  he'd  a  Imt. 
A  loit  /—why,  nothtn— but  hli  belt ! 

A  aummet  moor  ad  galn'd  i 
Thic  Jiltle  trunk  a  corr'd  awiU- 

Ugawld  g'lorecontain'd  ! 
Nlf  Mr.  Guy  war  hirc-h  avaur. 

A  no*  war  hircher  itllt : 
Tha  plunder  u'  tha  highwAtnen 

Hi(  rotrcM  went  U  vlll. 
In  lAfety  Mr-  Guy  rawd  whim  ; 

A  Oten  tawld  thaftorry. 
Ta  meet  wl*  Jitch  a  rig  myael 

I  thood'Ofioce,  be  aorry. 

STAFFORDSHIRE. 
Kennett  has  recorded  numerous  Staffbrdsliire 
pronnciiUisms,  most  of  which  are  probahly  now 
obflolrte,  and  would  hare  escaped  me  but  for  hu 
Taluable  coUcrtion&.  A  valuable  MS.  glossary 
b}-  Mr.  CUve,  but  extending  no  further  than  B 
in  the  part  seen  by  me,  was  also  found  of  use, 
and  a  few  words  in  neither  of  these  .MSS.  were 
given  me  by  Miss  L.  Marshall  and  Mr.  Ednurd 
T.  Oooch.  The  following  specimen  of  the  dia- 
lect, taken  from  Kniglit's  •  Quarterly  Majfa/inr/ 
1823,  will  sufficiently  exhibit  its  general  charac- 
ter. The  lengihcumg  of  the  vowel  i  appears 
ver}'  common.  In  the  collieries  surnames  are 
very  frequently  confused.  It  constantly  hap- 
pens  that  a  son  has  a  surname  very  diirerent 
from  that  of  Ids  father.  Nicknames  arc  very 
prevalent,  e.  g.  Old  Puff,  Nosey,  Bullyhed,  Loy- 
a-bed,  Old  Blackbird,  Stumpy,  Cowskin,  Spindlc- 
ihanka,  Cockeye,  Pigtail,  Yellow-belly,  &c. 

Dialect  of  the  BiUfon  Folk, 
The  dialect  of  the  lower  order  here  hai  frequently 
lieen  noticed,  aa  well  a»  the  peculiar  countmance  of 
the  r«al  <•  BUatou  folk."    We  noticed  ourM-tvaa  (tip- 


on  the  excunion)  the  following  i—**  Thae  •hata*!.'* 
for  "  you  sh'a'Dt  ;*'  "  thee  eoat'oa,"  for  "  you  can't  j" 
*■  thee  hott  alT,  lurry,  or  oil  moth  Lhoi  ycd  ftir  thee,*' 
for  ••  uke  yoursclfaway,  sirrah,  or  I'll  cruih  your 
head;"  "  weear  bUt  thee  f  for  "where  are  you  ?" 
•'  in  a  caxulty  wee  loik,"  for  *' by  chance:"  with 
"  Ibee  bbt,  Uiee  khonna ;"  "  you  arc,  you  iha'!!*!.** 
A  young  woman  turned  round  to  addreai  a  imall 
rhUd  crying  after  her  upon  the  threihold  of  the 
liuvcl,  a^chc  went  off  lowardi  the  mine,  ••  Ah,  be 
veiled,  yung'un  if  thee  doft'n'r  kuoo*  my  lx>ck  ai  well 
aa  thee  knoo-ast  moy  fee-aa."  Some  of  the  tietter 
apparelled,  who  aSlMrt  a  auprrlor  style,  use  words 
which  they  please  to  term  '*  dicktunary  words," 
such  as  '•  easement,  conTincInttd,  absllmonlout. 
timothy"  (for  llmldl.  One  female,  In  ronvcnatlim 
with  a  crony  at  Ihe  "  truck-shop**  door,  spoke  of 
**  Sal  Johnson's  aspirating  her  mon's  mtnd  soo'a,  and 
"madating  his  temper,"  and  "  I  never  seed  a  senti  • 
mmt  o'  nothin'  IxmI  till  it  took  Turn  all  at  once't," 
(sentiment  here  used  for  symptom)  speaking  of  in- 
disposition.—  Wtxmieringt  vfa  Pen  and  Pencil. 

Concenation  bettceen  a  StafforiUhire  Canal 
Boatwan  and  hiM  Wife. 

LMdif.  Dun  yo  know  Solden-mouth,  Tummy  f 

Gent,  Eees;  an'  a'  nratlon  good  feller  he  Is  tew. 

Larfl'.  A  desput  quoiet  mon  t  But  he  lores  a  tup 
o'drlnk.     Dun  yo  know  his  wolf  f 

Gtnt,  Know  her  I  ay.  liar's  the  very  devil  when 
her  spertt's  up. 

l^tdy.  Her  U.  Hrr  usm  lliat  man  aheamful  — 
her  rags  htm  every  neet  of  her  loff. 

G*iu.  Her  does.  Olve  known  her  come  Into  the 
public  and  cat!  him  alt  the  neamt's  her  cuulil  lay  her 
tongue  lew  afore  al!  Ihe  company.  Her  otighu  to 
•tay  till  her'i  got  him  t'[hc  boat,  amt  then  her  mit 
say  wha  her'd  a  moind.  But  her  Uks  alter  her 
fey  t  her. 

Ladif,  Hew  washer  fey  ther  ? 

Gtnt.   Whoy,  singing  Jemmy. 

Ladii.  Ol  don't  think  at  how  Oi  rver  know'd  sing- 
ing Jemny.     Was  he  ode  Soaktr's  brother  f 

Gtnt,  Cccs,  he  was.  He  lived  a  top  o'  Hell  Book. 
He  waa  the  wickedest,  swcamlnst  mon  as  ever  I 
know*d.  I  should  think  as  how  he  was  the  wickedest 
iDun  i*  the  wold,  and  say  he  had  (he  rheumalis  so 


SUFFOLK. 
The  characteristics  of  the  Suffolk  dialect  are 
in  all  essential  particulars  the  aame  as  those  of 
the  Norfolk,  so  carefully  investigated  by  Nfr. 
Forby.  The  natives  of  Suffolk  in  speaking  ele- 
vate and  depress  the  voice  in  a  very  remarkable 
manner,  so  thai  "  the  Suffolk  whine"  has  long 
been  proverbial.  The  natives  of  all  parts  of 
East  Aaglia  generally  speak  in  a  kind  of  sing- 
song  tone.  The  firit  published  list  of  Suffolk 
words  i«  given  in  Culluin's  History  of  Hawsled, 
17H4,  but  no  regular  glossary  appeared  till  the 
publication  of  Major  Moor*B  Suffolk  Wdrds  nnd 
Phrases,  8vo.  1823,  a  ver>-  valuable  collection  of 
provincialisms.  With  tlic  greatest  liberality, 
Major  Moor  kindly  placed  in  my  hands  his  in- 
terleaved copy  of  tbis  work,  containing  copious 
and  important  additions  collectetl  by  him  during 
the  last  twenty  years ;  nor  have  I  been  less  for- 
tunate tu  the  equally  liberal  loan  of  most  vain- 


ENGLISH  PHOVINCIAL  DIALECTS. 


I 


P 


able  mnd  numerous  MS.  additioni  to  Forbjr's 
East  Anglim,  collected  in  Suffolk  by  D.  E.Davy, 
E*q.  Brief  lists  havp  also  Iwen  sent  by  Miss 
Agncft  Strickland  and  tbeRcv.  S.CIiarlcs. 

An  early  l)ook  of  medical  receipts,  by  a  pcr- 
SOD  who  practi&ed  in  Suffolk  in  the  fiHccnth 
cenlurr,  is  preserved  in  MS.  Ilarl.  1735;  an 
English  poem,  written  at  Clare  in  1445,  is  in 
MS.  Addit.  1181-1;  and  IJokenhanrs  Lives  of 
Ihe  Saints  in  MS.  Arundel  327,  transcribed  in 
1447,  is  also  written  in  the  Suffolk  dialect. 

(1)  Extract  from  a  MS.  of  Engluh  poHry  of  the 
Jifletnth  century,  irritten  in  Suffolk,  in  the 
fto$$e»non  qf  I/'.  S.  Fitch^  E»q. 

Urtketh  now  fnrther  at  ttili  fronie. 

How  thU  thfperil  woldc  come; 

Tu  Abr&liam  the  tydyngua  conijD, 

The  prophctykhlt  iimlrmoniyn, 

ThAl  i>  SlnytM  *ud  Jonu, 

AUacuc  and  Elia*, 

Ant  'DjuycD  and  Jcromle, 

And  Ditvyd  and  l-Myr, 

And  tUtcnand  Saiiiucll. 

Thcl  u-yn  GcnlMy*  cun<>tig  ry^ht  well, 

Long  it  were  of  httn  aUe  to  tcltr. 

But  hcrkynih  how  N'lay  con  •t>cl)e. 

A  child  that  ii  1-tMryn  to  u», 

And  a  »onc  i-jrTyn  u*. 

Tlial  thallc  upholdm  his  kyndome. 

And  alle  this  »hall  b>n  hU  nomo, 

Wondiirrull  Cod  and  of  inyjht. 

And  rcwfull,  anil  fadur  nf  ryjht, 

or  the  wnrld  that  hrrcaflur  »hall  byn. 

And  Prince  of  Pea  men  thallc  him  tcyn  : 

These  both  the  oomcs  ai  }c  mowe  l-Ic^cn, 

That  the  pro|>hctyi  to  hyin  jcvyn. 

(2)  From  BokeMtm'i  Licea  of  t/tc  Hainttt  written 

in  1447. 
Whylnm,  af  the  tlory  icchyth  ut. 
Id  Antyoche,  thai  gtctc  ryt^, 
A  man  ihcr  wa«  clepyd  Thcodoiiut 
Wycf)  111  grrt  ttaic<tooJ  and  dlgnytr, 
For  t'f  i'ayn>Tiiryc  tbt  palryark  wathe, 
And  had  the  rcule  and  al  the  govemauncr, 
To  whom  allc  ptettyi  dcde  obccyaunce. 
ThU  Thcodofiua  had  a  wyf  ful  mete 
To  byi  utate,  of  whom  was  lx>m 
A  doughtyr  fayr,  and  clepyd  Margarlte, 
But  ryht  ai  of  a  ful  shAr|i  thorn, 
As  (irovydcd  waa  of  Ood  beforn, 
Growyth  a  roae  bothc  fayr  and  good  : 
So  fptong  Uargri'tcof  the  hethi-ne  blood. 

MS.  Arundel  337.  fw- 

(3)  A  letter  in  the  SvffoUt  Dialect,  written  in 

the  year  1814. 
Dkan  FaiirsiD, 

I   was  aned  aome  iloundi  affon  by    DlUy  P. 
our   'aeuer  at    Mulloden   lo    make    >nquIrBtion    a' 

yeoar  If  Waaler had  pahd  In  that  there  money 

^nlo  the  Bank.  Billy  i*.  he  fare  kirnda  uiinsy 
tfbout  it,  and  when  1  ace  him  at  Church  ta  day  he 
•ah  tJmmy.  aayi  he.  prah  ha  yenw  wrot  —to  I  klcn«ta 
weTl  um  olT— and  I  aah,  aayt  I,   1  heent  hnrd  from 

t><)ulrc  D at  yit,  but   1    dare   aah,      1    ahall 

•/ore  loDg~5o  prah  write  me  aomc  lines,  an  tend 
iDCwahd,  wtaha  the  money  It  pahd  a*  nic.  1  Jout 
know  what  to  make  of  out  Mulladcn  fotka,  uut  1  — 
bwl  somehow  or  another,  thcyrc  allui  inditjlc),  an 


^L  bwl  someho 


ril  be  rot  if  I  dont  tiegln  to  think  tome  on  em  all 
tahnupacaly  at  last:  ao  at  lo  that  there fulla— he 
({row  fo  big  and  su  purdy  that  he  want  to  be  took 
down  a  pet; — an  I'm  glad  to  hare  that  yeow  glnt  it 
It  cm  properly  at  Wlckhum.  I'm  gooln  lo  meet  the 
Mulladcn  fnlkn  a'  Friday  to  gn  a  Ixiundi-n.  so  ptah 
write  me  wahd  nforc  Ihtnnum.  on  Itt  me  know  If 
the  money  be  \\a.M,  ttul  I  may  make  Billy  P.  aiy. 
How  itommin  eowd  lis  nowaday*— «e  hi-ent  nnfeed 
no  where,  an  theaE(*ck  run  blorcln  aliout  forwiltlo 
jeat  OS  if  twa  winter  — yeow  mah  prnd  out  Iwool  be 
a  mortal  Ind  aeaH^n  for  green  geese,  an  we  shant  ha 
no  aprlng  wahia  afore  Sooin  fair.  I  dipt  my  alilp 
tut  Tuesday  (Hat  a' roe— I  meanWenadayj  an  th« 
acringa  up  their  backs  so  naahunly  I'm  afeard 
lliey're  wholly  slryd— but  'stius  Uod  li*  a  atrang* 
rowd  time.  I  heent  got  no  news  to  tell  ye,  only 
we're  all  ttammenly  set  up  about  (hat  there  corta 
tnll — some  folks  dont  fare  ta  like  it  no  maiti-ta,  an 
tht  aah  there  waa  a  naahun  noise  about  it  at  Norrlj 
lost  Saturday  was  •  fautnU.  The  mob  thay  got 
3  efijii,  a  farmer,  a  uiuire,  an  a  mulla,  an  atrus 
yeowre  alive  thay  hung  um  all  on  onejibblt — ao  folka 
sah.  HowMiroever  we  are  all  quite  enough  here, 
caae  we  fare  to  think  it  for  our  good.  If  you  see 
that  there  chap  Horry,  give  my  sarvlce  to  em. 

SUSSEX. 
The  dialect  of  the  East  of  Sussex  is  very 
nearly  the  same  as  that  of  Kent,  while  that  of 
the  West  is  similar  to  the  Hampihire  phrase- 
ology. *•  In  Stissex/*  says  Ray,  English  Wortls, 
cd.  1674,  p.  BO,  '*  for  hasp,  clasp,  wasp,  they 
pronounce  hap&e,  elapse,  wapse,  ^c. ;  for  neck, 
nick;  for  throat,  throttle;  for  choak,  chock; 
Ict'n  down,  U'l'n  bland,  come  again  and  fct'n 
anon."  Tliew  obser\ation8  still  hold  good.  In 
East  Sussex  day  is  pronounced  dee,  and  the  pea- 
santry arc  generally  disUnguished  for  a  broad 
strong  n)ode  of  speaking.  They  pronounce  ow 
final  as  er,  bi^t  this  habil  it  nnt  peculiar;  and 
they  often  introduce  an  r  before  the  letters  rf 
and/.  A  '"  (ilossar)'  of  the  Prorincialisms  in 
use  in  the  County  of  Sussex,"  by  W.  D.Cooper, 
was  printed  in  1836,  a  neat  little  work,  a  copy 
of  which,  with  numerous  MS.  additions,  wat 
kindly  sent  mc  by  the  author.  Several  Sussex 
wonla,  not  included  in  Mr.  Cooper's  Ust,  were 
sent  to  me  by  M.  A.  Lower,  Emj.,  the  Rev. 
James  Sandbam,  Colonel  Dnvies,  and  M.  T. 
Robinson,  Esq. ;  and  Mr.  Hulloway's  General 
IJictionary  of  Provincialisms,  8vo.  1838,  con- 
tains a  considerable  number. 

(1)     Tom   Cladpole't  Journey  to  Lunnun,    the 
Jir»t  seven  alanzoM. 

Laal  Middlcmua  1  '^mcmbcr  well. 

When  ImrTcst  was  all  over  ; 
Ua  chept  had  liout'd  up  all  de  t)anes. 

An  alack'd  up  all  de  clover. 
1  think,  lays  ),  \'\\  Uke  a  trip 

To  Lunoun,  dat  I  wul. 
An  see  how  things  goo  on  ■  bit, 

Lcat  t  shu'd  die  a  fool  I 
Fcr  sikter  Sal,  five  years  agoo. 

WentoCTwud  Squyer  Orown; 
Hituaemattl,  tir  sunimut;  don't  know  what, 

To  live  ut  Lunnun  town. 


INOLTSH  PEOVmCtAL  DIALECTS. 


Dey'hiv'd  uncommon  well  lo  SnI, 

An  gc  UT  rlathe*  an  dat  t 
So  Sal  'hav'il  naihun  well  lo  deni, 

An  grow'il  quite  tall  an  fat. 
I  ax'd  or  Ben  to  let  me  gno. 

Hem  riiHi  dl'  fcllur  he, 
lie  sirolch'il  hl«  wl|i,  'Tu  Lunnun,  Tom  ?' 

Den  turn'tl  hiyquld,  'I'll ace.* 
So  stratc  to  mother  home  gooa  1, 

An  thua  to  ur  did  say. 
Uother,  I'll  goo  an  aee  our  Sal. 

Fet  meaitoi  u;i  I  may. 
De  poor  or  gat  did  ahake  ur  head. 

Ah  t  Tom.  twant  never  do, 
Poor  Sal  )■  (tone  a  le]ui  way. 

An  touat  I  now  loose  you  ! 

(2)  /t  Dialogue  between  two  Farm-laiourm  in 
SuMter. 

Tom.  Why.  Jim,  where  a  bin  t 

Jim.  Down  to  look  at  the  thip. 

Tmn.  Did  ye  look  at  the  Mack  ? 

Jim.  Umpt,  I  did,  and  it  toakei  terrible  I 

Thm.  Why  didn't  ye  make  a  hole  in  it? 

Jim.  1  be  guain  (o  it. 

Tam.  It'i  a  pity,  "twai  »iih  a  mortal  food  'uD. 

Jim.  E>  lure  1  Well,  It'i  meblicholy  Bne  time 
for  the  eropa.  alnt  II I 

T«m.  Ah  1  it'll  be  ripping  time  prt  tty  won  now. 

Jim.  Ah!  I  *han'l  do  much  at  that  for  the 
Tumatla. 

Turn,  What  be  |;uain  to  do  with  thai  ere  Juk  ! 
Youd  better  let  it  bide.  Do  you  think  Ihechlmbley 
aweepcr  will  come  to-day  ? 

Jim.   li»  I  he'f  «afe  to  come,  let  It  be  how  t'wull. 

Tim.  Which  way  do  you  think  he'll  cnme  ( 

Jim.  He'll  eomeathirt  and  acrou  the  common. 

r..™.  What,  calerwayi.  aye) 

Jim.  1*».     Did  you  mind  what  I  waf  a  telling  of? 

7>.m.  To  be  sure;  but  dang  ye  ir  1  eould  arnM:  U, 
oonid  you  ? 

Jim.  Lnr,  ylf.  1  don't  think  It  took  much  cute> 
new  to  do  that ! 

WARWICKSIllRE, 
Tlie  following  obstrvatinns  on  Ihc  dialect  of 
thia  potiiity  arc  tiilieti  fnim  a  MS.  glossarj'  of 
Warwickshire  worils,  compiled  liv  tlic  late  Mr. 
T.  Sharp,  anil  kindly  conitnunieatcd  to  mc  by 
Mr.  Snuntoii,  of  I^onghridge  House,  near 
Warwick  :  "  The  diphthiing  ea  is  iisnally  pro- 
nounced like  431.  aa  muit,  nit,  jdaise,  paiac,  walk, 
say,  for  meat,  eat.pteate,  weak,  tea.  The  vowel 
o  gives  place  to  u,  in  sung,  lung,  amung,  for 
MOng,  long,  among  ;  wunst  for  once  ;  gruii,  fun, 
Uil  pun,  for  ground,  found,  and  pound.  Shownd 
is  also  frequent  for  the  imperative  of  show.  A 
and  0  are  often  intcrehaiiged,  as  drap,  shap, 
yander,  for  dnp,  nhop,  yonder ;  and  (|icr  contra) 
hoinmcr,  rot,  and  gonder,  for  hammer,  rat,  and 
gander.  J  is  substituted  for  d,  in  juke,  jell, 
jeth,  and  jed,  for  duke,  deal,  death,  and  dead  ; 
whilst  juice  is  often  pronounced  diice.  D  is 
added  to  words  ending  in  oir«,  as  drowndcd  and 
gownd,  for  drotrned  and  gown.  E  is  sotnci  lines 
converted  into  a,  as  hatty,  lafl,  fatch,  for  MIti, 
left,  aaA fetch.  The  noui.  cose  and  the  ace.  are 
per]>elually    and    barbarously     coafoiindeit    in 


such  phrases  as,  "  They  ought  to  have  spoke  to 
we ;  her  told  him  so  \  he  told  she  so ;  us  wont  bo 
hurt,  will  us  ?  Thia  is  one  of  our  most  grntiug 
provincialisms."  Tliis  MS.  glossary  has  been 
fully  used  in  the  following  jiages.  I  liiivc  also 
received  coiiimuiiicalioTis  from  Mr.  I'crrv,  Mr. 
\V.  Reader,  the  Rev.  W.  T.  Brec,  ihe  R.rv.  J. 
St,iunton,  Mr.  i.  T.  Walson,  ami  Tliumas 
Haslewiiod,  Esq.  The  modern  dialect  of  War. 
wirkshire  contains  a  very  large  pro|K)rtion  of 
Norlh  country  words,  more  than  might  have 
been  expected  from  its  locality.  They  say  yat 
for  gate,  feul,  fool,  xAeeorn,  sliame,  teeea^  wheat, 
Yelhard,  Edward,  Jeeams,  James,  leean.  lane, 
rooad,  road,  vool,  will,  p-yaaper,  paper, /"eeoce, 
face,  cooo^  coat,  &c. 

WESTMORELAND. 

"  A  bran  new  Wark  by  William  de  Worfat, 
containing  a  true  Calendar  of  his  thoughts  con- 
cerning good  rehberhood,"  12roo.  Kendal,  178;>, 
pp.  44,  is  a  good  specimen  of  the  Westmoreland 
dialect,  hut  of  great  rarily.  This  dialect  is  very 
similar  to  that  uf  Cumberland. 

(1)  y/  Weutmoretand  Dialogue. 

Sarafi.  What  yee  hev  hard  hee  yan  ev  my  awect- 
hartji,  l^rd !  This  ward  ia  brimful  a  lee  for 
Mrtoo. 

Jennet.  Aye.  thean  lees  enow,  but  I  reckon  (hat 
Din. 

Sartth.  Yee  may  be  mlitaan  aa  weel  as  udder 
fowk ;  yee  mun  know  1  went  to  Amaitle  Lawer  wie 
aur  (Ireaady  toth  Bull,  an  she  wod  nit  atand,  but  act 
orr  an  run  up  'rawcr.hlll,  an  throoUi  loan  on  tae 
Middle  Barra  plane,  an  1  hefter  he,  tul  I  wer  welly 
brOfon.  Dick  wor  cumin  up  frae  Sliver  dale,  an 
lomd  her,  heljit  nir  wie  her  loth  btill,  an  then  went 
heoam  wie  me.  an  while  e.1  lecv  111  nirrer  tak  a  kaw 
malr.  Ise  turc  Itt  a  varra  ahamriii  ajirvl*  to  icnd 
onny  young  woman  on.  en  what  1  think  nicone  hart 
li  dun  ea  nac  spot  but  Bcolhana  pariah.  En  frac 
thii  nebbon  tea  we  er  iweelharla. 

(2)  A  "  Grahamed"  Letter. 

TXT   HBODITUR   KT  KKWOAX.  MKRCVKr. 

Sur, — Ea  ai  se«  oft  pluagln  ye  aboot  aummut  lir 
udder,  it  maka  me  freetcnd  et  ye'U  Iw  giltin  oot  ur 
o'  pashena,  but,  ye  kna,  et  wer  varra  unlarned  in 
oor  dawie,  en,  therefore,  oblciged  when  in  a  bit  ov  ■ 
dlfHrultec  to  ax  aumbody  et  can  rnlcetcn  ua  ont. 
Aw  whope,  h<ioiTer,  et  thla'cn  el  be't  List  time  ct  al 
hev  occAfthun  for  yeradtiee;  for  If  aw  can  manage 
to  git  hoad  uT  this  aituwashun  et  nw  hev  uv  me  et, 
al  be  a  gentelman  oot  days  uv  me  life.  Noo,  ye 
aee,  Mr.  Hedditur.  yaw  day  befowre  t'reot  com  du, 
aw  meen  afowre  t'tinte  et  fader  was  stinted  to  pay*t 
In  ;  for't  iandlawrd  wlv  mlckle  perswadin  gev  him  a 
week  or  twa  ower  i  but  he  tciled  him  plane  enuf  Ifbe 
dudent  arum  up  that  he  wad  send  t'RninlKiMles  ta 
aeca  t'sllckscn  turn  byath  fader  en  mutlilcr,  mcaei  en 
Dot  bams,  tut  duer.  O.  man,  thur  tandiawrdt  thur 
hard'hart'd  chapa.  Aw  bvlecv  he  wad  du'lt  tu,  for 
yan  niver  acet  him  luke  piissant,  eapecialle  et  farm, 
for  o'lts  et  bnt  rondiiliun,  en  we've  lade  sum  UT 
this  neu-fashend  manner  et  they  co'  tiuanney  ont 
(Kadderlikea  to  be  like  t'ncabers).  Sartenly,  it  auita 
for  yaw  year,  en  theer's  sum  varra  bonnie  crop*  whor 
it»  been  lade  on  middlin  thick;   but  it  we'at  i 


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t*«Dd  flt  weel  ei  a  good  foiid  tiii«iUni.  WhUh,  llr. 
Hcddltur,  c»  AW  wu  gmngifn  to  uy.  yaw  day  afowre 
t'Clme  et  Fader  bed  U  pay't  rnit  bo  »cnt  me  wid  a 
coo  CO  a  itlrk  tuv  a  girt  fare.  Ihcy  ro  BraQlen  Fare, 
nar  Appelby^en  aw  wai  to  »cll  ihem  if  anybody  bad 
me  out,  for  brau  he  mud  hrv.  whrdder  aw  gat  Lher 
woorth  ur  nut.  When  aw  was  ut  fare  aw  gat  mt 
intuit  midde)  uv  o'at  thrang,  whor  aw  thout  aw 
cudnl  help  but  meet  wid  a  cu»tomar  ;but  aw  waa 
was  farHy  cheetcd,  for  aw  itude  Iheer  nar  o't  day 
we've  mc  hands  uv  rac  pockets,  en  iieabody  eamlcklc 
as  axd  mc  what  awd  gayne  aboot,  en  ye  ma  be  sure 
•w  pood  a  lang  fawcc,  tell  a  gudc-Iooken  gentleman 
like  feller  com  up  tuv  me,  and  nca  doot  seen  aw  was 
•are  grhevd,  began  U  ax  mo  cs  to  wbca  aw  was  1 
whor  aw  coo  fra  *  hoc  me  Padder  gat  his  leeven,  en 
adeel  mare  sec  like  questions.  Ov  eoorw,  aw  telld 
bim  nout  but  truth,  for,  ye  kna,  aw  nlvver  like  ta 
tell  a  lee  ta  neabody,  en  aw  dudnt  forgit,  et  saame 
time  to  let  him  kna  hoo  badly  offFaddcr  was,  en  hoo 
It  wud  put  him  aboot  when  aw  hednt  selt  l>ecas. 
Tgcnlleroan,  puer  feller!  was  a  \arri  feclcn  man. 
for  he  seemed  a  girt  decl  hurt,  en  gcv  me  what  aw 
wanted  for  me  coo  en  lUrk,  wldoot  her  a  wuid  ov 
barteren.  Efthr  o'  was  sattled.  en  we'ed  gitten  eader 
a  glass,  aw  axed  him  for  his  nyarae  to  Uk  U  Faddcr, 
en  he  wrayate  me't  doon  wld  a  wad  pcnsel,  ont  luck 
UT  a  Ull  gracn  card  t  but  unfortunatcle  aw  put  Jl 
iiitul  me  wayaoowt  pocket  en't  name  gat  rubbed  not 
afowrv  aw  gat  hyame.  Ont  tudder  side  et  card,  Mr. 
Heddjtur,  was  an  adTertisemcQt,  ov  which  this  U  a 
srurd  for  wurd  copy : 

**  WANTED  IMMEDIATELY, 

A  Man  ov  Goox>  Chaiiactkr, 

At    a   Salary   of  £AO(i  per  Annum, 

To  Mind  hi»  own  Businkvb, 

And  a  further  sum  of  £S00, 

To  LSAVB  OTHKH   PSOPLR'H  ALOKfll 

05'  For  further  particulars  rnquire  of  the  Secre- 
tary for  the  Home  Department." 
Et  first  aw  dudut  tak  mickle  nouitceoat ;  but  acn 
aw've  lieen  conslilerrn  that  me  Fadder  Is  sara  fashed 
we've  sea  mony  ov  us,  en,  aa  aw  siippowse,  all  hcv 
a»  gude  a  chance  a  gitten  a  situwashun  es  onybody 
else,  aw  want  to  koa,  Mr.  Ileddltur,  hoo  aw  mun 
gang  aboot  It.  Aw  cannet  tell  wltat  sud  ale  mc  gittcii 
ont,  for  iWvc  alias  bourne  a  gude  carlcktcr,  en  thati 
t'sort  uv  a  chap  they  want,  en  aw've  oca  doot  aw 
cud  iMoe  larn  I'tradc.  Aw  sec  It  corns  ta  nar  Iwraty 
puod  a  week,  throot  yer,  en  iU  a  grand  thing  for  a 
puer  botly.  T'lalMrin  fowks  aboot  here  cant  hardlyi 
inak  hofe  cs  mony  shlMens.  O  man,  t'fowk  hcs  lare 
shift  to  git  a  putten  on.  ooo  o*  days.  Ilut  bcildn  o' 
that,  aw  can  tell  ye  summct  mare  undcmeathf  et 
nuks  me  irant  U  gang  ta  Lunnen  sea  mkklc  es  aw 
SDppowse  luwhare  this  iltuwatlonis.  Ve  kna,  Mr. 
Beddltur,  me  swecthart  Nanny  (es  like  U  sham  we 
tellen  ye,  but  ye  munnet  menshion  four  agen  for 
awt  wort)  cs  aw  was  a  lalng  me  swcethart  Nanny 
went  up  ta  Lunnen  ta  be  a  Leddies  made,  eu  aw 
nid  hkd  tairm  we'd  to  sec  her  et  times.  Es  we  ur 
•eafar  off  taen  t'other,  we  rite  letters  back  en  forrcLt 
Ivery  noo  en  then  es  udder  fuwkdm's:  but  thcers 
Uytly  been  sum  queer  stowrles  In  oor  dawlc  aboot  a 
feller  they  co  Jammy  Graam.  They  sa  he's  been 
pcepcn  Intul  oat  letturs  et  gang  up  ta  Lunnen,  en 
then  tellen  oot  en  makenootmlscheefet  Iverhecan. 
By  gum  !  if  aw  thout  he'ed  been  broken  fseals  o* 
my  Ictturs  es  aw  sent  ta  Nanny— first  lime  aw  met 
him  aw  wad  giv  him  ilc  a  thumppm  cs  he  nlver  gat 
iB  his  life  befosrrc.  Aw  wonder  they  hev'nl  kick'd 
ace  a  ffOod-foT-DOut  feller  oot  uv  t'Poat  long  ten, 
whcB  hcs  gilly  uv  sec  like  sueckcn  lo  lif'O  Irirks  ei 


them.  Me  hand's  beginning  Ui  wark,  en  aw  mun 
finish  wc  beggin  ov  ye  ta  tell  mc  o'  ye  kna  alioot 
ftltu<rashun,  for  rs  detarmend  ta  hrft.  en  aw  dunoet 
kna  whea  Secretary  of  t'llome  Department  Is.  en 
theerfowre  et  at  a  loss  whea  ta  apply  tu. 
Yer  effecshunct  frlud, 

Jacob  Stu  BBS, 

aath  July.  1844.  fra  t'Dawle. 

PS.— TVcdder*s  nobbet  been  varra  bad  thur  twea 
ur  thrc  days  back .  en  thunner  shooen  hev  been  fleen 
aboot. 

WILTSHIRE. 

The  dialect  of  this  county  is  so  nearly  related 
to  that  whicli  is  itenomiualed  iKe  West-Country 
diaJect,  that  the  distinction  must  Iw  nought  for 
in  wonis  peculiar  to  it»clf  rather  than  in  any 
general  feature.  The  Saxon  plural  termination 
en  is  still  common,  and  oi  is  generally  pronounced 
as  ipi.  Instances  of  their  perfects  may  Ik;  cited, 
87uip,  snopt,  hide,  hod,  /earf,  lod,  scrape,  scrope, 
S.C.  Some  of  their  phrases  are  quaint.  T/tat's 
makeg  me  ouf,  puzzles  mc  ;  a  kind  of  a  middling 
*ort  qf  a  way  he  is  in,  out  of  sorts,  Ac.  Mr. 
IJritlon  published  a  glos8ar>'  of  Wiltshire  words 
in  his  Top<:>graphical  Sketches  of  North  Wilts, 
vol.  iii,  pp.  303-80  ;  and  a  more  coinptclc  one  hy 
.Mr.  Akerutau  has  recently  appeared,  12mo. 
1842.  Many  words  pccidiar  to  tbib  couiily  will 
be  found  in  the  foUowiag  |uiges  whk-h  have 
escaped  lioth  these  writers,  co[]L'i:ted  cluefly  from 
Kcnuett,  Aubrey,  and  MS.  lists  hy  the  Kcv.  Dr. 
Hiissey,  Dr.  S.  Meiriman,  the  Rev.  Kii:hard 
Crawley,  and  Mr.  M.  Jackson.  The  Chronicon 
Vilodunense,  edited  by  W.  H.  Black,  fol.  1830, 
is  a  specimen  of  the  WiU&hire  dialect  in  the  fif- 
teenth ccnlur)-.  It  is  so  frequently  qnoted  in 
this  work  that  any  further  notice  is  tinnecessary. 
The  following  clever  pieces  in  the  modern  dia- 
lect of  the  county  are  from  the  pen  of  Mr. 
Akerman. 

(1)  The  Hamet  and  the  Biitle, 

A  hamet  set  in  a  hollur  tree,— 
A  proper  spiteful  iwoad  was  he  i 
And  a  merrily  sung  white  hf  did  ie< 
Mis  stinge  as  shearp  as  a  bagganet : 
Oh,  whoso  vine  and  tiowld  as  I, 
I  vears  not  bee,  nor  wapse,  norvty  t 

A  blttleup  thuck  tree  did  dim. 
And  scamvully  did  look  at  him  ; 
Kayi  he,  "  Zur  hsmct,  who  gIv  thee 
A  right  Ui  eel  in  thuck  there  tree  f 

Vor  acl  you  sengs  so  nailun  viae, 

I  tell  'e  'tis  a  houtc  o'  mine.** 

The  hamtt's  conscience  vrlt  a  twinge. 
But  grawin'  Iwwld  wl  his  long  stiugp, 
Zays  he,  *'  Possession's  the  best  Hitiw : 
Zo  here  th'  sha'rat  putaclnhw  ! 
Be  off,  and  leave  the  trt-e  to  me. 
The  mUen's  good  enough  for  thee  !" 

Just  then  a  yuckcl,  passln'tiy. 
Was  avcd  by  them  the  cause  to  try  : 
••  IU  1  h«  f  I SM  how  'tis  !'•  says  he. 
"  They'll  makes  vamous  nunch  vor  mr  !"* 
His  bill  was  shearp,  his  ttomach  tear, 
7.0  np  a  snappfd  the  caddlln  pair  I 


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I 


MOKAL. 

Ael  you  a%  be  to  laiiw  Inclined, 

Thb  lecUc  itwory  bear  In  tntnd  ; 

Vox  If  to  laaw  you  alma  to  fcwo, 

%  ou'll  Ttnd  tbey-n  allui  s«r  'e  lo : 
You  U  meet  the  v«te  o  the«e  htre  two. 
They'll  lake  your  cwoat  and  carcau  too  ' 

(2)  The  GenuiM  Remaina  of  William  Little^  a 
Wilt t hire  man, 

I've  alius  bin  ai  vluih  o'  money  at  a  twoad  U  o' 
Teathrri  ;  but  If  ever  I  ^eti  rich,  I'll  put  it  ael  Id 
ZtKictcr  bunk,  and  not  do  a«  owld  Smith,  iho  miller, 
did,  «>mln*  whoam  vrora  mnrket  one  nice.  MarUl 
avraiil  o'thlevetawai,  so  a  puuhii  pound-bElh  and 
ael  th' money  a'd  got  about  un  In  a  hole  In  tlie  wait, 
and  llie  next  mamin*  a'eouldn'c  remember  wbcre- 
abouU  'twaf,  and  had  to  pull  purty  tiigh  a  mile  o' 
wall  down  before  a'  could  vind  It.  Stoopld  owIJ 
woiblrd  I 

Owld  Jan  Wllkloi  used  to  zay  he  allui  cut**  tukei, 
when  a  went  a  hedging  too  lang,  bekaxc  a*  cou*d 
ea»lly  cut  'em  iharter  if  a'  wanted,  but  a*  eou'dnt 
make  um  langer  ir  'em  wu  too  thort.  Zo  xay>  1  ; 
lo  I  alluf  aitei  Tor  more  than  I  wanti*  W  I  get*  that, 
wvll  and  good  ;  but  If  1  *%e*  vor  little,  and  gtti  le«>, 
it'i  mirlal  akkerd  t<>  ax  a  arcond  time,  d'ye  koeow  1 

PIple  aay  ai  how  they  gicd  th'  D«am  o'  moonmkera 
to  ui  Wiltshire  vauk  bekaaea  paaael  o*  ctupid  bodln 
one  night  tried  to  rake  the  shadow  o'  Ih'  moon  out  o' 
th'bruk,  and  tuk't  vor  a  thin  cheese.  Out  that's 
th'  wrong  Ind  o'  th'  stwory.  The  chap>  as  wu*  doln'  o' 
this  was  smugglcra,  and  Ihry  wasavUhin'  up  wmc 
kegs  o'iip«rrl(s,  and  unly  purtvndiKl  lo  rake  out  a 
cheese  I  Zo  the  exciseman  ai  axed  'cm  the  question 
bad  his  grin  at  •cm  :  but  they  had  a  good  laugh  at  he 
when  -ctn  got  whoame  the  stufT. 

Owld  Molly  Sanoell  axM  Mully  Dafter  to  gle  her 
a  drap  u'  barm  one  day.  "  1  ha'fi't  a  got  nam  t"  says 
•he:  "  betldei,  I  do  wantun  niexrirtoUikc  wT." 

Meaiter  Goddin  used  to  uy  as  how  clilldcni  costed 
a  light  o'  money  to  brcng  um  up,  and  'twas  all  very 
well  whilst  um  was  lecile,  and  sucked  th'  mother,  but 
whtfl  um  began  to  rack  the  vathcr,  'twai  nation 
akkerd. 

Measter  Cuss  and  his  lun  Etherd  went  to  Lonnun 
a  teetle  time  tence.  and  when  um  got  (o  their  jour- 
ney's ind,  Measter  Cuss  misHHl  a  girl  panel  a  carr'd 
wi'un  toth'cwoAch.  "Lard,  valhcrl"  aayi  Etherd, 
"  1  seedun  drapoutat  Viae!"  (Oevtces.) 

(3)  \orth  WiUnhire  eloptence, 
**  Now,  do'e  plaie  to  walk  In  a  bit.  lur,  and  rcst'e, 
and  dwont'e  mind  my  measter  up  ag'in  th'  chimley 
earner.  Poor  aowl  on  hin,  he've  a  bin  drspcrt  ill 
ever  sence  t'other  night,  when  a  wur  tuk  tcr'ble  bad 
«r  th*  rheumatls  In's  legs  and  stummlck.  He've  a 
bio  and  tuk  dree  bottles  n'  doctor's  stufT,  but  Ml  be 
whipped  Ifa  dosimbly  a  bit  th'  better  var't.  Lawk. 
lur,  but  I  be  mam  scrow  to  bv.  ael  in  aich  a  caddcl, 
ael  alang  o'they  childeru.  They're  a  bin  a  leasln". 
and  whte  um  coomed  whoame.  they  ael  tuk  and 
rtrowcd  the  cam  aelamang  th'  vtre  stuff,  and  tohrre 
we  be,  ael  In  a  muggic  Itke.  And  you  be  lookin' 
niiddllniih,  cur.  and  ael  as  if  e  was  shrammed.  I'll 
take  and  bleow  up  th'  vlre  a  moascl ;  but  whnt  be 
them  beiliies  at  f  here  they  be  slat  a-two  I  and  here's 
my  yeppum  they've  a'  bin  and  searched,  ond  I've 
agutnarra  'nother  'gin  Ziimlay  bescpti  thS».um  !"' 
This  elegant  gamjile  of  Norlh  WiUsTiire  elo- 
quence was  uttered  nearly  in  a  breath,  by  Mis- 
treM  Virges,  the  wife  of  a  Uljourer  witii  a  Urge 


family,  as  the  \>Qi.\T  nmn's  master  citCered  the 
cottage  to  inquire  aft'Cr  his  tirAlth,  nnd  whether 
be  woulil  be  soon  able  to  return  tu  bis  work. 

WORCESTERSHIRE. 
In  Worcestershire,  the  peculiarity  of  speech 
most  striking  to  a  stranger  is  |>erhaps  the  inter- 
change of  Aer  and  Mhfy  e.  g.  **  her's  going  for  a 
walk  with  she."  This  perrersion  is  even  used 
in  the  genitive,  "  she's  bonnet."  As  in  Gloutres- 
tershire  and  Hcreforrlsbire,  the  pronoun  tehich 
is  constantly  used  to  connect  seutences.  and  to 
act  as  a  species  of  cnnjunction.  At  a  recent 
trial  at  Worcester,  a  butA.'ber,  who  was  on  his 
trial  for  aheep-fltealing,  said  in  defence,  "  1 
bought  the  sheep  of  a  man  at  Broomsgrove  fair, 
tphich  he  is  a  friend  of  the  prosecutor's,  and 
won't  appear ;  which  I  could  have  transported 
the  prosecutor  ever  so  long  agoo  if  I  liked."  As 
in  many  other  counties,  the  neuter  is  frequently 
invcsled  with  the  masculine  gender,  A  more 
striking  feature  is  the  continual  dropping  of  the 
fin  such  words  as  ttair,  fair^  pronounced  Mtar, 
JoTt&c. ;  and  the  letter  r  is  sometimes  sounded 
bctweCD  a  final  vowel,  or  rowct-sound,  and  an 
initial  one.  No  works  on  the  dialect  of  this 
county  have  yet  appeared,  and  the  majority  of 
the  words  here  fjuoled  as  peculiar  to  it  have 
been  collected  by  my«elf.  I  bavc>  however,  re- 
ceived short  comiiiunications  from  J.  Noakc, 
Esq.r  Jahez  Allies,  Esq.,  Miss  Bedford,  Mrs. 
John  Walcot,  Thomas  UouHon,  Esq.,  Mr.  R. 
Bright,  and  Mr.  William  Johnson.  ThefoUow- 
extroct  is  taken  from  a  MS.  in  my  possession. 

Extract  from  a  MS*  of  medical  receipt »  written 
b}f  Syr  TomoM  Jamyij  Vicar  qff"  Badseye,  about 
the  year  1450. 

Kor  the  skawlca  gode  medcyn.  Takepedylyon 
to  handfulle  ever  that  he  be  flowryd.  and  than  ho 
ys  lendur,  and  than  take  and  tethe  hym  wclle  In  a 
potelle  of  stronge  lye  tille  the  to  halfe  tie  aoddyn 
awey,  and  than  wesche  the  skallyd  hede  In  stronge 
pysse  that  ys  hoote,  and  than  »chave  awey  the  schawle 
cleoe,  and  let  not  fur  bledyng;  and  than  make  a 
plasture  of  petlytyon.  and  ley  It  on  the  hede  gode 
and  warme,  and  so  let  it  ly  a  day  and  a  nyth,  and 
than  take  it  awey,  and  so  than  take  thy  roele  and 
mnnyng  watur  of  a  broke,  and  therof  make  theke 
Iiapilettes,  and  than  sprtnle  them  on  a  clothe  that 
wciilu  cover  at  the  soorc,  and  so  ley  It  on  the  rore 
hedc,  and  let  It  ly  lij.  dayys  and  iij.  nythtes  ever  It 
bfl  remeveyd,  and  than  take  It  of,  and  wesche  the 
hedc  wclle  In  strong  pyise  ayenne.  and  than  take  and 
»chave  It  dene  to  the  flcsche.  and  than  take  rede 
pynownre  as  many  ase  wolle  luffyce  for  to  make  a 
plattureover  the  sore,  and  tK>ylrthcm  wclle  In  wa- 
ture,  and  than  stampethem,  and  temper  them  with 
the  softc  of  calamynte,  and  old  barow  grece  that 
ys  maltyoe  clcno,  and  so  use  this  tylle  the  Mke  t>e 
hole. 

YORKSHIRE. 

There  are  numerous  early  MSS.  still  preserved 

which  were  written  in  various  part^  of  Yorkshire, 

most  of  them  contAining  marks  of  the  dialect  of 

the   county.    The  Towneley  Mysteries,  which 


ENOLISH  PIIOVINCIAL  DIALECTS. 


hare  been  printed  by  (he  Surteei  Society,  \*ere 
tnitten  in  the  ncigfabourhood  of  Wakcflelil.  An 
Bngliih  commentary  on  the  Tsalms,  translated 
from  the  Latin  work  by  llampole,  a  MS.  in  Elan 
College  Library,  was  aii^o  written  in  this  county, 
the  writer  objerving,  "  in  Ibis  werkc  I  eekc  no 
itrange  Inglyshebot  thebghte«t  and  thccomon- 
«t,  aiiiiswiike  that  cs  mastc  like  til  the  I^tyn, 
[  %o  that  tliBs  that  knawcs  noght  the  Latyn  by  the 
Iiiglvkbe  may  come  to  many  Latyn  wordes." 
A  metrical  translation  of  Grostliead's  CKatitau 
d' Amour,  in  MS.  Egcrton  927,  was  made  by  a 
"  munke  of  Sallay,"  who  calls  it  "  the  .Myrour  of 
Icwcd  .Men."  To  these  mav  be  added  MS.  Harl. 
1022,  MS.  Harl.  5396,  MS.'  Coll.  Sion.  xriii.  fl, 
and  the  Thornton  .MS.  so  oftco  quoted  in  the 
following  pages. 

Higden,  writing  about  1350,  says"  the  whole 
apeech  of  the  Northumbrians,  especially  in  Yotk- 
thire,  is  so  harsh  and  rude  that  we  Southern  men 
can  hardly  understand  it ;"  and  Wallingford, 
who  wrote  long  before,  obscncs  that "  there  is, 
and  long  has  been,  a  great  admixture  of  people  of 
Danish  race  in  that  province,  and  a  great  aimi- 
larily  of  tamjuage."  See  the  '  Quarterly  Review,' 
Feb.  1S3S,  p.  365.  There  seem  to  be  few  traces 
of  Danish  in  the  modem  Yorkshire  dialect. 

So  numerous  are  moderu  pieces  in  the  York- 
■hire  dialect,  that  it  would  be  difhcult  to  give  a 
complete  list.  The  rustic  of  this  county  has  even 
had  a  newspaper  in  his  native  dialect,  the  '  Ynrk- 
thircComet,'  the  first  number  of  which  appeared 
in  March,  1841 ;  but  in  cansc(]ucncc  of  certain 
personal  allusions  ginng  offence,  the  pidilislier 
wu  threatened  with  a  prosecution,  and  he  relin- 
quished the  work  after  the  piildicatiou  of  the 
aeventh  number,  and  refused  to  sell  the  objection- 
able parts.  The  most  complete  glossary  uf  York- 
ahire  words  was  complied  by  Mr.  Carr,  2  vols. 
8vo.  1828,  hut  it  is  confined  toCravcn,  the  dialect 
(aid  to  be  used  by  Chaucer's  North  country 
ichoUra,  See  Mr.  Wright's  edition,  vol.  i.  ji. 
160.  Dr.  Willan's  list  of  words  used  In  the 
mountainous  district  of  the  West-Riding,  in  the 
ArcbaM>logia,  vol.  xvii.  pp.  138-167,  should  also 
be  noticed;  and  long  previously  a  Y'urkshire 
glossary  appeared  at  the  cud  of  the  Prai»e  of 
Yorkshire  Ale,  l2nio.  1697.  Thorcshy'a  list  of 
West-Riding  words,  1 703,  was  publiahcd  in  Kay's 
Philosophical  Letters ;  and  Watson  gives  a 
"  Vocabulary  of  Uncommon  Words  used  in  Hali- 
fax Parish"  in  his  History  uf  Halifax,  1775. 
These  latter  have  been  reprinted  in  the  Hallam- 
shire  Glossary,  8vo.  1829,  a  small  collection  of 
words  used  in  the  ncighliourhood  of  Slietlicld. 
The  Sheffield  dialect  has  Iwcn  lery  carefully  in- 
Testigaled  in  an  Essay  by  the  Rev.  II.  11. 1'l^wr, 
12mo.  1825.  In  addition  to  Ike  printed  gtoi- 
laries,  I  have  bad  the  ailvantage  of  using  .MS. 
lists  of  Y'orkshire  words  communlcateil  by  Wo. 
Turner,  Esq.,  Wilham  Henry  Leatham,  Esq., 
Henry  Jackson,  Esq.,  Dr.  Charles  Kookc,  the 
Kev.  P.  Wright,  Mr.  M.  A.  Deiilmiu,  Mr. Thomas 
Sanderson,  John  Richard  Walbran,  Esq.,  Mr. 
Banks,  and  N.  Scatdierd,  Esq. 


(1)  A  charm   for  the    Tooth-ache,  from    the 

Thornton  MatiHicript ,  {.  176. 

^  charme  for  the  letHe-tcerke,—  Sajr  tlie  chairnu 
thrlt,  to  It  tie  Mjrd  U.  tymes,  and  ay  thrys  at  a 
chare  mynge. 

I  conjourt  the,  Isythrly  bote,  with  that  llkcsprre, 
Thst  LofiRvout  In  tiU  handesanvbcrr. 
Anil  alfu  Willi  snr  lialtr  of  thome. 
That  cine  tny  Lordlft  hedc  was  tMrDCf 
U'Eth  atie  thr  wordU  mare  and  Icsae, 
Wilh  t)io  Office  or  the  Meue, 
WUh  iny  Lc»rde  and  Mi  xii.  postillea, 
WUh  cure  Lady  and  tier  x.  raaydenya, 
Saynt  UsTgicte,  the  haty  quene, 
Saynt  Kalerin.the  haly  virKyoe, 
U.  tymet  (joJdliforbott,  tliou  wikkyde  ini>B«j 
Thet  erer  thou  make  any  rystyngCi 
Bot  awaye  mole  thou  wende, 
Tu  the  erdc  and  the  stanc  ! 

(2)  Dicty  Dicketon't  Addreu  to't  knaym  tcorld, 
frmn  the  fimt  number  (jf  the  YorktUre  Comet, 
put/tuhedin  1844. 

DaAlt  iTTKBTBODV, 

Ah  lud'nt  wonder  bud.  when  tome  foakt  hear 
o'  me  itartin'  on  a  Paper,  they'll  say,  what  in't 
world  hrs  niaadc  Dicky  DIckMon  tiethlnk  hlxkcn  o* 
cummin'  alch  a  caaper  ai  that  ?  Wah,  if  ye'll  DOti- 
biit  hev  haur  o't  paatlence  o'  Joab,  Ah'll  try  ta  tell 
ya.  Ve  mtin  linaw,  'at  abnot  lix  year  iln'.  Ah  wur 
r  a  public-hoow,  wheare  ther  wur  a  fellet  as  wur 
braggiu*  on  hit  lamln',  an'  so  Ah  axed  him  what  he 
knawed  tboot  onnj  ktiEwledgeincnt,  an'  he  said  h« 
thowt  he'd  a  rare  lump  moare  Information  i'  fats 
heead,  ner  Ah  hed  1'  mine.  Noo,  ye  jLnaw.  Ah 
sudn't  ha'  been  a  (luarter  ai  ill  road,  if  ther  hedn't 
tieeo  o  lot  o'  chaps  In't  plaace  'at  reckoned  ta  hev 
noa  tmali  share  o*  gumption.  Soa,  af  kooin  ai  Ah 
gat  hoaTDe  that  neet.  Ah  twarc  ta  cxir  Uet,  'at  as 
■tixre  ai  shoo  wur  a  match-hawker,  Ah  wud  leeam 
atl't  poUshmenti  'at  Schooitmaiatcr  Gill  could  teich 
ma.  Varry  we«l,  ilap  at  It  Ah  went,  mail ii in' pot- 
hukei,  an'  ttroakai,  an'  .\h  hardly  Itnawi  what ;  an* 
then  Ah  leeamt  ipelderln',  readin*,  i'  fact,  all  'at 
tong'heeaded  £chool)mAlftter  Gill  knew  hissen ;  to 
'at,  when  Ah'd  done  wi'  hiin.  Ah  wur  counted  as 
clever  a  chap  as  me  feather  afore  ma,  an'  ye  mun 
consider  'at  Ah  wur  noa  imatl  beer  when  Ah'd  coma 
u  that  pasf,  for  he  could  tell,  boot  luktn',  hoo  mlch 
paaper  it  wud  tak'  ta  lap  up  an  oonce  o'  'bacca. 
Wecl,  aa  tooln  aa  Ah'd  gotten  la  tie  sa  wonderful 
wiM*,  d'ye  cee  f  Ah  thowt—  an'  it  wur  a  bitter  thowt. 
tew  !  —  what  a  plly  it  wor  'at  Ivverybody  couldn't 
dew  as  mlch  aa  Ah  could.  More  Ah  studied  abooc 
It,  an*  war  It  pottered  ma,  Ah'll  atsuare  ya.  Wun 
neet,  hoolvver,  as  oor  Bet  an'  me  wur  act  be't  fire- 
side, ihoo  turned  herten  luddenly  roand,  an' said, 
"  Thoo'iafooll,  Dicky:"  ••  What  '.  Bet,  doei  thoo 
really  meean  ta  say  Ah'i  a  fooilr"  **  Ahdew,"ihou 
Mid  ;  '*  thoo't  ■  real  fooil  I"  "  Hoo  docs  ta  mak* 
that  oot.  Bet  ^"  said  Ah.  for  Ah  wur  noane  hauf 
suited  atioot  it.  **  Ah'll  say  It  ageeao  an'  ageean,** 
says  shoo;  "  thoo's  a  fuoil,  an'  if  ta'i  ouny  way 
parlikelaru  kruw,  Ah'll  tell  iha  hoo  Ah  maks  tt 
oot.  In't  first  plaace,  luke  what  braans  thoo  hc«  a 
aa  ilarlin'  as  onny  'at  ivver  theiise  gun  men  hed  ; 
an'  yet,  like  a  foull  as  Ah  fay  ihon  Is.  thoo  taks  It 
as  eeasy  as  a  pig  in't  muck."  "  Wcel,  weel,"  Ah 
continld.  "  what  wod  t3  ha'  ma  ta  dew,  lass  '  Tell 
us,  an'  Ah'll  dew'i."  ••  Then,"  says  ihoo,  "  start  a 
paaper  i'  ihcc  awn  naative  tongue,  an'  call  it 
c'Vorshar  Coaiet.      Ah'll    be  bun   fgr'l  It'll  pay  as 


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wnl  u  tvvcrgoold  oofa  did.**  Noo,  thfn.  u  moin 
u  Ah  hrc4rd  oor  Bct'i  noationa.  Ah  wur  omnium 
•lark  m«U  U  carry  'em  oot ;  for  Ah  ihowt,  bj  ihoo 
ditl  *at  It  wod  pay  capital,  au'  bealde.  Ah  lud  nuyb« 
be  troproovln't  itaate  o'  tactaly,  an'i  morali  o't 
vicluu».  Ye  doan't  nred  ta  (hink  'at  Ah'i  nowt  bud 
BD  Ignarant  tuuihrutn,  for,  though  Ah  uy't  myaeo, 
Ah  can  tell  ya  'at  Dicky  Dickefon'a  ai  full  o'kuaw- 
Irdge  ai  a  hcgg's  full  o'  roeeat.  Nut  'at  Ah  wanti 
U  crick  o*  myMO,  nowt  o't  »oart  t  It  im't  what  Ah 
uyi  an'  thinks  o'  my»en,  bud  what  other  foaka  uyt 
an'  thinka  o'  ma ;  an'  If  ye  ha*  no  objectiooa.  ye'* 
Just  read  a  letter  'at  Ah  gat  tea*  Naathon  Vickui 
AbooC  a  year  an'  a  hauf  lin'.  when  alt  that  talk  wur 
agate  relatln'  ta  Otlcy  gerrin' f  ranch  lied.  It  ran  aj 
follera: 

M  Pig-Colt  Farm.  Ocloabcr,  1849. 
'*  Dear  Dicky. 

*■  Ah  mun  coofeu  'at  Ah've  hceard  lome  talk 
aboot  oor  toon  Konin*  two  Memben  ta  Partcment, 
au'  if  Irver  it  sudoome  ta  paw»  thoo  tna  be  luare'at 
Naathan  Vickui  'U  iLick  to  Lha  up  htll  an*  doon 
daale.  Ah'i  ooane  ta  thick,  Dicky,  bTid  what  Ah 
knawf  pretty  near  what  a  chap  Is  be*t  cut  on  ht»  Jib, 
thoo  unnerstaost  an',  depend  on'l.  lad,  that's  what 
Ah  Judget  thee  by.  Thoo's  a  man  'at  'II  dew  honour 
to't  toon  whcaretvver  ta  goes,  an'  if  thvr's  oiiny 
fcatbcTt  for  onnybody's  cap,  it's  Dicky  Dlckvaon  'at'i 
boon  la  get  'em,  or  rise  Ah's  a  r<H>[l  of  ■  judge  o' 
human  flesh,  that'*  all.  Ah  bev  varry  gurl  pleasure 
V  oflbrln'  tha  my  voale,  an'  oor  Toby's  in't  bargain  -. 
■n'  Ah  dew  promise  tha,  'at  If  Ivvery  pig,  mule  an' 
cauf  aboot  my  farm  wur  rcceavable  as  cummon 
aense  creaturs,  thoo  lud  6n*  a  supporter  i'  ivT«ry 
one  on  'em.  Wi'  a  bucket  o'  compliments  ta  the 
•later  Bet  an'l  rest  o'l  breed, 

"  Ah  Is,  dear  Dicky. 

'*  Moast  Tcapectful  thine. 

"  NAArUAM  VlGKOa." 

Ta  Mr.  Dickeson,  E»f. 

Noo,  then.  Ah  ax  ageean*  b  iher  onny  o*  ya,  dear 
readers,  as  wod  hev't  Iceast  bit  o'  doot  o*  ycr  minds 
Boof  li  thor.  Ah  say  '  Noa  :  An  fancies  Ah  can 
hear  some  o'  ya  chucklin',  an'  sayla',  "  Hurra  for 
Dicky  Dickeson  I  he  flogsall  'at's  goanc  afore  him  !" 
An*  let  ma  tell  ya,  'at  so  Ah  roccant  ta  dew  ;  an'  It 
onny  of  ya  is  trubbled  wi'  lecu  u'  ghoasU  or  dull 
thowts,  Ali'll  guarantee  la  freeteo  'em  oot  o'  ya,  an' 
that's  what  noa  soul  afore  ma's  done  yet.  Bud  All 
mun  gl'  ower  vrltin'  tul  ya  at  present,  fnr  o<ir  Bet 
tells  ma  'at  roe  porridge  hcs  been  waitin*  this  hauf 
hoor,  an',  as  a  matter  In  coarse,  they're  stUTwr  stan- 
nln*.  Ah  can  nobbut  beg  on  ya  ta  reail  t'Vorshar 
Comet  ivvery  week,  an*,  bcdewln'soa.  tak'  my  worJ 
for't,  ye'll  siave  snonny  a  poond  I't  yeear  1'  piUi, 
boalusfccs.  an'  all  sich  belly  muck  as  tha  are. 

Bet  Joins  wl' ma  1'  luv  ta  ya  all,  (sboo's  a  deaccnt 
tass,  is  Oct  I)  an'  wl'  a  thoosand  hoapcs  'at  ye'll  in- 
couragc  roa. 

Ah  is,  dear  Ivverybody, 

Ver  varry  humble  tarvant, 

DicKV  DtcKicaoN. 

T'Editor's  Study. 

(3)  A  Letdx  Adv^ia^m^nt. 

mSTIlESS  BIDDY    DUCKLEDEWIT, 

LaateUatip'ny  Cheesecaake-Makker  tul  Her  Msjetly. 

Begs  ta  inform  I'ptiblic  'at  shoo  hri  Jutt 

SETTEN  UP  FOR  HKHSEN  I'  THAT  LINE, 

S6,  I'aastry  Square,  Lesds, 

Wheare  aha  carrlea  on 

ALL  THEM  EXTENSIVE  BUSINESSES 

O*lart-makker,hone»t  brandy  snap  tuaker.  trrcaclc- 

itlck  boiler,  humbug  im[K)rter,  sptce-pig  traader.an' 


unlvartal  decaf-nut.  breead,  checae.  bunnack,  an' 
plnc;r-beer  deealer  ;  an'  fro't  experience  'at  shno*B 
bed  j'  them  llnet  o'  genius  wal  wl'  her  Msjesty,  shoo 
begs  ta  auuorc  t'inhabitants  'at  shoo's  t'lmpedcncc 
ta  think  here's  noabody  *ll  gi'  more  fnr  t*brais,  or 
•Irh  Incnnceeavable  qualaty  as  thoo  will. 

Biddy  Buckk-bewlt  alsoa  desires  u  noatlce,  'at  as 
for  punctualnty,  uoabody  can  be  more  soa  ner  hrr* 
ten  ;  for  shoo  nwlus  heat'oven  hoat,  an' what's  better, 
koeps  a  wheelbarrow  for  t'exprcaa  purpose  o*  dea- 
paichin*  articles  ta  all  t'paartso't  gloabe. 

P.S,—  r  consequence  o'l  Immense  saale  an*  tupe> 
rioraty  o' B.  B.'s  goods,  lots  o' uuprlncapled  foaks 
hea  been  induced  ta  adopt  her  receapti  like,  an'  la 
defraud  her  ;  ta  prevent  which  t'Honarable  Commis- 
sioners o'  Stamps  hex  ordered  'at  all  B.  B.'s  stulT  be 
figured  wi'  a  blliy-gooal'shccad,  (them  anlmaUbeln* 
tremendous  fond  o'  lollipop)  soa  'at  noanc  1*  fulur  11 
be  gc-nii-lne  but  what  is  ornamented  as  afore  parti- 
calariacd.     Be  suarc  ta  think  on 

No.  96,  Paastry  Squai-e,  Leeds. 

(4)  Screws  frotM  Newspapert. 
Fnfwrf.— Felix  KIlbbertoD  hcd  a  sad  roond  wl*  hit 
wife  this  week,  caused,  as  we're  teld,  I»e  Mlstroaa 
Flibbcrton  bcin' guilty  on  a  piece  o'  roguery,  t'like 
o'  which  we  seldom  hear  tell  on.  It's  said,  when 
Felix  toHstctl  on  his  teen,  t'lasl  Thursday  momin*, 
he  fan  It  oot  'at  it  wom't  ower  strong,  but,  tm't 
contraary,  wur  considerably  weaker  ner  commnn. 
O"  this  fact  comin'  ta  leet.  he  called  his  wife  tut 
scratch,  an'  axed  as  lovlnly  as  ha  wur  aable.  hoo  U 
happened  'at  his  leea  wur  i'  that  ptckle.  Noo,  Felix 
an'  his  wife's  colltc  an'  sich  like,  wur  aullus  prc- 
psared  i'  separate  pots,— Ah  meean  tea-pots;  an*, 
that  morntn'.  Mister  Flibberton  hevin'  lig^ed  ray- 
iher  long  i'  bed,  his  wife  hcd  iho«t  proper  ta  gulp 
her  brekfastaforehe landed  doon.  T'qucstion  wrjr, 
hcd  t'mlstress  ta'en  t'biggest  shaare  o't  teca,  oa  tlieare 
wur  noanc  In  t'canUtcr  then  1  T'poor  woman  said, 
ihcr  wur  precious  little  ta  mak'  t'brekfost  oo  j  hud 
what  ther  wor»  shoo  divided  fairly,  leeavln'  her  hu«- 
batid  be  far  t'blggrr  hauf.  Nut  chu&ln'  ta  believe  all 
'al  his  wife  spluttered  oot,  Felix  shooled  o't  sarvani. 
whoa  depoasiNl  'at  when  shoo  gat  up,  shoo  wur  suare 
'at  theare  wur  then  pimty  i*t  canister  ta  mak'  six 
rxrv  strong  cups.  Efier  adeeal  o'  crt»sa-examlnaatlun 
between  t'miftrcts  an't  sarvant,  t'former  began  o' 
roario*.  an'  confeascd  'at  shoo  hed  defixuded  her  law- 
ful partner,  devoatin'  tul  her  awn  use  three,  wal  tul 
her  husband  »hoo  nobbut  left  one  an*  a  hauf  spooln- 
ful  0*  teea.  Felix  wodti't  grant  noa  pardon  then, 
bud  bun  her  ower  la  keep  t'pccace  for  three  months  ; 
an'j,  suppctasin*  *at  shoo  brak  it  ogccan,  he  threcat- 
cned  sendln'  a  brief  u*t  whoolc  caase  ta  Ualster 
Wilklns,  barrister,  an'  ta  tak'  sich  steps  as  he  mud 
advise. 

J  Munifiveftt  Gifi,—  Dt,  Swabbs,  Physician  extra- 
ordinary ta  Ivverybody  'at  wants  polaontn*,  hesonee 
more  come  oot  ov  his  shell,  an'  Icttcn  t'wrorld  knaw 
'at  he's  t'naame  Dr.  Swabbs  still  'at  iwer  ha  wor. 
Q'  Tues<lay  nect,  wal  t'doctor  wur  smookUi'  his 
pipe,  an*  awillln*  his  tummter  o' brandy  an'  watter, 
a  depitation  o*maad-sarviutt«,  consistin'  o't  cooks  an' 
seven  or  eight  hooac  an'  choamer-niaads,  waated  on 
him  wl'  a  Huond  Robin,  petltionln'  for  a  small  do- 
naatlon  i'  order  ta  buy  amixtur  u  poison  t'mlce  wl*, 
as  they  wur  gerrln  varry  Impedent  i'  ther  walks  in. 
tut  kitchen  an'  cupboard;  i*  fact,  at't  truvtwarthy 
cook  said,  one  on  'em  hcd  t'bare-faacedncss  ta  come 
an'  wag  his  tail  I'  her  chocolate,  and  then  as  bare- 
faocedly  maadc  his  cscaape,  wi'oot  stoppin'  ta  be 
wallopped  for't.    T'doctor  wuraoa  moved  be  Iheaae 


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mrgrcnenU,  'at  he  threw  doon  hit  plpci  brekkm'  on't. 
w  t'hcK)«r-maald  teld  ma,  ihrutted  hi*  hsnd  iutul  liU 
pocket,  ah'  drew  sixpence.  What  «  blewlii'  wod  it 
be  if  tnva  geDUAUy  «od  nobbui  fuller  Dr.  Swabb*'* 
nunaple  t 

A  Utararj/  Sariati/.—A  LiUmry  Sidaty  hei  been 
fanned  I'  Otiey  be  some  pcricverin'  an*  common- 
snueytning  men,  'at't  ov  apinioD  'at  tt'i  nowt  bud 
reifht  'at  they  »ud  hev  as  mtch  larnio'  aa  tba  can 
alTurd  ta  pay  for.  A  committee's  bcH.-n  maadc,  con- 
lUtUi' o' seven  o't  wlieit  o'  thcase  contplratori  tut 
owcrthraw  o'  tgnarance,  ao'  rulet  drawn  up  an' 
printed!' a  bexcellent  »tyle,  varry  creditable  boath 
tut  author  an*  tut  printer  thrreon,  Att'i  luare.  we've 
juat  torn  a  catalogue  o't  book«  they're  already  got- 
un*  an*  as  It  eould'nt  mlu  but  t/WA-  fo/uim  1'  ther 
faavMur.  wc  brg  la  lubjoin  t'naftmt-*  on  a  tu-Ihrct-  o't 
principal  warkt:— Jack  t'Giaiit-Killcr.  Tom  Thumb, 
Cork  Robin,  Mother  Hubbiird,  Jumpin'  Jem.  Va*\ 
V  Booita,  Tom  tTiprr't  Son,  an'  a  »plendid  haup'ny 
edition  o*  Wblttln'ton  an'  hii  Cat.  Thti  Ii  a  grand 
opportunaty  for  lorcn  o*  aoond  mathamtttlcaj,  an' 
Otht-r  lltarary  puriulti,  ta  come  fomrd.  an'tuppoart 
an'  tuitaan  a  novelty  fro'  which  tlia  ma  gether  all 
t 'Info rmaat ion  ther  minds  It  un  t'luke  oot  for. 

(5)  Deborah  DuckUotCn  Advice  Comer. 

If  ya  tuke  noatlcc,  yc  would  see,  'at  I'Utter  end 
o'  March,  i'c  6r»t  quarter,  t'mooin  wurlaad  ov  her 
back,  a  suare  sign  o*  stormy  weather.  Ye'tl  all 
koaw,  'at  tbearr't  been  part  frost  an'  siuw  sin' ;  an*. 
If  my  Judgment  Ivn't  awfully  wrong,  we's  ha'  «ome 
more.  Weel,  no<>,  1'  frosty  weather,  yeVe  aware, 
it'i  rayther  daangerouE  walkln*,  bcco*  u't  varry  gurt 
slapenca^  o't  rooad*  an't  flrgs  ;  Ah'i  quite  poMlive 
itn't,  for  c»en  l*  niy  time  Ah'vc  ^een  more  ner  one 
long-legged  coavey  btowt  or  a  level  wi'i  ffrund,  an' 
Ah'vc  Men  monny  a  stool  au 're*  pec  table  woman,  tew. 
L«tin«pmcTlbe  a  remady,  then,  for  all  sich  jnisfur- 
tuDS.  Shaadracb  Scheddul.— a  celcbraatetl  hone- 
fthooar  l*oor  toon,  propoaaod  ta  nharftcn  barns  for 
ihrve-haiipcnce  a  heead  ;  lads  an'  Iassps.  fro'  ten  ta 
sixteen  year  o'aagr,  thruppance:  an' all  aboon  that 
nwdness,  whether  tha've  big  feet,  little  feet,  or  noa 
feet  at  all,  fowerpence. 

N.B.  Ivvcry  allooance  *ll  be  maade  for  wooden 
legs  i  an'  o'  them  'at  honestly  doesn't  with  ta  be 
blessed  wl'i  last-naamed  articles  o'  wecar,  it'smoaic 
respectfully  requested  'at  they'll  avaal  iherscns  o't 
■harpetiin'  invention.  Shaadrach  Scheddul  alluo^ 
Are  per  cent,  otf  for  ready  braai,  or  six  monthi' 
trcdlt;— auther  '11  dew. 

Ah  advise  all  laadics  'at  doesn't  wish  ta  hev  ther 
hasbands'  slocklns  ootraagcously  mucky  on  a  wnh- 
In'-day,  nut  ta  alloo  'em  t'prlrilege  o'  B[KMirt)n' 
knee-breeches,  them  hcrln'  been  proved,  be  varry 
clever  philosophers,  ta  be  tiecsdin'  cause  theareof, 
an't  principal  ncisoo  why  t'leg  o't  itockln'  doesn't 
iMt  u  kmg  u  t'fooit. 

^6)  VUiU  ta  Dicky  Dicketon, 
O*  Friday,  Dicky  DlrknKin  wur  visited  I*  his 
study  be't  Marquli  o'  Crabbum,  an',  efter  a  dccal  o' 
enquiries  aboot  t'wcather,  an' monny  remarks  eon- 
aamln'  this  thing  an'  that,  t'lattcr  prareedrd  la  ex- 
plaan  what  ha'd  come  for,  soapin.'  an'  smilin'  tut 
lamed  editor,  as  It's  genarally  knawn  all  thease  top- 
markers  dew— when  tha've  owl  ta  ger  oot  on  him. 
It  appears  'at  t'alm  o't  Marquis  wur  ta  Induce  Mr. 
Dickcson,  as  a  capitalist  o'  some  noate,  ta  Join  wi* 
him  r  buyin'  In  all  t'paapcr  thaavins  'al  tha  can  llg 
Cher  haos  on,  km  as  ta  hev  all  t'traade  la  thersens. 


Mr.  DkkcMMi  agreed,  an'  t'flre-leeUn'  an'  thaavin'- 
deralln*  world  is  lukln'  wi'  mlch  terror  an'  Int'reat 
tut  result. 

Immediately  efter  t'Marquls  o'  Crabbum  hed 
maaile  hU  exit,  a  gentle  rap  wur  heeard  at  t'door  o't 
study,  an'  when  Mr.Dtckrwm  bad  'cm  walk  forrard, 
in  )>oppcd  a  bonny,  blue-e'cd,  Greclanouftied. 
whitc-tooiihed  lasso*  eighteen,  an' be't  vay  I'  which 
iVlitorsmacked  ber  roasy  rhceks  t»i'  hU  lit>i,  here's 
Da  doot  bud  it  wur  Nanny  Tract.  Shoo'd  browt  two 
ooatcaakfs,  'at  shoo'd  newly  baaked,  yc  knaw.  Mr. 
Dk-kcsnn  set  tul  ta  elt  'em,  an'  Nanny  set  tul  ta 
watch  him  ;  an'  when  t'ftrst  hed  finished  his  per- 
formance on't  ooat-caakes,  here's  na  need  ta  say  'at 
he  began  o*  squcaxln't  latter;  ay,  an'  ye  ma  say 
what  ya've  a  mind  abciot  t'modestyo't  laadles.bud 
Nanny  aqueeased  him  as  weel,  an'  wor  ther  owt 
wrong  In't.  think  ya  ?  ShaUywaJIy !  Bud,  hoo- 
Ivver,  t'cditor  hedn't  been  long  at  this  g»ta\  afore 
ha  heerd  another  noise,— a  ihufflln',  ilinkin'  noise, 
Ah  meran,  on*  nut  a  reg'lar  rap,— ootside  o't  door  ; 
Boa,  takkin'  his  shoe*  off,  he  crej  t  nicely  tut  »pot, 
an',  be  gow  !  if  ha  didn't  fio't  printer's  dlvll  llssrnin' 
Iheare,  here's  be  nowt  for  lellia'  ya  on't.  Mr. 
Oickecon,  omiaust  choaked  wl'  madness  at  this 
tum-up.  {for  whearc's  ther  onnybody  'at  likes  u  hev 
ther  love-Jtfwina  heeard  an*  seen  I)  shoved  him  intut 
middle  on  hli  ttuity  ;  an*  commandin'  Nanny  la  hod 
him  a  minute,  {which  saame  shoo  did  ta  f^rrfectlon,! 
he  nent  tut  other  end  o't  plaace,  an'  puttin'  on  a 
mlddtin'-siaed  clog,  lukc  a  run  pau^eat  t'|Kisteri"rs 
o*t  imperient  printer's  divil,  an'  thearcby  makkln' 
blm  slog  "  Ood  saave  t'Queen"  i'  slch  prime  style,  'at 
delicate  Nanny  wur  ta'en  wl'  a  fit  o*  faontln*. 
T*  music  hevln'  cccased  as  aooln  as  t'performer  wur 
turned  oot,  Nanny  bethowt  berscn  ta  cotne  roond  ; 
bud,  shaamcful  ta  say,  her  an'  Dicky  didn't  paart 
wal  fower  I't  eftcrnooln.  at  which  time  llau  wur 
wanted  up  at  hoame  ta  dsm  stocklni  an'  crimp 
frills. 

(7)  MiicclUmieg. 

Men  an'  women  Is  like  soa  roonny  cards,  played 
wl'  be  two  oppoaoents,  Time  an'  Eternity :  Time 
get's  a  gam  noo  an'  then,  an'  hex  t'pleaaure  u'  keep- 
In'  his  coards  for  a  bit,  bud  Eternity's  be  far  t'better 
hand,  an'  proves,  day  be  day,  on'  hoor  be  hoor,  'at 
he's  wlnnln'  Incolcalably  fitt. 

Whentwer  ya  see  one  o'  thease  heng-doon,  black 
craape  thinj^uras  'at  comes  hauf  doon  a  woman's 
bonnet  an'  faace,  be  niare  'at  shoo'a  widowed,  an* 
"  Ta  Let!" 

It's  confidently  rumoured  in  t'palilleal  world,  'at 
t'lax  Is  goln'  ta  be  ta'en  olT  leather-breeches,  an 
puttcn  on  white  hats. 

Wliy  does  a  young  laady  i'  a  rldln'-habit  rcsemmie 
Shakspeare  ?  Cos  shoo'a  (olTen)  mLs-cooatcd  (mf«* 
quoitd). 

A  lad  I'Otley.  knawn  be  t'lnhabltantsforhis  i>dd 
dewins  iJke^  an'  for  hla  modesty,  tew.  wun  day  went 
a  errand  for  an  owd  woman  'at  tha  called  Betty 
Crutiice  :  an'  he  wur  sa  sharp  ower  It,  ^n'  did  It  sa 
pteasanlly  betide,  'at  Betty  aied  him  ta  hev  a  bit  o' 
applo-piefor  his  trouble.  "Noa,  thenk  ya."  said 
I'lad.  "  Thoo'd  better,  WUIy."  said  Betty.  ■*  Noa, 
thenk  ya,"  repeeated  tiad  ;  an*  off  he  ran  hoame. 
an'  as  sooln  as  ha  gat  Intut  hoose,  tmrat  oot  a-roartn' 
on'  sobblD*  aa  If  hti  heart  wod  brek.  •■  Billy,  me 
lad,"  says  his  mother,  *'  what's  t'matter  wl'  tha  f* 
'*Wah."  blubbered  poor  Billy,  "Betty  Cruttic* 
axed  ma  U  hev  a  bit  o'  apple-pie,  on*  Ah  said,  Noft. 
thenk  ya  *." 


ENGLIUH  PUOVINCIAL  DIALECTS, 


Potkcn  li  like  brawllo'  tongue*— Juii  t'lhlngi  U 
•tirup  file*  wi'. 

Why  doesi  inUnd  ica  rcseminle  «  linen -drupri'* 
■hop?    Cot  it  contmsiu  turgci  aa'  tu)i  (tergtt  an' 

*  What's  tald  for  thcue  remarkable  artlcln  V 
ftbooted  an  auctioneer  at  a  aaak'  to  three  wrvk  tin*. 
•*  Here'i  a  likenen  o'  Queen  Victoria,  u'en  Int'year 
•eveotMn  ntnety-twu.  a  couple  o'  pint  pou.'at'* 
been  drunk  oot  on  be't  ceUbra«led  Bobby  Bunu«  an' 
a  pair  o'  tongt  'at  Genaral  Fairfax  faa^ht  wl'  at 
t'bittico*  Bfarflun  Uoor,  all  I' wun  lot:  ay,  ay,  an' 
here's  another  thing  ts  goa  wl'  'cm,  a  hay-fork  'mt 
Noah  uicd  ta  bed  dooa  his  beeasta  wl'  when  ha  wur 
la  I'ark,  tomettroe  1'  fotrrrtcen  hundred.  Bud, 
hoolTver,  It  maks  ua  oddi  tut  year.  Fowcr  anicles 
bcre,  all  aiillquatles  :  what't  said  for  'rm  i  SlKpetice 
Is  uid  fur  'em,  l;iaitirs  an*  gennlcmcn—clg^tprnce  is 
aald  for  'cm^-nlnepence,  tenpence,  a  shttlln's  &ald 
Tor  'em,  Uadles  and  grnnleraen,  an'  ihenk  ya  for  yer 
iDBfiianlmaty.  Are  ya  all  done  at  a  shlUm'?  Varry 
weel.  then.  Ah  lahn't  dwell :  soo  thcaie  three  ar- 
ticle* is  Bo'n'."  "  Ve'rc  relght,  mauter,"  shooled 
a  cobbler  fru't  crood,  •*  they  art  goin',  tew  i  fur  if 
my  e'es  (ell  ma  rclght,  theare's  na  hannlet  on't  polin 
na  ooaso  on't  plc(ur,  an'  na  legs  on't  tongs." 

"  Hoo  sweet —hoo  varry  tweet — It  Ufcl^Ul'lIce 
uld  when  ha  wur  stuck  i'  trecacle. 

Why  doca  a  lad,  detected  i*  robbln'  ■  bee-tatTe» 
ger  a  double  booty  be't  f  Cot  he  gets  boath  tiouey 
an'  whacks  (m'(li). 

A  striplin'  runnin'  up  tul  a  paarer,  'at  wur  ham- 
merhi'  an'  brayio'soa  at  his  wark,  'at  t'»wreal  fair 
ran  doon  his  checks,  bagan  o'  scraapin't  iWecat  otT 
hisfaaee  Intul  a  pot  wl'  a  piece  o*  tin.  *'  Hollow  1" 
shoots  t'man,  rubblu'  his  tmartln'  fg«(urB  wi'  hit 
relght  hand,  "what  meoant  tha  ta  be  com  in '  la 
ftcraape  t'skln  off  a  man's  coontenance  f  '*  Nay, 
nay,"  said  t'tad,  <•  Ah  wurii't  scraapin't  skin  ofT.  doo, 
but  nobbut  t'swrcat,  which  wur  o'  noa  ute  (a  ye, 
roaastcr,  wat  It  loor  ta  me*  ai  Ah've  been  all  ower» 
an'  couldn't  get  na  gootfe-grMue  oimywbcsre  UU  E 
•aw  ye." 


(8)  .4  Fabl€. 
I'L'  Kal^e  book,  we  read  at  school. 
On  ail  owd  Frosk,  an  arrand  Fooyl ; 

I'rkfe  crark'd  her  little  bit  o'Bntln  i 
(T'  IxKik  o'  me  Ncyve,  Mun)  we  a  pnx, 
Shoo'd  neeils  meytch  Bellies  we  un  Ux  ; 

Troath,  shoo  wor  meeghtlly  mlstayae. 
Two  on  bur  young  ont,  they  pretend 
Just  guane  a  gaterds  we  a  Friend, 

Stapiaht  an'  starin',  brought  her  word— 
**  Mother,  we've  seen,  for  tucr.  To  nteglit, 
*■  A  hairy  Boggard  I  sich  a  aeeght  *. 

*•  As  big  !  asblg  !  eeh  Loord  I  eeh  Loord  1" 
Shoo  puflTs,  and  thrust*,  and  fttmi,  and  swells, 
[Th'  Balrni  thowt  »ho'  ordooln'  Bumntot  else] 

To  r*tch  her  Coyl  o'speckl'd  Leather  ;  — 
••  Wor  it  as  big,  my  Lads,  as  me  t" 
•' BU'H  us,"u[id  Toan,  oublgasyc, 

'•  Voar  but  a  Beeau  anent  a  Blether  1** 
No  grain  o*  Marcy  on  her  fiuts. 
At  It  agecan  shoo  swelU  and  ttrutt, 

At  If  the  varry  hangmciu  bad  her. 
Thiakin'  ther  Mother  nobbut  Joak'd, 
Th'  young  LoIm  wl'  laughln',  wor  hawf  rhnak'd  t 

A  thing  which  made  her  ceti  times  modiler. 
Another  thrust,  and  thick  as  Hops, 
Her  Pudding's  plalilcr'd  all  their Chopt, 

'M(.M  there  wor  then  a  bonny  sturrlng  i 
Detad  In  a  Minute  as  a  Stoane 
All  I'llopet  o'  t'  Family  wor  gooane 

And  not  a  stx-pincc  left  for  t'  burying. 
We  think,  do  ye  sec.  there's  no  Ainull  c-'iuiK-e 
This  little  hectoring  Dog  o'  Fronee 

May  cut  juit  sitch  another  Caper; 
He'll  trust,  for  hirtln,  ol  a  pfxl 
Ye,— mortal  Tripes  can  never  hod 

Sitch  heaps  o'  wind,  an'  reek,  an'  vspor. 
What's  bred  I' t'  Booane,an'runs  1'  i'  UlOiiyd, 
If  nought,  can  niver  come  to  fiooyd, 

LoA  Uaysler  Melv{lJ«'t  crackt  hl«  IMtrhcr, 
llooar  Fowk  are  sweaalln',  every  Lim', 
A  fceard  o'  being  swlng'd  like  him. 

Wi*  iidmmy  Whitbread's  twinging  sw{i4.irr. 


DICTIONARY 


ARCHAISMS   AND  PROVINCIALISMS. 


ATb«  following  are  the  principal  obsolete  and 
.     prmincial  UM(  of  thi«  letter. 

(1)  Ab!  (-Y.-A-.) 

A I  iwrle  sire,  I  wide  tho. 

Pi*Tg  Ptnugfiman,  p.  355, 
A  f  Lorde,  he  tmide,  fuUe  wo  cs  me. 
So  faire  chUdir  «li  ]  hafcde  thrv. 
And  nowe  ame  1  l«rte  allonr ! 

VS.  LlnrcM   A.  t.  17.  f.  tIJ. 

(2)  He.  .i  for  he  is  common  in  our  old  drama- 
tasti,  in  the  speeches  of  peasants  or  illiterate 
pervoni,  and  in  the  provincial  dialccla.  See 
Apology  for  the  Ix>llartl.<t,  p.  120;  King 
Alisaundcr,  7809.  In  Ihe  western  counties,  it 
is  alto  used  for  the,  and  occasiionally  for  il. 

By  Seym  Pynyt,  a  fwpr  if  yth, 

TMt  a/tcT  rhat  tyme  a  Doldp 

Ete  ne  drynWr  no  more  that  dxy. 

Fur  notie  k>nncs  thytiKC.       M8.  AMhmcte  33,  f.  i. 

Vl'ylh  yi  tljt  houd  a  biruld  htm  than, 

And  |jrykrth  y«  ft4.>de  and  forth  he  nam.     IK  f.  4S. 

(3)  They.    Salop. 

(4)  y/  is  sometimes  used  in  songs  and  bitrlesqiie 
portr;  to  lengthen  onl  a  line,  without  adrling 
to  the  sense.    It  is  often  also  a  mere  expk-livc 

raced  liefore  a  word. 
Prefixed  to  verbs  of  Anglo-Saxon  origin,  ji 
has  sometimes  a  negative,  sometimes  an  intcn- 
tativc  power.     See  Wright's  Gloss,  to  Piers 
I'loughman,  in  v. 

(6)  All.  Sir  P.  Madden  says,  "  apparently  an 
error  of  the  scrilw  for  al,  but  written  as  pro- 
DonoceiL"     Oimparc  1.  930. 

He  thai  haven  in  hia  hand 

A  Deiiemark  and  Engeland.  IJtiveUtkr  GIO. 

(7)  Sometimes  prefixed  to  notins  and  adjectives 
tignifyiiig  of  the,  lo  tlir,  on  the,  in  the,  and  at 
the.  See  .Middlcton's  Works,  i.  262 ;  Morte 
^'Arthur,  ii.  87 :  Piers  Ploughman,  p.  310. 

Martha  fei  a-doun  a  Croli. 
And  ipradde  anon  to  grounds. 

MS.  OJI.  Trill.  Oxoii.  Si. 

(8)  Before  a  noun  it  is  often  a  corruption 
of  the  Saxon  on.  See  Havclok,  p.  213 ;  Rob. 
Glouc.  p.  353. 

And  that  hh  u  Lammauc  day  rnyd  her  poer  come 
Ccbone  to  8artM»flrt,  and  thcs  veage  liofnr. 

R/,».  dove.  p.  Km. 

19)  Mavs.    Few  provincial  expressions  are  more 

oommon  than  "  a  done"  for  have  done.    So  in 


Peblia  to  the  Play,  st.  10,  ap.  Si'bbald,  Chroii. 
Sc.  Poet.  i.  132,  "a  done  with  ane  mischaunce," 
which  is  quoted  as  an  "old  song"  by  Jamieson, 
Supp.  in  V.  ,/. 

Richard  might,  at  thefamc  went, a  saved  hymielf, 
it  be  would  a  fled  awaie;  for  thote  that  were  atiout 

hym nupcctcd  tntASm  aihl  willed  bym  to  die. 

Supp.  to  Httrdyngf  f.  lOS 
A  don,  leris,  »ayd  ourc  lordyogei  alle. 
For  Iher  tlie  notd  no  lenger  lend. 

SIS.  iinui.  c.  as,  r.  its. 

(10)  Onk.  Sec  Mr.  Wright's  note  to  the  Alli- 
terative Poem  on  the  Depobition  of  Richard  II. 
p.  54.  In  the  passage  here  quoted  from  the 
copy  of  the  Eric  of  Tolous  in  the  Lincoln  MS. 
lUtson's  copy  reads  oon,  p.  100. 

Hyre  lord  and  iche  be  of  u  blotle. 

US.  Athmolt  01,  r.  lii. 

He  wentc  awaye  and  iyi;hede  tore  i 
A  worde  tpake  he  no  more. 
Bol  hcldehym  wondlr  itylle. 

MIS.  lUnrabi  A.  1.  17,  t,  US. 
Thre  petsoDca  In  o  Oodhede, 
Als  clerkyi  fa  bokyi  rede. 

MS.  AsltmoltM,  f.  81, 
Hir  a  ichanke  blake,  bir  other  graye. 
And  alle  htr  body  lyke  the  l«de. 

Tnu  Thommt,  MS.  UnctlH,  t.  IMk 

(11)  Always;  ever.  Cumh.  "  For  ever  and  a" 
is  an  expression  used  by  old  rustics. 

A  the  mure  I  loke  theron, 
A  the  more  I  thynke  1  fon. 

TuU'Htlfy  Mt/Kteriet,  p.  280. 

(12)  At.  Suffolk.  Major  Moor  gives  it  the  va- 
rious mcsnings  of,  he,  or,  our,  if,  on,  of,  have, 
and  o/,  with  examples  of  each. 

Have  ye  uat  perkua  and  chaa  ? 
>Vhat  uhuld  ye  do  a  tbla  place? 

git  Dtfrnmt,  3g3. 
Yes.     Somerset. 

And.   Somenel.     Sec  Ma\-elok,  359. 
Wcndyth  home,  a  leve  youre  werryeng, 
Vc  Wynne  no  worthyp  at  ihyi  walle. 

MS.  Hart.  9359,  t.  III. 
Chapes  a  cheynes  of  chalke  whytte  tylver. 

Martt  Arlhurr,  .U.V.  Limulm,  t.  Ilfl. 
An   interrogative,    equivalent    to   what  t 
ll'htti  do  you  toy  t      I'ar.  dial. 
(16)    Ir.     SuffM. 

And  yit.  ,t  thnw  woldyki  nyghe  mo  nye, 
Thow  thalt  wde  wetc  1  am  not  alayn. 

MS.  Hmri.  MM,  t.  IM  . 
1 


(13) 
(14) 


(15> 


A  AT 


(17)  l«. 

^uod  n.irtluf  thannc,  a  Goildrt  hftir 
The  Ihrldile  lymc  uuyo  I  tcliAllr. 

lii-uer.  M.I.  ,Vt.  Anlli.  134,  f.  158. 
At  h;  ram  to  the  ncy^entcnilc  vera, 

A»  Ifte  comjrnRe  endcth  y-wi», 
ThAt  At  optit  «iri,m 

yt  I.Jtyn  y  clcpuJ  l».  J/.V.  (W/.  7V(».  Oxoii.  S?. 
Hainmvring  Ihln  in  hii  hcndc,  on  he  went  to  the 
•mith'f  hDuMi  Now,  tmllh,  quoth  hee,  food  mor- 
row, b  thy  wife  upf  No,  quoth  the  iroith,  but  the 
it  awake;  go  up  and  carry  your  Unneo,  a  Oodt 
naine.  CMrr  <if  Cantrrburti,  lOUII. 

(18)  Sometimt!!  repeated  with  oiljcctivcs,  tbe 
fubstaiilivc  having  ^ne  l>cfore  and  being  un- 
derstood. Sec  Macbeth,  iii.  5,  and  the  notet 
of  the  comnientator^.  It  is  also  occasionally 
prefixed  to  numeral  adjectives,  aa  a-tm,  a- 
hveit*,  etc.  and  even  n-orur,  as  in  Macbeth,  iii.  4. 

Somert  he  lette  ^o  byforr. 

And  eharyotcs  iluffede  with  ttorc, 

Wele  a  twelve  mylo  or  more. 

MS.  Lifieoln  A.  i.  17,  t.  ISO. 

(19)  A  common  proverb,  "  he  does  not  know 
great  A  from  a  bull's  foot,"  is  applied  to  an 
ignorant  or  stupid  )ierson.  Ray  has  a  proverb, 
"  A.  B.  from  a  battledore,"  and  Taylor,  the 
water-iM>et,  has  a  poem  on  Cnryat,  sililressed 
"  To  the  gciillemen  readers  that  underdand 
A.  11.  from  a  baltle<l()re."     Sec  B. 

1  liDow  Dot  an  A  from  the  wynil-mylue, 
Nf  ,4.  B.  from  a  boU-fi»t,  1  irowe,  ne  thtielf  nothrr. 
MS.  lUfl^  41 ,  r.  s. 
A-A.  (1)  Explained  by  Junius  ror  doleHliam. 
llainpole  telU  us  that  a  male  child  utters  the 
sounil  if-o  when  it  is  bom,  and  a  female  e-e, 
being  respectively  the  initials  of  the  names  of 
their  ancestors  Adoin  and  Eve.  Seethe  Ar- 
clia.i>logia,  xix.  322.  A  couplet  on  the  joys  of 
heaven,  in  MS.  CoU.  S.  Joh.  Oxon.  57,  is  called 
ngnum  a^a. 

Aa !  my  tone  Alexander,  whare  e«  the  grace,  and 
the  fortune  that  oure  goddo  highle  the  f  That  ea 
to  laf ,  that  thou  tchold*  alwaye  overcome  thynnc 
flKOtyi.  MS.  Univlii  A.  I.  17,  f.  3. 

(2)    Pretjuently  occurs  in  an  early  medical  MS. 
in  hiocolu  Cathedral  for  ana,  q.  v.,  and  the 
contraction  is  still  in  tuc 
A.\C.    An  oak.     Norllt. 
A.\D.    Old.     Yorkih. 
AADLE.    To  flourish ;  to  addle.     l^ufoUk. 
AAtiED.  .\ged.    Palsgrave  hai  "aoy«/ lykc,"  in 

his  list  of  otljectivcs. 
A  AIN'T.   To  anoint.   Suffol*.    SeeJntt.   M^jor 
Moor  is  the  authority  for  this  form  of  the  word. 
See  his  SulTolk  Words,  p.  5. 
AAKIN.    Oaken.     ,VorfA. 
A.\LB.     Ale.      This  form  of  the  nord,  which 
may  be  merely  accidental,  occurs  in  Malory's 
.Morte  d'Arthur,  ii.  445. 
AALLE.    AU;  every. 

FoTthy,  my  tone,  yf  thou  doo  ry^Ie, 
Thou  tchalt  unto  thy  love  ot>eye. 
And  folow  hire  wille  by  aaUt  w«y. 

Cmmt.  jr.V.  3ar.  Amti^.  134,  f.  Ml. 
AALS.     AIul 
Suertla  her  fouikde  to  eome  agayne, 
Syr  Uawayne  and  Syr  Ewayne. 
MU,  he  ttyeil,  I  thai  dy«  I    w  Imii/W,  Dnn  fnf. 


AAN.    (1)  Own.     North. 

(2)  Allan  !  what  say  you  ?    £sW. 

(3)  On. 
A  tterte  to  hit  helm  and  putt  him  ain, 
And  to  OlyvcT  thannc  a  lelde.     MS.  ^iSiM>/r33,  (.  8. 

Do,  coayn,  anon  Ihyn  armyt  aan. 
And  aray  the  In  lylcer  weile.  Ibid.  U  44. 

AANDE.  Dreath.  This  is  the  Danish  form  of 
the  word,  although  it  more  usually  occurs  in 
the  Thornton  MS.  with  one  o.  See  Ami. 
Tliis  MS.  was  written  in  Yorkshire,  a  ilialect 
which  contains  much  of  the  Danish  language. 
In  old  Srotch,  it  is  Aynd;  Su.  Got.  Ande; 
Isl.  ^iirfe  ,•  Dan.  Aanile ;  Swcd.  Ande.  See 
Ihrc,  in  v.  Andf.  .land  also  occurs  in  the 
Morte  d'.Vrlbur,  Lincoln  MS.,  f.  67,  but  is  ap- 
parently a  mistake  for  the  conjunction  and. 

Thay  hadil  crettit  one  thaire  heddet,  and  thaire 
brealea  ware  bryghte  lyk  golde,  and  thaire  mowthes 
opene  ;  thaJre  anwit  tleweany  qwilili  thynge  that  it 
tmate  apone,  and  oute  of  thaire  eghne  ther  come 
nammct  of  fyre.  MS.  Llnmln  A.  I.  17,  f.  Xl. 

Thlt  aantt  that  men  draui  oft. 
BcLikcDi  wynd  that  blawi  o-lofL 

MS.  Coll.  I'fpat.  A.  III.  r.  4. 
AjXNDORN.  An  afternoon's  rejiost,  or  any  oc- 
casional refection  after  dinner ;  also  simply  the 
afternoon,  in  which  latter  sense  it  is  a  corrup- 
tion of  uojiem,  (|.  V.  Cumi.  It  would  in  the 
North  lie  pronoim(%d  much  Ukc  amdem,  q.  v. 
This  form  of  the  word  is  found  iii  the  Glos- 
sarium  Northanbymbricum  at  the  end  of  Ray. 
AANE.  The  beard  growing  out  of  Iiorlcy  or 
other  grain. 

We  call  It  [wheal]  pold  or  pollard,  that  hath  no 
ooar«  upon  the  earet.  And  that  we  call  the  oanr, 
which  groweth  out  of  the  eare,  like  a  long  prickc 
or  a  dart,  whereby  the  eare  It  dcfeoded  from  the 
danger  of  birdi.  Cao^<  Hutlnatrf,  1177,  f.  ti. 

AAR.     Ere;  before. 

And  when  hy  ticn  of  ihritty  yaar, 

Hy  ben  brouo  of  hare,  at  hy  weren  oar. 

Ki/ng  AtiMtunder,  503.1. 

^AKS\.    The  arm. 

Judai  icide.  What  wilt  thou  that  be  joven  to  thee 

for  a  wed  f  Sche  antwcride,  Uii  ring  and  thi  bye  of 

the  warra,  and  the  tulTwhicho  thou  holditt  in  thin 

bond.  Wickliffi,,  MS.  Buit.  m. 

A.\RMED.     Anncd. 

Therfoie  for  Crlit  fnlMda  In  Helieh,  be  ye  alao 
aarmti  bi  tbe  tame  thenklng;  for  he  that  luliyide 
in  fleitche  cecaaide  fro  tynnes. 

n-tcktifflft  S'rw  Tttl.  p.  m. 
AARON.    The  herb  wakcrobin.    See  Colgrare, 

in  V.    I'njM. 
AARS,    The  anus.    This  unusual  form  occurs  in 
the  Middlehill  tig.  of  the  Promptoriuin.     Sec 
Prompt.  I'arv.,  p.  U,  in  v.  Art.     in  Dutch 
we  have  aanetrn,  to  go  liackward,  wliich  in- 
volves the  some  form  of  the  woriL 
AAS.    Aces.     Sec  Amiei-4U. 
Siille  be  thou,  Salhoou . 

The  yi  fallro  ambet  aa<.  HarrmriHitKfH'll,  p.  21. 
lu  Rrynartl  the  Foxc,  p.  62,  "  a  pylgrjin  of 
deux  aat"  i*  appareotly  applied  to  a  pretended 
pilgrim. 
AAT.  Fine  oatmeal,  with  which  pottage  is  thick- 
ene<l.  See  Markham's  English  llousevrife, 
quoted  in  Uoucber's  Glosaary  la  v.  liannoek*. 


ABA 


3 


ABA 


AATA.    After.    Suffolk. 
AATlf.    All  oatb.     North. 
lAAX.    To  ask. 

Whjin  allc  wai  tpoke  of  that  Uwy  nwnle. 
The  kyoge,  with  allr  bis  hole  enunUf, 
ThaDDe  at  tule  hem  aaifth  this. 
What  kyage  tncu  ttll«D  ihst  he  is  f 

Gotcer,  MS.  Sx.  Anti^.  VM,  t.  919. 

'  AB.    The  sap  of  a  tm. 

Vet  diverse  Itsve  a&Mied  to  doale  without  okel  to 
tlist  eDd,  htil  not  with  so  good  succt-ssc  as  they  have 
hnpc<l,  bicaute  Ihe  ab  or  Julee  will  not  losoone  be 
tcmovril  and  rleatic  drawne  out.  which  some  attri- 
bute to  waut  or  time  In  iJie  salt  water. 

Jl'i'-rUiin''  De^n-iptiun  af  Bngtcnd,  p.  SI3. 

1  ABAC.    Backwards.     North. 

Ac  dude  by-holdeaf/ur. 

And  hudde  his  cyjen.       MS.  Coll.  Trin.  Oma.  57. 
(  ABACK-A-BEIIINT.  Uchind;  inlhcrtjar.  North. 
ABACTED.   Driven  aviay  Ijy  violence.    Mhithra. 
ABADE.    (1)  Abode;    remained.     Sec  Uitsoii'B 
Met.  Rom.  iii.  288 ;  Ywaine  aiid  Gawiu,  1  I8I>; 
Viiiuiif.  uf  Tundnle,  p.  C7 ;  Sir  Tristrcni,  pp. 
232,  275.  293,  297. 
This  kyng  Cadwall  his  feast  at  London  made; 
To  hyin  all  kyugca,  as  soverayne  Inrde.  obeyed. 
Save  kyng  Oswy,  at  home  thst  tyins  abade. 

Hantjfiig't  Chrnniele.  f.  91. 
[(2)  Delay.     See  .4rchayilogia,  xxi.  •(9,  62;    Sir 
Tristrem,  p.  145;  Golagros  aiid  Gawanc,  311. 
For  Sonne  aftlr  that  he  was  made. 
Ilefvl  wIthouleQ  Icnger  abatie, 

Curnir  Mundl,  MS.  Coll.  Trin.  OiHlab.  (.  3. 
Anoynt  he  was  withoutcn  tAade, 
And  kyng  of  tho  Jewet  made.  Jbid.  f.  Afi, 

Wyth  the  koyght  was  Don  iibadt 
He  busk  yd  hyme  forth  and  radc. 

jif.t  Canlib.  Ff.  1.  fi. 

ABAFELLED.     Bafllcd ;  indignantly  treated. 

What,  do  you  think  chill  be  oba/elted  up  and 

doWT]  the  town  for  a  mesael  add  a  scoundrel  ?  no  chy 

bor  you:    alrtah.  chll  come,  aay  do  more;    chill 

come,  tell  him.  Tht  Lmdm  Prodigal,  p.  31. 

ABAISCIIITE.     Ashamed. 

1  was  dbaitchHe  be  oure  Lorde  of  ourc  beste  bemes ! 
Mont  Arlliun,  MS.  Uneoln,  t.  26, 

ISSED.    Ashamed;  abatbcd. 
And  unbosome  y-t}e. 
Nouht  ttbaUtod  to  agulte 
Ood  and  alle  good  men. 
So  gret  was  myn  licrte. 

Pieri  PtvughmaH,  p.  518. 

'AB.MST.      The  same  ax  Jbaiueil,  q.  v.      See 

I  j.ngtofi'8  C'bnm.  pp.  1 70, 272 ;  Wieliffc's  New 

Test.  p.  201 :  Chaucer.  Cant.  T.  8193,  8887  ; 

Ywaine  and  Ganin,  846. 

The  grape  that  thou  hclite  la  thi  hand,  andkeste 
uudrf  thi  fete,  and  trade  thcrone,  rs  the  citee  of 
Tyre,  the  whllk  thou  talk  wynne  thurgh  strcnth. 
and  treble  It  with  thi  fote.  and  therfore  be  nathynge 
obaUlt.  Ll/f  of  Mrt«Hdtr,  MS.  LUinIn,  f.  6. 

Hou  unstable  the  world  is  here. 
For  men  schulde  ben  ntot'sf. 

M.S.  A'lim.>le  41,  f.  16. 

ABAKWARD.     Backwards. 

In  gryht  ouft  setlc  and  stiyld  vrom  shomc. 
That  turnst  abnktcitril  Eves  Dome. 

Hfli'i.  Aniiq.  il.  tsn. 
ABAUENATE.    To  aUcnate;  to  transfer  pro- 
pert;  firom  one  to  another.    Jiiilfr. 


ABAND.    To  foraake ;  to  abandon. 
Let  us  therefore  botli  rruelty  abnndtt 
Aud  prudent  seeke  both  gods  and  men  to  please. 

Mirourftir  Uit^girntes,  p.  87. 

ABANDON.  (1)  Lil)eralIy;atdi«ert;tion.  (.-f.-A'.) 
Hoqiiefort.  in  v.  Batulon,  gives  the  original 
French  of  the  following  pasiuige : 
Afllr  this  swift  gift  lis  but  reason 
He  give  his  gode  too  in  abattdou, 

RiK».  (/Me  Am*,  SMt. 

(2)  Entirely ;  freely.     (A.-N.) 

His  ribbcs  and  scholder  fcl  adoun. 
Men  might  tc  the  Liver  at>andou». 

Arthour  and  MerliH,  p.  S83. 

(3)  Promptly.     (.-f.-.V.) 

Thcrcum  an  hundred  knightes  of  gret  might. 
Allc  thai  folwred  him  abauiidoHn. 

Uno/Waru'Hcr.f.  181. 
ABANDUNE.    To  subject.     See  Golagros  and 
Gawanc,  275. 
Fortune  to  her  lawys  ran  not  af.tandune  me. 
But  I  shall  of  Fortune  rule  the  reyne. 

Slcetten's  H-Vrkj.  i.  373. 
ABARRE.    To  prevent. 

The  lustle  yoong  gentlemen  who  were  grcedie  to 
have  the  prele.  tnit  more  desirous  tohavethe  honor, 
were  in  a  great  agonle  and  greefe  that  ihcy  were  thus 
a&arrerf  from  apprtKhing  to  aasaile  the  citie. 

Holinthed,  Hut.  <^f  Irrlaad ,  p.  37. 
Tleducynge  to  remembraunco  the  prysed  memo- 
ryes  and  prrpetunli  renowned  factes  of  the  famouie 
princes  of  Israel,  which  did  not  only  abarre  ydola- 
tryc  and  other  ungodlynessc.  but  utterly  alwlishcd 
all  occasyoni  of  tlic  same. 

tfrlghfii  Motuutir  Lctlen,  p.  SW. 
ABARSTICK.      Insatiablenest.      This  word  is 
found  in  Cockeram,  Skinner,  and  most  of  the 
later  dictionaries. 
ABARSTIR.     More  downcast. 

Dot  ever  alas  I  what  was  I  wode  t 
Myght  no  man  be  attavMtir, 

Ttiioneltp  MytterteSip.  SSI. 

A  B A  SC  H  E  D.     Abashed ;  ashamed. 

The  lady  was  abatcHvd  wlthalle. 
And  went  downe  ynio  the  luille. 

MS.  Qlnlab.  Ff.  il.  38.  f.  109. 

ABASE.  To  cast  down ;  to  humble.  See  the 
Faerie  Queent%  II.  ii.  32.  Among  illiterate 
persons,  it  is  used  in  the  sense  of  lirbtue. 
Harrison  lives  it  ill  tliis  latter  sense  applied  to 
metal,  ill  his  Uescrifition  of  England,  prefixed 
to  llolinshcd,  p.  2 IB. 

ABASSCIIT.  Abashed.  See  Maundcvilc's  Tra- 
Tcls,  p.  22fi.  Tliis  word  occurs  in  a  great  va- 
riety of  forms.  Il  seems  to  be  used  fur  injured, 
in  tiie  Moric  d' Arthur,  i.  366.  "  He  sniole  S)t 
Palomydes  upon  the  helme  thryes,  that  he 
abaulied  his  bclinc  with  bis  strokes." 

ABAST.  (1)  Downcast. 

Wist  Isaac  where  so  he  were, 
He  wold  be  ab<j«(  now. 
ilow  that  be  is  In  dangere. 

Toumetf]/  Utfterits,  p.  37. 

(2)  A  bastard.  See  Arthour  and  Merlin,  as 
quoted  in  Ellis's  Mrt.  Rom.,  cd.  1811.  i.  301, 
where  probably  the  word  should  be  priiitctl 
ti  boat. 

ABx\STARDIZE.  To  render  illegitimate  or  hue. 
See  HoUyliand's  Dictionarie,  1S93, 


ABB 


Bting  minrirn 

CorruptMl  uid  nttuitm-<ii'.r<1  tliu«. 
Thinke  *ll  Innko  III,  ihal  doth  Dol  lookr  like  u<. 
;>«iiMr<  V«<rn»  .^rcaillii,  lIKn,  r.  ull. 
ABASl'RE.     All  ttbawuient.     Miryf. 
ABATAYl-MENT.     A  b«t11cment. 
or  hardr  hcwrD  alon  up  Xo  the  ubirx, 
Enbaned  uuUer  Ibe  abatajitmmt  Id  the  but  Uw«. 

Syr  Catoaynei  p.  30. 

ABATE.  (1)  To  siiMract.  A-lmtyn,  luhtralio. 
Prompt.  Par>'.  This  was  formerly  llic  arith- 
lueticAl  Irrni  for  tliat  operation.  To  abate  in 
a  bargain,  to  lower  the  price  of  any  article,  was 
very  common.  See  Prompt.  Pan-,  p.  314; 
Daries'i  York  Records,  p.  1 56  ;  Kara  Mat. 
p.  CO. 

Then  abar«  the  leoe  noumbre  of  these  tuo  In 
the  umbrc  toward  fro  the  more,  and  kepe  wele  the 
dimtrence  bytuene  tlio  tuo  noumbre*. 

US.  S:ome,  SIS,  f.  MO. 

(2)  Applied  to  metal  to  reduce  it  to  a  lower 
temiicr.  Sec  Florio,  in  v.  KincaMre.  It  is  often 
metaphorically  used  in  the  sense  of  to  depress, 
variously  applied.  See  Hall's  Iliad,  1 58 1,  p. 
Vi^;  Pcrsones Talc,  p.  83;  Townley  Mysteries, 
p.  iy4  ;  Nugie  Aniiqua;,  i.  4  ;  Coriolontis,  iii. 
3;  Sterlinc's  Crtesus.  1604  ;  Uriltnn's  Arch. 
Antiq.  iv.  13;  Hall's  Union,  Henry  Vlll.  f.  133. 

(3)  To  beat  down,  or  overthrow.    ISIuHnt. 

(4)  To  flutter;  to  beat  with  the  wings.  Several 
instances  of  this  hawking  term  occur  in  the 
ilooke  of  llankyng,  printed  in  Reliq.  Antiq.  i. 
293-308.  It  seems  to  be  used  as  a  hunting 
term  in  Morte  d' Arthur,  ii.  355. 

(5)  To  disable  a  writ.    A  law  term. 

Any  one  short  clause  or  proviso,  not  legal,  is  suffl- 

dcnt  to  ubate  the  whole  wtit  ur  Instrument,  though 

la  every  other  part  absolute  and  without  e^eeption. 

Huniertona  Sermuha,  IG69,  p.  30. 

(A)  Toceue. 

Vs  coatJiuuDce  obattd  eny  boit  to  make. 

tTHghft  l^iJUIni;  SiiKft,  p.  SI8. 
(7)  To  lower ;  applied  to  banners.  Sec.    See  We- 
ber's Met.  Rom.   ii.    477;    OctuviaD,    1744; 
Dejiosition  ofllichard  II.  p.  30. 
The  sllwanJ  was  sconfllcO  there, 
Abattit  was  the  melsler  bsneie. 

I.V  "/  IVmrwIkr,  p.  440. 

ABATEMENT.  (1)  An  abatement,  according  to 
Randal  Holme,  "  is  a  mark  added  or  annexed 
to  a  coat  [of  arras]  by  reasrm  of  some  dishon- 
ourable act,  whereby  the  dignity  of  the  coat  is 
■bwed."    Sec  his  .Academy  of  .\rmary,  p.  71. 

(2)  A  diversion  or  aniusemeut.  A'or/A.  Sec  Ma- 
lone's  Shakes|>eare,  v.  311;  Jamicsoo,  in  v. 
/ftiaitmrnt. 

ABATV.    To  abate. 

And  that  he  for  ys  nevew  wolde,  for  to  a-baty  ttryf. 
Do  hey  anMntfetnetit,  sawve  lyme  and  lyf. 

fO*.  Oltmt.  p.  £4. 

ABADED.    Aitonished.    See  Alxw. 
Many  men  of  his  kyode  sauh  him  so  utmuH, 

LangtoJVt  Chnai,  p.  910. 

ABAVT.    About.     Norlk. 

ABAVB.  To  be  aitonished.  Abmuil,  t\.  v.,  in 
Longloft's  Chronicle,  p.  210,  ought  {xrhaps  to 
be  written  AlMVfH.  See  an  instance  of  this 
word  in  a  fngmeot  printed  at  the  end  of  the 


Viaiona  of  Tundole,  p.  94,  which  ia  incniy 
extract  from  Lydgate's  Ijie  of  the  Virgin  Mary 
ollhoiigh  it  is  inserted  as  a  separate  piioduction. 
of  this  terrible  d'^olful  Uiipeceioun, 
The  peaplii  hsrtyft  gretlygan  abmvm. 

Litftgate't  Minor  Poews,  p.  144. 
ABAW.   (1 )    To  bow ;  to  Ijcud. 

Alletheknyghies  of  Walls  londe. 
Ho  made  obaw  to  his  honde. 

Jir«.  Oiruo».  ft.  r.  41,  t.  Id) 
(2)  To  ostonith ;  to  confouuiL 
l>oke  how  je  mow  be  abawed^ 
That  seye  that  the  Jewe  ys  saved. 

MS.  Hart.  I'Ol,  f.  OS 
ABAWT.     Without.     Stuff'oniiih. 
AUAY.     At  bay.     See  Kyng  Allsaundcr,  3882; 
Shakespeare's  Venus  and  Adonis,  ed.  Oyce^ 
p.  42,  divided  by  that  editor  into  two  words. 
See  Akbny .-  Cotgrave  in  v.  Rendre.    Our  third 
example  exhibits  it  both  as  a  substantive  and 
a  verb. 
And  where  aa  she  bong,  tbel  stood  at  afiay. 

MS.  Lmii.  739,  r.  19. 
Thus  the  forf9t  thay  fraye, 
The  herlla  bade  at  nbayt. 

Sir  Drfmante,  IfS.  fjnr.  f.  131. 
And  thli  dooD,  every  man  Hood  abrod  and  blowe 
the  decth,  and  make  a  vhorl  nbay  for  torewarde  the 
houndes,  and  every  man  have  a  Irani  roddeyn  his 
hood  to  holde  of  the  houade*  that  thel  shul  the  tiet- 
ter  atMyt.  US.  Bodt.  Uti, 

ABAYSCHID.     Frightened.     AlMUchyd,  or  a- 
fcrde;  territus,  perterritus.     Prompl.  Pare. 

And  anoon  the  domyiel  roos  and  walkide:  and 
Bchewasof  twelve  yeer,  and  thci  wcren  attnt/acfiid 
with  a  greet  ttoncyng.        Wicktljfe't  Sew  Tut.  p.  41. 

ABAYSSHETTE.    Abashed. 

The  kyng  of  Scotlond  was  Iho  all  aiaytitmttt. 

ClirBM.  ruatan.  p.  tS. 

ABAYST.    Disappointed 

And  that  when  that  ihey  were  travyit. 
And  of  hcrtiorow  werewbo^sr. 

Brtl.  mill.  It.  U. 
What  thyng  that  jc  wllle  In  roe  saye, 
^uw  tluire  noght  be  atjayttt. 

MS.  Uimin  A.  i.  17,  1. 18. 

ABAYSTE.     Abashed.     See  Ataut. 

Syr  Eglamour  e«  aoghte  atmjfsfs. 
In  Goddls  hclpe  ca  alle  his  trayste. 

Sir  Kglaim-yr,  MS.  Llmnllt,  t,  1*4. 

ABB.  Theyamof  a  weaver's  narp.   Iptan't  MS, 

adtUlioHS  to  JuniHn,  in  the  Bodleian  Library, 
ABUAR.VYED.     Started. 

And  aflyr  that  he  koonDyngly  obbamyrrf. 
And  to  the  kyog  evyn  thus  he  tayd. 

l^tgatt't  Mlnar  Poems,  p.  4. 
ABBAS.     An  abbess. 

The  mirliat,  and  odur  nonni*  by, 
Toide  hyt  full  opcniye. 

X.S  lion*  noTHU*  «f  n»mM,  IMS. 
ABBAY.    To  bay ;  to  bark.  An  abbai/,  or  bark- 
ing.— Mimheu.    See  Abag.    To  keep  at  abbay, 
to  keep  at  bay.     Sec  Baret's  Alvearie,  in  v. 
ABBEN.     To  have.     Diffcretit  i)arts  of  this  verb 
occur  in  Robert  of  (Jloiiccater,  p.  166,  &c. 
Maketh  oua  to  don  sunne, 

An4  eWsM  lo  mookunne.        MS.  Digbt  88,  f.  1>7. 
ABBEY.  (I)  The  great  white  poplar,  one  of  the 
varieties  of  Ihe  populut  itlba.     We*/. 


H 

ly  an   V 


I 

I 
I 


ABC 


ABE 


I 
I 


(S)  To  bring  an  ibljey  to  sgnnge,  ia  an  old  pro- 
verbiol  enpression.  See  Skellon's  Works,  i. 
327,  and  the  notes  of  the  Editor  upon  the 
phrue. 

ABBET-LUBBER.  A  term  of  reproach  for  idle- 
Beat.  Somtml.  It  is  found  in  the  diction- 
aria  of  Colgrave,  Howell,  Miege,  and  olheni. 
See  also  L\1t'b  Euphues;  Herrick's  Works, 
L  J28. 

The  tnt»t  of  that  which  they  iliit  bc«low  waf  on 
the  riche,  and  not  the  poorc  in  dertr,  ai  halt,  lame, 
bHnde,  aicke  or  impotent,  tiut  lither  lublieni  that 
might  worke  and  would  not.  In  to  murh  that  it  came 
into  a  comnieo  provertK  to  call  him  an  abbajf-lubbtr, 
that  was  Idle,  wet  Trd,  a  long  l^wd  lither  loiterer, 
that  might  woike  and  would  not. 

7%*  Aurnyny*  ofPauIu  CKutch,  IAG3. 

ABBIGGET.     Expiate ;  pay  for. 
All*  thrjr  achalle  atAtgftt  dure, 
Tliat  loltrn  him  in  that  tide.    US.  Ailtmolt  33,  f.  it. 

ABBLASTBE.  A  crossbow-man.  This  fomi 
ticcurs  in  the  Herald's  College  MS.  of  Robert 
of  Gloucester,  Heame's  edition,  pp.  372, 378. 

ABBOD.     An  abbot. 
The  byiaop  hjrm  anauerede,  and  the  abbtd  Dynok. 

not.  Oli.nc.  p.  i3i. 

ABBOT-OP-MISRILE.  A  person  who  super- 
intended the  diversions  of  Christmas,  other- 
wise called  the  Lord  of  Misnilc,  q.  v.  See 
Collier's  Annals  of  the  Stage,  i.  54  ;  llampsun's 
Kalendarium,  i.  117;  Warton's  Hist.  Engl. 
Poet.  ii.  525;  Brand's  Pop.  Antiq.  i.  27fi. 
Howell,  in  the  list  of  ganif»  appended  to  his 
lexicon,  mentions  the  game  of  (lie  abbot,  which 
may  be  an  allusion  to  litis  ciutom. 

ABBRE\TATE.     Decreased. 

Thyt  poetycait  ichoole,  roaylter  corrector  of  brevet 
■id  loogca,  caused  CoIlyD(;b(irne  to  t)ec  alrbrrvyatv 
diotter  by  the  heade,  anil  to  bee  dcvyded  into  foure 
qitartCTa.  HnlFi  Vnton,  Richard  lll.f.  IB. 

ABBROCHYN.  To  broach  a  barrel.  Jbbroehyn 
or  attamyn  a  vessellc  of  tlrjnkc,  atlaiuino, — 
Prompt.  Parr. 

ABnVT.    Ave  but.     Yoriilt. 

ABBYT.     A  habit. 

And  ctianane*  gnde  he  dede  liierlnne, 
llother  the  att^^t  of  te)'ntc  Auitynne. 

n-Hght'i  SI.  Palrick't  Purgatnty,  p.  06. 

A-B-C.  Strutt,  in  his  Sports  and  Pastimes, 
p.  398,  has  printed  a  curious  alliterative  alpha- 
bet, called  the  ABC  of  AriHtoile.  There  arc 
copies  of  it  in  MSS.  Hari.  541,  1304,  1706, 
MS.  Lambeth  853,  and  MS.  Cantab.  Ff.  v. 
48.  One  of  the  Msa.  ascribe  it  to  a  "Mayster 
Beuuet."  It  it  verj*  likely  the  original  of  com- 
potiliont  like  "  A  was  an  applc-pic,"  in  books 
of  nursery  rhymes. 

A-B-C-BOOK.  A  catechism,  hornbook,  or 
primer,  used  fur  teaching  children  the  first 
rudiinentt  of  reading;  somelimcs,  (he  nlplu-ilict 
in  general.  See  King  John.  i.  1 ;  Lyrlgate's 
Minor  Poems,  p.  87;  .Maitland's  Early  Primed 
Books  in  the  Lambeth  Ijbrarj',  p.  311 ;  Cata- 
logue of  Donee's  MSS.  p.  42. 

In  the  A  U  Cot  bokci  the  Icail, 
Yt  U  written  Umu  ctarl/u  nt. 

Tht  Enttrltult  e/  Y»ulh,  (.  I. 


ABCE.  The  alphabet.  See  Cotgrave,  in  t. 
AbecK,  Carte;  Prompt.  P«r\-.  p.  12 ;  Brit.  Bihl. 
ii.  397;  Greene's  Menaphon,  1616,  dedication. 

ABDEVEMIAM.  An  as(roIogical  word,  mean- 
ing (he  head  of  the  twelfth  house,  io  a  st^eme 
of  (he  heavens. 

ABDUCE.     To  lead  away,    (ia/.) 

Oon  thyng  I  dyd  note  in  bothe  these  men,  that 
thel  thoght  a  religion  to  kcpe  tecret  betwene  God 
and  them  certayn  thyogei ,  rather  than  topon  their 
wholl  ttoroake  :  from  the  whych  opinion  1  colde  not 
abduct  them  withal  my  cnderor.  State  topers,  i.A57, 

ABE.    To  atone  for. 

Here  he  haddc  the  dettenee 
That  the  porre  man  xulde  nW. 

R><iv.  Aniif.  I,  63. 

ABEAR.    To  deport ;  to  conduct.     It  is  often 
used  among  illiterate  persons  for  to  bear,  to 
tolerate. 
So  did  the  faerie  knight  hlmtclfe  ii6e<>re. 
And  ttouped  oft  hit  head  from  thnme  to  shield. 

*<ier(e  Vueriie,  V.  »ii.  19. 
ABECE.  An  alphabet ;  an  A  B  C.     See  Prompt. 
Parv.  p.  12;   Rob.  Glouccst.   p.  266;    Rcliq. 
Antiq.  i.  63. 

Whan  that  the  wlto  man  acomptclh 
Aftir  the  formcl  propirte 
Of  algoritroet  atMice. 

Ci^rr,  it.1.  .loc,  Aniiii.  \3i,  f.  lOT. 
ABECEDARIAN.      An   nbeeedarian,   one   that 
leachcth  or  leameth  the  crosse  row.  Miwthca. 
ABECEDARY.     Alphabetical. 

Unto  thetc  fewe  you  may  annexcmore  if  you  will, 
at  your  ocoation  aerTelh,  and  reduce  them  Into  an 
ahrrmlarye  order.        US.  Cll.  Omn.  A».  Orim.  VJ*I. 
ABECHED.     Fed ;  satisfied.    (.^..^•.)   Compare 
the  printed  edition  of  1532,  f.  132. 
3it  tchulde  1  tumdclie  ben  al'tchttd, 
And  for  the  tyme  wel  refrcchcd. 

GMCtr,  MS.  Snc.  Anili).  134,  f.  181. 

ABEDDE.     In  beii     Var.  tiial. 

That  night  he  sat  wel  tore  tkale. 
And  hit  wir  Ul  warme  abeddt. 

The  Seiyn  Sagrl,  IM3, 
ABEUE.  (1)    To  bid  ;  to  offer. 
V  iclial  be  the  funte  of  alle 
That  our  mcatage  tchal  abede. 

tIS.  Athmoir  33,r.  93. 

(2)   Abode ;  remained.   See  Syr  Trj-amoure,  374. 
Befyte,  with  hyi  frlowi  bronde. 
Smote  yn  tonder,  thorow  Godyt  sonde. 
The  rope  above  the  Sartyns  hedd. 
That  he  with  Befyte  yn  pre«on  abtdt. 

MS.  CaMlab.  Ff.  ii.  38,  f.  108. 
ABEGE.     To  alone  for. 

He  woldc  don  hit  laerilege. 

That  many  a  man  it  tchulde  atttite. 

Cowtr,  MS.  Sx.  Antlii.  134,  1. 174. 
Alle  Grecc  It  tchulde  abe^fcsore 
To  ICC  the  wlldc  bett  wone. 
Where  whilom  dwcllld  a  mannit  tone. 

Coteer,  MS.  Sec.  Antiq.  134,  f.  90. 

ABEISAUNCE.    Obedience.    (J.-N.) 

An  hound  it  ofgootl  aVt«owMcc.  for  he  wol  lerneas 
a  man  al  that  a  man  wol  techc  hym.    US.  B<hII,  MO. 
ABELDE.     To  grow  bold. 

Theo  folk  of  Perce  gan  abttdt. 

Kyog  Alimvnder,  Mi. 

ABELE.   A  fine  Idnd  of  wliite  poplar.   Var.  ilial. 

See  Prompt.  Parv.  p.  17,  where  Mr.  Way  says 


ABE 


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it  it  "  the  nime  given  by  botani»l>  to  the 
pojmhu  alia."  The  name  is  very  common  iu 
the  provinces. 
ABEL-WHACKETS.  A  game  pUyed  by  sailors 
•with  cards ;  the  loser  rcceiring  so  many  strokes 
from  a  handkerchief  tnitted  into  a  knot  on  his 
hand,  as  he  hu  lost  the  gaiues.  Groie. 
ABELYCHE.    Ably. 

That  he  the  croA  a4«/jrcAff  may  coaae, 
Vfhentvet  he  go  UDdur  the  ionne. 

0'h«/i'MlM'N#  u/A/<Monry,  S43. 

ABENCHE.  Vpon  a  bench.  SccRob.Glouc.il.  1 18. 
Horn  »ette  him  nbrnehe, 

I*  barpe  he  gon  elencbe.  Kyng  Ham,  US7* 

ABENT.   A  sleep  place.  Skinner.    The  a  is  here 

perhaps  merely  the  article. 
ABEUDAYINE.    The  sisUn.     Boucher. 
ABERE.    To  bear. 

And  with  alio  guod  re»on,  wc  mowe  of  hem  y-wii 
Abtre  thllke  trujigc,  that  ai  thyng  tobbud  \i. 

Hob.  Clauc.  p.  196. 

ABEREMORD.     A  law  term,  meaning  murder 
fully  pruveil,  as  distinguished  from  man^laugh■ 
ter,  and  justifiable  hnmiride.  See  Junius,  in  v. 
AUERING.     A  law  phrase  for  the  proper  and 
peaceful   carriage  of  a  loyal   subjiicl.      Sec 
Hawkins'  Engl.  Drama,  i.  239 ;   Ms.  Ashmolc 
1788,  f.  20. 
ABERNE.    Auburn.     See  ■  mentjon  of  "long 
airme  beardes,"  in  Ciuningliam's  Revels  Ac- 
count*, p.  .')G. 
ABESSE.    To  humble. 

Krheone  untitle  other,  what  1»  tbli  f 
Oure  kyngc  hath  do  this  thynge  amis, 
So  to  abcaae  his  riaitd. 
That  cTcry  man  it  my^U  see. 

CMcer,  MS.  Hoe.  Anllq.  134,  f.  il. 
ABESTOR.     A  kind  of  stone. 

Among  ttoDce  aheitor,  which  being  hot  wll  never  Ik 
coldc  for  our  conatancief.   l^Iy'* Mother  Dombte,  IfiM. 
ABESYANS.     Obeisance. 

Now  wuiftht'ppful  tovcreyni  that  sytlyn  here  In  syth, 

Lonlyt  and  ladycs  and  frankcltni  In  fay, 
With  allcmaoer  of  flb«>ya/>a  we  recomaunde  usrycht, 
rlcMutly  to  3our  pcraoncs  that  prrarnt  ben  in  filay. 
MS.  Tanner  t07,  f.  44. 

ABET.     Help;  assistance. 

I  am  thine  cmr,  the  shame  were  unto  me 

As  wel  a>  the,  if  that  I  thould  avent 

Through  mince^ef,  that  he  thini-  honour  thrnt. 

TrotluM  and  Crttrldtf,  ii.  a57. 

ABETTES.     Abbots.      See  ^^'right's  Monastic 
Letters,  p.  206,  for  an  example  of  this  funa  of 
the  word. 
ABEW.     Above.    Devon. 
ABEY'.  To  ahie,  q.v.  See  Hartshome's  Mct.Talcs, 
p.  225  ;  Richard  Cocr  de  Lion,  71 1 ;  Chaucer, 
Cant.  T.   12031 ;    Collier's  Hist.  Dram.  Poet. 
U.  283;  Cy  of  M'arwikc,  p.  169. 
Farcwrllo,  for  1  trhalle  tone  deye. 
And  ilicake  how  I  thy  love  abt^e. 

Cower,  MX.  Sue.  AkH^.  134,  f.  W. 

ABEYD.     To  abide. 

And  h)  atieifd  abstlncna  and  forsake  abundans. 

MS.  Dunce  311,  I,  i. 

ABEYE.    To  bow ;  to  oltey. 

To  revoune  thel  moste  nrdyi  tthtj^e. 
In  hcUe  pctte  clljs  H-hallr  Ihey  liong. 

M.S.  i:^al,il:.  Kf.  i.  fi.  I.  IW. 


ABI 

ABEYSAUNCE.    Obeisance.      Skinner  think* 
the  proper  form  of  the  word  is  abfitanee. 
Unavyfyd  clerk  soonp  may  be  forlore. 
Unto  that  thecf  to  doone  a&eyjawnea. 

MS.  Oaidak  Ft.  I.  C,  t.  I3C. 
ABEYTED.     Ensnared. 

Hys  fletshe  on  here  was  so  abeyted. 
That  thykc  womman  he  coveylyd. 

US.  Marr.  1701,  l.i. 
AUEY5ED0UN.     Olwyed. 
Ny  they  aUey^vdoun  hem  nothyng  to  the  kyng  best. 
Cfirvn.  t'UottHn.  p.  07, 

ABGREGATE.  To  lead  out  of  the  flock.  Mim/m. 

ABIIOMINADLE.     An  old  method  of  spelling 

abominable,  ridlcided  in  Love's  L<ibour's  I,ost, 

v.  1.    The  word  was  not  always  formerly  UMtl 

in  a  bad  sense.   Sec  Webster's  Works,  iii.  175. 

ABHOR.   To  protest  against,  or  reject  solemnly. 

An  old  term  of  canon  law.    See  Henry  YHI. 

ii.  4. 

ABinANCE.    Tarrying;  dwelling. 

Wherein  he  Is  like  to  remain  'till  the  dissolution 
of  the  woild ,  so  long  is  his  atfi'lanre. 

The  Pariian,  p.  U. 
ABIDDEN.     Endiurcd. 

He  looked  wan  and  gash,  but  spake  to  them  and 
told  tticm  Itial  the  Lord,  at  the  praycri  of  hU  wife, 
had  rrstorcil  him  to  life,  and  that  he  had  beene  in 
purgatory,  and  what  punishment  he  had  abtitden  for 
hisjealouse.  lobltr  of  Ctnterburie,  1(XI8. 

ABIDE.  (1)  To  persevere;  to  endure;to  siifTcr. 
Peggc  gives  the  phrase,  "  you  must  grin  ami 
and  abide\t,"  applied  in  cases  where  resistance 
is  useless,  which  comes,  I  believe,  from    the 
North.     It  is  also  another  form  of  able.     Sec 
Corner's  Hist.  Dram.  Poet.  ii.  356  ;  Malonc'a 
Shakespeare,  v.  2C9. 
(2)  Often  used  by  Lydgate  in  the  sense  of  to 
forbear.  To  tolerate  is  its  meaning  in  the  pro- 
vinces.    See  Dent's  Pathway  to  Heaven,  p. 
120;  Topscll's  Four-footed  Beasts,  p.  75. 
ABIDYNGE.     Patient.  (-/.-S.) 
And  Iwld  and  abidnnfie 

Oiimares  to  sulfre.      Piere  Ptnughman,  ^.  iiTi. 
ABlDY'NCiELY.     Staying. 

That  these  had  Ixu  witli  me  famitler. 
And  in  myn  houiolde  hen  abldjmgrtii. 

MS.  Soe.  M«hq.    134,  f.  KM. 

ABIE.  To  pay  for ;  to  expiate.  "  To  nbic  it  dear" 
is  a  ]ihra*c  constantly  met  with  in  old  writers. 
Ileame  explains  it  to  buy  in  liis  glossary  to 
I,angtoft. 

ABIGOEDE.     SufTer.   (.-f.-S.) 

The  wiche  schal  it  aMggrde 

Thurrh  whom  he  hath  don  this  dede. 

I^gnvitr  Cnthotine,  p.  206. 

ABIGGEN.  To  ahie,  q.  v.  See  Gy  of  Warwike,  pp. 

49,  129,138;  Piers  Ploughtiian,  i>p.  H.'i,  127; 

Kyng  Alisaunder,  901 ;   .\mls  aiitl  Ainiloiin, 

390;  Se\y-n  Sages,  497. 

The  kynge  scluille  hvt  soone  ebynr, 

its.  cuntub.  Ff  u.  an,  r  ii'7. 
ADILIMENTS.  Habiliments.  See  Hall's  Union, 
Richard  111.  f.  29.     Sometimes  written  abil- 
mewlt,  as  in  Archo^nlogia,  xvii.  292 ;  and  abU- 
limeMl,  as  in  the  Woman  in  the  Mooiie,  1597. 
Dnt  to  n'rouute  her  ryclu*  *i*ylymmt. 
And  wlmt  p*t.nlrsto  her  did  morte, 
Thcrto  am  1  full  insulTyrycnt. 

SkHtm'i  Work;  I,  3li3, 


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ABI 

A  BILL.     TomakeaMr. 

And  osmely  lo  thunr  Ihal  mliHU  thunc  Ihire-lo 
with  the  hclpe  of  Godd  la  allc  tbai  thay  nwy  one 
ttwnmr  vyte.  MS.  I.lna,tm  A.  I.  17.  (.  i3*. 

ABILU:RE.     Stronger ;  more  »blc. 

AMUrrt  thaoe  ever  wa«  fyr  Ector  of  Troye. 

Horlt  Jrthure,  MS.  Uncafx,  t.  SI. 

ABIME.     .\n  abyss. 

Columpnc  and  \klk,  upberyog  (tamabimt, 

Ounctr,  t4.  Vim,  p.  S3D. 
No  word  iliul  Ihcl  5U1  lowDe. 
Til  that  thci  be  Tallen  dowoe 
Dnto  the  al^^mt  wilhuulen  iljt. 

Cur—r  MuKili,  MS.  TVin.  OJI.  Canlab.  t.  IM. 

ABINTESTATE.     Inlratale.     Mimheu. 
ABISHERING.  Atniriling  lo  Kasstall,  as  quoted 
by  Cuurell,  u  "  to  lie  (juit  of  aiuercianients  lic- 
fore   wbomsocrer  of    Iraiugretsion."     Rider 
transUtct  it  hy /Itco  non  nditut, 
A  BIST.     Payesfforit. 

Tbou  lexyt,  be  aeyd.  vile  lo«anjour  \ 
Thou  It  abut  bi  M-yn  Savour  1 

l.>  0/  irnnrHr,  p.  188. 
AUIT.  (1)  A  habit.  The  word  occurs  in  tboenscai 
of  clothing,  as  well  ai  a  ciutom  or  habit.  See 
KeUq.  Anti<[.  ii.  173;  Prompt  Parv.  pp.97, 
179;  Gcsta  Ronianonini,  p.  240;  Wright'i 
Piirgatury,  p.  141 ;  Kob.  Gloiic.  pp.  1U5,  41)4. 

(2)  An  obit ;  a  »cr>iee  for  Ibc  dead. 
A  l«o  If  thrl  vow  hem  to  hold  aa  obit,  or  other  rltU.. 

and  CftKl  behitith  no  meed  for  the  kcping,  but  ra* 
thcr  reprove,  aa  he  dede  Bum  tyme  the  PharUeU, 
doutlcft  that  ii  ajeo  the  goftpel. 

Af*Uogtl  Jtir  tthV  LvUanU,  p.  KIA. 

(3)  Abideth.      See  Reliq.  Antiq.  i.  115  ;  Chau- 
cer, Cant.  T.  IG643  ;  Rom.  of  the  Ro»c,  49B9. 

He  uyeth  that  grace  not  in  him  abil. 
But  wiltltkd  ende  and  curald  aventure. 

Orr<te«.  M.S.  .fee  Jnl«l.  134,  f.  J(B. 
Ne  haste  nou^t  thin  owen  lorow. 
My  u>De,  and  talce  thU  in  thy  wit. 
He  hath  iiou;t  lefu  that  wcl  ai.u. 

Guwtr,  MS.  ikpc.  ,/nli,;.  134,  f.  95. 
Seynt  Bcnurd  tharfore  toiwych  chyt. 
And  aeyth  mocbe  for^yt  that  longc  ubift, 

MS.  Hurl.  1701,  r.7S, 
ABITACLE.     a  habitation;  a  dwelling;.  (Lai.) 
In  whom  aUo  be  je  bildid  togldre  lolo  the  oMfacIt 
or  God  in  the  UooU  Gooit. 

niekUffi^i  Wee  TM.  p.  IM. 

ABITE.  (I)     A  lubilation ;  an  alKHlc. 
And  eke  abidin  thiike  dale 
To  leTc  hb  Qbite,  and  gon  hi*  waie. 

JVtmaunt  1/ (A«   Aoae,  4014. 

(2)  To  atone  for. 
We,  y«l,  that  ahal  thou  i«re  atlfe. 

Ttnmeltg  M^rtfriat,  p.  li. 

(3)  To  bite.  (./.-&) 

Addrct,  qutnrn,  And  dragouot 
U  ..Ui(  n  ihlt  folk,  mycbcl  and  lytc, 
EnvcnyiDCU  and  abitt, 

Kynf  Mlitaundtr,  S611. 

Brounc  lyouni,  and  eke  white. 

Th«t  iroMso  Ciyn  his  folk  ctvtt.      lUd,  TOM. 

(4)  Ahideth. 

And  M»  ftii  eiy  parinit  Iho  tort 

I^biU  ot  him  that  fcoth  about  hit  cure. 
And  Lhiu  he  drlvtth  foith  hii  a\huurc. 
Trfi'if  tinti  iittttiUt,  i.  IOi^J■ 
ABITED.     Mildewed.     Kent. 


I 
I 


'  ABL 

ABITEN.     Bitten;  devoured. 

A  thouient  aliepi  eh  habbe  abitfn. 
And  too,  ^cf  hy  weren  i-wrlten. 

ileN«.  ^tntUi.  II.  SOU. 
ABJECT.  (I)    A  dnpicahle  pcnon. 
J  deemed  it  better  hj  to  die, 
Thao  at  my  fgeman's  Teet  an  abject  lie. 

Mlmurjiir  MagUtralf,  p,  SO. 

(2)  To  reject ;  to  cast  away.  See  Palsgrave,  f. 
136;  Utterson's  Pop.  Poet.  ii.  7;  Gileita  tif 
Narbona,  ap.  Collier's  Shak.  Lib.  p.  12  ;  Skel- 
ton's  Works,  i.  308. 

The  bloUile  of  the  taied  Kynfre  Henry,  althoiighe 
he  had  a  (roodly  fonne,  wei  clerely  tt/irrrerf,  and  the 
crowne  of  the  realmc.  by  aurthcritie  of  porliamente, 
enuyled  to  tlie  Duke  of  Vorke. 

Uaii.Kdu^m  r.  r.  1. 
ABJECTION.  Baseness,  \ileness.  Sec  Minsbeti, 
in  V. ;  Harrison's  nescri]itinn  of  Brilainc,  p. 
18.    It  occurs  in  Skclton's  Works,  i.  345,  ex- 
plained by  the  eilitor  to  mean  there  olyeclioti, 
ABL.\ND.     Blinded  ;  made  blind. 
The  walmt.»  han  the  aUand, 
And  tberwhilei  thai  bolliand  be, 
Sire,  thou  aeacbalt  never  i.»e. 

Tilt  Bnim  an*;  Mtt, 

ABLASTE.    (1)    A    erosslww.      Tlic    Prompt. 

Parv.  p.  9,  is  the  aulbority  for  this  form  uf  the 

word. 

(2)  Blasted. 

Vcnym  at.d  fyre  togedir  he  caste. 
That  lie  Jaioo  to  %an  aUattf, 
That  yf  ne  were  his  oynement, 
Hia  rluge  and  hit  enchauntt-ment, 
Whiche  Medea  tok  him  to-fore. 
He  hadde  with  that  wormc  be  lore. 

Gweer,  MS.  «nc.  Anllii.  134,  t.  i»l. 
ABLE.  (1)  This  word  has  two  distinct  senses, 
the  one  to  make  able  or  give  powtrr  for  any 
purpose ;  the  other  and  more  reniarknlile  one. 
lo  warrant  or  answer  for,  as  in  King  l.ear, 
iv.  6.  See  also  Ashmole's  Tlieat.  Chem.  Brit, 
p.  118;  Narcs,  in  v.;  MidiUctou's  Works, 
iv.  22.1. 

(2)  Fit ;  proper. 

Noyc,  to  roe  thou  arte  full  nt.tr, 
And  Co  ffly  sacrifice  acceptable. 

C/irttef  Ptatft,  I.  AX 

(3)  Wealthv.     HrrrforiUh. 
ABLECTIVE.     Adorned  for  sale.     Cockfram. 
ABLEG.\TION.     A  dismission ;  a  dispcnrion. 

ABLEMENTES.     HabiUmcnts. 

He  toke  a  thtp  of  high  and  greate  avantage, 
OX  abtrmimtet  for  warre,  and  ordlnauoce. 

Hant^nir'M  C/tiontfh,  f.  14il. 

ABLENDE.  To  blind ;  to  daz/.le.  (./.-»'.)  As 
the  early  translations  of  Vcgeciiis  will  be  occa- 
sionally quoted,  it  may  l>e  as  well  lo  state  that 
the  one  made  at  Berkeley'!  request,  1408,froin 
which  the  following  extract  is  made,  is  not  by 
Trcvisa,  as  conjectured  by  Tanner,  but  by  a 
person  of  the  name  of  Cliflun.  Tliit  fact  ap- 
pears frtmi  the  colophon  of  copies  in  MS.  Donee 
291,  and  MS.  Di|iliy  23.1;  the  labl-menlioncd 
one  having  bafflt*<l  Slnitt,  Keg.  Antic),  ed. 
I'lanchu,  p.  77.  Mannscripls  of  this  work  arc 
vcn-  coDiniou.     Fur  examples  of  ailnult,  wea 


ABO  8 

Piera   Ploaghmau,  ji.  377;    Rob.  Glouc  p. 
208. 

HcKhal  boll)  aMrnito  hit  ennnyn  liiit.and  ulonyr 
hii  mynde,  ajid  he  tdul  Mxlrynllch  wounrtc  hi» 
enemy.  MS.  Dovn  991,  f.  19. 

ABLBNESS.  Power;  itrength.  SeeMiddleton't 
Works,  iv.  519,  and  the  example  quoted  by 
Richardson. 
ABLENT.  Blinded;  deceived.  Sec  Pier* 
Ploughman,  p.  388 ;  Wright's  Political  Songs, 
p.  330. 

Stnmgc  thef,  Ihou  kchati  be  thcnl, 
For  thou  halt  mc  thu>  abtmt. 

MS.  J<UU.  10030,  f.  M. 
ABI.EPSY.     Blindness.     Cockrram. 
ABLESS.     Careless  and  negligent,  or  untidy  or 

slovculv  in  person.     Line. 
ABLESsVd.     Blessed.      See  Tundale,  p.  23, 
where,  however,  the  a  may  be  merely  the  M- 
clamalion  A ! 
ABLET.     The  bleak.     /{>»/. 
ABLETUS.     Ability.      This   seems  to  be  the 
meaning  of  the  word  in  an  obscure  and  muti- 
lated passage  in  MS.  Ashmo1e44. 
ABLEWE.     Blew  [upon  her.] 
A«woi)  tho  wltc  ovCTIhrewe, 

Wawaia  toae  hiT  iMeivt.  AnhtmranitM«rttnip.3l5. 
ABLICUE.     Ably. 

Thete  mowe  tibticfu  be  cho»cii  to  chyralrye,  for 
bercynnr  itoodirth  al  the  hcllhc  and  pru6;l  of  the 
comynallc.  .VS.  noun  tB] .  f.  10. 

ABLIGURY.  Spending  in  belly  checre.  Minnheu. 
ABLINS.     Perhaps ;  possibly.     North. 
ABLODE.     Bloody  ;  with   blood.     See  fiy  of 
Warwike.  p.  315 ;  Art  hour  and  Merlin,  p.333. 
OIubrluB  Mt  and  byheld 
How  here  lymcsroone  u.hIoile. 

MS.  Coll.  TriH.  Oson.  S?. 

ABLOY.    An  exclamation  used  in  hunting,  bor- 
rowed from  the  Frejich,  and  equivalent   to 
On  !  On ! 
The  lorde  for  blyi  abtojf.  Si/r  Gawoime.  p.  44. 

ABLUDE.     To  differ  ;  to  he  unUke.     UaU. 
ABLUSION.      A  chemical  lenn,  meaning  the 
cleansing  of  medicines  from  any   drugs   or 
imparities. 

ADd  also  of  ther  Induraclon, 
OUe»,  aUv^iaiUt  mctall  fusible. 

CJtaHCfr,  eif.  Urrtr,  p*  JSH. 

,  A-BLYNDEN.    To  Wind  ;  to  daztlc    {J,-S.) 
Why  mcnc»tuw  thl  mood  for  ■  mote 
In  thl  brothvrcv  cjghe, 
Sithea  a  bvcm  iu  thyn  owenc 
A-l'tvn'iHh  thiK-lvc.      Pi«r>  PliMghrtMnt  p.  189. 
ABLYNG.    Fitting.  Sec  Urr)-'s  Chaucer,  p.  364  j 
Ashmole's  Thcflt.  Chem.  Bnt.  p.  118. 

Whtrfurp  what  tymc  «  man  douth  what  he  may  in 

at^HfTv  hym  tu  grace,  hit  tufficith  to  him.  fur  God 

ttckitb  not  or  a  mmn  that  hr  M^th  impoulblc  to  hym. 

Ckuton'*  Divert  Fruifl/ul  Ghttdtty  Mutrrs. 

ABNORMETH.  Dufli^rcth;  disjiruiictb. 
Al  fntnlth  he  in  luite  that  lie  ftujourneth. 
And  all  hi*  cherc  mod  ipechc  alio  htnttntfrrnHh, 

TroilHt  fi*iH  Cretrtde,  1.  328. 

AfiOADE.     Abided;  suircrefl;  radured 
for  mil  her  maydeDt  much  did  fejirc« 
If  Obvroo  had  chauc'd  (o  hearc 
That  Mab  hb  Quccne  ihould  have  t»cen«  Lberc. 
He  would  not  have  ab4taiie  It. 

DrmjftvH'i  Putmt,  ft.  173* 


ABO 

ABOARD.  { 1 )  To  approach  near  the  short.  (/>.) 
Cockcrara  has  ahboril,  to  approach  near  the 
shore,  to  grapple  with  a  sliip.     See  alio  Cot- 
grave,  iu  V.  .Horde,  yfrrtrce. 
Ev*n  to  the  verge  of  gold,  oboardlnfr  Spain. 

SoUman  and  Ptrrrida,  ISSKt. 
(2)  In  many  kinds  of  games,  tbij,  phrase  signifies 
that  the  person  or  side  in  the  game  that  was 
either  uone  or  but  few,  has  now  got  to  be  as 
many  as  the  other.     Dyche. 
ABOBBED.    Astonished.     {^.-N.) 
The  meuangert  were  abobbfd  iho. 
Thai  nisten  what  thai  inighieu  do. 

Arlhour  a»it  Merlin,  p.  74. 

ABOCCHEMENT.     Increase.     Pmmpl.  Pan. 

ABOCCHY'NGE.     Increase.     Prompt.  Pan. 

ABOCOCKED.    A  cap  of  state. 

Some  lay  his  high  cap  of  estate,  called  abontkttt, 
garaUhed  with  twoo  riche  rrounf^,  whlrhe  waapre- 
•eoted  to  Kyng  Edward  at  Vurke  the  fourth  dale  uf 
May.  Hall.  Kdii'arJ  IV.  f.  a. 

ABODE.    (1)  Dehiy.   See  Gy  of  Warwike,  p.46; 
Crake's  Thirteen  Psalms,  p.  1 9. 

And  ro  he  dcdL*  wilhouten  aU>iL>, 
Swiftliche  horn  he  rode. 

Arthamrand  Merlin,  p.  107. 

(2)    Wailed  for. 

Y  thanks  God  that  y  waa  borne. 
That  y  aboiie  thy»  day. 

.V.V.  Otnlab.  Vt.  li.  W,  f.  M. 
ABOFE.     Aliode;  dwelling. 

Wolde  GtHl.  for  hit  modurt  luf, 
Bryng  roe  onyi  al  oiyne  abuft, 
I  were  out  of  thclre  eye, 

MS.  Caitlah.  Ft.  v.  411,  f.  iS. 

ABOFFE.     Above. 

Be  JhMU  Crj'il  that  ii  abq/fe. 
That  QUID  aught  mc  gode  lofle. 

The  CLxk(Mltli  DoHHcc.in. 
Tharc  wai  a  ryallc  roflc 
In  that  chamblr  dbiiffe. 

MS.  Lincoln  A,  i.  17,  f.  13U. 
ABOGEN.     Bowed.     Baileif. 
.VBOGHTEN.     Suffered.     (,/.-S.) 

And  that  mNvA'ch  golttct, 
Bothc  Dejanire  and  llerculc-s. 

Gowrr,  MS.  Soc.  Anilq.  134.  f.  74. 
ABOHT.     Bought.      Sec    Kyng    Horn,    H02 ; 
Chroti.  of  England,  854 ;    llitson's   Aueieiit 
Songs,  p.  7  ;  Harrowing  of  Hell,  pp.  17,  25. 
Nou  thou  hut  in  that  foul  hous, 
A  thyng  that  la  ful  precloui, 
Ful  ducrc  hit  yt  oboAr. 

fVrifrht'*  Lyric  Pv^trj/,  p.  1(0. 

ABOLETE.     Antiquated:  abolished. 
And  dare  use  tlic  exiieryeni. 
In  there  obaolute  contdeni 
To  practyve  suche  afro/efe  acicna. 

SktIli-H'M  Wwk;  il.  411. 
A-BONB.     Excellently;  well. 

Spurrei  of  golde  alM  he  had  on, 

And  a  good  sw«nle,  that  wolde  byte  aJione. 

Sur  Oawapnt,  p.  917. 

A  BONE.    (1)  To  make  good  or  seasonable;  to 

ripen.     Blount. 
(2)  To  disjiatch  quickly.     SUnner. 
(3;  Above.   See  The  Greiie  Knight,  513;  Richard 
Coerde  Lion,  4361 ;  Lybcaus  Disconus,  1816. 
Tho  fhei  ftciche  a  tltcl  hero  afion. 
Seven  kulghtes  y-armcd  ctiroe. 

.ttthour  and  Mcrltn,  p.  128. 


ABO 


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ABOOD,     Remained. 

Into  the  bath  1  Khotde  goon. 
And  In  I  wrnle  aoooD  by  (nM, 
And  there  atood  but  ly tcl  ipatv. 

MS.  a>«.  Tiber.  A.  Tli.  f.  85. 

ABOON.    AboTe;  overhead.     North. 
ABOORD.     From  the  bank. 

A«  men  in  nimnKr  fenrle*  pane  the  fooitl. 
Which  It  in  vintet  lord  of  all  the  pUlne, 
And  with  htitutnblingltrcaroeadoth  bett* ntniord 
The  ploughmoji*  hope  and  ahrphcnrtla  labour  valne. 
Sp"**er't  Rutnt*  u/ltwme,  IfiOl. 
ABOOT.     Beaten  down.     SJtimer.     See  Aiott. 
ABOOVE.     Above.     »>»/. 
ABORB.     Bom. 

At  Tauodeane  food  I  woi  mborg  and  ibred. 

MS.  ^thmclt  X.  f.  Ua. 
ABORMENT.     An  abortion.     An  nuusual  forni 
of  the  word  found  in  Topsell's  Histoi7    of 
Foui-Kooted  Beasts,  1607,  p.  21.     Abortment 
oceun  in    lligins'  Nomenclator,  p.  17;    and 
abotl  in  Florio,  ed.  161 1,  p.  2. 
ABORTY^'E.     An  abortion.     II  is  also  an  ad- 
jective, as  in  Rich's  Ilouestic  uf  this  Age,  p.  G. 
The  cbildrc  that  arc  atwlyver, 
Tho  are  that  t>en  not  bom  iu  lyves, 
Shut  ri»e  in  thritty  \tvj  of  elde. 

Cuntr  JVuiufi,  ,V&  runlnb.  t.  1.18. 

ABOSTED.  Assaulted.  {J.-N.)  MS.  Douce  lOJ 
reads  and  toiled,  and  MS.  Douce  333  bas 
Ae  6o»/fd. 

A  Bretonc,  a  brmggere, 

A-ttotU*  Vim  ala.  PItn  Plgufknuin,  p.  126. 

ABOT.  An  atibot.  The  oeciirrcnce  of  this  fonn 
in  early  English  shows  that  the  new  ortho- 
graphy abbat,  which  one  sometimes  sees,  is 
incorreet.  See  Lcgenda;  CatboUcci,  p.  19; 
Flumpton  Correspondence,  p.  84. 
ABOTE,     (1)  Beaten  down. 

or  whtche  light  glad,  Ood  it  wot. 
She  waa  atiaahld  and  obett. 

Chaum>t  Dr—mt,  ISW. 
(2)  About. 

With  ordir  in  the  iMteyllyi  araycd. 
They  cum  the  towoe  abott. 

Riliq.  AnH>l.  il.il. 

ABOTIIE.     Above. 

tlUttfi*  half  lay  manl  on. 
The  hevcd  tro  the  nek  bon. 

jirthitur  and  Merttltt  p.  16. 

A-BOUET.     This  wonl,  wliich  occurs  in  Mr. 
Wright's  glusaar)'  to  the  Dcposilioii  of  Ricliiiril 
II.,  is  perhaps  a  misprint  for  a  bonel,  a  kind  of 
sail. 
ABOUOHT.    Bought.    Sometiinet,  atoned  for, 
{mm  aUggtn;  and  it  is  occasionally  the  ortho- 
graphy (XT  o&w/.  Jennings  gives  the  Somerset- 
shire proverb  (Dialects,  p.  80), 
Vur  Taught, 
And  dear  abougtii. 
See  Gy  of  Warwike,  pp.  72, 1 55, 355 ;  Chancer, 
Cant.  T.  2305;  Lybeaos  Disconiis,  1979;  Kyng 
Alisaunder,  898;    Sir  Clegcs,  43;    Thyane's 
Debate  between  Pride  and  Lowlijies,  p.  02 ; 
Wright's  Monastic  Letters,  p.  31  ;  Ilawkiii.*' 
~  gl.  Drama,  L  13.     The  proverb  given  above 
I  to  be  derived  from  an  old  one,  "  Dear 
I  and  farr  fett,  arc  dainties  for  ladies," 
I  Howell  gives  in  liis  cuUectiuii.  p.  8. 


ABO 

ABOUGHWED.    Bowed ;  obeyed.    See  a  read- 
ing in  the  College  of  Arms  MS.  of  Robert  of 
Gloucester,  in  Hcame's  edition,  p.  106. 
ABOUN.     Above. 

They  laid  that  longe  waa  thu  to  aey. 
To  God  aboun  be  Joy  and  blyuc  I 

Tvndalr't  t'Mou,  p.  ISa. 

ABOUNDE.    Alxiunrting. 

Ryjt  »o  thit  mayde,  of  grace  most  aboHltrfe, 
A  peerelle  hath  clotid  wlthlnne  hire  brettea  whyte. 
LifiUnIt,  till.  Sue.  Anliq.  I3<,  f .  3. 
ABOURe.     Protector? 

And  If  ihay  have  any  mete. 
Parte  with  them  wole  we. 
Or  ellci  itroke*  tliay  ahal  gete. 

By  Cod  and  Seynle  Mary,  inyn  tOmtrc. 

MS.  Douct  17s,  p.  Sg. 

ABOUT.  Circularty;  in  a  circle.  See  Macbeth, 
i.  3.  It  is  singularly  used  in  the  phrase,  "about, 
my  lirains,"  signifjing,  "  brains,  go  to  work," 
as  in  Hamlet,  ii.  2.  In  the  eastern  counties  it 
is  current  in  the  sense  of  neor,  as,  "  this  horse 
is  worth  Dotliing  about  foiirty  pounds." 
ABOUTEN.  About.  According  to  Cooper's  Sus- 
sex Glossju-}-,  p.  12,  it  is  still  in  use  in  East 
Sussex. 

And  in  thla  wlie  theae  lordea  all  and  fonut 
Ben  on  the  !)onday  to  the  cltec  come 
Jboulen  prime,  and  iu  the  loun  alight. 

Cbmucer,  CnHt.  T.  2191. 

ABOUT-SLEDGE.      A  smith's  great  forging 
bauimer.  See  s  note  in  Beaumont  and  Fletcher, 
ed.  Dyce,  iv.  289. 
ABOUTWARD.  Near.  Sec  the  Pliunplon  Cor- 
respondence, p.  201. 

But  than  syr  MarTok,hya  steward, 

Waa  faate  abf/tetewardc 

To  do  hya  lady  gyle.    MS.  Cantab.  Ff.  II.  3R,  f.  71. 

ABOUYE.     To  bow. 

Allc  londys  laole  abomgt  to  by  Weate  aud  by  Este. 
Rub.  CloHc  p.  IIS. 

ABOUJTE.     Part,  past  of  aiir,  q.  v. 
Or  It  »challe  aore  ben  aAoujfe, 
Or  thou  tchalte  worcbe  aa  y  the  lay. 

OMWr,  MS.  Sk.  .Inltf.  134,  f.  ii. 
And  that  hath  Dido  core  abovyr, 
Whoa  dcth  achall  ever  tie  bcthoujtc. 

Jlii'l.  I.  lut. 
ABOVE.  In  old  stage  ilirections  this  word  ge- 
nerally refers  la  the  upper  stage,  the  raised 
platform  towards  the  back  of  the  stage.  Sec 
Webster's  Works,  i.  314.  .iborr,  in  common 
speech,  is  C(]uivalcnt  to  more  than.  As  above 
a  bit,  excecilingly,  a  very  common  phrase ;  and 
the  slang  expression  abore  t/our  hookii,  i.  e.  too 
knowing  or  clever. 
AflOVEN.     Aliove. 

With  aparclea  and  amekc  covered  abvv«n, 
Aa  bit  were  a  ttreonyng  oven. 

Otrm-MiMdl,  Trin.  Cvll.  MS.  t.  i9, 
Hlr  queynt  abocen  hir  kno 
Naked  the  knlghtc*  knewe. 

Sir  Tritlrtm,  p.  1146. 

ABOWE.    (1)    To  bow.     See  Kyng  Alisaunder, 
188  ;  Rob.  Glonc.  pp.  78,  309. 
To  Roland  than  Kho  gan  atn.wt 
Almualdoun  til  hia  fete.       MS.  Mhmutt  9it  f.  37, 
Tharcfore  ech  man  heom  acholde  abowU, 
That  guode  3cmc  tharof  nome. 

MS.  UuJ.  1U*I,  r.  I. 


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ABR 


(2)  Above. 

Into  Uutt  roygcoa  where  he  yn  kyng, 
W>*chc«twu-e  atl  oLhur  far  dothe  abuwnile. 

Shurp't  O/u.  it  ft.  p.83- 
It  wu  butked  abtni>« 
With  besantn  fulle  bryghte. 

US.LIi-ntn.  A.  i.  17,  r.  13(1. 

(3)  To  maitiUiu  ;  to  bvuw.  Tliia  may  be  a  mii- 
Ukc  for  arowe.  Sec  Arthour  and  Merlin,  p. 
193,  and  the  example  quoted  under  Anclowe. 

ABOWEN.     Above.      Sec  ReUq.   Antiq.  i.  54, 
189;  Fionipt.  Pair.  p.  179. 
Kepehyt  therforc  wyth  lemperat  hele  adowoe 
Full  rorty  dayci,  lyll  hyl  wex  black  ntourii. 

WaAino/ff'tf  Theat.  Chfm.  Brit,  p.  171. 
ABOWES.     AblM.ts.     [Avowes  ?] 

God  and  Seinte  Marie,  and  Seln  Lteaia  alio, 
And  alle  the  abotr«»  of  cilia  churche.  In  waa  ore  Irh 
am  I'do.  Ret),  a<iuc.  f.  i7i. 

ABOWGIIT.     Alwut. 

Mowght  Iho  body  he  hyme  henle, 
Af  far  aa  he  myght  laat.     Torrtnt  of  Porlttgutf  p.  9. 
ABOWTll.     Bought. 

And  llier fort- God.  that  alle  hath  wrojth. 
And  alle  mankyndc  dcrc  ttbowlh, 
Sende  ua  happe  and  grace. 

Ma.  D»He«  S4,  r.  iX 
ABO\VTYNE.    About.     Cf.  Iteliq.  Antiq.  i.  7; 
Prompt.  Porv.  p.  1 68  ;    Songs  and  Carols,  xi. 
Me  dyd  them  in  a  panne  of  braaae, 
Alao  hole  aa  ever  It  waa, 

And  mode  fycre  nfwvfjme.      US,  Jihrntlc  61 ,  t.  S. 
ABO.?EnE.     Bowed. 

WrI  corteyaly  thanne  abo^ade  ahe. 
And  to  help  hure  gau  hlin  praye. 

US.  AUmUi  33,  f.  tl, 
AB05T.     Bought. 

Theac  bargeyn  wyl  be  defe  ate;f. 

MS.  DovaaOi,  t.  1. 
ABRACADABR.\.  This  word,  written  in  a  pe- 
culiar niaiiucr,  waa  formerly  worn  alwut  the 
neck  aa  a  cure  for  the  ague.  Sec  Pcttigrew 
on  iledical  Superstitions,  p.  S3 ;  Arcbawlo- 
gia.  XXX.  427. 

Mr.  Bancater  aayth  that  he  healed  IKNI  In  one  yer 
of  an  ague,  by  hanging  .4ltnuniUtttnt  about  thcr 
necka,  and  wold  lUnch  blood,  or  heal  the  toothake, 
althogh  the  partye*  wer  10  myle  of. 

MS.  Mdil.  stna. 
ABRAl).     Withered  ? 

The  gode  burgcU  on  a  dal. 

Hii  ympc  Ihrireiide  he  >al. 

Fair  l-woxe  and  fair  i-tprad, 

But  the  olde  trc  wat  abrud.   Th§  Sctyn  Sagts,  610. 

ABRADAS.  A  Mucedoniaa  pirate,  mentioned 
by  Greene  and  Shakespeare  The  commenta- 
tors have  failed  in  tracing  any  further  notice 
of  him. 

ABRADE.  To  rub,  or  scrape  off.  See  Richanl- 
son  in  v.   The  word  is  still  in  use  as  a  tea  tenu. 

ABRAIlAM-COLOUUEl).  Sec  Abram-colourrd. 
Cf.  Hawkins'  Eng.  Uroin.  ii.  27C  ;  Blurt  Mas- 
ter Coustable,  1C02. 

ABRAH\M-Ci:PIU.  Tlie  expression  occurs  in 
Romeo  and  Juliet,  ii.  1,  and  is  conjectured  by 
Upton  to  be  a  mistake  for  Adam  Cupid,  and 
to  allude  to  Adam  Bell,  the  celebrated  archer. 
See  his  olisenatioiis ou  Shakespeare,  ed.  1748, 
p.  2'13.     The  conjecture  i»  very  plaiuililr,  aa 


pro|)cr  name*  arc  frequently  abbreviated  in 
early  MSS.,  and  it  suits  the  sense  and  metre. 

ABRA11A.\1-MEN.  According  to  the  Ftatcrnityo 
of  Vacabondes,  1575,  "  an  Abraham-man  i*  be 
that  walketh  bare-armed,  and  bare-legged,  and 
fayneth  hj'mselfe  maA,  and  caryelh  a  packc  of 
wool,  or  a  stycke  with  baken  on  it,  or  such 
lyke  toy,  and  immclh  himself  poore  Tom." 
They  are  alluded  to  by  Shakespeare  under  (he 
name  of  Bedlam  Beggars,  and  their  still  more 
usual  appellation  was  Toms  of  Bedlam,  q.  v. 
According  to  Grose,  to  "  sham  Aliruin"  is  to 
pretenil  sickness,  which  Nores  thinks  may  have 
some  connexion  with  the  other  term.  Sec 
also  Aubrey's  Nat.  Hist.  Wilu,  MS.  p.  25'J; 
Harrison's  Description  of  England,  p.  184. 

ABRAHAM'S-BALM.  A  kind  of  willow.  Ac 
coriling  to  Dullnkar,  English  Expositor,  1C41, 
it  waa  used  as  a  charm  to  preserve  choslily. 

ABRiVID.  To  rise  on  the  stomach  with  a  degree 
of  nausea ;  applied  to  articles  of  diet,  which 
prove  disagreeable  to  the  taste  or  ilifHciilt  of 
digestion.  Sorlh.  This  may  be  the  meaning  in 
Troilus  and  Creseide,  i.  725. 

Iiutead  of  oouriihing,  it  vtlmulatea.  nbrndet,  and 
carries  away  a  part  of  the  aolida. 

CWJiiM*  MlKtllahla,  17'ii.  p.  7U. 

ABUAIDE.  (1)  To  awake;  to  start.  Palsgrave 
lias  "  1  abraydt,  I  inforce  me  to  do  a  thyiigc." 
f.  136. 

And  If  that  he  out  of  hii  alepe  attrnidt 
lie  roighte  don  ua  bathe  a  vilanle. 

navcrr,  Cant.  T.  41811. 

(2)  Explained  abroad  by  Percy.  See  KeUqnes, 
p.  44.  It  more  Ukely  ought  lo  lie  "  a  broide," 
a  start.     Sec  Rilson't  Anc.  Pop.  Poet.  p.  19. 

(3)  As  a  slight  variation  of  our  first  meaning,  it 
may  be  mentioned  that  the  word  is  particularly 
applied  to  the  action  of  drawing  a  sword  fhim 
a  scabbard. 

ABILVM.  A  cjuit  term,  according  to  Coles  ap- 
plied to  a  naked  or  very  poor  man.  Cf. 
Middlelon's  Works,  iii.  32^ 

ABRAM-COLOURED.  Nares  considers  this  ex- 
prcssion  may  be  a  corruption  of  autiirn,  and  is 
in  some  measure  confinncd  by  a  passage  in 
Coriolanus,  ii.  3 :  "  Our  heads  are  some  brown, 
some  black,  some  abram,  some  balil,  but  that 
our  wits  are  so  diversly  coloiircrd."  The 
folio  of  1685  alters  abram  lo  aitAum,  See 
Middlelon's  Works,  i.  259;  Toone,  in  v. 

.\BRi\SE.     Smooth. 

The  fourth,  in  white,  !■  Aphetela,  a  nynif'h  aa 
pure  sod  ftitnple  aa  the  aoui,  or  aa  an  abnue  table, 
and  1»  therefore  called  Simplicity. 

Brn  Jimmttt,  il.  SIK, 

ABIUYDE.  (1)  Started;  roused  liimself. 
lliomydon  with  that  itioke  abrmttdt. 
And  to  the  kynge  Ihua  he  sayde. 

//Kimyrfin,  I  UP- 

(2)  To  upbraid.  See  the  True  Tragedie  of 
Richard  the  Thinl,  p.  22,  where  tlic  editor  boa 
divided  the  word. 

Dochat  present  felly  gan  abrmifd* 

To  Moaullnc,  and  even  thui  he  aayile. 

Ikiehat,  b.  vll.  C  4. 


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ABRAYDEN.    To  excite. 

For  thcyr  romodit^  to  sbraydsii  up  pride. 

J.lfdgmi^t  Mimar  Poews,  p.  ISI. 
tABREAD.     L'ncoufined ;  exposed  ;  tpread  out. 

fforlh. 
}  ABRECOCK.    -in  apricot.     Grrard. 
ABRED.     BrouKh(  up.     JTett. 
ABREDE.  (1)  This  word  is  explained  to  up- 
braid, bv  Skinuer,  who  refers  to  the  following 
pusBge.    He  metuing  is  obvioiuly,  "  rau  out 
ti  his  teases." 

How  Troilui  Dcre  out  of  bis  witte  abrettt. 
And  wrpt  full  lore,  with  v)u(;e  pole  of  hcwe. 

The  TcttttmiKl  of  Cmtid;  ijt. 

{  (2)    lo  breadth.     North.      See   Chronide   of 
EngUnd,  808,  in  Ritson's  Met.  Rom.  ii.  303. 
(3)  Abroad.      Yorkth. 

Thioe  antiii  shaU  thou  iprede  abrede, 

I  As  mao  in  warre  were  forwerode. 

Ramavnl  of  Oie  Raw,  SSSi. 
ABREGE.    To  shorten ;  to  abridge. 
And  for  he  wold  hU  longe  tale  abngt. 
Be  woldc  noo  auctoritce  allege. 
dtauctr.  Qml.T.'JKi. 
Lareeiae  it  li,  whot  privilege 
Ther  may  Don  avarice  alrtggt, 
GMwr,  3IS.  Sat.  Antiq.  134,  t.  SOS. 
ABREKE.    To  break  in. 
And  5ir  we  may  owhar  abrtke, 
Flc  we  hem  with  grct  rt-lce. 
^rlliour  and  Merlin,  p.  !93. 

ABRENOUNCE.   To  renounce  utterly.    7'oyfor. 
J       ABREPT.    To  take  away  by  violence. 

^B  hli  Dephew'i  life  he  qucitioQs, 

^H  And  quefltinniag.  abrvpta. 

^F  BUtingatyt  BrAchjf-Ucrtvnit'gia^  1GS7.  p.  4n, 

A  BRE  VDE.  (1)  To  upbraid.    See  Mrayde.   Ex- 
probmre,   AngUce  to  abreyde. — MS.  Egcrton 
829,  f.  72. 
(2)  Started. 

TtUe  at  the  laste  he  a&reyde  lodeyncly. 

Ltdgal;  MS.  Sac.  Anliq.  134,  f.  4. 

ABRIC.     Sulpfaur.     Cole: 

ABRICOT.  An  apricot.  Sec  Harrison's  De- 
script,  of  Brit.  p.  210;  Bttrct's  Alvearic,  in  v. 
Rider  colls  an  apricot  tree  an  abrictit -apple. 

ABRJUGEMENT.  A  dramatic  iH-rfonnanee  ; 
probably  from  the  prevalence  of  the  historical 
ilraiiuk,  in  which  the  cients  of  ycjira  were  so 
atridj/fd  as  to  be  brought  witliiu  the  ciunpass 
of  a  play.  Sec  .\  Mids.  Night's  Dream,  v.  1. 
It  seems,  however,  lo  be  used  for  the  actors 
themselves  in  Hamlet,  ii.  2. 

ABRIGGE.    To  shield  off. 

Alle  myicheffbf  from  him  to  eMggt. 

Lyilgau't  Minor  PvemM,  p.  fi. 

ABRIPTED.    Ravished.     Cockeram. 
ABROACH.    To   "set  abroach,"  lo   tap.      It 
is  sometimes  uscjI  metaphorically  in  the  slate 
of  being  diffused  or  advanced.     Cf.  Prompt. 
Parv.  p.  52;  Chaucer,  Cant.  T.  575'.);  I.ydgatc's 
Minor  I'oems,  p.  104  ;  Colyiic  Ulow)>oll,  5. 
Kfjt  at  wlio  tettc  a  tunoe  abmcht. 
Re  perrtde  the  harde  roche. 
And  (prooge  outc  watir  alle  at  willr. 

Carter,  MH.  *.r.  .Inllti.  134.  f.  137. 
ABROAD.     Broad.     MinMheti,    Sprrtui  abroatl, 
widely    distended.      See    First   Sketches   of 
llcnr)  VI.  \>.  97. 


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n  ABS 

ABRODE.  (1)  Abroad.     North. 
Admyt  thou  ihouldat  atiyde  abimfr  a  year  or  twayoe. 
Should  lO  ahoTt  atiaence  cauMrto  lonp  and  eke  so  greo- 
vouspaynef  HomeuMond  Jultet,up.  Cotlitr,ji.ifi. 

(2)  Spread  abroad.     North. 
ABROKE.  (1)  One  that  has  a  rupture  i*  said  to 

be  abroke.     Kcnnett's  MS.  Glossary. 

(3)  Tom.     Hantt. 
A-BROKEN.     Broken  out ;  escaped. 

And  uide  thci  wer  no  men. 

But  dcvcllf  a-hrvken  oute  of  helle. 

Sir  ferwutnu,  MS. 
ABRON.     Auburn. 

A  lucty  courtier,  whose  curled  head 
With  obntn  lockl  was  fairly  fumlBhed. 

Hall't  Salirrt,  ilL  i. 

ABROOD.  (1)  Abroad.     (.f.-S.) 
To  here  bi»»hopes  aUoute 
A'brtto4  in  vi>ilyngc.  Pierg  Ploughman,  p.  3S. 

(2)   Sitting,   applied   to   a  hen.      See   Barel's 
Atvearie,  in  v.     Tlic  term  is  still  in  use  in  the 
provinces. 
Like  black  cur  scaPd,  with  tail  betwixt  bis  legs. 
Seeing  he  sate  abrvati  on  addle  egga. 

Ootn-y'i  Mrfna  CnaipHf,  p.  lUS. 

ABROOK.  To  bear;  to  endure.  The  same 
meaning  as  brook,  with  the  a  redundant.  See 
2  Henry  VI.  ii.  i. 
AllUUIT.  Separated.  Sec  Mirldlelon's  Works, 
ti.  151.  .iir«/<fion,  a  breaking  off,  is  funnd  iu 
Minsheu,  and  Troilus  and  Cressida,  til.  2. 
ABRYGGE.    To  abridge. 

My  dayei,  make  y  never  so  queynte, 
Schullcn  Bbrygge  and  sumwhat  Kwage. 

MS.  Canbib.  Ff.  ii.  38,  f.  81. 
ABSINTHIUM.    WormwooiL    See  an  early  me- 
dical recript  in  MS.  Lincoln  A.  i.  17,  f.  285. 
ABSOLENT.     Absolute. 

And  aAerward,  lyr,  verament. 
They  called  hym  knyght  abtotenl. 

Tht  Squpr  </  lam  Ofgri,  030. 

ABSOLETE.    Obsolele.     Mituheu. 

ABSOLUTE.  (1)  Highly  accomplished;  perfect. 
See  Pericles,  iv.  1,  anil  Malone's  note,  p.  134. 

(2)  Absolved;  freed,     t'/iaucer. 

ABSOLVE.  To  finish.  See  a  somewhat  pecu- 
liar use  of  this  wortl  iu  TopseU's  Four-Footcd 
Beasts,  1607,  p.  89. 

ABSONANT.  Untuiiablc.  Cockeram.  Hence 
ilisconlaQt,  disagreeing.  Glanville  has  abio- 
notu  in  the  same  sense.  Sec  Richardson, 
in  v. 

ABSTABLE.     Able  to  resist. 

Uc  thanked  God  of  hU  myracle, 

To  wltoae  myght  may  tw  nooeaStfaWe. 

Cuwcr,  ed.  153>,  f.  .1*. 

ABSTENEDEN.     AbslainetL 

Siche  myraclii  plcying  not  onrly  pervertith  oure 
bllevo  but  oure  vcrrey  hope  in  God,  by  the  whichc 
Kyntii  hopidcn  that  the  more  thcl  ot#rCTn'</cM  hrm 
fro  fiche  pleyci,  the  more  medc  Ihei  thuld  then  have 
of  Cod.  HeH«. ../«»(«.  il.  47 

ABSTENT.     Absent.     ITanc. 

ABSTER.    To  deter. 

As  the  other  Baed  upon  the  door  makcth  me  lo 
rejoice  and  to  put  my  whole  afflalice  in  Christ,  aii 
this  in  Uke  manner  bhuuld  abfttr  and  fear  me  anil 
mine  from  doing  evil.  firc<'ft'«  WorAr*.  p.  fi3. 

ABSTINENT.     Abslcmiom.     Uinihru.    Absti- 


ABU 


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ABY 


ncncy,  which  is  not  piven  by  Richnrdson,  oc- 
curs in  Harriiigton'n  NiipE  Ant.  ii.  247.     See 
the  quotation  under  AlmfifitUe. 
ABSTRACT.     A  sepamtion.     Sec  Anthony  and 
Cleopatra,  iii.  6;  Donee's  lUustrationB.  ii.  93. 
The  verb  is  used  in  the  sense  of  talung  away 
surreptitiously,  and  sometimes  by  the  rulgar 
for  eriracl.     1  was  once  asked  by  the  porter 
of  an  ancient  college  whether  1   was   come 
"agcn  lo-Jay  to  abttrael  some  of  the   old 
writinga." 
ABSURD.     A  schoUutic  term,  employed  when 
false  conclusions  are  illogically  deduced  from 
the  premises  of  the  opiwnent.  See  the  Broken 
IleaK,  i.  3. 
ABTHASE.     AstcwariL     Minthru.   Tliercisa 
dispute  about  the  exact  meaning  of  the  word, 
which  is  generally  said  tn  be  the  old  title  of 
the  High  Steward  of  Seolland. 
ABU.     AtKive.     Deron. 
ABUCIIY.MENT.    An  ambush. 
V-Iciotlc  jtmd  on  abuehj/Tnent 

Ssra^yns  wonder  fair. 
In  the  wode  thnt  ponder  stent. 
Ten  lliouiani  >l  by  tsle.     MS.  ^tltmaU  SS,  f.  ll>. 
ABUDE.     To  bid ;  to  offer. 

And  In  the  fairc«l  mancrc  lh«l  tw  can. 
The  mcMige  he  gan  ii(.i«t>.    MS.  /4thmiU  93,  f.  M. 
ABUE.    To  bow  J  to  obey, 
Nc  undenlondo  hou  luther  yl  y>  to  do  coy  autnee. 
Other  werny  out  the  noble  iludc,  (list  ai  the  world 
<l^■lrf^  to.  Ko*.  o(»"e.  r.  IM. 

ABUF.     Above. 

Methoghi  I  ihowed  nun  luF  when  I  msde  hym  to  be 
AUe  ingeli  ahuf,  like  to  the  Trynytr. 

TVwfif /ry  Ml/ft0rt^t  p.  S9, 

Derc  lady,  graunt  me  thi  lufc. 

For  the  lufe  of  Hyra  that  »>ttU  aV*ifii, 

That  stongene  wa«  with  a  ipcre. 

MS.  UncolnA.  i.  17.  MID, 
Me  thane  to  luffu 
Allc  thynge  afiNfAr, 

Thow  aughc  be  fayno,  V.9.  Lniul.  XM. 

ABUUGES.    To  abie,  q.  v.    Sec  Wright's  Lyric 
Poetry,  p.  112 ;  Walter  Mapcs,  p.  311  ;  Ucliq. 
Antiq.  ii.  276;  Kyng  Horn,  1081. 
Ac  let  uB  and  oure  ofapryng 
Ahuggt  oure  mytdede. 

MS.  Coll.  Trix.  Onm.  C7.  I.  11. 
Help  me,  God  I  and  ihU  day 

He  aachsl  ahugft,  jef  ich  may.     MS.  Dmce  376,  p.  3S, 
ABUIN.     Above.     Norlh. 
ABl'NUAND.     [Those  who  are]  abounding  in 
riches. 

Pll  not  the  pore  peple  with  your  preehyng, 
Bot  bagge  at  abundant  and  at  rjche  aray. 

.^udelai/'t  r\>rmi,  p.  30. 
ABUNDATION.     Abimdancc.     Ilfrrfonhh. 
ABURNE.    Auburn.     See  Florio,  in  v.  jithiimo. 
Auburn  colour  is  translated  by  cilr'miui  in  the 
I'rompt.  Par\'.  wliich  would  make  il  an  omngc 
tinge,  rather  than  the  bruu  nish  colour  now  so 
called.      It  is  also  s|>clt  abuitme,  as  in  the 
Triall  of  Wits,  160-1,  p.  255.     Another  cjtam- 
ple  of  abume  occtin  in  Well  met,  Goisip,  4  to. 
Lond.  1G19. 
Her  blaek,  tiroime,  obumr,  or  her  yellow  hayre. 
Naturally  lovely,  »he  doth  iconic  to  weare. 

DfaylrH'.  r<-tmt.  I'.HVI. 


ABUS.    The  river  H  umber. 

Foreby  the  river  that  whylonio  waa  hlght 
The  ancient  a&v«,  where  with  courage  itoul 
t-ic  Ihera  defeated  In  vlctorloua  flght. 

Fatrie  f^ttfthn,  11.  X.  I(i. 
jUJUSCHID.     Ambushed;  in  ambush. 

That  wai  abutchid  ther  bUide  in  a  brent  greve. 

trUUam  imd  the  frcru-ol/,  p.  1.11. 

ABUSE.    To  deceive ;  to  impose  upon.      Sec 
Cymbcline,  t.  5 ;  Beaumont  and  Fletcher,  i. 
169.    The  noun  occurs  in  Mcasiu-c  for  Mea- 
sure, v.  1. 
ABUSED.    Vitiated;  depraved. 
Such  as  have  cure  of  aoule. 
That  be  so  farre  abused. 
They  cannot  lie  excused 

By  reason  nor  by  law.         Skelton'*  VTortti,  1. 155, 

ABUSEFUL.     Abusive.     Herefordsh. 

ABUSHMENTLY.     In  ambush.     Hulotl. 

ABUSION.    An  abuse.  {.1.-N.)    See  the  Faerie 

Queenc,  II.  xi.  11 ;  Wright's  Monastic  Letters, 

p.  141  ;  Hawkins'  Engl.  Dram.  i.  l.'>4  ;  Trnilus 

and  Crcseidc,  iv.  990;  Palsgrave,  f.  17  ;  Hall, 

Henry  VI.  f.  62. 

Moreovyr  wys  right  a  gret  abu#?nn, 
A  wiiman  of  a  land  to  t>e  a  regent. 

JlfS.  Sik:.  4hIIii.  inl,  f.  Dfl. 
Marke  wclle  thyi  conrlusyon, 

Throughesuche  abiuyon.  MS.  Rjnft.C.  85U. 

ABUSIOUS.     Abusive. 

Eveu  on  the  very  forehead  of  thee,  thou  abwtiou* 
Villoine  !  therefore  prepare  thyselfe. 

TamiHf  ti/ a  Slirtw,  IflU/. 
ABUSSIIEMENT.    An  ambush. 

Full  covertly  to  lay  abutabemtnt. 
Under  ao  hyll  att  a  itrayght  poacage. 

MS.  Hauil.  ('.  tn. 
ABUST.    To  arrange  .> 

Wel.  said  he.  y  knowe  ys  wlUe, 

Fairer  thou  ahuti  thy  tale  ; 
Lcl  aoother  ys  roesiagc  telle. 
And  slond  thou  ther  by  thy  fale. 

MS.  ^ihmolii  31,  r,  St. 

ABUT.     But.     North. 

ABUTTAL.    A  boundarr.  See  a  quotation  &am 
Coke,  bv  Boucher,  in  t. 

ABUY.  (1)  To  bow. 

Tho  he  waa  kyng  y-mad,  ys  hett  he  made  anon. 
That  claollche  to  Voitiger  ys  men  ahuy4e  cchun. 

Hnb.  OlOHC.  p.  1(16. 

(2)  To  abie,  q.  v.     See  Cotgravc,  in  v.  Bmekert. 
ABUY3E.    Toabic.  q.  V. 

Thi  r>'0t  thow  schalt  now  abu^t^ 

As  othere  that  leereth  uppoo  ure  lore. 

Waller  Mapa,  p,  343. 
jVBVERT.     To  turn  away.     Cockeram. 
ABVOLATE.    To  Oy  away.     Coekemm. 
ABWENE.     AI>ovc. 

Thane  come  of  the  orycnte  cwyne  hyme  ogaynea 
A  blake  bustuus  here  ab»tnt  In  theclowdes. 

Morle  Arlhure,  MS.  Unc-ln,  t.  til. 

ABYCHE.     To  suffer  for. 

Ther  start  in  Sander  Sydebreche, 

.^ad  ftwere,  be  hta  fOder  sowie,  he  tchulde  abfrrht. 

Slunltyng  of  tbt  Hnrr,  1  "a, 

ABYDDE.     Abided. 

Some  hope  that  whan  she  knowlth  the  case, 
V  trust  to  Ood,  that  withyoe  short  spase. 
She  will  tno  take  agayne  to  grace  : 

Than  have  y  well  nbyttde.        Rttiq.  vintiq.  \   84* 


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ABTDE.     To  forbear.     Cf.  Urry.  p.  1 13. 
ConiiJerlnf  the  brtt  on  every  tide 
Tli«l  fra  hli  lust  WIT  him  better  atiyde, 
Ttmu  do  §o  hie  a  cburlUbe  wretchldneue. 

Ounlctr,  US.  Quitub. 

ABTME.     An  abyss.     Sec  jIUme. 
A15TN.     Been. 

Lord,  and  thou  haddyit  byn  here,  werely 
My  brother  hM)  natt  abttn  ded,  I  know  well  thyue. 
liiSlv  llflerUt.p.  104. 
ABYSM.     An  abyss.     Shak. 
ABYT.      Abidclh ;      continuetb.      See    Kyiig 
Albaunilrr,    3C38 ;  Urry's  Chaueer,   p.    542. 
Cf.  Jhit. 
ABYYD.  (1)  Stay. 

Jbyr^,  •)'t  emperuur,  yf  thou  wylt  I  Oelttlim,  £48. 
(2)  Suffer. 

llMt  then  broke  my  ootnaundemeiit, 
MryitiH  6m  thou  tchalle.        lUUq.  AnIUi.  li.  91. 
AC.      But.  (/f.-S.) 
AC.\DEME.     An  academy.     Shak. 
Come,  brave  iptritt  or  the  rcalmc, 
Vnahadeil  of  the  aoa^mc. 

I^rae/Mtm'a  TAaffa'f  BonfuW*  16S(>. 

ACAID.    Vinegar.    IhwtU. 
ACALE.    Cold.  {.I.-S.) 

And  eek  he  waa  to  lore  aenle. 
Thai  he  witte  of  himaclfc  no  bol«. 

Oswrr,  MS.  Hoc.  Mnliq.  134,  f.  133. 
For  blood  may  cufTre  blood, 
Botbc  hungry  and  a-ca/a. 

Plera  Ptijughman,  p.  393. 
ACARNE.    The  sea-ronch.     Keriey. 
A-CAS.     By  chance.     Sir  TrUlrem. 
A-CAST.     Cast  away  ;  lost. 

And  weneth  for  le  kcvere.  and  ever  buth  a.M«r. 
Wtighti  Pitt.  Sitngt,  p.  149. 
My  purpoa  is  y-falled  ; 
Now  u  iny  comfort  o-rur. 

Pieri  Plixithman,  p.  457. 
AGATE R.    A  caterer;   a  purveyor.      See  Sad 
Shepherd,  U.  2  ;  Rutland  Papers,  p.  78. 
He  i*  my  wardrobe  man,  my  acuter,  cook, 
BMtlcr,  and  steward.  UcvU  U  an  Aut  I.  9. 

AGATES.    Victuals  ;  provisions  purcbasctL  See 
Hocelcve's  Poems,   p.   40 ;    Cotgrave,    in   v. 
Pilanct. 
t,  and  all  choice  that  plenty  can  tend  lo  ; 
Bread,  wine,  oealu,  fowl,  feather,  fiah,  or  fin. 

/hvi  Shrpfier4,  i.  3. 

AG.\TRY.    The  room  or  place  allotted  lo  the 
keeping  of  all  »<uch  pro\-isions  as  the  purveyors 
parchaMd  for  tlie  king. 
ACATS.    Agates. 

Cf  M«c»  and  nf  ainatlstc*  and  aiUmanta  fyne. 

MS.  Ailtmnit  44,  f.  91. 

ACAU8E.  Because.  Safnlk.  The  following  Suf- 
folk lines  are  from  Major  Moor's  ms. 

Vow  mussint  sing  a'  Sunday, 

jt^auMt  It  Is  a  kin  ; 
But  yeou  mah  iing  a*  Monday, 
Tin  Sunday  eomc  aglnn. 
ACAWMfN.     Coming.     Somirtet. 
ACAZUIK.    Tin.     Hovett. 
ACAZB.     AgainM. 

The  barona  It  blaprke,  that  it  nat  no;t  wel  Ido 
jlentt  the  pourvaancc,  vor  hli  nolrle  FrcoRsman  non. 
Hub.  0(»Hc.  p.  :-3i. 

ACCABLE.    To  press  down.    Junhu. 


ACCAHINTS.     Accounts.     Slaffordth. 

ACCENSED.     Kindled. 

Although  thcl  perceved  their  company  to  be  at. 
cenxnt  and  Inflamed  with  fury  and  malice  ynough, 
yet  to  aupnenl  and  encrcjae  their  madnotj  thel  cast 
oylc  aiid  piiche  Into  a  fjTc.    Hall,  Henry  ril.  f.  41. 

ACCEPCION.     Reception;  acceptation. 

Thcr  is  nothing  rljdlchr  bygunne  uitdir  God,  bot 
theempcruur3ivc  therto  favorable  at-ceprion  and  un- 
dirfonging.  yegrrliu,  JUS.  Ox urc  291 ,  f.  4. 

There  is  a  second  accr/itltin  of  the  word  faith,  put 
either  for  the  whole  lystem  of  that  truth  which  God 
hath  been  pleased  tn  reveal  to  hit  Church  In  the 
Scriptures  of  the  Old  and  New  Tesumcnt,  or  some 
part   thereof.  jtafiifertim't  5erm"fi*,  1080,  p.  61. 

ACCEPTILATION.  A  vcrball  acquittance,  when 
the  delrtour  demandrth  of  the  crediloiir,  Doe 
you  acknowledge  to  have  had  and  received  this 
or  that  ?  Anil  the  creditour  aiiswercth,  Yea, 
I  doe  acknowlerlgc  it.  Miruheu. 
ACCERSE.  To  call  together;  to  stunmon. 
(Lai.)  See  Hail's  Union,  1548,  Edwanl  IV. 
f.  2C;  Henry  \11.  f.  40. 
ACCESS.     .Augmentation. 

Drought  thereunto  more  occeaee  of  catiraation  and 
reverence  than  all  that  ever  was  done  before  or 
•luce.  Lambnnlr'a  Pframbulalitrn,  IfiM,  p.  301. 

ACCESSE.  (1)  A  fit  of  any  illness.  See  Florio, 
in  V.  Accfua.  According  to  Blount,  "  the  ac- 
cttt  of  an  ague  is  the  approach  or  coming  ot 
the  fit ;"  and  "  in  Lancashire  they  call  the 
ague  itself  the  access."  See  Jiei. 
(2)  A  fever. 

A  water  lilly,  whiche  dothe  remedy 
In  hole  oeccMaa,  aa  bokes  specify. 

Bocha*,  b.  I.  c.  15. 
For  as  the  grayne  of  the  garnet  ilcelh 
The  stronge  acc»*t  and  doth  the  hetc  avale. 

I^dtale.tla.Si>e.Anliii.  134,  f.  13. 

ACCESSIVEUE.  Acoeasoriam^nte,  accennvelir, 

bv  his  own  seeking.    Florio- 
ACCinAVY.    An  affidavit.     A'orM. 
ACCIDE.     Sloth;   indolence;    more  especially 
applied  to  religious  duties.  (Lai.) 
Vayne  dole,  perplealte,  and  pryde, 
llkyng  of  godc  and  aerUt. 

MS.  CM.  Sim.  ZtUI.  0. 
Swych  lynno  men  kalle  aceydtt 
Vn  Goddyt  scrvyse  tloghe  bctydc, 

MS.  Hnrl.  17111.  f.  *!•• 
Accide  ys  slowthc  In  Godca  aervlie. 
In  which  y  fynde  many  a  vice. 

MS.  fiwl/.  48,  f.  lU. 
ACCIDENT.  A  symptom  of  illness.  Kider.  The 
situation  of  a  too  confiding  girl,    when   her 
swain  has  proved  faithless,  is  sometinica  thus 
politely  designated : 
*'  When  lovely  woman  stoops  to  fully. 
And  finds  too  late  that  men  betray.** 
ACCIDIE.     Indolence;  sloth. 
He  hailde  an  afcidle, 
That  he  sleep  Salerday  and  Sonday. 

Pleia  I'ftnif/iiMli,  p. as. 
ACCIPITKAUY.     A  falconer.     Nath. 
ACCITE.     To  call ;  to  summon.     Shak. 
ACCLOY.     To  cram  ;  to  clog  ;  to  overload  ;  to 
elov.    Ilardyng  uses  this  word  very  frequently. 
See  his  Chronicle,  IT.  47,  59,  82,  94, 137, 140, 
198. 


ACC 


14 


ACC 


And  who  w  It  doth,  full  foule  hinMolf  aedni/elh. 
For  office  uncoounlttcd  ofte  annojrcth. 

CAtnira-,  MIS.  Quilot. 

ACCLOYD.  A  wound  given  to  a  lioiT:e  in  shoe- 
ing, by  lirinng  a  nail  into  Die  tjniek.  Sec 
TopscU's  Fonr-Footcd  Beasts,  1607,  p.  -JU. 
To  accloy  originally  meant  to  drive  a  noil  in 
shoeing  a  horse.  See  Prompt.  Parv.  p.  6 ; 
Cotgravc,  in  v.  Enctouer. 
ACCOAST.    To  sail  coastwiie ;  to  approach  the 

(■oast.      Sprruer. 
ACCOIL.     To  bustle. 

Atmut  the  caudron  miny  cookei  aenytd, 
Wilh  hookcs  tnd  l«dl«,  a»  need  did  re<iuyre. 

Faerie  <iurmc,  1 1 .  U.  3(). 

ACCOL.  To  embrace  round  the  neck.  See 
Surrey's  Virgil,  quoted  by  Richardson,  in  t. 

ACCOLADE.  The  ceremony  of  embracing,  for- 
merly customary  at  the  creation  of  knights. 

ACCOLDED.    Cold. 

When  this  knyght  that  was  oreoJiJerf, — and  hit  wu 
grete  froste,--  and  he  aaw  the  fyre,  he  de»ccndlde  of 
hi«  horse,  and  yedc  to  the  fyre,  and  warmlde  him. 
Geita  Homanorum^  p,  83. 

ACCOMBEROUS.    Curahereome;  troublesome. 
A  Util  tymc  his  yeft  Is  affreable. 
But  fal  aceomberows  li  the  using*. 

CwnjAoint  u/  renwa,  48. 
ACCOMBRE.      To  embarrass;    to  bring  into 
trouble ;     to   overcome ;     to    destroy.      See 
Hardyng's  Chronicle,  f.  .^6,  94  ;  Piers  Plough- 
man, gloss.     See  Acombre. 

Nay,  knave,  yf  ye  try  me  by  noratjrT, 
I  wyll  as  knavishly  you  accomber. 

Ptai/t  coiled  the  Fwre  PP. 
ACCOMMODATE.    A  very  fashionable  wortl  in 
Shakespeare's  lime,    ridiculed   both   by  him 
aiid  Den  Jonsou,  the  latter  calling  it  one  of 
"  llic  perfumed  terms  of  the  time."     The  in- 
definite use  of  it  is  well  ridiculed  by  Bardolph's 
vain  nttcmpt  to  define  it  in  2  Henry  IV.  iii.  2. 
Jtislice  Shtillow  has  infonned  us  just  previously 
that  it  was  derived  from  the  Italian  accommoHo. 
ACCOMPLICE.     A  partner,  associate,  or  com- 
panion.    Tlus  word  was  not  fonneriy  applied 
exclusively  in  a  bad  sense.   See  I  Hen.  VI.  v.  2. 
ACCO.VIPI.lSIl.    To  equip,  to  dress  out,  to  adorn 
cither  in  lK)dy  or  mind.     Sec  Hen.  V.  iv.  ch. 
ACCOMPTE.    To  tell ;  to  recount. 

Syr,  to  arrftmptt  you  the  contynewe  of  my  consay  te. 
Is  from  advcrsyte  Magnyfyccnce  to  unbynde. 

Bketton'i  fl'orW,  i.  3(0. 

ACCONFERMENT.  A  confirmation.  Rob.Glouc. 

ACCORACJE.     To  encomuge. 

But  that  same  froward  twalne  would  aecoragt. 
And  of  her  (drnty  adde  unto  their  need. 

Fairieliume,  II.  II. SB. 

ACCORATH-EARTH.      A  field;   green  arable 

earth.     North. 
ACCORD.     Action  in  speaking,  forrcspondiug 

with  the  words.  Sec  Titus  Androuicus,  v.  2. 
ACCORDABLE.  Easy  to  he  agreed.  Minheu. 
ACCORDAND.     Agreeing. 

For  the  resoun  of  his  sauir  was  ay  arnm<<i>i.<  with 

the  Godhcd  for  to  dye.  MS.  OM.  Kti,n.  10,  f.  »), 


ACCORDANT.     Agreeing. 

Whiche  saying  is  not  actanlaunie  with  other 
wiltere.  FiOUm,  lUa,  i.  18. 

ACCORDEDEN.     Agreed. 

Whan  my  fellows  and  I  weren  in  that  vale,  wee 
weren  in  gret  thought  whetlier  that  wee  dursten 
putten  ourebodyesinavenlure,  to  gon  in  or  non,  in 
Che  proteccloun  of  God.  And  sommc  of  ourc  fellowca 
acnrdedcn  to  enter,  and  sonime  noght, 

JfdvnWen'ie'a  TfuveU,  p.  S8S. 

ACCORDING.     Granting. 

To  shew  It  to  this  knight,  ace<mitng  his  desire. 

Fairrle  {/linn;  I.  x.  W. 
ACCORT.     Hecdy  ;  wary  ;  jinident.     Miiuheu. 
ACCOST.     Explained  by  Cockcrom  "  to  appro- 
priate."    It   occurs  in  a  curious  manner  in 
Twelfth  Night,  i.  3.     Kennett,  MS.  Lansd. 
1033,   explains   it     "to   trie,    to    attempt;" 
Minshcu,  to  "  draw  neare  unto  one  ;"  and  the 
author  of  the  New  English  Dictionary,  1G91, 
says,  "  wrestlers  do  accotl  one  another,  by 
joining  side  to  side." 
ACCOUNSAYL.    To  counsel  with. 
And  called  him  without  fall. 
And  said  he  wold  him  otctmnm^K 

R^c^arll  Cotr  dt  UoH,  SIM. 
And  the  Ihlrdesortc  halth  their  HWm  Co  twaceows- 
*eilt  with  Che  howse,  and  yet  the  greatest  nomlmor 
theym  hath  no  lemynge. 

fyrigfa't  MonatHc  Laurt,  p.  MM. 
ACCOUNT.    To  count;   to  reckon,     ^nuer. 
To  aecoHtil  of,  to  esteem,  as  in  Tarlton's  Newa 
out  of  Purgatory,  p.  59. 

ACCOUNTANT,    Accountable ;  responsible  for. 

Shot. 
ACCOUPLE.    To  join ;  to  couple.    See  Hall  and 

Bacon,  quoted  by  Richardson,  in  v. 
ACCOURTING.     Courting.     Spetuer. 
ACCOWARD.     To  make  one  a  cowanL 

I  thought  that  al  the  wordcs  In  the  world  shulde 
nat  have  acvowarded  the.  Palsgratf,  f.  l.t?. 

ACCOY.  To  alarm  ;  to  daunt ;  to  render  diffi- 
dent, shy,  or  coy ;  and  sometimes  to  soothe,  to 
pacify,  or  moke  quiet.  Spenser  frequently 
uses  the  woril.  See  ./««>.  Cf.  Pede's  Works. 
iu.  152. 

Forsaken  wight,  she  verllle  belierde 
Some  ocher  lasse  UlyiiM  had  aet^dt. 

TmrtnWt  Otid,  1S67,  arg. 
ACCOYNTED.    Acquainted.     (Fr.) 

The  people,  having  to  graciousr  a  prince  and 
aoovcrayne  lorde  as  Che  klnges  highnts  U,wlih  whom, 
t»y  the  continuance  of  hli  rcgiie  over  then)  thiea  »» 
yercs,  tliey  ought  to  be  so  well  ocn*nre*. 

stale  Paprri,  1. 474. 

ACCRASE.     To  crush ;  to  destroy. 

Fynding  my  youth  myspent,  ray  subatance  ym- 

payred,  my  credyth  aceratd,  my  ulent  hydden,  my 

follyei  laughed  att.  my  rewync  unpytti'd,  and  my 

trcwth  unemployed.  (tueeii'i  Profrtnte,  i.  81. 

ACCREASE.    To  increase;  to  augment.     See 

Florio,  in  v.  Aecrncrrf. 
ACCKEW.  To  increase ;  to  accrue.  Spenser  uses 
Ibis  word,   but  without  to  or  from,   which 
accrue  now  reqtiires. 
ACCRIPE.    A  herb? 

Some  be  browne,  and  some  be  whit. 
And  some  be  tender  as  oreHpe. 

Rtlii,  jtnNf.  I.  848 


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I 
I 


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15 


ACH 


I  ACCROCIIE.    To  increase ;  lo  getlif r  j  to  en- 
croach.     See  I'aUgrave,  f.  137. 

And  fyn,  whan  It  lo  low  approfhclh, 
Tbo  him  anon  Ihc  atrengthe  acrtvehcth. 

Gwccr,  3IS.  AH'.  ^Hlli,.  VM.f.  IfiJ. 
Me  never  aMTocA«tf  trejtour  nerr  nor  ferre 
Towarde  hymwlfe.  Bt<haat  b.  v.  c.  IG. 

[ACCRUMENT.     Increase ;  addition.     Tai/tor. 
*ACCTECLOTHE.     In  an  old  inventor}-,  dated 
15H6,  in  Reliq.  Antiq.  i.  25-1,  mention  is  made 
of  "  aectertothe  of  j.  )crd." 
IACCI'D.  Tbe  footmark  of  any  animal.  Cockerttm. 
IaCCUITY.    Top;  summit. 

The  cauic  whie.  u  tcllelh  auton  old. 
U  that  tbelre  ucruiti/  li  duM  with  cold. 

jt<hm>U't  Thtar.  Omm.  Bril,  p.  Tl- 
'  ACCURSE.     To  curse.     SJtinner. 
ACCUSE.     To  discoTcr. 

The  cntruei  of  the  yerde  ateuttth 
To  him  that  In  the  watir  mu»pth. 

noM.  0/  tlu  Run,  1S91. 
ACCUSTOM.     A  custom.     SUtinrr. 
I  ACCISTOMED-TO.    Acquainted  with.    Dortel. 
\  ACELEI).     Scaled. 

The  legat,  tho  It  was  aetUd,  wende  vorth  over  se. 
Hull.  done.  p.  i\7. 

ACENTE.     Assent.      See  Hoi).  Glouc.  p.  96; 

Prompt.  Parr.  p.  15,     Tlic  latter  work  gives 

the  verb  acfnlyn,  p.  5. 
ACBNTENDEN.     Assented. 

The  douxxe  perei  acfntendgn  thcr-to. 
To  bide  til  winter  were  Mo. 

MS.  lynict  37A.  p.  S7. 

(ACERBATE.     To  make  sour;  to  sharpen. 

TIa  tbU.  said  he.  tliat  acfrbatea  my  woe. 

AiJli/if  <V>  Bnehf-Manynlogla,  IW?,  p.  ta. 

I ACEROTE.     Brown  bread.     iUmhni. 

[  ACERTAINED.     Confirmed  in  opinion. 
For  DOW  1  am  acertained  Lhroughly 
Of  every  thlDR  1  desired  to  know. 

TtMifT*  Goutr  and  ChnucWt  p.  SSS. 

^ACESCENT.     Sour.     Arbuthnol. 
I  ACESE.    To  cease ;  to  satisfy.     See  Reliq.  Antiq. 
u.  I2C. 

At  wo  and  werrea  he  achat  nemtt 
And  aet  al  reams  In  rest  and  paae. 

MS.  Dtuct  aOl,  f.  S9. 
And  lltcl  thlnfe  pwre  nedo  may  «re««ii. 
So  that  nature  may  have  hire  vuatenaunco. 

Borlliu,  MS.  Sw.  Jfiltii.  134.  f.  293. 
( ACETIIE.     This  form  of  atfl/i,  q.  v.,  occurs  in 
Prompt.  Pan-,  pp.  5,  182.    The  quotation  given 
tiy  Mr.  Way  from  Piers  I'lougiiman  ia  scarcely 
applicable.     Sec  Jtnel/i. 
ACH.     Smallagc ;  w  atcr-parsley.     Tlic  word  oc- 
curi  in  an  old  lisl  of  plants  in  MS.  Ilarl.  978, 
t.  5M,  explained  by  the    Latin    npium.     Sec 
also  Prompt.  Parr!  pp.  6,  2 16 ;  Itcliq.  Anllq. 
t  51,  53;  Wright's  I.vric  Poetry-,  p.  20;  MS. 
Med.  Un(»lti,  f.  280. ' 
j  ACH.\in.  AJum-watcr.  Achcmical  term,  llmrell. 
IaCHAMECK.    The  dross  of  silver,     i/owell. 
:H  A  R.MED.     DeUghted. 

Ther  ticn  lomme  that  cten  chyldren  and  men,  and 
•Mth  noon  other  llnh  fro  that  tyme  that  Ihel  be 
*  alUi  Wiiit  with  matinyi  floh,  fur  ralhrr  thci  wolde 
k*  dnad  ;  and  tfael  tic  depod  wercwulfrt.  for  men 
•boM*  be  war  of  bem.  MS.  Bodl.  Stfi. 


A-CHARNE.    To  set  on.     (.^.-N.) 

That  other  rvtoun  is  whanne  thel  a^rhanutk  In  a 
contr^  or  werre  there  aa  bataylea  have  y-t>e,  there 
thci  eteih  of  drde  men*  or  of  men  that  be  honied. 
MX.  Bodl.  HO, 

ACH.AT.    A  contract;  a  bargain.    See  Urty'a 
Chaucer,  p.  362. 

Cursed  b«  he,  quod  the  kyng,  that  the  arJtat  made. 
M.S.  Curr.  I'ufKU.  B.  xvl.  f.  83. 
ACHATES.     An  agate.     Mimtheu. 
ACIIATtJlIR.    Tlie  person  who  had  the  charge 
of  the  aratry ;  the  purveyor. 

A  grntit  manciple  was  ther  of  a  temple. 
Of  which  adtatourt  mightcn  take  cnaemple. 

Chaucer,  Cant.  T.  STO. 

ACHAUFE.     To  warm  ;  to  make  hot.     (./..,V.) 

Whanne  the  hert  hath  be  av.  dayes  at  ttic  rulle 

ikarslyche,  the  bukke  bygynneth  to  achau/t  hymielr 

and  bolne.  MS.  Bodl.  MC. 

That  swollen  sorow  for  to  put  away. 

With  softe  salve  aehav/g  It  and  dcHe. 

Bcfllut,  MS.  Soc.  .■Intnl.  134,  C  iSD. 
And  bc-scte  In  that  settel  scmlych  ryche. 
Anil  ocHattfid  hym  chefly,  and  thcnnc  his  chcr  mended* 
•SVr  Ctwayrte,  p.  34* 
ACUAUNGED.     Changed;  altered. 

Whan  the  emi>erice  that  underttod, 
Al  achaungtd  was  hire  blod. 

The  Serrn  Saga,  WO. 
ACIIAYERE.     Gere;  array. 

Scho  was  frely  and  fayre, 
Wele  semyd  hlr  aehayere. 

Sir  Degrevante,  MS,  Llneotn. 
ACHE.    (1)  An  ash  tree.     This  seems  to  be  the 
meaning  of  it  in  the  Plumpton  Correspond- 
ence, p.  188. 
(2)  Age. 

But  thus  GtKlIi  low  and  he  wll  welde. 
Even  of  blod,  of  good,  of  ache. 

MS.  Oauce  308,  f.  30. 

ACHEKID.     Choked. 

And  right  anon  whan  that  Theseus  selhe 
The  best  aehekid,  he  ahal  on  him  lepe 
To  sleen  him,  or  they  camin  more  to  hepe. 

Leg.  If/. 4rladnr.  13.1. 
ACHELOR.     Ashler,  or  hewn  stone  n»ed  fur  the 
facings   of  walls.      .\    contract  fur   building 
Burnley  church,  co.  York,  temp.  Henry  Vlli. 
specifics  "  a  course  of  iioAetora."    Sec  Britton's 
Arch.  Dirt,  in  v.  .iililar. 
ACllRU.   .\ II  usher.     In  Arch£ologia,ixvi.  278, 
niciitioti  is  made  of  Loys  Stacy,  "  ae/ier  to  the 
Duke  of  Burgoine." 
ACHES.       Convulsions    arc   called   "  pricking 
aches"  by  Bidcr.     It  was  sometimes  used  as 
a  ili!>syllal)le.     See  HutUbras,  111.  ii.  407. 
ACHESbt'N.     Reason;  cause.     Heame,  gloit* 
to  P.  Langtoft,  explains  it  occonon. 
And  all  ho  It  dede  for  traiaooni 
King  to  be  waa  his  aeAaaowfi. 

Arlhmtr  mtt4  Merttn,  p.  6. 
A-CHETre.     To  escheat.     Prompt.  Parr. 
.VCIIEVE.    To  accomplish.    Urry  reads  achivrd. 
And  through  falshcd  ther  lust  achertd, 
Whernf  I  repent,  and  am  greved. 

Aem.  «/  the  Am,  S048. 
A-CIIOKED.     Choked. 

For  he  was  a-chvkcd  anon. 

And  toward  the  dethc  he  drouth. 

US.  lawd.  lOe,  f.  IflS. 


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ACO 


ACHON.    BMh  one. 

The  Itdy  lok  her  miydrnyi  mehtm, 

AdU  wenfe  the  «iy  that  bche  hndile  er  gon. 

lAwiVW,  1018. 
ACHORN.     An  acorn.     CAah. 
ACHRAS.     A  wild  cboik-poar.     Keney. 
ACIIWYN.    To  shun ;  to  avoid.    Prompt.  Parr. 
We  have  also,  "  achuyngt,  or  bcyngc  ware, 
precavenji,  ritant.^* 
ACISE.     Assizrt.     In  ArcbieologU,  rrij.  291,  it 
U  used  in  the  sense  of  assize. 

Ther  he  tette  hlf  owne  nettt. 
And  nude  batitfi.  aoit  Juttlcef. 

ACK.    To  mind ;  to  regard.     North. 
ACRE.     But.     {A..S.) 

jlckt  that  nc  tpl  thou  do  man 

For  the  sothc  thou  haft  1-rounde. 

tia.  fjnt.  iM,  r.  1. 
ACKELE.    TocooL 

But  verrmy  Iotc  U  Tertue  at  I  fele, 
For  verray  love  may  frcllc  detlrc  ncktlf. 

OmHt  ■/  tmw,  IV78. 
ACKER.  (1)  A  ripple  on  the  surface  of  the  wa- 
ter. So  explained  in  the  Craven  dialect,  hut 
Ilnloct,  in  his  Abcedarium,  l,'i52,  has  "  aktr 
of  the  sea,  wliiohe  prcvenlelh  the  flowdc  or 
flowynge,  impeftu  innrm''  a  ninre  precise  defi- 
nition, prevfnteth  being  of  course  used  in  the 
ttmc  o{ prccedrth  In  the  Prompt.  Parv.  p.  8, 
aij/r  occurs  with  the  same  Latin  that  lluloel 
gives.  See  Eager,  and  Higre,  ramifications 
of  the  same  Icrm,  wliich  ap|iear  to  be  applied 
to  coinmnlinns  of  more  violence  that  the  ge- 
ncralit)-  of  lliiloet'a  cxphiuationt  necessarily 
implies.  Mr.  Way  has  a  good  note  on  this 
word  in  the  Prompt  Parr.  p.  8,  and  makes 
the  following  extract  from  MS.  Cott.  Htus  A. 
ULtii.  f.  49: 

Wei  know  they  the  rnime  yf  It  a-ry^ve, 

An  after  ii  it  clcpt.  I  unUrritonde.       [wylttonde. 

Who*    myght    there    may    no    shippe   or   wyod 

Thit  reutoc  m  thoccian  of  propre  kynde, 

Wytoutc  wyndc  hathe  Mf  romrautloun  ; 

The  marynec-r  Ihcror  may  not  be  biyndr. 

But  when  and  where  iD  every  rcfjlnun 

It  reKnethe.  he  moile  have  iitipectloun  , 

For  1q  vUge  it  may  bothc  hailc  and  tary. 

And  uoaviicd  therenr,  a)  myftcary. 

This  extract  scarcely  licnr*  out  Mr.  Way's 
opinion  as  to  the  CTtrnded  meaning  of  the 
word  aifr.  The  third  line  probably  refers  to 
the  reume,  or  tide,  and  merely  means  to  ex- 
press the  great  and  then  necessary  impor- 
tance of  t^e  tide  to  navigation,  not  any 
particular  commotion  or  current  implied  in 
oier.  Jamieson  has  aiirr,  "  the  motion,  break, 
or  movement  made  by  a  fish  in  the  water, 
when  swimming  fast,"  which  is  similar  to  the 
meaning  of  the  word  in  Craven.  Lily  men- 
tions the  agar,  but  this  seems  to  be  the  higre, 
not  in  the  sense  of  a  tide,  but  a  sea-monster. 
See  Nares,  in  v.  Jffar.  But,  after  all,  it  may 
mean  the  double  tide,  called  by  Drvdcn  the 
ra^rp.  The  word  acker  ia  also  used  as  a  verb 
in  the  north,  to  curl,  as  the  water  does  with 
wind.  See  Carlylc's  Hero  Worship,  p.  30,  who 
tays  the  word  is  still  applied,   on  the  river 


Trent,  to  a  kind  of  eddying  twirl  when  the 
river  is  flooded,  which  is  often  extremely  dan- 
gerous to  the  bargemen. 

(2)  Fine  mould.     North. 

(3)  An  acre  ;  a  fielil.      l'or*rA. 
ACKERSPKIT.     Said   of  potatoes,   when   the 

roots  have  gennioated  before  the  time  of  ga- 
thering them.  Chfh.  See  Aero^irr.  It  is 
also  used  among  masons  and  stone-get  lera,  in 
reference  to  stone  which  is  of  a  flinty  or  me- 
tallic quality,  and  difficult  to  work. 
ACKERY.    Abounding  with  fine  mould,  applied 

to  a  field.     North. 
ACKETOUN.     A  quilted  leathern  jacket,  worn 
under  the  mail  armoor;  sometimes  used  for 
the  armour  itself.  {A.-N.) 
Hys  fomen  were  well  boun 

To  perce  hyi 'iriferoun.      I^6eau< /)i«eoj»uJ,    1172. 
ACKNOWN.    Acknowledged.    North.    See  lla- 
rington's  Ariosto,  1591,    p.  418;  Lambard's 
Per.  of  Kent,   UiOfi,  p.   461  ;  Supp.   to   Har- 
dyng's  Chronicle,  f.  75. 
ACiiSEN.     Ashes.      Will:     This  form   of  the 
word  occurs  in  Kennett's  Glossary,  MS.  Laiisd. 
1033. 
ACK  WARDS.  When  a  beast  lies  backwards,  and 
cannot  rise.     Sec  the  glossary  prefixed  to  the 
Praise  of  York.'iliire  Ale,  1697,  p.  H9. 
ACLIT.     Adhered  together.     ZJeron. 
ACUTE.     Awr>'.     North. 
ACLOYE.    To  cloy  j  to  overload ;  to  overran. 
See  Acclog :  Wright's  Political  Songs,  p.  335  j 
Ashmole's  Theal.  Chem.  Brit.  p.  201. 
And  told  hym  all  the  ca«  unto  the  cod, 
Mow  her  eontrey  wasgrevouAly  acfoiml 
Wyth  a  dragon  vcflom*  and  orible  of  kend. 

JtfS.  Laud.  4I«.  r.  M. 
A-CLUMSID.  Benumbed  with  cold,  nicklift. 
ACME.     Mature  age. 

He  rauftt  be  one  that  cin  ioftruet  your  youth, 
And  keep  your  a/ynt  in  the  state  of  truth. 

Ben  Jon*on'i  Slap,  of  S'ewt,  prot, 

ACOATHED.     RoHen  or  diseased  in  the  liver, 

as  sheep.     Domtt. 
A-COCK-HORSE.  Triumphant    See  Ellis's  Li- 
tcrarj'  Inciters,  p.  265.    A  somewhat  slang  cx- 
presiion,  not  quite  obsolete. 
ACOIE.     To  make  quiet. 

SIth  that  yo  reft  him  thiiqualolauncc 
Of  Blalacoll,  hit  mnti  jole, 
Whiche  all  hU  patnit  might  aeoit. 

H«m.  «f  lAi'  Rur,  SSH. 
ACOILD.     Congealed.  (.f.-.V.) 
Al  to  rolchel  thou  art  afolld  ; 
Now  ihl  blod  it  li  araM.     Oy  »r  Wmnrilu,  p  <0. 
ACOILE.  See  Level-coil,  a  game  which  Is  men- 
tioned by  Brome,  under  ihe  title  of  Irrrll  .4coHe. 
Sec  Ueaumonl  and  Fletcher,  iv.  215,  note. 
ACOLD.    (I)    Cold.     Dr.  Forman,  in  his  Auto- 
biography, MS.  Ashmole  208.  informs  us  that 
when  his  master   "  was  aeold,  he  wold  goe 
and  carry  his  faggota  up  into  a  lofte  till  be  was 
bote." 

Thui  lay  thll  poreie  In  |[ret  dlitieue, 
.VtWrfe  and  hungrld  at  the  fine. 

Omatr,  MS.  Sue.  .4ntit.  134,  f.  IM. 

(2)  In  the  following  quotation,  which  ii  put  into 


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mouth  after  he  had  mode  the  disco- 
Trf  the  Virgin  Mary's  presumed  guilt,  Mr. 
Sharp  expUint  acoU,  called  ;  but  the  ordinary 
interpretatioo,  at  given  above,  will  tuit  the  con- 
text, imphing  that  his  powers  were  impaired. 
Uutdjood,  Id  ftrythc,  Aiul  that  aeottt. 

Sharp'i  Cot.  Villi,  p.  R7. 
ACOLDYXO.     Getting  cold. 

The  srkneSK  of  <hc  world  thou  lehalt  koowc  b; 
chary  t^  oeetdimgt  and  eldc  of  hyi  feblcoeue. 

niimhUam't  Strman,  I.Wtl,  MS.  Uallon  S7.  p.  !4. 

ACOLED.    Cooled.    Tliis  is  the  reading  of  the 
Herald's  College  MS.  of  Robert  of  Gloucester, 
the  other  being  aielde.    See  Heame's  edition, 
p.  U2. 
ACOLEN.    To  embrace.  (J-N.) 

Then  Mtla  he  the  kay^t,  and  tiyisa  hym  thryts, 
A>  uTcrly  and  sadly  aft  he  hoa  sette  oouthe. 

8ifr  Gaw^ne,  p.  "1. 
ACOMBRE.   To  encumber;  to  trouble.  (A.-N.) 
Ct  Arthour  and  Merlin,  p.  26 ;  Pcpoe.  of  Rich. 
1.  pp.  29,  30 ;  Skclton's  Works,  i.  298 ;  Kyng 
"itaundcr,  8025  ;  I'roinpt.  Parv.  p.  6 ;  Cliau- 
',  Cant.  T.  510;  Piers  Ploughman,  p.  .11. 
jimmbrta  wa«  he  for  to  here 
Aake  of  fo  mony  lettrel  ftere. 
rurnr  Mutidl,  1L1.  CM.  Trin.  CanlBb.  f.  76. 

A-COMELVD.     Enervated  with  cold.     Prompt. 
Parr.  We  have  also  the  form  a-ctommyrfc,  which 
would  connect  it  perhaps  nith  the  provincial 
lenu  clamm'd. 
ACON.    Aix  U  ChipcUe. 

At  jlcon  it  wa«  brought  to  pas. 
At  by  m)-De  auctor  tried  It  waa. 

SkellnWl  Workr,  il.  W. 

ACOMCK.     Poisonous.     Rider. 
ACOP.     Conical ;  ending  in  a  point. 

Marry  ihc'v  not  in  fathlon  yet ;  ihe  wears  a  hood, 
but  it  ttandj  aevp.  MUhemittt  H.  <>■ 

ACOPirS.     Either  a  herb  or  stone,  introduced 
by  Mi<lillcton,  in  the  Witch,  as  an  ingredient 
(or  a  chann.     See  liis  Works,  iii.  327. 
ACORU.VL.NT.     Agreeing.     (./..A^) 

Sncb*  thynge  whereof  a  man  may  lere, 
Tliat  to  venu  It  iic*tr4aunt. 

Giitctr,  US.  .Sue.  AhUi.  134,  f.  41. 

ACORDEND.    Agreeing.     (.1.-N.) 
Nowe  myght  thou  here  neat  cewend 
Whlcbe  to  thia  vyoc  U  oeordmtf. 

Gwer,  ed.  IMS,  t.X. 

ACORE.     To  sorrow ;  to  grieve.    (.^.-,V.  /) 
Ich  am  a  man  1  Ich  »chal  go  flfoie : 
Thou  ae  aujtett  Dowjt  mi  de^acoii*. 

HaHMlmrK^t  Mel.  Tain,  p.  113. 
At  Gkmcnlre  he  deide.oc  eir  nadde  he  non  : 
Thai  acantit  al  IhU  lond,  and  yi  men  echon. 

Rvb.  C/iMie.  p,  72. 

ACORSE.    To  curse.     (A.-S.) 
OalM*  bam  eayiy ve> 

A€tnti  for  eveie.  fitrt  Plevghman,  p.  SJi. 

AmrMd  beo  that  me  bar, 
Aad  tiM  lyme  that  kh  wat  ibore. 

.VS.  /.ourf.  1(0,  t.  107. 
A-COHSy.     To  bur)'. 

DtUM  lauilfm  it  la  yn-lepud  : 

Thlft  nlme  (he  quene  radde 
F'rr  to  n-cnrti/  here  brother  tiody, 
And  alle  that  him  ladde. 

MS.  Cull,  Tiin.Urmi.VJ. 


ACORTE.     Same  as  Aeore,  q.  v. 

Qua  peyrc  of  a  marc,  other  thou  asalt  tie  «mri'« 
lore.  IMi.  Clout,  p.390 

Art  thou,  heicide,  ODof  thuike* 
Thou  il  ichalt  a<wr(<  tore  I    MS.  Lavl.  IDS,  f,  l». 

ACOST.    On  the  side.     {A.-N.) 

No  tchal  [icapc]  non  uf  thia  oat : 

Siweth  me  thua  al  anur.    A'yn^^/ianiiviler.  3144. 

Forth  ihai  paaieth  Ihli  lond  atosl 

To  Clarence  with  alle  her  oaU 

AHhomr  and  Mtrlln,  p.  Ml. 
ACOUNTRE.     An  encounter. 

Wltll  hard  deoufirra«  hym  agayue. 

MS.  Hurl.  KS>,  r.  106. 
The  acotmrra  of  hem  was  ao  strong. 
That  man!  dyed  ther  among. 

Gy  «/  TVarwIkt,  p.  991. 

ACOUPE.  To  blame ;  to  accuse ;  to  inciiliwtc. 
(A.-N.)  Sec  Pien  Ploughman,  p.  272 ;  Rob. 
Glouc.  p.  544. 

Alle  ya  pryde  and  vaoyt^. 
Of  bl  ihalt  thou  acoupwA  be. 

MS.  Hart.  1701.  r.  ». 
ACOUPEMENT.     An  accusation.  {A.-N.) 

WUhouten  aniwere  to  anuptment. 

Harithomi/i  Met.  TtltM,  p.  IIV. 

ACOUPYNG.    An  onset. 

At  the  acttupynti  Ihe  luiljtea  [iperea]  either  brak  on 

Swiftlk  with  here  iwetde*  ftwlnge  thel  togeder.  [other, 

truiiam  and  tho  WeruvV,  p,  1S4. 

ACOVERD.     Recovered. 

Bellteni,  wlihouten  leaing, 
.4coveTd  and  undede  her  eyin. 

Arthour  and  Mtrlin,  p.  315. 

ACOW.     Crooked ;  obliquely ;  awry.     Sorlh. 

A-COYNTEDE.     Mafle  liis  acquaintance. 

Heu  a-eo^ntertg  hym  anon,  and  bicomen  frendesgode, 

Dothe  for  here  prowca,  and  for  beo  were  of  on  blode, 

Ht,b.  Clouc.  p.  15. 

ACOYSYNG.     Accusing. 

He  ia  forth  brought,  and  the  kyng 
Geveth  him  a&>p*yiig.  AVn;  .^JfaoMnder,  3073. 

ACQUEYNT.     Quenched. 

The  more  thai  my  herle  drynketh 
The  more  I  may,  to  that  me  thynkelh 
My  ihurat  ahalt  never  be  uf^weynr. 

Cower,  ed.  IS3>,  r.  119. 
ACqUILL.  A  term  in  hunting.  See  Rcliq. 
.\utiq.  i.  151.  It  was  appUed  to  the  buck  and 
doe,  the  male  and  the  female  fox,  and  all  ver- 
min, and  corresponds  to  the  French  term 
tmgvittrr  or  ar/nilkr,  a  form  of  accuellir,  for 
whi(.'h  see  Roquefort,  in  v.  It  is  nearly  syno- 
nymous with  the  more  modern  word  imprime, 
which  was  afterwards  appUed  to  uuharbour- 
ing  the  hart.  See  Sir  H.  Dryden's  Twici, 
p.  26. 
AftJl'IST.     An  acquisition.     Milton.     Skinner 

has  it  as  a  verb,  explained  by  acguirere. 
ACQUIT.     Acquitted.     Spetuer. 
ACQUITE.    To  requite. 

O,  )iow  111  doftt  thou  ai^ilir  the  love  I  l>rare  thee, 
and  that  which,  for  thy  take,  1  do  nowe  foraake  I 
The  S>irj>lirrdett  Felumttia,  •p.O.Uiei-'t  .S«ki».  Ub.  p.». 
ACQUITTANCE.  (1)  Acquaintance.      Simnrr. 

(2)  A  receipt.     A^or^*. 

(3)  Requital.  SeeOthcUo,  iv.  2.  Itisakooaed 
by  Shakespeare  in  the  sense  of  "  to  prt)cure  an 
acquittance,  to  acquit."  Sec  Richard  III,  iii.  7, 

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ACQUYSE.    To  acquire. 

L^u  to  go  (o  rnt,  ami  eriy  for  (o  ryie. 
Honour  anil  goodcs  dayly  to  ar^yte. 

atnUlatufi  Uualitth  Book),  p>  981. 

ACRASED.     Crazed.     Grirflon. 

ACRE.  (I)  A  field.    The  word  »t  first  rignilied 

oot  t  determined  quantity'  of  land,  but  any 

open  ground,  especially  a  wide  caiujiagnc ;  and 

that  sense  of  it  seems  presened  in  the  names 

of  places,  as  Castle-acre,  West-acre,    in  co. 

Norf.     See  Aker ;  Keiinctt's  Ulossar)-,  p.  ^•, 

MS.   Lansd.    1033;    Gloat,  to  P.  Laogt.  p. 

618-21. 

Pople  with  all«  the  rcchecs«»  and  akm,  aU  the! 

wounfn 
Thorgh  ther  douhtfneue,  Ihe  lond  thorgh   thel 
roDDen.  Ptttr  Langto/t,  p.  115. 

(2)  An  old  sort  of  duel  fought  by  single  com- 
batants, Enghsh  and  Scotch,  between  the  fron- 
tiers of  their  Idngdom,  with  sword  and  lance. 

Coiretl. 
ACRE-DALE.  Lands  in  a  common  field,  in  which 
dilfcrcnt  proprietors  hold  portions  of  greater 
or  lesser  quantities.     North. 
ACKEME.    Ten  acres  of  land.     A  law  term. 
ACHE-MEN.     Husbandmen.    {Dut.) 
The  routes  up.  and  iong  on  bough. 
And  acre-men  ycde  to  the  plough,    Ijtp  tt  Frrinf.l/tt. 
ACRES.     Tlic  town  so  called  ? 

Armedchym  In  a  actonc,  wiili  orrracez  TuUc  ryche. 
Aboven  one  Ibat  a  Jcryoe  of  Am*  owtc  over. 

Mono  Artfitirt,  MS.  LAnrxttn,  f.  03, 
ACRE-SilOT.  A  kind  oflocal  land-tat, or  charge. 
The  Mid  in-diheB  Bhould  be  carefully  mainuinnl 
and  ropatre«l  by  thoac  dyke-rrevn,  out  of  Uie  com- 
mon men.»hcti  aiMtaed  within  every  of  tlie  said 
towni.  Uugitalift  ImhankiKg,  p.  tji. 

ACRESTAFP.  The  plough-staff.  Hutuel.  Howell 
translates  it  /e  ruroir  dn  coutre.      See  also 
Colgrave,  in  v.  Caretle. 
ACROKE.     Crooked. 

Who  to  byldelh  after  every  man  hl»  howiei  hit 
Khflllc  ntondc  aerbkr,  M.i;.  Dauee  fl3. 

ACROtJKD.     Crooked ;  awry.      Yorkth. 

ACROSPIRE.  \V\\eu  unhoused  grain,  exposed 
to  wet  weather,  sprouts  at  lioth  ends,  it  is  said 
to  aerwipire.  Acconhng  to  Kersey,  the  oero- 
tpjire  of  com  is  "  that  part  wliich  shoot*  out 
towards  the  smaller  end  of  the  seed."    (Gr.) 

other  will  have^thc  «i>rlt  drowned,  and  most  of 
chow  which  come  without  ektraordinary  pains,  will 
send  forth  tbelr  nibatance  In  an  uer<i»tiire. 

^u'lre^t  HV/«,  Hivat  Six.  MS.  p.  31)4. 

ACROSS.     (1)  A  kind  of  exclamation  when  a 
■ally  of  wit  miscarried.     An  allusion  to  joust- 
ing.    Sec  All's  Well  that  Ends  Well,  ii.  1. 
(2)  On  crou. 

When  other  tovera  In  anni  acKM«, 
R^olce  their  chief  dellghL 

Surrei/'*  CoNtplahit  o/Jbtenef. 
ACROSTIC.    Crossed  on  the  breast. 

Agreed  t  but  what  melancholy  air,  willi  aenuite 
atvat,  now  comet  from  the  Family  } 

MUilslun'l  nrork;  II.  179, 

ACROTCIL     To  take  up ;  to  aeiie.     Huloft. 
ACSEDE.    Asked.     (,/.-&) 

The  kyng  AkModn  «•««• 

H  wan  tall  that  be  JiWf«.  Mntlq,  I .  an. 


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ACT.    To  behave;  to  conduct.    Et»ex. 

ACT;GON.  Shakespeare  has  a  classical  allusion 
in  the  Merry  Wives  of  Windsor,  ii.  1,  applying 
this  name  lo  a  cuckold.  The  cominentators 
have  not  noticed  that  Blount  remarks  it  is  lO 
used  "  in  a  waggish  sense." 

ACTE.  Tlie  sea-shore ;  also,  the  elder  tree 
Phillip: 

ACTILLY.     Actually.     Tim  Bobbin. 

ACTHJl'S.     Active. 

He  knows  yuu  to  tie  eager  men,  martial  men,  men 
of  good  stomaeks,  very  hot  shots,  very  actum*  tax 
valour,  such  as  scorn  to  shrink  for  a  wetting. 

WelMler-,  »ror*»,  11.  898. 

ACTON.  A  leather  jacket  sometimes  worn 
under  a  coat  of  mail ;  a  kind  of  tunic.  Seo 
Ackelmm. 

Hit  arum  It  was  all  of  blackr, 
Hit  hewberke  and  hU  theelJe.  Sir  Otllllit. 

To  Jeru^Blem  he  did  hym  Irde, 
His  iictone  and  tils  other  wede. 

TWren/  p/  PortUf!at,  p,  116. 
ACTOURES.    Governors ;  keepcra.    (Lat.  Mrd.) 

See  glossary  to  Baher's  ed.  of  Wiekliffe,  in  v.  ^ 
ACTRESSES.  In  expUnation  of  niinicroiis  pas-  H 
sages  in  our  old  plays,  it  may  be  well  to  ob- 
serve th,nt  aclrcfscs  were  not  generally  intro- 
duced into  English  theatres  till  after  the 
Restoration.  In  Shakespeare's  lime  the  female 
characters  were  personated  by  boys.  There  ii  a 
curious  letter  on  this  subject  in  MS.  Tanner  77. 
It  would  appear  from  the  following  aneodote, 
written  in  a  copy  of  the  Memoirs  of  the  Count 
de  Graminont,  that  this  practice  was  continued 
to  a  later  period : 

It  It  said  the  fleet  which  went  for  the  queen 
[of  Charles  It.]  stayed  six  weeks  at  Litbon,  without 
any  reason  given.  Some  suppose  a  change  In  the 
quoen't  perton  wot  the  cautc ;  to  which  William 
Dovcnant  alluded  when  the  king,  one  night  at  the 
play.  Wat  Impatient  to  have  thepiay  begin,  — "Sire," 
said  Pavenant,  ■*rAey  are  ehawlng  the  9u?en.'*' 
ACTU.VTE.  To  put  into  action  ;  toprodu(>e.  See 
the  Roman  Actor,  iv.  2 ;  Florio,  in  v.  Alluirr. 
ACTUKE.     Action. 

Love  made  them  not ;  with  ocriire  they  may  be, 
WFiere  neither  party  It  nor  true  nor  kind 

A  lifer's  CompMntt  p.  S40. 

.\CUATE.     Sharpened.     (Lai.) 

Oryndyng  with  vynegar  tyll  I  wat  fatygate. 
And  also  with  a  quantylc  of  tpycet  aruatr. 

.Iliimol^e  Thml.  C/anw.  Bril,  p.  mi . 
ACUMBRE.     To  encumber ;  to  worry.    {J..N.) 
And  but  ttiou  tone  amende  the. 
Titarfor  mayst  thou  aciimbretl  be. 

MS.  Oarl.  noi,  (.  X. 
Gil  of  Warwilte  ml  name  It ; 
1  vel  Ich  am  aeumbreit  y-wla. 

Cy  iif  WmraHJtr,  p.  21?. 

ACUNTRED.     EnpounteTe<l.    (.y.-TV.) 

So  kenii  thei  aruntred  at  the  coupyng  lo-gadere. 
That  the  knl;l  ipvre  In  speldca  at  loiehtvered. 

H'lHInni  anil  tlie  tVmvi'If.  p    1.10. 

ACL'RE.  A  chemical  term,  applied  to  a  drug 
when  its  power  is  increased  by  the  addition  of 
some  other.     Krmg. 

ACURSEN.   To  curse    (M.-S.) 

Which  is  lif  that  ourc  I^rd 

In  altc  Uwcs  acureeth.      Pier*  Flmtghmaitt  p.  37ft. 


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ACYCE.     AudM.     RittoH. 
A-CYDEN ANDYS.    Aside;  ohliqucly.  Prompt. 
Pmrr.  The King'tCollcge  MS.  reads  ocyrfnanrff, 
tnil  Pynson'a  edition  aeydenam. 
A-CYSEN.    To  aMign.    Prompt.  Part. 
ACYSE.     MuiDer;  cuitom. 

An  tmiTfdBy  fjrl,  M  yi  the  aritt^t 
Men  to  go  to  Goddyi  icrrytr. 

MS.  llarl.  1701,  f  «1. 
And  of  thac  berdode  bukket  alio. 
Wyth  bomttlr  thy  moche  mytdo, 
Ttut  Icve  Crytico  mcnnyi  acjwe. 
Aod  hauQtc  al  llic  oewe  fryte. 

US.  Boil.  41S,  r.  21. 

AD.    Hath. 

Lo,  taoa  be  od  me  to-rcnt, 
111  t»di  MDd  mi  face  t-schcDt. 

r/ic  SfTim  Sagti,  489. 
ADACTED.     Driven  in  by  force.     Miniheu. 
AD.^FFED.  Daunted.   Juuiiu  refers  to  tliii  word 

in  Chaucer.     Urry  reads  adauid,  q.  t. 
ADAM.     (1)  The  following  is  one  of  the  most 
common  early  English  proTcrbs,  and  John  liaD 
took  it  ai  a  text  for  one  of  his  revolutionary 
lermooa.  SeeWright'i  Songs  andCarols,  song  i. 
when  Adam  ddv'd  and  Eve  spaa. 
Who  wa«  then  the  gentleman  ? 
(2)  A  Serjeant,  or  bailiff,  was  jocuUirly  so  called. 
See  the  Comedy  of  Errors,  iv.  3,  "  Not  that 
Aium  that  kept  the  paradise,  but  that  Adam 
that  keeps  the  prison." 
ADAM-A  N  D-EVE.     The  bulbs  of  ore  Aw  mam. 
lata,  wkicli  have  a  fancied  resemblance  to  the 
human  figure,     f'raren. 
ADAMANT.  The  magnet;  the  loadstone.    Early 
writers  frequently  use  it  in  this  sense,  and  oc- 
casionally the  Ijitin  adamat  is  so  interpreted, 
but  not  in  Prompt.  Parv.  p.  6,  where  the  syno- 
nyroe  is  "  prccyowse  stone,"  meaning  of  course 
the  diamond.  Cf.  Mills.  Night's  Urrain.  ii.  2. 
ADAMATE.     To  love  dearly.     Mimhru. 
ADAM-BELL.   A  northern  outlaw,  so  celebrated 
for  archery  that  his  name  became  proverbial. 
Percy  has  a  ballad  conceruiug  him. 
with  loynet  in  canva»  bownrako  tyde, 
Mfhcrc  arrown  ftick  with  micklo  |irMc  : 
Like  ghotta  of  Adam  Beit  and  Clymme, 
Sol  lets  for  fear  thcyl  ihool  at  him. 

If/lttnKil'i  fTorki,  cd.  Ifi73,  p.  SSI- 
ADAMITES.     A  sect  of  enthusiasts  who  are  said 
to  have  imitated  the  nakedness  of  Adam  in 
their  pubUc  assemblies.     They  are  alluded  lo 
in  the  .Merry  Beggara,  ii.  1. 
ADAM'S-ALE.     Water.     Var.  dial.     Jamieson 
gives  Adam't^witw,  a  similar  pluvse  current  in 
Scotland. 
ADAM'S-APPLE.     A  kind  of  dtroo.     Gerard. 
The  nob  iu  a  man's  throat  is  also  called  by 
this  name. 
AD.VM'S-FLANNEL.     White  muUein.     It  may 
have  obtained  this  name,  says  Carr,  from  the 
waH  white  hairs,  with  which  the  leaves  ore 
thickly  clothed  on  both  aides.     CVaren. 
ADANT.     Daunt ;  quench  ;  mitigate. 
Ageyna  heom  thy  wraththc  oMnl, 
Gef  hcom  mercy  and  pea  hcom  graunt. 

Kifne  Miiauntter,  S6&3. 


ADARNECH.     Colour  like  gold.    IlmnU. 
ADARNED.     Ashamed.     Coin. 
ADAKKIS.    The  flower  of  sca-water.    HomelL 
ADASE.    To  dazile. 

My  clere  aod  ihynynge  eycn  were  all  q^gfd  and 

derkcd.  Ottton't  Divert  Fruyiful  Chottl^  Uotrrs, 

The  glittring  therof  wold  have  made  every  manV 

eyes  »o  adiued,  that  no  man  ahould  have  spied  hla 

falihed,  and  founden  out  the  trouth. 

Sir  T.  ,V»n'<  fTorlciu,  p.  4M. 

ADASSID.     Dazzled ;  put  out  of  countenance. 
Beth  not  adaviiA  for  your  lonocence. 
But  iharpely  take  on  you  the  govemalle. 

Chauctr,  ed.  Vrry,  p.  lOG. 

ADAUDS.  In  pieces.  Yorkih.  To  rive  all 
adaudt,  i.e.  to  tear  all  in  pieces.  See  Kennett's 
MS.  Glossary,  the  glossary  at  the  end  of  The 
Praise  of  Yorkshire  Ale,  'l2mo,  York,  1697, 
p.  89,  and  the  Yorkshire  Dialogue,  p.  41. 
ADAl'NT.  (1)  To  lame.  (A.-N.)  See  Rob. 
Clone,  pp.  Gl,  372 ;  MS.  Colt.  Nero  A.  x.  f.  41. 
Hii  flcfcphe  wolde  have  charf;pti  him  will)  fatncHe, 
but  that  the  w.intone«se  of  his  wombe  with  trnvalle 
and  fastyng  he  adauntelfi,  and  In  rltlyng  and  goyng 
travaylcth  myghteliche  his  youthe. 

Roll.  Clcuc.  p.  «2. 
(2)  To  daunt     DanieL 
ADAUNTRELEY.     Same  as  aeaun/lay,  q.  v. 
At  last  he  upstarted  at  Ihcother  side  of  the  water, 
whii^  wc  4:all  soil  of  the  hart,  and  there  other  huntj- 
mea  met  him  with  an  adauntrclry. 

Hawkim'  Engl.  Drcm,  UL  230. 

A  DAW.  J'o  be  daunted.     ^>fnter. 
ADAWE.     (1)  To  awake.     Palsgrave  has,  "1 
ailawe  or  odawne,  as  the  daye  dothe  in  the 
momynge  whim  the  sonne  drawcth  towardes 
his  rysyng;"    and,    "I   adawe  one  out  of  a 
swounde."    Cf.  Troiliis  and  Crescidc,  iii.  1 126. 
But,  sire,  a  man  that  wakcth  of  his  slcpr, 
He  may  not  sodeoly  wcl  uken  kepe 
Upon  a  thing,  ne  seen  it  porfitly. 
Til  that  he  be  adawtd  vcraily. 

aiuotr,  Cni,t.  r.  I(«74. 
For  this  ts  Spica  with  hire  bryjt  spere. 
That  toward  evene,  at  mydnyjt  and  at  roorwc, 
Downe  fro  hevcno  aduirrtA  al  oure  sorowe. 

Ltdgau,  US.  HmloH  73. 

(2)  Down.  The  MS.  Bodl.  415,  f  26,  readi 
"  do  adawe,"  in  the  following  passage.  Ct 
Cot.  Myst.  p.  294. 

Eutycyus  the  abbot,  hys  felawe. 
Herd  sey  hys  tierc  was  so  adauv. 

MS.  Uarl.  1701,  f.  17- 

(3)  To  kill ;  to  execute. 

Some  wolde  have  hym  odolee, 
And  some  sayde  it  was  not  lawe. 

Rirhard  Coer  d»  Um,  I17.I. 
ADAY.     In  the  daytime. 

For  what  thing  Wlllam  woo  ndat  with  hit  tnwe. 
Were  it  fethercd  foul,  or  foure.foted  Ijcst. 

William  and  tht  nrruMf.  V-  *• 

ADAYS.  A  shorter  form  of  the  common  phrase 
"  now-a-days."  Eaitt  Anglia.  In  the  follow- 
ing passage  it  probably  means  the  some  as 
aday,  q.  v. 

What  useth  the  eorl  admtf^f 
Honlcs  he  ar  rvvayesf 

MS.  Oaaab.  Pf.  I.  0,  r.  St. 

ADAZ.    An  iddice.     Keiutelt'i  MS.  Cllou. 


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ADDE.    H»il. 

Anil  he  byhcl  liym  nml  >•  al  Kent  vcr  and  ner, 
Al  (h«l   llrnjr"  "'''''  "•"'«  wyll't  kynfM  d»)c 
Vorlygtr-  H«ft.  C/ouc.  p.  231. 

ADDEEM.     To  think  ;  to  judge ;  to  dclermine. 

And  for  rtTrngcmcnt  of  lliOM  wrongfull  tmuti, 
Wlilch  1  lo  othen  did  InDicl  afore, 
jIMrtm'd  me  to  endure  thlt  penauncv  tnr«. 

rtmrit  ifutne,  VI.  vili.  tS. 

ADDER-BOLT.    The  dr»gon  fly.     iar.  dial. 

ADDER-SAY.     I  d«re  my.     Yorkih. 

ADDER'S-GRASS.  A  plant  mentioned  by  Ge- 
rard, of  which  the  generic  name  is  cynomrchu. 
See  his  llerhall,  cd.  Johnson,  p.  20.'). 

ADDER'S-TONGUE.  A  dcwription  of  this  com- 
mon  plant  is  in  Gerard's  Herball,  ed.  Johnson, 
p.  404.  {Gerard. 

ADDER-WORT.     The    hislort  or  snake-weed. 

jVDDICE.  (1)  An  addled  egg.     Iluloel. 

(2)  Au  aiUc  or  axe.  This  is  a  common  form 
of  the  word.  Narcs  quotes  Lyly's  Mother 
Bomhie. 

ADDICT.     Addicted. 

To  studies  good  adiicl  ot  comely  grace. 

Mlrrmr  Jar  Magitlralct,  p.  175. 

ADDITION.  A  title  given  to  a  man  over  and 
above  his  first,  or  Christian,  and  8\iniBmc, 
showing  his  rank,  occupation,  &c.  or  alluding 
to  some  exploit  or  achievement.  A  law  term, 
frequently  occurring  in  Shakespeare. 
ADDIMMSSEN.  Hod  I  known  it.  North.  An 
expression  nearly  obsolete,  though  still  retained 
by  some  old  ])ersons.  Sec  Marshall's  Rural 
Economy  of  Yorksliirc,  ii.  315.  It  seems  to  be 
merely  a  corruption  of  the  very  common  old 
method  of  expressing  repentance  for  any  hasty 
action,  hail  I  xnul,  had  I  known  the  conse- 
quences. The  following  extracts  give  forms 
of  the  phrase  very  close  to  the  provincial  tenn. 
TliU  dirtlfule  ded  I  drswe  roe  lylle. 
And  alle  yi  lomyd  to  a^yivytt. 

.W.«.  UonrfK  A.  I.  17,  r.  SI, 

Jdiiuyit  yt  wylle  not  Iter.  nu.  t.  SI , 

ADDLE.  ( 1 )  To  cam.  Sorth.  Forby  nys  "to  earn, 

lo  profit  gradually."  It  occurs  in  the  Townley 

Mysteries,  p.  195.     See  Adgld. 

With  goodroen'f  hoga,  or  com,  or  hay, 
1  aMte  my  ninepcnce  every  day. 

Richard  oj  Datton  Dole. 

(2)  "  To  addle  his  shoon"  is  said  m  the  North  of 
a  horse  that  falls  ugwn  his  back,  and  rolls  from 
one  side  to  the  other.  In  the  South,  when  a 
hoTK  does  so,  he  is  said  to  "  earn  a  gallon  of 
oaU." 

(3)  To  grow ;  to  tlirive.     Eatl. 

Where  Wye  rmtirjueth  the  tree  very  tore. 
Kill  tvye,  or  tree  else  will  itddtti  no  more. 

TuMKr't  Fire  Hunilrcd  Ptilnli,   1179,  f.  47. 

(4)  A  twreUing  with  matter  in  it.     Somermt. 
(6)  Labourer's  wages.     Yorksh. 
ADDLE-HEADED.    Stupid  ;  thoughllesi.  Var. 

dial. 
ADDLE-PATE.     A  foolish  person.     A'«i/. 
ADDLE-PLOT.  a  person  who  spoils  anyamute- 

menl.     Snnth. 


.\DDLE-P00I-.  a  pool  or  puddle,  near  a  dung- 
dill,  for  receiring  the  fluid  from  it.     Smith. 
AODLINGS.     Earnings  from  labour.      Yorbi/i. 
ADDOLORATE.    To  grieve.     Sec  Florio,  in  v. 

DolorJrf. 
^VDDOUBED.     Armed;  accoutred.     (A.-N.) 

Waa  hotter  llian  ever  to  provide  himaelfe  of 
botae  and  armour,  Mylng  he  would  go  lo  the  Uland 
bravely  addimhed,  and  chew  himtelf  lo  hla  charge. 

Si'lHey't  ^rcodlOt  p.  977' 

ADDOULSE.  To  sweeten.  This  term  occurs 
in  the  dictionaries  of  Minsheo  and  HoweU. 
See  Adulce. 
ADDRESS.  To  prepare  for  anything;  to  get 
ready.  (/>.)  A  verj-  common  use  of  llic  word 
in  our  old  (Iramalists. 
>VD£.    To  cut  a  deep  gutter  acron  ploughed 

lan<l,     Salop. 
ADEC.     a  vinegar  milk.   HowiU, 
ADECOUE.    On  oath.   Perhaps  an  i>rror  of  the 
scribe  in  the  following  passage,  the  other  MSS. 
reading  a-eoire. 

By  a  token  Ihou  roe  troue^ 
I  brcke  a  lolein  tuleemu. 

Ration'*  Romamcn,  ft.  8. 

ADELANTADO.    The   king's  Ueiitenant  of  a 

country,  or  deputy  in  any  important  place  of 

cliarge.    Cf.  Middlcton's  Works,  i.  241 ;  Min- 

sheu,  in  v.     It  is  a  Spanish  word. 

ADELE.     Added ;    annexed.     So  explained   in 

the  glossary  to  Urry's  Cluiucer.     It  should  lie 

two  worils,  a  drh,  a  [Kirtion. 

ADEMAND.     The  loadstone.     This  form  of  the 

word  occurs  in  MaundeWle's  Travels,  p.  161. 
ADENT.     To  fasten.     MtTuthru. 
ADENVn.     Dinned;  stunned. 
1  wat  odftyd  of  thAl  dynt. 
Hit  itoncil  me  and  nud  mo  atont 
Styl  out  of  my  iteven.        MS.  Doure  302,  r.  19. 
.U)EPCI0N.     An  acquirement.     {Lat.) 

In  the  adfprxt'H  anil  obteynyng  of  the  garland,  1 
being  ledueed  and  ptovoked  by  ainlster  enunaail 
and  dlat>ollcal  tcmpt«cion,did  commyta  farynoraua 
and  detettable  arte.  Hall,  RteMard  III.  f.  311. 

ADEQUATE.  To  make  even  or  equal.  Minthrn. 
ADERCOP.     A  spider.    More  generally  written 
attercop,  q.  v.  Arancns,  an  adercup,  or  a  spyii- 
ncr. — Stan6riffii  Vorabuta,  sig.  d.  ii.  Pulsgravo 
has  ttdilircop.     See  Prompt.  Parv.  p.  16. 
ADES.     An  addice.     Kmnetl. 
ADEWEN.     To  moisten  ;  to  bedew. 

Thy  gractouf  thouryi  lat  reyne  in  habuodaunce. 
Upon  myn  hcrte  tfadnwen  every  veyne. 

t^dgatt'a  Minor  l*ueHu,  p.  SSI. 
The  hlo  hevynes  doth  your  grace  adttme. 

MS.  ^ilmuilt  m,  t.  174. 

ADGE.     An  addice.     A'orfA. 

.\DII1B.     A  name  given  to  the  herb  eyebrighf. 

in  Dr.  Thomas  More's  MS.  additions  to  Ray. 
ADIIIBITE.  To  admit.  InthofoUowingexam'ple 
it  perhaps  ought  to  be  adhiiiled.   Cf.  Rhomco 
and  Julictta,  ap.  Collier's  Shak.  Lib.  p.  89. 

To  which  cxiuntalll  there  were  wihIUtf  very  fewe, 
and  lliey  vcr>'  •ccrete.  liallf  Ktwurd  I*,  f.  IX 

ADUORT.     To  advise  ;  to  exhort. 

Julius  Agrlcola  M-ai  the  first  that  by  adkoniMf 
the  Brilainea  pulililiely,  an.l  hclpiug  them  privatelyi 
wun  them  to  biitl.le  hout.-*  fttr  tl>eni.c!*c». 

Sipu't  Survny  "/  Ijyuftoo,  wl,  KWI,  p.  «. 


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AOUITETH.    Adilitclh  bim,  i.e.  fiU  birntcU 
with. 

^*IMtth  Mm  a  gay  wrarlic  o(  the  newc  Jpi. 

>»'H|f*r»  Poluical  Suiifi,  p.  3J9. 

ADiN.     Witliin.     Skitwx. 
ADIR.     Either. 

II  l>  tfrrlil  thai  thr  uid  Thomaa  Wranipr^'ih  and 
WDUam  WeUei  aJialbe  caplma  of  Ihc  Kighrn  for  tltc 
MM  tit*,  lad  Ihal  tillr  nl  ihno  ihall  have  IjIJ.  «>.  of 
thr  day.  DtHa'i  1'orAr  Rromli,  p.  IfUS. 

AOtT.     A  tough  or  level  in  a  mine,  generally 

mule  for  draMing  off  water.     Drrbyih. 
ADJOYN.\TE.    Joined. 

Two  mncly  prlDCM,  logpther  iutj>tyf,ntr, 

III  all  the  world  waa  none  theitn  tike  alowttd. 

AD  JO^'NAUNTES.  Those  who  arc  contiguous. 
The  adjectiTe  adjoynmnte  occurs  iu  the  Dial, 
of  Creat.  .Moral,  p.  192. 

Sought  and  practiwd  watraaod  mcaneahow  tojt^ine 
himaelf  wilh  foreln  prlnrea,  and  to  unrvc  and  hurte 
bla  Delfhbore  and  tufji'ynaunte^  of  the  rpaltnc  of 
Enflaod.  H«ll.  H-r<r„  Vl.  t.  M. 

ADJOYJJT.  .\  person  joined  with  another;  a 
companion,  or  attendant.  See  Daniel's  Civ. 
Wars,  IT.  69,  quoted  by  N.ires. 

ADJl'MENT.     Help ;  succour.     ^Un/e. 

ADJUNCT.  Cnitedwith;  immediately  conse- 
quent. See  King  John,  iii.  3,  and  Kichardsou, 
in  V.  A4ioi*. 

ADJl'TE.  To  assist  j  to  liclp.  See  Ben  Jonson, 
w  quoted  hv  Richardson,  in  v. 

AIULTOUIES.     The  arm  bones.    Vigo  Ir. 

ADJIAANT.  Assisting,  See  Aubrey's  Wills, 
Royal  Soc.  MS.  p.  109,  for  an  instance  of  the 
word,  the  same  with  that  taken  by  Richardson 
fifom  Howell,  Diet,  in  v.  Adjule. 

ADLANDS.  Those  butts  in  a  ploughed  field 
which  lie  at  right  angles  to  the  general  di- 
rection of  the  others ;  the  p.irt  close  against 
the  hedge*.     Salop.     [Headlands?] 

ADLE.  (1)  Unsound;  unwell.     E<ul. 

(2)  To  addle;  to  earn.  Skinner  and  Kcnnett 
give  this  as  a  Lincolnshire  fonu  of  the  woriL 

ADHERALLY'S.     Commanders.    See  Admiral. 
He  fendc  afttir  lordyngya, 
Fyftene  admirraltyt  anil  kjngyK, 
And  annyd  ihrrn  in  fyRM. 

MS.  Cantab.  Ff.  II.  38,  f.  Ji.1. 

ADMrRABLIST.  Most  admirable.  Acceutc(i 
on  the  antepenult.      Yorhh. 

ADMIRAL.  Tliis  wonl,  which  the  reader  will 
find  under  other  fonns,  did  not  always  imply 
its  present  acceptation,  but  a  Saracen  com- 
mander, nometiines  a  king.  According  to 
Krrivf"  "■■  icrm  admiral  was  not  introduced 
t"  '  '  r  end  of  the  reign  of  Erlward  I. 

S<'         '  ,ry,  1816,  in  v.  Marituirhu ;  and 

AdmyrM ;  Richard  Coer  de  Lion,  5042 ; 
Maundoile's  Travels,  p.  38.  Robert  of  Glou- 
has  the  form  amrayl.  Sec  Heame's 
in  V.  According  to  some,  the  word  was 
iAtained  in  the  wars  with  the  Saracens  of 
Spain,  froin  Emir'Otma,  or  emir  of  the  water, 
which  readily  resolves  itself  into  the  other 
word.  See  Warton's  Hist.  Engl.  Toct.  Introd. 
p.  caeir. 


ADM  I  RATI  VE.  Minsbeu  calls  the  note  of  ad- 
miration, the  admiratirr  point. 

ADMISSION.  An  admuiiion,  as  when  a  prince 
doth  avow  Bnni  her  prince  to  be  under  hit  pro- 
tcction.     Untlyband. 

ADMITTANCE.  In  general  the  same  as  «</- 
miniott,  but  used  by  Shakesiieare  in  the  tense 
of  custom,  privilege,  or  prerogative  of  being 
admitted  into  the  presence  of  great  jtersonages, 
Ford  tells  Palstalf  he  is  a  geutlenmii  "of  great 
mlmiltance."  See  the  Merry  Wives  of  Windsor, 
ii.  2. 

AD.MONISHMENT.     AdmoniUon.     SItat. 

ADMOVE.     To  move  to.     (Lai.) 

ADMYROLD.     A  Saracen  commander,  or  king. 

Tho  ipec  on  attnyntd, 

Of  wordei  he  wei  iwythe  bold.       A>>ijr  Hom,  M, 
ADNOTE.    To  note ;  to  observe.     {Lai.) 
In  this  mitelT  to  bee  adnnted, 
Whalevyl  couniell  withe  prynr>'i  mayr  Induce. 
Brll.  BM.  iv.  JNM. 

ADNUL.     To  annul. 

Shal  utiirly  itonde  volde  and  attnuHld,  accotdyng 
to  the  olde  cuitume  therof  haddc  and  made, 

MS.  Bi'dl.  t  Mk:  t3». 
ADNYCHELL.    To  anuihilale.    See  an  instamc 
of  this  fonu  of  the  word  in  Skcltou's  Works, 
i.  202. 
ADO.     (I)    Done ;  finished.     Somenetth. 
(2)  To  do. 

I  wol  that  the!  loglthlr  go. 
And  done  a]  that  thel  ban  ndo. 

Ramoynl  0/ Iht  Odh,  M(M. 

ADON.  (1)    Adonis.     Cf.  Troilus  and  Creseide, 
iiL  722. 

For  thilke  love  thou  haddett  to  .ddun. 
Have  pltcc  on  my  bitter  lere*  «meru 

Chamxr.  Canl.  T.  HM. 

(2)  Done  away.     Cf.  Morte  d'jVrthur,  ii.  29. 
And  wliat  wiili  Venus,  and  othlr  oppression 
Of  housis,  Uan  his  rentme  is  ad.ifi 

Lrf,  0/  Hvptrmn.  39. 

ADONNET.     A  devU.     North.     In  Yorkshire 
one  sometimes  hears  the  sajing,  "  Better  be 
in  with  that  adonnti  than  out." 
ADOORS.     At  doors ;  at  the  door. 

But  when  he  uwe  her  goe  forth  athwr^t  be  tiaaled 
after  Into  the  strtate.  Rlrlti'i  Fm-tietll,  IMI. 

Hut  what,  ttr,  I  beseech  ye,  was  thai  paper, 
VouT  lordship  was  so  studiously  imployed  In, 
When  ye  came  out  a-tfo«r«  f 

H'Mmitn  PttnMfil,  Iv.  1. 

ADOPTIOUS.     Adopted.     See  All's  Well  that 

Ends  Well,  i.  I.     The  commeutaton  do  not 

funiish  another  instance  of  the  word. 

;VL)ORAT.    A  chemical  weight  of  four  pound*. 

Fhillipf. 
iVDORE.     To  adorn.     Sec  the  Faerie  Qucene, 
IV.  xi.  46 ;  Beaumont  and  Fletcher,  quoted  by 
Nares  in  v. 
ADORN  E.  (1)  To  adore. 

The  soDoe,  the  moone,  Jubtter  and  Satume, 
And  Mars  lltc  God  of  arrncs  they  dyd  odeene. 

Hanlfiig',  Chnmldt,  I.  M 
(2)  Adoniing ;  oriixment.     Spnurr. 
ADOTE.    To  dual ;  to  grow  silly. 


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It  bllMh  that  the  mode  wtit 
Beo  othfrwhllc  of  U)tc  odolid, 
Aod  to  by-whapctl  knd  anotld. 

dnriT,  MS.  Sot.  yInlUi.  134,  t.  177- 

ADOUNE.     Below;  dowu.   {.1.-S.) 

So  letlc  thy  ((race  to  me  dUcendc  adoxiM. 

Ifilgul;  MS.  JtkmtU  SO,  f.  (7. 
And  wticn  the  gc»|>cl  yf  y-done, 
A^yn  thou  myjth  kuele  adoum. 

OmMtitutlviu  0/  JfatfonvVt  p>  3S. 
ADOUTED.    Feared !  redoubted.    (v/.-iV.)    Cf. 
Morte  d' Arthur,  U.  69. 

He  wu  corajous  and  gode  knight, 
Aod  michcl  •dovied  In  evtrich  fight. 

Of  qf  ITanoUe,  p,  UO. 

ADOYNGB.     Going  on. 

Alio  the  whyle  the  tumement  wai  fvioynee.ahe  wai 
with  Queue  GucneveT,  and  ever  the-  Queue  atked  her 
for  what  cauic  the  came  into  that  eountrey. 

MoTic  ifjnhm,  i,  Ml. 
ADPOYNTE.    To  appoint.     Sec  Wright'*  Mo- 

nutic  Lclt«r»,  p.  194. 
ADRAU.     Afraid ;  frightened.     (A.-S.) 
The  lady  wase  nevyr  wo  mAvd, 
Into  the  hale  iche  hyrn  lad. 

TarrrHt  ifParmfol,  p.  1.1, 
ADRAMING.    Chorliib.     Kentf. 
A-DRAWE.  (1)  Todiawawifi  towiUidnw. 

Awey  fro  hem  he  wold  ■.^raiM, 
Vr  that  he  myght.  Ocfeetaa,  3S7. 

(2)  To  draw.  In  the  Donet  tlialect  wc  have 
trdruen,  drawing. 

The  jauit,  tho  he  ley  bym  come,  bygan  yi  mace 
admtve.  Rob.  Ulntte.  p.  SC?. 

ADREAMT.  Dosing.  This  is  the  pronnciol  mean- 
ing of  Uie  word  in  Oxfordsliire,  and  probably 
other  tMontics.  "  You  sec,  ma'am,  all  this 
time  she  ij  adreemt,  between  sleeping  and 
waking,"  applied  to  an  infant.  The  jihrase  "  I 
waa  adreani'd,"  for  "  I  dreamt,"  occurs  in  the 
City  Night-Cap,  act  iv.  Cf.  Webster's  Works, 
i.  139. 

I  was  even  now  attrtam'ti  that  you  could  lee  with 
either  of  your  eyes.  In  lo  much  ai  I  waked  for  Joy. 
and  1  hope  to  find  it  true. 

mi,,  nun,  ajHl  romtia,  1905,  p.  M. 
AOREOE.    To  dread. 

So  mightl  stroke*  ther  wer  glTcn, 
That  ttroiig  »chaflr«  al  lo  HrlTfll ; 
No  waa  thcr  non  In  that  ferrc^t 
That  or  hli  Ilif  him  might  mlrade. 

<^  ^  tfarwUlt,  p.  47. 
Omhsniin  sflghc  that  tight. 
And  sore  him  gao  adrfde.     Sir  TrUtrem,  p.  308. 

ADRELWURT.   The  herb  feilcrfew.  This  name 
(lectin  in  an  early  list  of  plants,  in  MS.  Ilarl. 
978. 
ADREN'CHEN.    To  drown.  (A.-S.) 
The  «ec  the  thai  arfrencAe, 
Ne  ahal  lilt  Uf  oflheuche.  K>iiir  Hon,,  100. 

ADRENT.     DrowuetL      See  Rob.   Clone,   pp. 

Uxxiv.  39,  384. 
ADRESSID.     Dretied ;  clothed, 
uf  vayne  glorye  excuse  me, 
That  y  ae  have  for  love  be 
The  bettre  ddrusUt  and  araycd. 

Coiver.  M.S.  Soc.  .dnH^.  134,  t.  14). 
How  here  ]elow  heer  war  tressld. 
And  hire  atlre  to  wel  mlrta^id.       Itjid.  f.  iTti. 

ADREST.    Dressed ;  adorned.    Sumertelth. 


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ADREYNTE.  Drowned.  Cf.  Seryn  Sag;et,  1486 
Piers  I'looghmitn.  p.  198  ;  Oesta  Romanorum, 
p.  104  ;  Reliq.  Antiq.  ii.  229  ;  Minot's  Poems 
pp.  58,  60,  62. 

So  that  he  gan  to  swymme  forth. 

Over  for  to  wende; 
Ac  hia  raaater  so  evelc  be  coutbe. 
That  be  odrcynre  atte  ende. 

MS.  Co».  THn.  Ojwi.  87. 
APRI.\NE.    Ariadne. 

The  plaint  of  Dejanire  and  Hctmlon, 
or  .ddrlant  and  Yelpbllrc 

OuiKetr,  Otnl.  r.  UgJ. 

ADRIHE.     Aside ;  behind.     See  Jamictoo,  in 
V.  Adrrich. 

The  kyngis  doujter  whlche  this  sy^e. 
For  pure  abascbomcot  drow  hire  adrilnt. 

GMi.tr,  MS.  Sx.  .4nliii.  134,  t.  112. 
The  kyngyi  doujter  wochc  thU  fytt. 
For  pure  abaaachyde  drow  byre  ndry^t. 

Ibid.  MS.  Caittat.  Ft.  I.  (I,  t.  9. 
A-DRINK.     Drunk.     See  the  example  quoled 

under  Amonee. 
A-DROGH.    Drew  away.   See  the  Herald's  Col- 
lege MS.  of  Robert  of  Gloucester,  quoted  in 
Itramc's  edition,  p.  241. 
ADRONQUE.  Drowned.   Cf.  Rob.  Glouc  p.  4S0. 
Tho  rond  hue  hire  sonde 

^dron^ue  by  the  stronde.  Kyng  Rom,  Qffi. 

ADROP.      A  species  of  aurichalc,  mentioned  by 
Ben  Jonson,  in  the  Alchemist,  ii.  I.    Asbmolc 
allndea  to  it  in  his  Theat.  Chem.  Brit.  pp.  135, 
151    333. 
A-DKOWE.     Drew.     Cf.  Rob.  Glouc  p.  307. 
Mure  fwerdra  than  thay  a-dro»f. 
That  wcm  Kharp  y-grounde. 

MS.  Aditmtih  33,  r.  sn 
ADROWED.     Dried.    Dmm. 
ADRY.     Thirst).     Var.  dial. 
A-DRYE.     To  bear ;  to  suffer.  (A.-S.) 

In  alle  thyt  londe  ther  ys  not  socbe  a  kny)l« 
Were  he  never  to  welle  y-dyjt. 
That  hyt  ttroke  myjt  a-rfrre. 
But  he  tehulde  hyt  tore  abyc. 

MS.  OiMab,  Ft.  II.  X.  f.  na. 
ADULjVBLE.  Easy  to  be  flattered.  Mhuhn. 
ADULCE.    To  sweeten.  (Ut.) 

Not  knowing  this,  that  Jore  decrees 
Some  mirth,  Vaduire  man's  miterlet. 

Hcrrick-,  ir,.r*..  11.  47. 
ADULTERATE.  Adnlterotis;  false.    Often  used 
in  the  latter  general  seme,  without  any  refer- 
ence to  adultery.    Cf.    Richard  III.  iv.  4;  Co- 
medy of  Errors,  ii.  2  ;  Beaumont  and  Fletcher, 
iv.  240 ;  Rider's  Diet,  in  v.     AdulleriHe  for 
aduilermu  occurs  in  the  Mirour  for  Magis- 
trates, p.  85. 
ADUN.      Down.      Cf.  Wright's   St.    Patrick's 
Purgatory,  p.  55. 
Slellich'b  thU  vers  i-teld. 
Hit  wer  harme  atfwn  l-lelld.       tHUq.AMUi.  11.  17r>. 

ADUNATION.    Union.     Toylor. 
ADUNCITY.     Crookedness.     Rider. 
ADURE.    To  bum.     ihicofi. 
ADUSTON.    Adustion.     This  fonn  of  the  word 
occurs  in  Greene's  Planctomachia,  1585,  f.  11. 
ADUTANTE.     Fine  ? 

with  ther  coppentanta 

Tliry  lokc  adutanlt.       SlHHm'l  Warkt,  il.  4W. 


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ADVANCE.    To  grace  ;  to  give  s  lustre  to.   See 

Tiniou  of  Athens,  i.  2. 
ADVANCERS.  The  second  brandies  of  abuck'i 
horn.  Sec  the  Lexicon  TetTBglotton  of  Howell, 
and  ApantfiTK. 
ADVAUNT.     A  boa.it. 
'  ADd  if  ye  wyn.  make  none  oifMwnl. 

I  For  you  ate  lure  of  one  yll  aervaunte. 

ffciyr  «■//<!<(  Ihn  foutt  PP. 

ADVAl'NTOUR.    A  boaster.    Pattgrme. 
ADVAYLE.     Profit ;  advantage. 

In  any  wbe  to  do. 

For  lurre  or  mdtaafU, 

Ageyoat  thyr  kyng  to  nyle. 

MeMsn'f  Woft[i,   II,  432. 

ADVENTAYLE.    The  open  and  nioveal)lc  por- 
tion of  the  heUnct  which  covered  the  mouth, 
for  the  purpose  of  rcsiiiration. 
My*  adrtttta^ta  he  gan  untacc, 
Hy«  hed  he  imool  of  yn  the  place.  Ocfprian,  1153. 
ADVERB.    To  luni  to. 

And  doo  thru  afcompte  (heir  good  fcrvlec  bad 
derelyoutof  remcmbcraunce,  whiche  ullrrcth  Iheytn 
«Bdoth«r«,  for  drede  and  their  awDe  aecuriliea,  to  (irit>iir« 
Ib  iiMBCT  In  way  of  allegiaunce  to  th  Erie  of  Kyldare, 
otorulng  WL'le  Dtgh  their  hole  ductie  to  tlie  Kloglt 
Hi^huea.  suit  Paptri,   11.  ISS. 

ADVKRSACYON.     Contention. 
Devyrlnge  to  a  castell  in  to  dwell, 
Uym  aad  bla  men  to  kej^c  frome  all  advermeyon^ 
iionfyn^j  Chronicle,  f.  W. 

ADVERSE.     Be  unpropitious. 

And  tc«yde  how  (hat  wa^  a  preaage, 
Touchende  unto  that  other  Perie, 
Of  that  fortune  him  achulde  adter««* 

Cower,  MS.  Soc.  ^ntiq.  134,  I.  73. 

ADVERSER.    An  adver»ary. 

Myo  Oiti-rrtcra  and  fala«  wylnea  bcrars  agayntte 
me  aay  that  (bey  hard  Prate  aayo  (bat  1  ahuld  call 
iny  very  god  lords  Chauncellour  knave. 

Jnhmilogia,  xsllU  49. 
ADVERSION.     Attention. 

The  »aul  bcttoweth  her  advertion 

On  aomething  cl»c.     More'a  Phil.  Pttema,  p.  S04. 

AD\'ERTACYONNE.     Information. 

or  your  good  her(a  I  have  a<f perf orison n«. 
Where  thnrow  In  aowlc  hoU  made  je  be. 

Blgbt  JfytteriM,  p.  106. 
AD\'EnTASirD.     Advertised.     A'or/A. 
ADVERTENCE.     Attention. 

Although  tlie  body  aat  etnong  hem  there, 
Uet  atftrertence  It  alwaie  ellia-where. 

Tn)tltu  anil  Vreittite,  Iv.  OOfl. 

ADVERTISEMENT.  Admonilion.  Tliis  is  the 
original  meaning  of  the  word  in  prefatory'  no- 
tices. Cf.  Mucli  Ado  about  Nothing,  v,  1 ; 
Uarrington's  Nug.  Antii).  i.  46. 

ADVEST.  To  put  a  person  in  possession.  Sec 
Colgravc.  in  v.  Jdheritfr,  Adreilir. 

ADVISEMENT.     Consideration. 

Thereto,  If  you  retpect  their  potition,  they  are 
aitual  in  manet  of  a  circle  or  ring,  having  an  liuge 
l*ke  or  portion  of  the  aea  in  the  mlddeit  of  them, 
which  U  not  without  perill  to  luch  aa  with  anul) 
miviatment  enter  into  the  tame. 

Harriann'B  J^enription  of  Brttmine,  p.  33. 

ADVITE.     Adult.     (Lot.) 

Fyrat*  tuch  perumri,  beyng  nowe  aifaife,  that  it 
to  ate,  pMsed  their  rhttdehoode,  aa  wel  In  mantn 
tir  Tfio*.  Et^ot't  Oint^rnw,  p.  SS. 


ADVOCACIES.     Lawsuit*.     (//.-A'.) 

tic  ye  not  ware  how  that  falae  Poltphele 
la  now  about  eflionit  fbr  to  plete. 
And  brlnglu  on  you  arfiwcorfea  new  ? 

TltlU»^»  nnd  Crtaeidtf,  il.  1400. 

/VDVOCAS.     I>aw>ers ;  advocates. 

At  thameful  deth  as  hcrte  can  dcvite. 
Come  to  thlae  Juget  and  hir  odeoMU. 

Chmucer,  OmI.  T.  12295. 

ADVOCATION.     Pleading.     S/iat. 

ADVOCATRICE.     A  female  advocate.     Bfjo/. 

ADVOID.  To  avoid ;  to  leave  j  to  ijuit.  '■  Void 
the  bar"  is  a  phrase  still  used  by  the  crier  at 
the  courts  in  Westminster  Hall.  Cf.  Wright's 
Monastic  Letters,  p.  198;  Hall,  Heor>'  IV.  f. 
27 ;  Supp.  to  Hardyug,  f.  83. 

ADVOUCll.    To  avouch. 

Vet  because  It  hath  been*  by  us  experimented, 
and  found  out  (o  be  true,  we  male  the  better  ndtwch 
It.  Stanihurgt'a  Deact-iptivn  t^/  Ireland,  p.  3(). 

ADVOWE.  To  avow ;  to  plead.  See  Palsgrave, 
f.  138. 

So  that  I  male  sale  and  advowe  that  never  prinee 
bcaryng  scepter  and  croune  over  rcalmea  and  re- 
gions, hath  found  or  proved  more  faithfuller  eoun- 
aaUera,  nor  tri-wcr  subjectet,  then  1 . 

Hall,  Edward  IV.  f.  DO. 

ADVOWTRY.  Adultery.  Cf.  Gov.  Myst.  p.  216 ; 
Hardyng,  f.  194  ;  Supp.  to  Hardyng,  f.  67  ; 
Percy's  Rdiques,  p.  12li;  A)>ology  for  the  Lol- 
lards, p.  78 ;  Itom.  of  the  Ruse,  4954. 

We  giflb  nojtc  oure  bodyse  to  Icchery-e ;  we  do 
Dane  adrflu.rr>e,  ne  we  do  na  tyimc  wharcfote  ut 
aulde  ncde  to  do  penauiKe, 

il.S.  Lincoln  A.  i.  17,  r.33. 
ADVYSY'ON.     A  vision  j  a  dream. 

O  good  knyghle,  tayd  he,  (how  arte  a  foole,  for  that 
gentilwoman  was  the  maistcT  fendc  of  belle,  the 
whiche  hath  power  above  alle  devyls,  and  that  waa 
the  old  lady  that  thow  tawett  in  tbyn  advyt^uH 
rydynge  on  the  serpent.  Morte  d' Arthur,  ii.  845. 
iVDWARD.  Award; judgment;  sentence.  S^enter, 

This  |)oet  also  uses  it  as  a  verb. 
ADWA'^TIIE.    To  wait  for.   Tliis  peculiar  form 
occurs  in  Wright's  Monastic  Letters,  p.  202. 
ADYGHT.     Dressed  ;  adorned.       (A.-S.) 
The  terys  ranne  on  the  kingis  knei 
For  Joyc  that  he  sawe  Dora  adyght. 

US.  Hart,  !£»,  (.  lOS. 

ADYLD.     Addled ;  earned. 

He  has  lufy/d  hta  ded,  a  kyng  he  hym  calde. 

Tvwnrtey  SSyiterira,   p.  IttS. 

ADYT.    The  innermost  part  of  a  temple ;  the 

place  where  the  oracles  were  pronounced. 

Behold,  amidst  the  ad^u  of  our  goda. 

Greenc'M  f^'orlUt  1.114. 
jVDYTE.     To  indite  j  to  write. 

Kyng  Rychard  dede  a  lottre  wryte, 
A  noble  clerk  it  gan  ddyre. 
And  made  therlnne  mensyoun. 
More  and  lease,  of  the  raunsoun. 

nicAard  Om-  da  L4wi,  1174. 
ADZE.     An  addice.     Mtjuheu. 
AE.     One ;  one  of  several ;  each.     North. 
AHR.     An  ear.     £ruf. 
AEREMANCG.     Divination  by  the  air. 
lie  (cmp(elh  ofte,  and  eek  also, 
Atrmnanti  In  iuggemanU 

Cintw,  MS.  Soc.  ylnllil.   134,  f.  lU, 


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iESTrVE.     Summer. 

I  muit  alto  Jhew  how  Ibey  am  llkewlM  logcrilCTcd 
out  of  lli«  dutt  of  the  Mrtti  by  wnime,  «»rt»c  "nd 
lumincr  ihcwcn.  wtioK  life  Uihort,  ind  there  U  no 
uie  of  thcni.  Topttirt  HMory  0/  Sarptnlt,  p.  178- 

AEWAAS.     Always.     North. 
AEY.  (1)  Yc9.    lor.  dial. 
(2)  Always;  ever. 

Oiriewtyng,  wtllc  y  wote. 

He  bare  the  pryci  atw-  "S.  Canub.  Ft.  1.  6,  f.BO. 

AP.      Of. 

Fore  u  poucMI  fore  lolh  hit  U, 
With  >  tere  i\f  Uiyn  ye.      MS.  Dtmct  X»,  f.  Ifc 
AFAITEN.     To  tame.  (A.-N.) 

It  ufailclh  the  deish 

Fnun  folies  fill  unnye.     Pirn  FIOHghmaK,  ji.  891. 
A-FALLE.     Fallen.     Cf.  Reliq.  Antiq.  U.  272 ; 
Gesta  Komanonini.  p.  '172. 

LordynRci,  wel  jc  wyttth  «lle. 

How  Charlii  the  kyng  of  Frmunce 
Now  u  oppon  my  lood  n-/hlle, 
With  prido  and  gret  bobiunc*. 

MS.  Jihmnlt  33,  r.  id. 
AFARE.     AflFairSi  business.     Sihrner. 
AFARNE.     Afar  off;  ttt  a  ilistaiitM;. 
Al  thay  wmld  wlhl  hym  afiime. 

Out  «f  Warwick,  ItUdtthUt  MS. 

AFATEMENT.       Behaviour;    gooil    manners. 

(A..K.) 

Theo  thridde  lilm  Uughte  to  pl«y  at  b«l  j 
Thco  fcoTthe  t^remcnf  lu  balle. 

K^S  AlUMunHer .  GGl. 

AFAUNCE.     Weber  tsmjccturet  this  word  to 
ml^all  affinuvf.  Tlic  Bortl.  MS.  reads  maunce. 
By  aootlilr  roou  thou  knowett  h/omhm. 
And  by  the  steorrci  telle  hU  ehaunce. 

Kyng  .iliMundtr,  739. 

A-FAYLE.    To  fail ;  to  be  wanting. 
Two  huudurd  knyghtyi  take  the 
The  Leroni  boldcly  to  auayle  ; 
Loke  yowrc  hertyi  not  a-fitth. 

MS.  Cantab,  ft.  II.  ."B,  t.  17*. 

AFAYTY.    To  ume ;  to  stitMlue.  (//.-A'.) 

At  tone  u  »omcr  come,  to  Yrlond  he  gan  wcodc, 
Vor  to  afityln  that  lond,  and  to  wyniie  cch  ende. 

Kfil,.  Glvuc.  p.  179. 
AFEARD.     Afraid.      Var.  dial.     This  fonn  of 
the  word  is  a  common  archusm.     See  Merch. 
of  Venice,  u.  9. 
AFBDE.     To  feed.     Chaum-. 
AFEPEO.     Fcofcd  ;  gave  fiefs. 

Thel  lele  make  a  guode  abbey. 
And  well  yt  a/r/td  tbo. 

Ami!  ami  AmUouH,  UWi. 

AFELD.  (1)  In  the  field. 

Thit  brethren  wcndclll  n/Wd 

To  witeu  here  fc : 
Ac  Jocep  Icvedc  at  hom. 

That  hende  waa  and  fr«.  MS.  Bodl.  BM,  f.  S. 
Ant  liou  he  iloh  aJt-Mts 
Him  that  If  fkder  aquelde.        Kynf  Hi/rN,  WJ. 

(2)  Felled;  dc»troycd,  {.<.-&) 

That  load  diatrud  and  men  aqueld. 
And  Cllilendom  thai  han  nleh*!  ^/kM, 

Oy  V  IVansUtt,  p.  M. 
AFELLE.    To  fell ;  lo  cut  down.    (J.-S.) 
The  kyng  dude  anon  n/rtle 
Many  thouunde  oka.  irh  telle. 

Krttf  .l/ini4nilrr,  MMI. 
AFENCE.     Offence.     Pmmpl.  Pan; 


AFEND.    To  offend. 

ThI  God  thou  u-halt  noft  mflm4, 
Bot  bryng  thiaelfe  to  good  end. 

MS.  i>0Hce  301,  f.  2. 
AFENGE.     Received.     (,Y.-S.) 
Selnle  Uartha  good  was, 
Al  ;e  hereth  of  telle. 
Hy  u/irn/T  ouro  Lord  in  here  houf, 
Ai  it  aelth  In  the  goipelle. 

MS.  Call.  TVIn.  Oswi.  i7. 
AFEORMED.     Confirmed  ;  made  fast.    {A.-N.) 
Have  who  >o  the  maiitry  may, 
Aflornui  faate  is  this  deray. 

Kmg  Ali—utidtr,  7350. 

AFER.     A  horse.     Norlhumb. 
AFERD.     Instructed.     {A.-N.) 

And  hoteth  him  aende,  fer  and  uerr. 

To  hli  justices  lettm  hard, 

That  the  coolrait  beo  a/er4 

To  fruscbc  the  gadclyng.  and  to  bete, 

And  none  of  hcom  on  lyve  Icle. 

K^ng  Mitaunrinr,  1813. 

AFERE.  (I)  Afraid.     As  T>T\vliitt  docs  not  ex- 
plain Ihia  word,  I  give  the  French  original  of 
the  passage  in  which  it  occim. 
Mloehcrt  for  ire  gollh  afitre. 
That  1  let  any  entre  here. 

I  Romau»l  of  tht  RoM,  4073. 

Trop  yr^  aula  au  rueur  du  ventre, 
l^uant  oncquca  nul  y  mlit  le  pl^. 

L»  Human  df  la  Rimt.  3827, 

(2)  To  make  afraid.  (,Y.-S.) 

Ve  have  with  yow  good  cngynea, 
Swiike  knowc  but  few  ^areiynct ; 
A  mangenel  thou  doo  arere. 
And  too  thou  achalt  hem  wet  a/ete. 

Richanl  Cuer  de  Mm,  4104. 

AFERID.    Afraid.  (A.-S.) 

Ha  I  cowarde  herte  of  love  unlerld. 
Whereof  arte  thou  ao  aore  n/»ri</. 

Coicer.  MS.  Sar.  Antiq.  134,  f.  1«7. 

AFERRE.     Afraid.     (.i.-S.) 

jytu-  icbe  that  i<  n/lmne  letle  her  flee. 

ilt/aan*«  Aneivnt  Song*,  p.  77. 
AFERT.     Afraid.      (A.-S.) 

So  gryftlich  thel  were  wrought, 

Uche  of  hero  a  twerd  brought. 

And  mad  hire  ofBrt  ao  aore. 

rae  Kyng  ^  Tart,  411. 
A-FETID.    This  term  is  applied  to  deer  in  the 
followingpassagc,  and  apparently  means  well  or 
fuU  shaped.    (.^.-.V.) 

And  wcl  a-fltid  la  whanne  the  hod  b  wcl  woxt-ii  by 
ordynauncc  after  the  highte  and  the  Khap,  whan 
the  tyndet  bo  wel  giowc  yn  the  beom  by  good  mc- 
aure.  MS.  Bodl.  .140. 

AFFADIL.  A  daffodil.  A  common  old  form  of 
the  word,  found  in  Palsgrave,  Minshcu,  Florio, 
and  Cotgrave.  "  Flour  of  affadilte"  is  recom- 
mended in  a  receipt  to  cure  madncjts,  in  au  old 
medical  .MS.  in  Lincoln  Cathedral,  f.  282.  See 
also  Archscologia,  xxx.  3H2. 
AFFAIED.     Afraid;  affrighted;  affectod.  toiay- 

loft. 
AFFAIES.     Burdens.      La«glnfl. 
AKPAINEP.     Feigned.     Ihll. 
AFFAMISII.    To  famish  willi  hunger. 
AFFAYTED.      rreparcd ;    instructed:    tamed.^ 
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He  badd*  a  clniton  yungF  of  ige, 
Whom  h«  h*tb  iD  hU  cbunbcr  nffhUed, 

Ooum,  Id.  1M>,  r.  «3. 
Hit  eotikm  bca  tot  hym  q/Tbytirf, 
So  that  hb  iMdjr  b  awiylcd.  /M.  t.  131. 

The  jonve  whelpe  whirhe  it  nifttytnl, 
Hath  OM  bit  mayttcr  Ixttei  .iwiyted 
To  coocbe,  wbaane  he  lajtelh,  *•  Coo  lowe  l~ 

Gwvr,  MS.  Soc.  ^mtlq.  134,  t.  46, 
And  acbe  of  bcm  hit  talc  nffanitlh 
All*  to  deceive  an  Innocent. 

IhU.  I.  64. 

AFfE.     Have. 

That  mrstcr  ^ffit  to  Wynne  thcem  medc. 

RUmm'i  MntSttt  Suugi,   I.  47. 

AfFKARED.     Aftaid.     SAu*.     Few   prorindil 

wonb  are  more  common. 
AFFECT.  (I)  To  love.    ThUword  is  used  botU 

a«  ■  nibftantive  and  a  verb. 

True  worth  mam  (cw  :  but  ture  I  am.  not  many 

Have  rot  bare  tertuet  take  afftcttd  any. 

(2)  A  property  of  tlie  miud. 

Ym,  they  oerc  utterlie  void  of  that  *ffrcl.  which 

■a  naturallie  IngraSM  in  man,  which  it  to  be  jillll- 

full  to  the  bumble  and  prostrate,  and  to  retiit  the 

^  proud  and  obttinat.  Holinlliett,  Hitl.  u/  Irdaiul,  p.  Sj. 

H  AFFECTATED.  Affected.  "  A  stile  or  oration 
V  to  much  ttffectaled  wytb  strange  words." 
'  Barrt. 

AFFECTATION.    A  curious  desire  of  a  thing 

which  nature  hath  not  given.     Rider. 
AFFF.CTEOtSI.Y.      Affectionately,      See  .if- 
ftrtfioiub). 

Mux  hy»  death,  hit  life  again  wai  daily  witalled, 
aail  m^ttmttt  eroouf  hit  lubjcctet  drtytcd,  but 
wtihyDC  errved   not.    nor    yet   their  ilesyre  tnoke 

IooiM  eflbcta.  Hall,  tAwarxi  IV.  (.  St. 

AFFECTION.  (1)  Affectation.     SAo*. 
(2)  Sjinpathy.     See  a  curious  passage  in  the 
M<3rli.  of  Venice,  iv.  I,  and  the  notes  of  the 
commenutnrs.     Parson  Hugh,   Merr)'  Wives 
of  Winiisor.  i.  1,  malics  a  verb  of  it,  to  love. 
AFFECTION.VTED.    Attached.    SeetheCobler 

I'   of  Canterburie,  1608,  sig,  E.  iii. 
And    albeit   he   trusted    the     Engllihmen    well 
iaough,  yet  being  tmrne  on  the  other  tide  nf  the 
teas,  he  Wat  tnore  nffttctumatvd  to  the  people  of  those 
prot  locet  tlteie  tubject  unto  him. 
HMimhnl,  Hitl.  0/ Inland,  p.  ii.* 
AFFECTIONED.    Affected.     S/uii. 
An'KCTVALL.     Effectual.     Such  seems  to  be 
the  meaning  of  the  word  in  Archa^ologia,  xxv. 
90,  while  in  the  same  document,  p.  89,  affec- 
IwtU^  occurs  in  the  same  sense  as  affectu- 
<m*lf,  q.  T. 
Alooto  failed  not  with  nffeetuaii  and  manifett  ar- 
ftunrntet  to  penwade  her  that  her  huutband  had 
now  DO  more  right  or  title  to  her  at  all. 

filWiir"*  Fariwcll,  IMl, 
AFFECTUOl'SLY.       Passionately ;     affection- 
I  atcly.      Cf.  Giletta  of  Narbona,  ap.  Collier's 

■         Shak.  Lib.  p.  10;  Harrington's  Ntig.  Ant.  i.  19; 
H         Wright's  Monastic  Letters,  p.  99 ;   Slate  Pa- 
^1        pera,  i.  827. 
^H         I  have  sought  tiym  detirutly, 

^M  I  have  tought  hym  t^rc-fwoWjr.    /tWi'/.  .intit-  li,  IS?, 

AFFEBBLED.     Enfeebled. 

lo  the  rattiesint  of  nalurall  issues,  tltcagthcning 


the  qffttbltd  membert,  attitting  the  livelte  forcvt, 
disperting  annoloua  oppllationt,  and  qualiOeng  of 
tundrie  griefet.  HarrtMon't  TTetr.  of  Knfftaitd,  p.  914. 
AFFEER.  To  settle ;  to  confirm.  See  Macbeth, 
iv,  3.  Affeerours,  says  Cowell,  arc  "  those  that 
be  appointed  upon  oath  to  mulct  such  as  have 
committed  faults  arbitrarily  punishable,  and 
have  no  express  penalty  set  down  by  statute." 
AFFENDE,     To  offend. 

Lawe  it  ny^e  flemid  oute  of  contri. 
For  fcwe  ben  that  didc  It  to  nff^^. 

Ordnie,  US.  Soc.  .tnltq.  134,  f.  967. 
But  now  lo  the  mater  that  1  bc-Sbrc  rncvi-d, 
Uf  the  gomca  to  gay  that  grace  hadde  afftttntid. 

DrpoMUIon  o/  lUcNord  II.  p.  91. 

AFFEILVUNT.    The  haunch.    (.Y.-A.) 

He  twreth  moo  tyndet  thc-n  dolth  an  herle.  His 
heed  may  uoht  be  wcl  devyK>d  witbrtutc  payntyng. 
Thel  have  a  lungerc  tayl  than  (he  hert,  and  alto  ho 
Iiath  more  grcce  to  hit  aJfitrauHt  then  the  hert. 

MS.  Binll.  &4C. 

AFFERDEDE.     Frightened. 

Mo  thoghte  seho  hade  no  jTawere,  for  the  raaayooo 
of  God  comforthed  me;  but  the  grytely  tyghte  of 
hir  aJTrrdedt  mc.  MS.  Ijtteultt  A.  1, 17,  f.  241. 

AFFEUE,  (1)  To  belong.     (Fr.) 

Ho  Wat  llien  burycd  at  Winchetter  In  royall  wite. 
At  lo  tuche  a  prince  of  reason  thuuld  ajfertr. 

Hcrdynf't  I'ltrvnirlt,  f.  lOti. 

(2)  CouDtenancc  ;  demeanour.     Gaie. 

(3)  To  terrify-. 

The  Com  Che  Soudan  nam,  Richard  for  lo  nfferit. 

Langto/t'M  Chronicle,  p.  ID?. 

AFFERMID.     Confinned. 

And  whan  that  Uwe  wat  confermid 
In  dewe  forme,  and  alle  e^ffirmij. 

G<mcr,  MS.  Sor.  Aniil.  134,  f.  ltd. 
Among  the  goddet  bighe  It  it  ajffermril. 
And  by  etcme  word  written  and  contermcd* 

Chaurn-,  Caul.  T.  9351. 

AFFESED.  Frightened,  The  fiillomiig  extract 
from  Browne  is  given  by  Richardson,  in  v, 
Phent,  but  it  is,  perhaps,  the  s:inic  with 
ftnint.  Prompt.  Parv.  p.  158,  explained  (o 
make  qfraiii,  and  which  has  no  connexion,  1 
believe,  w  illi  either  phee:e,  or  A.-S.  fnian,  ai 
Mr.  Way  seems  to  intimate.  Sec  Feff. 
She  for  a  while  wot  well  tore  nffeni, 

Btvwnc't  SliryAcar^t  Pipe,  Eel,  1, 

AFFICIIE.    To  affirm.     (^.-.V.) 

of  that  they  ten  s  womman  riche, 
Thcr  wol  they  alle  here  love  nffiche. 

GmtcT,  MS.  Sic.  jMilq.  \M,  f.  149. 
AFFIE.     To  tnist ;  to  rely.     See  Rom.  of  the 

Rose,  5480;  K>-ng  Alisaiinder,  7347. 
AFFINAGE.     The  refining  of  metals.     Skinner. 
AFFINE.  (1)  A  relative.    Shakespeare  baa  it  as 
a  verb. 

Howe  heyncut  or  detettabic  a  crymc  tooevrr  he 
had  committed,  trcatofl  onely  except,  thoulde  llke- 
wlte  at  ti^net  and  alyet  to  the  holy  orden  be  ttved* 
and  committed  to  the  bysihoppes  pryton. 

Hall,  Henry  Vlt.  I.  M. 

(2)  To  refine.     Skinner. 

AFl'lRE.    On  fire. 

And  hir  to  love  Uehe  at  I  desire, 
Beulgne  Lorde,  to  tet  myn  hert  uffir*. 

I.^f<,te,  MS.  ^tltmolt  39,  t.  If. 

AFFIRMABLY.    With  certainly. 

I  cannot  wryte  of  suche  ^fflntmUtf. 

Hard^Hii't  ChrmUlt,  t,  M. 


AFF 


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AFI 


APFLIOIIT.    Flight. 

of  the  gripe  h«  hB«l  a  tight, 
How  ihe  flew  in  affllgtkt. 

Torrtfnl  t>f  Portugalf  p.  89. 
AFFLIGIT.     Afflicted.     MitundrvUe. 
AFFOND.     Have  found. 

A  monelh  after  a  mon  rnygtitte  bom  lUftHirf* 
Lyaod  ityll  on  the  grownil. 

Hunllyng  nf  the  Hmr»,  tS3. 
AFFONG.     Same  as  Afonge,  q.  v.     This  form 

occur*  in  MS.  Arund.  Coll.  Arm.  8. 
AFPORCE.     To  strengthen ;  to  compel. 

(torge  upon  gorge  tn  aff^mv  hjr»  lechery  l 
The  tonge  daye  he  spent  in  glutony. 

Ruchaa,  b.  T.  c.  S. 
Swa  iulde  we  do  agayne*  devellet  that  nffnrct»  thamc 
to  reve  fra  ui  the  hony  of  poure  lyfe  and  of  graee. 

MX.  UnrrJn  A.  I.  17.  f.  IM. 

AFmRI).      To   afford   to   acll.      A'on  poumm 
lanluh  vendrre,  1  cannot  afford  it  at  so  little 
a  iiricc.     Rider. 
AFFOHE.    To  make  effective. 
!>ti  Ifiat  thou  out  yykerye  njfiir* 
To  help  ooa  in  (hit  do<.       MS.  Jtkmole  93,  f.  17- 
Beele  and  moyiture  direelylh  Iher  ptaaagaa. 
With  gre«ae  fervence  Vnffnr*  yong  coragtik 

LrdgaUi  Miimr  Patmt,  p.  M4. 
AFFORME.    To  conform. 

Ye  icrrauntn  that  waytc  upon  the  table. 

Be  ye  honest  and  dylygent ; 
To  hym  that  t>  most  honourable 
Jfforma  your  mancrs  and  entenL 

Dvct.  nf  (#oM<  SsrMwiWM,  p.  0. 
AFFORN.    Before. 

And  alle  the  Sarsynt  thay  a-slowo. 
That  thay  nffum  hiiu  founde. 

US.  AOimia  33,  f.  3U. 

AFFORST.    Thirsty. 

Noc  hallfe  yuowh  therof  he  haddc, 

tjft  be  was  %ffont.      Ttw  Ftere  and  (Ai;  At^,  Iv. 

AFFRAIE.     Fear. 

Hut  yet  1  am  In  grete  n/frate 

Lest  thou  kliuldest  nat  doe  as  I  sale. 

Rom.  «f  (/if  Rok,  KXtl. 

AFFRAMYNGE.     Fraiiijngc,  or  o/fromi/wyr,  or 
wynnyngc,  Lucrum,  etnolumenium.     I'rompt. 
Par>-.  p.  1/6. 
AFFRAP.    To  encounter;  to  strike  down. 
They  bene  y-mctt,  both  ready  to  ttfivp, 

r^trU  QwsM,  II.  i.  86. 
AFFRAY.  (1)  A  disturbance.     (A.-N.) 
Who  lived  eTcr  In  twiche  dellie  o  day, 
That  bim  ne  meved  other  conscience. 
Or  ire,  or  Ulent,  or  som  kin  nlftaf. 

CTtftueer,  Cant,  T.  tlA57. 

(2)  To  frighten.     {J.-N.) 

Needles,  God  wot,  he  thought  hire  to  nfrajt. 

CHaucrr,  Cant.  T.  11331. 

APFRAYED.     Afraid. 

And  whenne  Kyngc  Edwardes  hootte  had  koow- 
lege  that  Sere  Perys  Ic  Dratllle  with  the  Scottes- 
menne  were  comynge.  the!  t«niewed  fVoin  the  sege 
and  were  tf/Trayed.  (VorJrwortA's  Chrmid;  p.  3. 

AFPRAYNE.     To  question ;  to  ask.     {J.-S.) 
Dyforc  the  ainyral  thanne  he  goth. 
And  bygan  hltn  for  to  nffraytut. 

MS.  ^lAiMi(«  S3,  r.  ». 
I  ^ffni^nt^  hym  lint 
Pram  whetmcs  he  come. 

Picrt  PhUfhmiui,  p.  317. 


AFFRENDED.     Reconciled. 

Where  when  she  saw  ttut  cruell  war  so  ended,' 

And  deadly  foes  so  faithfully  {{/Trcntlett, 

In  lovely  wise  she  gan  that  lady  greet. 

Which  had  so  great  dismay  so  well  amended. 

Faertt  ifuKKt,  i  V,  ill,  1 
AFFRET.     An  assault ;  an  attack,    (/'r.) 

And,  passing  forth  with  furtout  offrtl, 
Pietst  through  bis  berer  quite  into  his  brow. 

Xosne  (funm,  IV.  111.  II. 

AFFRICTION.     Friction.     Boylt. 
APFRimiLE.     A  daffodil.     Chah.  M 

AKFRON'l".  To  meet  face  to  face ;  to  encounter.  ^ 
Cf.  Troilus  andCressida,  iii.  2;   llomlet,  iii.  I, 
"  On  aflront,"  face  to  face.     Ben  Jonaon,  iv. 
51,  has  the  word  as  a  substantive. 
The  brigge  ys  of  fair  entaylle. 

On  brede  founy  fete : 
An  hundred  kny;tcs  wythoute  faille, 
Tlicr  on  affrvnt  mowc  meet. 

MS.  .Mmulc  33.  f.  St. 
AFFRONTEDNESS.  Great  impudence.  SJmoter. 
AFFULDEM.     Struck  down.     (A.-S.) 
Holand  is  an  liardl  man. 

So  strong  ntan  and  so  wljt ; 
tn  no  batali  tber  he  cam, 

Ne  fond  he  nevcrc  knyjt 
That  onys  a  stmk  hltn  astod. 

That  he  on  him  tvide, 
That  he  ue  nffutttem  wcie  wod, 

Outher  slows  at  a  bralde.  MS.  Athimit  33. 
AFFYAUNCE.    Trust. 

He  shrove  hym  with  grete  repentauncc. 

But  of  Coddys  mercy  he  hadde  none  qJfiMiMncv. 

MS.  Hurl.  Ijlil,  f.  8i. 

AFGODNESS.     Idolatr)-.    Skmwr. 
AFILE.     To  file;   to  polish.     Cf,  Troilus  and 
Crcseide,  ii.  1G81. 
Whanne  he  hath  his  tunge  afitU 
With  softe  spcchc  and  with  leaynges. 

Coioer,  MS.  Sue.  yiillq.  134,  f.  U. 
For  wel  ho  wiste,  whan  that  song  was  songo. 
He  must  prechc,  and  wel  ttfUe  his  tonge. 

CtaKosr  QmI.  r.  7li. 
AFILEU.     DefUcd. 

Alas,  hco  salde,  y  nere  y-«pllled  1 
l^or  men  me  cleputh  qucnc  tiJtM. 

Kyng  ^tUauHder,   1004, 
A-FINE.      HW  a^Mr,  in  perfection.     SeG<(^ii. 
For  no  man  at  the  Brste  stroke 
fie  may  not  fel  adoune  an  uke. 
Nor  o(  the  reitlDS  have  the  wine. 
Till  grapes  lie  ripe  and  wel  n-fine. 

Rom.  nf  the  RMe,  3flD0. 
AFINGRET.     Hungry.     Cf.  Wright's  PoUUcal 
Songs,  p.  342 ;  Piers  Ploughman,  pp.  133, 1 76, 
283,  403, 
A  vox  gon  out  of  the  wodc  go, 
j4^nfrvt  so,  that  htm  wcs  wo; 
He  nes  nerere  in  none  wise 
jtJiHgret  erour  tuUf  so  swlihc. 

Rellf.  Amtq.  ii. 
As  hy  were  on  a  day  sore  ^fi/ngrMt 
To  the  bord  hy  sele. 

MS.  (ML  niH.  OilM.  S7. 
AFIT.     On  foot.     North. 
A-FIVE.     Into  five  pieces. 
f>\x  Gil  to  klm  gan  to  drive. 
That  his  •!,««  t)fast  0-/er,     Cp  (\f  f^mnvike,  p*i 


.  Hi. 


I.  a. 


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AFO 


I 


AFLAMING.    Flaming. 

The  cting  of  tongues  the  ^fiaming  fire  Joth  feed. 
JfptHd.  <a  W.  Jtiiptt,  p.  atll, 
AFLAT,     rut.     Rieon. 
AFLAUNT.     Showily  ilresscd. 

Al  t{^unt  DOW  vaunt  It ; 

Bravo  wench,  oMt  awey  care; 
With  Uyei  or  lave  chaunt  It, 

Tot  do  co*t  lec  thou  tpore. 

PtWMt*  and_Ca*»anirQ,  1.  9, 

AFLED.     Esoiped. 

He  fhnke  hit  eares« 
And  horn  grele  femre» 

He  thought  hym  well  qfied. 

Sir  TlMKU  Mur^t  Warku,   1U7- 

AFLIGHT.  To  be  uncMy.  (//.-M) 
Upon  this  worde  htr  herte  afli^t» 
Tbyokende  what  was  best  to  doone. 

Cower t  b.   ti. 
Tho  was  the  boy  i^gghi. 
And  doril  not  tpeke.  Octoefon,  191. 

A-FLORE.     Oil  the  floor. 

And  over  keveryd  with  a  pal, 
A-M»  where  she  itondu. 

MS>  VaMoh.  Ff.  t.  8,  f.  iXI. 

AFLOJEN.    Flown. 

And  were  •fi»\9H  grete  and  smalle. 

And  eke  the  aoierel.         UB.  J-ltmolc  33,  f.  41. 

AFLYTTE.     Same  as  .Iflight,  q.  v. 

I  Upon  his  woriie  hire  herte  q/ty]le, 

Thenkrnde  what  was  best  to  done. 
Goirrr,  MS.  Sor.  Jntlq.  134,  f.  ()S. 
And  tho  for  fere  hire  herte  a/lfilt.  I'-I'l-  t.  111. 
AFO.    To  take ;  to  undeiialtc ;  to  receive. 
Tbcraperrur  that  was  to  fre. 
With  him  Gij  than  ladde  he ; 
C'otfelt  him  bede  and  rit^, 
^L  Gret  worthtchip  and  rirhe  fes ; 

^P  Ac  he  thcrof  nold  afo, 

^^  For  nothing  that  ho  might  do. 

Ct  of  fVmviikr,  p.  M. 
Bl  ml  Lord  Jhetut  Crist. 

This  message  ichil  i^.  /'<!<'.  p.  133. 

For  nought  that  y  might  a/o, 
V  nD  bitray  Iherl  TIrtl.  IbU.  p.  199. 

AFOAT.     On  foot.     Var.  diaL 
A  FtJ  ILD.     Foiled ;  cast  down. 
Felice  hadde  of  him  gret  rewthe. 
Gti,  quod  tchc,  thou  lovctt  mc  In  trowthe  I 
Al  to  tnlchel  thou  art  t^/t'iJd; 
Now  thl  blod  It  is  acolld.        On  it  Wnrtniltr,  p.  90. 

.SPONGE.  To  take;  to  receive.  "  Afongc  Iiem 
who  »o  afonge,"  take  them  who  will  take  tlietn. 
Cf.  Wright's  Middle-age  Treat,  on  Sciciicr,  p. 
140;  Rob.  Glouc.  p.  91;  Arthour  and  Mer- 
lin, p.  126 ;  Kyng  Alisaunder,  600,  972,  7209, 

75M. 

Alas !  tede  teinte  Cuthberd, 

Fule  eeh  am  to  longe ! 
I  adta  this  tchcp  no  longer  kepe, 

Apmft  hem  who  so  afitngt  I 

MS.  CM.  Trin.  Onn.  «7.  (.  «• 

AFORCE.  (1)  To  force;  to  compel.     Cf.  Kyng 
Aliuonder,  7119:  Rob.  Glouc.  pp.    121,   323; 
Skdton's  works,  i.  31,  308,  explained  to  mean, 
to  Utempt,  to  exert  one's  self. 
Thoghe  men  ^fiirctd  hym,  for  drede. 
To  fry  that  tliat  man  dyd  that  dede. 

MS.  Harl.  1701.  t.  U. 
Fot  {If  a  mon  ^/brcr  hym  ay 
To  do  the  goode  that  he  may. 


jit  may  his  goode  dedut  be  %o  wrought* 
'iliat  par  chaunce  C3od  aloweth.hym  nought. 

MS.  Jltmatt  41,  r.  11. 

(2)  To  force ;  to  nviah. 

He  hath  me  of  vilanlc  bltooght ; 
Me  to  afurto  it  In  his  thought. 

.■4rtliovr  and  Merttn,  p.  88* 

AFORE.  ( 1 )  Before ;  forward ;  in  time  past. 
(.i.-S.)  It  is  used  in  the  two  latter  senses 
with  quick  speakers  ;  especially  in  the  northern 
provinces,  and  in  Norfolk.  In  MS.  Digby  40, 
f.  19,  is  the  proverb,  "  Hee  that  will  not  be- 
ware afrjrr  will  be  sory  afterwardes." 
And  when  the  lyenai  hungurd  sore, 
Sche  ete  of  the  gryflyn  more. 

That  t^fore  was  itronge  and  wyght. 

M.I.  OinUb.  Ff.  11.  38.  f.  U. 

(2)   Gone.      So  explained  in  a  MS.  Sonierset- 
shire  glossary,  lent  to  mc  by  a  native  of  that 
county. 
AFOREN.    Before.     CAaueer. 
AFORE-TUZ.     Before  tlioii  hast.     Yorhi. 
AFORETY.ME.     In  lime  past.    Still  in  use.  See 
an  instance  in  the  Dial,  uf  Great.  Moral,  p.  14  I. 
AFORE-YENE.    Over  against ;  directly  in  front 
of.     Someriet. 
And  tayid,  nece,  who  hath  arayid  thut 
The  yondir  house,  that  ttante  nfnri/im»  ut  t 

TnMHiand  Crttrlda,  II.  IIW. 
AFORNANDE.    Beforehand.     Prompt.  Parv. 
AFORNE.    Before;  formerly.     Wft. 
Afitme  provided  by  grace  of  Crltt  Jhetu, 
To  were  Ij.  crownyi  In  Yngland  and  in  Frntmce. 
.W.S-.  Harl.    iSil,  f.  4. 

AFORNE-CASTE.     Premeditated. 
By  high  imoglTiaclon  aforn«.<aMt9, 
Od  a  night  chorghe  Che  hoggit  tty  hee  brast. 

ChauefT,  rrf.  Vrry,  p.  I7I. 

AFORRAN.     In  store;  in  reserve.     North.     A 

corruption  apparently  of  aforehand. 
A-Ft)RSE.     By  necessity. 

Than  (Tl'IIc  it  a-JSirtt  to  mile  hem  ajeynr. 

Depotilivn  ct/  iticAarrf  //.  p.  811. 

AFORTHE.   (1)   Toalford.  (.i.-S.) 

Aod  Y*'^  ^^"^  mete  as  lie  myglite  a/brthe, 
Aotl  maurablc  hyre.         Piert  Ptottgftmant  I**  19tf- 
(2)     Continually.     {J.-S.) 

And  here  and  ihere.  m»  llut  my  llttllc  wit 
J/brthe  may  cek  ihinkc  I  trmnftUte  hit. 

OccUve,  AiS.  Sue.  Jntiti.  134.  f.  S6?. 
A-FOnWARD.    In  fronl. 

Mill  thre  hoodrcd  kDyjtet,  A  duk,  Ihathvt  fStword. 
Auilcde  Corineut  hynuelf  a-fimvwA. 

Bob,  dome.  t>>  17. 
AFOTE.     Ou  foot 

Whcnne  Adam  Abctic  body  fond. 
For  ROTWe  t^/ble  myjl  he  duI  Blond. 

VurHtr  Mumdi,  US,  CM/.  TWh.  Quitub,  f.  B. 
It  Telle  tbcy  fou}t«n  botbe  ^f^*, 

G0KW  JU.  fibc.  ^nff«.  134.  f.  117. 
/VFOUE.     A  vow. 

Jake  »eydc,  y  make  t^/butt 
Y  am  OS  redey  ai  thow, 

7^0  Frei*  and  the  Bap,  ft.  \x\\. 
AFOUNDE.     Discovered. 

And  tho  the  Sanenct  n/bumde 

Her  lord  was  tUyn. 
Cvrrych  to  flu  away  that  ftounde 

WufcrlyXayn,  Octotinn»  16S0, 


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AFT 


AFOUNDRIT.     FoumlRred. 

lie  wu  nil  ^/iMitdlryil,  uid  coail  nonr  nlhlr  lirl|>. 
Chtiuair,  e-l.  t'Tjr,  p.  «>!>. 

AFOUR.     Over. 

ThU  men,  on  llic  klngo  •oml. 
Wcnl  a/iiKr  ll»lf  InglonJ. 

.irthuur  anil  ifrrtin,   p.  84 

A-FOYSTE.  In  Prompt.  I'an.  p.  7,  this  is  tnin»- 
Uted  by  tirida,  the  mcmiing  of  wliicli  may  lie 
tcea  in  that  work,  p.  103.  The  a  n  pro- 
bably the  Brticlc,  although  Mr.  Way  informs 
me  the  Winchester  -MS.  reachi  affysle. 
A-l'ttAWL.  For  all;  in  spil«  of.  Suffolk. 
AFKAYE.  Fears  fright.  Cf.  Prompt.  Pani-. 
p.  175. 

Tim  other  rode  hll  w«>e, 
lll<  luTle  waf  in  grete  ajmf- 

Syr  TrynmiMrt,  138}. 

AFHAYET.     Afraid. 

The  fffion  w«»  n/niyrl,  Uld  fcril  of  lllsl  fere. 

Hitb*tiH'*  RaiunnceM,  p.  12. 

AFREF.D.     Afriiil.    Derb^th. 

AFRET.     Frctl<d;  placed  crotswise.     (A.-N.) 

For  round  environ  her  crouriel 

Wu  full  of  richc  (t0lii>  afrrl. 

Horn.  0/  Kim,  3X>k. 

AFRETIE.    To  dcvottr. 

Spedeth  ou  to  ipcwen, 

Ak  me  dolh  to  ipello ; 
The  fend  ou  afrttiv 

With  fleU  Bnt  with  felle. 

Writhft  Pol.  «)nff»,  p.  tW- 

AFBEYNE.    To  judge.   (.Y.-5.) 

But  eeere  we  hope  lo  Thin  guortneue, 
Whaiui*  Thow  ichalt  thli  werde  mfnt"'- 

Hamimlc'4  SliM.  CanK.  US. 
AFBONT.     In  front.     See  tterHtr: 

LeMt  hU  people  «hould  l)e  uullod  not  onlle  v/nttt, 
but  alu  upon  everie  ilde  the  iMtlcIf,  he  camcd  the 
ranlu  iO  lo  plaec  tliemwlvn,  at  their  baltcU  might 
•  Irelch  farre  further  In  bredth  than  otherwue  the 
order  uf  warre  required. 

IMinihtd,  Hill.  Engtaod,  p.  SO. 

AFRONTTE.     Abreast. 

And  «or«t  of  all  that  Tundale  Iknd, 
A/rvKtU  unnethe  thel  myght  paue. 

Ttindali^t  rimiu,  p   39. 
APRORB.     Froicn.      Sommet. 
AFROUGHTE.     Asked?     (A.-S.) 
The  byMchnpe  ipake  wilhoule  fayle, 
Thougho  he  were  nolhynge  afrmighlr. 

JU.V.  ffurl.  «£»,  r.  114. 

AFROl'NT.  To  accost;  to  encounter;  to  at- 
tack. (.^.-^'.) 

Au  If  a  pore  man  ipeke  a  word,  he  >hal  be  foule 
n/nunf-l.  Wrlgltft  PoIUUmI  S,mgt,  p.  337. 

And  with  Nede  I  roette. 
That  itfrouni»€t  me  foule. 
And  faitour  me  called.        Pltn  Pluugliman,  p.  4B. 

AFRY5TE.     Frightened. 

Hire  herle  wi»  so  lore  nfiyju. 
That  Khe  ne  wtite  what  to  thinks. 

(Jowtr.  U.l.  Sac.  Antll.  134,  f.  101. 
He  h«-helde  jlf  the  hlnde  e»el  hurt  were. 
And  fond  fche  nas  but  a-friit  for  fere  of  that  dint. 
frULoKdlhi  H'fru^J/,  p.  100. 

AFT.    (1)  Oft.     Perci/. 

(2)  Behind.  Generally  a  «ca  term,  hut  it  it  in 
common  use  on  the  banks  of  the  Tync,  and 
occasionally  in  other  places,  in  the  sense  here 
given,  without  any  relation  to  nautical  subjects. 


AFTE.     Foolish  f 

Hit  nil  bot  Irewth,  I  wcod,  an  i^fle, 
For  le  tette  ntiga  In  cnl  crafie. 

n'fighft  PtJitiml  Snngt,  p.  310. 

AFTER.  Afterwards ;  according  to ;  according 
to  the  shape  of.  "  After  that  they  ware,"  ac- 
cording to  their  degree.  So  in  the  Common 
Prayers,  "  Neither  reward  us  after  our  iniqui- 
ties," i.  e.  according  to  our  iniquities.  The 
word  occurs  apparently  in  a  pcciUiar  seoso  in 
Ritson's  Ancient  Songs,  i.  40. 

Then  othlr  ladlei  aftrr  that  they  ware. 
To  knyghtis  weorc  dcIlTerld  there. 

A>tt^  Alimun'trr.  950.1. 
AFTERBURTHEN.    The  afterbirth.    This  word 
is  often  iiscil  in  the  curious  dcpoKitions  reUtiog 
to  the  birth  of  the  Prince  of  Wales  in  1688. 
Sec  Croft's  Excerpta  Anliqua,  1797. 
AFTERCLAP.  Anything  disagreeable  happening 
after  all  consequences  of  the  cause  have  been 
thought  at  an  end.     Hartshonie,  Salop.  Antiq. 
p.  303,  8«)Ti,  "  Ihc  consequence,  issue,  result, 
generally   received    in  malam  partem."     Cf. 
Reliq.  Antiq.  i.  77  ;  Collier's  Old  Ballads,  p.  94 ; 
Uolinshed,  Hist.  Engl.  p.  197. 
To  thy  frende  thowe  lore*t  motte, 
Loke  thowe  telle  not  alle  thy  wortte. 

Whatsoever  bchappes; 
For  whane  thy  frende  yi  thy  foo. 
He  woUe  teU  atle  and  more  loo  ; 

Beware  of  nftfrdafipM .'      3t.1.  lyinml.  762,  f. 
So  that  hit  wai  a  tory  happe, 
And  he  was  a-gait  of  tifter.tttt}tyt . 

MS.  Dmh  KM,  f.  14. 

AFTERDEAL.  O'ltadvantagc.  Cf.  Reynard  the 
Foxc,  p.  149. 

For  otherwise  the  partic  ys  dryven  to  a  groatc 
aJier^Uh,  and  mtut  be  enforced,  to  his  greiite  char\lges, 
to  repalrc  to  your  majcstie  for  the  tame,  whiche  be 
Is  not  well  able  to  doo.  STofe  Papun,  III.  4(i*l. 

AFTER-EYE.    To  keep  a  person  in  view;  to 

follow  him.     Shak. 
AFTERFEED.    The  grass  that  grows  after  «he 

first  crop  has  been  mown,  and  generally  fetl 

off,  not  lef^  for  an  nflermath,  as  in  some  other 

counties.     Onm, 
AFTERINGS.      The  last  milk  drawn  from  a 

cxiw.     y'ar.  diaL 
AFTER-KINDRED.     Remote  kindred. 

Vet  natheleise  your  kinrede  Is  but  o/tfr-kiHrtAft 

for  thry  ben  but  litcll  sibbe  to  you,  and  the  kinne 

of  your  enemies  ben  Die  sIbbe  to  hem. 

Chaucv,  9d.  L'rrf,  p.  IftS, 

AFTERI-EYS.    Aflennaths.     Berit. 
AFTER-LONGE.     Long  afterwards. 

And  nfttT-tofige  he  lyvcd  withouten  stryfe, 

Tyll  he  went  from  his  morull  lyfe. 

R'(l«.  AMit.  I.  47. 

AFTER-LO\'E.  Love  after  the  first  love.  S/ini. 
AFTERMATH.  A  second  crop  of  grass.  Var.dial. 
AFTER-SAILS.  The  soils  that  belong  to  the  main 

and  lui^n  masts,  and  keep  the  ship  to  the 

wind. 
AFTER-JERNE.     To  long  after. 

God  (rauntcs  us  noghle  ay  tliat  we  for-ptay,  for 

he  wlllc  pyfc  u»  better  thenne  we  t^er^yrnr. 

iis.  uiuioIh  a.  1. 17,  (.an- 

AFTIN.     Often. 

For  aa  ^/Um  tymc  as  thou  scorycdistc  him  with  Ihl 


AGA 


29 


AGA 


I 
I 


panjvbcmnite*,  for  to  make  liim  (o  ubej-c  lo  thl 
■VRiBUUDdmcntc*,  he  wolile  nerrr,  but  encUnc  tn 
me,  GeMta  R'HHiiH\ii-um,  p.  \W, 

ArriRCASTE.  A  fliniw  at  ilice  after  the  gunc 
n  endeil :  anjihing  done  too  lRt«. 

TtiuA  ever  he  pleyelh  an  oflirraMtt 
Of  alk  that  he  Khalle  uy  or  do. 

Gower,  MS.  Hoc.  /Intiq.  134,  t,  tI>!J. 

Arr-MEAL.    A  laic  nieal. 

Isdccd*.  quoth  ho.  1  kccjie  an  ordinary, 

Klghtp«Qce  a  mcale  who  there  doth  tup  or  Axnv  : 
And  dysa  and  cardet  are  but  an  accewarye : 
At  ^/V-masJct  who  ihall  paye  for  iho  wine  ^ 

Th^nnt*t  DtlMte,  p.  49. 

AFT^Tl-PARTE.  The bcliinil side.  Prompt. Pan. 
AFL'RE.     On  fire. 

lie  «*oc  yi  aueide  and  ^runte,  and  myd  such  erneit 

imol. 
That  the  tprong  out  myd  ech  duot  of  hetme  to  there, 
9%»t  yt  thujte  myd  ech  duot,  ai  that  heircd  nfUra 
mm.  Rttli.  Clour,  p.  308. 

APirHST.     Thirtty.     The  two  forms  a-fyngre<l 
and  a-fant,  lurcording  to  Mr.  Wriglit,  npiwar 
lo  lie  clixracteristic  of  the  dialect  of  tlie  coun- 
ties  in  the  West    of  England ;   and  a  eon- 
firmttioa   of  this  conjecture   occurs    in  MS. 
Laud.  1033,  f.  3,  where  the  word  furtt  is 
givpu  Bi  current  in  Wilt.<hirc  iu  that  sense  in 
1697.      Cf.  Piers  Ploughman,  pp.  17G,  283, 
529;  Kvng  Horn,  1120;  Jffortl. 
M'fiettt  hy  were  for  veryuetM; 
So  tore  that  nai  cndc.      HS.  OM.  Trim.  Onxi.  S7. 
AFURT.     Sullen.     Wat. 
AFVSD.     Had. 

of  O.  will  I  now  ler  my  tale. 
And  of  hyi  felaugh  tpek  I  talc. 
That  toutli  him  al  obout ; 
Of  hym  if/trd  grct  doul. 

Civ  0/  iranclc*,  JIUMthUl  US, 

AKWORE.     Befofv.     Aor/A. 
AJni'E.     To  tru»t. 

In  thaym  thu  may  the  afyf. 

Ohii  af  Warwick,  MMtthUl  MS. 
Pan  *fyrd  lo  hit  itreynlhe. 
In  hit  muchehed,  and  in  hit  leynthe. 

Kyng  .f/uovnder,  7^1. 

AfYGHE.    To  tnisl. 

Who  that  hath  trcwe  amye, 
Jnlitlich  he  may  hyra  In  her  nfi/tzfm. 

Ayiif  AtitaundfT,  47.1.1. 

AFYGHTETH.      Tames  ;  rc<luces  to  subjection. 

Deifyni  they  nymetb,  and  cokcdriti, 
And  ^fitghleth  to  henrc  wille. 
For  to  beorr  bcom  to  the  flod, 

A>l*f  j4tijMMitiifT,  f;Sfl3. 

An'N.  In  fine ;  in  the  end.  (,/.-,V.)  Cf.  Uoke 
of  Cunaaye,  p.  21;  Sevyn  Sngcs,  1100; 
Mail  land's' Lamlicth  Books,  p.  307;  Gy  of 
Warwike,  p.  334  ;  Arthoiu-  and  Merlin,  pp.  3, 
1 13;  Emarc,  913;  Uiinfal,  343.  On  com - 
paring  these  examples,  il  seems  we  should  oc- 
cwdoaally  read  a  fine,  i.  e.  and  fine.  So,  "wcl 
■  ftne,"  well  and  fine.     See  A-fine. 

AG.     To  cut  with  a  stroke.     Korth. 

AGAAN.     Against ;  again.     North. 

A-U.\UE.  In  the  following  passage  is  explained 
liy  ElUa  "  distracted,"  while  Wehcr  rcathi  a 
S/adr,  a  gadling. 


Ami  taide.  Dame,  thou  art  n-gode. 
That  thou  mournest  for  the  ded. 
That  mai  the  do  nother  god  ne  qucd. 

The  Serfn  Sagtt,  SGBI. 
AGADRED.     Gathered.     Skimifr. 
AGAII.     The  ague.     North. 
AGAIN.  (1)  Against ;  near  to.     Tliese  iciues  of 
the  word  arc  not  obsolete  in  the  pro\inces. 
Whote  lorUtityp  douLlet  wat  tlayne  larocnlalily 
Thorow  treton,  nptln  him  compatted  and  wrought. 
Sketum't  H'lrrki,  L  G. 
(2)  Towards. 

And  praide  hem  for  to  riden  again  the  qurne. 
The  honour  of  hit  rcgne  to  luitene, 

Oiaucrr,  Conr.  r.  4BII. 
Scho  Telle  hir  lorde  one  knee*  aga^nr. 
And  of  hit  toiow  tcbo  ganoe  hym  frayne. 

MS.  Lincoln  A.  i.  17,  f.  W. 
AGAINST.     To  ride  against  the  king,  or  other 
noble  person,  signitlcd  to  ride  lo  meet.     Tlie 
term  is  not  unfrequcntly  used  hy  early  writers. 
See  Fairholt's  Hist,  of  Lord  Mayors'  Pageants, 
p.  C;  Octavian,  1289. 
AGAINST  AND.     To  resist ;  to  oppose, 
with  castellet  ttrong  aud  towrei  for  the  nonei. 
At  cchc  mylet  endc.  to  aga^nrtandr  ai)  the  foonyae. 
Hardpng's  Chroniclt,  f.U, 
AGAINSTANDANS.    Withstanding;  resisting. 
For  iigaintiandana  thi  rigthand  flrghr. 
Home  thou  me  ait  thit  of  hcghe. 

MS.  Batt.  425,  f.  I. 

AGAINTH.    Againit.    North. 

A-GAME.     In  game.     Chtmctr. 

AGAN.     Gone. 

The  day  liym  wat  ful  ne^  agun. 

And  come  wat  ne;  the  ni;t.  MS.  AAmvit  33,  f.  30. 

AGAPE.     On  the  gape. 

More  solemn  than  the  tedious  pomp  thai  waita 
On  priDcrt,  when  their  rich  retinue  long 
or  hursct  \oA,  and  grooms  tieimear'd  with  gold, 
Dutlei  the  crowd,  and  tett  them  aii  agapt. 

Paradtw  Ldi4t,  b.  v. 

AGjUL      An    exclamation.      See  the   Exmoor 

Courtship,  p.  19. 
AGARICK.     The  fungus  on   the  larch.     See 
Gerard,  ed.  Johnson,  p.  13C3.     Minslieu  calls 
it  "  a  white  and  soft  mushroom."     It  is  also 
the  name  of  an  Assyrian  herb.     Cf.  Topsell'a 
Hist,  of  Serpents,  p.  40;  Clerk'sed.  of  Withals, 
p.  113;  Halle's  Expostulation,  p.  21. 
AGARIFIEU.     Ilaring  the  ague.     Suffolk. 
AGAS-DAY.     Agatha's  Day.      Sec  the  Paston 
Letters,   iv.   426,  qtioted  in  llampson's  Med. 
KalcnOar.  ii.  7. 
AG.\SEU.  Astonished ;  aghast.  Shakesjicare  has 
the  word  in  1  Henry  VI.  i.  1. 
In  thit  dttye  all  aboute 
Wat  Don  to  ttcaroe  ncy  to  ttowte. 
That  up-toked  for  grcate  double. 
The  werv  to  tor«  aguttd,        Chester  Plapn,  il.  n\ 

AGASPE.    To  gasp. 

Galba,  whom  hit  gaiantyt  garde  for  agarpt. 

.UeUon'a  n„rlu,  I.  tl*,- 
AGAST.     Frightened.     North. 

He  met  a  dwarfe,  that  seemed  [rrrifydo 
With  some  late  perili  which  he  hardly  patt. 
Or  other  accident  which  him  agast. 

FaerU  Qwoie,  III.  v.  3. 


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AGG 


AGATE.  (1)  A-doinK ;  »-going.  To  "  get  agat«" 
is  to  make  ■  l)eginnmg  o(  any  work  or  thing ; 
to  "  be  agate"  i>  to  be  on  the  road,  on  the 
way,  appronching  towardi  the  end.  Sec 
lluutcr's  li.illanisliire  Glosjary,  inv.  Cotgrave 
ha«  the  expressions  "  to  set  the  bells  a-gale" 
and  "  to  set  a  wheelbarrow  a-gate."  See  his 
Diet,  in  V.  Brimbakr,  Brouiler,  and  the  old 
play  called  Lingua,  iii.  6. 

(2)  Used  metaphorically  for  a  very  diminutive 
person,  in  alluMon  to  the  small  figures  cut  in 
agate  for  rings.     See  Nares,  in  t. 

AGATE-WARDS.  To  grj  agate-ward*  with  any 
one,  is  to  accompany  him  part  of  his  way  home, 
and  was  formerly  the  last  olficc  of  hospitality 
towards  a  guest,  frequently  necessary  even  now 
for  guidance  and  ]>rotection  in  some  parts  of 
the  country.  In  Lincolnshire  it  is  pronounced 
agalehotur,  and  in  the  North  generally 
agaterdt. 

AGATHA.  In  a  little  tract  by  Bishop  Pilkington 
called  "  The  Bumynge  of  Panics  Church," 
8vo.  Lond.  1D63,  sig.  G.  i,  "  St.  Agatha's  Let- 
ters" ore  mentioned  as  a  charm  for  houses  on 
fire.    Cf.  Becon's  Works,  1B43,  p.  139. 

AGATUUID.     Gathered. 

with  the  p\Won  come  foulli  fde, 
Ilavlni,  rokti,  crowll,  snd  pic, 
Aud  gralc  foulis,  a^athriit  wclc. 

Chaucer,  tfd.  Vrrv,  p.  1B8. 

AGAYNBYER.    The  Redeemer.    Prompt.  Parr. 

AGAYNE-CU.M.MYNGE.     Return. 

Fur  whs  *Q  ever  toumrs  one  the  rijie  hjuide,  he 
uUe  fyndc  ttitny  obstacles  and  grcv&Dcei  tliat  ulle 
iieravcnture  lett  his  agajfittammifngt. 

MS.  lAtuxlK  A.  I.  17,  r.  W. 

AGAYNE-STANDE.    To  resist ;  to  oppose. 
For  no  Tcsone  nc  lawc  of  Isodr, 
May  noghle  ther  a^ngnt-*(Qn4e. 

MS.  UnciJH  A.  I.  17,  r.  130. 
AGAYNSAY.     Contradiction.     Also,  a  verb,  as 
in  the  following  example. 

To  which  Rogicr*  daujjhtcr  called  Anne,  ray  tnott 
drrrtt  and  welbeloved  mother,  I  am  the  very  trcw 
and  Uaeall  heyre,  wblche  dlsocnt  all  you  auinot 
juitelj  agnyntaj/t  nor  yel  truly  deny. 

Hall,  Hmiy  ri.f.Vi. 
AGAYNSA'n'SG.     Contradiction. 
They  grauntyd  hym  hys  askyng 
Witbouteo  more  affajmaajfimg 

Riciari  Cotr  de  tMn,  6D0. 
AGAYNM'ARDE.      On  the  contrary;  on   the 
other  hand. 
Itekcn  a^tovnvyorit  bow  (iieie  princes  three 
Were  fuU  ungoodly  quit  by  thecomooti- 

Bothct,  b.  r.  c.  IS. 
AGE.  To  advance  in  ycor^  "  My  daam  agfn 
ftat,"  i.  c.  she  looks  older  in  a  short  space  of 
time.  It  is  sometimes  used  in  Yorkshire  in  the 
sense  of  aflectiog  with  concern  and  amazement, 
because  those  passions,  when  violent  and  long 
indulged,  are  supposed  to  bring  on  gray  hairs 
and  premature  old  age.  The  verb  agyn  occurs 
in  Prompt.  Parv.  p.  8,  and  Palsgrave  has,  "  I 
age  or  wcxe  olde." 
AG  BE.  Awry  ;  obliquely ;  aikew.  North.  It  is 
sometimes  used  for  "  wrong,"  and  itccosionally 
a  corruption  of  "  ajar,"  as  apphcd  to  a  door. 


AGBEAN.     Against ;  again.    North. 
AGEINS.    Towards. 

^gfin*  on  olde  itisn,  horc  upon  hU  hnle, 
Ve  ihuld  arise.  Chaucer,  Oant.  T.  19677* 

AGELT.  (1)  Forfeited.    (.-f.-S.) 

Thel  he  had  i-wnthlhert  your  wif, 
Yit  hs4  he  oowt  cgtll  his  Ut. 

(2)  Offends.    (.^.-S.) 
And  hue  thet  agrll  ine  enie  of  the  ilke  hes tcs,  himt- 

•el  thcrof  Torthcncke.  MS.  ArunAet.  67,  C  LI. 

AGEN.  Again.  A  very  common  form  in  old 
works,  and  the  provincial  dialects  of  the  pre- 
sent day.  It  is  sometimes  used  fur  ngairut. 
Ilartshome,  Salop.  Antiq.  p.  303,  gives  the 
meanings,  against,  contiguous,  by,  towartls, 
when. 
AGENFRIE.    The  tmc  lord,  or  owner  of  any 

thing.     Shnner. 
AGENHINE.     A  guest  at  a  honsc,  who,  after 
three  nights'  stay,  was  reckoned  one  of  the 
faniilv.     Cowell, 
jVGERbOWS.     Eager;  keen;  aevere. 
He  wrate  sn  epitaph  for  hti  grsve^toae* 
With  wordcs  dcvDUte  and  sentence  n^psnlMiif. 

Sktilan't  H-orlr.,  I.  411. 
AGEST.     Afraid;  terrified.     Ermotjr. 
AGETHE.     Goeth.     Riltoii. 
AGEY.V.    Towards. 

Al  day  weofyn  tho  chyldcrln  too. 

And  ticych  fowndyn  he  Don, 
Til  it  were  a-yryn  evyn. 

The  chyldcrln  wold  gon  hora. 

Sonfrw  and  Carutt,  x. 
AGEYX-BYINGE.  Redemption.   Prompt.  Pare. 
AGEYNWARDE.    On  the  other  hand. 
Iden  mtut  of  right  the  vertuout  piefcrrs. 
And  trlewly  labour  preyce  and  betynesfe; 
And  agtimwantc  diiprcyie  folkc  that  errei 
Whlche  haw  no  Joyr  but  al  in  id»|ji««e. 

l^itgaltTi  iflnor  Potnu,  p.  N. 
AGG.     (1)  To  incite;  to  provoke.     Ermoor. 
d)  A  grudge ;  a  spite.     Northumb. 

(3)  To  hack ;  to  cut  clumsily.     }VUlt. 
AGGERATE.     To  heap  up.     Rider. 
ACGESTED.     Heaped  up.     Cotet. 
AGGIE.     To  dispute ;  to  murmur.     iJeron. 
AGGING.  Murmuring;  raising  a  quarrel.  £rmoor, 
AGGL.\TED.     Adonicd  with  aglets. 

The  third  dsy  of  August  In  the  cille  of  Amlai 
came  the  Frcnche  kyng  iti  a  cote  of  blacke  velvet 
upon  while  satin,  and  lied  with  Ucc«  agnt'*tt4  with 
golde.  Hall,  Henry  I'ill.  r.  IG2. 

AGG  RACE.    To  favour.    Spetuer.     Tlijs  writer 
also  uses  it  as  a  substantive. 

AGGRATE.     (1)  To  irritate.      Var.  dial. 

(2)  To  please;  to  gratift-.     Spmtr. 

AGGREDE.    To  aggravate.     Cbfes. 

AGGREEVANCE.     A  grievance. 

Unleste  they  were  procJamed  traitors,  and  with 

all  diligence  followed  and  pursued,  the  eTCDt  therof 

would  Ik  verie  evitl,   to  the  aitfr^rance  of  goo,) 

But^ects,  and  to  tho  ineouragement  of  the  wkked. 

Stanihurtfi  Hit*,  of  irtland,  p.  173. 

AGGREGE.     The  same  as  agreg,  q.  v. 

But  at  dred  more  lett  thel  geit  thcrof  harme  to  the 
coule.  and  tyraung  for  dcfaut  of  trespaw;  forthi 
thai  In  iwclk  the  lynae  o/r^reyir',  bi  resoon  of  the 
dtgri.  Apoii^  /Or  tht  iMtltrdu,  p.  i. 


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AGGRESTE YN  B.    A  ticknesa  inddcDt  to  hawki. 
A  receipt  for  iti  cure  is  given  in  the  Book  of 
St.  AIImiu. 
AGGREVAU>S.      A    grievance ;     an    iiyar)-. 

PrcnHjit.  Pat  v- 
AGCROGGYD.     Aggravated.     Prompt.  Parr. 
AGGROUP.     To  group.     Dryden. 
AGGY.     Ague*.     North. 
AGHAST.     Did  frighten.     S^pmier. 
ACHB.     Ought. 

Weic  «^<  we  to  brcke  the  liuidn  of  corsytUe, 
m4  Ule  to  drcd«  Ihjit  byndn  men  fn  lyn. 

US.  (V/.  JCftin.  10,  f.  4. 
AQUEN.     Own. 

Aod  mwlc  Ulle  hyt  aghtn  lyknet. 

its.  QiU,  Slan.  XV 111.  fi. 

Tlul  thott  dMtmy  thin  ralrny,  that  cf ,  he  that  e& 

viM  In  hia  a^i-n  tghcn.      MS.  CiM.  BUm.  10,  r.  13. 

AGUDK.     Either. 

Tot  irhm  y  fthuld  ajffter  go  or  rydv. 

Y  d)f  hte  my  hcvede  ryjt  rooche  with  pryde. 

MS.  Uarl.  1701,  t.H. 

ACUFUL.     Fearfui     (.Y.-S.) 

David  he  wa*  an  arft/vf  man, 
rnl  right  wlaU  he  rcgnd  than. 

US.  an.  rtiftu.  a.  \\\.  r.  44. 
AGHUCH.    Feaifnl;  dreidful.    {A..S.) 

Ttker  halo  In  at  the  haIle.dor  an  ngtitirh  maytter, 
on  the  most  on  the  molde  on  mcaure  hygh. 

Ayr  Gaumynff  p.  8. 

AGHT.     (1)  Anj-thing.   (.1.-S.) 

Whan  offit  wu  do  a^ras  hya  w>'lle, 
Uc  cuned  Ooddyt  name  wyth  ylle. 

U.I.  Hurl.  rO),  f.  St. 

(I)  Oire>;  ought.    Cf.  Chester  PUtys,  i.  233. 

f  «aa  ooght  than  bo  ave«^, 
Ala  a  damysct  agttt  to  be. 

Vieninf  and  Gatcin,  734, 
A,  Lord,  to  luflhe  airht  ui  welJe 
That  maket  thi  folk  thus  free. 

Towntlrif  UjfslcrirM,  p.  A9. 
'cto  Bf  Arc  myne  hcrtc  tbnne  to  be  hIa. 
he  cs  tltat  frendo  that  never  wtlle  falle. 

JV.!.  Linnin  A.  1.  17,  f-  !I9. 

(3)   Panenioni;   property.     See  the  Townclev 
My>lerie<,  p.  1 1.     {A.-S.) 

And  ox,  or  hon,  or  other  aght, 

US.  tUI    Krifau.  A.  Ul.  f.  38. 
Or  make  hym  lese  by«  wurldly  aghtt. 
Or  frtndya  alio  to  be  unughle. 

US.  Hm-I.  1701.  f.  18. 

iA..s.) 

The  man  that  thU  plit  ngkt, 
O  the  beiit  fal  yelld  the  prli. 

US.  CMI.  Vtfai.  A.  Ill 
(*)  TJic  eighth. 

The  r^ght  n  a  malster  of  lare. 
May  t>rte  a  clerk.       MS.  Cntt.  Gaiha,  E.  ix 
(C)    Eight.      Cf.   Townelcy  Mysteries,  p, 
Tw^ne  and  Gawin,  HSH. 

And  also  he  wmle  unto  Iharae,  that  thay  Kchnlcle 
makegrete  tolempnytec  lastyng  aghte  dayes,  becauie 
of  the  areddyngc  of  Alcumler. 

US.  LlncolH  A.  I.  17.  f.  i3. 

AGHTAVD.    The  eighth. 

Do  your  knave  tnmi  to  drcumces 
The  aghiitnd  daJ  that  thai  arc  horn. 

jif«.  cur.  rnpu.  A.  111.  f.  III. 
dali  «al  iril  ihalr  moden  duel), 
arMon  ul  thai  olTi'td  be.  IIM.  t,  SR. 


.  f.  38. 


.  f.  70. 
,    13; 


AGIiTELD.    Intended.     (AS.) 
The  knight  laid.  May  I  Irabt  In  the 
For  to  tel  my  prevvtit 

That  1  have  ofchteld  for  to  do.     Stxvn  Sag*:  30A3. 

And   Alexander   went  Into  a  temple  of  A|>oll», 

wharc  als  he  aghttltd  to  hafe  made  lacriUce,  and 

hafe  hadd  aniuere  of  that  godd  of  crrtane  thyngc* 

that  he  walde  hafe  aachcdc.      US.  Line.  A.  1. 17,  f.  1 1. 

For  ur  Lord  had  agHltU  yete, 

A  child  to  lala  of  his  oxsprlug. 

US.  Call,  t'aiiu.  A.  111.  [.  It. 

AGHTENE.    Eight. 

Thes  are  the  aghtme  vices  to  knowe. 
In  which  men  falleth  that  are  slowe. 

US.  Bodl.  48,  r.  14a 
AGIMiR.    A  spy.    Tliis  is  Skinner's  explana- 
tion of  the  word,  liut  it  is  probahiy  founded  on 
a  niistokcn  rcacling  in  one  of  Chaucer's  ballads. 
AG  I  LITE.     Agile. 

If  it  l>e,  as  I  have  sayd,  moiterately  taken  after 
some  wrightir  busincsse,  to  make  one  mure  freihe 
and  nfilliii  to  prosecute  hli  good  and  godly  affaires, 
and  lawfull  businease,  1  sayeto  you  againc,  he  maye 
lawfullye  doe  it. 

HwtMirwke'a  TmtiMt  afiatnM  DMn/r,  p.  M 
AGILT.     Offended.    Cf.  Arch.  xxi.  72.     (.1..S.) 
Ye  wile  wel  that  Tirri  that  is  here 
H:Lth  ajgitt  the  douk  Locre. 

Gn  0/  n'nruikt,   p.  ita. 
He  affile  her  nere  in  otiiir  caaCa 
Lx)  here  all  wholly  his  trt-^itase. 

Horn,  tifthe  Rtuf,  2633. 

AGIN.     (1)  As  if.     Yoriih. 

(2)  Against.     Eatf. 

(3)  Again,      far.  dial. 

(i)  To  begin.      See  Agynne. 

The  child  WBS  don  the  pri«oun  In : 
The  malster  his  tale  he  gan  ngiit. 

Tni  StKim  Sngn,  1410. 
AGIPE.     A  coat  full  of  plaju.     Co/m. 
AGIST.MENT.     (1)  The  feeding  of  cattle  in  a 
common  pasture,  for  a  slii)iilnte'd  jtrice.     The 
agistment  of  a  horse  for  the  smtinicr  cost  3«.  4rf. 
in  1531.     Sec  the  FInchnle  Chnrtcrs,  p.  417. 
(2)    .\n   cnilKuikment ;    earth   lienpcd   up.     In 
marshy  counties,  where  the  teniints  are  bound 
to  moke  ami  krep  up  a  certain  [jorlioo  of  dyke, 
bank,  or  dam,  in  onler  to  fence  out  a  stream, 
audi  bank  is  called  an  agistment. 
AGITABLE.     Easily  agitated. 

Suche  is  the  mutacyon  of  the  common  people, 

lyke  a  rede  wyth  every  wind  isaf^UaUeand  flexible. 

HaU,  A/wirrd  It',  t.  aX 

A-GKEEI).     Slatted  up. 

When  the  body  detl  rysc,  a  grymly  go»l  a-gltM, 

Ltfttgrtlt't  Minor  PttrmM,  p.  llfl 

AGLER.  A  needle-case.  It  is  the  translation 
of  acuar  in  MS.  Lansd.  560,  f.  45,  a  list  of 
words  written  in  Lancashire  in  the  fifteeotb 
century. 

AGLET.  The  tag  of  a  Iacc,  or  of  the  points  for- 
merly used  in  dress,  and  which  was  often  cut 
into  the  shape  of  little  images.  A  little  pktc 
of  any  mettti  was  eailcd  an  nglrt.  Cf.  Coventry 
Mysteries,  p.  211;  Spanisli  Tragedy,  iv.  4; 
Cunningham's  Kcvels  Accounts,  p.  42 ;  Baret's 
Alvcarie,  in  v.  Mr.  Way  tells  us  the  word  pro- 
perly denotes  the  tag,  but  is  often  used  to  sig- 
nify the  hice  to  which  it  was  attached.     See 


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i'roiiipt.  Parr.  p.  8.  Mr.  HarUliorne,  Salop. 
Antiq.  p.  30.1,  »n>«,  "  u  upanKle,  the  gold  or 
silver  tinsel  ornamenting  the  <lrcs«  of  a  show- 
man or  rope  dancer." 

AGLET-BABY.  A  diminutive  being,  not  cvcccd- 
iuu  in  iii/.e  the  tag  of  a  point.  Sec  Taming  of 
llic  Shrew,  i.  2. 

AGLETS.  The  ratkini  of  the  hazel  are  called 
aj/lel»  in  Hcrard's  Herbal,  ed.  Johnson,  p.  1439. 
Ker»ey  gives  them  the  more  generic  interpre- 
tation of  atUkerte.  See  Higios'  Nomenclator, 
p.  U2. 

AOLOTYE.    To  glut;  to  (atitfir. 

To  innkcn  wilh  papclotrt 
To  a^totye  with  hprc  gurlra 

Tliat  grwtcn  .iflur  fode.     /»mt*  PtoHghman,  p.  Mfl. 
AGLUTTTD.     Choked. 

And  whan  the  ii  waking,  ahe  uiayMh  to  put  over 
«t  thcntring,  and  it  it  agiuttyt  nnd  kelyd  wjrth  the 
gletle  that  «hc  tiAlh  engenderc<t. 

Acio*  of  m.  j4tl»ltt,  aig.  C.  U. 
AGLYFTE.     FrighUned. 

Ai  he  itoile  *o  Bore  ntf^nfle, 

Hya  rl;t  hand  up  he  lyfle.  MX.  Harl,  I"(PI.  f.M. 
AONyVlL.  A  hang-nail,  either  on  the  finger  or 
toe-  I'aUgrave  has  "  agnayle  upon  one's  twi." 
Cf.  Cotgrave,  in  v.  Agaimn:  Florio,  in  v. 
Ghiiindolt ;  Minsheu,  in  v.  In  MS.  Med. 
Line,  f^  300,  is  a  receipt  "  for  agnat/tt  «ne 
mans  fete  or  womaui."  (./.-S.) 
AGNATION.     Kindred    by  the    father's   side. 

AONES-OAY.  On  the  eve  of  St.  Agnes  many 
divinations  were  practised  by  maids  to  discover 
their  future  husbands.  Aubrey,  p.  136,  directs 
th.it  "  on  St.  Agnes's  night  take  a  row  of  pins, 
an<l  pull  out  every  one,  one  after  another,  saying 
a  pnteninster,  sticking  a  pin  in  your  sleeve,  and 
you  will  dream  of  him  or  her  you  shall  marry." 

And  on  iweet  SL  Anna's  night. 

Feed  them  with  a  promlwd  tight ; 

How  of  huttiandt,  tome  of  loven. 

Which  an  empty  i]re.ini  dltcovera- 

Bfn  Jonmin't  Sdfyr,  1003. 

Brand,  who  gives  these  lines  without  a  refer- 
ence, reads  "  St.  Agnes"  in  the  first  lilies  which 
it,  1  believe,  Aubrey's  emendation.      Aimea, 
or  Agnes,  was  a  virgin  who  refused  the  ad- 
dresses of  the  son  of  the  prefect  of  Rome,  as 
she  was,  she  said,  espoused  to  Christ.     See 
Becon's  Works,  p.    139;     Keightlcy's    Fairy 
Mythology,  ii.  143. 
AGNITION'    An  acknowledgment.     Muye. 
.VONIZE.    To  acknowledge ;   to  confess.     See 
Othello,  i.  3;  Hawkins'  Engl.  Dram.  i.  258, 
269;  Wright's  Monastic  Letters,  p.  146. 
AGNOMINATE.     To  name;  to  designate  from 
any  meritorious  action.     See  Locrine,  iii.  3. 
Minsheu  ct|>lains  agnomination  to  be  a  "  sur- 
name that  one  obtainctb  for  any  act,  also  the 
name  of  an  house  that  a  man  conimeth  of." 
A-GO.  (1)  Gone;  passed  away.     Sommel. 
or  rc'loai  hi  ne  Uketh  hede, 
Al  thilk  Iretpu  it  a-gv, 

Wrlnhtt  Pol.  Si>ngt,  p,  1!/;, 
To  rarle  wilh  Cocke  they  asked  bow  lo  do, 
And  1  lolde  them  he  wat  w-^. 
Curie  Lortll—  Bolt,  p.  14. 


(2)  To  go.  Cf.  MS.  Harl.  1701,  t  4. 
Wolde  jc  bcleve  my  wrdyt  at  y, 
llyt  thulde  a.^  and  aokun  ky. 

MS.  Badl.  41}. 
A-GOD-CHEELD.     God  shield  you  !     Pegrje. 
AGON.     Gone ;  past.    H'eiit.     Cf.  Harrowing  of 
Hell,  p.  15;  Wright's  Political  Songs,  p.  149; 
Hardyug's  Chronicle,  f.  123;  Chaucer,  Cant. T, 
2338 ;  Constitutions  of  .Masonry,  p.  24. 
or  bras,  of  tllver,  and  of  golde. 
The  world  U  paatld  and  agvnt. 

Cwoer,  MS.  Sue.  Amtlf.  194,  f.  90. 
Go  and  lokc  wcle  to  that  stone, 
Tyll  tlie  thyrd  dey  be  agvnt. 

MS.  AthmoU  01.  r.  139. 
AGONE.     Ago.      Var.  dial 

At,  a  while  agvne,  they  made  me,  yea  me,  to  mis- 
take an  honest  icolout  pursuivant  for  a  seminary. 
B*nh.  Fair,  II.  I. 

AOONIOUS.  Agonizing;  full  of  agony.   Fabian, 

AGONIST.  A  champion ;  a  prize-fighter.    Kider. 

AGONIZE.     To  fight  in  the  ring.     Mim/ieu. 

A-GONNE.     To  go. 

Syr  Key  artiW  uppon  the  morro»-ne. 
And  loke  hit  hort,  and  woldo  a-gunne. 

Sj/r  GoMiQifntt  p.  Mil. 

AGOO.     (1)  Ago?  Since.     Dontt. 

(2)  Gone.     Somemt. 

Evyr  lere  in  thamc,  and  that  it  al  my  woo, 
Farewclc,  Fortune  I  my  Joye  it  al  «giM! 

L^tlptte't  Minnr  Poemi,  p.  44. 

AGOOD.     In  good  earnest ;  heartily. 

The  world  laughed  agitod  at  theie  Jcttt,  though,  tft 
say  tooth,  thee  could  tiardly  alTord  it,  for  fcare  of 
writhing  her  tweet  favour. 

.^trniiw'e  Hut  </  NirmUt,  1008, 
AGORE.    Gory  ? 

And  of  bis  hauberk  ogm-e. 

And  of  his  aketoun  a  fot  and  more. 

jlrthttut  atut  Martin,  p.  937. 
A-GOTH.     Passes  away. 

Oe  the  lef,  other  lie  the  loth. 
This  worldet  wele  al  afmh.      HtlU).  Jntli/.  1  Idtl, 
AGR.VDE.     To  be  pleased  vrith.      Sec  Florio, 

in  V.  Gradire. 
AGRAMEDK.     Angered.    (,y..S.) 
Lybeauut  wat  tore  atcharred. 
And  yn  hyi  hcrle  agrametlt. 
For  he  haddc  y-lorc  hyt  twordr. 

AGR.\STE.    Showed  grace  and  favour.   Spenttr. 
AGRAUNTE.     Satiated  with.     (.Y.-A^.) 
Thoghe  every  day  a  man  hyt  haunle, 
5yt  wyl  no  itian  be  hyt  agnjunlw. 

MS.  Badl.  415. 
AGRAYDE.     To  dress,  to  decorate. 
Thyn  halle  agrojntr,  and  hole  the  walk's 
With  clodes,  and  wyth  ryche  palles.      Ltmn/U,  00^ 
AGILVZING.     "  To  send  agrazing,"  seems  to  be 
a  phrase  applied  to  the  dismissal  of  a  servant. 
See  Cotgrave,  in  v.  Earnyer. 
ACRE.     (1)  In  good  part:  kindly.   (.1.-ff.) 
Whom  1  nt"  foundr  froward,  ne  fell. 
But  toke  agrf  all  whole  my  plale. 

Ilom.  pf  Iht  Rfe.  *M9, 

(2)  Kind.   (jt-N.) 

Uemttcy(\i\\e,*i4rr4,  take  parlr,  and  lutnwhat  pirtloonr, 

DUdcyne  nott  lo  htip  u«.  Kcpe  you  frame  dlicem^Inunf. 

its,  Harl.  7a90.  f.  Xf. 


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following  pansge : 

If  bmrmc  afre  me,  whcrto  plalnc  1  thtvne. 

Tniitui  arut  VrtitHdtf  \.  AW, 

AGREABIUTK.      Ensiniiis  of  temper;    equn- 

niniitv.     Sec  Urry's  Chaucer,  p.  309. 
ACREAGE.     To  allege. 

Neither  dyd  t  ever  put  in  question  yf  I  shouMc 
doe  you  right,  at  you  appearo  to  agreag*,  but  ontye 
what  waa  the  ordynarye  judgement. 

Kgrriiin  Paprrtt  p.  S26. 

ACREAT.    Altogether.     To  take  b  work  affrni, 

isto  take  the  whole  work  altogether  at  a  price. 

Sec   Barct'g  Alvcarie,   and    Ulount's    Glosso- 

graphia,  in  v. 

AGUEEABLE.   Assenting  to  any  proposal.    For. 

dial. 
AG  REEABLY.   In  an  uniform  manner ;  perfectly 
alike. 

At  last  he  met  two  kolghu  to  him  unkuowne. 
The  which  were  armed  both  agrtcaVly. 

Faeriw  V«fen«t  VI.  »il.  3. 

\  A-GREP.    In  grief.  Cf.  Rom.  of  the  Rose,  7573. 
He  daaacheth  forth  orerward, 
Tlico  othres  romen  afterward  : 
He  Mughle  hU  linyghlii  in  mcschef, 
He  tok  hit  In  hcurte  a-grt/. 

Kyng  AlUiaunitert  3785. 
And,  oecc  mine,  oc  take  it  nat  n-gr^fr, 

Tnt!u4  and  CrttcUe,  Ul.  S64. 
Madame,  takes  not  o-freve 
A  thyng  that  y  yow  say.        Sir  Dtgrtmnl,  4fi7. 
AGREG.     To  augment;  to  aggravate. 
And  some  tonges  venemous  of  nature. 
Whan  they  perceyve  that  a  prince  Is  mevcd. 
To  agrtf  bys  yre  do  their  busy  cure. 

Bochiu,  b.  ill.  c.  20. 
Of  ravync  and  of  sacrilege, 
Wbiche  maketh  the  cotucieocc  a/freggt. 

Gower,  MS.  Sor.  .tntii/.  134,  f.  1711. 
That  ]c  mjrjten  my  gref  thus  have  breggid. 
As  je  have  done,  lo  sore  I  waa  offreggUL 

Occlnt.  MS.  UM.  r.  SM. 
,  AGREMED.     Vexed.   See  Agramtde. 
Ac  tite  douk  anon  up  stert, 
As  be  ttiat  was  ogrenKd  In  hert. 

C]/  «/  ^onetJirr,  p.  84. 

AGRESSE.  To  approach.  (Lai.) 
Beholde,  I  sec  him  now  agrtste. 
And  enter  into  place. 

ifaivA-Jiw's  Bngt.  Dram.   1    SA8. 
■  A-CRET.     In  sorrow.  (A.-S.) 
And  giff  ^e  hoUlc  ua  a-gret, 
Shall  I  never  cle  mete.        Sir  D<igm>aM,  llfio. 
IGRETHED.    Dressed ;  prepared.   (A.-S.) 
Clothed  ful  komly  for  ani  kud  kingcs  looe, 
la  fodc  clothes  of  gold  ttgrethnt  ful  riche. 

WUtiam  and  the  Werwlf^  p.  3. 

VTE.      To  grieve   any  one;  to  vex.      Cf. 
hf»  Monjiilic Letters,  pp.  18«,  189;  llur- 

j's  Chronicle,  f.  102;  lloliiished,  IliM.  of 
I  IirJand.  p.  80 ;   Tlie  Basyn,  xvii. ;  Gy  of  Wur- 

l        wikr.  pp.  295,  318 ;   Coventry  Mysteries,  p. 
K    41  J   Morte  d'Arlhur,  i.  9,  377;  Ilartshomc's 
■    Met.  Tales,  p.  189;  Arch.  x.xi.  71. 
^B  Sjx  BtljK  therof  was  agrtryd, 

^B  Aad  as  swythc  smote  of  his  heitd. 

^V  MX.  Cantab.  Ff.  il.  »),  f.  129. 

f       tU  was  agmt/^  and  nye  o«te  of  wyt,     Md.  f.  24*. 


AGRIOT.  A  tart  cherry.  /InmM. 
AtjRlPPA.  Apparently  the  name  of  a  herb.  It 
is  mentioned  in  a  recijw  for  the  stone  in  MS 
Line.  Med.  f.  298. 
AGKISE.  To  terrify  ;  to  disfignrc  ;  to  be  tern- 
tied.  It  is  both  an  active  and  a  neuter  verb. 
Cf.  Brii.  Bibl.  1.  301 ;  Cov.  Myst.  p.  331 ;  Gy 
of  Warwike,  p.  2t.'i:  Florio'  in  v.  Ugdm 
PlowTiiau'a  Tale,  2300 ;  Troilus  and  Creseide. 
u.  1135. 

Other  bringc  him  in  such  turmeotes 
That  he  therKir  agrytt. 

MS.  CW/.  THn.  On».  tj. 
Thys  man  for  fere  wax  sore  ogrytyn. 
He  spak  wlian  he  was  rj-syn.  MS.  BudL  485. 

In  the  ende  of  herv-yit  wynde  shalle  rise, 
AnJ  whete  shalle  in  the  felde  <i^i«r. 

MS.  Canlab.  Ff.  v.  48,  f.  77. 

AG  ROM  ED.   Angered.  (A.-S.) 

The  kyng  wes  ful  sore  ojromed. 
Ant  of  y>  wordes  luithe  aschomed. 

Chrvnirle  af  Sngtamd,  SOL 

AGROPE.     To  grope ;  to  search  out. 
For  who  so  wcle  it  weJ  agropt. 
To  hem  bllongclh  alle  F.urope. 

Coi.fr,  ,lfs.  Soc.  Aniiii.  134,  f.  173. 

In  love  agniMlh  oute  the  sore.  Ibid.  t.  144. 

AGROS.    Shiithlercd  ;  trembled  ;  was  otTrighted. 

Cf.  Sc\yn   Sages,    886;    Kjnig  Horn,  132G; 

Troilus  and  Creseide,    ii.    930;   Legcnde    of 

Thisbe  of  Babylon,  125. 

The  wlf  ogmt  of  this  answere. 

And  seyd,  have  thou  no  power  me  to  dcre  * 

Arihnur  and  UerliNt  p.  30. 
Gli  with  ipors  smot  the  stede. 
As  a  man  'that  hadde  nede. 
That  Are  under  the  fct  aros; 
Nas  ther  uon  that  hlra  agnu, 

Gy  of  Waru  ikct  p.  4U. 
Strife  and  chest  ther  aros. 
Hod)  kiil{t  tbetof  agmt. 

MS.  Omtab.  Ff.  v.  48,  f.  IDG. 

AGROTID.     Cloyed ;  surfeited. 

Out  I  am  all  agruU  here  befome 

To  write  of  bem  that  in  lore  ben  forswome. 

Vrry'*  Chaaetr,  p.  3^, 
Gorges  agmteitd  entxkssed  their  entrayle. 

Bochat,  b.  T.  c.  SU. 
AGROTONE.     To  surfeit  with  meat  or  drink. 
Prompt.  Pare.    The  same  work  gives  the  sub- 
stantive affrotonynfff. 
AGROUND.     To  the  ground. 

And  how  she  fel  flat  downr  before  his  feetc  tnntnd. 

H«mm  and  Jtillal,  IMt. 

AGRUDGE,     Palsgrave  lias  "  I  aymdgt,  I  am 

agreved,  je  suis  grcvc." 
.\GRU.M.     A  disease  of  hawks,  for  which  a  re- 
ceipt  is  given  in  the  Book  of  St.  Alban's,  »ig. 
C.  ii. 
AGRYM.     Algorism ;  arithmetic.     Palsgrave  is 
the  authority  for  tliis  form  of  the  word,  "  to 
count  by  cyfera  of  agrym." 
AGUE.   (1)   Awry  ;  obliquely :  askew.    North. 
(2)   Swelling  and  inflainiualioii  fmni  taking  cold. 
E(ut.     Sliake«p4'arc  has  ayurd  in   the  sense  of 
chilly.     See  Coriolaniis,  i.  4.     In  Norfolk  on 
ague  in  the  face  is  said  to  be  invariably  cured 
by  an  unguent  made  of  the  leaves  of  elder, 
colled  ague-oinlmml. 

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AGUE-TREE.     The  sassafras.     Crranl. 
AGUU^ll.     A  iieeillc-case.    {.I.-N.) 
A  lUrir  nctUI  forth  I  drowct 
Out  of  aguUer  quclnt  l-nowe, 
Aod  gBn  IhU  nedill  thredc  anonc. 

ilura.  <tf  Iht  Rn»t,  M. 
Afil'ISB.  To  put  on  ;  to  An*i  ;  to  adorn.  Spm- 
ner.  More,  as  quottMl  by  RichartUoii,  unes  it 
as  a  Eulistantivc. 
AGUKT.  To  he  guilty;  to  oflcnd;  to  fail  in 
iliilv  tovarils  anyone;  to  sin  against.  Cf. 
Piters  I'loiigliinan,  pp.  273,  518,  561;  Rot). 
GInuc  gloss,  in  v.  {A.-S.) 

Thannc  Luvifcr  a-guUt  In  that  tyde. 
Ami  allv  that  hpldcn  with  hym  id  pride, 
Crltt  on  hym  rengcauncc  gin  take. 
So  that  alle  they  by-oomcn  deTclei  hlakc. 

MX.  Vovce  336,  f.  ID. 

AGVTAIN.  Going.  Somenet,  The  aame  county 
has  ag%em  fur  gone. 

AOYE.  (1)   Aside;  askew.     North. 

(2)  To  guide  ;  fo  direct ;  to  govtmi. 

Syr  Launfal  ichud  tje  vtward  of  halle, 

For  to  a^9  byi  gtste*  ullc.  l/tunfat.  023. 

AGYNNE.  To  begin.  Cf.  RiUon's  Anc.  S.  p.  20. 
Thou  wendcai  that  ich  wrohle 
That  y  net  ne  thohtc. 
By  Itymcnlld  forte  lyego, 
Y-wy»  ich  h(t  withiugge, 
Ne  thai  ich  ner  asynnn 

Er  ich  Sudcnnc  Wynne.  Kifng  Horn,  1985 

AH.    (1)    I.      Yorkth. 
(2)    Yisi.     Derbyih. 

A-IIANG.  Hanged  ;  been  hanged.  Ilob.  Glouc. 
AH-HUT.  a  negative,  for  "  nay, but."  I'ar.dial. 
A-IIEIGHT.     On  high. 

rroni  the  dread  cummit  of  Ihil  chalky  bourn 
Look  up  a-hrisM  ;  the  ihrill. gorg'd  lark  to  far 
Cannot  be  seen  or  heard.    Do  t>ut  look  up. 

KiMf  Ltar,  Iv.  6. 
A-HERE.     To  hear. 

Of  oon  the  be<t  ye  mown*  «.Aer«, 

That  hyght  Ottovynn.  (Mttpian,  S3. 

A-HIGH-tONE.     A  phrast-  used  by  Middleton, 
i.  262,  apparently  meaning  ^HiVe  aloKt.     Sec 
also  another  instance  in  Mr.  Dyce's  note  on 
the  above  place. 
All  INT.     Behind.     Norlh. 
A-III5T.     Was  called.     {.1..S.) 

That  amtabul  maide  Aliaaundrine  <i-Aijr. 

Hill,  mid  llit  tfrntvt/,  p.  29. 

A-HOIGHT.  Elevated;  in  good  spirits.  See 
Cotgrave,  in  v.  Cheeal,  Gogue ;  Florio,  in  v. 
In-lritea. 

A-HOLD.  To  lay  a  ship  a-hnU,  to  slay  her  or 
place  her  so  that  she  may  hold  or  keep  to  the 
winil.  See  the  Tempest,  i.  1,  as  explained  by 
Richardson,  in  v. 

AHORSE.  On  horseback.  North.  It  also  oc- 
curs in  Robert  of  Gloucester.  Sec  Heamc's 
Gloss,  in  V. 

AHTE.  (1)  Eight. 
Aitit  moneth.  ant  davoa  thre. 
In  Engelfind  king  wci  he.     Chnm.  n/  Englitiut,  loll). 

(!i)  Poasenions  ;  property.  Cf.  W.  Mapes,  p.  348. 
Ah  I  feyrc  thlnga,  freoly  bore  I 
When  roe  on  woweth,  both  war  blfore 
Whurh  U  worldct  aMc.    ITrifkrt  l^nc  fottrt,  p.  46. 


(3)  Ought.     Prrcj/. 
AHUH.     Awry;  aslant.      Var.  diaL 
A-HUNGRY.     Hungry.     Shak. 
AHY.     Aloud. 

But  for  ihc  ipake  ever  vyleyny 
Among  here  fclawt  al  oAy.    US.  Hart.  1701,  f.  II.  | 
AHYGll.     On  high. 

And  owt  of  the  loud  no  myghte  schyp  go, 
Bote  bytweonc  rochea  two. 
So  ahi/gh  so  auy  mon  myghte  icone. 
That  two  mylewai  bytweonc.  Kyx;  .<n<a<«id<rr,  fiiSS.  | 
One  It  schlppe  that  ulleth  In  the  lee, 
A  egle  aAy}0,  a  wonne  In  lawe. 

MS.  Bib.  Keg.  IS  A.  X.  r.  I  Ilk  I 
AH5E.     Fear. 

Than  It  >pac  Olibrious, 
Hath  ache  non  nA  j«  .- 
Alle  the  paincs  jc  hlr  do, 
HIr  Ihenke  it  bot  pUwe.  J>/r.  CtfAo/.  p.  M.] 

AID.      In    Staflxirdshire,   a    vein   of  ore  goingl 
downwards  out  of  the  perpendicular  line,  i» ' 
called  an  aid.     In   Shropshire,  a  deep  gulter 
cut  across  ploughed  land,  and  a  reach  in  the , 
river,  arc  also  railed  aidn. 
AIDLE.    To  addle ;  to  cam.     North. 
A  IE.     An  egg. 

And  for  the  llthlng  of  a  ducke. 
Or  of  an  apple,  or  an  aie.      Vrrg*t  C^ucer,  p.  1U5»| 
AIEI.S.     Forefatheni.     {ji..N.) 
To  gyve  from  youre  hiiret 
That  youre  alrit  yow  Icfle.     Pirr*  /Vou^umn,  p.  .114. 

AlEli-DEW.    Manna.    Sec  lligiiu's  Adapialiun  J 

of  Juniiis's  Noinenclator,  p.  106. 
AiESE.     Pleasure ;  rccrcatiou. 

Then  wide  the  Jurrour,  Sync  1  may  not  by  it,  lete 
it  me  to  fcrme.     He  «eide.  Sir,   I  wil  nether  lelie  It,  , 
ne  lete  it  to  fcrme,  for  the  alete  that  it  dothe  mr. 

Gtf<ra  /(iimanurwiN,  p.  4.19.  1 

AIG.  (1)  A  haw.     Lane. 

(2)  Sourness.     North. 

AIGHENDALE.  A  measure  in  Lancashire  con- 
taining seven  ijiuirts.     .-/nA. 

AIGIIS.     An  axe.     Lane. 

AIGIIT.     Ought ;  owed.     >'or*i*. 

AIGHTEOEN.     The  eighth. 

The  atghtrdcn  dal,  ich  metelvc. 

So  the  ax  pell  lu  the  helve. 

That  (chal  hewe  the  wal  atwo 

That  had  wrtiut  me  thit  wo.      Stvjm  Sa^^.  .TO.  j 

AICLE.  A  spangle;  the  gold  or  silver  tinsel 
ornamenting  the  dress  of  a  showman  or  rope- 
dancer.     Salop. 

AIGRE.     Sour ;  acid.     Vor***. 

AIGREEN.     The  house-leek.     Krrtiy. 

AIGULET.  The  clasp  of  a  buckle,  ".ligwlel  la  i 
fasten  a  clospc  in." — Palngrave,  C.  17.  Spenser 
lias  ofigulelt  in  the  Faerie  Queene,  II.  iii.  26. 

AIK.     All  oak.     North. 

AIL.  To  lie  indisposed.  Var.  diaL  GiD  gives 
aiVas  the  Lincolnshire  pronunciation  at  1  mil. 
Sec  Guest's  Eughsh  Rhvthius,  ii.  205. 

AIIXY.     Alice.     .VorM.  ■ 

.\ILE.   (1)   A  nrit  that  heth  where  the  grand- 
father, ur  great-grandfather  was  seised  in  liii 
demaines  as  of  fee,  of  any  land  or  tenement  in 
fee  simple,  the  dny  that  he  dietl,  and  a  stranger  : 
alwtcth  or  entreth  the  same  day  and  dispos-  \ 
ictaeth  the  heir.     Coterll. 


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AIR 


(2)  A  wing,  or  any  port  of  a  hiiildinK  flanking 
another.  The  tcnu  is  usually  apjihed  to  the 
pasuget  nf  a  churcli,  and  it  seems  neceuory  to 
call  attention  to  the  technical  meaning  of  the 
wonL  Sec  Britton'i  Arch.  Diet,  in  v. 
All.EU.  Ueprcsscd.  (J.-S.) 
Schcnt  war  the  Mhrewes« 

And  ciM  uiuclo. 
For  af  the  NevU-cio« 

Ncdn  biiil  thatn  kncle.       Mlnoft  Poems,  p.  41. 

AILETTES.     Small  plates  of  steel  placed  on  the 

ihouldcrs  in  ancient  armour,  invented  in  the 

reign  of  Edward  I.  SeeArch.  xvii.  300,  xix.  137. 

AILS.     Beards  of  barley.    £wex.      HoUyband 

has,    "  the  nlet  or  beard  npon  the  eare  of 

come." 

AILSE.     AUce.     ^'orlh. 

AIM.  (1)  To  intend;  to  conjecture.  Yorlt/i. 
Shake^|>ea^;  has  it  as  a  substantive  in  the  same 
sense  in  the  Two  Gent,  of  Verona,  iii.  1. 

(2)  To  aim  at.     Grfenr. 

(3)  "  To  give  aim,"  to  stand  within  a  convenient 
distance  from  the  butts,  to  infunu  the  archers 
how  near  their  arrows  fell  to  the  mark.  Me- 
taphorically, it  is  equivalent  to,  to  direct.  See 
Collier's  Shakespeare,  i.  167  ;  Tarlton's  Jests, 
p.  24 ;  True  Tragedie  of  Ridiard  the  Third, 
p.  27. 

(4)  "  To  cry  aim,"  in  archer)',  to  encourage  the 
archers  by  crying  out  aim,  when  they  were 
about  to  shoot.  Hence  it  came  to  be  used  for, 
to  applaud,  to  encourage,  in  a  general  sense. 
See  King  John,  ii.  1.  A  person  so  employed 
wuh  called  an  aim-erirr,  a  word  which  is  mito- 
phiirically  U6C<1  for  an  abettor,  or  encourager. 
Sec  Nares,  in  v. 

AIN.  (l)Ovm.     North. 
(2)  Eyes. 

Than  was  Sir  Amit  glsd  and  fain ; 
For  )olc  he  wcpe  with  his  oin. 

Amii  and  MmlloUK,  !l3a. 
AINCE.     Once.     A'or/A. 
AJNOUE.     Anew.     Rob.  Glow. 
AJNT.    To  anoint.     It  is  figuratively  used  (a  de- 
note B  Iwaliug.     Suffolk. 
AIR.(1)  Early. 

1  grlrv'd  jrou  never  in  all  my  life, 

Ncllhrr  by  laic  or  air  ; 
Vou  have  great  iln  if  you  would  »lay 
A  silly  poor  lleggjr.  HnOin  Hno6,  i.  I07, 

(2)  Sa  beir.  Cf.  Kyng  lUisannder,  7C3 ;  Mioot's 
Poems,  p.  14. 

Than  was  his  fader,  tothe  to  aay, 

Ded  and  blrid  In  the  clay ; 

His  mir  was  Sir  Cioun.    Cv  "/  Warwilte,  p.  XI. 

(3)  Appearance.  "  The  air  of  one's  face.  Si/m- 
Metria  yturdam  fiaeomni/orNm  ttUttu." — &trn- 


(4)  Previously;   before.     Sec  .,/re. 

AIRE.      An  aerie  of  hawks.      Mifffe.     Howell 
^m  terms  a  well-conditioned  hawk,   "  one  of  a 

H  good  aire." 

■        AiKEN.     Eggs. 

^H  Another  folk  there  it  ncit,  ai  hoggra  rrcpcih  i 

^H  AflcT  CTat>t>en  and  atrcH  hy  ikippen  and  lepctb. 

^^  Ayr,;  .lIlMHhdtr,  4jWI. 

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36  AI.X 

AIRLING.     A  light  airy  |>er«on  ;■  coxcomb. 

Some  raorc  there  tie.  slight  airlinp,  will  IM  won 
With  dogs  and  hones.  JonaoH'*  Catutnet  L  & 

AlUMS.     Anns.     Norllk. 

jVIUN.    (1)   Iron.     Bums  uses  this  word,  and  it 
also  occurs  in  Maundevilc's  TraveU.   See  glos- 
sary, in  V. 
(2)  To  earn.    JfiUs. 

AIRT.    A  point  of  the  comjiaas.     North. 
AIRTII.     Afraid.     North. 
AIUTIIFUL.     Fearful.     North. 
AIRY,    All  aiery  ;  an  eagle's  nest.  See  this  form 
of  the  word  in  Mossinger's  Maid  of  llouom,  i. 
2.     It  is  also  used  for  the  brood  of  young  in 
the  neat. 
AIS.     Ease. 

Whanno  the  getlei  weren  at  ai*t 
Thai  wentcD  horn  fram  his  paleii. 

Tht  Srvtm  Saga,   1860. 
AISE.     Axweed.     Skinner. 
AISH.     Stubble.   Hant: 
AISIELICIIE.     EasUy. 

And  10  the  contreye  that  30  bcoi  of 

Sethlhe  ^c  schuUen  l-wcode, 
Wllhaulc  travail  al  ainirHrht, 
Andthareowrelifcndc.  MS.lattt.  KW.f.  10(> 
AISILYIIE.     Vinegar. 

And  In  ml  mete  that  gaf  galle  tole. 

And  mi  thrl>l  with  auil^hi  drank  thai  me. 

MS.  Sodt.  4S5j  f  n. 
AISLICIIE.     Fearfully.     (^.-S.) 
There  1  aunlredo  me  Id, 

And  aisliche  1  seyde.     Pta-M  Plmgttman,  p.  471, 
AISNECIA.     Primogeniture.     Skimur. 
AIST.     Thou  wilt.     Line. 
AISTRE.     A  house.     Tliis  word  is  in  common 
use    in    Staflbrdshirc,  Shropsliire,   and   tome 
other  counties,  for  the  fire-place,  the  back  of 
the  fire,  or  the  fire  itself:   but  fnniierly  it  was 
usetl  to  denote  the  house,  or  some  particular 
part  of  the  house,  chambers,  or  apartmeata. 
AISYLL.    Vinegar.     AftiuAeu. 
AIT.   A  little  island  in  a  nver  where  osieni  grow. 

See  the  Times.  Aug.  20,  1844,  p.  6. 
AITCII,     An  acb,  or  pain ;  a  paroxysm  in  an  in- 
termitting disorder,      Var,  dial.     See  a  note 
on    this  pniniindation  of  acAe  in    Doswell's 
Malonc,  vii,  99, 
AITCII-HONE.     The  cdge-lione.     far.  dial. 
AITCIIORNING.     Aconiing;  gathering  acorns. 

Cheth. 
AlTll,     An  oath.     A'orM. 
AITHE.     Swearing.     {.4..S.) 

Pride,  wrathc.  and  glotooie, 
Mtht,  ileuthe,  and  lecherle. 

Arthotu  aiMl  Merlin,  p.  .11. 
AITHER,    (1)    Either,     North.      Some  of  th<! 
provincial  glossaries  explain  it,  aiu,  eaeh. 
Chcae  on  aUMer  hand. 
Whether  the  lever  ware 
iilnk  or  atille  tUnde.  Sir  rrittrnm,  p.  IM. 

(2)    A  ploughing.     North. 

jU-TO.  Always.  So  explained  in  the  glossary 
to  the  A|>ology  for  LuUord  Doctrines,  attri- 
buted to  WicklifTe,  in  v. 

AITS.     Oats.     North. 

AIXES.     An  ague.     North. 


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AIYAII.  Tlic  fat  alwut  tlic  kidney  of  veal  or 
mutton.     SuffoUc. 

A  J  AX.  Pninounreil  with  the  second  syllable 
long.  A  nilly  quibble  Iwlween  this  word  and 
a ^aiM  was  not  uncoiunion  among  Eli/Jibctban 
writers ;  anil  Slmkcspeare  alludes  to  it  in  this 
way  in  Love's  Labour*  Lost,  v.  2.  Sir  John 
llarringrton  was  the  principal  mover  in  this 
joke.  See  an  ajiposite  quotation  in  Douce's 
llluttratious,  i.  245. 

AJEE.     .\wry  ;   uneven;    V'ar.  dial. 

AJORNEI).     Adjoiuiied. 

Mo  ajomrd  thani  to  rclle  In  the  North  it  Carlcle. 

Langiuft't  ChrvHivle,  p.  3Uff. 

AJUGfiEDE.     J«dge<L 

The  gmlllckte  jowdle,  ajufgtdc  wUh  lurtlM, 
Fro  (ierae  unto  Geronc.  by  Jhesu  of  bevcnr. 

Morlt  Artlturt,   US.  LOitnln,  I.  tS. 

AJUST.    To  adjust. 

Fnr  whan   tytne  b,  I  ihal  move  and  a-jH»t  loch 
thingM  that  porcvn  hem  ful  depe. 

Vrrj^t  CAuMcer,  p.  907. 

AK.     But.  (,/.-S.) 

Alt  loke  that  we  never  mora 
Ntgo  fette  in  tjew  lore. 

nrrlfhfl  Pol.  SoKft,  p.  211. 

AKALE.     Cold.   (J.-S.)   See  ^eale. 
That  night  he  tat  wel  Bore  akat€. 
And  hU  wtr  lal  wanne  a-bedde. 

Stvyn  Stiget,   1519. 
AKARO.     Awkward.     North. 
AKCOIIN.  An  acorn.    Cf.  Florio,  in  v.  .rfcii»iii> ; 
Urry's  Chaucer,  p.  364,  siielt  aiehome.  (jf.-S.) 
He  clamlw  hye  upon  a  tree. 
Aniiakevm§  (or  hungur  ete  he. 

.tf.<i.  CanliiU.  Ft.  II.  .18.  f   131. 
AKE.     An  oak.  .Ikf-appilln  arc  mentioned  in 
MS.  Lincoln.  Med.  f.  285. 

Tak  everferae  that  Rrewei  on  the  ■!(««  and  tak 
the  rutcs  in  Averellf  and  waache  hit  wtle.. 

Ar/fv.  Aniui.  L  S>. 
It  wai  dole  to  ave 
Sir  Eglamour  undlr  ane  akft 
Tlllcon  the  tnomc  that  liegutine  wake. 

MS.  Linnln  A.  1.  17.  t.  140. 

AKEDOUN.    The  acton,  q.  v. 

Through  brunny  and  tcheld,  to  the  oiredauw. 
He  tt>-tMrfl  atwo  hia  tronchon. 

Kutg  AliKUimler,  SIU. 
AKEI.DE.    CooleiL    (J-S.) 

The  kyng  byre  fader  waa  old  man,  and   drou  to 

roblene.  [deatreiao. 

And  the  anguycse  of  hya  dojter  hym  dude  more 

And  aAre/dtf  hym  wel  the  more,  lo  that  ft-ble  he  wat. 

RiA.  Gfouc.  p.  Mi. 

AKELE.    TocooL    (.i.-S.) 

And  Uujte.  yf  Invc  be  to  hot, 
111  what  maner  it  tchulde  tikele, 

Cvwrr,  US.  Smr.  .^nli^.  134,  f.  ISO. 
Nym  ;emc  that  the  fury  cole* 

Moche  a.krtelh  mo, 
And  iholle  into  the  ttronge  pyne 
Of  hcllc  bryngc  the. 

MS.  <W;.  Ttin.  Onn.  37. 

AKENNYNGE.      Iteconnoitring ;    discovering. 
(J.-S.) 

At  the  othtr  aide  alcrnnirfife, 
Thejr  tygb  Daric  the  kyng. 


AKEIL  (1)  Sir  F.  Madden,  glossarv'  lo  Syr 
Gawayne,  conjectures  this  to  be  an  error,  for 
tich  a,  each,  every.  Sec  p.  53.  Us  uicauing 
seems  rather  lo  lie  tither.  It  may  be  an  error 
for  aither,  or  ather. 

(2)  The  ev])rc*«ion  "  AaZse  o*fr"  occurs  inGani. 
uicr  Gurlon's  Needle,  i.  2,  but  is  eonjeelitred 
to  be  au  error  for  "  halse  anker,"  or  halsc 
anchor.  The  halse,  or  luibser,  was  a  particular 
kinil  uf  cable. 

(3)  An  acre ;  a  field ;  a  measure  of  length. 

The  I'TtmKhetnen  thai  made  rcculle 
Wel  an  akm  leflgthr.        MS.  Athmolr  3.1,  f.  13. 
AKER-LOND.     Cultivated  land.     (Out.) 
In  thiike  time.  In  al  thii  londc. 
On  aker-timd  ther  ncs  y-founde. 

ChroH.  o/  Bngtandt  IG. 
AKElt-M.\N,   A  husbandman.    See  the  Nomeu- 
clator,  1585,  p.  513  ;  and  Florin,  in  v.  Jralvre. 
Akc  aker-mtn  wercn  in  the  feld. 
That  wereo  of  him  1-war. 

MS.  Laxd.   IM,  r.   iflS. 

AKETllER.     Indeed.     Depnn.     In  the  Exinoor 

St-olding,  ji.  1,  we  are  told  it  means,  "  quoth 

he.  or  quoth  her." 

AKEVERED.     Recovered, 

Sche  akevfrrd  parmafay* 
And  waa  y-led  In  liter. 

.^rfAeur  and  Merlin^ 
AKEWARD.     Wrongly. 

Tl)u«  uao  men  a  newo  getle. 
And  thU  world  aktivard  actte. 

MS.  AsltmoltAi,  f.  in 

AKN  AWE.    On  knees ;  kneeling. 

And  made  mony  knyght  oJtriairo, 
On  mcdewc,  in  feld.  dod  liylaur. 

K^nf  Miauwtlrr,  Xt\0. 

A-KNAWE.  To  know  ;  to  acknowledge ;  known  ; 
acknowledged. 

Pot  jlr  y  do  hir  It  ben  a-knaurf. 
With  wild  hon  do  me  to-drawe. 

Jrthour  tind  MrrtiH,  p.  42. 
And  teyd,  Thcf,  thou  achalt  hraUwe, 
Hot  thou  wilt  be  the  sothe  nknawe^ 
Where  thou  the  coupe  fond  I 

,<mi<  and  JmlUmii,  MiW. 
For  Jhrtu  lore,  y  pray  the. 
That  dietl  on  the  rode  tre, 
Thi  right  name  be  aknawe. 

Cy  itr  Waneilce,  f.  33S. 
AKNAWENE.    Known. 

Dot  we  beseke  jnw  latci  uf  gas,  and  we  achalle 
mak  nktwKtrttv  untitle  hym  jour  grete  glory,  ytur 
ryallce  and  jour  noblaye.  MS.  ZJ/i(Wn,  f.  ff 

AKNEN.     On  knees. 

Tho  Athelbnii  aatounde, 

Fel  lUrnen  to  grounde.  K^g  Horn,  340. 

Sire  Euttaa  Mt  adoun  aknt ; 

Loverd,  he  aede,  thin  ore. 

MS.  jlthmoie  43,  r.  173. 
A-KNEWBS.     On  knees. 

To-fom  him  a.kneWN  Iche  fel. 

Arthvur  and  MertlH,  p.  OS. 

AKNOWE.  Conscious  of.  Used  witli  the  auxil 
liary  verb,  it  appears  to  signify,  lo  acknow- 
Icilgc.  Cf.  Gloss,  to  L'rry ;  Scvyn  Sages,  1054 ; 
Courte  of  Love,  1 199 ;  Prompt.  Panr.  p.  280  i 
Suppl.  to  Hardyng,  f.  7 ;  Seven  Pen.  Psalms, 


p.  22  ;  Gcsta  Ronianonini,  pp.  326,  360,  36K 
363;  MS.  Aalimole  59.  f.  130. 
And  he  wnle  In  hys  Ivtc  throwe, 
Surow  fut  byt  *ynne,  aoil  be  of  hyt  aAti»u>« 

JtfS.  Oinra6.  Kf.  II.  38,  f.  .*». 
Be  than  aknowft*  to  me  openly, 
And  bide  It  nou^t,  and  1  the  wll  Tclevvn. 

Boetiua.  MS.  Soc.  Arrtl^  IM.  f.  SB?. 
I  uid  my  wif  arc  thync  omm. 
That  arc  ve  we)  aknowm. 
Curtw  Mun.U.  MS.  Cott.  Trin.  Cantab,  f.  90. 

A-KNOWE.     On  knee.     Cf.  K.  Alls.  3279. 
^•ttnmtM  he  tat,  and  aeyd,  merci. 
Mine  o«cQ  twerd  take,  twlaml. 

JrlhoHr  and  MeHlii,  p.  SAfl. 

AKSIS.    The  apie. 

I  Itkyn  uche  a  lyrifiil  »oulc  to  a  »rko  man, 
That  li  y'Klukyd  and  schmt  with  the  akH*. 

Judcia^'a  l*uems,  p,  47> 

AKSKED.     Asked. 

And  afUrwardcf  tho  Mme  Pnite  akaktit  me  whAt 
IKWM  1  hade  harde  of  Kynge  Edward,  and  1  an- 
taered  hymc,  none  at  all.        Afthtrot-'gia,  xiIH.  23. 

AKVIt     An  acorn. 

The  boiM  fedyttg  ii  proprcllche  y^leped  aJtyr  of 

ookyt  beryn^  and  bukraoat.  MS.  tUtdl.  Mfl. 

I  AL.   Will.    Ynrlah.     In  tlie  Nortli,  wc  have  the 

cllipiical  fomi  a' I,  for  /  trilt,  and  in  other  coud- 

Ues  the  tunc  for  he  will. 

ALAAN.    Alone.    Surlh. 

■   .^  the  ataan 
And  Ihjr  Troyanea,  to  have  and  rnhabiir. 

Har^irrtg'i  i'ftrrirticlf,  f.  14. 

ALABLASTER.  (1)  A  corrupt  prununriation 
n( atataalrr.itiW  common, and  also  on  archaism. 
Set  the  Monosticon,  Iv.  542 ;  Wright's  Monastic 
liCllcrs,  p.  208. 

(8)  An  arbalest. 

Bui  lurely  thry  wer  lore  aaiautetl.  and  marrey. 

loualy  hurte  vtth  the  shot  of  ttlablaalera  and  eroite* 

bowes,  bur  they  defendeil  Iheniielfea  k>  maiirully  that 

their  eoemlea  gat  small  advauntage  at  their  handet. 

UaU,  Heart  f'J.  t.  SI. 

AlADRE.    A  kind  of  fur. 

And  eke  hU  cloke  with  nlaUtt 
And  the  knottea  of  golde. 

its.  Rawl.  Potl.  137,  r.  ii. 
ALACCIIE.     To  fell.     (./.-.V.) 

The  Frenschc  Laid  on  with  awerdli  brlit, 

And  lalden  duun  hur  fon, 
Atle  that  that  than  alarehe  mi;t  t 
Ther  114  aacapeden  nan.      M!t.  AMhmatt  33,  f.  41. 
A-LADY.     Ladj-day.     Suffolk. 
AL-ALONE.     Quite  alone. 

The  hlfihe  God.  whan  he  had  Adam  maked. 
And  uw  him  ■/  atone  belly  naked. 

Chancer,  CuHt.  T.  MOO. 

ALAMIRE.     The  lowest  note  hut  one  in  Guido 
Aretine't  scale  of  music    Sec  Skclton's  Works, 
u.  279. 
ALAND.     (1)  On  land;  to  land. 

Where,  a«  ill  fortune  would,  the  Dane  with  frt^«h 
Waa  lately  come  aland.  [tupi'ilei 

Draylim'M  Pol.  ed.  17M,  p.  PII3. 
(2)  A  kind  of  bulldog.     In  Spanish  aUmo.     See 
Docange,  in  v.  Alantui  Chaucer,  Cant.T.  2150; 

L Ellis's  Mctr.  Rom.  ii. 359;  Wartcn's Hist.  Enf^l. 
Poet.  ii.  115.     On  a  spare  k-af  In  MS.  Coll. 


I 


ALA 

copic  of  tt/ounityM."  Tlicy  were  cliieflf  used  far 
hunting  the  Imar.  See  Slmtt's  Sports  and 
Pastimes,  p.  13.  Tlic  Ma>-stre  of  the  Game, 
MS.  ESodl.  5'l(i,  c.  Ifi,  divides  them  into  three 
kinds.  See  further  oliservations  on  them  in 
Sir  11.  Dnilcn's  notes  to  Twici. 
ALANE.  Alone.  \'ortfi. 
ALAN  EWE.      New  ale;    ale  in  corns.      Sec 

iluloet's  Abcedarium,  1552,  in  v. 
ALANG.    Along.    North.     In  North  Hants  they 

say,  "  the  wind  is  all  down  alang." 
ALANGE.    Tedious;  irksome.     In  the  Prompt. 
Parv.  p.  9,  we  have  it  in  the  sense  of  tirange, 
translated  by  exlrannu,  rj-olicv: 
In  time  of  winter  alangr  It  It; 
The  foulei  Icsen  hct  bli*. 

Jrthour  anii  Merlin,  p.  I.'ifi. 
The  leTcs  fallen  of  Ihe  tre, 
Ilein  alanfrlli  the  cunlre.  /OU.  491!. 

ALANCENES.  Explained  by  Wnber  "single 
life."     In  Prompt.  Parv.  p.  9,  tlratv/enem. 

HU  serjaunts  ofte  to  him  come. 

And  of  alangrnet  him  underiiome. 

And  [tMde]  him  uke  a  wif  Jolif, 

To  solace  witli  hll  oldo  llf.  Setyn  Sagt;  I73R. 
ALANTL'M.  At  a  distance.  Sorlh.  Kennctt, 
MS.  I.ansd.  1033,  gives  the  examples,  "  I  saw 
him  at  afan^f  UH,"  and, "  I  saw  him  alantum  olT." 
ALAPT.  I'his  is  the  reading  of  one  of  the  quartos 
in  a  passage  in  King  Lear,  i.  4,  generally  rtiad 
atlaik'd.  "The  first  two  folios  read  at  l<uk.  If 
the  word  be  correct,  it  probably  agrees  with 
the  context  if  explained  in  the  same  way  as 
atlaik'd !  and  the  Irrm  alapal,  in  the  follow- 
ing passage,  seems  nscil  in  n  similar  sriisc.  All 
editors,  I  believe,  reject  alapt.  The  following 
work  is  erroneously  paged,  which  1  iiieniiou  in 
case  any  one  eomiiarcs  the  original. 

And  tJecauM  the  terret  and  privy  bootome  vieet 
of  nature  are  most  omnaive,  and  though  least  leene, 
yel  moat  undermining  enemies,  you  must  redouble 
your  endeavor,  not  with  a  wand  to  alapct  and  ttrlke 
them,  onely  a*  lovert,  loath  to  hurt,  loas  like  a  make 
they  may  growe  together,  and  getle  peater  strength 
againe.  Mrllon'i  Site-folit  PatUieiatit  p.  IHA. 

ALARAN.     A  kind  of  precious  stone. 
Here  cropyng  was  of  ryche  gold. 
Here  parrelle  atle  of  alaran  ; 
Here  brydyll  waa  uf  reler  botde. 
On  every  side  hangyd  tieiiys  then. 

MS.  Liintd.  JSa,  t.  ti. 

ALARGE.    To  enUrge.    Cf.  Uen.  ix.  27. 

God  alarfft  Japhelh,  and  dwelle  in  the  taberruulls 
of  Sero,  and  Chanaan  be  the  set  vaunt  of  hym. 

Hieklun;  MS.  UMU.  !77. 

ALARGID.     Bestowed;  given. 
Such  part  In  ther  U4tlvltie 
Wat  then  aUtrgid  of  t>eautle. 

Chauetr'*  Drtmmt,  ISO. 
ALARUM.  Rider  explains  atamm  to  be  a  "watch- 
word showing  the  neemessc  of  the  enemies." 
The  tcnn  occur»  constiuitly  in  the  stage  direc- 
tions of  old  plays. 
ALAS-A-DAY.  An  exclamation  of  pity.  Var.diat, 
ALAS-AT-EVER.  An  exclamation  of  pity.  Yorkth. 
ALASSN.     Lest.     Vonet. 
ALAST.     At  last;     lately.      Cf.  Ritaon'i  Anc. 
Songs,  p.  9;  Rrliq.  Auliq.  ii.  217. 


ALB 


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ALC 


Whow  hath  eny  gnd,  hopeth  he  oout  to  holde. 
Bote  ever  the  Icveit  we  leoscth  a/oM. 

fTrifrht't  pot,  Song9t  p.  149. 

ALATE.  (I)  Lately.   Cf.  Pcrc>'6Rclique5,p.27; 
Wright's  Monastic  Inters,  p.  148. 

Thy  mindc  ii  ivrplexed  with  a  thouunil  tundr; 

pAHloDf,  oUitt*  free,  and  dow  fettered,  alote  fwtin- 

ming  in  re*t>  Omtm**  GuyrfonfMj.  1A93. 

(2)  Let.     So  at  least  the  word  ut  expluned  in 

a  glouary  in  the  Archmolo^a,  xxx.  403. 
ALATRATE.    To  growl ;  to  bark.    {Ut.) 

Let  Cerbcnit,   the  dog  or  hcl,  alatrixte  what  he 
lute  to  the  contrary. 

Stubba*M  Anatomie  <>f  Jbiuest  p.  17t>. 

ALAUND.  On  the  grass. 

Anonc  to  forest  they  fnunde, 
UoLh  with  home  nod  with  houod, 
Tu  breng  ihe  dcrc  to  the  grond 

44laund  thcr  they  Iny.     Sir  Dfgrtvont,  4tf?. 
ALAWK.     Alack ;  alas.     Sufo/Jt, 
ALAY.  (!)  To  mix  ;  to  reduce  by  mixing.  Gene- 
rally applied  to  wines  and  liquors.  Se«Tliynnc*5 
Debate,  p.  59. 
(2)  A  term  in  bunting,  when  timib  dogs  arc  sent 
into  the  cry. 

with  greyhoundk.  aecordlnj;  my  ladyes  tUddlng. 
1  made  the  o/ny  to  the  drcre. 

Percy'*  Fiietjf  Pnsttfroll,  p.  ISO. 
ALAYD.     Laid  low. 

Socoure  ow»,  Darfe  the  kyng  .' 
Bote  thou  do  u*  loooure, 
jfta^  ts,  0&rte«  thyn  hoDoure  I 

Kyttg^  .-itiMMnder,  SSSCt. 

ALAYDB.    AppUed. 

But  at  Ufte  kyng  Knowt  to  hym  alayile 
rhcK  wordes  there,  and  thui  to  hym  he  aayde. 

Hardyng't  Chrviticli,  f.  119. 
ALAVNED.     Concealed. 

The  lowdon  Mte  them  alfVayncd 

What  that  ther  name*  were  ; 
Routand  Mide,  and  nught  ala^ned, 
Syr  Houlande  and  tire  olyverc. 

US.  />.«<:<•  173,  p.  .'>7- 
ALBACORE.     A  kind  of  fish.     (/V.) 

The  atlMeort  that  fulloweth  night  and  day 
The  dying  flah«  and  uke*  them  for  hU  prey. 

Brtt.  Btkl.  li.  4H9. 
ALBE.     (I)  Al))eit;  although. 

JUtt  that  the  fpake  but  wordes  fewc. 
Wllhouten  spccbe  he  »hall  the  trcuthe  thewe. 

legale.  MS.  .ttltmole  SI,  t,  46. 
^tbe  that  he  dyed  In  wrelchednrt. 

HochaM,  b.  iv.  r.  13. 
(2)  A  loogwhitc  linen  gannent,  worn  by  Roman 
Catholic  priests.     See  Peter  Langtoft',  p.  319, 
and  gloss,  in  v. 

Mon  In  albe  other  cloth  whit. 

Of  Jole  that  li  grel  dollt.        tMtq.  ,hMi.  t.  asi. 

ALBESPYNE.     Wliitc-tliom. 

And  there  the  Jewe*  icoRied  him,  and  madcn  him 

arrowne  of  the  braunehei  of  altif*n/ne,  that  i*  white 

thorn,  that  grew  In  that  tamegardyn.  and  aetteii  it 

on  hli  heved.  M&undeoUe'M  TVatwff,  p.  13. 

ALBEWESE.     AU  orer. 

Take  a  porcyown  of  frcKhe  ebiae, 
And  wynd  It  In  hony  atbrvtM. 

ALBIAN.     An  old  tcnii  for  that  variety  of  the 


human  species  now  calle<l  the  AlUno,  See  an 
epitaph  quoted  by  Mr.  Ilnnter  in  his  additions 
to  Boucher,  in  v. 
ALBIFICATION.  A  chemical  term  for  making 
white.  See  Ashmole's  Theat.  Chem.  Brit, 
pp.  128,  1G8. 

Our  foumeli  eke  of  catdn^tion. 
And  of  walerea  a/6</io8riofi. 

CJiQtmr,  OiMt,  T.  15fi73, 
ALBLADE.     See  a  list  of  articles  in  Brit,  Bilil. 

ii.  397. 
ALBLAST.    An  instrument  for  shooting  arrow>. 
Ooth  aJfUtut  and  many  a  how 
War  rvdy  raUod  o{ion  a  row. 

Minimi  Poem*,  p.  1(1. 
Alle  that  myghte  wapyni  here, 
Swerde,  aWtoMlus,  vcht-lde  or  t|KTe. 

.VS.  LinnJt,  A.  L  17,  f.  Hi. 

.\LBI,.\STERE.     A  crossliow-man.    Sometimes 
the  crosslKiw  itself. 
That  aauh  an  alUatten  ;  a  quarelle  Icte  he  file. 

Uingttifi,  p.  SOS. 
With  ttlbtoMlnM  and  with  ttonci. 
They  klowe  men,  and  broken  txinef. 

Kyng  Attiituntltr,  Ifil  1 , 

ALBRICIAS.     A  reward  or  gratuity  given  to 
OHC  that  brings  goo<l  news.     {Spun.) 
Attirleina,  fvlrnd,  for  the  goo4l  ncwf  1  bring  you  t 
Atl  hai  fallen  nut  ai  well  as  wc  could  wUh.    K/rlm,  II. 

ALBURN.  Aiibnm.  SUnnrr.  It  ii  the  llaliaii 
otbvTiio,  and  is  also  Anglicised  liy  Florio, 
in  V. 

jVLBYEN.  The  water.  &c.  Tlie  meaning  of  (he 
lent)  will  be  found  in  Ashmole's  Theat.  Chcin. 
Brit.  p.  164. 

ALBTl"N.    WTiite. 

The  Mmo  gale  or  lower  was  set  with  compaued 
Images  of  auncicnt  pryncci.  oi  Horcules,  Alcnandcr 
and  other,  byentrxyled  wuorkc,  rychcly  lyrnncd  wyth 
goldeand  atbvn  colours.        Hnll,  lUnry  fill.  f.  73. 

ALinSl.  Sciircely.  The  MS.  in  the  Heralds" 
College  reads  "  iinnclhe." 

Tho  was  Breleyn  thb  lond  of  Romoynn  almcst  Icre, 
Ac  altiy»i  were  yt  ten  jer,  ar  heo  here  a^cyo  were. 

Raft.  CfMie.  p.  HI. 

ALC.U,Y.     A  kind  of  salt. 

Sal  Urtre,  o/ni/y,  and  sail  pre|>arBt. 

CImuerr,  Canl.  T.  KHTV. 

ALCAMYNE.  A  mixed  metal.  Palsgrave  has 
this  form  of  the  wool,  anil  also  Pvtimiii's  edi- 
tion of  the  Prompt.  Parv.  Sec  that  work, 
p.  9 ;  Unton  Inventories,  p.  26 ;  Skelton's 
Works,  ii.  54. 

ALCATOTE.     A  silly  fellow.     Dmm.     In  the 

Exmoor  Courtship,  |ip.   24,   28,   it   is   s|ielt 

alHtolle,  and  explained  in  the  glossary,  "  a 

silly  elf,  or  fwillsh  oaf." 

Why,  you  know  I  am  an  ignorant,  unable  Irlfle  in 

such  business;  an  oaf, a  simple  alratotr,  an  Innocent. 

Foril\  n'orlt;  U.  Hi. 

AIXATRAS.     A  kind  of  sca-guU.     {Hal.) 

\ctl  Gylman  took  an  alentnuh  on  the  mayn  top- 
mast ycrd,  which  ys  a  foolysh  bynl,  but  good  Iran 
tank  meat.  US.  AiUit.  SUOa. 

Most  like  to  that  sharp-sighted  atvtttnu. 
That  Iteals  the  air  above  the  liquid  glass. 

Dntflm't  tywkr,  ed.  I7M.  P-  W- 


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I  A1<CE.     Mm.     Sir  F.  Madden  mvks  this  oit  on 
irregular  form.    See  .11k. 
The  kyng  kjrwa  the  knnt.  Md  >he  olienc  n/rr. 
Ami  ffylben  rooay  lykcr  koyjt,  that  to^t  hym   lu 
hsylcc.  tfirr  Gairayne,  p.  91. 

ALCHEMY.  A  meUl,  the  Mine  u  jileamynr, 
q.  T. 

Four  ipeedy  cherubtnu 

Put  to  their  raoulhs  the  loundllig  atcfiemy. 

Piinidifc  hMl,  II.  Sli. 

ALCHOCHODEN.     The  giver  of  life  and  years, 

the  planet  which  bears  rule  in  the  |)rinc'i|>al 

phices  of  an  astrological  figure,  when  a  pcriron 

is  bom.     See  .Vlhuiiiazar,  iL  5. 

ALCONOM^'E.    Alchemy. 

or  thllke  elixir  whiche  men  catle 
Mtmnomi/t,  whichc  is  beralle 
Of  hem  thnt  whilom  weren  wijc. 

Coirer,  SI.S.  *,c.  ./nti<;.  134,  f.  ISO. 

ALU.  (1)  Old. 

Princei  and  pople,  «U  and  jong. 
Al  Ihat  tpac  with  Duchc  lung.  iTninl'i  Pitv)',  ]>  B. 
(2)  Hold. 

Thof  I  wcft  to  be  tiayn, 
I  sal  ncTer  a/rf  te  ogayo. 

Ci«  0/  trorwidt,  UUilthUl  US. 
Curatui  resident  that  ichul  be, 
And  «/d  houthold  oponly. 

Mwtelay'a  Pocmi,   p.  33. 

ALDAY.    Always.   (Dan.) 

They  can  aiTorce  them  oittay,  men  may  fee. 
By  ftinguler  fredomc  and  domtuaelon. 

Bxliai,  b.  I.  c.  !0. 

ALDER.  (1)  The  older. 

Thua  when  the  aMfr  hir  gan  foruke. 

The  yonger  tnke  hir  to  his  nuke.  Stn/i'  Sagut  37S9. 

(2)  Aecordiag  (o  Boucher,  this  is  "  a  contmon 
expression  in  Somersetshire  fur  cleaning  the 
allevs  in  a  potatoe  ground."  Sec  Qu.  Kev. 
It.  371. 

(3)  Of  all.  Cenenlly  oied  with  an  adjectiTC  in 
the  superlative  degree.  Sec  the  instances 
nnder  alder  and  alther,  compounded  with 
other  words. 

or  alle  kltiges  he  Is  flour, 
That  suffVed  deth  for  al  mankln ; 
He  Is  our  aJder  Creatour  I     Lrg.  Calhol.  p.  173. 
ALDBR-BEST.    Best  of  all.   Cf,  Prompt.  Pari. 
pp.  9,  33  !  Gy  of  Warwyke,  p.  22 ;  Dremc  of 
Chaucer,  12"'9  ;  Skclton's  Works,  ii.  03. 
That  all  the  best  archers  of  the  north 

Sholde  come  upon  a  day. 
And  Ihey  that  shoteth  aldcrbnl 
The  game  shall  here  away.   N<.Mn  Hood,  i.  St 
ALDEKES.     Ancestors. 

of  otdartM,  of  annes,  of  other  aventurcs. 

Syr  Go  UN7yn«,  p.  6. 

ALDER-FIRST.  The  arst  of  all.  Cf.  Rom. 
of  the  Rose,  1 000 ;  Troilos  and  Cresdde, 
iii.  97. 

That  tmeitll  schal  smile  the  altter^rtt  dinL 

Will,  nnd  thr  ffrruvl/,  f. 
The  sotidan  forthwith  alder/artt 
On  the  Crlaten  smot  wcl  fast 

Gy  0/  fVarwiket  p. 

ALnER-FOUMEST.    The  foremost  of  aU. 
EDit's  Met.  Rom.  iii.  76. 

Wlllliim  and  lhrm|terour  w6nt  attbvj^rmutt, 

n'lll.  ami  Iht  tVrruvi/,  f.  170. 


1S1. 


.  ia.\ 
Cf. 


ALDER-HIGIIEST.     Highest  of  all. 
And  nlilff-hifrhei/t  tooke  astronomye 
Albmusard  last  withe  her  of  »evyn, 
With  instruracntis  that  raught  up  liitu  lievyn. 
L]/dgal^*  Uinw  PixMM,  p.  11. 

ALDERKAR.  A  moist  boggy  plarc  where 
alilcrs,  or  trees  of  lhat  kind  grow.  See  Pronipl. 
Pan-,  pp.  9,  272.  In  the  former  phicc  ii  is 
explained  loewi  uii  a/ni  rl  lalet  ariom 
crcneHtit. 
ALDER-LAST.     LastofalL 

And  ttlthr-tiut,  how  he  In  hlsciteo 
Was  by  the  sonne  sUiyne  of  Tholomi;. 

Bocha*,  b.  V.  c.  4. 
ALDER'LEEFER.     Instances  of  this  coiniKiuud 
in  the  comparative  degree  are  very  unusual, 
An  nttter-tetfir  swaine  I  wcene, 
In  the  barge  there  w.is  not  scene. 

OMtr  of  Catilerburit,  IfiOH,  iig.  E.  II. 

ALDER-LEST.     Least  of  alU 

Love,  ayenst  the  whiche  who  so  defendith 
Himselvln  moste,  him  aUtrlcMi  avallelh. 

Tn-Uus  anfi  CrtMeult.  I.  ffl5. 

ALDER-LIEFEST.     Dearest  of  all.    This  com- 

fmund  was  occasionally  used  by  Elizabethan 

writers.     Sec  Collier's  Annals  of  the  Stage, 

i.  262  i  2  Henry  VI.  i.  1 ;  Troilus  and  Crescide, 

iii.  240. 

ALDERLINGS.     A  kind  of  fish,  mentioned  in 

Miiffc-t's  Treatise  on  Food,  p.  175,  and  said  by 

him  to  t>e  betwixt  a  trout  and  a  gravling. 

ALDER-LOWEST.    Lowest  of  alL    See  a  gloss 

in  MS.  Egerton  829,  f.  23,  and  Rcliq.Anli<|.  i.  7. 

ALDERMANRY.   "The  govcmmeut  of  Stamford 

was  long  Iwforc  their  written  charter,  bdil  ami 

used  amongst  themselves  by  an  ancient  pre- 

5cri]ilion,  which  was  called  the  Aldermaniy  of 

the  gtiild." — IliiMier'$  Slanfford,  1717,  p.  15. 

ALDERMEN.     Men  of  rank. 

Kny;tea  and  sqwyen  ther  schul  be. 
And  other  aldermen,  as  ;e  ichul  se. 

CiiHir.  tifUwrnry,  414. 
ALDER-MEST.     Greatest  of  aU.    Cf.  Arthour 
and  McrUn,  p.  83 ;  Legends  Catholica',  pp. 
170,252. 

Out  ntdirmo*!  in  honour  out  of  doute. 
The!  had  a  relicke  hlght  Palladlon. 

Troilu*  nnd  Oeariiie,  i.  IM. 

ALDERNE.     Tlic  elder  tree.     Goats  arc  said  to 
love  aldemf,  in  Tnpsell's  Hist,  of  Foure-footcd 
Beasts,  p.  240. 
ALDER-TRUEST.    Truest  of  all. 

First,  English  king,  1  humbly  do  request. 
That  by  your  means  our  prlncesa  may  unite 
llvr  love  unto  mine  aUertrueet  love. 

(Jreetuft  fforkt,  11.  IJfi. 

ALDE  R.WE  RST.     Worst  of  all. 

Ve  don  ous  aldem'tnt  to  spede. 
When  that  we  han  meat  nede. 

Cy  nf  H'arullle,  p.  I8H. 

ALDER-WISIST.  The  wisest  of  aU. 
And  tnillicbe  It  title  well  to  be  M, 
For  mldlrwUin  han  therwith  ben  plcie<l. 

Trt-UUM  and  CreeeUt,  I.  M7. 

ALDES.     Holds. 

For  wham  myn  hcrt  Is  so  hampered  and  afdas  so 
nobul.  n'UI.  uHi<  the  WennV,  p,  17 

ALDO.     Although.     &»/. 


ALB 


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ALE 


ALDREN.    Elden. 

ThUf  fetien  oorc  aldren  bl  Nocc*  dmwf. 
Of  mete  And  of  drloke  h)  fuliioo  here  mawe. 

U.S.  Bodl.  (U9,  r.  1. 
AliDRIAN.     A  star  on  llic  neck  of  the  lion. 
Hhebuff  hath  left  Ihc  Ktiglc  tneildional. 
And  yet  au-endliig  wm  the  bcstc  real, 
The  gcntil  Lion,  with  hi*  ^tdrinn, 

CAauntr,  CaM.  T.  1IU79. 

AI.DYN.     Iloldcn;  inilchted. 

Mcchc  tw  ;c  tittt^n  to  the  pore.     MS.  Doute  309,  f.  90. 
ALE.     (1)  A  rariU  festival.     See  Jle-fnul. 
And  all  the  neighlMurhnod,  from  old  records 
Of  antique  proverb*,  drawn  from  Whit^un  lordt. 
And  their  authorllie*  at  vtAkit  and  o/e#. 

Ben  Jpruon'f  Tale  of  a  Tuh,  prot. 

(2)  An  alc-hnusc.  Tbis  is  an  unusual  meaning 
of  the  woni.  See  Two  Gent,  of  Vcitina,  ii.  S ; 
Greene's  Works,!.  116;  Davies'sYork  Records, 
p.  HO ;  Lord  Cromwell,  iiL  1  j  Piers  Plough- 
man, p.  101. 

When  thei  tiave  wroght  on  ourc  ore  two, 
Anone  lo  the  o/a  thci  wyllc  go. 

MS.Jthmolem,  f.  25. 

(3)  The  meaning  of  the  words  beer  and  alt  are 
the  reverse  in  rtilferent  comities.  Sir  K.  Baker's 
verso  on  hops  and  beer  are  clearly  erroneous, 
■le  and  beer  having  been  known  in  Enghiad  at 
a  ver>'  early  |)Criod,  although  hops  were  a  later 
introduction.  Sec  Warner's  Antiq.  Culin.  p.  27. 
SirThopas,  1. 13901, swears  "on  ale lutd  bred," 
though  this  oath  may  be  intended  in  ridicule. 
Ale  was  formerly  made  of  wheal,  barley,  and 
lioncv.    Sec  Index  to  Madox's  Exchequer,  in  v. 

(4.)  All 

And  laBt  It  with  hem  in  memore. 
And  to  al»  other  prlftis  truly. 

Jwittayt  Potmt,  p.  OD. 

ALEBERRY.     A  beverage  made  by  Iwiling  ale 

with  spice  aud  sugar,  and  sops  of  bread,     it 

ajipcars  from  Palsgrave  to  have  been  given  to 

Invalids. 

They  would  taate  nothing,  no  not  to  much  u  a 
poor  n/etwrry,  for  the  comfort  of  their  heart. 

Bfcon't  n'orki,  p.  373- 

ALECCIOUN.     An  election. 

And  fcyd,  made  is  Ihlt  otKvitiunt 

The  king  of  hvven  hath  chosen  jou  on. 

LepmittK  Calfiollnti  p.  63. 
Basechyng  you  therfore  to  help  to  the  roignaclon 
therof,  and  the  kyngos  lettre  to  the  byihop    of 
LUuoIb  fbr  the  aieerion, 

IfVl^r's  JVi/niiMic  LtUm,  p,  S40. 
ALECIE.     DruukenncM  caused  by  ale. 

If  he  had  arretted  a  mare  Instead  of  a  horse,  it 
had  tieene  a  slight  oversight ;  but  lo  arrest  a  man, 
that  hath  no  IDteoote  of  a  horse,  U  Sal  lunasie,  or 
■l<«e<e.  l^/<  Mitthrr  Bombit. 

ALECONNER.  Accordlnglo  Kersey,  "an  officer 
appointed  in  every  court -lect  to  look  to  the 
nave  and  goodness  of  bread,  ale,  and  lieer." 
Cf.   MidiUeton's  Works,    i.   174;    Harrison's 
Oetcription  of  England,  p.  163. 
A  noae  he  had  that  gon  show 
What  liquor  be  loved  I  trow : 
For  he  had  tjefore  long  aevrn  ycare, 
Bct^e  of  the  towne  the  ale-rwSMar-. 

I\*ler  n/  0>trfer«<lr<e,  KM). 

ALECnST.    Custmarv.     So  called,  XxctuK  it 


waa  frequently  put  into  ale,  being  an  aromatic 
bitter.  Grmril.  11  is  not  obsolete  in  the  Norttu 
ALED.     Suppressed.     (A.-S.) 

And  sayde,  Maumecet,  my  mat*, 

V-blcssed  roote  thou  be. 
For  nied  thow  hast  muche  debate 

I'oward  thyt  bamce.      US.  Mhmoli  SS.  1. 18, 
ALEnnEMENT.     Ease ;  relief.     Shtuer. 
ALE-DKAl'ER.     An  alehouse  keeper. 

So  that  nowc  hce  hath  Icftc  tirokery,  and  is  be- 
come a  draper.     A  draper,   quuth  Fiecmin,  what 
draper,  of  woollin  or  linni-n  i     No,  qd  he,  an  atp. 
draper,  wherein  he  both  more  skil  then  in  the  oihe-. 
iWicprrie  nf  thM  Knigbtt  0/  the  Posie,  liVJ. 

A-LEE.    On  the  lee. 

Tlian  lay  the  lordis  a-let  with  laste  and  with  charge. 
Depot,  e/  Riehant  11.  p.  39. 
ALEECHE.    Alike.    So  explained  by  Mr.  Collier 

in  a  note  to  Thynne's  Debate,  p.  20,  "  his  gayiic 

by  us  is  not  aUtehr."     Perhaps  we  shnutd  rcail 

a  leeehe,  i.  c.  not  worth  a  leech. 
ALEES.     Aloe  tnes. 

of  erberi  and  n/ees. 

Of  alie  mancT  of  trees.  Pi/rt// c/Sitjn*i,  st.  1. 
ALE-FEAST.  A  festival  or  merry-making,  at 
which  ale  api>ears  to  have  been  the  predomi- 
nant liquor.  See  an  cnuiuenitinn  of  them  in 
Harrison's  Dcsc.  of  Engl.ind,  p.  l.^fi;  Brand's 
Pup.  Antiq.  i.  158-9,  and  the  account  of  the 
Uhitrtm-aie,  in  v.  A  mcrr)' mectiiignl  which 
nie  was  generally  dnmk,  often  took  place  after 
the  representation  of  an  old  mystery,  as  in  a 
curious  prologue  to  one  of  the  fifteenth  century 
in  MS.  Tanner  407,  f.  44. 
ALE  IT.     Lifted. 

Ac  tbo  thai  come  thlder  eft. 
Her  werk  was  al  up  altjt. 

Arthvur  UMf  Uetlim,  [i 
A-LEFT.     On  the  left. 

For  a.le/t  half  and  a  right. 

He  leyd  on  and  slough  down-right. 

Arthour  and  Merlin,  p.  Ilfi. 

ALEGAR.  Ale  or  beer  which  has  passed  through 

the  acetous  fermentation,  and  is  used  in  the 

North  as  a  cheap  substitute  for  vinegar.     It  is 

ail  old  word.     Sec  the  Forme  of  Cury,  p, 

ALEGB.    To  alleviate.     (A..N.) 

But  if  the!  have  some  privilege. 
That  of  the  paine  hem  woil  atege. 

Ham.  t^f  the  Rjiae 
ALEGEANCE.  Alleviation.  (.-I.-N.)  "Jlli^anef, 
or  soflynge  of  dyscse,  allrriacio."  —  Prompt. 
Part.  p.  9.     Cf.  Chaucer's  Preame,  1688. 

The  twclfed  artecle  es  enoyntynge,  that  mene 
cnoyntes  the  seke  in  percUe  of  dedc  for  tttenMnee  of 
body  and  taule.  Jf.'i.  f.innWn,  A.  1.  17,  f.  M}. 

ALEGGEN.      To   allege.     (A.-N.)     See  Picn 
Ploughman,  p.  207  ;    Flor.  and  Blanch.  G92 ; 
Gcsta  Ronianonim,  p.  tH  ;  Rob.  Gluuc.  p.  422. 
Thus  cndis  Kyng  Artliure,  as  auctors  alegget 
That  was  of  Kctures   blude,   the  kynge  aonc  of 
Troye.  MS.  UnoJn,  \.  i.  17.  f.  W. 

ALEGGYD.     iVIlcvialed.     See  Alrge. 
Peraventure  ;e  may  be  a/e^rW, 
And  sun  of  joure  sorow  abreggyd. 

MS.  Hurl.  1701,  f.  I!. 
.VLEHOOFE.  Ground  i»7.  According  to  Gerard, 
it  was  used  in  llie  making  of  ale.    See  Prompt. 
Parv.  p.  '2&0, 


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ALE 

LALEICHE.     Alilif!;  equally. 

LAyp  fourth  tchr  mftn  atiricht 
IVhat  he  hath  Icftc  of  hit  hveroTe. 

Chfiler  Plitfi,  i.  ISS. 

[  ALEIDE.     Aholiahcd  ;  |iul  down. 

ThCT  among  the  puple  he  put  to  the  reaumc. 
^tUe  alio  luthef  lawci  that  long  hadde  ben  uaed. 
nui.  anil  Ihf  tVcruvtf,  p.  IJW. 
Do  nom  alio  Ich  have  the  celd, 
And  allL*  thre  tulcn  ton  ateid. 

SIS.  Dlgbr  80,  r.  IM. 

ALE-fN-CORNES.     New  ale.     See   Huloct's 

Alx^dariiim,  1552,  in  v. 

1  will  make  the  drlncke  woric  than  good  atf  In 
I  tht  C'lmoM.  Tliert^lifx,  p.  W. 

'  ALEIS.     (1)  Alas!     NorlA. 
(2)  Aloei. 

Cbeiiae,  of  wbiche  manjr  one  faino  If, 

INotU,  and  a/«i».  and  bolaa. 
Rom.  vflht  Rbk,  1377. 
(3)  AUeys. 

ADe  the  aM«  were  made  playne  with  aond. 

tlS.  Hart.  116.  f.  147. 
ALEIVED.     ADeriatcil;  relieved.     Surrn/. 
I  Al-E KNIGHT.     A  froi|ueiilrr  of  alehouses.    Sec 
Cotgrave.  in  v.  iietle;    Florio,  in  v.  Bn'me ; 
Barel's  .\lTeaiie,  in  v.  Alt;  Ilurison'i  Utacr. 
of  Engl.  |i.  1 70. 
[ALKMAYNE.     Germany. 

lipun  the  londc  of  Memaynt. 

Cimm,  ed.  I3»,  f.  US. 
fALENDE.     Landed. 

At  wh.-lt  haven  thai  utende^ 
Aie  tit  agcn  hem  we  ichotle  wende 
With  hors  an  arinci  brightc. 

RemWun,  p.  428. 

JALENGE.     Grievous. 

Now  am  I  out  of  thU  daunger  to  atengr. 
Wherefore  I  am  gUdde  it  for  to  periever. 

Comptapnte  nf  Ihrm  that  ben  to  Ult  Martfed. 
lALEONn.     By  land. 

Wamr  tliow  every  porte  thntt  noo  tchyppU  a-ryve, 
Nor  aUo  aleund  stranger  throg  my  realme  paa, 
Bui  the  for  there  truage  do  pay  mark  la  fyve. 

Sliiri/t  Cm.  Uyl.  p,  IK). 

|AL£-rOLE.     An  ale-sUke,  ij.  v. 
Another  brought  her  bedea 
Of  jet  or  of  cole. 

To  oflVr  to  the  alr-ttnte.     Kketttm'»  IVorkit  i.  111. 
ALE-POST.     A  niayiK.le.     H>»f. 
ALES.    Alas  I    See  the  l^rgendic  CalhoUca;,  p.  5. 
ALESE.     To  loose;  1 1>  free.     (.^..S.) 

To  day  thou  lall  alnrd  be.     MS.  Digt^ii  At,  f.  I Ja 
[ALE-SHOT.    The  keeping  of  an  slehoutie  witliiii 

a  forest  l>y  an  officer  of  the  sanie.  PAiUipt. 
I  ALE-SI  LVER.  A  rent  or  trihute  paid  yearly  to 
the  iyord  Mayor  of  London  hv  those  who  sell 
ale  within  the  eity.  Mityr. 
]  ALE-STAKE.  A  slake  set  up  heforc  an  alehouse, 
liy  way  of  sign.  Speglit  explained  il  a  maypott, 
and  hence  luve  arisen  a  host  of  stupid  hlun- 
ders;  hut  the  ale-stake  was  also  called  Ihc 
tnay|M)le,  without  reference  to  the  feslivc  pole. 
See  Tarlton's  Newes  out  of  Piu-galoric,  p.  56. 
Gitite  gives  alf-piml  as  a  term  for  a  mav'polc. 
See  his  Class.  Diet.  Vulg.  Song,  in  v.  ami  supra. 
Palsgrave,  f.  1 7,  translates  it  )iy  "  le  moy  d'line 
lavenic."  From  Uckker's  Womlerful  Yeare, 
1603,  quoted  hy  Brand,  it  appears  thai  a  biuh 


ALE 

was  frei|iicntly  placed  at  the  top  of  the  ale- 
slake.  See  liiuh.  Hence  may  be  explained 
the  lines  of  Chaucer : 

A  garlund  had  he  tette  upon  hU  hede. 
Ai  gret  ai  it  werin  for  an  ale-nakt. 

Vrrj^t  ed.  p.  (t. 
Wliieh  have  Ijcen  erroneously  intcri>reted  in 
Warton's  Mist.  Engl.  Poet.  i.  56.  But  the 
hush  was  afterwords  less  naturally  applied,  for 
Kennett  tells  m  "  the  coronated  frame  of  wood 
hung  out  as  a  sign  at  taverns  is  called  a  buni." 
See  Ixis  Glossary,  1816,  p.  35.  Cf.  Ilawkina* 
Engl.  Dnun.  i.  109 ;  Chaucer,  Cant.  T.  12255  j 
Reliq.  Antiii.  i.  14  ;  llampson's  Calcnd.  i.  281 ; 
Skeltun's  Works,  i.  320. 

She  ai  an  at*-atat(e  gay  and  frpxh, 
Half  Mr  body  she  had  away  e-glir. 

US.  Lauii.  410,  r.  M. 
For  lyko  ai  thee  jolye  ale-hou^e 

li  alwayea  knoweu  by  the  good  alit-Halit, 
So  are  proude  Jelots  ione  percc-avcd,  to. 
By  theyr  proude  fuly,  and  wanton  gate. 

BanMlgj/g  Treatltf^  p.  4, 
ALESTALPER.     A  stallion.     Emf  SiM»e.r. 
ALESTAN-BEARER.     A  pot-Iwy.     Sec  Higins' 

adaptation  of  the  Nomenclattir,  p.  505. 
ALESTOND.     Tlie  ale-house. 

Therefore  at  length  Sir  Jcfltric  bethought  him  o< 

■   feat   whereby  ho  might   both  rliil   the  ol—tanil, 

and  alui  kccpe  hli  othe.    .War.  Prtlale't  Kyintlr,  p.  114. 

ALE-STOOL.     The  stool  on  which  casks  of  ale 

or  heer  arc  placed  in  the  cellar.    Eatt. 
ALET.  (1)  A  kind  of  hawk.     Ilowel  says  it  is 
Ihc  "  true  faiicon  that  conies  from  Peru." 

(2)  A  small  plate  of  steel,  worn  on  the 
shoulder. 

An  alel  enamelde  he  ochea  in  londlre. 

Mortt  Artkure,  MS.  Unniln,  f.  DO, 

(3)  Carded,  applied  to  partridgca  and  pheasants. 
Bnir  of  llunliru/e. 

ALEXEN.  Eleven.  Cf.  Maitland's  Early  Printed 
Books  at  ljinil>clh.  p.  322;  Bale's  Kyngcjohan, 
p.  80  ;  Miiisheu,  in  v. 

He  tript  about  with  sincopace, 

tie  eapi-n  very  quirke  : 
Full  trimly  there  of  fevcn  aleven, 
He  ihcweth  a  pretty  tiiekc. 

iinlfrldo  and  Baimudai  1J70. 
1  have  had  therto  Icchya  a/enen. 
And  they  gave  me  modyslnt  alia. 

MS.  Camab.  Ft.  I.  K.  t.  4(1. 

ALEW.     Halloo. 

Vet  did  fche  not  lament  with  loude  alrw, 
Ai  women  wont,  but  with  decpe  nlghcs  and  alngulff 
fi"»-  Foe,^<i  V""-nr,  V.   »l,  IS, 

ALE-WIFE.  A  woman  who  keeps  an  ale-house. 

SecTaleofaTuh,  iv.  2. 
ALE.XANDER.     Great  luniley.     Said  hy  Min- 
sheu  to  he  named  from  Alexander,  its  pre- 
sumed discoverer. 
ALEXANUER-S-FOOT.     Pcllitory.     Skmnrr. 
ALEXAMIRYN.     Alexandrian  work. 
Syngly  wai  iho  «vrappyd  |>erfay, 
With  a  maunicllc  of  hcniiyn, 
Covcrld  waa  with  Mmntlryn. 

MS.  RMid.  c.  as,  r,  Ifl. 
ALEXCION.     Election. 

Be  aif^rinn  of  the  Inrdyi  free, 

Tbc  eric  luke  llit-y  Ihoo.  iMa  of  7\^ut,  lIBUS. 


ALG 


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A  LI 


ALBYD.     Uid  down.     See  jlUi^. 

Do  Qou  ue  Ichavc  the  wryd* 

Ant  allc  ilue  »hule  bm  iii«y4 

With  hucrc  foule  crokes. 

n'rigt,f»  l^iU  Poetry,  p.  ua. 
For  al  loTc.  Ivtnsn,  schc  ft«yd* 
Letc  oov  that  wllle  be  doun  ii/rinf. 

Ijefftimtar  CalhoHfO!,  p.  830. 

AI.EYE.     An  «lley.     (J..y.) 

An  homicide  therto  han  tbejr  hired 
That  In  an  oJ«yc  had  a  prhee  place. 

Chm/cer,  Cant,  T.  13490. 

ALEYN.    Alone. 

My  lemnian  and  I  went  forth  aUryn- 

Our  e/ n'anmck,   MUtUshW  tIS. 

ALEYNE.   (1)   Toalieiinte. 

In  uic  they  dyde  cylhcT  lellr  or  et^nr  the  nkme 
or  any  pnrte  tJicrof,  that  the  caine  Edwardv  thuMe 
htkrt  yt  tieforc  any  other  mmn. 

n'rIgUft  ManoMltc  tAlttn,  p.  80. 

(2)  Laid  down.  So  cxplaiiictl  in  Uny'a  MS. 
cttUectioni. 

ALP.   (1)     Half;  pnrt:  side. 

The  Urutons  to  helpc  her  *lfi  votte  aboute  were. 

Rot.  Clout,  p.  i\i. 

(3)  An  elf ;  «  deril. 

with  hU  tclh  he  cofl  hit  lug. 
And  ul/t  Rofyn  begoo  to  rug. 

MS.  Doutvaai,  r.  u. 
ALFAREZ.  An  enngn.  (.^oii.)  The  term  is 
used  by  Ben  Jonson,  ntid  BeniiiiioDt  and 
Fletcher.  According  to  Narcs,  who  refer*  to 
MS.  Harl.  68UI,  the  word  wan  in  n«e  in  our 
nnny  during  tlie  tHvil  wan  of  Charlei  I.  It 
was  also  written  alfera. 
ALFEYNLY.     SlottifiUly ;  sluggishly.    Prompt. 

Parr. 

ALFRIDARIA.  A  Icmi  in  the  old  judicial  a»- 
trnlogy,  explained  by  Kersey  to  be  "  a  tempo 
rar>'  power  which  the  planets  have  over  the 
life  of  a  person." 

Ill  And  the  oitp  and  ntfrUarim, 
And  know  what  planet  U  in  caaiml. 

Albutnaw,   II.   A. 

ALFYN.  (1)  So5peltbyI'alBgraTe,f.l7,andalso 
by  Cation,  but  sec  Aufyn.     The  alfyii  was  Ihc 
bi»hop  at  chess.     Is  alfyta  in  Relit].  Antiq.  i. 
83,  a  mistake  for  atiytui  T 
(2)  A  lublMTly  fellow ;  a  sluggard. 

Now    ccrtri,    iab  syr  Wawayne,   myche  wondyre 

have  1 
That   iychc   an   alfyne  as  Ihow  dare  speke  tyehe 
wnrdes.  UoDr  Animrt,  ttH.  Unctin,  f.  C7. 

ALtlAHOT.  A  chemical  preparation,  made  of 
huller  of  antimony,  diluted  in  a  large  quantity 
of  wanii  water,  till  it  turn  to  a  white  powder. 
Piilli/u. 
ALO  ATES.  Always ;  all  manner  of  ways  ;  how- 
ever  ;  at  all  events.  Still  in  use  in  tlie  North. 
1 1  i»,  ai  Skinner  observes,  a  cnm{K)unil  of  all 
nnil  ga/n,  or  ways.  (,/..*.)  Tookc's  clymo- 
logj-  is  wliolly  inadmissible.  Cf.  Uiveriions 
of  I'urley,  p.  94  ;  Chancer,  Cant.  T.  7013  j 
Thynnc's  Debate,  p.  36. 

These  were  tiler  uchon  a^ore, 

1  o  ordeyac  fur  theiH)  masonus  astate. 

CawfKutlMii  <•/  JTOMwy,  p.  IS. 


ALGB.     Altogether.    (ji.-S.) 

Sche  muate  thenne  ulge  Ikylr 
To  geten  blm  whan  he  were  d«ad. 

Cowrr,  lis.  &-r.AHllq.   ISt,  f.  148. 

ALGERE.     A  (pear  oied  in  lishiiig.     It  is  the 

translation  of  fiucina  in  the  Canterbury  MS. 

of  the  Medulla.     See  a  note  in  Prompt.  I'arv. 

p.  186. 

AI.GIKE.     .Uthongh. 

Eche  man  may  kotow  in  hla  inward  thought 
This  lordes  death,  whole  pcre  U  hard  to  fynd. 
Alfifc  Englond  and  Praunce  were  thofow  taught. 
Skrllim't  Worlra,  1.  IS. 

ALGRAJDE.     A  kind  of  Spanish  wine. 
Both  atffrwte,  and  reipiee  eke. 

Si/uyr  0/  Ldm<t  Defpri,  7SII, 
Osay,  and  alganlwt  and  other  y-newe.. 

Jtfote  Arlhurt,  MS.  UnnWn,  f.  &&. 

ALGRIM.    Arithmetic. 

The  name  of  this  craft  U  in  Lalyn  affr»r.i •**«>, 

and  In  Englls  atgrlm  ;  and   It   U  namld   olT  .itfp*; 

thai  is  to  «ay,  craft,  and  H*mu«,  that  Ij,  nounbre; 

and  for  this  skllle  It  if  calle<l  craft  of  nounbriuce. 

MS.  Canlnl;  LI.  Iv.  It. 

ALGUS.  A  philosopher  frequently  menlionc<t 
by  early  writers,  as  the  inventor  of  Algorisnu 
According  to  MS.  Harl.  3742,  he  was  king  of 
Cnjitilc.     Cf.  .MS.  Arundel  332,  f.  68. 

ALIIAFTE.  See  a  list  of  articles  in  the  Brit. 
Hil.I.  ii.  397. 

AL-HAL-DAY.   All-hallows  day,  Nov.  Ist,  G(ut. 

ALHALWE-MESSE.     All-haUows. 

The  monrth  of  Nuvembre,  after  yflhatuemtWt 
Tliat  wele  Ii  to  reracmbre,  com  kyng  WUltam  nllc 
fiease.  Peitr  Lanfln/i,  p.  Hi. 

ALIIALWEN-TYD.     Tlie  feast  of  All-hnllowt. 
Men  ihuUe  fyndc  but  fewo  roo.bukkyi  whan  that 
they  be  paned  t«ro  ]cer  that  thd  no  haTe  mewed  liuie 
hecdyi  by  Altuilwtnlr<l.  A/A.  B'-ril.  iiC. 

ALIIIDADE.  A  rule  on  the  back  of  the  astro- 
labe, to  measure  heights,  breadths,  and  depths. 
See  Blount's  Glossographia,  p.  18;  Colgravc, 
in  V.  Alidade. 
ALHOLIIE.  "  Alholde,  or  Gobelyn"  is  mentioned 
in  an  extract  from  the  Dialogue  of  Dives  and 
Haiipcr,  in  Brand's  Fop.  Anli(|.  i.  3. 
iVL-llOLLY.     Entirely. 

1  hare  him  told  at  hullji  mln  etut. 

CXoiierr,  Cml.  T.  TC/O. 

ALHONE.    Alone. 

Alhont  to  the  putle  he  hedc.  Ae/if.  Amtl^.  iL  ! 

ALIANT.     An  nUen.    Rider. 
ALIBER.     Bacchus  ;  liber  pater. 
Aliber,  the  god  of  wyne. 
And  Hercules  of  kynne  thyno. 

A'jmy  AU'irundcr, 

ALICANT.    A  Spanish  wine  made  at  AlitMit, 
in  the  province  of  Valencia.     It  is  diffcn-iitly 
spelt  by  our  old  writers.  Sec  T)Tnon,  ed.  Dyee, 
p.  39 ;  lligiiu'  Junius,  p.  91. 
Whan  he  had  dronke  ataunte 
Both  of  Teynt  and  of  wyne  ^ttteuunlt 
Till  he  was  drounkc  on  any  i wyne.   MS.  AwW.  C.  80. 
ALIEO.     Anointed 

He  lok  that  bloile  that  was  so  bright, 
And  atied  that  gcBtil  knight. 

AmUciid  AmIloUH ,    >.Vn. 

ALIEN.    To  alienate    ;Viir«r. 


1 


ALK 


43 


ALL 


ALIEN-miORY.  A  priory  whidi  wm»  snliordi- 
nalc  to  ft  foreign  nioiuu.trry.  See  Britton'i 
Arch.  Diet,  in  v.  Prinrii. 

IA-LIFE.     As  my  lifn  ;    excessively.     See  Win- 
ter's Tale,  iv.  3  ;  Beaumont  and  Kletrlicr,  iv.  55, 
S.'J.'i,  .W!),  .151. 
ALIFEO.     Allowed.     Skinnrr. 
ALIGHT.  (1)  Lighted;  pitched. 
Opon  >ir  Or,  lh.it  grntfl  knight, 
Y-wU  mi  love  ti  allc  atlifht. 
Git  of  tVancUcVt  V*  >70. 
12)  To  light ;  to  kindle.     Surrey. 
ALINL.VZ.     An  nnUcc. 
i         Or  atinlaZt  unA  god  long  liDif, 
That  all  lie  lornle  icmc  or  ur.  Banlok,  MM. 

'      ALIHY.    Across.    (-/.-S.)    MS.  Rawl.  Poet.  137. 
II  and  MS.  Douce  323,  read  nlery ;  MS.  Douce 

il04  has  oltry;  and  MS.  Kawl.  Poet. 3B reads 
alyry. 
Somme  Icldc  iilr  leggei  nihi/. 
At  swictic  iosclft  lionneth. 
Aod  made  h\t  mone  to  Pleri, 
And  prclJc  itym  t>r  grace 
Pitf*  Vhittghman^  p.  124. 
ALISANDRE.     jUcxandria.     CC  Ellis's   Met. 
Rom.  ii.  36. 
At  AJlMtndrt  he  wni  wllan  it  waa  wonnr. 
ChaucfT,  Cant.  T.  51. 
ALISAUNURE.     The  herb  alrj-mder,  q.  v. 
With  utUuundn  Ibarv-to.  ache  ont  anyt. 

Wrlrhfi  Lyric  P«€trp,  p.  M. 

ALI3T.     Alighted ;  descended. 

I  And  deyde  two  honilred  ;n. 

And  two  and  Ihrctly  rljl, 
After  thai  uure  iwetc  Lord 
In  lli>  moder  alip.  MS.  Colt.  THn.  Onrn.  S7. 

ALKAKENGY.     The  pcriscaria.     See  Proinirt, 
Pair.  p.  10;  lligins's  Junius,  p.  125. 
II       ALKANET.     The  will!  huglos.     See  the  account 

■     of  it  in  Gerard's  Herli.ill,  ciL  Johnson,  p.  "Ha. 
It  is  also  mentioned  in  an  ancient  receipt  in 
Ihe  Funue  of  Cury,  p.  29,  as  used  for  co- 
louring. 
IALKANL    Tin.     Hotefll. 
ALK£.     Ilk :  each. 
Now,  tlrrli,  for  your  curtesy, 
Taiie  Ihi*  for  no  viiany. 
Dul  nVJU  mancryejow  .. .        r*e  Frcfr,  airi. 
ALKENAMYE.     Alchemy.     (.4.-N.) 
Vet  ar  (her  flbicrhet  In  forcera 
Of  fele  mennca  malcyng, 
Ciperimcnta  of  olkmamyt 
The  pejde  to  deccyve.    Pier*  Ptou^mati^  p.  IBC. 
ALKERE.     In  the  Forme  of  Cury,  p.  120,  is 

pvcn  a  receipt  "  for  to  make  rys  alkerr." 
ALKES.    Elks. 

fAa  for  the  plowing  with  urrs,  which  I  lupiioae  to  tie 
aDlikelie,  becatiKe  thry  are  in  mine  opinion  untame- 
able,  and  aike*.  a  thing  commoniic  u»«l  in  theeait 
counlrlr*.  llarri^nn'M  DrMfr.  o/  Engtana,  p.  936. 

UKIN.     All  kinils. 
Dragouns  and  ttlktn  depenea. 
Fin.  haii,  inaweii.  MS.  IbM.  4J&.  C  n. 

Fur  (o  deatrny  fle«ly  detite. 
And  clkint  lufl  of  Ikhcry. 
MS.  Harl   4180,  f.  109. 

ALKITOTLE.     See  ^Icatote. 
ALK.UNE.     Each  uue. 


Then  Robyn  goei  to  Notyngham, 

IlymK'Ife  momyng  ailonc. 
And  litullv  Johne  to  mery  !>chcrewode, 
The  patbes  he  knew  alkvne. 

MS.  CoKlali.  Pf.  V.  411.  r.  im, 
ALKYMISTRE.     An  alchcmi.it. 
And  whan  this  nlkymistrt*  taw  hit  time, 
Rltelti  up,tircpretttt,  i^uod  he.  and  ttondethby  me. 
Chancer,  Cam.  T  IliATi. 

ALL.  (1)  Although. 

JU  tell  1  not  at  Dow  hll  obwrranoea. 

ChaucT,  Caul.  T.  S90S. 

(2)  Entirely.     Var.  dial.     Spenser  has  it  iu  the 
sense  of  ftrac/Zy. 

(3)  "  For  all,"  in  spite  of.      Var  dial.     "  I'll  do 
it/»r  alt  you  iay  to  the  contrary." 

(4)  "All  that,"   until  that.      So  explained  hy 
Weber,  in  gloss  to  Kyng  Alisaundcr,  21 'IS. 

(5)  "  For  good  and  all,"  entirely.     North. 

And  shipping  oart.  to  work  they  fail. 
Like  men  that  row'd  /t»r  giiud  and  alt. 

Collm'i  Wm*;  tilt.  1734,  p.  IS7. 

(6)  Each.     Prompt.  Parr. 
ALL-A-BITS.     AU  in  pieces.     A'orfA. 
AI,L-ABOl"T.    "  To  get  aUabmt  in  one's  licad," 

to  become  light -headed.     Hcre/ordtA.      We 
hn\e  also  "  that's  all  abiiul  it,"  i.e.  that  is  the 
whole  of  the  matter. 
ALL-ABHOAD.    Squeezed  quite  flat.    Satnn-set. 
ALL-A-IIOII.     All  on  one  side.      mUn. 
ALL-ALONG.     ConsUntly.      Var.  dial.      Also 
"  AU  along  of,"  or  "  AH  along  on,"  entirely 
owing  to. 
ALL-AM.\NG.     Mingled,  ai  when  two  flocks  of 

sheep  are  driven  together.      Jfilti. 
ALL-AND-SOME.       Every    one;     everything; 
allogether. 

Tliereof  tpekyt  the  apottcU  John, 
In  hit  gotpi'U  ftJJ  and  mum*. 

MS.  Athmote  81,  t.  8.1. 
We  are  ijetrayd  and  y  nume  ! 
Ilortc  and  bamcat,  tords,  ci/I  and  tame  I 

Bichari  C—r  4t  Utm,  SSM. 
Thi  kyiigdam  ua  come, 
Thit  it  the  tocunde  poynt*  at  and  ntMe .' 

MS.  Douce  »>1,  C.  3.t. 
ALLANE.     Alone. 

Ilyi  men  have  the  wey  lane ; 
In  the  fureat  Gye  yi  atlane. 

M.S.  Canlab.  Ft.  Ii.  38.  f.  174. 
ALL-ARMED.  An  epithet  applied  to  Cupid  in 
A  Mida.  Night's  Dream,  ii.  2,  uiincce»»arily 
atlcred  to  alarmed  hy  sonic  cilitors,  as  if  the 
expression  meant  arme<l  all  over,  whereas  it 
merely  enforces  the  word  armrd.  The  ex- 
prcssion  is  used  hy  Greene,  and  is  found  earlier 
in  the  Morte  d' Arthur,  i.  215. 
ALL-AS-IS.     "  .^11  oa  ij  to  me  is  this,"  i.  e.  all 

I  have  to  say  almut  it.     Hrrrfurdnh. 
ALL-A-TAUNT-f).      Fully  rigged,  with  masts, 

yortls,  &C.  A  s<-a  term. 
ALL.\Y.  Acconling  to  Kersey,  to  oUoy  u  phea- 
sant is  to  cut  or  carve  it  up  at  table.  Tlic  sub- 
stantive as  a  hunting  term  was  applicti  to  the 
set  of  hounds  wliich  were  ahead  after  the  licaol 
was  dislodgetl. 
iVLLAVMEN'r.    Tliat  which  has  the  power  of 


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ollaving  or  tbaliDg  the  force  of  (ometliing 
eUc'.  ShaJt. 
ALL-B'EASE.  Gently ;  quietly.  Herrfunhh. 
ALL-BEDENE.  Forthvrith.  Cf.  Minot's  Poems, 
p.  31 ;  Hnvclok.  730,  284 1 ;  Ckivcnlry  Mys- 
teries, ji.  4  ;  Gloss,  to  Ritson's  Met.  Rom. 
p.  360. 

ThaDO  ttuy  uycto  di-Cyrfefw, 
B.-ithc  kyng^  and  qwenc, 
Thf  doghlly  knyght  in  the  grnie 
Hue  wonncnr  lite  itrcc. 

Hir  liegret'onie,  US.  Linrti^n. 
U'han  thfti  were  woMhcn  iil-t'eilenf, 
He  set  tiym  downe  bciii  tietwene. 

MS.  Cunlal,.  Ff.  T. «.  f.  U. 
ALL-BK-THOUCJll.     iVIhcit.     Skimier. 
ALLE.     Ale.      Soc  tliis  form  of  the  word  in 
Skelton's  Works,   i.  151 ;  The   Kccst,  v.     If 
apparently  means  old  in  the  To«Ticlcy  Myste- 
ries, p.  101. 
ALl.ECT.      To  allure;    to  bring  logclhcr;  to 
collect.     (Uf.) 

I  t>eyD({  by  your  noble  and  notable  qualllira 
nlUvlfiti  and  encouraged,  moste  hcrteljr  require  your 
heipe,  and  humbly  deiyre  your  ayde. 

UairM  Vnt-n,  15411.  Hen.  11'.  f.  J7. 
ALI.ECTIVE.    Attraction ;  allurement.    See  I  he 
Brit.  Bihl.  iv.  390. 

For  wltat  tjetter  allgrtive  couldc  Satan  deviie  lo 

allure  and  bring  men  pleasantly  into  damnable  aervi- 

tude.  KorllibiuiJc^t  TrtaliK,  MTl- 

ALLECTUARY.     An  clcctnan-. 

MUctuai-^  arrectyd  to  rvdn** 

The«  feTeroni  any*.      Sttelton't  n'nrkt,  1.  25. 

ALLEFEYNTE.  Slothful:  inactive.  Prompt. Parr. 

ALLEGATE.  (1)  TonlUgc.   See  Peek's  Works, 

iii.  68 ;  Skelton's  Worki,  i.  356. 
(2)  /Uways;  algate.     (.'f.-.t.) 
Ac,  attegntr,  ttie  kynget 
La«en  len  ageyni  on  in  werrynges. 

Kyng  jiiitauwttr,  OOtM. 
ALLEGE.     To  quote ;  to  cile. 

And  for  he  wold  hi<  longe  lale  abrege, 
He  wolde  non  auctorlteo  alUgm. 

rhavcrr.  Cinl.  T.  HSU. 
ALLEGYAUNCE.     Cilation ;  the  act  of  quoting. 
Tran.slnte>l  hv  allegaein,  in  I'ruiiipt.  I'arv.  p.  <J. 
ALLE-IIALWEN.     Allhallows. 

Here  fc*t  vol  be,  withoule  Day, 
After  Atte-halwm  the  eyghi  itay. 

Contl.  o/.V«»o«r>,  p.  39. 

ALLE-IIOOL.  Entirely;  exactly.  Sec  Rcliq. 
Aniiq.  i.  151 ;  Sir  H.  Drjilcn's  Tnici,  p.  38. 
AIU  answers  to  ornnino,  and  ^strictly  speaking, 
cannot  grainmatically  be  uscil  in  coiu|>osition. 
.ille  if,  MS.  Lincoln  A.  i.  17,  t  24.  See 
.lUr.fif. 

ALLELUYA.     The  wood-sorrel.     Gerard. 

ALLE-LYKELY.  I  n  like  manner.  Prompt.  Parv, 

ALLEM  AIGNE.  A  kind  of  solemn  music,  more 
generally  s])clt  ,4lmain,  q.  v.  It  is  also  the 
name  of  several  daiicKi,  the  new  alliMiiaigne, 
ihc  old,  tlic  <|uern's  ollciiiaignc,  oil  of  wiiich 
arc  mentioned  in  MS.  Raw).  Poet.  108,  and  the 
figures  given.     Sec  Brit.  Bihl.  ii.  164,  010. 

ALLEM ASIM)AY.  Grose  says,  i.  e.  Allumagc- 
day,  the  <lay  on  which  ihe  Canlerhury  silk- 
weavers  began  <o  work  by  randlc-liglit. '  A'mf. 


ALLKMAUNDIS.     Alinondst  

Therfore  Jaeoh  look  urete  jerdli  of  popelera.  and 
of  ttltvmauHdit:,  and  of  piano*,  and  in  party  dlde  awey 
Ihe  rynde.  irickl^ffr,  US.  Budl.  277. 

ALLEN.  Grass  land  recently  broken  up.  Suffolk. 
Major  Moor  says,  "  unenclosed  land  that  has 
been  tilled  and  left  to  run  to  feed  for  sheep." 
ALLE-ONE.     Alone;  solitary. 

AUr-bnt  he  lered  that  drery  knyghte. 
And  tone  he  went  awaye. 

US.  Unailn  A.  I.  IT,  f.  inS, 

ALLER,  (1)  An  alder  tree.  A  common  form  of  the 

woni,  still  used  in  the  western  coitnties.     See 

Florio,  in  v.  .iltutt   llolinshe<l.  Hist.  Ircl.iml, 

p.  178  ;  Gerard's  Hcrball,  ed.  Joliiisuu,  p.  HUE. 

(2)  Of  aU.     Itisthegeii.pl. 

Adam  wa«  oure  atler  fader. 
And  Eve  wai  of  hyin«eWc. 

Piers  Ptoitghman,  p.  542. 
Than  iliai  it  closed  and  gun  liyng 
ThalreoUerieleithareby.       MS.  r«ll.  .Vton.  ivlll,  C. 
ALLER-FLOAT.      A  speiies  of  Iroul,  usiuilly 
large  and  well  grown,  frequenting  Ihe  tlrpp 
linles  of  retired  and  shady  brooks,  under  tiic 
roots  of  the  aller,  or  alder  tree.  North.     It  is 
also  called  the  allrr-lroul. 
ALLER-FL'RST.     The  first  of  all. 

Tho,  ntltr-furrt,  he  undurstode 
That  he  wai  ryghl  kyngU  blod. 

Kjiug  JJiMaundet;  lUi.K 
ALLER-MOST.     Most  of  all. 

To   wrathlhe   the   God  and   pairn  the  fend  hit 
tiTTCth  mitermo*t.     H"W<y,f  i  PiJ.  5rmf«,  p.  33fl, 

ALI.ERNIJATCH.  A  kind  of  liolcb  or  old  sore. 
Etrnoor.  Apparently  connected  with  altert,  a 
Devonshire  word  for  ao  acute  kind  of  boil  or 
carbuncle. 
ALLERONE.  Apparently  the  pinion  of  a  wing, 
iit  the  following  passage.  Roquefori  hosatrrion, 
a  liinl  of  prey. 

Tak  pyinprrnollc,  and  ttampe  it,  and  take  the 
jeuse  therof,  and  do  thrrto  the  grc»e  of  the  alUrrpntr 
of  the  goae-wenge,  and  drope  11  In  thyne  eghne. 

.W.V.  UhrtAn.  MM.  t.  883. 
ALLES.     Very;    altogether;   all;    even.      Sire 
Hob.  (ilouc.  p.  17;   Ritsou's  Ancient  Songs, 
p.  r ;  Rcliq.  Antiq.  ii.  1 76. 
ALLESAD.     Lost.     (J.-S.) 

Difek  him  wi;  mllde  mod. 
That  for  out  atte*ad  is  blod. 

MS.  Kgwtim  613.  f.  i. 
.\LLE-SOLYNE.DAY.     All  Souls'  Day.     Sec 
MS.  Ilorl.  2391,  quoted  in  Hampson'i  Kalen- 
dariiim,  ii.  1 1. 
ALLETHER.     Gen.  pi.  of  all. 

Than  doth  he  dye  for  oure  atUther  good. 

Cm,  Mttl.  p,  14. 
ALLETIIOW.     Although. 

Torrent  thether  tokr  the  way, 
Wcrry  nllrthmv  he  were. 

Torrent  i\f  rerlugmt,  p.  10. 
ALLETOGEDERS.     Altogether. 

Into  the  water  he  cajt  hii  aheld, 
Croke  and  elletngrdert  It  held. 

Tbrrenr  vf  Portmgmi,  p.  fill, 
ALLEVK.     Eleven. 

Ethulfe  In  that  like  manere, 
Wonned  at  Rome  atUite  jere. 

UH.  CanMli.  Ff.  T.  40,  f.  W. 


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ALL£VXNTHE.    The  eleventh. 

The  attrvnthr  wyntur  WBi  witlurly 
Ther  aftlr,  at  tclledi  ui  niP  to  dy. 

Cvr/or  Mundi,  MS.  (4)11.  TVirt.  rii>i(<ir>.  f.  IX 
ALLE-WKLDAND.     Omnipotent. 

Tti*t  I  tiefore  Code  altewtldand 
Wtme  In  th€  llht  of  Uvyand. 

MS.  Boil.  *3i,  r.  ri. 

ALLEY.    The  conclusion  of  a  game  at  foothill, 

when  the  hall  luu  ]UU9cd  the  bounds.    Yorknh. 

A  choice  taw,  made  of  alabaster,  is  so  called 

^  hoTS.     See  the  Pickwick  Pajwrs,  p.  358. 

ALLEYUE.     Alleged. 

With  alle  bin  herte  tche  him  prrydc. 
And  many  another  cauw  o//«ytf«, 
That  be  with  hire  at  hotn  abide. 

Uotrrr,  US.  Snr.  .4>,ri.(.  I:M,  f.  IIS. 

ALLE-5IF.  Although.  ?,<x  Mlc-hool. 
Y  wyl  make  ]ow  no  veyn  CAtp^ng, 
Mte  ^if  hit  my]te  foro  mm  lyke. 

MS.  AkU.  48.  r.  i7. 
ALL-FOOLS-DAY.     The  first  of  April,  when  a 
custom  prevails  of  making  fools  of  jieoplc  tiy 
lendiug  them  on  ridicidous  errands.  &c.  whence 
Ibc  above  name.     See  further  in  llrand's  Pop. 
Antiij.  L  76.     Tlic  custom  seems  to  have  been 
borrowed  by  ui  from  the  French,  but  no  satis- 
(actory  account  of  its  origin  has  vet  been  given. 
ALL-FOURS.    A  well-known  game  at  cards,  said 
by  Cotton,  in  the  Coniiileat  Gamester,  ed.  1 709, 
p.  81,  to  be  "very  much  played  in  Kent." 
ALL-GOOD.     The  herb  good  Henry.      Gerard. 
ALLH.VLLOWN-SUMMER.    Late  summer.    In 
I  Henry  IV.  i.  2,  it  simply  appcara  to  mean  an 
old  man  with  yntithful  passians. 
ALLU.VLLOWS.  Satirically  written  hyllcywood 
as  a  single  saint.     See  his  play  of  the  Foure  HP, 
ISC'J,  and  tlic  following  passage: 
Here  if  snothrr  relykr,  ckc  ■  precyoua  one, 
or  JU-KHiwf*  the  blestyd  jaw-bone. 
Which  rel)ke,  without  any  fsyle, 
Agtynit  poyson  chcrvly  dothe  lirerayle. 

Pardaner  and  lite  Frerf,  ISXl. 

ALL-IIEAL.  The  herb  panax.  See  Gerard's 
Herbal),  ed.  Johnson,  p.  1001;  Florio,  in  v. 
jichilea. 

ALL-UIU.  According  to  Nares,  the  game  of 
hide-and-seek.  It  is  supposed  to  be  alluded 
to  in  Hamlet,  it.  2.  See  Hide-Fox.  It  is 
mentioned  by  Dckkcr,  as  quotetl  by  Stcercns ; 
but  Cotgrmve  apparently  makes  it  synonymous 
with  Hootlman-blind,  in  v.  CligytcmuMrl ,  Ctine- 
murrlle.  Cotgrave  also  mentions  Ilarrj-racket, 
wbirli  Is  the  game  of  hide-and-seek.  See 
/loodman-liliiui.  " A iport  call'd all-hid,  n hitli 
is  a  mecre  children's  pastime,"  is  mentioned 
in  A  Curlaine  Lecture,  l2mo,  Land.  1637, 
p.  206.  See  also  Hawkins'  Engl.  Dram,  ill  187; 
Apollo  Shroving,  1627,  p.  84. 

ALUHOLLAND'S-DAY.  The  Hampshire  name 
for  .Ml  Saints'  Hay,  when  plum-cakes  ore  uiaile 
and  called  All  Holland  cakes.  Miildleton  uses 
the  word  twice  in  this  form.  See  hia  Works, 
u.  283,  v.  282. 

ALLHOOVE.     Grounil  ivy.     MiwhrH. 

ALLHOSE.    The  herb  horsehoof.     Sec  Florio, 


in  V.  Bfchio, 


ALL-I-BITS.  All  in  pieces.  A'or/». 
ALLICHOLLY.  Melani^hcily.  Shakespcair  uie* 
Ibis  word,  put  into  the  mouths  of  illiterate 
persons,  in  Two  Gent,  of  Verona,  iv.  2,  and 
Merry  Wives  of  Windsor,  i.  4.  Sec  Collier's 
Shakespeare,  i.  148,  197,  where  the  word  is 
spelt  two  different  ways. 
ALLICIATE.    To  attract.     {Lai.) 

Yea,  the  very  rage  of  humllitie,  thou^^h  it  be 
tnoit  violent  and  dangernnt,  yet  it  \\  fooner  aihHated 
by  ceremony  than  compelled  by  vertue  of  ofllce. 

atll.  Aim.  ii.  IML 
ALLIENY.     An  alley ;  ■  passage  in  a  building. 

Sec  Britton's  Ait*.  Diet,  in  v.  JUty. 
ALLIGANT.     A  Spanish  wine.     See  AUciml. 
In  dreadful  darkeneaae  JtUgant  lies  drovn'd. 
Which  marryed  men  Invoke  for  procreation. 

Paifuir-  l^lloodti.  1634. 
ALLIGARTjV.    The  alligator.     Ben  Jonson  uses 
this  fonn  of  the  word  in  liis  Bartholomew 
Fair,  ii.  1. 
ALL-IN-A-CHARM.     Talking  aloud.     Wilt: 
ALL-IN-ALL.  EverjtUing.  Shakespeare  has  the 
phrase  in  a  well-known  passage,  Hamlet,  i.  2, 
and  several  other  plactak 

In  LoodoQ  ihe  buyss  her  head,   her  face,  \vtx 
fashion.     O   London,   thou  art  her   Paraditr,  her 
heaven ,  her  atl-tn-ntt  I   Tukton  Pointing,  IGIG,  p.  GO. 
Thou'rt  alt  in  all,  and  all  in  ct'ry  parL 

rVtftefv'*  Divint  Gtilnp*e»,  p.  75. 

The  phrase  all  ia  all  icilh,  meant  very  intimate 
or  familiar  with.     See  Howell's  Lexicon,  in  T. 
ALL-IN-A-MUGGLE.    All  in  a  Utter.     ftiUi. 
ALLINE.    An  ally. 

Wiidom  ij  Immortality's  alltne. 
And  immortality  is  wisdom's  gain. 

MuUUtm-t  n'orUrt,  t.  3M. 

ALLINGE.  ToUlly;  altogether.  (.<.-S.)  Cf.Const. 

of  Masonry,  p.  37 ;  Ritson's  .Ancient  Songs,  p.  7; 

Kob.Glouc.  p.  48;  Maundcvile's Travels,  p.  189. 

For  hire  fslred  and  hire  chere, 

I  eh  hire  boufte  aUtngt  lo  dere. 

Flor*  Bn4  BtancH.  (174. 
Ich  hole  that  thou  mc  telle, 
Nouthe  thou  art  alllnguea  here. 

MS.  Laud.  108,  f.  127. 

ALL-IN-ONE.     At  the  same  time. 

But  alt  in  cnt  to  every  wight. 
There  was  sene  conning  with  estate. 

CAaueer**  I»r«iii'-,  (iiil. 

ALL-IN-THE-WELL.  A  juvenile  game  in 
Newcastle  and  the  neighbourhood.  A  circle  is 
made  about  eight  inches  in  diameter,  termed 
the  well,  in  the  centre  of  which  is  placed  > 
wooden  peg,  four  inches  long,  with  a  button 
balanced  nn  the  top.  Those  desirous  of  playing 
give  buttons,  marbles,  or  anything  else,  acconl- 
ing  to  agreement,  for  the  privilege  of  throwing 
a  short  stick,  with  whicli  they  are  furnished, 
at  the  peg.  Should  the  button  fiy  out  of  the 
ring,  the  player  is  entitled  to  double  the  stipu- 
lated value  of  what  be  gives  for  the  stick.  'The 
game  is  also  practised  at  the  Newcastle  races, 
and  other  places  of  amusement  in  the  north, 
with  three  pegs,  which  arc  pnt  into  three  cir- 
cular holes,  made  in  the  ground,  about  two  feet 
apart,  and  forming  a  triangle.  In  this  case 
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long,  upon  whicli  itre  ilqKMiteil  eiUier  ■  small 
knife  or  some  copper.  The  |ierson  p1a)-ing 
gim  80  much  for  each  stick,  and  geti  all  the 
articles  that  are  tbrown  off  so  as  to  fall  on  the 
ouUiide  of  the  holei. 
ALLISON.     The  wood-rose.     So  at  least  Florio 

seents  to  understand  it,  in  v.  ^IlinttQ, 
ALl.-LiVNC.-OFF.    Entirely  owing  to.     Sorlh. 
Thftl  I  have  no  cbildc  hldur  title. 
Hit  ll  at-ittn/re-on  Ooddr*  wille. 
Cm-tor  MuiKll,  MS.  Cull.  Trin.  Canlab.  f.  6i. 

Thertiy  wttt  thct  It  vu  atle 

Lmtgw  tme  ber.  sod  not  one  Landaralle. 

MS,  Ratrf.  C.  MS,  f.  Ii4. 

ALL-LOVES.  The  phrase  of  all  loeei,  or  for  all 
hen,  I.  e.  by  all  means,  occurs  twice  in 
Shakespeare,  and  occasionally  in  contcnipnrary 
writers.  The  earliest  instance  I  have  met  with 
is  ill  the  romance  of  Fcrumbnis,  lielow  quoted. 
Other  example!!  arc  given  in  Uoswell's  Malone, 
\-iii.  82 ;  and  Narcs,  in  v.  Loen. 
And  uide  t^  him  stie  motte  go 

To  vfietcm  the  priioueri*  that  daye, 
And  uld,  fir.  f(ir  mile  lores, 

Lete  me  thy  |irisoDcra  wen  ; 
I  wole  the  Rife  Iwth  itoMe  and  glove*. 

And  r«unull  thille  It  tiene.  UkUte^UI  US. 

Atack.  where  are  you  I  tpeali.  an  If  you  heart 
Speak,  ot  att  Ivret  t  1  iwoon  atmmt  with  fear. 

.^  MiiU.  Sl/rlift  l>r«im.  il.  9. 

ALL-MANNER-A-WOT.  Indiscriminate  abuse. 
Suffolk. 

ALLMEES.  Alms.  Eatt  Swaer.  See  the  ex- 
ample under  .4tmP9»e. 

ALl^OF-A-IRGll.     All  on  one  side.     Suffolk. 

ALL-OF-A-ROW.    A  ehild's  game.    S^ffolk. 

ALLONCE.    All  of  us.     Somentt. 

yVLLONELI.  Exclusively.  Cf.  Wright's  Mo- 
na-ilic  Letters,  p.  126;  Supp.  to  Hardynji,  f.  44; 
I'rompt.  I'ar\'.  p.  54  ;  Maiindevilc's  Travels, 
p.  «  ;  .Morte  d'Arthiir,  ii.  427  :  Hall,  Edw.  IV. 
f.  12;  PattemeofroincfuU  Adventures, p.  239; 
Minot's  I'oenis,  pp.  133,  152. 

Now  wold  I  fayne  sum  myichis  make, 
<«l»«>iWI  for  my  llldy>  take.    MS.  CnnUU.  Ft.  L  6. 
Wa  sperrd  nojte  the  jates  ot  cilcc  to  that  eatent 
for  to  agayncttaBde  the,  tmt  aJiamlp  for  the  drede 
Ot  Darliu,  kyng  of  Petse. 

MS.  Umccln  A.  L  17,  t,  10. 

ALL-ON-END.     Eager;  impatieat.    Sonurtti. 

ALU-iTTERY.    An  allotment.     Skai. 

ALUJl'S.     All  of  us.     Somiml. 

ALL-UUT.  Entirely:  qnile.  Minshcuhasitfor 
■  carouse,  to  drink  atl  out.  Cf  Rob.  Glouc. 
pp.  26,  244  ;  Rom.  of  the  Rose,  2101.  StiU 
ill  use  in  the  former  sense  lo  the  north  of 
England  and  in  Scotland. 

Tliane  come  tlieiM  wlkliydo  Jams,  aad  whana 
tlicy  uwe  thiK  two  thefei  that  bang  by  our«  Lords 
one-lyfe.  Ibey  brAlie  thoyre  tbeev,  and  ilvwe  theme 
aite-owu,  and  autt  tbetne  vilainely  into  a  dyke. 

US.  UKcIn  A.  I.  17,  r.  184. 

ALL-OVERISH.  .Neither  sick  nor  weU.  I'ar. 
dial. 

ALLOW.  To  approve.  A  Scripture  wortL  Sec 
Hoioans.xiv.  22;  Baret's.Mvcarie, iuv.  Perhaps 
connecte<l  «ilh  «/o«'e,  lo  praise.     (,i.-N.) 

ALLOWANCE.     Approbation.     Skak. 


ALLOWED.     Licensed.     An  "  aitowerf  fool"  U 
a  term  cmployvtl  by  Shakespeare  in  Twelfth 
Night,  i.  5.    In  Hollyliaud's  Uiclionane,  1593, 
mention   is  made   of   "  an   allmotd  cut  or 
chariot." 
ALL-I'LAISTER.     .Mablastcr.     yor*»A. 
ALLS.  (I)  Aries,  q.  v.     Xorlh. 
(2)  Also.    (A.-S.) 

Tharc  was  crakked  many  a  crownc 
or  wild  Scotlea,  and  al/i  of  tame. 

Minat't  Pneni,  p.  4. 

ALL-SALES.  AH  times.  Stiffolk.  "  Sales"  is 
of  course  merely  9  form  of  cele  or  »ele.  See 
Prompt.  Pan.  p.  65. 

ALL-SEED.     The  orach.     Skimtr. 

ALL-SEER.     One  who  sees  everything.     Shak. 

ALL-THE-BIRRS-IN-THE-AIR.  A  Suffolk 
game.  See  Moor's  Suffolk  Words,  p.  238, 
where  another  game  is  mentioned  called  all- 
the-fisbcs-in-t  he-sca. 

ALL-TU.     Entirely.     In  earlier  wrilcrs,  the  to 
would  of  course  be  a  prefix  to  the  verb,  but 
the  phraae  aU-fo  in  the  Elizabethan  writers 
can  scarcely  be  always  so  explained. 
Mercutio's  ycy  hand  liad  oMd  froaen  mine. 

Wmkeui  amd  Juliet,  IMS. 

ALL-TO-NOUGHT.     Completely.     far.diaL 

ALL.TO-SM.VSII.  Sinashe<l  to  pieces.  Somervl. 
The  phrase  is  not  peculiar  to  that  county.  A 
Lancashire  man,  tcHing  his  master  the  mill- 
dam  bad  burst,  exclaimed,  "  Maister,  maistcr, 
dam's  bro&sen,  and  oir's  io^mnajih .'" 

ALLLTERLY.     Altogether ;  wholly. 
At  yf  thy  lovo  bo  set  nlluterlif 
or  nice  lust,  thy  travail  i>  In  vain. 

MS.  ScM,  Arch.  B.  94. 

ALLirviON.    A  washing  away.     {Lai.) 
.VLL- WATERS.     "  I  am  for  all  tralfrt,"  i.  e.  I 

can  turn  my  hand  to  anything.     A  proverbial 

expression    used    by    the   clown   in   Twelfth 

Night,  iv.  2. 
ALLY.     The  aisle  of  a  church,      far.  dial. 
ALLYPE.     Although.     Tliis  form  of  the  word 

occurs  in  a  letter  dated   1523,  in   Mooast. 

Angl.  iv.  477. 
ALL-Y-FERE.     Altogether. 

And  hurre  Uppc  was  hole  sf  eyu  alt-y-fire. 

Chnn.  Vitadun.  p.  74. 

ALMAIN.  (I)  A  German. 

Upon  the  tame  prrtence,  to  fumiih  them  a  tiaod 
or  .Itnami,  and  to  them  for  tbclr  slout  capuin  gate 
The  Tailanl  Martin  Swart. 

Dra^ttm,  cd.  1763,  p.  110!. 

(2)  A  kind  of  donee.  A  stage  direction  in 
Peeld's  Works,  i.  28,  is,  "  Hcrcu|>on  did  enter 
aiae  knights  in  armour,  treading  a  warlike 
almam,  by  dnim  and  fife." 

ALMAIN-LEAP.     A  dancing  leap;  a  kind  of 
jig.     Sec  Florio,  in  v.  Cluarautiliut. 
Skip  with  a  rhyme  on  the  table  (Vom  New-Nothing, 
And  uke  hit  •Unutln.t—p  Into  a  cutUrd . 

lleril  it  on  Am,  i.  1. 

ALMAIN. RIVETS.  Moveable riveU.  The  term 
was  applie<l  to  a  Ught  kind  of  annum-,  "  so 
called,"  says  Minsheu,  "because  they  be 
tiveltcd,    or   buckled,    after  the  old  ,\Imnn 


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fashion."  See  Tc«t.  Vctust.  p.  622;  llolimhcd. 

Hint.    Ireland,   p.    56 ;    Shkrii'i   Cov.    Mvst. 

p.  195. 
ALMAN.      A    kind   of    hawk,    mentioned   hv 

HovrcU,  and  also  called  by  him  the  Dutch 

falcon. 
ALMANDIN.     Made  of  ahnond. 

And  It  was  an  almanain  wand. 
That  ilk  fiut  tharon  tliai  faod, 
Almandn  »iu  firoun  iharon. 

MS.  CM.  fttpat.  A.  IIL  r.  .1EI. 

I  ALM  AND-MILK.    Almonds  ground  and  mlvcd 
with  milk,  broth,  or  water.     SiiC  an  old  re- 
ceipt in  Warner's  Antiq.  Culin.  p.  5. 
1  ALMANDRIS.     Altnond-trcoa. 

And  trccf  ther«  wcrin  grcic  foison. 
That  bcTln  nuttci  in  thrr  aeson, 
Sucbe  ai  mcnnc  nutt-mlggii  y-c&ll. 
That  tote  of  savour  txn  wlthall  ; 
And  of  oimanHria  gretc  pirate, 
Flegii,  and  many  a  date  tre. 

Hnm.  ttfthe  RtiUt  1363. 

[  ALMANE-DELETT.    A  part  of  armour,  mcn- 
tioDcd  in  an  account  of  Norliam  Castle,  temp. 
Hen.  VilJ.  in  Arcbieologia,  xrii.  204. 
ALMAS  Y.     Germany. 

Now  Fulko  comei,  that  to  his  brother  gave 
lUs  land  In  Italy,  which  waaaotnnaU, 
And  dwelt  in  Almany. 

Harrington'*  AruutOt  1591,  p.  19, 
ILMARIB.  A  cupboard ;  a  pantr}';  a  safe. 
See  Krnnetl's  Gloss.  MS.  Laosd.  1033.  The 
North  country  word  mmbry  ticems  foniied 
from  tlu».  It  is  gloucd  hv  the  French  ameire, 
in  MS.  Coll.  Triu.  Cantab.  B.  xiv.  iO.  Cf. 
Pmoipt.  Parv.  pp.  10,  109,  315;  Bceon'i 
Toi^o,  P'  -tCB.  In  the  latter  jilace  Bccon 
Dcut.  xxTiii.  17,  where  the  vuIgate 
boMkrl !  a  reference  which  might  have 
Mved  the  editor'n  crronlous  note.  Howcl  has 
the  provcrl),  "  There  is  tied  in  the  almery." 
Thcr  avarice  hath  otnarieMt 
And  yren  bounden  cofres. 

Pitrt  ri*JUghman,  p.  SSO. 

HLMARIOL.     A  closet,  or  cuphonrd,  in  which 
thr  ccdcsiaitical  habits  were  kc|)l.     Sec  Urit> 
ton's  .\.rch.  Diet,  in  t.  Armorhim. 
[AI>MATOUR.     An  aUnoner. 
After  tiini  spak  Dalmadas, 
A  riche  almatour  be  was.     Kyng  AtiMUUMder,  3EMS. 

lAVNG.     Germany. 

p  vyr  Arlhure  ononc.  in  the  Auguitc  IheraAyre, 
res  to  Aintaifnt  wylh  ostei  arrayed. 

Jferle  Arthun,  IIS.  Lineuln,  t.  7H. 

ALMB.  An  elm.  (Dan.)  "  Askcs  of  ahne-barke" 
are  mentioned  in  a  reme<ly  for  "contrarius 
lure"  in  MS.  Lincoln.  Med.  I.  282. 
ALMESn'LLE.  Charitable.  It  is  found  in 
l*f  uson's  edition  of  the  Prompt.  Parv.  See 
Mr.  Way's  edition,  p.  10. 

t  was  chaste  cnogh,  aljatlnent,  and  atmc^fvUe,  and  | 
ftarMIWT*  Cth)yiiS  1  ame  note  dampncd. 

MS.  Harl.  lOHl.  t.  1 

ALMESSE.     Alms.    Cf.  Prompt.  Parv.  p.  117. 
Aiul  thu»  ful  great  attucuf  he  dcde. 
Whcrof  he  hadde  many  a  bede. 

Gvwtr,  ed.  1332,  I.  39, 


ALMESTE.    Almost. 

And  as  he  priked  Nnrlh  and  Est, 
1  telle  It  you,  him  bad  atmtrit 
Betidde  a  sory  care.    CJtaucrr,  Com.  T.  \3a>9. 
ALMICANTARATH.       An  astrological    wi.nl, 
meaning  a  circle  drawn  ]iarallcl  to  the  horizon. 
Digges  has  the  wortl  in  his  Stratioticos,  1579, 
applied  to  dialling.     Cf.  Brit.  Uibl.  iv.  68; 
Chaucer  on  the  Astrolabe,  ed.  I'rrj-,  p.  441. 
Meanwhile,  wkh  scloferical  Initruroeiit, 
By  way  ofaxlmuth  aodoJmiiantanKA. 

,^6iniMiaar,  1.  7, 
ALMODZA.     An  alrhcmicaJ  term  for  tin.    It  is 
iio  employed  by  Charnockc  in  an  early  MS.  in 
my  possession. 
ALMOND.FOUA-PARROT.  A  kind  of  prover- 
bial expression.    It  occurs  in  Skclton's  Works, 
ii.  4  ;  Webster's  Works,  iii.  1 22.     Nash  and 
Wither  adopted  it  in  their  title-pages.     Douce, 
in  his  MS.  additions  to  Ray,  explains  it  "  some 
trifle  to  amuse  a  silly  person." 
.U.MOND-FURNACE.     "  At  the  silver  mills  in 
Cardiganshire,  they  have  a  particular  funiacc 
in  which  they  melt  the  slags,  or  refuse  of  the 
lithurge  not  stamjK'd,    with    charcoal    only, 
which  they  call  the  a/inoarfyiimoce."  Kennelt, 
MS.  Lawtd.  1033. 
ALMOND.MILK.     The  Latin  amiffdo/alum  is 
translated  by  almond-mylke  in  tlS.  Bodl.  604, 
f.  43.     See  '.llmaiid-mili. 
AL.MONESRYE.    The  almonry.    In  a  fragment 
of  a  work  printed  by  Caxton,  in  Donee's  Col- 
lection, the  residence  of  our  earliest  printer  is 
stated  to  be  St  "  the  almonetrye  at  the  reed 
pale." 
ALMOSE.     Ahns.    Cf.  Hall,  Edward  IV.  f.  11  ; 
Becon's  Works,  p.  20. 

He  bad  htr  love  almo*c  dede. 

Legentia  Oitkotkit,  p.  fi3. 
And  therlo  gude  in  alle  lh)ngp. 
Of  ajmuus  dedes  and  gude  Iwrynge. 

MS.  Unctan  A.  i.  17.  f.  113- 

ALMOYN.     Alms. 

For  freres  of  the  crolce,  and  monk  and  chanoun, 
Haf  drawen  in  o  voice  hii  fees  to  ther  almnj/n. 

Fcler  Langliffl,  p.  J30. 
ALMS-DRINK.     "Tliey  have  made  him  drink 
almn-drink,"  an  expression  used  in  Anthony 
and  Cleopatra,  ii.  7,  to  signify  that  liquor  of 
another's  share  which  his  companion  drinks  to 
ease  him, 
ALMSMAN.    A  person  who  lives  on  alms.    See 
Richartlll.  iii.  3.     In  Becon's  Works,  p,  108, 
the  term  is  applied  to  a  charitable  person. 
.\LML'RY.     The  upright  part  of  an  astrolabe. 
Sec  Chaucer's  treatise  on  the  Astrolabe,  e«L 
Unr.p.  412. 
ALMIJSLES.    Without  alms. 

For  thef  is  reve,  the  land  Is  pcnyles; 
For  pride  hath  sieve,  the  lond  is  atmurim. 

Wrishfi  Pol.  Simft,  p.  MS. 
ALMUTE,     A  governing  planet.     An  astrolo- 
gical term. 

One  that  by  Ylem  aod  Aldctwran, 
With  tbc  altnulti,  can  tell  anything. 

Uandiiliih'i  Jnltut  Lovtn,  IMS,  p,  M. 


ALO 


48 


ALO 


ALMYFLUENT.     Ufnelimil. 

And  wt'  your  Mid  huinbli?  tcmnU  «hat  evermore 

jiniy  to  the  almnfiuent  Ond  for  your  proftpenit  estate. 

Davit 0't  Yprk  Ilecordi,  p.  W. 

ALMYS-DYSSIIE.     Tlic  dish  in  the  old  bnro- 

nial  hall,  in  which  wu  put  the  bread  act  aside 

for  the  jioor. 

And  hU  atmyf-dytahg,  u  I  50U  ny. 
To  the  porect  men  iKtt  he  c&n  fynde, 
Otbor  ellyi  [  wot  he  ii  uukynde. 

Bolce  of  l^irtav,  P-  *'• 

ALMY5HT.     All-powcrftil. 

Pny  we  now  to  Cod  atmi/iht, 

And  to  hytmoder  Mary  bry|ht. 

That  we  mowe  keejie  theie  artyeuluc  here, 

i.\m§t.  vf  Mammrtt,  p.  31. 

ALNATH.     The  firet  star  in  the  liornn  of  Arip», 
whence  the  fint  mansion  of  the  moon  lakes 
its  narae. 
And  by  his  elghtc  tpcrc*  In  his  wcrklng, 
lie  knew  ful  wel  bow  fer  Jtnath  wu  shove 
Fro  the  hed  of  thiike  Bv  Aries  above, 
That  in  the  oluthe  spere  considered  1*. 

Cftaiif IT,  Clin/.  T.  1  ISM. 
ALNEK.  A  pnrsc, orbagloholdinoncy.  (A.-N.\ 
I  wyll  ibc  yevc  an  ts/ner, 
■•road  of  sylk  and  of  gold  cler, 

Wyth  fkyre  ymagct  thre.  Lai*t%falt  311). 

lie  lokede  yn  hyc  o/nrr, 
Tliat  fond  hym  spendytiR  all  plencr, 

Whan  that  he  hadde  nede. 
And  ther  nas  noon,  for  sotb  to  say.      Ibid.  733. 
AI.NEWAY.     Always.     See  the  extiarta  from 

the  Ayeuliitc  of  Inwit,  iu  Boucher. 
ALNIL.    And  onl.v. 

ScrtU,  sire,  not  ic  nojt ; 
Ic  etc  sage  atntl  gras. 
More  harm  ue  did  ic  nojt. 

fyrtghti  PU.  Sohf,  p.  SOI. 

ALOD.    Allowed. 

Therfor  1  drede  lest  Ood  on  us  will  take  vctOancc, 
For  syn  Is  now  oiod  without  any  repentance. 

nwnetej^  Mtl*tirHe*,  p.  81. 
ALOES.  All  olio,  or  savoury  dish,  composed  of 
meat,  herbs,  eggs,  and  other  in|;redien(s, 
something  siniihir  to  the  modeni  dish  of  olives. 
The  receipt  fur  aloes  is  given  in  the  Good 
Housewife's  Jewel,  1596.  Sec  also  Cooper's 
Blvot,  in  V.  Tuctlfim. 
ALOFEDE.     Pnised.     (A.-S.) 

Now    they   spedc   at    the  spurres,    withowttyne 

spcchc  more. 
To  the  marrhe  of  Meyes,  theU  manlfche  knyghtes, 
That  es  Lomyoe  nlvfr^n,  as  Londone  cs  here. 

Murlt  ^rthtirt,  MS.  Uhc-Ih,  t.  J». 

ALOIT.    "  To  come  aloft,"  i.  e.  to  vault  or  play 
the  tricVs  of  a  tumbler. 
Do  you  grumble  ;  you  were  ever 
A  braiolesa  ass ;  tnit  If  this  hold.  I'll  teach  you 
To  evM«  afi(/r,  and  do  tricks  like  an  apo. 

Mai^inisrt'i  Bondman,  1024,  til.  3. 

A-LOFTE.     On  high.     {A.-S.) 

Leve  thow  nevere  that  yon  light 

Hem  a-ttt/rt  brynge, 

Ne  have  hem  out  of  helle. 

Piera  Pl^ugtinutu,  p.  .7/8. 

ALOOB.    To  lodge ;  to  pitch.     {J..S.) 
On  that  Ich  fair  roumc 
Toali^  her  psvUoun. 

ArUutlrmmd  Merttt,  p.  168. 


A-LOGGIT.    Lodged.    (A.-S.) 

I  am  9-tof^t,  thought  he,  btst.  howsoerlr  it  goon. 
Chauctr,  ttt.  Vrty,  p.  W7* 
A-LOGU.     Below.     {A.-S.) 
Lewed  men  many  tynics 
Malstref  thri  apposen, 
Why  Ailam  ne  hiled  noght  first 
HU  mouth  that  eel  the  appul. 
Rather  than  hb  likame  a-togh. 

Pier*  Ploughman,  p.  942. 

ALOMBA.    Tin.     Jlmcell. 
ALONDE.    On  laud. 

For  the  kende  that  he  was  best, 

Alomtt  men  he  gnouj.  US.  Cbtt.  TVtn,  Oi*m*  fi?. 
AI,ONG.  (1)  Slanting.     Oron. 

(2)  Used  in  somewliat  the  tame  sense  as  "all 
along  of,"  i.  e.  entirely  owing  to,  a  provincial 
phrase. 

I  ean  not  tell  wheron  It  was  along, 
But  wel  1  wot  gret  strlf  is  us  among. 

Ckaueer,  CaM.  T.  Ut 

(3)  Long. 
Here  1  salle  the  gyre  alle  royn  heritage. 
And  als  oUtng  asllyvctobclnthln  Oftagn. 

Pttar  Lamgt^,  p.  KM. 
(I)  The  phrases  «tp  abmff  and  dmm alimg answer 
Bouictimcs  to  up   fhe  'treet   and   dutm  Iht 
tirrfl.      The  sailors  use  them  for  up  or  down 
the  channel.     Sometiin(»  we  hear  Inyo aUmg, 
the  wonls  iri'fA  me  Iwing  understood. 
ALONGE.     To  long  for.      Cf.  Ricliard  Coer  de 
Lion,  3049,  3060  ;  Piers  Ploughman,  p.  526. 
Alle  thouj  my  wit  tic  not  sLronge, 
ltisnou;ton  my  wlUea/onge, 
For  tttAt  Is  besy  ny;teand  day 
To  lernc  alle  that  he  leme  may. 

Goioer,  US.  S-k.  Amilg.  134,  f.  l(0. 
This  worthy  Jason  soreafnn^fA 
To  se  the  stmunge  regionis.  /AM.  f.  147. 

He  goth  into  the  tjoure  and  wepelh  for  blisae ; 
Soie  he  Is  alongvd  his  brethren  to  klsse. 

US.  BaU.  Oil,{.  9. 
ALONGST.    Along ;  lengthwise.  Sommtt.  See 
rorly    instances   in    HoUnshed,    Hist.    EngL 
pp.  21,   146;  Dckkcr's    Knight's  Colouring, 
IfiO",  repr.  p.  46. 
.4L00RKE.     .\wr}- ;  out  of  order.     (liL) 
nil  heed  in  shappc  as  by  natures  worke. 
Not  one  halre  amlsoe,  or  lyeth  atoorkt. 

US.  UuMl.  »«,  {ivottd  in  OiWcAer.; 
A-LORE.     Concealed. 

Whereof  hl»  schame  was  the  more, 
Whlfhc  oujtefor  to  ben  n-lore. 

Coicer,  MS.  Sue.  Anili.  134,  f.  132. 
A-LOUTN';.     A  parapet    vaU.      See    Willis's 
Architectural  Nomenclature,   p.    33.      It  is 
merely  another  form  of  alure,  q.  y. 
ALOSEU.      Praised;    commended.      Cf.   Rob. 
Glouc.  p.  4.50 ;  Rom.  iif  the  Rose, 2354.  {A.-N.) 
Oaes  thou  schalt  jusll  with  me. 
As  knight  that  wtleabwd  is. 

Of  ■)/'  Wanatk;  p.  04. 
So  that  he  blgon  al  Oxenford  of  divinity : 
So  noble  alottd  ther  nas  non  In  nil  the  unlvenetv. 
MS.  .iMhimJr  43.  r.  IMI. 

ALOSSYNGE.  Loosing;  making  loose.  See 
the  early  edition  of  Luke,  c.  19,  quoted  ))/ 
Richardson,  in  v.  Alotmg. 

ALOST.     Lost.     Somerift. 


ALP 


49 


ALS 


ALOUOH.     Below.     SteAlcgh. 

Aod  wlllot  of  briddn  and  of  bcMtc*. 
And  of  hic  bntjBf,  to  know* 
Why  *otn«  be  oiiMgh  and  lome  aloft* 
Thi  likyng  it  WCTf.       Pier§  Ptoughman.p.Hi. 
ALOl'R.     An  aliiiT,  q.  V. 

Alitaunder  romeUi  in  ht«  tcnin* 
For  to  wU««n  hli  roatoiu, 
The  tourli  lo  take,  and  the  lorellii, 
Vawta,  ofeorO,  and  the  rornrrls. 

K]fng  Alitavndtr,  7^10. 
iDIo  her  clU'  thai  ben  y-gon, 
Toglder  thai  aferobled  hem  Ichon, 
And  at  the  atonrM  thai  defended  hem* 
And  abiden  batailc  of  her  fomen. 

Or  <>/  ITarurike,  p.  &'>. 

LOUTE.  To  bow.    {J.-S.)    Cf.  Piera  Plongh- 
■D,  p.  495 ;  Lybeaai  DiMonns,  1254. 
'  And  acbewede  hem  the  falM  ymjcei. 
And  hcte  hcai  nttmle  thcr-to, 

ifS.  CM/.  Trin.  Onin.  97- 
Thif  gtvt  ymage  never  hij  heed  endyne. 
But  he  oloNf  upon  the  taine  nyjte. 

l^dgmu,  MS.  Soc.  AnUq.  IM,  f.  II. 
AUc  they  ichalle  atou-tt  to  thee, 
Yf  thou  wylt  almetg  to  me. 

MS.  Cantab.  Ft.  II.  98,  C.  38. 

ALOW.     Halloo. 

PlUlrocit  ut  on  plllicock  hllll 
Mmu,  alow,  loo,  loo  ! 

King  Lear,  ed.  162.'!,  p.  907. 

ALOWK.  (1)  Low  down.  {A.-S.)  Cf.  Court  of 
Love,  12UI ;  Tusier's  M'orki,  p.  101 ;  Dill. 
Great.  Monl.  p.  2. 

Do  we,  aayden  he, 
Nail  we  him  open  a  tre 

Atom, 
Ac  ar>t  we  tullen  icinln  him 

Ay  rowc.  Reltq.  Anilq.  L  101. 

(2)  To  humble.   TTi/att. 

(3)  To  praise  ;  to  approve.  (A.-N.) 

Curtyd  be  he  that  thy  werk  alowet 

Richard  Cotr  it  Lbm,  *eea. 

ALOYNE.    To  delay.    {A..N.) 
That  and  more  he  dyd  ata^tu. 
And  ledde  hem  ynto  Dabyloyne. 

MS.  BoHL  415. 

ALOYSE.     Alas !     So  explained  by  the  editors. 
A  kind  of  precious  stone  so  called  is  mcntionei! 
in  the  Book  of  St.  Albans,  sig.  F.  i. 
Atof/Ut  aLn0M,  liow  pretle  it  la ! 

Aimoii  and  Pithha,  1971- 

ALPE.     A  bull-finrli.    Eatf.  Ray  says  it  was  in 
general  use  in  his   time.      It  is  glossed  by 
ficrilula  in  Prompt.  Par>-.  p.  10. 
There  was  many  a  birde  tinging, 
Thnrou|;hout  the  ycrdcall  thrlnglng  : 
In  many  ptacU  ntehtingalei. 
And  «/pe«,  and  finchn,  and  wode-wale<. 

tOna.  (/  M«  HoM,  TtSa. 

ALPES-BON.    Ivory. 

Thai  made  hlr  body  bio  and  blar. 
Thatrr  waa  white  so  a/pet-bon. 

t^g.  Cathol.  p.  1B.V. 
ALPL     Single.     (A.-S.) 

A,  quod  the  Tox,  ich  wllle  the  Idle, 
On  a/;it  word  ich  lie  nelle. 

Rellq.  Anilii.  11.  rii. 

ALPICKE.     Apparently  a  kind  of  earth.      See 
Cotgrave,  in  v.  Ckmre. 


ALPURTH.  A  halfpenny-worth.  Sec  Monait, 
Angl.  i.  198.  We  still  say  hnpurlh  in  common 
parlance. 

ALRE-BEST.  The  best  of  all.  Cf.  Wright's 
LjTic  Poetry,  p.  1 04.     ( A.-S. ) 

For  when  je  wcncth  alrtbeH 
For  lehaTcroantrnt.         K«H«.  .^AMlg.  i , )  Id. 
-UiRE-MOST.     Most  of  all.     (A.-S.) 
The  flour  ofchyvalarie  now  have  y  lost. 
In  whara  y  truit  lo  alrtmut*. 

MS.  Ai»malt3»,  f.  31. 

ALRE-WORST.     The  worst  of  all.      {A.-S.) 

Men,  thnu  havcat  wicked  fon. 
The  airr-u'orst  \$  that  on. 

ITrighet  Lgrie  Potirt,  p.  104. 

ALRICHE.   An  ancient  name  for  a  dog.    It  oc- 
curs in  MS.  Bib.  Reg.  7  E.  iv.  f.  163. 
ALS.    Also ;  OS ;  likewise ;  in  like  manner.   The 
Dorset  dialect  lias  afi,  a  contracted  form  of 
alllhii.   {AS.) 

Me  made  calle  it  one  the  mome, 
AIm  his  fadir  highte  byfome. 

Perctvalf  Linnia  MS.  t.  I6S. 

AJjSAME.  Apparently  the  name  of  a  place. 
The  Cambridge  MS.  reads  "  Eylyssbam." 

With  tpwcll  of  Mmmt, 
Whytlc  ali  the  ace  fane. 
And  unappti  of  the  tame. 
Served  thay  ware. 

Sir  DefTfrantff  MS.  Lincoln. 

ALSATI  A.  A  jocular  name  for  the  Wbitefriars, 
wliicb  was  formerly  an  asylum  or  sanctuary  for 
insolvent  debtors,  and  persons  who  bad  of- 
fended ogaiuist  the  laws.  Shadwell's  comedy 
of  the  Squire  of  AUatia  alludes  to  this  place  ; 
and  Scott  has  rciiilered  it  familiar  to  all  readers 
by  his  Fortunes  of  NigeL 
ALSAUME.     Altogclhcr. 

He  curaed  hem  there  almttmr, 
As  they  karoled  on  here  gaume. 

MS.  Had.  1701,  r.  60. 

ALSE.  (1)  Alice.  In  the  ancient  pari^ih  re- 
gister of  NoVc,  CO.  OjLon.,is  the  following  entry: 
"  .//*•  Merten  was  buriisd  the  25.  diaye  of 
June.  1586." 

(2)  Also.  {A.-S.) 

The  fowrlhe  poynt  cechyth  ua  atstt 
That  no  mon  to  byt  craft  be  false, 

Conrt.  of  MaavwTg,  p.  23. 

(3)  As.  (.^.-5.) 

Fore  oiie  moo^  as  je  may  myn. 

AvAt%m^*t  Ppema,  p.  74. 
/VLSENE.  An  awl.  It  is  found  in  MS.  Arundel, 
220,  quoted  in  Prompt,  i'arv.  p.  1 38.  FMin  is 
still  used  in  the  North  of  England  in  the  same 
sense.  Mr.  Way  derives  it  from  French  alint, 
but  perhaps  more  probably  Tcut.  aebene,  lu- 
bula.  See  Brockett,  in  v.  FJUin.  Jamieion 
gives  oiiroii  as  still  in  use  in  the  same  sense. 
ALSO.  (1)  All;  as.  It  occnn  ooeaaionally  in 
later  vrriten,  as  in  the  Triall  of  Wits,  1604, 
p.  308. 

Kyrtyla  they  had  oon  of  aylke, 
AUo  whytc  aa  any  myike. 

JTX.  Ointab.  Ff.  il.  S,  f.  140. 
(2)     All  save ;  all  but.     Midland  C. 
ALSOME.    Wholesome. 

Tak  a  halvpcny  wortbe  of  achepe  talghe  mollcite, 

4 


ALT 


5t) 


ALT 


•nil  Alle  the  crommci  ofM  halpeny  Ur«  otaUom$  brvde 

r  whct^i  And  a  {lOLclte  of  aide  alu.  and  bolte  allc  ta- 

MS.  UhcoIh.  tied.  (.  3t3. 

SONE.     As  snon ;   unme(Uiitdy.      Cf.  Kyng 
Aliiaumlcr,  5024  ;  Scvjn  Sages,  2847. 

And  Pauiamy  piiriued  dftcr  hymc,  and  orerhled 
hym,  and  ilrakr  hym  lhurf;he  with  a  ipcrr,  and  ^Ut 
Jfc-alle  he  vrrri*  grrvuMily  woiidcd,  he  dydc  oojte 
nUfme,  but  he  layc  halfe  dede  in  the  waye. 

Alimitiler,  MS.  UKColm  t.  3. 

ALSQUA.     Also.     {.i.-S.) 

The  slgne  of  pea  atw^wi  to  brin([ 
BItwIi  WillUm  and  the  lolher  king. 

US.  Fair/at  U. 

ALSTITE.     Quickl). 

L'nlo  the  imrter  tpckc  he  Ihoc, 
Sayd,  Tu  thi  lord  myn  erode  thou  go. 
Halleli  and  aUillc. 

Hotfftm'i  Rnmantet,  p.  fiO. 

AI.STOXDE.     To  wilhsland.     Koi.  GUmc.    Is 

tliia  a  tnis)>rint  for  al-ttimAe  T 
AI.SIMTIIE.     As  90<in  u ;  ai  qaickly  u. 

Tor  atsuilhn  aU  be  wai  mode 
lie  fell  ;  «*a»  thar  rta  langer  bade. 

MS.  Cell,  reqoi.  A.  Hi.  f.  i. 

ALSW.V     Also.     (.i.-S.) 

Jtiua  IhU  buke  lcrt»  to  kepe  the  ten  comand- 
mentea,  and  Lo  wirkc  noght  fur  erihcly  Ihyng. 

tIS.  Coll.  Elan.  Ill,  f.  I. 
And,  air,  I  dredr  me  ylt  nltwa. 
That  he  mid  have  the  empire  the  fra. 

atuyi  Sag—i  JKItS. 
Oare  laniamea  take  with  ua  aJtuHQf, 
And  loke  that  Ihay  be  tight. 

Tmvuett^  Mytt.  p.  ItMI, 

AI,TE.\IETIIYE.     Trigononietr}-. 

The  booklf  of  nHemi'liytt 
Plancmctrye  and  eek  alto. 

lioutr,  its.  S«r.  Anttfi.  134,  f.  SOt. 

ALTEKAGE.  One  of  the  aiuenilii  for  olTences 
short  of  murder,  lleinie,  in  gloss,  to  Pclcr 
Langtnfl,  explains  it,  "  the  profits  which  ac. 
cnirand  are  due  to  the  priest  liy  reason  of  the 
altar." 

Ilem.  the  bcginneng  and  thendeng  of  thedecaieof 
thiji  lande  growelhe  by  ihe  immoderate  takeng  or 
coyneand  lyverey,wtthou;:ht order ,afler  mennciawne 
•cnttiall  appeUlea.  cuddeet,  girtie,  ukeng  of  caanea 
fur  felonle«.  murdour*,  and  all  other  offbocca,  allfr- 
agwt  bienglf.  s.iiiltei.  »launtUghe<,  and  other  like 
abuilona  and  opprrasiona.  Stale  PAfert,  U.  163. 

ALTERATE.  Altered;  changed.  Palsgrave bai 
it  as  a  Terb,  lo  aUer. 

Undir  •millog  ihe  was  dtaalmulatr, 
Provoeatire  with  bllnklf  amoroui. 
And  oodainly  chaungid  and  atitrut*. 

Tiut.  vf  (VeMfde,  127. 
And  thereby  alto  the  mater  yi  atlrmtt, 
Both  inward  and  fnitward  aubstancyally. 

Aihnuttt'M  Thrat.  Chem.  Bril.  p.  ICJ. 
ALTERCAND.     Contending. 

The  parllcf  wcr  to  felle  allfftttud  on  ilk  ilde. 
That  non  the  loth  cnuth  telle,  whedir  pea  or  werre 
tuld  tide.  rwer  Langlvft,  f.  314, 

ALTERN.     Allemalely.     Milton. 
ALTIIAM.     In  the  Fratcmitje  of  Vacaliondes, 
1575,  the  wife  of  a  "curtail"  is  said  to  be 
called  hi*  atthnm.     Se<.'  the  reprint  of  tlini 
nre  tract,  p.  4. 


AJ.THER-BEST.    Tlie  best  of  all.     Cf.  Kyng  | 
Alisaimder,  4H78;  Prompt.  I'arv.  p.  161. 
When  y  thai  ilepe.  y  havn  good  real ) 
Somtymc  y  had  not  althrr-bttt. 

Rcllq.  JnlUi.  i.  XI*. 
The  bame  njthff-tujit^  of  body  tcho  bare. 

US.  Unc-Jl,  A.  I.  17,  f.  til.  , 
Kepe  1  no  n»orc  for  al  my  aerrice, 
Out  love  me,  man,  atlhtrtH^t. 

MS.  Coll.  C^li  Canlah.  E,  Hi. 
ALTHER-FAIREST.     The  fairest  of  all.     See 
Rom.  of  the  Rose,  625 ;   Hartshome's  Met. 
Tales,  p.  82. 
ALTHER-FEULEST.    The  most  feeble  of  all. 

Now  i'»  to  allher-fihirsi  to  fe, 
Tharfor  roans  lyve  tchort  byhoves  ho. 

US.  C.ll.  SiM.  xviil.  (I. 
ALTHER-FIRSTE.      First  of  all.     Cf.  Le  Bone 
Florence  of  Rome,  292;  Hartshome's  Met. 
Tales,  p.  85. 

^lOtrr-firtttt  whannc  he  dide  blrdo 
Upon  the  day  of  Circumcitiouo. 

l^/iliratr,  MS.  S-f.  Aallq.  134,  f.  HI. 
Before  matyni  talle  thou   thynkc  of  the  iwrta 
byrthe  of  Jho»u  Cryite  allUir-fiirtl;  and  lythync 
eftyrwarde  of  hit  Patilone. 

US    Unro/N  A.  i.  17,  f.  Slid.   ' 

ALTllEK-l'ORMEST.  The  first  of  aU. 
For  there  thai  make  temblatit  fairest, 
Thai  wll  biglle  ye  uMer./brairjI. 

Sn-jm  SttgfM,  TfW. 

ALTIIER-FOVLI.ESTE.     The  foulest  of  all. 
I'hnt  tehamefiilte  thyngc  en  for  to  aaye. 
And  foulle  lo  here,  alt  sayie  the  buke. 
And  alther'foullf*te  one  to  luke. 

Hampolc,  MS.  Linnln,  f.  277. 
ALTHER-GRATTEST.     Greatest  of  all.     This 
compound  occurs  in  an  imperfect  line  iu  Syr 
Oawnyne,  p.  54. 
ALTIIEU-IIEGHEST.    Tlic  highest  of  all. 

I  aal  syiig  til  the  name  ot*  the  Lorde  alther.hr^lieH. 

US.  Oill.  Etim.  10.  f.  19. 

Whence  hlr  frendct  gao  hir  te 

Upon  the  atrfier-hfj^st  degr^, 

Thel  wondride  how  she  ihider  wan. 

CurKT  Uundi.  US.  Call.  THji.  QinMt.  f.  OH. 

Thit  es  the  name  that  ei  abowne  alle  nampt, 

name  ulthtr-htg^ite^  withowttene  whiike  ua  mnit 

hopes  helo.  US.  Linmln  A.  I.  17,  f.  llU. 

ALTHER-LASTE.     IjistofaU. 

And  althirr.ttittff  with  fulle  grel  cruelty. 
For  lu  he  tufTrcth  dreumcUloun. 

t^'lfiifr,  us.  StK.  Axlli/.  134,  f.  m. 
Hur  own  lorde.  altlifT.ltutet 
'rlie  venom  out  of  hys  hedd  braite. 

Le  Rons  Flormce  nfRumt,  21  IS. 
ALTHER-LEEST.     Least  of  alL 
Hir  lif  in  langure  lastyng  lay, 
Gladshipe  had  the  a/rAer-feasf. 
r«r«ir  ifiiKdi,  US.  CaU.  THh.  CsMaft.  f.  Hi. 
Tlul  of  the  aMirr-Um  wound* 
Were  a  stede  brouht  to  grunde.        llatnitttk,  1!)7H. 
ALTHER-MIGHTIEST.     Sec  Altker-irunl. 
ALTMER-MOST.     Most  of  all.    SeethcSevya 
Sages.  35G0. 

The  nisrc  vanity  It  es  and  aUhermattt  Rgsyn  mani 
deed,  when  lufc  i>  perBiesi.   US.  Call.  Ki«t.  in,  f.  I. 
He  dud  hym  ynto  the  hcthen  oOit«, 
There  the  preca  was  nUhtr-maotl. 

US.  Cantali.  Ff.  li.  XI,  f.  Ut. 


ALU 


fil 


ALT 


I 


The  Ante  poynte  of  alle  thrc 
Wm  thii.  whdt  thynge  In  bU  debt- 
or Bile  LhU  world  hath  nede  letlr. 
And  ;it  men  hvlpc  it  •i/fAcr*mrj/f. 

Gflu«r,  US.  Soe.  Jmti^.  134,  f.  OH. 
And  to  hem  ipeXc  I  alttter-tmotMt, 
Th«t  Icdcth  hiT  lyvn  in  prfde  and  bootU 

CMraor  Mundi,  JUS,  Coll.  Trin.  0$ntatM  f.  9. 
And  jtt  raan  folc  ci  hr,  for  he  wynnn  hjrm  na 
medc  In  the  tymc.  and  althermatte  Me  he  c«,  for 
hr  wjnnnhyni  payue.       US.  Littcoltt  A,  i  17tf.  S4fi. 
ALTllEU-NliXT.     Next  of  all.     Cf.  Lydgatc's 
Minor  Focnis,  ji.  20;   Lc  Bone  FlorcDce  of 
Kome.  1963. 
Or  thou  art  yn  state  of  prcit, 
Or  yn  two  ordryi  alther-nett. 

JUS.Harl.  1701.  f.  l£. 
Sithen  althfrfiejt  hondf*. 
Meke  bre«tif  (hei  »hul  uudlntondc. 

Curmr  Mundt,  M.S.  CUl.  Trin.  Cantab,  f.  11. 
Aftir  Sfimpwn  aUhmirtMtt 

Waa  dotnc»-man  Hrly  the  precsl.  Ibid.  t.  40. 

A.LTHEK-TUKW1ST.     The  truest  of  all. 
That  aUher-trtwUt  man  y-burc 
To  chcae  amonge  a  thouunde  fcore, 

Goirffr.  MS.  «h%  Antiq.  134.  t.  64. 

ALTHfiR-WERST.    The  worst  of  aU. 

AtO*rr'tvrr.t  thl-D  thai  hem  be, 
Th«t  for  uiMlo  come  to  dyfrnytti. 

MS.  Hart.  1701.  f.  73- 
And  thuf  ■  mviDU  ye  fintc 
HlmielTe  grevelh  alther.wcrttif, 

Caurr,  JUS.  Sot.  Anli^.  134,  r.  40. 

ALTHEn-WISEST.    The  wisest  of  all. 

Goild  ihal  es  withowttyne  begyonyngc,  and  eft  with- 
owttene  chaungryng.  «nd  duellyt  wRhowttync 
cndynge.  for  he  c«  althiT-myghtytrste  and  aithtr. 
tf0tf4te,  and  aUwa  althirc-bcvte. 

.VS.  UncK^n  A.  i.  17,  t.  !U3. 

ALTUER-30N(iEST.     The  joungcst  of  aU. 
Samuel  aeldc,  lir  Jeaai-,  lay 
Where  U  thin  alther-^trngmt  fon. 

Oiricr  ilundi,  US.  Coll.  Trin.  Canlab.  t.  48. 
ALTIFICATION.     An   alchemical  tem.      See 

Athmole'n  Theat.  Chem.  Brit.  p.  97. 
ALTITONANT.      Thundering  from    on    high. 
Midtllrtnn  ippliri  the  term  to  Jupiter,     See 
his  Works,  v.  175j  Minfehcii,  in  v. 
ALTRICATE.     To  contend.     (Lai.) 

BUhop«  with  biKhnps,  and  the  vulgar  traio 
Do  vtth  the  vulgar  oltrlctite  for  gain. 

BttliHr*!^'.  tintchy.Martpmltgtat  1057,  P-  41. 

AM'DEI.S.  Sublimiug'pots  without  hotloms, 
ftttdl  into  each  other,  without  luting.  An 
alchemical  term. 

l.ook  well  to  the  reglfter. 

And  let  your  heat  atill  letien  liy  degrees. 

To  the  a/>l<f<(>.  Tht  Alchtmlr>,\\.i. 

AJA'FFE.    Aloof;    more  nearly  lo  the  wind. 
This  word  i«  of  high  antiquity,  being  noticed 
liy  Matthew  Paris. 
Atujf>  at  helm  there,  ware  no  more,  beware! 

Tbffnr'.  PraiM  of  HfHpteed,  p,  12. 

ALl'MERE.     Bright  one  ?     (.■f.-iV.) 

Noht  may  be  fcl(id  lykcrucere. 
Then  thou  »o  suete  alumtrv. 

tVnghf/  L^if  Poetry,  p.  C8, 

ALt^E.     A  kind  of  giiller  or  channel  behind 

the  battlrmrnts.  which  served  t<i  carry  off  the 

nJn-witer.  OS  appears  from  the  Prompt.  Parr. 


p.  10.  It  is  certainly  sometimes  naed  for  an 
alley,  or  passage  from  one  part  of  a  building 
to  another.  See  Ducange,  in  T.  lilhrium,  and 
a  quotation  from  Heame  in  Warton's  llist. 
Engl.  Poet.  ii.  300;  Rob.  Glouc.  p.  192.  The 
parapet-wall  itself  is  even  more  generally  meant 
by  the  term.     Sec  the  eyainples  under  y/four. 

ALl!T.\TION.    Tanning  of  leather.    Mhuheu. 

ALIJTE.     Boweii.     {.I..S.) 

That  child  that  wu  to  wilde  and  wloog, 

To  me  alulc  luwe.  Re/If.  ^Ml^  i.  101. 

ALVE.     Half. 

Thyi  a^•e  men  5c  awUe  wynnc  wel  ly^tloker  and 

vor  no;t.  fto6.  Gttiue.  p.  914. 

.ALVEKED.     Alfred.      See  the  name  as  spelt 

in  the   Herald's  College  MS.  of  Robert  of 

Gloucester,  lieame'i  text  (p.  326)  reading 

.^Mrn^. 

ALVISCH.     Elfish;  baNing  supernatural  power. 

Hadct  wyth  au  alvuch  mun,  fur  ang^rdca  pryde. 

S^r  Guieoj/ne,  p.  97, 

ALWAY.     Always. 

Daughter,  make  mery  whiles  thou  may, 
For  thia  world  wytl  not  last  aluvy. 

Jesu  0/  t/la  IVyditHi'  Edyth,  \i^X 
ALWAYS.     However;  nevertheless.     S'urlh. 
ALWELDAND.      All-ruling.       Cf.  Ilardyng's 
Chronicle,  f.  162  ;  Minot's  Poems,  p.  27.(^.-5.) 
1  pral  to  grcte  God  alw^Ulanti, 
That  thai  have  uught  the  hegher  hand. 

Xteaine  atiil  Cawin,  9160. 
Befyie  betajt  hym  God  altewrldyng. 

US.  Canlai.  Kf.  U.  38,  f.  IIS. 
Oure  Lord  God  al-treldyngr. 
Him  liked  we]  her  otlVynge. 

JUS.  Oil/.  TVin.  Oanlab.  H.  lit  (1,  f.  IS. 
ALWES.     Hallows ;  saints. 

And  than  bo-kenned  he  the  kouherdo  Crist  and  lohal 
ahew.  Will,  and  r/ie  ffmnolf,  p.  14. 

ALY.    Co.     (Fr.) 

^Ijf  !  he  aaidc,  o/y  blyve  ! 
No  leteth  non  tkape  on  lyre. 

K^ng  AUtaunder,  437V- 
ALYCHE.     AUke. 

In  kyrleltand  In  ropes  rychc. 
They  were  clothed  all  al^ch«. 

Couvr,  ed.  1538,  f.  70. 
ALYCKENES.     SimiUrity. 

And  lyke  of  a/ycAenw,  as  hit  ii  devyied. 

TundoU,  p.  87' 

ALTE.  (l)Tomix.    (fr.) 
And  If  It  be  not  in  Lent,  alge  it  witti  jolkcs  of  eyrcn. 
Formo  nf  Curjf,  p.  14. 

(2)  Kindred. 

If  1  myght  of  myn  alt/e  ony  ther  fynde. 
It  wold  be  grett  Joyc  onto  mc. 

0>ornlry  Mftteria,  p.  I4S. 

ALYES.     Algates ;  always.     Percy. 
ALYFE.     Alive.     Cf.  Lvdgatc's  Minor  Poems, 
p.  115. 

And  he  ne  wolde  leve  .Inft 
Man,  bvste,  chylde,  nc  wyfc, 

Af.V.  Canlal).  Ff.  II.  98,  f.  Ml. 

A-LYGHTELY.    Lightly. 

.I'lyghfely  they  »ey,  as  hyt  may  falle, 

Cfod  have  mercy  on  u<  alle.      US.  Harl.  17UI,r.  .V, 

A-LYKE-WYSE.  In  Ukc maimer.  Prompt.  Parr. 

ALYN.  .\  kind  of  oil,  mentioned  by  Skinner,  who 
refers  to  Juliana  Barnes  la  hit  authority. 


AMA 


52 


AMA 


AliYS.  Hales ;  tents.  See  the  Paston  Letters, 
V.  412,  quoted  in  Prompt.  Parr.  p.  222.  They 
were  made  of  canvas.  See  the  Areheologia, 
xxvi.  402. 

ALYSSON.  The  herb  madwort.  It  is  men- 
tioned by  Huloet,  1572,  as  a  cure  for  the  bite 
of  a  mad  dog. 

A-LYVED.    Associated. 

And  whanne  the  bycche  of  hem  It  moott  hoot,  jif 
ther  be  mny  wolfei  yn  the  contr^,  thcl  goith  alle  after 
hurc  u  the  boundes  dolth  after  the  bycche  when  the 
b  ]oly,  but  the  thai  not  be  a-lfttd  with  noon  of  the 
wolfea  uf  on.  tIS.  Bodl.  546. 

ALYZ.  Isabel,  Countess  of  Wanriclt,  in  her  will 
dated  1439,  leaves  a  "  gown  of  green  afyz 
cloth  of  gold,  with  wide  sleeves,"  to  our  Lady 
of  Walsyngham.    See  the  Test.  Vetust.  p.  240. 

AM.  Them.  An  old  form,  and  still  in  use  in 
the  provinces.  See  an  example  in  Middleton's 
Works,  L  351,  where  the  editor  erroneously 
prints  it  a'm,  which  implies  a  wrong  source  of 
the  word. 

And  make  am*  amend  that  thai  du  myi. 

MS.Doya30t,t.il. 

AMABLE.    Lovely. 

Face  of  Absolon,  raoott  fayre,  mocst  aiMiMe .' 

Urdgalt't  Minor  INxau,  p.  S5. 
AMACKILY.  In  some  fashion;  partly.  North. 
A.MAD.    Mad. 

Heo  wendeth  boke*  un-brad. 
Ant  maketh  men  a  moocth  o-mod. 

Wrighfi  Pol.  Songt,  p.  tie. 

Here  was  JhMut  i-lad  to  icole,  and  overcara  alle  the 

roaiitrca  with  puyr  clergle,  to  that  everech  heold 

hinuulf  amadt  for  he  tchewede  heom  wel  that  huy 

werenoutof  rljhtemuinde.        MS.  Laud.  108,  t.  li. 

AMADETTO.     A  kind  of  pear,  so  named  by 

Evelyn  after  the  person  who  first  introduced 

it.    SUniter. 

AMAIL.     Mail. 

CamlUui  put  on  a  coat  of  aawli,  and  went  ann'd 
with  iword  and  dagger  to  defend  hlmielf  agalntt  all 
astaulti.  Tho  Fortmnate  I»Mr«,  163S. 

AMAIMON.    A  king  of  the  East,  one  of  the 
prine^ttl  devils  who  might  be  bound  or  re- 
strained from  doing  hurt  from  the  third  hour 
till  noon,  and  firom  the  ninth  hour  till  evening. 
lie  is  alluded  to  in  1  Henry  IV.  ii.  4,  and 
Merry  W.  of  Windsor,  ii.  2.    According  to 
Holme,  he  was  "the  chief  whose  dominion 
is  on  the  north  part  of  the  infernal  gulf." 
See  Donee's  Illustrations,  i.  428 ;  Malone's 
Shakespeare,  ed.  I82I,  viii.  91. 
AMAIN.    All  at  once.    A  seatenn.    The  term 
is  also  osed  in  boarding ;  and  to  ttriie  amain, 
is  to  let  the  top-sails  tail  at  their  full  run,  not 
gently.     Woring  amain,  is  waving  a  sword  for 
a  signal  to  other  ships  to  strike  their  top-sails. 
See  the  Sea  Dictionary,  12mo.  Lond.  1708, 
in  v. 
AMAISTER.    To  teach.     Sahp. 
AMAISTREN.    To  overcome ;  to  be  master  of. 
(A..N.) 
And  now  wolde  I  wito  of  thee 
What  were  the  b»te; 
And  how  I  myghtc  a.mili<rr»  hem. 
And  make  hem  to  werche.  Pitrt  PhHtliman,  p.  IW. 


AMALGAMING.    A  chemical  term  for  mixing 
quicksilver  with  any  metal. 

And  ID  amalgamtng.  and  calcening 
orquiksllvcr,  y^leped  mercuric  crude. 

Cluucer,  Ositf .  T.  16130. 

AMALL.    EnameL    See  AmelL 

Upon  the  toppe  an  em  thcr  itod 
Of  bournede  gold  rychc  and  good, 

1-florytched  with  rycho  amatt.        Laun/dt,  S7A. 
AMAND.    To  send  away ;  to  remove.    (Lot.) 
Opinion  guideth  leatt,  and  the  by  faction 
It  quite  amamterf,  and  in  high  distraction. 

ifS.  Rallil.437,  f.  II. 

AMANG.    Among.     Var.  dial. 

He  outtoke  me  thar  amang 
Fra  mi  faai  that  war  ta  itrang. 

MS.  OM.  VtMpai.  D.  vli. 

AMANG-HANDS.    Work  done  conjointly  with 

other  business.     In   Y'orkshire  it  sometimes 

means  lands  belonging  to  different  proprietors 

intermixed. 

AMANSE.  To  excommunicate.  {A.-S.) 

And  the  kyng  hymtulf  wat  theiate ;  Ml  omanmle 

tho 
AUe  thuike,  that  elerket  tueh  deapyt  dude  and  wo. 
Bab.  OUmc.  p.  40t. 
A-MANY.  Many  people.  North.  SeeMassinger's 
Works,  i.  35. 

If  weather  be  fayre,  and  tydie  thy  graine. 
Make  tpcdely  carrlge  for  feare  of  a  ratne : 
For  tempcet  and  thowert  dcceaveth  a.m«ny. 
And  lingering  lubbers  loose  many  a  peny. 

Tuuer,  ed.  1573,  f.  S.'i. 

AMARRID.   Marred ;  troubled.    Cf.  Deposition 
of    Richard   II.    p.   2 ;    Gesta   Romanonim, 
p.  207. 
Eld  me  hath  amarrtd, 
Ic  wene  he  be  bi-charrtd, 
Thattruitethtofuthe.         Rillii.  Jntl9.il.  SU. 
A-MARSTLED.    Amazed? 

Bupe  forth,  Hubert,  hoiede  pye, 
Icbot  Hurt  a^mantUd  Into  the  mawe. 

WHghtt  Lgrie  Potbv,  p.  111. 
AMARTREDE.     Martyred. 

And  amtrtrado  to  thane  holie  man. 
And  a-sloujh  him  In  a  ttounde. 

MS.  Laud,  loe,  f.  165. 

AMASEDNESSE.    Amazement. 

Not  only  the  common  tort,  but  even  men  of  place 

and  honour,  were  ignorant  whlcli  way  to  direct  their 

coune,  and  tberby.  through  amoMdneue,  as  likely  to 

run  from  the  place  affbcted,  as  to  make  to  the  succour 

of  It.         Lambard^M  PenmbulaHon,  ed.  1906,  p.  69. 

AMASEFULL.    Frightened.     Pabgrate. 

A-MASKED.    "  To  go  a-mathed,"  to  wander  or 

be  bewildered.    This  is  given  as  a  Wiltshire 

phrase  in  MS.  Lansd.  1033,  f.  2,  in  a  letter 

dated  1697. 

AMASTE.  An  amethyst.  Rider.   Mlnsbeu  gives 

the  form  amatyite. 
AMAT.    To  daunt ;  to  dismay.    Cf.  Drayton's 
Poems,  p.  303-,  Florio  in  v.  Spontdrt;  Coven- 
try Mysteries,  p.  294.     {A.-N.) 
There  mygbt  men  sorow  see, 
Amatud  that  there  had  be. 

MS.  CanOb.  Ft.  II.  38,  f.  101. 
And  all  their  light  laughyng  tumd  and  translated 
Into  sad  tyghyng  1  all  myrth  wat  nmalod. 
HfUl—d  OH  SnglUlH  ProHrfrM,  IMl,  llf.  A.  vIlL 


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AMAWNS.    To  excommunicate  ? 
with  a  penylcs  purt  for  to  pleyet 
Lat  »cho  can  the  pcpul  anwwnM, 

Rfliil.  Antli.  I, 
AMAWST.     Almost.     ITnl. 
AMAY.      To   climuy.      Cf.    Kyng   AUsiundcr, 
7243 :  Arthour  and  Merlin,  p.  H6.  (Fr.) 
with  thyn  auiiler  thou  makeit  beer 
Thou  ne  inljt  DOjt  mt  amaife, 

MS.  Athmoit  sa,  (.  n. 
Whrrvof  hr  dmddc  and  was  amaprd. 

GMVtr,  MS.  Sor.  ^nrf<).  IM,  S.  !39. 
AMAZE.     To  confunnd ;  to  perjtlex  ;  to  alann. 

Shak. 
AMBAGE.     Circumlocution.     Sec  the  Spanish 
Tragedy,  i.  1 ;  Marlowe's  Works,  iii.  257.    In 
an  old  glossary  in  MS.  Rawl.  Poet.   108,  it  iii 
explained  by  "  circumstance."    See  the  Brit, 
llibl.  ii.  618.     It  a  used  as  a  verb,  apparently 
meaning  to  travel  round,  in  the  Mortc  d' Ar- 
thur, i.  135.  (io/.) 
A.MBASSADE.    An  embassy.     {A.-N.) 
Alx>u1e  him  there,  th'amtaMade  Imperyall 
Were  fayre  brought  unto  hit  royat  dl^ili-. 

Hardyng'a  CAronicle,  p.  138. 

AMBASSADOR.    A  gome  played  by  sailors  to 
duck  some  inexperienced  fellow  or  landsman, 
thus  described  by  Grose.     A  large  tub  is  filled 
with  water,  and  two  stools  placed  on  each  side 
of  H.    Otct  the  whole  is  thrown  a  tar]>aulin, 
or  old  sail,  which  is  kept  tight  by  two  persons 
sealed  on  the  stools,  who  are  to  represent  the 
king  and  queen  of  a  foreign  countr)-.  The  per- 
son intended  to  be  ilucked  plavH  the  ambassa- 
dor, and  after  repeating  a  ridiculous  speecti 
dictatetl  to  him,  is  led  in  great  form  up  to  the 
throne,  and  seated  between  the  king  and  queen, 
who  rise  suddctily  as  soon  as  he  is  seated,  and 
the  unfortunate  ambassador  is  of  course  delugetl 
in  the  tub. 
AM  BASS  AGE.    An  embaisy.    Siai. 
AM  BASS  ATE.     An  embassy.     See  llardyog's 
Cbrouicle,  ff.    74,    95,    18G,  who  sometimes 
spells  it  amiauyate.     In  MS.  .'Vshmole  59,  f. 
45,  is  "  a  compleynte  made  by  Lydegate  for 
the  departing  of  Thomas  Chaucier  into  Frauncc 
by  hes  senauntz  upoue  the kruges amluutate." 
AMBASS.\TK1E.     An  embassy.     {A.-N.) 
I  My.  by  trrtUe  and  ambastalrif. 
And  by  the  popct  mediation, 
Aud  all  the  chirche,  and  all  the  cheralrie. 
That  intlettructlon  of  maumetrle. 
And  in  cncreae  of  Crifttit  lawe  dere. 
They  ticn  accorded  »o  a*  ye  may  here. 

CAaucir,  CaHl.  T.  46S3. 

AMBER'D.     Scented  with  ambergris. 

The  wine*  be  lupty,  high,  and  full  ot  ipirit. 
And  itmttrr^ii  all.    BvaumonI  and  Flcli-hcr,  Iv,  i3J. 
AMBER-UAYS.     The  ember  days. 

And  aufl^agca  of  the  churchc,  botho  amtt€r.dai/e» 
and  Irntca.  Bale' a  Kirn  ft  Johan,   p.  41. 

AM  BBS- AS.     The  two  aces,  the  lowest  throw- 
in  the  dice  ;  and  hence  often  used  figuratively 
^        for  bail  luck.     Sec  Chaucer,  Cant.  T.  451 1  ; 

■  Harrowing  of  Hell,  p.    21  ;    All's  WeU  that 

■  ends  Veil,  ii.  3.  Howell,  p.  1'.),  (ells  us  that 
H  when  this  throw  »  as  tnailc,  the  dicers  in  lyondnn 
^K       would  say  "  ambling  aunes  aud  irottiiig  Juan." 


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This  is  also  the  reading  of  one  MS.  in  Rob. 
Glouc.  p.  51. 

ThU  were  a  hery  clM, 
A  chauDCe  of  ani&e«(ue. 
To  ie  youc  broughte  to  baae. 
To  playe  without  a  place. 

SkelloH't  trtrkt,  II.  438. 
AMDIUEXTER.  In  familiar  writing  a  kind  of 
Vicar  uf  Bray.  According  to  Cowell,  "  that 
jimir  that  takcth  of  both  parties  for  the  ginng 
of  his  verdict."  Sec  Nash's  Pierce  Pcnilease, 
p.  10  ;  Florioin  v.  Dettnggidn. 
AMBLANT.     Ambling. 

And  tnony  (kire  Juitcr  corant. 
And  mony  fat  pal/ray  ombtant. 

Kynff  Atuaundttt  94fl>. 
AMBLERE.     An  amble. 

But  Oliver  him  ridcth  out  of  that  plas 

In  a  softe  ainhlere, 
Nc  made  he  non  other  pal 
Til  they  were  met  In  fete. 

MB.  Jtkmolt  S3,  t.  9. 

AMBLINDE.    AmbUng. 

V  sett  hir  on  a  mule  ambHnde, 
In  the  way  we  dcdc  out  rtdelnde. 

Cy  uf  Wamrlkf,  p.  1(9. 
AMBOLIFE.     Oblique. 

And  take  gode  kep«  of  ihlK  chapiter  of  arlalngeof 
celcitlall  tmdyca,  for  thcr  trufleth  wcl  that  neither 
mone  neither  itcrrc  In  our  ambotl/k  orltont. 

Cftaucrr,  td,  Vrry,  p.  445. 

iUIBROSE.  Wild  sage.  See  an  old  receipt  in 
Reliq.  Antiq.  i.  55;  Prompt.  Parv.  p.  11; 
Areha:ologis,  xxx.  404. 
AMBRY'.  A  cupboard  ;  a  pantry.  See  Aumbry. 
Of.  Florio  in  v.  Ga::i!ra ;  Sluiiuer  and  Barct, 
in  v.  The  alnionr}'  was  sometimes  so  called, 
the  alms  being  kept  in  an  ambry.  See  Brit- 
ton's  Arch.  Diet,  in  v.  Almonry. 
AMBULENDB.     AmbUng. 

On  fayro  amhulondt  bor*  they  wt. 

Gawtr,  ed.  I«3>,  t.  (V. 
AMBULER,     An  ambling  horse. 

Sire,  nld  Palomydef ,  we  will  be  rrdy  to  cooduyto 
you  bycaufo  that  ye  are  lore  wounded,  and  too  wa« 
EpynoKryt  and  hU  lady  horsed,  and  his  lady  bchyndv 
hym  upon  a  softe  ambuier. 

Marttd! Arthur,  II.  148. 

AMBUSCADO.    An  amboicade.    Shak. 

Nay,  they  have anSwMadoea  laid  within  thee. 
Self  against  »clf  tutiom'd,  thereby  to  win  thee. 

aolitr^t  Uclme  Gllmj»e>,  p.  IU4. 

AMBUSION.     An  abuse. 

ButthU  mc  thlnkcth  an  ambnwUm, 
To  see  on  walke  In  gownli  of  tcarlote 
Twelve  jerdli  wide,  with  pendant  kIcvcs  doun 
On  the  grounde,  and  the  fUrroure  therlnne. 

OccIsM,  MS  Soc.  Mnli<i.  IM,  t.  aSt. 
Fy  I  hit  U  to  gret  an  ant>nulaH 
To  *e  a  man  that  b  but  worm  la  mete. 

I6id.  r.  IM. 
AMBYNOWRE.    An  almoner. 

Pet^  cf  f  penscre,  that  doae  tervcwe  to  gud  alia  that 

Kho  maye ;  and  Mercy  hir  «yiter  >alle  be  atubt/mauirt, 

that  gylTcs  to  alle,  and  nughtc  kane  kcpe  to  hinetfe^ 

U.t.  Unroln  A.I.  17,  f.  ITS. 

AME.  (1)  To  guess  ;  to  think  ;  to  tell.  From  the 
German  ahmm,  according  to  Qii.  Rev.  Iv.  37 1  ; 
lint  it  certainly,  in  middle  English,  is  merely 
another  form  uf  ains,  q.v.  In  Palsgrave  we  have 


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AME 


-Imfme,  I  niente  ot  gesM  to  byt  a  thjnige."  The 
aieaiiing  u  clearly  aacertained  from  Prompt. 
Panr.  p.  190,  "  genyne,  or  amyne,    ettimo, 
mrUtror,  opimor.      C(.  Rom.  and  Jul.  i.  1. 
of  ncn  of  anne*  bold  the  numbre  thel  anw, 
A  rtiooMiMl  ud  tuo  hundred  told  of  Crltten  men 
M  oani*.  Peur  IjtKflcfi,  p.  KS. 

MmA  alte  Arthurs  ottc  was  omede  with  knyghtet. 
Bee  nvghtme  hundrcthc  of  alle  entrede  in  rollos. 
UorU  Arthm,  MB.  Umcoln.  t.  85. 
No  nos  upon  mold  raijt  aymt  the  noumher, 
Al  that  fail  aray  reken  Khold  men  never. 

ffUI.  and  the  WtruKlf,  p.  58. 
V«e,  wyth  (ood  handelyng.  h  I  >>•<•*• 
Eran  by  and  by,  ye  sh«ll  her  leclayme. 

Commune  Sterttary  and  Jalouitift,  m  d. 

(2)  The  ipirit ;  the  bouL  {A.-S.)  See  Steren- 
•on'i  ed.  of  Boucher  in  v. 

(3)  For  a  third  acme,  tee  Wamer'i  Antiq.  Colin. 
p.  14.    A  diih  ii  there  called  '*  douce  ame." 

AMEAUNT.     EUia  and  Uttcraon  propose  ada- 
mani  as  the  meaning  of  this  word.     The 
Cambridge  MS.  reads,  "  Thys  siryrde  ys  gode 
and  ateawnt."    (A.-N.) 
Therforc  my  swearde  he  thai!  hare. 
My  good  flwerde  of  amraunr. 
For  therwitb  I  alowe  a  (yaunt.       Syr  Degorl,  109, 
AMEE.    The  herb  omeoa.     Gerard. 

AMEKIDE.    Soothed. 

Ande  tbeone  fpake  he,  Ne  was  not  thli  yonge  man 
getyne  by  me  ?  YU,  ulr,  quod  ihe,  dowtithe  hit  not, 
for  he  U  your  lawefuUy  bigetene  tone.  Thenne  the 
Bmpcroure  was  amekidet  ande  laide  to  his  Sonne, 
Sod,  quod  he,  lamthifadlr. 

Qnta  Ramanorumf  p.  177> 

AMEL-CORN.  A  Itind  of  corn,  said  by 
Markham  to  be  "  of  a  middle  size  betvrixt 
wheat  and  barlie,  unlike  altogether  unto  win- 
ter wheat  whereof  we  last  spake,  bat  of  a  sort 
and  iacultie  like  unto  spelt,  whereof  we  will 
apeake  next  in  order."  See  Markham's 
Countrey  Farme,  1616,  p.  5&1 ;  Cotgrave,  in  v. 
Scourgton ;  Florio,  in  v.  Oriza.  It  appears 
from  Markham  that  acour^eon  is  scarcely 
synonymous  with  amel-com,  and  therefore 
Cotgrave's  account  of  it  is  not  quite  ap> 
plicable.  It  seems  to  be  the  Tcut.  AnuU 
torat,  explained  by  Kilian /ar  candidum,  and 
the  com  of  which  amydon  is  made.  Gerard 
calls  it  the  starch-corn,  a  species  of  spelt. 

AMELL.  (1)  Enamel.  It  is  also  used  as  a  verb 
by  Chaucer,  Palsgrave,  and  others.  See 
Amikd;  Beaumont  and  Fletcher,  Introd.  p. 
lix;  Cotgrave  and  HoUyband,  in  t.  EmaU; 
Prompt.  Parr.  p.  261 ;  Twine,  ap.  Collier's 
Shak.  Lib.  p.  206.  Amall  is  a  similar  form, 
q.  T.    See  an  example  in  v.  Amelyd. 

(2)  Between.  Northumb.  It  seems  to  be  the 
Icelandic  d  milli.  See  Qu.  Rev.  It.  363, 
where  it  is  stated  not  to  be  used  in  Scotland. 
It  is  inserted  in  the  glossary  to  the  Towncley 
Mysteries,  without  a  reference,  and  explained 
"  among." 

AMELYD.    Enamelled. 

The  fhmtys  therwith  amelyd  all 
With  all  raancr  dyverse  amell. 

JfS..,<M>w{«61,r.)H. 


AMENAGE.    To  manage ;  to  direct  by  force. 
with  her,  who  so  will  rjiging  furor  tame. 
Must  fitst  begin,  and  well  her  amenrngt. 

FaeHe  t/iteene,  II.  ir.  11. 

AMENAUNCE.    Behaviour ;  courtesy.    {Lot.) 
And  with  graTe  speech  and  grateful  omtHamut, 
Himself,  his  sute,  his  spouse,  to  them  commended. 
rietehet'i  Purple  IiUatd,  zi.  9. 

AMENDABLE.    Pleasant. 

That  til  oure  lif  is  ful  proflublo. 
And  to  oureioule  amendahU. 

MS.MhmoUV>,t.t. 

AMENDEN.    A  kind  of  oath.    Suffolk. 
AMENDMENT.  Dung  or  compost  laid  on  land. 

Aenf. 
AMENDS.    An  addition  put  into  the  scale  of  a 
balance,  to  make  just  weight.  See  the  Nomen- 
clator,  p.  337.    So  the  modem  phrase,  to 
make  amends. 
AMENE.    Pleasant ;  consenting.     {Lot.) 
Whan  that  mercy  wolde  have  ben  amene, 
Rlghtwyssenesse  gan  hit  anon  denyo- 

Ulilgate,  MS.  jfehmote  ».  f.  UK 
To  thi  seiTaunttii  of  grace  now  see. 
And  to  thi  son  tiefor  bus  amene.  TVnde/s,  p.  1S5. 
.AMENGE.     To  mingle.    We  may  perhaps  read, 
"  And  menge  it." 

Amenge  It  with  grea  of  a  swyne. 

Areluenlogiat  xxz.  3S7. 

AMENNE.    To  amend. 

As  we  be  wont,  erborowe  wo  crave. 
Your  life  to  amenne  Ciiriit  it  save. 

Horn,  of  the  Rote,  74D6. 
AMENSE.    Amends. 

To  tell  you  the  cause  me  sameth  it  no  nede. 
The  aiiwnse  thcrof  is  far  to  call  agayne. 

SkeUon'e  fVerke,  I.  2SC 

AMENTE.    Amend. 

But  y  kve  synne,  hyt  wole  me  spylle ; 
Merqf,  Jhesu  I  y  wole  omeno. 

MS.  Cantab.  Ft.  ii.  X,  f.  17. 

AMENUSE.    To  diminUh  ;  to  lessen.    {A.-N.) 
See  the  Persones  Tale,  pp.  36, 38. 
Mis  mercy  is  surmounting  of  foyson. 
Ever  encreaseth  without  amenueyng. 

Boehae,  b.  U.  c.  31. 
AMEOS.     The  herb  bishop's-weed.     See  Florio, 

in  V.  Ammi. 
AMERAL.    An  admiral,  q.  v.   The  word  is  very 
changeable  in  its  orthography.  In  the  Prompt. 
Parv.  p.  11,  it  occurs  in  the  modem  sense  of 
admiroL    The  word  amero^/^  in  the  following 
passage  seems  to  mean  the  sovereignty  of 
the  sea. 
Cherish  marchandtse  and  kepe  the  amerahi. 
Tliat  we  be  maisten  of  the  narow  see. 

MS.  Sue.  Antiq.  101,  f.  50. 
AMERAWD.     An  emerald. 
An  emeratrd  was  the  stane. 

Richer  saw  1  never  nane.    Yu^ine  and  Oawin^  Xi, 
His  ston  is  the  grenc  ameratrde. 
To  whom  is  joven  many  a  lawde. 

Cower,  MS  Sue.  Antiq.  134,  f.  SOI. 

AMERAMDES.  The  hemorrhoids.  "  .A  guil 
medcyne  for  the  amerau-dtt"  is  mentioned  in 
MS.  Harl.  1600  and  1010. 

AMERCE.  To  punish  with  a  pecuniary  pe- 
nalty ;  to  inflict  a  fine  or  forfeiture.  Some- 
times, to  punish,  in  general  See  Romeo  and 
Juliet,  ill  1. 


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And  yf  thou  kjiiutc  not  Ictc  thi  playntCf  be, 
lintflwful  quirtl  owetli  to  ben  aittrrMj. 

Botllut,  MS.  Sk-.  Aniif.  134,  f.  S99. 

AMERCY.    To  amerce     (.^.-A.) 

And  though  ye  mowc  ammy  hctn, 
Lat  mercy  be  taxuur.  Fieri  Ploughman i  p.  119. 

AM  ERE.     Bitterly.     So  explained  by  Weber  ill 
the  folloiriiig  pasM^,  where  the  Lincoln'!  lun 
MS.  reads,  "  and  gan  him  beore."     Stevenson 
conaiders  it  t  noun,  minchiff,  damage,  a  more 
likely  interi)ret«tion.  (A.-N.) 
Dariftdu,  Dane*  brother. 
He  hadde  y.flawe  on  and  othlr. 
Tauryn  and  Hardai  he  tlowe  with  ipere. 
With  sweord  lyden  he  dud  »mtn  ! 
In  thii  strong  Tyithtyait  caa, 
Ho  mette  with  Dalmidaa. 

Kpig  AUtavKitr,  MIT- 
AMEREI.LE.  The  translation  of  umiraetUum 
in  the  Canterbury  MS.  of  the  Medulla.  See 
the  Prompt.  Par\.  p.  301.  The  corresponditig 
lenn  in  MS.  Harl.  227Uis  "an  umhrclle." 
AMERKE.  To  tuar ;  to  spoil ;  to  destroy.  See 
Ibc  Servn  Sages,  2266,  wrongly  glossed  hv 
Wf bcr.  ■  (A..S.) 

lie  ran  with  a  drawciwerJe 

To  liyt  raanirnlryc. 
Aud  all  hys  goddyi  liter  he  dmcrrerfe 

With  greet  envyr.  Oefatian,  131)7. 

That  we  lieih  ofie  wlthtone, 
Tlie  Mule  woltelh  amtrrv. 

MS.  XM««r  M>  f-  ixi- 
Now  thou  hast,  tfr,  allc  y-livrd 
Hou  id)  am  bltreyd  and  aaiarrf. 

Gy  tf  WanrOtt,  p.  \«i. 
AMERS.     Enilien.     Yortth. 
AMEKV.XILE.     To  marvel;    to  be  snr|irised. 
Cf.   Unrilyng's  Chronicle,  tT.   73,  120;Gesla 
Romanoruu),  p.  392 ;  Syr  Degor<;,  932;  Riche's 
Farewell    to  MiUtarie   Profession,  ed.    1381, 
sig.  P.  i.  {.1..X.) 
And  fwiflli  H'lhlhe  with  »werde«  iwongc  Ihei  lo-gider. 
That  many  were  amervaUed  of  here  doujll  dedet. 

Will,  and  Die  ntnci,!/,  p.  IS. 
Then  apake  Tundale  to  the  angyil  bryght, 
for  he  waa  amnrvmt/i  of  that  ftyghl.      Tunda/#,  p.  M. 
The  biBahope  woa  amemU  then. 
And  In  gret  111051  he  atode. 

MS.  Gmcofr.  Ff.  V.  48,  f.  7H. 

AMES-ACE.  Sec  Jmiet-at.  This  is  the  form 
used  by  Shakesjieare.  See  Collier's  Shake- 
speare, iii.  241 ;  Nores,  in  T. 
AMESE.  To  calm.  ".Imme  you,"  calm  your- 
self. This  phrase  is  aildrr^<ed  by  Anna  to 
Cayplias  in  the  Townlcy  Myst.  p.  194. 
AMET.     An  anf.  {.4.^.) 

So  thyckc  hii  come,  that  the  lood  over  si  hil  gonne 

fulle, 
As  thycke  sa  mmcten  crepcth  in  an  amefe  huiic. 

Rob.  C/owc.  p.  2)6. 

AMETISEO.     DcstTuycd.     Skinner. 

AMEVED.      Moved.     (,.4.-X)     Cf.    Chaucer, 

Cant.  T.  8371 ;  MS.  Soc.  Aiitiq.  134,  f.  4. 

Out,  Liirdr.  howe  he  wat  in  hla  herte  ameKid, 

Wban  that  Uary  he  haihe  with  chllde  iteyn. 

LfdgaU,  MS.  Jihrnole  X),  I.  .ID. 
That  grleyaunce  waa  him  no  thiuge  lefc, 
H*  waa  ful  >orc  ameonl.  MS.  Dmut  \V',  V-  >*' 

AMIAS.    Tlic  city  of  Amiens. 


He  ran  anon,  ai  he  were  wodc. 
To  BialacDil  there  that  he  atudc. 
Whiche  had  levlr  In  Ihia  caaa 
Have  ben  al  lleinca  or  j4mi»M. 

Homavitl  itflht  Hon,  a«!M. 

AMICE.     The  amice  or  amiVe  is  the  first  of  the 
sacerdotal  vestments.     It  is,  says  Mr.  Way,  a 
piece  of  fine  linen,  of  an  oblong  square  form, 
which  was  formerly  worn  on  the  head  until 
the  priest  arrived  before  the  altar,  and  then 
thrown  back  upon  tbc  bliouldcni.    See  Prompt 
Parr.  p.  II  ;  Nomenclator,  p.  1S9;  Dugdmle's 
Monast.   iii.  295.      The  following  quotation 
may  also  be  found  in  an  early  printed  fragment 
in  Mr.  Moitland's  account  of  the  Lambeth 
Library,  p.  266.     Sec  yimmin. 
Utton  hia  heed  thcom^re  flrit  hclcith. 
Which  la  a  thing,  a  token  and  figure 
Outwardly  ahewlnge  and  grounded  In  the  fcltli , 
The  large  awbe,  by  record  of  «cripturc, 
^'a  rightwinicaae  perpetualy  to  endure : 
The  longe  glrdyl,  dcnnetae  and  chaatit6 1 
Doundc  on  the  arme,  Che  fanoune  doth  aaaure 
All  aobumcaae  knyttc  with  liumillte. 

L^galt,  MS.  Halton  73,  (.  3. 
AMIDWARD.        In   the    middle.       Cf.    Kyng 
.AUsaunder,  967  ;  Richard  CucrdcLion,  1926; 
Sevyn  Sages,  179;  Ellis's  Met.  Rom.  iii.  '29. 
He  met  that  geaunt  Plno^tes 

Arniilu?ard  a]  hia  prea.     Jrlfmur  and  Mm-Un,  p.  301 . 
AMILED.  Enamelled.  {.1.-N.)    Sec  the  note  on 
this  word  in  Wartou's  Hist.  Engl.  Poet.  ii.  135. 
And  with  a  bend  of  goldc  taasilcd. 
And  knoppia  One  of  golde  omileil. 

Hnm.  ofihe  Rotr.  ItWO. 
AMIMSH.     To  diminish.     Palngrete.     This  is 

perhaps  another  form  of  amemue,  q.  v. 
AMIS.     To  miss;  to  foU. 

Aurellus,  whiche  that  diipelrtd  ii 
WhUliir  he  tball  have  hla  love,  or  otiiia. 

Chaufvr,  ed.  tfrr^,  p.  IIV. 

AMISS.     A  fault ;  a  misfortune.     Skat. 
AM  IT.     To  adnut. 

Aail  am^titig  lUe  ImiKisaibilltle  that  their  calaill 

were  anved,  yet  in  conlynuaunce  of  one  ycrc,  Ihe 

same  catailt  ahalbc  dcade,  dtitroyed,  atolen,  atrayed, 

and  eaten.  State  Palmer*,  ii.  33&. 

AMITURE.     Friendship. 

Thow,  heaaide,  traylour, 
Yusturday  thow  rome  iu  amitttre, 
Y-armed  *a  on  of  myne, 
kfe  byhynde  at  my  chyne, 
Smoteat  mc  with  thy  apere* 

Ktng  tlUiaunder,  3B75 
AMLYNO.     AmbUng. 

off  ladya  were  they  com  ryde. 
Along  under  the  wodyi  ayde. 
On  fayre  nmtyvg  bora  y-aelt. 

MS.  Cantab,  ft.  1. 6,  {.  8 
A.MMAT.  A  luncheon.  U'nt. 
AMMIS.  The  canonical  vestment,  lined  vinth 
fur,  that  served  to  cover  the  bejid  and  shoul- 
ders. Grey  fur  was  generally  used.  The  word 
is  sometimes  spelt  amice,  amyn,  ammyit, 
amrnai,  &c.  In  French  the  atnici and  aiimuct-, 
and  in  I>atin  the  amiclut  and  almnciuin,  cor- 
rcJ>|>oiid  to  Ibe  amice  and  ammut,  as  we  liave 
spelt  Ihcni ;  but  it  is  a  grave  error  to  confound 
the  two,  as  Mr.  Dyccdocs  in  his  edition  of 


AMO 


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AMO 


Skelton,  ii.  134.     See  ilro  the  quotations  in 
RichArdMiii  where,  however,  the  tcnns  are 
not  distiiiguighed ;  and  Prompt.  Parr.  ]>.  11, 
where    the   distinction  between    the   two   ia 
clearly  seen ;    Palsgrave,  f.    17;    Lockhart'a 
Life  of  Scott,  i.  309.     In  the  Prompt.  Parv. 
we  also  have  "  amuee  of  an  hare,  almucium, 
kaielur  hi  horologio  divhus  $ttpieHtia." 
And  hyrn  moott  lowly  pny. 
In  hit  mynde  to  compriK 
ThoM-  worde*  hit  grace  dyd  uye 
Of  an  vmtnat  gray ,        Skelton't  fForkt,  H.  84. 
AAINANT.     Pleasantly  (.>).     See  Syr  Gawaync, 

p.  31.     Perbapj  it  should  be  avinanl. 
AMNER.     An  almoner.     Not  an  unusual  form 
of  the  word.     See  Ruthind  Papers,  p.  59; 
Wright's  Monastic  Letters,    p.  49;  Prompt. 
Parv.  pp.  18,  19  ;  Cotgravc,  in  v.  Aumotnifr. 
A-MOD.    Amidst;  in  the  middle.     Lmtglijfl. 
AMOND.    An  almond.     Mituhfu. 
AMONESTE.  To  admonish;  to  advise.   (A.-N.) 
Cf.  Apology  for  the  Lollards,  p.  93;  Wright's 
Christmas  Carols,  p.  31 ;  Chaucer,  ed.  Urry, 
p.  201;  Melibeus,  p.  110. 

Bot  of  that  that  he  amontrta,  the  whllkc  er  woate 
fur  to  Ihynke  lyghtty  the  ucogcance  of  God. 

MS.  Coll.  Bl-M.  10,  f.  «. 

AMONESTEMENT.     Advice;  admonition.  Cf. 
Morte  d'Arthur,  ii.  270. 

The  kyng  ainonrtlemml  hcrdc ; 
Quyklichc  theDDct  he  fcrde. 

KlfMg  AliaautuUr,  6D7i. 
AMONGE.     Amidst;    at  intervals,     Cf.  Ellis's 
Met.  Rom.  ii.  387 ;  Ritson's  Anc.  Pop.  Poet, 
p.  44.    The  phrase  evtr  among,  in  Rom.  of  the 
Rose.  3771,  and  2  Henry  iV.  v.  3,  means  ever 
from  time  to  time,  ever  at  intervali. 
Be  It  right  or  wrong. 
These  men  amtmg 

On  troiDeQ  do  complaine.       Kitthnttone  Uaid,  1. 
And  ever  amongt,  mercy  !  tcbe  cryde. 
That  he  ne  Khulde  hit  cnuntclle  hide. 

Gotrer,  US.  Sx,  ..^nlii).  134   f.  SH. 
That  eten  and  dronkca  right  i^nowe. 

And  made  myrth  ever  amoHgt  : 

Bat  of  the  towdon  tpdie  we  nowe, 

Howe  of  torowe  wat  hit  toogv. 

Sir  Ftmmbnu,  MUUIthlll  MS. 
Sometyme  thel  tcbul  be  pynad  long* 
With  hetCi  and  ■otnetynie  cold  onpftg*. 

ia..A*w(e4t,  r.41. 
AMONSI.    To  excommunicate.  (J.-S.) 
To  entredite  and  amotut 

Al  thai,  whatehl  erlr  be. 
That  lafful  men  doth  rot>bl, 
Whate  in  lond,  what  in  tee. 

WrifhC*  Pvtitinl  Songt,  p.  196. 

AMONYB.     An  ointment  wherewith  the  Egj-p- 
liana  naed  to  embalm  their  dead  bodies.     See 
WidtMe's  New  Teat.  p.  251. 
AMOOST.     Almost,      tretl. 
A-MORAGE.     On  the  morrow.  Xoi.  Gloue. 
AMORAYLE.     An  admiral,  q.  v. 

Two  hundred  knyghtet  withoute  fayle, 
ry  ve  hundred  of  OMoroyfr. 

Kidiaril  Otr  da  Um,  am. 

AMOHETTE.     A  love  affair.  (A.-N.)  TjTwhilt 


says  "  an  amorous  woman"  in  the  second 
these  instances,  where  it  may  be  merely  a  di- 
minutive,  as  in  Florio,  in  v.  Amoriao.   Jamie- 
son  explains  it,  tote-knoh,  garUauU. 

Fur  not  1-cladde  In  tUke  waa  be. 

But  all  in  flourltaod  flourettea^ 

I'paintid  all  with  amorettei. 

Rum.  iif  Iht  Bate,  tHi. 

For  all  to  well  woli  lore  tie  tctte, 

Undir  raggla  as  riche  rotchctte, 

And  eke  as  well  by  amontus 

tu  mournlDg  blacke,  aa  bright  bumettcs. 

IhU.  47U. 

AMORILY.  Perhaps,  says  Tyrwliilt,  put  by 
mistake  for  mrrilg.  The  old  glossariei  ex- 
plain it  "  amorously." 

The  tecontio  letaon  Ilobln  Redctrrette  tang. 
Hail  to  the  God  and  Goddet  of  our  lay  t 
And  to  the  lectom  amoritii  he  iprang, 

liail,  quod  he,  O  thou  fretbe  aeaoo  of  May. 

amrt4  qf  Lon,  1383. 
AMORIST.     An  amorous  person. 

An  'iM>eH«f  is  a  creature  blattcd  or  planet-ttrokeo, 

and  it  the  dog  that  leadt  blind  Cupid.  [ISK,  alg.  a. 

J  fnfi,  now  tfm  Wtdtiw  of  Sir  Thttmat  Orcrbury, 

AMORT.  Dejected ;  without  spirit ;  dead,  (fr.) 
"  What  sweeting,  all  amort  I" — Tarn,  of  the 
Shrew,  iv.  3.  Sec  Hawkins's  Engl.  Dram.  iii. 
358  ;  Greene's  Works,  i.  146 ;  Tarlton's  Jests, 
app.  p.  1 31 ;  Euphues  Golden  lycgacic,  ap.  Col- 
lier's Shak.  Lib.,  p.  124.  Howell,  in  his  Ixrxi- 
con,  translates  alt-amort  by  Irule,  /lentalif. 
A-MORTHEKEU.  Murdered.  See  the  Heridd's 
College  MS.  of  Robert  of  Gloucester,  quoted 
in  Heome'a  edition,  p.  144. 
jVMOllTISEN.  To  amortize;  to  give  pro|K'rty 
in  mortmain.  (.-f.-A'.)  The  word  amortunt 
occurs  in  the  Personcs  Tale,  p.  22,  and  is  ex- 
plained killed  in  tliti  glossaries.  It  may  pos- 
sibly bear  a  figiirativc  expression. 

Let  tuelleryt  and  bakcr>n;  gadrc  hem  a  gilde. 

And  allc  of  oueut  make  a  fraxcrnlt^, 
Undir  the  pillory  a  litil  chapelle  byldo, 

The  place  amorf«y«e,  and  purchate  liberie. 

Li/dgalg^i  Minor  Vv«m»,  p.  807, 
If  lewed  men  kncwe  thlt  Lalyii. 
Thei  wolde  lokc  whom  Ihei  yevc. 
And  arisen  hem  biforc, 
A  fyrv  dayet  or  tile, 
Er  tbcj  anu>rl\M«de  to  inoukca 
Or  chanont  bir  rente. 

Pi«ri  PItmghman,  p. 

AMORWE.  In  the  morning;  early  in  the  morn- 
ing. Cf.  Chaucer,  Cant.  T.  824,  2491  ;  Rob. 
Glouc.  p.  159. 

Knight,  heteyd,  yeld  the  byllve. 
For  thou  art  gited,  to  mot  y  thrive ! 
Now  ichavc  a-drink, 
Icham  us  frcaclie  aa  ich  waa  amorwt. 

Of  if  «'arn4kt,  p.  3i«. 
Amniiii  ayr  Amyt  dyghl  him  jarc, 
And  toke  hit  leve  for  to  fare. 

MS.  l>wr«3}6,  r.lL 
AMORYG.  Explained  by  Heanie  "  to-morrow," 
Rob.  Gloue.  p.  234  ;  but  the  Herald's  College 
MS.  reads  "among,"  which  clearly  seems  tu  be 
the  right  reading. 
AMOLNTE.  Smeared  ?  Mr.  Wriglil  thinks  It 
may  be  an  error  of  the  scribe  for  auoinle. 


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57 


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I 


And  I  wUl  fo«  giltber  tlychc. 
The  fthlppe  for  to  cauihe  uid  pyche ; 
Ame%mte  yt  mufte  be  with  stichCi 
Bordr.  tree,  and  pynnc.         Chttltr  Plaifft  \.  47> 
AMOt'NTMENT.     Reckoning. 

Examcod  Ibam  and  cait  ilk  ammmtment, 

Ptirr  Vanglnfl,  p  f-U. 

AMOVE.  To  move.  Cf.  Davics's  York  Reconis, 
p.  85  ;  Chiiucer,  ed.  Urry,  p.  364. 

To  Flaundm  the  fled  then,  Aill  tonamwtd. 
To  crle  Badwyo  hir  coutyn  nie  of  liloodde. 

Jiontyaf*!  ChrvnMt,  f.  121. 

AHOWNG.  Gcntleneu.  Sec  in  old  dociuncot 
printivi  in  Me)'riek's  Critical  Enquiry,  ii.  252. 
AMOWHE.  I^ve.  See  Flor.  and  Blanch.  524  ; 
HiUI.  Edward  IV.  f.  U  ;  Cov.  Mj-Jt.  p.  50.  The 
term  amoiiri,  intrigues,  wiu  introduced  into 
England  in  the  leventeenth  centur}',  acconllng 
to  Skinner. 

Me  lukod  up  unto  the  touro. 
And  merUy  Mng  he  of  amuwrt, 

Seryn  Sagti,  tSSl, 

AMPER.  A  soil  of  inflaiiie<1  swelling,  fiuf. 
".Ym^ererf.corniptcd,  as  ampred  chees  in  Kent ; 
an  nmprr  or  amjior  in  Essex,  is  a  rising  seal)  or 
sorr.allso  avein  swelled  with  eomiplcd  hloud." 
Kcnnett,  MS.  Lansd.  103.t.  Skinner  also  ap- 
propriates it  to  Essex,  but  Grose  to  Kent,  who 
explains  it,  a  "  fault,  a  defect,  a  Oaw ;"  and 
Ray  gives  it  as  a  Sussex  word, "  a  faidt  or  flaw 
in  linnen,  or  woollen  cloath."  A  penon  covered 
with  pimples  is  said  in  Somersetshire  to  be 
amptry,  while  the  same  word  is  used  in  the 
Eaitcm  counties  in  the  sense  of  weak,  or  nit- 
bealthy.  Amprrd  or  ampertf  is  now  applied  to 
cheese  beginning  to  decnv.  especially  in  Stia- 
aex ;  and  is  somrtimes  used  wheu  itpeaking  of 
decayed  teeth.  An  ampre-mig  is  sniil  in  the 
glossaries  to  be  a  decayed  tooth  in  East  Sus- 
»e,\  and  Kent. 

AMPERESSE.    An  empress. 

The  neate  5er  theraftcr,  the  aniperewe  Mold 
Weode  out  of  ttiji  live,  as  Ihc  tioc  ath  i-toltt. 

Hull.  Wour.  p.  474- 

AMPERSAND.  The  character  &,  representing 
the  conjunction  and.  It  is  a  corruption  of 
and  prr  te,  and.  The  expression  is,  or  rather 
was,  common  in  our  nursery  books.  In  Manip- 
shire  it  is  pronounced  amperztd,  and  \cri 
often  amptrtf-and.  An  early  instance  of 
iti  ttw  is  quoted  in  Strutt'a  Sports  and  Pas- 
times, p.  399. 

AMPHIBOLOGICAL.  Ambiguous.  This  word 
occurs  in  Greene's  Planctomachia,  1588. 
Rider,  1640,  has  "  am]ihilioIogie,"  aud  so  has 
Chaucer,  Troilus  and  Crcseiiie,  iv.  1100. 

AMPLE.  (1)  To  go.  Apparenlly  a  corruption 
of  amble.  See  Watson's  Holi&x  vucah.  in  v. 
North. 

(8)    Liberal;  generous.     Skak. 

AMPLECT.     To  embrace.     {Lai.) 

With  how  fervent  heart  thoutd  we  profll|ta(e  and 
ehiae  away  tin  !  With  how  Talljuat  courage  should 
w*  nmptwet  and  embrace  virtue  !  Becon'f  Wwk4t  p.  (16. 

AM  POLY.    Same  as  ampuUe,  q.  v. 

AM  POT.     Abami>er.     Salop. 

AMPTE.  An  ant.  "  Srrphiu,  a  liltell  lieasle, 
not  unlike  an  ampi  or  pismcrc." — Cooper. 


CaJcicatrei  a  graver  uiott  notable. 
Of  white  Ivory  he  dide  hi*  besytwaBc^ 
Hii  hasde,  hU  eye,  so  just  was  and  stable. 
Of  an  ampte  to  grave  out  the  lyknesse. 

Lydnute'i  Uimor  Potnut  p.  88. 
Bote  as  the  ampte  to  etchewe  ydulDcue 
Id  somer  Is  so  ful  of  bysynesae. 

MS.  Coll.  S.  Jail.  Ojm,  G,  f.  a. 
AMPTY.     Empty. 

In  o  f^mcr  Out  amptp  wm , 

Amorwc  hy  founde&Dd.noinc 

Two  hODdred  uk  ful  ofguod  whcle, 

Tbej  n)rit«  whunn  yt  come. 

MS.  Coll.  Trtn.  Oxon.  fi7,  f.  3. 
Hy  amptjf  ikyn  brgynndh  to  tremble  and  qu&ke. 
JTAT.  Soe.  ^ntiq.  134,  f.  88&. 

AMPULLE.    A  aiDAlI  vcstd.    (^.-A^.) 
A  bolle  and  a  btggo 
He  bar  by  hU  tyde* 
And  hundred  otmm^ttea 

On  hU  hat  fctvn.  Piert  Piou^hrmtm,  p.  I(i9. 

Late  it  Maude  In  that  baryne  a  daye  and  a  nyghte, 
and  do  thane  that  other  that  itandif  abovene  in  a 
(fmpw/^<'orglaKor  coper.      MS.  Uneoln.  Med.  f.SttS. 
AMUELL.     An  admiral. 
Wban  he  herde  tell 
That  my  lordc  umrtll 
Was  comyng  downe. 

To  make  hym  frowne.  SkeltOH'g  Wmiitt  u.  69. 
."\MSEL.     A  hlat-kbird.      Var.dwL 
AMSEUEY.     A  cons»ton'  court. 

Thow  faU  boye,  seyde  the  freyre* 
V*  MBion  the  afTore  the  ara#erey. 

The  FVcre  and  the  Bo^,  Uv. 

AMSOTE.    A  fool.    Prompt  Parv.    [Anisote?] 
AMTY.     Empty. 

j4mty  place  he  made  aboute.  and  fulc  fleu  hym  fasle ; 
A   wonder  maiilcr  he  waa  on,  that  hem  k>  kuwihe 
agaHlc.  Hub.  GItiuc.  p.  17> 

With  nallei  thlcke  a1  abrod, 

Ase  ihare  mi;ien  itnkle  one. 
That  man  oemijtefludc  ane  am/ Je  plac« 
On  al  heore  bodle  >o  luyl«. 

MS.  Laud.  lOe,  r.  99. 
AMl'D.     Annoyed ;  rqinlstjtl.     So  explained  by 
llearne,  in  Rob.  Glouc.  p.  524,  who  suggests 
anuid  with  great  probabilitv. 
AMUSED.     Amazed. 

Let  not  my  lord  be  amuMed^      Ben  Jonton,  111.  131. 
AMAVOAST.     Almost.     JTiHM.     In  the  North, 

the  form  of  this  word  is  sometimes  amyaat. 
AMY.    A  friend;  a  lover.     (^.-iV.)    Cf.  Kyng 
Alisaundcr,  .-176.  520.  1834. 

But  oon  olde  knyjt  that  hyghl  Oryny, 
He  lefte  at  home  for  hyt  amy. 

MS.  Cantah.  Ff.  II.  30.  nil. 
What  li  thl  name,  thou  iwcte  amy  f 
Gladly  witc  theroF  woMc  I. 

Curiur  Mundi,  MS.  Coll.  Trin.  Cantab,  f.  133. 
Tber  wai  mani  levdl 
Tliat  «oie  blwcpe  her  ami. 

Arihtmr  and  Matin,  p.  SBA. 
AMYD.    Amidst.    In  the  DepoKition  of  Richard 
n.   p.    1,   wc   have   amyddis    in    the   tame 
Bcnac 

Amifd  the  lauade  a  caitd  h«  ayv. 
Noble  and  ryche.  rfght  wonder  hie  Sir  Orph^t  Ml> 
AMY'DON.  According  to  Cotgravc,  "  fine  wheat- 
flower  steeped  in  water ;  then  strained,  and  let 
stand  (inttli  it  settle  at  the  hottomc  ;  then 
drained  uf  the  water,  and  dried  at  the  suune ; 


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used  for  bread,  or  in  brutlics,  it  ii  ■ver)-  iiou- 
risbini;;  aUo,  Btirrb  made  of  wbcat."     Il  is 
inentianed  in  an  old  rpcnipt  in  the  Fonni?  of 
Curv,  ]>■  26 ;  Wnmcr'i  Antiq.  Culiii.  p.  10. 
AMYL.     Surch. 

of  whrateii  made  amyl,  the  mukliift  whereof  Cato 
and  DloficnHila  trachcth.     Googi^i  Ituibandriet  liGR. 
AM  V  LLI E IC     An  nlraond-t  ret. 

The  brkddc*  io  blononiA  thel  bcrren  wel  loude 
On  olyvn,  and  Qmyttiera,  and  al  kynde  of  met. 

Thr  PUtiU  afKHMit,  St.  7. 
AMYnin.     Assisted :  remedied.     (A.-N.) 

To  help  the  with  my  puwer,  thow  ahalt  l)e  amgrM 
A>  fcrforth  at  1  may.         CAourrr,  ed.  Vrryt  p.  617* 
AMYTTE.     Toapproaeh.      (A.S.) 
Any  science  that  li  trouthCj 

V  alul  amiine  me  thw-to.      IIS.  Horl.  2382,  f.  119. 
AH.    (I)   A. 

The  king  of  Spayne  and  hU  tonei ,  and  here  leinU 

puple. 
Went  with  him  on  gate  wel  on  fire  myle. 

mil.  anW  Ikr  IVrru-e.//.  p.  184. 

(2)  On.  Cf.  Piton  Ploughman,  p.  2;  Rob. 
Clouc.  p.  3  :  Chaucer,  Cant.  T.  1 1 1 fil ;  Rom.  of 
the  Rose,  2270;  SirEglamour,  906. 

Wanne  Gy  was  armed  and  wel  an  horcc, 

Than  iprong  up  is  herte.    MS.  MKmoUSi,  LVk 

Thou  olde  and  for-horyd  man, 

Welle  ly tulle  wytt  ys  the  an, 

That  thou  folowest  owre  kynjte. 

MS.  Canlak.  Ft.  IL  38,  t.  (19. 
Sche  no  told  him  nought  al  her  eaa, 
Bot  that  sche  wa«  a  wilcbe  wlman. 
That  mirhtl  sorwc  50  was  cm. 

Gy  of  n'ara  (*r,  p.  170. 

(3)  Prtfixnl  to  a  verb,  in  ihe  aamc  manner  ai  A, 
q.  V.  See  instances  in  Virgilius,  e<L  Thorns, 
p.  13 ;  Kfalthew,  iy.  2 ;  Pegge's  Anecdotes  of 
the  Eiigli&b  Language,  p.  1 80 ;  Prompt.  Parr, 
p.  172. 

(4)  Than.     North  and  Eatl. 

(5)  If.  Sometimes  a  contraction  of  and  before 
tf,  where  it  occationally  means  at  if,  (.Mids. 
Night's  Ureaui,  i.  2,)  and  it  is  sometimes  re- 
dundant, eg|iccially  in  the  prunncial  dialects. 

(6)  And.  This  sense  is  not  uncommon.  See 
Jennings,  p.  llli;  Oclorian,  1078. 

For  they  nolde  not  fi)rsake  here  trw  fay, 
Jn  byleve  on  hys  falssc  lay. 

Ci"ar.  o/  MoMltry,  p.  31. 

(7)  To  pve.  (.i.-S.)  Sometimes  as  imnan  in 
the  primar}'  sense,  to  favour,  to  wish  well  to ; 
u  in  Sir  Trislrem,  p.  173.  See  Qu.  Ilcv. 
Iv.  372;  Sir  Tristrcm,  pp,  168,  264. 

(8)  A  dwcUing. 

So  wele  were  that  like  man, 
That  mijte  wonnen  lu  that  an. 

rtur.  a»d  BlMi*.  IM. 

(9)  To  have.     Lane. 

(10)  One.  NortA.  Cf.  Chester  Plays,  i.  233, 
238  J  Sir  Tristrem,  p.  150. 

And  but  an  yje 

Amoofe  hero  thre  In  puriterlye. 

Geirer,  Jlf.V.  &ic.  jlnlli/.  134,  f.  41 . 

ANA.  In  an  equal  quantity.  Still  used  by 
physicians. 

T>k  ;arow  and  waybrade  ■>■<,  and  stampe 
lliame,  and  temper  (hame  with  wyne  or  ale,  and 
(iirlt  the  sekr  al  dryukc.     .VS.  Un<^>lH.  Mnl.  t.  293. 


AN.VCK.     Fine  oaten  bread. 

Abo  with  this  small  meale.  oatemeale  Is  made  in 
divers  countri0  slxeseverall  ktndes  of  very  good  and 
wholesome  bread,  every  one  florr  then  other,  as  your 
anaeki,  janoekt,  and  such  like. 

Markham'i  EngliMh  Hirutt.ul/t,  I61»,  p.  »40. 

AN  ADEM.     A  wreath  ;  a  chaplel ;  a  garland. 
And  for  thtlr  nymphnls,  building  amorous  bowers, 
Oft  drest  this  tree  with  anatlema  of  flowers. 

DritiiWn'tOwl,ci.  174(1.  p.  411. 
ANADESM.    A  band  to  lie  up  wounds.  Mitukm. 
ANAGNOSTIAN.     A  curate  that  serveth  onely 
to  reade,  or  a  clarke  or  scoller  that  rcadcth  tu 
a  writer  or  his  master.     Mimheu. 
ANAIRMIT.     Armed.     Coir. 
ANALEM.      A    inutbematical    instniment   for 
finding  the  course  and  elevation  of  the  smi. 
Mimhm. 
AN-ALL.      Also.      A    Y'orkshirc    phrase,    the 
use  and  force  of  wliich  are  correctly  exhibited 
in  the  following  stanza : 

Paul  fell  down  astounded,  and  only  nnl  dead. 

For  Death  was  not  quite  within  call : 
RecoTcrlng,  he  founi  hlratelf  In  a  warm  bed. 
And  In  a  warm  fever  an.all. 

Hanter'a  HaltamMh.  G/om.  p.  4. 

ANALYNO.  Weber  thinks  tliis  may  be  «  cor- 
ruption of  onnUiilaliHi/,  i.  e.  killing.  Sec 
Kyng  Alisaundcr,  2166,  "  anahjny  uf  f.tpingc 
knigbttcs,"  but  nc  should  no  doubt  rrati 
avalyng,  descending  trom  or  falling  off  their 
horses. 

ANA.MELDE.     Enamelled.   Cf.  Tundale,  p.  01 ; 
Warton's  Hist.  Engl.  Pocl.  ii.  42. 
Thny  were  aruifiieMe  with  astire. 
With  tcrepysaod  with  tredouro. 

Sir  Dfrtimae,  Lincoln  MS.  t.  1.1.1. 

ANAMET.     A  luncheon.     Ilantt. 

ANAMOURD.     Enamoured.     Cf.  Emar«,  226. 
A  grete  mayster  and  a  syre 

Was  amtm.>urd  so  on  hyre  MS.  Hart.  1701,  f.  M. 
Al  ananwurd  on  him  thai  were, 
And  loved  OIJ  for  his  felr  chere. 

Ifif  of  tVarwtke,  p.  y 

ANAMZAPTUS.  This  word  repealed  in  the  car 
of  a  man,  and  anamzapta  in  ihat  uf  a  woman, 
is  said  to  be  a  cure  for  the  falling  sickness,  iu 
a  curious  early  English  MS.  printed  in  the 
Arrhcologia,  xxx.  399. 

ANAN.  IIow?  \S'h»t  do  you  say .'  It  is  made 
use  of  in  vulgar  (Uscourse  by  the  lower  class 
of  persons  atldressing  a  sui)crior,  when  they 
do  not  hear  or  comprelicjid  what  is  said  to 
tbem.  It  is  going  out  of  use  now.  II  is  also 
a  corruption  of  onoii,  immediately. 

ANANSY.  To  advance ;  to  exalt.  So  Ileonie 
explains  it,  in  Rob.  Glouc.  p.  199.  The 
Heralds'  College  MS.  reads  arauncr ;  nnit 
|>crhaps  we  should  here  print  it  aranny, 

ANAPE.  Apparently  the  name  of  a  herb.  It  is 
mentioned  in  an  old  receipt  in  a  MS.  of  the 
15th  century,  penes  ine. 

ANAPES.  Cloth.  It  seems  to  lie  some  fine 
kind  of  fustian.  See  Colgrave,  in  v.  I'ftourt. 
It  is  generally  found  as  an  adjimcl  to  fustian, 
as  in  Lancham,  p.  31  ;  llrit.  liibl.  ii.  403. 
This  is  of  course  the  proper  rca<liiig  in  Mid- 


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dieton's  Works,  iv.  425,  "  net  »-llrc  my  fustiftn 
ami  a/im  bropcheH,"  w)iicli  tbc  editor  |propo5t-> 
lo  correct  lo  Saplen  breeches.  To  mend  the 
niBller,  v: <•  MAntiXy  ftnA apri iretchea ic\  don-n 
ia  the  inilet  to  tbc  notes  I  Fustian  anaprs  is 
also  mi-ntioned  in  the  Strange  Man  tetling 
Fortunes  to  Englishmen,  16C2. 

ANARWE.  To  render  timid.  The  Bodl.  MS. 
reads  "  an-arcwcst."  Perhaps  it  means,  lo 
narrow,' to  rliminish. 

Hemaklthhcom  way  with  ycfi&rpc  Inunrc  : 
Thy  men  onnr^vith  thy  contlnauncv. 

Kynff  .-/ItjnHndtT,  SSid. 

ANATOMY.  A  skeleton.  Lister  tells  iis  he  was 
■o  thin  be  "  was  like  an  anatomy."  Sec  his 
Autobiograph}-,  ed.  Wright,  p.  45. 

ANAUNTKIXS.  Ff  so  be.  North.  In  Eaat 
Sussex  the  form  anaimtriiut  is  in  use.  It 
aeems  to  be  connected  irith  the  old  word 
ounlrr;  so  that  onaunlrirui  woidd  correspond 
ioperadtmturr.  See  Koh.  Glouc.  pp.  206,  311. 

AN  BEKRY.  A  kind  of  bloody  wart  on  a  horse. 
See  Topscll's  Hist,  of  Foiir-Footcd  Ucasts, 
p.  420 !  Markham's  Cavclariee,  b.  vii.  p.  80 ; 
Florio,  in  v.  iforo;  Diet.  Kiistic.  in  v.  .inliun/. 
In  the  East  of  England,  a  knob  or  excrescence 
on  turnips  or  other  roots  is  called  an  anbeny. 

ANBLERE.  An  ombUng  nag. 
The  mcyr  •lod,  as  yc  may  here. 
And  uw  hym  come  ride  u^anblere.      Ijtwtfiil,  OS. 

ANBY.  Some  time  hence;  in  the  evening. 
Somernl. 

AN  CAR.     A  hermit.     See  jinchor. 

with  hom  In  every  plac<  I  have  mocbe  bcsyneSj 
aDd  alto  with  an  aneur  in  that  howic. 

n'rifltet  Umattlc  Lttleri,  p.  ilS. 

ANCEANDE.     Anciently. 

For  men  may  oppen  and  k  thrugh  thli  kay, 
Wat  liai  ticcn  anc^andt,  and  sail  be  aye. 

CbfU  Belmltm,  p.  3. 
ANCESSOURE.     Ancestor. 

To  (he  and  to  ihi  kyndc  haf  the!  don  baoourv, 
Loodct  haf  the!  gyven  to  thin  oncoMMirf. 

Peltr  Langleft,  p.  116. 

ANCHAJSUN.     Reason ;  cause. 

And  for  OHchaUun  of  ml  Moc, 
The  more  and  for  U  lore.        JfS.  Z,<n><f.  108,  f.  lit. 
ANCHANTEOR.     An  enchanter. 
Ac  enchantfvr  Edwyno  addt-  of  Spayne  wyth  hym  tho. 
That  coulho  hym  Hggc  of  yt  dcdca  al  huu  y t  s»olde  gn. 
Ri>b.  Gl,mc.  p.  24.1. 

AN'Cllir,.\TION.  Frustration.  It  is  so  explained 
in  an  old  glossary  in  MS.  Rawl.  I'oet  lOB. 

ANCHOR.  (1)  ADutch  liquid  measure, orca.sk, 
often  used  by  smugglers  lo  carry  their  brandy 
on  horseback.  See  tbc  notes  of  t)ie  commcn- 
lalors  on  Merry  Wives  of  W.  L  3. 

(2)  An  anchoret ;  a  bemiit. 

Tod«iperation  turn  my  trait  and  hopv. 
An  mntker*t  chnr  in  priaon  Iw  my  scope. 

llttinUr,  III.  a.  410 e,l. 

(3)  To  hold  like  an  anchor.  In  the  East  of 
EnglanrI,  the  strong  tenacious  spreading  roots 
of  vigorous  plant*  are  said  lo  anchor  out. 

ANCHORIDGE.  A  church  iwrch,  iwrticularly 
that  lielonging  to  the  calhedr.il  church  of 
Durham ;  perhaps  so  called  in  allusion  to  a 


ship,  of  which  some  parts  gave  names  to  the 
pans  of  a  church.     Knnett'i  MS.  Ulau. 
ANCflYRClIE.    Achiu-ch.     Sec  Heame's  gloss, 
to  Rob.  Ulouc.  and  the  Chron.  p.  232.     It 
should  probably  be  two  worda. 
ANCIENT.   A  standard-bearer,  or  ensign-hearer 
an  officer  now  colled  an  ensign.    The  word  was 
also  used  for  the  flag  or  ensign  of  a  regiment 
or  of  a  ship.     The  old  editions  of  the  .Merry 
Wives  of  Windsor  mention  ou  their   titles, 
"  the  humours  of  Corporal  Nym  and  AneinU 
Pistol."     See  also  Collier's  Old  Ballads,  p.  3 1 ; 
Percy's  Rehqucs,  pp.  73,  144;  I^eycester  Cor- 
respondence, p.  1 7  ;  Account  of  the  Grocera" 
Company,  p.  330.    Kennett,  MS.  Lansd.  1033, 
has  aiuhent,  tbc  flag  in  the  stem  of  a  ship. 
ANCILLE.       A    maid-ser\-aiit.      (Lai.)       Of. 
Chaucer's  ABC,  109 ;  Lydgatc's  Minor  Poems, 
p.  37. 
That  she  was  doughtre  of  David  by  di^rent, 
Strrrc  of  the  see  aud  Goddci  ownc  attciltf, 

l^folf,  .US.  ^•AmWr  X,  t.  10, 
Biholdc,  quod  fchc,  of  God  the  meke  aneitta, 
With  allemy  ht-rte obvyinge  to  hit  wille. 

l^^gatt.  MK.  .<in<:.  JhH<i.  1.14,  f.  3. 

ANCLE-BONE.    A  name  given  bysailun  to  the 

prickly  lobster.     See  Kennett's  Glossary,  MS. 

Lansd.  1033,  f.  16. 

ANCLE  RS,     Ancles.     Salop. 

ANCLET.     The  ancle.     A'orM.     Sometimes  a 

gaiter. 
ANCLIFF.    The  ancle.     North. 
ANCLOWE.    The  ancle.    (./.-S.)    Cf.  Arthour 
and  Merlin,  5206. 

In  blood  he  ttode,  ich  It  abowe. 
Of  hortc  and  msn  into  the  anrtnw^. 

Klltyn  Mtt.  Kam.  I.  fr9. 
ANCOME.  A  small  tdcemus  sweUing,  formed 
uncxiMfctedly.  Rider  translates  it  morliwi  ail- 
venlitiut.  According  to  Did.  Rustic.  "  a 
swelling  or  bump  that  is  hard  aud  hot."  See 
Estward  Hoe.  iii.  1 ;  Qu.  Rev.  Iv.  372.  In 
Scotland,  an  attack  of  disease  ia  called  an  ois- 
mmf:  and  In  a  curious  MS.  of  old  receipts  in 
Lincoln  Cathedral,  t.  300,  is  one  "  for  ontome 
one  arme,"  which  agrees  with  what  Mr.Oamctt 
aays  of  the  form  of  the  word  in  the  place  just 
cited.  Sec  Uncomf, 
ANCONY.  A  term  in  the  iron  works  for  a  bloom, 
wrought  into  the  figure  of  a  flat  iron  bar.  alxtut 
three  feet  in  length,  with  n  square  rough  knob 
on  each  enil.  Sec  Kennetfs  MS.  Glom.  f.  16. 
I  n  Stalfurdshire  one  of  these  knobs  is  called  an 
mcuny-end,  the  other  a  mocket-head. 
ANC  RE.     An  anchor. 

Right  to  farelh  Love,  that  lelde  Id  one 
Holdcth  hit  an(rt,  for  rlf^ht  anone, 
Whau  thcl  In  cae  wcnc  beat  to  live. 
They  Iwn  with  tempnt  all  (or-drlvv. 

Jtom.  if/ra#  fZoM,  ,17110. 
ANCRES.     A  female  anchoret,  or  hermit.    Tlic 
tcnn  aiiere  is  applied  to  a  nun  in  KcUq.  Antiq. 
u.  1 ;  Rob.  Glouc.  p.  380.  Palsgrave,  f.  17,  hu. 
".inchre,  a  religious  man ;  anchret,  a  rcligioua 
woman." 
Nuwi!  wyll  I  take  the  mantrll  and  ibc  rynge, 
And  iKComc  on  ancriMt  In  my  lyvyngc. 

Hvrr  If  Law  OrgH,  IM. 


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Or  for  whmt  cmuw  khc  may  no  biubAod  have. 
But  Uv«  «D  aMrMM  in  m  strict  ■  ruome. 

avxKxf'  Om<  Brftaion  7yo|>,  I«W.  p.  S&. 
ANCYLE.     A  kind  of  j»veliu  or  d«rt,  or  the 
leather    thong   with   which    it    i>    thrown. 
Phillip: 
AND.     (1)  If.     NuriK 

So  wolc  Criit  of  hU  curtdite, 
Ani  men  LTyc  hym  mrrcy, 
Bothe  forgy ve  aoJ  forypte. 

Pier*  Ploughman^  p.  969. 
2)  ll»cd  redundantly  in  old  ballads. 

Robin  Hood  br  wai,  artd  a  tall  young  man. 

And  Bftcni  winlcn  old.  AiiMri  Haod,  11.  It. 

(3)   Breath.     Sec  jtaiuU.     (Ul.) 

Myu  M*  ar*  worm  bothe  morfcc  and  blynd. 
Mjm  «Hd  la  thort,  1  want  wynde, 
ThuB  haa  age  dyitrocd  my  kynd. 

Tutcmetep  MytttrifS,  p  IM. 
Thai  rested  than  a  lltel  itound. 
for  to  tak  thair  aiulr  tliani  till. 
And  thai  waa  with  thair  bother  will. 

Yu<tiine  and  Cawing  3&&5. 
Ryghtecf  It  by  prayereati  by  draweyng  of  anife. 
for  ever  to  ^emyog  of  cure  bodily  lyfe  ua  nedts  to 
drawe  oure  snde,  that  et,  to  drawe  ayere. 

MS.  LUicUk  a.  i.  17.  (■  tM. 

AND-AW.    Ahm;  Ukewiie.     Norlli. 
ANDEDE.  (1)  Indeed.  So  explaint^d  by  lleame; 

but  see  Rob.  Glouc.  p.  320,  where  it  if   "  aa 

ilcde,"  i.  e.  a  deed. 
(2)  ConfesseiL      fertteffon. 
ANDELONG.     Lcngthwaya.     (^..A\) 

jfndeiemg,  nouht  overthwert, 

lltj  note  went  unto  the  itert.         Mavata*,  ttSS. 

ANDERSMAS.  The  mau  or  fcMival  of  St  An- 
drew.     Yor/tfh, 

ANDERSMEAT.  An  afternoon's  luncheon. 
Cf.  Florio  in  v.  .Wmnrfo.     See  also  Aimdtr. 

ANDESITII.     Previously.    {A.-S.) 
Affrlk  that  ea  the  tother  p«rtl. 
That  mninilh  waa  cald  LIM. 

US.  CM.  Vmpiu.  A.  Ui.  r.  IS. 

ANDIRONS.  The  omaiiiental  irons  on  each 
side  of  the  hearth  in  old  houses,  which  were 
accompanied  with  small  rests  for  the  ends 
of  the  logs.  The  latter  were  sometimes 
c*II<h1  dogi,  but  the  term  anthrons  frequently 
included  both,  as  in  the  proverb  recorded  by 
lluwcll,"  Uaudsand  attomryes.  like  <ini/yroa«, 
tlir  imc  Ao/rf*  Ihfutictt,  the  other  their  olienls, 
till  they  cfinsurae."  Mr.  J.  G. Nichols,  glossary 
to  the  L'nton  Inventories,  considers  the  dog$ 
to  be  snionymous  with  the  ertepen,  q.  v.  but 
the  term  was  also  applied  to  part  of  the  and- 
irons, and  the  latter  are  slill  called  mtdogt  in 
llic  Western  counties.  Wc  find  in  Ducange, 
"  aiidena  est  fcrrum,  npra  qtiotl  apponuntur 
liiliia  ill  ignc,  quod  alio  nomine  dicitur  hyper- 
l>>I^iulu  ;"  anil  Miege  makes  the  awlinm  and 
fffpy  M'liniiymous.  The  antiinma  were  some- 
times made  of  superior  metal,  or  gilt,  and  of 
very  large  ilimcnsions.  Sec  Malonc's  Shake 
spearc,  xiii.  85;  Keliq.  Antiq.  ii.  84  ;  Ilalle  of 
John  Ilalle,  i.  600  ;  The  Alchemist,  v.  1. 

ANDl'LEES.  Puddings  made  of  hog's  guts  and 
spice.  Tliey  are  mcnlioned  in  au  old  MS. 
printed  in  the  Archicologia,  \iii.  371,  388. 


ANDUR.     Either.   (Dan.) 

Thow  1  me  to  townwaid  drawe-, 

Andur  to  lurkc  or  to  leyke. 
The  wyvea  wil  out  me  drawe, 

Alul  dere  me  with  her  doggus  grete. 

MS.  Cantab.  Ff.  V.  «8,  f.  1 10. 

ANDYRS.  Other.  (.I.-S.)  The  more  usual  fonn 
is  endm,  as  in  the  !iin(»>lD  MS.  f.  149.  Sec 
a  similar  phrase  in  Shaqi's  Covenlry  Myst.  p. 
113.  Jaraicson  cuplaius  it  St.  Andrew's  day, 
the  30th  of  November  j  but  it  is  diflicult  to 
reconcile  this  explanation  with  the  "  mcry 
mornyng  of  JAiy." 

At  I  me  went  this  andyrt  day. 

Fast  oil  my  way  makyng  my  mane. 
In  a  mery  mornyng  of  May. 

Be  Uuntiry  banke*  mytelf  aloiir. 

MS.  Canlat.  Ff.  •.  VI.  {.  11(1. 

ANE.  (1)    A  beard  of  com.     Sec  an  nccouiil  of 

different  kinds  of  wheat,  and  the  anet,    in 

Htzharticrt's  Booke  of  Ilusbandrie,  ed.  1598, 

p.  22.     Sec  Aanf. 

(2)  One;  a.  Cf.  Hartshome's  McL  Tales,  p. 
47 ;  Cokwold's  Daunce,  194 ;  Ritson's  Anc. 
Songs,  p.  23. 

The  kyng  of  Chartura  war  tane. 
And  other  Sanyni  many  ane. 

MS.  Cantab.  Ff.  li.  38.  f.  188. 
Thay  faht  wDit  Ileraud  everllk  an; 
Wiht  gud  wil  thay  wald  him  ilane. 

tiuf  •/  n'aruitk,  MUilthtU  MS. 
And  tounrt  to  many  then  to  ane. 
That  here  halii  the  rijt  Irouthe  tane. 

MS.  IMI.  48,  t.  i7. 
Thus  wal  Thow  aye  and  evcrc  talle  be, 
Thrr  yn  one,  and  one  yn  thrc. 

MS.  Linatln  A.  I.  17,  f.  1B9. 

(3)  Alone.  "  Bi  hyme  ane,"  by  himself. 

And  he  Ugbtc  olThti  hone,  and  went  bl  hyme  ane 
to  the  Jewct,  and  knelld  downe  to  the  erthe,  and 
wlrcblppedo  th«  hye  name  of  Godd. 

H/*  •/  .^Icjaindrr,  MS.  Ukcafn,  f.  6. 

(4)  A.    Sec  n*.  2. 

Aliu  t  thou  veil  Fraunce,  for  the  may  thunche  ahome. 
That  ane  fewe  fuUarii  maketli  ou  to  tome* 

IVrig/ifM  Pulillcat  SoHgt,  p.  194. 
5)  Own.  A'orfA. 
6^  To  aim  at.     Somernt. 
7)  On. 

The  heade  and  annea  hangynge  on  the  one  lyde  otf 
the  hor«e,  and  the  legges  ana  the  other  tyde,  and  all 
byspryncled  wytb  myrr  and  bloude. 

Hall,  lUrhard  III.  t.  34. 
ANE.\OUST.     Near  to;  almost.     Hmfitrdxh. 
ANE.\R.  (1)  Near.  Somrrttt.  RicbardMm  quiitm 
an  example  of  this  word  from  Bishop  ,Vttcr- 
burj'.  Let.  50. 
(2)  To  approach. 

1  hyrc  aay  that  all  men  that  wylbe  twomc  unto 
hym,  they  shall  take  ntxi  hurte  by  hym,  nc  by  none 
that  it  toward  hym  ;  by  meanct  whereof  diverte  hiu- 
tMOdmcn  anetyth  unto  hym,  for  feie  of  lottyt  of 
ther  goodei.  »»/•  Pai-en,  II.  Sim. 

ANEARST.     Near.    Kt-moor.     The  more  com- 
mon Somersetshire  form  is  anrtut.  Nares  says 
nntirtl,  a  provincial  tcnn  for  the  mearttt  way. 
See  his  Gloss,  in  v.  An-hnn. 
ANEATII.     Beneath.    A'oWA. 
ANE-BAK.    AlMck.   Cinr. 
ANEUE.    United  ;   nude  one.    At  f.  227  of  the 


1 


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ANE 


Lineoln  MS.  aiieiie  is  given  u  the  tTuitlation 
of  hAabitapit. 

We  may  noghlc  hafc  the  tu  of  hit  luf  here  in  ful- 
flUing,  bot  we  may  hafc  a  desyre  and  a  gm  jeroyng 
for  to  be  praaent  to  hym  for  to  te  hym  In  hU  biyue, 
■Bit  Co  be  oMcde  to  hyni  tn  lufe. 

MS.  Lincoln  A.  i.  17.  f.  S«. 
f  AXE-END.  Upright  j  not  Iring  down  ;  on  one 
end.  Mlien  applied  to  a  four-footed  animal,  it 
means  rearing,  or  what  the  heraldn  call  ram- 
pant. I'ar.  dial.  In  Cheshire,  it  signifies  per- 
petoally,  erennorc.  In  some  glossaries  the  or- 
thography is  anind.  Cotgrave  lias  "  to  make 
one's  haire  stand  amend,"  in  v.  Akurir, 
Drrttfr. 
ANEHEDE.     Unity. 

For  God  wald  ay  with  the  Fader  and  the  Son, 
And  with  the  H&ly  Gaft  in  annhede  wnn. 

U.<i.  Harl.  4190.  r.  SIS. 
Dere  ftende.  wit  thou  wele  that  the  cnde  and  the 
■overaynti  uf  perfecctonc  vtandei  In  a  Terr^y  atuhcd* 
of  ((Odd  and  of  manra  laule,  t>y  perfyte  chary  t^. 

US.  Uncoln  A.  i.  17,  f.  919. 
ANELACB.     A  kind  of  knife  or  dagger,  usually 
worn    at    the   girdle.       It   is   mentioned   by 
Matt.  I'aris,  who  teems  to  say  it  was  fur- 
bidden  priest*  to  wear.     See  Ducange,  in  v. 
Amtladtu ,-  Halle  of  John  Halle,  i.  212. 
At  HSiloot  thcr  waft  he  lord  and  lire  : 
Ful  often  time  he  wat  knight  of  the  ihire. 
An  Moeftfce  aod  a  gipcicre  all  of  tilk 
tlcnc  at  his  glrdcl,  white  as  niorwc  milk. 

aiautcr,  oiHi.  T.  avj. 
Sche  schare  a-to  hur  own  haise 
Wyltl  an  analiutr.     US.  Canlali.  Tt.  li.  311.  t.  !)«. 
Bot  Artliur  with  aDenn/a^egerly  imyttei. 
And  hittrs  ever  in  ttie  hutlte  up  to  the  hiltil. 

JIforfe  v/rMurr,  JIf.S'.  Unctiln,  f.K. 

ANEL.\VE.  To  gape.  This  word  ocatrs  in  an 
old  Tocahulary  in  MS.  Harl.  219  of  the  fif- 
teenth centiirj-,  as  the  translation  of  the  French 
verb  "  beer." 

AXELE.  (1)  To  anoint  with  holy  oil.  Cf. 
Prompt.  Parv.  p.  1 1  ;  Wright's  Monastic  Let- 
ters, p.  34.     See  Aneling. 

(2)  To  temper  in  the  lire.  Cf.  Athmole't  Tlteat. 
Chcm.  Brit.  p.  96  ;  Daret's  .\lvcarie,  in  v. 

So  ai  the  fyre  It  hath  antlU, 
Ltche  unto  ilyre  whiche  is  eongelcd. 

CoU'rr,  US.  *.r.  Anllii.  134,  f.  11)4. 

ANELEDE.     Appmaebed.     (.Y.-S.) 

Dolhe  wyth  bullet  and  berec.  and  bom  otherquyle, 
And  claynes,  that  hym  anttedt,  of  the  he^e  felle. 
.Syr  Gawajm«,  p.  98. 

ANEl.ING.  (1)  An  animal  that  brings  forth  one 
jroung  at  a  time. 

Their  ewe>  als«i  are  so  full  of  increase,  that  some 
dm  uiualtle  brini;  foorth  two,  three,  or  foure  iambes 
at  once,  whereby  they  account  our  AntUngit  which 
are  such  m  bring  foorth  but  one  at  once,  rather  tur- 
reu  tlian  to  be  kept  for  anie  galnc. 

HarriMfm'*  Dcse.  nfBrit.  p.  4d. 
{2)    The    sacrament    of    anointing.       Cf,    Sir 
t.  Morc's  Works,  p.  345;  lint.  Bibl.  il.  532. 
These  cletkyi  kalle  hyt  oynament. 
On  Englys  hyt  ys  mrltng.        MS.  Harl.  1701 ,  f.  "4. 

ANELY.  Only  ;  alone ;  solitar>'. 
And  that  it  be  for  chaining 
/inrtut  and  for  none  other  thing. 

MS.  a».  Cana  E.  U.  f.  7U. 


Wharfore  our  levedy  mayden  Mary 
Was  in  pryvO  place  nntly.  ^ 

MS.  BlU.  OtII.  Mm.  xrlU.6. 
So  anetif  the  lufe  of  hlr  was  soghte. 
To  dede  thay  were  nere  dyghte. 

MS.LiimilnA.  I.  17,  f.  IIH. 
Worldes  men  that  sees  haly  men  have  tlialre  hope 
antly  In  thyug  that  es  DOght  In  ilghu 

MS.  0,IL  Bton.\0,t.tO. 
Sir,  jelifanan/y  life. 
We  wald  ;ow  rede  to  wed  a  wift. 

MS.  Cotl.  Oallm  E.  ii.  f.  23, 
ANELYNES.     Solitariness. 

Noghte  in  delytes,  bot  in  penanee;  noghte  in 
wantone  joyeyngc,  Iwl  in  bytter  gretynge ;  noghte 
emauge  many,  twt  In  anelyne*. 

MS.  Lincoln  A.  i.  17,  f.  I  S3. 

AJJEMIS.  Lest.  Ray,  under  tlie  word  ipar, 
says,  "  This  word  is  also  used  in  Norfolk,  where 
they  say  spar  the  door  onemit  be  come,i.  e.  shnt 
the  door  lest  be  come  in."  It  ilocs  not  appear 
that  this  word  is  still  in  use. 

ANE.MPST.  With  respect  to ;  concerning.  See 
Wright's  Monastic  Letters,  p.  1C7 ;  Rutland 
Papers,  pp.  5,  14,  where  it  is  used  in  the  same 
sense  as  onetuif,  q.  t. 

And  wee  humbly  tieseech  your  hlghnes  wee  may 

knowe  your  Graces  pleasure  howe  wee  shall  order 

ourselves  anempjf  your  graces  saydcytie  and  castell, 

for  our  discharge.  Store  Paptr;  11. 904. 

In  the  tother  seven  bene 

AnemfiISM  our  ncyhcbour,  y  wene. 

MS.  Bnrf;.  4a,  f.  (CI. 
AN-END.      Onwards;   towanls   the   end.      A 
Nt^rfolk  clown  calls  to  his  companion   "  lo  go 
an-nd,"  when  he  wants  him  to  go  forward. 
See  the  Two  Gent,  of  Verona,  iv.  4.     In  some 
counties  we  have  the  expression  "  to  go  right 
an-end,"  i.  e.  to  go  straight  forwanl  without 
delay  in  any  project. 
ANENDIE.     To  finish.    [Amendic.'] 
And  thcne  at  then  ende, 

HereiunneD  al  anenifie.        MS.  Di^  Bl,  t.  \SB. 
ANENS.     Cliains ;  fetters. 

Now  cr  his  arierM  wrouht  of  sllvere  wele  over  gilt ; 
Dayct  that  therof  rouhl,  hl>  was  alle  the  gilt. 

Pefer  LanglQft,  p.  1C7. 

ANENST.  Against ;  opposite  to ;  over  against. 
"  Ex  oppotilo  ecclrMiif,  Anglice,  atunu  the 
cherchc."— MS.  Bib.  Reg.  12  B  i.f.84.  It  is 
also  used  in  the  sense  of  eoneerHmg.  Sec 
Plumpton  Correspondence,  pp.  7,  172;  Apo- 
logy for  the  Lollards,  pp.  29,  80 ;  Wright's 
Monastic  Letters,  p.  54  ;  Florio,  in  v.  Arindt  a 
rdnda ;  Maunde\-ilc's  Travels,  p.  298. 

Tak  thaoe  and  mye  it  imatle,  and  do  It  alle  to- 
gedlr,  and  mak  it  In  a  playster,  and  lay  It  one  thi 
bresteannurthi  hcrt.  -US.  Mcdieir,.  Ctuh.  Unc.  I.VO, 
ANENT.  Over  against ;  immerliately  op|)Osite. 
Watson  says  it  is  rommon  in  Halifax  tu  hear 
the  expression  oppotite  anenl.  Tlie  Scottish 
meaning  conermiHff  does  not  ajipcar  to  be  now 
used  in  Yorkshire.  AnerUi*  occurs  in  Reliq. 
Antiq.  ii.  4  7,  in  the  sense  of  oeweemiii^  ;  and  in 
Hardyng's  Chronicle,  f.  170,  in  the  lenae  of 
againnt.  See  also  Wickliffe'i  New  Tett.  p,  23  i 
Plumpton  Corresp.  p.  77. 

or  that  doun.east  we  may  bl  chaunce 

Aninl  this  world  get  eoveraunce. 

cursor  Munili,  US.  Canlmb.  1 14L 


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Abftlnence  b  Iban  ryght  cJcre  anmiutc  God. 

MS.  HaH.  6S80. 

ANEOUST.    Near;  almost.     Var.  dial. 
ANERDIS.    Adheres ;  dwells  wHh.     Gaw. 
ANERLUD.    Adorned? 
With  mlchc  «nd  nevyn, 

^ner(ii(lwithcnn]rn.        Jf5.  OinMt.  Ff,  1. 6,  f.  84. 

ANERN.      See  Kyng  Alisaunder,  560,   where 

Weber  conjectures  anon,  doubting  whether  it 

should  not  be  an  em,  i.  e.  an  eagle. 

ANERRE.    Todrawncarto;  to  approach.    See 

jintar. 

As  long  u  the  gale  pufTetb  full  In  your  uiles,  doubt 
not  but  diverfe  «ill  anerre  unto  you.  and  feed  on 
you  as  crowca  on  cation. 

.?ltttiO,ur$t't  HUt.  0/  Inland,  p.90. 

ANERTHE.    On  the  earth.      Cf.  Rob.  Gloac. 
pp.311,  441 ;  Black's  Cat.  of  Ashmol.  MSS. 
<»1. 67 ;  St.  Brandan,  p.  3. 
After  that  God  anerthe  com 

Aboute  rir  hondred  5ere.      VS.  Athmole  43,  f.  178. 
ANES.  (I)  Just  like;  similar  to.     Somentt.     In 
the  same  county  we  have  anei-to,  almost,  ex- 
cept, all  but. 
(2)  Once.     Cf.  Ywaine  and  Gawln,  292 ;  Reliq. 
Antiq.  ii.  280.     Stili  used  in  the  North. 
For  why  thay  dide  the  1x>t  ohm  tluit  dede. 
And  they  Itnewe  the  ooghte  Code  in  manhede. 

MS.  Uiteoln  A.  1. 17,  f.  190. 

ANESAL.    A  term  in  liawking.    See  a  tract  on 

the  subject  in  Reliq.  Antiq.  i.  299. 
ANET.    The  herb  dill.     Sec  a  receipt  in  MS. 

Med.  Cath.  Line.  f.  28C ;  Minsheu,  in  t. 
ANETHE.     Scarcely.     The  more  usual  fopn  is 
unnethe,  but  anelhyt  occurs  in  Prompt.  Parr, 
p.  12.    (A..S.) 
Som  dansed  lo  long. 
Tell  they  helde  owt  the  townge. 
And  aneifu  meyt  hepe. 

FrwtandtheBofft  it.  l&axi. 

But  if  Mara  hathe  be  with  the  lune  or  mercury  of 

tol,  it  ihallbeagrainflrmyt^,  and  anrtAe  he  ahalle 

>|ieke.  US.Btidl.!a\. 

ANETHER.    To  depress.     See  a  passage  in  the 

Heralds'  College  MS.  quoted  by  Heamc,  p.  46. 

In  thya  half  there  were  aalawe  the  noble  men  and 

hende, 
SyreLygerduc  of  Babyloyne,  and  another  due  al-io. 
And  the  erl  of  Saleabury,  and  of  Cyceatre  therto  ; 
And  alio  the  erl  of  Bathe,  so  that  thorn  thys  cas 
The  compaynye  a  thes  half  mucbe  antthtni  waa. 
Rob.  Glouc  p.  217. 
ANEUST.     Much  the  same.    Grose  gives  the 
Gloucestershire  phrase,  "  aneusl  of  an  aneutl- 
neu,"   corresponding  to  the  more  common 
"  much  of  a  muchness,"  though  the  a  is  gene- 
rally dropped.      Florio  has  "  Arenie,  anenst, 
aneuit,  very  neere  unto ;"  and  Grose  says  in 
Berkshire  it  has  the  sense  of  "about  the 
matter,  nearly."     In  an  old  grammatical  tract 
in  MS.  Bib.  Reg.  12  B.  i.  f.  82,  is  "Quantum  ad 
hoc,  Anglice,  aneuat  that." 
ANEW.  (1)  To  renew.     Cf.  Depos.  of  Richard 
II.  p.  15. 

Thanne  come  the  tothir  fj.  kyngls,  and  toke  his 
body,  and  anewed  it  with  byashopys  clotbla  and 
kyngisornameotes.and  barehym  to  this  torabe,  and 
with  grete  deroctoun  Icyde  hym  therynnc. 

US.  Burl.  )7(M. 


Ti.k  May  butter  and  comyne,  and  stampe  tbame 
samene,  and  laye  it  on  ly  ve,  and  thane  iaye  it  on  the 
eghe,  and  ofte  anttve  it.         MS.  UntxlH.  Med,  f .  S84. 
(2)  Enough.      Var.  dial. 

Takejwsof  rubarbeful  sney, 
Andasmekylofeysyl,  Ithesey. 

Archteologia,  XXX.  355. 

ANEYS.    Aniseed. 

Thenne  messe  it  forth,  and  floritsh  it  with  ani!y>  in 
confyt  rede  other  why  t.  Formeo/Cuiy,  p.  2(>, 

ANFALD.     Single ;  one.     (A.-S.) 
Therfor  is  he  cald  Trinity, 
For  he  ea  anfald  Godd  in  thre. 

MS.  OiK.  Vetpttl.  A.  ill.  f.  3. 

ANFELDTYHDE.  A  simple  accusation.  (A..S.) 
See  Bromtou's  Chronicle,  quoted  by  Skinner 
in  V. 

ANG.  Tbehairy  part  of  an  ear  of  barley.  North. 
Probably  a  corruption  of  atrn. 

ANGARD.    Arrogant.    {A.-N.)    The  following 
is  quoted  in  the  glossary  to  Syr  Gawayne. 
Thlreathils  of  Atenea,  ther an jtml  cicrkia. 
Than  reverenst  thai  the  riche  sceie,  and  red  OTer 
thepistille.  MS.  JthntoltU.t.tfl. 

ANGEL.  (1)  A  gold  coin,  varying  in  value  from 
about  six  shillings  and  eightpence  to  ten  shil- 
lings ;  affording  a  subject  for  many  a  wretched 
pun  to  Shakespeare  and  bis  contemporaries.  It 
was  introduced  by  Edward  IV.  in  the  early  part 
of  his  reign.  See  Davics's  York  Records, 
p.  168.  It  is  used  in  the  primitive  sense  of  a 
mesMnger,  in  Tam.  of  the  Shrew,  iv.  2.  "There 
spake  an  angel,"  an  old  proverbial  expression. 
See  Sir  Thomas  More,  p.  6. 

(2)  An  angular  opening  in  a  building.  See 
Willis's  Architectural  Nomenclature,  p.  52. 

ANGEL-BED.  A  kind  of  open  bed,  without 
bed-posts.    Phittipt. 

ANGEL-BREAD.  A  kind  of  purgative  cake, 
made  principally  of  spurge,  ginger,  flour,  and 
oatmeal.  A  receipt  for  it  isf^vcn  in  an  old 
MS.  of  receipts  in  Lincoln  Cathedral,  f.  291. 

ANGELICA.      A  species  of  masterwort.     See 
Gerard,  ed.  Johnson,  p.  999,  and  the  Komen- 
cUtor,  1585,  p.  128. 
And  aa  they  waike,  the  virgins  strow  the  way 
With  coatmary  and  sweetean^/jm. 

HeywcotfM  Marriage  Triumph,  1613. 

ANGELICAL-STONE.  A  kind  of  alchemical 
stone,  mentioned  by  Aahmole,  in  liia  Pro- 
legomena to  the  Theat  Chem.  Brit.  1652. 
Howell  inserts  angetieaUwaler  in  the  list  of 
perfumes  appended  to  his  Lexicon,  sect.  32. 

ANGELICK.  Dr.  Dee  informs  us  in  MS. 
Ashmole  1790,  that  bis  magical  works  are 
"  written  in  the  angeliei  language."  L  e.  the 
language  of  spirits ;  and  they  are  certainly  most 
incomprehensible  documents. 

ANGELOT.  (1)  A  smaU  cheese  brought  from 
Normandy,  and  supposed  by  Skinner  to  have 
been  originally  so  called  from  the  maker'a 
name. 

Vour  angttu*  of  Brie, 

Your  MaraoUni,  and  Parmasan  of  Lodi. 

Tht  tnu,  l».  I. 

(2)  A  gold  coin  of  the  value  of  half  an  angel, 
current  when  Paris  was  in  possession  of  the 
English. 


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ANGEL'S-FOOD.  Appurntly  a  ont  term  for 
liea\7'  ale.  Sccicurions  account  in  llarriBon'i 
Description  of  England,  p.  202. 
AXGEB,  Sorrow.  (J.-S.)  It  is  l)oth  a  substan- 
tive and  a  verb.  Cf.  Erie  of  Tolous.  914; 
Prompt.  Par\-.  p.  12  ;  Towneloy  Myst.  p.  99  ; 
WUl.  and  the  Werwolf,  p.  21. 

Than  tayd  the  lAily  fayre  and  free. 
If  j«  bff  amgrtdt  for  the  luft  of  mc«. 
It  gtwnm  mc  woDdtr  sare. 

its.  UimlH  A.  I.  17.  r.  I3». 

Anil  a«  thay  went  one  t))U  wyse  wuh  gritc  angtn 

anddlveve.  ahouto  ther llevi-d  houre  thry  *aw  a  lUllle 

lailo  lu  the  rlvere  made  of  rede,  and  roeae  rovande 

lh«rln.  U/t  of  Aluvnitr,  MS.  Ummtn,  t.  tS. 

ANOERICH.   Angrily. 

And«H|Trf(->t  I  wandrede 
The  Auttyna  to  prove. 

Pirra  PioHShman,  p.  MO. 

ASGRRLY.  Anpily.  ShaJt. 
ANGIl.D.  A  fine.  SHmer. 
ANOIRLICIIE.     Angrily. 

Out  Tor  that  he  with  anfir  wroujte, 

IIU  aocria  angirticht  be  houjte. 

Cmiw,  mis.  Sx,  JnHf.  134,  f.  86. 

ANGLE.  (1)   A  comer. 

Go,  rut),  search,  pry  In  every  nook  and  anifte  of 
the  ktlcheofl,  lardcn^  and  pastrici. 

Ttie  IToimiM  Hater,  1,  S. 

(2)    An  astrological   term    ajiplicd  to   certain 

nouses  of  a  scheme  or  figure  of  the  licarcns. 

I  ANGI.E-BEUKV.    A  sore,  or  kind  of  hang-nail 

undtn-  the  claw  or  hoof  of  an  animal.     North. 

See  Kcnnctt's  Glo&sarv,  MS.  Lansd.  10.33. 

ANGLE-ltftWING.  A  "method  of  fencing  the 
grounds  wherein  sheep  are  kepi  by  fixing  rods 
like  Imws  with  both  ends  in  tlie  ground,  or  in 
a  dead  hedge,  where  they  make  angica  wilh 
each  other.    See  the  Exmoor  ScoUUng,  p.  9. 

ANGLEDOG.  A  large  earthworm.  Dirim.  The 
older  word  is  anffle-twifc/t,  as  in  MS.  Sluane 
3548,  f.  99,  quoted  in  Protni)t.  Pan-,  p.  279. 
In  Stanbrigii  Vocabida,  IG15,  lumbricun  is 
tnuulBte<l  by  amjl*-loHch ;  and  they  are  called 
twryangty  in  Archxologia,  xix.  37C. 

I'ortenowyt  that  txrkutt.  Take  nrtfrjrie'pltivacfiyM, 
and  put  Ihem  in  oyle  olyfT  tmale  chnpiiyd,  and  than 
ley  llieruf  In  the  wowode,  and  an  let  it  ty  itj.  or  lllj. 
dayyi.  Uiddlrkill  MS.  t.  li. 

ANGLER.  One  who  begs  in  the  daytime,  ob- 
acrring  what  be  can  steal  at  night.  A  cant 
term.     See  Dodaley'a  Old  llays,  ri.  109. 

ANCLET.  A  little  corner.  (AV.)  Cotgrave 
Anglicisea  it  in  y.  Anylet. 

ANGNAIL.  A  CumbcrUnd  word,  according  to 
Grow,  for  a  com  on  the  toe.  Lye  says, 
*'  Northamplonicnsibtu  est  clavus  pedum,  ge- 
mursa.  plerugium."  See  Agnail,  which  Howell 
explains  "  a  sore  between  the  finger  ftnd  nail." 
'  ANGUHER.  A  kind  of  Urge  and  long  pear. 
Diet.  kiut. 

ANGORAS.     An  anchorite. 

And  lerer  he  had,  ai  thry  frowedon  ychon. 
To  tytte  upon  a  matte  of  ihe  angnnu, 

Otrvn.  I'ilodun.  p.  3S. 

lANGROMED.    Grieved;  tormented.     {A.-S.) 

And  ml  gntt  angromM  it  over  itnert. 
In  mc  to-dreved  ii  ml  hen. 

tf&  A>.('.  *a.  r.  m. 


ANGRY.  PainftU ;  inflamed  ;  imorting.  Forby 
says  "  luinfully  inflamed,"  and  applies  it  to 
kibes,  as  Klorio  does,  in  v.  Pnlignoni.  It  is  the 
gloss  of  the  Latin  molettut  in  Reliq.  Antiq.  i. 
8 ;  and  it  seems  to  be  used  in  a  somewhat  simi- 
lar sense  in  Julius  Cicsar,  i.  2.  In  a  collection 
of  old  MS.  recipes,  in  Lincoln  Cathedral,  is 
one  for  an^er  in  the  livm*,  f.  305,  meaning 
of  course  inflammation.  See  the  example 
quoted  under  Thomemge ;  and  Piers  Plough- 
man, p.  266. 

ANGRY-ltOYS.  A  set  of  youths  mentioned  bjr 
some  of  our  early  dramatists  as  delighting  to 
commit  outrage*,  and  get  into  quarrels.  See 
the  Alchemist,  iii.  4. 

Get  thre another  noae,  that  will  be  pull'd 
US' try  the  atigry  bfy*  for  thy  ronveniun. 

Scem/vi  Lady,  iv.  9. 

ANGUELLES.   A  kind  of  worms,  mentioned  by 
early  writers,  as   being  troublesome  to  sick 
hanks.     In  MS.  Harl.  2340  is  given  an  ac- 
count of  a  mrdecinc  "  for  wormys  called  «n- 
gueUn ;"   and  another  may  be  found  in  the 
Book  of  St.  Albans,  cd.  1810,  sig.  C.iii.    See 
also  Reliq.  Antiq.  i.  301.     {Lat.) 
ANGUISHOUS.     In  pain;  in  anguish.    Wick- 
liffe  used  it  as  a  verb.  New  Test.  p.  141. 
1  waA  bolhe  nriirul-AuMir  and  trouble 
For  the  petlll  that  1  fawe  double. 

Rvm.  P/thl  Rue,  I7U. 
My  wordrs  to  here. 
That  bought  hytn  dere, 

OnmytiKnnguyitHMlii.     Srw  SotbonrntMapHt 
*   For  hure  li  herte  wat  angttitehcM. 

Its.  Aihmale  33,  f.    3. 
Itcrtuud  to  nlm  attgivtMut  thai  were. 

By  ^  WiruHlU,  f.  }i. 

ANGUSSE.    .\nguish. 

Whan  he  K:hal  with  the  bodi  deye. 
That  in  strong  artguMtt  dnth  unurle. 

Wrighl't  pap.  I>wr.  en  Sricttrt,  p.  14U. 

ANHANSE.    To  raise ;  to  advance ;  to  exalt. 
The  holi  rode  was  l-founde,  m»  je  wileth.  In  May, 
And  oJiAanjed  wa»  in  Septembre,  the  holi  rode  day. 

MS.Jil,m<Jt  43,  CG8. 
Ilye  Dou  to  anhniity  ua  alle,    and  y  nclle  no$t  be 
byhynde.  R^b.  Ciw<.  p.  198. 

And  of  niy  fortune,  sooth  it  is  ccrteyno 
That  wondir  imarlly  halh  iche  roe  anhnvntM. 

Borliiu,  MS.  SH.  ..Inrl^.  134,  f.  StO. 
For  crh  man  that  him  atthamn  here. 
Mowed  he  trhal  beo.  MS.  Laud.  IM,  f.  9. 

The  mete  that  thcl  cte  y«  alle  forlorv. 
On  the  galwys  thry  schold  antwuntr. 

MS.  Canttk.  Vt.  1.  6,  t.  \3i. 
AN-HEH.     Aloud.    In  the  third  example  it  ap- 
parently means  on  high,  as  in  Rob.  Glouc.  pp. 
202,  311  ;  Piers  Ploughman,  p.  8. 

Ther  itont  up  a  jeolumen,  jeteth  with  a  Jcrde, 
Ant  hat  out  on-luh  that  al  the  hyri  herde. 

Writhfl  Pol.  Stmt;  p.  IM. 
This  ladyes  song  tho  T*  Drum  an-Aeyjr, 
And  the  Maten*  rong  tbo  Ihe  belle. 

Ckron,  FUedyti.  p.  107. 
Angeles  here  my  toiter  soule 
Into  hevene  nn-Arttr.    MS.  Cull.  THn.  Orm,  t7 

ANHEIGHE.    To  hong?   (A.-S.) 
And  told  hem  thl»  vilanle. 
And  soyd  he  wold  hom  anhrlghtt. 

.inktvr  and  Mtrlin,  f.  m. 


ANI 


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ANN 


AN-HEIRF.S.  The  Host  of  the  Gtiier.  in  the  I 
Mcrrj-  Wive*  of  Windior,  ii.  1 ,  addressing  P«ge 
and  Shallow,  says,  "  Will  yon  go,  an-heirtt  V 
So  the  folios  read,  and  no  sense  can  be  made 
of  the  expression  as  it  there  stands.  A  similar 
passage  in  the  quartos  is,  "  here  boys,  shall 
we  wag  ?  shall  we  wag  ?"  but  it  occurs  in  an- 
other part  of  the  play,  although  Shallow's 
answer  is  the  same.  Sir  T.  llanmer  makes 
Oeiman  of  it,  in  which  be  is  followed  by  &lr. 
Knight.  In  proposing  a  bold  conjectural 
emendation,  the  general  style  of  languBgc  em- 
ployed by  the  Host  must  be  considered.  Thus 
in  act  iii.  sc  2,  he  says  "  Farewell,  my  hfarli," 
a  method  of  expression  also  used  hy  Bottom, 
"Where  ore  these  hearttf"  Mids.  Night's 
Dream,  iv.  2.  See  another  instance  in  Clarke's 
Phraseologia  Puerilis,  IGSD,  p.  109.  In  pro- 
posing to  read,  "Will  you  go,  my  hearli !" 
we  approach  as  near  the  original  as  most  of 
the  proposed  emendations;  or,  perhaps,  as 
Stcevens  proposes,  "  Will  you  go  on,  hearts  ?" 
Perhaps,  howe\'er,  Mr.  Collier  has  pursued  the 
wisest  course  in  leanng  it  as  it  stands  in  the 
old  copies. 
ANllERITED.     Inherited? 

Tlir  cM  of  Aeon,  ll»t  In  llili  coniri  i>  clrpld 
Akr«^,  florishedc  and  itodr  In  hU  VLTtiir,  joy,  nnil 
prcpcrtttf,  and  wsi  onheritnt  rtchvly  wllh  worshtprull 
prinm  and  lordei.  MS.  Hmrl.  17V4. 

AN-IIOND.     In  hand,  i.  e.  in  liis  power. 
lie  lo  wreken  ye  »cliul  go 
Ota  Ircytour  that  li  mi  fo. 
That  Is  yM:omc  up  ml  lond, 
Wer  he  thenkelli  to  bring  me  an-Hond. 

Oy  f./  fTarwilct,  p.  43. 

ANHONGED.  Hanged  up.  (.f.-S.)  Cf.  Chaucer, 
Cant.  T.  12193,  r2209;    Rob.  Clone,  p.  609; 
Se\'rn  Sages,  S02,  651 ;  Launfal,  686;  Rcliq. 
Ant'iq.  i.  87. 
Thai  thcl  Khuld  be  do  to  dethe  deuirulll  In  bati, 
Brvnt  lu  brijt  fur,  to.dTawe  oroN-J^m^. 

fTill.  and  llu  nVuvf/,  p.  17!. 
And  al  ihat  hemy^teon.takc. 
Non  other  pes  ne  mo«t  they  make. 
But  Icet  hem  tjo-drawe  and  nfi-honfAe, 
Out  ccrtayn  hit  was  a]  with  wronghe. 

MS.  Douet  no,  f.  13. 

ANHOVE.    To  hover.     Siinner. 
ANHVTTE.     Hit;  struck. 

The  kyng  Arlure  ajeo  the  bmt  y<  felawe  vent 

aiiAyne.  Hi*.  Ulout.  p.  I8S. 

ANIENTE.    To  destroy;  to  oniuhilate.  (.^.-.V.) 

It   is  also  an  old  law  term.     See  Cowell's 

Interpreter,  in  v. 

That  wikkedllcbe  and  wliruUlehe 

Wolde  mercy  •nimle.     Puri  PUmfhman,  p.  SBS. 

The  which  three  thlnget  ye  ne  baa  Dot  anlmiiMS 

or  destroyed,  neither  tn  yourcMlf  o*  in  youre  non- 

leilloun,  ai  you  ought.  MMbtut,  p.  I(>7. 

AN-IF.     Used  for  if.     The  expression  is  Tcry 

common  in  our  old  writers. 
ANIGH.     Near.     Salop.     Sometimes   in   the 

western  counties  we  have  anighil,  near  to. 
ANIGHT.      In  the   night.      Cf.    Lcgcnde   of 

Hypsipylc,  108  ;  As  You  Like  It,  ii.  4  j  OesU 

Romanorum,  p.  5). 


Trittxom  to  Vioude  wan, 

AHlt*it  with  Mr  to  play.  .'••V  TriHrrtn,  p.  !33. 

Hi«  fader  he  Inlde  .1  nwefne 

Ani^l  that  htm  melte.  MS.  BoM.  Ki,  I.  1. 

ANILE.     Imbecile  from  old  age.    Walpole  uses 

this  a4iectivc,  and  Sterne  has  the  substantive 

anililj/.     See  Richardson,  in  v. 

ANIME.    A  white  gum  or  resin  brought  out  of 

the  West  Indies.     Bultokar. 
ANIMOSITE.     Braver)-. 

Hit  magnanymytr, 

Hll«niaK»M<.  Slttllim'lWm-kt,\i.M. 

ANIOUS.    Wearisome;  fatiguing. 
Then  thenkkei  Oawan  ful  tone 
Of  hU  eniuwi  vyafie.  Syr  Gauiajfn*,  p.  21  > 

AN-IRED.     Angry. 

He  Muh  Richard  an-irtii,  and  his  mykelle  myght. 
Bis  folk  anned  and  tired,  and  ay  redy  to  fight. 

Ptt^  Langtttftt  p.  li>l. 
ANIS-KINES.     Any  kind  of;  any. 

Withoutcn  anit-kinrt  duelling, 
Sche  gan  Oregon  to  thrcle. 

Leg.  iif  Pvpt  Crtifftrn,  p.  SO. 

ANKER.  An  anchoret ;  a  heniiit.  tf.  Prompt. 
Parr.  pp.  12,  83;  Robin  Hood,  i.  36;  Rom. 
of  the  Rose,  6348. 

Ccrlis,  wyfe  woUlc  he  naoe, 
Wenche  ne  no  lemmane, 
Bot  alf  an  ankyrr  In  a  stane 
He  lyvod  here  trewe. 

.S^  Dffrrtvanlt,  MS.  Uncollt,  f.  \StK 
ANKERAS.     A  female  hermit. 

Hou  a  recluse  or  an  ankerus  shuld  comende  Mr 
ehastlt«  to  God.  MS.  Oodl.  4!3,  f.  183. 

ANKLEY.     An  ankle.     Went  Suner. 
ANLEPl.    Alone;  single.   (.-f.-S.)    Hencetrui^lr, 
applied  to  unmarried  persons.     See  instances 
in  Sir  F.  Maddcn's  reply  to  Singer,  p.  3i. 
He  stod,  at)d  totede  in  at  a  bord. 
Her  he  spak  anUej'i  word.  Haee/oJIr.  8107. 

Anothere  Uof  an^e^t, 
That  base  bene  Ulcde  and  left  foly. 

MS.  Coll.  Faiul.  D,  vl.  f.  lit. 
Anecsfomlcaclon.  a  fleschl^  synue 
Betwene  an  andepv  man  and  an  ane/ejiy  woman, 

MS.  Hurl,  lata,  t.  73. 
On  ich  half  thai  imiten  bim  to. 
And  he  ogaln  to  hem  alto : 
Never  no  watanfepjr  knight . 
That  M  oianl  stond  mlghL  Cy  offfarwik;  p.  13a. 
Say  alio  quo  wos  thi  fere. 

For  wde  more  synne  It  la 

To  synne  with  a  wnldid  wife. 

Then  with  an  antepo  l-wls. 

Jlf.9.  Canrali.  Ff.  T.  48,  f.  gfl, 
ANLET.     An  annulet ;  a  small  ring,      yorhh. 
According  to  Mr.  Jerdan,  "  tags,  or  pieces  of 
metal  attached  to  the  ends  of  laces  or  |ioints." 
Sec  Rutland  Papers,  p.  6 ;   Brit  Bibl.  ii.  397. 
Carr  says  it  i»  the  mark  on  a  stone,  an  ancient 
Imnndary  in  Craven. 
ANLETH.   The  face*,  the  countenance,  {Su<f<t.) 
Ne  turne  thine  unleth  me  fra, 
Ne  helde  In  wreth  fra  thI  bine  iwa. 

MS.  o>ir.  F'wpM.  D.  vli.  r.  lA 
ANLICNES.       A     resemblance ;     an     image. 

Vertlrffon. 
ANLIFEN.     Livelihood ;  substance.    VmlepaH. 
ANLOTE.     To  pay  a  share  of  charges,  according 

to  the  custom  jDf  the  place.     Miiulieu. 
ANNARY.    A  yearly  description.     FuUer. 


I 


ANO 


ANO 


ANNE.  One.  The  objeclivf  caseof  on.  Cf.  Rcliq. 
Aotiq.  ii.  272 ;   Rol>.  GInac.  p.  223. 
Ac  Samxlnt  werv,  bl  ml  paonc, 
Ever  fourti  ogaina  onne. 

Arlhour  attd  Merlin,  p.  SlU. 
He  ftough  ttirc  ogalncs  anne, 
And  crakci]  matil  hem-panne.        IUiLp.SH, 
llco  nadden  with  hem  bote  mine  \of, 
Thareforc  hco  carcdcn  ech  one. 

US.  iMtd  ine,  r.  1. 
ANNET.      The  common    gull,    »o  cttlli^d   in 
Nortbumberlsnil.       See   Pennant's  Tour  in 
Scotlsnd,  ed.  1790,1.  48. 
ANNETT.     Krst-fhiits? 

The  L..  Governour,  aa  touching  tlie  worket  to  be 
taken  In  hand,  noc  tnuniclon  to  tie  lonkl  for.  with 
BOme  ocmranccs  nf  the  Englbh  and  SponUh  fleets; 
for  ttie  conilng  up  of  Capt.  Case,  and  touching  Sir 
John  Selby'f  memdow,  Towiudalr*  annett, 

Arefiwati^a,  XXK.  t€£l. 

ANNEXMENT.     Anything  annexed,   or  gub- 

joiacd.     Sec  Hamlet,  iji.  3. 
ANNIIIILED.     Destroyed. 

Which  e!f  had  tM«li  long  finer  a»nihUeit, 
With  all  other  llting  thlug>  betide. 

Lora  Owlt,  ISOS. 

ANNOTE.    A  note. 

In  oiiMAfe  la  hire  nomc.  nrmpncth  hit  non, 
Whose  ryht  redeth  ronne  to  Johon. 

VfHgM't  L^rir  Ptetiy,  p.  S6. 
ANNOY.    Annoyance. 

Farewell,  ray  «OTeralgnc,  long  raaitt  thou  enjoy 
Thjr  fathrr'i  happie  dalet  free  from  (iMNoy. 

Fim  Pari  o/tht  OmtenHon,  IJ94. 
ANNUAKT.     Annnal.    HaU. 
ANNUBLLERE.      A  priest  employed  for  the 
purpose  of  singling  anniversary  masses  for  the 
dead.    It  is  tpeltanniroforin  Skclton,  ii.  440. 
In  London  was  a  prcest,  an  annutUrre, 
Tliat  therin  dwelled  hadde  many  a  >ere. 

Otaunr,  dun.  T.  IMSO. 

ANNUBLTNGE.     Enamelling.    Sec  an  extract 
from  llorman  in  Prompt.  Parv.  p,  261,  wticrc 
perhapa  we  should  read  ammetynge. 
ANNUNCIAT.     Foretold.     {Ut.) 

Lo  Sarapton,  which  that  was  annuneiat 
By  the  ao^el,  long  or  his  natlvitce. 

Chaurrr,  Canl.  T.  UWl. 

ANNTD.     Annoyed;  tcxc*!.     [Anuyd  ?] 
So  that  King  Philip  was  onnyd  thor  alie  thing. 

Rob.  GfoHr.  p.  4117. 

ANNTE.    Annoyance.     Cf.  Rob.  Glouc.  p.  429; 
Krng  Alisauntier,  10.     [Annye.'] 
"  With  aorwewas  hij  hcrte  belrelJ, 
With  cmie  and  eke  nnnyt.     MS.  Athrncle  33,  t.  44. 
Thanne  aayde  the  Duk  Terry. 
To  llgge  thus  her  ya  grvt  anny.  nu.  f.  4A. 

ANNYLE.     Anise  seed.     HuJoet. 
ANO.     Also.     North. 
ANOIPUL.     Hurlfnl;  unpleasant. 

For  al  be  It  so.  that  al  tarylng  be  anti{ful,  algatcs  it 
Is  Dot  to  reprcre  In  yertng  of  Jugoment,  neln  ven- 
geance taking,  whan  It  li  sulBaant  and  rcsonable. 

MeHbnu,  p.  80. 

ANOIING.     Harm. 

No  mUht  do  with  hlr  wlrhelng, 
In  iDclond  noo  amtUng. 

Arthtiur  and  Meriin,  p.  I6fl. 

ANOrNTED.     Chief;  roguish.     "An  anoinltd 
icamp."     We$t. 


ANOIOUS.     Fatiguing;  wearisome;  unpleasant. 
See  Harrison's  Description  of  England,  p.  214 ; 
Chaucer,  ed.  Urry,  p.  300 ;  and  Aniowt. 
Late  him  tie  ware  he  have  no  delitc, 
Ne  him  rejoyce  of  his  annot/mu  pUte. 

OeeteM,  MS.  Hoc.  AmUq.  134,  f.  MC. 

ANOISAUNCE.  A  nuisance.  Cowell  refers  to 
Stat.  22  Henry  VIII.  c  b,  for  an  example  of 
this  word. 

The  flsshcgarth  of  Ootdale,  and  other  fluihegarthes 
within  the  ryvcrof  Ayre,  Isstondyngcas  yit.  to  the 
grrlt  common  nnotMcunct  and  Intollerable  hurt  of  the 
kyngcs  chamber  of  the  dtd  of  Yorke. 

DarJeir't  York  Reeordt,  p.  t7. 

ANOLE.    Too;  also.     YorhJi. 
ANOMINATION.      An    opinion    contrary   to 
law.     (Cr.) 

He  that  adnmn  hli  whole  oration  with  no  other 
trope  but  a  sweet  subjection  or  an  nmiminiitian,  may 
be  thought  a  trim  man  in  the  ears  of  the  multitude, 
but  In  the  judgement  of  the  elegant  orators,  he  shall 
be  known  as  rude  in  his  art  of  rhetorick.as  thebutcher 
that  scalded  the  cmlf^  was  In  his  crvfl  of  butchery. 

Btlt.  BIM.  IL441. 

ANON.    What  do  you  say  ?    Yorkth.    Sec  Anan. 

It  is  more  usual  in  the  sense  of  immediatrli/, 

but   is   DOW  seldom  heard  in  the  southern 

counties.     The  phrase   "anon,  sir,"  is  often 

found  in  our  old   dramatists,   put   into  the 

mouth  of  waiters,  who  now  say,  "  coming,  sir." 

Sec  1  Henry  IV.  ii.  4  ;   Doucc's  Illustrations, 

i.  427. 

ANONEN.     See  Ritson's  Ancient  Songs,  p.  19, 

and  the  obsenrations  on  this  word  in  Warton's 

Hist.  Engl.  Poet.  iL  72.     "  Anone"  occurs  in 

Wright's  Political  Songs,  p.  199,  explained  by 

the  original  scribe  "  at  one  time."    Mr.  Wright 

transhitcs  it  "  in  the  lirst  place  :" 

Tho  spek  the  lion  Item  to. 

To  tho  fox  anone  his  wllle. 

ANONER.     Under.     Xorlh. 

ANON-RIGHTES.      Immediately.     Cf.    Ellib's 

Met.  Rom.  ii.  332 ;  Erie  of  Tolous,  193 ;  Kyng 

Alisaimder,  1 70, 824 ;  Ilartshomc's  Met.  Talcs, 

p.  74. 

He  hadde  In  toun  r,  hundred  knlghtes. 
lie  hem  of  sent  anon.righlrg, 

Arthour  and  ilerliXt  p.  68. 
The  chyld  aniuerd  anonry^ht. 
He  wu  withouten  bcgynnyng. 

MS.Athm«U6\,t.<a. 
ANONT.     Against ;  opposite.    Wilt: 
ANONXCION.    Anointing. 

Thia  was  their  charge  and  verey  dewe  aervlse 
Otanonttion  tyme,  to  dooe  and  cxcersise. 

HcrdtKg't  CSmirt;  f.  71* 

ANONTWAR.    At  unaware*. 

Tho  the  Brytoni  come  myd  the  prisons  thar. 
The  Romeyns  come  ajm  hem  at  anontmitr. 

Rob.  (3<evr.  p.  <U. 

ANOSED.    Acknowledged. 

Thanoe  Iher  begynnyth  aU  grace  to  wakr, 
I  f  It  with  synne  he  not  aiM«erf. 

DIgtf  MftHtia,  p.  ITS. 
ANOTH.   Enough.     {A.-S.) 

Anoth,  dameseile  I  quath  Olauncheflour. 
To  scome  me  is  Utcl  honour. 

IfYgncffond /l/ouncA</leur.  im. 


ANO 


6« 


ANS 


\aA  ptioullche  blg«n  to  cHc. 
jInoKf  Ac,  tncrcl*  Lovcrd,  thin  ore  1 

MS.  Laud  UK),  f.  130. 
ANOTHER.     "  Al  another,"  in  a  different  way. 
But  Avclok  thouthea/anoMcr.  Haetlok,  IXiS. 

ANOTHER-GATES.  A  different  kind ;  another 
■ort.     Lane. 

When  HudlbTW,  about  to  enter 
Upon  a  not  her'gnte  a  adventure. 
To  RA)phoca11*d  aloud  to  arm, 
Not  dreamlDg  of  approaching  itnrm* 

H(Mf(rmi#,I.U1.4SS. 

ANOUGH.  Enough.  JTatt.  Cf.  Gy  of  War- 
wike,  pp.  11,20,25.40,63, 153;  SirTriitrem, 
pp.  181.301.  0^.-5.) 

The  flfchcri  wer  ndi  anowj 
To  doD  hit  will  that  Ich  day. 

LegWHd  tff  Pap*  Gftgtty,  p.  0(1- 

ANOUR-  (1)  Honour. 

Herhaud  ODSwnd.  1  chl)  you  telle 
The  t>nt  contvyl  Ich  have  In  wljlr  ; 
Gif  thou  theinperoun  douhtcr  afo, 
Rlche  ibou  belt  ever  mo : 
After  him  ihou  be«l  em|»trour, 
God  hath  the  doo  gret  atttmr, 

Og  of  WarwikK,  p  1 49. 
Tho  was  he  eri  of  fret  oiwur, 
Y-knowoi  Id  alt*  Aqulttyne. 

iMg.  Oathol.  p.  4a. 
(2)  To  honour. 

with  (hUheraioutnf  hit  place 
Tbatheofioiuvrfbira  In. 

Af.V.  Falryhj-14. 
Ill  dlademe  Aiumred  and  with  palle 

US.  HarL  .1809,  f.  X7. 

ANOUREMENT.     Adommpnt. 

1  am  turmenlide  with  IhU  blew  fyrc  on  my  hedc, 
for  tny  lecherouM  anouremtnt  of  mync  hecre.andc 
other  array  therono.  Getta  Homailontm,  p.  431. 

ANOURENE,  pi.  Hononr. 

With  gud  ryghte  thay  lo»e  the  for  thaire  jnid- 
nc« ;  with  f  ud  ryghte  thay  anourme  the  for  thaire 
faireneat  withe  gud  righte  thay  gloryfye  the  for 
Ihalre  profet.  US.  LInni/n,  f.  IHB. 

ANOURN.    To  tdom.  (J.-^.J 

Whan  a  woman  Uantmrn^d  with  rich  apparayle,  It 
•etleih  out  hec  beauty  double  as  much  ai  it  It. 

/'aUgratH'. 

ANOURNEMENTIS.   Adorumcnts. 

For  ju  .lie  anmiin^mrnUM  ben  f^yrfd  by  hem  that 
■ven. unity  uy%tth  hem,  io.llethr  Iixlowyiof  hevcn. 
u  wcleaungiUu  mm  nr  wyninieii,bra.naumpdand 
wnnchlppeU  oonly  Ihoru  God.    MS.  Tanntr  16,  p.  63. 

ANOW.    Enough,    ft'ett.   See  Jennings,  p.  120. 
He  kest  the  bor  dmin  hawe.  dNnive, 
And  con  himwlf  doun  bi  a  botre. 

SerjfH  S-ifn,  991. 

ANOWARD.   Upon.   See  Rob.  Glotic.  pp.  186. 
211.    Hearne  expluini  it, "  thorougli.  onward." 
Aad  wtMcard  hi.  rug  fUr  y-maked. 
And  doth  fVom  jerr  to  jcre. 

VS.  H«W.  trn,  f.  47. 
A  cold  wclle  and  fair  thcr  .pronjt, 

Antrumrth  thcdouno. 
That  5ut  U  there,  fair  and  aild. 
A  myle  from  the  tounv. 

US.  0>ll.  THn.  Oral,  HJ. 
The  hort  hem  Uy  anofranf. 
That  hem  thought  ctiaunce  hard. 

J-ihour  and  Urrll.,,  ^ .  13\ 


ANOWCRYAND  ? 

Alio  ther  If  fyr  of  co'eytyie,  ot  tho  whiche  It  ia 
seyd  allc  anowcryand  a«  chymncy  of  fyr«. 

jf.v.  £^erto«  Ml,  r.  an. 

.VNOWE.  Now;  presently.  So  explained  by 
Mr.  Utterson,  Pop.  Poet  ii.  H7 ;  but  perliapa 
we  should  read  arove,  as  in  a  similar  passage  at 
p.  153. 

ANOYLE.  To  anoint.  The  last  sacrament  of  the 
Roman  Catholic  clinrob.  Secacurious  iiiven- 
tnr>'.  written  aboul  1 538.  in  Reliq.Antiq.  i.  2.'>5. 

ANOY.MENTIS.  Tlus  word  isthc  translation  of 
limalet  in  an  early  gloss,  printed  in  RcUq.Antiq. 

i.  a. 

ANOYNTMENT.    An  ointment. 
And  ther  Mnr^  Mawdctayn 

Anoyntet  cure  Lorde.  fette 
With  a  rlche  onojvntmelir. 

Andhlshcdel-wli.     JITS.  OiiKak  Ff.  t.  48.  f.  H^ 
ANOYT.    Turning? 

Thai  other  branrhc  ful  ryjt  goyt 
To  the  lytll  fyngere,  without  anotft< 

Rtliq.  Anlti.  1.  lOf . 

ANPYKE.    Empire.   Tlic  following  is  on  exirart 
from  the  Metrical  Chronicle  of  England. 
All  ComewalU-  and  DeTcoahire. 
All  thyi  were  ofhyioniif^e.     Holt.  Otifur.  p- 7^- 
ANREHNESSE.     Unity  of  purpose.  (J.-S.) 
AN'S-AFE.    lam  afraid.    I'orX**. 
ANSAUMPLE.     An  example. 

Ore  Loverd  wende  aboulc  and  pnchedelhat  foil,. 
And  aelde  hem  ansaumpta  falfc 

MS.  Lawi.  ine,  f.  a. 
ANSEL.     Generally  spelt  AoiiteA  q.  V.    It  seems 
to  be  used  in  the  sense  of  hansel  in  Decker's 
Satiro-Mastix,  ap.  Hawkins,  iii.  I'i7.   See  also 
a  similar  orthography  in  Prompt.  Parv.  p.  H. 
ANSHUM-SCRANCHUM.    MTicn  a  number  of 
persons  are  assembled  at  a  board  where  the 
provision  u  scanty,  and  each  one  is  almost 
obliged  to  scramble  for  what  he  can  get,  it 
will  be  observed  perhaps  by  some  one  of  the 
party  that  they  never  in  all  their  life  saw  such 
afliAvm-fcraiicAiu)!  work.     Line. 
ANSINE.     Appearance;  figure.    (J.~S.) 
Not  no  mun  lo  mnchcl  of  pine, 
Al  povre  wif  that  falleth  In  aiuUtt, 

Dame  Sirtlh,  MH.  D(r«y  SS.  t.  ISJ 

ANSLACHTS.  Surprises.  ( fferm.)  SeeMeyriek'.^ 

Critical  Enquiry,  iii.  118. 
ANSLAKJHT.     Surprised.  {Germ.) 

I  do  remember  yet,  that  nntlaightf  thon  vast  be.ltcti. 

Add  Ocdat  before  the  butler. 

Bttmmtmt  and  Fletcher,  Uvtu.  ThomiUt  U   S 

ANSQUARE.     Answer. 

Then  gaf  Jheiui  til  ham  aru^ttart 
To  alle  the  Je»a  atie  iher  ware.    Jlf.S,  Fatr/ut  U. 
ANSTOND.    To  withstand. 

Uc  byrond  vocst  an  quelntyie  a;en  the  Deoryi  to 
amft>ntl.  Reh.  Clouc.  p.  B07. 

ANSURER.  The  answerer;  the  person  who 
answered  to  tlic  Court  of  Augmentation  for 
the  rents  and  profits. 

Al  concerning  one  farine  hold,  late  lielonglng  to 
the  hold  of  St.  ttobarta,  which  you  know  1  did  f  penke 
to  the  anturtr  for  the  uio  of  the  aald  children,  aad 
he  permlaed  not  to  suit  them. 

PlumftMt  fl,rt  NIMNiffNce,  p,  S34. 


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ANSWER.  To  encounter  at  a  tournament.  See 
the  Paston  Lettm,  ii.  4.  Shakespeare  ase.9 
tlie  substantive  in  the  sense  of  retaliation,  re- 
quital, in  CyrabeUnc,  iv.  4.  A  very  common 
though  peculiar  sense  of  the  woril  has  not 
been  noticed  by  lexicographers.  To  answer 
a  front  door,  is  to  oi>en  it  when  any  one  knocks. 
At  a  farm-house  near  South  Pcthcrton,  a  maid- 
senant  was  recently  asked  why  she  did  not 
answer  the  door.  The  girl,  who  had  an  im- 
pediment in  her  speech,  replied,  "  Why — 
why — why,  if  you  plazc,  mim,  I — I — 1  clid'n 
hear'u  speak !" 

ANT.     (1)  Am  not.     Devon. 

(2)  .\nd.  This  fonn  of  the  conjunction  is  found 
chiefly  in  MSS.ofthc  reign  of  Edward  II.  when 
it  is  very  common. 

(S)  "In  an  ant's  foot,"  in  a  short  time.  A 
Warwickshire  phrase. 

ANTEM.  (1)  A  church.  This  cant  word  is 
given  in  the  Brit.  Bibl.  ii.  521,  more  generally 
spelt  autrm.  We  have  also  an  an/em-mor/e, 
"  a  wyfe  niaried  at  the  churche,  and  they  be 
as  chaste  as  a  cow."  See  the  same  work, 
ii.  200,  520;  and  Harrison's  Description  of 
EugUiid,  p.  184. 

(2)  An  anthem.     {J.-S.) 

To  me  chc  cmtnr,  kntl  bid  me  Tor  to  ling 
This  antcm  vtTsily  In  ray  dyin|[. 

CkMccr,  Oifil.  r.  13S9I). 

ANTEPHNE.     An  anliphon. 

With  hool  tiertc  AQil  drw  reverence 
S«yn  thit  UHtephne,  aud  thlt  oriion. 

JUS.  Hari.  ss7a,  f.  a. 
ANTER.    The  foUowiog  ia  extracted  from  an 
old  pUy : 

Thjt'i  hee  ihat  nukei  the  true  uu  of  fruti,  KOdi 
all  unto  their  proper  places  ;  hec  U  call'd  the  auttr  ; 
he  hath  I  iTinniipoly  Tor  all  buttericboitke*,  kJtchinge 
Ixmkcf,  betide*  old  dccUmatlous  and  theiimos. 

MS.  audi.  30. 

ANTBRS.     (1)  In  case  that.     Sorth. 
(2)  Advcnttircs.     North. 

Lbtunr  now,  tordinjcs,  of  nntera  gtctc. 

Hobton*t  Romnncet,  p.  49. 

ANTE-TEME.  A  text  or  motto  pkccd  at  the 
head  of  a  theme,  oration,  or  discourse.  From 
the  Merrie  Tales  of  Skclton,  p.  61 ,  it  would 
ap|)car  to  he  synonymous  with  theme.  See 
also  Skelton's  Works,  ii.  241. 

ANTEVERT.     To  avert.     JlalL 

ANTGATE.     An  occasion.     Stinnrr. 

ANTH.     And  the.     North. 

ANTIIONY-NUT.  The  bladder-nut;  the  sta- 
phyladendron.  Sec  Florio,  in  v.  Slaphilodcudro; 
Cotgrave,  in  v.  Bagumaudei. 

ANTHONY-PIG.  the  favourite  or  »malle»t  pig 
of  the  litter.  A  Kcnti.'.li  expression,  according 
to  Grose.  "To  follow  like  a  tantony  pig," 
L  e.  to  follow  close  at  one's  heels.  Some  de- 
rive this  saying  from  a  privilege  enjoycrl  by 
the  biait  of  certain  convents  in  England  and 
Itaooe,  tons  of  St.  Anthony,  whose  sw  ine  were 
pcnnilted  to  feed  in  the  streets.  These  swine 
would  follow  any  one  having  preens  or  other 
proTiaions,  till  they  obtained  some  of  them ; 


and  it  was  in  thoae  daya  considered  an  art  of 
charity  and  religion  to  feed  them.  St.  Anthony 
was  invoked  for  the  pig.  Sec  Becon'a  Works, 
p.  1 38 ;  and  a  quotation  from  Honuan  ia 
Prompt.  Parv.  p.  29. 

ANTHONY'S-FIRE.  A  kind  of  ernsipelas.  For. 
dial.  Higins  says,  "  A  swelling  full  of  heate 
and  reducs,  with  paine  round  ahout  a  sore  or 
wound,  commonly  called  S.  Antbonica  ficr." 
Sec  the  Nomcnclator,  1585,  p.  439. 

ANTHROPOMANCY.  Divination  by  the  en- 
trajls  of  men.  This  species  of  divination  ia 
alluded  to  in  Holiday's  Tccnogamia,  4to. 
Loud.  iei8. 

ANTHROPOFIIAGINIAN.  A  ludicrous  wortl 
introduced  by  Shakespeare  for  the  sake  of  a  for- 
midable sound,  from  Anthropophagi,  cauuibals. 
Sec  the  Merrj'  Wives  of  Windsor,  iv.  5. 

ANTICK.     (1)  Old. 

And  though  iny  antick  age  was  freely  lent 
To  the  committing  of  accuned  evlll. 

Nirhitittm*s  .JtoiaitHM,  IflOO. 

(2)  An  antimasque. 

I  WW  in  Btuueli,  at  my  1>eing  there. 
The  duke  of  Orabaot  welcome  the  archbUhop 
or  Meats  with  rare  conceit,  even  on  a  suddan 
Pcrform'd  by  knlghtf  and  ladiet  or  ills  court. 
In  nature  of  an  antivlc.  Fnra't  MVA«,  i.  440. 

ANTICKS.  This  word  occurs  in  a  variety  of 
senses.  Shakespeare  has  the  verb  to  antick, 
to  make  aniicks,  and  aniiekly,  in  on  antick 
manner.  See  Anthony  and  Cleopatra,  ii.  7 ; 
Much  Ado  about  Nothing,  v.  1.  Actors  arc 
frequently  termed  antick',  as  in  the  Nomcn- 
clator, p.  530.  The  ancient  sculpture  and 
paintings  in  parish  churches  fall  under  the 
same  denomination,  aud  it  is  even  ajiplied  to 
the  sculiitured  tiguiea  ia  pavements. 
And  cast  to  make  a  chariot  for  the  king. 

Painted  with  nnHrktM  uaA  rldictiioua  toyes. 
In  which  they  meane  to  Paris  him  to  bring. 
To  make  iport  to  their  madamcs  and  their  boyet. 
Drat/ton'a  Pn«m»,  p.  4.1. 
A  foule  dcfnrm'd,  a  tirutiih  curted  crew. 
Bodied  like  thoae  in  antike  worke  dcvisetl. 
Monstrous  of  stupe,  and  of  an  ugly  hew. 

UarrixgtMi'a  ^Huafo.  IMI,  p.  45. 
ANTICOR.     A  swelling  on  a  horse's  breast,  op- 
posite to  the  heart.    Markham.     Miegc  spells 
it  antocffW. 
ANTIDOTARY.      Having  the   qualities   of  an 
antidote. 

From  hence  commeth  (bat  noble  name  or  compo- 
fltion  anlfdwary,  called  Theriaca,  that  ia,  trlacle. 

Tpptclfi  HUtmy  o/SrrpmlM.  p.  iDd. 

ANTIENTS.  Ancestors.  Can-  gives  this  word 
as  still  used  in  Craven,  and  it  occMirs  apparently 
iu  the  aamc  tense  in  the  Pickwick  Papers, 
p.  205. 

ANTIMASQUE.  Something  directly  opposed 
to  the  principal  masque,  a  light  and  ridieulonC'J 
interlude,  dividing  the  parts  of  the  more  serioiif 
masque.  It  admitted  of  the  wildest  extrava- 
gances, and  actors  from  the  theatres  were 
generally  engaged  to  perform  in  it,  Soe 
Beaumont  ami  Fletcher,  ii.  459;  Ben  Jonson, 
cd.  GifTord,  vii.  251 ;  Nares,  iu  v.,  and  an  ac- 


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emnt  of  Mr.  Moore's  reveli  at  Oxford  in  IG36, 
in  MS.  Ashmolc  47. 

ANTINO.VIIES.  Rules  or  laws,  in  opposition  to 
some  others  dcemeii  false,  and  having  no  au- 
thority. See  an  example  of  this  word  in 
Taylor's  Great  Exemplar,  p.  50. 

ANTIOCHE.  A  kind  of  wine,  perhaps  imported 
or  introduced  &om  that  country.  A  drink  for 
wounded  persons,  called  "  water  of  Jateoc/ie," 
is  dcacribed  at  length  in  MS.  Jamys,  f.  40. 
See  also  some  verses  on  lechecrafte  in  MS. 
IlarL  1000. 

Mrttioehe  and  iHtttarde, 
P^enl  alvo  and  gamarde. 

Sijuyr  t\f  iMce  Dtgri,  767* 

ANTIPERISTASIS.  "  The  opposition,"  says 
Cowley,  "  of  a  contrary  quouty,  by  which  the 
quality  it  opposes  becomes  hcightene<l  or  in- 
tended." 'This  word  is  used  by  Ben  Jonson. 
See  his  Work.i,  cd.  Giffurd,  ii.  371. 
ANTIPHONER.  This  tcnn  is  frequently  met 
with  in  the  inventories  of  church  goods  and 
ornaments  in  old  times.  It  was  a  kind  of 
psalm-book,  containing  the  usual  church  mu- 
sic, with  the  notes  marked,  as  we  still  sec 
them  in  old  mass  books ;  and  so  called  from 
the  alternate  repetitions  and  responses.  Sec 
the  Archorologia,  xxL  275. 

Thli  lllel  chllde  hb  lltel  book  leming, 

As  h«  Mte  In  the  acolo  at  hii  primcre. 

Ha  ^ma  ndtmptvrit  herdc  llDg, 

At  children  Icred  hli  antiphtmtre, 

Ouuictr,  Cant.  T.  13449. 

ANTIQUITY.    Old  age. 

For  faUe  iUusion  of  the  magUfntcs 
With  borrow'd  thapes  of  CaUe  antiquitjf. 

Two  Thtg^diain  One,  1601. 
ANTLB-BEER.    Crosswise ;  irregular.  Brmoor. 
ANTLING.     A  corruption  of  St.  Antoninc,  to 
whom  one  of  the  London  churches  is  dedicated, 
and  occasionally  alluded  to  by  early  writers 
under  the  corrupted  name.     See  the  Roaring 
Giri,  i.  1. 
ANTO.     If  thou.     Yoriih. 
ANTOTO.    Anthony.    La»gt<ifl. 
ANTPAT.     Opportune;  apropos.     Wane. 
ANTRE.  (1)  A  cavern;  a  den.    (Ul.) 
Wherein  of  untm  vast  and  dnaru  l^llc, 
Rounh  quarries,  roekf ,  and  hillt  whoce  heads  touch 

he«Tcn, 
It  waa  my  hint  to  apeak.  OiAeRo,  L  3. 

(2)  To  adventure. 

And,  Lord,  alt  he  es  roaite  of  myght. 
He  tend  hit  loeor  to  that  knyght. 
That  thui  In  dede  of  charity 
Thlt  day  oHtfit  hys  Uf  for  tne. 

Ynpaine  and  Gattiin,  SS06. 
Thou  anierti  thi  life  for  luf  of  me.         JliU.  3809. 

ANTRKSSE.    Adventured.     (A.-K.) 

Thanne  AUtaundrine  at  ant  than  anfreMe  hem 
till*.  Wm.  ami  <IU  Werwolf,  p.  98. 

ANTRUMS.  Affected  airs ;  insolences ;  wliims. 
"  A's  In  IS  mtnmu  tliis  morning,"  would  be 
said  of  a  rtide  person  as  well  as  of  a  skittish 
horse.  This  form  of  the  word  is  given  in  the 
Suffolk  and  Cheshire  glossaries,  but  the  more 
usoal  exprattioo  is  lanl-nma. 

ANTUL.     An  thou  wilt;  if  thou  will.   Yorlah. 


ANTUO.       Explained  "  one  two,   a  two,' 

llcarne,  but  we  should  read  an  luo,  i.e.  on  two. 

Sec  Rob.  Glouc.p.24l. 
ANT-WART.    A  kind  of  wart,  "  deepe-rool«l, 

broad  below,  and  litle  above,"  mentioned  in 

the  Nomenclator,  1585,  p.  444. 
ANTWHILE.     Some  time  ago.     fTarv. 
ANTY.     Empty.     Somemfl. 
ANTV-TUMP.    An  ant-hUl.    Hertfardt. 
ANUAL.     A  chronicle.     Rider. 
ANUDDER.    Another.     North. 
ANUEL.     A  yearly  salary  paid  to  a  priest  for 

keeping  an  anniversary ;  an  aimuity. 

And  hcnten.  glf  1  mighte. 

An  anu*t  for  myne  owen  ute. 

To  hclpcn  lo  clothe.  Pitrl  PUmghmiti,  p.  475, 

Suchc  anitutU  has  made  thn  frert  to  wcly  and  to  gay* 
That  thermay  no  pottettionert  mayntene  thalr  array. 
IIS.  Con.  Cioop.  B.  IL  r.  «3; 

ANUETH.    Annoyeth. 

Hoch  me  anvolh 

That  ml  drlvD  dnilth.  Rallf.  AnHf.  11.  tin. 

ANUNDER.  Beneath;  under.  North.  To  keep 
any  one  at  anunder,  i.  e.  to  keep  them  in  a  sub- 
ordinate or  dependent  situation.  See  also  a 
quotation  in  gloss,  to  Syr  Gawayne,  in  v. 
.Ilaaptd. 

Ten  tchypmen  to  londe  ycde. 

To  ic  the  yie  yn  lenglhe  and  brcde. 

And  fette  water  as  hem  wai  nede 

The  roche  anond^r.  

Octovian  Im/Kralort  600, 
The  pritonc  dore  than  wend  heo  ner. 
And  putte  hure  ttaf  aMundcr. 

MS.  jlihmlt  33,  f,  1«. 
He  fouten  anondir  telde. 

Some  of  hem  he  fclde.     MS.  laud.  108,  f.  IIS). 
ANURE.    To  honour. 

./tnurith  God  and  hoH  chirch, 

And  ^Iveth  the  porir  that  habhith  nede; 

So  Godlt  wlllc  jc  uul  wlrche. 
And  joi  of  heveii  hab  to  mede. 

}Vrithrt  PolUiral  Songt,  p.  Sn». 

ANURTHE.  On  the  earth.  This  word  occurs  in 

the  Life  of  St.  Brandan,  p.  3. 
ANUY.  (1)  To  annoy;  to  trouble;  to  harass. 

Hire  fader  was  to  tore  ofivyerf. 

That  he  mutle  non  endc.  MS.  Hmrl,  VTI,  t.  S3. 

For  thai  haddc  the  countrd  anuieetf. 

And  with  robberle  dcstrwcd,  Srern  Sagta,  9013. 
(2)  Trouble;  vexation. 

Al  etcllch  withouteaniiy. 

And  there  youre  lyf  ende. 

MS.  Harl.  S277.  t-  »■ 

And  for  non  eorthclich  onuir, 

Ne  for  deihe  ne  flcchchie  nought, 

MS.  LauH  m,  r.  IM. 
ANVELT.     An  an\il.     See  Reliq.  Antiq.  i.  6; 
Malory's  Morte  d'Arthur,  i.  7. 
Upon  hit  ann-.lt  up  and  downe. 
Therof  he  toke  the  firtte  lowne. 

TTtt  DremeufClMUctr,  Hti. 
ANVEMPNE.    To  envcnome. 

I  am  nott  wurthy,  Lord,  lo  loke  up  to  hofne. 
My  tynful  tteppyt  anwmpntld  the  grouode. 

Coventry  Myttmritt,  p.  yH. 

AN\'ERDRE.  To  overthrow.  Somerttl.  Per- 
haps a  mistake  for  amerdrt.  I  insert  it  on 
Mr.  IluUoway's  authority. 


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AN  VIED.  Explained  by  Weber  «iri>rf,  nraj/tti, 
in  the  following  passage ;  1ml  we  should  cer- 
tainly read  antueii,  part,  of  the  verb  army,  q.  v. 
See  aUo  jtnnye,  which  may  perhaps  he  a  similar 
error. 

Alisaundrt  imtltd  vu ; 

Over  the  uble  he  fon  Ktotipe. 

Awl  nnol  LIIUi  with  the  coupe, 

That  he  fcol  douo  In  (he  fletie. 

Kyng  AlltmtiiMltr,  l\Ot. 

ANVIL.    (1)  The  handle  or  hill  of  a  sitord. 

Here  1  clip 

The  anvU  of  my  iword.       CoriolantUp  Iv.  li. 
(2)  A  little  narrow  Bog  at  the  end  of  a  lance. 

Afeync*. 
ANWARPE.    To  warp.    ^fi>uAeu. 
AVWEALD.    Power;  anthority.   Siiimer. 
ANWORD.     An  answer ;  a  reply.      Venlegan. 
ANY.   Either;  one  of  two.    It  usually  signifies 
one  of  many. 

And  If  that  any  of  lu  have  marc  than  other, 
Let  him  be  Lrcwe,  aud  part  It  with  hit  brother. 

CAimcer,  Om(.  T.  7Ut. 
A-NYB.   In  nine. 

The  kjmc  won  Normandye,  and  alao  god  Auogco. 
Aail  wythynne  a^nift  jer  al  thyi  was  y-do. 

tbib.  Oloue.  p.  190. 
ANYNGE.   Union. 

By  the  rertu  of  thilblyifulle  annnge,  whllkemay 
nnghte  be  uide  no  conuyved  be  manes  wit,  the 
saule  of  Jhcfu  ressayvcde  the  fulhede  of  wyMrdume 
and  lufc.  JIM-.  Unmlit  A.  i.  17.  f.  227- 

AXYSOT.  A  fool.  Sec  Pynsoii's  edition  of 
the  Prompt.  Parr,  quoted  in  the  Prompt.  Parv. 
p.  II.     Sec  Amnte. 

ANYWllEN.  At  any  time.  South.  Rider  gives 
mywhiie  in  the  same  sense,  and  anywhilher, 
into  any  place.  Mr.  Vernon  tells  mc  anywhen 
a  ooaiidercd  a  respectable  word  in  the  IsIc  of 

A-ONB.    An  individual ;  one  person. 

There's  not  a  on«  of  them,  but  In  hli  house 
I  keep  a  senrant  fcr'd.  MacUth,  tU.  4. 

AOURNED.     Adorned. 

So  that  he  that  tofore  wente  clothed  In  clothes  of 
j^ldeandof  sylke,  and  tftfwmed  wyth  precyoui  stones 
in  the  cyli.  fiu  Putrum,  t.  (16. 

AOY.     High.     GIme. 

APAir>.   Satisfied  ;  pleased.    (A.-N.) 

Mas  friar,  as  I  am  true  maid, 

8o  do  1  hold  me  well  apaid. 

PttU'i  tVorlu,  1.01. 

APAISB.  Peace. 

Tho  thai  were  al  at  aiae, 

Idi  went  to  his  In  apajse.  ^rthomr  and  Merlin,  p.  67. 
APAN.   Upon. 

jlpmn  the  XX.  dal 
Of  ATcril,  bl-for  Mai. 

AirjonV  Antient  &»nfft.  p.  30. 
APARABLYNO.   Preparation.    It  is  the  transla- 
tion of  apparahu,  in  Rchq.  AuUq.  L  8,  an  old 
(Jota.  of  the  15th  century. 
APARTI.   Partly. 

Now  wU  I  schewc  eparfi 

Qwy  thel  aren  so  grysly.       Hempole,  US.  Dlgb^  B7. 
And  hou  foul  a  mon  t^  afturward, 
TelUlh  niHirty  Seint  Dcmird. 

t/S.  Af/kmaltO,  t.  0 


He  that  cs  verrayly  meke,  God  sal  safe  bym  of 

there,  here  aparij/.  and  In  the  toihcr  worldc  pienerly. 

MS.  Coll.  KtoH.  Ill,  r.  40. 

APAST.    Passed.   Still  used  in  tlic  West  of  Eng- 
land.     Cf.  Gy   of  Warwike,   pp.  148,  457; 
Strutt's  Regal  Antiquities,  ed.  Flanchf,  p.  77. 
The  nyjt  hure  nvjehede  faste. 
That  the  dny  was  ne^  ago  ; 
The  lordes  bulh  than  apastg 
Wythoute  more  ado. 

MS.  AritmnU  S3,  f.  10. 
Apru^tt  be  twenty  jere 
That  we  togedyr  have  lyvyd  here. 

MS.  Hart.  1701.  f.  13. 
To  grete  disport  and  daliaunce  of  lordes  and  aile 
worthi    werrloures  that  ben  apautd  by  wey  of  age 
a]  labour  and  travalllyng. 

I'egtcitu,  MS.  Dtmct  Ml,  f.  UO. 
Thn  this  lljth  spouad  was, 

Huy  In  the  put  to  grounde, 
Thare  inne  of  this  holleman. 

No  thing  buy  oe  Bcl5en  ne  founde. 

MS.  Laud  loe,  f.  174. 
APA  YEN.  To  satisft- ;  to  please ;  to  like.  (A.-K.) 
Therwith  was  Perk^-n  opaj/tdt 
And  preised  hem  faste. 

Piert  Ploughman,  p.  tS3. 
In  herte  I  woMe  be  wele  apoyeds, 
Myghte  we  do  that  dede. 

MS.  Uncoln  A.  i.l7,  f.  119. 
But  never  the  lees  y  schalle  aaaay 
How  thou  wylt  my  dynte  apoy. 

MS.  Canlab.  Ft.  ti.  38,  f.  1(10. 

.VPAYERE.    To  impair.     (^.-A^.) 

For   allc  your  proudc  prankyng,  your  pride  may 
epayere.  Skelton't  IVorks,  I.  116, 

APE.  (1)  A  fool.     To  put  an  ape  into  a  person's 
hood  or  cap  was  an  old  phrase,  signiiying  to 
moke  a  fool  of  him.   Sometimes  we  hvrc  the 
phrase,  to  put  on  his  head  on  ape,  in  the  same 
sense.      Apes  were  formerly  carried  on  the 
shoulders  of  fools  and  simpletons ;  and  Malone 
says  it  was  formerly  a  term  of  endearment. 
Tyrwhitt  considers  "  win  of  ape,"  in  Cant.  T. 
1 6993,  to  be  the  same  with  tin  de  tinge.     See 
his  note,  p.  329  ;  Robert  of  Sicily,  p.  58. 
A  ha,  felawes,  beth  ware  of  iwlche  a  jape. 
The  roonke  put  tn  the  mannee  hcdean  ape. 
And  In  hiswifeseke,  by  Seint  Austin. 

CTMHcer,  Canl.  T.  13370. 

(2)  To  attempt  ? 

And  that  sche  nete  iomlchel  ape 
That  sche  hir  laid  doun  to  slape. 

Arthour  and  Merlin,   p.  39. 

APECE.  Tlie  alphabet.  Promft.  Part.  We 
have  also  apece-lemer,  one  who  leameth  the 
alphalwt. 

APEIRE.  To  impair.  (i^.-iV.)  See  Appair.  Cf. 
Prompt.  Parv.  p.  12 ;  Deposition  of  Richard  II. 
p.  3  ;  Chaucer,  Cant.  T.  3149 ;  Hall's  Satires, 
iv.  2. 

And  thanne  youre  ncghebores  next 

In  none  wise  apeire.       Pieri  Ploughman,  p.  1 1 1. 

AFEL.  An  old  term  in  hunting  music,  con- 
sisting of  three  long  moots.  See  Sir  H.  Dr)'- 
dcn's  notes  to  Twici,  p.  71. 

APELYT.  Called  ;  named.  It  u  glassed  by 
nominaliu  in  an  early  MS.  quoted  in  Prompt. 
Pan-,  p.  315. 


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APENT.   Ddon^ng.   ficeJjipmd.   In  the  Ches- 
ter I'loys,  i.  131,  it  is  used  as  a  verb. 
Agantppu  her  lorde  wm  Kyngof  Frauncei 
Th«t  grauiilf  hyra  mcunc,  aod  good  luffidcnle. 
Anil  Mtit  hb  wife  with  hym,  ollh  grau  pulmuncc, 
With  All  mray  that  to  her  wcr  apcnir, 
I1U  bclrc  to  bc«o,  by  their  bothcs  atiente. 

lUrdl/ng't  dronidf,  f.  33. 

APENYONE.     Opinion. 

Jhcfu,  Jhau.  qua(  deylle  U  him  lh«t  i 
I  defye  the  and  tbyn  apmjrane. 

Dtgbp  Mttlfim,  p.  131. 

APERE.    To  «ppcar. 

To  the  nexte  •emblr  ;e  ichul  hytn  calle, 
To  aptrt  byture  hy»  relom  alie. 

OWMC  0/  Maaonrtl,  p.  27 

APERN.    An  apron.    Thii  U  tbe  usnal  cbtI)- 
form  of  the  word.     See  the  Nomcnclntcr,  p. 
171.     Mr.  Ilartihorne   g^ves   appam  as   the 
Shropshire  word,  and  apperon  is  sometimes 
found  OS  the  Northeni  form,  as  ncU  as  ajipren. 
APERNER.     One    who    wears    an   apron ;   a 
drawer. 
WehKVG  no  wine  here,  methlnksi 
Vr'here's  thtl  apemer  f     Otapman't  Maff  Dajft  161 1. 
A-PER-SB.     The  letter  A,  with  the  addition  of 
the  two  Latin  words,  per  »e,  is  used  by  some 
of  our  ancient  poets  to  denote  a  person  or 
tiling  of  extraordinary  merit. 

I^QdoD,  thowe  arte  of  towne*  j4  per  «e, 
SoviTftgno  of  citle*,  mott  lymbltest  by  liffht. 

U3.  iMKMt.    TBi,  [.  4. 

Thou  ichalt  be  an  ap^rxtift  my  soae. 
Id  mylyt  ij.  or  thre. 

MS.  Caulab.  Ft.  li.  SO.  f.  SI, 

APERT.  (1)  Open ;  openly ;  manifest.  Cf.  Kvng 
Alls.  2450.  4773;   Hartshome's  Met.  Tojcs, 
p.  70 ;  Cliauccr,  Cant.  T.  6006. 
Me  hath  ■mctyn  wlthowlcn  deserte, 
Aod  Myth  that  he  y>  owre  kynge  apcrtt. 

MS.  Oinlab.  Ff.  il.  30,  t.  Ml. 
(2)  Brisk  ;  bold ;  free.  Sitinner.  In  the  pro- 
vinces we  hare/mir/,  used  in  a  similiir  sense. 
Toone  quotes  a  passage  from  Peter  I,angtofl, 
p.  74,  but  I  doubt  its  application  in  this  sense, 
although  it  may  lie  derived  from  .i.-N.  aperte. 
APERTE.     Conduct  in  action.     (^..,V.) 

For  whiche  the  kyng  hym  liad  ay  aAer  in  cherte. 
Coiuyderyog  well  hli  knightly  aptrte. 

Harding',  Oininldf,  {.  IW. 

APERTELICIIE.    Openly.    (^.-A'.) 

Irh  liave,  quod  tho  oure  Lord,  ai  aptrtrlUht 
l-«puke  In  tlie  temple  and  y-taujt,  and  nolhyng  ptl- 
veliche.  MS.  Coll.  Trin.  OnH.  S7.  t.  8. 

APERTLY.    Openly.    (^.-A'.) 

And  fonothe  there  U  a  gret  marreyle,  for  men 
may  MM  there  the  erthe  of  the  tombe  operllf  many 
tyractktercn  and  meven.    MtundtvUt't  TittptU,  \i.ii. 
APERV.     An  ape-bouse. 

And  TOW  to  ply  tliy  booke  as  nimbly  aa  ever  thou 
rildft  thy  majiier*a  aperu,  nr  the  hauty  vaulting 
horae.  ApoUe  Shrwtingt  l&J,  p.  93. 

APERYALLE.    Imperial.' 

For  any  thyng  that  ever  t  led  or  dede, 
tinto  thyi  owre  Kcuret  or  apetyallr. 

MS.  Cintoli.  Ff.  i.  6.  f.  113. 
APES.  To  lead  apes  in  bell,  a  prorcrbial  expres- 
sion, meaning  to  die  an  olil  maid  or  a  bache- 
lor, Ibat  being  the  rmploynicat  jocularly  as- 


signed to  old  maids  in  the  next  worliL 
Florio  in  v.  Miimmola,  •'  an  old  fnni<lc  or 
virgin  that  will  lead  apes  in  belt"    The  phrns 
is  not  quil«  obsolete. 

But  'tii  an  old  piovrrb,  and  you  know  it  well. 
That  women,  dying  malda,  had  a/M  Ih  AW/. 

Tht  London  Pndignl,  1   S, 

APESIN.    To  appease. 

Ve  ner«  Man,  npctin  of  hil  Ire, 

And,  as  you  list,  yc  makin  hertls  dlgne. 

TrxiU»»  and  CrutidOt  111.  93. 

APE'S-PATERNOSTER.  To  say  an  ape'a  pa- 
ternoster, to  chatter  with  cold.  This  prover- 
bial expression  occurs  several  times  in  Cot- 
grave,  in  V.  Barboler,  Batrc,  Creuiner,  Dent, 
Grehtter. 
APETITELY.  With  an  appetite.  Sec  IJrockctt, 
ed.  1829,  in  v.  .^ppelize. 

Goo  to  Ihy  mete  apetitetjf. 
Sit  therat  dlacrelcly,  Relif.  Anilq.  1. 133. 

.iPE-WARU.     A  keeper  of  apes. 
Nor  I,  quod  an  apt-ward. 
By  aught  that  I  kui  knowe. 

Piert  Ptoughmait,  p.  IIS. 

APEYREMENT.     Injury. 

Then  ca^t  the  powder  thcrupon,  and  with  thi  nail 
thou  malit  done  awey  the  iettrn  that  hit  tchal  nu- 
thyng  been  a-sene,  without  any  aptyrtmmi. 

Hrllq.  Anli^.  I.  11X1. 
APEYRYNGIS.     Losses. 

lint  wlilclie  thlngiiwcren  tome  wynnynfla,  I  have 
dcmcd  these  aptyrj/ngiM  for  Crist. 

iricWi^e"«  t!rw  Tal.  p.  IfiO. 

APIECE.  Wth  the  subject  in  the  plural,  "  .Now 
lad?,  here's  healths  apiece,"  i.e.  healths  to  each 
of  von.     North. 

APIECES.    To  pieces.   Still  used  in  Suffolk. 

Nay,  if  we  faint  or  fall  apircsM  now. 
We're  fooli.  Tlie  Maud  Princtat,  v.  1. 

APIES.    Opiates. 

A<  he  ihatl  ilcpe  as  long  ai  er  the  Icale, 
The  narcolikc*  and  apia  ben  to  itrong. 

L*grniU  of  MppermnvMtra,  i(n. 

A.PIGGA-BACK.  A  mode  of  carrj-ing  a  child 
on  one's  back,  with  bis  legs  under  one's  anus, 
and  his  arms  round  one's  neck.     I  or.  iliaL 

APIS.  A  kind  of  apple-tree,  which  Skinner  says 
was  introduced  into  this  country  about  the 
vcar  1670. 

APISHNESS.  Playfiilness.  His  the  transla- 
tion of  iadiuage  in  HoUyband's  Ihctionarie, 
1503. 

APISTILLE.    Tbe  epistle. 

The  iyooc  mode  a  wnife  !o  bcrc  the  holy  wallr; 
Ij.  urchyni  to  btre  the  lapera  ;  gete  to  rynge  tbe  bellea; 
fnlita  to  here  tlie  beere.  The  here  kIJc  the  maaw i 
I  he  anc  tedde  the  apMUIe  t  the  oxa  rcdde  the  gna. 
pelie.  Gttta  Ramanorum,  p.  41U. 

A-PISTY-POLL.  A  mode  of  carrying  a  child 
with  his  legs  on  one's  shoulders,  and  his  arms 
round  one's  neck  or  forehead.     Dortet, 

A-PIT-A-PAT.  A  term  appUed  to  the  beating  of 
tbe  heart,  especially  in  cases  of  anxiety.  Var. 
dial.  In  Oxfordshire  the  village  children  on 
Shrove  Tue^lay  bawl  some  lines  in  hopes  of 
obtaining  pence,  which  commence — 
**  .d-pit-a-ptii,  tbe  pan  is  hot. 
And  »e  arecone  a^ahrovlng." 


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A-PLACE.     In  pUcc     Gower. 
A-PLAT.     On  the  ground. 

And  Aroaiu  with  the  swerd  atlat, 
ThAt  bo  threwe  of  hU  hon  a-plat. 

JrlluMr  anil  Uertin,  p.  333. 
APLIGHT.  Certainly ;  indeed ;  completely. 
Cf.  Wriglit's  Political  Songs,  p-  2-19 ;  Rilson's 
Aui-ient  Songs,  p.  10  ;  Gy  of  Warwikc,  pp.  3, 
6;  Warton's  Hist.  Eng.  Poet.  i.  94;  Harts- 
hornc's  Met.  Tales,  p.  52  j  Lybcaiu  Discouus, 
ib,  2060;  Kyng  of  Tars,  109,  182,  523;  Ri- 
chard Coer  de  Linn,  2265 ;  Sevyn  Sages,  204  ; 
Ijit  Ic  Preine,  200.  Sir  W.  Scott  explains  it 
"  at  once,"  gloss,  to  Tristem ;  and  llcamB, 
"  right,  cora)>leat."  It  seemi  to  be  often  used 
as  a  kind  of  expletive,  and  is  the  same  as  "  I 
plight,"  I  promise  you. 
Thai  If  he  wol  lyre  ary^t, 

I  dar  holF  him  hrlr  npfljf.     US.  JMit.  10038,  f.  2. 
The  chytd  aiuurrd  »on  mplfjt. 
Pro  roy  fader  1  com  ryght. 

US.  jMhmalt  CI ,  f .  Kl. 

APLYN.     Apple*.  {A.-S) 

Nym  flowrv  and  ayryn,  and  grynd  pcper  and  Mfron, 
and  make  thereto  a  liatour,  and  par  aytjin,  and  kyt 
hem  to  brode  pcfty*.  and  kcit  hem  theryn,  and  fry 
hem  in  the  lutour  wylh  fie$ck  greo,  and  lerve  It 
fonhe.  Wamsr^M  ^ittiq.  CvHm.  p.  30. 

APOCK.     A  small  red  pimple.     Somertet. 
APODYTERY.     A  vestry. 

I  call  It  a  veitiy,  aicoiilalning  the  reilmrnu  ;  bat 
If  soy  other  place  hai  that  name,  a  longer  word, 
afod^tery,  may  be  taken  for  diatioetion. 

US.  Untr.  dated  ntB. 
APOINT.     At  point. 

Maiden  and  whf  gret  lorwegan  make 
For  ttl«klnge»  foneinke, 
Tliat  ircre  mptlitl  to  dye. 

muan'i  Utt.  Rom.  HI.  SOS. 

APOISON.     To  poison.     See  Piers  Ploughman, 
p.  326. 
^—  Ah  he  nc  rtlgnedeher 

^m  Bote  unneihe  thre  yer, 

^L  That  Eltryld  hii  >te|inioder, 

^^^^B  Md«  feMh  th«r  any  (ode, 
^^^^F  Blm  Mfolmmade  that  he  was  ded. 

^  Therfor  coat  awcy  wycchecroft  and  uie  it  never, 

H  Fur  It  appofnuilh  the  auule  and  iJeilhc  It  for  ever. 

^  US.Laud*l6.  t.  38. 

APOLOGETIK.    An  apology.     In  MS.  Donee 
114,  Is  a  short  piece  which  the  writer  entitles 

I"  a  shorte  apologelU  of  this  EiigLissh  coiii- 
pylour." 
AFON.     Upon. 
Have  mynd  apom  joiire  endynf. 
US.  Oeuca  309,  f.  I. 
And  pay  them  trwiy.  upon  thy  fay, 
What  that  they  deaerven  may. 
CnnMt.  ofUoMonry,  p.  IS. 
APONTED.     Tainted.    Donel. 
APOPUAK.     A  kind  of  herb.     Sec  the  Archa;- 
ologia.  lAi.  401.    The  "  gumme  appoponaci" 
is  mentioned  in  MS.  Sloane  73,  vrtuch  may  be 
the  nuie. 
I APORBT.    Poor. 

That  on  partie  be  tcml  be  londe 
To  hem  that  were  uporef  In  hit  londe. 

MS,  Ouitet.  Ff.  <r.  W,  r.  MO. 


APOSTATA.     An   apostate.     The  ujoal  early 
form  of  I  he  word.     Sec  Prompt.  Parv.  p.  13 
Harrison's  Description  of  Britain,  p.  25 ;  Skel- 
ton's  Works,  i.  165. 

APOSTEMACION.    An  imposthume. 

Then  aayde  my  paciente,  1  hadde  a  grevoui  tore 
legge,  with  greate0]M)«<eniad0nj  and  hollowuet, where- 
fore If  he  coulde  have  dune  nothing  but  taike,  ha 
myght  have  ulked  long  enough  to  my  legge  beforv  It 
would  so  have  iKcn  whole. 

Hatrt  Brpottutalian,  p.  M. 

APOSTHUME.  An  imposthume.  This  orthogra- 
phy is  given  by  Rider,  and  is  found  much  ear- 
lier in  Prompt.  Parv.  p.  13.  In  a  MS.  col- 
lection of  njciiies  in  the  Library  of  Lincoln 
Cathedral,  f.  294,  is  a  "  diynke  for  the  apot- 
iyme." 

APOSTILHEED.     Apostlcship. 

And  though  to  othere  1  am  not  apostle,  but  nethe- 
lea  tu  jou  I  am.  for  ;e  ben  the  litle  ilfpie  of  myn 
ajioil  Uhtrd  Id  the  Lord. 

Hfak/i/fu'*  Ketc  Tttl.  p.  ISS. 

APOSTILLE.  A  marginal  observation.  Cot- 
grave  says  in  t.  AppoitUe,  "  An  answer  unto 
a  petition  set  downe  in  the  margeut  thereof,  and 
generally,  any  small  addition  unto  a  great  tlis- 
course  in  writing." 

I  tendc  unto  your  highnea  the  copies  of  the  same, 
with  surhe  opattiUu  and  declaration  in  the  mer- 
gentcs,  as  In  reding  of  them  with  good  dellberaclon. 
came  unto  my  mynde.  Statt  Papcrt,  i.  aifi. 

APOSTLE-SPOONS.  It  was  anciently  the  cus- 
tom for  sponsors  at  christenings  to  oflfer  gilt 
spoons  as  presents  to  the  child,  which  vvtt 
called  apostle-sjioons,  because  very  fretpienlly 
the  6gures  of  the  twelve  apostles  were  chased 
or  carved  on  the  tops  of  the  handles.  Opulent 
sponsors  gave  the  whole  twelve;  those  in 
middling  circumstances  gave  four ;  wliile  the 
iworer  sort  often  contenteil  themselves  with 
the  gift  of  one^  exhibiting  the  figure  of  some 
saint  in  honour  of  whom  the  child  received  its 
name.  See  Brand's  Pop.  Antiq.  ii.  52.  At 
Cambridge  the  last  person  in  the  tripos  is 
called  a  tpoon,  and  the  twelve  last  in  the  poll 
are  designated  the  twelve  Apotlltt. 
APOSTOLIONE.  An  ingredient,  perhaps  a 
herb,  mentioned  in  an  old  medical  reci|ie  in 
MS.  Lincoln  A.  i.  17,  f.  295.  In  MS.  Jamys, 
f.  9,  in  a  long  rcci]ie  to  make  an  apotloli- 
cone,  composed  of  frankincense,  alum,  and  a 
Taricty  of  other  things. 
APOSTROFACID.N.  Apostrophe. 
1  ihati  you  make  rclaclun. 
By  waye  of  ai/oHm/acUtH. 

Slulbm't  Workt,  1. 198. 
APOURTENAUNT.     Belonging. 

More  than  of  alle  the  remenaunt, 
Whiche  Is  to  love  afoitrtenuunl. 

Gowtr,  US.  Sot.  AnIUl.  134,  f.  109. 
Ther  was  nulhyngadesotaalaaaat, 
Vr'hlche  was  to  Rome  apptmrUitMmt. 

JIM.  f.  77. 

APOZE^rE.      A   drink  made  with  water  and 

divers  spices  and  herbs,  used  instead  of  syrup. 

BuUiiiar. 

APPAIR.     To  impur;  to  make  wrona.     See 


APP 

n«ll,  Edwwd  IV.  f.  34  ;  Dial,  of  Great.  Mor. 
pp.  74.  76;  Mortc  d'Arthur,  i.  72.     (A.-N.) 

Her  nature  yi  to  apparjm  and  amende. 

She  changy  th  ever  and  flety  tb  to  and  fro. 

RMfTmn't  Rati,  MS.  Fmlr/ax  Ifi, 

APPALL.     To  make  pale.     (A.-N.) 
Hire  llate  not  uppatitd  for  to  be. 
Nor  on  the  morwe  unfettllche  for  to  ice. 

Clmuxr,  Cant.  T.  I0(i79. 

APPARAIL.      To  provide;  to  equip;   to  fur- 
nish.    (A.-N.) 

Sundry  yeomen  that  will  not  yet  for  all  that 
chauDge  their  condition,  nor  dctlre  to  be  apparalled 
with  the  tltlci  ofgcntrle. 

lambarMt  Ptrnmbulotian,  IMS,  p.  14. 

APPARANCY.     Appearance. 

Am!  ihui  thf  dombe  ypocryiye. 
With  hi*  dcvoute  apparantire, 
A  Titer  iette  upon  bl«  face. 

Cower,  Ha.  Sac.  Jnti^.  1S4,  r.  U. 
Whoce  fained  ;e4Iure«  doe  entrap  our  youth 
With  anaf>parunrteof  iilmpU-  truth. 

Bruwnir'§  Briiannia't  PiuU'raU,  1G35,  p.  £4. 

APPARATE.     Apparatua. 

The  whole  English  apporo/ff.and  the  Enffliih  popu- 
lar calculation  tablet,  with  an  almanac  fortooth  for 
the  BMt  year,  beginning  at  the  tprlng  equinox. 

US.  Hodl.  .113. 
APPAREIL.    The  sum  at  the  bottom  of  an  ac- 
coimt,  which  is  still  due.     A  law  term,  given 
by  Skinner. 
API'AUEMENTIS.     Ornaments. 

I'ride,  with  a/giareme»ft«,  als  prophetli  have  tuldc. 
Srr  Oatea^t,  p.  106. 

APPARENCE.    An  appearaocc    (Fr.) 
That  it  to  layn,  to  make  illution 
By  iwlchc  an  appareiuM  or  Joglcrle. 

CAaurer,  C<ml.  r.  1 1£77. 

APPARKNTED.    Made  apparent. 

But  if  he  had  beenc  In  hit  tfrajret  ttabled.  then  their 
flnedevltot  for  their  further  crcdll  thou  Id  havebceoe 
ttppartnted.  fitlinihefl,  /fijr.  n//f  f/rimt.  p.89. 

APPARITION.      An  appearand,  in  the  literal 
sense  of  the  word.  It  is  so  used  by  Shakespeare, 
Much  Ado  about  Nothing,  iv.  1. 
APPARYSSHANDE.     Apparent. 

Whcrforc  the  dlipotiryon  anil  the  ftinne  of  the 
dcdiy  body  wlthoute  forth  l>  not.  at  thou  tuppotj-d, 
to  beholden  foule  and  UHKnicly,  but  the  moott  fayr- 
latanda/^po'ytaAjifKfr  comclynctae. 

Citrren't  iNreri  Fni^l/ul  CkoiUy  Maleri. 

APPASE.    Apace. 

An  actnarie,  clarkc  or  tcrlbe,  that  writeth  ones 
wortlet  aptioM  as  they  arc  tpoken. 

Nomenclaler,  p.  47>. 
APPASSIONATE.      To    have   a   passion  for. 
Florio    has    this   word    in    v.    Appamtmdn, 
Afarlel/iire.     Boucher  bas  appatnionated,  ex- 
plained **  stcdfast ;"  but  see  Kichardson,  in  v. 
APPATtZED.    A  term  applied  to  districts  which 
have  pud  composition   or  contribution,   in 
order  to  ransom  their  towns  from  military 
execution.     Sec  the  Ancient  Code  of  Military 
Uws,  1784,  p.  14. 
APPEACII.      To  impeach;    to  accuise.      Sec 
Warkworth's  Chronicle,  p.  25;  Mortc  d'Arthur, 
u.  13.     {.4..N.) 
How.  let  furth  youre  geyia,  the  fox  wille  prcchfl : 
How  li<ng  wilt  thou  me  mpfek 

Witli  thi  trmoayng  I  IVitM«(<v  Nytlo  <</,  p.  10, 


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Why  doe   I  apfadt  her  of  colnnae,   in 
bountie  showelh  tmali  curioutnes^e. 

Greene's  CwyttoHitu,  la{KI. 

APPEAL.  This  word  appears  to  havt  }>een 
formerly  used  with  much  latitude ;  but  accord- 
ing to  its  most  ancient  signification,  it  impliea 
a  reference  by  name  to  a  charge  or  accusation, 
and  an  offer  or  challenge,  to  support  such 
charge  by  the  ordeal  of  single  combat.  See 
Mortc  d'Arthur,  ii.  25. 

Tell  me,  moreover,  hatt  thou  tounded  him, 
if  he  appeal  the  duke  on  ancient  malice- 

JiicJkanff/.i.  1. 
APPEARINGLY.    Apparently. 

y/pi>earingl^  the  burthen  thortly  will  cruth  him. 

Oailli^i  Ulttrt.  1775,  ii.  407. 

APPECEMENTE8.  Impeachments. 

The  tcid  tcduciout  pcrtonci,  not  willing  to  leve  the 
poiaetiiont  that  they  haddc,  cauted  the  leid  prinrei 
to  lay  tuche  Impotleiont  and  chargea,  at  well  by  way 
of  untrue  oppecenfenrei  to  whom  they  owed  evlll  wtUe 
unto.  Its.  A-hmole,  1  IfM, 

APPELLANT.   One  who  appeals. 

Behold  here  Henry  of  Lanciktrc,  duke  of  Herflbnl, 
appellant,  which  it  entered  into  the  littca  royall  to 
dooc  hit  devoy  re  again tt  Thomas  Mowbray. 

Unit,  Henry  ir.  I.  X 

APPEL-LEAF.  The  violet.  It  is  the  trans- 
lation of  viola  in  an  early  list  of  plants  in  MS. 
Harl.  978  ;  and  is  the  .\nglo-Saxon  word. 

APPELVE.  Haply.  "  Appytiy,"  in  Weber's 
Met.  Rom.  iii.  279,  is  jirobably  an  error  for 
this  word.    See  his  Glossary,  in  v. 

And  whcnnehetawehirhede  oule,  he  iroote  in  al 
themyght  of  hitbody  to  the  tcrpent ;  but  tlie  terpen! 
drow  hir  hede  ayene  to  appelye,  ande  to  MHlenl)-c, 
that  the  ttrook  hltteal  npone  the  veuclie. 

Gejta  Rnmattufvm,  p.  107, 

APPELYN.    Apple*.     (A.-S.) 

Nym  apptJjfn  and  teth  hem,  and  lat  hem  kele,  and 
make  hem  Ihorw  a  clothe  ;  and  on  flctch  dayet  katt 
thetto  god  fat  breyt  of  t>ef,  and  god  wyte  greet. 

Warner't  Antiq.  Cultlt.  p.  99. 

APPEND.  To  belong ;  to  appertain  to.  (A.-N.) 
See  Ilardyng's  Chronicle,  f.  4 ;  Towneley  Mys- 
teries, p.  239. 

Tel  me  to  whom,  madame. 
That  trrtour  appendeth. 

Pl*rt  rhvfthnmn,  p.  17. 
When  all  lordt  tocounoelland  parlrment 
Wcntt,  he  wold  tnhuotynfrand  tohaukyng. 
All  gentyll  ditportt  at  to  a  lord  appi^l, 

MS.  D«ure  373,  f.  «. 

APPENNAGE.  That  which  is  set  apart  by  princei 
for  the  support  of  theii  younger  children. 
&b'n>ier.  (A>.) 
APPERCEIVE.  To  perceive.  (.^.-.V.)  See 
Wright's  Monastic  Letters,  pp.  145,  183; 
Sharp's  Cov.  M)Tit.  p.  179;  Gy  of  W'arwike, 
p.  178;  Chaucer,  Cant.  T.  8476;  Mortc 
d'Arthur,  i.  221,  u.  212;  Rcliq.  Antiq.  ii.  276; 
Se>7n  Sages,  1021, 1434  ;  Arthourand  Merlin, 
p.  30  ;  Thvnne's  Debate,  p.  28 ;  Kom.  of  the 
Hose.  6312,  0371. 

Thii  Icttre.at  thou  hatt  hrrdedrvyte, 
Watcountetfcl  in  tuche  a  wi»e. 
That  no  man  tchulde  It  aftfrreyve. 

Ih-uxr.MS.H^r.Jnlit.  tSI,  r.«7 

APPEnCEIVINO.     Perc-eplion. 


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Who  couilc  irllen  you  th*  tUmt  ordiunco 
Souncouth,  AodlofyethccoDtcfiaunevf, 
Swlch«  «ubtit  lokinff  aaJ  di«lmulingt, 
For  dred  of  Jaloui  mcnnes  opptrt^pingt  f 

CAnuOT,  0>nr.  T.  lOGDl). 

APPERIL.      PeriL      See  Middleton'B  Work», 
L  427  !  Ben  Jonson,  v.  137;  vi.  117, 159. 
Lei  me  suy  at  thine  apjieril,    Timon  ofAlhtn*,  I.  S. 
APPERTAINMENT.     Tliat  which  belongs  or 
relates  to  another  thing ;  to  any  rank  or  ilig- 
nity.     Shakespeare  has  the  wonl  in  Troiliu 
and  Crcssida,  ii.  3. 
APPERTINAL'NT.   Belonging.   An  astrological 
term. 

He  li  the  hom  apptntnauni 
To  Venui  lomdele  ditcordmunt. 

Goirer,  ml.  IMS,  f.  146. 
APPBRTYCES.     Dexterities.     (A.-N.) 

Crete  itmkc«  were  niiytcD  on  bothe  lydef*  nuny 
men  OTerthrowen.  hurtc,  and  alayn,  and  grete  va- 
lynuDce*.  jirowesiea  and  appertj/eta  ol  werre  were 
that  day  shewed,  whlrhe  were  over  long  to  reeounle 
the  noble  fcatet  of  every  man.  MorUtf^rlhur,  1. 145. 
APPBRTOG.    To  deck  out ;  to  apparel. 
And  neit  her  come  the  emperease  Fortune, 
To  apprryng  him  with  many  a  noble  algne. 

ll/dgal<ft  Ulnor  Pvcmt,  p.  7. 
APPETENCE.    Desire.     (Laf.) 

But  know  you  not  that  rrcaturea  wanting  acute. 
By  nature  have  a  mutual  ^tppetenct. 

ifarlowe'i  Workt,  111.  3U. 

APPETITE.    To  desire ;  to  i»vet.     (A.-N.) 
Aa  matlre  appetUith  fonne  alwaie. 
And  from  forme  into  forme  It  pauln  male. 

Hwpiipple  and  Utitrti,  !IS. 

APPETIZE.    To  provoke  au  appetite  for  food. 

North. 
APPETY.     Appetite ;  desire. 

To  be  alone  I*  not  my  nppeitt. 

Fur  of  all  thingca  in  the  world  I  love  roery  company. 
HowMm'  Aigf.  i>fvm.  1.  lU. 

APPIERT.     Open ;  public 

That  no  maocr  pcraon  bolde  no  comcn  caehaunge 
prtiree  nor  appierl  In  the  laid  clteo.  ue  Lake  any 
Ihyng  for  profute  of  that  cachaungr. 

^rchaotogia,  XV.  176. 
APPI>E-C.\.RT.  Down  with  his  apple-earl,  knock 

or  throw  him  down.     North. 
APPLE-DRONE.     A  wasp;  a  terrible  devourer 
of  apples,  and  more  especially  when  they  are 
beal«n  or  ground  to  make  cider.     H^e$t. 
APPLE-GRAY.     Dapple  grey. 

Hia  head  waa  troubled  hi  such  a  bad  plight. 

As  though  hia  ryes  were  applt-grap; 
And  If  good  learning  he  had  not  tooke. 
He  wod  a  cast  hlmselfe  away. 

Tfce  King  and  a  Pn^trt  yorthtma  Han,  IWO. 
APPLE-HOGLIN.  An  apple  ttuTiorcr.  Suffolk. 
It  i<  also  called  an  apple-jack,  and  is  made  by 
folding  sliced  apples  nnth  sugar  in  a  coarse 
omst,  and  baking  them  without  a  pan. 
APPLE-JOHN.  A  kind  of  apple,  not  ripe  till 
late  in  the  season,  and  ronaidcrcd  in  perfec- 
tion when  shrivelled  and  withered.  Sec 
Shakespeare's  2  Henry  IV.  ii.  4,  where  it  is 
stated  that  Falstaff  could  not  "  endure  an 
afple-Johii."  The  term  is  still  in  use  in  the 
caatem  counties,  allhnugb  Forlry  tliiiikk  it  pits- 
siWe  the  same  variety  of  fruit  m.iy  not  have 
heen  retained 


APPLE-MOISE.  Cider.  Huloct,  in  hia  Abee. 
darium,  1552,  Inmalatrs  it  by //omnnmi.  See 
also  the  Catalogue  of  Deuce's  Printed  Bookl, 
p.  309,  where  the  word  is  wrongly  printed.  In 
the  Prompt.  Parv.  p.  13,  we  have  appulmocf, 
which  appears  to  have  been  served  up  at  table 
as  a  dish,  consisting  of  the  apples  themselves 
after  they  had  been  pressed,  and  seasoned  with 
spices.  See  Warner's  Antiq.  Culin.  p.  16  ( 
Forme  of  Cnry,  pp.  42,  96,  103. 

APPLEN.     Apples. 

I'pc  the  hexic  bowe  tueye  applen  he  Ky. 

neb.  Clone,  p.  M3. 

APPLE-PEAR.  A  kind  of  pear,  mentioned  in 
Iligins'  adaptation  of  Junius'  Nomenclator, 
p.  99.    It  seems  to  be  the  tankard  |iear. 

APPLE-PIE-ORDER.  Anytliing  in  very  great 
order.  An  apple-pir-bed  furnishes  lui  article 
forGrosc.  It  is  madesomewhat  in  the  fashion  of 
an  applc-tumover,  the  sheets  Iwing  so  doubled 
as  to  prevent  any  one  from  getting  at  his  length 
between  them  ;  a  common  trick  in  schools. 

APPLES-OF-LOVE.  The  fhiit  of  some  foreign 
herb,  said  to  be  a  stimulus  for  the  tender 
peasioa.  Skinner  says  they  tn/ruelwi  tolani 
euJHtdam  peregrhii  ;  that  is,  the  firuit  of  some 
foreign  species  of  nightshade. 
APPLE-SQUIRE.  This  word  appean  to  have 
been  used  in  several  senses.  An  apple-squire 
was  a  kept  gallant,  and  also  a  person  who  waited 
on  a  woman  of  bad  character.  In  the  Behnan 
of  London,  1608,  we  are  told  the  apple-squire 
was  the  person  "  to  fetch  in  the  wine."  The 
term  was  often  applied  to  a  pimp.  Miege 
translates  it,  un  grottier  ecMyer  de  dame. 
See  Middlcton's  AVorks,  iii.  232;  Cotgrave, 
in  V.  Cueilleur;  Florio,  in  v.  Gual<iro;  Beau- 
mont and  Fletcher,  ii.  332 ;  Hall's  Satires,  L  2 ; 
Dodsley's  Old  Plays,  xL  284. 

His  little  Uckey.  a  proper  yong  appto-tqulrt,  called 
Pandarus,  whicho  carrleth  the  kcyo  of  his  chamber 
with  hym.  Builien't  Dia'o^e,  lAP.  p.  8. 

j4ppte.«ipty«rt,  entycera,  and  ravysshers, 
These  to  our  place  have  dayly  herbegers. 

Vtt«rKm'»  Pop.  Pott.  ii.  .10. 

Such  stum  the  dlrell  did  not  tast,  only  one  little 

ht-llhound,  a  crfnle  of  myne,  and  one  of  St.  George's 

epplt-t^uiret.  US.  Bod/.  30. 

APPLE-STUCKLIN.  An  appte-tumover.  Hanti. 

In  Norfolk  it  is  called  an  applc-twelin. 
APPLE-TERRE.  An  apple  orchard.  This  word 
was  formerly  used  in  Sussex,  but  seems  to  be 
now  obsolete.  Huloet,  in  his  Abcedarium, 
1552,  gives  apple-yard  in  the  same  sense.  In 
Devonshire,  they  have  a  curious  custom  at 
Christmas  of  firing  powder  at  apple  trees  and 
singing  lays  rouud  them  to  make  them  more 
fniitfuL  Brand  mention*  other  customs  of 
the  same  kind. 
APPLIAllLE.     Capable  of  being  applied. 

And  thcrto  many  of  ttic  contryc  of  Kent  weraaa- 

sentynge,  and  cam  with  theyr  good  wiUs,  aa  people 

rcdy  to  be  apptiabU  to  auche  seditious  commociona. 

^rrioal  o/ Edminl  JK.  p.  S3. 

APPLI.VNCE.  An  application ;  a  remedy  applied 
to  cure  A  iliM^aM;.  See  how  it  is  used  in  2 
Henry  IV.  iii.  1 


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AIT 


APPI.IMKNT.     Application.     Jne.  Dr. 

Al'PLOT.     To  plot ;  to  contrive.      Taylor. 

AI'l'l.Y.  To  tijic  a  certjun  courae  j  to  ply.  A 
nautical  term.  {Lot.)  Sliakcspcore  use*  it  in 
the  sense  to  appfy  to,  in  Tarn.  Shrew,  L  1. 

With  the  ncxtefludd,  which  wot>l<l  beaboulcfoure 
of  the  clock  Id  the  mornyog,  weeolciitl,  Oud  wUliag, 
Utpjttim  towardes  Duver.  Stmi«  Paptrtf  L  810- 

AITO.     An  apple.     CA«*. 

AI'PUAST.  To  suborn.  Mimheu.  SccCotgrave, 
ill  V.  .Ippontc,  .1i»tu»iti. 

APPOINT.  To  impute.  Shakespeare,  2  Ilcn.  IV. 
iv.  1,  has  it  in  the  sense  of  to  arm,  to  furnish 
with  implements  of  war;  an<l  appointment, 
Troilus  and  Cressida,  iv.  5,  preiiaration. 

If  iinye  of  thclK  wants  br  in  mr,  I  Itcfctrche  your 
lordihipp  appttint  theto  to  tny  extreme  stutr.  mor* 
fITeevDuc  then  dlieate ;  more  unquiet  then  pryfon  ; 
mure  IroblcMme  to  me  then  a  |>ainful  Ocathc. 

Hwington**  Nuga  JntigtuB,  1.  46. 

APPON.  Upon.  See^ooH.  The  Thornton  MS. 
constantly  uses  this  orthography,  and  it  occurs 
in  Torrent  of  Portugal,  p.  2. 
APPONE.  To  dispute  with.  So  seems  to  be 
the  meaning  of  the  word  as  used  by  Florio,  in 
T.  Appofto,  though  the  I^tiii  apponert  means 
to  pawn,  to  pledge. 
APPOSAYLE.     Question;  enquiry. 

whan  he  went  out  hit  comics  to  aatayle. 
Made  UDto  her  this  uncouth  mppomifU. 

BkHom,  b.  T.  c.  9S 
Madame,  your  appoKlIe  t«  wete  Inrerrid. 

SVeWon'.  ITerkt,  1.  SO?. 
APPOSE.  To  raise  questions ;  to  object ;  to  dis- 
pate  with.  {.4.-1V.)  It  waa  also  used  in  the 
sense  of  to  oppone,  as  in  MS.  Bib.  Reg.  12  B.  i. 
f.  66,  "  I WAJ  not  be  oppotyd,  nolo  mihi  opponi;" 
and  Prompt.  Parv.  p.  1,S.  See  also  Prompt. 
Parr.  p.  lU  ;  Chaucer,  Cant.  T.  71 79, 15831 ; 
Skelton's  Works,  L  321 ;  &liddlcton's  Works, 
i.  304. 

Tho  the  pocplo  hym  appntrie 
Wilh  a  peny  in  the  temple. 

Vitrt  Pttmchmmit  p.  18. 

APPOSICION.    Annexation  of  subnaiitives. 

Out  this  yonge  chlMryne  that  f^one  to  the  arole 

have  In  hercDooetc(hl»qut<<tlonc,  how  many  thinges 

fallen  i<iapptM<it<nt  Aode  It  Uanswcrltje,  thatca»e 

alle  only  that  is  afallc.       Geita  Rimamorum,  p.  479. 

APPOSITEES.     Antipodes. 

For  alle  the  parties  of  see  and  or  Innd  hsn  here 
Hppotittvt,  hablubleaortrrpaasablcs,  and  theiof  this 
half  and  bcjond  half.  UuMtttttvUr^t  Traedj,  p.  Ifi2. 
APPREHENSION.  According  to  its  literal  im- 
port, means  laying  hold  of,  or  catching,  as  we 
still  use  it  applied  to  olTendcrs  against  the  law. 
Thus  in  Harrison's  description  of  the  pearU 
muscle,  whicli  is  said  to  have  been  frequently 
found  in  the  riven  Dee  and  Don,  the  manner 
of  Bf^thetuiim  is  likewise  mentioned.  In 
Deauiiiont  and  Fletcher,  iii.  171,  it  seems  to 
be  used  in  the  sense  of  imagination. 
APPREHENSIVE.  Of  qmck  concepUon ;  per- 
ceptive. 

1  njr  unteen,  as  charmers  in  a  mist. 
Oritefui  revenge,  whoae  sharp-svret  relist  fats 
My  •ppr9Ktr>tivt%mkL         Tht  True  Tn^na,  iii,  B, 


My  father  oft  would  i{i«alt 
Your  worth  and  virtue:   and,  asl  did  grow 
More  and  more  Qpprehtwtive,  I  did  thirst 
To  see  the  mau  so  prals'd. 

Araumor./  nnd  FMcAar,  1.  SOB. 

APPREIFFE.    Contrivance.  (/■>.) 

This  good  king,  by  wilte  of  such  appteiffi. 
Kept  his  marchants  and  the  sen  from  mlschicfe. 
Hiiklutt'i  NarigaUam,  Itm,  I.  ;91. 

APPRENTICE-AT-L.VW.  Acouusellor,  the  OMt 
in  mnk  under  a  Serjeant. 

He  upenkt  like  master  Practice,  one  that  la 
The  child  of  a  profession  he  is  vow*d  lo. 
And  tervant  to  the  study  he  hath  taken, 
A  pure  itpprentict-at.ta»'  I 

Ben  Jontrm't  iiagnttic  iMitif,  iii.  j. 

APPRENTICE-HOOD.    Apprenticeship. 

Mtut  I  not  serve  a  long  u/rj/renlire-Aiiwrf. 

Rtdxird  U.  L  S. 
APPRESSED,    Oppressed. 

Trowth  and  pore  men  ticn  appntttd. 
And  myscheffis  Dolhyng  redressed. 

Krctrpl.HIU  p.  300. 

APPREST.     Preparation.    (fV.) 

Seen  the  said  man's  declaration,  and  my  aside 
Lorde  Admyralles  decUration,  that  there  is  no 
appre«r  of  any  sliipi  in  Spayno  to  any  purpose  to  be 
regardetl.  State  Paper*.  L  fiS4. 

All  the  winter  following  Vespasian  lale  at  Vorkv, 
making  hU  appreetM  against  the  oeat  spring  lo  go 
againtt  the  .ScoLi  and  Picts. 

HolUutttd,  HUt.  am.  p.  48. 

APPRINZE.    Capture. 

1  mean  not  now  th*  ajipHnze  of  Pucell  Jone. 

llTrtiur  f.r  MagiMtnlra,  cd.  1610,  p.  Stl. 

APPRISE.  Learning.  (,*.-A'.) 
For  finuthe  is  ever  to  detplie, 
Whlche  In  desdeyne  hath  alle  appK«e. 

Cotcer,  MS.  Hoc.  ytnll^.  134,  f.  IIS. 

APPROACH  EU.    One  who  approaches  or  ilraws 

near.     See  Timon  of  Athens,  iv.  3. 
APPROBATE.   Approved  ;  celebrated.    In  MS. 
Ashuiole  59,  f.  3.'>,  mention  is  made  of  a  ballad 
"  hy  that  approbate  poeto  Lidegate,  the  Munk 
of  Burye."     Cf.  MS.  Addit.  5467,  ff.  71,  85, 

Havyng  i»crfect  confldencc  and  suit  hope  in  the 
apprxtUitti  fldriide  and  conslaunt  Integrltie  whichc  I 
have  ever  eiiwriracnted.  Hall.  Kduard  I  P.  f.  60. 
Nowc  yf  the  refuse  in  the  dellveraunce  of  hym  to 
folowe  the  wisdome  of  theiro,  whose  wiadome  she 
knoweth,  whose  approbate  fldelltee  she  trtiswth,  it 
ii  easye  to  peioeave  tiiat  frowardnease  tetteth  her,  and 
not  fearr.  Supp.  lo  Hunting,  f.  4n. 

APPROBATION.  (1)  Proof ;  approviL 
—  How  m»uy,  now  in  hc&llh, 
ShaU  drop  their  blood  in  apprvbatUm 
or  whAl  yuur  revereoce  ihaJI  toctte  u*  to 

Htnry  r.  {.  S. 
(2)  NovicUtc. 

Thif  day  my  kilter  »hould  tho  cloister  cater. 
And  there  receive  her  approbation. 

Meat,  M  ifM*- 1>  >• 

APPROCHEMENT.    Approach. 

The  Frenchman  whicha  were  >cace  up.  and  thought 
of  nothyng  Icsn*  then  of  tliyi  *0'AMjr\aptfrochem€ut, 
wine  roee  out  of  their  bcddei  in  their  thertet,  and 
lepte  orrr  Ihu  wallet.  //a//,  Henry  TU  t,  SI. 

APPROMENT.    Approverucnt  ? 

If  It  plea*e  you  to  uilgnc  me.  tend  me  word  what 
Increie  and  appntmtrfU  ye  wyll  fryve,  and  I  wyll  appttc 
mi  mynd  and  mtvicc  to  your  pleuure  and  wde 

Ptumtpium  Om  t  Hpmdvmct,  p.  8ft. 


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AI'PROMPT.   To  prompt.     Baem. 
Al'l'KOOP.     Approbntiou. 

So  his  aypmof  Uvei  DQC  ln*l  cpiUlih. 
Ai  in  your  ro7«l  ipcccb. 

Atrt  trell  IHal  Kmlt  IVtIt,  1. 9. 
APPROPER.   To  appropriate.   Sec  Sir  T.  More's 
Workcs,  p.  4iS  ;  MnuiKicvilc'B  Travels,  p.  35. 
Withautcn  hlf  awcn  joyn  In  ftod  mare, 
That  till  hlniMl/  lall  be  apprfpnitd  tharr. 

MS.  HnrI  *\9e,,  f.Si?- 
Mlghtr  ca  appmi'trdt  to  Godd  (he  Fadire  ;  wyidome 
to  Cod  the  Sonc ;  gudnci  to  Cod  the  Haly  Ca«tc. 

MS.  Urmin  A.  1.  17,  f.  IM. 

APPROPINQUE.    To  approach.    (Lat.) 
The  knotted  blood  within  myhoae. 
That  from  my  wounded  iKxly  flowi. 
With  mortal  criiii  doth  pnrtcnd 
My  dayi  to  appmptngue  an  end. 

HtuUbnu,  t.  111.  900. 

APPROVE.    To  jiutay;  to  make  good;  to  es- 
tablish ;  to  prove.  Sec  Beaumont  and  Fletcher, 
ii.  384  ;  M.  of  Yen.  iii.  2; Two  Gent,  of  V.  v.  4. 
APPROVER.     An  infoimer.     {A.-N.)     A  per- 
son who  had  the  letting  of  the  king's  de- 
mesnes in  small  loouors  to  the  best  advantage 
was  likewise  called  an  approvrr. 
Thi»rAllethcef,  thii  lompnour,  quod  the  frere, 
Had  alway  baudt't  retly  to  hl&  hond. 
.^i  any  hauke  tu  lure  In  Englclontl, 
That  told  him  all  the  tecrce  that  they  knewe. 
For  hir  acquaintance  waa  not  come  ot  newe : 
They  wcren  his  appmrtrt  prlvcly. 

Cliauecr,  Canl.  T.  KKS. 

APPUGNANT.     Quarrelsome.     (Ut.) 

APPULLB.  An  apple.  This  is  the  form  of  the 
word  in  Maundcvile's  Travels,  p.  9 ;  Cliroa. 
Vilodun,  p.  2&.  It  is  also  retained  in  the  an- 
cient dish  called  appnlmoy. 

APPUYEO.     Supported.     Skinner. 

A-PRAYSUT.  Prai.ied.  Tlie  Douce  MS.  reads 
^nviyiwrf,  and  the  Lincoln  MS.  omits  the  line. 

Ilur  kerchefcs  were  curiQuie,  with  roony  a  proud  prenc  ^ 

Uurcnparcl  wasii-j)roy«ur  with  princefof  myjte. 

Ri>t»mn'»  Rommnott,  p.  14, 

APRES.  In  the  inventory  of  Sir  John  Fastotfe's 
g(x>ds,  printed  in  the  Archa-ologia,  xxi.  263, 
occnn  the  entry,  "  j.  cover  of  o;/re»  lynyd  with 
lynen  clothe."  Mr.  Amyot  conjectures  Aoor'a 
tkin,  and  Douce  supposes  it  to  be  cloth  of 
Yprrt  in  FUndcrs,  famous  for  its  woollen 
manufacture. 

APRICATE.    Tobaskin  thesun.     (Lai.) 

Hit  lordihip  Wat  wont  to  recreate  himtclf  in  thil 
place  to  apriratt  and  contemplate,  and  hli  little  dog 
with  him.        Jubm't  tvuit,  US.  HoyuJ &c.  p. a% 

APRICOCK.     An  apricot.     »>»/. 

Hop  In  his  walks,  and  gambol  in  his  eyes ; 
Feed  him  with  apricncka  and  dewberries. 

A  Midi,  fligltl'i  Ditant,  III.  1. 

APRIL.  Ray  has  the  proverb.  "  April — bor- 
rows three  days  of  March,  and  they  are  ill." 
April  is  pronounced  with  an  emphasis  on  the 
last  syllable,  so  as  to  make  a  kind  of  jingling 
rhyme  with  W.  Sec  Brand's  Pop.  .\ntiq.  ii.  25. 
Tlic  wedding-day  is  sometimes  satirically  called 
Jpril-day,  in  allusion  to  the  common  custom 
of  making  fools  on  the  Ist  of  April.  In  the 
Mcny  Wives  of  Windsor,  iii.  2,  the  Host  of  the 
Garter,  S|teaking  of  Fcnton,  says,  "  he  smells 


April    and   May;"    that  is,  of  yooth  and 
courtship. 
APUIL-GOWK.     An  April  fool.     North. 
APR]  LLED.     Applied  to  beer  or  milk  which  has 
tumeil,  or  is  beginning  to  turn,  sour :  also 
metaphorically  to  a  person  whose  temper  has 
been  discomposed.    Devon. 
APRINE.   According  to  Herman,  "  swynewodc 
for  love  groyucth,  and  let  passe  from  them  a 
poyson  called  apritu."     See   Prompt.  Parr. 
p.aiH. 
AFRISE.   (1)  Learning.     (^.-A^.) 
Crafte  or  outher  queyntyte, 
But  fordeddytt  hys  aprartt. 

MS.  Harl.  1701,  f.  W- 
And  that  he  wote  of  good  opt-U, 
To  tccbe  it  foith  for  tuche  emprlKu 

Coieer,  MS.  Hoc.  ^ittiq.  134,  f.  38. 
Out  of  hIr  ccurt  in  sondry  wise. 
After  the  scole  of  hir  ayrisa. 

Couirr,  MS.  Ball.  K*. 

(2)  An  enterprise ;  an  adventure,    {/l.-f/.) 
Slthln  alle  the  loce  lo  the  lise. 
Thou  fchaUe  tyne  thine  optUe. 

lM4*m'»  Homancet,  p.  B6. 
Ac  yif  thou  levest  hire  Icslng, 
Than  the  falle  a  werse  apHte, 
At  detle  to  that  elite  wise.       Sevfm  Sogm,  1941. 

APRON.    The  caul  of  a  hog.   Eatl.     The  term 
is  more  nattolly  ap[ilied  to  the  fat  skinny  cover- 
ing of  the  belly  of  a  duck  or  goose. 
APRON-MAN.   A  waiter.   Cf.  Coriolanus,  iv.  6. 
We  had  the  salute  of  welcome,  gentlemen,  pre- 
sently;   Wilt  please  ye  see  a  chamber  ?     It  was  our 
pleaiuro,  as  we  antwered  the  aprun-man,  to  see,  or 
be  very  nearo  tlte  roome  where  all  that  noite  waa. 
ROKttj/'t  Search  /tv  Monty,  1009. 

APROVE.    To  prove. 

Y  tclghe  It  meself  for  lothe. 
And  wit  apmvt  blforn  hem  bothe, 
That  thai  ran  nought  say  nay. 

Ami»  and  Mm^loun,  tt>3. 
APS.     Tlic  asp,  or  aspen  tree.    South  and  tl'ml. 
The  adjective  apten  is  also  used.     There  is  a 
fann  in  the  Isle  of  Wight  called  Apte. 
APT.    To  adapt ;  to  lit.     See  Mr.  Cunningham's 
Revels  Accounts,  p.  101,  "  apling,  preparing, 
furnishing,  and  setting  fourth  of  divers  plaies 
or  showcs  of  histories." 
APTES.     Skinner  proposes  to  read  <g>tilutle»  in 
the  following  passage : 

Thei  han  as  well  divers  aptrt,  and  divers  miner 
usyngei,  and  thllk  aplet  mowrn  in  will  ben  (le|>r^t 
aflVrdDns.  Cffnuetr,  ftL  t'rry,  p.  r,17. 

iVPTLY.     Openly.     Sec  Weber's  glossary  to  the 
Battle  of  flodiion  Field,  p.  235.     Perhaps  we 
should  read  operlly. 
APTYDB.    Appetite. 

And  to  make  her  (Vcsh  wyth  gay  atlyrls, 
She  sfurith  no  cost  to  yef  men  apfjftle, 

MS.  Ijiwl  4I«,  f.  M. 
APURT.  Impertinent.  Somenet.  IntheBunoor 
glossary  it  is  explained,  "  sullen,  disdaiufidly 
silent,  with  a  glouting  look," 
APYES.     Apes. 

Alto  fast  as«  he  myght  fSre, 
Fore  berrys  and  ofytt  that  iher  were, 
l,ett  they  wuld  hym  byghl. 

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APTGHTB.  Readily. 

And  with  Ihcr  «w)rr<lyt  apyghtt, 
Made  hur  a  logge  with  bowet. 

MS.  Cmub.  Ft.  II.  38,  t.  190. 
APYUM.    Pinley.     Sec  an  old  receipt  in  an 

ancient  medical  MS.  at  Lincoln,  f.  285. 
AQUA-ACUTA.   A  composition  made  of  tartaric 
and  other  adds,  fonnerly  lued  for  cleaning  ar- 
mour.    A  receipt  for  it  in  given  in  an  early 
ineitical  MS.  at  Midillehill. 
AQUAUOB.    An  icicle.    Kent.    Grose  gives  this 
word,  which  seems  to  be  a  strange  compound 
of  the  Latin  langnage  and  the  provincial  dialect. 
A-QUAKE.   To  trcmhle. 

3yr  he  hadde  ilrpt,  bym  Dcded  awake; 
3yf  b<!  wrre  wakyng,  he  ihulde  a-qwUu. 

MS.  Hurl.  1701,  r.  ii. 

AQUAU     Equal.     North. 

AQUAPATYS.   An  ancient  dish,  the  receipt  for 

wliich  is  given  in  the  Forme  of  Cury,  p.  41. 
AQU  AT.  Sitting  on  the  houghs.  Someriet. 
AQU  ATI  L.     Inliabiling  the  water.     Howell,  in 

his  lexicon,  explains  a  crocodile  to  be  "  a  kind 

of  amphibolous  creture,  partly  aqualil,  partly 

terrestrial."    [_Lat.) 
AQUATOIUES.     Watery  places. 

Thaslrnlogicr  of  heo«  o^iM/oriM, 
WiUi  thaairelabut  to  take  ihaKmdriit. 

MS.  AtliKiott  to,  r.  18. 
AQUA-VIT.*.     Several  old  receipts  for  making 
aqua-vitee  are  given  in  Uouce's  Ilhistrations, 
L  68-70,  where  the  exact  nature  of  it  may  l)e 
seen.     Irish  aqiu-vita;  was  usquebaugh,  but 
brandy  was  a  later  introduction,  nor  has  the 
tatter  term  been  found  earlier   than   1671. 
Accoriling  to  Nares,  it  was  formerly  in  use  as 
a  general  term  for  ardent  spirits,  and   Ben 
Jonson  terms  a  seller  of  drams  an  "  aqua-vitte 
man."    See  the  Alchemist,  i.  1;  Cunningham's 
Rcvela  Accounts,  p.  146;  Witts,  Fittes,  and 
Fancies,  1595,  p.  128. 
AQUEIGIIT.     Shook ;  trembled.    {A.-S.) 
Hit  fvt  Id  the  ttiropca  he  ftreight. 
The  stlrop  to-bent,  the  hori  aqntight. 

Arthttut  and  Jtferfjn,  p.  121. 
The  gleumen  uiedcn  her  tunge ; 
The  wode  agueiglnte  lo  hy  (un|;e. 

/Cyn/r.Y/iMwntfar,  6SS7. 

AQUErNTABLE.    Easy  to  be  acquainted  with. 
{A.-Af.) 

Wherefore  be  wise  and  afutiniatlg, 
Oodolle  of  wordo  and  reKxiable, 
Bolbe  to  loM  and  eke  to  nun. 

Rom.  9f  Oi9  Rote,  SSUL 

AQUELLEN.    To  kill ;  to  destroy ;   to  lubduc. 

(A.'S.)     Sec  Kj-ng  Horn.  881 ;  Richard  Cocr 

dc  Uoa,  2569;  Sc\-7n  Sages,  2758;  Ritson's 

AndcDt  Songa,  p.  21. 

And  her  gref  anon  hero  tdd. 
Hou  Fortiger  htr  klag  a^metd, 

ArOtow  and  Jtfn-JOf.  p.  10. 
And  teyd  hlra,  io  Ich  to-fore  tcld« 
llou  the  Pait'Df  hU  folk  uquttd.        Ibid.  p.  S71. 
And  gif  y  achal  be  thut  aqueld, 
Vhurch  itiong  hele  In  the  fcld* 
1(  were  0|;aln  the  ikitlc. 

0$  "/  n'atwlki,  p.  .123. 


AQUENCH.   To  quench,  applied  to  either  tl 

or  hunger;  lo  destroy.     See  Agu^yni. 

NothiOK  he  ne  founde  in  al  the  nijtc* 

Wer-mldc  h\%  honger  aquenrhe  mijlte. 

Rjiliq.  AnHq.  li.  174. 
Er  thou  Talle  of  thi  bench, 
Thi  jenne  aqumtch,  MS.  Arundtl  37*  f>  Al  • 

And  thus  fordoih  hem  lyf  and  Ijrme, 
And  so  aijuvTichtth  al  here  Tcnyme. 

Af5.  Addit.  10QS6.  f.  M. 
AQUETONS.     An  acquittance. 
Of  the  reiayvcr  ipeke  wyllc  I, 
That  ferraya  raaayvyt  wytlurly ; 
or  graynyt  and  honl  aqutiona  makoa, 
SexpoDi  ibarfore  io  fcyi  ho  takea. 

Boke  0/  Cwrtaqrc*  p.1 

AQUETOT.  (1)  Quenched  with  water;  de- 
Btroyed.  See  Scvyn  Sages,  1991 ;  Reliq.  Aiitiq. 
iL229.    (^.-5.) 

Al  hi  ttode  mid  here  U](« 

Al  me  doth  ;ut  nou. 

Mere  lljt  a^eyrtte  overaI» 

Here  nou  nuitc  hotL        US,  {qwtod  in  BuudUr.) 

Ac  that  fur  agueifnte  tone. 

And  nc  royjte  here  brrane  no^t. 

Mis.  CoU.  THn,  Own.  £7. 
(2)  Acquainted. 

Thcrforc  toke  he  bapteroe  feynle. 
To  be  with  Phrlip  to  a^wpn*- 

Curaw  Jtfundi.  MS.  QUI.  Trim,  Cmntab,  f.  119. 
Heo  deatrith  nothyng  more. 
Than  to  beo  to  you  ayuwjnir. 

Kpng  Atimtmdor,  7S96. 
U  li  ao  marvclloua  and  quelDtt 
With  luche  lore  t>e  no  more  aqutint, 

Rom.  o/tht  itoM*  SSOO, 

AQUrtlTY.  Agility.  Florio  tranalatea  att^fitv, 
"  to  make  nimble,  slic,  or  quicke,  or  dight  with 

AQUITE.    (1)  To  acquit. 

God  wile  In  o  dai  wan  It  oquUed  be. 

Rob.  Cfoue.  p.  fiCft. 
I  vol  the  of  thy  trouthe  aquUe. 

fJower,  MS,  8oc.  AnHq.  134,  f.  48. 
or  priwon  ahal  thou  be  take  away. 
And  ben  eijuit  bifore  Juitiie. 

CurttT  Mundi,  MS.  OoU.  TWn.  Ckntab,  t.  SB. 

(2)  Requited. 

But  how  it  waa  to  hire  aqvtt*. 
The  rcmembraunce  dwelleth  jlt. 

Gower,  MS.  Soe.  Antiu.  134,  f.  153. 
He  wole  aqtrytg  ua  ryth  welc  oure  mede. 
And  1  have  Ijaeni  for  to  do. 

Onwitfry  MifwieriMt  p*  SSBw 

(3)  To  pay  for.  (^.-JV.) 

Or  ir  hb  wfamhig  In  ao  lite. 
That  his  lal»ur  will  not  ofvKa 
Sufflciauntly  al  hit  U<iiig, 
Yet  nuy  he  go  hit  bred*  begging. 

nomaum  i/  the  Rate,  OIU. 
AQUOnJTE.     Acquainted. 
And  he  wasa^wofniirmuche  to  theqocneof  Fraunee, 
And  aomdel  to  inu^e,  aa  me  woode,  to  lliat  In  torn 
thing  [king. 

The  queue  lovcde,  aa  me  wende,  more  him  than  the 
R,*.  Gk>ue.  p.  *Bi. 
I  trutt  we  ahalbe  better  agvt.yni. 
And  1  ihalle  ttande  better  jn  your  grare. 

MS.  KdiW.  C.  *B8. 

AQUOT.     Cloyed ;  wear)-  willi  eating,     Prron. 

"  Chave  eat  so  much  cham  quit  npiot,"  i.  c. 


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I  ctn  eat  no  morr,  I  liavc  eaten  so  mudi  that 
I  un  cloyed.     Ray  gives  this  example  ia  his 
English  words,  1674,  p.  80. 
AQUOY.    Coy;  shy. 

With  that  ■>!«  knit  her  brovi. 

And  looking  all  q^MAy, 
Quoth  the.  What  ihould  I  hare  to  do 

With  any  prentice  boy  f  Gcvrg*  BiimwttU%d  Pt, 
AQUYTED.     Quitted  ;  made  to  quit. 
V  am  of  Peres  deachargtd, 
Of  Ucdc,  and  of  Auyre  aijuj/ted. 

Kfnf  MliMtwvier,  3800. 

AR.  (1)  A  scar;  a  pockmark.  This  word  is  ex- 
tremely  common  in  the  North  of  England.  In 
MS.  Bib.  Rig.  17  C.  xvii.  f.  40,  written  in  the 
North  alwut  the  middle  of  the  fifteenth  cen- 
tury, we  have  "  cicatrix,  ar  or  wond." 

(2)  An  oar. 

And  gTop  an  ar  that  waa  ful  god, 

Lep  to  the  dora  io  ho  wore  wod.  Havelokt  t77&. 

(3)  Or.  See  Prompt.  Parr.  p.  83.  Heame  gives 
ar  the  meanings,  "  as,  after,  before,  ere,  till." 
See  Gloss,  to  Rob.  Glonc.  p.  617. 

For  them  had  no  man  dcrc, 
Redw  ar  pore  wetliyr  they  were. 

They  dcd  ever  ryght.  Sir  Otgtf,  SS. 

(4)  Before. 

Al  this  world,  or  thii  book  blynne, 
With  CrUtUhelpe  I  »h«l  orer  rynne. 

Curnir  Afundl,  itS.  Coll.  IMn.  CaMa6.f.  1. 
Aboute  mydnyght,  ar  the  day, 
Whiles  he  madeconjuryng, 
Schco  saw  fleo.  In  hire  metyng. 
Hire  thought  a  drsfton  adoun  lyght ; 
To  hire  chaiunbrc  he  made  hlf  flyght. 

Kfttf  MHaamiltr,  M4. 

ARACE.    To  draw  away  by  force.  (^.-M)  Skin- 
ner alio  gives  it  the  sense  of  enwe.     SeeHar- 
lington'i  NngK  AjitiquE,  i.  47;  Rom.  of  the 
Rose.  1752. 
And  in  hire  twough  so  sadly  hnldcth  the 
Hire  children  two,  whan  ahe  gan  hem  cmbraee. 
That  with  grct  ilcight  and  giet  dlfflcullee 
The  children  from  hire  arm  they  gan  arract, 

Chaunr,  Canl.  T.  8379. 

ARACH.  The  herb  orach.  Mbuhni.  Palsgrave, 
f.  18,  has  arage,  q.  v. ;  and  a  much  earlier  form 
oocun  in  a  Ust  of  planta  In  HS.  Uarl.  978, 
anuchet. 
ARADDE.  Explained.  Compare  the  printed 
edition  of  1532,  t.  4. 

This  waa  the  iweren  whiche  he  hadde. 
That  Danielle  anODe  arwUt. 

Gomr,  US.  Snc.  Anilq.  IM,  (.  34. 

ARAFE.  A  kind  of  precious  stone. 
Hlr  paytrellc  was  of  a  rialle  fynr, 
lllr  cropur  was  of  am/tf. 

MS.  Cmtab.  Ff.  t.  40.  f   US. 

ARAFTE.  Struck;  smote. 
That  prple  ftcyde  than, 
Thya  y»  fend  Satan, 

That  mankrnde  wyll  fortaiv. 
For  wham  Lybcauui  arnflt, 
AJler  hyi  fcntc  drawghte 
lie  ilf'P  for  evrrmare.      L^/bamu  Diteanut,  i\i&. 
ARAGE.    The  herb  orach.     Prompt.  Pan. 
ABAGED.     Enraged.     (.-f.-JV.) 

And  whannv  tie  had  clen  hit,  he  iwallc  wo  tyl  he 
braat,  and  there  tire  Hatryca  fellc  douo  lodenly  decilo 


amongc  licm.  Thennc  every  knyghte  Icptc  frnin 
the  bord  ashamed  and  araged,  for  wralhe  nyghc  oui« 
of  hn  wyttas.  Morli  if  Arthur,  ii.  Si\. 

ARAIN.  A  spider.  According  to  Ray  this  is 
the  name  given  in  Nortliamptoushire  to  the 
larger  kind  of  sjiiders,  but  he  also  gives  its  more 
general  meaning  in  his  North  countrv'  worils. 
Aran-wch  is  a  cobweb  in  Northumberland. 
Jranye  is  the  form  of  the  word  in  the  Prompt. 
Parr.  p.  14.  Derham,  as  quoted  by  Richard- 
ton,  uses  the  word  araneoiu. 
Sweep  th'arrsfit  down,  till  all  be  clean,  necr  lln. 
Elf  he'l  leauk  all  agyc  when  hetnmca  In. 

Y&rkthire  DialnguM,  ICff?,  p.  6!>. 

ARAISE.   To  raise.     Sec  the  example  from  the 
arri\-al  of  King  Edward  IV.  p.  23,  quoted  under 
Arrtdy ;  Mortc  d'Arthur,  ii.  54,  85,  432,  430. 
Swych  men  orqraan  twoer 
Ajnu  holy  cherdKs  power. 

MS.  Harl.  1701.  f.  M. 
Anon  the  butthopbad  the  thuldnot  tary. 
Out  to  orenn  the  bagge  and  make  hym  cary, 

MS.  Laud.  410,  r,  I. 

ARANEE.     A  spider. 

And   ^If  ;e  fynde  that  the  aratw  have  y.maad 
hurc  wrb  by  the  myddel  of  hem,  it  It  a  lokene  that 
it  it  of  no  long  while,  or  at  the  lent  it  U  of  the  myd- 
del oTcmonc  of  the  day  byfore.  MS.  Badl.  MO. 
A-RANKE.     In  a  rank ;  in  a  row. 

The  day  b  come :  the  pretty  dames. 

Which  be  to  free  and  franke. 
Do  go  so  sagely  on  the  way, 
By  two  and  two  o-ranke. 

Calfri6o  and  Btntart;   15}*. 
ARAPE.     Quickly.     (Lai.) 

Over  thoo  table  he  loop  ara/n*. 

Kyng  Mimwtdtr,  4230. 

ARAS.    (1)  Arose. 

Or  1  fro  the  bord  aroj. 

Of  my  frend  betrayd  y  was. 

MS.  J<UU.I\Mfl,t.  91. 
(2)  Arrows, 

Bomcn  bickarte  uppone  the  bent 
With  ther  browd  arai  clcare.  Cheajf  Okote. 

ARATE.    To  rale ;  to  scold ;  to  correct.  (A.-S.) 
And  foule  y-rebukcd. 
And  a-rated  of  richc  men 
That  ruthn  Is  to  here. 

Pieri  FUmghmmHt  p.  983. 
ARAUOIIT.  Seiied;  taken  away  by  force.  From 
i<recA»,q.v.  See  the  Scvyn  Sages,  895;  Kyng  of 
Tan,  1096.     It  is  used  also  in  the  sense  of 
itruek,  or  seized  by  the  weapon ;  and  reaeked, 
at  in  the  third  example.    {ji.-S.) 
Right  bifor  the  doukn  fet, 
GIJ  anughl  him  with  a  ttaf  gret. 

Gy  V  n-ar^kt,  p.  SU. 
Al  that  ever  his  ax  aravght, 
Smertllch  hit  dcth  ho  taught. 

MS.  Amnd.  CoU.  Jrm.  M,  f.  SCI. 
Critto  wroujte  flnt  and  after  aujtc. 
So  that  the  dcde  hit  worde  arsujrr. 

Cowfr,  MS.  Sae.  Anlh).  lit,  f.  136. 
Florlce  the  ring  here  nrau^r. 
And  he  him  ajeo  hit  t)reau;t. 

FUrict  iind  Btanch%fiour,  717. 
So  itume  ttrokes  thay  a-m\tt, 
Eyther  Ul  other  the  whyle.    MS.  MAanli  Si. 

A-RAWE.    In  a  row. 


ARB 


ARC 


Th«r  Ml  n)«n  Itiii  ititr  ntye  romi-, 
Thst  hv  ue  wu  (o-corwpo  uion 
So  gTlACtichc  b*  the  enf;ini. 
For  to  tie  the  Sam<inc« 
la  ich  hAlf  y-kitt  a-rax'e, 

Cf  <if  WarwUce,  p.  145. 
And  fledo  hlni  tulM  kncly  a-mirf, 
AodkllOMt  (uddehlm  yiliwe. 

Jrthour  ami  JtfeWin,  p.  334. 

ARAWIS.    Anovn. 

Th«yr  hokod  arawi*  dothc  rrer  bokward  flee. 

L^dgaWt  Uitwr  Pimma,  p.  I7U 

ARAYE.  (1)    Order.     (^.-.V.) 

The  time  of  uuderne  or  the  uroe  day 
Approchetb,  that  tht«  wedding  ahulde  be, 
And  all  the  palei*  put  w.ta  in  army, 
Both  hatic  and  chambrea  eche  In  bift  decree. 

Oiauetr,  Cant.  T.  SI3S. 

(2)  Equipage.    "  Man  of  aray,"  a  king. 

Y  have  wetyn,  tyth  y  waa  man  of  nrityt 

He  hath  slayoe  lyxty  on  a  day. 

JtfA-.  Oantoll.  Fr.  11.  38,  f.  CS. 
And  to  the  pepl«  ^tei  all  and  tome 
Wai  couth  eke,  that  a  ncwe  niarkiiciae 
He  vtth  him  brought,  in  twiche  pomp  and  richeiM. 
That  never  waa  ther  teen  with  mannct  eye 
So  oobte  arrat  in  al  Weat  Lumbardie. 

CtetKcr,  Cant.  r.  oral . 

(3)  Clothing. 

Sora  lalden,  women  loven  l>eil  rlchette, 
Sora  lalden  honour,  torn  aaiden  jolineate, 
Som  riche  arr»i/t  aom  aaiden  lutt  a.bcdde,  ~ 
Afkd  o(i  time  to  be  widcwe  and  to  tie  wedde. 

Chaucer,  Cant.  T.  OfiOP. 

(4)  Situation. 

Thou  atandnt  yet,  quod  the,  in  twiche  army, 
That  of  thy  \U  yet  hail  thou  no  teurclee. 

diaurtr,  Canl.  T.  6484. 

(5)  To  dress. 

Whan  that  the  Ante  cock  hath  ctowe  anon. 
Up  rlst  thb  )oly  lover  Abiolon. 
Aoil  him  mrattHh  gay  at  point  devlte. 

Chaucer,  Cant.  T.  3060. 

(6)  To  dispose ;  to  afflict.  See  C'liauccr,  Cant.  T. 
8837 ;  Townclcy  Mjiterics,  p.  M ;  Skellon"» 
Works,  ii.  197.  Ilorman  applies  the  word  to 
illness, — "  lie  was  sore  aroyed  with  syeknessc." 
In  the  Mortc  d'.iVrthur,  ii.  374-5,  it  sccins  to 
be  a  substantive,  in  tlic  sense  of  disorder,  tu- 
mtilt;  and  Mr.  Uyre  gives  quotations  from 
Reynard  the  Pox,  in  which  it  occurs  as  a  verb 
in  a  similar  sigiii6cation.  In  ^laundcrile's 
Travels,  p.  211,  it  means  to  prepare,  loamnge. 

ARAYNEU.    Tied  up. 

And  thcTine  he  aijghtc  dounr,  and  arffy««rf  hit 
hors  on  the  biydel,  and  bomie  alle  the  thre  knyghles 
fkst  with  the  rayne*  of  tbi'lt  owns  brydela. 

U;'l'  if.lrlhur,  I.  1S6. 

ARATNY'E.  Sand.  Soit  is  explained  in  Prompt. 
Parr.  MS.  llarl.  221,  f.  i,  by  the  Latin  arena. 
The  other  copies  read  aranye,  aranen,  for  whicli 
this  may  be  an  error,  but  not  "  eridently,"  as 
staled  by  Mr.  Way. 

ARAYSINO.    Adranring. 

Alaii.  tnaraiwt»f  the  auncyauntnoblta  of  England, 
the  king  hath  appoynted  a  good  no<tmbre  of  noble 
peraones  of  thii  hii  rralroe  to  take  the  ordre  of 
knyghlhode,  and  lie  made  knighta  of  the  Bath 

Hutlamd  Paptrr,  p.  3. 

ARBAGE.    llerbigi!. 


sir.  afor  iKe  mtitft,  doui  yt  not ;  l^ir  Mr  Henty 
Wenlfortli,  onr  yet  none  other,  con  have  It,  ni>r 
nothing*  thai  betongcth  to  Uavid. 

Ptumptim  OrmwiNHMfener,  p.  IM. 
ARBER.     (1)  An  arlmur.     Skinner  has  ariertr 
in  the  sauie  Kensc. 

And  in  the  garden,  a»  I  wene, 
Wat  an  nrfcrr  fjyre  and  grene. 
And  in  the  afber  wat  a  tre, 
A  fayrer  in  the  world  might  none  lie. 

S^ltr  of  LaV9  Degr^,  SB. 

(2)  To  make  the  arter,  a  phrase  in  hunting,  is 
to  disembowel  the  animal,  which  must  be  done 
in  a  neat  and  cleanly  manner.  Tlie  dogs  are 
then  rewardetl  with  such  parts  of  the  entrails 
■a  llicir  two-legged  associates  do  not  think 
proper  to  reserve  for  their  own  use.  See  Scott 's 
notes  toTristre m,  p.  387 ;  Ben  Jonson,  Ti  270. 
AllDEUra.     Wood. 

In  that  enntree  [abut  lytUlearfterjnf.  ne  Ifvea  t1i.if 
bcren  fruta.  ne  othere.  Thei  lyjn  In  lcnt<-i,  and  thti 
tirenncD  the  dong  of  bcttct  for  dcfaute  of  ttode. 

MaundetnU't  Tra^lt,  p-iVi 
Enborllde  with  artnrye,  and  alkynt  Ireei. 

Umit  JrlhMrt,  tlX.  UnnlK,  f  H7 . 

ARBESET.    A  strawlwrry  tree.     (^.-Af.) 

Thou  ichait  fynde  trowrf  Iwot 
Seyntetand  holy  they  buth  ho. 
Hygtler  than  in  othir  cuntray  all  ^ 
Jrt—H  meo  hcom  c;.lllth. 

KmgJIImHuMr.  t», 
ARBITRjVTE.    To  determine. 

Thoughu  ipeculatlve  their  unture  hopes  tdalei 
But  certain  Utue  ttlnktl  must  orUrraln. 

UaeUlh,  y. 
ARBITRIE.     Judgment.    Chaucrr. 
AKUL.\ST.     An  alhlast,  q.  v.     (A.-S.) 
But  rl>c  up  your  mangonel. 
And  cati  In  their  Iree-catLel, 
And  thoot  to  them  with  nrltltut. 
The  tailed  dogt  for  to  agliati ! 

nicliarit  Oitr  at  f.ton,  IDft?. 
Wllh  bouwo  and  arrhlatl  Ihare  ichoira  to  him. 
Four  hondrcl  kiiypea  and  mo.      US.  tjiud  lVe,l.  US. 
ARBLASTIR.     An  alhlastcre,  q.  v.     (./.-A'.) 
Men  t'.-inin  ovir  the  wall  ttonde 
Cret  cngint,  which  y-were  nrre-honde. 
And  In  the  kemilt  here  and  there 
Of  arblattira  grete  pl^^nlle  were ; 
None  armour  mtghte  ther  ttroke  witlutonde. 
It  were  foly  to  prcae  to  hondc. 

Knm.  0/  Ihif  Itrt,  4I(n. 

ARBOUSES.     The  dork  hard  cherry,   llwntl, 
ARBRt)T.    A  chemical  salt. 

Sal  arlirur,  and  aal  alkellm, 

Salgeme  t-myngui  with  hym. 

MS.  Cnnlah.  Ff.  v.  48,  f.  !>4. 

ARBUSTED.  Tdled  with  strawberry  trtscs. 
What  pleaturM  pocta  fame  of  after  death, 
in  the  Ellican  aftnuttd  grovc-iL 

T»e  (Vprlan  jtivln«t,  I<1»7.  p.  4'. 
ARC.     A  mare's  tail  cloud,  or  cirrhus,  in  the 
form  of  a  streak  crossing  the  skv.   llrrrfonlth. 
See  Jri. 
ARCANE.     Secret. 

H<ive  t  tjccn  dttnljedivnt  to  thy  worda! 
Have  I  tM-wray'd  thyftrcnnetecrccy  f      Locriur,  v.S. 
AUCANETUYKK.    .Vrillimetic.    I  do  not  recol- 
lect Imving  uict  with  this  form  of  the  word 
elaewbere 


m 


ARE 


Ccmctry'  noJ  arcaHHri/kk, 
RctOTtKIl  and  miuykk. 

M.S.  Canlah.  Tt.  U.  9*.  t.  I<7. 
ARCEL.     The  liverwort.     Skinner. 
\KCGTER.     A  person  skilled  in  the  art!  and 
•ciencei.     "Arctirr,  or  he  that   Icnethc  or 
techethe  arte,  arlula." — Prompt.  Parv.     The 
other  editions  read  arcttyr. 
ARCKTIK.     In  an  early  collection  of  medical 
reci|M>s  in  MS.  in  the  library  of  Lincoln  Ca- 
thedral, f.  307,  is  one  "  for  the  goat  arctlii." 
See  Arltlyka. 
ARCH.    (1)  A  chief ;  a  master. 

The  Dobte  duke,  my  m«Bter. 
My  worthy  arch  and  pattDti,  cornea  to-nighL 

Kin  If  Lear,  ti.  1. 
(8)  A  piece  of  ground  left  unworked.    A  mining 


I 


ARCIIAL.     Liverwort.     Philli/ji. 
ARCHANGEL.    The  dead  nettle.     Sec  the  No- 

mendalor,  p.  138;  Cooperi  Tliesauras,  in  v. 

Amonium.     The  word  occurs  in  the  Rom.  of 

the  Rose,  915,  apparently  meaning  some  kind 

of  bird,  the  original  French  being  mnange,  a 

titmouse. 
ARCHAKDE.  An  acorn.  Iti«  tranaUtedbyytoiu 

in  Prompt.  Parv.  p.  6. 
AUCUDEAN.     Apparently  put  for  arcMeacon, 

in  a  passage  from  Gascoigne  quoted  by  Nana. 
ARCH  DI ACRE.     An  archdeacon.     {A.-N.) 

Wherv  archblthop  and  archdiaera 

\.*oDfi\n  full  out  the  fcrrite, 

Afllr  ihr  cuitomr  and  the  (uUe 

Anil  hnlic  churchif  onllnaun«.C»<il«<jr»'«D/«im«,!I38. 

ARCHER.    The  bishop  at  cheaa  wa*  formerly 

sn  calletL 
ARCHET.    An  orchard.     WiUt. 
ARCHEWIVES.     Wives  of  a  superior  order. 

Vc  arthnrivr;  Itondeth  ay  at  dcrmcf, 

SID  yc  b<  ilrong  >f  It  a  gret  camalllb 

Ne  iulftrth  not  that  men  do  you  affenoe. 

Chaverr,  Cant.  T.  Wl. 

ARCHICAL.    Chief;  principal. 

So  that  Pannenlde*  did  also  agree  In  Ihitackno*- 
l«l(cmeDt  of  a  Trinity  of  divine  or  archlml  hypo«- 
taM«.  Cvdu^tirth't  Inltll.  S^sttm,  p.  38?. 

ARCHIDKCLYNE.  The  master  of  the  feast  at 
the  marriage  in  Cana.  See  the  Towneley  Mys- 
teries, p.  20?. 

Lyke  to  the  watyT  of  ArrhidtdifHet 
WIehe  be  meraci*  were  turned  Into  wyne. 

Lfd4rmn'i  UlMT  Pim—,  p.  13. 
ARCHIMASTRYE.     Chemistry. 

MaiatTyefull  merveykma  and  orcAJMiutiy* 
b  the  tincture  of  holl  Alkimy. 

Mliimilei  nttal.  Chcm.  BrU,  p.  IS. 

ARCHITECT.    Architecture- 

To  flnde  an  houfte  y-bui)t  for  holy  deed. 
With  goodly  arcltlleel  and  cloilten  wide. 

Avirnc'i  Brtl.  PaXMu/a,  IlilS,  p.  OS. 

ARCHITEMPLES.     Cliicf  temples. 

And  the  erchbiwhoprtche*  aa  the  thrr  nrchilrmpUn  were, 

Ai  yt  were  of  allc  chef  Ctbtcndom  to  lere. 

nab.  Glaur.  p.  7*. 

ARCHMASTRIE.    Arithmetic. 

For  what  strangeta  may  be  compared  wttli  U. 
Thomaa  dggca  esquire,  our  countryman,  the  great 
vt  ^rrhmtt^rltf 

0av*/a  $ca>n«Mi  tBtCTttt,  ]flQ4. 


ARCUBALISTER.     An  all.lasterc,  q.  v. 

In  cvrrie  of  them  be  let  Ant  archrra  and  areuba- 
lulirt;  and  neat  unto  them  plkrs  and  ipearea.theD 
bllmen  and  other  with  such  ihort  wcaponi  i  last  of 
all,  another  multitude  with  all  kind  of  weafions,  u 
was  thought  moat  eapedient. 

HohniArif,  Hit.  Sc-it.  p.  I3U. 

ARD.  (1)  High.  Used  chiefly  in  composition 
in  the  names  of  places.  In  Ciunberland,  ac- 
cording to  Boucher,  this  term  is  used  abstract- 
edly to  denote  the  quality  of  a  place,  a  country, 
or  a  field.  Thus  arri  lanil  means  a  drj',  {larchetl 
soil.  In  the  canting  thclionarics,  the  word  ia 
ex])lained  Aot. 
(2)  Hard. 

Lucye  the  tenatour  In  tho^t  waa  he  tone. 
In  luch  ard  caa  aa  bym  vel,  wat  were  beat  to  done. 
Jicrt.  Womc.  f.  213. 
ARDANUD.     Hardened. 

And  fouly  di'f>liil  than  for  tynnc. 
That  thel  were  than  ardanwd  lane.  MS.  Dtgttit  97. 
ARDEEKE.     Harder. 

Ever  the  ardmt  that  It  ii. 

Ever  the  t>eter  It  is  1-wyi.     Jrtlutt^Qgia,  xxx.  38B. 
ARUE.N.    Fallow  quarter.    Cumb.     See  Arden, 

for  which  this  form  may  be  an  error. 
ARDEN  E.     A  command  ;  an  ordinance. 
An  aungyl  fro  hefnc  wai  tent  ful  iovl, 
Hla  najne  Is  cli-pyd  Gabriel, 
Ilia  dnfene  be  dode  ful  uiel. 

Ckrutmu  Oanta,  p.  W. 
ARDENTNESSB.    Eamestnesa.    A  chapter  in 
MS.  Bodl.  283,  is  entitled,  "Of  foly  fcrvcnU 
nessc  or  ardmlnene  to  do  wclle." 
ARDER.  A  kind  offish,  mentinned  by  Verslcgan, 
without  explnnetion,  in  a  letter  printed  in 
Ellis's  Litcntr)'  Lettcru,  p.  108. 
ARDERS.     Fallowings  or  ploughings  of  gronfld. 
This  is  the  explanation  in  the  Dirt.  Rust.  1 726, 
in  V.     See  also  Markham's  Countrcy  Famie, 
1616,    p.    558.       Polwhelc    gives   orrfor   as 
Cornish  for  a  plough,  and  anlHr,  a  ploughman, 
ARDI.     Hanly. 

Orped  thou  art  and  of  gret*  might. 
Code  kolght  and  anti  in  tight. 

Or  1/  Waniltct,  p.  37. 

ARDILICHE.     Hardily. 
He  tinot  unto  a  Sarrasln, 
No  halp  him  nought  hla  Apotln  ; 
Now  thai  amltlc  togider  comonllche. 
And  fight  thai  agin  anilHrh*.  Cy  nf  WaruVte,  p  100. 

ARDURE.     Burning.     (.^.-.V.) 

Now  Cometh  the  remedy  ayenst  lecherle.  and  that 
if  generally  chaatttee  and  continence,  that  reatrelu- 
eth  all  dlwrdlnale  mevinpii  that  comen  of  flnhly 
talent*  .  and  ever  the  gretcr  merite  shal  he  have  that 
moat  realrelneth  the  wlckc«l  eochaufing  or  ardyrtnf 
thii  aloDe.  Pffraanef  To/a,  p.  106. 

ARE.  (I)  An  oar. 

His  malater  than  that  fand 

A  twt  and  an  art.  Sir  Trlitrem,  p.  153. 

Where  many  a  barge  doth  rowe  and  aayle  with  orv, 
Whne  maay  a  ship  teatrtb  with  top  royall. 

Ae'lf.  ..inlil.  1.  aOS. 
(2)  A  hare. 

^Vhyl  1  had  lyht,  thcr  myht  nevyr  man  fynde. 

My  perc  of  archerye  In  allc  thti  werd  aboute; 
For  allt  Khet  1  nevyr  at  hart,  ore,  nerehynde. 
But  yf  that  he  dcyd,  of  this  no  man  have  doule. 
Oiranfry  Mmtnim,  p.  44. 


ARE 


80 


[RE 


(3)  Before.    Cf.  Minof»  Poems,  p.  103. 
The  koifhtU  gidrid  togcdlr  tJurr, 

And  gtn  with  crartc  there  rouniellc  uke, 
Suche  t  knight  wmi  DCTyr  ari. 
But  it  were  L«uDcclot  du  Lake. 

MS.  Hart,  nea,  t.  so. 

Eily,  an  the  daye  giae  iprynge. 
He  did  ii  prytte  hit  meiie  to  syngc. 

tIS.  Limcain  A.  i.  17,  f.  99. 

(4)  To  plough.  Kency  gives  this  as  r  pro- 
vincial forui  of  the  word.  Cooper,  in  liis  edi- 
tion of  Elyot,  1559,  has,  "aro,  to  care  or 
pluwc  landc." 

(.■i)  All  heir.     Sec  Maundevilc's  Travels,  p.  1 5 1 . 

(6)  Honour;  dignity.  See  llarishomc's  Met. 
Tales,  p.  38 ;  Maitland's  Early  Printed  Books 
at  Lamheth,  p.  305  ;  Brit.  Bibl.  iv.  86. 

Dame,  he  teyile,  be  Goddyi  are, 
Hutc  any  money  thou  woldytt  warei 

lUlion't  Pn;).  PmI.  p.  70 

(7)  A  note  in  music,  sometimes  called  a-ta-mire, 
the  lowest  note  but  one  in  Guido's  scale.  See 
Keliq.  Antiq.  L  83 ;  Tam.  of  the  Shrew,  UL  1. 

(8)  An  ear. 

She  began  wmewhat  to  relent  and  tn  rcvc  to  them 
no  deflf^  nnr,  intomurlie  that  the  faythfully  promysed 
to  iiubmyt  and  yelde  hertelfe  fully  and  frankely  to 
the  kyngei  wyll  and  picmaure.  HoU,  Jlirkard  ///.  CM. 

(9)  Mercy. 

Lord,  ictile  Aliraham,  thin  art! 
Shal  thou  ttiine  imne  ao  forfare  ? 

Cintvrjitmidi,  MS.  Coll.  Trtn.  OiiiMd.  MS. 
Sircte  Vsoude,  thin  art. 

Thou  prcye  the  king  for  me, 
Tif  It  Ihl  wllle  ware, 

of  take  he  make  foe  tn,  SirTri4rtm,  pMl. 

(10)  An  hour.     tanc. 

(11)  Former;  previous. 

Goddes  werkkea  for  to  wyrke. 
To  teiTe  Gndc  and  haJy  kyrke. 
And  to  mcnde  hit  iir«  royadcde, 

US.  Uncoln  A,  L  17,  f.  Hi. 

AREADINESS.  Reailiness.  Aready  occun  in 
the  Exmoor  Scolding,  p.  4. 

Getting  therefore  his  bag  and  baggage  tn  arraiii. 

ne««ff,  he  was  going  out  of  Tunlae ;  and  aa  he  paucd 

out  at  the  gain,  he  cast  hia  eye  up  lu  the  houae 

where  Kathcrlne  waa.        Cottier  o/  CaHtrrburir,  IfflS. 

it  It  ordered  that  the  Lord  Clumburlayn  and  Vice- 

CharolKTlayn    ahall    put    themtelfra    in   aemblable 

artiifuur,  and  they  to  appnyntc  all  mauer  ofRcerf 

for  the  chambre,  inakyng  a  boke  of  the  names  of 

Cheym  and  every  of  theym,      ArchmvUygia,  xxi.  178. 

AREAR.   Upright    Kent.   Kcnnctt,  MS.  Lansd. 

1033,  gives  the  example,  "  to  stand  arear,  to 

stand  upright" 

AHEAUT.    Out  of  doors.    North. 

It  will  bring  aa  good  blcndingi,  I  dare  lay. 
As  ever  grew  artaut  In  onny  clay. 

Yarkihin  Bialagut,  p.  41. 
ARECHB.  (1)  To  explain.  {A.-S.) 
Crtst  and  leint  Stevenc. 

Quoth  Horn,  artche  thy  aweveac    Kjmg  Ham,  668. 
(2)  To  attain ;  to  reach. 

FoTofte  schalle  a  womman  have 
Thynge  wblchea  roan  may  nou5t  ArnrV. 

Coioer,  MS.  Sac  Aniiq.  IM,  f.  S9. 
5ef  me  nut  him  forthcr  tcche, 
Tlwone  Is  bene  wol  aruif 

tat  u  lerae  more.  RWJf .  AnUq.  1. 110. 


Al  that  hys  ax  artch*  myght, 

Hors  and  man  he  slowjih  doun-ryght. 

AicAnrd  Cutr  dt  UaH,  TN};' 

(3)  To  utter ;  to  dccUrc. 

Butassoncas  Beryn  had  pleyn  knnwleche 
That  his  eyen  were  y-lost,  uoneth  he  myght 
O  word  for  pure  anguysh.      HUtarr  tifBeriM,ailt, 
AREDE.  (1)  To  explain ;  to  interpret   {A.-S.) 
Of  whiche  no  man  nc  couthe  araden 
The  norobre,  hot  theherone  Kyng 
That  wool  the  tothe  of  al  thing. 

Kyny  AU  taimdrr,  s  1 1  fi. 
I  trowo  are4e  ray  dreame*  even, 
to  thus  It  was,  this  was  my  awerea. 

Tht  Saqn  Sagw,  1154,  {iimtat  b>  Si.<Mltrr.) 

(2)  To  give  counsel  to. 

Therefore  to  roe,  my  trusty  friend,  orada 
Thy  eountcl :  two  Is  belter  than  soe  ha 

Mother  HuUier^a  Tatt,  p.  IL 

AREDILI.    EasUy ;  rwulUy. 

AUe  the  clerkes  under  God  couthe  nou^dcacrtva 
ArttliU  to  the  ri5les  the  rvnUi  of  that  day. 

irai.  and  lit  nerwt^/,  p.  IM. 

A-REDY.   Ready. 

That  in  eche  lond  a-redi/  is 

Whydersocnyroan  wende.  MS.Oia.THn.0ian.iT. 
AREED.    Counsel ;  advice. 

Now  must  your  honor  leave  these  mourning  tunes. 

And  thus,  by  my  araed,  you  shall  provide. 

DMmflilt  of  Rottrt,  K.  of  llumingdm,  i.  t 

ARGGES.     A  herb.    It  is  an  ingredient  in  a  re- 
cipe in  an  old  medical  MS.  at  Lincoln,  f.  286. 
AUEIGHT.    Struck. 

Otuel,  for  wrath,  anon 
Atvlghthim  on  the  cheek-bone. 

euu;  Met.  Rim.  11, 
AREIT.    Judged? 

Whether  for  to  wllico  here  prospcrlt*, 
Schulde  tien  areit  aa  synne  and  felonle, 
Baetiui,  MS.  Site.  Jnliq.  134, 

ARE-LUMES.     Heir-looms.     AorfA,     Sec 

Glossariuin  Northanbvmbricura,  in  v 
ARELY.    Early;  soon.  ' 

The  erir,  als  artlf  als  It  waa  daye, 
Toke  hyi  Icve  and  wente  hia  waye. 

MS.  Unaoln.  \.  I.  I7,f.  II7. 

AREN.    Are.   This  plural  is  often  met  with  in  old 

writers,  and  is  still  used  in  tlic  North  countrv- 

dialects.    It  is  the  regular  grammatical  fonn. 

See  Qu.  Rev.  Iv.  374.    Sometimes  arcne,  an  in 

Ap|)endix  to  W.  Mapcs,  p.  347. 

AHENDE.    An  errand;  a  message.  (^.-5.)   See 

Troilus  and  Creseide,  ii.  72;   Manners   anil 

Household  Expcnces  of  England,  p.  151. 

For  lyttyrday  deyde  my  nobyl  stede. 

On  joure  armdt  as  I  jede.   Rallq.  AnHq.  ii.  101. 

ARBNGB.     In  a  series.     It  is  translated  by 
teriatim  in  Prompt  Parv.  p.  14. 
And  ladde  him  and  hlsmonekes 

Intoawel  falrhalle. 
And  sette  hem  adoun  arenk, 

A  nd  woMhe  here  fet  alle.     SI.  Smmlait,  p.  II. 
ARENYNG.     See  Alhenyng. 

Wc  thankyng  God  of  the  good  and  grados  mrtnrng 
of  yowrc  croune  of  Fraunoe. 

I^/dgmtt't  Mimor  PMm.  p.  4. 

ARERAGE.    Arrcar.    {A.-N.)    Cowell  s»y»,  "  U 

significth  the  remain  of  an  acconnt,  or  a  lum 

of  money  remaining  in  the  liands  of  an  accoonU 

ant."     See  also  Baret's  Alvearie,  in  T. 


.  f.ias.  ■ 
cc  the  ■ 


I 


ARE 


HI 


ARE 


.  so. 


73. 


I 


1  tTowo  roonr  Id  anragi^  wol  falle, 
Aod  to  pvriwtud  prfMuo  gotig«. 

MS.  JiMlHfiQlt  4l,r.  77. 
ARERE.  (1)  To  raise.  See  Wright's  PoliticEl 
Songs,  p.  342;  Coventry  Mysteries,  pp.  1S2, 
215,  240;  Octorian  Imperalor,  21  ;  Maunde- 
rile's  TniTels,  p.  38 ;  HoUnslied,  Uist.  Eng. 
pp.  112,129.   [J.-S.) 

Thcr  Bchulc  the  uutlen  bco  to-dniwe, 
Thol  her  arereden  unr^'htc  Uwr. 

MS.  CWI.  JcM.  Qn>n 
A  prince  of  the  londlt  wide, 
Shjille  barret  artre  for  her  pride. 

US.  Cantnb.  Wf.  v.  48,  f. 

(2)  To  retr,  as  >  horse. 

Wan  any  of  hem  that  hori  cam  ne^, 
A  caatc  twhjnde  and  arertnl  an  he^. 

US.  jiihmi.lr  SO.  I.  49. 

(3)  A  term  in  harc-hiuiting,  n»c<l  when  the 
hounds  wcrclet  loose,  (yf.. A'.)  Cf.  MS.  BoiU.  546. 
That  all  niaye  hym  here,  he  ihall  taye  artrt. 

Back  of  SI.  Mluini.  cd.  IBIn.  iig.  D.lli. 

(4)  Backwnnls  ;  behind.  Set  Spenser's  Faerie 
Qucene,  111.  vii.  24  ;  Piers  Ploughman,  p.  181 ; 
Scott,  glossary  to  Sir  Tristrem,  (aphiins  it  or 
ere,  before,     (.i.-y.) 

Ily  blaqihemUiK  no"  have  I  bought  ful  dne, 
AU  yefthly  jole  and  mirthe  1  fet  arffro. 

Ttitamfnl  of  Crraeidt,  SSS. 
Now  plucke  up  your  hertet ,  and  make  good  chcre , 
Thne  tyd)Tige»  lykpth  me  wonder  wele. 

Now  vertu  shall  drawc  arrre,  arerr  : 

Herke,  felout,  a  rood  iporte  I  ran  you  tell. 

Hpcke  SrxmrTt  ap.  Hmurkiru,  L  110. 

(5)  To  retTMt. 
He  admDt  for  the  icharp,  and  lehulde  haf  arcrM. 

Syr  Gtttvayne,  p.  70. 

ARESEDE.    Tottered.  (.4..S.) 

Thourgh  the  mouht  ihofom  was  wight. 
The  tuachn  in  the  tre  he  smlt ; 
I  The  trr  arrttdt  ai  hit  wold  falle. 

The  herd  was  «orl  admd  wlth.ille. 
And  g.iD  »ooe  on  knea  to  falle. 

Srryn  Sagra,  016, 
ARESON.  To  question,  interrogate,  examine. 
(.■f.-iV.)  Sec  llaidyng's  Chronicle,  f.  183  ; 
Roiu.  of  the  Rose,  0220  ;  Langtoft's  Chronicle. 
p.  314  ;  Sernt  Katerine,  p.  181 ;  Ywaine  anil 
Gawio,  10&4;  Maundevilc's  Travels,  p.  131; 
Pien  Ploughman,  p.  241, 

of  that  morther  and  that  tresoun, 
II*  dud  that  traltour  to  arciimv. 

Cmrmr  Afu'nl^  its.  OJ/.  Trln.  Cantak.  f.  '■ 
Themprrour  clepcd   Hcrhaud  him  to. 
And  ar«aowiid  hUn  tuene  hem  tuo. 

Cy  c/  Ifiiru-lkt,  p.  IS8. 
ARE8T.  (1)  Am»st ;  consttiint.     {J..y.) 
They  lire  hut  at  a  bird  or  at  a  tiette. 
In  Ubertee  and  under  non  arrjrtt. 

nattccr,  dint.  T.  Dlia 
C«)   Delay.     (^.-M) 

Ala*,  than  comlth  a  wUde  Honcaae 
Out  of  Ihr  wode,  withoutin  more  arett. 

Thiilm  nfBubtilm,  101. 

(8)   To  stop.  {A.-N.) 

And  ther  our  biMte  bejan  hii  hort  ar««, 
rH  And  Mide,  lordcs,  herkeneth  If  you  lest. 

I^h  C^owoer,  Cam.  T.  819. 

■  (4)  Sdateat. 


b 


Palmer,  ryghtly  thou  .ir#«r 

All  the  maner. 
Dar»t  thou  rydc  upon  tliya  best 

To  the  rytere. 
And  water  hyra  that  thou  ne  falle  t 

Odorfan  Imperator,  1425. 

(5)    Rancid.     Prompt.  Parr. 

.MIESTENESSE.     Rancidity,  applied  to  meat. 

Sec  Prompt.  Parr.  p.  14.     Raucid  bacon  is 

called  rees/y  in  the  provinces. 

ARESTOGIE.   A  kind  of  herb?  Sec  the  Arehic- 

ologia,  xn.  401. 
ARETIIEDE.     Honour.   (.^..S.) 
Whare  folke*  Kiltie  in  fere, 
Thare  lolde  tnene  herkene  and  here 
uf  beryni  thnt  by  fore  were. 
That  lylTcd  In  amlhrile. 

Sir  Drgrttanl,  Lincoln  MS. 

ARETTE.  (1)  Toimpute,adjudgc,rcckon.(.,*..Af.) 
See  Apology  for  the  Lollards,  pp.  26, 85,  104 ; 
Chancer,  Cant.  T.  728  ;  Pcrsones  Tnlc,  p.  63  ; 
Morte  d'.Vrlhur,  p.  ii ;  Philpot's  Works, p. 350 ; 
Wickliffc's  New  Test.    P/iil  I 

The  vlclorye  ei  nojte  nrfitpd  to  Ihamc  that  flies, 
bot  to  thame  that  habydcx  orfolowes  on  the  chace. 
V.I.  Uarofn  A.  i.  17,  f.  IS. 

(2)  Hence,  to  value,  to  esteem.  "  Wc  arrtliden 
Dot  him,"  old  MS.  translation  of  Isaiah,  liii. 
quoted  in  MS.  RawL  C.  155,  from  a  copy  at 
Cambridge.  According  to  Cowcll,  a  person  is 
arretted,  "  that  is  covenanted  before  a  judge, 
and  charged  with  a  crime."  See  his  Inter- 
preter, 1658.  Rider  translates  it  hy  ad  rectum 
Tocatui.  The  verb  ami  is  used  by  Spenser 
in  the  sense  to  decree,  to  appoint. 
AREVANT.     Back  again. 

Themeyn  th^llc  ye  nebylle. 
And  I  ilittllc  synft  the  trrbille, 
j4reraiit  the  dcviUe, 

Ttlle  alle  this  hole  rowtr. 

Ti>wn«ley  Myrttriet,  p.  3li>. 

AREVYD.     Arrived. 

They  oreeyd  at  the  4ce  itronde. 

MS.  Oinlab.  Ff.  ii.  3».  f,  M. 

i\-REW.  In  a  row.  See  Spenser's  Faerie  Queene, 
V.  \ii.  29  ;  Rcliq.  Antiq.  i.  295  ;  Rob.Glouc.  p. 
338;  Prompt.  Par\-.  p.  14. 

Finte  that  myn  nrdre  longeth  too. 
The  vicis  for  to  telle  o-rewt. 

Cewtr,  MS.  Soc.  AnIUi.  134,  t.  all. 
AREWE.  (1)  To  pity. 

Jhctu  Christ  arew  hem  tore. 

Ant  seldehc  wolde  vacelie  hem  thorc. 

Hitrrvwine  f\f  Hett,  p    l\ 

(2)    To  make  to  repent ;  to  grieve. 

The  Cry»tyn  party  become  »o  than. 
That  the  (ylAe  they  myjt  not  wynnci 
Alle  areu^i^  hyt,  kynge  and  knyftht. 

MS.  Omial,.  Vf.  il.  311,  f.  «l. 
The  Airite  artycul  of  thyi  gemetry  ;  — 
The  inayster  maton  motte  be  ful  securlf 
Dolhe  tti^cfdst,  truity,  and  trwe, 
Hyt  thai  hym  never  Ihenne  artwe, 

Omrt.  <\f  MlUiinrf,  p.  IS. 

AREWEN.     Arrom.  {A.-S.) 

Tweyc  tnjgle.hnmrf ,  and  a  bows  alto. 
And  (yve  arait'tfM  ck  therto. 

iCmf  jiliMundtr,  SU3. 

AREWES.    AiTowi. 

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82 


ARG 


lie  bar  a  bn«c  [n  hU  tuiid. 
And  nuuiye  brotjc  arrfre'. 

Pifr*  PtoMghman,  p.  i^, 

AREYNED.    Arrested.   (./.-.V.) 

A  man  they  inrttp  uiil  hym  ttrt^fd, 
Tu  brrc  the  Crotthcy  hymoonftreyne'l. 

MS.  HaH.  1701,  f.  88. 
AREYTHE.     Aright. 

Anon  to  hvra  tche  tnodf  complaynt. 
Ao'l  toldc  hem  all  ttrrjtth*. 

Frcre  and  the  Bo^,  It.  kxIx. 

ARFE.     Afraid :  baclm'uni  1   reluctant.     Xorlh. 
Soiiietinies  arfhh,  rii  the  same  senie. 
Whaugh,  motlier.  how  the  towi*  I  Ita  varra  «»•/►• 
fihec'l  put  and  rive  my  good  prunella  acarfe. 

Yorkshire  IMahifV,  p.  35. 

AUG.  (1)   To  argue.     Uetl. 
(2)  To  ttrumble.     Smtrr. 
ARGARUSHE.     Ahorquebuai,  an  old  fashioned 
kind  of  musket. 

Thim  pu»hc«1  souMien  vlth  ihclr  pike*. 

And  halber<lc«  with  handy  ftrokc*  ; 
The  argattiuht  \u  Ocihc  it  llchiea. 

And  duiu  the  ayre  with  tnls;y  tmolies. 

/V-ry""  BWijKi'J.  p.  101. 

ARGAL.  (1)  According  to  Kersey,  "hard  lees 
stirliLing  to  the  sides  of  nine  vessels,  and  other- 
wise c^ed  tartar."     See  Argoil. 

(2)  Ergo.  See  Hamlet,  v.  1.  This  is  merely  the 
grave-digger's  \'ulgtu'  corruption  of  the  Latin 
wonl.  Argo  ia  found  in  a  similar  manner  in 
MidiUeton't  Works,  i.  392  ;  Sir  Thomas  More, 
p.  24. 

ARGEMONE.    The  wild  Unsy.     Mintheu. 

ARGENTILL.     The  herb  perccpicrc.     Gerard. 

ARGENTINA.     The  wild  tansy. 

Jr/rfnlina,  wild  tjnty,  growdit  the  tnoal  in  the 
fallowea  In  Coteawold  and  North-Wiltt  adjoynlti^, 
that  I  ever  law.   Avbny'i  H'illi,  MS.  Soc.  Kcf.  p.  1 18. 

ARGENTINE.  Silver.  Minsheu  givea  aryen/, 
a  substantive  in  the  lame  leme. 

Celefllal  Dian,  goddess  arg*ntUM, 
I  will  obey  Uiee  t— Hrlleanui  I       Ptridu,  v.  t. 
ARGENT-VIVE.    Quicksilver. 

The  manner  of  our  work  ;  the  bulli.  our  fumaec. 
Still  breathing  6re  ;  ontargtnt-vivtt  the  drAj*nn. 

r/io  ^lr\einitl,  II.  I. 

ARCIIEDE.     /Utouished.    (.Y.-S.) 
That  ar/rhi^r  alle  that  ther  ware, 
tlothe  the  let^e  and  the  marc.        Sir  Prrrrml,  t®. 
ARCllNES.     Sluggishiipjs ;  indulcnrc. 

The  pnivcrb  it,  the  doumb  man  no  land  getlth ; 
Who  w  nat  ipoklth.  and  with  neede  U  tjete. 
And  thurgh  arghHru«  his  owno  tetf  fiirgetlth. 
No  wYmdlr  thogh  anolhir  him  forgete. 

HoreUvt'*  Pvtnkt,  p.  56. 
jfrgnrme  also  me  th>-nkth  y»  hard, 
Fore  hit  roaketh  ■  man  8  eoward. 

MS.  Oodl.  48,  r.  137. 

ARGIEK.     Algiers. 

Pro.  Thou  hast;   Where  waa  the  bom  ?  tpeak;  tell  me. 

y/rl.  sir.  In  Argttr.  ThiTrmplH,  I    8. 

ABGIN.     An  embankment  j  a  rampart.    (/foA) 
It  muat  hare  high  arfiiu  and  covcr'd  ways. 
To  keep  the  bulwark  fionti  from  battery. 

MarlM-ri  Workl,  i.  198. 

ARGOIL.     Chaucer.  Cant.  T.  16381,  says  the 
alchemist  used,  among  other  things, 

rley  made  with  hori  and  mannis  here,  and  olle 
Of  tarlTT,  alum,  glaa,  berme,  wart,  and  tirgtMt. 


Tyrwhill  .  .   '  ' 
French  ar. 
akyndeof  ( ;.,. 
it,  "alcali  seu 


'/i7»,  potter's  clay,  I 

ivo,  f.  19,  has,  ' 

...... ..!■,"  but  Skinner  explainj' 

sal  kalL"     Ben  Jonson,  Al- 


I 


chemist,  i.  1,  mentions,  "  arsenic,  vitriol,  sal- 
tartar,  argttile,  alkali,  cinopcr,"  as  the  stock 
an  alchemist ;  and  in  a  MS.  of  the  fifteenth^ 
ccntur)'/?r»r(e.v  inp  is  a  receipt  "  to  make 
aryoile,  that  vs.  nqua  larlary,"  in  which  ia< 
stances  it  seems  to  mean  the  tartar,  or  lees 
wine,  a*  before  in  nrgal,  q.  v.     This  niso  is 
clearly  the  meaniug  of  argut  in  a  verj'  early  re- 
ceipt  inMS.  Harl.  22S3,  printed  in  the  .\rchiiK>-ia 
logical  Journal,  i.  C5,  "  tac  argut,  a  thing  Ihatf 
deyarcs  deyet  with,  ant  grint  bit  smal,  ant 
seththe  tac  a  wollcnc  clout,  ant  couchc  thi 
poudre  theron  as  brod  as  hit  wol."    Argul,  or 
argal,  isthc  name  of  the  impure  salt  deponiled 
from  wine ;  and  when  |iurilied,  is  calletl  bitar- 
trate  of  (lotash,  or  cream  of  tartar,  a  material 
still  tised  in  dvHng.     Argol  is  mentioned  in  a 
list  of  chemical  melnls  in  Galhilliea,  1632. 
ARGOLET.    A  light  horseman.    Alrodyoftbem 
were   called  argoMieri.      Sec  Florio,  in 
(ritifine. 
Pluno,  Like  a  comet  of  our  hone, 
Ab  many  nrfiJett  and  armed  pikei. 
And  with  our  carriage  march  away  before 
By  ^cyra«.  and  thoae  plot»  of  ground 
That  to  Morocctu  leadi  the  lower  way. 

Poflo't  fTorki,  II.  SS. 
The  which  argnletitr  shall  stand  you  in  aa  great 
alead  aa  horacs  of  better  account. 

^rchm^Uigta,  xili,  184. 
ARGOLOGT.     Idle  speaking.     Cocieram. 
ARGOS.    The  small  false  toes  at  the  hack  of  the 
foot,  applied  to  the  twar,  buck,  and  doe. 

There  Is  no  deer  so  ]ong  ^if  he  be  a  broket  upward 
that  his  talt^o  is  more  large  and  bcter  and  more  gret 
arfifu  tlien  hath  an  hynde,  and  coin u net Ichelongere 
tram.  Maytre  nf  Hit  Camt,  US. 

ARGOSIES.    Ships  of  great  burthen,  either  for 
merchnndiu  or  war.    Sec  Merchant  of  Venice, 
i.  1 ;  Uoucc's  Illustrations,  i.  248.    Grose  says 
the  word  is  u»e<l  in  the  North. 
ARGOT.     A  corruption  of  argent,  silver. 
Good  KWert-fae'd  serving  man, 
Let  rae  out,  I  beterch  de,  and,  by  my  trot, 
I  will  give  dy  worship  two  (hillluga  in  good  argti 
To  buy  dy  wenhlp  pippina. 

Oraomonr  siuf  FIftchrr,  III.  log, 
ARGUFY.  To  argue.  Var.  dial.  1  believe  I 
have  heard  the  word  used  in  the  tense  of  fo 
ngnify, 
ARGUMENT.  (1)  Conversation.  So  Shakespeare 
seems  to  apply  the  word  in  Much  Ado  about 
Nothing,  iii.  I. 

(2)  To  argue. 
Thus  argitmtnlid  he  in  his  ginning, 

Ful  uiuviaki  of  hia  wo  eommlng. 

TroiiuM  mnd  Cnaetdt,  I.  378. 
But  jit  they  ar|rs"wenr«n  ftete 
Upon  the  pope  and  his  astate, 
Wheivof  they  falle  In  gret  debate. 

Gower,  US.  Sac.  <fjirt«.  194,  f. 

(3)  A  given  arch,  whereby  another  is  determined 
pro|iortional  to  the  first. 


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At  ben  lib  (^ntrcs,  and  hij  arfffniMr«*, 
And  hb  proitortionel  coovenlcntrt. 

Oimuy^.  Cniit.  T.  iU8». 
ARGV.    An  argument.  Salop.    Rather,  perhaps, 
aisertiou  in  disiiutc,  according  to  Urockctt, 
who  »a>5,  "  tlie  lemi  is  generally  applied  to  a 
per«nn  who  ia  not  only  contentious,  hut  pertj- 
□Bcious  in  managing  an  argument." 
ARICHES.     The  ends  of  joists.     HmvelL 
ARU).     Upright  ? 

Swft  tic  met  the  arid  and  te  frrd. 
Tbat  bailie  Ihav  fcl  ded  to  tbe  herd. 

Guyo/  Waneick.  SlliUnrMtt  MS. 

ARIERKBAN.  A  general  summons  from  the 
king  to  all  his  vassals  to  appear  in  arms.  Skinner. 
ARIET.  Harriet.  North. 
ARIETE.  .\ries,  one  of  the  signs  in  the  lodiac. 
See  TroUus  and  Crcseide,  Vi.  1592,  v.  1189; 
Lydgate's  Minor  Poems,  p.  243.  It  occura 
aUo  ai  a  Latin  word. 

Or  that  PhebUB  entre  In  the  slgne 
With  hl»  carecte  of  the  itrittt. 

l.yllpitc,  MS.  Sor.  ,/ii(i«.  13»,  f.  ». 
nut  modlrwtirth  mofttc  gadcr>d  be 
Whytl  the  Sonne  ii  In  arui^. 

jirtftmatogia^  xxx.  3/2. 

ARIGHT.   (1)  Performed  ;  made  1 
Such  gntenyn^;  he  ariiM, 
That  there  he  dwellid  alle  nrjt 
Willi  that  lady  geot. 

7bmt»r  o/  Purtugntt  p.  fiS. 
Alhl  fotuid  a  pur*  fulle  riche  nrifhtt 
With  gold  and  pcrlU  that  waa  i-bcole. 

MS.  Harl.  tlit,  I.  101. 

(2)  Pulled? 

On  a  dajr  »he  bad  him  here  pappe, 

And  he  ari^htg  here  loo, 

He  tare  the  oon  »lde  of  here  brrtt. 

.Ifr  Goirghler,  XXt. 

AUINDRAGA.     A  messenger.     Ventrgan. 
ARIPK.     A  kind  of  bird. 

He  cbafcld  oriptj,  briddes  of  Archadle. 

MS.  Ditb:,.  iM. 
ABIST.     Arises.    See  Hartshonie's  Met.  Tales. 
p.  105 ;  Kyng  Alisaunder,  SI 38 ;   Gower,  ed. 
1532.  f.  70. 

The  world  ariti,  and  fttleth  withalle. 

Gotcer,  MS.  Sat.  jlnli,i.  IM,  t.  M. 
Fuule*  in  wodc  hem  make  blithe. 
In  ererlch  lond  arUI  tong. 

Arihour  aud  Merlin,  p.  37^. 

ARISTIPPUS.     A  kind  of  wine. 
O  for  a  bowl  of  fat  canary. 
Rich  Anttipi>vt,  tporktlng  sherry  f 
.Some  nectar  eUe  from  Juno't  dairy  ; 
O  thcM  draughu  would  matie  lu  merry  I 

Middlnon't  trorki,  II.  *». 

ARISTOLOCH.  The  plantcalled  round  hartwort. 

Sec  Topscll's  Historie  of  Four-footed  Beasts, 

1607,  p.  345. 
ARITE.    An  arrest.  Stiimi-r.    Tlie  word  occurs 

in  Troilus  and  Crescidc,  iv,  1592,  for  Aries. 

See  Ariele. 
ARITHMANCIE.     A  kind   of  divination,  Ihc 

fnrclrlling  of  future  events  by  nunilicrs.     S<w 

lUrriion's  Description  of  Britaine,  p.  28. 
ARIVAGE.     Shore  i  lanrUng  place.     (./.-A'.) 
There  lawc  I  how  the  tempest  atrate. 
And  how  with  alle  pine  he  went. 


ARM 

And  privilie  lok*  ar<«M« 
Into  the  oounlric  of  Csrlhaga. 

Um—  nf  ram;  I.  m. 
ARIVAILE.    Arrival.     {A.-N.) 
Tho  uwe  I  all  the  nrivaUe 
That  .£neaa  made  In  ItAile. 

H<muiirramt,\.ih\. 
AlUVED.     Riven ;  spUt  asunder. 
Well  cvUI  mote  thcl  thrive. 
And  erill  arliwd  mote  thel  be. 

/{•/in.  0/  the  Ama,  1088. 
ARIZINGE.     Resurrection. 

Ich  yleve  Ine  the  Holy  Goat,  lioly  cherche  gene- 
ralliche,  tnenoeaie  of  haljen,  lesncaae  of  sennet,  of 
uletao  oritingt,  and  lyf  evreleitlnde. 

MS.  Arundel  57,  '.  04. 
ARK.    (1)  A  chest.     In  the  North  of  England, 
the  large  chests  in  farm  houses  used  for  keep- 
ing meat  or  flour  arc  so  called.     They  are 
usually  made  of  oak,  and  arc  sometimes  elabo- 
rately carded.     From  the  name  Arktrright,  it 
would  seem  that  the  construction  of  them 
formerly  constitntcd  a  separate  trade. 
And  trutie  al  that  he  mithcn  fynde 
Of  hitc.  In  arkt  or  In  kllte.  Hanlnlr,  9010. 

(2)  Clouds  running  into  two  points,  thus  (). 
£nex. 

(3)  A  part  of  the  circumference  of  a  circle.  (Lot-) 

The  nrk  of  hit  artificial  day  had  runne 
The  fourthe  part,  and  half  an  houre  and  more. 
Oaum,  Cam.  T.  4Ui. 
(4  )  An  arch. 

It  were  the  part  of  an  liUe  orator  to  dfitcritie  the 
pifeantt,  the  arXre*,  and  other  well  di-vUetl  honourct 
done  unto  her.      Hajpioard'«  Annntt  i>/  9v,  Kliu  p.  IG. 
AIll.ES.     Money  paid  to  bind  a  liargoiii.     Dr. 
Jomicson  says,  "  an  earnest,  of  whatever  kind; 
apIedgeoffuU  posstssion."  Kersey  gives  or/m- 
petmy,  a  North  country  word  for  "  earnest- 
money  given  to  servants."    It  is  somclinics  the 
custom  to  give  a  tritte  to  servants  when  they 
were  hired,  as  a  kind  of  retainer.     See  an  in- 
stance in  Dr.  Dee's  Diary,  p.  11.     According 
to  Pcf^,  to  arte  a  bargain  is  to  close  it.    Set; 
al&o  Hunter's  Hallamshire  Glossary,  p.  104  ; 
Skiiinrr,  part  3,  in  v. 
ARLlCilE.    Early.    Sec  the  Se^Tn  Sages,  204 ; 
Legend  of  Pope  Gregory,  p.  13.    {A.-S.) 
Cfode  tidlngc*  y  telle  the. 
That  themperour  tlkerliche 
Ullle  hiinlte  to-morwe  urtirhv. 
In  hitforcst  prlveliche.      Cj/o/Wffnri^e.  p. H7. 
ARLING.     "  .\n  orling,  a  bjTile  that  appcareth 
not  in  winter,  a  clotbjTde,  a  snialch,  cimiteo." 
Baret's  Alvrarie,  1580.      Sec  also  MuSctt's 
Health's  Improvement,  1G55,  p.  100;  Florio, 
in  V.  Fnuiine. 
ARLOUP.   Tliemidtlledcckof  a  ship:  the  orlop. 

So  Cotgravc  has  the  word,  in  v.  TUIae. 
.\RLY.     Early.     Km/.  {A.-S.) 

And  noght  over  aWy  to  mete  at  gang, 
Ne  for  to  tit  tharat  over  lang. 

M.S.  CM.  oona  E.  Is.  r  es. 

Ich  wil  that  ow  to-mitrweD  «Wy 
Ml  doubter  at  the  chlrche  tpouty. 

Cv  "f  n'arietlfr,  p.  I.Vi. 

ARM.    (1)  To  take  up  in  the  arms.    So  Shake- 
speare uses  the  woril  in  Cvnibcline,  iv.  2, 


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(2)  Hum. 

So  falltf  OD  Lhe,  sire  imipcrour, 
Swlcl)  armt  and  ichimc,  uitl  dcionour, 
Yif  thou  do  thi  tone  unright, 
AU  to  ths  gieihound  itde  the  kni(hL 

Snrn  Sagta,  8S9. 

(3)  In  a  receipt  for  a  ilish  in  Warner's  Antiq. 
Culin.  p.  26.  it  is  directed  that  "  cranei  and 
hcronii  »hal  be  armed  witli  lardca  of  swyne." 
In  this  place  (lie  word  means  larded  with  bacon 
fat,  and  roasted  birds  when  larded  certainly 
may  be  taid  to  be  formidably  armed. 

(4)  Defence;  security'? 

Now  loklih  yo,  for  I  wot  have  no  wile 

To  bring  in  prc«c,  that  ml^ht  y^doD  him  harmc, 

Or  him  dUcslD,  Tor  my  bftlir  urma. 

Trmliu  and  CreKidc,  II.  1650. 

ARMAN.    A  kind  of  confection,  given  to  boraea 

to  create  an  appetite.     Diet.  K<at. 
ARMESIN-TAFKETA.    A  kind  of  taffata,  men- 
tioned l)v  Howell  in  his  25th  section. 
ARMETT.'    A  hermit. 

And  thU  nrmttt  Miyn  can  hym  fiayn 
How  he  had  iped  of  hy«  fait. 

US.  S€U.  Arch.  n.  it. 

ARMFUL.      An  armful  of  hay,  according  to 
HoweU,  is  aa  much  as  can  be  taken  in  the  two 
hands  together. 
AKM-GALNT.    Lean;  thin;  very  lean.    Sothc 
6nt  two  folios  reail,  but  the  correctness  of  it 
has  been   much  disputed.      Mason  suggests 
lermagauat,  a  conjecture  supported  by  Toonc; 
but  Ibcre  is  no  necessity  for  alteration.    Sbake- 
apeore  uses  arm-gaunt,  as  thin  as  an  arm,  in  the 
aame  way  that  Chaucer  writes  arm-gret,  q.  v. 
So  he  nodilt^l. 
And  lobcrly  did  mount  on  nrm.gaunt  ateed. 

Antoni/  aitd  Ctmtpatro,  i.  0. 

ARM-GRET.     A»  thick  as  a  man's  arm. 

A  wreLh  of  gold  orm-grvl,  of  huge  weight. 
Upon  hit  bed  ulc  ful  of  stones  bright. 

CAaHivr,  Cant,  T.  SU7 

ARMIGERO.      An  esquire.     {Lai.)     Soe  the 
rommencement    of    the    Merry    Wives    of 
Windsor,  i.  1.     7e»/« — armigero. 
ARMINE.    A  beggar.    {VhI.) 

iMC*.     O  here  Ood,  so  young  an  armlnt  I 
Fl«w,    Armtnt,  sweetheart,!  know  nut  what  you 
mean  by  that,  but  1  am  almost  a  beggar. 

Tht  LonrfMi  fVedIgm/,  p.  ISfl. 
ARMING.  (1)  Acoatofanns. 

When  the  Lord  Beiniont,  who  their  ortnitt/tt  knew. 
Their  present  perill  to  brave  Suffblkc  shewes. 

Draylim's  Peemt,  p.  63. 

(2)  A  net  hnng  about  a  ship's  hull,  to  protect 
the  men  from  an  enemy  in  a  6ght.  See  Huloet's 
Abc(^darium,  1552. 

ARMING-GIUDLE.  A  kind  of  sword  girdle.  Cf. 
Nomenclator,  1585,  p.  171;  Florio.  in  v. 
Balleo;  Cotgrave,  in  v.  Ceineturf,  Ball  her. 
Florio,  in  v.  Settdne,  mentions  an  armmg-tad. 
die,  and  there  are  also  other  similar  com- 
pounds.    Sec  Strutt,  ii.  229. 

*^RMING.POINTS.  Short  ends  of  strong  twine, 
with  points  like  laces  :  they  were  fixed  princi- 
pally under  the  armpit*  and  bendings  of  Ibe 
arms  and  knees,  to  fasten  '.he  guaieta  of  mail 


which  defended  those  parts  of  the  body  other- 
wise r\-|)oscd.     Meyrlei. 
AR.M1NG.S\V0RD.    A  two-handed  sword.  Sec 
the  Nomenclator,  p.  275  ;  Arch,  xiu  351. 

^ome  had  their  nmi/ngt  netariirt  rr«st:Iy  liur- 
nlihcil,  and  some  had  them  ronniogly  Temyihod. 
Hall.  Hm.  IV.  t.  I«. 
A  helmett  of  proofc  shce  strait  did  provide, 
A  strong  aimiugif'»u.ont  shce  Klrt  by  her  tide* 
On  her  lund  a  goodly  faire  gauntlctt  put  ihc«; 
Was  not  ttlls  a  brave  Ixtony  lass,  Mary  Ambrtef 
Perry's  Keliqnri,  p,  lit. 

ARMIPOTENT.     Mighty  in  arms,    (id/.) 
And  dounward  fVom  an  hill  under  a  tMfnt, 
Thcr  stood  the  temple  of  Mars  urmijwcenr. 
Wrought  all  of  tmmed  stele,  of  which  the  entree 
Was  longe  and  streito,  and  giutiy  for  to  see. 

CAaurer,  Cant.  T.  19M. 

AUMITE.    Ahehnet.  (^.-A'.)  Palsgrave  (f.  18) 
says  that  armrl  is  "  a  heed  pese  of  hamesse." 
On  the  liij .  comers  of  the  waggon  were  lllj.  hed 
peees  called  armitts,  every  peco  beyng  of  a  sundery 
device.  Hall,  Henrti  rill.  t.  70. 

ARMLES.    Without  an  arm.    (,/.-S.) 
And  on  a  wall  this  king  his  eyen  cast. 
And  saw  an  hand  armlet,  that  wrote  ful  faal. 
For  fere  of  whichc  he  quokc,  end  sikcd  sore. 

OMttixT,  OuK.  T.  I4MII. 
ARMLET.    A  bracelet;  a  piece  of  armoiu'  for 
tliR  arm. 
Not  tliat  ID  colour  It  was  like  thy  hair, 
Armtlttt  of  that  thou  mayst  still  let  me  wear. 

Zkmn^M  Klegin,  xil. 
ARMONY.  (1)  Harmony. 

And  mtisik  had,  voyde  of  ailc  diicord, 
Boece  hcrclcili,  withe  hevcnly  «rniony. 
And  instrtimentcs  alle  of  oon  accorde. 

l4f(lgat«'M  Jilnw  Paemr,  p.  II. 
(2)  Armenia. 

Shewe  me  the  ryght  path 

To  the  hylles  of  Armonit.      Skelttm't  R'wkr,  t  50. 
ARMOR]  KE.      Basse  Ilrelaguc  in  France,  an- 
ciently called  Britannia  Anuorica. 
In  Armorikr,  that  cillcd  is  Bretalgne, 
Therwas  a  knight,  that  lovc<l  and  did  his  peine 
To  serve  a  ladle  In  his  tieste  wise. 

Oinvcer,  Cinr.  T.  I104I. 
AR.MORWE.     The  morrow. 
An  amuH^t'^  erilehe 
Themperour  aroa sikeillche.  OtafWamrlln,  p.II7. 

ARMS.  The  arms  of  a  hawk  are  the  legs  from 
the  thigh  to  the  foot.  Sec  the  Laws  of  the 
Forest  and  Game,  1709,  p.  40. 

ARMURE.  Armour.  (A.-S.)  Sec  Melibeus, 
p.  114  ;  Lydgatc's  Minor  Poems,  p.  2G0. 


In 


I 

I 
I 

I 


the  Utter  instance,  the  form  of  the  word  U 
armwry». 
ARM  YE.     A  n&ral  ormanicnt. 

Whichc  t  lhoiif{ht  not  convcnycnt,  cxNijecturinfi 
lh«t  wlih  thD>c  ttrpynnlitc  wyndct,  the  re«t  of 
rAonnyrcomyngout  ot  Th^raci,  and  tlio  the  Henry. 
with  the  Mary  Roosi?,  iholde  bo  \n  the  Dowqm. 

State  Pufter*,  i.79l. 

ARMYLL.     A  bracelet ;  a  nt^cU«c(l.    (Lat.) 

The  king  thut  gird  with  his  fwerd.  an>1  fttADilIng, 
•hall  Ukcaraiyl/of  theCardlmilUuylntt  thi»r  woriis. 
aeclfw  armttUim,  and  it  li  to  wctc  th«t  arm/til  If  ma«ltt 
in  ni&ncf  n(  a  ilole  wovyn  with  gold  ind  uot  with 
ttonct,  to  br  putt  by  the  Cwdlnall  abtml*  the  Klugc« 
o«ck*.  Au/fnnrf  Pdp<r*ip.  Id. 


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ARMVN.     Ermine.      "  Blacke     apcrkei     lyke 

armynt"  ore  mentioned  in  the  Book  of  St. 

Aibuis,  rig.  A.  V.     See  also  Hall,  Henry  VIII. 

f.  3 ;  Rutland  Papers,   p.  23 ;  Assemble  of 

Ladies,  527. 

They  toke  ■  furrr  of  nrmpitt 
And  wrapped  the  rhyldur  theryn. 

US.  cai,ii,b.  rt.  II.  98,  r.  im 

And  cltd  them  alle  In  clothyf  of  pryte. 

And  rurryd  them  with  ormyfie.  Ibid,  f.949. 

Yuur  cotoarmourc  of  ^nlde  full  fyne, 

Aad  pondrcd  well  with  f;ood  amytig. 

ABMYSE.     Arms. 

Torrent  Myd,   Be  Mlrrc-  derc  ! 
And  I  were  off  orm^ae  clerc, 
V'owT  dowghthyr  me  leve  were. 

Tbrrenr  of  PortUfal,  p.  4. 

ARMYTE.    A  hcnnit.    See  Armetl.    Injstnuccs 
of  armylf  oecur  in  Hortshorne's  Mel.  Tales, 
p.  304 ;  Le  Bone  Florence  of  Rome,  1461. 
On  the  inome  he  gane  hym  dy;ht 
In  anDfltM  aray.  MS.  Aihm>le  Gl ,  f.  30. 

AHMYVBSTAL.    WarUkc. 

ThfDlM  «ald  Morgan,  tawe  ye  Arthur  my  brodcr  ^ 
Vc,  said  her  knyghlea,  ryghl  wel,  and  that  ye  ihold 
have  founde  and  we  myghle  have  Kered  fyom  one 
»t«le,  for  by  hit  arrnvrmtnt  conlenaunoe  he  wold 
have  efluieil  us  to  have  flej.      .Vortt  d^Arihvr,  I.  HO, 

ARN.  (1)  To  earn.    Salnji.    It  is  also  a  contrac- 
tion of  e'er  a  one  in  the  West  country  ilialect. 
Fort  he  wyll  drynke  more  on  a  dcy 
Than  thou  cane  lyghtly  am*  In  twcy. 

MS.  Atlimtlt  61,  t.  S3. 

(•i)  To  nm  ;  to  flow.  (y/.-S.) 
Cldol.  exl  of  Oloucetter,  also  In  hyl  syde 
Amdtt  and  kcplc  her  and  ther,  and  flow  a-boute  wyde. 
lli>6.  G/lXK.  p.  140. 
Now  rlit  grcte  tabour  betyng, 
Blaweyng  of  pypes,  and  ek  trumpyng, 
Stedca  lepyng,  and  ek  orfi^ng. 

Kyng  AltMauniir,  S16S. 
Anon  w  lein  Joan  Ihli  l-M)3h, 

He  amrfe  aftur  anon, 
And  tlwede  him  alto  ttiltiche 

AKhU  hon  mljhtegon.  MS.IJMA.  108,  f.l73> 
(3)  An  eagle.  i-l.-S.) 

ARNALDIE.  A  kind  of  disease,  menliourd  hy 
the  e«rly  chroniclers  without  cxplsiiatian. 
Skinner  considers  tlic  word  nf  Arabic  origin, 
Iml  KC  Dacange,  in  t.  ArnaMia,  who  con- 
fesses its  precise  meaning  is  not  known. 
ARNARY-CHEESE.      Ordinary    or    common 

cheese  mailc  of  skimmed  milk.  Donet. 
ARND.  An  errand ;  a  message.  Sec  a  curions 
hymn  printed  by  Heamc,  (pioted  in  Brit.  Biht. 
ii.  SI,  and  the  Catalogue  of  the  Douce  MSS. 
p.  20,whirh  mentions  another  copy,  identifying 
MS.  Douce  128  as  the  copy  of  .Avesbury  uscti 
by  Ueame.  Ami  occurs  in  Tim  Bobbin  in  the 
nme  sense. 

And  iped  hem  Into  Spayne  cpacll  in  a  while, 
Afldtothekud  king  Alphouns  kitTierl  hcreeif-rt'^. 
n'ill.  and  Ihe  H>ru^vl/,  p.  liHt. 

ARNDERN.    The  evening.    Scr  AanJom. 
When  the  lad  ntndtm  thtitting  In  the  light, 

Drapton'M  Oiel,  ed.  1748,  p.  410. 

ABNE.    Are.   See  Dlack's  Pen.  Psalms,  p.  51 ; 


llcamc's  Fragment,  p.  298 ;  Chaucer,  Cant.  T. 
4706,  8218. 
In  Brytayn  thli  laycs  am*  y-wrytt, 
Funt  y-founde  and  forthe  y-gete.         Orphtt,  13 
ARNEDE.     An  errand. 

To  his  wlf  he  went  anon. 

And  saide  sehc  raoit  on  his  omcds  gon. 

Stryn  Sngn,  1(04. 

ARNEMELIT.  A  kind  of  powder.  In  the  Book 
of  St.  Albans,  sig.  C.  ii.  is  a  direction  to  "  ty\le 
the  hole  wyth  a  powdre  of  ameinelil  brente." 
This  is  probably  an  error  for  amement.  Set  a 
siinil.tr  passage  in  Reliq.  Antiq.  i.  302. 
ARNEMENT.  Ink.  See  the  SevTn  Sages,  2776; 
MS.Mctl.  Lincoln,  f.  285;  MS.  Sloane  2584, 
p.  29.  UmI.) 

He  dud  make  hym  a  gamemtmt, 
Ai  black  ai  any  ornemmf. 

US.  Cantab.  Ft.  U.  38,  t.  190. 
ARXEMOR\VE.    Early  in  the  morning.    (A.-S.) 
Bifor  Oormoiie  that  eile 
On  timemonoe  than  come  we. 
With  arhuodrrd  of  gode  knightes. 

Cy  of  PTanrllr*,  p.  184. 

ARNEST.  Earnest.  Sec  a  reading  in  the  King's 
College  MS.  quoted  in  Prompt.  Parv.  p.  142. 
At  p.  14,  it  Is  the  translation  of  Wrptu,  earnest 
money,  hansel. 

ARNEYS.  Armour.  See  a  enrioos  stage  di- 
rection in  the  Coventry  Mysteries,  p.  283. 

ARNS.     Aries,  q.v.     AVM. 

ARNT.    (1)    Have  not ;  am  not.    »>§/. 

(2)  An  errand.   North. 

ARNUT.  The  earth-nut,  or  pig-ntit,  frequently 
eaten  by  boys  in  the  north  of  England. 

AROINT.  A  word  of  expulsion,  or  avoiding. 
Douce  thinks  there  is  no  doubt  that  it  signifies, 
array.'  r-Hii.'  and  that  it  is  of  Saxon  origin. 
See  his  Illustrations,  i.  371.  It  occurs  thrice 
in  Shakespeare  in  this  sense,  Macbeth,  i.  3, 
and  King  Lear,  iii.  4,  applied  in  each  instance 
to  witches.  The  print  published  by  Hcame, 
referred  toby  the  commentators,  seems  scarcely 
applicable.  See^roii$>f.  The  fourth  folio 
reads  anoint,  according  to  Steevens,  a  reading 
which  may  perhaps  be  confimicd  by  a  passage 
in  Ben  Jonson's  Masque  of  Queens : 
Sliteri,  lUy,  we  want  our  Dame  ; 
Call  upon  her  by  her  name. 
And  the  charm  we  uw  to  say. 
That  she  quickly  arminr,  and  come  aray. 
But  as  the  word  is  spelt  aroynt  three  times  in 
the  early  editions,  we  are  scarcely  jusliAcd  in 
proposing  an  alteration,  llay  e)!|>lains  "rynl 
ye"  bii  your  leave,  ttand  handsomrly,  and  gives 
thcCliesliire  proverb,  "Hynl  you,  iciVcA,  quoth 
Besse  Locket  to  her  mother."  This  proverbial 
saying  positively  connects  rynt  with  aroint, 
and  Wilbroliam  informs  us  that  "  rynt  thee" 
is  on  exprcssiou  used  by  milkmaids  to  a  cow 
when  she  has  l>cen  milked,  to  bid  her  to  get  out 
of  the  way,  which  is  more  likely  to  be  correct 
than  Ray's  explanation.  Boucher  goes  farther, 
and  sayj,  aroint  is  theword  ttsed  in  that  county; 
but  Ray's  proverb  is  sufficient,  and  of  good  au- 
thority, because  he  doea  not  appear  to  have 


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IimI  the  Shakri-peuinn  word  in  \iew.  The 
connexion  between  aroint  and  ryn/ l)elng  thus 
latnblislicd,  it  is  clear  that  the  compound  ety- 
mology proposed  by  Mr.  Rodd,  in  Knight's 
Sbaks|ierc,  is  inoihnissihle.  A  more  plausible 
one  is  given  in  Narcs's  Glossary,  in  v.  from 
the  Latin  avemutec,  the  participle  of  which 
may  have  licen  formed  into  aroint,  in  the 
same  way  that  jiimctutn  hat  become  point; 
hmcl urn,  joint,  &c.  Sec  alyi  Collier's  Shake- 
speare, vii.  103,  where  the  same  conjecture  is 
rcrived,  and  attrihiiled  (o  a  more  recent  writer. 
The  a  may  have  been  dropped,  and  Mr.  Wil- 
brahaiu's  conjectural  origin  from  arotema  re- 
ceives some  confinnation  from  a  passage  quoted 
in  Collier's  Hist.  Prjim.  I'oet.  ii.  289,  where 
the  form  of  that  word  is  aroine ;  but  perhaps 
we  should  read  aromr. 
AHOMAZ.  .\  spice.  "  Smirlcs  of  aronku"  arc 
mentioned  in  .MS.  Cott.  Titus  D.  xviiL  f.  142. 

The  tnther  to  nilrre,  the  Itirldtic  to  fluur. 

Tile  fiTthe  Mice  \o  ttramau, 

CurKr  Uuiull,  MS.  Call.  Trlit.  Canlali.  t.  139. 

ARON.    The  starehwort.  Mimhen.    Sec  Aaron. 
A-KOST.     Roasted. 

Tliranc  mot  ycti  hsbtie  hraoen  o-rotfT, 
Feyr  on  fyluhc  day  launprcy  ant  lax. 

n'rlfhl'M  PoliHcnl  Sutifi,  p.  ISI . 

AROUOT.  This  word  occurs  in  an  old  print 
copied  by  Heamcfrom  an  ancient  illumination 
representing  the  harrowing  of  hell.  It  meuus, 
probably,  go  out,  but  see  Aroute. 

AROUME.  Aside;  at  a  distance.  It  is  translated 
by  remote,  iteprojie,  teormm,  in  Prompt.  Parv. 
p.  U.  See  Hook  of  Fame,  ii.  32;  Kyng  Ali- 
uunder,  1637;  Richard  Coer  de  Liou,  464; 
Collier's  Hist,  Dram.  Poet.  iL  289;  Digby 
Mystcricj,  p.  188.  (A.-S.) 

Tht  ^cnunl  arovmp  he  ttode, 

til*  tmnd  he  lint  y-wii: 
He  Ot-'ighc,  a>  he  wcr  wodc, 

Tlirr  that  the  caitel  I*.      Sir  TrUtrtm,  p.  903. 
And  droU(;ti  hem  wcl  fer  ufH.ume. 

Arlh"*ir  and  Hrrlln,  p.  !14. 

And  thcnnc  ihulde  the  lord  and  the  mayvler  of  the 

game,  and  allc  the  tiunters,  atuode  ariiom  al  attoute  the 

reward,  and  bluwethc  derth.  US.  Bt<<ll  540. 

AROUN.     Aniiuul.     North. 

Ayren  they  Irggllti  as  a  gtlllbn, 
Ac  they  beon  more  feor  nroun. 

K^g  MUmtnder,  GGKI. 

AROUTE.  (1)  To  go;  to  move  about.  (Su.  G.) 
ho,  fteyde  the  etnpcrour, 

Byhold  now  aboute. 
And  Dure  Godit  hoiinrc  ieh  rede. 
Other  Ihou  ahelt  bertu  nrt/ute. 

MS.  0<ll.  TtiK.  Onn.  67. 
Be  iDTjte  not  wonne  In  the  wonet  for  witt  that  he  uf  id. 
But  o-remj/id  for  hU  ray,  and  retniked  ofte. 

Ihrp.yntu,n  of  Hlrharit  II.  p.  S9. 

In  all  titat  load  no  Chrlatln  durit  untut, 

CJumcrr,  erf.  Vrrif,  p.  63. 

(2)  All  asseiublr.     Gouvr. 

AR0U3T.     Explaine<l. 

Here  twevcn  bi  him  tolden  word  after  word, 
JoMp  her*  iweven  tone  haveth  nrvN^r, 

M.1.  tkxil.  053,  r.  i. 

AUOVE.    (1)  Runhliug  about.     Craven. 


(2)  Arrived. 

]]!«  navyfv  f>reate  with  many  foudyouroa, 

To  Kayle  anone  into  thli  Britayn  made. 

In  Thamb  arnce,  wher  he  had  ful  thnrpe  ihorea. 

Hmnlyn/t'i  Chnnttli,  I.  38. 
-l-ROWE.     In  a  row  ;  successively. 
ThatKit  present  him  a  schlp 
Ther  that  mani  itode  a-nmwe. 

Lefvnd  iff  Pi<pe  Grripwj/,  |k  I 
For  thre  nyjtes  a-fwiee  he  aeyje  that  tame  >y;t. 

Chrvn.  VilatluM.  p.  flB, 
AROWZK.    To  bedew.  (Fr.)    Narcs  doubts  the 
correctness  of  this  explanation,  and  considers 
it  has  the  usual  sense  ofarouw. 
The  blUiful  dew  of  hoaven  docaffrowre  yon. 

Th*  7>ro  SobiB  Kih»m*n,  r.  4. 

ARPEYS.     A  kind  of  resin,  composed  of  tallow 

and  tar.     A  mention  of  it  occurs  in  an  early 

English  medical  MS.  at  Stockholm.    See  the 

A^chB^ologia,  xxx.  404. 

ARPIES.     Harpies;  furies. 

Senile  out  thtne  arpiet,  send  anguUlieand  dnie. 

Cliavctr,  ad.  Urry,  p.  £37, 
ARPINE.     An  acre.    {Fr.) 

Privacy  i    It  shall  be  given  him 

In  open  court ;  I'll  make  him  swallow  It 

Before  the  judge's  face  :  if  he  t>e  master 

Of  poor  t£n  itrptnrt  of  land  forty  hours  longer. 

l.et  the  world  repute  me  an  honeat  woman. 

HVMer"*  trmrlti,  II.  82. 
ARPIT.     Quick;  readv.    Salop. 
AUPSICORD.     A   bariwichord.      So  Cotgravc 

spells  the  word,  in  v.  Uarpechorde. 
ARIUBLE.     Horrible. 

Fendls  Inl  hir  with  arraile  song 
Bc-hynde  and  ;eke  before. 

US.  Canlab.  Ff.  v,  411,  f.  4S. 
ARRAHYS.     Arabian  horses. 

Maylln  rayike  whitte,  and  mervayU..us  bnt«, 
Elfaydej  and  amtbyt,  and  olyfnuiitts  noble. 

Afi.«e  Arlhtm.  US.  Uncoln,  I.  77. 
ARRACIES.  Atermappliedtothc  smaller  animals 
of  the  chase,  which  were  sldnned.  similarly  to 
the  procera  now  used  for  bares  and  rnlibits,  in 
opimsilion  to  flayed.  SceReUq.Anti(|.L  151-2; 
Sir  H.  Drydcn's  Twici,  p.  29. 
ARRAGE.     (I)  Vassal  sen-ice  in  |iloiighing  (he 
lord's  land.     The  terms  arragf  and  carriage 
arc  frequently  used  together,  as  descriptive  of 
an  important  part  of  the  services  which,  in 
feudal  times,  vassals  owed  to  their  lordj. 
(2)  To  go  almut  furiously.    (A.-N.) 

I  shall  senJc  for  them  all  that  ben  sutigeltya  and 
alyed  to  thcmpyrc  of  Rome  to  come  to  myn  ayde, 
ami  furlhwllhseiite  old  wyse  knyghin  unto  these 
counlmyei  rolowyiige,  fytsle  to  ambagc  and  amgf, 
to  Alysaundrye,  to  Ymle,  to  Hermooye. 

Mortt  iC Arthur,  i.  Ii',. 

ARRAHIND.    Around.     Staff. 

ARRAIGN.     To  arrange. 

See  them  nmlgn'd:  I  will  set  forward  siralghl. 

Il'rt.jfer'.  »'«f*»,  il.  SOI. 

ARRALS.  Pimples;  eruptions  on  the  akin.  Ciinsi. 

ARIIAND.  An  errand.  Sldnner.  The  (ona  arrant 
is  still  used  in  the  North,  and  is  found  in  Mid- 
dlcton's  Works,  v.  h.  Howell,  in  his  collection 
of  English  Proverbs,  p.  2,  gives  the  following: 
"  One  of  the  four  aud  twenty  qualities  of  a 
kiwve  is  to  stay  long  at  his  arrand." 


I 
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ARRANT.  M»lory,  in  his  Mortc  d'Ailhur, 
199,  &c.  applies  this  word  to  kiiifclits,  where 
wc  say  errvnl.  The  term  is  gciieriilly  applied 
to  any  thing  or  person  cxtreiridly  olijcciionaitle 
and  worthless,  and  was  pruhalily  derived  Croni 
the  licentious  cliaracter  of  wanderers  in  general. 

ARILV-ONB.     Ever  a  one.      »Ult. 

ARRAS.  (1)  A  superior  kind  of  tapestry,  so 
named  firom  Arras,  the  capital  of  Artois  in  the 
French  Netherlands,  which  was  celebrated  for 
its  uianufaolurc.  In  the  rooms  of  old  houses 
bung  with  arras,  there  were  generally  large 
sijacrs  between  the  hangings  and  the  walls,  and 
these  were  frequently  mode  liiding  places  in 
the  old  plays.  Kalstatf  proposes  to  hide  him- 
iclf  behind  the  arras  at  Windsor:  and  Polonius 
is  killed  lichind  the  arras  in  Handet,  iii.  3. 
Sec  the  llnton  Inventories,  cd.  J.  G.  Nichols, 
gloss,  in  V.  Jrynlr.  Falsi  off,  no  moderate  size, 
sleeps  behind  the  arras  in  1  Henry  lY.  ii.  4, 
where  Dr.  Johnson  thinks  Shakespeare  has 
outstepped  probability,  but  Kfalonc  has  dis- 
tinctly proved  the  contrary.  See  his  Shake- 
speare, x^-i.  299. 

(2)  A  kind  of  powder,  probably  ma<le  of  the  root 
of  the  orris.  See  Gciard,  p.  48.  "  Hal/e 
an  ounce  uf  arras"  is  mentioned  by  ilarrisoii, 
Descr.  of  England,  p.  170,  as  a  material  u«cil 
in  brewing,  and  Webster  twice  mentions  arran- 
fmrdrr  as  having  been  sprinkled  on  the  hair. 
See  Webster's  Works,  i.  133;  Markham's  Engl. 
llouswife,  IC49,  p.  150. 

ARRAt'GHT.  Reached;  seized  by  violence. 
We  have  already  had  armnjht  an<l  arrchp^  but 
this  fonn  it  quoted  us  used  by  Spenser,  and 
admitted  by  Nares,  who  was  not  aware  uf  any 
example  of  the  verb  in  the  present  tense. 

ARR.VWIGGLE.  An  earwig.  Suffolk.  "  ArwygjU 
worme"  occurs  in  the  Prompt.  I'arv.  trans- 
lated bv  aurialU. 

AKRAYEKS.  Those  ofBcen  that  had  the  care 
of  (he  soldiers'  armour.     liidtr. 

ARRE.  (1)    To  snarl. 

Thty  arre  and  tiark  st  nigtit  sgatnit  the  moon, 
For  fctcliing  in  fmh  liilei  to  cIc-iitM;  Itie  streets. 
Stammer's  l/ut  Will  tvtd  Tetlament,  |>.  37. 

(2)  The  letter  R. 

Ttierr  wu  an  V.  and  Itirc  arret  to^gyilrc  tn  a  >ute, 
Willi  Icttm  other,  of  wlilchr  I  thai  rcherw. 

g4reH<t^>tnglat  axix.  S31. 
ARBECT.  (n  To  impute.     {Lai.) 

Therfof*  he  nrrrrlrtft  uo  btanie  of  Iheyr  dodes 

UTilo  Ibetti.  Sir  Tf<"mnt  Mtxr't  tViirkett  p.  !J7I. 

That  thU  paaie  you  not  undirected,  ai  wc  trutte 

you,   and  a«  we  have  no  eaun  Vorrtett  or  ascribe 

any  default  udio  jrou  hereafter. 

XtoHet'i  York  Hecordtt  p.  8fi9. 
(J)  To  offer ;  to  refer. 

ArrtrHngw  unto  your  w>ie  caamlnacion 
How  all  tlut  1  do  li  undtr  rcflbnn.)tloa. 

Skrltun't  nWH;  I.  S7B. 

(3)  To  direct. 

jim<in*g  mycyght  towarde  the  aodyake, 
The  sygnet  all.  for  to  tieholdc  a-farre. 

Slclloi,:  Itiirlrt,  i.  361. 
ARRBDY.    To  make  ready. 

Aod  M  forlhewltli  they  tent  al  «tx<ut  In  Somar- 


•elaharci  Dorseulilre,  and  pari*  of  Wiltalwre  fee  to 
mrtdr  and  arayi  the  people  l>y  ■  certayne  day. 

Jrrivnt  i\f  King  EduMr^  If.  p.  43, 
Deslryng  and  pray  you  to  dif poae  and  arrrdtt  you 
to  accoroiiayneye  ui    thedir.    with  as  many  per* 
soDcs  dcfensabjly  errayctle  at  ye  can  make. 

JfS.  .^thmole,  11(10. 

ARREED.     This  word  is  explained  ovarii,  and 
Milton  referred  to  as  the  authority,  in  Gloiio- 
graphia  Anglicana  Nova,  cd.  1719,  in  v. 
AUREISE.    To  raise.    See  Antiu. 

They  tieyng  advertised,  arreiaerf  a  greate  power  of 
xlli.  m.  and  came  to  the  pavtage,  and  tlewe  of  the 
Frcnchemen  vj.  c.  Uill,  Heiuy  Vtll.  t.  112. 

Soone  over  al  thli  tithing  ras, 
That  Lacar  thus  arel/twd  was. 

Cumr  Afunrfi,  MS.  VuU.  Trim.  Omloh.  t.  W. 

ARRERE-SUPPER.    A  rere-supper  ;  a  colhilion 

served  up  in  the  bedroom,  after  the  fir-it  supper. 

See  lluUnshcd,  Hist.  Scot.  f.  208,  as  quoted  by 

Boucher,  in  v.  Amar. 

ARRIDE.    To  please,   (iaf.) 

If  her  condition  aniwer  but  her  featurv. 

1  am  fitted.   Her  form  aniwcr*  my  all^tion  t 

U  arrider  me  exceedingly.     I'll  speak  to  her. 

r/ie  ^n^fuory,  11.  I. 

ARRI DGE.  Tlie  edge  of  aii}-tliing  that  is  liable 
to  hurt  or  cause  an  or,  q.  v.  North.  See  A 
Guide  to  the  Lakes,  ed.  1784,  p.  300.  With 
this  may  be  connected  nrru,  "  the  line  of  con- 
course, edge,  or  meeting  of  two  surfaces."  See 
Uritton's  Arch.  Diet,  in  T. 

ARRIERE.  The  hinder  part.  (/>.)  This  foreign 
word  was  formerly  in  use  as  a  miUtary  term, 
instead  of  rear.     >Scc  Johnson  in  v. 

ARRI  SUES.  AcconUng  to  Marshall's  Rural 
lEconomy,  i.  171,  tlus  is  the  Devonshire  term 
for  stubbles  or  eddish ;  arrith  mows,  which  he 
mriitions  as  little  stacks  set  up  in  a  Celd,  seem 
to  be  so  called  merely  from  their  being  in  the 
arr'ah,  or  stubble-field. 

AKRIVALL.     A  rival? 

On  a  day  he  saw  a  goodly  young  elephant  in  copu- 
lation with  another,  and  Insunliy  a  third  aproched 
with  a  dlrefull  braying,  as  if  he  would  have  eaten  up 
al  the  company,  and.  as  it  afterward  appeared,  he 
was  an  arrirall  to  the  female  which  we  saw  in  copu- 
lation with  the  other  male, 

Toftll't  fuur/MIti  DtvMt,  1607,  p.  IS?. 

ARRI  VANCE.    The  arrival  of  company. 
For  every  minute  is  ex|>ectancy 
Of  moreorWrance.  Otfie^tp,  11.  I- 

ARRIVE.  (1)  To  arrive  at. 

But  ere  we  could  erHe*  the  point  propoa'd, 
CkUt  cried.  Help  me,  Coaslus,  or  I  link. 

Jii/iu<  OaMT,  1. 1. 
(2)   An  arrival. 

Whose  forests,  hills,  and  floods,  then  long  for  her  iwrlee 
From  Lancashire.  Itrajfton't  Pol^tflbtun,  p.  llOfi. 

ARRODE.     Herod.     In  the  accouut  of  the  Co- 
ventry Pageants,  1489,  is  a  payment  for  "  a 
goweu  to  Jrrode."     See  Sharp's  Disa.  on  the 
Coventn-  Mvst.  p.  28. 
ARROGA'TION.    Arrogance.    Mare. 
ARRONLY.     Exceedingly.     Lane. 
ARROS.     Arrows. 

The  first  of  amt  that  the  shole  olT, 
Seven  skorc  spear-mcn  the  slouKhe. 

Vtrry't  fUlit/Uf,  p.  X 


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AltROSE.    Thii  ii  the  reading  in  one  edition  of 
Hardyng's  Chronide,  where  the  others  read 
flrorr,  q.  v. 
ARKOW.     Fearful.     Rider. 
ARIIUW-HEAD.      A  kind  of    aquatic   plant. 

Stinner. 
ARROW-HEADERS.     The  making  of  arrow- 
heada  formerly  constituted  n  separate  trade. 
Lmntcrtiert,  <tryngct«,firyDUer«. 
Arrtwt-htit^M,  toAiumeat  and  come-mongers. 

OirAn  LmllM  Bou,  p.  10. 
ARRONVHE.     An  error. 

Ttils  anvwrtj  had  he  in  hyi  thoght. 
And  In  tiys  thught  a  »lcpc  hym  tokn 

MS.  Oiiilalf.  Ft.  ii.  31,  t.  940. 

ARROWY.  Abounding  in  arrows.  Milton,  Para- 
dise Regained,  b.iii.  has  "  sharp  i/ee/  qfamtfg 
thower,"  which  is  apparently  plagiarised  by 
Gray  in  the  following  passage. 

Now  the  uorai  tieglni  to  lower, 

Hatte,  the  loom  of  hell  prepare ! 
Iron  ilret  of  arrowy  ihower 
Hurtles  In  the  darken*,!  air. 

Gnty'i  Fatal  SUm. 

ARRWUS.     Arrows.      This  form  of  the  word 
occurs  in  a  strange  burlesque  printed  in  RcUq. 
Antiq.  i.  82. 
ARRY.     Anv.     Somertet. 
ARRYN.     To  sciM. 

And  Ihe  Jewyi  xul  crye  for  joy  with  a  gret  Toy*, 
aodai-ryt  hym,  and  pullynofhlt  elothli,  and  byndyn 
bytn  to  a  pelcre.  and  tkorgyn  hym. 

CavtHtrit  Mttteriett  p.  310. 

ARS.   Art  J  science.    This  word  was  usually  cm- 
ployed  to  signify  the  occult  sciences.     {Lai.) 
Baroune*  weore  whlletn  wyi  and  gode. 
That  tliii  art  wet  uDilur4tode  ; 
Aeon  Iher  was,  Neptanauinus, 
WJb  Id  Ibis  ar«,  and  malii-loui. 

Kynf  jIHaaunder,  ^i. 

ARS.\RD.  Unwilling  j  perrcrse.  Vur.  dial.  It 
is  sometimes  pronounced  anet. 

ARSBAWST.     A  fall  on  the  back.     Stuff. 

AHSBOORD.  The  hinder  board  of  a  cart.   Staff. 

ARSEDINE.  A  kind  of  ornamental  tinsel  some- 
times called  aiuady,  or  ortaJy,  which  last  is 
probably  the  correct  word,  Ben  Jonsoii  men- 
tions it  in  his  Bartholomew  Fair,  ii.  1.  Sec 
also  Sharp's  Diss,  on  Cov.  Myst.  p.  29 ;  Cun- 
ningham's Revels'  Accounts,  pp.  33,  57.  See 
jinidue.  Gilford  considers  it  to  be  a  vulgar 
corruption  of  arsenic,  iv.  405. 

ARSELINO-POLE.  The  pole  with  which  bakers 
spread  the  hot  embers  to  all  parts  of  the  oven. 
Kml. 

AUSELINS.     Biukwards.     Aor/btt. 

ARSEMCK.  Tlic  water-pepper.  The  herb  is 
mentioned  under  this  name  in  the  Nomcncla- 
tor,  1585,  p.  126.  It  is  to  be  distinguished 
from  the  mineral  poison  of  the  same  name. 

ARSEPUSH.    A  faU  on  the  back.    Hoieell. 

ARSES.MART.  The  periscaria.  It  is  caUed  the 
water-pepper  by  Kersey,  and  is  the  translation 
of  enrage  in  llollylioiid's  Oictiouarie,  I.')93. 
Coles,  in  liis  Art  of  SinipUng,  says,  "  It  is  said 
that  if  a  handfull  of  armnart  be  put  tmdcr  the 


saddle  upon  a  tired  horse's  back,  it  Trill 
him  tra>aile  fresh  and  lustily."  See  Brand's 
Pop.  Antiq.  iii.  165 ;  Aubrey's  Nat.  Hist.  Wiltv 
MS.  Soc  Reg.  p.  139. 

ARSEVERSB.  According  to  Blount's  Glosso- 
graphia,  ed.  1681.  p.  51,  this  word  is  "  a  pre- 
tended spell,  wTiiti  n  upon  the  door  of  an  house 
to  keep  It  from  burning." 

ARSEWISPE.  Rider  gives  tliis  word,  which 
scarcely  requires  explanation,  as  the  transla. 
tion  of  the  Latin  aniterpum. 

ARSLE.  To  move  backwards :  to  fidget.  Eaiit, 
Cotton,  in  his  Virgil  Travestie,  ed.  1734,  p.S, 
hasarn«7  about,  tuniiug  round. 

ARSMETRIK.    Arithmetic.    {Lai.) 

ttrtmetrik  1«  lore 

That  al  of  Igurei  is.       ttS.  MihrnuU  tO,  t.  180. 
AnJ  arwmtiryH,  bt  cattyitg  of  oombrary, 
Choei  Pyktegoras  for  her  part,'. 

L^igtrt^t  ifinw  Poem*,  p.  11* 
ARSOUN.  The  bow  of  a  saddle.  (.^..jV.)  It  ii 
sometimes  used  for  the  saddle  itself.  Each  aad- 
die  had  two  anouns,  one  in  front,  the  other 
behind  j  the  former  calle<l  the /orc-arsoim,  aa 
in  Ricliord  Goer  de  Lion,  5053.  In  the  same 
romance,  5539,  speaking  of  King  Richard,  we 
are  told  that  "both  hys  ortount  wercn  off 
yrcn."  In  Kyng  Alisaunder,  4251,  it  appar- 
ently means  the  saddle. 

And  ttie  armm  Ijehynde,  as  y  yow  say, 
byr  Befyie  unotc  clcoo  away. 

MS.  Canlab.  Ff.  II.  38,  I.  ItS. 
On  ys  slede  ful  the  dent, 

Bv,^lde  the  for-arKMn.        MS.  J-hmole  SS,  (^  44. 
AUST.     First;  erst. 

Thu  was  made  frcnahope  ther  arst  wai  debate, 

MS.  Ilarl.  1701.   f.  87. 

A<  Ihou  haste  seyde,  lo  uhille  hyt  bee, 
Artlr  y  trhalle  not  blynne. 

MS.  Canlab.  Tt.  h.SB,  f.  7>. 

ARS-TABLE.  A  table  used  in  magic,  probably 
the  same  as  the  astrolalie. 

Hli  ar#-(at<^ he tok  out  tone. 
Theo  eouri  he  tok  of  tounc  and  mone, 
Theo  court  of  (he  planet !■  fcvi'n, 
Mc  tolde  al*o  uDdur  ticven. 

Kl/ng  J/Uflwnder,  flS7. 

ARSTON.     A  hearth-stone.     I'orttA. 

.\RSV-VERSY'.     Vpside  down ;  preposterously. 

It  is  translated  prapotitut  by  Rider,  and  the 

second  meaning  is  given  by  Kersey.     Sec  Hu- 

dibras,  I.  iii.  828 ;   Urnj-ton's  Poems,  p.  272. 

ART.  (1)   A  quarter;  a  point  of  the  compaaa. 

North. 
(2)   Eight.     Krmoor. 

ARTE.  To  constrain  :  to  compel.  (/,«/.)  See 
Prompt.  Parv.  p.  14;  Troilus  and  Creseide, 
i.  389 ;  Court  of  Love,  46 ;  Iloccleve's  Poems, 
p.  71. 

tn  DO  wlie  I  may  mebetlur  excuM, 

Than  ley  my  will,  m  dul  and  unperttr, 

.<rfUk  Die  thui  rudely  for  tendlte.  jr&  lbiiKl.C.4l>. 

A  tiraunt  wolde  have  urrid  him  by  paynei, 

A  cerlpyne  courucl  to  bcwrey  and  (elii*. 

BoMidt,  .VS.  Sm:.  Aniiq.  134,  t.  Be, 

We   spckke  nojte   mekillo,   hot    whcnc    we  ere 

nrfWe  fur  to  cpeke,  we  uy  nojte  hot  the  lothe,  and 

onane  we  halde  til  ilille.    Jlf«.  U'inlH  A.  1. 17.  f.33> 


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ARV 


ARTEEN.    Eighteen.    Ermoor. 

ABTELRIES.    Artillery,    (.^..fif.) 

1  thAl  warticttorc  inin  hous  with  tooreit,  nrlcbe 
M  haa  ca*tel(«i  alld  other  manere  ocllflcM,  moA 
alTDure*  and  vrtc/HM,  by  which  thtnpei  1  may  my 
(uTioneaiMl  mynhoua  *o  kepcn  aad  drfcndvn,  that 
min  earmlca  thuln  lira  in  divde  rain  houi  Tor  to  ap. 
prorhp.  TaU  of  M^ifteuj,  p.  113. 

ARTE.MAGE.    Tlio  art  of  magic.    {.1..N.) 
And  through  the  rrafle  of  arnmagft 
or  wcze  hv  forged  an  ymage. 

GoKxr,  cd.  1531,  r.  J3S 
ARTBR.    .\ftcr.     far.  dial. 
ARTETVKES.    A  kind  of  gout  or  discue  ilTect- 
ing  tlu- joints.  Maiindotilc  incntionB,  "gowlcs, 
•rtelykM,"   that  afllicted  him  in  his  old  age. 
Sec  Ilia  Travels,  p.  315.    A  prescript iou  for  il 
io  hawks  ia  given  in  the  Book  uf  St.  Albans, 
kig.    C.  i.       It   is   probably   connected   with 
arlhrilii.    See  Areetik, 
ARTHOflLAXE.     The  aictie  (Hrcle. 

The  whtche  irrcle  and  conittttadoun 
l-callcil  la  the  ci-nJe  arthefitsjt  ; 
Who  knowith  It  itedith  do  more  to  aae. 

as.  IMt*f  no. 
ARTH-STAPF.    A  poker  used  by  bhicksmilhs. 

Sahp. 
ARTHUR.    A  game  at  sea,  which  will  be  found 
deicribed  in  Grose's  Class.  Diet.  Vulg.  T.  in  v. 
It   ia   alluded  to  in  the  oovel  of  Peregrine 
Pickle,  ch.  16. 
ARTIIl  R'S-CIIACE.    A  kennel  of  black  dogs, 
followed  by  unknown  huntsmen,  which  were 
fonncrly  behered  to  perform  their  iiortnrnal 
nmbolt  in  France.      See  Grey's   Notes  on 
Shakespeare,  i.  34. 
ARTHUR'S-SHOW.    An  exhiTiition  of  archery 
alluded  to  in  2  Henry  IV.  iii.  2.     It  was  con- 
ducted  by  a  society  who  had  assumed  the  arms 
and  names  of  the  iCnights  of  the  Round  Table. 
See  Douee's  Illustrations,  i.  461. 
ARTICLE.   Comprcbeniion.   Shakespeare  men- 
tions "  a  soul  of  great  arlicUf'  in  Hamlet,  v.  2. 
The  vulgar  sense  is  applied  to  a  poor  creature, 
or  a  wretched  animal.     This  hitter  ajipears 
rather  slang  than  provincial,  yet  it  is  admitted 
into  the  East  Anglian  Vticabulary. 
ARTICULATE.    To  cxliibit  in  articles.   See  this 
Die  of  the  word  in  Coriolanus,  i.  9,  where  it 
menii  to  enter  into  articles  of  agreement. 
To  tad  thow  things  articulated  here 
By  our  great  lord,  the  mighty  king  of  Spain, 
Wc  with  our  council  will  deltbcratr. 

Hou'Vifu*  Enrf.  Diam.  II.  41). 
ARTICULES.  Any  multiples  of  ten,  a  division 
which  was  formerly  considered  necessary  iu 
arithmetic,  and  was  probably  the  result  of  the 
abaral  system,  a  gradual  improvement  of  the 
Boetian  notation.  SceRara  Mathematica,p.30. 
ARTIER.  Artery.  (Fr.)  Sec  the  Shakespeare 
Society's  Papers,  i.  10. 

Hay  DCTpr  ipirlt,  vein,  or  artier,  feed 
Th«  cuncd  sutnlance  of  that  cruel  heart  ! 

Uarlaw^t  Wtrlu,  i.  IMi 

ARTIFICLVL.    Ingenious;  artful. 

H'e,  llcrmla.Uke  two  arUficial  godi, 

Ha«e  with  our  needles cnated  Iwtb  one  Sowet. 

4  MUi,  NtgWe  Ortma,  Ui.  !. 


ARTILLERY.  Tlus  word  i>  often  applied  to  all 
kinds  of  missile  weapons.  Sec  1  Samael, 
XX.  40. 

ARTILLERY-GARDEN.  A  place  near  Bishops- 
gate,  where  people  practised  shooting,  &c 
See  Middleton's  Worki,  iv.  424,  t.  283. 

ARTNOON.    Afternoon.    £sfex. 

ART-OF-MEMORY.  An  old  game  at  cards,  de- 
scribed in  the  Compleat  Gamester,  ed.  1709, 
p.  101. 

ARTOW.  Art  thou.  A'oW*.  This  is  a  correct 
early  form,  the  second  personal  pronoun  being 
frequently  corabiucd  with  the  verb  in  interro- 
gative sentences.  See  Will,  and  the  Werwolf, 
pp.46, 183;  Lydgate's  Minor  Poems,  p.  51. 

.VHTRY.  At  p.  284  of  the  following  work,  men- 
tion  is  nuide  of  "al  myn  armcry  and  altry 
hoole." 

AI.O  y  wol  that  iny  ion  Sir  Harry  have  all  the 
reiidew  of  my  w.irderobe  and  of  myn  arrat  nat  tie. 
quethen.  and  all  myn  armery  and  all  my  artrj/, 

KicSoi-'  Roini  tniu,  p.  tsa 
ARTS-MAN.     A  man  of  art.    Tliis  seems  to  he 
the  meaning  in  I^uvc's  Labonrs  Lost,  t.  1 .   The 
old  editions  read  artn-tnm  prramliulat,  which 
had  better  remain  without  alteration. 
ARTYLLED.    Declared ;  set  out  in  articles.  See 
Hartshome's  Met.  Tales,  p.  250,  where  it  may 
perhaps  be  an  error  for  arlykilltd. 
ARUUAND.      Riding.     See   Cy  of  Warwilce, 
p.  77,  ammd! 

Atlothe  half  hit  hor«  hehlng. 

That  cmnt  furth  annUxnd  in  that  thriog. 

Arthour  nntt  itrjUn,  p.  929. 

A  klitght  com  orvaiMf  [amand  ?]  with  gret  rcve, 

Y-armecl  In  armea  alle.  JIM.  p.  310. 

ARUEMOUWE.    Early  in  the  raoming.  {A.-S.) 

See  Arthour  aud  Merhn,  p.  178,  but  the  proper 

form,  I  believe,  is  amtmorwt,  q.  v. 

ARUM.    An  arm. 

And  he  havea  on  thoni  his  arxtm, 
Thetof  it  ful  nilkel  haruro.  BartM,  1982. 

ARUNDE.    An  crrond. 

And  thy  moiler,  Mary,  hevyn  qwene, 
Bere  our  or„«ife  »,->  bytwcne. 

That  aemily  ytof  »yght.  Emar^,  9* 

ARUWE.     An  arrow. 

Ac  an  Af  uie«  oway  ho  turo 
In  hi*  eld  woimde.  Sir  TriMtr«m,  p,  304. 

.ARVAL.  A-fimeral.  Nirrth.  AreaUmpper  is 
a  funeral  feast  given  to  the  friends  of  the  de- 
ceased, at  which  a  parlicuhu'  kind  of  loaf, 
called  emU-iread,  ia  sometimes  distributed 
among  the  poor.  Jivl-inmd  is  >  coane 
cake,  composed  of  flour,  water,  yeast,  cuiniiii, 
and  some  kind  of  spice  ;  in  form  round,  about 
eight  inches  in  diameter,  and  the  appcr  sur- 
ttce  always  scored,  perhaps  exliibiting  origi- 
nally the  sign  of  the  crms.  Not  many  years 
since  .  ne  of  these  arvai$  was  celebrated  in  • 
\illagcin  Yorkshire  at  a  pnbhc-house,  the  sign 
of  which  was  the  family  arms  of  a  nobleman 
whose  motto  is,  Virliupoal  fanera  tivit.  The 
undertaker,  who,  though  a  clerk,  was  no  scho- 
lar, requested  a  gtmtleman  present  to  explain 
to  him  the  meaning  of  thc»e  I>atin  words. 


ARY 


90 


which  he  re«(lily  ami  farcliously  did  in  the 
following   manner :     Virtut,  a   purish    clerk, 
riri/,  lives  well,  post  funtra^  at  an  arcal !  Sec 
Dance's  Illustrations,  ii.  203. 
ARV^'ST-GOS.    A  atubble  goose. 
A  yong  wyf  and  an  airyrt-^n, 

UcKhF  gigll  with  bolhe : 
A  man  that  [hath]  ham  yn  hU  doa, 

Rcate  achal  he  wrotUc.    Hr/iv-  Anti^,  li.  I IX 
ARWB.  (1)  An  arrow.     Cf.  Rob.  Glouc.p.  18. 
That  wel  kcp«n  that  caatel 
From  ttrwet  ahet,  and  quarrJ. 

Camr  Mundi,  US.  Cull.  Trln.  Cni(a6.  f.  G.1. 
Wcpcni  of  arufs  trgh  of  men  anno. 
Aud  thar  tung  tharpe  ftwerde  In  «unn« 

MS.  Boill.  Ui,  I.  rj. 
For  tome  that  ;cdc  yn  tlie  strrt«, 
Sawe  arwy*  fro  herene  thcte. 

Jl/S.  Harl.  1701,  r.  10. 

(2)  Timid;  fearful.  See  Hob.  Glouc.  p.  457, 
"  his  liert  once  as  an  bare."  erroneously  ex- 
plained nci/l.  Mr.  Way  refers  lo  an  instance 
in  Richard  Coer  dc  Lion,  3H21,  but  Weber 
has  arranged  the  line  tiitfercuUy  in  his 
glossary. 

Thou  aaiat  mh,  hardy  and  hard. 

And  thou  art  at  arwe  conrar'l  I 

lie  U  the  rur<ite  tn  echp  bjtalle; 

Thou  art  b)'h)nde  ay  at  Ihi'  talle. 

Kyt4g  AlUnimtlrT.  lOV). 

AKWEBLAST.  A  crossbow.  We  have  already  had 
this  word,  in  v.  Alblaal,  and  .irhlatl.  For  this 
form  of  it,  sec  Mirrour  for  Magistrates,  p.  2 1  ?  ; 
Ellis's  Metrical  Koni.  ii.  25S ;  Kicliard  Coer  dc 
Lion,  2037.  3851,  3970,  4453,4481,  5867  i 
spelt  arrowbUule,  &c. 

The  galcyc  wentc  atioo  faitc 
As  quarrel  dot  olT  the  orwtbtOMl. 

HIclMrd  Omi  dt  Lion,  2024. 

ARWEL  Tbis  word  is  translated  by  defloraunt, 
in  an  early  Anglo-Norman  gloss,  printed  in 
Rcliq.  Aniiq.  ii.  81. 

ARWE-MEN.    Bowmen. 

lie  calde  bolhe  anee-mtH  and  kene 
KnitheSf  aod  scrgaiia  twithe  aide. 

Harttak,  9115. 

ASTNB.   Are. 

For  allc  theiorowe  that  wo  atyne  Innc, 
It  ei  like  dele  fur  oure  »yiie. 

Sif  Itiimlinu,  MS.  Linnitil,  114. 

AETOLES.     Soothsayers ;  diviners.    (Lat.) 

j4nfotc4t    nygromanceri,    brought   theym   to   the 
■urton  of  ther  God  Phirbus,  and  ollVed  theym  ther. 
and  than  they  haddeaniwtref.  Barthut.  Angt.Trcvtto 
ARYSE.     Arisen. 

Ryght  aa  he  wta  aiyM, 

Of  bU  wound)  n  he  waa  agrUe. 

Kmr  Mitautidtr,  37411 

ARYSTE.     Amu.     See  the  Union  Inventories. 

p.  &,  "  iy.  peece*  of  arytte." 
ARYST.    See^roryiy. 
ARYVEN.     Arrived. 

Wyndea  and  weilers  hslhe  hlr  dryvea. 
That  in  a  foreit  she  la  ttr^p**t, 
Wlicra  arylde  beatya  were. 
TWranl  <i/ /Vf nira'i  t'    "•• 


A-SAD. 


ASA!  LED. 

Jhon  Vecre, 


AR5ES.     Is  fearful.    (,/.-S.) 

A  I  Avee,  quod  the  qwenc,  me  ar]«  of  myaelfe. 

MB.  .^<lll,u^f  u.  r.  9. 
AS.  (1)  Tliat  -.which,     lor.  dial.    In  tbe  Eiwtcrn 
counties  it  is  sometimes  used  for  who,  and  it  is 
frequently  redundant,  as  "  He  will  come  o*  to- 
morrow." 
(2)  Has. 

That  hold  chcrcho  <u  bound  mc  to, 
Grawnt  me  grace  that  fore  to  do. 

jtudelar'l  Pvmt,  p.  (7. 
Sad ;  sorrowful. 
SeMe  wcs  he  glad. 
That  never  nei  a-«ad 
Of  nythe  ant  of  undo, 

n-iiglifi  Pal.  Somtt,  p.  Hi. 
Y  dude  aa  hue  me  bad, 
or  me  hue  la  a-<aif.       Rillf.  AnUf.  L  tB. 

Sailed. 
Erie  or  Ozenrorde,  thai  withdrew*  hym 
n-ome  Barnet  fclde,  and  rode  into  bcottlonde.   and 
ft. 'me  then*  mto  Fraunce  u/aUett,  and  ther  be  waa 
wortvbl|)fulIy  received, 

n'arkunrlk'i  Chnrntclt,  p.  M. 
ASALY.     To  assault ;  lo  besiege. 

Hll  bygonne  an  holy  Thorci  eve  then  toon  agalr 

there 
Slalwardlyche  and   vaale  y-nou,  noblemen  aa  yt 
were.  AoS  Clow.  p.  304. 

AS.AR.UES.    To  arras!     (A.-N.) 
.4i  armts  /  Ihanne  crlde  Rolond. 
M  m-tiuif  !  overechuu  I      MH.  Mhmoll  SI,  f.  90. 
jit  a rMi£«  /  fvrcn,  nede  It  ia. 

ArtlUMr  and  MtHim,  fi.  SHI . 
ASAl'GHT.     An  assault.     meUUT'. 

Kyng  Wyllam  wonde  ajen,  tho  al  thy»  waa  y-dOf 
And  bygan  aone  to  grony  aod  to  fcbly  al  lo. 
Vor  travayl  of  the  foul  luir^t,  and  vor  he  waa  feblc  or. 
Red.  Glmic.  |i.  3H0. 

ASBATE.  A  purchase.  Skinner  asserts  that  he 
bad  only  once  met  with  tbis  word  ;  he  docs  not 
pivc  a  reference,  and  believes  it  to  be  a  mis- 
take for  ashale,  q.  v.  It  is  perluips  to  be  found 
in  some  editions  of  Cbauccr. 

AS-BUIRD.  Ashes  lioard ;  a  box  in  which  ashe* 
arc  carried.     North. 

ASCANCE.     Obli<iiicly. 

At  thU  queatlon  Itofader,  turning  hit  head  tiieauct, 
and  bending  hii  brpwci .« If  anger  there  had  ploughed 
the  furrowea  of  her  wiath,  with  hiaeyei  full  of  Brc, 
fac«  made  thii  rcplie. 

Rupltue*  Gt*liirn  Legate,  op.  Cctlieft  p.  IS. 

ASCAPART.    The  name  of  a  giant  whom  Beris 
of  Hampton  conquered,  according  to  the  old 
romance.     His  effigy  may  be  seen  on  I  be  city 
gates  of  Southampton.  He  is  said  to  have  bceu 
thirty  feet  long,  and  to  have  carried  Sir  Bevis, 
bis  wife,  and  borse,  under  bis  arm.     Allusions 
to  him   occiu-  in  Sbakespcorc,  Drayton,  and 
other  Elizabethan  writers. 
.VSCAPE.     To  escape.  Someiimcs  ayehape.  See 
Kvng  Alisaundcr,  1120;  Gy  of  Wans  ike,  p. 
230;  Picri  Ploughman,  pp.  40,  121. 
I  hope  tharw  Godn  heipe  and  thyne, 
We  tchullc  ascupe  al  oure  p>'ne. 

MS.  ^dHil.  1IIU3U.  r.  jn, 
Whinne  the  emporoure  tawc  him,  he  yaf  lo  him 
Ilia  duwtcrlo  wyfe,  be-caute  that  ike  hade  to  wyMly 
,i*t.2pltlt  the  peril  of  the  gardine. 

GvHh  ftt^MaiK'ncM,  p.  101 


ASC 


91 


Ich eroour  be  oollc  me  tmupt t 
Hou  troufttu,  Neldr,  ich  mouc  a*tvp*f 

J/.S-.B«j**ll8,f.  I«7. 
I  kan  bi  no  iMJ)rnt\ie  knowe  nouj  the  bnt 
How  j«  mowe  uuhenl  or  bniinlt'i  lurhmpt, 

mil.  find  thti  Werwi^t  p.  61 . 
Th»n  ihuUlc  Ihey  do  ryjl  penauDce 
For  to  aikitpt  tbyi  inyKliauncc. 

11 X.  Hart.   1 701.  f.  «. 

ASCAK.    An  uker ;  a  person  ■who  ask». 

Aflrr  the  wlckydnc*  of  the  o»fitr  nchol  Ite  the 
wlckiilne^  of  the  prophet ;  and  t  i.rhal  stri-ke  out 
my  hand  on  him,  and  do  brra  a-wty  fro  the  middU 
of  ml  pcple.  -rlpitlogii  fiiT  lilt  VMarii,  p.  60. 

I  ASl'AT.  Broken  like  an  egg.  Somiriet. 
I  ASCAL'NCE.  TliU  i«  inle n)retcd  ailant,  tide- 
tray;  ill  the  gloBsnrics,  but  TjTwhitt  justly 
"  i  it*  tjiplicatlon  in  all  llic  following  pa»- 
"  AiKtttmt,  however,  occurs  in  the  early 
lediHons  of  Hamlet,  iv.  7,  where  the 
folio  of  1623,  reads  o*<atif.  Sec  also  Troilu* 
and  Creseidc,  i.  292.  It  apparently  means 
tearcely,  <u  \f  to  say,  at  if;  and  is  perhaps 
somctiines  an  expletive,  it  scoiiis,  however, 
to  mean  aManl  in  Troiliis  and  Crescide,  i.  205 ; 
L*  Belle  Daiiic  sans  Mercy,  604. 

And  wrote  alway  the  naincf,  mi  be  ttood, 

I  Of  mile  folk  tfiat  yavc  hem  any  good, 

v^ftounre  that  be  wolde  for  hem  preye. 
CAauccr.  CVin(.  T.  732"- 
And  erety  man  that  hath  ought  in  hit  cofrr. 
Let  him  appeie.  and  wex  a  philoiophre, 
AtauHct  that  ciaJt  ll«>  light  tn  Urc.  Idid.  163CKL 

JikauM  >hc  may  nal  to  the  Ictirei  ley  nny. 
L^dgatr^t  SlUtor  Pottmtt  p.  35. 
And  too  the  kynge*  atlatmcr  caroc  to  air  Tristram 
to  oomforte  hyro  aa  he  laye  Kkcin  hii  bedde. 
ilorln  iTArtliur,  i.  SUB. 
ASCENDANT.     A  term  in    judicial  astrology, 
denotiog  thai  degree  of  ihc  cclii)lic  which  is 
riling  in  the  eastern  part  of  the  horizon  at  the 
liroe  of  any  person's  birth,  and  supposed  to 
eierciie  great  influence  over  his  fortune.     It 
it  now  uicd  metaphorically. 
ASCBNT.    Agreement. 

Tb«  number  waa,  be  ryght  ojrrar. 
Off  hor»-men  ao  hundryd  thoutcnt. 

nirlutrd  a«r  i/e  Uim,  3(H1. 

ASCH-CAKE.     Bread  baked  umler  ashes.     See 

IMS.  Bibl.  Reg.  12  B.  i,  f.  32  ;  and  the  NoBieu 
cidtor,  1585,  p.  H4. 
ASCHE.    To  ask.     Cf.  Rob.  Glouc.  p.  16. 
Tbe  kyug  of  Ytraelle  thai  lady  can  aiekt, 
Vf  ache  myght  tbe  ace  ovyr-paa«e. 
Jlf.V.  randll..  Ff  II.  38.  f.  (V. 
We  do  na  tynnet,  nc  we  wlllc  hafe  na  marc  ihiine 
rMoneof  kyndr  sacAu.      ilS.  Uiuxln  A.  I.  17.  f.^il. 
ASCIIES.     Ashes. 

Who  to  covcrrttae  the  coles  of  that  wodcundlr  the 
■mcAm  Ihrre-oOe.'thc  colei  wU  duelleo  and  abyden 
aile  quyk  a  jerc  or  more. 

iltundcirUc't  Tnmli,  p.  USD. 

■     ASCHONNE.     To  shun ;  to  avoid. 
Tliry  myjte  not  lueAunn*  the  aorowe  they  had  aerved. 
Oe(<o»i((..n  n/  HlrharJ  II.  p.  14. 

ASCIETH.     Enquireth after;  seckcth. 
^  Forbeknowcth  wcl  and  wot  wel  that  hedoilh  yvel, 

^H  and  therfore  man  ajcicth  Mid  huntcth  and  ilceth  hym, 

H         tai  fit  foe  al  that,  he  may  not  leve  hl>  yvel  luture. 
^  JfS.  Bepdl  MC 


ASB 

ASCILL.     Vinegar. 

A'rW  acd  ^all  to  hi!  dytirre 
I  made  llicm  for  to  dightc.     Oioler  Ptay.  ii.  7»- 
ASCITE.     To  call ;  to  summon.      See  Wright's 
Monastic  Lett.  p.  78 ;  Halle's  Expost.  p.  1 4. 

Hun  aiuwered  lliat  the  infant  had  no  propertir  Id 
the  ahel,  wherupon  the  prieat  atritei  him  in  the 
■pirllual  courte.  Hall,  Henry  I'7J1.  f.  50. 

ASCLANDERD.     Slandered. 

But  for  hit  moder  no  tchuld  aniAHderd  tie. 
That  hycwiLh  childe  unwcdded  •eie. 

JfartiiMahd  Anni',  p  I4d 

ASCON.    To  ask.     Cf.  Rob.  Glouc.  p.  89. 
Tundale  he  went  upon  a  day 
To  a  rnon,  to  ainwx  hia  pay 

For  ihre  burilj  that  he  had  aold.        rnnda/e,  p.  1. 
ASCRIDE.     Across;  astride.   Somenet.  Some- 
times written  aMkrfd  and  lukrod. 
ASCRY.  To  cry  ;  to  report ;  to  proclaim.  Hence, 
to   lictray,    as  in   Ywaine   and   Gawin,   584. 
Heame,  gloss,  to  Peter  Longtoft,  p.  217,  ei- 
plains  it  '•  to  cry  to,"  an  interpretation  adopted 
in  the  Towncle'y  Mysteries,  p.  193.  It  means 
there  to  assail  with  a  shout,  as  Mr.  Dyce  oh- 
serves,  notes  to  Skelton,  p.  152.      Palsgrave 
has  it  in  the  sense  to  descry,  to  discover. 
Bot  aonp  when  he  herd  ittcry 
That  klne  Edward  waanere  thaiby. 
Than  dunt  he  noght  cum  nerc. 

Mmot'a  Pbtm*,  p.  14. 
Writ  how  murhc  wai  hia  myacbief. 
Whan  they  aarryedon  hym  aaa  tlicf. 

MS.  ^d<HM1307.  r.  19. 

ASCRYVE.    To  ascribe  ;  to  impute.  Pahyrme. 
ASE.  (1)  Ashes.  A'or^A. 
(2)  As. 

The  kyng  haihe  a  dowghttyr  f»r«r  •«  Oowyr, 
Dytet-nyr  wa«  her  name.  Torrent  ofPmtugat,  p.  ?. 
ASELE.  To  seal.  See  Piers  Ploughman,  p.  511; 
Rob.  Glouc.  p.  510.  The  proclamatinu  of  the 
Mayor  of  Norwich  in  1424  directed  "  that  all 
brcwsters  and  gannokers  selle  a  gallon  ale  of 
the  best,  be  measturc  o-nlyd."  See  Prompt. 
Parr.  p.  186.  It  seems  there  to  haTC  the  mean- 
ing of  established,  eonfimied. 

That  olhir  the  abbot  olT  Seynt  AlbOD. 
Tliat  brought  hym  lellrii  «i.eciile, 
^trlyd  with  the  barnun>  tele, 
Tlial  toldcn  hym,  hya  brolhlr  Jhon 
Wclde  do  corowoe  hym  alion. 

Riehnrd  fWr  ife  U>m,6tlt. 

ASELY.  To  assoil,  give  absolution,  which  wa» 
usually  done  before  a  fight.  Mr.  Stevenson 
explains  it,  to  receive  the  sacrament,  in  which 
cose  it  may  lie  only  another  form  of  hotely,  q.  v. 
The  Norm'ant  ne  dude  nojl  lo,  ac  hil  eryde  on  Cod 
vaate,  y'""'- 

An.l  Mtyvc  lirm  ech  after  other,   the  wulc  the  ny;t 
And  niiioiwc  hem  Xcitateln  wyth  mylde  bene  y-nou. 
Rob.  iiUrue.  p.  00tt> 

ASEMBLEDEN.    AsstmUed. 

And  either  ott  at  iwitlie  fatt  B>crled  other. 

And  oeemWeJcn  iwllhe  lletnli  either  oat  to-gad»r. 

Will,  anil  lilt  ireruo'/.  p.  137. 
ASEMYS.     In  the  Prompt.  Parv.  p.  2«9,  this 

in  the  sj'nonyme  of  laalynr  huly,  indiynor. 
ASENE.     Seen.  See  Chronicle  of  England,  44  ; 

Tundale's  Visions,  p.   51 ;  Kyng  Alisaunder, 

84?  T  Rcliq.  Antiq.  i.  109. 


ASII 


92 


ASl 


ASERE.    To  become  dr)'.    See  the  Sevvn  Sages, 
606.    Mr.  Stevenson  derive!  it  from  the  verb 
to  Mfar. 
ASEKRE.     Axurc. 

He  burr  {uerr*  ft  fTTP*  *^  golAv, 
Rychcly  bctoD  on  the  molde. 

MS.  Canfiit.  Tl.  0.  S8,  t.  09. 

ASERVED.     Deserved. 

Lord,  he  tfide,  Jhecu  Crisf, 
Ich  thonky  the  wel  fute 
ThAt  ich  it  hare  atrnvrd 
tn  fttte  the  ;«!;•  to  wend& 

Its.  Cell.  Trill.  Orax.  gj. 
And  thou  torcwe  that  thou  lUfrred  hmit. 
And  dies  It  were  wouj.        US.  Laud.  108,  t.  i. 
ASERVI.    To  serve. 

Hiiheorte  him  jaf  for  to  wendc 
In-lu  a  priT^  itudc  aod  itillc. 
Thare  he  mtjte  iMO  alone 
To  uMrri  Gtldes  wllle. 

M.V-  Laud.  108,  r.  )0t. 

ASESSE.    To  cause  to  cease ;  to  stop, 
into  Yngclond  thcnne  wolde  be. 
And  oMuwe  the  werrc  anou 
Betwyxe  hyn  and  hyi  brother  Jhnn. 

Alckont  Caar^  Um,  8311. 

ASETH.    Satitiaction  or  amenda  for  an  injury. 

Sec  Prompt.  Parr.  p.  1S2 ;  Gesta  Romanorum, 

pp.  275.  460  ;  Wickliffe's  New  Test.  p.  53. 

We  may  not  tie  aauiyled  of  tho  treapaa. 

Dot  if  we  make  oaarA  in  that  at  we  may. 

MS.  ttarl.  JOSS,  f.  63. 
Here  byfore  he  myghte  cthc 
Sooe  hofe  mad  me  atrlht. 

tIS.  LInnIn  A.  I.  17,  f.  139. 

It  waa  Itkyng  to  jow,  Fadlre,  for  loiende  mc  Into 

Ihii  wcrldc  that  1  lulde  make  u»ethii  for  matu  Iri-i- 

pa>  that  he  did  to  ui.  Hid.  f.  171). 

ASEWRE.    Azure. 

At  the  brygge  ende  itoodyth  a  towre, 
Pcyntyd  wytb  guide  and  tutwre, 

MS.  Canlo*.  Ff.  li.  38,  f.  lOS. 
ASEWRYD.     Auored;  promised. 

But  y  uke  more  then  y  waa  ofeterytf, 
V  may  not  have  whrrc  nojte  ya  leryd. 

lUlii.  ^nlli.  I.  S8. 
ASEYNT.     Uwt.     (.y.-S.) 

Al  here  atyl  and  imour  waa  al-M>aae>nt. 

fto^.  G/tfwr.  p.  SI. 
AS-PAST.     Anon;  immediately.     Cf.   Prompt. 

Parr.  p.  15  ;  Truiliis  and  Creseidc,  v.  IC4U. 
ASGAL.     A  newt.     Salop. 
ASII.  (1)  Stubble.    Soul/i.    Walter  de  Bibbles- 
wtirtli,  MS.  Artuid.  220,  C  301,  lias  "  le  Ueasel, 
ntchc  of  com." 
(2)  To  ask.    Lave.  See  Mtche. 
ASHATE.  See  Atialr.  It  is  so  written  in  Urr/s 
Chaucer,  p.  5,  where  TjTwhitt's  edition  reads 
ac^atr. 
ASil-BlN.  A  receptacle  for  ashes  and  other  dirt. 

Line. 
ASH-CAVDLES.    The  teed  vessels  of  the  ash 

tree.     Dorset, 
ASHELT.     Likely ;  [irobably ;  perhaps.   MwM. 
ASHEN.     Ashes.     .Vor/A. 

Thcrwiih  the  fire  of  Jaluualo  np  Werto 
Within  hit  lireii.  and  heat  bim  l>y  the  hirrte 
So  woodly,  that  he  like  waa  to  behold 
The  tjoa  Iter,  or  the  ojVn  ded  and  coltl. 

Omuctr,  (»Hl.  T    \3M, 


ASHERLAND.      According  to  Kennett,    MS. 
Lansd.   1033,  "  assarts,  or  woodland  grub'd 
and  ploughed  up."    North. 
ASII-IIEAPS.    A  method  of  divination, 
of  o«A-Aeape«,  In  the  which  ye  tue 
HuitiandB  and  wives  by  streakca  tochuic ; 
Of  crackling  laurell,  which  fore^niDda 
A  pleotlou*  harvest  to  your  grounds. 

HtrricHfl  IVorlH,  I.  176. 

ASHIED.     Made  white,  as  with  wood  ashes. 
Old  Winter,  clad  in  high  furres,  ihowen  of  nine. 
Appearing  in  his  eyes,  who  illll  doth  goe 
In  a  rug  gownc,  wAicd  with  Bakes  of  coow. 

Htywoo^t  Marriagt  Triumplttt  1613, 
ASIIISII.     Sideways.     Sonurttl. 
ASH-KEYS.   The  fruit  of  the  ash.     The  failure 
of  a  crop  of  ash-keys  is  said  in  some  countica 
to  portend  a  death  in  the  royal  fauiily.    Sea, 
Forby,  ii.  406. 
ASH  LA R.  Hewn  orsquared  stone, ready  forbuild- 
ing.    See  Britten's  Arch.  Diet,  in  v.  "  Slophu^ 
anheler,"  MS.  Bodl.  837,  f.  134.  Cf.  Colifrave, 
in  V.  Attendant,  lioutlice.     Grose  gives  thi 
word  as  peculiar  to  Cumberland,  and  signifyin{_ 
"  a  large  free  stone,"  and  according  to  some, 
it  is  or  was  common  among  builders  to  denote 
free-stones  as  they  come  from  the  quarry.    Tlie 
tern)  is  still  in  common  use.      In  the  inden- 
ture for  ihe  construction  of  the  dormitory  at 
Durham,  1398,  the  mason  engages  that  a  cer- 
tain wall  shall  be  "  cxtcrius  de  puro  lapiile 
vocato  achilrr  plane  inscisso,  inlcrius  vero  de 
fracto  lapide  vocato  nghwall."     See  Willis'* 
Architectural  Nomenclature,  p.  25. 
ASHORE.  Aside.   iVnl.     It  is  used  in  the  sonic 
sense  as  ajar,  a|iplie<l  to  a  iloor.    Weber  is  in 
doubt  about  its  meaning  in  the  following  pas- 
sage, but  Ihe  word  is  common  in  the  West  of 
England,  although  it  docs  not  appear  to  hava; 
found  a  place  in  the  glossaries. 
Ever  .iftcr  the  doggca  wer  *-i  Starke, 
Tbel  tiiyXc  lurhort  when  thei  •ehiilil  barke. 

Htii,lllfl,g  •■/  lilt  Han,  StT, 

ASH-PAN.    A  metal  pan  fitted  to  the  under  part 

of  the  grate,  into  which  the  ashes  £all  from  the 

fire.     JJne. 

ASIl-TRL  G.    A  co»l-6Cuttle.     Xortk. 

ASHUNCHB.    To  repent.' 

Mid  thupplng  ne  mey  hit  meaaAUJwAe, 

Nc«  y  never  wycche  nc  wyle ; 
Ych  am  a  tnaidr.  that  me  of-thunche, 
Lucf  me  were  gome  boutc  gyle. 

»rrjy<.Ca  Ltric  ri*<rjr,  p.  .IK. 

ASH-WEDNESD.VY.  The  first  (hiy  of  Lent,  so 
called  from  the  ancient  ecremonyof  the  placing 
of  ashes  on  the  heads  of  persons  on  that  dajr 
by  the  priest,  who  said,  li  Remember,  man, 
that  thou  art  ashes,  and  unto  ashes  thou  sihalt 
return."  This  ceremony  was  alxiUshi'd  early 
in  the  reign  of  Edward  YI.  See  Bccon'a 
Works,  p.  110. 

ASIUEN.  On  one  side ;  oblique ;  aslant,  tf'ett. 
Rider  has  atidmam  in  hi>  Dictionorio,  1640, 
in  the  same  sense. 

ASILE.     An  asylum. 

Fly  unto  prayer  aa  unto  an  holy  anchor,  or  lure 
ttillK,  and  itrong  bulwark.         Btcon'*  tVmti*,  p.  1S8. 


u 

I 


1 


ASK 


«8 


ASL 


A9I?(.    Made  of  ashen  wood. 

I  wil  do  ih*t  I  mny,  11111  irll  rather  drtakc  in  an 
a*iH  cup  tliui  you  or  yourt  thudc  not  be  MKCcrd  both 
by  wa  and  land.  Arclim>tegia,  xill.  BlS. 

ASINGS.     Easingi.     Salop. 
A-SIT.    To  tit  against  i  i.  c,  to  receive  the  blow 
without  being  unhorsed. 
A-lrft  he  fmot  and  a-right. 

Noo  his  jL-tit  <i-^f  mi^ht.  Arthour  and  Martin,  p.  301. 
No  man  ne  myghtc  with  itrengthc  ojirffc 

Hy>  twordn  draught.  Odtvimn,  166S. 

ASIW.     To  follow. 

AlisHundrc  wrnic  Bf;eyn, 
Vuyk  aaiutth  hira  ol  fail  meo. 

Kyng  Mitaundrr,  MM. 

ASK.     (1),  A  water  newt.    North.     Floriohu 
the  word,  in  v,  ilagnSno.     It  it  sometimes 
written  ttiiani,  and  otM.     Sec  Atter. 
(2)  To  require. 

Ho  «(■  hit  tenipreth  by  power* 
So  hit  n4kith  In  furhe  maner. 

Kynif  Aliaaundert  G)?19. 

ASKEFISE.    This  word  in  transUted  by  einiflo 
in  the  PrompL  Parv.  p.  15.    Ihre,  in  v.  .luka, 
saj'D,  "  qui  dncrihus  oppedit."     Sec  further 
instances  collected  bv  Mr.  Way,  in  loc.  cit, 
ASKEN.     Ashes. 

Hwan  the  dnm  waa  derad  and  aeyd, 
Skct  wa»  the  iwikeon  theaiteleyd. 
And  (M]  him  til  that  like  grrne. 
And  brcnil  til  n\kri\  al  bidene.      Htttttok,  f»\l 
ASKER.    (1)  A  Kab. 

nub  It  till  It  bleedc ;  then  Uke and  bind  it  therito 
fSor  three  dale*,  In  which  tpacc  you  >hall  see  a  whit.- 
■afcar  on  the  »orv ;  then  take  that  ofT,  and  annoint  it 
vilh  oyle  of  rOACs  or  frttli  butter  untill  it  be 
throagbly  cured.  TvtMell**  FuUr-/u4.fnt  Btnulf.jt  4MJ. 
(2)  A  land  or  water  newt.  lor. dial.  Kennett, 
MS.  Lansd.  10.')3,  givc5  this  form  as  a 
Staflbrdshire  word. 
ASKES.  Ashes.  (J.-S.)  See  Reliq.  Antiq.  i.  53 ; 
MS.  Bib.  Reg.  17  C.  n-ii.  f.  48;  Ashmole's 
Thcat.  Chcin.  Brit.  p.  129;  Prompt.  Parv. 
pp.  21.  252,  26G;  Gcsta  Romanorum,  p.  456; 
Piers  Ploughman,  p.  49. 

^^  Thynk,  man,  he  tay»,  a«Jbm  ertow  now, 

^K  And  into  asket  agayu  turn  aaltow. 

^M  MS.  OM.  Chjlha  E.  ix.  r.  75. 

^H  Thenk.mon,  he  Kith,  oilriKiri  thou  now, 

^H  And  intooj/nif  tume  tchalt  thou. 

^^^^  MS.  Aihnuile  41,  t.  i. 

^^^^^L  Atkm  J  rie  initede  of  breed, 

^^HP  My  drynke  y>  water  that  y  wrpc. 

^^■^  MS.  CaHitiD.  rr.  ii.  9)1,  r.  2. 

■  ASKEW.  Awry.  lar.diaL  See  Baret's Alvearie, 

■  LSHQ,  in  v. 
ASKILE.     Aside. 

What  iho'  the  uomfui  waiter  looki  oaJHfe, 
_  And  iKiutt  and  hownf,  and  cur»eth  thee  the  while. 
Hairt  Sallm,  T.  i. 

Cuapaans  prayd  hym  itand  •tlUe, 
While  he  askyd  bym  <u^v'«.  //lomyiloti,  NS4. 

ASKINGS.     The  publication  of  marriage  by 

banns.      Yorkuh. 
A-SKOP.     In  scoff;  deriilingly, 
AliMundre  lokid  n^ttkr^f. 
Aa  lie  DO  (cf  Bought  therof. 

Kynf  AUmndtr,  flU. 

ASKOWSE.     To  excnse.     Cf.  Cot.  Myit.  p.  2. 


Bot  thow  can  UMkouvt  tlie. 
Thaw  Khali  abey,  y  cUi  ihs. 

Frtr«  and  IMt  Bc>r*  St.  xxsr. 
ASKRYE.    A  shriek  ;  a  shout. 
And  wretchydiy 

Hath  made  aa*fv«.        Skfitoti'tPnemttii.  63. 
ASKY.    (1)  Dry;  parched.     Generally  applied 
(o  land,  hut  sometimes  used  for  huiki/.  North. 
(2)  To  ask. 

Itoland  of  hnrc  gan  oaAy  than 

Of  Wat  kynde  was  comen  that  like  man. 

MS.  Athmolt  as,  r.  45. 
To  OMki  that  never  no  wcs, 

It  la  a  foie  ukclng.  Sir  TriMtrtrnk,  p.  SMi. 

ASLAKE.  To  sUckcn  ;  to  abate.  {A.-S.)  Sec 
Chaucer,  Cant.  T.  1762,  3553;  Lydgatc's 
Minor  Poems,  p.  231 ;  Ancient  Poetical  Tracts, 
p.  IS;  Scvcu  Penitential  Psalms,  p.  11;  Brit. 
Bilil.  iv.  105. 

Fourtl  day>  mpite  thou  glf  me. 
Til  that  mi  Kirwe  atlakeil  be. 

Cn  of  n'am'Ow,  p.  813. 
ASLASH.     Aslant ;  crosswise.     lAnc. 
ASLAT.  Cracked  like  an  earthen  vessel.  Devon. 
A-SLAWE.     Shiin.    Cf.  Rob.  Glouc.  p.  170. 
Nay,  quath  on.  the  dcrel  him  drawe. 
For  be  bath  my  loid  m-^tnwe. 

US.  AMhtmlt  as,  t.  to. 
ASLEN.    Ailope.    Someml. 
ASLEPED.     Asleep. 

That  other  woodneue  is  cirped  woodneaae  ilepynge, 
for  thel  lye  aiwey,  and  maketh  lembiaunt  aa  jif  ihei 
were  aihprd,  and  ao  Itael  dyeih  witlioute  mete. 

MS.  Ouf/.  MC. 
ASLET.     OhUqtie.     Prompt.  Parv. 
ASLEW.     Oblique.     Eait  Siiuex. 
.ISLIDE.     Tn  slide  away ;  to  escape. 

Let  soche  foUe  out  of  your  hertc  •u^'rff. 

C»»«e<r,  ed.  t/pt»,  p.  ]  1*. 
A-SLON.     SUin. 

Tlur  mcD  niyjt  lee  anou 
Kiiiy  •  dowjty  man  a-jt/tm. 

MS.  Doure  23S,  f.  ». 

ASLOPE.  Sloping.  In  the  Chester  PUy«,  1 125, 
i»  the  phrase,  "  the  devi]I  of  the  tope."  The 
Bod].  MS.  175,  reads  athpe. 

For  trust  that  thci  havr  tn  In  hope, 
Wbiche  frll  hem  aftlrvard  atfope. 

Horn.  0/  thr  Roff.  4464. 
This  plscc  U  Kuppo'^  to  lio  In  the  ronBnn  of 
Shrup«hlre  aloft  upon  the  lop  of  an  high  hill  there, 
environed  with  a  triple  ramplre  and  ditch  of  RTent 
depths  having  throe  entrlc*  into  It,  notdlrcetlle  oue 
Jigalnit  anotlwr,  but  tutupt, 

UoHtufu4,  Htwt.  nf  EnfUtHtt,  p.  3tt. 

ASLOPEN.  Asleep.  This  is  probably  for  the 
sake  of  the  rhyme. 

Call  to  our  nulds  \  good  nifhc ;  we  are  lU  ffaAi|»n. 
Mi^Utntk,  L  £67. 
A.SLOUGH.    Slew;  killed. 

Glf  teh  thi  ftone  o«her  a-ttough. 
It  w»  me  delendant  anough. 

Cy  n/  irnrwiktt  p.  MO, 
That  hadde  y-cbaced  Richardone. 
Wan  he  a-tlnw  kyng  CUr)'oiie. 

MS.  AMhmntg  .13,  t  CO. 

ASLOUTE.  Aslant;  obliquely.  Prompt.  Parv. 
Mr.  Way,  p.  6,  wrongly  prints  tulonte^  but  oar 
reading  is  confirmed  by  another  entry  at  p.  15, 
omIowU, 


ASP 


\SLOWEN.    Slew. 

Ani)  noldoi  bl-uken  him  no  fruyl, 
Akc  milowen  him  at  the  Utte. 

MS.  tytuJ.  IM.  r.  .1. 

ASLUPPE.    To  lUp  «w«y.    (^.-X) 

Betrre  U  uken  a  ccmi-llche  y- clothe. 

Id  arrori  to  cutae  ant  to  cluppe. 
Then  a  wrccche  y-wertdcd  lo  wrothe, 

Thab  be  me  alove,  tw  myhfl  him  OMlupp*, 

tfrighf  Lyric  Porlry,  ().  M. 

ASLY.     WilUngly.     .\orlA.     R«y  hju  it  in  his 

CDglisk  Words,  lG'4,p.  .1.    See  also  Kennett's 

Glossary,  MS.    Lanml.    1033,    t.    23.      It    is 

sometimes  spelt  tullry. 

ASMAN.     An  ass-driver. 

And  ye  mnit  ycvc  yowre  tuman  curtesy  a  grot, 
other  a  rro'tet  of  Vcnysr.  MS,  Bvil.  MA. 

ASMATRYK.     Arithmetic. 

of  calculaiinn  ami  iipfcremauiicye. 
Also  of  augrym  and  of  utntatryk. 

Coventry  My*l*riest  p.  189. 
ASMELLE.    To  smeU. 

The  tior  hem  gan  ful  fone  armWfe  ; 
Ech  he  het  thcrof  hi>  fcIlK        &»yn  Sagtt,  mi. 
ASUCIEU.     Associated.     Sec  Account  of  the 
Grocers'  Company,  p.  321 . 

Oftfl  fluche  have  ben  atttcivd  and  felawaehlpped  to 
armut,  the  whiche  hir  owoe  lorttea  ne  luKCe  nojt  to 
have  in  lerviw.  Vegniut,  US.  Dnuce  891,  f.  11 

ASOFTE.    To  soften. 

That  with  hc(«  lieeme*.  when  the  it  alofte, 
Hay  all  the  tnnibill  asuayeanU  a*^f. 
Of  worldcly  wawca  within  thli  mortall  tec. 

l^pttt,  MS.  Aiil<mt4r  XI,  t  S. 

ASOSDRI.     Asunder;  separated.     (A.-S.) 
Ther  wat  ferly  aonre  and  ttjt, 
When  thai  ichuld  aivndri  fare. 

Legend  ^f  Pope  Ortgary*  p.  8< 
Aevulrp  were  thcl  oevere, 
Na  moorc  than  myn  hand  may 
Mere  vrllhoutv  my  fyngre*. 

PUn  Ptovghmmttt  p.  350. 

ASONKEN.    Sunk. 

Heom  Mlf  ojonlrcn  In  ther-mit. 

IT.  Mapei,  tiyp.  p.  3«S. 

ASOON.    At  even.    A'orf*. 
ASOSIIE.   Awry;  aslant.   Eait.  PalagnTC says, 
"  ait  nnewearctb  his  bonnet."  Somettmes  spelt 
athiuhe.  See^nnuA 
A-SOUXD.    In  a  swoon. 

They  hsng'd  their  hodi,  they  drooped  down, 

A  word  they  could  not  iprfilt  t 
ItobiD  taid.  BecAUKT  I  fell  a.*mtnd, 

I  ibink  ye'll  do  the  like.  Rotin  Hood.  I.  Ui. 

ASOURE.    "  Gumme  of  ojonre"  is  mentioned  iu 
a  medical   receipt   printed  in  Reliq.   Antiq. 
i.  53. 
ASOYUNGE.     Absolution. 

And  to  lywl  thia  maoKinne,  and  the  oa^tlnir*  ■)  so. 
We  aialjnicth  the  biaiop  of  WInchntre  thcr-lci. 

n'-6.  amu.  p.  Mi. 

ASOYNEDE.  Excused.  So  lleamc  explains  it. 
See  the  passage  in  Rob.  Glouc.  p.  539,  and 
jiuoine.  It  is  tramlated  by  r^utolnt  in 
Prompt.  Parr,  and  made  synonymous  with 
re/iued. 

ASP.  A  kind  of  poplar.  Tbcword  Is  still  in  use 
in  llcrcford^Uirf.  "The  poplcr  or  tupe  tree, 
popalua," — Vocabula  Staululgii,  1615.      See 


isuccr, 

4 
I 


Prompt.  Parv.  p.  15 ;  Florio,  in  T.  BrUti 
the  curious  enumeration  of  trees  in  Chaucer, 
Cant.  T.  2923. 
ASPARE.    To  spare.    (,^.-A^) 

And  seyen  ha  wat  a  nygard 
That  no  good  myghte 
To  frcad  no  to  fremmed. 
The  fend  have  bia  toule  I 

Pim  i>l*aif*aim,  f.  sea, 
ASPAUD.     Astride.    NorlA. 
ASPECCIOUN.     Sight. 

Tbebryjte  tonne  in  hcrte  began  tocolde* 
Inly  atlonled  In  hit  lupecrioun. 

Lfit^lt.  MS.  Sk.  Aoti^.  134.  f.  i. 

ASPECIIE.   A  serpent.   Sec Coopcri  Thcsaunu, 

in  V.  ///Bj'. 
ASPECT.    This  woril  was  almost  invariably  ae- 

cented  on  the  last   syllable  iu   tbe  time  of 

Shakespeare.     See  Farmer's  Essay,  ed.  1821, 

p.  34. 
ASPECTE.     Expectation. 

The  10.  of  Jun  1  was  ditcharged  from  bands  at  the 

atalseSiCutitrary  to  the  ^apfcte  of  all 

MS  jli 

ASPKCYALL.    EiiKsdnL 

V'lr  yf  lnv«  a  damscU  yn  atp^e^iai, 

Atiil  thyukc  un  here  to  do  coctAffe  ( 

When  ichc*ryth  galauiy*  revrll  yn  hall* 

Vu  hero  hf^rt  »h«  thyukya  owcra)(r. 

ItWif.  wfnll«.  i.  S). 
Soo  that  thvy  may  too  thy  mercy  ateyne. 
A(  thy«  perlameiic  mo*t  in  aA*^>fr^//e. 

MS.  CantHt..  F(.  i.  ft.  t.  a, 

ASPEN-LEAF.     Mrtaphoricnlly.  the  tongue. 
For  tr  thry  myghte  tie  iuffrrd  to  bc«ln  oau  tn  the 
congrefarion  to  fal  in  ilinputlnf;,   (lio*c  M^ten-timm 
of  thein  would  never  Ictvt  wagiiyait. 

Sir  r.  Mvr^t  ITorktt,  p*  7^ 

ASPER.    A  kind  of  Turkish  coin.   Simmer, 
ASPER.VUNCE.     Hope.    (^.-iV.) 

Forthfrlr  Jsprrttumee,  and  many  one. 

ComrtM  iifLprr,  lOKU 

ASPERAUNT.     Bold.     (^..A^.) 

Hy  bra  oathelp*  falre  an<l  wlghth. 
And  ffode»  and  engynrful  (o  Aghthi 
And  have  boraea  avenauni, 
To  hem  italworthe  and  atperaunt. 

K^Hg  Mi»aU9ta«r,  4K7]. 

ASPERE.     A  kind  of  hawk. 

There  li  a  qui«tyon  axed  whether  a  man  •hall  rail 

a  i(tare  hawk  or  a  kpere  hawke,  or  an  ntpert  hawke 

The  Bty^k  of  St.  Mbau»,  ed.  lUlO.  aif.  C.  III. 

ASPERLICIIE.     Roughly. 

Strong  kuighi  he  waa  hardi  and  mv\, 
Tbar  he  defended  hlra  OMpertidu. 

Cif  qf  Wanpike,  p.  M. 
ASPERLY.     Roughly.      Sec  Skelton'*  Work*, 
i.  205 ;  Boucher,  in  t.  ^sprely. 
And  Alexander  with  hit  ml  him  a*pert^fu\o*t4. 
MS.  jUhmoie  44,  (.  4f!. 

ASPERNK.    To  sptirn. 

It  waa  pmdente  poUerle  not  to  etprme  and  dt»- 
dcyne  the  lytle  «mal]  powre  aod  wcAkenet  of  thr 
eunemye.  HttU,  Hicltard  IU.  f.  m. 

ASPERSION.  AsprinkUng.  Thi&onginal  sense 
ofthewordisQOt  now  in  tise.  Sw  the  Tempest, 
iv.  1 ;  Top5cU'f  Koiu'-Footrd  Beasts,  p.  H. 
yiorio  write*  it  atperffii^,  in  v.  AbtttrrfaWiir. 


\ 


ASPET.     Sight ;  nspect. 

In  thyn  an^t  ben  alle  llvhc. 

Tho  povere  men  and  nk  I  be  rlchc  ! 

Cowtr,  MS.  Sef.  Aniif.  IM,  r.£8. 

ASPHODIL.    AdaffodiL     Florio  gives  it  u  the 

translation  of  hrroiao. 
ASPIUIS.     A  serpent;  an  aspis.    The  correct 
Latin  word  is  given  in  the  argument. 
\  lenKnl.  whlrhc  that  lUpiiU 
ticlrpidr  of  hij  kynile  hath  Ihi*. 

Cmiitr.  MS.  .«><■.  y»(lf .  134, 1.  41. 

ASPIE.  (1)  To  espie.  (J..S.)  See  Cliauccr, 
Cant.  T.  l.tS'il ;  Gcsta  Komanurum,  p.  201 : 
Pirnv  rinughinnii,  p.  350. 

The  pep)  I  to  (ut  to  hym  doth  falle, 

Ue  prevy  menyt,  a«  wc  nipfe  i 
jyf  he  procede,  ton  »en  je  lalla 
Thai  oure  la^yf  he  wyl  dyttrye. 

Con-itfry  Mflerin,  p.  »^9. 

(2)  A  spy.    Sec  the  lIouAe  of  Fame,  iL  196. 
Ptlato  *rnt  oule  hift  a*pi*t, 
SIklclkhe  bi  r<le  «]«.    MS.  AMU.  inOS,  f.  tt. 
1   Khal    Mtle   roemyleei  bitwixe   thee  ami    the 
wonimaa.   atid  bitwivc  thi  tt-eri  and  hir  i«eU  ]   the 
thai  brrke  thin  hed,   and  thou  ichalt  lelte  utpifs  10 
Mr  hwle.  It;.kliffi, MS.  U«4I.  277. 

ASPILL.     A  rude  or  »511y  clown.     Yorkuh. 
ASPIOUR.     A  spy ;  a  scout. 

Al*0(hatth«i  mowe  the  blether  lukc,  and  thebetir 
wll  goo  and  ctnne  «hcn  they  ben  lend  In  iidlce  uf 
MafMoan  by  botdnafM  of  hir  twlflneaae. 

rtftclui,  US.  Dvna  Ml,  f.  12. 

ASPIRATION.     An  aspii^tc.     See  tliis  form  of 
the  word  in  the  French  .Mphabct,  1615,  p.  22. 
ASPIREMENT.     llrealhiug. 

Ayre  ia  the  thrldde  of  I'lementla* 
or  who*  kyn<]e  hif  <up(rem«nrij 
Takclh  every  UvU  creature. 

Cover.  MS.  Sbr.  ./>irt«.  134,  (.  IM. 

ASPORTATION.     A   carrying    away.     IliiUr. 
Btackstone  uses  the  word.     See  Richardson, 
in  V. 
ASP0S8CHALL.    Aspo^tolical. 
Yi  not  Ihyi  a  wondun  raae, 
Thatl  thii  yonge  chyldr  roche  knolrge  bale  f 
Now  aurely  he  hatli  aMpoftefiutl  grace. 

iVeaenrarinn  im  the  TrmpU,  p.  114. 

ASPRE.     Rough;  sharp.    (^.-iV.)    Rider  gives 
«ugDrr<i^<- in  the  same  sense.     See  the  llallcof 
John  llaUc,  i.  530 ; Chaucer's  Boetliius,  p.  366. 
And  In  her  arpre  plalote  thtu  ahetetde. 

Troilut  ant  Crrttde,  11.SI7 

ASPREAD.     Spread  out.    Wnl.   See  Jciining»' 

Dialects,  p.  156. 
ASPRBNESSE.  Roughness. 

of  wbyctn  aoulci.  quod  rhe,  I  trnwe  that  Mmc  b^-n 
tounnented  by  utpren^utt  of  paine,  anil  torae  i^iulca 
I  (raw*  ben  exerc>  Md  by  a  purgynge  mekeiMisa,  tmt 
■ij  counsaile  nya  nat  to  deierminr  uf  IhU  pain*. 

Chauctr,  ed.  Vrryt  p.  9(10. 

ASPRONGUN.    Sprung. 

Thii  kcared  la  Qtpro»gun  late. 

Diftt  MliUHu,  p.  US. 

ASPYEE.    Espial. 

But  alle  the  iley  jte  of  hii  tre.nne, 
Horrctla  wUle  it  by  tuiv". 

Oiirr,  MS.  «•«-.  j^Hliq.  134,  t.  IW. 

ASPYRE.  To  inspire.  Sec  a  |>assagc  from  Sir 
T.  Morc'aWorkp*,p.  927, quoted  by  Stevenson, 
in  luB  adilitioiu  to  Boucher. 


A88 

A-SQUARE.     .At  a  distance. 

Yf  he  hym  myght  fynd,  he  nothyog  wold  hym  a^re ; 
That  herd  the  Pardoner  weic,   and  held  hym  l>etcir 
a.tfjuare.  Vtry't  Cfiaueer,  p,  AGO, 

The  Pardoner  myght  nat  ne  hym  nether  touch. 
But  held  hym  a-Mtjitart  by  that  olhlr  aide.  Ibid. 

ASQUINT.  Awry.  It  is  translated  by  oi/ifuu* 
in  Daret's  Alvcaric.  1580,  in  v.  Carr  says 
atquiu  is  still  used  in  the  wnie  sense  in  Craven. 
Sec  Annin's  Neat  of  Ninnies,  p.  11 ;  Brit. 
Bibl.  ii.  334 ;  Florio,  in  v.  Cipiglidrt ;  Cotgntve, 
in  V.  Orrt 

The  world  tlill  lookj  nr^uinl,  and  1  dertde 
HU  purblind  Jud^pncnt  t  Grlaall  la  my  bride. 

yattmtl  GiUtfl,  p.  IS. 
ASS,  (1)  To  mk  ;  to  coiuiiiand.    A'orfA 
He  said  he  had  more  torow  than  aho. 
And  oaMd  wat  was  belt  to  do. 

MS.  C-ll.  Ca/tn  E.  Ix.  f.  38. 
Thou  apeke  to  hym  wythc  wordea  beynde. 
So  that  he  let  my  people  paa 
To  wyldcnuv,  that  thay  may  wcynde 
To  a'orrhyp  me  at  I  wylle  aur. 

Thwnflfy  Mytterita,  p.  SB. 
(2)  Cooper,  in  his  Dictionoirc,  in  v.  Jmtu,  says, 
"  The  ai>sc  waggeth  his  cores,  a  pruvcrlie  ap- 
plied to  thciio,  wliiche,  allliough  they  lacke 
leamynge,  yet  will  they  babble  and  make  a 
euunteoatmce,  as  if  they  knewe  somewhat." 
13)  Ashes.     North. 

je  honotrre  jour  repultourt  curyoutely  with  golde 
ar>dtylTer.  and  In  rcsielle  made  of  precyoute  itarica 
5e  putt  the  9»m  of  jour  bodyt  whenne  thay  en 
brynned.  MS.  Untotn  A.  I.  17,  f.  34. 

ASSACH.  An  old  custom  among  the  Welsh,  ac- 
cording to  CowcU,  whereby  n  penon  accused 
of  a  crime  was  enabled  to  clear  himself  upon 
the  oailis  of  three  hundred  men.  Sec  his 
Inleqirelcr,  1658. 
ASSAIES.  "At  all  assaics,"  t.e.  at  all  poinU, 
in  every  way,  at  all  houn.  Florio  has, 
"  JpiAjitra  artnAlo,  armed  at  all  a— at*;"  L  e. 
at  lUl  |)oints,  or  "  a  tous  poynts,"  as  Palsgrave 
has  it.  f.  438.  See  Skelloa's  Works,  i. 
239, 300. 

And  wit  avauncyd  ther,  to  that  he 
Worttilpfully  lv%'yd  there  nil  hit  dales. 
And  kept  a  good  howtehuld  at  nil  oaMlM. 

MS.  Jjiud.  41«,  f.  4a. 
Shorten  thou  these  wicked  dales; 
Thinke  on  thine  oath  at  alt  aanaiea. 

Dnylan't  HarmonH  of  llu  Chyrch,  1991. 

ASSAILE.     An  attack.     Malory  uses  this  word 
as  a  substantive  in  his  Morte  d'Artbur,  ii.  334. 
ASSA1.VE.     To  salve;  to  allay. 
Thu«  1  procure  my  wo,  alat  I 

In  fr.iming  him  hit  Joy, 
I  tceke  for  to  atsalvt  my  tore, 
I  breede  my  chccfe  annoy. 

litilfridtt  and  BtmaniOt  1S70. 
ASSART.  According  to  C«well,  assart  laiitls  arc 
parts  of  forests  cleared  of  wood,  and  put  into 
a  state  of  cultivation,  for  which  rents  w  ere  paid 
under  the  name  of  assart  rents.  It  is  also  a 
verb.  "  Assart,"  says  Blount,  "  is  taken  for 
an  otfence  committed  in  the  forest  by  plucking 
up  those  woods  by  the  rcKits  that  arc  thickets 
or  coverts  of  the  forest,  and  by  making  them 


ASS 


plain  19  mble  land."    See  also  ScatcbenVii 
Hiitory  of  Morlcy,  p.  166. 
ASSASSINATE.     Anassiiiatinti. 
What  hsvt  thou  dotiv. 
To  make  thfi  barliaroua  bate  vmurinait 
Upon  Ihe  pcnou  or  a  |ir(nce  ■ 

/MnlrCl  C4tU  VTar;  til.  7B. 

ASS.VTION.     Roasting.     (Lat.) 
ASSAl'LT.     Tlic  expression  "to  jco  aitanll"  is 
traniJatcd  by  the  Latin  wonl  calHlio  in  Riiler's 
Diclionorie,    1640.      The    phrase    occurs   in 
Cooper  and  Iligina,  and  is  still  in  use. 

And  whanne  the  Aaene  lie  n#*uMf  and  gofth  yn  hure 
Jore.andtctieicthetti  the  dogfie  fox.  stie  cryeth  wilh 
an  tiooa  Toyt,  u  a  wood  Ivound  doitti. 

MS.  BuU.  M«. 

ASSAUT.    An  assault.   (A.-N.)     It  is  stiU  used 

in  Shropsliire  both  as  a  noun  and  a  verb.    Cf. 

Richard  Coer  dc  Lion,  1900. 

And  by  tufaut  he  wnn  the  cllee  after. 

And  rent  adoun  bolhc  wall  and  f  parre.  and  raflrr. 

Chiucrr,  Canl.  T.  StII. 

ASSAl'TAHLE.     Capable  of  being  taken. 

The  Gngliihe  gunnen  »hol  Ui  «i')l.  Uiat  Ihc  wjict 

of  the  toune  were  1)eaten  doune  and  raaed  wirh  the 

ordlnaunce,  Inaomuche  that  by  Ix.  of  thedoclie  the 

toune  was  made  aMtautable,  Hutt,  Htntjf  Vlll,  f,  1 IQ. 

ASS  AVE.    To  save. 

Ho  »o  wdIc  is  aoule  uutJ, 

lie  a>  mot  alUiige  for  leoac. 
And  ho  Ml  leoit  U  loule,  Ite  aaaaees, 

Nou  may  ech  man  cheo*e-      MS.  Laud,  \CB,  f .  1 . 
ilSSAY.    (I)  Essay;  trial. 

After  oMy,  then  may  je  wette ; 
Why  blame  }e  me  wliboute  otlVnce  f 

KUton'M  Ancttnl  Sungn,  p.  103. 

(2)  To  tiy ;  to  prove ;  to  taste.   It  secuis  tu  be, 
etaayeil, tried, proved,  in  the  following  passage: 
Thow  femyit  a  vtalwatd  and  a  sironttc. 

Amr  achall  thow  be.  Ni'di'i  H'oil,  I.  90. 

(S)  A  tasting  of  diilics  at  the  tftlilcd  of  high  |i<t- 
tonages  previously  to  the  repast.  See  .inntyrr, 
and  Florio,  in  v.  Cnpt/e/tr«. 

Kyng  Rychard  tate  downe  to  dytier,  and  wat  lerved 
wlUtout  curleale  or  auij^e .-  be  muehe  roervaylyng  at 
the  iodayne  mulaclon  of  the  thyng,  demauoded  of 
the  csquicr  why  he  dyd  not  hii  duety. 

Hull,  Henry"',  f.  14 

(4)  In  hunting,  to  take  the  asimy,  is  to  draw  the 
knife  along  the  belly  of  the  deer,  beginning  at 
the  brisket,  to  di»cover  how  fat  he  is.  Aecord- 
ing  to  Cifford,  this  was  a  tnere  ceremony  :  the 
ki^e  was  put  into  the  hands  of  the  "  best 
person"  in  the  field,  and  drawn  lightly  down 
the  belly,  that  the  chief  huntsman  might  be 
entitled  to  his  fee.  See  Ben  Jonson's  Works, 
vi.  270. 

At  Ch*  astirn  kytte  hym,  that  lordes  maye  te 
Anone  fatte  or  lene  whether  that  he  be. 

Bislt  c/  SI.  Alban;  ed.  1810,  aig.  E.  I. 

(5)  Id  the  following  passage  it  appears  to  be  used 
in  a  peculiar  sense,  the  attempt,  the  moment 
of  doing  it. 

And  ryght  a«  he  wa«  al  atunue 
Hp  lykynf  ranyioht  all  awaye. 

Le  Bon*  Ftifimrf  a/  Romf,  ISM), 

(6)  Philpot  translates  conlnlm  fa  ifoclrma  in 
Curio,  by  "  uaeayn/  with  tbilk  doctrine."  See 
his  Works,  p.  376. 


(7)  Trial ;  henee,  expericntieL 

Shorte  wyttrd  mt^  and  lylteti  of  MHtpe^  aaye  that 
Paradyseii  lunge  layllyngeoutof  theerthc  that  men 
dwelle  Inne,  and  alto  departelh  frame  the  erthe,  wi 
ia  a»  hyghe  at  Itie  mone. 

Koitt  H  MorU  tArltnir,  p.  473. 

ASSAYER.   A  taster  in  palaces,  and  the  hotiMa 
of  barons,  to  guard  against  poisoning. 
Thyn  atnimr  tcliallp  be  an  hownde, 
To  aaanye  thy  mete  tjefore  the, 

US.  Cnnlal,.  PI.  li.  SB.  t.  MI. 

ASSAYING.  A  musical  term.  Grassioeau  ex- 
plains it,  "  a  flourishing  before  one  begins  to 
play,  to  try  if  the  instrument!  be  in  tune ;  or, 
to  run  divisions  to  lead  one  into  the  piece  be- 
fore IIS."  See  his  Musical  Pirtionary,  p.  6. 
ASSAYNE.    A  term  in  bare  bunting.  '  Sec  the 

Hook  of  St.  Albuiis,  sig.  0.  iv. 
ASSBUURD.     A  box  for  ashes.     North, 
ASSCHELER.    Some  kind  of  weapon  ? 

That  kylledc  of  the  Critten,  and  ke]lten  the  waltaa 
With  arowet,  and  arbUute,  and  nMcMrl^t  raanye. 
MH.  OM.  Cmtlg.  A.  a.  1. 117. 
ASSCHEN.     Ashci. 

Al  blan  at  oMvAen  hy  lay  op-rljt. 
The  Cioia  to-fore  hire  itod. 

MS.  CW/,  Trl*,  OMH.  17. 

ASSCHREINT.     Deceived.     (J.S.) 

A  I  dame,  he  taide,  Ich  was  a§aehrtinl  t 
Ich  wenile  thou  baddctt  lien  adcalnt. 

StvmtStm,  Utb. 
ASSCHYS.    Ashes.    ^eeAikf. 

AM^tfa  1  rete  In  ttedeof  brcde. 
My  drynk  is  watyr  that  I  wepe. 

Btnck't  PtniteMial  PMlmt,  p.  St. 

ASSE.  (1)  At  asse,  i.  c.  prepared  .> 
And  fond  our  men  alle  at  aj*4. 
That  the  Patent  no  might  paiae. 

Arthovr  and  Mtrtim,  p.  97l> 

(2)  Hath.   MS.  Canlai.  V(.  i.  6. 
ASSEASE.     To  cease.     Kitlrr. 
ASSECTHE.    To  make  certain  of;  to  make  safe. 
And  to  hath  Ucnrie  luferwr'rf  that  tide. 
And  therewithal!  hia  stale  of  Oateonle. 

amlnTa  Cii  U  »'arj,  i«.  t. 
ASSE-EARE.    The  herb  conifrey.     See  a  list  of 

plants  in  the  Nomenclator,  1385,  p.  137. 
ASSEER.     To  assure.      Yorhfh. 
ASSEGE.    A   siege.     (A.-N.)      See  Chaucer, 
Cant.  T.  10620;  Troilus  and  Creaeide,  i.  ie,h. 
It  is  used  as  a  verb  in  llolinshed.  Hist.  Engl. 
p.  44,  asasubst.  in  Hist.  Irel.  p,  .SI. 
The  lunne  by  that  wat  nr\  adouD. 
The  oMsfft  Lhaune  ihay  y-lafte, 

MS.  MhmKlt  at,  t.  U. 
That  hoit  he  lefte  ate  Pavyllount. 
The  a*4rgv  to  ke|)e  Ltiare.  iUd.  f.  47- 

ASSELE.   To  teal.  {.4.-N.)  Sec  0«sU  Romano- 
nun,  pp.  64, 65, 134  ;  Boke  of  Curtisye,  p.  23. 
tVithlnne  and  wliboute  loken  to. 
The  lokca  oaieJed  with  teles  two. 

Cueaar  Jfitltdi,  MS.  Cotl.  Trim.  OaMab.  I.  IAS 

ASSEMRLAUNCE.     RcsembUnoB.    SMmiur. 
ASSEMBLEABLE.     Likeness. 

Every  thingv  that  berlthe  tyfc  detyieth  to  be  con- 
Joynyd  to  hit  att«mbteabU  :  and  evety  man  shall  tie 
aaioeyate  to  hit  owne  lymylltudc. 

DM.  o/Oen/wrM  Mt—IUtd,  p.  tC 

ASSEMBLEMENT.     A  gathering. 


I 


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97 


ASS 


ASS 

I 


>c  Otwold  mette  with  greate  aMrmbhmtHt 
1q  batuile  ilroDg  il  HeTenfeld,  u  God  would. 

Hmilfng't  i/trvnlcU,  t.  W 

ASSEMVLET.     Aisembled. 

Prsyng  and  dttyring  ther  the  coraownc*  ot  Ing- 
londt  be  vrrtu  of  thyt  pment  parlement  aattmjflrt, 
to  coniync  the  wyd  mater,  and  to  g)'ff  therto  her 
aucnt.  MS.  Rot.  Harl.  C.  7. 

ASSENE.    Asset. 

Sirooofouwer  (iJMfiein  a  put  fulleto  day, 
Nold  ;e  noujt  drawc  hire  op  for  tlic  frftle  ? 

its.  tjtwt.  108.  r.  i. 
ASSENEL.     Arsenic.     Pnmpl.  Pan. 
ASSENT.    (1)  Consenting;  agreeing. 

But  uMMtnt  with  hert  and  hool  crtdcncc. 
Having  thcrof  noon  ambigujrte. 

l^iIgM',  MS.  AMhmiUB»,  1. 178. 
Mrdea,  whan  Khe  wal  auvnttt 
Comt  tone  to  that  parlemmt. 

Ctwcr.  US.  Sac.  Jntiq.  IM,  t.  IMI. 

(2)  Consent ;  agreement. 
When  my  fadur  and  y  be  at  auentv, 
Y  wyiJe  not  Tayle  the  be  the  rode. 

MS.  Cantab,  ft.  U.  38,  f.  64. 
The  wyfe*  of  ful  highe  prudence 
Have  of  otttnt  made  ther  avow. 

Lyd/mte'*  Minnr  Pomu,  p.  154. 

(3)  Sent.  (.i.-S.)  See  Cower,  MS.  Soc.  Antiq. 
134,  t  52,  attenie,  nrliere  iomc  eopies  have 
atentt.  Perhaps  we  should  read  at  tente,  i.  e. 
has  sent. 

ASSENTATION.     Flattery.  (Lat.) 

Vet  hec,  making  relation  to  other  his  frende* 
what  I  had  don^,  left  mee  not  quiet  till  they  likewyte 
had  teenc  them,  whoce  perawatlon.  at  It  teemed  with. 
Oulanyiutpltion  of  (uaenraf/ofi  or  flattery,  fo  hath  It 
made  mc«  bolder  at  this  preaeal  then  before. 

Mirour  /br  MagiMlmtM,  p.  0. 

ASSENTATOR.    A  lUttcrcr.  Elyot. 
ASSENTIATU.     Assent;  consent. 
Therfor  yf  je  auentiath  to. 
At  al  perila  wil  y  go.         MS.  Athmtlt  33,  f.  «6, 
ASSENTION.    Consent. 

Shew  me  thy  waile  ;  then  let  me  there  wkhall. 
By  the  oMendun  of  thy  lawn,  •««  all. 

HerrirAr'f  fTorki,   l.«l(i. 

ASSENYCKE.  Arsenic.  Palsgrave  is  the  au- 
thority for  this  fonn  of  the  word. 

ASSEORE.    An  usher.   "  Sir  William  MarteUe, 
■  the  Kjrnget  aatort,"  is  mentioned  in  the  He- 
ralds' College  MS.  of  Robert  of  Gloucester, 
quoted  in  Heame's  edition,  p.  462. 

ASSEPERSELIE.  The  chenil.  It  is  the  trans- 
lation of  cicularia  in  the  Nomendator,  15H5, 
p.  131.    Cf.  Cotgrave,  in  v.  Cievlaire. 

ASSES-BRIDGE.  A  familiar  name  for  prop.  5, 
b.  I  of  Euclid,  on  account  of  its  difficulty. 

ASSES-FOOT.  The  herb  coltsfoot.  Florio  gives 
it  as  the  translation  of  CameU^uca. 

ASSETH.  Suffitiently;  enough.  (J.-N.)  See 
Piers  Ploughman,  p.  362,  "  if  it  sufflse  noght 
for  oMUtz,"  where  some  editions  read  atiKlh. 
It  is  connected  with  the  term  attelt,  still  in 
uae.  Skinner  translatps  it  tummi. 
Nevtr  iliall  make  hi>  tlcheuc 
Jtmh  unto  hli  gredlneiae. 

JUm.  (t^lke  Rum,  50MI. 


ASSETTETH.     Assailed.  (J.-y.) 

And  yf  that  they  be  erroure  thus  contrerld, 
Arayiean  ooat  with  ftreogtheand  ututttttalM. 

Botlitu.  ms.  Sx.  Anll^.  1.14,  f.  mi. 

ASSHE.    To  ask. 

Ryie  up,  he  tayde,  and  the  way  oMht 
To  Wyltone  and  to  that  Abtau  Wultnid. 

Chron.  rUwtvn.  p.  77- 

ASSHEARD.    A  keeper  of  asses.  Xitier. 

ASSHOLE.    A  receptacle  for  ashes.     Korlh. 

ASSIDUALLY.     Constantly. 

Gcotle  sir,  though  1  am  asHdvaUn  used  to  com- 
plalntj,  yet  were  my  heart  contracted  into  tongue. 
T/ia  Cf  prion  Mcadmir,  1647.  ii.  4«. 

ASSIDUATE.  Constant ;  continual.  Sec  Fa- 
byan,  as  quoted  by  Boucher  and  Richardson. 

ASSIDUE.  This  word,  according  to  Mr.  Hunter, 
is  in  common  use  in  Yorkshire  to  describe  a 
species  of  yellow  tinsel  mudi  used  by  the 
mummers  at  Christmas,  and  by  the  ruiitics  who 
accompany  (be  plough  or  ploughman  in  its 
rounds  through  the  |>arish,  as  part  of  their  fan- 
ta!>tii'nl  decoration.  It  is  used  in  the  cutlery 
muuiifncturc  of  Hallamshirc. 

ASSIL-TUOTH.  A  grinder,  situated  near  the 
axis  of  tlie  jaw.     North. 

ASSIL-TREE.     An  axle-tree.     AorfA 

ASSl.MULED.     Assimilated. 

No  prince  in  our  tymc  male  to  your  hyghnei  be 
either  compared  or  animultd.     Hall,  Henry  I »',  f.  27. 

ASSINDE.   Asugned.  Sec  Collier's  Hist.  Dram. 
Poet.  i.  32. 
O  heatenly  gyfl,  that  nlcf  the  mynd, 

Even  at  the  tteme  dothe  rule  the  ahlppe  I 
O  muklcke,  whom  the  Godt  attntia 

To  comforte  nianne,  whom  care*  would  nippc  I 
Percy't  Reh4juet.  p.  00. 

ASSINEGO.    A  Portuguese  word,   meaning  a 
young  ass.     Hence  applied  to  a  silly  fellow,  a 
foot  Shakespeare  has  the  word  in  'Troilus  and 
Cressida,  ii   1,  and   it   is   not   unfretjuenlly 
found  in  the  Eliiabelhan  writers  as  a  term  of 
reproach.     Ben  Joiison,  in  bis  Expostulation 
with  Iriigo  Jones,  makes  a  severe  pun  on  his 
name,  telling  bimbewasin  lut-inigo  to  judge 
by  his  cars. 
ASSISE.  (1)  Phicc;  situation.  (J.-ff.) 
There  ne  wa*  not  a  point  txuely. 
That  it  hai  In  hit  right  assist. 

Rtan,  of  th*  Rotf,  1237* 
Fare  now  forth  to  tlil  bath  that  falre  U  kevcred. 
For  It  la  geinli  grcithcd  in  a  god  atiaa. 

nUI.  cuiif  Iha  trtnralf,  p.  lO). 
(2)  The  "  long  uise"  in  the  first  of  the  follow- 
ing passages  it  conjectured  by  Sir  W.  Scott, 
to  be  ■  term  of  chess  now  disused.  Trislrcm 
is  playing  at  chess,  and  he  pUycd  so  long  a 
lime  "  the  long  asisc,"  that  he  won  six  hawks, 
and  100/.  This,  I  apprehend,  is  the  correct 
meaning.  In  the  second  instance  the  same 
phrase  is  applied  to  a  measure  of  length,  in- 
stead of  a  measure  of  time.  See  also  Rom.  of 
the  Rose,  1392.  Skinner  makes  it  synonymoui 
with  rite. 

Now  bothe  her  wedde  lya. 
And  play  thai  bi-glnnei 
Y.aett  he  hath  the  long  aH$t, 

And  endrad  beth  ther  lone.  Sir  IVMram,r*1u(. 
7 


ASS 


98 


A88 


He  Wl«  iJep«  or  he  myifl\t  ryie, 
Thretty  (ote  of  hngr  atapat. 

US.  OmMIi.  Vt.  II.  38,  r.  »l. 
We  bare  urotlier  insUnce  of  the  ytori  in  the 
Hme  wnie  id  the  romance  of  Sir  Tryamour 
in  the  MS.  in  the  Cambridge  Public  Library. 
After  thia  hero  has  cut  off  the  legs  of  the  giant 
Burlond,  be  telli  him  tliat  they  are  both  "  at 
oon  assysc,"  i.  c.  of  llie  same  length. 
A  lytulle  lower,  lyr,  icTde  hce. 
And  lei  u>  imalle  go  wyth  thee  ; 
Now  are  we  bothe  at  ood  ouum  I 

MS.  Ointab.  ft.  II,  M,  f.  Bl, 

(3)  Araizea.     Hence,  judgment. 

The  kyng  he  wnde  word  ajryn.  Ihal  he  hadde  y» 

franchise 
In  yi  owne  court,  for  to  lake  doma  >nd  uIm. 

H-b.  Clauc  p.  U. 
jow  to  leche  God  hath  tnr  Knt, 

Hli  lawyf  of  lylT  thit  am  ful  wyie ; 
Them  to  lem  bedjIlpTit, 
joure  KHilyt  may  thcl  save  at  the  but  xut/t. 

CtMntfy  UfHtrtet,  p.  60. 

(4)  Commodities. 

Whan  Iher  comet  marchaundlte, 

With  com,  wyn,  and  iteil,  othir  other  oj/Im*, 

To  heore  lond  any  ichlp. 

To  hoiue  they  wollith  anon  tkyppe. 

Kgng  MlMunier,  Til?.*. 

(5)  Regulation ;  eatablisbcd  custom.  Sec  Octo- 
Tian,  81,  where,  however,  Weber  interpret*  it, 
"  sitnation,  rank."     (A.-N.) 

Sire,  he  uld,  hi  Ood  In  heren, 
Thiw  boUouni  that  boilen  KTen, 
Bitoknen  thlDc  aeven  wlie. 
That  ban  i-vrowt  ayen  Oia  ojtlM. 

Seryn  SagM,  9490. 

(6)  To  aettJe;  to  confirm!  to  choose.  See 
Chaucer,  ed.  Urry,  p.  541.  In  our  accond  ex- 
ample it  mexasfited. 

Two  cardinalii  he  hath  aatUvt, 
With  other  lordb  many  moo, 
That  with  hli  doujter  ichuldco  goo. 

Cover,  VS.  &x:  Antl^.  134,  t.  BS. 
The  whiche  upon  hU  hcde  aatytd 
He  bereth,  and  eke  there  beo  devlud 
Upon  hli  womhe  tlerrea  Ihre. 

Goierr,  ed.  IS38,  f.  U?. 

ASSISH.    Foolish,    f'ar.  <fia/.  Florio  has,  "  Ai- 
nijUfine,  assishnesse,  blockishnessc." 
Paaie  not,  Iherfore,  though  MIdat  prate, 
Aod  aj>«4Ac  judgement  give. 

Galfridc  and  BerffHt,  XSIO. 

ASSKES.    Ashes. 

Y  wolde  niche  damiellyt  yn  fyre  were  breol, 
That  the  auia  with  the  wynde  awey  royght  By. 
Refif.  Ataiq.  I  ». 
ASS-MANURE.     Manure  of  ashes.     North. 
ASSMAYHED.     Dismayed. 

Bot  he  Mode  >lle  o«<ii>«»*«<(  aa  ilylle  a<  «on. 

CHrrni.  riMiin.  p.  43. 

ASS-MIDDEN.  A  heap  of  ashci.  A'orf  A. 
ASSNOOK.  Under  the  fire-grate.  Yorkik. 
ASSOBRE.    To  grow  sober  or  calm. 

Ofluchea  drynke  a>  I  coveytc, 

I  Khnlde  oantri  and  fare  wel. 

G«e<r,  US.  Soc.  Antiq.  134,  f.  ITS. 

ASSOIL.  To  soil.  So  explained  by  Richardson, 
in  a  passage  in  Beaumont  and  Fletcher.    Pcr- 


B  additioa^H 

latnbftaa^l 

ares,  in  *iiH 

■ 


p.4l>. 


haps  we  may  read  atmL    I  menUon  It  at  s 

mere  conjecture. 
ASSOILE.  (I)  To  absolve.   See  Lye's  additioi 
to  Junius,  in  v.  Puttenham  has  it 
tive,  meaning  confession.     See  Nares, 
Anoik ;  Langtoft's  Chronicle,  p.  209. 

And  to  to  ben  ataoUted, 
And  lilhthea  ben  hooseled. 

Pivr*  PtoUfchm* 

God  bring  thairc  uulcsuntlll  his  bUs, 

AndOodaMoyJthamof  thalie  «ln,  | 

For  the  fude  will  that  thai  wu  in.  * 

MincfM  PatmM,  p.  It. 

(2)  To  solve ;  to  answer.  (A.-N.) 

Caym,  come  flbrlhc  and  anawete  roe, 
jKfle  my  qwcstyon  anoa-ryght. 

Onwttry  MyMerim,  p.  38. 

ASSOreE.     Kictue;  delay.   (.y...V.)     See  Kit- 
son's  Ancient  Songs,  p.  21  ;  Kyng  Alisaunder, 
1021.     Alsoaverb,  as  in  our  first  example. 
The  tcholde  do  wedcr  me  aMoine. 

rtm.  ajiH  Bianth.  9f\ 
Thcrfore  hit  hl;te  Babiloyne, 
That  ihend  thing  U  withouten  oaaoyfir- 

Curwr  jruaifi,  US.  Coll.  Trln.  Cantab,  t.  II 

ASSOMON.  To  summon.    See  Morta  d' Arthur, 
i.  228,  275,  278  ;  ii.  406;    Brit.  Bibl.  i.  67 
That  if  wel  uld,  quod  Phllobooe,  indcde. 
But  were  ye  not  aaaotmmed  to  apprre 
By  Mercurlui,  for  that  li  al  my  dn-de  > 

OmH  €ff  Uim,   170. 

ASSORTE,  An  assembly.  (^.-,V.)  "  By  one 
attorle,"  in  one  comjiany. 

I  wole  you  tech  a  newe  play  ; 
Sitto  down  here  by  one  aawte. 
And  better  myrtbe  Derer  ye  laye. 

US.  Dourt  IT*,  p.  49. 

ASSOTE.    To  dote  on.  (A.-N.)  This  word  is  a 
favourite  with  Gower.     Sec  Morte  d'Arthur, 
i.  90,  ii.  65, 1 61  j  Cotgrave,  in  v.  Bon  ;  Florio, 
in  V.  /mpaiiiire ;  Chaucer,  ed.  Urry,  p.  428. 
Thi*  wyfe,  whiche  in  her  luite*  grene. 
Was  fayre  and  frenhe  and  tender  of  age,  ■ 

She  may  not  let  the  courage  | 

Of  hym,  that  wol  on  her  OMutte. 

Goirtr,  ed.  U3B,  f.  II. 
So  bnlllche  upon  the  note 
They  hcrken,  and  In  luche  wise  iMate, 
Th*t  Ihcy  here  ryjt  cource  and  way 
Forjete,  and  to  here  ere  obeya. 

GoKwr,  Ua.  «K.  jHti^  IM,  r. 
ASSOWE.     In  a  twoon. 

Hurre  modur  adoun  a«<me<  dudde  fall. 
For  lorwc  he  myjK  wepe  no  more. 

Caraa.  Vilodun.  pk 

ASS-PLUM.     Florio  baa  "  Arinine,  a  kinde 
ant-phtm  or  horse-plum." 

ASS-RIDDLIN.  In  Yorkshire,  on  the  eve  of 
St.  Mark,  the  ashes  are  riddled  or  sifted  on  the 
hearth.  It  is  said  that  if  any  of  the  family  die 
within  the  year,  the  shoe  of  the  fated  penon 
will  l>e  impressed  on  the  ashes. 

ASSUDJUGATE.    To  subjugate. 

Nor  by  my  will  OMUbjugate  his  merIL 

TnUut  and  CrttMm,  11.  X| 

ASSCE.  A  term  applied  to  a  cow  when  drained 
of  her  milk  at  the  season  of  calving.  Somenet, 
Generally  pronounced  azew,  as  in  the  Dorset 
dialect. 


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AST  I 

ASSDBbLY.    Comeentivdy  ? 

At  tilt  mm  dm  day  and  nyght  thai  a  amettg  \a 
wtia  and  wa.  its.  Co//.  EtuK.  in.  f,  9. 

ASSUMP.     Raised. 

The  Micd  bUhoppe,  now  beyug  Cardinal,  was 
aaaoylcd  of  hli  bifthoprJcke  of  Wyncli«ter,  where- 
upon he  lucd  unto  our  holy  fathrr  to  have  a  bullo 
declaratory,  nutwlthtlandlng  he  wai  auump  to  the 
itate  of  cardinally  that  the  tea  was  not  voyde. 

Hall,  Hnm  17.  f.  01. 

ASSURANCE.     AllUnce ;  betrolliing  for  mftr- 
ruge.     See  Pemlirokc'a  Anad'ut,  p.  1 7,  quoted 
by  Narct. 
ASSURDED.    Droko  forth.    From  Sourd. 
Then  he  aunrdtd  into  thU  eicclamacyon 
Unto  Diana,  the  goddei  InmoTtall. 

Sktllon'i  Wortu,  l,S7«. 

ASSURE.  (1)  To  confide.    (A.-S.) 

Thercroro,  ai  freodfuUichc  In  me  atntre. 
And  tell  roe  platte  what  li  thine  encheton. 

TnUutmti4Crttiii,  1.6(1. 

(2)  To  ilBaDce ;  \o  betroth. 

There  lovely  Amom,  that  was  iuiur*it 
To  luity  Pprlgot.  blt*cd»out  her  life, 
FDrc*d  by  wme  iron  hand  and  fatal  kntfi>. 

acmiumimt  and  FUtthtr,  11. 107. 

(3)  Anuruice. 

Hedy  efte  to  profVe  a  newe  Msurg 

Por  to  bcu  trewe,  and  mercy  me  to  prey. 

Outucer,  ed.  Vny,  p.  433. 

ASSUREDLYEST.     Safest 

A  (Teat  number  of  commons,  all  chosen  men,  with 
on  foote,  whiche  were  the  most  oMvredt^eit 
that  hath  bene  senc. 

Hall.  Henry  VIll.  f,  42. 
AS-SWYTHE.     Quickly.     This  word  gfcncrally 
ought  to  be  divided ;   yet  Robert  de  Uruniie, 
in  MS.  UarL  1701,  aecms  occuioually  to  use 
it  as  one  word. 
ASSYGGE.     A  huntiog  term. 

Ye  ibull  say.  i//<*o«v««,  Ulpot^ue,  alwey  whan  they 
fynde  vele  of  hym.  and  then  ye  shut  keste  out 
odtaffg*  al  abowte  the  feld  for  to  se  where  he  be  go 
out  of  the  pasture,  or  clIJs  to  his  foorme. 

Kellii.  Anilti.  I.  lU. 
ASS^TiJED.     Joined. 

Now.  by  my  trouth,  to  speke  my  mynde, 
Syns  they  be  so  loth  to  be  ossyned, 

ftaJM  cnOed  (Ae  Fbwrt  PP. 

ASSYNG.    To  usign. 

Go  thy  way  and  make  thi  curse, 

Ai  1  shall  OMMj/ng  the  by  myn  advyss& 

bight  MynlnTiti,  p.  41. 

AST.  Aakcd.  North.  Cf.  Towueley  Xlym.  p.  200. 
The  scet  echo  lufe  for  hir  sonnes  myght  hlr  thynk 
wcleiett.  US-UncuIn  S.\.\7,l.13\. 

The  blssebo))  oMt  Id  quat  slid 
He  shuld  this  kirke  gerc  make, 

MS.  Cantat.  Tt.r.U,t.T». 

ASTA.     Hast  thou.    This  form  of  the  word  i> 

pven  in  the  ClAvis  to  the  Y'orkshirc  Dialogue, 

p.  90.     Attow  is  common  in  inlerrogatiTe 

clauses  in  old  English. 

ASTABILISIIE.     To  establish. 

'  I  shall  al  all  lymet  and  In  all  places,  whansoocver 
I  ahalbe  cnlled  uppon,  tie  redye  and  glad  to  con- 
Came,  ratefle,  and  attahUiMht  this  my  deyd,purpaa, 
mynd,  and  Intmt,  as  sbalbe  devised  by  the  lemed 
oounsell  of  the  kyngm  said  highncs. 

irrtf>,f,  ilcnanlc  Isllen,  p.  154. 


I,  AST 

ASTAnLE.     To  confirm. 

Lutherlcs,  the  Pope  of  Rome, 
He  lutafJed  iwlthe  sone 
Oodes  werkes  for  to  worche. 

VS.  Cmlab.  Ft.  v.  48,  t.  M. 
ASTANT.     Standing. 

The  might  him  se  aslant  the  by.  Aemfrrsm,  p.  479. 
ASTAROTH.    This  name,  as  given  to  one  of  the 
devils,  occurs  in  a  curious  Ust  of  actors  in 
Jubinal's  Myst.  InAl.  ii.  9.     Sec  Townclcy 
Mysteries,  p.  246;  Piers  Ploughman,  p.  393. 
ASTAT.     State ;  estate ;  dignity. 
Whan  ho  la  set  In  his  a#rar, 
Thre  thevyi  be  brout  of  synful  gyse. 

CuKenrfy  AfjrslsHef,  p.  19. 
ASTAUNCHB.    To  satisfy. 

And  castethe  one  to  chesc  to  hlr  dellte. 
That  may  belter  lutaunche  hir  appetite. 

Lyigntt't  Minor  Poema,  p.  30, 

ASTE.     As  if;  although.     It  is  the  translation 
of  acti  in  an  early  gloss,  in  Reliq.  Antiq.  i.  8. 
Undlr  llctmst  thay  laydcn, 
.4iite  the  clercus  hemselven  saydcn. 
Four  yven  ievcs  togydlr  knyt. 
For  to  proven  of  his  wit.  MS,  Cantat/.  Dd.  1. 17. 

ASTEDE.    stood.     (A.-S.)    So  explained  by 
Hcame,  in  Gloss,  to  Rob.  Gloue.  p.  305,  where 
we  should  probably  read  an  a  tiede,  i.  e.  in  a 
place. 
ASTEEPING.     Steeping ;  soaking. 
There  we  lay*d  aittrpitig. 
Our  eyes  In  endleai  weeping.  Pletehtr. 

ASTEER.     Active;  bustling;   stirring  abroad. 

North,     See  the  Craven  Dialect,  ii.  359. 
ASTELLABRE.     An  astrolabe. 

With  him  his  attellatire  he  nom. 
Whiche  was  of  fyn  golde  precious. 

Gouvr,  MS.  Sx.  Ailll<l,  134,  f.  168. 

ASTELY,     Hastily. 

Or  els,  Jcsu,  y  aske  tht  reyd 

Aiiety  that  y  wer  deyd.  Sir  Amodu,  3U6. 

ASTKMYNGE.     Esteeming. 

But  the  duke,  title  atlemifngt  tucb  a  defect,  quli-k* 
lye  after  persuaded  the  kynge  to  take  syr  Rycharde 
agayne  to  his  favour.  ^rchmolngia,  xxil.iX. 

ASTENTE.  Stoppctl.  {A.-S.)  Sec  Wright's 
Pol.  Songs,  p.  342  j  Will,  and  the  Werwolf, 
p.  56. 

And  or  thay  come  to  Hantrible 

Nevcre  thay  ne  aliHtt.   MS.  ^ihmoU  33,  f.lS. 

And  thou  that  raadest  hit  sotouj, 

Al  thl  host  is  sonea-«f/fir. 

Jpptnd.  to  W.  Mapea,  p.  341. 

ASTER.  Easter.  North.  Mr.  nartsbome  gives 
this  form  of  the  word  as  current  in  Shropshire. 
Of.  Andelay's  Poems,  p.  41. 

And  thus  this  aster  lombspered. 

Ckron.  n/odiin.  p.  KB, 
ASTERDE.    To  escape.     {A.-S.) 

Tho  wUte  he  wel  the  kyngls  herte. 
That  he  the  deth  oe  Khulde  OMterdt. 

Gowrr,  MS.  Soc.  Anlij.  134,  f.  M. 

ASTERED.     Distiu-bed.     (A.-S.)     In  the  fol- 
lowing    passage,    the    Lincoln    MS,    reads 
tlimd.     Verategan  bos  attired. 
For  all  here  mlchel  pryde, 
The  stout  roan  was  asttntd. 

mrDttmmtu,  Omb.  Ml, 


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AST 


ASTERISM.    A  coiiatellation.     ifiegt. 

ASTERLAGOUR.     An  astrolabe 

HU  alnugiftc,  and  boktc  gTtXe  and  «nule, 
HU  tut^Httgour,  longing  Tor  hU  art, 
Ulf  augrim-ftonU  lying  felrc  apart. 

Otauetr,  94.  Vrry,  p.  95. 

ASTERT.  (1)  To  escape.  {A.-S.)  Sec  Hawkins' 
Engl.  Dram.  L  9 ;  Lvdgate's  Minor  Poems, 
p.  183;  Gower,  ed.  1532,  f.  70;  Chaucer, 
Cant.  T.  1597, 6550 ;  Piers  Ploughman,  p.  225  ; 
Digliy  Mysteries,  p.  8. 

Of  wiche  ihc  counc  myjte  not  astrrtt 
Philototca,  that  was  th«  more  experte. 

Thtfr  ftchalle  no  worldt»  good  aitertt 
Mia  honde,  and  jit  he  jeveth  almcaca. 

Cotcer,  .VS.  Sx.  Jhll,).  IM,  r.49. 
The  to  loTc  tnikc  rae  w  expert. 
That  hellc  pc>-ncs  I  mot  twtfri, 

US.  Hart.  3406,  f.  8G. 

(2)  Hence,  to  release.    {A.-S.) 

And  itnale  tlther«t  weren  foule  y-ahent. 
If  any  penonc  wold  upitn  hem  plainc, 
Tber  ml^ht  airerf  hem  no  pecunial  peine. 

CAcfurer,  Caftf.  7*.  G8SG. 

(3)  To  aUmi ;  to  lake  unawares. 

No  danger  there  the  shepherd  can  artrrt. 

S/mttr't  Bel.  Nor.  187. 

ASTEYNTB.     Attainted. 

What  doatow  here,  unwrast  gome  I 

For  thyn  harm  thou  art  hlder  y-come ! 

He  I  fyle  aslnfnt"  horcsone  I 

To  mlato  was  ay  thy  wooe.   Kim/f  AttnHwttrtBOn. 

ASTIEGNUNG.    Ascension.     Venlegan. 
ASTIGE.      To  aieend;    to    mount    upwards. 

yerilet/aH, 
ASTINT.    Stunned.    (A.-S.) 

With  to  noble  swerdes  dent. 
That  hem  o^rlMl  verrament. 

Artlumr  and  Uerltn,  p.  3W. 

ASTIPULATE.    To  bargain  ;  to  stipulate.    HaU. 
ASTIRE.  (1)  The  hearth.     See  Attre. 

Bad  her  take  the  pot  that  fod  orrr  the  fire. 

And  sec  it  atx>ore  upon  the  <uf  irr. 

Vllrrmn't  Pop.  Pott.  U.  711. 

(2)  To  stir;  to  move.     Verttejan. 
ASTIRTE.     Started ;  leapt. 

j4fltr1e  tU  him  with  his  rippe. 
And  btgan  the  fith  to  kJppe.  Havelck,  KU. 

ASTITE.    Anon ;  (|tuckly.    This  word  is  found 
in  the  North  Country  Vocabularies  of  Ray  and 
Thoresby.     Cf.  Torrent  of  Portugal,  p.  28. 
Ful  rlchelich«  he  gan  him  «chrede. 
Ant]  lepe  oMUg  opon  a  itedo  i 
For  nothing  he  Dold  abide. 

Amit  and  AmUtmn,  1046. 
ASTIUNE.    A  precious  stone. 

ThtT  Is  taphlr,  and  uniune. 
Carbuncle  and  vatiun*, 
Smaragde,  lugrc,  and  praatluoe. 

Coeuygnt,  ap.  Warton,  L  9. 

ASTOD.  Stood.  See  Chron.  of  England,  62 ; 
Reliq.  Antiq.  i.  101. 

Sum  ha  finot  opon  the  hode. 
At  the  glrdel  the  iwerd  attode. 

Or  0/  ITarit^ilre,  p.  47. 
A-STOGG'D.     i  laving  one's  feet  stuck  fast  into 

clay  or  dirt.     Dorttl. 
ASTOND.     To  withstand.     Sec  Wright's  Poli- 


tie&l  Songs,  p.  338 ;  Gy  of  Warwike,  pp.  1,  Vft 
Hob.  RIouc.  p.  20. 
Thou  •ull  hare  Ihl  wll  of  al  EgipMlondr. 
^tal  nevrre  no  man  ttiine  hc«te  mttimiU. 

MS.    B-dl.  Hit,  t.  4. 
So  korven  and  hewen  with  mani  hood, 
Ttiat  non  armour  mif;ht  hem  attond. 

Arthour  and  Utrtin,  p.  328.' 

ASTONE.     Confounded 

lie  dradde  him  of  hU  owen  lonc, 
That  maketh  him  wel  the  mure  a«fone. 

Goicrr,  MS.  Sx.  Anliq.  134,  f.  187. 
ASTONED.  (1)  Confouuded;  astonished.  A: 
lonied  is  very  common  in  early  writcni,  and 
is  also  found  in  the  Scriptures,  Dan.  v.  9,  Ac. 
Florio  in  r.  AijgriccUre,  has  the  verb  to  lulony, 
to  confound.  See  Troiliu  and  CrcteidCi  i. 
274.     Urry  has  also  attained. 

Thla  Mxlen  c*m  thti  man  ajlontd  lo. 
That  red  he  wcx,  abaitt,  and  al  quaking 
He  stood,  unncthes  said  he  wordes  mo. 

CAnucer,  Cant.  T.  81M. 

(2)  Stunned.     (A.-S.) 

VoT  her  hors  were  al  lutoned,  and  nolde  after  wylte 
Sywe  iiother  spore  ne  brydcl,  ac  st«ide  ther  al  stytte. 

fii>6.  Giimr.  p.  ape. 
ASTONISH.    To  stun  with  a  blow. 

Enough,  captain :  you  have  seMilMKl  him. 

Mmry  r.  V.  1. 
ASTONNE.     To  confound. 

It  doth  in  halfe  an  howre  nttonne  the  taker  io. 
And  ma«treth  all  his  sencLt ,   that  tie  feeleib  wcate 
nor  »'oe.  Rnmnu  and  JutUt,  p.  64. 

Suerly  these  tie  examples  of  more  vehemeiiciii 
th^n  mans  tong  can  expretse,  to  fear  and  ajtantse  lutdi 
cryl  pcnones  as  wyl  not  levc  one  houre  vacant  fVtnn 
doyng  and  exercysing  crueitle,  miichlrfe,  or  out- 
raglous  lyvyng.  HaU,  Richard  III.  f.  34. 

A-STOODED.     Sunk  fast  into  the  ground,  as  a 

waggon.     Dortt. 
ASTOPARD.     Some  kind  of  animal  .> 
Of  Ethiope  he  was  y-tiore. 

Of  the  kind  of  ottnpardM  t 
He  had  tuskes  like  a  bfMr, 
An  head  like  a  libbard. 

BlMt  Ma.  Rem.  li.  WOu 
ASTORE.  To  provide  with  stores ;  to  keep  up  ; 
to  replenish  ;  to  restore.  See  Prompt.  Parv. 
pp.  16, 262. ;  Rob.  Glouc.  pp.  18, 107, 212,  229, 
268.  It  is  used  somewhat  tUflerently  in  Kyng 
Alisannder,  2025,  and  the  Seryn  Sages,  956, 
explained  hy  Weber,  "  together,  in  a  heap,  nn- 
merous,  plentiful ;"  but  I  am  informed  by  Dr. 
Mertiman  that  he  has  heard  it  used  in  Wilt, 
sbirc  as  a  kintl  of  expletive,  thus,  "  She's  gone 
into  the  street  attorr."  This  of  course  differs 
from  the  Irish  word. 

At  dt^,  Imrwe,  and  caste]. 
Thai  were  attortd  swithe  wd. 

Arthour  amd  Mtrtln,  p.  9". 
But  as  the  ampte,  to  eK'hcwe  ydelncssc, 
In  somer  li  lo  ful  of  iMstnesse, 
Or  wynter  oome  to  safe  here  from  cooldr. 
She  to-fortn  astomd  hath  here  lioldc. 

M-1.  tUtlV. 
That  on  ho  gaf  to  lurwe  the  lift 
Oir  U'lnl  Pecur  the  apmlllle  l>ri;L 

US.  V^uuali.  Ff.  T.  48,  f. 


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101 


AST 


ASTOUND.    To  attonish  grcElly.     Var.  diet. 

Till  at  the  lut  he  heard  a  dreadfull  townd^ 
Which  throufh  the  wood  loud  bellowing  did  rebownd^ 
That  all  Che  earth  for  icrror  leemd  to  khakc, 
Andtnodld  tremble.     Th'clfe,  therewith  atoumi, 
Upatailcd  lightly  fiom  hit  too«er  make. 

The  Faeri9  QMrene,  I.  ril.  7- 
ASTOYN  VN.  To  thakc ;  to  bntinc.  Prom/it.  Pan. 
ASTRADDLE.    To  straddle.    Skinner. 
ASTRAGALS.     A  kind  of  game,  »omcwh»t  like 
rorkall.    See  a  curious  account  of  it  in  MS. 
Ashmolc  788,  f.  102.     Blount  has  tulragalize, 
•'  to  play  at  dice,  liuckle-boncs,  or  tables."  See 
lii]  Glotsographia,  p.  59. 
ASTRAL.     Starry. 

Thti  Utter  lort  of  Inlldela  hav*  often  admitted 
lhcM«  BUIIcn  or  fact,  which  we  Chrllllani  call  mi- 
racle, and  yet  have  i-ndcavourwl  lu  •olve  them  by 
•Ora/ operalloni,  and  other  wayi  not  here  to  be  ipe- 
rllled.  Boflf'd  tForkt,  v.  161. 

ASTRAMYBN.      An   astronomer.      .Iitromyen 
it  the  fonu  of  the  word  in   Kyng  Alisaunder, 
136;  and  Chaucer,  in  his  tract  on  the  astro- 
labe, has  aitrologien,  for  an  astrologer. 
Hyt  wa*  a  gode  attmmjftn 
That  on  the  mone  kowthe  leen. 

MS.  Bart.  EHO,  t.  31. 

ASTR.\NGLED.  Strangled.  See  Will,  and  the 
Werwolf,  p.  6. 

For  neljh  hy  weren  bothe  ftir  thuni 
Aaemngttilt  and  ck  for-pretL 

To  nhht  thou  Khalt  i-wif 
In  fltrongue  dethe  oMtrangttd. 
And  wiende  to  the  pineorheile. 

MS.  LauH.  lOe,  t.  1«6. 
ASTRA UGIIT.     Distracted ;  terrified. 

At  her  ryirht  he  wa*  *o  aitntught.  that  of  hU  own 
mynde  unrcqueited,  he  made  peace  with  the  llaaii- 
llmv  CoUrne''  Jftlnr,  f.  179. 

ASTR-VITNGED.  Estranged.  Vdal.  Thia  and 
the  last  word  are  taken  from  Richardson. 

ASTRAY.     A  stray  animal.     Prompt.  Pan. 

ASTRAYLY.  Astray.  It  is  translated  by  pafe- 
iiimic  in  Prompt.  Parr.  p.  16. 

ASTRE.  (1)  A  star.  {Fr.)  Steevcns  says  this 
word  is  only  to  be  met  with  in  Southern's 
Diana.  1580.  See  Shakespeare,  vii.  184.  Mr, 
Borwell  qaotes  another  instance  in  Montgo- 
in«Ty*iPoems,  cd.  182I,p.  164.  See  also  Ja- 
miesoD  in  v.  Florio  translates  Stttia,  "  a 
Marre,  or  any  of  the  celestiall  bodies  that  give 
light  unto  the  world ;  also  an  atler,  a  planet." 

(2)  A  hearth.  ■'  Tlie  o»/re  or  liarth  of  n  cMin- 
Bey."  MS.  Harl.  1129,f.  7.  Lambarde.  in  his 
Perambulation  of  Kent,  c<L  1D9C.  p.  562,  says 
that  this  word  was  in  his  time  nearly  obsolete  in 
Kent,  Imt  that  it  was  retained  in  "  ShmpshjTe 
and  other  parts."     See  Ailirt. 

ASTRELABRE.  An  astrolabe.  (A-N.)  See 
Chaucer,  Cant.  T.  3209.  I  have  already  quoted 
the  passage  from  Urry.  in  v.  ^iilertagour. 

ASTRENGTHY.    To  strengthen. 

Aad  byitan  to  oWrexffky  yl  court,  and    to  eche  y> 
maynye.  Bttb.  Clwc.  p.  tau. 

ASTRETCHYN.  To  reach.  It  is  traiislalerl  by 
attmffo  in  the  Prompt.  Parv.  pp.  14,16,  99. 


III!  hyje  Tcitu  aitrtcclMH 

With  bokli  or  hl>  omat  eodityngi'. 

Oednt,  MS.  Soc,  A«l*f.  \M,  t,  SOS. 

ASTRE YN  TO.    Constrained. 

He  i«  luireynifti  to  the  thfnge  that  contenys  and 

to  that  thing  that  li  conteoyd ;  and  he  la  alao  oa- 

trtminl  to  the  thingc  tlut  halowU,  and  to  that  thinpe 

that  U  lialowid.  MS.  BevrUm  IU>,  (.  177. 

ASTREYT.    Straight. 

Fonothe  he  clanfyt  the  lyrere  aryt, 
And  allc  the  mcmbryi  benethe  ocfrwy r. 

Rtliq.  .datii.  I.  IM. 
ASTRICTED.    Restricted. 

A  f  fier  iKing  encloted  in  a  itraite  place  wll  by  force 

utter  his  flamme,  and  as  the  course  vrwat«*r  iutriel9d 

and  letted  will  flowe  and  brust  out  in  continuance  of 

time.  Hall,  Hnry  fl.  I.  M. 

ASTRID.    IncUned.    Suffol*. 

ASTRIDGE.    An  ostrich. 

lie  make  thee  eate  yron  like  an  attridge,  and  swal. 
tow  my  iwurd  like  a  great  plnne. 

rae  firMt  Pari  •/  tha  Cmimitm,  ISM. 
ASTRIDLANDS.    yVstride.    North.     See  Ray's 

English  Words,  in  v.  Unutrid. 
ASTKINGE.     To  bind  ;  to  compel.  {Lat.) 

Albeit  your  Hlghnes,  having  an  honorable  place, 
t>e  named  u  one  of  the  principal  eontrahentet,  yet 
ncTerlheieate  your  grace  b  not  artringtit  or  boundeo 
to  any  charge  or  other  thing.  Stata  Paper/.  1.  119. 
ASTRINGER.  "  Enter  a  gentle  attringer"  is  a 
stage  direction  in  All's  Well  that  ends  Well, 
y.  I.  Steerens  says  "  a  gentle  astnnger"  ia  a 
"  gentleman  falconer,"  and  gives  a  reference  to 
Cowcll  that  requires  verification. 
ASTRIPOTENT.  The  ruler  of  the  tiara.  (Lat.) 
The  high  oafHporrnr  auctor  of  alle. 

M.I.  Harl.  tUl,  t.  ;«. 
ASTROD.    Stradling.     Somernt. 
ASTKOIE.    Todestitjy. 

And  aipio  hem  bl  tropic, 

And  H>  food  hem  to  iutntt.  , 

MrtlioMr  ami  Mtrlln,  p.  S90. 

ASTROIT.  A  kind  of  precious  (.>)  stone.  UituMeu. 
Soinetiuies  called  the  star-stone.  Brome,  in 
his  Travels  over  England,  p.  12,  mentioi^  find- 
ing many  of  them  at  Lassington,  co.  Gloucester, 
and  gives  a  particular  account  of  their  nature. 

.iSTKOLOGY.  A  herb  mentioned  by  Palsgrave, 
f.  18,  aad  by  Guwcr,  MS.  Soc.  Antiq.  134, 
f.  201.  It  is  perhaps  the  same  with  the  aruto- 
logii,  two  species  of  which  are  mentioned  in  an 
old  poem  in  Archicolugia,  xxx.  386. 

ASTRONOMER.  An  astrologer.  This  sense  of 
the  tcrni  is  usual  with  our  early  writers.  See 
Minot's  Poems,  p.  85. 

A  icarn'd  astronomer,  great  magician. 
Who  llvei  hard-by  retir'd. 

Bri.iimcnl  and  fUlchar,  1.  IM. 

ASTRONOMIEN.    Astrologer. 
Whiche  was  an  oMtrtmomifn, 
And  erk  a  gret  magidcn. 

Coicer,  MS.  Soe.  Aitllq.  134,  f.  146. 
ASTROPllELL.    A  bitter  herb  i  probably  star- 
wort,  according  to  Narcs. 
My  liltle  aock,  whom  earn  I  tov'd  to  well. 

And  wont  to  fretl  with  Rneat  graue  that  grew, 
Fecde  yo  heneefonh  on  bitter  a^trnflAI, 
And  itlnklng  tmallage  and  unaaverle  roa. 

S^>.  XtafAff.  344. 


AST 


103 


ASY 


ASTROUT.  This  word  is  still  used  in  Somerset- 
sliire,  explained  by  Mr.  Norris,  MS.  Glossary, 
"  in  B  stiff,  projecting  posture,  is  when  the 
fingers  «re  kept  out  stiff."  Sir  Thomas  More, 
■Workcs,  p.  98,  applies  it  to  a  stomach  swelled 
by  gluttony,  "  What  good  can  the  great  glo- 
ton  do  with  his  bely  standing  lulrote  like  a 
taber."  In  Prompt.  Parv.  p.  16,  "  a-strut" 
is  translated  by  tnrgidt ;  and  Palmer  says  it  is 
used  in  the  north-cast  of  Devon  in  the  sense  of 
aatriilr.  The  word  occiu^  in  the  first  sense  in 
a  curious  poem  in  the  Auohinleck  MS.  printed 
ill  Wright's  Political  Songs,  p.  336 ;  and  the 
following  example  is  taken  from  another  copy 
in  the  Bodleian  Library,  unknown  to  Mr. 
Wright,  which  is  valuable  as  completing  his 
imperfect  one.  Cowper  has  attrul,  u  quoted 
by  Richardson. 

Now  Godll  loulc  is  al  diy  tuore. 

The  kDjrf  Khal  itonde  a-atntut ; 
And  chow  hlf  IxMn  Iw  to- lore, 
)il  be  wll  Buk  It  stout. 

MS.  Bodl.  48,  r.  iStl. 
The  mkryoere  that  woUe  hove  Ijyne  hur  Vf, 
Hyi  yen  stode  owic  oMtn^te  for-iliy, 
Hyi  lymme*  were  roton  hytn  froo. 

L«  Bon9  Vlorenet  of  Rumtt  8099. 
He  gafe  hym  swyiko  a  clowte. 
That  bolhc  his  eghne  ttodc  ont  ttrvwir. 

Sir  Intmtim,  Ltncotn  MS, 
ASTRUCTIVE.     This  word  is  used  by  Bishop 
Hall,  and  opposed  by  him  to  dalruetive.   Sec 
Richardson,  in  v. 
ASTRYVYD.     Distracted. 

fieryn  and  hii  company  itood  all  awhyvyd. 

Hitlom  n/ Btryn,  HH. 

ASTUNED.  Stnnned.  See  Drayton's  Polyolbion, 
ed.  1753,  p.  1011 ;  and  .Itlmne. 
He  frutt  duuD  at  o  dent, 
*  That  hon  and  man  artunei  lay* 

Anhvur  and  JVarlin,  p.  233. 
ASTirNTE.    stood ;  remained. 

The  baront  attvntt  withoute  tnuo  bitlde, 

And   ratrc  (code  Into  the  toun  to  the  kinf;  har 

sonde. 
That  he  uolde,  vor  Oodca  love,  him  tict  under- 

•loode. 
And  graunte  horn  the  gode  Lawes,  and  habbe  pitd 
o1  tft  lond.  Rati.  Otouc,  p.  5M. 

The  other  oMtvnte  and  unnplhe  abed. 
He  nc  mljhte  no  othur  for  achame. 

ua.  Lnd.  loe,  r.  its. 
ASTUTE.    Crufty.     Mnuken. 
A8TWARD.     Eirtward. 

And  to  a  Bchip  wc  duden  Ui  tone, 

And  aHicard  evero  kcndeni 
In  the  le  of  occcan, 
Aa  ore  Loverd  ia  ^ace  ua  aende. 

MS.  laud.\t»,  MM. 
ASTY.     Rather;  as  soon  as.    AorfA.     This  is 

perhaps  connected  with  tutt,  q.  v. 
ASTYE.     To  ascend. 

Alfred  and  Seynt  Edwarde,  laatehll  gonneojfya 
Thorn  the  due  of  Normandye,  tbat  her  oncle  was. 
Rot.  Clour,  p.  317. 
ASTYTLED.     Lamed  in  the  leg. 

Sofntyme  an  hound  ic  yvcle  attK/letl,  to  that  he 
•hal  aomlymr  atiyde  half  a  5eer  or  more,  or  he  tie 
wri  fkTfflc.  MS.  Bull,  SM. 


ASTYL.     A  thin  board  or  lath.     See  Prompt. 
Parv.  p.  IC,  explained  from  the  Anglo-Norman 
"  a  piece  of  a  wooden  log  cleft  for  burning," 
Phillips  has  aricle  in  the  same  sense,  so  that 
the  word  may  come  originally  from  the  Lat. 
ariculu*. 
AS  U  N  DE  RLY.    Separately.    It  is  translated  by 
dujuncdm,   teparatim,  and  dirinm,   in   the 
Prompt.  Par\.  p.  16. 
ASt'NDRI.     Apart.      See   Gcsta  Romanorum, 
pp.  14,  67,  164 ;  Prompt.  Parv.  p.  16. 
In  thli  wtirld,  bi  Seyn  Jon, 
So  wise  a  man  li  thernon, 
Aitutdri  fchuld  hem  knawe. 

AmU  and  AmiloUHf  90C9. 

ASWARE.    On  one  side. 

Hym  fu(l  bin  beter  to  hare  gnon  more  nrfv«re. 
For  the  egg  of  tllepAnn^1(^t  with  hl»  ihynnp. 
And  kmrffatoo  a  vryo.  and  the  nfxt  tjm. 

Chaurer,  ed.  t  'rry,  p,  509. 
ASWASH.     CotgraTc  has,  '•  ChatHorrc,  a  loose 
snd  light  gowiic,  that  may  be  wornc  turwath 
or  skarfcwise." 
ASWELT.     To  become  extinguished.    (./.-&) 
Ac  tot  and  snow  cotncth  out  of  holes. 
And  brennynf  (ujr,  and  gtowyng  colet ; 
That  thco  snow  for  the  fuyr  no  malt. 
No  the  fuyr  for  theo  mow  tuweft. 

ASWEVED.    Stupified.  asinadrcom.  (^.-5.) 

Fur  to  a.4tonied  and  aswewtd 
Was  every  virtue  in  me  heved, 
What  with  hit  Mmn,  and  with  my  dred. 
That  al  my  felinge  gan  to  ded. 

The  Htmse  m/ FUmft  ilr41. 
AS-WHO-SAIETH.      A    not    uiifrcq»ent  ex- 
prwaiou  in  our  early  poclry,  equivalent  to, — 
as  one  may  say,  as  the  sajing  is.     Sec  Dyce's 
notes  to  SkcItOD,  p.  86. 
ASWIN.     Obliquely.     Korih. 
ASWOGIL     In  a  swoon.     (,^.-5.) 
jitwogh  he  fell  adoun 

An  hyi  hynder  araoun.    Litbenuf  ZM«ronw«,  1171. 

ASWOUKE.    In  a  swoon.   Sec  auiircr.  Cant.  T. 

3826,  10788  ;  Gy  of  Warwike,  p.  1 7  ;  Legend 

of  Pope  Gregory,  p.  48;  Rom.  of  the  Rosc,l804. 

He  ferd  as  hu  wer  mat ; 

AdouD  he  fel  ottcotint  with  that. 

Gif  nf  Wmrwtke,  |v  19. 
ASWOW'E.     In  a  swoon.     See  Anpogh  ;  Laiui- 
fal.  755  ;  MS.  Cantab.  Ff.  i.  6,  f.  5i. 
The  king  binethen,  the  atede  aboue. 
For  tothe  lir  Attbour  was<uicH»rf. 

Mrth'mr  and  Mertin,  p.  1S3. 
'And  whanne  the  raydwyf  hurde  that, 
Zhe  fplle a-*ieowe  thar  ahc  lat.  MS^Done*  236«  f.  SX 
A-Sl-DEN-HANDE.     On  one  aide. 

Eut  he  toke  nat  his  ground  ao  even  in  the  frocit 
oTore  them  aa  he  wold  have  don  y(  be  might  t>ell«r 
have  vene  them,  bult  lomcwhate  o-iytfrn-Aandv. 
where  he  dispoaed  alt  hii  people  in  good  amye  all 
that  nyght.  Jrrivaio/  Kimg  Entutcrd  IV,  p.  tEL 

ASYGHE.    To  essay. 

Now  let  leo  gef  ooy  ta  lo  hardy 
That  durate  hit  him  tupghf.  Kyng  AtUaundm;  3B79* 
ASYNED.     Assigned ;  appointed. 
And  jemen  of  the  crownc  alao. 
That  were  a<jrNi*rf  wyth  hym  to  go. 

jtrx^^oltfim,  itai>  79. 


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ATB 


I 


AT.  (1)  That.  North.  Set  Se^7n  Sages,  3824; 
PcTCCTil  of  Galles,  150,  S24  ;  Towneley  Mys- 
teries, pp.  2,  87  ;  Robion's  Met.  Rom.  p.  7 ; 
Twaine  and  Gawin,  4B6. 

It  r»  fully  my  coDiailr  Ihat  thou  rcGOunwUeafftrne 
unto  the  my  Udy  my  moder  Olymplu,  and  at  Ihou 
frcfe  the  nathynge  at  the  dcde  of  Lctlaa,  ne  take 
aa  hcryBea  to  the  iherfore.  VS.  Unntn  A .  i.  17,  f  *  S^ 

(2)  To.  Constantlr  used  as  a  prefix  to  the  verb 
b)-  early  English  writen.  Sec  Ywaino  niid 
Ga^n,  812,  2341. 

Ga  hetbene  away  frm  me,  quod  he,  for  thou  canne 
say  Doghie  to  raee,  ne  1  hafe  noghtc  of  do  with  the. 
US.  Lincoln  K.\.\l,t.\. 
That  ci  mi  say,  with  golde  and  enience. 
And  royre  that  they  ofTerde  In  thl  pretence. 

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

(3)  To.  "  This  roal  ull  be  daingerus  jist  nov,  if 
■  duniu  doa  •ommat  at  it."     Var,  dial, 

(4)  Eat. 

No  haddc  thai  no  wlnea  wat. 

No  ala  that  wai  old. 
No  no  goda  mete  thai  or. 

Thai  haddcn  al  that  thai  wold. 

Sir  Trtatrtm,  p.  8ft). 

(5)  Who ;  which.     NorIK 

(6)  Of.    Karlh. 

Serypiteand  butdon  can  he  uke. 
And  toke  lere  a>  hyi  wyfe. 

MS.  Canlab.  Ff.U.38,  f.US. 
He  luke  hi>  lere  at  the  dayo 
M  Mlldor  the  falre  maye. 

Sir  Dcgrtvantt,  Uncetn  ITS, 
That   lame     houre    herly    at     momc,     Marie 
ne  and  hir  two  ■Utcn  asked  leve  at  oure 
and   went  with   thelre  oynirmentet    to   the 
its.  Uncoln  A.  1.  17.  f- 186. 

(7)  To  attack ;  to  accost.  A  common  elliptical 
form  of  the  expression  to  ie  at,  or  to  get  at. 
Also,  to  contend  with  or  take  in  a  game  or 
tithervise. 

(8)  For. 

Jt  thif  oauae  the  knyjt  comlyche  hade     a 
tn  the  more  half  of  hJj  icbclde  hlr  ymage  depaynted. 
Sirr  GaiM^ne,  p.  23. 

ATACHE.     To  seize. 

And  ecyde,  we  ataehe  yow  y-wyaae. 
For  ye  achalle  telle  ui  what  he  yt. 

MS.  Canlab.  Ff.  II.  38,  f.  133. 
AT-APTER.    After;  afterwards.     North.     See 
Chaucer,    Cant.   T.  10616,    1I&31;    Morte 
d' Arthur,  ii.  220.     It  is  an  adverb  and  prep. 
I  trust  to  aeo  you  at1.^/tar  Eitur, 
A*  coonlaf  ai  1  that  am  your  matter. 

MS.  Bawl.  C  1S8. 

ATAKE.  TooTcrtake.  (.li.-S.)  See  Amis  and 
Amiloun,  2070:  Chaucer,  Cant.  T.  16024. 
Somctiuca  it  stands  for  the  part.  pa.  Alakm, 
■a  in  Chaucer,  Cant.  T.  6966,  and  our  two  last 
examples. 

He  turned  hit  itedo  and  gm  to  fle. 

And  Oy  after  him,  bl  mi  leut^  i 

Code  waa  the  hon  that  Owlchard  rod  on, 

And  to  t^t  hit  itedc  gan  gon. 

That  Otj  might  him  nought  alakti 

Tberfore  he  gan  torwemake.  Cp  nfWmrmlk4,p,  62. 

And  teyde,  ha  I  now  thou  art  a-talre. 

Thai  thou  thy  werke  myjie  noujt  fbnake. 

Oxeer,  MS.  Soc.  Anti^.  134,  f.  IM. 

And  no^t  for  that  a  goth  to  fait. 

That  Richard  yi  o-Mlie  ata  latu    MS.  ^Otnolt  411. 


AT-ALL.  The  cr;  of  a  gamester  full  of  cash  and 
spirit,  meaning  that  he  will  play  for  any  sumi 
the  company  may  choose  to  risk  against  him. 
See  Massinger,  iv.  78. 

AT-ALLE.  Entirely ;  altogether.  See  Lydgate's 
Minor  Poems,  p.  29;  Chaucer,  Cant.T.  8921, 
9098. 

The  kynge  knew  the  burgeyte  at  attt  I 

Anone  to  hym  he  letce  hym  calle.     /pofmfdoii,13QB» 

AT-AI,L-POINTS.  In  every  particular,  a  phrase 
applied  to  a  person  well  and  entirely  armed. 
See  instances  in  Beaumont  and  Fletcher, 
iv.  7;  Morte  d' Arthur,  i.  344,  ii.  19.  Al-all. 
riffhttia  a  similar  expression,  of  which  see  in- 
stances in  Chaucer,  Cant.  T.  2102;  Sir 
Perceval,  1139.     See  Jt-ryghttei. 

ATAME.      To  tame.     {J.-S.)     See   Skelton's 
Works,  i.  13&,  211 ;  Deposition  of  Richard  U. 
p.  IS  ;  Chester  Plays,  L  124 ;  Gy  of  Warwike, 
p.  316 ;  and  Attame. 
And  talde,  thou  curted  Saraayne, 
Thy  proude  pride  thall  be  atnmnt. 
By  God  and  by  Sclntc  Qwyotync.  MS.  Jkmet  176,  p-SS. 

ATANUNE.    Afternoon.    Suffolk. 

AT-A-POINT.  This  phrase  is  explained  rttoMt 
by  Rider.  In  the  second  example  it  appa- 
rently' means  at  a  ttoppage. 
Old  Hiward,  with  ten  Choutand  warlike  men, 
All  ready  at  a  point,  wai  tetting  forth.  Macfteth,  It.  3. 
Now  let  lU  tpeake  of  the  Erie  of  Warwiekc* 
doyngct,  whkhe  mutte  nedet  play  a  pagUunt  In 
thb  entcrlude,  or  ela  the  plale  were  at  a  point. 

Hall,  Kilutnt  IV.  f.  1«. 

ATARN.    To  run  away ;  to  escape.     (A.-S.) 
Manie  flowe  to  churrhe,  and  the  conttable  unnethe 
^rarfide  alive,  and  manie  were  throat  to  dethe. 

Rol,.  Glouc.  p.  63S. 

ATASTE.  To  taste.  See  the  corresjionding 
passage  in  MS.  Soc  Antiq.  134, 1 6,  and  Digby 
Mysteries,  p.  190. 

Ve  thullen  atatta  tx>the  Ihowe  and  thee 
or  thllke  water,  to  tpeke  in  wordes  fewe. 
By  God  ordeyncd  trouthet  for  to  thewe. 

l^dgate,  MS.  Mhmolt  33,  t.  44. 

ATAUNT.    So  much.    See  Digby   Mysteries, 
p.  192.  (^.-A'.) 
Whan  that  Bachua,  the  myghll  lorde, 
And  Juno  eke,  both  by  one  accorde. 
Had  Mtte  a-tirorhe  of  myghtl  wyne  a  tone. 
And  afterwardyt  Into  the  bnyn  ran 
Of  Colyn  Blobolle,  whan  he  had  dronke  afavnf 
Both  of  Teynt  and  of  wyne  Alycaunt, 
Till  he  wat  drounke  at  any  twyne. 

Colime  Blou'MI,  MS.  Rawl.  C.Wt, 
And  he  it  a  foole  that  yevltlie  alto  credence 

To  newe  rumoura  and  every  foUltthe  fatde, 
A  dronken  foole  that  tparithe  for  no  dlipcnce 
To  drynk  laynt  Ul  he  tiepe  at  table. 

L^dgMe't  Minor  Potml,  p.  167 

ATAVITE.    Ancestnd. 

But  tmlle  tblitioldnet,  not  myneowne nature,  liath 
taught  mec.  but  yuur  nalurr,  geiieroiltle  prognate, 
and  come  from  your  a/aWreprogenltoun. 

ElliM'o  UUrarp  LHfr§,  p.  7(. 

ATAXY.    Disorder ;  irregularity.    {Gr.) 
AT-BAR.    Bore  away. 

A  wonder  thing  he  tey  him  thar, 

A  wolf  hit  other  child  at-6ar.     MS.  Mftr  M,  MO> 
AT-BLEWE.    Blew  with  beUowi. 


ATB 


104 


ATH 


Thttottrmestoun  atblfwt  it  liymr ; 

Crifte  for-fldiopc  thamc  bothe  ty the  and  lyine  I 

MS.  Lincoln  A.  I.  17,  t.  liH. 

AT-BREST.    To  burst  in  pieces. 

Hti  hen  aght  nrat-brrtt  in  thrio. 
At  fra  hU  comamcnlef  tuin. 

US.  Cbtl.  rwpu.  A.  IB.  t.  M. 
ATCUEKED.    Choakci    SJtinner. 
ATCHISON.    A  billon  coin,  or  rather  copppr 
washed  with  tilvcr,  »truck  in  the  rcigii  of 
James  VI.,  of  the  tdJuc  of  eight  pennies  Scots, 
or  two  thirds   of  an  English   penny.     See 
Jamieson,  in  v. 
I  care  out  an  they  war  all  drown'd  1'  th'  dike. 
They're  nut  worth  an  afrAuon,  nor  twenty  kike. 

Yorktttire  Diatofrue,  p.  fi'. 
ATCHORN.     An  acorn,    far.  dial.     We  have 

also  atchoming,  picking  up  aroms. 
ATE.    (1)  To  eat.   Weil.    See  Jenning^p.  115. 
(2)  At  the. 

And  with  a  god  ilaf,  ful  ikel. 
Hit  wif  ^xfedore  netjet.        Sevjm  Ssjw,  SS96. 
ATEGAR.     A  kind  of  lance.   /i«i«f.    \a.-S.) 
ATEIGN.    To  accomplish. 

Ne  hope  1  noght  he  wU  him  feign. 
That  he  oe  sal  Cairn  dede  ofrlgn. 

US.  out.  r«|Hu.  A.  IlL  f.  8. 
ATEINTE.     To  give  a  colouring  to.    {A.-N.) 
Nal,  dowler,  for  God  atjOTe  I 
Old  men  t>en  fellc  and  qucintc. 
And  wikkcfle  wrcnchei  conticafefnf*. 
Uhdo  oowt,  doughter,  but  do  bi  rede  I 

SnfH  SafM,  I7M. 
ATBl,.    Reckoned ;  counted.     (J.-&) 

The  kyng  thorn  yt  conteyl  enrented  wcl  her  to. 
And  god  Oftage  of  nom,  the  truoge  vor  to  do ; 
And  atal  at  her  god,  and  let  him  ol  t>ar  wende. 

KM).  Clout,  p.  171 . 

ATELICH.    Foul;  comipt.    (A.-S.) 
The  bodi  ther  hit  lay  on  t>ere. 
An  tttelieh  thing  a»  hit  wai  on. 

j^ppend.  10  tf.  JCvei,  p.  MS. 
Tho  cam  thare  out  a  luther  wyjc 
Ful  alrllch  ate  lasle.  MS.  Laud  108,  f.  107. 

A  aeharp  face  be  hadde,  and  al  for-kroked, 
111!  berd  aMicit  and  long.  /Md.  108,  f.  Ifi9. 

ATENES.     At  once.     Sec  Cliaucer,  ed.  Urr)-, 
p.  32.   Thii  it  merely  another  form  of  JItontt, 
q.v. 
ATBNT.  An  object;  an  intention.   See  Ootovian, 
104  ;   Sir  Amadas,  372  ;  Joachim  and  Anne, 
p.  149 !  Cov.  Myst  p.  4  j  Syr  Gowghter,  617. 
Hymselfe  yt  in  gode  ottntt. 
For  every  man  y«  hyi  frende. 

US.  Qmlab.  FC  a  38.  f.  79. 
A  richc  Icttre  icho  hym  aent, 
Kftyr  hlr  iordii  commandment. 
And  ulde  hym  alle  hlr  atvnt. 

Sir  Drfrrronit,  Lincoln  MS. 

ATEON.     To  make  angry.  ^.^.-S.) 
The  kyng  wca  atennfd  stronge 
Tlut  Corlneus  ailod  w  longe. 

Chrtmiclt  ofKngtmn4t  61. 
Gofmagog  was  attn*d  strong 
That  OD  moD  htm  alode  so  long. 

IbU.  MS.  Cbniai.  Ft.  t.  48,  f.  9& 
H*  was  rUeiMd  of  his  enemy.  MS.Athmolt  33.  f  J. 
ATER.    (I)  After.    Var.dial.    It  may,  however, 
be  a  mere  error  of  the  scribe  in  the  following  I 
example : 


p.  139. 

ilain^^l 

8131.  ■ 


And  utyr  thtt  his  modlr  dide  aryse. 
And  lyfle  him  up  softely  Into  the  italic. 

Lyilgolc,  MS.  Soc.  AHH<^  134,  t.  I& 

(2)  Attire. 

Etrrlch  man  of  ich  mester 
Hem  ridcn  ogain  with  fair  ater, 

Arthour  ami  Merlin^  p.  139. 

ATER-NOON.     Afternoon.     Somenrt. 
ATEKST.    In  earnest.  PhiUipi.  Coles  expl 

it  mdtfd. 
ATEYNT.     Fatigued ;  worn  out.     (A.-N.) 
In  the  heLe  they  wer  almoft  mtcj/nt. 
And  in  the  smoke  nygh  adreyot. 

Wrhard  Coer  de  Lton, 
ATEYNTE.     (I)    Conricted;    attainted.     See 
Amis  and  Amiloim,  849;  History  of  Berrn, 
2673. 

Yn  fcyre  wurdys  and  yn  qeynte, 
Wylh  prydc  are  swych  men  atnjmte. 

MS.  Hart.  1701,  Ml 

(2)  To  reach ;  to  get  posteision  of. 
She  seld,  Thomas,  let  them  stand. 
Or  ellis  the  feeod  wUle  the  alvo'*- 

MS.  Canlab.  VI.  T.  48,  f.  I  ML 
AT-GO.     Expended;  gone. 

Wor  his  spending  wes  al  a(.fD. 
Wcl  evenc  he  hit  oundemom. 

MS.  DItit  88,  r.  lU. 
Whet  may  I  sugge  bote  wolawo  I 
When  mi  lif  is  me  at.go. 

Wrigur,  i^Hc  Pottm,  p.  7«. 
AT-GOHT.    Is  expended. 

Ther  Ich  wes  lucf.  icham  ful  loht* 
Ant  allc  myn  godea  me  at-goht. 

WrtgWt  Lfrlc  Puttry,  p.  48. 

ATH.  (1)  An  oath.  {.4.-S.)  See  Ywaine  and 
Gawin,  2264 ;  Sir  Degrcvante,  MS.  Lincoln, 
210  ;  lleliq.  Antiq.  i.  126. 

1  bafe,  quod  he,  made  athe  to  Darius,  that,  whlis 
be  ieflVx,  1  schalle  never  tiere  armes  agaynes  hytne ; 
and  therfore  1  ne  may  no5te  do  agaynes  myne  «rAe. 
MS.  Uncln  A.  I.  17,  f.  S 
O  pride  bicumi  thrones  o  thrett. 
Hethlng,  threp,  and  a/Am  grett. 

MS.  Coll.  rapmt.  A.  ill.  t.  lU. 

(2)  Each. 

Thai  token  oth  tuike ; 
The  rogire  raggl  sculke 
Rug  ham  in  belle  1 

IFWgM-s  Pol.  Sonp,  p  nt 

(3)  Hath. 

Vorst  ych  wulle  therynno  do  me  sulf,  vor  ry5t  yc  ys. 
And  vorstaaaylelhenfalsekyng,andbrlngehymlo|Ok», 
That  the  gret  oth  that  he  suur,  so  vyllyche  alh  to-broke. 

Rob.  Glouc,  p.  483. 

AT-HALST.     Withholdest.     Rob.  Glouc. 
AT-HAND.    "  At  hand,  quoth  pick-purse,"  an 
old  proverb  introduced  in  1  Henry  IV.  ii.  1, 
and  several  writers  of  Shakespeare's  lime.    It 
is  a  familiar  exclamation  in  answer  to  any 
summons. 
ATHANOR.    A  digesting  ftimace,  calculated  for 
the  retention  of  heat. 
I  have  another  work  you  never  saw,  son. 
That  three  days  sbice  past  the  phlloeophn's  whed. 
In  the  lent  heat  oTattenor.     Tin  ^Icluntiit,  U,  h 
And  se  thy  fomaoe  baapt  therfore, 
Whych  wyttinndocaUalAmor. 

.<sk>Mie'<  Th—l.  CVkam.  BrU.  p.  149 


1 


ATH 


t«S 


ATL 


ATIIEL.  Noble.  (J.-S.)  See  'Wriglifij  Lyric 
PiMrtrr,  p.33;  liUck'iC«t.of  Attimole's  MSS. 
p.  fi8. 

nil  WAli  Eonln  lbeaM>/,*nd  hlihigh  kjmdr. 

S^  Gawc^Htf  p.  3. 
AkuDdir  Ihe  aihill,  be  allun  icorilr. 

US.  A'kmolf  **.  r.  II. 

AT-IIGLD.  Tokeep;toretiin.  Cf.  Rob.  Glouc. 
p.  62. 

ThU  clerkn  of  whom  ich  teld. 
With  the  king  weren  al-htld. 

Arlhrmr  ani  Utrlbl,  p.  M. 
He  him  mlf ht  do  lenge  at-held, 

Gv  of  n'ortrUre,  p.  60. 
ATHELE.  This  vord  is  translated  by  nalurn  in 

MS.  Ilarl.  219. 
ATHELISTE.     Most  noble. 

Thuie  S) r  Arthuri;  one  erthe,  atheluie  of  othcre. 
At  crene  at  bteawme  bordeavaiiild  hit  lordea. 

Uorlt  Artlmrt,  MS.  UnctilK,  t.  70. 

ATHENED.     Stretched  out.      Vmlegan. 

ATlIESrNG.  Extension.  (.y.-S.)  See  a  piece 
by  Lyd^te,  printed  at  the  end  of  the  Chronicle 
of  London,  p.  237.  We  have  already  had  the 
passage  from  another  copy,  in  v.  Arenyng, 
which  is  probably  a  corrupt  reading. 

ATHEOLS.     Atheistical. 

It  U  an  ignorant  conceit  that  inquiry  Into  nature 
should  make  men  <uhen%u .-  no  man  if  m  apt  to  tee 
tbattaiorChrlalasadlUgentdiKlpleofphllaKphr. 

BUhop  Hall. 

ATHER.  Either.  Yorkth.  See  Hartshorne's 
Met.  Tales,  p.  100. 

At  acAer  code  he  caitei  a  cope 
Layde  downe  on  borde,  the  endyt  plyed  up. 
Jlotr«  q/Cbftoj>e,  p.S8, 

A-THES-HALF.  On  this  side  of.  See  the  quo- 
tation from  Robert  of  Gloucester,  in  v.  Annlher, 
ATHILLEYDAY.  The  rule  of  an  aslrolabe. 
Secke  the  ground  mcote  fcr  your  purpose,  and  then 
take  BO  utrolobe,  and  hang  that  upon  your  thombe 
by  the  ring,  and  thi'n  tume  the  atfiitlfi/day  or  rule 
with  the  lighla  up  and  downe,  untill  that  you  doo  aec 
the  marke.  Bomrn^M  Jnv«itiontor  DeviMtt  iBJBw 

ATIIIN.     Within.     Somertet. 
ATHISKEN.  To  repent;  to  grieve.  (/*.-&)   See 
Troilus  and  Crcscidc,  i.  1051,  v.  878. 
Soore  it  me  a-th^k«th 
For  the  dcde  that  I  have  doon. 

PlfTM  PltiugSman,  p.  374. 
A-TUIS-SrnE.  On  this  side;  betwixt  now  and— . 

r.  f.  •'  a  this  side  Christmas."   Var.  dial. 
ATHOG.     As  though. 

I  '^tlatl  ley  on  hym»  nthPff  I  wode  were. 
With  thyfl  tame  woniaoly  geyre. 

Sharp''  I>i".  m  (W.  JVyrf.  p.  111. 

ATIIOLDE.     To  withliold.     Sec  llartshomc's 
Mel.  Tales,  p.  96  ;  Rob.  Glouc.  p.  G2. 
for-lhi  SaUnia  the  holde 
The  Mule  wlllc  aUxUdt.        MS.  IMftt  86,  t.  IW. 
ATHOUT.     Without.     HW. 
ATKKANG.     In  a  throng. 
AUe  wcore  dryrcn  mlftrmng  i 

Ten  myle  they  yeode  alang.      Kyiif  ^titaundn-,  3*m. 

A-THRE.  In  three  parts.  See  Chaucer,  Cant.T. 

2036;  I.egcDdxCatholicc,p.l28:  Rob.Glouc. 

p.  23  ;  Chancer,  ed.  Urry,  p.  22. 

The  halvedel  thenne  atSrHt 

Wei  b*  bisell*  thco,     CJkreif.e/CngfaiHf,  113 


ATHREP.  With  torture;  cnielly.  (^.-A)    Mr. 
Conybcare  gives  no  explanation  o{  this  word. 
BUydes  ttondeth  a  feondei  trume. 
And  walteth  hweone  the  »ule«  cume  t 
lleo  hire  awajleth  al  alhrtpt 
Also  wulvet  doth  the  acep. 

Omybw^t  OcMrian,  p,  A7> 
ATIIRINED.     Touched.      Verittgm. 
A-THUISTETIl.     Thrust;  push;  huny  on. 

Kennynge  houndet  hunteth  yn  dyrene  maacres, 
(or  »ome  foleweth  the  hert  fute  at  the  bygynayngr, 
and  a-ihruleth  a  hert  at  the  Srite,  for  Ihel  gottb  light- 
lych  and  faltc.  MS.  Bodl.  M<i. 

ATH  ROTE  D.     Throttled;  choked. 

And  if  thou  wolt  algatci  with  tuperflultle  of  richca 
be  athntted.  thou  shalt  haatellche  be  anolcd,  or  eU 
eirlll  at  CM.  Ttlamenl  ■>/  L/m:,  p.  iUB. 

A-THROL'GIi.     Entirely. 

A-throngh  they  ordryned  gode  and  ^e, 
Hyf  body  and  bonei  to  berye  theryn. 

MS.  Canlab.  FfclUa,  f.Jir.. 

ATHRUST.     Athirst;  thirsty.      . 
An  huswyfe  of  trust. 
Whan  the  U  athntu, 
Surhe  a  webbe  can  apyn,  . 

Her  Ihryft  It  full  Ihyn.      Slelton'/^frnt;  I.  tl(3. 

ATHURT.  Athwart;  across.   H'etl.   It  is  some- 
times used  in  the  sense  of  a  short  cut,  and 
frequently  also  by  sailors,  with  the  channel 
understood,  e.  g.  "  He's  gone  alhurt." 
ATHVERTYSYD.     Advertised;  informed. 

Vt  fhall  please  yow  to  be  alhiterttKyd  that  her«  ys 
an  abbey  call)  d  Ingham  in  Notfolke,  not  fare  fiome 
Seynt  Benettca  abbeye. 

n-rigMt  UoncMlc  Utttrt.  p.  (W. 
ATHYT.     Perhaps  this  ought  to  be,  al  Ayl. 
No  storing  ot  pasture,  with  baggedgly  tyt. 
With  ragged,  with  aged,  and  evcl  ath^, 

TUMtrr.  ed.  Ii73,  f.  14. 

A-TILT.     At  a  lilt.     Also,  as  a  \-eTb.     See  the 

quotations  given  by  Richardson,  in  v. 
ATIRE.    To  prepare;  to  fit  out.     (.^.-A'.) 

What  do4  the  kyng  of  France  I  atim  him  gone  nav  le 
TtUe  Inglund,  o  chance  to  wynne  it  with  maiatrie. 

Pilar  Langl.ifi,  p.  S07. 
Atind  ther  wendyng  toward  the  Marche  right  M»e. 

IIM.  p.  MO. 

ATISFEMENT.    Ornament.   {^..N.) 

A  pavllloD  of  honour,  wllh  riche  att^jtmemt. 
To  serve  an  emperour  at  a  pailemeou 

Ptirr  Lmflifl,  p.  IM. 

ATITLED.    Called ;  entitled. 

But  jIt  here  sterris  bothe  two, 

Satonuf  aud  Jubiter  also. 

They  have,  alle>th(m]e  they  be  to  l>tame, 

AtitUd  to  here  owen  name. 

Cinitr,  MS.  Sor.  AnlUi.  134,  f.  ISS. 

This  Aries,  on  of  the  twclfe. 

Hath  Marche  altilltd  for  himselre.     Ibid.  f.  ISO. 

The  twelve  monthiiof  the  jere 

jtlHtled  undlr  the  power 

Of  these  twelve  slgnli  stonde.  tbl4,t.\m. 

ATLED.     Arraycfl.    Sec //fyf. 

It  Irc  teht  areu  while  aae  bon  of  whal. 
Evme  set  ant  uMeif  a).   tTHghfl  l^rit  Pottrf,  p.  aft. 
AT-LOWE.    Below. 

And  truly,  syrs,  liioke  that  ye  trow 

That  othcrv  lurd  is  none  at-hwe, 

BdIhe  man  and  beest  to  hym  shalle  bowe. 

In  lowne  and  feylU.     niientfry  MftirrU',  p.  in. 


ATR 


106 


ATT 


ATO.    In  two.    See  Ahro. 

To  the  fUfle*  he  yedc, 

And  even  mto  hem  irhore.      Sir  Trutrttn,  p.  ISO. 
ATOK.     Took ;  seized. 

Al  tlut  FortlgTT  aluk, 

He  let  to  dnve  uid  uihong. 

Arllumr  ant  Merlin,  f.  M. 

ATOM.    At  home.    Alome  is  still  common  in 
the  pro\"inces. 
Aod  the  Normtoi  ne  coutbe  tpeke  tho  bote  hei 

owe  ipechc. 
And  ipeke  French  u  duite  afevn,  end  hete  ehyldreo 
dude  aUo  techc.  Rot.  Clone  p.  364 

ATOM  Y.  (1)  An  atom.  See  Romeo  «nd  JuUet,i.4. 
To  tell  thee  tnith.  not  wonden*  for  do  eye 
Sec*  thee  but  itandi  flmoxed,  and  would  turn 
H\%  cry»t«l  humour  into  utomiet 
Kver  to  pUy  about  thee. 

Beauninl  and  Flelrhtr,  It.  883. 

(2)  A  skeleton.    North.    Shakespetrc  tuu  the 

word  in  2  Henry  IV.  v.  4. 
AT-ON.    United ;'  agreed.     See  Lay  le  Fnlne, 
279-320  i  Prompt.  Panr.  p.  6 ;  Faerie  Queene, 
II.  i.  29;  Rcliq.  .\ntiq.  i.  167. 
Thou  base  ourc  gude  mene  tltne, 
1  rede  je  lie  at-ant 

Or  thare  dy  any  ma.  Sir  Dtgmanttt  Unooln  MS. 
In  that  maner  they  are  at.em. 

Ma.  Cimtoli.  Ft.  U.  38.  t.  IM. 
ATONE.   To  reconcile ;  to  agree.   See  Beaumont 
and  Fletcher,  i.  HI ;  Webster's  Wqrks,  i.  73; 
As  You  Like  It,  v.  4.    Tliis  verb  is  evidently 
formed  from   at  (me.      Shakespeare,  Merry 
Wires  of  Windsor,  i.  1,  has  atonrment  in  the 
sense  of  reconciliation,  agreement. 
ATOP.    On  the  top ;  upon.     It  is  generally  ac- 
companied by  o/oT  on;  e.g.  "I  saw  Mr.  Brown 
atop  of  his  new  horse  yesterday."    far.  dial. 
ATOUN.  (1)  To  run  away. 
"     Tho  Water  Tyrel  y-«ey  that  he  was  ded,  anon 

He  atomde  as  vaste  ai  he  myjte ;  that  was  hyi  tiest 
won.  Rol>.  G/ovc.  p.  419. 

(2)  In  turn  ?   A  turn  ? 

Thou  bait  y-dretned  of  vcnesonef 
Thou  Rioilett  drynke  otani.    MS.  jithmolt  SJ,  f,  4. 
(3>  Broken.   //oii/». 
ATORNE.    Attorney.    {.i.-N.) 
The  Mroe  manere  ;Il  doth  he, 
That  U  a  fall  atomi.  US.  Ba4l.  40,  f .  I6G. 

ATORRYTE.   Authority.   This  form  of  the  word 
occurs  in  some  verses  scribbled  in  MS.  Bodl. 
546. 
ATOUR.    About;  around.    (^.-AT.) 
Ded  buth  my  pryncc«  be  aiour. 

KfngJiUaimttr,  4111. 
ATOURNED.    Equipped.    {A.-N.) 
And  otherwbUe  he  might  blni  *et 
As  a  gret  oat  bi  him  tc, 
Wele  atoumtd  ten  hundred  knlghtcs, 
Ich  y-anned  to  his  riglitei. 

Sir  Orphtt,  «l.  Ixl<iv.  U3. 

ATOW.    That  thou. 

Loke  atom  no  more  wepe. 
For  thi  wiir  Ulh  itUle  on  depc. 

MarU  Jtawlalelii,  p.  930. 
AT-PLAY.    Out  of  work.    Staff. 
AT-RAHT.    Seized ;  tAken  away. 

Such  reed  me  myhte  tpaclyche  reowe. 
When  al  my  ro  were  nie  mt-mht. 

tVrifhrM  LirHc  P—trp,  f.  31. 


1 


I 


AT-RAUGHT.    Seiied. 

who  fo  erer  he  at-ratight. 
Tombel  of  hon  he  htra  taught. 

Arihmtr  and  Merlin,  p.  179. 

ATRAY.  To  trouble ;  to  vex ;  to  anger.  From 
/my.  See  the  Sevyn  Sages,  1867 ;  Cof,  Myit. 
p.  350. 

He  thirle  him  up  In  a  breyd. 

In  hlf  hertetorcori-ajrveii.        Ktmg^T^0,mt 

ATRETE.  Continually ;  distinctly.  It  is  trana. 
Ittled  by  traclim  and  dittincte  in  the  Pmmpt, 
Pan-,  p.  1 7.  Baber,  in  his  glossary  to  Wickliffe, 
refers  to  2  Esdre  viiL  for  an  instance  of  the 
word. 

Hit  was  godepreyets,  I  iel  hit  a/rere.  ^1 

JV5.  reman,  ArchaxUitla,  xvlU.  SS.  H 

ATRICK.    An  usher  of  a  hall,  or  master  porter. 

Mituheu, 
ATRIE.    To  try ;  to  judge. 

Chefe  justlae  he  aatte,  the  sotbe  to  afrte. 
For  lefe  no  loth  to  letle  tbe  right  lawe  to  guye. 

Piter  hangp^,  p.  MX  1 
Therightnhedid  attrii  of  tho  that  wrong  h^  I 
nomeo.  Ilrid.  p.  t4S. 

.\TRISTUN.    Trust ;  confide. 

Ther  ^n  thowtand  apices  of  rcyn  tupentlcoun, 
that  If,  thing  veynly  ordeynid  and  ve)'nly  uatd.  and* 
veynly  that  men  atrittun  \a,  and  all  litk  thlngil  are 
forbidun  je  in  IhU,  that  thu  trbnlt  not  tak  hU  name 
in  veyn.  'tpoli'gv  M  ""  l^tlanU,  p.  98. 

AT-ROUTE.  To  rout;  to  put  to  flight:  to  assem- 
ble. Heame  also  gives  the  meanings,  to  rr- 
lul,  to  gather  together. 

So  tliat  men  of  purchai  come  to  hym  so  grei  route. 

That  ther  nas  prince  un-oeihe  that  hym  myjte  acrwtt. 
Hob.  Glisuc.  p.  78.    , 

AT-RYCHTTEZ.    Completely.  I 

Luke  ;e  aftyre  evenaang  be  armyde  at.rjighttet  ] 

On  blonkes  by  jone  butcayle,    by   ;one  biytl 
•tremci,  MorleJnHure,  MS.  Lincoln,  f.m. 

AT-SCAPEN.    To  escape. 

ievi,  thl  grace  that  Uiatn 
In  alker  hope  do  thou  me, 
^/-Mupen  pcyne  ant  come  to  the. 
To  the  bliss*  that  ay  thai  be. 

WrighVt  l^ric  Poetry,  p.  Ji, 

AT-SITTE.  To  withstand;  to  coulrndict.  (y/.-S.) 
See  Rob.  Glouc.  p.  174 ;  Arthour  and  Merlin, 
p.  68. 

For  ther  nas  so  god  kny^l  non  nower  aboute  Pnuue, 

That  in  Joustes  »cholde  at-tltto  the  dynt  of  ys  launce. 

/•  Koli,  CUmc.  p,  137. 

HUetmdo  nedurstehe  non  (ff^elrte.      HeeeMr,  fiSOQ. 

AT-SQUARE.    In  quarrel. 

oft  times  yong  men  do  fall  ot~»^are. 
For  a  Sne  wench  thai  i>  feat  and  tiin. 

WilhaW  VicHonarle,  p.  tTI. 

AT-STODE.    Withstood.   Cf.  Rob.  Glouc.  p.  15. 
with  sheld  and  fpere  out  Mrawe 
That  hoere  dunt  <U.mdr.  MS.  Dlgby  8A,  f.tS4. 

AT-STONDE.   To  withstand. 

I  ne  wende  no;t  that  eny  man  my  dunt  oolde  ml  «l«iii<«. 
Bot.  Olomc.  p.  300. 
ATT.  To. 

We  bcsekene  jowe  that  je  chrse  }ow  jong  lorde* 
and  5ong  knyghtes  that  ere  Usty  mene  and  able  for 
to  suffye  discsac  for  to  be  with  jow  i  for  here  wc  glfft 
up  on  armea,  if  It  Ik  jour  wllle,  and  forsakca  thame 
for  erer.  MS.  Uneolm  A.  1. 17,  f.  3. 


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ATTACTIEN,  To  attach  j  to  indite.   (^.-A'.) 

Atul  comaundftl  b  cooiUblt, 
Ttuit  com  tt  the  Ante. 

To  aftncfirn  Iho  tyrauntt.  PUn  Pliitighmant  p.  4<*- 
ATTACK'D-ED.  Attacked.  A  coaunon  jiarti- 
ciple  here,  but  more  extensively  used,  1  am 
told,  in  America. 
ATTAINT.  A  taint;  an)-thing  hurifu!.  Tlie 
Torb  leenu  to  be  used  in  somewhat  a  pecu- 
liar senae  in  Morte  d'Arthur,  ii.  2CG.  It  was 
also  a  term  in  chivalry. 

I  will  not  pottoD  thev  with  my  attaint. 
Nor  fold  my  fault  In  cleanly  colo'd  czcuici. 

Skakapaar^*  Ltirrect. 
The  kyng  wu  that  daye  hyghly  to  t>e  prayied.  for 
he  brake  mllj.  tperetp  betyde  attaytttttt  and  bore 
iloune  to  ground  a  man  of  annes  and  hyi  hone. 

Hall,  Htnryrnt.f.U. 

ATTAL-SARESIN.    According  lo  Cowell  and 
Kconelt,  the  inhabitants  of  Cornwall  call  an 
old  mine  that  is  given  over  by  this  name.    The 
tatter  says,  "  probably  because  the  Saxons  em- 
ployd  the  Saracens  in  those  labours." 
ATTAME.  (I)  To  commence:  to  begin.  {A.-N.) 
Also,  to  broach  a  vessel  of  liquor,  as  in  Prompt. 
Pari',  p.  16,  where  it  is  translated  by  allamiHO. 
And  thereupon  he  tchuldc  anone  atlame 
Another  of  aewe,  and  for  the  more  honoure. 

Lfdgale,  .VS.  .Sof.  Anriii.  134,  f.  8 
Yet,  ho«te.  quod  he,  to  mote  I  ride  or  go, 
Dut  1  t»e  roery,  y-wli  I  wol  be  blamed ; 
And  tight  anon  hU  tale  he  h.nth  attamrd. 

Oiourer,  Cant.  T.  I«i4. 
There  was  none  luchc  »Ubrn  Adam  dide  afam« 
The  frute  to  etc,  for  eyther  halte  or  lame. 

US.  SK.,lnUq.\H,  f.  1. 

(2)  To  fed ;  to  taste. 

For  ftlthln  that  payne  was  flnt  named, 
Wa*  Btr  more  woTull  payne  mttamrd. 

C/Muc«r*i  Orranw,  AUG. 

(S)  To  biirt ;  to  injure.  This  is,  I  believe,  the 
meaning  of  the  word  in  Chaucer's  Drewne, 
1128,  which  Tyrwhitt  conjectures  to  be  din- 
graeed. 

of  hb  icholder  the  cwerd  glod  doun. 
That  tiothe  plate*  and  haubrrjoua 

De  carf  atuo  y  plight, 
M  lo  the  naked  hide  y.wb; 
And  nought  of  fleachc  atamtd  Is 
Tburch  grace  of  Cod  Almlght. 

G>  •/  frannOn,  p.  325. 

ATTAR.    After.    Salop. 
ATTASK'D.     Blamed.     Sec  Alapt. 

Vou  ate  much  more  atto§k'd  for  want  of  wisdom. 
Than  prais'd  for  harmful  mildnctt.     King  Ltar,  I.  4- 
ATTAST.    To  taste.     Sec  Dial  uf  Great.  Moral. 
p.  94. 
And  to  oon  fVute  In  ipecyall  he  had  greie  hast. 
Hit  aptyde  wai  desirous  tticrof  to  altasl. 

US.  Laud  416.  f.  HI. 

ATTE.    At  the.    (A..S.) 

And  thanne  seten  toraroe. 

And  »ongen  atte  nale.  PiVri  Ploughman,  p.  124. 

ATTE-PROME.  ImmedUtcly.  (A.-S.)  See 
Kyng  Alisaunder,  5356. 

with  that  came  a  sergeant  prickand, 
0«dUI  he  was  and  well  (peakand ; 
To  Sir  Ouy  is  he  come. 
And  him  he  gret  atte  frame. 

KIliTe  Uct.  itoM.  IL  Id, 


ATTELE.    To  aim  ;  to  design ;   to  conjecture ; 
to  go  towards  ;  to  approach ;  to  judge.     Sc« 
Sir  F.  Madden's  glossary,  in  v.  and  Ellle. 
The  emperowr  entred  in  a  wey  eTciie  to  attele 
To  have  brulleoet  that  hot  and  the  abale  teththcn. 
Win.  and  the  Wenmlf,  p.  I, 
For-thl  an  aunter  In  erde  I  aft/«  to  schawe. 

Brr  OawajfHS,  p.  4. 

ATTEMPERALLY.    Temperately. 

That  mane  fs  nojte  mekUlcs  at  commend  that 
alwayet  lylTet  In  disease ;  bot  he  cs  gretiy  to  com* 
mcDd  that  in  rediea  lylfts  attempvtally, 

MS.  UltcUm  A.  i.  17,  f.  35. 

ATTEMPERAUNCE.  Temperance.  See  Lyd- 
gate's  Minor  Poems,  pp.  194,  209 ;  and  the 
example  under  Fratour. 

And  soversynly  she  had  attrmim-aunea. 

Lydgate,  US..1thmal€  39,  f.  II. 

ATTEMPRE.  (1)  Temperate.  (^.-A'.)  In 
^'right's  Monastic  Letters,  p.  189,  we  have 
attcmpreii  in  the  same  sense.  See  Maunde\-ile'i 
Travels,  p.  276. 

Attempre  dlete  was  all  hire  physlke. 
And  exerciic,  and  hertes  fufflsance. 

Chaunr,  Cant.  T.  14S44. 
(2)  To  make  temperate.  SceTroiliu  andCreieide, 
i.  954. 

Ther  may  no  welthe  ne  poverto 
Attemprt  hem  to  the  decerte. 

Cower,  US.  Soe.  Jntlq.  134,  f.  47. 

ATTEMPRELY.    Temperately.     (.^.-A^^ 
Oovemeth  you  also  of  your  dietc 
Aitemprely,  and  namely  m  thii  hete. 

CJtaveer,  Cant.  T.  1310. 

ATTEMPTATE.     An  attempt. 

Ai  heruDto  the  kynge  man-aylith  gretiy  ofTlhya 
prcsuraptuoicarfmirrare  usydde  by  the  Frenchemm 
In  hys  streme,  and  takyth  the  same  Teinyc  dl*- 
pU'Mjntly.  State  l^pert,  I.  JS, 

ATTENDABLY.  Attentively.  Palsgrave  ha* 
atlmdaile,  attentive. 

Beeauie  they  scholde  the  more  attendably  ttudy  and 
wrrke  the  more  spedyly  atMute  the  thynges  that 
myghtc  cauwand  tiasle  ther  delyveraunc«. 

US.  AraKdll  14S. 

ATTENT.  Attentive.    Shakespeare  lias  the  word 
in  Hamlet,  i.  2.     See  aUo  Richardson,  in  v. 
While  other  rusticks,  lose  atlenl 
To  prayers  then  to  merrymenU 

Htrriek'e  WotIcm,  1. 140. 

ATTER.  (1)  Poison.  {A.-S.)  Hence,  corrupt 
matter  issuing  from  an  ulcer,  as  in  Prompt. 
I'arv.  p.  16,  where  it  is  translated  by  iranie*. 
This  latter  is  also  the  provincial  use  of  the 
word ;  Forby  has  it,  and  Skinner  gives  it  as  a 
Lincolnstiire  word,  in  which  county  it  now 
lecma  to  be  obsolete.  Kcnnctt,  MS.  Lansd. 
1033,  says  it  was  used  in  Sussex  in  the  same 
tense.     See  Piers  Ploughman,  p.  243. 

Of  vych  a  wcrm  that  after  tjerelh. 

Other  It  itlngeth,  other  it  lereth. 

O'nySeare'ff  Ot-taeton,  p,  A7fl 

Thai  sharped  that  tung  als  neddcr  so, 

Attn  of  snakes  uodir  lEppes  ot  tho. 

US.BiM.  iat,t.tl. 

(2)  An  otter. 

Take  heare  cattes,  dogges  too, 
^ffer  and  foxe,  fillle,  mare  alsoe. 

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Id  T&lewF  ckv  much  more  did  co«t  hit  wrach«*  pall, 
ThcD  all  th'  »U9r  i%  worth  that  cuvereth  altm  Imne. 
Apiiend.  to  W.  Mapett  p*  S7S. 

ATTKRCOP.  Atpider.  {^.-S.)  It  U  trvisUted 
by  aranea  in  the  Prompt.  Pu-v.  p.  16,  and  the 
prOTindal  glouariet  give  it  alao  the  bciuh:  of  a 
(pider'i  web,  a»  Ray,  Kenoctt,  and  others.  Sec 
Prompt.  Parr.  p.  140,  and  the  list  of  old  words 
prefixed  to  Uatmao  uppon  Bartholome,  1582, 
where  it  occurs  in  the  first  sense.  Stanihont, 
in  his  Description  of  Ireland,  p.  11,  sayi  a 
spider  was  called  an  allcrcoji  in  some  parts  of 
that  countr;-,  and  even  in  Kingal.  Pegge  ex- 
plains it,  "the  venomous  spider,"  which  agrees 
wilh  the  etyinologr  from  allrr,  poison;  though 
cobweb,  which  was  anciently  spelt  coptret, 
may  have  been  derived  from  the  latter  part  of 
the  word ;  Dut.  Kop,  a  spider ;  Welsh,  Cap  or 
Coppin.  la  the  North  nf  England,  the  term 
is  applied  to  a  peevish,  ill-natured  person,  not 
exclusively  to  the  female  sex,  as  Mr.  Brocketl 
seems  to  sav. 

ATTERLOTHE.  Nightshade.  It  U  the  transla- 
tion of  morrUa  in  an  early  list  of  pUnti  in  MS. 
HarL  978,  f.  25. 

ATTERLY.     Utterlv.     SUnner. 

ATTER.MITE.     An'iU-naturcd  person.     North. 

ATTERN.    Fierce ;  cruel  j  snarling.     Gtoue. 

ATTERY.  Purulent.  Ea$l.  Ira.scilile ;  choleric. 
IVttt.  Clearly  connected  with  altry,  veno- 
mous, q.  T.  Chaucer  speaks  Ofatlry  anger  in 
the  Peraones  Tale,  p.  63. 

ATTERYNG,     Venomous.   (J..S.) 

On  fM«  and  hoodU  thci  had  grvt  nayici. 
And  gtftte  homes  and  aturyng  taylya. 
Ttirtttattt  p.  6. 

ATTEST.  Attestation;  testimony. 
An  ctprraiice  ao  obtttnatrly  itronK, 
Thai  doth  torcrt  the  otteMi  or  eyn  and  can. 

Tnittti  and  Crrt»ida,  T.  9. 
ATTEYNANT.     Attainable;  appertaining. 
To  Joync  tuch«  a  workc.  or  It  to  rectify. 
To  me  It  semrth  lo  farre  fctt^  awrre. 
In  Ijrme  of  jrcares,  lo  other  dyaoordannte. 
Thai  to  my  dullo  wytic  It  la  nut  ollrri'HI. 
Fabian't  Onniir/e,  pnS, 

ATTEYNT.     Convicted. 

At  Loodoa  thel  maattfynl,  decr^  »ai  mail  for  Ihate. 
^^  LoHflo/fa  Ctironiele,  p.  1«. 

ATTICE.  A  carpenter's  tool ;  an  adxc.  Somertet. 
ATTINCTURE.     Attainder. 

lo  what  caie  the  righle  of  the  matter  waa  theire, 
and  whether  anye  a/rffir/iire,  atatute,  or  alyeoadon, 
wvr»  made  hy  anye  of  the  aunceaten  of  thla  gentle- 
man, by  whidi  hU  ryghte  were  rxtlnctc. 

Mnhmoh^la,  xiTlH.  198. 

ATTIRES.     Tlie  horns  of  a  stag.    Skinner  iayi. 

"  comua  ccrvi  adulla,  q.  d.  cenri  oniamenta." 

ATTLE.     Rubbish,  reftue,  or  stony  matter.    A 

mining  term. 
ATTOM'D.     Filled  wilh  small  particles ;  thick. 
Whereas  meni  breaths  doc  liutaolly  congeale. 
And  aitom'd  mUts  tumc  Inatantly  to  hayle. 

Dniyton't  Pocmt,  p.  964. 
ATTv')NE.     Altogether. 

And  hif  fmh  blood  did  friesewlth  fctrrfull  cold, 
TlKt  all  hli  Kocea  wem'd  berrfle  •!>»••. 

Tht  Km^nt  ^etfu,  IM.  49, 


ATTONES.     At  once.  SorlH. 

And  Ihcnne  they  alyghl  audenly,  and  aelte  thdr 
handea  U|ion  hym  all  arfunnr,  and  toke  bym  pryaooer, 
and  auo  ledde  hym  unto  the  caaleL 

Uarf  gjrtkur,   \.  S19. 
Fair  queen  of  lore,  I  lov'd  not  all  attonrm. 

Pnlt't  »Vr*i,  I.  41. 

ATTORNEY.     A  deputy.    This  original  mean- 
ing of  the  word  is  used  in  the  Alchemist,  ii.  1. 
Sec  also  Hawkins's  Engl.  Uram.  i.  40.   Sliake- 
tpcare  makes  a  verb  of  it  in  Measure  for  Mea- 
sure, V.  1. 
ATTOUR.  (1)  Ahead-dress.   {A.-N.) 
Nor  1  nU  makin  mencloun 
Nor  of  her  robe,  nor  of  trcaowr 
Of  brfKhe,  ne  of  her  riche  atlour, 
Ne  of  her  girdle  almul  her  aide. 

Rum.  iif  au  Hit,  37in, 

(2)  Around.  (A.-N.)  See  Atour. 

Attuvr  hla  belts  hit  liait  lockla  late, 
Kdtrid  unfatre,  or  fret  with  frotlJi  hore. 

TVfTanianr  nf  OtMtde,   169. 

ATTOURNE.    To  return. 

For  there  he  woulde  no  longer  make  anjouras^ 
Out  with  Troyansto  their  lande  a/ti*wnt». 

Hanlrng'i  Omnldw,  t.  14. 

ATTOURNEMENT.  A  Uw  term,  defined  by 
Miuaheu  to  be  "  a  yeeldiog  of  a  tenant  onto 
a  new  lord."  See  also  Wright's  Monastic  Let- 
ters, p.  88 ;  Holinshed,  Chron.  of  Ireland, 
p.  102. 
ATTRACT.    An  attraction. 

Kor  then  their  late  attracU  decline. 
And  turn  aa  eager  aa  prick'd  wine. 

HuiMnu,  111.  1.  aU. 
ATTRAITS.     Flattery.    Skinner. 
ATTRAP.  To  entrap.  (Fr.)  It  sometimes  meua 
to  dress,  to  adorn.     See  Richardson,  in  v. 

The  king  accompanied  with  the  Dukes  of  Somer. 
act  and  Exccatcr,  and  other  of  the  line  of  L«n- 
caatrr,  drtermineil  cicrrly  to  act  oo  the  Duke  o( 
Vorke  and  hik  c<infedcratea,  and  them  by  force  either 
utterly  to  vanquUb,  or  by  pollecy  lo  attmp  and 
bring  to  ninruaiun.  Ha//,  Htrtry  y /.  f.  09, 

ATTRIBUTION.     Seems  to  be  used  by  Shake- 
speare 1  IlenrvIV.  iv.  I,  ioi  commendatmn, 
A'nRin.     Poisoned.  (A.-S.) 

Archari  with  arowi  with  nttrid  tMrbla. 

MS.  Atkm^t  44.  f.  49. 
ATTRITION.    Grief  for  sin,  arising  only  from 
the  fear  of  punishment.     See  Tyndall,  quoted 
by  Richardson,  in  v. 
ATTHOKIEN.    To  faU.  (A.-S.) 

I  oelle  noujt  faulodc  late  him  go, 

Thai  hen  t)eon  overcome, 
And  «rrrnJH<rn  bl  the  wpie  for  fet>leaae. 
That  hoog«r  hem  tubtie  l-nome, 

MS.  laud.  I0(,  r  I. 
ATTRY.    Venomous ;  poisonous.  {A.-S.) 
He  thai  hem  amytc  and  do  to  11511 
lie  thai  hem  ;yvc  ful  tutry  dynL 

Curiw  Jfuiu/I,  MS.  Call.  TVIn.  OutH*.  t.  131. 
With  Iren,  fuyr,  or  MM  becst, 
Huw  that  ever  the!  may  harden.  IbU.  t  tSft 

ATTUR.     Ilulter. 

Aa  owre  the  gleilc  alhtr  ya  feyre. 

MS.  Outlmb.  FT.  I  «.  r.  U. 

ATTWEEN.     Between.     Tor.  dial. 

^iluttn  loo  theeeyt  nayM  lo  a  tnt 

L^itgmtt't  Mii*vr  /V'mi,  p.  SO. 


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ATTYSE.    To  entice. 

Srrrnuntift,  jivoyde  the  company 

Of  them  that  pUye  at  cardea  or  dyw  i 
For  yf  that  yr  them  hauote.  truely 
T«  thefte  fhftU  they  you  toone  attj/se. 

Jne.  Poetieat  TmcU,  r>  II- 

ATUCON.     Drawn.     I'mtegm. 

AT-UNDERE.     In  «ahj<!<-tion. 

Prayea  hyrit  for  the  pea.  and  proryr*  fulle  Ur^e 
To  h«fe  p«<^  of  the  Pope.  tJiat  put  wa>  a(-«nif#riF. 
V(ir<>  ^rtliurt,   MS.  Lincoln,  t.  UT. 

AT-VORK.     BefoiT!.  Rob.  Glouc. 

AT-WAPED.     Escaped. 

what  vyide  »o at'iooftfil  wyjea  that  ichotten, 
Wats  al  to-raced  and  rent,  at  the  rcsayt. 

Syr  Gauvj/ne,  p.  44. 

A-TWATN.    Id  two;  asunder.    See  Southey's 
notes  to  the  Morte  d' Arthur,  ii.  472. 
And  clef  ya  body  evene  n.twayn 
With  that  Itionge  apryng. 

MS.  Athmeli  33,  f  30. 

A-TWBE.     Id  two.    North. 
ATT^'EEL.     Very  well.     North. 
ATWIN.    (1)    Aautirler;  in  two.  Suffolk.     See 
Rilson's  .\nc.  Po|>.  Poet.  p.  66  ;  Sir  Trislreni, 
pp.  152,271  ;  Chaucer,  Cant.  T.  3589. 
She  and  her  aonne  waa  departed  attdm. 
For  he  and  ihe  were  to  oyc  kynne. 

Syr  Dct«ri,  MO. 

(2)  To  part  astinder. 

The  funte  payne  of  the  feven. 

That  5c  me  herd  byforv  ncven, 

Y»  the  (rate  drode  that  the  loule  ya  Inne, 

Whan  ttie  t)odyeAnd  yt  Khal  a-twynur. 

MS.  laui.  4M. 
AT-WIRCIIE.     To  work  against  j  to  <lo  evil 
work  to. 

Al  that  trowc  on  Jheau  Criit, 
Thai  fond  at.wtrrht  fu\  wo. 

Styml  Itfrgrtir,  p.  101. 

ATW  I  ST.     Disagreement.     North.    In  Soraer- 

sctsliire  it  is  used  for  twitted. 
AT-WIST.     Knew. 

Another  daJ  Clarice  ariat. 
And  Blauncheflour  at-taitt 
WhI  hi  made  w  linge  dcmoere. 

Harlihomt'M  ttcl.  Talei,  p.  IDS. 
And  thou  In  thine  halle  me  ale. 
For  tralaoun  It  worth  at-wtit  the. 

GynftVartctkr.p.  831. 

ATWITE.  To  twit;  to  upbraid.  ( .^.-&)  Sec  Rob. 
Glouc.  p.  33;  State  Papers,  iii.  23.  In  uur 
second  example  it  is  used  for  the  participle. 
See  yittrot. 

Slrateward,  that  waa  ivel  y-imlte. 
In  unwortlxachip  It  worth  the  mtwiti^ 

Oy  nf  WarwOtt,  p.  ISS. 
Ha  waa  wroth,  yeachul  here  wlte, 
For  Merlin  hadde  him  atwite. 

Arthime  anil  Merlin,  p.  341. 

ATWIXE.  Between.  See  Atriis  and  Aniiloun,  865. 
How  Atat  theaparke  waa  kyndled  of  envic 
Atwiat  Grckya  and  hem  of  Troye  town. 

MS.  Digby  tX.  t.  i 

ATWIXT.  Between.  S^ffoUt.  See  the  Faerie 
Queene,  I.  viii.  13.  The  Prompt.  Parv.  fti\cs 
aitpyrynr,  atwrryn, atid  attcytl ;  and atvUin 
occtin  in  Troiliu  and  Creseide,  L  418. 

ATWO.     In  two;  asunder.    Wnf. 

Aygatrte  la  tiM  (retnl  thifl  that  may  be ;  for  It 


Is  theft  of  body  and  of  aoule,  and  It  fa  like  to  homi- 
cide, for  it  kerveth  otuto  and  brekelb  ofwo  hem  that 
Grat  were  made  on  flcah.  Pertonta  Tale,  p.  104. 

ATAVOT.     Twitted;  upbraided. 

The  loTertl  let  make  a  grtt  fere, 
An<]  let  of  aende  a  nt-yghebour, 
Ich  underitonde  a  god  harbour. 
And  ael  his  wif  forth  fct-hol. 
And  hire  mladedes  hire  atwot. 

Sevyn  Saga,  1B7& 
The  soudan  cleped  hem  fot-hot. 
And  bis  sones  deth  hem  ahvot. 

Oy  (if  Waneilie,  p.  BDfi. 
AT-YANCE.     At  once.     North. 
ATYL.  (1)   Furniture;  attire.  Sec  the  example 
from   Robert   of    Gloucester,   quoted  under 
jiirynt. 
(2)  To  array;  to  accoutre.     {A.-N.) 
Sothat,  at  certeyn  day  y-sct,  to  thyt  liatayle  bll  come, 
A  lute  wythoute  Par)-a,  atytt^  wel  y-nou. 

Rat.  0/e«c.  p.  l»l. 

A-TYME.    On  a  time. 

A-tymm,  to  apeke  myd  hyi  moder,  to  Engelond  he  com. 

An  gret  folc of  Normandyc  myd  hym  hydtr  he  nomc. 

Rub.  Gluuc.  p.  3:^. 
ATYR.     Attire;  ornaments.     {A.-N.) 

Thco  aiyr  waa  therein  a*  richo. 
In  ai  this  world  nyi  him  non  Ilche. 

Kyng  Alltaunttgf,  'JfVS 

AU.     All.    North.     Tusser,  p.  174,  has /fuftir 
August,  probably  for  the  sake  of  the  rhyme. 
though  perhaps  fiT)m  Fr.  Aolit. 
AUDADE.     A  serenade,     ilimheu.    (/>.) 
AUBERK.    Ahawbcrk. 

Avtierk,  aketoun,  and  ichcld, 
Waa  mani  to-t)roktn  In  that  fcld. 

Ailhour  and  Merlin,  p.  931. 
AUCEY.  So  the  first  folio  of  Beaumont  and 
Fletcher  reads,  in  the  Coxcomb,  iv.  4.  The 
second  folio  reads  awkncard — "  ^\■hat  awke- 
ward  words  they  use  beyond  the  teas  !'' 
Mr.  Dycereaila  mery  [saucy?]  in  his  edition, 
iii.  187.  The  reading  of  the  second  folio  must 
be  preferred  to  conjectural  emendation,  but 
aueey  may  be  right,  and  some  form  of  auk,  q.T. 
AUCTE.     Property. 

To-morwen  thai  raaken  the  fVc, 
And  aKrre  the  yevon,  and  hcbemake. 

Hapefolt,  S31. 

AliCTORlTEE.  A  text  of  scripture,  or  of  some 
celebrated  writer.  (Lai.)  Sec  Notes  to  RisU 
anger's  Chronicle,  p.  HI. 

But,  dame,  here  aa  we  riden  by  the  way, 
Ua  nedeth  not  xn  ipeken  but  of  game. 
And  let  nvrtoritret  ill  Goddpft  name 
To  prerhing,  and  to  tcx^le  eke  of  dergle, 

C%awcer,  Cam.  7".  (IMt 

AUCTOUR.     An  author.  {Lot.) 

By  wilte  of  man,  al  thyiige  that  is  conlryvnl 
Mandiihc  in  proporcloune,  plainly  to  conclude. 
In  olde  auciouri  lykc  ai  It  is  diseryred. 
Whether  it  be  depnease  or  longitude. 

Lydgal^t  Minor  Pvemt,  p.  SOy 

AVCYNTURE.     A  cincture. 

And  also  holy  watyr  uppon  iheaonday  In  dcde 
Gevyn  by  the  prelat  that  of  the  hathe  cure, 
Yn  tyme  of  node  la  for  iby  holy  aucynturt. 

MS.  Lam  416,  f.  41. 

AUDACIOUS.    Thif  word  waa  not  always  tiaed 


AUG 


110 


AUG 


hf  OUT  evly  writen  in  a  bad  lenie,  bat  fre- 
quently meant  no  more  than  liberal  or  com- 
meudiiile  boldnesi.  See  Lore's  Laboun  Loit, 
V.  1. 
AUD-FARAND.  A  term  ajiplied  to  cliildrcn  who 
haTB  copied  the  manners  of  elderly  people. 
Kcnnett,  MS.  Lansd.  1033,  says,  "  a  forward 
or  old-growing  child,  as  childirco  are  said  to 
be  ttud-farand  when  they  arc  willy  or  wise 
beyond  their  years,  apud  Borcales."  Kcnnett 
derives  it  fitim  A.-S.  Faran.  See  also  his 
Gloaary,  ed.  18IG,  p.  72. 
AUD-FASHINT.   Oravot  sigadoui;  ingenioiu. 

North. 
AUDIENCE.     Hearing.     Chaueer. 
AUD-PEG.    An  inferior  sort  of  cheese,  made  of 

skimmed  milk.     North. 
AUEN.     Own. 

Qui  sultl  I  him  M!T«it  yield? 
Al  Ml  be  St  royn  aH«n  wellrf. 

US.  Coll.  rttpat.  A.  Ul.  f.  4. 
AUFYN.  The  bishop  at  chess  was  formerly  so 
called,  and  is  conjectured  to  be  derived  from 
the  Arabic  al-Jfl,  an  elephant,  that  being  the 
piece  which  took  the  place  of  the  bishop  in 
the  East.  In  the  tract  De  Vetula,  falsely 
ascribed  to  Orid,  the  following  pieces  arc  men- 
tioned as  used  in  chess, — MileM  et  .llpinut, 
Rocctu,  Rejr,  Virgo,  Pednquf.  See  DuCJmgc, 
in  T.  Jlphintu;  and  .ilfyn. 

So  yo  a  day,  af  be  picldc  at  tlie  chciue,  and  by- 
lielde  the  kyng  tf  ete  yn  the  pley,  Mmtyine  by  and 
•omtyme  lowc,  among  attfyiu  and  pownyt,  he 
thought  therwlthe  that  hit  wolde  be  so  with  him, 
for  he  ihuldedey,  and  be  hid  uitdlr  erthe. 

Cvtta  Ramatxiiunt ,  p.  Gl. 
And  of  atejmt*  eke  alio 
On  hlr  iyde  ihe  had  two, 
Wroght  of  a  itone  of  gretc  fAine, 
EUotropla  wa«  the  name.      J/5.  Fair/aif  IG. 
AUGENT.     August;  noble. 

Hayle,  cumly  kyngia  outt^ntl  I 

C3ood  lun,  1  pray  you  whedder  at  ye  mrnt. 

Sharp'!  Con.  Mftt.  p.  101. 

AUGGERES.     Agues. 

A  man  that  it  here  y.hunge  and  tyght, 
Tho  never  so  nulworthe  and  whlght, 
And  comly  of  ftha]ie,  loTely  and  fayr, 
jtuggwrta  and  rucllc*  wUl  icon  apayr. 

J.  de  Wafibt  {Uampolt},  p.  t. 

AUGHENE.    Own. 

He  covetyd  noghte  to  dye,  if  it  were  plesyng  to 
CbcFadireofhevenei  and  never  the  lease  hlf  ev^Sene 
PmUiv  wolde  noghte  here  hym. 

MS.LiMxlH  A.  1.17,  r.  179- 
AUGBT.    (I)  Ponesiions;  property.    {A.-S.) 
H*  hlgbth  bent  avghtte  and  gret  nobleya. 
He  schuMen  hit  bete  and  ben  in  peU. 

Kyfif  ./fiaauiidrr,  68H. 
Hsretok  his  Hoe  he  him  uuhle, 
Andhiae  two  douhtrea,  and  al  biieHAfa.    HMmtak,t2M. 

(2)  Possessed.  See  Langtofl's  Chronicle,  p.  126; 
Sevyn  Sages,  1336;  Ipomydon.  1422. 

King  Triamouia  elders  it  laught. 

King  Darri  sum  lime  it  aught.    Gt  tf  WtrwOlf,  p.  313. 

(3)  Ought ;  owed.     Eait. 

For  mi  lordes  doubter  iche  la. 
And  ich  lili  norl,  fotmolhc  y-wli, 
Tbcfcfure  Ich  uughi  him  trewethebere. 

Or  ff  "VieUrr,  p.  7. 


(4)  Anything;  at  all.    (A.-S.) 

And  at  they  were  in  gr«at  aventure. 
They  taw  a  drowmound  nut  of  meavrci 
The  druwraouud  wat  to  bevy  fraught. 
That  unetbe  myght  it  taylen  ttnght. 
Richard  Cotr  dt 

(5)  Eight. 
That  ea  at  aaye,  a  twclvemoDtfae  md 

nethes  talle  tbon  lyffe.  and  thane  be  that  thoo  InUk' 
tcs  one  talle  giOe  thrv  a  drynke  of  drdd. 

MS.  Uitculn  A.  i.  17,  r.  40. 
They  ocupjede  the  empyte  aughte  score  vynttyra. 

Mono  Mrthurr,  MS.  Llntoln,  t.  K. 
AUGHTED.     Cost. 

Oevtt  dill  on  hit  ao^uetoun. 
That  had  aughleit  many  a  town. 

Klltyt  MM.  Am.  il.  III. 
Al'GHTENE.    The  eighth. 

One  the  aughttne  day  of  thl  byrihe  here, 
Tliat  Ilie  Ante  day  ea  of  the  newe  ]ere, 
Circumcytede  in  body  walde  thou  be, 
A  lira  the  law  waa  thane  In  lere  contrtf. 

JIfS.  Unnbi  A.  1. 17,  r.  IM 

Af tyr  the  oufchientle  day,  whene  undronne  et  niligeDe, 

Thou  talle  behevcdcde  in  h  ye,  and  witli  borate  draweoeu 

Morle  Artburt,  MS.  Uaixin,  t.  tS. 

AUGHTS.     Any  considerable  quantity.    North. 

This  is  probahlv  connected  with  might,  q.  v. 
AUCllT-WHERE.     Anywhere,     {.i.^.) 
Ai  woIdc  God  above  that  1  had  give 
M  y  blode  and  flcihe,  to  tlial  I  might  live 
With  the  bone*  tliat  he  had  awf'if-icAarva  wife 
For  hit  estate,  for  toche  a  iuttlc  life 
She  thouldtn  Icdia  with  thli  luttie  knight. 

Itppaipylt  flfid  MfdM,  l7X 
Al'GLE.  To  ogle.  North.  Kennctt  gives  this 
form  of  the  word  in  his  glossarv,  MS.  Lansd. 
1033,  f.  25. 
AUCRIM-STONES.  Counters  formerly  used  in 
arithmetic,  and  which  continued  to  be  em- 
ployed long  after  the  iiitrbduction  of  Arabic 
numerals.  In  the  Winter's  Tale,  iv.  2,  the 
clown  says, "  Lot  me  see ; — Every  'leren  wether 

tods;  every  tod  yields  pound  and  odd 

shilling :  fifteen  hundred  shorn, — what  comes 
the  wool  to.' — leannot  do't  without  vountern." 
Hit  aatrelabre,  longing  for  hit  art. 
Hit   aufrim.«l(rn««,  layen  falrc  apart 
On  thelvct  couched  at  hit  bcddit  hed, 
Ula  presse  y^overcd  with  a  falding  red, 

Oumre/-,  C^xl.  T.  SIO. 

AUGUELLE.  A  kind  of  <ish,  mentioned  in  an 
old  document  quoted  in  Davics'sYork  Records, 
p.  124.     Qu.  Anffuellf. 

AUGULKOC.  This  word  occurs  in  some  glosset 
from  the  Cambridge  MS.  of  Walter  de  Bibblcs- 
worth,  printed  in  Keliq.  Antiq.  ii.  83.  The 
French  is  un  treyn,    Qu.  Am/*Utoc. 

AUGURIOUS.     Predicting. 

I  beleeve  the  trruple  thote  tiugvriottt  pcopfe 
such  kind  of  aecldontt  have,  would  have  made  thlt 
man  have  atiandoned  me  to  the  fury  of  those  ourted 
anlmalt. 

A  Comical  ttut-ay  o/lhc  WurU  in  the  Maim,  16M. 

AUGUttYNE.     A  fortunc-teUer. 

And  treuiy  I  have  teen  of  Ptyncmrs.and  Sin- 
slort,  that  men  clfpen  augurynca,  th«t  wtiaa  wre 
ryden  in  armct  In  dyverte  eontreet  upou  out*  ene- 
myea,  bethe  Q)i.uge  of  fnuUt  thei  wuMv  trlirtist'te 
prenottlcaclouut  uC  tblngcs  that  fcilo  afln. 

MmindcirU^s  ZVdM/a,  p.  107 


I 


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111 


AUN 


I 


I 


I 


I 
I 


AUGUSTA.    A  cant  ttim  for  the  uiistrm  of  * 
hooM  of  ill-fuDC.     See  Ben  Joiison'i  Worka, 
ed.  Giflbrd,  ir.  46. 
AUHTBN.     Eight. 

jl^m  jm  Edgar  nfoti  krng  ind  tin ; 
H*  l>«  In  tombe  ta  the  abbey  of  Glaitrnblre. 

iMngt^fl't  CJirtmicte,  p.  36. 

AUX.  Inveried ;  contused.  In  the  Kut  of  Eng- 
land, bcUs  are  "  rung  aui,"  to  give  ilam  of 
fire ;  and  Palsgrave  has,  "  I  r>'ngc  luke- 
wardc,  je  tonne  abnuslc."  It  was  formerl)- 
the  general  custom  to  ring  bells  backward  in 
cases  of  fire.  See  Gifford's  Massinger,  i.  236. 
The  older  meaning  is  angr>',  ill-natured,  as  in 
the  Prompt.  Parv.  p.  18  ;  where  we  also  have, 
"  rnrir,  or  wronge,  linitter."  This  last  sense 
is  still  in  use  in  the  North  of  England,  and 
Tusscr  tells  us  that  bad  liusliandn,  droops  "  at 
fortune  so  ante."  See  the  Kive  Hundred  Points, 
1&73,  f.  58.  An  avi  stroke  is  a  backward 
•Iroke,  ai  in  Palsgrave,  f.  18 ;  Morlc  d'Arthur, 
i.  U8,  284.  Brorkett  says  that  the  word  is 
•ppUcd  to  a  stupid  or  clumsy  person  in  the 
North  of  England. 

5«  that  lute  ha«  (o  lyth,  or  \uttH  for  to  here 
OtTeldcn  of  aide  tymc,  and  of  Ihcire  aaclrff  dedyt. 
ilvrte  jinhurt,  MS.  Lincoln,  f.  M. 

AUKKRT.    Awkward.     Var.  dial. 

AUL.  An  alder.  Ilerrfordth.  The  following  is 
a  country  proverb : 

When  the  bud  of  the  aw/  u  a«  big  as  the  trout's  eye, 
Tbaa  that  flih  is  in  teasoo  In  the  liTer  Wye. 

AULD.    (1)  Old.      Var.  diaL 

(2)  The  first  or  best,  a  pluase  used  in  games. 
"  That  is  the  auld  bowl."     Eait. 

(3)  Great,  fi'orlh.  It  is  used  in  the  same  man- 
ner as  old  in  the  Merry  Wives  of  Windsor,  t.  4. 
See  Pegge's  Anecdotes,  p.  100. 

AULD-.\NE.  ThedcviL  \orl/i.  Perhaps  (he 
more  usual  term  is  Auld-Nick. 

AULD-LANG-SYNE.  A  favourite  phrase  in  the 
North,  by  which  old  persous  express  their  re- 
collections of  former  kindnesses  and  juvenile 
enjoyments,  in  times  long  since  past, — immor- 
talised by  the  song  of  Bums,  "  Should  auld 
acquaintance  be  forgot."    See  Brockett,  in  v. 

AlfLD-THRlFT.  Wealth  accumnlatcd  by  the 
tuccessive  frugality  of  a  long  race  of  ancestors. 
North. 

AULEN.     Of  alder.    HerrfonUh. 

Al'LN.  A  French  measure  of  5  ft.  7  in.  said  by 
I.«wis  to  be  nsed  in  Kent. 

AUM.  (1)  Anaim.  Palsgrave, f.  18, hu,">^i(nie 
or  marke,  esme." 

(2)  An  elm.     North. 

(3)  Allnm.     North. 

AUMA     A  sort  of  pancake.     This  is  given  by 
Boocfaer  as  a  Herefordshire  word,  but  it  seems 
to  he  now  obsolete. 
AVMAIL.    To  enamel.     It  is  a  rabstantive  in 
S^  Gawayne,  p.  11. 
All  bar'd  wtth  golden  bendM,  whl^  were  entayld 
With  cutIoui  antlckef,  and  full  fsyre  avMM^/d. 

JTit  Farrit  (futmt.  II.  IIL  S7, 

AUMAIST.    Almost.     JVorM. 


AUMBES-AS.     Ambes-as.  q.  T. 

Alle  i-bered  b«o  twete  Jheau  Crist, 
lluy  casleniivm»«».<u.         .Iff.  laiMf.  lOS,  f.  107 
Stille,  itlllc.  Salanai ! 

The  Is  fallen  aui>6uu  /         MS.  Ogtif  80,  f.  1 19. 
AUMBLE.    An  ombUng  pace.    (J-N.) 
H  U  itede  was  all  dapple  gray. 
Itgoth  an  aymbte  in  the  way. 

Oiaucrr,  Cant.  T.  1.1914. 

AUMBRE-STONE.     Amber.    Pah^rate. 
AUMBRY.      A    cupboard;  a   pantry.     North. 
Sometimes  spelt  oumery,  or  aumry. 
Some  tloveni  finm  sleeping  no  loouer  tw  up. 
But  hand  is  in  iiumbrto,  and  Doie  in  the  cup. 

Tuutr't  Flee  HwHlrad  IVinU,  1873,  li.S. 

AUMF.LET.     An  omelet.     SUmer. 

AU.MENER.     A  purse.     {.^.^N.) 

Than  of  lUs  oumener  he  drough 
A  little  keic  fctite  Inough, 
Whiche  was  o(  gold  polLihid  clere. 

Rom.  c/lht  RoKiVaKI. 

AUMBNERE.     An  almoner. 

SeynlJone,  the  numenere, 
Seyth  Pert  was  an  okercrc. 

MS.Harl.  1701,  f.ay. 
AUMSR.    To  cast  a  shadow  over ;  to  shadow. 
The   substantive   is  spelt    aumerd.      It  cor- 
responds to  the  old  word  timbre.     Cmtn. 
AUMERE.    A  purse.    TvTwhltt  considers  thii 
to  be  a  corruption  of  aumetier,  q.  v. 
Were  ttreighte  glovis  with  avmere 
Oftilke,  and  alway  with  gode  chere 
Thou  yeve.  If  that  thou  have  richcsce. 

Rom.  t/iKt  Bam,  U}1. 
AUMONE.     Alms.     SHnner. 
AUMOliS.     Quantity.     When  a  labourer  hia 
been  filling  a  cart  with  manure,  com,  Ac.  ho 
will  say  at  last  to  the  carter  or  waggoner, 
"  Haven't  ya  got  your  aiimotu."     Line. 
AUMPEROUR.     An  emperor. 
The  aumpenmr  Frederic  and  the  king  Philip  of  France, 
Alte  hii  wcnde  Co  Jerusalem  to  do  gode  chaunce. 

Ao6.  almic.  p.  486. 
Ore  LoTerd  wende  mid  is  dociplei 

Into  Phillpct  londe ; 
Cetaje$  brothuT  the  numperowr 

Can  b  dndpla  fonde.         MS.  Lewi.  lOt,  f.  I. 
AUMPH.     Awry  J  aslant.     Salop. 
AUMRS.     A  cupboard.     North. 
AUMRY-SOAL.    "  A  hole,"  says  Kennett,  MS. 
Lansd.  1 033, "  at  the  bottom  of  the  cupboaid." 
I  laid  um  here,  under  the  au'ni/y.Ma/. 

Yorkthire  Dialogvtf  p.  44. 

AUMS-ASE.  Literally,  two  aces,  the  lowest 
throw  in  the  dice.  It  seems,  however,  from  a 
curious  extract  in  Collier's  Hist.  Dram.  Poet, 
ii.  314,  on  old  game  at  dice  was  so  called. 

AUMUS.  Alms.  A'orfA.  Thoresby,  in  hii 
Letter  to  Ray,  1703,  spells  it  aicmost. 

AlfNCEL.  A  kind  of  land-sale  weight,  prohi* 
bited  by  statute  on  account  of  its  great  uncer- 
tainty. See  Brit.  Bibl.  ii.  512.  In  the  fol- 
lowing passage  from  Piers  Ploughman,  Mr. 
Wright's  manuscript  reads  simeer,  which 
can  hardly  be  correct.  "  Awncell  weight,  as 
1  have  been  informed,"  says  Concll,  Interpre- 
ter, 1658,  "  is  a  kind  of  weight  with  scales 


AUN 


112 


AUR 


hinging,  or  hooka  fut<>nc(l  al  »cli  end  ot  a 
itoff,  which  a  man  lifteth  up  upon  hii  fore- 
finger or  hand,  and  so  discrruclli  the  equality 
or  difference  iKtuecu  the  wcigiit  and  the  thing 
neighed  ;"  and  he  afterwards  adds,  "  a  man  of 
good  credit  once  certified  inee  that  it  is  stil 
uicd  in  Leaden-all  at  London  among 
butchers." 

Ac  the  pountl  ihst  the  plied  by 

Pelted  a  quAtron  inonre 

Thin  myn  ciwcnff  auncfr. 

Who  M  wcycd  truthe.    Pl«r«  Pfov|rAm0A,p.9O. 

AUNCETERES.     Ancestors.   According  to  Mr. 

Hunter,  this  word  is  not  quite  ohsoletc  in  the 

West  Kiding  of  Yorkshire.  Skeltoa,  i.  128,  has 

auncttry  for  anceffri/. 

So  Khkltow  gete  god  lof  mnd  grctll  be  meniklied, 

Aahanal  thin  MviMwrerefor  thow  were  blgelen. 

irill.  and  llir  tTtrifolf,  p.  I8S. 
Anhondrcth  wynter  here  t>crore, 
MyneaMruefferfknyghloihAvctw. 

Kotin  Hixxt,  1. 10. 

AUNCIAN.    Aged. 

The  old<  aaiMtaii  wyf  bejett  ho  (yttex. 

Sifr  CouM^e,  p.  38. 

AUNCIENTES.     Elders. 

The  preUlct,  Judj^,  and  aunclenttt  bare  cbcfrrule, 
and  fuverned  the  people  aa  well  at  It  would  bee. 

tttdman't  Complaint  nf  Grace,  1A&4. 
AITNCIENTY.   Antiquity.    See  Skellon's Works, 
L  74,  ii.  415;  Cooperi  Thesaurus,  in  v.  Aetat, 
Antiqwiat. 

What  mundentue  than,  !•  theyr  ForluU  and  maase 
bookc  of.  The  Bumpnge  ti/  Puvlee,  1A63. 

AUND.     Owned.     North. 

AUNDEIRYS.  Andirons.  In  the  inventory  of 
eflfecta  belonging  to  Sir  John  FastoUe,  "  ij. 
•taondyng  anndeiryt"  are  mentioned.  See 
Arciusologia,  xxi.  269. 

AUNDER.  Afternoon  ;  ereniug.  According  to 
Carr,  this  word  is  nearly  extinct  in  Craven ; 
Grose  aaya  it  is  used  in  Cheshire;  and 
Harlshome  givei  it  as  a  Shropshire  word.  It 
seems  derived  from  undent,  q.  v.  Jamieson 
aays  that  omtrm  in  Scotlanil  is  "  the  repast 
taken  between  dinner  and  supper."  Cotgrave 
•ereral  timet  mentioni  motdert-tmeat  as  an 
•Aemoon't  refreshment.  See  his  Dictionarie, 
in  V.  Gouier,  Goutirr,  Recmf,  Rente. 

AUNDIREN.     An  andiron,  q.  v.   Palsgrave,  f. 
18,  translates  "  aund)Tcn"  by  chenel. 
Willi  that  a>iiM(lr«i  he  Ihrct  SirGIJ, 
And  with  grct  hale  tlkcrly.   Ot nf  Warurike,  f.  int. 

AUNGE.    An  angel.     {A.-N.) 
Kche  day  thervith  je  xal  t>e  content : 
Awxge  alle  howryf  xal  to  50W  apere.  C»i*.  Jtfytf.  p.  68. 

AUNT.  A  woman  of  bad  character ;  a  pro- 
cureu  or  a  bawd.  This  sense  is  common  in 
eaiiy  plays,  although  aunl  and  uncle  were  the 
usual  appellatioiis  given  by  a  jester  or  fool  to 
all  elderly  |<erBons,  without  irapl}'ing  any  im- 
proper meaning,  a  custom,  according  to 
Pcggc,  generally  pursued  in  Cornwall.  In 
a  Midsummer  Night's  Dream,  ii.  1,  the  term 
aunt  aeems  to  be  applied  to  an  old  woman,  or 
gossip,  not  oecesaarily  in  the  bad  seme,  as  the 
ooaunoiUtonteU  ui. 


AUNTE.     Instead  of  "  up  here   annte."    t]ie 
Heralds'  College  MS.  reads,  "  to-gedere." 
Heogederede  uphereaunia  here  oal  mtK>ute  iryde. 
And  destruyde  hire  londe*  eythar  in  hU  »yde. 

lto6.  GUfve.  p.97- 

AUNTELERE.  A  stag's  antler.  See  Twety's 
treatise  on  hunting  in  Rcliq.  Antiq.  i.  ISl. 

AUNTER.  (1)  An  adventure,  (A.-S.)  North. 
Rider  makes  it  synonj-mous  with  hap  or 
chance.  In  the  provincial  glossaries,  it  is 
sometimes  explained,  "  needless  scruple,  mis- 
chance, misadventure."  See  Allete. 

(2)  To  adventure;  to  venture.  (A.-N.)  See 
Pieni  Ploughman,  pp.  382,  43S,  471 :  Getta 
Romanomm.  p.  35. 

I  wol  arias  and  aumtrt  It,  try  my  fay. 

Oimmctr,  Com.  T.  tKl, 

(3)  An  altar. 

De-fan  hli  mmttr  he  knelyd  adoun. 

Sniff  and  CarelM,  aL  »L 

AllNTEROUS.     Adventim>us;    bold;    daring. 
"  A  caxtell  awi/eroiu,"  in   Lybeaus  Uiiconus, 
279,  glossed  formidable.     The  Prompt.  Part, 
p.  19,  makes  it  synonymous  with  i/&kA04/,  but 
(he  other  meaning  is  found  at  p.  279. 
Thay  thai  were  <iwnr«roiM  by.«yde. 
Id  acuDtr^  fuile  wyde, 
Thay  come  thedir  that  tyda. 

Sir  DegreranU,  Unrobi  MS. 

AUNTERS.     Peradventore ;  in  ca»e  that ;  leat ; 

prubablv.     North. 
AUNTEKSOME.     Daring ;  coungeona.   North. 

This  is  of  course  from  ounler,  q.  v. 
AUNTRE.     On  the  contrary ;  on  the  other  hand. 
jiuntre,  they  aworehym  hool  olh 
To  tie  by*  men  that  wer  there. 

Rickard  Cber  de  l.t-m,  HCit, 

AUNTREOUSLICHE.  Boldly;  daringly.  (A.-N.) 
Al  muntnemeikht  Iher  he  comen  wca. 

Cy  of  Waru'ike,  p.  83. 
AUNTROSE.     Doubtful ;  dangerous.  (A.-N.) 
Thanne  seidv  Alluiidrine,  auHtrnee  ia  lh(n  evel, 
Ful  wonderlicbe  it  the  were*,  wel  I  wot  tlie  a«th«. 
trut.  and  <a<  tftntvV,  p.  34. 
AUNTY.     Aunt.      lor.  dial 
AU-OUT.     Entirely.     CVoreii. 
AUP.  (1)  A  wayward  child.    North.     It  ia  pro- 
nounced Aupi  in  Craven,  but  the  word  »  not 
in  general  use  in  Yorkshire. 
(2)  Up.    n'at. 
AURE.    Over.    [Avre  .>] 

His  gloves  and  hi*  gnmesun*  glnet  as  the  gtadas, 
A-rayet  aure  with  rebaiu,  rychist  of  raya. 

Hebeim'e  Mel.  Htim.  p.  Ifi. 

AUREAT.  Golden;  gilt.  Hence,  good,  ex. 
cellent.  See  Skelton's  Works.  I.  11,  77; 
Lydgate's  Minor  Poems,  p.  250;  Percy's 
Rehques,  p.  26. 

Thys  boke  was  written  with  letters  «MrM(, 
Perpetually  to  t>e  put  In  memory. 

.4ihimile'e  TVkeiU.  Cllrm,  Brtl.  p.  gS?. 

AURE-HIET.     Overtook. 

He  prekul  oule  pmtely. 
And  Hurr-hiet  him  radly. 
And  on  the  knyjle  cunnecry, 
And  pertely  him  rvprovca. 

<i«6mi'<  Mtt.  nrnt.  p.  ai. 


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AURIFIED.   Mode  pure  u  gold. 

Fined  alto  and  made  full  pure, 
Aod  aurifttd  be  at  the  lajt. 

jtthmol^t  TStat.  Chem,  BHt,  p.  389. 

AURRUST.     Hanest.    Jlore. 

AURSELS.     Ourselves.    AorM. 

AURIjM-MULICL'M.  a  composition  occasion, 
allv  meutiuucd  in  early  donmicnts  relating  (o 
the  arts,  and  ftilly  described  in  the  foUowinj; 
pauage: 

Here  may  tbou  lere  to  make  aurum  mylUum^ 
Take  a  violc  of  glu,  and  culc  It  wcle.  or  a  longe 
erthen  pot;  and  take  j.  pounde  of  itJt  nrmonyar. 
and  J.  li  of  sulfure.  and  J.  ti  of  mercuric  cru,  and 
i.lt  of  lyn  ;  meltc  thi  lyn,  and  caite  till  mercurle 
thnln.  and  then  alle  that  other,  and  gryndc  alle 
these  thingea  togiderc  upon  a  >ton,  and  then  put  aHc 
in  a  d<-le.  or  hi  an  erthen  pot,  and  atoppe  a1  the 
luothe  (ave  alio  moclicl  alt  a  paper  lefe,  or  a  iiiouta 
of  parrhrmyn  may  itondc  in  ;  and  then  >et  it  on  the 
fyre  tn  a  furneic,  and  make  furtle  csy  flere,  and 
■rturwarde  giiode  Hre,  the  mouuLancc  of  IJ.  ourca, 
Ul  that  thou  ie  no  tirtlh  come  oute  of  the  glai; 
and  then  take  it  of  the  Ore,  and  Invke  the  glas. 

MS.  SiMiit  2584,  r.  9. 

ACRUM-POTABILE. 

And  then  the  golden  oyle  called  ourum-pofaMfe, 
A    medicine   moft  mervi'loui    to  pmerve  mani 
health.  jlt>im,Jt'i  Theal.  Chcm.  Bril.  p.  412. 

AUSCULTE.  To  raise  up ;  to  exalt.  Tlic  MS. 
Bodl.   173,  reads  "exhalt"  in  the  following 

pMaage: 

jhuruU*  you  not  to  excclente. 
Into  highe  exaaltacion.        Chr9ttr  Ptapt,  1,  ID. 
XrSE.  (1)  To  try;  to  essay  ;  to  promise  favotir- 
ably,  c  g.,   "  lie  man  well  saying's  as  how 
he's  a  young  un."  Salup.     Sec  Aunt. 
(3)  Also.    Gil  gives  this  as  a  Lincolnshire  word 
in  his  Logonomia,  1C19. 

And  lume  beyonde  ui  twentte  or  thirtle  lange  milet, 
thai  make  pureihlft  in  thecille,  and  in  the  countrle 
«««••  Bultfiit't  Dtabt^tt  ISTi*  P'*' 

AUSIER.    An  otier.     SuffolJt. 

AUSNEV.    To  anticipate  bad  news.    Somrrwt. 

AUSPICATE.     Auspicious. 

Enter  and  proiper,  while  our  eyca  doc  walte 
For  an  asoendefit  throughly  autpir^tte, 

MenlrJk'j  »'»,>»,  Ei.  146. 
AUSPICIOUS.     Joyfid.    So  Shakespeare  seems 
to  use  the  word  in  Hamlet,  i.  2  : 

With  one  auapiclbut,  and  one  dropping  eye. 
AUST.   To  attempt.    Wane.     It  is  also  used  as 

•  (iibstanlive. 
AUSTERNE.    Stem  ;  severe.    In  the  Testament 
of  Crescide,  l.'it,   we  have  the  form  atulrine 
in  the  same  sense. 

But  who  U  yond,  thou  ladyc  fdlre. 
That  looketh  with  lic  an  auHeme  face  ? 

Ptng't  RthqutVt  p.  7^. 
Tbaae  the  burclyche  beryne  of  Breuyne  tlie  ly ttylle 
^Coupaayle*  Syr  .Vrthurc.  and  of  hyme  tieaekyi 
^f  o  aniuere  the  alyenes  wyth  awrfrrr ne  worde*. 
*  itorttJnliure.MS.Unn^n.t.SS. 

4USTRIDGE.  An  ostrich.  Cotgrave  has, 
"  Auilmche :  an  mulriili/e,  or  ostridge."  We 
hive  had  .Mridi/e,  q.  v. 

AUT.  (1 )  Ought.    See  Rob.  Glonti  p.  452. 

Well  «u<  I  slniM  lau. 

An  neb  wit  teres  wet*.    tTarton't  Um.  KmgL  Patl.  1.  >4. 


{^)  All  the  i  ottt.    A'or/A. 

AUTECER.     Parent;   an(M!stor.      See  the  Co. 

ventry  Mysteries,    p.  88.     Slioald  we  read 

anceter f 
AUTEM.   A  cliui^,  in  the  canting  language. 

There  are  several  compounds  of  this  word,  as 

aulmt-mort,  a  married  woman.  Sec  Uodslev's 

Old  I'lavs,  X.  372. 
AUTENTICKE.  AuthcnUcChaucerhasitas  asub- 

stantive.  See  TUyimc's  Auimadversions,  p.  48. 
AUTENTIQUALL.     Authentic. 

Now  for  the  third  parte  touchyng  recordca  and 

reglirrcs,  wee  have  (hcin  tofottnAlI,  ioaultnliquattt 

M  fcrioualy  hnodelcd.  liajl,  Ht„t^  ¥111.  t.  M3. 

AUTEOSE. 

The  flowre  ii  of  a  gode  lose. 
That  men  cailelh  auloow.         Reflj.  jtKllf.  I.  I9J. 
AUTER.    An  altar.  Wor/A. 

Thanue  he  havi^dc  hit  bede  teyd, 
HIa  olTrende  on  the  nwler  leyd.      Havtiok.  1388. 
AUTERS.    Explained,  " strange  work,  or  strange 
thing!!,"  in  the  Clavis  at  the  end  of  the  York- 
shire Dialogue,  p.  89.    It  is  probably  an  error 
for  anirrt,  the  genuine  early  fonu  of  the  word. 
AUTHENTIC.     Regularly    bred;    fashionable. 
Nares  says  it  "  seems  to  have  been  the  proper 
epithet    for   a   phrsician    regularlv    bred    iir 
Ucensed."     See  All's  WeU  that  Ends  Well, 
ii.3. 
AUTHER.    Either. 

Dot  harder  the  devel  bites  tliam 

That  gud  drde*  ha>  wrojt, 
[f  thai  ever  afterward  fal  in, 
Auther  in  dede  or  thojt. 

US.  Cantab.  Ff.  T.4n,  f  81. 

AUTOMEDON.  The  charioteer  of  Achilles,  and 
hence  some  of  oiu-  early  dramatists  have  ap- 
pUed  the  name  generally  to  i^oachmen.  See 
Beaumont  and  Fletcher,  ed.  Weber,  xiv.  53. 

AUT-OPON.  Out  upon  I  An  exclamation  ex- 
pressive of  disapprobation.   North. 

AUTORITY.  Authority.  A  provincialism,  u 
well  as  the  old  form  of  the  word.  See  the 
Craven  Dialogues,  p.  330. 

AUTORS.     Ancestors.   (Ul.) 
Y  gevc  yow,  Mede,  withoute  aaaoyne, 
Theo  tour,  and  the  cite*  of  Babyloyne : 
Tyre.  Numcn,  and  Pamphile, 
And  into  Vnde  xx.  score  myle  ; 
My  rlcbci,  and  my  treatoun. 
And  alle  iuth  do  myn  aurora.  Kyng  AHaxumJtr,  4818, 

AUTOUR.    An  author.    Chawer. 

AUTRAGE.     To  outrage. 

Let  us  te  how  well  we  can  avmr', 

UttUlanifi  Lam'ieth  Bwikt.  p.  808. 

AUTREMITE.     Another  attire.     .So  explained 
by  Skinner.     Tyrwhitt  reads  vilremite. 
And  alie  that  helmid  was  In  ttarke  vtouria. 
And  wan  by  force  lounlf  itroiig  and  touri*. 
Shall  ou  hcrhcJde  now  wcrln  autremtte. 

CJiau-^,  td   Vrry,  p.  IS4. 

AWE.  The  helve  of  an  a.\e.  Salop. 
AUVERDRO.  To  overthrow.  fJ>«/. 
AUVERGIT.  To  overtake.  H'm/.  Sec  Jenningt't 

Obscnation.",  p.  18->. 
AUVERLOOK.  To  overlook  ;  to  bewitch ;  to  look 

upon  with  the  evil  eye.     Wett. 
AUVER-RIGHT.    Right  orer ;  acrosa.     Wnl. 

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AtrV'ISARD.  On  the  visor  ? 

Att«  iMt  he  held  him  awi*{«anf. 

Gt  of  WarKOn,  p.  190. 

AUVISE.    Coumel;  aiivice. 

Andteydr,  Jo«eph,  Iprethy  fanlciye 
And  Ihyn  erroure,  for  It  U  foljrc 
Wlthoutcn  amiit  to  deinc  iodeTD«!lye. 

L^galt.MS.  ».r.  Antii).  134,  f.  4. 
AUWAN^'NTAGE.     Advantage. 
The  hcghest  worlde,  that  pana  aJJe  thyng, 
Wu  made  for  mini  endelee  wonnyng  t 
Pot  ylk  mane  lalle  hafc  thare  a  plaoCi 
To  vonoe  ay  In  Joy  thai  here  has  gfaoe ; 
That  worlde  waa  mademoate  for  owreawMiwiiMfe, 
For  thalre  lawUea  to  beowre  ryght  erytage. 

HomixiU,  'Sarih  C.  MS. 

AUWARDS.  Awkward;  athwart.  North.  See 
Ackieardi.  A  heut  u  Mid  to  be  autoarda, 
when  it  lies  backward  or  downhill,  so  as  to  be 
unable  to  rise  ;  a  circumstance  often  happen- 
ing with  sheep  that  are  heavy  in  the  wool. 
AU5T.  (1)  Ought 

Flour*  of  hcveoe,  Ladl  and  Queoe, 

At  Khe  ai/]i  wel  to  bene.     MS.  JMit.  11036,  f.  OS. 

(2)  Owed.  The  version  printed  in  Collier's 
Shakespeare's  Library,  p.  273,  reads  "  owhte." 

The  worachtpe  therof  wtilche  t  avyt, 
Unto  the  god  I  there  bctaujir. 

Cower,  MS.  Soc  jinllq.  IM,  t.  SOL 

(3)  Possessions ;  property. 

Bltvene  hif  childre  he  delt  hi>  au^lt 
Hb  londe  to  Ilaac  he  bltaujC. 

CwKT  Mmti,  MS.  CM.  IWn.  Cunub.  t.  SS. 

(4)  High.   Rob.  Gloue. 
AVA'.     At  all.     North. 

AVAGE.  A  rent  or  duty  which  every  tenant 
of  the  manor  of  Writtel,  in  Essex,  pays  to  the 
lord  on  St.  Leonard's  day,  for  the  liberty  of 
feeding  his  hogs  in  the  woods.     PhHIipt. 

AVAILE.  Value;  profit:  advantage.  See  Cocke 
Lorclles  Bote,  p.  2 ;  Dial  of  Creat.  Moral, 
p.  123;  Towneley  Mysteries,  p.  150. 

AVAITE.    To  await.' 

The  which  ordeynede  for  a  law,  that  what  tymo 
there  was  any  fyre  In  that  dtv,  there  iliulde  tie  a 
bldelle  y.ordeincd  for  to  avaita  hit,  and  to  make  an 
high*  proclamaciooe  In  the  cltt. 

G«Ma  RomanontMt  p.  &9. 

AVALE.  (1)  To  descend;  to  fall  down.  {A.-N.) 
Cf.  MaundeviJc's  Travels,  p.  266 ;  HoUnshcd, 
Hist.  Scot.  p.  91  ;  Troilua  and  Crcseide,  iii. 
627  ;  Chatioer,  cd.  Urry,  p.  394  ;  Debate  be- 
tween Pride  and  Lowliness,  p.  9 ;  Skelton's 
Works,  i.  85. 

Then  Che  lencachaU  imot  hli  hors  with  hit  cpurrli, 
aod  cone  to  ihtyra,  for  the  k«  wa«  ovatitd  and 
withdrawn.  MS.  iXg*y,  IBS. 

(!)  To  lower;  to  let  down.  {A.-N.)  This 
term  is  often  applied  to  the  letting  down 
the  front  of  the  helmet,  or  the  visor  only  with- 
out the  ventailc,  as  in  Robson's  Met.  Rom. 
p.  IS ;  Morte  d'Arthur,  i.  152.  Hence  the 
phrase  "  to  vale  the  bonnet,"  to  lower  the 
bonnet,  or  take  off  the  hat ;  and,  figuratively, 
to  acknowledge  inferiority.  See  Peter  Lang- 
toft,  p.  97. 
And  myjCy  trraunte*.  ftom  here  ryalle  »ec 
He  bath  mo/U  and  y-put  adoun. 

Uftt^f,  MS.  Soc.  AMIq.  IM,  t.  «. 


He  notd  avnten  neither  hood  nc  hat, 
Ne  abidcn  no  man  fur  hU  curleile. 

Ooyrrr,  Oi»f.  T.  It: 

(3)  To  loosen ;  to  shake.    Lord  Surrey  has  t: 
expression  "  with  raynes  apai/led,"  explains 
lontmed  in  Warton's  Hist.  Eng.  Poet,  iii  31, 
but  our  second  meaning  is  perhaps  the  beat. 

(4)  To  assault   Skinner. 
AVALYD.     Diminished. 

Crete  fc«t  and  rounde,  and  grete  eleea,  and  lh« 

foot  a  lytel  avat^,  Hnalc  by  the  fiankea,  and  longe 

tydea,  a  lytel  pyntcl  and  Ulel  haagyng  imale  ballnkM. 

MS.  a.4L  MA. 

AVAN.     Filthy ;  squalid.     A  Northamptnnsliirs 

word,  according  to  the  Addenda  to  J  unii  Etynu 

Anglic,  in  v. 

AVANCE.   (1)  To  advance:  to  profit.   {A.-N.) 

See  Chaucer,  Cant.  T.  246  ;  Tmilus  and  Cns. 

seide,  v.  1434;  MS.  Ashmolc  39,  f.  12. 

sir  Philip  the  Valayie 

Hay  him  noght  acanee. 
The  flowres  that  falre  war 

Cr  fallen  ill  Fraunee.     Minoi't  PaeflU,  p.  SB. 

(2)  Advancement. 

He  ontaineth  by  hla  ordlnaunoft 
To  parlshe  prtratU  a  powere. 

To  anothlr  a  gretll  arawnce, 
A  gretlr  point  to  hit  mittcre. 

Chaucer,  ed.  Urry,  p.  180. 

(3)  The  herb  barefoot  It  was  used  in  cookeiy, 
as  in  a  recipe  in  the  Forme  of  Cury,  p.  13, 
which  the  original,  &1S.  Addit  5016,  seems  to 
read  avanlt.  Sec  Rcliq.  Antiq.  i.  55 ;  Prompt. 
Parv.  pp.  17,  266;  Tusser,  p.  118;  Warner's 
Antiq.  Culin.  p.  5.  Markbam,  in  his  Conotrie 
Forme,  etL  1616,  p.  1H2,  says"costmarie  and 
avens  are  verie  pleasant  hcarbes  to  give  a  la. 
vour  like  spice  in  pottage  and  salads,"  See 
also  Topsell  on  Serpents,  p.  62 ;  Cooper,  in  v. 
Cariophillalai  MS.  Sloane  5,  f.  II. 

AVANCEMENT.     Advancement 
Thorghccxiaeilcof  aomofhUc,  rcfwied  he  that  prajsat ; 
Tbel  uJd,  on  other  wlie  he  uUe  haf  cvanremanr. 

PMrr  Langivft.f.  103. 

AVANITTE.    Thought ;  will ;  pleasure. 
God  and  grace  ca  with  thaim  wroghtc. 
That  with  iwylke  pride  dyke  gyte  thcr  clothe ; 
Never  the  lea*  ylk  man  may 
Eftyr  hyl  avat%UU  make  hym  gay. 

R.  deitruniM,  MS.  Sow**,  p.  M, 
AVANSE.    To  escape  firom. 

For  any  tu  that  may  tie-tyde, 
Schall  oon  therof  aranM. 

Tht  Ga4ru«'tf*«  ZtoNitce,  ISS, 
AVANTAGE.     Advantage.     (A.-N.) 

Ai  tooth  b  tayd,  elde  liath  gret  aponcagv 
in  elde  b  tiothewiadom  and  uiage. 

Olaiinr,  Cant.  T.  MMk 

AVANT-CURRIERS.  Florio  has"  AV«ii,windea 
blowing  very  stiffely  for  fortie  dales  together 
from  the  east  just  about  the  dog-daies,  called 
of  mariners  the  Avanl-currien." 

AVANTERS.  Portions  of  the  nuinbles  of  a  deer, 
which  lay  near  the  neck.  See  Syr  Gawavne, 
p.  50 ;  Book  of  St.  Alban's,  sig.  D.  iv. 

AVANTMURE.  The  fore-waU  of  a  tomi. 
This  term  is  given  as  English  in  Palsgrave  tad 
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AVANT-PEACH.     An  early  kind  of    peach. 

SUnnrr. 
AVANTTWARDE.    The  vanward  of  aii  army. 
1  •alle  luv(  the  <n»nrficard<  »)rtt«ly  myiclvcne. 

ttorlt  ilrfkan,  MS,  Lbtealn,  t.  (6. 
AVARDE.    Afraid.   [J.-S.) 
AVAROUSER.     More  avaricious.  {A..N.) 
Are  DO  mm  atvirDiMtfr  than  hii 
Whan  thd  bm  avaunced. 

PItra  Ploufhrnan,  p.  X. 

AVARTfST.  Avarice ;  coTetousneu.  May  we 
read  an  aryty  f 

Ourc  l.4iril  toy  to  thp  ediirr  the, 

Ymi,  why  dydc  Ihou  hym  that  wo? 

Th«  fciid  atibucrd  wlthnf<arr«y> 

Pure  1  had  to  hym  cnvyc.     MS.  AahmoU  Vit  (•  B5. 

AVAST.  A  sea  term,  meaning  stop,  hold, 
enough.  It  always  precedes  some  orders  or 
conversation.  See  Tookc's  Diversions  of  Pur- 
ley,  p.  573;  Skinner,  in  v.  Tooke  snys  that 
Ur.  Johnson's  interpretations,  nbich  I  have 
here  adopted,  are  erroneous,  but  such  are  its 
ordinary  uses  by  sailors.  Johnson's  etymology 
from  Ital.  and  Span.  Biuta  is  sufficiently 
plausible. 

AVAUNCY.  To  advance  ;  to  raise. 
For  I  tbmkf  lo  at^unci/  tnynp, 
And  wcl  the  more  Kha]  be  hrre  pyne. 

MS.  MM.  lunw,  r.  m. 
AVAirST.  (1)  Before. 

The  morow  came,  and  forth  rid  this  nurchaunt 
To  Flaunden  ward,  hit  prcntU  him  amunr. 
Till  he  to  Bruges  came  full  mrrily. 

Chaucw,  ti.  Urry,  p.  UO. 

(2)  Fbrward.  (jt.-ff.)  This  was  an  ancient  hunt- 
ing cry.     See  Sir  H.  Dryden'sTwici,  p.  45. 

And  with  that  wordc  came  Dredc  ar,tuiir, 
Whichc  waa  aUuhed  and  in  frrete  ft-re. 

nam.  «/ Iht  lloK,  SOM. 
Sir  Dt^erant  was  thane  sa  iiere. 
That  he  those  wordis  myghl  here ; 
He  said,  Arvnt,  tir.ncre! 
And  Irompls  on  hight. 

Jtir  Dffmmuni,  LjnnWn  MS. 

(3)  A  boast  (,y.-.V.)  See  Chaucer  Cant.  T.  227  i 
R«Uq.  Antiq.  ii.  21. 

Than  said  :^ir  Degrevaunt, 
Thou  »alle  noght  mak  thine  aeawnl. 
That  I  saUc  tie  recreaunt. 
For  frcDd  oe  for  faa. 

Sir  Degmauntt  Lincoln  MS. 

(4)  To  boast. 

This  prorerbe  leme  of  me, 

Atmmni  ncvyT  of  thy  degree.     Amtiq.  Rep.  Iv,  401, 

(5)  Dismissal.  "  To  give  her  the  arovHt," 
Henry  VIII.  ii.  3.  In  the  following  passage  it 
apparently  means  leave,  departure,  or  perhaps 
pnise,  boast 

Alle  thay  mad  Ihair  avauni 
Of  the  lord  Sir  Degrevaunt. 

Sir  Degrrvaunt,  Ltneetn  MS. 

AVAtmTANCE.     Boasting. 

The  vice  clepid  ODawnlantw, 

With  prtde  hath  uka  his  aquelntance. 

Ocatr,  M.I.  (or.  JkIU/.  134,  f.  94. 

AVAWTARYE.    Boasting. 

And  thus  Che  worschipL.  uf  his  name, 
Thorow  pride  of  his  araunrwye, 
lU  uinetb  Into  vilenye. 

COKW,  MS.  Soc  AMIq.  134,  f.  M. 


Rebuke  him  for  that  Qk  of  that  apauntne. 

Pftrr  Lanf^ofl,  p.  194. 

AVAUNTLAY.  Under  the  old  system  of  hunt- 
ing it  was  customary  to  send  one  or  two  cou- 
pies  of  hounds,  with  a  man,  to  several  points 
where  it  was  expected  the  game  would  pass. 
When  the  deer  or  other  animal  came  up  these 
hounds  were  uncoupled.  See  Sir  II.  Drydeu's 
notes  to  Tnici.  p.  44.  Relay  properly  means 
any  of  these  sets  of  huuuds ;  but  arauntrelay, 
or,  more  commonly,  arauntlay,  those  wliich, 
when  a  hart  was  uiiharboured,  were  a-head  of 
him.  Sec  further  obser^'atioiis  on  this  sub- 
ject in  a  curious  work,  entitled  the  Booke  of 
Hunting,  4to.  Lond.  15S6. 

AVE.  (I)  Have. 

TherfotT  we  muit  fight  agaync  hym,  and  we  shhail 
AM  victorye.  for  he  ia  but  fcble  agayne  them  that 
wyl  wilhstonde  hym.  DiaL  CrtGi,  Moral,  p.  P7. 

(2)  Evening. 

The  king  ther  stode  with  hia  meln^ 
On  a  palmcaormes  atv. 

Jrlhmir  ant  Mtrlin,  p.  iOO. 

AVEARD.    Afraid.     Wett. 

But  an  he  have  hli  legs  at  liberty, 
Cham  aaeortf  he  will  never  live  with  you. 

handan  Prxtdignl,   p.  I07. 

AVEAUNT.     GracefiU  ;  becoming.  So  also  the 
original  MS.  of  Le  Done  Florence  of  Rome, 
128,  reads;  which  Ritson  alters  to  atenaunt. 
Ageync  hym  came  syr  Otea  the  graunt, 
A  dughty  knyght  and  an  avtaunt. 

Le  fione  FJorenn  0/  Rom«,  0G9. 
Thyi  swyrdeys  gode  and  npmunr. 
But  1  faght  wyth  a  gyaunt. 

MK.  CiinlaA.  Ff.  il    38.  f.  !(4. 

AVE-BLOT.  A  reckoning;  a  payment.  J/iuAru. 

AVE-BOORDS.      Cotgrave  ha»,   "  Auiet.   the 

short  boords  which  are  set  into  th'outside  of 

a  water-mills  wheele ;  we  call  them  ladles,  or 

avC'doords.*' 

kXEDEJi.     Had. 

Quanne  he  weren  alle  set. 
And  the  kinf;  arfdrn  i-grct. 
He  gretcn.  and  gouleden,  and  goTsn  bem  Hie, 
And  he  bad  hem  alle  ben  stille.         HavtMt,  Id 
AVEER.     Property.  {.-f.-N.) 

Ne  thcl  don  to  no  man  otherwise  than  thel  woMa 
that  other  men  diden  10  hem  t  and  In  this  poynl  thel 
fulle-fillen  the  ten  commandemcntes  of  (iod :  and 
thel  }lvc  no  charge  of  aveer  ne  of  ricchcsac. 

MuuniterHt'e  Traveit,  p.  991. 

AVEL.  (13  Tlie  awn  or  beard  of  barley.    Etui. 

(2)  To  tear  away.     liroirne. 

AVELACE.  Eiplaiued  by  Skinner,  "  the  rings 
or  gymews  of  a  bag;"  but  conjectured  by  him 
to  be  a  mistake  for  anelaee,  q.  v. 

AVELONG.  EUiptical ;  ovaL  It  is  translated 
by  o&lonffut,  in  the  Prompt.  Parv.  p.  17.  Carr, 
in  his  Craven  Glossary,  conjectures  it  to  be  a 
corruption  of  oblong,  and  a  correspondent  sug- 
gests to  me  half-long  ;  but  the  fonn  amlonge, 
in  the  Middlehill  MS.  of  the  Prouiptorium, 
seems  to  warrant  Mr.  Way's  derivation  from 
A.-S.  Jvoh.  Miyor  Moor  says,  "  Workmen 
— reapers  or  mowers — approacbing  the  side  of 
a  field  not  perpendicular  or  parallel  to  their 
line  uf  work,  will  have  an  unequal  portion  to 


AVE 


iin 


AVE 


do — the  eiceu  or  deficiency  is  called  atfllotu/ 
work." 
AVEI.Y.    In  the  Eastern  counties  com  is  said  to 
be  aveli/,  if,  when  dressed  for  market,  n  por- 
tion of  itie  awns  adhere  to  the  grains. 
AVKN.     Promise ;  appearance.  Salop,  Per}iaps 

connccte<i  with  the  old  word  atmani,  q.  t. 
AVENANT.  (1)  Agreement;  condition.  {A.-N.) 
Luf  hir  rfier  thine  avtnnnt. 
And  iho  sal  tM  to  the  tenant. 

Ytvxtint*nA  Cawln,  3703. 
They  may  make  to  here  avmnunU 
But  over  meiurc  yi  nat  cumnaunt. 

US.  Hart.  1701,  r.  !9. 

(2)  Dccomitig  ;  graceful  j  agreeable.    See  War- 
ton's  Hist.  Eng.  Poet.  ii.  229;  Ywuinc  and 
Gawin,  3885 ;  Kobson's  Met.  Rom.  p.  12. 
ADd  1  were  to  the  aeenanf, 
I  wald  t>e  thi  aervaunt. 

Sir  Dfpfvaunt,  Ltncotn  MS. 
When  the  wai  fiflcn  winter  old, 
In  aJ  that  lood  nat  thrr  eon  y-hold 

So  aeraly  on  to  «e ; 
For  ache  waa  geulll  and  areMAvnr, 
Hlr  name  waa  cleprd  Beltaaunt, 
Aa  ye  may  little  at  me. 

^mit  and  jtmitoun,  47?. 

(9)  Accomplialied ;  able;  valiant. 

The  towdaai,  that  left  yn  Tervagaunt, 
With  hym  he  btocht  a  fowll  (teaunt 
or  Egypte  ;  he  hetle  Guymerraunt, 

Greet  ai  an  ok  : 
No  doiyp«r  nu  lo  oFeNounr 

To  Blonde  hyi  atrok.  Octorlan,  023. 

AVENANTLI.     Suitably ;  well ;  becomingly. 
Ther  were  In  eche  iMtallc  of  trames  two  thousand. 
Armed  at  allc  pointca  and  acmantli  hon«d. 

Wm.  and  Iht  n'truxiV,  p.  \X. 

AVENAUNTLICIIE.     Beautifully. 

To  icrhe  thoru  that  cll6  ther  n.ia  nnn  tich. 
Of  ertxa,  and  of  crbcr),  *o  aptnauntlUhe  l-dlht. 

PUliU  0/  Siuan,  it.  1. 

AVENCE.  The  feast  of  Advent.  {.i.-N.)  Sec 
MS.  Lincoln  A.  i.  17,  f.  215,  where  a  wrong 
reading  has  apparently  crept  Into  the  text,  and 
I  am  not  sure  whether  it  should  not  be  anencf 
in  the  same  sense  as  aneni,  <j.  v. 

AVENE.  An  ear  of  com.  This  is  the  form  of 
the  word  oicn  in  the  Prompt.  Par\'.  p.  18. 
"  Ayenes  eyles"  is  translated  by  the  French 
artttez,  in  Walter  de  Bibblcsworth,  Rcliq. 
Antiq.  iL  80.  Eilet  we  have  already  had  an 
example  of  in  v.  jiiU,  and  it  is  translated  by 
aritta  in  MS.  Lansd.  560,  f.  45. 

(2)    Evening. 

Hi  aul  him  and  elde  folow. 
Both  atvne  and  eke  A-tiiorw. 

Rrlhi.  infill.  L  1!H. 

AVENC.    Took;  received.     (.^.^S.) 
Vor  the  folcao  thyckc  com,  the  wulehc  her  loverd  alou. 
Alioute  htm  In  ccli  air,  ttiat  among  «o  mony  fon 
He  AMfi^  dethcs  wouode,  and  wonder  naa  yt  none. 

HiA.  atnuc.  p.  iSS. 
A-VENIMED.    Envenomed. 

HU  ftrtnrs  alle  a'Vtnimt4  beth  ; 
That  venlm  li  itrong  to  the  deth. 

Ov  of  fTrtnW**,  p.  90. 

AVKNOR.  The  pcrwn  who  formerly,  in  the 
bouMhold  CktabliBhnient  of  the  king,  and  in 


tlut  also  of  greiit  barons,  had  the  care  of  ibe 
provender  for  the  horsea.     Tlic  following  ac- 
count uf  his  duties  is  givon  in  the  Book  uf 
Curtasye,  p.  25,  and  it  has  \tcf*.n  aUo  quoted 
^m  the  original  manuscnpt  by  Mr.  Stevenson. 
The  aveimT  (challe  ordvyn  provanda  good  woo. 
For  ttto  Itirdjrf  honJs  orcrychon  ; 
Thay  ii-hj'n  have  two  cast  of  hay. 
A  pt'k  of  proband*  on  a  day  i 
Every  hone  ichallc  i-o  murhe  have 
At  rtickeiKid  raanger  Lhatstandci  with  itave 
A  mayitur  of  honyt  a  Kjuyer  ther  iti 
Wrryner  and  fkrour  undur  hym  i-wy». 
Thote  5omcn  that  olde  udcit  irhya  have. 
That  tchyn  be  laat  for  knyjt  and  koave. 
For  yche  a  hort  that  ferroure  schalle  wcba$ 
An  halpcny  on  day  he  takes  hym  to: 
t'ndur  ben  gromet  and  pAget  mony  odc. 
That  ben  at  wapr  everychono ; 
Som  at  two  pons  on  a  day. 
And  »om  at  lij.  ob.  I  ;ou  vay ; 
Mony  of  hem  foterarn  ther  ben. 
That  renncn  by  the  brydel*  of  ladya  tdiene. 
AVENSONG.     Evening. 

Pram  aftemoae  to  arienmmf, 
So  to  knlghtei  he  wai  tirong. 

Arthour  mnd  Mrriint  p.  I78L 

A\"ENT.     Avaunt ! 

Avent,  nrenr,  my  popagay. 

What,  will  yedonothyng  but  play? 

Uirpim'a  .4nrient  Songt,  p.  ]0]. 

A\'ENTAILE.  Tlic  moveable  front  to  a  helmet, 
which  covered  the  face,  and  through  which  the 
wcjirer  respired  the  air,  "  qua  veutus  hauritiir." 
The  term  is  sometimes  used  for  the  wbol« 
front  of  the  hehnct 

His  helm  he  cetteth  on  U  heved* 
And  faitnede  the  anntailte* 

MS,  Athmale  33.  f,  k 
For,  ai  he  drough  a  king  by  tfuirtntait^t  . 

I'nware  of  thi*,  Achillea  through  the  maile         ] 
And  through  the  tMxilegan  him  fur  to  rlvb 

TrvituM  and  Cf»€idt,  v.  lU?. 

AVENTE.     To  open  the  avcntaile  for  theptir- 
posc  of  breathing.    See  Lc  Bone  Florence  of 
Rome,  1941 ;  Torrent  of  Port.  p.  66.  (^.-A^.) 
Thai  fuughteti  coo  longe,  that  liy  astcnto 
Thai  drewc  them  a  titil  byiyde, 
A  lllll  whik?  Ihayin  to  oreMfe, 
And  refreshed  them  at  that  tyde. 

MS.  Dvuot  17s,  p.  90. 
AVENTERS.   Chance.   (^.-.V.) 

The  bowmen,  and  eke  the  arblaiterti 
Armed  them  all  at  armfrr*. 

Hiehard  Cver  Ht  Uon*  SlIR. 
AVENTOUR.    (1)  To  venture. 

Nil  ieh  me  nothing  arentour. 
To  purcha*  a  fole  giet  honour* 

Jrthaur  and  JMrUn«  p.  9. 
(2)  An  adventurer.    Bokenham. 
AVENTRE.   To  throw  a  s))car.  {Ital)   Speuser 
uses  the  word,  and  Nares  thought  it  was  peca- 
liartotliat  wTitcr. 

Thcnnc  thli  one  knyght  avefifryd  a  grete  rp^^* 
and  one  of  the  x.  knyghtei  rncountred  wUh  hym, 
but  this  woful  knyght  imote  hym  to  hard  that  bt 
felle  over  hi*  hon  taylle.  Mor9t  d' Awihur,  I.  117. 

AX'ENTROUS.    Advcnturm.    (.^.-A^.) 
Ai  drtoih  an  heraud  of  armea 
WhaU  nv«ntrtm»  oumeth  to  Juitea. 

IHtra  IVwux^HMft,  p.  370 


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AVBNTURE.  (1)  Ad>-enliire;  chxnce  ;  fortune; 
See  Mortc  d'Arthur,  i.  289;  Maundoilc's 
TnrHs,  jip.  185,  282. 

^9€Hhirt  tn  hath  turned  hit  pu 
Agrynei  the  kyag  hit  mai. 

K^ttg.itUnutider,  7837- 

(I)  Perchjuicc. 

he  inmtutt,  for  the  lyght, 
Thii  victoric  li  the  y-ilyght. 

Krng  AUaannitr,  3B!2. 

AVBNTURLY.     Boldly. 

ThU  ftquler  that  halh  brought  thii  heUe, 
TlM«  kfng  had  wond  he  had  the  dede, 
Aod  avenfwr/y  gao  he  gone; 

TWrffnr  fif  Pitttu/(nl,  p.  5£. 

AVER.  (1)  A  work-horae.  North.  "  A  false 
aver,"  ■  sluggUb  hone,  a  lazy  beast.  See 
Kennett's  Gloasary,  p.  21. 

At«ua  the  sothe  for  to  Khewe, 
He  Irot  ihame  at>erfi  to  dniwc. 

Sir  Of gmante,  US.  LJnoo/n.  f.  130. 
(t)  Peevuh.     Northumb. 
A%1BRAGE.     A  coiincof  ploughing  in  rotation. 
fforlh.     Ctrr  explains   it  "  winter  eatagc," 
and  others  the  tlubble,  in  which  senses  it  seems 
to  be  the  satue  with  artrixh,  q.  v. 
AVER-CAKE.     An  oat-cake. 

A  fcwa  cnjdde*  and  ctem, 
Aod  an  atvr.caJre. 

MS.  Rov/.  Put.  137.   t.  U. 

AVER-CORN.    A  reserved  rent  in  com  paid  to 
religious  huusea  by  their  tenants  nr  fanner?. 
jfrnnrtt    Accortling  to  Skinner,  it  means  corn 
~  iwn  to  the  granar)'  of  the  lord  of  the  manor 
the  worlung   cattle,    or    avers,    of   the 
tenant*. 
A^'KRE.    Riches;  property.     (A.-N.) 
The  matMlr  of  ther  pedalle,  that  kirkei  brak  and  brent. 
And  abbfb  iran  aaaalle,  roonke*  tlouh  and  schent, 
Waa  t»m  in  Pikardle,  aod  hU  oainc  Rejrnere. 
Id  Miiik  fejtmie  gadred  grete  «vrra, 

Pfter  Langtoft,  p.  134. 

A\'ERIL.     April.     Sortb. 

Wbro  thenyhlegalc  kingr«,  the  wodei  waxen  grene, 

txt  ant  gnu  aat  bloame  fpringct  io  Mrmyt^  y  wene. 

Wriglil'4  L^rle  Poetry,  p.  92. 

AV'ERINO.  Kennelt,  MS.  Lansd.  1033,  says, 
"  When  a  begging  boy  strips  himself  and  goes 
naked  into  a  town  with  a  fsls  star)'  of  being 
cold,  and  stript,  to  move  compassion  and  get 
better  cloaths,  this  is  call'd  atering,  and  to  goc 
a  arrring" 
AVBRISH.  The  stubble  and  grass  left  in  com 
fields  after  harvest.     North. 

la  Uieae  moothea  after  the  comoe  bee  Innede,  it 
la  inaelt  to  putt  draughte  hottua  and  oxen  into  the 
mmuttht  aod  to  loonge  to  continue  there  as  the  meate 
aafllmh,  which  will  eaae  the  other  paaiurea  they 
went  io  before.  ^rrhmttofta,  xiii.  379. 

AVERIAND.  Laud  ploughed  1>y  the  tenants 
with  their  avers,  for  the  use  of  a  monaster}', 
or  for  the  lord  of  llie  soil. 

Qund  auiem  nunc  voeatur  ai*er.and,  fuit  terra 
ffvaticorutn  ejii*.  ChroH.  J.  tfe  Broketonda,  p.  75* 
VBROUS.     Avaricious. 

And  alio  Ihli  tj-mc  es  ogaynt  arvrvuM  men,  that 
«rh)mcs  and  glfc*  oa  fruytc  iMt  when  It  ea  mten. 
SIS.  CM.  mm.  10,  r.  3. 
AVEROYNB.     The  herb  southernwood,   men- 


tioned sereral  times  under  this  name  in  the 
LilxT  Medicins  in  the  Library  of  Lincoln  Ca- 
thcitral,  IT.  280, 287, 30",  e.g. "  Take  arrroynr. 
aiid  fpraye  it  with    hony  and  ^-yneacre,  and 
ilrynkc  it."     See  also  Archcologia,  nx.  350; 
I'istill  nf  Susan,  st.  ix. 
AVERPENNY.  Money  contributed  towards  the 
king's  averages.     See  Nicolson   and  Bum's 
Mest  and  Cumb.  ii.  609 ;  Chron.  J.  de  Brake- 
londa,  p.  75 ;  Skinner,  in  v. 
AVERRAY.     To  aver  ;  Io  instruct. 
Thou  cchalt  write  that  y  say, 
Man]  man  for  to  avwrray. 

Arlheur  and  tttrlin,   p.  iA. 

AVERRUNCATE.  To  avert  ;  to  prevent.  {Lai.) 
1  wish  myielf  a  pseudo-prophet. 
Out  sureiomc  mitchief  will  come  of  It, 
Unlcai  by  providential  wit. 
Or  force,  wcuFeminrore  it.    Hudtbmt,  I.  i.  758. 
AVERSATION.      Aversion;   great   disHke   to. 
See  Taylor's  Great  Exemplar,   p.  61,  quoted 
by  Boucher,  in  v. 
AVER-SILVER.     A  custom  or  rent  to  called, 
originating  from   the  rattle,  or  arer»,  of  the 
tenants  of  the  soil. 
AVERST.     At  the  first. 

Avtrti  byeth  the  hettei  ten. 
The!  loki  Dolleallemen. 

MS.  ArmM  37,  f.  13. 
AVERTY.     Mad;  fiery.  {A.-N.) 

The  reipolu  were  redy  that  Philip  did  thara  l)cre. 
A  knyttht  fuile  aterty  gaf  ttiam  thiaaoiuere. 

Pe/irr  Langtiifl,   p.  MO. 

AVERY.  (1)  The  place  where  the  provender  for 
the  king's  horses  is  kept.  SUnnrr.  Boucher, 
in  T.  Aver,  considers  it  to  be  the  stable.  It 
seems  certainly  to  be  derived  fruin  arer,  and 
not  from  hater,  oats,  as  Minsheu  supposea. 

(2)  Every. 

The  lij.d*  tokenc  ya  that  avtry  meke  man  or 
woinman  ya  not  cohaunaydd,  ncyther  have  ooy 
lykyngc  in  preyaynge.       JIfS.  Canlali.  Ff.  II.  311,  f.  B. 

AVE-SCOT.  A  reckoning ;  an  account,  ilhuheu. 

AVESYLY.     Advisedly. 

Now  and  thow  walde  wele  and  arttyiy  beholde 
thi  Lnrde  Jheati.  thow  may  fynde  that  fro  thecrowne 
of  the  hcvcilc  to  the  aole  of  hia  fete,  tharc  was  ou 
hole  ipoite  Irfte  one  hjme. 

MS.  Unccln  A.  1.  17,  f.  IK). 

AVET.     Weight. 

And  yi  avet  more  bl  »ix  and  thrltti  Iced  piiiule, 
that  beeth  to  hundred  and  sextene  wexpunde. 

KoTlf.  J»hi.  I.  :n, 
AVETROL.     A  bastard.     (A.-N.) 

He  aaked  what  waa  hIa  medicine  t 
BelT  and  broth  gode  aflne. 
What  Uiao,  waa  bean  avtrvtr 
Thou  selit  aoht,  aire,  be  ml  pol. 

Stvyn  Bmgta,  1107. 

A  VEXED.     Troubled ;  vexed.    See  Book  of  St. 
Alban's,  sig.  B.  iv. ;  Uial.  Great.  Moral,  p.  177. 
The  curious  coincidence  between  part  of  the 
following  passage,  and  the  well  known  Uoes  in 
Macbeth,  ii.  2,  has  not  yet  found  a  notice  in 
the  editions  of  Shakespeare. 
At  thut  t  lay  avtsed  full  aore 
In  tucho  thyrtgca,  at  of  right  bythe  agaync  nature, 
I  herdc  a  voyce  aeyyng,  tclepe  thow  no  more  I 

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AVEYSfe.     Careful;  wiry.     {J.-N.) 
Abo  the  kyng  uid  hli  meigoS, 
OladdMt  WCTCD  and  avty<-     Kfg  Altiiunit  ,  Sifll. 
AVIEU.    To  view.  {A.-N.)   Palsgrave  has,  "  1 
aeeve,  I  take  syght  of  i  thing." 

I'ht'nglyubmen  sawe  them  wdl,  and  knewe  well 
howo  they  wen  come  Lhyder  to  avIeM  them. 

N«M  loMinoft  I'ormi,  l>.  117. 

AVIIS.  Opinion.   {J.-S.) 

And  teththen  aeyd  hir  aviit 

or  C!ad,  that  Lovetd  wai  and  ever  In*. 

Stynl  Kalnlni,  p.  179. 
AVILE.    To  despise.  The  Heralds'  College  MS. 
reads,  "  atiiled  holy  chirche,  that  by  righte  was 
free." 

And  the  Sonnenday  of  the  Paulon  imananle  all  the. 

That  noUidt  to  holl  chirche,  that  mid  ri]te  waa  io  fre. 

Rn6.  OlMr.  p.  V». 

AVINTAINE.     Speedily.     {A.-N.) 
Hare  irh  cni  w  hardi  on. 
That  dorre  to  Hamtoun  gun. 
To  thrmperur  of  Almalnc, 
And  lal  ber  cometh,  orfnrafne, 
Al  preal  an  hondred  knighte. 
That  fore  hi*  love  wilen  fighte 
Botho  with  ipcre  and  with  lauuce. 

BtV€M  ^  HamtoUHt  p.  107. 

AVIROUN.     Around.  {A.-N.) 

AUv  a  wcnte  Mm  to  plale 
Aboute  her  In  this  concrai. 
In  thin  conrti*  ar4ro«fi, 
A  mette  with  a  vUe  dragoun. 

Btv**  of  Uamloun,  p.  90. 
AVIS.     AA\\(X.  (,A.-N.)    See  Chaucer,  Caul.  T. 
1870;  MaundevUe's  Travels,  p.  180;  Ijuigtoft, 
p.  32. 
The  kyng  at  hii  aiya  tent  meuengen  thre. 

Lang«\fl't  Chnnicle,  p.  885. 

AVISAND.    Observing.  (A.-S.) 

Thr  herbe  >lie  toke,  well  ari^and 

The  Iffe.  the  mkIp,  the  sulkc,  thefloure. 

And  iald  It  had  a  gode  Mvour, 

And  was  no  common  herb  to  find. 

Aod  well  approved  of  uacouth  kind. 

Ckaticer't  Dreamt,  IBSS. 
AVISE.    (1)  To  observe;  to  look  at.     {J.-N.) 
Hco  heoin  arjfMtd  among  theo  play. 
Fur  he  waa  nought  of  that  contray. 

K^ng  ^liMUndfr,  221. 

(2)  To  consider;  to  advise  with  one's  self ;  to 
inform ;  to  teach.  "JtUe  you  well,"  i.e.  con- 
ftider  well  what  you  are  about,  is  a  frequent 
phrase  in  the  old  romances.  In  the  sense  of 
"  to  inform,"  it  it  useii  by  Shakespeare, 
Merry  Wives  of  Windsor,  i.  4,  where  Mistress 
Quickly  says  to  Simple*  "  Arc  you  avu'd  o' 
that  ?"  a  provincial  mode  of  confirming  any 
observation.  Sec  also  the  Towneley  Mysteries, 
pp.  61.  170.  "  Ariseth  you,"  Chancer.  Caiit. 
T.  3185,  look  to  yourselves,  take  care  of  your- 
selves. Cf.  Const,  of  Mason,  p.  38. 
He  avpttd  hym  full  wclc. 
Fro  the  bedd  downcwarde  every  dele. 

MS.  Cantab.  Ff.  U.  3B.  f.  IK. 

AVIS^    Careumspect.     {A,-N.) 

Of  wene  and  o(  balatle  he  waa  fulle  uv'ui, 
Ther  wImIooi  luld  availc  wa*  non  to  trcwe  aU  he. 
Ijmgto/r*  ChftiUie,  p.  \i^. 

AVISRE.     To  look  tipon.    SMnttfr. 

AVISKI.Y.    Advisedly. 


JviMipt  who  IO  takyth  hede  therto. 

L^gatt,  MS-  .4rtme2#  30,  f.  S& 

AVISEMENT.    Counsel;  Advice.  {J^K) 
Ten  tchlppci  wcr  dryven,  thorgh  llle  arigrment 
Thorgh  a  tempest  ryvcn,  the  tchipmen  held  thnm 
achcnt.  Langta/t't  Chnmiclf,  p.  148. 

AVISINESSE.     Deh'beration.     (J.-N.) 
And  Mary  fulle  mekely  lifteoeth  alte, 
And  gan  merrayte  with  gret  avitOteM»». 

l^dgaie,  MS.  Soc.  Antiq.  134.  f.  ?8 

AVTSION.    A  -wsion.     (^.-A^.) 
A  Iltel  or  he  were  mardred  on  a  day, 
HU  mordre  in  hit  avMon  he  uy.  Qmmca;C»ml,T*  ISlftk 
AVIST.     A  fishing.    W>W. 
.WIVES.  A  disease  in  horses,  thus  described  by 
Markham  : 

The  horae  haTtngdrunke  much,  or  watered  vrria 
quickly  after  hli  heat  and  travalle.  and  upon  It  grow, 
hig  cold,  and  not  being  walked,  doth  beget  the  artr'#, 
whlchdorbut  little  differ  from  tbedUcaaecalted  the 
klng'i-evlll.  because  ai  well  in  beasts  aa  In  man,  the 
klng'teTlM  conkmelh  of  too  much  coolinf*  of  wattr. 
the  throat  having  bccoc  heated,  whereupon  the  bortc 
lootelh  his  appetite  to  eat.  and  hi*  rest  Ukewlac,  and 
hit  eareat)ecomeeold. 

The  OmtitrU  Forme,  ed.  1616.  p.  l.'B. 
AVIZE.     To  see  ;  to  survey  ;  to  obscne. 
Then  th'one  henctfe  low  ducked  In  the  flood, 
AbAbh't  that  her  a  straungcr  did  otisw. 

The  Faerie  QufitrMtt  II.  xli.  OS. 
AVOCATE.  To  call  from.  (Laf.) 

The  time  o''  Sir  Walter  Ralcigh'i  executJoo  wtk* 
eontrlved  to  be  on  my  Lord  Mayor's  day,  that  the 
pageants  and  fine  shows  might  amm/*  and  draw 
away  the  people  from  t>fholdlng  the  tragedie  of  thr 
gallantest  wortlite  tliat  England  ever  bred. 

Aubrett,  US,  ji»hmole* 

AVOERY.  The  right  wliich  the  founder  of  a 
house  of  religiou  had  of  the  advowson  or  pa- 
tronage thereof,  similar  to  the  right  of  presen- 
tation belonging  to  those  who  built,  or  en- 
duwed,  pnii.sh  churches,  la  some  instances 
these  patrons  hod  the  sole  nomination  of  the 
abbot  or  prior,  cither  by  direct  investiture,  or' 
delivery  of  a  pastoral  staff;  or  by  immediatei 
presentation  to  the  diocesan ;  or  if  a  free  eleo 
tion  were  left  to  the  religious  foundation,  a 
licence  fur  election  was  iirst  to  be  obtained 
from  the  patron,  and  the  election  waa  to  be 
contirmed  by  him.  Kennett,  quoted  in  Boucher, 
AVOID.  To  leave  ;  to  quit ;  to  expel.  Avoid ! 
i.  c.  get  out  of  the  way,  a  word  used  at  tha 
passing  of  any  great  personage  through  a 
crowd.  See  Cov.  Myst.  p.  131.  In  the  fol- 
lowing passages  it  means  the  withdrawal  of 
diahen  from  the  table.  See  also  Harrison*! 
Description  of  England,  p.  IGl. 
^Hfiyde*  tho  t>orde  Into  tho  flore. 
Taw  away  tho  trestet  that  twn  so  store. 

BfAe  of  Curtatyr,  p.  3S», 
All  theiervyseof  brede.  mcisesof  kytchyn,  wyne*; 
air.  wax,  wtwd,  that  \%  diipendcd  bothe  for  the  kings 
bourde.  and  fur  the  hole  meue,  and  other  of  the 
chaunibre.  and  as  well  the  H.'rv)sefor  the  king  for 
all  nifiht,  as  the  grtelc  ar«iyrf<r«  at  feastei.  and  th« 
(laylylrinkincca  tHMwUtmrletin  thcklngichaumbra 
for  ktraungcrs.  and  therc-of  to  make  trew  teoonfe, 
lod  to  brUtg  it  dayly  to  the  rountyng-bourde  bcfnra 
DOOOt.  LiifT  Kigvr  Dumiu  /lrgi«  JMhs  jy.pt  37< 


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AVOIDANCE.      Expuliion;    iToidance.      Sec 
Prompt.  P«rT.  pp.  19,  111 ;  Wright's  Monaatic 
Lettcn,  p.  101. 
Fran  •pyttTDge  ud  mftlfoft  kcpe  the  also. 
By  praTy  ««»*■■«  lat  hyt  f a 

OiMMUteiM  1/  Matomy,  f.  36. 

AV0ID0N3.  In  •  general  Miue  means,  the  ta- 
cancy  of  a  benefice  by  death  or  removal  of  the 
incnmbent;  but  in  Momut.  Anglic,  ii.  I9B, 
quoted  in  Stevenson'i  additions  to  Boucher,  it 
■ignifiei  the  profits  during  such  a  vacancy. 
AVOIR.    Property.    (J.-N.) 

A  burgeis  wu  In  Rome  toun, 
A  Ilch«  mAD  of  gnt  mouD ; 
Marchsuot  be  wu  ofgret  awoir. 
And  hid  a  wif  was  queint  and  fair. 

ScvmSagf,  ttos. 
AVOIR-DK-PEISE.     Articles  of  merchandise 
that  are  sold  by  weight.  {A.-N.)     Concll  -says 
"  it  signifieth  such  merchandise  as  are  weighed 
by  this  weight,  and  not  by  Troy  weight." 
Hall  t)e  ^e.  marchans,  with  jur  gret  packei 
or  diapcrle,  avcrfr.tfe.peJM,  and  ^ur  wol-iarkei. 

Jiedf.  ^nllq.  II.I7S. 

AVOKE.  To  revoke;  to  call  away  to  some  other. 

S«e  Rider,  Richardson,  and  Boucher,  in  v. 
AVOKET.  An  advocate.  {Lai.)  tlickliffe. 
AVO.VGE.     To  take.     See  A/imge. 

i>o  that  atle  lasu,  wat  halt  yt  10  telle  lonje  t 
The  kyng  bygan  and  ys  folc  Crlsteodom  aimtge, 
not.  CfoiK.  p.  m. 
AVOORDIN.     Affording.   Somerttl. 
AVORD.    To  afford,     flett. 

BccaaetliebUhop  sent  tnun  word, 
A  could  not  meat  and  dhnk  av<rrd, 

PtltT  Pindar,  ed.  17M,  I.  286. 

AVORE.     Before.     Wetl. 

My  ancestor  To-Pan  l)cat  the  6nt  kettle-drum, 
jlierff  bun,  here  vrom  DoTer  on  the  morrh. 

tnUii/a  Tub,  I.  t. 
AVOREWARD.    At  first. 
And  hii,  wan  hil  were  l.auorr,  other  tlxe  toke. 
Gode  fourine  among  hom,  of  the  land  to  loke. 
And  of  the  dcMrrllci,  10  that  oeoreK'tfi-rf 
^m  The  bliaop  hIi  choie  of  Bathe,  Water  GXrard, 
^B  Aad  maktet  Nicole  of  EU,  bUsop  of  Wurcetre. 
^F  Rob,  Giouc.  \i.  507. 

AVOREYE.    Before. 
Icfa  Mdde  the  hit  by  my  neld, 
Jvoreye  the  wyeked  vend.      Jf5.  Amndet  07,  t.  i. 
AVORN.     Before  bim.     Ifeil. 
AVOTE.    On  foot. 

Myd  eyr  hondred  kynjte*,  and  ihre  thouicnd  menamtf, 
Cadour,  crl  of  Comwaylo,  ajen  hym  he  sende. 
^K  Hud.  GiMr.  p.  ISB. 

H  AVOUCH.  Proof;  testimony.   Shakespeare  has 

^M  this  and  also  avouchmeni  in  the  same  sense. 

^a  AVOURE.     Confession ;  acknowledgmeut. 

^m  He  bad  him  itand  t'ablde  the  bitter  iioure 

^m  or  his  tore  vcngeaunce,  or  to  make  tiroure 

^^  Of  the  lewd  words  and  deede*  which  he  had  done. 

™  Tlie  Farrte  9ii«n«,  VI.  III.  4a. 

AVOURY.    An  old  law  term,  nearly  equivalent 

to  justification.     Nam. 

Therfore  away  with  these  avourit* :  let  God  atone 
be  our  arouTifff ;  what  have  we  do  to  runnc  hether 
or  thether,  butonely  to  the  Father  of  hoaveo  .^ 

Latimtr't  Sermoru,  ed,  1571,  f.  04. 

AVOUTRER.     An  adulterer.     (A.-y.)  Aiao  an 
adoltress,  as  in  Prompt.  Porv.  p.  19. 


For  in  this  world  nii  doggo  for  the  bowe* 

Tlut  can  an  hurt  derc  from  an  hole  y-knowe, 

Bi:t  than  this  sompnour  knew  a  slle  lerhour. 

Or  an  apoutrtr,  or  a  paramour.  Oiaiiefr,Cunt.T.  6B54. 

AVOUTRYE.  Adultery.  Sec  Chaucer,  Cant.  T. 
C888,  9309  ;  Reliq.  Antiq.  i.  29 ;  Hartshome's 
Met.  Tales,  p.  1 70 ;  Apology  for  the  Lollards, 
p.  78.     (J..N.) 

And  he  tiegolyn  In  awutrytt 
Othlr  ellys'baxayn  bastard  tiom. 

MS.  AaiW.PMf.  II& 

AVOW.  (1)  Avow;  an  oath.  (A..N.) 
He  sayd,  sirs,  In  jour  cumpany 
Myoe  avow  make  1.       AaftasN's  Romamcu^  p.  g] . 
And  to  mende  my  inlsa«  1  make  myn  aeviet. 

Will,  and  Uit  fTcnectf,  p.  iO 

(2)  To  allow ;  to  pardon. 

Wold  thou  ipcke  for  ma  to  the  kyng. 
He  woldc  anM«  me  my  ilyngyng. 

MS.  Cantai.  Ff.  T.  48,  f.  U. 

(3)  The  term  avowed  seems  to  be  used  in  the 
sense  of  coverrd,  in  Orpbeo,  ed.  Laing,  325. 
See  the  quotation  under  Botuour.  The 
MS.  Ashmole  61  reads  amelyd  in  the  same 
passage. 

AVOWE.  (1)  The  patron  to  a  benefice.  Cowell 
says  the  Avow^  is  "  he  to  whom  the  right  of 
advowion  of  any  church  appcrtaioeth,  so  that 
he  may  present  thereunto  in  his  own  name." 
See  Ritson's  Robin  Hood,  i.  42. 

(2)  An  Bdv[»catc. 

And  hendely  tliey  byiechllh  the 
That  thou  bco  beore  avoui  ; 
Forgeve  heora,  lire,  thy  maltalenti 
They  wot  do  thy  comaundement. 

Kint^  .itUauntUr,  31G0. 

(3)  Patronage.  The  Heralds'  College  MS.  reads 
avouiery,  q.  v. 

Vor  thoru  avoioe  of  him,  the  sons  bigan  that  itrif. 

Rob,  otoiK-.  p.  477. 
AVOWERY.     Patronage;  protection.    (A.-N.) 
See  Laugtoft's  Chronicle,  pp.  180,  260.     It 
also  means  cognizance,  badge,  distinction,  as 
in  the  Archieologia,  xvii.  296. 
Y  telle  ou  for  sothe,  for  al  buere  bolMimcc 
Ne  for  the  avowerie  of  thekyngof  Fraunce, 
Tuentl  Kore  ant  fy ve  haden  ther  mcschauucc. 

Wriglift  Pol,  Son^i.  p.  lUSl 

AVOWT.  A  countenance.  (J.-N.)  Perhaps  a 
is  here  the  article,  but  the  compound  is  again 
found  in  (he  same  form. 

He  wercs  his  vesere  with  arotct  noble. 

l»..r(e  Aniiurf,  US.  Lincoln,  f.  M. 

AVOWTER.    Adulter)-.    [Avowtcrc.'] 

Than  the  lecound  schal  tic  his  wlf  bi  resoun  of 

arotrter,  and  he  Khal  t>e  cursid  but  If  he  tak  to  her  ns 

to  his  wif.  Afologffitr  Ihe  ljolliirtt,f.'a. 

AVOY.     (1)     A  cry  used  to  call  hounds  out  of 

cover.  See  Sir  H.  Dryden's  Tvrici,  p.  45. 
(2)  Avoid ;  leave  ;  quit. 

And  In  the  dark  forth  she  goeth 

Till  she  him  toucheth,  and  he  wrothc. 

And  after  her  with  his  hand 

He  emote :  and  thus  when  she  him  found 

Diseased,  courteously  slie  said, — 

.Vroy,  my  lord.  1  am  a  maid  ; 

And  if  ye  wist  what  I  am. 

And  out  of  what  lineage  1  came, 

Ve  would  not  be  lO  salvage. 

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AVRIL.     April.     North. 
AVRORE.     Frozen.    fVeit. 
AVURN.     Slovenlv  in  dress.     Btdt. 
AVY.    (1)  Vow  ;  oath. 

Thou  hjt» mill  thy  ory  wyth  xlj.  mm  for  lo  fyjte. 
Of  «1  oura  Toaderconipuijr  the  >ln-b«le  knnti-. 

MS.  Jt>>m>le33. 
(2)  A  n«vy.     [A  neav^- .'] 

An«  «pr  of  thippes  tha  fpyed  Ihame  b*fnre. 
Which  when  thay  melt,  tha  myghl  well  ken 
Howe  thay  were  TroyannaDd  banithrd  ram  ; 
Antynner  wai  lodciman,  none  wordier  hll  place. 
And  Corcnlui  graunde  captayne  of  thole  race  ; 
There  was  great  Joye  when  echc  other  dyd  boordc« 
Sone  waa  mccordement,  and  Urute  choien  lorde. 

MS.  L/Mifd.  tm,  t.  B. 

AVYEDE.     Showed  the  w»y.    {.I.-N.) 

sir  Arthurs  and  Gawayne  avyede  theme  bothene. 
To  ae&ty  thoaandei  of  mene  that  ui  Ihelre  tyghte 
horede.  Uofl^  Arthurt,  MS.  Lineuln,  {.93. 

AVYNET.     In  the  middle  ages  a  collection  of 
fables  from  Arienua  wu    called  an  Avj/net, 
from  jEsop,  an  Eioptt,  tic. 
By  the  po  fc«t  U  undentande, 
Ai  I  have  leraed  In  Jr^tt. 

Pitra  PIfrtighman,  p,  S43. 

AVTOWRE.  See  an  instaucc  of  this  form  of 
the  vord  in  the  Pliunpton  Correspondence, 
p.  192. 

A-VYSSETH.     A-fishing. 

A-day  aa  he  wcry  waf .  and  a  luoddrynge  hym  nome. 
And  ya  men  were  y-wtnd  atywrrA,  »eyn  Cuthert  lo 
hym  com.  HoS.  Gtuur.  p.  3C4. 

AW.  (1)  I.  Norlhumb.  So  we  have  otrm,  I  am; 
aiFil,  1  shall ;  oirr;,  1  have ;  aw'  Ihar  <ay,  1 
dare  sav. 

(2)  Yes.  '  Warv. 

(3)  Totally.     Craven. 

(4)  All.    'North. 

LUleneth  now  to  Merlins  taw. 
And  1  woll  tell  to  air, 
What  he  wrat  for  men  to  come, 
Nother  by  greA*  ne  by  plume. 

nrarlim,   Ui.  13S. 

(5)  To  owe.  Sec  the  quotations  given  in  Ste- 
venson's additions  to  Boucher,  and  below  in 
V.  Au>e. 

AWAHTE.  Awoke.  (A.-S.)  See  a  quoUtion 
fn>m  an  early  MS.  in  the  Cottouion  Library,  in 
Stevenson's  additions  to  Boucher. 

AWAIT.  (1)   Watch;  ambush.  (A.-N.) 
The  Icon  lit  In  hiaaM<al/ealway 
To  lie  the  Innocent,  if  that  he  may. 

Ctoitcer,  Cam.  T.  Ti3!>. 
(2)  To  attend  upon ;  to  watch.     (A.-N.) 

And    thia   aire  Urre  wold  never  goo  frtim   sire 

Lanncclot,  but  he  and  tir  Latayn  arpayted  evermoic 

upoo  hym,  and  Ibey  were  in  all  the  courte  accounted 

for  good  knyghtn.  Morie  dr Arthur,  II.  3117. 

Th«r  is  fill  many  an  eye  and  many  an  ere 

Aieaieinf  on  a  lord,  and  he  not  wher. 

OiaHctr,  Cam.  T.  "834. 
But  keepith  wel  your  toum,  how  ao  befall. 
On  Thondiy  next,  oo  which  we  awayit  alL 

Hotdnt't  Peffnu,  p.  70, 
And  to  dilyrered  me  the  laid  book  tlunne,  my  lord 
iherle  of  Oaenfurd  du/aj^ling  on  hit  laid  grace. 

Cumn't  rtgeciu,  tig  S.  v. 


AWAITER.  An  attendant.  In  the  ordii 
for  the  household  of  George  Duke  of  ClareU% 
1493,  in  "  the  estate,  rule,  and  guvernaunee 
of  the  acid  prince  in  his  ridinge,  beinge  de- 
ported from  his  standing  housholde,"  mention 
is  made  of"xij.  esquicrs  avaiters,  and  every 
of  them  j.  persone."  See  the  Ordinances  and 
Regulations,  1 790,  p.  98. 
AWAKID.  Awake.  Sommel. 
AW  ALE.   To  descend.  {A.-N.) 

The  pott  lien  grcle  and  noujt  tmal. 
How  my5to  the  rofe  awate  f 

MS.  Camah.  Dd.  1. 17. 
AWANTING.     Deficient  to ;  wanting  to. 

Nothing  waa  atcaming  her  that  mtght  confcrre  tha 
leoat  light  or  luttreto  to  faire  and  well-compoted  a 
temper.  TVo  tjnnfruhire  Ijirert,  1640,  p.  8. 

AWAPE.  To  confound;  to  stupefy;  lo  astound. 
{A.-S.)  See  Kyng  Alisaundcr,  B99,  3673; 
"Troilus  and  Creseidc,  i.  310. 

Fram  thl»  contek  that  were  atcaped. 
Sore  adrad  and  atcaped. 

Arlliimr  dKd  Mrrllm,  p.  )tO. 
And  he  tWoatnumpid  andamate, 
Comfortlrt  of  eny  creature.         MS.  DIgbp ,  tSO. 
A^YARA^TYS1■:.     Assuredly.    It  is  so  etplaiiicd 

in  a  glossary  in  the  Archieologio,  xxx.  404. 
AM'.^RD.    To  ward  off ;  to  bear  off.     Rider  has, 

"  To  award  a  blow,  icium  inliibrre." 
AWARE.  (1)  To  be  awaie  of  the  approach  of 
any  one. 

And  riding  towards  Nottingham, 

Some  pitiime  fur  lo  tpy  ; 
There  waa  he  aware  of  a  jolly  beggar^ 
As  tn  he  beheld  with  hit  eye. 

tUlim't  Roftm  Hiwd,  ii.  Its. 
(2)    An  exclamation  for  making  attendants  in 
large  esl4iblishments  prepared  for  the  approach 
of  some  one. 

C^ome.  laiet  hee,  thou  thalt  tee  Harry,  onckle,  the 
oncly  Harry  in  England  :  to  he  led  htm  to  tlie  cham- 
ber of  pretenee,  and  ever  and  anon  cryeiout,^uitre, 
roome  for  mc  and  tuy  uncle  [ 

Artnin't  Sett  q/  fk'tnniei,  1GU8. 

AWARIE.    To  curse.  (A.-S.) 
Thenne  ipac  that  holde  wlf, 

CrUt  atoarie  hire  llf  t  US.  Dlgfv  K;  f.  ll>7. 

Thevea,  ye  tie  ded,  wilhouteu  lettnife, 
Jwatid  worth  ye  Ichon.     Gi/  rtf  tVarwike.  p.  1G6» 
AWARN.   To  warn ;  to  forewarn. 

That  all  our  fTlendi  that  yet  remaine  alive. 
Hale  be  mwn'd  and  tave  ihemteivc*  by  flight. 

n«  True  Tragedie.  15U5 

AWARP.  To  bend  ;  to  cast  down.  (A.-S.) 
Eld  me  auvrpeth. 
That  mi  tchuldren  tcharplth. 

And  ;outhe  mc  hath  let.      Il£liq.  .tntU/,  U.flO. 
AWARRANT.    To  warrant ;  to  confirm. 

V  f  the  Scriptutra  mwarmnt  not  of  the  mydwyfca 

reporte. 
The  authour  wllelh  his  authour,  then  take  It  in 
tportc.  Chetler  Plate,  1. 4. 

AW  ART.    Thrown  on  the  back  and  unable  to 

rise,  spoken  of  cattle.    North. 
A-WASSCHEN.    Washed. 

Seththe  [thei]  a^waaecAen,  I  wene. 
And  weote  lo  the  tcte. 

H'arfm'i  Hiel.  Ktxl.  Poet.  I.  111. 

A- WATER.   Oulhcwatcr.  SeePicrslMoughumn, 


I  and 


I 


AWE 


121 


AWE 


I 


I 


pp  3(2,  388.     Here  it  Beemito  be  a  phnse 
implying  disorder. 

But  if  he  h«d  broke hli  trme  u  wd  n  his  \tg$e, 
wbeo  Tie  fell  out  of  hovvrn  into  Lemnos,  either 
Apollo  muftl  hAve  pUled  the  bone-ivttcr.  or  every 
oeenpAtlon  hemo  Uydc  a-u<arfr. 

Oenan't  Schoolt  o/  Mun,  ItTSl 

AWAT.  (1)  A  way.  Coverdale  tnnsUtes 
Jeremiab,  xliii.  12,  "And  thidl  departe  bit 
cramyefrotn  thence  in  pence." — (f.  43.) 

(2)   Part.     "  This  week  awat/."   Bedt. 

AWAY-GOING.  De|)artnre.  See  Baillie's  Let- 
ten,  i.  68,  quoted  in  the  new  edit  ion  of  Boucher. 
If  t  recollect  rightly,  the  word  occun  in  a 
pru>e  tract  in  the  Thornton  MS. 

AWAY-THE-MARE.  A  kind  of  proverbial  ex- 
prcscion,  apparently  meaning,  farewell  to  care. 
It  occur*  twice  in  Skelton,  and  other  references 
are  given  in  the  notes,  p.  162.  The  follow- 
ing example  occurs  in  a  poem  attributed  to 
Skelton. 

jivap  the  morv,  quod  Walls, 

I  ict  not  a  whltltifte 

Bjr  all  their  wrillag.      D(Ktvur DouMe  ^ti. 

AWAYWARX).    Going  away  j  away. 

A.|lljt  11  be  SKHiyicorrf  wu, 

Ao  angal  to  Mm  cam.  Joachim  and  Annt,  p.  164. 

Paate  atcaytdsnte  wold  thou  ryde, 

He  b  to  fowie  a  wyghtc. 

XtS.  Unnin,  A.  L  17,  f.  lOJ. 
HbehcreMffdruforde  fhi  me  caite. 
And  forth  be  puaid  at  laate. 

Couwr.  MS.  Sae.  .Ynr'i.  134,  t.  39. 
AWAY-WITII.    To  endun:.    Sec  Isaiah,  i.  1 3 ; 
Greene's  Works,    i.  135  ;    Webster's  Works, 
ii.  112. 

He  vai  rerle  wUe,  modest,  and  warle,  being  oo- 
tMngdchcal  In  his  fare,  nor  curious  of  his  apparel!. 
He  routd  awate  teith  all  wethers,  both  hot  and  oold, 
aad  Indiuc  ante  paines. 

HtfiinMhetl,  OmquMt  of  Ireland,  p.  38. 
AWBEL.  "  Avhel  or  cbcUe  tre,"  is  translated 
in  tlie  Prompt.  Parv.  by  rlioaut,  riiumwi. 
Although  scarcely  agreeing  with  the  Latin 
t4frtu»,  it  probably  means  the  aic/c,  or  white 
poplar,  which  is  called  eibel  in  the  eastern 
counties. 
IJIFBLAST.  An  arbalest.  This  form  of  the  word 

mean  in  MS.  Bib.  Reg.  17  C.  iviL  f.  57. 
AVTCTE.    Possessed. 

Quanne  that  was  sworn  on  his  wise. 
The  king  dede  the  mnyden  arise. 
And  the  erl  hire  biuiicte. 
And  al  the  lond  be  evereutccte.  Havelok,  3<l7. 
AWD.   Old.    Korlh. 

My  Miugh  did  uy  this  hayl  be  nought,  you'l  see  t 
1  find  ao  dft-d  ape  now,  hes  aa  awd  ce  1 

Yorfuhira  DUtoguw,  p.  &5. 

AATOR YES-DAY.    St.  iEtheldrytha's  day.    Sec 
Paston  Ix^lers,  ii.  248,  quoted  in  Hampson's 
Kalcndarium,  ii.  26. 
AWE.    (1)    Ought.     Sec  Townclcy  Mj-sterics, 
pp.  24, 55  ;  Robson's  Met.  Romances,  p.  26. 
I  am*  thurghe  tyghte  the  to  lufc  ay. 
And  to  loTC  the  bathe  tiyghte  and  daye. 

MS.  Ltncvin,  A.  L  17,  f.  1B9. 
Sen  we  are  eoraen  to  Calearie, 
Lat  like  man  hcipe  iMW  as  hym  auw. 

SaHp  Wyrterln,  n'alpolc  MS. 


(2)  To  o«ii ;  to  possess ;  to  owe.  See  Ywaina 
and  Gawin,  720 ;  Robson's  Met.  Romancei,  i 
p.  27,  for  instances  of  this  Uist  meaning. 

AU  1  sat  upon  that  lowe, 

1  bignn  Denemark  for  to  atee.  Karr/uA',  1S92. 

(3)  An  ewe. 

itm  bleleth  after  lomb, 

Lhouth  after  calrecu; 
Dulluc  ftertctli,  bucke  verteth, 

.Muric  liog  cumi.  H>r«>fi'«.<^ne<ail  aamtt,  U  II, 

(4)  "  For  love  ne  for  aire,"  Will,  and  the  Wer- 
wolf, p.  195,  a  proverbial  expression  not  im- 
common  in  the  old  English  metrical  ro. 
mances.  See  an  instance  in  R.  de  Brunne,  MS. 
llarl.  1701,f.  18. 

AWEARIED.   Wearied ;  tired. 

Hwre  the  nobles  were  of  sundrle  opinions :  for 
some  aiciaried  with  the  note  of  bondage,  would 
glaUlie  have  had  warrcs:  other,  having  rcgaid  to 
their  sons  lleng  In  hostage  with  the  rnimict,  would 
In  DO  wise  consent  thereto. 

HnliniHfd,  HImI.  •/  Scotland,  p.  SO. 

AWE-DAND.    A  check  ui»on.    The  word  occurs 

with   this   explanation   in  the  Glossograpliia 

Anglicana  Nova,  ed.  1 71H,  ia  v.  but  it  seems  to 

be  properly  a  Scotch  wortL  See  Jamieson,  in  v. 

AWECCHE.   To  awaken. 

O  frere  ther  we*  among. 

Of  here  slep  hem  shulde  atoteche. 

Wen  hoe  ihuldco  thidere  recche. 

Miq.  Mntiq.  IL  «78 
AWEDE.    To  become  mad ;  to  lose  the  sensea. 
{A..S.)   See  Lybeaus  Disconus, 395,  618,  957; 
Sir  Tristrcm,  p.  297  ;  Hob.  Glouc.  p.  162. 
And  wept  cverc  as  it  woide  awtdt  for  fere. 

IVUI.  and  Ihe  Wnwtf,  p.  3. 
And  told  bothe  Siguier  and  knight. 
That  her  qucn  awedt  wold. 

Sir  OrjAeo,  ed.  lvalue*  49. 
AWEIGIITTE.  Awoke.    (J.-S.) 

The  kyng  swoghencd  for  tiiat  wounde. 
And  hastillch  hymielf  awfiffhilr. 
And  the  launce  out  plelghtte. 
And  lepe  on  fute  with  swrrd  of  steel. 
And  gan  hym  were  iwlthe  wel. 

KtnfAHmauUr,  H3S. 

AWELD.  To  govern;  to  rule.  {A..S.) 
Eld  nul  mcId  no  murthcs  of  mal ; 
When  eld  me  wol  awtitt,  ml  wcle  Is  a-wal. 

RiHl.  Antii.  II.  }I0. 
AWEN.  Own.    North. 

Our  Henry,  thy  airen  chose  knight. 
Borne  to  enherile  the  region  of  Fraunce 
By  trewo  diicent  and  be  title  of  right. 

Hrliq.  Aniiq.  1.  218. 
Bot  to  the  kynge  I  rede  thou  fare 

To  weic  hli  auOTins  wille        Sir  Prrmal,  JU. 

AWENDEN.   Thought. 

The  Jewes  out  of  Jurielem  awemtrn  he  were  wode. 
ftr/iV.  AMIq.  1.  144. 

AWENSWERABLE.    Answerable. 

To  uic  all  pleasures  in  suche  medlocrytle,  aa 
should  be  scrordlnge  to  reason,  aod  awwmaittirmbU  to 
hunettie.  Arcltmalptt»,xflUi.l»t. 

AWER.    An  hour.   Lane. 

Woke  on  awyr  for  the  love  of  me. 

And  ihat  to  me  yt  more  plvsaunce 

Than  ytf  thu  sent  xl).  kyngi  free 

To  my  tepulkyr  with  grett  puyischaunce. 

Fur  my  dethc  to  take  vengcaunce. 

Mind,  mil,  and  VndrrtlandUif,  p.  ID. 


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AWET.   Know. 

Be  mcy  horne  we  Khali  outH 
Yea  Roben  Node  be  aechude.     H9»in  Heed,  I,  !U. 
AWEVNYD.   Weaned. 

Manhotlc  Ii  y-com  now,  myne  own  derc  vmc, 
It  U  tyme  thow  be  awtynifd  of  Ihyn  old  wooe. 

Jfieteryqf&ryii.SIS. 

AW?.  (1)  An  eU.   Nortk. 

Some  lUly  doling  ImlnclciM  callk. 
Thai  uodenundi  thii^  by  Um  halfeb 
Say  that  the  CiyrlaMt  thboMOk, 
And  tookeaway  the  other. 

Druytm'e  Amdu,  p,  171. 

(2)  An  idiot ;  ■  noodle.   North. 

AWFRYKE.  Afncft. 

Lyfttcnyth  now,  y  ichall  yow  taUe, 
Af  y  fyndc  in  parchement  ipelle. 
Of  cyr  Harrowee,  the  goOe  ttaron. 
That  lyeth  in  Awfn/kt  in  pryion. 

MS.  Cannt.  Ff.  Ii.  98,  f.  «17. 

AWFUL.  (1)  Obedient ;  under  due  awe  of  au- 
thority. 

We  oome  within  our  atr^  banlu  again. 
And  liDli  our  powers  to  the  arm  of  peaoa. 

iHmtylV.  iT.l. 
(2)  Fearful ;  fearing.    Rider. 
AWGHT.   Ought. 

The  fyerthe  ei  for  be  et  UDcrrtaync 
Whetbyr  he  lalle  wcnde  to  )oy  or  paync  ! 
Who  eo  wyll  of  there  fowre  take  hede, 
HymatrgArgretly  the  dede  here  lodiede. 

Hampule,  MS.  Bowu,  p.  61. 

AWGHTEND.   The  eighth. 

Thevtrghtaid  has  thii  curuyog  lagflt. 
Ah  the!  that  delef  wyth  wychcraft. 
And  namely  with  halowyd  Ihynge, 
All  with  howiellc  or  cremyng. 

Hampult,  MS.  Bmcu,  p.  7. 

AWGRYM.    Arithmetic. 

Than  »alte  Bumtne,  al  aiphre  doth  In  aiffrym, 
That  Doteth  a  place,  and  no  thing  aTaiUth. 

Drpotilion  nf  Rlclmnl  11.  p.  29. 

A-WHARF.   Whirled  round. 

And  wyth  queltyng  a^urhar/,  er  he  wolde  lyjt. 

Sifr  Gawayne,  p.  8S. 

A-WHEELS.   On  wheels.    Var.  dial.   Tlie  term 

is  lucd  by  Ben  Jonioa. 
AWHERE.   Anywhere.   See  Sldnner'i  obicrm- 
tioni  on  this  word  in  the  fourth  part  of  his 
Btymologicam,  who  says  it  means  dniderium, 
■nd  hence  Coles  explains  it  denire. 
3yf  thou  tnadeat  awhert  any  vowe 
To  wurftchyp  God  for  thy  prowe. 

Jff.  HaW  lyoi.r.li). 
For  yf  my  foot  woldc  owturr  goo. 
Or  that  royn  hod  wolJe  cllis  do, 
Whan  that  myn  hertp  lithcrajen, 
The  rcmenaunt  i*  alle  m  vayiic. 

CvKtr,  M.<!.  Soc,  ,<ii(l«.  1S4,  f.  168. 
I  knowe  ynough  of  Ihii  matter.  Pamphagul.  not 
thither  avhero  but  riche.  Aeoia^tiu,  IMU. 

AWHEYNTE.  To  acquaint. 

Anheynte  the  noght  withe  Ilka  man  that  thou 
meleal  in  the  itrete. 

Hoirc  tfi^  gvcHe  n'{f  thought  hir  Daughter,  p.  9. 

AWHILE.  AwhUst.  It  is  used  as  a  verb  in 
some  counties  in  the  expression,  "  I  can't 
mwhitu,"  i.  e.  I  can't  wait,  I  have  no  time.  As 
a  prepoiitioD  it  means,  until,  whilst. 

A<WHOLB.    Whole ;  entire.    Stmtrwt. 


A-WILLED.  WiUed. 

That  bad  o-tetUcd  hii  wyll  aa  wlidom  Mm  uughte. 
DtpMitim  p/  KIcAord  ii.  p.  Si , 
AWING.   Owing. 

And,  madam,  there  il  one  duty  aie(^g>  tato  me 
part  whcrof  was  taken  or  my  maater  deoeaaed,  whoae 
loul  God  have  mercy,  and  most  part  taken  to  your, 
selfe  since  he  died.      i>/lMipAm  CDrreJjMndencw,  ^41. 

AWINNK.    To  win  I  to  accomplish  a  purpose. 
See  Rcliq.  Antiq.  ii.  243 ;  Hartshome's  MeC 
Tales,  p.  87  ;  Sir  Tristrem,  p.  238. 
For  al  hire  wrenche,  and  al  herBglnne, 
The  more  love  iche  ne  might  oseijine, 

ssqmamwiUn* 
AWIRGUD.  (I)  A<^cnI«ed.    Vtnttgal^. 
(2)  Strangled;  throttled. 
A-WITE.  To  accuse.  {AS.) 

Be  not  to  hasty  on  brede  for  to  bite, 
Of  gredynea  last  men  the  wolde  a.wita. 

HelUi.  Anll^  I.  187. 

AWITH.  (1)  Ought. 

And  if  the  prcst  sacra  Crist  wan  he  blesslth  ch« 
sacrament  of  God  In  the  autcr,  avith  he  not  to 
blettltb  the  pcple  that  drodlth  not  to  sacre  Cnst  1 

Apotogp^  tht  LottattU,  p.  SO. 

(2)  Away.     This  is  Heame's  conjecture  in  a 

passage  in  Peter  Langtoft,  p.  99. 
AWKERT.    Perrcne  ;  stubborn  ;  obstinate;  un- 
accountable.   North.    The  adverb  avkertty  is 
also  used.    Avhuard  occurs  in  a  similar  sense 
in  Shakespeare : 
Was  I,  for  this,  nigh  wrackt  upon  the  sea. 
And  twice  by  evlriearrf  wind  from  England's  bank 
Orore  back  again  unto  my  native  dime  7 

i  Hmiy  >'/.  III.  t. 
And  undertook  to  travalle  dangerous  wales. 
Driven  by  oulrward  winds  and  boisterous  seaa. 

Arsiyfan's  Poem*. 

AWKWARDE.    Backward.    Shakespeare,  Mar. 

lowe,  and  Drayton,  have  atehpard  for  adverte 

winds.    See  Palsgrave,  f.  83. 

The  emperour  thane cgerly  at  Arthurehestrykes, 

JwkuMnUoa  the  umbrere,  and  egerly  hym  hittes. 

JferM  Arthm-e,  MS.  Uncoln,  t.  TJ, 

AWLATED.   Disgusted.    (A.^.) 

\ot  the  king  was  soradel  ifcAtferf,  and  to  gret  dospit 

it  nnm, 
That  fram  so  unclcnc  thinges  enl  mete  him  com. 
And  het  II  do  out  of  Is  court,  and  the  wrrcchca 
ssame  do.  Aoft.  Gluue.  p.  iOA. 

AWLDE.    Old.    Somerttt. 

For  he  that  knawes  wele  and  kane  se 
What  hymscK  was,  and  es,  and  salte  be, 
A  wyscr  man  he  mny  he  UuMe. 
Whethyr  he  be  ;owng  man  or  owt4t. 
Than  he  that  kanailc  olhyr  Ihyng, 
And  of  hymself  has  no  knawyng. 

Uampole,  MS.  Bovo,  p, 

AWLE.  All.  In  Songs  of  the  London  Prentices, 
p.  62,  we  read,  "  I'll  pack  up  my  avh  and  be- 
gone," apparently  nicanini;  all  bis  pro)>crty. 
Bishop  Kennctt  gives  the  following  as  an  "oUl 
Northern  song  over  a  dead  corps."  See  also 
the  Antiq.  Repert.  iv.  453. 

This  can  night,  this  can  night. 

Every  night  and  aie/e. 
Fire  and  fleet,  and  candle  light. 
And  Christ  receive  thy  sawle. 

MS.  Lmi*.  1033.  In  v.  FTeet. 


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AWR 


AWLUNQ.     All  along;  entircljr  owing  to;  ill 

■long  of.    North. 
AWLUS.   Alwuys.    Lone. 
KVi\.    A  nie*6ure  of  Rheniah  wine,  containing 
fourtr  gallons,  mentioned  in  tho  itatute  12 
Car.  il.  c.  4. 
AW-MACKS.,    AU  aorta ;  all  kinds.    North.    A 
Yorkshire  anecdote  is  told  of  a  wcU-known 
ptocatory  judge  from  the  south,  who,  taking  an 
erening'a  walk  on  the  hanks  of  the  Ouie,  fell  in 
with  a  bo7  who  was  angling,  and  asking  him 
what  kind  of  fish  be  was  angling  for,  the  lad 
replied,  "  Aw-macks."    The  word  was  a  poser 
to  his  lordship,  who  afterwards  mentioning  the 
circumstance  to  some  of  his  acquaintance,  said 
lie  fancied  before  then  that  be  knew  the  names 
of  CTery  kind  of  fresh-water  fish  in  the  coun- 
try, bot  that  be  had  tried  in  rain  to  find  any 
notice  of  uwmackt. 
AWMBELYNGE.  Ambling. 

Now  Gye  cunc  faste  rydynge 
On  s  mewlv  v«le  awmbtljfngt. 

Ma.  Outfod.  Ff.  li.  38,  r.  IK). 
AWMBRERE.    An  abnoner.    Prompt.  Parv. 
AWMBYR.    A  liquid  measure;  a  kind  of  wine 
vesscL    See  Prompt.  Parr,  ji,  19;  Duconge, 
in  T.  Antbra ;  Qu.  Rev.  Iv.  377. 
AVME.  (1)  A  suspicion. 

Thys  tale  wu  tolde  on  the  Thursday, 
That  they  wolde  rnlly  rtimc  on  the  Frydsy  { 
And  alto  in  that  ecu-  Wi«»  -Aydv  ihe  sajne, 
Aod  thcToir  tuul  owrc  k  }  nge  an  awme. 

X>-M«i)J<'^A,  xxl.  03. 

(2)  To  guess.  Palsgrave,  in  his  Table  of  Vcrbes, 
£  1 56,  has,  "  /  momt,  I  gesse  by  juste  measure 
to  hytte  or  louche  a  thyng,  je  etme,  prime 
confuga,  tadje  prnu  mon  ermt,  fay  prim  man 
time,  prendre  mon  etme,  conjugate  mje  prem, 
I  take.  I  wyll  strme  to  hytte  yonder  buckc  in 
Ihe  pauuche,  Je  exmtray,  or  jeprrndray  mon 
mmt  de  f rapper  ee  dayn  la,  a  la  pance."  Sec 
farther  obscnpBtiuiis  on  this  word  in  y.  Ame. 

And  whennr  be  U  cnlred  hla  covert,  thei  oujihte 
to  tarye  111  thci  awmt  that  he  ttc  entred  twockyirul 
bnwkholn.  MS.  Uatt.tte. 

AWMNERE.    An  almoner.     Sec  ^mner. 
The  awmHere  by  this  halhe  Mydc  grace. 
And  the  alfne»-dy»ihe  ha.e  Ktt  in  place  ; 
ThcT  In  the  kcrver  aloftc  lu-halte  icltc  i 
To  aervf  Gmi  fyr>l,  wlthoutcn  lettc, 
Thae  other  lore*  he  pary«ab(>ute. 
Lays  hit  myd  dyuhr,  wllhouten  douto. 
The  unalle  lofe  he  cuttca  even  In  tvynnc, 
Tlio  orer  dole  Id  two  Uyi  to  hym. 
The  oinHefiere  a  rod  achalle  have  In  houde, 
As  office  for  almes.  y  undurttonde  ; 
Alle  the  broken-met  he  kepyt,  y  wate. 
To  dele  to  pore  mm  at  the  ]ate. 
And  drynke  that  level  acrved  In  luUle, 
or  ryche  and  pore,  tiotbc  grcte  and  imallc  : 
He  is  fworne  looverac  Ihc  aervtt  wrle. 
And  dele  It  to  the  pore  every  dele ; 
S«lvcr  he  delea  rydand  by  way. 
And  hii  almya-dyuhe,  aa  I  juu  say. 
To  the  portM  man  that  he  can  fynde. 
Other aUyi,  I  wot,  he  la  unkyndr. 

Bokr  tif  Curfo/ye,  ap.  Arvenaon,  lOT. 

AWN.  (1)  To  own ;  to  acknowledge.   North. 
(2)  To  own  i  to  iKisscss.   North. 


(3)  To  visit.  "lie  txevtr  awiu  us,"  i.  c.  he  never 
visits  or  calls  upon  us.     iorlah. 

(4)  Own.  SeeM'right'sMonaaticLctten,p.ll8; 
HaU.Henry  IV.  f.  14. 

Kyng  iVrthour  than  verament 
Ordeynd,  throw  hyi  atm«  aaacnt, 
Tbb  tabull  donnounte.  wllhouten  lette. 

TAe  OkmUs  Dmtoux,  60. 

AWN'D.     Ordained.     lor*»A.     Kcnnett,    MS. 

Lansd.  1033,  gives  the  example,  "  I  am  aum'd 

to  ill  luck,  L  e.  it  is  my  peculiar  destiny  or 

fortune." 
AWNDERNE.     An  andiron.     Prompt.  Parv. 
AWNE.  (1)  The  beard  of  com;  the  ariMla  of 

LinnB:us.     North.     Ray   has,    "  an  aim  or 

beard,  aritta." — Diet.  TriL  p.  7. 
(2)  Own. 

Sondrr,  that  uid,  commea  hla  Mrae  looaef 
That  hii  aire  aall  be. 

MS.  Cantab,  rr.  r.«8,  f.gi. 
AWNER.  A  possessor;  an  owner.  North.  Britten 

gives  this  as  an  early  form  of  attar.    See  his 

Arch.  Diet,  in  v. 
AWNSCHENYD.    Andent.    Prompt.  Parr. 
AWN-SELL.    Own-self.    iVorM.     So  also  i 

lelU,  own-selves. 
AWNTROUSESTE.  Boldest;  mostvcnltu 

Tb«  mwntmutttt  mene  that  to  hla  oatc  Itngedc. 

MorleJrUnin,  MS.  UKnJn,  f  70. 

AV^'NTURS.    Adventurous. 

He  hath  ilayn  au  awnturt  knyt(hte. 
And  flemyd  my  quene  withowten  rj'ghte. 

MS.  Canlai.  Ft.  II.  3»,  f.  75. 

AWONDER.  To  surprise;  to  astonish.  See 
Gy  of  Warwike,  p.  197;  Will,  and  the  Werwolf, 
p.  12.     .Mso,  to  niftr\cl. 

On  hla  ahulder  a  croU  he  bare. 
Of  htm  alLe  awiMHIrtd0  ware. 
CWrKir  Jfwixfi,  MS.  ToJf.  IVIlt.  Omtmb.  1. 11*. 
Of  my  tale  ne  lieoth  nogbt  tHowidrerf. 
The  Frenihe  uy  he  slogh  a  hundred. 

MS.  Mruitd.  CM/,  ^rm.  M,  f.  !(I7. 
AWORK.     On  work ;  into  work. 

Will  your  grace  aet  him  awcrkf 

ainlinaCa/rc.  I.  I. 
These  ledltiona  thua  renewing,  rinboldciied  the 
commonaltle  (of  London  eapeclally)  to  uprorr,  who, 
aet  sMTurJIre  by  racanc  of  an  affVay,  ranne  upon  mer- 
chauntca  auaungen  chiefly,  u  they  are  commonly 
woont  to  doo,  and  both  wounded  aod  ipoylnl  a 
great  number  of  them  tiefore  they  could  be  by 
the  magistrates  reatrmined. 

Pitlyll«rt  rtrgit,  ed.  1M4,  p.  M. 

AWORTHE.   Worthily.    See  Poems  of  Scottish 
Kings,  p.  25.     The  following  example  is  taken 
from  an  early  copy  of  Sir  T.  Morc's  Elegy  on 
Elizabeth  of  York. 
Comfort  youre  son  and  be  you  of  god  cherCt 
Take  alle  aworthe,  for  It  wol  be  none  other, 

MS.  sinnni  laas,  r.  ao. 
AWOUNDED.    WoundecL 

1  was  awtmndrd  thcr  ful  sore 
That  1  waa  nrre  dad  thcrfurc. 

MS.^MU.  leOM,  f.37. 
AWR.    Otir.     North. 
AWRAKE.    Avenged.   (./.-S.) 
Thus  the  yong  knight. 

For  BOthe  y-alawe  waa  tharet 
Triitrcin  that  Irewe  higbt, 

Atrnkt  hira  al  with  care  Sir  Tritrtm.  p.  SM. 


AWT 


121 


AX 


AAVKEKE.  To  ivenRc.  (J.-S.)  It  U  used  for 
the  past  iiartidple  in  Kol).  Glouc  p.  388,  u 
Mr.  Slercnson  ha>  obsmed.  Sec  U»h.  (iloiic. 
pp.  3C,  13G;  Holinshcd,  Conqucit  of  Ireland, 
p.  31.     Sec  Airroten. 

guod  Kioi;  Richard :  Sltll  it  ii  lo, 
I  wolc  well  whal  1  have  to  dot 
t  ihuU  me  of  them  lo  awrtket 
That  ail  the  world  thctof  ftliall  tpekc. 

Rleham  C.ntr  dt  LUm,  1771. 
And  "mercy"  thai  criden  him  «o  f«lc)»* 
That  he  ;avc  hotn  tnj>\teot  her  live. 
Til  he  had  after  hii  barooai'e  icnl. 
To  awrtken  htm  thourg]  jugement. 

Kfpr.  amd  Blanch,  651. 
AWRENCHE.  To  seize. 

tie  nc  myjl  no  ferther  blenche. 

The  dragon  cowde  fo  many  awrenrht, 

MS.  Cmtab.  Ft.  ii.  S8.  f.  lit. 
AWRETE.    To  avenge.    This  form  of  t!v«  word 
occurs   in    Rob.  Glouc.    p.    301,   where  Mr. 
Stevenson  considen  it  is  a  mistake  for  aicreee, 
to  avenge.   {J.-S.) 
AXMIITTEN.    Written.     Vfnlegan. 
AWRO.    Any. 

Ii  ther  fallen  any  affVay 
In  land  awro  where  i 

Townrtey  M^tteriett  p.  972. 
AWROKEN.     Avenged.     See  Morte  d' Arthur, 
i.  13.    {.i.-S.) 

That  y  am  awroken  now 
Of  h)-in  that  my  fadur  ilowe. 

MS.  Canlib.  ft.  II.  3*.  f.  118. 

AWRUDDY.   Already.    A'or/A. 

AWS-UONES.  According  lo  Kcnnett,  MS. 
LtnBd.1033,  "ox-bones,  or  Imnes of  the  tegs 
of  cowi  or  oxen,  with  wliich  boys  play  at  awt 
or  yawse."     YorAth. 

AWSOME.    Appalling;  awful,    yorth. 

AWT.  (1)  AU  the.   North. 

(2)  Out.    A^orM. 

AMTALENT.     Evil  will.    (,^.-5.) 
In  aacrylege  he  tyned  core. 
When  he  wro^ht  after  the  fendci  lor?. 

And  fuiryllcd  hyi  mctaleni, 

And  dyde  the  fcndet  cummandinent. 

MS.  .uiimoirm,  r.ss. 
AWTER.  (1)  To  alter.    North. 
(2)  An  altar. 

Ala  1  fynde  lo  my  tawe, 
Seyut  Thomai  wai  1-ilawe, 
At  Cantyrbury  at  Uie  atvter  ttoo. 
Whcr  many  myraclyt  are  l-don. 

RIelianI  Omt  da  Ltan,  41. 
AU  fo  a  prccsie,  al  yf  he  be 
Synfulleandowte  or  charyt^. 
He  «s  Goddei  mynytter  and  holy  kyrkca. 
That  the  aacrament  of  the  micter  wyrckrs. 
The  whylk  e»  never  the  Iciae  of  myght, 
AUe  yf  the  pree«te  here  lyfTe  noght  ryght. 

Hampolt,  US.  Bumtt,  p,  113. 
AWTERATION.    Alteration.    North. 
AWTERT.    Altered.     Tim  Bobbin. 
AWTH.  (1)  All  the.    North. 
(2)  Ought ;  anything. 

When  mey  father  gefl^  me  au-tht 
Be  God  that  me  dera  bowth, 
Sche  lUrta  yn  mey  face. 

P^tpf  «ntf  Iht  Bift  tt.  aU. 


AWTHE.   Sad? 

Pilgrvtnpf,  In  •pf4'lic  ye  ar  fulle  awrAtf, 
That  iltalle  I  wclli'  d«cUre  you  why. 
Vo  have  ll  hart,  and  that  Is  rawthe, 
\e  fan  no  bct(i>r  itand  therby, 
Thyng  that  ye  h«re.  _ 

Toivntte^  MgtteriMt  p.  ^A, 

AWTHYR.    Either. 

Allethasr,  he  saycia  that  com  of  Eve* 
Thatcs  alle  mctie  that  here  brhofoileve, 
Whane  thai  are  borne,  what  ao  thaJ  be« 
Thai  layo  airiAjrr  a-a  or  •-«. 

Hampole,  fioHh  C  JA 
AWTS.    Oats.   Lane. 
AWVER.    Otct.    Somtrtet, 
AW'N'^ISU.   (I)  Queer;  neither  rick  nor  weU. 

North.    Qu.  ffyUh. 
(2)  Elfibh.    Lane.    It  ia  often  applied  to  a  wag- 
gish fellow ;  but  it  is  sonietiines  explained, 
"  silly,  clowiiish."     The   adjective   awruAi'y, 
horrihly,  supcrrnBttirally,  ift  al&o  used. 
AWWHERE.    Everywhere;  all  over. 

Now  thynk  me  what  iiaynela  bodleaffuf&r  hert. 
Thorow  maladies  thai  greveih  hem  awwh^n. 

Hampole,  MS.  t.  0. 

AWYDE.    Owed. 

The  Archcbyuchoppe  of  Cawntertiury,  the  Erie  of 
Essex,  the  Lordc  Bameue,  and  auche  other  as 
awyils  Kyngc  Edwardo  good  W)ile,  as  welle  In 
Londone  as  in  othcre  placos,  made  as  many  mmne 
as  thel  myghte  in  atrengthynge  the  selde  Kynge 
EdwanJc.  fVarkwor«h'§  Chrvnid*,  p.  Ifi. 

AWYN.    Own.    North. 

Last  of  all  tliedyr  gan  aproche 

A  worthy  man,  hyr  awyn  ny  cosyu. 

MS.  RbwI.  Pit0/.  MB. 
AWYRIEN.  To  curse;  to  execrate.    (^.-5.) 
They  wolden  awtrrien  that  wight 
For  hU  wel  dedw. 
And  FO  tht'y  rhewen  charittf« 
As  chewra  »haf  houndn. 

IHer*  Ptoui[hman,  p.  49**. 

AWY3.    Awes;  makes  afraid. 
By  thy«  enuunple  that  ut  atrs/t, 
Y  rode  tlut  we  leve  atle  oore  foule  aawyi. 

JV.V.  H«r/.  1701,  f.  II, 

KyrjTE.  Ought 

And  ojimely  sythen  hym  owlrh  tomynystretoalle 
the  puple  the  precious  body  of  Crist,  atr^tc  to  ab- 
stene  hym  fro  al  ydll  pleying  bothe  of  myradyt  ami 
ellis.  Reliij.  Anti^.  W.AH. 

AX.  (1)  To  ask.  A  common  archaism  and  pro- 
vincialism. This  word,  though  pure  Saxon,  ts 
now  generally  considered  a  viilgariam.  The 
form  ojTfe  occurs  in  the  Howard  Household 
Books,  p.  361.  To  ar,  in  the  North,  is  to  ask 
or  publish  haiius  in  a  churchy  and  when  they 
havt;  been  rt'Ad  lliree  times,  the  couple  are  said 
to  he  oxV  on/. 

(2)  Mr.  Stapleton  conjectures  or  in  the  following 
passage  to  mean  a  mill-dam.  See  Blount's 
Law  Dictionary,  in  v.  Hatches. 

Also  Ihrt  U  a«x  that  my  master  clamelh  the  keet>- 
Ing  of ;  1  pray  you  let  thrm  have  and  oecupie  Hie 
came  unto  the  same  tyroo.  and  then  we  shall  take  a 
dcrecclon  In  every  thing. 

Plumptun  CbrrMfWfMfcftee.   p.  71' 

(3)  **  To  hang  up  one's  ax/'  an  early  prorcihial 
expression,  lo  desist  from  fruitless  Ubour.  to 
abandon  an  tueless  project.   Sec  Rob.  Glouc 


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AYE 


Thcj 


(2) 


(3) 


p.   561,  quoted  in  Sterenion'a  idditiotii   to    AY.  (1)  An  egg. 
Bouchpr. 
(4)  An  axktree.    A>»/. 
AXEN.   Aihes.    Wnl.    {A.-S.) 

Y  not  wturof  beth  men  so  prate; 
Of  enhe  and  artn,  felle  snil  bone } 

IfrigHr't  Ail.  Sungi,  p   803. 

AXBN-CAT.    A  cat  that  tumbles  in  the  anhcii. 
DeroH.     See    the   Exmoor   Glossary,    in  v. 
ytxvttddle. 
AXES.     The  tgne.    fforlh.    Genenlly,  in  old 
vriten,  it  is  applied  to  fits  or  paroiyims.    In 
a  fercr  drink, descri)>cd  in  on  early  medical  MS. 
in  LincolnCalhcdral,  f.  305,  the  herb  horseshoe 
is  to  l>e  taken,  and  a  pater  noater  said  "hyfore 
the    <UT»."       Sec    Warkworth's    Chronicle, 
p.  23  i  Prompt.  Parv.  p.  218 ;  Skeltou's  Works, 
iL  101  ;  Quair  of  James  I.  p.  51 ;  Troihis  and 
Crescide,  i.  627.  ii.  1315. 
AXEWAUDLE.     To  wallow  on   the   ground 
Devon.    An  aicwaddlcr,  a  tenn  of  reproach 
io    a    similar    sense,   and    also,    a  dealer  in 
aihev 
AXFETClt.    A  kind  of  pulse.    Sometimes  spelt 
mxveteh  and  axwort.     It  is  the  same  as  horic- 
ihoe.    See  Gerard,  p.  1057. 
AXn.>-NALIS.    Nails  or  bolts  to  attach  the  axle- 
tree  to  the  body  of  the  cart.     Sec  an  invetilnrj' 
dated  U65  in  the  Finchale  Charters,  p.  299. 
Palsgrave  has, "  arU)uit/le,  chcrille  d'aixeul," 
AXISG.    Request.    {AS.) 

And  they  him  tvue  his  artit^  fayr  and  wcL 

Chaticrr,  Canl.  T.  IBJ8. 
AXIOMANCY.Divination  by  hatchets.  Coc*eram. 
AXLE-TOOTII.     A  grinder.    North. 
AX-PEDIi.\K.   A  dealer  in  ashes ;  a  person  who 

bawks  al)out  woodashea.  Went. 
AXSEED.  Axfctch.  Mimheu. 
AXSY.    To  ask.    {A.-S.) 

Ho  that  wyll  there  any  justoSt 
To  kepc  hyg  armes  fro  the  nutui« 

Id  turnemFiit  other  fyght ; 
Dar  he  nerer  forlher  gon, 
Tber  he  may  fyode  juste*  anoOD, 
Wyth  lyr  L.aiiiifal  the  knyghl. 

Uiunfiit,  IWl. 
AXTREE.  The  axle-tree.    Sec  the  Xomenclator, 
p.  267  ;  Rcliq.  Antiq.  ii.  78,83. 

And  of  the  axtrt  bitwene  the  polls  Iweyne. 

Liidltalt.  MS.  Sue.  ^filig.  134,  f.  SS. 
Thunder  and  eantiquakcs  r.if{Inf!,  and  the  rocks 
Tumblini:  down  from  thrlr  tcytt,  like  mighty  blockt 
llowt'd  ryom  huge  mounlaina.tuch  a  noiie  they  make, 
As  ttiottgh  In  sunder  Keav'nt  huge  attrte  brake. 

Drtiyrtm't  Pnemt,  p.  919. 

AXUNCER.    Soft  fat ;  grease,  (iaf.) 

The  powder  of  eartli-worme*,  and  asunftr,  addeth 
further,  graunswell,  and  the  tender  toppes  of  the 
taovc-tree.  with  olibauum  :  all  these,  tieing  made  up 
and  tempered  together  to  make  an  emplaster,  he 
cvunkcUeth  tot>eeapplyetl  loslnnewei  that  are  layed 
open.  7bp*fi/r«  HittcHvo/Serpenfj,  p,  311. 

AXWEDNESDAI.    Ashwedncsday. 

So  that  an  Arictdrtadal,  al  bl  the  Wote  ende, 
ToOloueetre  he  wcnde,  mid  gret  poer  l-nou. 

II06.  Woue.  p.Mi. 
AXWORT.    Axfetch.   Afimheu. 


AVED. 


rounil.  and  signefleth 
He  tctial  hare  the  lourmnuntle. 
This  la  round  the  myddcll  rrti, 
Bothe  nf  lewed  and  of  lerid.  Kj/nf  AltMunder,  !>0^ 
Ahl 

^1/  I  t)e-»herewe  yow  be  my  fay, 
Thii  wanton  Clarke*  t>enyfe  all  way. 

HitMon'i  /4neient  Sttitgf,  p.  101. 
Always ;  ever.    In  the  North  of  England,  it 
is  sometimes  employed  as  an  expression  of  sur- 
prise or  wonder. 
(4)  Yes.    Pronounced  i,  as,  indeed,  it  is  spelt  in 

most  old  books. 
AYANCE.    Against. 

At  polnte  terrible  ii^anc*  the  mlicreants  on  nyght. 
An  hevynly  myilery  was  ichcwyd  hym,  old  bookyt 
reheise.  Pnxr'i  Rtliquu,  p.  73. 

AYAYNE.    Again. 

Att  Cre**e  he  foughte  ayaynt. 

The  kynge  of  Beme  there  was  slayne. 

il<,6.  Climc,  p.  COI. 
AYDER.     Either. 

whan  a^dfr  o*t  gan  other  aaayle, 

Ther  tx^gan  a  strong  batayle.  Oetevian,  1507, 

Sche  thowth  lObt,  be  the  rode. 

That  dydde  the  Iwye  eney  gode, 

Ayier  met  or  dreynke.   Frfrt  nnd  iht  ftojr,  st.  ill. 
AYE.  (1)  Against.    See  the  Herolils"  College  MS. 
of  Rob.  GIouc.  quoted  in  Heamc's  ed.  p.  407  ; 
and  Stevenson's  additions  to  Boucher,  in  v. 
(2)  Fear ;  trouble.  (A.-S.) 

Thi  men  er  blsrgcd  bard  in  Dunlur  with  grete  ii|f«. 
ljutgi'ijf§  Chroniet^t  p.  S7S. 
Aid. 

The  murren  rot  la  on  their  tot, 
Theyr  hellh  Is  sore  decayed  ; 
No  mnedle,  thy  must  neads  die, 
Onlas  Ood  be  theyr  aft, 

haintMh  Earitf  Sookt,  p, 

AYEL.    A  forefather.    (,A.-N.) 

And  whan  the  renoune  of  his  excellence. 
By  long  proccsse,  and  of  hU  great  encrcase. 
Came  by  the  refort  unto  the  audience 
Of  his eyrt,  the  great  Astiagil.     Bochot, h.\i.c1S. 
AYEMtlER.    Redeemer. 

Knelyng    and    pralenge    after  thy     I.orrie    thy 
maker,  tityn  oyenbier,  thy  love  and  thy  lovyer. 

US.  BiMll.  483,  f.  \K1 
A  YEN  BYTE.     Remorse. 

This  hoc  Is  Dan  MIchrlls  of  Norlhgate,  y-wrltean 

Knglis  of  his  o^ene  hand,   thet  hatte  A)Mintiytt  t>f 

Inwyt,  and  Is  of  the  boehouse  of  Saynt  Aitstlnca  ofe 

Canterbcrl.  M.l.  Arundel  57.  f  S 

AYENE.     Again. 

He  camme  alette  yet  the  next  wck. 
And  toke  awey  Iwlh  henne  and  chek. 

R>/<4.  Anllq.  1. 1 

AYE-NOWE.    Enough. 

The  empirouregafe  Clement  welthli  fete, 

Tolyfc  in  icchcit  and  In  wcle, 

.^iM-miU'e  for  evermore.  US.UntolnA.  1. 17,  f.lOfi 
AYENSAY.    Denial. 

Ther  is  none  oyenMy  nor  exeusacjoun, 
Tylt  the  trouthe  be  rypped  into  theroote. 

I^idealr,  MS.  Almole  J»,  f.  45. 
AYENST.   Against. 

Yes,  fnr  Ood,  then  sayd  Robyn, 

Or  elles  I  were  a  fole  t 
Another  day  ye  wyll  me  clothe. 

I  trowe,  niferut  the  yolc.       Rebin  Hoed,  \.  7i> 


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AYR 


AYENSTONDE.  To  withsUnd.  See  OesU 
Romanuruiu,  p.  53. 

And  whan  ony  such  tokca  wu  iry  by  day  or  be 

nyght,  Ihaa  ODonc  ollr  nuner  men  of  the  contrcy 

nude  iMm  redy  to  ajwMfMHto*  yf  ony  enrmyes  hod 

com*.  MS.  Hart,  1704. 

AYKNST-STONDYNGE.    WiihsUnding. 

He  made  a  lawc  that  rvcry  ded  knyjc  thulde  be 
buried  in  hi»  armour  and  ann>-*,  and  lOe  ony  mane 
wccre  90  hardy  for  to  »poyle  him  of  hU  armyi  after 
thai  he  were  y-buriede,  heihuldc  Ittc  hU  hfe,  wlth- 
outeony  offtnwt'Mttmdyngt!,     Gesta  Romumorum,  p.  10. 

AYENWARDE.     Back.    {J.'S.) 
And  as  he  came  ajwiuKinf«  privUy, 
Hit  necv  awoke,  and  atkith  who  goeth  there  t 

TVtfiTui  and  0«MJd«.  Ul.  751. 
AYERE.  (1)     An  heir. 

Aad  »cho  wille  pray  hir  loncao  fkyrc. 
That  we  may  lamene  getc  anayrr*. 

MS.LincotnA,  I.  17.  f.  90. 

(2)  Breed. 

Muy  fawcoum  and  tkin, 
HawkU  or  nobille  a^rr* 
On  hUperkcgunnerrpayre. 

Syr  Dtgrttnntf,  Uneotn  MS. 

(3)  Air ;  breath  ;  atmosphere. 

Sothely  wicked  men  comimpilh  here  nelghbom, 
for  here  throtc  li  liche  to  a  berlel  opynyng,  that 
tlerth  men  thorogh  cvyl  atftre,  and  awelwlth  hem 
Innr.  Jf&  7Vmn«r  16.  f.  291 

The  to(hcr  world  that  e«  lawer, 

Whar^  thettemctand  the  pUn«tCB  ere. 

Godd  ordaynd  anrly  for  owre  bchofe. 

Be  thi>  tkyllc.  aU  1  kane  profe. 

The  ayere  fro  thethene,  and  theheete  of  ton*, 

Sotuyne*  theerthe  heere  thare  we  wone. 

Hampoie,  Jtf.V.  Bowen,  p.  iS, 

(4)  To  go  out  on  an  expedition,  or  any  biuuncsa. 
{J..N.) 

There  awe*  uooe  alyenet  to  ayerv  appone  njrghttys 
With  fyche  a  rebawdoui  rowttc,  to  ryot  thy-iclvcne. 

M-rfe  yfrlhure,  MS.  Linci^ii.  f.  IS. 
The  fader  aeld  to  hii  lonedere. 
To  lawe  tha  ahalt  go  a|wn-* 
And  OMte  nc  xx.  narke. 

MS.  HarL  1381,  f.  ItS. 
AYEWARD.     Bickwtrd. 

And  lad  me  agen  into  the  plaae  of  Paradlce,  fh) 
the  whtche  he  nvUbed  roe,  and  eft  oyeuiarrf  he  led 
me  to  the  lake  ther  he  raveiahed  ine. 

MS.  RawL.  1701. 

AYFET.     Covet.     Rot.  Gloue. 
AYFULL.     High;  proud  ;  avrfuL    See  the  He- 
•     rilds'  College  MS.  of  Robert  of  Gloucester, 
quoted  in  Hcame's  editioti,  p.  377,  where  the 
text  reads  heyvol,  q.  v. 
AYGHB.     Awe;  terror. 

Sum  for  gret  oyf  Ae  and  doat. 
To  other  klnges  flowm  about. 

Arlhaur  and  Merlin,  p,  1& 
AYGHT.     Height.     Silnn. 
AYORB.     Sour.     This  ia  merely  the  old  ortho. 
graphy  of  eaprr,  but  is  gtill  in  use  ia  York- 
shire.    Sec  jtiyrt. 

And  with  a  fodalne  vigour  It  doth  poiaet 
And  ctird,  like  «|rffir  dropplngi  Into  railke. 
The  tbtn  and  wholaom*  blood, 

Uamltl,  ed.  1(93,  p.  IAS. 

AYGRKEN.  The  houieleek.  Sec  Kennett'a 
GlOHarr,  MS.  Luisd.  1033,  f.  28;  Prompt. 
P4iV.  p.  251. 


AYGULET.    An  aglet. 

Which  all  alMiTe  beiprlncklnl  waa  throughout, 
WUh  gulden  ap/ruleti  ihal  glittred  bright. 

The  Forrie  VutTM,  II,  HI. 20. 

AYILD.    To  yield.    In  many  i;ases,  the  a  may 
probably  be  the  cxcUmation  A I      See  also 
Revet  of  llamtoun,  p.  10,  where  it  ia  some- 
what  difficult  to  decide,   the   editor  having 
throughout  that  work  confused  the  pronoun  a 
with  the  prefix  to  the  verb. 
Let  now  ben  al  your  light. 
And  ayiU  the  to  thii  knight.     Reni6nin,  p.  47s. 
AYIR.     Air.     Somertet. 
AYL.     Always.     SUmtrr. 
AYLASTANUE.     Everlasting. 

That   woman  kynde  ichuld  suilene  the  reprOTe 
of  aifltulandg  t'oupsblllltj  amange  men,  «chc  that 
made  man  fall  Uilo  fyniie.     its.  Kimrtan  B*3,   f.  909 
AYLASTA.NDLY.     Everhistingly. 
;e  icrved  never  Joye  aplaMtandlp, 
For  )e  fuiaUed  no;i  the  warkea  of  mereir. 

MS.  Kgarbim  B97. 

AYLEDE.     Possessed. 

HirapMg  no  pryde.  Sir  Perrrval,  ICO. 

A^XIS.     Sparks  from  hot  iron.    It  is  translated 
by  firrtHt,  in  the  Cambridge  MS.  of  Walter 
dc  Bibhlesworth,  Reliq.  Antiq.  li.  84. 
AYMANT.     A  diamond.     (^.-.V.) 
To  here  hutbandc  a  preeyouao  thyng, 
A  bracelet!  and  an  aj^naiir  rynge.     MS.  natel.  S.'tS. 

AY-MEE.  A  lamentation.  See  Florio,  in  t.  .^A  ; 
Colgrave,  in  v.  ytachit. 

Nor  delude  the  object  be  alTected,  aad  to  whoM 
sole  choice  he  itood  aSyed  with  felned  ar.me«. 

Two  L«iM»«Atrt  Loeerf,  p.  1  IS. 

AYMERS.  Embers.  (>*.-S.)  See  Forme  of  Cury, 
p.  40 ;  Reliq.  Antiq.  i.  52. 

Tak  the  croppe  of  the  tcde  dok,  and  fald  II  In  a 
lefe  of  the  iclvcoe,  and  roulle  It  in  the  nymtn. 

MS.  LiKcv<n.   Jfa/f.  f.S9l. 

Tak  havremcale,  and  lawge,  and  laye  hem  In  hot. 

oimert,  and  erly  at  morowe  aethe  hem  In  a  potic 

with  watur  and  wyne,  and  do  therto  oynlone*  and 

jolkca  of  eyrene,  and  thanne  terve  hit  forthc. 

MS.  Culm.  MUdlehUI,  f.  13. 

AYN,    Eyes. 

When  therl  teye  It  waa  sir  GU, 
llefeldmin  on  knei  him  bl. 
And  wrpe  with  both  hit  upn. 

(.»  ../  n-aruUre,  p.  SIS, 

AYOH.    Awry ;  aslant ;  on  one  side.     Salop. 
AYONT.     Beyond.     ATorfA. 
A-YOU-A-HINNY.  A  Northern  nine's  lullaby. 
See  Bell's  Northern  Rhymes,  p.  296;  Croft's 
Exccrpta  Antiqna,  p.  107. 
AY-QUERE.     Everywhere- 

Ait-qvtrt  Baylet  ful  nwc  for  that  note  rychod. 

.*^r  Gawaifnet   p.  94. 

AYRE.  (1)  An  heir.  See  Towueley  Mysteries, 
p.  114;  Audelay's  Poems,  pp.  4*,  12;  Dial. 
Creat.  Moral,  p.  2.13;  Y'waine  and  Gawin, 
3093;  MS.  Ashmole  33,  f.  46. 

II yn  honoure  aal  noght  paaae  fra  thli  generacloun 
In  atlc  other  that  cratcome  withoulena^ra#. 

MS.  Oil.  itran.  10,  f.  I«. 

(2)  Ready ;  yare. 

Anoncthc  iquyer  made  him  Ofrre, 
And  by  hym-aclfe  forth  can  he  fare. 

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(3)  Ere;  be/ore. 
Iltl»  he  DC  wylde  he  with  wcltouid  wo* 
Scho  h*(le  hym  upe  with  hyre  to  ^ ; 
Tlioi  tellyi  he  lythm  with  rnckylle  dredc* 
How  agayne  hys  wylle  with  hyre  ha  jeile. 
5cho  Icde  hym  to  makcllc  felde, 
&o  grcttc  aae  uynr  he  never  behelile, 

R.  rfe  BrMRn0,  MS.  BoutJ,  p.  fiS. 

(4)  Air. 
For  (he  ei>rrupcyowne  of  hy«  bO'ly, 
Yf  It  soMp  langtf  abowne  erthc  ly, 
Vt  mught  ihr  ayn  to  corrumppcti  make* 
That  men  tharof  the  rfede  lolde  take. 

Uampolt,  US.  Uuwe*,  p.  37. 

AYREABLE.     AjuWc. 

Their* haye,  thcjrecome  to  repe,  bynde, or  inowe» 
S«ttcoute  Ihelrc  falowe*(  pajturec,  and  lande  uyrAi/*/).. 
MS.A>lmol>»>,  r.  19. 

ATRELY.    Early. 

Of  thii  the  prophet  wytnel  beres 
In  a  ulmeof  the  aawter  thorgh  thli  ven  ; 
The  prophet  lays  thus  alj  wryteoe  ea, 
Jyrtlit  a  man  pauea  all  the  grcs, 
A^rtly  are  the  begynnyng  of  the  day 
Ht  florytchea  and  paaaai  away. 

Hampolt,  NorUi  C.  MS. 

AYREN.  Eggs.  InthePormeofCiiry.p.  77,tlie 
following  rircfipt  is  given  to  make  an  erbnlale, 
a  kind  of  confection  composed  of  herbi, 
"  Take  persel,  myntes,  saverey,  and  sauge,  tan- 
ley,  Tervayn,  clarry,  rewe,  dit.iyn,  fcnel,  i^utb- 
miwode;  liene  hem  and  griudc  bcm  smale ; 
medle  licm  up  with  ayme ;  do  butter  in  a 
trap,  and  do  the  fara  therto,  and  bake  it  and 
mcste  it  fortb." 

Men  to  bcom  tfareowe  drit  and  dongc. 
With  fouleairrtn,  with  rotherea  lunge, 

Kynf  AtiMHndtr,  471S. 

ATRY.  (1)  To  make  an  acric. 

Eitpresilng  the  loftineue  of  the  mountainea  in  that 
ihoore,  on  which  many  hawkei  were  wont  loayrv. 

Dra^tnn't  Puenw,  p.  91. 
(2)  Jovfn]  i  in  good  spirits.     SUntier. 
AY-SCHELLE.    An  egg-shell. 

The  dragon  lay  in  die  •trete, 

Myghte  he  nought  dure  for  hete; 

He  fondlth  to  creopc*  aa  y  ow  telle, 

Ageyn  into  theay.«<Ae//«.     Ktrng  Alttaunder,  fl77. 

AYSCIIETTE.     Asked. 

Mercy  mekelyche  of  hym  he  ai/tchetle, 

OtroH.  niodiM.p.  t>. 

AYSCHIS.  Ashes.  We  have  already  liad  other 
forms  of  this  word,  and  more  may  probably 
b«  met  with.  See  the  Liber  Niger  Domua 
Regis  Edw.  IV.  p.  85.  The  following  is  a 
corioui  early  receipt  for  making  ithite 
soap. 

Tak  twey  buahelleor  wood  aptcklt,  and  a  tnijrhel 
of  tyme,  and  thre  tmachelU  of  comun  a>'«chi«.  to  that 
ther  be  bo  mtrtehU  of  ook  therynue,  and  brt-nnt^  liii 
cofQun  oyaeAac  twyea,  and  make  a  lye  In  the  aame 
wyae  aa  y  rehenide  blfore*  and  put  It  In  a  vesael  with 
a  flat  botnie ;  and  In  ij.  gnloT>e«  uf  that  lye,  put  liij. 
11  of  ulowh,  what  talowh  everc  it  be,  and  evere  a«  it 
aethlth,  put  therto  more  of  lye  into  the  tytnc  that  o 
galone  t)e  put  yn  bl  tymea,  and  loke  It  be  wcl  y.«terld 
among,  and  tak  up  therof  alwcy  to  It  be  twich  aa 
thou  wilt  have,  and  contyouc  the  fire  wel,  and  tbou 
achalt  not  fail*.  MS.  S/ooiu  73,  f.il'l. 

AT8B.  (1)  Ease.  {A.-N.) 


So  that  ache  wai  the  worse  at  oyae. 
For  iche  hath  tlianac  no  aervlie. 

Cover,  US  Soe.  Jnti^  IS4,  t.  m. 
Thua  may  a  traytour  turel  rayac. 
And  make  maoye  men  ful  crele  at  ayte. 

RcUq.AMiti.\i.3\. 
Thanne  wai  Engelond  ath  ay«e  ,* 
Michel  watsuich  a  king  to  prey^. 
Thai  held  lo  Englond  in  grilh  I       HaMlak,  U. 
(2)  To  make  at  case.  {./.-A'.) 

1  made  it  not  for  to  be  prayaed, 
Bot  at  the  Icwed  mcne  were  airteif . 

H'arfim'i  Uitt.Bngt.  hat.  i.  m 

AYSELI.E.  Vinegar.  "  AyttU,  other  alegar," 
is  mentioned  in  a  recipe  in  the  Forme  of  Curv, 
p.  56.  Sec  Prompt.  Parv.  p.  143 ;  MS.  Ui'i- 
coln.  ^fcd.  f.  294 ;  Townelcy  Mvsterics, 
p.  260. 
A  fulle  bltttre  drynke  that  wai  wrtjghte. 
Of  oimUe  and  galle  that  the  lykede  noghte. 

US.  Um-oln  A.  i.  17,  f.  ion. 
jty»9tt  and  galle  rayied  on  a  rctle. 
Within  aapounge  thai  gun  hyde. 

US.  Bikl.  cml.  SIcii.  xvill.  6. 

AYSHWEED.    A  kind  of  herli  mentioned  by 
Miniheu,  who  appears  to  say  it  is  the  same  as 
the  gout-wort. 
AYTHIR.     Either. 

All  dere  golde  hir  brydiUe  It  acbone. 
One  aythir  lyde  hange  bellyi  three. 

TVue  rAomai,  US.  Uncain,  f.  140. 
Wlthowttyno  gyftea  ;ede  thay  noghte, 
JifOiirs  haddetownnea  three. 

US.  Llimlii  A.  I.  17.  f.  M. 
Ther  mouthe  men  le  to  knlthcs  bete, 
.lyrAer  on  other  dlntei  grcte.         HaiwMr,  9685. 
AYTTENE.    Eighteen. 

The  golden  nombre  of  the  lame  yere, 
J^ttene  accounted  in  oure  kaleiidere. 

Lta/calt,  US.  /t>hm«le  30,  f.  SO. 

AY -WHERE.  Everywhere-  Sec  Sir  Tristrem, 
pp.  236,  248,  284:  Hardyng's  Chronicle, 
f.  159 ;  Peter  Langtoft,  p.  78.  Ayw/iore  is 
glossed  by  evermore  in  MS.  Ilari.  1701,  f.  43, 
which  seems  to  be  its  meaning  in  the  Townelcjr 
Mysteries,  p.  115,  aiid  in  our  second  examples 
In  the  following  passage,  the  Cambridge  MS. 
ft.  ii.  39,  reads  "  every  whare." 

He  lent  abowte  every  ay.ieAffre, 

Tlut  aile  hii  mcne  lolde  make  thame  jare 

Agaynei  the  erle  to  fyghte. 

Eriee/  TWeui,   US.  Umnim,  f.  US. 
And  gadred  peni  unto  ilore, 
Aiokercndoneoyiehorr.  US,  Hart,  1701,  f.  37. 
A-ZET.    Set;  planted.     Dortel. 
AZOCK.    The  mercury  of  metal,  an  alchemical 
term.     It  is  used  by  Ben  Jonson,  in  the  Al- 
chemist,  ii.  1.    It  may  not  be  out  of  place  to 
mention   that  Ben  may  have  taken  this  and 
other  technical  words  from  MS.  Sloane  313,  an 
alchemical  MS.  which  formerly  belonged  to 
him,  and  has  his  name  on  the  first  page.    Ash- 
mole  spells  the  word  ajot,  in  his  Tbcat.  Cheat. 
Brit.  pp.  77,  89,  375. 
AZOON.     Anon;  presently.    Ermoor. 
AZOR.    An  alchemical  preparation,  a  recipe  for 
which  occurs  in  MS.  Sloane  1698,  f.  7.  In  th< 
same  manuscript  is  given  a  curious  list  of  simi- 
lar terms,  but  most  of  them  are  too  technical 


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to  reqmre  a  place  in  this  worlt.  Thus  we  have 
aTftgribali  for  \itrioI,  asirnac  for  ink,  Ac. 

A2UKE-BYSE.  Aiuoiig  some  curious  rcceijitt 
in  MS.  Sloanc  2584,  p.  3,  we  arc  told  Ih&l 
"  3if  thou  will  prove  azure-byte,  whetlicr  it 
be  gooc)  or  bnilc,  take  a  peoscl  or  a  penne, 
and  drawc  smallc  rewles  upon  lilcwe  letires 
with  that  ccnise,  and  jif  thi  cenue  be  nojt 
clere  white  Imtc  dcdc  fade,  then  ia  the  bicwe 
nojt  fync." 

AZZARL).  A  ancaking  person  ;  an  insigniticant 
fellow.  North.  We  have  also  the  ot^cctivc 
asznrdly,  poor,  ill-thriven. 

AZZhE-TOOTH.     A  grinder.     Craven. 

AZZY.    A  wayward  child.      Yarkxhire. 

A3A.     Against. 

A]ii  the  day  of  rykcnjrng.  RtliQ.  Jnltq.  U.  tlO. 

AJE.  (1)  Against. 

For  ho  tho^te  aj  that  treiour  have, 
Thej  It  wrrv  03^  lawe. 

MS.  CVI.  THn.  Qnm.  SJ. 

(2)  Again. 

And  that  hy  neromc  nevorcajt', 

Boi*  by  him  brojle.         MS.  Cuit.  Trin.  Oson.  ft?. 

By  HahouQ,  ulde  Chp  kyngajee^ 

Y  oolde  the  Icte  ly  vei  be«. 

MS.^*hmol«  33,r.4B. 

A3EFULLEST.     The  most  fearful. 
Of  Aoceoiperour  theajq/bVlrW  that  rvrr  Arniythiuntid. 
MS,^ahtmtt«Ai,t.l. 

A5ErN.    Against. 

Aitttn  htm  bUc,  a-^ffln  atle  he, 
A  wondir  wljte  moo  ihal  he  he. 

Cursor  Iturtdl.  MS.  CoU.  Trin.  Cantab.  1. 17. 

A3ENBOL'5TIST.     Hast  redcemea. 

Thou  hrldtit  forth  thin  hond.  and  the  eerthe  de- 
Touridehem.  Thou  were  ledcr  In  thI  mercl  to  ihi 
puple,  the  whlchc  thou  a^cnbiiuyi»f. 

WU:kl\ffb,  MS.  Bodt.  277- 

AJENCHARE. 

But  many  one  wyl  ntver  beware, 

Tyl  turn  mytchauncc  make  hem  a-^enchan. 

US.  Hart.  1701,  M4. 

A3ENNIS.     Against. 

Mlkll  more  If  he  pmnounce  without  autorit^  or  Ilf 
contrarlouily  a^tnnii  the  LordU  wllle. 

^polfgw  /»>r  th»  LnltardM,  p,  8. 

A3EN-RISrNG.     Resurrection. 

For  the  tevende  day,  wlthouto  lesyng. 
Ii  lokiieofa}«nri«ynf. 

MS.  out.  Trin.  Onm.  S7,  art.  ff. 
A5EN8EIDE.    Denied. 

Thou  BuOVMc^i  hem  to  deperte  fro  me,  that  U,  fro 

my  wlUe  ant.)  myn  cnlcnt  ;  and  thrl  hadde  me  a> 

wlntyn^;,  for  3  ai^uride  hem  In  her  workii  and  her 

wordli,  MS.  Tanner  \,  f.  5i7. 

AJENSSEYTH.    Denietb. 

Heo;rn««ffWA  alte  that  trciun« 
Aod  Kttcth  thu*  hyi  rcxun. 

Jtf5.  flaw.  1701,  f.43, 


A3ENST0D.    Withstood. 

AVerfor  Poule  a-^enatod  him  In  the  £w«,  and  red«r< 
guidhim,  for  be  wa»  reprovable. 

.Mpahgj/ fhr  the  Lottantt,  p. 

AJENSTONDYN.      To  withstand.     It  U  trans- 
lated by  iristo  and  oMo  in  Prompt,  Pan-,  p.  70 
A5EN\V0RD.      On  the  otiier  hand. 

He  biddlth  not  here  lo  curie  him  (hat  aynnith  ni 
DOT  to  asoylc  him  that  hldlih  in  lynne  ;  but  ii;«>n 
t*i  asoile  him  that  Icclth  hit  lynne,  and  put  him  ou^ 
of  cumiMiny  that  iaatlth  In  hii  tynae. 

Apology  ^  the  Lottardji,  p.  70 
A5ER.  (I)   Yearly. 
I  [  CO  wot  rather  bi-leve  here  truage,  that  je  hem  bereth 
afer.  Rub.  O'/owc.  p.  lODi 

(2)    Over. 

Vff  he  of  Ooddet  wordet  aifht  here, 
Theroffhym  Ihynk  a  hundreth  jcre  ; 
Bot  yf  it  be  at  any  plaj'ng, 
At  the  hale-howi  or  othir  Jangtyng. 
For  to  rachc  with  ilk  a  fyie, 
Ther  hym  thynk  no;th  bot  a  qwylle 
In  Oodo  ferrc*  fwylk  men  er  irke, 
Thatqwen  thai  com  unto  thekyrk, 
Tomattyni  or  mew  iongyn, 
Thai  thynk  it  lailetajn-  Unfrya  ; 
Than  lal  he  jangyl  or  telle  aura  tale, 
Or  wyt  qware  thai  »al  haf  beat  ale. 

It.  df.  Brumn*,  MS.  Smm*, 
A3EYENST.     Against. 

The  Tolk  of  Oy  wee  wyih  bowci  comen  i^tymH  the. 

RHig.  Amttq.  U.  28S. 

AJEYN-SAYING.     Denial. 

Cuym  aay  hi»  lynnc  was  knowed. 
And  that  the  erthe  had  hit  showed  t 
He  wist  tt^eyn-sajfing  was  noon. 

Curtor  Mututi,  MS.  CvU.  THn.  Cmtab.  t 

A5EYNUS.     Against. 

Krrour  he  tcbal  mayntdnenone 
Ayepnut  the  craft,  but  let  hyt  gone. 

Coiutituticna  i/JtfaJMiry.  p. 
A3LEZ.     Fearless. 

Ilow  thatdojtydredic*  dcmely  therslODdes, 
Armed  ful  a-^lez;  In  hert  hit  hym  lyki-a 

Syr  Oawntnt,  p.  M. 

A3T.  (1)  Onght. 

Thn  sevene  thioge*  at  theltsi 

FelK>  on  chat  like  dayc  ; 

For  that  fl^f  alleboly  kirkc 

To  honour  hit  for  ay. 

MS.  Qmfab.  Ff.  v.  48,  f.  «S. 

(2)  Eight 

For  If  thou  tic  In  dedly  lynne. 

And  therof  ichdl  hcsrhrlfetie, 
^y  thynget  the  bus  haf  therto. 

Or  itbe  clene  forgifene.5.0iNrifI*,Pf.  v. 
A3TE.  (1)  Possessed. 

I  dar  node  telle  ;o,  lord,  for  achame. 
The  godusnow  that  he  a^te, 

RotiMm'i  Mitt,  ibMS. 

(2)  Noble ;  honourable.     Rob.  Ghuc. 


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B"  To  know  a  B  from  a  batlledoor,"  an  old 
phrase,  generally  implying,  arwirding  to 
Narea,  a  very  alight  degree  of  learning,  or  the 
being  hardly  able  to  distinguish  one  tiling  Crotn 
another.  It  is  soraetimes  fotmd  in  early  printed 
works,  as  if  it  should  be  thus  written,  "  to 
know  A.  B.  from  a  battledoor,"  nn  inttaocc  of 


which  occurs  inTujior's  Workes,  1630,  ii.  59. 

Vou  shall  DOt  neciie  to  buy  bookra  :  no,  aconiefe 
dUtinfftiliih  u  B.  from  a  battU.4itere ;  oorly  Inoke  thM 
your  care*  be  lonfi  enough  to  mwh  our  rudlmcnu 
and  you  arc  made  for  evvT.Gfih  Ilomf  ltiMik9,)9U0,p.ti 

For  in  lhi>  a^^c  oT  crlltickca  arc  «urh  ftlorc. 

That  of  a  B.  will  niikc  a  lulUcdorc. 

•fatliH't  WWte,  l(i(S.>l(  A. 


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BA.    (l)Tokiu.    SeeChaueer,  Cant.T.,  6015. 1 

AI»o  B  (ubtUuilive,  is  in  Skelton,  i.  22. 
(2)  Both.     (J..S.) 
'3)  A  trnll.     Perejf. 
BAAU.    (1 )  Continued.     Yorith. 

(2)  To  liathe.     Crarm. 

(3)  A  wun^aii  of  bad  cbaractcr.     Cmnb. 
BAAK£.     To  bake.     Pakyrmf. 
BAAL.     A  ball. 

To  thii  huuftc  I  have  dcTlied  how  you  male  to 

iccretly  convcigli  mr,  that  you  mair  there  keepe  me 

at  your  iilcasuie  to  your  owne  use,  and  to  my  greate 

contenLation.  vheru  I  male  at  pleasure  enjoye  hym. 

inore  dearcly  twloved  unto  me  then  the  baaUw  of 

mync  owne  cyea.  Richif't  Fiinwrtt,  1581, 

B.^A-LAMB.      A  lambkin;   a  pet  term  for  n 

lanib.      i'ar.  dial, 
B.V.\L-HILLS.     Hillocks  on  the  moors,  where 

liro  arc  fancied  to  have  once  been  in  honour  uf 

Baal.     Craem. 
BAAN-CART.    The  body.    Craren.    The  form 

iam,  bone,  occurs  iu  (everal  compounds  in  the 

Northern  dialect. 
B.\ANT.     Am  not ;  are  not.      I'ar.  dial. 
BAAB.     To  bear.     Maunderile. 
UAAKD.      A  sort  of  sea-vessel,  or  transport 

ship.     Philtipi. 
BA-ARGE.     Generally  used  in  Deronshire  to 

signify  a  fot  heavy  penou.    See  the  Extnoor 

Scolding,  p.  9. 
BAAS.    Base.     In  the  Papers  of  the  Sbak.  Sue. 

L  50,  "  baiu  daunccs"  are  mentioned.     These 

were  dances  vcn'  slow  in  their  movemeuls. 

See  also  Nuga:  Poeticte,  p.  2. 
BAASTE.     (1)  To  sew.     PaUgrave. 
(2)  Bastariiv.     Prompt.  Part. 
BAATH.     Both.     AorM. 
BAB.     (1)  To  bob  down.     Kurlh. 

(2)  A  baby ;  a  child,      lor.  dial 

(3)  To  fish  in  a  simple  and  inartificial  manner, 
by  throwing  into  the  water  a  bait  on  a  line, 
with  a  small  piece  of  lead  tu  sink  it.  Eels 
and  crabs  arc  sometimes  caught  in  this  vvuy. 
M°e  have  all  read  of  the  giant  who  "  sut  u[ian 
■  rock,  and  bobbtd  for  whale."  This  Is  merely 
another  form  of  the  word. 

BABBART.  The  ••  evcle  i-mct,  the  bahbarl," 
are  among  the  very  curious  names  of  the  hare 
in  the  Rehq.  Antiq.,  i.  i:t3. 

BABBLE.  (1)  Hounds  ore  soiit  to  babble,  "  if 
too  biuie  after  they  have  foimil  gaud  iiceut." 
Gent.  Rcc.  p.  78. 

(2^  To  talk  noisily,      i'ar.  dial. 

(i)  Kn  idle  tale.     Rotrletj. 

BABBLEMENT.     Silly  discourse.     North. 

BABBLING.  A  noisy  discourse.  "Dabbling or 
much  speaking."  Bccon's  Early  Works,  p.  169. 

BABBY.     (1)  A  baby.      Var.  dial. 

(2)  A  sheet  or  small  book  of  prints  for  cbil- 
drcn.     North. 

BABBY-BUODIES.     Same  as  boodin,  q.  v. 

BABE.  A  cliild's  mauinet.  GouUman.  See 
B*kf.  This  may  also  be  the  meaning  of  the 
wwd  in  a  difficult  passage  in  Cynilielinc,  iii.  3, 
where  Haiimcr  antl  the  chief  luotlern  editors 


read  *r»4e.     Palsgrave  has,  "Babt  that  chyl- 
dren  play  with,  pou/ipe*." 
BABEL.\R¥.     A  fooUsh  talc.     More. 
BABELAVANTE.     A  babbler. 

sir  Cayphas,  hareken  nowe  to  me ; 
Thii  babtlamntc  or  ktnifc  woukde  be. 

Oirrtcr  Plnfl,  11.  34. 

BARELYN.  To  totter;  to  waver.  Prompt.  Parv. 

UAUEKLUI'PED. Tliick-lipped.  Pirn Pkiughm. 

BAUEKY.     thilihsti  finery.      H'ebtter.     Stowo 

has  babbleriF  In  the  same  sense.     See  Strutt'a 

Dress  and  Habits,  il.  201. 

BABEl'RY.  An  architectural  ornament.  Chaucer 

mentions  a  castle  being  ornamented  with 

many  SLibtlll  compastingt; 

As  tMtttnirift  and  pinruirles, 
Imagerlei  and  latMrrtiacles. 

Huufe  e/  Fome,  id.  09. 
Urry  reads  barbicatu,  but  see  Stevenson's  ad- 
ditions to  Boucher,  in  v.  The  latter  writer 
wishes  to  connect  this  word  with  babneym, 
ail  ancient  term  for  grotesque  figures  executed 
in  silver  work. 
BABEWYNE.  A  baboon.  Maunderile. 
BABIES-HEADS.     A  kind  of  toy  for  children. 

See  the  Book  of  Rates,  IG7S,  p.  24. 
BABIES-IN-TIIE-EYES.  The  miniature  le- 
(lection  of  himself  which  a  person  sees  in  the 
fhipil  of  another's  eye  on  looking  closely  into 
it,  was  sportively  called  a  little  baby,  and  our 
old  jjoets  make  it  an  employment  of  lovers  to 
look  for  them  in  eacti  others  eyes.  See  Rich's 
Honestie  of  this  Age,  p.  49;  Brand's  Pop 
Antiq.,  iii.  25  ;  Nares,  in  v. 

When  I  look  bcMf  <n  Ihltit  vw. 
Mere  Venui,  there  AdonU  lief. 

Uni'dolph't  PMnu,  p.  1S4. 
She  clung  about  hla  neck,  gave  him  ten  kU»c«, 
Toy'd  with  hh  locka,  look'd  baitlea  in  his  eyej. 

Htytiova'g  lAfvt't  JUtMtnM,  p  S, 
BABION.  A  baboon.  Sec  Ben  Jonson,  ii.  240 ; 
Skcllon's  Works,  L  124 ;  Dravton't  Poems, 
p.  247. 
U  A  BLACK.  A  name  given  to  two  frce-schooU 
at  Coventry  and  Warwick.  See  Cooke's  Guide 
10  Warwick  Castle,  1841,  p.  93.  The  term  is 
derived  from  a  piece  of  land  at  Coventry 
fnrnirrly  so  called,  and  on  wbicli  the  hablack 
school  there  is  now  situated.  The  boys  are 
clothed  in  yellow  and  blue,  and  perhaps  the 
bablnck  school  at  Warwick  is  so  called  because 
a  similar  uniform  has  been  adopted.  It  also 
a]ii>cars  from  Sharp's  Cov.  Myst.,  jip.  146, 
179,  187.  that  there  was  formerly  a  monastic 
iustitution  at  Coventry  of  the  same  name,  and 
most  liki'lv  on  the  same  spot. 
BABLATIVE.     Talkative. 

In  ronimunitlc  of  life  he  was  verye  Jocund ; 
nerlher  to  ttabtativt  withe  flattery,  nor  to  whust  with 
morocltk-,  PhUvttmut^  U6S> 

BABLATKICE.     A  basilisk .' 

U  yuu  cockatrice*,  and  you  babtatriert. 

That  in  the  woods  dwell.  Loerin*,  p.  98. 

BABLE.  A  bauble.  The  glass  or  metal  orna- 
ments of  dress  are  sometimes  called  bnblti. 
See  Strutt's  Dress  and  Habits,  ii.  153 ;  Thumj' 
Anecdotes  ted  Traditions,  p.  1 9  ;  Floriu,  is  v. 


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Bi'bole,  C'-eeele.  Miege  explains  it,  "  to  talk 
confusedly,"  but  that  woulil  more  properly 
be  upcll  ittieL  In  Skolton  we  have  babylt, 
baubles. 
DABS.  Cliildren'i  pictures.  North. 
BABULLE.  A  bauble.  An  old  proverb  in  MS. 
Douce  52,  says,  "  A  fole  scliolde  never  have 
a  bttbuUt  in  hande." 

Lyke  a  ia\t  a»d  a  fole  to  bw, 
Thy  hobutlt  ftchollr  be  thy  dygnyl^. 

.V.V.  C>i«lab.  fl.  il.  .18,  r.  941. 

BABY.  According  to  Minsheu,  a  "  puppet  for 
children."  The  word  constantly  occurs  at  a 
child's  plaything,  a  toy,  and  is  still  in  use  in 
the  North  for  a  picture,  eipccially  such  a» 
would  amiuc  children.  So  in  the  French 
Schoole-Maister,  1631,  f.  98,  "Shall  wc  buy 
B  baUe  or  two  for  utir  chddren  for  pa»linie  I"' 
See  also  the  Book  of  Rates,  p.  24  ;  Malonc's 
Shakespeare,  xiii.  108;  Cleaveland's  Poems, 
p.  64  ;  Urit.  Uibl.,  ii.  309 ;  Du  Burtas.  p.  3  ; 
Florio,  in  v.  Btitndota,  Bdmda,  CiiccOf  Dtmdota^ 
Pipilla !  Cotgrave,  in  r.  Poupelle ;  Buret's 
Alvcarie,  B.  7,  8.  A  Bartluiuy  Fair  doU  is 
often  mentioned  as  a  Bartholomew  baby). 
Compare  the  Captain,  i.  3, — 

••  antl  now  you  rry  for't. 

As  chlldrrn  do  for  habits,  twck  afain." 

Beuui»'tnt  and  Ftflrhtr,  tti,  Oyee,  hi.  $35. 
Where  the  editor  asks  whether  the  author  did 
not  write  baUet,  another  word  altogether, — 
Whil  gam  ihcu  imibln  and  »aU«  all  f 

Kl''f  and  a  i^Mrre  Kcrthrme  Mnn,  1640. 
For  belU  anil  tttibyiv,  luch  lu  rhlldrcn  imall 
Are  ever  u^'d  to  s^ilace  them  wiihall. 
^  Dntylon't  Putmtt  p,  S43- 

BABY-CLOrTS.  A  puppet  made  of  rags, 
Cotgrave  translates  mvfutt,  "  ■  curiously 
drcued  babie  of  clowts." 

And  drawlnK  neare  the  lK<d  to  put  her  daughten 
annet,  and  hlfther  part  of  her  body  too,  within 
kheetJ.  percelviug  it  not  tu  be  hrr  daughter,  tiut  a 
bQli]f.flotiti  only  to  delude  her. 

Ttco  Lanmshirt  Ijuvtrg,  1G{II,  p.  in. 

BABYSHED.  Deceived  with  foolish  and  chihl- 
ish  tales.    See  the  Towneley  Mysteries,  p.  78. 

BACCAKH.  An  exclamation  sigmfjing  "  go 
back,"  and  supposed  to  be  a  corruption  nf 
back  Ihert,  It  occun  in  Shakespeare,  Lilly, 
lleywood,  and  other  contemporary  writers. 
From  a  passage  in  the  Golden. \phroditis,  1S77, 
"  both  trurape  and  dnimme  sounded  nothing 
for  their  larimi  but  Baccare,  Baccare,'*  il 
would  seem  to  have  been  taken  from  some 
old  tune. 

BACCHAR.  Tlie  herb  ladies'  glove.  A  full 
description  of  it  is  given  in  Holmes's  Academy 
of  Armorv,  p.  88. 

BACCHES.'    Bitches. 

The  bacchft  that  hym  icholde  knowc. 
For  lODe  molten  heo  blowe  pris. 

A  tip.  (o  tVallrr  Uapu,  p.  34S. 

B.\CCH11S-FEAST.     A  rural  festival;  an  ale. 

See  Stub's  Anatomic  of  Abuses,  cd.  1595,  p. 

110;  Dee's  Diary,  p.  34. 
BACK.     (1)  The  game  of  prisooers'  base,  more 

geiieraUy  written  baju,  q.  t.    Cotgrave  has. 


"  Barrel,  the  martiall  sport  called  Btnierf 
also  the  play  at  ^acr,  or  prison-lnra." 

(2)  A  kind  of  Ash,  mentioned  in  Prompt.  Parr., 
p.  20,  supposed  by  Mr.  Way  to  be  the  baaMi, 
or  sea-|>erch.  Cf.  Barct's  Alvearie,  B.  198  j 
Florin,  in  v,  Baicolo ;  Palsgrave,  Subst.  f.  18. 

(3 J  To  beat.     Duron. 

(4)  Tlie  pedestal  of  an  image.  An  old  arelii- 
teclural  term.     See  'Willis,  p.  76. 

BACE-CIIAMHYR.  A  room  on  the  lowerfloor. 
Prfjmpl.  Parr. 

B.\CIlEI.EIt.     A  knight.     Chaucrr. 

BACI  IE  I.ERIE.  Knighthood.  Also  explained 
by  Ty^^vhitt,  the  knights.  It  sometimes  meant 
a  company  of  young  bachelors,  and  ocoaaion> 
ally,  bachelorship.  Cf.  Cliaueer,  Cant.  T., 
8146.  17074;    Rob.  Glouc.  pp.  76,  183. 

BACHELOR'S-BUTTONS.  The  cainpiontlower. 
According  to  Grey,  Notes  on  Shakespeare,  i. 
107,  there  was  an  ancient  custom  amongit 
countrj'  fcllons  of  earning  the  flowera  of  this 
plant  io  their  pockets,  to  know  whctheT  they 
should  succeed  with  their  sweethearts,  and 
they  judged  of  their  good  or  bad  succeaa  by 
their  growing  or  uot  growing  there.  "  To 
wear  bachelor's  buttons"  seems  to  liave  been 
a  phrase  for  being  unmarried.  In  some  parta 
of  the  country,  the  flower-heads  of  the  com- 
mon burdock,  as  well  aa  the  wild  scsbioui, 
are  also  called  by  this  name. 

BACINE.     A  bason. 

That  on  was  rede  so  the  fer, 
The  eighrn  fo  a  Inrinf  cicr. 

Arthnur  ttttit  Urriin,  p.  fi7. 

BACK.  (1)  Arcrc-mousc;  a  bat.  SeeLydgatc'a 
Minor  Poems,  p.  152;  Tundale,p.4I;  Prompt. 
Parv.,  p.  21. 

(2)  Kennctt  says,  "  along  the  Severn  they  think 
it  a  sure  prognostick  of  fair  weather,  if  the 
wind  bad  to  the  sun,  i.  e.  opposes  the  iud's 
course."     MS.  Laosd.  1033. 

(3)  in  some  coimtics,  when  a  person  is  angry 
they  say  his  baek't  up.  Kennctt  has,  "  baxvp, 
angry,  provoked.    Oifurdth." 

(4)  In  mining,  the  hack  of  a  lode  is  the  part  of 
it  nearest  the  surface  ;  and  the  back  of  a  level 
is  that  part  of  the  lode  extending  above  it  to 
within  a  short  distance  of  the  level  above. 
W'altmt. 

BACK-,VLONG.     Backward.     Ifomerift. 

B.\CK-AND-EDGE.  Completely ;  entirely.  See 
a  play,  quoted  by  Nures,  in  v.  In  Yorkshire 
obtains  the  opposite  phrase,  "  I  can  make 
back  ner  edjff  of  him ;"  I  can  make  nothing 
of  him. 

BACKARDS-WAY.    Backwards.     lor*»». 

BACK.VS.  The  back-house,  or  wash-house,  or 
more  generally  bakehouse,  t'ar,  dial.  Spelt 
tackhotrtr  in  the  Ordinaures  and  Regulations, 
p.  1,  where  it  is  probably  used  in  the  first 
sense. 

BACKBAND.  An  iron  chain  passing  in  a  groove 
of  the  cart-saddle  to  support  the  shafts.  Norlk. 

BACKBAR.  The  bar  in  a  cliimney  by  which  any 
vessel  is  suspended  over  the  fire.   Vai . 


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BACKBERAND.  The  beiring  of  any  stolen 
goods,  especially  deer,  on  the  back,  or  open 
indisputable  tlich.     An  old  law  term. 

BACK-BOAKD.  A  large  board  on  which  the 
dough  is  rolled  out  previously  to  mulling  it 
into  loaves.     North. 

BACK-BREAK.    To  break  the  back,     florio. 

BACKBRON.  A  large  log  of  wood  put  on  at  the 
back  of  a  fire.     Ihmt. 

BACK  BY.     Behind ;  a  little  way  off.     A'orM. 

BACK-CAST.  The  failure  in  an  effort ;  a  re- 
lapse into  trouble.     North. 

BACK-CAVTER.  Cotgrave  has,  ••  Cautere  dortal, 
the  tacte-cttuter,  somewhat  like  a  knife,  or 
having  a  back  like  ■  knife,  and  searing  onely 
on  the  other  side." 

BACKEN.     To  retard.     Var.  dial. 

BACK-END.  Autumn.  Yorkth.  It  is  applied  as 
well  tn  the  latter  end  of  the  month,  week,  &c. 

BACKEMNG.    Relapse;  hindrance.     Yortih. 

BACKER.  Further  back,  ff'ett.  We  have  also 
/xirirr/y , late, apphed  to  crops;  baektrtt,  back- 
wards ;  backerter,  more  backwards.  Chaucer 
luuiuciKmiore,  La  Belle  Dame  sani  Merer.  85. 

BACK-FRIEND.  (1)  A  secret  enemy.  '  See 
Comedy  of  Errors,  iv.  2;  Hall,  Henry  VII., 
f.  1 ;  Florio,  in  v.  Jnimieo,  Nemico. 

(2)  A  hangnail.     North. 

BACKING.  Nailing  the  back  on  a  chair  suitable 
to  the  scat.    Holme. 

BACK-O'-BEYUND.  Of  an  unknown  ditt«nce. 
Abr/A. 

BACK-OUT.    A  back-yard.     Krnt. 

BACK-PIECE.  Tliis  term  explains  itself.  It  is 
the  piece  of  armour  tliat  covers  the  back. 
See  Hall,  Hen.  IV.,  f.  12. 

BACKRAG.  A  kind  of  nine,  maile  at  Bacharacfa 
in  Germany,  occuionally  mentioned  by  our 
old  dnunatixta.  Nam.  Sec  also  Uudibras, 
III.  ui.  300. 

BACKS.  The  principal  rafters  of  a  roof.  A 
term  in  carpentry. 

BACKSET.  To  make  a  backtel,  to  make  a  stand 
to  receive  a  chased  deer,  and  to  cast  fresh 
hounds  upon  liim  at  the  latter  end  of  the 
courM.    Holme. 

BACKSEVORE.  The  hind  part  before.    Devon. 

BACKSIDE.  The  barton,  or  any  premises  at  the 
luck  of  a  house.     Var.  dial. 

No  Innkeeper,  alehouM;  kerp«r,  victualler,  or  tip- 
pler, ihati  mclmit  or  tuflVr  any  person  or  penon»  In 
his  tiouie  or  baekfU*  to  eat,  drink,  or  play  at  cAttiii. 
Crindari  Renalnt,  p.  UU. 

BACKSTAFF.  An  instrument  formerly  used  for 
taking  the  sun's  altitude  at  sea;  being  so 
called  beciuse  the  back  of  the  observer  h 
turned  towar<ls  the  sun  when  he  makes  the 
obiervation.  It  was  said  to  luive  been  Invented 
by  captain  John  Davis  a1>out  the  year  1590, 
•nd  it  is  described  by  liim  in  his  "  Seaman's 
Secrets." 
BACKSTAND.     Resistance. 

L)tle  avayleth  outward  warre,  except  there  tie  • 
■utc  lUye  and   a  tledfait  baikrtanttt  at  home,  as 
wel  for  the  uvegatde  and  sccurhe,  as  for  the  good 
^fOvrmaunce  of  such  as  ht  left  tietilnde. 

Hill,  Hm<y  VII.  f.  3. 


BACKSTER.     A  baker.     North. 

UACKSTERS.  Wide  flat  pieces  of  board,  Trhich 
are  strapped  on  the  feet,  and  used  to  walk  over 
loose  beach  on  the  sea  coast.    South. 

B.\CK-ST()CK.    A  log  of  wood.     lloUybmul. 

DACKSTONE.  A  |>eruliar  kind  of  stone  to  bake 
bread,  but  more  particularly  oat-cakes  upon. 
The  larger,  or  double  ones,  as  they  arc  usually 
called,  are  about  28  to  30  inches  by  16  to  20, 
and  the  smaller  ones  vary  in  size,  16  or  18 
inches  square.  Mcriton  gives  the  Yorkshire 
proverb,  "  As  nimble  as  a  cat  on  a  haite  bsck- 
stane." — Yorksliirc  Ale,  ed.  169",  p.  84. 

BACKSTRIKING.  A  mode  of  ploughing,  in 
which  the  earth  having  been  pre\iously  turned, 
is  turned  back  again.    Suffolk. 

BACKSUNDED.    Shady.     Dortet. 

BACK-SWANKED.  Lean  in  the  flank,  a  t«nn 
applied  to  a  horse.     Miege. 

BACKSWORD.  Thegameofsingle-sHck.  WiU: 
A  backsword,  properly  speaking,  is  a  iword 
with  one  sharp  edge. 

BACKWARD.  (I)  The  sUte  of  things  past.  Shak. 

(2)  A  jake«.    lor.  dial. 

BACKWATER.  Water  not  wanted  for  turning 
the  wheel  of  a  water  corn-mill,  what  is  super- 
abundant, and  generally  flows  down  a  channel 
cut  for  the  purpose.  Also,  a  current  of  water 
from  the  inland,  which  clears  off  the  deposit 
of  sand  and  silt  left  by  the  action  of  the  sea. 

BACKWORD.  An  ansvrer  to  put  off  on  engage- 
ment.    North. 

BACK-WORM.  A  disease  in  hawks,  the  wonn 
itself  generally  being  in  the  thin  skin  almut 
the  rcius.  It  is  the  same  as  the  filander.  See 
Blome's  Gent.  Rec.  ii.  51. 

BACKWORT.  A  herb  mentioned  by  Florio,  in  v. 
Coiuotida  magginre.  It  appears  from  GerOd 
to  be  the  same  as  the  comfrty. 

BACON.    A  clown.     Shak. 

BACTILE.     A  candlestick.  {lAt.) 

BACUN.     Baked. 

BACVN.  A  light  kind  of  helmet,  mentioned  in 
Richard  Cucr  de  Lion,  2557 ;  baayn,  Kyng 
AlisHunder,  2.133.  This  is  another  form  oi 
the  word  lia»3inet,  q.  V. 

BAD.  (Ij  Sick;  ill.  Var. dial.  Sometinicawe 
hear  rtght  bad,  or  right  on  bad. 

(2)  A  rural  game,  played  n-ith  a  bad-ttick,  for- 
merly common  in  Yorkshire.  It  probably  re- 
sembled the  game  of  cat.  See  Kennett's 
Glossary,  MS.  Lansd.  1033. 

(3)  Poor.     far.  dial. 

(4)  Entreated;  asked;  prayed. 

To  Jhetu  Crtst  he  bad  a  boone, 
Fayre  knelyng  on  hys  knee. 

JUS.  Can'u''.  ft.  11.  38.  l.  M 

(5)  Offered;  invited.  Sec  Sir  Eglamour,  929, 
1080,  Thornton  Romances,  pp.  159,  166. 

(6)  To  take  the  husks  off  walnuts.     Wes/. 
(?)  Bold.     for.  Mgtt. 

(8)  A  bad  person  or  thing.  See  iorfA  in  Wainer'a 

Albions  England,  cd.  1592,  p.  58. 
BADAYLE.     Battle. 

Of  twerde  of  plate  and  eek  of  mayle. 
As  thoujc  he  scbulde  to  bmiiaj/le. 

Omnr,  MB.  9m.  Jbill^.  134,  f.  IM. 


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BADDE.    Ellis  sag^gcsls  i-illier  the  n»uiO  mean- 
iug,  or  the  perfect  tense  of  the  verb  abide.    In 
Reliq.  Aniiq.,  ii.  101,  it  means  delay. 
A  lUf  In  lili  honil  he  Naildr, 
And  «cl)oD  on  hti  frt  ttaddf. 

Jrthavr  and  Merttnt  p.  73. 

BADDELICHE.    B»dly.     Hob.  Gloat. 
UADDCR.  Comp.  ofbad.  Sorlh.  See  Chaucer, 

Cant.  T.,  10538,  and  Nares,  in  t. 
BADDING.    Shelling  walnuts.      Weil. 
BADE.     (1)  Uelav.    Cf.  Sir  Perceval,  41,  111. 

484,666,  1533,1760,  2128,  2129;  and  the 

example  under  AUuilhe. 

(2)  Altodc;  remained-  See  Minot'»Poems,p.20; 
Sir  Tristrem,  p.  148 ;  Perceval,  569,  612,  892. 

(3)  I'raycd.  Hob.  Glouc.  Cf.  Ellis's  Met.  Rom., 
iii.  72  ;  Chancer,  Cant.  T.,  7449. 

(4)  Commanded.     Chaucer. 

(5)  A  pledge ;  a  surety.  (-^.-5.)  This  at  Iciat 
seems  to  be  the  meaning  of  Ihe  word  in 
Perceval,  1029,  1305. 

(6)  To  bathe,      flonr. 

(7)  In  Mr.  Robson's  Romances,  p.  58,  the  word 
occurs  in  a  peculiar  sense ;  "  alle  of  felliis  that 
he  bade,"  skins  of  animals  that  he  caiitnl  to 
remain,  i.  c.,  killed. 

BAUELYNGE.  Paddling,  as  of  ducks.  Skinner 
gives  this  word  on  the  authority  of  Juliana 
Barnes.  It  means  a  flock  or  company  of  ducks. 

BADGER.  (1)  A  pedlar;  a  coni-faclor.  Some- 
times, a  person  who  purchases  eggs,  butter,  &c. 
at  the  farm-houses,  to  sell  again  at  market. 

(2)  To  beat  down  in  a  bargain.     IVir.  dial 

BADGER-THE-BEAR.  A  rough  game,  some- 
times seen  in  the  counlrj'-  The  boy  who  per- 
sonates the  bear  performs  his  part  upon  his 
hands  and  knees,  and  is  prevented  from  getting 
away  by  a  string.  It  is  the  part  of  anotlier 
lioy,  his  kec[>er,  to  defend  lum  from  the  at- 
tacks of  Ihe  others. 

BADGET.  A  badger.  KomI.  Badgct  is  also  a 
common  name  for  a  cart-horse. 

BADLING.    A  worthless  person.    Norlli. 

BADLY.    Siok;  ill.     fforlA. 

BADS.    The  husks  of  waliiuU.     Wert. 

BAEL.     Bale;  sorrow. 

BAELYS.     Rods. 

With  brennyng  boeV  t^e*  *^em  dotift. 
And  with  hem  drolTe  to  pcynli  ilroiig. 

T<if«<>i/r,  p.  16. 

BAESSTS.    Sec  Bau. 

BAFPERS.     Barkers;  yellcrs. 

Hounila  for    Uic    hauk   twth   Bjum   and  grrte 
l„jf„,  US.  Ball.  M». 

BAFFLE.  (1)  To  treat  with  indignity ;  to  use 
contemptnously.  Properly  speaking,  to  kaffie 
or  bttfvl  a  |>crson  was  to  reverse  a  picture  of 
biin  in  an  ignominious  manner ;  but  the  term 
U  used  more  generally.  See  Middletou's 
Works, ii. 449;  UenJonion.v.  127;  Dodsley's 
Old  Plays,  vi.  18.  In  the  Muse's  Looking- 
gtass,  i.  4,  it  signifies  to  beat,  in  jvhich  sense 
it  also  occurs  in  Moor's  Suffolk  Words,  p.  13. 

(2)  To  cheat,  or  make  a  fool  of;  to  manage 
capriciouslv  or  wantonly ;  to  twist  irregularly 
together.  Katt.  Corn,  knocked  about  by  the 
wind,  is  said  in  Suffolk  to  l>e  baffled. 


BAFFLING.  Affront;  insult.  See  MiddlrtoB^ 
Works,  iv.  44  ;  Beaumont  and  Fletcher,  i.  142; 
Malnne's  Shakespeare,  xvi.  16. 

BAFFYN.     To  Iwirk.     Prompt.  Pan. 

BAFT.     Abaft.     Chaucer. 

BAFTYS.     Afterwards?     Cov.  Myl. 

BAG.     (1 )  The  udder  of  a  cow.      lor.  dial 

(2)  To  cut  peas  with  an  instrument  resemblitig 
the  common  reaping-hook,  but  with  a  handle 
sufficiently  long  to  admit  both  hands.  Jfetl. 
la  Oxfordshire  Ihe  term  is  appbcd  to  cutting 
wheat  slublilc,  which  is  generally  done  with 
an  old  scvtbe. 

Thej  cannot  move  it  with  ■  •ythr,  but  thqr  cult 

It  with  tuch  ■  boolti*  a»  they  doe  hoFf  peur  with. 

Aubrey' •  Willi,  MS.  floyal  »>r.,  p.  liX 

(3)  WTien  a  servant  is  dismissed,  he  is  said  to 
have  got  the  bag.  In  some  parts,  to  give  a 
person  I  he  bag  is  to  deceive  him.  A  person's 
bay  and  baggage  is  everything  he  has  got. 

(4)  The  stomach.  Heuee  eating  is  bagging,  or 
filling  the  stomach,  to  put  into  a  bag.  Cf. 
Cotgrave,  in  v.  Emplir ;  Harrison's  Descrip- 
tion of  England,  p.  233.  An  animal  with 
young  is  said  to  be  bagged.  See  Perceval,  717; 
Narcs,  in  v.  Bag ;  Florio,  in  v.  Rimpregn/uoie ; 
Tusser's  Husbandry,  p.  104.  Nares  explains 
if,  to  breed,  to  become  pregnant. 

(5)  To  move ;  to  shake ;  to  Jog.  See  the  Ran 
Matbematica,  p.  64. 

BAGAMENT.  Worthless  stuff;  nonsense.  Line. 

BAGATINE.  An  Italian  coin,  worth  about  the 
third  part  of  a  farthing,  alluded  to  in  Ben 
Junson,  iii.  219. 

BAG.WEL.  A  tribute  granted  to  lie  citizens 
of  Exeter  by  a  charter  from  Edward  I.,  em- 
iwwering  them  to  levy  a  duty  upon  all  warei 
brought  to  that  city  for  the  purpose  of  sale, 
the  produce  of  wliich  was  to  be  employed  in 
paving  the  streets,  repairing  the  walls,  and  the 
general  maintenance  of  the  towu.     Jacobs. 

BAGE.     A  badge.     Prompt.  Pare. 

BACiEARD.     A  badger.     More. 

BAGELLK.  Rings;  jewels.  So  explained  in 
Hcame's  Glossary  to  Peter  Langtoft,  p.  282. 

BAG-FOX.  A  fox  that  has  been  unearthed,  and 
kept  a  lime  for  sport.     Blome. 

BAGGAUONE.     A  vagabond.     Bed: 

BAGGAGED.     Mad;  bewitched.     Eimoor. 

BAGGAGELY.     Worthless.     Tvtrr. 

BAGGE.     (1)  A  badge.     Prompt.  Parv. 
He  iHTii  ofgolile  •  •cmriy  Jightt, 
till  bagfti  arc  sabyllr  ylkine. 

US.  Lincoln  A.  I.  17,  t.  141. 

(2)  To  swell  with  arrogance.  Chaucer.  Tyrwhitt 

savs  "  rather,  ]>erliaps,  to  sijuint." 
HAGGERMENT.     Rubbish.     Line. 
BAGGIE.     The  IwUy.     Northumb. 
BAGGIN.     Food.     Cwnb. 
BAGGING.  Tlie  act  of  cntting  up  wheat  stnbblc 

for  the  purpose  of  thatching  or  burning.  Ojron. 

Also,  becoming  pregnant.     Sec  Florio,  in  v. 

Impregruiggine  1  and  Hag. 
BAGtilNG-BlLL.     A  curved  iron   instTumeut 

used  for  various  agricultural  purposes.     It  it 

also  called  a  bagging-hook. 


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BAGGINGLY.   Squintingl]'.     ThU  word  occurs 
iu  I  be  Rnin.  of  the  Rose,  292,  cx|ilaiDed  by 
some  arrogantly.  TjTwhitt't  explanation,  here 
•dopled,  best  suits  the  rontext,  and  the  cor- 
mpondin;;  passage  in  the  original. 
BAGGING-TIME.    Bailing  time.     AVM.     At 
Bury,  CO.  Lane,  about  the  year  1780,  ■  re- 
freshment   l)ctwcen   dinner  and    supper  was 
called  bagijiug,  wliilc  at  Cborley,  dist^it  only 
about  twenty  miles,  the  term  was  not  in  use. 
BACIICU     Same  as  bageUe,  q.  v. 
In  toun  hcrtl  1  tellp. 
The  ba^lirl  anil  tlir  twlle 
Dni  fllchd  mad  flod. 

(♦■riir*r'»  FMIietil  SoMfW,  p.  307. 

BAOINET.     A  bayonettc.      Var.  ilial. 

BAGLE.  .\n  impudent  woman  ;  an  opprobrious 
term  for  a  noamu  of  bad  character.  Salop, 
Perhapii  this  is  merely  a  variation  of  iaggagr, 
though  Mr.  Ilartshorae  derivei  it  from  the 
French  bfgvnde. 

BAG-OF-NAILS.  Tlie  name  of  t  sign,  uid  to 
lie  corrupted  from  the  Bacclmnali.  He  squints 
like  a  b,ig  of  noils,  i.  e.,  his  eyes  ore  directed 
■>  many  ways  as  the  points  of  a  liag  of  itails. 

BAG-PUDDING.  A  rustic  dish,  said,  in  an  old 
nursery  rhyme,  to  have  formed  the  repast  of 
King  Arthur ;  but  mentioned,  I  believe,  in  no 
nuidem  dictionary.  It  appears,  from  Taylor's 
Workes,  i.  146,  that  Cloucotcrsliirc  was  for- 

rh  aerly  famous  for  them ;  but  Welsh  hag-piid- 
Pdiiigs  are  ineotioned  in  Hawkins'  Dug.  Dram. 
'yi.  170.    Howell,  English  Proverbs,  p.  6,  gives 
this,  "  Sweetheart  and  bngg-pudding."     See 
also  Hcywmd's  Edward  IV.,  p.  4  7  ;  I'torio,  iu 
V.  Oftt,  Polliglia. 
BAGWALETOUR.     A  carrier  of  baggage. 
Howe  «hall  the  cunlrey  ttieone  tuBtryne  two  too 
greale  traynra.  as  the  klngc»  majestic  and  theymu*! 
have;  S|*rci.itly  couKitlerlng  the  nombre  of  bagu-att- 
tourt  that  «lul)  com  wllh  them  out  of    Fraunce. 
AWM  Faitrrt.  i.  £36. 
BACY.     A  badge.     Bemm. 
BAHN.     Going.      lor*»A. 
BAHT.     Both. 

Tlian  krnt  he  many  ay  mctaenfter 
After  San)-nB  baht  far  and  net. 

Guy  </  nVru-irif,  Midillcltilt  M.i. 
BAICH.     A  Ungiiet  of  land.     Hay. 
BAICS.  Chidings ;  reproofs.   Tiumer.   Tliis  word 
and  the  prenous  one  are  from  Hunter's  addi- 
tions to  Boucher. 
BAIDB.     Endured.     Norlhumh. 
BAIGNE.     To  drench  :  to  soak. 
BAIL.  (O  AlMracon  ;a.iigna];ahonfire.  North. 
Also  bailt;  flames,  blazes.     Cf.  Piers  Plough- 
man, p.  490. 
(2)  The  handle  of  a  pail,  bucket,  or  kettle ;  the 

Imw  of  a  scythe.     Eail. 
BAILE.   (I)    Baiilc.      See  Rob.  Glouc.  p.  37, 

wheiv  the  Arundel  MS.  reatls  kataille. 
(2)  A  wooden  canopy,  formed  of  bows.     See  the 
Kutloud  Papers,  p.  6 ;  Ordioonces  and  Ilegnhi- 
tions,  p.  127. 
BAILEY.    A  namegivento  thecourts  of  acaallc 
formed  by  the  spaces  between  the  circuits  of 


walls  or  defences  which  surrounded  the  keep. 
Ojf.  Glou.  Arch. 
Four  toures  ay  hit  haa  and  kernels  ratr. 
Thre  laittU*  a]  atxnite,  that  may  nojt  ap&lr. 

ua.  KgrrlM  M7. 
BAILIXMCK.    Stewardship.  DmI.  Floriospelll 

it  baily-veekf,  in  v.  Catlaldia. 
DAILLIE.    Custody ;  government.    (X-M)  Se« 
Rom.  of  the  Rose,  4302 ;  Kyng  Aluaunder, 
7532  :  Langtoft,  pp.  61,  127,  280. 
HAILS.     Hoops  to  licar  up  the  tilt  of  a  boat. 

Bourne. 
BAILY.    A  baililT;  a  steward;  also,  I  ■berifPi 
officer. 

A*  Mfye.  terneaunt,  or  rerc. 

That  follit  bys  lordyi  goodes  to  reseyve. 

MS.  Hattlt  II. 
And  for  to  fomouu  alt  them  to  this  fe*t. 
The  boilf  ot  KostoD  Ilietelo  ii  the  IkiU 

MS.  Haul.  C.  as. 
BAIN.     Near;  ready;  easy.    North.    Ray  ex- 
plains it,  "  willing,  forward,"  and  Wilbraham 
"  near,  convenient."     In  the  cost  of  England 
it  means,  pliant,  limber.     "  To  be  very  bain 
about  one,"  oflicioiiS,  ready  to  help.     As  au 
archaism,  it  signi6es,  obedient,  ready,  willing. 
See  Chester  Plays,  i.  69 ;  Robson's  Romances, 
p.  46 ;  Towncley  Mysteries,  pp.  28,  39. 
A  mimtlie  day  of  trcwae  mo«te  ye  talie. 
And  than  to  tMtayle  tie  ye  boyne. 

MS.  Hmti  iau,  r.  lu. 

DAINE.  (1)  A  bath.     See  Patternc  of  Painfull 

Adventures,  pp.   188,   195;  Ruthuid  Papen, 

p.  H,  bayn. 

(2)  To  bathe. 

No  mora  I  do  my  mlrihlt  fayne. 
But  tn  gladoCMe  1  twym  and  tiaint. 

MS.  Oinlal.  Ff.  I.  «,  f.  116. 

BAINER.    Nearer.     North. 
BAI  SLY.     Readily. 
UAIRE.     nt ;  couvenient.     Durham. 
BAIRMAN.     A  poor  insolvent  debtor,  left  bore  j 
and  naked,  who  was  obliged  to  swear  in  court 
that  he  was  not  worth  above  five  shillings  and 
five  pence.     Phillip: 
BAIRN.     A  child.     North.     The  several  com- 
pounds  of  this  word  are  too  obvious  to  require 
insertion. 
IIAIRNWORTS.     The  daisy.      YorUh. 
BAISE.     A  bastard.     In  Sir  C.  Sharp's  Chron. 
Mirab.  p.  9,  is  the  entry,  "  Isaliel,  daughter  to 
Philippe  Wilkinson,  bur.  30  May,  1633,  iaite 
with  another  man's  wife,"  from  the  register  at 
Hart. 
BAISEMAINS.      Compliments  ;      solutatiooi. 

SpenMfr. 
BAISKE.     Sour.     (5«.  Goth.) 
BAIST.     To  beat.    Norlh. 

He  paid  good  Robin  back  and  Bide. 

And  Scflaf  htm  up  and  down : 
And  with  hit  pyke-*Ufr  laid  on  loud. 

Till  he  fell  In  a  twotm.      JhiU,.  Hoc4,  I.  10*, 
BAISTE.     Abashed. 
Dee«  nofthte  baistt  of  jono  boyes,  ne  of  tbalre  bryghia 

wcilil; 
We  ullc  tdenkc   tbeire  bofte  for  alle  thelre  tiolile 
proflre  Aferte  ArtSmt,  MS.  UhixIp,  r.  S3. 


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BAIT.  (1)  A  luncheon  ;  »  meal  Uken  by  a  la- 
bourer inthc  morning.  Far.  dial.  In  Torrent 
of  Portugal,  p.  66,  it  apparently  means  to  re- 
fresh ;  to  stop  to  feed. 

(2)  To  lower  a  barpiin.      Far.  dial. 

(3)  To  flutter.     A  hawking  term. 
(< )  Food ;  pasture,     North, 

BATTAN'D.  ExplainedhyHeame.ingreathaite. 
See  Peter  Langtoft,  \i.  307. 

BAITEL.     To  thrash.     North. 

BAITH.     Both.     North. 

BAIT-POKE.  A  bag  to  carry  prOTisions  in. 
North. 

BAJ ARDOUR.  A  carter ;  the  bearer  of  any 
weight  or  burden.     Kerwry. 

BAR.  A  bat.  "  The  hlode  of  a  bak"  is  an  in- 
gredient in  a  medical  receipt  in  MS.  Lincoln 
A.  L  17,f.  282. 

Thuic  comt  thftrc  flyondc  amanRex  Ihonie  i>akkr», 
gretten*  thane  wilde  dowfc*,  and  thairc  tethe  ware 
lyke  meac  tethe.  and  thay  dtdd  meno  mckille  difcte 
anil  hurte.  i^  af  AU^unittrt  MS.  Lincoln,  f.  39. 

BAKED.     Incruatcd.     I'ar.  dial. 

BAKED-MEAT.  Means  generally,  meat  pre- 
pared by  baking ;  but,  in  the  common  usage  of 
our  ancestors,  it  signified  more  usually  a  meat- 
pie.  This  signification  has  been  a  good  deal 
oTcrlooked.     Nam. 

BAK  EN.     Baked. 

BAKERl. EGGED.  A  person  whose  legs  bend 
outwards  is  said  to  be  baktrlegged.  Grose  has 
bakrr-kiKtd,  "  one  whose  knees  knock  toge- 
ther in  walking,  as  if  kneading  dough."  See 
Cotgrave.  in  v.  liiltarl. 

BAKER'S-DOZBN.  Thirteen.  Sometimes,  four- 
teen. Florio  lias,  "  Srrqua,  a  dozen,  namely 
of  cgges,  or,  as  we  say,  a  baker't  dozen,  tliat 
is,  thirtcene  to  the  dozen."  See  also  the  same 
dictionary,  in  v.  Aijjiiinta. 

BAKESTER.  A  female  baker.  Derbyth.  In 
Pier's  Ploughman,  pp.  U,  47,  we  have  tckttere 
in  the  same  sense. 

BAKH  A  LFE.  Hinder  part.  See  Restoration  of 
Edward  IV.,  p.  14. 

There  t>lAannc  many  TanlteM  grow*  upon  hyra. 
as  hit  were  upon  tut  bikhat/i!. 

Ou'oii'i  niivrj  f  run/til  CkoMl0  Hater,, 

BAKIIOUSE.     A  bakehouse.    North.     Sec  the 

Prompt.  Pan',  p.  21. 
BAKIN.    The  quantity  of  bread  baked  at  one 
time.     Yorkihire.    Tliis  term  also  0(>cura  in 
the  Prompt.  Parv.  p.  21. 
BAKING-DRAUGHT.    Part  of  thchindei  quar- 
ter of  an  01.     See  Holme's  Academy  of  Ar- 
mory, iii.  87. 
BAKK.     A  check.     Slermmn. 
BAKKER.     .More  backwards. 

With  that  anooe  1  went  me  bakker  more, 
ll7»elfe  and  I  methought  we  were  i-now. 

r»<iucer,  MS.  Omlah.  Ft.  I.  6,  t.  !». 

BAKPANER.  A  kind  of  basket ;  probably  a 
pannier  carried  on  the  back.     Carton. 

BAKST.VLE.     Backwiuib.     Prompt.  Pare. 

BAXi.  (1)  A  flame.  See  Stevenson's  additions 
In  Boticher,  in  v.  Tliis  may  be  the  meaning 
of  the  word  in  Wright's  Political  Songs,  p.  318. 

(a)  A  Tiine.      fTnt. 


BALADE-ROYAL.  A  baladc  anciently 
any  short  composition  in  verse,  or  even  in  mea- 
sured lines.  A  poem  written  in  stanzaa  of 
eight  lines  was  formerly  said  to  be  compowd 
in  baladf-roj/al  A  \ioexa  by  Lydgate,  in  MS. 
Ashmolc  59,  f.  22,  is  called  a  balade-rei/al,  and 
several  other  pieces  in  the  same  MS.  are  said 
to  be  written  "  balade-vy»e."  Stanihtirst, 
Description  of  Ireland,  p.  40,  inentioni  one 
Dormer  who  WTote  in  ballad-royaL 

BALANCE.  (1)  Balances.     Shak. 

(2)  Doubt  J  uncertainty.  "  To  lay  in  balance," 
to  wager.     Chaucer. 

BALANCERS.  Makers  of  balances.  See  the 
curious  enumeration  of  the  difi°ercnt  tradei  in 
Cocke  Lorelles  Bote,  p.  10. 

BALASE.  To  balance.  Baret.  Of.  Harrison'* 
Description  of  England,  p.  235. 

BALASTRE.     A  cross-bow.     Carton. 

BALATE.     To  bleat ;  to  bellow.     5o%». 

BALAYS.  A  kind  of  ruby.  See  Palsgrave, 
.tuhst.  f.  19.  Balayn,  in  Richard  Coer  de  Lion, 
2982,  is  perhaps  the  plural  of  this  word.  See 
also  Skelton's  Works,  ii.  347  j  Court  of  Love, 
80;  Cotgrave,  in  y.Balay;  Ordinances  and 
Regulations,  p.  120. 

BALCHE.     To  belch,     nnloet. 

BALCHING.    An  unfledged  bird.     Wat. 

DAl.COON.     A  balcony.     HoveU. 

B.VLI).     SwifV ;  sudden.      Veritefian, 

BALDACHIN.  A  canopy,  usually  supTiorted  by 
columns,  and  raised  over  altars,  tombs,  8cc. ; 
but  more  particularly  used  where  the  altan 
were  insulated,  as  was  ciutomary  in  early 
churches.     Brittoit. 

BALDAR-HERBE.    The  amaranthns.    //uloel. 

BALDCOOT.  The  water-hen.  Drayton.  Spelt 
tiallcd-cote  in  Walter  de  Bibblcswortb,  MS. 
Aruntl  220,  f.  301. 

BALDE.  (1)  Bold.     Minot. 

(2)  To  encourage.     (.•/.-&) 

BALDELICHE.     Boldly. 

This  woman  wenle  forth  ImUtlMu, 
Hardy  hy  woi  y-Dou5. 

MS.  CW/.  Trln.  Onn.  .17. 

BALDELY.     Boldlv.     Jl/ino/. 

BALDEMOYNE.  Gentian.  See  MS.  Sloane  .'», 
f.  5  J  Prompt.  Parv.  p.  22. 

(.oke  bow  a  ^ekf*  man,  for  his  hele, 
Taketh  battkntvime  wflh  canelle. 

Gou-tr,  M.I.  Hoc.  .dnlii/.  134.  f.  49. 

BALDER.  M)  To  use  coarse  Unguagt:.    Eait. 

(2)   Bolder.     Rcliq.  Antiq.  ii.  20. 

BALDERDASH.  Explained  "hodge-podge"  in 
the  glossary  to  Tim  Bobbin.  Any  mixture  of 
rulibish  is  called  balderdath.  Se«  D'laraeli'a 
Amenities  of  Literature,  i.  234.  In  some  dis- 
tricts the  term  is  more  restricted  to  alwolule 
filtti,  whether  applied  to  Unguage  or  in  its 
literal  sense.  Ben  Jonson  calls  bad  liquor  by 
this  name,  and  it  is  occasionally  found  as  a 
vcrU,  to  mix  or  adtdtcrate  any  liquor. 

BALDFACED.     Whitcfaccd.      >or*»A. 

BALD-KITE.  A  buzzard.  In  Cotgrave  it  ia 
the  transUtion  of  biizarl  and  buie. 

BALDLY.     Boldly.     Uiwjt. 


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BALOOCK.     Some  kind  of  tool,  mcntioocd  in 
tlic  AUt  section  appeudcd  to  HoweU'ii  Lexi- 
con. 
BALDORE.     Bolder.    Rob.  Glouc.  p.  509. 
BALDRIB.     Not  the  same  u  the  ({lure-rili,  u 
generally  stated,  which  ha*  fat  and  lean,  and  is 
cut  off  the  neck.     The  haldrib  ia  cut  lower 
dovrn,  and  i>  devoid  of  fat ;  hence  the  name, 
according  to  MinUieu. 
BALDRICK.     A  belt,  girdle,  or  usb,  of  various 
kiude;  sometimes  a  aword-belt.     There  are 
several  instances  where  it  would  seem  to  have 
been  merely  a  collar  or  strap  round  the  neck, 
though  it  was  more  gencridlr  pasted  round 
one  side  of  tlie  neck,  and  under  the  opposite 
arm.     Sec   llayward's   Annals  of  Qu.  Eli?.. 
p.  30;  Fabian,  p.  540;  Prompt.  Parr.  p.  27  ; 
Hall,  Ueurv  VIII.,  ff.  3,  G ;  Malune's  Sliake- 
tftatt,  TiL  22 ;  Lydgate's  Minor  Poems,  p.  8 ; 
Croft's  Excerpta  Antiqua,  p.  1 .1 ;  C>'priau  Aca- 
demy, 1647,  u.  21 ;  MS.  Bib.  Reg.  7  C.  xvi. 
f.  68  ;  Cuimingham's  Revels  Accounts,  p.  1 2C ; 
Strutt,  ii.  50 ;  Patterne  of  Painfull  Adventures, 
p.  206 ;  Todd's  Illustrations,  p.  320.     A  kind 
of  cake,  made  proljnlily  in  the  shape  of  a  bell, 
was  called  a  baudrick.     Sec  some  old  printed 
receipts  in  4to.  C.  39,  Art.  Seld.  in  Bibl.  Bodl. 
and  Wyl  Bucke's  Testament,  p.  34. 
BALUl'CTUM.     A  term  applied  by  Nash  to 
some  of  the  affected  expressions  of  Gabriel 
Uaney.     It  seems  to  have  been  nearly  syno- 
nyisuius  with  batderdatk,  and  ia  found  in  a 
aimilar  sense  in  Stanihunt's  Description  of 
Ireland,  p.  29. 
BALDWEIN.     Gentian.     Gerard. 
BALE.  (1)  Sorrow;  etil;  mischief.     (A.-S.) 
Ryght  Ihut  I  mene.  1  uuk  oo  Icngcrc  uile. 
But  jr  do  thus,  grvttcre  growyth  oure  ImU. 

MS   HnwI.  PtW.  lie. 
ThrrwbilF,  >lre,  thai  I  loliic  Ihli  Ule, 
Thi  »on«  mighte  thoUc  drtha  boU, 

amtm  Mtfti,  708. 

i2)  Basil  wood.     SUmifr. 
Si  The  scrotum  ?     Stecennon, 
4 )  Ten  reams  of  paper.     Kmnetl. 
5}^  A  pair  of  dice  is  frequently  railed  a  tale. 
This  terra  is  found  in  Skelton,  Ben  Jonson, 
and  later  writers. 

(6)  The  belly.     Maddm. 

(7)  Destruction,     fnmipl.  Parr. 
BALEFUL.     Evil;  baneful.     This  word  occurs 

in  2  Henry  VI.,  iii.  2,  and  earlier  in  S;t 
Gawavne,  p.  105. 
BALEIS.  A  large  rod.  (A.-N.)  Abo  the 
rerb  taleiten,  to  beat  with  a  rod,  which  is 
■till  in  use  in  some  parts  of  Shiupshire.  Pirrt 
Ploughman. 
BALENA.     A  whale.  (Lat.) 

The  huge  Icviathjin  Is  but  a  khrlmpe 
Coapar*d  wlih  our  baUna  on  the  Und. 

BALKW.    E>-iL  (A.-S.) 

BALEYNE.  Whalebone.'  Skinner.  It  is  pos- 
sible this  may  be  the  same  with  liatayn  in 
Richard  Coer  de  Lion,  2982. 

BALEZ.    Bowels.     Gme. 


BALHEW.     Plain ;  sraoolb.     Prompt.  Ptarv. 

BAI.IAGE.  The  office  of  a  bailiff.  See  Horio, 
in  V.  Bagtivo,  Baite. 

BALIST.  An  ancient  engine,  or  kind  of  ord- 
nance, for  prujcrtiiig  stones. 

BALIST AR.     A  man  using  a  cross-bow. 

BALK.  (1)  A  ridge  of  greensward  left  by  the 
plough  in  ploughing,  or  by  design  between 
different  occupsncirs  in  a  common  field.    The 
term  is  tranilated  by  ^errir  porca  in  an  old 
vocabularv-  in  MS.  Bodl.  604,  f.  39;  but  by 
grumut,  a  heap,  in  Wiihals"  Dictionarie,  ed. 
1608,  p.  89.     See  also  Reliq.  Antiq.  ii.  81  ; 
Cotgrave,    in    v.    AttillomiemeHt,    t'heinire; 
Towneley  MysL  p.  99 ;  Cov.  Myst.  p.  343 ; 
Piers  Ploughman,  p.   123 ;   Nomenclator,  p, 
385;  Florio,  in  v.  Delirdre ;  Holinsbed,  Hist. 
Ireland,  p.  174.     From  (bis  last  example  it] 
appears  that  ilic  explanation  given  by  Wiihalt  J 
is  correct,  and  Baret  has,  "  a  balke  or  bankaf 
of  earth  raysetl  or  standing  up  lietweene  twoa^ 
furrowes."     To    draw    a  balk   is  to   draw  t 
straight  furrow  across  a  field. 

(2)  A  particular  licam  used  in  the  construction 
of  a  cottage,  especially  a  thatched  one.  The 
sidewalls  and  gables  being  erected,  a  pair  of 
couples  or  strong  supports  is  placed  between 
each  pair  of  gables,  and  the  balk  is  the  strong 
beam,  running  horizontally,  that  unites  these 
below.  This  balk  is  often  used  in  the  poorer 
cottages  to  hang  varioos  articles  on,  a  custom 
alluded  to  in  Chaucer,  Cant.  T.,  362G; 
Hawkins'  Engl.  Dram.  i.  171.  A  similar  beam 
in  a  stable  or  outhouse  is  also  called  a  balk, 
as  in  Topsell's  Foure  Footed  Beasts,  p.  395  ; 
Kennett's  Glossary,  MS.  Lansd.  1033;  and 
the  term  is  occasionally  applied  generally  to 
any  licam  or  rafter.  See  also  Prompt.  Parr, 
pp.  21,  30,  196;  Tusser,  p.  204  ;  Skelton,  i. 
114;  Book  of  Rates,  1675,  p.  24.  Huloet 
has,  "  balke  ende  nhych  appeareth  under  the 
eaves  of  a  house,  procer." 

Bynde  hit  furu«  with  teflrK  and  bondr, 
And  wyndc  hit  tithlhen  with  good  »uude. 
Currur  ItHndt,  MS.  Coll.  THn.  Camriilt..  t.  11. 

(3)  To  heap  up  in  a  ridge  or  hillock,  in  1  Henry 
IV.,  i.  1.  It  seems  to  have  the  usual  meaning 
of  omit  in  Tarn.  Slirew,  i.  I ;  Sanderson's 
Sermons,  1689,  p.  39.  "  Balk  the  way,"  get 
out  of  the  wuy.  Downfall  of  Robert,  Earl  of 
Huntingdon,  p.  80. 

(4)  A  simple  piece  of  machinery  nse<l  in  the 
dairy  districts  of  the  coimty  of  Suffolk,  into 
whicli  the  cow's  head  ia  put  while  she  is 
milked. 

(5)  Straight  young  trees  after  they  are  felled  arc 
in  Norfolk  called  balki. 

(6)  "  To  be  thrown  ourt'  balk,"  is,  in  the  West 
Hiding  of  Yorkshire,  to  be  published  in  the 
church.  "To  hing  ourt'  balk,''  is  marriage 
deferred  after  publication. 

BALKE.  (1)  To  leave  a  balk  in  ploughing. 
But  so  wel  hallcDO  man  the  plogh. 
That  be  nc  SalArrr*  olbirwUf . 

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(«)  To  belch.  {J..S.) 

r«rv«ftTynf  by  the  ^cfe  of  their  cominunl»U>int 

th*  duke*  pryd«  Dowe  and  thoo  to  tntik*  oiitc  » Ijrtle 

bnyd*  of  eoTyc  towudr  the  gloryc  of  ih«  Kyiifc 

Ha'^ytg,  Supp.  t.  IM. 
(3)  To  be  ingry.     Repnard  Ike  Foxt. 
HALKEtL     A  BTot  beani.     Eiul. 
UALKEKS.     Persona  who  iitanil  on  high  places 

\\e»x  the  >ea-oout,   at  tlic  tiuic  of   herring 

ii»hiiiK,  to  make  signh  tu  the  fi&bemicn  which 

way  the  thnala  pa».     Bloml. 
BALKING.     A  ridge  of  earth.     Latimer. 
BALK-PLOUGHING.     A   particular   mode  of 

ploughing.  In  which  ridges  are  left  at  inter- 

Tals.      East. 
BALKS.     The  hay-loft.    Cheth.     Kciincit,  MS. 

Ijiiuid.  1033,  laj's  the  hen-roost  was  in  called. 
BALK-STAFF.     A  quarter-staff.     Sorlh. 

Iinlk~*tave»  tnd  cudg«U.  |)ikes  and  tninchcoiu. 

Brown  tirwd  iLnfl  chccsv,  that  swam  by  luitrhcoiu. 
CUIim't  Pottlml  JVorla,  ITU,  |>.  12. 

BALL.  (1)  Bald.     Sommet. 

(2)  The  pupil  of  the  eye.  "  Ball,  or  apple  of 
the  eye."     lluloet,  1562. 

Son  after,  wen  lie  wat  halle, 
Tlum  t)cgan  to  ftlak  hyr  M//«. 

Guy  •/  lt'»rtctck,  MulriUhtll  US. 

(3)  The  palm  of  the  hand.  Yorktii.  Alto  the 
round  part  at  the  bottom  of  a  horac'i  foot. 
See  Florio,  in  v.  OlUo. 

(4)  A  name  given  to  rarioui  animala.  It  i< 
mentioned  u  the  ooiiic  of  a  horse  in  Chaucer 
and  Tusser,  of  a  thrcp  in  the  Proiuptoriuiu, 
and  of  a  dog  in  the  Privy  Pur«e  Expences  of 
llciiry  VIII.,  p.  43.  It  is  the  common  name 
of  a  field  in  Devonahire. 

(5)  The  body  of  a  tree.     Lane. 
BALLACE.     To  Huff;  to  fill.     Ballojit,  filled. 

Comedy  of  Errors,  iii.  2.    Cf.  Hall's  Satires. 

IT.  6  ;  Ford's  Tracts,  p.  9.     Huloct  baa  iaUu- 

ten,  traiulated  by  jta&tirro. 
BALLAD.     To  sing  halladi.     Skak. 
BALLADIN.     A  kind  of  dance,  mentioned  by 

Miusheu  and  Skinner. 
BALLANDES.    Ballancet  ?    Ballandea  are  men- 
tioned in  the  Rates  of  the  Custoiiie  Uouae, 

1545,  quoted  in  the  Urit.  Bibl.  ii.  398. 
BALLANS.     Ballances. 
BALLA.NT.     A  hallad.     A'or/A. 
D.ALLARD.     A  castrated  ram.     Deeon.     The 

word  occurs  in  an  obmire  sense  in  Reliq.  An- 

tiq.  ii.  .'ifi. 
BALLART.     One  of  the  names  of  the  bare  in 

thepurious  )>ocm  printed  in  Reliq.  Autiq.  i.  133. 
BALLAST.     A  nihy.     See  flo/uyt. 
BALLASTER.     A   amall    pillar  usually   made 

circular,   and  swelUng  towania  the  bnltoiu, 

commonly  used  in  a  balnstradc.     Oxf.  Glou. 

Arch. 
BALLATRON.     A  raseal ;  a  thief.     Mhuheu. 
BALLE.  (1)  Tlie  '■  bolle  in  the  hode,"  a  curious 

phrase   for   the    hcail,   occurring   in    Urry's 

Chaucer,   p.  625;    Kyng  Alisaunder,   6481; 

Towueley  Myst.  p.  17;  .Arthour  and  Merlin, 

p.  16. 


BAL 

■  I  balle  as  a  curre  doggc 


(2)  Palsgrave  has, 
dothe,_;>  Aiir/e." 

BALLEU.  (1)  Bald.  "Balled  reson,"  a  bald 
reson,  a  bare  argument.  Cf.  Piers  Ploughman, 
pp.  176,  436;  Dial.  Great.  Moral,  p.  109; 
Chancer,  Cant.  T.,  198,  2520;  Depoa.  Rich. 
II.  p.  29;  ReUq.  Antiq.  ii.  179. 

(2)  Whitcfaced.     North. 

BAI.LEDNESSE.  Baldness.  See  ReUq.  Antiq. 
ii.  r>6  ;  Rob.  Glouc  p.  482. 

BALLERAG.  To  banter;  to  rally  in  ■  con- 
temptuoua  way;  to  abuse;  to  scold.  Var. 
dial. 

BALLESSE.     Ballast.     Huloet. 

BALLIARDS.  The  game  of  billiards.  Speoser 
has  it,  and  it  is  also  found  in  Florio,  in  v. 
Ciigolf. 

BALLINOER.  A  small  saihng  vessel.  The 
vrord  occurs  with  various  orthographies  in  Har- 
rison's Description  of  Britaine,  p.  79;  Hall, 
Henry  V.  f.  26 ;  Egerton  Papers,  p.  12  ;  Slate 
Papers,  ii.  76;  Hardyng's  Chronicle,  f.  Ill  ; 
Manners  and  Household  Expenccs,  pp.  22'/, 
470.  Among  the  miscellaneous  document*  at 
the  Rolls  iloiue  is  one,  1.  187,  containing  an 
account  of  the  charges  for  repairing  and  rig- 
ging of  the  "  ballyngar  itanied  the  Sunday," 
A.  o.  1532.  See  also  Ducange,  in  v.  Balhi- 
garia. 

And  tokr  londe  nygh  to  a  fni  toannent  that  araa 
railed  Coulclfne.  and  went  to  londe  In  a  baJmmgm, 
he  and  Kxl.  men  with  hym.  MS.  DlfblfiW, 

BALL-MONEY.  Money  demanded  of  a  mar- 
riage company,  and  given  to  prevent  their 
being  maltreated.  In  the  North  it  is  custo- 
mary for  a  party  to  attend  at  the  church 
gates,  after  a  wedding,  to  enforce  this  claim. 
The  gift  has  received  this  denomination,  a* 
bifing  originally  designcil  for  the  purchase  of 
a  fool-hall.  Brockelt.  Tlie  custom  is  men- 
tioned bv  Coles  and  Miege. 

BALLOCK-GRASS.  The  herb  dogt'-stonct. 
Uerarde. 

BALLOCKS.  Tetticull.  (A.S.)  There  is  k 
receipt  "  for  swellingc  of  ballokW'  in  MS. 
Bib.  Reg.  17  A.  iii.  f.  149.  Cf.  Reliq.  Antiq. 
ii.  280.  Receipts  for  a  mesa  called  Imtitk 
hvtHe  are  given  in  Warner's  Antiq.  Culin.  p. 
68,  Forme  of  Cury,  p.  53.  It  apjiears  from 
Palsgrave's  Acolastus,  1540,  that  baUocke- 
*toiut  was  once  a  tenn  of  endearment.  Some- 
times spelt  ballosi,  as  in  an  early  receipt  in 
Bright  MS.  f.  14. 

BALLOK-KN  YF.  A  knife  hung  from  the  girdle. 
Pirr>  Ploughman. 

BALLOON.  A  large  inflated  haU  of  strong 
leather,  fonuerly  used  in  a  game  called  boUotm, 
the  ball  being  struck  by  the  anii,  which  was 
deiended  by  a  bracer  of  wood.  Tlie  antiqtuty 
of  aerostation  has  been  absurdly  deduced  from 
the  mention  of  this  game  in  Uu  Bartas.  It  is 
siK'lt  halloo  in  Ben  Jonson,iii.  216.  Cf.  Ran- 
dolph's Poems,  1643,  p.  105 ;  Cunningham's 
Revels  Accounts,  p.  xvii. ;  Middleton's  Works, 
iv.  342;  Strutt's  Sports,  p. 96;  Florio,  in  y.Bal- 


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»,  dido,  Giocdre,  Gonflaliio ;  Cotg:r>ve, 
in  T.  BaloH,  Briutal;  Ordinaoeos  and  Regula- 
tions, p.  328. 
BAJ.LOW.  (1)  Bony;  thin.     Drayton. 

(2)  To  select  or  liespeak.  It  is  used  hy  boys  it 
play,  when  they  nclect  a  goal  or  a  cunipanion 
of  their  game.     Sorlh. 

(3)  A  pole ;  a  (tick  ;  a  cudgel.  Norlh.  It  it 
found  in  King  Lear,  iv.  6,  cd.  1C23,  p.  304. 

BALL'S-Bl'LL.  A  person  who  has  no  ear  for 
mucic  i>  somctiiueii  compared  to  Ball's  bull, 
who  had  so  little  that  he  liiclced  the  fiddler 
over  the  Ijridge.     Eatt. 

BALL-STELL.  A  geometrical  quadrant.  Sec 
the  Nomcnclator.  p.  303.  In  MS.  Addit.  5008, 
a  story  is  told  of  a  lx>y  wbo  had  been  for  some 
time  vcrj'  attentively  watching  his  father  take 
the  altitude  uf  a»lar\vith  \ih  balla-ttrUn,\\\>cn 
suddenly  he  obscncd  the  Mar  shoot,  and  testi- 
fied bis  delight  by  exclaiming,  "  Ye  have  hyt 
hir,  fatlier  ;  she  is  fawin,  she  is  fawln  !" 

BALL-STONE.  A  measure  of  iron-stone  which 
ties  near  the  surface ;  a  kind  of  limestone  found 
near  Wenlock.     Salop. 

BALL-THISTLE.  A  species  of  thistle,  men- 
tioned by  Gerard,  p.  990. 

BALLU.    'Mischief;  sorrow.     (A..S.) 

BALLUP.  The  front  or  Hap  of  smallclotbet. 
Sorlhumb.  The  term  is  found  in  Kitson's 
Robin  Hood,  ii.  154,  left  imexploined  by  the 
editor. 

BALLY.  (1)  A  litter  of  pigs.     Sorlh. 

(2)  To  grow  distended.     SaU^. 

(3)  Comfortable.     »«»/. 

BALLY  S.  Bellows.  Salop.  The  form  bal^t 
occurs  in  Tundale,  p.  34. 

BALLYVE.     A  bailiff. 

BALMER.  Apparently  some  kind  of  coloured 
cloth.  "  Barroncs  ill //o^/ierand  byie."  Ches- 
ter Plavs,  i.  1 72.  Tbc  Bodl.  MS.  reads  bamier. 

BALNE.VL.     Refreshing.     lluvelL 

BALNY.  A  bath.  This  seems  to  be  the  mcan- 
iog  of  the  word  in  Asbmolc's  Theat.  Chem. 
Brit.  p.  143. 

BALO.  A  beam  in  buildings ;  any  piece  of 
(qtured  timber.     Eaul. 

BALON.  In  jusis  of  |)cace,  the  swords  were 
pointless  and  rendered  liUint,  being  often  of 
baton,  as  it  was  Icnncd,  which  seems  to  have 
been  of  whalebone,  covered  with  leather,  and 
silvered  over.     Mtn/riek. 

BALOTADE.  An  attcmjit  made  by  a  horse  to 
kick.     Did.  Hutb. 

BALOURGLY.  A  kind  of  broth.  The  method 
of  making  it  is  described  in  Warner's  Anticj. 
CuIiD.  p.  49. 

BAI/)i;jT.     About.     (A..S.) 

BALOW.  (1)  A  nursery  term,  forming  part  of 

the  burthen  of  a  lullaby.     Norlh. 
(2)  A  spirit ;  properly,  an  e\nl  spirit.     {A.-S.) 
With  many  aungrli  and  arkiungsU, 
Afi«l  olticr  balout,  nis  the  bukc  trlla. 

MX.  niN.  Call.  Siun.  KVUI.H. 
1  BALOW-BROTH.     An  ancient  dish  in  cookery, 
dflMvibed  in  MS.  Sluaue  1201,  f.  45.     It  may 


be  the  same  as  ballock-broth  previously  men- 
liuned,  in  v.  Batlockt. 
BALOYNGE. 

Kyiticr  arm  an  clDc  long, 
Batujmgv  menffelh  al  by-roong. 
Aw  lAum  y»  tiire  biro. 

rVrighft  t^rtc  Pprtry,  p.  39. 

B  A  LSAM-APPLE.   A  herb  mentioned  by  Florio, 

ill  V.  C'ariin2a. 
BALSAM  U^I.    Balsam.    Shai.    Florio  luu  taJ. 

tamini,  in  v.  Enpaliiria. 
BALSOMATE.     Embalmed. 

tie  mailc  tiU  ymagc  of  latoo  tuU  cicoe, 
In  whkhe  tw  put  hii  boily  bnttmmute. 

BALSTAFF.  Same  as  balk-nlaff.  q.  v.  Chaucer 
has  this  form  of  the  word,  which  is  also  given 
by  Ray.     It  means  a  large  pole  or  staff. 

BALTER.  To  cohere  together,  n'arw.  See 
Blooil-iollrrrd.  The  word  occurs  in  the  Mono 
Arthurc,  MS.  Lincoln.  A.  i.  17,  f.  61,  in  the 
sense  nf  to  caper,  to  dance  about. 

BALTHAZAR.  Oneof  the  kings  of  Coleyn.the 
three  magi  who  came  from  the  East  to  worship 
the  new-bom  Saviour.  Mr.  Wright  has  printed 
the  early  English  legend  of  these  kings  in  bis 
edition  of  the  Chester  Plays.  Howell,  p.  5, 
has  the  proverb,  "  Brave  man  at  arms,  but 
weak  to  Ballhasar." 

BALUSTER.     A  bannister. 

BALWE.  (I)  Mischief;  sorrow.     (,^.-5.) 

(2)  Plain  ;  smooth.     Prompt.  Parv. 

BALY'.  (1)  Evil;  sorrow. 

Bot  thel  ichryvc  thrm  of  thcr  f(lotnny. 

Id  hrll  arhall  be  llicr  N>Iy.     MS.  yfilimole  61 ,  t.  M. 

(2)  A  belly.  Hali/d,  bellied,  occurs  in  tbc  Hunt- 
tyng  of  the  Hare,  187. 

(3)  A  bailiff.  See  Wright's  Monastic  Letters, 
p.  174  ;  Prompt.  Parv.  p.  22. 

(4)  Dominion  ;  government.     (A.-N.) 
ir  thou  be  |)Mri'l(l  ntofll  of  price. 

Ami  ridli  here  in  thi  (»/yr.   MS.  Cantab.  Ft.  r.  48. 

BALYSCHEPE.   The  office  of  a  bailiff.  Prompt. 

Parv. 
BALZAN.    A  hone  with  white  feet.    IlMcell 
DAL5E.    Ample ;  swelhng.     Gaw. 
DAM.    A  false  tale,  or  jeer.     Yoriih.     Also  a 

verb,  to  make  fim  of  a  person. 
OAMULE.     To  walk  unsteadily.     Eatt. 
BAMBOOZLE.     To  threaten;   to   deceive;  to 

make  fun  of  a  person.     A  VC17  piquant  use  is 

made  of  this  word  iu  Ciblicr's  comedy  of  "  She 

Would  and  She  Would  Not." 
BAMllY.  By  and  by.  Devon. 
DAMCHICHES.     A  kind  of  chiches,  mentioned 

by  Florio,  in  v.  Arielini. 
BAAIE.     To  anoint  with  balm. 

And  bade  me  bame  mc  wells  atioule, 
Whenoe  hit  wolde  other  water  or  woe. 

M.I.  Citntab.  Ff.  I.  6.  t.  M. 

BAM.MBL.    To  beat ;  to  iximmcL     Sato/i. 
BAN.  (1)  A  curse.     Shai. 

(2)  To  curse. 

And  •ummc  b<utH€  the,  and  lonie  blcate. 

MS.  Canlab.  Vt.  II.  »,  f.  I& 

(3)  A  kind  of  dumpling.     Lane. 


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(4)  To  shutout;  to  rtop.     Somertrl. 

(5)  Command,  prccrpl,  summotn,  fdict,  pro- 
damatiou,  ordinance.  So  explained  br  Ilearne. 
See  an  instance  of  it  in  Rob.  Glouc.  p.  188. 

BANBURY.  Hovfcll  gives  two  proverbs  con- 
cerning tills  town — 1.  Like  Banbury  tinkers, 
who  in  stopping  one  hole  make  two ;  2.  As 
wise  as  the  mayor  of  Banbuiy,  who  would 
prove  that  Henry  III.  was  licfore  Henry  II. 
According  to  Grnie,  a  nonieusical  tale  is  called 
a  "  Banbury  story  of  a  cock  and  bull ;"  so 
ttata  these  evidences  it  would  not  appear  that 
the  Banhurians  were  remarkable  for  sagacity. 
Banbury,  at  the  commencement  of  the  seven- 
teenth century,  was  celebrated  for  its  number 
of  puritans,  anil  lien  Jonson  colls  n  puritan  a 
Baniurjf  man.  It  i»  now  priucipally  known 
for  its  caift.  Burdolf,  in  the  Merry  Wives 
of  Windsor,  compares  Slender  to  Banbury 
cliecse,  which  seems  to  have  licen  remarkably 
thin,  for  the  older  Tom  Heywood  observes 
that  he  "  never  saw  Uanbury  cheese  thick 
enough."  There  is  a  receipt  for  making  this 
clieese  in  MS.  Sloane  1201,  f.  3. 

BANCKEROWTE.     Bankrupt.     Huloft. 

BANCO.  A  bank  of  money,  .^n  Italian  word 
introduced  in  Marlowe's  Jew  of  Malta,  iv.  1. 

BAND.  (1)  A  bond;  a  covcaaiit;  an  engage- 
ment. See  Percy's  Ileliques,  p.  13 ;  Slate 
Papers,  i.  11. 

Here  i-gyf  I  ;ow  tie  hmd 

An  c  pownd  worth  of  land.  Sir  Dtgrevnnt,  009. 

(2)  A  hyphen.     The  word  iu  used  in  this  sense 

in  the  French  Alphabet,  1G15,  p.  68. 
'3)  A  string  of  any  kind.     Norlh. 
Have  thyf  ropr  yn  thya  haodr, 
And  holde  the  fute  by  the  tandr. 

MS.  Oinlab.  Kf.  ll.  M,  f.  130. 

(4)  Imprisonment. 

HU  moder  dame  Alieoore,  and  the  ttaroni  of  thU  land. 

For  him  travailed  ftore.  nnd  brouht  him  nut  of  b,inrf. 

Lan^iifi'a  clirtmtvU,  p.  £01. 

(5)  A  space  of  ground,  containing  twenty  yard* 
square.     Norlh. 

(6)  As  an  article  of  ornament  for  the  neck,  was 
the  common  wear  of  gentlemen.  The  elergy 
•nd  lawjren,  who  now  exclusively  retain  tlicui, 
fbniierly  wore  rufh.  See  the  description  of  a 
gentleman  in  Thjiine'i  Debate,  p.  19;  Nares 
and  Miiuhru,  in  v. 

(7)  The  neck  feathers  of  a  coek.     Holme. 
BANDE.     Bonnd.     Cf.  Collier's   Old   BaUads, 

p.  15;  Ywaine  and  Gawin,  1776. 
A  mawngrr  ther  hr  Tande* 
Corae  therin  lyf[j;ande, 
Therto  hl»  mere  Ite  handa 

WIUi  the  withy.        Sir  Pmxml,  M3. 
BANDED-MAIL.     A  kind   of  armour,  which 
consisted  of  alternate  rows  of  leather  or  cotton, 
and  single  chain-mail. 
BANDEL.     Florio  tnnslilea  bamMIe,  "  side 
comers  in  a  house;  alio  any  iatuMg."    See 
also  the  same  lexicographer,  in  v.  BetuleUirf, 
FiUa. 
BANDELET.     Florio  has  "  Cidrpa,  any  kind  of 
searfe  or  tatulelrl."     See  olao  Strutt's  Dress 
and  HabiU,  ii.  124. 


BANDERS.  Associators ;  conspirators  ;  meal 
boiiinl  to  each  other  by  the  mutual  tics  of  k 
parly.     Bouchfr. 

UANIllSH.     A  bandage.     North. 

BAND-KIT.  A  kind  of  great  can  with  •  cover. 
North. 

BAN  DO.     A  prochimation.     Shirley. 

BANDOG.  According  to  Nares,  a  dog  alwa; 
kept  tied  up  on  accouut  of  his  Gerccneu,  aodf| 
with  a  view  to  incrciuc  that  quality  in  him, 
wliich  it  certainly  woulil  do.  Bewick  describe! 
it  as  a  species  of  niastif)',  pro<liicixl  by  a  mix 
ture  with  the  bull-dog.  See  Withols'  Dio-i 
lionaric,  p.  77;  Ford's  Works,  ii.  526;  Robiaj 
Hood,  ii.  64. 

BANDOLEERS.  Little  wooden  cases  coti 
with  leather,  each  of  them  containing  thi 
ch.irgc  of  powder  for  a  mmkct,  and  fajtenoAl 
to  a  bruiid  band  of  leather,  which  the  |i 
who  was  to  use  them  put  round  his  neckr 
The  hand  itself  is  also  frequently  termed  K 
bandoleer.  See  Middleton's  Works,  t.  517; 
t'nton  Inventories,  p.  3 ;  Songs  of  the  London 
PrentictJs,  p.  68. 

BAN  DON.  Dominion;  subjection;  disposal. 
(.1.-N.)  See  Gij  of  Warwike,  p.  136  ;  Kobson'i 
Met.  Rom.,  p.  1 1 ;  Ritson's  Songs,  i.  56 ;  Lang- 
tofl,  p.  141 ;  Rom.  of  the  Rose,  1163;  Kyng 
Alisanndcr,  3180,  5505,  7720;  Le  Bone  Flo- 
rence of  Rome,  695. 

Mcrci,  queth,  Ich  me  yelde  j 

Rccrcaunt  to  ttie  in  thii  felde,  V 

So  horde  the  imitest  upon  me  krown,  ^ 

Ich  do  roe  alle  In  the  baniUiuH. 

Beer*  of  Himtoun^  p.  42* 
As  thou  art  knyghl  of  renowne* 
I  do  me  all  yn  thy  handowiui. 

MS.  CanlaK  Ft.  II.  »,  f.  IIM. 

Cut  he  roe  put  out  of  hii  tonrftMne,  | 

Aud  ycf  to  me  no  maner  audience.  | 

Lvlfatc,  US.  ^thm.  .10,  f.  SO, 

BANDORE.     A  musical  instrument,  Ronirwhat 
siniikr  to  a  guitar.     According  to  Boucher, 
bass-viols  are  often  called  bandores  inGloucei 
tcrshire;  and  Grose  applies  the  term  to  * 
widow's  mourning  peak,"  where  I  suspect 
error  for  Fr.  iandeau.     The  bandore  is  said 
have  been  invented  by  one  John  Rose,  in  the 
reign  of  EUutbeth ;  but  it  is  tuore  piubiilde 
01:11  he  merely  introduced  a  variation  of  the 
Italian  jiandura,  an  instrument  very  similar 
both  in  fonn  and  name. 

B.WUORF.     A  pcnon  banner.     Holme. 

BANDROLL.    A  Utile  streamer,  l>anner,  orpei 
non.  usually  fixed  near  the  point  of  a  lani 
{Fr.)     Sec  Drayton's  Poems,  p.  1 1 ;  Percy' 
Rellques.  p.  271  ;  Florio,  in  v.  Baiidereila. 

BANDS.     'The  hinges  of  a  door,     .\orth. 

BANDSTERS.  Those  who,  in  reaping,  during 
harvest,  bind  the  sheaves.     North. 

BANDSTRINGS.  TrausUted  by  Micge,  glaaib 
de  rabat.  Cf.  Strutt,  ii.  99,  222.  They  were 
prohibited  to  be  imported  by  14  Car.  II.  See 
Book  of  Rates,  p.  1 79.  According  to  Jimie> 
son,  they  were  strings  going  across  the  breast 
for  tying  in  an  onumental  way. 


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BANDSTROT.    A  charm. 

BANDY.  (1)  A  game  plajcd  irilb  iticlu  caileil 
bondin,  bent  and  round  at  one  end,  and  a 
■mail  wooden  l>all,  which  radi  party  endca. 
TOUTS  to  drive  to  oppusllc  fixed  points.  North- 
brooke,  inl.)77,mentionsita»afavouritiegsme 
in  Di'vonihire.  It  isMiuietiuies  called  bandy- 
ball,  and  an  early  drawing  of  tbe  game  is  co- 
pied in  Stnitt's  Sports  and  Pastimes,  p.  102. 

(2)  A  bare.    Eatt. 

(3)  To  tou  a  ball,  a  term  at  tennis.  Sec  Dray- 
ton's Poems,  p.  10:  Maloue's  Sliakeapcare,  i. 
52  :  Hawkins'  Eug.  Dram.  iiL  171. 

i4)  To  join  in  a  faction.     Mhaheu. 
5)  Flexible;  withont  substance.     A  term  ap- 
plied to  bad  cloth  in  the  SUt.  43  Eliz.  c  10. 
SkinHfr. 
BANDY-HEWIT.     A  Utile  bandy-legged  dog; 
a  turnspit.    Othcnvisc   explained,  "  a  name 
given  to  any  ilog,  when  persons  intend  to  use 
it  in  making  sport  of  its  master."     Lani:. 
BANDY-HOSMOE.     A  game  at  boll,  common 
in  Norfolk,  and  played  in  a  similar  manner  to 
bandy,  q.  T. 
BANDYLAN.    A  bad  woman.     North. 
BANDYN.     Bound.     {A..S.) 
BANDY-WICKET.   The  game  of  cricket,  played 

with  a  bandy  instead  of  a  bat.     Eait. 
BANB.  (1)  A  bone.     North. 

Agayne  he  wode  that  water  onaoe, 
Nercband  for-Domene  on  illic  a  bane. 

MS.  Lincobi  A.  I.  17.  f.  129. 

(2)  To  afflict  with  a  bad  disease.  Wnl.  This 
term  is  not  applied  exclusively  to  animals. 

(3)  A  murderer.     (.Y..5.) 

(4)  Kind ;  courteous  j  friendly.  North.  This  is 
Keoaett's  cxpUnation  of  the  word  in  MS. 
Luud.  1033. 

S5}  Destruction.     Chaucer. 
6)  Near ;  convenient.     North. 

BANEBERRY.  The  herb  Christopher.  Skinner. 

BANED.     Age-stricken.     Park. 

BANBHOUND.  To  make  Wieve;  to  intend; 
to  purpose ;  to  suspect.     Sommet. 

B AN  E  RE  R.     The  bearer  of  a  banner.     Clifton. 

BANES.  The  banns  of  matrimony.  Somertel. 
See  Webster's  Works,  i.  47,  and  the  authori- 
tieB  there  qiiotccL  The  proclamations  of  the 
old  mysteries  were  called  banes,  as  in  the 
Chester  Plays,  i.  1.  Ban  is  a  French  word, 
and  signifies  a  proclaniatioo  by  sound  of 
tnunpet. 

BANEWORT.    The  nightshade.     SUmer. 

BANG.  (1)  Togo  with  rapidity.     Cumb. 

(2)  To  strike ;  to  shut  with  \nolencc.  Var.  dial. 
Hence,  to  surpass,  to  beat. 

(3)  A  blow.      Var.iliat. 

U)  A  stick;  a  club.     North. 

(5)  A  hard  clieese  made  of  milk  several  times 
skimmed.     Suffolk. 

(6)  "  In  a  bang,"  in  a  hurry.     North. 
BANG-A-bONK.      To   lie   Uzily   on  a  tiauk. 

Slifffordth. 
BANG-BEGGAR.     A  beadle.     Derbgth.     Also 
k  term  of  reproach,  a  vagabond. 


BANGE.     Light  fine  rain.     Kaer. 
BANGER.   (1)  A  large  person.     Far.ditt. 

(2)  A  hard  blow.     Saloji. 

(3)  A  great  falsehood.      Warv. 
BANGING.     Great ;  large.      Var.  dial. 
BANGLE.  (1)  To  spend  one's  money  foolishly. 

LaiK. 
(2)  A  large  rough  stick.     Anh. 
BANGLED.     Com  or  young  shoots  arc  said  to 

be  banglcd  when  beaten  almut  by  the  rain  or 

wind.    A  boMgledhAt  means  one  beut  down  or 

slouched.     Eaxt. 
BANGLE-EARED.     Having  loose  and  hanging 

ears,  mtrtMflaccida  tt  penduUe,  as  Upton  de- 

fines  it  in  his  .MS.  additions  to  Junius  in  the 

Bodleian  Library.     Miege  translates  it,  "qui 

a  les  oreilJes  pendantcs." 
BANGSTRAW.      A  nick-name  for  ■  thresher, 

but  applied  to  all  the  servants  of  a  farmer. 

Croie. 
BANG-UP.     A  substitute  for  yeast    Stqffordth, 
BANIS.     Destruction.     ^iVmii. 
UANJY.     Dull ;  gloomy.    JSuer. 
BANK.  (1)  To  beat.    Krmoor. 

(2)  A  term  at  the  game  of  bowls,  mentioned  by 
Colgrave,  in  v.  Bricoler ;  and  also  at  truck,  at 
in  llolnic's  Academy,  iii.  263. 

(3)  To  coiuit  along  a  bank.  This  seems  to  be  the 
sense  of  the  word  in  King  John,  v.  2.  See  also 
Florio,  in  v.  Corriudre. 

(4)  A  piece  of  unslit  fir-wood,  from  four  to  ten 
inches  square,  and  of  any  length.    Bailey. 

BANKAFALET.  An  old'game  at  cards  men- 
tioned in  a  Uttle  work  called  "  Games  most  in 
Use,"  12mo.  Land.  1701.  The  whole  packis 
parcelled  out  into  as  many  parts  as  there  are 
players. 

UANKAGE.  Is  mentioned  by  Ilarnson  among 
thcpradia  of  Otto,  in  his  Description  of  Eng- 
land, p.  158. 

BANKER.  (1)  A  cloth,  carpet,  or  covering  of 
tapestry  (or  a  form,  bench,  or  seat.  In  an  in- 
ventory "  oflf  clothys"  in  MS.  CanUb.  Pf.  j.  6, 
f.  58,  mention  is  made  of  "  iij.  bankkers." 
Any  kind  of  small  coverlet  was  afterwards 
called  a  banker,  as  in  Brit.  Bibl.  ii.  398 ;  Book 
of  Hates,  p.  25. 

(2)  An  excavator,  employed  inter  alia  in  making 
embankments.    Line. 

BANKETT.  A  banquet.  See  Halle's  Expostu- 
lation, p.  14  ;  Arch.  xxii.  232. 

BANK-HOOK.  A  large  fish-hook,  which  derive* 
its  name  from  being  laid  baited  in  brooks  or 
ninning  water,  and  attached  by  a  line  to  the 
bank.    Sahp. 

BANKKOUT.  A  bankrupt.  Still  in  use  in  the 
North.  Often  spelt  batikeroul,  as  in  Wright's 
Passions  of  the  Minde,  1621,  p.  246,  or  ban- 
kerii.OHt,  Du  Bartas,  p.  365.  It  is  also  a  verb, 
to  become  bankrupt ;  and  Narcs  gives  an  ex- 
ampli^  of  it  in  the  sense  of  bankruptcy.  Sir 
James  Harrington  mentions  a  game  at  cajrds 
called  bankerout.  Sec  Arch.  viii.  U9. 
BANKS.  The  scats  on  which  the  rowers  of  a 
boat  sit ;  also,  the  (ides  of  a  vessel   Marilon. 


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BANKS'.nORSE.  A  learned  liorsc,  kept  by  a 
pcnon  named  Bauki  in  the  time  of  Elizabeth, 
and  constantly  alluded  to  by  writen  of  the 
time  under  his  name  of  Morocco.  One  of  hi» 
eiploiU  U  said  to  have  been  the  ascent  of  St. 
).Paal'a  steeple.  Tlie  author  of  the  Life  and 
Death  of  Mns.  Mary  Frith,  1662,  p.  75,  says, 
"  I  shall  never  forget  my  fellow  hnmourist 
Banks  the  vintner  in  Cheapsidc,  who  taught 
his  horse  to  dance  and  shooed  him  with  silver." 
In  MS.  Ashm.  826,  f.  1 79,  is  a  curious  satiri- 
cal piece  entitled,  "  A  hill  of  fare  sent  to 
Bankes  the  vintner  in  CheaiK'-side,  in  May 
1C37  ;"  and  on  unnoticed  anecdote  res|)ecting 
bis  horse  occtirs  in  Jesti  to  make  you  Merie, 
1607,  p.  12. 

BANKSIDE.  Part  of  the  borough  of  Southwark, 
famous  in  Shakespeare's  time  for  its  theatres, 
and  as  the  residence  of  a  certain  class  of 
ladies.    See  further  particular;,  in  Nares,  p.  2G. 

BANKSM.W.  One  who  su|)eruileuds  the  busi- 
ness of  the  coal  pit.    Derbyih. 

BANK-l'P.  To  heap  up.  '•  It  is  banking  up," 
spoken  of  a  cloud  gathering  before  a  shower. 
Vrron. 

BANKY.  A  biniiy  piece,  8  field  with  banks  in 
it.     Utreforilih. 

BANI-ES.     Without  bones. 

BANNE.  To  ban;  to  curse;  to  banish.  (.f-jV.) 
See  Piers  Ploughman,  pp.  18,  143,  167,  310. 
Bonner  occurs  apparently  in  a  similar  sense 
in  the  Exmnor  Scolding,  p.  11. 

BANNER.  A  Ijody  of  armed  men,  varying  from 
twenty  to  eighty.  See  the  State  Papers, 
ii.  46.' 

BANNEKELL.  A  little  streamer  or  flag.  See 
Florio,  in  v.  liondaruola  ;  Arch.  xii.  350. 

BANNE  RE  RE.     A  standard-bearer.    IVrber. 

BANNERET.  A  knight  made  in  the  field  with 
the  ceremony  of  cutting  olT  the  point  of  his 
standard,  and  making'  it  a  banner. 

Thane  the  bonerfttez  of  Urctayno  brughto  thalnr 
to  trntn.      M-rlr  Jrthure,  MS.  Line.  A.  I.  17,  f.  78 

BANNERING.  An  annual  custom  of  perambu- 
lating the  bounds  of  a  |>arish,  for  the  purpose 
of  maintaining  the  local  jurisdiction  and 
privileges.     Salop. 

BANNET-HAY.     A  rick-yord.     iri7/». 

BANNEY.     St.  Barnabas.     /.  mght. 

BAKNICK.     To  beat ;  to  thrash.     Siutrr. 

BANNIKIN.     A  small  drinking  cup. 

But  fflncc  It  If  retolvrd  otherwise,  1  pray  you  bid 
the  butlpr  briiif*  up  htt  bCHnUtint,  and  I'll  make 
yoti  all  lords  likt  lujrfelf. 

jfefvuitt  pf  Gntctri  Oimpanif,  p.  23. 

BANNIN.  Tliat  which  is  used  for  shutting  or 
stopping.     Somertet. 

IIAN.SIS.     A  stickleback.      WilU. 

BANNISTERS.  A  term  which  is  supposed  to 
mean  travellers  in  distress.  It  occurs  in  the 
ancient  accounts  of  the  parish  of  Chmllejgli, 
CO.  Devon.    Sec  Carlisle  oo  Chanties,  p.  288. 

BANNOCK.  A  thick  round  cake  of  bread,  not 
a  loaf.  At  Worsley,  co.  Lane.,  it  is  thus 
made — oatmeal  and  water  two  ports,  treacle 
one  port,  baked  about  one  fourth  of  an  inch 


thick  in  cakes  of  a  few  inches  in  diaroef« 
Ray  explains  it,  "  an  oot-cake  kneaded  wit! 
water  only,  and  baked  in  the  embers."     MM 
kind   of  hard  ship  biscuit   sometimes   goecj 
under  this  name. 
BANNUT.     A  walnut.     WW.     The   growin 
tree  is  called  a  bannut  tree,  but  the  conven 
timber  walnut.     The  term  occurs  as  early  as 
1697  in  MS.  Lansd.  1033,  f.  2. 
8ANNY1).     Banished.     (//.-A'.)  1 

Me^lf  and  Falsrhpcd  anTK'yi'd  arr,  I 

Trowthc  banned  y«,  the  biyndc  ntay  not  le;      1 
Manyi*  a  mon  they  make  fulle  lure, 

A  strange  coinpleynt  ther  y»  of  every  defrA. 
MS.  Cantab,  ft,  I.  A,  t.  13 

BANQUET.  (1)  Generally  meaas  a  rf««<.r/ 
the  works  of  otir  early  writers.    According  ( 
Gifford  the  lianquet  was  usually  placed  in 
separate  room,  to  wliicli  the  guests  remove 
when  they  had  dined.     This  was  called  the 
banc|uetting    room.        See    Beaumont     and 
Fletcher,   iii.    437;    Ford's  Works,   i.    231; 
Middleton's  Works,  iiL  252 ;  Malone's  Shake- 
speare, v.  510. 

(2)  Part  of  the  branch  of  a  hone's  biL  See  the 
Diet.  Rust,  in  v. 

BANQUETER.     A  banker.     Htiloet. 

BANRENT.     A  banneret ;  a  noble.     Chip, 

BANKET.     Same  as  banneret,  q.  V.    Accordii 
to  Slanihurst,  Des.  of  Ireland,  p.  39,  "he  i 
properlic  called  a  tanrel,  whose  father  was  no 
carpet  knight,  but  dubbed  in  the  field  unde 
the  banner  or  ensigne."     Cf.  Sir  Degrvvantf 
458. 

BANSCHYN.     To  lianish.     Prompt.  Parr. 

BANSEL.     To  beat ;  to  punish.     SlaffordMh. 

BANSTICKI.E.  The  stickleback.  //«/oe/.  The 
term  is  still  in  use  in  Wiltshire,  pronounced 
banticle. 

BANT.     A  string.     Lane. 

BANTAMWORK.  A  very  showy  kind  of  painted 
or  carved  work.     Aih, 

B/U<WORT.     A  violet.     Diinelm.      According^ 
to  Cooper,  beUit  is  "the  whvie  daysy,  called  (>i^| 
some  tlie  margaritc,  in  the  North  bamroort."  ^ 
See  Uibl.  Eliolx,  c<l.   1559,  in  v.     Our  lirst 
explanation  is  given  on  Kcimett's  autlioritT, 
MS.  Lonsd.  1033.    (A..S.  Ban»7rt.)  '  M 

BANY.     Bony ;  having  large  bones.     North.    ^| 

UANYAN-DAY.  A  sea  tenn  for  those  days  oo 
which  no  meat  is  allowed  to  the  sailors, 

BANYER.     A  standard-bearer.     (-^.-JV.) 

BANYNGE.     A  kind  of  bird.    "A  sparlynge 

or  a  banynge"  is  tnenlioncd  in  MS.  Aruno.^ 

249,  f.  90.     See  also  the  Archsologia. 
341.     The  S[iarling  is  described   by  Raodt 
Holme,  p.  293 ;  but  it  is  also  the  name  of  I' 
smelt,  which  mav  be  here  intendcil. 

BANZELL.     A  loiig  lazy  fellow.     North. 

BAON.     Tlie  enclosed  tjiace  between  the  ex^ 
tenia!  walls  and  the  Iwdy  of  a  fortress, 
the  State  Papers,  ii.  441. 

BAP.  A  piece  of  baker's  bread,  vivying  fron 
one  penny  to  twopence  in  value,  gencrully  in 
the  shape  of  an  elongated  rhombus,  bnt  some* 
limes  circidar.     North. 


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BAPTBME.     Baptism. 

BAPTISM.  A  ceremony  performed  in  merchant 
veneU  which  pa»s  the  line  for  the  first  time, 
both  upon  the  »hips  ami  men.  The  cu'^toin 
is  fall;  described  in  Bailey's  Dictiouar}-,  fol. 
ed.  in  V. 

BAPTYSTE.     Baptism.     Bitton. 

BAR.  (I)  A  baron.     Jioi.  Ghuc. 

(2)  To  shut ;  to  close.     Sorlh. 

(3)  A  joke.     Sorlh. 

(4)  A  horseway  up  a  hill.     Derby  h. 

(5)  To  lay  claim  or  make  choice  of;  a  term  used 
by  boys  at  play  when  they  select  a  particular 
situation  nr  place. 

i6)  A  feather  in  a  hawk's  wing.     Bemert. 
7)  Bare;  naked.     North. 
f  8)  A  boar.  (J.-S.) 
(9)  Bore.  (A.-S.)     AUo,  to  bear,  as  in  Percy's 

Rehqncs,  p.  4. 
(10.)  Tlirouing  or  pitching  the  bar  was  a  com- 
mon  umuscuiciit  with  our  ancestors,  and  is 
said  to  have  been  a  iavourite  pastime  with 
Henry  VIU. 

&can«  from  lh»«p  road  folke  llail  tie  gone  so  farre 
As  I  urong  man  wtll  riu'ly  pitch  a  'torrf. 

Dm^lon*!  Pormt,  p.  341. 

(11.)  To  bar  a  die  was  a  phrase  used  amongst 
gamblers.  See  Mr.  ColUcr'a  notes  to  the 
Ghost  of  Richard  III.,  p.  75. 

BARA-PICKLET.  Bread  made  of  fine  flour, 
leavened,  and  made  into  small  roiuid  cakes. 
Diet.  Rutt.    Cf.  Holme's  Academy,  iii.  86. 

BARATHRUM.  An  abyss.  {Lai.)  Our  [loets 
frequently  apply  the  word  to  au  insaliute 
eater.  See  Shirley's  Works,!.  390;  Fairholt's 
Pageants,  ii.  183. 

BARATOUR.  a  quarrelsome  person.  Cf. 
Prompt.  Pair.,  p.  23  ;  Florio,  in  v.  ImburioK' 
tint  ,■  Reliq.  Aniiq.  ii.  239 ;  Hardyng's  Chroni- 
cle, f.  213. 

One  was  Rwayna  fytt  Atoiire, 
Anotlicr  waa  Gawaync  wittl  honour. 
And  Kay  ilie  txilde  ban$9w. 

Sir  rtrtnmU  (63. 

BARATOWS.     Contentious.     Skelton. 

BARAYNE.  Barren,  appHed  to  hinds  not 
gravid.  Borayitui  used  substantively.  Gatr. 
Cf.  Morte  D'Arthur,  ii.  355. 

BARA3E.     Bore  away. 

The  rynR  sn^t  the  gluvcn  of  the  «exteyn  he  nom 
Ami  bcra\9  ;  and  thit  lotdynuea  al  that  iulhe  tnldr. 
Jf3,  cut.  TriK.  Omn.  b^. 

BARB.  (I)  To  shave.  See  Measure  for  Measure, 
iv.  2,  ed.  1C85.  Hence,  to  mow  a  field,  as  in 
Webster's  Works,  iv.  78.  Ben  Jonson,  iv. 
19,  has  ^oriin;  money,  for  cUpping  it;  and 
according  to  Bailey,  to  barb  a  lobster  is  i<j 
cut  it  up. 

(2)  Florio  has  "  Barboncelli,  the  barbet  or  little 
teates  in  the  mouth  of  some  horses." 

(3)  A  Barbary  horse.  See  Blome's  Gent.  Rcc. 
U.  I. 

BARBALOT.     A  puffin,    ffolme.     It  is  also  ibf 

name  of  a  fish,  the  barbel. 
BARBARYN.     The  barberry.     Prompt.  Part. 
BAROASON.     The  supposed  name  of  a  ttrnd, 


BAR 

mentioned  in  Merr)-  W.  of  Muidnor,  B.  8; 
Henry  V.,  ii.  1. 

BAKDE.  A  hood,  or  muffler,  which  covered 
the  lower  part  of  the  face.  According  to 
Strutt,  it  was  a  piece  of  white  plaited  Uneo 
and  belonged  properly  to  mourning,  being 
generally  woru  under  the  chin.  The  feathers 
under  the  beak  of  a  hawk  were  called  the 
barbe  /ederi,  so  tluit  there  may  possibly  be 
some  connexion  between  the  terms ;  and  in 
the  Dial.  Creat.  Moral,  p.  223,  mention  ia 
made  of  an  animal  with  "  a  barbydile  chx/nne." 
In  Syr  (iawaync  the  word  is  a|>plicd  to  the 
edge  of  an  axe,  and  the  points  of  arrows  are 
called  barbes. 

BARBED.  An  epithet  formerly  applied  to  war. 
horses,  when  caparisoned  with  military  trap- 
pings and  armour.  Perhaps  the  more  correct 
form  is  bardnl,  q.  v. 

BARliED-CATTE.  A  warUke  engine,  described 
in  the  following  passage: 

For  to  make  m  werrely  liolde.  that  men  calle  a 
tMrb¥4  enttf,  and  a  bewfray  that  that  havi*  ix.  fadome 
of  lengthe  and  two  fadome  of  bicde.  and  the  taid 
calte  lU  fadome  of  Icngthe  and  two  of  bre<tr,  thai 
be  ordeyned  all  aqiurre  wodc  for  the  lame  aboute 
fouie  hondred  fadcim.  a  thouund  of  twrde,  xxlllj. 
rollc*.  and  a  grctc  quantyt^  of  amallc  wodc. 

Oulori'*  Vfffritu,  Sig.  1,  6. 

BARBEL.  A  small  piece  of  armour  which  pro- 
tects part  of  the  bassinet. 

Hif  barbel  flril  adouii  he  delh, 
WUhoutro  colour  his  nrb  he  aeth. 

Oi>  <|/  IfanoUf ,  p.  ISO. 

BARBENY.     Same  as  Silt;  q.  v. 

BARBER.  To  shave  or  trim  the  beard.  Shai. 
The  term  barber-monger  in  King  Lear,  is  ap- 
parently applied  to  a  |>erson  ilresscd  out  by  a 
barber,  a  finical  fop.  The  phrase  barbrr't/br. 
feiti  docs  not  seem  to  be  satisfactorily  ex- 
plained by  the  commentators,  nor  can  we  sup- 
jily  more  certain  information.  It  it  supposed 
to  have  some  reference  to  their  double  trade  of 
barber  and  physician.  In  MS.  Sloanc  776,  is 
a  medical  treatise,  "  compylyd  by  me  Cliarlys 
Whjite,  cittczen  and  barltoure-cirur<)i/OH  of 
London ;"  and  it  is  commonly  stated  that  the 
spiral  lines  still  seen  on  the  barber's  pole  re- 
present the  fillets  iHiund  rouud  the  arm  when 
a  person  is  bled. 

BARBICAN.  A  kind  of  watch-tower.  The 
term  is  also  applied  to  an  advanced  work  be- 
fore the  gate  of  a  castle  or  fortified  town,  or 
any  outwork  at  a  short  distance  from  the  main 
works;  and  it  occurs  in  Kyng  Alisaunder, 
1591,  explained  by  Weber  "  a  para|>et  or 
strong  high  wall,  with  turrets  to  defend  the 
gate  and  lirawbridge." 

BARBLE.     The  Bible.     Sorlh. 

BARBLES.  Small  vesicular  tingling  pimples, 
such  as  are  caused  by  thv  stinging  of  nettles, 
or  of  some  minute  insects.  Eatt.  The  term 
is  also  applied  to  knots  ijj  the  month  of  a 
horse.  See  Topsell's  History  of  Foure-fboted 
Beasts,  p.  363. 

BARBONES.  A  receipt  to  make  "  tarte  bar. 
bona"  is  given  in  Wyl  Bucke's  Teat.  p.  33. 


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BAHBORA>f?fE.    The  b«rbciTy.    Cote. 
BARBOIIERY.     A    barber'n    shop.     Prompt 

Pare. 
BARBS.  (1)  Military  trappings.    Sptiuer. 
(2)  The  burbles.  "  BarbK  uniliT  calves  tongues" 

■re  tnentioncdin  Markhum's  Counlrejr  Fanne, 

p.  63. 
BARCARY.      A    sheep-cote ;     a    shcep-tralk. 

BARCE.    A  stickleback.    yor*»*. 
BARCKLETT.    A  species  of  liow.    Gam. 
BARO.  (1)  A  trapping  for  a  horse,  generally 
the  breast-plate. 

(2)  Tough.    Hob.  Uloue. 

(3)  Barred ;  fastened.    Toumelef  Mytt. 
BARDASH.    An  unnatural   paramour.    Florio 

has  it  as  the  translation  of  cnramiUi. 
BAR'D-CATER-TRA.     The  name  for  a  kind  of 
false  dice,  so  conslnicled  that  the  gvatrt  and 
trail  shall  ven'  seldom  come  up. 
Be  hmth  a  ttocke  whereon  hli  living  itiyes. 
And  tbcy  are  fullaml  bdcI  bar4qvartrr.tni]/a. 

Rowland^  Human  OMinaHg,  B.  d. 

BARDE.  Barred.  See  Friar  Bacon's  Prophecie, 
p.  13;  Brit.  Bibl.ii.  621. 

BARDED.  Equipped  with  military  trappings  cr 
ornaments,  applied  to  horses.  See  Hall. 
Henry  YIII.  f.  43.  Bard\%  used  as  a  riibstan- 
tive  by  the  same  writer,  Hciir}-  IV.  t,  12,  and 
it  often  has  reference  to  horses'  armour. 

BARDELLO.  The  quilted  saddle  wherewith 
colls  are  backed,   flowell. 

BARDOLF.  An  ancient  dish  in  cookery.  The 
manner  of  making  it  is  described  in  Warner's 
Antiq.  Culiu,  p.  84. 

BARDOUS.   Simple;  foolish.  (Lai.) 

BARDS.   Strips  of  bacon  used  in  larding,  Jiih. 

BARE.  (1)  Mere.  In  this  sense  it  occurs  in 
Coriolanns.  In  Syr  Gawayne,  mere,  uncoiufi- 
tional,  and  is  also  applied  to  the  blasts  of  a 
horn,  apparently  meaning  t/iort,  or  irithont 
reehale.    It  is  also  used  adverbially. 

(2)  To  shave.    SAa*. 

(3)  Ban-headed.     Jmuon. 

(4)  A  mixture  of  molten  iron  and  sand,  which 
lies  at  the  Iwttom  of  a  funiace.     Salop. 

Ch)  A  piece  of  wood  which  a  labourer  is  some- 
times allowed  to  carry  home.     Suff'uUr. 

(6)  A  boar.  (.f.-5.)  Sec  Sir  Degrevant,  4.'?. 

(7)  A  bier.  It  is  the  translation  of  Ubilitut  in  a 
rocahulary  in  MS.  Lansd.  560,  f.  45,  written 
in  Lancashire  in  the  fifteenth  century. 

(8)  Apparently  a  piece  of  cloth.  "  Two  bare» 
of  rayncs,"  Ordinances  and  Regulations,  p.  125. 

(9)  A  place  without  grati,  made  smooth  for 
bowling.     Keney. 

BAREAIIOND.     To  assist.     North. 

BARE-UARLE Y.  A  Staffordsliire  term  thus  rtc- 
•eribed  in  MS.  Lansd.  1033,  "  naked  l)arle>-, 
whose  ear  is  shaped  like  barley,  but  its  grain 
like  wheat  without  any  hn»k,  which  therefore 
iomc  call  wheat-barley,  and  others  French- 
barley,  because  not  much  differing  from  that 
bought  in  the  shops  undt^r  such  name." 

BARE-BUBS.  A  term  used  by  boys  to  denote 
the  mifledged  young  of  birds.    Ume. 


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BAREHEVEDYS.     Boars'  heads. 

Ttki-re  come  Id  «i  the  fynte  course,  befor  the  kyof 

telvene, 
BarmHrfftdna  that  ware  bryghte  burnytte  witllfylver. 
tfor<e  Arlhure,  its.  Uiimlu  A.  L  17,  t.  ii. 
BAREIIIDES.     A  kind  of  covering  for  carts. 
Sec  Arch.  xivi.   401 ;   Florio,  in  T.  S^asza- 
corrria ;  Ordinances  and  Regulations,  p.  394  ; 
I'riv?  Purse  Expences  of  Elizabeth  of  York, 
pp.  15,  16,37. 
BARELLE.     A  bundle. 

Thcnlendoun  of  vuche  a  purpote  would  nthtr 

have  bail  their  harnetct  on  their  baekcs,  tht-n  lo  have 

bound  them    up  in  htirrtlet,  yet  muchr  part  nf  the 

common  people  were  Ihurewlth  ryght  wcl  salliryed. 

Hall,  iUiriirtf  r.  t.  7. 

BARELY.  Uncontlitionally ;  certainly. 
BAREN.  (1)  Thev  Iwre,  pL  C/uncer. 
(2)  To  bark.     Colet. 

BARENllOND.     To  intimate.     Somrml. 
BARE-PU.\IP.    A  Ultle  piece  of  hollow  wood  ( 
metal  to  pump  beer  or  water  out  of  a  cask.^ 
AVntey. 

BARES.     Those  parts  of  an  image  which  repre- 
sent the  bare  flesh.  ^H 
BARET.  (1)  Strife;  contest-    Cf.  ManndevileJB 
Travels,  p.  272;  Cocavgnc,  27  ;  Reliq.  Aatia^ 
u.  91. 

That  6arer  rede  I  Dot  je  brew«. 
That  ;c  for  ever  aftir  rewe. 
Curtor  3lundl,  MS.  Coff.  Trin.  Onlat.  t.  SH 
(2)  Grief ;  sorrow.  Cf.GcstaRomanomm,  p.  183; 
Tundulc's  Visions,  p.  55. 
Mykllle  t^rtlKi  and  bale  to  Breun  Khalle  brtof. 

Il«&*en'«  RirmmnetM,  p.  tl. 

BAREYNTE.     Barrenness.    Prompt.  Parr. 

BARF.     A  hilL     Yortih. 

BAHFIIAME.    A  horse's  neck-collar.    DttrAam 

BARPRAY.     A  tower.     Gaw. 

BARFUL.     Full  of  impediments.    Shai. 

B.VRGAIN.     An  indelinite  number  or  quan(i(j 

of  anything,  not  necessarily  convejiiig  the  id 

of  purchase  or  sole.     A  load  of  a  waggon  is  1 

called.    Eatt.     In  Lincolnshire  we  have  til 

phrase,   "  It's   a   bargains,"    it's   no   coo 

quencc. 
BAKGAINE.     Contention;  strife.     Chamerr. 
BARGANDER.     A  brant-goose.     Baret. 
li.\KGANY.     A  bargain.     Prompt.  Parr. 
BAKG  ARET.    A  kind  of  song  or  ballad,  perh 

accompanied  with  a  dance.     Chaucer. 

word  barginet  seems  used  in  a  similar  lenae  j 

Brit.  Bibl.  iU.  29. 
BARGE.     A  fat  heavy  person ;  a  t<Tm  of  1 

tempt.    Ermoor.    Kennett,  MS.  LansiL  103 

has  harge,  "  a  highway  up  a  steep  hill.' 

may  be  another  form  of  barf,  q.  v. 
BARGE-BOARD.     The   front  or  faring  of  , 

barge-course,  to  conceal  the  barge  couple 

laths,  tiles,  &c. 
BARGE-COUPLE.    One  beam  framed  into  u- 

othcr  to  strengthen  the  building. 
BARGE-COURSE.  Apart  of  the  tiling  or  tbatcH- 

ing  nf  a  roof,  projecting  over  the  gable. 
BARGE-DAY'.     Ascension-day.     NeweutU, 
BARGET.     A  barge.    This  term  is  used  terenl 

tiroes  by  Malory,  Morte  d' Arthur,  ii.  351-X. 


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BAKGH.  (1)  Alioraeway  upihai.    fforth. 
(2)  A  barrow  hog.     Orltu. 
BARGOOD.     Yciut.      Var.  dUU. 
BARGUEST.     A  frighlful   goblin,  trmcd  with 
tctth  aiid  claws,  a  «ii|iposiiioo8  object  of  ter- 
ror in  the  North  of  Knglaiid.     Aci-orcling  to 
Rilson,  Fairy  'I'alcf.,  p.  a»,  the  barguest,  he- 
sides  its  many  other  pranks,  woubl  soiuctinics 
in  the  dead  of  niglit,  in  passing  through  the 
different  atrccU,  act  up  the  most  horrid  and 
continuoat  shrieks,  in  order  to  score  the  poor 
giris  who  might  happen  to  lie  out  of  lied.     It 
was  generally  believed  that  the  faculty  of  see- 
ing this  goblin  was  peculiar  to  certain  indivi- 
duals, hut  that  the  gift  could  be  iniparted  to 
another  at  the  time  of  the  ghost's  appearance, 
bv  the  mere  action  of  touching. 
BARIAN.    A  rampart.     {J.-N.) 
BARIDE.     Made  bare. 

H;>  haiibctk  brik  vllh  dcsto  baridt, 
Th»t  men  niohl  •«  t)y>  naked  hide. 

Gay  0/  W<inoUJt,  MUtUhUt  US. 

BAR-IRE.     A  crow-bar.     Deron. 

BARK.  (1)  The  tartar  deposited  by  bottled  wine 

or  other  liquor  encrusting  the  twttlc.     Eatl. 
(2^  AcyUnilrical  rccepUcle  for  candles  i  a  camlle- 

boT.     North.     At  first  it  was  only  a  piece  of 

bart  nailed  up  against  the  wall. 

(3)  "  Between  the  bark  and  the  wood,"  a  wetl- 
adjnsted  bargain,  where  neither  party  has  the 
•dvantage.     Suffuli. 

(4)  A  congh.      Var.  dial 

(5)  To  tiark  o  person's  shins,  is  to  knock  the 
•kin  offthc  legs  by  kicking  or  bruising  thcni. 
SaUfp. 

BARKARY.     A  tan-liouse.     Jacofm. 
BARKEU.   Encrusted  with  dirt.  iVurM.  Somc- 

lirnct  prouoimccd  harkened. 
BARKEN.    The  j-ard  of  a  house ;  a  farm-yard. 

Suuth. 
BARKER.  (1)  A  Unner.    Ritto*. 

(2)  A  faolUflnder.     Hollybmd. 

(3)  A  whetstone  j  a  rubber.     Dmmth. 

Xi)  Ray,  in  the  preface  to  his  Collection  of  Eng- 
lish Words,  mentions  the  barkrr,  "  a  manh 
bird  with  a  long  bill,  to  which  there  w»a  no 
Latine  name  added." 

(5)  "  Barkcrsof  redd  worsted"  are  mentioned  in 

the  Urdinanccs  and  Regulations,  p.  127. 
BARKFAT.     A  tanner's  vat.     Cliauetr. 
BARK-GALLING  U  when  treea  are  galled  by 

being  bound  to  stakea.     Bailey. 
BARKIIAM.     A  horse's  collar.     North. 
BARKLEU.   Baked  or  encrusted  with  dirt,  more 

particubrly  applied  to  the  human  skin.  North. 

Groae  has  iariil,  dirt  hardened  on  hair. 
BAHKMAN.     A  boatman.     Kertey. 
HARKKRI  e.     Same  as  tm-tale,  q.  v. 
BAHKWATER.    Foul  water  in  which  hidcahavc 

l>een  tannid.     Prompt.  Parr. 
BARK-WAX.     Bark  occasionally  found  in  the 

body  of  a  tree,  arising  from  some  accident 

when  young.     Eatt. 
BAKLA  Y.  Apparently  ■  corruption  of  the  French 

par  M.     See  g;bs*.  to  Syt  Gawayoe,  in  t. 


BARLEEO.  An  ancient  dish  in  cookery,  com- 
posed of  almonds  and  rice.  See  Warner's  An- 
tiq.  Culio.  p.  83. 

BARLEP.  A  basket  for  keeping  barley  in. 
Prompt.  Pan. 

BARLET.  So  the  first  folio  reads  in  Macliclh, 
i.  6,  where  modem  editors  have  substituted 
martlet.     Sec  the  edit.  1023,  p.  134. 

BARLEY.  To  bespeak ;  to  claim.  It  ii  an  ex- 
clamation frequently  used  by  children  in  their 
games  when  they  wish  to  obtain  a  short  ex- 
emption from  the  laws  of  the  amusement  in 
which  thcv  arc  occupied.     North. 

BARLEY-HiG.  A  particular  kind  of  barley, 
mostly  cultivated  in  the  fenny  districts  of  Nor- 
folk and  the  Isle  of  Ely. 

1  have  never  known  any  msU  miite  of  rye,  perhaps 
bwauM  yielding  very  little  bran.  It  U  found  inorvfltt 
fiirbrcad-com,  nor  of  that  i^ln  which  we  rail  barley. 
Mir,  yet  I  heat  that  uf  late  II  li  ofte  mailed  to  other 
plaee*.  ^ubrey'a  HiHi,  MS.  Sx.  Reg.  f.  304, 

BARLEY-BIRD.   Tltc  nightingale,  which  cornea 
in  the  season  of  sowing  barley.     Bant.     The 
green-finch  is  sometimes  so  called,  and  the 
name  is  still  more  frequently  applied  to  the 
siskin. 
BARLEY-BOTTLES.     Little  buniUes  of  bailey 
in  the  straw,  given  to  farm-horses.  This  waate- 
ful  methoti  of  giving  fee<U  of  com  waa  for- 
merly in  vogue  in  Norfolk,  btit  is  now  diaoaed. 
BARLEY-HREAK.  .Kn  ancient  rural  game,  thus 
described  by  tiilTonl.     It  waa  played  by  six 
people,  llirc'j  of  each  sen,  who  were  coupled  by 
lot.     A  piece  of  ground  was  then  chosen,  and 
divided  into  three  compartments,  of  which  the 
middle  uoe  was  called  hrlL     It  was  the  object 
of  the  couple  condemned  to  this  division  to 
catch  the  othen,  who  advanced  from  the  two 
c\tremitiei ;  in  which  caae  a  change  of  sitiia- 
lion  took  place,  and  hell  was  tilled  by  the 
couple  who  were  excluded  by  pre-occupalion 
from  the  other  pUccs ;  in  this  "  catching," 
however,  there  was  some  difficulty,  as,  by  the 
regulations  of  the  game,   the  middle  couple 
were  not  to  separate  before  they  had  succeeded, 
while  the  othen  might  break  hands  whenever 
they  found  themselves  hanl  pressed.     When 
all  had  been  taken  in  turn,  the  last  couple  were 
■aid  to  be  in  hell,  and  the  game  ended.    There 
is  a  description  of  the  game  in  a  little  tract, 
called  "  Barley-breakc,  or  a  Warning  for  Wan- 
tons," 4to.  Loud.  1607.     Some  extracta  from 
it  will  be  found  in  the  Brit.  Itibl.  i.  66.     See 
also  Florio,  in  v.  Pume ;  Brand's  Pop,  Antiq. 
ii.  236. 
B.\RLEY-BREK.     Ale.     North. 
BARLEY-BIN.     A  "  barley  bunne  gentleman" 
ia,  according  to  Minshcu,  "  a  gtmt.  (although 
rich)  yet  lives  with  barley  bread,  and  ottaar- 
wise  barely  and  hardly." 
BARLEY-CORN.     Ale  or  beer.     far.  dial. 
BAKLEY-KAILES.  Theipeanof  barier- Aa/A. 
BAKLEY-Ml  NG.     Barley  meal,  mixad  with 
water  or  milk,  to  fatten  fowls  or  pigs.     Eatt. 
BARLE  Y-PLL'M.    A  kind  of  dark  purple  plum. 
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BARLBY-SEED-BIRD.  The  yeUow  w«ter-w«g- 
tail.      Yorith. 

DARLEY-SELE.  The  season  of  sowing  l)arlc.v. 
Eatl.  The  term  is  found  in  the  Prompt.  Parv. 
p.  25. 

DARLICIIE.     Barley. 

Thry  were  coiutrcyncd  to  reaceive  toWie^tf  far  here 
jnn  rrwardp.  JUS.  ilnuce  S9I,  (.  IS. 

IJARLICHOOD.  The  state  of  being  ill-lcm- 
pcrcd  after  the  use  of  intoxicating  liquors. 
North.  Skellonhas  barlyhuoA,  i.  107,  though 
not,  I  think,  in  the  some  sense.  See  barly- 
kale  in  Nuga;  Poet.  p.  9. 

BAJILING.    A  lamprey.     North. 

BARLINOS.  firejioles.  In  Bloniefield's  Nor- 
folk, iii.  769,  mention  is  made  of  "  sixteen 
acres  and  a  rood  nf  hcalh,  with  the  tartingn, 
valued  at  19«.  Id."  Boucher  erroneously  con- 
siders it  to  be  a  dialectical  pronunciation  of 
tare  or  barren  landt.  The  term  again  occurs 
in  the  Book  of  Ilalcs,  p.  25. 

BARM.  (1)  The  lap  or  bosom.  {J..S.) 
To  hot  he  profr«th  his  »crvlre, 
Aod  Uyth  hil  heed  upon  hlr  barme. 

Oowtr,  eJ.  1S33,  r.  I». 

(2)  Yeast.  Wett.  The  term  is  found  in  Shake- 
ipeare,  Lilly,  Beaumont  aod  Fletcher,  and 
other  early  writers. 

BARM  ASTER.  A  chief  officer  among  the  miners, 
who  measures  the  oar  obtained,  receives  the 
lot  and  cope,  lays  out  and  measures  mccn  of 
ground  to  the  miners,  and  aopoints  barmote 
courts.     Derbyth. 

BARME-CLOTH.  An  apron.  Chauetr.  The 
term  barm-feliy  occurs  in  a  curious  poem  in 
Reliq.  Antiq.  i.  240,  meaning  the  leathern 
aprons  worn  by  blacksmiths ;  and  barmJtatrei, 
garments  for  the  bosom,  in  the  same  work, 
ii.  176. 

BARMOTE.     A  bergmote.     Deriyih. 

BARMSKIN.  A  leather  apron,  generally  one 
made  of  the  skin  of  sheep.  North.  In  Lin- 
colnshire holds  the  elegant  simile,  "  as  dirty 
and  greasy  as  a  barmskin."  The  word  occurs 
in  the  Prompt.  Panr.  p.  25. 

BARN.  (I)  A  child.  (/f.-S.)  The  word  is  com- 
mon both  as  an  archaism  and  provincialism. 
Harrison,  in  his  Description  of  England,  p.  1 57, 
says  "  the  common  sort  doo  call  their  male 
children  barwn  here  in  England,  espcciailie  in 
the  North  countrie,  where  that  word  it  yet  ac- 
customabUe  in  use ;  and  it  is  also  grownc  into 
a  proTerlM  in  the  South,  when  anic  man  sus- 
teineth  a  great  hioderance,  to  aaie,  I  am  beg- 
gered  and  all  my  bamft." 
^2)  A  imin. 

(3)  To  lay  up  in  a  bam.  Eatf.  Shakespeare 
otei  the  word  in  this  sense  in  (be  Rape  of  Lu- 
crece,  xx.  155. 

(4)  A  gamer.     IfieUiffe. 
ii)  Going.      YorAth. 

IrNABAS.     a  kind  of  thistle,  mentioned  by 

Florio.  in  t.  Calcolrippa. 
SARNABEE.     The  lady-bird.     Suffolk. 
BARNABY-BRIGHT.    The  proxnneial  name  for 

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celebrated  in  proverbs  and  niuxery-i 
under  this  name. 

B.ARNACLES.  It  was  formerly  thought  that 
this  species  of  shell-fish,  which  is  found  on 
timber  exposed  to  the  action  of  the  sea,  be* 
came,  when  broken  off,  a  kind  of  geeae.  Tbeae 
geese  are  called  barnacles  by  many  of  our  tiA 
writera.  The  term  is  also  often  appUed  to  tpeo- 
lades. 

BARNAGE.  The  baronage.  {Fr.)  See  Chroo. 
Viloilun.  p.  .11  ;  Gij  nf  Wanvicke,  p.  205 ; 
Ywaine  and  Gawin,  1258. 

The  king  com  with  hif  homogt. 
And  rouues  twvnt  in  grete  rage. 

Artlntur  nnd  ilertin^  p. 

BARNDE.     Burnt.     Rob.  Glouc. 
BARN-DOOR-SAVAGE.   A  clodhopper. 
BARNE.  (I)   A  kind  of  flower,  meotioned 

llullyband's  Diclionarie,  1593. 
(2)  A  baron.     See  Const.  Freemas.  p.  14  ;  Rob. 
Glouc.  p.  139;  Sir  Degrevont,  1844;  Tboni. 
ton  Rom.  p.  260. 
HARNEI).     Closed ;  shut  iiji.     Oron. 
BAR.NEHED.     Childhood. 

Al«u  Riene  rhaungri  thurghe  dyverae  ages;  far 
bamthtd  rrjoyae  It  In  aympilneuc,  50uthehede  to  pre* 
tuniptuoanei,  and  grcte  eMe  In  lUtnlnet. 

MS.  Uitmhi  A.  L  17,  f.36. 
Ttiar  a-il  je  find  tumkyn  drdlt. 
That  Jheiut  did  In  hj-a  bam-Anlu.  ^H 

MS.  04t.  rofni.  A.  ill.  eM 

BARNEKIN.    The  outermost  ward  of  a  castl^ 
within  which  the  b.-u-iis,  stables,  cow-houses, 
Aic.  were  placed.    Hall  spells  it  bamJryn,  Henry 
VIII.  f.  101 ;  and  the  nnusual  form  bimekynch 
occurs  in  Sir  Dcgrevant,  375. 

B.\RNE-LAYKAYNES.     Children's  plarthings. 

In  that  also  that  thou  acDI  ui  a  h^nde-tNUle  sad 

oUicr  bam«-itt]fkapnet,  thou  jtrophicyrtl  rijte,  and  til- 

takend  bifore  Ihyugei  that  we  trowe  t)iurghe  Goddcs 

helpeMlleralleUDtille  ua.     ttS.  Unmin  A.  I.  17,  f.B, 

BARNGUN.     An  cniplion  on  the  skin.    Devon. 
BARNISH.  (I)  Childish.     Norlk. 
(2)  To  increase  in  strength  or  vigour ;  to  fatte 
look  mddy  and  sleek.     The  word  is  in 
stant  use  in  the  Southern  and  Western  con 
ties,  and  is  also  an  archaism.    "  Barnish  yon," 
an  imprecation  found  in  the  Devonshire  dialect. 
BARN-MOUSE.   Abat.  "  Bit  by  a bara-mouse," 

a  common  phrase  for  being  tipsv. 
BARN-SCOOP.      A   wooden    shovel    tucd 

hams.      Var.  dial. 
BARN-TEME.  (I)  A  brood  of  children. 
Towncley  Myst.  pp.  46,  212;  Chester  Play*. 
ii.  53. 

He  and  hit  eldest  brother  Seem, 
BIcsMdest  of  that  Imrnrteitn. 

Curmr  Htumll.  US.  CiJ.  T.ln.  Canlah.  f.  I 
The  flnle  ther  of  thU  route  ttamr  tytnt  higll 
Enrye,   the  tuther  highte  frlde,  the  thlrde  hlgh^ 
Gnichynge.  ttS.  Uncaln  A.  1. 17,  f.  17a. 

(2)  A  child. 

Hit  dam*  nowe  maye  dreame 
For  her  owlne  bams.leame.  Chtgter Fi^f9,  It  W. 
BARNWORT.    See  Bmaort.  _ 

BARNYARD.    A  straw-yard.     Ea»t, 
BARN-YOU.    An  imprecation.   Dnon. 
BARNYSKYN.    A  leather  apron.   Pr.  Pan. 


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BARON.  (1)  SoDietimea  used  fur  bam,  a  child, 
u  in  Cov.  Myst.  p.  182  ;  Chester  Play),  i.  192. 

(2)  The  back  part  of  a  cow.     I'ar.  dial. 

BAKONADY.    Tlie  dignity  of  a  baron. 

BAKt)NAU£.  An  assembly  of  barous.  Theaame 
with  bamage,  q.  T. 

BARONER.   Aharon. 

BAROWE.  An  ancient  Tcliicle,  whence  perhapn 
the  modern  term  barrow  is  derived.  It  is 
translated  by  cmoveclorium  in  the  Prompt, 
Parv.  p.  25. 

BARK.  (.1)  To  choose  ;  to  debar.    Sahp. 

(2)  Part  of  a  stag's  born,  mentioned  iu  the  ap- 
pendix to  Howell,  sect.  3. 

(3)  The  gate  of  a  city. 
BARRA.    A  gelt  pig.    Ejrmoor. 
BARRACAN.    A  sort  of  stuff.    Miege. 
BARRA-HORSE.     A   Barbary  horse.    See  the 

Privv  Purse  Expences  of  Henry  VIII.  p.  204. 
BARRATING.  Quarrelling.    See  the  2d  Part  of 

Promos  and  Cassandra,  ii.  4. 
BARRE.  (1)  The  ornament  of  a  girdle.     See 
Prompt.  Parr.  p.  24  ;  Notes  to  Chaucer,  p.  150. 
Florio  mentions  the  barrtt  of  a  helmet,  in  v. 
Foreh/tte. 
(2)  To  move  violently. 

In  niyddlf  the  itreme  when  that  thaf  ware. 
The  wBwei  with  wynde  byjsne  to  barre. 

MS.  LIne-Jn  A.  I.  17,  f.  IIS. 

BARRED.  Striped.  Shirley,  ii.  380,  speaks  of  a 
"  barr'd  gown,"  and  the  term  occurs  also  in  Syr 
Gswiyne.  Drayton  has  barred  for  barbed,  ap- 
plied to  horses. 

BAKKGINE.    Barren.    Chaucer. 

BARKEI..  A  bucket.  Elyot  mentions  "the 
barrel  of  a  well,"  in  t.  Siiinila.  Florio,  in  v. 
D^ifa,  mentions  barreX-boardt,  boards  of  which 
liarrrls  are  made. 

BARREL- FEVER.  Aviolent  sickness  occasioned 
by  intemperance.    North. 

BARREN.  (!)  A  liind  not  gravid.  In  Sussex,  a 
barren  cow  or  ewe  is  so  called. 

(2)  A  company  of  mules.    Bemert. 

(3)  The  vagina  of  an  animal.   Line. 

(4)  Stupid;  ignorant.    Skak. 
HARRGNER.   A  barren  cow  or  ewe.   South. 
BARREN-IVY.    Creeping  ivy.    Bailey. 
BARREN-SPRINGS.  Springs imjiregiiated with 

mineral,  and  considered  injurious  to  the  land. 
BARRESSE.     A    bar;  n  gate.     Cf.  Plumpton 
Correspondence,  p.  142. 

At  tlM  bnrrftt^  be  hatisde. 
And  tMwndonly  downe  lyghte. 

MS.  Uncttin  A.  I.  17.  t.  ISl. 

BARRICOAT.     A  child's  coat.     Northumb. 

BARRIE.     Fit ;  convenient.     Durham. 

BARRIER.     Tlie  paling  in  a  tournament. 

BARRIERS.  To  fight  at  barriers,  to  fight  within 
lilts.  This  kind  of  contest  is  sometimes  called 
simply  barrier:  See  Cunningham's  Revels 
Accounts,  p.  I. ;  Florio,  in  v.  Bagordire. 

BARRIHAM.     A  horse's  collar.     North. 

BARRIKET.  A  small  firkin.  See  Cotgrave, 
in  V.  Barrol,  FiUelte.  The  term  barritel 
Mcms  used  in  the  tame  sense.     It  occurs  in 


Florio,  in  v.  BariUtto,  BoMh  /  Cotgreve,  t:i 
V.  Hambour. 

BARKING.     Except.      Var.  dial. 

BARRING-Ol'T.  An  ancient  custom  at  schools, 
said  to  lie  still  prcralcnt  in  some  parts  of  the 
North  of  England,  when  the  boys,  a  few  dayi 
before  the  holidays,  barricade  the  school-room 
from  the  master,  and  stipulate  for  the  disci- 
pUne  of  the  next  half  year.  According  to 
Dr.  Johnson,  AdiUson,  in  1683,  was  the  leader 
ill  an  affair  of  this  kind  at  Litchfield. 

BAKRO.  A  borough.  "  flethlem  thai  iarro." 
See  the  Chester  Plays,  i.  179. 

BARROW.  (1)  A  hillock;  an  ancient  tumu- 
lus. It  would  appear  from  Lambarde,  Peram- 
hulation  of  Kent,  1596,  p.  435,  that  the  term 
in  his  time  was  peculiar  to  the  West  of 
England.  Cf.  Elyot's  Dictionarie,  in  v.  Ont- 
niiu,  Tumulia.  Kcnnett,  MS.  Lansd.  1033, 
gives  it  as  a  Durham  word  for  a  grove. 

(2)  A  child's  flannel  clout.     Homertet. 

f3)  A  way  up  a  bill.    North. 

(4)  At  Nantwich  and  Droilwich,  the  conical 
baskets  wherein  they  put  the  salt  to  let  the 
water  drain  from  it  are  called  harrows.  A 
barrow  contained  about  six  pecks.  Kennelt, 
MS.  Lansd.  1033. 

(5)  A  castrated  boar. 

with  brcttei  of  barowM  thatbryghte  ware  to  schewe. 
Mom  ArlHun,  MS.  Unailn  A.  i    17.  t.  U. 

BARRS.    The  upper  parts  of  the  gums  of  a 

horse.    Did.  Rutl. 
BARUY.    To  thrash  com.    Northumb. 
B.\HKYD.      Paled  round,  in  preparation  for  a 
tournmucat. 

And  lylben  to  the  felde  Ihry  Tardc, 
The  {ilsee  wa«  barryd  end  dyghte. 

MS.  CuNUk.  Ft.  U.  3t,  r.  79. 

BARS.    Tlie  game  of  prisoner's-base. 
Went  he  on  ■  dSy  to  pUwe, 
Ai  chltdrco  don  atte  6orj. 

Leftnd  nf  Pvpt  Gregory,  p.  9ft. 

BARSALE.    The  time  of  stripping  bark.   Eatt. 
IJARSE.   A  perch.    Ifeflmor. 
BARSH.    Shelter,     Kennelt. 
BARSLETYS.     Hounds. 

Ther  come  turownce  to  that  tiay  with  harileijfa  bolde. 
MS.  Awe*  SO*,  r.  S4. 

BARSON.    A  horse's  collar.     Yorlah. 

BARST.  Burst ;  broke.  Lane.  The  word  oc- 
curs in  Robert  of  Gloucester,  and  other  early 
writers. 

BARTE.    To  beat  with  the  fisla.     If'arv. 

BARTH.  A  shelter  for  cattle.  Eatt.  Ray  and 
Pegge  explain  it,  "a  warm  place  or  pasture 
for  calves  or  lambs,"  and  add  that  it  is  used 
in  the  South  in  this  sense.  Sec  also  Tusser's 
Husbandry,  p.  92.  Barthleu,  houseless,  oc- 
cnrs  iu  the  Devonshire  dialect. 

BARTHULOMEW-PIG.  Roasted  pigs  were  for- 
merly among  the  chief  attractions  of  Bartho- 
lomew Fair;  they  were  sold  piping  hot,  in 
iKKiths  and  stalls,  and  ostentatiously  displayed 
to  excite  the  appetite  of  passengers.  Hence 
a  Bartholomew-pig  became  a  common  subject 
of  allusion.    Naret. 

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BARTHU-DAY.    SI.  Bartholomew's  d»y. 

BAKTIZAN.  The  small  overhanging  turrets 
which  project  from  tlic  angln  on  the  top  of 
a  tower,  or  firom  the  parapet  or  other  parts  of 
a  building.     Ojf.  titogt.  jircfu 

BARTLE.  (1)  .Acc-ording  to  Kenuctt,  MS.  Lansd. 
1033,  "  at  nine-pins  or  ten-bancs  they  hate 
one  larger  bone  set  about  a  yard  before  the 
re*t  call'd  the  barth,  and  to  knock  down  the 
tarth  gives  for  five  in  the  game."     fVnlmor. 

(2)  St.  Bartholomew.     North. 

BARTON.  The  demesne  lands  of  a  manor ;  the 
manor-house  itself;  and  sometimes,  the  out- 
houses and  yanls.  Miege  says  "  a  cooji  for 
poultry,"  and  Cooper  translates  coHort,  "  a 
barton  or  place  inclosed  wheriu  all  kinde  of 
pultrie  was  kept."  In  the  Unton  Inventories, 
p.  9,  pigs  are  mentioned  as  being  kept  in  a 
barton. 

BARTRAM.    The  pellitory. 

BARTYNIT.  Stmck ;  battered.  Caw.  Sharp, 
in  his  MS.  Warwickshire  glossary,  has  barle, 
to  heat  with  the  fists,  which  may  be  eonne^lcti 
with  this  term. 

BARU.  A  ^It  boar.  In  Rob.  Gloue.  p.  807,  a 
giant  is  described  as  mnoing  a  spit  through  a 
"  Tat  te  baru"  for  his  meul. 

BAIUUP.     To  shut  up.     Ktmiett. 

BARVEL.  A  short  leathern  apron  worn  by 
washerwomen ;  a  slabbering  bib.     Krnl. 

BARVOT.     Borc-foot.     Hob.  Glouc. 

BARW.     Protected.     (.Y.-S.) 

BARWAY.  The  passage  into  a  field  composed 
of  ban  or  rails  made  to  take  out  of  the  posts. 

BABYS.     The  l>cr)l. 

HIr  irirlhlt  of  nobulle  lUke  the!  were, 
Hir  boculi  ihrl  were  of  dai"  stone. 

JUS.  CanUt.  Fr.  v.  411. 

BAS.    To  Uss.     Stelton. 

BASAM.     The  red  heath  broom.     Devon. 

BASCHEU.     Abashed;  put  down. 

Sithe  the  bore  wu  bcten  and  totchtut  do  mor. 
But  the  hurt  that  be  liid  hcle  thuld  (hor. 

Rofoirf,  MS.  LoFud.  380,  f.  3KS. 

BASCLES.     A  kind  of  rol)bers  or  highwaymen 

so  called.    See  the  Gloss,  to  Langloft,  and  the 

Chronicle,  p.  242. 
BASCON.     A  kind  of  lace,  consisting  of  five 

bows.     See  Strait's  Dress  and  Habits,  ii.  98. 
BASCONUS.    A  dish  in  ancient  cookery.    The 

manner  of  making  it  is  described  in  MS.  Sloauc 

1201,  f.  68. 
BASE.  (1)  To  ting  or  play  tlie  htue  port  in 

music.     Sliak. 

(2)  Baret  has  "  a  btae,  or  prop,  a  shore  or  pyle 
to  underset  with." 

(3)  Low.  Harrison  speaks  of  the  "  ban  Wence- 
land,"  in  his  Description  of  Britaine,"  p.  74. 

(4)  The  game  of  prisoner's-bars,  a  particular  ac- 
count of  which  is  given  by  Strutt,  p.  78.  See 
also  Cotton's  Works,  1734,  p.  80;  Harring- 
ton's Nugie  .Antiqun.',  ii.  2CI.  To"  bid  a  l>ase," 
means  to  run  fast,  challenging  another  to 
pursue. 

lloe  but  tund  here,  1'le  run  s  Utile  courkC 
jlltaw.  Of  b<fley-l>fuke,  orwineiuch  tore. 


(5)  Matting.    Katf. 

(6)  A  perch.     Cvmi.  

(7)  The  drapery  thrown  oyer  a  horse,  and  »«me< 
times  drawn  light  over  the  armour  which  ha 
wore.     Afeync*. 

(8)  A  small  piece  of  ordnance.  Bofni/t  uie  Uxeii- 
tioncd  in  the  Arch.  vi.  216.  It  occurs  in 
Galfrido  and  Bernardo,  1570.  and  .\rcli,  xiii. 
177,  "  boats  shall  be  so  well  apimioted  with 
lnunn),  and  other  shot  besides." 

B.\SE-I3ALL.     A  country  game  mentioned  in 

Moor's  Suffolk  Words,  p.  238. 
BASEBROOM.     The  herb  woodwax.     Ftorio. 
BASE-COl  RT.     The  first  or  outer  court  of  • 

castle  or  large  mansion. 

My  lord,  in  the  boKMrntrt  he  doth  mteiid 

To  ipeak  with  you  ;  msy't  plcue  you  to  come  ilown  t 
RKhnri  II.  III.  ]. 

BASE-DANCE.  A  grave,  sober,  and  solemn 
mode  of  dancing,  something,  it  is  probable,  in 
the  loiouel  style;  and  so  called,  pcrhops,  i: 
cnntraditlinctiontothevaiUtingVind  of  dances,, 
in  which  there  was  a  greater  display  of  agiUty. 
Boueher.  .\n  old  dance,  called  baielema,  it 
mentioned  in  MS.  Sloane  3501,  f.  2. 

BASEL.  A  coin  abolished  by  Henry  II.  in  1 1S8. 
Blount's  Glossographia,  p.  78. 

BASELARD.     See  Batlani. 

BASELER.  A  person  who  takes  care  of  neat 
cattle.     North. 

I5ASEN.     Extended,     .^eiiser. 

BASE-RING.  The  ring  of  a  cannon  next  bc-j 
hind  the  touch-hole. 

BASES.     Defined  by  Narci  to  be,  "  a  kind 
embroidered  mantle  wliicli  hung  down  from 
the  middle  to  about  Ihc  knees  or  lower,  worn 
by  knights  ou  horseback."     Writers  of  the  H 
seventeenth  century  seem  occasionally  to  ap-^| 
ply  the  term  to  any  kiud  of  skirts,  and  some-  ' 
times  even  to  the  hose.     See  Donee's  Ulottrm- 
tions,  ii.  126 ;  Hall,  Henry  VIII.  f.  4 ;  Dyce's 
Remarks,  p.  263 ;  Strutt,  iL  Z43.  ^ 

BASE-SON.     A  bastard  ^ 

BASE-T.\nLE.  A  projecting  moulding  or  bud 
of  mouldings  near  the  bottom  of  a  wall.  Oirf. 
Glota.  Arch. 

BASH.    (1)    The  mass  of  the  roots  of  a 
before  they  separate ;  the  front  of  a  buH'a  ( 
pig's  head,     Hfrrfortith. 

(2)  To  beat  fruit  down  from  the  trees  with 
pole.     Bed>. 

(3)  To  be  baibfiil.  See  an  insUnce  of  this  verbil 
in  Euphae*  Golden  Legade,  ap.  Collier'* ' 
Shak.  Lib.  p.  82. 

BASHMENT.     Abashment. 

And  u  1  ilode  In  tbb  biuhntntt  I  remrmlircd  your 
ioconiparable  clvmcocie,  thewblche.  si  1  have  my- 
■elfe  M>mctyme  seiic,  moateg racioualy  acr«'|ttcll)  tl>e 
■Klendor  glftea  of  small  value  which  y.'Ur  hlt,>hnr« 
perceived  wcreolTVed  with  great  and  lovlngeafft^lion. 
Cower,  ed.  UM)  ded^ 

BASH  RONE.     A  keUIe.     Tttylor. 

BASHY.     Fat;  swollen.     North. 

B.ASIL.  When  the  edge  of  a  jninet's  tool  i(| 
ground  flway  to  an  angle,  it  is  called  ■  bariLj 
Kmnrll,  MS.  Lamd.  1033. 


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BASn.EZ.    A  low  bow.     Dectrr. 

BASIL-HAMPERS.  A  person  who,  being  short 
of  suture,  takes  thort  >teps,  and  docs  not 
proceed  very  quickly ;  a  girl  wboie  clothes  fall 
awkwardly  about  her  feet.     Line. 

BASILIAUD.     A  baslard,  q.  v.     Stove. 

BASILICOK.     A  baxibsk.     Clmucer. 

BASILINDA.  The  play  called  Questions  and 
Conunands  ;  the  choosing  of  King  and  Queen, 
u  on  Twelfth  Night.     Phittip: 

BASILISCO.  A  bnggadocia  character  in  an 
old  play  called  "  Sollman  and  Perseda,"  so 
popular  that  his  name  became  proverbiaU  See 
Douce's  Illustrations,  i.  401 ;  King  John,  i.  1. 
Florio  has  biuilhco,  for  baiiluk,  •  spedei  of 
ordnance,  in  t.  Bavalitio. 

BASILISK.  A  kind  of  cannon,  not  necessarily 
"  small,"  as  stated  in  Middlcton's  Works, 
iii.  214,  for  Coryat  mentions  that  he  saw  in 
the  citadel  of  Milan  "  an  exceeding  huge  ba- 
siliske,  which  was  so  great,  that  it  would 
euily  contayne  the  body  of  a  very  corpulent 
man ;"  and  Harrison,  io  his  Description  of 
England,  p.  198,  includes  the  bosiUak  in  "  the 
names  of  onr  greatest  ordinance."  A  minute 
account  of  the  shot  required  for  it  is  contained 
in  the  same  work,  p.  199. 
BASINET.     The  herb  crowfoot. 

BASING.    The  rind  of  cheese.     Staff. 

BASK.     Sharp,  hard,  acid,     ft'ettmor. 
BASKEFYSYRE.    Fututio.     Sec  a  curious  pas- 
sage in  the  Cokwolds  Daunce,  116. 
BASKET.    An  exclamation  frequently  made  nse 
of  in  cockpits,  where  persons,  unable  to  pay 
their  losings,  are  adjudged  to  be  put  into  a 
bwket  suspended  over  the  pit,  there  to  re- 
main till  the  sport  is  concluded.     Grate. 
BASKET-SWORD.    A  sword  with  a  hilt  formed 
to  protect  the  hand  from  injury. 

Sword  bew  snnM  ?      Hee*  *  t)Ue  companion. 
Alai,  t  hsv«  knowne  Tou  Iseare  a  tnuUit-iworit. 

rVtirkg  /or  Cufleri,  1615,. 

BASKING.  (1)  A  sound  thrashing.     Eatt. 

(2)  A  drenching  in  a  shower.    Eait. 

BASLARD.  A  long  dagger,  generally  worn 
suspended  from  the  girdle.  It  was  not  run- 
tidertd  proper  for  priests  to  wear  this  wea- 
pon, and  a  curious  poem  in  MS.  Greaves  S7, 
emotions  them  against  doing  so;  but  still  the 
practice  was  not  uncommon,  as  appears  from 
Audelay's  Poems,  p.  IC.  Hall,  Henry  VI. 
f.  101,  mentions  "  a  southeme  byl  to  conter- 
▼ayle  a  northreo  batlard,"  so  that  perhaps  in 
his  time  the  weapon  was  more  generally  used 
in  the  North  of  England.  In  1403  it  was 
ordained  that  no  person  should  use  a  baslard, 
decorated  with  silver,  unless  he  be  possessed 
of  the  yearly  income  of  20/.  It  is  spelt 
inelrrd  in  some  of  the  old  dictionaries. 

BASSET.  (1)  A  cap.    Stelton. 

(2)  Same  oa  bauenet,  q.  t. 

BASON.     A  badger.      Coljrne. 

BASONING-FURNACE.  A  furnace  used  in 
the  manufacture  of  hats.     Holme. 

BASS.  (1)  A  kind  of  perch. 


(2)  To  kiss.     More. 

(3)  A  church  hassock.  North.  According  to 
Kcnnctt,  the  term  is  also  applied  to  "  a  collar 
for  cart-horses  made  of  flags."  In  Cumber- 
land  the  word  is  applied  generally  to  dried 
rushes. 

(4)  The  inner  rind  of  a  tree.     North. 

(5)  A  slaty  piece  of  coal.     Salop, 
(a)  A  twopenny  loaf.     North. 

(7)  A  thing  to  wind  about  grafted  trees  before 

they  be  clayed,  and  after.     Holme. 
BASS.\.     A  bashaw.    Marlove.     Wo  have  bae- 

»ado   in   the  Archicologia,   xxviii,   104 ;   and 

*0Ma/e,,Hall,  Uenrv  VIII.  f.  192. 
BASSAM-     Heath.    'Devon. 
BASSCHE.     To  be  ashamed.    Cf.  Sharp's  Gov. 

Myst.  p.  103 ;  Morte  Arthurc,  MS.  Lincoln  A. 

i.  17,  f.  75. 
BASSE.  (1)  A  kiss.     Also  a  verb,  as  in  Ane. 

Poet.  Tracts,  p.  26. 

Then  of  my  mouth  com«  take  a  boMe, 
Fore  odfT  goode*  have  t  none. 

US.  Kauil.  c.  ua. 
(3)  A  hollow  place.     HoUyband. 

(3)  Apparently  a  term  for  "  the  elder  swine." 
See  Topsell's  Fourc  Footed  Beasts,  p.  661. 

(4)  To  be  ornamented  with  bases,  q.  v.     Hall, 
'    Henry  VIII.  f.  50,  mentions  "  howe  the  Duke 

of  Burbones  hende  was  apparelled  and  batted 
in  tawny  velvet." 

DASSELL.  "  Bassell  letber"  is  mentioned  in 
the  Brit.  Bibl.  U.  399. 

BASSENET.  A  light  helmet  worn  sometime* 
vrith  a  moveable  front.  They  were  often 
very  magnificently  adorned.  Cf.  Strutt,  ii. 
60 ;  Brit.  Bibl.  i.  146 ;  Percy's  Reliques.  p.  3 , 
KMig  AUsaunder,  2234;  Hall,  Henry  VUl. 
f.  235. 

II;i  Tenuyla  and  byi  kannrti, 
Hyi  belme  od  hya  hedd  aett. 

its.  Canlob.  Ff.  Il.»,  r.88. 
On  bil  baetnt'l  thay  bell, 
Thay  bryued  it  in  iwa. 

MS.  Umcalti  A.  I.  17,  t.  137. 

BASSET.  (1)  An  earth-dog.     Markham. 

(2)  A  mineral  term  where  the  strata  rise  upwards. 
Derbyth.  The  direction  is  termed  batet-tnd, 
or  battelinff,  at  Kennett  has  it,  MS.  Lonsd. 
1033. 

BASSETT.  A  game  at  cards,  said  to  have  been 
invented  at  Venice.  It  was  a  fashionable  gome 
here  io  the  latter  part  of  the  seventeenth  cen- 
tury. Beilford,  Evil  and  Danger  of  Stage 
Plays,  1706,  p.  127,  mentions  a  drama  on  the 
subject. 

BASSEYNYS.     Basons.     Tundalc,  p.  54. 

BASSINATE.  A  kind  of  fish,  "  Uke  unto  men 
in  shape,"  mentioned  in  Holiiished,  Hist. 
Scotland,  p.  139.  See  aUo  Jomieson,  supp. 
in  V.  Batrinat. 

BASSING.     Kissing.     Bortl. 

BASSOCK,     A  hassock.     Bailey. 

BAST.  (1)  Matting;  straw.  North.  "Baste 
or  straw  battes"  are  mentioned  in  the  Rate*, 
1545,  Brit.  Bibl.  ii.  399.  Ci.  Harriaon's 
Description  of  Britaine,  p.  3. 


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BAT 


(2)  Bout. 

sir  Oil  tryd,  thin  thou  It  hut 
ThRO  make  Iberof  thl  &a«r, 

Cv  "/  n'artnik:  p.  StS. 

(3)  A  butard.  See  EUu't  Met.  Rom.,  «L  1»1 1, 
L  301 ;  Rob.  Glouc  p.  425 ;  Utteraon'i  Pop. 
Poet,  ii  67. 

(4)  Assured. 

(5)  To  pack  np.     North. 

BAST  A.  Properly  an  Italian  word,  signiiying 
U  it  moogh,  or  kt  it  ruffice,  but  not  uocoiiimon 
in  the  works  of  our  ancient  dramatists. 
Nam. 

BASTARD.  (1)  A  kind  of  sweet  Spanish  wine, 
of  which  there  were  two  sorts,  while  aod 
brown.  Ritson  calls  it  a  wine  of  Corsica.  It 
approached  the  muscadel  wine  in  flavour,  and 
was  pcrliaps  made  from  a  iatlard  species  of 
muscadine  grape ;  but  the  term,  in  more 
ancient  times,  seems  to  have  been  applied  to 
all  mixed  and  sweetened  wines.  See  Beau- 
mont and  Fletcher,  ii.  427  j  Robin  Goodfcllow, 
p.  7 ;  Harrison's  Desc.  of  England,  p.  222  i 
Squyr  of  Lowe  Degr^,  757 ;  Ordinances  and 
Regidations,  p.  473. 

(2)  "  Basterdwier"  is  mentioned  inCnnningbam's 
Kevels'  Account,  p.  180.  The  term  was  ap- 
plied to  different  kinds  of  several  articles. 
Dastard  cloths,  Strutt,  ii.  94  ;  UasUrd  sword, 
Harrison's  Description  of  Britaine,  p.  2. 

f3)  A  gelding.     Prps/e. 

{*)  To  render  illegitimate.  Hall  has  tliis  verb, 
Richard  III.  f.  32.  The  term  ioi/orrf  is  still 
t  term  of  reproach  for  a  worthless  or  mis- 
chievous boy. 

BASTAT.     A  bat.     Norlh. 

BASTE.  (1)  To  mark  sheep.     North. 

(2)  To  sew  slightly. 

(3)  A  blow.  North.  Also  a  verb,  to  beat. 
Strutt  mentions  a  game  called  Baste  the  Bear, 
p.  387. 

(4)  Uastardy. 

ThIf  man  wm  tonne  to  Jhon  or  G^iinle.  Duke  of 
LaDciAtrr.  dhcendvil  on  an  linnorable  ItgDage,  but 
tx>nie  In  t^axu,  more  noble  of  bloud  thea  notable  in 
leirnyng.-H'f,  Hrnr,  VI.  f.  JO. 

(5)  A  rope.  (./.  A'.) 

Dot  5e  uille  take  a  ilalworthe  tmtlr. 
And  Uyndc  ray  bandpf  byhynd  me  faste. 

MS.  UncolH  A.  i.  17,  r.  12*. 

BASTELER.  A  person  who  bastes  meat.  In 
the  accounts  of  the  churchwardens  of  Hey- 
bridge.  1532,  is  the  following  entry:  "  Item 
to  the  baiteler,  -id." 

BASTEL-ROVES.  Turretcd  or  casteUated  roofs. 
So  explained  in  Glossary  to  SjT  Gawav-nc,  in 
T.     See,  however,  Boucher,  in  v.  Uattelie. 

BASTER.     A  heavv  binw.     North. 

BASTERLY-OULLION.  A  bastard's  bastard. 
Lane.    [Fr.  Couillon.] 

BASTIAN.     St.  Sebastian. 

BASTICK.    A  basket.     ne»f. 

BASTiLE.  A  temporary  wooden  tower,  nied 
formerly  in  military  and  naval  warfare.  Some- 
times the  term  is  applied  to  any  lower  or  for- 
tification. 


'I>»fl 


They  haddeal>olnur«ori)rnl'j«reo)-t>gOD 
that  *t  clepen  6a«fi;c«,  or  iomeraiKtell. 

Vegiriui.  Mi.  DiMceKl,  t  48. 

He  perle  make  a  grcie  boMialU  or  tree,  aod  aett  U 

ai»onr  fchlppca  in  the  aee,  cvenc  forgaynca  tha  c«t^» 

fto  that  ther  myghte  no  schippem  come  nere  the  ha- 

vene.  US.  Uncaln  K.  1. 17.  t.  k. 

And  in  thl  hatttl  fulle  of  blUfulneiee. 

In  luiti  age  than  acballe  the  wel  betide. 

BoeHui,  IIS.  5M.  ynrl(.  l^^,  t.  tH. 

BASTING.  Bourne,  in  his  Inventions  or  De- 
vises, 1578,  speaking  of  "  ordinance  of  leade," 
mentions  "  the  baiting  thereof,  that  is  to  say, 
to  put  in  the  more  substance  of  the  met- 
Ull." 

BASTON.  (1)  A  cudgel.  {A.-N.) 

(2)  A  pecuUar  species  of  verse  so  called.  A  •] 
omen  of  it  is  printed  in  the  ReUq.  Antiq. 
174.    See  also  the  same  work,  ii.  8 ;  Langtoft, 
pref.  p.  99. 

(3)  A  servant  of  the  Warden  of  the  Fleet,  whose 
duty  it  is  to  attend  the  king's  courts,  with  ■ 
red  staff,  for  the  purpose  of  taking  into  cus- 
tody such  persons  as  were  committed  by  the 
court. 

(4)  A  kind  of  lace,  the  manufacture  of  which  is 
detailed  in  MS.  Harl.  2320,  quoted  by  Stcvea. 
son.    See  Batcon,  j 

BASTONE.     A  bastinado.     Marlowe. 
BAT.  (1)  A  stick;  a  club  j  a  cudgel.  North.  In 
Ilercfordsh'u-e  a  wooden  tool  used  for  breaking 
clods   of  earth  is  so   called.     See  Malone'i 
Shakespeare,  x.  237;  Utterson's  Pop.  F( 
i.  110;  Kyng  Alisaunder,  78,  5832;  Percy' 
ReUques,  p.  254  ;  Tbynne's  Debate,  p.  7S, 
He  nemelh  U  bat  and  forih  a  goth, 
Swithe  iorl  and  wet  wroth. 

Beeft  of  HamttfHHt  p.  I7< 

(2)  A  blow;  a  stroke.  North.  Sometimes  m 
verb,  to  strike  or  beat ;  to  beat  cotton. 

That  xal  be  ai.iyd  be  thli  iMlf  I 
What,  thou  Jhcsuil  bo  laff  the  that! 
Colienrry  MrUcria,  p 

(3)  Debate.  Cat.  Mi/tt. 
To  wink.  Derbyth, 
The  straw  of  two  wheat  sheaves  tied 

gcther.      Yorkth. 

(6)  Slate  ;  condition.     North. 

(7)  Si)eed.     Line. 

(8)  A  leaping-post.     Somenet. 

(9)  A  low-laced  boot.     Somerttt. 

(10)  The  root  end  of  a  tree  after  it  bat  been 
thro«Ti.     Someriet. 

(11)  A  spade  at  cards.     Somerttt. 

(12)  At  Wednesbury,  in  Staffordshire,  the  l»st 
parting  that  lies  between  the  upper  and  the 
nether  coal  is  called  a  bat.  Kemiett.MS.Lantd. 
1033. 

BAT.ABLE.  (1)  Fertile  in  nutrition,  applied 
land.  Harrison  frequently  lues  the  word  " 
scription  of  England,  pp.'37,  40,  109,  'IIX 

(2)  Certain  land  between    England  and 
land  was  formerly  called  the  batable 
"  landes  dependyng  in  variance  betweoo 
rcalmes."     See  Hall,  Edward  IV.  f.  56. 

BATAILED.  EmbatUed.  {A.-N.)  Sec  Horn,  of 
the  Rose,  4162. 


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I  w  cutcU,  I  K  rke  high  towm, 
Willei  of  tloac  ciotyd  uid  Uianlled. 

MS.  Canltti.  ft.  i.  6,  f.  13. 

BATAILOt'S.     Ready  for  b«Ulc.     Chawer. 

BATAILS.     Provision*. 

BATAIWYNG.     Embattling.    Thia  form  ocean 

in  the  Forme  nf  Ciirj'.  p.  85. 
BATALE.     To  join  in  battle. 
BATALLE.     An  araiy. 

Than  thir  twa  htiialtet  men  unnrae,  «di1  faughte 

tognllrf  and  thaie  wu  Sampsonc  tlarDr. 

MS.  Linnln  A.  I  17,  f-  5. 
BATAND.     Going  hastily.     Langloft. 
BATANT.   The  piece  of  wood  that  nms  all  along 

ujiou  the  edge  of  a  lock&ide  of  a  door,  gate,  or 

window.      Colgrart. 
BATARDIER.    A  nursery  for  treei.   (Fr.) 
BATALNTLICME.   Hastily.  {A.-N.)   SeePien 

Ploughman,  y.  286. 
BATAYLYNGE.    a  battlement 

How  thtl  Itmple  with  till  wallil  wyde. 
With  hi»ci«t»  «nil  baunlytfe  ryille. 

Unlgalf,  MS.  S>'e.  Jiiliii.  IM,  t,  IS. 
BATCH.  (1)  Properly  a  quantity  of  bread  baked 
at  once,  but  generally  applied  to  a  bout  or  lot 
of  anything.  It  also  implies  the  whole  of  the 
wheat  flour  which  is  used  for  making  common 
household  bread,  after  the  bran  alone  has  been 
separated  from  it.  Coarse  Sour  in  sometimes 
called  iaich  flour. 

(2)  A  kind  of  hound,     \orth. 

(3)  An  open  space  by  the  road-side;  a  sand- 
bank, or  patch  of  ground  lying  near  a  river; 
a  mound.     H'ril. 

BATE.  (1)  Dmtention;  debate;  conflict  Cf. 
Chron.  Vilodun.  p.  83;  Soke  of  Cuitosye,  p.  8 ; 
Acolostus,  1540 ;  2  Hen.  IV.  ii.  4. 

(2)  To  abate ;  to  diminish.     A'or/A, 

Wherror  hit  luXe  bettao  to  bau. 
And  that  wm  love  Uthannc  hat«. 

Cotctr,  J/.t.  S>K.  jtKllq.  134,  f.  r& 
Hyi  coirnlynancc  djdr  he  n«iet  iMtt, 
But  kfpl  hym  itylle  Id  nn  flatc. 

Arch'toti.gia,  xxL  "Ji. 

(3)  To  flutter,  a  tei-m  generally  applied  to  hawks. 
SeeDepoi.  Ric.  II.  p.  13;  Brit.  Bibl.  ii.  315  ; 
Cotgreve,  in  v.  Debalu;  HoUnslicd,  Hist.  Ire- 
land, p.  21. 

(4)  Bit     {A..S.) 

TImtc  w»  oi  qwikc  thyniira  that  they  talt  ll>.il 
ne  alu  lora  it  dyed,  tnt  liarma  did  ihay  nane  lo  ihc 
iMU.  MS.  UhcvIh  a.  1. 17.  f.  ill- 

's) Lower? 

To  •  lownc  Ihol  toke  the  e*U, 
Men  clepe  hit  Octany  the  ta(e. 

MS.  Quifat.  Ff.  V.  48,  t.  IS, 

(6)  Without ;  except.     Lane. 

(7)  In  Craven,  when  the  fibres  of  wood  are 
twixt«d  and  crooked,  they  are  said  to  be  crou- 
bated. 

(8)  To  go  with  rapidity.  Also,  to  fall  suddenly, 
"  let*  his  burlyche  blonke  baile  on  the  flores." 
US.  Morte  Arthore,  f.  81. 

(9)  A  boat.     {A..S.) 

Thrr  men  vyUyled  by  ktn 
That  ca«lci  with  cornea.     Sir  Brfrtram.Vii. 
(101  The  old  proverb,  "  bale  mc  an  ace,  quoth 
Bolton  "  implies  an  alleged  assertion  i>  too 


strong,   or,   sometimes,  according  to  Nam, 
"  excuse  me  there."     Sec  Sir  Thomas  More, 
p.  18 ;  Steevens'  Old  Plays,  i.  45. 
A  (latnphlct  wa«  of  protcrbs  jieu'd  by  PoUod, 

Whi-reln  be  thought  all  &orti  included  were ; 

Unlill  one  told  him,  Bate  m'  an  act,  quvtii  Bi>tto», 

Indeed,  lald  he,  that  proTerbe  is  not  there. 

TheMa*:iee,  tjuvted  bv  Saru, 

(11)  Uid  beat.     Spetuer. 

BATE-UREEDING.    Apt  to  cause  strife.  ShnJt. 

BATED.  A  fish,  when  plump  and  full-rowed,  is 
said  to  be  well  bated.     Sutter. 

BATELLE.    A  little  boat     Langtoft.p.  241. 

BATE-MAKER.    A  causer  of  strife. 

BATEMENT.  That  part  of  wood  which  is  cut 
off  by  a  carpenter  to  make  it  lit  for  his  purpose. 
Var.  dial. 

BATEMENT-UOHTS.  The  upper  openinga 
between  the  mullions  of  a  window. 

BATER.  St«nibnr>t,  Uescriplion  of  Ireland, 
p.  1 1 ,  sayi,  "  As  for  the  woril  bater,  that  in 
English  purportcth  a  lane  bearing  to  an  high 
Wttie,  1  take  it  for  a  nicerc  Irish  word  that 
crept  unwarcs  into  the  EngUsh,  through  the 
ilaiiie  intercourse  of  the  English  and  Irish  in- 
habitants." J, 

BATEYLED.     Embattled. 

A  hundrcth  tyretct  he  «aw  fuU  stout. 

So  godly  the!  wer  tMrylti  aboule.    MS.  jlthmalii  61 . 

BATFOWLING.  A  method  of  taking  birds  in 
the  night-time,  fully  described  in  the  Diet. 
Rust,  in  V.  Sec  Tempest,  ii.  1  ;  Cotgrave,  in 
T.  lireller;  Harrison's  Description  of  England, 
p.  2tO;  Bloiuc's  Gent.  Rec.  ii.  143. 

BATFUL.     Fruitful.     Drayton. 

BATH.  (1)  Both.     North. 

(2)  A  sow.     Hertfordnh. 

(3)  To  dry  any  ointment  or  liquid  into  the  skin. 
Ketmetfi  MS.  Glott. 

BATHER.  (1)  To  scratch  and  nih  in  the  duit, 
as  birds  do.     fTarv. 

(2)  Of  both.  (,Y.-S.)  Gen.  pi. 

And  one  a  day  thIr  Iwa  kyngea  wiih  thaire  ballirr 
oftei  mett  to((edlr  apone  a  fairc  felde,  and  faughtc 
tngedir  wonder  cgerly.  MS.  Urteutn  A.  1.  17,  1.  10. 
The  wvcnd  lacranKUt  ea  matrynioyoe.  that  e« 
lawefuUe  fcitynnynge  bclwyx  manne  and  womane  at 
thiirc  bathcre  asMmte.  IbU.  t.  916, 

BATHING,     SeeUeating. 

BATHING-TUB.  A  kind  of  bath,  formerly naed 
by  persons  afSicteil  with  a  certain  disease. 
Ben  Jonson  mentions  it  in  Cynthia's  Revels, 
Ii.  254. 

BATIGE.    A  pearl. 

BATILB.VBY.  A  certain  office  in  foresU,  men- 
tioned  in  MS.  HarL  433,  quoted  in  Stevenson's 
addition*  to  Boucher. 

BATILLAGE.     Boat  hire. 

BATING.     Breeding.     A^orf*. 

BAT-IN-WATER.     Water  mint 

B  ATLE  R.  The  instrument  with  which  washen 
l>eat  their  coarse  clothe*.  Often  spelt  battel. 
See  Collier's  Shakespeare,  iiL  34.  It  is  also 
called  a  ballifig^tuff',  or  a  batttaff,  and  some- 
times a  battim/^taff,  as  in  Cotgrave,  in  v.  Ba- 
cute.  Mr.  Ilartshome  gives  baltleton  as  tnc 
Shropshire  form  of  the  iais£  •<r<«\- 


BAT 


150 


BAU 


BAILING.  A  Wind  of  fish.  See  i  curiom  enu- 
meration  in  Brit.  Bibl.  ii.  490. 

BATLINS.  Loppings  of  treet,  tied  up  into  fag- 
gots.    Suffolk. 

BATNEIl.     An  ox.     Jth. 

BATOLLIT.     Embattled. 

BATOON.  A  cudgel.  S/tirleg.  In  the  Wan- 
dering Jew,  164U,  a  roarer  ia  called  a  bat  toon 
gallant. 

BATOUR.     Batter.     JTarner. 

B.\TS.  (1)  The  short  furrows  of  an  irregularly- 
shaped  field.     South, 

(2)  Cricket.     Devon. 

(3)  A  Iteating.      lor***. 
BAT-SWAIN.    A  sailor.     (J.-S.) 
BATT.  (1)  To  beat  gently.     Salop. 

(2)  To  wink  or  move  the  eycUds  up  and  down. 

CAeth. 
BATTEN.  (1)  To  thrive;  to  grow  fat.    North. 

Tliis  word  occurs  in  Shakesiicarc,  Marlowe, 

and  other  early  writers. 

(2)  A  mil  from  three  to  six  inches  in  breadth, 
one  or  more  in  thickness,  and  of  indefinite 
length.  A  fence  made  of  these  is  called  a 
liatten-fence. 

(3)  To  batten  in  dung,  is  to  lie  upon  it  and  beat 
it  close  together.     Kennctt'i  .\fS.  Glouary. 

(4)  The  straw  of  two  shcAres  folded  together. 
North.  A  thatcher's  tool  fur  beating  down 
tliatch  is  called  a  batten-board. 

B.\TTER.  (I)  An  abatement.  A  wall  which 
diminishes  upwards  is  said  to  tatter. 

(2)  Dirt.    North. 

(3)  To  fight  one's  way.    ifidtand  C. 

(4)  To  wear  out.  South.  A  horse  with  tender 
feet  is  said  to  be  battered. 

BATTERO.  A  bat ;  a  stick.  Tliis  word  occurs 
in  one  of  the  quarto  editions  of  King  Lear, 
160S,  iv.  6,  in  the  place  of  bat  in  another 
quarto,  and  balloic  in  the  folio.  See  Collier's 
Shakespeare,  vii.  46S.  Kersey  explains  bat- 
tery, "  a  violent  beating  or  striking  of  any 
person." 

BATT  ID.  Covered  with  strips  of  wood,  as  walls 
are  previously  to  their  being  plastered. 

BATTING-STOCK.    A  beating  stock.    Ketmrt/. 

BATTLE.  (1)  To  dry  in  ointment  or  moisture 
upon  the  flesh  by  rubbing  and  putting  that 
part  of  the  body  by  the  fire.  Kennett't  MS. 
Olonary, 

(2)  Fruitful,  fertile,  appUcd  to  land.  Also  to 
render  gn>und  fertile  by  preparation.  In  the 
index  to  Markham's  Couutrey  Forme,  1616, 
is  "  to  battle  ground,  and  with  what  manner 
of  dung."  The  term  is  occasionally  applied  to 
the  fattening  of  animals.  "  Battleageofwhpjit" 
is  mentioned  in  the  Ordinances  and  Regu- 
lations, p.  195. 

(3)  A  word  peculiar  to  Oxford  for  taking  provi- 
sions from  the  buttery,  &c. 

(4)  To  bespatter  with  mud.    Northampt. 
BATTLED.    Embattled.   Arch.  v.  431. 
BATTLEDORE.   According  to  Micge,  this  was 

formerly  a  term  for  a  hornbook,  and  hence 
no  doubt  arose  the  plimse  to  "know  .K.  H. 
froin  a  battledore."  Seep.  128. 


B.ATTLEDORE-BARLEY.  A  kind  of  barley 
mentioned  by  Aubrey,  MS.  Hist.  Wilts,  p.  30i 
and  said  by  him  to  be  so  called  "  from  the 
flatness  of  the  ear." 

BATTLEMENT.  A  notched  or  indented  parapet 
originally  used  only  on  fortifications,  but  after- 
wards employed  on  ecclesiastical  and  other 
edifices.     Ojif.  Gtotn.  Arch. 

BATTLER.  (1)  A  small  bat  to  play  at  hall  with, 
See  IloweU,  sect,  xxvili. 

(2)  An  Oxford  student.  See  Middleton's  Works 
v.  514.  The  tenn  is  used  in  contradistinction 
to  gentleman  commoner. 

BATTLE-ROYAL.  A  fight  between  scverU 
cocks,  where  the  one  that  stands  longest  it 
the  victor.  The  temi  is  often  more  gtoerally 
applied. 

BATTLE-TWIG.    An  earwig.   iVort*. 

BATTLING.    See  Battlement. 

BATTLING-STONE.  A  large  smooth-faced 
stone,  set  in  a  sloping  position  by  the  side  ol 
a  stream,  on  which  washerwomen  beat  tli 
linen  to  clean  it.    North. 

B.VTTOM.  A  board,  generally  of  narrow  dimei 
sions,  hut  the  full  breadth  of  the  tree  it 
sawn  from.     North. 

BAITUIL.    A batlilng-sfaff.   Lane. 

BATTRV.  (1)  A  tea-kettle.   Suffol*. 

(2)  In  the  Rates  of  the  Custonie  House,  IM 
mention  is  made  of  "  kattry  the  c.  pounde 
See  the  Brit.  Bibl.  ii.  3'J9. 

BATTS.  (1)  Low  flat  grounds  adjoining  riTcre, 
and  sometimes  ishinds  in  rivers.   North. 

(2)  Short  ridges.    /.  Hight. 

BATURD.     Battered. 

And  toke  hyi  itaffc  grHe  and  longe. 
And  on  the  hcd  he  hym  baturd. 

Ua-Caiaab.  Fr.  u.M,  r. 

BATTLDOURE.  A  beetle  or  wooden  hat  used 
in  washing  and  beating  clothes.  Prompt. 
Parr. 

BATYN.     To  make  debate.     Prompt.  Pare. 

BAUUEE.  A  co)>|>er  coin,  of  about  the  value 
of  a  halfpenny.  The  halfpenny  itself  is  some- 
times so  called. 

BAUBERY.    A  squabble ;  a  brawL    Tor.  dUU. 

BAl'BLE.     A  fool's  bauble  was  a  short  stici 
with  a  head  ornamented  with  aoscs  cars  fai 
tastically  carved  upon   it.     An  old    proverl 
says,  "  if  every  fool  should  wear  a  baubltt] 
fewel  would  be  dear."     See  also  BabuUe. 

BAUBYN.     A  baboon. 

BAUD.  (1)  Tliis  word  was  formerly  applied  ii 
a  very  general  sense.  A  procurer,  procure 
a  keeper  of  a  brothel,  or  any  one  employed 
bad  services  in  this  line,  whctlier  mole  or  fi 
mule,  was  called  a  baud.  Verstegan,  Rest: 
tution,  ed.  1634,  p.  333,  calls  it  a 
"  now  given  in  our  language  to  sudi 
are  the  makers  or  furlhercn  of  dishorn 
matches."  This  definition  was  in  use  earlii 
as  appears  from  a  curious  passage  in  tli 
Gesta  lloniaiionim,  p.  432.  See  also  the  c 
ractcr  of  bairite  phuicke  in  the  Fratcmityc 
Vacabondes,  1575. 

(2)  A  badger.     Bhme. 


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BAUDE.     Joyous,     (.i.-fi.) 
BAliDEBlE.     Pimping.     Chaucer. 
BAliOKlN.     A  ricli    and   precious  species  of 
stuif,  introduced  into  England  in  tlic  Ihir- 
Uentb  century.    It  is  said  to  bare  been  com- 
posed of  siU(,  interwoven  with  threads  of  gold 
in  a  most  sumptuous  manner.     Notices  of  it 
are  Tcry  common.     Wc  may  refer  to  Kyng 
Alisaun'dcr,  202,  759 ;  Richard  Cocr  dc  Lion, 
2778,  3349;  Scvyn  Sages,  27-14;  Dugilolc's 
Monost.  iii.  325 ;  Ellis's  Met.  Horn.  iii.  2H7  ; 
Strtilt,  ii.  6;  Planchc,  p.  93;  Cy  of  Wanvike, 
p.  421 ;  Test.  Vetiist.  p.  228.     According  to 
Iluuce,  "  it  means  tissue  of  gold,  and  some- 
times a  canopy,  probably  from  being  oma- 
mcntrd  with  the  tissue." 
BAIUKICK.   Sec  Daldrick.  The  word  is  some- 
times spelt  iaudry,  as  in  Kyng  Alisaundcr, 
469B. 
BAD  DRY.     Bad  Ungiuge.     Stelltm. 
BAUDS.     Fine  clothes .'     Tome. 
UAliDY.    Dirty.  (/t.-X)  See  Skclton's  Works, 
ii.    161;    Chaucer,   Cant.    T.    16103;    Piers 
Ploughman,  p.  88 ;   Mortc  d' Arthur,  i.  192, 
196;  Palsgrave,  adj.  f.  83;  Ashmolc's  Thcat. 
Cbem.  Brit.  p.  190. 
BAVDY-BASKET.     A  cant  term   for  a  bad 
womaii,  mentioned  in  Harrison's  Description 
of  England,  p.  184.     Dr.  Bliss  defines  it  "  a 
woman  who  cohabits  with  an  upright  man, 
and  professes  to  sell  thread,  &c."    See  Earle's 
Microcosmography,  notes,  p.  249 :  Holme's 
Academy  of  Armor*-,  iii.  167. 
BAUKKE.'  To  belch.'     Colei. 
BAL'FKEY.     A  beam.     Skinner. 
BAUGER.     Barbarous ;  bad.     Bale. 
UAL'GH.    A  pudding  made  with  milk  and  flour 

onlr.     Cie»k. 
BAl'CllLlNG.     Wrangling.     Cumb. 
BAl'LCHIN.     An  unfledged  bird.      JTanr. 
BAULK.     To  overlook  or  pajis  by  a  hare  in  her 

form  without  seeing  lior.     Tor.  ilial. 
BAULKY.     A  term  applied  to  earths  when  it 

digs  np  in  clots.     North. 
BAULMEMINT.     Water  mint     Fbmo. 
BAl'N-COCK.     A  game  cock.     Durham. 
BAUNSEY.     A  hadgir.     Prompt.  Parr. 
DAURGHWAN.     A  horse-collar.      Yurkuh. 
BAl  SE.     To  kiss.     Mantim. 
BAUSON.  (1)  A  badger.    In  the  Prompt.  Parr. 
p.  27,  we  have  the  forms  tawtone,  hatcfrme, 
and   liaiaton.     See  also   Brit.   Bibl.    i.  20; 
Percy's  Keljqucs,  p.  80 ;  Colgrave,  in  v.  Gri- 
»<Trrf,  spell  ioaiion. 
(2)  Swelled  ;  ]M-ndant.     Salop. 
UAUTEKT.     Encrusted  with  dirt.     North. 
BAUTTE.     This  wnnl  occurs  in  an  early  poem 
printed  in  Todd's  Illustrations,  p.  264. '  I  sus- 
pect a  misreading  of  the  MS.  for  "  in  vanili5." 
BAUX-IIOUND.     A  kind  of  hunting  dog,  men. 
tioned  in  Holme's  Academy  of  Aniiory,  p.  184. 
BAVEN.    (1)    A  brush  faggot,  properly  bound 
with  only  one  witlic.     Var.  dial.     A  faggot  is 
bound  with  two.     Tliis  distinction  seems  al- 


luded to  in  Dr.  Dee's  Diary,  p.  38.     See  alto 
Euphues  Golden  Legade,  ap.  Collier,  p.  II. 

(2)  A  cake.  Hoirell. 
BAVERE.     Bavaria,     ijinof. 

BAVIAN.  A  baboon,  or  monkey ;  an  occasional, 
but  not  a  regular  character  in  the  old  Morris 
dance.  He  appears  io  the  Two  Noble  Kins- 
men, where  his  office  is  to  bark,  to  tumble,  to 
play  antics,  and  exhibit  a  long  tail  with  what 
decency  he  cnuld.     Narei. 

BAVIER'.  The  braver  of  a  helmet.  Sec  Mev- 
rick,  u.  257 ;  Hall,  Henry  IV.  f.  12  ;  Excerpt. 
Hist.  p.  208;  PlancbiS,  p.  1&9. 

BAVIN.     Impure  limestone. 

BAVISENESSE.     Mockery.     {ji..N.) 

BAVISII.     To  drive  away.     ImI. 

BAW.  (1)  An  interjection  of  contempt.  Sec 
Piers  Ploughman,  pp.  210,  419.  In  the  East 
of  England,  boys  and  girls  are  addresaed  an 
tavi. 

{2)  Alvum  levarc.     Lane. 

(3)  A  hall.     North. 

(4)  A  diuiipUng.     Lttite. 
(a)  To  bark.      ToptelL 
BAWATY.     Lindsey-wolsey.     North. 
B.WVCOCK.     A  burlesque  term  of  endearment. 

Shak. 
BAWD.  (1)  The  outer  covering  of  ■  walnut. 
Somertet. 

(2)  Bawled.     Yorkth. 

(3)  A  hare.  A  Scottish  term  for  this  animal, 
according  to  Joinicson,  and  apparently  em- 
ployed by  Shakespeare,  Romeo  and  Jidiel.ii.  4. 

BAWDER.     To  scold  grumbllnglv.     Suffolk. 

BAWDERIKW.\RD.     Next  to  tlic  belt. 

And  lUo  thx  it  lie  u  gnt  and  holow  dryyctl  if 
hit  msy  IO  the  Inigthr,  and  that  it  be  ihorterc  at 
the  iyde  to  the  buudrrikuMrd  than  at  the  nethrr 
>;de.  MS.  BudL  546, 

BAWE.  (1 )  "Hie  bow  of  a  saddle  ?     Gate. 

(2)  A  specie*  of  worm  formerly  used  ai  ■  bait 
for  fishing.     Stevemon. 

BAWEL.  Banels  are  mentioned  by  the  ton  and 
the  thousand  in  the  Rates  of  the  Custome 
House,  1545,  in  Brit.  Bdd.  ii.  398. 

BAWE-LINE.  The  bowlitig  of  a  sail ;  that  rope 
which  is  fastened  to  the  middle  part  of  the 
outside  of  a  sail.     Stnemion. 

BAWER.     A  maker  of  balls.     Staffordth. 

B  AWKER.  A  kind  of  sand-atone  used  for  whet- 
ting scythes.     Somertet. 

BAWKS.     A  hay-loft.     Cumi. 

BAWL.  Hounds,  when  too  busy  before  they 
find  the  scent,  are  said  to  bawL    Blome. 

BAWLIN.     Big;  large.     Cole: 

BAWMAN.     A  bowman ;  an  archer.     Gatr. 

BAWME.  (1)  Balm.  Ahio  a  verb,  to  embalm, 
iu  which  sense  it  occurs  in  the  Lincoln  MS.  of 
Morte  Arthure;  Malorj-,  i.  179.  "  Bawme 
glastes"  arc  menlionrd  "in  Brit.  Bibl.  iL  399, 
which  may  refer  to  the  place  of  their  maim- 
factnre. 

(2)  To  address;  to  adorn.     North. 

UAWMYN.     Bahiam.     Prompt.  Pan. 

BAWN.  (I)  Any  kind  of  edifice.  See  Richard- 
son, in  V. 


BAY 


152  BAY 


(2)  Rcadv;  going.  Sorlh, 
BAWND!  Swollen.  Kaiil. 
BAWNDONLY.   Cheerfully.    {A.-N.)     Sec  the 

exmniple  quoted  under  barmie. 
BAWRELL.     A  kind  of  hawk.    Phillipii.     The 

maie  bird  was  called  the  bmcrtt.  Sec  Blome's 

Gent.  Rec.  ii.  28. 
BAWSE.  To  scream.    Skinner.    Supposed  to  he 

a  form  of  ioy. 
BAWSEN.     Burst.     Derbyih.      Bawsen-ballid, 

mplured. 
BAWSIIERE.    Supposed  to  he  a  corruption  of 

betni-tire.  See  the  Towneley  Mysteries,  p.  69. 
BAWSIN.  (I)  Au  imperious  noisy  fellow.  North. 

(2)  Great  J  large;  unwieldy,  swelled.  Cliful. 
Ben  Joiison,  \\.  278,  has  the  word  iu  this 
lense.    See  also  Urry's  Chaucer,  p.  5&8. 

(3)  A  badger.  See  Ellis's  Met.  Rom.  ii  358, 
wrongly  explained  by  the  editor. 

BAWSONT.  llanug  a  white  stripe  down  the 
face,  applied  to  an  animal.  North. 

BAWSTONE.    A  badger.  Prompt.  Pan. 

BAWT.  (1)  Without.    )'orX»/i. 

(2)  To  roar  j  to  cry.    A'orM. 

BAWTERE.  Some  bird  of  prey,  mentioned  by 
Bemers. 

BAWY.  A  boy.  Tliis  unnsual  form  occurs  in  the 
Frere  and  the  Bov,  st.  xv. 

BAXTER.  (1)  A  baker.    North. 

The  basirrr  mcttc  anollier, 

Nu  hit  nau;t  fO  gn<l.   US.  B'M.Kii,  (.  S. 

(2)  An  im|)U'mcnt  used  for  hakuig  cokes  upon, 
common  in  old  lioiues.    North. 

BAY.  (I)  A  berry.    Prompt.  Parr. 

Tak  chE?  hayai  o(  yvrnLS  siitl  iljfnp  Ihame  wric. 
and  temper  thamc  with  *hU  wyne,  oud  drynk 
thcrof  ravtjindc  Uk  ■  day  a  porclonc. 

U.S.  Lit,c:iln  A.  1. 17,  f.  2m. 

(2)  A  principal  compartment  or  division  in  the 
architectural  arrangement  of  a  building, 
marked  either  by  the  buttresses  on  the  walls, 
by  the  disposition  of  the  main  ribs  of  the 
vaulting  of  the  interior,  by  the  main  arches 
■nd  pillars,  tlie  princijials  of  the  roof,  or  by 
any  other  leading  features  that  se|)aratc  it  into 
corresponding  portions.  The  word  is  some- 
times used  for  the  space  between  the  mullions 
of  (Window.  Orf.  Glon.  .^rch.  In  the  pro- 
vinoes  the  term  is  even  apphcd  to  the  divisions 
of  ■  bam,  or  in  fact  to  any  building  possess- 
ing marks  of  division.  Sometimes  a  single 
apartment  in  a  rustic  house,  or  the  space  be- 
tween two  gables,  is  so  called,  which  may  be 
the  meaning  of  the  term  in  Measure  for  Mea- 
sure, ii.  1,  unless  we  might  propose  to  reait 
day.  A  compartment  of  a  vault  is  also  tenncd 
a  Aoy,  according  to  Willis's  Nomenclatiire, 
p.  43.  Cf.  Florio,  in  v.  Angra;  Arch.  \.  441 ; 
Hall's  Satires,  v.  1 ;  Nichols'  Royal  Wills, 
p.  2<J5 ;  Holme's  Academy  of  Armory,  p.  430. 
(3)  A  pond-head  made  up  of  a  great  height  to 
keep  in  store  of  water,  so  that  the  wheels  of 
the  furnace  or  hammer  belonging  Ui  an  iron 
mill  may  be  driven  by  the  water  coming 
thence  through  a  floodgate.  Ulouiil.  The  word 
occurs  in  Prompt.  Parv.  p.  21,  translated  by 


I 


obttaculum,  for  which  see  Ducange,  in  r.  I»l 
Dorsetshire,  any  bank  across  a  stream  is  coRe^ I 
a  bay,  and  Cotgrave,  in  T.  liaye,  mentions  "i^l 
bay  of  land." 

(4)  A  pole ;  a  stake.  SUmter. 

(b)  To  bathe.    Speiuer. 

(6)  A  boy.    n'etier. 

(7)  To  bend,     ll'etlmor. 

(8)  Uonnd.     Gaw. 

I'J)  Day,  or  bailing  of  an  animal,  when  attacked  ^ 
by  dogs,  .\ccnrding  to  Blome,  hounds  arc  said  fl 
to  hay,  when  they  make  the  animal  "  tura  ^1 
head."    To  bay,  to  bark.    Mirge. 

(10)  To  open  the  mouth  entrcatingly  for  food, 
as  a  young  child  does.    Hollybmd. 

( 1 1 1  The  ncj>t  of  a  squirrel.    Eatt. 

(12^  A  hole  in  a  breast-work  to  receive  thoj 
moulh  of  a  cannon.    Hemty. 

(13)  To  bark.    Blome. 

(14)  To  unlodgc  a  niartcm.    lilome. 
BaS'ARD.     Properly  a  bay  horse,  but  often  tp- 

plied  to  a  horse  in  general.     According   to 
Grose,  to  ride  bayard  of  ten  toes  is  to  walk  on 
foot,  a  phrase  which  can  have  no  lundem  ori- 
gin.    A  very  old  proverb,  "  as  bold  as  blind 
bayard,"  seems  to  be  applied  to  those  who  do 
not  look  before  they  leaji.     Cf.  Piers  Plough-  { 
man,  pp.  68,  72,  128 ;  Skelton,  il  18C;  Tarl. 
ton's  Jests,  p.  h\ ;  Halle's  Expostulation,  p.  5  ; 
Tumament  of  Tottenham,  xi. ;  Cotgrave,  in  v. 
Bnyart  i  Chaucer,  Cant.  T.  16881  ;  Kennctl'a  | 
Glossnr)-,  p.  23;  MS.  Douce  302,  f.  7  ;  Aude- 
I.iy's  Poems,  p.  84  ;  Dent's  Pathway  to  Heaven,  j 
(1.  217;  Manners  and  Household  Expenccs  of] 
England,  p.  184  ;  Langtoft,  p.  272  ;  MS.  Cott,  J 
Cleop.   IJ.  ii.   f.  61  ;    Sir  Gawayne,    p.  301. 
Skclton    mentions   bnyardyi  bun,   ■   sort  of] 
loaf  formerly  given  to  horses. 

Thrr  li  no  God,  IhiT  i«  no  lawe 

or  whom  thai  he  takoth  cny  hede, 

Uut  as  Baimr^e  thr  biyndc  ftede, 

Tille  he  fallc  In  the  dUhe  ainidde, 

He  goth  thcr  no  man  wol  him  bidden 

Cnucr,  US.  Sue.  ytitllq.  IM,  I 

DAY-DUCK.     A  shell-duck.     Eatt. 
BAYE.     Both.     {A..S.) 

Til  thai  com  Into  a  ralayv. 
And  thrr  thai  gun  to  rest  6a|w 

Arthttur  and  UtrltM,  p. 
Into  the  chaumt>rr  go  we  6ajw, 
Among  tJM  maidens  foi  lo  pUye. 

(3y  af  trarmkt,  p.  U».. 

DA^'EN.    To  bay ;  to  bark ;  to  bait. 

HAYES.     Baize. 

BAYTIT.     Baited.     Robion. 

HAYLE.  (1)  A  bailiff.     See  Reynard  the  ?oie, 

p.  162;  Audelay's  Poems,  p.   33;  Townelejr 

.Mysteries,  p.  1 7.     In  both  senses. 
(2)  A  bucket.    See  the  Pri^7  Purse  Expencei  of 

Henry  VIII.  p.  11,  "to  the  same  watenoea  J 

for  fowre  baytei  for  the  sated  barge."  I 

BAYLLISHIP.    The  office  of  a  bailiff. 
BAYLY.     Authority.    Cf.  Sir  Eglamour,  755,  a 

district  given  in  charge  to  a  bailiff  or  guarcL 
V  kneghe  hym  here  yn  grete  btij/ljf. 
He  loved  veqjauoce  wiihoute  mercy. 

US.  Hail.  \im,  U  10.  ] 


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BEA 


I 
I 


BAYITD.     Boiled.    If-eber. 

BAYN.     Amunlerer.    {^.-S.) 

BAYNES.    Bones.    Sec  Sharp's  Cor,  Mysteries, 

p.  225. 
UAYN  YD.   Shelled,  prepircd  for  tabic,  as  beans, 

&c.     Prompt.  Parr. 
BA)K£.    Fit ;  convenient.    Durham. 
BAYSSENT.    Reionciled  ? 

To  ceuu  the  warre,  Ihe  |>«ce  to  be  cDctouMd 
BdwoM  h}m  u»l  kyng  John  hannnl. 

Haritng"!  Cltrcniclt,  I.  ISO. 

BAYTE.  (1)  To  avail  i  to  be  useful.  Also,  to 
apply  to  any  use. 

Hot  with  hir  lukc  ■  tr)'pi>«  of  gayiCj 
With  mylkc  of  thAmo  for  to  boyf* 

To  hit  lyvM  fodc.  Sir  Perenal  188. 

(2)  Explained  by  iieame,  "  baited,  fastened,  in- 
Tadcd,"  in  his  glossary  to  Langtoft ;  but  see 
p.  276. 
BAYTHE.    To  grant.    Gmt. 
BAYTYNGES.    Chastisements. 

He  »hKl  hem  chutyK  wilhftmcrt  •pcche. 
With  tmaWv  Ifo^^Hgn  va6  nst  with  wrcchc. 

JUS.  Hart.  17(11,  f.7S. 

BAY-'WINDOW.  A  large  w-indow  ;  probably  so 
called,  because  it  occupied  the  whole  bag,  q.  v. 
It  projected  outwardii,  occaiiionally  in  a  semi- 
circular form,  and  hence  arose  the  corrupted 
expression  bow-window.  The  bay-window, 
however,  was  oftcncr  in  a  rectangular  or  poly- 
gonal form.  The  term  also  appears  to  Imve 
Been  applied  to  a  balcony,  or  gallery ;  at  least. 
Coles  gives  it  as  the  translation  of  menianuni. 

BAYTD.    Of  a  bay  colour.    Prompt.  Pan. 

BAYZE.    Piisoner's  base.    SJUntwr. 

DAZ.\NS.  A  kind  of  leather  boots,  mentioned 
by  Matthew  Paris. 

BAZE.    To  alarm.    Aorth. 

BE.  (1)  By.  (/f.-S.)  OcctLsionally /ime  is  un- 
derstood. "  Be  we  jHirt,"  by  the  lime  that 
we  part.  This  proimsition  is  common  in  caily 
writers,  and  is  stili  in  luc  in  the  north  country 
dialects. 

(2)  Been.  The  part.  pa.  occurring  in  this  form 
in  Chaucer  and  Robert  of  Gloucester. 

(3)  The  verb  to  be  is  unchanged  in  all  its  tenses 
in  most  of  the  prorincial  dialects.  "  1  be  very 
hungry,"  &c. 

(4)  A  common  prefix  to  verbs,  generally  con- 
veying an  intcnsativc  power,  as  be-bath'd, 
Brit.  Bibl.  iii.  207 ;  beblubbered,  Holinshed, 
Chron.  Ireland,  p.  91 ;  becAarme,  Ford's  Line 
of  Life,  p.  57;  bedare,  Hawkins'  Eng.  Dram, 
ii.  188;  hedged,  TopscU's  History  of  Serpents. 
p.  309;  brfann'd,  Fairfax  of  the  Bulk  and 
Selvedge  of  the  World,  ded.  Ifi74  ;  ie/ot/yed, 
Dent's  Pathway  to  Heaven,  p.  323 ;  befool, 
Brome's  Songs,'  1661,  p.  200 ;  Tarlton's  Jests, 
p.  37  :  betnave,  Brit.  Bibl.  i.  38 ;  belrfl,  Gesta 
Romaoorum,  p.  330 ;  belome,  Florio,  in  v. 
A^OMtrieciire ;  behilM,  Two  Lancashire 
LoTcrt,  1640,  p.  162;  bepinch,  Itrit.  Bibl. 
L650;  bepowJrred,  Deloncy's  Strange  His- 
tories, 1607  ;  beqHtte,  Stanihurst's  Desc.  of 
Ireland,  pref.  p.  1 ;  berogue,  Songs  of  the 
London  Prentices,  n,  91 ;   befcratched,  Gif- 


fbrd's  Dialogue  on  Wltcbes,  1603;  bttkakt. 
Cotton's   Works,    1734,   p.   13;    bapoHjIed, 
Bamefield's  Affectionate  Shepherd,  p.  S ;  be- 
lear'd,  Brit.  Bibl.  iv.  125. 
(6)  A  jewel,  ring,  or  bracelet.   {J.-S.) 
Thereon  he  Mtte  rychely  crowoyd, 
V\  llh  mjuiy  a  beMuote,  broche  and  6*. 

tin.  Uaru  asa 
BEACE.  (1)  CatUe.     ^orlh. 
(2)  A  cow-stall.      Yorkth. 

Small  ruffles.     Miege. 
Going  on  pilgrimage. 


BEAD-CIKFS. 
BEAD- FAKING 

ategan, 
BEAD-HOUSE. 


,  r.iu. 


Ver. 


A  dwelling-place  for  poor  re- 
ligious persons,  raised  near  the  church  in 
w  hicb  the  founder  was  intcrrctl,  and  for  whose 
soul  they  were  reqiiircd  to  pray.  Biitlou. 
Almshouses  arc  still  termed  beadhuusct  in 
some  parts  of  the  country ;  and  Kennett,  MS. 
Lansd.  1033,  has,  "  bed-house,  an  kospitsL 
Dunehn," 

BEADLE.  A  crier  or  messenger  of  a  court,  the 
keeper  of  a  prison  or  bouse  of  correction,  an 
under-bailiff  of  a  manor.     Blount. 

BEADKULL.  A  list  of  |)Crsoiis  to  be  prayed 
for ;  a  roU  of  prayers  or  hymns ;  hence,  any 
list.  They  were  prohibited  in  England  in 
1650.  See  Croft's  Exccrpta  Antiqua,  p.  13; 
Test.  Vetusl.  p.  388;  TopscU's  Four-footed 
Beasts,  p.  171;  Florio,  in  v.  Vhiiippole. 

BEADSMAN.  One  who  offers  up  prayers  to 
Ilcivcn  for  the  welfare  of  another.  In  later 
times  the  term  meant  Utile  more  \himtervttnt, 
as  we  now  conclude  Icllrrs.  Many  of  the 
ancient  petitions  and  letlers  to  great  men 
were  adilrcssed  to  ibeiii  by  their  "  poor  daily 
orators  and  beadmien."  Sec  Doucc's  Illus- 
trations, i.  31 ;  Ford's  Works,  ii.  72. 

BEiVK.  (I)  To  bask  in  the  beat.    Xortk. 

(2)  An  iron  over  the  fire,  in  which  boilers  are 
hung.      Yorluh. 

(3)  To  wipe  the  beak,  a  hawking  term.  Cocks 
that  peck  each  other  are  said  to  beak ;  and  it 
is  also  a  term  in  cockfight  ing. 

(4)  The  nose  of  a  horse.     TopnU, 

(5)  The  points  of  ancient  shoes  were  railed 
beak:   See  Stnitt's  Dress  and  Habits,  ii.  110. 

BEAKER.  A  large  drinking  vessel,  usually  of 
glass,  a  rummer  or  tumhicr-glass.  The  term 
is  also  used  figuratively  for  auy  thing  of  birg> 
size.  Kennett,  MS.  Lansd.  1033,  defines  ii 
"  a  round  silver  cup  deep  and  narrow." 
Fill  hlin  hit  beaker,  he  will  never  flinch 
To  give  s  full  quart  pot  the  empty  pluch. 

Rou-lantW  Humor§  Orittnarie,  n.  d. 

BEAKIRON.     An   iron   tool    used    by   bUtck- 

smiths.     Holme. 
BE  A  K  M  E  NT.    A  measure  of  about  the  quarter 

of  a  peck.     Neweattle. 
BEAL.  (1)  To  roar  out.     North. 
To  suppurate.     Durham. 
A  boiJ ;   a  hot   inflamed  tumour.     North, 

Cotgrave  has  beating,  matter,  in  v.  Boue. 
(4)  To  beat.    Aiiparently  used  in  this  sense,  or 

perhaps    an    error,  in    Robsou's   Romances, 

p.  108. 


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BBA 


154 


BEA 


DEALING.      Big   with   child.     Ktnnett,   MS. 

Unul.  1033. 
BEALTE.     Beauty.     Ritton. 
BEAM.  (1)  Misfortune.    (-■/.-&) 

(2)  Uobeinia.    See  Heme. 

(3)  To  beam  a  tub  is  to  put  water  into  it,  to  stop 
the  Icaliiug  by  swelling  tUc  wood.    North, 

(i)  A  band  of  »traw.    Devon, 
(b)  This  word  is  apparently  used  for  the  shaft  of 
a  cliariot  in  Holinshed,  Hist. of  England,  p.2C. 

(6)  A  kind  uf  wax-candle. 

(7)  The  third  and  fourth  branches  of  a  stag's 
horn  arc  called  the  beanu,  or  bfam-anlUri. 
See  Blome's  Gent.  Kec.  p.  77  ;  Howard's  Daell 
of  the  Stags,  1668,  p.  B. 

(8)  A  trumpet.    (J.-S.) 

Aod  nowc  bene  hcnre  In  hell  fier. 

Tell  the  daye  of  dome,  tell  b^amet  blowe. 

Clt*tltr  Ptayi,  i.  17. 

BEAMELINGS.  Small  ray*  of  light.  See  the 
Two  Lancaihire  Lovers,  1640,  p.  7. 

BEAM-FEATHERS.  The  long  feathers  in  the 
wings  of  a  hawk.  According  to  some,  the  large 
top  feathers  of  a  hawk's  taiL 

BEAM-KILLING.  Masonry,  or  brickwork, cm- 
ployed  to  flush,  or  fill  up  a  wall  between  joists 
or  beams.    Brilfon. 

BEAMFUL.    Luminous.    Drn\/lon. 

BEAMING-KNIFE.  A  Unner's  initniment, 
mentioned  by  PaLsgravc,  but  without  flic  cor- 
responding word  in  French  ;  subsl.  f.  19. 

BEAMY.     Built  with  beams.     Toptell. 

BEAN.  The  old  method  of  choosing  Idng  and 
queen  on  Twelfth  Day,  was  by  having  a  bean 
and  a  pea  mixed  up  in  the  composition  of  the 
cake,  and  tbey  who  found  them  in  their  por- 
tions were  considered  the  sovereigns  for  the 
evening.  Herrick  alludes  to  tliis  custom, 
as  quoted  by  Narcs,  in  v.  A  bean  was  for- 
mejly  a  generic  term  for  any  thing  worthless, 
which  was  said  to  be  "  not  worth  a  licne." 
Narcs  mentions  a  curious  phrase,  "  three  blue 
beans  in  a  blue  bladder,"  still  in  use  iu  Suf- 
folk, according  to  Moor,  but  the  meaning  of 
which  is  not  very  intelligible,  unless  we  sup- 
pose it  to  create  a  diffictilty  of  repeating  the 
alliteration  distinctly  -,  and  Cotgrave,  in  v.  Fe- 
bur,  gives  another  phrase,  "  like  a  beane  in  a 
monkes  hood." 

BEAN-COD.    A  small  tubing  vend, 

BEANE.  (1)  Obedient.   (,/.  &) 

(2)  A  bone.    ThptfU. 

BEANED.  A  beaned  horse,  one  that  has  a  peb- 
ble put  imder  its  lame  fool,  to  make  it  appear 
sound  and  lirm. 

BEAN  HELM.  The  stalks  of  beans,     tfenl. 

BEAK.  (1)  A  kind  of  barley.  SoHh.  See  Flo- 
rio,  iu  V.  Fiirro,  Zca ;  Cooper,  iu  v.  AchiiUian, 
Zea. 

(2)  To  "  bear  a  hob,"  to  make  one  among  many, 
to  lend  a  helping  hand.    £01/. 

(3)  A  meaiage.  Such  at  least  appears  to  be  the 
meaning  of  brare  in  Chester  Plays,  L  1 73. 

(4)  To  "  bear  in  liand,"  to  amuse  with  frivolous 
pretences,  to  keep  in  expectation,  to  {lersuade, 


if 


to  accuse.    This  phrase  is  very  common 
early  works,  and  is  fully  illustrated  iu  Pals-, 
grave,  verbs,  f.  162. 
(5)  To  "  bear  a  brain,"  to  exert  attenlioo,  in- 
genuity, or  memory ;  a  phrase  occurring  in 
Shakespeare,  Marston,  and  other  early  dra- 
matists. 

6)  A  noise.     See  Brre. 

7)  A  tool  used  to  cut  sedge  and  nubei  in  the 
fens.     Norf. 

BEABBIND.     Bindweed.     .Vor^A. 

BEARD.  (1)  To  oppose  face  to  face  in  a  daring 

and  hostile  manner.     Shuk. 
(2)  To  make  one's  beard ;  to  decdve  a  penon. 

Chaucer.     See   Wright's   Anec.  Lit.  p.  30  i  , 

Tyrwhitt's  Chaucer,  iv.  210. 
n)  To  trim  a  hedge.     Salop. 
\i)  An  ear  of  com.     Ifuloet. 

(5)  The  fnllouing  proverb,  although  well  known, 
deserves  a  place  in  this  collection.  Cf^  l^yng 
AUsauuder,  1164. 

Mery  it  li  In  tlichaJlc,  1 

When  berdei  wijig  alle.      MS.  Load.  CSt,  t.  O,  I 

(6)  The  coanser  parts  of  a  joint  of  meat.  The 
bad  (lorlions  of  a  fleece  of  wool  arc  also  csUed 
the  beard. 

UEARIJ-HEDGE.     "Uic  biuhes  which  arestuckl 
into  the  bank  of  a  new-made  he<lge,  to  pro<  I 
tcct  the  fresh  planted  thorns.    L'httA,    Also 
called   bearding).     See   Kcnnctl'a   GloMarjt,  J 
ItlS.  Lansd.  1033. 

BE,VRD.TUEE.    The  hazel.    Boucher. 

BEARER.    A  farthingale. 

BEARERS.    The  persons  who  bear  or  carry  ■  ] 
corpse  to  the  grave.    In  Kent  the  bier  ii  some- 
times called  a  bearer. 

BEAR-GARDEN.  A  favourite  place  of  unnie. 
ment  in  the  time  of  Elizabeth,  and  frequently 
alluded  to  iu  works  of  that  ]>criod.  A  common 
phrase,  "  to  make  as  much  noise  as  a  bear- 
garden," may  hence  have  its  origin.  A  high 
sounding  drum  there  used  is  alluded  to  iu  the 
Meeting  of  Gallants  at  an  Ordiiiarie,  1604. 

BEAR-HERD.    Tlie  keeper  of  a  bear.    Shak. 

BE.XRING.  (1)  A  term  at  the  games  of  Irish  an4] 
backgammon.  Sec  Two  Angry  Women  <if| 
.Abingiton,  p.  12  ;  Middleton's  Works,  ii.  529. 

(2)  In  coursing,  giring  the  hare  the  go-bjt  • 
called  a  beanng.  See  Blome's  Gent.  Rec  ii.  99.1 

BEARING-ARROW.  An  arrow  that  carries  wclU| 


The  foremost  toei  of  ■ 


Percy. 

BEARING-CLAWS 
cock.    Diet.  Riat. 

BEARING-CLOTH.  The  fine  mantle  or  cloth 
with  which  a  child  is  usually  covered  when  it 
is  lalried  to  church  to  be  baptized.    Shai. 

UEAUING-niSHES.  Solid,  substantial  ilisbcat 
portly  viands.   Matiinger. 

BE ARING-OF-TH E-BOOK.    A  technical  tcrml 
aiuuiig  the  old  players  for  the  duties  of 
prompter.     In  the  accounts  of  the  chnrciv-| 
wardens  of  Heybridge,  1532,  we  have,  "  Ifc 
fur  bari/mj  uf  the  boie,  vj.  d.,"  being  1 
the  c.xiiciises  of  a  luiraclc-play  represented  at  j 
Whitsuntide. 


BEA 


la5 


BEA 


I 


BEAR-LBAP.  According;  to  Kcnnclt.MS.  I.tnsd. 

1033,  "  B  Urge  osier  basket  to  carry  chaff  uut 

of  a  bam,   bom  bclweeii  two  men."     Sec 

BarliTt. 
DE.VR-MOliTllS.     Subterranecus  possagei  by 

whicb  men  and  honet  deaccnd  to  the  coal 

mines.    North, 
BEARN.  (1)  A  ham.   Eatt. 

(2)  A  chUd.     North. 

(3)  Wood.    Colei. 
UEAUS'-COLLEGE.    A  jocular  term  uaed  liy 

Beo  Jonson  for  llie  bear  garden,  or  Parii  gar- 
den, OS  it  was  more  freq\icntly  called. 

HEAR'S-EAR.  The  earlv  red  Biirioula.   E<ul. 

BEARS-FOOT.  A  species  of  hellebore.  See 
Florio,  in  v.  Branca  L'nHia,  foiunttyitue, 
Eleboro  nero.  Vie  have  beargbrtech  and 
bforneort,  names  of  herbs. 

BEAR'S-MASQUE.  A  kind  of  dance  mcn- 
<ione<l  in  an  old  play  in  MS.  Bmll.  3U. 

BEAK-STONE.  A  large  stone  mortar,  fonnerly 
used  for  unhusking  barley.  Broeketl. 

BEARWARD.  The  keeper  of  a  bear. 

BEAB-M'ORM.  The  palmer-worm.  SccTopsell's 
History  of  Serpents,  p.  105. 

BEAS.    Cows ;  cattle.   North. 

BEASEL,  That  part  of  a  ring  in  which  the 
(tone  is  set.  Mim/icii.  Ilowcll  calls  it  ieonV- 
hfad,  in  his  Lexicon,  app.  Sect,  xxxiv.  Sec 
also  Florio.  in  v.  PimUzza. 

BEASSH.    To  defile.   PaUujrmt. 

BEAST.  (1)  An  old  game  at  cards,  similar  to 
the  modern  game  of  loo, 

(2)  Apparently  a  nicosnrc  containing  a  single 
ftv.  See  Wardrobe  Accounts  of  Edw.  IV, 
p.  129. 

(3)  An  animal  of  the  becve  kind  in  a  fatting 
state.     Eatt. 

BEASTING.     A  beating ;  a  flogging.     Lane. 

BEASTLE.    To  defile.     Somrrut. 

BEASTLINGS.  The  first  milk  drawn  after  a 
cow  has  calTcd,  in  some  places  coniidercd  un- 
fit for  the  calf.  A  pudding  made  from  this 
milk,  called  heAstling-pudding,  is  well  known 
for  its  peculiar  richneu.  Sometimes  culled 
*ee»/,  or  bratlingt ;  and  formerly  Bp|>licd  to 
woman's  milk,  or  of  any  aniniiil.  The  word  is 
common  a*  an  archaism,  and  also  in  the  pro- 
vinces. See  Cotgrave,  in  v.  Beltm,  Calltbottli, 
Laiet,  Teline ;  Florio,  in  v.  Cul"»tra. 

BEAT.  (1)  Hares  and  rabbits  are  said  to  bmt, 
when  they  make  a  noise  at  nitting  time.  Sec 
Blomc's  Gent.  Uec.  ii.  76.  As  a  sporting  term, 
to  search. 

(2)  To  repair;  to  mend.    Btul.   (AS.) 

(3)  To  abate.   lloUyband. 

(4)  Peat    Dmm. 

{b)  To  hammer  with  one's  thoughts  on  any  par- 
ticular subject.    Shale. 

(6)  A  term  in  grinding  com.    See  Arch.  xi.  201. 

(7)  "  Brewcr'a  beat"  is  mentioned  in  the  Songj 
of  the  London  Prentices,  p.  132.  Qii.  beet 
root? 

(8)  A  blow,  "We  get  but  yean  and  bratt," 
Beaumont  and  Fletcher,  v.  230. 


BEAT-.^WAY.    To  excavate   North. 
BEAT-BURNI.N'G.     Denshciing,  q.  v. 
BEATEM.   A  conqueror.    }'or*«A. 
BEATEN.  (1)  Trite.     hUddleton. 

(2)  Stamped  on  metal.  "  Beton  on  the  moluc," 
Sir  Eglamour,  1031. 

(3)  Stationed  as  upon  a  beat.  See  the  Lcyccstcr 
Correspondence,  p.  1 03. 

BEATER.  A  wooden  mallet,  osed  for  variotit 
purposes.  Cotgrave  mentions  "a  thatchur's 
beater,"  in  v.  Etehanilalf.  Tlie  boards  piu- 
jecting  from  the  inside  cirmmference  of  a 
churn  to  bc^t  the  milk,  are  called  beaters. 

BEATH.  To  heat  unseasoned  wood  by  fire  for 
the  purpose  of  straightening  it.  Font.  Tusser 
has  the  word,  and  also  Spenser.  Meat  im- 
properly roasted  is  said  in  the  Midland 
Counties  to  be  beathed.    See  Ueethy. 

BEATILLES.    Giblets. 

llt:.\TINCi.(l)WBlkingabout;  hurrying.    Wnl. 

(2  A  row  of  cum  in  the  straw  laid  along  the 
ham-floor  for  thrashing.     Noif. 

BEATMENT.   A  measure.    North. 

BEATOUR.    Round  alMjut.    (^.-A^.) 

BEAT-OUT.     Puizlcd.    Euex. 

BEATWORLD.    Beyond  conlroul.   Eeat. 

BEAU.     Fair;  good.    {.i.-N.) 

BEAUCIIAMP.  "As  bold  as  Beauchamp,"  a 
]iroverbial  expression,  said  to  have  originated 
in  the  valour  of  one  of  the  Earls  of  Warwick 
of  that  name.  See  Narcs.p.  48;  Middlcton's 
Works,  ii.  411;  Brit.  Dihl.  i.  533. 

BEAUFET.  A  cupboard  or  niche, with  a  canopy, 
at  the  end  of  a  halt.   Drilton. 

BEAU-PERE.  A  friar,  or  priest.  {A.-N.)  See 
Piers  Ploughman,  pp.  383,  533.  Roquefort 
has,  "  Hcau-pere,  titre  que  Ton  donnoit  aiu 
rclipeux."  Spenser  has  the  word  in  the  sense 
of  eomjianioH.  See  also  I'tterson's  Pop.  Poet. 
ii.  25;  Prompt.  Parv.  p.  31. 

BEAL  PERS.  Apparently  some  kind  of  clolb, 
niditioncd  in  tlie  Book  of  Rates,  p.  26. 

BEAL  PLEADER,  A  writ  that  Ucs  where  the 
sheriff  or  bailiff  takes  a  fine  of  a  party  that 
he  may  not  plead  fairly,  or  a  fitting  to  the 
purpose.    A'ersey. 

BEAITIFIEI).    UeautifuL   Shah. 

BEAUTIFUL.    Delicious,    far.  dial 

BEAU-TRj\FS.  Loose-pavcmcnts  in  the  foot- 
way, under  which  dirt  aiid  water  collects, 
liable  to  splash  anv  one  that  treads  on  them. 
Notf. 

BEAUTY-WATER.  Water  used  hy  ladies  to 
restore  their  complexions.    Mirgr. 

BEAVBR.  (1)  That  part  of  the  helmet  which 
is  moved  up  and  down  to  enable  the  wearer 
to  drink,  leaving  part  of  the  face  cx|iosed 
when  up.  Perhaps  more  correctly  siicaking, 
the  shade  over  the  eyes;  and  the  word  is 
even  applied  to  the  helmet  itself.  See  ■  dis- 
sertation on  the  subject  in  Doucc'a  lllnstn- 
lions,  i.  438. 

(2)  Tlic  bushes  or  underwood  growing  out  on 
the  ditchlcss  side  of  a  single  hedge.   Dortet. 

BEAVERAGE.  Water  cider.    Devon. 


BEC 


156 


BED 


BEAVERET.     A   hmlf-beavrr  hat      Kmnetfi 

Ulomary,  MS.  Lantd.  1033. 
BEAWTE.   Without ;  except,    lane. 
BEAZLED.    Fatigued.   Swufj-. 
BEB.    To  tip ;  to  drink.    Aorth.    Also  a  teb- 

ber,  an  Immoderate  drinker. 
BEBAST.    To  beat.    Sec  IJuphucs  Golden  Lc- 

gacie,  ap.  Collier's  Shak.  I.ib.  p.  &. 
BE-BERED.     Buried.     See   MS.   Arund.   57, 

quoted  in  Reliq.  Antiq.  i.  42.     Vcrstegao  gives 

brbirigtd  ill  the  same  sense. 
BEBLAST.     Blasted.     Gatcoignf. 
BE-BLED.    Covered  witli  blood.    {.1.-S.)     Sec 

Chaucer,  Cant.  T.  2004  ;  Morte  d'Artliur,  i. 

102,  148,  ii.  57 ;  Maundcvile's  Travels,  p.  3. 
The  kuiive  he  tlewe  in  the  bcdd. 
The  rychc  ctothjr*  were  alle  bt^btrM, 

MS.  Omiab.  K.  il.  38,  f.  BX 

BEBLIND.    To  make  blijid.     (iateoigne. 
BEBLOTTE.    To  stain.  {(^.-&) 
BEBOB.    To  bob. 

Have  you  feeoc  a  dawe  behob  twu  crowei  lo  ? 

SreetwiM*  Old  Fita^t  \.  78. 

BEBODE.     Commanded.     Venlegan. 
BE-CALLE.  (I)  To  accuse ;  to  challenge.     See 

Langtoft's   Chronicle,  p.  257 ;   Ywaiuc   and 

Gawin,  491. 
f2)  To  require.    Gim. 

(3)  To  abuse  ;  to  censure.     WnI. 
BECASSE.    A  woodcock.   {Pr.)   See  the  Rut- 
land Papers,  p.  27. 

BECCHE.     Made  of  iron. 

BECCO.  A  cuckold,  (//a/.)  A  favourite  word 
with  our  early  dramatists.  Drayton  makes 
becco  the  Italian  for  a  cuckno,  a  bird  often  as- 
similated with  human  beccos. 

BECKGYN.     To  besiege.    Prompt.  Parv. 

BECEKYN.     To  beseech.     Prompt.  Pan. 

BECETTYN.     To  set  in  order.     Prompt.  Parv. 

BECI1.\TTED.     Bewitched.     Line. 

BECHE.    A  beech  tr«e.     (A.-S.) 

BECKER.  A  betrayer.  {.i.-S.) 
Love  If  becher  and  let, 
Anil  lef  for  lo  (ule.  MS.  Diibi/ BB. 

BECK.  (I)  A  small   stream.     Var.  dial     See 
Plumpton  Corr.  p.  248  ;  Harrison's  Descrip- 
tion of  Britaine,  p.  50. 
The  lung,  the  liriine,  the  paunch  and  the  nerk. 
When  Ihey  wuhed  tie  wcU  wllh  the  vater  of  the  6«r*. 
Boolit  nf  HuKling,  IBM. 

ft)  A  constable.  Haman. 
3)  To  nod  i  to  beckon.  Also  a  substantive,  a 
bow,  a  salutation.  See  Ord.  and  Reg.  p.  1 1 1 ; 
King  and  a  Poore  Northern  Man,  1640; 
Decker's  Knights  Conjuring,  p.  17;  Chaucer, 
Cant.  T.  1 2330, 1 7295 ;  Skclton,  ii.  280 ;  Pals- 
grave,  verb,  f.  158.  A  beck  was  a  bend  of  the 
knee  as  well  as  a  nod  of  the  head. 

(4)  The  beak  of  a  bird.  Hence  the  protecting 
tongue  of  an  anvil  is  called  the  btck-iron. 
Sometimes  the  nose  it  called  a  beck.  Harrison, 
p.  172,  talks  of  a  peraon  being  "wetell 
beckctl." 

BECKEIl.    A  wooden  dish.     Northumb. 
BECKET.     A  kind  of  spade  used   in  digging 
tutf,    Eatl. 


BECKETS.     A  kind  of  fastening;  a  place  of 

curily  for  any  kind  of  tackle  on  board  a  ahip. 
BECK-STANS.    The  strand  of  a  rapid  riter. 

A'or/A. 
BECLAPPE.    To  catch.     (.Y.-S.) 
BECLARTED.    Besmeared ;  bedaubed.    North. 
BECLIl'PE.     To  curdle.     MatindeTil*. 
BE-COME.    Togo.    (A.-S.)    The  participle  fte- 

eom  is  found  in  Syr  Gawayne. 
BECOMES.  Best  clothes,  hut. 
BECOVGllT.    Seined.   (A.-S.) 

Swcle  Mahoun.  what  U  the  red  ? 
Love-longlng  tne  tuth  bervught. 

Btrtt  "f  Humlimm,  p.  37. 

BECRIKE.  A  kind  of  oath.   North. 

BECUKL.    To  curve ;  to  bend.    Richardton. 

BECYDYN.   Besides ;  near.    Prompt.  Parv. 

BED.  (1)  A  be<l  of  snakes  is  a  knot  of  youiig 
ones ;  and  a  roe  is  said  to  bed  when  she 
lodges  in  a  particular  place.    i>ic^  Slut. 

(2)  A  horizontal  vein  of  ore  in  a  mine.    Verbfih. 

(3)  To  go  to  bed  with.  See  Jonson's  Coavcna- 
tions,  p.  19;  llardyng  Suppt.  p.  96, 

(4)  Offered.    (A.-S.) 

Lord,  he  niyght  fulle  wylle  tpeil, 

A  Lnygbtec  dowghttyr  waae  hyme  hed. 

Torrent  lif  I^ortufenl,  p.  54. 

(5)  Prayed.  (A.-S.)  See  Warton'a  Hist.  Engl. 
Poet.  i.  12. 

(6)  CommandciL    Langlifft. 

(7)  The  horizontal  base  of  stone  inserted  in  a 
wall.    Yorkah. 

(8)  A  fleshy  piece  of  beef  cut  from  the  upper 
part  of  the  leg  and  bottom  of  the  belly.  lHut. 
Sometimes  the  uterus  of  an  animal  is  so  called, 

(9)  The  phrase  of  getting  out  the  wrong  aide  of 
the  bed  is  applied  to  a  person  who  is  peevish 
and  illtempcred.    Var.  diaL 

BEDAl'FE.   To  make  a  fool  of.   (A.-S.) 
UE.D.\G11E.   To  dawn  upon.    (A..S.) 
BEDAGLED.    Dirtied.    HoUyband. 
BED-ALE.    Groaning  ale,  brewed  for  a  christ- 
ening.   Deron. 
BEDAND.    Offering.  {A.-S.) 

.So  long  he  venle  forth  In  hys  vef, 

Hit  bedc*  bfdnna  nyghl  and  dey. 

MS.  /iMiwhtn,  r.  3, 

BEDASSHED.  Covered;  adorned.  This  is  ap- 
parently the  meaning  of  the  word  in  Morte 
d'Arthur,  ii.  360. 

BEUAWYD.     Ridiculed.    SkeUon. 

BED-BOARD.  "  Bedde  horde"  is  transUted  hy 
tponde  in  Pabgrave,  iiibst.  f.  1 9. 

BEDD.  The  body  of  a  cart.  KntnetftGlonrrg, 
MS.  Larud.  1033. 

BEDDE.    A  husband  or  wife.    {A.S.) 
BEDDEN.   To  bed ;  to  put  to  bed.    {A.-S.) 
BEDDER.  (1)  The  under-stone  of  an  oil-mill. 

/lo*rell. 
(2)  An  upholsterer.    JTet/.     In  some  coiutiea, 

beddiner. 
BEDDERN.    A  refectory.    (A.-S.) 
BEDDY.    Greedy;  officious.    North. 

BEDE.  (1)  To  proffer;  to  offer.  .Worth.  See 
Minot's  Poems,  p.  19;  Laugtoft,  f,  29; 
Prompt.  Parv.  p.  28. 


I 


BED 


157 


(2)  A  prtjer.  (A.-S.) 

(3)  To  order ;  to  bid.  {A.-S.)  AlM,conim>ndcd, 
■X  in  Kob.  Glouc.^  p.  1 66.  See  the  vuioiu 
meanings  of  beiU  given  by  ileame. 

(4)  To  pniy.    (AS.) 

(6)  Prohibition.   {A.-S.) 
(6\  Placed.    Skinner. 

(7)  Dwelt ;  continued.     SUtmer. 

(8)  A  commandment.   {A.-S.) 
BEDEADED.     Slain  ;  made  dead. 
BEDEET.    Dirtied.     Norlh. 

BEUELL.    A  senritor  i  perhaps,  bailiff.    Sifllon. 
The  MS.  Bodl.  175  reads  A«/W,  Chester  Plavs, 
i.  95,  in  place  of  krydell  in  Mr.  Wright's  MS. 
BEDBN.     Prayers.     (A.-S.)     Bedet,  petitions, 
occnn  in  the  list  of  old  words  prefixed  to  Bat- 
man Dppon  Bortholome,  1582. 
BEDENE.      Immediately;    moreover;    collec- 
tively ;  continuously ;  forthwith.     This  word  is 
used  in  a  variety  of  senses,  sometimes  appa- 
rently as  a  mere  expletive.     All   the  above 
meanings  are  conjectural,  and  derived  from  the 
context  of  passages  in  which  the  word  occurs. 
BEDERED.     Bed-ridden.     Prompt.  Parv. 
BKDEBK.1D.     Darkened. 

But  whftnne  the  blake  wyntcr  nyjte, 
Wllhoutf  mone  and  »(errc  lyjte, 
B**trritid  hath  the  water  itrODcle, 
Alle  prively  they  gone  to  londe. 

Coteo-,  MS.  Sx.  .inllq.  134.  t.  M. 

BEDEVIL.  To  spoil  anything.  South.  A  per- 
son who  is  frequently  convicted  of  vile  con- 
duct,  is  said  to  be  bfderited. 

BEDEWITH.    Wctteth.    Chauetr. 

BED-FAG(JOT.  A  contemptuous  term  for  a 
bedfellow.     Ecut. 

BEDFELLOW.  It  was  formerly  customary  for 
men  even  of  the  highest  rank  to  sleep  toge- 
ther ;  and  the  tenn  bedfellow  implied  great  in- 
timacy. Dr.  Forman,  in  his  MS.  Autobiogra- 
phy,  mentions  one  Gird  as  having  been  his 
M/elUm,  MS.  Ash.  208.  Cromwell  is  said  to 
have  obtained  much  of  his  intelligence  during 
the  civil  wars  from  the  common  men  with 
whom  he  slept. 

BEDFERE.  A  bedfellow.  Ben  Jonaon  bos 
btdfhttre,  as  quoted  by  Narcs. 

That  ]e  ichulle  ben  hU  o»cn  dere. 
And  he  tchallc  be  jowre  le4fert. 

iMWer,  MS.  Sic.  .,<|<H«.  )M,  t.  1S9. 

BEDGATT.    Command  ? 

Thte  balefulle  birdei  hli  broches  they  lume, 
That  byddei  hli  bedgatt,  hti  bydilyn^  to  wyrchc. 

Mint  .4nl,un,  MS.  UnrtJn,  I.  M. 

BEDIZENED.     Dressed  out.     Tor.  dial. 

BED-JOINTS.  Joints  of  stone  that  lie  in  the 
beds  of  rocks.     Derbyik. 

BEDLAM-BEGGARS.  A  class  of  vagrants, 
more  fully  noticed  under  their  other  appella- 
tion, Toma  of  Bedlam,  q.  v.  See  several  notices 
in  Molone's  Shakespeare,  x.  104.  They  were 
■loo  called  bedlams,  bedlamcrs,  and  bedlamites, 
which  came  to  be  generic  terms  for  fools  of  all 
elosses.  "  Bedlem  madnesse"  is  the  transla- 
tion of  furor  in  the  Nomenctator,  p.  424, 
which  may  serve  to  illustrate  a  possiif  in 
2Ilenr)  VI.  Ui.  1. 


BEE 

A  bed-ridden  penon.    Prompt 


See  Florio,  in  v. 


Dtton. 

Bob.  Gloue. 

Percy, 
to    deceive. 


BEDLAWYR. 

Parv. 
BEDLEM.     Bethlehem. 
BEDMATE.    A  bedfeUow. 
BED-MINION.     A  bardash. 

Caramila,  Concubino, 
BEDOLEU.     Stupified  with  pain. 
BEDOLVEN.     Digged.     SUnner. 
BEDOM.     Craved;   demanded. 

p.  143. 
BEDON  E.    Wrought ;  made  np. 
BEDOTB.      To    make    to    dote; 

Chaucer. 
BEDOUTE.     Redoubted. 

AtWTe  all  men  he  wa«  there  moate  bedtmtt. 

Hardrnn'i  ChninMt,  t.  IS9. 

BEDPRESSER.     A  duU  hca\7  fcUow. 
BE-DRABYLYD.    Dirtied;  wetted.    It  is  trans- 

lated  by  paludotiu  in  Prompt.  Parv.   pp.  28, 

283.    Corr  has  drabblt-taU,  a  woman  whose 

petticoats  are  wet  and  dirty. 
BEDRADDE.     Dreaded.     Chaucer. 
BEDKAliLED.     Defiled.     Skinner. 
DEDHEDE.     Bedridden.     Chaucer. 
BEDREINTE.     Drenched.     Chaucer. 
BEDREPES.     Days   of    work    performed    in 

harvest  time  by  the  customary  tenants,  at  the 

bidding  of  their  lords.  Sec  Ciillum's  llawsted, 

1784,  p.  189. 
BEDS.    The  game  of  hop-scotch.    North. 
BEDS-FOOT.     The  plant  mutic    Skinnrr. 
BED-STEDDLE.    A  bedstead.    Ekut. 
BED-SUSTEK.   One  who  shares  the  bed  of  the 

husband;  the  conrubiue  of  a  married  man  in 

relation    lo   the   legitimate  wife.     See   Rob. 

Glouc.  p.  27,  quoted  by  Stevenson. 
BEDSWERVER.    An  adultress.    Shak. 
BED-TYE.     Bed-tick.     Wett. 
BEDUELE.    To  deceive.     {A.-S.) 
BEDWARD.    Towards  bed.    Nam. 
BEDWEN.     A  birch  tree.     »ett. 
BEDYNER.    An  officer.     {Dul.) 
Lyare  wca  ml  latymer, 
Sleuthe  ant  alep  ml  brd^ner. 

I»'rly(.r.  /.yrfc  Foetry,  p.4>. 
BEE.    A  jewel.    Sec  Cooper,  in   v.  Monite  ,• 

Morte  d'Arthtu-,  i.  243. 
BEE-BAND.     A  hoop  of  iron  wliich  encircle: 

the  hole  in  the  beam  of  a  plough  where  the 

coulter  is  fixed.     North. 
BEE-DEE.    A  nursery  song.     Yorkih. 
BEE-BIKE.     A  nest  of  wild  bees.     North. 
BEE-BIRD.     The  willow  wren.      Var.  dial. 
BEE-BREAD.     A  brown  acid  substance  with 

which  some  of  the  cells  in  a  honeycomb  are 

filled.      Var.  diaL     See  Bee-glue. 
BEE-BUT.     A  bce-hive.     Somertt. 
BEECII-COAL.     A  pecuUar  kind  of  cool  uied 

by  alchemists.     See  Ben  Jonson,  iv.  52. 
BEECIlti  ALL.     A  hard  knot  on  the  leaf  of  the 

beech  containing  the  maggot  of  some  insect. 
BEE-DROVE.    A  great  crowd  of  men,  or  any 

other  creatures.     Eatt. 
BEEDY.     A  chicken.      Var.  dial. 
UEEDY'S-EYES.    The  pansy.     Somtrtel, 
BEEF.     An  ox.  (Fr.)  So^ie^e/,  a  youngovaa 

in  llolinsUed,  Dck.  'ScqVXiM.,  v- '^^- 


BEE 


nEEF-BATERS.  Tlie  yeomrn  of  the  guard. 
The  name  it  »aid  to  be  corrupted  from  bfttvf- 
frliert.     Sec  Boucher,  in  v. 

nEEFlNTf.    AbuUock  fit  for  slaughter.  SuffoUr. 

BEE-GLUE.  According  to  Florio,  in  ».  Pro- 
polio,  "  a  aolide  matter,  and  yet  not  perfect 
wax,  -wherCTrith  beej  fence  the  entrance  of 
their  hives  to  keepc  out  the  «indc  or  cold." 

BEE-HIVE.  A  wattled  slraw-choir,  common 
among  cottagers,     n'ol. 

UEEK.     A  rivulet.     North. 

BEEKED.     Covered  with  dirt.     North. 

BEEKNE.     A  l>cacon.     Prompt.  Parr. 

BEELD.  (1)  Shelter.  North.  Sometimei  a 
ahcd  for  cattle  is  called  a  beeldmg,  and  it  said 
to  be  beeldy.  This  is  merely  a  Utter  form  of 
tetd,  q.  V. 

(2)  To  bnild.  North.  "  Decldynge"  occur*  in 
Prompt.  Panr.  p.  35. 

BBELE.    A  kind  of  pick-axe  used  in  acpanting 

the  ore  from  the  rock. 
BEE-LIPPEN.    A  bee-hivc     Somentl. 
BEEM.     See  Beam. 
BEEN.  (1)  Decs.   {.i.-S.)    See  Chaucer,  Cant. 

T.  10518;  Pien  Ploughman,  p.  493. 
f2J  Property ;  wealth.     Tmnr. 

(3)  Tlie  plural  of  the  present  tense  of  the  verb 
to  l)e.  Sometimes,  have  liecn.  In  some 
dialects,  it  is  equivalent  to  becaute;  and  it 
also  occurs  as  a  contracted  fonii  of  iy  Aim. 

(4)  Nimble;  clever.  Lane.  Grose  has  bienly, 
excellently. 

(5)  A  withy  band.    Devon. 
BEENDE. '  Bondage. 
BEENSllIP.     Worship;  goodneu. 

BEER.  Force ;  might.  Chnh.  More,  KIS.  ad- 
ditions to  Ray,  has,  "  to  lake  beer,  to  goc 
back  that  you  may  leape  farther."  See  also 
Kennett's  Glossary,  MS.  Lansd.  1033. 

BEERE.     A  bier.     Prompt.  Part. 

UEEH-GOOD.     Yeast.     Eait. 

BEERNESS.     A  becr-ccllor.     North. 

BEERY.     Intoxicated.     Tfarw. 

BEES.  (1)  "  To  have  bees  in  the  head,"  a 
phrase  meaning,  according  to  Naret,  to  be 
choleric  "  To  bare  a  bee  in  the  bonnet,"  is 
a  phnie  of  similar  import,  or  sometimes 
means  to  be  a  little  crazy.  Toone  gives  a 
Leicesteithire  proverb,  "  as  busy  as  lioes  in  a 
bason."  See  alio  Jamieson's  Suppl  in  t. 
Bfr. 

(2)  The  third  person  sing,  and  all  the  pi.  future 
tense  of  the  Tcrb  to  be.  North.  The  ten- 
dency of  this  dialect  is  to  change  th  (A.'S.) 
into  f . 

(4)  Fliei.    line. 

(5)  Covrs.    North. 

BEESBN.  Blind.  Line.  A  cemmon  expres- 
sion, "  as  dnmk  as  a  beeim."  "  WuUo  brezen 
the  vine  zight,"  will  you  be  bhnd  to  the  fine 
tig^t,  Fajrholt's  Pageants,  ii.  101.  Spelt  bet- 
fom*  in  the  early  editions  of  Cortolanus,  ii.  1. 

DEESKIP.    A  bce-hivc.     fTett. 

BEES.NEST.     A  kind  of  flax.     Skinner. 

BBESNUM.     Be  they  not.     H'etl. 


BEESTAILE.     Cattle. 

BttttaiU  ttici  hod  ;nou{e  I  wot. 

ClirMr  Jtfundi,  US.  Trin.  CM.  Cmrnl.  t.  IS. 

BEET.  A  beet  of  flax,  translated  by  linifrangi- 
bula  in  Skinner.  For  other  meanings  sec  Bete. 

BEET-AXE.  The  instrument  used  in  bttling 
ground  in  denshering.     Devon. 

BEETHY.  Soft,  sticky  ;  in  a  perspiration.  Un- 
derdone meat  is  colled  beethy.  Duucumb  ex- 
plains it  "  withered."     Ilerrforxiih. 

BEETLE.  A  heavy  wooden  maUet,  oied  for 
various  purposes.  A  "  three  man  beetle," 
says  Narea,  was  one  so  heavy  that  it  required 
three  men  to  manage  it,  two  at  the  long  han- 
dles and  one  at  the  head.  lioUyband,  in  his 
Dictionarie,  1593,  mentions  "  a  bccile  which 
lauiidren  do  use  to  wash  their  buck  and 
clothes." 

BEETLE-BROWED.  Havniig  brows  that  hang 
over.  Shakespeare  luea  the  verb  beetle,  Ham- 
let, i.  4.  Cf.  Piers'  Plouglunan,  p.  88  ;  Da 
Bartas,  p.  65'2 ;  Howell,  sect.  21 ;  Rom.  and 
Jidici,  i.  4. 

BEETLE-HEADED.  DuU:  stupid.  Sh»k.  In 
Dorsetshire,  the  miller's  thtuub  is  called  a 
beetlehead. 

BEETLE-STON.    The  cantharides.     Florio. 

BEETNEED.  Assistance  in  the  hour  of  distress. 
North. 

BEFAW.V.     To  surround ;  to  seize.    {J.^i 
And  yf  [;e]  iw  ■  Kbnipe  of  pilm*. 
Then  fyllc  to  them  btfitwn. 

its.  Cantab.  f(.  U.  an.  r.  M. 

BEFET.    A  bufl-et ;  a  blow.    (.1..N.) 

BEFFING.  (1)  Barking.     Line. 

(2)  Burning  land  after  it  is  jMircd.    North, 

BEFIGHT.     To  contend.     Surrey. 

BEFILIN.    To  defile. 

BEFILL.     Befell.     (A.-S.) 

BEFLAYNE.    Flayed. 

Outt  of  hU  ikyn  h«  wu  tujiaynt 
AUc  quik,  snd  to  that  wjwtUjrne. 

GCKTR-,  M.^  Sx.  JnlUi.  134,  t.  Slit. 

BEFLECKE.    To  streak ;  to  spot. 

Why  bluih  fou,  And  why  with  rrmillloD  taint 
BeJIecke  your  chcrki  ?     TurberOt't  Otid,iStt2,  t,  ISA. 
BEPON.     To  befall  .>     Totmeley  Mytt. 
BEFORE.    To  lake  before  one.     "  Shall  I  take 
that  before  me  .'"  that  is,  "  shall  I  take  it  with 
me  when  I  go  there  ?"     Kent. 
BEFOREN.     Before.     (^.-S.)     nrforti  is  com 
men  in  early  works,  and  in  the  dialects  of 
present  day. 
DE-FOTE.     On  foot.     Prompt.  Parr. 
UEFROSE.     Frozen. 

Over  Daunby  thllke  flood, 
Whicho  alle  i^nm  thao  Hood. 

Ooictr,  Ita.  ae.  Jmllf.  IM,  t,  IS. 
BE  FT.     Struck  ;  beaten.     Gow. 
BEFYCE.    Beau  fils.    See  Prompt,  Parr.  p.  88, 
pulchrr filiiu ,•  and  Rit»nn"»  Met.  Rom.  tii.  266. 
This  generic  name  is  often  adopted  in  the  old 
romances. 
BEFYLDE.     Dirtied. 

I  pniye  you  tberfora  hertyly, 
That  you  wyll  take  il  picintly, 
For  I  am  all  l--fyldt.   Tht  Vnlmtkie  FbmenMt. 


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BEG.  To  beg  ■  peraoo  for  a  fool,  was  to  aiiply 
to  be  bii  gnardiui,  under  a  writ  dt  idiola  in- 
fuirendo,  by  which,  if  a  man  wa>  legally 
proved  an  idiot,  the  profits  of  his  hind  and  the 
custody  of  hit  person  might  be  granted  by  the 
king  to  any  subject.  Nam.  The  custom  is 
frequently  alluded  to  by  our  old  dramatists. 
BEGAB.  To  mock  i  to  deceive, 
BEGALOWE.   To  out-gallop. 

That  wu  a  wy^t  a*  any  twalowe, 
Tb«i  my5t  no  bon  hym  b€galuvc. 

US.  C^nlith.  rt.  li.  311,  r.  114 

BBGARED.  Adorned.   Sktiltm. 

BEG  AY.    Tomakegav.   Beaumont. 

BEGAYGED.    Bemtched.    Drrom. 

UECCIilS.   Bitches.    Cov.  i/yt. 

BEGE.    Big.    Caw. 

IIEGECK.   A  trick.    Kitmt. 

BEGENELD.    A  mendicant.   Piert  PtoughmaH. 

BEGETARE.    A  begetter.    Prompt.  Parr. 

BEGGAR.  "  Set  a  beggar  on  hor>cbark,an(l  be 
will  ride  to  the  jakes,"  a  common  proverb  ap- 
plied to  those  who  have  suddenly  risen  in 
wealth,  and  are  too  proud  even  to  walk  there. 
So  that  tlyvcrs  of  our  uylon  wrr*  much  ofTftiilrd, 
and  uyd,  let  a  beggct  on  hontucke  and  h«  wy) 
ryde  unreafonablye.  Jlf.v.  M<lit.  aiOO. 

BEGGAR-MY.NEIGHBOUR.AchUdrcD'sgame 
at  cards.  The  players  throw  a  card  alter- 
nately, till  one  throws  a  court  cani,  the  ad- 
versary giving  one  card  for  a  knave,  two  for  a 
queen,  three  for  a  king,  and  four  for  an  ace, 
this  proceeding  being  interrupted  in  the  same 
manner  if  the  other  turns  up  a  court  card  or 
an  ace,  which  generally  makes  the  game  an 
unreasonable  length. 

BEGGAR'S-BUSH.  According  to  Miege,  a 
rendezvous  for  beggars.  "  To  go  by  beggar's 
bush,"  to  go  on  the  road  to  ruin.  Beggar's 
bush  was  also  the  name  of  a  tree  near  London. 
Clcavchtnd,  in  his  ilidsuiumcr  Moon,  p.  188, 
•ays,  "if  a  man  be  a  tree  iiivers'd,  bee's  beg- 
gar's bush."  See  also  the  Two  Aiigrie  Women 
of  Abingdon,  p.  80.  A  similar  phrase,  "  we 
■re  brought  to  beggcr  stafle,"  occurs  in  the 
Plumptnti  Correspondence,  p.  199. 

BEGGARS-ULTTO.NS.  The  burson  on  the 
burdock.    Drvon. 

BEGGARS-NEEDLE.  The  shepherd's  needle. 
Midland  C. 

BEGGARS-VELVET.  The  light  particles  of 
down  shaken  from  a  feather-bed,  and  left  by 
■  aluttish  housemaid  to  collect  under  it.  Eatt. 
The  term  Irggart' -boUi,  stones,  is  of  a  similar 
fonnation. 

BEGGAR-WEED.   The  com  spurry.   Dedt. 

BEGGARY.   FuU  of  weeds.   Eait. 

BEGHE.   A  crown ;  a  gulaod.    {A.-S.) 

BEG  I  LED.   Beguiled.   (.1.-N.) 

BBGINNYNGE.    A  principle.    Chmuxr. 

BEGIRDGE.   To  grudge.    Somerttt. 

BEGKOT.  Foolish.   (,Y...V.) 
B*skol  an  Inhlc. 
Hade  him  at  ride 
In  the  dlimsle. 

ITrifAr'l  Pulllual  Ikmfi,  p.  3M. 


BEGLE.   Boldly? 

The  !>era>yni  «ere  swythe  ilronge. 
And  hclde  Tyght  begle  and  Umge. 

US.  cuhtai,.  tf.  a.  a),  r.  lot. 

BEGLUED.    Overcome.   Lydgate. 
BEGO.    To  do ;  to  perform.   (,/.-&)     In  the 
following  passages,  used  for  lirgon,  part.  pa. 
And  tolde  him  how  hit  ws>  Ufa, 
Of  U  wcle  and  of  ii  wo. 

Beits  ti/  /iomfown,  p.  77. 
The  cnhe  it  U,  whicbetvenuo 
WItli  mannii  Utioure  Is  a«g«. 

Cower,  US.  5pr.  ^nlii.  I.Tt,  f.  SO. 
BEGON.     Adorned.     Frequently  used  in    this 
sense.     See  Rcliq.  Anliq.  ii.  19  ;  Illustrations 
of  Fairy  Mythology,  p.  59 ;  Rom.  of  the  Hose, 
943.   'Then  we  have,  vfl  ifgon,  in  a  good  nay  ; 
u-o  begvH,  fat  gone  in  woe ;  icorse  btgon,  in  a 
worse  way,  &c. 
BEGONE.     Decayed ;  worn  out.     Eail. 
BEGONNE.     Begun.   (A.-S.) 
BEGORZ.    A  vulgar  oath.     Somrrtet.     Perhaps 
more  generally  pronounced  ltryu4h.   "  Bcgimi- 
mcrs"  is  another  oath  of  simihtr  formation. 
BEGRAVE.     Buried.     {J.-S.) 

Into  the  grounde,  where  alia  gone. 
This  ded  lady  wu  b^irrwee. 

Cower,  US.Soc.Aiili>l.  IS4,  Ml?. 

BEGREDE.    To  cry  out  against.    {A.-S.)     He- 
grod  occurs  in  Ellis's  Met.  Rom.  iii.  51. 
Ljiuncelot  of  treuoo  they  Ae-^redde, 
CaUyd  hym  (aU  and  kyngys  tiaytoure. 

MS,  HuW.83S9,  r.  ion. 

BEGRUMPLED.     Displeased.     Somernl. 

BEGUILED.     Covered  with  guile.     Shak. 

BEGtlNES.     A  sort  of  nuns.     Skinntr. 

BE-GYFTE.     Gave. 

Tbcfe,  where  haste  thon  my  oxen  done 

That  y  the  It-stfu.    US.  Canmb.  Ft.  II.  38,  f.  8C. 

BEGYN.     A  biggin.     Reliq.  Antiq.  ii.  74. 

BEGYNGGE.     Careful.     (A.-S.) 

A  ttgufgrt  gome,  garocllche  gay.     IMif .  jKllf.  il.  U. 

BEH.     Bent ;  inclined.     (A.-S.) 

BEHALT.     Beheld.     tTeifr. 

BEHALVE.     Half;  side,  or  part,     (^.-i) 

BEIIAPPEN.     Perhaps.     Salop. 

BEHATED.  Hated  i  exceedingly  haled.  The 
term  occura  in  the  Morte  d'Arthur,  ii,  82 ; 
Stanihurst's  Description  of  Ireland,  pp.  34, 44  i 
Palsgrave's  Acolastus,  1640.  It  is  the  syno- 
nj-me  of  Ao/y,  and  translated  by  exomt  in 
Prompt.  Parv.  p.  222,  the  former  of  which  has 
no  connexion  with  jV.-S.  heobc.     Sec  Haly. 

BEHAVE.  To  manage;  to  govern,  generally  in 
point  of  behaviour.  The  substantive  behariovr 
seisms  used  in  a  collateral  sense  in  King  John,* 

BEHEARD.  Heard.  See  Percy's  RcUquea. 
p.  23 ;  Robin  Hood,  i.  123. 

Ful  wel  6<A<nl  now  Khali  It  be. 
And  sUo  tjclovcd  In  many  contrr. 

US.  C.  C.  C.  C  M, 

BE-HELIED.  Covered.  {A.-S.)  See  EUis's 
Met.  Rom.  ii.  258;  Richard  Coer  dc  Lion,  5586. 

BE-HERTE.  By  heart ;  with  memory.  Pivmtit. 
Parr. 

BEHEST.  (1)  A  promise.  {A.-S.)  Sec  Chaucer, 


BBJ 


lUU 


BEL 


Cant.  T.  4461 ;  Miundevile's  Traveli,  p.  1  ( 
Harrowing  of  Hell,  p.  27.  spelt  byhihtta. 
(2)  An  order ;  a  command. 
BEHETE.    To  promise.    {A.-S.)   See  Chaucer, 
Cant.  T.  1816  j  Chester  Plays,  i.  31. 

The  ffmpctowrf  modur  lei  oille  a  knave* 
And  hym  btKtIl  grctc  oicdc  to  have. 

MS.  Omiob.  ft.  II.  38,  r,  83. 
Hshad  a  queue  that  hyghte  Margaret, 
Trewe  a*  ttele,  y  yow  frMi^r.  Ibid.  f.  71. 

BEHEWE.     Coloured.  {A.-S.) 
IJEHIGHTE.   To  promise.  {A.-S.)    Behighteo, 
pa.  t.  pi.,  Chaucer,  Cant.  T.  11639;  Maunde- 
vile's  Travels,  p.  3. 
BEHINT.     Behind.     North. 
BEIllTIIER.      On  this  side.      Sunex.      It  is 
also  an  archaism.   See  Nares,  in  t.  Somerset- 
ihire  carters  say  tether  to  their  horses,  when 
they  \rish     them    to    move  towards    their 
side. 
BEHOLOINGNESS.    Obligation,     irebtter. 
BE-HONCYD.     Hung  with  tajieslrv.      »>4fr. 
BEHOOVEFULL.  Useful ;  profitable.  See  lUy- 
wood's  Apology  for  Actors,  1612  ;  BriU  Bibl. 
t  20,     Ash  gives  the  form  behoovable. 
BKHOTTO.     To  promise.     Prompt.  Parv. 
BEHOTYNGE.     Promising.     Mavnderile. 
BEllOUNCED.      Finely  dressed;   smart   with 
finery.    Eitex.     Kennett  says  "  ironically  ap- 
plied," MS.  Lansd.  1033. 
BEHOVE.     Behoof;  advantage.     {A.-S.) 
Her  l;cglnnclh  the  I'rlkkc  of  Love 
That  profllablc  U  to  loule  h^hftvt. 

rvniMi  US.  r.  iu. 
BEHOVELY.    Profitable.   {A.-S.)    See  TroUus 
and  Creseide,  ii.  261. 

U  ii  bcAiHtWy  for  to  here. 

MS.  Sx.  .4r,lll.  194,  f.  53. 

BEHUNG.     Hung  about,  as  a  horse  with  bells. 

Kmaetl,  MS.  Lamd.  1033. 
BEIE.    Both.     {J.-S.) 

Agein  to  tiataille  thcl  wenle. 
And  foughlen  harde  togldere  M«a 
Never  on  of  other  ne  ftod  cle.     Otutl,  p.  47. 
HEIGH.    A  jewel  j  an  ornament.   {A.-S.)    This 
word,  which    occurs    under   various    forms, 
sometimes  has  the  signification  of  a  ring,  a 
bracelet,  or  a  collar  for  the  neck. 
BEIGHT.   Anjlhing  bent,  but  generally  applied 

to  the  bend  of  the  elbow.     North, 
BEILD.  (1)  See  Beld. 

Land  o  live,  o  ro  and  rest* 
Wit  blU  and  bttU  broldeo  Imt. 

MS.  Colt,  yapat.  A.  Ul.  f  7. 
(2)  Aliandle.     Yorbh. 
BEILDIT.     Imaged ;  formed.     Gaw. 
BEING.  (1)  Because.      Far.  dial. 
(2)  An  abode ;  a  lodging.     E(ut. 
BEINGE.     Condition,     fffber. 
BEIKE.  (1)  Of  both.    Sob.  Gloue. 
(2)  Bare.     Ibid. 

BEJADE.    To  weary ;  to  tire.     Milton. 
BEJAFB.    To  ridicule,  make  game  ot    {A.-S.) 
See  Chaucer,  CanL  T.  16853;   Troilus  and 
Creseide,  i.  532 ;  V.  1119. 

But  covertly  ye  uf  your  dewbitnea 
Ajfipen  bem  thu*,  al  day  ben  men  blyndyd. 

MS.  roir/u  \t. 


Ha  waa  laat  worth  In  lovU  ye, 
And  moat  btjapul  in  hit  wiue. 

CoKtr,  MS.  Soc.  Anlli.  134,  f.  S& 

BEK.     To  beckon.     {A.-S.) 

That  he  fcle  on  hii  hon  nek. 
Him  to  heveden  thai  gan  to  t}*k. 

Jtnhvur  and  Merlin,  p.  193. 
UEKE.     The  brim  of  a  hat  or  hood;  anything 
standing  out  firm  at  the  bottom  of  a  covering 
for  the  liead.    The  term  has  not  yet  been 
explained.    The  above  is  conjectural  from  the 
passages  in  which  the  word  occm  in  Sttiitt, 
ii.  212;   Phtnch^,  p.  231;  Ruthud  Papers, 
p.  6  p  Brit.  BibL  iv.  27. 
BEK.EANDE.  Wanning;  sweating.  Ritton.  See 
Ywaine  and  Gawin,  1459;  bekynge,   Morte 
d'Arthur,  i.  139. 
BEKENE.    A  beacon.     {A.-S.) 
BEKENEDEN.     Beckoned.     IFicUife. 
BE-KENNE.     To  commit  to.    {A.-S.) 

Thii  Irttte  («-«rend<  Aleiander  to  the  knyghtis  of 
Dariua,  and  the  peper  al>o,  and  bad  Ihami  bcr« 
thame  to  the  emperour :  and  he  galTe  thame  grate 
gyftci  and  rlche,  and  tent  thame  furthe. 

MS.  Ufimta  A.  i.  17.  f.  «. 
And  thou,  his  derlyng, 
Hla  modir  In  kepyng 

To  the  he  Itkimdt.  ItM.  f.  131. 

BEKERE.    To  skirmish ;  to  fight.    Spelt  bekire 
in  Syr  Gawayne,  another  form  of  biektr.    Sec 
also  Prompt.  Parv.  p.  36. 
BEKINS.     Because.     Doml. 
BEKKYS.     Begs.     Tovmeley  M^il. 
BEKNE.     A  beacon.     Prompt.  Parv. 
BEKNOWE.      To   acknowledge;    to   confen. 
{.i.S.)     See  Catalogue  of  Douce  MSS,  p.  7 ; 
Chaucer,  Cant.  T,  1558,  5306  ;   Richard  Cocr 
de   Lion,   1700;  Amis  and  Amiloun,  1279; 
Octovian,  1810.     See  Ui-tnoirrn. 
And  thaline,  yf  y  be  for  to  wile, 
1  wolle  btkniwm  what  It  i«. 

Gowcr.  US.  &r.  Afliif  134,  f.  41. 

BEKNYNGE.    A  beckoning.    Prompt.  Part. 
BEKUn.     Fight ;  battle  ;  skirmish. 

And  yf  he  myght  of  hym  be  aekure. 
Odur  In  tnlell  or  In  bekur. 

MS.  Conlab.  Ff.  U.SJ,  f.  fl7. 
And  jyf  y  Be  that  ychc  brkfr, 
Y  hope  than  y  may  be  Bckyr. 

US.  Barl.  I7»|.  I.  H. 
BEL.     Beautiful.     {A.-N.) 
DELACOIL.    A  frieudly   reception.     Sipeiurr. 

Cluucer  has  bialacoil,  q.  y. 
UELAFTE.     Left ;  remained. 

At  hyt  waa  Ooddyt  owne  wyllr. 
Thelyenaa  btlafu  thechylJe  ttylle. 

MS.  Cantab.  ¥t.  II.  38,  f.  M. 
Whan  he  for  luite  hti  God  refuaelh. 
And  took  him  to  the  dcvclla  eraftc, 
Lo  what  profit  him  It  l<rlufte. 

Gvwcr,  MS.  Soc.  Antta.  IS4,  t.  M. 

BELAGOED.    Tired. 

BE-LAGGYD.  Dirtied;  wetted.  Prompt. Pan. 
BELAM.    To  beat.     See  Cotgrave  in  ».  Cka- 
peron ;  Famoiu  Victories,  p.  320. 

A  country  Ud  had  alept  aaide  with  a  wench,  and 
done  I  know  not  what;  but  hli  father  mainly  t<- 
lomt'd  him  for  the  fact,  the  wench  prnovlng  mtta- 
ward  with  child. 

»»'i«»,  ruiiu,  and  ranrit,  law,  p.  IN. 


I 


I 


BEL 


IGI 


BEL 


I 


BELAMOUR.  A  fair  low r.  Spetutr. 
BEL-AilY.  Fair  friend,  (./..yv.)  SeeHnrts- 
borne'i  Mrt.  Tales,  p.  107;  Che«ter  Ptay», 
i.  151  s  Wriglifi  Pol.  Songs,  p.  ZOO ;  Towne. 
ley  Mviteries,  p.  70;  Chaucer,  Cant.  T. 
12252;  Ywaineand  Gawin,  278;  SirTristrem, 
p.  161  ;  Rob.  Clone,  p.  390. 

Bthimp,  he  K^dc,  how  lon^ 
Shcl  thy  Mft  r-lMie  I 

US.  CMI.  Trim.  Onn.n 
Setamye,  and  thou  co«dy«l  hjrt  Uyoe, 
A  cownftellc  y  woldc  to  ibe  uyne. 

MS.  Canlali.  Ft.  U.  38,  t.  03. 

BELAPPED.     Surrounded. 

Owtr  of  the  woile  they  cune  anon. 

And  belapp«d  ua  rverychon. 

US.  OtHlati.  Ft.  It.  W.  f.  VM. 
BELAST.     Bound. 

The  fteM  Janin  SkidmoTV  ll  heUtt  aod  wfthhotden 
toward  the  seid  Sir  Jamn  for  an  hole  yccr  to  do  him 
•ervica  of  wcrre  In  the  perliea  of  Prance  and  of 
Nomaniile.     Ardi.  xvil.  914. 

BELATED.  Beniglited.  MiUotu  Generally 
rtlurdtd.     See  Miege,  in  v. 

BELAVE.    To  remain.     [.1..S.) 

For  ouught  Di-vca  nolde  Ivlavt, 
The  twtcr  hor«  a  Kold<-  have. 

Bex^t  n/  HamtuuH,  p.  7^. 

BELAT.  (1)  Tv  fasten.     A  tea  tcnu. 

The  niaiter  thewyng  \n  (hnt  by  neglygrnt  of  some 
to  bttaif  the  hayh-rs.  the  ranyti  yerd  had  fawlo  down 
aod  lyke  to  have  kyld  three  or  four.  MS.  .tiUM.  MOH. 

(2)  To  flog.     Nurlhamiit. 

BBLAYE.     To  siirroiiud.     Ruh.  Vtoue. 

BELAYED.     Covered.     5/»en»er. 

BELCH.  (1)  SniaU  heer.      Jori.A. 

(2)  To  ^^no^'e  the  indurated  dung  from  sbcepV 
tails.     Somrrnet. 

BEL-CIIOS.  Pudendum  fcminx.  (./.-A'.)  See 
a  curious  account  in  MS.  Addit.  12195,  f. 
159  :  Cliaueer.  Cant.  T.  6029,  6092. 

BELCHYN.    To  decorate,     frompt.  Parr. 

BELCONE.     A  balcony. 

BELDAIIE.  A  graniluiuther.  Formerly  a  term 
of  respect,  Spcuscr  uses  it  in  its  original 
French  signification, fair  lady.  Keiincit,  MS. 
Laud.  1033,  "  an  old  woman  that  lives  to  see 
a  sixth  generation  descended  fruui  her." 

BELDE.  (1)  Protection;  shelter;  refuge.  (,<-*) 
See  Le  Bone  Florence  of  Home,  1721 ;  Sir 
Perce\^,  H12,  H13,  1921;  Miu>t's  Poems, 
p.  27.     Still  in  use  in  tlie  North. 
For  ttiou  niyifhta  In  thaire  hale 
Beau  be  tluire  beUt. 

MS.  UinJn  A.  I.  I7,f.!». 

(2)  To  protect ;  to  dcfeniL  See  Ywaioe  and 
Cawin,  1220;  Lay  le  Frciue,  231.  Perliaps 
io  the  last  iostaace  to  eucourage.  Sonietiuies 
spelt  bfUe,  as  iu  Sir  Eglaiiiour,  3. 

(3)  Bold.  (^.-5.)  Sec  Lybeaus  Uisconos,  2123; 
Kyng  Alisaunder,  5004. 

(4)  Build ;  natuxal  itrcogth.  "  Stronge  of 
Mlde,"  strongly  built,  as  we  say  of  persons 
strongly  formed  by  nature.  Mr.  I'ttertnu's 
explanation,  i.  164,  is  quite  right,  although 
qnestioned  in  the  new  c<li(iou  uf  Bouehcr. 
"To  bclde,"  to  increase  in  si/c  and  stmugth. 


Bi  a  chllde  of  1IUI  6el<(« 
Overcomes  1  am  In  myo  eldo. 
Curwor  Mundt,  MS.  CiJI,  Trin.  Camtli.  (,  ;r,. 
rhyi  mayde  wax  and  bygan  to  Ulde 
Weyl  ynto  womans  elde. 

JfS.  Harl.  1701,  r.e4. 
(5)  To  build ;  hence,  to  inhabit. 
Whenne  oure  aaules  «ch*l)e  parte,  and  sMtidyre  ITia 

the  body 
Ewyre  tobeMrand  to  bydeln  hlyaic  wyth  hyme»elvcnr. 
Mnrti  Mrthtirt,  US.  tAnnIn  A.  L  17,  f.tJt. 
In  Sedoyoe  In  that  rirhe  cootrce, 
Thare  dare  na  inane  be/de  nor  tlc« 
Fur  dowt  uf  a  lure. 

MS.  Uitnln  A.  1.  17,  t.  IVI. 

(G)  Formed .' 

But  cowjirdly,  with  royall  hofte  hym  be/it, 
Upon  hym  came  all  sodelnly  to  6ghl. 

HarrlyHg't  CArenlel',  f.  147. 

BELDER.  To  roar;  to  bellow.  Korlh.  Bel- 
dcrer,  a  roarer. 

BELUYNO.    Bnilding.   (A.-S.) 

BELE.(l)  Fair;  good.  (A.-N.)  See  the  Areha:- 
ologia,  ixiii.  342. 

(2)  Bad  conduct.    Line. 

UELEAKINS.   By  the  Lady  kin !   A'vi-fA. 

BELEAWD.    Betrayed.    Vmlegan. 

BELE-CHEKE.    Good  company.   (^.-A'.) 

BELEUDY.    By  our  Lady  I    Uic. 

BELEE.   To  slielter.    Sh'nk. 

BELEF.   A  badge?    Gaw. 

BELEVANU.  Remaining,  L  e.  alive.  S«e  Tor- 
rent of  Portugal,  3511.    {A.-S.) 

BELEVE.  Belief.  (A.-S.)  See  Chancer,  Cant. 
T.  3456  ;  DoiWcr,  xii.  335. 

BELEVEU.    l.rfl.    Chaueer. 

BELEVENESSK.    Faith.    Prompt.  Pan. 

BELEWVNGE.    The  belling  of  the  hart. 

And  tbcl  Kyn^cih  in  thalre  laofagc  that  yn 
Englonde  huiiur<  ealla  Mnqmfe,  as  men  Uiat 
loveth  paramourei .  MS.  B"il.  Mtl. 

BELEYN.    BesiegeiL 

Whan  nubiUp  Troy  was  beterff 
Aod  overcome,  aod  home  a^cn 
The  Grekii  tumid  fro  tlieti^. 

Ui-oa-.MS.  Sec.  Amtlif.  IM,  f.WL 
AbODle  Thi'hea.  ohere  he  lay, 
Whanne  it  of  iilCKe  waa  Meitn.       Ibiit.  f.  01. 

BELFRY.  (1)  A  tcm|>orary  shed  for  a  cart  or 
iraggDn  in  the  fields  or  by  the  road  side,  hav- 
ing an  upright  post  at  each  of  the  four  com- 
ers, and  covered  at  the  top  witli  straw,  goat, 
&c.  JJne.  This  word,  which  is  curious  for  its 
onnnexion  with  bnfrep,  was  given  me  by  Ibe 
Ri'V.  Janics  Adcock  of  Lincoln. 

(2)  Apparently  part  of  a  woman's  dreaa,  men- 
tioned ill  Lydgnle's  Minor  Poems,  p.  201. 

BELG.    To  bellow.    SvmerMrl. 

LIELGARDS.    Beautiful  looks.    Sprnter. 

BELGUANDFATIIEIC  A  grtat  great  grand- 
father. 

BELIKK.    Just  now.    .Soxhtm/. 

BELIKE.  Certainly ;  likely  I  perbapa.  Far.^iti, 
lllkliop  Hall  luu  Mitels/ 

BELIME.    To  ensnare,    UnU. 

BK-LITTER.  To  bring  forth  a  child.  Itislrant- 
latnl  by  mfavMltr  in  llehq.  Antiq.  ii.  78. 

BEl.tVE.  (I)  lu  tiK  cvcuing.    North.   This  ex- 

11 


BEL 


162 


BBL 


plitnatioii  is  given  l)y  Ray,  Meritou,  nnd  the 

wrilCT  of  s  letter  dited  Mirch   13th,   I6a", 

io  MS.  I^ntd.  1033. 
(2)  Quickly;  immediately;  presently.  A  eommon 

term  in  early  English. 
BELKE.   To  belch.    Nnrth.  SeeTownelcj'Mvsl. 

p.  314  ;  Ocnt't  Pathway,  p.  139  ;  Elyot,  in  v. 

Eruelo,  "  to  btnlke  or  lireake  wynde  oule  of 

t  he  ttuinake." 
BELKING.   Lounging  at  length.    Line. 
BELL.    (1)   A  ruapie  at  the  tip  of  the  nose. 

Palm/rarn, 

(2)  Tlie  crj-  of  the  hart.  See  Hunter's  Hallani- 
ahire  Glossary,  p.  11.  It  is,  proiwrly  si)eak- 
ing,  the  rry  made  by  that  animal  at  nitting 
time. 

(3)  To  swell.  See  a  curious  charm  in  Pettigrew 
on  Medical  Superstitions,  p.  80;  Beves  of 
Hamtoun,  p.  102;  Loitcnd.TCalholica;,  p.  231. 

(4)  Ucll,  hook,  and  candle ;  the  form  of  excom- 
munication in  the  church  of  Rome,  ending  by 
closinif  the  book  against  the  offender,  extin- 
guishing the  candle,  and  ringing  the  l)eU. 
Hence  the  ualh.  See  Rcliq.  Antiq.  i.  I  ; 
Ywaine  and  Gawin,  3023. 

(5)  "  To  hear  the  bell,"  a  common  phrase  mean- 
ing to  carry  off  the  prize.  See  Gov.  Myst. 
p.  189;  Troiliis  and  Crcseide,  iii.  199. 

BELLAKIN.    Bellowing.    Xorth. 

BELLAND.    This  word  is  used  in  two  senses, 

1 .  applied  to  ore  « hen  reduced  to  powder ; 

2.  its  (lemidous  effects  on  men  and  animals 
bv  their  imbibing  the  small  particles  of  ore. 
fforlh. 

BELLARMIN.   A  burlesque  word  used  amongst 

drinkers  to  express  a  stout  bottle  of  strong 

drink.     Mirge. 
BELLAKT.    A  bear-leader.    Chnt. 
BELL-BIT.     The  bit  of  a  bridle  made  in  the 

fonn  of  a  belL     Mirge. 
BELLE.   (1)   A  mantle?    See  Wright's  Seven 

Sages,  pp.  78, 84  ;  Anecd.  Lit.  p.  12  ;  Awnturs 

of  Arthure,  xxix.  3. 
(2)  To  roar.    (./.-5.) 
h)  A  clock,    for.  Mytt. 
(4)  A  ttonflre-    Gaw. 
BELLE-ULOME.   Tlie  daffodil.    (A.-N.)    Still 

called  the  bi-llflower  in  some  counties. 
BELLE-CllEHE.    Good  cheer.   (A.-N.) 
BELLEN.   To  swell.    See  Bell. 
BELLE5ETER.    A  bell-founder.  Prompt.  Pan. 
IlEI.LUiO.NE.    A  fair  mnid.    SjjmKrr. 
BELLIflORION.     A  kind  of  apple.    £a$t. 
BELLICAL.    Warlike.    (Lat.) 
BELLICIL     Well.    See  an  old  glossary  in  Rob. 

Glonc.  p.  047.     Fairly  .» 
BELLICON.    One  ad<licted  to  the  pleasures  of 

the  table.    North. 
BELLICOMS.    Warlike.    Smith. 
BBLLiN.   To  roar ;  to  bellow.    North. 
BELLlTCnE.    Fairness.    (Ul.) 
BELL-KITE.    A  protuberant  body.    North. 
BELLMAN.    A  watchman.    Part  of  his  office 

was  to  bless  the  aleepent  in  the  houses  that  he 
pat§ed,  which  was  oficn  done  in  verse,  and 
beace  oar  bellmtn't  rent*. 


BELLOCK.    To  bellow,  when  beaten  or  fright. 

ened.    y'ar.  dial. 
BELLONED.    Asthmatic-   A'or^A. 
BELLOSE.     Wariike-     (io/.) 
BELLOW  FAK.MER.     A  person  who   liad  the 

care  of  organs,  rcgals,  &c 
BELLR.VG.     To  scold.     Herf/brdth. 
BELLRAGGES.      A  species  of  water-create*, 

mentioned  by  Elvut,  in  v.  Lover. 
BELLS.     "  Give  lier  the  bells,  and  let  her  fly," 

an  old  proverb  taken  from  hawking,  meaning 

that  when  a  hawk  is  good  for  nothing,  the 

Itells  are  taken  off,  and  it  is  suffered  to  escape  ; 

applied  to  the  dismissal  of  any  ouc  that  the 

owner  has  no  longer  ocroiiion  for.     Sec  Reliq. 

Antiq.  i.  27  ;  Patient  Grissel,  p.  16. 
BELL-SOLLi;  R.   The  loft  in  a  church  on  which 

ringers  stand.     North. 
BELL-W  EDDER.     A  fretful  child.     North. 
UKLLY.  (1)  The  widest  part  of  the  vein  of  ■ 

mine.     North. 

(2)  A  whale.     {Dul.) 

(3)  Carr  gives  the  Craven  phrase,  •'  belly-go- 
lake  thee,"  take  thv  till,  indulge  thy  appetite. 

BELLYATERE.  A  bellfounder.    Prompt.  Pan. 

BELLY-BAND.  A  girth  to-«ccurc  a  cart-uddle. 
North. 

BEI.LVCIIE.     FairW.     {.1.-N.) 

BE1.I.YCHE.\T.     An  apron.     Ath. 

BELLY-CLAPPER.  A  dinner  beU?  See  Ho- 
rill,  in  v.  Hallaglio,  BatljfaUe. 

BELLY-FRIEND.  An  insincere  friend;  »  per- 
son who  pretends  friendship  for  purpose*  of 
his  own.     Mitge. 

BELLY-GOU.     A  glutton ;  an  epicure. 

UELLY-IIARM.  Thccholic.  Belly-holding, » 
crying  out  in  labour.     Devon, 

BELLY-NAKED.  Entirely  naked.  Sec  the 
Basyn,  xix. ;  Cotgrave,  in  v.  Fin,  Tout ;  Frier 
and  the  Boy,  ap.  Rilson,  p.  49. 

I  am  all  ipgcthcr  lelte  thire,  or  I  am  Uftc  ttarkt 

bfl^-nalinl,  or  Icfte  «■  naknt  «s  my  nsylc,    sory 

wrvtche  that  I  sin  t     Wyll  yr  nut  leave  me  a  lyrtell 

garment,  or  aiory  wede,  to  tiyde  niy  tayle  withaL 

Avttttttutt  l£40. 

BELLY-PIECE.  A  thin  part  of  a  carcase  near 
the  liellv.     North. 

BELLYS.'    BcUows. 

BELLY-SHOT.  A  term  appUed  to  cattk,  ac- 
cording to  Kennett,  MS.  I,ansd.  1033,  "when 
cattle  in  the  winter,  for  want  of  warmth  snd 
good  feediiiK.  ha\e  their  guts  shrank  up." 

BELLY-TIM  HER.  Food.  Var.  diaL  Scott 
puts  this  word  into  the  mouth  of  a  distin- 
guished euphuist,  Monastery,  ed.  1830,  i. 
222. 

BELLY- VENGEANCE.    Small  beer.    Var.  duU. 

BELLY-WANT.     A  belly-band,     tfoat: 

BELLY-WARK.     Tlie  choHc.     North. 

BELOKE.     Ftt.Meiicd;locke<l.     {.t.-S.) 
And  how  In  f[Tavp  lip  wna  httuke. 
And  how  thai  he  hath  hrllc  tiroke. 

Oawer,  tis.  S:r.  .4»>'f .  134.  t.  8S. 

BKLOKED.     Beheld.     Octovian,  1046, 

BELONGINGS.     Endowment*.     Shak. 

BE  Lot  IK.     To  weep.     Bed*. 

BELOUKE.    To  fasten ;  to  lock  up.    See  BeloJtf. 


It  occur*  in  thia  sense  in  MS.  Cott.  Vptpa* .  D. 
Tu.,  Iiut  |>rrhip>  to percritt  in  Beves  of  llun- 
toun,  p.  60. 

BELOWT.    To  »bu8e  ronghly. 

BEL-PEROPIS.     F«irjeweU.     Skinnn: 

IlELSCHYI).     Decorated.     Prompt.  Parr. 

ISELSII.     Rubbith ;  sod  stuff.     Line. 

UKL-SHANGLKS.  A  cant  term,  nsed  by  Kcmii, 
in  his  Nine  Daies  Wonder,  1600,  where  he 
mentions  himself  as  '•  head-roaster  of  Morrice- 
dauncers,  high  head-boroagh  of  heighs,  and 
oncl)'  tricker  of  your  trill-liUes,  and  best  bet- 
thanglrx  Uetweenc  Sion  and  mount  Surrey." 

BELSlRt.   A  grandfather;  an  ancestor.  (A.-N.) 

iiELSIZE.     Bulky;  Urge.     Ea>t. 

BEL-S\VA<iGER.  A  swaggerer ;  a  bully.  Ac- 
cording to  Ash,  a  vhoTCioaster,  who  also  gives 
the  tcnn  bcllyswagger,  "  a  bully,  a  hectoring 
fellow." 

BELT.  (1)  To  l>eat;  to  castigate.     Salop. 

(2)  To  shear  the  buttocks  and  tails  of  sheep. 
MidlttHd  C. 

(3)  Built     Yorkik. 
{4l)  An  axe.     Prompt.  Parr, 
{b)  A  course  of  stones  projecting  from  a  wall. 

/Irillun. 

BELTAN.  The  first  of  May.  .V&rM.  Kcnnett. 
MS.  Lansd.  1033,  gives  the  pmverb,  "  Yoii'l 
have  wor  Imdes  ere  Belton."  The  ceremonies 
of  the  beltan  were  kept  up  in  (.  uniberland  in 
the  last  century,  but  are  now  dgM'outinucd.  A 
full  account  of  them  will  he  found  injamiesun. 

BELTER.     A  prostitute.     AortA. 

BELCTED.     Covered  with  mud.     Sirrru. 

IlELVE.    {I)   To  drink  greedily.     Aor/A. 

(2)  To  roar  ;  to  bellow.  Somenel.  I  n  old  Eng- 
lish, we  have  Mwe,  as  in  Piers  Ploughman, 
p.  222. 

BELWORT.  The  name  of  a  herb.  InMS.  Sloane 
&,  t.  3,  the  l^tin  name  given  is  aeatuiun,  and 
in  i.  8,  puUiwonaria,  the  word  being  s|>clt 
b*Utvorl  in  the  latter  instance. 

BELWy.NGE.  A  bellowing.  {.i.-S.) 
tl  sehulde  aemc  u  thou5e  It  wrrft 
A  Mv-ifHft  In  a  inannU  ere. 

0<w<r.  MS.  Skt.  AKilq.  134,  t.  SH. 

BELTES.     Bellows.     (.I.-S.) 

Altit  Kllr  this  undir  tht'  liynke  thsy  t^rulc, 
And  vllh  ihsyrc  brt^t  thsy  l>lewe  ful  fsstc. 

»S.L(>.n4l<A.L17,  r.  IW. 
BELYKLYHOD.    Prolwibilily. 

k  Throw  may  hrt  a  lair  full  liailly  totd. 

And  of  a  goodly  man  brtykti/)it.ii  orchrre. 
,ys.  ixiorf.  410,  r. ». 
BEKYMMED.     Disfigured.     SArlton. 
BELYNt;.     Suppuration.     See  Hfal. 
UEM.     .\  )>eam  ;  a  pillar. 
Id  '■••«  of  cinudc  Ich  laddc  the. 
And  I'l  I'yialcthou  laddeat  me.  /tc.'lv.  AnKq.  tl.  tflO. 
BEMANGl.E.     To  mulilntc. 

C>.     Stunned;  astounded, 
r  mae  up,  aa  I  wye  oowe. 
Id  l€f«  ui  lylngr  1  «ole  ncrr  howe, 
tHfnKwnf  In  a  aounc, 
OF  hade  Ixnt  attckad  awyne. 
Okwlcr  ffiva,  U.  Kl. 


I 


BEN 

BEME.  (1)  Bohemia.  (.<^.-^.)  See  Minot't 
Poems,  p.  IC;  Skelton,  ii.  340;  PUucbu's 
Costume,  p.  163. 

(2)  A  trumpet.  {J..S.) 

OEMEENE.    To  mean. 

Lady,  ihry  at-ydp,  llevyn  ijurnc, 
\Vhat  may  all  Ihya  torowr  6i>rMflmr  ' 

ilX.  CgnMl>.  Ft.  U.  38,  f.  MSi 

BEMEN.    Trumpets.   (A.-S.) 

BEMENE.  To  Unient ;  to  pity.  (J.-S.)  See 
Ellis's  .Met.  Rum.  ii.  U,  iii.  123. 

UE-METE.     To  measure.     SAai. 

BE.MUIL.    To  djtv;  to  soU.    S/ial. 

HE.MOISTEN.  To  moisten.  See  the  Brit. 
Bibl.  iii.  ad  fin.  p.  xxxvi 

BE  MOLE.  A  term  in  music.  B  roolle,  sofl  or 
flat.  The  word  occurs  in  Skelton,  and  also 
in  a  curiomi  poem  on  music,  in  Rcliq.  ^Vutiq. 
i.  292.  Brmy,  Reliq.  Antiq.  i.  t<3,  has  appa- 
rently the  same  meaning. 

BEMONSTEK.    To  make  monstrous.    Skaii. 

BEMOOKED.     Dirtied;  defile<L     Paltgrate. 

BEMOONYU.     Pitied.    (A.-S.) 

Gyc  ya  mochr  btuvnirtpit  uf  all. 

In  the  eilyt  cowrteand  In  llic  kyngyi  halle. 
Af.S'.  OiKMA.  rr.  ll.  38,  t.  14N. 
BE-MOTIIERED.     Concealed.' 
BEMUSED.     Dreaming;  intoxicated. 
BEN.  (1)  Prompt ;  ready.     6'ffip. 

(2)  Oil  of  Ben,  an  ointment  formerly  in  great 
repute ;  benioin.  See  Dodsley,  iii.  236 ; 
Nomenclator,  p.  95;  Cotgravc  \n\.Mv»crUm; 
Howell,  in  v.  Acorn ;  Florio,  in  v.  Ana  dolee. 

(3)  Bees.  (A.-.S.) 

No  fMtlr  hil  gonnc  aboute  tilm  achev*. 
Ale  dou  6#M  atmutc  the  beve. 

Vtve*  ^  HatHlotm,  p.  U. 

(4)  To  be.  (A.-S.)  Ben  ia  the  jircs.  pL  and 
part.  pa.  of  this  verb. 

(&)  Gootls.    Xoi.  tiloue. 

(6)  Well ;  good.    IVeber. 

(7)  In;  into.      Yorkth. 

(8)  The  "  true  ben,"  the  utmost  stretch  or  bend. 
Exmoor. 

(9)  Tlie  truth.    Vrron. 

(10)  A  figure  set  on  the  top  of  the  last  load  of 
•he  harvest  immediately  in  front,  dressed  up 
with  ribbons,  4c.  as  a  sort  of  Ceres.     Sotf. 

BENAK.  Better.  As  old  cut  term.  Sec 
Dodsley,  vi.  109 ;  Earle'i  Microcosmography, 
p.  255. 

BENATURE.  A  vessel  containing  the  holy 
water.  William  Bruges,  (iarter  King  of  Anns, 
1449,  bequeaths  "  a  gret  holy-water  scnppe 
of  silver,  with  a  staff  imattirr,  the  said  ima- 
lure  and  staff  weyng  xx,  nobles  in  plate  and 
more."     Test.  Vet'ust.  p.  266. 

BEN-UAl'KE.  An  old  rant  term,  occurring  io 
the  Roaring  Girl,  1611. 

BENCH.  A  widow's  bench,  a  share  of  the 
husband's  estate  which  a  woman  enjoys  be- 
sides her  jointure.  SMtiex.  Sec  Keoiiett'l 
Glossary,  MS.  Laiisd.  1033. 

BENCHED.  Furnished  with  benches.  Oiametr. 

BENCHER.  An  idler;  a  person  who  ipends 
his  lime  oo  ale-house  btiichca. 


BEN 

BENCH-FLOOR.  In  the  roi)  mines  of  Weit- 
netbury  in  StBiTnrdsliirc,  the  sixth  parting  or 
laming  in  the  lindy  of  tliri  cool  it  rii)l>><l  thr 
bench-floor,  2\  ft.  thick.  Kninrll,  MS.  Lantd. 

BENCH-HOLE.  The  hole  in  a  l>cncli,  ad  le- 
vandum  alvum.  See  Malone's  Shakespeare, 
xii.  353 ;  Webster's  Works,  iii.  254. 

BENCH-TABLE.  A  low  stone  seat  round  the 
iiuide  of  the  walls  of  a  church.  Tliis  term  is 
found  only  in  the  contract  for  the  Fothcring- 
gav  cliurcji,  printed  by  Uug<lale. 

BENCH-WHISTLER.  A  sottish  rollickjomc 
idler,  who  S|>cnds  his  time  chiefly  on  the  ale- 
ho\i5C  bench.  The  term  occurs  in  Stanihurst's 
Description  of  Ireland,  p.  24,  and  also  in 
Kemp's  Nine  Daies  Wonder,  1 600 ;  Lydgate'i 
Minor  Poems,  p.  1 70. 

BEND.  (1)  A  band  of  mcD.  Uhc.  It  occurs 
in  lluloet,  1552;  Cooper,  in  v.  Grex ;  Arch. 
xxTiii.  99. 

(2)  A  "  lace  bend"  is  described  as  "  round  of 
eight  iMwes"  in  ■  curious  MS.  quoted  by 
Strutt,  ii.  98. 

(3)  Strong  ox  lesther,  tanned  with  bark  and 
other  ingredients,  which  give  it  a  blue  cast. 
North. 

(4)  A  semicircular  piece  of  iron  used  as  part  of 
a  hone's  harness  to  hold  up  the  chains  when 
ploughing. 

!S)  Indurated  day.     North. 
6)  The  border  of  a  woman's  cap.     North.     It 
is  also  a  term  for  a  handkerchief,  and  Skinner 
explains  it,  "  niulHer,  kcrchcr  or  cawl." 
(7)  A  bond;  anything  which  binds.     {A.-S.) 
BBNDE.  (1)  A  band  orluudage;  a  horizontal 
stripe.     (^...V.) 

(2)  Bondage.  See  Amis  and  Amiloun,  1233; 
Lybeaus  Disconus,  252. 

Swetc  Ps4)er,  wath  me  la  wo. 

1  may  not  bringc  the  out  of  bendt, 

MS.  .IMit.  I13U7,  t.  V». 

(3)  Bent ;  put  down.     Gaw. 
BENDED.  Bound.     Maunderite. 
BENDEL.    A  t>and  ;  a  stripe.   {A.-N.)   Steven- 
son, a  bendlct. 

BENDING.     Striping;   making  of  iMnds,   or 

stri|Hrs.  Chaucfr. 
BEND-LEATIIER.  A  leather  thong,  according 
to  Kcnnett,  MS.  Lansd.  1033.  Boucher  says, 
"  what  is  elsewhere  called  tolc-lcather."  A 
(trottg  infusion  of  malt  is  said  to  be  a  neocs- 
sarv  ingredient  in  the  tanning  of  bend-leather. 
BENDS  FULL.     Bundles. 

TIm  frcte  he  liad  bot  buly  ttro, 
Two  Ihake  htni^tt  without  no. 

UrU.  Bin.  i<r.  all. 

BBNDWARE.     Hardware.     Slqffbrdnh. 
BENE.  (1)  To  be.     (,■/.-«.) 

(2)  Well;  fair;  good.  Gntr.  Not  iptickli/,  as 
in  the  additions  to  Boucher.  Sec  Robson's 
Met.  Rum.  pp.  3,  14,  25.  It  is  a  cant  term 
in  the  same  sense,  as  in  Earle's  Microc.  p.  253. 

(3)  A  bean.  {A.-S.)  In  the  following  passage 
allusion  is  made  to  t  game  so  called. 

Ilailoltet  fillrtti  to  ttonde  on  th*  (tore. 
And  pl«y  som  t)ve  at*  tpon. 


At  tlip  ftanf  and  at  ttw  cat. 
A  foul  play  hotdr  y  that 

MS.  IMl.  4S,  t.  174. 

(4)  Bane ;  destruction.     Ijinjlifft. 

(,5)  Aprayer;  areqiiesu  {.i.-S.)  North  coun* 
try  nurses  say  to  children,  "  rUp  bene," 
meaning,  join  your  hands  together  to  aak  ■ 
blessing,  to  pray.  Cf.  Reliq.  Antiq.  i.  113: 
Wright's  Lyric  Poetry,  p.  92 ;  Kitson'a  Songs, 
i.  62. 

BENBAPED.  Left  aground  by  the  ebb  of  the 
spring  tides.     South. 

BENEDAY.  A  prayer-day,  conjectured  to  be 
synonymous  with  A.-S.  bentiid,  the  rogttion 
days. 

BENEDICITE.  An  exclamation,  usweriDg  to 
our  Bleu  ut!  It  was  often  pronounc«d  as  a 
trysillable,  SmeiVe  /  (Lat.)  Aeiu/e  occurs  in 
the  Townclcv  Mysteries,  p.  85. 

BENEDICTION-POSSET.  The  aack-potaet 
which  was  eaten  on  the  evening  of  the  wed- 
ding day,  just  before  the  company  retired. 
See  Brand's  Pop.  Antiq.  ii.  109. 

BENEFICE.  A  fienefit.  Hocelere.  In  Har- 
rington's Nuga:  AuUquo^  i.  63,  we  have  bene, 
ficinllnn,  beneficence. 

BENEFIT.  A  Uviug;  a  benefice.  Nortk.  Ash 
has  imeficial  in  the  same  sense. 

BENEME.    To  take  away ;  to  deprive.    (J..S.) 

For  thou  btmemett  me  thiike  ]lfle, 

tVhiche  lyeth  noujt  In  thy  niyjte  to  ichlfte. 

dHrrr,   M.V.  ».r.  ,<n/>7.  IM,  f.OSL 

BENEMERENT.    Well  deserving,     (ie/.)  ' 

BENEMIT.     Named  ;caned.     Spnuer. 

BENERTH.   The  s<rvirc  which  the  tenant  owed 
the  landlord  by  plough  nnd  cart,  so  ailtd  la-M 
Kent.     Sec   Lambardc's  Perambulation,  e<LH 
1596,  p.  212.  -^ 

DENET.  One  of  the  orders  in  the  Roman  Ca- 
(holic  church,  the  riorcuta,  who  cast  out 
evil  spirits  by  imposition  of  hands  and  asper- 
sion of  holy  water.     Prompt.  Part). 

BENETHE.     To  begin.     Cot;,  itytt. 

BENETOIRE.  A  cavity  or  small  hole  In  the 
wall  of  a  church,  generally  made  near  tlie 
door,  as  a  receptacle  for  the  vessel  that  i-nu- 
tained  the  holy  water.  Bouther.  See  also 
Bmature. 

BENEVOLENCE.  A  voluntary  gratuity  gives 
by  the  subjects  to  the  king.     BUntnt, 

BENEWID.     Enjoyed.     (J.-S.) 

The  preu'nce  every  day  tmitewittt 
He  was  with  jiftia  alle  tjcaDewU. 

Gtwer,  U.S.  .So<-.  y«/i/i«.  IS«,  f.  IMS. 

BENEWITH.    The  woodbine.     Prompt.  Pan. 

BENEYDE.     Conveyed. 

BENGE.     To  drink  deeply.    Sommet. 

BENGERE.     A  chest  for 'com.    Proust.  Pmr, 

BENGY.    Cloudv ;  Overeast    Euer. 

BEMGNE.     Kind.    (J..N.) 

HENIME.    To  take  away.     (A.-S.) 

Kynf  Edfare  had  fro  (hem  ilier  londc*  >wni»i. 

MS.  ConfnS.  Ft.  U   SI,  t.  IML 
BENINGNELI.     Kindlv.     {A..N.) 
BENISON.     A  blessing.'   (A.-N.)   According  to 
Thoresby,  this  word  was  current  in  Yorkabim 


BEN 


16S 


BBB 


in  1703.  Cf.  Piers  Flougbman,  p.  489  ;Ch«u. 
cer,  Cant.  T.  9239 ;  Cov.  My»t.  p.  86  ;  Sevyii 
Sages,  3485  ;  Sir  Thstreiu,  p.  200  ;  Laugtufl, 
pp.  115,  143. 

BEN-JOLTIUM.  Brown  bread  loaked  in  akim- 
med  milk;  the  ploughltoj-'i  usual  breakftat. 
Rut. 

DENK.  A  bench.  Also  the  King'a  Bench,  a 
conrt  of  justice.  See  Langtoft,  pp.  58, 246  ; 
Table  Book  of  Traditium,  p.  230. 

BEN-KIT.  A  large  wooden  >'es»el  with  a  cover 
to  it.  Line.  Thoresby  describes  it,  "  a  small 
wooden  vessel  with  a  cover  that's  loose,  and 
fitted  with  notches  to  two  prominent  lags  that 
tiavc  a  string  through  them  to  carry  it  by." 

BEN  NET.     The    bent   grass.     Somn-tef.      Ac- 
cording to  an  ancient  West  country  distich — 
••  PI(^on>  DercT  know  no  woe 
Till  tliey  a  ieKnmtxt  do  fo." 

BENNICK.     A  minnow.    Somtrtet. 

BENNYS.  Beant.  See  an  old  will  in  Test.  Ve- 
tuit.  p.  507. 

BENOME.    Taken  away.    See  Betiimf. 

BENOTHINGED.     Diminished.    Faiifax: 

BENOW.     By  this  time.     Korth. 

BENSE.     A  row-staU.     Korth. 

BENSIL.    To  beat ;  to  thnub.    \ortk. 

BENT.  (1)  Ready.      WeJer. 

(2)  A  plain ;  a  common  ;  a  field ;  a  moor ;  to 
called  from  those  places  being  frequently 
rovered  with  the  bent  gnus.  Willan  says 
bent*  arc  "  high  pattures  or  shelving  coiii- 
moas."  The  term  is  very  common  in  early 
English  poetry. 

Appose  a  btfnf  v1tl>owt  th*  liorghe. 

With  tcharpc  arowcf  jc  tchotr  bym  tharclie. 

M.I.  IJnnlH  A.  t  17,  t.  I2R. 

(3)  The  declivity  of  a  hill.  (J.-S.)  Perhaps 
this  may  be  the  meaning  in  tbe  Stfuyr  of 
Lowe  Ocgrc,  63. 

(4^  Subject.  Cov.  Mytt. 
{a)  K  chimney.  North. 
(6)  A  long  coarse  grass,  which  chiefly  grows 

upon  the  moors.    Alto  called  bent-graat.    A 

blade  of  coarse  hay  or  grata  is  called  a  bent ; 

and  Gerard  alto  calls  a  bundle  of  it  a  bent. 

See  Salop.  Antiq.  p.  324  ;  Florio,  in  v.  6'(un. 

alta;  Draytun'a  Poema,  p.  185;  Drit.  Bibl.  i. 

212;  Forby,  ii.  417. 
(J)  "  Browa   bent,"   i.  e.  arched.     Sec  Dyec'a 

aotea  to  Skelton,  p.  146 ;  Kom.  of  the  Kote, 

1217. 
(8)  Form ;  shape. 

My  htitit  wtiiehe  Ihkt  y  now  hsva 
Tills  I  be  uhe  Into  my  (rave 

Uouvr,  M8.  fcc  ./nMf.  134,  f.  M. 

BENTERS.     Debentures.     Stentnw. 
BENTLBS.    Dry  tandy  pattures  near  the  sea 

covered  chiefly  with  bent-grass,     luul. 
BENVENUE.    Half-a-crown,  a  fee  paid  by  every 

new  workman  at  a  printing-house.     Holme. 
BENWYTTRE.    The  woodbine.    Prompl.  Parv. 
BENYNCUCIIE.     Kindly.     Roi.  Olouc. 
BENZ.VMYNE.       Bcnuin,    a    kind   of    rcsiu. 

Spelt  inuviHt  in  Tousell's  Four-footed  Beasts, 

p.  240. 


BGO.     By. 

BRUCE.     Boetbias.     Chaucer. 

BEODE.  (1)  To  ofl'cr;  to  proffer ;  to  pray. 
Also  to  summon,  to  command.  It  occurs  in 
a  doubtful  tentic  in  Kyug  Alisanndcr,  3606, 
explained  by  \Veber,  to  carry;  rather  per- 
haps, to  balance  a  ipear.     {A.-S.) 

(2)  A  pravcr.     (.-f.-S.) 

BEORYNG.  (1)  Burying;  funej^.     Webtr. 

(2)  Bearing;  birth.     Kyng  Jlit. 
BEOTII.     Be;  arc;  is.     {.I.-S.) 
BEOUTEN.     Without,     (.Y.-S.) 
BE-PLOT.MELB.     Piecemeal,     Prompt.  Parv. 
BEQUARKE.     B  sharp.    An  old  musical  term, 

occurring  in  a  cunout  poem  on  the  compara- 
tive dilhcuUy  of  learning  accular  and  church 
music,  printed  in  Rcljq.  Antiq.  i.  292. 

BER.  (1)  Beer.     Gmi: 

(.2)  A  berry.     (M) 

(3)  A  bier.     Rilmit. 

(4)  Carried.    Boi.  Oknc. 

(5)  The  apace  a  peraon  runt  in  order  to  kap 
the  impetus.     Korth. 

BEltVFRYNDE.  A  cnrious  term  introduced 
in  the  tale  of  King  K<lwar<l  and  the  Shepherd, 
ap.  Ilai'tshorne,  p.  48,  dc.  It  is  barely  pos- 
sible that  it  may  have  some  connexion  with 
bellarmin,  q.  v.  Tlie  manner  in  which  it 
occurs  seeiua  to  give  tome  ground  for  the 
conjecture. 
BEllALLE.     Fine  gUss. 

The  jat  jTft  were  of  dene  cryclalle. 
And  u.  bryifllte  u  any  brraUt. 

MS.  Qlnta(.  Fr.  11.  W,  t.  *». 

BERAND.     Rushing ;  roaring.     Pi.  Colt. 

BERANDE.     Bearing.     Kyng  Alis.  5109. 

BER.VNDYLES.  The  name  of  a  dish  in  an- 
cient cookery.   See  the  Forme  of  Curv,  p.  99. 

BER.\SCALLED.     Abused  like  a  rascal.  JVuA. 

BERATE.  To  scold.  Cotgrave  gives  thii  la 
one  of  the  meanings  of  Breteler. 

BE  RATTLE.  To  rattle  ;  to  make  a  great  noiie. 
Skak. 

BERATED.  (1)  Dreaaed. 

For  %t  they  paoed  along  In  (bii  amy,  the  maun 
was  that  si:>meone,  berafti  likea  devtlt,  ibould  oOer 
to  lovade  the  corapaoy. 

t^tmbari^t  PerwmbuUition,  1590,  p.  934. 

(2)  Dirtied. 

BERAYXE.  To  wet  with  rain.  Hence  gene- 
rally,  to  moisten.    (./..$,) 

But  t««r««  beratfnda  my  chcckcs, 
1  retchlciac  rent  mlna  licare, 

TWriMU/a  OtU,  1M7,  f.  IL 

BERBER.     Barberry,  a  shmb.     Gam. 

BEKBINE.  The  verbena.  Kent.  This  Saxon 
form  it  given  by  Kennett,  MS.  Lansd.  1033. 

BERCEL.  A  mark  to  shoot  at.  It  is  trani- 
Utcd  by  mela,  a>id  occurs  under  five  iliflTerent 
forms,  bercti,  ierteel,  berlrl,  tyneUe,  ierieU, 
in  the  Prompt.  Parv.  pp.  32,  56.  Mr.  Steven- 
son,  in  his  additions  to  Boucher,  in  v.  Beneiet, 
has  clearly  showrn  the  connexion  of  the  word 
with  Germ,  hmm,  to  shoot,  and  hat  alto 
quoted  from  the  Prompt.  Parv.  MS.  Harl.  221. 
Us  tynonyme  it  olivionsly  Ml,  and  cue  it 


BBB 


IG6 


BER 


therefore  someyrhat  nirprised  to  find  tlie  editor 
of  the  Promplorium,  p.  56,  confusiog  the  term 
with  that  applied  to  the  ridgei  of  a  ploughed 
field.  See  also  hertfr  and  beraouU  in  Roquefort. 

BERCELETTUS.  Hounds.  This  is  certainly 
the  meaning  of  the  word  in  Robsou's  Ro- 
mances, p.  GO,  and  may  throw  a  doubt  on  the 
intcrjirctation  odarcp/ftt,  q.  v.  See  Bartlrlvi. 

BERCEN.  The  harlon  of  a  house.  This  form 
of  the  word  is  given  in  MS.  Gongli,  Will«,  S, 
as  current  in  Will.'.liire. 

BGRCilE.     Made  of  iron. 

HERD.  A  beard.  {yl.-S.)  •' Maugre  his  herd," 
in  spite  of  him.  "  To  run  in  one's  herd,"  to 
olTer  op|)osition  to.     IjtHjIoft. 

BERDAS)!.  A  neck-cloth.  The  meaning  of 
this  term  is  douhtfiU.  It  occurs  only  in  the 
Guardian. 

BERDE.  (1)  Margin;  brink.     Prompt.  Pan. 

(2)  A  lady ;  a  young  person.     See  Bird. 

HERDYD.     Bearded.     Prompt.  Pan. 

BERK.  (I)  A  noise;  a  roar;  a  cry.   (/Y.-S.)  See 
HarUhome's  Met.  Tales,  p.  119  •  Const,  of  Ma- 
lonry,  p.  35 ;  Gy  of  Warwike,  p.  223  ;  Townc- 
ley  Myit.  p.  109;  Kyng  Alisaunder,  550. 
Tho,  leyde  Ocfyte,  herytlc  thou  Uut  y  here  > 
I  harileoevyr  >  rowler  bttnt 

MS.  CiHUt,.  Pr.  it.  38,  r.  114. 

(2)  To  make  a  noise.    (.i..S.) 

To  the  parylowb  he  cju*  hym  Wynne, 
And  brrrtly  can  hcbrrt. 

MS.  Oiiilat.  rr.  II.  .TH,  f.  9». 

(3)  A  bier.  (./..«.)  "  Droght  ou  here,"  dead. 
Miuot's  Poems,  p.  24. 

(4)  A  pillow-case.     CAauar. 
fS)  To  bear;  to  carry.    (./.-A) 
(6^  A  beard.     Rob.  Ghuc. 

(7)  To  bear ;  to  produce. 

(8)  A  l)ear.    {.i..S.) 

(9)  To  liear  ujion  ;  to  allege ;  to  accuse.  H'eber. 
See  Gy  of  Warwike,  p.  354. 

BKRe.    a  berry. 

TeJie  tho  Jeuse  of  rewe,  vyncuie,  and  oyle  i)f 
rowi,  and  /-erf*  of  lon^Ue,  and  iaye  Ihame  lo  Ihl 
berede.     II  helpe*  woodcrrully. 

JUS.  Unroln.  Med.  t.  880, 

ISERE-B.VG.  One  who  bears  a  bag;  a  term  of 
contempt  applied  by  Miuot  lo  (he  Scotch. 

DEKEUE.     To  adrise.     Pattgravt. 

BERE-FIUNKE.  A  wooden  ca^  to  keep  t 
bear  or  boar  in.  See  Wright's  Monastic  Let- 
ters, p.  269. 

BEHEING.     Birth, 

BEREN.    To  t«ar.     {A.-S.) 

DERENGER.    The  name  of  a  bear. 

BERENT.     To  rent ;  to  tare. 

What  wonder  li  II  then  it  I  irrmt  my  halm  > 

Bnglantf*  Hetiam.  p.  Fii. 

BE  RETT  A.     A  kind  of  hoo<l  worn  by  priests. 

See  Hall's  Satires,  iv.  7. 
BERKREY.     A    moveable  tower   employed  in 
aiegcs,  generally  made  of  wood.     See  Uelfiy. 
Aliuundre.  and  his  folk  all«, 
Faite  asailed  heore  wallia, 
Myd  l^/mnt.  with  alle  gyu, 
Oerthey  nyghle  the  olt<  wynne. 

Kytf  .jliMwidrr.  »777. 


UERGH.     A  hill.     Yoith. 

Thannc  shallow  blenctie  at  a  terj*. 

PItn  rhiighmnii,  p  Hi. 

BERGMOTE.    A  court  upon  a  hill,  which  is  held 
in  Derbyshire  for  deciiling  pleas  and  contro- 
versict.  among  the  miners. 
IIERCOMASK.     A  rustic  dance,  framed  iu  imi- 
lati<m  of  the  people  of  Bergamasco,  a  pro>inca 
in  the  slate  of  Vciiiee,  who  are  ridiculed  aa  be- 
ing mure  clownish  in  their  manners  and  dialect 
than  any  other  people  in  Italy.     S/iai. 
BERflEGOR.     Beer-aigre.      In    the    Mannert 
and  Household  Eipenrcs  of  England,  p.  456, 
mention  is  made  of  "  vij.  galoncs  brrheyor." 
DERIALLIS.     Beryls;  precious  stones. 
BEUIE.     A  giove ;  a  shady  place.     Harrington. 
Probably  from  A.-S-  bearu,  and  merely  another 
form  of  barrom,  q.  v.     In  the  Prom'pt.  Parr. 
p.  33,  we  have  berwe  and  brrowe,  a  shadow. 
BEKIEL.     A   burial.     Also   a  lomb,  a   grave. 
Sec  the  qnotation  underoy«re(3) ;  Dial,  treat. 
Moral.  J).  88  ;  Cov.  Mvst.  p.  18  ;  Sevyn  Saircs, 
2598.    (A.-S.  hvrgels!) 
BERING.  (I)  Birth.    (X-S) 
(2>  Behaviour.     {.^,.S) 

BEUISGE-LEPE.     A  basket.    Prompt.  Pare. 
BERISPE.     To   disturb.      See   the   notes   on 

Reynard  the  Fos,  p.  191. 
BERJCVR.     One  who  barka.     Protml.  Porm, 
BERKYN.     To  bark.     Prompt,  pan. 
BERLI.NA.     A  pillory,     yoisfon. 
BERLY.     Barry,  an  heraldic  term.     Holme. 
BERME.     Yeast.    (.4..S.)     See  Chaucer.  C«iL 
T.  16281 ;  Liber  Niger  Domus  Edw.  IV.  p.  70. 
BERMEN.     Bar-men;   porters  In  a   kitchen. 
(.1..S.)     This  term  is  found  in  Haveluk  and 
Lavamun. 
BERMOOTHES.    The  Bermudas.     Shak. 
BERMUDAS.     A  cant  term  for  certain  obsraro 
and  intricate  alleys,  in  wliich  persons  lodged 
M-ho  had  occasion  to  live  cheap  or  concealed. 
They  are  supposed  to  have  been  the  narrow 
passages   north  of  the  Strand,  near  CovenI 
Garden.     Bermudat  also  denoted  a  species  of 
tobacco.     Naret. 
BERN.  (I)  A  man;  a  knight;  a  noble.    Of.  Sir 
Degrevant,  500;  Ritson's  Ancient  Songs,  p.  44; 
Anus  and  Amiloun,  837 ;  Rcliq.  Anttq.  it.  1 76, 
O  Brut  that  (em  bald  of  hand. 
The  fint  conqiieroiir  of  Ingland. 

*f.V    Call.  Vaiiat.  A.  111.    t.  ». 

(2)  A  bairn ;  a  child.    (A.-S.)    Cf.  Kyng  AU- 
saunder,  7556. 

Tho  Havclok  micle  ael,  Weilawcl  I 

That  o»ere  was  I  klngn6<ni/  Harrtok.BH. 

(3)  A  ham.     {A..S.) 
BEItSACLE.    A  gag  for  the  moulh  of  a  bona. 

In  bgrmucla  anil  bryttcll  thou  eoiulrryne 
The  chrkyt  of  Ihon  that  nejeli  ihe  nought. 

MS.  .^lhmolem,    t,  lift 

DERNAK.  (1)  The  baruaclc  goose. 

And  as  the  bernak  in  the  harde  tree. 

MS.  MHimclt  m.  t,  \it, 
(2)  A  bernaclc,  q.  v.     Prompt.  Pan. 
BERNERS.     Men   who   stood  with    relay,   fn 
hunting.     They  were  properly  the  men  wlio 
tfi\  Ihe  homids. 


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And  thenne  cTpry  mmo  that  !■  thrtre.  tat  the 
b*mert  on  foole  and  the  chanYhycrii,  and  Ihe 
Ifmncrea,  the  whiche  i>hulde  \>c  with  hure  hoaDdes^ 
and  awaytc  up<in  hem  yn  a  fevr  grene  there  aa  U  a 
cold  fchadewp,  fcfaolde  itonden  ofront  yn  altber  fjrde 
the  heed  with  roddc«,  that  no  hound  come  aboute 
nur  on  the  lydc*.  MS,  Bait.  M0. 
BERNYJJDE.     Burning. 

Manne  that  »eth  hU  hows  ftefn^rfe, 
Hatb  grete  pcr)'ll  to  hym  commynde. 

.US.  Hawllnii^n  9J,   f.  3. 
BEROW'E.     A  Bhariow.     Prompt.  Pan. 
BEROWNE.     Around ;  munti  alxmt. 

Hit  burlkhe  berde  wan  blody  htnnvnt. 

Uiirlt  Arthurf,  MS.  UnnlH,  t.  M. 

BERUIEK.     A  tlu^hin-.     NortM. 

BERKIN.     A  burial ;  a  funeral,     lor.  dial.     A 

p«Ttan  attendiug  a  funeral  is  called  a  berriner, 

and  a  grave  a  berrinhote. 
BERRITHATCll.    According  to  Kennelt.  MS. 

Lonad.  1033,  in  the  court  rulla  of  tlie  manor 

of  Cberiton,  co.  Suiurj^cl,  tliia  word  iii  used 

fur  litter  for  burset. 
BERRY.  (1)  Agooselierry.     North. 

(2)  To  thrath  com.  North.  Kcnnett,  MS. 
Laiitd.  1033,  gives  an  Iskndic  deriTatiuii. 
Uerrjing-stedc,  the  tliroabiiig  floor. 

(3)  A  herd  of  conies.  A  herd  of  rocs  in  the 
the  Two  Augrie  Women  of  Abingtun,  ]>.  G&, 
usleas  we  suppose  a  misreading  for  bevy.  \Vc 
liave,  however,  berry  in  the  lluoke  of  Hunting, 
Loud.  1S86. 

(4)  Floiio  has,  "  Ccitcia  d'icque,  a  ludtlaine 
ibowre,  a  stormc,  a  tempest,  a  blustring,  a 
itrry  or  flaw  of  many  windrs  or  stonues  to- 
gether, bringing  violent  showres  of  water." 

(5)  A  boruugli. 

BERSELET.     A  kind  of  bow? 
BERST.  (1)  nearest. 

(2)  Broke.     Itob.  Ulouc. 
(3    Defect.     (A.-S.) 

The  levedi,  aore  adrad  wlthalle, 

Ladde  Berea  into  the  halle. 

And  of  everichc  fonde. 

That  him  com  to  honde, 

A  dide  hire  ete  althetreral. 

That  khc  ne  dede  him  no  berH  t 

And  ilrinke  fertt  of  the  win. 

I'hat  no  poiioun  waa  thcrin. 

Bevti  of  Bamtonn^  p.  75. 
BERT.  (1)  To  perspuc.     North. 

(2)  A  beard. 

He  mat  aynolher  al  to  wuunricr. 
That  hya  6crf  cleee  yionder. 

Gy  vf  Wuru^ke,  MUilthUI  US. 

(3)  Bright. 

BERTH  E.     Dearelh.     Lydgalr. 
HERTIlHlNtiES.     Salvation.     P>.  Colt. 
BERUFFIAMSED.     Abused  like  a  ruflian.     A 

terra  u»cd  bv  Nash,  in  Have  With   You  to 

Safl'ron  Wald'cn,  1596. 
BERliNGE.     A  burial.     Robton. 
BERWE.  (1)  A  shadow.     Prompt.  Pan. 
(2)  To  defend.     {J.-S.) 

BERWllA.M.     A  horSe-collar.     Prompt.  Pare. 
BERYD.     Buried. 

Ttatribr  1  will  that  ihcr  It  6«ry4  be. 

h'ug«  PoHitttt  p.  6. 


BERYEN.     To  defend  ;  to  protect. 

BERVLL.     Apporcnllv  some  rojic  belonging  to 
a  ship.     See  Cocke  Lorclles  Bote,  p.  12. 

BERYNE.     A  child  ;  a  bairn. 
Allea  a  wafulle  wedowe  that  wantlca  hir  btryiu, 
I  may  werye  and  wepe,  and  frrynge  myne  handya. 
U^rte  jirlhure,  Lincoln  US,  (.  08. 

BERYNG.     TlieUp.     Hfber. 

liERYNG-CASE.     A  portable  casket. 

TliiTo  come  fouteclerkei  to  Wyltone  from  ferae  lonJ, 

With  a  lllull  btryng-con  full  of  lelekn  gode. 

Ctirnn.  filoiiuH.  p.  fli. 

IIERYNT.    To  liear.     Cov.  My,t. 
BERYS.     Approaches. 

Tr)-amow»e  to  hym  fteyy*. 

And  they  silo  to-braiite  ihrr  ipcrya. 

US.  Canlab.  Ff.  11.  SB,  t.  »\. 

BERYSE.     Berries.     Weber. 
BERY3T.     Bcareth. 
EtERSE.    A  mount ;  a  liiU.     Uate. 
HES.     Be.     (.y.-S.) 

11ES.\GE.    A  portable  bed  carried  by  horses, 
called   besage    horses.    {.■t.-N.)     Tlie    terra 
occurs  in  Arch.  iii.  157  ;  Ordinances  and  Rc- 
gidntions,  pp'.  200,  204. 
HESAGUY.     A  two^dged  aie.     (/i.-N.) 
Wambraa  wlih  winga  and  rerelmi  Iherlo, 
And  thereon  aette  were  htMagvyi  alao. 

Ciuriodt§,  mp.  TrittPtmt  p.  375. 

BESANT.     A  golden  coin,   so  called  because 
first  coined  at  Byxantium  or  Constantinople. 
Its  value  is  differently  estimated,  and  seems 
have  varied  from  ten  to  twenty  sols. 
BESCHADE.    To  shadow. 

The  hyje  Ire  the  grouude  hrtrliadeth, 
And  every  mannli  herte  gladeth. 

iimefr,  US.  Soc.  .Vnl/j.  154,   f.  197. 
But  In  lilcnce  and  In  covert 
Deaitelh  for  to  be  btchiuiu.         ttu.  t.  IM. 
BESCILDIGED.     Accused  of  s  crime.     Ver- 

M/pffan. 
BESCORNED.     DespUcd.     Chaueer. 
DESCRATCllIN.     To  scratch.     Chaucer. 
BESCRO.     To  beshrew. 
BESCUMMER.  To  scatter  ordure.  BenJonson 

spells  it  betcumier. 
BE-SE.    To  see;  to  behold.     (.^.^S.)     Hence 
to  see  to,  to  take  care,  as  in  Const,  of  Ma- 
sonrv,  p.  16. 
BESEEK.    To  beseech.     (.-f.-S.)    A  common 

form  in  early  English.     North. 
BESEEME.     To  seem  j  to  appear.     See  Morte 

d'Arthur,  ii.  235;  Ipomvdon,  354. 
BESEGIT.     Besicgetl.     Chaucer. 
BESENE.     Clad ;  clothed ;  adomciL   See  Hall. 
Henry  VIII.  f.  3;  Thynne's  Debate,  p.  50. 
Mmt  dowtyd  man,  I  am  lyvyng  upon  the  ground. 
Goodly  btjrMt  with  many  a  rychc  narlemcnt. 

Digtty  3(y§tetifiM,  p.  3ff. 
He  cam  Into  a  lltllle  playne, 
Alle  rounde  atioute  wel  beaiyivs 
With  buKhU  grene  and  cedr«a  hyje. 

Gtnrer,  U.t.  Soe.  Jnllil.  IM,  t  40, 
And  wa*  with  gold*  and  rlche  •tonli 
Btitnm  and  bounde  for  the  nonii.  IbH.  t.  AA 

BESENYS.     Business.     .Arch.  x\\\.  133. 

BESET.    Pla«il ;  employed ;  l>e,fowcd.  (.*..*.) 


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Now  m*  UijriikyiU  yn  my  mode, 
Tbou  h«*lc  wcllc  hr-j<ru  my  gode. 

MS.  <.v,n(i>(..  Kf.  (I.  38.  f.  88. 
1  hnlde  my  kyORdoma  wtHc  b**tllt 
lie  thou  wane  or  bf  thuu  belt.    tliU.  t.  U7. 
BESETE.     Sec  fl-yc/e. 

Ulc  worMli  Joye  ben  w  gttUt 
Him  Ihenkcth  o(  hcvcn  no  Utrit. 

Gowtr,  Sta.  Soc.  .^nll^,  34,   t.  M. 

BESEY.     Btseen.     {A.-S.) 

BESHABP.     To  make  haste,      far.  dial 

BESHET.     Shut  up.     {A.-S.) 

BESIIINE.  To  give  light  to.  Tliia  is  found 
among  the  obsolete  wordi  given  al  the  com- 
mencement of  Batmui  u|>pou  Burtholome, 
fol.  Und.  1582. 

BESllOTE.     Dirtied.     Lane. 

BESHRADDE.  Cut  into  shredj.  See  Percy's 
Reliques,  p.  279. 

BESHREWE.  Tocurte.  (^,-&)  GeneraUy 
a  milder  form  of  imprecation.  Florio  derives 
the  term  from  the  shrew  mouse,  to  which 
deadly  qiudilies  were  once  aicribed.  Cf. 
Chancer,  Cant.  T.  6426;  Audeley's  Poems, 
p.  32 ;  Ptav  of  Sir  Thomas  More,  p.  17. 

BESIDE.  By  the  tide  of.  (A.-S.)  Later 
writers  bnidet,  as  in  Middleton,  i.  235. 

BESIDERY.     A  kind  of  haluDg-pcar.     Kertey. 

BESIEGED.  A  planet  is  besieged  when  be- 
tween the  bodies  of  two  roalevolcnts.  An 
astrological  term,  so  explained  in  the  Gent. 
Bee.  i.  101. 

BESIEN.     To  trouble ;  to  disturb. 

BESIGHT.     Scandal;  offence.    (^-&) 

BESISCIIIPE.     Actirity. 

WliAt  hstt  tbou  donv  of  buttchipe  f 

tKiWfr,  MS.  KiK.  .Intii/.  134,  f.  110. 

BESKUMMER.  To  daub ;  to  besmear.  Somenel. 

BESKTiTTE.   Thrust  off.   (.^.-S.) 

And  the  wu  «vcr  psnynge  wery  of  hyra,  snd 
fayne  wuld  have  ben  dclyverd  of  h)m,  forahewas 
srerd  or  hyro  byctu^e  he  wa*  «  (l«.vyU  »i>oe,  and  »he 
coude  not  btki/jtt  hym  by  on  mcane. 

JTnrtc  d'Arlhtu-,  1. 91. 

BESLOBBER.  To  slobber;  to  render  wet  or 
dirty  by  spilling  over  the  breast.  Be)laerr, 
Brit.  Bibl.  i.  4S8.  Bcdomrrfd,  dirtied.  Piers 
Ploughman,  p.  476. 

BESLIIRRY.     To  smear;  to  defUe.   /)ray/on. 

BESME.    A  besom.    Pompt.  Pare. 

BESMIRCH.  To  soil ;  to  daub ;  to  smear.  Shak. 
Verstegan  has  ienmit,  besmuttrd,  made  foul ; 
and  Chancer,  bfnnolred,  smutted.  (.i.-S.) 
Florio,  in  v.  Caligilrr,  gives  the  verbs,  to  besut, 
to  bcsmoulder.  The  Salopian  dialect  has 
beimurigt,  to  dirtv. 

BESO.   So  be  it.    ifanndnile. 

BESOFTE.    Besought.   Launfal,  766. 

BESOGNIO.   A  beggar,   (//a/.) 

BESORE.   To  vex ;  to  annoy.    Fletcher. 

BESORT.  (1)  Tosuit;  to  fit.  Shai.  See  Lear, 
L  4,  one  of  the  quartos  reading  brfort. 

(2)  Attendance ;  tocietv.    Shak. 

BESPEAKEN.   To  speak  to. 

When  fulkj  the  betptaktn.  curUaly  hem  grete. 

TiMtBiiok,  p.  217. 

BESPERPLED.  Sprinkled.  "All  httptrpled 
with  blood,"  Morte  d'Arthur,  i.  167. 


BESPET.   Spit  upon.   {A^S.) 
BE-SPRBDD.   Overspread. 

Thpemperour  went  (ohya  ticdd. 

In  clothy*  fulle  rychc  he  was  be.*piv^. 

MS.  Ciinnit,  Ff.  II.  S,  C  19. 
BESPRENGIT).    Besprinkled.   SHiuter. 
BESPRENT.   Besprinkled.  Sec  Lydgate's  Minor 
Poems,    p.    91;    Brit.    Bibl.    i.    25;    Pctct's 
Rcliques,  p.  100  ;  Collier's  Old  Ballads,  p.  30. 
BESHURT.    To  sprout ;  to  cast  forth. 
BESqUlTE.   Biscuit. 
Armour  ibet  had  plenU,  and  god  6r>7«4r«  ■•  meut. 

l^llgt^fl•t  c*iti.f.  171. 
BESSELYCHE.    Busily.    This  fonn  occurs  in 

the  Chron.  Vilodun.  p.  137. 
BESSOME.   To  swim ;  to  sail.   {A.-S.) 

Brethly  butmtti  with  byrre  In  berjaa  niHet. 

Mortf  Jrthurr,  SJiwxbi  MS.  f.  91. 

BESSY.  Female  bedlamites  were  called  Bess 
o'  Bedlams,  and  the  tenn  is  not  quite  obso- 
lete, being  still  applied  in  some  parts  of  the 
provinces  to  vagrants  of  that  sex.  Tlie  name 
is  also  given  to  one  of  the  character*  in  the 
mord  and  plough  dances.  "  Don't  be  a 
Bessy,"  said  to  a  man  who  interferes  with 
women's  bosiness.  Bessy-bad,  a  person  who 
is  fond  of  childish  aranscments. 

BEST.  .\  beast ;  an  animal.  (,^..A'.)  An  insect 
would  he  termed  a  beast,  as,  "  bee,  a  berte," 
Prompt.  Parv.  p.  27. 

BESTAD.  Circumstanced;  silnated.  {A.-S.) 
Sometimes  in  an  ill  sense,  distressed;  and  in 
later  writers,  provided.  Cf.  Prompt.  Parr, 
p.  33;  Cov.  Myst.  pp.  77,  .129;  Robin  Hood, 
i.  26;  Chsnccr,  Cant.  T.  5O60;  Rnm.  of  the 
Rose,  1227,  .'i796;  Hoecleve's  Poems,  p.  36. 

BESTARRED.   Covered  wHh  stars. 
/trWorrerf  over  with  a  few 
Dyamond  drops  of  momlni;  dew. 

Miuamm  lUM<i».  l«st. 

BESTE.     Deer.     Ritmn. 

IIE.STEZ.  Beasts.  See  Sir  Perceval,  1 76.  Now 
n  common  vulgarism. 

BESTIALL.  Cattle.  Sometimes  a  beast,  and 
occasionally  used  as  an  adjective.  Tlie  word 
is  variously  spelt.  Cf.  Matindevile's  Travels. 
pp.224,  284;  Morte  d'Arthur.  i.  147,  152; 
Holinshed,  Desc  Scot.  pp.  II,  14  j  Anc  Code 
of  .Mil.  Liiws,  p.  15. 

Anil  ick  of  that  thou  henlnl  My. 
T"  take  a  munnit  herie  awey. 
And  Idle  Iher  a  Urtttlle. 

Gmivr,  US.  Sx.  .titliif.  134,  f.  JJ. 

BESTIALLICKE.     Beastly.     Chaucer. 

BESTLY.     Belonging  to  a'beast.     Chanerr. 

BESTOIKE.  To  Iwtray.  Thi*  is  given  in  the 
old  dictionaries,  bnt  is  perhaps  an  error  Ibr 
teneike,  q.  v. 

BES-row.  To  lay  up ;  lo  jmt  out  of  the  way  ; 
to  stow  away.  Satt.  Hence,  lo  commit  std- 
cide.  Line.  Forby  gives  it  Ihc  meaning,  "  to 
deliver  a  woman,"  the  sense  it  liean  In  the 
following  passage. 

And  Jmiaoe,  Crlat  here  lieraildel 
In  ■  wed*  was  liulimiU  of  rhilde. 

'>n'«<^HaiMnm,p.  lat, 

BESTRACT.    Mad.    Mitge. 


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BESTRAUOHT.   Mid ;  diitracted.    Seererc>'> 

Reliquct,  p.  49 ;  Noiuenclntor,  pp.  423,  424. 
BBSTUD.    To  ornament  wilh  studs. 
BESTYLYNESSE.     BatiiilitT.    Prompt.  Parr. 
BESWIKE.     To  betrav  :  to  ibcat  i  to  deceive. 
(.^.-4'.)     Cf.  Kvng  Horn,  296  ;  Reliq.  Anliq. 
i.  114,  241;  Cower,  ed.    1532,  {.  10;  K}iig 
Aliuunder,   4C09,  4727;    Ricliaixl  Cocr  de 
Lion,  :)91»S ;  Wright's  Political  Songs,  p.  158 ; 
Leg.  CathoL  p.  79 ;  Art  hour  and  Merlin,  p.  60 ; 
Scvj-o  Sago,  250U;  LangtofI,  p.  273. 
Whetvof  the  fhippU  thry  buu'iJtrt', 
TttAl  psuco  by  the  co«Ui  there. 

G«u-<T,  MS.  &V.  Anilq   134,  t.  41. 
I  fyntlc  rniamplc  io  a  cronfrlc 
nr  hrm  U»t  lore  lO  baiiilce.  IbU.  t,  43. 

Of  u  poyMjue  wliiche  ibey  dronKc, 
They  hxliicn  Ih^t  they  han  ^Mctmkf.     IMif.  f.  A6. 
Ill  WKinmsnnytchc  vol*  thty  iiyiige 
Wilh  nnotn  of  to  gret  lllivii|[e. 
Of  tudi  mnure,  of  fuch  muitke, 
U'herof  the  tchlppes  ihay  h^»wlk*. 
>  CQurr.  US.  Bmll.  894,  t.  II. 

What  have  1  done  a;tyn  thi  like. 
That  thu«  woldra  nie  6uiH^tf. 

ntnor  JV«»4I,  KS.  OM.  TrlK.  Ctmtab.  1. 19. 

BESY.     Busy.     {J.-S.) 
BESYTTYN.    To  set  in  order.     Prompt.  Parr. 
BET.  (I)  Brttor.  (A.-S.)  Sceaiaucer.Cnnt.T. 
7&33 ;  Wright's  ScTen  Sages,  p.  110;  Ellis's 
Met.  Rom.  iii.  293;  Songs  anil  Carols,  xv. ; 
Piers  Ploughman,  p.  .'589 ;  Thynne's  Debate, 
p.  20 ;  Rob.  Gloue.  p.  107  ;  .\S5embl^  of  Foules, 
451 ;  Cartwright's  Odinary,  1651. 
L'poa  the  morowe  the  day  wni  »et. 
The  k]nig  hym  puneyde  welle  the  f>ef. 

US.  Cahlnli.  Ff.  U.S.  f.  MT- 

(2)  To  abate.     Scott. 
.(3)  Kindled,     netirr. 

(4)  Beaten.  Tuirncl'i/ }fi/.it.  It  occurs  also  in 
Uiis  sense  in  Palsgrave's  Acolastus,  1540. 

(5)  Bettered ;  iniproveil.      M'eAer. 

(6)  Promised.     (.i.-S.) 

Gif  thou  wilt  holden  that  thou  me  6at, 
Thatleh  shall  wed  that  maiden  iweet. 

£Uli-<  JM.  Rem.  a  327- 

<7)  To  pray.     SHiuier. 

(K)  '■  Go  bet,"  an  old  hunting  cr;',  oiHen  intro- 
doced  in  a  more  general  sense.  Sec  Songs  and 
Carols,  XV.  ;  Shak.  Soc.  Pap.  i.  58 ;  Chaucer, 
Cant.  T.  1 260 1 ;  Leg.  of  Dido,  288  ;  Tjrwhitfs 
Notes,  p.  278 ;  Ritwn's  Anc.  Pop.  Poel.  p.  415. 
Tbe  phrase  is  mentioned  by  Berncrs  in  the 
Boke  of  St.  Albans,  and  seems  nearly  equiva- 
lent to  go  attmy. 

BETAKE.  To  give ;  to  recommend  to.  {.4.-S.) 
St-e  Gov.  MysL  p.  72;  Chester  Plap,  i.  144; 
Chwicer,  Cant.  T.  3748,  8037. 

BETAI.K.  To  tell;  to  count;  to  glTC  ante- 
count.     Drayton. 

BBTATTERED.     Dressed  in  ragged  clothes. 

BETAUGllTE.  Gave  up;  reroinmended  to. 
See  Maunilevile's  Travelj,  p.  63 ;  Rora.  of  the 
Rose,  4438 ;  I.angtoft,  p.  126.  It  is  appa- 
rently used  in  the  sense  of  taught  in  Torrent 
of  Portugal,  p.  70. 

BETAYNE.  The  herb  betony.  See  a  receipt 
quoted  in  Prompt.  Parv.  p.  232,  and  p,  34. 


BETE.  (1)  To  amend;  to  heal;  to  abate.  (.,^.-5.) 
"  Bete  my  bale,"  amend  my  misfortune. 
"  Ucte  his  need,"  satisfy  his  need.  Very  fre- 
quently applied  to  fire,  to  mend  it ;  in  tlie 
provincial  dialects,  to  light,  Io  make  a  fire. 
Kennctt,  MS.  Lansd.  1033,  has,  "  to  beet  the 
fire,  L  e.  in  Kent,  to  mend  I  be  fire,  or  snpply 
it  with  fi:el ;  it  is  jiBrticularly  applied  to  the 
supplying  of  a  kill  with  straw  for  the  drying 
of  malt,  where  some  tteater  must  constantly 
attend  Io  fjirl,  i.  e.  to  put  fresh  straw  inlo 
the  mouth  cf  the  kill."  Cf.  Riclutrd  Cocr  de 
Lion,  657;  Scvvn  Sages,  2123;  Piers  Plough- 
man, p.  131 ;  Keliq.  Antiq.  ii  278;  Towndey 
Myst.  p.  49;  Minot's  Poems,  p.  7;  Sir  Per- 
ceval, 439 ;  Isiimbras,  764. 

(2)  To  prepare ;  to  make  ready.     (A.-S.) 

(3)  To  heal.    {.i.N.) 

(4)  Beaten.  Iloecleve.  Often,  worked,  em- 
broidered, as  in  Lc  Bone  Florence  of  Rome, 
182;  Skelton,  ii.  302. 

(5)  ili-lp;  assistance.   SHnner. 
(fl^  To  beat.    {A.-S.) 

(7)  To  walk  up  and  down.  See  Minot's  Poems, 
p.  7.  It  is  used  in  a  similar  sense  by  sports- 
men.    See  Gent.  Rec. 

(8)  Bit.    Cor.  Afj/tt. 

(9)  A  proper  name.  Prompt.  Parr.  The  Latm 
corres]>oniIing  Io  it  is  Bealrir. 

BETECHE.  To  deliver  up;  to  give  up.  (A.-S.) 
See  Tyrwhitt's  notes   to   Chaucer,  iv.  292; 
Cov.  Xiyst.  p.  70 ;  Langtoft,  p.  299. 
Farewelle,  ho  teyde,  my  dere  aone. 
The  Fadur  of  hevyn  Witehe  y  the. 

,V.V.  Canlali.  Ff.  il.  SS,  f.  49. 
That  ycba  shepard  jyveth  do  godc  kcpe 
That  MwlkfM  the  wulfe  hya  ahepe. 

MS.  llnrl.  i;ill,r.72' 

BETEEM.     To  bestow,  give,  afford,  or  allow ; 
probably  from  term,  to  pour  forth.     Also,  to 
deign,  to  endure.     Naret. 
BETEL.    A  hammer. 

Wyht  niylc  a  bcref  be  he  rniyten. 

IVrigtu't  UUiH  «<oW'<,  p.  19. 
BETEI.LE.  To  deceive;  to  mislead.  (.4.-S.) 
BETEN.     Workpd ;  embroidered.  (.Y.-A'.)    See 

Hail,  Henry  VI.  f.  7;  Syr  Gaw. 
BETENDING.  Concerning;  relating  to.  YorM. 
BETH.     Be ;  arc  i  be  ye.  (y/.-S.) 
IIETIIE.     Both,      fieier. 
UETIIEED.     Prospered.      Veritegan. 
BETllEKYS.     Belwixt. 
BETH  EN.     Both. 

And  In  hia  londe  biabuppU  tweioe, 
SwItJw  nobulle  men  thel  wcren  h*thfn. 

SIS.  iaMab.  ft.  r.  4(1,   f. !«. 

BETHINK.  (1)  To  grudge.     Somcrttt. 

(2)  To  recollect.  Aortk.  We  have  bithenche  in 
Weber,  and  tntkinke  in  Wright's  Purgatory, 
p.  149.  Palsgrave  has  bethytUiyng  in  the 
^<■n»e  of  eotuidrration. 

UETHKAL.     To  entliral.     Spenter. 

BKTHWINE.     'nie wild  clematis.     I.  Wight. 

DETID.     Happened.   (A.-S.) 

UETINED.     Hedged  about.     VtrtUgait. 

BETIT.     Hath  happened.   £Bi>. 


BET 


170 


BBT 


BETLE.    Soft;   fitud  for  cultivation,  a  term 

applied  to  land.    A'or/A. 
BETOATLEL).     Imlwcile;  stupid.     Devon. 
BETOKE.     Gave;  recommended.   {J.S.) 
BKTOSSED.    Troubled,     aha*. 
HETOUSE.     To  drag;  aboot.     Nanh. 
BETRAITOR.    To  Cidl  one  traitor.      Sec  the 

State  Papers,  iii.  2C2. 
DETRAPPE.      To    entrap;   to   ensnare.      See 

Mortc  d' Arthur,  ii.  396 ;  bitrappe,  Lydgatc, 

MS.  Soc.  Antiq.  134,  f.  27. 
BETIIASH.     To  betray;  (.l.-N.)      Spelt  also 

betraite.     See  Tundale,  p.  13C;  Rom.  of  the 

Rose,  1620;   Langioft,  pp.  I,i6,  ioh. 
H)r  grace  only  >T  he  mty  ascmpe. 
Or  dcth  lUrotttht  him  wllh  htt  irxlrynt  r»pc. 

t^dgmlt,  MS.  Sor.  Anli^.  IM.   f.  ». 

BETR.VST.     Tnist.      H'eier. 

BETRA.X.    A  battlement.    Prompt.  Pan. 

UETRjVYNE.  Betrayed;  played  folic. 
Ilut,fyr,  he  uyde.  far  ttrrtcntc, 
Vour  quenc  hath  yoj  bMm^e. 

Sir  Tryam'rurtt  IfiS. 

BETRAYSSUE.  Palsgrave  baa,  "  I  brtrayiuihi 
(Lydgate)  I  go  abonte  the  ctretcs  of  a  townc 
or  cytic,  je  tracaiae ;"  and  he  add>,  "this 
verl)e  i»  nat  yet  taken  in  comcn  use." 

BETRBD.     Prevailed;  conquered. 

BETREINT.     Sprinkled.     Skinner. 

BETKIM.     To  adorn ;  to  deck.     Shak. 

BETSO.  The  nii.illest  coin  current  in  Venice, 
worth  about  a  farlliing.  It  ii  alluded  to  in 
Dodaley's  Uld  Pkys,  x.  42. 

BETT.  To  pare  the  turf  with  a  breatt-plough. 
HerrfurtUh. 

BETT  AXE.     A  pickaxe.     Devon. 

BETTE.    (1)  Good.     Herefordiih. 

(2)  Better.  (A.-S.)  Sec  Ociorian,  1073;  Rom. 
of  the  Rote,  7008. 

BETTEE.  An  engine  used  by  thieves  in  wrench- 
ing open  doors.     Blount. 

BErrELYNGES.     Battles.     Latimer. 

BETTER.  More.  Far.  dial.  The  glossaries 
give  bettermer,  better;  and  beltermott,  the 
best,  or  very  nearly  the  best. 

BETTER-CllEAP.  Cheaper.  "  I  cannot  affonl 
it  bftti^  cheap,  or  for  a  lesser  price."    HotteU. 

BETTERNESS.     Superior.     North. 

nETTRE.     Better.     (A..S.) 

BETTY-TIT.    The  titmouse.     Sufolk. 

BETWAN.  An  open  wicker  bottle  or  strainer, 
put  over  the  vent-hole  in  brewing  to  prevent 
the  grains  of  malt  parsing  through.  North. 

BETWATTLED.  Confounded;  stupified;  in- 
fatuated ;  in  a  distressed  and  confuned  state 
of  mind.      I'lrr.  dial. 

BETWEEN.  Sometimes  used  elliptically,  thit 
time  being  understood.  lirliveen  vhilei,  in 
the  interval.  Belvi-ri  nnd  hfltreen,  some- 
where hetween  the  two  extremitirs ;  in  some 
places  used  for  exactly  the  middle  point. 

BETWIT.     To  taunt ;  to  upbraid,    yar.dial. 

BBTWIXEN.     Between.     {A.-S.) 

BETYD.    To  betide ;  to  happen. 

BETYN.     Bitten. 

BETYNC-CANDLE.     \  cwidlc  made  of  resin 


and  pitch.    See  old  acconnts  quoted  in  Shi 
Cov.  Myst.  p.  187. 

BETYNGE.     A  rod,  any  iostnuncut  of  pui 
ment.     Prompt.  Parv. 

BEl'KE.     Buff. 

BEl'K.     A  book.     North. 

BEVEL.  (I)  A  sloped  surface  in  mtsoniy. 
Also  a  verb,  to  cut  an  angle.  Any  slope  is 
called  a  bevel  in  some  dialects.  "  Tt 
the)  themselves  be  beret,"  bent  in  an 
Sluik.  Sonn.  121,  or  rather  perhaps  as  Ki 
explains  the  word  in  MS.  l.ansd.  lOr' 
run  askew  in  length,  or  depart  from  a  troD 
level."  Beveling,  the  sloping  part  of  a  wall, 
Arcli.  xi.  233. 

(2)  A  violent  push  or  stroke.     North. 

(3)  A  kind  of  square  used  by  masons  and  car- 
|>eoters,  moveable  on  a  centre,  that  can  be 
set  to  any  angle.    Sec  Cot  grave,  in  v.  Bureau. 

BEVER.  (1)  An  intermediate  refreshment  be- 
tween breakfast  and  dinner.  The  term  ia 
now  applied  to  the  afternoon  snack  of  harvest, 
men  and  other  la1x>urers,  and  perhaps  may  l>e 
explained  more  correctly  aa  any  refresh  nicnt 
taken  between  the  regidar  meals.  See  Beau^ 
mont  and  Fletcher,  i.  20 ;  Ford,  i.  3?2 ;  Florin, 
in  V.  Merenda ;  Cooper,  in  v.  Antrctmium  f 
Stanihurst's  Descr.  of  Ireland,  p.  1 8 ;  Nomco- 
cbtor,  p.  79;  Sir  John  Oldcastle,  p.  42; 
Howell,  sect.  43 ;  Middlcton's  Works,  iv.  427, 
V.  141.  Sometimes  refi^hmcnts  of  drink,  or 
driukings,  were  called  inera  ,■  but  putationa 
were  not  beven,  as  Mr.  Dyce asserts. 

(2)  To  tremble;  to  quiver.  North.  Sec  Brockrtt 
and  Palmer.  Beverrn  is  wrongly  explained 
"  dowing "  in  S)t  Gawayne,  as  will  appe^ir 
from  Morte  d'.\rthur,  i.  22.  It  is  possibly 
from  A.-S.  hifian. 

BEVERACHE.  Drink;  Uquor.  It  was  for- 
merly the  custom  to  drink,  says  one  editor, 
when  making  a  bargain.  Is  this  fashion 
obsolete .' 

Athont  I  wts  ful  lore  y.«wonke. 

The  b€veraelti  mcMte  orthes  Iwn  thronke. 

MS.  AfMII.  Ila»7.  r.H. 

BEVERAGE.  Heame, gloss.  Rob.  Glouc.  p.  623, 
explains  beverage,  "beveridgc,  reward,  con- 
sct|uencc,"  and  be  adds  that  it  is  "a  woril 
now  in  use  for  a  refreshniciit  between  dinner 
and  supper,  and  we  use  the  word  when  any 
one  iKiys  for  wearing  new  cloatbs."  That  it 
is  synonymous  with  bever  appears  clearly  from 
lIolin.vbL'il.  Dcsrr.  Scot.  p.  22.  .As  to  the 
oihi-r  meaning,  "  beveridgc  money  "  is  still  d&- 
mniidcd  on  the  tirst  appearance  of  a  new  auit 
of  clothes,  and  a  forfeit  is  a  button  cut  off  from 
tliem  if  the  wearer  is  so  injudidous  as  to  rWiiw. 
In  Devon,  a  composition  of  cider,  water,  and 
spice,  is  called  beverage. 

BEVETENE.     Beaver  .> 

He  IOC  his  Smxnu  hat, 
Wiih  pal  that  was  biwcTrd. 

MS.  Dudt,  WV,  I.  10, 

BE\1SE.    To  consider. 

But  fur  all  that,  ^it  muthc  he  not 
A*p,j«  himtrtfe  whL'he  waa  the  twatr. 

Cnnrr.  MS   Str.  JhM^  IM.  Ckk. 


I 


BEW 


171 


BEY 


I 


BEV1SH.    To  fall  licodlong.     ?fortk. 

BEVY.  Properly,  a  company  of  roebucks.  A 
flock  of  quaili  was  al»o  called  a  bevy,  aa  ap- 
pears from  MS.  Porkin^ou  10;  and  Florio, 
in  T.  CotsHa,  applies  Ike  tenn  to  phcaunts. 
In  an  old  list  of  companies  of  animals  in 
Junii  Etym.  in  ».  CAirre,  "  ■  bevcy  of  ladies  " 
is  inserted  ;  and  Grey  lias  fully  illustrated  the 
phrase,  Notef  on  Shakespeare,  ii.  74.  The 
fit  of  the  roebuck  and  roc  was  callMl  bc«-y- 
|;rease.  See  Ur)den'B  Tnici,  p.  21 ;  liciit. 
Kcc  u.  77. 

tlEWAILB.     To  cause ;  to  coiupass.      Spenter. 

UEWAM).     Wrapped  up.     Imlrym.    (yl.-S.) 

UEWANNE.     CoUectcd.'    {.i.-S.) 

'1  tiAjr  had  wcllhe  more  wado  thane  thay  ev*r  i*trmMt*e, 
US.  UiculH  A.  I.  17.  r.  iS9. 

BE  WAP  ED.    Astonuhed. 

Th«  porter  wu  al  btwmptd  .- 

Alu  I  quelh  he,  ii  Beret  aaciped  t 

Bm  tt  Hnrnlmn,  p.  SS. 
BEWARED.     Spent;  expended.     Skinntr. 
BEWE.   (I)  Uriiik;  liquor. 
(2)  To  bow ;  to  obey.     See  the  Thornton  Ro- 
mances, p.  68. 
BE  WED.     To  wed ;  to  unite.     Fairfax. 
BEWELD.     To  wield.     Also,   to  govern,   to 
posicu. 

All  which  doo  Import  that  he  wa»  ■  notable  giant, 
and  a  man  nf  great  ttJiture  and  ttrcitgth,  to  wrare 
such  an  armoitr,  and  Ijim-tl^  ao  heavle  a  lance. 
—  Hmrrimm'§  Dr*rriptUm  nf  Britaittt.  p.  9. 

UBWEN'DED.     Turned  about.    Verttrgan. 
BEWEPE.    To  weep ;  to  lament.     See  Rom.  of 
the  Rose,  5131  ;  Troilus  and  Creseide,  i.  763  ; 
liail.  Henry  IV.  f.  13.   Shakespeare  also  has 
the  word. 
BBWES.     Boughs. 
BBWET.    Wet ;  moist. 

And  aadly  gan  biholde  upon  mjr  chare. 
That  so  was  with  lerca  alle  html* 

orcfeM,  m.  ate.  /t»(i«.  134,  r.  sas. 
BBWETE.     Beauty. 
BEWFRAY.     See  Jierfrey. 
BEWGLE.     A  bull.    HanlM.    Alio  tn  archaism, 

under  the  form  tuglr. 
BEWHISPER.    To  whisper.    Faiifax. 
BEWHIVEREU.  Bewildered ; frightened.  Devon. 
BEWIEI.U.    To  manage;  to  swa>. 
BEWTTS.    Ttie  leathers  with  w'liicb  the  Iwlli 
■re  Aiatened  to  the  legs  of  a  hawk.     Accord- 
ing to  Blome,  Gent.  Rcc.  ii.  61,  the  term  in- 
cludes the  bells  and  lealheni. 
BEWl.Y.     Shining ;  having  a  lustre,     ft'anr. 
DEWME.     Bohem'uL 

And  Mime  of  gret  perlli  wire. 
The  ncwe  gUe  of  B«*(-m«  there 

Couw,  MS.  Siic.  .Intlil.  134,  t.  MS. 

BEWOND.     Imposed  upon  ;  pur.zlcd  ;  cmbar. 

rassed.    (-Y.-S.) 
BBWORD.    To  report. 

W(«  mtued  all  what  would  hereof  beM'ord. 

TTiyNNe**  iM>mt0t  p.  61. 

BEWPBRB.    A  companion. 

BEWRAP.     To  wrap  up ;  to  enfold.    See  Hall, 

Richard  III.  f.  3. 
BEWRAY,  n)  TodisroTcrt  to  hetny.  but  not 


necniariljr  for  bad  or  tnsacheroui 
to  accuse.  (A.-S.)  In  ver)-  old  works  it  oc- 
curs under  the  forms  inrrey,  6ewrif,  btvrigke, 
bru-rye,  &c.  See  Chaucer,  Cant.  T.  5193, 
9747";  Troilus  and  Creseide,  ii.  537  ;  Wrighl's 
PoL  Songs,  p.  325;  Donee's  lUostrations, 
ii  26  ;  First  Sketches  of  Henry  VI.  p.  160 ; 
Gy  of  Warwike,  p.  476 ;  Anc.  Poet.  Tr.  p.  10. 
Hardaly.  lyr,  tlwa  may»ir  laf^ly  to  me  aay. 
For  certya  y  wylle  the  Dot  bttfrpw. 

US.  CantaS.  Pf.  11.38,  r.  141. 
Here  ys  no  dwellyng  for  ua  to  wonne, 
We  beo  bru-ryM  to  the  emperowre.   Ibul.  f.  107. 
Tyll  at  the  last  ihe  Waa  alplol, 
And  unto  the  tnuahop  the  waa  b^wriai. 

MS.  LtMt.  418,  r.  I. 

(2)  To  defile  with  ordure. 
UEWRECKE.     Revenged.     Sknmer. 
BEWTEE.     Beauty.     Majtndevile. 
BEWTESE.    Civilities ;  ceremonies.     Rition. 
BEWUNUS.     Enfolded;  entwined.     {A.-S.) 
Sithen  on  that  like  place, 
To  heng  Jews  thel  made  solace  t 
That  catelle  wa*  wo  begon. 
So  IftwHMu  waa  never  Don. 

MS.  OmUh.  ft.  T.  48,  i.  Xt. 
UEV.  ( 1)  Ad  ornament  for  the  neck ;  any  onu- 
mcnt.  (.1..S.) 

That  maydeoe,  brighteala  goldeiw  Utft 
Whenne  acho  the  geaunt  h«ve,l  ley, 
Fulic  wele  Kho  It  kende. 

MS.  LinnlH  A.  I.  17,  f,  104. 

(2)  Bowed? 

The  wol/6<y  a-doun  hla  Imat, 

And  gtm  to  liken  harde  and  ttrtHige. 

Heii^.  jiitiq.  n.tia. 

(3)  An  OX.' 

And  aa  coDCemyng  beps,  all  flute  bew,  except*  a 
very  (Tewe  for  the  howae,  be  wld,  and  mydt  of 
the  ttuf  of  howshold  U  conveyd  awey.    irr^f*# 

AfiifHUdr  VHtrft,  p.  121. 

(4)  A  boy.     Prompt.  Pom. 
BEYAPEO.     Cheated.     Sthmer. 
BEYATE.     To  beget.     (y/.-A) 

BE  YE.  (1)  To  aby;  to  revenge;  to  atone  ibr. 
Rition. 

(2)  To  buy,    i^.-S.)     See  Oclorinn,  388,  805  ; 
Gcsta  Rom.  p.  246. 

t>0  many  achulden  bf]/t  and  aellc. 

Oi'U'er,  MS.  Sue.  Amlt.  134,  t.  81 

(3)  Both.     Rob.  Glouc.  p.  47. 

(4)  A  bee.     Coverdale, 

BEYETE.  (1)  Obtaining ;  gaining ;  accom|>liah- 
ment.     In  the  following  passage,  MS.  BudL 
294  ha*  itje/r.     See  Befle  and  Bryle. 
HU  worldea  Joye*  tMD  au  great, 
Uym  thynkeih  of  heren  no  b*^m. 

Uvwtr,  ed.  1S.W,   f.  S3. 

(2)  Begotten.     (A.-S.) 
H1:YGHKD.     Bowed;  bent.     W>4er. 
IIEYKE.     To  beck ;  to  warm.     ATifsoti. 
BEYKYNGE.     Stretching.     Prompt.  Parv. 
BEYLD.    To  protect ;  to  shelter. 
Jhetu  that  e*  hevena  kyng, 
GylT  ua  alle  hit  blyiayng. 
And  fwyM  ua  in  hU  Umre. 

MS.  LlimlH  A.  I.  17,  t  138. 

BEYNE.      Quickly.     See    Kyng    Horn,    892. 
Brgneat  occun  in  the  Prompt.  Parv.  p.  11 ' 


BIB  172 

■nd  ieyn,  p.  29,  pliant 


BIC 


tnariMcd  by  Vivtj 

flcaiblc 
BKYNSTEYLLYS.      See  a  curioui  barluqne 

prinled  io  the  Keliq.  Anlit).  i.  86. 
DEYRE.     Bare.     So  ecipUiucd  by  Hearne,  but 
it  lemu  to  be  •  miirekding  in  Rob.  Olouc. 
p.  197. 
BEYS.    Art.     (A.-S.) 

Thou  l>*p'  nerer  tr«y«a  for  ror, 
>'or  wtth  mt  1  rtxie  the  wendv. 

.MS.  Canlat.  Ff.  T.  tH. 

BBYSCHATT.     A  bitbnp.     Tlii>  nniuuti  form 
occtui  in  Wright's  Moniutic  Letters,  p.  133. 
BEYTE.    (1)  A  sharper.     S'orlk. 
(2)  A  biit ;  a  snare. 

Thyf  worlile  yi  but  the  fendyt  bt^te, 

Stn.  Oincat.  Ff.  ii.  38,  f.  tS. 

BEYTH.     Were.     {J.  S.) 

Allf  tkat  to  Ibe  fclite  h'rth 
That  lhy>  gnU  nMnrtllt  Mylbe. 

Mi.  Canfb,  Ft.  11.  m,  t.  «7. 
BEYTON.   (1)  Beat.    Tundale,  p.  17. 
(2)  To  bait.     Prompt.  Parr. 
BEZ.     Be;U.  U.S.) 

The  quarter^  wer  tent  to  hmge  at  four  c\l«t. 
So  if  be  worth  be  ichent,  who  »o  trjytoiir  fees. 

iMtt/rloft'f  Otnm.  p.  M4. 

BEZONIAN.  A  bcggfsr ;  a  scoundrel,  a  terra  of 
rrijfoach  frequently  used  by  the  old  drama- 
tists, (/tal.)  See  Cotgrave,  in  v.  Binongne; 
Miildleton's  Works,  i.  210;  Malone's  Sliaie- 
speare,  xvii.  224. 

BEZZLE.  (1)  To  drink  hard ;  to  tipple.  Jlfzzletl, 
besotted.  Hence,  to  squander  riotously,  pro- 
perly in  drinking ;  to  waste  ;  to  embezzle. 
See  Webster's  Works,  iv.  55  ;  MidiUeton,  iiL 
I&2  ;  Beaumont  and  Fletcher,  ii.  149. 

(2)  A  drunkard. 

Oh  me  !  what  oddi  there  vecmrth  'twlxt  their  cheer 
And  the  iwoln  beizlt  at  an  alehoufe  fire. 

HatTi  Stutitt.  V.  t. 

BEZZLED.    Turned,  blunted,  applied  to  Oie 

edge  of  a  tool.    Suffolk. 
BE3BTE.   Obtaining ;  accomplishment. 

So  that  they  luitc  the  bf^ete 

Oi  worahlpc  aod  of  vorldia  peaa. 

Goirrr,  MS.  Sk.  ^lUtq.  I»,  t,  96. 

BI.  Bi-  or  it-  is  a  very  common  prefix  to  verbs 
derived  from  the  .\ogIn-Saxuii,  and  has  chiefly 
an  inteii'uilive  power,  although  it  modifies  the 
meaning  in  ^ariou»  degrees.  Many  verbs  are 
no  longer  known  except  in  this  compound 
form,      li'righl't  glou.  Io  Pien  Ploughman, 

BI.   Town  I  Tillage.   (Dim.) 

Balder  iMTn  waf  non  la  M, 
Hli  name  wai  hotcn  fir  GU. 

C>  o/  Waneiktt  p.  967- 

BIACON-WEED.    The  plant  gooiefoot.  Dortt. 

BIALACOIL.   Ck>uneoas  reoqition.   (A.-ff.) 

BI  AT.  A  leather  strap  worn  over  the  shoidders, 
a  sort  of  drag-liamen  used  by  miners  to  draw 
the  produce  of  the  mine  to  tlie  abaft.  Cotgrave 
deschlics  it  "  a  kind  of  British  course  garment 
or  jacket  wome  loose  over  other  apparrcll." 

BIAZ,  In  a  sloping  manner.  Biact,  a  slope,  a 
bias.  HoUybanJ.  Palsgrave  has,  "  bym  ot  an 
hoBc,  bias." 

BIB.  (I)  To  drink.    NorlM.    A  common  tenn. 


ivedfl 
ew«^ 


Cf.  Tliynne's  Ueliate,  p.  58 ;  Chester 
i.  124.  Bibaeilie,  drunkenness,  ocrun  in  the 
Brit.  Bibl.  ii.  418 ;  and  Florio  says,  Uii*  ta  a 
child's  term  for  drink,  in  v.  lUmio 

(2)  A  fish,  gadtu  barbaliu. 

BIBBED.    Drunk.    Chaucrr. 

BIBBER,  (n  A  drinker.    A'irrM. 

(2)  To  tremble.   Kmt.  This  seems  to  l>e  mi 
another  form  of  irrer,  q.  v. 

BIBBl.E.    To  drink;  to  tipple.    HVH.     SLelioa 
\>tn  the  term,  i.    112,  spelt  iyiyll.     MciicS 
iibbhT,  a  tippler.     Forhy  explains  biiiUf'' 
eat  like  a  duck,  gathering  its  food  from 

and  taking  up  both  together."    Hence     

babble,   inconsistent  cliatler  or  nonsenM, 
term  which  occurs  in  Slmkespeare,  and  sen 
ral  other  writers.     See  Billingsly's  Bracby. 
MartjTologio,  1057,  p.  203 ;  Dril.  IJibl.  iv.  27 

bible!   a  great  book.    (><.->'.)    The  tenn  wa« 
constantly  used  without  any  reference  to  the 
Scriptures.     There  arc  several  supcralitioi 
that  have  reference  to  the  Bible;  perhaps  thi 
most  remarkable  is  the  method  of  diviuali 
by  Bible  and  key,  a  curious  instance  of  vthici 
ha»  occurred  very  recently,  and  ia  dix--rili 
in  the  Times,  March  2d,  1844.   An  account 
the  ccreninnv  is  given  by  Forbv,  ii.  3y8. 

BIULE-CLEItksiliP.  A  vei?  ancient  sclmlar- 
ship  in  the  Universities,  so  called  becauie  lbs 
student  who  was  promoted  io  that  office  wii 
enjoined  t«  read  the  Bible  at  meal-timet. 

UICACHE.    To   deceive.     Bicaughr.  deccivi 
See   Kyng   Alisaunder,    258,     4815;     S 
Sages,    2ti6,    2188;     Kyng    of    Tars,     489 
Wright '•   Anecd.   Lit.  p.  90;  Arthoor   and 
Merlin,  p.  1 2,  hicought. 

What  man  that  the  wedde  sdiatle. 
Than  Ik  he  notif^ht  b^t»tqt*^u 

rWOaada  trif, 

BICAN'E.   A  kind  of  grape.   Skmmtr. 

Bl-CAS.    By  chance. 

BICCHE.   A  bitch.   (.^.-jV.) 

BICH.   Pitch. 

Ate-til  he  let  telle  a  led 
Ful  of  bich  and  ot  breioiloa. 
And  hot  led  let  falle  ilieron. 

Bevet  t.f  HaMlvitUt  p.  ISB, 

BI-CHARRTD.    Overturned;  deceived.  (y/.-S.] 
See  the  example  under  Amarrid,  aod 
Antiq.  ii.  278. 

BICIIAUNTE.   To  enchant? 

And  the  hcideat  to  6(rAaiine* 
Yoog  manaei  luve  for  to  hatmta. 

jlrthour  QuA  Jtwfiim^  f,  M* 

UICHE.    A  kind  of  fur,  the  skin  of  the  fenuie 

deer. 
BICUED-BONES.  Dice.  The  term  oocuti  in 
Chaucer,  Cant.  T.  12590,  the  MSS.  rea^ng 
differently.  See  Tyrwhitt's  notes,  p.  »77! 
Towncley  Myit.  p.  241. 
BICIIE-SUNE.  A  term  of  reproach,  still  used 
in  the  tranapoaed  form.  See  some  curious 
Latin  lines,  in  which  tyeAatois  ocean,  io 
Lelaiidi  Itin.  vi.  130. 

Uifl*e-timt !  thou  draweat  amb. 
Thou  sehalt  sblfce  it  y-vU ! 

^r<Ae<ir  aiMl  UtrHn,  p.  »a 


BID 


173 


BIE 


I 

I 

I 


Vicn.     Apol.  LnU. 
DICK.     A  wooden  bottle  or  cuk  in  which  beer 

ii  carried  into  the  hancat  ficldi.     Naff. 
BICKER.    (1)  To  fiftht;  to  quarrel;  to  act  with 

hosHlity.     See  Biirrr. 
(•£)  To  clatter ;  to  hasten.     North. 

i3)  A  ihort  race.     North. 
A)  A  •mall  wooden  dish,  mode  of  tiaves  and 
hoops  like  a  tub.     North.     Also  a  tamWer 
l(la*s,  in  w  liich  sense  it  is  merely  another  form 
of  hrakfr,  t|.  v. 
BICKERMENT.     Conflict. 
BICKORN.     An  anvil  with  a  hickcm,  or  l>eak- 
iron.     See  Arch.  ivii.  292;  Howell,  sect.  51. 
BI^LEPT.     Embraced.     (ji.-S.) 

Everlch  other  with  irheld  bictiffit 
And  fro  oth«r  dratcs  kept. 

^rfhMtr  ahd  itfHint  p«  S98. 
And  todcyn»)y,  cv  Khc  it  wUto, 
Bi<:iii>l9  In  arinii  he  hire  kl^te. 

Ooarrr,  MX.  Sjt.  Wnrl^.  134,  t.  U. 

BICLOSED.     Enclosed 

The  knyghl  In  the  mrtle  hsdde  o  tnuier, 
Al  bidaami  with  o  river.  Stp^n  Bug«t,  799. 

BICLUPPES.     Translated  by  eolc  in  the  Cam- 
bridftc  MS.  of  Walter  de  Bibbleaworth,  Reliq. 
Antiq.  ii.  83.     Embraces? 
BICOLLEDE.     Blackened. 
He  made  foule  there. 
And  birvlledt  is  iwere.        A'invr  Ham,  1079. 

BICOMEN.     Became.  (-■/.-«.) 

BICORNED.  Double-horned.  See  Richardson, 
and  Brome's  Son^,  ed.  166),  p.  194. 

BID.  (1)  To  incite.  Still  used  in  the  North, 
cipeciaJly  with  reference  to  an  invitation  to  a 
fiiiieral,  which  is  termed  a  Uddinj.  Two  or 
four  people,  called  hiridrm,  arc  sent  about 
to  invite  the  friends,  and  distribute  the 
mourning.  To  "  bid  the  base,"  to  challenge 
an  encounter,  originally  at  the  game  of  pri- 
•oner's  base,  hut  applied  in  various  ways. 

(2)  To  pray.  Nrirth.  To  bid  the  beads,  to  Kay 
prayers.  Also,  to  entreat,  as  in  EUis's  ^let. 
Rom.  iiL  165. 

(3)  Both.     SkinntT. 

BID-ALE.  The  invitation  of  friends  to  drink 
ale  at  the  house  of  some  poor  man,  who 
thereby  hopes  a  charitable  distrilMition  for  his 
relief;  still  in  use  in  the  west  of  England. 
Btotint,e<\.  1691.  The  custom  is  still  in  vogue 
in  some  part*  of  the  country  al  weddings, 
when  a  collection  is  frequently  made  for  a 
portionless  bride. 
BIDAWETH.     Dawns ;  breaks. 

Ther  If  l»o  .lay  whichc  hem  SW'i*e#»*, 
No  movt  lh«  Bunne  than  the  mon«?. 

Ciier.  MS.  Sm.  Anli'i.  134,  f.  l:W. 

BIDCOCK.     The  watcr-raU.     Drayton. 

BIDDABLE.     Obedient;  tractable.     North. 

BIDDE.     See  Btdt.     (A.S.) 

BIDDER.    A  petitioner.     (A.S.) 

BIDDING-PRAYER.  The  prayer  for  the  souls 
of  benefactors  in  Popish  times,  said  before  the 
lermon.  Tlie  form  may  bo  aeen  in  Rob.  Glouc 
Chron.  p.  624. 

BIDDY.  (1)  A  louse.    North. 


(2)  A  ohieken.     Var.  dial, 

BiDDY-BASE.   Prisoner's  base.  Ime.   Kennet, 

MS.  I.ansd.  1033,  gives  the  term  bittp-itue 

for  this  game;   and  UUy-biue  is  sometimes 

heard. 
BIDDY'S-EY'ES.     The  puisy.     Somertrl. 
BIDE.  (1)   To  dwell;    to   remain;    to    abide. 

far.  dial.    "  I  n  the  ^Id  byddythe  he,"  Torrent 

of  Portugal,  p.  22. 

(2)  To  wait ;  to  hear ;  to  endure,  far.  dint. 
"  Bydene,"  bonie,  obeyed,  Plumpton  Cor- 
respondence, p,  108, 

(3)  To  require.     A'orM. 

BIDELVE.    To  bury.  {A.-S.)     See  the  Sevyn 
Sages,  1374  ;  Reliq.  Antiq.  i.  116. 
No  tchal  thrr  never  no  Justiie 
The  tiidtlft  on  cny  wite. 

AftSnur  itntt  Merfin.  p.  39. 

BIDENE.     See  Bedene.     Cf.  Ungtoft,  p.  45; 

Minot's  Poems,  p.  15. 
BIDE-OWE.  ExpUincd  by  Kennett,  MS.  I^sd. 

1033,  "  to  be  punished,  or  stiffer  punlahmont." 

Ray  says,  ptennn  dare,  and   it  is   given    by 

Browne  as  current  in  his  time  in  Norfolk. 

It  may  possibly  have  some  connexion  with 

bidove,  q.  V. 
BIDET.     A  small  hor^e.     (Fr.) 
BID-HOOK.     A  kind  of  hook  belonging  to  • 

boat.    See  Dekker's  Knights  Conjuring,  p.  43. 
BIDOWE.    A  kind  of  lance.     {A.-N.) 
A  liitawe  or  ■  buelonl 
He  bcrltil  be  hb  tide. 

Piers  Plougfim/iHf  p.  MO. 

B1-DRA\'ELEN.   To  slobber ;  to  sUvcr.  (A.-S.) 
BID-STAND.     A  highwayman.     Jmuion. 
HIE.  (0  To  suffer;  to  abide.     (A.-S.) 

(2)  With. 

(3)  A  collar  for  the  neck;  a  bracelet. 
BelsAuotei,  biM  of  gooldc,  brorhes  and  rynees. 

MS.  coti.  ripat.  K.  xvi.  r  m. 
BIEL.     Shelter.     North. 
BIELDE.     To  dwell ;  to  inhabit. 

Brynnri  la  Burgoyne  thy  burglMt  so  ryche. 
And  britunes  tbi  baranai*  that  bieUtt  Uiarthi, 

Jlar<<  JrMiurt,  Ltncln  MS.  t,  CG. 

BIENDES.     Bonds. 

Tharc  he  wu  In  biemlf*  itranfue, 
Frara  that  was  Eastur  dai. 

MS.  Laui.  im,  r.  vsi. 
BIENFAIT.     A  benefit.    {A.-N.)     Spelt   alas 
bienfrtr,  and  bymfayllp.  Cf.  Piers  Ploughman, 
pp.  103,  114;  Brit.  Bibl.  iv.  352. 
BIEN-VENU.     A  welcome.    (A.-N.) 

With  that  Coiutauncc  antmu  prnyende. 
Spake  to  her  lordc  that  hr  alildr. 
So  that  tohe  may  to  fmc  ride 
To  twn  ujione  hys  61«fi  vtmu. 

Oawrr,  Otnlao,  MS.  1. 19. 
BIER.     The  Redeemer.     Fm.  CMt. 
BIERDEZ.     Ladiea. 

Thane  the  balerullo  Utrtn  bnwM*  la  the  crthe, 
Kncland  and  cryande,  and  clappMc  Ibrlre  handei. 
Martt  Arlhwrr,  IMmlt  MS.  t.  U. 

BIERNE.     A  man  ;  a  noble. 

Than  the  Rmpenrnt  Irua  was  aaget4t  SI  hk  hette 
For   ouro    valyaot   hUmtn    licha   prowaaclM    had 
woBncatk 

Jforle  Arthvrt,  LUtnln  Mti.  I.  7* 


BIG 


174 


BIH 


BIEST.  A  im&ll  protul>ennce,  more-  partica- 
larlv  applied  to  tbat  on  the  stem  of  trees. 

BI-FALLEN.    To  befall  s  to  happen.    (J.-S.) 
And  whuine  thiw  tokenii  ben  bifalle, 
AUe  todcyncliche  the  ttonc  »ch«lle  falle. 

Geuer,  US.  Hoc.  ^hHi.  1M,  t,  Sf. 
BIPOLD.      Folded.      JVeier.      Sec   bufold  in 

Ellis's  Met.  Rom.  iii.  289. 
BIFULE.     To  make  a  fool  of. 

Ttut  they  ne  icbulde  not  bi/ulii 
Urre  wll  upon  none  ertht-Iy  werkU. 

Gouier,  MB.  Sx.  AmIU/.  134,  f.  31. 

DIFOREN.    Before.   {^.-S.) 

BIFORMED.  Double  formed.  (Lai.)  Sec 
Topaell's  Hittory  of  Serpents,  p.  25. 

BIG.  (1)  To  build.  {J.-S.)  The  wune  variation 
takes  place  in  the  meaning  of  this  word  as  in 
bielde,  which  properly  signifies  the  same.  To 
remain,  to  continue,  is  the  explanation  of  it 
in  Mioot's  Poeius,  pp.  29,  33  ;  Langtoft,  pp. 
330,  339.  "  Edificare,  to  b^ggen,"  MS.  Bibi. 
Beg.  12  B.  i.  f.  71. 

(2)  A  particular  kind  of  barley.  Kennctt,  MS. 
Lansd.  1033,  says  "  poor  lean  barley." 

(3)  In  Somersetshire  obtains  the  plirase  big- 
and-big,  very  large,  full  big, 

BIGATG.    Birth.    (//.-6.) 

So  ttut  on  on  even  late, 

The  devel  Khc  uughl  hir  Ugale. 

^rthitur  and  Merlin  t  p.  87. 
And  a]  he  held  thor  the  \.\ng 
Of  his  bigete,  of  hit  tKreing.  itirf.  p.  A9. 

BIGEGED.    Besieged.    It  occurs  in  Langtofl, 

p.  1 1 9,  but  may  be  a  misreading. 
BIG-END.   The  greater  part. 
BI-GERNYN.   To  ensnare.   (^..&) 
BI-GETEN.    Begot.  (.<.-&) 
BIG-FRESIl.    Very  tipsy.    North. 
BIGGAYNE.   A  nun.    PaUgrave. 
BIGGE.  (1)  A  bridge.    Uavetok. 
I  To  buy.    Weber. 

I  A  pap  I  a  teat.  Entx.  Gifford,  a  native  of 
Essex,  introduces  the  word  in  his  Dialogue  on 
Witches,  1G03.  The  bigge  it  one  of  the 
names  of  the  hare  in  a  curious  poem  in  Reliq. 
Antlq.  i.  133. 
BIGGED.    Built. 

Whenne  erthe  appone  erthe  hasc  biggvii  up  hli  iMwrrii, 

Tluno  schalle  erthe  for  erthe  f  ufflre  scharpe  stowrryi. 

JUS.  IJne«lH  A.  1. 17,  t-  «79. 

BIGGEN.  (1)  To  enlarge.  foiV/or. 
f21  To  begin.    Heame. 

(3)  To  recover  and  get  up  after  an  acconchemcnt. 
North. 

(4)  A  kinil  of  close  cap,  which  bound  the  fnrc- 
bead  strongly,  used  for  young  children  to 
assist  nature  in  closing  the  sutures  of  the 
skull.  Tlic  term  is  now  iue<l  only  for  a  child's 
cap.  Shakespeare  seems  to  have  meant  by  it 
any  coarse  kind  of  night-cap.  It  appears  also 
to  have  been  part  of  the  ap|iropriatcd  dress  of 
barristers  at  law  ;  or  it  might  be  the  scientific 
undress,  like  the  velvet  nightcap  of  our  grand- 
fathers. Nam.  Kennctt,  in  liis  Glossary, 
p.  29,  says,  "  a  cap  with  two  long  ears  worn 
f/y  young  children  and  girls  is  now  called  a 


s; 


biggin."  Cotgrave  leema  to  attach  a  differenltl 
meaning  to  the  word,  in  v.  Agn*iirre.  CUi 
Nash's  Pierce  Penniless,  p.  11  ;  Florio,  iu  v«| 
Begliino,  who  spells  it  bighin. 
BIGGEIC    A  buUder.    (^.-5.) 

Stnnr  that  bigirtrt  foriooke 
Is  made  hi  heved  on  the  nooke. 

MS.  BodJ.att:- 
BIGllES.  Jewels;  female  ornaments.  Jt  iai 
sometimes  usctl  in  a  figurative  sense ;  "  she  iaj 
all  in  her  bighet  to-day,"  i.  c.  Iiest  humour,] 
best  graces,  &c.  East.  Tlie  lenu  is  also  an,] 
archaism.  See  Be,  bie,  &c. 
BIGHT-    Any    comer;    anything    folded    or< 

doubled.    CticKh. 
BIGINE.     A  nun.    Chaucer. 
BIGING.   A  buUiUng.    Minot. 
BI-GINNEN.   To  begin.    {.1.-S.) 
BIGIRDLE.    A  girdle  worn  round  the  loint, 
sometimes  used  for  earning  money,  whence  , 
the  term  is  also  applied  to  a  purse.     {A.-S.1 
BIGIRT.     Girded.     (A.-S.) 

nil  cam  on  a  day  fram  hunting, 
Therl  Aml«  and  TIrtI  the  ying. 
And  mo  than  an  hundred  t.night, 
Wllh  iwerd  btfirt,  J  you  plifchl. 

Cp  0/  H'aru>iJte,  |».  940, 
BIGLY.    (1 )  I,ondly ;  deeply ;  severely ;  boldly; 
strongly.    Cf.  Moite  Arthurc,  MS.  Line.  f.  68. 
tf  cne  lepcn  to  anooe  and  lokkedm  the  jatcs, 
Udrredde  hem  bpgl^  with  barret  of  Iren. 

MS.  (Ml.  otiig.  A.  II,  r.  us. 
(2)  Pleasant ;  delightful.    Cf.  Le  Bone  Floreuce 
of  Rome,  220,  14H6,  1681. 

A  IHglf  bleMt  heare  will  I  bullde. 

Chrtiei-  Ptart,  1.  tl 
BIGMNG.     Enlarging.     Fairfax.  j 

BIGOLD.     Chrysanthemum.     Gerard.  1 

BIGONNE.     Went,     lleame. 
BIGHADUEN.      Bewcpt;    lamented.     {A.^) 
See   Kyng  Aiisaunder,  5175;   Scvyn   Sages, 
1518,  bigroil. 
BIGRAVE.     Engraved, 

of  werkm.intchlpc  It  was  Nfwee, 
or  tuehe  werke  aa  It  tchulde  hare. 

Couer.  MS.  Soe..iHllii.  )34,  t.  M. 
BICRAVEN.     Buried. 

At  Winchnlcr,  wlihouten  let, 
Thcr  that  king  Mgrneen  wci, 

Jrlhour  and  MtrUn,  p.  t.  | 

BIGRYPETH.     Seizes ;  includes. 

The  whiche  undlr  the  hcven  aip«, 
Aa  fer  at  streccheth  any  grounde, 
Bigrypeth  alio  thit  erthe  roundeu 

Coioer,  MS.  Stic.  Anilq.  134,  f, 

UIHAl.VB.  To  divide  into  two  parts  or  com- 
panies. {AS.)  Bilielee,  tiehalf,  Sevyu  Sages, 
325. 

UIIIEDDE.     Beheaded.     (A.-S.)  { 

BI-HELOD.     Beheld. 

BI-IIEST.    To  promise.     (A.-S.) 

BIMEVEDED.  Beheaded.  Heber.  See  abo 
Legendie  Catholicjc,  p.  201. 

Bill  EWE.     To  hew  stones.     (A.-S.) 

MIIIIOIIT.     Promised.     {A.-S.) 

Itl-IKILUEN.     To  bclmld.     (A.-S.) 

BI-HOTEN.    To  promise.     {A.-S.) 


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ni-HTXDE.    Behind.     (^.-&) 
BIJEN.     Trnly.      Yortuh. 
BIKE.    iV  nnt.     Still  in  use  for  a  beei' ne«t  iii 
a  wild  stale. 

A  tpk»  of  wu{tefl  brctJiJr  Id  hti  nofc. 

MS.  O-n.  Calif.  A.  II.  f.  103. 

BIKECHE.    To  deceive.    (A.-S.)     This  form 

occun  in  the  Scvyn  Sages,  1121. 
BIKEU.     Fouglit.     Heier. 
Bl-KENNEN.     To   commit  to.     (.-/.-S.)     We 
have  already  had  6e-Aennf,  q. v.     Cf.    I'icrs 
Ploughman,  pp.  31,  154  ;  Langtufl,  pp.  123, 
274  ;  llnvclnk,  I2Cg,  explained  betoken. 
AnJ  whil  he  tlcptc,  kut  hU  here 
Willi  hir  there*  irorthc  her  hcnde, 
And  to  Ilia  foot  hltn  MJIrende. 
tVrmr  Xunill,  US.  CU(.  Trin.  Oantab.  t.  4S, 

BIKEKE.  To  tkinnish;  to  light;  to  quarrel. 
Alto  a  tiilntaniive,  a  quarrel.  {.i.-S.)  Cf. 
Irfg.  Worn.  2650 ;  Pien  Ploughman,  p.  rZI ; 
Minot'»  I'ocms,  p.  51;  Arthour  and  Merlin, 
p.  206. 

An<l  'or  ihe  lote'h  mc  Out  o( hUwr, 

ormy  luve  she  miy  be  ilker 
•  Oir—r  MuiuH,  U.1.  Coll.  THn.  Ctanhib,  f.  87 

BI-KNOWEN.  To  know;  to  recognize;  to 
acknowledge.  {J.-S.)  Cf.  Piers  Ploughman, 
pp.  13,  45.  370,  404 ;  Seryn  Sages,  2fi89. 
Pret.  t.  ii./meve.    Part.  pa.  ii'-ibiotre. 

or  hit  coTcsuiuDt  he  wxt  biknawtt 

AdJ  made  Angy*  half  fclawc 

Aflhour  anil  Merlin,  }».  17. 

She  moatc  there  bn-knoio  the  dede. 
Or  ryndc  a  man  fur  hyr  to  fight. 

MS.  Hart.  S9SS,  r.M. 

BIL.    A  ftsb  of  the  eod  kind.    .Uh. 
BILAD.     Brought.    {A.-S.) 

Wllhouien  mete  or  drinkc  that  day 
In  aorwc  he  wai  bUad. 
CUTKr  Munill,  MS.  CM.  IWli.  CtalMt.  t.  IM. 
BILANDER.     A  smaU  tbip. 
BIL,VPPED.     Wrapped  up;  surrounded.     Cf. 
Amis  and  Aroiloun,  1014  ;  Sc\7n  Sages,  2210. 
And  too  J  hangyd  on  the  crouc.  and  on  all  aide* 
I  waa  bglapfd  wytb  tha  noon  bytier  wrowea  of 
dathe.— Outon'a  iMvlra  rmftfitl  Ghtllr  Materi. 

BILASII.     To  flog. 

HI  LAVE.  To  remain.  (A.-S.)  Cf.  Sevyn  Sagea, 
161;  Arthour  and  Merlin,  p.  75.  Bi/lajl, 
Ywaine  and  Gawin,  35. 

BILAYE.     To  besiege.    Cf. Scvyn  Sages, 2752 ; 
Bob.  Glouc.  p.  519  ;  Arthour  ami  Merlin,  p.  14. 
And  sax  moncthe*  he  It  Mfry  apllght. 
That  nothing  wlnnc  he  It  no  might. 

Hnuland  anA  Vernaptt  p.  7' 

BILBERUIES.     Whortleberries.      Cor.  dial. 

BI  I.IK).  A  Spanish  word,  so  called  from  Biltma, 
the  place  of  mniiufacture.  .\  swordsman 
was  sometimes  termed  a  bilbo-man.  as  in 
Beaumont  and  Fletcher,  ii.  331.  IJrayton,  in 
a  marginal  note  to  bis  Bsttailc  of  Agin-Cotirt, 
p.  10,  says  that  bilbo-bla<lcs  arc  "  accounlcd 
of  the  best  temper ;"  and  Shakespeare  com- 
pares Masl«r  Slender  to  one  on  account  of  his 
thinness.  Thev  were  often  made  of  laten  metal. 

BIl.BOCATCH.'  A  bilboquct.  E<ut.  This  is 
Ihe  children's  toy  generally  known  u  eup  and 
hoU. 


BILBOES.  A  kind  of  stocks  usedatiea  for  tie 
purpose  of  punishing  offenders.  See  llowcll, 
sect.  6 ;  Malone's  Sliakespeare,  vii.  485.  A 
wooden  piece  of  machinery,  used  for  confining 
the  head  of  sheep,  is  also  so  called. 

The  pora  feloe  wtii  put  Into  the  bUboe»,  he  bring 
the  first  upon  whom  aoy  punyahment  waff  ahewd. 

MS.  AMU  MM 

BILCOCK.    The  water-rail.     North. 
BILD.     A  building.    (A.-S.) 

V  fc  iom  men  purchas  and  make  gret  6^/rf, 

Arryw  high  towrit  and  gret  wallii. 

MS.  land.  416,  t.  4S, 

BILDER.  (1)  A  mallet  with  a  lung  handle  nsed 

for  hrejdcing  clods.     North. 
(2)  A  huUder.    {A.-S.)    "  The  Wider  oak,"  the 

oak  used  in  building. 
BILDERS.     A  kind  of  watcr-cresies,  mentioned 

by  Elyot,  in  v.  Larer. 
BILE.  (1)  Aboil.  (A.-S.)  The  genuine  word, 
and  still  used  in  the  provincial  ilialects.  It  is 
found  in  the  early  editions  of  Shakespeare, 
and  in  most  early  writers. 
(2)  Guile  ?  Byte,  to  beguile,  Audelay's  Poems, 
p.  28. 

For  no  man  of  hlf  counaelle  knoweth. 
It  Is  alle  btU  undlr  the  wyngr. 

CM^r,  MS.  Sor.  jtKllq.  ISI,  f.  Mt, 
BI-LEDE.     To  lead  about.     (.i.-S.) 
mi.EF.     qiiicklv;  suddenly.     If'eber. 
BILEIGHE.     To  bcly.     So  explained  in  gloss. 

to  Sir  Tristrem,  p.  239. 
BILET.     A  willow  plantation.     Salop. 
BILEVE.    (1)   To  leave;  to  quit.     See   Kyng 
Alisaonder,  5311 :  Warlon's  liist.  Poet.  ii.  5; 
legends:  CathoUue,  p.  164;  Kob.  Glouc.  470; 
Langtoft,  p.   153 ;    Black's  Cat.    of  Arundel 
MSS.  p.  108 ;  Sir  Degrevant,  1885. 
And  many  a  maide  In  grene  and  lender  age 
Bllr/it  were  aool  in  thai  grele  rage.  MS.  Diffv  SSO. 
(2)  To  remain  ;  to  stay.     See  Chaucer,  Cint.  T. 
10897;  Troibis  and'  Creseide,  iii.  624  ;  Sevyn 
Sages,  568  ;  Minol's  Poems,  p.  10 ;  Rob.  Glouc. 
p.  17;  Kyng  Alisauuder,  4468. 

God  late  Ufl  never  i^  If  re  in  lynne. 
With  hart  that  ei  to  strange. 

MS  Unnln  A.  t.  17.  f.  140. 
BILGE.     To  indent.     Somerief. 
BILIBUE.     Two  pounds.      Wickliffe. 
BILII).     Mad;  distracted.     Somertet. 
HI-LIEN.     To  calumniate.     (A.-S.) 
UILIMEDES.    Deprived  of  limbs.    Bilemed  oc- 
ean in  Rob.  Glouc  p.  471 ;  bylyme,  p.  301. 
Theknlghtcsof  the  table  rounde 
Manl  tlier  slough  in  litel  stuuude. 
And  bilimfftlm  and  Tfld  of  hun 
Manl  belheo  orpcd  rort. 

Arthour  and  Merlin,  p.  914, 

BILINE.     Quickly.     Perhaps    bilive ;    hut   it 
rhymes  with  cAine  in  Arthour  and  Merlin, 
p.  236. 
BILIORS.     BiUiards.   Arch.  xir.  253. 
BILITllE.     An  image.      Ventegan. 
BILIVE.     BcUef.    (A.-S.) 

And  that  It  tothe  that  I  ffeye  -, 

In  that  Uliat  I  wul  bothe  lyre  and  dye. 

MS.  Omft.  rt.  I. «,  f.  It. 


BIL  1 

.u- 

1)1  LK.  NotUng.  A  cant  t4!nn,  ridicnied  by 
Ben  Jonson,  n.  136.  Bloant  says,  "  bilk  is 
uid  to  be  aii  Arabirk  wortl,  and  ugnifies 
w>tki»ig:  cribbidge-playcraiiDdentaudit  best." 
Glossogisphia,  ed.  1G81,  p.  85. 

UlLL.  (1)  A  kind  of  jiike  or  halbcrt,  formerly 
carried  by  the  English  infantry,  and  afterwords 
the  usual  wrapou  of  vralcbniciL  Soldiers 
•rmed  with  bills  were  sonictimes  called  iilbi. 
A  bill-hook  is  ttill  called  a  HO  in  some  parts 
of  the  country. 

(2)  A  letter.  CAaucer.  A  petition  was  for- 
merly called  a  bill,  as  also  an  advcrtiseincnt 
■et  up  against  a  wall,  i>ost,  or  any  public  place. 
The  placards  of  public  challengers  were  mi 
called,  whence  came  the  phrase  of  nettinj/  up 
iitU,  Much  Ado  about  Nolliiug,  i.  1. 

(3)  A  promontory. 

BlLiABL£.  Liable  to  having  a  bill  preferred 
by  law .'    See  the  Egerton  Papers,  p.  234. 

BILLAilENTS.  Ornaments.  Explained  by 
Baret,  Alvearie,  1580,  "  the  attire  or  oma- 
mentes  of  a  wromau's  head  or  neckc."  It  U 
generally  glossed  habilimenh.  which  is  hardly 
correct.  See  Dodsley's  Old  I'lnyn,  ii.  22t'; 
Heywood's  Rape  of  Lucrecc,  p.  58  i  I'lanche's 
Costume,  p.  249  ;  Cotgravc,  in  v.  Doreure, 
Dorlol ;  Burnet's  Rcf.  Records,  p.  171. 

BILLARD.    A  bastard  capon.    Suuer. 

BILLERB.   Bursnla,  tot. 

BILLET.  (1)  The  eoal-fish. 
2)  The  game  of  tip-cat.   Dtriyth. 

|3)  A  stick  ;  a  cudgel.    Beaunumt  and  Fletcher. 
4)    A   small    quantity  of  half-tlu-esltcd   corn, 
bound  up  into  shcaTet  or  bundles.    Wrtl. 

BILLETINGS.     The  ordure  of  the  fox. 

BILLING.  Working.  Yorktk.  Tliis  term  is 
found  in  Meriton's  Yorkshire  Ale,  p.  91  ; 
Kennett's  Glossanr,  MS.  Lansd.  1033. 

BILLINGSGATE.  A  Hsh-markct  in  London,  tlie 
sellers  at  which  have  long  l>cen  pro\'erbia]  for 
coarse  langnngc,  so  that  low  abuse  is  often 
termed  talking  BilliHgngale. 

BILLMAN.  A  man  who  cats  faggots.  Sec 
Holtyband  and  Cotgrave,  in  t.  Umaeheron. 
Formerly  a  soldier  who  was  armed  witbaii'/, 
as  in  Hall's  Union,  Henry  W.  f.  13. 

BILLY.  (1)  A  bull.     /.  aig/it. 

(2)  A  bundle  of  wheat-straw.    Somertft. 

(3)  A  brother ;  a  young  fellow,  a  term  of  endear- 
ment.   North. 

(4)  A  removal,  or  flying  off.  This  term  i»  used 
By  l)oys  when  playing  at  marbles,  and  refers  to 
■hifting  the  place  of  a  marble. 

BILLY-BITER.    The  black-cap.    North.    The 

long-tailed  tit  is  called  i  liilly-fealhrrpoie. 
BILLY-WIX.    An  owl.    Eait. 
BILOIlE.    Fastened  ;  locked.    (.1.-S.)    Tlie  MS. 
Ashmole  39,  f.  39,  more  correctly  reads  whom 
for  urhanne  in  the  following  passage- 
Thorow  the  rulflllyngc  of  the  ILoly  Cost, 
Tbercinne  IfiU'kr.  whODDo  iche  tovld  most. 

I^dgalr,  MS.  Sx.  jtnliq.  134,  f.  4. 

BI-LOWEN.   To  bend  ;  to  Itow.   (J.-.?.) 
BILTER.    The  water-raU.     North. 


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BILYVE.    Food.    (A.-S.) 
Ul.M-BOM.     Tlie   sound   of  belt*.     Var.  OM. 
Hence  anything  hanging  in  the  manner  of  ■ 
bell-clapper  is  so  called. 
Here  1,  great  Tom, 
bing  loudly  bim■^mm.  Muthrr  BuMorf,  a  ilUi 

BIMEBY.     By  and  by.     Somermt. 

BI-.MELDE.     To  inform  against.  (.^.-&) 
Dame,  God  the  for-;elde, 
Bote  on  that  thou  roe  nout  bt-mtHM, 
n'rigtit't  Anem 

BI-ME\E.     To  lament;  to  pity:   to 
Biment,  bemoaned.     {.i.-S.)      Cf.  Rellqi 
tiq.  ii.  121 ;  Ilarlshonic's  Met.  Tales,  p 
Gy  of  Warwike,  pp.  5, 18  ;  Lav  le  Freine,  2'.».S 
Kyng  of  Tars,  1088;  Rom.  of  the  Rose.  2(567, 
Hymenyng,  moaning,    Kyng  Alisauuder,  53' 
Occasionally,  to  mean,  as  in  Havelok,  125r 
Geata  Rom.  p.  5 ;   Piers  Ploughman,  p.  IS, 
And  ache  bigao  hlln  to  Mm^M, 

Cmrer,  MS.  Sx.  JMh.  IM.  L  M. 

BIMINPE.      Mourned;    lamented.      }fiet^fa, 

Bttber  has  bimornideiu 
BIN.  (1)  Been;  are;  were;  iSL     Ver.  dial.     Il 

also  occurs  in  several  of  our  old  dramatist*. 
(2)  Because.     Somertet. 
UINU.   (1)   A  name  given  by  miners  to  aoyr  in. 

dumted  argillaceous  substance. 
(2)  A  lot  of  eels.     Si-inner.    According  to  Ken. 

nett.  MS.  LansiL  1033,  two  hundrcdand  tifty, 
{3)  A  hnp-slalk.     South. 
(4)  Anything  that  binds.     Eatt. 
UlND-CORN.     Buck-wheat. 
B1ND-D.\.YS.     The  days  on  which  tenants  w 

obliged  to  reap  their  lord's  com  at  har%esl 

time,     .'\ppureiilly  the  same  as  bedre/iei,  ({. 
BINDEN.     Tobmd.     (.i.-S.) 
BINDING.  (1)  A  ha/el  rod  or  thorn,  two 

tlirce  yards  long,  so  called  because  used  ft 

binding  the  hedge-tops.  North. 
(2)  The  tiring  of  a  hawk.  Ulome. 
BINDING-CtlURSE.    The  top  coiina  of 

which  is  put  on  before  it  is  bound  OD  tJie 

>vitb  a  rope,      .\orth. 
BINDING  DAY.     The   second   Tne»d«y 

Easter,  called  also  Binding-Tursday. 
BIND-WEED.  The  wild  convolvulus. 
BINEBY.    By  and  by.    North.    Moor  give* 

bine  in  the  same  sense. 
BINETIIEN.    Beneath.   (J.-S.) 
BING.  (1)  To  begin  to  turn  sour,  said  of 

CAeth. 

(2)  Away.    Decker.    A  cant  term,  explained 
Grose  to  go.    See  abio  Earle's  Mi 
graphy,  p.  255. 

(3)  A  superior  kind  of  lead.   Kemtetl'i  Gi 
MS.  Lansd.  1033. 

(4)  A  bin.    y'ar.  dial.    "  Bynge"  occurs  in  Ihc 
Prompt.  Pai\.  p.  36. 

BINGE.    To  soak  a  vessel  in  water  (o  As  to 
prevent  its  leaking.    /Jac. 

BINGER.   Tipsy.   itW. 

BING-STEAD.    The  place  whert!  ore  is  depo. 
sited.    Kennett,  MS.  Lansd.  1033,  says  "    ' 
hole  or  mouth  of  the  furnace  in  which  tl 
fuel  is  put  is  call'd  the  bing  of  the  fumacc.' 


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I 


I 


It  h  termed  bmg-placr  in  lomc  rerw;*  quoted 

bjr  Hloiiut,  in  v.  liergmolh ;  and  i]»a  hing-halr. 
BI-NIME.     To  take  «way.    {A.-S.)   Cf.  Gy  of 

■Warwike,  p.  136.    Aynymmyn^e,  Reliq.  Aniiq. 

ii.  52. 
Th«D  Kile  hlf  tra  brethrm  thrrfore  httfdco  hloc. 
ThAt  oure  Lrf>vrrd  wole  habbcn  l-do  mil  no  mtn  Mnfmr. 

MS.  ami.  est,  f.  2. 
BINK.  A  bench.  North.  According  to  Kennett, 
the  ii'ni' of  !i  coal-pit  is  "the  auliterraneoui 
vault  in  a  mine."  See  his  glossary,  MS.  Lansd. 
1033 ;  and  bynke,  in  the  first  sense,  Townelev 
Mjrat.  p.  317. 

Ane  Irync  bynkt  thaymade  with  atreoghe, 
Fyftene  cubetca  It  wu  cme  Iroghe. 

MS.  Unnin  A.  I.  17,  r,  liS. 
BINNE.   Within,   {A.-S.) 
BINNICK.   A  minnow,   Somertet. 
BINT.    Bound.   Skimur. 
BIPARTED.   Parted  in  two. 
BI-QUASSUEX.   To  crush  to  plecet.  (.^.-5.) 
BIQUATH.    Bequeathed,    rirante. 
BIRAFTE.    Bereft.    (.-/..S.) 

Tlut  vcrrUy  hit  dUcr«fcioun 
Was  him  bir^/ke  to  coodualiiun. 

MS.  Dlfbn  930. 

BIRAUJTE.  Taken  away.  [A.-S.) 
Only  for  lak  that  hli  bemU  bry^te 
Wereu  me  btrau-^tt  thorow  the  clouily  mooe. 

Lftptt;  MS.  Soe.  Xxr't.  }M.t«. 

BIRCHING-LANB.  To  send  a  person  to  Birch- 
iog-lane,  ■  proverbial  phrase  for  ordering 
him  to  be  whipped  or  otherwise  punished.  It 
was  formerly  a  place  for  buying  second-hand 
orrcady-inadeclnthcs.  Karei.  See  Hawkins' 
Engl.  Dram.  iii.  267- 
BIRD.  (1)  A  hidy.  {.I.-S.)  The  term  U  very 
common  in  early  English  poetry,  and  is  occa- 
Donally  applied  to  the  other  sex,  as  in  Amis 
aadAniiloun,  15. 

Ilta  o«t  «pac  and  ^af  aniwarc. 

And  jede  forth  with  the  blrrf  fo  bold. 

Leg.  CalM,  p.  3S. 

(2)  Buried.   Leg.  Cath.  p.  121. 

(3)  The  pupil  of  the  eye,  or  perhaps  the  little 
reflected  image  on  the  retina,  nr  that  of  a  very 
neir  ipectator  reflected  irom  the  cornea.  East. 

(4)  An  egg  is  said  to  be  "  dead  of  bird,"  when 
the  chicken  dies  very  shortly  before  the  pe- 
riod of  hatching.   Eatt. 

(5)  Any  pet  animal.    Kent. 

(6)  Bread.    Rrmoor. 

BIRD-BATTING.  A  method  of  catching  birds 
at  night  with  a  net  and  light,  described  in 
Stnitt'a  Sports,  p.  38.  See  also  Aubrey's 
WilU,  Royal  Soc.  MS.  p.  30. 

BIRD-BOLT.  (1)  A  short  thick  arrow  with  a 
broad  flat  end,  lued  to  kill  birds  without 
piercing,  by  the  mere  force  of  the  blow.  Narei. 

(2)  The  burbot. 

BIRD-BOT.  A  boy  who  frightens  birds  from 
the  com.     I'ar.  dial 

BIRO-CALL.  A  small  whistle  used  to  imitate 
the  call  of  birds.  See  Blomc's  Gent.  Rcc.  ii.  1 22, 

BIRDER.    A  bird-catcher.     South. 

BIRD-EYED.    Near-sighted.    Joiuon. 

BIRDINO.     Bird-catching,    lar.  dial. 


BIRD'S-EYB.    Germander  speedwell. 

BIRHS'-.MEAT.     Haws.     Somertet. 

BIRE.  A  stall ;  a  cowhouse.  See  Arch.  zrii. 
203;  Bullein's  Dialogue,  1573,  p.  i. 

BI-REDE.  To  counsel.  {A.-S.)  See  Gy  of 
Vr'arwike,  p.  118;  llartshome's  Met.  Tales, 
p.  98.     Byradden,  Chronicle  of  England,  40. 

BIREDE.    Buried.    Arch,  jtxii.  130. 

DIRELAY.    A  virelay.    (,Y.-A'.) 

And  eck  he  can  carolli»  make, 
Rondcalle,  tialade,  and  btrelaii. 

OtMo;  MS.  Omiab.  t  fid. 

BI-REPE.    To  bind.    {A..S.) 

BI-REVE.    To  bereave.    {A.-S.) 

BI-REWE.    Tome.    (A.-S.) 

BIRFUL.    Roaring.    Ritum. 

BIRGAND.    A  wild  goose.     Cocker. 

IlIRGEN.     A  grave.      Vrrtleyan. 

BlUIEL.  Burial.  See  Ug.  Cath.  p.  203.  The 
more  usual  meaning  is  grare.  as  lirritl,  q.  v. 

BIRK.  Abirch-trce.  North.  See  Danes' York 
Records,  p.  274  (.') ;  Perceval,  773. 

BIRL.    A  rattling  noise.     North. 

BJRLADY.  By  our  Lady.  AorM.  A  very 
common  elliptical  form  in  our  old  writers. 

BIRLE.  To  pour  nut;  to  draw  wine.  {A.-S.'S 
See  Torrent  of  Portugal,  p.  13;  Skellon,  ii  167; 
Rolison's  Met.  Rom.  p.  80. 

BIRLF.D.     Powdered ;  spangled.     Huloet. 

BIRLER.  The  master  of  the  revels  at  a  bidding- 
wedding  in  Cutnlierland,  perhaps  from  birle, 
one  of  his  duties  being  to  superintend  the  re- 
freshments. 

BIRNY.    A  cuirass,  coat  of  maiL 

BIRR.  Force ;  violence ;  impetus ;  any  rapid 
whirling  motion.  North.  It  is  applied  to 
the  whizzing  of  any  missile  violently  thrown, 
as  in  -Wickliflfe,  Apoc.  xviii.  The  noise  of 
partridges  when  they  spring  is  called  birring. 
Alle  If  t>orneat  a  byrre  to  Burdewi  haren. 

MS.  Cotl.  Calif.  A.  II.  f.  109. 

And  whenne  the  brigge  was  alle  redy,  he  badde  his 

knyghlea  wende  over  apone  it,  bot  whenne  thay  taw 

the  grete  rever  ryne  to  iwittcly,  and  with  to  ffrete  a 

byntt  thay  drvd  thame  that  the  brygge  achulde  falle. 

MS.  UncuJn  A.  I.  17,  f,  Ii. 

BIRRET.     A  hood.     Skinner. 

BIRSE.    A  bristle.     North. 

BIRSEL.    To  roast ;  to  broil.     North. 

BIRT.  A  kind  of  turbot.  See  Ordinances  and 
ReguUtions,  pp.  175,  181,  182;  Harrison's 
Description  of  England,  p.  224.  Huloet  has 
"  byrle  fyshe,  rhombut." 

BIRTH.     A  place  ;  a  station.      I'ar.  dial 

BIRTHDOM.     Birthright.     Shak. 

B!RTHE.MEN.Mcnofbirthorcondition.(.*.-5.) 

BIRTHENE.     A  burden.     (^.-5.) 

BIRTLE.  (1)  Brittle.     Eaif. 

(2)  A  summer  apple.      lor*»A. 

BIRYE.     A  city ;  a  town.     Pt.  Cot  I. 

BIRYNG.     Burial.     Nug.  Poet.  p.  3. 

BIS.  A  delicate  blue  colour ;  but  the  term  is 
frequently  appUeil  to  a  silk  of  fine  texture,  and 
to  other  colours,  black  or  dark  grey.  Roqne- 
forte  explains  byue,  "  sortc  d'jtoffe  de  toie," 
which  is  dearly  the  meanitv^  at  Visit  \crnv  va. 


BIS 


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flIS 


Chron.  Vllodun.  p.  34.  "  under  a  curtull  of 
purpur  lii/xf ;"  Launfal,  284,  "  i-heled  with 
purpurl)5'5;"Lybe«usDi5Conu8,2071;\V'riglit'» 
Lyric  I'oetT)-,  pp.  30,  35 ;  Ballad  of  Patient 
Grissel,  " inatcadofiw and piirctt  pall;"  Uesta 
Koai.  pp.  33, 207,  210 ;  Middleton's  Works,  v. 
i58 ;  Pccle'a  Works,  ii.  228.  "  Purple  and 
liisi"  ore  mentioned  together  hy  Mapo,  MS. 
Bodl.  851 ,  f.  35.  See  also  Florio,  io  v.  Azur- 
rinn. 

The  krsget  of  erthe  that  tian  don  lecchene  with 
her,  and  hui  lyvid  in  dvlltcs,  whannc  thct  ichullyo 
■e  tJie  smoke  of  tii-r  breiinynj,  tUmdyng  afer  wepyng 
mud  weylyng  and  selyng,  aJaa  I  ala« !  Itiat  grete  cite 
that  wai  clothd  with  biU  and  porpur,  and  braill,  and 
OTorgyld  with  gold  and  presioua  itouya  ! 

trinbdlDn'i  Srrmm,  1388,  JIfS.  H«tft/n  57,  p.  18. 

BI-SAI.  Saw  fit;  thought  fit.  Utarne.  Sec 
Byiay,  Rob.  Glour.  p.  192,  and  by-taym,  Kyng 
AliMunder,  4605.  In  the  latter  instance,  the 
BodL  MS.  reads  bnriyhm. 

B1SC.\N.     A  finger-glove.     Devon. 

BISCHEDITH.     Overflowcth.     Babur. 

BISCHET.  Shut  up.  {.i.-S.)  Sec  Octovian, 
1280;  Arthour  and  Merlin,  p.  23;  Piera 
Ploughman,  p.  405. 

BI-SCIIYNETH.     Shines  upon.    {A.-S.) 

DISCURE.     Immediately. 

BI-SCOT.  A  fine,  the  nature  of  which  is  de- 
scribed by  Blount,  in  v.  It  was  imposed  on 
the  owaers  of  marsh  lauds  for  not  keeping 
them  in  proper  repair. 

BISCUIT.  A  pUin  cake  as  distinguished  from 
a  richer  one.  A  seed-biscuit  is  a  plain  cake 
made  either  with  seeds  or  plums.     Swner. 

BI-SE.    To  look  about ;  to  behold.     (A.-S.) 

flI.SEGGEN.     To  reproach;  to  insult.    {A.-S.) 

BI-SEKEN.  To  beseech.  {A.-S.)  AlsoH-techen. 
See  Piers  Ploughman,  p.  18;  Langtoft,  p.  73; 
Havclok,  2994. 

BISELET.     A  carpenter's  tooL 

Bl-SEMEN.    To  appear.     (A.-S.) 

BISEN.     BUnd.     (A.-S.) 

Thel  met  ft  biten  mnn  the, 

And  him  thei  duden  nede 

To  talce  that  on  ende  of  that  trc 

To  go  the  better  tpede. 

Cbrwr  Mmdi,  US.  Cull.  TVIn.  Canlah.  f.  108. 

BI-SENDE.  Sent  to.  {A..S.)  See  Rob.  Glouc. 
Chron.  p.  524.  Bismt,  Langtofi,  p.  309,  ex- 
plained by  Ileame,  beHceched. 

BI-SETTEN.    To  place  ;  to  set.     {A.-S.) 

BISEXT.     Leap-year.     {Lat.) 

BISGEE.  A  kind  of  mattock,  with  a  short  han- 
dle, calculated  so  as  to  serve  both  for  ■  pick- 
axe and  a  cotnmoo  axe.     IVeit. 

BISH.     A  bishop.     Hearru. 

BI-SIIEREWEN.  To  curse.  {A.-S.) 
He  seroeth  to  \x  ryfte  welle  thewid. 
And  jJthif  herte  ta  alio  bi-temoii. 

Goteer,  ttS.  Sx.  Anliq.  134,  f.  ii. 

B1-SHETTE\.     To  shut  up.     {A.-S.) 

BISHOP.     (1)  Milk  that  is  burnt  in  the  pan  is 

said  in  the  northern  counties  to  be  bahoppfd, 

or  sometimes  that  "  the  bishop  has  set  his 

foot  in  it."     Perhaps  the  best  explanation  is 


that  given  by  Tyndale,  quoted  iu  Ja 

luppl.  i.  92. 
A  pinafore  or  bib.     H'ariB. 
To  produce  artificial   marks   on  a  borse'l 

tooth,  for  the  purpose  of  deceiving  as  to  it 

age.     Var.  dial. 
(4)  A  lady-bird,  which  also  goes  by  the 

of  bithop-bamabee,  buhop-bmebee.  and  buho^ 

benetree.     Florio,  in  v.  Farfrilla,  "  a  flie  i 

hovering  about  a  candle  bumcs  ilselfe,  of  son 

called  a  bithop,"  which  is  probably  a  smaHe 

insect. 
(3)  Florio  gives  one  of  the  meanings  of  Plmf^k 

•'  that  firy  round  in  a  burning  candle 

the  biihop." 

(6)  To  water  the  balls,  a  term  used  hy  |iriati 

(7)  To  confirm.     North.     See  Stanih'urst'a  D«.* 
scriptiou  of  Ireland,  p.  27. 

And  also  within  the  fyAe  ^*re« 
Do  ttiat  thel  burhnped  were. 

MS.  CanUI,.  Ff.  V.  M.  1. 1 

BISriOPPING.    Confirmation.  Eutt.    Seei 

instances   in  Arch.   xxv.   498 ;    Pilking(en% 

Works,  p.  553  ;  Cotgrave,  in  v.  Cimfln 
BISIIOP'S-KINGER.    A  guide-post ;  so  < 

according    to   Pcgge,  because   it 

right  wav  but  does  not  go. 
BISIE.     Busy.     (A.-S.) 
BISIED.     AgiUted.     Gaw. 
BISILKE.     See   the  Rates  of   the  Cuiton 

House,  1545,  "  bititke  the  groce  conteynina 

lil.  dossen  peccs,  x.  t." 
BI-SITTEN.    To  beset.     {A.-S.) 
BISK.     (I)  A  term  at  tenuis,  a  stroke  aUo«c 

to  the  weaker  party  to  equaUze  the  ptayr 

See  Howell,  sect.  28. 

(2)  To  rub  over  with  an  inky  brush.     See  the 
new  edition  of  Boucher,  in  v. 

(3)  Broth   in.ade  by  boiling  sevoral   kind*  of 
flesh  together. 

I  had  learce  prcDounced  them,  liat  I  found  the 
odor  of  the  most  admirable  bvk  that  ever  fUmM 
Into  DIvea  hii  noatrili.  A  Comtemi  UiMhiry  tt  It* 
World  in  the  Moon,    1659. 

BISKY.     A  biscuit.     »'«/. 
BISMARE.  Infamy ; reproach;  disgrace- (../.-&)J 
See  Piers  Ploughman,  pp.  82,  413;  ChaaceTif 
Cant.  T.  3963 ;  Launfal,  923 ;  Kyng  Alisauo 
<ler,   648;    Gy  of  Warwikc,    pp.    126.    215| 
Roll.   Glonc-   pp.  12,    145;    Walter    Ma 
p.  342.     Also  a  substantive,  a  slumeless 
son,  byimare,  Gov.  Myst.  pp.    140,  217. 
which  seuse  it  occurs  in  Douglas,  ijaotcd  bj 
Jamieson. 

Thai  >eyd  he  (chuld  nought  have 
Oot  itrokn  aud  bitmare. 

Arthour  and  MaiiM^  f^  ] 
And  he  tiiat  broghtr  here  to  that  friwHwr*, 
For  here  foly  he  thai  ankweie. 

MS.  HnrL  ITUI,  t.  « 
BISME.    An  ahvss ;  a  pit. 
BISNE.     (1)  Abliud  person.     {A.-S.) 

Thf>u,  as  a  littllle  bimt.  a  dwerghe,  «  halfb 
manne,  and  ortex  of  alio  menue,  dcsyrand  to  ov«r- 
pauc  thi  ilttillnetae.  rl;t«  a»  a  mouse  erepes  out* 
of  hir  hole.     Lifl  It/  Aleionilrr,  t.incvln  JfS.  f.  ?. 

(2)  An  sxainple.    (A.-S.) 


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Bit 


'11ar«ri'K  the  et  iKtter  smend  ttie  of  th)  myt- 
tti4D  wc  ukc  twilkp  wrchp  ap|>one  Oic  that 
\eT  mcne  lake  tU/ta  ihitby.      MS,  Ltneoln  A.  1. 
17.  f. » 
Bl-SNEWID.     Covered  with  bdow.     {A..S.) 
And  u  ■  buwhc  whictic  ti  bi-»rtnvid, 
Hen  bctAi»  wcren  bore  aud  while. 

Guwrr,  31S.  Sor.  .fnllq.  194,  f.  CI. 
BISOKNE.     Delay;  sloth.     Uearve. 
BISON.     A  bull. 

BI-SOWED.     Sowed ;  stilelicd.     {jt.-S.) 
The  ded  body  wai  bi-9i»rt4 
In  cloth  of  golde,  and  leyde  thcrinne. 

Gowtr,  MS.  Sx.^nllii.  134,  f.  !36. 

■BI-SPAT.    Spat  upon.    Hickliffe. 
BI-Sl'EKE.  To  counsel.    }Veber.    It  also  occurs 

in  the  sense  of,  to  speak,  to  accuse. 
BISPEL.   A  term  of  reproach,    t'umb,  Kennctt, 
MS.  Lansd.  1033,  says  "a  notorious  knave  or 
nucall."    In  some  counties  a  natural  child  is 
so  called. 
Bl-SPEKEN.   To  lock  up.   (A.-S.) 
Ill-SPRENGDE.  Sprinkled.  {A.-S.)  By^rmt, 
scattered,  Skclton,  U.  403. 

The  chllda  clothes  that  were  gode, 
Al  a  bi^spTtng^  with  that  blodr. 

Btvct  of  HamtoUHi  p.  16. 
BISS.   A  hind.    (.^.■;v:)    See  a  list  of  beasts  in 

Rcliq.  Aniiq.  i.  154. 
BI8SCHADUWETH.    Shades.   (A.-S.) 
The  grctL-  bough  that  over  him  Is, 
So  him  filMMjuuieweth,  l-wli. 
That  hit  iTUl  have  oo  ihedom. 

Sffyn  Sagu,  £.86. 

BISSEN.   Art  not.    Wat. 

BISSON.   See  Bttten. 

BISSYN.    To  lull  children  to  sleep.    Prompt. 

Pare.    See  the  several  entries,  p.  37,  bytriyne, 

bi/nynge,  &c. 
BIST.  (1)  Thou  art  J  art  thou?   Hei^ 
(2)  Abyest.    5co/^ 
BISTARD.   A  bustard.   Florio. 
BISTERE.    To  bestir. 

Food  we  out  to  bUtrrtt 

And  our  lond  lumdcl  to  were. 

Arllwur  flhrf  Merlin,  p.  IftO. 

BISTOCKTE.  A  stock  of  provisions  ? 

Aim  )e  moat  ordeyne  your  bittotkte  to  have  wyth 
ytiw,  for  Ihow  ye  kchal  tie  at  the  t^byl  wyth  ynwre 
pAlrooe,  DOtwyllutondyog  yc  achal  oft  tyme  have 
node  to  yowre  vyiclyt  bred,  chete,  eggyi,  fnitcan^l 
bakyn,  wyne  and  other,  to  make  yowre  collasyun. 
ArtStmttogia,  xxt.410. 

BISTODE.    Stood  by  or  near.  (A.-S.)  Scott  «- 

plains  it  withft'jod,  but  sec  SirTristrem,  p.  15-1. 
BI-STRETE.     Scattered.    Iharne. 
BISWiKE.    See  BeneiJte. 
BI-SWINKEN.   To  labour  hard.   {A.-S.) 
BISYHBD.   Business. 

Bisithedt  care,  and  aorowe, 
la  with  loony  uche  a-roorowe. 

Kyng  Alttmvnieri  3. 
BIT.  (1)  Biddeth.    (^ucer. 
(2)  The  Uswer  cod  of  a  poker.  Also,  to  put  a  new 

end  to  a  poker,    \reil. 
(3)Theuiekofliine.  Sorlh.  "  Bit"  is  often  used 

without  ibc  preposition  i  "  a  wee  bit  bairn,"  a 

very  small  cliild. 
BITAISTE.     Gave.   {A.-S,) 


BITAKK.    To  commit.    (A.-S.) 

And  men  and   paasind  for  her  hitaJuHU  tl  haly 
kirke  fn  yc.  MS.  Oilt.  KUH.  10,  f.  21. 

BITCH.  (1)  The  female  companion  of  a  Ttgrant. 
A  general  term  of  reprtnch.  "  As  dnmk  as 
a  fidler's  bitch,"  a  phrase  still  in  luir,  and 
found  in  another  form  in  Piers  Ploughman, 
p.  98.  "  Byche^Iowte,"  a  worthless  woman, 
Cot.  Myst.  p.  218. 

(3)  A  miner's  tool  used  in  tioring.   A'or/A. 

BITCH-DACGHTER.  The  niglit-marf .  Yorhh. 

BITE.  (1)  To  "bite  the  car"  was  once  an  ex- 
pression of  endearment,  and  Jonson  has  biling 
the  note  in  a  similar  sense,  ii.  184.  \S'e  still 
say  to  children,  "  I  am  so  fond  of  you  I  could 
eat  jou  up."  To  "bite  the  thumb"  at  a 
person,  an  insult.     See  Rom.  and  Jul.  i,  1, 

(2)  To  abide  \  to  alight.    Iharne. 

(3)  To  drink.  (^.-5.) 

Was  tlierlnne  no  page  to  lite. 

That  evere  wolde  ale  tUf.     Hatrloli,  IJSI. 

(4)  The  hold  which  the  short  end  of  a  lever  has 
upon  the  thing  to  be  hftcd.  A  short  bite  or 
a  long  bite  means  a  greater  or  lesser  degive 
of  length  from  the  fulcrum. 

(5)  To  smart.    C/iaucer. 
UITEN.  (1)  To  bite.  (A.-S.) 
(2)  Between,    l^angtoft,  p.  10, 
BITlIOniT.    Contrived.     (.i.-S.) 

fcieren  barblcano  thcr  beth  l-wrouht^ 
With  gret  ginne  al  bttlumtii. 

irarhm't  HiH.  Bmgl.  ftwf.  I.  TO. 
BI-TIDEN.   To  happen ;  to  I)etide.  (A.-S.) 
BI-TIME.     Betimes.    (A.-S.) 
BITI.EUEAD.    A  blockhead.    Somenet. 
U lit) RE.     A  bittern.    (.^.-A'.) 
UlTRHNT.   Twisted  ;  carried  round.    ClUtueer. 
niTTE.  (1)  The  steel  part  of  an  axe. 
(2)  Bad ;  commanded. 

Wc  may  to  the  uy  ryjte  ai  hcc  btite. 
With  iteioulohcrte  koelynge  on  oure  kne. 

LytgtUt,  MS.  Sac.  .4t,li().  134,  f.  19 
BITTERBl'MP.  The  bitlcm.  Unc.  Also 
railed  the  ii7/e»-,  as  in  Middleton's  Works,  v. 
289;  *i7for,  Chester  PUys,  i.  51;  biltour, 
Florio,  in  v.  Attiria.  See  also  Skclton's 
Works,  ii.  130,  266. 
BITTER-SWEET,  The  wood  nighuhade,  ac- 
cording  to  Gerard,  p.  278.  A  kind  of  apple 
is  also  called  by  this  name,  or  a  bitter-twt*l- 
ing,  as  in  Romeo  and  Juliet,  ii.  4.  Nares  baa 
noticed  other  instances. 

For  all  tuche  tyroc  of  love  la  lore. 

And  like  unto  the  biuer.^wete , 

For  though  it  thioke  a  man  fyrat  awcte. 

He  ihall  well  felen,  at  laite. 

That  bt  la  lower,  and  nulr  not  laato. 

Cowrr,  ed.  MM,  r.  174, 
BITTIRFULL.    Sorrowful.     CAimcer. 
UITTLE.   A  beetle.    Il'illi. 
BITTLIN.    A  milk-lmwl.    Grose  gives  a  Der- 
byshire proverb,  "  I  am  verj-  wfaeamow,  quoth 
the  old  woman,  when  she  slept  into  the  mid- 
dle of  the  billlin." 
BITTRE.    Bitl«rly.  (A.-S.) 
BITl'S.    Initrumenis  used  In  blasting  in  nivw^. 
A  or/ A. 


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BITTYWELP.    He«dlon([.   Brdi. 
BIVBL.     Befrll.    Rob.  CUmc. 
BIWAKE.    To  watcli ;  to  gu«rd.    ffeier. 
BI-WAN.     Won;   oliUincd;    got.     Sec   Rob. 

Gloiio.  p.  21  -,  Langtoft,  p.  323. 
BlWAllED.     Warned. 

Who  IhX  hath  hll  oil  Mumrti, 
L'poa  &  fUUiure  to  bikvc. 

Gnun-.  M.I.  Sx.  ^Kltf.  lU,  f.  9C9. 
BI-WENTE.    Turned  about.    (A.-S.) 
Wan  Ihe  gosl  It  icholdc  go,  >t  ht-wtint^>  ami  wiih^atott. 
Waller  i/apn,  Apr-  p.  33*- 
BIWEVED.    Covered.    {J.-H.)      Also,  woven, 
nrougbt.     See  Kyng  Aliuundcr,  1085. 
A  man  he  »rnie<l  of  intchcl  minhti 
Ac  poverliche  he  waa  t/iwrr*'t. 

Cf  o/  Waruikt,  |t.  303. 

Bl-WlCXrilEN.     To  bewitch.    {A.S.) 
Bl-WILI.E.    To  beguile.    The  Trinity  College 
MS.  reads  bigyh. 

Sorful  birom  that  fab  BIf. 

And  thnjht  how  hr  moght  man  M-trWf. 

VS.  C..».  I'upat.  A.  lU.  r.  i. 

BI-WINE.  To  win.   {J.-S.) 

Bl-WITE.    To  know.   (.Y..."i) 

BIWOPE.     Full  of  teart;  bewept.     See   the 

Scvyn  Sagea,  1186;  Troilui  and  Creteidc,  iv. 

916,  biwopin. 
BI-WORPE.    To  cast,   {.l.-S.) 
BIWIIEYE.    To  betray. 

I  haddc  Icvrr  utturljr  to  dyr. 

Tliati  thorow  my  worde  this  mayde  for  to  spillc, 

Aa  y  mot  neUc,  yr  y  hire  bttrrrir*. 

l«<lt»lt,  US.  Soe.  Ailiq.  131,  f.  4, 

BIWVMPLID.   Covered  with  a  wimple. 
And  aou^tc  aboule  with  hii  honde 
That  other  bed,  tllle  that  he  foode 
Where  lay  biuymylid  a  viaage. 

Geitvr,  MS.  Sw.  Ami,).  134,  t.  17(1. 

BITETE.  To  beget.    (.^.-S.)    See  Se\-yn  Saget, 

2,'JO,  1057. 
BI-YONDE.   Beyond.   (./.-S.)     \Mien  uted  in- 
definitely it  aigiiilica  beyond  tea. 
BIZON.     A  term  of  reproach.    Xorlh. 
BIZZ.   Tobujx.   North.    (Teul.) 
B15E.    To  buy. 
BI3ETE.    Gain.    (J.-S.)     See  Wright'*  Pol. 

Songs,  p.  200  ;  Gy  of  Warwike.  p.  339. 
B1-5UNDE.    Beyond.    See  Life  of  St.  Brandan, 

p.  3 ;  bi^ende,  Wright's  Ancc.  Lit.  p.  5. 
BL.V.\.     Blue.    Yor/kth.    Applied  more  particu- 
larly to  Ihe  appearance  of  the  flesh  after  a 
hea»7  blow. 

And  ben  hym  tllle  hia  rybbit  tiraate. 
And  made  hii  fleiche  fullo  Una. 

Ar/nmlrw,  311. 
BLAAXED.    Ilalf-dricd.    Yorhh. 
BLABBER.  (1)  To  talk  idly. 

WhI  preaumyat  thou  to  proudlt  to  propheeie  these 

thingU, 
And  woat  no  mote  wbat  Ihou  blahtrnt  than  Ba- 
>ani«  aaofc  MS.  Dl««y  41,  U3. 

(S)  To  put  out  the  tongue  looaely. 

To  mocke  anybody  by  bbtUtrring  out  the  tongue 
U  tha  part  of  waghaltcri  and  lewd  boyca,  not  of 
wall  mannered  childrm. 

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(3)  To  whistle  to  a  horse. 
BLABBER-LIPPED.  Having  thick  lips.  Huloet 
translates   it  by  Achillei.    Cf.  Florio.  in  r., 

BLACEBERGAN.     The    blackl^crry.     {^.-5;.; 
Tiiis  term  occurs  in  an  early  list  of  pUata 
MS.  Hunter  100. 
BLACK.  Mischievous;  malignant;  unpropitioi 
The  Latin  niytr  is  used  in  Horace  in  a  li 
sense.    See  Ben  Jonson,  ii.  39.     This  may 
the    meaning   of  the   term   in  the   comnii 
phrase  "  black's  his  eye,"  iraplyinp  cither 
persona]  or  moral  blemish,  or  any  misconduct. 
The  pupil  was  formerly  called  the  l/lact  of  the 
eye.    See  Boucher.   .\  "  black  day,"  an  nafoi 
tunate,  unpropitious  tlay.  "  Black  and  white,' 
writing  or   printing,   a   phrase  still  in 
"  Black  burning  shame,"  a  very  great  shaiiu 
"  Black  heart,"  a  very  unfecUng  heart 
Mack-niouthed  Presbyterian,  nne  who  coi 
tiemns    ever^'thing  and  accuses    ereryliodtl 
denying  the  right  of  the  most  innocent  indii 
gences.      A  black  witch,  a  witcli  tliat  woi 
evil  and  mischief  to  men  or  beaats. 
The  riche  and  my jty  man,  thouje  he  tmpae«» 
No  man  sayeth  cmU  that  ttImM  u  hi*  r)<*. 

OccUrt,  MS.  SM-.  .^nlly.  134.  f.  SIB. 
Why,  yow  have  named  yt  a  rK>lca,  madam.     A 
foole  may  doe  all  thtngi,  and  no  man  lay  bi*ck*» 
rff.  TItt  TrII  Tale,  Dulu'lr*  OJIrf 

BLACK-ALMAIN.     A   dance,   the   figures 
which  arc  given  in  the  Shak.  Soc.  Papers,  i. 
BLACKAMOOR.     The  bull-rush  when  in 
bloom.      /.    n'ighl.      In    Sonjcrv:lt^liire,  the 
iwect  scabious  is  called  b/aciamoor's  beauty, 
BLACK-AND-BLUE.     The   result  of  vioh 
beating.     Huloet  has,  "  beaten  bkckc   aii( 
bloo,  lUffjfiilatuM." 

Dlimembyr  hym  noght,  that  on  a  ire 
For  the  waa  inado  bothe  btak  ai»dMe. 

MS.  Qi/l.  j€t.  CaxMt.  Q.  y.  X 

BLACK-ART.    Necromancy. 
BLACK-A-VIZED.  Dark  in  complexion.  ,V<»rf; 
BLACK-BASS.    A  measure  of  co<d  lying  u] 

the  fatttone.  q.  v.     Salop. 
BLACKBERRY.     When  Falttaff  says,  "  if 
sons  were  as  plenty  as  blackberries,"  he 
course  alludes  to  the  extreme  conuDonness 
that  fruit ;  but  it  docs  not  appear  tn  have  bees 
observed  that  the  term  was  applied  at  •  rnncll 
earlier  (leriod  in  a  very  similar  manner. 
The  lorde  not  deignoth  undirctonde  hU  peyne^ 
He  telleth  not  thc-rby  a  Uak-terye. 

Orclfrr,  US.  Sot.  AMI,/.  IM.  t.  CTL 

BLACKBERRIES.     Black-currants,     dumb. 
BLACKBERRY.SUM.MER.     The  fine  weather 

which  is  generally  experienced  at  Ihe  taller 

end  of  September  and  the  beginning  of  Oct». 

I)er,  when  the  blackberries  ripen.     Hanl$. 
BLACK-BESS.     A    beetle.     Salop.     In    Berk- 

shirp,  a  bhickhectle  is  called  a  black-bob ;  la 

Yorkshire,  a  black-clock;  and  ia  Comwrmll,  > 

black-Komi, 
BLACK-BITCH.     A  gun.     S'ortK 
BLACK. BOOK.  An  imaginary  record  of  oflffencM 

and  sins.     North. 


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BI-ACKBOWW0\VERS.   Blackberries.    A'oWA. 

BLACKBROWN.     Brunette.     Fbnio. 

BLACK-BUG.  A  hobgoblin.  Florio  has, "  ie- 
ffliirt,  the  ghostes  or  ipirits  of  such  as  dye 
before  tbcii  time,  hobgublins,  black-bug;  or 
night'Witlkini;  spirits." 

BL.\CK-UL'KIED.  In  iorcnium  missus.  Skin- 
mer.  A  pbnue  that  has  puzzled  all  the  edi- 
tors of  Chaucer  to  explain  satisfactorily.  See 
Urry's  edition,  p.  133  j  Tyrwhitf.iv.  2M. 

BLACK-CAP.     The  bullfinch.     Lane. 

ULACK-COAT.     A  clergjman.     Bouchtr. 

ni.ACK-CIU»SS-DAY.  St.  Mark's  dav,  April  25. 

BLACKEYED-SUSAN.  A  well  pudding,  with 
plums  or  raisins  in  it.     SiuttT. 

BLACK-FASTING.  Rigid, severe  fasting.  A'or/ft. 

BLACK-KOOT.  The  person  who  attends  the 
principal  on  a  courting  cx[>cdition,  to  bril>e  the 
servant,  ingratiate  liimselfwilh  the  sister,  put 
any  friend  off  his  guard,  or  in  certain  cases  to 
introduce  his  friend  formally.     North, 

BLACK-FROST.  Frost  without  rime.    lor.  dial. 

HLACK-GR.\SS.     The  foi-tail  gnus.     £axl. 

BLACK-GUjVRU,  A  nickname  given  to  the 
lowest  drudges  of  the  court,  the  carriers  of 
coal  and  wood,  the  labourers  in  the  sculler}-, 
&c  Hence  the  modem  terra,  and  its  apjilica- 
tioB.  See  Ben  Jonson,  ii.  169 ;  Beaumont  and 
Fletcher,  i.  21 ;  Middlcton,  ij.  546;  Webster, 
i.  20, 

BLACKHEAD.     A  boil.     /fw/. 

BLACKING.  A  kind  of  pudding,  perliaps  the 
tame  as  btood-pvdding,  mentioned  by  Fairfax, 
Bulk  and  Selvedge  of  the  World,  1074,  p.  159, 
as  (ben  made  in  Ucrbyshire. 

BLACK-JACK.  (1)  A  large  leather  can,  formeriy 
in  great  use  for  small  beer.  Sec  IJnton  In- 
ventories, p.  1  j  Brand's  Pop.  Antiq.  ii.  206 ; 
Ord.  and  Keg.  p.  392 ;  Hej-wood'a  Edward  J  V. 
p.  97. 

Nor  of  btmekejaekt  at  gcDtle  buttry  ban, 
WboMf  liquor  oftentitnu  brredi  hoiuliuld  wan. 

Taylor  t  n'urkrt,  161U,  I.  113. 

(2)  Sulphurct  of  zinc,  as  found  in  the  nuQes. 
Drrbytk. 

BLACK-LAD-MONDAY.  Easter  Monday,  so 
called  from  a  curious  custom  on  that  day  at 
Atliton-under-Lyne,  termed  Riding  the  Ulaei 
Lad,  descrilwd  in  Hone's  Evcry-day  Book,  ii. 
467.  It  ia  said  to  have  ari.tcn  from  there 
having  been  formerly  a  black  knight  who  re- 
tided  in  these  parts,  bolding  the  people  in 
vaiMlage,  and  using  them  with  great  scveritv. 

BLACK-MACK.  A  blackbird.  Florio  has, 
"  Mrrlo,  an  owsell,  a  blaekmaekt,  a  merle  or 
hlackc-bird."  It  is  sometimes  called  the 
blaek-ouuL 

BLACK-MEN.  Fictitious  men,  enumerated  in 
mostering  an  army,  or  in  demanding  coin  and 
livery.    See  the  Slate  Papeni,  ii.  110. 

BLACK-MONDAY.  Easter  .Monday,  so  called 
from  the  severity  of  that  day  in  l.'JGl),  which 
wa:.  BO  unusual,  that  luany  of  Edtvard  lll.'s 
soldiers,  then  before  Paris,  died  from  the  cold. 
This  is  Stone's  explanation,  Annales,  p.  2(1-1, 


hut  another  aceoiut  ia  given  by  Fordnn.  The 
term  is  found  in  Shakespeare.  See  also  Stoni- 
hurst's  Description  of  Ireland,  p.  21 ;  Sharp's 
Clirou.  Mirab.  p.  9.  It  is  also  the  schoolboy's 
term  for  the  first  Monday  after  the  holidays, 
when  thcv  are  to  reluni  to  their  studies. 

BLACK-MONEY.  Money  taken  by  the  bar- 
bingers  or  servants,  with  their  master's  know- 
ledge,  for  abstaining  from  enforcing  coin  and 
livery  in  certain  places,  to  the  prejudice  of 
others.     See  the  State  Papers,  ii.  510. 

HLACK-NEB.    The  carrion-crow.    North. 

ULACK-OX.  The  hlock  ox  has  trod  on  his  foot, 
a  proverbial  phrase,  meaning  either  to  be  worn 
with  age  or  care.  See  Nares,  p.  44  ;  Martin 
Mar-Prelate's  Epitome,  p.  10.  Toone  says  it 
signifies  that  a  misfortune  has  happened  to  the 
party  to  which  it  is  applied. 

BLACK-POLES.  Poles  in  a  copse  which  have 
stood  over  one  or  two  falls  of  underwood. 
Ilerrfordth. 

DLACK-POT.  Bloekpudding.  Somertel.  Called 
in  some  places  black-pig-pudding. 

BLACKS.  Mourning.  An  appropriate  word, 
found  in  writers  of  the  16th  and  17th  centu- 
ries.   See  Nares,  in  v. 

BLACK-SANCTUS.  A  kind  of  burlesque  hymn, 
l>erformed  with  all  kinds  of  discordant  and 
strange  noises.  A  specimen  of  one  ii  given  in 
Harrington's  Nuga:  Ant.  i.  14.  Hence  it  came 
to  be  used  generally  for  any  confused  and  vio- 
lent noise.  Sec  Uodslcy,  vi.  177;  Ben  Jonson, 
viii.  12 ;  Tarlton,  p.  61  ;Cotgravc,  in  v.  Tinta- 
marre,  "  a  blackf  taiUut,  the  lowd  wrangling, 
or  jangling  outcryes  of  scoulds,  or  scoulding 
fcllowes ;  any  cxireaine  or  horrible  dinne." 

BLACKS.\P.  The  jaundice  in  a  very  advanced 
state.    Eatt. 

BLACK-SATURDAY.  The  fint  Saturday  after 
the  old  Twelfth  Day,  when  a  fair  ia  annually 
held  at  Skipton.    Yorkih. 

BLACK-SCULLS.  Florio  has.  "  CappeUtti, 
souldien  terming  on  horseliocke  with  skuls  or 
sleelecaps,  skulmen,  black-aJmlt." 

BLACK-SPICE.  Blackberries.    Yorkih. 

BLACK-SUNDAY.    Passion  Sunday. 

BLACK-TAN.  Spoken  of  gipsies,  dogs,  &e. 
"  Dat  dere  pikey  is  a  reglar  black-tan."  Kent. 

BLACKTHORN-CIIATS.  The  young  shoots  of 
blackthorn,  when  they  have  been  cut  down  to 
the  root.  Eait.  The  cold  weather  which  is 
often  experienced  at  the  latter  end  of  April 
and  the  beginning  of  May,  when  the  black- 
thorn ia  in  bla«som,  it  called  blocktbom- 
winter. 

BLACK-TIN.   Tin  ore  ready  for  smelting. 

BLACK-WAD.  Manganese  in  its  natural  state. 
Derbyth. 

BLACK-WATER.  Phlegm  or  bUck  bile  on  the 
stomach,  a  disease  in  sheep.  Yorkih.  It  is 
an  expression  always  appUed  by  way  of  con- 
trast to  denote  the  absence  of  nutritive  quali- 
ties in  water  merely.  North.  A  receipt  for 
black-valer,  a  kind  of  ink,  is  given  in  MS. 
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BLADDETl-HEADED.     Stupid.    Smith. 

BLADDERS.  The  kernels  of  whemt  aflfected  by 
the  smut.  Fiut.  Kennctt,  MS.  Lansd.  1033, 
has,  "  bladdeni  of  the  skin,  little  wheels  or 
rising  blisters."    The  last  from  A.  S.  bUedra. 

BLADi)YKTll.    Grows?    (A.-S.) 
ATir>Ml«  yi  a  loukyng  tore. 
He  bUddfrlh  ind  byldeth  allc  in  my  boure. 

MS.  Cantab.  Ff.  i.  6,  f.  4C. 

BLADE.  To  trim  plants  or  hedges.  Salop.  See 
the  Prompt.  I'ar\-.  p.  37,  "  bladyne  hcrbys,  or 
take  away  the  bladys,  dctirso  ;"  Salop.  Antiq. 
p.  328.    ■  ,       , 

BLADES.  (1)  The  principal  rafters  or  backs  of 
•  roof.    Orf.  Glotf.  Arch. 

(2)  Shaft*  of  a  cart.    South. 

(3)  BriToea ;  bullies. 

(4)  Huloet  has,  "  bladm  or  yame  wyndlea,  an 
instrument*  of  busw^fcry.  t/ityilliu." 

BLADGE.  A  low  vulgar  woman.   Line. 

BLADIER.   An  engrosser  of  com. 

BLAE,   A  Wow.   A^orM. 

BLAE-BERRY.   The  Wlberry.   North. 

BL£C.  According  to  Kennett,  MS.  Lansd. 
1033.  '•  the  pr«»  t»ken  off  the  cart-wheels 
or  ends  of  the  a\le-trcc,  and  kept  till  it  is  dry, 
made  op  in  balls,  with  which  the  taylors  nib 
and  blacken  their  thread,  is  calld  in  Yorkshire 
4/*<-."    (,/.-S.) 

BLAFFOORDE.  A  person  who  stammers,  or 
has  anv  defect  in  his  speech.    Prompt.  Parv. 

BLAIN.  (1)  To  blanch  ;  to  whiten.   North. 

(2)  A  boil.  A  kind  of  eruption  on  the  tongues 
of  animals  is  so  called. 

BLAKE.  (1)  Bleak  ;  cold  j  bare  j  naked.  North. 
The  wortl  occurs  in  the  Mirr.  for  Mag.  p.  20/ , 
quoted  bv  Nares. 

(2)  To  cry  till  out  of  br«ath ;  to  bunt  with  laugh- 
ter ;  to  faint.    Devon. 

(3)  Yellow.  WUlan  says,  "dark  yellow,  or 
livid  ;"  and  Upton,  in  hit  MS.  additions  to 
Junius,  "blakc,  JlavM ;  provert)ium  apud 
Anglos  Borealcs,  as  Wake  as  a  paiglc,  i.  c.  as 
yellow  as  a  cowslip."  This  proverb  is  also 
found  in  the  Yorkshire  Ale,  1697.  p.  83. 

(4)  To  bleach  j  to  fade.  (A.-S.)  "  His  browes 
to  blake."  to  vanquish  him,  Perceval,  1056. 
Other  examples  of  this  phrase  occur  iu  the 
same  romance,  688,  and  in  Roljson's  Metrical 
Romances,  p.  64. 

BLAKELING.   The  yellow  bunting.   North. 
BLAKES.  Cow.dung  dried  for  fuel.    Coin. 
BLAKID.    Blackened.   Cltaueer. 
BLAKNE.    To  blacken  in  the  face:  to  grow 

angry.  {A.-S.) 
BLALa   Black;  dark.   {A.-S.) 

Tlic  water  w»»  M«/r  and  bradc. 

Sir  TrUtnm,   p.  «<!>■ 

BLAMB.   Blameworthy.   Shot.  It  is  also  a  com- 
mon imprecation.    "  Blame  mc  '." 
BLAMEPLUM.    White-lead. 
BLAN,    Ceased.    {A.-S.)     See  Beliq.  AnUq.  U. 
<V4  ;  Gy  of  Warwike,  p.  255.  . 

Vm  I  M'ui,  tnlnr  baiita  ridcd  al ;  ^^M^ 
Whllil  I  cried  liU  Uic  lUI.  ^^^^^ 

MK.  rwt.  rri|M 


But  ilauntnl  furthc  at  tbry  1>y(«n. 
For  allc  llic  m«M  they  n«  Wan. 

tIS.  Hart  im,T. 

He  ne  tlynt,  dc  he  ne  Wonnp. 

To  CIcmMitca  howi  tylle  thai  he  came. 

US.  CUntab,  ft  ll.  ».  t  W. 

BLAN'CH.  (1)  Ore  when  not  in  masses,  lint  in- 
timately mixed  with  other  minerals,  is  called  a 
blanch  of  ore. 

(2)  To  whiten.  Also,  according  to  fiaret.  to 
"  pull  of  the  rinde  or  pille."  See  his  Alvearie. 
1580,  B.  779.  Rider  has  Blanch,  the  name  of 
a  dog.  Blanchard  was  a  name  anciently  given 
to  a  white  horse. 

(3)  To  evade ;  to  shift  off. 
BLANCHE-FEV^RE.     According  to  Cotgnvc. 

"the agues  wherwith  maidens  that  have  the 
grecne-sicknette  are  troubled  ;  and  hence,  fl  a 
ktfinrti  blaneha,  either  be  is  in  love,  or  sicke 
of  wantonnesse."  Sec  Troilus  and  Cre«ide, 
i.  917;  Urrv's  Chaucer,  p.  543. 

BLANCHER.'  Anything  set  round  a  wood  to 
keep  the  deer  in  it.  Various  articles  were  em- 
ployed  for  the  purpose,  and  sometimes  men  on 
this  service  were  so  called.  Narcs  has  given 
an  entirely  wrong  explanation  of  the  word; 
and  Latimer,  whom  he  quotes,  merely  iis«  it 
metaphorically.  As  a  chemical  term,  it  is 
found  in  Ashinole's  Tlicat.  Cbem.  Brit.  p.  39. 
Tlie  form  birnchrr  also  occurs,  ap|iarcutly 
connecting  our  first  meaning  with  bUrturh,  to 
start  or  fly  off.     See  also  BlmJa. 

BLi\NCII-FARM.  An  annual  rent  paid  to  the 
Lord  of  the  Manor.     Yorlah. 

BLANCMANGER.  A  made  dish  for  the  table, 
very  different  from  the  modem  one  of  the 
sauic  name.  The  manner  of  making  it  is  de- 
scribed iu  the  Forme  of  Cury,  pp.  25, 87.  Sec 
Chaucer,  Cant.  T.  389;  Piers  Ploughman, 
p.  252;  Ordinances  and  Regtdations,  p.  455. 

BLANC-PLVMB.    White-lead. 

BLANDAMENT.  A  dish  in  ancient  oooket;. 
See  the  Feest,  st.  ix. 

BLANDE.     Mixed.  (.^.-S.) 

Ill  but  have  a  blodr  blandi,  or  th!  Me  change. 

tlortt  jtrttiurt,  tAKeolm  MS.  f.it. 

BLANDISE.    To  flatter.  {A.-N.) 

In  Ihii  pialme  Brat  lie  f|>tkrt  of  Criit  and  of  hb 
folowen  Mi>vlaaiidt.~-MS.  Chll.  El«x.  10,  f.  ». 

BLANDISING.     Flattery.    {A.-N.)      BtoMdy. 

mentei,  bUndishmenU,  Hall,  Henry  Vll.  f.  J3. 

Ortpice  «ra  lhaireW«in«««imirM  and  thalte  maoacn, 

■nd  katte  we  fia  ua  Ihaire  jbokc — MS.  OU.  BDM. 

IU.  r.4. 

BLANDRELL.  A  kind  of  apple,  (fr.)  Some«Mt« 
spell  bUiuniUnUt.  Sec  DaWcs'  York  Records, 
p.  42;  Lydgate's  Minor  Poems,  p.  la;  Ordi- 
unnces  and  RcgtUationt,  p.  82 ;  Cotgrave,  in  v. 
Blandureau. 

BLANK.  The  white  mark  in  the  centre  of  n 
butt,  at  which  the  arrow  was  aimed.  Ako, 
the  mark,  the  aim,  a  tenn  in  gunnery.  K 
small  coin,  struck  by  Henry  V.  in  Prance,. 
worth  about  four  pence,  was  so  called,  bat 
was  forbidden  by  statute  friiui  being  drcn- 
Uted  ill  this  country.  See  Ben  Jonsoo,  t.  BO  ; 
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CoUier'i   Hist.  Drum.  Poet.  ii.  315.     Ulanit, 

blank-vrrses,  Beaumont  and  Fletcher. 
BLANKER.     A  spark  of  fire.     If'al. 
BLANKERS.    Wliile  garmenU.     SUnner. 
BLANKET-PUUDING.    Alongroiiml  pudding 

Diadc  of  flour  and  jam,  wliich  is  spread  over 

the  paste,  and  then  rolled  into  the  proper 

shape.     Stuie^. 
BLANKETT.     A  kind  of  liird,  the  i\>eaa  of 

which  docs  not  appear  now  to   be  kno^^t. 

Also  spelt  bUmietl.     See  the  Arducologia, 

siii.  341,352. 
BLANK-M.ATINS.     Matins   sung  ox-er  night. 

See  Liber  Niger  Domus  Edw.  IV.  p,  SO. 
BLANKNESS.     Paleness. 
BLANKS.     A   mo<lo   of  extortion,  by   which 

blank  pa|iers  were  given  to  the  agents  of  the 

crown,  which  I  hey  were  to  fill  up  aa  they 

pleased  to  authorize  the  demands  they  chose 

to  make.     Sam. 
BLANKS-ANU-PRIZES.      Beans  with   boiled 

bacon  chopped  up  and  mixed  together;  the 

vegetable  being  termed  a  blanM,  and  the  meat 

A  prixr.     Salop, 
BLANK-SURRY.     A  dish  in  cookery.    See  the 

Porme  of  Cnrv,  p.  100. 
BLANPEYN.    Oxford  white-loaves.  {^A.-N.) 
BLANSCUB.     A  misfortune;   an   unexpected 

accident.    Somertet. 
BLARE.  (1)   To  put  out  the  tongue.     Yorkth. 

Palsgrave  has  "  I  blearc  with  the  tonge,  je 

tire  la  languc." 
■(2)  To  roar ;    to  bellow ;   to  bleat ;  to  cry. 

I  or.  dial. 
(3)  To  emblazon ;  to  display.     Percy. 
BLASE.    To  blazon  arms.     Chauerr. 
BLASEFLEMYS.     Blasphemies. 
BLASU.  ^1)  To  splash.   Also,  to  paint.   North. 

Anything  wtrt  or  dirty  is  said  tu  be  iltuhy. 
(2)  Nonaeose ;  rubbish.   Line.    Weak  liquor  is 

e^ed  iUuhmenI,  and  is  said  to  be  bht/iy. 
BLASON.    The  dress  over  the  armour,  on  which 

tbe  annoiial  bearings  were  blazoned. 
Kammi  bioAa  nd  tilanltct  they  hewene. 

Mortt  JrihHrt,  MS,  Unntti,  f.  73. 
BLASOUR.     A  flatterer.    Stimer. 
BLASS.    The  motion  of  the  stars. 
BLASSEN.     To  Ulumiue.     Rider. 
BLAST.  (I)   Skinner  gives  a  curious  phrase, 

"  blast  of  my  meat,"  as  current  in  Durham, 

neaniBg  modat,  abtlmiou*. 

i2)  To  miss  fire.     Devon. 
3)  An  inflammation  or  wound,  an  ailment  often 
attributed  to  the  actionofwitchcraA.  Somertet. 

4)  To  cast  tbe  eyes  up  in  astonishment.  Devon. 

5)  To  Iwast.   (A.-S.) 

Th«i  thought  In  thrir  hsrtrt,  and  blasted  emongc*! 
th<rlmM:IvM  thai  the  CaLciana  would  leave  the  toune 
daolale,aDd  llle  for  Uicli  nvrgard.— iJaU,  Henry  >7. 

r. «. 
BLASTED.    Hay  beaten  down  by  the  wind  is 

•aid  to  be  bUsted.     North. 
BLASTEN.     Blowedi  breathed.     Weber. 
BLAST.    To  blaze ;  set  forth.     SkeUon. 


BLATANT.  Bellowing.  Sec  Hawkins'  Engl. 
Dram.  iii.  283 ;  Brit.  Bibl.  i.  520.  It  would 
appear  from  Miege  that  it  was  also  tised  in 
the  softer  sense  of  prattlinf. 

BLATE.  (1)  To  bellow.    North. 

(2)  Shv;  bashful;  timid.     North. 

(3)  Bleak ;  cold. 

And  E^c,  without  tier  loving  mate. 
Had  thought  the  garden  wondroui  blatt. 

Collii^  UUrMlaMm,  176},  p.  IIS. 

BLATHER.  To  talk  a  great  deal  of  nonsense. 
A  person  who  sal's  much  to  Uttle  purpose  is 
called  a  blathering  hath.  A  bladder  is  soiue- 
times  pronounced  blather,  as  in  Akerman's 
Wiltshire  Glossary,  p.  6.  Blattering,  chat- 
tering, occurs  in  A  Comical  llistorj'  of  the 
World  in  the  Moon,  165U. 
Thcre't  nothing  gatn'd  by  being  witty ;  Ikjne 
Oathpr»  but  wind  to  blMher  up  a  name. 

Btawrumt  and  FItlcher,  1.  II. 

BLATTER.     A  puddle.     North. 
BLALN.    White.  (^.-A'.) 
BLAbNCH.    A  blain.    Bail. 
BLAUNCHETTE.   Tine  wheafen  flour.  (J.-N.) 

With  WuwnrAetre  and  other  flour, 
Tu  make  ttialm  qwyttcr  of  eolour. 

R.da  Bntnnf,  MS.  Btntet,  p  SU. 

BLAUNCHMER.     A  kind  of  fiir. 

He  ware  a  cyrcote  that  wa«  grenet 
With  UaMnc'imer  it  was  furred,  I  wene. 

Sfr  Dtfri,  701 . 

BLAUNCH.PERREYE.  An  ancient  dish  in 
ctjokcry,  the  receipt  for  which  is  given  in  MS. 
Rawl.  89,  and  also  in  a  MS.  quoted  in  the 
Prompt.  Parv.  p.  2t2. 

BLAUNUESORE.  A  dish  in  ancient  cookery ; 
sometimes,  pottage.  See  the  Feest,  sL  vi. ; 
Warner's  Antiij.  Culin.  p.  55 ;  Peggc's  Forme 
of  Curv,  p.  26;  MS.  Sloane  1201,  f.  50. 

BLAUNER.  A  kind  of  fiir.  very  likely  the 
same  with  blavnchmer,  q.  v.  This  term  occurs 
several  times  in  Svt  Gawayne,  and  also  in 
Lybeaus  Disconus,  117. 

ULAUTCH.     A  great  noise.     Aorf*. 

BLAUTHY.     Bloated.     Eatt. 

BLAVEB.  Tlic  com  blue-bottle.  North.  Also 
colled  the  blawort. 

BLAWE.  To  blow.  Blavand,  Y'vraine  and 
Gawin,  340.  Brockett  says,  "  to  breathe 
thick  and  quick  after  violent  exertion."  Hott 
to  blame,  to  proclaim  or  make  boast.  See 
Amis  and  Amiloun.  1203. 

For  they  were  speQt«  my  bomt  to  blaict, 
lly  name  to  l>ere  on  londe  and  see. 

MS.  Canlab.  Ff.  U.  M,   t.  16. 

BLA  WING.     A  swelling.     A'orfA. 
BLAWNYNG.     White-lead. 
BLAWUN.     Censured.     Sec   the  Apology  for 
the  Lollards,  p.  24.    We  still  have  the  phrase 
bloim  up  in  the  same  sense. 
BLAWZE.     A  blossom.     Yorbh. 
BLAY.     Ablaze.   EtteT. 
BIAY'ING.     Soft  speaking .> 

Tell  her  In  your  pItcolU  Uafinrt 
Her  poor  slave's  ut^uM  deeaylof. 

BrU.  MM.  I.  I(M. 

BLAZE.    (1)  According  to  Blount,  "  bUte  -- 


BLB 


184 


BLB 


«  certiin  fire  which  the  inhabilanu  of  Suf- 
fonkhirc,  and  loroe  other  counties,  vere  wont, 
and  ttill  do  make,  on  T«elf-cve,  6  Jan.  at 
night,  in  memory  of  the  hlazing^-star  that 
conducted  the  three  Magi  to  the  manger  at 
Bcthlem."  Gloraograpbia,  ed.  1681,  p.  B8. 
Yule-logt  were  wmetimei  called  tUua.  See 
Bmnd'i  Pop.  Antiq.  i.  2&6. 

(2)  To  take  lalmon  by  striking  them  with  a 
three  pronged  and  barhed  dart.     North. 

(3)  A  bone  is  said  to  be  blastd  when  it  has  a 
white  mark;  and  a  tree,  when  marked  for 
■ale.  In  America  the  term  it  applied  to  a 
tree  partially  or  entirely  stripped  of  it«  bark. 
See  the  Lut  of  the '  Mohicans,  ed.  1831, 
p.  363. 

(4)  A  pimple.     YorkiK 
IILAZING-STAR.    A  comet. 

DLEA.    Yellow.    North.    Kennctt,  MS.  Lanad. 

1033,  refers  this  to  the  Icelandic. 
BLEACIIY.     Brackish.    Somtrttt. 
BLEAD.     Fruit.      Ventfgan. 
BLEAK.     (1)  To  bleach.     South.     BIcaking- 

house,  Middleton,  t.  106. 

(2)  Pale  with  cold,  according  to  Kcnnett,  MS. 
LanMl.  1033.  "  To  waxe  pale  or  blfatf," 
is  the  translation  of  btnmir  in  Hollybaud's 
Uictionarie,  1593.     See  Bleike. 

(3)  Sheepish.     Eatl. 

BLEART.     To  scold;  to  make  a  noise.     Var. 

dial. 
BLEAT.    Cold;   bleak.     Kent.     Tliis  form  is 

given  by  Kennett,  MS.  Lansd.  1033. 
BLEATER.  Mutton.  A  cant  term  occurring 
in  Brome's  Joviall  Crew,  or  the  Merry  Beg- 
gars, 1652.  See  Dodsley's  Old  Plays,  x. 
372. 
BLEAITNT.  A  kind  of  rich  cloth ;  also,  a  robe 
or  mantle.  The  term  occurs  in  Syr  Gawayne. 
The  bliaul  was  a  garment  something  similar 
to  the  smock-frock  of  the  present  day.  Stnitt, 
ii.  42.  Blihand  and  blehond  occur  in  Sir 
Tristrem,  pp.  156,  157,  in  the  first  sense.  A 
cloak  is  still  called  a  bliatid  in  the  North  of 
England.     [Bleaut.'j 

In  ay  rlche  bloartt  wai  he  clsd, 
Luig  iKTd  to  the  brest  h«  had. 

Ghv  0/  n-oru'k'lr,  Mimtklll  US. 
Tbe  ttrok  of  the  ipere  it  gan  glide 
Bttuoi  the  ar»oun  and  hi*  aide  ; 
Rii  htihamt  he  carf,  hli  schert  alio. 

Cy  n/  n'arwike,  p.  9<>8. 
BLEB.     A  dn>p  of  water ;  a  bubble.     Also,  to 
drink.    Kennett,  MS.  Lansd.  1033,  "  a  bUster, 
a  blain."     North. 
BLECH.     Water  in  which   hides  have  been 
tanneiL    Cooper,  in  his  ed.  of  Elyot,  1559, 
tnuislatcs  mmtta,  "  currious  blech,"  i.  e.  cur- 
riers' bleach. 
BLECUE.     White.     {A.-N.) 

Som  oD  for  sche  ia  pale  and  bUrhtt 
Som  OQ  for  iche  Ii  lofte  of  ipeche. 

CffiFcr,  US.  Sor,  ^nli^.  IM,  t.  I4i. 

BLECHIS.     Blotches.     See  the  Ardisologia, 

XXX.  356. 
BLECKEN.    To  make  black.    Kennctt's  Glos- 

aai7,  MS.  Unsd.  1033. 


DLEDDER.    To  cry.     North. 

BLEDE.     Blood. 

BLEDEN.    To  bleed.     (A.-S.) 

My  ftonya  handyi  ar  ao  btrdani*^ 

To  toke  OD  them  me  lytte  not  to  Iag1l4? 

MS.  OauMt.  rr.  Ii.  M,  r.  4t. 
He  fbode  hli  ded  vyf  liltimlt. 

Oautr,  MS.  Soc  AkII^.  134,  I.  •>. 

BLEDEWORT.    The  wild  poppy.    See  an  earljr 

list  of  plants  in  MS.  Sloane  5,  f.  3. 
BLEDSAND.    Bloody.     Pcrhajw  an  cnw  for 
bledeand  in  Croft's  Excerpta  Antiqua,  p.  110. 
BLEE.  Colour ;  complexion.  (.4.-£.)  Sometimes 
contenancc,  feature.    In  Arthour  and  Merlin, 
p.  74,  the  great  magician  is  represented  >• 
appearing  "  in  thrc  ble"  on  the  same  day, 
A  dolh  of  kllk  iche  wood  him  inne, 
Tiiat  waa  of  kwllhc  fcir  b/e.      L^gtnd.  OuAei.  p.  Bb 
BLEECII.    The  bleaching-groimd.     E<ut. 
BLEED.    To  yield,  applietl  to  com,  which  ia 
said  to  bleni  well  when  it  is  productive  on 
being  thrashed,      far.  ilial, 
BLEEUING-BOIST.    A  cupping-glass. 
BLEEDING-HEART.    The  waU-flower.    Wett. 
BLEEP.     Remained.     C^urton.    BIrfede  oocvn 

in  Uctovian,  507,  and  birft,  1540. 
15LEKK     Turbulent ;  uoisv.    fiu/. 
BLEFFIN.    A  block ;  a  wedge.    Lane.    BleOn- 

head,  a  blockhead. 
BLEIKE.    To  turn  pale.    {.-I.-S.)* 

Aod  thanne  gan  ttriktn  here  ble,  that  ant  lovca  ao 

loudc.  WrigHl'i  tnl.  8o"m,  p.  Ml. 

BLEINE.    A  pustule.   {A.-S.)   See  Rum.  of  tlie 

Rose,  553  ;  Reliq.  Antiq.  i.  301. 
BLEKE.     Black.     Prompt.  Pan. 
BLEKYT.     Blacked. 
BLELYCHE.     BUthely. 

The  thryd  commauDdeincnt  ja  core  laf« 
Yi  bottle  weyl  Ihyn  halyday. 
And  come  &/e/ycAe  to  the  tcrvyac. 

MS.  Ban.  ITOt,  f.  & 

BLEMESTE.    Most  powerful. 

For  be  that  ea  Uemetie  with  ya  brade  lirande  tdyn* 

■challo  he  ueTCr.  Mvrle  Jntiurr,  MS.  Umnim,  t.  DO. 

BLEMISH.     A  term  in    hunting,    when    the 

boonils  or  beagles,  finding  where  the  chase 

has  been,  make  a  proffer  to  enter,  but  retnm. 
BLEMMERE.    A  plumlter.  "  Masones  and  car- 

pcnters  and  bitiitmtm''  are  mentioned  in  the 

Chron.  Vilodun.  p.  102. 
BLEM.MLE.    To  mix  anything  with  a  fluid  by 

motion,  as  the  mixing  of  floor  with  water. 

North. 
BLENCH.  (1)  To  start,  or  fly  ofl';  to  flinch  ;  to 

draw  back.     (.4.-S.)    Also  a  substantive,  • 

start  or  deviation, 
(2)  A  glimpscu     iVanc.    This  is  from  Sharp's 

MS.  Glossary.    Shakespeare    seems    to    tise 

himch  in  tbe  sense  of,  to  m»i,  to  glanet. 

Hamlet,  ii.  2. 

And  thus  Ihinkende  I  itonde  >tfll  < 

Without  bUncMmgt  of  mine  eie. 

Cow€r.  cd.  I»M,  r.  IN. 

(S)  To  impeach ;  to  betray.    Slq/T. 

(4 )  A  fault.     North. 

BLENCtjKN.     Wheat  mixed  with  r>'e.    YorHk. 

i'cas  and  beans  mixed  together  are  cmlied 

blenditigt. 


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BLEND.    To  pollute.    Sjn 

BLENDE.  (1)   One  of  the  ores  of  zinc,  com- 

poied  of  iron,  zinc,  sulphur,  silei,  and  water  j 

on  being  scratched,  it  emits  a  phosphoric  light. 

Called  blend-metal  by   Kennctt,  MS.  Lansd. 

:033. 
(2)  TobUnd.  (^.-5.)  Blind,  Rob.  Glouc  p.407. 

Blinded,  p.  300. 
BLENDIGO.    Cloudy. 
BLEND-WATER.     An    inflammatory    diieaie 

liable  to  black  cattle.     North. 
BLENGE.  To  hinder.  Apparently  a  variation  of 

bleneh.  It  occurs  in  Tusser's  Husbandry,  p.  287. 
BLENKARD.    A  person  near-sighted, or  almost 

blind.    North.    A  6ghting-cock  with  only  one 

eye  is  called  a  ilettier. 
BLENKE.    TogUinceat.   Also,  to  shine.  Btm- 

kel,  appeared,  looked.    lilenJc,  wince,  Lang> 

toft,  p.  116. 
Tlut  thou  wakyng  thenkes. 
Before  thy  yjen  hyi  Uenkyi.    MS.  Hart.  IJOl,  t  a. 

The  twryne  btcnktM  for  bale,  and  aOe  hla  ble  clijuiig««. 

Mortt  ArlHitrt,  MS.  Uimin,  f.  97. 

Ttiougli  ihre  bee  a  vixon,  abac  will  UnJit  bU:hly 

OB  you  for  my  canae. 

Tw  LanooMMrm  Lootfnr,  1610,  p.  19. 

BLENKS.    Ashes.     Hett. 
BLBNKY.     To  snow  «4ittlc.     Deron. 
BLENS.     A  fish,  padut  barbatua. 
BLENSCH  YNE.  To  darken;  to  blemUh.  Prompt. 

Puni. 
BLENT.  (1)  Blinded.  (.•/.-&) 

Woonln  falre  whanr  rarrl  fedeth  the. 
Be  thu  Dot  Utnt  for  hit  fali  flalery. 

US.  Canlai.  Vf.  I.  S,  t.  105. 

(2}  Mixed.    Shot. 

(3)  Started  aside;  shrank.  {jt.-S.) 

(4)  Ceaied.     Percy. 

(5)  Destroyed  j  polluted. 

My  Hesperui  by  cloudy  death  b  btent. 

Cr«en«'/  n'orliMt  1.  77. 

(6)  Glanced. 

But  evere  me  mrntte, 
Ouc  me  hyl  Unnllt 

Wylh  Uughyiig  chcTe.    MS.  Qatlab.  Ft  k  9, 1. 123. 
BLENYNG.      Blistering.      (-/.-S.)      See  Piers 
Ploughman,   p.  4CH.      Blenyn,  to   arise,   to 
bubble  up.  Arch.  x«.  SS'l. 
BLENYTE.     Blenched ;  winked. 

Nu»le  hco  hyn ulf  wanne  y  t  vaa,  ne  bttnyte  nojt  ene. 
'  Rott.  Cti'uc  p.  338. 

BLEREN.  To  blear;  to  make  a  person's  sight 
dim,  impose  upon  him.  (A.-S.)  To  "  blere 
bis  eye,"  to  impose  upon  bim,  a  rery  rominon 
phraie.  See  Rcliq.  Antiq.  ii.  21 1 ;  Wright's 
Seven  Sages,  pp.  iS,  77,  100;  Tyrwhitt's 
Chaucer,  iv.  202;  Skelton,  ii.  98;  Richard 
Coer  de  Lion,  .'^708  ;  Ipomydon,  1420  ;  Rom. 
of  U>e  Rose,  3912;  Vny'i  Chancer,  p.hM. 
lilemyed,  blear-eyed,  Depos.  Ric.  11.  p.  13. 

BI.ESCUYNE.  To  eitinguish  a  fire.  Prompt. 
Pare. 

BLESE.     A  blaze.     Prompt.  Pare. 

BLESS.  To  wave  or  brandish  a  sword,  ^maer. 
In  the  example  from  Ascham,  quoted  by 
Nares,  it  probably  means  to  wound,  from  the 
French  bietirr. 


BLESSEDLOCURRE.    Blessedly. 

Bhmdioaim  jyf  h*  my3t  be  Udde  hurre  lylf. 

Chron.  n/orfuit.  p.  70. 

BLESSING-FIRES.  Midsummer  Fires,  tleiit. 
See  Brand's  Pop.  Antiq.  i.  176.  Bleiting  the 
fire  out  is  an  operation  still  in  vogue  in  Suffolk 
for  a  bum  or  scald,  consisting  chiefly  in  re- 
volring  a  wetted  finger  in  magic  circles  round 
the  afflicted  ]iart,  the  movement  being  accom- 
panied tvilh  suitable  incantations. 

BLETCIi.  Black,  viscous,  greasy  matter;  the 
grease  of  wlicel-axles.     Staff. 

BLETIIELICHE.  Freely;  bhtliely;joj-fuIly.  See 
the  Sevyn  Sages,  503 ;  Leg.  'Cathol.  p.  33. 
Blethly  occurs  in  Prompt.  Parr.  p.  ^O,  wrongly 
printed  bleyly. 

By  eoaamplo  of  Octovian  the  Emperour,  and  ao 
forth  artir  of  other  princeft  Ibat  ^uche  doctrlnla 
and  tcchlnget  bttthtHtht  underfongede.— Jir&  Douc9 
»),  r.  4. 

BLETHER.  A  bladder.  Tar.  Dial  AIM,  to 
make  a  great  noise.     Line. 

BLETINGE.     Flaming.     {.4..S.) 

Througe  my  brate  bone  bttilngw  he  bomed. 

OMltrPI^,,\.a*. 

BLEVE.    To  «t«y.    {A^.) 
BLEVYNGE.     Remnant.     Prompt.  Pan. 
BLEW-BLOW.    The  corn-flower.    See  Gerard, 
p.  594;  Cotgrave  in  v.  Aubifoin,  Btaveolei  ,• 
Florio,  in  v.  Crdno. 
SLEWING.     Blue  paint.     See  Cnnningham'a 

Revels  Accounta,  p.  132. 
BLEWIT.     A  kind  of  fungna.    North. 
BLEW-OUT.     Breathed  bard ;  pulTed.    Sitttn. 
BLEWYN.    To  remain.     (A.-S.) 

Tlunne  late  It  be  wronge  tltoni  a  cloutc^ 

And  pore  in  the  ere  at  ewyn, 

And  of  the  cwyli  ul  Bothynge  blewyn, 

ArcK,  x%x.  aSf. 

BLEXTERE.    A  perron  who  bUcks.     Prompt. 

Parv. 
BLEYE.    Bine.    See  Cod.  Man.   EccL  Cath. 

Dunclm,  Catal.  p.  34. 
DLEYKE.     To  bleach. 
BLEYNASSE.     BUndnen. 

God  send  luche  bleyntuM  thu«  jaylardus  to, 
That  with  hurt  ynon  they  *ey  no  ty^t. 

Chron.  yUi»tun.  p.  88. 

BLEYSTARE.     A  bleacher.     Prompt.  Parv. 

BLIAKE.  A  bar  of  wood  fixed  horizontally  on 
the  ground  with  holes  to  take  the  soles  of  a 
hurdle  while  the  maker  wreaths  it.     Done!. 

BLICE.     Lice.     NoHh. 

B1.1CKENT.     Bright ;  shining.     Wetl. 

HLID.     An  interjection.     Ime. 

BLIDS.     Wretches.     Devon. 

BLIGII.     Lonely;  dull.     Kent. 

BLIGHTED.  (1)  Blasted,  applied  to  com. 
I'or.  dial, 

(2)  Stifled.     OTon. 

BLIKEN.     (l)ToqniTer.     (.A.-S.) 
And  hit  lippct  thulle  Wktn^ 
And  hit  hondet  thuUc  quaken.    Reflg.  AMtiq,  1.65. 

(2)  To  shine.     {A.-S.) 

Hire  bleo  bltkfMh  to  bryhr. 
So  fayr  h«o  to  ant  tyn. 

Hitmm'B  AiwUnt  Samgt,  p  87. 


BLI 

BUM.     To  gladden.     Prumpt.  Parr. 
Who  to  him  fcimrlh  hem  to  nlme, 
Forth  with  hem  tiico  Khal  him  blim. 

Gy  of  trarwik;  p.  105. 

BLIN.     Sec  Blinne. 

BLINCH.    To  keep  off. 

BLIND.     (I)  "  The  blind  c«t  many  >  fly,"  ux 

old    proverb;    and    Heywood   wrote   a  piny 

under  this  title.     The  elder  Heywood  intro- 

ducet  it  in  his  collection,  and  it  also  occurs 

in  Northbrooke's  TrcatLic,  ed.  Collier,  pp.  60, 

(2)  Florio  translates  bliruta,  "a  certame  fence 
made  for  skouU  and  sentinells,  of  bundels  of 
reeds,  canes,  or  osiers,  to  hide  them  from 
being  scene  of  the  enemy,  called  of  our  sol- 
diers a  liUwi."  He  also  mentions  a  Christmas 
game,  called  Blind  it  the  cat,  in  v.  Gitia 
orba,  perhaps  blind-man's  buff. 

(3)  A'wrtive,  applied  to  fluwen  and  herbs.  Var. 
dial. 

(4)  Obscure.  Gouon,  in  his  Schoole  of  Abuse, 
1579,  mentions  Chenas,  "  a  ilind  village  in 
comparison  of  Athens."  Sec  also  Holinshcd, 
Hist.  Ireland,  p.  24 ;  Cot  grave,  in  v.  Dniour. 
'•  A  blind  ditcli,"  llolinsbed.  Hist,  England, 
p.  200.  "  A  blind  letter  that  wil  in  short 
time  be  wome  out,"  Noiuenclator,  p.  9. 

BLIND-BALL.     A  fungus,      far.  dial. 

BLIND-BUCK-AND-DAVY.  DUnd-man's  buff. 
Somrrtet. 

BLIND-BUZZART.    A  cockchafer.   Smhjt. 

BLINDERS.  Blinkers.  A'arM.  A  blinding- 
bridle,  a  bridle  with  blinkers. 

BLINDPELLENE.    To  blindfold.     Pr.  Parr. 

BLIND-HOB.  Blind-man's  buff.  See  the  No- 
meiiclator,  p.  298.  The  term  is  still  in  use, 
according  to  Forby. 

BLISD-HOOKY.    A  game  at  cards. 

BLINDING-BOARD.  Florio  baa,  "  Blind*,  a 
dlinding  bord  for  a  curst  cow." 

BLIND-MAN'S-BUFF.  A  well-known  children's 
game,  traced  by  Strutt  to  an  early  period.  A 
kind  of  puff-bail  is  to  called. 

BLIND-MAN'S-HOLYDAY.  Darkness.  Var. 
diaU  Florio  has,  "  Ftridio,  vacancy  from  la- 
bour, rest  from  workc,  blindman't  Ao/yrfsy." 

BUND-MARES.     Nonsense    Deron. 

BLIND-NETTLE.    Wild  hemp.     Uetm. 

BLINDS.  A  terra  given  to  a  black  fluor  about 
the  vein  in  a  mine.  See  Ray's  English  Words, 
cd.  1674,  p.  118;  Kennett's  Gkissary,  MS. 
Lansd.  1033. 

BLIND-SIM.     Blind-man's  buff.    EomI. 

BLIND-THARM.  The  bowel-gut.  Durham. 
This  term  is  given  by  Keunett,  MS.  Lansd. 
1033.     (A.-S.) 

BLIND-WORM.  A  slow-worm.  Formerly 
considered  venomous,  and  still  dreaded  in 
some  parts  of  the  country  for  it)  lopposed 
noxious  qualities. 

BLINE.     A  kind  of  wood.     Stmntr. 

BLINK.  (I)  A  spark  of  fire,  glimmering  or  in- 
temiittcnt  light.    H'fl. 

(2)  To  evade.    Yorkth. 


1 


tioasMi 


BLO 

(3)  To  smile ;  to  look  kindly,  g<>nRrally 
to  females.    Norlh.     A  sabstojilivc.  Test,  ci 
Creseide,  226. 

(4)  According  to  Kennett,  MS.  Lcnsd.  1033, «  a 
term  in  setting,  when  the  dog  is  itnid  to 
make  his  point,  but  being  over-aw'd,  oomea 
back  from  the  sent. " 

BLINKED.  Sharp,  stale,  applied  to  boor. 
Kennett  and  Skinner  bavr  the  word  ■■  be- 
longing to  Cheshire  and  Uncelnshirr  respec- 
tively, Forby  gives  the  term  a  dilflncDt 
meaning;  "the  beer  which  we  call  bSmitd 
has  no  acidity,  bat  an  ill  flavour  peealiar  to 
itself." 

BLINKER.     A  term  of  contempt.    A'orf*. 

BLINKS.      Cotgrave   has,   "Briton,  boaglMi 
rent  by  hunters  from  trees,  and  left 
view  of  a  deere,  or  cast  overthwut 
wherein    he  is  likely  to    passe,    thi 
binder  his  running,  and  to  recover  him  tlMS 
better;  our  wood-men  call  them  blintt»." 

BLINNE.  To  cease.  (J.-S.\  Alw,  to  stop,  to 
delay.  See  Chaucer,  Cant.  1. 1 6639 ;  Rilsou's 
Songs,  i.  29,  49;  Wright's  PoL  Song*,  p. 
212;  Death  of  Robert,  Earl  of  lIuDtingdoo, 
p.  03 ;  Cliron.  Vilodnn.  p.  60 ;  Romeus  and 
Juliet,  p.  17;  SirCleges,  133.  Ben  lOMcait 
vi.  289,  has  it  as  a  substantive. 

BLIRT.    To  cry.   Norlh. 

BLISCED.     Blessed. 

He  Uiacnl  0«WBr»t, 

And  Gucherei.  snil  Gshcrict. 

Arihour  nni  MmUm,  pi*', 

BLISFIL.     Jo)-ful:  blessed   (./.-5.) 
ISLISH-ULASH.     Sloppy  dirt.   North. 
BLISSE.  (1)  To  bless.  {A.-S.) 
(2)  To  wound,  (fr.) 
BLISSENE.    Ofjoyi,gen.pl.   (.f.-5.) 
Liove  Is  bttamiu  nusU  lovv  la  Ijot  ^ra. 

PVWf  «(*<  Ann.  Ut.  p.  Mb 
BLISSEY.    Ablaze,    mil: 
BLISSOM.    Blithesome.    Var.  dial    The  ton 

is  applied  to  the  ewe  when  «Mr4t  tfftten, 

and  occasionally  to  the  male. 
BLIST.   (I)    Blessed.    See   Percy's    Rcljquc*. 

p.  80.    Btitlmg,  blessing,  Amis  and  Amiluou, 

127  ;  bluled,  blessed,  ib.  344. 
(2)  Rejoiced  ?    (.1..S.) 

Thr  lloun  brrmljr  on  tham  hHl. 

BUT.   Blighty.  Vorttl. 

GLITII.  Face;  visage.  See  Kennett't  Gloa- 
»ir>-.  MS.  Lansd.  1033. 

BLIVE.  Quickly;  immediately.  Sec  BfUrr 
CI.  Ellis's  Met.  Rom.  ii.  334  ;  Robin  Ho-xl 
i.  125;  Launfal,  702;  Erie  of  Totoui,  1U6(I; 
Chron.  ViL  p.  70;  Troilus  and  Creseide, 
i.  596. 

BLO.     Blue ;  livid.     More  particularly  the  ap- 
pearance of  flesh  after  a  good  boating.    It  is 
the  gloss  o(/ulvwi  in  RcUq.  Antiq,  i.  8. 
Clrrkrs  ben  to  htm  y  go: 
Guy  they  find  btjckeandMo. 

mi^i  Mtt.  JtMk  >•.  IS. 

BLOA.   Cold ;  raw.  Line. 

BLOACH.   A  tumour.   Skinnrr. 


BLO 


167 


BLO 


BLOACHER.   Any  large  animal.   North.  I 

BLOAT.  To  dry  liy  smoke.  More  latterly  ap- 
plied exclusively  to  bloat-herrings  or  bloaters, 
which  are  dried  berrinKS. 

BLOAZE.   A  blaze.    North. 

BLOB.  (I)  A  blunt  termination  to  a  thing  thai 
ia  uaiially  more  pointed.  A  blob  nose,  one  with 
a  tmall  bump  on  it  at  the  end.  Huloet  has, 
"Uohbe  cheked,  lnu!eoHei,liHcute»tuM."  Watcr- 
bloln  are  water-lilies.  Alio  a  tmall  lump  of 
•nrthing  thirk,  viscid,  or  dirty. 

(2)  The  loner  Up. 

Wll  huDg  her  Unb,  cT'n  Humour  Kein'cl  to  itioum. 
CUIIfu'  ilitnllaniet,  1769,  p.  lis. 

(3)  A  bubble;  a  blister.   North. 
BLOBEH.   A  bubble-    Paitgrme. 
BLOB-MILK.     Milk  with  its  cream  mingled. 

Yorhh. 
BLOB-SCOTCH.    A  bubble,     lor*.*. 
BLOCK.  (1)  The  wooden  mould  on  which  the 

crown  of  a  bat  is  formed.    Hence  it  was  also 

ued  to  signify  the  form  or  fashion  of  a  hat. 
Yet,  io  truth,   wc  hAvc  Uock*  tor  sW  beadf:  we 

haw  f<XKl  ttoreof  wild  oali  htrciliddUioH,  111.  107. 
(2)  The  Jack  at  the  game  of  bowls.    Sec  Florio, 

in  V.  Bulliro,  JUceo. 
BLOCKER.    A  broadaxe.    North.     Sometimes 

called  a  blocitini/-are. 
BLOCK-HORSE.     A  strong  wooden  frame  with 

four  handles,  usually  called  a  hand-bairow. 

for  the  purjKise  of  earning  blocks.   Eiuf. 
BLOCKSTICK.  A  club  ;'a cudgel.   North.   The 

term  occurs  in  Reliq.  Aotiq.  i.  84. 
BLOCK-WllE.\T.    Uuck-whcat.   SceColgniTe, 

in  V.  Dragie. 
BLODY.    By  blood ;  of,  or  in,  blood.    (.y.-5.) 
DLt)GGY.   To  sulk ;  to  be  sullen.    Ermoor, 
ULOMAN.     A  trumpeter. 
BLOMB.  (1)  To  flourish.     P:  Colt. 
(2)  A  tilossom. 

BLOME-DOW.N.     Oumsy ;  clownish.     Dontt. 
BLOMMER.     Noise  i  uproar.     Skellan. 
BLONC.     White.     In   Kcllq.  Antiq.  i.  37,  we 

have,  "  fllebonim  atium,  alrlirc  lilfme." 
BLONCKET.     Grey.     ^rmer. 
BLONDRIN.    To  toil ;  to  bluster ;  to  blunder. 

Chancer. 
BLONK.     Sullen.     Also,  to  disappoint.  A'orM, 
BLONKE.     A  steed ;  a  war-horse. 

Myghle  no  Uonkft  (heme  bcrc,  tho»  butlom  churlln. 
.Wortt  Arlhurt,  MS.  Uncflu,  t.  01. 

BLONT.     Dull ;  heavy.     Chaucer. 
BLOO.    To  blow. 

Thsre  Ihay  uwr  »tornic«  ttJuo.    Itumtira*.  SIS. 
BLOOC.   The  block  or  trunk  of  a  tree.  Prom})!. 

Pare. 
BLOOD.     A  kind  of  generic  litle,  as  "  poor 

little  blood,"  applied  to  a  child.     Somn-ttl. 

The  term  is  used  by  Shakespeare  in  the  Knse 

of  liitpontioH. 
BLOOD-ALLEY.     A  marble  taw. 
BLOOD-BOLTERED.    Mailed  with  blood.    So 

much  has  been  written  on  this  Shakespearian 

phrase  that  a  few  obser^alions  on  il  may  rea- 

aooably  be  expected  here.  It  means  more  than 


mneartd,  and  refers  to  the  clotted,  matted 
blood  of  Banquo,  who  had  "  twenty  trenched 
gashes  on  his  head."  In  the  two  early  in- 
stances of  the  word,  Malone's  Shakespeare, 
ii.  206,  Collier,  vii.  1.S7,  it  clearly  means  mat- 
ted or  clotted;  although  the  term  may  have  a 
slight  variation  of  meaning  in  its  provincial 
tense-  See  Bailer.  According  to  Shar|i's 
MS.  Warwickshire  Glossary,  snow  is  said  to 
ialter  together,  and  Batchelor  says,  "  hasty 
pudding  is  said  to  be  iollrrrd  when  much  of 
the  flower  remains  in  lumps."  Orlhoepicol 
Analysis,  1809,  p.  126. 

BLOOD-FALLEN.  Chill-blaineil.  Etut.  Also 
hlood-shot,  as  in  Arch.  xxx.  404. 

BLOODING.  A  black  pudding.  Sec  Tovrneley 
Myst.  p.  89 ;  Elyot,  in  v.  Aperabo ;  Nomcncla- 
tor,  p.  87 ;  TopscU's  Beasts,  p.  248. 

BLOOD-OLPH.    A  bullflnch.    Eiut. 

BLOOD-STICK.  A  short  heavy  stick  tited  by 
farriers  to  strike  their  lancet  when  bleeding  a 
horse. 

BLOOD-SUCKER.    A  leech,     lor.  dial 

BLOODY-BONE.  Tlie  name  of  an  hobgoblin, 
formerly  a  fiend  much  feared  by  chilflren.  The 
"  Wyll  of  the  De^^ll"  is  said  to  be  "  written 
by  our  faithful  secretaryes,  hobgoblin,  rawbed, 
and  bloodybonr,  in  the  spitefull  audience  of  all 
the  court  of  hell."  See  Florio,ed.  161 1 ,  pp.  73, 
297. 

BLOODY-THURSDAY.  The  Thursday  of  the 
first  week  in  Lent. 

BLOODY-WARHIOR.  The  wall-flower.  fTeit. 
Sometimes  called  blondy-wallier. 

BLOOM.  (1)  A  ma.M  of  iron  which  has  gone  a 
second  time  tlirough  the  furnace.  KcnnctI, 
MS.  Lanad.  1033,  mentions  a  rent  for  ovens 
and  furnaces  called  bloom-smithy-rcnt. 

(2)  To  shine  ;  to  throw  out  heat.  Bloom;/,  very 
hot.  The  hot  stages  of  a  fever  are  called 
blooms. 

BLOOTH.     Blossom.     Devon. 

BLORB.  (I)  To  beUow.     \orth. 

(2)  A  blast. 

BLORYYNE.    To  weep.    Prompt.  Pan. 

BLOSCllEM.     A  blossom. 

in  frhomcr,  whrn  the  levM  spryng. 
The  blo*tHemM  on  every  bowe. 

JiaMi  Hood,  I.  at. 

BLOSLE.    A  blossom. 

That  oon  held  yn  hyi  banne 
A  Buyde  yKileple  yn  hy»  arine. 
As  bryght  ■•  ItotU  on  bn^e. 

L^bmin  Ditcf'umi.  &79. 

BLOSME.  To  blossom.  Piers  Ploughman,  p.  85 : 
Chaucer,  Cant.  T.  9336.  A  blossom,  Chaucer, 
Caul.  T.  3324.  Blotmen,  blossoms,  Kitsou't 
Ancient  Songs,  p.  31.  Blotmy,  full  of  blos- 
soms, Chaucer,  Cant.  T.  9337.  {.4.-S.) 

OLOSS.     A  ruiBed  head  of  hair.     /.inc. 

BLOSSOMED.  Tlic  tUlc  of  cream  in  the  ope- 
ration of  churning,  when  it  becomes  full  nf 
air,  which  makes  a  long  and  tedious  time  to 
pi'l  it  to  butter.     Nnrf. 

BLOT.     A  term  at  the  game  at  backgammon,  i 


BLO 


188 


BLU 


roan  in  danger  of  being  taken  op  being  called 
a  lilot.     The  word  baa  been  long  in  lue,  and 
is  found  in  Florio,  cd,  ICll,  p.  73. 
BI,OTCH.PAPER.     Blotting  paper.    Var.  dial 
ULOTE.     Dried. 

BLOTEN.     E.vce»»ivcly  fond.     North. 
BLOTHEU.     To  chatter  idly.     North.     Super- 
fluniii  verbiage  is  called  Uol/ierjnmf,  and  a 
fctupid  pcraon  i>  said  to  be  btolhered. 
1  bluDder.  1  Uutler,  1  blowe,  bdiI  I  blMhfr  ; 
I  n»k«  on  the  one  day.  and  1  marre  on  the  other. 
SktlKit't  trarkt,  I.  2S9. 

BLOTS.    The  eggs  of  moths.     Kmnelt'i  Ulot- 

tarj),  MS.  Lantd.  1033. 
BLOl'DSl'PPER.  A  murderer;  a  blood-sucker. 

See  Bale's  Kynge  Johan,  p.  43 ;  Hall,  Richard 

111.  f.  9. 
BLOUGHTY.     SweUed ;  puffed.     HalL 
BLOUNCHET.     Blanched ;  whitened. 

Take  almondn,  aod  gryode  hom  when  Iha]  byn 

btounehtt,  and  teinpur  hom  on  fyuhe  day  wyth  wyn» 

and  on  flcahcday  with  tiroth  of  fleth. 

Ordifwneu  and  RtyvJatUmtt  p.  429. 

BLOUSE.  A  bonnet;  a  iroman  with  hair  or 
bead-dress  loose  and  disordered,  or  decorated 
with  vulgar  finer}'.  Eatl.  Thoresby  has,  "  a 
blowse  or  blawze,  proper  to  women,  a  blos- 
som, a  wild  rinish  girl,  proud  light  skirts ;" 
and  Kcnnett,  MS.  Lansd.  1033,  "  a  girl  or 
wench  whose  face  looks  red  Iry  mnning  abroad 
in  the  wind  and  weather,  is  calld  a  bhiu,  and 
taid  to  have  a  blouzing  colour."  The  word 
occurs  in  this  last  sense  in  Tuuer,  p.  24  ; 
Heywood's  Edward  IV.  p.  62 ;  Clarke's  Phrase- 
ologia  Puerllis,  I6S5,  p.  380 ;  Kennett's  Glos- 
UT)',  p.  30.  Blouime,  Hall's  Satires,  p.  4. 
To  be  in  a  blouse,  to  look  red  from  heat,  a 
phra$c  that  is  used  by  Goldsmith  in  the  Vicar 
of  Wakclield.  In  some  glossaries,  blouty,  wild, 
disordered,  confused. 
BLOUTE.  Bloody.  (//.-S.) 
BL0U3MAN.     A  ploughman. 

And  iwarltore  than  everc  ani  b/oM^man, 
With  roule  rarlnde  chere.  MS.  LauiL  KM,  f.  1S9. 

BLOW.  (1)  A  blossom.  Also  a  verb,  to  blos- 
som.    I'ar.  dial. 

A  bladder.     Dnon. 

A  word  U8e<l  by  the  head  of  a  body  of  reap- 
ers.   He  cries  "  blow !"  when,  after  a  fatiguing 
exertion,  it  is  time  to  take  breath. 
BLOW-BALL.      The    corn-flower.      Bloweth, 
ilanerole,  Reliq.  Antiq.  ii.  80. 

Her  treading  would  not  tiend  a  hUde  of  grais. 

Or  shake  the  downy  btow-l^t  from  his  tialk ! 

Sad  SJiephmd,  p.  8. 

BLOWBELLOWS.    A  pair  of  bellows.    Salop. 
BLOWBOLL.    A  drunkard. 

Thou  blynkerd  bUwboU,  thou  wakyit  to  late. 

Sktilnn't  tVtirla,  1.  23. 

BLOWE.  To  blow;  to  breathe.  (.-/.-.S.)  "His 
browys  began  to  blowe,"  to  perspire  .'  Tor- 
rent of  Portugal,  p.  11. 

BLOM'ER.  A  fissure  in  the  broken  strata  of 
coal,  from  which  a  feeder  or  current  of  inflam- 
mable air  discharges.     North. 

BLOWING.  (I)  A  blossom,     mit: 


(2)  .\pparently  the  egg  of  a  bee,  Horrison't  1 
scription  of  EngUnd,  p.  229. 

BLOW-MAUNCER.    A  full  fat-faced 
one  whose  cheeks  seem  puffed  out. 

BLOW-MILK.     Skimmed  mUk.     Northti 

BLOWN.     Swelled;  inflated.      Hence, 
insolent.     Also,  stale,  worthless.     A  cow  ( 
beast  is  said  to  be  blown,  when  in  pain  fm4 
the  fermentation  of  green    food.     Meat 
pregnatcd  with  the  eggs  of  flies  is  called  6/ofrn, ' 
and  bloated  herrings  are  frequently  termed 
Ithtcfi-herringt. 

BLOW-POINT.    A  children's  game,  coigectnred 
by  Strutt  toconsist  in  blowingan  arrowtbrougii 
a  trunk  at  certain  numbers  by  way  of  lotteiyj' 
Narcs  thinks  it   was  blowing  small  pins 
points  against  each  other.     See  Apollo  Shn 
^■ing,  1627,  p.  49  ;  Hawkins'  Engl.  Dram. 
243  ;  Stnitt's  SporU,  p.  403  ;  Florio,  ed.  I61IJ 
p.  506. 

BLOWRE.    A  pustule.    (Teut.) 

BLOWRY.     Disordered ;  unUdy.      ffanp. 

BLOWS.    Trouble;  exertion.     Saleji. 

BLOWT.    To  make  a  loud  complaining 
North. 

BLOWTH.    A  blossom.     Wat.    Tlie  term 
used  by  Sir  Walter  Raleigh.     See  Di>'cnioi 
of  Puriey,  p.  622. 

BLOXFORD.   A  jocular  and  satirical  conruptioi 
of  the  name  of  Oxford,  quasi  Block's- ford, 
the  ford  of  Blockheads.     Nora. 

BLOYSII.     Blueish. 

Smale  Uoy<A  Oouria  owt  of  hym  lawnehki. 

Arth.  XXS.373. 

BLU.     Blew. 

BLUB.     To  swell. 

BLUBBER.  (1)   A  bubble.    East.    The  xv^t 

occurs  iu  Syr  Gawayne. 
(■2)  To  cry.      far.  dial.     "  By  these  blul>ber'i 

cheeks,"  Dido,  Queen  of  Carthage,  p.  56. 
BLUBBER.GRASS.     Different  species  of 

mus,  from  their  soft  inflated  glumes ;  in  par. 

ticubur  mollis,  which  infests  barren  pastures^' 

Eatt. 
BLUE.  (1)  Bloom.   Devon. 

(2)  Ale.    Somertet. 

(3)  To  "look  blue,"  to  look  disconcerted,  a  eom< 
mon  phrase.  "  True  blue  will  never  stain," 
another  phrase  mentioned  by  Smut,  ii.  215. 
A  blue-apron  statesman  is  a  tradesman  who 
meddles  with  politics. 

BLUE- BOTTLE.     A   term  of  reproach  tar 

servant  or  beadle,  their  dresses  having  formerly 

been  blue. 
BLUE-BOTTLES.  The  blue  flowen  which  grow 

among  wheat.    Oron. 
BLUE-CAPS.       Meadow    scabious.      YorbH. 

Kcnnett,  MS.  Lansd.  1033,  ueDtJona  a  kind 

of  stone  so  called. 
BLUE-ISAAC.    The  hedge-sparrow.    GItne. 
BLUE-JOHN.    Fluorspar.    Deriyih. 
BLUE-MILK.   Old  skimmed  mUk.    Yor/hh.   In 

London  milk  is  often  called  ity^Mte. 
BLUE-VINNIED.     Covered  with  blue  laoi 

South. 


lO 

I 


BLU 

I  (1 )  Surly ;  chtirlUh.    Soutk. 


1«9  BOA 

But  btuHreHfn  fbrth  u  beettefl 


I 


I 
I 


(2)  A  tin  tube  through  which  boys  blow  peu, 
S^ffM. 

(3)  To  blindfold.  North.  Blofted,  hoodwinkctL 
Bluffs,  blinkers.    Line. 

BLUFFER.   A  landlord  of  an  inn. 
BLUFFIN.   To  bluster;  to  swagger.   Staff. 
BLUFTERS.    Blinkers.    Line. 
BLUNDER.    (I)  Confusion;  trouble.    Also  a 
verb,  to  disturb,  us,  in  Palsgrave. 
Tliut  hold  thay  tu  hundrr. 
Thus  tiuy  bryug  us  Id  btimdtr^ 

Tnwnttey  MuHeriM,  p.  !JH. 

(2)  To  blonder  water,  to  stir  or  puddle,  to  make 
it  thick  aud  muddy.  This  isgireii  as  aYorksliirc 
word  l>y  Kcnnelt.MS.  Lansd.  1033. 

BLCNDEKBISS.    A  stupid  fellow.    XorlA. 

BLITNOE.  To  blend,  or  break  whilst  in  a  state 
of  maceration ;  a  term  used  by  potters.  A 
thmger  is  a  long  flat  wooden  instrument,  with 
1  (TOSS  handle  at  the  top,  used  for  mi.ung  or 
dissolving  clay  in  water. 

ni-UNK.  (1)  A  steed.    Coir. 

(2)  Squally ;  tempestuous.  East.  Also,  to  snow, 
to  emit  sparks.  Any  ligiit  flaky  body  Is  called 
■  blunk.  A  blunk  of  weather  is  a  fit  of  stonuy 
weather. 

BLLNKET.  A  white  stuff,  probably  woollen. 
Cttw.  A  light  blue  colour  is  so  called.  See 
Topsell't  Beasts,  p.  461;  Flurio,  ed.  1611, 
p.  478 ;  Cotgrave,  in  v.  /ndf. 

BLUNT.  At  tops,  when  the  top  flies  away  out 
of  the  hand  without  spinning,  "  that's  a 
btunl."  Cotgrave  has,  "  baire  Ufer,  to  play 
at  btvnl,  or  at  foyles."  It  is  also  a  well-known 
slang  terra  for  money. 

BLUR.  A  blot.  A'orM.  Blurry,  a  mistake,  a 
blunder.  "  Broght  on  blure,"  deceived,  ridi- 
culed, Towneley  Myst.  p.  310.  Some  copies 
of  Pericles,  iv.  4,  read  ilurred  instead  of 
blurted. 

BLURT.  An  interjection  of  contempt.  "Blurt, 
master  constable,"  a  Gg  for  the  constable, 
teems  to  have  been  a  proverbial  phrase.  To 
blurt  at,  to  hold  in  contempt.  Narei.  Florio 
translates  boccheggiiSre,  "  to  make  mouthes  or 
blurt  with  ones  Ups ;"  and  chicclierr,  "  a  flurt 
with  ones  fingers,  or  Hurl  with  ones  mouth 
in  scome  or  derision."  Sec  Howell's  English 
Prorerbi,  p.  14  ;  Middleton,  iii.  30  ;  Malone's 
Shalceapeare,  xxi.  162. 

Yes.  thst  I  am  for  fault  of  a  tKtter,  quotit  he. 
Why  then,  biurt .'  maUter  contlablc,  tmlea  the  other, 
•tHi  clapping  ipurm  to  hti  hor*e,  galtop'd  aw&y 
amaina.  Jiult  lo  malmfiiu  Mtrit,  igiri,  p.e. 

BLUSH.  Resemblance ;  look.  liluthe,  to  look  ; 
and  bluttekandt,  blushing,  glittering,  occur  in 
Syr  Gawayne.  To  blush  up,  to  clear  up,  to  be 
fine,  spoken  of  the  weather. 

BLUSHET.    One  who  blushes. 

BLUST.    Errsipelalous  inflammation.    Yorkth. 

BLVSTERATION.    Blustering.     North. 

BLUSTER-WOOD.  The  shoots  of  fruit  trees  or 
shrubs  that  require  to  be  pruned  out.    Eatt. 

BLUSTREN.  To  wander  or  stray  along  without 
any  particular  aim. 


Over  tMDkes  and  hille*.    I'ler*  PUmghnwmt  p.  108, 
BLUSTROUS.     Blustering.     Var.  dial. 
BLUTER.     Dirty.      Sec  Robin   Hood,  i.    105. 

Also  a  verb,  to  blot,  to  dirty,  to  blubber. 

North.     Jamieson  baa,  "  bituler,  a  term  of 

reproach,  Dumfr." 
BLUTTER.    To  speak  nonsensically. 
BLUV.   TobeUeve.    East. 
BLW.  (1)  Blew.    Gov. 

(2)  Blue. 

GryndyUtODi  in  frwell  with  tho  trtut  brolhes. 

BLT.    Likeness;  resemblance.    Eatl.      It  ii  a 

provincial  form  of  btee,  q.  t, 
BLVCANDE.     Shining;  gUttcring.  (.,<.-&) 
BLYDE.   Blithe;  glad.  (A.-.S.) 
BLYFE.  Quickly.    See  Blife. 

The  world  bcdyth  me  bauyll  6fy/e. 

tfS.  CanCab.  Ft.  II.  38.  {.  IS. 
Flomit  told  ber  alio  6/|'>>  Octovtan^  79ft. 

BLYKKED.    Shone;  glistened.  (J.-S.) 
BLYI.K.    Splendour?    {A.-S.)    See  Cat.  Douce 

MSS.  p.  36.     Perhaps  an  error  for  blf§. 
BLYNK.    TobUnd.> 

We  EngtytmcD  theron  ihulde  thynke. 
That  envye  u>  nat  birnk.  MS.  UarL  1701,  t.  H. 
BLYSCHEDE.    Started. 

The  lady  btyt'chtiie  up  in  the  bedde. 
Scbo  MW  the  clothpf  alle  by-blede, 

JUS.  Uncoln  A.  1.  17,  f.CO, 

The  kyng  biiftchit  cue  the  beryne  with  hU  brode  eghne. 

Slurlt  Arlhurt,  US.  Uncalii,  t.  M. 

BLYSSYD.    Wounded.  (,Y.-,V.) 

Whrnnc  1  hym  had  a  strok  i.fet. 
And  wolde  hare  btpMi^a  hym  t>ec. 
No  moo  itrokcs  wolde  he  abyde. 

Ridutnl  Cwr  d<  Um,  ftM. 

BLYSTE.   Actively.' 

To  be  thalre  beschope  blethely  thay  bedde  the  so 
Ufilr.  MS.  lAimIn  A.  1. 17.  t. ». 

BLY'THE.    Appearance. 

Loke  thy  naylyt  lira  clene  In  Uythe, 
Lett  thy  felaghc  lothe  therwyth. 

Boka  nf  CutiatyCi  p,  3. 
BO.  (1)  A  hobgobUn.    North. 
m  Both. 

(3)  But.    Hfame. 

BOALLING.  Drinking.  See  Stanihiirsfs  De- 
scription of  Ireland,  p.  16. 

And  I  would  to  God  that  in  our  time  also  wc« 
had  not  lust  cauie  to  cotnplalDe  of  this  vicious 
plant  of  unmeasurabtc  bttaUtng.  Lambanit**  Per* 
inniw/aMm,  IXW,  p.  3iC. 

BOAR.    A  clown.    Sec  Howell,  sect,  xxii ;  and 

its  smonvmes. 
BOAR-CAT.   A  Tom-cat.    Kent. 
BOARD.  (1)  To  address;  to  accost. 

(2)  An  old  cant  term  for  a  shilling.  See  Mid- 
dletnn's  Works,  ii.  542  ;  Earlc's  Microcosmo- 
graphy,  p.  254  ;  Brit.  Bibl.  ii.  521. 

(3)  A  kind  of  excavation.    North, 
BOARD.    See  Borde. 
BOARDER.    Made  of  board.    Wat. 
BOARDING-BRIDGE.     A  plank  laid  acroai  a 

running  stream  as  a  substitute  for  a  bridge. 
ires/. 


BOB 


190 


BOC 


(6) 
(7) 

(«: 

(9! 


}AR-SEG.  A  pig  Vrpl  as  a  irmim  (or  three 
"  •  four  years.  Salop.  A  ({elde«i  boar  is  caUcd 
•  boar-ntag. 

BOAR-THrSTI.E.  Thecarrf«m/ii«c«)<fl/iM.Lin. 

BOB.  (1 )  To  cheat.  See  Lydpite's  Minor  Poems, 
p.  2CI ;  Sewn  Stges.  2246;  Sir  Thomas 
More,  p.  19;'Sh»k.  Soc.  I'ap.  i.  22;  Beau- 
mont and  Fletcher,  iii.  484. 

(2)  A  taunt  or  scoff.  To  "  pive  the  Iioh,"  a  phrase 
c<{uivalent  to  that  of  giving  the  door,  or  im- 
(losing  u|)on  a  person. 

(3)  A  blow.  See  Cotgrave,  in  v.  Blanc;  2 
Promos  and  Cassandra,  iii.  2 :  BiUingsly'a 
Brachy-Martyrologia,  1657,  p.  I6R;  Tusser, 
p.  315  ;  Wilhals"  Dictionaric,  ed.  1608,  p.  229. 

(I)  A  louse ;  any  small  insect.  Hnnln,  "  Spiders, 
bobb;  and  lice,"  arc  mentioned  in  MS.  Addit. 
1I8I2,  f.  16. 
(5)  To  fish.     North.     A  particular  method  of 
taking  eels,   called  bobbing,  is  described  in 
Blome's  Gent.  Rec.  ii.  185. 
A  ball.     Yorkih. 
The  engine  beam,     /forth. 
Pleasant ;  agreeable.     Vi/che. 
A  bunch.     North. 

They  uw  also  Lhare  vyoes  growr  with  wundcre 
grcle  bobttU  of  erapf*,  for  a  maoe  myjte  unnethex 
lierc  BOC  of  thame.  US.  lAHcoln  A,  i.  17,  r.  48. 

(10)  To  disappoint.     North. 
(lli  The  pear-shaped  piece  of  lead  at  the  end  of 
the  line  of  a  carpenter's  or  mason's  level. 
Btut. 
(U)  "  Bear  a  boh,"  be  brisk.    £a»/. 
(13)  A  joke;  a  trick. 

BOBAN.     Pride;  vanity.  {A.-N.)  Sec  Chaucer, 
Cant.  T.  6151;  TyrwhiU,  iv.  224;  I.ydgatc's 
Minor  Poems,  p.  25  ;  Octovian,  1550. 
So  prout  be  if,  and  of  ao  gret  bufian. 

Of  nf  Wtrwikt,  p.  K. 
And  am  y<omc  wyth  the  to  fijt 
For  al  thy  ipvte  boMaunet.     MS.  MtltmuU  33,  f.  S 
BOB-AND-lllT.    BUnd-man's-bufT.    Tliii  name 
of  the  game  is  given  by  Cotgrave,  in  v.  Sarcte. 
BOBBANT.     Romping.     WU/m. 
BOBBEROUS.     Saucy ;  fomaitl     ITett.     Mr. 
Ilartshome  says  bobber  is  a  familiar  tenn  ap- 
plied good-naturedly  to  any  one. 
BOBBERY.     A  squabble ;  a  tumult.    Var.  dial. 
BOBBIDEN.     Buffeted;  struck.     Sec  the  Re- 
liq.  Antiq.  ii.  45,  47. 

Take  hcde  whan  that  oure  Savcoure 
Wa*  bobbid,  and  hit  vUage  alle  bc.tpet. 

Orrlce.  MS.  Sor.  Anlti).  134,  f.  871. 
Ve  thoght  ye  had  a  full  gode  game. 
When  ye  my  fone  with  tHifTettet  ttftib^it. 

MS.  Cnnlab.   Pf.  II.  38.  f.  tj. 

They  dampnede  hym,  deapyaeJe  fiym,  and  »pytle 

Id  tlU  fairc  face;  they  hllllde  hfa  enghnc,  and  ttotAyd 

hym,  and  withe  many  dispytyngek  and  repreryngca 

they  Iravelde  hym  fiougcly. 

MS.  LiHciiln  A.  1    17,  f.  too. 

BOBBIN.    A  (mall  fagot.     Kent. 
BOBBING-BLOCK.     A  block  that  persons  can 
strike ;  ao  unresisting  fool. 

Bomnea  foole,  yea  more  then  that,  an  taw, 
A  boMbtfWeelre,  a  lieatlllg  itocke,  an  owle. 

Gatntgn^a  Dtivitt*,  p.  337. 


BORUISII.     Pretty  well  in  licnith;  not  ijoltr' 
sober;  somewhat  clever,      far.  dial. 

DOUBLE-COCK.     A  turkey-cock.     North. 

UOBBS.     According  to  Kennctt,   MS.   Lnnsi)^ 
1033,  "  the  potters  put  their  leaded  holln» 
wares  into  shragcrs,  i.  e.  course  mclalld  puti 
made  of  uiarle,  wherein  they  put  roiniut>uly 
three  pieces  of  clay  calld  bobbi  for  the  ware  t 
stand  on,  and  to  keep  it  from  sticking  to  the  J 
shrager."     S/<?/, 

BOBBY.  (I)  To  strike  ;  to  hit. 

The  doiith  byforethl  *'yfn  to, 
TohiViy  Uietliay  knyi  hit  >a. 

Ma..,44iM.in4a.  r.  li 
(2)  Smart;  neat.     North. 
HOBBY-WREN.     The  common  wren.     Eait. 
BOB-CHERRY.     A  childrtm's  game,  ennsisani 
in  jumping  at  cherries  abosc  their  heatis,  and 
trying  to  catch  tbom  with  their  mouths. 
BOBET.     A  buffet  or  stsoke.     Prnmpl.  Pan. 
BOBETTE.     Buffeted.     Tlie  Oxford  >IS.  rands] 
boUed,  as  quotc<l  in  Wortun,  ii,  1U6. 

Whyclte  man  here  alMwtc  bobtttn  the  laice. 

MS.  Coll.  Otllg.  A.  ii.  1. 10 

BOBETTS.     Thick  pieces.     "  Bobclls  of  grct4 

cirs"  are  mentioned  in  the  Rcliq.  Antiq.  L  306 

BOHOLYNE.     A  stupid  person? 

Be  we  not  MMtlfntu, 

Sutch  Icsinget  to  ttelove.  Skftlim,  U.  ^ 

BOBTAIL.  (1)  To  cut  off  the  toil.     See  Sti 
hurst's  Description  of  Ireland,  p.  24. 

(2)  In  archery,  the  steel  of  a  shaft  or  arrow  tb« 
is  small-breasted,  and  big  towartU  llic  be 
fifriey. 

BOBY.     Cheese.     JTeil. 

BOC.     A  book.     Hob.  Glatic. 

^OCARDO.  The  old  north  gate  al  Oxford,  1 
down  in  the  last  ccnttiry.     It  was  formerly 
used  OS  a  prison  for  the  lower  sort  of  i 
nals,  drunkarils,  bad  women,  and  |>oor  ilelitorsj 
It  was  also  a  term  for  a  particular  kind 
syllogism ;  but  there  does  not  ipjH'ar  tu  ' 
any  connexion  between  the  two  words.     Se 
Ridlev's  Works,  p.  353  ;  Middlctoii.  ii.  120. 

BOCASIN.  A  kind  of  buckram.  SecFlorio,( 
ed.  1 61 1,  p.  63;  Howell,  sect.  xxv. 

BOCCONE.    Amot^eL 

BOCE.     To  emboss.     Pahffravf. 

BOCELERIS.     Bucklers ;  shields.     Weber. 

BOCHANT.     A  forward  girL     Wiltt. 

BOCIIE.     A  swelling ;  a  boil.  (.^.- A'.) 

BOCHER.     A  butcher.     IVtber.    "  Bocheiy," 
butchery,  butchers'  meat,  Table  Book,  p.  147. 
Cf.  Piers  Ploughman,  p.  14 ;  Ordinances  au4  ' 
Rcgidalions,  p.  92.    A  fish  t^ed  a  iecJUr  ia 
mentioued  in  Brit.  Bibl.  iL  490. 

BOCIIIS.     Bushes.  i 

Or  upon  6fNAt<  grown  aJone  or  hawc»,  I 

So  oflc  and  oflter  I  lygh  for  yowre  lake.  1 

MS.  Ointat.  FT.  i.  <,CU 

BOCUOUSE.    A  library.     Sec  Jgenhyt: 

BOCHT.     Bought.     Ketnett. 

BOCK.     Fear.     Devon. 

BOCKE.  Palsgrave  has,  "  I  hocke,  I  tK-lchc  je  \ 
roaete.  I  bockc  upon  one,  I  loke  ii]ion  hym  ] 
diidaynfully  to  provoke  hym  to  anger ,/e  <yKi(^<^  j 


BOD 


191 


BOO 


I  bocke  M  t  lode  ilutlic,  I  makr  a  nnvse,  je 
yrxntlle."     See  his  Table  of  Verbes,  f.   169. 
linclring,  flowing  out,  Robin  Hood,  i.  1U3. 
IBOI.  KKKEL.     A  long-winged  hank. 
I  fitX'KNB.     To  tcacb  ;  to  prcu  upon. 
BOCLE.     A  buckle. 
I BOCRAME.     Uuckram. 
BOCSUMNESSE.   Obedience.  See  Rob.  Olouc 

pp.  234.  319. 
BOCTAIL.     A  bad  woman.     Coki. 
\  BOCULT.     Buckled. 
f  BOCUK.     A  kind  of  bird. 

lie  bro^t  ■  hrron  with  o  popletc, 
Curlews,  Utevri,  b'»lhe  in  fere. 
US.  Cmtah.  Ft.  • 
To  lake  the  liusks  off  walnuLs. 


BOD. 


I 


48,  r.  49. 
lliltn. 
BODDLE.      A    small    iron    instniment   wbicli 

woodmen    mk   for    peeling  oakt   and  other 

trees.     North. 
BODDUM.     Trinciple.     North. 
BOUB.     (1)  Remained.     (.^..&) 
(2)  .\  stay  or  delay.   I^^.S.)    Alio  a  verb,  as  in 

Skclton,  i.  8. 
^3)  An  omen.     Also,  to  forbode.     Still  in  use. 

Jiodtr,  a  messenger,  MS.  Lansd.  1033. 

(4)  Commanded.  {.i.-S.)  Alto  a  substantive, 
as  in  Amadas,  682. 

(5)  A  message ;  an  offer.  See  Rirbord  Coer  de 
Lion,  1359;  Artliour  and  Merlin,  p.  76;  l.ieg. 
Cathol.  p.  28 ;  Langtoft,  p.  Gl. 

(6)  Addressed ;  prayed.  Also,  bidden,  invited, 
as  in  Robin  Hood,  i,  40. 

(7)  Board,  as  "  ioar<t  and  lodging."  (J.-S. 
beod.)  The  term  occurs  in  Piers  IHougbnian, 
p.  493,  and  the  verb  is  still  in  use  according 
to  Forby,  i.31.     Bode^loth,  a  tuble-clotti. 

BODED.     Overlooked ;  infatuated.     Drron. 

B<.>DELOlICE.     A  bodj-louse. 

UOUEKING.  The  lining  of  the  skirt  of  a  wo- 
man's petticoat.     Holme. 

BODGE.  (1)  A  patch.  Also,  to  patch  clum- 
sily. Hence,  to  boggle,  to  fail,  as  in  3 
Henry  VI.  i.  4.  It  is  aUo  explained,  "  to 
begin  a  task  and  not  complete  it." 

(2)  A  kind  of  measure,  probably  half  a  peck. 
Sec  Songs  of  the  London  Prentices,  ji.  76; 
Jonson's  New  Inn,  i.  5.  llcner,  (icrbap!^, 
bodgrr,  Harrison's  Description  of  Engliuid, 
202,  wliicb  wc  have  already  bud  under 

[)ILY.    Excessively ;  entirely.     North. 
BODIN.     Commanded.     Chaucer. 
BOOISE.     Bodies. 

AUc  mm  tctiul  then  uprise 

la  the  same  stature  mod  the  tame  bvtll-e. 

MS.JthmJ,  41,  r.  M. 

BODKIN.  (1)  A  dagger.  (./.-&)  See  Clmurer, 
Cant.  T.  3U38 ;  Wright's  Anec  Lit.  p.  24 ; 
Dodslcy,  ix.  167;  Two  Angrie  Women  of 
Aldngton,  p.  80 ;  Malune's  SUakcspeare,  rii. 
326 ;  Lilly's  Sapbo  and  Pbao. 

(2)  A  species  of  rich  cloth,  a  corruption  of 
baudtin,  q.  v.  See  Beaumont  and  Fletrlicr, 
i.  295 ;  Ordinances  aud  Regulations,  p.  132. 
Uodkin-work,  a  kind  of  trimming  formerly 
worn  on  the  gown. 


OODLE.  A  small  coin,  worth  about  the  thini 
pari  of  a  halfpenny,  not  "  imaginary,"  (s 
stated  in  the  llnllain^hire  Glossary.     North. 

DODKAGE.  A  border  excursion.  Spenser  hai 
the  term,  and  it  also  occurs  in  llolinshed, 
Chron.  of  Ireland,  p.  172.  Bodraka,  State 
Papers,  ii.  480. 

BODW'ORD.  A  message;  a  commandment. 
{A.-S.)  See  Sir  Amadas,  70,  604 ;  UngtofI, 
p.  47 ;  Illustrations  of  Fairy  Mythology,  p.  75 ; 
Ps.  Mct.Cott.ii. 

BodfHvrd  csm  liiiD  fro  heven. 
Ou-nr  Muniti,  US.  OJI.  Trix.  Cantob.,  t.  ■. 

BODY.  (I)  The  middle  aisle  of  the  nave  of  a 
church,  or  the  nave  itself.  A  comer  buttress 
is  sometimes  called  a  Imdy-boteratf  in  old 
accounts. 

(2)  A  person.  Sec  Perceval,  1166,  Ac.  Ac- 
cording to  Kennctt,  p.  30,  the  term  is  applied 
in  some  parts  of  Lincolnshire  "  only  for  the 
belly  or  lower  luirt."  It  is  still  in  general, 
use,  but  often  applied  in  a  light  or  rommise- 
rating  manner,  or  to  a  simpleton,  according 
to  Kcnncit,  MS.  Lansd.  1033. 

B01>Y-Cl.()lT.  A  piece  of  iron  which  a(^oini 
the  burly  of  a  tumbrel,  aud  its  wheels. 

BODY-HORSE.  The  second  bone  of  a  team 
of  four. 

BODY-STAFF.  Stakes  or  rods  of  w-ithy,  «:c., 
ii^ed  in  making  the  body  of  a  waggon,   tlanp. 

DOE.  "  He  cannot  say  ioe  to  a  goose,"  said 
of  a  bashful  or  timid  person.  The  phrase  is 
given  in  Howell's  English  ProverlM,  p.  17. 
Iloft,  boughs.  Privy  I'urse  Expenses  of  Maty, 
p.  32  ;  Robson's  Met.  Rom.  p.  2.  Jior,  a  beau, 
Love's  Leprosie,  p.  76. 

BOECE.  Boethius.  See  Chaucer,  Cant.  T.  6750, 
15248;  Lydgate's  Minor  Poems,  p.  11. 

BOF.     Quick  lime.     //otie/A 

BOFFLE.  To  change ;  to  vary  ;  to  prevent  any 
one  from  doing  a  thing ;  lo  stammer  from 
anger.    Eait. 

BOFFYING.     Swelling ;  puffing.     Ifeamr. 

HOG.  Sturdy ;  s(-lf-sut1icient ;  petulant.  Also 
a  verb,  lo  boast.    Eaiit. 

BOG-UEAN.     Marsh  trefoil.      Yorith. 

HOGET r.     A  budget. 

liOCGAKll.     A  jiikcs.     lluloet. 

BOGGAUT.  A  ghost ;  a  goblin.  North.  Some- 
limes  spelt  loi/gle.  From  this  perhaps  is  de- 
rived boggarty,  apt  to  start  aside,  applied  to 
a  horse. 

BOGGE.     A  bug-bear. 

BOGGING.    Botching  up.    Philpot. 

BOtiGLE.  "  Boggle  about  the  stacks"  is  a 
fiivotu'ite  game  amongst  childien  in  the  North, 
in  »hich  one  hunts  several  others. 

BOGGl.Elt.   A  vicious  woman.    Naret. 

BOGGY-BO.  A  goblin.  A'orM.  Sometimci 
pronounced  bvgebo. 

BOGOYSCHE.    SwelUng.    Pr.  Part. 

BOGHED.    Obeyed. 

BOGIISUME.    liuxom ;  ol)edient. 

IIOGIIT.    Expiated. 

BOOING.    Sneaking,    tted: 

BOCTROri'EH.   Ao  Irish  rol.lwr.    Mirgr. 


BO-GUEST.    A  ghoit.     Yortih. 
BOG-VIOLET.   The  butu-rwort.    Yorhh. 
BOGY.  Budge  fur.    See  Wardrobe  AccouDti  of 

Edw.    IV.    p.    129;    Collier's     Hist.     Dram. 

Poet.  i.  69  i  Teat.  Vclu»t.  p.  569  ;  Strutt,  ii. 

102,  247. 
BOH.    But.    Lane. 
BO-HACKY.    A  donkcv.     I'orii*. 
BOHEMIAN-TARTAR.'    I'erliap*  a  gipsy ;  or  a 

mere   wild  appellation  dctigucd    to  ridicule 

the  appearance  of  Simple  ia  the  Merry  Wives 

of  Windior,  iv.  5.    Sarei. 
BOHEYNGE.    Bowing. 

Ilic  bolurngt  or  the  leynjmge  of  Ctbtci  hrrcd 

Iwtokeni  hit  mekeoet,  ttie  wiclie  had  no  plice  In  lh«t 

falln  trjBU.  US.  Bfrrlon  Ui,  I.  67. 

BOIDER.   Abaiket.   Sorlh. 
BOIE.   An  executioner.    (^.-N.) 
Be  hct  maol  a  wikXc  Mi 
HU  Mme  Me  towatd  the  hangxtilff. 

5^*>n  Sagrt,  HGd. 
BOIER.    A  collation ;  a  bever,  q.  T.    See  Barct'a 

Alvearie,  1580,  B.  B93.    Bot'rc,  Nomenclator, 

p.  81,  wrongly  paged. 
BOILARY.    A  place  where  salt  ii  depoaited. 

fforlk. 
BOILING.  (1)  A  quantity  or  number  of  things 

or  persons.    Var.  dial. 
(2)  A  discovery.     An  old  cant  term,  mentioned 

by  Dekker. 
BOILOUNS.    Bubbles  in  boiling  water,   treier. 

la  the  provincial  dialects,  any  projecting  knoba 

are  so  called. 
BOINARD.    A  low  person,  a  term  of  reproach. 

See  Depos.  Ric.  II.  pp.  8, 13  ;  Wright's  Anecd. 

Lit.  p.  9. 
BOINE.   A  swelling.   Euex. 
BOIS.    Wood.    (.y.-JV.) 
BOIST.  (1)  A  threat 

(2)  A  box.  (J.-S.)  See  Ywaine  and  Gawin, 
1835,  1841  ;  Cluiuccr,  Cant.  T.  12241  i  Reliq. 
Antiq.  i.  51  ;  MaundevUe,  p.  85 ;  Chester 
PUys,L  121,  125.  ii.  95;  MS.  Line.  Med.  I. 
281;  MS.  Lansd.  560,  f.  43. 

(3)  A  swelling.    Eatl. 
BOISTBR.    A  boisterous  fellow. 
BOISTNESS.    Churlishness. 

BOISTOt'S.  Rough;  boisterous;  churlish; 
stubborn.  Costly,  rich,  applied  to  clothing. 
See  Prompt.  Parv.  p.  42,  and  Ducangc,  in  t. 
Bimu.  Cf.  GcsU  Roro.  p.  250;  Chaucer, 
Cant.  T.  17160;  Lydgate's  Minor  Poems, 
p.  91  ;  Prompt.  Vvn:  pp.  84,  191  ;  Harts- 
home's  Met.  Tales,  p.  124 ;  Batman  uppou  Bar- 
tholome,  1582. 

Bcholde  now  wele  how  lie  ei  lc<l  forthe  of  the 
wykked  Jrwe*  towsrde  JcruMlem  agayne  the  hillc 
Itatlyly  with  frett  payne,  aod  hta  handei  bouDe  tx- 
hynd  hyme,  bopMfouwtjf  ^yrdlde  In  hU  klriille. 

MS,  Limcaln  A.  i.  17.  (■  lUe. 

BOKK.  (1)  To  nauseate ;  to  vomit ;  to  liclch. 

A'or/A. 
(!)  Bulk.    Eatl.     "  Bokc  and  bane,"  losty  and 

strong.     Boke-Ioad,  a  large,  bulky  load. 

(3)  A  break  or  leparmtion  in  a  vein  of  ore. 

(4)  To  point,  or  thrust  at.     A'or/A, 


(5)  Baked,     fforlh. 

(6)  To  write;  to  enter  in  a  book. 

Sum  newe  thynge  y  Khulde  bokt. 
That  hee  himaelfe  it  myjtr  loke 

Couvr,  US.  Sx.  Jmliq.  Ut.  t  M. 

(7)  To  8wcU  out.    East. 

BOKELER.     A  buckler.    {ji.-N.)     A  ioMer. 
mater,  a  buckle-maker.     Botelhg,  buckling, 
BOKEN.     To  strike.     SJciimfr. 
BOKERAM.     Buckram.    A  description  of  mak- 
ing it  is  in  MS.  Sloane  73,  L  2U.     Cf.  Arch, 
ii.  245. 
BOKET.     A  bucket.     (.Y.-S.)     Sec  Chancer, 

Cant.  T.  1535 ;  Reliq.  Antiq.  i.  9. 
BOKEYNGE.     Sec  Emele. 
BOKEYS.     Books. 

Vc  Bchall  tie  tworve  on  6aJlrqw  Kode, 
Tl»t  ye  Bchatl  wewlc  to  the  wode. 

MS.  CaiUat.  ft.  iL  3K,  L  lU. 
BOKID.     Learned. 

Schc  wa»  wel  kcpte.  »che  wai  we!  loklil, 
Sche  waa  vet  taujte.tchc  was  wel  t^ttid. 

Gouer,  MS.  S«r.  .itMi^.  IM,  f.  SI7. 

BOKY.     Soft.    Northumd.    "  Boky-bollomed," 

broad  in  the  beam.    Line. 
BOKYLYD.     Buckled. 
DOL.     A  bull.      Tftbrr. 
BUl.ACE.     Bone-lacc. 
BOLAS.    A  bullace.     See  Rom.  of  the  Bose^ 

1377;  Reliq.  Antiq.  ii.  82. 
HOLCH.    To  poach  eggs.     YoritA. 
BOLDE.  (I)  To  encourage;  to  embolden;  to 

get  bold.  (.1.-S.)  See  Piers  Ploughman,  p.  55 ; 

Kyng  Alisaunder,  2468 ;  Chaucer,  MS.  CantaK 

Ff.  i.  6,  f.  98. 

When  he  Clemcntea  apeche  htrdr, 
H  yi  harte  lieganm  to  bttUt. 

MS.  Caalai.  ft.  II.  »,  f.  M. 

(2 )  A  bold  person ;  a  brave  man.     See  Sir  Per- 
ceval, 1164  ;  App.  W.  Mapes,  p.  340. 
!3)  A  buil<ling.     Ifeame. 
4)  Magnificent;   famous;  grand.     By(^ 
bolde,  borowes  bolde,  &c  Isiunbru,  78, 
(5)  Smooth. 

Id  cbooieing  Isarley  fat  hta  use  the  malater  looks 
that  It  l>c  InU,  dry.  iweet,  ofa  fairooloiir.  (bin  tkla. 
clean  faltered  from  hamei,  and  dressed  from  foul- 
neaa,  iceda  and  oatta. 

Avbret'i  Vntu,  Royal  Soe.  MS.  p.  30«. 

BOLDER.  (1)  A  loud  report.  A  cloudy,  thun- 
dering day  is  called  a  boUlcring  day.    North. 

(2)  The  rush  used  for  Iwltoming  chair«.  A'oi^ 

BOLDERS.     Round  stones.      Var.  dial. 

BOLDHEDE.  Boldness ;  courage.  See  Luig- 
tofl's  Chronicle,  pp.  281,  340. 

BOLDLOKER.     More  boldly. 

Thry  bco  more  liardy  and  bolde  to  fijt*  and  to 

werrc,  and  boldloker  dure  abide  woundea  and  stiokca. 

I'tg^ciutt  MS.  tiowit  891.  f.O* 

BOLDRUMPTIOUS.     Presumptuous.     Kmt. 

BOLDYCHE.  A  bowL  In  an  early  invenloty 
of  the  fifteenth  century  in  MS.  HarL  1734, 
f.  46,  occurs  the  entry,  "  Item  a  ioAfyeAe." 
Palsgrave  has,  "  boledyuhe  or  a  bole,  jatir;" 
and  Hartshorne,  Salop.  Antiq.  p.  334,  "  Aor<- 
tlith,  a  large  round  diib,  chiefly  used  for  Ut^ 
tory  purposes." 


I 


BOL 


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BOL 


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I 


I 


BOLE.  (1)  The  body  or  trunk  or  a  tree.  North. 
See  Morte  d' Arthur,  i.  181. 

It  etnojtc  Irvefullr,  quod  he,  In  this  haly  place, 
nowther  to  ofTre  mcpni«,  ne  to  «lui  tu  bMtn,  bot  to 
knele  doulw  to  the  buUt  ri(  thir  trees,  uiil  kyup 
thame.  MS.  Uneatit  A.  1. 17,  f.  X). 

(2)  A  buU.     {A..S.) 

(3)  A  bowl. 

(4)  A  measure,  two  liusheh.     North. 

(5)  A  aronll  boat  able  to  endure  a  rough  sea. 
"  Let  go  the  bole."     Taylor. 

DOLEARMIN.     Sinople. 

BOLE-AX.  Explained  pole-arf  by  Weber,  Oc- 
tovian,  1023,  10,10;  but  sec  Ueliq.  Antiq.  ii. 
176,  "hail  be  Jc,  [wtters,  with  jur  holr-ax." 
BOLE-HILLS.  A  provincial  temi  for  heaps  of 
metallic  scoria,  which  are  often  met  vrilh  in 
the  lead  mine  districta. 
DOLE-HOLES.     The  openings  in  a  bam  for 

light  and  air.     North. 
BOLES.      Place*   on    hills   where   the   miners 
amcltcd  or  nin  their  ore,  before  the  invention 
Uf  mills  and  furnaces. 
BOLE-WEED.  Knupwced.  Bofc-«ror/, bishop's- 

wecd,  Topsell's  Hist.  Beasts,  p.  77. 
BOLEYN-DE-CRACE.     Bologna  in  luly.   Sec 

Nagc  Poet.  p.  2;  Kyng  AUsaundcr,  1444. 
OOiX^ED.     Displeased ;  angry.     A^cirM. 
BOLGIT.     Large ;  bulky  .' 

And  after  they  com  with  grcl  Bavi, 
With  MfU  lohipli  tu\  craflly. 
The  ha*)!!  for  to  hau  tchent      He'lv  Antiq.  ii.S4, 
BOLINE.     A  boline  is  translated  by  Wase,  Dic- 
tionary, 1662,  clariu  in  nari.      Howell  biUi 
boUng,  sect.  6,  apparently  the  l>uw-linc. 
BOLISME.    Imiiioderate  appetite.    See  a  list  of 
old  wonls  prefixed  to  Batman  upjxiu  Uartho- 
lome,  1&82. 
BOLKE.  (1)  To  belch.    {A.-S.)    Also  a  suli- 
stautive,  as  in  Piers  Ploughman,  p.  100.   Cf. 
Reliq.  Antiq.  U.  84. 

Thai  blaw  and  botkj/f  at  thalre  mouthe. 
And  pcrcbauDcc  ellytquarc. 

MS.  Canlab.  Ff.  «.  48,  f.  84. 
(2)  A  heap.    Pr.  Part. 
BOLL.  (1)  An  apparition.   Lane. 
(2)  A  itum  who  manages  power-looms.    North. 
BOLLE.  (1)  A  hud ;  a  pod  for  seed.   Sec  Nares, 
p,  49,  a  verb. 

Take  \b*  MU  of  the  popy  while  it  U  frene,  and 
ftampe  it,  and  temper  It  with  oyle  rotet,  and  make 
■  fla«tar,  and  ley  to  the  templet,  and  that  Acha) 
•Uunche  heide-achc.    US.  Uei.  Calh.  Hereford,  f.  8. 
(2)  A  bowl,  cup,  or  tankard,  with  a  cover  to  it. 
See  Arch,   xxiii.  26  ;   Lydgate,  p.  b2  ;  Piers 
Ploughman,  pp.  83.  99.  ' 
Do  now,  and  ful  the£»//e, 
And  je  achal  here  or  pympurooUe. 

MS.HIomtMCJ,  t,6. 
BOLLE  D.    Struck  ;  buffeted. 

5lf  thou  b«  prophete  of  prli,  prophede.  they  uyle, 
Whicbe  man  here  aboute  boiltd  the  laitc. 

MS.  L-u.l.  CMS,  r.  I. 

BOLLEN.    To  swell.    {J.-S.) 
HOLLER.     A  drunkard.    Cf.  Towneley  Myst, 
p.  242. 


The  pref  tot  and  prynce*  gun  hem  araye, 
Bothe  Mttrtot  wyneand  ertie  a  gadlyng. 

MS.  Uari.  1701,  f.  (17, 
IIOLLEWED.    Ball-weed. 
UOLLEY.NE.     Bullion.     Arch,  xviii.  137. 
BOLLING.     A  pollard,    lor.  rlial. 
BOLLS.    Tlic  onumcntal  knobs  on  a  liedstead. 

Sec  Ilouell,  sect.  12. 
BOLLVNE.  To  peck.    Pr.  Pom. 
BOLLYNGE.    SwclUng.    {A.-S.) 
Bile  and  bU»ler  botl^ngttote 
On  alle  hli  folkc  latae  and  more. 

Curmr  Muntll,  MS.  CoU.  IWn.  QinAlt,.  f.  M. 
BOLNED.    Emboldened- 
BOLNEDE.   SwcUed.  (.i.-S.) 

Wyndis  wexc  Iwthe  wlldeaod  wodt, 
Wawea  bolrtide  in  the  floilc. 

MS.  Unnln  A.  1.  17,  f.  113. 
The  kyng  say  thif  and  wepte  tore, 
flow  mrtiDC*  bodies  h<i/n««t  wurc. 

Curtvr  Mundi,  MS.  Ci>/;.  Trin    Cmilali.  f.  31. 
It  blewcon  the  brode  see,  and  hutntdr  up  hardr. 

MS.  Cull.  (V>%,  A.  ii.  r.  1(». 
DOLNING.   Swelling,   (A.-S.) 

The  tyre  It  queocheih  altoofeuv^e. 
And  repreueth  the  boln]/ng9  eke  of  pryde. 

Lydgalr,  MS.  Soe.  Atiliq.  134,  f.  II. 

BOLSTER.  The  bed  of  a  timber  carriage.  Pads 
uscil  liy  doctors  were  formerly  called  holtten. 
See  Middlelon's  Works,  iv.  452.  A  long 
round  jam  putlditig  is  railed  a  bolster-pud- 
ding, no  doubt  from  its  shB]>e. 

BOLT.  (I)  According  to  Holme,  an  arrow  with 
a  round  knob  at  the  cud  of  it,  and  a  sharp 
jminted  arrow-head  proceeding  therefrom. 
BoUI-iipright ,  bolt  on  end,  straight  as  an 
arrow.  To  bolt  food,  to  throw  it  down  the 
throat  without  chewing.  "  Wide,  quoth 
Bolton,  when  his  boU  flew  backward,"  a  pro- 
verb recorded  liy  Howell,  p.  20, 
To  a  queqticr  Hoben  wunt, 
A  god  boll  owthe  he  loke.       Ri.I,in  Htiad,  i.DO, 

(2)  To  sift.  North.  Boltcd-brcad,  a  loaf  of 
sifted  wheat-meal,  mixed  with  rye. 

(3)  A  narrow  piece  of  stuff.  "  Boltcs  of  single 
worstede,"  Strutt,  ii.  83.  Perhaps  a  measure 
of  cloth,  as  in  Florio,  ed.  1611,  p.  453;  but 
sec  Kennett's  Glossary,  p,  34. 

(4)  To  dislodge  a  rabbit.  See  Twici,  p.  27; 
Howell,  sect.  3 ;  Gent.  Rec.  ii.  76. 

(5)  To  run  away. 

(6)  Straw  of  peaae.  Eiul.  A  bolt  of  straw  ii  a 
quantity  tied  tip  fast. 

BOLTELL.     a  round  nuutlding. 

BOLTING-HUTCH.  The  wooden  receptacle 
into  which  the  meal  is  sifted. 

BOLTINGS.  Meetings  for  disputations,  or  pri- 
vate arguing  of  cases,  in  the  inns  of  court. 
Kennctl.  MS.  Lansd.  1033,  says,  "  An  exer- 
cise performd  in  the  inns  of  Court  inferiour 
to  iiiootiiig." 

BOLTS.  The  herb  crowfoot ;  the  ranvncutiu 
ylobomui,  according  to  (icrard,  who  inserts  it 
in  his  list  of  obsolete  plants.  It  is  perhaps  the 
same  with,  "  l>olte,  pelilium,  tritulum," 
Prompt.  Parv.  p.  43. 

BOLTS-HEAD.    A  long,  straight-necked  %Uix 


BOO 


IdG 


BOR 


gUit  nied  by  girl*  for  il«caraliiig  a  play- 
house, called  a  boody-liousc,  made  in  imi- 
tation of  an  iinianiental  rabinct.     North. 
BOODLE.     Corn  marigold. 

Th«  brake  atid  the  cockiv  be  noUonic  too  mucb. 
Vet  Uke  unto  boodtf  no  weed  there  Ik  kueli. 

Tiuter,  p.  1£S. 

BOOF.     Stupid.    Line. 

BOOGTH.     SiiC.      Yorkih. 

BOOING.     Roaring;  bleating;  tnakiog  a  noise 

like  cattle.     Sorth. 
BOOK,     This  word  was  fonntrrly  used  for  any 
(X)inpoaition  from  a  volume  to  a  single  sheet, 
particularly  where  a  list  is  spoken  of.     See 
the  State  Papers,  i.  402.    To  be  in  a  person's 
books,  to  be  in  his  fa%-our.    To  say  off  book, 
to  repeat. 
BOOKIiOLDER.     A  prompter.     See  Ben  Jon- 
son,  iv.  366;  Nomenclator,  p.  501,  ■■  he  that 
tellcth  the  players  their  part  when  they  are 
out  and  have  forgotten,  the  prompter  or  iooke- 
holder."     Palsgrave  has,  "  boke  bearer  in  a 
playe,  prolhncolk." 
BOOKING.     A  scolding ;  a  flogging.     South. 
BOOKSMAN.    A  clerk  or  secretary. 
BOOL.     To  bawl.     Becon. 
BOOLD.     Bold.     (A.-S.) 
BOOLK.     To  abuse ;  to  bully.     S^jFolk. 
DOOLY.     Beloved. 

BOOM.     Sticks  placed  at  the  margin  of  deep 
channeU  along  the  coast  or  in  harlraors,  to 
warn  boats  from  the  mud.     South. 
BOOMER.     Smuggled  gin.     Uroctelt. 
BOON.     (I)  Good;  lair.     {A.-N.) 
(2)  A  bone.     H'rirr. 
^3)  Going.     North. 
(i)  To  mend  the  highways.     Line. 
BOON. DAYS.     The  days  on  which  tenants  are 

bound  to  work  for  their  lord  gratis.    North. 
BOONS.     (1)  Fowls.      Yorith. 
(2)  Highway  rates,  or  rates  for  repairing  the 
roads.     Ziiic.     The  suneyor  is  caUed  a  ioon- 
imuter.     In  Arch.  x.  Si,  mention  is  made  of 
a  boou-wain,  a  kind  of  waggoD. 
BOOn.      A    parlour.      North.      Kennett,    MS. 
LansiL  1033,  says,  "  the  parlor,  bed-cliamber, 
or  any  inner  room." 
BOOlll).     To  boarcL 

BOORSLAPS.     A  coarse  kind  of  linen,  men- 
tioned by  Kennett. 
BOOSE,     A  stall   for  cattle,      nooty-patture, 
the    pasture   which   lies   contiguous   to   the 
boose.    Booty,  the  trough  out  of  which  cattle 
feed.     Boifing-itakt,  the  |iost  to  which  tbcy 
■re   fastened.      North.      Cf.    Prompt.    Psrv. 
pp.  41,  103. 
BOOSENING.   A  method  of  curing  mad  people 
by    immersion,    described    in    Brand's    Pop. 
Antiq.  iji.  149. 
BOOSH.     To  gore  u  a  bull.     fTal. 
BOOST.     Boast ;  noise.     B'tber. 
BOOSTER.    To  perspire.     Devon. 
BOOSY.     Intoxicated. 

BOOT.  (I)  A  kind  of  rack  for  the  leg,  a  species 
of  torture  described  in  Douce's  Illustrations, 
i.  S3.     Cf.  Florio,  io  ▼.  Bt^gUxhimi. 


(2)  Bit-     Cf.  Cov.  Mysu  p.  29 ;  OdoTiao,  829.! 
BocNe  Lliel  '«nr  moti  amt  ImoI, 
To  Rrsihe  de;n  were  thei  llkest. 

Curm  Mutxil,  IIS.  OM.  rw«.  CkmMt.  1 1 


(3^  A  boat.  (./..5.) 

(4)  Help ;  reparation ;  smendmeot ;  rMtontion 

reme<lv.     (.Y.-5.) 
B00TC.4TCIIER.   A  person  at  an  ino  who  pud 

oir  the  boots  of  paucngers. 

BOOTED-CORN.     Com  iniperfeclly  grown, 

liarU'V,  when  part  of  the  car  remains  enclose 

in  the  sheatlu     South. 

BOOTHALING.     Robbery ;  frcebooting.    Boot.l 

htttrr,  a  robbej-  or  freelfooler.     Uoothale,   tol 

rob,  to  steal,  which  Miegc  gives  as  a  North-] 

country  word.     See  Florio,  in  t.  .IbattinoA 

Cotgrave,  in  v.  DentrouMrr;  Middlcton,ii.  5,12; ] 

Nash's  Pierce  Penilesse,  1592. 

BOOTMER.     A  hard  flinty  stone,  rounded  like 

a  bowl.     North. 
BOOTH  YR.     A  small  river  vesad.  Pr. /»«r». 
BOOTING.     A  robbery. 
BOOTING-CORN.    A  kind  of  rent-corn,  men-l 

tioned  by  Blount  and  Kennett. 
BOOTNE.    To  restore,  remedy.     (J^S.) 
Blynde  and  twd-redrn 
Were  6oorwe<<  a  thouunde.  /*^«rj)  P/w«y^Mi«i«,  p.  IM,! 
BOOTS.     A  person  who  is  very  tipsy  i»  vM  to' 
l)e  in  his  hoots.  See  Kennett's  Glosnry,  p.  S*/, 
who  calls  it  "  a  country  proverb."    To  give 
the  Iroots,  to  make  a  laughing-stock  of  one,  i 
in  Two  Gent,  of  Verona,  i.  1. 
BOOTY.   To  play  booty,  to  allow  one's  adreraary 
to  win  at  first  in  order  to  induce  him  to  con- 
tinue playing  afierwanls.  See  Howell,  sect,  88. 
BOP,     To  dip ;  to  duck.    Eatf. 
BO-PEEP.   An  infantile  game,  played  by  mmef, 
according  to  Sherwood,  te  caehaui  It  riaagt  rl 
puit  tr  nimulraiil.     See  Douce's  lUtutntioiu, 
ii.  146;   Florio,  ed.  1611,  p.  123;  Goodwin's 
Six  Ballads,  p.  6 ;  Hudibras,  II.  iiL  63.1. 
BOR.     A  boar.     (.1.-S.) 

BORACHIO.  Minsheu  mentions  ■*  the  Spanitli 
torachof,  or  bottle  commonly  of  a  piggcs 
ekinne,  with  the  haire  inward,  drenod  in- 
wardly wit  h  razen  and  pitch  to  keepe  wine  or 
li<juor  sweet."  See  Ben  Jonson.v.  f'  r*  ' 
cd.  1611,  p.  65,  says  it  was  mail< 

skin.     Hence  the  term  is  SguratiM.!,   ., , 

to  a  drunkard,  as  in  Middleton,  iv.  10\ 
BOR^\S.     Borax.     {A..N.) 
BORASCOES.   Storms  of  thunder  and  KghtaiBg^ 

Kennett,  MS.  Lansd.  1033, 
BOIt\TOE.    Bombasin.   Sec  the  Book  of  Rate^ 

1675,  p.  27. 
BOlU).  A  border  ;  the  side  of  a  ship.  (>*.-M) 
Hence,  orer  bord,  or  ovcr-lxianl,  as  we  now 
have  it.  "  Stood  to  bord,"  stood  on  the  board 
or  side  of  the  vessel.  Cf.  Richard  Co«?r  de 
Lion,  2531,  2543  ;  Sir  Egbmour,  902.  Thr 
bord,  or  border  of  a  shield,  K-  >'  'iIt. 
1270.     Some  of  thedraniali-:  i\ 

in  the  sense  of  true.     Sec  Miuu,i.,ui. ,  .luikt, 
iv.  5. 
BORDAGE.     A  bord-lial^nny.     atm»er. 
BORDE.    A  table.   {A.^)    Hence  tbe  modern 


BOR 


197 


BOR 


uon,  hoard  aud  lodging.  To  Ixgin  tlie 
bonle,  to  take  the  principnl  placet  ai  the  high 
tabic,  which  wu  generally  the  upper  end,  and 
called  the  bnard->md.  The  lahle-cloth  wa» 
called  the  iorde-chihe,  as  in  MS.  Anind.  249, 
f.  89  ;  Boke  of  CurlMve,  p.  5,  and  it  still  rc- 
Uint  that  nauie  in  East  Anglia,  according  tu 
Forhy,  i.  31. 

T>i>n  M7<l  Ihrl  alt  m  •  word, 
ThMl  rokwuUe*  Khukl  begynne  tbc  UiH, 
Alid  lytl  hyen  lu  the  h>ll«. 

CMruWdM  Onmn,  SnO, 
BORDGL.    A   brothel    (^..i\.)    See  Prompt. 
Parr.  p.  4'!  ;  Rcliq.  Antiq.  ii.  61.    Later  writcra 
have  the  term  bordeUo. 

He  Udilr  lilrc  lo  (hr  6utY/>f  IbOO, 
No  woudir  U  thouje  fche  be  wo. 

Coferr,  MS.  Hoc.  A>illq.  IS4.  f.  US. 

BORDELL.     A  border?    Sec   MS.  Bib.   Ueg. 

7  C.  xvi. — "  item,  a  great  bordrit  enameled 

with  redde  and  white." 
nORPELLER.    The  keeper  of  a  brothel. 
BORDERED.     Restrained.    Shak. 
BORD-IIALFPENNY.    Money  paid  in  tun  and 

markets  for  setting  up  tables,  bordt,  and  stalls, 

for  sale  of  warn.     Blount. 
BORDJOUR.     A  jester. 

And  a  blyndc  man  for  «  Aontfow. 

Pirrt  FUtufhman,  p.  ASi> 

BORDLANDS.     The  lands  appropriated  by  the 
lord  of  a  manor  for  the  support  of  his  board  or 
table. 
BOKDUUR.    Apparently  a  piece  of  armoar  at- 
tached lo  the  cuirass.     Gov. 
BORDRAGING.     Ravaging  on  the  borders. 
BURIi-YOU.     A  term  used  by  a  llar^-e)lt  iiian  to 
another  who  is  drinking  from  the  bottle  or 
small  cask,  meaning  that  he  may  have  the 
next  turn  of  drinking.     Korfolk. 
BORUYS.     Tournaments. 

So  loofte  he  hath  hawntyd  hurHpt, 
That  of  anoM  he  bare  ibc  pryt. 

MS  Cantat.  t't.  U.  M,  t.  IM. 

BORE.  (1)  Bom.     Ellis,  iii.  137. 

2)  A  pore.     Weber. 

3)  A  kind  of  cabltage.     Tuiuer. 

4)  An  iron  mould  in  which  nails  are  maniifac- 
tuml.     Salop. 

(6)  That  peculiar  head  or  first  flowing  of  the 
water  from  one  to  two  or  more  feet  in  height 
at  spring  tides,  seen  in  the  river  Horret,  for  a 
few  mUea  below  and  also  at  Bridgcwaler,  and 
wUch  is  seen  also  in  some  other  rivers.  [Bo- 
reas ?]  "  Boriall  stremys,"  Reliq.  Antiq.  i.  206. 

BOREE.     A  kind  of  dance. 

BOKEL.  A  kind  of  coarse  woollen  doth.  Ac- 
roriling  to  Dnrange./tonai  ipitiiorUaevihorii 
ipreiei ;  and  Roquefort  njrs,  "  groise  ^fle 
en  laine  de  couleur  rousse  on  grisfltie,  dont 
s'iiabillent  ordinairement  les  raraoneuriV  In 
MS.  Graves  42,  f.  73,  "a  horrell,  a  pleyc- 
fellow ;"  and  the  term  is  constantly  applied 
lo  taj/men,  as  boretJoUk  and  boret  men.  See 
Wright's  Glossary  to  Piers  Ploughman,  p.  583. 
It  seems  lo  mean  unlearned,  in  cunLratlistiac- 
tioD  to  the  priests,  or  cleriet. 


But  wcle  I  woe  u  Mice,  frcschr,  aiid  gay, 
Som  of  hem  ben,  at  turret  foiku  ben, 
And  thai  unslttynge  li  to  here  Urgr^. 

Ociyciv.  MS.  Soe.  MnUq.  IS«,  f.  SM. 
Thu«  I,  whiche  am  a  boreti  clerke. 
Purpose  tor  to  write  a  tmoke. 
After  the  worlde  Uut  whilom  toke 
L«nge  tune  in  olde  daic*  paaaed. 

GMMT,  «i.  laM,  f.  I. 
And  we  ice  by  experience  hi  travell  the  ruilenrtfo 
and  tjmpllctly  of  the  people  that  ue  aealcd  far  Nonh, 
which  no  ditutK  la  Intimated  by  a  vulKar  ipect'Ii, 
when  we  say  iuch  a  man  hath  a  btrrflL  wit,  aa  if 
we  said  bcrmte  iftgrntinm. 

Tht  Optiek  G/oaee  ^f  Humoe*,  UtSU,  p.  M. 
SORELY.     Large;  strong. 
OORESON.    A  badger.      Sc«  Bloiue'a  Gent. 

Rcc  ii.  90. 
BORFREIE.     Same  as  betfny,  q.  T. 
Sowla  to  mynv  men  made  ilele, 
Aod  ttor/reiu  to  rysc  an  hele. 

MS.  jdiiii.  luass,  I.  >4. 
BORGII.     A  pledge;    a  surety.    (^.-S.)     See 
Piers  Ploughman,  p.  346;    Towneley  Myat. 
p.  333. 
BORGIIEGANG.    Surety.  (.•/..5.)    Or,  perhaps, 
some  duly  paid  for  leave  to  pass  through  a 
borough  town.    The  term  occurs  in  Robert  de 
Brunnc's  translation  of  the  ilaitueldet  PeekiM, 
MS.  lUrl.  17UI,  and  MS.  BodL  41&. 
BORGMTE.     A  borough. 
BORII.     A  boy.     Etui. 
BORHAME.     A  flounder.     A'orM. 
BORITII.     A  herb  u«ed  by  fullers  to  take  out 

stains.     Skinner. 
BOIUAES.     Burgesaea. 

BORJOLINE.     A  bud.    See  Arihour  and  Merlin, 
p.  65.     Also  a  verb,  as  in  Prom|>t.  Parv.  p.  276, 
exToneonsly  spelt  6ortowie. 
BORKEN.     Barking.  {A.-S.) 
BORLER.     A  clothier.    See  a  list  of  trades  in 

Cocke  Lorelles  Bote,  p.  9. 
BURLICll.     Burly. 
BORN-DAYS.     Lifetime.     Var.  dial. 
BORNE.    (1)    To   bnm.     See  Chester  plays, 
i.  134,  177.    "  Shee  homed  a  knave,"  gave 
b trill  to  a  boy,  ib.  p.  181. 

(2)  To   burnish.     See    Skinner,  and  Warton'a 
Hist.  Engl.  Poet.  ii.  275. 

(3)  A  stream.     Gov. 
ItORN-FOOL.     An  idiot.     Kur.  dial. 
BOROW.     A  tithing;  the  number  of  ten  famU 

lies  who  were  bound  to  the  king  for  each 
other's  good  Iteliaviour.  According  to  Lam- 
l>arde's  Perambulation,  ed.  1596,  p.  27.  "  that 
which  in  the  West  coimlrey  was  at  that  time, 
and  yet  is,  called  a  tithing,  is  in  Kent  tcmicd 
a  ioroip."  Harrison,  Desrripliun  of  England, 
p.  174,  has  ^roiro^e,  borrowing. 
BOROWE.  A  pledge ;  a  surety.  Also  a  verb. 
See  Robin  Hood,  i.  13 ;  Towneley  Myst-  pp.  25,  , 
156;  Reliq.  Antiq.  i.  9 ;  Stanihurst's  Descrip- 
tion of  In^land,  p.  54.  Borotrehode,  surety, 
ship,  Robin  Hood,  i.  43.  "Saint  George  to 
borowe,"  i.  e.  St.  George  being  surety,  a  com. 
mon  plinue  in  early  poetrv. 


BOS 

Tbui  levcth  Uie  kyng  in  iorowc. 
Thcr  mmy  no  blyi  fro  t»le  hyni  bormtt, 

MS.  C-anruli.  FC  U.  38,  f.  7^- 
And  thus  Salnct  George  to  borotptt 
Ye  shall  have  ihAtnc  mad  aorowc. 

Sktilon't  K'urKri  ii.  B3. 

BORREU    A  borer  or  piercer. 
HORRID.     A  sow  mtru  appelm*. 
BORRIER.     An  auger.     Lluyd's  MS.  addiliona 

to  Kty,  Mui.  Aahm. 
BORROW-HENCE.     Ancient  coini  formerly  »o 

called  in  Kent.     See   llarriaon'a  Description 

of  England,  p.  219. 
BORSE.     A  calf  six  months  old.     Hanlt. 
BORSEN.    Burst.    {A.-S.)    See  Chester  Plays, 

ii.  123.     Borien-ieUifd,  ruptured.      Far.  dial. 
BORSHOLDER.     A  superior  consUble. 

Item   that  no  conitablr,  bortholderf  nor  ballly, 

lettc  any  mu  or  wcimman  to  bAllle.  maynprhif  or 

ondltborwr.  US.  Bail.  «  Hum.  SSSi. 

BORSOM.    Obedient.    Leg.  Cnth.  p.  41. 
BORSTAL.     According  to  Kennett,  MS.  Lansd. 

103.1,  "  aiiv  seat  on  the  side  or  pitch  of  a  hill." 
BORSTAX.     A  pick-axe. 
BORT.    A  board  j  a  uble.     Tliis  word  occurs  as 

the  tranilatiOD  of  meiuit  In  a  eiirions  list  of 

words  in  MS.  Linsd.  560,  f.  45,  written  in 

Lancashire  in  the  15th  century. 
BORWAGE.    A  surety.     Prompt.  Parr. 
BORWE.  (1)  A  buwer;  a  chamber. 
(2)  A   town;   a  Iwrough.      Sec   Sir  Tristrem, 

p.  110;  Leg.  Cath.  p.  183. 
(3i  To  save  ;  to  guard.     (A.-S.) 

(4)  A  pledge ;  a  surety. 

BORWEN.  To  girc'  security  or  a  pledge  to 
release  a  person  or  thing ;  to  bail ;  to  borrow. 
(A..S.) 

BOR}E.    Borough  ;  city ;  cattle. 

BOS.  A  game,  mentioned  in  Moor's  SufToIk 
Words,  [).  238. 

BOSAKDE.  A  bu7.zard ;  a  species  of  hawk  un- 
fit for  sporting.  Hence,  a  worthless  or  useless 
fellow,  as  in  Piers  Ploughman,  p.  189. 

BOSC.    A  bush.    {.i.-N.) 

BOSCAGE.  A  wood.  See  bmiagt,  Ywaine  and 
Oawin,  1671 ;  Skelton,  iL  28.  According  to 
Blount, "  that  food  which  wood  and  trees  yield 
tso  cattle."  Cotgrave  has,  "  /i^oUalnre,  Ih>s- 
cage,  or  leafe-worke,  in  earring." 

BOSCHAYLE.     A  thicket ;  a  wood.  {A.-N.) 

BOSCH  ES.    Bushes. 

BOSE.  (1)  Behoves. 

The  lynfull.  he  layse,  mli  ctwrytcne, 
Wylli  pyuc  or  the  detle  when  he  e«  tmytroc, 
I'hdl  be  tborgh  payne  that  hyni  bo»«  drye, 
Uymfclfe  forgette*  when  Tie  ««llu  dye. 

HampolCt  MS.  Ahcv4,  p.  07. 

(2)  A  hoUow.  fforth.  The  tenn  occurs  in  an 
early  and  curious  vocabulary  In  MS.  Lniisd. 
560,  f.  43,  WTiltcn  in  Lancashire. 

(5)  Boast ;  praise  ?   [Lose .'] 

And  to  ttlle  Saturday  were  fynlfchld  and  Aone, 
of  aJI«  oure  bylevr  ache  bai«  the  deae. 

LegtndM,  Asw/inaDM  Jlf5. 
BOSEN.     A  badger.     North. 
BUSH.     A  da!.h.  or  show.     Eiut. 
_BOSHES.     AcconUngio  Kennett,  MS. 


BOT 

1033,  "  the  bottom  of  the  furnace  in  which 
they  melt  their  iron  ore,  the  sides  of  which 
fiimace  descend  obliquely  like  the  hopper  of 
a  mill." 

BOSHOLDER.  A  ti thing-man  ;  the  chief  penon 
in  an  ancient  tithing  of  ten  families.  Sec 
Lambardc's  Perambulation,  cd.  1596,  p.  37. 

BOSKE.  A  bush.  "  A  A(m*»  of  brercs,  fa rfaone," 
Reliq.  Antiq.  ii.  83.  Botky,  bushy,  hut  gene- 
rally explained  voodg,  as  in  the  Temi 
iv.  1. 

BOSKBD.    See  Itiakt. 

UOSOM.  (1)  Toeddy.     Yorhh. 

(21  Wish  ;  desire      Shak. 

(3)  Bosom-seriuoii»  are  mentioned  in  the  Egerton 
Papers,  p.  9. 

BOSOMED.  See  King  Lear,  t.  1  ;  and  an  in- 
stance of  the  word  in  the  same  sense  in  tley- 
wood's  Royall  King  %pd  Loyall  Subject,  1637, 
sig.  F.  iiL 

BOSON.  A  boatswain.  An  early  form  of  the 
word  occurring  in  the  fint  edition  of  Shak»- 
ipcarc,  and  other  authors.  Lye,in  liii  additiani 
to  Junius,  has,  "  Imuoh  corrupte  pro  tioalneaiit, 
pni:posilus  remigam,  icaphiariits." 

BOSS.  (1)  A  head  or  reservoir  of  water.  See 
Ben  Jonsou,  viii.  9. 

(2)  A  great  stone  placed  at  the  inlet«ectioD  of 
the  ribs.   An  arcliitcctural  term.  Willis,  p.  43. 

(3)  To  emboss ;  to  stud. 
(41  A  hassock.     North. 

(5;  A  protuberance.  {A.-N.)  Sec  Chaucer,  Cant. 
T.  3268 ;  Gesta  Rom.  p.  446  ;  .Marlowe,  i.  48. 

(6)  A  large  marble.     H'arw. 

(7)  A  hood  for  mortar.    £iu/. 
(B)  To  throw.    Swuex. 

BOSSOCK.    Large  ;  fat ;  coarse.    Also,  to  top 

and  tumble  cluiusilv.      I'ar.  diaL 
BOSS-OUT.     A  game  at  marbles,  also  called 

bout  and  ^an,  mentioned  in  Strutt's  Sports, 

p.  384. 
BOSSY.  (1)  Thick  set ;  corpulent.     NorlJk. 
(21  Convex. 

BOSSY-CALF.    A  spoUt  chad.    Dor»ei. 
DOST.  (1)  Pride ;  boasting.    (A.-S.) 

(2)  Aloud.     Vhaucrr. 

(3)  Embossed.     Middhton. 
(i)  Bui^t.      Wnt. 

BOSTAL.    A  winding  way  up  a  yaj  fteep  WO. 

Suntr. 
BOSTANCE.     Boasting ;  bragging.     Chamear. 
BOSTEN.    To  boast,     (A.-S.) 
BOSTLYE.     Boasting.     Oaw. 
UOSTUS.     Boastful ;  arrogant 
DOSWGLL.    Some  part  of  n  fire-grate.  A|^UL 
BOT.  (1)  A  boat.    Keliq.  Antiq.  ii.  83. 

(2)  A  sword;  a  knife;  anything  that  bile*  or 
wounds. 

(3)  Bit.  "  Mani  mouthe  the  gres  to/,"  I 
4)  A  jobber;  a  hotelier.     Yurluh. 
51  Bought.    Dewtm. 
6)  Both. 

(7)  Unless. 

BOTANO.    A  kind  of  blue  linen. 

BOTARGE.    The  spawn  of  a  mullet. 


I 
I 


BOT 


199 


BOT 


liOTARGO.  A  kind  of  salt  cake,  or  ralliir 
Musage,  made  of  the  hard  row  of  the  sta 
mallet,  eaten  with  oil  and  vinegar,  but  chiefly 
used  to  promote  drinking.     Nartt. 

BOTCH.     (1)  A  thump.     Smtfx. 

(2)  An  inflamed  tumour,     ft'orlh. 

BOTCHET.     SroaU  beer  mead.     NoriH. 

BOTCHMENT.    An  addition. 

BOTE.  (1)  Bit;  wounded.  (A.-S.)  See  Ellis's 
Met.  Rom.  ii.  77  ;  Langtofl,  p.  243. 

(2)  Ate.     Gate. 

(3)  Help ;  remedy ;  salvation.  Alio  a  Terb,  to 
help.  "  There  i>  no  bote  of  manys  deth," 
there  is  no  help  for  it,  Orpheo,  MS.  A^Umole. 
Bot«-less,  without  remedy. 

(4)  Better.     SUnn. 
BOTEL.     A  bottle.     {A.-N.) 

BOTELER.     A  butler.     Kob.  Olooc.  p.  187. 

Uotilrru,  Kyng  Alisaunder,  634. 
BOTE.MAY.   Bitumen.    Weitr.   Spdt  Memey 

in  Kvng  Alls.  47C3. 
BOTENEN.    To  button.     (J..N.) 
BOTENUS.     Buttons. 
BOTENYNG.     Help ;  aMistancc.     (^.-S.l 
A  wode  mmo  touched  OD  hyt  bere. 
And  a  party  ofhyi  clotbyng, 
And  anooe  he  hadcitf  b^tattynf. 

Ma.  Harl.  i;OI,  1.  73. 

BOTER.     Butter. 

BOTE-RAIL.     A  horiKiiilal  rail.     North. 
BOTERASSE.     A  buttress. 
BOTERFLIK.     A  butterfly.     (A.-S.) 
BOTESCARL.     A  boatswain.     SJiinwr. 
BOTEWS.     A  kind  of  large  boot,  covering  the 
whole  Jeg,  and  sometimes  reaching  alrave  the 
knee.     Sec  Wardrobe  Accounts  of  Edw.  fV. 
p.  119;  Howard  Household  Books,  p.  139. 
BOT-FORKE.     A   crooked  stick,  the  same  as 
bwn^litk,  q.  v. 

Mon  in  the  mone  ttond  onl  >trU, 
On  is  bot'/orke  Ii  burthen  he  bercth. 

tTrlgl.l't  Lyric  Portrg,  p.  1 10. 

BOTH  AN.    A  tumour.    Deron. 
BOTHE.     A  Btore-houae;  a  shop  where  wares 
are  sold.    It  is  translated  by  telda  in  Prompt. 
Parr.  p.  46.    A  booth. 

They  robljedyn  tretcmrt  and  clothes. 
And  brenlen  townln  and  bvihu. 

Kyng  AlUaundtr,  34S7- 

BOTIIEM.    A  watercourse. 

BOTHER.    (1)  Toteaie;  toannoy.    Var.  liM. 

(2)  Of  both,  gen.  pi.  See  Ellis's  Met.  Rom. 
iii.  63;  Perceval,  31 ;  Leg.  Cath.  p.  52. 

BOTHERING.     A  great  scolding.     Eatl. 

BOT-HIER.     Boat  hire. 

BO-THRUSH.   The  squalling  thrush.  /.  Wigfil. 

BOTH-TWO.     Both.     Juviut. 

BOTHVL.  A  cowslip?  Pr.  Pan.  Perhaps 
the  marigold.     See  Arch.  xxx.  404. 

BOTHU.M.  (1)  Bottom.  See  Ordinances  and 
Regulations,  p.  433.  Mr.  Hartshorne  gives 
hotham  as  the  Salopian  word,  and  Kennett, 
MS.  I>ansd.  1033,  as  a  technical  word  con- 
nected with  iron  ore.  Botmc,  Prompt,  Parv. 
p.  45. 

(2)  A  bud.     {A.-N.) 


BOTON.     A  button, 
BOTOR.     A  bnstanl. 

Ther  was  venlioun  of  herl  sod  tmrs, 
Swannea,  pecokca,  and  hotttrt. 

ArikoHr  ami  Mfllil,  p.  IK. 
BOTRACES.     Venomous  frogs.     See  a  list  of 
obsolete  words   prefixed   to   Batman   uppon 
Bartholome,  1382. 
BOTRASEN.     To  make  buttresses  to  a  build- 
ing.   {.i..y.) 
BOTRE.     A  buttery. 

Then  luiher  goac  to  ibo  SMn'. 

BoJre  ■>/  Cvrliay*,  f.  M). 

BOTS.   A  kind  of  worms  troublesome  to  horses. 

See  Dodsley,  ix.  214 ;  Men  Miracles,  1656, 

p.  34  ;  Tusser,  p.  62. 
BOTTE.     (1)  A  boat. 

(2)  Bit.    A'orM. 

He  toke  the  ituarde  tiy  the  throte. 

And  a'onder  he  It  bollt.    Syr  Tryaimmr*,  Ut, 

(3)  A  bat ;  a  dull. 

He  bare  a  6orf  ir  to  geve  a  strokk 
AU  the  Ixidy  of  an  oke. 

MS.  Otmlat.  Kr.  II.  »,r.l)l. 

He  loke  hyv  l^ul  and  furthe  goyth, 

Swythe  tory  and  fuUe  wrothe.         JbU,  f.  97. 

BOTTLE.     (1)  A  small  portable  cask,  Died  for 

carrying  liquor  to  the  fields,     ffml.    "  Bag 

and  bottle,"  Robin  Hood,  ii.  54. 

(2)  A  bubble.     Somrriel. 

(3)  A  seat,  or  chief  mansion  hooie.  (A.-S.) 
Kennett,  &1S.  Lansd.  1033,  is  our  authority 
for  the  provincial  use  of  the  word.  It  is  re- 
tained in  the  name*  of  places,  as  NewbotUe, 
en.  Northampton. 

(4)  A  liiindic  of  hay  or  straw.  Cotgrare  has, 
"  Bolrier,  to  botle  or  bundle  up,  to  make  into 
botlcs  or  bundles."  A  boltU-htiru,  Ordi- 
nances and  Regulations,  p.  97,  a  hone  for 
carrying  bundles  .'  Bollleman,  an  ostler.  To 
look  for  a  needle  in  a  bottle  of  hay,  a  rommon 
proverb,  which  occurs  in  Clarke's  Phruso- 
logia  Pucrilis,  1655.  Cf.  TopscU'i  Beaits, 
p.  303;  Anecdotes  and  Traditions,  p.  58; 
Howell,  sect.  40 ;  Flurio  in  v.  Greene. 

A  thouaand  pounds,  and  a  batttt  of  hay, 
Ii  all  one  thtng  at  Doomi-day. 

Umttll't  Kngltth  PnrtrU,  p.  1. 

The  dug  of  a  cow.    E<ut. 
A  round  moidtling. 
A  pumpion.     J)eron. 
BUTTLE-UIRD.   An  apple  rolled  up  and  baked 

in  a  crust.     Ea»t. 
BOTTLE-BUMP.     The  bittern.     £a»t. 
IIOTTLE-HEAD.    A  fool. 
BOTTLE-NOSE.    A  porpoise.   Batt.    A  penon 

with  a  large  nose  ii  said  to  be  bollle-nond. 
BOTTLE-UP.    To  treasure  io  one'i  memory. 

Var.  dial. 
BOTTOM.  (1)  A  ball  of  thread.    See  Elyot,  in 

V.  Anguinum  ;  Sir  Thomas  More,  p.  4 1 ;  Flo- 

rio,  in  v.  Corlo. 
(2)  A  vessel  of  burden.     See  Kennett's  Glossary. 

p.  24  ;  Cotgrave,  in  v.  l>roicl ;  Harrison's  De- 
scription of  England,  p.  163. 
BO  rTO.MER.    One  who  dragi  or  awista  in  oon- 


BOU 


200 


BOU 


veyiiig  the  co&l  ur  other  produce  of  «  mine 
fniin  the  first  (Icimsit  to  the  shaft  or  pit 

BOTTOM  I N  G-TOO  L.  A  narrow,  concave  ihovcl 
uscil  hy  drainers.     Salop. 

BOTTOM-WISD.  A  plienonienon  that  occnrs 
ill  Dcrwent  -water.  Tlic  waters  of  this  lake 
arc  soioetimri  agitated  in  an  ext  ranrdinary 
manner,  tliough  without  any  apparent  cause, 
and  in  a  perfectly  calm  day,  are  teen  to  iwell 
in  high  waves,  which  have  a  progrouive  mo- 
tion from  West  to  East. 

BOTTRV-TIIEE.     An  elder  tr«e.     fforth. 

BOTTY.     Proud.     Suffoli. 

BOTTYS.     Butt! ;  marks  for  ahooters. 

BOTUNE.    Bottom.    Prompt.  Pan. 

BOTY.    A  hullv ;  a  partner.     Pultgrme. 

BOTYD.    Saved.     (.i.-S.) 

Orete  othyt  to  me  he  twsn 
That  he  was  tefj^if  nf  mrkyUe  care. 

IIS.  Oanlab.  ft.  li.  38,  f.  M. 

BOTYXG.    AssiiUnce.     {J.-S.) 

BOTYNGE.    "  Encrese  jm  hyynge,"   Prompt. 

Parv.  p.  45.    We  atill  have  the   phnue  lo 

boot. 
BOUCE-JANE.    An  ancient  dish  in  cookery,  a 

receipt  for  which  is  given  in  the  Ordinances 

and  Regulations,  p.  431. 
BOl'CHART.    See  Uabbart. 
BOUDE.     To  pout,    (fr.) 
BOUDGE.    To  budge;  to  move.     See  Naret, 

and  Beaumont  and  fletcher,  vi.  453. 
BOUDS.    Weevils.    Eait.    Tusser,  p.  40,  speaks 

of  "  bowd-eaten  malt." 
BOUERIE.     Baudric.'   See  Harrison's  Descrip- 

tion  of  Enj^land,  p.  1 78. 
BOLIPFE.     Belching.     Skinner. 
BOUGE.  (1)  A  cask.     Sonih. 

By  draught  of  hont  fro  ryren  and  wcllcs, 
Baugt»  be  broughc  to  brcwen  for  good  ete. 

BrU.  Bibl.  U.  ISI . 

(2)  An  allowance  of  meal  or  drink  to  an  attend- 
ant in  the  court.  Spelt  bouche  and  butulge. 
See  Ben  Junson,  vii.  217;  Tliornton  Horn. 
p.  218 :  Ordinances  and  Regulations,  p.  79. 

13)  A  pune.     Harman. 
4)  "  To  make  a  boiige,"   to  commit  a   gross 
blunder,  to  get  a  heavy  &U.     Also,  lo  bulge, 
to  swell  out.     Eait. 

(5)  To  prepare  a  ship  for  the  purpose  of  sinking 
it.  See  Hall,  Hen.  V.  f.  23 ;  Harrison's  De- 
scription of  England,  p.  200. 

BOUGERON.    An  unnatural  person.    (^.-A''.) 

BOUGET.  A  budget;  a  portmanteau.  Glyot 
has,  "  hippopera,  a  male  or  boiiprl."  See  idio 
King  Canibises,  p.  262;  Brit.  Bibl.  iv.  103; 
Fry's  Bibl.  Mem.  p.  34.'5 ;  Gaacoigne's  Delicate 
Diet,  p.  18,  spelt  in  various  ways. 

BOUGH.  Reginald  Scot  gives  bouyk  as  a  com- 
mon exclamation  of  a  ghost. 

BOUGH-HOUSES.  Private  houses,  allowed  to 
l)e  open  during  fairs  for  the  sale  of  liquor. 

BOUGIIRELL.     A  kind  of  hawk. 

BOUGHT.  (I )  A  bend ;  a  joint;  a  ctirve.  "  Bought 
of  a  sling,  fuadit  circulut,"  Junius,  Addend. 
See  Cotgrave,  in  v.  Feru,  fnarvature  du  mil; 
Torrent  of  Portugal,  p.  24  ;  Arch.  xvii.  295 ; 


Bourne's  Inventions  or  Devises,  1578,  no.  44 ; 

Middleton,  iii.  281. 
(2)  "  Bought  and  sold,"  entirely  orerreaolied, 

uttcrlv  made  away  with.     Skai. 
BOUGHT-BRE/UJ.    Bakers'  bread.     North. 
BOUGILL.     A  buglc-hom. 
BOUGOUK.     Cinxdiis,  "  }r  one  that  is   |iMt> 

shame,"  but  not  necessarily  in  the  bad  sense. ' 

This  term  occurs  in  Palsgrave's  Acolastos, 

1540. 
BOUGY.     A  small  round  candle.  (fV.)  See  the  ] 

Rutland  Papers,  p.  27. 
BOU KE.  (1)  The  body.    (A..S.)   Also  the  bulk,  ' 

the  interior   of  a  building.     See   Towneley 

Mvst.  p.  313 ;  Chron.  Vilodun.  p.  38 ;  Cliaucer, , 

Cant.  T.2748  ;  Kyng  Alisauuder,  3254,  3946; 

Langtoft,  p.  174. 

He  thought  might  y  mete  that  dnuke. 
Hi*  heved  y  fchuld  itnile  fru  the  6.,uJlr#. 

tin  tf  irivwMK,  f,  Stt. 

(2)  To  wash  clothes.   (,/l-S.)  See  Piera  Plougb-  i 

man,  pp.  274,  306 ;  Reliq.  Antiq.  U  108. 
f3)  A  pail.     North. 

(4)  The  box  of  a  wheel.    Salop. 

(5)  A  bolt.     Nortb. 
BOUKED.     Crooked. 
BOUL.     An  iron  hoop.    Line.    "  Throwing  ' 

the  dart  and  Aoi''/e"i8  mentioned  among  youth- 
ful athletic  exercises  in  lloUushed,  Hilt.  Scok  i 
p.  137. 

BOULDER-HEAD.    A  work  against  the  wa,  I 
made  of  small  wooden  stakes.     Suatx. 

BOULTE.  To  sift.  (A.-S.)  Boulter,  a  pcreon 
who  sifts,  Howard  Household  Books,  p.  27 ; 
Florio,  ed.  1611,  p.  71.  Iloutted-lrrrad,  bread 
made  of  wheat  and  rye. 

BOUMET.     Embalmed. 

BOUN.  Readv.  (.^.-S.)  See  Cliester  Plays,  i. 
37;  Cliance'r,  Cant.  T.  11807;  Pilkington, 
p.  353.  In  the  North  country  dialect  it  is  io- 
tcrprclcd  going ;  also,  lo  ilress,  to  moke  ready, 
to  prepare.  "  lioun  is  a  woman's  garment ; 
iouH,  prepared,  ready ;  boien,  going  or  ready 
to  goe ;  he's  boum  with  it,  i.  e.  he  has  done 
with  it."     Kennett,  MS.  Unsd.  1033. 

BOUNCE.     'Hie  larger  dogfish. 

BOUNClllNG.     Bending   or  swelUng.    See 
list  of  obsolete  words   prefixed  to   Batman  ] 
up|yiii  Bortbolome,  1582. 

BOUND.  (1)  Sure ;  confident.     Far.diaL 
Vet  will  tuUen  in  toune  talk  bovntf. 
That  we  wer  the  men  Ihst  Roulond  wold  quell. 

RoUuKi,  3IS.  LoHit.  am,  t.  m, 
(2)  A  mark. 
BOUNDE.    A  husband.    (.^.-5.) 

Thn  thst  the  Inmntir  y-ieighe  this, 
AnoD  be  starf  for  Uiol  y-wt* 

Artfwur  and  MvtiH,  p.l7> 
BOUNDER.     A  liouudary.     North. 

It  hath  beeoe  at  timet  bIm  a  marke  and  Aowttfiw 
lietwcene  tome  kingi  for  the  limits  of  their  juricJle- 
tinni   and   authoritle.     Ldtrnttat^B   ftfruifrwlallaa, 

Mae,  p.  S70. 

BOUND-ROOD.      The   name  of  an   altv  in' 
Durham    Cathedral,   mentioned    in    Davies' 
Ancient  Rites,  1672,  p.  70. 


BOU 


201 


BOW 


BOUNO.    A  piine. 

Br  liuty,  my  la^»,  rome  for  LancAshlrv* 
We  mu*l  nip  tho  iKun^  for  ihrte  crownt. 

Sir  John  (Mdiotlle,  p.  HO. 

BOUNTEE.     GoodneM.   (.-/.-A'.) 

BOlTfTEVOUS.  Bountiful.  Sec  Malory's  Morie 
irArtbur.  it  325. 

BOUNTRACE.    A  Ijurtrens.    (Fr.) 

V»  rffmeml^re  youre  wittn,  «nd  take  hede 
To  krve  Irland,  that  hit  be  not  Io«t, 
For  hit  is  ■  boun/rofc  anit  a  pntu 

MS.  .Sot.  Mnii,,.  Ifll ,  f.  6ft. 

BOUNTY-DAYS.     Holiilays,  on  wliich  provi- 

uon  was  furnished  for  the  poor.    Korlh. 
BOUR.     A  bower ;  a  chamber. 
BOCR.VM.      A  tink.      Yorkth.     This  word  ia 

given  bv  KcnnctI,  MS.  Lansd.  1033. 
BOURDAYNE.     A  burden.     PaUgrare. 
BOliiU>E.     A  game;   a  joke.     Also  a  verb,  to 
jcat.     (A.'S.)      See    Coknroldis    Dnunce,    ■! ; 
Chancer.  Cant.  T.  12712,  17030;    Notes  to 
Chaucer,  p.  213.    "  Solh  bourde  is  no  bourdc," 
Ai  old  proverb  mentioned  by  Harrington. 
Boyea  la  th«  tubarbik  lnjunttnt  (Tulle  tieghe. 

iferf  •  Jrihurt,  US.  Liniylti,  t.  M. 
Wdc  6e«rrf0C,  quod  the  dolte,  tiy  mync  hat. 
That  men  abulden  alway  love  causrleive. 

Okaucer,  MS.  Ointat.  Vt.  i.  6,  f.  ». 

BOURDON.  A  staff.  (.-/.-A'.)  See  Rom.  of 
the  Row,  WOl,  4092;  Wright's  Pol.  Songs, 
p.  l&O;  Btrves  of  Hamloun,  p.  81.  One  kind 
of  staff,  much  ornamented,  was  called  a 
bourtt&nwi»f. 

I  may  the  b*.urdi>nt  hef>ht  e<perauDC«,  which  t« 
goode  In  ev.-ry  fayioun,  for  he  that  leenethe  him 
thrrto  Mkurlych.  he  may  unt  falle;  the  woode  of 
Secfaim  of  which  it  It  made  ihewethe  ful  wee!  whirhc 
It  b.  fl.tmoMre  .,/  IA«  Monk,  Siim  Colt.  .t/.S". 

LTlMJoynoonof  bowrdonj.  of  ipcrci  long  and  rounde  ; 
la  tlrfn  knyvet  gladetbe  the  cuttUler. 
MS.Ail^nu-ltM,  t.SO. 
Harlotet  watkerii  Ihorow  many  towncs 
With  ipckkcth  manlelii  and  bonUfUn^*. 
MS.  BodL  4a,  f.  174, 
k  Now  thai  I  tellyn  the  faeoun 

K  And  thu  maner  of  the  bonlottn. 

'  MS.  Coll.  null.  C.  xiU.  f.  <B. 

BOt'RDOL'R.  (1)   A  pensioner.    So  ciplained 
±         by  Heame,  Langtoft,  p.  204. 
■    (2)  A  circlet  round  a  lielmet.     Gmt. 
f    BOURGEON.     To  bud ;  to  sprout.    {Fr.) 
'        BOUROH.    A  borough. 

BOURHOLM.     The   burdock.     See  an  early 
I  list  of  plants  in  .MS.  Sloanc  S;  f.  3. 

I         BOURMAIDNE.     A  ohuinbennaid. 

IHail  tie  je.  uoiuiea  of  kelot  Mari  liouie, 
Oodda  iiotirmittduu  and  hU  owen  spouae. 
Rdlf  Jtnllil.  il.  17S- 
BOURN.  (1)  A  limit,  or  Iwundary. 
(2)  A  brook;  a  rivulet.    (.V.-S.)    Ilenec,  ira/rr, 
as  explained   by  Kennetl,  MS.-Lansd.  1033; 
and  also,  to  wash  or   rin!,c.     According   to 
Aubrey.  Royal  Soc.  MS.  p.  61.  "in  South 
Wilta  they  say  such  or  such  a  bourn,  meaning 
a  valley  by  such  a  river." 
(3^  Yeast.     Ermmr. 
BOURNEDE.     Biu-nished. 


Upon  the  toppc  an  em  ther  btod, 
of  boHrneda  gold  ryche  and  good.       Launjbt,  9Uk 
BOURT.    To  offer ;  to  pretend.    A^orf*. 
BOUS.     A  box ;  a  chest:    Yorkik. 
BOUSE.  (1)  Ore  as  it  is  drawn  from  the  mine*. 
I'or^jrA.    Small  ore  as  it  is  washed  by  the 
sieve,  is  railed  bouse-smithen. 

(2)  Perhaps  a  boss,  or  round  plate  of  metal  used 
to  adorn  a  horse.    Sec  Arch.  xvii.  293. 

(3)  To  drink.  An  old  cant  term,  and  still  in  use. 
Bouzinij-can,  a  drinking  can.  There  was 
formerly  a  kind  of  drink  so  called,  as  appean 
from  llitM)n's  Ancient  Songs,  i.  70. 

BOl'STOUS.    Impetuous.    Paltgrme. 
ItOUT.  (1)  A  batch.    Var.  dial. 

(2)  In  ploughing,  the  distance  from  one  side  of 
a  field  to  the  other,  and  back  again. 

(3)  A  contest ;  a  struggle.    Norlk. 

(4)  But. 

(5)  Without;  except.  A'oWA.  See  Chester 
Plays,  i.  47,  ii.  55.  123 ;  Ueliq.  Antici.  ii.  227. 

BOt  TE-FEU.  An  incendiary.  Also  spelt  imtf. 
fell.  Sec  Florio,  cd.  leil.pp.  72,  244.  The 
term  is  given  hy  Skinner,  and  also  occurs  in 
Hudiliras. 

BOUT-HAMMER.  The  heavy  two-handed  ham- 
mer used  by  blacksmiths.  Fjml.  See  Ahnut- 
stnti/f,  and  Beaumont  and  Fletcher,  iv.  289. 

BOUT-HOUSE.  On  the  grotind ;  anywhere. 
/.  IVujht. 

BOVE.  Above.  See  Forme  of  Cury.  p.  75; 
Wright's  Anecd.  Lit.  p.  5.  In  later  writers  it 
is  merely  an  elliptical  form,  as  in  the  Trou- 
blcs  of  Queene  Elizabeth,  1639,  sig.  P.  i. 

BOVERT.   A  young  ox.   (./...V.) 

BOVOLl.  A  kind  of  snails  or  periwinkles,  men- 
tioned as  delicacies  by  Ben  Jonson.  (//oi) 

BOW.  (1)  A  yoke  for  oxen. 

(2)  A  bow's  length.    Shak. 

(3)  A  hoy. 

(4)  To  bend.    Var.dial. 

(5)  A  small  arched  bridge.  Somfrtrt.  An  arch 
or  gateway  was  formerly  called  a  6oir. 

BOW-BELL.    A  cockney,  one  bom  within  the 

sound  of  Bow  liclls.     The  terra  occurs  in  the 

London     Prodigal,    p.    15 ;    Beaumont    and 

Fletcher,  iv.  186. 

BOW-BOY.    A  scarecrow.    Kent.    Du  Bartaa, 

p.  9,  "  a  hlinde  Ixin-boy,"  a  blind  archer. 
BOWCEH.    The  bursar. 
BOWCHYER.    A  butcher. 
BOWDIKITE.     A  contemptuous  name  for  a 
mischievous  child  ;  an  insignificant  or  corpu- 
lent person.    North. 
BOWDLED.    Swelled  out,  {larticularly  applied 
to  a  hen  when  ruffled  with  rage,as  in  Harrison'* 
Description  of  England,  p.  172. 
BOWE.  (1)  A  bough ;  a  branch.    (yf.-S.J 
(2)  To  tjend ;  to  curve  ;  to  bow. 

Wulde  they  hydde  hym  tytte  or  ttande. 
Ever  he  wulde  t)c  f«ipanrf«. 

MS.  Harl.  1701.  t.  Sk 
Vf  ther  be  dewke  or  eric  in  laode. 
But  they  be  to  hym  (wti-eonde. 


BOW 

Thf  itcwaid  wyll  anone  ryt». 
And  dyitioye  hym  on  >U  wyw. 

M.S.  CMiUb.  tL  ii.  38,  r.  304. 
And  tOfcduT  tbpy  rrnle. 

That  hyt  tmiMl  and  bcntf.  JVS.  /»(<.  f.  *<>■ 

BOWE-DYE.     A  kind  of  dye.     In  MS.  Sloane 

1698,  f.  163,  i»  a  notice  li'ow  "  to  dye  icmrieW 

ttflor  the  manner  iif  Ihe  buwe-dye." 

BOWELL-HOLE.    A  small  aiicrturc  in  the  wall 

of  a  barn  for  giving  light  and  air.     North. 
BOWEN.    A  relation,  or  narrative.    Qu.  A.-S. 

bcKiing. 
BOWER.     A  chamber.     (A.-S.) 
BOWERINGE.    The  part  of  8  tree  consiiting 

of  the  hooghj. 
BOWERLY.    Tall  i  handsome.     Wnt. 
BOWERS.     Young    hawk«,    before    they  ore 
bnmchers.     See  Rcliq.  Antiq.  i.  295.    Also 
called  bmeeli  and  bouienn.     The  term  teems 
to  be  applied  to  hawks  at  Ihe  period  when 
they  are  in  the  transition  between  the  nest 
and  trees,  too  old  for  tlie  former,  and  yet  not 
strong  enough  to  attach  tbemselTcs  exclusively 
to  the  freedom  of  Ihe  latter. 
BOWERY.     See  Booiirt. 
BOWETY.     Linsev-wolsev.     North. 
BOWGllSOMME.'    Buxom ;  obedient.    (A.-S.) 
Waliv  aye.  alt  thow  had  no  knawj-ng 
Of  the  tymc  of  thv  dedcs  commyng, 
That  the  dede  may  fynd  the  when  It  saUe  commc. 
Ay  rcdy  to  Oodd  and  bau-ghi-fiinmf. 

HatttfUii,  MS.  Boirtt,  p.  m. 

BOW-HAND.    The  left  hand.   To  be  too  much 
of  the  bow-hand,  to  &il  in  any  design.     See 
Nares,  in  v. 
B0W1I.\WLBR.    A  roan  acting  in  Ihe  place  of 
a  horse,  to  draw  barges  or  small  veaiela  along 
the  Severn. 
BOWIE-FRAME.     A  phrase  applied  to  toads 
when  together,  in  Fairfax's  Bulk  and  Selvedge 
of  the  World,  167<,  p.  130. 
BOWIS.     Boughs.     Cf.  L'rry,  p.  415. 
Makynge  the  bwpU  u  lutty  to  the  lyjte, 
Ai  (Vncheand  ai  Tayrcof  colnureand  of  hewc. 

l^galf,  MS.  Soc.  Anrli/.  134,  (.  16. 

BOWIT.    A  lantbom.   North.    See  Croft's  Ex- 

cerpta  Antiqua,  p.  H. 
BOWK.     Bent;  crooked.    NoHh. 
BOWK-IRON.     A  circular  piece  of  iron  which 

lines  the  interior  of  a  cart  or  waggon  wheel. 

frf,t. 
BOW.KITT.  A  kind  of  great  can  with  a  cover. 

YorHnli. 
BOM-KNOT.    A  large,  loose,  and  wide  knot. 
Oarr  me  ny  name,  which  yet  p«rchatnice  you  know  oot. 
Vet  'lis  00  riddle  bound  up  In  a  bcH-^icwfti. 

Tftt  CJiristmaj  Prtnet,  p.  41. 

BOWL-ALLEY'.  A  covered  space  for  the  game 
of  howls,  instead  of  a  bowling  green.  See 
Earle'i  Microcosmography,  p.  86.  A  street  in 
Weitaiiiister  is  still  called  the  Bowling-AUey. 
Bowls  were  proliibited  during  the  church 
serN-ice  in  ID/l.  See  Grindal's  Remains, 
p.  138.  According  to  Ihe  Grammont  Me- 
moirs, ed.  1811,  ii.  269,  the  game  was  fa 
thionable  in  England  in  the  reign  of  Charles  II. 


BOX 

It  was  played  by  both  sexes.    Anecdotes  aodi 

Traditions',  p.  20. 
BOWL-DISll.     Sec  Boldj/ekt. 
BOWLEYNE.     A  bow-line. 
BOWLING-MATCH.  A  game  vrilJi  stone  bowU 

played  on  Ihe  highways  from  village  to  vil 

lagj-.     North. 
BOWLTELL.    A  kind  of  cloth. 
BOWN.     Swelled.     Notf. 
BOWNCII E.     A  bunch ;  a  sweUing.     Hntoet. 
BOWNDYN.     Beadv ;  prepared. 
BOW-NET.    A    kind    of   net,    menbooed 

Topiell's  Foute-footcd  Beasl^  p.  47. 
BOW-POT.  A  flower-vase.   He*l.  "  Bough  po« 

or  flower  pots  set  in  Ihe  windowcs  of 

houses,"  Nomenclalor,  p.  388. 
BOWRES.   A  dish  in  ancient  cookery,  a  reoeif 

for  which  is  given  in  MS.  Sloaue  1201,  f.  24 
BOWSING.     A  term    in   hawking,    when   th 

hawk  "  oft  drinks,  and  yet  desires   UK>re." 

See  Blomc's  Gent.  Rec  ii.  61. 
BOWSOM.     Buxom;   obedient.     (A.-S.)     See 

Ywaioc  and  Gawin,  1155. 

And  ir  he  be  tylle  God  boioxaw, 
TUIe  cndlM  Mys  at  the  last  to  com. 

MS.  HorU  4IW.  f,  Sll. 

BOWSOMNES.  Obedience.  It  is  glassed  in 
Ihe  margin  by  obidinieia. 

And  when  this  grownde  et  mida,  than  aallr  eocn« 
a  damcselle  BowtQHuut  on  the  tone  hjUfe,  and  dame- 
•elle  Jfif,<rerorde  one  the  totluT  halfe.  MS.  Ltmvln 
A.  1. 17.  f.  ?7I. 

BOWSTAVES.    "  I'aied  to  maister  CnnDewelle 
by  the  kingcs  eommaundcmcnt  for  iowntarti 
for  Ills  Grace*  use,"  Privy  Purse  Expences  i 
Hcnrv  VIII.   p.  267.     Sec  also  Brit. 
U.  398. 

BOWSY.    Bloated  by  drinking. 

BOWT.  The  tip  of  the  nose.  See  the  Nomeo- 
clator,  p.  28.  Also  part  of  an  angler's  appa- 
ratus. Brit.  Bibl.  ii.  472. 

BOWTELL.     A  convex  moulding. 

BOWTH.     Bought. 

BOW-WEED.     KnapwiH!d. 

BOW-YANKEES.     Sec  Yanien.  ^_ 

BOW l-ER.  (I)  A  maker  of  bows.     See  OmwV 
Plays,  i.  C  ;  Skelton,  i.  151  ;  Rob.  Glou.  p.  5ll^ 

(2)  A  small  ship.     Stinner. 

BOWYN.     WcnI. 

BOX.  (I)  A  blow.    Also  a  verb,  to  strike.   Vm 
dial 

Ac  nsthelet^  God  It  wni, 

Vif  Ich  altc  nnlr«  mot, 

Vit  i(-h  wll?  a«alo 

A  liU  bM  tl)e  to  pair.  Btrti  of  ltm«Him,  p.  < 

A  chest.     Otvh. 

A  club  or  society  instituted  for  benevo 

purposes.     North.    Their  antiivcrsary  dinner 

is  called  a  box-dinner. 
(4)  To  "  box  ffie  fox,"  to  rob  an  orchard.  Wnt., 
BOX-AND-DICE.    A  game  of  hazard. 
BOX-BARROW.     A  band-barrow.     Sotop. 
BOX-HARRY.  To  dine  wilhDuke  Humphrey;  ta| 

lake  care  after  having  been  citnkvagaut. 
BOXING.     Bux^m.     Une. 
BOXING-DAY.    The  day  after  Chriitmu,  wbea 


sewelle 
>t»term^m 
ncr*  oflH 

m 


(2) 
(35 


BRA 


203 


BRA 


Kennett,  MS. 


(211 


lie  are  risited  bypenoni  in  the  em- 
ployment of  ibrir  customers  for  Christmis 
boxes,  or  small  presents  of  money. 
BOX-IRON.     A  Hal-iron.     Eatt. 
BOY-BISHOP.     Sof  .\ic/4ola». 
BOYDEKIN.  A  dagger.  Chaucrr.  See  Wright's 
Aner.  Lit.  p.  25.     It  occurs  in  Prompt.  Parr. 
p.  42,  tranMatetl  by  tuiucuJa, perforatorium, 
BO  YE.    A  lad  sen  ant.    (./.-S.) 
BOY^KIN.    A  term  of  endearment,  found  in  Sir 
Jobn  Uldraslle,  p.  38,  and  Palsgrave's  Aco- 
lattos.  1540. 
BOYLES.     Lice     Line. 
BOYLUM.   A  kind  of  iron  ore 

Lantd.  1033. 
BOYLY.    Boyish.   Baret. 
BOYS.  (1)  Voice.    Mamtdnite. 
Boethius.    Lydgalc,  p.  122. 
A  ■wood.   {A.-S'.) 

Aod  bad  them  go  betyme 
To  the  6cy«  Seynt  Mtrtyne. 

US.  Cmtab.  rt.  il.  38.  r.  lis. 
BOTS-BAILIFF.     An  old  custom  formerly  in 
Togue  at  Wcnlock,  and  described  in  Salop. 
Antiq.  p.  612. 
BOYSHE.   A  bush.   Malory,  i.  181. 
BOYSID.     SweUed. 

Uy  tboujte  sIio  with  alte  vlcetbtw", 
Mj  brnt  rc*c«it  aod  chef  of  wrtcchldncne. 

Lydgvic,  US.  Kor.  ^nlii/.  191,  f.  », 

BOYS'-LO\'E.   Southcniwood.    Hest. 

BOYSTONE.    To  cup  a  person.    Pr.Parv. 

BOYSTORS.    Boisterous.    Skellon. 

BOYT.    Both. 

UOZZVM.    -Hie  Tellow  ox-eye.    Vtet. 

BOZZUM-CHICKED.     lU^-ing  a  deep  dark 

redncii  in  the  cheeks.    M'rtt. 
BOJE.  To  more,  rise,  go.    Gaur. 
B03EZ.    Boughs.    Gav. 
BRA  A.     An  acclivity.    North. 
BRAB.     A  spike-nail.     Yorktii. 
BRABAND.      Cloth    of     Brabant.      See   the 

Rales  of  the  Custome  House,  1543,  Brit.  Bibl. 

ii.  397. 
BRAltBLE.    To  quarrel.    Also  a  substantirc. 

Braittntf,  squabbling,  quarrelling,  Tiinon,  cd. 

Dyce,  p.  36;  Middlcton,  iii.  458  ;  Skelton.  ii. 

131.     Brabblrmml,  a  quarrel.     Braiiler,  a 

wrangler,  a  quarrelsome  ]>cr!ion. 
BRAC.     Broke. 

BRACCO.     DiUgeot ;  laborious.     Ckak. 
BRACE.  (1)  To  embrace. 

A  cryaelf  gc*te  than  bat  thou  preste, 

to  armn  for  to  bncr.     US.  Uncotn  A.  I.  )7,  f.  SI3. 

(2)  Armour  for  the  arms.  Hence  an  arm  of  the 
sea,  Maundcvile's  Travels,  p.  1 5. 

(3)  To  liravc  a  person ;  to  swagger.  Palsgrave 
has, "  1  bracp  or  face,  je  brapgv*  ;  be  bratrtl 
and  made  a  bracv'ing  here  aJTure  the  dure  as 
tboDf^e  be  woldc  have  kylird,  God  have  mercy 
on  hu  aoule."  It  occurs  as  a  substantive  in  ■ 
•nniUr  tense  in  Olbeilo,  L  3.  "  Facing  and 
traeimg,"  Ilolioshcd,  Chron.  Ireland,  p.  63. 

(4)  The  clasp  of  a  buckle. 

Ii)  A  piece  of  timber  framed  with  a  bevil  joint, 
■0  disposed  as  to  keep  the  parts  of  a  building 


together.  Palsgrave  hu,  "  hnoe  of  an  hoiue 
iracf." 
BRACER.  Armour  for  the  anns.  {A.-ff.)  See 
Chaucer,  Cant.  T.  1 1 1 ;  Florio,  in  v.  Bnieeiale; 
Cotgrave,  in  v.  Brasselet;  Beaumont  and  Flet- 
cher, ii.  426 ;  Privy  Purse  Expences  of  Hen 
VIII.  p.  47. 

BraMTs  tnirnyite  biUtei  In  londyre. 

Merle  Jrthun.MS.  LtncUii,  t,  7». 

BRiVCH.  A  kind  of  scenting  bound,  generally 
of  a  small  kind.  Elyot  has,  "  ealrtlut,  a  very 
titlell  bounde  or  brache,  a  whelpe  ;"  and  the 
terms  brack  and  ratch  were  always  applied  to 
the  bounds  which  formed  the  pack,  which  of 
course  differed  in  breed  according  to  time  and 
place.  In  RcUq.  Antiq.  i.  151,  it  seems  to  be 
synouytiious  with  acquill,  q.  v.  See  Twici, 
p.  28  ;  Florio,  in  v.  Braccdre ;  Beaumont  and 
Fletcher,  iii.  9 ;  Ford,  i.  22,  58  ;  Webster,  i. 
156;  Dodsley,  %i.  319;  Ben  Jonson,  iv.  19; 
Topsell's  Foure-footcd  Beasts,  p.  137.  The 
author  of  the  romance  of  Perceval,  tuing  the 
term  bracket,  explains  it,  bracket  cett  u  dire 
unff  petit  braqve  on  chien.  This  form  of  the 
word  occurs  in  Morte  d'Artbur,  i.  75,  80; 
Brit.  Bill!,  i.  478. 

BRACHICOURT.  A  horse  vfhose  fore-lcg»  are 
iK-nt  naturally. 

BRACING.  Fresh,  cool,  applied  to  the  atmo- 
sphere,      far.  dial. 

BRACING-GIRDLE.  A  kind  of  belt.  "  Bra- 
(•jTge g>rdlc,  tulcingnlHm,"  Holoct. 

BRACK.  (I)  A  crack  or  break;  a  flaw.  Cf. 
Beaumont  and  Fletcher,  v.  316;  Middlcton, 
iv.  6 ;  Brit.  Bibl.  i.  355.  .M&o  a  verb,  to  break. 
Diversions  of  Purlcy,  p.  489;  broke,  in  the 
Noribcrn  dialects.  Lilly,  in  bis  Euphues,  taya 
the  "  finest  velvet"  has  "  Ma  iracke,"  flaw  or 
imperfection. 

(2)  A  piece.     Kenttrlt. 

(3)  Salt  water ;  brine.  In  Drayton,  ai  quoted 
by  Nares,  the  term  strangely  occurs  applied  to 
river-water. 

SuflbUce  a  tunne  halfc  ri»i«  from  the  bnuk, 
Norfoike  a  Triton  on  a  dolphins  backe. 

Dmylon't  Poemu,  p.  90. 

(4)  A  kind  of  harrow.     Sorth. 
(5^  To  mount  ordnance, 

(6)  Florio  has,  "  brioche,  crags,  clifls,  or  bracket 
in  hills."     Mention  is  made  of  "  a  large  and 
*roe-ly  wood"  in  MS.  Addit.  11812,  f.  81. 
On  TOckes  or  braekim  fur  to  tonne. 

ttpi:k9-Sevmtr,  n.4. 

BRACK-BREED.    Tasted.     North. 

BR.\CKEN.  Fern.  North.  Bracken-clock,  a 
small  brown  beetle  commonly  foimd  on  fern. 

liRACKI.Y.     Brittle.    Staff. 

BRACK  WORT.  A  small  portion  of  beer  in  one 
of  its  early  stages,  kept  by  itself  till  it  turns 
yellow,  and  then  added  to  the  rest.  See  the 
curious  early  account  of  the  method  of  brew- 
ing in  Harrison's  Description  of  GngUuid, 
p.  169,  anil  Bragirort  in  Jamicson. 

BRACONIER.  The  bemcr,  or  man  that  held 
the  hotmds.    Sec  Bemert. 


BRA 


k 


BRAD.  (1 )  Oiiened ;  aiireod ;  oxtemled.     JVor/A.  I 

(2)  Uoutcd.     (.-/.-S.)  I 

(3)  Hot,  intluued.     North. 
BRADUER.    BroB<ier.    U.S.) 
BRADE.   (,1)   To  pretend   (A.-S.) 

(2)  To  bray ;  to  cry.     11.  de  Brunne. 

(3)  Broud ;  large.  Cf.  Sir  Trislrem,  p.  181 ; 
Ywuiiic  and  IJawin,  163,  239 ;  Sir  Perceval, 
126.  269,  438,  1653,  1748,  1762;  Miiiol'i 
Vwm%,  p.  20. 

BRADES.    Necklaces  iluingingomamenU.  See 

llie  Test.  Vctuit.  p.  433. 
BRA  00 W.    To  spread ;  to  cover.     Cheth. 
BRADS.    (1)   Money.     Etitx. 
(2)  Small  nails,      far.  dial. 
MRAEL.    The  back  i»art  of  a  hawk.    See  Reliq. 

.\iilii|.  i.  296,  301. 
BR.\FF.\.M.     See  Barfhame. 
BRAG.  (1)  Brisk ;  full  of  »piriU.     Proud,  inao- 

lent,  Skellon,   i.    125.     Braganee,   bragging, 

Towneley  My»t.  p.  99.    The  crowing  of  the 

moor-cock  ia  called  bragging. 

(2)  A  ghost  or  goblin.     Sorlh. 

(3)  Au  old  gnmo  ol  cards,  mentioned  in  "  Games 
roost  in  Vsc,"  12nio.  n.  d. 

BRAGGAI5I.1',.     I'Dorly ;  imiilTcrent.    SaU^. 

BRAGGAUUCIA.     A  braggart.    Var.  dial. 

BRAGGED.  Pregnant  j  in  foal.  See  Gent.  Rec. 
ii.  88.    [Bagged:] 

BRAGG  ER.  A  wooden  bracket,  Higins  trans- 
lates mululi,  "  peeccs  of  timber  in  building 
called  braggm ;  it  is  thought  to  be  all  one 
Willi  procertM ;  in  masons  workc  they  be  called 
corlicllci."  See  the  Nonienclalor,  p.  210. 
Miosheu,  Span.  Diet.  p.  263,  spells  it  liraggel, 
and  the  term  also  occurs  in  Hollyband's  Dic- 
tinnaric,  1593. 

BRAGGING-JACK.  A  boa»lcr.  Higins,  p.  532, 
has, "  TArato,  a  vaine-glorioiis  fellow,  a  craker, 
a  boaster,  a  irngging  Jaeke." 

BRAGGLEU.     Brindle<L    Someml. 

BRAGLY.     Briskly.     Spnuer. 

BRACOT.  A  kind  of  beverage  formerly  esteemed 
in  Wales  and  the  West  of  England.  AccorU- 
to  some,  it  was  com|ioscd  of  wort,  sugar,  and 
apices ;  or  merely  another  n.inic  fur  mead. 
See  Ben  Jonson,vii.  343,378  ;  Skinner,  pars.  I. 
Wltll  stroagv  ale  tirurD  In  fslttt  anil  In  tomlfft, 
P]rtig,  Draofoll,  and  ths  brngvf  fyne. 

US.  Ka«l. C.  BG. 

BRAJD.  (I)  To  resemble.  North,  "\cliraide 
of  the  millers  dogg,  ye  lick  your  mouth  or  the 
poke  be  open,"  Yorkshire  Ale,  1697,  p.  86. 

(2)  A  reproach.  Also  a  verb,  to  upbraid.  See 
Abraydr,  which  is  written  a  bragde  in  the 
True  Tragedie  of  Richard  III.  p.  22,  in  con- 
cordance with  the  original  copy,  so  that  the  a 
in  that  instance  is  probably  an  exclamation. 

(S)  A  start ;  a  sudden  lunveiurot ;  a  raonieut  of 
time.  A  toss  of  the  head  was  called  n  braid. 
Hence  apparently  a  quick  blow,  in  Sjt  Dcgore, 
S66 ;  MS.  Cantab.  Ff.  iu  38,  f.  245  ;  Brit.  liibl. 
It.  90.  See  Tale  of  the  Basyn,  xxi. ;  Wright's 
Seven  Sages,  p.  1 7,  "  scho  bragd  hit  a-dun  at 
on  brcyd,"  i,  e.  she  threw  it  down  at  one 
•tart  or  movement. 


I  waMSf^H 


Out  u|wu  iht,  lhrf«  I  sche  fcyd«  In  th*t  i 

MS.Omlat,.  Ff.  fl.  M.  f.TI. 

The  woman  b«laf  aTrmld,  fave  a  bmtd  Willi  h«r 

hejd  and  FAD  her  way,  and  left  Iter '         *'  ''^'hpr. 

'«. 

(4)  Paligrave,  in  bis  table  of  siil'  i.ia, 

"braydc  or  hastyuease  of  myudc,  cvile,"  Le. 
pa.S!>iou,  anger.  See  Roquefort,  in  v.  Cotet 
Anc.  Poet.  Tr.  p.  49.  It  seems  to  nieun  er^/t, 
drcrit,  iu  Greene's  Works,  ii.  208  j  and 
Shakespeare  has  the  adjective  brniil,  generally 
explained  decei/fiil,  and  Mr.  Dyce  iliinks  it 
means  Im/fut,  Remarks,  p.  73 ;  but  pcrbipl 
we  may  adopt  the  less  objectionable  explona- 
tion,  quick,  hotly.  It  o<»;ur!>.  however,  iu  the 
A.-S.  sense  of  deceit  in  Langlufl,  p.  138.  See 
also  ileanie's  glossar)-,  p.  536. 

(5^  To  nauseate.   North. 

(6)  To  beat  or  press,  chiefly  applied  to  cuUuuy 
objects.   Etttl. 

(7)  A  row  of  underwood,  chopped  op  and  1^ 
lengthways.    (Mtm, 

(8)  To  net.    Dortrt. 

(9 )  To  fade  or  lose  colour. 

BRAIDE.  (1)  To  draw,  particularly  applied  to 
drawing  a  sword  out  of  the  scabbard.  See 
Jbraide.  .\lso,  to  pull,  Octovian,  336; 
Croke's  Psnlnis,  p.  6 ;  to  strike,  K)ug 
Alisaunder,  5^56 ;  Richard  Coer  de  Lion,  411; 
to  spread  out,  to  brandish,  Kyng  Alisaunder, 
7373 ;  to  Iwat  down,  MS.  Mortc  Artburr,  t, 
94  ;  Rob.  Clone,  p.  22,  tw. 

(2)  To  start  quickly  or  suddenly ;  lo  leap  j  to 
turn.  "  All  worldly  thing /irau/i'/A  upon  tyme," 
i.  e.  tumeth  or  ehaugctb  with  time,  Lydgate't 
Minor  I'ocms,  p.  24. 

Ttius  nithc'lci  to  rae  »che  wydr. 
What  arte  ihou,  tone  f  and  I  hrtydt 
Ryjt  a*  a  man  dolh  otile  of  tlejic. 

Co-err.  MS.  Sor.  ytnliq.  134,  f.  Sl 

BRAIDERY.    Embroidery.    /.  Highl. 

BRAIDS.  (1)  A  wicker  guard  for  protectiiig 
trees  newly  grafted.    GIohc. 

(2)  Scales.    North. 

URAIDY.    Foolish.     Yorkth. 

BRAIL.  According  to  Blome,  Gent.  R<t.  ii.  i-'. 
"  to  brayle  the  hawks  wing  is  to  Toil  a  piece 
of  leather  over  the  pinion  of  one  of  her  wings 
to  keep  it  close."  The  tersi  occurs  in  the  nid 
play  of  .\lbumazar.  Brail-fealherw  are  the 
long  small  white  feathers  hanging  under  tbe 
tail. 

BRAIN.  To  Iicat  out  the  brains.  See  fiTH 
Sketches  of  Henry  YI.  p.  60. 

Dyvera  tymrt  hke  \o  IMV  drowned,  bmyivftf,  and 
overronoe  with  hone*  befor  he  »a»  Tour  yerv  old. 

MS.  Aikm,  m,  r.  HC 

BRAINISH.    Mad.    Shak. 

UKAIN-LEAF.  Apparently*  kind  of  herb.  It 
is  mentioned  in  Greene's  Gw>douin»,  I&93. 

BRAIN-PAN.  The  ukull.  Sec'  Skrli.m,  i.  24  : 
Nonienclator,  p.  23  ;  Morte  d' Arthur,  i.  'i56, 
ii.  403.  The  term  is  still  in  use,  Mcording  to 
Forby. 

BRAINSICK.  Wildbr.iined ;  mad:  irapetuoos. 
See  Skeltun,  i.  267;  If  you  kuow  not  roee, 
you  know  Nobody,  1639,  si;^  U.  iii. 


BRA 


2W 


BRA 


I 
I 


t  ayme  tt  no  such  liapninrur.     AUk  ! 
t  «m  *  puuy  cuurtirr,  a  wcakc  brainp, 
A  bmtn9^cke  young  man. 

Hejiiftotd't  /nm  A/rr,  lig.  D.  1. 

BRAIN-STONES.     According  to  Aubrey,  MS, 

Nat.  Hi»t.  Wilts,  p.  13,  stones  tin-  size  of  one's 

head,  nriu-ly  rounil,  found  in  M'ilUhirc,  anil  so 

railed  liT  tlic  common  people. 

BnAlN-\VOOD.    Quito  mail. 

BKAIRD.     Frcjh ;  tender.     Norlli.     Also,  the 

fin>l  blade  of  pi-a^s.     A.-S.  brord. 
BRAISSIT.    lnelo»cd. 
BRAIST.     Bunt. 

BRAIT.  A  kind  of  garment.  (^.-S.)  "  Caraealla 
f*t  ceilii  ritlmo  qua  Anglier  dicihir  brail  re/ 
hakel,"  MS.  Laud.  413.     See  Ducangc,  in  v. 

BRAK.     Broke.     Minot,  p.  29. 

BRA  K  E.  ( I )  To  beat .     North. 

(2)  Kennett,  .MS.  Lansd.  1033.  defines  brake, 
"  a  small  plat  or  parcel  of  busbes  growing  by 
themselTes."  This  seems  to  be  tbe  right 
meaning  in  Mids.  Night's  Dream,  iii.  1,  al- 
though a  single  bush  is  abo  called  a  brake. 
In  Palmer's  Devonshire  Glossary,  p.  32, 
"  fputetutn,  dumetum,  a  bottom  overgrown 
with  thick  tangled  brushwood."  A  lirake  is 
also  a  little  space  with  rails  on  each  side, 
wliirh  Mr.  Hunter  thinks  is  the  Shakcsi>cnrian 
tcnn,  an  exjilanation  r,ither  at  variance  vvitli 
Quince's  "  bawl  bom  brake;"  am)  moreover, 
the  brake  mentioned  by  tliis  comnitntator 
from  Bamaby  {rf)nii;e  would  oidy  be  founil  in 
eultivateil  land,  not  in  the  centre  of  the 
"  palace  wood."  When  Puck  5ay5,  "  through 
bog,  through  bush,  tliruugh  brake,  through 
briar,"  an  expression,  the  latter  part  of  which 
if  repeated  word  for  word  in  Draj-ton's 
Njrmphidia,  we  clearly  see  that  Kcnnett's  ex- 
planatiou  exactly  suits  the  context.  So  also 
when  Demetrius  says,  ii.  2.  "I'll  runfrtmi  thee, 
and  hide  inc  in  tlie  brain,"  can  these  be  little 
encluaed  spots  in  the  middle  of  the  wood  in 
which  he  is  followed  by  Helena?  There  is  a 
spot  near  Broadway,  co.  Wore.,  filled  with 
hawthorn  bushes  and  short  undemood  still 
called  the  Brakes.  See  also  Florio,  in  v. 
Broitedto,  "  full  of  brakes,  briers  or  hushes." 

(3)  Fern,  yorlh.  Called  also  broken.  Tlie 
lerm  occurs  in  Cov.  Myst.  p.  22;  Prompt.  Parv. 
p.  47 ;  Elyot,  in  v.  Filij: 

(4)  An  enclosure  for  cattle. 

(5)  .\n  old  instrument  of  torture,  described  in 
Malune's  Shakespeare,  Lx.  44.  In  the  State 
Papers,  i.  61)2,  is  the  mention  of  one  in  the 
Tower  in  1539.  Hcnee  the  word  is  used  for 
lorlure  in  general,  as  in  the  Table  Book, 
p.  101. 

(€)  K  anaflle  for  horses.  Also,  a  strong  wooden 
frame  in  which  the  feet  of  young  and  vicious 
bonef  ar«  frequently  confined  by  farriers, 
{trepanilory  to  their  being  shod.  See  Hen 
Jonson,  iii.  463;  Topsell's  Beasts,  p.  3()2. 

(7)  Elyot  has,  "  taluta,  a  ermbowe  or  a  brake.'' 
A  similar  entry  occurs  in  lluloet'i  Abce- 
darimn,  1  &52. 


(8)  A  large  I  (arrow.    North. 


An  iiistniment  for  dressing  hemp  or  Hax. 
Sec  llollyhand,  in  v.  lironr.  This  is  perhaps 
Hjen)eaningof  the  word  in  Thvnne's  Debate, 
p.  50. 

(10)  A  harrow.  North.  It  is  translated  by 
rattellum  in  a  MS.  quoted  in  Prompt.  Par*. 
p.  47. 

(11)  .\  baker's  kneading-trough. 

(12)  The  handle  of  a  ship's  pump. 

(13)  .\  cart  or  carriage  used  for  breaking  in 
horses.  It  has  generally  no  liody  to  it.  The 
term  is  still  in  use. 

(14)  A  flaw  or  break.  See  Brack.  Tliis  is 
clearly  the  meaning  in  Webster's  Works,  jv. 

,  141,  "the  slighter  Arfl*M  of  our  reformed 
Muse,"  not  fern,  as  state<l  by  the  ecUtom,  nor 
do  1  see  the  application  of  that  meaning  in  the 
passage  referred  to. 

(15)  To  vomit.    Pr.  Pan. 

(16)  A  mortar.    A'orM. 

BRAKE-BUSH.     A  small  plot  of  fern.     See 

Prompt.  Parv.  p.  47  j  Nutbrowne  Maid,  xv. 
BRAKEN.     Broke. 
BRAKES.     Fern.     lor.  dial. 
BRAKET.     See  Bragot. 
BRjVLER.     a  bundle  of  straw.     Donel. 
BRAMAGE.   A  kind  of  cloth,  mentioned  in  the 

inventory  of  Archbishop  Parker's  goods.  Arch. 

XXX.  1 3.   Carpels  were  sometimes  made  of  thii 

material. 
BRAMBLE-BERRIES.     Blackberries.     NoHk. 
IJRAME.     Vexation.     S/ien»er. 
IIRAMISH.     To  flflurish,  or  assume   affected 

airs  ;  to  boast,     fjiti. 
BRAMLl.VE.     A  cbaffineh. 
BRAN.     (1)  A  brand,  or  log  of  wood.     Wetf. 

(2)  To  burn.     North. 

(3)  Quite.     Devon. 

(4)  Thin  bark;  skin. 

BRANCH.  (I)  To  make  a  hawk  leap  from  tree 
lo  tree.     Olome. 

(2)  To  embroider,  figure,  sprig.  Branched  vel- 
vet. Ford,  ii.  510,  and  Wardrobe  Accounts  of 
Edw.  IV.,  WTongly  explained  by  Gifford.  Cf. 
Middlcton,  v.  103;  Beaumont  and  Fletcher, 
L2fl2. 

(H)  A  small  vein  of  ore. 

BRANCH-COAL.     Kennel  coal.     North. 

BRANCHER.     (1)  A  young  hswk,  just  begin- 
ning to  fly;  or  a  short  winged  hawk.     See 
Blome's  Gent.   Ree.  ii.  28,  62,   164  j  Rcliq. 
Antiq.  i.  293. 
Ttiarrby  bravneherM  In  brrde  Ijettyr  was  aerer. 

Miirtt  Arlhure,  MS.  Utioili,,  (.  ii, 

(2)  One  of  the  ofliccrj  belonging  to  the  Mint. 
See  Ord.  and  Reg.  p.  255. 

BRANCHES.     Ribs  of  groined  roofs. 

BRANCHILET.     A  little  branch  or  twig. 

BRANCORN.  Blight.  Cotgravc,  in  v.  Bmlwe. 
"  Brand,  the  smut  in  wheat,"  Forby,  i.  38. 

UHANl).     A  sword. 

BRANDED.  A  mixttire  of  red  and  black. 
North.  Topsell  uses  the  term,  Foure-footed 
Beasts,  p.  114. 


BRA 

BRANDELLET.     Some   part  of  the   annour, 

inentionetl  in  Richard  Cocr  ile  Lion,  322. 
BRANUENE.     Roasted. 
BRANDEKS.     The  supporters  of  a  com  stack. 

Var.  iliaL 
BRANDES.     Sparks. 
BRANO-FIRE-NEW.    Quite  new.    Eatl.    Also 

bran-new,  bran-span-new,  and  braiid-spander- 

new,  in  the  same  sense. 
BRAND-IRONS.  See  Andirmt  i  Iluloct,  1552 ; 

Florio,  in  v.  Captfu^chi. 
BRANDISHING.   A  crest,  battlement,  or  other 

parapet.     Sec  Davics'  Ancient  Rites  and  Mo- 

nnments,  cd.  1672,  pp.  8,  69. 
BRANDLE.    To  totter;  to  give  way.    See  Cot- 
grave,  in  V.  BrantUr  ;  Howell,  sect.  5. 
BR^VNDLET.     See  Brondrflh. 
BR-VNDLING.     The  angler's  dew-worm. 
BILVNDLY.     Shan'ly;  fiercely.     North.     See 

Tullie's  Siege  of  CurUslc,  p.  38. 
BRANDON.     (1)   They   homt,   pi.     Tiindale, 

p.  19. 

(2)  A  fire-brand.  See  Ptlmendos,  1589,  quoted 
in  Brit.  Uibl.  i.  233. 

(3)  A  wisp  of  straw  or  stubble.     EomI. 
BRANDRETII.     An  iron  triiiod  fixed  over  the 

fire,  on  which  a  pot  or  kclilc  is  placed. 
North,  Tlie  fomn  brandelettr,  t/rantel,  and 
branlede,  occur  in  Prompt.  Parv.  p.  <7. 

Tjik  grrne  jndli  of  i**che,  and  Uy  th»mc  otct  a 
brttrirfurv,  anil  makff  a  Are  undrr  thamff,  and  Xepc 
the  woyic  that  cornea  owt  at  the  eodli  In  cgges- 
•chellea.      MK  LiKO-l:,.  MM.  f.  WJ. 

BRANDRITH.  A  fence  of  wattles  or  Imards, 
set  round  a  well  to  prevent  the  danger  of 
falling  into  it.     Kcnnett,  MS.  Lansd.  1U33. 

BRANDUTS.  Four  wooden  arms  affixed  to  the 
throat  of  a  spindle  in  on  oatincol-inill.   Sal(y). 

BRAND-WINE.     Brandy. 

BRANDY-BALL.  A  game  mentioned  in  Moor's 
Suffolk  Words,  p.  238. 

BRANDY-BOTTLES.  The  flowera  of  the  yel- 
low  water-lily.      Norf, 

BRANDYSNAP.   A  wifer  gingerbread.    North. 

BRANOLED.  Confused;  entangled;  compli- 
cated.   Line. 

BRA.NK.  (1)  To  hold  up  the  head  affectedly ; 
to  pnt  a  bridle  or  reattaint  on  anything. 
A'orM. 

(2)  Buek-whcat,  Eatl.  See  Ray's  Diet.  Tril. 
p.  9;  Tusser,  p.  35.  Kcnnett,  MS.  Lansd. 
1033,  says,  "  bran  of  the  purest  wheat.  Norf." 

BRAN'KBS.  A  country  saddle  of  straw,  llrry'a 
MS.  odd.  to  Rav. 

BRANKKAND.     Wounding.  {A.-N.) 

With  branttea  vf  hrowue  tcelc  brankkatui  ttedea. 
Marte  Arthur*,  US.  /.tmrnta,  f.  79. 

BRAN'KS.  (1)  An  instrument,  formerly  lued 
for  puuishing  scolds.  It  is  of  iron,  and 
surrounds  the  head,  while  the  mouth  is 
gagged  by  a  triangular  piece  of  the  same  ma- 
teiUI.  'Tbere  ia  one  still  preserved  at  New- 
castle. 

(2)  A  kind  of  halter  or  bridle,  used  by  country 
people  on  the  borders. 

BRANNY-BRBAO.     Coarse  bread.     Hulo»t. 


BRANSEU    A  dance,  the  lanie  aa  the  hnwi. 
q.  V.  (A.-N.)     Florio  has,  "  intm/o,  a  French 
dance  called  a  brmutt  or  breole."     See 
bnlnla  in  the  same  dictionary. 

BRANT.     (1)  Steep.    A'orM.    "Brant 
Flodden    Hill,"    explained    by    Nares    froi 
Ascbam,  "  up  the  steep  side."   Cf.  Uril.  Bi. 
i.  132,  same  as  irandli/ 1 

An<l  Ihaoc  thay  com  tllle  vooder  hqi;he 
taynn,  and  it  letned  mm  the  toppea  had  towched 
flrtnainriit ;  and  thir  nimjnlayD<«  irarc  oIi  bmnr  uj 
ri;te  ai  thay  had  bene  wallcs,  w  that  ther  was 
clymbynii  u|ioa  thaiiie.    UJk  nT  AUtamltr,  MS. 
emln,  t.  a*. 

(2)  A  harrow.     Huloel. 

(3)  A  brentgoose,  or  barnacle.     See  HanisoD' 
Dae.  of  England,  p.  222 ;  MS.  Sloane  16: 
f.51. 

(4)  Consequential ;  pompous.     North. 

(5)  Burnt.     Cheth. 
BRAN-TAIL.     The  redstart.     Sabgi. 
BR/VNTEN.     Bold ;  audacious.     Dontt. 
BRASE.     To    make   rcjuiv  ;    to  prc|iare.     ! 

Todd's  lllustretions,  p. '209.     Brated, 
prepared,  Narea,  p.  &7i  who  ia  pnzzled 
the  word. 

BR.VSEY.  A  kind  of  sauce.    "  Pykes  in  briue^i 
Forme  of  Cury,  p.  53 ;  Ord.  and  Reg.  p.  45 
Called  bratill itx  the  latter  work,  p.  446. 

BRiVSll.  (1)  The  refuse  boughs  and  branches 
fallcu  tiiulicr;    clippings   of  hedges;   t 
far.  dial. 

(2)  To  run  headlong.    North.    Also,  impel 
rash.   Any  violent  push  is  called  a  brash. 

(J)  A  raah  or  eruption.     ff'r>t.    Hence  any 
den  development,  a  crash. 

(4)  To  prepare  ore.    North. 

UILVSIIY.     Small;  rubbishy;  delicate  in  con: 
stitution.     North. 

QRASIANTUR.      An   account    of    the   liquor 
brewed  in  a  house.     {Lat.) 

BRASIL.    A  word  used  in  dyeing  to  give  a  red 
colour.     It  has  nothing  to  do  with  the  couni 
of  that  name  in  America,  having  been  kno' 
long  before  the  discover)'  of  the  New  Wori 
It  is  mentioned  by  Chaucer.  Cant.  T.  15465 
and  also  in  the  accouiit.i  of  the  Grocers'  Coi 
pany,  14:)3,  Heath,  p.322;  liarrisoa'a  Di 
tion  of  England,  p.  233. 

BILVSS.  (1)  Copper  coin.     Var.  dial 

(2)  Impudence. 

BRASSARTS.    In  ancient  armour,  pieces 
tween  the  elbow  and  the  tup  of  tbc  should< 
fastened  together  by  straps  inside  tbc 
Skiimer  spells  it  bratteti.    See  Bracer. 

BRASSISH.     Brittle,     North. 

BKAST.    The  past  tense  of  bunt.     It  is  a1 
used  for  the  present.    Cf.  Torrent  of  Portu 
687 ;  Brit.  Bibl.  i.  25  ;  Fecst,  xvii.     Uul 
has,  "  brasten  beallye,  Aerwona." 

BRASTLE.     To  boast ;  to  brag.     North.  . 

DRASTNES.   A  rupture.     Nuloal.  ■ 

BRAT.  (1)  A  turbot     North.  T 

(2)  Film  or  scum.     North. 

(3)  A  child's  bib  or  apron.   North.   A.-S.  brati, 
a  coarse  mantle,  Chaucer,  Cant,T.  16349. 


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BRATCHET.    A  t«nD   of  contempt    A'brM. 

Perhaps  from  brack,  q.  t. 
BRATER.    Avatnbrace. 

Thorowc  bratcT  of  browne  itela.  Rod  Ibe  brjrghte 

mftylct. 
Th>t  Ihr  hlltc  aod  the  huid«  >|>pon«  th»  hrthe  Hgtsn. 
Jtfi>rr>  Jrlhurt,  ilX.  Umvln,  I.  Mi- 
BRATHE.  Fierce.   Syr  Gowghter,  108.  Urathli. 
fiercely,  cxceasively. 
BcrU  to  lyr  B«Ttl)«,  and  hmlhtlji  hym  hittc«. 

tliTtr    IrlhHre,  MS.  Uicoln,  f.7J. 
SAMldIn  Khamoly  thijr  Kheot. 
And  brmlhly  bl<dil.      Sir  Dtgnrant,  Lift.  MS.  I»7. 
Thit  rot  Folk  thun  tunmco  than, 
BratkU  thai  thU  wcrk  bigan. 

US.  C«H.  VttjKU.  A.  Ui.  r.  34. 

BRATTICE.    A  partition.    AVM. 
BRATTISH.    A  ahelf ;  alio,  a  teat  wHb  a  bigh 

back.     A'or/A. 
BR.KTTISI11NG.     Brandishing,  q.  ▼. 
BR.\TTLE.  (1)  To  thundor.     \orlh. 

(2)  To  lop  the  branches  of  trees  after  they  are 
fcUed.     East. 

(3)  A  race,  or  hurry.     North. 

(4)  A  push,  or  stroke.     Nortk. 
BR.\TTV.     Mean  and  dirty.     Une. 
BR.MJCII.     Bakings  of  straw.     A>«/. 
BRAUCHIN.     A  home^oUar.     Sortk, 
BRALUED.     Embroidered. 
BRAUGHWUAM.    A  dish  composed  of  cheese, 

eggs,  bread  and  butter,  boiled  together. 
Lane. 

BRAUNCE.     A  branch.     Skinnrr. 

BRAUNGING.     Pompous.     A'orM. 

BRAVADOES.     Roaring  hoys. 

BRAVATION.  Bravery ;  good  spirits.  Sec  Wily 
Beguiled,  ap.  Hawkins,  iii.  37>'). 

BRAVE.  (1)  Finely  drcst;  fine;  good.  Als<i  a 
rerb,  Cf.  Thyme's  Debate,  p.  23;  Drayton's 
Poems.p.  23j'Tinion,  p.  19;  Collier's  Old  Bal- 
lads, p.  22;  Jacke  of  Dover,  p.  6.  bravrrhf. 

(2)  A  boast ;  a  v.iunt.  See  Drayton's  Poems, 
p.  "1  ;  Downfall  of  Robert  Earl  of  Hunting- 
don, p.  36  ;  Du  Bartas,  p.  7  ;  Ilcywood'i  Ed- 
ward IV.  p.  li.S. 

(3)  A  bravn  ;  a  ruffian. 
North. 


Well ;  in  good  health. 

A  trophy.    Nomenclator,  p.  288. 


BRAVERY.  (1)  Finery.  The  ancient  Britons 
painted  their  liodies,  "  which  they  esteemed  a 
great  braverie,"  llolinshed,  Chron.  England, 
p.  55.     Cf.  Tarlton,  p.  98. 

(2)  A  beau ;  a  fine  gentleman.  See  Ben  Jon- 
»0B*s  Works,  iii.  358. 

BRA  VI.     A  reward,  or  prixe.     (Lai.) 

BRAWDEN.  Woven;  embroidered.  Bramtfrtr, 
an  embroiderer,  Elirabeth  of  York,  p.  55. 

BRAWDRY.     Sculptured  work,     .tkinner. 

BR.VWET.     A  kind  of  eel.    North. 

BRAWL.  (I)  A  kind  of  dance,  introduced  into 
this  eotmtry  from  France  about  the  middle  of 
the  siitccntb  centnry.  It  is  fully  described 
by  Douce,  Illustrations,  i.  218,  and  in  Web- 
Iter'i  Works,  iv.  9-4.  Col  grave  translates 
bnauU,  "  a  brawie,  or  daunce,  wherein  many, 
men  and  women,  holding  by  the  hand*,  Mtne- 


timet  in  a  ring,  anj  otherwhiles  at  length,  more 
altogether." 

Good  rvllowM  muflt  )tn  leame  to  dauooc. 

The  brydul  b  full  near-i  . 
There  Is  a  hratl  cotucout  of  Kraunc«, 
The  fjmt  jre  hardc  lhl>  yransa. 

Good  ffliowa.a  SalM,  1MB. 
(2)  A  brat.     A^orM. 
BR/VWN.  (1 )  The  smut  of  com.     ffal. 

(2)  The  stump  of  a  tree.     Deron. 

(3)  A  boar.     North. 

Brok  brcstedc  as  a  brawne,  with  briutlli  falle  largib 
Mnrte  ^rlhure,   MS.  Uitcoln,  (.(B. 

(•I)  The  term  was  formerly  applied  to  any  kind 
(if  flesh,  not  merely  that  of  the  boar,  and  to 
the  muscular  parts  of  the  body. 
BRAWNDESTE.     Brandished. 

BraU'tiHette  browne  itele,  bra^gc>le  In  trompcs. 

Aftrt«  .IHIiwe,  US.  Lincoln,  (.  91. 

DRAWNESCHEDYN.  Branded.  Tundale.p.-IO. 

BIUWN-FALLEN.    Very  thin. 

BRAWNS.     The  muscles. 

BRAWTHERER.    An  embroiderer. 

BRAY.  (1)  To  Iwat  in  a  mortar.  Hence,  to  beat, 
to  thrash.  To  bray  a  foul  in  a  mnrtar,  an  old 
proverb.  Sec  Dodslcy,  vii.  137.  x.  262;  Top- 
scU's  Foiu'e-footed  Beasts,  ji.  364. 

And  Oraj/  hem  alle  togedere  small. 

jlrdumlogU,  ixx,  aM. 

(2)  Good  ;  bold. 

^3)  To  throw. 

(4)  To  upbraid.     Ifuloet. 
(i)  To  cr)-. 

For  hyt  bygan  to  6r«v  and  erye, 
Al  thoghc  hyt  ahuld  al  tu  dye. 

MS.  Ilarl.  17(11.  f.  as. 

(6)  A^cliff ;  a  rising  ground.  See  Holinshcd's 
Scotland,  pp.  9,  15. 

Ncy  the  fordc  ther  U  a  bmgt. 
And  Dey  the  Sr«yc  ther  ii  a  well. 

US.  sutQKt  ais,  r.  i«-ii. 

BRAYING-ROPES.  Part  of  the  harness  of  a 
horse.  Wardrobe  Accounts  of  King  Edward 
IV.  p.  123. 

BRAZE.  (1)  To  acquire  a  had  taste,  applied  to 
food.     A^orM. 

(2)  To  b«  impudent.     Var.  dinU 

BR.\ZIL.     Sulphate  of  iron.     North. 

BREACH.  (1)  A  plot  of  land  pre|>aring  for  an- 
otlier  crop.     Devon. 

(2)  Tlic  break  of  day,  Harrison's  Description  of 
England,  p.  242.  It  is  often  used  for  brraJb 
by  our  early  dramatists  in  an  obscene  sense, 
as  in  Hcywood's  Royall  King  and  LoyaU  Sub- 
ject ,  sig.  F.  i. 

BREACH-CORN.     Legnminons  crops. 

BREACIU.VG.     QuarrelUng.     TWter. 

BREACHY.  (1)  S|>okcn  of  cattle  apt  to  break 
out  of  their  pasture.    South. 

(2)   Brackish.     Siutex. 

BREAD.  "  He  took  bread  and  salt,"  Le.  tM 
swore,  those  articles  having  tomieriy  bMR 
eaten  at  the  taking  an  oath. 

BREADINGS.  According  to  Kcnnctt,  "biead- 
ings  of  com  or  grass,  the  swathes  or  lowi 
wherein  the  mower  leaves  theiii.     CAmA." 


BRE 


208 


BRE 


BHEJlD-LOAF.     Hoiuchold  bread.     North. 
BREAK.    (1)  Abreak  is  lanil  that  bos  long  biin 
fallow,  or  in  sbee|i  walks,  oncl  is  so  called  tbc 
tot  year  after  it  bas  liecn  ploughed  or  broken 
up.     Nor/.     To  run  the  borsehoe  between 
rows  of  bcani  ia  called  breaking  Ihem. 
(2)  A  beatt  Imakt  cover,  when  he  goe«  out  be- 
fore the  bounds.     He  breaku  valer,  when  he 
has  joit  passed  through  a  river.    Gent.  Kec. 
ii.  78. 
fS)  To  tear.     Hani: 
\a)  To  break  with  a  perron,  to  open  a  secret  to 

him. 
BUKAK-DANSE.     A  treacherous  person. 
BREAK-DEAL.    To  lose   the   deal  at  cards. 

Devon. 
DREAKDITCH.     A  term  originally  applied  to 
a  cow  that  will  not  stay  in  her  appropriate 
pasture ;  and  generally,  any  one  in  the  habit 
of  rambling.     North. 
BREAK-NECK.     A  ghost.     North. 
BREAK-UP.  To  cut  up  a  deer;  a  term  anciently 
and  properly  applied  technically  to  that  ope- 
ration only,  but  it  afterwards  came  to  be  a 
general  term  for  earring.   A  huntsman  is  no>¥ 
said  to  break  up  his  fox,  when  he  cuts  off  the 
head  and  bni<ih,  and  gives  the  carcase  to  the 
bounds.    Twici,  p.  47. 
BREAM.    Cold  and  bleak.     North.    Cf.  Cot- 
grave,  in  V.  Froiil ;  Florio,  in  T.  Brina,  Bruma, 
the  latter  writer  using  it  apparently  in  the 
sense  of  frott. 
BREAN.     To  perspire.      Yorkth. 
BREANT-NEED.  Assistance  in  distreo.  North. 
BREAST.     (1)  The  voice. 

I  lyng  not  miuycall,  ^ 

For  my  brttt  it  decayd.     Armimi/*  pf  BifrdM,  p.  A. 
(2^  To  trim  a  hedge.     Sali^. 

(3)  The  face  of  coal-workings. 

(4)  To  spring  up.     North. 
BREAST-SUMMER.     A  beam  supporting  the 

front  of  a  building,  after  the  manner  of  a 
lintel.     Ojrf.  Glon.  Arch. 

BREAT.  A  kind  of  turbot,  mentioned  in  Ordi- 
nances and  Regulations,  p.  296. 

BREATH.  (1)  Breathing;  exercise.  Shak. 
"  To  breathe  in  your  watering,"  to  take  breath 
while  drinking,  a  Shakespearian  phrase. 

i2)  A  smile.     Somrrtet. 
.1)  To  bray ;  to  neigh.     Iteeon. 
4)  Smell ;  scent ;  odour.     Wnl. 
b)  Putuo.     "  And  think'st  thou  to  brtaih  me 
npou  trust  ?"     Hcywood's  Koyall  King,  1637, 
lig.  P.  iii.    This  is  a  meaning  that  has  been 
overlooked.      "  Here   is   a  lady  that  wants 
breathing  too,"  Pericles,  ii.  3. 
BREATHING-HOLE.     A  vent-hole  in  a  cask. 
BRB4THING-WHILE.     A  time  sufficient  for 
drawing  breath;   any  very  short  period   of 
time.     Naret. 
BREAU.     Spoon  meat.     North. 
BREC.     Broke.     Rob.  Glonc.  p.  490.     Breche, 

breaking,  fracture,  Kyng  AUsaunder,  2168. 
BRECHE.     ^1)  Breeches.     (.^.-S.) 
(2)  The  buttoeka  of  a  deer. 


BRECK.    A  piece  of  unenclosed  arable  Uod ; 
a  sheep  walk,  if  in  grass.  A'<m/.   Tusaer,  p.18, 
has  Ireck,  a  breaking  or  fracture. 
BRBCOST.     A  barbican. 
BREDALE.     A  marriage-feast.     (J.-S.) 
No  man  msy  telle  yn  talc 
The  pe|ile  that  was  it  tlitt  brtdate.     Octt 

BREDDEN.    Roasted.     {A.-S.) 

Man  and  hout  thai  brrnt  and  brnlden, 
And  Iser  godca  oway  leddcn. 

jirlhour  and  Jferfin, 

BREDE.   (1)  Breadth.  North.  Cf.  Ellis"i 
Rom.  iii.  328;  Chaucer,  Cant.  T.  1972. 
Tile  ancel  liegan  the  chllde  10  ledo 
Into  m  forest  wai  fayre  in  brrde. 

Ms.cahich  ft.  V.  M,  r.as. 

Odd  hcere  bnde  owt  of  ihyi  i>«yne 
They  have  do  power  to  lyite  iiiee. 

MS.  Canloli.  Ft.  11.  3*.  (.  49. 

(2)  Broad ;  extended.     (J..S.)    Cf.  Kyng  All-, 
saunder,  2322;    Wright's   Purgatory,  p.  86. 
"  Take  grene  bowys  of  asche,  and  cut  hem, 
and  Icy  hem  ou  a  brede  jTcn,"  MS.  Med. 
Cath.  Heref. 

(3)  Abroad.     ISkitiner. 

(4)  Briad ;  emplovtncnt.     North. 

(5)  A  knot.     /»«/. 

(6)  A  board.  (A.-S.)  Srill  used  in  Suflblk  for 
a  board  to  press  cunl  for  cheese. 

Naylyd  on  a  brrde  of  tre, 
That  men  callyt  an  abcce.    AeUf.  JoMf.  I-ID. 
BREDECHESE.     Cream-cheese.     Pr.  Par*. 
UllEDEN.    To  breed.     (A.-S.) 
HUEDGEN.     To  abridge.     Skinner. 
DREDHERE.     Brclheren. 

Evcrylkone  hy»  brtditert  aJlc, 
Tyte  thai  come  befure  me  liere. 

n.  dt  Bnanne,  tIS.  BoKW,  p.  I*, 

DRIJDIHTITHE.    A  lump  of  bread.    Pr.  Parr. 

IJRKIl-Simii.     A  whitlow.     Eaal. 

BREDUIINE.     Brethercn. 

These  IJ.  hrtdumr  upon  a  day 
Wyth  enemys  were  »LajrD  In  fVghte. 

MS.  Oinlob.  Ft.  IL  as,  f .  M. 

BREE.     (1)  A  bank;  «  declivity.     North. 

(2)  Agitation.     A'orfA, 

(3)  To  frighten.     North. 

(4)  An  eyebrow.  I'ar.  dial.  Palsgrave  has. 
"  Brte  of  the  eye,  poil  de  loiel,"  tuhst.  f.  21. 

For  blr  hare  and  brert  shone  lykr  the  galde. 
Til*  best  maid  thynge  that  erer  tieilde  nt>ld«. 

MS.  lAftJ.  KM,  f.  S. 

BREECH.     To  flog ;  to  whip. 

BREECHES-BIBLE.  One  of  our  trmnsUUoni 
of  the  Bible  from  the  Geneva  edition,  on 
which  some  ridicule  has  been  thrown  on  ac- 
count of  tlic  following  words,  "  And  they 
sewed  fig-trco  leaves  together,  and  made 
themselves  breechet,"  Gen.  iii.  7.  The  pecu- 
liarity Is  imaginary,  the  same  word  occuning 
in  several  of  the  early  transbitionf.  See 
Deuce's  Illustrations,  i.  378. 

BBEECIIMEN.  Sailors.  See  a  list  of  obsolete 
words  prefixed  to  Batman  uppon  Bartholomc, 
1582. 

BREED.    To  plait     Smth. 


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BltE 

BKEED-BATE.     A  maker  of  coDtcntion. 
BREEDER.     A  fine  day. 


209 


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Eatl. 
BKEEDING-IN-ANU-IN.    Crowing  the  brctd. 
BREEDS.     The  brims  of  a  hat     Clouc. 
BKEEK.     Breeches.   A'orrA.   Alio^rreAt.    See 
Skelton,  ii.  173;  bryk,  Songs  and  Carols,  x. ; 

IRitson's  Ancient  Songs,  p.  51  ;  broke,  Lang- 
toft,  p.  161,  where  the  Frcnth  original  rcailn 
braytt.  Urcek-glrdille,  Maundcvilc's  TraTels, 
p.  60,  a  kind  of  girdle  round  the  middle  of 
the  body,  sona  cirea  rentt,  Ducange  in  v. 
Rmale. 

He  matic  hjm  nakyd,  for  he  wu  mcke, 
^L  Save  hys  ichurtc  and  hyi  brfjre. 

^B  MS.  Cantab.  Ft.  il  38,  t.  163. 

^M  At  ys  brtggvrdlt  that  twerd  a-itod. 

■  MS.  ^iSfnole  33,  t.  39. 

H  BREEL.  A  contentious  person  .'  [Bretlicl .'] 
H  Why  lowtt  ;c  nit  low  to  my  lawdibyll  prcMni, 

H  Ye  brawlyng  britU  and  blibyr-lyppyd  bynhyi. 

lUgbt  ifyHtriei,  p.  Uff. 

BREEN.     A  gobUn.     North. 

BREER.     A  briar.    North. 

BREEZE.    (1)   To  lean  hard.     Derm. 

(2)  A  quarrel.     I-'or.  dial. 

BREFF.     Brief ;  short.     Shot. 

BREFFET.    To  ransack,     ii'nc. 

BREGEN.     Thev  break,  pi. 

BREGGE.    A  bridge.     Lyb,  Disc.  1271. 

BRSGIU.     Abridged  ;  shortened. 

BRBID.     Sorrow  ? 

»Tor  everc  wen?  thou  luther  and  le«. 
For  to  brewe  me  bitter  breidt 
And  rov  to  puyten  out  of  |>ees. 
H'aber  Maptt,  p.  349. 

BREKE.   To  part ;  to  break.   North.    "  Poverty 

kireiyt  companye,"  MS.  Douce  52.  (yf.-5.) 
BREKET.  A  pike .'  Mfyrick. 
BREME.  (1)  Fierce;  furious;  xigorous.  {AS.) 
See  Warton's  Hist.  Engl.  Poet.  i.  201 ;  Chau- 
cer, Cant.  T.  1701  ;  Leg.  Cathol.  p.  17  ;  Kc- 
liq.  Antiq.  ii.  7;  Amadas,  171;  Towueley  Myst. 
p.  197;  Piers  Ploughman,  p.  241  ;  Rilwm's 
M         SoDgs,  i.  58,  64  ;  Depos.  Hie.  II.  p.  27.    Also 

■  spelt  l>rim,  as  in  Langtoft,  p.  154.     The  tenn 
H       ia  still  appUcd  to  a  sow  marit  appeteia. 
^1  They  at  bold  and  brtmt  u  bare. 

■  MS.  Hari.  na,  t.  8». 

■  (2)  Briny  ?  cuirass  .>     Or  very  possibly  the  word 
B        mi^  be  incorrectly  written  for  brmie  in  MS. 

CuiUb.  Ff.  ii.  38,  f.  88. 
BREN.    Bran.     North.     See  an  early  instance 
IB  Piers  Ploughman,  p.  129. 

Ttian  tske  au  hanfulle  of  br^nnr,  and  putt  hU 
lalo  the  herbi.,  that  hit  wexe  aummewhat  townde 

I  ana  Ihykke.  MS.  Mtd.  (Ml.  Kmnn   t.  18. 

BRENCH.    The  brink.     Ellis,  ii.  138. 
BRBN-CHEESE.     Bread  and  cheese.     South. 
BRENDE.  (1)  To  make  broad ;  to  spread  about. 
North.     Kennett,  MS.  Lansd.  1033. 
(2)  Burnished. 
BRBNDSTON.      Brimstone.      Sulphur  rieum, 

MS.  Sloanc  5,  f.  9. 
BRENNB.    To  burn.     {A.-S.)     See  Kyng  Ah- 
■nader,  4881 ;  Minot's  Poems,  p.  23;  Piers 
nooghmui,   p.  367 ;   hcg-   Cathof.   i>.  224  ; 


Maimdevile's  Travsla,  p.  ii ;  Todd's  lUoitra- 
tions,  p.  219. 

No  to  bote  fyre  ya  yn  do  land, 
Aa  hyt  )i  aboute  me  brmnaHd. 

MS.  Ilarl.  I7«l,  r  11. 
And  kyndeis  thilre  wlllra  with  the  fyre  of  iore, 
makand  thalm  hale  and  brtnmmi  wllbiii,  and  fayra 
and  Ittfely  in  Jheau  Crlit  e|he. 

MS,  CbU.  Bum.  10.  r.  I. 
BREN  SINGLY.     Hotlv.     (A..S.) 
BHENT.     Steep.    North. 
BRENWATER.     Aqua  fortis. 
ORENYEDE.     Brave  ;  courageous.    (A.-N.) 
I  aalle  to  baulle  the  brynge  of  bmyrOt  knyghtcs 
Thyrtty  Ihosauode  be  tale,  thiyfiye  In  arm«. 

Jfurft  jtrtHtirt,  MS.  Uncoln,  f.  M. 
BRERD.     Surface ;  top ;  brim.     {A.-S.) 
BBERE.  (1)  Briar.   {A.-N.)  See  Chaucer,  Cant 

T.  1534  ;  Reliq.  Antiq.  u.  82. 
(2)  To  sprout.     North. 

BREREWOOD.  Colgrave  has,  "  AUe,  a  wing ; 
also,  the  brimme  or  irerewood  of  a  hat."  Carr 
gives  breward  as  still  in  use  in  the  same  sense. 
BKERN.  A  man.  Pt.  Cotl. 
BRESE.  To  bniise.  {A.-N.)  See  Towneley 
Myst.  p.  214;  Skelton,  ii.  100;  Leg.  Cathol. 
p.  199. 

Ful  faite  they  wraityn,  no  Ihyng  they  woundeo, 
Nedea  they  mote  brtse  foule  hyi  hondcn. 

MS.  How.  i;«i,  r  90. 

And  Kt  hur  upon  an  oldc  atede. 
That  was  brttyd  and  blynde. 

MS.  Cmtab.  Ff.  II. »,  r.  73- 

BRESSEMOR.     A  beam.     North. 
BRESTE.  (1)  To  burst    {A.-S.) 

Bathe  Ihurow  owt  liack  and  Iwoe, 
He  made  the  blode  to  owt  brmtv, 

MS.  Camlab.  Ft.  lU  SK,  I.  W. 
(2)  A  burst  of  sorrow. 

All  that  there  were,  bothe  mooit  and  lecsle. 
Of  Gye  thcj  had  a  grete  breHe. 

MS.  Omfat.  Ff.  IL  3*,  f.  U». 
IIRESURE.     A  bruise  or  sore. 
BRET.   To  fade  away ;  to  alter.  A>n/.  See  Ken- 
nett, MS.  Lansd.  1033.      Standing  com  so 
ripe  that  the  grain  falls  out,  is  said  to  bret 
out. 
BRETAGE.     A  parapet. 

Thanne  allc  the  f»lkc  of  that  cni 
nane  IhegeaUDte  for  to  ace, 
.\t  the  brettigt  thare  he  stode. 

MS.  Unroln  A.  I.  17,  f.  lllS. 
Whenne  he  had  alayoe  the  knyghtei  fyve, 
Agayne  to  die  wallea  ganne  he  dryre. 
And  OTcT  the  6rMa(e  gannc  lye.         IbU.  t.  lOS. 
DRETAGED.    Embattled. 

Towred  withe  toretlea  was  the  tente  thanne. 
And  aftur  brrlaftd  abowte  bryjte  to  bjholde. 

MS.  Cvll.  Calif.  A.  il.  f.  Hi. 

BRETEXED.    Embattled.    Lydgatr. 
DRETFULL.     Brimful.     See  Todd's    Illustra- 
tions, p.  324;  Chaucer,  Cant.  T.  689,  2166; 
House  of  Fame,  iii.   1033;  Wright's  Seven 
Sages,  p.  33. 

Tak  the  lerea  of  hentuyne  one  Miaaomer  erene, 
and  itampe  thame  a  IllUlle,  and  Bile  a  mekllle  pott 
brtl/UII;  and  thirlle  the  pott  In  ttw  \>Qll.\vom<. 

Ml.  l>~.U*a.V.  IM- 

BRETH.    Ka«e-,  tn««i.  ^^ 


BRI 


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BRI 


BRETHELING.  A  worthkM  penon.  SeeAr- 
tliour  and  Merlin,  pp.  7.219;  Betel  of  H«m- 
loiin,  p.  81.  Brethdly*,  Cot.  My«t.  p.  308  ; 
anil  brryel  in  Prompt.  Parv.  p.  SO,  seems  to  be 
an  error  for  brelhel,  translated  \>y  mitrrctUiu. 

BRETISE.     See  Brelege. 

nUETYNYD.    Carded;  cut  up.     (./.-&) 
He  broghts  ill  that  brynkoilc  croke. 
Aud  brttmyi  Mulo,  and  allr  lo-Khokc 

/{.  Hr  Bninme,  MS.  Botev,  p.  t. 

BREVE.  (1)  To  tell;  to  epcak;  to  inform  j  to 
esteem,  or  account.  Also,  to  mark,  to  write. 
See  Boke  of  Curtasye,  p.  23 ;  Wright's  Pol. 
Soni:*.  p.  156;  Ordinances  and  Kegiilations, 
p.  47 ;  llardyng's  Chronicle,  f.  102.  Ilrn-f- 
men/,  an  account,  Ordinances  and  Regulations, 
p.  71  ;  irerer,  ib.  p.  70. 

(2)  Brief ;  short.  Sec  Octovian,  533  ;  Sharp's 
Cov.  .Mvtt.  p.  157. 

brevet!  (1)  A  little  brie/,  or  letter.  (^.-N.) 
See  Piers  Ploughman,  pp.  5,  116;  Boke  of 
Curtasye,  p.  22.  Brevelowre,  a  porter  or  car- 
rier of  letters,  trerir/emliu,  Ducangc  and 
Prompt.  Parv. 

(2)  To  move  about  inquisitively ;  to  search  dili- 
gently into  anything.     ff></, 

BREVIALL.     A  breviar)-. 

BRKVIATURE.  A  note  of  abbreviation.  See 
the  NomcocJator,  p.  9. 

BREW.  A  kind  of  bird,  mentioned  in  the 
Arrluvologis,  xiii.  341. 

BREWAUD.    A  blade  of  com.     A^orfA. 

BIlEWEnS-HORSE.  A  dninkard  was  some- 
times said  to  be  "  one  whom  the  iretrer'* 
kone  liafh  bit."  See  Mr.  Cunningham's  notes 
to  Rich's  Honestie  of  this  Age,  p.  72.  Falstaff 
compares  himself  to  a  brewer's  horse,  1  Ilenrj- 
IV.  iii.  3,  !u  a  contemptuous  manner. 

UREWET.  Pottage  ;  broth.  {.I.-S.)  BrouwTs. 
llii-liiird  Coir  de  Lion,  3077.  This  probably 
differed  from  the  North  country  irevu,  which 
is  made  of  slices  of  bread,  with  fat  broth 
poured  over  them.  "  Adipatum  ett  fuodlibel 
rdutum  adipn  inpint/uattim,  browesse,"  Reru|. 
Antiq.  i.  7.  Cr  Witbals'  Dictionarie,  cd.  1608, 
p.  152,  brews. 

Take  clcwre  water  Tor  ttroof  vine,  browne  brend 
far  fine  mauchet,  bvefe  and  OrewlM  for  qualle*  and 
|>allrldfc.  l^ty*  KupfiHrt. 

BREWI.EDE.    The  leaden  cooling  vessel  used 


by  brewers. 
BREWSTER. 
BRKYDE.  (1) 


A  brewer,    fforlh, 
A  l)OuiL    {A.-S.) 

(2)  Force  i  violence. 

A  squyet  lirakea  bogh  with  fr*l*V4W«. 
Hyt  birdd  un  hym  boihr  boode  and  fore. 

MS.  OnOaS.  Ft.  U.X.t.  46. 

(3)  To  frighten  ;  to  startle. 
BREYT.    Broth. 

BRE3E.    To  frighten.    (A.-S.) 

BREjET.  Breath.  In  MS.  Med.  Coll.  Eman. 
f.  3,  a  kind  of  aqua-rit<t  ii  said  to  **  amend 
styiikyng  breiet,  ;if  a  man  drjrnk  it." 

BRIAN.  To  keep  lire  at  the  mouth  of  an  oven. 
A'orrt. 


BRIBAtiE.  Bnl>ery.  Se«  Harrison's  Deaeription 
of  Eugland,  p.  149. 

BRIBE.  To  rob;  to  steal.  {A..\.)  "Have 
tlolen  and  briSed  signetts ;"  Rot.  Par),  as 
quoted  bf  Tyrwhilt,  v.  33.  Palsgimvc  has, 
•'  I  brUf,  I  piUl,  1  pylV'  f.  174.  "  Divide  roe 
like  a  brib'd  buck,  each  a  haunch,"  says 
Falstaff,  Merry  Wives,  v.  5,  which  modrra 
edilon  most  nnacconnlably  alter.  Wai  the 
allusion  unnatural  for  a  man  who  had  so  re- 
centlv  killed  deer,  and  broken  o|)cn  a  lodge.' 

BRIBO'UR.  A  robber.  Also,  a  beggar.  (A..N.) 
See  Cov.  Myst.  p.  183 ;  Prompt.  Parv.  p.  60, 
translated  by  manticuliu. 

nUlCCO.    Brittle.    Clirtk. 

BRICHE.    Happy. 

BRICK.  (1 )  To  break  by  pulling  back.  Hence 
in  Kent,  to  brickm  aud  to  brilln  up  the  head 
is  to  hold  it  up  and  backward.   Ktiartt. 

(2)  A  kind  of  loaf.    lor.  diaL 

(3)  .\  rent  or  flaw.    Dreon, 
BRICKEN.    Made  of  brick.   Soutk. 
BRICK ETTES.     The  pieces  of 

covered  the  loins,  and  joined  the  tasscta. 

BRICK-KEEL.  A  brick-kiln.  Smth.  FlorioiiM 
the  term  in  v.  Maltoniera. 

BRICKLE.  Brittle.  A'orM.  See  Topsell's  roure- 
footed  Beasts,  p.  321  ;  IIatTis<m's  Description 
of  England,  pp.  21,  213,221 ;  Romeot  and 
Juliet,  p.  56. 

BRICKNOGGIN.  An  old  strong  mode  of  build- 
ing with  frequent  womlcnright-ups,  or  studds, 
filled  in  l>etwcen  with  bricks.  Half-timbered 
house*  are  called  brick-pane  buildings. 

BRICKSTONE.  A  brick.  NortA.  Also  called  • 
brick-tile. 

BRICK- WALLS.  To  swallow  one's  meat  wilb- 
out  chewing,  is  somethnes  called  '"■'^■p 
briek-walli. 

BRICOLE.  (1)  The  rebound  of  a  ban  after  a 
tide  stroke  at  tennis.  In  English  often  oOed 
a  brick-v>aU,  as  in  lloUyband  and  Colgnire, 
in  V.  BrieoU ;  brickoll,  Florio,  in  v.  Brireola. 

(2)  An  ancient  military  engine,  used  for  batter- 
ing down  walls.  {A.-fli'.)  See  Da  Bartas, 
p.  491. 

BRID.  A  bird.  {A.-S.)  See  Minot's  Poems, 
p.  31;  Hartshome's  Met.  Tales,  p.  53; 
Chsucer,  Cant.  T.  10925.  The  herb  bird'*- 
tongue  is  called  briddegtonge  in  MS,  Sloaac  5, 
f.6. 
I  am  at  Joly  at  6rU  on  bough.     MS.  OnOtm* 

BRIDALE.    See  Brtdale. 

BRIDDIS.    Brood;  family.    (A.~S.) 

Anoone  hcordeynide  a  reaarl  afore hlr  hoi*, 
put  therin  cvetl  daye  mllkr,  ttiat  the  tcrpeot  wuhe 
hit  triMU  myghl  Uckehit  ouie. 

Oesea  Hnrniumm,  p.  ivf. 

BRIDE.  (1)  A  bridle.  (A.-N.) 

(2)  Florio,  in  v.  rincitcAirfre,  has,  "  to  miocc  or 
bride  it  at  the  table  or  in  speech  as  some  af- 
fected women  use."  Lilly,  iu  his  Mother 
Rorabic,  applies  the  tenu  to  the  behaviour  of 
newlv-married  people 

BRI  DE-DOOR.    To  run  for  the  bride-door,  is  to 


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ehead 

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BRI 


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BRI 


I 


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nturt  for  a  favour  given  by  a  bride  to  be  run  for 
by  the  youth  of  the  Deighhnurbood,  whovrait 
at  the  church-door  until  the  marriage  ii  over, 
and  tlicu  ran  to  tlie  bride's  door.  The  prize  a 
riband,  which  i»  worn  for  Die  day  in  the  hat  of 
the  winner.   North. 

BRIDE-LACES.  A  kind  of  l)road  riband  or 
small  streamer,  often  vrorn  at  weddings,  al- 
luded to  in  the  Gamester,  iii.  3,  and  by 
Laneham. 

BIIIDEWELL.  A  well-lcnown  prison,  and 
hcoee  fceneraUy  applied,  as  in  the  OptickGlassc 
of  Hiiinors,  1639,  p.  21. 

BRIUGE-I'IN.  Part  of  a  gun,  mentioned  in 
Blome's  Gent.  Ree.  ii.  124. 

BRIDGES.    A  kind  of  thread. 

BRIDLE.  An  ancient  instrument  for  punishing 
a  scold ;  one  of  them  still  exists  at  Coniclelan. 
Bee  England  and  Wales,  p.  519.  "  To  bite 
on  the  bridle,"  to  Buffer  great  hardships. 

BRIDLEGGED.   Weak  in  the  legs.   Chfk. 

BRIDLE-ROAD.  A  road  for  a  horse  only.  Also 
called  a  bridle-sty  and  a  bridle-way. 

BRIDLING.    A  bitch  maris  appetens. 

BRIDLING-CAST.  A  parting  turn  or  cast. 
See  Skeltou.ii.  117. 

BRIDRIS.    Br«e<len. 

BRIDWORT.   Meadow-sweet. 

BRIEF.  (1)  A  petition;  any  short  paper,  or 
apeech ;  a  letter.  See  Towncley  ilyst.  p.  127  ; 
Elba's  Met.  Rom.  ii.  1 1 8.  i  lenoe  an  abstract, 
an  acoouot.  The  word  is  still  retained  by 
Uwyen. 

(2)  Riife ;  common ;  prevalent.  Sliak.  Still  used 
in  the  provinces,  but  cluedy  applied  to  epide- 
mic disorders. 

(3)  A  horse-fly.  Elyol,  in  v.  Ottlrum,  says, 
**  it  semeth  to  bee  the  fly  called  a  briefe  or 
horse  flic,  by  reason  that  it  doctb  lo  vexe  cat- 
teU  in  soinmcr  tyme." 

(4)  A  breve  in  music. 

BRIG.  An  utensil  used  in  brewing  and  in 
dairies  to  set  the  strainer  upon.  North.  A 
kind  of  iron,  set  over  a  6re,  is  so  called. 

BRIGANT.    Arobberor plunderer. 

BRIGANTAYLE.  Brigandioe,  an  extremely 
pliable  kind  of  armour,  consisting  of  (mall 
plates  of  iron  sewn  upon  quilted  linen  or 
leather.  See  Ilulinshcd,  Hist.  Ireland,  p.  IC  ; 
Toit.  Vetust.  p.  189. 

of  amiil  or  of  brig^nlmj/lw. 

Stood  aothyoge  thsnae  upon  tMtayle, 

Cincirr,  US.  Sue.  >!■»«.  131,  f.  38. 

BRIGE.    Contention.    (A.-N.) 
BRIGGE.   Abridge.   North. 
BRIGGEN.     To    abridge.    Briggid,   abridged, 
Laugtoft,  p.  247. 

Bftvfwa  nuui  hi*  helthr  snd  hit  wclfua. 
And  hU  day ei  brig^u,  and  ict)ortc  hli  lyf. 

OcdtM,  US.  Soc.  jliiliq.  134,  f.  SSI. 

BRIGHT.    CeUndine. 

BRIGHTSOME.    Bright.    See  HoUnshed,  Hist. 

England,  p.  99  ;  Stanihunt's  Dead,  of  Ireland, 

p.  28. 
BRIGIRDLE.    See  Bretk. 
IIRIK.    Narrow  ;  straight.    Coht. 


BRIKE.    Breach:  ruin.    {A.^.)  II 

URIM.  (1)  Sea;  flood;  river.     Sea-Mnd  ia  atiUtJ 
called  brim-sand  in  Dorset. 

(2)  The  same  as  brrme,  q.  v. 

(3)  The  forehead.   North.   This  leems  to  be  the.  ] 
right  meaning  in  Octovian,  93 

(4)  To  bring.    Eatt. 
DH1M.ME.    Pnblic;  known. 
BRIMMER.    A  hat.    A'orfA. 
BRIMMLE.    A  bramble.    Wett.    Huloct,lSS2, 

has  bn/mbk.     Brymmeylle,    bremniyll,    Pr. 
Parr. 

BRIMS.     A  gadfly.    Kent.    See  Kcnnett,  MS. 
Lansd.   1033,  who  gives  the  phrase,    "  Yoa  I 
have  a  6r>'«iw  in  your  tail,"  i.  e.  are  always 
running  about.     Brimnry  occurs  in  Cotgrave,  i 
in  V.   Ontre;  Topscll's  History  of  Serpenta^J 
p.  247  ;  and  Skinner  refers  to  Iligins  for  it.     <l 

BRIMSTONE.    Rampant.    South. 

BRINCH.     To  drink  in  answer  to  a  pledge, 
Lyiy's  Mother  Bomhie,  cd.  1632,  sig.  -\a.  vii.  i 
Bryncher,    Gaseoyne's  Delicate  Diet,   1576. 
Nares  is  at  fault  with  respect  to  this  word,  J 
which  is  sometimes  spelt  irmtlict. 

BRINDED.    Fierce.    Deron. 

BRIN DLED.    Streaked ;  varionslv  coloured. 

BRINGEN.  Tobring.  {A.-S.)  "Tobringone 
going,"  to  bring  one  on  one's  way,  to  accom- 
pany a  person  part  of  a  journey. 

BRINL  A  cuirass.  See  KvngAlisaunder,  1249,  < 
1869,  5149;  Kyng  Horn,  1230;  Knig  of  | 
Tara,  949 ;  Horn  Childe,  p.  284  ;  Gy  of  War- 
wike,  p.  140;  Minot's  Poems,'  p.  171; 
Arthour  and  Merlin,  p.  287  ;  Sir  Tristrem,  pp.  i 
147,301. 

Buskcdc  In  brtnttta  tnyglit*  to  liehaldc. 

Aforfc  .InhMrr,  MS.  Oneotn.  I.  iiO.  \ 

BRINKLE.     A  dog  "  with  one  patch  of  blad 
brown  brinJtIe  on  the  left  eye  and  left  ear"] 
is  mentioned  in  the  Times,  April  24,  1845. 

BKINK-WARE.  Small  faggots  to  repair  the' 
hanks  of  rivers.    Salt. 

BRINT.    Burnt.    (A.-S.) 

Th*  tran  hli  brair,  thtnthefrHnf, 
At  Geston  londc  thrrehit  Hint. 
Cvmr  Uundl,  US.  Cell.  Trin.  CsnUb.  f.  SB. 

BRISE.  (1)  To  bruise  ;  to  break. 

(2J  A  bristle.     North. 

(3)  Fallow  ground.     Eatt. 

BRISK-ALE.  Ale  of  a  superior  quality.  Se« 
Tonhnin's  Hist,  of  Taunton,  p,  25. 

BRISKEN.    To  be  lively. 

BRISLE-DICE.    A  kind  of  falie  dice. 

BRISS.   Dust ;  rubbish.   DnotL    Briaa-ind-bn 
tons,  sheep's  droppings. 

BRISSE.    To  bruise. 

BRISSLE.     To  scorch  ;  to  dry.     North. 

BRISSOUR.  A  sore  place;  a  chap.  {Dan.)  Tke 
term  occurs  in  MS.  Med.  Line.  f.  299.  Com- 
pare MS.  Med.  Coll.  Eman.  fol.  19,  "  also  it  is 
good  emplaatm  forwuwndis  that  ben  ninclyd, 
for  to  sese  ache,  and  do  awey  bruourit." 

BRISTEZ.    Bursts. 

of  raync  hard  hrrtc  than  «•  fnt  wondlr*, 
Tliat  it  for  loruwe  trMes  Do(hte  In  tun4:t<«. 

MS.  Ul^o.^«  K.\  %•;.<->."* 


BRO 


212 


BBO 


BRIST-JIIGH.    Violent.     YorHh. 

URISTLE-TAIL.     A  pulfly.    AV/rM. 

BRIT.     To  indent ;  to  bruise.     Wnf.    It  iiilso 

another  form  of  trute. 
BR1TAIN.CR0WT<.     A  gold  coin,  worth  ibout 

five  shillings.     See  Snelling't  Coins,  p.  24. 
BRITIl.    Wrath ;  contention. 
BRITOXNER.     A  swaggOCT.    SJtinnrr. 
BRITTE  N  E.    To  cut  up  ;  to  carve  -,  to  break,  or 

divide  into  fragments.    (/t.-S.)     Used  in  the 

North,  according  to  Kennett'a  Glouary.p.  33. 

Sec  Langtoft,   p.  244  ;  Robton's   Romances, 

p.  G4  ;  Illuit.  of  Fairy  Mythology,  p.  67. 

Wcnci  thow  to  britiene  hfm  with  thy  t>raiMle  rxchr. 
Murtt  unhurt,  IIS.  Unorflt,  f-CS. 

BRITTLING.    The  slow-worm. 

BRIZE.     A  gadfly. 

BRO.    Brow ;  brink. 

BROACH.  (1)  A  spit.  Also  a  verb,  to  spit  or 
transfix,  as  in  ilS.  Morte  Arthure,  f.  65.  Ken- 
nell  says,  "  in  Yorkshire  they  call  a  sccwer  or 
any  sharp  pointed  stick  a  troche,  as  also  the 
spindle  ktick  whereon  the  thread  or  yam  is 
wound."  The  term  is  applied  to  a  lording-pin 
in  Warner's  Antiq.  Culin.  p.  43.  Broche- 
tumers,  lads  who  turned  the  spit,  ib.  p.  97. 
Cf.  Tundalc,  p.  13. 

(2)  A  steeple.  A'or/A.  The  term  is  now  nearly 
obsolete.  A  pyramidical  spire  is  still  called  a 
broach-steeple,  a  phrase  which  occurs  in  the 
Optick  Glasse  of  Humors,  1639,  p.  41. 

(3)  A  taper ;  a  torch.  See  Piers  Ploughman, 
p.  362 ;  Antun  of  Arth.  xxxr.  9. 

(4)  An  irregular  growing  of  a  tooth.  Topsell's 
Fourc-footed  Beasts,  pp.  1S9,  331.  Phillips 
has  brochity,  a  crookedness,  especially  of  the 
teeth. 

(6)  A  kind  of  buckle  or  clasp  ;  a  breast-pin  ;  a 
*ort  of  jewel  or  ornament ;  an  ornamental  pin 
or  loop.  Sec  Kyng  Alisaunder,  6842  ;  Richard 
Coer  dc  Lion,  2067.  The  term  is  also  used 
metaphorically  for  urwiment. 

i6J  To  deaower.     Miri/r. 
7)  According  to  Polwlielc,  a  sharply  pointed 
(tick  to  thrust  into  mows  of  com.     A  rod  of 
willow  or  hazle  used  by  thatchers  is  so  called. 
Var.  dial. 
(8)  A  spur.   Also  a  verb,  to  spur.  "  Thcr  stedcs 
brochtd  thei  fast,"  Langtoft,  p.  277. 
'  (9)  To  shape  stones  roughly.     .VorM. 
I  (10)  A  fishing-hook.     Prompt.  Pan. 
f  BROAD.     A  large  flooded  fen.    Eatl. 
(BROAD-ARROW.    An  arrow  with  a  very  large 

head,  and  forked. 
BROAD-BAND.    Com  laid  out  in  the  sheaf  on 
the  band,  and  spread  out  to  dry  after  rain. 
Nurlh. 
BROAD-BEST.    The  best  suit  of  apparel.  Ea»t. 
I  BROAD-CAST.  Cora  sown  by  the  hand  and  not 
drilled.     South. 
BROAD-HEADS.    The  heads  of  brxnd-arrows, 

used  for  shooting. 
BROAD-SET.    Short  and  thick.     The  term  is 

applied  lo  cloth  in  Struit,  ii.  94. 
BROAK.     To  l>elch.    FmI. 


See  Ilawkiss' 


BROAN.     A  faggot.     Nerf*. 

BROS.     To  prick  with  a  bodkin.      ^orlK. 

BROBILLANDE.     Weltering. 

Many  a  ImMc  manne  laye  iherr  t«7kc<d«, 
BrobUlBKdt  In  hit  blodc.  US.  Uimlx  A.  1.  l*.  t.  lU. 

BROC.    A  rupture. 

BROCAGE.  A  treaty  by  a  broker  or  ageat. 
(A.-N.)  See  Piers  Ploughman,  pp.  33,  289  ; 
Reiiq.  Antiq.  ii.  239. 

BROCALE.     Broken  victuals,     Pr.  Pare. 

BROCHE.    See  Broach. 

BUOCHET.     A  brocket,  ^ 
Engl.  Dram.  iii.  238. 

BROCHT.     Brought. 

BROCK.  (1)  A  badger.  It  is  the  IraoaUtioo  of 
collar  in  MS.  ColL  Jes.  Oxon.  28.  so  OtM.  ii 
was  probably  also  applied  to  a  bearer.  "  T»rm, 
a  brokke,"  Reliq.  Antiq.  i.  7.  Cf.  Minor  for 
Magistrates,  p.  119;  ReUq.  Antiq.  ii.  7!>,  63; 
Ywaine  and  Gawin,  98 ;  Dial.  Cfeai.  Moral, 
p.  260;  Piers  Ploughman,  p.  119.  It  is  alto 
a  term  of  contempt,  as  in  Peele's  Jest*,  |^  82. 

(2)  A  cabbage.     North. 

(3)  A  piece  or  fragment.     Wt*l. 

(4)  A  cow  or  husbandry  horse.  Korlh.  Bro^ 
ing  mongrel,  a  vicious  jade. 

(5)  The  insect  that  produces  the  froth  called 
cuckoo-spittle.      Var.  diaL 

(S)  A  brocket,  q.  v.  Plorio  has,  "  CtrbUttO,  A 
hrocke  or  a  slaggard." 

BROCKE.     To  brook ;  to  enjoy. 

BROCKET.  According  to  Twici,  Reliq.  Antiq. 
L  ISl,  and  Harrison,  Description  of  England, 
p.  226,  a  (tag  in  its  tecond  year,  but  Bloroe, 
ii.  7S,  says  the  name  is  given  to  a  stag  in  its 
third  year,  which  agrees  with  the  Maystre  of 
theGame,  MS.  Bodl.  546. 

BROCK  LE.  Brittle.  North.  It  is  fonnd  in 
Huloct,  15S2,and  is  also  applied  lo  cattle »pt 
to  break  through  a  field. 

BROCOUR.     A  seller  or  broker.     (.rf.-jV.) 
Wllh  avarjcruiur^  I  ly^p. 
Wuh  hU  brvcnvrit  tliat  renne  aboulc. 

Givtr,  MS.  Soc.  ^nr>4.  IM.  t.  tM. 

DRODDLE.     To  make  holes.     North. 

BRODE.  To  prick.  North.  Florio  mentions 
a  kind  of  nail  so  called,  ed.  1611,  p.  68,  which 
may  1)c  the  same  with  brodykt  in  Aahmole's 
Thcat.  Chcm.  Brit.  p.  132. 

BRODEKINS.  Buskins  or  half-boota,  linUar 
to  what  were  afterwanls  called  startups,  and 
generally  worn  by  rustics.  (Pr.) 

BBODEL.  A  brothel.  Harrison's  Deacr.  of  Eng- 
land, p.  216.     Also  a  term  of  abase. 

BRODBLYCHE.     Strong;  fniions. 

BROniD.     Spread. 

BRODS.     Money.     Lhui. 

BROERH.    TracUble.     {A.-S.) 

BBOG.  (1)  A  swampy  or  bushy  place.  North. 

(2)  To  crop.      )'or*t*. 

(3)  To  brog;  a  method  of  catching  eels  with  trojft 
or  small  sticks,  which  is  called  broggiog.  North. 

(4)  A  trick.     East. 

BROGGER.  A  badger  who  deals  in  corn.  Sea 
llnlinshed,  iii.  I&8H. 


I 


BRO 


•lis 


I 


I 


BROGUES.  (1)  Covte  shoe*.  Shai.  Accord- 
ing  to  Kennelt,  '•  a  tort  of  shoe  made  of  tlie 
rough  hide  of  any  ticast,  commonly  used  hy 
the  wilder  Irish."  See  HoUnshed,  Chron. 
Ireland,  p.  160. 

(2)  Brecclies.     Suffolk. 

BROIDED.     Braided ;  woven.     (^.-A^.) 

BROIDEN.     Interwoven? 

Lond  of  Uf,  o(  too  and  TWI, 
With  btU  and  bolt  bmUtm  bnl. 

Curtor  Mundl,  MS.  Coll.  Trin.  Cmlab.  t.  J. 

BUOK.  The  name  of  an  inferior  horse,  men- 
tioned bv  Chaucer,  Cant.T.  7125,  and  said  by 
Brand  to  be  still  in  use,  i.  293.  Kennett  says, 
"  hence  the  name  of  hrockman  in  Kent,  L  c. 
horseman."  See  Brock  (i).  "  Brot,  an  old 
iword,"  Ash. 

BROKALY.     Broken  \-ictual5. 

BROKDOL.     Brittle.     Prong)!.  Parr. 
BROKE.     (1)  To  deal  or  transact  a  business, 
particularly  of  an  amorous  nature ;  to  act  as  a 
procurer.     Nam. 

(2)  A  breach.  Oecon.  Hence  a  misdeed,  or 
crime. 

(3)  A  brook.     {A.-S.) 
US  To  keep  safe.     Skinner. 

(5)  A  rapture.     Kent. 

(6)  Sheep  are  said  to  broke  when  lying  under  a 
broken  hank.     North. 

BROKK-BAKKYDE.    Crookbacked.    Pr.  Pare. 

BROKEI.EAK.     The  water-dock. 

BKOKELETTES.     Kragraents. 

BROKELL.  Rubbish.  Huloet.  Brokle,  brittle, 
Elyot,  in  T.  Aloe. 

BROKEN.     A  brook.     Skinner. 

BROKEN-BEEH.  Remnants  of  beer,  ta  wc 
now  say  broken  victuals.  Any  single  odd 
money,  according  to  Kennett,  is  called  broken 
money. 

BROKER.     A  pander  or  go-between. 

BROKET.  (1)  A  lark.  Norlhumb.  See  Pen- 
nant's Tour  in  Scotland,  1790,  i.  48. 

(2)  A  brook.  "A  broket  to  the  sea"  U  men- 
tioned in  Lclandi  Itin.  iii.  18,  24,  132. 

(3)  A  torch  or  taper. 
BHOKKINO.     Throbbing;  quivering. 
BROKLEMBE.      The  herb  orpin.      It   is  the 

translation  of  fabaria  in  MS.  Sloaue  5,  f.  S. 
Spelt  broklemp  in  Arch.  xxx.  405. 
BROIa     a  child  or  brat.     {A.-S.) 
BROLL.     Part ;  piece.     Cok*. 
BROM.     Tlie  bit  of  a  bridle.     North. 
•  BROMIDGHAM.    A  corruption  of  Birmingham. 
A  Bromidghani  groat,  a  spurious  fourpcnny- 
piecc.     A  person  neither  Whig  nor  Tory,  but 
between  both,  was  called  a  Bromidghani. 
BRONCHED.     Pierced. 
BRONDE.     (1)  A  sword;  ■  club. 

Or  tttou  p&n«  thorow  my  l}Oode, 
And  Morilelay  my  gixle  hrowir. 

U.l.  CtitoV.  FT.  U.  38,  r.  lot. 
He  ichuldc  hym  dry»«  «■  (troundi! 
With  lh»t  6r«irf«  In  a  I)  tyllc  itoundp. 

IM.  (.  9M. 

(2)  AtoTfh.     {M..N.) 
BROND-IRON.     A  sword.     Renter. 


BRONDIT.      Branded;    burnt.      Huloet    Itaa 

broniton  in  the  same  sense. 
BRONE.     Brown. 
BRONG.     Brought.     A'orM. 
BRONNYN.     Bum,  destroy,  ph 
BRON  STROP.     A  prostitute. 
BROO.    (1)  Brother.     North. 
(2)  The  top  of  anything. 

Tak  •  knyfr,  and  tchtn  It  smal,  thriule  anil  allr, 

andarlhell  In  water  t  ukethetroo  of  that,  and  Ul* 

It  go  thorow  a  clowle.     US.  Unc.  Med.  f.  S3. 
BROOCH.     See  Broach. 
BROO-CHIP.     A  person  of  the  same  trade,  or 

likeness.     North. 
BROOD.    To  cherish. 
BROOD-HEN-STAR.      A   star   mentioned  by 

Florio,  in  v.  Verifilie. 
BROODLE.     To  cuddle.     North. 
BROODY.     Sullen ;  ill-temj>ered.     Dor«f/. 
BROOK.     (1)  To  brook  up,  spoken  of  cloud* 

when  they  draw  together,  and  threaten  rain. 

South,     fusser  uses  the  word. 

(2)  A  boil  or  abscess.  Line.  Given  by  Skin- 
ner, but  now  obsolete. 

(3)  To  keep  food  on  the  stomach;  to  digest. 
Palngrave. 

BROOM-DASHER.  A  dealer  in  faggots,  brooms. 
&C.     Kent. 

BROOM-KIELD.  To  sweep  broom-fleld,  to  in- 
herit the  whole  property;  to  get  possession  of 
the  whole  of  anything.     EoMt. 

BROO.M-GROVES.  A  paasage  in  the  Tempest, 
iv.  1,  has  occasioned  some  difficulty,  ou  ac- 
count of  a  mention  of  the  thadote  of  a  broom- 
grove.  It  appears  from  Prompt.  Vian:  p.  53, 
that  the  term  brome  was  also  applied  to  the 
tamarisk ;  but  there  is  no  necessity  for  sup- 
posing that  to  lie  the  tree  alluded  to  by 
Shakespeare.  See  Gerard,  p.  1132;  Two 
Lancashire  Lovers.  1640.  p.  222.  That  one 
species  of  broom  would  afford  shade  is  appa- 
rent from  the  following  passage : 
In  a  ^^^ra  fiU  Iher  wer  hidde 
Thrc  tiunilird  Sarraxliu  wcle  y-ichrldde, 

Gy  0/  tt'aniikf,  p.  !M. 

BROOMSTAFF.  The  handle  of  a  broom.  Henry 

VHl.  V.3. 
BROSE.     To  bruise. 

Ther  were  mront  braynnl  and  tratcd  to  tb»  delh. 

ITS.  CWf.  OJtg.  A.  11.  I.  117. 

BROSELEY.     A  pipe,  so  called  from  a  place 

in  Shropshire  famous  for  their  manufacture. 
BROSEWORT.     Henbane.     It  is  translated  by 
rimphoniala  in  MS.   Sloane  5,  f.  9.     Gerard 
has  it  in  his  supplement,  but  according  to  him 
it  is  the  confoUda  minor. 
BROSIER.     A  bankrupt.     Cheth. 
BROSSHINO.     Gathering  sticks  or  buahet. 
BROSTEN.     Burst.     North. 

Stones  bnwtn,  the  erth  achokr. 
And  dede  folk  ganne  awake. 

MS.  .4Amolt  n,  I.  IM. 

BBOTCHET.   A  thin  Uquor  made  from  the  Uit 

•queezings  of  a  honey-comb.     North. 
BROTBI..     BritlU ;  unsteady.     {.i.-.1.) 


by 

mrd 

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BOO 


214 


BRU 


Ground  newly  broken  up. 


North.     Often   a  plural 
A  "  broth  of  a  boy,"  an 


BHOT-GROUND 

U'miiitoretami, 
llROTll.      Pottage. 

noun,  a  few  broth. 

excellent  fellow. 
BHOTH-BELLY.    A  glutton.     North. 
BROTIIE.     (1)   Enraged.     Drothrfallc,  angry, 

Tiolenl,  Ijingtoft,  p.  55. 
Uf)  AbrxMui.     North. 
BROTHEL.     A  wretch;  a   worthless   person. 

(A.-S.)    Sec  Brethelinp.    The  term  was  often 

applied  to  a  harlot,  especially  by  later  vrritere. 

Elyot    translates    werrlria;    "  an    harlot,    a 

brothet,"  and  the  word  also  occurs  in  Skelton 

and  Piers  Ploughman. 
BUOTHEREl).     Embroidered. 
BROTllERllED.     Brotherly  alTcctinn.    (.f-S.) 
BR0THBR.1N.LAW.     A  half-brother.    Eint. 
BROTHER-LAW.     A  brother-in-law.      Hetl. 
BROTH  ERWORT.     Pennyroyal. 
BROTHLY.     Angrily ;  violently.     Sec  Brothe, 

and  Sir  Perceval,  2123. 
And  than  th«  Bretuni  btvtbelg  tnbiuicj  thcire  (ch«Idn. 
Morti  Arihmt,  MS.  Unnln,  t.  71. 

BROTHY.     Hard;  Stiff.     {.1.-S.) 
BROTTS.     Fragments ;  dro|)ping8.     North. 
BROUD.     A  forehead.     Weit. 
BROUDER.     Embroidery. 
BROUGH.     A  kind  of  halo.     North. 
BROL'GH-WHAM.     According  to  Kcnnett,  a 
dish  made  of  cheese,  eggs,  clap-bread,  and 
butter,    boiled    together.      Lane.      Brockett 
writes  it  Broufhton,   and  says  it  is  an  old 
Northumbrian  diah,  composed  of  two  cakes, 
with  thin  slices  of  cheese  in  the  middle. 
BROUKE.     To  use ;  to  enjoy.     {A.-S.) 
Take  lilr  hcrr  snd  bnuke  hlr  wi>l, 
Of  thin  wot  1  Dever  a  d«l 

Curnr  MuHdi,  MS.  (Ml.  Trin.  Conlmb.  t.  IS. 
BROUS.     Brows ;  foreheads. 

Come  fcndc*  fclo  wltti  lutlicly  ftraut. 
And  Tyldca  ful  alle  the  houf, 

MS.  Hat  I,  i;01,  r.  S3. 
BROUSE.     Brushwood.    JTfl.       ^ 
BROUSTE.     Nourished. 
BROUT-     A  moment  of  time. 
BROUTH.     Brought. 
BROW.  (1)  Brittle.      KiUt. 
(2)  Saucv  ;  pert.     North. 
BROWDED.     Embroidered.     (A..N.) 
Ilalil  on  her  uplto  tondrc  hewrt  tcne 
Of  fr«nh  dourm  ttut  m  welle  l)n>n'dtd  bme. 

MS.  n,Htal>.  Ft.  I.fi,  r.  II. 

BROWDEN.     Anxious  for ;  attached  tn.     Also, 

vain,  conceited.     North. 
BROWDENE.     Broad  ;extende<l.     (A.S.) 
BROWEN.     Brewed. 
BROWING.     Soup ;  pottage. 
BROWN. BILL.     The  bill,  anancient  weapon  of 

t)ic  English  soldierv. 
BRUWN-CLOCK.     The  cockchafer.    North. 
BROWN-CROPS.    PuUe.     Glmc. 
BROWN-DAY.     A  gloomy  day.     flillii. 
BROWN-DEBP.     Lost  in  reflection.     Kent. 
BROWN-GEORGE.     A  coarse  kind  of  bread; 

also,  a  large  earthen  pitcher. 


BROWN  I STS .   A  sect  founded  by  Robert  Browa 

of  Rutlandshire,  temp.  Eliuibeth,  and  rioIeiiUjr 

opposed  to  the  Church  of  England.     They  are 

alluded  to  by  Shakespeare  and  moat  writen  of 

his  time. 
BROWN-LEEMERS.    Ripe  b^o^Tn  note.  CallMl 

also  irotrruhullen.     The  term  is  6gnnitiTeIy 

applied  to  generous  persons.     North, 
BROM'SAGE.    Browsing. 
BROW-SOl^'ARE.    A  trianguUr  piece  of  linen, 

usually  bound  about  the  head  of  an  infant  ;utt 

boni.      irett. 
BROWYLLINGE.      Broiling.      Sec   a   curious 

drawing  of  Indians  brwytlini/e  their  fish  in 

MS.  Sloane  1622,    f.  83.      BroyUj/,  broiW, 

MaundeWlc,  p.  107. 
BROYLEKY.     A  tumult. 
BRUCE.    Pottage. 
BRUCHE.    A  brook.   Reliq.  Antiq.  U.  272, 277. 

Also,  a  broach,  as  in  the  MS.  Mortc  Arthore. 
BRUCK.     A  ficld-ericket.     North. 
BRUCKELED.  Wet  and  dirty;  begrimed.  Etui. 

llerriekhas  the  word,  i.  126.   Kcnnett,  p.  137, 

says  "  to  brooklc  or  bruklc  in  the  North  is  tu 

make  wet  and  dirty." 
BRUDLE.  To  suffer  a  child  to  lie  till  he  is  follr 

awake.     Deron. 
DRUE.    To  embrue. 
8RUET.    A  kuid  of  tliick  pottage.  See  Towne- 

ley  Myst.  p.  43;  Ordinances  and  Rcgulatioos, 

p.  '146;  Reliq.  Antiq.  ii.  30. 
BRL'FF.    (1)    Hearty;  jolly;  healthy;   proud; 

elated.     Also, rough  in  manners.    Al«o,togo 

to  bruff^,  the  same  aa  brim,  applied  to  a  tow. 

Var.  dial. 
(2)  Brittle.     Doriti. 
URUGG.     Abridge.     (-^..&) 
BRUIT.     A  rumour  or  report.     See  Heywooil's 

Iron  Age,  sig.  C.  iii. ;  Elyot,  in  v.  Atcribo. 
BRUITIST.     A  brute.    See  Heywood's  Royall 

King  and  Loyall  Subject,  1637,  rig.  P.  iiL 
BUUI.Ll.MENT.     A  broil.     North. 
BRLMBLE-GELDER.     A  fanner.    EoMt. 
DRLM.MELL.     A  bramble.     Hani: 
HKIMMOCK.     A  kind  of  knife.     Soiy. 
BRU.MP.    To   lop   trees  in  the   night  surrep. 

titiouslv.    Eoit. 
BRUMSfONY.     Brimstone. 
BRUN.    To  bum.     A'orM. 
BRUNE.     Brown.     U.-S.) 
BRUNGEON.     A  brat ;  a  poor  chfld.    KnI. 
BRUNSWICK.    A  kind  of  dance. 
BRUNSWYNE.    A  seal.  Pr.  Parr.   It  utnat- 

latcd  hy  foctt,  tuilliu,  and  tiel/thinin.  Docange, 

In  V.  f'oca,  says  it  is  the  iuca,  a  fish  for  which 

Elyot  coidd  not  find  a  name  in  English,  in  v. 

Bocat. 
BRUNT.    Sharp  to  the  taste.    North. 
B  RU  NTE.    To  make  a  start ;  to  laf. 
BRURE.     Brushwood.     ITeiit. 
BRUSELL.    To  bruise,  or  break. 
BRUSH.  (1)  Stubble.    Stiff. 

(2)  To  splash  hedges.     Yortth. 

(3)  A  noscgav.     Oeron. 
(i)  The  taUofafox. 


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(5)  To  jump  quickly.      I'ar.  dial. 

BRIISHALY.    A  biuh  or  branch  of  a  tree. 

BKUSLERY.     A  tumult. 

BRUSS.  (1)  Proud;  upstart.     Suurx. 

(2)  The  dry  ipine  of  furte  brokmi  off.    Demm. 

BRUSSCHBT.    A  bunh,  or  thicket. 
And  in  thai  Ukc  bruttchrt  toy 
Five  tbouMjit  of  othro  «nil  more. 

MS.  ^•litmilt  33,  t.  la 

BRUST.  (1)  A  briitlc.    EUis,  ii.  311.     Hence 
rough,  or  covered  with  bristles,  at  in  A^' right's 
Pol.  Songn,  p.  151. 
(2)  To  burst.     "Sorth. 

DKUSTl.NG-SATt'RDAY.  The  Saturday  before 
Shrove-Tuosday,  on  whicli  day  there  is  eaten 
frying-pan  pudding,  made  uf  the  urae  material 
as  a  pancake,  but  stirred  up  and  thicJi,  and 
breaking  into  cniiubly  pieces.  Unc. 
BRUSTLG.  To  crackle,  to  make  a  noise  like 
straw  or  small  wood  in  burning;  to  rustle. 
Also,  to  parch.    Eait. 

And  MArch  that  all  doth  jiaich, 

And  t'l-usfltlh  all  atwutc. 
Doth  lirj  the  walea  that  winter  wrtc«. 
And  dn«t  doth  All  the  rnutr. 

MS.  Mkmrit  SM,  r.  IM. 

BRUSY.    Begone!     Bfdi. 

BRUTE.    Rough.   Drayton  has  this  Kord,  p.  21, 

and  it  occurs  in  Robert  of  Gloucester. 
BRUTEL.    Brittle.    MS.  BodL  294,  reads  MM 
IB  the  following  passage. 

The  worMe  U  )>afr*«il  and  agonc. 
And  nowe  upon  hl»  oldc  tone 
It  itant  of  hntttl  erthe  and  stele. 
The  which*  aoordco  never  a  dele. 

iiowtr,  ed.  1039,  f.  6. 
BRUTS.    Old  clothes.     Korth. 
BRIJTTE.     To  browse.     5oiiM. 
BRUTTLE.    FurionsjwUd.     I'ar.  dinL 
BRIYSE.    Brcwis.     Hulofl. 
BRVZZ.    To  blunt.     YorHh. 
BRUZZLED.    Over-rxMisted.    Korllk. 
BRVfKE.    To  brook,  or  enjoy. 

No  (yfte  ae  grace,  nothcr  thare  gut, 
Bot  brwkt  as  we  hafc  hroghte. 

MS.  Lnrnlm  A.  I.  17,  t.  213. 

BRY.    A  kind  of  tart. 

BRYARY.    A  place  where  briars  grow.   Huloet. 

BRYBRE.    Robbery. 

BRYCHE.     Low. 

Now  ff  Pert  l>yronic  tuychet 

rhal  er  was  Iwthe  >u>ute  and  ryche. 

MS.  Harl.  1701,  f,  30. 

BRYDE.    Bowed ;  broke, 

BRYCAUNTYS.     Robbers. 

BRYGOUS.     QuarrelMine  ;  contentious. 

BRYLLYNE.     See  Birle. 

BRYMEl/'S.    An  ancient  dish,  described  in  the 

Ponue  of  Curr,  p.  96.     It  is  spelt  iryneur  in 

MS.  Sloane  1201,  f.  23. 
BRY  M  LENT.     A  kind  of  tut. 
BKYMLYCHE.     Pierce. 
BRYN.     Brains,  way,   path,  jiasaage,  joimey. 

Ifntme. 
BRY.NE.     Brows  or  bristles. 
BRYNKE.     To  bring. 
BRYNNYS.     Bourns;  streania. 


BRYON.     Wild  neptc. 
BRYSTE.     Need ;  want. 

Lord,  whm  ughe  wr  ihchavc  hunger  or  thryvte. 
Or  of  herlxr  have  grttte  try<le. 

MS.  C«a.  SUh.  XTtll.  •. 
BRYSWORT.     The  less  daisy. 
BRYTTYXE.       S<x  Uritlcnc.     Bryttle,  to  cnt'] 
up  venison,  still  used  in  the  North. 

To  bi-ifttyne  the  bare  thay  went  full*  tile  ; 
Thar  wolde  no  knyvf^  in  hym  bytle. 
So  hard  of  hyde  wai  he. 

MS.  IMmlK  A.  I.  17,  r.  1414 

BRYVE.     Brief. 

BU.  (1)  An  ox.     (^.-JV.) 

{2)  To  licnd.     A'or/A. 

BIB.     Liquor,      far.   dial.     Hence  iviier,   i^| 

great  drinker  or   bibber,   as  in  Middlelon'tf  | 

Works,  iv.  121. 

BUBALLE.     An  ox.    See  Liber  Niger  Dornu*  I 

Regis  Edw.  IV.  p.  17.     "  Buiabu,  a  wod  or  ' 

B»niy/,"  MS.  Harl.  1738,  f.  10. 

BUBBLE.  (1)  A  simple  fellow. 

(2)  To  cheat.    J'ar.  dial. 

(3)  To  dabble  in  the  water.  , 
BUBBLE-AND-SQUEAK.    A   dish   compoMd] 

of  frie<i  beef  and  cabbage. 

BUBBLE-HOLE.  A  cirild's  game.  There  W] 
also  a  game  called  Bubble  the  Justice,  which^l 
acrording  to  some,  is  the  same  with  ninc-holett  | 

BUBBLY  JOCK.     A  turkey-cock,     \orth. 

BUB-STICHALL.     See  Sliehall. 

BUBUKLE.     A  botch  or  iraposthnmc.  {Lai.) 

BUCUT.  A  milking  or  hcrdiug  place  for  sbecp^  1 
NorlAumd. 

BUCK.  (1)  Towasli.  .\lso,  a  quantity  of  lineo. I 
washed  at  ouce,  a  tub  full  of  linen  in  bnck.'  | 
Hence,  to  wub  a  buck,  to  wa«h  a  tub  of  that 
kind,  a  phrase  pimncd  upon  by  Shakespeare^'  { 
and  has  been  misunderstood.  "  Buck-ashet«J 
the  ashes  whereof  lye  hath  bin  made,"  Cot*'] 
grave,  in  v.  Charrft.  Buck-basket,  the  basket  I 
in  which  linen  is  carried.  Bouekfiilt,  Untoil  ( 
Inventories,  p.  28,  a  washing-tub.  BiUied, 
drenched,  applied  generally  by  Ftbiin.  "  Bu-  ' 
edio,  washt  in  a  buck,"  Florio. 

(2)  A  gay  or  fasbiunahle  person.  "  As  merry a^l 
a  buck,"  BiUingsIy's  Brachy-Martyrulugii,  ] 
I6S7,  p.  187. 

And  of  these  tierded  6urXry«  also. 
With  hemwirthey  uiochs  mytdo, 

MS.  Harl.  ITm.t.t^] 

(3)  The  iMxly  of  ■  waggon.  £atl.  Mm,  the  I 
iron  to  which  the  hone*  are  tied.  ' 

(4)  To  spring  with  agility.     Sort. 

(5)  The  breast.     Smaeji: 

(6)  To  swell  out.     Somentt. 

(7)  To  fill  a  basket.     Kenl. 

(8)  To  beat.      l'or*»A. 
BUCK-BUCK.     A  child's  game,  perhaps  morej 

generally  known  as,  "  track,  buck,  how  maoy^ 

horns  do  1  hold  up .'"    There  is  alio  snolbW] 

game,  caUcd  buck-in-the-park. 
BUCKE.     A  iKwk. 

BUCKED.     Rancid ;  turned  sour,      tfett. 
BUCKER.  (1)  A  bent  piece  of  wood,  espcciall 

that  on  which  a  ilaoghtcred  animal  is 


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210 


BUG 


pendeil.     Hence  the  pbrue,  "  u  bcul  u  a 
buckcr."  The  term  is  also  applied  to  a  hone's 
hind  leg.     Suffolk. 
\(2)  A  flikt  brood-headed  hammer,  used  in  mining. 
'  BUCKERDO.     Bocardo.     Brit.  Bibl.  iv.  203. 

BUCKERELS.  "  A  kind  of  play  used  by  boyi 
in  I«ndon  streets  in  H.  8  time,  now  disused, 
and  I  think  forgot,"  Blount's  Glossographia, 
p.  95.  Hall  mentions  Ibis  game,  Henry  VI 11. 
f.  61. 

BUCKET.     A  pulley.    Sorth. 

BUCKETS.  Square  pieces  of  boggy  earth, 
below  the  surface.      Yarkth. 

BUCKHEAD.     To  lop.      Var.  dial 

BUCKHORN.     Dried  haddock. 

BUCKLE.  (1)  To  bend,  or  yield  to  pressure.  It 
occurs  in  this  sense  in  2  flenr)-  IV.  i.  I,  and 
the  commentators  do  not  supply  another  ex- 
ample. "  Ninei>encc»  a  little  buckled,"  i.  e. 
bent,  Thorns'  Anecdotes  and  Traditions,  p.  54. 

(2)  To  qnarrel.     Somerwt. 

(3)  To  marr>'.  Var.  dial.  "  Good  silly  Stellio, 
we  must  burki*  shortly,"  Mother  Bomhie. 

BUCKLE-UORNS.  Short  crooke<I  horns,  turn- 
ing borizontallv  inward.      Yorith. 

BUCKLE-MOUTHEO.  Having  large  straggling 
teeth.     North, 

BUCKLER.  (1)  To  defend.    Shak. 

(2)  A  great  beam.     Line. 

BUCKSOME.     Blithe ;  jolly.     South. 

BUCKSTALL.  A  net  for  catching  deer.  See 
Hall,  Henry  VI.  f.  99. 

BUCKSTICK.  A  stick  used  in  the  game  of 
Spel!  and  Ore. 

BUCKWASHER.     A  laundress. 

BUCK-WEEL.     A  bow-net  for  fish. 

BUD.  (1)  To  make,  or  compel.     North. 

(2)  A  calf  of  the  first  year. 

(3)  Behoved.     Rition. 
BUD-BIRD.     The  buUfinch.     tVetl. 
BUDDLE.  (1)  Tliecom  marygold.     Bant.     It 

occurs  in  an  early  list  of  plants,  MS.  Sloane  5, 

f.  6,  spelt  Indel. 
To  suffocate.     Somertet. 
To  cleanse  ore.     North.     A  vessel  made  for 

this  purpose,  like  a  shallow  tumbrel,  is  called 

■  buddle.   See  Ragr's  English  Words,  ed.  1674, 

p.  116. 
HUDDLED.    Tipsy.     Dmm. 
BUDDY-BUD.    The  flower  of  the  buiT,  or  bur- 
*  dock.     North. 
BUDE.     Endured.     North. 
BUDEL.    A  beadle. 
BUDGE.  (1)  Lambskin  with  the  wool  dressed 

outwards ;  often  worn  on  the  edges  of  capes, 

as  gowns  of  Bachelors  of  Arts  are  still  made. 

See  Fairholt's  Pageants,  1.  60 ;  Stnitt,  ii.  102  ; 

Thynne's  Debate,  p.  32;  Pierce  Penniless,  p.  11. 
i2)  Brisk  ;  jocund.     South, 
h)  Stiff;  dull.     Suttx. 

(4 )  A  bag  or  sack.     KeimtH. 

(5)  A  kind  of  water-cask.     South. 

(6)  To  abridge,  or  leiaen.     North, 

(7)  A  thief. 

BUDPICKER.    The  boUflncfa.     Dnom. 


BUE.     Fair.     [jI.-N.) 
DUEINGS.     JoinU.     Dmm. 
BUEN.    To  be.     (.Y.-S.) 
BUER.     A  gnat.     A'orM. 
BUESS.     A  stall,  or  station.    A'orM. 
BUF.     Beef.      ITamrr. 
BUFARIOUS.     Mendacious.     Junha. 
BUFP.     (1)  To  rebound,      trarw. 

(2)  To  emit  a  dull  sound,      ti'arw. 

(3)  To  slammer.     Herefordiih. 

(4)  The  bare  skin.      Var.  diaL 

(5)  The  l>ougb  of  a  tree.     North. 

(6)  A  tuft  or  hassock.     Kent. 

(7)  To  beat  or  strike.  Spenser  uses  it  (orhnffrt. 

(8)  To  boast.  See  a  list  of  old  words  iu  Bat- 
man uppon  Bartholonie,  1582. 

BUFFARD.  A  foolish  fellow.  {A.-N.)  See 
Lrdgale's  Minor  Poems,  p.  32.  Th^ffter  ii  stiU 
in  use  in  the  same  sense. 

BUFFE.  A  buflalo.  See  Topsell's  Beaats,  p.  55 ; 
llollyhand,  in  v.  B^flt ;  Florio,  in  T.  Bt^alo  s 
Bril.  Bibl.  i.  478. 

UUi'PET.     A  kind  of  cupboard.    {Fr.) 

BUFFET.ST001„  A  kind  of  small  stool,  va- 
riously  described.  The  term  was  at  an  early 
pcrioil  applied  to  one  haNnng  three  legs.  See 
Prompt.  Parv.  p.  41.  "  Go  felche  us  a  light 
buffil,"  Towncley  Myst.  p.  199.  There  ia  a 
sxyiiig  in  Suffulk,  "  a  dead  ass  and  a  new 
huffct-slool  arc  two  things  which  nobody  ever 
saw." 

BUFFI E.     A  vent-hole  in  a  cask. 

BUFFI  .V.  A  kind  of  coarse  cloth.  See  StmU, 
ii.  95 ;  Book  of  Rales,  p.  29.  Certainly  not 
buff  leather,  as  Narcs  conjectures. 

BUFFING-KNIFE.  A  knife  used  in  scraping 
leather,      lor.  dial. 

BUFF-JERKIN.  A  leathern  waistcoat,  one 
made  of  buff.  Not  an  unusual  garment.  See 
Thynne's  Debate,  y.  31  ;  Narcs.  iu  v. 

BUFFLE.  (1)  To  bantUe  clumsily;  to  qieak 
thick  and  iuariiculalely.     Ent. 

(2)  A  buffalo.  See  Harrison's  Description  of 
England,  pp.  3,  201. 

BUFKLE-HEADED.     Stupid.     Miege. 

BUFF-NE-BAFF.  Neither  one  thing  nor  an. 
other;  nothing  at  all.  Naret.  Jamieson 
mentions  the  similar  phrase,  buff  nor  ttj/r. 

BUFT.    The  joint  of  the  knee.     North. 

BUG.  (1)  A  bugbear;  a  goblin.  See  Beau- 
mont and  Fletcher,  i.  217;  Donee's  Ulua> 
trations,  i.  320 ;  Malone's  Shakespeare,  xviii. 
519  ;  Holinshcd,  Chroo.  Ireland,  p.  85 ;  Moi« 
Knaves  Yet,  1612. 

(2)  Proud ;  conceited.  "  Bug  as  a  lord."  This 
seems  to  be  the  meaning  in  Skinner.  "  To 
take  bug,"  to  take  fright  or  offenoe. 

(3^  To  bend.     Kent. 

BUGABO.  A  bugbear;  a  ghost.  Wnt.  Ac 
cording  to  Coles,  the  term  was  formerly  ap- 
plied to  "  an  ugly  wide-mouthed  picture." 
carried  about  at  the  Mav  games. 

BUGAN.     The  devU.     Hei^ 

BUGASIN.     CaUco  buckram. 

BUGE.    To  bend.    (A.,S.\ 


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He  chaungcth  al  ny  ble. 

Ant  bvgrth  me  to  frounde.     AeJfq.  Jntiq,  1. 18S. 
BUGCEN.    To  boy.   (,y...<r.)    Sec  Picni  I'loujh- 
mu,  pp.  11,  70,  412;   Reliq.  Antiq.  I  144; 
Wriglit'i  Anec.  Lit.  pp.  9,  91. 

After  that  God  wai  y-boro 
To  tmgft  ai  to  tyo*. 

MS.  Ml.  Trih.  Onm.  S7. 

BUGGER.    To  cheat  at  pUy. 

BUGLE.  A  buifilo.  See  Kyng  Alisauodnr, 
5112;  Mauiidevile'i  Tnvcli,  p.  2C9 ;  TopieU'i 
Beaats,  p.  54  ;  llolinihetl,  Hist.  Scotland,  p.  16. 
Hence  bugle-horn,  a  ilrinking-veuel  made  of 
horn  ;  also,  a  hunting  horn. 

BUGLE-ROD.    The  crosier  of  a  hUhop. 

BUGS-NYOKDS.  Fierce,  high-sounding  vord*. 
According  to  Miege,  parolet  pleintt  de  fierU. 
"  Chcval  dc  trompctte,  one  thats  not  afraid 
of  thadowcs,  one  whom  no  big,  uor  btigt  ironb 
can  tcrrifie,"  Cotgravr.  See  also  the  tame 
dictionarv,  in  v.  Fairt;  lieaumont  and  Fletcher, 
i.  297,  vii.  1  la ;  Ford,  ii.  65. 

BUGY.     Rough. 

BUtLD.     Built.     Leland. 

BUILLEN.    To  boil. 

So  huiaon  up  the  foule  uwti. 

Cou^er,  MS.  Soe.  Aull^.  134,  1. 117. 

BUIST.     To  mark  sheep.    Aorth. 

BUKE.    A  book. 

BUKENADE.  A  dish  in  ancient  cookery,  re- 
ceipts for  vbich  are  given  in  MS.  Sloane  1201, 
f.  22;  Forme  of  Curr,  pp.  17,  107,  109.  Cf. 
Ordinances  and  Regulations,  p.  450. 

BULBS.    The  tonsils  of  the  throat.    Bail. 

BULCII.  To  bilge  a  ship.  See  IloUnshed, 
Chron.  IreUnd,  p.  94. 

BULCIIIN.  A  bull-cair.  The  term  is  often  one 
of  contempt,  as  calf  is  still  used,  but  oc- 
carionaUy  of  kindness.  Cf.  Uawkins'  Engl. 
Dram.  iii.  170;  Langtoft,  p.  174;  Tusser, 
p.  Rl ;  Middleton,  iii.  524.  Butch,  Ford,  u.  540. 
Buleht,  attacked  by  a  bullock's  horns. 

BULDER-STONE.  A  smooth  round  stone.  See 
Boliert.  "  He  gripen  sone  a  bulder  ston," 
Havclok,  1790.  "  Rud«;  a  buldyrttone,"  MS. 
Bodl.  604,  f.  10. 

BULE.     (1)  A  boil  or  swelling. 

(2)  The  handle  of  a  pan,  &c.     North. 
BULGOOD.     Yeast.     Eatl. 

BULK.  (1)  The  body.  Juniui  aayt,  "from 
the  neck  to  the  middle."  Also,  the  breaat. 
See,  Florio,  in  v.  Epipiiilrio,  where  the  last 
meaning  is  clearly  implied.  Cf.  Malone's 
Shakespeare,  vii.  262;  Middleton,  iii.  177, 
V.  509. 

'2)  The  bottom  part  of  a  ship.  See  Tyrwhitt'i 
Chaucer,  iv.  335 ;  Florio,  in  v.  Alreo. 

(3)  The  stall  of  a  shop.  See  Collins'  Miscel- 
lanic<,  1762,  p.  37;  King  and  a  Poorc 
Northeme  Man,  1640;  Florio,  in  t.  Dalcme. 
Hence,  kuUer,  a  night  walker,  one  who  sleeps 
tmder  a  bench.  Skioncr  gives  the  Lincolnshire 
word  buUar,  a  beam.  The  front  of  a  butcher's 
shop  where  the  meat  is  laid  is  still  called  a 
Mkar  in  that  county. 


(4)  To  strike;  to  beat.  The  word  ia  given  by 
Forby  in  the  sense  of,  to  throb. 

On  ber  llreilei  gin  thel  Imlk. 
And  uehone  to  her  iu  to  tculk. 
Curmr  lluKill,  MS.  Ca4l.  Trtn.  Canlmb.  t.  UX 

BULKE.    To  belch.    (A.-S.)    Alao,  to  bow,  to 

bend.     Prompt.  Pan. 
BULL.  (1)  Strong.     Kmntll. 

(2)  When  cattle  throw  up  the  hedges,  they  ire 
said  in  Y'orkshire  to  bull  them  up. 

(3)  An  instrument  used  for  beating  clay;  a  sand- 
stone for  scythes.    Sorlh, 

BULLACE.  A  small  black  and  tartish  plum, 
growing  wild  in  some  parts  of  the  coiiiilry, 
not  the  sloe.  It  must  not  be  confused  with 
the  common  plum  so  called.  The  provincial 
meaning  seems  to  be  intended  in  Cotton's 
Works,  1734,  p.  137;  and  Florio  has  tiuUoei 
in  the  same  sense,  in  v.  BuUvi. 

BULLATE.     To  bubble  or  boil. 

BULLBEAR.     A  bugbear.     Harvey. 

BULL-BEGGAR.  A  hobgoblin  ;  any  object  of 
terror.  See  Taylor's  Workes,  i.  147  ;  Dent's 
Pathway  to  Heaven,  p.  109;  Nomenclator, 
p.  469  ;  Middleton,  ii.  20 ;  Beaumont  and 
Fletcher,  vi.  80. 

BULLED.  (1)  Swollen.    Jonton. 

(2)  Said  of  a  cow  maru  appetem.  Bulling,  in 
Salop.  Antiq.  p.  341,  also  occort  in  TopwU'i 
Beasts,  p.  73. 

BULLEN.  The  stalks  of  hemp  lAcr  they  are 
pilled.     IVir.  dial. 

BULLER.  (1)  Toroar.     A'orM. 

(2)  A  deceiver.     {A..N.) 

The  termr  es  of  r«l»  bulltrt. 

That  fnikrt  ttislm  or  with  werke  mmu 

Himpolt,  MS.  BoWM,  p.  J. 
The  textc  csie  es  of  fall  VuUm, 
Bath  that  Iham  makri  and  that  tham  wert. 

MS.  OM.  yaroM.  A.  111.  r.  i<i. 

BULLERAND.     Weltering. 

BULL-FiVCES.  Tiifu  of  coarse  grass.  Xorlh. 
Called  also,  bull-fronts. 

BULL-FEIST.     A  puff-ball.     Eatt. 

BULLFINCH.     A  stupid  feUow.     North. 

BULL-HEAD.    A  tadpole.     CAeiA. 

BULL-HEADS.  The  curled  tufts  of  hair  on  the 
forelieaiJ  of  a  woman. 

BULLIES.     Round  pebbles.     Suulh. 

BULLIMUNG.  A  mixture  of  oats,  peas,  and 
vetches.  See  Tusser's  Husbandry,  p.  38 ; 
Topsell's  BeasU,  p.  330. 

BULL-IN-THE-PARK.  A  child's  game,  per- 
haps the  same  as  frog-in-the-middle. 

BULLIONS.  Hooks  used  for  fssteuing  the  dicaa; 
buttons ;  studs ;  embossed  ornaments  of  various 
kinds.  Elyot  translates  bulla,  "  a  bullion  sette 
on  the  cover  of  a  booke,  or  other  Ihynge ;" 
and  a  similar  cxplanalion  in  v.  ('tntilicwi. 
"  Biillynn  in  a  womaus  girdle,  clou,"  Palsgrave. 
"  Bullions  and  omanients  of  plate  engraven  ; 
a  bullion  of  copper  set  on  bridles  or  poitrels 
for  an  ornament,"  Buret's  Alvearie,  1580. 
"  Bullions  for  purses,"  Book  of  Rates,  1675, 
p.  29.     Hence  the  term  came  to  be  used  for  a 


BUL 


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BUM 


BULL'SNECK. 
BULL'S-NOON. 
BULL'S-PINK. 
BUI.L-STANG. 


pair  of  how  or  doublets   ornamented  with 

hullions. 
BULL-JUB.     The  fisU  uiiller's-tUiimli.     Derby. 
BULL-JUMPINGS.  A  kiud  of  porridge.  AWM. 
BU  I.L-KNOB.     Same  a*  biUl-jub,  q.  v. 
BLLL-NECK.     "  To  tumhle  a  bull-neck,"  to 

plare  the  hands  under  the  thigbi,  and  t)ic  head 

on  the  ground  between  the  feet,  and  tumble 

over.      Yorkah. 
BULLOCK.     To  bully.     North. 
BULLOCKS.      Any  fatting  cattle.     Norf.      A 

bullock  is,  properly  apeaking,  a  calf  in  the  le- 

coud  year. 
BULLS.    The  stems  of   hcdgc-thoma.    Alao, 

Irauaverse  liars  of  wood  into  which  the  heads 

of  harrows  are  set. 
BULLS-AN  D-COWS.     The  flower  of  the  arum 

maculatum.     lar.  dial. 
BULL-SEG.     A  gelded  bull.     North. 
BULLS-EYES.     A  kind  of  coarse  sweetmeat. 
BULL'S-FEATHER.     To  slick  a  hull's-fcathcr 

in  one's  cap,  to  make  him  a  cuckold. 
And  Ihtf  Mine  huffing  Irontido 
Stuck  a  bull't'/iMtheT  In  III*  cap. 

Ca«im'<  H-arki.  1734.  p  i3*. 

BULL'S-FOREHEAD.  The  turfy  air-grass. 
North. 

A.  grudge.    Devon, 
Midnight.     £att, 
A  chaffinch.     North. 
A  dragon-fly.     North.    Alio, 
an  upright  stake  in  a  hedge. 

BULL-STONE.     A  kind  of  sandstone.   Yortth. 

BULL-TROUT.  A  large  species  of  trout,  pecu- 
liar ta  Northumberland. 

BULL-WEEK.  The  week  before  Christmas,  in 
which  the  work-]ieople  at  Sheffield  push  their 
strength  to  the  utmost,  allowing  themselves 
acarcelr  any  rest,  and  earning  more  than  usual 
to  prepare  for  the  rest  and  enjoyment  of 
Christmas. 

BULL-WORKS.     Boisterous  behaviour.    ITetl. 

BULLY.  (I)  A  companion,  a  familiar  term  of 
address,  as  BuUi/  Jack,  BuUi/  Dob,  &c.,  for- 
merly in  ver)-  common  use,  and  not  quite  ob- 
solete in  I  he  provinces,  where  bnllt/  is  perhaps 
now  more  generally  heard.  Bully-Bottom,  a 
term  applied  to  a  courtesan,  and  hence  an  equi- 
voque in  Mids.  Night's  Dream,  iii.  1,  iv.  2, 
which  has  escaped  the  observation  of  the  com- 
mentators. Cole  has  some  remarks  on  this 
word  in  .MS.  Addit.  5852.  p.  85. 
A  parlour,  or  small  room.  Etut. 
To  lioiL     Arch.  xxx.  405. 

BULLYNB.     To  boih     Prompt.  Parv. 

BULLYNG.     Swelling  ;bubbUng.     Unloel. 

BUI.LY.ROCK.  BxpUioed  by  Miege.  uu/aur 
brore.  The  term  occurs  in  Shakespeare,  and 
la  also  spelt  buUy-rooi. 

BULSE.     A  bunch.     North. 

BULT.  (l)   Built;  dwelt. 

(2)  A  sifting  cloth.  See  On),  and  Regulations, 
p.  103.  Also,  to  nift,  llarlshome's  Met.  Tales, 
p.  47.  Buttingarkt.  the  tub  or  chest  in  which 
the  operation  of  sifting  wu  perfonned.    Bui- 


(2) 
(3) 


trr,  a  bag  for  fine  meal,  Ord  and  Reg.  p.  70 ; 
buttt'pooke  or  bitlHlnrrf,  Prompt.  Parv.  p.  55. 

BULTLE.     Bran.     North. 

BULVER.     To  increaM  in  bulk.     Rut. 

BULWARK.    A  rampart. 

BULWORKS.  Part  of  the  armour,  used  lo  pre- 
vent the  thighs  of  the  vrearer  from  being  chafed 
by  the  pieces  that  tenninatcd  just  above  the 
knee.     Meyrick. 

BUM.  (1)  By  my.     Ifat. 

(2)  To  strike ;  lo  beat.     North. 

(3)  To  spin  a  top.  North.  Also,  to  mih  with 
a  murmuring  sound.  Any  humming  noiM  b 
called  a  bum.     Cf.  Prompt.  Parv.  p.  55. 

W  To  dun.      Var.  dial. 

(5)  A  bum-bailifr.      Var.  dial. 

(6)  A  child's  term  for  drink.  See  Iluloct  and 
Elyot,  in  v.  Bna.  Bummed,  drunk.  Piers 
Ploughman,  p.  90.  Coles  explains  bummed, 
tasted,  desired. 

BUMB.    ThegameoflNUidv. 
BUM  HARD.     Putuo.     North. 
BUMUAUREL.     The  loiig-»aned  tit. 
BUMUA-STE.     To  Ileal,  or  flog.     Bant. 
BUM  BETH.     Sounds.     Skinner. 
BUMBLE.  (1)  To  imiflSe  a  heU.    Eatl. 

(2)  To  make  a  humming  noise.  (.-/.-S.)  Hence 
bumble-bee,  a  bumble  lice,  Beaumont  and 
Fletcher,  iv.  72 ;  bumbulation,  a  humming 
noiae. 

(3)  A  small  roand  stone.     Wett, 

(4)  A  confused  heap.     North. 

(5)  To  start  off  quickly.     Eatt. 
BUMBLE-BROTH.     A  curious  term,  occurring 

in  Hawkins'  Engl.  Dram.  iii.  139. 
The  oldu  Viotnui  to  her  pafae 
In  tucb  a  bumbU-lwth  hsd  Isyne. 

TAir  Vntuekit  FirmwntU. 

BUMBLE-FOOT.     A  thick  heavy  foot.     E<ut. 

BUMBLEKITES.     Blacklierrics.     North. 

BUMBLE-PUPPY.    The  game  of  nine-holes. 

BUMBLER.     A  humble  bee.     North, 

BUMBLES.  {\)  Rushes.     Line. 

(2)  A  kind  of  blinkers.     North. 

BUMBLE-STAFF.     A  thick  stick.     North. 

BUM-BOAT.  A  boat  attending  ships  on  their 
eoininginto  harbour, lo  retail greeiis,spiriU,9U'. 

BUMBY.  (1)  By  and  bye-      Var.  dial 

(2)  Any  collection  of  stagnant  filth.  Also,  • 
closet  or  hole  for  lumber.     Eatt. 

BUMHYNE.     Tohum.     Prompt.  Parv. 

BUMC.\RD.  A  card  used  by  dishonest  game- 
sters. Sec  .Melton's  Si\c-Fold  Politician, 
1609,  p.  16;  Apollo  Shroving,  1627,  p.  82; 
Norlbbrooke's Treatise,  1577;  norio,cd.l611, 
p.  442. 

To  Uioae  cspKYyt*  he  errr  traDdi  prrpar*d  ; 
A  villalDeeacellpnt  at  a  bum-earO. 

Rnii-taMd*'  Httmitn  Or^tnmrU,  a.  d. 

BUMCLOCK.    A  hcellc.     .\orth. 

BUMFIUDLE.  A  term  readily  explained  by  iU 
firrt  syllable.  See  Cotton's  Works,  1784, 
p.  227.     So  also,  bumflddledumdiok. 

BU.MMER.     A  rumbling  carriage.     North. 

BU.MMLE.     To  blunder.     .YorM. 

BUMP.  (1)  To  beat ;  also,  a  blow. 


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I 

I 


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I' 

I 


I 


ro  lUe,  without  riting  in  the  (timipt,  on  i 
rough  trotting  horse.     Eatt. 

(3)  The  noise  a  bittern  makes  with  iU  bill. 
Holme.  Ako  to  make  that  uoise,  Urr)''« 
Chaucer,  p.  83,  wrongly  explained  in  the 
glouary. 

BUMPING.  Urge.  Wett.  Alio,  •  mode  of 
punithmeut  in  tclioolt. 

IJIMPSY.     Tipsy.     See  Btaigy. 

BUMPTIOUS.     Proud ;  arrogant.      Var.  dial. 

HUMPY.     Uneven.      Var.  dial. 

BUM-llOI.LS.  Stuflcd  cusUiom,  worn  liy  wo- 
men  about  the  hipa  to  make  the  |icttieoati 
swell  out,  antwcring  the  purpoae  of  farthin- 
gales. 

BUN.  (I)  The  tail  of  a  bare.     Norlk. 

(2)  A  dry  stalk.      Var.  dial. 

(iS  A  rabbit.      Var.  dial. 

(<)  Bound.  Xorl/u  See  Ywaine  and  Gawin, 
3179;  Townelcy  Mvft.  p.  36. 

(5)  A  tenn  of  endearment. 

BUNCH.  (1)  To  beat;  to  strike,  \orlh.  See 
Piers  Ploughman,  p.  506  ;  llarrisoa'i  Descrip- 
tion of  England,  p.  167.  To  bend  or  bow 
outnanU,  TnpscU's  Beasli,  ji.  293.  Bunch,  a 
croo|K  back,  Flurio,  in  t.  Oubiulo. 

(2)  A  luick  of  cards. 

(3)  A  worthless  woman.    Eatt. 

(4)  A  company  of  teal. 

(5)  The  born  of  a  young  slag.  See  Blome's 
Gent.  Rec.  ii.  79. 

BUNCH-BERRIES.     The  fruU  of  Uui  ndm» 

Muratilit.     Crarm. 
BUN-CROW.    A  kind  of  grey  bird  whicli  is  de- 
structive to  the  corn.     Kent. 
BUNCUS.  (I)   A  donkey.   Line. 
(2)  A  numlH'r  of  people.    Eatt. 
BUNDATION.     Abundance.     tVeit. 
BUNDEN.    Bound.    Langtoft,  p.  138.    l/undyn, 
bound,  married,  Ritson's  Anc.  Pop.  Poet.  p.  89. 
But  m  in  ctowtef  lluo  «w  he  woDd«n, 
.-\Dil  UiU  blLweoe  iti«  btstc*  bunden, 

MS.  Harl.  «I08,  t.  13. 

BUNDLE.  (I)  A  low  woman.     Var.  dial. 
(2)  To  set  off  in  a  hurry. 
BUNDS.    A  !>pccie<  of  scabious. 
BUNE.     Promptly. 

That  wu  ihc  by  rile  to  bo'gbtv  with  btnlyoe  ;oilc  t,nne. 

And  th«  tMrne  aJther-bcttft  of  boUy  icho  iMrc. 

MS.  IjnMin  A.  I.  17,  r.  231. 

BUN-PEAST.    A  t«a-<Wnking.     line. 

BUNG.  (I)  A  pick-pocket.  Abio,  a  pocket  or 
purse.     See  Beaumont  and  Fletcher,  iii,  1&2. 

(2)  A  heap  or  cluster.     Hortk. 

BUNGAY-PLAY.  A  simple  straightforward  way 
of  playing  the  game  of  whist,  by  leading  all  the 
winning  cards  in  succession,  without  cnilea- 
vouring  to  make  the  best  of  the  hand.    Eaut. 

BUNG-DOCK.     A  curtaU.    Eatt. 

BUNGEE.     Short  and  squat.     .Soinertet. 

BUNGERSOME.     Clumsy.     BerJkMk. 

BUNGY.    Intoxicated.    Beds. 

BUN'-IIEDGE.  A  hedge  ma<tc  of  twisted  sticks. 
Lane. 

BUNUORNS.  Briars  bored  to  wind  yarn  on, 
used  bv  wooileo  weavers.     Lane. 


(2) 
(3^ 


(6)  A 
(7)Th 


BUNKS.    The  wild  siiccorr.    Eatl. 
BUNNED.     Shrunk.     Dor$et. 
BUNNEL.     A  dried  hemp-stalk.    Cumt. 
BUNNY.  (1)  A  small  swelling.    Emtt. 
A  kind  of  drain.     Hanli. 
A  rabbit.      Var.  dial. 
BUNNY-MOUTH.    The  snap-dragon.    Surrey. 
BUNT.    (1))   The  middle  part  of  a  sail,  formed 
into  a  kind  of  bag  to  receive  the  wind. 

I  p«Tce»ve  men  muf  t  uol  go  to  wa  without  vyUta« 
ID  hope  to  have  tlylng  ryshcs  to  break  thcr  aoMa 
■gayiiu  the  (,unl  of  the  uyle.  JUi.  A^Wl.  MM, 

(21  To  run  like  a  rabbit.     A'orM. 
(3)  To  raise  ;  to  rear,  or  spring.     Cron. 
4)  To  ptish  with  the  bead,     fi'ett. 
h)  Smut  in  com.      Var.  dial. 
6)  To  sift.     Somemet. 
BUNTER.     A  bad  woman.    Eatt. 
BUNTING.  (1)  Sifting  flour.     }Ve»l. 

(2)  Mean  and  shabby.    Ea»l. 

(3)  A  large  piece  of  timl>er.     North. 

(i)  A  game  among  boya,  played  with  slicks,  and 
a  small  piece  of  wood  cut  lengthways.     Line. 
(5)  A  slirimp.     Kml. 

term  of  endearment. 
The  wood-lark. 
BUNYS.     Blows  ? 

Grrt  men  fortake  here  houea  fal  Uin]n,  grec 
WTCihe,  deth  of  kyngys,voydyng  ofbunpr,  fallyog  of 
bani'ril.  MS.  HarUtiiU.t.li. 

BUR.  (1)  A  blow;  force,  or  violence. 

(2)  Florio  translates  Boeehina,  "  that  italke  or 
necke  of  a  bullet  which  in  the  casting  remainea 
in  the  necke  of  the  moiUd,  called  of  our  gun- 
ners the  bur  of  the  bnllct." 
Sweet-bread  of  a  calf.  Var.  dial. 
A  stop  for  a  whecL  North.  Heywood  ap- 
parently uses  this  meaning  of  the  word  meta- 
phorically in  his  Iron  Age,  1632,  sig.  11,  or 
perhaps  burr  (2). 

(5)  A  halo  round  the  moon.     Var.  dioL 

(6)  A  whetstone  for  scythes. 

(7)  A  rabbit  burrow.    Uorttt. 

(8)  But.      Yorlnh. 

BURATO.  A  kind  of  woollen  cloth. 
BURBLE.  (1)  To  bubble.  BurHy,  bubbling, 
Lydgate's  Minor  Poems,  p.  181 ;  buriely,  Aih- 
molc's  Theat.  Chem.  Brit.  p.  315  ;  iur^yll,  ih. 
p.  150;  kwrbley,  Mort«  d'Arlhtir,  ii.  81*;  Ajir. 
belynge,  ib.  ii.  4.  Cf.  Leiandi  Itin.  ii.  31  ;  Pals- 
grave, f.  179,  "  I  bnr4)yll  or  spring  up  a*  water 
dothe  out  of  a  spring  t  this  water  burbylleth  np 
pretyly;"  Prompt.  I'arv.  p.  56.  "  Bulla,  a 
iurbyl  on  the  water,"  Medulla,  MS.  Harl. 
1738,  f.  10. 

And  sum  «er«  ivulle  the  vyMges  stout. 
As  thf>5  here  yjen  ihuldc  60rbf*  out. 

MS.  Hart.  1 701,  t.  87. 

(2)  A  small  pimple.    Eatt. 
BURBOLT.  The  burbot.    Brit,  Bibl.  iL  364.    It 
is  also  in  both  senses  the  same  aa  bird-ioU,  q.  ▼• 
BURCOT.     A  load.     SomerKl. 
BURDE.     Behoved;  need. 

llii  dulerullc  dcde  burde  do  me  derc. 
And  perchc  myoe  hcrtc  for  pure  peteet 
For  pett-  mync  herte  burde  tircke  In  twa 

MS.  Unroll  A.  I.  17.  (.  t^«. 


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BURDEN-BAND.     A  hay-band,     \ortk. 

BURDES.     Bearda. 

BUKDIS.     AtournamcDt.    /lurt/wnf,  jutted  at 

a  tournament. 
BURDUN.     A  ataff.     See  Bourdon. 
SmbtT  imote  Ascapart  lher« 
Wjrtb  by*  bwfdun  yn  the  brctl«. 

US.  faMal:  rC.  U.  38,  t.  ISl. 

BURDONE.    The  burden  of  a  aong. 

BURDOUN.  •nicbasrinmu.Mi:.  (./.-.V.)  Sec 
Chaucer,  Caul,  T.  675,  4163 ;  TuniUlc,  p.  61. 
The  latter  reference  coufini)»  Tyrwhitt'a  ex- 
planation, which  is  leemingly  doubted  by 
Todd,  p.  325. 

BURE.     A  Iwwcr  or  chamber. 

BUREDELY.     Forcibly ;  swiftly. 

BURELE.     Tlie  apokc  of  a  wheel. 

BURET.    A  drinking  Te(.»el.    Test.  Vet.  p.  241. 

BUREWEN.    To  protect.    {.1..S.) 

BURFORD.  A  Burfort  l>ait,  "  when  one  sippa 
or  drinks  but  part,  they  still  fill  hit  cupp  uii- 
till  he  drinketh  all,"  Howell,  p.  20. 

BURG.\GE.  Lands  or  tenements  in  towns, 
held  by  a  particular  tenure.     (//.-jV.) 

BURGANET.  A  species  of  helmet.  See  First 
Sketches  of  Henry  VI.  p.  113;  Uolinshed, 
Ilisl.  Engl.  p.  185;  Florio,  ed.  1611,  pp.  65, 
71 ;  lleywood'a  Iron  Age,  sig.  E.  ii.  Some' 
times  contracted  to  burganl. 

BURGASE.     A  burgcsa.    (A.-S.) 

BURGE.     A  bridge,    Oron. 

BURGEN.  To  bud  ;  to  blossom.  See  Warner's 
Antiq.  Culin.  p.  128  ;  Ashmole's  Theat.  Chcm 
Brit.  p.  273;  Elyot,  in  v.  jigo.  Hurgeou: 
a  bud,  Florio,  cd.  1611,  pp.  206,  337 
burgeant,  Harrison's  Description  of  England, 
p.  242  ;  burgyom,  Lydgate's  Minor  Poenii, 
p.  56.    {A..N.) 

And  therof  cprsng  owt  of  the  rote 
A  bwgvH  that  was  feyre  and  iwole. 

US.  cmiob.  Fr.  II.  aa,  r.  i». 

BURGHE.     A  hillock  or  barrow.     Also,  a  town 
or  borough.     It  is  likewise  the  same  as  bargh, 
a  borrow  hog.      "  Breden  as  burghe  npyn, 
satirically  alluding  to  the  incapability  of  glut- 
ton. Piers  Ploughman,  p.  34. 

BL'RGOOD.    Yeast.    Sorf. 

BURGULLIAN.  A  bully,  or  braggadocio.  Sec 
Ben  Jonsou's  Works,  i.  112. 

BURIEL.    A  burying-place.    (A..S.) 

Bl'RJONE.N.  To  bud,  or  spring.  (^.-,V.)  See 
Burgtn.  Buijoun,  •  bud.  "  At  a  burjoum 
oute  of  a  slok  growynge,"  MS.  Soc.  Antiq. 
134,  f.  14.     Cf.  Arthour  and  Merlin,  p.  199. 

And  he  made  ech  herbe  of  the  fveld  biforc  ttiat  it 
b-itjuvm]f4et  for  the  LiOrd  liod  hadde  not  reyncd  on 
erthe.  Wickliff;  US.  BmU.  777. 

BURKE.     To  bark.     »></.      Burke,   barked, 

Chron.  Vilodun.  p.  25. 
BURIAND.  Weltering. 
BURLE.  (1)  A  knot  or  bump.     See  Toptell's 

Hist.  Beasts,  p.  250.     Alto,  to  take  away  the 

knots  or  impure  parts  from  wool  or  cloth. 

"  l>f(jvamarr  reiltm,  to  burle  clothe,"  Elyol. 

Cf.  llerrick'«  Works,  u.  15. 


(2)  The  horn  of  a  young  stag.     See  HoweUT 

Lex.  Tet.  sect.  3. 
BURLED.     Armed.    SJHnarr. 
BURLET.    A  huod,  or  head  dress.    Itisglotaed 

by  milmm  and  miletla  in  MS.  Arundel  249, 

f.  88.     "  Calantiea,  a  ijTe.  burM  oor  coyfo,  a 

kerchief,  or  a  hood  for  a  woman,"  Elyot-  Cf. 

Sharp's  Gov.  Myst.  p.   17;  Hollybaiul,  in  t. 

Calbtle.     Janiieson  explains  it,  "a  standing 

or  atulfed  neck  for  a  gown." 
BUHLEY.     The  butt  end  of  the  lance.     SeQ 

Hall,  Hen.  IV.  f.  12. 
BURLEY-MAN.     An  officer  chosen  in  court- 

leets  to  assist  the  constable.    Kmnrtt. 
BtRLlBOUND.     Rough ;  unwieldly. 
UIRLING.     A  young  ox.     Line. 
BURLING-IRON.      An    instrument    used    in 

burling  cloth,  made  similar  to  large  tweezers, 

but  with  very  small  points.    Ilcrnck't  Works, 

i.  52. 
BUKLINGS.     Pieces  of  dirty  wool. 
BURLOKEST.  ^Biggest ;  tlrongetU 
BLRLY.  (1)  Big;  strong;  clumsy.     See  Kvliq. 

Antiq.  ii.   4U ;     Stanihurst'i   Deac    Ireland, 

p.  45. 
(2)  Red  and  pimpled.    Somerttt. 
BURMAYDENE.    A  chamber-maid.    Pr.  Parp. 
BURN.  (I)  A  man  or  knight.  (A.-S.)  See  Piers 

Ploughman,  pp.  341,  346;  Lc  Bone  Florence 

of    Rome,  884;    Reliq.   Antiq.   i.  123;   Sir 

Degrevant,  301. 

(2)  A  brook.    North. 

(3)  A  load  or  burden.  Nortk.  See  the  Chester 
Plays,  i.  65.  Bum-rope,  a  rope  used  for  car- 
rying a  hiutlcn. 

(4)  A  terra  at  the  game  of  hide-and-<eek,  mean- 
ing to  approach  near  the  object  sought  after. 

(5)  To  waste,  etiiecially  applied  to  time.  "Weo 
burne  time,"  Mother  Bomhie,  ed.  1632.  To 
bum  daylight,  a  common  phrase  with  the  same 
meaning.  See  the  examples  quoted  by  Nares, 
and  Du  Bartos,  p.  574. 

BtRN-BEKlNG.  Denthering  land,  boming. 
turf  for  its  improvement. 

Mr.  Beshop  of  Mertoo  first  brought  iDCO  theloutb 
of  Wiluhlrethe  Improvement  by  t»trnbrkUtf,  DfD- 
ftherlog,  about  1639, 

.dubrry',  Willi,  Hainl  JK'.  US.  f,  KT. 

BURN-COW.     A  species  of  beetle. 
BURNED.     Burnished.    (.f.-jV.) 
BURN  ELL.     A  mune  for  an  ass,  given  on  ac- 
count of  its  coloar.      See  the  Chester  Plays, 
i.  84. 
BURNESTE.     Burnished.    (,^.-:V.) 
BURNET.  (1)  Brown  cloth.   (A.-.\.)   See  Rom. 

flf  the  Rose,  226. 4756  ;  Reliq.  Antiq.  ii.  108 
(2)  The  herb  j)inipcmel. 

Of  pympumoUe  to  ipeke  Ibenke  y  5at, 
And  Englysch  y-callcd  Is  tmmft. 

ifS.  .V/oan>M<7.  f.6. 

BURNEUX.  An  ancient  sauce,  made  of  butter, 
pepper,  salt.  Sec. 

BURXIE-BEE.     The  Lidy-bini.    \otf. 

BLKNING.  Luesvenerea.  In  the  original  MS. 
regulations  of  the  stews  in  Soulhwark,  still 
preserved  in  the  Bodleian  Library,  MS.  c  Mus. 


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229,  ii  tlie  following,  "  Item  that  no  etue- 
holdcr  kepc  noo  vonimiui  Ti-ithynne  his  hoKs 
that  hath  any  tikenes  of  brmnt/nge,  but  that 
abe  be  putte  out."  Hardyng,  Supp.  f.  Ill, 
mentioni  a  plague  which  happened  in  this 
country  iu  the  reign  of  Henry  VII.  called  the 
burwmg  nreal,  but  thia  haa  no  connexion  with 
our  first  meaning. 

BURNING-OF-THE-HILL.  A  curioun  method 
of  punishing  a  thief,  formerly  practised  by 
miners  on  the  Mcndip  hills.  Tlic  culprit  was 
thut  Dp  in  a  butt,  around  which  a  fire  was 
lighted,  whence  be  made  hia  escape  in  the  best 
way  be  could,  often  of  course  severely  in- 
jured, but  was  never  more  suffered  to  work  on 
the  liUl. 

BURNISH.  To  smooth  or  flatten,  fforlh.  Also 
the  same  as  iamM,  q.  T. 

BURN-STICK.  A  crooked  stick,  on  which  a 
large  piece  of  coal  is  daily  carried  from  the  pit 
by  each  working  collier  over  bis  shoulder  for 
his  owu  private  use.    North. 

BURN-THK-BISCIIT.    A  child's  game. 

BURNWIN.     A  hlacksmlth.    North. 

BURR.  (1,^  The  broad  iron  ring  fixed  on  the 
tilting  lance  just  below  the  gripe,  to  prevent 
the  hand  slipping  back.  See  Hall,  Hen.  IV. 
t  12;  Middleton,  ii.  165. 

(2)  The  prickly  seed  of  the  burdock.  Also  the 
plant  itself,  as  in  Topsell's  Beasts,  p.  683. 


(3)  The  blossom  of  the  hop. 


The  knot  at  the  bottom  of  a  hart's  horn. 
(5)  The  bp  of  the  car. 
BURRAGE.     The  herb  borage,  formerly  put  in 

wine  to  increase  its  eviiilaratiog  effects.     Sec 

Grrard,  p.  654.     This  I  suppose  is  what  is 

alluded  to  in  the  Tutler,  burriilge. 
DURRiVTlNE.    Some  kind  of  clothing,   men- 

l4oned  by  Ben  Jonson,  vii.  300. 
BURR-CASTLE.    Newcastle,  so  called  from  the 

burr,  a  particular  sound  made  by  the  natives 

of  that  place  in  pronouncing  the  letter  R. 
BURRISH.     Rough ;  prickly. 
BURROW.   Sheltcrc»l  from  the  wind.  Sommet. 
BURRS.     In  armour,  upright  pieces  in  front  of 

the  thighs. 
BURR-STONES.    Rough  unhewn  stones. 
BURRYN.    To  bud.     Prompt.  Parr. 
BURSE.    An  exchange  fur  merchants. 
BUBSBN.    Tlie  name  of  a  dish,  described  in 

the  Forme  of  Curv,  p.  15. 
BURSEN-BELLIED.     Ruptured.     See  Florio, 

ed.  1611,  p.  67;  Brit.  Bib!,  u.  55. 
BURST.    To  break.     Also  the  part.  past.     See 

Middleton,  V.  412. 
BURSTE.     Loss ;  adversity.    (J.-S.) 
BURSTYLL.    A  bristle.    Pr.  Pan. 
BURSYD.    BniiseJ. 
BURT.    To  press  or  indent  anything.  Somtrul. 

Huloet  has,  "  burt  lyke  a  ramme,  arieto."    Cf. 

Prompt.  Parv.  p.  56. 
BURTCHIN.     Made  of  birch. 
BURTH.    Behoves.     See  Wright's  Anecd.  Lit. 

p.  4.     It  is  wrongly  explained  io  the  Brit. 

BihI.  iv.  196. 


BURTHEN.  (1)  A  quarter  of  ale. 

(2)  To  press  urgentlv.    £a*l. 

BURTHENSOME.  '  Prwluctive.    North. 

UUR-THISTLE.    The  spear-thistle.     North. 

BURTLE.     A  sweeting  apple.    North. 

BUR-TREE.  The  elder-tree.  A'orM.  Seethe 
Prompt.  Parv.  p.  137. 

Tak  the  mydde*  barkeof  the  bvr-tre,  and  sm-lc, 
and  ar«|[ct  wd«,  and  Ix,  or  x.  fraynei  of  ipourge, 
and  aciha  thame,  and  do  a  llttuie  hony  ihrrio  «nd 
drynk.  MS.  Uncoln.  Mtd.  t.  iSO, 

BURTYME.     Birthtime.     Rob.  Glouc.  p.  443. 

BURWALL.  A  wall  battered  or  inclined  against 
a  bank.     Yorksh. 

BURWE.    To  defend.     (./.-S.) 

RURWCH.    A  castle  or  palace.     (A.-S.) 

BURWIIE.    A  circle,     Pr.  Parr. 

BURY.  (1)  A  house  or  castle.  {ji.-S.)  "Tothii 
very  (lay,"  says  Miege,  "  the  chief  house  of  a 
manor,  or  the  lord's  seat,  is  called  bury  in 
some  parts  of  England,  and  especially  in  Here- 
fordsbire."  See  also  Blount's  Glossographia, 
cd.  1681,  p.  82. 

(2)  A  rabbit's  burrow.     South. 

BUBYDOKKES.     Burdocks. 

BURYING-A-WIFE.  A  feast  gi\-en  by  an  ap- 
prentice at  the  expiration  of  his  articles. 

BUS.  Behoves ;  must.  See  Y'waine  and  Gawin, 
1085  ;  Se\7n  Sages.  3150 ;  Isumhras,  47  ;  Nu- 
g)c  Poet.  p.  40 ;  and  Dlande.  In  use  in  Skel- 
ton's  time  as  a  provincialism.  '.'  I  Inu  goe  tyll 
bed,"  Merie  Talcs,  ii. 

And  thif  UiTamrat  but  have  Ihre  thynget.  Aos 
Cf  Mffowe  In  oure  hprle  that  wc  hafe  iynn«dcf:  an- 
other n  opyne  scrlfte  of  moulhe  how  we  tlafc  tjro- 
ncde.  US.  LlKcnta  A.  L.  17,  t.  tie. 

BUSCAGE.     A  kind  of  cloth. 

UUSCAYLE.     A  bush. 

Luke  ;c  aftyre  eventao);  tie  annyde  at  ryghttes 
On  bloiikes  by  ^one  biuca^U  by  jnne  btylhc  Ktnnnpx. 
Mortr  Jrtlkurf,  MS.  Linc»i».  f.  m. 

BUSH.  (1)  Tbesignof  atarem,  wbichinfomicr 
limes  was  generally  an  ivy-bush.  "  Good  wine 
draws  customers  without  any  help  of  an  ivy- 
hush,"  Cotgrave,  in  v.  /ion.  The  term  biuh  is 
however  applied  to  the  wooden  frame  of  the 
sign  itself,  which  was  frequently  ornamented 
with  ivy-Icavcs,  a  practice  that  began  to  be 
obsolete  about  1660. 

(2)  To  go  about  the  bush,  a  common  proverbial 
expression.  See  Cotgrave,  in  v.  AUir;  Florio, 
in  V.  FuMiire. 

(3)  To  butt  vrith  the  head.  H'at.  To  push, 
Urry's  Chaucer,  p.  595. 

(4)  The  inner  circle  of  a  wheel  that  encloses  the 
axle-tree.  Also,  to  sheathe  or  enclose,  as  for 
example  to  renew  the  bush  of  a  wheel,  or  to 
put  in  a  new  touch-hole  to  a  gun. 

(5)  To  retreat  from.     South. 

(6)  A  kind  of  beard.  "  The  bodkin  beard  or 
the  6uth,"  Lillv's  Endimion,  ed.  1632,  sig. 
C.  xi. 

BUSHETING.  Shooting  out  at  the  rooU.  Cb«c. 
Tusser,  p.  Ill,  has  buthett,  small  shoota  from 
bushes.  Buiktt,  Spenser,  and  Florio,  in  T. 
Ce^tigUo. 


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BUStlLOCK.    A  tuft  of  bu.bM  ? 

At  oyghl  Ur.  Banyttcr  uuled  me  up  tfl  k  *  cu- 
mct,  but  yt  <•«»  Venu»  with  a  gremt  fy»ry  hue  lyke 

>  biulllx*  tbOttt  tlir.  MS.  AMU.  SO(»l. 

nUSHMENT.  Ad  ambush.  Sec  Percy's  Ke- 
liqucs.  p.  25  ;  Skclton,  i.  9 ;  Langtoft,  p.  242  ; 
Sir  Degrevant,  1581, 1610 ;  Robiu  Hood,  L  54. 
Alio,  a  tliicket,  u  io  Uoluuhed,  Chron.  Ire- 
land, p.  169. 

Whetine  Ihny  cone  to  the  lUke, 
The  tMjdc  btuchement  bnke. 

MS.  Unwin  A.  1.  I7,  t.  137. 

UUSHSITHE.    AbiU-book.     Jluhtl. 
Bl'SlNE.    To  trouble  witb  busineB.     {Fr.) 
BUSINESS.     Trouble,     Var.  dial. 
BUSK.  (1)  A  sort  of  linen  clotb,  apparently  of 

a  coarse  and  common  description.     Book  of 

Rates.  1541.  Brit.  Bibl.  ii.  397. 

(2)  A  piece  of  wood,  or  whalebone,  worn  down 
Ibe  front  of  the  stays  to  keep  them  straight. 
Nares  errs  in  thinking  the  term  obsolete. 

(3)  A  flock  of  iheep.    Ea»l. 

(4)  A  bush.  Norl/i.  (.4..X.)  "  On  betyth  the 
iiutf,  another  hathe  brydde,"  MS.  Douce  52. 
Sec  Langtoft,  p.  9. 

WItli  balefuU  biukrfM  ye  hyni  bcle. 
And  rent*  fays  fleiche  tn  the  bun. 

MH.  Canlab.  Tt.  tl.*,  f.  4?. 

BU8KEN.  To  busk,  go;  to  array,  prepare.  {.1.-S.) 
See  Minot,  p.  7. 

Bfld  them  bmke  anJ  make  them  yare, 
AUe  that  itlff  were  on  iMde. 

Ma.uaH.nn,  r.9i. 
BUSKING.    Bushy. 

Thote  fanner*  that  hire  It  grovtng  In  tlieir 
proundet  doe  keep  the  bay  thereof  for  their  elilef 
whiteT'plovlaloD,  and  Instead  of  prorender*  the 
root  U  bulking  and  Btinma. 

.lulrv'f  nUl:  II'V'I  Sue.  MS.  p.  IM. 

BUSKLE.  To  bustle  about;  to  move  quickly. 
See  Pilkington's  Works,  p.  353 ;  Frateroityc 
of  Vacabottdes,  p.  24 ;  Hollnshed,  Chron.  Ire- 
land, p.  80. 

It  is  like  the  smoldring  fycr  of  mount  Ihtmera, 
which  twyllDg  long  tyme  with  great  l-H*yt  ■$  iii  the 
bowels  of  the  earth,  douth  at  length  Utrn  out  with 
violent  rafe.  OfntUtm  nf.trtaHt*^  IGU. 

BUSK-POINT.    The  hice,  with  iU  tag,  which 

secured  the  end  of  the  busk.     Naren. 
BUSKY.     Woody;  busby.     A'orf*. 

I  will  go  sccke  him  In  the  butky  grovel. 

nViMin  in  au  Mmw,  1W7. 

BUSMER.    See  BUmore. 

And  lauje  ua  a  bUMmer  a  skom. 

lu  gret  skUadre  lu  brynge. 

MJS.  CaU.  Trin.  Onn.  57- 
BUSS.  (1)  A  calf.     H'tit. 
(i)  To  kiss.     I'ar.  dial. 

(3)  To  butt,  or  strike  with  the  bead.  Florio  has, 
"  Acc^drt,\a  bust  or  beake  as  a  hog  doth." 

(4)  A  large  pitcher.     Deron, 
BUSSARD.    A  great  drinker. 

OUSSE.  A  kind  of  fishing-boat.  (/Ht^)  Sse 
Langtoft,  p.  149;  Foirholt's  Pageants,  p.  40. 

BUSSED.  Laid  in  ambuib.  "  Btuned  bcude 
tlie  flom,"  Langtoft,  p.  187. 

BUSSES.  Hoops  for  the  top  of  a  i»rt  or  wag- 
goii.     North. 


UUSSnCK.    A  tliick  fat  person.     »'arv. 

BUST.  (1)  A  tar  mark  on  sheep.  North.  Tbia 
may  be  t  be  meaning  of  tarre  bojftte  in  Chester 
Plays,  i.  121,  125,  althoiigli  in  the  Utter  in- 
stance the  Bodl.  MS.  reads  larUiox. 

(2)  Kissed. 

BUSTED.     Burst.     H>./. 

BUSTER.     A  loaf.      Var.  dial. 

BUSTIAN.  A  kind  of  coarse  clotb,  mciUioiMil 
in  Book  of  Rates,  1675,  p.  29;  Brit.  Bibl.  ii. 
398;  Ilarrison'sDescription  of  England,  p.  163. 
]t  is  perhaps  the  some  asftulian.  See  Jamie- 
ton,  Supp.  i.  165. 

BUSTOUS.     See  Bouloiu. 

BUSY.    To  be  active.    (^.-A'.) 

BUSY-GOOD.    A  meddling  person.    JFal. 

BUT.  (1)  A  peculiar  kind  of  conical  baaki 
in  the  river  Porrct  for  catching  salmoii. 

(2)  A  cast ;  a  throw. 

(3)  Contended ;  straggled  with  each  other. 
Havelok,  1916. 

(4 )  A  flounder  or  plaice.  North.  "  Bntte  fysahe, 
ptye,"  Palsgrave,  f.  22.  See  Harrison's  De- 
scription of  England,  p.  224;  Havelok,  759; 
Howard  Household  Books,  p.  120.    {Ihtl,) 

(5)  Without ;  unless.  Nares  has  it,  "  otherwise 
than."  Cf.  Palsgrave,  f.  466. 

(6)  A  piece  of  ground,  portion  of  ■  garden,  4tc. 
Also,  the  thick  or  fleshy  root  of  a  plant,  e.  g. 
a  potato  or  turnip,  said  to  be  large  or  small 
In  the  but.  Hence  the  verb  but,  to  grow  or 
swell  out.     North. 

(7)  A  shoemaker's  knife.     North. 

(8)  A  buttock  of  beef.     »></. 

(9)  Any  Urge  vessel  or  cart.    Dewm. 

(10)  Strong  leather.      A'orM. 

(11)  "  But  and  ben,"  the  outer  and  inner  a|^ 
ment,  where  there  arc  only  two  rooms.  North. 

(12)  A  hassock.     Devon. 

(13)  A  bee-hive.     Ermoor. 

(14)  Suddculv.     Devon, 

(15)  A  kind  of  cap.     North. 

(16)  Rough  ;rag^d.    North, 

(17)  To  exchange  or  barter.     Ovmm. 
BUT-BOLT.    The  strong,  unbarbed  ailDW 

by  the  citizens  in  shooting  at  the  btitt.     See 
I'l.rd's  Works,  ii.  479. 

BUTCHE.     To  kiU.     North. 

BUTE.    Help;  remedy. 

BUT-G<VP.    A  hedge  of  pitched  turf.    Devtm. 

BUTH.    Be;  arc.     {A..S.) 

BUTLANDS.     Waste  ground.    Bui. 

BUTLER.    A  housekeeper.     North.     B 
grace,  without  any  ceremony. 

BUT-SHOT.  The  liistance  an  arrow  win  fly. 
Leiaodi  Itin.  iii.  31. 

BUTT.  A  boat.  Tempest,  i.  8.  If  ftuM.  whSdi 
is  merely  an  old  form  of  the  word,  is  to  be  re- 
tained, it  can  only  be  in  this  tense.  Botte, 
Cheater  PUyt,i.64. 

BUTTAL.  (1)  A  bittern.    South, 

(2)  A  comer  of  ground.     North. 

BUTTEN.    TofaU? 

The  knight  donward  gan  butlen, 

Amldwatd  the  hon  gutleo.  .4r1lMu  *M  MtrllH.p. 


I 


Botte, 

d 


BUZ 


3SS 


BYD 


I 


I 


I 


BUTTER-AND-EGG8.    Tlie  d«ffodil.     »«'«/. 
BUTTER-BOX.    A  Dutchman.    This  cant  lerm 

is  found  in  Mirge. 
BliTTER-UtMP.     A  bltUrrn.     Norlh. 
BUTTER-DAISY.     The  wliite  ox-*je. 
BUTTERED-ALK.  Ale  boiled  with  lump  »ug«r, 

butler,  and  rpice.     Salop. 
BUTTER-FINGERED.    Slipper)',     y'r.dial. 
BUTTER-MIT.     A  small  tub  in  which  newly- 
made  butler  i»  washed,     ^f'e»^ 
BUTTER-PRINT.    A  child.     This  cant  term 

occurs  twice  in  the  plays  of  Beaumont  and 

Fletcher. 
BUTTER.PUJ!PS.    The  ovaij  of  the  ycUow 

water  lilv.     Dortel. 
BUTTER-SIIAC.    A  slice  of  bread  and  butter. 

Korlli. 
BUTTER-TEETH.    The  two  middle  incisors  in 

front  of  the  upper  jaw.    See  Dodsley,  i.  239. 
Hit  two  lowrr  bvner-leath  itryke  up  quyte  throe 

hU  inowt  ju  (hoc  Ihr;  wcr  riveted.  $tS.  AMU.  UKB. 

BUTTER-WUORE.  A  scold.  "  They  scold 
like  so  many  tul/er-irhum  or  oyster-womea 
>t  BUlinagate,"  llowrll,  p.  20. 

BUTTERY-HATCH.  A  half-door  between  the 
buttery  or  kitchen  and  the  hall,  in  colleges 
and  old  mansions.  Also  called  a  butterj-hor, 
Twelfth  Night,  i.  3;  Taylor's  Workcs,  'l630, 
L  11 3.  There  was  a  small  ledging  or  bar  on 
this  hatch  to  rest  the  tankards  on, 

BUTTILLARY.    Abutter). 

BUTTlNti-IRON.  An  instrument  used  for  peel- 
ing Imrk  from  trees.     North. 

BUTTOCK.    A  common  strumpet. 

BUTTON.  (1)  A  small  cake.     Eatl. 

(2)  The  chrysalis  of  an  insect.     Wrtt. 

(3)  A  bud.  Eatt.  Sec  Harrison's  Description 
of  England,  p.  210,  "  three  score  leaves 
growing  upon  one  butlon,"  qu.  part  of  the 
stalk. 

(4)  To  shut  up.    Oxon. 
BUTTON-NAILS.     Roundheaded  nails. 
BUTTONS.     Sheep's  dung.    Dmm.    His  t«a 

makes  buttons,  i.  e.  he  is  in  great  fear,  •  phrase 
occiUTing  in  Florio,  ed.  1611,  pp.  209,  276; 
Yorkshire  Dialogue,  1697,  p.  87. 

BUTTRICE.  A  farrier's  tool  used  in  shoeing 
horses  to  pare  the  hoofs. 

BUTT-SHAFT.  A  kind  of  arrow,  used  for  shoot- 
ing at  butts,  funned  without  a  barb,  so  as  to 
slick  into  the  liutis,  and  yet  to  be  easily  ex- 
tracted.    Narf. 

BUTTY'.  A  companion  or  partner  io  any  work. 
Top.  rftoA 

BUTUKE.    "Hie  bittern.    Sortk. 

BUTYNE.    Booty.    Palsgrave,  f.  81J. 

BUYER.    A  gnat.     Norlh. 

BirVIDUY.     Stout  made.     Norlh. 

BUXOM.  Obeilient.  (.-/.-S.)  And  hence,  meek, 
or  humble. 

BUYEDE.    Bowed.     Rub.  Glouc.  p.  47ii. 

BUZ.    A  report  or  rumour. 

BUZZ.  To  empty  a  Iwttle  of  wine  io  carousing ; 
to  drink. 


BUZZARD.  (1)  A  coward. 

(2)  A  moth  that  flies  by  nigiit.  See  the  Craven 
Glossary.  Narea  wrongly  evplaiua  it  a  bettk 
Bunse-liies,  Florio,  p.  69. 

BUZZOM.    Very  red.    Dtvm. 

BWON.    See  Bovn. 

BY.  (1)  In.  (J.-a.)  "  By  the  moiwe,"  in  the 
morning,  or  day-time.  "  By  his  life,"  in  his 
lifetime.  "  By  and  by,"  exactly,  distinctly, 
in  order  one  after  the  other.  See  Todd'« 
Gower  and  Chaucer,  p.  325.  For,  Kyng  Ali 
saunder,  3174.  "  By  tha,"  with  that.  H'eber 
It  constantly  occurs  in  the  sense  ofof;  to  know 
nothing  by  a  person,  to  know  no  ill  of  him,  as 
in  I  Cor.  iv.  4. 

(2)  To  aWe.     {.I.-S.) 

Scho  uyd.  trsytoure,  thou  ullr  h^l 
How  was  thou  iwa  hmrdy. 

MS.  unc.A.i.  i;,r.m. 

(3)  A  bee.  See  Lydgate's  Minor  Poems,  p.  88 ; 
Skelton's  Works,  ii.  112. 

(4)  A  bracelet ;  a  collar.  See  Reliq.  Aotiq,  L  9, 
"  dtxtrolirium,  a  by  of  goldc  aiiumyng  the 
r)'ght  arme;"  Sir  Degrevant,  556. 

(5 )  To  abide.  See  the  True  Tragcdic  of  Richard 
III.,  p.  57,  repr.  Perhaps  a  misprint  in  the 
original  for  byd,  which  occurs  in  Torrent  of 
Portugal,  p.  44. 

(6)  To  buy.  SeeLaugtoft,  p.  I16;Rom.  of  tUe 
Rose,  7159. 

(7)  Be  1  continue.     Ilfonte. 

(8)  A  by-place.  Florio  translate*  burtUa,  "  a 
by  or  darke  comer."  He  apparently  gives 
another  meaning  to  it  in  v.  MojoJre,  "  to  play 
or  cast  at  the  by,  at  hazard  or  gresco." 

(9)  Besides.     Norlhumh. 

(10)  The  point  or  mark  from  which  boys  emit 
the  marbles  or  taws,     \orluh. 

BY.\R.    A  cow-house.     Norlh.    Douce,  in  his 
MS.  papers,  calls  the  field  near  the  buat  the 
liyrrleys. 
BYBBEY.     A  kind  of  herb.    See  Chester  Plays, 

i.  119,  where  the  Bodl.  MS.  reads  libbie. 
BY- BLOW.  A  bastard.  See  J.  Cleavcland  Re- 
vived, 1660,  p.  187  ;  Howell,  sect.  24  ;  Beau- 
mont and  Fletcher,  rii.  185.  I  am  doubtful 
as  to  the  meaning  of  the  word  in  the  lut 
instance. 
BY-CAJ.LE.    To  accuse.    (,/.-5.) 

Thanne  ■■  Syr  Mador  loudecte  spake. 

The  quene  of  treioun  to  f,y.«a/J«, 
Comyt  Syr  Launcelot  du  Lalte 
Rydand  ryg'<'  ^  thchalte. 

MS.  Hmrt.  MM,  f.  I«S. 

BYCHSCHOPE.    A  bishop. 
BY-CLAGGEDE.    Besmeared.     6'aw. 
BYCOKBT.     An  ornament  for  the  head.     See  a 
document  dated   1513  in  the  ArcliKologia, 
lurvi.  398. 
BYDAGGED.     Splashed.     Weitr. 
BYDANDE.     Bearing.' 

And  ye,  fCT  Gye,  a  thouiBDde, 
Bold*  meo  and  wale  ^ydawdi, 

MS.  danlat.  PMI.  M.f,  IMH 
BYDDING.     Abiding.     MnsiMP. 
BYDE.    Abode :  dwelling. 


BYL 


2-H 


BYR 


BYDRTVEN.    To  commit  evil.     Caxton. 
^BYDWONGEN.    Compelled ;  forced.    Caxlon. 

BYE.     A  bov.    Prompt.  Pan.  » 

BYEBE.     A'dwclling.     .Uk. 

BYE-BOOTINGS.  The  finest  kindof  brin.  North. 

BYEU.  "  They  byed  on  hym,"  MS.  C«nUb. 
Ff.  ii.  38,  f.  103.     Pcrhapj  an  error  for  cryerf. 

BYEN.     Be.    Tiblc  Book,  p.  H  7. 

BYER.  A  ihrinc.  This  is  apparently  the  mean- 
in;  in  Rob.  Glouc.  p.  248.  Sec  Ileome's  Glos- 
i«rv,  io  T.  Bytr$,  buyers.  Hall,  Henry  VI. 
f.  10. 

BYERLAWS.  The  townships  of  Ecclesall  and 
Brightside  are  so  called.  The  appellation  was 
probably  derived  from  the  Byerlaw  courts, 
formerly  held  there.  Sec  the  Hallamshire 
Glossary,  p.  17. 

BYET.    Work  not  flnished.    North, 

BYETH.    Be.    {A.-S.) 

in-FAR.    Much.     Var.diaL 

BVFFE.     Beef.    Prompt.  Parv. 

BY-FOUNDE.    Found  out ;  discovered.  Hearne. 

BY-FRUITS.  According  to  Kennell,  MS.Lansd. 
1033,  "  those  wens  or  humid  bubbles  which 
insects  raise  ufHin  vegetables,  wherein  they 
lodge  their  cgge  and  produce  their  young,  are 
call'd  by-fntiti." 

BYGABBED.    Deceived.     Rob.  Glouc.  p.  458. 

BYGAGED.     Mad ;  bewitched.    Ermoor. 

BVGATES.    Spoil ;  plunder.    H'eier. 

BYGET.    Occasioned ;  promised.    Heantt. 

BYGGERE.    A  buyer.    Maundrrile. 

BY-GOLD.  TinseL  Cotgrave  has,  "  Orpel.  sil- 
rer  and  by-gold,  a  kind  of  Icafe-tiiuie  used  in 
the  silvering  over  of  trifles  for  children." 

BYGORN.    A  goblin.    North. 

BYGYNG.    Beginning.    Ifeame. 

BYHANGGID.    Hanged  up. 

Y  fthuU  be  b]/hunggii  by  All  right  and  resMto. 

MS.  La«^.  410,  r.OI. 

BYHEFDED.    Beheaded.    Heanu. 

BYHETER,    A  surety,     nickliffe. 

BYHOREDE.    Committed  adultery  against. 
For  thou  hutc  b^ht>rtd«  my  lorde, 
Thou  ulle  h&re  wondprynge  In  the  worldr. 

MS.  Llnopfn  A.  1.  17,  f.  ISO. 

BYHONT:.    To  advantage.    Chauctr. 

BYHT.    Beeth.    Silton. 

BY-JAPEN.     To   mock;  to   ridicule.    (A.-S.) 

See   Piers  Ploughman,  pp.   386,   453;   and 

Br/ape. 
BY-JEN.     By  St.  John.    North. 
BYKER.    A  beaker  cup.    Prompt.  Parv. 
BYLACE.    Caught ;  beact.   (./.-A'.) 
BYLAND.    A  peninsula.     This  term  seems  to 

have  been  introduced  by  Harrison,  Description 

of  Britaine,  p.  30. 
BVLAY.    Belonged.    "  As  to  hym  Aytoy,"  Rob. 

Glouc.  p.  421. 
BY-LAYNE.    Lain  with.    (.Y.-S.)    See  Ritson's 

Songs,  L  67  :  Richard  Coer  de  Lion,  1119. 
Hettc^yd  D»vyr  tw  hur  lydc. 
Nor  hath  hur  not  bp-Utirn*, 

Lt  Bim»  ^iortiw*  ^f  Amm,  top. 

BY-LEMAN.    A  second  lover  or  gallant.    See 


Octovian,  119,  129.    It  was  anciently  bdiered 
that  twins  could  not  be  the  genuine  offspring 
of  one  man,  a  notion  there  alluded  to. 
BYLEWYN.    To  remain  ;  to  sUy.    {J.-S.} 
BYLIS.    Boils ;  ulcers,    niekliffe. 
BYLLEN.     To  peck  with   tbe  bilL    Prvm^. 

Pare. 
BYLLERNE.    A  kind  of  water-plant,  tranalmted 

by  bemla  in  the  Prompt.  Pari-,  p.  36. 
BYLLYNE.  To  use  a  spade  or  mattock.  Prompt. 

Pan. 
BY-LOU.   Laughed  at.   Rob.  Gloue. 
BYLUKFEDE.     Beloved. 
BY-MATTERS.    Irrelevant  circumstancei.  See 

Harrison's  Deacription  of  Britaine,  p.  31. 
BYME.  Skinner  refers  to  Gower,  ed.  1532,  f.  38, 
for  this  word,  wliicli  ap|>ears  to  be  merely  by 
me.  MS.  Bodl.  291  has  the  same  reading.  He 
was  misled  by  the  apparent  necessity  of  the 
rhyme.  Sec,  however,  the  example  quoted 
imdcr  Alkymittre ;  and  gloss,  to  Ui 
Chaucer,  in  v.  Alouth. 

So  wolle  I  Doujt  that  rny  tyme 
Be  lostc  of  (hat  thou  hast  do  by  m* 

MS.  Sue.  ^KMf.  IM,  t.  )•! 
For  detb  cam  lo  in  haate  6y  fn* 
Ere  1  hsdde  therto  ray  tyroc. 

Cvuvr.  MS.  Owcrt.  t. 
BY-MOLEN.    To  sjiot ;  to  stain.   {A.-S.^ 
BYMOWE.    To  mock.   ApoL  LoU. 
BYMYNSTER.    To  administer. 

Incvcry  ihingcio  hit  wllle  obcyc. 
And  bymi/ntttr  unto  hla  votuote. 

ludfau,  MS.  Sk.  AmIh.  IM,  f.  14. 
BYN.   Within.  Silm*. 
BYNA.ME.    To  nick-name. 
BYNDE.   The  woodbine.    Prompt.  Parv. 
BYNDERES.     Binders;    robbere    who    bi 

I/avelok. 
BYNE.  (1)  Molt.    Cambr. 
(2)  A  bin,  a  manger,  according  to  Mr.  Utterson 
but  more  probably  a  corruption  oipyne.     See 
Syr  Try  amoure.  160. 
DYNNY.'  A  kind  of  pepper.   Covell. 
BY-NOMEN.   Taken  away.   {A.-S.) 
BY-NOW.   A  short  time  ago.    Ifetl. 
arSTE.    Bound. 

He  drynketh  the  wyn,  but  at  la»te 

The  wyn  dryiikrth  him,  and  t.ynlnhim  Taatc. 

Cou-er,  MS.  Sir.  Anll-i.  It4,  (.  177, 
lie  taketh,  he  kcpcth,he  halte,  he  bffite. 
That  lyjter  li  to  He  the  Oynle.         Ibii,  f,  I 
BYOFTHE.    Behoof;  profit.    Hot.  Glow. 
BYON.    A  quinsv.    North. 
BY-PAST.    Past  by.    North. 
BY-PLOT.   A  small  piece  of  groimd  in  an  oitt 
the  way  place. 

Thue  daica  worki  are  not  )mplole<l  upon  (ho«c 
wain  that  lead  from  market  to  market,  but  ach 
Burveior  amendeth  iuch  htf-ptot^  and  lanaa  ai  ae«a>e 
bcf  1  for  hia  owne  comroodltie,  and  more  eaale  paai«g« 
unto  hi»  fltlda  and  paaturCB. 

Harrimn'*  Detcription  (•/  BrIMifM,  p.  U4. 

BYQUIDE.    Bequest. 
Ilyi  binuUt  In  thyamaocn  he  made  byrore  hya  d( 
«!«.  CfcMr.  p. 
BYROE.    Gloiaed  "  moste." 


»l. 

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14. 

bii^ 

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n. 

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235 


CAB 


'^•'^  KoT  tothe  ftti  hym  f>yrrf», 

^*'^  -  Kor  he  wst  a  merveyluf  hyrdp. 

MS.HarLmt.t.n- 
BYRDINf;.   Aliurden?  {J.-S.)   It  »  explainrd, 
"  pUxHiig,  giimliollii|i(,"  Towneloy  My»t.  p.  79. 
BYRDUNE.    A  burden.   Ptvm/il.' Pan. 
BYIIE.    The  »tuiii)i  of  «  tree.    Aor/A. 
BYREVY'jTHE.    Berea*etb.    See   the  Chron. 

VUodun.  p.  113. 
BYRBYNY.NGE.    Burning.    Hearne. 
HYKIDEN.    Buried.     HickliJTf. 
BYHKYN.    Breaking.    Tmrnrify  Mi/it. 
BYRLAKIN.    A  familiar  diminutive  of  Ay  our 

Lady,  often  introduced  in  old  jiliiya. 
BYRNSTON.     Brimstone.    Siflton. 
BY-KONNK.    Run  over.    {J.-S.) 
He  foml  Rymenild  tlttyod*. 
And  wel  sort  wcpyndei 
Bo  whyt  »othr»annet 

Mid  (erre*  a]  by-rvunf.  K]/»g  Horn,  t»39. 

BYRYNE.    To  bun .     Prompt.  Pan. 
BYS.    Be.    Jfebrr.' 

BYSCHELLE.    A  bushel.   Prompt.  Parr. 
BYSCHYPRYCHE.      A   bishopric.     Prompt. 

Pan. 
BYSCITE.    Biscuit.    Prompt.  Pan. 
BYSMALOW.  Thehnlyhock.aplanl.  See  an  old 
book    of  medical    receipts,  MS.  Bodl.    591, 
ad  6n. 
BY-SMOKEDE.    Covered  with  smoke.   (/t.-S.) 

And  Itunne  me  thnghfr  the  turrllc*  brmllkc,  and 
Chare  »inote  owtc  vwylke  a  tmulcr,  that  It  alle  bp- 
nmokttte  Ihaine  that  waa  abowie. 

MS.  LImnIn  A.I.  17.  r.!.M. 
BYSOM.  Blind.  {.i..S.)  See  Bitm.  This  form 
0(%urs  in  Rrliq.  Antiq.  ii.  238,  the  burden  of 
■  ballad  lieing,  "  for  now  the  bytom  ledft 
the  lilynde." 
BYSPYNG.  Confirmation.  Another  form  of 
iulioppi»g,  I).  V.  Cotgrave  ian  biniiing  is  the 
vtilgir  mode  of  speaking  the  word,  in  v. 
Cotifirmalion. 

5«t  woUe  y  make  relacioa 
Of  (he  conflnnacion. 
That  by  EnglyKhe  mrnyng 
Yt  called  the  tvivKg  MS.  Onrm  ST. 

The  lame  coaeita^  yone  alle  thync, 
Yt  yn  ttiechildy*  Ovwng,  liitd. 

BYSSI.    Soon  ;  ivadjly  ? 

Sire,  quod  the  ttlwarde  anoon, 
Al  6yM«  achaJ  1  fyndc  oon. 

ft'righfs  5«rpn  Sagv*,  p.  M. 

BYSSINE.    Fine  silk.    IVicHiffr. 

BYST.    Prayest.    See  Rob.  Gloiic.  p.  337,  where 

the  Henltis'  College  MS.  reads  liiddnit. 
BYSTE.    A  temporary  bed  used  by  hop-driers 


and  maltsters  to  mt  on  in  the  night,  and  at 

other  times  when  lending  their  fire*,    .lunrr. 

BY'SYLIERE.     More  busy ;  more  atleutivc.     It 

is  translated  bv  altmlnut  in  Kelit).  Antiq.  i.  H. 

BYSYSCHYPPE.    Activity. 

Wait  hatt  thou  do  olT bvtiftehiffpe. 
To  loTo  and  lo  ladyichyppe. 

MX.  Qinlai.  Ff.  1. 0,  r.  3. 
BYT.     Bite.     Silnon. 

BY'TACK.    A  farm  taken  in  addition  to  another 
farm,  and  on  which  the  tenant  docs  not  reside. 
Ilerrfordth. 
BY-TAIL.    The  right  handle  of  a  plough.    Var. 

dial 
BYTE.    (1)    A  morsel ;  a  bit.     (.-f.-S.) 
(2)  To  cut,  as  a  kuord,  or  any  instrument.    See 
TundaJe,  p.  24  ;  Eglamour,"491. 

Thcr  »aa  do  knyfe  that  woldehym  6y<e. 

M.I.  Canlal:  Ff.  iL  M,  f.MI. 
Oye,  wylh  hyi  ownc  hande. 
Defcndyd  hyio  with  h)t  axe  brimit.  lUd.  t.  IM. 
Bot  thofe  he  rade  nercr  »o  fatte, 
HU  nobllle  iperr  on  hym  he  braate. 
It  wold  nott  lo  hym  b^tt, 

US.  Unetin  A.  I.  17,  t,  141. 

BYTH.  (1)  l5:shallbe.    (J-S.) 
(2)  Bite.     CoT.Myt. 
BY-TIIE-WALLS.     Unburied.    Eatt. 
BYTOC.     Committed.     Rob.  Glonc.  p.  183. 
BYTTE.     A  bottle  j  a  flagon.     H'arv. 
BYTYLLE.     A  Itcetle.    Prompt.  Pan. 
IIYUEDE.     Bowed.     Rot.  Uloue. 
BY'VONDE.     Found;  contrived.     I/eame. 
BYA'ORE.     Explained  •■  Far  off,"  by  llcame, 

but  it  clearlv  means   irfort  in  Rob.  Glouc. 

p.  348. 
BY-WAKE.    Watched  over. 

Writ  thil  ny;t  that  he  was  take, 
And  with  tourmeotoure*  t.p-u<aMf. 

Mf.  jl-Uil.  II3»7.  r.  OR. 

The  nutlet  of  water  bom  a  dam. 


BY-WASH. 

North. 
BYWAYT. 
HY-WIPE. 


To  be  patient. 
An  indirect  aarcaiin. 


North. 

BYWOUPEN.     Made  senseless.     Cote:     It  is 
explained  "  made  of  silk,"  in  Corker's  English 
Dictionary,  1724. 
BYWORD.     A  proverb.     (,/.-&) 
BYYN.     Tobuv.     Prompt.  Pan. 
UYZANT.     A  besom.     Hornet. 
BY3AR.     A  buyer,    .^pol.  Loll. 
BY51NG.     Buying.     Prompt.  Pan. 
BYJT.    A  bend.     Not  "  hollow,  caTity,"  aa  ex- 
plained in  Syr  Gawayne. 
In  the  bif^t  ofthe  harme  alao 
ADo;yr  hyt  that  mot  be  undo.  Jlali«.  Jttll^.  I.  Uu. 


pi  A.  (1)  To  drive.    North. 
XJ  (2)  A  jackdaw.    Junhu. 
;CAAI).    Cold.   North. 
CAAS.  (1)  Case.   {J.-K.) 

Ami  la  Buche  <«■«  ofteo  lymea  they  tir. 
That  one  may  make  them  play  wuh  •traweatbre. 
MH.  Uku-I.  C.  « 

(2)  Chjuice.    North. 

(3)  Because.   Korlh. 


CAB.  (l)  A  small  number  of  persons  secretly 
uniterf  in  the  performance  of  some  under- 
taking.   Sumer. 

(2)  Any  sticky  substance.  Dftott. 

CABBAGE.  Tlie  part  of  a  deer's  bead  wherein 
the  horns  are  set.  To  cabbage,  to  grow  to  a 
head,  applied  to  the  honu  of  a  deer.  See 
Wyl  Buckcs  Testament,  p.  5  ;  Skelton,  il  SAO; 
HowcU,  sec*,  iii. 


Cad 


220 


CAI 


CABBY.    Sticky;  clammy.    Drvon. 

CABES.  A  cablmgc.  "  lirattica  capUata,  cole 
eatei,"  Elyot.  Caibuhet,  Muldlcton,  v.  35, 
■nil  var.  dial. 

CABLE-HATBAND.  A  fashion  introduced 
about  1 599,  being  a  twisted  rord  of  gold,  ail- 
ver,  or  silk,  worn  round  the  Imt. 

CABLISU.    Bruahwood.    Law  tenn. 

CABOB.  A  leg  of  mutton,  stuffed  with  white 
herrings  and  sweet  herbs. 

CABOBBLE.    To  confuse  or  puzzle.   Eatt. 

CABOCHE.   To  bend.   (.^.-.V.) 

There  netleth  no  more  but  to  cabixhv  hit  heed, 
alle  the  over  Jawn  ttyllc  thereon,  and  the  lobelk'S 
foruy^.  MS.  Boil.  M6. 

CABllIOLES.   A  ladv's  head-dress. 

CABRITO.   A  kid.   (Span.) 

CABULATOK.    Saltpetre.    IloveU. 

CACCHEN.    To  catch ;  to  take.  (^.-5.) 

CACHE.  (1)  Togo. 

(2)  To  couch  or  lay  down.   Skrlton. 

CACHERE.   A  hunter.   {A.-S.) 

CACHERELE.    A  catchpole. 

CACHET.   Gone. 

CACK.  .Yhniin  exonerare.  far.  dial.  Cackabed, 
a  terra  of  contempt,  Florio,  in  t.  Guana  kilo  ; 
Hawkins,  iii.  63. 

CACKLE.    To  babble.     Var.dial. 

CACKUNG-CHE.VT.  A  cock  or  capon.  Acaut 
tenn,  found  in  Dckker's  Belman  of  London, 
1616 ;  Earle's  Microe.  p.  254. 

CACKMAG.    Chatter;  idle  talk.    Eatt. 

CACORNE.   The  windpipe.   Oeeon. 

CAD.    A  very  small  pig.    Ewil. 

CADAR.  A  light  frame  of  wood  put  over  a 
scythe  to  preserve  and  lay  the  com  more  even 
in  the  swathe.    Staff. 

CADATORS.  Beggars  who  make  circuits  round 
the  kingdom,  aniiimiing  the  characters  of  de- 
cayed gentlemen. 

CAUDEL.    Cow  parsnip.    Derua. 

CADDIS.  Worsted,  or  worsted  ribbon.  "  Caddas, 
or  cruel  ribbon,"  Book  of  Rates,  1675,  p.  293. 
The  dresses  of  serrauls  were  often  ornamented 
with  it.  There  seems  to  have  been  a  kind  of 
woollen  stuff  so  called.  Palsgrave  has, 
••  caddas  or  crule,  layeltt."  (f.  22.)  This  was 
used  for  stuffing  dresses.  See  the  Prompt. 
Parr.  p.  57. 

CADDLE.  (I)  A  dispute, noise, contentioD, con- 
fusion.   Var.  ilial. 

(2)  To  coaT  ;  to  spoil.    Korlk. 

(3)  To  tease,  ur  annoy,    rt'etl. 

(4}  To  scold ;  to  hurrv ;  to  attend  offidouslv. 

Wat. 
(5)  To  squander  money.    ITarv. 
CADDOW.  a  jackdaw.    Eatt.  "  AW k/w  is  also 

for  a  eaddow  or  dawe,"  Withals,  ed.  1608, 

p.  87. 

•  ■  I  aw  a  <Uw,  a  knot  whtch  roundly  knat : 
Such  m  dawc  1  Devi-r  uw  but  that." 
CADDY.  (I)  A  ghost  or  bugbear.    Xorlh. 
(2)  The  cadilis-worm,  or  grub  of  the  May-fly. 

Dmm. 
(3^  Well ;  strong ;  hearty ;  in  good  spirits.  North. 
CADS.  (J)  A  barrel  containing  six  hoodred  her- 


*  to 

4 


rings  wai  called  a  cade  of  herrings.  In  1 
cade  of  beef  is  any  parcel  or  quantity  of  pie 
under  a  whole  quarter.     See  Kennctt,  p.  SSI 
Ord.  and  Reg.   102;  Prompt.  Parv.  pp.  i1_ 
299.     A  small  cask  was  aUo  texmcd  a  cadet^ 
Florio,  in  v.  Uvgnola.     "  Cadel  of  muacuU  to 
potage,"  Ord.  and  Reg.  p.  445. 
(2)  Testis.     North. 

Telle  «chul  wivea  luelve, 
3lf  uil  child  may  be  made 
Wllbouten  knowdnc  of  mannn  mit. 

Arthour  and  Uerttm,  p. ', 

CADE-LAMB.    A  house-lamb.   iYorM.    Hene 

applied  to  a  pet  cliild. 
CADE  NT.   Falling.   Shak. 
CADER.    A  small  frame  of  wood  on  wtiicli  tbe 

fisherman  keeps  hU  line.   South. 
CADESSE.    A  juck.-law.    Sec  Cotgravc,   in  T. 

Vhouchrtte;     HuUybaud,     in     v.     C'houca; 

Marlowe,  iiL  534 ;    Withali,   ed.   1608,  p. 

23. 
C/VDEW.   Tlie  straw-worm.  ^M 

CADGE.  (1 )  A  circular  piece  of  wood,  on  wUd^| 

hawks  are  carried  when  exposed  for  sale. 

(2)  To  carry,    .\orlh. 

(3)  To  hind  or  tie.  Thoresby  saj-s,  "  a  term  id 
making  bone-lace."  Palsgrave  has,  "  I  cadge 
a  garment,  I  set  lyste^  in  the  lynyng  to  kepe 
the  plygblcs  in  order." 

(4)  To  Btuir,  to  fill,  generally  at  another's  ex- 
pense. North.  Hence  cadge-belly,  a  full  fat 
belly. 

CADGER.    A  packman  or  itinerant  huckster. 

Var.  dial.    Accoriling  to  Kcnuetl,  p.  36,  "a 

cadger  is  a  bulchcr,  miller,  or  carrier  of  j 

other  load." 
CADGY.    Merry ;  cheerful.    North. 
CADLING.     False ;  insincere.    tTat. 
CADLOCK.     The  rough  tadloek  is  Uie   wild 

muitard,  and  the  smooth  cadlock  is  the  wild 

rape.    North. 
CAD  .MA.    Tlie  least  irig  of  the  Utter,    far.  dlaL  , 
C.VDNAT.    A  canopy.  i 

CADOCK.    A  bludgeon.   Somenrt.  \ 

CADVKE.      Crazy;   frail,    (ia/.)     See  Hall, 

Edward  IV.  f.  59 ;  Dial.  Creat.  Moral,  p.  154. 
CADY.    Foolish ;  addled.     Salop. 
C.tCITY.    Bhndness.    Mifgr. 
CAFART.    A  hypocrite.    (Pr.) 
CAFF.  (1)  Chaff.  North.    See  ApoL  Loll. p.  54 

(Be^.) 
(2)  To  caril  or  run  off  a  bargain ;  to  abandoiH 

anything.    Crateu. 
CAFF  A.      Some   kind  of    rich  stuff,    perhap* ' 

taffata. 
CAFFLE.    To  cavil.    .Worth. 
CAFT.    Intimidated.    )'or*iA 
CAG.   A  stump.    Il'eit. 
CAGED.   Imprisoned ;  confined.    North. 
CAGEL.   To  harrow  ground.    North. 
CAG  MAG.  (1)  Pro[terly  an  old  goose,  hnt  ap. 

pUed  to  coarse  bad  food  of  any  kind.     There 

is  a   small  inferior  lirced    of  sheep 

caffntttffM. 
(2)  To  quarrel,   iron. 
CAIE.    A  quay.   Mintheu. 


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CAILES.  Nine-pins.  Mintheii.  "  Caylvs,  car- 
dvng,  and  haserdy,"  Kcliq.  Antiq.  ii.  224i 

GAINED.    Mot  hen-.    Snrlh. 

CAINGEL.  A  CTBlibed  feUow.  North.  Caingy, 
peevish,  Ullempcred. 

CAIRO.   A  tinker.    Northumb. 

CAIRT.    A  chart.    Brit.  Bilil.  u.  143. 

CAISAU.    A  King,  or  emperor.    {.4.-N.) 

CAlTCilE.  The  game  of  tcnnii,  as  apiiears  from 
■  panage  quoted  in  the  Brit.  BibL  i.  135. 
Jamicton  gives  another  example,  but  teems  in 
doubt  as  to  the  meaning  of  the  term. 

CAITIF.  A  wretch.  (A.-N.)  In  the  pro- 
vinces a  cripple  is  so  colled.  .\n  adjective  in 
Hall's  Satires,  iv.  2,  base,  serA'ilc. 

CAITIFTEE.   Captivitj.    Hickliffe. 

CAKE.  (1)  To  cackle.    A'orM. 

(2)  A  foolish  fellow.    Var.  dial, 

CAKE-BREAD.  A  roll  or  manchet.  Sec  Ben 
Jonson,  iv.  512 ;  Hawkins'  Engl.  Dram, 
ii.  262. 

CAKE-CREEL.  A  rack  at  the  top  of  a  kitchen 
to  drv  out-cakes.    North. 

CAKE-NIGHT.  The  eve  of  .KW  Saints,  soealled 
at  Ripon  in  Yorkshire,  at  which  time  a  cake  is 
made  for  every  member  of  the  family. 

CAKERED.    Bound  with  iron.   North. 

CAKE-SPRITTLE.  A  thin  board  of  about  the 
same  dimensions  with  the  bake-itone,  used  for 
turning  the  oat-cakes  while  over  the  oven. 
Yorkfh. 

CAKO.  Some  kind  of  mineral,  mentioned  by 
Forman  in  MS.  Aslimole  208,  f.  78. 

CALABASS.  A  small  kind  of  gim,  alluded  to 
by  Bourne,  in  his  Inventions  or  Devises, 
1578. 

CALABER.  A  kind  of  fur.  Sec  Brit.  BibL  ii. 
401  i  Strult,  ii.  102  ;  Cov.  Myst.  p.  242. 

CALABS.   Steel. 

CALAMANCE.  Perhaps  for  calamanco,  a  kind 
of  woollen  stuff,  in  Lilly's  Midas.  Fustian  is 
mentioned  immediately  afterwards,  appUed  to 
language  in  a  similar  manner ;  and  as  the  sur- 
face of  calamanco  shines  somewhat  like  satin, 
oar  reading  docs  not  seem  to  be  improbable. 

CALANDER.  A  kind  of  lark.  Sec  Howell, 
sect.  39 ;  Sex  Linguunim  Dictionnrins,  8vo. 
Nur.  1549.  This  seems  to  have  been  cor- 
rupted into  carnal. 

CALANGY,    To  challenge.    Rob.Glouc.p.451. 

CALASSES.   Alms-houses.   Grot. 

CALCAR.  An  astrologer.  To  colkc,  or  calkill, 
to  cast  a  figure  or  natinty.  Sec  RItson's 
Fairies,  p.  45;  Bale's  Kyngc  Juhan,  p.  71; 
Prompt  Parr.  p.  58 ;  Trioll  of  Mens  Witts, 
1604,  p.  183. 

CAIXOCOS.   Brass.    HoweU. 

CALCULE.  To  calculate.  (J.-.V.)  See  Chaucer, 
Cant.  T.  1I50G;  Troilus  and  Creieide, 
iv.  1398. 

CALDAR.   Tin.   HovvU. 

CALDE.   Called. 

CALDESE.  To  cheat,  or  deceive,  especially  by 
fortune-telling.   Butler. 

CAIiE,  (1)  A  turn.    North. 


(2)  To  throw;  to  move  irregtilarly ;  to  gambol. 
Eail. 

(3)  Pottage.  "  No  man  can  make  of  ill  acatet 
good  coif,"  Cotgrave,  in  v.  i'iande. 

(4)  Aubrey,  MS.  Nat.  Hist.  Wilts,  p.  291,  says 
that  cale  is  a  Dorsetshire  term  for  colcwort. 
Calnto/ke  is  mentioned  in  a  receipt  in  MS. 
Med.  Line.  f.  297.  Cf.  Prompt.  Pan-,  p.  58 ; 
Skclton,  ii.  38. 

CALEEVER.   To  gambol.    North. 
CALENDER.  To  smooth  woollen  cloths, and  give 

them  a  gloss. 
CALENTURE.   A  hot  fever.  See  London  Prod: - 

gal,  p.  129  ;  Hall's  I'ucms,  p.  57. 
CALEWEIS.   A  kind  of  |«ar.   (-^.-,Y.) 
CALF-LICK.    A  tuft  on  the  forehead  which  can- 
not be  made  to  lie  in  the  same  direction  with 

the  rest  of  the  hair.   North. 
CALF-STAGES.     Places   for    holding   calvei. 

Gloue. 
CALF-TRUNDLE.  Theentrailiof  acalf.  Figura- 
tively applied  to  the  ruffle  of  a  shirt,  or  flounces 

of  a  gown. 
CALF- YARD.  The  dwelling-place  of  our  infancy. 

North. 
CALIMANCO-CAT,    A  tortoise-shell  cat.  Norf. 
CALIS.    A  chalic-.     (.■i.-S.)     See  Rob.  Glouc. 

p.  489 ;  Havclok,  187  ;  St.  Bnindan,  p.  14. 
CALIVER.    A  large  pistol  or  blunderbuss.    Sec 

Ben  Jonson,  iii.  452 ;  Florio,  in  v.  Collbro  ; 

xMarlowe,  iii.  256;  llril.  Bibl.  i.  135. 
C.\LKINS.    The  parts  of  a  liorse-sboc  which  ore 

turned  up  and  sharpeneil  to  prevent  slipping. 

North.      See  Kennett,  p.  30 ;    Florio,  in  v. 

Hampime,  "  a  calkin  in  a  horses  shooe  to  keepe 

him   from  sliding."    Cavkotu,   Reliq.  Antiq. 

i.  83. 
CALL.  (1)  To  abuse  or  scold.   A'orM 

(2)  Occasion ;  necessity.    Var.  dial. 

(3)  The  outlet  of  water  from  a  dooi.    North. 

(4)  When  hounds  are  first  cast  oif,  and  find 
game,  they  are  said  to  call  on. 

(5)  To  proclaim,  or  give  notice  by  the  public 
crier,    far.  dial. 

GALLANT.    A  lad,  or  stripling.    North. 

CALLARDS.  Leaves  and  shoots  of  cabbages. 
/.  flight. 

CALL-BACK.   A  wear  or  dam.    A'orM. 

CALLE.   ( 1 )  A  species  of  cap,  or  network  worn 
on  the  head.     It  is  the  gloss  of  re/icti/um,  in 
MS.  Arund.  249,  f.  88,  which  Elyut  tronsUtes, 
"  a coyfe  nr  call,  n hich  men  or  women  used  to 
weore  on  theyr   heades."     Gf.  Troilus   and 
Creseide,  iii.  7  76 ;  Wright's  Pol.  Songs,  p.  1 58 ; 
MS.  HarL  2257,  f.  154;  Dent's  Pathway,  p. 
46 ;  Rcliq.  Antiq.  i.  41 ;  Itaiali,  iii.  18. 
Maydyni  wernHu  oftllk  ind  of  ihml. 
And  damicllti  kcrchcvii  pjrnnM  uppon  lh»  hHf. 
MS.  Lnud.  4IK,  f.  44. 

(2)  To  invite.    Perceval,  941. 

C/VLLED-IIOME.  Asked  in  the  church. 

CALLER.  (I)  Cool;  fresh.    A'orM. 

(2)  To  caper  ;  to  jump.    /.  IVight. 

CALLET.  A  scold ;  a  drab.  Uflen  a  teim  of  the 
greatest  contettxyit.     V\.  w  sWVv  'vcv  >»*,  »»A.  "■>*• 


» 


found  both  u  t  aubstantive  uid  i  verb.    Cal- 
leting  housewife,  a  regular  roiiliniied  scold. 

CALLIBRD.   AbaMstone.    Xorlh. 

CALLING.  An  appcllalion.  S/iaJt. 

CALLING-BAND.    A  leading-string.    North. 

CALLOT.   A  kind  of  tkull-cap,  or  anv  pUin  roif. 

CALL-OVER.  To  publisb  the  banns  of  marriage. 
Sommet. 

CALLOW.  (1)  Smooth  ;  baldt  bare;  unfledged. 
It  is  explained  implunus  in  Junius,  ana  in 
Vpton's  )IS.  additions.   Eiul. 

(2)  The  stratum  of  Tcgetablc  earth  lying  above 
gravel,  sand,  limesloue,  &e.  wliicb  must  be 
removed  in  order  to  reach  tlietn.    Eatl. 

CALLS.  Pieces  of  tape.  North.  Sec  Cunning- 
liam's  Revels  Accounts,  p.  7. 

CALLYMOOCHEK.  A  term  of  reproach.  See 
Middlelon,  L  174.  It  ii  probably  connected 
with  micher. 

C.\LLYVAN.  A  pyramidal  trap  for  catching 
birds.   Somenel. 

CALM.    Scum  of  liquor.    Eatt. 

CALMES.  The  cogs  of  a  wheel.  North.  .Appa- 
rently the  frames  of  a  window  in  Harrison's 
Description  of  England,  p.  187. 

CALMEWE.  A  kind  of  sea  bird.  See  Harts- 
honic's  Met.  Tales,  p.  lit.f ;  caldmaice,  Lyd- 
gale's  Minor  Poems,  p.  202. 

CALMY.    Motberv-.  Eatt. 

CALSEY.   A  pavement,  or  causeway.    Huloel. 

CALSONS.  Close  linen  trousers  for  men.  See 
Howell,  Sect,  xxxiii. 

CALTROP.  An  instrument  with  four  spikes,  so 
contrived  that  one  of  the  spikes  alwan  stands 
upwanls,  no  matter  in  what  direction  it  is 
thrown.  See  Florio,  in  v.  Iribolo;  Arch.  xxi. 
51,  xxii.  38C;  .Middlelon,  iv.  623  ;  Holinslicd, 
Hist.  Engl.  p.  33,  Hist.  Ireland,  p.  H9; 
Stanihurst's  Description  of  Ireland,  p.  &7 ; 
Cotgravc,  in  v.  Chaumetrape.  Hall,  Henry 
V.  f.  16,  says  the  caltrop  was  introduced  after 
the  year  1415,  but  in  this  he  seems  to  he  mis- 
taken. Howell  says  it  was  used  in  hunting 
the  wolf.  There  was  also  a  kind  of  thistle  so 
called. 

CALUZ.    Bald.    Weber. 

CALVERED-SALMON.  Salmon  prepared  in  a 
peculiar  manner,  frequently  mentioned  in 
early  authors.  Palsgrave  has,  "  calver  of 
sanion,  rteume  de  taulmon."  Cf.  Beii  Jonson, 
iv.  57  ;  Rutland  Papers,  p.  84  ;  Ordinances  and 
RcgtUations,  pp.  175,  225,  469;  Forme  of 
Cury,  p.  49.  It  was  prepared  when  quite 
fresh,  and  hence  the  tenn  seems  occasionally 
to  l>e  apiilicd  to  fresh  salmon. 

CALVEREN.    Calves. 

0{  till  calftrrn  oo  thli  wyic 
81  tiruitll  hnndii  oinid  lirrc.  MS.  mghy  111. 

CALVES-HENGE.    A  cairs  pluck.    Somertel. 
Calves-mugget,  a  pie  made  of  the  entrails  of 
calves.   See  Arch.  xtiL  370. 
CALYON.    A  stone  or  flint.    PaUgrett. 
CAM.  (1)  A  ridge,  or  old  earthen  mound.   Also, 
<  c.am;i.   North.   See  the  State  Papers,  i.  886. 


(2)  Awry.  North.  A  person  who  tread*  down 
the  shoe  heel  is  said  to  cam. 

(3)  A  comb.   Cumb. 

CAMACA.  A  kind  of  silk  or  rich  cloth.  Cur- 
tains were  often  made  of  this  material.  Se4 
the  Sqiiyr  of  Lowe  Degre,  835  ;  Test.  V'ctust. 
p.  14  ;  Gov.  Myst.  p.  163.  Camoca,  misspelt 
eamora,  Test.  Vetust.  p.  12. 

CAMAIL.  A  camel.  {.-t.-N.)  .K  neckguanl,  ae- 
cnnhng  to  Planche,  p.  123,  was  also  so  called. 
It  was  sometimes  made  of  camel's  luur.  The 
thickest  part  of  the  armour  near  the  neck  wu 
called  the  comal  or  cnmnil. 

CAMALYON.  The  camel-leopard.  See  Sir 
Perumbras,  ap.  Ellis,  ii.  372, 

CA.MARADE.    A  comrade.    Afitge. 

C AM  B  E  It  ( 1 )  A  harbour.    South. 

(2)  Cambria  j  Wales.     H'amrr. 

CAMBER-NOSE.  An  aquiUnc  nose.   Junhu. 

GAMBLE.    To  prate  siucily.    Yorkuh. 

GAMBRIL.  The  hock  of  an  animal.  Drrbyh. 
Draylon  has  the  word,  imperfectly  explained 
by  Nares ;  and  it  occurs  in  Toiiscll's  Beasts, 
p.  408,  where  the  meaning  is  clearly  deve- 
loped. Blount  has,  "  cambmt,  a  cruoked 
stick,  with  notches  on  it,  which  butchers  use 
to  hang  sheep  or  calves  on,  when  they  dress 
them."   Glossographia,  ed.  1681,  p.  102, 

CAMBUGK.  (1)  The  dr)-  stalks  of  dead  planU.  a* 
of  hemluck.    Eiut. 

(2)  .\  game  at  ball,  played  with  ■  crooked  stick, 
mentioned  in  Slowc's  Survey,  ed.  1780,  i.  251. 

CAMBURG.    Hooked. 

GAMED.    Covered,    .\orth. 

CAMGLINE.     A  stufl'  made  of  camel't  hair. 
(i^.-.V.)     See  Rora.  of  the  Rose,  7367. 
"The  cldlh  wag  rychc  snrt  rv;l  fyn. 
The  chsutnit«  It  wu  of  red  tnmetitti, 

Ms.jddii.  n.i»7,  r.  97. 

CAMELYNE.  A  kind  of  sauce.  See  Pegge's 
Fonne  of  Curj-,  p.  66. 

CAMERARD.   A  comrade.    Oreene. 

CAMEIUTED.    Arched  or  roofed. 

CAMI;RIKE.  Cainbrick.  See  Slrutt,  ji.  241 ; 
Arch.  i\.  251  ;  Brit.  Bibl.  ii.  399. 

CAMET.     Silver.     HoirrU. 

C.\M1L.    Chamomile.    Somertft. 

C.-VMIS.  A  light,  loose  dress  or  robe,  of  aflk  or 
other  material.  Camiiado  is  a  similar  article 
of  dress.  "  To  give  a  eamuado,  viz.  to  wear  a 
white  shirt  over  their  armes,  that  they  may 
know  one  another  in  the  dark,"  Howell, 
sect.  5.  Hence  an  attack  was  called  a  cami- 
sado;  Holinshe<l,  Hist.  KngL  pp.  8,49,155; 
Cotgrave,  in  v.  Diane. 

CAMLE.    A  camclion.    Mavndevile. 

CA.MMED.  Crooked.  Also,  cross,  iUnatorcd- 
Norlh. 

CAMMEDE.  Short  nosed.  Sec  Reliq.  Anliq. 
i.  240 ;  Prompt.  Parv.  p.  59. 

CAMMiCK.  The  plant  restharrow.  Ihrwft. 
See  Piers  Ploughman,  p.  414. 

CAMMISH.   Awkward :  clumsy.    Soutk. 

CAMMOCK.    A  crooked  tree  or  beam  ;  timber 


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prepared  for  the  knee  of  a  sliip.    "  At  crooked 
M  a  cininiockc,"  Mother  Homhie. 

Though  Ihc  rtrmiMf-rA  the  more  It  It  ImwMt  th« 
b«ttc-T  It  if.  yrl  thr  bow,  Ihc  tnorv  It  Ik  bent  nnd  oc- 
cupied, the  wc«krr  it  waveth.  Litty't  EvphveM. 

CAMNYS.    Jamhs,  or  leg-coverings. 

CAMOISE.  Crooked ;  flat.  (.I.-A.)  Al»o  spelt 
eamtue,  Cha\iccr,  Caiit.  T.  3932,  3972.  The 
word  IB  jRiierTilly  ap|i1ied  to  a  nose. 

CAMOUC'll.  A  term  nl' contempt.  See  Middle- 
ton's  NVorks,  i.  231).  It  viiiuld  tcciu  to  bive 
toiue eonneuOD with camoceia,  the rujiiecjitr, 
or  nild  goal. 

CAMOUOCHE.     The  wild  Unsy. 

CA.Mi'.  (1)  An  ancient  athletic  gatue  of  hall, 
formerly  in  vogue  in  the  Eastern  c<iunlic>. 
Villages  used  to  lie  luatclicd  against  each  other 
in  tills  omiuement,  and  there  wos  so  much 
rivalry,  that  the  term  came  to  be  generally 
applied  to  contend  in  anything.  Cm^yni/, 
RejTinrd  the  Foxe,  p.  142.  Lydgatc,  Minor 
Poems,  p.  200,  compares  the  lireut  of  a  wo- 
man to  "  a  large  campyng  halle."  In  Prompt. 
Pan-,  p.  60,  occurs,  "  canipar,  or  iilevar  at 
foottlialle,  /ietli/u»or."  Cainp-ball  is  also 
niciitioucd  in  the  old  comedy  of  the  Bliud 
Beggar  of  Bethnal  Green,  quoted  by  Strutt, 
p.  101. 

Get  camper*  a  ball. 

To  romp  therewithall.  Tu(«er,  p.  56. 

(2)  To  talk  of  anything.    Lane. 

(3)  A  hoiird  of  potatoes,  turnips,  Sic.    North, 
CAMPABLE.   Able  to  do.    AorM. 
CAMI'ANE.    Consisting  of  fields.     "  Campane 

bcdde,"   Drit.    Dihl.  ii.   U3.      Topsell.  Hist. 

lles'lj,  p.  2C8,  mentions  "  the  cam/mlriotl or 

fielJc-hare." 
CAMPEHKNOWS.      Alc-poltage,    made   with 

sugar,  spices,  &c.    Oroir. 
CAMPESON.   A  stufled  doublet,  worn  under  the 

wmour;  the  gambison. 
"'~IPLE.   To  talk,  contend,  or  arg;ue.    Korlh. 

Spelt  also  cnnipo,  anil  ramble. 
CAMPLETES.   A  kind  of  wine,  mentioned  in  a 

cnrious  list  in  MS.  Kawl.  C.  RC. 
CAM8TEBRIE.   Crazy.    Northumb. 
CAM  USE.   Sec  Camoitr. 
CAN.  (1)  A  milk-pail.    Yorit/i. 

(2)  Knows.  (^.-&)  The  present  tense  from 
catme,  to  know. 

(3)  To  be  able.  It  is  Tery  common  both  in  this 
sense  and  the  last  in  our  early  writers,  and  is 
used  in  a  variety  of  ways  by  the  Eliiyibetl.nii 
writers.  Gifford  and  Dycc  have  confused  the 
two  meanings. 

(4)  Began  to.  ^tnutr.  It  it  used  as  an  auxiliary 
lieforc  verbs  in  the  infinitive  mood  (o  e\presi 
a  past  tense,  gloss,  to  Syr.  Gav^ayne.  Sec 
Robin  Hood,  ii.  «i  ;  Utter»on,i.  106. 

When  Ihc  lady  mn  awake, 

A  U)tfuUe  gronynn  mm  ache  nialic. 

MS.  Oixlat.  Kf.  II.  3B,  t.  B3. 

CANABYB.    A  canopy. 

CANACIN.    The  plague.    Bailey. 

CANAKIN.    A  small  drinking-ctip. 

CANAPE.   A  canopy.    Uiitland  ra|icr«,  p.  10. 


CANARIES.  A  quick  and  lively  donee.  Tbti 
penoDt  who  danced  it  sometimes  iioed  casta- 
nets. A  complete  account  of  the  dance  it 
given  in  Douce's  IlluMralions,  i.  221.  See 
Fairholt's  Pageants,  ii.  173;  Middleton,  iii. 
39,  IT.  1 74  ;  Du  Bartos,  p.  516 ;  Florio,  in  v.  • 
Canlajpt/lle. 

CANARY.  (1)  A  kind  of  sweet  wine,  very  much 
tised  in  this  country  in  the  earlier  port  of  the 
seventeenth  century.  The  term  is  still  in  use 
for  a  glass  of  spirits,  which  may  hence  have 
its  origin. 

(2)  A  sovereign.    Var.  dial. 

(3)  A  kept  mistress.   North. 
CAN-BOTTLE.  Tlie  long-tailed  titmouse.  Salop. 
CANCARDE.    Cankered ;  corrupt.    "Cancorde 

dissimulacyon,"  Hall,  Henr)-  IV.  f.  5.    Shake- 
speare u!tcs  the  word  in  this  sense.     Also,  ill- 
natured,  peevish.     Cankardiv,  Robin  Hood, 
i.  99. 
CANCELIER.    In  falconry,  is  when  a  light  (Iowa 
hawk,  in  her  stooping,   turns  two  or  three 
times  upon  the  wing  to  recover  herself  before 
»he  seir.es. 
CANCH.   A  small  quantity  of  com  in  the  straw 
put  into  the  comer  of  a  bam  ;  a  short  turn  or 
spell  at  anything :  a  trench,  cut  sloping  to  a 
very  narrow  bottom  ;  a  certain  breadth  in  dig- 
ging or  treading  land,  or  in  turning  over  a 
dung-hill.    Eail. 
CANCRO.     A  kind  of  imprecation.  {Ital.) 
CANDLE.    The  pupil  of  the  eye.    Weil. 
CANDLE-BARK.    A  round  cylindrical  box,  used 
for  holding  candles,    North.     Also  called  a 
candle-case. 
CANDLE-BEAM.    Huloet  hat.  '•  randlr-heame. 
tuche  as  hongeth  in  gentle^ens  hallrs,  with 
sockettes,   to    set    euideli   upon,  lacunar." 
Abcrdariiim.  1552. 
CANDLE-CAP.     An  old  hot  without  a  brim, 
with  a  candle  in  front ;  chiefly  used  by  butch- 
ers.   North. 
CANDLEN.   Candles.    Bob.  Glouc. 
CANDLESHEARS.    Snuffers. 
CANDLE-WASTERS.    A  contemptuous  appel- 

laliou  for  hard  students. 
CANDLING.    A  »up]>cr  given  in  some  parts  of 
the  country  by  landlords  of  ale-houses  to  their 
customers  on  the  eve  of  Candlemas-day. 
CANE.    A  small   animal   of  the  weasel  kind. 

Var.  dial. 
CANED.    Mothery.    Yorkthirt. 
CANEL.  (I )  A  channel.  {A.-N.)  In Somertetthirc 
the  faucet  of  a  barrel  is  so  called.  Canel-rakcra, 
Cocke  Lorellcs  Bote,  p.  10. 
(2)  Cinnamon.    (.f.-A.)     See  Rom.  of  the  Rose, 
1370;  Co(nygne,  7.V,    Reliq.  Antiq.  i.  .101; 
Kyng  Alisaunder,  C794  ;  Wright's  Purgatory, 
p.*55 ;  Prompt.  Parv.  pp.  22, 60. 
CANELIS.    Lots.    Apol.  Loll.  p.  93. 
CANE-TOBACCO.    Tobacco  made  up  in   ape- 
culiar  form,  highly  esteemed,  and  dear.   Naret. 
CANCE.     To  whine.     AorM. 
CANIFFLE.    To  dissemble  ;  to  flatter.    iJetom 
CAN  ION  S.     Rolls  at  the  iKittom  of  lUe  Ivtw*** 


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I 


just  below  the  knee.  They  were  lometimct 
indented  like  a  screw  ;  the  common  ones  were 
culled  x^roij/A^onrrioiuf.  Sec  Planchc,  p.  266; 
Strutt.ii.  U8;  Weliitcr,  iii.  165;  Mirldlclon, 
iii.  573.  "  Sniligar,  I  paire  of  breeches  with- 
out eannioHt,"  Wdde'it  Janua  Lingnanim, 
1 61 5. 
CANK.  (1)  To  talk  of  uyihing;  to  cackle. 
Car.  dial, 

(2)  To  persevere ;  to  overcome ;  to  conquer;  to 
continue.     fTilt: 

(3)  nuinl>.     Yorith. 

CANKEDORT.    A  wofiil  case  .'     Chaucer. 
CANKEK.  (1)   The  common   red  field-poppy. 

Eait.    Also  called  canker-rose. 

(2)  The  dog-rose.     \'ar.  dial. 

(3)  A  toad!i1onl.     Ifetl. 
{iS  Rust.      I  or.  dial. 

(5)  A  caterpillar.     Soulli. 

CANKEUFKET.  Copperas.  Also  ■  acre  or 
blister  in  tlie  mouth.     Eatt. 

CANKERWEED.     The  ragwort.     Var.  dial. 

CANKING.    Whining ;  dissniisficd.     Deriyh. 

CANLE.    A  candle.    CVam. 

CANNEL-BONE.  The  coUar-hone.  Also  called 
the  channel-bone.  Sec  iheNomenclator,  p.30; 
Hawkins'  Engl.  Dram.  ii.  215 ;  Rohton's  Met. 
Rom.  p.  19. 

CAN  N I  NESS.  Caution;  good  conduct;  care- 
fulness.    North. 

CANNING.  T}ing  a  can  to  a  dog's  tail,  an 
amusement  still  practised,  and  alluded  to  in 
the  Janua  Linguarum,  1615. 

CANNY.  Pretty  ;  good ;  neat.  North.  It  is 
used  generally  in  a  sense  of  cotumeiidation. 
Canny-hinny,  a  sly  person. 

CANUN.  A  portion  of  a  deceased  man's  goods 
exacted  hy  the  priest.  See  the  State  Papers, 
u.  512. 

CANONS.  The  first  feathers  of  a  hawk  after 
■he  ha*  mewed. 

CANSEY.  A  causeway.  See  Marshall's  Rural 
Eronomy  of  Norfolk,  ii.  377. 

CANSII.  A  small  mow  of  com.  Also,  a  small 
pile  of  faggots,  &c.     Katt. 

CANST.     Knowcst.     {J.-S.) 

CANSTICK.  A  candlestick.  This  is  a  genuine 
irchaism,  improperly  altered  by  some  of  the 
editors  of  Shakespeare.  See  Wright's  Monas- 
tic Letters,  p.  26  ;  Cunningham's  Revel*  Ac- 
counts, p.  65  ;  Ritson  on  Fairies,  p.  45. 

CANT.  (1)  Strong ;  hearty ;  lusty.  Also,  to  re- 
cover or  mend.  North.  '•  Caut  and  kene," 
Mioot,  p.  30  ;  Langtoft,  p.  50. 

(5)  To  throw ;  to  upset.     Kent. 
(3)  An  auction.     North. 

h)  To  let  fall.    SuMtci. 

(b)  The  comer  of  a  fi»-ld.    Any  comer  or  niche 

is  also  so  called,  and  in  Hampshire  a  small 

bundle  of  hay  is  teraied  a  cast. 

(6)  To  backbite,  f/rrrfordth.  Also,  to  whine 
or  play  the  hypocrite. 

(7)  To  act  upon  edge.    Eatt. 

f8)  A  company,  or  crowd.    North. 
9)  A  canter,  or  vagabond. 


(10    To  4ividc.   Tu«»er,  p.  278. 

CANTABANQUI.     BalUd-singeri.    {Hal.) 

CANTANKEROUS.    Contentious,     far.  dial. 

CANT- DOG.   AhambpikeKithahook.    North. 

CANTED.  Polygonal,  applied  to  the  portions 
of  a  building. 

CANTELING.    A  stake  or  pole.     NoHh, 

CANTER.  A  vagabond;  one  who  speaks  the 
eant  language.  Spelt  canlltr  hy  Florio,  in  r. 
flirntne. 

CANTERBURY.  A  canter,  or  short  gallop. 
Ilolmc  mentions  the  Canterbury  rate  at  u 
horse,  in  his  Academy  of  Armory,  1688. 

CANT-HOOKS.    The  fingers.    North. 

CANTING-CALLER.     An  auctioneer.     North. 

CANTLE.  (1)  A  comer  or  angle ;  a  small  piece 
or  portion  of  ao\-thing.  {.'t.-S.)  SecChnoccr, 
Cant.  T.  3010;'  Morte  Arthur,  i.  25;  MS. 
Mortc  Arthure,  f.  97  ;  Cotgrave,  in  v.  Stchsn- 
leler;  Middlcton,  v.  209 ;  Tnraament  of  ToU 
tenham,  xiiL ;  Drayton's  Poems,  p.  58.  Keu- 
nctt,  p.  38,  says  that  it  means  "  any  indefinite 
number  or  dimeusion." 

And  a  catatH  of  hyi  ichyMo. 
FIcwe  fm  hym  yoto  the  fylde. 

US.  Oinlat.  Ft.  ii.  38,  C  in. 

(2)  The  head.     Northnmi. 

(3)  The  leg  of  an  animal.    North. 
CANTLE-PIECE.     That  part  of  the  end  of  a 

cask  into  which  the  tap  is  driven.   Northuint. 
CANTI.Y.    Strongly.    Minot,  p.  20. 
CANTON.  (1)  To  notch.     Florio. 
(2)   A  canto.    S/ialt. 

CANT-RAIL.     A  triangular  rail.    Satt. 
CANTRAP.    A  magic  spcU.    North. 
CANTRED.    A  district,  similar  to  the  hundred. 

although  its  dimensions  have  been  varioual; 

estimatetl.  See  Holin»hcd,  Uiat.  Ireland,  p.  4.    ^M 
CANTSPAR.    Afire-pole.  ■ 

CANTY.     Merry ;  chcerfid.    Norlh.  ~ 

CAN  VASAUO.    Some  kind  of  stroke  in  fencing. 

See  Locrine.  p.  19 ;  Troubles  of  Queeoe  Eliza- 

l)Ctli,  1639,  sig.  D.  iv. 
CAP.  (1)  To  complete;  to  finish;  to  overcome 

in  argument ;  to  excel ;  to  pnzzle  any  one. 

Also,  a  challenge  to  competition,   yar.  dial. 

(2)  To  arrest.  n 

(3)  A  master  or  head.    Cumi.  ^M 

(4)  To  mend  shoes  al  the  toe.  ^^ 

(5)  A  piece  of  iron  which  covers  the  end  of  the 
aiilc-tree.    See  Florio,  in  v.  Chia/^Mrrtme. 

(6)  A  shepherd's  dog.     /.  (Tight. 

(7)  The  cap  of  a  flail  is  the  band  of  leather  or 
wood  through  which  the  middle-band  passes 
loosely.  There  is  one  cap  at  the  end  of  tbe 
hand-staif,  generally  made  of  wood,  and  an- 
other at  the  end  of  the  swingel,  made  of 
leather.  The  term  is  at  least  as  old  as  the 
fifteenth  century,  being  found  in  the  Prompt. 
Parv.  p.  61,  hut  it  has  escaped  the  notice  of 
the  provincial  glossarists. 

CAPABLE.    Comprehensive.    Shai. 

CAPADOS.  A  hood.  (j1..N.)  Captyhowt  oc- 
curs in  the  same  sense  in  MS.  Mvnd.  249, 
f.88. 


1 


CAP-CASE.    A  until  tnTcIllng  catt,  or  bind- 

box.     Nam. 
CAPE.    The  coping  of  a  wall.    A'orM. 
CAPE-CLOAK.     A  Spanish  cloak. 
CAPEL.    The  horn  joint  Thich  ronnecU  the 

two  parts  of  a  flail.    Devon. 
CAPELLINE.     A  aknll-cap  of  «tee1. 
CAPER-COLSINS.    Great  friends.    Unc. 
CAPKRDEWSIE.     The  stockn.     HuHer. 
CAPERIKIS.     A  kind  of  wine,  mentioned  in  a 

curious  list  in  MS.  Rawl.  C.  86. 
CAPERLASH.    Abusive  Unguage.     North. 
CAPER-PLANT.    A  common  garden  weed. 
CAPES.    Ears  of  com  broken  off  in  tbraahing. 

North. 
CAPtlA.     A  kind  of  damaik  cloth. 
CAPILOME.     In  a  contest  in  a  harveat  field 
means  the  circumstance  of  one  set  of  reaper* 
b«iDg  so  far  in  advance  of  the  nOier  a<  to  be 
out  of  sight  hj  the  iotervention  of  a  hill  or 
rise.     North. 
CAPIROTADE.    Stewed  mince-meat.    Howell, 
sect,  xliii.     According  to  Minshcu,  "  a  stewed 
meat  compounded  of  veale,  capon,  chicken,  or 
partridge  minced,  and  laid  upon  sevcrall  lieds 
of  cheese." 
CAPISTEN.    The  capstan.     Arch.  ji.  166. 
CAPITAINE.    A  captain.     (.4..N.)     Capitay- 
nate,  lordship,  captainship,  Dr.  Dee'i  Diary, 
p.  43. 
CAPITLE.   A  chapter  or  summary.  (Lat.)    Ca- 
pilutalrd,  enumerated,  Topsell's   History  of 
Seri)enl8,  p.  13. 
CAPLING.    The  cap  of  a  flail. 
CAP-MONEY.     Money  gathered  for  the  hunts- 
man at  the  death  of  the  fox,  ■  custom  nearly 
obsolete. 
CAPO.     A  working  horse ;  a  capul,  q.  v. 
CAPOCCHIA.     A  fool ;  an  innocent,  (//ot) 
CAP-OF-MAINTENANCE.   A  cap  of  a  pecidiar 
form  carried  before  the  mayor  of  i  town  on 
state  occasions. 
CAPON.  (1)  A  letter.     Shak. 
(2)  A  red-herring.     Kent. 
CAPON-BELL.     Tlie  pa.*sing-bell.     Dekkrr. 
CAPON  ET.     A  small  capon. 
CAPON-OF-OUEASE.     A    fat   cai»on.     Trans- 

latcil  nlliliii  coptu  by  llnloet,  Vo'j'l. 
CAPON'S-FEATIIER.    The  herb  columbine. 
CAPOLXIl.     A  hood.     "  Attired  in  a  eapoueh 
of  wiitten  parchment,"  Pierce  Penniless,  p. 
14. 
CAPPADOCiilO.     A  cant  term  for  a  prison. 
Kciiaett,  MS.  Lansd.  1033,  meotions  a  room 
in  a  prison  called  the  eappan-cart. 
C A  P-  P  VP  E  R.    A  coarse  sort  of  browniah  paper. 
Sec  the  Nomenclator,  p.  6;  Men  Miracles, 
i6r>6,  p.  42. 
CAPPE.     A  cope.     Pr.  Parr. 
CAFPEL.    To  mend  or  top  shoes.     CmM. 
CAPPER.    (1)    OnewboMceU.     North. 

(2)  To  chop  the  haniU.    £u<.    Also,  to  coago- 
late,  to  nrinkle. 

(3)  A  cap-maker.    See  the  Chester  Plays,  i.  4  ; 
Minabeu  and  Miegt,  in  v. 


CAR 

CAPPY-HOLE.  A  kind  of  game,  mentioned  in 
Brand's  Pop.  Antiq.  ii.  243. 

CAPRICIO.     A  caprice.     Stiai. 

CAPRIFOLE.     The  honevsucklc.     Speiurr. 

CAPRIOLE.     A  laily's  head-dress. 

CAPRYCK.  A  kind  of  wine.  Bale's  Kynge 
Johan,  p.  81  ;  caprike,  Harrison,  p.  167. 

CAPS.  (1)  All  sorts  of  fungi.    Etut. 

(2)  I  loodsbeavcs  of  corn-shocks.  North.  Also 
called  capsheavcs. 

CAP-SCREED.     Tlic  bonier  of  a  cap.     North. 

CAPSIZE.  To  move  a  hogshead  or  other  vessel 
forw  ard  by  turning  it  alternately  on  the  beads, 
Someriet. 

CAPTAIN.     Chief;  more  excellent.    Shak. 

CAPTIF.  Captive.  (J.-N.)  Captivate  in  the 
same  sense  in  Hawkins,  ii.  232 ;  to  take  cap- 
tive, Florio,  in  v.  CaptMre. 

CAPI'CCIO.  A  hood.  ^nuer.  Capachin  was 
used  in  the  same  sense  daring  the  last  cvntury. 

CAPUL.  A  horse.  North.  Also  spell  cape/, 
eople,  capyll,  &c  Sec  Piers  Ploughman,  pp. 
37,  66,  354,  415,  416;  Elyot,  in  v.  CaiaUiu, 
"  an  horse,  yet  in  some  part  of  England  they 
dooe  call  an  horse  a  caple;"  Chaucer.  Cant.  T. 
17013 ;  Utterson,  i.  <)4  ;  capons.  Sir  John  Old- 
castle,  p.  63.  There  are  some  curious  obser- 
vations on  the  word  in  Slanihurst's  Descrip- 
tion of  Ireland,  p.  12.  A  domestic  hen  is  also 
called  a  capul,  as  in  the  Fecst,  ix. 
CAR.  (1)  A  wood  or  grove  on  a  moist  soil,  gene- 
rally of  alders.  A  remarkable  floating  island, 
nearly  covered  with  willows,  and  called  the 
Car,  is  mentioned  in  the  Diversions  of  Puriey, 
p.  443.  Any  hollow  place  or  marsh  is  also 
termed  a  ear. 
2}  A  rwk.    (^.-S.) 

3)  To  carry.     South. 

4)  A  cart.    North. 
(5)  A  gutter.    Line. 

CARABl  NS.  A  sort  of  light  cavalry  from  Spain, 
first  mentioned  about  the  year  1559.  'They 
were  perhaps  so  called  from  their  carabines, 
or  muskets. 

CARACOL.  The  half  turn  which  a  horaemu 
makes  on  either  side. 

CARACTES.  Characters.  (_.4..N.)  Sec  Piers 
Ploughman,  pp.  233, 234  ;  Planrh<^-'s  Costume, 
p.  247.  Caractered,  Anc.  Poet.  T.  p.  69.  Ca- 
rectis,  Lydgate's  Minor  Poems,  p.  85. 

TodChlnKC  thOM  bratoti  uiouldc*  for  mrtttitM  of 
ih«-  pUnnetci,  yf  ynue  hsvo  tlirm,  and  csn  Irll 
howe  to  u»e  them,  youc  havt  ■  goo.l  thlnne. 

ilX.  Ml>mcl§  MO. 

CAR.\GE.    Measure ;  quality.     (./.-.V.) 

CARAING.  A  carcase.  "  A  viler  caroing  nia 
ther  non,"  Wright's  Pol.  Songs,  p.  203.  Ca- 
rayne,  Kyng  Alisaundcr,  6469,  carrion. 

CARAVEL.     A  light  small  ship. 

CARAWAY'ES.  Palsgrave  has,  "  carawayea, 
small  confettes,  riroggee."  Tlicsecomllls  were 
made  with  caraway  seeds,  and,  odd  as  it  may 
may  now  appear,  eaten  with  fruit  for  promot- 
ing eructation.  Caraways  are  still  considered 
ranniniiiivr.     It  is  melancliuly  to  peruse  the 


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bltnrlering  of  itie  commenUton  on  tMi  vonl 
in  2  Henry  IV.  v.  3.     Our  ancettora  diil  not 
cat  the  seeds  by  thcmsclTes  u  a  part  of  Ibcir 
desserts  or  banqucta ;  earatmyt  there  mean 
caraway  comfits. 
CAUBERKY.    A  gooseberr;-.    North. 
CAKBOIL.     A  tumult.     Lane. 
CAKBOKIII.L.     A  carbuncle. 

In  the  hyltf  wm  a  cnrhfkull  itnor, 
A  tiettur  iwyrdo  wai  never  noon. 

MS.  Cantab.  Ft.  il.  38,  t.  184. 

CARBONADO.  A  steak  ent  crosrvrays  for 
broiling.  See  the  Nomenclntor-,  p.  88  ;  All's 
Well  that  ends  Well,  iv.  5 ;  Lilly's  Saplio  and 
Phau,  "  if  I  venture  upon  a  full  stomack  to 
eale  a  ra»her  ou  the  coales,  a  earbottado." 

CARCANET.     A  necklace,  or  bracelet. 

CARCELAGE.     Prison  fees. 

CAR-CROW.    A  carrion  crow.     North. 

CARD.  (1)  Crooked,    fforlh. 

(2)  A  chart.  Harrison,  p.  39.  Also,  a  mariner's 
compass. 

(3)  To  mix  bad  and  good  together. 
CARDER.  (1)  A  card  pUyer.     See  Hawkins'i 

Engl.  Dram.  i.  89.  * 

(2)  A  jackdaw.    Saffoli. 
CARDEW.    An  alderkar.  q.  v. 
CARDIACLE.    A  disease  affecting  the  heart. 
{(Jr.)     Sec  Piers  Ploughman,  pp.  26G,  •130; 
Chancer,  Cant.  T.  1224  7  ;  Iteliq.  Antiq.  i.  190. 
Also,  great  grief  or  anxiety. 

Surhc  )ote  Titut  KttD  undrelake, 
Tliat  Mm  t<tkc  a  cantuke 
Of  hit  faUrra  grrt  hanoure. 
That  ho  tchuldi!  be  emperoure. 

its.  MiUit.  mac.  r.  »■ 
CARDICIE.     The  fourth   part   of  a   French 

crown,  corrupted  from  quart  ifceu.   The  term 

occurs  in  our  old  dramatists. 
CARDINAL.    A  kind  of  cloak,  much  in  fashion 

almut  1760,  and  recently  revived. 
CARE.  (I)    Grief;   concern;    vexation.     Also, 

suhcltude ;  inclination. 

(2)  To  think  about  anything.  '■  I  care,  I  butye 
my  niynde  with  a  thynge,"  Palsgrave. 

(3)  Tlie  moootain-ash.     Uivoh. 
CARE-BBD.    A  bed  of  rare.    See  Percy's  Re- 

liques,  p.  11  ;  Perceval,  1062. 

CARE-CAKE.    A  pancake.   North. 

CARE-CLOTH.  A  square  cloth  held  over  the 
bead  of  a  bride  by  four  men,  one  at  each 
comer.  Palsgrave  calls  it  carde  clolhr,  and 
■cems  to  say  it  was  then  (I&30)  out  of  use, 

CAHECRIN.     Cheerfully.    Northumb. 

CAREFIX.     Sorrowful.    (A.-S.) 

CAHEIHES.  Baret  has,  •' a  carrire,  the  short 
tuniing  of  a  nimble  horse,  now  this  way,  nowc 
that  way."  This  is  the  proper  meaning  of  the 
term,  which  is  applieil  to  a  drunken  man  in 
the  Merry  Wives  of  Windsor,  i.  1.  An  in- 
toxicated man,  as  every  one  knows,  "  passes 
the  careires,"  turns  this  way,  that  way,  and 
every  way.  See  Opticke  Glasse  of  Humors, 
1 63'J,  p.  24 ;  Cotgrave,  in  v.  Carriert,  Courtier; 
Horio,  in  V.  Cunwi. 

CARE  WARE.    A  cart.    North. 


CARF.  (1)  Carved;  slicnl.  Sec  Rob.  Glouc 
p.  116  ;  Arthonr  and  Merlin,  p.  183. 

(2)  The  breadth  of  one  cutting  in  a  rick  of  har. 
Kml. 

CARFAX.  Ame«tingoffonrroads.  See  Prompt. 
Parv.  pp.  62,  1 88.  The  term  is  now  only  re- 
tained at  Carfax  in  Oxford. 

CARGO.     A  buUv  or  bravo. 

CAR-IIAND.  The  left-hand.  North.  "  With 
a  cast  of  the  car-honde,"  Robson'sMet,  Root, 
p.  22. 

CARIEN.    Tocarrv.    (A.S.)  

CARIES.    Carats  of  gold.    {.I.-N.) 

CAKt  N  E.    The  bottom  of  a  ship. 

CARK.  (1)  Stiff.    Lfie. 

(2)  Care ;  anxiety.  Also,  to  be  careful  And  dili- 
gent. Cf.  Collier's  Old  Ballads,  p.  38 ;  PhU- 
pot's  Works,  p.  328 ;  Cotgrave,  in  v.  Knttay  : 
Ritson's  Ancient  Songs,  p.  29.  "  I  earhe,  I 
care,  I  take  thought,^>  chagrine,"  Palsgrave. 

(3)  Forty  tod  of  wool 
CARKES.   A  carcase.     Palngrave. 

CARL.    K  churl ;  a  bondman ;  a  rude  coimtry 
I      clown.    (A..S.) 

Hera  e»  cury  undent  rar/e  be  my  trowlhe. 

Uorle  ^ithurr.  MS.  Linmlm,  f.M. 

CARLXAT.    A  tom-cat.     North. 

CARLINE.     A  stout  old  woman.    SorilL 

CARLING.    A  penguin.     Stelton. 

CARLtNGS.  Grey  peas,  ttoepcd  all  night  ia 
water,  and  fried  the  next  day  with  huttrr. 
Palm  Sunday,  formerly  called  Carling  Siind;<y, 
is  the  anniversary  of  this  disli ;  lliougli  in  some 
villages  it  ia  eaten  on  the  previous  sabbath. 
North. 

CARLISH.     Inflexible;  churlish.     North. 

CARLOT.     A  nistic,  or  churl.    Shot. 

CAHMES.    Carmelite  frian.  (.^.-A.)    See  Rom. 
of  the  Rose,  7462  ;  I'lers  Pluughinau,  p.  453. 
Ad  bundrld  jiounijc  to  the  Trent  gtvj. 
Anil  MrMM  fyfiy,  urleth  tt  not  1  aay. 

Ow/ew,  W.V.  Soc.  Ant  If.  IM,  t.  S^H. 

CARNADrNE.     The  carnation. 
CAKNARY-CHAPEL.    A  chaniel-houae.     See 

L<'landi  Itin.  ed.  1769,  iii.  1*2. 
CARNE.    A  plough  land.  Stale  Paper*,  iii.  170. 
CARNEL.     A  battlement.    (A.-N.) 

And  the  earned  to  ttondeth  upright, 
Wei  l-planed,  and  fclr  iMllghc. 

CatfU  ^  ttiM. 
CARNEY.    To  coax.     lor.  dial. 
CARMPEX.    A  scoundrel.    (Lot.)    Sec  Mid- 

dleton,  iii.  523 ;  Downfall  of  Robert,  Btri  Of 

Huntingdon,  p.  39. 
CARNILATE.    To  build  stone  houses,    Itarri- 

son's  Description  of  Englanil,  p.  200. 
CVROCH.     A  coach  or  carriage.     See  Cotgrave, 

in  V.  EmiMlagf  ;  Drayton's  Poems,  p.  225 ; 

Beaumont  and  Fletcher,  iii.  467 ;  Two  LaacA- 

shire  Lovers,  1640,  p.  25. 
CAROIGNE.     A  carcase.     Ro6.  Clone. 
CAROL.  (1)  A  closet  or  small  study;  a  kind  of 

pew.      Carol.window,  a  bow-window.      See 

Ducange,  in  v.  I'arola. 
(2)  A  dance.   {.-t.-N.)    Rob.  GloiL  p.  53.    Alio, 

to  dance. 


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wymmen.  y  leye  of  tho 
That  tx>twe  clothe*  yn  eartil  In  ^i>. 

MS.  Uarl.  1701,  r.  23. 

CARONYES.     Carcases.    Rob.  Glouc.  \>.  20b. 

CAROUGIICLE.  A  small  boat,  mule  of  horse- 
hide,  to  carry  a  single  person,  employed  on  the 
river  Pee.    Kmnetl. 

CAROUSE.   A  bumper. 

CARP.  Speech;  conversation.  Sometimes, Doise, 
tumult.    (.*.-.V.) 

CARPE.    To  talk  or  speak.   (.^.-A'.)   Palsgrave 

mentions  this  as  "  a  farre  northen  verbe." 

The  kyng  Id  his  coocelle  carppt  the*  wordrt. 

Jl/iirO  Mrilturt,  us.  UhcvIh,  t.  CO, 

CARPET-KNIGHTS.    Knights  dubbed  at  court 
by  favour,  in  contradistinction  to  those  who 
were  so  honoured  on  the  field  of  battle  or  for 
distinguished  military  services.   They  are  men- 
tioned  with    great    contempt   by    our   early 
writers-,  aod  an  effemiualc  person  was  called 
■  carjict-knight,  with  only  a  (ucuphorical  re- 
ference to  the  original   term.     "  A  capring, 
carpet  knight,"   Hcywood's  Iron  Age,   1632, 
sig.  C.  iv.    Also  called  a  carpet-iDonger. 
CARI'ET-STANDING.     A  small  piece  of  rich 
carpet,  for  royal  and  noble  personages  to  stand 
on  in  public  places  in  the  presence  of  royalty, 
or  where  sittuig  would  not  be  considered  cor- 
rect etiquette. 
CARPET-WAY.    Agrticnsward.    Eait. 
CARI'MEALS.     A  coarse  kind  of  cloth  mann- 
factnred  in  the  North  of  England  in  the  rcipti 
of  Jaiues  I.    There  was  aUo  a  kind  of  white 
cotton    cloth    called   carjmel,   mentioned   in 
Sirutt,  ii.  91. 
CARR.    A  kind  of  black  fibrous  stuff  washed  up 
by  the  sea  in  heavy  gales,  and  used  by  (he 
poor  ]>cnplc  for  fuel.    Siut. 
CARILACK.  A  Si«nish  galeon.  Sometimes  Eng- 
Ush  vessels  of  great  value  and  size  were  so 
called.     ■'  Duie  naves  llispanicir,  vulpo  car- 
ricit  diets,  capiuntur  ab  Anglis,"  MS.  Sloaiie 
392,  f.  402.     See  Uu  Bartos,  p.  42 ;  D'Ave- 
nant's  Madagascar,  1648,  p.  17  :  Webster,  ii. 
49;    llardyng's   Chronicle,    f.    211;    Morte 
d' Arthur,  ii.  433.    There  was  a  smaller  and 
swifter  kind  of  vessel  called  by  this  name,  as 
appears  from  the  Squyr  of  Lowe  Dcgru,  HI9  ; 
and  in  Holinshed,  Drhcripliou  of  Scotland,  p. 
22,  small  fishing  boats  called  earroeit  are 
alluded  to. 
CARRECT.    A  gold  carat. 
CARREFOUR.    A  place  where  four  ways  meet. 
Florio  has,    "  CVociccAw,  a  earrrfoure,    or 
crossc  way." 
CARREL.    Fustian  cloth.    See  Book  of  Rates, 

1675,  p.  30;  Florio.  in  v.  Guomrllo. 
CARRIAGE.  (1)  A  drain.    Will,. 

(2)  A  belt  which  carries  a  whetstone  behind  the 
mower.     I  Vrr.  dial. 

(3)  Import ;  tendency.   Shak. 

(4)  Power  of  resistance. 
CARROCK.    A  heap  of  stones  used  as  a  boun- 

darj'  mark.    Norlli. 
CARROSSE.    A  coach.    Florio. 


CARROY.  Regiment  or  body  of  soldiers.  {J.-ff.) 
CARRY.  (1)  To  drive.    Craven. 

(2)  To  recover.    A'orM. 

(3)  To  "  carry  coals,"  to  submit  to  any  indig- 
nity, a  phrase  very  common  in  our  early  t*"*- 
matists,  and  which  perhaps  had  its  origin  in 
the  mean  nature  of  that  occupation.  "  The 
time  hath  bcene  when  I  would  a  scom'd  to 
carry  coals,"  Troubles  of  Queene  EUzabelb, 
1639,  sig.  E.  iv. 

CAKUY-MERRY.  A  kind  of  sledge,  used  in 
conveying  goods  from  one  warehouse  to  an- 
other.   Somentl. 

CARUY-PLECK.  A  bog^y  place,  whose  water 
leaves  a  red  sediment.    Lane. 

CARUY-TALE.    A  tale-bearer.    S/iai. 

CARRY-WITCHET.  A  conundrum,  or  riddle. 
Grose  says,  "  a  sort  of  conundrum,  puzzlewit, 
or  riddle." 

CARS.    A  corpse  or  body.   (A.-S.) 

CARSCllAFFE.  A  kerchief.  Chester  PUya, 
i.  72. 

CARSES.    Cresses.    Gerard. 

CARSEY.  Kersey.  Sec  Hall's  Satires,  It.  2; 
"  Carsey  clothe, cresy,"  Palsgrave  ;  Harrison's 
Descr.  of  England,  pp.  163, 1 72 ;  Arch.  i\.  2.'i(). 

CARSICK.  The  kennel  or  gutter.  ^'orlA.  Cnw- 
sink-pin,  a  pin  picked  up  in  a  gutter. 

CART.    A  car ;  or  chariot.  (A.-S.) 

CART-BODY.  The  wooden  body  of  a  cart  or 
waggon.    Cartarse,  the  loose  end  of  a  cart. 

CABT-BKEAD.  A  kind  of  bread,  mentioned  by 
Elyot,  ill  v.  AyorauM. 

CARTED.  Not  considered ;  put  out  of  consi- 
deration, equivalent  to  "  put  on  the  shelf." 
See  Beaumont  and  Fletcher,  ri.  54. 

CARTER.  A  charioteer.  (/f.-S.)  Kennett,p.42, 
mentions  an  insect  so  called. 

CARTLE.  To  clip,  or  cut  round.  Urry's  MS.  ad- 
ditions to  Ray. 

CART-LOOSE.    A  cart-rut.    Norlh. 

CARTLY.    Rough ;  unmannerly.    North. 

CART-HACK.    A  cart-rut.    Eait. 

CARTRE.    A  charter.    Rob.  Glouc  p.  77. 

CART-SAUEL.  The  sidtUe  which  is  placed  on 
the  horse  in  the  shafts.  The  term  occurs  in  a 
curious  burlesque  in  ReUq.  Anliq.  i.  81. 

CARVANDE.    Cutting ;  sharp. 

He  had  a  kpere  eorronrfr. 

And  towarde  the  balell  »ai  rydande. 

MS.  Canlttb   Ff.  11.38.  t.M. 

CARVE.  (1)  To  grow  sour,  or  curdle,    h'orlh. 

(2)  To  woo.  Mr.  Hunter,  Illustrations,  i.  215, 
has  the  merit  of  pointing  out  the  peculiar  use 
of  this  word,  although  he  has  not  discovered 
its  meaning,  wliicli  is  dearly  ascertained  from 
the  use  of  the  substantive  carver  in  Lilly's 
Mother  Bombie,  "  neither  father  nor  mother, 
kith  nor  kiniic,  shall  bee  hor  comer  in  a 
husband  ;  shee  will  fall  too  where  slice  Ukes 
beat." 

(3)  As  mut'h  land  ai  maybe  tilled  in  a  year  witli 
one  plough. 

C.\RVEL.  A  basket ;  a  chicken-coop.  Xorlh. 
.\lso,  a  luukU  ship  or  caravel,  and  mctapfaori- 


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cally  a  proatitiite.     See  Hall,  Edward  IV.  f.  2 

Minol,  ji.  76;  nejTvood's  Edward  IV.  p.  39 

Slate  Papers,  i.  8Uo. 
CARVETT.    A  thick  hedge-row.    Kent. 
CAHVIS-CAKES.     Flat  round  cakes;  made  of 

oatmeal,   and  flaToured  with  caraway  leedii. 

H'i7/a». 
CARVIST.    A  young  hawk. 
CARVON.     Carved ;  cut. 
CARVY-SEEDS.    Caraway  seeds.   Somenel. 
CAR-WATER.    Chalybeate  waUjr.    A'orM. 
CARY.     A   kind   of  coarse  cloth.     See   Piers 

Ploughman,    p.   475;    CoUier'a  Memoirs  of 

AUeyn,  p.  21. 
CARYE.     To  go. 

CARYSTYE.     Scarcity.     (Mrd.  Lat.) 
CAS.     Chance  i  haiard.     {J.-N.) 
CASBALD.      A  term  of  contempt      See  the 

Towncley  M«t.  p.  213. 
CASCADE,     to  vomit.      Var.  dial. 
CASE.  (1)  To  skin  on  animal.     See  Gent.  Rec, 

ii.  77.     Hence,  to  strip,  as  in  Beaumont  and 

Flctdier,  iii.  150.     Ctue$,  skins,  Holinshcd 

Descr.  of  Scotland,  p.  18. 

i2)  A  pair,  as  of  pistols,  &c. 
3)  Because,    lor. dial, 
CASE-HARDENED.    Impenetrable  to  all  sense 

of  virtue  or  iihame.     North. 
CASE-KNIFE.     A  large  knife,  kept  in  a  sheath, 

and  carried  in  the  pocket.     Var.  dial. 
CASELINGS.    The  skins  of  beasts  that  die  by 

any  accident  or  violent  death.     Chnh. 
CASELTY.  Uncertain ;  casual.   fT>«/.  Caswelli^, 

casualty,  occurs  in  MS.   Cantab.  Ff.  ii.  38, 

f.  51. 
CASEMENT.    A  concave  moulding. 
CASE-WORM.    The  caddis.   Eail.    Floriomen- 

tiona  "caases  or  earthwonnes,"   ed.   1611, 

p.  290. 
CASHED.  Casluercd.  SceLeycestcrCorr.  p.l3; 

Holinshed,  Chron.  Irel.  p.  136. 
CASIERS.     Droad  wide  sleeves.    Drvm. 
CASINGS.  Dried  cow-dung  used  for  fuel.  North. 

Casard  and  Casen  occur  in  Pr.  Parv.  p.  03. 
CASK.     A  helmet,  or  casque.     See  Drayton's 

Poems,  p.  65 ;  Dodsley,  ii.  295. 
CASKET.    A  stalk,  or  stem.    North. 
CASPERE.    The  herb  cardiac. 
CASS.     A  word  to  drive  away  a  cat.    Somertet. 
CASSABUl.I.Y.     The  winter  cress.    South. 
CASSE.    To  discharge ;  to  break  or  deprive  of  un 

olBce ;  to  cashier ;  to  disband.     Sec  Caihtd ; 

Cotgrave,  in  v.  Camer,  Dntitulio»,  Donnt; 

Skelton,  ii.  IU7.    Cassen,  cast  off,  BrocLett. 
CASSIASISTRE.  The  cassia  fistula,  de^scribed  by 

Gerard,  p.  1 242.     See  an  early  list  of  plants  in 

MS.  Sloane  5,  f.  3. 
CASSOCK.   A  loose  outward  coat,  particularly  a 

military  one.    See  Ben  Jonson,  i.  62;  Har- 
rington's Nng.  Antiq.  i.  261 ;  cassaque,  Strutl, 

ii.  246. 
CASSON.    Beef.    Dtkker. 
CAST.  (I)  A  second  swarm  of  beet  from  one 

hive.      t'ar.  dial. 
(t)  To  speak :  to  address. 


129: 


(3)  A  stratagem;  a  contrivance.  {A.-S.)  See 
Townelcy  Myst.  p.  107  ;  Robson's  Rom.  p. 22; 
Harrison's  Descr.  of  England,  p.  236. 

(4)  A  brace  or  couple.  See  Beaumont  and 
Fletcher,  iit  30,  108;  Florio,  in  v.  a'lpia; 
Privy  Purse  Expences  of  Hen.  VIII.  p.  141. 

(5)  Cast  otf,  as  a  catt  ship,  Florio,  in  v.  Cor- 
lulmi,  "  cast  hulkes,  old  ships."  Catt  lipt.  As 
You  Like  It,  iii.  4,  unless  we  may  read  duut 
lip;  as  ined.  1632,  p.  199. 

(6)  Plotted ;  devised.  Common  in  our  early 
ilraniatists. 

(7)  To   mean,  intend.      Percy.      To  contri 
Melibcus,  p.  150.     "  I  caste  a  way,  1  devyi 

a  meanes  to  do  a  thing,"    Palsgrave.     See  the 
Basyn,  xix. 
f  81  To  yield ;  to  produce.     Notf. 

(9)  To  choke  one's  self  with  eating  too  fiut. 
North. 

(10)  Warped.  North.  Sec  Kcnnett,  MS.  Lmiad. 
1033.     Ascham  uses  the  word. 

(H)  Opportunity;  chance.  North.  This  it 
perhaps  the  meaning  in  Cov.  Myst.  p.  129; 
Erie  of  Tolous,452. 

(12)  A  sheep  is  said  to  be  catt,  when  it  lie*  on 
hock.     North. 

(13)  When  hounds  check,  and  the  hantti 
tries   to   recover  the  sccut    by   taking 
hounds  round  about  the  spot,  be  ii  said  to  out 
them, 

(14)  To  vomit.  Common  both  as  an  archaiam 
and  prorindatism. 

(15)  To  cast  a  horse  is  to  throw  him  down  by  a 
rope  disposed  in  a  ]>articular  manner,  for  any 
0|>eration  requiring  confinement  of  the  limbs. 

(16)  Thwarted ;  defeated.     Salop. 

(17  )  To  deliver  prematurely,  as  cows  and  other 

beasts.    Salop. 
(19)  To  empty.  "Casting the poondcs,"  Hoitard 

Household  Books,  p.  21. 

(19)  To  set  a  hawk  on  a  perch.  Bemen.  Alao, 
to  purge  a  hawk. 

(20)  Looked  forward.     Deron. 

(21)  To  consider.     Thynne's   Debate,    p.    7: 
"  casten  how  the  matter  wyll  befall." 
to  determine.  Palsgrave,  and  Draytoa'aPoei 
p.  34. 

(22)  To  dismiss,  or  rather,  perhaps,  to  appoii 
persons  to  their  several  stations,  as  chara< 
in  a  play.   Sec  Molone's  Shakespeare,  ix.  31 

(23)  \  brood  or  flight  of  hawks.     "  Caatc 
bankes,  niet  doitraiix,"  Palsgrave.  Soi 
a  couple,  as  in  (4). 

(24^  To  spin  a  top. 

(25)  To  cast  a  compass,  to  rectify  or  correct 
Palsgrave. 

(26)  To  add  u)i  a  sum. 

(27)  To  cast  beyond  the  moon, a  proverbial  phraae 
for  attempting  impossihiUlies.     Besides  the 
examples  quoted  by  Nares  may  be  mentioni 
one  in  Mother  Bomhie,  ed.  1632,  tig.  Am.  viii 

(28)  Added.    Wickliffe's  New  Test.  p.  9. 

(29)  A  castle.    Rtii.  Gloue. 

30}  To  think ;  to  cogitate.     Barrr. 
31)  A  small  portion  of  bread.     SeeOi 


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and  ReguUtiont,  pp.  26.  56,  72 ;  Haniion'i 
Descr.  of  EggUnd,  p.  ICB.  Il  tfems  to  DiCtn 
tlic  portions  iif  teveral  loavci  togctliiT  into 
which  breiid  i«  general!}?  baked.  "  A  roatc 
piece,"  several  pieces  joined  into  one,  Florin, 
in  T.  Caetnta. 

(32)  To  throw  dice. 

(33)  To  "cast  up,"  to  upbraid;  to  reproach. 
North.  Palsgrare  has  this  phnue  in  the 
sense,  to  forsake;  "  I  cast  up,  I  forsake  a 
thyng." 

(34)  To  "  cast  a  person's  water,"  to  find  out 
diseases  by  the  inspection  of  urine,  a  very 
common  practice  in  fonner  times.  The  phrase 
is  used  by  Shakespeare. 

(35^  To  "  cast  afore,"  to  forecast.    Paimjmt. 

(30)  "  1  cast  my  penyworthes,  jf  pourjeele : 
whan  I  have  all  caste  my  penywortlies,  I  mnye 
put  mv  wrnnvng  in  mvn  eye,"  Palsgrave, 
f.  183.' 

(37)  To  groan,     tl'anr. 

(38)  Strife ;  contention.     {.4..S.) 

(39)  To  condemn.    Mitwheu. 

(40)  To  arrange  or  (Uspose.    Pr.  Parr. 
CASTELET.    A  turret.     {.i..N.) 
CASTELIS.    Camps.    {Lai.) 
CASTELLE.     A  large  cistern. 
CASTKN.     Cast  off.    North. 
CASTER.  (1)  A  cloak.    Dfkktr. 

(2)  .\  cow  that  casta  her  calf. 

CASTINCi-UOTTLE.  A  Irottle  nsed  for  easting, 
or  sprinkling,  perfumes,  introduced  about  the 
middle  of  the  sixteenth  century.  See  the 
Tragedy  of  Iloffnian,  1631,  sig.  C.  iii ;  I'ntnn 
Inventories,  p.  27.  Also  called  a  coWinj^tes, 
as  in  Ben  Jonson,  ii.  144  ;  PriNT  Purse  Ex- 
pences  of  Man',  p.  144. 

CASTLE.     A  kind  of  close  helmet. 

CASTLE  WARDS.  A  tax  formerly  laid  on  those 
that  dwelt  within  a  certain  distance  of  a  castle, 
for  the  support  of  the  garrison.  Sec  Lam- 
barde's  Perambulation,  1 596,  p.  155. 

CASTLING.  A  calf  bom  l>efore  its  proper  time. 
See  lioUvband,  in  v.  Avorlon  ;  Men-Miracles, 
1656,  p.  6. 

CA8T0CK.    The  heart  of  a  cabbage.    North. 

CASTON.    A  capstan.    Florio. 

CASTOR.  A  beaver.  (A.-N.)  There  was  a 
herb  called  "  the  bailor  of  the  eattor,"  MS. 
SInane  5,  f.  3.     Cf.  Bril,  Bibl.  iv.  26. 

CASTREL.  A  kind  of  hawk,  not  very  courage- 
ous, and  therefore  seldom  used  for  eporting 
purposes.  See  the  Fecst,  ii  (?) ;  Gent.  Rec.  ii. 
32;  Brit.  Bibl.  ii.  118. 

CASL'ALTV.  The  llcsh  of  an  animal  that  dies 
by  rliance.     Eatl. 

CAT.  (1)  A  mess  of  coarse  meal,  clay,  &c  placed 
in  dove-coles,  to  allure  strangers.    Eatt. 

(2)  A  ferret,     .fnjfort. 

(3)  The  trap  at  the  game  of  Trap  and  Ball  was 
formerly  called  a  cat,  and  the  game  itself  also 
went  nuder  this  name,  or,  according  to  Howell, 
Cat  and  Trap.  See  Florio,  in  v.  Lip/ia,  Trip- 
ftobi  Cotgrcve,  in  v.  Martinet,  Quille ;  but  the 
game  of  cat  it  more  properly  that  played  with 


iticki,  and  a  <mall  piece  of  wood,  rising  in  the 
middle,  so  as  lo  rebound  when  slnick  on  either 
aide.  This  game  is  still  played,  and  is  even  > 
favourite  in  the  inrtro|>olis.  See  Naras,  and 
Middleton,iv.527.  It  isidwcalledCat  andDog, 
as  Mr.  Martshome  notices,  Salop.  Antiq.  and 
also  in  MS.  Addit.  5008,  under  the  year  1582. 
Take  them  who  dsre«  at  nlne-holrs,  rardM,  or  «mt, 
Peaetulm'f  Thettnf  Sarqurt,  lOStt. 

CATADUPE.     A  waterfaU.    (Ut.) 

CATAIAN.     A  sh,arper. 

CATAPUCE.    A  kind  of  spurge.     i.4..N.) 

CAT-AULES.  An  eruptive  disorder  on  the 
akin.     North, 

CATAYL.  A  sort  of  vessel.  See  Richard  Coer 
de  Lion,  1407-  There  is  a  ship  called  a  caleh, 
mentioned  in  Harrison,  p.  201,  for  which  this 
inav  be  an  error. 

CAT-HKAGLE.  A  swift  kind  of  beagle  raen- 
tioni-d  in  the  Gent.  Rec.  ii.  68. 

CAT-BILU    A  woodpecker.    North. 

CAT-DLASH.  Anything  thin  or  sloppy,  if  weak 
tea.     /.inc. 

CAT-ORAIN.  A  kind  of  rough  clay  mixed  with 
stone.      Il'ett. 

CAT-CALL.  A  kind  r,f  whistle,  chiefly  used  at 
theatres,  to  interrupt  (tie  actors,  and  damn  a 
new  piece.  It  was  in  common  use  some  years 
ago,  but  is  not  often  heard  at  the  present  day. 

CATCH.  (1)  A  few  hairs  drawn  out  of  aknotor 
bunch,  which  is  woven  in  the  silk. 

(2)  To  "  catch  copper,"  to  take  harm,  to  fall 
into  evil. 

CATCH-CORNER.   A  weU-known  chUd's  game. 

CATCHEl).     Entangled.     Bedt. 

CATCH EREL.     A  catchpole.     Pr.  Part. 

C.VTCllIS.     Causeth.     tleame. 

CATCIl-LAND.  Bonlcr-land,  of  which  the  tithe 
tvas  disputable,  and  taken  by  the  first  claimant 
who  could  catch  it.  Norf.  This  enstom  is 
now  of  course  obsolete. 

CATCH-ROGUE.    A  constable,  or  bailiff.  Ea»l. 

CATCH -WATER.  A  reservoir  of  water  in  a 
ncwly-ercetcd  common.    Somrml. 

CATCHY.  Disposed  to  take  an  undue  advan- 
tage. It  occurs  in  the  sense  of  thowery  in  the 
Times,  Angust  24th,  1843. 

CATEL.  Goods ;  property  ;  possession! ;  trea- 
sure, or  money.  {A.-N.)  See  Piers  Plough- 
man, p.  70 :  Ellis's  Mel.  Rom.  ii.  207  ;  Octo- 
vian,  803  ;  Wickliffe's  New  Test.  p.  67. 

CATER.  (1)  A  caterer.  See  Brit.  Bibl.  i.  407  ; 
Florio,  cd.  1611,  p.  155. 

(2)  To  cnt  diagonally.     Var.  dial. 

CATER-COUSINS.    Good  frienils.     Var,  dial 

CATERPILLAR.     A  cockchafer.    Samer*et. 

CATEIIRAMEL.    To  hoUow  out.    Haw. 

C.\TI;rY.  The  place  in  a  large  house  or  palace 
where  provisions  were  kept  or  distributed. 
See  thcOrdinances  and  Regulations. pp.68, 97. 

CAT-GALLOWS.  A  chUd's  game,  consisting 
of  jumping  over  a  stick  placed  at  right  anglei 
to  two  others  fixed  in  the  ground. 

CATHAM.MGD.    Clumsy ;  awkward.    South. 

CATHAWS.     Common  haws.    North. 


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CATHEDRAL.     A  bully.    Line. 

CATHER.     A  cradle.    'North. 

CATHERN.  A  Catherine-wheel.  ff>W.  A  rocrrj-- 

making  on  St.  Catherlnc't  day  U  called  ca- 

therning. 
CAT-IIIP.    The  hurnct-rosc.     Xorth. 
CAT-IN-PAN.     A  eat  in  pan  U  a  turncoat,  or 

deserter  from  hii  party ;  to  turn  cat  in  pan,  let 

be  a  turncoat,  to  desert. 
CAT-LAP.    Tea.     Var.  dial. 
CATLING.    The  string  of  a  lute  or  violin,  m ado 

of  cat-gut.     Strings  for  hats  were  al$o  callf<l 

eatliagu.  See  the  Book  of  Rates,  1675.  p.  79. 
CAT.MALLISONS.    Cupboards  near  chimneys, 

where   dried  beef  and  provisioDs  are  kept. 

.Vor/A. 
CATRIGflED.     Linen,  when  badly  creased,  is 

baid  to  be  catriggc<l.     \ortA. 
CATS.     Coverings  under  which  soliliers  mighi 

lie,  ready  to  attack.     Gifford  seems  to  have 

explained  the  term   erroneously  in   Shirlev, 

Ti.  16. 
CATS-CRADLE.    A  game  played  by  children, 

with  string  twisted  on  the  fingers. 
CATS-FOOT.  Ground  ivy.  North. 
CATS-  HEAD.    A  kind  of  poroun  stone  found  in 

coal  pits,  mentioned  by   .\ul>rey,  Nat.   Hi>t. 

Surrey,  iii.  327;  MS.  Nat.  Hist.' Wilts,  p.  hi. 

Rider  mentions  an  apple  of  this  name. 
CATS'-SMERE.     A  kindof  axungia,  mentioned 

in  an  early  list  of  plants  in  MS.  Sloane  5,  f.  2. 
CATSO.  A  terra  of  abuse  or  contempt.  {Jfal.) 
CATS-TAIL.  (1)  The  catkin  of  the  hazel  orwU- 

low.    I'ar.  dial.    SeethcNomcnclator,  p.  1 12, 

"  the  cats  tailes  on  nut  trees." 
{2)  The  herb  horsetail.      Var.  dial. 

(3)  A  sore  place,  or  fester.  See  Cotgrave,  in  v. 
Chat.  Elyot,  in  v.  Furunculm,  calls  it  a  ealirt 
htare. 

(4)  A  flogging  whip  ? 

But  cm*  iMwaK  of  CrUtb  earn  ind  of  eaUU4»llM. 
MS.  IMfl.i,  41,  r.  10. 

CAT-STAIRS.  Tape,  4c.  so  twisted,  that  by  its 

alternate  hollows  and  projections,  it  resembles 

stairs.     North. 
CATTER.    To  thrive.     North. 
CATTON.     To  beat ;  to  thump.     North. 
CAT  WHIN.     The  dog-rose.     North. 
CAT-WITH-TWO-TAILS.    An  earwig.   North. 
CATWITTED.    Silly  and  conceited.     North. 
CATWR.VLLISG.  Caterwauling.  TopscU,  p.  105. 
CATY'FDAM.     Captivitv ;  wretchedness. 
CATZERIE.    Cheating';  roguery.     (Ital.) 
CAUCH.   A  nasty  mixture.   Dtron.  Sometimes 

called  a  cauchery. 
CAUCL    A  path  or  rt>ad.     {A.-N.) 
King  \AtT  And  hit  ovenoke 
Opoo  «  cdMct  bi  a  tiToke. 

Arlfivnf  tfftrf  Htrfim,  pt.  987. 
CAUCIOUR.    A  sunevor.    Cumb. 
CAUD.     CohL    North. 
CAL'DEBEC.    A  French  hat,  worn  in  England 

about  the  year  1700. 
CAUDERNB.     A   caldron.     It   U    glossed   by 

Ittf  in  MS.  Arund.  249,  f.  89.    Cawdroan, 


Maundevile,  p.  250.    Cawdom,  Reliq,  AS 
i.  81. 

CAUDLE.  Any  slop.  Dnon.  This  is  pretty 
nearly  the  older  use  of  the  word.  Aviiich  waa 
generally  applied  to  anysloppymes»  in  cookery. 
See  a  curious  satirical  notice  of  the  word  in 
this  sense  in  Piers  Ploughman,  p.  98. 

CAUD-PIE.   A  disappointment  or  loss.    North. 

CAUfTE.    Caught.    Amis  and  AmU.  2456. 

CAUGLE.     To  <|iiarrel.     North. 

CAUK.     Limestone.    EaMl. 

CAUL.  (I)  A  spider's  web. 

(2)  A  swelling.     North. 

CAULD.     A  dam-head.     North. 

CAU.MPERSOME.     Lively ;  playfuL    DerbfO. 

CAL'P.     To  exchange.     North. 

CAURY.  Worm-eaten.  (,^.-iV.)  Cauo- manry, 
Skelton  and  Piers  Ploughman .'  This  phnue 
in  Skelton  may  perhaps  have  some  couuenoB 
with  the  Scottish  term  iirrywery. 

CAL'SE.     Because.     I'ar.  diaL 

CAUSELLE.    Cause  ? 

or  whom  the  iiirynit  wu  not  ranutUm 
or  rortunr.  nc  codryue  avcnturc. 

Lfdgalt,  US.  &K.  Aniltl.  IM,  t.  It. 

CAUSEY.  A  causeway.  See  Lainbarde's  Per- 
ambulation, ed.  1596,  p.  425 ;  Harrison,  p.  37. 

CAUSH.     A  sudden  declivitr.     North. 

CAUSIDICK.     A  lawyer.    Mituhim. 

CAUTEL.  A  cunning  trick.  (A.-N.)  Ctu 
/etfcrf,  divided,  Cleavclond's  Poems,  cd.  tGCO, 
p.  182.  Nares  has  eaulelM  in  the  scum  of 
prorided.  Cauleloiu,  artful,  artfully  cautious, 
a  very  common  word.  Cautehutlu,  Arch.  xir. 
261. 
I  CAUTION.  A  pledge,  or  surety.  Paltfrme, 
The  money  paid  at  the  Cambridge  ooUegt*  on 
admission  is  still  called  caution  money,  a  se- 
curity for  debts  that  mav  be  contracted. 

CAVE.  (I)  To  tilt  up.     Silop. 

(2)  To  fall  in,  as  earth  does  when  undermined. 
far.  dial. 

(3)  To  rake ;  to  separate.  South.  Also,  to  thnuh 
corn. 

(4)  A  cabbage.    North. 

CAVEARE.     The  spawn  of  ■  kind  of  sturgeon 
pickled,  salted,  and  dried.     See  the   Miuct 
Looking-Glassc,    1613,  p.  31  ;  Brit.  Bibl.  u. 
541  ;  Book  of  Rates,  p.  31. 
C.WEL.     A  part  or  share.     North. 
CAVENARD.     A  term  of  reproach.     (jt..ff.) 
CAVKRSYNE.     A  hypocrite.     (A.-N.) 
Olikyrr«M*  anil  titvrrt^nm 
Also  iwylk  ere  aft  Sarcsjrtu- 

H.  d)  Bruniit,  .VX.  B-ftt,  p.  ilt. 

CAVIL<\TION.    Cavilling.    (.^...V.)     See  King 

Leir,  p.  417;   Hardyng,  C.  174;  Simonides, 

2d  pt.  1584. 
CAVING.     Chaff  and  refuse  swept  from  Ike 

threshing  floor.     Eatt. 
CA VOL'S.     Hollow ;  abounding  in  caves.     Stte- 

Thorns'  Anecdotes  and  Trad.  p.  115. 
CAW.    The  rot  in  sheep.     Dreun.     Florio  bat 

the  term,  to  bring  forth  a  lamb. 
CAWARD.    Backward.    Robin  Hood,  L  84. 
CAWBABY.     An  awkward  shy  boy.     Dtcan. 


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CAWDAW.     A  jtckdaw.     AoWA. 
CAWDKIFE.     A  shivering  feeling,     fforlh. 
CAWE.    To  go,  or  walk.     {.i.-N.) 
CAWF.     An  eel4K>x.     £iut. 
CAWFTAIL.     A  dunce.     Lane. 
CAWIIAND.     The  left-hand.     North. 
CAWKEN.    To  breed,  a  term  generally  applied 

to  hawlu.  See  Gent.  Rec  ii.  62  ;  I'iers  I'lougb- 

nian,  pp.  223,  241. 
C.WVKY.     Frumpish.     Line. 
CAWL.  (1)  To  frighten  or  bully.     S'orlh. 

(2)  A  swelling  from  a  blow.      Yoftth. 

(3)  A  coop.     Kmt. 

(4)  A  kind  of  eilk. 

(5)  To  do  work  awkwardly,     \orlh. 
CAWN.     CaUed.      Var.  dial. 
CAWNSE.     A  pavement.     Veton. 
CAWPE.     A  cup.     Brit.  Bibl.  iv.  18. 
CAWTE.     Cautious.     KiliOH. 
CAXON.     A  worn-out  wig.     Somertet. 
CAVERS.     Comers.     MS.  Morte  Artliure,  f.  58. 
CAY  RE.    To  go. 

Of  alle  the  welthe  and  the  wanrt  thou  hado  In  kepynge. 
To  ra^fl  with  that  ctimly  thou  kette  the  fullo  clene. 
US.  UncolH  A.  I.  17,  (.  m. 

CAYTEFETE.    Wretchedness.     (J.-N.) 
And  Riy  modir  conuyved  me 
In  mekille  lynne  And  ra^tt^eU. 

US.  Untvln  A.  I.  17.  t-  W- 

CATVAR.    A  kind  of  ship,  mentioned  in  Kyng 

AlisBunder,  6062. 
CAZAMI.     An  old  atitrological  term,  denoting 

the  centre  or  middle  of  the  sun.     Gent.  Kec. 

i.  100. 
CA5TE.     Caught.     Rob.  Clone. 
CK.     Place.    [Sea.'] 

Some  tUfCge,  turn  drswe  fro  r«  to  ee.- 
A I  Lonle  Jhau,  how  may  thyt  l>e  t 

MS.  Hurl.  1701.  r.  S7. 
CEAGE.     A  kev.     Ventrgim. 
CEASE.     To  die.     Shak. 
CEATE.     A  membrane.      TopttU. 
CEC.     Sick.     Pr.  Parr. 
CECHELLE.     A  satchel.     Pr.  Parv. 
CECILE.     St.  CcciUa.     {A.-N.) 
CECYNE.    To  cease.     Pr.  Parv. 
CEDUI.E.    A   scroll   or  schedule.     See  Test. 

VetiMt.  p.  495  i  Arch.  xi.  436. 
CEE.     The  sea.     Sec  Kyng  Alisaunder,  5158  ; 

Prompt.  Parv.  p.  64.     Cc-king,  a  sea-king, 

Holin&lied,  Hist.  Engl.  p.  84. 
CEELDAM.     Seldom.     Pr.  Parv. 
CEGE.     A  scat,  or  bench.     Pr.  Parv.     Also  a 

Jakes,  or  siege. 
CEGGB.     The  water  flower  de-luce.  Translated 

by  aeeorua  in  Prompt.  Parv.  p.  64.     See  Oe- 

lird,  p.  46.     It  is  also  written  for  sedge  or 

carex  in  the  former  work. 
CEISE.    To  seLuj.     (.-f.-A.) 
CEK.     A  sark.     Prompt.  Parv. 
CEKYNE.  (1)  To  fall  sick.     Prompt.  Parv. 
(2)  To  seek,  or  search.     Ibid. 
CEKYR.     Securely. 

Than  dar  I  ley  erk^r,  and  tw  myn  hoodp, 
Here  trowe  icrrlcc  to  jowe  than  iryl  they  prove. 

MS.  CaMah  Tt.  i.»,t.  I«S. 


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CEL.     A  seal.     Rob.  Olouc  p.  77. 

CELADE.     A  skuU-cap  for  the  head.     CeUte, 

Florio,  in  v.  Baeindllo. 
CELATURE.     The   ornamented   iuider-«urfac« 

of  a  vaiUt.     Lydgatt. 
CELDE.     Sold.     Pr.  Parv. 
CELDOM.     Seldom.     Pr.  Parv. 
CELE.  (1)  Happy;  blessed;  godly.     t^A.S.') 
(2)  Happiness ;  prosperity  ?     {A.-S.) 
And  lo  he  thai,  that  woot  1  wete. 
For  be  ia  a]  hifcit  with  ttl^. 

OuroM-  jrundl,  MS.  CM.  Tri».  Cmtk. 

A  (»iop]r.    Rutland  Papers,  pp.  7,  10. 
Time ;  season.     Pr.  Parv. 

(5)  "  I  cr/e  a  liauke  or  a  pigyoo  or  any  other 
fonle  or  byrde,  whan  I  sowc  up  their  eyes  for 
caryage  or  othcrwyse,"  Palsgrave. 

CELED.  Decorated,  sculptured,  or  painted. 
Also,  wainscoted.  Wainscot  is  still  called 
cHling  in  Yorkshire.     Craven  Glossary,  i.  65. 

CELEE.     Strange ;  wonderful.     Gowrr. 

CELEREK.  The  officer  in  a  monastery  who 
had  the  care  of  the  provisions.    {Lat.) 

CELESTiNE.  A  kind  of  plunket  or  coloured 
cloth,  usually  having  broad  lists. 

CELESTIVE.     CclesUal. 

CELLAR.  A  canopy.  "  Cellar  for  a  beddc, 
eiel  de  lit,"  Palsgrave.  "  A  celler  lo  hange 
in  the  chamber,"  Ordinances  and  ReguUtions, 
p.  127. 

CELLE.     A  religious  house.   {Lot.) 

CELLEN.     Cells.     Rob.  Clone,  p.  233. 

CEI.SITUDE.     Highness.     (.-/.-A') 

CELWYLLY.     Unruly.     Pr.  Parv. 

CEME.     A  quarter  of  com.     Pr.  Parv. 

CEMELY.     Scemlv.     Pr.  Parv. 

CEMEI.Y.NE.     Tocompare.     Pr.  Parv. 

CEM.MED.     Folded  ;  twisted. 

CEMY.     Subtle.     Pr.  Parv. 

CEMYS.     Seems  i  appear*. 

CEN.    To  ken,  or  know.     Rilnon. 

CENCLEFFE.     The  daffodil. 

CENDAL.     A  species  of  rich  thin  lUkcn  stuff, 

very  highly  esteemed.     Sec  Strutt,  ii.  3;  Gy 

of  Warwike,  p.  421 ;  Ellis's  Met.  Rom.  ii.  15. 

"  CcndcLl,  tliynne  lynnen,  tmdal,"  Palsgrave. 

Her  gomfalnnun  Wiu  of  nndtt  Ynde, 

of  ftnld  thi-r  were  on  thre  coronnc. 

Artlifwr  and  Mtrlln,  p.lM>. 

CENE.  (1)  A  supper.     (La/.) 

Certyt.  seyd  Pelyr,  thy»  nyjt  at  the  f«if. 
He  icyd,  eftaonea  we  ahuldjrn  hym  lene. 

MS.  Hart.  1701,  r.9l. 

(2)  A  kind  of  sauce.  See  the  Ordinances  and 
Regulations,  p.  452. 

(3)  -An  assembly.     Pabtgravf. 
CENGYLLE.     Singular.     Pr.  Parv. 

CEN'S.  Incense.  Paltfrave.  Cf.  Chester  Plays, 
i.  282;  Ordinances  and  Regnlationa,  p.  120. 
Centing,  sprinkling  \«ith  incense,  Davies'  An- 
cient Rites,  1672.  p.  23. 

CENSER.  An  incense  pot.  {A..N.)  In  Shake- 
speare's time  the  term  was  applied  to  a  bottle 
jicrforatcd  at  top,  used  for  sprinkling  perfumes. 

CENSURE.  Judgment ;  opinion.  AlsoaTts'b, 
to  grre  u  opinion,  to  jutige. 


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CENT.  A  game  at  cards,  so  called  because  100 
wai  the  game.  It  is  tupposed  to  have  resem- 
bled picquet.  There  vm  also  a  game  called 
eent-foot,  but  it  docs  not  appear  to  be  the 
same  with  this. 

CENTENER.  A  captain  or  officer  commandiug 
a  bmiib'cd  men.  See  the  Ordinances  and  Regu- 
lations, p.  5. 

CENTO.     A  patchwork. 

CENTRE.  To  strike  the  centre,  to  take  away 
the  ftrarae  of  wood  which  they  use  in  making 
and  supporting  an  arch  of  brick  or  stone,  after 
the  said  arch  is  completed.  Kcnnctt,  MS. 
Lansd.  1033. 

CENTRY-GARTH.  The  ccmetery,or  burial  place 
of  a  monastery.  Sec  the  Ancient  Rites  of 
Durluim,  pp.  2,  49,  136. 

CENY.     A  sign.     Pr.  Pan. 

CEOUT.     To  bark.   Saiop. 

CEP.    To  catch  a  baU.    North. 

CEPE.    A  hedge. 

CEPHENS.    Male,  or  young  drones. 

CERADENE.  A  fresh-water  muscle.  .Kortfi.  An 
unusually  large  species  of  this  muscle  is  found 
in  the  lake  at  Canons  Asbby,  the  beautiful  seat 
of  Sir  Henry  Drjden,  Bart. 

CERCLE.     To  surround.    (.^.-A^.) 

CEREJOWRE.    A  searcher.    Pr.  Pan. 

CEREMONIES.     Prodigies.    S/iat. 

CERES-AND-VIRGINU.M.  A  nilc  in  old  arith- 
metic for  the  solution  of  simple  problems  lliat 
would  now  be  worked  by  algebra.  See  Ley- 
bourn's  Arithmetical  Rec.  1699,  p.  139. 

CERGE.  A  wax  taper.  (./.-A.)  See  Uavelok, 
.■194  ;  Chron.  Vilodun.  p.  36. 

CERGYN.   To  search.   Pr.  Pan. 

CERKE.   A  shirt. 

Than  iche  ipak,  tlltt  bunlr  brljt, 
Thit  al  linked  wu  at  hir  eerkt. 

its.yUKnuieaait.ai. 
CERKELYTT.     Encircled. 
CERN.    To  concern.    Shat. 
CERNOYLE.    Honeysuckle. 
CERSE.     To  cease.    North. 
CERSTYN.  Christian.   Robin  Hood,  i.  89. 
CERT.    Ccrtesj  certainly.     See  Sevyn  Sages, 

2575  ;  Artbour  and  Merlin,  p.  130. 
CERTACION.   Assurance. 

ticgaf  me  tunny  n  pood  crrtacion. 
Willi  tight  anil  holMm  pred'icacim, 

MS.  Rawl.  C.  B6. 
CERTAIN.    Certainly.    ChoHcer. 
CERTED.    Certain  ;  firm.   Hulort. 
CERTENLYCH.     Certainly  ;  [lositivclv. 
CERTES.   Certainly.   (.-/.-A'.) 
CERT-.MONEY.     Head  money  or  common  fine, 

paid  yearly  by  the  residents  of  several  manors 

tu  the  lord)  thereof.   Blount. 
CERTYL.      A   kirtle.      See   Ritson't    Ancient 

Songs,  p.  51 ;  Songs  and  Carols,  x. 
CERUSE.     Ceruse  or  white-lead,  used  by  ladies 

for   painting  their  faces  and  bosoms.      See 

Reliq.  Antiq.  i.    108;    Ben   Jonson,   i.    131; 

Amends  for  Lailles,  p.  44  ;  Strult,  ii.  133, 134. 
CERVE.     A  circlet     "That  yike  white  eene 


xns  an  evydent  tokon  of  hir  martiFdomet" 

LatvgtofI,  p.  cxcviii. 
CEllVELLE.     The  brain.    {^I.-N.) 
CESOUN.    Season.    (,/.-M) 
CESS.  (I)  To  spill  water  about  ;alao,  iocalldogt 

to  cat.   South. 
(2)  Measure ;  estimation.     "  Out  of  all   ceaa," 

excessively,  immoderately,     "  Saiu  ee*$e,  ex- 

cessively,  immoderately,  out  of  all  cease  and 

crie,"  Cotgrave.    "  Ovcrthrowcth  the  Puritana 

out  of  all  cesse,"  Mar-Prelate's  E|ritome,  p.  49. 

Shai.   Herrick,  i.  44,  appears  to  have  the  word  . 

for  aftetmurntitti  in  Holinsbe(),Cbmn.  Ireland,  I 

p.  145.     Ouer,  an  assessor,  Hollybaiid't  Ulc- 

tionarie,  1593. 
(3  A  layer  or  stratum.     Eait.     It  is  often  pro. 

nounced  rate, 
CESSATION.    Ceasing.   (Lat.) 
CESSE.  (I)  To  cease.   {^.-N.) 
(2)   To    give  aeizin   or  possession.      Sec   Sjr, 

Degore,  538. 
CESS-POOL.    A  [tool  for  filth. 
CEST.     Ceased.    (.^.-A^.) 
CESTON.    A  studded  girdle.    {A.-N.) 
CETE.    A  company  of  badgers. 
CETECEYN.    A  citizen. 
CETOYLE.     A  harp  ? 

To  cetfyU  and  to  tawtTM, 
And  gytlcrnynge  fullc  gaye. 

lis.  Uncaln  A.  L  17, 61 
CETTE.     Set ;  placed.     Pr.  Pan. 
CETYWALL.     The  herb  valerian ;  also  motm- 

lain  spikenard.     Percy's  Reliqiies,  p.  79,     It 

is  translated  bv  celinakut  in  MS.  Sloane  5,  f.  4. 
CEYLE.    A  sail!    Pr.  Parr. 
CHABBE.   Have.   Rob.aitivc. 
CHACE.  (1)  To  chase,  or  pursue.   (A.-N.) 
(2)  The  groove  in  a  crossbow  in  which  the  arrow 

is  placed. 
CHACEABLE.     Fit  to  be  himted.     Tooke.  p. 

660,   considers   Cower  the  inventor  of  Uiis 

word  ;  but  in  the  .Maystre  of  the  Game,  MS.  ^ 

Bodl.  546,  slags  after  the  sixth  year  arc  saidH 

to  be  chanable.  ™ 

CHACECIIIENS.     The  same  as  lenirrt,  q.  v. 
And  the  gromcs  that  haitcn  chacrchttttM  bryng* 

with  hem  (he  hertehound.  MS.  B(M.  MS. 

CllACKI.E.     To  cbnticr.     Somertt. 
CHACKSTONE.     A  small  dint.    North. 
CHAD.     I  had.      If'ett. 
CHAOEN.     The  inwards  of  a  calf.    Dom-t. 
CHADFARTHING.     A  farthing  formerly  paid  | 

among  the  Easter  dues,  for  the  purpose  of  hal. 

lowing  the  font  for  christenings. 
CHADIST.     Sheddest. 

At  thou  cho'tiil  thi  blood  on  rod  tre 
Fore  niy  retlrmpciun.      Audtta^a  fWnw,  p.  6fc 
CH.\DS.     Dry  biisky  fragments  found  araongit 

food.    Eiut. 
CHAFE.     To  grow  warm  or  angry.     {A.-N.) 

Hence  chaff,  to  tease  or  worry. 
CHAFER.  (1)  A  beetle,  or  May-bug.     South. 
(2)  A  saucepan.     See  Unton  Invent,  p.  1  ;  Orii.  | 

nances  and  Regulations,  p.  126.     Chaufere 

Chron.  Vilodun.  p.  54. 
CHAFER-HOUSE.     An  ale-house.     North. 


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CHAFERT.     A  fijni»ce.    Dertyih. 
CHAFF-BONE.     The  j«w.bone.     Yorith. 
CHAFPERB.      To  deal,  exchange,  or  barter. 

{J.-S.)      Also   a  substantive,    merchandise. 

Emtre  ret  vendere,  Anglicc  to  chaffaryii,  JJS. 

Bibl.  Keg.  12  B.  i.  f.  19. 

If  thau  ut  A  m&rgctuunt,  dlHe)-vc  not  thi  brother 

in  cH^ffiuyng.    WimbtUim't  Strmm,  1388,  MS.  Hallat 

n,  p.  4. 
CHAFF-FALLEN.     l-ow-epiritcd.     fforth. 
CHAFFLE.    To  haggle.     North. 
CHAFF-NETS.     Nets  employed  for  atlchiag 

birds  of  small  size. 
CHAFFO.    To  chew.     Lane. 
CHAFLET.  A  small  scaffold  or  pUtform.  {^.-ff.) 

See  the  Brit,  Bilil.  i.  59. 
CHAFTE-BAN.    A  jaw-bone.     Xarlh. 
With  thf  rhn/re-tMn  of  ■  tied  hat, 
M«D  >ajs  that  therwit  tUn  he  wu. 

MS.  CMI.  Vfpa:  A.  111.  (.  7. 

CHAPTY.    TilkatWe.     Yorkih. 

CIIAIERE.     A  chair,  or  pulpit.    (A..N.) 

CH.\IN.     A  weaver's  warp.    Somrmet. 

CHAISEL.  An  upper  garment,  {.^.-ff.)  See 
the  Sevyn  Sages,  1MI4.  There  was  a  kind  of 
fine  linen  called  chaisil,  of  which  smocks  were 
often  made,  alluded  to  in  Kyng  Alisaunder, 
279 ;  Stmtt,  ii.  257  ;  Warton,  Introd.  p.  163  ; 
Leg.  Cathol.  p.  152. 

CHAITY.     Careful ;  delicate.     Somrmft. 

CHAKYL.  A  shackle,  a  moveable  hoop  made 
of  iron,  and  fixed  to  the  extremity  of  the 
plough-beam  by  a  loose  bolt  and  screw. 

CHALANUE.     A  chanter. 

And  byauK  reaioD  wyll  that  luche  a  person 
shulde  be  honorably  Interteyued  lest  that  tlayr  niyght 
be  made  fur  the  gri'atc  charipra  of  the  fame,  t  thinke 
It  rather  cxpcdyeot  to  forbere  a  grrate  notiitwr  of  our 
monnkes  and  ehQliutiitt,  namely  at  thay  nowe  u*r 
thenuelfei,  then  to  neeeuary  o  thing  for  the  comyn 
wealthe  thulde  be  Ukkcd  and  lett  atyde. 

State  Pnpert,  ti.  464. 

CHALANGE.     To   challenge.    (^.-A'.)     Abo 

sometimes,  to  accuse. 
CHA LD E U.   (1)  To  crumble.     Eatl. 
(2)  A  caldron.    i\orlh. 
CHALDRON.     A  kind  of  sauce.     It  is  spelt 

chttviluen  in  Reliq.  Antiq.  i.  88. 
CHALEN.  ChUI;  cold.    H>4er. 
CHALK.     To  mark  with  chnlk.      I'ar.  dial. 
CHALK-WHITE.      Quite    white.       lor.    dial. 

"  Chalk-whysth  as  the  mylk,"  Sir  Ucgrevant, 

1490, 
CHALL.     The  jaw.     ieic. 
CHALLENGE.     Ulien  hounds  or  beagles  first 

find  the  sccut  and  cry,  they  are  said  to  chal- 
lenge. 
CHALM.     To  chew,  or  nibble.    Eiul.     More 

usually  spelt  cham. 
CHALON.     A  coverlet.     Chttue*r. 
CHAM.  (1)  I  am.     nv.f. 
Awry.     North, 

To  chew  or  champ.     PaUgrave. 
CHAMBERDEKINS.     Irish  beggars.     Blount. 
CUAMBERER.    (1)  A  chamlwr-maid.  (.I-N.) 

See  Ywaine  and  Gawin,  883 ;  Chaucer,  Cant. 

T.  &882;  Ordinances  and  Regulatious,  p.  127  ; 


chaniberya,  Reliq.  Aodq.  i.  26;  chuobrere, 
Maundevile,  p.  102. 

(2)  A  wanton  person  ;  an  intriguer. 

CHAMBER-FELLOW.  A  chum  ;  one  who  in. 
habits  the  same  chambers  with  another.  Sec 
Florio,  in  v.  Campriiio. 

CHAMBERING.     Wantonness;  intriguing. 

CHAMHER-LIE.     Urine.     Sha*. 

CHAMBERLIN.  An  attendant  in  an  inn,  equi- 
valent to  the  present  head-waiter  or  upper- 
chambennaid,  or  both  ofiices  united ;  tome-' 
times  male,  sometimes  female.  Nartt.  See 
Middlelon,  iii.  383. 

CHA.MHEItS.  Small  cannon,  without  carriages, 
chiefly  used  on  festive  occasions.  See  Mid- 
dlelon, v.  190;  Peele,  ii.  124;  Ben  Jonion, 
viii.  422 ;  First  Sketches  of  Henn-  \1.  p.  21 7. 

CH  AMBERYNGS.  Furniture  of  abed  or  bed- 
room.    See  Test.  Vetust.  p.  372. 

CHAMBLE.     To  chew.      lor.  ilial. 

ClIAMBLEY.     A  chimney.     Devon. 

CHAMBLINGS.     Husks  of  com.     Eail. 

CHAMBRE-KORENE.     A  Jakes.     Hot.  O hue. 

CllAMER.     A  chamber.     Somertt. 

CHAMFER.  The  plain  slope  made  by  paring 
off  the  edge  of  a  stone  or  piece  of  timber. 
Also,  a  hollow  clumnel  or  gutter,  such  as  the 
fluting  of  a  column.  See  Willis,  p.  8.  In  this 
latter  sense  Spenser  speaks  of  "  winter  with 
chamfred  brows,"  i.  e.  furrowed  or  channelled. 
So  also  Florio,  "  AeeattelUre,  to  chamfure,  to 
cnchancll,  to  make  gutter-wise ;"  and  Brit. 
Bibl.  iL  1 1 7,  "  my  ehamfrrd  lips."  Minshen 
has,  "  to  chamfer,  or  to  make  channels,  gut- 
ten,  crevises,  or  hollon-  strakes,  in  pillars  or 
such  like."  Cotgrave  spells  it  ehamfret  in  the 
first  sense,  in  v.  Braier,  Embriuurr.  "  Stria, 
a  rebbat  or  small  furrow  made  in  stone  or 
tymber,  chamfcryng :  sfrio  seenicth  to  l>ec  the 
boltell  or  thinge  that  riscth  up  betwene  the 
two  chanels,  and  ttrir  the  ehanell  itselfe,  or 
chamferyngc,"  Elyot. 

CHAMFRON.  Armour  for  a  horse's  nose  and 
cheeks.     See  Excerjit.  Hist.  p.  209. 

CHAMLET.  Canielot.  See  I'nton  Invent,  p. 
33 ;  Test.  Vetust.  p.  434  ;  Gasroigne's  Delicate 
Diet.  p.  12  ;  Withals,  ed.  1608,  p.  139. 

CHAM.MER.  A  kind  of  gown,  wont  by  persons 
of  rank,  and  gcncmlly  richly  omamenteil.  It 
appears  to  have  been  in  fashion  in  Henry 
VIII.'s  time.  See  Stnitt,  iL  248;  Planche, 
p.  238. 

CHAMP.  (I)  Hard;  firm.    Suaer. 

(2)  To  bite,  or  chew.  SuffoU.  See  the  Down- 
fall of  Robert  Eurl  of  Huntingdon,  p.  78 ;  Sir 
Juhn  Otdcnstle,  p.  20  ;  Lilly's  Mydas. 

(3)  A  scuffle.     Ermoor. 

(4)  To  tread  heavily,      n'ane. 
CHAMPAINE.     Plain  ;  flat ;  open.     Sec  Ray'a 

Diet.  Tril.  p.  4  ;  Lamliardc's  Perambulation, 
ed.  1596,  p.  10.  Also  a  substantive,  a  plain, 
flat  or  o|icn  country. 

Fr.i  thcthine  thay  Wfnt  fourty  dayet,  and  cum« 
lollllc  a  cftamjicyne  ctitilree  that  ttat  allc  barayne, 
and  na  hye  place,  ne  na  hlllet  mlghte  lie  aKicoii  lu 
lyde.  MS.  Uocnlw  k.\.\t,^.'«v 


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CHAMPARTIK.     A  share  of  lind ;  t  ptrtner- 
Bhip  in  power.     (j1..N.)     Sec  Chaucer,  Canl. 
T.  1951  ;  Lydgate's  Minor  Poems,  p.  131. 
\Vl»c]y  advtrtynge  itche  «w  to  fvbllle  of  my^tt 
In  thU  matet  lo  holde  rhamptrtj/e 
With  hire  that  wuof  face  nioit  bCDignc. 

l^tiff  MS  Six.  ^mlq.  134,  f.  U. 
Ur  irttc  the  hertc  in  ehampurtye. 
With  wltchynee  and  with  rantatye. 

Coicw,  MS.  Ibi'l.  t.  9». 
CHAMPE.     The  field  or  ground  in  which  any 
carding  or  bosses  are  pluceil. 

The  eote  yi  rycheand  well  fyne. 
The  champe  yf  now  of  rc»M  *a(yne. 

tfS.Canl«b.Ft.U.3S,f.*3. 
And  other  of  aendale, 
Chanptdi  with  crlftalle. 

MS.  uu,^jh  a.  I.  i7,f.  lan. 
CHAMPERS.     Hounds.     Miildhloii. 
CIl  AMI'EYNE.   A  kind  of  fine  clolh,  mentioned 

in  MS.  CanUb.  Kf.  i.  6,  f.  141. 
CH,4MPI0N.     Same  as  Chnmpame,  q.  v.     See 

Middleton,  ii.  73 ;   Two  Angrie  Women  of 

Ahington,  p.   19;  Tusser,  ii,   7;  Holinshcd, 

Hist.  Engl.  p.  29. 
CHANCE.    Tlie  game  of  hazard. 
CHANCE-BAIRN.    A  bastard.     North.    Also 

calle<l  a  chancc-ehild,  or  chanceling. 
CHANCE-BONE.     The  bucUe-tioue.     E<ut. 
CHANDELEUSE.     Candlcmas-day.     {Fr.) 
CHAN  DRY.    A  place  where  candles  were  kept. 

See   Harrison's  Descr.  of  England,  p.  197 ; 

Ordinances  and   Regulations,  pp.  4,  20*,  47, 

63,  H2 ;  Rutland  Papers,  p.  40. 
CHANE.    FcU.     {A..N.) 
CHANELLE.     A  gutter.     Prompt.  Parv. 
CHANFROUS.    Verv  fierce.     North. 
CHANGE.  (1)  A  shift.      Var.  dial. 
(2)  To  transpose.     Palsgraee. 
CHANGEABLE.    Variegated,  a  term  applied 

to  silks  and  cloths. 
CHANGE-FACE.     To  blush. 

Why,  to  rhtmge  fact 

They  lay  In  modest  maides  are  ftigneiof(nc«. 

HlfXciMl'i  Rnyall  King,  1S37,  tig.  C.  It. 

CHANGELING.  A  chUd  left  or  changed  by  the 
fairies  for  the  parents'  own  child.  It  was 
either  deformed,  mischievous,  or  idiotic,  and 
hence  the  term  came  to  be  generally  applied 
to  a  child  having  those  ijualities.  Sec  Cot- 
graTe,  in  v.  Contre/aicl. 

CHANGERWIFE.  An  itinerant  female  huck- 
ster.    North. 

CHANGINGLY.     Alternately.     North. 

OH  ANKE.  A  dish  in  cookery,  described  in  the 
Forme  of  Cuty,  p.  97. 

CHANKER.     A  chink.     Dornt. 

CHANKS.  Thcunder  part  ofa  pig's  head.  South. 

CHANNEL-BONE.  Sec  Caniw/-*™?.  Channel, 
the  windpipe,  Marluwe,  i.  106. 

CHANNER.     To  scold.     North. 

CHANNEST.  To  exchange.  Esmoor.  It  is 
also  explained,  to  challenge. 

CHANTEMENT.     Enchantment.     Rob.  Glow. 

CHANTEPI.EL'RE.  A  sort  of  proverbial  ex- 
pr«ssion  for  singing  and  weeping  succcstivcly. 


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{ji.-N.)   Roquefort  gives  the  word  ejcpti 

ilouleur,  ttfflietion. 
CHANTER.  (1)  To  mutter.     Line. 
(2)  Part  of  a  bagpipe.      North. 
CHANTERiE.    An  endowment  for  the  payment 

of  a  priest,  to  sing  mass  agreeably  to  the  ap-l 

pointmcnt  of  the  fnuodcr.     (^^.-N.)     Chan-  '. 

trvse,  Tundale,  p.  66 ;  chauuterie,  Ord.  and 

Reg.  p.  248. 
CIIANTREL.     A  decoy  partridge.    IloieeU. 
CHAP.  (1)  A  familiar  term  for  a  companion. 

An  abbreviation  of  chnpmmi.  ^_ 

(2)  A  purchaser.  Fairs  in  some  part  of  the  coun-^| 

try  arc  called  chap-fairs.     An  awkward  chap,  ^1 

equivalent  to  the  phrase  an  vgly  etalomtr. 
{3)  A  chink.     Baret. 
(4)  A  knock.     Percy. 
CHAP-BOOK.    A  little  book  printed  for  the 

purpose  of  being  sold  to  hawkers. 
CIIAPCHURCII.     A  parish  clerk.    North. 
CHAPE.  (1)  The  extremity  ofa  fox's  tail.  Nortk.^ 
(2)  The  hook  of  a  scabbard ;  the  niclal  part  i 

the  lop. 
CHAPEL.      A   printing-house.      See    Holme's 

Academy  of  Annon',  1688 ;  Life  of  Dr.  Fnnk- 

liii,  ed.  1819,  p.  56'. 
ClIAPELLE.     A  chaplain.     {Ul.) 

Htf  eliaprU*  mette  hym  at  the  donrtlicre. 
And  wente  bifore  hym  alle  lo  fere, 

ArchaiUitfin,  xxU.  383. 
CHAPERON.     A  French  hood.   See  Harrison's 

Descr.  of  Eiiglan<l,  p.  159 ;  Fairholt's  Pageants, 

1.  5;  Sirutt.ii.  185.  M 

CilAPETHEL.    The  capital  of  a  column.  ■ 

For  he  fande  therm  xl.  peleri  of  niasfy  iroMr,  11-  ^^ 

kane  of  a  grcte  thiknciie,  and  a  i^ote  Icnthe.  with 

thalfe  diapytrallu.  MS.  lAncuIn  A.  I.  17,  f.  ii. 

CIIAPIN.     A  chopinc.    {Spaa.)     "  Chapins,  or 

high  patina  richly  silver'd  or  gilt,"  HowelL 
CHAPITLE.     A  chapter.    (^.-A.)     "  To  cha^M 

pitle  were  i-drawe,"  Rob.  Clone,  p.  473.         ^| 
Y  trowe  for  fothe  he  tiept  ful  lytyl,  ^^ 

Whan  he  herdc  that  pete  chapptj/t. 

MS.  Hail.  im,  r.  n. 

CHAPMAN.     A  merchant,  or  buyer.     (.-I.-S.y  W 
CHAP-MONEY.    That  which  is  abated  orgiveal^ 

again  by  the  seller  on  receiving  money. 
CHAPPELLET.  A  small  chapel.  See  Harriaon'a 

Oescr.  of  Euglaud,  p.  144. 
CHAPPING.     Gruuni!  full  of  cliinkt  and  ere- 

victs,  arising  from  drought. 
CHAPPYD.  Chopt.  »Fe*er. 
CHAPS.  Wrinkles.  Crareii. 
CHAPYDE.     Escaped. 

Thate  chapydt  never  no  chUde,  chefuync  ne  olhar. 

Mwtf  Aniiitrt,  MA  UnnlH,  t.  91.' 

CHAR.  (1)  A  species  of  trout,  caught  in  Win- 
dermere lake. 

(2)  To  char  a  laughter,  to  raise  a  mock  laugb. 
North. 

(3)  Ajar.     North. 

(4)  A  work  or  business.     That  char  is  ek 
that  work  is  done.    North.     Sec  Stevens'  Oti 
PUys,  ii.  64  ;  Middleton,  iii.  237,  iv.  SSZg 
Peele's  Works,  i.  127  ;  Sir  Thomas  More. 


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37 ;  Bote  of  Curtasyr,  p.  4  ;  Oiestcr  Pluys,  tt. 
87;  Towneley  Mysl.  p.  106.  Also,  to  hew 
stones.  Char-woman,  a  woman  hired  by  the 
day  for  miscellniicoiis  work. 

And  ilrowje  hit  iwerdc  privety. 
That  the  chlldc  were  nut  *mr 
At  h»  had  done  that  rttar 

lurmr  Mundi.  MS.  Coll.  Ti  In  Oikftit.  t.  SCI. 
CH.'VnACTERY.     Writing;  ejpression.  S/iai. 
rHAllBOKULL.     A  carbuncle.     (-•/.->'.) 
fllARCHE.     Charge.     Aiulclay,  p.  43. 
CliARD.     A  chart.     Harri»on,'p.  33. 
CHARE.  (1)  To  stop,  or  turn  back.  Norlk.  To 
hinder,  or  withstand.     Pr.  Parv, 

(2)  A  narrow  street.     S'etcc.  ' 

(3)  To  eounlcrfcit.     Sorlh, 

(4)  ToteiHimtc  the  chaff  from  the  com.    South. 

(5)  A  chariot.  (,.1.-N.)  SceSirTryamourc,913; 
Apol.  LoU.  p.  44. 

Nay.  air,  but  jcmot  to  him  fare, 
Hs  balh  >rnt  aflir  the  hit  ri,nir  i 
We  fthul  jou  make  Ihrrynne  a  t»ed. 
Into  Eglpte  ^e  »hul  tie  led. 
CUrm- JfaiuH,  MS.  Coll.  THn.  Cantab,  t.  33. 

!6)  A  wall-flower.     Cant. 
7)  To  chaae,  or  drive  away.    "  Chare  awey  the 

crowe,"  Cov.  Mvsl.  p.  325. 
CHARELY.     Careful ;  charr,  q.  v. 
ClIARE-TUimSDAY.     Maundy  Thursday. 
CIIARETS.     Oiariots.      See   lioliushed.  Hist. 
Enghuid,  pp.  24,  28.      Charret,  Patteme  of 
I'ninfuU  .Adventures,  p.  192. 
CHARGE.     A  load,  burthen;  business,  or  mat- 
ter.    {.^.-N.)     As  a  verb,  to  weigh,  or  incline 
on  account  of  weight.     "  Cliytdrr  wordys  ar 
not  to  charge,"  arc  not  in  lie  much  weiglied 
or  considered.  Tow  iiclcy  Mysl.  [>.  160.  It  ofteu 
has  the  meaning,  lo  weigh  in  one's  mind. 
CHARGEANT.     nurthensome.    (.-f.-A'.) 
CHARGED.     Ornamented ;  liordcred. 
CHARGEOUS.    Troublesome.     (./.-.V.) 
CHARGER.    A  large  platter  or  dish.  CAaryemi, 

Test.  Vetust.  p.  175. 
CHARINESS.    Caution  ;  scruputomiicss.    Sfiat. 
CUABITOUS.    Charitable.     (J.-\.) 
Ue  was  sjenwardc  charttnuM, 
Ant  to  piti'  he  wat  pitous. 

Cower,  MS.  S0C..4/.II4.  134,  t.  Kl. 

CHARK.  (1)  Acrack.     AorM. 

(2)  Small  beer.      YorkMh. 

(3)  To  creak.  North.  See  Kennctt,  MS.  Lantd. 
1033;  Prompt.  Parv.  p.  70. 

(4)  To  chop,  or  crack.     Craren. 

(5)  To  expose  new  ale  lo  the  air  in  an  open 
Teasel  until  it  acquires  a  degree  of  acidity, 
and  I  herewith  becomes  clearer  and  sourer,  fit 
for  drinking,     /.inc. 

(6)  To  make  charcoal,    ffett. 

Ther  U  no  fyre,  (her  U  no  iparke, 
Ther  U  no  dore  whlche  may  chnrkt. 

Gputr,  MS.  A/e.^nlif.  134, 1.  129. 

CIURLES'S-WAJN.     The  constclUtion  Ursa 

Major.      Var,  dial. 
CUAHLET.    A  dish  in  cookery.    See  the  Forme 

of  Cury,  p.  27  ;  M'aruer,  p.  88  ;  Ord.  and  Reg. 

pp.  450,  463  ;  Fecst,  viii. ;  MS.  Sloaoe  12U1, 

f.  23. 


CHARLOCK.    The  mustard  plant.    Wnt. 

CII.\RM.  (I)  A  hum,  or  low  murmuring  iioia«. 
H>«/.  "  A  charm  of  birds,"  Peele's  W'orki, 
i.  12,  an  expression  aLu)  used  hy  Milton.  It 
may  be  iloubtcd  whether  the  word  here  docs 
not  mean  a  company  of  birds.  A  charm  of 
golilfinches  is  a  Hock  of  those  birds.  See 
Sinitt's  Sports,  p.  38.  '•  I  ehrrme  as  byrde« 
do  w  ban  they  make  a  noyse  a  great  noinbcr 
togythcr,"  Palsgrave. 

(2)  To  silence. 

CHAR.MEU-MILK.  Soar  milk.  A'orM.  "Uc 
serosum,  agitatuni,  butter  milke,  charme 
milke,"  Nomeuclator,  p.  94. 

CHARMER.     A  magician.    (,/.-A'.) 

CHAR.MERESSE.    An  enchantress.   (J.-A.) 

CHARMING.     Verv  well.     Var.  dial. 

CHARN-CURDLE.'  A  chiim-stafr.    North. 

CHARNELL.  The  crest  of  a  helmet.  Sec 
Meyrick,  ii.  252;  Harrison's  Pescr.  of  Eng- 
land, p.  160  ;  cbanield,  Brit.  Uihl.  i.  146. 

CHAKNICO.  A  kind  of  sweet  wine,  mode  near 
Lisbon. 

Well,  happy  ii  the  man  dolh  rightly  know 
The  vcrtuc  of  three  cupt  of  c'la'ttit-t^ 

HtrtL'laiifIt  Hum-ir  Ordinitrie,  n.  d. 

CHARRE.     To  return.     W.  Mapts,  p.  348. 

CHARREU-DRINK.  Urink  turned  soiu-  by 
being  put  into  the  barrel  before  it  ia  coltL  A'm/. 

CHARREY.  (1)  CarU.   (J.-N.) 

V2)  Dear;  precious.    North. 

CHARTEL.    A  challenge. 

CHARTERER.     A  freeholder.    Cheih. 

CHARTER-MASTER.  A  man  who,  having  nn- 
(icrtaken  to  get  coals  or  iron-stone  at  a  certain 
]iricc,  employs  men  under  him. 

CIl  ARTEK-P.\RTY.     A  bill  of  Uding. 

CIIARTHODS.     Carthusians.    (.1..N.) 

ClIARWORT.    Sec  Brachrurt. 

CHARY'.  Careful ;  sparing ;  cautious;  scrupu- 
lous.    Var.  diaL 

CHARYAWNT.     Burdensome.    Prompt.  Pan. 

CHARYOWRE.  A  charger,  or  large  dish.  Pr. 
Parr. 

CHASE.  (I)  A  point  at  the  game  of  tennis,  be- 
yond that  struck  by  the  adversary.  See  L'rry's 
Chaucer,  p.  542.  According  to  Douce,  the 
spot  where  a  ball  foils.  "  A  chace  on  the  wall, 
Jaire  tine  chaue  au  pied  du  m«r,"  Howell, 
sect,  xxviii.  which  was  marked  on  the  wall. 
To  chase,  according  to  Holme,  to  miss  the 
second  striking  of  the  ball  back.  Sec  Skclton, 
ii.  488 ;  Jonson's  Converutions,  p.  30 ; 
Malone's  Shakespeare,  xvii.  286 ;  Florio,  etl. 
161 1,  p.  73.  It  would  seem  from  Prompt. 
Parv.  p.  68,  a  chace  was  a  spot  marked  in  any 
game,  oliiculum,  a  diminutive  of  oher. 

At  tenntt  forarAoaeand  away,  Ime  yoitrman,  my 
hand  and  hart  up'.n  it. 

THr  Ttll  Tilt,  DmlH-lrh  OilUg*  JMS. 

(2)  To  pretend  a  laugh.    AorfA. 

^3)  To  enchase.    (  of.  Myl. 

(4)  -\  wood,  or  forest. 

CHASOL'R.     A  hant*r.   (J.-N.) 

CHASSE.    The  common  poppv. 

CHASTE.  (I)  Chastity.    {J.-N.) 


(S)  To  chMtise.  or  correct.   {A.:V.)    8»eConit. 

Frecmaaon.  p.  27;Octovian.  219;  SirTristrcm, 

p.  26B ;  MS.  Douce  52  ;  RiUon'i   Auc.  Pop. 

Poet.  pp.  36,  51. 
(3)  Trained,  broken  in,  a  term  applied  to  dogs 

and  houndc. 
CHASTEDE.     Chastity.  (.1..N.) 
CHASTELAJN.    The  lord  of  a  castle,   {.i-ff.) 

Ckattbyne,  Le  Bone  Florence  of  Kome,  198C; 

ekaHtlaitu,  Cotgrare,  in  v.  IHgniU. 
CHASTEY.     The  chesnut.     See  a  li>t  of  plantj! 

in  MS.  Sloanc5,  f.  4. 
CHASTIK.  To  chaatiae.  (.^/.-M)  Chajty.Wright'i 

Seven  Sages,  p.  57. 
ClUSTILET.    A  little  castle.  {A.-N.)   A  pasty 

made  in  that  iliapc  was  also  io  called.  See  the 

Forme  of  Cur)',  p.  85. 
CHASTISE.     To  accuse.     Alio,  to  queition 

closely,  particularly  as  to  some  miscliicf  done. 

)»■/•»/. 
CIl.VSTY.    To  chasten.     {A.-N.) 
CHASYNG-SPEKE.     A  hunting-spev. 

With  ■  ehutjmg  tptre  he  chupp«B  doaoe  many. 

M-rtf  JrlhWf,  MS.  Unixlit,  (■  7>. 

CHAT.  (1)  A  small  twig,  or  fragment  of  any- 
thing.   ITeit. 

(2)  A  tell-tale.    Z>eroii. 

(3)  A  cat,  or  Idttcn.    Wnt. 

The  firy  chmt  he  clouj  withoute  mort. 
And  of  Archadlo  the  cruel  tUMhf  bore. 

Jtfji.i><(t)r»0. 

(4)  A  child.     Devon. 

CHATB.  (11  A  feast ;  a  treat    £uet. 
{2)  A  kind  of  waistcoat. 
CHATES.    The  gallows.     Harmon. 
CHATEUS.     Chattels.   (A.-N.)    Also  cAa/nw. 

Sec  Roh.  Glouc.  pp.  18,  113. 
CHAT-POTATOES.     Small  potatoes.    Lime. 
CHATRE.     To  chatter.    (A.-N.) 
CHATS.    Catkins  of  trees.    It'ett.    "Oiatteaof 

hascllc,"  M.-iuiiilevile,  p.  IC8. 
CHATSOME.    Talkative.   Kml. 
CHATTER.      To  tear;    Io  make  ragged;  to 

tiruite.     North. 
CILATTER-BASKET.  A  prattling  child.   Chat. 

ter-box,  an  incessant  talker. 
ClfATTERNOlTL.    A  lubber.    North. 
CHATTER-IME.     A  magiiic.     far.  dial. 
CHATTER-WATER.     Tea.     far.  dial. 
CHATTERY.     Stonv,  or  pebbly.     Cratvn. 
CHATTOCKS.     Refuse  wood  left   in   making 

faggots.    Clone. 
CHAUCER'S-JESTS.     Incontinence  in  act  or  | 

langiu^e  ;  probably  from  the  licentious  turn  of 

lome  of  that  poet's  tales.    Nam. 
CHAl'DRON.    Part  of  Ihe  entrails  of  an  ani- 
mal. Chaldrons,  Middleton.iii.  55.  Chaundron, 

OrdJoaoces  and  Reg.   p.  06.      Chawtheme, 

TopuU's  BeasU,  p.  90. 
CHAUFE.    To  warm  :  to  heat.   {A.-N.)    Also, 

to  heat  exceedingly,  especially  applied  to  the 

flist  stages  of  corruption. 

Jheiu,  thi  lure  ine  rhauft  alttkla, 
8a  Ihst  mihrnfe  but  the  I  (cke. 

4fAUMa>to  A.I   17,  r.fll. 


CHE 

CHAITFRAIN.     Tlie  head-piece  of  ■ 

horse.    Paltgrave. 
CHAULE.   A  jaw.    Wat.   "  To  cAmJr,"  to  j«w 

or  scold,  Wright's  Pol.  Songs,  p.  240. 
I  shook  h«ra  bl  Ihe  brrde*  %a. 
Th«t  her  chautM  t-wravtr  In  rwo. 

Curtor  Uaoill,  MS.  Oil.  THn.  Oiiwat.  (.  47. 
CHAUM.    A  chasm  or  clefk.    H'ana. 
C11AUMPE.B.\TAILE.      Battle  in   the  opeo 

field.     Kvng  Ali:>aunder,  5553.  ■ 

CHAUNCELRIE.     Chancery.    (A..N.)  I 

CllAUNCELY.     .VccidentaUy.    (A.-N.)  1 

CHAUNCEMELE.    A  shoe.    Translated  in  Pr. 

Parr.  p.  7 1 ,  by  nlitrlariM,  a  word  formed  from 

laliu. 
CHAUNCEPE.     A  shoeing  horn.     Pr.  Parr. 
CHAUNDLER.      A    candlestick.     A  Sheffield 

word,  given  in  Ray,  ed.  1674,  p.  10. 
CHAUNE.  To  gai)e,  or  open.  (Fr.) 
CHAUNTEMENT.  Enchantment.  See  Lybeam 

Disconns,  1901 ;  Rob.  Glouc.  p.  2tt. 
CHAUNTRE.    A  singer.    (^.-A^.) 

DysjioMNl  bekynde  tobeeaeAMMCne. 

jfs.  ourtaft.  rr.  I.C.  r.  ii 
CHAVE.  (1)  I  have.    tfeMt.   See  Peck's  Woikm: 

i.  8  ;  Brit.  Bibl.  i.  108. 
(2)  Chalf. 

A5ern  the  Hum  to  fyode  the 
Corn  there  thul  we  Tynde  to  have. 

Cvrair  Maodt,  MS.  CaJI.  TriK.  Quta^  t. 

CHAVEL.      A   jaw.      Sir   Tritlrem.     Ct»t 

Y'waine  and  Gawin,  1991;  chavyl-boo,  Cori 

Myst.  p.  37.    To  chew.    Yorkth. 

CHAVE  I' YS.    See  Chaml,,y,. 

CHAVISU.  (1)  A  challering,  prattling,  ormnr- 

muring  noise.     South. 
(2)  Peevish  ;  fretful.    Kent. 
CHAW.     To  be  sulkv.     South. 
CHAW-BONE.    The  jaw-bone,    fatarwe. 
CHAWCERS.     Shoes.    {A.-N.) 
CHAWDEWYN.     A  dish  in  ancient  cookery, 
receipt  for  which  is  given  in  MS.  Sloane  1201,1 
f.  63. 
CHAWDPYS.    The  strangury.    (A..X.)    Ai 

ccipt  for  it  is  given  in  MS.  Line.  Med.  f.  298.1 
CHAWE.     To  chew.     Pabffraee. 
CHAWELLEU.    Chewed.     Line. 
CIIAWKON.    A  chafing-dish.    (A..N.) 
CHAWMERE.    A  chamber.    (.^.-iV.) 
CHAYERE.    A  chair.    (A.-N.) 
CHAYME.     A  cbaiu.     Percy. 
CHAYS.     Chase.    Percy,  p.  2. 
CHE.    She.    In  the  West  country  dialect,  L 

Sec  Greene's  Works,  i.  96. 
CHEADLE-DOCK.    The  SeHteio  Joeoitea. 
CHEAKCE.     Turn ;  fall ;  chance. 
CHEAP.     Cheapside.    The  old  distiactioM  of 
East  and  West  Cheap  were  not  coofioed  to 
what  is  now  called  Cheapside. 
CHEAPEN.     To  ask  the  price  of  any  thing. 
Salop.    This  explanation  is  from  More's  MS. 
additions  to  Ray.     "  I  sec  you  come  to  cheap, 
and  nut  to  buy,"  lieywood's  Edward  IV.  p.  66. 
"  Cheap,  to  chca|)en,"  Krnnctt,  MS.  Lansd. 
1033.     "  I  cheape,  1  demaundc  the  jirice  of  • 
thyng  that  I  wolde  bye,"  Pahgrave. 


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CITEAPS.    N"unil«!r.    ffeier. 

CHEAR.     Look ;  countenance.     Peele. 

CHEASIL.     Bran.     TopteU. 

CHEAT.  The  second  sort  of  wheaten  bread, 
ranking  next  to  mancliet.  There  were  two 
kinds  <if  cheat  lireail,  tlic  best  or  fine  cheat, 
mentioned  iu  Ord.  and  Reg.  p.  301,  and  the 
coarse  cheat,  ravellrii  hrcad,  ib.  S07.  The 
second  sort  was,  as  llarri»an  expressly  tells  us, 
"  used  in  the  halles  of  the  nobilitie  and  gen- 
trie  onelie,"  a  fact  which  will  readily  explain 
a  |ia*sage  in  Middleton,  Ui.  505,  where  Mr. 
Dyc«  baa  an  unnecessary  conjecture.  "  The 
second  it  the  cheat  or  wheaton  bread,  so  named 
hicanse  the  colour  Ihcrof  resembleth  the  graie 
or  yellowish  wheat,  being  cleane  and  well 
dressed,  and  out  of  this  is  the  coursest  of  the 
bian  taken,"  Harrison,  p.  168.  Sec  Arch.  i.  8 ; 
Klorio,  in  r.  Hoffitlo  ;  Rutland  Papers,  p.  98 ; 
Boke  of  Curtasyc,  p.  21. 

CHEATER.     An'eschcator.     S/iai. 

CHEATERS.     False  dice.     DeHer. 

CHEATRY.     Fraud ;  \illainy.     Sorlh. 

CHECK.  (1)  Totaunt;to  reproadi.  Eatl.  See 
Percy's  Reliquea,  p.  78. 

(2)  In  hawking,  "  is  when  she  fnivikes  her  pro- 
per game,  and  flics  at  crows,  pycs,  or  the  like, 
that  crcisseth  her  in  her  flight."  Gent.  Rec. 
iL  C2.     The  base  game  itself  was  also  called 

(3)  Florio  has,  "  Boec/ief/ffidre,  to  play  or 
eiecie  with  the  mouth  ai  some  ill  horses 
doe." 

(4)  When  a  bonnd  stops  of  its  own  aixord,  hav- 
ing lost  scent,  he  is  said  to  check. 

(5)  Equal ;  on  the  same  footing. 
CHECKED.     Chapped.     Si^fnU. 
CHECKERE.     A  chess-board.     (.i..N.) 
CHECKERED.    A  checkered  kcrmoo,  one  filled 

with  Greek  and  Latin  quotations. 
CHECKLING.     CackHng ;  scolding.    H^nf. 
CHECKROLL.    A  roU  or  book  cunlaining  the 

names  of  the  servants  in  a  palace  or  large 

mansion.     "  To  put  out  of  checkroll,"  to  dis- 

miis  a  servant.    The  clicckroll  is  well  noticed 

in  the  Ord.  and  Reg.  p.  230, 
CHECK.ST(JNE.     A  game  played  by  children 

with  round  small  pebble*.     It  is  mentioned  in 

the  early  play  of  Apollo  Shroving,  12mo.  Lond. 

1027,  p.  49. 
CHEE.     A  hen-roost.     A'en/. 
CHEEF.     '•  In  cliecf."  in  capile. 
CHEEK.     To  accuse.     Line. 
CHEEK-BALLS.  The  round  ports  of  the  chedu. 

Sorlh. 
CHEEKS.     Door  posU.    See  the  Craven  Gloa- 

sar;,  i.  67  ;  Nomenclator,  p.  212. 
CHEEKS-AND-EARS.    A  fantastic  name  for  a 

kind  of  head-dress,   of  temporary   fashion. 

Nam. 
CHEEK-TOOTH.    A  grinder.     North. 
CHEEN,    Sprouted.     I)rv<m. 
CHEEP.     To  chin).     North. 
CHEER.    To  feast,  or  welcome  one's  friends. 

A'orM. 


CHEERGR.    A  glass  of  spirit  and  wvm  wat«r. 

North. 
CHEERING.     A   merry-making.      Se«    Lam- 

barde's    Perambulation,   cd.    1596,   p.   354 ; 

Withnls,  c<l.  1608,  p.  84. 
CIIEEKLY.     Pleasant  j  well-looking. 
CHEEKTEE.     Regard.     Hocelme. 
CHEESE.     A  bog  of  pummacc  from  the  cider- 

wring,      lor.  dial. 
CHEESE-BRIGS.     Two  long  pieces  of  wcK>d. 

crossed   towards  the  middle  by  two  shorter 

ones,  for  the  purpose  of  being  placed  over  a 

large  pan  containing  cream,  to  support  the 

skimming  bowl  after  it  has  been  used,  so  that 

it  may  drip  into  the  Uquid  below.  Line.  Also 

called  a  cheeite-ladder. 
CHEE.SECAKE-GRjVSS.     Trefoil.     North. 
CHEESE-FA TT.    A  machine  in  which  the  whey 

is  passed  from  the  curd  in  making  cheese. 

Chtae4ale,  a  loft  or  floor  to  dry  cheese  on. 

Cheete-rack,  a  rack  to  dry  cheese  on. 
CHEESELOPE.     Rennet.     North. 
CHEESE-KUNNING.   Lady's-bedstraw.  South. 
CHEESES.     The  seeds  of  the  common  mallow. 

Var.  dial. 
CHEESTE.    Strife ;  debate.     (J.-S.) 
CHEEVlHiG-BOLT.     A  Unch-pin.     Fhrio. 
CHEFE.  (1 )  To  obtain  ;  to  arrive  ;  to  succeed  in 

any  business.     "  Wele  had  me  chefede,"  MS. 

Morte  Arthure. 
(2)  A  slicaf  of  arrows. 
CHEFFERY.    A  small  rwit  due  to  the  lordofa 

district.   See  HoUnsbed,  Conq.  Ireland,  p.  II. 
CHEFTANCE.     Chiefmen ;  chieftains.    {A.-N.) 
CHEFFS.     Chops  of  meat.    North. 
ClIEG.     To  gnaw.     Norlhumt. 
CHEGE.     A  froUc.    Kent. 
CHEGGLE.    To  chew  or  gnaw.     North. 
CHEITIF.    AcaiUtr.    Langtoft,  p.  177. 
CHEK.    Fortune ;  ill  fortune.   From  the  Frtnch 

tehee f 
CHEKE.  (I)  Choked.     Sitton. 

(2)  Checked,  as  iu  the  gninc  of  chess ;  and  Itrnce 
used  metaphorically. 

(3)  A  person,  or  fellow.     Line. 
CHEKELATOUN.  A  kind  of  rich  cloth.  {.^.-N.) 

See  Chaucer,  Cant.  T.  I360t.    Also  spelt  licln. 

loun,  which  is  more  correct.    "  Cietaloun  ant 

purpel  pal,"  Warton,  i.  12. 
CHEKENYD.     Choke<l ;  strangled.     Pr.  Parr. 
CHEKERE.    The  exchequer.    Ijuigtoft,  p.312. 

The  game  of  chess,  Itoli.  Gloiic.  p.  1(|2. 
CHEKKEFl'LLE.      Quite  full.     (huek-fnU  i. 

still  in  use  in  various  connties. 

Chirottrl  chrkkrfuUm  chirrgyils  Willi  goldr. 

lr»rM  .4rl/,u,r,  UH.  Linnila,  Mill. 

CHEKLEW.   Strangling?  MS.  Digliy  185  read. 
ehohehte,  and  MS.  Laud.  735  chehelew. 
t'nui  aiclibr  twwHre  lifm  of  ticmpcn  Isoe, 
For  itt-lthe  Ib  mpilid  with  a  ehtktftv  bane. 

Onltvt.  SfS.  Stc  jintli.  I9i,  t.  Mi. 

CHEKONYS.     Chickens. 
CHEKYNK.    To  choke.     Pr.  Parr. 
CHEL.     A  cliuri.     Pr.  Parr. 
CHELAUNDRE.    A  goldfinch.     (.*.-A.)     See 
IJom.  of  Ihc  Rose.  «\,<oW%^iw»5'E»t,'ft- 


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CHELD.    Chillod ;  cold.    {J.-S.) 
CHELDEZ.     Shields  of  a  boar, 
CHELE.   Chill ;  cold.    {j1.-S.)   See  Rob.  Glouc. 
p.  7  ;  Wright's  Pol.  Song*,  p.  256. 
And  make  unto  mysrlfe  *  wblppe, 
With  whlrlie.  in  man;  a  rliiflr  and  hcte» 
My  woful  licrle  ta  to  to  bcle. 

Coux/-,  MS.  Shm-.  JnHq.  134,  f.  DJ. 
For  bungur.  coldo.  Ihunte,  anil  cherit, 
Id  muiy  a  dredr  rhauni;rth  hya  tlioghlc. 

MS.  Cantab.  Ft.  11.  M,  t.  97- 

CItELL.    I  shaU.    Went. 

CHELP.     To  chirp.     Nortliampt. 

CHELTERED.     Clotted ;  coagulated.     North. 

CllELVNGE.    The  cod-fish.     Pr.  Pen. 

ClIEM.     A  team  of  horses.     H'nl. 

CIIE.MENEY.     Achimnev. 

CHEMISE.     A  wall  that  lines  I  work  of  tendy 

or  loose  earth.     Bourne. 
CHENCHIP.     Rnin.     Audclay,  p.  27. 
CIIENE.     The  chin.    {A.-S.) 
CHENILE.    The  henbane.     (A.-N.) 
CHENYS.    Chains. 

Than  Alexandrr  garte  br>'ngc  many  greic  treca 

for  to  make  a  brygi^e  of  over  that  water  appone 

achlp|>ca,  and  garte  tye  thamc  camtne  with  cAejvjr* 

of  Irt-ne  and  Irene  naylel. 

U/V  nfAUiattirr,  MS.  Unmlti,  t.  16. 

CHEORLIS.    Churls  J  niitics.    (A.-S.) 

CHEP.  (1)  Tlie  part  of  a  plough  on  which  the 
(hare  is  placed. 

(2)  Chance ;  fortune ;  success.    Pr.  Part. 

CHEPE.  (1)  To  cheapen;  to  buy.  (A.-S.)  Che. 
pette,  marketed,  sold.  CAeper,  a  seller,  Col- 
lier's Old  Ballads,  p.  5. 

(2)  Cheapness.  {A.-S.)  A  bargain,  Townelcy 
Myst.  p.  102. 

(3)  A  iheep. 

Take  a  chepet  hert,  and  bryne  it  to  powilre,  nod 
Btampe  It,  and  temper  it  up  with  oyle.  and  achavc 
the  bede,  and  anoynte  It  tberwilh. 

MS.  Mnl.  Unr.  f.  981. 

CHEPING.     Market;   sale.     (.^.-5.)     Also,   a 

market  place,    liira  funim,  on  that  jiarle  of 

the  ehepyng,  MS.  BihI.  Reg.  12  1).  i.  f.  103. 

Chepyni,  Const.  Mason,  p.  40, 

CHEPOND.     SeUing.   {.4.-S.) 

There  he  mony  cliapmen  fond, 
Dyverae  marchaundlie  cfiffffud. 
Cmmr  JVumH,  US.  OJl.  Trin.  Oiflali.  f.  91. 

CHEPSTER.     A  starling.     Ntjrth. 
CHEQL'ER-TREE.     The  senicc  tree.     Swuejr. 

The  fruit  is  called  chequen. 
CHERCHE.     A  church.    {A.-S.) 
CHEKCHER.    •'  .\ij.  cherehen  off  the  myddylle 

■worte"  are  mentioned  in  an  early  inventory 

in  MS.  CanUb.  Pf.  i.  6,  f.  58. 
CHtRCOCK.     The  mistletoe  thrush.      }'or*»A. 
ClIERE.  (I)  Countenance;  spirits;  hehaviour; 

entertainment.    {A.-N.) 

(2)  A  chair. 

(3)  High.  So  explained  by  Heame  in  gloss,  to 
Rub.  Glouc-  p.  166. 

CHEREL.  A  churl;  cari;  serf;  peaaant.  M-S^.) 
"  With  the  cherel  sone  gan  he  mete,"  Ywainc 
and  Ganin,  612.  More  generally  spelt  chert, 
CherU,  Ritaon'i  Aoc.  Songs,  p.  37. 


CHERETE.     nearness;  affection.    {A.'N.) 
CHERICE.    To  cherish.  (.*.-jV.) 
CHERISANCE.     Comfort.   {A.-N.) 
CHERKE.    To  creak.    Pr.  Parv. 
CHEIU-lCll.     Richly;  sumptuously.    (.• 
CHEULISU.     lllilreral.    (A.-S.) 
CHERLYS-TRYACLE.  GarUc.  .\Tch.  xxz.  403 
CIIEROF.    Shrove;  confessed. 
CHERRILET.  A  Utile  cherry.    See  DuBarta*. 

quoted  in  Brit.  UihI.  iv.  223,  and  p.  286. 
CHEKRY.  (l)Ruildv.    Vevon. 
{•i)  To  cherish.     Part. 
CHERRY-COHS.     Cherrv-stones.      fTett. 
CHEHRY-CIKD-MILK.  Beastlings,  q.  v.  Ojrtm. 
CHERRY-FAIR.     Cherry  fairs  are  sUU  held  in 
Worcestershire  and  some  other  parts  of  the 
country  on  Sunday  evenings,  in  the  cherry 
orchards ;  and  being  almost  alwa}-s  a  resort 
for  luvcrs,  and  the  gay  |iortioii  of  the  lower 
classes,  may  appropnatrly  retain  their  signi- 
ficant ty|>e  of  the  uncertainty  and  \aiiily  of  the 
things  of  this  world.     See  Audduy's  Poems, 
p.    22 ;    Lydgate's    .Minor   Poenu,    p.    231 ; 
Kitson's  Anc  Pop.  Poet.  p.  90 ;  Skelton,  i.  2 ; 
Cower,  ed.  1532,  f.  133. 
Thya  worlde  hyl  yi  fulle  fekylie  and  frda. 

Alls  day  bo  day  hyt  wylle  rnpayro; 
And  lo  aone  thyt  worldyt  wocle, 
Hyl  faryth  but  u  »  rfury  firrt. 

US.  CanlaU.  Ft.  U.  M,  f.  4C 
Tliey  prechen  u*  in  audience 
That  no  man  ac'halle  hit  soulc  empeyrr. 
For  alle  ii  but  a  Merye-Zivis 

Gawrr,  MS.  Sor.  Antlf.  ISt,  t.  3S. 
This  life,  my  icm.  ia  but  a  cAc/y  yiirr. 
Worldly  rlcihca  have  ay  In  memory. 

MS.  BaM.  »l. 
Therfure  tw  the  werldea  wele. 
It  faryi  aa  a  eHery  fr^rt.         MS.  .itkmole  61,  t.  S. 

CirERRY-PIT.  A  childiah  game,  consisting 
of  pitching  chcrrj-stoncs  into  a  small  hole. 
It  was  aUo  played  with  nuts  in  the  same 
manner. 

ClIERSED.     Cherished. 

My  dyicyple  whych  y  have  cSn^ed 
Mc  to  tKlraye  hym  tiave  they  hyrett. 

JV.«.  Harl.  mi,  t.  M. 

CUE  RSI  D.     ChrisUmed.     (A.-N.) 

Off  alle  werkyi  in  titfs  worlde  that  ever  were  wrought, 

Muly  rhirche  li  chefr,  thrre  children  tieen  chmttU  ,• 
For  be  baptlm  these  tiarncv  to  biitae  been  l-brought. 

Thorough  the  graee  of  God,  and  fayr*  refreashctl. 
Lilandi  IHit.  ix.  iklO, 

ClIERTE.     Love.   (A.-S.)     See  the  example 

quoted  under  Aperle. 
CHERVEN.  To  writhc,or  turn  about.   Proa^l, 

Parr. 
CHESBOKE.     A  poppy. 

The  ehync,  the  vholct,  and  the  cAorMre  rhnie. 

MS.  OM.  Calif.  A.  II.  r.  I. 

ClIESE.  (1)  To  choose.   {.i.-S.) 

(2)  Saw.    "Even  til  the  licgh  bord  be  eAeir," 
Svr  Gowghter,  312. 

CHESEBOLLE.     A  poppy. 

Never  the  lene  that  ourc  wirchlppe  anil  oure 
grctc  nobtaye  bo  tiimwhalc  knaweac  to  the,  we  aentle 
the  a  male  fulle  of  cl,aitt.>vttt  aede  In  takennynn 
thetof.     Luke  if  thou   may  nomblr  and   telle  alia 


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thit  fhemtt^U  tiitt,  anj  If  ihou  do  tlutt,  (hxnc 
may  the  foike  of  our*  ofte  be  nowmetd. 

MS.  Uiyculn  A.  I.  17.  f'  »• 

CUES  FORD.      A   cheese  vat.      Aor/A.      Sec 

Cotgrave  in  v.  Cagmlte,  Eiditif. 
CHESIBLE.  A  cope  shorter  than  the  piindpil 
coitr,  not  close,  but  o|)cn  on  either  aide,  to 
that  the  pricat  who  wore  it  hail  the  free  i»e 
of  his  huids.     On  the  fore  luul  liiiider  part  of 
it   waa  einhroidrred  a  large  crest.      It  was 
worn  at  high  iiiaaa  by  tlie  priest  and  deacon. 
See  Ihe  Test.  Vetust.  p.  50 ;  Piers  Fluughnian, 
p.  1 1 7  ;  St.  Winifretl,  7». 
CliESLE-MONEY.     Uoman  hmss  coins  found 
in    some   places  in  CHoucestenhire,   and  su 
calleil  by  the  country  pojple. 
CllESLIP".     A  woodlo'iue.  _  lar.  dial, 
CHESOUN.      Reason;    niotiTe.    (A.-N.)      Sec 
Ltugtoft,  pp.  12»,  172:  Sir  Eglamour,  1261. 
The  kynge  ha<l  no  eAMfU'Ntf. 

MS.  Coitmh.  Ff.  ii.  38,  f.  P. 
Why  lie  hem  dyil  and  for  what  chrauttt 
Of  all*  bchoveth  hym  to  jclde  a  rtaouo. 

Jlf&  HarL  1701,  f.  311. 
CHESS.  (1)  To  crack.     Unc. 
(2)  To  pile  up.   Ooren.    " Thre  dies  chambn," 
three  chambers  one  over  the  other,  Townclcv 
Myst.  p.  27. 
CHESSIU  GraTcI.orpebblea.  (.^.-5:)  ••  CAerifl, 
a  bank  of  sand,"  Kennett,  MS.  tansd.  1033. 
t'httely,  pebbles  on  the  sea  shore,  or  p^ns 
of  sand,  Cov.  Myst.  p.  50.     A  kind  of  sandy 
and  clavey  earth  is  colled  cheimm. 
CHESSNER.     A  chess-plaver.     Muidhlon. 
CHEST.  (1)  A  coffin.    (I-at.)  CheMlid,  placed  in 
a  coffin.  Arch.  v.  234.      Cf.  Lydgate,  MS. 
Soc.  Antiq.  13t,  f.  8. 
To  pray  fur  hym  that  lyeth  nowe  in  hlf  cfuM 
To  God  atMVen,  to  ycve  his  sowle  gi-od  r«ste. 

l^tgte,  MS.  ^i/tmtle  »,  t  ». 


(2)  Oiaste.    fre*er. 

(3)  I 


I      CH 
f  ' 


Chaaed;  pursued.   (J.-N.) 
CHESTE.     Strife;  debate.  (W.-.?.)     SceUng- 
toft,  p.  19;    Arthour  and  Merlin,    p.    113; 
Gower,  ed.  liH,  I.  49 ;  Kyng  .\lisaun(lcr,  29. 
To  fy^tv  or  to  make  chali. 
It  thouju  them  thauDo  not  hooesta. 

Giivtr,  MS.  Sar.  Anli^.  IM.  f.S. 
And  lO  woldc  I  my  wordli  plye. 
That  myjieti  wraththe  an  chrst*  avale. 

MS.  IbUL  I.  87. 
CHESTEINE.  Tlie  cbesnul.  {.4.-S.)  Chfttayn 
trrr,  Syr  Oowghlcr,  71  ;  chntayne.  Palsgrave, 
f.  24  ;  chnlej/tw,  Manndevile,  p.  307  ;  Ly- 
beaiis  Uisconns,  1191;  chttten,  Coo|icj,  in  v. 
Artcvltu !  Ilollyband's  Diciionarie,  1593. 
CHESTER.     A  |)erson  who  embalnu.,  or  places 

corpses  in  coffins.     Huloel. 
CHESTS.       Chejw.     "The   playe  at  ehetU," 

Noinenclalor,  p.  293. 
CHES T-TRAP.    A  kind  of  trap  used  for  taking 

pole-cats,  &c. 
CHET.     A  kitten.     Smth. 
CHETE.  (1)  To  cut.     (.i..N.) 
(2)  To  escheat.     Pr.  Parr. 
CHETVLE.     A  kettle.     Prtmpt.  Pare. 
CHEl'RE.    To  work  or  char.    mil,. 


CHEVACIIIE.     An  expedition.   (J.-N.j 
CHEVALRIE.     Knighthood.    {A.-N.) 
CHEVALROIS.     Valiant.  (^.-iV.) 
CHEVE.     To  compass  a  thing,  succeed,  or  bring 
to  an  end;  to  thrive;  to  obtain,  ailopt.  (./.-A',) 
Still  tuetl  in  the  North  of  England. 
Ilowioinever  thai  It  rArre, 
The  koyght  takli  hii  levc. 

Sir  Drgntvaitt.  LhievtH  MS. 
Scripture  faith  heritage  hidUyii  viongfully 
Schal  never  thtre,  De  with  the  thrrd  he>  r  renayne. 

Mh.  SM-.  yf»ri«.  Kii ,  f.  ne. 
CHEVELVRE.    A  penike.    (-/-A.) 
CIIEVEN.     A  blockhead.   AWf*. 
CIIEVENTEYN.     A  chieftain.     {J.-X.)      See 
Rob.  Glouc.  p.  24  ;  Mauudevilc,  p.  3  ;  Ritson's 
Anc.  Songs,  p.   19.     CAetenlette,  Sir  Degre- 
vant,  243. 

ClIEN'ERE.  To  shake  or  shiver.  See  Uawkint' 
Engl.  Uram.  i.  19;  Digby  M«l.  p.  21. 
"Thair  shafies  chevfrd,"  broke  to  pieces, 
Ywaine  and  Gawin,  037.  "  1  hafe  chtvrride 
for  chele,"  MS.  Morte  Arthure,  f.  89. 

CHEVERIL.  Kid  leather.  (Fr.)  Hence  a 
very  Ae.xibic  conscience  was  constantly  called 
a  cheveril  conscience.  "  Provertialr  nt,  he 
hath  a  conscience  like  a  cheverel's  skin,  i.  e. 
it  will  stretch,"  Upton's  MS.  add.  to  Junius. 
"  A  large  eherrril  conscience,"  Optick  Gluse 
of  Humors,  1639,  p.  41. 

CIIEVEHO.N.  A  kind  of  lace,  the  method  of 
making  which  is  described  in  MS.  HarL  2320. 

C1IEVESAII.E.     A  necklace.     (,Y.-A'.) 

CHEVICE.    To  bear  up.    (.^.-A.) 

CHEVING.  Success;  completion.  (A.-N.) 
"  Evvll  chevynge,"  Cocke  LorcUes  Bote,  p.  3. 

CHEVisANCE.  Treaty;  agreement  (^.-A'.) 
See  Lydgale's  Minor  Poems,  pp.  34,  77,  255 ; 
Chaucer,  Cant. T.  132.'i9, 13277,  13321;  Piers 
Ploughman,  pp.  92. 426 ;  Collier's  Hist.  Dram, 
Poet.  ii.  291;  Rutland  Paper*,  p.  118; 
Thynne's  Debate,  p.  24.  It  apjicars  some- 
times to  mean  i/ain  or  buoly,  and  is  Inuulatcd 
by  prnvidmcia  in  Pr.  Parv. 

CHEVISH.     To  bargain:  lo  provide.   f^.-A'.) 

CHEVORELL.    The  herb  chervil. 

CHEWEN.     To  eschew.    {A.-N.) 

CIIEWER.     A  narrow  passage,      tlett. 

CIIKUEKS.     Cham  or  tasks.     Devon. 

tllEWERVES.  Cherries.  See  a  receipt  in  the 
Forme  of  Curv,  p.  33. 

CHEWET.  A  smaU  pie.  Sec  Forme  of  Cuiy, 
p.  83;  Ord.  and  Reg.  pp.  317,  442;  Middle- 
ton,  iii.  273 ;  Warner's  Aniiq.  Culin.  p.  65. 

ClIEWREE-RING.     To  assUt  scrMiuts.    WiUi. 

CHEYLE.     Cold:  chill.     (A.-S.) 
For  many  a  way  y  have  y-goo, 
In  hungur,  tliurstc.  ehepte,  an'l  woo. 

M.1.  CnMab.  Ff.  U.  3B,t  «!. 

CHEYNES.     Chains.     Uamdnilf. 

CHEZ.     To  choose,     fforth. 

CHIIIBALS.     Onions.     (A.-N.) 

CHIBUER.     ChUdrcn.     Deriyth. 

CHIUB.     A  kind  of  onion.     Xorlh. 

(IIICE.     A  small  (lortlan.     E—fx. 

CIllCHE.     Niggardly:  aparing.    (./.-N.\    %» 


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Rom.  of  the  Rote,  5588.  So  chMefacht,  • 
lean  sptre  cow.  Vhicftt-facrd,  1e«n  balnr- 
faced,  Cravfn  Gloss. 

CllICHELlNGS.     Vetches.     North. 

CHICK.  To  gCTTninate.  Also,  to  crack;  a  crack, 
or  flaw.     Eatl. 

CHICKABIDDY.   A  young  chicken.   Var.  dial. 

CHICKELL.    The  wheat-ear.    Dmm. 

CIIICKENCHOW.    A  swing.    North. 

CHICKEN-PEEPER.  A  chicken  just  peeping 
from  the  shcU.  See  Lilly's  Endimion,  ed. 
1632,  sig.  F.  i. 

CHICKEN'S-MEAT.  According  to  Forhy,  the 
chick-weed,  but  chiclmc-mele  occurs  in  ao 
early  list  of  plants  in  MS.  Harl.  978,  trans- 
lated by  intilia,  the  endive.  Dross  com  it  also 
calird  chicken's-mcat. 

CHIDDEN.     Wrangled ;  quarrelled.     {J.^.) 

CHIUDLENS.    Chitterlings.     UUti. 

CHIDE.  To  make  an  incessant  noise.  "Ichyde. 
I  niultyplye  langage  with  a  person,^'*  tmce," 
Palsgrave.  It  is  constantly  used  without 
any  reference  to  quarrelling.  Palsgrave  has, 
"  c*»rfynj,  altercation,  no/up,"  the  word  occur- 
ring in  the  latter  sense  in  Shakesjieare. 

CHIDEUESSE.    A  female  srold.    {A.-S.) 

CHIDF.STER.    See  <  hiderrstr. 

CHID-LA.MB.    A  female  lamb.    South. 

CHIE1-.    A  young  fellow.     North. 

CHIERTEE.  Tenderness;  aflectioa.  {A.-N.) 
Cki/erte,  Mortc  d' Arthur,  ii.  408. 

CHIEVE.  (1)  Sec  (Seee. 

(2)  "  .l/tej-,  sfamm,  thtchieve  or  litle  thredsof 
(lowers,  OS  in  gillufers,  lillics,"  Nomenclator, 
p.  112. 

CHIFE.    A  fragment.    StffoH. 

CHIG.  To  chew.  Also  a  substantive,  a  quid  of 
tobacco.  Hence  metaphorically,  to  ruminate 
upon.  North.  Sometimes  pronounced  chiofllr. 

CHIKE.  A  chicken.  {A.-S.)  Hence  applied  to 
a  child,  Sersn  Sagct,  2159. 

CHIh.     A  child.     JlitfOH. 

CHILBLADDER.     A  chilblain.    South. 

CHILD.  (1)  A  youth  trained  to  arms;  aknight. 
This  is  not  an  unusual  meaning  of  the  woi^  in 
old  romaucet. 

(2)  .\  girl.  Devon.  "  A  boy  or  a  cliild,  I  won- 
der," Winter's  Talc,  iii.  3. 

CHILDAGE.     Childhood.    Eatt. 

CHILDE.  TolicdeUvercdufachild.  Correspond- 
ing to  the  French  Fnfanler.  Sec  Chester  Plays, 
i.  112;  Maundevilc's  Travels,  p.  133;  Gesta 
Rom.  16G.  Harrison,  Descr.  uf  England,  p. 
233,  si>caking  of  safiron,  says,  "  in  this  period 
of  time  also  Uie  heads  arc  said  to  child,  tliot 
is.  to  yeeld  out  of  some  parts  of  them  diverse 
other  headlcts."  Tliis  passage  confirms  au 
observation  by  White  in  Malone's  Shakespeare, 
V.  220. 

And  howe  a  mayde  io  htr  vir(liilt< 
Mighi  aUo  tMUt,  and  a  niodir  he. 

US.  jMhmalt  .10.  I.  SB. 
The  r.orc  <lou;l(t  clilliii-le  s  woe,  snd  tleiiiiic  hl« 
li«mc  Math  He  U  l*ic  faclir  of  m™  at  Mo»h  unlo 
ihti  pro.cQttUlt  Dnd  ihrle-^eJoiitltrrAitr.iira  wno. 
ami  i'lr)iMeM>  mhw  Amon,  ihM  i»,  the  aonroriiiy 
ptple,  ntcJtijTi.  MS.  BiKii.JTl. 


CHILDERMAS.    Innocents' day.     {J.^) 
ClIILD-GERED.   Of  childish  mannera.   (A.-S.) 
CHILDING.    Bringing  forth  a  child.    Childlng- 
woman,  a  breeding  woman.     Hence  chiUmg, 
productive,  in  Shakespeare. 

In  hire  rhitdyngv  to  fcle  no  penauncc, 

Sith«  tche  Wat  tmthe  maydv,  modir  and  «ryC 

l*<lsalr,  MS.  Sot.  A>,til.  IM.  t.%  ] 
Which*  the  go<1des«c  o(<*ildymgt  is. 
And  depld  wa>  by  name  liii. 

Colr<r,  MS.  Ibid.  t.  *i.  { 

CHILDLY.    Childish.     Hocdnt. 
CHILDNESS.     ChildUhnesa.    Shak. 
CHILDRE.    ChUdren.    (.i.-S.)    Very  oommoB 

in  the  provincial  dialects.     Ckitdrii,  tuaiXj, 

Plumpton  Corr.  p.  143. 

So  lit  lurpmyd,  a*  f<4tune  wold,  (hil  oos  of  thv 

ehUdrt  of  the  wwdeyn  come  at  the  wynde  drove  hym. 

US.  tMgt^  vn. 

Of  alle  wemm  that  ever  were  borne 
That  bere  chjiUlttr,  abydc  and  see. 

US.  Canut.  rt.  it  3B,  f.  <7. 
CHILDWIT.     A  fine  paid  to  the  Sa.\on  bird 
when  his  bondwoman  was  unlawfully  (jot  with 
child ;  and  now  within  the  manor  of  Wnltle,  I 
CO.  Essex,  every  reputed  father  of  a  bnite  child  , 
pays  to  the  lt)ril  for  a  fine  .^.  id.  which  cus- 
tom is  there  still  called  childvrit.     Keimctt,  I 
MS.  Lansd.  1033. 
CHILE.    A  blade  of  grass.     Lrie. 
CHILL.   (1)   To  take  the  chUl  off  liqnor  by] 
wanning  it.     Far.  dial, 

(2)  A  cold.     Donet. 

(3)  I  will.      Sommet. 
CHILLERY.    ChiUy.     Aenf.    In  Romrus  and 

Juliet,  p.  71,  we  have  chiUiih,  which  is  stiD  in  , 

use  in  the  provinces. 
CHILVER.     An  ewe-sheep.     IFett.     Properlyl 

one  year  old,  and  also  applied  to  ewe  mutton. T 
ClIIMUE.  (I)  The  prominent  part  of  thcsUvea] 

beyond  the  head  of  a  barrel.     (A.-S.) 
(2)  To  chime,  as  bells.     (A.-S.) 
CHIMBLE.     To  gnan-.    Buck:     Fragmenta  «o| 

made  are  called  chimblings. 
CHIMBLER.    A  chimney.    North.    More  nsu. 

ally  perhaps  chimUey,  and  in  lome  dialects^ 

chimdy. 
CHIMENEY.     A  fire-place.     (.i.-N.) 
Than  wai  titer  on  a  rAinneney 
A  grct  fyr  that  brente  rede. 

US.  Jthnmk  a,  r. «.  ^ 
CHIMER.    ToshiTcr.     (A.-S.) 
CHIMICKE.     A  chemist.     Fhrio. 
CHIMING.    A  certain  kind  of  light  pcT«eiveilj 

when  we  wake  in  the  night  or  rise  suddenlr. 
CHLMINGNESS.     Melodiousuess.     f'airfar' 
CHI.MLEY.  .\  chimney  or  fire-place.  Thiafonn,  I 

which  is  very  commou  in  the  provinces,  oc-  ! 

curs  in  an  old  inventory  printed  in  Crtift'a  ! 

Excerpta  Autiqua,  p.  25. 
CHIMP.    Avoungshoot.     D<iriut. 
CHIMPINGS'.     Grits.     North. 
CHIMY.     A  smock  ;  a  shift.     So«th. 
ClllN-liAND.   AUndoflr "    --i-t^l, 

Mliii'h  fosirncd  Ibc  liiit  '  -  iiin. 

(Jill NUOWDASH.  The Ul  ■■■ttet. 

CHINCHE.    AmiBer.    (A.-N.)    "  Cod  ca  no 


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ekyneke  of  hia  grscc."  MS.  Lincoln  A.  i.  17. 
f.  241.     fht/nchrrde,  SkeUon. 

tverf  Avowtrr  or  uoclene  man  thai  U  a  glotun  or 
dkyiKAo  ichal  nrvCT  h»»o  eryUfc  In  Ihr  rewm*  of 
Cryrt. 

IHmlMlftM'i  SertMin,  1388,  JTS.  HoKon  97.  p.  31. 

CHINCHEL.     A  smill  hammer.    Cropm. 

CHINCHERIE.     Niggardncss.    (^.-A^) 
And  araonge  othtt  ihlngh  that  ;owrc  wilos, 
Be  infuclc  with  no  wrecchid  cMneherie. 

Octleve,  MS.  Soc.  Anliii.  IM.  f.  >7B. 

CHINCHOKE.    The  herb  KTOuncbeL 

CHINCHY.    Niggnrdly.     (.Y.-JV.) 

CHIN-CLOUT.     A  »ort  of  muffler. 

CHIN-COUGH.  The  hooping-cough.   Var.dial. 

CHINE.  (1)   Same  u   Chimie  (1).     Sec  Ordi- 

rnancco  iinil  Regulations,  p.  295.    Chinc-lioop, 
the  extreme  hoop  which  keeps  the  ends  of  the 
staves  together,    and    i«  commonly  of  iron. 
L  According  to  Kennctt,  the  chine-hoops  arc  the 
F  middle  hoops, 
[i)  A  kind  of  salmon.     '•  Trontes,  or  chyne  sal- 
mon," Ord.  and  Reg.  p.  181. 
(3)  A  chink  or  cleft.      In  the  Isle  of  Wight,  a 
small   ravine  if   so  cailccL      See  Harrison's 
Deacr.  of  Britninc,  p.  31.     "I  chyne  as  the 
ycrthe  dolhc  whan  it  npcnclh  in  the  sommer 
season  for  great  drought,"  Palsgrave. 
CHrNED.      Broken  in  the  hack.     Ckined  his 
back,  i.  f.  broke  his  back. 
CHINESES.    The  Chinese  people. 
CHING.     A  king.    Roi.  Gloue. 
CH INGLE.      Gravel;   shingle.    Efut.      Henoe 
chhu/ly,  abounding  in  gravel  or  grit. 
i_  CHINK.  (1)  A  chaffinch.    Wnl. 

(2)  Money.  Var.  dial.  The  term  occurs  in 
Stanihurst's  Description  of  Ireland,  p.  22. 
'•  Dail  or  father,  some  money  or  chmkr,  as 
children  use  to  say,"  Florio.ed.  1611,  p.  355. 
"  Have  cAin*»  in  thy  purse,"  Tusser,  p.  191. 

A  sprain  on  the  hack.    Eiut. 
\  To  cut  into  small  pieces.    EomI.    To  loosen 
or  separate  earth  for  the  purpose  of  planting. 
*•  VkynkeH  or  gape,  as  the  ground  dooth  with 
drvcth,"  Huloet,  1552. 
CIIINNY-MLMPS.      A   rude   kind   of   music 
caused  by  beating  the  chin  with  the  kouckics, 
and  by  the  raltUng  of  the  teeth  causing  sounds 
in  lime.     I'orfaA. 
CHIP.  (1)  Tn  break,  or  crack.     An  egg  is  said 
to  chip  when  the  young  bird  cracks  the  shell. 
Sorlh. 

(2)  To  trip.     North. 

(3)  The  cry  of  the  bat. 

(4)  To  cnl  bread  into  slices. 
CHIPPE.  A  ship.   '•  Within  diippe-buidci,"  on 

lioard  vessels,    MS.  Mortc  Arthure,  i.    71. 
"  Sevene  skore  ehippn,"  ib.  f.  90. 

The  ladT  ioUlIc  lliair  thiptxi  thay  henls. 

MS.  Uncnlii  A.  i.  17.  Mil- 

CHIPPER.    To  chirp.    Eanl. 

CHII'I'INGS.  Fragments  of  bread.  North.  See 
Ord.  and  Reg.  p.'32.*  Clii|iping-linife,  a  knife 
to  cut  bread  with,  ib.  p.  294.  Chipjier,  ■  per- 
son who  cuts  bread,  ib.  p.  233. 

CUIP-Ur.    To  recover.  Bant. 


CHIQUIME.    A  sequin,  an  Italian  coin. 
CHIRCIIE.    A  church.    {A.-S.) 
CHIRCHON.    Churches.   Rob.  Glouc.  p.  132. 
CHIRE.  (I)  To  feast,  or  make  cheer.   HalL 
(2)  A  blade  of  grass  or  any  plant.     "  Chyer  of 

grasse,"  Drayton's  Hanuonie,  1591. 
CHIRISTANE.     A  cherry-stone.     ••  Chiristane 

kiraels,"  Reliq.  Autiq.  I.  52.      Chirtton,  Gv  of 

Warwike,  p.  367. 
CHIRK.    To  chirp.   (A..S.)    "  Chyrkyd  faste," 

Dial  Creat.  Moral,  p.  144.    Applied  to  tlie 

noises  of  various  animals. 
CHIRM.    The  melancholy  under-tooe  of  a  bird 

previous  to  a  storm.  North.  "  Chyrme  or  chur, 

aa  bvrdes  do,"  Huloet,  1552. 
ClURRE.     To  chirp.     Herrtek. 
cms.    Chose.    Wtber. 
CHISAN.    A  dish  in  ancient  cookery,  described 

in  the  Ord.  and  Reg.  p.  448.  CAynmne,  Forme 

of  Cury,  p.  51. 
CHISEL.    Bran  ;  coarse  flonr.   Ime. 
CHISMATE.    QuarrelUng? 

or  lelKllyonca,  inauimrtionet,  and  false  ehiwmnie, 

Thay  were  ever  war  of  on  eche  parte. 

MS.  ijmtui.  tm,  r.  la, 
CHISSOM.   To  germinate.    Wtit. 
CHISTB.   A  chest.   (Lat.) 
CHIT.  (1)  To  germinate.    The  first  sprouU  of 
anything  are  called  chits. 

f2)  A  forwaid  child.     Var.  dial 
3)  "  Chyts  in  the  face  lyke  unto  wart«,  which 
is  a  kvnde  of  pulse,  lenticuta,"  Huloet,  15S2. 
CHITE.    To  scold.    {J.-N.) 
CHITRE.    To  chirp.    "  Chitering  of  hriddU," 
Apol.  Loll.  p.  92. 

But  fche  wlthalle  no  worde  may  soune* 
Out  chttrt  a*  a  brid  Jari^nwoe. 

Gowrr.  MS.  ax.  MnH^.  134,  f.  IS). 

CHITT.  A  kind  of  bird,  mentioned  in  Arduco- 
logia,  xiii.  350. 

CHITTER.  (1)  To  shiver,  or  tremble.  North. 
•'  Chytteryng,  quivcryng,  or  shakyng  for  cold, 
guercertu,"  Huloet,  1552. 

(2)  To  chiq).    Paltgrave. 

CHITTERLINGS.  The  small  entrails.  ThefriU 
of  a  sh'ui  w  ben  ironed  flat,  is  sometimes  called 
a  ehitterlin  shirt,  being  somewhat  of  the  same 
appearance.  Sec  the  New  Bath  Guide,  ed. 
1830,  p.  83.  Stubb  seems  to  use  the  term  for 
some  kind  of  ornamental  fringe.  .\  small  child 
is  called  a  ehilterling  in  Cotton's  Works,  ed. 
1734,  p.  261.  Part  of  the  giblets  or  entrails 
of  a  goose  are  called  chUten  is  the  North  of 
England. 

CHITTING.  Seed  laid  to  chit,  when  it  first 
shoots  its  small  roots  in  the  earth.  More's  MS. 
add.  to  Rav. 
CHITTYFACED.  Baby-faced.  Var.  dial  Chitty- 
face  is  used  by  our  old  writers  as  a  term  of 
contempt,  not  necessarily  conveying  the  idea 
of  leanness.  See  the  Downfall  of  Robert  Earl 
of  Huntingilon,  p.  80 ;  Cotgrave,  in  v.  Chlche- 
fact. 
CHIVAL.    A  horse,   (fr.) 

Upon  the  captive  tMa^  came 
Into  my  tcnuaitaio& 

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CmVAUCIIli.    An  cxiiclUioii.    (.1.-N.) 

CIIIVER.  To  shiver.    (.-/.-S.) 

ClIIVKS.  Chita  of  grass.  Lric.  "Oiyve  of 
■Rfron  or  sucbe  lyke,"  Palsgrave. 

CHIVY.  To  chase;  to  punac.  Al»o  >  sub- 
stantive. Possibly  the  same  with  chnen,  Bobin 
Hood,  ii.  68. 

CIIIZEN.    To  munch.    Line. 

CIIIZZLY.     Hard ;  harsh  and  M-.    Eait. 

CUOAK-DAMP.    Foul  air  in  a  lollierv.   A'or/A. 

CIIOAKING-PIE.  A  trick  played  on  a  heavy 
sleeper  by  lighting  apiece  of  cotton  and  hold- 
it  to  his  nose. 

CHOAK-PEAK.  A  cant  term  for  a  small  piece 
of  Ciipper  money. 

C110.\NE.     A  small  fracture,  or  cleft. 

CIIOATY.     Fat;  chubby.     Kent. 

CliOBBINS.  Grains  of  unripcncd  wheat  left  in 
the  chaff,  called  in  Suffolk  c/iott. 

CHOCK.  (1)  To  choke.     Suaex. 

(2)  A  port  of  a  neck  of  veaL 

(3)  A  piece  of  wood.    Nortk, 
CHUCKLING.    Hectoring;  scolding.   Ermoor. 
CHOCKLY.    Choky ;  dry.    Stittet. 
ClIODE.     Chided.     Miegf. 

CHOFF.    Stem ;  morose.    Kmt. 

CHOFFE.    A  churl.     Pr.  Parv. 

CHOGS.  The  cuttings  of  hop  phuits  when 
dretied  in  the  spring.     South. 

CHOILK.    To  overreach.      Yort'A. 

CHOKELING.     Chuckling.     Chaucer. 

CHOKES.     The  throat.     Northiimb, 

CHOKKE.     To  push,  or  pass  through.    (A.-N.) 

CHOL.  The  jole ;  head ;  jaws.  {A.-S.)  It  is 
explained  iu  a  MS.  Somersetshire  glossary 
penes  me,  "  that  part  extending  from  beneath 
the  chin  and  throat  from  ejir  to  ear,"  \»hich 
teems  to  be  the  meaning  of  cholte  in  Weber's 
Met.  Rom.  iii.  315  ;  Beves  of  Hauitoun,  pp.  9C, 
lOJ.  See  Reliq.  Antiq.  i.  59  ;  Y'waine  and 
Gawin,  1994. 

CIIOLEUE.  Suffered.  Probably  an  error  for 
tholfih  in  Rob.  Glouc.  p.  6*7. 

CHOLER.    Soot.     Sorlh. 

CHOLICKY.     Choleric.     Eati. 

CHOLLER.    A  double  chin.    North. 

CHOLT-HEADED.  Thick-headed.  "  Choll- 
headed  felow,  whose  headu  is  as  greate  as  a 
bctlcor  mall,  tuditanut"  lluloet,  1552. 

CHOMP.     To  chew ;  to  (yiish.     North. 

CHON.  To  break.  Sec  Arlhour  and  Merlin, 
p.  287,  "  tho  that  deth  her  hert  ehon." 

CHONCE.     To  cheat.    Derm. 

CHONOET.  Changed.  (A.-S.)  Cliongy,  to 
change.  "  He  nel  chongy  for  no  newe,"  MS. 
Ilarl.  in  Wright's  Songs  and  Carols. 

ClIUOL.     I  wUI.     Somerttl. 

CHOONERING.     Grumbling.    Lane. 

CHUOR.    See  Char  (4). 

CHOORE.  Thirty  bushels  of  flour  or  meal,  ac- 
cording to  the  Liber  Niger  Domus  Edw.  IV. 
p.  16. 

CHOORY.     To  work,  or  ch»'.     Somertrl. 

CHOOSING-STICK.  A  divining-rod.  Somfrtet. 

CHOP.    (1)    To  flng.      &rw.r. 


(3)  To  meet  by  chance.     North. 

(4)  To  put  in. 


(2)  To  exclionge,  or  barter.     I'ar,  ifiai, 
chance.     M 

North.  "  Chopt  up  in  prison," 
put  in  prison,  True  Tragedie  of  Ridiard  III- 
p.  31. 

CHOPCHERRY.    A  game  in  which  a  cberrr  is 
snatched  for,  alluded  to  in  the   llu^ierides,  ' 
llerrick'i.  Works,  i.  198. 

CllOPCHURCHES.  Secular  priests  who  gained 
money  by  exchanging  their  Iwheficci.  See 
Kcniictt's  Glossarv,  p.  44. 

CUOP-LOGGERHE'AD.  An  intense  blockhead. 
Satt. 

CHOP-LOGICK.  a  person  who  is  very  urgn- 
mentativc.    Fralcmitve  of  Vscabondet,  IS7S. 

CHOPPER.     A  check  of  bacon.     J/amlt. 

CHOPPI.NE.  (1 )  a  clog  or  clog  patten,  or  light 
framework,  covered  with  leather,  imd  worn 
imder  the  shoe.  Tlicy  were  not  worn  in  this 
countr}-  except  on  fancy  occasions,  hut  were 
common  in  Venice,  Spain,  and  other  phicr«. 
"  Chioppieus  for  short,"  Strode's  Floating 
Island,  sig.  C. 

(2)  A  quart  measure.    North. 

CHOPPING.     Fat;  lusty.    North. 

CHORE.  .\  narrow  passage  between  two  houses. 
A  Wiltshire  word  given  in  MS.  Lansd.  lO.")?. 
f.  2.  Chare  is  still  used  at  Newcastle  in  tlic 
lame  sense. 

CHORK.  Saturated  or  loiked  with  water. 
.Vorthumi. 

CllORLE.    A  churl.    SUkm. 

CIIOSES.     Escuset.     Plumpfon  Corr.  p.  198. 

CHOSLINGES.    Chosen  people.     {A.-S.) 
Qtica  he  to  pin  hlm.«cl/«ii  did 
For  hlf  thotUngwt  on  rod  trc. 

MS.  CM.  rtifot.  A.  ill.  r.  10. 

CIIOUCHE.    A  couch. 

CHOlGll.  A  bird  like  a  jackdaw,  which  fre- 
quents rocks  by  the  sea-side.  Sometimes  ■ 
a  young  crow  was  so  called.  "  Chooghe,  ■ 
voicg  crowe,  comeiUe,"  Palsgrave. 

CliOL'LE.  A  jaw.  North.  Tliii  form  is  found 
iu  Aiidelay's  Poems,  p.  77.  Tlic  crop  of  a 
bird  is  a.\m  so  callciL  The  strap  of  the  bridle 
under  the  jaw  is  called  the  chv»l-band. 

CIIOUNGE.     Exchange.     HVArr. 

CHOUNTING.     QuarrelUng.    Ermoor. 

CIIOUNTISH.    Surlv.    Devon. 

CHUCPS.    Hips.    The  fruit  of  briar».    North. 

CHOCSLE.    To  munch.    Line. 

ClIOL'T.    A  frolic,  or  merry-making.   EoMt. 

CHOVE.    To  sweep.    {A.-N.) 

CHOVY.    A  kind  of  small  beetle.    Eajil. 

CHOW.  (1)  To  grumble.    North. 

(2)  To  chew.     I'ar.  ilial. 

CHOWDER.    A  fish-seller.    Deem. 

CHOWFINGED.    A  stupid  fellow.     Lone. 

CHOWRE.    To  grumble  or  mutter.    Somrrfl. 
But  when  tht>  crablKnl  nurcc 

Brginiie*  to  rhide  and  etwwr9. 
With  heavir  heart  1  take  my  course 
Tm  •cawardefrom  the  loirrc. 

Turhrrth't  OvU,  Wrj.  t.  Itt. 

CIIOWSE.    To  cheat.     I  or.  dial. 
ClIOWTEB.   To  grumble  or  scold.    Ditiat. 


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Book>,  p.  48. 
CHRISECOLU    Cn-st»l?   See  Euphues Goldin 
Lcgnric,  «p.  Collier,  p.  78.    Perhaps  the  same 
with  chiyocoUa,  Harrison's  Descr.  of  England, 
p.  236. 
CHRISOME.     Signifies  properly  the  whitecloth 
which  is  set  by  the  minister  of  baptism  upon 
the  bead  nf  a   child   newly    anointed   with 
chrism  after  his  baptism  :   now  it  is  %-ulgarly 
taken  for  the  while  iloth  put  about  or  upon  a 
child  newly  christened,  in  token  of  his  bap- 
tism, wherewith  the  women  use  to  shroud  the 
child  if  dying  within  the  month ;  otherwise  it 
is  usually  brought  to  church  at  the  day  of 
Purification.  I  lirimmt  iu  the  bills  of  mortality 
arc  such  children  as  die  vrithin  the  month  of 
birth,  because  during  that  time  they  use  to 
wear  the  chrisom-clolh  ;  and  in  some  parts  of 
Euglaiid,  a  calf  killed  before  it  is  a  month  old 
is  otlled  a  chrisom-calf.    Jilount.    The  anoint- 
ing ointment  was  also  called  chrisome.  "Wyth 
erytume  euoyntedc,"  MS.  Morte  Arthure,  f. 
54,   reference  being  made  to  a  eorotution. 
"  Oile  and  eritme,"  Leg.  Cathol.  p.  243. 
CHRIST  CROSS.    The  alphabet.     One  early 
school  lesson,  preserved  in  MS.  Rawl.  1032, 
commences,  "  Christe  crossc  me  spede  in  allc 
my  workc,"  which  seems  to  be  alluded  to  in 
the  Boke  of  Curtosyc,  p.  7.    The  signature  of 
B  person  who  cannot  write  is  also  so  called. 
CHRISTENDOM.    A  dirislian  name.    SAa*. 
CHRISTENMESSE.     Christmas. 
CHKISTENTYE.     Chrislendoin.     I'ercjf. 
CllUISTIAN-HORSES.  Sedan  chairmen.  A'ewc. 
CHRISTLINGS.    A  small  sort  of  plum,   llerou. 
CHRISTMAS.     Holly,  with  which  houses  are 

decorated  at  Christmas. 
CHRISTMAS.DOXES.  Boxes  for  money  car- 
ricd  by  jjoor  men  at  Christmas  to  solicit  con- 
tributions. Boxes  being  now  no  longer  used 
the  term  is  still  retained  for  the  contributions. 
Onr  first  explanation  is  gathered  from  Melton's 
Sixe  Fold  Politician,  1609.  p.  161. 
CHKISTMAS-LORD.    Thelordof  misndc.    Sec 

Slaniburst's  Descr.  of  Ireland,  p.  40. 
CHRIST-TIDE.     Christmas.      In    MS.  Addit. 
10406,  f.  4,  is  a  payment  "  to  the  poorc  at 
Crutid*  and  Easter." 
CHUBBY.  (1)  Surly;  angry.    Eail. 
(2)  Fat ;  swelling.    Var.  dial. 
CHUCK.  (I)  A  great  chip.   StatfX. 

(2)  A  hen.    Craven. 

(3)  A  term  of  endearment.     Sometimes,  a  wife. 
Earle's  Microcosm,  p.  184. 

(4)  A  sea-shell.    Sorth.    Chucks,  a  game  played 
with  five  of  them. 

(5)  To  toss  ;  to  throw.     Var.  dial. 
CHUCKER.    Cosily.    Aoitejr. 
CHUCKERS.  Potions  of  ardent  spiriU.  Norlh. 
CHUCKFARTHING.      A    game   describexl   by 

Strutt.p.  386.     It  is  alluded  to  in  Peregrine 

Pickle,  ell.  xvi. 
CHUCK-FliLL.    Quite  full.     fPario. 
CHLCKIK.    A  hen.    Cracm. 


CHUCKLE-HEAD.    A  fool.    DtvtM. 
CHUCKS.  ( 1)  The  cheeks.    Devon. 
(2)  Pinched  grains  In  the  husk.    Durtet. 
CHUFF.  (1)  .V  terra  of  reproach,  often  applied 

to  an  old  miser.     See  Florio,  io  v.  .iranme ; 

Nash's    Pierce    Pennileia,    p.    11;    Forde's 

Tracts,    p.    11.      CImffer,    Towneley   Myst. 

p.  216. 

(2)  Churlish  ;  surly.     Var.  dial. 

(3)  A  check.    Cotgraee. 
CHUFFY.    Fat  and  fleshy.   Bail.  CotgraTC  has 

the  word  in  v.  Dodu. 
ClU^LLE.     To  bandy  abont. 

We  hafe  bene  chueJ  to  ilaye  nod  rhullrdt  as  hares, 

Rebuykrd  wuh  nomaynri  sppoar  thelre  ryche  ftte«trs. 
.Vi/rc  J.lliuie,  .U&  UnctUm,  1. 01. 
Tito  worlil  makui  a  mon  to  ry»c  snil  falle. 
And  chulte'  tiym  ai  men  don  a  t>alle. 
That  Is  caatra  fro  tundr  to  handc. 

M.S.  mi>.  Rtg.  17  8.  x>il.  r.  142. 
CHUM.  (1)  A  bedfellow.     Var.  dial. 
(2)  To  chew  tobacco,     itiege. 
CHUMMING-UP.     A  ceremony   practised   it 
some  prisons  on  the  arrival  of  a  new  comer, 
who  is  welcomed  with  the  music  of  old  swords 
and  stares,  and  is  afterwards  expected  to  pay 
a  small  sum  of  money  as  the  price  of  admission 
to  their  company. 

CHUMP.  A  log  of  wood  for  bnniing.  "A  great 
cliip,"  according  to  Urry's  MS.  additions  to 
Ray.  The  thick  end  of  a  sirloin  of  beef  is 
called  the  chump  end. 

CHl'MPY.     Small ;  stunted.    Line. 

CHUMS.  Fragments  of  brick,  the  imallettused 
by  masons. 

CHUN.     A  bad  woman.     H>»/. 

CHUNCH.     Sulk-v-.    Line. 

CHUNK.  (1)  A  log  of  wood.     Kent. 

(2)  To  chuck  one  under  the  chin.     Kent. 

CHUNTER.  To  complain ;  to  grumble  ;  to  mut- 
ter.   .Mso  spelt  ehunner  and  chimder. 

CHURCH-ALE.  A  wake,  a  feast  in  commemo- 
ration of  the  dedication  of  a  church. 

ClIUKCH-CLEUK.    A  parish-clerk.     Fjut. 

CHIKCIIEARD.     A  church-vard.    Sottlh. 

CllUKCllE-GANG.  Church-going.  Rob.Gloue. 

CHURCH  HAW.  Achurch-yard.  (-•f.-S.)Chircbc- 
hawc,  Sevyn  Sages,  2625.  I  hyrche-haye  ix- 
cun  in  an  early  MS.  quoted  in  Prompt.  Parr, 
p.  221 ,  and  was  in  use  in  the  seventeenth  cen- 
tury, as  ap|>ears  from  Lhuyd's  MS.  additions 
to  Ray  in  Mus.  Ashmol.  Also  called  a  church- 
garth. 

CHURCHING.  The  church-service,  not  the 
particular  office  so  called.    Ea»t. 

CHURCH-LITTEN.  A  church-yard,  or  burial 
ground.  IVest  Sunned.  "  When  he  come  into 
that  chirche-lyllouH  tho,"  Chron.  Vilodun. 
p.  114. 

CHURCHMAN.  An  officiating  minister.  Var. 
dial 

CHURCH-MASTERS.  Church-wardens.  North. 

CHURCH-REVE.     A  church-wnrden.  {.1.-S.) 

CHURCH-SCOT.  Payment  or  contribution  to 
the  church.    Kennett. 

CIIURCH-STILE.     A  pulpit.    -Vor/*. 


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CHURCH-TOWN.    ArilUge  near  the  church. 

South. 
CHbllClIWAKDEN.     A  connorwit.    South. 
CHURCllWORT.    Tlic  herb  pcnnyrojriJ. 
CHIJUL.    The  wallflower.     Saiap. 
CJIL'RL'S-TRKACLK.    AUium,  or  garlic 
CHL'RI-Y.  Cheerlera,  applied  lo  prospect;  rough, 

applicrl  lo  weather.    )oj'*»A. 
CllL'KN-DASIL  The  staff  belonging  to  a  chum. 

North. 
CHURNKL.   An  enUrgement  of  the  glandi  of 

the  neok.    North. 
CHi;RN-Gf)TTING.  A  harvest-rippcr.  North. 
CHURN-MILK.     Buttermilk.    Bant. 
CHURN-SUPPER.    A  supper  given  to  the  hi- 

l>o»rer>   at   the   conclusion   of  the  hanest. 

North. 
CHURRE.   Some  kind  of  bird,  species  unknown, 

mentioned  iu  Arcli.  xiii.  350. 
CHURRING.    The  noise  made  by  a  partridge 

in  rising.     North.    See  Cotgrave,  in  v.  Cabai. 
CHURTY.     Rocky  soil ;  inineraL     Kent.     The 

word  chart,  which  is  in  the  names  of  some 

localities  iu  Kent,  is  supposed  to  be  connected 

with  ttiis  term. 
CHUSE.    To  reprehend,  or  find  fault.   (J..\.} 

Maundcvile,  p.  221. 
CHUSE-BUT.     To  avoid.     Norl/iumi. 
CHUSEREL.     A  debauched  fellow.     Souih. 
CHUTE.     A  steep  hiliy  road     A  tf'ight. 
CHWOT.    Dressed.     Soinertel. 
CHYCONES.    Chickens.    This  form  occurs  in 

MS.  Bumcy  .•?5G,  f.  99. 
CHYDDEIL    To  shiver.     Siellon. 
CHYFE.    Chief.    Percy,  p.  <0. 
CHYKKYNE.     To  chirp.     Pr.  Parv. 
CHYLDERIN.     ChUihen.    {.4..S.) 
CHYMBE.     A  cnnbal.     (A..S.) 

Af  a  ehymte  or  ■  bruen  belle. 

That  aotithcr  cod  uriJir«toiiile  ny  telle. 
Orniv  Mundi.  MS.  Otll.  Trin.  Omtat.  t.  7S. 

CHYXIMER.  A  gown  cut  down  the  middle,  and 
generally  used  only  hy  persons  of  rank  and 
opulence.    Archa^logta,  xxx.  17. 
CHYMOL.    A  hinge.     Arch.  x.  93. 
CHYN.    The  chine,  or  back.     Urier. 
CHYNB.    A  chain,     hmatofl. 
CHYNGYL.    A  shingle  of  wood. 
CHYPPE.    To  carp  at. 

In  wordyt  men  wereo  never  »o  vyee, 
As  now  (JO  cAjfppt  at  wurdyi  of  reson, 

US.  Ctmlab.  Ft.  li.  38,  f.  !3. 

CHYRYSE.     Cherries. 

CHYS.     Choice;  select.     See  Rcliq.  Anliq.    i. 

I23;Cov.  Mvst.  p.  180. 
CHYSTES.    Cheats.     H'eier. 
CHYTE.     To  chide.     r>i<mfley  Myxt. 
CHYVELEN.     To  become  sluiveUcd. 
CICELY.     Cow  parsley.     North. 
CICHLl.NG.    Vetches.     North. 
ClCXLlfL.    The  uame  of  an  ancient  dance.   Sec 

the  Shak.  Soc.  Pii|iert,  L  26 ;  BriU  BibL  ii 

610. 
CIDHLU.     To  tickle.     Kent. 
CIDE.     To  decide.     Smth. 
CIDERAGE.     The  herb  anmvt. 


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CIEROES.    Wax  tapers.    (A..N.) 

CIFTE.     A  sieve.     Pr.  Parr. 

CILE.     To  seel  or  sew  up  the  eyelids  of  fthw 

CILVERY'N.     To  silver  over.     Pr.  Part. 

CIMBICK.     A  miserly  fellow.     (^.-.V.) 

CIMICE.    A  wall-louse.     (ItaL) 

CINCATER.    A  person  who  has  entered  his 

fiftieth  year. 
ClNtiLET.    A  waistcoat     North. 
CINGULAR.     A   wUd  boar   in  its  fifth 

Hovetl. 
CINOPER.     Cinnabar.    Joiuon. 
CIN^UE-PACE.     A  kind  of  dance,  the  steps 

which  were  regulated  by  the  number  five. 

Thynne's  Debate,  p.  52 ;  Collier's  ShaJc  iii. 

333. 
CINQUE-I»ORT.    A  kind  of  fishing-net,  having 

five  entrances. 
C1NQUETA1.E.   A  quintal.    See  Bnrgon's  Life 

of  Gresham,  i.  69. 
CINTER.    The  centering  of  an  arch.    See  CoU 

grave,  in  t.  Doutelle.  J 

CIPE.    A  great  basket.     Berki.  I 

CIPIOUN.     Scipio.     Oiaueer.  ' 

CIPPUS.     The  stocks  or  pillory.     Ben  Jotum. 

CI.  Blount,  in  v. 
CIPRESS.     A  fine  kind  of  gaur.e,  very  similar 

crape.     "  Cypres  for  a  womans  nccke,  cmgve. 

Palsgrave. 
CIRCLET.    A  round  piece  of  wood  pot  imderi 

dish  at  table.     North. 
CIRCLING-BOY.     A  roaring  hoy.    /email. 
CIRCOT.     A  surcoat.     Uardynf. 
CIRCUORIE.     Arrogance;  conceit.     {A.- 
MS. Ashmolo  59  reads  mripiyd, 
U  where  ifr  at)  the  cruisetorle  fame 
Of  ponipe  and  prUe  and  cinnt4riii  in  friv. 

l^galr,  MS.  Jltkmiit  X,  t. 
CIRCUIT.     A  circle  or  crown.     Sha/t. 
CIKCU&IBENDIBUS.      A    circuitous   louni 

about  WBV.      lor.  diai. 
ClRCUMCiUE.    To  cut  or  pare  off.     (LaL) 
So  pruiieaUjr  with  vertu  tit  provide. 
Oure  vices  lUle  thst  we  may  drtumeidt, 
LriigaU,  MH,  &»■.  A>ill<i. 

CIRCUMSTANCE.     Conduct ;  detail. 
CIKSE.     The  lote-trce.    "  Ciructre,  o/i 

liq.  Antiq.  it  82. 
CISS.     Cicely.    Tutter. 
CISSERS.     Scissora.     Huloet. 
CIST.  (1)  A  chest.      Yorhh. 
(2)  A  cess-pooL     South. 
CITEE.     A  city.     (.i.-N.) 
CITIZEN.     Town  bred ;  delicate.     Shot. 
CITOLE.     A  kind  of  musical  in.itrunient  \ri 

chords.  (A.-N.)  Citolen,  persous  who  playi 

UQ  ciiolcs,  Ord.  and  Reg.  p.  4. 
CITTE.     To  cut.     (.rf.-S.) 
CI  TTERN.     A  musical  instrument,  similar  to 

guitar.     Cillem-headrd,  ugly,  in  allusion 

the  grotesque  figures  with  which  Uic  cUli 

was  ornamented. 
CIVE.     To  prove,  or  appear.     [J.-N.) 
Be  thb  ensample  It  may  wel  rtne 
That  nun  schalle  homicide  eichlve. 

Ohmt,  Ma.  Ok.  .tntlt.  134,  t.  UM. 


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CIVERY.     A  partition  or  comptrtment  in   s 

vnulleil  ceiling. 
LiVlL.    Sobf  r ;  giive ;  piain. 
CIVIL-GOWN.    The  gown  of  i  civilian. 
CIVITV.    A  city.    "  An  ancient  civt'ie,"  SUni- 

bunit'a  Descr.  of  Ireland,  p.  9. 
CUVA8.     CtoK ;  tight.      Yoritk, 
CLAATH.     Cloth.     Craven. 
CLACK.  (1)  A  woman'i  tongue,     i'ar,  diaL 

(2)  A  kind  of  imall  windmill  set  on  the  top  of  a 
pole  to  turn  and  cla|>  on  a  board  to  frighten 
away  birdi. 

(3 )  To  cut  off  the  ahecp'a  mark  from  wool,  which 
made  it  weigh  leu,  and  lo  diminiahed  the  duty 
payable  on  it.     Blount. 

(4)  The  clapper  of  a  mill.  See  Cotgrsve,  in  v. 
Claijuet. 

(5)  Tlie  tncker  or  valve  of  a  pump.     lor.  tliaL 

(6)  To  cnap  with  the  fiagera.  See  Florio,  in  v. 
Ciuitagnitte. 

CLACK-BOX.    The  tongue.     Eatl. 

CLACK-DISH.  A  dish,  or  rather  box,  with  a 
nioTeablc  lid,  carried  by  beggars  iu  former 
timeit,  to  attract  notice  by  the  noise  it  made, 
and  (0  bring  people  to  their  doors.  It  vtzi 
alao  called  a  clap-dish,  and  Forby  mentions  a 
phraae  still  in  ^ue,  "  his  tongue  moves  like  a 
beggar's  clap.<liiih."  In  Kcunelt's  time  the 
term  was  appUcd  to  "  a  woo<len  dish  wherein 
the)-  gather  the  toll  of  wheat  and  other  com 
in  markets." 

CL.\CK£K.  A  rattle  to  frighten  away  birds 
from  a  corn-field.  H>»/.  It  is  called  a 
dackfl  by  Cotgrave,  in  v.  I'lac.  "  Clacks  of 
wood,"  small  pieces  of  wood  to  clap  with, 
Thorns'  Anecdotes  and  Traditions,  p.  113. 

CL.\DDE.  Covered  with  armour ;  anued.  See 
Sir  Tristrem.  p.  145. 

CLAES.     Clothes.     North. 

CLAFE.    Cleft. 

Thorow  owt  tielmc  anil  tiawticrk  tier, 
Hed  &n(l  Ijody  lio  cl^  jrn  sondcr.  , 

MS.  Canlat).  if.  IL  38, 1. 108. 

CLAO.  To  stick,  or  adhere.  North.  Hence 
ebifffftf,  glutinous,  sticky. 

CLAfJtiER.     A  well-timed  remark.     Narlk. 

CLA(iGUM.  Treacle  made  hard  with  boiling. 
Niirth.     It  Is  also  callid  clog-candr. 

CLAG-LUCKS.  Locks  of  wool  matted  or  clot- 
ted together.     Eiul. 

CLAGS.     Bogs.     North. 

CLAIKET.    A  hole,  or  puddle.     Oron. 

CLAIKS.  Barnacles,  or  brant-geese.  Seello- 
llmhed.  Hist.  Scotland,  p.  1 7. 

CLAIM.     To  cry  out.     (Lai.) 

CLAIM-UP.  .\  mill  is  said  to  be  eluim'd  up 
when  it  is  overloaded.  It  also  means  to  paste 
up  a  paper  a*  an  advertisement.     North. 

CI.AIRG.     To  bedaub.     North. 

CLAIHON.     A  clarion.     Florio. 

CLAITV.     Dirty.     Cumi. 

CI.AKE.     To  scratch.     North. 

CLAM.  ( I )  A  stick  Unl  across  a  stream  of  watct. 
Hat. 

(2)  Clamminess.     Eatl.     Any  adhesive,  viscout 


matter.    "  To  chun  or  stieke  close   unto.' 
Florio,  ed.  1611,  p.  33. 

(3)  A  slut.     Saul. 

(4)  To  emaciate.  Katt.  A  person  who  is  staned 
is  said  to  be  clammed.  "  I  would  sooner 
elam  than  go  to  the  workhouse." 

(&)  To  daub ;  to  glue.     A'orM. 

(6)  To  piiicb.     North. 

(7)  Climbed.  Yorkth.  "  He  ^am  uppon  the 
tree,"  Wright's  Seven  Sages,  p.  33 ;  etame,  p. 
107.  See  also  Collier's  Old  Ballads,  p.  99. 
Clamlie,  Perceval,  1223. 

(8)  To  clog  up.  Wett,  Also,  to  choke  with 
lliirst. 

(9)  To  snatch ;  to  shut.     Line.      . 

(10)  A  kind  of  shell-fisli.  mentioned  by  Pennant, 
See  Brit.  Bibl.  iv.  316. 

(11)  To  castrate  a  hull  or  ram  by  compreaaioa. 
North. 

fl2)  A  rat-trap.     South. 

(13)  To  rumple.     Devon. 

(1 4)  To  ranlfle  a  bell.  See  Waldron's  Sad  Sbej- 
herd,  p.  167.  According  to  some,  to  rinj  tl 
bell  invgularlv  or  out  of  tunc. 

CLAMBEN.     Climbed.     {.1.-S.) 

CLAMBEIL  To  climb,  tar.  dial.  Howell 
lias  ctammer  in  his  Lex.  Tet. 

CLAMBERANDE.     Clustering. 

CLAMBERSCULL.     Very  strong  ale.     £"«/. 

CLA.ME.  (1)  To  fasten  one  thing  to  another 
with  any  glutinous  or  clomray  matter.  North, 
To  dame  butter,  to  spread  it  upon  bread. 

(2)  To  call,     .'i/ienter. 

(3)  An  iron  hook,  to  bind  together  horizontally 
the  f tonework  of  a  piece  of  masonry. 

(4)  To  challenge.     {.1..N.) 
CLAMERYNE.     To  creep,  orclimb.  Pr.  Ptm. 
CLAMMAS.  (1)  To  climb.     North. 

(2)  A  noise,  or  clamour.     North. 
CLAMMERSOME.  CUmotwus ;  gr««ly.  North. 
CLAMP.  (1)  An  extempore  and  imperfect  sort 
of  brick-kiln.     Eaiil. 

(2)  A  mound  of  earth  lined  with  straw  lo  keep 
potatoes,  beetroot,  or  turnips  through  the 
winter.    Eaiil. 

(3)  To  tread  heavily.  Var.  dial.  Sometimes 
clamper  is  heard  in  the  same  sense. 

(4)  A  large  fire  made  of  underwood.     North. 
{h)  \A'ben  a  piece  of  board  is  fitted  with  the 

grain  to  the  end  of  another  piece  across  the 

grain,  the  first  board  is  said  to  be  clamped. 
CLA.MPS.     Andirons.     North. 
CL.\.MS.   A  kind  of  forceps  or  pincers,  with  long 

wooden  handles,  with  which  formers  pull  up 

thistles  and  weeds.   North. 
CLANCH.    To  snatch  at.   Line. 
CLANK.     A  dang,  or  bang.    North. 
CLANKER.     a  severe  beating.    Norlh. 
CLANLICHE.      acanly;  entirely.      Sec   Rob. 

Glouc.  p.  97 ;  Life  of  St.  Brandan,  p.  4. 
CLANNES.    P\irity-,  chastity.   Cfaiuy,  to  purify, 

Gesta  Roman,  p.  70. 
CLANT.    To  claw,  or  scratch.    Norlh. 
CLAP.  (1)  To  sit  down.    Var.  dial. 
(2)  The  lip,  or  tongue.    W'm/. 


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(3)  A  blow,  or  stroke,  ^ar.  dial.  Skeltoa  haa 
tbe  word  in  this  aente.  Clappt,  to  rtrike  off, 
RiUon'a  Anc.  Songa,  i.  51 ;  Wright's  Pol. 
Songs,  p.  188. 

(4)  To  fondle,  to  pat.  North. 

(5)  To  place  to,  or  apply.    I'ar.  dial. 

(6)  The  lower  part  of  tlic  beak  of  a  hawk.  Gent. 
Rec.  ii.  62. 

(7 )  l^w ;  manhy.   Etut. 

CLA  I^-BEN  E.  A  rnjuest  made  to  infants  in  their 

nurse's  arms  to  clap  their  hands  as  the  only 

means  they  hare  of  exprejuing  their  prayers. 

Pronounced  clapbenny.    See  Bene  (5). 
CLAP-BOARU.     Hoard'  cut  in  order  to  make 

casks.    Sec  Book  of  Rates,  p.  32. 
CLAP.URE\D.     Cake  made  of  oatmeal,  rolled 

thiu  Buil  baked  hard.    Also  called  clap-cake. 

According  to  Kennett,  "  they  seem  to  be  so 

called  from  clapping  or  beating  the  part  till  it 

is  very  thin." 
CLAP-DISH.     See  Claet.duh. 
CLAPER.     To  chatter.    Oxon. 
CI^P-UATE.   A  smail  horse-gate.   Eat. 
CLAPllOLT.     Same  as  clap-board,  q.  v.    See 

Brit.  Bibl.  u.401,510i  Book  of  Rates,  p.  32. 
CLAPPE.    To  talk  fast.    {.i.-S.)     Also  a  sub- 

(tantive.     "  Hold  thou  (by  elajjpe,"   Chron. 

Vilodun.  p.  94.     Sec  Clap  (2) ;  W.  Mapes, 

p.  343. 
CLAPPER.  (1)  The  tongue.    Aor/A. 

(2)  A  plank  laid  across  a  running  stream  as  a 
substitute  for  a  bridge.    Decern. 

(3)  A  rabbit  burrow.  (,Y..A'.)  "  Cony  hole  or 
c\»par,"  Palsgrave.  "  A  clapper  for  conies, 
i.  c.  a  heap  of  stones,  earth,  with  boughcs  or 
such  like,  whcreinto  they  may  retire  thciii- 
wlves,  or  a  court  walled  al)Out  and  full  of  nests 
of  boords  for  tame  conies,"  Miruhen, 

(4)  A  dour-knockcr.   Miiuheu. 
CLAPPERCLAW.    To  beat  and  abuse.    In  the 

CUiii  to  Meriton,  1697,  it  is  explained  "  to 
trork  earnestly,  or  beat  or  fight  earnest  Ir." 

CLAPPERDUUGEON.  Beggars  who'  went 
alKHit  with  patched  cloaks,  accompanied  by 
their  morls. 

CLAPI'ING.     Noisy  talking.   (/f.-S.) 

CLAPPING-POST.  The snuiller of  apair of g«t«. 
posts,  agaiust  which  the  gate  closes.  Eatl. 

CL<VPSE.  A  clasp.  »>#/.  We  have  the  verb 
clapie  in  Chancer,  Cant.  T,  275. 

CL.IP-STI  LE.  A  peciiUar  kind  of  stUe,  the  hori- 
zontal ledges  being  moveable.     Suffolk. 

CLAPTE.    Sinick.   {.-i.-S.) 

CLARANERIS.  Clarinets,  or  bells.    Jfeber. 

CLAREFID.    Glorified.    (Ut.) 

A  TOicr  come  fro  hcvclic  thoTc, 
I  haf  rlarrfid  the,  brHlilr. 

.1(.V.  Cnnlah.  Tf.  v.  48,  f.  !ll>, 

CLARENT.    Smooth.    Drron. 

CL.\RESTER.    See  Clear-tlor^. 

CLARET.    See  Clany. 

CLARETEE.    Brightness.   Maundevile. 

CLARGVMAN.    A  black  rabbit.    Cheih. 

CLARiCORn.  A  musical  inslrunient  in  the  form 
of  ■  spinet,    containing  from  thirty-five   to 


seventy  striogi.     Plorio  calls  it  elarifob, 
makes  it  synonymous  with  tbe  haqxicbori 
He  also  spells  it  elaricoet.  See  hi»  New  Woriil 
of  Words,  ed.  1611,  pp.  39,  173,  219;  11 
rison's  Descr.  of  England,  p.  238.  "  Clari( 
balles,  coiJialle*"  Palsgrave.  Sir  W.  L«ighi>; 
baa  claricoatea  in  his  Teares  or  Lamcntutiui 
of  a  SorrowfuU  Soule,  4to.  LoniL  1613. 

CLARIUN.   A  kind  of  small-mouthed  and  shrill 
sounding  trumpet,  used  commonly  a*  a 
to  the  ordinary  one.    (/t.-N.)     liarionere, 
trumpeter,    MS.   Morte  Arthure.      CI 
plaved  on  the  clarion,  ReUq.  Autiq.  i.  06. 

CLAlilSSlMO.    A  grandee  of  Venice. 

CLARRY.    Wine  made  with  grapes,  honey, 
aromatic  spices.   Wine  mixed  with  honey 
spices,   and  aftenvards  strained,  was  cali 
elarri,  but  tbe  original  claret  was  a  sweet  wine 
of  itself  made  of  the  above-mentioned  mate- 
rials.    See  Launfal,  314;  Oiauecr,  Cant.  T, 
1473,9717  ;  Kyng  Alisaunder,  7582;  Arthi 
and  Merlin,  p.  116;  Warner's  .\ntiq.  Culi 
p.  90;  Harrison's  Descr.  of  England,  p.  107 
Ord.  and  Reg.  pp.  435,  473 ;  Digby  .Myitem 
p.    77.      According  to    Forhy,    any    sort 
foreign  red  wine  is  called  cUrei  in  the  Eft 
EngUud. 

Theerlecometo  hui  with  that, 
Wylh  pyincDtaod  wjrth  c/orrlr. 

ttS.  Omta!..  FC  ii.  S   t.  U. 

CLART.     To  spread,  smear,  or  daub.     A 
of  snow,  when  it  is  large  and  sticks  to  I 
clothes,  is  called  a  dart.     So  we  have  elarli 
mud ;  clarly,  muddy,  sticky.     Ctarljf-p^pi, 
dirtv  sloven  of  a  wife. 

CLARYNE.   To  clear,  or  chuifv. 

CLASH.   (I)  To  gossip.    Sor'lh.    Also,  aii  id 
story,  tittle-tattle;  a  tale-l)earer.     CfaM-asfc 
tatmler,  a  tiresome  repeater  of  stories. 

(2)  To  throw  anything  carelessly,  or  bang  U 
about.    North. 

CLASHY'.    Foul;  rainy.   North. 

CLASPER.    A  tendril.    Oxon. 

CLASP.KNIFE.    A  large  pocket-knife. 

CLAT.  (1)  To  cut  the  dirty  locks  of  wool 
sheep.   South. 

(2)  To  break  clods  of  earth  or  spread  dung  on 
field,    ff'enl.    Also,  a  clnd  of  earth, 

(3)  To  Ultle.   See  (lath  (1). 

(4)  Cow-dung.    n'ett. 

(5)  A  dish  in  ancient  cookery,  described  ia  ttie 
Forme  of  Curr,  p.  42. 

CLATCH.    A  brood  of  chickens.    Lane. 

CLATE.    Some  wedge  belonging  to  a  plough. 
I  'Ap«*. 

CLATllERS.   Clothes.    fTeit. 

CLATS.    Slops;  spoon  victuals.    Line. 

CLATTER.   Noise ;  idle  talk.  North.    "  Htlden 
stillcthy  clater,"  Towneley  Myst.  p.  190.    To 
chatter,  Morte  d'Arthur,  ii.  170.  To  beat  so  as 
to  rattle,  Florio,  ed.  1611,  p.  293.     flatterer, 
a  pcrsiin  who  caimot  keep  a  secret. 
Far  counccl  owght  to  be  liept  and  not  to  iMf  riatrH, 
Aud  children  tien  ay  etatringt  as  thou  wri  Icnowcat. 
MS.  IM«<v4J,r.  M. 


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CLATTEKFEUT.      A  Ule-t«llcr.     See   SUni- 

Uiinit's  Description  of  (rcUnil,  p.  21. 
CLATTY.     Dirty ;  riovenly.     Line. 
CLAUCIiT.     Scratched ;  clawed.     Craren.    In 

Linculnshirc,  clauelcs,  to  snatch. 
CLAUD.     A  ditch,  or  fence.     North. 
CLAUGHT.    Snatched  at.     Northumb. 
CluMIM.     To  Krape  together.     Line. 
CL.AUNCII.    To  walk  in  a  lazy,  lounging  man- 
ner.   £«t/. 
CLAUSE.    An  end,  or  conclusion.     [ji.-\.) 
CLAUSTER.     Acloirter.     (tat.) 
CLAUT.  (1)  Totear,  or  icralch.     North.     To 

acrape  together,  to  clean. 
(2)  Tlie  niantli  niiiuncnlu».      Hillii. 
CLAVE.  (1)  The  handle,  or  the  part  of  a  pair  of 
small  halancea  by  which  they  are  lifted  up  in 
weighing  anything. 
(2)  Cleaved.     Chester  Plays,  ii.  70. 
CLAVEL.     A  mantel-piece.   Iffnt.    Called  also 
clarel-lack,  elari/,  and  clary-piece.      Cla»el- 
tack  is,  1  believe,  the  &helf  over  the  mantel- 
piece. 
CLAVER.  (1)  To  climb.    A'«r/A.   "  Clymbande 
audr<areramieoneheghe,"MS.  MorteArthore. 

(2)  To  talk  fast,  to  ciyole  any  one  by  talking. 
A'oWA. 

(3)  Clorer-grass.     JVor^A. 

TlM  oloae  wat  In  cotnpu  cutyne  alte  atiowt e 
With  dmwr  and  clercwortr  clcde  evenc  over. 

Line.  MS.  Muni  Arlhurt,  f,  VJ. 

CLAVERS.     Din ;  noisy  talking.     North. 

CLAVY-TACK.     A  key.     Bxmoor. 

CLAW.  (1)  To  curry  favour.     North. 

(2)  To  seize,  or  snatch ;  to  take  away  violently. 
North.  "  Claw  me,  and  lie  claw  thee," 
Howell,  p.  11. 

(3)  One  fourth  part  of  a  cow-gait  in  common 
pastures.     North. 

CLAW. BACK.  A  nattcrer.  See  Cotgrave,  in 
V.  Jaqaet ;  Uamaby's  Jounul. 

CLAWK.  To  stroke.  (,/.-&)  Claugng,  stroking, 
Wright's  Seven  Sages,  p.  34,  or,  pcrliaps, 
tickling. 

CLAW-ILL.  An  ulcer  in  the  feet  of  cattle. 
DenOM. 

CLAW-OFF.    To  reprove.     North. 

CLAWS.    Clothes.     Somertet. 

CLAY.    To  shiver.    Devon. 

CLAY-COLD.     Lifeless.    South. 

CLAY-UACItlN.  A  custom  in  Ciimbcrland, 
where  the  neighbours  and  friends  of  a  newly- 
married  couple  assemble,  and  lio  not  separate 
till  they  havcerccte<l  them  a  rough  cottage. 

CLAY-SALVE.     The  common  cerate.     Eait. 

CLAY-STONE.  A  blue  and  white  limestone 
dug  in  Gloucestershire. 

CLAYT.     Clay  or  mire,     Kent. 

CLBACH.    To  clutch.     Salop. 

CLEACUING-NET.  A  hand  net,  with  a  semi- 
circular hoop  and  transverse  bar,  tuted  liy 
fishermen  on  the  banks  uf  the  Severn.  Kcn- 
nett,  MS.  Lansd.  1033,  calls  it  a  eleei.9tt, 

CLEAD.     Toclotheor  dad.     £»/. 

CLEAK.    To  snatch.    North. 


CLEAM.  To  glue  tr.gethcr.  See  Oom  (2V 
CIJJAMED.  Leaned ;  inclined.  North. 
CLEAN.  (1)  Entirely.  I'ar.diai.  "To  abolish 
eleane,  or  make  to  be  forgotten,"  Rider.  See 
Harrison's  Desc.  of  Britaine,  p.  52,  England, 
)i.  139 ;  Cotgrave,  in  v.  Anguille,  Contre-fil, 
Devant. 

(2)  Clear  in  complexion;  pure.  See  Stanihurst, 
p.  4'! ;  lloUnshed,  Hist.  Scot.  p.  69. 

(3)  To  wash,  dress,  and  atrange  one's  toilet. 
Car.  tliat. 

CLEANING.  The  after-birth  of  a  cow.  Also 
called  the  cleanmng. 

CLEANSER.  A  large  kind  of  gnn-picker. 
MevTick,  iu.  118. 

CLEAR.  (1)  Pure  ;  innocent.     Shak. 

(2)  Same  as  clean  (1),  Clear  ami  thtar,  totally, 
completely. 

CLEAR-STORY.  The  upper  story  of  a  church. 
This  term  seems  to  have  been  used  in  a  variety 
of  ways  for  any  nietboil  uf  admitting  light  into 
the  upper  parts  of  a  building.  It  a]>pears  from 
Holme  that  ciearitory  uindmrt  are  those 
which  hove  "  no  traiisuni  or  cross-piece  in 
the  middle  of  them  to  break  the  same  into  two 
lights, "the  meaning  employed  hyShakes|>eare, 
Twelfth  Night,  iv.  2.  "  Clarestoric  wyndowe, 
fiHetlrenul/t,"  Huloct's  Abcedariuni,  1552. 

CLEAT.  A  |iiccc  of  iron  worn  on  shoes  by 
country  peo|ile.  To  cleat,  to  strengthen  any 
thing  with  iron. 

CLEAT-BOARDS.  Mud  pattens,  broad  flat 
pieces  of  board  fastened  to  the  shoes  to  enable 
a  person  to  walk  on  the  mud  without  sinking 
into  it, 

CLEAVER.  A  school-boy's  toy,  consisting  of  a 
piece  of  thoroughly-soaked  leather  to  which  a 
string  is  attochetd.  The  leather  is  then  closely 
squeezed  to  a  stone  by  the  feet  to  exclude  every 
particle  of  air,  when  by  pulling  the  string  the 
stone  may  be  lifted  out  of  the  flagging,  the 
experiment  being  generally  tried  on  |«vement. 
North. 

CLEAVERS.    Tufts  of  grass.     Eatt. 

CLECHE.    To  snatch,  or  seize. 

I'hus  wold*  he  cUclu  us  with  his  honde, 
Wlih  hii  fyngen  on  rawe. 

MS.  CmHtab.  Ff.  v  4*.  t.  Rt. 

CLECK.    To  hatch.     North. 

CLECKIN.  A  chicken.  North.  InTowneley 
Myst.  p.  311,  cletryt,  hatched. 

CLECKING.  Said  of  a  fox,  maris  appetens. 
Craven. 

CLECKINGS.    A  shuttlecock,     t  umd. 

CLECKS.     Refuse  of  oatmeal.     Line. 

CLED.  (1)  Clad;  clothed.  Chaucer.  It  occurs 
also  in  MS.  Colt.  Vcspas.  D.  vii. ;  Craven 
Glossarv,  i.  75 ;  Towncley  Myst.  p.  131 ;  MS. 
Lansd.  1033. 

CLEDEN.    Goosegrass.     Dortel. 

CLEDGY.  Clayey,  stiff.  Kent.  Harrison  uses 
the  term  in  bis  Description  of  England,  pp. 
Ill,  170. 

CLEEK.     A  hook,  a  barb.     North. 

CLEERTE.    Glory.    {A.-N.\ 


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CLEES.  CUwB.  North.  Also  tpcit  eleyit. 
See  the  Noincndalor,  p.  63 ;  MarUiwc,  Ui. 
492  ;  Maundevile,  p.  198. 

Ai  M  cat  wolde  etc  fltchli 
Mr'ithoule  wet)rnge  of  hi«  cleu. 

0<>Hwr,  US.  Soc.  .rfii>i«.  134,  f.  IIU. 

CLEET.  (1)  The  hoof.    North. 

(2)  A  »t»y  or  support. 

CLEEVES.   CUlft.   Sec  Greene'i  Worlu,  i.  147  ; 

cle/e,  Eglanionr,  415. 
ChEKKE.   Cli-aved.  •'  Clrffe  one  the  cukcwalde," 

Morte  Arthurc,  MS.  Liuc.  f.  67. 
CLEFT.  (I)  Dliu'k  slate.     North. 
(2)  Timber  fit  for  cooper's  ware,  tpokei,  tc 

YorJtth. 
CLEG.   (1)   The  gad-fly.     North.    "  Homete, 

clegt,  and  clocks,"  Du  Bartns,  p.  361.     •'  A 

cicggc  &ie,  tulifiHga,"  Bairt,  C.  594. 

(2)  A  cIcTcr  pcrsuu  ;  an  adept.    iMne. 

(3)  To  cling,  or  adhere.     North. 
CLEUCiER.     To  cling.     Cum*. 
CLEGNING.     See  Cleaning. 

CLEKE.  To  snatch,  grasp,  or  itrike.  "  He 
etety  ovrttc  CoUbrande,"  MS.  Morle  Ar- 
thurs. 

Thr  devcll  lickynnr*  with  hii  bond* 

Men  als  he  welc  kaiie, 

And  with  hU  f^tt  fyngcryt 

lie  c/rJcM  mony  ■  motie. 

MS.  (knlab.  ft.  v.  48.  t.  81. 
CLEM.  (1)  Same  aa  Clem  (4,  H). 

(2)  St.  Clement.     South. 

(3)  To  climb.    Arch,  xxriii.  97. 

CLEM  YD.     Closed ;  iastened.    Arch.  xix.  405. 
CLENCHE.     To  cling  together.     (,.1..S.) 
CLENCY.     Mirv ;  dirtv.     Line. 
CLENE.     Pure  ;■  clean.'   {A.-S.) 
CLENENESSE.    Purity.     (.4.-8.) 
CLE.NUK.   To  contract  or  shrink.    To  strain  at, 

WicklilTe,  .MS.  Dodl.  where  Baber  reoda  clm- 

•ym/«,  p.  27.        ' 
CLENKING.    Clinking;  jingling. 
CLENSOUN'E.    Declension.    Ileliq.  Ant.  ii.  14. 
CLENT.    To  iKcoiue  hard,  generally  appUcd  to 

grain.      H>»/. 
CLEUVES.    CUBs.     KMig  Alls.  6277. 
CLEPE.    To  call.    (./.-&)    CIrplon,  pi.  called, 

Chron.  VUodun.  p.  97.    Palsgrave  has,  "  I 

clcpe,  I  caU,^>  huytche;  this  terme  is  farre 

Northcrne."     This  verb  is  still  used  hy  Imys 

•I  play  in  the  Eastern  counties,  who  elope  the 

sides  al  a  game. 
CLEPEL.    A  kind  of  pipe  forming  part  of  a 

cltK'k. 
CLEI'PS.     A   wooden  instrument  for  pnlUng 

needs  out  of  com.     Cumb. 
CLER.     Polished ;  resplendent.    Wtber.    Clers, 

clear,  Scvrn  Sages,  2036. 
CLERE.    a'  kcrchid 

On  their  hmdcs  kquarc  booctlc*  of  damukc  ^Ide, 

rolled  wyth  liMCftul)!  that  did  han^e  doune  al  their 

backes,  with  kerchicfet  or  tUrt^  of  fytte  ejrpres. 

UaU,  limn,  nil.  L  83. 
CLERENESSE.    Glory.     (.f.-JV.) 
CLERKTE.    Purity.     (./.-.S.) 

Soma  mane  whcnne  he  ha«e  lanffe  tniTcldc  tKKlyly 

and  (aately  is  iftAtoyttf  ot  •yniia  and  gefyaf*  at 


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vertuf,  and  pcraveDtour  ha»e  getyn  by  fraoeatHi^ 
dele  ryitc  aiid  a  eitrtU  Ui  concyeoca. 

MS.  Unculn  A.  i.  17.  f.  Hit 
CLERGIE.      Science;  learning.    (.*...V.)    Si 
Scvyn  Sages,  46  ;  Wright's  Seven  Sago,  p.  'i\ 
Middlcton,   ii.    155.       I  Irrgiallj/,    learneiU]' 
Piers   Ploughman,  p.  8 ;  Hartshome'a 
Tales,  p.  56. 

1  rede  hnw  bcty  that  he  waa 
l)(iuD  c/ei-f  jre,  an  bed  of  bras 
To  forge  and  make  U  for  to  tcU«. 

Coirer,  MS.  Soc  jlntlq.  134,  L  I 
For  thouja  I  to  the  it^ppii  clsrginl 
Qt  these  clerkla  thre  may  not  ailayne. 

OcWeve,  MS.  i6M.  (. 

CLERGION.    A  young  clerk.    {A.-N.) 
CLERGY.     An  aasemblyofclcrka.     "Clergy. 

nombre  of  clerkes,"  Palsgrave. 
CLERK.  A  scholar.   (.I.-N.)  To  make  ■  clerkes 

berdc,  i.  e.  to  cheat  him. 
CLERl.lCllE.     Purely.     (A..S.) 
CLEH-MATYN.    A  kind  of  fine  brewl.  {A. 

See  Piers  Ploiiglimaii,  p.  135. 
CLERTE.    Brighiuess.  (^A.-H.)  SecGesta 

p.  277 ;  Audelay'a  Poems,  p.  45 ;  ApoL  txSX. 

p.  5. 
CLERYFY.     To  make  known,  or  clear. 
CI.ESTE.    To  cleave  in  two.     North.     Hnli 

liustliis  word,  .Micedarium,  1552. 
CLKTCII.    A  brood  of  chickens.     North. 
CLETE.    A  piece  of  wood  fastened  on  the  y 

arms  of  a  ship  to  keep  the  ropes  from  slippii 

off  the  vards. 
CLETIIE'.     To  clothe.     A'orM. 
CLKTT.     Gleet.    MS.  .Med.  Line. 
CLEVE.    A  dwelling.     (A.-S.) 
CLEVEL.     A  grain  of  com.     A'etif. 
CLEVEN.  (1)  Rocks  ;  cUflfj.    (A..S.) 
(2)- To  spUt,  or  cleave.    {A.-S.) 

Schc  wilt  inetele*  vj.  dayea. 
For  care  hor  Iterte  dfryth. 

MS.  Oiiifa6.  Pf.  n,  38,  f, 

CLEVE-PINK.    A  species  of  carnation  whi( 
grows  wild  on  the  Cheddcr  clilfs.     Clere 
cliff  is  common  in  early  English. 
Ynto  a  wode  was  veryly  thykk. 
There  r/evya  were  and  wcyei  wyrk. 

MB.  Cental:  ft.  Ii    3R,  t.  84 

CLEVER.  (1)  Handsome  ;  good-lnokiug.    Eaif, 
Kennett    says,    "  nimble,    neat,    dextroui 
l.uslv ;  very  well.     /.one. 

(2)  Clearly;  fully.     A'r»/. 

(3)  To  clinib,  or  »cranible  np.     North. 

(4)  Atfsble.     South. 

(5)  A  clod,  or  tuft  of  coane  gnu  tamed  op 
the  plough.     Sn.it. 

CLEVERBOOTS.   A  clercr  person,  generaUj 

a  satirical  sense.      Tor.  dial.     Bnickell  oi 

cfrper-r/um*y. 
CLEVET.     Clcjived.     See  Warton's  llisU  EB] 

Poet.  ii.  413 ;  Anturs  of  Arther,  xl.  13. 
CLEWY.    A  species  of  draft  iron  for  a  ploi 

North. 
CLEW.  (I)  A  ring  at  tlic  head  of  a  scythe  whicb 

fastens  it  to  the  sned. 
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cljfei,"  Morte  Arthurp,  MS.  Lincoln,  f.  74. 
Cl.KWE.    To  cleave,  or  fasten  to. 
CLEWKIN.    Strong  twine.     Aor/A. 
CLKWJTHE.    CoUed.    Chron.  VU.  p.  99. 
CLEY.     A  hurdle  for  sheep. 
CLEYMANNJB.     A  tkuhcr.     Pr.  Parr. 
CLEYMEN.     To    chmii.      {J.-N.)    Chymyn, 

Chrintma*  Carols,  p.  8 ;  deymgd,  Apol.  Loll. 

p.  42. 
CLEYNT.   aung.     RUum. 
CI.EYSTAFFE.    A  paatormi  staff.     Pr.  Parr. 
CLEY3TE.     Cleaved?    Sec  Morte  d'Arlhur,  i. 

157,  "  and  eley^te  hym  under  hit  rj'ght  ariue." 
CLIBBY.    Stickv ;  adhesive.    Derm. 
CLICK.  (1)  To  inatch.    Var.  dial. 
(2^  To  tick  OS  a  clock.    "  To  click  or  flurt  with 

onea  finger*  as  moresco  dancers,"   Florio,  ed. 

1 61 1 , p.  52.    "To  e/Jc/te  with  ones  knuckles," 

ib.  p.  148. 
(3)  A  blow.    EomI. 
CLICKET.  (1)  To  chatter.   Eatl.    "  Her  that 

will  eUcictI,''    Tusscr,   p.  251.     "A  tatUng 

huswife,    whose  cHcM   is   ever   wagging." 

Colgrave. 

(2)  A  dap-dish  ;  anything  tlist  makes  a  rattling 
noise,  t'olgrare.  "  A  bny's  cUckets,  flat  hones 
wherewith  a  pretty  rattling  noise  is  made," 
Mitge. 

(3)  A  latch-key.  {A.-N.)  According  to  Salop. 
Antiq.  p.  3CI,  "  to  fasten  as  with  a  link  over 
■  staple."  See  eliktlted,  Piers  Ploughman, 
p.  114. 

(4)  A  term  applied  to  a  fox  when  maris  appetens. 
O'ent.  Rec.  ii.  76. 

CLICKETY -CLACK.  The  noise  that  iron  pat- 
tuns  make  in  walking.     Var.  diaL 

CLlCK-i'P.  A  person  with  a  short  leg,  who  In 
walking  mokes  a  clicking  noise.   Line. 

CLIDER.     Goose-grass.    I  ar.  dial. 

CI.IELU.   A  child.    DevoH. 

CLIFE.    Clear;  fine.    (^.-A'.^ 

CLIFFE.    A  rock.   {A.-S.) 

CLIFT.  A  clef),  or  opening  of  any  kind,  as  the 
split  of  a  pen,  thc/oMrcAiircin  Cotgravc,  &c. 
See  Nomcnclalur,  p.  7  ;  Rc.li((.  Antiq.  ii.  7H  ; 
Urry's  Chaucer,  p.  94,  1.  881.  Itift.  a  clilf, 
Middleton,  v.  405,  and  Moor's  Suffolk  Words. 

CLUTY.    Lively ;  active.    .VorM. 

CLIGHTE.  Closed;  fastened  together.  See 
Chester  Pbys,  i.  115,  and  the  list  of  obsolete 
words  prefixed  to  Batman  uppou  liartliu- 
lome.  1582. 

Cl.lGUTY.    Stiff;  clayey.    A'™/. 

CLIM.  (1)  To  climb.  /  ar.  dial.  Drayton  uses 
this  form  in  his  nattaille  of  Agincourt,  p.  3U. 
"Tlic  waves  to  elimmc,"  ib.  p.  5. 

(2)  Clement.  Forby  ^ves  the  name  to  a  kind  of 
nursery  goblin. 

(3)  To  call,  or  challenge.   (A.-N.) 
CLIMBER.    To   clamber.     TtitMcr.     Jennings, 

p.  115,  bos  climmtr. 
CLIME.    The  asi-enl  of  a  hill.     See  Holinihcd, 

Hist,  of  England,  i.  38. 
CLIMP.  (1)  To  steal.   Eati. 


(2)  To  soil  with  the  fingers.   Eat/. 
CLINCH.  (I)  To  confinu  an  improbable  story 
by  a  lie.    /  or.  dial. 

(2)  A  «ilty  saving,  or  n^artee.  Howell's  Lex. 
Tet.  1660. 

(3)  A  claw,  or  fang.    Sarth. 
CLINCH ING-NET.    See  Clrachinff.Ml. 
CLINCHPOI'P.    A  term  of  contempt  found  in 

Nonbhroiikc's  Treatise,  1577. 

CLINCQUANT.  Brats  thinly  wrought  out  into 
leaves.  North.  This  is  in  More's  MS.  addi- 
tions to  Ray.  (Fr.) 

CLINE,   To  climb,    nartr. 

CLING.  (1)  To  shrink  up.  North.  This  is  Ken- 
nett's  explnnation,  and  is lued  by  SbBkesiware. 

(2)  To  rush  with  violence.    North. 

CLINK.    A  bard  blow.   /  or.  dial. 

CLINKE.   To  ring ;  to  tinkle.    (.^.-A'.) 

CLINKER.  (1)  A  bad  sort  of  coal ;  a  cinder  from 
an  iron  furnace.    .Salop. 

(2)  A  small  puddle  made  by  the  foot  of  a  bone 
or  cow.    H'artr. 

CLINKEK-BELL.    An  icicle.    Somertt. 

CLINKERS.    Smain.rickB.    I  ar.  dial. 

CLINKET.    A  crafty  fellow.    North. 

CLINKS.    Long  nails.    I  or.  diaL 

CLINQUANT.   Shining.   {Fr.) 

CLINT.  To  clench,  and  hence,  to  finish,  to  com- 
plete. Somenel. 

CLI  NTS.  Crevices  among  bare  lime-stone  rocka. 
North. 

CLIP.  (1 1  To  shear  sheep.    North. 

(2^  To  embrace.   {A.'.S.) 

(3;  To  hold  together  by  means  of  a  screw  or  ban- 
dage.   Salop. 

(4)  To  call  to.  North.  Tbis  is  merely  a  form  of 
eirpe,  q.  v. 

(5)  To  shorten.    CravrH. 

(6)  A  blow,  or  stroke.  £atl. 

(7)  To  shave.   Hidtr.         * 
CLIPPE.   To  cut.   {A..S.) 
CLIPPER.   A  sheep-shearer.   North. 
CLIPPES.    An  eclipse. 

CLIPPINGS.    Fmpments ;  broken  \ictual». 

CLIPPING-TIIE-Clll  RCH.  An  old  Warwick- 
shire custom  on  Eaatcr  .Monday.  The  charity 
children  joined  hand  in  hand  formed  a  circle 
completely  round  each  church.  Sec  Hone's 
Every -day  Book,  i.  431. 

CLIPS.  (1)  Eclipsed,  l.ijdgalc.  It  is  a  substan- 
tive in  the  Misfortunes  of  Arthur,  p.  65; 
Lilly's  Gallathca,  cd.  1G32,  sig.  R.  i;  Piers 
Ploughman,  p.  377 ;  tliron.  Mirab.  p.  93. 
i'lipty,  as  if  eclipsed,  Rom.  of  the  Rose, 
5349. 

(2)  Shean ;  sdssors.    Norlhumb. 

(3)  Pot-hooks.    A^orM. 
CLIPT-UINMENT.    A  shorn  wether  sheep;  • 

mean  looking  fellow.  Vumb. 
CLISHAWK.  To  steal.  Line. 
CLISII-CLASH.    Idle  discourse.    North.    Alio 

called  clish-nio-clasb,  and  clish-ma-claver. 
CLIT.  (1)  Stiff:  clayey;  heavy.    South.    Alio 

heavy,  hazy,  applied  to  the  state  of  the  at- 

mosphere. 


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(1)  IiDperfectljr  fomented,  applied  to  oread. 
Somertel. 

CLITCH.   To  stick  ;  to  adhere ;  to  become  thick, 

or  glutinouB.    Depon. 
CUT-CLAT.    A  great  talker.    North. 
CLITE.  (1)  Clay  ;  mire.    Kent. 

(2)  Goosc-grasa.  Gerard  niarki  thii  u  obiolete, 
but  it  is  in  use  in  Oxfordshire  at  the  pre- 
icnt  day. 

(3)  A  wedge,   Pr.  Part. 
CLITER.  Toatumhie.   North. 
CLITHE.    The  burdock.   Gerard. 
CLITHEREN.    Goose-graj>».  *Uerard. 
CLITPOLL.    A  curlv  head.    Dortt. 
CLITTER-CLATTER.  A  great  noise.  Var.  dial. 

"  I   clj-ttcr,   I   make   noyse   as  hamessc  or 

peuirr  dysshes  or  any  aachc  lyke  thyngcs," 

Palngrave. 
GLITTERY.  Changeable,  stormy,  applied  to  the 

weather.    Ilantt. 
CLITTY.   String)- ;  lumpy.    Weil. 
CI.IVE.  (I)  To  cleave.    Suffolk. 
(2)  A  cliff.  U.S.) 
CLIVER.  (l)  Go(uegrass.   nanli. 

(2)  A  chopping-knife.   Eiut. 

(3)  Clivcr-and-shiTer,  i.  e.  completely,  totally. 
Someriel. 

CLIVERS.   Tlie  refuse  of  wheat.    Bail. 
CLIZE.    .\  covered  drain.    Someriel. 
CLOAM.    Earthenware.    Decon.    See  Cloherj-'s 

Divine  GUnipses,  1659,  p.  96.  Clomer,  a  maker 

of  earthenware,  ib.  p.  33. 
Cl/OB.    Some  rough  material  used  for  building 

cottages.   Deron. 
CLOBB.    A  club.    Eglamour,  308.   Clobe-lomc, 

cluh.weapon,  Perceval,  20S3. 
CLOCUE.    To  break  into  a  blister.  U..N.) 
Bo  a  canker  uncleue  hlC  dvefirH  togedrca. 

US.  Lmul.  8S6.  t.  X. 

CLOCIIER.  (1)  A  large  cape  or  mantle.    "  The 
greet  clocher  up  for  to  here,"  Lydgate's  Minor 
Poems,  p.  201. 
(2)  A  belfry.    Pr.  Pan. 
CLOCK.  (1)  The  noise  made  by  a  hen  when 
going  to  sit. 

L«cf  henne  wim  ho  leith, 
Looth  wen  ho  ctok  leltb. 

MS.  Coll.  Fnuil.  B.  vl.  t.  91. 

(2)  The  downv  head  of  the  dandelion  in  seed. 
North. 

(3)  A  l)ectle.   North. 

(4)  A  bcU.     (^...V.) 

(5)  A  watch.  Ill  common  use  with  WTitcn  of 
the  sixteenth  century. 

(6)  A  kind  of  onmnicntal  work  worn  on  various 
parts  of  dress,  now  apphcd  exclusively  to  that 
on  each  side  of  a  stocking.  Palsgrave  has, 
"  clocke  of  a  hose,"  w  itliout  the  corresponding 
French. 

(7)  A  cloak.   Robin  Hood,  i.  98. 
CLOCK-DRESSING.      A   mode   of  obtaining 

liquor  on  6ctitious  pretences.    Craven. 
CLOCK-SEAVES.   The  black-headed  bog-rush. 

A^orM. 
CLOD.  (1)  To  clothe.   Eail. 


(2)  To  throw.    North. 

(3)  Clodded;  hard.    ^.-S.) 

(4)  A  species  of  coal.    Writ. 

(5)  The  coarse  part  of  the  neck  of  an  ox.  Sm 
Ord.  and  RegnUitions,  pp.  288,  296. 

(6)  To  break  clods.     Sec  llarrifinn's  England. 
233.    Palsgrave  has  it  in  the  opposite 
to  form  into  duds. 

CLOnOER.    To  coagulate.    Palffrat*. 
CLOUDY.    Thick  ;  plump.    H'iUt. 
CLODE.   To  clolhc.   (.i.-S.) 

And  tche  made  Hercule*  bo  Dic0 
t'jion  hlrr  love.  Aod  *o  suote. 
That  he  him  trkidelh  la  hire  cot*. 
AnU  tche  lo  hli  wat  clothld  oflc 

Coieer,  MS.  Soe.  jlliti^.  134,  t 
CLODGE.    A  Inrap  of  clay.    Kent. 
CLtlDGER.     The    cover    of    a    book.     Anf. 

"  Closcrc"  occurs  in  the  Prompt.  Parv.  p.  M^ 

in  the  same  sense. 
CLODCY'.  Close  made  ;  plump.  Ilantt. 
CLOD-HEAD.  A  stupid  fellow.    North. 
CLOD-HOPPER.     A  farmer's  laljourer. 
CLOD-MALL.     A  wooden   hammer   used  for 

breaking  clo<l.'i.     Salop. 
CLOUYS.     Clothes.     (.4..S.) 
CLOFKEY.    A  great  sloven.     North. 
CLOKl'ING.    The  i>laiit  hellebore. 
CLOFT.    The  jointure  of  two  branches,  or  of  • 

branch  with  the  trunk.     North. 
CLOFYD.     Cleft;  spht.     (A.-S.) 
CLOG.  (I)  To  pickle,  or  prepare  wheat  for  so«> 

ing.     Jf'etl. 

(2)  A  sort  of  shoe,  the  upper  part  of  strong  hide 
leather,  and  the  sole  of  wood.  See  Towucley 
Mysteries,  p.  313. 

(3)  Any  piece  of  wood  fastened  to  a  string  for 
husbandry  purposes. 

(4)  An  andent  sort  of  almanac  formerly  u*ed 
Sweden  and  Denmark,  made  with  notches  an 
rude  figures  upon  sijuarc  sticks,  still  in  xi: 
among  the  meaner  sort  of  people  in  Slaifurd 
shire.     Kennetl,  MS.  I^nsd.  1033. 

CLOGGY.     Sticky,     far.  dial. 

CLOGSOME.     Deep;   dirty;  adhesive.    Alto,, 

heavy,  dull,  tiresome.      Var.  dial. 
CLOGUE.    To  flatter.     Siute.r. 
CLOG-WHEAT.    Bearded  wheat.     Eait. 
CLOINTER.     To  tread  heavilv.    North. 
CLOISTER-GARTH.     The  area  inclosed  Uy  A 
cloister.   Davies's  Ancient  Riles,  pp.  1 U,  1 17.] 
Any  inclosure  was  called   a  cloister. 
Chaucer,  Cant.  T.  15511. 
CLOIT.    A  clown  or  stupid  fellow.     North, 
CLOiCARDE.   A  musical  instrument  mentions 

in  the  Squyr  of  Lowe  Degrc,  1071. 
CLOKE.     A   claw,  or  clutch.    See   Townclcyl 

Myst.  p.  324  ;  Skclton,  i.  287. 

CLOKKE.  To  clog,  or  hobble  in  walking.  (J.-K}\ 

CLO.M.    To  clutch.     North. 

CLO.MBE.     Climbed.    (^..£)     Clombon,  Otef\ 

climbed,  Tundale,  p.  67.     Cf.  Rob.  Gloun.  p.  j 

410.     Clome,  climbed,  Drayton's  Poemsi 

239. 

CLOME.    To  gutter,  u  a  caodlc.    North. 


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CLOMGR.     Bee  Cloam. 

CLOMP.    To  clump,  or  wilk  heavily,     ^'or^h. 
Hence  comphrlon,  one  who  walks  hcirilv. 

CLOMSEN.    To  shrink  or  contract.     (A.-N.) 

CLONGYN.     Shrunk ;  shrivelled. 

I  Duy  worully  wipe  aoil  wake 
lo  day  tylle  I  ba  iZoncyn  colil. 

MX.  llarl.  Hit,  t.  »7. 

CLONKKR.     An  icicle.     Someml. 

CLOOM.    Clay  or  cement.     Kmrutt. 

CLOOR.     A  .luice.     Northmnb. 

CLOOTH.     Cloth.    (A.-S.) 

CLOOVIS.     Gloves;  gauntlet*. 

CLOPE.     A  blow.     (tfO-m.) 

CLOPLEYNTE.     A  complaint.     {A.-K.) 

So  u  ]e  toldm  h«rc  above 

Of  Diurmur  and  ciu^teyntt  of  love. 

Cou'cr,  MS.  &<'.  AnHii  134,  f.  47- 

CLOPPINO.    Lame ;  limping.    Carnw. 
CLOSE.  (1)  An  obscure  lane.     North. 

(2)  Clothes.    Towncley  Myst.  p.  46. 

(3)  A  fann-yard ;  an  enclosure  of  any  kind. 
I'ar.  dial. 

U)  A  pubhc  wiilk.     /.  JViiihl. 

(5)  Secret ;  seUish.     far.  dial. 

(6)  Toendoie.or  lii  minerals  in  metaL  Pahgraee. 
CLOSE-BED.  A  press-bed.    A'orfA. 
CLOSEDEN.    Encloicd.    RUnn. 
CLOSE-FIGHTS.     ThUigs  which  are  used  to 

shelter  or  conceal  the  men  from  an  enemy  in 

time  of  action. 
CLOSE-FISTED.    Sting)- ;  mean.    far.  dial. 
CLOSE-GAl  NTLET.     A  gauntlet  with  move- 
able fingers.    MejTick,  ii.  258. 
CLOSE-HAND-OUT.     Apparently  a  game  of 

guessing  for  money  held  in  the  hand.    See 

Kempe's  Loscley  Alanuscripts,  p.  113. 
CLOSER.    An  enclosure.    {A.-IV.)     PaisgraTe 

and  Tusaer  have  closyer  and  elmier. 
CLOSH.  (1)  A  Dutchman.     South. 
(2)  The  game  of  ninepins.     It  was  prohibited 

by  Edward  IV,  ejid  Henry  VI II.     Sec  Slrutt. 

p.  271;  Collier's   Hist.   Dram.  Poet.  i.  36; 

Hooper's  Early  Writings,  p.  393  j  Arch.  xivi. 

277. 
CLOSURE.  (1)  A  clenchcr.     I.  Hight. 

(2)  .\ii  enclosure.  See  liolinshed.  Hist.  Eng- 
Und,  L  UG. 

(3)  A  gutter.     North. 
CLOT.  (1)  Same  as  cfo</ (6). 

(2)  A  clo<l.  North.  "  No  elol  in  clay,"  Leg. 
CathoL  p.  2.  Sec  Black's  Pen.  Psalms,  p.  52 ; 
Tundale,  p.  11 5.  A  tump,  Harrison's  England, 
p.  215. 

(3)  To  dog.    TopteU's  Beasti,  p.  271. 

(4)  To  toss  about.     North. 
CLOTCH.    To  tread  heavily.    Eail. 
CLOTE.  ( 1 )  The  yellow  wat'crlily.    Chaucer  has 

ehle  Irfe,  I60'I5,   explained  the  leaf  of  the 
Irardock,  although  the  present  meaning  best 
suits  the  context.     See  Gerard,  p.  674,  D. 
Vlutm,  Walter  de  Dibblcsworth,  MS.  Arundel, 
220. 
(2)  A  wedge.    Pr.  Par. 
CLOTTRED.    Clotted.    (A.-S.) 
CLOTH.     Arras.    Middleton.  i.  445. 


CLOTHE.    The  Ijed-clolhes.     Perce>-»),  1934. 
CLOT-HEAD.     A  blockhead.      Var.  dial. 
CLOTH-OF-ESTATE.  A  canopy  suspended  ovei 

the  pUce  where  the  principal  penoiuges  sat. 

See  Warner's  Antiq.  Culin.  p.  99 ;  Rutland 

Papers,  p.  8 ;  Ellz.  of  York,  p.  66. 
CLOTTEH.    A  clothier,     n'eber. 
CLOTTING.    A  method  of  catching  eel*  with 

worsted  thread.    Wat. 
CLOUCH.    To  snatch  or  clutch.     Lok.    The 

substantive  occurs  in  Piers  Ploughman,  and  in 

Topsell's  Beasts,  p.  269. 
CLOUD-BERRY.  The  ground  mulberry.  Alur/*. 

From  cloud,  a  hill.     Staff. 
CLOUDE.     A  clod.    RittoH. 
CLUUE.    A  fruit  or  berry.    (A.-N.) 
CLOUGH.  (I)  A  ravine,  ornamw  glen.    "  Into 

a  grisly  clougb,"   Sir  Tristrrm,  p.  225.      It 

means  a  cliff  ia  MS.  Mortc  Arthurc,  f.  63. 

(2)  The  body  of  a  tree,  or  where  the  main  stem 
divides  into  branches,    t'wnb. 

(3)  A  wood.    Lane. 

CLOUOHY.  Gaudily  dressed.   North. 
CLOUNGE.   Shrunk ;  shrivelled.   Elyot. 
CLOUR.  (1)  A  lump,  or  swelling.    North. 
(2)  Hollow  ground,  or  a  field.  (.^.-A'.)   "  Bareyn 

clotrrui,"  Lvdgate's  Minor  Poems,  p.  166. 
CLOUT.  (1)  A  blow.     Var.  dial     Sec  Richard 

Cocr  do  Lion,  768;  Cov.  Myit.  p.  98;  Sir 

Isunihras,  619.    Also  a  verb. 

(2)  "  A  Plimouth  clout,  i.  e.  a  cane  or  staff," 
MS.  Sloane  1946,  f.  19. 

(3)  A  piece  or  fragment,  {A.-S.) 

(4)  To  mend,  or  patch,    far,  dial. 

(B)  The  mark  fixed  in  the  centre  of  the  butts  at 

which  archers  shot  for  practice.    Noret. 
CLOUTEH.  To  do  dirty  work.   North.  Clowtcr, 

a  cobbler.  Prompt.  Parv. 
CLOUTERLY.     Clumsy ;  awkward.     North. 
CLOUT-NAILS.      Nails  used  for  fixing  douts, 

or  small  patches  of  iron  or  wood. 
CLOVE.    Eight  imunds  of  cheese. 
CLOVEL.    A  huge  bcjini,  extending  across  the 

chimney  in  farm-houses.    Daon. 
CLOVER-LAY.      A  fidd   of    clover    recently 

mown.    Hanti. 
CLOVE-TONGUE.   The  black  hdlebore. 
CLOW.  (1)  A  floodgate.  North.    Sec  Dugdale's 

History  of  Imbaiiking,  1662,  p.  276. 
(2)  To  scratch,    t'umb. 
(3J  The  clove-pink.   F.att. 
f  4 )  To  work  hard.    A'orf  A. 

(5)  To  nail  with  clouts.    Wat. 

(6)  A  rock.  {A.-S.) 

Thcae  caltif  Jewea  dad  not  fo  dow 
Scftdc  him  to  ieche  to  cllf  and  r/ow, 

Oiraor  Mttnii,  StX.  Coil.  Trin.  (Molah.  t.  lO*. 

CLOWCHYNE.   A  clew  of  thread.   Pr.  Parv. 
CLOWCLAGGED.      "Thur  yowcs   are  dow 

clagg'd,  they   skitter  faire,"    Y'orlub.   Dial. 

p.  43. 
CLOWDER.   To  daub.    IJne. 
CLO^ADYS.   aods.   Cov.  Myst.  p.  402. 
CLOWEN.  (1)  To  bustle  about.   Cmnb. 
(2)  Cleaved ;  cut  dowt\.    H'tbtr. 


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CLOWK.   Toicratch.    NoHh. 
CLOWSOME.   Soft ;  cl»mniy.  ^'orth. 
CLOWT-CLOWX    "  A  kindc  of  pliye  r«Ued 

clotet  cloirl,  to  bearc  about,  or  my  hen  hath 

layil,"  Nomenrlator,  p.  299. 
CLOY.  To  prick  in  9hoeiii||:  a  horse.  Sec  Aceloyd; 

Lambarde's    Peranibulation,    1D9G,    p.    511. 

Alto,  to  noil  or  spike  up,  as  artillery. 
CLOYEU.  A  person  who  intruded  on  the  profita 

of  young  ibarpers  by  claiming  a  share.    jVii  old 

cant  term.  Cloynert,  Balc'sKyngcJolian,  p.G9. 
CLOYSSE.    Clothes.   Toumelri/  Mytt. 
CLOZZON'S.    Talona;  clutches.    Snrlk. 
CLUB-BALL.    A  game  ut  ball,  played  with  a 

straight  club.  Strutt,  p.  \<H. 
CLUBBE-WEED.     Matfelon.     Arch.  ixx.  405. 
CLUBBEY.    A  kind  of  game,  iomething  like 

doddart. 
CLUBBISHLY.    Roughly.    Hall,  Henry  VIll. 

f.  140. 
CLUBID.     Hard ;  difficult.     Rel.  Ant.  i.  8. 
CLUB-LAW.     Equal  division.     Knmell. 
CLUB-MEN.    An  irregular  force  of  annedmen 

who  rose  in  the  West  of  England  in  1645, 

about  the  time  of  the  battle  of  Naacby.     See 

Wright's  PoL  Ballads,  p.  2. 
CLUBS.    An  old  cry  in  any  public  affray.     It 

was  the  popular  cry  to  call  forth  the  London 

prentices. 
CLUBSTER.    A  stoat.    North.    Also  caUed  a 

eluilail. 
CLUCCHE.    To  clutch,  or  hold.   (A.-S.)    See 

Piers  Ploughman,  p.  359  ;  Reliq.  Autiq.  ii.  211. 
CLUCK.    Slightly  unwell.    South. 
CLUD-NUT.  Two  nuts  grown  into  one.  North. 
CLU  PP.     To  strike  J  to  cuff.     North. 
CLUKES.     Clutches.    North. 
CLULINGS.    The  clew-lines  of  a  vessel. 
CLUM.  (1)  Daubed.     Yorkth. 

(2)  Climbed.     North. 

(3)  To  handle  roughly.    Jt'ttt. 
(A)  To  rake  into  heaps.    Devon. 
CLUME-BUZZA.    An  earthen  pan.    Deron. 
CLUMMERSOME.  Dirty  ;  sluttish.    Deron. 
CLUMP.  (1)  To  tramp.    Var.  dial. 

(2)  A  lump,  or  mass.     North. 

(3)  Idle ;  lazy.     Line. 
CLUMl'ER.    A  large  piece.    Somtrtet. 
CLUMPERS.    Thick,  heavy  shoes.    Eatt. 
CLUMPISH.    Awkward ;  unwieldy.     North. 
CLUMPS.  (1)  Twilight.     E(ut. 

(2)  Idle ;  lazy ;   clownish.    Also  plain-dealitig, 
honest.    North. 

(3)  Benumbed  with  cold.   North.  Cotgravc  has 
this  word,  in  v.  Entomii. 

CLOMPY.  (1)  A  donee.    Smth. 

(2)  Aggregated ;  adhered.    Devon. 

CLUNCH.   (1)   Close-grained  hard  limestone. 

Also   close,  appUed   to   the  temper,   or  the 

weather.     North. 

(2)  A  thump,  or  blow.    EmI. 

(3)  A  clod-hopper.    North.    Cotgrave  has  this 
word,  in  v.  TniOe-bacon.Etcogrifft. 

CLUNCHY.    Thick,  and  clumsy.    Ea*l. 


oiling, 

i 


CLUNG.  (1)  Shrivelled ;  shrunk.    •■  llee 
or  hide-bound,"  Hollyband,  1593. 

(2)  Heavy ;  doaghy.     Var.  dial. 

(3)  Empty  ;  emaciated.    Cmven. 

(4)  Daubed.     Croren. 

(5)  Tough ;  dry.     Eait. 

(6)  Soft;  flabby;  relaxed.    Norf. 

(7)  Strong.    Berk*. 

CLUNGE.    To  crowd,  or  squcea:.    Sovlk. 
CLU.N'GED.    Stopped.     tV«r«i. 
CLUNGY.    Adhesive.    North. 
CLUNK.     To  swallow,    Deron. 
CLUNTER.(l)To  walkclumsUy,  North. 

(2)  A  clod  of  earth.   North. 

(3)  To  turn  lumpy,  as  some  things  do  in  boiling, 
Yorlah. 

CLUNTERLY.   CTumsy.  fVwreii. 
CLUPPE.  To  embrace.   Rob.  Glouc.  p.  14. 
CLUSE.  (1)  AceU.  (ImI.) 

(2)  A  flood-gat«.    North. 
CLUSSOMED.   Benumbed.   Cheth. 
CLUSSUM.    Cluinsv.    Chnh. 
CLUSTERS.    To  harden.   (.•/.->'.) 
CLUSTERKIST.    A  clodhopper.     SeeCotgrirp, 

in  v.  Catoii,  Etcogriffe,  l.ourd<ntl. 
GLUT.   To  strike  a  blow.   North.  j 

CLUTCH.  (1)  Close.   Swuex.  \ 

f  2)  To  cluck.    Soitth. 

(3)  A  fist.  Var.  dial,  Clutch.fist.averybrBefist. 

(4)  A  covey  of  jiartridgcs.  Also,  a  brood  o( 
chickens.   EomI. 

(5)  To  seize ;  to  grasp.    Shak. 
CLUTE.    A  hoof.    North. 
CLUTHER.  (1)  In  heaps.   North. 
(2)  A  great  noise.    Kent. 
CLUTS.   Wedges.   North. 
CLUTT.   AsmaUcloth.  (.i.-S.) 

The  mytuu  Wvft  fori;ate  he  no^t. 

US.  Canlab.  Ft.  r.  48.  t. 

CLUTTER,  f  1)  A  bustle ;  confusion,  disordi 
See  Cotton^s  Works,  1734,  p.  13. 

(2)  "  Grumeau  de  taxy,  a  clot,  or  clutter  of  con. 
gealcd  bloud,"  Cotgrave.  "  Cluttered  blouit," 
Holinshcd,  HIM.  Engl.  p.  94. 

(3)  A  plough-coulter.    South. 
CLUTTER-FISTED.     Having  large  fists.    See 

Armin's  Nest  of  Ninnies,  p.  27. 
CLUTTERY.    Changeable.    Var.  dial. 
CLUUTTS.     Feet.     Ctoit*. 
CLY    Goose-grass.    SomemI, 
CLYKYTII.   Noises  abroad. 

Then  flcyth  iche  forthcanil  byfynnylh  lo 

And  etykyth  forllie  Id  hure  Ijingage, 

Wat  raUhodc  yi  In  mar)  ane. 

Gvtrrr,  MS.  Canub.  FY.  I.  0,  r.  «. 
CLYNE.    To  incline.    (.*.-.V.) 
CLYPPES.   An  eclipse.   Pakgrme. 
CLYTBNISH.   Sickly ;  unhealthy.    WUIt 
CLYVEN.    Rocks.   Kyng  .Vlis.  5429. 
CNAFFE.   A  lad,  or  boy. 
CNAG.   A  knot.   North. 
CNOBLE.   Knob ;  tuft.   Arch.  rxx.  405. 
CNOPWORT.   The  bafl-wced. 
CNOUTBERRY.     The  dwarf.mult.erry.    Tbi 
is  a  trailition  in  Lancashire  that  King  Cauui 


1.    See     I 

m 

rhy.l<>.H 


COA 


2S9 


COB 


or  Cnout  being  reduced  to  grenl  extremity  wa« 
preserved  by  eating  this  friiit. 
CNOWE.   To 'know  or  recognize.   (-Y.-5.) 

He  wu  lo  t)M«ril  with  pc}lir  a  (lirowe. 
That  hi*  fri-ndei  coudr  him  not  enniit, 

MS..tM,l.  1I3U7,  r.fiS. 

CNYT.  Knit  j  tie<l.  (A.-S.)  See  Wright's  Seven 
S«gta.  p.  24. 

CO.  (1)  To  ctU.   North. 

(2)  The  neck.  (^.-A'.)  "  The  eo,  la  chouue," 
W.  de  Bibbleiworth,  Rcl.  Aot.  ii.  78. 

{3)  Come !    Devon. 

COACH-FELLOW.  A  horse  employed  to  draw 
in  the  same  coniagc  with  another.  Hence, 
metaphorically,  a  person  ultimately  connected 
with  another,  generally  applied  lo  people  in 
low  lift',     lien  Jonson  has  coach-horie, 

COACII-IIORSE.     A  dragon-fly.     Eatl. 

COAD.     l^ahealthv.     Rrmoor. 

COAUJLfVATE.  A  coadjutor.  This  word  oc- 
curs in  the  Description  of  Love,  8vo.  1620. 

COAGULAT.     CunUed.    (Lat.) 

COAII.     Heart  or  pith.    North. 

ER.    A  ahocmaker.   Ermoor, 
EN.   To  strain  in  vomiting. 
AKS.   Cindera.    lor**A. 

COAL-niL\ND.   Smut  in  wheat. 

COAUFIRE.  A  parcel  of  fire-wood  set  out  for 
sale  or  use,  containing  when  burnt  tbe  quan- 
tity of  a  load  of  coals. 

COAL-HARBOUR.  A  corruption  of  Cold  Har- 
bonr,  an  ancient  mansion  in  Dowgate  Ward, 
London,  frequeutlv  alluded  to  by  old  writers. 

COAL-HOOD.  (I)  A  bullfmrh.    Wett. 

(2)  A  wooden  coal-scuttle.  Eiut. 
COAL-RiUCE.   A  rake  used  for  raking  the  ashes 

of  a  fire  or  oven. 
COAL-SAY.   The  coal-fish.   North. 
COAL.SJIUT.    A  fossil  or  efflorescence  found 

on  the  sur&ce  of  coal. 
CO.VLY.  (I)  AlampUghtcr.  Neve. 

(3)  A  spedcs  of  cur,  famous  for  its  sagacity. 
North. 

COALY-SHANGIE.   A  riot,  or  u|iroar.   North. 
COAME.  To  crack.   Googe. 
■  COANDER.   A  comer.  Ermoor. 
COAP.    A  fight.    AorM. 
COARSE.    Dad,  applied  to  the  weather.     Tor. 

dial. 
COARTE.    To.compel,  or  force.    SeeAshmole's 
Thcat.  Chem.  Brit.  p.  276. 

Oym  by  dethc  wa*  itTaytely  roartid 
Of  hit  tyf  to  makt  a  lodcynv  trantlacloo. 

US.  tMtn.  41S.  r.  tot. 
COASAY.   A  causeway.  Tundale,  p.  33. 
COASH.    To  silence.   North. 
COAST.  To  approach,  or  pursue. 
COASTING.   A  courtship.  Shak. 
COAT.  ( 1 )  The  hair  of  cattle,  or  wool  of  sheep. 

far.  dial. 
(2)  A  petticoat.   Cumb.  Any  gown  was  formerly 

<^alled  a  coat,  as  in  Thoms'i  Aoec.  and  Trad. 

p.  91. 
COAT-CARDS.    Court-cards,   and  tens.     See 

Arch.  vUi.  ISO,  163  ;  Florio,  ed.  1611,  p.  86 : 

I)u  Bartas,  p.  593. 


COATB.   A  coltadre.  North.    Apparently  a /nr- 

naee  in  Leiand'i  Itin.  iv.  111. 
COATHE.  (I)  To  swoon,  or  faint.   Unc. 
(2)  The  rot  in  sheep.  Somemt. 
COATHY.  (l)Tolhrow.   Hanlt. 
(2)  Surly ;  easilv  provoked.    Nnrf. 
COAT-OF-PLATE.     A  coat  of  mail  maile  of 

terera]  pieces  of  metal  attached  to  each  other 

by  wires.   Meyrirk. 
COB.  (1)  A  blow.    Var.  dial.     Also  a  verb,  to 

strike  or  pull  the  ear,  or  hair, 

(2)  To  throw.    Derbyh, 

(3)  A  basket  for  seed.    AoWA. 

(4)  Marl  mixed  with  straw,  used  for  walls.  fVenl. 

(5)  A  leader,  or  cliief.  Cheth.  To  eoi,  to  outdo, 
or  excel. 

(6)  A  small  hay-stack.    Ojron. 

(7)  A  aea-gull.    I'ar.  dial, 

(8)  A  stone  or  kernel.  Eatt.  Also  called  ■ 
cobble. 

(9)  Clover-seed.   Eatt. 

(10)  A  young  herring.  Florio  seems  to  make  it 
synonymous  »ilh  tbe  miller's-thumb,  in  v. 
Bdztolo,  and  Grose  give*  cobbo  as  a  name  for 
that  flab. 

( 1 1 )  A  chuflT,  or  miser ;  a  wealthy  person.  See 
the  SUte  Papers,  ii.  228,  and  Nash,  quoted  by 
Nares.  in  the  following  passage  it  seems  to 
mean  a  person  of  superior  rank  or  power. 

Sosteynld  li  uot  by  penoDli  lowe. 
But  cobirtt  grele  ihU  rlote  tuatme. 

OalcM,  its.  Stc.  ^n(i«.  134,  t.  Sff!. 

(12)  A  Spanish  coin,  formerly  current  in  Ireland, 
worth  alioat  4*.  Sd, 

(13)  A  lump,  or  piece.    Florio. 
COBBER.    A  great  falsehood.    North. 
COBBIN.    A  piece  or  sUcc  of  an  ccl  or  any 

other  fish. 
COBBLE.  (1)  A  round  stone.    North.    "  Good 
cabled  atonys,"  Torrent  of  Portugal,  p.  55. 
"CobUng   stones,"   Cotton's   Works,    1734, 
p.  330.    Round  coals  are  also  called  cobbles. 

(2)  To  hobble,    far.  dial. 

(3)  An  icicle.    Kent. 

(4)  Cobhle-dick-longereldn,  a  kind  of  apple  so 
called. 

(5)  Ciihhlc-trees,  double  swingle  trees,  or  splin- 
ter bars.    North. 

COBBLER'S-MONDAY.  Any  Monday  thiongh- 
out  the  year.    North. 

COBBS.   Tcsticuli.    North. 

COBBY.  Brisk;  lively;  proud;  tyrannical; 
headstrong.  "  Cobby  and  croiis,  as  a  new 
wttsh'd  louse."    North. 

COB-CASTLE.  A  satirical  name  for  any  builil- 
ing  which  overtops  those  around  it,  more  usu- 
ally applied  to  a  prison.    North. 

COB-COALS.    Large  pit-coals.  North. 

COB-IRONS.  Andirons.  Also,  the  irons  by 
which  tbe  spit  is  supported.    Eatt. 

COB-JOE.  A  nut  at  the  end  of  a  string.  Derhytk. 

COBKEY.  A  punishment  by  bastinado  in- 
flicted on  offenders  at  sea. 

My  L.  Fatter,  being  a  lytle  dronk,  weal  up  to 
the  inayi>.top  to  fet  Aiwn  a  tetnV.uAVamVi  «^.^^^« 


coc 


260 


COC 


Itut  after  hym,  whcr  tlicj  g»T«  hym  a  wM»|r  upon  i 
the  cup  of  the  iMynmMt.  MS.  JMIt.  WHiB. 

COBLE.    A  peculiar  kind  of  boat,  ycjy  «h»rp  in 
the  bow,  and  flat-bottomed,  and  square  at  the 
atom,  nangatcd  with  a  lug-sail.      "Fokcne 
thcire  coble:,"  MS.  Mortc  Arthure,  f.61. 
COBLEK'S-DOOU.    In  sliding,  to  knock  at  the 
cobUr'i  doorit  to  skim  over  the  ice  with  one 
foot,  occasionally  giving  a  hard  knock  on  it 
with  the  other. 
COBLER'S-LOBSTER.    A  cow-heel.  r<i«w». 
COBLOAF.    A  crusty  uneven  loaf  with  around 
toji  to  it.    Loaves  called  eobbt  are  still  made 
in  Oxfordshire.     See  Edwards's  Old  English 
Cnstoms,   p.  25.    Aubrey  mentions  an  old 
Cliristmas    game     called     coh-loaf-stcaling. 
Shakespeare  seeiiu  to  use  the  term  metapho- 
ricollv.     "  A  eobloafe  or  bunne,"  Minsheu. 
COBNOBBLE.    Tobeat.    lor.  dial. 
COB-NUT.     .\  game  which  consists  in  pitching 
at  a  row  of  nuts  jjiled  up  in  heaps  of  four, 
three  at  the  bottom  and  one  at  the  top  of  each 
heap.    All  the  nuts  knocked  dovtTi  arc  the 
property  of  the  pitcher.    The  nut  used  for 
pitching  is  called  the  eob.     It  is  sometimes 
played  on  the  top  of  a  hat  with  two  nuts, 
when  one  tries  to  break  the  nut  of  the  other 
with  his  own,  or  with  two  rows  of  hazel  nuts 
strung  on  strings  through  holes  bored  in  the 
middle.  The  last  is  probably  the  more  modern 
game,  our  first  method  being  clearly  indicated 
by  Cotgrave,  in  v.  Chotttlel,  "  the  childish 
game  cobnuf,  or  (rather)  the  throwing  of  a 
ball   at  a  heape  of  nuts,  which  done,  the 
thrower  takes  as  many  as  he  hath  hit  or  scat- 
tered."    It  is  also  alluded  to  in  Florio,  cd. 
lOU,    pp.   88,  333;    Chirkc's  Phraseologia 
Puerihs,  165a,  p.  322. 
COB-POKE.    A  bag  carried  by  gleaners  for  re- 
ceiving the  eobf  or  broken  ears  of  wheat. 
COB-STONES.     Large  stones.   North. 
COB-SWAN.    A  very  large  swan.   Jomon. 
COB-WALL.    A  wall  composed  of  straw  and 

clay,  or  eob  (4). 
COBWEB.    Misty.    Norf.    Drayton  compares 
clouds  to   cobuvi  /aim,  a  thin  transparent 
lawn. 
COCHEN.    Tlie  kitchen.  ^A.-S.) 
COClItlURE. 

He  makyth  me  to  iwcllc  both  flc»h<  and  Tryne, 
Aod  keptih  me  low  lykc  a  c^ehoure. 

MS.  Cualab.  Ff.  I.  G,  f  46. 

COCK.  (1)  A  common  mode  of  vulgar  sa- 
lutation. 

(2)  The  needle  of  a  balance.  Sec  Cotgrave,  in 
V.  Lanffuelte. 

(3)  To  walk  lightly  or  nimbly  about,  applied  to  a 
child.    North. 

(4)  A  piece  of  iron  with  several  notches  fixed  at 
the  end  of  the  plough-beam,  by  which  the 
plough  is  regulated. 

(5)  A  cock-boat.  "  Leapo  into  the  cocke," 
MofTman,  1G31,  sig.  C.  i. 

!6)  To  hold  up.     Lane. 
7)  To  contend .»  Sec  llolinshcd,  Chroa.  Ireland, 
p.  90;  Wright's  Pol.  Songs,  p.  153. 


I 


(R)  A  conical  heap  of  hay.  Also,  to  put  hKftilla 
cocks,  Tusser,  p.  1 68. 

(9)  To  swagger  impudently.  Coeking,  StaB>> 
hurst's  Descr.  of  Ireland,  p.  35. 

COCK.M..  A  game  played  with  four  huckle- 
bones.  See  MS.  Ashmolc  7M,  L  162;  No- 
mcnclator,  p.  293. 

COCK-A-MEG.  A  piece  of  timber  fasteiiH  on 
the  reepic  in  a  coal  mine  to  support  the  roof. 

COCK-AND-MWILE.    A  jail.    Hal. 

COCK.VPERT.    Saucy.    Var.  dial. 

COCK-APPAUEL.  (i real  pomp  or  pride  in  small 
matters.    Line.    Now  obsolete. 

COCKARD.   A  cockade. 

COCKATRICE.  A  familiar  name  for  a  courte- 
zan, very  commonly  used  in  our  early  drama- 
lists.  Sec  Heywood's  Royall  King,  \63i, 
sig.  F.  i. ;  Pecle's  Jests,  p.  IH ;  Tarlton's  Jeats, 
p.  9. 

COCK-BOAT.  A  small  boat,  loinetimcs  one  tliat 
waits  upon  a  larger  vessel.  They  were  for-, 
inerly  common  in  the  Thames,  and  Btc4' 
with  oars. 

COCK-BRAINED.  Fool-hardy;  wanton.  Pala- 
grave  has  this  term,  and  it  also  occurs  in  lb« 
Two  Lancashire  Lovers,  1640,  p.  101. 

COCK-BRCMBLE.   Rubunfruelieiuuii,  Lin. 

COCK-CIIAFER.    A  May  hug.    Var.  dioL 

CUCK-CHICK.  A  young  cock.    jVorfA. 

COCK-CROWN.   Poor  pottage.    North. 

COCKED.  Turned  up.  Jor.  dial.  Metaphori- 
cally used  for  affronted. 

COCKEL-BREAL).     "  Y'oung   wenches,"   »ay» 
Aubrey,  "  have  a  wanton  sport  which  they  call 
moulding  of  cockle-bread,  viz.  they  gel  upoa  ^d 
a  table-bonrd.  and  then  gather  up  their  knee*  ^| 
and  their  coates  with  their  hands  aa  high  a*  V 
they  can,  and  then  they  wabble  to  and  fro,  as 
if  lliey  were  kneading  of  dowgh,  Ac."     See 
further  jiorliciilars  in  Tlioms'  Anec.  and Trad-^l 
p.  95.    I  question  whether  the  term  cockeI-^| 
bread  was  originally  connected  with  this  in- 
delicate custom.     Coeille  mele  is  mentioned 
in  an  old  otedical  receipt  in  MS.  Lincolu  A.  L 
17,  f.  304. 

COCKER.  (1)  To  alter  fraudulently;  togioa 
over  anything.   South. 

(2)  To  indulge,  or  spoiL    Par.  dial.    This  Is  a 
very  common  arcluusm.    "  So  kotcrreti  us  n^*^^^ 
made  us  so  wanton,"  More's  Supplycacyoii  uf^| 
Soulys,  sig.  L.  ii.  ^ 

(3)  To  crow,  or  boast.  North. 

(4)  A  cock -fighter.  Var.  dial.  Sec  Thoms'i 
Anecdotes  and  Trad.  p.  47  ;  co**er, Townelcj 
Myst.  p.  242. 

(5)  To  rot.   Norf. 
COCKEREL.  A  young  cock.    See  Marlowe,  i 

44;   Cotgrave,' in    v.   Coehel,    Hettoudtnt 
Harrison's  Ucscr.  of  England,  p.  133. 

COCKERER.    A  wanton.    Cotgrme. 

COCKERS.  A  kind  of  rustic  high  shoes,  or  half« 
boots,  fastened  with  laces  or  buttons.     Oli 
stockings   without   feet   are   also  so   call 
North.    See  Percy's   ReUqncs,  p.  80 ;  Pii 
Ploughman,  pp.  120,  513.  Rimi  of  iron  round 


coc 


261 


(4)( 


I 


wooden   thoc*    «re  c>Ilc<l  tokm  in  Cum- 
berland. 

COCKET.  (1)  "To  joync  or  fasten  in  building, 
M  one  joyst  or  stone  is  eockttled  within  »no- 
ther,"  Tliomasii  Diet.  16-14. 

(2)  Swaggering ;  perl.    folf*.    Kennett  explains 
it,  brisk,  airy.    "  Not  too  loud  nor  eoctel," 
Rape  of  Lucrccc,  p.  44.    See  Cotgrave,  in  v. 
Herr. 
A  docquet.    Cotgrave. 

Cocket  bread  was  the  second  kind  of  best 
bread.    I'mcet. 

C'OCKEV.   A  common  tewer.   Norf. 

COCK-EVE.    A  Miuinling  ere.    Var.SiaL 

COCK-KEATIIER.  The  feather  which  stood  up- 
on  the  arrow  when  it  was  rightly  placed  upon 
tlie  string,  per]icndicular1y  above  the  notch. 
Ntrn. 

COCK-CRASS.   Darnel.    Cambr. 

COCK-IIANNELL.   A  honac-eock.    Huloet. 

COCKHEAD.  That  port  of  a  mill  which  is  fixed 
into  a  stave  of  the  ladder  on  wlijch  the  hop- 
per rests. 

COCKllEADS.    Meadow  knobwccd.    North. 

COCK-HEDGE.    A  quickset  hedge. 

COCK-IIOOP.    A  bullfinch. 

COCK-HORSE.  To  ride  a  cock-horse,  to  pro- 
mise children  a  ride.  Harrison,  Descr.  of 
England,  p.  23.'),  uses  the  temi  for  a  child's 
rockjng-horae.  "  C^ckhorec  peasantry,"  Mar- 
lowe, iii.  412,  upstarts.  Sec  Cotgrave,  in  v. 
Cketal.  In  some  places,  riding  a  cock-horse 
is  applied  to  two  persons  on  the  some  horse. 

COCKING.  Cocktighting.  North.  Sec  the 
Plumpton  Corr.  p.  251. 

COCKISll.    Wanton.    North. 

CtX^KLE.  (1)  Jgrotlemna  gilhago,   Lin.      Cf. 
Harrison's  Descr.of  Englan<l,  p.  1 70.  Qtuvtlam 
hrrtM  yvit  roeatur  vttlgo  cokkyllc,  MS.  Dib. 
Beg.  12  B.i.  f.  30. 
And  u  the  cotkille  with  heraoly  dew  lo  cleue 
Of  kynde  engcndrclh  white  perlli  rounde. 

Lintfttlt,  VS.  Hoc.  .^nliq.  134,  t.  3. 

(2)  To  cry  Uke  a  cock.    Cumi. 

(3)  To  wTinkle.    i'ar.  dial. 

(4)  A  store  used  fur  drying  bops.  Kent. 
To  "  cry  cockles,"  to  be  hanged. 
The  cocktet  of  the  heart }     Grose  gives  a 

phrase  involving  this  term. 
COCKLEART.   Day-break,  i^eron.  Sometimes 

called  cock-leet. 
COCKLED.    Enclosed  in  a  shell.    Shni. 
COCKLER.   A  seller  of  cockles.   North. 
COCKLE-STAIRS.   Winding  stairs. 
COCKLETY.   Insteaily.   North. 
COCKLING.   Cheerful.  North. 
COCKLOCHE.   A  simple  fellow.  {Fr.) 
COCKLOFT.    A   garret.     Hence  a  burlesque 

phrase  for  the  scull. 
COCKMARALL.    A  bttic  fussy  \ienon.    Line. 

"  Cockmcdainiy,"  in  Brockett,  p.  75. 
COCKMATE.    Acompanion.    tiUg. 
COCKNEY.   A  spoilt  or  effeminate  boy.    "riier 

in  deliciis  matris  nulritus,  Anglice  thohnay," 

MS.   Bibl.  Reg.  12  B.  i.  f.  N.    "  Cockeney, 


S: 


COC 

aeerta,  tineolnt"  Uuloet,  1552.  Forby  has 
eock-farthing  in  a  viuiilar  sense,  ■  term  of  en- 
deannent  used  to  a  little  boy.  "Tobedan- 
tllyd  any  longer  uppon  his  father's  knee,  or 
to  be  any  longer  taken  for  his  father's  cockntji, 
or  minyon,  or  dorlyng,"  Palsgrave's  Aco 
lostus,  1540.  Tlie  veracious  Tusscr  says,  p. 
276,  "  some  cockneys  with  cocking  are  uinde 
verj"  foolsj"  and  according  lo  Dekker,  Knight's 
Conjuring,  p.  29,  the  term  is  derived  from  the 
cockering  at  indulgent  mothers.  A  cockney 
was  also  a  person  who  sold  fruit  and  greens, 
qui  vendU  eollibia,  Prompt.  Pnrv.  p.  281. 
Dicitur  etiam  coUiliiila  gni  rmdit  coUibia, 
Joan,  de  Jasuo.  The  word  is  also  stated  to 
signify  a  little  cook,  but  I  find  no  certain  au- 
thority fur  such  an  interpretation.  It  was 
frequently  used  as  a  term  nf  contempt,  as  in 
Chaucer,  Cant.  T.  420G;  Hall's  Poems,  1646, 
repr.  p.  28  ;  Twelfth  Night,  iv.  1.  Some  writers 
trace  the  tenn  with  much  probability  to  the 
imaginary  land  of  Cokaygne,  so  curiously  de- 
scribed in  the  well-known  (loem  printed  by 
Mickcs.  Flurio  has,  '*  Coaigria,  as  CuciignOt 
luliharland ;"  and  a  ballad  in  the  Roxburgbe 
collection  is  entitled,  "  An  Invitation  to  Lub- 
berland,  the  land  of  Cocaigne."  See  Cata- 
logue of  B.  11.  Bright's  Librar)-,  1845,  p.  26. 
To  these  the  lines  quoted  liy  Camden,  in  which 
the  "  King  of  Cockeney"  is  mentioned,  afford 
a  connecting  Unk,aud  the  modem  meaning  of 
rocjbiey,  one  bom  in  Cockaigne,  or  Lubber- 
land,  a  burlesque  name  for  London,  seems  to 
be  clearly  deduced.  The  King  of  the  Cockneys 
was  a  character  in  the  Christmas  festivities  at 
Lincoln's  liiu  in  1517.  Brand's  Pop.  Antiq.  i. 
295  ;  and  FiUJcr  tells  us  that  a  person  who  was 
absolutely  ignorant  of  raral  matters  was  called 
a  cockney,  whicb  ia  most  probably  the  mean- 
ing of  the  term  in  Ixor,  ii.  4,  and  is  still  re- 
tained. What  Bow-liells  have  to  do  with  it  is 
another  question.  In  the  London  Pmiligal, 
p.  15,  a  coimtr)'  fellow  says  to  another,  "  A  and 
well  sed  cochiell,  and  boe-bcll  loo."  See  also 
Beaumont  and  Fletcher,  iv.  18C,  "  Buw-hell 
suckers,"  i.  e.  sucking  children  bom  within 
the  sound  of  Bow-liell. — But  a  eockneUia  pro- 
perly a  young  cock,  as  appears  from  Holly 
band's  Diclionarie,  1593;  which  also  teems 
to  be  the  meaning  of  cokmeg  in  Piers  Plough- 
man, p.  134,  and,  as  Mr.  Wright  remarks,  ui 
Ilej-wood's  Proverbs,  but  a  lean  chicken  was 
so  called,  as  appears  from  ai<assage  quoted  in 
Malone's  Shakespeare,  x.  117.  Florio  men- 
tions cockanegt  in  v.  Cacchrreiti,  and  cock- 
ney's-eggs  may  not  be  therefore  so  great  an 
absurdity  as  is  commonly  supposed.  In  Devon- 
shire corkemony  is  the  name  of  a  small  cock's 
egg,  which  if  hatched  il  said  to  produce  a 
cockatrice  or  something  exceedingly  noxious. 
A  cock's  egg,  according  to  Forby,  is  an  abor- 
tive egg  without  a  yolk.  Tlie  absurd  tale  of 
the  eoek  ntighing,  related  by  Minshcu  and  tra- 
ditionally remembered,  may  desene  a  poising 
notice. 


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A  T*«**g  heTTTc,  Of  eocknej^,  lliat  1*  hit  mother* 
darUng.  If  bee  have  pUyrlc  the  wute-good  at  the 
Inoe*  '4  the  court,  or  about  Lontiou,  fallea  Id  a 
i|uarrclllng  humor  with  hi*  fortunet  became  the 
made  him  not  king  of  the  Indlet. 

.Vmh'i  Plum  PmiUin,  ISM. 

COCK-O-MY-TH VM  B.  A  UUIc  dimiuutive  jxa-- 
•on.    Snrlh. 

COCK. PENNY.  A  mstomtry  present  made  to 
the  schoolmiiiter  at  Shivvetiilc  liy  the  boys,  in 
MtDe  of  the  schools  in  the  North,  u  an  in- 
cretie  of  salary.  See  Drockett,  and  Carlisle  on 
Charities,  p.  272. 

COCK-PIT.  Tlicjiit  of  a  theatre.  Alio,  a  place 
used  for  cock-fighting. 

COCKQUEAN.    A  beggar  or  cheat,    (fr.) 

COCK-ROACH.   A  black-beetle.   Wal. 

COCKS.  (1)  Cockles.   Onon. 

(2)  A  puerile  ganie  with  the  tough  tufted  items 
of  the  ribwort  plantain.  One  holds  a  stem,  and 
tlie  other  strikes  on  it  with  another. 

COCK'S-FOOT.    Columbine,    tierard. 

COCKS-IIEADLING.  A  game  where  boys 
mount  over  each  other's  hcails. 

COCKS'-HEADS.    Seeds  of  rib-grasa. 

COCKSUUT.  A  large  net,  suspended  bet«-ecn 
two  |)oIes,  employed  to  catch,  or  t/iur  in, 
woodcocks,  and  used  chiefly  in  the  twilight. 
Hence  perhaps  it  came  to  be  used  for  tvilight, 
but  Kcnnett  says,  "when  the  woodoocki  thoot 
or  take  their  flight  in  woods."  Floriu  ba«  the 
latter  sense  exclusively  in  p.  79,  ed.  1611. 

COCK'S-NECKLING.  To  come  down  cock's 
Deckling,  i.  e.  head  forriuost.   n'ilti. 

COCKSPUR.  A  small  shell-tiBh.  See  Brome'a 
Travels,  ed.  1700,  p.  275. 

COCK-SQUOILING.  Throwing  at  cocks  with 
sticks,  which  arc  generally  loaded  with  lead. 
Il'fit.  Sir  Thomas  More  calls  the  slick  a 
cockniele. 

COCKSURE.     Quite  certain.      Var.dial. 

COCK\<'ARD.    A  cuckold. 

COCKAVEB.     A  cob-web.     North, 

COCK- WEED.     Same  as  eoekle  (1). 

COCKY.     Pert ;  saucy.     Var.  dial. 

COCKYBABY.     The  arum.     /.  Highl. 

COCKYGEE.     A  rough  sour  apple,     ff  nl. 

COCOWORT.    Tlic  shepherd's-pursc,  hoi. 
COCT^'N.     Scarlet,  or  crimson.     Babtr. 
COCUS,     Cooks.     (^.-iV.) 
COD.  (1)  A  pillow  or  cushion.     North.     See 
Towneley  Mysteries,  p.  84. 
Faire  cod4iM  o(  alike 
Chalked  whyte  all  the  mylkc. 

MS.  UniKlH  A.  J.  17,  r.  ISA. 

(2)  A  bag.  {^.-£)  In  Elizabeth's  time  the 
little  bag  or  purse  used  for  perfumes  was  so 
called. 

(3)  The  neck  of  a  net,  the  bag  at  the  end  in 
which  it  is  usual  to  ))Ucc  a  stone  to  sink  it. 

(4)  A  pod.  See  Ray's  Diet.  Tril.  p.  7  ;  Cotgrave, 
in  V.  Ert,  Oouuu  ;  Becon,  p.  450. 

(5)  A  large  seed-basket.     Otoh. 
COD-BAIT.    The  caddis  worm.     Nurlh. 
<  OD-BEKE.     A  pillow-case. 
tODDER.     A  pea-g»lherrr.     .Wirfr. 


1 


CODDLE.  To  indulge  or  spoil  with  wtnMli, 
Also  to  parltoil,  as  in  Men  Miracles,  1656,  p. 
43.     To  coddle-up,  to  recruit. 

CODDY.     Small ;  very  Utile,     AorM. 

CODE.  Cobbltrs  wax.  •'  Bepayntjd  wHh  aow- 
ter  code,"  Dighy  Myst.  p.  35. 

CODGER.    An  eccentric  old  person  ;  a  miser. 
Codfffr'$-md,  thccndof  a  shoemaker's  lbrcad.^H 
Codgery,  any  strange  mixture  orc<iwpu«iUon.^| 

COD-GLOVE.'  A  thick  hedge-glove,  without 
fingers.     Devon. 

CODINAC.    A  kind  of  conserve. 

CODLINGS.    Green  peas. 

CODLINS.     Limestones  partially  bomt.  North. 

CODPIECE.  An  artificial  protuberance  to  the 
breeches,  well  explained  by  its  name,  and 
often  used  as  a  pinctishion  !  Also  spelt  ctMf- 
pim.  See  Ilowel,  sect,  xxxiii. ;  Itekker's 
Knights  Conjuring,  p.  36;  Thynnr-  !•  '  •-. 
p.  64  i  Cotgrave,  in  v.  EiajiiiUrtle ;   > 

iii.  81.   The  same  name  was  given  i'       ii 

article  worn  by  women  about  the  brcasU 

CODS.     BcUows.     Sorlli. 

C0DS.1IE.\D.    A  foolish  fellow.     Norlh. 

CODULLE.     A  cuttle.fish.     Pr.  Parv. 

COD.WARE.     Pulse.    Tusser,  p.  37. 

COE.  (1)  An  odd  old  fellow.     Norf. 

(2)  A  small  house  near  a  mine,  used  by  the  work 
men.     North, 

cor.     Quickly.     {AS.)  

Forth  a  wente  be  the  atrem. 
Til  a  com  to  JurlMlcm  ; 
To  the  pairlark  a  wente  ntf. 
And  ml  hit  lit  he  him  achror. 

fifw<  o/UnmtiMm,  p, 

COPE.     A  cavern,  or  cave.     {.I.-S.) 

COFERER.     A  chest-maker, 

COFF.    To  chop,  or  change.     Oxon. 

COFFE.     A  cuff.     i.i.-S.) 

COFFIN.  Tlic  raised  cnist  of  a  pie.  .Vljo  a 
conical  paper  for  holding  spices,  tw.  or  a 
basket  or  chest.  See  Florio,  pp.  107,  473; 
Warner's  Antiq.  Cidin.  p.  65  ;  Ord.  and  Reg. 
p.  442 !  Noinenrlalor,  p.  259 ;  Longtoft,  p. 
135  ;  Prompt.  Parr,  p,  128 ;  SVicklilTe's  New 
Test.  p.  18. 

COKRE.  A  chest.  {.I.-N.)  Cofreiu,  U>  place 
in  a  coffer. 

COFT.     Bought.     Northumh. 

COFYN.    The  shell,  or  rind. 

COO.  (1)  To  entice.     Snuer. 

(2)  To  suit  or  agree.     Eatt. 

(3)  The  short  handle  of  a  scythe. 

(4)  A  wooden  tlish,  or  pail.     North. 

(5)  To  lie  or  cheat.  Also,  to  load  ■  die.  "To 
cogge  a  dye,"  Cotgrave,  in  v.  Onarr. 

COG.  BELLS.     Icicles.    KnI. 
COGER.    A  luncheon.     South. 
COGFOIST.     A  cheat,  or  sharper. 
COGGE.     A  cock-boat.    (A.-S.) 

Than  he  coecres  hto  eoggt,  and  cache*  one  afitii 

Uorlt  jtrlhmr,  ItS.  UimlK,  t  til 

COGGBRIE.     Falsehood ;  cheating. 
COGGLE.  (1)  To  be  shaky,     far.  dial. 

(2)  A  cock -boa  I.     North. 

(3)  A  small  round  stone.    Line. 


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(4)  TohuTovr.    North. 
COGHEN.    Tocougb.    (//.-&) 
COGMEN.     Dcalcra  in  couu  doth. 
COGNITION.    Knowledge;  information.  {LU.) 
COG-WARE.     A  kind  of  worsted  cloth. 
COHIBITOR.    Ahinderer.     llalL 
tOHOUTED.     Indttd;  exhorted. 
COHWE.    To  cough.     (A.-S.) 

COIGNS.  The  comer  (tone  at  the  extemaJ 
angle  of  a  building.  {A..N.)  "  t'emni  is 
alto  the  royjne  or  comer  of  an  houae  or  walle 
whcrat  men  dooe  lume,"  Elyot. 

COIL.  (I)  A  hen-coop.     Korlk. 

(2)  A  tumult,  or  buttle 

(5)  A  lump,  or  iwelling.    North. 
(4)  To  beat,  or  thruh. 

COILE.  To  chooic,  or  aelect.  {A.-N.)  Alio, 
to  itrain  through  a  cloth. 

COILBKS.  That  part  of  a  cart-bor>e'«  hamcu 
which  is  put  over  his  rump  and  round  his 
haunches  to  hold  back  the  cart  when  going 
down-hill. 

COILET.     A  staUion.    (A.-N.) 

COILONS.    Toticnli.     (.^.-A'.) 

Cf)ILTH.    A  hen-coop.    North. 

COINDO.M.    A  kingdom.    {A.-N.) 

COINE.     A  quince.     (^.-JV.) 

COINTE.  Neat;  trim;  curious;  quaint;  cun- 
ning.    (A.-N.) 

COINTESE.    A  stratagem.     (^.-jV.) 

COISE.  Chief ;  iiuuler.  (Mmb.  "Coity,"  ex- 
cellent, choice,  Hartshome's  Met.  Tales,  p.118. 

COISTEBED.    Inconvenienced.    {Ft.) 

COISTREL.  An  inferior  groom.  See  Holin- 
shed,  Hist.  Scotland,  pp.  H9,  127.  Originall)-, 
one  who  carried  the  amis  of  a  knight. 

COISTY.    DaintT.    North. 

COIT.  (I)  To  toM  the  head.    Eatl. 

(2)  To  throw.  North.  "  If  you  co</  a  stone," 
Cotton's  Works,  ed.  1734,  p.  326.  SeeAnec. 
and  Trad.  p.  12. 

COITING-STONB.    A  quoit. 

COITURE.    Coition.    ToptelL 

COKAGRYS.  A  dish  in  andent  cookery,  de- 
scribed in  Warner's  Antiq.  Culin.  p.  66. 

COKE.    (1)  Tocry  peccavi.     North. 
To  pry  about.     Sttuex. 
A  cook.     {Ut.) 

COKEDRILL.  A  crocodile.  fTeier.  Maun- 
devilc  has  cokodrillei,  p.  321. 

COKEN.     To  choak.     North. 

COKER.  (1)  A  reaper.  Warv.  Originally  a 
charcoal  maker  who  comes  out  at  barvest- 
ttme. 

(2)  To  sell  by  auction.     South. 

COKES.  A  fool.  Volei.  Sec  Cotgrave,  in  T. 
Effemini,  Bn/oumfr,  Fol,  Lamim.  More  cor- 
rectly perhaps,  a  person  easily  imposed  upon. 

COKEWOLD.     A  cuckold.     (A.-N.) 

COKIN.     A  rascal.     (.^.-A'.) 

Qaath  Arthour,  thou  hnhni  MkM, 
Wenda  to  tht  dcvcl  Apolin. 

jlrlhovr  and  JfrrlM,  p.  tM. 

COKYRMETB.  CUy.  Pr.  Parv.  Correspond- 
ing to  the  Spanish  lapia. 


(«) 
(3) 


COKYSSE.     A  female  cook. 

Hfl  li  now  lurd  to  d«MTnc  aod  know 
A  Ufitler,  a  evtrj/frr,  or  an  ottelsra  wyf, 
Proai  a  gtntylwomAn,  yf  they  ilond  iirow. 
For  who  khalJ  be  frenhcst  they  ynugyn  and  ttryf. 

MS.  iMiunia.  r.7*. 
COL.  (1)  CbarooaL     (A.-S.) 
(2)  To  strain.     North. 

COLAGE.  A  college.  See  Hardyng's  Cliron. 
S.  87,  216;  Tundale,  p.  71. 

All  luche  emnnjtourft  ippcyally  I  bytake. 

That  fall  bt  unto  hym  that  may  not  tpckr  ne  go. 

Unto  the  grete  cotagw  of  thf  fyndia  tilake. 

IIS.  Land.  4IC,  t  M. 

COLBERTAIN.     A  kind  of  Uce  mentioned  in 

Holme's  Academv  of  Armory,  1 688. 
COLD.  (1)  Could;"  knew.     Percy. 
(2)  To  grow  cold.     (.Y.-S.) 

He  wu  aferd,  hie  hert  gan  to  £o/d. 

To  ic  thta  marreloui  thyng  to-for  bit  bed. 

MS.  iMUd.  410,  r.  63. 

(S)  CoU-rott,  i.  e.  nothing  to  the  point  or  pur- 
pose. 

(4)  Sober;  serioiu. 

COLD-CHILL.     An  ague-fit.     Eatt. 

COLD-COMKORT.     Bad  news.     North. 

COLDER.     Refuse  wheat.     Eatt. 

COLD-KIRE.     A  laid  fire  not  lighted. 

COLDHED.     Coldness.     (A.-S.) 

COLDING.     Shivering.     Chfh. 

COLU-LARD.  A  pudding  made  of  oatmeal  and 
suet.     North. 

COLD-PIE.  To  give  a  cold  pie,  or  cold  pig,  to 
raise  a  sluggard  in  the  morning  by  lighted 
paper,  cold  water,  and  other  methods. 

COLD-PIGEON.     A  message. 

COLD-SHEAR.     An  inferior  iron. 

COLE.  (1)  Pottage.    North. 
Sea-kale.     South. 

Cabbage.     {A.-N.)     "  C^jle  cabea,"   Elyot 
in  V.  Braaica.     See  Ord.  and  Reg.  p.  426. 
To  put  into  shape.     North. 


!5! 


To  cool.     Oxon.     "  Lelc  hir  colt  hir  bodi 
thare,"  Leg.  Cath.  p.  93. 
(6)  A  colt.      Weber. 
h\  The  neck.     {A.-N.) 
(8)  A  spedcs  of  gadns. 
COLEMAN  HEDGE.     A  common  prostitute. 
COLE-PROPHET.     A  hUc  prophet,  or  cheat. 
COLER.     A   coUar.      {A.-N.)      See    Rutland 

Papers,  p.  7 ;  RcUq.  Antiq.  i.  4 1 . 
COLERIE.     Eye-salve.     {Ul.) 
COLERON.    Doves.     Chron.  Vilodun.  p.  32. 
COLESTAFF.     A  strong  pole,  on  which  men 

carried  a  burden  between  them. 
COLET.     The  acolyte,  the  fourth  of  the  minor 

orders  among  Roman  Catholic  priests. 
COLKREN.     Doves.     Rol>.  filouc.  p.  190 
COLISANCE.     A  ba<lgc  or  ilence. 
COLKE.     The  core.     North. 

For  the  erthe  y-llkned  may  bt 
To  an  appcl  upon  a  tree. 
The  whichi*  m  myddre  hath  a  oMie, 
As  hath  an  eye  In  myddes  a  yolke. 

Hampol:  MS.  AMU.  lllDt,  f.*. 

COLL.  (I)  To  embrace,  or  clasp.     {Fr.) 
(2)  To  mn  abont  idly.     North. 


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COLLAR.  (1)  Soot.     Var.iial.     "AUhisrof- 
bni'  uid  Itif  soot,"  Cotton's  Woriui,  cd.  173-1, 
p.  190. 
Siuiit  in  wheat.     Kmt. 


(2) 

(3)  To  entangle.     A'orM. 


Cot. 


To  collar  the  mag,  to  throw  a  coit  with 

such  precision  is  to  surround  the  plug. 
COLLAR-BALL.   A  light  ball  used  bjr  children 

to  plar  with.     £a»l. 
COLLAR-HEAM.    Tlie  upper  beam  in  a  bam, 

or  other  building. 
COLLAR-COAL.     Same  ai  coOar  (1). 
COLLARD.     Colewort.     Biul. 
COLLATION.     A  conference.     (A.-N.) 
COLLAUD.     To  unite  in  praising.  (Lat.) 

Inirdid,  Dial.  Crcat.  Moral,  p.  114. 
COLLAYES.     A  kind  of  broth.     Huluel. 
COLLECTION.     A  conclusion  or  consequence. 

Or  |>crhap>  sometimes  observation. 
COLLEGE.    An  aasembljr  of  small  tenements 

having  a  common  entrance  from  the  street 

Somfnrt. 
COLLER-EGGS.     New  laid  eggs.     Kortk. 
COLLET.     The  setting  which  surrounds  the 

stone  of  a  ring.   Some  article  of  apparel  worn 

round  the  neck  was  alto  so  called.     See  Du 

Bartas,  p.  370. 
COLLEY.  (1)  Soot.    Var.dial.    Hence  coUitd, 

blackened,  as  in  Shakespeare. 

(2)  Butchers'  meat.     North. 

(3)  A  blackbird.     Somertft. 
COLLIER.    A  seller  of  coals  or  charcoal.    A 

liltle  black  insect  is  also  so  called. 
COLLING.     An  embrace.     (J.-N.) 
COLLOCK.    A  great  pail.     A'wM. 
COLLOGUE.    To  confederate  together,  gene, 
rally  for  an  unlawful  purpose ;  to  cheat ;  to 
convcTM  secretly. 
COLLOP.     A  rasher  of  bacon ;  a  ilice  of  flesh, 

Var.  dial. 
COLLOW.     See  Collar. 
COLLYGATE.    To  bind  together.   (Ul.) 

Ashmole's  Theal.  Chem.  Brit.  p.  145. 
COLI.Y-WESTON.     A  term  used  when 

thing  goes  wrong.     C/ieth. 
COLLY-WOBBLE.     Uneven.      nVW. 
COLLY.WOMI'ERED.     Patched.     Norlli. 
COLMATE.     A  eolcstnff.     Durham. 
COLMOSE.     The  scaraew.     Sec  Celmeirr. 
COLNE.      A    basket    or   coop.      "  Scirpea,   a 
dounge  potte  or  cobie  made  with  roddei  or 
nisshcs,"  Elyot 
POLOBE.    A  kind  of  short  coat  reaching  to 
'  the  knees,     (faf.) 
COLOFONY.     Common  rosin. 
COLOFRE.      Fine   gunpowder,   mentioned    in 

MS.  Soc.  Antiq.  101,  f.  76. 
COLON.  (1)  The  birgisst  intestine,  and  hence 

metaphorically  hunger. 
(2)  Stalks  of  furze-bushes,  which  remain  after 

burning.     North. 
COLORYE.    An  ointment  for  the  eyes,  men- 
tioned in  MS.  .\fid.  Line.  f.  284. 
COLOUR.      A  |irctcniT.     "  Cobmr,  a  Aiyned 


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matter,"  Palsgrave.    To  fear  no  eoloaai  to 
fear  no  enemv. 
COLPHEG.    To  beat,  or  buffet.     Nartt. 
COLPICE.     A  leaver.     Wane. 
COLKE.     Choler.     (A..N.) 

Tlic  tyre  of  hU  condicloQ 
Appropreih  the  complexloa, 
Whiche  in  a  nun  it  ri4rtf  hot*. 

Cffuw,  MS.  Sk.  AHliit.  IM.  (.  Ul> 

COLSII.     Concussion.     North. 
COLT.    (1)  To  ridge  earth.     South.     A  bwk 
that  falls  down  is  said  to  colt  in. 

(2)  To  cheat.     An  old  cant  term.  * 
\i\  An  apprentice.     H'eiil.  ^ 

(4)  A  new  comer,  who  is  required  to  pay  a  for- 
feit called  coU-ide. 

(5)  A  small  piece  of  wood,  sometimea  found 
loose  inside  a  tree. 

(6)  A  third  swarm  of  bee*  io  the  same  leMoa. 
Wett. 

(7)  To  crack,  as  timber.     Warm. 
COLTEE.     To  be  skittish.     Deroa.    ChMMOr 

has  eollinh,  and  llidoel  coUilehe. 
COLT-PIXY.    A  fairy.    n>W.   Vtefotaleei 

are  called  colt-pixic.»'  heads.     To  beat 

ajiplcj  is  to  eotrpisy  in  Dorset. 
COLU.MniNE.     Dove-like.     {Lat.) 
COLVER.     Delicious.     North. 
COLVERE.     A  dove.     (.^.-.*r.) 
COM.     Came.     North.     Also   ■  substaolivi 

coming  or  arrival. 
COMAND.     Commanded.     Riltan. 
COMAUSDE.     Communed.     Harkvorth. 
COMB.  (I)  A  valley.     Var.  dial.     See  Uolii 

shed.  Hist.  Ireland,  p.  16<). 
(2^  A  sliarp  ridge.     North. 

(3)  A  balk  of  land.     Devon. 

(i )  The  window-stool  of  a  casement.     Oloue. 

(5)  A  brcwing-val.     Chetli. 

(6)  To  acrospirc.      H'ft.     Hence  eoming-/loor, 
the  floor  of  a  ntalt-liousc. 

(7)  To  cut  a  pcrhon's  comb,  to  disable  him. 

(8)  A  mallet.     Deron. 
COMB-HROACII.    The  tooth  of  a  comb 

dressing  wool.     Somrr§ft, 
COMBERKRE.   A  trouble.    Combird,  iTOu\ 

Wright's  Seven  Sages,  p.  115. 

The  ryche  emptrowre  llayoere 
Woltyth  not  uf  thyi  roni6er<>re, 

its.  ctitiiat:.  rr.  ii.  38,  r.  tnt 
COMBERSOME.      Troublesome;     difKcult    of 
access.     Sec  Iloliiuhed,  Illst.  England,  i.  29, 
COMBRE-WOULD.     An  incurabnuice  to  t, 

world.     Chaucer. 
COMBURMENT.     Incumbrance-     fTcirr. 
COMBUST.     Burnt.    (Lot.)     A  term  in  aalro- 
log)-  when  a  planet  it  not  more  llmu  8°  30" 
distant  ft\>m  the  sun.   Sec  Randolph's  Jealniit 
Lovers,  p.  77. 
COME.  (1)  Coming ;  arrival. 

Now  thy  comly  rom*  hat  comforthede  lu  «llr. 

Martt  Anhurt,  SIS.  Utnxlii.  (.  H, 

2)  To  be  ripe.     Dorwt. 

(3)  A  comfit.     North. 

(4)  Came.     Perceval,  1365. 


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fS)  To  go.     Sir  Eglamour,  713. 

(C)  To  auccmob ;  to  yield.  I'omtet  uata  xaei 
in  the  nunc  aente  in  Wright's  Monutic  Let- 
ters, p.  126.  "  I  can't  rome  it,"  I  cannul 
muiage  it. 

f  7;  To  become.      Tor.  dial 

(S)  To  overflow,  or  floo<I.     Wat. 

(0)  When  such  >  time  hu  inH'ved,  e.  g.  "  it  will 
DC  ten  year  rome  August."  This  usage  of  the 
word  is  very  common. 

COME-BACK.     A  guinea-fowl.    Eiut. 

COMEBE.     A  comb.     ReU  Ant.  i.  9. 

COME-BY.  To  procure.  "  Coine  by  now." 
get  out  of  the  way.  "  Como  down  upon,"  to 
reprove,  to  chide. 

COM  ED.     Came.     Var.  dial 

CO-MEPLED.     WeU  mixed.     Shak. 

COME-IN.    To  surrender. 

COMELING.  A  stranger;  a  guest.  North. 
"  An  unkind  cumlyng,"  Ywaine  and  Gawin, 
1627.  See  Harrison's  Desc.  of  Britoine,  p.  6  ; 
MS.  Colt.  Vcspas.  D.  vii  Eawleumiling 
occurs  in  Tim  Bobbin. 

To  tvmlyniri*  loke  ]P  i\o  no  gtlc. 

Fur  niche  wrrr  jourMclf  tumwhlU. 

CVfwr  Mundl,  UB.  Ml.  Trin.  Camak.  t,  *X 

COMEN.    To  commune.     Coverdale. 

COMENDE.     Coming.     {.4.-S.) 

TiUe  It  befelle  upon  n  plftTOr, 
Tttey  lyjen  whrrv  he  wu  anHgnde. 

CM.fr,  MS.  Soc.  JnlUi.  IM,  f.  71. 

COMENE.     Came,  pi.  (yi.-S.) 

COME-OFF.  A  phrase  equivalent  to  "  come 
on,"  to  execute  any  business.  In  the  pro- 
vinces it  DOW  means,  to  alter,  to  change. 
Shakespeare  has  it  in  the  sense  of  paying  a 
debt. 

COME-ON.  To  grow,  to  improve ;  to  encroach ; 
to  succeed,  or  follow,      for.  dial. 

COME-OVER.     To  cajole,      lor.  diaL 

CO^^E-Pl'R.  A  familiar  way  of  calling,  pro< 
perlv  to  pigs.     Leic. 

COMERAWNCE.     Vexation ;  grief. 

COMEROUS.    Troublesome.     Sielton. 

COMESTIBLE.     Eatable.     Utfoa. 

COME-THY-WAYS.  Come  forward,  generally 
spoken  in  great  kindness.  Go  your  ways,  a 
mode  of  dismissal.  Both  phmes  ire  in 
Shakespeare. 

COMFORDE.     Comfort. 

He  M  my  lufc  and  my  lonJc, 
My  joye  and  my  tttrnjurdt, 

MS.  Linculn  A.  I    17.  f.  137. 

COMFORTABLE.   A  covered  passage-boat  used 

on  the  river  T^•ne. 
CO.MFOBT ABLE-BREAD.  Spiced  gingerbread. 

Sugared  coiianders  are  still  called  com/ortt. 
COMIC.    An  actor.     Stetle. 
COMICAL,     ni-tempered.     tfal. 
COMINE.     To  threaten.     (Lai.) 
COMlNG-ROUNO.    Recovering  from  sickness ; 

returning  to  friendship. 
COMINGS.     The  sprouts  of  barley  in  process 

of  fermentation  for  malt.     Comming,  Ilarri- 

•on'a  Deacr.of  EngUnd,  p.  169.  See  I'onii  (6). 
COMINS.     Commonage.     Midland  r. 


COMISE.    To  commit. 

r««ilf«  the  wlUt  pactrnc«. 
And  take  Into  thy  conadcnce 
Mercy  to  be  thy  guvcmourc. 

Goir<r,  MS,  Sue.  Aniui    134,  f.  1U< 

COMIT.    Comes.     (A.-S.) 

COMITY.     Courtesy.     i<ecoi». 

COMLAND.     A  covenant.     (A.-N.) 

COMLOKEIt     More  comely. 

COMLYLY.     Courteously. 

COMMANDER.  A  wooden  rammer  used  to 
drive  piles  of  wood  into  the  ground.  See 
Florio,  p.  186 ;  Nomenclator,  p.  302  ;  Baret, 
C.  907. 

COMMANDMENTS.  The  nails  of  the  fingers 
are  often  called  the  ten  commandments. 

COM.\IAUN(JE.     Communitv.     (A.~N.) 

COMMEDDLE.    To  mix,  or  mingle,     (fr.) 

COMMEN.     Coming.     Nurlh. 

COMMENCE.     A  job ;  an  affair.     South. 

COMMENDS.  Commendations  ; regards ;  com- 
pliments. Shakespeare  has  this  word.  "  I 
doc  not  load  you  with  eommendt,"  Royall  King 
and  Loyall  Subject,  IC37,  sig.  E.  ii. ' 

COMMENSAL.  A  compamon  at  Uhle.  (.^.-A'.) 

CO.\!.MENT.    To  invent ;  to  devise. 

COMMENTY.    The  community. 

COMMEVE.    To  move.     Chaucer. 

COMMISED.  Committed.  "  Autorit^  com. 
myted  unto  theme,"  MS.  Cott.  Cart.  Aoliii. 
ivii.  II. 

COMMIST.     Joined  together.     [Lat.) 

C0.M.M1T.     Tobcguilly  of  incontinence.  Shak. 

CO.MMITTEI).     Accounttd  ;  considered, 

COMMODITY.  (1)  Wares  taken  in  payment  by 
needy  jicrsons  who  borrowed  money  of  usurers. 
The  practice  is  still  commou,  though  the  name 
is  extinct. 

(2)  "  The  whore,  who  is  called  the  commodity," 
llehnan  of  London,  1608. 

(3)  An  interlude.     Shak. 

(4)  Interest ;  advantage. 
COMMOLVCHE.     Comely. 
COMMONER.     A  common  lawyer. 
CO.MMONEYS.  A  choice  kind  of  marble, highly 

prized  by  Iioys. 

COMMON-HOUSE.  That  part  of  a  monastery 
in  wliicb  a  fire  was  kept  for  the  monks  to  warui 
themselves  during  the  winter.  Davies's  An- 
cient Rites,  p.  138. 

COMMON-PITCH.  A  term  applied  to  a  roof 
in  which  the  length  of  the  rafters  is  about 
three-fourths  of  the  entire  span. 

CO.VIMONS.  Provisions,  a  term  still  in  use  at 
Oxford  and  Cambridge. 

COMMORSE.    Compassion ;  pity. 

COMMORTH.  A  subsidy,  a  contribution  made 
on  any  particular  occasion.  See  Wright's  Mo- 
nastic Letters,  p.  209. 

COMMOTHER.    A  godmother,     tiorlh. 

COMMUNE.  (1)  The  commonalty.    {A,.S.) 

(2)  To  distribute.     PaUgrmt. 

COMMINES.     Common  people.     Chauttr. 

COMMUNICATE.    To  share  in.     (/yir ) 

COMMY.     Come.     SkHlim. 


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COM  N  ANT.    A  covenant ;  an  agreement. 

Torrent  of  Portugal,  p.  35. 
COMON.     Communing;  discourse.     Sleltm. 
COMOUN.    A  town,  or  township.     {A.-N.) 
COMP.\CE.     To  encompass. 

And  in  to  mwhe  In  herle  iloth  dcllte 
Hit  tradir  Ijrmli  to  wylde  ind  cmfacc. 

l^ifale,  US.  Hoc.  ^Ktiq.  134,  t.  }1. 
COMPAIGNABLE.     Sociable.     (J.-N.) 
Freodly  lo  ben  and  evmpatfgnabtf  at  al. 

US   rairfiu  IS. 

COMPAINB.    A  companion.    {.4.-N.) 
COMPANAGE.     Sustenance;  foo<L     ((vf.-.V.) 

"  To  hucre  companage"  Wright's  Pol.  Songs, 

p.  240. 
COMPANION.    A  scimy  fellow.     A  frcqnent 

sense  of  the  word  in  old  plays. 
COMPANYE.     To  accompany. 

Whcnne  thel  lud  nmpanittd  him  ID, 
Forth  in  pen  he  bad  hem  go. 

Curtar  Mvndi,  MS.  Coll,  TVlfl.  CaMtib.  f.  71. 

COMPANY-KEEPER.      A  lover.     Etui.     To 

company  with  a  woman,  /uluo.  Palsgrave. 
COMPARATIVE.     A  rival.     SAalc. 
COMPARISONS.     Caparisons. 
COMPARITY.     Comparison. 
COMPAS.  (1)  Countess.     Hearne. 

(2)  Compost.    "  Lay  on  more  eompa;"  Tuaser's 
Husbandry,  p.  3C. 

At  HIghworth  Mid  lhere<boul,  nhcrefuell  Uvery 
scarce,  the  poore  people  do  stjow  ttrawe  in  the  bar- 
ton on  which  the  cowe«  do  dung,  and  then  they 
cUp  It  against  the  ttonc  wallc*  to  drie  for  fudl, 
which  they  call  oliit  fticll.  They  call  it  alto  ctmpiu, 
mean  log  compost. 

Jiultrrf't  tntU,  US.  RoDot  Soc.  p.  S91. 

(3)  Form  ;  sUture.     CJ..N.) 
U)  A  circle.     (^.-A'.) 
COMPASMENT.     Contrivance.     (J.-N.) 

Thorow  whoa  compoeft'menf  and  gile 
Fullc  many  a  man  halli  loitc  his  while. 

Ootcer,  MS.  Soc.  Aniiq.  134,  t.  7(1. 

COMPASS.     An  outUnc.     Etut. 
COMPASSED.    Circidar.    Compassed  window, 

a  l>ay  window,  or  oriel.     Shak. 
COMPASSING.     Contrivance.     Chauerr. 
COMPENABULL.     Sociable;  willing  lo  give 
participatiou  in.     See  the  CokwoltUs  Dauee, 
110. 
COMPENSE.    To  recompense. 

Whereof  ray  hope  iny5te  arise 
My  gret  lore  lo  cvwpenef. 

Onmr,  ma.  Bm.  AMlt.  194,  t.  lU. 

To  jovc  hill  synne  was  despanifld 
With  golde,  whereof  It  waaeMw^iuM, 

MS.  tbid.  r.  101. 

COMPERE.     A  gossip ;  a  near  friend.     (.-f.-iV.) 
COMPERSOME.     Frolicsome.     Drrbyth. 
COMPERTE.     A  relation,  or  narrative.  (A.-N.) 

See  Wright's  Monastic  Letters,  pp.  bO,  85. 
COMPERYCION.     Comparison. 
COMPEST.    To  compost  land.     See  Harrison's 

Dcscr.  of  England,  p.  109. 
COMPLAIN.     To  lament  for. 
COMPLE.  (1)  Angry.     Yorkth. 
(2)  To  Uunt,  or  bully.     North. 
COMPLEMENT.    Ornament ;  accompUshracnt. 
COMPLIN.     Impertinent.     Yorkih. 


COMPLINE.     Kvcn-song,  the  last  sei 
the  day.     (A.-N.) 

1  was  in  my  Aoilshtnge  age  in  Chrlstcv  rhurv-ltc 
at  mldnyghl,  afore  soar)se.  at  Die  Srst  honr*.  u 
third  houre,  at  the  fiat  houre,  at  the  la.  bouffe.  bi 
tile  evening,  and  at  cfimp/ide. 

Heifman'a  OoaipIaUil  af  Crmce,  liM. 

COMPLISH.    To  accomplish. 
CUMPLORE.    To  weep  together. 
COMPUN-COVERT.  A  kind  of  hue,  the  method 
of  making  which  is  described  in  MS.  HarL 
2320,  f.  01. 
CO.MPONE.     To   compose;  to  calm.     {Lut.) 

Sometimes,  to  compose,  or  form. 
COMPOSITES.    Niimbcrs  which  are  more  than 
ten  and  not  multiples  of  it.     A  division  in  aiv- 
cient  arithmetic,  which  became  obsolete  abotil 
the  year  1500.  ■ 

COMPOSTL'RE.    Composition;  compost.        I 
COMPOSURE.     Composition ;  frame. 
COM I'OWNED.     Composed  j  put  together. 
COMPRISE.    To  gather,  or  draw  a  condoaoa. 

See  Huarte's  Examcn,  1604,  p.  289. 
COMPROUATE.     Proved. 
COMPROMIT.  To  submit  to  arbitration.  (Lat.) 
See  Ford's  Line  of  Life,  p.  6G  ;  Wright's  Mi>> 
nastic  Letten,  p.  5. 
COMPTE.     Account.     (A-N.) 
COMPYNELLE.     A  companion.     (A.-lf, 
Seht  roae  hur  up  ffyre  and  welle. 
And  went  unto  hur  emnpyn^le. 

US.  Quuab.  Vt.  II.  M,C 
COMRAGUE.    A  comrade. 
COMSEMENTE.     A  commencement. 

And  s)T  Gawayue  by  God  than  swara. 

Here  now  made  a  ronweiweiife 

That  bctbe  not  fynyashyd  many  a  yer». 

MS.  Hurl,  asa,  I.  >l 

COMSEN.  To  begin  i  to  commence  ;  to  ende*? 
vour.  {.^.-S.)  Coniscrle,  Piers  Ploughman, 
p.  402 ;  comsith,  Dcpos.  Ric  II.  p.  21. 

COMSING.     Beginning;  commencing. 

COMTH.     Came ;  bccometh.     Heante. 

COMUNALTE.     Community. 

COMYN.  (1>  Litharge  of  lead. 

(2^  Cummin.     Gy  of  Warvrike,  p.  421. 

(3)  Common ;  mutual. 

(4)  The  commons.     {A.-N.) 
Than  hjth  that  lady  gente 
Chosyn  bym  with  rut*ijrf»  asselite. 

US.  Cantab.  Tf  ll.  SR,  f 
Of  hym  we  wylle  owre  londet  holde 
Be  th«  eomim'  assent. 

US.  IM.  Ft,  ll.  381  f.  a 
(6)  An  assembly. 

For  jIt  was  never  suche  romjrw, 
Ttiat  couthe  ordeioe  a  medecin. 

CMi'rr.  US. 
COM'i'NER.     A  partaker.     (Lat.) 
COMYNLICHE.     Commonly. 
COMYNTE.    Community. 
CON.  ( 1 )  To  learn ;  to  kMw.     North.     Also, 
calculate ;  to  consider. 

2)  To  fiUip.     North. 

3)  To  return  tlianka. 

(4)  A  searching  mode  of  knowing  whether  a  lien 
is  with  egg.     North. 

(5)  Can ;  U  able.     See  Can  (4). 


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!toirttTali4nt.     I'tnltga*. 
'")  A  squirrel.     Cumb. 
';ONABLE.     Convenient ;  luitible.  (-Y.-A'.)  It 

alio  signifies  famotu,  u  conabuU  in  Sharp's 

Cot.  Mvsl.  p.  U8. 
CONANDE.     Covenant,     n'fbfr.     We  have 

cDtuinlt  in  Langtofl's  Chron.  p.  163. 
CONANDLY.     Knowingly ;  wisely. 
CONCEIT.  ( I )  To  think,  or  supjiose ;  to  suspect. 

Also,  an  opinion,   ft'rtt.    Often,  good  opinion. 

(2)  Conreption  ;  apprehension.    {J.-N.) 

(3)  An  ingenious  device. 

CONCEITED.  Fanciful ;  ingenious.  Also,  in- 
clined to  jest,  merry. 

CONCEf.LE.    Advice.     {A.-N.) 

CONCENT.     Harmony.     (Ut.) 

CONCERN.  An  estate ;  a  business.  I'ar.  dial. 
Sometimes,  to  meddle  with. 

CONCEYTATE.     Conception. 

CONCEYTE.     See  Ccme*il  (2). 

CONCEYVKD.     Behaved.     Weber. 

CONCHONS.  Conscience.  See  Wright's  Mo- 
nastic Letters,  pp.  132,  133. 

CONCINNATE.    Pit;  decent.    UaU. 

CONCLL'DE.    To  include. 

CONCLUSION.    An  ciiicrinicnt. 

CONCREW.    To  grow  together. 

CONCURBIT.    A  suhliming-vesscl. 

CONCUSSION.     Extortion,     (lat.) 

CONCYS.     A  kind  of  sauce. 

COND.    To  conduct.    Chaucer. 

CONDE.     Perused;  known.     (j^.-S.) 

CONDER.  (1)  A  comer.    Devon. 

(2)  A  )>crson  stationed  on  an  eminence  to  give 
notice  to  fishers  which  way  the  herriug-shoals 

go- 
CONDERSATE.    Congealed. 
CONDESCEND.   To  agree.    Batl.    This  is  also 

an  archaism. 
CONDESCENDE.     To  yield.    (J.-X.)    Hence 

eondnemi,  agreement,  Hawkins,  ii.  93. 

The  tam*  Agnoi  Comroynr.  wytlowc,  by  thrceff- 

itUctnte  snd  procumnvnt  of  the  said  John  sml  Jue, 

CBme  to  the  malor  of  the  ci^c  of  Ncwc  Sanim. 

US.  Ckuncrry  Dilli,  Turr.  Lmd.  Ft.  10,  no.  SX 
CONDETHE.     Safe  conduct. 
CONDIDDLED.    Dispersed ;  mislaid ;  frittered 

awav ;  stolen.     Devon. 
CONDI  E.     To  conduct.     LangtofI,  p.  182. 
But  oMirfife  only  of  the  ttcrre  fthene. 

Jr.«.  toe.  JtUlf.  IM,  r.  23. 
CONDISE.    Conduits.    (y/.-AT.) 
CONDITION.     Temper;  disposition;  nature. 

EomI.    Common  in  early  works. 
CONDLEN.    Candles. 
CONDOG.     A  whimsical  cormptioD  of  the  word 

concur.     Besides  the  examples  given  hy  Nares 

may  lie  mentioned  Hcywood's  Rovall  King, 

1037,  sig.  F.ii. 
CONDON.     Knowing;  intelligent. 
CONDRAK.     A  kind  of  lace,  the  method  of 

making  which  is  dcscribe<l  in  MS.  Harl.  2320, 

f.  57. 

CONDUCT.  (1)  Hired.     (Lat.) 
<2)  A  conductor.     See  Ord.  and  Reg.  pp.  282, 

2H.t,  403. 


CONDUCTION.    Oiarge;  conduct.    SeeEger- 
ton  Papers,  p.  212 ;  HoUnshed,   Hist.  Scot. 
p.  78. 
CtJNDUCT-MONKY.     Money  paid  to  soldiers 

and  sailors  to  take  them  to  their  ships. 
CONDUL.    A  candle. 
CONE.    A  clog.    KorlA. 
CONESTABLE.     A  constable.    {A.-N., 
CONE-WHEAT.     Uearded-wheat.     Kent. 
CONEY.     A  bee-hive.     7'iuwt. 
CONEY-FOGLE.     To  lay  plots.     iiFic. 
CONEY-LAND.    Land  so  Ught  and  sandy  as  in 

he  fit  for  nothing  but  rabbits.    Eait. 
CONFECT.    A  sweetmeat. 
CONFECTE.    Prepared. 

And  whannc  the  wstrr  fully  was  etrn/Mf^ 
LIcfae  the  statute  and  the  n;"*  oolde. 

l^dltur,  tis.  Sue.  ^iirif.  134,  r.  7- 
CONFECTED.    Pliable.     Sorlh. 
CONFECTION.    A  sweetmeat ;  a  drug. 
CONFECTURE.    Composition.     f^.-A'.) 
CONFEDER.    To  confederate. 
CONFEIT.     A  sweetmeat.    See  Warner's  An- 

liq.  Culin.  p.  55  ;  Ord.  and  Reg.  p.  430. 
CONFER.    To  compare.    Hooper. 
CONFERY.    The  daisv.     Sec  ReUq.  Ant.  i.  55 ; 

Pr.  Parv.  p.  112 ;  MS.  Sloanc  5,  t  2. 
CONFINE.    To  expel ;  to  banish. 
CONFINED.    Engaged  a»  a  labourer  for  »  y»«r 

to  one  master.     Line. 
CONFINELESS.    Boundless 
CON  FINER.    A  borderer. 
CONFISKE.    To  confiscate.    {A.-N.) 
CONFITEOR.    A  confessor. 
CONFITING.   A  sweetmeat. 
CONFLATE.     Troubled.     {Lat.) 
CONFLOPSllUN.  Confusion;  a  hobble,  .\orlh. 
CON  FO  RT.    Comfort ;  consolation. 
CONFOUND.    To  destroy.    Shai. 
CONFOUNDED.    .\»hamcd.    (Lat.) 
CONFRARY.     A  brotherhood. 
CONFUSE.   Confounded.    (^.-A^.) 
CONFY.    A  confection. 
CONGE.  (l)Tol)ow.   Eatf. 
(2)  To  ex|)cl.    (A..N.)    See  Langtoft,  p.  323  ; 

Piers  Ploughman,  pp.  65,  258. 
CONGELATE.     Congealed. 
CONGEON.     A  dwarf.    Mituheu. 
CONGERDOUST.    A  dried  conger. 
CONGIE.    Leave.    (A.-N.) 
CONGRECE.     Suite  of  servants.    (^.-A'.) 
CONCREK.     To  agree  together. 
CONGRUELY.     Conveniently ;  filly.   So.' 
Henry  V.  f.  31 ;  GesU  Kom.  p.  198. 
frutnt.  Strult,  ii.  190. 
CONGRUENCE.    Fitness. 
CONGURDE.    Conjured. 

Syr,  Kjrdc  the  pylgrymc, 

Thou  hute  ma  imiiwde  at  thy*  lyme, 

MS.  Cmlmb.  tl.  il.  M, 

CONIFFLE.    To  embezzle.    Somertet. 

CONIG.    A  rabbit.     See  Minot.  p.  37.    Hence 

roni^r,  a  rabbit-warren.     Wett.     Florio  has 

eoisiiie.^««,  p.  1 1 7  ;  cowsyyar,  Elyot  in  v.  /  <• 

taritim  t  amvnfferyt,  Lydgate,  p.  1 74  :  cttmue- 

j/rttne.  'Two  Augric  Women  of  Abington,  p.  81 . 


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CONJSAUKCB.    Underntanding.    (A.-N.) 

CONJECT.  (1)  Thrown  into.    Becon. 

(2)  To  conjecture. 

CONJECTE.     To  project,     (.^..^f) 

CONJECTURE.    To  judge.     {J.-ff.) 

CONJOUN.     A  coward.     (J.-N.) 

CONJURATOUR.     A  con»pirator. 

CONJURE.    To  adjure.     (.^.-A^.) 

CONJURISON.     Conjuration.     (^.-iV.) 

CONKABELL.     An  icicle.     Detron. 

CONKERS.     Snail-shells.     Eatt. 

CONNA.     Cannot,      far.  dial, 

CONNAT.    Amamalade.     {J.-N.) 

CONNE.  (1)  A  quince.     {A.-N.) 

(2)  To  know ;  to  be  able.     (A.-S.) 

CONNER.    A  reader.     Yorlah. 

CONNEX.  To  join  together.  See  Hall,  Henry 
VII.  f.  3;  MS.  Ilarl.  834. 

CONNICAUGIIT.     Chcnlcd. 

CONNIEARS.     A  beast's  Iddnics.     North. 

CONNING.     Learning ;  knowledge. 

CONNY.     See  Canny. 

CONOUR.  Any  small  outlet  for  water;  some- 
times, a  funnel  ? 

CONPACE.    To  compass  or  contrive. 

Ai  a  prince  devoid  of  alle  ft*et, 

AgeiM  Ood  he  gan  toconpaep. 

L^galift  Bitclta;  tK.  Hatten  S. 
CONQUERE.     A  conquest. 
CONQUINATE.     To  pollute.     SMton. 
CONREY.     Run  together.     Ihame. 
CONSCIENCE.     Estimation.     Sorth. 
CONSECUTE.     To  attain.     {Lai.) 
CONSEIh.     Coansel.     (A.-N.) 
CONSENTANT.     Conaenting  to.     {A.-N.) 
CONSERVE.     To  preserve.     (A.-N.) 
CONSERVISE.     A  consenatorv. 
CONSEYLY.    To  advise.     R.  Gloiie.  p.  214. 
CONSORT.  (1 )  A  compaoTor  band  of  musicians ; 

a  concert. 
(2)  To  associate  with. 
CONSOUD.    The  less  daisy. 
CONSPIREMENT.     Conspiracy. 

But  f  uch«  a  fall  ctmspLremtHt, 

Thouj  it  be  priT^  Cor  a  throw, 

God  wolde  not  were  uoknowe. 

Guica;  MS.  Soc  ^nHq.  IM,  t.  71. 

CONSTABLERIE.  A  wanl,  or  division  of  a 
castle,  under  the  care  of  a  constable.  (.^^.-A^) 

CONSTER.  To  construe.  Hence,  sometimes, 
to  comprehend. 

CONSTILLE.     TodistU.     Lydgalt. 

A  great  coat.  Eatt.  Also  called 


CONSTOBLE. 
a  conxloper. 
CONSTORY. 
CONSUETE. 


The  consistory.     {A.-K.) 
Usual ;  accustomed.     (Lai.) 

CONTAIN.  To  abstain.  Also,  to  reatrain.  Both 
an  active  and  neuter  verb. 

CONTAKE.  Debate ;  quarrelling.  See  Reliq. 
Antiq.  i.  7  ;  Wright's  Seven  Sagca,  p.  59 ;  con- 
takl,  Tundale,  p.  2.  Also  spelt  eonleit  and 
nnleci. 

CONTANKEROUS.     Quarrelsome.     »>»/. 

CONTAS.  A  countess.  Heame  has  a  queer  illus- 
tration of  this  word  in  his  gloasary  lu  Rob. 
lilouc.  p.  63%. 


CONTEKOUR.    A  perton  who  quttrda. 

Langtoft's  Chron.  p.  328. 
CONTEL.     To  foretel.     7Vu»er. 
CONTENANCE.    Appearance;  pretence. 
CONTENE.     To  continue. 
CONTENT.VTION.     Content ;  sal  isfaction. 
CONTIGNAT.     Successively.     Uranr. 
CONTINENT.    That  in  which  anything  ia emx  | 

tained.     Shat, 
CONTINEWE.    Contents. 
CONTOURBED.     Disturbed. 

y  ain  dcstourtie] 

In  alle  myn  hcrtc,  and  ao  emtlawbadt 
That  y  dg  niay  tny  wittM  gece^ 

Coitrr,  MS.  Sx.  Ai>Uf.  11*.  (. »« 
CONTR,\IRE.     Contrary ;  opposite.     (^...V.) 
CONTRAPTION.     Contrivance.     fTett. 
CONTRARIE.     To   go  against,   vex,  uppoM. 
(A.-N.)     Contrariani,  Hall,  Edw.  IV,  f.  22. 
Occasionally  a  sulislautive. 

And  whanne  ihry  dldra  the  conttarywi 
Fortune  waa  txmtntritndr. 

lifi'tT,  MS. Sor.  Jnti^.  lU, t, al 
CONTRARYUS.     Different.     (,/...V.) 
lie  mukte  bolhe  dryiikc  and  ele 
Ctnttaryut  dryiike  and  rin,tmrtmM  m«tew 

MS.  Cantab,  ft.  II.  »,  f,  |«. 

CONTRA  VERSE.     Quite  the  reverse. 
CONTREE.     A  country-.     (yf.-.V.) 
CONTKEFETE.  To  counterfeit ;  imitate.  {A^.\ 
CONTREVE.     To  contrive.     (^.-.V.) 
CONTREVORE.     A  contrivance.     "  Here  now 

a  eontmore,"  Langtoft,  p.  334. 
CONTRIBUTE.     To  take  tribute  of. 
CONTRIVE.    To  wear  out,  pass  away. 
CONTROVE.     To  invent.     {A.-N.) 
CONTUHERNIAI,.     Familiar.     (Ul.) 
CONTUND.    To  beat  down.     Ulty. 
CONTUNE.     To  continue.     Not  for  the  sale 

of  the  rhjTiie,  as  TjTwhitt  tliiuks.     It  occurs 

also  in  prose. 
CONTURBATION.     Disturbance 
CONVAIL.    To  recover. 
CONVALE.     A  vallev.    Holme. 
CON'VAUNCED.     Promised.     {.4..N.) 
C0NVENAB1.E.     Fitting.     Skrlton. 
CONVENE.     Arrangement.     (.V.-A'.) 
CONVENT.     To  siitniiiou  j  to  convene. 
CONVENTIONARY-RENTS.      The     reamed 

rents  of  life-leases. 
CONVENT-LOAP.     Fine  manchet. 
CONVERSANT.     To  converse.     Pahtgran. 
CONVERTITE.     A  convert. 
CONVEY.     Cuuveyance.     Hence  to  steal,  for 

wliich  it  was  a  polite  term,  as  Pistol  innna- 

ates.     Conveyance  is  also  used  for  ttetUmg, 
CONVICIOUS.     Abusive.     {Ul.) 
CONVINCE.     To  conquer ;  to  convict. 
CONVIVE.    To  feast  together. 
CONVOY'.    A  clog  for  the  wheel  of  a  waggnn. 

North. 
CONY.     A  rabbit.     Also rabbit-skin, aa in Mld- 

dleton,  iii.  39;  Test.  Vclust.  p.  734. 
CONY-CATCII.    To  tleceive  a  simple  ponon: 

to  dieat.     Sometimes  merely  to  trick.    Cwy 

ealrher,  a  sharper. 


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CONYCARTHE.    A  ralibil  warren.   Pabgrmt. 
CONYNE.     Kaowlcdge.     (.V.-A'.) 

with  flUs  nmyn»  whicbe  Khe  haddtf, 

Hlrr  cJm  cDvye  Iho  >che  tprftddt. 

Ouurr,  MS-Soe.  Mulif.  131,  f.  M, 

CONYNGE.    A  nbbit.     (J.-S'., 

He  wnit  Mod  fctt  ronyn^M  thre. 
All*  bftku  welle  In  »  puty. 

MS.  Cmuh.  Vt.  1.  48,  (.  M. 

COO.  (1)  Fear.     North. 

(2)  To  cmll.     Cum*. 

(3;  A  jackdaw.     Pr.  Parr. 

COOB.     A  hen-coop.     HUl: 

COOCH-llANUED.     Left-handed.     Dnon. 

COOK.  (1 )  To  thrtjw.      lar.  dial. 

(2)  To  disappoint ;  to  punish.     Norlk. 

COOK-EEL.     A  cross-bun.     Eail. 

COOKLE.  A  pair  of  prongs  with  an  aiwrturt; 
through  which  the  tncatcd  spit  is  thrust. 
£ru/. 

CUOKOLD.    A  CTickold. 

COOLER-     A  large  open  tub.     far.  dial. 

t'OOLlNG-CARI).  Litemllj-  a  Muf,  according 
to  GitTord,  and  hence  tuctaphnrically  used  in 
the  sense  of  a  decisive  rtlort  in  word  or  ac- 
tiou.  ]t  seems  also  to  l>c  used  for  bad  uer$. 
Gilford  lias  ridiculed  Weber's  dcriTation  of 
the  term  from  card.]dajing,  but  sec  the  True 
Tragedic  of  Ric.  Hi.  p.  23. 

COOM.     Dust  i  dirt.     North. 

COOMS.     Ridges.     Eaut. 

COOP.  (1)  Come  up !      Var.  dial 

(2)  A  closed  cart.     A'or/A. 

(3)  A  hollow  vessel  made  of  twigs,  uaed  for 
taking  fish  in  the  II umber. 

COOPLE.     To  crowd.     North. 

COORBYD.     Cur\ed.     Lydgate. 

COORE.  To  crouch.  Yorkth.  "  Cooredowne 
on  your  heelei,"  Baret,  C.  12&8. 

COOSCOT.     A  wood-pigeon.     North. 

COOSE.     To  loiter.     Dtvan. 

COOT.  (1)  The  water-hen.  "  As  stupid  as  a 
ecolf"  and  "  as  bald  as  a  coof,"  old  prover- 
bial laying*.  See  Cotgravc,  in  v.  Etcottoit, 
Magot.     Ura^'toQ  has  coot-bald. 

^2)  The  ancle,  or  foot.     North. 

COOTH.     A  cold.     North. 

COP.  (1)  A  n:ound,  or  bank ;  a  heap  of  anything. 
North.  Alio,  an  inclosurc  with  a  ditch  round 
it. 

Var.  dial. 

{.4..S.) 

Th«  watrit  jedcn  and  decrecaldvD  til  to  the  tencfar 

monelhe,   for  in  the  tvnthe  moncthc,  in  the  Ante 

daJ  or  the  rooQcthe,  the  ropifU  at  hillit  apeerlJen. 

MS.  Badl.  m- 

(4)  Tlie  round  piece  of  wood  fixed  at  the  top  of 
a  bce-hivc. 

(5)  Tlie  beam  that  ii  placed  between  a  pur  of 
drawing  oxen. 

(6)  That  part  of  a  waggon  wliich  hangs  over  the 
thiUer-horae. 

(7)  A  cop  of  peas,  fifteen  sheaves  in  the  field, 
and  sixteen  in  the  bam. 

f8)  A  lump  of  yam.     North. 
9)  A  fence.     North. 


f2)  To  throw  underhand. 
3)  The  top,  or  summit. 


(10)  A  pinnacle ;  the  rising  part  of  a  battlement. 

(11)  Same  as  coji-head,  q.  v. 
COI'ART.     To  join  ;  to  share. 
COPATAIN.     A  conical  hat ;  one  in  the  form  of 

a  sugar  loaf.  The  word  is  also  spelt  co/ipid- 
tanie,  coppmtantt,  and  coppintank.  "  \  co- 
pentank  for  Caipha»,"  Gaiicoigne's  Delicate 
Diet,  1576.  See  Du  Bartas,  p.  361 ;  Nouicn- 
clator,  pp.  165, 449 ;  Skelton.  ii.  429.  Acconl- 
ing  to  Kennett,  p.  54,  "  a  hat  with  a  high 
crown  is  called  a  copped  crown  hat." 

COl'-BOXE.     The  knee-pan.     Somertet. 

COPE.  (1)  To  top  a  wall  with  thin  bricks  or 
■tone. 

(2)  To  chop  or  exchange.  Eatt.  "  Copen  or 
by,"  Lydgate's  Minor  Poems,  p.  105. 

(3)  A  cloak  ;  a  covering.     (A.-N.) 

Thegrcttytt  clcrke  that  e^'erthuu  leyit 
To  take  hym  undur  bevyn  cope. 

US.  ciutut,.  rr.  Ii.  38,  r.  48. 

(4)  A  tribute  paid  to  the  lord  of  the  manor  for 
smelting  lead  at  his  mill. 

(5)  A  large  quantity.     Eait. 
(G)  To  fasten  ;  to  muzzle-     Rut. 

(7)  Futuo.  "  And  is  again  to  cope  your  wife," 
OtheUo,  iv.  1. 

(8)  An  error,  or  fault.     (J..N.) 

(9)  To  give  way.     Jfanr. 

(10)  To  pare  a  hawk's  beak. 
COPEMAN.     A  chapman,  or  merchant. 
COPENTANK.     See  Copalain. 
COPERONE.     A  pinnacle.     Pr.  Parv. 
COPESMATE.     A  companion,  or  friend.     See 

Dent's  Palhwav,  p.  305  ;  Brit.  Bibl.  ii.  540. 
COP-HALFPENNY.     The  game  of  chock-far- 

thing,  played  with  halfpence. 
COP-HEAD.     -\  crest  of  feathers  or  tuft  of  hair 
on  the  head  of  an  animal.     Copprd,  crestetL 
"  Coppet,  huppc,"  Reliq.  Antiq.  ii.  80. 
COPIE.     Plent*-.     (Lai.) 
COPINER.     A  lover.     (//.-&) 
COPIOUS.     Plentiful.    (Lat.) 
COPPE.     A  cup,  or  basin.     (y/.-JV.) 
COPPEL.     A  small  cup.     {Pr.) 
COPPER-CLOUTS.     Spatterdashes.     Dfvon. 
COPPERFINCH.     A  chaffinch.      »*«/. 
COPPER-ROSE.     The  red  field  poppy. 
COPPET.     Saucy ;  impudent.     North. 
COPPID.     Peaked,  referring  to  the  fashion  of 
the  long-peaked  toe.    "  Galoches  y-conped," 
Piers  Ploughman,  p.  370.     "  Coupcd  shone," 
Torrent  of  Portugal,  p.  51.  "  Shone  decopid," 
Rom.  of  the  Rose,  843. 

Stond  on  hir  loii  coppU  u  a  lark. 
Putte  oute  hir  voyie  and  lowde  will  tyng. 
That  all  the  strele  therof  ihall  tyng. 

MS.  iMud.  418,  r.  U. 
COPPIE.     A  dram.     North. 
COPPIN.    A  piece  of  yarn  taken  fi-om  tlie  spin- 
dle.    North. 
COPPING.     A  fence.     North. 
COPPLE-CROWNBI).     With  a  hemil  high,  and 
rising  up,  spoken  of  a  boy  with  hair  standing 
up  on  the  crown  of  his  head,  of  a  bird  with  a 
tuft  of  feathen  on  its  crown.     Cupputt  uk  «. 


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nime  for  ■  hen  io  the  Turnvnent  of  Tolten- 
lioiit. 

COPPLING.    UnrtMdv.     E<ut. 

COPPROUS.    A  svIUb'ub. 

COPPY.  (1)  A  coppice.     Wm/. 

(2)  A  child'*  »tool ;  a  foot-alool.  North.  "  Col- 
nikut  Bad  co/ittolut,"  Relir).  Antiq.  i.  86. 

COP-ROSE.  Some  u  copprr.rme,  q.  v.  Alio, 
copperu,  vitriol,  Kennett,  p.  Sd. 

COPS.  (1)  A  connecting  crook  of  ■  harrow. 
ITnt. 

(2)  Halli  of  yam.     Lane. 

COPSAI>.  A  piece  of  iron  which  termtnatei  the 
front  of  a  plough. 

COPSE.  To  cut  brushwood,  tofU  of  fgnu,  &c. 
Dorwt. 

COPSE-LAUREL.    The  ipnrgc  Uurel. 

COPSES.     Sec  Cap  (6). 

COPSON.  A  fence  placed  on  the  top  of  ■  small 
dam  laid  acrou  a  ditcli.     South. 

COPT.    Convex.     NoHh. 

COPT-KNOW.  The  top  of  a  conical  liill.  North. 

COP-fP.     To  relinquish.     Eatt. 

COP-WEB.    A  cobweb.    Var.diaL 

COPY.    To  clo»e  in. 

CORACLE.  .K  imall  boat  for  one  person,  mode 
of  wicker-work,  covered  with  leather  or  hide, 
and  pitched  over,  so  light  as  to  be  easily  car- 
ried on  the  back.     //'»/. 

CORAGE.  Heart ;  inclination ;  spirit ;  courage. 
(A..N.) 

CORALLE.    Dross ;  refuse.    (A.-N.) 

COIIANCE.  Currants.  See  Brit.  Bibl.  ii.  402  j 
Lilly's  Endimion,  cd.  1632,  gig.  £.  i. ;  Forme 
of  Cury,  p.  70. 

CORANT.     Running.    (J-N.) 

CORANTO.  A  kind  of  dance,  with  rapid  and 
lively  movements. 

CORASEY.    Vexation.    I/all. 

CORAT.  The  name  of  a  dish  described  in  the 
Fonncof  Cury,  p.  15. 

CnRBEL.  In  architecture  a  projection  or 
brmket  from  a  wall  or  pillar  to  support  some 
weight.  Cor//f  is  also  found  in  EUiahethan 
writers.  Corbrl-tlony,  Kennett,  p.  55.  for- 
lietlii.  House  of  Fame,  iii.  21 4.  Corl/tl-tailf, 
according  to  WilUs,  the  upper  table  bvlow  the 
battlements. 

CORBETTES.     Gobbets.     Uarner. 

CORBIN-BONE.    The  bone  between  the  anus 
and  bladder  of  an  aoinial,  La  Chwat  du  Ctrf, 
Paris,  1840. 
Then  Lake  out  the  •houlden  slitting  ADooe, 
The  \x\\j  to  the  lide  to  the  ntfbin.tMm«. 

aookt  of  HuHtiftr,  1988. 
CORBO.    A  thick-haftcd  knife. 
CORBY.  A  carrion  crow  ;  also,  a  raven.  North. 
Hall  uses  corlij/n,  Henry  VIM.  f.  77,  but  con- 
rider*  it  necessarv-  to  enter  into  a  full  expla- 
nation of  the  word. 
CORCE.  (1 )  To  chop,  or  exchange. 
(2)  Body ;  stomach.    (/f.-A*.) 

He  ftart  to  hym  wylh  grvi  force. 
And  hyt  liyiD  cgurly  on  the  eorrc. 

tta.  Omtat.  Ft.  II.  .V,  f.  IM. 


CORD.  (1)  A  cord  of  wood,  a  piece  8  fl.  by  4  f 
and  4  fL  thick.    Also,  a  stack  of  wood.    Con 
trood,  wood,  roots,  &c.  set  np  in  stackf. 
(2)  Accord.      Weier. 
CORDANLI.     In  accordance. 
COKDE.    To  Bccord  j  to  agree,  (/t.-lf.) 
Hur  lurt  to  hym  ran  mr<rfe, 
For  to  hsee  hym  to  hur  lonl«, 

MS.  caiiiM.  rr.  Ii. »,  t.  m. 
CORDELLES.    Twisted  cords :  tassels. 
CORDEMENT.    Agreement.    (^..JV.) 
He  kyuyd  hur  at  that  eonfomnir. 

MS.  CaiMl..  Ft.  IL  M,  I.  lU 

CORDEV.4N.  Spanish  leather,  from  Cordova  (« 
Corduba)  a  place  formerly  celebrated  for  in 
manufacture.    Also  spelt  eordevayne,  eor4«> 
vsryne.  Sec     See  Arch.  li.  93 ;  Cor.  Mytt.  0,1 
241  ;  Brit.  Bibl.  ii.  401 ;  Hakliiyt.  I599,i.  10^ 
Beaumont  and  Fletcher,  ii.  24  ;  Davenantli] 
Madagascar,  ed.  IC48,  p.  19.     Although  ori-J 
ginally  made  in  Spain,  cordevan  lentheri 
afterwardi  manufactured  mostly  in  Eng 
from  goat-skin. 

CORDINER.     A  shoemaker. 

CORDLY.    A  tunny. 

CORDONE.     An  honorary  reward  given  to  a 
successful  combatant. 

CORDY.     Made  of  conl.  h 

COKE.  (1)  To  sweep  a  chimney.  ■ 

(2)  A  disease  in  sheep.     Devon.  ^^ 

(3)  The  middle  of  a  rick  when  the  outside  has 
been  cut  away  all  roimd. 

(4)  Chosen.    Chron.  Vilod.  p.  121.     ••  Icham 
coren  kin^,"  Gy  of  Wanvike,  p.  428. 

CORELLAR.    A  corollary.    PaUgrave. 
CORKRCIOUS.     Corpulent  J  eorsv. 
CORESED.     Harnessed,    {^A.-N.) 
CORES  I' R.     A  courier.     (A.-N.) 
COKETTE.     To  correct. 
CORF.     A  large  coal-basket.    There  is  ■  1 

used  for  taking  fish  also  so  called. 
CORFOUR.    The  curfew.     (A.-N.) 
CORPY.     Tomb.     North. 
CORHNOTE.     Cidamum,  hot. 
CORIANDER-SEED.     Money. 
CORINTH.     Abcolhel.     Shak. 
CORINTHIAN.    A  deliauehed  man. 
CORKE.     The  core  of  fruit. 
CORKED.    Offended.     Var.  dial. 
CORKER.     A  scolding,      far.  dial 
CORKES.     Bristles. 
CORKS.     Cinders.     Lane. 
CORLE.    To  strike,  or  pat.     Becon. 
CORLET-SHOES.     Raised  cork-ihoea. 
CORLU.    A  curlew. 
CORil.^RYE.    A  dish  in  ancient  cookery,  lie-  | 

scribed  in  the  Forme  of  Cury,  p.  31. 
CORME.  The  senice-tree.  {A.-N.) 
COR.MORANT.  A  servant.  Jomon. 
CORN.  (I)  Chosen.  (A.-S.) 

(2)  Agrainofsalt.aec.  Co™«f.*erfis aalttd  bfef-  , 

(3)  Oats.     North. 

CORNAGE.  A  tenure  which  obliges  the  land- 
holder to  give  notice  of  an  invasion  hy  blow- 
ing a  horu. 


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CORNALL.  Tlie  head  of  a  tilting  lance.  See 
Ljrhcau'B  Ditsconu>,  1 604 ;  Richard  Coer  tie 
Lion,  297.  AUo  a  coronal,  or  little  crovim, 
ai  in  Lvdgate'i  Minor  Pocoit,  p.  8. 

CORNALYN.     Cornelian. 

CORN .  11 1 N  D.     WUd  convolvolus. 

CORN-COCKLE.     Corn  campion. 

CORN-CRAKE.     Tlie  land-raU. 

CORNDER.     A  receding  angle.     Devon. 

CORNED.  (1)  Intoxicated.     Salop. 

(2)  Furnished  with  grain.     Korth. 

(3)  Peaked;  pointeiL  See  Skelton,  i.  149; 
Collier's  Old  Balladi.  p.  29. 

CORNEL.  (I)  A  comer,  ff'ctl.  "  Tlie  eonul 
of  the  quadrant,"  MS.  Sloanc  213. 

(2)  A  kemeL  See  Euphuc*  Golden  Legade, 
p.  74  ;  Prayse  of  Nothing,  1585 ;  Dial.  Croat. 
MoraL  p.  22. 

(31  A  frontal.     Pr.  Pan. 

(4)  An  embrasure  on  the  walls  of  a  caitle. 
(.^.-A'.)     Sec  Kyng  Alis.  7210. 

With  fix  ttagcs  ful  of  towreUct, 
Wcl  flouriihcd  with  wmrtlet. 

Ricbam  C^'DT  dt  LUm,  IMi. 

CORNELIUS-TUB.  The  sweating-tub  of  Cor- 
neliiu,  formerly  used  for  the  cure  of  a  certain 
disease. 
CORNEMUSE.  A  rustic  instrument  of  music, 
blown  like  our  bagpipe.  That  it  was  not 
identical  with  the  bagpipe,  as  Narcs  supposes, 
seems  clear  from  Lyilgate's  Minor  Poems, 
p.  200,  where  a  distinction  is  made  between 
the  two.  "  With  eormue  and  clariones,"  MS. 
Morte  Arthure,  f.  72. 

or  bomtMTdc  and  of  clsrion, 
With  eomtmtm  and  tchalinelc 

Couw,  .VS.  Soc.  Jnliq.  134,  t.  Hi. 

CORNER.     A  point  at  whist. 

CORNER-TILE.     A  gutter-tUe. 

CORNET.  (1)  A  smaU  conical  piece  of  bread. 

Warner's  Antiq.  CuL  p.  101. 
(2)  Same  as  eoffiu,  q.  v. 
CORNICHON.     A  kind  of  game,  very  similar 

to  quoits.    (fV.) 
CORNISH.    The  ring  phiced  at  the  mouth  of  a 

i:annon. 
CORNISH-IIUG.     A  particular  lock  practised 

bv  the  Cornish  wrestlers. 
CORNIWILLEN.     A  lapwing.     Comir. 
CORNLAITERS.    Newly  married  jwasanU  who 

beg  com  to  sow  their  first  crop  with. 
CORN-ROSE.    The  wild  poppy. 
CORNWALL.    A   woman   who    cuckoltb   ber 

husband  was  said  to  send  him  into  Cornwall 

without  a  Imat. 
CORNV.  (1)  Tipsy.     Var.  dial. 

(2)  Abounding  in  com.     Eatl. 

(3)  Tasting  well  of  malt.  {A.-S.)  "  Comie 
aile,"  new  ale,  Chriiitmas  Carols,  p.  47. 

CORODY.  .\  sum  of  money  or  an  allowance  of 
food  and  clothing  allowed  by  an  abbot  out  of 
■  monastery  to  the  king  for  the  maintenance 
of  any  one  of  his  kcrrants.  A  corody  could 
be  purchased  on  n  plan  similar  to  our  an- 
nuities. 


CORONAL.    A  crown,  or  garland. 

with  kplle  and  with  nu^iiutte  rl^oUchv  arrsynlc, 

Mirlr  .Irlhuir.  ttS.  Uncalii,  t.  87 

CORONEL.    A  colonel.    iSpait.) 

COBOUN.    A  crown.     (i.-.V.) 

Rychr  ladyyi  of  gr«te  renouns 
They  do  mskc  hem  rycbe  mrvMM*. 

MH.  Hnrl.  i;OI,  r.  K. 

COROUNMENT.    Coronation.    (^.-A'.) 

COROUR.    A  courser.    (./.-M) 

CORP.  A  corpse.  Sorlh.  Middleton  has  this 
form  of  the  word. 

COHPIIUN.     A  herring. 

CORPORAL.  A  corporal  of  the  field  waa  one 
who  guarded  and  arranged  (he  shot  or  arms  of 
the  soldiers  on  the  licld  of  battle. 

CORPORAS.  The  cloth  which  was  placed  be- 
neath the  consecrated  elciucnts  in  the  sacra- 
ment. 

COnPORATION-SEATS.  The  Urge  squartj 
pew  in  some  churches  generally  appropriated 
to  strangers. 

CORPORATURE.  A  man's  body,  or  corpora- 
tion, as  we  still  say.  See  the  Man  in  the 
Moone,  1657,  p.  74. 

CORPSE-CANDLE.  A  thick  candle  used  for- 
merly at  lake-wakes.  Aubrey,  p.  176,  men- 
tions a  kind  of  fiery  apparition  so  called. 

CORRETIER.    A  horse-dealer. 

COKRID-HONEY".    Hard,  candied  honey. 

CORRIGE.    To  correct.    {A.-N.) 

COKRIN.    A  crown.     (A.-N.) 

CORRIVAL.  A  partner  in  aflectinn ;  a  riiral. 
In  a  Description  of  Love  by  W.  C.  1653,  is  a 
poem,  "  To  his  love  fearing  a  eorriraU" 

COKROSY.     A  grudge  i  Ul-wilL     Dtvon. 

CORRUMPABLE.   Cormplible.   (^.-A.) 

CORKUMPE.    Toeomipt.     {A..N.) 

CORRUITED.     Ruptured.     Suffolk. 

CORRVNE-POWDER.  Com  powder,  a  fine 
kind  of  gunpowder. 

CORS.  (1)  The  shaft  of  a  pinnacle.  Willis's 
Arch.  Norn.  p.  71. 

(2)  The  body.  (^.-A'.)  The  body  of  a  chariot 
was  sometimes  so  called. 

(3)  Course.     H'eier. 

CORSAINT.    A  holy  body;  a  saint.    {A.-N.) 
See  Piers  Ploughman,  p,  109;  Langloft,  pp. 
44,  308. 
He  wkra  leyotra  IMI  aeldeno,  th«  sorvre  he  rrypvs 
That  thus  rtckys  this «orMunfowte  of  thlrhcgheclytTrs, 
Mor«  jitlhurt,  its.  Linc/n,  f.  (IS. 
Ne  never  htddc  they  aniendenicnt. 
That  wc  herdp,  at  any  rurtrynf. 

MS.  Bart.  i;(ii,  r.  at. 
CORSARY.    A  pirate- 
CORSE.  (1)  To  curse.    (A-S.) 
(2)  Silk  riband  woven  or  broiiled.    "  Corse  of  a 

gyrdell,  titn,"  Palsgrave. 
CORSEKE.    A  horseman.    Also  a  war-horso,  as 

in  Todd's  Illustrations,  p.  214  ;  and  sometimes, 

a  horse-dealer. 
CORSEY.    An  inconvenience  or  gricTance.  See 

Dent's  Pathway,  pp.  306, 369 ;  Tusser,  p.  32 

Stanihurst,  p.  25. 
CORSING.    Horse-dealing. 


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CORSrVE.     Corroji»e. 

CORSPRESANT.    A  martuiry. 

CORSY.     Fat ;  unwieldy. 

CORTBISE.    Courtesy.'   AUo  an  adjective. 
Launcclot  lokyi  be  iippno. 
How  cvrltUt  wo*  In  hym  more 
Then  cvjrr  wu  la  any  mmn. 

JUS.  Kail.  33ii,  r.  US. 

CORTER.    A  cloth. 
CORTESLICHE.    Courteously. 
CORTEYSEAR.    More  courteooi. 
CORTINE.    A  curtain. 
CORTS.     Carrots.    Somertel. 
CORTYL.     A  kirtlc. 
CORl'NE.     See  Coroun. 

COKVE.    About  the  eighth  of  a  ton  of  cooli. 
Boxes  uied  in  coal  mines  are  also  called  eorva. 
CORVBN.    Caned;  cut.     [.i.-S.) 
Cffrwtnv  wyndowi  pI  glue. 
With  Joly  IxndU  of  brue. 

tin.  UncKln  A.  i.  17.  t-  13S. 
The  wode  wu  wallyd  atiowltft 
Aod  wele  cvrtvn  wylh  rychc  ilon. 

US.  CnnlaO.  If.  U.  .1«,  (.  64. 
W!th  fnonnyl  hondes  u  iche  were  wroghtc. 
Or  cvrvyfi  on  a  lr«e.  MS.  Ibid.  (.  &. 

CORVISOR.     A  shoemaker. 
CORWYN.    Cuncd.     Arch.  xxx.  -106. 
CORY.    A  shepherd's  cot.    Pr.  Pare. 
CORYAR.    A  currier.    (Lai.) 
CORYED.     Curried ;  drubljcA 
CORYNALLE.    Same  as  comall,  q.  v. 
The  ichaflo  was  ttrong  over  alle. 
And  a  wellc  tchaped  nn/nattt. 

US.  Qmltb.  Tt.  11.  3S,  f.  947. 

CORYS.   Course. 

Ne  ;yt  the  love  off  paramourc, 
Woche  ever  alhe  t>elhc  mmyncovyt 
Among  ihim  that  luftty  were. 

tlS.  Canlab.  ft.  I.  S,  t.  «. 

CORZIED.    Grieved.    From  Corifif. 

COS.  (1)  Because.      Var.  dial 

(2)  A  kiss.    Andelay,  p.  60. 

COSEY'.  Snug ;  comfortable.  AUo  a  term  for 
half  tipay. 

COSH.  (I)  The  husk  of  com.    Eatl. 
Quiet  ;  still.     Salop. 
I  A  cottage,  or  hovel.    Cnmm.    This  term 
occurs  in  Prompt.  Par\'. 

COSHERING.  A  set  feast  made  in  IreUind  of 
noblemen  and  their  tenants,  who  sat  the  whole 
time  on  straw.  The  coshering  was  always  ac- 
companied with  harper's  music  Sec  a  cu- 
rious description  in  Stanihurst,  p.  45. 

COSIER.     A  cobbler. 

COSIN.    A  cousin,  or  kinsman. 

COSINAGE.    Kindred.    {A.-N.) 

And  how  he  itood  of  tntlntig* 

To  the  emperoure,  made  hem  auwage. 

Oxierr,  US.  Soc.  AHtlq.  IS4,  t.  47. 

COS?.    Tlie  cross  bar  at  the  top  of  a  spade. 

The  fastening  of  a  door  is  also  so  called. 
COSSE.    A  kiss.    (A.-S.)    See  Reliq.  Antiq.  i. 

29  ;  Gy  of  Warwikc,  p.  203. 
COSSET.    A  pet  lamb.     Hence  a  pet  of  any 

kind.     Also,  to  fondle. 
COSSHEN.    A  cushion. 


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COSSICAL.    Algrbraical.    Digges.in  ISrJ.ft. 

scribed  the  ■•  Arte  of  numbers  nnleall." 
COST.  (1)  Loss,  or  risk.    A'or/A. 

(2)  The  manlttfrfla,  hot. 

(3)  A  dead  body.     Dnon, 

(4)  A  side,  or  region.     (.if.-JV.) 
h)  A  rib.    Batl. 

(6)  Manner ;  business ;  qmdity.  "  Swydi  fwfw 
to  kythe,"  Dcgrevant,  364. 

(7)  "  Nedcs  cost,"  a  phrase  equivalent  to  pMi- 
tieely.     Chaucer,  Cant.  T.  1479. 

COSTAGE.      Cost ;   expense.      (.1..N.)      "  To 

ducUe  at  his  cotlage,"  Lincoln  MS.  f.  134. 
COSTARD.  (1)  A  kind  of  large  apple.     Hence 
costard-monger,  or  costermongcr,  a  seller  of 
apples;  one,  generally,  who  kept  astalL   Me- 
taphorically, the  head  is  called  a  costanl 
(2)  A flask.or  fla.sket.  Urn'sMS.adilitionstoRay. 
C(>STE.    To  tempt.     Verslfgan. 
COSTED.    Rirblv  ornamented. 
COSTEIANT.    Coasting.    {A.-N.) 

The  grete  soldin  thanne  of  Paraa 
ilath  in  a  man-he  cvitnant, 

&.1I  cr,  US.  Sor.  AnIUl.  134,  f.  JH. 

COSTEN.    Cast.  Langtoft,  p.  IOC. 

COSTENED.     Cost.  • 

COSTERING.  (1)  A  carpet. 

(2)  Swaggering ;  blustering.     Salop. 

COSTERS.  Pieces  of  tapestry  used  on  the  sides 
of  tables,  beds,  (kc.  See  Test.  Vctust.  p.  228. 
"  Cotlerdet  covered  with  whytc  and  blewe," 
SqnjT  of  Lowe  Dcgrc,  833. 

COSTIOVS.    Costlv. 

COSTLEWE.     Expensive ;  costly. 

COSTLY.     Costive.     Eatl. 

COSTLY-COLOURS.     A  game  at  cudt. 

COSTMOUS.     Costlv.    //eome. 

COSTM.NG.     Tempiation.     Imtegan. 

COSTREL.  A  small  wooden  bottle  used  by  la- 
bourers in  har\est  time.  The  aucieul  drink- 
ing cup  so  called  was  generally  made  of  wood. 
iataftuedam  tput  cottreUi  roeantur,  Malth. 
Paris.  See  Hartshome's  Met.  Tales,  p.  SG. 
Spelt  co«/re/  in  MS.  Lansd  560,  f.  45. 

COSTY'.     Sumptuous;  costly. 

COSTYFHED.    Co»tivencss.  

COSY.     A  husk,  shell,  or  potl.    Bedt. 

COT.  (1)  A  finger-stall.    Eatl. 
Same  as  emqi,  q.  v. 
Refuse  wool.     North. 

(4^  A  man  who  interferes  in  the  kitchen.  !forllL 

(5)  A  small  bed,  or  cradle. 

(6)  A  pen  for  cattle. 

(7)  A  coat.     (A.-N.) 

COT  ACRE.     A  sumptuous  dish  described  In  the 

Forme  of  Cury,  p.  79. 
COTCHED.    Caught,    far.  diaL 
COTCHEL.    A  sack  jartly  full.    South. 
COTE.  (.1)  To  coast,  or  keep  alongside.    (/V.J 

Also,  a  pass  or  go-by. 

(2)  In  bunting,  when  the  greyhound  goes  enil- 
wapby  his  fellow,  and  gives  the  hare  a  ttim. 
Often  used  in  the  sense,  to  overtake. 

(3)  A  cotla#c>.     {A..S.) 

(4)  A  salt-)'  t. 


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COTE-AltMURE.     An   upper  garment,   worn 

over  tbe  aniiour,  and  generally  ornamented 

trith  armorial  bearings. 
COTED.  (1)  Quoted.    (Fr.) 
(2)  Braided.  I>  this  the  meaning  in  Shakespeare? 
COTE-HARDV.    A  closc-filling  body  garment, 

buttoned   all  the  way  ilown  the  front,  and 

reaching  to  the  middle  of  the  thigh. 
COTERELLE.     A  cotUger.     Pr.  Parr. 
COTERET.     A  foggoU 
COTOARE.    Refme  wooL    Blotmt. 
COTll.   Aditeaae.   {.i.-S.)  faMy,  faint, aickly. 

Eatt.     Browne  hai  eolhish. 
COTll E.  (1)  Quoth  ;8aith. 
(2)  To  faint.     Eait. 
COTIIISH.     Morose.     Rny. 
COTIUIANLICII.    Doily.     (^.-A^.) 

To  tlr«ngth9  klio  hii  body  and  hU  lynief  In  ever. 

ciw  and  um  mUtiar^lUht  that  U  to  m]-,   day  afti-r 

day.  In  dcdn  of  armes. 

ftgrtiut.  MS.  Dtun  »),  f.  S. 
COTINGE.    Cutting.    {A.-S.) 
COT  LAMB.     A  pet-Iamb.    Suffolk. 
GOTLAND.     Land  held  by  a  cottager  in  »oc- 

cage  or  villenagc.     Kennell. 
COT-QUEAN.     An  idle  fcUow ;  one  who  hukie* 

himself  in  baae  tilings ;  a  man  who  iutcrfcres 

with  females'  business.     A  term  of  contempt. 

Perhaps  a  corruption  ot  cock-quean,  q.  v. 
COTSWOLD-LIONS.    Sheep.     "  Have  at  the 

lyons  CD  colnUie"  Thenitcs,  ap.  Collier,  ii. 

401. 
COTTAGE-IIOCSEN.     Cottages.     WtU: 
COTTED.     Matted;  entangled.     Line.      Also 

pronoimecd  cotl&red,  and  cotti/. 
COTTEN.     To  beat  soundly,     tt-moor. 
COTTER.  (1)  To  mend  or  patch.     Salop. 

(2)  To  fasten,     trie. 

(3)  To  be  bewildered.     ITetf. 
COTTERIL.  (1)  A  small  iron  wedge  for  securing 

•  bolt.  Also  called  a  cotter.  The  term  ii 
^>plied  to  various  articles  implying  tlus  de- 
finition. 

(2)  A  cottage.     Kmnelt. 

(3)  A  piece  of  leather  at  the  top  and  Irattom  of 
a  mop  to  keep  it  together.     Line. 

(4)  A  pole  for  banging  a  pot  over  the  kitchen 
fire.     Smith. 

(5)  The  small  round  iron  plate  in  the  nut  of  a 
wheel. 

COTTERILS.    Monev.     Nurlh, 

COTTERLIN.    A  cosset  lamb.    Enit. 

COTTING.    Folding  sheep  in  a  bam.     Herrf. 

COTTON.  To  agree ;  to  get  on  well ;  to  suc- 
ceed, or  prosper.  /  'or.  dial.  It  is  a  common 
archaism. 

COTTYER.  A  cottager.  Hall.  It  ocnirs  also 
in  Piers  Ploughman,  p.  529. 

COTYING.     The  ordure  of  a  rabbit. 

COTZERIE.     Cheating.    {Ital.) 

COUCH.  (1)  A  bed  of  barley  when  germinating 
for  malt. 

Ifthe  grain  be  of  a  d.irk  colour,  and  many  com* 
have  brown  cndi.  wc  jud^  them  tu  have  been  heated 
In  the  luuw,  and  they  seldom  come  well  In  the 
jluhn^t  WUlM,  ma.  ftir^  ««e,  p  3lM 


(2)  To  squat,  said  of  the  boar,  sometimes  of  the 
hare  or  rabbit. 

(3)  Left-handed.    Eatt. 

(4)  A  den ;  a  small  chamber  of  any  kind. 
COUCH  E.     To   lay,  or  place.     (./.-A'.)     IVe. 

quently  applied  lechnirally  to  artists'  work. 
Alle  of  palle  werkc  fyne 
C^4e<AWe  with  newjur. 

MS.  UiMtn  A.  I.  17,  r.  1.131 

COUCHER.    A  setter. 

COUCH-GRASS.    A  kind  of  coarse  bad  grui 
which  grows  verv  fast  in  arable  land. 

COUD.  (1)  Cold  ;  called.     North. 

(2)  Knew  J  was  able.     Pa.  I. 

COUF.     A  cough,     t'roeien. 

COUFLE.    A  tub.     Rob.  Glouc.  p.  205. 

COUGH-OUT.    To  discover. 

COUHERDBLY.     Cowardly. 

Who  mi^t  do  more  cwhmlcl^  f 

OtTM-  ttiindt,  MX.  Coll   rvin.  Caiuali.  (.  141. 

COUL.  (1)  To  pull  down,    \orlh. 
Cole,  or  cabbage.    Sommel. 
A  large  wooden  tub.     Formerly,  any  kind  of 
cup  or  vessel. 

(4)  To  icrape  earth  together.     A'orfA. 

(5)  A  swelling  or  abscess.     Yorkth. 
COULD.     See  Coiuf  (2).    With   the   infinitive 

mood  it  expresses  a  past  tense,  as  could  br, 

was,  could  take,  took.  Sec 
COULDE.    To  chill,  or  make  cold. 
COULING-A.\e.    An  instrument  used  to  stork 

up  earth.     Salop. 
COULPE. '  A  fault.    (A.-X) 
COULPENED.    Carved  ;  engraved.    (A.-ff.) 
CUUL-RAKE.     A  scraper.     AorM. 
COULTER.    A  plough-sliHrc. 
COUNDUE.    To  guide,  or  coiHlud. 
COUNDUTE.     A  song.    {J.-ff.) 
COUNFORDE.     Comfort.    (^.-M) 
COUNGE.  (1)  To  beat.    Xorthumb. 

(2)  A  large  lump.    North. 

(3)  Permission.    {A.  N.) 

They  cncllned  to  the  kyng.  and  eamrtgi  tliay  ukede. 
Morti  Arlhiiit,  US.  Line.  t.  Ct. 

COUNGER.    To  slirink;  Chester  Plays,  i.   16. 

To  conjure ;  ib.  ii.  35. 
COUNSEL.  (1)  Secret ;  private ;  silence. 
(2)  To  Rain  the  affections.      North. 
COUNT.   To  account ;  to  esteem.  {A.-N.)  Also 

to  gueu,  to  expect  eagerly. 
COUNTENANCE.    (I)   Importance;    aecounl. 

In  old  law,  what  was  necessary  for  the  sup- 

|>ort  of  a  person  according  to  bis  rank. 
(2)  Ciutom.     Gawayne. 
COUNTER.  (1;  Hounds  arc  said  to  hunt  countrr 

when  they  hunt  backward  the  way  the  chase 

came ;  to  run  counter,  when  they  mistake  tbe 

direction  of  their  game. 

(2)  To  sing  an  extemporaneous  part  upon  tbe 
plain  chant. 

(3)  A  coverlet  for  a  bed. 
COUNTER-BAH.  A  long  Iwr  for  shop  windows. 

Count rr-barrtd,  shut  in  with  a  bar  on  tbv 
outside. 
COUNTER-CHECK.  A  check  against  a  check « 
an  order  to  reverse  anovhitx  m^x. 

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COUNTBBB.    Aa  *riUimetieia/«.    (X-A'.} 
ThcT  H  DO  ammntt  nor  cterke 
Coo  htm  nrkin  illc.     jrs.CM.  CUIf.  A.  it  f.  110. 
COVNTERFEIT.      A  portrait,  or  lUiue.     A 

piece  of  bid  money  va*  lUo  w  called,  and 

imitation  crockery  wu  known  as  eounlrrfriU. 
COl'NTERPAINE.    The  couuterpart  of  a  deed. 

See  Hall,  Mearv  IV.  t  12;  Greene,  L  70. 
COUSTERPASE.'    The  counterpoiM-     (vf-iV.) 

"  The  c/milrrpate  nas  light."  Lvil^te,  p.  ML 
C»UNTERPLETE.    To  plead  against.   (J.-.W) 
Ageyti  the  troutlie  who  »o  e*irre  itryTc. 
Ot  emaniwpiau  or  nokc  aay  dctat. 

tU.  Uetr  Bi.  C  t, 
COUNTERPOINT.    A  counterpiiic. 
COUNTERS.     Piece*  reaemfaliag  monej  for. 

nierly  oted  in  calculations. 
COUNTERWAITE.   To  watch  against.  {J^K) 
COUNTIS.     Accounts. 
COUNTISE.     Art ;  ctmaing.    (.^.-.V.) 
COUNTOUR.  (1)  A  treacurer.    {J..Jf.) 
(2)  A  compting-house.     Chaucer, 
UOUNTRE.    To  encounter. 
COUNTRETAIU.E.     A  tally  answering  exactiy 

to  anntber.    (J.-f/.) 
COUNTRIES.  The  onder-grouod  works  in  some 

mine*  are  so  called. 
COUNTRY.    A  county,    far.  dial. 
COUNTR\TIED.     Rustical     Var.diaL 
COUNTUY-SIDE.     A  tract  or  district.    Sorlk. 
COUNTRV-TOMS.     Bedlam-beggars,  q.  v. 

In  —  hu  one  property  of  a  acholar,  poTcrty : 

you  would  uke  him  for  Cb«ii<ry  ram  broke  looM 

from  the  (mllowt. 

MiiUiimmtr  Mvem,  ar  iMnaejf  Rampanf,  16SU. 

COUNTRY-WIT.    Coarse,  indcUcate  wiL 
COUNTY.    A  count ;  a  nohleman.   "  Countie  an 

eriedome,  cmte,"  Palsgrave. 
COUNTYRFE.    To  contrive. 
COUP.    To  empty  or  ovenet.    Nortt. 
COUPABLE.     Guilty ;  culpable.    (-Y.-AT.) 
COUPAGE.    A  carving,  or  cutting  up. 
COUP-CART.     A  short   team.     A'orM.     "A 

oonpc-wainc,"  Sharp's  Chron.   Mirab.   p.  7. 

Rather,  a  long  cart  .>    See  Coop  (2). 
COUPCREELS.    A  summenet.     Chbi*. 
COUPE.  (1)  A  basket.    Ellis,  iii  133. 

(2)  A  cup ;  a  >-at.     (y/..jV.) 

Of  hys  (tHtpe  h«  icrvyd  hytn  on  s  day, 
la  the  kny(hl)'i  chjumbur  h*  layr. 

urs.  cmtah.  rr.  ii. »,  f.  14;. 

(3)  A  coop  for  poultry. 

C4)  A  piece  cut  off.    ifnuhfu.    .Uso,  to  cot  with 
a  sword  or  knife. 

(5)  To  blame.    (.^.-5.) 

COUPE-GORGE.    A  cut-throat.     {^..If.) 

COU  PING.    An  onset ;  an  encounter. 

COUPIS.    Coping. 

COUPLING.    A  junction.     \ort». 

COUPRAISE.    A  lever,   f/orlk. 

COURAGE.     Heart     {A.-\.)     Also,   to  em- 
bolden or  encourage. 

COURAKE.    faiiliculus,  tot. 

COURSE.     Cunrc<I ;  bent. 

Hlic  otkke  liKhotlc.  hlrr  Kliulilris  MWW. 
TkM  myjM  «  muiiito  lad*  draiourlM 

Omtrr,  HH.  4M,  ..Aifff.  IM,  f.  49. 


Tanned  leatber.     (.4...V.) 
Strengtheniog  a  tesad  bjr  ( 


COURBULY. 
COURBYNG. 

or  hoops. 

COURCHEP.    A  kind  of  calk 
Her 
Utr  iaca  gsy  and  gncytHu, 

Ml.  linnbt  A.  U  I}.  C  UB. 

COURDEL.    A  smaU  cord.    Sulap. 

COURE.  (I)  Heart ;  courage.    (A.-N.) 

(2)  To  crouch  down.  (..^.-.Y.)  Often  applied 
a  brooding  hen.  See  Florio,  p.  1 29  ;  Wri^'i 
Pol.  Songs,  p.  157  ;  Morte  d' Arthur.  iL  !•&.* 
"  The  kyng  courrit  the  cragge,"  MS.  Uorte 
Arthure,  i.  e.  creeps  op  it. 

COURL.     To  rumble.     Sortk. 

COURSER-MAN.    A  groom. 

COURT.  Tlie  princi[nl  house  in  a  Tillige.  AJm^ 
•  yard  to  a  house,  which  is  also  called  m 
eon-Mil. 

COURT-CUPBOARD.  A  moveable  sideboard, 
generally  covered  with  plate,  aud  in  fact  used 
solely  for  that  purpose,  without  drawers. 

COURT-DISH.  A  kind  ofdrinking-rap  so  called. 
GifTord  sadly  blunders  on  the  word  in  his  e^- 
of  Jonson,  v.  380. 

COURTELAGE.  A garden.or couit-jird. (^.-A'.) 

COURTEPY.  A  short  cloak  of  coarM  cloth. 
{J..S.)    Cimrlbin,  Skellon,  ii.  420. 

COL  RT-FOLD.    A  form-yard.      Wore. 

COURT-IIOLY-WATER.  Intinoere  complimen. 
tary  language.  "  To  till  one  with  hopes  or 
eottrt-holy-traler,"  Florio,  p.  215.  Sei  Cot- 
grave  in  V.  Court,  Eau. 

COURTINE.  A  curtain.  Also,  to  hide  behind 
a  curtain. 

COURTING-CARDS.   Conrt  card*. 

COURT-KEEPER.  The  master  at  a  gmme  of 
racket,  or  ball. 

COURT-LAX.   Acurtle-ai. 

COl  RT-LODGE.    A  raanor-hon»e.    An/. 

COURT-MAN.    Acoiuiier.    (A..y.) 

COURT-NOLL.  A  contemptuous  or  familiar 
name  for  a  courtier.  See  Brit.  Bibl.  i.  108  j 
Heywood's  Edward  IV.  p.  42  ;  Pcele,  iii.  86. 

COURT-OF-GUARD.  The  place  where  tiie 
guard  musters. 

COURT-OF-LODGINGS.  The  principal  quad- 
rangle  in  a  palace  or  large  house, 

COURT-ROLLER.  The  writer  or  keeper  of  the 
rolls  of  a  court  of  law. 

COURTSHIP.    Courtly  behsriour. 

COUSE.  To  change  ilic  d-etli.  tt'anr.  For- 
merly, to  exchange  anything,  as  in  the  Beliq 
Autiq.  ii.  281. 

COUSIN.  A  kinsman.  {Fr.)  Oflen  a  fkmiliar 
mode  of  address  to  a  friend.  Cousin  Betty, 
or  Cousin  Tom,  a  bedlamite  beggar;  uuw  ap- 
plied lo  a  mad  woman  or  man. 

COUTELAS.    A  cutlass.     {Fr.) 
COUTER.     A  plough-coulter.     jVor/A. 
COUTERE.    A  piece  of  armour  which  co\ered 
tlic  elbow. 
firUte*  th«  rerebrace  witb  the  broods  rytitaw 
Km>i4  0f«tlh«  »«<«r>  with  (be  cito*  sgfSk 

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COUTIIB.  (1)  To  make  kuown,  ditcorer,  pub- 
lUb.     (J.-S.) 

That  It  be  eovthe  hrre  kllc  oplnly 
To  Witt  in  foth  whcthrr  I  in  chutitv 
Have  Iflddc  my  lyf  of  hcrt«  fay tbfUlly. 

Lfdglt,  MS.  Sue  jlKltq.  134,  r.  7. 

(2)  AlIU>Ie;kind.     (./..&) 

(3)  A  cold.     North. 

(4)  Could,  part.  post. 
COUTH  EH.    Toranifort.     Kort/i. 
COUTH  I,  Y.     Familiarity. 
COUVER.     A  domestic  connected  with  a  court 

kitclien.     Ord.  and  Keg.  p.  331. 
COUWE.     Cold.    lieame. 
COUWEE.     "  Ryme  couwce,"  vernu  eatuUili, 

common  final  rhyme. 
COVANDE.    A  covenant.     (J.-X.) 

Tliiirc  tallc  he  tc  me  at  hya  irylle, 
Thyno  cvpanitet  for  to  fulfllie. 

MS.  UiKBlti  A.  1. 17,  f.  ))(!. 

COVART.    Secret.     (J..N.) 

COVAYTE.    To  covet ;  to  desire.     (A.-N.) 

In  Cristr  thou  rwa^te  thi  »olace, 

HU  luOt  chaungc  thi  chcrr. 

MS.  Uncotn  \.  I.  17.  t.  iSS. 

COTE.  (1)  A  ctTcm,  or  cave.     Alto,  a  itniaU 

harbour  for  boats. 
(2)  A  lean-to,  or  low  building  with  a  shelving 

roof. 
COVEITISE.    CoTCtousness. 
COVEL.     A  kind  of  coat.     {Beh/.) 
COVENABLE.     Convenient ;  suitable.     Some- 
times equivalent  to  nrrd/ul. 
COVENAWNT.     Faithful,     /tilmn. 
OOVENT.    A  convent.     {A.-N.)     A  covenant, 

aftrerment,  .MS.  Morlc  Arthurc. 
COVERAUNCE.     Beco\crv.     (A.-K) 
COVERClllEF.     Ahead-cloth.     (J.-N.) 
COVERCLE.     A  pot-lid.     (A.-ff.) 
COVERE.    To   recover.     (A.-N.)    To  regain, 

MS.  Mortc  Arthurc ;  Rcl.  Ant.  ii.  86. 
Whan  Tryamowre  wai  hole  and  lowDde, 
And  coweredt  of  hyt  grcvui  wouodc. 

MS.  Otnlat,.  ft.  il.  X,  t.  78. 
With  niyrthe  and  game  (hem  betwene 
To  eoryr  hur  of  hur  ure.  MS.  tUtl.  I.  05. 

COVERLYGUT.      A   coverlet.     I/eec  tuprllej: 

lilit  t»t  tuperiut  indumeHtum  lecli,  Anglicr  a 

covcrlyght,  MS.  Dili.  Reg.  12  B.  i.  f.  13.     Co. 

verlyle,  Gesta  Rom.  p.  133. 
COVERNOUR.  A  governor. 
COVER-PAN.    A  pan  with  a  cover  uied  in  the 

pantry. 
COVERT.  (1)  A  kind  of  lace  described  in  MS. 

Harl.  2320,  f.  59. 

(2)  Sccrcsy.  (./.-iV.)   Alto  an  adj.    Sometimes, 
covered. 

(3)  A  covering,     (ov.  ityl.     Al»o,  a  coYer  for 
game. 

COVERT-FEATHERS.  The  feathers  close  upon 

the  sarcels  of  a  hawk. 
COVERTINE.     A  covering. 
COVERTURE.     A  covering. 

jif  he  ever  Ihynkc  hli  baroayn  to  acherr. 

He  owith  Tor  to  kepc  hym  under  the  eoftrlurt 

Of  tiowthe  and  of  roonyog,  thii  I  yow  cmure. 

MS.  OmMN  Vt.  i.  A,  t.  m. 


COVERYE.    To  take  care  of.      {A.-N.) 

COVETISE.     Covelousncss.     {A.-N.) 

COVEY.  (1)  To  sit  or  hatch. 

(  2)  A  cover  for  game. 

(3)  A  close  room ;  a  pantry.   See  Davies' Ancient 

Rites,  pp.  126,  142. 
COVINE.      Intrigtie;  fraud;    deceit;   a  secret 
contrivance ;  art.   lu  law,  a  deceitful  compact 
between  two  or  more  to   prejudice  a  third 
party.     AltOBverb,  to  deceive.     Corinlicht, 
deceitfully,  Gy  of  Warwike,  p.  32. 
And  alle  that  are  of  here  coreyn, 
A  lie  the  bryngclh  to  hclle  peyn. 

MS.  HarL  1701,  r.M. 
And  thut  by  ilcy^ie  and  by  mefn^, 
Aros  Ihcderlhcand  the  famyne. 

tH>ir<T,  MS.  «9C  JnHq.  134,  f.  lU. 
For  ytrthou  Ik  olTftOche  roryrur. 
To  gere  otT  love  by  ravyne. 
Thy  lual  yt  may  the  Ikllethui, 
At  yt  fyllp  to  Tereut. 

MS.  0>fira«.  Vt.  \.  0,  r,  «. 
And  whannc  ihey  be  «'ryfieff. 
Tbey  faynen  for  to  make  ■  peea. 

MS.  S-r,  Anllt   134,  f.  4A. 

COW.  (1)  The  moveable  wooden  top  of  a  malt- 
kiu,  hop-house,  &c. 

(2)  To  frighten.  Soh/H.  Shakespeare  faai  eovwA, 
timid.     Also  a  substantive. 

(3)  To  scrape.     Craeen. 
COW-BABY.    A  coward.     Somenet. 
COW-BERRIES.    Red  whortle-berries. 
COW-BLAKES.   Dried  cow-dung  used  for  fuel. 

Var.  dial. 

COW-CALF.    A  female  calf. 

COW-CAP.  A  metal  knob  put  on  the  tip  of  a 
cow's  horn.     Wett. 

COWCllER.  A  book  in  which  the  transactions 
of  a  corporation  were  registered.  See  Le- 
landi  lliti.  iv.  182. 

COW-CLAP.  Cow-dung.  CoK'-cfaffinjr,  spread- 
ing manure  on  the  fields. 

COW-CUMDER.  A  cucumber.  Var.  dial.  This 
form  occurs  in  llollyband's  Dictionarie,  1593. 

COW-DAISY.     Same  as  coir-pkl,  q.  v. 

COWDE.  (1)  A  piece,  or  golibct  of  meat. 

(2)  Obstinate ;  unmanageable.     H'etf. 

(3)  CotJd. 

COWDEL.    Caudle. 
COWDY.  (1)  A  small  cow.     iVorf*. 
(2)  Pert ;  frolicsome.     Surtk. 
COWED.     Cowardly;   timid.     A'orf*.     A  COW 

without  horns  is  called  cowfd. 

COWEY.     Cluh-fouted.     AorM. 

COW-FAT.    The  red  valerian. 

COWFLOP.    Tlic  foxglove.     Dnon. 

COW.FOOTED.     Club-footed.     A'or/A. 

COWtiELU    AcudgeL    Jfuloi-I. 

COW-tiKIPE.  A  gutter  in  a  cow-stall  to  carry 
off  the  filth. 

COW-GROUND.     Cow-paature.     Ghue. 

COW-IIERD.     A  cow-keeper. 

COW.JOCKEY.    A  beast-dealer.     Norlk. 

COWK.  (1)  A  cow's  houf.     Z^evuii. 

(2)  To  strain  to  vomiu  Norlk,  Also  pro- 
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COWL.  (I)  To  cower  down,     ^'0rlh. 
(2)  See  Coul  »nd  Cow. 
(i)  A  poultry  coop.     Pr.  Pan. 
COW-LADY.    The  liiiy-bird. 

A  ptlre  of  buiklu  they  did  bring 

or  the  eour-laJftt  rorall  wing, 

Uiuarwn  DtIMm,   lOM. 

COWLAY.    A  mpadow  for  cowj. 

COWLICK.    AstiffluftofUiironacow.   Abo 

the  same  as  ctt{ftick,  q.  v. 
COWLSTAFF.    A  staff  oied  for  carrying  a  tub 

or  basket  that  has  two  ears.   See  Lamborde's 

Perambulation,  p.  367  ;  Strutt,  ii.  201. 
COWLTES.     Quilts.     Mapcs,  p.  334. 
COW-MIG.    Tlio  drainage  of  a  cow-house  or 

dung-liill.     \orth. 
COW-A«UMBLE.     The  cow.p»r»nip. 
COWNCE.    Counsel. 

COWNDER.     Confa-iion ;  trouble.     AVM. 
COWOD.    Cold.     TundaU. 
COW.PAR.     A  straw-yard.     Norf. 
COWPIN.    The  last  word.     North, 
COW-PLAT.    A  circle  of  cow-dang. 
COW-PRISE.    A  wood-pigeon.     -Vor/A. 
COW-Ql'AKE.    Common  sparry.    Eatt. 
COWRING.    A  term  in  falconry,  when  young 

hawks  quiver  and  shake  their  wings,  in  token 

of  obedience  to  the  old  ones. 
COWS.     Slime  ore.     North. 
COWS-AND-CALVES.     Sec  BulU-atul-eovi. 
C0W8E.  To  chase  animals.  Also,  to  walk  about 

idly.     ITat. 
COWSHARD.     Cow-dung.     Called   also  cou>. 

iham,  cowcant,  anicoiBi' -fating:    See  Coo- 

per  in  t.  Searabitut ;  Cotgrave,  in  v.  Boun ; 

Gosson's    Schoole   of   Abuse,    1579;   Nash's 

Pierce   Penilesse,    1592;   Dekker's  Knight's 

Conjuring,  p.  31. 

HsrtHie*,  ihcy  ur>  "'  '"*<'  <x"  <>'  'h'  ■'ung  of 

the  deer,  u  beetles  ftre  out  of  attfthumt. 

Aubrry's  KVl;  Ktval  Soc.  MS.  p.  168. 

COWSHUT.    A  wood-pigeon.     AV;rM. 

COW-STRIPLINGS.  CowsUps.  North.  Brockett 
has  eow-ttro/ipk.  A  cowttroptr  in  the  month 
of  January,  1632,  was  considered  sudiciently 
curious  to  he  presented  u  a  new-year's  gift. 
See  Chron.  Mirab.  p.  21. 

COWT.    A  colt,     lar.dial. 

COWTHERED.    Recovere<l.     North. 

COWTHWORT.    The  motherwort. 

COW.Tl  E.  A  strong  rope  which  holds  the  cow's 
hind  legs  while  milking. 

COW-TONGUED.  Having  a  tongue  smooth 
one  way  and  rough  the  othrr,  like  a  cow. 
Hence  applied  to  one  who  gives  fair  or  foul 
language  as  may  suit  bis  pur|>ose. 

COW-WHEAT.    The  horse-flower. 

C0W5E.     A  cough. 

COX.  Same  as  Cotef,  q.  v.  Hence  eox-eomi, 
the  top  of  a  fool's  cap,  which  was  terminated 
with  a  cock's  head  and  comb.  Coxcomb  was 
applied  aho  to  the  cap  and  head  of  a  fool, 
(nj-r  is  apparently  an  adjective  in  Hawkins, 
i.  236,  unless  the  article  is  supplied,  as  in 
DodMiey.     Coxy,  conceited,  in  Warwickshire. 


Forby  has  eoxf-rvxy,  merrily  and 

callv  tipsy. 
COXON.    A  cockswain. 
COY.  (1)  A  decoy.     Alto,  to  decoy. 
(2)  A  coop  for  lobsters.    Eatt. 
COYE.  (1)  To  quiet  j  U)  soolhe.    {A.-N.) 
(2)  To  move,  or  stir  in  anything. 
COYEA.    Quoth  you.     Yorhih. 
COYLLE.    A  coal. 
COYNFAYTES.    Comfits. 
COYNTELICHE.     Cunningly. 
COYSE.    Body.    (.Y.-.V.) 

AdiI  prively,  wtthoulenoyie. 

He  bryngtlh  thit  foule  gret  eopM.  

Covfr,  MS.  Soc.  .i<iif<«.  ta*.  t.mi 
COYSELL.    A  consul,  or  judge.    {A.-N.) 
COYTES.    Quoits. 
COYVE.    A  coif. 
COZE.    To  converse  with  earnestly  and  <aini> 

liarly.     Suulh. 
CRA.     A  crow.    Eait. 
CRAB.  (1)  An  iron  trivet  to  set  over  ■  (lie.  CJkmk. 

(2)  A  potato  apple.    Lane. 

(3)  To  break,  or  bruise.     North. 

CRABAT.    A  gorget,  or  riding-hand.     Ntroa 

says,  a  cravat. 
CRABB.\T.     Handsome :  comely. 
CRABBUN.     A  dunglull  fowl. 
CRABE.    To  fight  one  with  another.     A  term 

in  falconry. 
CR.\BER.    The  water-rat. 
CRAB-LANTHORN.    An  apple-jack.     See  f. 

73.     AUo,  a  cross,  forward  child. 
CRAB-VERJt'ICE.     Vinegar  made  from  enba. 

Sometimes,  tlie  juice  itself. 
CRAB.WINULASS.    A  windlasa  xatA  «0  Al 

deck  of  a  barge. 
CRACCHE.    To  scratch.    {J..S.) 
CRACHED.     Infirm ;  broken.    {Fr.)     Crackf 

still  in  use  in  Shropshire. 
CRACHES.     The  herb  chickweed. 
CRACHY.NGE.     Cracking. 
CRACK.  (1)  A  boait,    AUo  a  verb.  SomeUmes. 

to  challenge. 

(2)  To  converse.     Norf.    Also,  chat,  ooBTerst- 
tion,  news. 

(3)  Cliief ;  excellent.    In  early  plays,  u  arch. 
lively  boy. 

(i)  To  restrain.     North, 
h)  To  cardie.     Crtven. 

(6)  "  In  a  crack,"  immediately. 

(7)  A  blow  or  stroke.    Also  a  verb,  to  atrike 
throw. 

(8)  Crepitus  ventris.     North 

(9)  A  charge  for  a  cannon. 

(10)  To  creak.     Palti/rave. 

(11)  A  prostitute.     North. 
CRACK-BRAINED.     Flighty.     Tar.  did: 
CRACKED.      Cloven.       Craekfd-piree,   a   girt 

who  is  no  longer  a  nrgin.  She  was  then  utd 
to  he  cracked  in  the  ring.  This  latter  expres- 
sion was  originally  applied  to  a  coin  which 
was  cracked  beyond  the  circle  containing  the 
iiucription,  and  then  considered  no  longer 
ctUTcnt ;  but  it  is  used  metaphorically  in 
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CRACKEU     A  cricket,     AVM. 

CRACKER.  A  amiill  baking  dish ;  k  imall  water- 
hucuit ;  >  piece  of  glass  shaped  like  a  pear. 
IVorlh. 

CRACKET.     A  low  stool.     Norlh. 

CRACKFART.     A  foolish  boaster. 

CRACKHALTER.  A  mischievous  boy.  Shake- 
speare has  the  term  erack-Aen^. 

CRACKING-WHOLE.    A  sUckenslide. 

CRACKLE.     Pork  crackUng. 

CRACKLINGS.  Crisp  cakes.  SuMtr.  More 
usually  called  crackneU.  See  Elyot,  in  t.  Cot- 
Ij/ra. 

CRACKMAN.    A  hedge. 

CRACKOWES.  Long  pointed  shoes,  turned 
up  in  a  ciir\  e.  Perhaps  so  called  from  Cracow 
in  Poland.  "  With  her  longe  crakowu," 
Reliq.  Antiq.  i.  41. 

CRACKROPE.  A  fcUow  Ukcly  to  be  hung.  A 
term  of  contempt. 

CRACOKE.    Refuse  of  tallow.     Pr.  Pan. 

CRACONUM.     Same  as  cracoit,  q.  y. 

CRACUS.     A  kind  of  tobacco. 

CRADDANTLY.    Cowardly.     North. 

CRADDINS.     Mischievous  tricks.     North. 

CRADEL.  Some  part  of  clothing  mentioned  hi 
Artbour  and  Merlin,  p.  HI:  corresponding 
perhaps  to  the  cratula.     Sec  Ducangc,  in  v. 

CRADLE-SCYTHE.  A  scythe  provided  with  a 
frame  to  lay  the  com  smooth  in  cutting. 

CRAFP.     A  sparrow.     Cumd. 

CRAFFLE.    To  hobble.     Derbyth. 

CRAFTE.    To  deal  craftily,  or  cunningly.  PaU- 

CRAFTESMAN.    A  man  of  skill.     (//.-S.) 
CRAFTIMAN.     An  artiliccr.     (.-/.-S.) 
CRAFTLY.     Knowingly ;  prudently.     (i/.-S.) 
CRAFTY.     Skilfully  made.     {.4..S.) 
CtJAG.  (1)  Tliecraw.    Eait. 

(2)  A  deposit  of  fosiil  tea-shells,  found  in  the 
Eastern  counties. 

(3)  The  neck,  or  throat.  See  Optick  Glasse  of 
Humors,  1639,  p.  135  ;  Ord.  and  Keg.  p,  9i, 

(4)  A  small  beer  vessel. 

CR.MER.    A  kind  of  small   ship.     See  Hall. 

Hen.  IV.  f.  18 ;  Harrison,  p.  201 ;  Holinshed, 

Hist.  Engl.  i.  155;  Hist.  Scot.  p.  120;  Arch. 

li.  162 ;  Rutland  Papers,  p.  42. 

B«  thanoa  cogge  spponc  coggt,  Jfcfiwi  and  other. 
Morit  ^rlAun,  MS,  UiKtIn,  I.  VI. 
CRAISEY.    The  butler-cup.     Wilt: 
CRAITH.     A  scar.     He,t. 
CRAKANE.    The  refuse  of  tallow. 
CRAKE.  (1)  A  cix)w.     A'orM. 

(2)  To  crack ;  to  break.     {^.-N.) 

(3)  To  quaver  hoanely  in  tinging.    (jt.-S.) 

(4)  To  brag,  or  boatt. 

(5)  To  speak,  or  divulge,  ffetl.  Also,  to  shout 
or  cry. 

(t)  The'  land-rail.     Eatt. 

(7)  To  creak. 

CRAKE-BEURIES.     Crow-bcrriet.     North. 

CRAKE-FEET.    The  orchis.     North. 

CRAKE-NEEDLES.     SbepherOs'-needlca. 

CRAKER.  (I)  A  boaster. 

(2)  A  cliUd's  rattle.     Eail. 


CRAKERS.     Choice  English  soldiers  in  PrtlWt 

temp.  Henrv  Vlll.     BlotaU. 
CRAKIT.    Cracked.     (./.-iV.) 
CRALLIT.     Engraven. 
CRAM.  (1)  To  tell  falsehoodi. 
(2)  A  lump  nf  food.     North. 

(5)  Tu  tumble  or  disarrange.     Line. 
CRAMBLE.     To  hobble,  or  creep.     North. 
CRAMBLES.     Large  boughs  uf  trees. 
CRAMBLY.     Lame.     AWM. 

CRAMBO.  A  diversion  in  which  one  gives  ■ 
word,  to  which  another  finds  a  rhj-mc.  If  the 
same  word  is  repeated,  a  forfeit  is  demanded, 
which  is  called  a  cramlio.  It  was  alto  a  term 
in  drinking,  as  appears  from  Dekker. 

CRAME.  (1)  To  liend.     Lane. 

(2)  To  join,  or  mend.     North. 

CRAMER.     A  tinker.     North. 

CRA.MMELY.     Awkwardly.     North. 

CRAMMOCK.     To  hobble.      Yorhih. 

CRAMOSIN.     Crimson.     (^..N.) 

CKAMP-BONE.  The  patella  of  a  sheep,  con- 
sidered a  charm  for  the  cramp. 

CRAM  PER.    A  cramp.irt)n. 

CRAMPISH.     To  contract  violently.     (.Y.-A'.) 

CRA.MPLED.     Stiff  in  the  joints. 

CRAMPON.  The  border  of  gold  which  keeps  • 
stone  in  a  ring. 

CRAMP.RING.  A  ring  consecrated  on  Good 
Friday,  and  believed  to  be  efficacious  for  pre- 
venting the  cramp. 

CR.\MP-RINGS.     Fetters.     Harvum. 

CRAMSINE.    To  scratch ;  to  chiw. 

CRANCH.     To  grind  between   the   teeth ;  to 
crash  any  gritty  substance. 
Hero  doe  I  mesDc  to  crwtch,  to  munch,  to  cate. 

Hnuooft  lUytll  King,  tig.  D.  HI. 

CRANE.    The  crinitre.     HaU. 
CRANE-GUTTED.     Very  thin.   EoMt. 
CRANET.  (1 )  Small  crini'ere.    See  Hall,  Henrf 

IV.  f.  12;Meyrick,  ii.  258. 
(2)  A  small  red  worm.     Cumi. 
CRANGLE.     To  waddle.     AorM. 
CRANION.  (n  The  skull.     Percy. 
(2)  Small ;  spider-like.     Joiuon. 
CR.\NK.  (1)  Brisk ;  jolly ;  merry. 

(2)  A  vessel  over-masted. 

(3)  An  impostor.     Burton. 

(4)  To  mark  cross-ways  on  bread-and-botter  to 
please  a  child.     Kent. 

(ij  To  creak.     North. 

(6)  To  wind,  at  a  river.  ShaJt.  Also,  the  bend 
of  a  river. 

(7)  A  reel  for  winding  thread.     Prompt.  Parr. 

(5)  The  wheel  of  a  well  to  draw  water  with.  Jiid. 
CRANKIES.     Pitmen.     North. 
CRANKLE.    Weak ;  shattered.     North. 
CR.VNKS.  (U  A  toaster.     A'orM. 

(2)  Pains;  aclics.     Craven. 

(3)  Offices.     South. 

CRANKY.  (1)  Merry;  cheerful.  Sometimes 
ailing,  sickly ;  hut  crani  it  always  used  in  the 
other  sense,  and  the  asscrti.in  in  Prompt.  Parv. 
p.  92,  that  it  ■■  usually  sigMifiei  sickly  or  fee- 
ble," is  quite  a  mistake. 

(2)  Chc<\\\CTtt\.     North. 


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CH AN  N  Y.     Qiiici ;  giddy ;  tboaghUew. 
CRANTS.     Garlund..     Shai. 
CKANY.     A  iTUmli.     XJeron, 
CRAP.  (1)  A  bunch,  or  cluster.    fTetl. 

(2)  To  >ii>p ;  to  mck.     Sommet, 

(3)  Darnel ;  buck-whcot. 

(4)  A  cokTsc  part  of  beef  joining  the  rib«.  Var. 
dial. 

(b)  The  back  part  of  the  nedc. 

(6)  Dregt  of  beer  or  ale. 

(7)  MODc;.     North. 
isS  Auuraoce.    ^'Uti. 
(9)  Crept.     A'orM. 

CRAPAUTE.  The  toad-jfone.  (Fr.)  Crapotc, 
MS.  CanUb.  Ff.  v.  48. 

CRAPER.     A  rope.     {J-N.) 

CRAP-FULL.     Quite  fall.     Devon. 

CRAPLE.     A  claw.     Spnurr. 

CRAPON.    A  loatUtonc.     (.1..\.) 

CRAPPELY.    Lame ;  »hiky.     Lwe. 

CRAPPING.    Gathering  crops.    »>«/. 

CRAPPINS.     Where  the  coal  cropj  out.  &%. 

CRAPPY.     To  map.     Somtrut. 

CR.APS.  (1)  The  refuse  of  hog's  lard  burnt  be- 
fore a  fire.     North. 

(2)  Chaff  of  corn.  Ifeit.  Apparejitly  thesainc 
as  cnppe,  Pr.  Parr.  p.  100. 

CRAPSICK.   Sick  from  over-eating  or  drinking. 

SotUh. 
CRARE.     See  Craier. 
CRASED.     Broken ;  wc-akcned.     {j1.-N.) 
CR-VSEDEST.    Most  crazy. 
CRASH.  (1)  To  crubh,  or  grind. 

!2)  A  feast ;  an  entertainment, 
3)  To  be  mrrr>-.     North. 
CR.VSH1NG.CHETES.     The  tcetb. 
CRASK.    Fat ;  lusty ;  in  good  health  and  spirits ; 

hearty. 
CRASK E.    To  crash.    Pr.  Pan. 
CRASPIC.     A  whale,  or  granipns. 
CRASSANTLY.     Cowardly.     TAe**. 
CRASSE.    Thick;  fat.     Ilntl. 
CRASSECHE.    To  spUt,  or  crack. 
CRATCH.  (1)  A  rack  of  any  kind;  a  manger; 

•  cradle. 
(2^  To  eat.     Salop. 

(3)  A  pannier.  Derbyh.  .^Mmi,  a  kind  of  hand- 
barrow  ;  a  wooden  frame  used  in  husbandry. 

(4)  A  wooden  dish.     )onbA. 
(5l  A  clothes  pole.     Smtx. 

(6)  Warts  on  animals.     North, 

(7)  To  claw,  or  scratch. 
CRATCIIINGLY.     Feeble;  weak.     North. 
CKATE.  (1)  A  wicker  basket.    North.    Gene- 
rally used  for  crockerj-. 

(2)  An  old  woman.  See  Towncley  Jfyst.  p.  201. 
Ritson  misreads  trotr  in  Anc.  Pop.  I'oet.  p.  77. 

CRATE-MEN.  Itinerant  renders  of  earthen- 
ware.    Sttt^. 

CRATIIAYN.     A  craven  ;  a  coward. 

CRATHER.     A  kind  of  sc\the. 

CRATTLE.     A  crumb.     North. 

CRAUCHE.    Tlie  refuse  of  tallow. 

CRAVP.     Crept.     «>»/. 

CRAVAISE.     The  cray-flsb.     {A.-N.^i 

CfUVANT.     fV«irn;  cowardly. 


CRAVAS.     A  crevice.     Pr.Parr. 

CRAVAUNDE.    Coward.     {J^N.) 

CRAVE.  (1)  To  claim  money.     A'orM. 

(2)  A  ehink,  or  cleft.     Pr.  Parv. 

CRAVEL.     .\  mantcl-piecc.      Hal. 

CRAW.  (1)  The  bosom;  the  crop  vf  ■  hbi.^ 

f'ar.  diaL 

(2)  A  crow.     North.    Properiy,  a  took.     Sex 
Ling.  Diet.  1549. 

CRAW-DUCKLES.     Shirt-buckles.     Bed*,^ 

CRAW-FEET.     The  wild  hvacinth. 

CRAWK.  ( 1 )  Stubble.     Also,  a  faggot. 

(2)  The  reftise  of  tallow.     Pr.  Parr. 

CRAWL.     Toaliound.     A'orM. 

CRAWLEY-MAWLBY.    In  a  weak  and  aiHl^' ' 
state  ;  unwell.     S'orf. 

CRAWLY-WHOPPER.     A  bhick-l>eetlc. 

CRAWPARSED.    Hog-brccchcd.     \orth. 

CRAWSE.     Jolly ;  brisk.      Yor/cMh. 

CRAY.  (1)  See  f  roier. 

(2)  A  disease  in  hawks,  proceeding  from  cold 
and  bad  diet. 

(3)  A  kind  of  gum. 

CRAYNE.     A  chink,  or  cleft.    Pr.  Parr. 
CRAYZE.     A  wild  fellow. 
CRAZE.    To  crack.    Derott. 
CRAZED.     Foolish ;  insane.     For.  dial. 
CRAZEY.     Crow's  foot.     South. 
CRAZIES.     Aches;  pains.     North. 
CRAZLED.     Congealed.     Yorhh. 
CRAZY.     Infirm;  dilapidat4>d. 
CRAZZILD.     Coals  caked  together. 
CRE  ABLE.    Capable  of  being  created. 
CREACHY.    Same  as  cro.-y,  I].  T. 
CREAG.     The  game  of  ninepins. 
CREAGHT.    A  drove  of  cattle. 
CREAK.  (1)  A  wicker  basket. 

(2)  "  To  cry  creak,"  to  be  afraid,  to  dctisl  fiwq  ] 
anv  project. 

(3)  A  hook.      Yortth. 

(4)  A  land-rail.     North. 

CREAM.  (1)  To  squeeze,  or  prcas.    We»t. 

(2)  To  froth,  or  curdle.    North. 

(3)  A  cold  shivering.     Somrrtft, 

(4)  The  holy  anointing  oil. 

CRE.VMER.    One  who  has  a  stall  in  a  niarkrt 

or  fair. 
CKEAMFACED.     Pale.     South. 
CREAM-WATER.    Watcrwith  a  kind  of  oil  or 

scum  upon  it. 
CREA.MY.     Chillv.     Deron. 
CREANCE.  (1)  Faith  ;  belief.     (J...\.) 
Thi»  insyilcn  taujte  (he  o-eanre 
Unto  thU  wyf  so  imfitly. 

Goirer.  Jf.V.  a>r.  ^tnlUl.  I!H,  t.  OS. 

(2)  Credit ;  payment.     (.i.-N.) 

And  wttti  liU  prccyouft  blonde  he  wmnte  the  trifle 
Upon  the  rroMc,  at  fpneral  arquylauiioe 
To  eiery  pinylcnt  in  ful  creaimet. 

Ibtm,  ofiht  iliMk,  XJi«  C-ltet*  m. 

(3)  To  borrow  money.     (//.-iV.) 

(4)  The  string  with  which  a  hawk  is  secured.- 
CREANT.     Recreant ;  craven. 
CREA8.    The  meoales.     Yorhih. 
CREASE,  (h  A  curved  tile,     treil. 
(2)  The  top  of  a  horse's  neck. 


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(3)  Irving ;  fond.     Lane, 
(i)  A  split,  or  rent.     Eatl. 
(5)  To  increaie.     Devon. 
CREATE.     Created.     (Lai.) 
CREATURE.  (1)  The  Creator. 
(2)  A  poor  mitermbte  person. 
CREAUK.    A  crooked  Wick-     Norl/i. 
CREAUNCER.     A  creditor.     (A.-N.) 
CREAUNSER.     A  tutor.     SkeUon. 
CREAX-NT.     Belie>ing.     {A.-N.) 
CREBULLE.     A  cripple.     (^.-A^.) 
CRECll.     A  crutch.     Norlh. 
CREDANS.     Credit ;  reputation. 
CREDENT.     Credible.     SAai. 
CREDILLE.     A  cradle.     Heante. 
CREE.  (1)  To  seethe.     North. 

(2)  To  pound,  or  hniiae.     fi'orik, 

(3)  A  hut  or  sty.     Cutni. 
CREECH.     To  scream.     Sommel. 
CREED.     Hard.      Yorksli. 
CREEK.     A  servant.     SufoU. 
CREEL.  (1)  A  wicker  basket.     North, 
(i)  A  butcher's  stool.     North. 

(3)  A  wooden  frame  for  oak-cakes. 
CREEM.  (I)  To  convey  sUly.     Cheth. 
(2)  To  pour  oat.     North. 
CREEN.    To  pine.     Devon. 
GREENY.     Small ;  diminuHve.     Jfiltt. 
CREEP.  (1)  To  raise,  or  hoist  up. 
(2)  A  ridge  of  land. 
CREEPER.  (1)  A  louse.     Var.  dial. 
(2)  A  small  stool.     North. 

CREEPERS.  (1)  Small  low  irons  In  a  grate  oe- 

tween  the  andirons. 
f2)  A  nervous  fidget,     far.  dial. 
(3J  Low  pattens.     Notf. 

(4)  Grapnels.     Eait. 
CREEP-IIEDGE.     A  vagrant.     Eail. 
CREEPINS.     A  beating.     Crarm. 
CREEPLE.  (1)  A  cripple. 

(2)  To  squeeze ;  to  compress.    Eatt. 

CREEZE.    Squeamish.     IFeit. 

CREIL.    A  dwarfish  man.     North. 

CREILED.     Speckled ;  variegated.     Cumb. 

CREKE.  (1)  A  crane.     (^.-N.) 

(2)  A  basket.     Pr.  Part. 

CREKTOE.    To  cluck,  as  hens.     Pr.  Parti. 

CREME.     Chrism  ;  ointment. 

CREMESYN.    Crimson  velvet. 

CRENELLE.  A  loophole  in  a  fortren.  Some- 
times, a  battlement. 

CRENSEYN.    Crimson.    {yt.-N.) 

CREOPEN.    To  creep ;  to  crawl. 

CREPEMOUS.  A  term  of  endearment.  Pals- 
grave's Acolastus,  1540.     Still  in  use. 

CREPIL.     A  cripple.    {M.S.) 

CREPINE.  Fringe  worn  with  a  French  hood  j 
the  ereipine,  or  golden  net-caul,  Planchj, 
p.  117. 

CREPPID.     Crept.    (J.-S.) 

CRESCIVE.    Increasing  in  power. 

CRESCLOTIL    Fine  linen  cloth. 

CRESE.   Toinoease.   {.1..N.) 

CRESMEDE.    CTiristcncd.     (.i.-JV.) 

CRESOLITE.   Crystal. 


CRESSAWNTE.  A  crescent ;  an  ornament  for 
a  woman's  neck. 

CRESSE.  A  nish.  "  I  cownt  hym  noghle  at  a 
erene,"  Lincoln  MS. 

CRESSET.  An  open  lamp,  suspended  on  pivots 
in  D  kind  of  fork,  and  carried  upon  a  pole, 
formerly  much  used  in  nocturnal  processions. 
The  light  was  a  wreathed  rope  sniearetl  with 
pitch  or  rosin  stuck  on  a  pin  in  the  centre  of 
(lie  bowl.  The  cresset  was  sometimes  a  hol- 
low pan  filled  with  combustibles,  and,  indeed, 
any  hollow  vessel  employed  for  holding  a  light 
was  so  called. 

CREST.  (1)  Increase.    (^.-A'.) 

(2)  In  architecture,  a  term  for  any  ornamental 
upper  finishing. 

I  te  cailels,  f  w  ekr  high  towrei, 
Walln  nl  itone  cre*ty4  snd  iMUyllnl. 

MS.  Cantal).  Ff.  I.  S,  f.  1.1. 

(3)  The  top  of  anything ;  the  ridge  of  a  hill  or 
bank  j  a  balk. 

(4)  The  rising  part  of  a  hone's  neck. 
CREST-TILES.     Tiles  used  for  covering  the 

ridge  of  a  roof. 
CRETE.     A  kind  of  sweet  wine.      "Creticke 
wine,"  TopseU's  Beasts,  p.  276. 
Thaoe  claretl  and  cmfre  clrrgyally  rrnn^ne. 

Mortt  Arlliurt,  MS.  LincalH.  I.  ii. 

CRETOYNE.    A  sweet  sauce.   {.I.-N.) 
CKEUDEN,     Cried ;  roared,  pL 
CREUSE.   A  cup.    (./.-A-.) 
CREVASSE.   A  chink  or  crevice. 

reteei,  M  S.  Lincoln  A.  i.  1 7,  f. 

MS.  Cantab.  Ff.  ii.  38,  f.  7. 
CREVET.    A  cruet.   East. 
CREVIL.    The  head.   {^.-N.) 
CREVIN.    A  crack,  or  crevice. 
CREVISE.     A  cray-fish.    (/V.) 

lobster,  as  in  MS.  Arund.  249. 
CREW.     A  coop.     Salop. 
CREWDLE.     To  crouch  together.     North. 
CREWDLINC.     A  slow  mover.     Cheth. 
CREWDS.    -Hie  measles.     North. 
CREWEL.  (1)  A  cowsUp.     Somertel. 
(3)   Fine  worsted,   formerly   much  in 

fringe,  garters,  &c. 
CREWNTING.     Grumbling.     Etmoor. 
CREW-YARD.     A  farm-vard.     Line. 
CREYSEOE.     Crossed.     Heame. 
CREYSEKY.     A  crusade.     (^.-A'.) 
CRIANDE.    Crving.    {.I.-N.) 
CRIB.  (I)  A  child's  bed.     far.  dial. 

(2)  A  lock-up  house.   Salop. 

(3)  A  rack  or  manger.    Vor.  dial.     Also, 
for  cattle. 

CRIO-BITER.      A  horse    that   draws  in   bis 

breath,  and  bites  his  manger. 
CRIBBLE.  (1)  Afincrsortof  bran.  Criiil-irede, 

Rcliq.  Antiq.  i.9.  SeeCotgravc,inv.iJoi«ry«»i». 
(2)  A  corn-sieve.     Hollj/tand. 
CRICK.     The  gaffle  of  a  cross-bow. 
CKICKER.     A  collier's  horse.      Also,  a  man 

that  carries  heavy  loads  on  a  horse.    fTn/. 
CRICKET.  (1)  A  low  stooL 
(2)  Said  of  a  ferret,  marts  a|ipat«M. 
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CRICKKT-A-WICKET.  Merry  ;  alio,  to  jog 
up  and  down. 

CRICKLE.     To  bend ;  to  sloop,    far.  dial 

CRICKS.     Dry  licxljewood.     Ifnl. 

CRIED-UP.     .Mucli  praised,     far.  ilial. 

CRIEL.     A  kind  of  heron. 

CRIEYNGES.     Prayers.     Weber. 

CRIG.  A  wooden  mallet.  North.  Also  ■  verb, 
to  beat. 

CRIINDE.     Crying.     Rob.  Gbme. 

CRIKKET.     A  creek,    irfanrf. 

CRILI..     Chilly;  gooscfleshy.    Lane. 

CRIM.  (1)  To  shiver.    /.  mjAt. 

(2)  A  small  portion  of  anything,    tfett. 

CRIMANY!  Inter),  of  sudden  surprise.  Some- 
times, criminejemminy .' 

CRIMBI.E.  To  creep  slily.  E(ut.  To  crim- 
blc-i'-th'-poke,  to  fly  from  an  agreement,  to 
act  cowanllv. 

CRIME.     Cr>-;  report.    ITeit. 

CRIMME.     to  crumble  bread. 

CRIMMLE.    To  plait  up  a  dreis. 

CRIMP.  (I)  A  game  at  cards. 

(2)  A  dealer  in  coals.    Norf. 

(3)  To  bo  very  stingy.    Devon, 

(4)  Inconsistent ;  inconclusive. 

CRIMPS.   In  the  crimps,  well  set  out  in  clothes. 
CRINCU.  (I)  A  small  bit.     (Jloue. 

(2)  Same  as  eraneh,  q.  v. 

(3)  To  crouch  together.    North. 
CRINCIILING.     A  very  small  apple,  also  called 

a  cnngling.    Eatl. 
CRINCKLE.     See  rrimile. 
CRINCOMES.     The  lues  venerea. 
CRINDLE.    A  kernel.     Unc. 
CRINE.    To  slirink ;  to  pine.   North. 
CRINETTS.    The  long  small  black  feathers  on 

a  hawk's  head. 
CRINGLE.    A  withe  or  rope  for  fastening  a 

gate  with.     North. 
CRINGLE-CRANGLE.     A  wg-iag.     A'oi-M. 
CRINITE.     Hairv.     {Lot.) 
CRINK.  (1)  A  very  small  cliild.     fTetl. 
(2)  A  crumpling  apple.     Herff. 
CRINKLE.  (I)  To  rumple.     Var.  dial. 

(2)  To  bend  j  to  waver.     North. 

(3)  To  form  into  loops,  as  thread  sometimes 
does.     Line. 

(4)  To  shrink.     SvffaU. 
CRINKLE.CR,\NKLE.     A   wrinkle.      AorM. 

"  Full  of  crinklecrtmklet,"  Coifjvie. 

CRINZE.    A  drinking  cup. 

CRIP.     To  cut  the  hair.     Wetl. 

CRIPLING.     Tottery.     North. 

CRIPLINGS.  Short  sjiars  at  the  aides  of 
houses. 

CRIPPIN.     See  Crepine. 

CRIPPLE-GAP.  A  hole  left  in  walls  for  sheep 
to  pass  through.  North.  Also  called  t  crip- 
ple-bole. 

CRIPPLIFIED.     Crippled.     Mundey. 

CRIPS.     Crisp ;  curied.      li'eit. 

CRISn.     Cartilage.     Eatt. 

IRISIMORE.  A  little  chUd.  Devon.  No 
duubt  from  chritome,  q.  t. 


CRISLED.     Goose-fleshy.     Ford. 
CRISOME.     See  Chrimme. 
CRI SP.  ( 1 )  Pork  crackling.     SotUK 
f2)  To  curl.     Crapy,  wary. 

(3)  Fine  linen;  cobweb  lawn. 

(4)  A  kind  of  biscuit.     North. 
CRISPE.   Curled.   {Lai.) 
CRISPING-IRON.     A  curling-iron. 
CRISPIN'S-LANCE.     An  awl. 
ClllSPLE.     A  curi.     Also  a  vert. 
CRISSY.     A  crisis.    Eatt. 
CRISTALDRE.    The  lesser  ccnUury.    Omtrd, 

Spelt  Crittettaddre,  and  explained  emiawrtm 
major,  in  MS.  Sloane  5,  f.  3. 
CRISTEN.     A  kind  of  plum. 
CRISTENDOM.     Baptism.     Wickl^e. 
And  that  liulanl  that  to  the  fi  Am, 
Cryi(yndofN«K)mlIc  henon  have  hrrr. 

MS.  Canlab.  Ff.  H.  3t, 

CRISTENE.     Christian.     {A.-N.) 
CRISTENING.   Christian  faith. 
CRISTINE.   A  kid.   {A.-N.) 
GRISTING.    Baptism.   {A.-N.) 
CRISTYGREY.   A  kind  of  fur,  much  used  io 
fifteenth  century. 

of  noilevy»e  embroudld  hath  hire  wede, 
Nefurrld  with  erTti>-n  nc  with  crUtp/rrrtf. 

Lrdgal:  MS.  Sof.  >n<li.  IM,  f.  K. 

CRIT.   A  hovel.   Salop. 

CRITCH.   Stony,    (.inc. 

CRITICK.   The  art  of  criticism. 

CRITUARY.     A  kind  of  sauce. 

CROAK.   To  die.    Oron. 

CROAKER.   A  raven.   JoMon. 

CROAKl'M-SIIIRE.  Northumberland. 

CROAT.    A  bottle.    SaJToUt. 

CROB.  (1)  A  clown.   North. 

(2)  To  t^Tonniic  over.    Yorkth. 

CROBBE.    The  knops  of  leafy  budi,  nied  u 

pendants  from  the  roof. 
CROCARD.   Some  kind  of  bird,  mentioned  in 

jVrch.  iii.  157 ;  Ord.  and  Reg.  p.  223. 
CROCE.  (I)  Across.   (^.-5.) 
(2)  A  crook  ■,  a  crozier. 
CROCERE.   The  bearer  of  •  pastoral  staff,  or 

crorier.    Pr.  Pare. 
CROCHE.  (1)  A  crutch.    {A.-N.)     "  Whiche 

wcnde  his  helpc  a  eroche,"  Cower,  MS. 
(2)  The  top  of  a  stag's  head,  the  knob  at  the 

top  of  it. 
CROCIIED.   Crooked.   (A..N.) 
CROCIIEN.   The  crochet  in  music. 
CROCHET.   A  hook.   (-^.-A.) 
CROCIIETEUR.   A  porter.   (Pr.) 
CROCK.  (1)  An  old  ewe.    Yorhih. 

(2)  The  cramp  in  hawks. 

(3)  A  kind  of  musket. 

(4)  Soot.   Also,  to  bUck  with  soot. 

(5)  A  pot ;  an  earthen  vessel.     To  crock,  to  Uj 
up  in  a  crock. 

(8)  To  decrease ;  to  decay.   North. 
(7)  Under  hair  in  the  neck. 

(H)  The  back  of  a  fire-place.    ITett. 

(9)  .\n  old  laid  egg.    North. 
CRUCK-BUTTER.    Salt-butler.   South. 


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CROCKET.  A  Urge  ruU  of  hkir,  much  worn  id 
the  lime  of  Edward  1. 

Be  ami  proud  of  thy  rroket 
Yn  the  rberche  to  tyfe  anit  wu 

MS.  Httru  i;oi,r.  n. 

IIUcrt*V«lkembt,  and  thrron  ket 
A  nourhe  with  «  chapclrt. 

Gottvr,  MS.  Sx.  Axlll.  IM,  f.  f~I. 

CROCKETS.  Projeoling  flowers  or  foliage  used 
in  Gothic  architecture, 

CROCKS.  (1)  Locks  of  hair.    Ket.  Ant.  ii.  17a. 

(2)  Two  crooked  timliers,  of  natural  bend,  form- 
ing ail  arch,  seen  in  old  buildings.    Xort/i. 

t:UOCKY.  (1)  Sooty.    Eatl. 

{2)  A  small  Scotch  cow.   North. 

CRODART.  A  coward.    North. 

CRODDY.  To  contest  j  to  strive  ;  to  play  very 
roughly.   North. 

CRODE.   A  mole.   North. 

CROFT.  (I)  A  meadow  near  a  home ;  a  imall 
common  field ;  any  inclosure. 

(2)  A  vault.    Kml. 

CROGGED.    Filled.    Oson. 

CROGGLE.    Sour,  or  curdy.    Yorbh. 

CROGHTON-BELLY.  A  person  who  ests  m 
great  deal  of  fruit,   bane. 

CROGNET.    The  coronal  of  a  spear. 

CROICE.   Across.     (.i.-N.) 

CROISE.    A  drinking-cup. 

CROISERIE.   The  Crusade.   {A.-N.) 

CROKE.  (1)  Refusei  the  bad  or  useless  part  of 
anything,    l^me. 

(2)  A  kind  of  lance.    {A.-N.) 

(3)  A  trick ;  a  tiuu.    North. 
\aS  The  ordure  of  the  hare. 

(5)  To  bend. 

Into  th«  water  he  crtkittU  downe. 
And  was  In  perelle  for  to  drowne. 

MS.  UtinAH  A.  1. 17,  r.  US. 

(6)  A  hook. 

Hyt  was  made  full  wejrwarde, 
Full  of  erokyt  of  ctele  hardc. 

MS.  Cmtab.  VI.  U.  SB,  f.  3». 

'CROKED.     Lame ;  infirm. 
CROKEKELY.     Hookedly. 
CROKER.  (1)  A  grower  of  saffron.     See  Har- 
rison's England,  pp.  232,  233. 
(2)  A  cottage  without  stairs. 
CROLLE.     Curled.     Kyng  Alis.  1909. 
CROLLING.      The  rumbling,  or  grumbling  of 

the  stomach.     PaUgravt. 
CROM.  (1)  To  crowd.     AorM. 
(2)  To  arrange  anything.     Lane. 
CROME.  (1)  A  crook ;  a  staff  with  a  hook  at  the 

end  of  it.    Norf.    This  term  occiin  in  the 

Pr.  Parr.  p.  KM. 
(2)  Pulp;  kernel;  the  crumb.    Sec  Forme  of 

Cuo-.P-  62;  MS.  Anind.  219,  f.  89.  {A.-S.) 
CROM  P.     Witty.     O.von. 
CROMPTLD.     Cruniplc<l. 
CROMPYNG.      Curving,  said  of  ■  dog's  tail. 

Maittrtof  the  Game. 
CROMSTER.     A  kind  ofvcssel  having  a  crooked 

prow.    {Dut.) 
CRONB.    An  old  ewe.     Also,  an  old  woman, 

generally  in   an   opprobrious  sense.     These 


Drrb. 
Hall. 


O.ron. 


meanings  ore  said  to  be  connected  witJi 
other. 

CRONE-BERRIES.    WTiortle-berries. 
CRONELL.    A  coronal,  or  garland.     Also,  the 
coronal  of  a  lance,   called  cronet,  by  Hall, 
llenr>lV.ri2. 
CRONESANKE.    The  periacariu 
CRONGE.    A  hilt,  or  handle. 
CRONIQliE,     A  chronicle.    (^.-AT.) 
-    The  tale  y  thenke  of  a  enmi^tu 
To  telle,  yf  thot  II  may  the  like. 

Goifirr,  MS.  Stxr.  Anll^.  1J4,  f.  M. 

CRONK.  (1)  To  croak ;  to  prate.     North. 

(2)  To  perch.      Yorkth. 

(3)  To  exult  over  with  insult,  IltuUer'eHaltamth. 
Olou. 

CRONNY.     Merry ;  cbecrftd. 

CRONOGRAPHY.    A  history. 

CRONY.    An  intimate  friend. 

CROO.  (1)  Tocoo.    North. 

(2)  A  crib  for  cattle.    Larte. 

CROOCll.     To  crouch  down. 

CROOULE.    To  cower  ;  to  crouch  ;  to  cuddle. 

Also,  to  feel  cold. 
CROOK.  (1)  -nie  deviL    Somertet. 

(2)  The  crick  in  the  neck. 

(3)  A  chain  in  a  chimney  for  hanging  boilers  on. 
North. 

(4)  A  bend  or  curvature.  Also  a  verb,  to  make 
crooked. 

CROOKEL.    Tocoo.   North. 
CROOKEN.   To  bend.    Yorluh. 
CROOK-LUG.    A  long  pole  with  a  book  at  the 

end  of  it,  used  for  pulling  down  dead  branches 

of  trees.  Gioue. 
CROOKS.    (1)   The  furniture  of  pack-horses; 

long  pieces  of  timber,  sitarpened  aliove,  and 

bent  in  aparticnlar  manner,  to  support  burdens 

on  horse*.    Denm. 
(2)  Hinges.    AorM. 
CROOL.    To  mutter ;  to  murmur. 
CROOM.     A  small  portion  of  anything.     So- 

menet, 
CROON.   To  bellow  ;  to  roar.    A^orM.    Also,  to 

murmur  softly. 
CROONCII.    Toencroaclu   Eatt. 
CROOP.     To  rake  together;    to   be  miserly. 

Devon. 
CROOPBACK.    A  hump-back. 
CROOPY.  (1)  Hoarse.    North. 
(2)  To  creep  ;  to  bend.   Doriet. 
CROOSE.    An  assistant  to  the  banker  at  the 

game  of  basset. 
C  ROOT.  Same  as  croo*.  q.  v. 
CROP.  (1)  The  gorge  of  a  bird.    "Neck  and 

crop,"  completely,  entirely. 

(2)  A  shoot  of  a  tree,  grown  in  one  season. 
North.  Properly,  the  head  or  top  of  a  tree, 
the  extreme  shoot ;  any  shoot ;  a  sprig  of  a 
plant. 

(3)  Tlie  spare-rib.    Var.  dial 

(4)  The  top.    {A..S.) 

And  of  the  hilica  he  tcDcth  there aryjte 

How  he  Khalle  bowe  hetn  and  the  rrvppit  hewe. 

l#<tf>'r,  MS.  &K.  A»t.\n.\»^\.\^ 


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The  surface  of  coal. 
The  buttock  or  haunch 
The  crupper.    (,.^.-N■) 
To  appear  alioTe  (he  lurface,  as  a 


{A^N.) 


(5)  To  crop  the  cauiey,  to  walk  anyieldingi; 
down  the  centre. 

CROPE.  (1)  Crept.    {J.-S.) 

ThU  Udy  tho  wm  crope  wide, 

Al  tche  that  wolde  hlrvtelTcn  hidp. 

Comr,  MS.  Six.  .lotif.  134,  f.  (H. 

(2)  To  creep  slowly.    Satl. 

(3)  The  crupper.    H'ebrr. 

(4)  The  finial  of  a  canopy,  && 
h)  A  banil,  or  fillet.   (.I.-N.) 

(6)  CrtKikcd.    Pahgrate. 

CROPIKRS.    The  housings  on  a  horse's  back. 

{.4..N.) 
GROPING. 
CBOPONE. 
CROPORE. 
CROP-OUT. 

stratum  of  coal,  &c. 
CROPPEN.  (l)Crept.   Norlh. 

(2)  To  eat,  as  a  bird.  (.4.-S.) 

(3)  The  crop  of  a  hen.  Cumb. 
CROPPY.    A  Roundheail. 

CROP-RASH.    The  loose  soft  stone  above  the 

solid  vein.     Warw. 
CROP-WEED.    The  black  matfellon. 
CROSE.    A  crosier. 
CROSHABELL.    A  courtezan.    Ke»l. 
CROSS.  (1)  To  cashier. 

(2)  A  piece  of  money. 

(3)  Tlic  horizontal  piece  near  the  top  of  a  dagger. 

(4)  To  dislodge  a  roe-deer.     Also,  to  doable  in 
a  chase. 

(5)  To  keep  the  crop,  to  monopolize  the  market 
place. 

(C)  To  cleave  the  back-bone,  a  term  in  cutting 

up  deer. 
CROSS-AND-PILE.     Tho   game   now  called 

headt^nd.tail*.     See  Nomendator,  p.  299. 
CROSS-BARS.   A  boy's  game. 
CROSS-BATED.     Chequered. 
CUOSS-BITE.    To  swimlJe;  to  cheat;  to  de- 
ceive.    Croiu-iile,    crott-hiter,    a   swindler. 

Florio  has,  "  Furbdre,  to  play  tJie  cheater,  the 

cminie-calcher  or  cronr-biler." 
CROSS-DAYS.    The  three  days  preceding  the 

feast  of  Ascension. 
CROSSE-BACCED.     Having  a  bar  through,  as 

shot     See  Ord.  and  Reg.  p.  272.     Qu.  crotre- 

barredt 
CROSSED.    Taken  the  cross. 
CROSSE-ISLED.     A  church  n-ilh  transepU  is 

so  called. 
CROSSELET.    A  crucible.    {.I.-N.) 
CROSS-EVE.    A  violent  squint.    Eiut. 
CROSS-GARTERED.       Having    the     garters 

crossed  on  tlie  leg. 
CROSS-GRAINED.     Not  straight  grained,  as 

wood.     Hence,  olistinatc,  peevish. 
CROSS-LAY.    A  cheating  wagor. 
CROSSLET.     A  frontlet. 
CROSS-MORGANED.     Pcetish.   North. 
CROSS-PATCH.   A  pee\-iab  child.    Also  called 

a  erou-pot. 
CROSS-PATE.    The  cross  at  the  top  of  a  ball 

held  by  a  sovereign. 


CROSS-PURPOSES.     A  child's  game, 

confutiun  and  difficulties. 
CROSS-QUAKTERS.    Diagonal  openings  in  tb« 

turret  of  a  building. 
CROSS-ROW.    The  alphabet. 
CROS'S-SOMER.    A  beam  of  timber. 
CROSS-SWORD.    One  with  a  cro«s-bar  tat  iM 

guard.  j^H 

CROSS-THE-BUCKLE.    A  peculiar  and  di4| 

cult  step  in  rustic  dancing. 
CROSS-TOLL.     A  passage  tofl. 
CROSS-TRIP.     In  vrrestUng,  when  the  1^  <ut 

cro«s<;d  one  within  the  other. 
CROSS-VEIN.    One  vein  of  ore  croasing 

other  at  right  angles. 
CROSS-WEEK.    Rogation  week. 
CROSS-WIND.     To  warp ;  to  twist.    Aortt. 
Thou  makt  behold  how  It  U  Hxircht  with  IOTe>, 
And  every  way  a-ofwounrferf  with  desire. 

IToiuii  In  tht  Mumi,  IW. 
CROSTELL.    A  wine-pot. 
CROSWORT.    /lerba  Cnma^ic*,  hot. 
CROTCH.  (1)  A  crutch.   Eait. 


1 


(Z)  Same  as  clifl,  q.  v. 

(3)i 


A  post  with  a  forked  top,  used  in  building,  < 
(4)   The  place  where  the   toil  of   ao    i 

commences. 
CROTCH-BOOTS.     Water  boots.    £sW. 
CROTCH-BOUND.     Laiy.    Eail. 
C  ROTCUED.  ( 1 )  Cross ;  pccmh.    But. 
(2)  Crooked ;  hooked.  North. 
CROTCHET.   A  metal  hook. 
CROTCH-ROOM.   Length  of  the  legs. 
CROTCH-STICK.     A  crutch.    Eait. 
CROTCH-TAIL.    A  kite.    Etter. 
CROTCII-TUOLLiNG.     A  method  of  trolling 

or  annliog  for  pike.   Norf. 
CROTET    A  clod  of  earth. 
CROTELS.    The  ordure  of  the  hare,  rablnt.  or 

goat.    Also  called  crotet/t  and  crolimtg.    The 

Maistre  of  the  Game,  MS.   Bodl.  546,  lias 

crolrynge  of  the  hart. 
CROTEY.    Soup  ;  pottage.    {A..N.) 
CKOTONE.     A  dish  in  cookery,  described 

the  Forme  of  Cury,  p.  34. 
CROTTE.     A  hole  j  a  comer.     {A.-N.) 
CROTTLES.     Crumbs.    North. 
CROTTLING.     Frial)le.    North. 
CROU.     A  hut ;  a  aty.     Dmon. 
CROUCH.     A  tumble ;  wrinkle.    Oto», 
CROUCHE.  ( 1)  A  piece  of  money. 

Cotne  hldcr  to  mc.  »one,  and  loke  wh«»leT 

In  thlipura«  whether  thcT  beeny  croaor  rrmucKt^^ 

Save  nedel  and  thrcde  and  theowl  of  Ictbcr. 

Occlne,  US.  *c.  Jmlif.  IM,  (, 
(2)  To  sign  vrith  the  cross.   (,A..S.) 

cross.     Hence  Cntehed  Friart. 
CROUCHMAS.     Christmas.     7W«r. 
CROUD.  (1)  To  coo.    North. 

(2)  The  crypt  of  a  church. 

(3)  A  coarse  apple  pasty.     fFiUt, 
( 4  >  A  fiddle.     Also  a  verb. 
CROUDE.     To  shove  together.    (A.^.) 
CROUDEWAIN.    A  cart ;  a  waggon.  Pe 

kind  of  barrow, 


ibed  i^_ 

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CROt'HMB.     A  pail ;  ■  piUilier. 
CROL'KE.  (1)  A  crow.     North. 

(2)  An  eartben  pitcher.     (A.-S.) 

(3)  To  Iwnd.     (.^.-5.) 
CROl'LE.     Curled.     Chaucer. 
CROUME.     Sharp ;  citting.     (//.-.V.) 
CROUN.    The  circle  of  hair  produced  by  the 

priestly  toniure.     {A.-N.) 
CROUNCORN.     A  rustic  pipe. 
CROUNMENT.     A  coronation.     {A.-N.) 
CRO  LP.  (1)  To  croak.     Sorth. 
(2)  A  diiease  in  potUtrr. 
f3)  The  ridge  of  the  back.     {A.-N.) 

(4)  To  stoop ;  to  crouch.     Ctimb. 

(5)  The  craw ;  the  belly.     Abo,   the  buttock 
or  haunrb. 

CROUPY-CRAW.     The  raven.     North. 
CROUS.  (I)  Merry;  brisk;  lively;  bumptious. 
"  I  'ruu  or  trout,  saucy,  tnalapert,  Bor."    Ken- 
nett,  MS.  Ltnsd.  1033.     Evidently  connected 
with  cnu,  wrathful,  Havclok,  1966 ;  and  hence 
perhaps  cnutf.    The  following  is  an  instance 
of  the  word  in  the  same  sense  as  in  Havelok. 
A5e)rB  Hera  wiu  he  krne  and  enmt, 
ADd  Kidr,  gotb  out  of  ray  Fsdir  hous. 

Cunor  .Vunifi,  ttS.  CUl.  TWn.  Omiab.  t.  SI. 

(2)  To  catterwaul ;  to  pmvokc.    E<ut. 
CROUSLEY.    To  flatter ;  to  court.     DnoH. 
CROUTH.     A  fiddle ;  a  croud,  q.  v. 
CROirWEPIL.    The  herb  crane-bUL 
CROW.  (1)  A  cattle-crib.     Unc. 

(2)  An  iron  gavelock.     North. 

(3)  To  claim.    Somertet. 

(4)  To  pull  or  pluck  a  crow,  to  compUin  or 
quarrel  with  any  one. 

(b)  To  give  the  crow  a  puddiug,  to  die.    Shak. 

(6)  A  pigstv.     Dnwi. 

crow-beLl. 

In  a  ground  of  mine  called  Swicrt  growet  atnin- 
dantly  a  pUnt  called  by  the  people  hereabout  cme- 
t»»tu.  which  t  never  mw  anywhere  but  there.  Mr. 
Rob.  Good,  U.A.  tellf  mc  that  thcfO  rrr>w-&W/#  hive 
blew  flowen ,  and  are  commob  to  many  ihsdy  places 
in  thit  countrey. 

.luhrn'i  Will,,  tttyat  S'C.  MS.  p.  IM. 

CROW-BERRY.     Empelrum  nigrum,  Lin. 

CROWCU.  (1)  A  cnilch.     Percy. 

(2)  Crooked.     Hulofl. 

CROW-COAL.     Inferior  coal.     Cumb. 

CROWD.  (1)  To  wheel  about.     Norf. 

(2)  To  move  one  thing  across  another ;  to  make 
a  grating  noise. 

(3)  Congealed  milk.     North. 
CROWD-BARROW.    A  wheel-barrow.    Norf. 
CROWDING.    A  barrow.     Pattmt. 
CUOWDLING.     Timid ;  dull ;  sickly.     Went. 
CROWD  Y.     A  mess  of  oatmeal,  generally  mixed 

with  milk.     North. 

CROWDY-KIT.     A  small  fiddle.     Wnt. 

CROWUY-MAIN.  A  riotous  assembly ;  a  Cock- 
fight ;  a  crowded  mixture.     North. 

CROWD Y-.ML'TTON.    A  Mdlcr. 

CROWDY-PIF.     An  applc-tumorer.      Weit. 

CROW-FEET.  The  wrinkles  wliich  spread  from 
the  outer  corners  iif  the  eye. 

CROWFLOWER.    The  crow.fool.     North. 


CROWISII.    Spirited ;  pert.     North. 
rROWKEEPER.     A    boy  employed  to  scare 
crows  from  land,  in  fonoer  times  armed  with 
a  hnw,    E(ut. 
CROWLANDE.    Exulting;  boasting. 
CRUWLE.     To  grumble,  or  make  a  noise  in  the 

stomach. 
CROW-LEEK.    The  hyacinth. 
CROWN.    To  hold  an  inquest.    North.     See 

Shnrp's  Chron.  Mirab.  pp.  4,  88. 
CROWNACLE.    A  chronicle. 
CROWNATION.    A  coronation.     Miege. 
CROWNED-CUP.     A  bumper. 
CROWNER.    A  coroner.     Var.  dioL 
CROWNET.     A  coronet. 
CROWNING.     Slightly  arched.     Eatl. 
CROWN-POST.    In  building,  the  post  which 

stands  upright  between  the  principal  mftcrs. 
CROWNS.    Crowns-of-tbc-sun,  a  gold  crown  so 
called  frotu  the  mint  mark,  worth  about  4».  6(/. 
Crown5-of.thc-ro5C  were    coined    by  Henry 
VIII.  in  152G,  and  worth  the  same  sum. 
CROW-PARSNIP.     The  dandelion. 
CROWPYNE.     A  crupper.    Pr.  Parr. 
CROWSIIELL.     The  fresh-water  muscle. 
CROWS-NEST.     Wild  parsley. 
CROWSOPE.     The  herb  Samftonaria. 
CROWSTONE.   The  top  stone  of  the  gable  end 

of  a  house. 
CROWX    To  pucker  up. 
CROW-TIME.    Evening.    Eatt. 
CROW -TOE.    The  ranunculus. 
CROW-TRODDEN.     Having  crow-feet,  q.  r. 
CROYDON-SANGUINE.    A  sallow  colour. 
CROYN.    To  cry,  as  deer  do  in  rutting  time; 

to  murmur  low. 
CROYZ.    The  cross. 
CROZZILS.     Half-burnt  coals.     Yori$h. 
CRUB.    A  crust,  or  rind.    Devon. 
CRUBBIN,     Food.     U'eit. 
Cnt'BBY.    Dry  crusty  breatL    Deron. 
CRUBS.    Tlie  wooden  supporters  of  pftunien, 

or  bafjs.  on  a  horse,    ffett. 
CRUCCHEN.     To  crouch.    (AS.) 
CRUCE.    Same  as  crotMt,  q.  v. 

They  had  nicked  »uch  a  juce 
Out  of  the  ftood  ale  crwco, 

Whertn  tbey  founde  no  dngffli. 
That  noyther  of  them  hb  bad 
Coulde  cary  hone  la  his  bed. 
For  lacke  of  better  lesgae. 

r^«  Unluekie  Fimumtig, 
CRUCHE.    A  bishop's  crosier. 
CRUCHET.     A  wood-pigeon.     North. 
CRUCIAR.    A  crucifier.     Wickliffe. 
CRUCK.    A  crock,  or  pot.    Juniia. 
CHUCKLE.    To  bend ;  to  stoop.     Eatt. 
CRUD.  (I)  Crowded.    Rut. 

(2)  Carted ;  pat  in  a  cart,  or  barrow.     Hence, 
conveyed. 

(3)  To  coagulate.    Baret. 

CRUDDLE.    To  coagulate;  to  curdle.     Also,  to 

crowd  or  huddle. 
CRUDELEE.    To  cry  like  a  pheasant. 
CRADLE.    To  shudder,  or  shake.     AorfA. 
CRI'DLY.     Cruinl.liiij.     Sotnji. 


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CRUDS.    Curd..    (,.i.-S.) 

CRUEL.  (1)  Very.    tar.  diuL 
i)  Keen ;  viliant. 

'3)  Sad.    Ermoor. 
4)  Fine  wonted. 

l6)  A  cowslip.     Devon. 

CRUELS.     The  Bhingles.     Yorkih. 

CRUETS.    The  veueli  which  contained  wine 
and  water  for  the  service  of  the  altar. 

CRUIVES.    Encloicd  tpacet  in  a  dam  or  weir 
for  taking  salmon.    North, 

CRUK.    A  bend,  or  shoot.     Sabip. 

CRUKE.    A  crooked  sUff.    (A.-S.) 

Bl  the  tam  of  the  Uykanra  tlut  thou  tent  ut,  the 
whilkd  «  made  of  wandn  40d  rniktz.  donwuilei  at 
the  oTcT-end,  we  uDdrnUnd  that  slle  Ihr  kyngri  of 
the  wcrlde,  aod  «Ue  the  (Trie  lordn  ulle  luwte  lllle 
Ul.  M9.  Unnin  A.  I.  17.  '•  *• 

CRULB.  (1)  Sec  Crue/(4). 

(2)  To  curl.    {A.-S.) 

HU  hondea  otbcrwhile  to  quake, 
Hll  cropeth  crulyng  in  hli  bake. 

Curmr  Jfviitfl,  ilB.  OJI.  Trin.  Cmtob.  t.  33. 

(3)  To  shiver  with  cold.     Also,  to  crouch  near 
the  fire  when  cold. 

CRUM.    To  stuff.    A'orM. 
CRUMBLES.     Crumhs.     Eiul. 
CRUMCAKES.    Pancakes.     North. 
CRUME.     A  small  portion.     {A.-S.) 
CRUMENAL.     A  purse.     Spentrr. 
CRUMMY.  (1)  Plump  ;  fleshy.    North. 
(2)  A  cow  virith  crooked  homi. 
CRUMP.  (1)  Hard;  cnutjr.    North.    Alao,  to 
eat  a  cnutjr  loaf. 

(2)  Out  of  temper.     North. 

(3)  The  cramp,      far.  dial 

(4)  Crooked.    Cruiitp-iaci,  &c.    "  Crunipt  or 
crookt,"  Nomcnclator,  p.  44. 

(i)  The  rump.    AorM. 

CRUMPLE.  (1)  To  rumple.     Var.  dial. 

(2)  To  wrinkle!  to  contract,    li'etl.    Cmmple- 

footed,  having  no  movement  with  Ihc  toes. 
CRUMPLED.    Twisted  ;  crookeiL    Crumpondr, 

Wright's  Pol.  Songs,  p.  329. 
CRUMPLl.NG.  Same  as  CrincA/in^,  q.  v.  Hence, 

a  diminutive  or  deformed  person. 
CRUMPLY.     Wrinkled.    Devon. 
CRUMPY.    Short ;  brittle.     Sin-th. 
CRUNCH.    To  crush.     Var.  dial. 
CRUNCKLE.    To  creak.    Howell.     Colgravc, 

"  to  creake  like  a  crane." 
CRUNDLES.    Scorbutic  swellings.    Devon. 
CRUNE.    To  bellow  j  to  roar.     North. 
CRUNKY.    To  whine.     Devon. 
CRUNKLE.    To  rumple.     I'ar.  dial 
CRUP.    Crisp  ;  short  i  surly.    South. 
CRUPEL.     A  cripple.    RcL  Ant.  i.  243. 
Meaelca  are  hole  and  crvpa^  go  rlji, 
Deefe  han  hajiitt,  and  biynde  ban  tijt. 

Owwr  JTlMdl,  MS.  Coll.  Trin.  Cantob.  f.  81. 

CRUPYARD.    Tlie  crupper.     Topielt. 

CRUS.     See  Croui. 

CRUSADO.    A  Portuguese  coin,  mentioned  by 

Webster,  i.  69 ;  Harrison,  p.  219. 
CRUSE.    Same  u  eruce  q.  v.    See  Florio,  p. 


228 ;  Nomcnclator,  p.  233  ;  Collier*!  OM 

lada.p.  34  ;  Ilulinshed,  Hist.  Engl.  i.  63. 
CRUSH.    Grisilc.    JEait.    To  crush  >  cup,  to 

finish  a  cup  of  liquor. 
CRUSKE.     An  earthen  vessel. 
CRUSSEL.    Gristle.  JSaW.   Also  enutlt.   Mia- 

shcu  has  the  first  form. 
CRUSTADE.    A  dish  in  cookerv,  described  in 

MS.  Sloane  1201,  f.  32;  Warner's  Antiq.  Cb- 

lin.  p.  65 ;  Ord.  and  Reg.  pp.  442,  452 ;  croi- 

tard,  Pcgge's  Fonne  of  Cury,  p.  70. 
CRUSTATIO.N.    The  cusps  of  windowi. 
CRUSTIVE.     Covered  with  criist. 
CRUSTY.    Surly;  cross.    I'ar.diaL 
CRUT.    A  dwaif.    North. 
CRUTCH  ET.     A  perch.     Warv>. 
CRUTCH-SIB.  The  lower,  or  right  hand  I 

of  a  plough. 
CRUTTLE.  (1)  A  crumb.    North. 

(2)  To  curdle.     Northymb. 

(3)  To  stoop  down  ;  to  fall.    North, 
CRY.  (1)  Out  of  all  cr;-,  out  of  all  eatunation. 

A'oref.    "  Cry  you  mere)-,"  I  beg  yotur  pardon. 

(2)  The  giving  mouth,  or  the  music  of  hounda. 

(3  j  To  challenge,  bar,  or  object  ta    Somertet. 

(41  A  proclamation.    (A.-S.) 

(5)  The  head.     (A.-N.) 

CRYANCE.     Fear.    {A.-N.) 

CRY'D-NO-CIIILD.    A  woman  cried  down  1 
her  husband,     ianr. 

CRYING-OUT.   An  accouchement. 

CRYING  THE-MARE.     An  ancient  aport    ta , 
llerefordkliire  at  the  har^'cst  home,  when  tlt^H 
reapers  tied  together  the  tops  of  the  last  bladl^| 
of  corn,  and  standing  at  some  distance,  Ibre*^ 
their  sickles  at  it,  and  he  who  cut  the  knot 
had  the  prize.     iVlso  called  crying-the-uedtu, 

CRYKE.    A  creek.     Proti^l.  Pare. 

CRYMOSIN.    Crimson. 

CRYSEN.    Cries.    Audelay,  p.  2. 

CRYSINEDE.    Christened.    (^A.-N.) 

Cowlo  fulle  cramede  of  cryrintfle  chlldyrv. 

Miirtt  Artkun,  MS.  Ltimtm.t.U. 

CRYSOME.    See  Chritome. 

And  founde  to  a  tryaomt  oure  Savyour  «wo(«, 
A  ble««yd  chylde  furmyd  In  blodc  and  tioocb 

MS.  Omlal..  Ff.  II.  3B,  t. 

CRYSTALL.    The  crest  ? 

Befyte  tmoie  Quore  •Uh  Mordday 
Ui,on  the  hetmc  on  hye. 
That  the  ayttatt  downe  fleye. 

MS.  CanlQli.  ft.  Ii.38,  f.  ! 

CRYSTALS.    The  eves.     Skat. 

CRYSTENDE.    Christened.    {A..S'.) 

CRYSTYANTE.    Christendom.    iJ..K) 

CRYZOM.    Weakly.     C'raven. 

CU.    A  cow.    (A..S.) 

CUB.  (1)  A  chest,  or  bin.    North. 

(2)  A  crib  for  cattle.    Ulouc.  Alao,  to  i 

or  confine  in  a  coop. 
^3)  A  lump  or  heap  of  anyihing ;  a  confused  ma 
(4;  A  martem  in  the  first  year.    Sec   Ulon 

Gent.  Rec.  ii.  75.    Also,  a  young  fox. 
CUBA.     A  game  at  cards. 
CUBBORD.    A  sideboard.     LitoaUy, 

for  holding  the  cupi.    It  aometimct  bad  i 


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CUBBT-HOLE.    A  snug  plw*.     Vor.  dial 

CUBUR.    A  cover.    (-^.-A.) 

CliCCU.    A  cuckoo.    (A.-S.) 

CUCK.  (1)  To  |ilace  a  woman  in  the  cucking- 
•tool,  q.  V. 

(2)  To  cast  J  to  tbiow.     Korth. 

CUCK-BALL.    Same  as  cuckoo-ball,  q.  v. 

CUCKING-STOOL.  An  engine  formerly  used 
for  the  punishment  of  women,  hy  ducking 
them  in  the  water,  after  they  were  placed  in  a 
atool  or  chair  fixed  for  the  purpose.  The 
chair  wai  tometime«  in  the  form  of  a  close 
•tool,  and  the  back  of  it  generally  omamenlcd 
with  pictiireaof  devils  flying  away  with  scolds, 
Ac  It  was  originally  used  for  the  punishment 
of  offences  against  the  assize,  Keliq,  Antiq.  ii. 
176,  hut  was  afterwards  employed  for  scolds 
and  prostitutes,  and  continued  in  vogue  in 
some  places  till  the  midillc  of  the  last  cciitun'. 
TJic  sitting  in  the  chair  with  the  feet  and  head 
bare  was  also  used  as  penance  unaccompanied 
•with  the  ducking,  and  the  fonn  of  the  stool  of 
coarse  contributed  to  increase  the  degrada- 
tion. Sec  further  in  Wright's  iVrchiEological 
Albom,  No.  2. 

Item  if  an  wotntnan  comme  onto  this  lordahrp 
an  wold  be  kept  privee  withynne,  and  It  ht  not  the 
iteweholdiri  wil,  thci  thai  doo  the  officers  fur  to 
wit*  upim  the  peine  of  vl.  t.  and  the  ume  womman 
abal  tw  take  and  made  a  Tyne  of  xi.  *.  and  tic  sette 
thrlei  upon  dc  evkyngfttoeltt  and  than  forsweTC  the 
lordship.  MS.  Bodl.  r  Hut.  ?!9. 

CUCKOLD.  The  plant  bimlock.  Cuckold's- 
buttonn,  the  hurra  on  it. 

CUCKOLD'S-IIAVEN.  A  spot  on  the  Thames, 
a  little  below  Kothcrhithe,  frequently  alluded 
to  IjT  our  early  writers. 

CUCKOLD'S-KNOT.  A  noose  tied  so  that  the 
ends  point  lengthways. 

CUCKOO.    The  harebell.    Dnm. 

CUCKOO-ALE.  Ale  drunk  out  of  doors  to  wel- 
come the  cuckoo's  return. 

CUCKOO-BALL.  A  Ught  ball  for  cliUdien, 
made  of  parti-coloured  rags. 

CUCKOO-BREAD.    Tlie  wood-sorrel. 

CUCKOO-FLOWER.  OrchU  matcula,  Lin. 
The  lieautiful  wild  lijchnia  JtoMcuti.  Gerard, 
p.  201,  "  wilde  water-cresses  or  cuckow  flow- 
en,  cardammr."  Narcs  has  given  a  wrong 
explanation. 

CUCKOO-LAMB.  Early  lamb.  Oxon.  A  late 
veaned  lamb.     Jl'anr. 

CUCKOO-MALT.  Malt  made  in  the  summer 
months.    H'arw. 

CUCKOO'S-MAIDEN.     The  wryneck.   North. 

CUCKOO'S-MATE.     The  barlev-bird.     East. 

CUCKOO-SriCE.     The  wood-sorrel. 

CUCKOO-SPIT.  The  white  froth  which  en- 
closes the  larva  of  the  eiciula  npumiria. 

CUCKOO-TIME.    Spring.    AorM. 

CUCKOW.    A  cuckold.    S/iai. 

CUCK-QUEAN.    A  female  cuckold. 

CUCRY.    Cookery. 

CUCUBES.     Cubebs. 

CUCUU.ED.    Hooded.    ('«/.) 


CUCURDITE.    A  goord ;  a  vessel  shaped  like  a 

gourd,     i^Lat.) 
CLCURD.    A  kind  of  plant. 

Tak  the  mte  of  the  wllde  eueurd,  and  Arj  it,  and 

schere  it  \a  schyvei,  and  raak  lentb  thcrof  to  fandr 

hnu  depe  the  hole  U.  MS.  Mtd.  Uik.  t.  MS. 

CUD.     Could.     AorM. 
CUDUERDUCE.    TheCuthberi-dock.a  birdof 

Ibc    Fam    island   off  Northumberland.     Sec 

Arch.  xiii.  341. 
CUIJDEN.    A  fool ;  a  down. 
CUUDIAN.     A  wren.     Devon. 
CUDDLE.    To  embrace;  to  hug;  to  squeeze;  to 

lie  close  together. 
CUDDY.     Culhbcrt.     North.     Cuddy-ass  is  a 

common  name  for  a  donkey.     I'uiltly,  a  silly 

fellow. 
CUDDY'S-LEGS.    Large  herrings. 
rUDE-CLOTH.    A  chrisome  cloth.    A"<>r<A. 
CUDGEL.    To  embroider  thickly. 
CUDS-LICr.INS.    An  exclamation. 

lie  imelt  sue  strangely,  I  told  bini  yon  were  not 

wilhifl  ;  toh,   nidM  llggirUt  1  cannot  get  the  tent  of 

him  out  of  my  nose.  MS.  Bodl.  00. 

CUD-WEED.    The  cotton  weed. 

CUE.  (1)  Half  a  farthing.  Mituhru.  A  cue  of 
bread  is  the  fourth  part  of  a  halfpenny  crust. 
"  i.  Woods,  luider-butler  of  Christ  Church, 
Oxon,  said  be  would  never  silt  capping  of 
cun,"  Urry's  MS.  add.  to  Ray.  A  cue  of  beer, 
one  draught. 

(2)  A  horse-shoe ;  the  tip  of  a  shoe  made  in  llitt 
form.    IVtut.    Also,  an  ox's  shje. 

(3)  In  acting,  the  final  or  catch-word  of  a  speech. 
Cue-fcllows,  actors  who  play  together. 

(4)  Humour;  temper.     Var.  dial, 
CL'EIU'O.     To  be  in  cueqw,  to  be  stripped  of 

(he  upper  garment. 
CUFERE.   To  cover ;  to  conceal. 

Salle  no  fnllace  eu/tre  our  caa*, 
Ne  consaile  gette  we  nofht«. 

Poem  OM  Dtath,  Liite^m  MS. 
CUFP.  (1)  Toheat.   To  cuff  over,  to  dilate.   To 
cuff  out,  to  pour  out. 

(2)  To  insinuate.     Eatt. 

(3)  An  old  fuUow.    ilidds. 

(4)  Glove,  or  metcvne.    Pr.  Parv. 
CUFFEN.     A  churl.     SeeCi.jr(3). 
CUFFINQUIRE.    A  justice  of  the  peace. 
CUGLION.     A  stupid  fellow.    (Hal.)     Some- 
times in  the  worst  sense,  a  scoundrel. 

CUIFF.     To  walk  awkwardly.     AorfA. 

CUINSE.    To  cnrve  a  plover. 

CUIRASS.    Armour  for  the  breast  and  back. 

CUIRUOULY.    Tanned  leather.    (>/.-A'.) 

C  U I S  S  E  S.     Armour  fn  r  t  he  t  highs. 

CUIT.     A  kind  of  sweet  wine.    See  Florio,  pp. 

1U4,  128,  143,  505. 
CUKER.    Part  of  a  woman's  homed  hcad-dreas 

generally  fringed  with  fur. 
CUKKYNE.    Alvum  cxoncrare.    Pr.  Pmrv, 
CUKSTOLE.    The  toadstool. 
CULCH.    Lumber;  stuff;  refuse  of  any  kind. 

EOMt. 

CULDE.    Killed.    Rilton. 
CULDORE.   A  colander. 


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CUlf 


CULB.    The  fumUmcnL    (./.-A'.) 
CULERACE.    The  herb  aniaart. 
CULL.  (1)  The  tmU-hcad.     Glow. 

(2)  To  pick ;  to  choose.     Var.  dial. 

(3)  To  embnce.    Somertet. 
<4)  A  cheat ;  a  devil.  A'orMumi. 

(5)  Silly ;  nimple.     Xorlh. 

(6)  To  pull ;  to  eoforcc.     SHnner. 
CULLAVINB.    Columhine.    North. 
CULLEN.    Cologne. 

CULLER.    A  chooser.    FJorio. 

CULLERS.  (1)  Colours.     AHc>ti  Papers,  p.  29. 

(2)  Refuse  sheep,  eulM  from  a  flock  as  unfit  for 
the  market.  Spelt  cHllian  by  Elyot,  1559. 
See  the  Nomenrlator,  p.  30. 

CULLICE.  To  heat  to  a  jelly.  5»irfry.  No 
doubt  from  cullit,  q,  v. 

CULLING.  The  light  com  separated  from  the 
rest  in  vinnowing. 

CULLINGS.     Sec  CuUen  (2). 

CULLION.     Sec  Ciujlion. 

CULLION-HEAD.     A  bastion. 

CULLIS.  A  veiy  fine  and  strong  broth,  well 
strained,  much  uwd  for  invalids,  especially 
for  consumptive  persons. 

CULLISANCE.  A  badge  of  arms.  See  TarU 
ton's  Jests,  p.  12.  Also  spelt  nUiuen.  It  is 
corrupted  from  cogninancf. 

CULLOT.  A  cushion  to  ride  on,  formerly  used 
by  couriers. 

CULLS.     Sec  CuUen  (2). 

CULLY.  (1)  To  cudiUe.     Wore. 

(2)  FooUsh ;  silly. 

CULLY-FABLe'.    To  wheedle,     lorit*. 

CULME.  The  summit.  According  lo  Minshea, 
smoke  or  soot.  The  latter  meaning  is  per- 
haps from  the  I'ronipt.  Parv. 

CULDRUM.  The  conclusion,  moral,  or  corol- 
lary of  a  talc  or  narrative.  See  Dcpos.  Ric.  II. 
pp.'  3,  29 ;  Piers  Ploughman,  pp.  60, 198. 

CULP.     A  heavy  blow.     Eail. 

CULPATB.     To  blame.     Hall. 

CULPE.     Blame;  fault.     {Lai.) 

CULPIN.   A  taking  away  from  the  flour.   Ifetl. 

CULPIT.  A  large  lump  of  anything.  Eatt. 
See  Culpoiu. 

CULPONS.  Shreds;  logs.  (.^.-V.)  Also, 
handfuls  or  small  parcels  of  anything,  as  of 
herbs,  sticks,  &c.  "  Culpons  or  peccs,"  Arch, 
xxi.  35.     Culi>onr,  to  cut  into  goblicls. 

CULPYNES.  Part  of  a  horde's  trappings.  See 
Hall,  Henry  VIII.  f.  79. 

CULRACHE.    The  herb  arsmart. 

CULT.     To  jag  a  dress. 

CULTOR.     A  coulter;  a  blade.     (.^.-5.) 

CULVARD.    Treacheroiu  i  cowardlv.    (-Y.-.V.) 

CULVER.  (1)  A  dove.  {.i.-S.)  'TIic  wood- 
pigeon  is  still  so  railed  in  Devon. 

(2)  To  beat  J  to  throb.     Eaut. 

CULVER-HEADED.  Thick-headed;  stupid. 
A  stack  thatched  nith  straw  or  stubble  ii 
said  to  be  culver-headed. 

CULVER-UOUSE.     A  j.igeon-hoiisc. 

CULVER-KEYS.    The  bunches  of  pod*  which 


contain  the  seeds  of  the  a.sh.    Also  expli 
the  columbine. 
CULVERT.     A  drain;  a  small  arcli. 
CULVERTAGE.     Cowardice.    SHniifr. 
CULVERWORT.     Columbine. 
CUM.     Came.      I.ouglofl. 
CUMAND.  (1)  Commanded.     Minol. 
(2)  Coming.     Riltoa. 
CUMBER.    A  care,  danger,  or  iikoiit 
trouble;  a  tumult.     Also,  to  be 
confounded  with  grief. 
CUMBER-GROUND.    Anything  usele 
responding  to  eomirt-warU,  q,  t.  CVa 
Chcsh.  Gloss. 
CUMBER.MENT.    Trouble ;  vexation. 
CUMBLE.     Full  measure. 
CUM  BLED.     Oppressed;  cramped;  stiffca 

with  cold.     Comeljfd,  Pr.  Parv, 
CUMBLY-COLD.     Stiff  and   lienombed 

cold ;  intensely  cold.     E<ul. 
CUMEN.    Tbev  come,  pi. 
CUMKiniE.     The  daisy.    MS.  Uaii  978. 
CUMFORDUN.    Encouraged. 
CUM  LING.     See  CotneUng. 

For  ihtT  h»vo  tyimlifnfn  yn  and  ouu. 
or  (vycbe  tbuldc  men  hav<  gntc  itaitt, 

US.  Hivi.  1701,  r.  I 
CUMMED.    Came.     Korlh. 
CUMMED-MILK.     Curds  and  whrv.     Ume. 
CUMMY.     Stale ;  bad-smeUing.     SuiUk. 
CU.MMYS.     Comes. 
CU.MNA\VNTE.     An  agreement.     Pr., 
CUMPANY.VBLE.     Sociable ;  friendly. 
CUMPASTE.     Contrivefl. 

with  s  trcwetufe  etn  the  moMe, 
CumfAstt  ful  cleoe. 

MS.  Unrclm  A.  I.  17,  f.  I 
CUMVAY.     To  convey.     See  Ywaine  sud  i 

win,  1494,  ap.  Ritson,  i.  6.t. 
CUN.     Kine;cows.     (J..S.) 
CUND.    To  give  notice,  to  show  whioA 

shoal  of  fish  is  gone. 
CUNPE.     Kind;  nature. 
CUNDETII.     A  conduit,     \orth. 
CUNUY.     A  sewer ;  a  conduit.     North. 
CUNDYDE.     EnameUcd. 
CUNE.  (1)  Same  as  co/jpnr,  q,  V. 
(2)  Coin.     Pr.  Parr. 
CUNEAL.    The  principal  bone  of  the  he 

Cotgrave,  in  v.  0$. 
CUNG  E.    To  ^ve  leave  or  license. 
CUNGER.     A  cucumber.     Hanr. 
CUNGIT.    The  level  of  n  mine. 
CUNGYR.     The  conger  eel. 
CUNIE.     Moss,     l-ontw. 
CUNLIFP.     A  conduit.     Norli. 
CUNNE.     (I)  To  know. 

Thr  whllke  mllr  rrMionn  ihst  lufta  Goi 
mjrichtciie  awe  to  knswc  aod  lu  rvnn*,  and 
thmre  lyre  ttUn ITS.  UmnlK  A.  I.  17,  t.tH, 

(2)  Thankfulness,      f'rrttfgiai. 

(3)  Kin.     mitoH. 

CUNMFFLE.  To  dissemble ;  to  flatter.  Dei 
CUNNING.     (1)  Knowledge;  (kill    Also  *n 

adjective,  skilful,  knowing. 
(2)  The  Uniprey.     Norti. 


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CUNNING-MAN.     A  conjurer  j  m  Mtrologer. 
Cunning-woman,  Lilly,  ed.  1632,  tig.  A«.  xii. 
From  cunuiMff,  q.  v, 
CUNRICIIE.     A  kingdom.     (A.-S.) 
CUNTBLOWS.     Chamomile  flowen.    Ecu/, 
CUNTEK.     A  contest ;  a  debate. 

Yn  Londun  tounc  f>-l  awychc  a  chck, 
A  rjchc  man  and  pore  wfr»  at  cuntck. 

MS.  Harl.  17nl,  r.  IB. 

CUNTER.     An  encounter.     (J.-N.) 
CUNTRERE.     A  country.      W>4er. 
CUNTY.     A  countess.     Heame. 
CUNYNO.     A  rabbit. 

Fait  runyng*  y-newf>. 

The  fnaxtt  and  Ihc  curlcwe. 

MS.  Ltnculn  A.  I.  17.  t.  130. 

CUP.     Come  up !     Tor.  diaL 

CUPALO.  A  tmelting-house.  Cupel,  a  melt- 
ing-pot for  gold. 

CUPBOARD.  Same  as  cubbord,  q.v.  Cup- 
hflard-cloth,  a  cloth  to  cover  it,  Ord.  and 
Reg.  pp.  75,  286.  Cupboord-hcadcd,  stupid, 
and  sii  allow. 

CUPHAR.     A  cracking.    (Fr.) 

CUP-OF-SNEEZE.     A  pinch  of  snuff. 

CUPPE-MELE.     Cup  by  cup.     (A.-S.) 

CUPROSE.     The  poppy.     North. 

CUPSHOTTEN.  Tipsy.  Sec  Harrison's  Eng- 
land,  p.  168;  Florio,  p.  602. 

CUR.  (1)  The  heart.     {Fr.) 

(2)  A  currish  worililcss  person. 

(3)  The  bull-bead.     Eatt. 

CURAT.  The  cuirass.  See  Greene,  L  6;  Brit. 
Bibl.  ii.  489 ;  Dravton's  Poems,  p.  66. 

CURATION.     Cure-  healing.     {Lat.) 

CURATSHIP.     A  curacy. 

CURB.     To  bend,  or  cringe.     (Fr.) 

CURBER.  A  thief  who  hooked  gooda  out  of  > 
window.     Dekker, 

CURCII.     A  church.     North. 

CURCITE.    A  Burcoat. 

CURE.  (1)  To  care.  {A.-N.)  Also  a  substan- 
tive, care,  anxiety. 

(2)  To  cover;  to  conceal. 

Of  were  there  ony  tapltes  large  or  wj-de. 
The  nakid  grounde  to  curtn  or  to  hide. 

Ltxigale,  MS.  Soc.  AnlUi.  134,  f .  iS. 

CURF.     To  earth  up  potatoes. 

CURFEW-BEIX.  The  evening  bell,  which  was 
generally  rung  at  eight  o'clock,  fnr  the  object 
of  baring  all  tires  and  lights  cxtinguinticd,  a 
requisite  precaution  in  ancient  times.  The 
name  and  use  is  stilt  retained  at  Newcastle. 
It  was  sometimes  rung  as  late  as  nine  o'clock, 
and  the  time  probably  varied  with  the  seasons 
of  the  Tear. 

CUR-FISH.    The  dog-fish.     ;?Wer. 

CURIAL.    Counly.    {Uf.) 

CURIET.     A  cuirass.     Speruer. 

CURING.     A  covering. 

CURIOSITY.  Si^rupulousncsi ;  niccncss  in 
dress,  or  otherwise. 

CURIOUS.  (1)  ScruptUous;  nice;  fiutidious; 
dandyfied.  Common  in  old  plays.  Ciirioutlj/, 
Florio,  in  v.  Contiyia, 

(2)  CarefijL     (A.-N.) 


CURIU8.    Courageous.    (^A.-N.) 
CURli.     A  pig's  inward  fat.    Line. 
CURLEY-POW.     A  curlv  head.     Cmnb. 
CURLJWET.     Tbc  sanderling. 
CURMUDGEON.     A  miscriy  feUow. 
CURNBERRIES.     Currants.     North. 
CURXEL.     A  kernel. 

And  Hire  ntmrh  he  jaf  to  hyro, 

Wlilehe  of  that  tre  he  nam. 

Oirwr  Mundl,  MS.  Cull.  Trin.  Cmmtal}.  1.9. 

CURNES.    Com. 

Wheone  Ihcl  were  ripe  he  let  hem  rrnne, 
And  ^o  her  rvrnrt  dud  he  brenne. 

CumT  Mululi,  MS.  ajl.  Trin.  ranfaS.  f.  W. 

CURNOCK.     Four  bushels  of  com. 

CURPEYS.     See  Courtepy. 

Yn  curtellU  and  In  ntrptyt  rj-che 
They  were  y-elothyd  alle  y-lychr. 

MS.  Canlali.  Ft.  I.  0,  (.  0. 

CURRAIGE.     Courage. 
CURRAKE.     A  cow-rake.     Chnh. 
CURRALU.    Coral.    See  Colgrave.  in  v.  CnTfo- 

tirr;  Brome's  Songs,  1661,  p.  31. 
CURRAN-BERRIES.     Currants.     North. 
CURRANT.     A  high  leap.     /.  Wiffht. 
CURRE.    A  kind  of  waggon.     {A.-N.) 
CURREIDEN.     Courted;  curried  favour. 
CUKREI..     A  riU,  or  drain.     Eant. 
CURURTTER.    A  canvasser ;  a  broker. 
CURREYE.     A  waggon  train.     Webrr. 
CURRIED.     Wrought,  as  steel  is. 
CURRISH.     ChurlUh ;  surlv. 
CURROUR.    A  ranner.     (Lat.) 
CURRULE.     A  chariot,     {lat.) 
CURRY.     To  flog;  to  beat.     North. 
CURRVDOVV.     A  flatterer.     {Fr.) 
CURRYFAVEL.     One  who  curries  favonr;   a 

flatterer.     {Fr.) 
CURRYPIG.    A  sucking-pig.     nUli. 
CURSE.     The  couise  or  lime. 
With  an  orloge  one  highte 
To  rynge  the  ciif»e  of  the  nyght. 

MS.  Unnin  A.  i.  17.  t  IK. 

CURSEDNESS.     Wickedness ;  shrewUhncss. 

CURSEI,ARY.     Curror)-.     Shak. 

CURSEN.     To  christen.     CmwA. 

CURSENMAS.     Christmas.     North. 

CUKSETOR.  A  vagabond,  or  vagrant.  An  old 
cant  term.    According  to  Grose,  a  pettifogger. 

CURSORARY.     Cursor)-.     Shak. 

CURST.  Ill-tempered;  cross-grained;  malig- 
nant ;  tnalicious ;  abusive.  Vicious,  applied 
to  animals.     An  archaitm  and  prov. 

CURSTY.     Christopher.     North. 

CURSY.     Courtesy.     Lilly. 

CURT.    Court.    {.i.-N.) 

CURTAIL-DOG.  Originally  the  dog  of  an  un- 
quoliflcd  person,  which  by  the  forest  laws 
must  have  its  tail  cut  short,  partly  as  a  mark, 
and  partly  from  a  nation  that  the  tail  is  ne- 
cessary to  him  in  running.  In  later  usage, 
CHrtail.dog  means  cither  a  comiuon  dog,  not 
meant  for  sport,  or  a  dog  that  missed  hii 
game.     Nam. 

CURTAINERS.     CurUins.     Lame. 

CURTAL.     A  docked  hot«\  «k^  cws^-vb^  «J»' 


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nuL  "  I  wyll  ciiMe  of  my  horse  tuyle,  ind 
nuke  bjrm  >  courlmill,"  Palsgrave.  '  In  tlie 
cant  language,  a  beggar  with  a  short  cloak. 
There  was  a  kind  of  i-annon  also  so  railed,  as 
appears  from  Hall,  lleiirv  VIII.  f.  43. 
CURTB.    (1)  Court.     Audelay,  p.  17. 

(2)  Courtesy.     Rcliq.  Antiq.  i.'82. 

(3)  Short.     i^.-N.) 
CUKTlilS.     Courteous.     (.^.-A^.) 
CUKTELE.    Akirile. 

God  made  hem  thciine  eurtttet  of  hide, 
Therwilh  her  flc«»ho  for  (o  chrlde. 

Cumr  Mundl,  US.  Oi>i(a6.  t.S. 

CiniTELS.    The  ncncs  of  the  body. 
CURTESY-MAN.     A  poUte  thief;  one  of  tlic 

ancient  swelKnioh. 
r.URTILAGE.    A  yard,  or  paddock. 
CURTLE-AX.   A  cutlass.   Sometimes  curllaue, 

u  in  Du  Bartas,  p.  360. 
ClIRTNURS.     Curtains.     Lane. 
CURTOLE.     A  kind  of  fine  stuff.      Perhaps  a 

kirllt  in  I  Promos  and  Cassan<Ira,  i.  4. 
CUHVATE.     Cuncdibent.     (Lai.) 
CIJRVEN.    To  cut  i  to  car\e  off.     (A.-S.) 
CUHY.     Cookery.     (.^.-A'.) 
CURYSTE.     Curiosity.     {A.-N.) 
CUS.    A  kiss.     Norl'lt. 
CUSCIIONE.     A  cushion.    Pr.  Pan. 
CUSHAT.     A  ringdove,  or  wild  pigeon. 
CrSHIA.     The  cow.parsnip.     North. 
CL'SHIES.     Armour  for  the  thighs. 
CUSHION.     A  riotous  kind  of  dance,  formerly 
very  common  at  weddings,  generally  accom- 
panied with  kissing.     See  Brit.  Bibl.  ii,  270. 
To  be  put  Iteside  the  cushion,  to  be  passed 
over  with   contempt.     To   hit   or  miss  the 
cushion,  to  succeed  or  fail  in  an  attempt. 
CUSHIONET.    A  small  cushion,     (fr.)     Sec 

the  Citvc  Match,  IG39,  p.  II. 
CUSHIO.N-LOUD.   A  lord  made  by  favour,  and 
not  for  good  9cr>ice  to  the  state ;  hence,  an 
eflfeminate  person. 
CUSHION-MAN.     A  chairman.     Etui. 
CUSHION-RUMPEI).     Having  two  Urge  bun- 
dles of  fat  on  the  rump.     North. 
CUSHION-THUMPER.  Amelhodist  preacher. 

Var.  liiaL 
CUSH-LOVE.    A  term  of  endearment  used  to 

a  cow.     Also,  eiuh^-coir. 
CUSHY-COW-LADY.     A  lady-bird. 
CU8K.    The  wild  poppy.     Horn'. 
CUSKIN.   A  drinking  cup.   "  A  cup,  a  etuHn," 

Nomenelator,  p.  232. 
CUSKY.    A  couch  .'    Urry,  p.  597. 
CUSP.    In  astrology,  the  beginning  or  entrance 
of  ■  house. 
r  CUSS.    Surly ;  shrewish.    Siuter. 
CUSSB.    To  kiss.    (A..N.) 
'  CUSSEN.    Cast ;  dejected.    NorlM. 
'  CUSSIN.    A  cushion. 
[CUST.    Seef<M^(l). 

t  CUSTARD.     The  sdioolmaslcr'a   fcniia,  or  a 
•lap  on  the  flat  hand  with  il.    Also  called 
cuiliek,  or  cumIu. 
CUSTARD-POLITIC.    The  large  custard  pre- 
pared  for  the  Lord  Mayor's  feast. 


CUSTE.    Kissed.    (A.-N.) 

CUSTIN.    A  wild  plum.    Someritf. 

CUSTOMABLE.    Customary. 

CUSTOMAL.    A  collect ioni  of  customs.     L«m> 
bardc's  Perambulation,  ed.  1596,  p.  539. 

CUSTOMAUNCE.     A  custom.     Lydgalt. 

CUSTOMS.  To  accustom  one's  self.  Alto,  to  iiat 
the  legal  custom  or  duty. 

CUSTOMER.    Accustomed.    {A.-N.) 

CUSTRELL.  One  who  carried  the  arms  of  a 
knight.     Sec  Hall,  Henry  VIII.  f.  6. 

CUT.  (I)  A  familiar  name  for  an  animal,  gene. 
rally  a  home,  properly  one  with  a  short  urcul 
tail.  Hence,  a  term  of  reproach.  •'  Cut  aud 
long  tail,"  all  kinds  of  dogs,  cverjthing.  a  vert 
common  phrase,  unquoted  inntanrei  of  whicl'i 
occur  in  Harrison's  England,  p.  C2 ;  Stani- 
hurst,  p.  25.  It  (>orrespouds  to  our  tag,  rat, 
ami  bobtail. 

(2)  A  slow-worm.  North. 

(3)  .\  whore.    Also,  nmnus. 

(4)  To  draw  cuts,  to  draw  lots.  Slips  of  nnrqiul 
length  are  held  in  the  hand  of  one  party  with 
the  ends  peeping  out,  and  he  who  draws  the 
longest  is  the  winner.  This  oi>cration  was 
sometimes  a  mere  sport. 

(5)  A  canal.     Var.  dial. 
(61  To  say  ;  to  8i>eak.    Ilttmun. 

(7)  To  castrate.     Var.  dial. 

(8)  A  skein  of  yam.     North. 

(9)  To  beat  soundly.    Devon. 

(10)  To  scold;  to  quarrel. 

(11)  A  door-hatch.     Somrriet. 

(12)  Drunk  ;  tipsy,     lor.  dial. 

( 1 3)  Cut  and  run,  eiil  your  tlick,  be  off,  be  gone. 
Cut  aicay,  to  proceed  expeditiously.  I'vt.in. 
tht-coreomb,  cut.in-lht-back,  driink.  tipsy. 
Cm*  «P,  mortified.     Cut  up  veil,  to  die  rich. 

CUTBERDOLE.    Brank-miDe. 

C  UTE.  Shrewd ;  cleyer  j  quick ;  active ;  expe. 
dilious.     Var.diaL 

CUTES.     The  feet.    North. 

CUTH.    Taught ;  instructed.    (A^.) 

CUTHA.     Quoth  he.    Ea,t. 

CUTHE.  (I)  Made  known.     {A.-S.) 

(2)  Ari|uaintancc,  relationship. 

CUTIIER.    An  interj.  of  surprise. 

CUTLINS.     Oatmeal  grits.    North. 

CUT- MEAT.     Hay;   fodder;   chaff,   cut   Into 

short  lengths.    North. 
CUT-PURSE.    A  thief. 
CUTS.    A  timber-rarriage.     /  inc. 
CUTTED.    Cut ;  split ;  formed,  or  shaped. 
CUTTEN.     Cut  down.     North. 
C  UTTE  R.  ( I )  To  fondle.    Um. 
(2)  A  robber ;  a  ruffian.  Also,  •  rough  rwagger- 

ing  fighter. 
(31  To  speak  low  ;  to  whisper.    North. 
(4)  An  engraver.    North. 
CUTTERING.    Cooing.    North. 
CUT-THROAT.    A  highway  robber.     Ileorc, 

any  evil  looking  fellow. 
Cl'TriNO.    Swaggering ;  ruffling. 
CUITING-KNIKE.    A  Urge  triangular  lusl.u- 
Ri(  nt  for  cutting  hay.    Smth. 


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CUTTINO-TITB-NRCK.  The  Mme  iport  u 
cning-lhe-iu»rc,  q.  v. 

CUTTLE.  The  knife  used  by  >  thief  in  cuHing 
puna.     Ptkkfr. 

CUTTLB-HEADEn.  Fooli-ih.  HaUanuh.  Ohn. 
PomIIiIv  eonnecled  with  cutllr,  2  Heurj-  IV.  ii. 
4,  though  tbe  commeataUtni  hive  not  noticed 
that  a  aiinilar  phnuc  is  prcviouilj  uted  by 
Doll  TrAr-«Ueet  in  tbe  same  scene,  "  hang 
yourseU,  you  muddy  emtger,  hang  Tourielf !" 

CUTTY.  (1)  A  wren.     Somenel. 

(2)  Small ;  diminutive.     North. 

(3)  A  knife.     North. 

(4)  A  hobgoblin.    Somertet. 

(5)  A  cradle.    «'«/. 
CUTTY-GUN.    A  short  pipe    North. 
CUT-WAST.    An  insect.     TtgHeO. 
CUTAVITII.     Tlie  bar  of  the  plough  to  which 

the  traces  are  tied. 
CUT-WORK.    Open  work  in  linen,  itwnped  or 

cut  by  hand.     Nam. 
CUYL.    The  fundament.    (^.-N.) 
CUYP.    To  stick  np.    Norf. 
Cl'Z.     A  contraction  of  eotum. 
CWENE.    When. 

CWERTERNE.     A  prison,    fertlfgm. 
CWINE.     A  qucm.     Vmtrgan. 
CWITH.    A  will,  or  testament.     Vrrttfgan. 
CYBERE.    Sinoper.    Caxton. 


DAF 

CYCLAS.   The  siglaton,  a  military  garment,  not 
unlike  a  Dalmatic,  but  shorter  before  than 
behind.    It  was  made  of  woven  gold,  some- 
times of  silk,  and  cniblaznueil. 
CYLING.    Ceiling,     ff".  Horc. 
CYLK.    A  kind  of  sauce. 
CYLOURS.    The  ceiling,    ilamtdevih. 
CYMAR.    A  loose  gown  or  robe;  any  slight 

covering.    (Fr.) 
CYMBALED.     Played  on  a  cymbal. 

She  cirmNi/rrf.  tomMyng  with  allc, 
AIlc  wondrltJcoa  hlr  la  the  hsUc. 
Curtor  llMmdl,  MS.  CWL  JUn.  OikMS.  t.  SI, 

CYME  ?    Macbeth,  t.  3,  ed.  1 623.    An  error  for 

tnna.    No  editor  olnerres  that  tbe  second 

folio  reads  any. 
CYNE.     A  kind  of  sauce. 
CYNEBOTE.    The  ccucgild. 
CYPHEL.     Ilousclcck.     North. 
CYPHER.    To  cypher  off  a  square  edge,  to  nuke 

two  edges  for  that  one.    A  joiner's  term. 
CYPUR.    The  cypress  tree. 
CYRIP.    Sirrup.     Pepgr. 
CYTHER.    Cider.    (^.-A'.) 
CYVE.    A  sieve.    Translated  by  criinim  in  MS. 

Egcrton  829. 
CYVES.     Onions ;  chives ;  chibhols. 
CYZERS.    Scissors.    See  Cunningham's  Revel* 

Accotmts,  p.  82. 


T\A.  (1)  Dame.    Htame. 

'-^     (2)  A  "loe.    See  Ywaine  and  Gswin,  2027. 

Daa  in  Syr  Gawayne. 
DAARE.    To  dazzle.   Philpot,  p.  309. 
DAB.  (1)  A  pinafore.    Imc. 

(2)  Dexterous  ;  clever.    Also,  an  adept. 

(3)  A  slight  blow.  Var.  dial.  See  Kyng 
Alisaundrr,  2306,  73U4.  Also  a  verb,  as  in 
Ritson's  Anc.  Songs,  p.  22. 

(4>  An  insignificant  person. 

(i)  A  small  quantirr.    South. 

(6)  To  dibble.     Norf. 

DA  BATE.     Strife.     Coiroyw. 

DABDISH.    An  intfij.  of  vexation. 

DABBIT.    A  very  small  qnanlity. 

DABBY.     Moist ;  adhesive.     I'ar.dial. 

DAB-CHICK.    The  water-hen.    North. 

DABSTER.    A  proficient.    North. 

DAB-WASH.     A  small  wash,     ironr. 

DACI.\N.    A  vessel  used  for  holding  Ibe  sour 

oat-cake.     Drrbyih. 
DACITY.     Activity ;  vivacity.     North. 
DACKER.     To  waver ;  to  stagger ;  to  totter :  to 

hesitate.     lAne.    Now  generally  pronounced 

dacher.     Docker.weatber,  un9ctlle<l  weather. 

According  to  Urr}',  to  contend  wilb. 
DACKLES.     Globules  of  water  nn  walls,  See. 

caused  by  damp.    Siuarr. 
DACKY.    A  sucking  pig.    Salop. 
DAD.  (1)  A  large  piece.  North. 

(2)  To  shake ;  to  strike.   North. 

(3)  A  blow :  a  thump.   (Tcut.) 

(4)  Father.     Var. dial. 

(i)  "  iu  dad,"  an  adjuration. 


DADACKY.     Tasteless.     Peggt.     More    cor- 

reclly,  decayed,  rotten. 
DADDER.     To  confound  ;  to  perplex.    Dnntrt. 
DADDICK.    Rotten  wood ;  touch-wood.    »r«/. 

Spelt  daddae  by  Urry. 
DADDLE.(l)  To  trifle.    North. 

(2)  A  pea-shooter.     Yorith. 

(3)  The  fist,  or  band.     Eatt. 

(4)  To  do  anything  imperfectly.  Craven.  Hence, 
to  toddle,  or  waddle. 

DADDY.  Father.  Daddy's-baim,  a  child  Uke 
its  father  in  everjthing. 

DADE.  To  lead  children  beginning  to  walk. 
Hence,  figuratively,  (o  move  slowly.  Drayton 
uses  the  term,  as  (|UOtcd  by  Nares,  who  it  at 
&ult  as  to  the  meaning.  Dadlng-strings,  lead- 
ing strings. 

DADGE.  (1)  A  Urge  lump.   North. 

(2)  To  walk  clumsily.    North. 

DADLESS.    Useless ;  stupid.    North. 

DiGDAL.    Variegated.    S/tmter. 

DAFF.  (1)  To  daunt.  iVorM.  To  put  a  daff  on 
a  person,  to  make  him  afraid.  Oajf,  a  dastard 
or  coward. 

(2)  To  doff,  or  do  off.    Shah. 

is)  Doughy.    Line. 

(4)  David.     South. 

(5)  A  pricot.    Craren. 
DAFFAM.    A  lilly  person.   Cmren. 

DAFFE.  A  fool.  {A..S.)  In  Pr.  Parv.  p.  Ill, 
one  who  speak*  not  in  time,  or  roughly. 
Oridunu,  ai^irt  lofuent,  frrt  ipii  mm  rult  m 
a/irrirr,  J,  dc  Januo. 

DAFFER.    Small  crockery-ware. 

1<J 


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290 


DAL 


DAFFTN.  Metrimenf.   Norlhumb. 

DAFFISH.  (1)  ShyjniodcBt.    Weil. 

(2)  Low-spiriteiL    Salop. 

UAFFI.EU.   Id  onc'»  dotage.   Sorlh. 

DAFFOCK.    A  tint.    North. 

DAFFODOWN-DILLY.  A  .Uflbda. 

DAFT.  (1)  Stupid ; foolish,   lor. diaL  "Wounder 

difte,"  Chester  PIats,  i.  134.    Also  explained, 

feufui,  tiinid. 
(2)  To  put  off.   Shak. 
DAFTEll.    A  daughter.   Fatt. 
DAFTLIKE.    FotiUsh.    North. 
DAG.  (1)  A  pi»tol.    Also,  to  fire  w«h  a  pirtol, 

at  in  Arch,  xxviii.  137. 

(2)  A  rag.   Kent. 

(3)  To  drizzle.  North.  Also,  to  trail  or  dirt;  In 
the  mire,  to  bedaub. 

(4)  Dew.    Also,  a  misty  shower. 
ibj  To  run  thick.    North. 

(6)  An  axe.    Devon. 

(7)  A  sharp  sudden  pain.    Bede. 

(8J  A  small  projecting  stump  of  a  branch.  Dorttf. 

(9)  To  cut  ofT  the  dirtv  locks  of  wool  from  sheep. 
Kent. 

(10)  To  daggle.   Urry. 
DAGE.  (1)  To  trudge.    Cumb. 
(2)  To  thaw.    Korlli. 

D.tGGANDE.    Penetrating ;  piercing.   {A.-N.) 

Drrre  dyntlyi  they  dftlte  wllh  daggnndt  >p«ry«. 

JTcrf  •  Arthun,  US.  Untaln,  f.  Ha, 

DAGGAR.    A  dug-fi»h.    Kennell. 

DAGGE.  A  slip,  or  shred,  I'lose  or  dangling. 
{A.-S.)  The  edge  of  a  garment  was  dogged, 
when  it  was  jagged  or  foliated.  This  cutlnni 
was  fonncrly  much  in  fashion,  and  according 
to  the  Chronicle  of  St.  Albans,  ed.  1483,  in- 
troduced about  1346.  "Dogged  clothing," 
Persones  Tale,  p.  44. 

DAGGED.    Tipsy.    North. 

DAGGER.  (1)  An  inter),  of  surprise. 

(2)  A  celebrated  ordinary  in  HulUom.  Dagger- 
ale  is  frequently  mentioned  in  early  writers. 

(3)  A  pistol.   See  Dag  (1). 
DAGGER-MONKV.    A  sum  of  money  formerly 

|>aid  to  the  justices  of  aasizc  on  the  Northern 
circuit,  to  provide  arms  agaiiut  marauders. 

DAGGERS.    Sword-grass.    Sontereet. 

DAGGLE.  To  trail  in  the  dirt ;  to  run  like  a 
child.  North.  Daggle-tail,  a  slovenly  wo- 
man ;  anything  that  catches  the  bottom  of  the 
dress  io  walking. 

DAGGLY.    Wet  J  showcr\-.    North. 

DAGLETS.    Icicles,    tt'illt. 

DAGLINGS.    Sheep's  dung.     North. 

DAG-LOCKS.  The  dirty  soiled  locks  of  wool 
cut  off  sheep.    South. 

DAGON.  A  slip,  or  piece.  It  is  found  in 
Chaucer,  Bemers,  and  Steevens'  Supp.  to 
Dugdale,  ii.  ap.  370,  applied  in  each  instance 
to  a  blanket. 

DAG-PRICK.    A  triangular  spade.    Eatt. 

DAGSWAIN.    A  rough  sort  of  coverlet,  used 
for  beds,  tables,  or  floors. 
Dubbyde  with  dag^u-aynn^,  ilowbledc  thry  leinc. 

MoeU  Jrthurr,  MS.  lAimto,  (.  »l. 


DAG-WOOU    Refuse  wool.   Kent. 

DAI.    Judgement.    (A.-S.) 

DAIE.     To  die.     UelMrr. 

D.VIESEVGHE.    The  daisy.    ITeber. 

DAIKER.    To  saunter.    North. 

DAIL.    A  heap.    North. 

DAILE.    ToiUllv.    llearne. 

DAIN.  (1)  Noisome  cfBuvia.    WUtf 

(2)  Disdain.     Also,  to   disdain.    "  Deimei 

daine,"  Quccnc  Cordila,  p.  34. 
DAINOUS.    Disdainful.    {A.-N.) 
DAJSTEOUSE.    Dainty  ;  delicate.    (A,-N.) 
DAINTREL.    A  deUcacy.   (A..S.) 
DAINTY.    Pleasant ;  worthy  ;  exceUent.   Gene. J 

rally,  nice,  affected.     Also  a  subMontire, 

novcItT,  anvthing  fresh. 
DAIRIER.    A  dairy-man.    North 
DAIRNS.    Small,  unsaleable  fish. 
DAIROUS.     Bold.    Deeon. 
DAIRYMAN.  One  who  rents  cows  of  a  fianner. 
DAIS.    Sec  Deit. 
DAISED.    Badly  baked,  or  roasted,  applied  t«J 

bread,  pasfrv,  or  meat.    North. 
DAISMENT-DAY.   Theday  of  Judgment.  Thitl 

term  occurs  in  a  poem  iu  Drant's  Answer  tol 

Shacklock,  1565. 
DAIVE.    To  sooth.   Cumfi. 
DAKE.   To  prick,  or  nm  in  a  point.    WVrf. 
DAKER.    To  work  for  hire  after  the  usual  dsy't  1 

work  is  over.    North.  Also,  a  di>pute. 
DAKER-IIEN.    The  corn-crake.    Provincial  in 

1559.    Elvot,  in  v.  frejf. 
DAKERIN.'Wulkingcareleasly.    CVim», 
IIALCDP.    An  idiot.    North. 
UALDER.    A  foreign  coin,  sometime  current  ia  J 

England ;  Ilanrison,  p.  219. 
DjVLE.  (1)  To  deal ;  to  l>eBtow.   {A.-S.) 
For  the  noblest  knight  that  may  go 
It  DODO  IO  doughty  dyntit  to  </•<«. 

Ua.  Horl,  Z2SS.  f,  Ifll.  I 

(2)  A  lot,  or  share.   {A.-S.) 

For-thi  arc  thny  worthl  to  low  If  thay  soy  gu4t 
hafc.  for  thay  itcle  fra  thaire  Lorde  that  falln  to  hU 
•tui*.  MH.  Linro/n  A.  I.  17.  f.  £41. 

(3)  A  vale.     Used  metaphorically  for  the  world. 

(4 )  Mad ;  furious.    North. 

(5)  To  descend;  to  decline.   (Dut.) 
D.\i.F.    Dug;  buried.    {A.-S.) 

Prively  thel  dud  hit  hide. 
And  dat/hU  in  a  wode»*yd«. 
CUranr  JfiiixH,  MS.  Chll.  Trln.  (JMlMfc.  t.V,  | 

DALIES.  A  child's  game  played  with  tmall  < 
bones,  or  pieces  of  hard  wood.  The  daliet  were 
properly  sheep's  trotters.  Dallg-toHn,  Devon- 
shire Dial.  1839,  p.  68. 
DALK.  A  dimple  in  the  flesh.  See  Reliq. 
Aiiiiq.  ii.  78.  A  vole,  Pr.  Parr.  p.  112.  In 
llic  fullowiiig  passage  it  may  mean  the  small 
soft  substance  which  the  action  of  heat  leaves 
in  the  centre  of  a  hard  lioiled  egg.  Ash  has, 
*'  Davk  (a  cant  word),  a  hollow,  a  place 
where  a  bit  has  been  cut  out  of  any  stulT." 

Al  erthe  may  wcle  likned  tie 

To  a  rounds  appul  on  a  tT«, 

That  even  amydde  hath  a  coike ; 

And  (o  hit  may  to  so  tft"  jolkc, 


DAM 


S91 


DAN 


I 


Por  u  k  i>a;;it  U  amydnrd 
The  jalkc  of  the  egfc  when  hit  It  hu<l, 
So  1*  hcllc  put,  M  cterkuK  tcllrf, 
Amydde  t])c  crthc,  slid  iiowhcr  rtln. 

MS.  Mtliimilt  41,  r.  B4. 

DALL.    Ajwltyoith.    Yortih. 

DALLACKED.    Gaudily  dressed.    I.mc. 

DAL.I.ARING.  Dreued  out  in  a  great  variety  of 
colours.     Line. 

DALLE.    Tlie  hand.    From  Daddbf. 

DALLED.    Wearied.    A'orM. 

DALLED-OUT.    Set  Va/lactrJ. 

DALLIANCE.     Hesitation ;  delay.    Shot. 

UALLOP.  A  patch  of  ((round  among  groving 
corn  which  the  plougli  lia>  misud ;  srank  tuA 
of  gron  log  com  nlierc  heaps  of  manure  have 
lain  ;  a  parcel  of  smuggled  tea  ;  ■  slattemir 
woman  ;  a  clumsy  and  shapeless  lump  of  any- 
thing tnmhied  aliout  in  the  hands ;  to  paw, 
toss,  and  tumble  about  carelessly.   Eatl. 

DALLUP.    A  slattern.  Nmf. 

DALLY-HONES.     Sheep's  trotters.    Devon. 

DALLY-t  .VR.   A  deep  dilch.     Yorhh. 

UALMAHOY'.  A  kind  of  bushy  hob  wig,  worn 
by  tradesmen  in  the  last  ccnl<U7,  especially  by 
chemists. 

DALMATIC.  A  garment  formerly  worn  by  a 
deacon,  and  described  as  mlis  tacerdolatii 
Candida  ettm  ctaviK  jnirpurpix.  It  was  also 
norn  by  the  English  monarohs  at  the  time  of 
their  coronation.  See  the  Rutland  Papers,  p.  17. 

DALT.  Dealt  out.  Daltyn,  pi. 
With  dyntes  ion  guine  they  dere. 
And  depe  wondyt  dnJryn  tlisy.   MS.Harl.  USt,  1. 181. 

DALY.  Lonely.  Norih.  "  The  rfo/y  grounils," 
Dolamv's  Primerose,  4to.  1606,  abounding  in 
dales  .> ' 

DALYAWN'CE.  Tittle-tattle.  Cov.  Mt/it.  This 
meaning  occurs  in  Pr.  Parr. 

DAM.    A  marsh.    Suffolk. 

DAMAGE.    Ck)St ;  enpence.     Par.  diaf. 

DAMAGEOUS.    Damaging;  hurtful. 

DAMAS.   Damascus.   Itrome. 

DAMASEE.  The  damson.  Damyii,  Sqjr  of 
Lowe  Dcgre,  36. 

Pere  and  sppille  bothe  rippe  thsy  were. 
The  date  and  sU  the  damnMe. 

HS.  Uimlm  A.  1. 17.  f-  ISO. 

DAMASKING.    Damask-work. 

DAMASK-WATEIt    A  perfumed  water. 

DAMASYN.    The  damson.    Paliynve. 

DAMBB.    To  damn.    VfHrr. 

DAM  BET.   AraacaL    Driker. 

DAME.    Mistrei*;  lady.    Now  used  in  humble 

life.    Also,  mother,  as  in  Perceval,  336, 1094. 
DAMIGEROUS.    Injurious. 
DAM.M.\REL.     An  effeminate  person,  fond  of 

courtship  and  dollying.   (AV.) 
DA.MMY-BOYS.     Same  as  .^nfiy-io;/;  q.  \. 

See  J.  CIcaveland  Revived,  1660,  p.  38. 
DAMN.   To  condemn  to  death. 
DAMNIFY.   To  hurt,  or  injure. 

At  the  utne  lime  thU   earthquake   alio  much 

damnijleil  Cartel  NuoTO  and  the  nelghtxiur  townt  la 

Albania,   belonging  to  the  Turk*,  with  a  great  de. 

tlruction  of  the  lubabltant*. 

Aabrt^t  WUtt,  Rofal  Sik.  VS.  p.  109. 


DAMOSEL.    A  damsel.   (J.-N.) 
DAMP.  (1)  Dejection.   Beeon. 

(2)  A  liquid  refreshment. 

(3)  Rainy ;  very  wet.    Oxon. 

DAMPER.    A  luncheon.    Also,  anything  said 

or  done  to  check  another. 
DAJIPNE.     To   condemn.    {^i.-N.)     Dampny, 

Launfal,  837. 
DAMSAX.    A  broad  axe.   "  A  danuax  he  bar 

on  his  bond,"  Gy  of  Warwikc,  p.  I2t. 
DAM-STAKES.    The  inclined  plane  over  which 

the  water  Hows. 
DAMYCELLE.    A  damsel.   (^.-A'.) 
DAN.  (1)  Scurf  on  animals.    Eiut. 

(2)  Lord;  sir;  a  title  commonly  given  to  monk*, 
but  more  extensively  used.   {Lai.) 

(3)  Than.     {A.-S.) 
DANAMARKES.    Danes. 

Aud   thu»  the  derfe  Danamnrke*  had  dyghta  alle 
theyrc  chippyi. 

Mi-rtt  ^rthure,  MS.  UnaJn,  f.  91. 
DANCE.    A  joumev.    far.  dial. 
DANCES.    Statutes.    Bailry. 
DANCH.    Dainty;  nice.    Xorlh. 
DANDER.  {l).\nger.    Var.  dial 

(2)  Scurf ;  dandriff.    yorlh. 

(3)  To  hobble.    Cumi. 

(4)  To  wander  about.     Also,  to   talk   incohe- 
rently.   Chetk. 

DANDILLY'.   A  vain  woman.   Line. 
DANDIPRAT.    A  dwarf,  or  child.    Grose  says, 

"  an  insignificant  or  trilling  fellow."    Also  an 

inferior  coin,  not  current,  but  in  occasional 

use  in  the  sixteenth  century.    Camden  says  it 

was  coined  by  Henry  VII. 
DANDLING.   A  fondling  cliild. 
DANDRIL.     A  thump.     Line. 
DANDY.    Distracted.    Somrriel. 
DANDY-CANDY.   Candied  sweetmeats.  Tftwe. 
DANDY-COCK.      Or   dandy-hen,  one   of   the 

Bantam  breed.     I'ar.  dial. 
DANE.     Noise ;  clatter ;  din.  Eatl. 
DANEIS.    Danish.    (.-f.-iV.) 
DANES-BLOOD.    Duiewort. 

Dane#.6fMd,    (ebului,)    atwut  Slaughtunfofd,   b 

plenty.    There  was  heretofore  a  great  flght  with  the 

Dane*,   which  made  the  inhabitant*  give  it  (hat 

name.  Aulirty't  irUtt,  MS.  Rofal  .«>i-.  p.  I»l. 

DANG.  (1)  An  imprecation,  perhaps  a  softening 

of  damn.    It  is  very  common  in  the  provinces. 
(2)  To  throw  down,   or  strike  with  violence. 

"  Dang'd  down  to  hell,"   Marlowe,  iii.  352. 

Dangf,  struck,  Eglamour,  &50. 
DANGER.  (1)  A  dangerous  situation.    (A.-N.) 

Also,  coyness,  aparingness. 
(2)  Debt.  Merch.  Vcn.  iv.  1. 
DANGERE.    Lordship,  or  dominion ;  the  powa 

wbicli  the  feudal  lord  possessed  over  his  vai- 

sals.    (.-/.-A'.) 
DANGERFUL.    Dangerous. 
DANGEROUS.  (1)  Id  danger.    Wat. 

(2)  Difficult ;  sparing.    (.4..N.) 

(3)  Arrogant ;  supercilious. 

DANGl'.   A  dungeon  ;  a  K,wer.    (A.-N.) 
DANGl'S.   A  slattern.    Lane. 


DAR 


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DANGWALLET.   A  ipenrtllmft.    Explained  in 
some  ilictinnnrics,  abuudantly. 

DANK.    Moist ;  damp. 

One  the  danki  of  the  dewe  reiof  dcJe  lygfys. 

tfi>rn  Arll.ytri,  MS.  Unmln,  t.  91. 

DANKER.   A  dark  cloud.    North. 

DANKISH.    Moim.   Huloel. 

DANNACK.    A  gaiter  or  hu>Lin.   Korf. 

DANNET.   A  bad  characler.   Sorlh. 

DANNIES.   Grey  stockings.   Derb. 

DANNOCKS.  (1)  Oat  cakci.  North. 

(2)  llcdger's  gloves.   Eatt. 

D.VNS.    Yearling  sheep.   Eait. 

DANSERS.   Dancing  dogs. 

DANSKE.   Denmark.   Also,  Danish. 

DANT.  (1)  A  profligate  woman.    Sirlton. 

(2)  To  ume.    Du  Bartas,  p.  309.      Also,  to  re- 
duce metals  to  a  lower  temper. 

DANTON.    To  tame.   Florio,  p.  11. 

DAP.  (1)  To  hop.    Somerart. 

(2)  A  hop ;  a  turn.     Hence,  the  habits  of  any 
one.    /r«/. 

(3^  Hedged.    Yorith. 

(i)  The  nip  of  a  key. 

DAPPER.     Active  ;  smart.    Var.  dial 

DAPPERLING.    A  dwarf,  or  cbUd. 

DAPS.    Likeness.   Dnoti. 

DAPSILITY.     llandincjs. 

DAR.  (1)  More  dear;  dearer.    North. 
Thy  bare  body  yi  dt$rre  to  me 
Theu  all  the  gude  lu  Crytlymnl^. 

MS.  CnKlak.  tt.  II.  38,  t.  171. 

DAHBV.   Ready  money.    Var.  dial. 

DARCELL.     The  long-taiUd  duck. 

DARCIELL.    A  herb  niculiuncd  by  Palsgrave, 

but  without  the  French  term  for  it. 
DARE.  (1)  To  sUre.   (.4..S.) 

(2)  To  tremble ;  to  quake  for  fear. 

Tyl  Khe  come  theilcr  Khe  wolde  not  blyn. 
And  daiyth  there  for  drrde. 

MS.  Outub.  FT.  II.  M,  f.  73. 

(3)  To  frighten.  To  dare  birds,  tfl  catch  them 
by  frightening  them  with  a  hawk,  mirror, 
or  by  other  means. 

(4)  To  pain  or  grieve.    Ettn. 
(B)  To  lurk  or  lie  hid. 

(6)  The  dace  fish. 

(7)  To  give,  or  grant.    Heame. 
(»\  To  threaten.    Somernt. 

(9)  To  languish  j  to  sink.  Sec  Lydgatc,  p.  24. 
"  Droupe  and  dare,"  a  common  phrase  in 
early  poetry. 

(10)  To  defv.     Shai. 

(11)  Peril.     Shot. 

(12)  To  rouse  anv  one  up.     Wett. 

(13)  Harm.     (j'..S.) 
DARFE.    Hard ;  onlwnding ;  cruel. 
DARH.    Need.    (J.J.) 
DARIOL.    A  dish  in  ancient  cookery,  described 

in  the  Forme  of  Curv,  p.  82 ;  MS.  Sloaoe 
1201,  f.  32;  Ord.  and  Reg.  p.  443;  Warner's 
Antiq.  Culin.  p.  66. 

With  darl^ttM  eodordldc,  mnil  dsyntecs  y-oewe. 
MktC  ArtHltr;  MS.  UncalK,  f.  U. 

DARK.  (I)  DUnd.     Var. dial. 


(2)  To  darken ;  to  make  dark. 

(3)  To  eaves-drop ;  t4>  watch  for  an  opporUinit'^ 
of  injuring  others  for  one's  own  benefit, 
North.     In  old  n-rilcrs,  to  lie  bid. 

(4)  A  dark  night.    Soul/i. 
DARKENING.    Twilight.     North.    Called  tht 

diir*.Ao«rin  Norfolk. 
D.\RKLING.     lu  the  dark. 
DARKMAN.    The  uigbl.    DfUrr. 
DARKSOME.     Verj'  dork.     Ojvn. 
DARN.     To  dare.     Pr.  Pare. 
DARNAK.     A  thick  hedge-glove.    Suff. 
DARNEL.     The  lotium  pemuu. 
OAKNEX.     A  coarse  sort  of  damaak  used  fur  j 
carpets,  curtains,  &c.,  originally  manufactured 
at  Toumay,  called  in  Flemish,  Vomici.  Spelt 
darrup  in  Cunningham's  Revels  .\cc.  p.  215.  [ 
It  was  composed  of  diffcreut  kinds  of  mate*  1 
rial,  sometimes   of  wonted,   silk,   wool,  or 
thread.     Perhaps  damat  is  connecte<l  with 
this  term.     Damiek,  liosey-wolsey.     Sorlh. 
DARNS.    The  door-posts.     Devon.  ' 
DARNTON.    Darlington.     North. 
DAROL'S.    Dold;  daring.     Deron. 
DARRAIGN.    To  arrange  or  prepare  for  battle. 

Also,  to  fight  a  battle. 
DARRAK.    A  day's  work.     Cumb. 
DARRAYNE.    To  change  ;  to  transmulo. 
DARRIKY.     Rotten.     Glow. 
DARRILSK.    Damask  cloth. 
DARSTOW.     Darcstthou.'     {A.-S.) 
DARSTS.     Dregs;  refuse.    North. 
DARTE.     The  date-tree.     (A.-N.) 
DARTER.     Active.    Cumb. 
DART-GRASS.    The  Uolciu  lanafwi. 
DARTH.     Dart;,     treber. 
DASE.    To  dazzle ;  to  grow  dlmaighl«d  ;  to  be 

Btupified.     {A.-S.) 
DASBWENESSE.    Dimness.    (A.-S.) 
DASEI.  (1)  A  Uvem  drawer. 


North. 


(2)  To  abash.    JSatt. 

(3)  A  mild  imprecation. 


(4)  To  destroy  ;  to  spoil. 

(5)  To  splash'with  dirt.    far.  dial 

(6)  To  dash  one  in  the  teeth,  to  upliraid.  To 
dash  out  of  countenance,  to  pnt  out  of  coun- 
tenance. 

DASK-DOARDS.  Movtnble  sides  to  a  cart ; 
the  lieatcrs  of  a  liarrel  chum. 

DASH  EL.     A  thistle.     Oerod. 

DASIIEN.  To  make  a  great  show;  to  invade 
suddenlv  ;  to  move  quickly. 

DASH  ER-ON.    A  piece  of  boiling-beef. 

DASHIN.  A  vessel  in  which  fiatmeal  is  pre- 
pared.    Derb. 

DASI BERDE.     A  simpleton  ;  a  fooL 

DASING.    BUndne^s.     «eeOT«. 

DASMYNE.     To  grow  dim.     Pr.  Parv. 

DASN1-TH.    Grows  dim.    (J.-S.^ 

DASSE.    A  badger.    Cortom. 

DAST.    Dashed ;  destroyed.     {A.-S.) 

DASTARD.     X  tiinplctoii. 

DATELESS.    Crair.y  ;  in  one's  dotage,    North. 

DATEK.    Daughter.     North. 

DATES.    KviJcuces ;  writiiigi 


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DATHEIT.  A  cune  i  in  imprecation.  (J.-N.) 
Sometimes  a  verb,  to  curse.  See  Keliq.  An- 
ti<|.  i.  244  ;  Tristrcm,  p.  23U.  Cuiist&iitiv  an 
imprecation,  and  interjection. 

DATHER.     To  quake,  or  tremble.     Knit. 

DATION.    A  gift.     (Lai.) 

DAUB.     Clay.     Lane. 

DAUBE  R.  A  builder  of  walU  willi  clay  or  mud, 
mixed  with  atraw  ;  a  plasterer.  A  daubing, 
the  erection  of  a  clay  hut. 

DAUBINC.    Bribing.    A  cant  tenn. 

UAL'BY.  (1)  AfooL     A'or/A«m4. 

(2)  Clammy  j  sticky.     Norf. 

DAUD.     George.     CVoren. 

DACDER.     To  thrash ;  to  abuse.    North. 

DAUDLE.  To  be  slow  ;  to  trifle  j  to  swing  per- 
pcndicutarly.      Var.  dial. 

DAUDI.ES.     A  sUttern.     Xorlah. 

DAUDS.     Pieces ;  fragments.     North. 

DAUOilTER-lN-BASE.    A  basUrd-daugbtcr. 

DAUGHTER-LAW.  A  daugbter-in-law.    iVnt. 
Thy  father  woulil  not  enteruiiMS 
1  li  Greece  a  [towf*f«r-4aiM. 

Turbntl^t  (Mi,  1367.  t-  36. 

DAUK.  To  incise  with  a  jerk,  or  insert  a  |iointed 
weapon  with  rapidity.     Wiltf. 

DAUNCll.  Fastidious;  over-nice ;  squeamish, 
especially  applied  to  one  who  has  been  drunk 
over  night.  Daunche,  fastidiousness,  Townetey 
Myst.  p.  153. 

DAUNDKIN.     Samcasi3eMr(l). 

DAUNGE.     A  narrow  passage. 

DAUNT.  To  conquer.  (.4.-S.)  In  the  pro- 
A-inccs,  to  stun,  to  knock  down.  Also,  to 
dare,  to  defv. 

DAUNTEDEN.    Frisked  about,  pi. 

DAURE.    To  dazzle  ;  to  stnn.     Ea»t. 

DAURG.    A  day's  work.    North. 

DAUSEY-HEADED.    Giddy  ;  thotighlless. 

DAUT.     A  speck,  or  spot.     tVarni. 

DAVE.  To  thaw.  Snmertet.  To  assuage,  mi- 
tigate, or  rebcve.    North. 

DAVER.  (I)  To  droop ;  to  fade,     ff'etl. 

(2)  To  stun ;  to  stupid.     North. 

DAVID'S-STAFF.  Akind  of  quadrant,  used  in 
navigation. 

DAVINO.     A  Imariled  partition.    }Ve»t. 

DAVISON.     A  large  wild  iilum. 

DAVY.  (1)  To  raise  marl  from  cliffs  by  means 
of  a  wince.     Norf. 

(2)  An  affidavit.     Var.  dial. 

DAVY-JONES.  A  sailor's  name  for  a  princi- 
pal sea-devil,  a  nikker. 

li.VW.  (1)  To  thrive;  to  mend.     North. 

(2)  A  foolish  fellow;  a  slattern,  or  sluggard. 
Dttvingt,  acting  foolishly,  Ellis's  Litcnuy 
I>ettcrs,  p.  92. 

(3)  To  daunt,  or  frighten. 

(4)  To  awaken ;  to  dawn.  North.  Also,  to  re- 
vive, to  rouse,  to  resuscitate,  as  in  Webster 
and  Greene;  Romeus  and  Juliet,  p.  71. 

i5)  A  beetle  or  dor.     Eaut, 
C)  Dough.     (./.-S.) 

DAW-COCK.  A  jackdaw.  Ilcoce,  an  empty, 
chattering  fellow ;  a  simpleton.  See  Collier's 
Old  Ballads,  p.  24. 


DAWDY.    AsUttem.     North. 

t) AWE.  (1)  Down.    See  ^diice  (2). 

(2)  Dawn.    {.I.S.) 

(3)  A  day.  (.i.-S.)  "  Done  of  dawe."  taken 
from  day,  killed. 

Aod  sUe  i9n«t/dayn%  with  dynttrt  or  iwreddes. 

More  AnHmt,  U.S.  lAxeolii,  I.  71. 

DAWENING.    Day-break.    (.I.-S.) 

DAWGOS.     A  slatleni.     North. 

DAWGY.     Soft ;  flabby.     Yorkth. 

DAWIE.    To  awake  ;  to  revive. 

DAWINC.    Day-break.    North. 

Dot  in  the rlcre  daw^VMf  the  derr  kyngehymetfllAaa  j 
Cutnaundyd  Syr  Cadore  with  till  ilvre  knyghttn. 

Mart,  .iHhttrt,  US.  UntvlH,  f.  70. 

DAWKIN.  (1)  A  slut.    North. 

{2)  A  foolish  person.  Dawkingly-wise,  self- 
conceited.    North. 

DAWKS.  Very  fine  clothes  slovenly  put  on. 
Line. 

D AW  L.  ( 1 )  To  dash.     Detmi. 

(2)  To  tire ;  to  fatigue ;  to  weary.  Also,  to 
loathe,  or  nauseate. 

D.\WNE.  To  revive  a  person,  especially  one 
who  has  fainted. 

DAWNS.  A  kindof  lace,  the  method  of  making 
which  is  described  in  MS.  XarU  2320,  f.  &9. 

DAWNT.     To  frighten  ;  to  fear.    North. 

DAWNTEN.  To  fame  by  kind  treatment ;  to 
cherish  or  nourish.     (A.-N.) 

DAWNTLE.    To  fondle.     A'orM. 

DAWNY.    Damp;  soft.     fTett. 

DAWPATE.     A  simpleton. 

DAWSEU.    Tostupifv.     Suffolk. 

DAWTET.    Fondled ;  caressed.    Cumi. 

DAWZE.  To  use  the  bent  hazel  rod,  or  divining 
stick,  for  the  discovery  of  ore.    Somertft. 

DAY.  (1)  Day;  time.  (./.-S.)  ••  Takyn  o day," 
taken  an  appointed  time  (to  fight),  MS.  Can- 
tab. Ff.  ii.  38,  f.  87. 

(2)  To  dawn.  Also,  the  dawn  or  first  opening 
of  dav,  Egbunour,  1094  ;  Urry's  Chaucer,  p. 
140,  L  2747. 

(3)  The  surface  of  ore. 

(4)  A  league  of  amity 

(5)  To  pn>cTast!natc. 

DAY-DED.    A  couch  or  sofa.    A  lUe  riser  if 

still  called  a  day -lint  fellmf  in  I.  Wight. 
DAVE.    To  die.     (./.-«.) 
DAYEGII.     Dough.     Yorkth. 
DAY-HOUSE.     A  doio-     Tesf.    •'  foaeafr.  a 

dey -house,  where  cheese  is  made,"  Elyot.    Cf. 

Unton  Invent,  p.  28. 
DA YLE.  ( 1 )  To  eradicate ;  to  blot  out. 
(2)  To  lUllv  or  tarrN-. 
DAY-LIGHTS.    The  eves.     A^orM. 
DAY-LIGHT'S-GATE.'  Twilight. 
DAY-MAN.    A  labourer  hired  by  the  day.  Eatt, 
DAY'-NET.    A  net  employed  for  taking  small 

birds.     Diet.  Rutt. 
DAY-NETTLE.    Dead  nettle. 
PAYNETYVOUSELY.    Doinlflx- 
DAYNO.     Dawning.     {A.S.) 
DAYNLY.     Disdainfully.     {A.-N.) 
DAYNTEL.    A  dainty, or  delicacy.    Daynltthei 

Towncley  Mj-st.  p.  245.  ""^ 


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DATNTEVOUS.    Choice ;  vuluablc. 
Itt  wu  my  derlyDj  dayntnwtt.  xnd  fuIleder«ho1dcnp. 
Morlo  jlrt>turt,  US.  UlKofn,  f.  97. 

DAYS.  The  hays  of  a  window. 
DAYS-MAN.  An  arbitrator;  an  umpire.  See 
Plumplon  Corr.  p.  82.  Still  used  in  the  North. 
DAYS-MATH.  An  acre,  the  quantity  mown  by 
A  man  in  one  day.  fi''egt.  Generally,  any 
email  portion  of  gromid.  Its  size  scema  to 
have  been  variouslv  estimated. 

DAYTALEMAN.  A  day-man,  q.  v.  A  chance- 
labourer,  one  not  rcffiUarly  employed.  Day- 
tale-pace,  a  slow  pace.  A  day  tair,  in  tlic 
day  time. 

DAY-WORK.  Work  done  by  the  day;  the 
labour  of  a  day.  A  day-work  is  also  three 
roods  of  land,  according  to  Carr.  "  Four 
perches  make  a  dayworke ;  ten  dayworks 
make  aroode  or  quarter,"  TwTsden  MSS. 

DAZED.  Dull ;  sickly ;  daised.  q.  v.  "  florerf- 
meal,  ill  roosted ;  /'*  rfarerf,  I  am  very  raw 
and  cold ;  a  da:ed  look,  such  as  persons  have 
when  frighted;  bread  and  meat,  not  well 
baked  or  roasted  by  reason  of  the  badness  of 
the  fire,  may  be  said  to  be  dwated  or  dazed," 
MS.  Lansd.  1033.  In  the  Y'orkshire  Dialogue, 
it  has  the  sense  of  tpoilt,  dntroi/cd ;  and  it 
alto  occaaionally  means,  eot^ounded,  con- 
fued.  Major  Moor's  MS.  Dazed,  of  a  dun 
colour.     North. 

DAZEO.     A  daisy.     Cumb. 

DE.  (1)  A  day.    Sorlh. 

(2)  To  die.    Sometimes,  dead. 

<3)  God.     {A-N:) 

(4)  The.    {AS.) 

DEA.    Do.     Wettmoret. 

DEAD.  (1)  Fainted.     Hal. 

2)  Very ;  excce<Iiag.     North, 

3)  Death.    Suff.    Also,  to  kilL 

4)  To  deaden.    A'orM. 
DEAD-ALIVE.    Very  stupid ;  diiU.     W'm/. 
DEAD-BOOT.     Offices  or  services  done  for  the 

dead ;  |>enance.    (A.-S.) 

DEAD-COAL.     A  cinder.     North. 

DEAD-DOING.    Destructive.    Spetuer. 

DEAD-HORSE.  To  pull  the  dead  hone,  to 
work  for  wages  already  paid. 

DEAD-HOUSE.  A  place  for  the  reception  of 
drowned  persons.    North. 

DEAD-KNOCK.  A  supposed  warning  of  death, 
a  myslcrious  noise.     North. 

DEAD-LIFT.  The  moving  of  a  lifeless  or  inac- 
tive body.  Hence,  a  situation  of  peculiar 
difficiUty,  where  any  one  is  greatly  in  want  of 
assistance. 

DEADLY.  Sharp ;  active ;  excellent.  Also, 
very,  exceedingly,  a  sense  it  seems  to  bear  in 
Topsell's  Serpents,  p.  15.  Sometimes,  pounded 
to  powder. 

DEADLY-FEUD.  A  ferocious  contest  among 
the  Northumbrians  on  the  borders.  Broetett. 

DEAD-MAN.  (I)  Old  works  iu  amine. 

(2)  ,\  scarecrow,     frett. 

(3)  Waiting  for  dead  mcn'sshar<,Wftitingfor)iro- 
perty  to  which  one  is  entitled  on  the  decease 
ofMny  oae.     See  R.  Fletcher's  Poems,  p.  256. 


DEAD-MAN'S-THUMB.      A    blue    meadoir 
flower,  mentioned  iu  Select  Ayres,  foL  Lond. 

i6a9. 

DEAD-MATE.    A  stale-mate  in  chess. 

DEAD-MEN.    Empty  ale-pots. 

DEAD-NIF.  A  blue  mark  on  the  body,  ascribed 

to  nccromancv.     North, 
DEAD-PAY.    the  pay  of  dead  soldiers,  ille- 

gaily  appropriated  by  officers. 
DEAD-RIPE.    Completely  ripe. 
DEADS.    The  under-stratum.     Devon. 
DEADST.    The  height.     Dekker. 
DE.\F.     Decayed  ;  tasteless.     Deaf-nut,  a  uut 

with  a  decayed  kernel;   deaf-corn,   blasted 

corn,  &c.    Also,  to  deafen,  as  in  Heywood't 

Iron  Age,  sig.  H.  iv. 
DEAFLY.     Ix)nely,  solitary.   A'orM.  Deavelic, 

Cotgrave,  in  v.  ZJewifc,  Datmirni, 
DEAF-NETTLE.    The  dead  nettle. 
DEAIL-HEAD.   A  narrow  plat  of  ground  in  a 

field.     Cumb. 
DEAK.  (1)  To  fight.     North, 
(2)  A  ditch.     A>»/. 
DEAL.    To  divide ;  to  distribnte,  from  deal, 

part,  or  portion.     Also,  a  dole. 
DEAL-APPLES.    Fir  apples.    Eaut. 
DEALUATE.    To  whiten,  or  bleach.    {Lat: 
DEAL-TREE.    A  fir-tree.    Eawt, 
DE.iM.    Lonely;  solitary.     North.    Also   the 

same  as  deathtmear,  q.  v. 
DEAN.  (I)  A  vaUey.    {A.-S.) 

(2)  A  din ;  a  noise.    Eutz.  , 

(3)  To  do.     Yorkth. 
DEA-NETTLE.    Wild  hemp.    North. 
DEAR.  (1)  Precioiu;  excessive. 
(2)  Same  as  Dere,  q.  v. 
DEARED.   Hurried ;  frighteuetl ;  stunned. 

moor. 
DEARLING.    Darb'ng.     Spemrr. 
DEARLY.    Extremely.     I'ar.  dial. 
DEARN.  (1)  Lonely.    North. 
(2)  A  door-post,  applied  also  to  stone  gate-post*. 

North. 
DEARNFUL.     Melancholv.     Speiuer. 
DEARY.  (1)  Little.     North. 
(2)  AUs !  "  Deary  me  1"     far.  dial 
DEATH.    Deaf.     SuffoUc. 
DEATHING.    Decease;  death. 
DEATH'S-HEARB.    Nightshade. 
DEATIi'S-MAN.      An   executioner.     "  Great 

Hectors  deaths-man,"  He)-wood'«  Iron  .^ge, 

c<l.  1632,  fig.  I. 
DEATIISMEAR.    A  rapid  and  faUl  disease  in 

cident  to  children.     Now  obsolete. 
DEAUIUT.    Gilded.    {Lat.) 
DEAVE.     To  deafen ;  to  stun.    North. 
DEAVELY'.     SetDeaJly. 
DEAWH.    Dough;  paste.    North. 
DE.^ZED.     Dry ;  raw ;  sapless.    North. 
DEBARE.    Bare.    Vrant. 
DEHASHED.    Abashed.     NiecoU. 
DEBATE.    To  fight.    Also,  comlMit.    {A.-N.) 
DEBATEABLE-LANDS.     Large  tracts  of  wild 

country  on  the  coufinct  of  Nurtliunil>erlaud, 

formerlv  a  prolific  cause  of  contention. 
DEBATEMENT.    Contention.    {A.-N.) 


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DEBAUSHMENT.    A  debaucbing. 
DEBBYLL.    A  dibble.     //«/«*/. 
DEUELL-    To  conquer  bv  war.    (Lat.) 
DEUELLISH.    To  eaibelliih.     Flelchrr. 
DEBEOF.    A  kind  of  »pe«r. 
DBBERRIES.     Gooteherries.     Derm. 
DEBETANDE.     Debating.     Gmcayne. 
UEBILE.    In6nn;weak.    (Laf.) 
DEBITE.     A  deputy.    (fV.) 
DEBLE3.    "  A  dcbles !"  to  the  devil.    (.*.-A'.) 
Fjr  a  deblo !  talde  the  duke,  tlic  flrvclle  havejour  bout*. 
Mom  AHhurt,  ys.  UnevJn,  f.  84. 
DEBOIST.     Debaucbed  ;  corrupted. 
DEBONAIRE.    Courteous  ;  gentle    {J.-N.) 

When  tchc  tje  the  ladyec  Ikce, 

De'jonerlif  stylte  fche  stode. 

US.  Canlab.  Tt.  II,  X,  t.la. 

DEBONERTE.  Gentleness ;  goodness. 
And  of  me  uke  Ihcm  tui  vengeance. 
Lorde.  for  thi  dtbonrrle, 

IIS.  Untoln  A.  I.  17,  r.  U». 

BEBORAINE.     Honest,     (//o/.) 
DKBOKD.     To  run  to  eiccss.    (Fr.) 
DEDOSII.    To  debaucb  ;  to  corrupt.    A  genuine 
archaista,  Incorrectly  altered  by  some  editors. 
DEBOSHEE.     A  debauched  person. 
DEBREIDE.    To  tear.    (Otig.) 
DEBHUSEDE.    Crushed  ;  much  bruited. 
DEBRYSED.     Bruised.     Heame. 
DEBUT.    Company ;  retinue.     Heame. 
DEBYTrE.     A  deputv.     (/V.) 
UECANTATE.    To  chant,  or  sing.     (Lot.) 
DECARD.    To  discard. 
DECAS.     Ruin.     (A.-N.) 

The  walle  and  alle  the  did  wtUilnne 

8tanle  In  niyne  and  in  rfroe«. 

IHnrtT,  us.  Sue.  .Inli^.  IM,  f.  M. 

DECEIVABLE.     Deceitful.     Shak. 
DECEPTUltE.     Fraud;  deceit. 
DECERSE.     To  disceni.     (Fr.) 
DECHED.     Foul  J  rusty.     Warv. 
DECIMO-SEXTO,     /n  decimo  texlo,  a  phrase 

used  by  Jonton  for  a  youth. 
DECIl'E.    To  deceive.    {Lai.)    See  Aslunole's 

Tlieat.  Chem.  Brit.  p.  308. 
DECK.  (1)  A  pack  of  cords.    Hence,  a  heap  or 

pile  of  anything. 

(2)  To  select  or  cast  out.  "  Deck  the  board," 
lay  down  the  stakes.  "  Sweep  the  deck," 
clear  the  stakes.  Also,  to  put  anything  in 
order. 

(3)  To  tip  the  haft  of  a  knife  or  sword  with  any 
work :  to  trim  hair,  a  garden,  &c 

DECLARE.     To  blazon  arms. 
DECLAREMENT.    A  declaration. 
DECLINE.     To  incline,   or  lower.    Also,   to 
form  too  low  an  estimate  of  anything. 
Quod  Joaephc  tlunne,  with  heed  drclinid  lowe. 
l^galr,  MS.  Soc.  ^nllf.  IM.  (.  6. 

DECLOS.    To  disclose. 

For  who  that  hath  hll  worda  derlw, 
Er  that  he  wite  what  lie  none. 
He  U  ful  ofte  nyje  hla  tane. 

Oww,  M9.  Bfc  Ait(i^.  134,  t.  »», 

DECOLLATION.     A  l)eheaJiDg.     (.Lat.) 
DECOPID.    See  C<vpul- 
DECORE.    To  decorate ;  to  beautify. 


DECUURREN.    To  diicover;  to  lay  open;  to 

narrate.     (.■/.->'.) 
DKCREW.     To  decrease.     Spauer. 
DECURT.     To  shorten.     (Lat.) 
DECYPHER.    To  defeat ;  to  overcome. 
DEDE.  (1)  Death,     ^'orlk. 

They  dancciyde  and  rcvclde  wilhowtenc  dri-de 
To  bryog  that  lady  to  Itir  d*itr. 

MS.  LtrmlH  A.  1. 17,  (.  till. 
Sylh  we  here  tchalle  dye, 
Oure  ded^a  fuile  wrc  they  sehalle  abye. 

MS.  OrnhiS.  rr.  II.  .Id,  f.  73. 
Bo  many  there  were  ilayne  to  dt^ddt 
That  the  watur  of  Temyt  wat  redd. 

MS.  lUd.  f.  Hi. 

(2)  To  grow  dead.     (A.-S.)    Also  the  !«.  past. 
Oedf,  dead  people,  Perceval,  165. 

(3)  Did.    Eglamour,  134. 

(4)  Deed.     Battle,  by  metaphor. 
DEDELY^.     Mortal.     (A.-S.) 

Bot  goddta  that  ever-mare  are  lilTaunde  and 
nevermare  dyei,  dayncs  nojte  for  to  ha/e  the  ftla- 
chipe  of  itaiefy  menoe.— Jf.S.  Uncuin  A.  i.  17,  r.  8. 
DEDEMEN-YEN.  Dead  eyes,  a  kind  of  pullies. 
A  sea  term.  See  Manners  and  Household 
Expcnces,  p.  214. 
DEDEYNE.     Disdain.     {A.-N.) 

The  fourthe  braunche  of  prydo  ys  deipyt,  that 
yf,  whan  a  man  hath  dedrync  other  icome  of  hys 
evro-tTl»tene  for  cny  deCaule. —If5.  Harl.  t!^,  f.B. 
DEDiR.     To  tremble.      Yorkth. 
DEDITION.     A  giving  up.     (Ut.) 
DEDLYNES.     Mortabty.     (A.-S.) 

How  thurfihe  takyng  of  owre  dedlynM,  hv  woj 
made  leuc  tticn  an  ang«Ue  whlllet  he  wai  In  thia 
vale  of  terra. — MS.  Llnadn  A.  i.  17,  f.  I8I>. 
DEDUCED.     Drawn  from  ;  dissuaded. 
DEDUCT.     To  bring  down,  reduce.    (Lot.) 
DEDUIT.     Pleasure ;  delight.     (A.-f.') 
lo  whiche  the  ]ete  hath  hit  deduit, 
or  gras,  of  floure,  of  leef,  of  frutt. 

Gnoer,  MS.  Skc.  AMUi.  IM,  I.  MT. 

DEDYR.    Thither.     IVebtr. 

DEE.     A  die.     (-/.-,V.)     Also  as  *,  q. », 
Detweoe  fortune  and  covcty»e, 
The  chaunce  li  caale  upon  a  dei. 

Cnrar,  MS.  *e.  Wiitig-  194.  f.  141. 

DEED.  (1)  Doings.     North. 

(2)  Dead.  (A.-S.) 

(3)  Indeed.  Corerdale. 

DEEDILY.     Activelv (  diligently.     H'nI. 

DEEDS.     Refuse.     A'oWA. 

DEEDY'.     Industrious;  notable.     Btrit. 

DEEF.     Deaf.     (A.-S.) 

DEEGHT.    To  spread  mole-hills.     North. 

DEEL.    The  devil.     NorlA.     An  early  insUnce 

occurs  in  Men  Miracles,  1656,  p.  46. 
DEEN.     A  dean.     [A.-N.) 
DEERHAY.    A  great  net,  formerly  used  for 

catching  deer. 
DEES.  (1)  Dice.     (.^.-A^.) 

Ful  ofte  he  laketh  awey  hla  feca, 
Ai  be  that  pleyeth  at  din. 

Oourer,  MS.  Soc.  Antl,/.  134,  t,  ! 

(2)  A  place  where  herrings  are  dried.     EatI 

DEET.  (1)  Dirtied.    North. 
(2)  Died.     CiuHi. 


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(3)  To  platter  over  the  mouth  of  an  oven  to 
keep  in  the  tieat. 

(4)  To  wipe,  or  cK-au.     North. 
DEETINC.     A  vard  of  cotton.     North. 
DEEVE.     To  dip.     SnffoU. 
DEFADIDE.     Faded ;  decayed. 

Now  a  ray  face  d^iide,  and  fiiule  M  me  tupnedc. 

Vortu  .iilhure,  MS.  LineolH,  (■  88. 

DEFAILE.    To  effect;   to  conquer.     (^.-A'.) 
Narca  gives  a  vrroDg  explanation. 

Il  falles   the  flcKhe  may   noghte  of  hit  vertu 
Doghla  ilefitUt  ajr  whlU  the  isule  In  iwjlk  Joyei  a 
ravyite.— .US.  Liitnla  A.  I.  17.  t.  191. 
DEFAII.LANCE.     A  defect,     (fr.) 
UEFAITED.     Wasted.     {J.-N.} 
DEFALK.    Tocut  off;  todiminiah.    (Lai.)    See 
Ord.  and    Reg.  p.  305;    Stanihttnt,   p.   10. 
Abo,  to  abate  in  a  reckoning. 
DEF.\ME.     Infamy.     {J-N.)     Alio,  to  make 

infamoui. 
DEFAMOL'S.     ReproachfiU. 
PEFARE.     To  undo.     //«wiw. 
DEFATED.     Wearied.     (Ul.) 
DEFATIGATE.    To  fatigue ;  to  lire.     (,UI.) 
DEFAULTY.     Blameworthv.     (/>.) 
DEFAUTE.     Want;  defect.     (J-N.) 
DEFAWTELES.     Perfect.     (A..N.) 
Alle  the  negheo  ordcn  of  avogeUea, 
That  ar  mo  fayre  on  to  luke. 
And  lo  bryght,  ala  sayt  thr  buke. 
That  allc  the  Cayrnn  of  llils  lyf  here. 
That  erer  wai  tecne  fcr  or  nere. 
That  any  man  moght  ordayne  di/kwtelM. 

Hampah,  US.  Bowt*,  p.  S80. 

DEF.VWTY.     DefccUvc.     Pr.  Pan. 
DEFEASANCE.     Defeat.     Spemtr. 
DEFEAT.    To  <li»figurc.     .Mso,  the  act  of  de- 
struction.    Shak. 
DEFEATURE.     Alteration    of   features:    de- 
formity.    Sometimes,  defeat. 
DEFECT.     To  injure,  take  awav.     (to/.) 
DEFENCE.     Prohibition.     (A'.-N.) 
DEFENCED.     Defendeti ;  fortified. 
DEFENDE.  (1)  To  forbid ;  to  pmhibil.  {A.-N.) 
Also,  to  preserve.    According  to  Tyrvrhitt,  to 
nnsom.     Drfndaunt,  in  self-defence  ? 
He  wylle  do  no  man  but  godr. 
Be  Mahoondc  and  Termagaunt, 
But  yf  hyl  veic  hy<  dtfim^unl. 

MS.  Cantab,  ft.  IL  »,  f.  IW. 
(2)  Defended.     Gateayne. 
DEFENSORY.   Defence.   •'  Deftmory  and  apo- 
logy," Martin  Mar-Sixius,  4to.  1592. 
DEFFE.  (1)  Neat;  trim.     Leie. 
(2)  Deaf.     Pr.  Pare.    Also,  dull,  blunt,  which 

may  refer  to  anrtM  otitutr. 
DEFFETE.    To  cut  up  an  animal.     A  term  in 

bunting.     (A.-N.) 
DEFFUSE.     Flight ;  vanqnishment.     (.1..\.) 
Kore  grct  dule  of  irffSut  of  dedea  of  armei. 

Mvrit  ArlMurt,  MS.  Uheoln.  t.  Ul. 

DEFIIED.     Deafness.     (A..S.) 
DEFIANCE.     Rcfiisal ;  rejection.     Shak. 
DEFICATE.     Deified.     Chaucer. 
UEFIEN.     To  digest;  to  consume.     "  Digrre 
/loujijiper  riHum   guo  matir*.  dcfye  the  wyn 


of  the  wheche  thou  art  ilronken,  and  wesi*l 
sobre,"  Reliq.  Antiq.  i.  6. 
DEFINISHE.     To  define.     (//.-A'.) 
DEFINITIVE.     Final ;  positive. 
DEFI3EN.     To  dissolve. 
DEFLY.     Neatly  ;  filly.   See  Dekkcr's  Knight'a 

Conjuring,  p.  71 ;  Towneley  Myst.  p.  100. 
DEFOll.LE.  To  overcome;  to  v.viquish.  (A.-N.) 
DEFORMATE.     Deformed.     See  the  Te»L  of 

Creseidc,  349,  394. 
DEFOULE.    To  defile ;  to  pollute. 
DEFOULINGS.     The  marks  made  by  a  deet'* 

feet  in  wet  soil. 
DEFOCTERINC.     Failing.     (A.-X.) 
DEFRAIDACION.     Fraud ;  deceit.     IlatL 
DEFT.     Neat;  dexterous;  decent.     Still  ujed 

in  the  North. 
DEFTLY.     Quietly ;  softly.     AorM.     Alto  the 

same  as  drfly,  q.  v. 
DEFULL.     Diabolical     (^.-J.) 
DEFtNCT.     Ftmctional.     Shai. 
DEFY.     To  refuse ;  to  reject. 
DEFYAL.     A  defiance.     Harding. 
DEFYKN.     To  defy.     (A.-N.) 
DEC    To  moisten ;  to  sprinkle ;  to  pour  oo ;  U> 

ooze  out.     North. 
DE-GAMBOYS.    A  riol-de-gaiulio. 
OEG-BOUND.    Greatly  swelled  in  (he  stonucU. 

Also  spelt  deg-IjowecL     North. 
DEGENDER.    To  degenerate.     %>eiuer. 
DEGENEROUS.     Degenerate. 
DEGG.    To  shake ;  to  top.     U'e*t. 
DEGGY.     Driislv ;  foggy.     AorfA. 
DEGH.     Vouchsafed,     '//eamr. 
UEGilGHE.     To  die.     Sevrn  Sages,  1909... 
DEGISEI).     Disguised.     (A.-N.) 
DKGOUTED.     Simttcd.     (A.-N.) 
DEGREE.    A  stair,  or  set  of  steps.    Also,  nnk 

in  life.     (A..N.) 
DEIIORT.     To  dissuade.     (Ut.) 
DEIANDE.     Dying.     (A.-S.) 

Than  la  thyi  fallyng  atte  oe«Je, 

For  whilea  wc  here  ly»e  we  at  deiande. 

MS.  Mdll.  KlIIM.  r,  07, 
DEII).     Dyed;  coloured.     Chaucer. 
DEIDEN.     Died.     (A.-S.) 
DEIE.     To  put  to  death.     (A.-S.) 
DEIGNOUSE.     Disdainful     (A.-lf.) 
DEIH.     To  die.     LangtoIX,  p.  159. 
DEINE.    To  die-     {A.-S.)    Also,  to  deign,  to 

vouchsafe. 
DEINTEE.     Value ;  a  valuable  thing.   {A.-N.) 

Sometimes,  pleasure. 
DEINTEOUS.    Choice ;  valuable.    (A.-N.) 
DEIRIE.    A  dairy.     SHnnrr. 
DEIS.    The  (nincipal  table  in  a  ball,  or  the 
raised  part  of  the  floor  on  which  it  was  placed. 
Also,  the  principal  seat  at  this  table.     Tliere 
were  sometimes  more  than  one,  the  high  rfrir 
!)eing  the  principal  dels  in  a  royal  ball.     To 
begin  the  dcis,  to  take  the  principal  place. 
Sec  Sir  Eglamour,  1258. 
DEITEE.     DeitT ;  godhead.    IA..N.) 
DEJECT.  (I)  Dejected.     Sha*. 
(2)  To  cart  away.    (Ut.) 


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DEKE-IIOLL.    A  dr)- ditch.    E<ut. 
DEKEITH.     Decrease. 
DEKNE.    A  dracon.    {^.-S.) 

6elnt  FroiitoD  tils  deknw  Wat, 
At  tuHeUi  io  Iht  drdr. 

MX.  OJl.  THn.  OisK.  S7. 
DEKYNE.     A  deacon.    Pr.  Pan. 
DEL.  (1)  A  part,  or  jiortion.    (AS.) 
(2)  The  dcril.    Rilson'a  Anc.  Songs,  i.  70. 
DELACION.     Delay.     Digby  Myst.  p,  7. 
DEI.AUE.     An  alinsgivcr.     Pr.  Parr. 
DELATE.    To  accuse,  complain  of.    (Lai.) 
DELATION.    Au  accusation.     S/iai. 
DELAY.  (1)  To  allay   metals,   &c.    Alto,  to 

iweetcD  or  aduUerale  wine. 
(2)  Array  ;  ceremony.     (A.-ff.) 

Syr  nogeri  cofm,  w)'th  nobullc  iftatt. 
They  bcryrd  hyt  the  totltyr  day. 

MS.  Canlttl,.  Ff.n.38,  t.7i. 
(:^)  To  assuage.    Pahgrave. 
DELATlT^E.     To  (lelav.     (J.-N.) 
DELE.  (1)  To  divide ;  to  shore.   {A.-S.) 
(2)  To  give ;  to  bestow  ;  to  partake  ;  to  deal,  or 

meddle  with  anything. 
DELECTATION.     Delight.     Chaucfr. 
DELE-WINE.     A  kind  of  foreign  wine,  said  to 

be  a  species  of  Rhenish. 
DELF.    A  quarry  of  stone  or  coal ;  a  deep  ditch 

or  drain.     {A.-S.) 
DELF-CASE.    Shelves  for  crockery.     North. 
DELFULLICllE.     Dolefully.    {A.-S.) 
And  cHile  on  here  tiHf^Uteht 
AUe  twUtie  faitc. 

MS.  OM.  Trill.  OnM.  17. 

DELKi'N.    A  dolphin.    Kyng  Alii.  6576.    Sec 

also  the  Prompt.  Parv.  p.  54. 
DELIHATE.     To  taste,     (ia/.) 
DELIBERE.    To  dcm>crate.    (a.-N.) 
DELICACIE.     Pleasure.     (.^.-,V.) 
DELICES.    Pleasures ;  delights.   (A.-N.)    See 
Rcliq.  Ant.  i.  40.     Also,  delicacies. 
Yctc  Wat  1  lattly  promyicd  othervyM 
Thla  yera  to  leva  in  vcltlia  asd  dtliir: 

MS.  Slaamt  IIU,  f.  88. 
DELICT.     An  offence.     Marlowe,  Ui.  547. 
DELIE.    Thin ;  slender.     (.^.-A'.) 
OELir.llTEU.     Delightful.    S/iat. 
DELIRENT.     Doating.    (Lai.) 
DELIT.     Delight.     (A.-N.) 
DEI.ITABLE.     Pleasant ;  deUghtful.     (^.-.V.) 
DELITEN.    To  delight,  take  pleasure.    (A.-N.) 
DEI.ITOIS.     Delightful.    (A.-N.) 
DELIVER.  (1)  Active;  nimble.    (A.-N.)     Df- 
lirirlie/if,    TroiUis   and    Creseidc,    ii.    1088. 
Delirrrli/,  quickly.    iMim-Heu,  agility. 
SMnnrly  Khappe  of  brredv  and  lengthc. 
And  d^9tnu4  and  liewtt^  oftxHty. 

Humfiolt,  MS.  DoKf,  p,  173. 

(2)  To  dispatch  any  business. 
DELIVERING.     Division,  in  music. 
DELK.    A  small  cavity.    FMt. 
DELL.  (1)  Au   undehauched   wench.    An  old 

cant  term. 
(2)  A  little  dale,  or  uarrow  valley.    Slill  used  in 

the  North. 
DELLECT.     Bitjakofday.    Cram. 


DELLFIN.  Alow  place,  orergrowii  with  un- 
derwood.    Glouc. 

DELPH.  A  catch-water  drain,  or  one  that  hu 
been  delved,     /.inc. 

DELTEN.    Dealt.    (A.-S.) 

DELUVY.    Deluge.    (Ijtt.) 

DELVE.  (1)  To  dig!  to  bury.  (A.-S.)  StlU 
used  in  the  provinces. 

(2)  A  ditch,  or  dell.  Spenier.  Also  a  quarry,  ai 
detf,  q.  v. 

(3)  A  monster,  or  deviL  (J.-N.)  See  Dial. 
Great.  Mor.  p.  62;  Wright't  Seren  Saget, 
p.  47. 

(4)  To  indent,  or  bruise.    North, 
DELVERE.     A  digger.     (A.-S.) 
DELVOL.     Dole/ul.     (A.-S.) 
DELYAUNCE.    Dalliance :  deUy. 
DELYBERED.     Advised ;  minded. 
DELYCATES.    DcUcacies.    PaUgrme. 
DELYRE.    To  retard,  or  delay.     (A.-N.) 
DEM.     You  slut !     Ermoor. 
DEMAINE.    To  manage.     (A.-N.) 
DEMAN.     A  deputy,     t'trttegan. 
DEMAND.    A  question,  or  riddle. 

And  wtKiin  It  liketli  for  to  carpc 
ProverbU  and  dtntwtitdu  ilyje. 

G<Hr<r,  MS.  Sue.  ^nflf.  134.  f.  Oi, 

DEMANDANT.  A  plaintiff. 
DEMATH.  Sec  Day-math. 
DEMAYE.    To  dismay.     (A.-N.) 

Ttie  font  It  comen,  irmape  jou  not. 

But  maketli  my  riding  l)oun. 
Curm  Miindl,  M.I.  Coll.  TWn.  Cantttt,  f.  H. 

DEMAY'NES.    Demesnes  ;  possessionv  (A.-N.) 

See  Sir  Degrevant,  69 ;  Langtof),  &c. 
DEME.    To  judge.    (A.-S.) 
DEMEAN.    To  conduct,  or  behave;  to  direct. 

Also  a  substantive,  behaviour. 
DEMEANER.     A  conductor. 
DEMEANS.     Means.    Maaingfr. 
DEMEMBRE.  To  dismember.  R. Glouc  p. 559. 
DEMENCY.    Madness.    (Ut.) 
DEMENE.    To  manage.    (A-N.) 

Ikamnt^a  the  medylwatde  mentlifulty  hynieteirenf. 
Mi.r1ii  Jiihurt,  MS.  Uneotn.  (.  74. 
DEMENING.     Behaviour,    thauerr. 
DEMENTED.    Mad.     Var.  diaL 
DEMER.    A  judge.    (A.-S.) 
DEMERE.    To  tarry.    (A.-N.)     "  Withoulcn 

drmert,"  delay,  Beves  of  llamtoun,  p.  6.   "  So 

tonge  dcmoere,"  Flor,  and  Blanch.  591. 
DEMERITS.     Merits.     Shak. 
DEMI-tULVERlN.    A  cannon  of  four  inchea 

iHire.     MejTick,  ii.  291. 
DEMIGREYNE.     Tbemcgrim.    (A.-N.) 
UEMlllAG.    A  long  pistol,  much  used  in  the 

sixteenth  century. 
DE.MILANCE.    A*  light  horseman,    one  who 

carries  a  lance.    Barct,  D.  742. 
DEM-IN.    To  collect,  as  clouds  do.     North. 
DEMING.     Judgment.     (A.-S.) 
DEMIREP.    A  very  flighty  woman,  too  free  in 

her  manners. 
DEMISS.    Humble.     (IM.) 
DEMONIAK.    One  posscMcd  by  a  devil 
DEMONSTER.    To  show ;  to  declare.    tLal.) 


DEO 


DEB 


DEMORANCB.   Deity.    (.1.-N.) 
DEMP.    Judged;  coudemoed.    (A.S.) 
DEMPLE.     To   wrangle.      So    explained  by 

Heame.    Sec  Laugtoft,  p.  196. 
DEMSTER.     A  judge.    The  term  ia  itill  re- 
tained in  the  hie  of  Man. 

Ayotii  WM  thmoc  titnutttr 
of  lincl  foure  More  )ter. 
Vurmr  Mundl,  MS.  OJI.  Trin.  Caitnt.  f.  44. 

DEMURE.   To  look  dcmurelv.    Shot. 
DBMUREI.V.    Sulcmoly.    ShaJi. 
DEML'RRE.     See  Demtre. 
OEMYE.    A  kiuil  of  close  garment.     Warton 

iay«,  "  doublet,  jacket."   Demgcent,  the  metal 

part  of  a  girdle  worn  in  &ont. 
DEN.  (1)  "  Good  den,"  good  evening,  or  good 

night,  a  aalnlation  formerly  used  aJFter  noon 

was  past 

(2)  A  grave.    Ritiou's  Pop.  Poet.  p.  90. 

(3)  A  sandy  tract  near  the  tea,  as  at  Exmoutb, 
and  other  places. 

DENAY.    To  denv.    Also,  denial. 
DE^CH.  (1)  Squeamish ;  dainty.     Nortk. 
(2)  Danish.    Utamt. 

DENE.  (1)  A  din.  Eail.  Also  ■  verb.  Dtnede, 
Rel.  Ant  ii.  7. 

(2)  A  dean.     (^.-A^) 

(3)  A  valley  or  dell.    North. 

(4)  Wene.>    Arch.  xxii.  371. 
DENEERE.     A  jiennv.    (/V.) 
DENEZ.     Danish.     Cawayne. 

DENGE.    To  ding,  or  strike  down.    (A.-S.) 

DENIAL.     Injury ;  drawback.     »f>»/. 

DENIST.    Dcniest.    Rel.  Ant.  ii.  192. 

DENK.    To  think.     Ueder. 

DENNED.    Dinned ;  sounded.    See  Dene. 

DENNIS.     St.  Dionysius.   (J.-N.) 

DENNV.  A  pluui  ripe  on  August  6tli.  See 
MS.  Asbraole  UCl. 

DENOMINATE.    Colled.     Harding. 

DENOTATE.  To  denote.  (Ao/.)  See  the  Op- 
tick  Glasseof  Humors,  1639,  p.  41. 

DBNSHE.    Danish.    J/arehk. 

OENSIIERING.  See  Bum^Hnf.  No  donbt 
from  Denshire,  ns  Devonshire  was  formerly 
called,  as  in  Collier's  Old  Ballads,  p.  87  ;  MS. 
Ashmolc  2U8. 

DENT.  (1)  A  stroke ;  a  blow,  as  a  dap  of  thun- 
der, &c.  In  Suffolk,  the  worst  of  anything. 
Moor,  p.  103. 

(2)  Indented.     North. 

(3)  Did  not.    Eaer. 
DENTETII US.    Dainties  ;  delicacies. 
DENTIE.     Scarce.      Harrington. 
DENTOR.    An  indenture. 
DENTY.    Tolerable  ;  fine.    A'orM. 

DEN  UDE.    To  untie  a  knot ;  to  extricate,  or  dis- 
engage.   {A.-N.) 
DENULL.    To  annul.     Faiyan. 
DEN  WERE.    Doubt.     Chaucer. 
DENY.     To  refuse ;  to  reject;  to  renounce. 
DENYTE.    To  deny.     Robson,  p.  50. 
DBOL.    Dole;  grief.     (.-f.-S.) 
DEOLPITL.    Doleful.     {A..S.) 
DKORKHEDG.    Daricnoa.    (^.-9.) 


Al  ane  Uite  of  the  dsys 

We  wervo  in  rfwrkae^  ,- 
Afc  Isitr  ore  tueie  Loverd 

Foitherc  us  gin  Icde. 

MS.  tjcuj.  im,  r.  104. 
DEPARDUS.  An  oath,  De  par  Din. 
DEPART.  To  part ;  to  distribute ;  to  divide ;  W 
separate.  (./^.-A'.)  Sec  Sir  Tristrem,  p.  236 : 
MS.  Sloane  213,  f.  120.  So  in  the  ancient 
office  of  Marriage,  "  till  death  ni  depart,"  now 
corrupted  to  do  part.  To  depart  with,  to  p«rt 
with  or  give  up.  It  sometimes  occurs  aa  a 
substantive  for  departure.  Hooper  uses  it  for 
the  verb  imparl. 

They  were  clothed  >lle  Ucbe, 
Dtparttd  cvetic  of  whU  uid  blew. 

Gatcer,  MS.  AxO.  *M. 

DEPARTABLE.    DivUiblc.    (//.-A'.) 

UEPARTER.    A  refiner  of  metals. 

DEPARTING.    Parting,  or  separation. 

DEPE.  Low,  applied  to  country,  as  in  Maunde- 
vile's  Travels,  p.  2SS. 

DEPEACH.   To  impeach.   PaUgrm*. 

DEPECHE.   To  dispatch,    (fr.) 

DEPEINTE.  To  paint.  (^.-A^.)  "Hirfingert 
to  depaynt,"  Gaulfrido  and  Bamardo,  1570, 
Sometimes  the  part.  pasL 

DEPELL.    To  drive  away.    (Lai.) 

DEPEN  DANCE.  A  term  used  by  our  early 
dramatists  for  the  subject  of  a  dispute  likely 
to  end  in  a  duel.  See  Nores  in  v.  .Misters  of 
Dependencies  were  a  set  of  needy  bravoe*.  who 
undertook  to  ascertain  the  auibcatio  grounds 
of  a  qtiarrcl,  and,  in  some  cases,  to  settle  it  for 
the  timorous  and  luskilfuh    Cifford. 

DEPLIKE.   Deeply.    (A.-S.) 

DEPOSE.    A  pledge;  a  deposit   Pr.  Part. 

DEPPER.    Deeper.    (.^.-4'.) 

DEPRAVE.  To  vilify ;  to  traduce.  See  State 
Papers,  ii.  400;  Hocclevc,  p.  39.  Shake- 
ipMre  uses  it  io  this  tense.  Dejnvtin,  Aade- 
lay's  Poems,  p.  24. 

DEPRESS.    To  press  down.   {A^N.) 

DEPURED.    Purified. 

As  golde  tn  lira  U  fyned  by  astay, 
Aod  at  tile  tccst  »IWer  U  ttepHrf^. 

MS.  Jilimolc  W.  t.  it, 

DEPUTTE.    Deputed ;  airanged. 

DEQUACE.    To  crush.    (.1..S.) 

DERACIN.\TE.    To  root  up.    Shot. 

DERAINE.  To  quarrel ;  to  contest.  Sometimes, 
to  challenge  or  array  an  army. 

DEKAYE.  Confusion :  noise.  (A.-tf.)  Alio  ■ 
verb,  to  act  as  a  madman. 

He  began  to  make  daroiw. 
And  to  hyt  felowi  dud  he  asy, 

MS.  CaaUb.  ft.  il,  M,   I.  U7- 

DERE.  (1)  To  hurt,  to  injure.    (A.-S.) 

The  prophecla  aaltb  there  Khal  dsrt  hym  uoo  thtnge ; 

Us  il  ys  that  acbal  wynoe  castell,  louo,  and  tour. 

MS.  Sue.  .<N>t«'  tni.  t.  W. 
Sum  wycchecfafte  thou  douti  aboula  berr. 
That  thy  bondes  mow  the  oat  dert. 

MS.  UaW.  1701,  r.  70. 

(2)  To  hurry,  frighten,  or  astonish  a  child.  £r- 
moor. 

(3)  Dear ;  precious ;  delightful.    (./.-£; 


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(4)  Bire  ;  ud.    Eatt. 
?4)  There.    Lmglofl. 

(6)  Nolilc  ;  hoiiourahle.  "  Arthure  tlie  dtre," 
Perceval,  508 ;  "  Syr  Cwlore  with  hi>  dere 
knyghttes,"  MS.  Mortc  Arthure. 

(7)  All  Borii  ofwildaiiimiUs.  {A.-S.)  "  Rattea 
and  luysc  and  luch  smal  <<rre,"  Bevea  of  Hamp- 
ton and  King  Lear. 

(8)  To  dare.     Dernt,  dareit. 

(9)  I>carth.     Rob.  Gloue. 

UEBEIGNE.    To  justify ;  to  prove.    (M.-ff.) 
He  U  frc  Lo  plrdc  for  ui,  anil  al  oure  rljl  dt'effnt, 
AoJ  no  frealure  may  hA\  e  caUM  upon  him  Lo  playn. 
US.  littrlim  W. 
DEREKELLY-MINUTE.    Immediately.   /.  W. 
OERELICHE.    Joyfally. 

Scho  bad  mo  aertlichv  drawe»  and  drynke  to  liinelfene. 
jr<rr<  ArOiurt,  US.  Lincoln,  f.  89. 

DERELING.     DarUrg.    (A..S.) 

DEKELY.  ExpeuaiTcIy ;  richly.   (.-/.-S.)    In  the 

East,  direly,  lamentably,  extremely. 
DERENES.  '  Attachment.    (.1..S.) 
with  llio  erie  n  he  Irnt 
Id  dcrvnrt  nyght«  and  daye. 

US.  Utnoln  A.  I.  17,  t,  13B. 

DERENCE.    To  derange.    (A.-N.) 
DEREWORTIIE.  Precious;  honourable.  (J.-S.) 
A  penon  named  Dernterlht  is  mentioned  iu 
MS.  Rot.  Harl.  76  C.  13. 
A  duchci  derrworthUv  dyghte  in  dyaperde  wedts. 
Uorle  jlrlhurr,  US.  Unnln,  t.  87. 
5yt  yi  Ihyr  an  unkyndc  tloghethtiedi!. 
That  a  man  unnelh  for  do  godo  dcdc 
Wyl  wur»chep  God  dtrwrtht^. 

US.  HaH.  1701.  r.  U. 

DEREYNE.    Agreement ;  arbitration.    {.-J.-N.) 
Somrlimes,  to  derange  or  disorder. 

DERFE.     Strong  j  powerful ;  fierce. 

And  dele  dyottyi  or  dethe  with  oure  der/i  wapyna. 
Uorit  Arlhurt,  US.  lAneotn,  i.  !^. 

DERGY.     Short  and  thick-set.     H'eil. 
UEHIVATE.     To  transpose  a  charge  from  one 

|>erson  to  another,     (ia^) 
DERK.     Dark.    {.i.-S.)    Sometimes,  darkness. 

Also  a  verb,  to  darken  or  obscure. 
DERKHEDE.     Darkness.     {J.-S.) 
llERL.     To  icold.      Yorkfh. 
1)ERI.II.Y.     Dcarlv ;  sumptuously.     (./.-S.) 
DERLOURTIIY.     Precious.     Pr.  Pan. 
DERNE.  (1)  Secret.     {A..S.) 

Thel  made  a  gederyngv  greet  and  dem. 

Curior  UimH,  US.  Canlali.  t.  Kid. 
Late  ut  hald  ut  in  derne 
The  byrde  to  habld. 

US.  Unnin  A.  I.  17.  t.  133. 
Hut  dulur  prayed  hir  of  luf  demr. 

US.  Canlab.  V(.  r.  48.  f.  13. 
And  tic  Inryd  me  so  dern9, 
Y  myght  Dot  hym  lore  wemc. 

US.  ain(a6.  Ft.  11.38,  f.  H». 
(2)  To  hide ;  lo  sculk.     Hudmn. 
DERNELIKE.     Secretly.     (.V.-&) 

Both  drmrUkt  and  ttJIlv 

Ich  nine  the  loTr.  JIfS.  Dl/tf  Bfl. 

DERNERE.     A  threshold. 

On  every  |m<t,  on  uche  dtrntrf. 
The  ayne  uf  tliayn  make  50  there. 

Citrnr  JAiadf,  US.  CtU.  TWn.  Ouiiali  (.  SB. 


RERNFUL.     Dismal ;  sad.     Nartt. 
UERNLY.    Severely ;  sadly,   .^eiuer.    Se«  alio 

Townelev  Myst.  p.  141. 
DEROGATE.     Degraded.     Stat. 
DEROY.  (1)  Akindofclolh.     (fr.) 
(2)  A  party,  or  company.     North. 
DERRE.     Dearer.     {.-i.-S.) 
DERRERE.     Dearer.     Htber. 
DERREST.     Noblest.     Gairayne. 
DERRICK.   A  celebrated  executioner  at  Tybtirn 

in  the  tint  half  of  the  seventeenth  century. 

Hence  it  came  to  be  used  for  a  general  term 

for  a  hangman.     Sec  Blount's  Glossographia, 

ed.  1681,  p.  190. 
DERRING-DO.   Deeds  of  arms.  Drrriag.4otr; 

vrarlike  heroes.     Spnutr. 
DERSE.     Havock ;  to  dirty  J  to  spnrad  dung  J 

to  cleanse ;  to  beat.     Craven, 
DERTHYNE.    To  make  dear.     Pr.  Pan. 
DERTRB.     A  tetter,  or  ringworm.     (.-/.-iV.) 
DERVELY.     Fiercelv ;  sternly ;  powerfully. 
DERWENTWATER."      Lord    Derwentwaler'a 

lights,  a  popular  name  for  the  Aurora  Bo- 

realiM,  which  ajiiwarcd  remarkably  viWd  on 

the  night  of  the  unfortunate  Earl's  execution. 

Broctell. 
DERWORTHYNKSSE.    Honour; joy.   {AS.) 
DERYE.     Hurt ;  harm.     (/f.-S.) 
DERYGESE.     Dir^.    (Uf.) 

Done  for  denrg^te,  at  to  the  dcd  fally». 

Jfurte  Arthurl,  US.  LiHcvIn,  t.  85. 

DBS.     See  DetM. 

DESCANT.     The  old  term  for  ^'oiiatioo   in 

music. 
DESCENSORIE.   A  vessel  used  iu  alchemy  for 

the  extraction  of  oils. 
DESCES.    Decease ;  death.     Langlnfl. 
DESCE^TANCE.     Deceit ;  trickery.     (A..N.) 
DESCHARGID.   Deprived  of  a  charge.   Wtber. 
DESCIDE.    To  cleave  in  two.     {Lai.) 
DESCRIED.     Gave  notice  of;  discovered.   See 

Dyce's  Timon,  p.  18. 
DESCRIVE.    To  describe.   See  Halle's  Expott. 

p.  31  ;  Ywoine  and  Gawio,  902.    (/>.) 
DESCURE.     To  discover.     (.-/.-.A) 
DESCUVER.    To  discover.     (A.-N.) 
DESEDERABILLE.    To  be  desired.    (Lai.) 

Sothely,Jhe«u,ctaMriembj;/«c«ttil  name,  tufabyllc 

and  comrortabylio.     Nane  «wa  »irctc  ioye  may  be 

con»ay%-ede.    Naur  swa  iweie  ungc  may  be  hcrde. — 

US.  Uncvtn  A.  i.  17,  f.  I!I3. 

DESELET.    Desolate ;  dutresscd.     (A.-S.) 
DESEPERAUNCE.    Despair.    (A.-N.)    Urry'i 
cd.  reads  duperaunee,  p.  427.    The  same  va- 
riation occurs  at  L  652. 

And  he  that  wille  not  after  coniejiie  do. 
Hit  sute  he  putteth  In  deiepmunr*. 

Chanter,  US.  CaMah.  ft.  I.  C,  f.  109. 

DESERIE.    To  disinherit.     (Fr.) 
DESERVE.     To  earn.     Also,  to  reward  any- 
body for  his  services  towards  one. 
DESE'sE.     Inconvenience.     {A.-N.) 
DESEVERE.  To  separate.  Chester  Plays,  L  132. 
DESEVY.    To  deceive.     {A..N.) 
DESGELI.     Secretly.    (A.-N.) 
DESIDERY.    Dcrire.    (Lai.) 


DBS 


300 


DEV 


DESIGHT.  An  uusightly  object.  Jf'illf. 
DESIGN.  To  point  out,  {Lai.) 
DESIRE.  To  invite  to  dinner,  Ba:. 
DESIREE.  Desirable.  (.V.-M) 
UESIIUTE.  Kuinod.  (//.-A.)  Sec  Gy  of 
W'arvrike,  p.  301 ;  Artbour  and  McrUn,  p.  340. 
DESIROUS.     Eager.    (.-/.-A'.)     It  seems  to  be 

(ometjmes  used  for  dtnirable. 
DESKATERED.     Scattered  aboat. 
DBSKLAUNDAR.     Blanie.     See  the  Arrival 

of  King  Edward  IV.  p.  12. 
OESLAViE.     Impure.     {J.-S.) 
DESLAYE.     To  blame ;  to  deny.     (i*.-.V.) 
For  how  u  ever  I  br  de^la^edi 
)lt  VTcnnore  I  hive  juMyed. 

Cotofr,  tlS.  Soe.  JhU^.  134,  Ml*. 
That  he  wAnhope  bryDgeth  Ian* 
Where  ia  oo  comforte  to  iMgyniw, 
But  every  joye  him  U  iaalaptd. 

MS.  IbU.  f.  IM. 

DESPARPLE.     To  disperse.     Maundnile. 
DESPEEll.    To  dispatch.     Spnd. 
DESPENDE.     To  waitc ;  to  consume. 
So  that  hU  wltdt  he  Hapttidrth, 

MS.  Hoc.  JMIf.  194,  r.  M. 

DBSPENS.    Expense.     (.4..N.) 
DESPERATE.     Very;  great.     Var.  dial.    Spelt 

detperd  in  some  glossaries, 
DESPITE.     Malicious  anger,     {J.-f/.) 
DESPITOUS.     Verv  angry.     (^.-N.) 
DESPITOUSLY.     Angrily,     {^.-tf.) 
DKSPOILE.    To  undress.    (^.-N.)    Deputed, 

Arthour  and  Merlin,  p.  53. 
DESPOUT.    Dispute.   Se\-)n  Sages,  194.   Da- 

piitv,  MS.  Soc.  Antiq.  134,  f.  47. 
DESS.    To  lay  close  together  j  to  pile  in  order ; 

to  cut  a  section  of  bay  from  a  slock.     A'or/A. 
DESSABLE.    Constantly.    \orlM.     Spelt  also 

deaablg  and  deually. 
DESSE.     A  desk.     Sjieturr. 
DESSMENT.     Stagnation.     AVrM. 
DESSORRE.     Same  as  HIaHi-Surty,  q.  v. 
DEST.     Didsl.     Rob.  Glouc.  p.  194. 
DESTAUNCE.    Pride ;  discord ;  treachery.   Sec 

Ritsoii's    Anc.    Sougs,    i.    52 ;    Arthour  and 

McrUn,  p.  171. 
DESTAYNEDE.     Destined. 

5ir  uf  be  daiarnwla  lo  dy  lo  tUye  one  IhU  erthe. 

We  Ktllc  be  hewede  unto  hevene  or  we  be  hjilfe  colde. 
Morln  Jrlhurt,  MS.  Uncvln,  t.  96. 

DESTE.     Dashed.     Tristrem,  p.  265. 
DESTEIGNED.     Stained;  disfigured. 
At  he  whiche  haUi  sikoene  fayaid, 
Wtunoe  hla  riaage  It  ao  rfe*rriyn«d. 

InMeer,  US.  Soc.  Anlli/.  IM,  t.  a. 
He  lok  to  Dejaaiie  bii  acherte, 
Whiche  with  the  blood  was  of  hia  herte 
Thorowoulc  deafel^ed  over  mile. 

MS.  IhU.  I.  7«. 
DESTENE.     Destiny.     {.4..S.) 
DESTENYNG.     Destiny.     Gawaynt. 
DESTINABLE.     Destined.     (Ao/.) 
DESTITUABLE.     Destitute,     (Pr.) 
DKSTOblt     Disturbance.     {M.-N.) 
DESTRE.     A  turning.     (A.-N.) 
DESTREI N  E.     To  vex ;  to  constrain.    {A.-N.) 
DESTRERE.     A  vrar-hanc.     (.4.-S.) 


Cy  rayaed  up  that  mayden  der. 
And  let  hyr  on  ay  gud  dftnr. 

Ony  V  ITandck,  MMUu 
He  drcwe  alonde  hya  dettmr^re, 

Ms.ca«i,i>.  rr.u.M, 

DESTRUIE.     To  destroy.     ( -/..A') 

And  hat  A€*tntied.  to  iiKiehe  Khaiiic« 
The  prerhouria  of  hla  holy  namr. 

lUivtT,  MS.  Scr.  Jnlif.  IM,  t.  n 

DESTRYNGED.     Dii-ided. 

Alao  thla  buke  ra  dtttrj/nfrJ  In  thiiae  fyni  paalima. 
MS.  OJI.  Am.  10.  t.  1. 
DESTUTED.     Destitute ;  wanting. 
DESUETE.     Obsolete  ;  out  of  nse.    (£o/.) 
OESUME.    To  take  away.   {Lai.) 
DESWARRE.     Doubtlessly. 
DETACTE.     To  slander  or  backbite. 
DETECT.     To  accuse.     Sliat. 
DETERM1N.\T.     Fixed ;  determined.     (Lat.) 
DETERMINE.    To  terminate.     {Ul.) 
DETERMISSION.  Detennination ;  distinction. 

Chaucer. 
DETHE.     Deaf.     See  Death. 

Bctlur  were  ye  to  be  d^Ae  and  dome. 
Then  for  to  be  on  any  enqucate. 

MS.  Otnlnh.  Ff.  II.  SB,  I.  U, 

DETllWARD.    The  approach  of  death. 
DETIE.     A  ditty.     Paingrare. 
DETRACT.     To  avoid.     {Lat.) 
DETRAE.     To  tlirust  down.     {Lit.) 
DETRIMENT.     A  small  sum  of  money  paid 

yearly  by  barristers  for  the  incidental  repair* 

of  their  inns  of  court. 
DETTE.     A  debt.     {A.-N.) 
DETTELES.     Free  from  debt.     {A.-N.) 
DEUCE.     The  devil.      Var.  dial.     Spelt 

bv  Junius,  Etj-m.  Angl. 
DEUK.    To  bend  down.     Bedt. 
DEUI.E.    Tlie  devil. 
DEUS.     Sweet.     (A.-N.) 
DEUSAN.    A  kinii  of  apple,  or  any  hard 

according  to  Minsbeu.     See  Floriu,  p.   163. 

Still  in  use,  Forbv,  i.  92. 
DEUSEAVYEL.     Thecounlr>.    Harmm. 
DEUSEWYNS.     Twoj^ncc.     Dekter. 
DEUTYRAUNS.     Some  kind   of  wild  ticuU, 

mentioned  in  Kyng  Alisaunder,  5416. 
DEVALD.     To  cease.     AorfA. 
DEVANT.    Apron.    (Fr.)    Or,  i>erhai>s, pocket- 

hondkcrcliief  in  Ben  Jonson,  ii.  349. 
DEVE.  (1)  Sec  DeJ^e. 
(2)  To  dive ;  to  dip.     Eatt. 
UEVELING.     Ln>-ing  flat  ?     See  Arthour  tad 

Merlin,  p.  287  ;  Beves  of  llamtoun,  p.  27. 
DEVELOP.     To  envelop.    {Fr.) 
DEVERE.    Duty ;  endeavour.    {.4..N.) 

Thow  haa  doughttUy  douoe,  >yr  duke,  with  Iht 
handea. 

And  haa  doune  tliy  derrr  with  roy  dere  knyghttra. 
Mortt  Arthun,  MS.  LtKcolm,  f.  73. 
DEVIAUNT.     Deviating.     Chaueer. 
DEVICE.    A  name  gi%cn  to  any  piece  of  ma- 

cliincry  moved  by  wires  or  pulle«,  es|i«:i»lly 

to  lliat  employed  on  the  ancient  ilage. 
DEVIL.  (1)  In  the  devil  way,  i.  e.  in  the  name 

of  the  devil,  a  common  oath  in  early  works  of 

«  focetiotti  or  amusing  character. 


dtta 


DEW 


301 


DEY 


(!)  A  fizgig  made  by  boyi  with  damp  gun- 
powder. 

DEVILING.  Theiwift.  Ecat.  Also,  a  fretful, 
troublreome  woman. 

DEVILMENT.     Roguprj- i  mischief.     KorIK 

DEVILS-BIT.  Scabiosa  succiia,  hot.  See 
Markham't  Countrev  Karme,  1616,  p.  203. 

DEVILS-BONES.     Dice.     Jhkkrr. 

DEVIL'S-COW.     A  kind  of  beetle.    Som. 

DEVIL-SCREECHER.     The  swift.     »>«/. 

I>EVIL'S-DANCING.H01:R.     Midnight. 

DEVIL'S-DUNG.     yVssafcetlda.      I'ar.  dial. 

DEVIL'S.GOLD-RINC.  A  |)aImerwonn.  North. 

DE  V I  L'S-M  I  NT.  An  Incihaujtiblc  fund  of  any- 
thing.   Eatt. 

DE VIL'S-PATER-NOSTER.  To  tay  the  devU'i 
pater-noitcr,  to  mutter  or  gninihle. 

DEVIL'S-SNUFF-BOX.    The  puff-ball. 

DEVILTRY.  An>thing  unlucky,  offeniiTe, 
hurtful,  or  hateful.    Kant. 

DEVINAL.     A  wizard.    SXiniur. 

DEVINERESSE.     A  witch  ;  a  prophetess. 

DEVING-POND.  A  pond  from  which  water  it 
drawn  for  domestic  use  by  dipping  a  pail. 
EomI. 

DEVININO.     Divination.    (A.-N.) 

DEVISE.  To  direct ;  to  order ;  to  relate.  Al 
point  dnitf,  with  the  greatest  exactness. 
Chaucer.  Also,  to  espy,  to  get  a  know- 
ledge of.    (.f..,V.) 

DEVOIDE.  To  remove ;  to  put  away.  "  De- 
Toidid  elene,"  Rom.  of  the  Ruse,  2929.  Also, 
to  avoid  or  shun. 

Thcr«fure  deveyedt  mj  cnmpinyr. 

M.I.  Harl.  28JU,  1. 108. 

DEVOIR.     Same  u  Derm,  q.  v. 

DEVOLUTED.  RoUcddown.  {Laf.)  See  Hall, 
Henry  V,  f.  4. 

DEVORS.     Divorce.   (.V.-X) 

DEVOTELICIIE.     Devoutly ;  earnestly. 

DEVOTERER.     An  adulterer.    (A.-N.) 

DEVOTIONS.     Conscorated  things. 

DEVOURE.     To  deflower,  or  ravish. 

DEVOLTEMENT.     Devoutly.    (^.-iV.) 

DEVOW.  To  disavow.  Fle'teher.  It  properly 
signifies  to  dedicate  or  give  up  to.    - 

DEVULSION.     A  breaking  up.     Florio. 

DEVYN.  Prophecy,  Langt<ift,  p.  2«2.  Divi- 
nitv,  Piers  Ploughman,  p.  bOS. 

DEVVSION.     Division ;  discord.     (^.-A'.) 

DEVYTK.     Duty ;  devoir,    //rarne. 

DEW.     To  rain  slightly,     lor.  dial. 

DEW-BEATERS.  Coarse  oilc<l  shoes  that  re- 
sist the  dew.     far.  diaL 

DEWBERRY.  The  dwarf  muHwrrr,  rubmt 
ehamatmonu,  often  confiised  with  the  black- 
berry, being  a  similar  fruit  only  of  a  larger 
aize.  Dewberries  are  mentioned  by  Shake- 
speare, and  are  still  common  at  Stratford-on- 
Avon.  It  seems  to  be  the  same  as  the  cloud- 
berry in  Gerard,  p.  1 308.  The  gooseberry  is 
so  called  in  some  places. 

DBW-BIT.  The  first  meal  in  the  morning,  not 
so  substantial  as  a  regular  breakfast.    H'eit. 


Tlie  first  allowance  of  heer  to 
Batt.     Called  the  dew-cuf  in 


b 


DEW-DRINK. 

harvest  men. 
Hants. 

DEWE.     Dawned.    {A.-S.) 
Tn  the  cast«lle  thay  fprde 

When  lh«  daye  dmw.   MS,  Uxntn  A.  1. 17,  f.  W. 
DEWEN.     To  deafen.    (A..S.) 
DEWING.   The  dew.  North.   It  occurs  in  Kyng 

Alisaundcr,  914. 
DEWKYS.     Dukes.    Rifon. 
DEWLAPS.      Coarse    woollen   stockings   but- 
toned  over  others  to  keep  the  legs  warm  and 
dry.     Kent. 
DEWRE.     To  endure. 

Moradw  was  to  flylTln  •towrc, 

Th«r  ttiyght  no  man  hys  <1ynty»  ttfUTt. 

US.  CaMHk.  ff.  II.  3>,  t.  n- 
And  my  two  chytdrcn  be  fVo  ms  tiorof. 
Thyt  lyre  y  may  not  dwwrr.  tfS.  lUd.  t.  M. 

Heyle,  youl he  ttiat  never  tchall  selde  I 
Hryle,  Ixwt^  cvyr  infrrncl  US.  lUd.  t.  4. 

DEWRESSE.     Hardship;  severity.    (A.-N.) 
The  loDde  of  dcthr  and  of  all  tf^wrwa*. 
In  whych  noon  ordra  may  there  dwclle. 

Jir«.  Caittat:  Ft.  li.  »»,  t.  IS. 
DEW-ROSE.     Di.Milled  rose-water. 
DEW.ROUNDS.     Tlie  ring-walks  of  deer.    See 

Blome's  Gent.  Rec.  ii.  78. 
DEWSIERS.   Thevalvesof  a  pig's  heart,  ffes/. 
DEW-SNAIL.     A  slug.     AorM. 
DEWTRY.   A  species  of  plant,  siiuilar  to  night- 
shade.    Butter. 
DEWYN.    To  bedew.     (.^.-5.) 
DEXE.     A  desk.     St»n»er. 
DEXTERICAL.     Dexterous.     See  the  Optick 

Glassc  of  Humon,  1639,  p.  82. 
DEY.  (1)  They.     /«/»oii. 
(2)  A  female  servant  who  had  the  charge  of  the 
dairy,  and  all  things  pertaining  to  it.  Chaucer , 
has  the  word.     Sometimes   a  male  servant 
who  performed  those  duties  was  so  ( 
DEYE.     To  die.     {A.-S.) 
DEYELL.     The  do-iL     Kilton. 
IlEYER.    A  dier.     {A.-S.) 
DEYKE.    A  hedge.     f>mti. 
DEYL.     A  part,  or  portion.     "  NcWt  «  deyl." 
not  al  alL    (-/..5.) 

yyt  every  Knyjt  loved  other  wryl, 
TourDomentr*  ihuldc  tic  never  a  d^l, 

MS.  Mar/.  1701.  r.SI. 
DEYLED.     Spiritless ;  careworn.     Cumi. 
DEYNER.     A  dinner.    (A.-N.) 
DEYNOIS.     Disdainful.     (.^.-JV.) 

And  Rtghtwl.ne^e  with  hetn  wm  eke  there. 
And  trouthe  also  with  a  deyt^ovi  fKt  aiMlchere. 
L4nlfiHr.  MS.  AtkmuU  91.  f.  «>. 

DEYNOUSHEDE.     Scorn/ulness.    {A.-N.) 

DEYNTEYS.     Dainties. 

Then  dwellyd  they  Iwthe  in  fere, 

Wyth  aUe  mancr  depHtejft  that  were  aere. 

US.  owiak.  ft.  iL  »,  r.  n. 
DEITiTTELY.     Daintily.     {A.-N.) 
DEYNYD.     Disdained.     5*e//oii. 
DEYRE.    To  hurt,  or  injure.     (A.-S.) 
DEYS.     Dice,     tfrber. 
DEVSE.     Dav.     Webtr. 
UEYTRON.     Daughters.    Chron.  VU.  p.  41. 


s«)gtU*d, 


Die 


302 


DIP 


DKY-WIFE.     A  dBiry-womin.   Paltgrmr. 

DEZICK.     A  day's  work.     Svtin. 

DEZZHD.     Injured  hv  cold.     Cumh. 

DE3E.    To  die.     I^M.^S.) 

DIABLO.  The  devil.  {Span.)  Utcd  as  an  ex- 
clamation in  oar  old  plays. 

DIAL.     A  comiiass.      Var.dial. 

DIALOGUE.  An  eighth  part  of  o  aheet  of 
writing  paper.    North. 

DIAPASE.     Tlic  dinpaaon.     ^ih. 

DIAPENIDION.     An  electuary.     (Gr.) 

DIAPER.  To  decorate  with  a  \-Bricty  of  colonrs  ; 
to  embroider  on  a  rich  ground.  {A.-N.) 
Tliere  was  a  rich  figured  cloth  so  called,  Strutl, 
ii.  6 ;  a>  also  a  kind  of  printed  linen.  Dinpres 
of  Antioch  are  mentioned  in  the  Roman 
d'Alexandre,  MS.  Bodl.  264. 
A  duchc*  dcrcworlhily  «lygJile  lo  d^ajttnite  wedlc. 
In  a  turcolt  of  nylkc  full  ttlkoulhrly  hcwedc. 

Uorle  Ailhun,  US.  Lincaln,  T.  87. 

DIB.  (1)  The  cramp-hone.     Dortet. 

i2)  A  dip.     AUo,  to  dip  or  incline. 
3)  A  vaUey.     fforlh. 
DIBBEN.     A  fillet  ofvcnl.     Derm. 
DIBBER.     A  <Uhble,  q.  V.     SoulA. 
DIBBITY.     A  pancake.      Car.  dial. 
DIBBLE.     A    setting  stick,      lar.  dial.     Ben 

Jonson  seems  to  use  it  for  a  moustachio. 
DIBBLE-DABBLE.     Rnbhish.     North. 
DIBBLER.     A  pewter  plate.     Cumb. 
DIBLES.     Diflicultica ;  scrapes.     Eatt. 
DIBS.  (1)  Money.      I'or.  diaL 
(2)  A  game  played  with  the  bones  of  sheep. 

See  Ward's  Corpus  Christi  Coll.  Stat.  p.  140. 

The  dibs  are  the  small  bones  in  the  knees  of 

a  sheep,  uniting  the  bones  above  and  below 

the  joint.     See  Holloway,  p.  43. 
DTBSTONE.   A  child's  game,  played  by  tossing 

pebbles,  and  alto  called  diit. 
DICACIOUS.     Talkative.     (ia<.) 
DICARE.     The  same  as  dichrr,  ().  v. 
DICE.     A  lump  or  piece.     Yorkth. 
DICER.    A  dice-player.     Oreene. 
niCHE.    To  dig.     (.rf.-S.) 
DICHER.     A  digger.     (.^.-S.) 
DICHT.     .Made.     Coirayfie. 
DICION.     Power.     ( to/.) 
DICK.  (1)  A  dike ;  a  ditch,      far.  dial. 

(2)  A  leather  apron  and  bib,  worn  by  poor  chil- 
dren in  the  North. 

(3)  Drciseil  up  to  the  tnne  of  Queen  Dick,  i.  e. 
very  fine.  That  happened  in  the  reign  of 
Queen  Dick,  i.  c.  never. 

(4)  The  bank  of  a  ditch.     Nor/. 

(5)  To  deck,  or  adorn.     North. 

(6)  .\  kind  of  hard  cheese.    Suffolk. 
DICK-A-DILVER.    The  periwinkle.    Euf. 
DICKASS.    Ajack-a»s.     North. 
DICK-A-TUESDAY.    "Hie  ignis  fatuus. 
DICKEN.     The  devil.   Var.dial.   Odds  dickens, 

■  kind  of  petty  oath.   The  term  is  occasiunalty 
io  emploTed  in  old  plays,  as  in  Hevwood't 
Edward  IV.  p.  40. 
DICKER.     Ten  of  any  commodity,  as  ten  hides 
of  IsUber,  ten  ban  of  iron,  &c. 


DICK-HOLL.    A  ditch.     Notf. 

DICKON.     A  nickname  for  Jlichard. 

DICKS-IUTBAND.     Said  to  have  been  i 
of  sand,  and  it  has  aiTordcil  many  a  cuuipail 
son.     As  queer  as  DicIi'k  hatband,  &c 

DICKY.  (1)  Donkey,      far.  dial. 

(2)  A  woman'  a  under-pclticoat.    Also,  a  com- 
mon leather  apron. 

(3)  The  top  of  a  hill.     nnf. 

(4 )  It  is  all  Dickey  with  him,  i.  e.  it  i>  all  Of 
Willi  hiui. 

DiCKV-UlRD.     A  small  bird.     Also,  a  loitae-l 

DICTAMNUM.    The  herb  dittany.     (Lo/.) 

DICTE.     A  saying.     (Ul.) 

DICTITATE.     To  speak  often.     (Lot.) 

niCTOUR.     A  judge,  or  guardian.     (./..JV.) 

DID.     To  hide.     Crarm. 

DIDAL.     A  triangular  spade  well  adapted  fc| 

cutting  and  banking  up  ditches.     Eatit. 

Tusser,  p.  15.    To  didal,  to  clean  a  ditch  i 

river. 
PIDAPPER.     The  dob-chick.     Eatt. 
DlllDEN.     Did.      Var.dial 
DIDDER.     To   shiver:  to  tremble.      Nor/k 

"  Dyddcrvng  and  dadderyng,"  llye  M'ay  I 

the  Spvttell  Hous,  n.  d.     ' 
DIDDER-DODDER.    To  tremble.     North. 
DIDDLE.  (I)  To  trick  or  cajole.     Var.  dial. 

(2)  A  machine  for  taking  salmon.    Wat. 

(3)  To  dawdle  or  trifle.     Eatl. 

(4)  To  hum  a  tune.     North. 
DIDDLECOMB.      Half   mad;    sorely  vex 

DIDDLES.     Y'oung  ducks.     Ea»l. 

DIDDS.     A  cow's  teats.     Cheah. 

DIDDY.  The  nipple,  or  teat.    I'or.  dial.  Son 

times  the  milk  is  so  called. 
DIDE.     Died.     Chauctr. 
DIDEN.     Pa.  t.  pi.  of  Do.     {A.^.) 
DIDO.     A  trick,  or  trifle. 
DIE.  (1)  To  tinge.     (.7.-S.) 
(2)  As  clean  as  a  die,  as  close  as  a  die,  i.  e.  i 

clean  as  possible,  &c. 
DIELLE.     A  share  or  portion. 

And  thui  for  that  Ihrr  it  no  dMIt 
Whereof  to  mnKr  myn  avsunte. 

Courr,  US.  Sm.  jitittq.  IM,  C  I 
DIERK.    A  beast.     (/)«/.) 
DIERN.     Severe ;  hard  i  stem.     fFttl. 
DIET.     To  take  diet,  to  be  put  under  ■  r^me 

for  the  lun  venerta. 
DIETE.     Daily  food.     (^...V.) 
DIET-HOUSE.     "  His  diet-houses,  intertciti 

ment,  and  all  other  things  necesaarie,"  Uolifl 

shed,  Chrnn.  of  Ireland,  p.  133. 
DIFFADE.     To  injure ;  lo  destroy.     (./.-.V.) 
DIFFAME.     Bad  reputation.     {A.-N.)     Also^J 

to  disgrace,  as  in  Lungtoft.  p.  321  ;  but  sou 

times,  to  spread  abroad  one's  fame. 
DIFFENDE.    To  defend.     {A.-N.) 
DIFFER.     To  quarrcL      Var.  dial. 
DIFFERENCE.    A  controversv.     North. 
DIFFIBLLATE.     To  unbutton.     {/>«/.) 
DIFFICILE.    Difficult.  {Ul.)  "Neweanddif. 

ficile,"  Hall.  Henry  VU.  f.  20. 


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DIFKICIUTATE.     To  make  difficult.     (Lot.) 
DIFKH'ILNESS.     Iliffifiiltv;  scrupuloiuneu. 
niiKICLLT.     Peevish;  fretful.     Korth. 
PIFFICULTEU.     More  difficult.     Var.diaL 
IHtFIDE.     Todiitnut.     {Lat.) 
TUFFICURE.    To  disfigure.     (Fr.) 
DIFFIND.    To  cleave  in  two.     {Lai.) 
DIFFINE.  To  conclude ;  to  determine.  (J.-N.) 

See  Maunderilr'i  Travels,  p.  315. 
DIFFIMSH.     To  define.     Chaucer. 
IVIFFODEU.     DigRcd.     Cola. 
UiFFREULED.     Tainted  with   sin.     (A.-N.) 

This  seems  to  be  the  meaning  of  the  word  in 

a  poem  in  MS.  Cantab.  Ff.  i.  6,  although  it 

mav  possibly  be  an  error  for  ditneulfd. 
DIFFIIGOUS.     Flving  divers  waj».     {Lat.) 
DIFFISE.     Difficult ;  hard  to  i)c  understood. 

Patxffrare. 
DIFFUSED.  Wild ;  irregular ;  confused.  "With 

some  diffiued  song,"  Shai. 
DIG.    (1)    To  spur  a  horse;  to  stab  a  man 

througli  his  armour,  &c. 

(2)  To  bury  anything  in  the  ground. 

(3)  A  mattock ;  a  spade.      Yortth. 

{i)  A  duck.     C/ieth.     Chester  Plays,  i.  52. 
(5)  Fo  munch ;  to  eat.      far.  dial. 
UIG-BKID.     Ayoungduck.     Lane. 
DIGESTIBLE.     Easy  to  be  digested.  (I.a^) 
DIGESTIVES.      Things    to    help    digestion. 

Ckauetr. 
DIGGADLE.     Capable  of  being  digged.     Hu- 

loct's  Aliccdarium,  1552. 
DIGGING.    A  spit  in  depth.     AorM. 
DIGGINGS.     Proceedings.     Dntm. 
DIGHLE.     Secret.      Vrrtlegan. 
DIGHT.  (1)  To  dispose.     (^.-5.) 

(2)  To  dress  ;  to  adorn  ;  to  prepare  ;  to  pnt  on  ; 
to  find  out.     (/I..S.)     Also,  the  part.  past. 

(3)  To  prepare,  or  clean  anything.     North. 

(4)  To  foul,  or  dirty.     Ray. 
UIGllTER.     A  dresser.     fTorio. 
DIGHTINGS.     Deckings  ;omamenU.     Florio. 
DIGNE,  (1)  Worthy.     (^.-M) 

(21  Proud  :  disdainful.     (^^.-A".) 
DIGNEl.ICIIE.     Dcscrredly.     (-^.-A^.) 
DIGNOSTICK.     An  indication.    (Lot.) 

Alto  the  mUti  that  srlie  from  frverall  jiarti  of 
th«  earth,  «nd  are  difrnnrticJti  oftublcrrailean  water*, 
owe  their  traiuplratloa  to  thlt  internall  heate. 

jHtrtyi  Wiltl,  .vs.  Ro»<l/  Snr.  p.  HI. 

DIG-OUT.    To  unearth  the  badger. 
DIGRAVE.     Same  as  l>Hte-)-evf,  q.  v. 
DIGRESS.     To  deviate ;  to  differ. 
DIGRESSION.     Deviation.    SAai. 
DIKE.  (1)  A  ditch,     far.  dial.     Down  in  the 

dike,  i.  c.  sick,  diseased. 
(2^  A  dry  hedge.     Vvmb. 

iS)  A  small  pond,  or  river.     Yorkth. 
4)  A  small  rock  in  a  stratum  ;  a  crack  or  breach 
of  the  solid  strata. 

(5)  To  dig ;  to  make  ditches.     (A.-S.) 
Depe  doWenc  aod  dede,  dfkei  in  tnoldcs. 

Mvrit  ArlKurt,  US.  Unrvln,  t,  (S3, 

DIKE-CAM.    A  ditch  bank.     North. 

DIKEUEN.     Digged,  pi.     (y^.-S.) 

1)1  KEK.     A  hcdger,  or  ditcher.     (,.4.-S.) 


DIKE-REVE.     An  officer  who snperintends  the 
ilikcs  and  drains  in  marshes. 

DIKESMOWLER.     The  hedge-sparrow. 

DIKE-STOUR.     A  hedge-atake.     Cum*. 

DILANIATE.    To  rend  in  pieces.    (Lat.) 

DILATATION.     Enlargement.     {J..ff.) 

DILATORY.     A  delay.     {Lat.) 

DILDE.     To  protecu     {J.-N.) 

DILDR^VMS.     Improbable  tales.     Wtft. 

DILE.     The  devil.     Stanihurat,  p.  9. 

DILECCION.     Love.     {Lat.) 

FrendKhlpc.  adrwe '.  fate  wel,  dUecciont 
Af e  It  put  oute  uf  cure  proteccloo. 

OeeUvt,  MS.  Sac.  AkHv-  IM.  1 3iU. 

DILFULL.     See  DslfkUle. 

DILL.  (1)  Hedge  parsley.     Far.  dial. 

(2)  To  soothe ;  to  still ;  to  calm.     Aorf  A.     Sec 
di/lle,  Towncley  Myst. 

(3)  Two  seeded  tare.      Gloue. 

(4)  A  wench,  or  doxy.     Dfkkfr. 

(5)  A  word  to  call  ducks.  Var.  dial. 
DILLAR.  The  shaft-horse.  Wilii. 
DILLE.  (1)  DuU;  foolish. 

or  alle  the  dedes  thay  irouthe  doo,  that  inPt  wars 

and  d\Ui!, 
Thou  dyede  noghie,  for  thalre  dcde  did  oo  ders 
unto  the.  MS.  Unoiln  A.  1. 17.  f.  iM 

The  iKtle  that  hath  no  ikylle. 
But  of  fpcche  domlje  and  d^tU, 

MS.  Cantab.  Ff.  iL  M,  t.  S3. 

(2)  To  dull,  or  prevent. 

How  JuuK  wit  Iher  gret  unschille. 
Wend  hb  uprlayng  to  ilit/e. 

MS.  0>n.  r«pa(.  A.  ill.  r.  t. 
DILLED.     Quite  finished.     Cumb. 
DILLING.    A  darling,  or  favourite.     Also,  the 

youngest  child,  iir  the  youngest  of  a  brood. 
DILLS.    The  paps  of  a  sow.    Eatt. 
DILLY.     A  small   public   carriage,  comipted 

from  Fr.  diligmct. 
DILNOTE.     The  herb  cidamum. 
DII.T.    To  stop  up.     North. 
DILVE.     To  cleanse  ore.     f'ormr. 
DILVERED.      Wearied;    confused;     beavT ; 

drowsy ;  shivery  ;  nervous.     Eatt. 
DIM.     Dimness;  (iarknest.     {A.'S.) 
DIMBER.     Pretty.     Wore. 
DIMDLE.     A  narrow  valley,  or  dingle. 
DIMIIEDE.     Dimness.     {J.-S.) 
DIMIMTING.     Diminishing.     {Ut.) 
DIMINUTE.     Imperfect.     {Lat.) 
•  DIMISSARIES.     "  Tlieypawne  their glibs,  the 

nailes  of  their  fingers  and  toes,  their  iftniM- 

tariet,  &c."  Stanihurst,  p.  45. 
DIMME.     Dark ;  darkly.     {jI..S.)    Also,  hard 

or  ilifficult  to  be  understood. 
DIMMET.     Twilight.     Deroa. 
DIMMING.     The  dawn  of  day.     {J.-S.) 
DIMPSE.     Twilight.    Somertet. 
DIMSEL.     A  very  large  expanse  of  stagnant 

water.     Svurx. 
DIN.     Noise ;  revelry.     {A.-S.) 
DINCH.     Deaf.     Somertt. 
DINCH-PICK.     A  dung-fork.     Cloue. 
DINDER.     Thunder.     Ejinoor. 
DINDEKEX.     A  thunderbolt.     Cnwe. 


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DIS 


CINDERS.  Smill  coiiu  of  ch;  lower  empire 
fouii.l  at  NVroietcr.  Salop.  S(>clt  dyndert 
by  Kennctt. 

niNOLE.  (1)  Therowthistle.     Xorf. 

(2)  To  reel  or  stagger.  North.  AIw  to  trem- 
ble or  thake  ;  dyndled,  Morte  d'Arttmr,  i.  U5. 

(3)  To  tingle.  See  Stanihuntt,  p.  26.  Some- 
times, to  suffer  an  acute  pain. 

DINE.     Adioner.     {A.-N.) 
UlNfi.  (1)  To  throw  violently;  to  beat  out;  to 
indent ;  to  bruise ;  to  dash  down ;  to  push,  or 
drive ;  to  sling. 

Thyi  ttono  walle  y  Khallc  down  tii«f- 
And  with  myn  tiondyi  y  •riiatlc  yow  hynge. 

MS.  OinKib.  Vf.  II.  38,  f.  OS. 

(2)  To  surpass,  or  overcome.     CAetA. 
(J)  To  ding  it  in,  to  teach.     Sakp. 

(4)  A  modcrntcd  imprecation. 

(5)  To  reiterate,  or  importune.     Devon. 

(6)  To  uunt ;  to  reprove.     //>«<. 
{'])  To  bluster ;  to  i)Ouncc.     )f'orc. 
DING-DING.     A  terra  of  endearment.     "  My 

ding-ding,  my  darling,"  Withals,  p.  61. 

DING-DONG.'  Excessively;  in  good  earnest. 

DING-DOSSELS.     Dung-|iot8.     Devon. 

DINGDOL'LERS.    Vmery  in  dress.    East. 

DINGE.    To  drizzle.     Karf. 

DINGHY.     A  jolly-boat.     A'or/A. 

DINGING.     A  strike,  or  blow.     (J.-S.) 

DINGLE-DANGLE.    To  dangle  loosely.   fTest. 

DINGNER.     More  worthy.     (./.-&) 

DING-THRIFT.  A  kpcndthrifl.  Used  in  York- 
shire in  the  last  ceutun'.  "  llowso  of  dyng- 
Ihri/le,"  MS.  Line.  Thorn,  f.  U8. 

DINGY.     Foul;  dirty.     Someitet. 

DINMAN.    A  two-year  sheep.     A'or/*. 

DINNA.     Do  not.     Xorlh. 

D I N  N  E  L.  To  stagger ;  to  tingle ;  to  tluill  with 
pain  from  cold,  &c.     Korth. 

DINNER-TIN.  A  tin  vessel  containing  a  la- 
iKiurer's  dinner.      Var.  dial. 

DINNING.     A  great  noise.     Torrent,  p.  63. 

DINT.  A  stroke.  (A.-S.)  By  dint  of,  i.  e.  by 
force  of,  a  common  expression. 

DINTLE.  (1)  To  indent.     North. 

(2)  An  inferior  kind  of  leather. 

DIOL.     Dole ;  himentation.     {.i.-S.) 

DIP.  (1)  Salt.     Dortet. 

(2)  Butter ;  sugar ;  any  kind  of  sauce  eaten  with 
pudding.     North. 

iS)  Cunning ;  crafty ;  deep.     ff«»/. 
4)  To  go  downward,  as  a  vein  of  coal  lying 
obliquely  in  the  earth. 

DIPLOIS.     A  cloak.     (6r.) 

DIPNESS.     Depth.     North. 

DIPPER.     .\  bird,  f »Mc/u» oyiw/icu*. 

DIPPING-NET.  A  small  net  used  for  taking 
salmon  and  shad  out  of  the  water. 

DIPPINGS.  The  grease,  &c.  collected  by  the 
cook  for  occasioniil  use  instead  of  lard.  See 
Tusser,  p.  262. 

DIPTATIVE.  A  term  in  alchemy.  See  Ash- 
mole's  Theat.  Chem.  Brit.  pp.  US,  320. 

DIRD.     Thread.     Somrrsel. 

1  IRDAM.     A  great  noise,  or  uproar.     North. 


"  An  horrible  dirdam  they  made,"  Clarka'i 
Phrascologia,  165.'),  p.  170. 
DIREMPT.    To  divide.    Dirrmplrd.  \\aUn-.\icii. 

Conq.  Ireland,  p.  52. 
DIRGE-ALE.     A  funeral  wake. 
DIRIOE.  k  solemn  hymn  in  the  RomikU  chuccli. 
commencing  Dirigt  grcuiu  incut.    It  wa»  pert 
of  the  burial  service. 
DIRITV.     Direniss.     {Lat.) 
DIRK.     To  darken.     Paltgraer. 
DIRKE.     To  hurt ;  to  spoil.     Sjtentr. 
DIRL.  (1)  A  thrill  of  pain.     North.     Also,  to 

give  a  slight  tremble. 
(2)  To  move  quickly.      YorM.     Itenre  Jtrlfr, 

Bu  active  person. 
DIRSH.     A  thnmh.     Sommft. 
DIKSTELIE.     Boldly,     ierttegm. 
UIIIT.     Rain.     North. 
DIRT-BIRD.    The  woodpecker.     North. 
DIRTEN.     Made  of  dirt.     ««/. 
DIRT-WEED.     Chenopodium  etruie,  Lin. 
DIRUTER.     A  destroyer.    (Lat.) 
DIS.     This.     Perey. 
DISABLE.    To  degrade,  or  disparage.     Also 

an  adjective,  unable. 
DISACCUSTOMED.     Unaccustomed. 
DISACTLY.     Exactlv.     Lane. 
DISADMONISH.     To  dissuade.    IfoipeU. 
DISAFFl  RM.     To  dcnv ;  to  refuse. 
DISALOWE.     To  disapprove.     {A.-N.) 
DISANCHOR.     To  weigh  anchor. 
DISANNUL.     To  injure;   to   incommode;  to 
contradict ;  to  controvert ;  to  dispossess ;  to 
remove,      far.  dial, 
DISAPPOINTED.     Unarmed.    Shot. 
DISAR.    An  actor.     See  CoUicr,  u  50.     Gene- 
rally speaking,  the  clown  ;  and  hence  any  fool 
was  so  called.     Sometimes  spelt  ditard,  dit- 
larde,  dizard,  &c.     "  A  dizzard  or  common 
vice  and  jester  counterfeiting  the  gesture*  of 
any  man,  and  raoring  liis  body  as  him  list," 
Nomenclator,  p.   529.     Cf.   Welde's  Janua 
Llnguonim,  1615,  p.  77. 
DISARRAY.     Disorder.    (A..N.) 
DISASSENT.     Dissent.     Hall. 
DISAVAIL.    To  prcjuilice  any  one,  so  as  to 

hinder  his  rising  in  the  world. 
DISAVAUNCE.     To  drive  back.     (./.-A'.) 
DISAVENTURE.     Misfortune.     (./.-A'.) 
DISBEAUTIFY.     To  deface  anvthing. 
I  i  DISBLAME.    To  clear  from  blame.     (J.-N.) 
DISBURST.     To  disburse,     far.  dial. 
DISCANDY.    To  dissolve.     Shale. 
DISCARD.      In  card-playing,   to   put  one  or 

more  cards  out  of  the  pack. 
DISCASE.     To  strip ;  to  undress. 
DISCEITE.     Deceit ;  falsehood.     Chaueer.       i 
DISCEIVABLE.    DcceitfuL     (.^.-A.) 
DISCERT.     Desert.     Langloft,  p.  316. 
DISCEVER.     To  discover.     Oauayne.  I 

DISCEYVANCE.     Deceit.    (.^.-A.)  i 

DISCIIAITE.     Ambush.    (.^.-.V.) 
DISCHAKE.     Skcllons  Works,  u.  406. 
DISCHENELY-.     Secretly.     (^.-A.) 
DISCIPLE.     To  exercise  with  discipline. 


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DIS 


DISCIPLINE.   A  term  used  by  Ibe  PuriUiu  for 

cliiirch  reformation. 
DISCLAIM-IN.    To  ditclaim.    A»e.  Dram. 
DISCLOSE.     To  hatch.    Diteloting  is  when  the 

young  birds  jutt    |)eep  through  the  sheik. 

See  Gent.  Rec.  ii.  62 :  Ilolinthed,  Coiiii.  Irc- 

iRiid.  p.  21;  llunlet,  V.  L 
DISCOLOl'BEU.     Variously  coloured. 
DISCOMPITl'RE.     Defeat.     {.I.-K.) 
DISCOMFORT.     Displeasure.     {A.-N.) 
DiSCOMFORTEN.    To  discourage.     {J.-N.) 
DISCOMFRONTLE.      To  ruffle,   or  displease 

one.     Eatt.     See  Forhy,  i.  94. 
DISCONFITE.     Disconifiled.     Ihane. 
DISCONTENT.    A  roBlcoiitrat.     Shak. 
DISCONVEMENCE.     Misfortune.     (./.-A'.) 
DISCORDADLE.     Disagreeing;  different. 
DISCORUE.    To  disagree.     {A..y.\ 

Hayw  no;tc  ;nur  htitc  to  hye  t>lnuk«  of  jour 

prowofchr  ami  ;our  doghty  drdii,  w>  that  \c  fotgctv 

jour  Lute  rade,  for  oft«  tymrs  we  *ce  tlut  the  Ut- 

Irre  csd  of  a  mane  dUcordiv  viih  the  finte. 

US.  Limrolt  ,\.  i    17.  t.  10. 

DISCOURSE.  (1)  To  nin  about.     {Lai.) 

(2)  Reason.      It  sometimes   seems   to   bBTC   > 

sligbtlr  iliSerent  meaning. 
DISCOVER.    To  uncover;  to undrcts.  (A.-N.) 
DISCOVERTE.     Uncovered.     (A.-N.) 
DISCRESKN.    To  decrease.     (_A..ff.) 
DISCRIVEN.   To  describe;  to  publUh.  (.Y.-.V.) 
DISCRYOHE.    To  descry  ;  to  undentand. 
DISCURE.     To  discover;  to  open;  to  unveil. 
Also,  to  betray  any  one. 

Contemplscioun  of  the  Dcltt-. 

Whlche  Doon  erthely  langage  may  «en<rr. 

US.  BoW.  M» 
Whanna  hire  bemii  ben  Oftlnly  discMrid, 

IvdfiUt,  MS.  Sar.^mU^.  134.  f.  7' 

DISPUST.  Determined.  Drayton.  Spenser 
uses  it  in  the  sense  of  thatm  off. 

DISDBINOUS.     Disdainful.     (.Y.-M) 

DISE.  To  put  tow  or  flax  on  a  distaff.  Pals- 
grave has  JyiyH. 

DISEASE.  To  disturb  ;  to  trouble ;  to  annoy. 
Also,  iincaatness,  discontent. 

DISEDGED.     Satiated.     Shot. 

DISEMBOGUE.    To  flow  out.     {J.-K.) 

DISEN'CRESE.  Diminution.  Also  a  verb,  to 
decreaie  or  diminish.     (A.-N.) 

DISENDID.     Descended.     Chaucrr. 

DISERT.  Eloquent.  (Lat.)  The  term  occurs 
in  Foxe's  epitaph,  ap.  Liipton's  History,  1637. 

DISESHERANCE.     Despair.     (A.-N.) 

DISFETIRLV.     Dcformedly.     (A-N.) 

DISFIGURE.  (1)  Deformity.     (A.-N.) 

(2)  To  carve  a  peacock.  See  the  Booke  of 
Hunting,  1586,  f.  81. 

DISGEST.  To  digest.  lor.  dial.  A  very 
coniiiion  form  in  early  writers.  DUgeiturt, 
ditrrstion,  Ilalle'a  Expostulation,  p.  21. 

DISGISENESSE.     Disguise.     Chaucrr. 

DISGRADE.  To  dcgraile.  See  Hall,  Henry 
VII.  f.  50;  Death  of  Rob.  Huntington,  p.  27. 

DISGRATIOUS.     Degraded.     {Ul.) 

DISGREE.     To  disagree.     Pahgrare. 

DISGRUNTLED.    DisconipoH-d.     Gbttie. 

DISGUISE.     To  dress  up,  or  drck  out,  in  ge- 


neral fantastically.     Hence  ditffultnif,  a  lanl 
of  mumming  or  dramatic  reprr!>rntaliou. 
DISH.  (1)  A  enpful,  as  of  lea,  tec. 
(2)  To  make  hollow  or  thin,  a  term  used  b) 

w-heclriplit4»  and  coopers. 
DISH  ABIT.      To  remove  from  its  habitation, 

DUhaditfdy  uninhabited.     Av>re«. 
DISIIAUNT.     To  leave;  to  quit. 
DISHDILLE.     Disorder;  distress.    JTeii/.     No 

doubt  from  the  French  dtthabilU. 
DISH-CRADLE.     A   rack  of  wood   used  foi 

drving  dishes  in.     North. 
DISHED.    Overcome ;  ruined.     Var.  diaL 
DISHEL.     A  compound  of  eggs,  grated  bread. 

■aflh)n  and  sage,  boiled  togelheT. 
DISHELE.     Misfortune;  unhappineai.  {A.-N.) 
O  ray  wanhop«  mnd  my  trlite  I 
O  my  dithelf  and  alle  nty  lUte ! 

Courr,  MS.  S.f.  /tntlq.  1S4,  t.  (6. 
DISHER.      A    maker    of     IhjwIs    or   dishes. 

Dynii/iem,  Piers  Ploughman,  p.  96. 
DISHERIT.     To  disinherit.     (A.-N.) 
DISHERITESON.     Disinheritance.     (A.-K.) 
DISH-FACED.     HoUow  faced.     A'orM. 
DISH-MEAT.     Spoon-meat.     Kent. 
DISHONEST.     To  detract ;  to  vilify. 
DISIIONORATE.     Dishonourable. 
DISHWASHER.  (1)  The  water-wagtail. 
(2)  A  scallcrv  maid.     Harrison,  p.  238. 
DISICE.     Foolish.     Ventrgm. 
DISJECTED.     Scatterwi.     (/>«/.) 
DISJOINT.     A  diflicidt  situation.     (.V.-.V.I 
DISKERE.     See  Ditcure. 
DISLEAL.     Disloyal,     f^tnter. 
DISLIKE.    To  displease.     Also,  lo  disagree. 

applied  to  articles  of  food. 
niSLIMN.     To  obliterate.     SMaJt. 
DISLODGE.    To  move  or  start  any  animal.    An 

old  hunting  term. 
DISLOIGNED.  Withdrawn  ;  secluded.  (A.-N.) 
DISLOYAL.     Unchaste.     Chapman. 
DISMALS.     MeUncholy  feeUnps.      r«r.  dial 
DISME.    The  tax  of  a  tenth.    Shakespeare  uses 

dhmet  for  fenM,  in  Tr.  and  Cress,  ii.  2. 
DISMEMBER.     To  carve   a   heron.     Sec  the 

Bookc  of  Himting,  15H0,  f.  Bl. 
DISMEMllRE.     To  vilify.     {A.-N.) 
DISMOI.LISH.     To  dcioohsh.     H'nt. 
DISNATURED.     Unnatural.     DanuL 
DISOBEISANT.     Disobedient.     (A.-N.) 
DISOBLIGE.     To  stain  or  dirty.     EomI. 
DISORDEINED.     Disorderly.     (.^.-A'.) 
UISORDINATE.     Disorderly.     (Lat.) 
DISORDINAUNCE.     Irregularity.     (A.-N.) 
DISOIR.  (I)  A  pUyer  at  dice    (A.-N.) 
(2)  A  teller  of  tales.     (A.-N.)     An  important 

person  in  the  old  baronial  hall. 
DISPACARLED.     Scattered.     "  Dispereed  iml 

dispacarlcd,"  Two  Lane.  Lovers,  1640,  p.  A?. 
DISPAR.  (1)  UneqiuU.     (Ul.) 
(2^  A  commons  or  share.     North. 
DISPARAGE.  (I)  To  disable.     (A.-S.) 
(2)  A  disparagement.     (A.-N.) 

Aoi]  that  hyt  were  ■  grrta  d^f^mgt 
To  the  aii4  all  ihy  liemfl«(*. 

MS  t.vn<..l»  V\.\\.'!*,\.V\v- 


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DI8 


DISPARENT.    Variegated.    (Lat.) 

UISPAKKLE.  To  scatter ;  to  di«p«r«e.  Dii- 
percled,  HaU,  Edward  IV.  f.  19. 

DISPARLID.     Beaten  down;  destroyed. 

DISPARPLE.     To  disperse.     Lydgatf. 

DISPART.  (I)  To  divide  ;  to  sepomte. 

(2)  The  peg  or  pin  set  u|ion  the  mouth  of  a 
pieee  liy  wliich  the  level  was  taken. 

DISPARTELTO.    To  disperse.     Pr.  Pare. 

DISPEED.    To  dispatch.     Utter. 

DISPENCE.  Expence ;  the  necesaariea  of  life. 
(./...v.)     Dupeneu,  MS.  Lansd.  762. 

DISPENDE.     To  expend ;  to  waste. 

DISPENDERE.     A  steward.    (Ul.) 

DISPENDIOVS.     Sumptuous;  costly.    {Lat.) 

DISPERAl'XCE.     Despair.     {A.-W) 

DISPEYRID.     In  despair. 

He  cmujtp  cotnforte  and  consolacfoan 
Of  tile  th*l  era  he  wu  ■fore  dUpevrid. 

Lydltale,  US.  Soc.  ./nr(f .  134,  f.  S. 

DISPITE.    To  gnunble;  to  be  angry;  to  be 

spiteful ;  to  defy.     (A.-N.) 
DISPITOUS.    Angry  to  excess.     {J.-N.) 
DISPLE.     To  discipline ;  to  chastise. 
DISPLEASANT.     Unpleasant ;  offensire. 
DISPLESAUNS.     Displeasure.     (.I.-N.) 
Thct  mowthii  to  pleyne  thcr  dlMpJe*atMM 

MS.  CUnlab.  Fl.  i.  8,  f.  *i. 

DISPLESURE.    To  displease.    (A.-N.) 

DISPOIL.     To  undress.     {.1..ff.) 

DISPOIST.     To  disappoint.     (A.-N.) 

DISPONE.     To  dispose.     (Lai.) 

DISPORT.  (1)  To  divert.     (A.-A'.) 

(2)  Sport ;  diversion.     (//.-A'.) 

DISPOSE.  Disposal ;  disposition  ;  arrangement. 
Shot. 

DISPOSED.  Inclined  to  mirth  and  jesting. 
Sometimes,  wantonly  merry.  See  Nares,  and 
the  examples  quoted  by  him.  "  Wend  thee 
from  mec,  Venus,  I  am  not  diipoted,"  Shep- 
herd's Song  of  Venus  and  Adonis,  1600. 

DISPOSITION.     Disposal.     Chaucer. 

DISPOURVEYED.     UnproWded.     (A..\.) 

DISPREUDEN.  To  spread  around.  See  PhUlis 
and  Flora,  Lond.  1598. 

For  he  hire  kirtille  fonde  sliOf 
And  cek  hire  nuntelle  botlie  two, 
DUprtd  upon  the  l>od  alorte. 

Otrtr,  US.  Soc.  y<nrlf.  134,  f.  171 . 

DISPREISB.    To  undervalue.     (.Y.-JV.) 

DISPUNGE.    To  sprinkle.     S»«*. 

DISPUNISHABLE.  Not  caiuble  of  punish- 
ment.    See  Stanihurst's  Descr.  p.  26. 

DISPUTESOUN.  A  dispute,  or  disputation. 
(A.-\.)     See  Langtoft's  Chron.  p.  300. 

DISQUIET.     Todisturb ;  to  trouble. 

DISRANK.  To  degrade ;  to  put  out  of  rank  or 
order.     (.-l.-iW) 

DI8RAY.  Clamour.  (A.-X.)  Also,  to  fight 
irregularlv,  to  put  out  of  order. 

DISRULILY.     Irregularly.     CMaueer. 

DISSAR.     A  tcoffer ;  a  fool. 

DISSEAT.     To  unseat ;  to  remove. 

DISSEILE.     To  deceive.     (./.-.V.) 

DISSEMBLABLE.     Unlike;  dUsimilar. 

DISSEMBLANCB.     Dissembling.     (Fr.) 


DISSENT.    Descent.    Lydgale 
DISSENTIENT.     Disagreeing.     (Lat.) 
DISSENT0R1.    A  kind  of  still.     (Ut.) 
DISSBYVAUNT.     Deceitful,     (yi.-ff.) 
DISSHROWED.      Mads   open,    or   maniiesti 

published.     See  Stanihurst's  Descr.  p.  15. 
DISSIJIULARY.     To  dissimuhitc.     Nail. 
DISSLMULE.    To  dissemble.     (.1..y.) 
DISSIMULER.     A  dissembler.     (J../f.) 
DISSIMULINGS.     Dissemhiings.     Chawtr. 
DISSNINS,      A   distance  in  horeersdng,  ths 

eighth  part  of  a  mile. 
DISSOLVE.     To  solve ;  to  explain.    (Lat.) 
DISSONED.     Disaonant.     (A.-N.) 
DISSURY.    The  strangury.     Tuteer. 
DISTAFF.    St.  DistaTs  day.  a  name  jocuUiiy 

given  to  the  day  after  Twelfth  Day.     Also 

called  Rock-day. 
DISTAINE.    To  discolour;  to  (tain;  to  take 

away  the  colour.     (//.-.V.)      Sometimes,   to 

caln],  still,  or  pacify,  from  deetaindrt. 
Ve  vaihe  cteyne  fro  mole  sod  Kpottn  blake. 
That  wyoc  nor  oyle  nor  ylt  none  inke  dittptna. 

US.  Otnlali.  Ft.  i.  <!,  t.  I4J. 

DISTANCE.  Discord;  debate;  disseiuion: 
disturbance.  "  Withoutjn  ony  dysUuncc" 
MS.  llarL  3954. 

For  after  mete,  without  dUtant, 

The  cockwoldei  scfauld  logether  danae. 

US.  AtHmult  01^  t.  01. 
He  preyeth  low  that  ye  wylle  ceat. 
And  let  owre  londyc  be  la  pen 
Wythowtyn  any  dj/Hawnee. 

MS.  CaHlah.  Ft.  11.  31,  t.  It. 
DISTASTE.     An  insult,    /onion.    Also  a  verh, 

to  displease,  to  insult. 
DISTEMPERATE.     Immoderate.     Hence  ifu- 

temperature,  disorder,  sickness. 
DISTEMPERED.     Intoxicated.     SkaJt. 
DISTEMPRE.  To  moisten ;  to  mingle.  (A..K.) 
DISTENCE.     The  descent  of  a  hill.  (A.-S.) 
DISTINCT.     To  distinguish.    (Ut.) 
DISTINCTIONS.     Commas,     (fr.) 
DISTINGUE.     To  distinguish ;  to  divide. 
DISTOR.     Distress.     AorM. 
DISTOURBLED.     Disturbed.     (A.-N.) 
DISTRACT.     Distracted.     Shak. 
DISTRACTIONS.     DetachmenU;  jNtrta  t«V« 

from  the  main  bo<ly.     Shalt. 
DISTRAIN.     To  strain  anything ;  to  catch;  to 

hold  fast ;  to  afflict,  or  torment. 
DISTRAUGHT.     Distracted.     (A.-ff.) 
DISTRAYENG.     Distraction.     (A.-lf.) 
DISTREITE.     Strait ;  difficulty.     (.*.-.V.) 
DISTRENE.    To  constrain;  to  enforce.  (A.-lf.) 
DISTRET.     A  superior  officer  of  a  inouaatcry. 

(./.-A'.) 
DISTUICATE.    To  disentangle.     (Lat.) 
DISTRIE.     To  destroy.     (A..\.) 

lion  and  mao  fellc  downe  without*  dowte* 
And  iOQe  h«  waa  djftttind. 

MS.  ctmia^k  rr.  u.  ai,  r.  K 
DISTROBELAR.      One    who    disturbt.      IV. 

Pare. 
DISTROUBE.     To  disturb ;  to  IrouWe.  (J.-N.) 


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WSTROUBLE.   To  disturb.  (J.-ff.)   It  occurs  | 
as  ■  substantive  iu  Palsgrave. 

For  ADoihrr  alto  Ihou  mayit  be  »heiit, 
3yf  tbou  dutrMyrt  here  UMUtncnt. 

US.  Hart.  1701,  f.  S. 

DISTRl'SS,    To  overthrovf ;  to  conquer,    (f  r.) 
DISTL'lin.     A  disturbance.     Daniel. 
DISTURBLE.     To  disturb.      Wickcliffe. 
DISTURHULYNG.     Dispute,  or  disturbance. 

Thn  Jrwn  uw  (hit  like  tliyng, 

ADon  Ihel  were  In  miinrtmltnf. 

MS.  Ouilat,.  Fr.  T.  48,  f.  M. 

niSTlfRNE.     To  turn  aside.     (./.-A'.) 
DISUSED.     Out  of  practice.   Line. 
DISVEIL.     To  unveil ;  to  open.     Pahi/rare. 
DlSVOUCil.     To  contradict ;  to  discredit. 
DISWERE.    Doubt.     (.H.-S.)     "Without  dis- 

were,"  Soke  of  Curtasvc,  p.  19. 
DISWITTED.     Distracted.     Drayton,  p.  173. 
niSWORSHIP.     Discredit.     Philpol. 
DIT.    To  close ;  to  stop  up.    (A.-S.)    Still  used 
in  the  North.     Sometimes  the  pa.  past. 
And  )n  ttie  midde*  b  grrte  pytTe, 
Tbst  al  the  worlde  inyghte  hit  not  Aitte. 

Pvrgatwy  Lsgtnd,  US.  Rmul. 

DITCH.  (1^  Grimy  dirt.    Al»o,  to  stick  to,  as 
anything  that  is  clammy.     Kortli. 

(2)  A  fence,  not  the  drain.     North. 

(3)  Til  uiake  a  ilitch  or  moat.     Sometimes,  to 
dean  or  fey  a  ditch. 

DITCH-BACK.     A  fence.     Korlk. 
DITE.  (1)  To  vtinnow.     Chapman. 
(2)  To  dictate ;  to  write.     (A.-N.) 
DITEMENT.'    An  inilictment,     {A.-N.) 
DITJSS.     Sayings ;  ditties.     (A.-N.) 
DITHER.    Toshakct  to  tremble  ;  to  confuse. 

yMfro,  a  confused  noise,  a  bother. 
DiTlIING.    A  trembling  orvibrator;  motion  of 

the  eve.     Chnh. 
DITl  N  G.  ( 1 )  Wliispering.     North. 
(2)  A  report,  or  saying.     (A.-N.) 
DITLESS.     A  portable  wooden  stopper  for  the 

mouth  of  an  oven. 
DITOUR.     A  tale-tcUer.     (A.-N.) 
Dirr,     A  ditty.     Spnurr. 
DITTED.     Dirtied ;  begrimetL     line. 
DITTEN.     Mortar  or  clay  to  stop  up  an  oven. 

mttin,  Yorksh.  Dial.  1697. 
DITTER.    The  game  of  Touch  and  Run. 
DHjRNAI.-VOMEN.     Women  who  cried  the 

daily  papers  almut  the  streets. 
DIV.     Uo.     North. 

DIVE-DAPPER.    The  dobcliick,  or  didapper. 
"  Some  folkys  cal  her  a  dyvedopper  or  a  dop- 
peehyk,"  Dial.  Creat.  MoraL  p.  159.     Some- 
times called  the  dytmdop. 
DIVELIN.     Dublin.      Wttt. 
IHVERU.     A  proverb.     (Lat>) 
niVKUOLS.     Wayward.     (.Y.-JV.) 
DIVERSE.     Different.     Also,  to  diversify. 
Dl\  ERSORY.     An  inn.     (ia/.) 
DIVERT.     To  turn  aside.     (Lai.) 
DIVKST.     To  undress.     (A.-N.) 
DIVET.     A  turf  or  sod.     North. 
DIVIDABLE.     Divided ;  distant.     Shak. 
DIVIDANT.     Divisible.     Shak. 


DIVIDE.  To  make  divisions  in  mniic,  whieli 
is,  the  running  a  simple  strain  into  a  great 
variety  of  shorter  notes  to  the  same  mo<iu- 
lation.     Naret. 

niVlLlN.    A  brick-kiln.     IMu;. 

niVINACLE.     A  riddle.     P)Mip: 

DIVINE.     Divinitv.     Chaueer. 

DIVINISTRE.    A  di\-ine.     (.4..N.) 

DIVIS.     Device.     (A-N.) 

DIVISE.     To  divide ;  to  separate. 

Clcnl^che  fro  the  ctoune  hlf  ror»e  he  irrrv**- 

Urn  It  Mrttain,  US.  Uiinln,  t.  IB. 

DIVltLGATE.     To   divulge.     See   Arch.  xxH. 

254.     Oerulgacion,  Hall.  Henrv  VII.  f.  31. 
THVVENT.     Do  not.     Cumb. 
I)I\"\'Y-DUCK.     A  dobcliick.     fTewt. 
DIZARD.     Sec  Disar. 
DIZE.     See  Dine. 
DIZEN.    To  dress ;  to  adorn  •,  to  be  conceited 

or  imrapous.     North. 
niZZAKDLY.     Foolish ;  stupid. 
DI3T.     Tn  pronounce;  to  make.     Gawaynt. 
DO.  (1)  Though ;  then.     Kent. 

(2)  To  cause.  /  ifo  makt,  i.  e.  I  cause  to  make, 
or  to  1)«  made ;  /  do  one  to  underitand,  &c. 
Wctaphorically,  to  fight. 

(3)  The  part.  past,  for  don. 
(i)  To  do  one  right,  or  reason,  to  pledge  a  per- 
son in  ilrinking.    Shak. 

(5)  7b  do  /or,  to  take  care  of,  to  provide  for; 
to  do  for  one,  to  niin  him ;  to  do  to  death,  to 
do  to  die,  to  kill  or  slay  ;  to  do  to  know,  to  in- 
form, &c. 

(6)  Deed  ;  action  ;  contest. 

(7)  To  put ;  to  place.  As  do  on,  do  in.  He.  itill 
in  provincial  use. 

(8)  A  fete ;  an  entertainment.     North. 
DOAGE.     Rather  damp.     Lane. 
DOALD.     Fatigued.     Craven. 
DOAN.     Wet,  damp  bread.     Devon. 
DOAND.     Doing.     (A.-S.) 
DOATED.     Beginning  to  decay,  chiefly  api'lied 

to  old  trees.     £»/. 

DOATTEE.  To  nod  the  head  when  sleep  comes 
on,  whilst  one  is  silling  up.     Erm. 

DOBBIN.  (I)  An  old  jaded  horse. 

(2)  Sea  gravel  mixed  with  sand.     Eatt  Sutter. 

DOBBLE.    To  daub.     Eatt. 

DOB  BY.  A  fool;  a  silly  old  man.  Also,  a 
kind  of  spirit.  Nortli.  The  dobliien  seem  to 
be  similar  to  the  Scottish  Brownin.  They  are 
well  described  bv  Washington  Irving  in  his 
Bracebririgc  Hall",  ed.  1822,  ii.  183-6. 

DOBE.    To  dub  a  knight.     (A.-S.) 

DOBELLET.   A  doublet.   Plumpt.  Corr.  p.  136. 

DOBELYTSE.    To  double.     Pr.Parv. 

DOBIL.     Double.     Chaueer. 

DOBY.    To  strike ;  to  beat.     (A.-N.) 

DOCCY.  A  doxy,  or  whore.  "  No  man  playe 
rfoccy,"  llycke  Sconier,  n.  d. 

DOCIHLE.     TracUble ;  docUe.     North. 

D0CII.1SIST.     Most  dorile.     Eatt. 

DtOCITY.     Docility  j  qiiicknez!.     Gloue. 

DOCK.  (1)  Futiio.  Dekker.  "  Docking  the 
dell,"  a  very  common  phrase. 


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(2)  Tlie  fleshy  part  of  a  boir's  chine,  liclwcen 
the  middle  and  the  buttock;  the  stump  of  a 
beast's  tail ;  the  broad  neihcr  cod  of  a  fulled 
tree,  or  of  the  human  body. 

(3)  To  ctit  otr.      Tor.  diaL 

(4  Whe  common  mallow.     I'ar.  dial. 

(3)  The  crupper  of  a  saddle.     Dnmi. 

(6)  If  a  per&on  is  stung  with  a  nettle,  a  cer- 
tain cure  is  said  to  \x  performed  by  rub- 
bing dock  leaves  over  the  affected  part,  re- 
peating the  following  charm  very  slowly — 
"  Nettle  in,  dock  out,  dock  rub  nctlle  out." 
In  Cheshire,  according  to  Wilbraham,  in  dock 
out  nettle  is  a  kind  of  proverbial  saving  ex- 
pressive of  inconstancy.  Ilencc  may  be  ex- 
plained the  passages  in  Chaucer,  Troil.  and 
Creseidp,  iv.  461 ;  Test,  of  Love,  p.  482. 
There  was  a  small  stinging  red  nettle  called 
the  dock-nettle,  as  appears  from  MS.  iiarL 
978,  the  A.  N.  name  being  orlic  grie»chc, 
UnccrLiine  reruine,  never  love*  to  settle, 
But  hcere,  there,  erer^wbcre;  in  dotk,  imt  ntittit, 
Tnyli-r't  AfuKo.  loss. 

DOCKAN.     The  dock.     ^'ortA. 

DOCKERER.  Fur  made  of  the  skin  of  the 
dottim,  or  weasel,  the  petit  grit. 

DOCKET.  (1)  A  shred  or  piece.     {A.-S.) 

(2)  A  woodman's  bill.     Oxva. 

BOCKEY.  A  meal  taken  about  ten  o'clock 
A.M.  by  field  labourers.     Eiul. 

DOCKSPITTEK.  A  tool  for  pulling  or  culling 
up  docks.     Dortt. 

DOCKSY.    The  fundament.     FmI. 

DOCTOR.  An  apothecary.  Doctor  of  tkiU,  a 
physician.  Doctur't  ttuff,  medicine.  I'ar. 
dial. 

DOCTOR.VTE.    Doctorship.    Thj-nnc,  p.  22. 

DOCTRINE.  To  teach.  f.-f.-.V.)  Tl.e  I'uri- 
tans  in  their  sermons  used  to  call  the  subject 
under  explanation  the  doctrine. 

DOCU.MENTIZE.     To  preach  ;  to  moralise. 

DOD.  (1)  The  fox-tail  reed.      North. 

(2)  To  cut  the  wool  off  sheep's  tails  ;  to  lop  or 
cnt  off  anything.  Dodded,  without  horns. 
Dodded  cora,  com  without  beards. 

(3)  A  shell.     Sufolk. 

(4)  A  rag  of  cloth.     Cnmb. 

DUDDART.  A  bent  stick  used  in  the  gaiue 
called  doddart,  which  is  played  in  a  large  level 
field  by  two  parties  headed  by  two  captains, 
and  having  for  its  object  to  drive  a  wooden 
ball  to  one  of  two  boundaries. 

DODDER.  To  shake,  or  tremble.  Doddered, 
confused,  shattered,  infinn.     North. 

DODDEREL.     A  pollard,     n■ar^c. 

DODDERING-DICKIES.  Tlie  quivering  heads 
of  the  briia,  or  quaking  grass.     North. 

DODDINGS.  Tlie  forc-parU  of  a  fleece  of 
wool.     North. 

DODDLE.     To  totter ;  to  dawdle.     North. 

DODDLEISIL     Feeble.     Siuaex. 

DODDY.  Little ;  small.  Doddymite,  very  low 
in  stature.     Eatt. 

DODDYPATE.  A  blockhea.1.  "  And  called 
hym  dodi/pate,"  Boke  of  Mayd  Emiyn. 

iX>D£LIi4G.     Idling;  trifling.     Dewm. 


DODGE.  (1)  A  imall  lump  of  anvthi 
and  thick.     Bail. 

(2)  To  jog;  to  incite.     North. 

(3)  To  follow  in  the  track  of  a  person  or  animal. 
Var.  diaL 

(4)  To  hare  the  dodge,  to  he  cheateil,  to  gr 
one  the  slip.  To  dodge,  to  try  to  cheat  o\ 
to  haggle  in  a  bargain. 

(5)  A  cunning  trick.      Var.  dial. 

(6)  A  dog.     Allcyn  Papers,  p.  32. 

(7)  To  drag  on  very  slowly.     North. 

(8)  A  squirrel's  nest.     South. 
DODGER.  (1)  A  night-cap.    Kent. 
(2)  A  miser.     /foweU. 
DODIPOLL.     A  blockhead.    ■'  As  li 

Doctor  DoddipoU,"  Howell,  p.  1 
zell,  hoydon,  dunce,  joblterooll,  doddi/toU,' 
Cotgrave.     Perhaps  derived  from  doltj/pvU 
a  nick-name  for  theshavcn-crouned  priest*. 

DODKIN.  A  very  small  ct-in,  the  eighth  pait 
of  a  stiver.     "  The  sticbing  cost  me   but  a 

,  dodkin,  Wcelkes'  Ayres,  Lond.  1608.  It  \n« 
prohibited  by  Henry  V. 

DODMAN.  A  snail.  Norfolk.  Also,  a  snail- 
shell.  "  A  sely  dodman  crepe,"  Bale's  Kyn|!« 
Johan,  p.  7.  "  A  snavl  or  dodman,"  Pair&i'a 
Bulk  and  Selvedge,  1674,  p.  125. 

DOUO.     A  lullabv.     MimhrM. 

D0DI:R.     tailuia,  a  kind  of  flax. 

DODY.     George.     North. 

DOE.     To  live  on  little  food.     Chah. 

DOELE.  Dole;  grief;  sorrow.  {A.-X) 
Ha  gtcte  Borow  the  qurae  than  wrought, 
Gretedoc/e  it  Wji>  tose  and  tyttie. 

•         MS.  HarL  KM,  C  K 

DOELFllLLIE.     Dolefully ;  grievously. 
DOER.     An  agent ;  a  manager ;  a  factor.    Eatf, 

See  Burgon's  Grcshani,  ii.  44. 
DOERIIOUY.     The  body  of  a  (rock. 
DOES.     It  doet  not,  i.  c  it  has  lust  its  f<>r<i! 

and  virtue.     North. 
DOFF.  (1)  To  do  off;  to  undress,     for.  diaL 

Also,  to  remoTc,  to  get  rid  oiT|  to  pnt  ait  oT' 

delay. 

(2)  Dough  for  bread.    North. 
DOITYIL     Daughter.     Kitiion. 

DOG.  (1)  A  toaster  of  wood  or  iron  made  in  the 

form  of  a  dog.     North. 
{'!)  A  large  l)and  of  iron,  used  for  fastening  Uie 

walls  outside  old  bouses,  supporting  wood,  Slc 

(3)  A  small  pitcher.     Cratm. 
ii)  Sec  .Imliroiu. 

(5)  If  I  do,  doff  worrj/  my  uncle,  a  phrase  im* 
plying  refusal  on  being  asked  to  do  uijtlung 
contrary  to  one's  wishes. 

(6)  A  doggc  for  the  bowe,  a  dog  used  in  alioot' 
ing.     ( haucer. 

(7)  To  follow  or  dodge  one. 

DOG-APE.    Tlic  dog-faced  baboon,  a  apeeMI 

first  described  by  Gesiicr,  I5S1. 
DOG-BEE.     A  drone,  or  male  bee. 
DOG-BOLT.    A  term  of  reproach.     "  Maoo 

that  dog-lmlt,"   Lilly,  cd.   1632,  Si^  G.  ix. 

Dog-louMe  a  still  heard  in  Craven  in  It'similar 

sense.     Carr,  i.  11 2. 
DOGCHEAP.    Exceaaively  cheap.     '•  They  af> 


I 


DOK 


SOI 


DOL 


fonlcd  their  wtre*  lo  dog-^hfofie,"  Stanihunt, 
p.  22.     SliU  in  use. 

DOGCOLE.     Tlic  herb  dogbaoe.     Pakgravt. 

DOO-DAISY.     The  Held  daisy.     North. 

I)0(j'-lJUAVE.  A  kind  of  sea-fish,  often  mcn- 
ticined  in  the  Fincliale  Charters. 

DOCCENNEL.     The  com  camomile.    Uarw. 

UOGFLAWS.     Gusts  of  rage.     Dt/ee. 

DOGGED.  Very ;  excessive.  Var.  dial.  Dog- 
ged-way, a  great  wav,  excessive. 

DOGGEDLY.     Badly  done.     S'orf. 

nOGGENEL.     An  eagle.     C«mb. 

DOGGER.     A  small  fishing  ship. 

DUG-HANGING.  A  wedding  feast,  nherc 
money  was  collected  for  the  bride. 

DOG-HOLE.  A  small  insignificant  town,  verv' 
insecurely  fortified. 

DOGHOOKS.  Strong  hooks  or  wrenches  used 
for  separating  iron  boring  rods. 

DOGHT.     Thought.     {A..S.) 

DOGIIY.     Dark  ;  cloudy ;  reserved.     (  htth. 

DOG-KILLER.  A  person  who  killed  dogs 
found  loose  in  the  hot  months. 

DO-GLADLY.     Eat  heartily.     Rilxm. 

DOG-LuVTIN.  Barbarous  liiitin,  as  rrrte  catutM 
ea,  when  addressing  s  dog  in  his  own  lan- 
guage, &c. 

DOG-LEACH.  A  dog  doctor.  Of>cn  used  as 
a  term  of  contempt. 

DOG-LOPE.  A  narrow  slip  of  ground  between 
two  houses,  the  right  to  which  is  questiooahlc. 
North. 

DOGNOPER.    Tlie  parish  beadle.     Yotlah. 

DOGONE.    A  term  of  contempt.     (A..K.) 

DOGS.    Tliedew.    EtMtx. 

DOGS-EARS.  Tlie  twisted  or  crumpled  cor- 
ners of  leaves  of  a  book. 

DOG'S-GRASS.     The  eynonnu  eriilalta.  lin. 

DOG'S-HEAD.  Some  kind  of  bird  mentioned 
by  Florio,  in  v.  Egoctphilo. 

Dob'S-NOSE.  A  cordial  used  in  low  life, 
composed  of  warm  porter,  moist  sugar,  gin, 
and  nutmeg. 

DOGS-STONES.     Gilt  buttons.     North. 

DOG'S-TAIL.  The  constellation  generally 
known  as  una  minor. 

nOG-STANDARD.     Ragwort.     North. 

DOGSTURDS.     Candied  sweetmeats.  Nrwe. 

DOG-TREE.     The  alder.     North. 

DOG-TRICK.     A  fool's  bauble.     Dekker. 

DOGVISE.     To  disguise.     (A.-N.) 

DOG-WHIPPER.     A  chnrch  beadle.  North. 

DOIL.     Strange  nonsense.     Weit. 

DOINDE.     Doing ;  progressing.     (.-I.-S.) 

DOIT.  A  small  Dutch  coin,  valued  at  about 
half  a  farthing. 

DOITED.     Superannuated.     Var.dittL 

DOITKIN.     See  Vodkin. 

DOKE.  (1)  Any  small  hollow,  apparently  syno- 
nymous with  dalk,  q.  v.  "  Two  deep  doaki," 
Fairfax's  Bulk  and  Selvedge,  1G74,  p.  130. 
A  deep  furrow  or  any  sudden  fall  in  gronnd, 
Kennett,  p.  23. 

^2)  A  bruise.    Buex. 

(3)  A  small  brook.     Eaex. 


(4)  A  duck,     (.f.^.) 

The  gOM*.  the  doArtf,  the  rokkowe  also. 

tia.  Cmlnl:  Fr.i,«,  r.31. 
DOKELING.     A  young  duck.     (.i.-S.) 
DOKET.     Docked.     Pr.  Pan. 
DOLARD.     A  pollard.     Oxon. 
DOLATE.    To  tolerate.     JJac. 
UOLD.     Stupid ;  confused.     {.I.-S.)    A  person 

half  stupid  is  stiU  said  to  be  in  a  doldrum. 

Orron. 
DOLE.  (1)  A  lump  of  anything.'     Line. 

(2)  A  share,  or  portion.  {A.-S.)  Also,  to  set  out 
or  allot ;  to  divide.  Hence,  any  division  of 
goods  or  property. 

(3)  Money,  bread,  &c.  distributed  to  the  poor. 
North.' 

(4)  A  boundary  mark,  either  a  post  or  a  mound 
of  earth.  Eatl.  Also,  a  balk  or  slip  of  tm- 
ploughed  ground. 

(5)  Grief ;  sorrow.  (.i.-N.)  Still  in  tue  in  the 
North. 

(6)  A  piece  of  heath  or  common  ofiT  which  only 
one  person  has  a  right  to  cut  fuel.     .\orf. 

(7)  The  bowels,  blood,  and  feet  of  a  deer,  which 
were  given  to  the  hounds  after  the  hunt. 
Blome,  ii.  87. 

(8 )  A  low  flat  place,     n'nt. 

(9)  Happy  man  be  hit  dole,  let  bis  lot  be  happy, 
or  liappv  be  he  who  succeeds  best.  Sec  R. 
Fletcher's  Poems.  1656,  p.  139. 

DOLE-AX.    A  tool  used  for  dividing  slats  for 

wattle  gates.    A'«i/.   Perhaps  connected  with 

bole-ax,  q.  T. 
DOLE-BEER.     Beer  distributed  to  the  poor. 

Ben  Jonton. 
DOLEHSII.     Seems  to  be  that  fish  which  the 

fishermen  employed  in  the  North  Seas  receire 

for  their  allowance.     Utount. 
DOLEING.     Almsgiving.     Kent. 
DOLE-MEADOW.     A  meadow  in  which  sere. 

ral  persons  have  shares. 
DOLEMOOR.     A   large  uninclosed   common. 

SomerMet, 
DOLENT.     Sorrowful.     (A.-N.)      See   Hall, 

HenrvVlII.f.  23;  Ritson'sMet.  Rom.iii.  212. 
DOLE-STONE.     A  landmark.     Kent. 
DOLEY.    Gloomy ;  solitary.     Norlhumb.    Soft 

and  open,  muggy,  applied  to  the  weather; 

easy,  wanting  energy.     Line. 
DOLING.     A  fishing  boat  with  two  masts,  each 

corrying  a  sprit-sail.     B.  Stui. 
DOLIUM.     A  vessel  of  wine.     (Laf.)     "  A  rfo- 

tium  of  wyne,"  Lil>er  Niger  Edw.  IV.  p.  29. 
DOLL.     A  child's  hand.     North. 
DOLLOP.  (1)  To  beat.      lor.  dioL 

(2)  A  lump  of  anything.     FjuI. 

(3)  To  handle  anvihing  awkwardly;  lo  nurse 
too  much,  or  badly.      Var.  dial. 

DOLLOl  K.     To  abate  in  violence,  as  the  wind 

does.     Kent. 
nOLLURS.     Bad  spirits.     /.  Wu/ht.    This  ia 

nf  course  from  the  French.     Dolour  occtirs  in 

Shakespeare. 
DOLLY.  (1)  To  beat  linen.     WW/. 
(2)  A  prostitute,     fiorth. 


DON 


S10 


DUO 


(3)  A  wuhiug  tub ;  a  cliurn-itaff.  Also,  a\ri&b- 
ing  beetle. 

(4)  A  passing  staff,  witli  legs.     North. 

(5)  A  sloven.     /  'ar.  dial. 
(0)  Sail ;  sorrowful.      Warir. 

DOLl.YD.  Heated;  made luke-wann.  Pr.Pare, 

DOLLY-UOUCET.     A  child's  doU.     Wore: 

DOIX)UR.     Grief;  pain.     (A.-N.) 

DOLOURING.     A  mournful  noise.    Ener. 

DOLI'UIN.     The  Dauphin  of  France. 

DOI.VE.    Delved  ;  digged.   Kob.  l.louc.  p.  395. 

DOLVEN.  Buried.  (A..S.)  Sec  Maiindcvilc, 
p.  62 ;  Arthour  and  Merlin,  p.  28 ;  Rouiaunt  of 
Ihc  Hose,  4070. 

DOLVER.     Rechiimed  fen-ground.     Eatt. 

DOLY.     Doleful ;  sorrowful.     Chancer. 

DOM.  (1)  Dumb.     Tovmeley  Mftl. 

(2)  A  door  case.     Hillt. 

DOMAGE.  Damage;  hurt.  (^.-A'.)  See  Hall, 
Henry  VIII.  f.  20;  Rum.  of  the  Rose,  4895. 

DOMAGEOUS.     Hurtful.     (A.-N.) 

DOM  BE.     Dumb.     {A.-S.) 

DOME.  (1)  Judgment;  opinion.  (A..S.)  At 
hit  dottu,  under  his  jiuisdiclion. 

(2 )  Tlte  down  of  rabbits,  &c    £att. 

DOME-HOUSE.  The  judgmcnt-hall-  Pr.Parv. 

DOM  EL.     Stupid.     Glouc. 

DOME  LOUS.  Wicked,  especially  applied  to  a 
known  betrayer  of  the  fair  sex.     Line. 

DOMESCAUT.'    The  hangman's  cart.     {A.-S.) 

DOMESMAN.    A  judge.     (.<).-&) 

Oo  we  thcrfore  togedre  before  llie  dredeAitl 
tfMnwman,  ttiere  for  to  here  oure  cveilaitynKc 
dampucion.  US.  Caniab.  Ff.  il.  38,  f.  ;. 

DOMGE.  An  image  ?  Sec  Brit.  Bibl.  ii.  108. 
Qu.  an  error  for  doinft. 

DOMINATIONS.  One  of  the  supposed  or- 
der! of  angelical  beings,  the  cupiort/ris,-. 

DOMINEER.    To  bluster.    Sha*. 

DOMINO.  A  kind  of  hood  nom  by  canons; 
and  hence  a  veil  formerly  worn  with  mourn- 
ing, and  still  used  iu  nuuquerades. 

DOMINOUN.     Dominion ;  lordship.     (A.-N.) 

DOM  ME.     Dumb.     (A.-S.) 

DOM  MEL.     A  drum.     North. 

DOMMELIIEED.     The  female  vercnda.  Cumi. 

DO.M  MEKAKS.  Bcggan  who  pretended  to  be 
dumb.    Thev  were  chieflv  Wclchmen. 

DOM  P.     To  fall ;  to  tumble.     North. 

DON.  (I)  Topulon;  to<lrcss.     Var.  dial. 
And  costly  vcttun  wm  in  hud  to  don. 

Twtmll^t  OeM,  1107,  f-  I4S. 

(2)  Done  ;  caused.     {A.S.) 

h)  Clever ;  active.     Aorf*. 

(4)  A  gay  yoimg  fellow.     Line. 

(5)  .V  superior,  as  a  fellow  of  a  college,  one  who 
acts  himself  up  above  others.     Var.  dial 

DONCll.     Same  as  (JauNoA,  q.  v. 

DONCY.     Dandyism.     AorfA. 

DOND.     Dressed,      irntmorrl. 

DONDEGO.  Or  Don  Diego,  a  person  who  made 
a  Jakes  of  St.  Paul's  cathedral,  and  is  occa- 
sionally noticed  for  his  exploit  by  early  writers. 

DONDER.     Thimder.     (..4.^.) 

DONDINNKR.     The  afternoon,      lor*.*. 


DONDON.     A  hi  gross  woman.    (/V.) 

DONE.  (U  Put ;  pkccd.     (A.-S.) 

(2)  To  do.     J-air/aj:     Did.      lift. 

(3)  Exhausted ;  worn  out ;  well  roasted  or  t 
far.  dial. 

(4)  Cease  ;  be  quiet.     I'ar.  dial. 

(5)  A  down,  field,  or  plain.    {A.-S.)  "  Hii  ooml 
upon  a  iltme,"  Beves,  p.  107. 

(G)  In  hunting,  a  deer  is  said  to  be  ione  vrhe 

he  dies.     Gent.  Rec.  ii,  78. 
(7)  To  din  ;  to  sound.     {A.-S.) 
DONE-OROWING.     Stunted  in  growth,  fiu/-| 
DON  ERE.     To  fondle ;  to  caress.     (.4,-N.) 
DUNET.     A  grammar,  that  of  Donatiis  Ueing  j 

formerly  the  groundwork  of  moat  treatises  oa  I 

the  subject. 
DONE-UP.     Wearied  ;  niined.      Var.  diaL 
DONGE.     A  mattress.     Pr.  Pan. 
DONGENE.     Thrown.     (./.-.9.) 

H'hcnnehc  hud  *o  done,  lie  turned  agiyoe  unto  I 

Tyre,  and  fande  the  butelle  th.iC  he  hade  madt  taj 

the  see  domgau  douse  to  the  grounde. 

US.  Uncoln  A.  I.  17,  CI 

DONGEON.     Sec  Dungeon. 
DONGESTEK.     A  dnngfork.     Fecst,  x. 
DONGON.     A  person  who  looks  stupid,  but  la  ] 

really  witty  and  clever.      Jf'eit. 
DONICK.     The  game  of  doddart,  q.  v. 
DONJON.     See  Dungeon. 
DONK.  Damp; moist;  humid.  North,  "  Down. 

kyngc  of  dcwe,"  moisture  of  dew,  Murle  Ar- 

thure,  MS.  Lincoln,  f.  87. 
DONKE.     To  think ;  to  thank.     {A.S.) 
DONKEY.     Same  as  donJt,  q.  v. 
DONKS.     At  hussel-cap,  hcwhokiu>cks  out  all 

the  marbles  he  has  put  in,  i*  said  to  bare  got  j 

liis  donit. 
nONNAT.     A  vrreteh  ;  a  devil.     A'orM. 
DONNE.    Of  a  dim  colour.     (./.-&)     "Doo-I 

tied  cow,"  Tumament  of  Tottenham. 
Scr,  ien  je  utile  on  hunlynge  fownde. 
I  ulle  jow  gyfflp  i«r«  pid  grcwhundet. 
Are  doinedt  aU  sny  doo. 

US.    Uncalm  A.  I.  I*,  t.  t4d 
DONNINETHELL.     Wild  hemp.     Centra. 
DONNINGS.     Dress ;  clothes.      «>«/. 
DONNl'T.     A  pancake  made  of  dough  instead] 

of  batter.     Herlt. 
DONNY".  0)  Same  as  dome,  q.  v. 
(2)  Poorly  ;  ont  of  sorts.     Lmc. 
(31  A  profligate  woman.      IFetl. 
(4)  A  small  fishing-net.     /.iue. 
DONSEL.     A   yonlh   of  good   birtli   but   not  I 

knighted.     {A.-N.) 
DON'T.     DonI  ought,  ought  not.     Don/  Ikimk, 

do  not  think.      Var.  dial. 
DONVED.     Duined ;  rc»ounde<l.     (A.-S.)  i 

-Snche  ttrokyi  gaf  the  knyghtyi  anwie,  i 

That  the  hylledNirnf  atlalnwu 

US.  Canlab.  Ff.  U.  3B   C  IN 

DOOD.     Done.     Devon. 
DOODLE.     A  triflcr,  or  idler.     Axh. 
DOODLE-SACK.     A  bagpipe.     Kent. 
Dt>t»GS.     Same  as  donh,  a.  v. 
DOOKE.  (11  Doyou.     HiU,. 
(2)  A  duck.     Pr.  Parr. 


DOR 


311 


DOR 


DOOKELYNGYS.    Ducklings.     Pr.  Pan. 
DOOM.     Judgment.     (./.-S.) 
DOOMAN.     A  woman.     Var.  dial. 
DOON.  (1)  To  do.     {J..S.) 

(2)  Tlic  village  cage  or  prison.     Line. 
DOOR.    The  fish  done. 
DOOR-CHEEKS.     Door-pMts.      See  Check; 

uidExoil.  xii.  22,  ed.  1640. 

DOORDERN.     A  door-frame.     Line. 

DOOR-KEEPER.     A  whore.     Deiier. 

DOORN.     A  door-frame.     mUi. 

DOOR-NAIL.  "  Ded  as  dorc  nail,"  Will,  and 
the  Werwolf,  p.  23.  This  proverb  is  still  in 
lue.  "  Ai  deed  as  a  dore-tree,"  Piers  Plough- 
man, p.  26. 

DOOR-PIECE.  A  piece  of  tapestry  hung  be- 
fore an  open  door. 

DOOR-SILL.    The  threshold  of  a  door. 

DOOR-STAANS.     Same  as  Door-*iU,  q.  v. 

DOOR-STALL,     A  door-post.    Eatl. 

DOOR-STEAD.     Same  as  door.nl/,  q.  v. 

DOORWAY.  The  entrance  into  a  building,  or 
apartment. 

DOORY.     Very  little ;  diminutive.     Yorkih. 

DOOSE.  (1)  A'blow,  orslap.     fi'orlh. 

(2J  Thrifty ;  careful ;  cleanly.     North. 

(3)  Soft  to  the  touch.     Line. 
DOOSENLOOP.  Thes«measZ>o»ime/*eerf,q.T. 
DOOSEY-CAP,     A  punishment  among  boys  in 

the  North  of  England. 
DOOTE.     A  fool.     (//.-A'.) 

How  lordlf  snd  ledcn  of  our  Uwe 

Hal  gerco  dome  that  IhU  ilooie  kIuU  iyt. 

fVulpoU  JtfyiftriM.  its. 
DOOTLE.  A  notch  in  a  will  to  receive  a  beam, 

in  building.     North. 
DO-OUT.    To  clean  out.     SufnUt. 
DO  P.    A  sliort  quick  curtsey.   Eatt.    The  term 

occurs  in  Ben  Jonson. 
DOP-A-LOW.    Very  short  in  stature,  especially 

(poken  of  females.    £»/. 
DOPCHICKEN.    The  dabchick.     Line. 
DOPE.     .\  simpleton.     Cttmb. 
DOPEY.     A  Iteggar's  truU.     f;row. 
DOPPERBIRD.    The  dabchick,   or  didapper. 

Dojipar  in  the  Pr.  Parv.  p.  127. 
DOPPERS.    The  Anabaptist!,  or  dipper$,  much 

disliked  in  Jonson's  time,  who  mentions  them 

under  this  name. 
DOPT.      To  adopt.      "  I  would   dopt  him," 

Chetlle's  Hoffman,  1631,  sig.  F.  iv. 
DOR.  ( 1 )  A  drone  or  beetle ;  a  cockchafer.     To 

dor,  or  to  give  the  dor,  to  make  a  fool  of  one, 

corresponding  to  the  modem  hum,  to  deceive. 

Dor,  a  fool,  Hawkins,  iii.  109. 

(2)  To  obtain  a  dor,  to  get  leave  to  sleep.  A 
ichoolboy's  phrase. 

(3)  To  frighten,  or  stupify.     Weit. 
DORADO.    Anything  gilded.   (•'<pa<i.)    Uenee, 

a  smooth-faced  rascal. 
DORALLE.     Same  as  dariol,  q.  v. 
DORBELISH.     Ver)'  clmnsy.     Line. 
DORCAS.     Benevolent  societies  which  furnish 

poor  with  clothing  gratuitously  or  at  a  cheap 

rale.    Hence,  perhaps,  doreated,  finely  decked 

out.     Line.    See  Acts,  iz.  36. 


DORCHESTER.    As  big  at  a  Dorchester  bollE; 

i.  e.  exceedingly  fat. 
OORDE.     Some  kind  of  sauce  used  in  ancient 

cookery.     Fcest,  ix. 
DORE.  (1)  There.     (.i..S.) 
(2i  To  dare.     (^.-5.) 

And  otherirhlle,  yf  thlt  t  dart, 
Er  I  come  fully  to  Iho  dorc, 
1  turne  a^cn  and  fayne  s  thlngr. 
At  thouje  1  hodde  lott  a  ryoge. 

OMerr.US.  Soc.  Anlli.  1S4,  f.  121, 
(3)  To  stare  at  one.     North. 
DORE-APPLE.   A  firm  winter  apple  of  a  bright 

yellow  colnnr.     Eatt. 
DOHEE.     Pastrv.     {J.-N.) 
DORKN.     Doors.     (.■t.-S.) 
DORESTOTIIES.     Door-posts.     Bneh.  Chart. 
DORE-TREE,     The  bar  of*  door.     See  Picia 

Ploughman,  p.  26;  Havelok,  1806. 
DORFER.     An  impudent  fellow.     North. 
DORGE.     A  kind  of  lace. 
DORiSlIMENT.    Hardship.     North. 
DOR-LINES.     Mackerel  Unes.     North. 
DORLOT.     An  ornament  for  a  woman's  dreu. 

{J..N.)  Sometimes  the  same  as  Calte  (1). 
DOR.M.  To  dose ;  a  dose.  North. 
DORMANT.  The  large  beam  lying  across  a 
room;  a  joist.  Also  called  domumt-trte, 
dormomd,  and  dormer.  Anything  fixed  was 
■aid  to  be  dormant.  The  dormant-table  was 
perhaps  the  fixed  table  at  the  end  of  a  hall, 
where  the  baron  sat  in  judgment  and  on  state 
occasions.  Sec  Chaucer,  Cant.  T.  3ai  ;  Hall, 
Henry  VIII.  f.  181 ;  Cyprian  Academie,  1647, 
ii.  58.  To  begin  the  tabul  dormant,  to  take 
the  principal  pUce. 

A  tabvt  rfomMMf  thai  h«  brgynne ; 
Thai  thai  we  law]  that  be  herriii. 

MS.  OuiMS.  FT.  T.  4a,  r.  M. 
Kyng  Anhour  than  verament 
Ordcynd  throw  hyi  awne  asunt. 
The  tatmU  donwownfe  wlthouteo  lelte. 

US.  AjhmtUel,  r.60. 
DORMATm:.     Sleepy.     (io/.J     •■  A  derma- 

live  potion,"  Coblcr  of  Canterburic,  1608. 
DORM EDORY.     A  sleepy,  stupid,  inactive  per- 

son.  Herrf. 
DORMER.  A  window  pierced  through  a  sloping 
roof,  and  placed  in  a  small  gable  which  rises 
on  the  side  of  the  roof.  Ojf.  Glou.  Arch. 
In  Herefordshire,  an  attic  vriodow  projecting 
from  the  roof  is  called  a  dormit. 
DORMOND.     Part  of  the  clothing  of  a  bed. 

Finchale  Chart. 
DORNEX.     See  I>amex. 
DORNS.     Door-posts.     Denon, 
DORNTON.     A  small  i«past  taken  between 

breakfast  and  dinner.     North. 
DORP.    AviUage,  or  hamlet.     (-i.-.S.) 
DORRE.  (1)  Durst.     See  Rob.  Glouc  p.  112  ( 

Bcves  of  Hamtoun,  p.  107. 
(2)  To  deafen.     Somertet. 
DORRE  L.     ApoUard.      W'«r». 
DORRER.     A  sleeper :  a  lazy  peraon. 
DORRY.     Sorpet  dorri/,  tops  eodoiMd,  or  iM- 
toned.    Forme  of  Cury,  p.  43. 


DORSBL.  A  paclc-uddle,  pianien  in  whicli 
fish  are  corrieid  oo  horsebkclc.  Sutter.  Dor- 
ten,  fish-baskct>,  Ord.  and  Keg.  ji.  113. 

DOKSEKS.  Hang:ing!>  uf  variotis  kinds ;  Ia|>e8- 
Iry.  See  Test.  Vi'lint.  p.  2:>8  ;  Kuttand  Papers, 
p.  7.  {.i.-N.  dortal.)  "  Ooceis  of  highe  pry»e," 
Der>i>.  101. 

DORSTODE.    A  door-post.    (yt.-S.) 

DORTED.    Slupificd.     Ciimb. 

nOKTll.     Through.     Jlilson. 

DORTOUR.  A  dormltorj-,  or  sleeping  room. 
(.y.-.Y.)  "  Slcpe  OS  moukc  in  hit  dortourc," 
I^ngloft,  p.  25C.  The  part  uf  a  monastery 
nhich  contained  the  sleeping  rooms  was  the 
dorter  or  durloir,  Daues,  p.  133.  "  The  dor- 
turslalrcs,"  I'ierce  Ponilesse,  p.  51. 

DORTY.    Saucy ;  nice.    Krnrlhumb. 

DORY.    A  drone  bee.   Philpot. 

DOS.  (1)  A  master.    Surlh. 

(2)  Joshua.      Yorkth. 

DOSAYN.    A  doien.    Kyng  AIU.  657. 

DOSE.    Does.     AorM. 

Thtn  dunl  I  gwerc  tbcl  »huld  abyPt 
That  ttiMt  oure  kynge  thit  vilanyo. 

MS.  rmlab.  Ff.  Y.  48,  f.  4«. 

DOSEBEIRDE.  A  sinipletun ;  a  fooL  See 
Chester  Plays,  ii.  34,  and  lituiberde,  the  Utter 
form  occurring  in  the  Medulla.  Dottiterde, 
ih.  i.  201  ;  doscibeirde,  I  204. 

DOSEL.     See  Uortert. 

DOSELUE.     The  faiicct  of  a  barrel.    (.1..N.) 
"  Caste  anei  the  dotitt,"  II.  (ilouc.  p.  542. 
Aad  when  he  tud  made  holes  to  fcle. 
And  stoppyd  every  ood  of  tliem  with  a  dntttJe. 

MS  Cai.(<i6.  Cr.  II.  311,  t.  IX). 

DOSENED.     Cold  ;  benumbed.     AorM. 

DOSENS.  Straight  clothes  manufactured  in 
Devonahire,  temp.  Hen.  V. 

DOSBR.    See  Dortert. 

DOS  ION.    Same  as  datkin,  q.  t. 

DOSK.     Dark ;  duskv.     Craren. 

DOSNELL.     Stupid';  clownish.     IfoweU. 

DOSO.ME.    Healihv  J  thriving.     North. 

DOSS.  (1)  A  hassock.     Eatt. 

{2)  To  attack  with  the  hums.     Eatt. 

(3)  To  sit  down  rudely.     Kent. 

DOSSAL.  A  ridi  ornamented  cloak  worn  by 
pertoni  of  higli  rank.    (.f...V.) 

DOSSEL.  A  vrisp  of  hay  or  straw  to  stop  up  an 
apertnre  in  a  bam ;  a  plug ;  the  rose  at  the 
end  of  a  water-pipe,  fi'orlh.  Perhaps  from 
dotetle,  q.  v. 

DOSSER.     A  pannier,  or  basket. 

He  fell  to  discouning  within  an  oddc  manner  of 
love  maklog,  when  beKlnsIng  Tery  tow,  marking 
her  new  »hod  feet  hanging  over  tier  dmMrf,  beganne 
with  thU  commendation.  f%«vH*/«  JmTa,  16iA>. 

DOSSERS.    A  motion  of  the  bead  in  children, 

caused  by  affections  of  the  brain.    Eatt. 
DOSSET.    A  small  quantity.     Kent. 
DOSSITY.    Ability ;  quickilcas.     tVmt. 
DOSTER.     A  daughter.    Pr.  Parr. 
DOSY.    Dizry,  or  giddy.    {A.-S.) 
DOT.    A  tinall  lump,  or  pat.    Palffrare. 
DOTANCE.     Fear ;  reverence.     U.-N.) 
DOTANT.     A  dolani.    Shot. 


DOTARD.    Same  as  dooted,  q.  v. 
DOTAUNCE.  Fear;  doubt;  nncertainty.  (^,-iP.) 
DOTE.      A   foolish   fellow.     (J.-S.)     Alao  • 

verb,  to  be  fyolisb  in  any  way. 
DOTED.     Foolii.li ;  simple.    (A.-S.) 
DOTE-FIG.     A  eg.     />nion.    See  Junius.    "  A 

topct  of  fyegc  dodes,"   Howard    Houaeliolil 

Books,  p.  351. 
DOTES.    EndowmenU;goa(lquamia.    (£^.) 
DOTH.     Dove.    (_A.-S.) 
DOTIIER.    To  totter,  or  tremble.    Aorf*. 
The  duk  iMcrr^  to  I  he  (round. 

tUr  DtgrwTimt,    IIU. 

DOTONE.    To  dote ;  to  be  «.m>IUU.    Ft.  Ptrv. 
DOTOrS.     Doubtful.    (.^...V.) 
DOTS.     Giogerlircad  nuts.     Eatt. 
DOTTEIi.     S.inic  a.i  Druielle,  q.  v, 
DOTTEREL.  A  bird  said  to  be  so  fmlislily  fon4 
of  imitation  as  to  l>e  easily  caught.     H«nre  ■ 
stupid  fellow,  an  old  doatiiig  fool,  ■  tenae 
still  currvnt  in  Craven. 
tVherefoie,  eood  reader,  that  I  ht*  *h«SB  aa]r» 
I  now  with  them  the  very  dtjtfrit  play. 

A  Rh*  for  «iya  mmd  Ctllt,  MK 

DOTTY  POLES.    See  VoilipoU. 
DOl  ULE.  (1)  To  shut  up  au}-thitig ;  to  dendt 
the  fists,      far.  dial. 

(2)  To  make  double ;  to  fold  np. 

(3)  A  hare  is  said  to  duulile,  when  the  wiuds 
about  in  plain  fields  to  deceive  ilie  huniids. 

(4)  A  kind  of  stone  formerly  used  in  building. 
Sec  Willis,  p.  25. 

(5}  The  play  double  or  quit,  i.  c.  to  win  a  double 

sum,  or  lose  nothing. 
(6^  To  make  a  duplicate  of  any  writing.    Tp  I 

double,  to  vary  in  telling  a  taJe  twice  oy^, 
(")  A  letter  patent.     Covell. 
DOUBLE-HKER.    Strong  lieer,  or  ale.     (».) 
DOrilLE-CI>JAK.    A  cloak  whicli  might  be  I 

worn  on  either  side,  adapted  for  disguiam. 
DOUBLE-COAL.    A  carboniferous  nieasore  of  ] 

coal,  frequently  live  feet  thick. 
DOCBLE-COfPLB.    Twin  lambs.    Eatt. 
DOUBLER.      A    large  dish,   plate,    or   bowl 

North.    See  Pr.  Parv.  pp.  70,  124. 
DOUBLE-READER.     A  member  of  an  Inn  at^ 

C<ourt  whose  turn  it  was  to  read  a  second  timet,  j 

.lonson,  vi.  81. 
DOUBLE-RIBBED.    Pregnant,     North. 
DOUBLE-RUFF.    A  game  at  cards. 
DOUBLE-SPRONGED.    When  potaloe*  He  ta ] 

the  ground  till  the  new  crop  -'  rroA'i 

bulbs,  they  are  said  to  Ire  rfoii ' 
DOUBLET.  (I)  A  military   gai..,.,,.   ,...>,.rhig' 

the  upper  part  of  the  body  from  llii"  neck  lo 

the  waist.    The  pourpninle  in  Cflxlon. 
(2)  A  false  jewel  or  stone   consisting  of  two  ' 

pieces  joined  together. 
DOUBLE-TOM.     A    double-breastetl   plougti. 

Eatt. 
DOl'BLE-TONGLrE.     The  herb  boreelonguc. 
DOUULET.S.     A   game   somewhat  similar    to 

backgammon,  but  less  complicated.    Sec  Cotr^ 

grave,  in  «.  Penrtte,-  R.  Fletcher's  Poetua,  *,  J 

129 ;  Taylor's  Motto,  1622,  sig.  D.  iv. 
DOUBTSOME.  Doablful;  uncert«iu.     NortA. 


DOT 


313 


DOW 


DOUCE.  (1)  Sweet;  pleM«nt    (J.-X.) 
Me  dnwM  tu(o  tfuurc  Kniuncca  ■•  DuchcmcQ  telTeg. 

Mmlm  ^rlhui;  US.  UuaJK,  1.  M. 

(2)  A  blow.    far.  dial    Also  »  verb.    A  put  iu 

the  fice,  TuMer,  p.  xxii. 
f3)  Snug;  comforUlile.    North. 
{i\  Sober  ;  prudent.    Xorlh. 

(5)  Chaff.    Devon. 

(6)  To  duck  in  witer.     Cravm. 
ij)  To  put  out,  u dout,  q.  v. 

(8)  The  hack  of  tlic  band.    Une. 
UOUCE-AME.     Sec  .ime  (3). 
UOLtET.  (1)  Sweet.    (A.-S.) 

Klc  delicat  mcln  adiI  ihrnnt  drlnkft.  at  the  whUe 
Ihou  in  not  lyke.  JfS.  /LkH.  «23,  r.  I8S. 

(2)  A  (mall  cuttArd  or  pastr.  See  Ord.  and  Reg. 
pp.  174,  178;  Rutland  Papen,  p.  123.  "A 
lytell  flawDC,"  Paligrave. 

(3)  Some  munical  inittrunient.  Sec  Tyrwtutt'i 
Gloss,  to  Chaucer,  p.  69.  The  dulcimer,  ac- 
cording to  Skinner. 

nOUCET-1'IE.    A  «weet-hcrb  pic.    Devon. 
DurCETS.    The  testes  of  a  deer. 
Ut>tCU.    To  bathe.    Somenel. 
UUUCKER.      A  didappcr.     Keunell.    "  Uou- 

V£te,plioHHjou»,"  Kcliq.  Antiq.  ii.  U3. 
DOL'DY.    Sliabbil)  dresaed.     I  or.  dial 
UOl/FFE.    A  dove,    l^dgale, 
DOUGH.  (1)  Though.  Silion. 

(2)  A  little  cake.    i\orlh. 

(3)  The  stomarU.    Salop. 
DOUUll-UAKED.   Iin|ierfectly  baked.    Hence 

of  weak  or  dull  uuderetanding. 
DOUr.U-CAKE.    An  iiliot.    Deron. 
DOUGH-COCK.    A  fooL    Soe  VatctveJt. 
DOUGH-FIG.    A  Turkey  fig.    Someriel. 
DOUfill-LEAVEN.    A  lump  of  leaven  prepared 

for  making  leavened  bread.     Ifnl. 
DOUGllT.     To  do  lugbt,  to  be  able  to  do  any- 
thing,     'frittrrm. 
DOUGHTER.    A  danghtcr.     {J.-S.) 
DOUr.UTIElt     More  doughty.     (.f..&) 
nta'CHTREN.    Daughters.     (.I.-S.) 
DOUGH-UP.     To  stick,  or  adhere.    Eail. 
DOUtillY.     FoolUh.     Derby. 
DOUGLE.     To  waah  thoroughly.      )or*«A. 
DOL'HTERN.     Daughters.     Leg.  Cath.  p.  126. 
DOliHTV.     Stout ;  strong  ;  brave.     {/i..S.) 
DOUK.     To  stoop  the  head ;  to  bow ;  todivcor 

bathe ;  a  dip.     North. 
DOl'KY.     Damp ;  wet ;  moist.     North. 
DOUL.  (1)  Down;  feathers.     Salop.     "Young 

doicl  of  the  beard,"  Howell,  sect.  i. 
(2)  A  noil  shaipened  at  each  end ;  a  wooden  pin 

or  plug  to  fasten  planki  with. 
DOULK.    Thick;  dense.     (^.-;V.) 

At  In  tho  woddlt  for  to  wiilke  undir  davle  nrhndic. 

M.S.  Mhmuitu.r.  ;s. 
DOUNDRINS.     Afternoon  drinkings.     Deri. 
DOUNESTIVIIE.     Togodown.     (,/.-&) 
DOUN'S.   A  foolish  person  ;  an  idle  girl.  North. 
DOUNJ.    Down.     R.  Glouc.  p.  208. 
DO-UP.     To  fasten,      for.  dial. 
DOUP.     The  bultocks.     North. 
UQl'R.     Sour  looking ;  sullen.     North. 
DOURK.  (1)  To  endure.    Sec  Gy  of  Worwike, 
p.  210;  Arihonr  and  Merlin,  p.  ioO, 


(2)  To  dower,  or  endow.    U..N.) 

DOUSE.     See  Douee. 

DOUSllER.    An  inconsiderate  penon  ;  one  who 

is  incUncd  to  run  all  hazards  quite  careless  of 

the  consequences ;  a  modman.     Line. 
DOUSSING.    The  weasel.     (Lat.) 
DOUST.     Dust,  powder.     ««/.     "  Grinde  it 

all  to  dou$t,"  Forme  of  Curj-,  p.  28. 
DOUT.     To  do  out ;  to  put  out ;  to  extinguish. 

Douteil,  dead.      far.  dial. 
DOUTABLE.     In  uncertainty,  or  peril.  (.4.-N.) 
DOUTANCE.     Doubt ;  fear.     (J.-N.) 
DOUTE.     Fear.     Also  a  verb. 

I  im  >  nurchuii  and  ride  aboute. 
And  Trie  tllbil  I  sm  rn  doufe. 

MS   Cantad.  ft.  T.  48,  f.  47, 

DOUTELES.    Wthout  doubt.     <.^..N.) 

DOUTEOUSE.     Fearful.     {A.-N.) 

DOUTEll.  AncAtinguisher.  /)oH/er»,  instru- 
nients  like  snuffers  for  extinguishing  the  can- 
dle without  cutting  the  wick  ;  the  snuffers 
thcnjsclves.  Dowttf,  extinguishers,  Cunning- 
ham's Reveli  Accounts,  pp.  58,  160. 

DOUTIIE.  (1)  Doubt.     (^.-JV.) 

(2)  Was  worth,  was  sufficient,  availed.  From 
A.-S.  Dugan.     See  Havelok. 

(3)  People ;  nobles.    Gaieayne. 
DOUTIP.     Mistrustful.    (.^..N.) 

The  kfitgc  WAS  ttoutifof  thb  dom, 

Cowr,  US.  Sne.  Anllf/.  IM.  f.  IW. 

DOUTLER.     Same  as  douiler,  q.  v. 

DOUTOUS.     Doubtful.     CAoKCer. 

DOUTKEMERE.  From  beyond  the  sea.  "  In 
fineblacke  saltin  doutremvre,"  Urrv,  p.  405. 

DOUVE.     To  sink  ;  to  lower.     North. 

DOUWED.    Gave;  endowed.     JJeame. 

DOUZZY.     Dull ;  stupid.     Cheth. 

DOIJTILI.     Bravely.    {J.-S.) 

DOVANE.    A  custom-house.    (Fr 

DOVE.     To  thaw.    Ssmoor. 

DOVEN.    Or  doveninf,  t  slumlicr.     A'orM. 

DOVER.  (1)  A  sandy  piece  of  waste  ground 
near  the  sea.     South. 

(2)  To  be  in  a  dose.    North. 

DOVERCOURT.  A  viUagein  Essei,  apparently 
celebrated  for  its  scohls.  Keeping  Dovcrcourt, 
making  a  great  noise.  Tusser,  p.  12,  men- 
tions a  Dovcrcourt  beetle,  i.  e.  one  that  could 
make  a  luud  noise. 

DOVER'S-GAMES.  Annual  sjiorts  held  on  the 
Cotsnold  lulls  from  time  immemorial.  They 
had  fallen  in  vigour  about  I  GOO,  but  were  re- 
vived shortly  afler  that  period  by  Captain 
Dover.  Tho  hill  where  the  games  arc  cele- 
brated is  still  railed  Dover's  Hill. 

DOVE'S-FOOT.     The  herb  columbine. 

DOW.  ( 1 )  To  mend  in  health ;  to  thrive.  "  /Vo- 
rertium  apud  Anglot  Boreolei,  he'll  never 
dow  egg  nor  bird,"  Upton  MS.  and  Y'orkib. 
Dial.  p.  83. 

(2)  A  dove,  or  pigeon.  I'ar.  dial.  See  Rutland 
Papers,  p.  10  ;  Skelton's  Works,  i.  137.  "  Cb- 
/>>rjiia,y/fvUceadowc,"MS.Bib.Reg.l8B.i.f.V. 

(3)  A  little  cake.     AorM. 

4)  Good.     H'eilmortL 

5)  Thou.    Octovian,  830. 


DOW 


SI4 


UOZ 


DOW  AIRE.    A  dower.    (J-ff.) 
DO-WAY.    Cease. 

Do  uwy,  quod  Adjun.  let  b«  that* 

B*  God  I  woUe  DOI  (or  mjr  hat 

Be  ukyn  with  ilch  t  gj'lc. 

US.  Oiti(»».  Fr.  V.  4J),  r.  49. 

DOWAYN.    '*  A  mantel  of  Donroyn,"  a  loantel 

from  Dou»y,  «  Flemish  mantle. 
DOW  BALI..     A  turnip.     Line. 
DOWBILNYS.     Insincerity. 

Butt  feynyd  diede  and  JowOHhi/* 

MS.  Cantal).  ft.  i.6.t*i, 

DOWBLET.    Same  as  doubter,  q,  v. 

Ctlppe  lino  Willi  a  ptyre  ihcryi  on  imalr  pftU 
Into  a  fatre  iMiyDC.  and  thanncdohem  lutoaglaue 
|iot  that  men  cleprac  a  dowbUt.     US.  BrifM.  (.  4. 

DOWBOT.    A  hard  dumpltDg.     Eatt. 

DOWCE-EG^TL    An  ancient  dish  in  cookery 
mentioned  in  Prompt.  Parr.  p.  129. 

DOWCER.    A  sugar-plum.    H'nl. 

DOWD.  (1)  Flat ;  dead  ;  spiritless.     Lane. 

(2)  A  nighucap.    Deton. 

DOWE.  (1)  Day.    iJon  o/ rfwiw,  killed. 

(2)  Dough  for  bread.    Pr.  Pan. 

DOWEL.     See  Doul. 

DOWELS.    Low  marshes.    Kent. 

DOWBN.    To  give ;  to  endow.    (^.-M) 

DOWER.     A  rabbit's  burrow.    Pr.  Parv. 

DOWF.     A  dove. 

And  on  the  tempi*  of  doif/k  whytc  and  fayra 
Saw  1  tltto  many  a  hondred  payre. 

US.  ottiiab.  rr.  I.  a,  f. ». 

As  dovfi*  e^e  hirluke  ii  tweCe, 
Row  on  tboni  to  hir  unrocte. 
Cvrtor  Mtinill,  ttS.  Coll.  Trin.  Camab.  t.  W, 

DOW-HOUSE.    A  dove-cote.     £asl. 

D0W1I3.     Dough ;  paste.     Pryye. 

DOWIE.     Worn  out  with  grief.    A'ortA. 

DOWING.    Healthful.     Lane. 

DO-WITHALL.  I  cannot  do  withaU,  1.  e.  I 
cannot  help  it.  This  phrase  is  not  uncom- 
mon in  early  writers.  "  If  he  bear*  displea- 
sure agarnst  me,  I  con  nat  do  trithall,"  Pals- 
mre,  1530. 

DOWKE.  To  hang  down ;  to  fall  untiilily  or 
slovenly,  as  hair,  ribands,  &c.  Also  as  dout, 
q.  v.    See  Thynnc,  p.  78. 

DOWL.    The  deriL    Ermoor, 

DOW'LAS.  Coarse  linen,  imported  from  Brit- 
tany, and  chiefly  worn  bv  the  lower  classes. 

DOWLD.    Dead ;  flat.     1  oriM. 

DOW'LER.    A  coarse  dumpling.     Etut, 

DOWLY.  (1)  McUncholy ;  lonely.    NorH, 

(2)  Dingy ;  colourless.    North. 

(3)  Grievous ;  doleful ;  bad.    Yorhh. 
DOWM.    Dumb.    (J.-S.) 
DOW.MPE.    Dumb.     Tundale,  p.  40. 
DOWN.  (1)  A  company  of  hares. 

<%)  To  knock  down  j  to  faU.     North. 

(3)  Sickly ;  pooriy.     Craven. 

(<4)  Disconsolate ;  cast  down.     As  the  phrase, 

dovm  ht  the  mouth, 
(b)  A  hUl.    (.^.-5.) 
(<5)  /teion  iffan  eye,  having  one  eye  oeariv  blind. 

North. 
(7)  A  bank  of  sand.    {A.-N.) 


DOWN-ALONG.  (1)  Downwards,      ff'mt. 

(2)  A  little  liilL     Devo*. 

DOWNARG.    To  contradict ;  to  a;^e  in  a  pi>- 

sitive  overbearing  manner.     H'nt. 
DOWN-BOUT.    A  tough  battle.    JEtul.    Alio, 

a  hard  set-to,  as  of  drinking. 
DOWNCOME.  (1)  A  depression, or  dowa£aO, M  j 

a  fall  of  rain  ;  a  fall  in  the  market,  ice. 
(2)  A  piece  of  luck.     North. 
DOWNDAISllOUS.    Atidadous.    DortH. 
DOWNDAP.    To  dive  down.     Dewm. 
DOWN-DINNER.     See  Domadrint.  _ 

DOWN-DONE.     Too  much  cooked.     Limt. 
DOWNE.    Done.     Weber. 
DOWNFALL.    A  fall  of  hail,  rain,   or  now 

Var.  dioL 
DOWNFALLY.    Out  of  repair.    Katl. 
DOWNGATE.    A  fall,  or  descent.     {.1..&.) 
DOWNGENE.    Beaten ;  chastised.    (A.-S.) 

Jonge  chlldlr   that  la  the  trole  lerU.  of  Chay  ] 
praye  to  God  that  Ihay  be  noghle  Houmgwne,  GtfA  | 
heri*  thame  noghte,  for  If  thay  were  nagtite  4m 
goto  thay  wolde  noghte  lere. 

MS.  Uimln  A .  L  )7.  t.  tSI. 
DOWN-HEARKEN.    Sec  Dovmarg. 
DOWNHEARTED.     Sad;  melancholj.     f'm;\ 

dial. 
DOWN-HOVSE.    The  bat^.kitchen.     KvrtL 
DOWNLYINO.    A  lying  in.     Var.  dial, 
DOWNO-CANNOT.    When  one  haa  power,  but 

wants  the  will  to  do  anrthing.     Oim^. 
DOWN-PINS.    Persons  (juite  drunk.     Ea$t. 
DOWN-POUR.    A  very  heavy  rain.    North. 
DOWN-SELLA.    The  donzclla,  an  old  daace 

described  in  Shak.  Soc.  Pap.  i.  27. 
DOWN-SirrrNG.    a  comfortable  aettlement, 

especially  in  marriage.     North. 
DOWNY.  "  Low-spirited.     Bast. 
DOWP.    The  carrion  crow.    North. 
DOWPAR.    The  dabchick.     Pr.  Parv. 
DOWPY.    The  smallest  and  last-hatched  of  a 

breed  of  birds.    North. 
DOWRYBBE.  An  instntment  used  for  smping 
and  cleansing  the  kneading  trough.     Alio 
spelt  dowryt.    Sec  Pr.  Parv.  p.  1 29. 
DOWSE.  (1 )  A  doxy ;  a  stnimpet. 
2)  Same  as  Donee,  q.  v. 
31  To  rain  heavily.     North. 
i)  To  beat  or  thrash.     Far.  dial. 
DOWT.    A  ditch,  or  thuin.     Line. 
DOWTTOUSE.     Brave  ;  doughty.    "  A  dowt- 
toiise  derfe  dede,"  Morte  Arthure,  MS.  Line. 
DOWVE.    A  dove.     {A.-S.) 

5e,  he  teydc,  y  lafhe  a  lyvhte 
Yo  the  lykencsof  a  dewpw  flyght*' 

US.  Uarl.  nm.  1. 1. 

DOXY.  A  mistress  ;  a  strumpet.  "  .A  woman 
beggar,  a  dojie,"  Cotgrave.  A  swecthsart,io 
an  innocent  sense.   North,    Also,  ■  vixco. 

DOYLE.    Asquint.     Gloue. 

DOTSE.    Dost.    Tovneley  Mytl. 

DOYT.    Doth.    Ritton. 

DOY'TCH-BACKS.    Fences.    North, 

DOZEN.  To  slumber.  i)omie({,  (f(»m4  ipiril. 
less,  impotent,  withered. 

DOZENS.    Devonshire  kersiei. 


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DOZEPERS.    Noblemen ;  the  Douze-Ptin  of 
France.    Dotj/prr,  Octovian,  923. 
At  Cbarle*  itod  by  chnncvat  ronwll  with  hU  fnU, 
Whiche  thJl  were  orFraunre  hU  ojen  itnvprra. 

US.  Ashmole  33,  f.  S. 
Ai  ClurU*  wu  In  bb  gnrmntt  ttoodyng  imong  hU 

And  counsttilede  with    the  grete  of  Frmuncf  sDd 
with  yt  ilolhtfte  jMrtM.  Ua.  It'ld. 

DOZZIN'S.    Corn  tbokcn  out  in  carrjing  home 
the  iheaves.    Norlk.     Possibly  from  A.-N. 
douiin. 
DOZZLE.    A  small  quantity.    Var.  dial, 
DOZZI.ED.    Stupid ;  heavy.    Eatt. 
D03HTREN.    Daughters.     Rot.  OtoHC. 
DO3-TRO3.    A  ilough-lrough.     (J.-S.) 
U03TUR.    A  daughter.    (J.-S.) 
He  that  be  my  do^furUy, 
1  tolde  the  of  hym  5itturdBy, 
1  wolde  he  were  In  belle. 

MS.  Otnlnl,.  Ff.  V.  M,  f.  S3. 

DRAANT.    A  dnwl.     SuffoU. 

DRAB.  (1)  To  follow  loose  women.  "  Dyeing, 
drinking,  and  drabbiiig,"  Dckker's  Knight's 
Conjuring,  p.  28.     From  the  subtt. 

(2)  A  small  debt.     A'orM. 

(3)  To  drub ;  to  beat.     Kmt. 
DRAB-AND-NORR.    A  game  very  similar  to 

trippil  and  coil.     Sec  Brockett. 
DRABBLE.     To   draggle   in   the  mire.     Var. 

dial.     See  Pr.  Pan-,  pp.  129,  283. 
DRABBI.E-TAII..    A  slattern,  one  who  has  the 

bottom  of  her  gown  dirtied,     t'ar.  dial. 
DRACKSTOOL.    The  threshold.    Deron. 
DRAD.     Feared ;  dreaded ;  afraid.     {A.-S.) 
DRADE.    Drew.     Devon.     No  doubt  an  error 

for  irade  in  Rom.  of  the  Rose,  4200. 
DR.tD.    Thread.     Devon.     {J.-S.) 
DRAF.     Dregs  j  dirt ;  refuse  j  brewers'  grains  ; 

anything  thrown  away  as  unlit  for  man's  food. 

(A.-S.)  "  Dralfe  of  grapes,"  Gesta  Rom.  p.  4U. 
Tak  the  nite  of  pUyntayn  with  the  «ede,  sod 

Rtampe  thsme  with  sulewortbe  vynigrv,  and  drynk 

the  Jewfc,  and  cnplaster  the  dntfi  aponr  the  oavllle. 
MS.  Unc.  Mid.  t.  S9^. 
DRAFFIT.    A  tub  for  liog-wasli.     Wetl. 
DRAFFY.    Coarse  and  bad.   From  rfra/.  "Some 

dninkeo  dronzie  tfro/^eilurtie  dounghill  stile," 

Pil  to  Purge  Mclanrliolic,  n.  d. 
DRAF-SAK.     A  sack  fiUl  of  draf.    Hence  often 

used  as  a  term  of  contempt.    "  With  his  nioste 

vyle  draffetacke  or  puddyngc  bealy,"  Pals- 

grave's  Acolasliis,    1S40.      "  Draffe   sacked 

ruffians,"  HaU,  Henry  VH.  f.  43. 
DR,VFT.     Same  as  Calch  (1). 
DRAFTY.    Of  no  value.     Front  rfro/'. 
DRAG.  (1)  A  skid-pan.     Var.  dial. 

(2)  A  malkin  for  an  oven.  North.  Sec  W'ithals' 
Dictionarie,  1608,  p.  172. 

(3)  A  heavy  harrow  used  for  breaking  clods  In 
stiff  land.     I'ar.  dial. 

(4)  An  instrument  for  moving  timber,  drawing 
up  stones,  or  hea%7  weights,  &c. 

(5)  A  fence  placed  across  running  water,  con- 
sisting of  a  kind  of  hurdle  which  swings  on 
hinges,  fastened  lo  a  horizonlal  pole.    Went. 


(6J  A  dung-fork.     S'orlh. 

(7)  A  raft.     Uluunt. 

(8)  To  drawl  in  speaking.     Wnl. 

DRAGANS.  The  herb  serpentine.  It  is  men- 
tioned in  MS.  Line.  tied.  f.  290.  Droj/onet, 
Reliq.  Antii].  i.  301. 

DRAGE.    A  kind  of  spice.    (J.-N.) 

DRAGEE.  A  smaU  comfit.  {.4..N.)  "  A  dm- 
gee  of  the  yolkes  of  harde  cyren,"  Ord.  and 
Reg.  p.  454.  "  A  gude  draji/  for  gravclle  in 
the  bledilir,"  MS.  Line.  Med.  f.  30O. 

DRAGEME.     A  drachm.    Arch.  xxx.  406. 

DRAGENALL.  A  vessel  for  dragecs  or  small 
comfits.     See  Test.  Vctnst.  p.  92. 

DRAGGE.    Same  as  dragee,  q.  v. 

DRAGGING-TIME.  The  evening  of  a  fair-day, 
when  the  wenches  are  pulled  abont.    Eant. 

DRAGGLE-TAIL.  A  slut.  "  A  dunghill  queane, 
a  draglctaile,"  Florio,  p.  100.  See  Cotgrave, 
in  T.  Chaperomiete :  Withals'  Dictionarie, 
1608,  p.  45. 

DRAGHT.  (1)  A  pawn.   (.-/.-A".) 

Wllb  a  drofAt  lie  wu  chckmate. 

MS.  Omial).  Ff.  11,  a«,  f.  MI. 

(2)  A  kind  of  small  cart. 

The  whiche  of  cuttummable  uic  connetli  here 
the  yrm  dike,  aod  delve  dlchea,  lirre  and  drawe 
itmght04  and  bertbennea.  MS,  Douet  2S)1,  f.  7. 

(3)  Result ;  consequence.     {A.-N.) 
DRAGON.    A  spedea  of  carbine. 
DRAGONS-FEMALE.  Water-dragons.  Gerard. 
DRAIL.    A  toothed  iron  projecting  from  the 

beam  of  a  plough  for  hitching  the  horses  to. 

fVett. 
DRAINS.    Grains  from  the  mash-tub.    Eait. 
DRAINTED.     Ingrained.     f»'i7^». 
DRAIT.     A  team  of  horses.    North. 
DRAITING.     Drawling.     Derbythire. 
DRAKE.  (1)  A  dragon.   (A.-S.)   Hence*  small 

piece  of  artillery  so  called,  u  in  Lister's  Anto- 

biogiaphy,p.  15. 

(2)  A  kind  of  curl,  when  the  ends  of  the  hair 
only  turn  up,  and  all  the  reitt  hangs  smooth. 
To  ihoot  a  drake,  to  fillip  the  nose. 

(3)  The  darnel  grass.    Eatt. 

DRAKES.    A  slop ;  a  mess ;  a  jakes.     Weil. 

DRALE.     To  (hnwl.     North. 

DRAME.     A  dream.     Chaucer. 

DRiVMMOCK.  A  mixture  of  oatmeal  and  cold 
water.     North. 

DRANE.    A  drone.     {A.-S.) 

DRANG.     A  narmw  path,  or  lane,     n'ett, 

DRANGOLL.     A  kind  of  wine. 

Pyof ,  4rmKgall,  and  the  braget  fynr. 

MS.  Rmwt.  C  m. 

DRANK.  The  darnel  grass.  North.  Trans- 
lated by  betel  in  Reliq.  Antiq.  ii.  80,  and  spelt 
drauek.     See  Pr.  Parv.  p.  130. 

DRANT.  (1)  The  herb  rocket.  It  is  the  trans- 
lation  of  emco  in  MS.  Lansd.  560,  f.  45, 
written  in  Ijincashire. 

(2)  A  drawling  tone.     S}^fblk. 

DRAP-UE-LAYNE.    WooUcn  cloth.    A.-N.) 

DRAPE.  A  barren  cow  or  ewe.  Drape  iherji, 
the  refuse  >heep  of  a  flock.     North. 


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DRAPERY.  Conring  or  paiuting  made  to  re- 
semble cloth,  or  foliage. 

DHAPET.     A  table-cloth,     ^etufr. 

DRAI'LYD.     Dirtied ;  licdrabl.led.     Pr.  Pan. 

DRAPS.     Uiiri)w  fruit  when  fallen.    Eatt. 

DRASH.     To  thresh.     Somtrt't. 

DKASMEL.    A  threshold.     Also,  afluL  JTeit. 

DRASHER.     A  thresher.    Someriel. 

URASTES.  Dregs ;  r«fu5C ;  Ices  of  « inc.  {/i..S.) 
Sue  Gesta  Rom.  pp.  346,  413.  "  Refuse  or 
lees  of  wine,  or  of  humor,"  Batmau  uppon 
Bartholomc,  i:)82. 

DRAT.  (I)  A  moderated  imprecation.  Var.dial, 

(2)  Dreadclh.  Sec  Gy  of  Warlike,  p.  81 ;  Piers 
Ploughman,  pp.  1G5,  523. 

DR^VTCHEI..     A  slattern.     Hartr. 

URATE.     To  drawl.    A'orM. 

DRATTLE.  An  oath,  perhaps  a  corruption  of 
IhralHe.     lar.  dial. 

DRAUGHT.  (1)  A  jokes.  "  OMum,  a  drauisht 
or  Jakes,"  Elyot,  1559.    See  D'Ewcs,  ii.  127. 

(2)  A  ipider's  web.  Metaphorically,  a  snare  to 
entrap  any  one. 

(3)  A  kind  of  hoimd.    Florio,  p.  67. 

(4)  A  team  of  horse  or  oicn.     North. 

(5)  Sixty-oae  pounds  weight  of  wooL 
DRAUGHT-CHAMBER.  A  withdrawing  room. 
DRAUGHTS.    A  pair  of  forceps  used  for  ex- 
tracting teeth. 

DRAUN.    To  draw  on ;  to  approach  to.  {A.-S.) 
DRAUP.    To  drawl  in  s|>eaking.    North. 
DRAUJTE.  (1)  A  pawn.    Sec  Draght. 
And  for  that  amonge  rfraujr«u  cchoDv, 
That  unto  the  chei  aperimc  may. 

Occltpe,  its.  &x.  Jnllq.  134.  f.  iG3. 

(2)  Impetus  i  moving  force.    (A.-S.) 
DRAVELED.    Slumbered  etfully.     Gavayne. 
DRAVY.    Thick ;  muddy.     North. 
DRAW.  (1)  To  draw  together,  to  aiiemWe;  to 
draw  OHe'f  purte,  to  pull  it  out. 

i2)  A  hollow  tuck  in  a  cap.     I.inc. 
3)  To  strain.    Forme  of  Cur)-,  p.  1 1 . 

(4)  To  seek  for  a  fox.     Twici,  p.  23.   Drawn 
fox,  metaphorically  a  very  cunning  man. 

(5)  To  take  cattle  out  of  pasture  bind,  that  the 
gran  may  grow  for  hay.    Weil. 

!6)  A  drawer,     /or.  dial. 
7)  To  throw ;  to  stretch  anything.    ITeit. 

(8)  To  build  a  nest;  an  old  hawking  term,  given 
by  Bemers. 

(9)  A  term  in  archer}-,  expressing  the  length  an 
lUTow  will  fly  from  a  bow. 

ilO)  Torfraipo/iirroir,  to  plough.     Bait. 
II)  To  draw  amiu,  to  follow  the  scent  in  a 
wrong  direction.    Bloine.   To  draw  is  a  gene- 
ra] term  in  hunting  for  following  a  track  or 
scent. 

(12)  A  kind  of  sledge.     Wett. 

(13)  To  remove  the  entrails  of  a  bird.  far.  dial 

(14)  A  stratagem  or  artifice.    Swuex. 
DRAWBREECH.    A  slattern.   Devon. 
DR.\WE.  (1)  A  throw,  time,  or  space.   {A.-S.) 

Hence,  sometimes,  to  delay. 
(2)  To   quarter  after  execution.     "  Hang  and 
drawe,"  a  common  plirase. 


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(3)  To  remove  the  dishes,  &e.  off  the  tables 
dinner  is  riuishcd- 

The  kyiig  tpAke  oot  oon  worde 
Tylle  mco  hail  friyn  and  drouvn  the  tJOrd(^ 
.V.V.  Oinlot.  Ff.  it.  4K,  f. 

DRAWER.     The  tapster,  or  waiter.     See  B. 

Fletcher's  Poems,  1656,  p.  193. 
DRA  W.GERE.     Any  furniture  of  cart-l 

for  drawing  a  waggon.     Kennrlt. 
DRAW-GLOVES.    A  game  played  by  hoi 

up  the  fingers  representing  words   by 

difTereut  positions,  as  we  say  talking  tti/h 

fingen.    It  corresponds  to  the  mieare  digitit, 

Elyot,  1559. 
DRAWING.    A  drawing-match,   or  a  trial  of 

strength  with  cart-horses  in  drawing  caiti 

heavily  loaded;  a  practice  formerly  cOTamoa 

in  Suffolk. 
DRA  WING-AWAY.    Dying.    Craven. 
DRAWING-BOXES.    Drawers.    Unton.  p.lO. 
DRAWK.  (1)  A  weed  very  simiUr  to  the  dar* 

nel  grass.     Eatt. 
(2)  To  saturate  with  water.    North. 
DRAWLATCH.     A  thief.    LiteraUy,  a  boose- 

breaker.     The  word  long  continued  a  term 

contempt,  as  in  Hoflfinan,  1631,  tig.  G.  i. 

is  still  applied  to  an  idle  fellow. 
DIIAWT.     The  throat.     Sommel. 
DRAW-TO.    To  come  to ;  to  amoont  up.   Hi 
DR.VY.  (1)  A  squirrel's  nesU    Blome. 

(2)  A  great  noise.  {A.-N.)  Also  a  rerb,  to  act 
like  a  madman. 

For  he  wa«  gaye  sad  amorouic. 
And  mode  lo  inekiUe  Jrape, 

ttS.  Uncain  A.  L  17.  1. 13^ 
llaldyfft  thuu  forward  f  e  rertyt.  nay. 
Whan  thou  inakcst  iwyche  •  dro^. 

MH.  Rffrf.  1701,  r.  St. 

(3)  A  sledge  without  wheels.  fFrit.  "  Dray  ar 
sleadc  whych  gocth  without  wheles,  traha," 
Huloet's  Abe.  1552. 

DRAYNE.     Drawn.    (A.-S.) 

Itattely  he  hathe  ban  of  dnmrfw, 
And  (herin  hynuelfe  dight. 

MS.  a.trl.  tlM,  r.  KB. 
DRAZEL.    A  dirty  slut.     Suttex.    "nie  tern 
occurs  in  Hudibrus  and  Kciinctt.     Soioetimes 
called  drazfUdro::le. 
DRA3T.    A  draw-bridge.     Cateayne. 
DREAD.     Thread.     Eimoor. 
DREADFUL.  (1)  Very  nmch.     Devon. 
(2)  Fearful ;  timorous.'    Sielton. 
DREAM.    To  be  glad.     {A..S.)    Aho,  lo  alog, 

a  meaning  that  has  been  overlooked. 
DREAM-HOLES.    Openings  left  in  the  walla  of 

buildings  to  admit  Ugbt.     Gtouo. 
DRBAN.(l)  A  small  stream.     U.S.) 
(2)  To  drawl  in  i^peaking.     Somenet, 
DREAP.    To  dtvncb.    Also,  to  drswU    tfarik, 
DREARING.     Sorrow,     ^eiwer. 
DREARISOME.    Very  dreary.     North. 
DREATEN.     To  threaten.     Wett. 
DRECCHE.  (1)  To  vex ;  to  oppress.     {A.J.) 
Whereof  the  l>lyodc  world  he  irerrliellt. 

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'*'  1)ft  thkl  4ff«cJkM  men  In  tluilre  ilrpf. 
And  makCA  (h*iin  fuUe  ban  ; 
AimI  oft  thai  llfyo  oponc  mcniiei 
Th«t  many  e«ll«*  the  nyjt-inarc, 

M&  OiiiMti.  Ff.  V.  «8,  r.  BI. 

(2)  To  linger;  to  delay. 

For  drcde  uf  the  derke  nyghle  tha]r  itrtcckatfa  a  lytliUe. 
ifsrta  Jnhtirt,  MS.  Unnln,  t.  At. 
Then  make  y  other  taryn^ yi 
To  irrcrlit  fonbe  the  lung  day. 
For  me  y>  lothe  u>  part  away. 

Coirn-,  MS.  Cantab.  Ft.  I.  6,  t.i. 

(3)  A  sorrowful  tiling.     (^.-S.) 

Ye  ichal)  Me  a  wondur  drttlu. 
Whan  my  lODr  wole  me  fecchc 

MS.  Cinlab.  ft.  II.  »,  f.  S3. 

DRKCBN.    To  threttcn.    A'orM. 
DRECK-STOOL.     A  door-sill.    Devon. 
DREDANU.     Afraitl ;  tfiTificd.     (A.-S.) 
DREDE.     Fear ;  doubt.     Also,  to  fear.  {J.-S.) 

WilhoHlm  ilrede,  without  doubt. 
DREDEFUL.  Timorous.  {A.-S.) 
DREDELES.    Without  ilouVit.     Chauctr. 

Do  dreue  we  tharefore,  and  liyde  we  no  langere. 

Fore  drtillttn  withowtiyne  dowtle  the  daye  achalle 
lie  ourea.        U'trt*  Arthurs,  US,  LinooAi,  f.  70. 
DREDEN.    To  make  afraid.     (.f..5.) 
DREDFliLLY.     Fearfully ;  terrified.     (jI.-S.) 
DREDGE.  (1)  Oats  and' barley  »own  together. 

Spelt  ilragge  in  Vr.  Pan-,  p.  130. 
(2)  .\  hush-harrow.     Siiulh. 
UREDGE-BOX.   The  flour-dredger.     I'ar.  dial 
DREDGE-MALT.      Malt  made  of  oats  mixed 

with  barley  malt.     Kcnnett,  MS.  Lansd. 
DREDGER.    A  tmall  tin  box  used  for  holding 

flour.     South. 
DREDINGFUL.     FuU  of  dread.    {A.S.) 
DKEDKE.     Dread;  fear.     (^.i.-S.) 
DREUY.    Reverent,      llicktlffr. 
DREE.  (1)  To  suflcr  ;  to  endure   [JS.)    Still 

used  in  the  North. 

Anooe  to  the  ale  the!  wyllc  go. 
And  drinkc  ther  whyla  tliei  may  dre. 

MS.  Athmoli  01. 

(2)  To  journey  to  a  place.    Xorth. 

(3)  Long ;  tedious  ;  wearisome.     North, 
l*)  A  huTi  bargainer.      )or*»A. 

(5)  A  cart  without  wheels  drawn  by  one  bone. 
North.    Now  out  of  use. 

(6)  Three.     Somernl. 

(7)  Continuously ;  steadily.     Line. 
DREEU.     The  Lord.     (A.-S.) 
DREEUFUL.     Reverential.    (J.-S.) 
DREELV.  Slowly  ;  tediously.  North.  We  have 

drtghely  in  the  MS.  Morle  Arthurc.     It  there 
probably    means    continumuly,    as  </re/y   in 
Towneley  MysL  p.  90. 
DREEN.    To  drain  dr)-.    SHfolk. 
DREF.    Drove.    Ileame. 
DREFENE.    Driven ;  concluded. 
And  whinne  hJ>  dredefgllc  drem  whaa  dirflmc  to  the 

code, 
The  kynge  dares  for  dowle  dye  at  lie  scholile. 

UiitU  A'tkun,  MS.  UutalK,  f.(t7. 

DREFULLY.    Sorrowfully,    {.i.-ti.) 
And  »iyJ  Willi  licrte  ful  drrfuUy, 
Loidc,  thou  have  on  mc  mwcy. 

VS.  HaiMTOl,  r  77. 


DREGGY.    Full  of  dregs.     (_A.-S.) 

DKEGII.    Suffered.    Weber,  iii.  103.    Drfjht, 

as  drte,  Morle  Arthurc,  Lincoln  MS. 
DHEGHE.  (I)  On  dieglie,  at  adisUnce. 
Thane  tlic  dragooc  ou  artght  dreasedc  hym  ajayncz. 
Uurt,  ArUurr,  MS.  Uncvln,  (.  SI. 
^2)  Long.    Also,  length.     "  AUe  the  dreght  of 
the  daye,"  MS.  Morte  Arthure. 

The  kynge  was  lokyd  in  a  felde 
By  a  ryvrr  brode  and  dftghr. 

MS.  Hart,  sua,  r.  I  ID. 

DREGISTER.     A  dniggiat,    Sufoti. 

DREINT.    Drowned    {A.-S.) 

And  Eodeynellche  he  was  outthrowe. 
And  drairnf,  and  iho  bigan  to  blowe 
A  wyndc  mevable  fro  the  loode. 

Coirrr,  MS.  B'-c  AKllq.  134.  f.  SB. 

DREMEL.    A  dream.     (A.-S.) 

DREME-REDARE.  An  expounder  of  dreams. 
{A..S.) 

DREMES.    Jewehi.    {Dul.) 

DRENCH.  A  drink,  or  potion.  Rilson,ii.  139. 
Still  in  nse.  See  Moor,  p.  113.  It  also  oc- 
curs in  Florio,  p.  60. 

DRENCllE.  To  dro«-n  ;  to  be  drowned.  (A.-S.) 
Drenched,  Leg.  Cathol.  p.  18.  Hence,  some- 
times, to  destrov. 

DRENCHING-HORN.  A  horn  for  pouring 
phvsic  down  an  animal's  throat. 

DRENG.     Drink.    Audelav,  p.  18. 

DRENCE.    To  drag.     Ileome. 

DRENGES.  A  class  of  men  who  held  a  rank 
between  the  baron  and  thayn.  Ilmelok.  The 
ordinary  interpretation  would  be  loldirrt. 

DRENCY.     Thick ;  muddv.     North. 

DRENKLED.    Drowned.    Langtoft,  p.  170. 

DRENT.    Same  as  dreini,  q.  v. 

DREPE.  (1)  To  drip,  or  dribble.  Eiut.  To 
drop  or  fall,  Cov.  Myst.  p.  170. 

(2)  To  kill,  or  slay.     (_A..S.) 

DRE  PEE.  A  dish  in  old  cookery,  composed 
chiefly  of  almonds  and  onions. 

DRERE.  Sorrow.  Sprmer.  "  And  drcri  wc- 
rcn,"  were  sorrowful.  Leg.  Cath.  p.  7.  Drery, 
Sir  Isunibras,  63,  89. 

DRERILY.    SorrowfuUy.    (A.-S.) 

He  drriaes  hym  dr^HIp,  and  to  the  duke  rydca. 

M'Tli  Ailhun,  MS.  Unni/n,  t.  84. 

DRERIMENT.     Sorrow.    Sjmter. 

DREKINESSE.     Affliction.    (./.-*) 

DRERYHE/VD.    Grief;  sorrow.    .<^»njer. 

URESH.    To  thrash.      Var.  dial. 

DRESIIFOLD.    A  threshold.     Cheueer. 

DRESS.  To  set  about ;  to  prepare ;  to  clean 
anything,  or  cleanse  it  from  refuse  ;  to  adoni ; 
to  harness  a  horse ;  to  renovate  an  old  gar- 
ment ;  to  set  anything  iiprigtit,  or  put  if  in  its 
proper  place  ;  to  cidtivatc  land ;  to  go ;  to 
rise ;  to  treat ;  to  place ;  to  set. 

DRESSE.     To  addre>s ;  to  direct ;  to  prepare ; 
apply.     Dreaf,  pre|)arcil,  arnieil,  Degrrvant, 
1217.    See  Leg.  Calhol.  p.  10;  Minni,  p.  I5 
Maundcvile,  p.  306  ;  Cov.  .Myst.  p.  21 7. 
And  Saliim^  drvoutvly  gan  hire  drrttv 
Towarde  the  chylde,  and  on  hire  kneU  falle. 

l^iatt,  MS.  Snr.  ^r'«.  IS4,  f.  tt. 


DRI 


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DRI 


DUESSEl..    A  collage  dresser.     Wctt. 
DRESSER.     An  ii^e  used  in  coal-pits. 
DRESSING-BOARD.    A  dreiser.    Pr.  Parr. 
DRESSING-KMFE.   A  tool  lued  in  hmhandry 
for  rounding  borders,  &c     NortA.    It  oo-urs 
in    Pr.    Parv.    apparently  meaning  a   eooli's 
knife,  one  for  chopping  anything  on  a  dresser. 
Dnnj/ngcnyimt,  Relii).  Antiq.  i.  86. 
DRESTALL.     A  scarecrow.     Dnon. 
DRESTE.    To  prepare.    (J.-N.) 

I  rrtie  yow  rfrartc  Ihc  Iticrforc,  »nil  drave  no  lytl« 
laniierr.  Murtt  jIHhuri,  MS.  Lincoln,  t.  SS. 

DRESTIS.     Dregs;  lees.     (A.-S.) 
DRESTY.    FuU  of  dregs.     (.t.-S.) 
0RETCHE.     Same  as  lirenlie,  q.  v.     It    also 
means  to  dream  or  to  he  distiir)>ed  liy  dreams. 
And  preyed  hyr  Teyre,  anri  gaa  to  *alne. 
That  ftrhe  no  lungerv  wulde  drttrht, 

Cou-tr,  US.  BU>.  Pxbl.  Qinlat. 
DRETCIIING.     Delay.     ((y/.-.'>'.)    Drttchynye, 

trouble,  vexation,  Mortcd' Arthur,  ii. 'tri2, 
DREUL.    A  lazy  fellow.    Also,  to  fritter  away 

one's  time.     Ueeon. 
DREULER.     A  (Wvcllcr ;  a  fool,    fleroii. 
DREURY.     I^ve ;  friendship.    (A.-N.) 
There  U  ucTcrc  wyoter  \a  Ihatcunlrei 
There  If  al  nuuer  drtvm  and  rychcMe 

MS.  AildU.  liSia,  t.  IIM. 

DREVB.    To  pursue ;  to  keep  up.     »>»/. 
So  long  they  had  tticr  way  dreer, 
Tyll  they  come  upon  the  duwoe. 

US.  CanlBh.  F(.  II.  38,  f.  US. 

DREVEDE.     Confounded.    Coirayiie. 

DREVELEN.    To  drivel.     (A.-S.) 

DREVIL.    A  drudge;  a  low  fellow;  •  lervaot. 

DREVY.     Dirlv ;  muddy.    AW*. 

DREW.     Tlircw.     Weber. 

DREWE.     Love ;  friendship.    (A.-N.) 

DREWTtlES.     Jewels ;  ornaments.     Jlitton. 

DREWS  ENS.    Dregs ;  refuse.    Devon. 

DREW5E.     Drew  ;  reached. 

Ityi  herd  waa  both  blake  and  low|e, 
And  to  hyt  gyrdell  tted  It  dmeje. 

m.  A*mtlt  61. 
DREYDE.     Dried.     Somenef. 

And  at  he  myjtehU  clnthU  dreyttf. 
That  he  no  m-ire  o  worde  be  Kyde. 

bourer,  MS.  Sx.  y4ntl<i.  IM,  t.  89. 

DREYFFE.   To  drive ;  to  follow.   Sec  the  Frere 

and  the  Boy,  st.  33. 
DRE3E.     Same  as  Dree,  q.  v. 

The  foules  floterrd  tho  on  lieje. 
And  fcl  wbeooe  thei  my;t  not  tfrejff. 

Curwtr  Muiuli,  US.  OJI.  Trim,  OaoMS.  t.  it. 

DREJLY.    Vigorously  .>     Oaitayne. 

DRIB.  (1)  To  shoot  at  short  juires.  See  Lilly's 
Sixe  Court  Comedies,  ed.  1032,  sig.  R.  ii.  It 
is  a  technical  term  in  archery.  Sec  Collier's 
Shakespeare,  ii.  17. 

(2)  A  drihlct,  or  small  quantity,     Suutx. 

(3)  To  chop  i  to  cut  off.     lUk'krr. 
DRIBBLE.  (1)  A  drudge  ;  a  servant.     Sorth. 

!2)  An  iron  pin.    A  carpenter's  term. 
3)  To  drizzle,  or  rain  slowly.     n'e$t. 
DRIBLET.   Anjtbing  very  small ;  a  child's  toy. 

Far.  dial. 
DRIDOB.    Toiprinklc    Lnc. 


DRIDLE.    An  instrument  lued  for  IsoBoirio? 

bowls  or  wooden  cups. 
DBIE.    To  suffer ;  to  endure.     {A.S.) 
Nc  the  peync  that  the  prrit  ahal  t^y*. 
That  hflunlclh  that  Fynnc  of  leccbf  rye. 

US.  Hart,  titt,  t  H. 
He  emote  as  faste  as  he  raygbt  4rw*m 
The  elvyidi  knyyt  on  the  hr'  — ^  -     •■  — 

us.cx-!:  r. 

DRIED-DOWN.    Thoroughly  ..  -  I 

rijion's  Ur^cr.  of  Englancl,  p.  1  <i9. 
DRIEN.     Tobfldr),  thirsty.     {A.-S.) 
DRIFE.     To  drive;  to  approach.    {.I.S.) 
Into  my  carl-hows  thel  me  rfo^A, 
Out  at  the  duT  thel  put  my  wyfe. 

MS.  Cantat.  Ff.  v.  4|.  f.  41, 
Thus  to  dethe  ye  can  hym  rfryAs 

JUS.  CfnM».  pr.  II.  sa,  r.  Ci 
DRIFLE.     To  drink  deeply.    A'or/A. 
DRIFT.  (1)  A  drove  of  sheep.    KortA.    SoaW 
times,  a  flock  of  birds,  Bus. 

(2)  A  kind  of  coane  sleeve,  gencolljr  made 
silk.     f/oueU. 

(3)  A  diarrhoMi,    Somrrtet. 
(i)  A  green  lane.     /.eic. 
(b)  Road-sand.     Gloue. 

(6)  Drift  of  the  forest  is  an  exact  view  or  ei»- 
mination  what  cattle  are  in  the  fomt,  to  knv« 
whether  it  be  overcharged,  Ac.     Blount. 
DRIFTER.    A  sheep  that  is  overlaid  in  a  dtilt 

of  snow.     North. 
DRIFTES.    Dregs.    Ord.  and  Reg.  p.  4*1. 
DR1C(:LE-DR.\GGLE.     A  great  sbil ;  sluttish. 

Sec  Florio,  pp.  72,  100,  612. 
DRIGII.     Ix)ng ;  tedious.    Also,  to  suffer.    Set 

dree,  and  Gv  of  Warwikc,  p.  iU. 
BRIGHT.    The  Lord.     {A.-S.) 
DRIGHTUPS.    A  boy's  breechcj.     Norlk. 
DRI  HE.    To  endure.    {A.-S.) 

For  as  me  thcaketh,  I  myght  drihe 
Without  ilepe  lo  waken  ever. 
So  that  I  ichofde  noirht  dltcev er 
Fro  hlr  in  whom  is  al  my  lyi;hl. 

Coirrr,  US.  Ointib.  Ft.  L*.  f.Ot. 

DRIKE.    To  ahie  or  repent.   (.^.-.V.^ 
DRILING.     Wasting  time ;  drawling.     HWf. 
DRILL.  I  n  To  decoy,  or  llaltiT.     Demm. 

(2)  To  drill  along,  to  slide  away.    An/. 

(3)  A  large  ape,  or  baboon.    Bhmtf. 

(4)  To  twiri,  or  whirl.     Devon. 

{5)  A  small  draught  of  liqtinr.     Pr.  Parv. 
DRI.MHI.E.     To  toiler.     Donel. 
DRIMMEL.    To  suff.-r  pain.    Somerset. 
DRINDLE.  (I)  To  dawdle.    »//>./*. 
(2^  A  small  draiu  nr  channel.    Eatt, 
DRINGE.    To  driirle  with  rain.    Ktint. 
DRISGETT.    A  press,  or  crowd.     Jtevan. 
DRI.NGING.     Sparing ;  mlwrty.    Drron. 
DRINGLE.    To  waste  time  ;  to  dawdle.    IFM. 
DRINK.  (0  Small  beer.    Wetl. 

(2)  A  draught  of  liquor,    lor.  dial.    To  get  a 
drink,  i.e. to  drink. 

(3)  To  absorb,  or  drink  up.    Eatt, 
(i)  To  abic,  or  suffer.     Cott/rare. 
(.5)  To  smoke  tobacco.    Jutiton, 
DRINKELES.  Without  drink.  (./.-5J  "Df.llte 

dr\-nkles  they  dye,"  MS.  Uortb  ArtltUtV. 


i 


DRINKHAIL.  Litmllr,  drink  htcUh.  (.1..S.) 
It  was  the  pledge  word  corresponding  to  irm- 
Mt>.  See  Gloss,  to  R.  Glouc.  p.  696.  Bm- 
fiynde,  already  noticed,  belongs  to  the  same 
claM  of  words.  It  was  the  custom  of  our  an- 
cestors to  pledge  each  other  with  a  variety  of 
words  of  the  like  kind,  and  instances  may  he 
seen  in  Hartshorne's  Met.  Tales,  pp.  48,  308. 

DRINKING.  A  collation  between  dinner  and 
supper.  Sec  the  French  Alphaltct,  1CI5,  p. 
1.12  :  Welde's  Janiia  Lingiianiin,  1C15,  p.  39. 
Tlie  term  is  now  applied  to  a  refrcsluneDt  be- 
twixt meals  taken  bv  farm-lalraurers. 

DRISKING-TOWEL.'  A  doily  for  dessert. 

DRINKLYN.    To  drench,  or  drown.    Pr.  Parr. 

DRI N  K-ME  AT.  Boiled  ale  thickened  with  oat- 
meal  and  bread.     Sakip. 

DRINK-PENNY.  Earnest  money.  See  Dr. 
Dec's  Diary,  p.  45.  Drinking-monei/,  Florio, 
p.  C-t  ;  Colfrave,  in  v.  I>rarjHinage. 

DKINKSHANKERE.     A  eiip-bearer.    (./.-S.) 

DRINKY.     Drunk.     I'ar.  dial. 

DRIP.  Anything  that  falls  in  drops ;  petrcftc- 
tions ;  snnw.     North. 

DRIPPER.    A  small  shallow  tab.     WeH. 

DRIl'PING-IIORSE.  A  wooden  standing  frame 
to  hang  wet  clothes  on.    I'ar.  dial. 

DRIPPINGS.  The  lost  milk  tlTordcd  by  acow. 

Sahqi. 
^DRIPPING-M'ET.   Quite  aoiked.    far.diaL 

DRIPPLE.    Weak;  rare,    n'ore. 

DRIPPTE.     Dropped.    (,/..5.) 

DRISH.     A  thrush.   Dmm. 

DRISS.    To  cleanse ;  to  beat.     North. 

DRISTER.     A  daughter.     CWreen. 

DRITE.  (1)  Dirt;  dung.  (./..&)  A  term  of 
great  contempt,  as  in  Havelok,  682. 

(2)  To  speak  thickly  and  indistinctly.  North. 
No  doubt  connected  with  drolyne,  q.  v. 

DRI  VE.  ( 1 )  To  driuJe ;  to  snow.    .VoWA. 

(2)  To  procrastinate.  Yoriih.  To  rfrire  off,  a 
very  common  phrase. 

(3)  Impetus.  Also,  to  propel.  Wrtt.  In  early 
poetry,  to  advance  very  quickly. 

U)  To  follow  ;  to  suffer.    {J.-S.) 

(b)  To  drive  forth,  to  paaa  on.  To  drive  airoad, 
to  spread  anything.  To  drive  ttdrtft,  to  ac- 
complish any  purpose.   To  drive  pip;  to  snore. 

DRIVE-KNOR.    A  bandy-ball.     AoW*. 

DRIVEL.     Same  as  drtvil,  q.  v. 

DRIVELARD.    A  low  fellow  ;  a  liar. 

DRIWERIE.    Friendship.    (A.-N.) 

DRIZZLE.  (I)  A  Scotch  mut.  Var.  dial  To 
rain  gently,  to  fall  quietly. 

(2)  A  very  small  salt  ling.     North. 

DRO.    To  throw.     Somertet. 

DROAT.     A  throat.     Someml. 

DRUATUPS.  A  leather  strap  aoder  the  lower 
part  of  a  horse-collar.     South. 

DROBLY.     Dirty ;  mnddy.    Pr.  Parr. 

DROUYL.    To  trouble;  to  vex. 

So  sal  paynn  aod  taro««  <r«Sv(  ihaln  thoflit. 

HMmfpU,  its.  »um,  p.  !I4. 

DROCK.  A  water  connc.  U'ilh,  To  drain 
with  underirouod  Mom  (Utten.    Olouc. 


VIO 

DRODDUM.    Tlie  br«ech.     North. 
DRODE.     Thrown.     Somrrtet. 
DROFF.  (1)  Threw.     H'ettr. 

(2)  Dregs;  refuse.     North. 

(3)  Drove ;  rushed  ;  passed.  (A.-S.) 
UROFMAN.  A  herdsman.  {Lat.) 
DROG HE.     Drew ;  rctiml  i  brought. 

Thro  wu  that  mayile  «ro  y-nogh. 
To  hur  chaumbur  the  hur  rfnvrAr. 

MS.  Canlab.  Ft.  II.  ».  t.  lOS. 

DROGIITE.     A  drought.     (^.-&) 

DROGMAN.     An  interpreter.     {J.-N.) 

DRtllE.  A  drudge,  or  servant.  North.  Stubbe 
has  this  word  in  his  Anatomic  of  Abuses, 
1 595,  Sec  Malonc's  Shakespeare,  xviii.  42; 
Tosser's  Husbanrby,  p.  256. 

DROIGUT.     A  team  of  horses.     A'orM. 

DROIL.  A  drudge.  North.  "A  knave;  a 
slave ;  a  drotflc  or  drudge  subject  to  stripes," 
Nomendator,  p.  518.     Also,  the  dirty  work. 

DRO-IN.  To  strike.  To  dro-in  sheaves,  to 
carry  them  together  in  parrels.     South. 

DROITS.     Rjffbts ;  dues.     Kmt. 

DROKE.  A  filmy  weed  verj-  common  in  stand- 
ing water.     Kent. 

DROLL.  To  put  off  with  excosri.  Eiur. 
Playing  the  droll,  making  a  fool  nf  anv  one. 

DROLLERY.  .\  puppet-show.  Sometimes,  • 
puppet.     "  A  living  ibnllerv,"  Shak. 

DROMBESLADE.     A  drummer. 

DROMON.  A  vessel  of  war.  (A.-N.)  See 
Kyng  Alisannder,  90;  Artbour  and  Merlin, 
p.  5 ;  Gy  of  Warwike,  p.  94  ;  Morle  d'Artbur, 
i.  137  ;  Weber,  Ui.  397. 

Drefscs  dromoum^§  sdi)  draggcs,   anri  drawm* 
lipe  itonys  Mortt  ArlKo.;  MS.  Unnm,  t.  SI. 

DROMOUNDAY.    A  war-horse.    (./.-A.) 

DRONE.  (1)  Adnim.    Elis.  iorh. 

(21  To  dr«wl.     North. 

DRONG.  (I)  A  narrow  path,     irrtt. 

(2)  Drunk;abtorbed.     (^.-5.) 

DRONING.  (1)  An  affliction.     (J.-S.) 

(2)  A   lazy  indolent  mode  of  doing  a  thing. 

Brockelt,  p.  103.     Hence  may  be  explained 

Jonnon's  phrase  of  droning  a  tobceeo-pipe. 
DRONKE.     Drowned.     (./.-A'.) 
DRONKELEW.      Drunken;    given   to   drink. 

{A.-S.)     See  RcUq.  Antiq.  i.  298  ;  Pr.  Parv. 

p.  133;  Piers  Ploughman,  p.  156. 

It  ii  no  ichmme  of  *\tfhv  a  Ihcwv, 
A  jooge  man  to  be  iint»kft<\rt. 

CoicT.  MS.  Xti.  Axli^.  I3t.  f.  177. 

DRONKEN.      Drank,  pi.     (^,.&)     Also  the 

part  past,  as  in  Chaucer. 
DRONKEN  AND.     Intoxicating.    (A...1.) 
DRONKLED.  Drowned.  Langtofl,pp.43, 106. 
DRONNY.     A  drone.    ShtUim. 
imOO.    Through.    irt»i. 
DROOL.     To  drivel. 
DROOPER.    A  moody  fellow,     ft'eel. 
DROOT.     One  who  stutters.     Pr.  Pare. 
DROP.  (1)  A  reduction  of  wages.     AorM. 
(2)  Midmmmrr  drop,  that  portion  of  fruit  which 

falls  at  .Midsiii:  .Ih. 

DROP-BOX.      \  V.     Vrmm. 

DROP-DRY.     V.-...  .  ....i.     Sorth. 


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DRU 


OROP-DUMPI.INCS.  A  spoon  pudding,  eieb 
spoonful  of  latter  beinf;  dropt  into  the  hot 
water,  so  fonning  a  dunipling.    Eatt. 

DROPE.  (l)To  drop,  orrun  down.    Eait. 

(2)  A  crow.      Yorkth. 

(3)  To  baste  meal.     Ptgge. 

DROPES.    Ornaments  on  the  jackets  formerly 

worn  by  mummers. 
DBOP-GALLOWS.     A   foiil-mouthcd  person. 

Ba$t. 
DROP-HANDKERCHIEF.     A  game  at  fairs, 

also  called  kiss-in-tlie-ring. 
DROP-IN.     To  heat.     /.  fVight. 
DROPMELE.     Uv  portions  of  drops.     {AS.) 
DROP-OUT.     To  fall  out ;  to  quarrel.    Wat. 
DROPPERS.       Persons   who   drop    grains    of 

pease,  &c.  into  the  holes  made  by  the  dribbles. 

far.  ilial, 
DROPPING.     Weeping.     Grrard. 
DROPPINGS.  (1 )  An  early  apple.      Yortth. 
(2)   The   dung   of  birds.       ('«/•.   dial.     "The 

muling,  or  droppings  of  birds,"  Cotgravc. 
DROPPING-TIIE-LETTER.      A   Iwy's   game, 

menlioncHl  in  Moor's  Suffolk  Words,  p,  23B. 
DROPPING-TIME.     Rainy  weather,     n'etl. 
DROPPY.     Wet ;  rainy.     Aor/A. 
DROPS.     To  lake  one'ii  dropt,  to  dliuk  exces- 
sively of  spirits.     North. 
DROP-VIE.     A  term  in  gambling,  the  same  as 

the  my.     Florio,  p.  412. 
DROPWORT.     The  hnhfilipnditia. 
DROPVK.     The  dropsy ;  dropsy-jick. 
DRORE.     A   dish  in   old   cookery,  composed 

ohiedy  of  almonds  and  small  hinls. 
DROSE.    To  gutter,  as  a  candle.  Drotrd,  soiled 

as  a  candlestick  is  from  a  candle  that  gutters. 

Kmf.     Also  spelt  dnttlt. 
DR0S1NG8.     Dregs  of  tallow.     Kent. 
DROSSELL.     A  tint ;  a  hussv.    iramer. 
DROSS-WHEAT.    Tlic  inferior  wheat  left  after 

dressing.     Suffolk. 
DHOSTY.     Full  of  dross.     Warw. 
DROSY.     Very  brittle.    Vnoit. 
DROT.    A  moderated  imprecation.    Simlh. 
DROTYNE.    To  speak  inilistiiictly ;  toslaminer. 

Pr.  Parr.    It  it  still  used  iu  the  North  under 

the  form  drite.     See  Unickett,  p.  103. 
DROU.    To  dry.     Ermnor. 
DROUCHED.    Drenched.     Suffolk. 
DROUGHE.    Drew.    {J.-S.)   iJrouA,  Langtoft, 

p.  32,    Drv,  Aniadas,  74. 

A  rlrlic  torat)e  they  dyd  bydl^t, 
A  cnfly  cicrke  ihs  Icltres  dnmghf. 

Ma.  Htru  ma,  r.  te. 

DROUGHT.  (I)  A  postage.     fTett. 

(2)  A  team  of  horses.    North. 

DROUGHTY.     Thirsty,    //rr-/: 

DROUK.    To  drench  ;  to  soak.     North. 

DROLKENING.  A  slumber.  W.  M apes,  p. 334. 

DROUMY.     Dirty ;  muddy.    Devon. 

DROUNSLATK. '  A  drunimer.  This  term  oc- 
curs in  a  diarv  in  MS.  Colt.  Vcjp.  A.  tit. 

DROUNT.     To'drawl.    Northumb. 

DROU  PEN.  To  droop,  or  look  sickly.  Salop. 
In  Pr.  Parr,  to  He  liid  secretlv. 


DROUP?*TNGE.     A  slumber.    (/»f.) 
DROUTH.     Thirst;  drrness.     AortA.      " 

dnilhc  lond,"  the  iry  land,  Otucl,  f.  45. 
DROVE.  (1 )  A  path,  or  road.    lint. 
(2)  To  pursue;  to  vex.    {A.-S.) 
(3  >  Driven.     I'ar.diaL 
DROVY.      Dirty.      (A.-S.)      ••  Itchr.    mbM*,. 

lousy,  or  all  ibrec,"  Forby. 
DROVYNO.     Distress  J  vexation.  (.rf..&) 
DROW.     To  dry ;  lo  throw.    Wat. 
DROWnULLY.    Troubled  ;  thick  ;  dribbly. 
DROWD.     Thrown.     Wilt: 
DROWE.    Drew;  went    (A-S.) 

Swyttie  further  in  the  fomte  be  i 

its  (»<ii>».  rr.u  ai,t«. 
DRO\VEN.    Driven.    Warton,  i.  88. 
DROWGHTE.    Drmess.    (A.-S.) 
DROWKING.    Faint  with  tliiret.    /forth. 
DROWN.     To  soak  clothes.     North. 
DROWNED-LAND.    Marshes.    Jtnuom. 
DROWNED-R.\T.    A  simpleton.    "As  wet  HI 

drowned  rat,"  i.  e.  very  wet. 
DROWNING-iiRIDGE.   A  sluice-gate;  ■  pca-J 

stock  for  overflowing  meadows.      HVts. 
DROWNNE.    To  make  sad.    (.1.-S.) 
H'hy  drawcf  you  fo  our  dreghe, 
Thov  dtwnnfM  myne  hcrtr. 

Jfn/^a  Jrlhurt.  Uhc.  MS.  CM.  ] 

DROWRYIS.    Jewels ;  ornaments. 

DROWSE.    To   gutter.      See   Drotf.      H«ore| 

droirmi,  made  of  tallow.    Am/. 
DRiiWSYllED.    Drowsiness.   Spenirr. 
URUWTY.     Dry ;  dustv.    Dertyh. 
UROWY.    To  drv.   Soiuriet. 
DROW5.    Drew  out.   (A.-S.) 

Then  made  the  ccheperde  rigtit  glad  cho^^ 
When  lie  the  iHver  rfrowj.  • 

MS.  Oihtab.  Vf.  V.  «,r,l 
DROXY.    Rotten.    Weit. 
DROY.  (1)  To  wipe,  or  clean.    Lane. 
(2)  A  thunderbolt.  This  provincialism  oocun  ta  i 

Aubrey's  Wilts,  Royal  Soc.  MS.  p.  35. 
DROZE.' To  beat  severely.  East.  llcBce  tlr^tif,  \ 

a  very  severe  drubbing. 
DROZEN.   Fond ;  doating.    North. 
DR05EN.   Drew.    Gairaynr. 
DROyr.    Drought;  dr)ne5S.    {A.-S.) 
DRU.    Through.    i>eiioi«. 
DRUB.  To  throb ;  lo  beat.  J)ntbHHff,  m<ttrf»e- 

verc  heating.    Var.  dial. 
ORUIIUULNESSE.  Thickness,  applied  to  BquMJ 

or  soups  of  aov  kind. 
DRU D BY.    Muddy.    Nortkumb. 
DRUBS.    Slates  among  cinders.    North. 
DRUCK.  To  thruat  down ;  to  cram ;  to 

Somertet. 
DRUCKEN.   Drunk  ;tipiy.   North. 
DRUDGE.  Alat^rake.  Al«>,  to  harrow. 
DRUE.     Dry.     "  DriiOt  the  pot  drttr," 

empty  it.    North. 
DRUERY.   Gallantry  i  courtship.   (A.-N.)    Stt 

Rob.  Glouc.  p.  191 ;  Gy  of  Warwike,  p.  S3. 

.4lso,  sometimes,  a  m'tstress.     It  appamily 

means  the  result  of  love,  in  MS.  Adilit.  12I9&. 

The  Virgin    is   styled    ■'  Cristcs  drurie,"  iu  , 

Arlhour  and  Merlin,  p.  312. 


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321 


DRY. 


I 
I 

I 


And  then  for  gnto  tfnMyy* 

I  let  the  erle  lyggc  me  by. 

Ma.  OtHlab.  Ff.  II.  »,  f.  1» 

DKUFFEN.    Dnmk ;  tipsy.   North. 
DRUG.  (1)  A  timber-carmge.   Eail. 
(2)  To  dry  «lightly.  Suuer. 
h)  Damp ;  moist.   /.  Wight. 
DRUGEOUS.   Huge ;  very  Urge.   Deron. 
DRUCGE.   To  drag.   {.I.-S.) 
DRUGGER.   A  druggist.   Earle. 
DRUGGERMAN.    An  int«rpreter. 
DR0GSTER.   A  druggist.    Var.  dial. 
DRUID'S-HAIR.    Long  moss.    Wiltt. 
DRUIVY.   Ovenart ;  muddy.    Cvi. 
DRUM.  (1)  To  beat  soundly.    Wnt. 

i2)  The  cylindrical  part  of  anything. 
3)  Tom  or   John    Drum's    Entertainment,    a 

phrase  signifying  ill-treatment,  or  turning  an 

unwelcome  guest  out  of  doors. 
DRUMBELO.    A  dull  heat?  fellow.   Erm. 
DRUMBLE.   To  be  sluggish ;  to  be  confused  in 

doing  anything ;  to  mumble.    H'nI.    It  occurs 

in  Shukcfipcare. 
DRLMBLE-BEE.    A  humble-bee.   A'oiA. 
DRVMBLED.    Disturbed  ;  muddy.    North. 
DRUMBLE-DRONE.     A   drone.     Mctaphori- 

cally,  a  stupid  person.    H'ett. 
DRUMBLES.    He  drtamt  drumilet,  Le.  he  is 

half  asleep  or  stupid.    Norf. 
DRUM  BOW.   A  dingle,  or  ravine.  Chetk.  Also 

called  a  drumble. 
DRUMLER.    A  small  vessel  of  war,  chiefly  used 

by  pirates.    Cotgrave. 
DRUMLEY.    Muddy ;  thick.    Hence,  confused. 

Also,  slowly,  lazilv.    North. 
DRUMMING.  (1)  A  good  beating.    fTat. 
(2)  Palpitating.   "  Drumming  hearts." 
DRUMMOCK.   Meal  and  water  mixed.   North. 
DRUMSLADE.    A  drum.     See  Becon,   p.  449  ; 

Hall,   Henry  VUI.  ff.  i8,   80;  Elyot,  in  v. 

Symphoniaehiu. 
DRUMSLAGER.  A  drummer.  i)nim«/ec/ ocean 

in  the  Ord.  and  Reg.  p.  256. 
DRUN.   A  narrow  passage,    ffilt: 
DRUNGE.  A  pressure,  or  crowd.    ITiUt. 
DRUNK.    The  darnel  grass.   North. 
DRUNKARD'S-CLOAK.    A  tub  with  holes  "m 

the  sides  for  the  arms  to  pass  through,  for- 
merly used  in  Newcastle  for  the  pimisbmcnt 

of  scolds  and  drtmkanis. 
DRUNKESCHIPE.   Drunkenness.   {.i.-S.) 

Bo  that  upon  hit  dmnkMchipe. 

Thry  t»ounden  him  with  chjynit  faite. 

Oduv,  MS.  Soe.  .4n(Jj.  134,  t.  IM. 

DRUNKWORT.  Tobacco.   Mituheu. 

DRUNT.   A  pet,  or  bad  humour.   North. 

DRUPY.   Drooping. 

Scho  foDdc  the  tsdy  alle  dmpir. 
Sore  wrpyng  and  twythe  «ory. 

M.I.  Omlab.  It.  U.  38,  f.  Ht. 

DRUIUES.   Same  as  Dromyit,  q.  t.    "  Druries 

riche  and  dere,"  Gy  of  Warwike.  p.  274. 
DRURY.    Dreary.    Also  as  Druery,  q.  v. 
DRUSS.    A  slight  slope.    /.  Hight. 
DRUV.     Driven.    iar.dioL 
DRUVE.   A  muddv  river.    Cmnb.. 


DRUVY.  ThiekjdirtT.   North. 
DRUYE.    Dry.   [a.-S.) 
DRWRERY.   Same  as  dnitry,  q.  v. 
DRY.  (1)  Thirsty.    Var.  dial. 

(2)  To  leave  off  milking  a  cow,  when  ibe  gives 
bttle  milk.  North. 

(3)  Genuine ;  unadulterated.   North. 

(4)  Not  sweet.    "  A  dry  wine."    Var.  dial. 

(5)  Same  as  Dm,  q.  r.   Perceval,  358. 
(61  Crafty  ;  subtle.    Var.  dial. 

{!)  Disappointed ;  cast  down.  North.  This  is 
given  as  a  Scotch  term  in  MS.  Cott.  Galba  C. 
ix.  f.  275. 

(8)  Hard ;  severe  j  ts,  "  •  dry  blow." 

(9)  To  wipe  anything  drv.    Var.  dial. 
DRY-BOB.    A  joke.  "°Au>(&  wicAe,  a  dry-bob. 

jeast,  or  nip,"  Cotgrave. 
DRYCIIE.     To  frighten ;  to  terrify. 

And  thane  fcho  laid.  naye.  I  am  a  ipirit  of  pur- 
gatorye,  that  walde  bafo  beipe  of  the,  and  nogbte  a 
•plrlt  of  hclle  to  rfrycAe  the. 

MS.  LliteolH  A.  1.  17.  t.  ISl. 

DRY-COMMUNION.  A  nick-name  for  the 
Nicene  Creed,  very  common  at  the  Re. 
formation. 

DRY-CRUST.  A  miser.  Uitukeu.  Huloethu 
dry-fellou)  in  the  same  sense. 

DRYD.   Dread.   Christmas  Carols,  p.  16. 

DRYE.    Same  as  rfree,  q.  v. 

DRYFANDE.    Driving ;  coming.   (.4.-S.) 
Hym  dremyd  of  a  dragon  dredfulle  to  Iwholde* 
Come  drifftmdt  over  the  depe  to  drcntoben  hyi  popl^ 
Mnrte  Arthun,  MS.  LincJn,  f.  01 . 

DRYFAT.  A  box,  packing-<^ase,  or  large  banket. 
Sec  Cotgrave,  in  v.  Etrfmuer;  Arch.  xxi.  472 ; 
Burgon's  Life  of  Gresham,  i.  HI  ;  Tarllon, 
p.  99  i  Nash's  Pierce  Peniless,  1592. 
DRY-FOOT.  A  term  in  hunting,  to  follow  the 
game  by  the  scent  of  the  foot.  See  Huiison's 
England,  p.  230. 
DRYGHE.   To  suffer.    See  Dree. 

Ther  for  thya  yehe  peyne  y  dryght. 
For  y  tiare  me  yn  pryde  to  hyghe. 

MS.  Hart.  1701,  t.  B. 
DRYGHTTENE.   The  Lord.   (^.-5.) 

The  Dn/ghtUne  at  domcsdaye  dele  atf  hyme  lykea. 
Mortt  ArtStirr,  MS.  UacnJn,  f  117. 
DRYHE.    On  dryhe,  Iwckwards. 

Launcelot  than  hyro  drew  on  drpHt. 
Hyi  iwerd  waa  to  hyi  hand  drawen. 

MS.airl.ttU,t.t». 

DRY-HEDGE.  A  bank  of  earth  thrown  up  as  • 

fence  between  inclonires. 
DRY-MEAT.    Hay.    Var.  dial 
DRYNCHE.    Same  as  drenehe,  q.  r. 
DRYNG.   To  drink.   {J..S.) 

Wot  na  drynf  wald  the  nane, 
Swa  myke]  com  ad  the  tane. 

Ouf  a/  Wanrlek,  MlMlftilH  JM. 

DRYNOE.  To  tlm>ng.  See  Lybeaus  Diiconni, 
340.  In  use  in  Devon,  according  to  Dr. 
Mines'  MS. Glossary. 

DRY  P.    To  l>eat ;  to  chastise.    Salop. 

DRY-SALTER.  A  person  deaUng  in  various  arti- 
cles for  dyeing. 

DRY-SCAB.   A  ring-worm.    PaUgrme. 


DUG 


322 


DUG 


DauiMfU*  he  irrt—it  all«,  bf  dndcorhpniflTriw, 
fta  Sfrynne  unto  Swethcrvykr  with  hU  rvTfde  kcov. 
Xvru  Jriliurt,  MS.  Uimln,  t.  S3. 

DRTiTH.  Drought.   Huloet. 

DRl'VE.    Driven.   Hilton. 

DRITEN.   DroTe  off.  Heante. 

DRY-WALL.   A  wall  without  lime.    Far.  dial, 

DR^'WERY.    Same  u  Drwry,  q.  t. 

DRY3E.    Calm  ;  patient ;  cndttring.  Gamine. 

DUABLE.    CoDTenieDt ;  proper.    Leic. 

OUARY.   A  widow'i  dowry.   Pr.  Pare. 

DUB.  (1)  A  blow.    Var.  dial 

(2)  He  who  dnink  a  large  potion  on  his  kneet 
to  the  health  of  his  mistress  was  formerly 
laid  to  be  dubbed  a  knight,  and  remained  so 
the  rest  of  the  evening.  Shakespeare  alludes 
to  this  custom. 

(3)  A  smalt  pool  of  water ;  ■  piece  of  deep  and 
smooth  water  in  a  rapid  river.  North, 
"  Spared  neither  litii  nor  mire,"  Robin  Hood, 
i.  106.    Sometimes,  the  sea. 

(4)  To  cut  off  the  comb  and  wattles  of  a  cock. 
See  Holme's  Armorj-,  1688. 

!&)  To  dress  flics  for  fisliing.    I'la-,  dial. 
6)  To  dress,  or  put  on  armour.    (A.-S.) 
(7)  To  strike  cloth  with  teasels  in  order  to  raise 

the  flock  or  nap.    Glove. 
DUG-A-DUB.    To  beat  a  drum.     Also,   the 
blow  on  the  drum.    "  The  dub-a-dub  of  ho- 
nor," Wonmn  is  a  Weathercock,  p.  21,  there 
used  metaphorically. 
DUBBED.  (1)  Blunt;  not  pointed.    South. 

(2)  Created  a  knight.  (.1.-S.)  "  The  Icarme 
dubbing  is  the  old  tearme  for  that  purpose," 
Harrison's  Descr.  of  England,  p.  159. 

(3)  Clothed ;  ornamented.    (J.-S.) 

The  wtiytk  ci  nls  a  cytt  bryght* 
With  sikyn  rychu  rfu^^«f  and  dyght. 

Hampale,  MS.  Bolc««,  p.  933. 
HU  dyadcroo  wut  droppcde  dowue, 
DuUf]fite  with  tlODyi. 

JtforO  jtnhun,  MS,  Unr.  t.  88. 
DUBBERS.     Trimmers  or  binders  of  books? 

See  Davies'  York  Records,  p.  '238. 
DUBBING.  (I)  A  kind  of  paste  made  of  flour  and 
water  boiled  together,  used  by  cotton  weavers 
to  besmear  the  warp. 

(2)  A  mixture  of  oil  and  tallow  for  making  lea- 
ther impervious  to  the  water,   North. 

(3)  Suet.    Sumerift. 

hS  A  mug  of  beer.    niU: 

DUBBY.  Dumpy  J  short  and  thick.    Wm/. 

UUBEROUS.    Doubtful.     Ifnt.    Perhaps  the 

more  usual  form  of  the  word  is  dulertome. 
DUBLER.   SeeDouiler. 
DUBLI.   To  double.   (J.-S.) 
DUBONURE.   Courteous  ;  ifciitle.   {A.-N.) 
The  clerke  leyd,  lo  '  nitc  here, 
A  trew  man  aa  a  du'>oriur^, 

MS.  Harl,  17fll.  f.  ,KI. 

DUBS.  Doublet*  at  marbles.  A  player  knock- 
ing two  out  of  the  ring  cries  duii,  to  au- 
tboriu:  his  claim  to  both.   Also,  money. 

DUU-SKEI.PEIl.    A  bog-trotter.    North. 

DUG.  A  duke,  or  leader.  The  sceimd  ciamplr 
Ulustralci  Shakespeare's  "  Uukc  Tiicacti*," 


iw   isooiaii 

ShalL.  Soc.    , 
dekmiiiiiM 

Umtwtt.  t.ieM 


The  TyryeDn  aia  lo  fcrde  bycaaae  at  I 
of  Balaae  thaire  rfMr.   Uiat  Ihay  ce  ilurvlc  i 
turseagayne,  M  detcnde  the  wallas. 

MS.  IwMah  A.  L 17. 
Toldc  aod  alfrrmed  to  Jut  Ttaiiw  <n. 
With  boMe  diere  and  a  plain  -rirajfi 

Ul*ttt'i  B,>tS^,  MS.  Bmmmt 

DU-CAT-A-WHEE.      God   preterrv  yo*!    A 

phrase  of  corrupt  Welsh,  oocuioBally  eoeor- 

ring  in  some  old  plars. 

DUCD.^ME.   The  bnrdra  of  an  old  Kmgoccv- 

ring  in  Shakespeare,  and  found  ander  the  fam 

Ihaadam-me-me  in  a  MS.  in   tite   Bodlaa 

Library.     See  a  paper  by  me  in  Shall.  SdC 

Pap.  i.  109. 

DfCED.    Devilish.    X'ar.diaL 

DLCHERY.   A  dukedom.   (//.-Jft) 

That  dayt  tmdmyu  he  delie,  and  doubt>yd*  I 

JVorM  Jnlum,  MS.  I 
DUCK.  (1)  To  stoop,  or  dip.   rar.  dioL  Aim>,U 
bow ;  and  the  substantive,  a  bow. 

(2)  To  support,  or  carry  any  one,    IFeti. 

(3)  To  dive  in  the  water.    .Deroia. 
DUCK-AND-DRAKE.  A  game  pUved  by  th 

ing  shells  or  stones  along  the  mrface  of 
water.  It  is  alluded  to  by  several 
writers,  as  by  Minucius  Felii,  quo. 
Brand,  ii.  247.  "  A  kind  of  sport  or  plj  _ 
an  oister  shell  or  a  stone  throwne  into  th 
water,  and  making  circles  ycr  it  sinke,  \c.  i 
is  called  a  ducke  and  a  drake,  and  a  halfe- 
penie  cake,"  Nomcnclator,  p.  299.  It  is  re- 
markable that  the  some  words  are  still  in  use. 
U  the  stone  emerges  only  once,  it  is  •  dmci, 
and  increasing  in  the  following  order ; — 

2.  A  duck  and  a  drake. 

3.  And  a  half-penny  cake. 

4.  And  a  penny  to  pay  the  old  baker ; 

5.  A  hop  and  a  scotch 

Is  another  notch, 

6.  Slilherum,  slallienim,  take  her 
From  tliis  game  probalily  originated  the  ph 
of  making  duckt  and  drakrt  with  one's  manTTJ 
i.  e.  spending  it  foolislily.     An  early  inataa^ 
of  this  phrase  may  be  seen  in  Strode'*  Fkitt. 
ing  Island,  Sig.  C.  iv. 

DUCKER.   A  kind  of  fighting-cock. 
DUCKET.    A  dove-cot.    North. 
DUCK-FKIAR.   The  game  of  leap-frog.   SeeUie 

play  of  Apollo  Shroving,  IG27.  p.  83. 
DUCKING-STOOL.    Sec  Cucking^tooL 
DUCKlSll.    Dusk  or  twilight.   Deron. 
DUCKLEGGED.   IIa\nng  short  legs.  I'ar.diaL 
DUCK-OIL.   Water  J  moisture.    I  or.  dial, 
DUCKS-MEAT.   "  A  kinde  of  weadc*  hovering 

aljove   the   water  in   pondea  or   slauRne^" 

Huloct,  1552. 
DUCKSTOXE.     A  game  played  by  trying  Ui 

knock  a  small  stone  off  a'larger  one  «hirh 

supports   it.     The  small   atone   is   called  a 

drake,  and  the  stone  flung  at  it  it  called  (lie 

durkstone. 
DUCK-WHEAT.   Red  wheat.   A  Kenliih  woi^ 

in  Cotgrave's  time,  in  v.  J)M. 
DL'CKY.   A  woman's  breast.   North. 


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DUCTOR.    The  leatln:  of  a  bioi]  of  music,  ui 

officer  liHonging  to  the  court. 
DtD.  0)  Set;  pUced.   (J..S.) 

Sclie  tuke  the  ryng  ya  that  itedc, 
Aod  yn  hur  pure*  tchc  tiyt  ifNrf. 

MS.  Omiab.  ft.  11.38,  (.  lit. 

(2)  A  kind  of  come  \rnipper  foniierl)-  worn  by 
Ihv  common  people.  "  Dud  froe,"  Skdton, 
i.  \2l.  A  rag  is  called  a  duil  ill  the  North. 
liuiUlet,  filthy  rags,  Pilkington,  p.  212.  Ihidn 
a  a  cant  terra  for  clothes.  Hence,  dudman.  a 
scarecrow  or  ragged  fellow. 

UUDDER.  (1)  To  shiver.   Suffolk. 

(2)  To  roofuse ;  to  deafen ;  to  auuse  ;  to  con- 
found with  noise.  Wiltt.  "  All  in  a  duddcr," 
<juite  confounded. 

DUDULE.  (1)  To  wrap  up  warmly  and  unnc- 
ce»f.irily  ;  to  cuddle.    East. 

(2)  To  make  lukewarm,    tiorth. 

(3)  A  child's  penis.    /  ar.  dial. 
DUDUY.    BJigged.    North. 
DUDE.   Done.   Sommtt. 
DUDGK.   A  barrel.    mitM. 

DUDGEON.  The  root  of  box,  of  which  handles 
for  daggers  were  frequently  made,  and  hence 
called  dudgtim-httfled-daff/eri,  or  sometimes 
dndgeon-daggm,  or  dudgeon*.  The  handle 
itself  is  called  the  dudgeon  in  Macheth,  it.  1. 
Hence,  according  to  Gifibrd,  anything  homely 
was  called  dudgeon,  wooden-handled  daggers 
not  being  used  by  the  higher  rank  of  persons. 
Dudgeon  wood  is  nienlionrd  in  the  Book  of 
Kates,  p.  35,  Brit.  Bibl.  ii.  402,  not  a  coarse 
stniT,  as  Mr.  Dyce  says,  Beaum.  and  Fletcher, 
V.427. 

Dl'DMAN.  See  Dud  (2).  "  A  dudman,  quasi 
deadman,  Utrea,  a  scarecrow,"  Milles  MS. 

DUDS.    Rags;  dirtv clothes.    Var.dial. 

T>UDTN.    Did.    JTeber. 

DUELLE.  To  remain.  "Make  jone  fende 
duelle,"  i.  e.  kill  him.  Perceval,  632.  Jiuetlfde, 
remained  absent.  It  also  means  to  listen  or 
attend  to  a  narrative. 

Welcome,  ourc  lic|te  lorde  !  to  laaf  has  thow  dutDjfitt. 
itorf  JrlhMn,  MB.  Lhmln,  {.  OS. 

DUELLO.  Duelling.  An  Italian  word  fre- 
quently appropriated  by  some  of  our  old  dra- 
matists.    Sec  Narcs,  in  t. 

DUEN.   To  endue,  or  endow.   (y/.-A^.) 

DUERE.   Dear.    Reliq.  Antiq.i.  110. 

DUETEE.   DntT.   (A.-N.) 

DUFF.  (1)  Dough;  paste,  fforlk. 

(2)  To  strike.   Also,  a  blow.   Devon. 

(S)  A  dark-coloured  clay.    Kent. 

(4)  To  fall  heavily  :  to  sink.    Wmt. 
(h)  To  daunt ;  to  frighten.    South. 
DUFFEL.    A  strong  and  very  shaggy  doth,  ma- 

ntifactured  chiefly  In  Yorkshire. 
DUFFER.   A  pedlar ;  applied  exclusively  to  one 

who  sells  women's  dothes.    South. 
DUFTIT.   A  sod.   North. 
DUFFY-DOWS.   Dove-cot  pigeons.    Eatt. 
DUG.  (1)  The  female  breast,    for.  dial.    It  was 

formerly  the  common  term.   Sec  Markham's 

Conntrey  Tumt,  fol.  Lond.  1616, p.  lOB. 


(2)  To  stoop;  to  bow.  Devon. 

(3)  To  dress ;  to  prepare.    North. 

(4)  To  gird,  or  tuck  op.    Ermoor, 
DUGGED.   Drapelitailcd.    Drron. 
DUGGLE.  To  cuddle.    !>\folk. 
DUGH.  To  be  able.   North. 

DUKE.  A  captain,  or  leader.  (Lai.)  Sec  the 
extracts  given  under  i>iif. 

DUKE-in  .MPIIREY.  To  dine  with  Duke  Itnru- 
phrcy,  i.e.  to  have  no  dinner  at  all.  This 
phrase,  wliich  is  nearly  obsolete,  is  said  lo 
have  arisen  from  part  of  the  public  walks  in 
Old  St.  Paul's  called  Duke  Humphrey's  Walk, 
where  those  wbo  were  without  the  means  of 
defraying  their  expenses  at  a  tavern  were 
accustomed  to  walk  in  hope  of  procuring  an  iu- 
vilalion. 

I)L  KKY.  The  female  breast.  Sec  a  letter  of 
Hen.  \1I1.  given  in  Brit.  Bibl.  ii.  fl5. 

DULBAR.  A  blockhead.  North.  The  term  </«/- 
berhead  is  also  used  in  the  tome  sense. 

DULCARNON.  "niis  word  lias  set  all  editors  of 
Chaucer  at  defiance.  A  clue  to  its  meaning 
may  be  found  in  Stanihurst's  Descr.  of  Ireland, 
p.  28, — "  these  sealie  soules  were  (as  all  dul- 
camanet  for  the  more  part  are)  more  lo  be 
terrified  from  infidclilic  through  the  painesof 
hell,  than  allured  to  Christiaiiitie  by  the  joie* 
of  heaven." 

DULCE.  Sweet ;  tender.  "  A  sfnimpefs  lippi 
are  dulee  as  bony,"  Scolc  House  of  Women, 
p.  84.  Z)«/ce/i>,  State  Papers,  i.  732.  Henco 
dulcet,  as  in  Shakespeare,  and  Optick  Glatte 
of  Humors,  1630,  p.  119. 

DVLCIMELL.    A  dulcimer,    mono. 

DULE.  (1)  An  engine  with  iron  teeth  for  sepa- 
rating or  cleaning  wool.   North. 

(2)  The  devil.  "Talk  of  the  dule  an  he'll  put 
out  his  horns,"  said  of  any  one  who  appears 
unexpectedly.    North. 

(3)  A  flock  of  doves.  .\ho,  the  snrrowfal  moon 
made  l>y  those  birds. 

(4)  Thick ;  double.  (A.-N.) 

Dukes  SDtl  duisxepcrls  tn  tlieire  rfufe  eoCM. 

M«rte  JrHure,  MS.  UlKCPin,  f.lM, 

DULE-CROOK.    (1)  An   ill-dispo«ed  person. 

North. 
(2)   A  fly.     Also   called  the  Great  or  March 

Brown.     CraveH, 
DULKIN.  A  dell.    Gloue. 
DULL.  (1)  Hard  of  hearing,    for.  diai. 
(2)  To  stun  with  a  blow  or  noise.    North. 
h)  Dole ;  sorrow.    Tundale,  p.  42. 
(4)  The  dead  of  night ;  midnight. 
DULLAR.   A  attuining  or  uninterrupted  noise ; 

confusion.    Euer. 
DUI.LARD.    A  blockhead,  or  fool.    See  Dent's 

Pnlbwav,  p.  323 ;  Brit.  Bibl.  iv.  175. 
DUI.LE.  To  make,  or  grow  dull.  (.-/.-S.)  DulOd, 

tiesit  Romanonim,  p.  58. 
DULLER.  To  sorrow  with  pain.   SuffbU 
DILLINO.   A  foolish  person.    H'ett. 
DIIXIVE.    A  remnant,  line. 
DULLOR.    A  dull  and  moaning  noise,  or  the 

tune  of  some  doleful  ditty.    Ewtt . 


DUN 


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DUN 


DULI,TTRIPE.   Ariittcrn.    fFanr. 

DULSOME.    Heavy;  dull.    far. dial. 

DULWILLY.    A  species  of  plover.    Eatt. 

DUM.  When  i  goote  or  a  duck  has  nearly  laid 
its  quantity  of  eggs,  and  is  about  to  begin  to  ait 
upon  them,  the  plucks  ofT  part  of  her  own 
feathers  to  line  her  nest.  This  is  called  dttm- 
tming  it.  SuffbU,  The  down  or  fur  of  an 
animal  is  alao  so  called, 

DUMB.    To  make  dumb.     Shat. 

DUMB-CAKE.  A  cake  made  in  silence  on  St. 
Mark's  Eve,  with  numerous  ceremonies,  by 
maids,  to  discover  their  future  husbands,  fully 
described  in  Hone's  Every  Day  Book,  i.  523. 
It  is  made  of  an  egg-shcUful  of  salt,  another 
of  wheat-meal,  and  a  third  of  barley-meal. 

DUMB-FOUND.  To  perplex,  or  confound. 
Var.  dial. 

DUMBLE.  (1)  Stupid;  very  duU.     JTilt: 

(2)  A  wooded  dingle.      Var.  dial. 

(3)  To  muffle,  or  wrap  up.     Suffolk. 
DUMBLEDORE.  (I)  A  humble-bee.     Dman. 

(2)  A  beetle,  or  cockchafer.     South. 

(3)  A  stupid  fellow.     Somenet. 
DUMBLE-HOLB.     A  piece  of  stagnant  water 

in  a  wood  or  dell.     Salop. 

DUMBML  LL.     A  stupid  fellow,     doue. 

DUMB-SHOW.  A  part  of  a  dramatic  repre- 
sentation shown  panlomimically,  chiefly  for 
the  sake  of  exhibiting  more  of  the  stor}'  than 
could  be  otherwise  included ;  but  sometimes 
merely  emblematical,     Naret. 

DUMB-WIFE.  A  dumb  person,  who  is  thought 
in  Cumberland  to  have  the  gift  of  prescience, 
and  hence  a  fortune-teller  is  so  called. 

DUM-CRAMBO.  A  child's  game,  mentioned 
in  Moor's  SulTolk  Words,  p.  238. 

DUMMEKEL.     A  silent  person.     Haney. 

DUMMERIIEAD.     A  blockhead.    South. 

DUMMIL.     A  slow  jade.     Salop. 

DUMMUCK.     A  blow,  or  stroke.     Eatt. 

DUMMY.  A  silent  person.  In  three  handed 
whist,  the  person  who  holds  two  hands  plays 
dummy. 

DUMP.  (1)  A  meditation.    Also,  to  meditate. 

(2)  A  dumtv  medal  of  lead  cast  in  moist  sand. 
Eatt. 

(3^  To  knock  heorily ;  to  tttunp.     Devon. 

ii)  Astonishment.  Mimtheu. 
b)  A  melancholy  strain  in  music.  To  be  in  the 
dumpt,  i.  e.  out  of  spirits.  There  was  also  a 
kind  of  dance  so  called.  It  is  alluded  to  in 
GoHson's  Schoole  of  Abuse,  1 579.  To  put  one 
to  the  dump*,  to  drive  him  to  liis  wit's  ends. 

(6)  A  deep  hole  of  water,  feigned  to  be  bottom- 
less.    Croee. 

DUMPISH.     Stupid ;  torpid.     Deron. 

DUMPLING.     A  fat  dwarf.      Var.  dial 

DUMPS.     Twilight     Somertet. 

DUMPTY.     A  very  short  person.     fVeet. 

DUMPY.  (I)  Short  and  thick.     Var.  dial. 

(2)  Sullen ;  discontented.     North. 

DUN.  jit  dull  at  Dun  in  the  mire.  Dun  was 
formerly  the  name  of  a  horse  or  jade,  not  a 
jackass,  u  coqjectored  by  Tyrwhitt.    To  draw 


Dun  out  of  the  mire,  an  old  mrml 
scribed   by   Gifibrd,  Ben   Jodsod, 
Dun  in  the  mire,  i.  e.  embarrmssed  or 
to  a  strait.     Dun  it  the  niouie,   a  pi 
saying  of  rather  vague  signification,  oil 
to  the  colour  of  the  mouse ;   but  freqoeat^ 
employed  with  no  other  intent  than  thai  of 
quibbling  on  the  word  done.    See  Narea,  !a 
It   seems    sometimes   to  be    equivalent 
the  phrase  itill  at  a  moute.      7b  dum,  to 
importunate  for  the  payment  of  an  sccoiui 
a  word  that  came  into  use  in  the  scventeeal 
century,  and  is  said  to  have  its  origin 
Dun,  a  famous  hangman.     This  personage  ii 
alluded  to  in  Cotton's  Works,   cd.  1734,  p. 
117,  but  I  think  the  explanation  doublfuL    Tt 
ride  the  dun  horte,  to  dun  a  debtor,  ii  givM 
in  the  Craven  Glossary,  i.  123. 

DUNBIRD.  Some  kind  of  bird  mentioaedifl 
Harrison's  Desch  of  England,  p.  222. 

DUNCE.  A  nickname  fur  Dnna  Scottis,  tnada 
good  use  of  by  Butler.  See  also  Wright's 
Monastic  Letters,  p.  71. 

DUNCH.  (1)  To  give  a  nudge.  C^mi.  "  Doo. 
chyne  or  bunchync,  tundo,"  Pr.  Parr, 

(2)  Deaf;  dull.     Var.  dial.     "  Deafe  or  hard  ofj 
hearing,"  Batman  uppon  Bartholome,  1582. 
Dunch  pottage,  a  blind  dark  passage. 
Vt'hti  with  Uie  imoke  snil  wtut  with  the  cries, 
I  was  unoxt  blind  and  dunch  In  mine  eyes. 

MX.  ,<akM<>;<  ».  f.  Ill 

DUNCII-DUMPLING.  Hard  or  plain  pudding 
made  of  flour  and  water.     fVetl. 

DUNCUS.  A  kind  of  weed.  Lme.  VoaMj 
connected  with  .\.-S.  Tun-ca;rs,  gardeD  aren. 

DUNDER.     Tlmnder,  or  tempest.     Wett. 

DUNDERHEAD.  A  blockhead.  Far.  dial 
In  Devon  is  also  heard  the  term 

DUNDERSTONES.    Thunderbolt!. 

The  extreme  precsure  toward*  tlie  eenttr  oiuA 
have  the  like  efTect ;  henc«  proceed  the  futiCcmBctf 
flret,  TolcAno*  atid  chymblry  of  nature,  e.g.  t>m»- 
dertrona,  whicti  sppeare  plainly  to  bate  hten 
melted  ai  artiflrlally  ai  regulua  of  antimony. 

Aul,rryi  miu,  Ha.  Rival  »<.  p.  111. 

DUNDUCKITI'MUR,  An  indescribable  colour, 
but  rather  dull.     Suffolk. 

DUNDY.     Dull  in  colour.    Eatt. 

DUNED.     Bent;  bowed.    Heame. 

DUNELM-OF-CRAB.  A  dish  of  a  gouty  com- 
plexion.    Sec  Brocket!,  in  v. 

DUNG.  (I)  Struck  down.     SaUgi. 

(2)  Beaten ;  overcome.     North. 

(3)  Reflected  upon.     Craven. 

(4)  Bread,  com,  and  the  other  productions  of 
the  earth  are  sometimes  so  called  by  our  early 
writers, 

DUNCAL.     Extremclv  noisy.     North. 
DUNGEON.  (1)  The  principal  tower  or  keep 

a  castle.     Prisoners  were  kept  in  the  lowi 

story,  and  hence  the  modern  term  applied 

a  close  place  of  confinement. 
(2)  A  shrewd  fellow.     Also,  a  lOoM.     tfyrtlk. 

The  adjective  is  dungeonable. 
DUNGEVIL.     A  dung-fork.     Salop. 
DUNGFARMER.     A;akcs-cleanser.     North. 


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TJUNG-GATC.  A  puuge  for  tlthy  wiler,  or 
(lung,  from  a  town.    Eatt. 

DUNGHILL-QUEAN.  A draggletaned  wench; 
one  who  i»\ery  sluKish.     Florio,  p.  100. 

DUSG-MERES.  Pits  where  dung  and  weeds 
are  laid  to  rot  for  uiatiure. 

DUNCOW-DASII.     Dung;  filth.     Chtth. 

DUNG-PIKE.     A  dung-fork.     Lane. 

DUNG-POT.  A  cart  for  carrjing  diing.  /. 
Wight.  "  Donge  potto,"  Unton  Invent  p.  9. 

DUNGY.    Cowardly.     HUt:     Also,  tired. 

DUNHEDE.   Qu.(limbcde> 

Alw  Ihou  lecit  the  ubU  li  thynne. 
And  grete  dunhede  j%  none  therynne. 
MS.  Hcrl.  1701 

DUNK-HORN.     The   short   hlunt  horn 
beait.     Dunk-homed,   sneaking,   ihabbr,  an 
allukion  to  cuckoldom.    E<ul. 

DUNKIRKS.  Privatccn  of  Dunkirk,  frequently 
alliidpd  to  by  the  old  dramatists. 

DUNKITE.  A  kind  of  kite.  See  Harrison's 
Description  of  England,  p.  227. 

DUNLING.     A  kind  uf  snipe.     Line. 

DUNMOW.  A  custom  formerly  prevaile<l  at 
Little  Ouninow  in  Essex  of  giving  a  flitch  of 
bacon  to  any  married  man  or  woman  who 
would  swear  that  neither  of  them,  in  a  year  and 
a  day  from  their  marriage,  ever  repented  of 
tbeir  union.  This  custom  was  discontinued 
about  1763.  The  metrical  oath  sworn  on  the 
occasion  is  giren  liy  (Iparnc  and  others.  The 
claiming  of  the  flitch  at  this  village  is  of  high 
antiquity,  being  alluded  to  in  Chaucer,  Cant. 
T.  S800 ;  Piers  Ploughman,  p.  169 ;  MS.  Laud. 
416,  written  temp.  Hen.  VI.  Sec  also  Howell's 
Engtiih  Proverbs,  p.  21  ;  MS.  Sloanc  1946,  f. 
23  ;  Brand's  Pop.  Antiq.  U.  112  ;  Edward's  Old 
English  Customs,  p.  1  ;  Lclandi  Itin.  iii.  5-9; 
MS.  Ashmule  860,  p.  117;  MS.  Savit.  47,  f. 
63  ;  Selections  from  Gent.  Mag.  i.  140-2. 

DUNNA.     Do  not.      Var.  dial. 

DUNNER.    Thunder.     Cocaygne,  39. 

DUNNOCK.    The  hcdge-aparrow.  North. 
Cotgrave,  in  T.  ifari;  Harrison,  p.  223. 

DUNNY.     Deaf ;  stupid  ;  nervous.     H'etl. 

DUN  PICKLE.     A  moor  buzzard.     North. 

DUNSEPOLL.    A  stupid  fellow.    Vmon. 

DUNSERY.  Stupidity.  "  Crafty  dunsery," 
Return  from  Pamauus,  1606. 

DUN  SET.     A  small  lull.     SUnner. 

DUNSH.  Paste  made  of  oatmeal  and  treacle, 
with  or  without  caraway  seeds  and  other 
apices.      Yorkih. 

DUNSTABLE.  PUun  knguage  was  fiequcutly 
called  plain  Dumtabtf,  and  anjihing  plain  or 
homely  was  said  to  be  in  Duiulabk  ircy,  in 
allusion  to  the  proverb,  ■*  aa  plain  as  Dun- 
atablc  high-way,"  HoweU,  p.  2  ;  MS.  Sloane 
1946,  f.  4.  Sec  Pord's  Works,  u.  466  ;  Tarl- 
ton,  p.  109 ;  Florio,  pp.  17,  85. 

DUNSTICAL.  Stupid.  Nash's  Pierce  Peni- 
leue,  1592.  Uunncall,  Thorns'  Auec.  and 
Traditions,  p.  9. 

DUNT.  A  blow,  or  itroke.  "  With  yi  dnnt," 
R.  Glouc.  p.  17;  EUia,   U.   386;  Kyng  Ali- 


See 


saunder,  1505.    Also,  to  confuse  by  noise,  to 
stupify.     Eatl.    Hence,  stupid,  dizzy. 

DUNTED.     Beaten.     Northumt. 

DUNTER.    A  porpoise.     North. 

DUNTON'S-ROUND.  An  old  dancv,  alluded 
to  in  Howell's  Arbor  of  Amitie,  1568. 

DUNT-SHEEP.  A  sheep  that  mopea  about 
from  a  disorder  in  the  hcail.    Eatt. 

DUNTY.  Stupid;  confused.  Kent.  It  also 
aometimea  means  stunted ;  dwaiflsh. 

DUNVALIB.  Tawny.  {J.-S.)  "  Y-ca»t  the 
dunvalie  gome  togrounde,"  MS.  Rawl.  Leg. 

DUP.  "  To  liup,  duup,  or  doe  open,  to  open  the 
door."  mill.  MS.  Unsd.  1033.  This  U 
(he  meaning  in  Shakespeare.  It  now  gene- 
rally signifies  to  do  up,  to  fasten. 

nUPPE.     Deep.     Const,  freem.  p.  29. 

DUR.  (1)  Durst.    Langt<ffl. 

(2)  A  door.    (yf.-S.) 

Out  St  th«  itwr  the!  put  my  wyft 
For  she  b  oltle  gray  hore, 

MS.  oiiiMk  rt.  V.  48,  r.  4*. 

DURANCE.  Dnralion.  There  was  a  kind  of 
durable  stuff,  made  with  thread  or  silk,  lo 
called,  and  it  is  frequently  alluded  to,  often 
with  a  play  upon  the  word,  as  in  Comwallyes 
Essayes,  1632,  no.  13.  See  also  the  Book 
of  Rates,  p.  35. 

DURC.    Dark.    St.  Brandan,  pp.  2,  32. 

DURCHEDE.     Darkness.    (A.-S.) 

DURDUM.    Same  as  dirdcm,  q.  v. 

DURE.  (1)  Hard,  or  severe;  difficult.  {Lat.) 
"  To  telle  hir  botonus  were  dure,"  MS.  Line 

(2)  To  endure.     {A.-N.)     Still  in  use. 

My  Joye  whylyi  that  my  lyf  mayc  d«re. 
To  love  you  be«te  wilhoutcn  repratauncc. 

MS.  cmub.  rt.  I.  6,  r.  111. 

And  at  LoBdoQ  It  begaiM  aAer  10, 3>  m.  and  iurid 
tlU  llinoft  on.  MS.  Jthmolt  384,  t.  Itl. 

DUREFUL.     Lasting.     Spemer. 
DURESSE.     Hardship;  severity;  barm;  con- 
tinuance ;  imprisonment.     (^.-A'.) 

And  nuny  a  man  and  many  ■  worthi  knyjl 
Weren  ilayu  there,  and  many  a  lady  brijt 
Wai  wedowe  made  liy  durtau  of  thU  wer. 

MS.  Digb»  (3*. 
DURETTY.    The  same  as  Durance,  q.  v. 
DURGAN.     A  dwarf.     tVett. 
DURGAN-WHEAT.    Bearded  wheat.    Kent. 
DURKE.     To  Uugh.    Norlhumi. 
DURN.     A  door  or  gate-post.     }'ar.  dial, 
DURNE.     To  dare.    Pr.  Pare. 
DURRE.  (1)  Dare;  durst.     Ueame. 
(2)  A  door.    Sec  Dur. 

He  lokkyd  the  durrt  wyth  a  keye, 
Lytull  he  wcode  for  lo  dye. 

tf5.  aiiuii6.pr.il.  ai,r.  117. 

i>i<mi«  and  wyndowi  sh*  fondc  aparrvd  soo. 
That  Kh«  myghte  not  eome  hym  to. 

MS.  lUd.  r.  ISO. 

The  wallU  lemyd  of  gold  brl^t, 
WUb  rfwrrl«and  with  toiirca  strong. 

MS.  Omlali.  Tl.  T.  48,  t.  M. 
DURRE-BARRE.    A  door-har. 

A  dvrre-tMm  toke  be  Ihno, 
And  to  Bar  Befyve  anon  he  yeda. 

jra.  Oawuk.  v\.v>.'m.i.v<^ 


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326 


DYK 


OtJRRYDE.  A.  kind  of  pasty,  mike  of  onions, 
chickens,  and  ipice. 

DURSE.     To  dre«8 ;  to  spread.    Nortk. 

DURST.    To  dare.      far.  dial. 

DURSTEDE.    Thirsted.     RiUan. 

DURTMENT.    Anrthing  useless.    North. 

DURWB.     A  dwarf.    Weber,  iii.  327. 

IJURYN.     Hard.    Heame. 

DURZE.  To  dune  out,  spoken  of  com  so  ripe 
that  the  grains  fall  out  ver}'  easily,  far.  dial. 

DUSCLE.     The  herb  tolatrnm  nigrum. 

DUSII.  To  push  violently  j  to  move  with  velo- 
city.    North. 

For  tharc  ul  be  swylk  raryng  and  nuchynK, 

And  rawmpyng  of  decvelai  and  dyng^ng  and  dtuthyng. 
Hamfolt,  MS,  Doivm,  p.  !U. 

DUSKED.  Grew  dark,  or  dim.  (^.-5.)  MeU- 
phorically  tainted,  as  in  Stanihurst,  pp.  13, 24. 

DUSSENT.     Dare  not.     far.  dial. 

DUSSET.    A  blow,  or  stroke.     »>»/. 

DUSSIPERE.    A  nobleman.     {A..N.) 

DUST.  (I)  The  small  particles  separated  from 
the  oats  in  shelling.    /  or.  dial. 

(2)  Tumult ;  uproar.     Also,  money. 

(3)  Pounded  spice.     PaUgrave. 

(4)  To  dtut  one' I  ja del,  to  give  any  one  a  good 
thrashing.     /  ar.  dial. 

DUST-POINT.  A  game  in  which  boys  placed 
their  points  in  a  heap,  and  threw  at  them  with 
a  stone.  Weber  and  Narcs  give  wrong  cxpla- 
nitious.  It  is  alluded  to  in  Cotton's  Works, 
1734,  p.  184. 
lie  venter  on  their  headi  my  brindled  cow. 
With  any  boy  at  diuf-point  they  ihjil  pl«y. 

Penrfitiirt'a  Thatifj't  liariqwet,  IfiSO. 

Ul'STYFATS.     Pedlars.    Jacob. 

DUSTYPOLL.  A  nickname  for  a  miller.  •'  A 
myller  dustj-poll,"  Cocke  LareUes  Bote,  p.  3. 

nUT.    An  animal's  tusk.    {.4.-S.) 

DUTCH.  While,  or  Dutch  clover.  Domet. 
She  talks  Dnlch,  i.  c.  she  uses  fine  and  affected 
words.  Hutch  concert,  a  great  noise ;  also, 
a  game  so  called. 

DUTCH-CLOAK.  A  short  cloak  much  worn 
by  the  gallants  of  Elizabeth's  time. 

DUTCll-GLEEK.  A  jocular  term  for  drinkiug, 
alluding  to  the  Dutch  drunkards. 

DliTCII-MOUGAN.  "Pie  lioree-daisv.  I.  Wight. 

DUTCll.WIUOW.    A  courtezan.    ' Dekker, 

DUTE.    Pleasing.    Cocaygnc,  9. 

DUTEE.     Duty.    (.^..jV.) 

DUTFIN.    The  bridle  in  cart-hamess.    BiW. 

DUTTE.    Doubted ;  feared.     Uawayne. 

DUTTEN.    Shut ;  fasten.    Ritton. 

DUTTY.    A  kind  of  fine  cloth. 

DUYC.    A  leader.     {A.N.) 

And  whenne  Alexander  herde  thli,  he  rcmowede 
hit  oste,  and  chete  owte  d.  of  rfvyrj  that  kncwe  the 
runtrce,  fur  to  hafe  the  governance  of  hli  oite,  and 
to  lode  thame  icurly  thurgh  that  itrange  cuDtree, 

Ma.  Liiieotn  A.  I.  17,  f.  n. 

DUYRE.    To  endure.     fTeber. 

DUYSTRE.    A  leader. 

Here  ordre  ii  of  «o  hy^c  a  kynde. 
That  th«y  hen  dM|/*rrM  of  the  «ry. 

OMfrr,  .VS.  See.  Anilg.  131,  f.  4J. 


tS«        I 


DUYSTRY.    To  destroy.    Audelay,  p,  2S, 

DUZEYN.     A  down,     ireber. 
DUZZY.     Slow ;  heavy.     Cheth. 
DU5TY.    Doughty.    {A..S.)    '•  That  sbulile 
du!ty  mon,"  MS.  Cantab.  Pf.  t.  48,  f.  128. 
DWAJN.     Faint ;  sickly.     East.     AJau,  ■  CunI 

tug  fit  or  swoon. 
DWALE.     The   night-shade.      (.I.S.)     It   is 
highly  narcotic,  and  hence  used  to  express  • 
lethargic  disease.     See  Rcliq.  Antiq.  i.  324,; 
for  a  curious  receipt  in  which  it  is  mentioni 
There  was  a  sleeping  potion  so  called,  made 
of  hemlock  and  other  materials,  which  is 
luded  to  by  Chaucer,  and  was  given  formerly 
to  patients  on  whom  surgical  operations  were 
to  be  performed.     To  dirale,  to   mutter  de- 
liriously ;  a  Dcvonsbu-c  verb,  which  aeenu  10 
l>e  connected  with  the  other  terms. 
Whenne  J(Hcph  had  tolde  thtr  tale. 
The!  fel  at  thel  had  drnnkcn  dwale, 
Grovclynge  dnun  on  erthe  plaL 

Oirxa-  ^fuMl•,  US.  (Ml.  Trlx,  Chala6.  t.  Uf, 
For  I  wol  knowe  be  thy  ule. 
That  thou  hast  dronkcn  of  lb«  tfwcfa. 

Coirer.  JtfS.  Soe.  ^M^.  IM,  t.  IJ*. 

DWALL0A\T3D.     Withered.    Cnmt. 
DWARFS-MONEY.    Ancient  coins    found  in 

some  places  on  the  coast.   Kent. 
DWELLE.    To  remain.     (^.-S.) 
Robyn,  dwei  not  k>ng  fro  me. 
I  know  on  man  here  but  the. 

MS.  CafMoli.  rl.  V.  41),  CM. 
DWELLINGS.    DeUys,    (A.-S.) 
DWERE.    Doubt.    Cop.  M^mL 
DWERUGH.    A  dwarf.    (.1..S.) 
DWILE.    A  refuse  lock  of  wool ;  a  mop  made  of 

them  ;  any  coarse  rubbing  rag.     £a*t. 
DWINDLE.     A  poor  sickly  child.     K«»t. 
DWINDLER.     A  swindler.     North. 
DWINE.  (l)TopuUevcn.    &iifA. 
(2)  To  faint ;  to  pine ;  to  disappear ;  to  wiale 
away.     /  'ar.  dial. 

Dethc  on  me  hathe  sett  hyi  merke. 
At  grease  In  medowey  dryc  and  dwrn*. 

MS.  Ctuilab.  Ff.  II.  m.Ct, 
Thua  dwmMh  he  tllle  h<  be  ded 
lu  hindrynge  of  hit  owen  artate. 

Oowrr.  MS.  Sue.  AkIIi.  134,  t.  M> 

DWINGE.     To   shrivel    and    dwindle.     £h#.i| 
"  Dwingle,"  Bromc's  Songs,  ed.  1661.  u.  183. 

DWON.    Down,     tteber. 

DWTi'RD.    Taught ;  lUrectcd.    (A-N.) 

DWTE.     A  debt.    Pr.  Pare. 

DYA.    Dyachylon.    (.^..N.) 

DYCn.    A  ditch ;  a  great  pit.    {A.^.)    AUo,  a 
monnd,  dike,  or  bank. 

DYDER.    Thither.     Ileber. 

DYDLE.    A  kind  of  inud-th^g.    Norf. 

DYE-HOUSE.     A  dairv.    Glouc.  

DYENTELY.    Daintily.    Skelton. 

DYFFAFE.    To  deceive.     (.f.-,V.) 

Swyike  wyrhci  ere  for  to  wnyte. 
For  many  manne  thai  may  duff^, 

R.  de  Bninni,  MS, 

DYGtl.    To  die.    ffampole. 

DYK.    A  ditch.     (A.-S.) 

DYKKE.    Thick.    Ritnn, 


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327 


EAR 


DYLRE.    To  rewird  ;  «o  jneld. 
DYLFE.    The  devil.    Digl)v  Mvrt.  p.  70. 
DYLFULLE.    Doleful ;  lamcntiWe.    (J.-S.) 
Th«  cmperoure  h«th  lux  the  my 
To  theknyghr,  thcrv  nhe  Uy 
Baiyde  the  dytfltUt  thynge. 

MS.  Oinlab.  Ff.U.SS,  (.  67. 
Evyr  Imy  the  lady  fute  viepe, 
A  ittfulU  tKevyti  can  Khe  mcto.  US.  IhU,  I.  83< 
DYLL.    A  dele,  or  part,     n'eber. 
DYMAHLE.    Sulijcct  to  tithes. 
DYMES.   Tithes.    (.4..N.) 
DYMOX.    A  sturdy  eombatuit.    Eatt.    Per- 
haps  this  word  is  derived  from  the  naiue  of 
Dvmohe,  the  king:'s  champion. 
DYMYSENT.    A  girdle.     {A.-N.)     "Adyray- 

sent  of  gold,"  Test.  Vetust.  p.  435. 
DYNE.    Thine.    Hitmiu 
DYNEHE.     A  dinner.     (J..X) 

I  bade  rdowas  to  my  dyntre. 

MS.  CHHIab.  FT.  T,  i»,t.4B. 
DYNET.    Dined.     (A..1V.) 

Joly  Robyn  that  dynrt  with  me 
Hmu  twhrtte  me  my  mone. 

MS.  CanUib.  Ft.  V.  48,  f.  51. 

DYNTAND.     Wding.     TWwfcy. 
DTODON.     Died,  pi.     Tundale,  p.  82. 
DYPPE.     Deep.     Tundale,  p.  13. 
DYBE.     Dear.     Chaucer. 

Farrwelle,  difre  hcrte,  chef  yn  remembrauDce, 

And  ever  ichallc  unto  the  ouro  y  dy. 

MS.  CoKlab.  n.  I.  6,  f.  131. 
DYREN.    To  endure,     /feier. 
DYSCET.     Deceit.     "  Fulle  of  dytcet,"  MS. 

Cantab.  Ff.  i.  6,  f.  140. 
DYSCOMWITE.    To  defeat.    Warton,  ii.  257. 
DYSCHYE.    Tode»cril>e.     (v/.-AT.) 
D YSE .    To  break  or  bruise.     (A..f>'.) 
DYSEMOL.     Unfortunate.     (.^..S.) 
DYSGRATE.     Disgraced ;  degraded.    {Lat.} 
DYSIIEIGIITEN.    To  disparage ;  to  disgrace. 
Gloue. 


DYSKERE.    To  discover;  to  betray. 

Wc  ne  wuldeueryr  to  you  djf^ert. 

US.  Hari.  »js,  f.  loe. 
DYSKEVER.     See  Dytkere.     The  MS.  of  the 
Erie  of  Toloui,  636,  reads  dyikevere. 
MaafcngCfv,  y  prey  the  do  me  eniewre 
That  thou  wylt  ncTer  me  d^tkner, 

US.  Cantab.  Ff.  li.  3R.  t.  9S. 

DYSMALE.    Ruin ;  destruction.     (.i.-N.) 
DYSON.     The  flax  on  a  distaff.    JTett. 
DYSPARBLE.     To  di5|)crse. 

Our  L.ord  aryiith,  and  hfa  enemyt  be  d^tfmrtttd 

•houte,  and  He  they  that  haten  him  fro  liy»  tlufc. 

US.  Ball.  4£3,  (,  ML 

DYSPARYTABLE.     Unequalled.    (A.-N.) 
And  knowe  hym  at  God  Almyghtc. 
That  waft  for  me  man  dptftar^tabir. 

US.  CaKfb.  Ff.  11.  38,  f.ZZ. 

DYSPONSATE.     Set  in  order.     (La/.) 
DYSPYTE.     Anger;  revenge.    (,A..N.) 
Of  hym  he  had  gretc  dytpptt. 

US.  Cantab.  Ff.  IL  38,  f.  78. 
DYSSAYA'E.    To  deceive.    {A..\.) 

The  develle  enttr*  than  by  fait  Itlumynacyoot 
and  fall  lownnet  and  fwcinea,  and  livMtayvet  a  mana 
•aule.  US.  Uncrln  A.  i.  I7.  f.SSl. 

DYSTURBELAUNCE.  A  disturbance.  (A.-N.) 
Largs  oooactence  makylh  a  dyriurhtlaunfr. 

U.9.  Cantab.  Ff.  1. «,  f.  U9. 
DYSWART.     Doubt.     Con.  My,t. 
DYTARE.    One  who  prepares.    Pr.  Part. 
DYTH.     Dressed ;  prepared.    {AS.) 
DYTT.    Same  as  lUt,  q.  v. 

The  teeonde  profy  t  of  anger  amerte. 

It  that  anger  may  the  develya  mouthe  diftt. 

That  he  no  ipcchc  may  f  poke  overtwhart. 

US.  Cantab.  Ft.  11.311,  M«. 
DTVENDOP.     See  Dive-dapper. 
DYZE-MAN'S-DAY.    Childermas.    Norlk. 
DY5E.    To  die.    {.1.-S.) 

He  Khali  treuly  have  my  cune. 
And  ever  tchall  have  to  that  1  dy^t. 

US.  AibnuJt  61,  f.  86. 


I 


EI.  C'mvtn. 
EA.  (1)  In;aDd;yea.     Norlh, 
(2)  Water.    Eatt.    Genuine  A.-S.    Also,  a  river 
on  the  sands  by  the  sea  shore. 

i3)  One ;  one  of  several ;  each.     North. 
4)  Law ;  right ;  equity,      ytrtleifttn. 
EACE.     A  worm.     /.  fTish/. 
EAGER.  (1)  Sour.     (Fr.)     Also,  sharp,  some- 
times applied  to  the  air.   Sec  Florio,  pp.  6,  69. 

(2)  A  peculiar  and  dangerous  violence  of  the 
tide  in  some  rivers,  supposed  to  be  caused  by 
the  vehement  confluence  of  two  si  reams,  or 
by  the  channel  becoming  narrower  or  shal- 
lower, or  both.  The  eagrr  in  the  river  Severn 
ia  mentioned  by  Camden,  and  many  other  early 
writers.  The  boatmen  still  say,  "  ware  ager," 
when  any  danger  is  to  be  apprcbcndc<l  from 
it.  Forby  mentions  several  other  instances 
in  various  rivers  in  England  and  France.  Ac- 
cording to  Kenncit,  "  any  sudden  inundation 
of  the  sea  is  called  an  rgor  at  liowdeu  in  York- 
shire," which  is  perhaps  the  sense  of  aker  in 
Cott,  MS.  quoted  in  v.  .icier. 

(3)  Angry ;  furious.     North. 


EAGERSPiRED.     Same  as  Aekertpril,  q.  v. 

EAGLESS.     A  female  eagle.     HmceU. 

EAK.  (1)  Anoak.     North. 

(2)  Eternity.     Scott. 

EAL.\KD.     An  island.     Crant*. 

EAI.D.     Old.     Also,  age.     North. 

EALDREN.     Elderly.     North. 

EALE.     To  reproach.     Devon. 

EALING.     A  lean-to.     North. 

EA.Vf.  (1)  An  uncle-     North.     In  common  use 

in  early  English.     It  is  applied  in  Yorkshire, 

says  Kennctt,  to  any  fricn<l  or  neighbour. 
(2)  To  have  leisure  ;  to  spare  time.     Cheih. 
EAMBY.    Close  by  ;  at  hand.     Cheih. 
E.\N.    To  bring  forth  yoimg,  appUed  more  par- 

tictilarly  to  ewes. 
BAND.    The  breath  or  spirit.     North. 
EANLINGS.     Lambs  just  boni.     ShaJt. 
EAPNS.     A  bandftd.      Yorkth. 
EAR  (1)  To  plough.     {A..S.)     Hence  earailt, 

fit  for  cnltivation  »itb  com. 

(2)  An  animal's  kidney.    Eatt. 

(3)  A  place  where  batches  prevent  the  iallux  of 
the  tide.     Somertet. 


EA8 


ECH 


Ftn/tfm. 

?»)tkckMfllearBpo(.     far.  <fiaL 

(6)  Aw,  Mr.    Oitmit  n^LZt. 

(7)  To  Mt  ttfttha  hf  Ike  can,  i  e.  to  qamcL 
To  Mod  OM  nn7«ftfc  a  ■(•  ia  U*  car,  L  c 
ia  aafir  or  iBtpri-  To  be  ap  to  the  can, 
i.  c.  to  be  foOf  tugur^ 

BAIUBS£ZD.  Tlw  pnaniBCBt  part  <l  the  end 
of  1  cart.      Sorth. 

EAKD.     Earth,  or  ground.     A'or/JL 

BARFE.     Fearful ;  timorooi.     A'or<A. 

EAR!  K  E.    A  tax  paid  for  plongliiiig. 

EARING.  Plottghing,  or  cultivation.  Some- 
time*, a  dajr'i  ploughing.     Willi. 

EASING.BACSKIN.  A  calTi  •tomach,  from 
which  rennet  ii  made.     Sorlk. 

BAB-KECKERS.    The  toniUt  ot  the  throat. 

SOfHtTWCtm 

EARLE8.     Same  at  Arin,  q.  T. 
EAR-MARK.    A  token,  or  jipial.     Sortk. 
EARMNESSE.     Porertj.     Vertteym. 
E ARN.  ( 1 )  To  cardie  milk.     North. 

(2)  Some  kind  of  clothing  or  dress.  See  Floddon 
FSeld,  ed.  1808,  p.  60. 

(3)  To  glean.     North. 

EARNUER.  The  morning,  or  forenoon. 
Thoretliy  sayi,  "forenoon  drinking;"  and 
Gro»e  explaint  it  the  afternoon.     YorktK 

EARNS.  To  yearn.  See  LUly,  ed.  1632,  sig. 
Dd.  ix;  King  and  Northeme  Man,  1640. 
Eamrfull,  Midbrtunes  of  Arthur,  p.  64. 

EARN  EST.  ( 1)  To  u»e  in  earnest.     Aorea. 

(2)  Depoiit  money  given  to  hind  a  bargain,  or 
on  hiring  a  icrrant,  &c.  "  This  simple  token 
or  poore  eameit  peanie,"  Bibl.  Eliota:,  1559, 
ded.  See  Coverdale'a  Works,  p.  384 ;  Florio, 
pp.39,  81. 

EARNING.     Chcesc-rennct.     North. 

EAKSll.     A  stubble-field.     South. 

EART.     Sometimes.     Ejrmoor. 

EARTH.  (1)  To  lodge,  as  a  bailger  does. 

(2)  A  dnv's  ploughing,      far.  diaL 

EAHTH-CIIESNUT.     A  kippcr-nul.     Gerard. 

EAKTIlIiUW.WE.     An  earthquake.     (A.-S.) 

EARTIl-FAST-STONE.  A  stone  apiwaring  oo 
the  surface,  but  fast  in  the  earth.     North. 

EARTIIGALL.    The  larger  centaury.     Wett. 

EARTHLY.     Rough ;  austere.     Yurkih. 

EARTH-RIDGE.  A  few  feet  of  earth  round  a 
field  which  is  ploughed  up  cln»c  to  the 
hedges,  and,  sometimes  after  having  produced 
a  crop  of  jmtatoes,  is  carried  out  into  the  field 
for  manure,  and  there  mixed  with  dung, 
sand,  &r. 

EAHTIl-STOPPING.  Slopping  up  the  holes 
of  fo\c5  previously  to  hunting  them. 

EAUTII-TAIILE.  The  lowest  course  of  stone 
that  is  seen  in  a  building,  level  with  the  earth. 
See  W.  Wyrc.  p.  282. 

KAKWEOKTHE.     Honourable.     Vmtegm. 

KARWIKE.     An  ear- wig.     Somrritt. 

KARWKIO.    An  car-wig.     Somernt. 

KARY.     Every.     Yorith. 

BASKFtih.    Buy  i  comfortable.    £u/. 

BASEMENT.      Easei  reUcf.     South.     To   do 


JVcafa. 


•  jakea. 
BASEN.    Tbeeaveaora 
BASinTL.    PbcU; 
EASILIER.    UoRcaar. 
EASILY.     Slowly,     farfa*. 
EASING-DROPS.     The  drape  tt  water 

the  esTCS  of  hosnes  after  nin.     Kartk. 
EASINGS.  (l)DBBg:ordBre.     North. 
(2)  Tlie  cave*  cf  a  boose.     KorUL 
EASING-SP-ARROW.      The   ooanara 

iparrow.    Sakif. 
EASLES.    Hot  embers.    Aaar. 
EASTER.    Thehai^of  acbimner.or 

stock ;  also  as  ce/rr,  q.  T. 
EASTERLING.     A  Datire  of  the  Hanae  towM, 

or  of  the  East  of  Germanr, 
EASY-BEEF.     Lean  catUe.    Nortk. 
EASY-END.     Cheap.     Crmok 
E.ATERS.     Servants,    /i 
EAT-FLESU.    The  stone 
EATH.  (1)  EaiT.     NorlA. 
(2)  Earth.     miU. 
EATHELIC.     Easily.     Vertlrfttn. 
EATHLY.    Easily.    Peele,  iL  232. 
EATHS.     Easily ;  commonly.    Nm 
EAT-OUT.  To  undermine  by  false  inainuaiiota 

to  eat  too  much  at  another's  expense:    A' 
EATSEAGT.     Pojured ;  denied,     t'erwttfmt. 
EAVE.    To  thaw.     Dnoti. 
EAVELONG.     Same  as  ^veta^,  q.  r. 
EAVER.     A  quarter  of  the  heavens.     Ndrlk. 
EAVINGS.    The  eaves  of  a  house. 
EBANE.     Ebony.     Pr.  Parr. 
EBB.     Near  the  suifacc.     JTeit. 
EBB-CRUSE.     A  cruse,  or  pot,  ytrj  neutj 

empty.     See  Hall's  Satires,  vi.  1 . 
EBBER.    Shallow.  (A.-S.)    Biihop  Hall  speaks 

of  "  ;he  cbber  shore,"  Works,  1648,  p.  20. 

And  to  that  that  oure  lawc  domes  to  tw  doae  lilt 

wikked  mme,    je  tuR^c  kyndelj;    sml  ibwihia 

hym  that  we  halde  wyic,  ;e  halde  an  ttbwrw  fulcw 

MS.  Uimit,  A.  I.  17,  r.9. 

She  cried  and  made  muchel  dot, 

Aa  the  that  was  sd  eObtr  fol. 

CVrjor  ^fyndl,  US.  0)U.  THiu  Otnlmi.  t.  U, 

EBBLE.    The  asp  tree.    Ea$t.     We  have 
Ire,  eboma,  in  Prompt.  Parv.  p.  17.     "J 
ofeble,"MS.  Med.  Line. 
EBENE.     Ebonv  wood.     HomIL 
E.BLAW.    Blown.     AudeUy,  p.  13. 
EBRAIKE.     Hebrew.     Chaucer. 
EBREU.     Hebrew.     Maundevile. 
EBRIDYLLID.     Bridled.     ReUq.  Antiq.  iU  t' 
EBUS.     Ebenezer.      Var.  dial. 
GCCLESIAST.  An  ecclesiastical  petaon.  Abo, 

the  Book  of  Ecclesiastes. 
ECCLES-TREE.     An  axle-tree-    Eatt. 
ECHAUELL.     Each  a  deal ;  L  e.  the  whole. 
ECHE.  (1)  Each  one ;  every  one.     (,A.-S.) 
(2)  To  add  to ;  to  increase     {A.~S.) 
LrDf  er  waa  hit  not  the  dajrea. 
But  aith  men  that  aftur  wore 
Therlo  tvhmt  moie  and  more. 
Owaer  Muitil,  MS.  Cull,  Trim.  OuKtrnK  t.  II 


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EGA 


ECHE8B.    To  choose.    See  Wtrton,  (.  12. 
Loo  here  two  cofrii  on  the  bordc, 
&*«M  wblche  ;o<r  lUuof  thoo  t»o. 

Couwr,  MS.  Soc.  jiHIil.  134,  f.  lil. 

ECHT.     All.     Hearne. 

ECKLE.  (1)  A  woodpecker.      Far.  dial. 

( 2)  To  aim  ;  to  intend  ;  to  detign.     Xorth.    The 

usual  fonn  ii  ettle. 
ECTASY.     Madnoi.     Shot. 
EDBORROWS-DAY.     St.  Edbuif*;'!  day. 
EUDER.   (1)   A  serpent;   an   adder.     {A.-S.) 

Still  in  use  in  the  North. 
(2)  The  binding  at  the  top  of  (takes  used  in 

making  hedges.     North. 
EUDKUCOP.     A  spider.    Creem. 
EDDERING.     Same  as  £iJi/er  (2). 
EDIJERWORT.     The  herb  dragonwort. 
EDDIOE.    The  aftermath.     Drrbyh. 
EUDISII.     Another  form  of  eddige,  but  more 

properly  the  stubble  in  com  or  grass. 
EDDLE.     Putrid  water,     fiorthumb. 
EDDREN.     Adders.     (y*.-5.) 
EIIDV.     An  idiot.     Chnk, 
EDE.  (1)  Went.     {.4.-S.) 
(2)  St.  Eadgithe.     Hampson,  ii.  105. 
EUER.    A  hedge.     Cheth. 
EDERI.YNG.     Relations.    (A.-S.) 
EDFEDRID.     Pleased ;  satisfied  nith  .' 
EDGE.  (1)  The  tide  of  a  hill ;  a  ridge.    As  Did- 

dicstone  Edge,  &c.  in  the  North. 

(2)  To  stand  aside ;  to  make  way.     North. 

(3)  To  set  on  edge,  u  one's  teeth,  &c. 
I  Edft  o'dark,  evening.     Craven. 
I  To  harrow.     North, 

EDGE-LEAMS.     Edge  tools.     North. 
EDGI.ING.     Standing  on  one  end.     Wane. 
EDGREW.     Aftermath.     Chtth. 
BDJFYE.    To  build.     {A.-N.) 
BDIPPE.     (Edipus.     Chaueer. 
EDNE.    To  renew ;  to  renovate.     {J..S.) 
B-DON.     Done ;  finished.     (A.-S.) 
EDRESS.  Dressed ;  prepared.  "  Ready  edress," 

Ashmole's  Theat.  Chcm.  Brit.  p.  284. 
EDWARD-SHOVELBOARDS.  Broad  shilUngs 

of  Edward  VI.  formerly  used  in  playing  the 

game  of  shovcll)oard. 
EDWYTE.    To  reproach ;  to  blame.      (A.-S.) 

It  is  a  substantive  in  Rob.  Clouc  p.  379 ;  Gy 

of  Warwike,  pp.  118,  156,  251. 

And  wo  ujrtht  Ut;t)«  with  grrt  Mntlnwnt, 
Sam  folks  wol  «du«<*  him  with  fol)r. 

MS.  C>»ta*.  Tt.  I.  <,  t.  IM. 
EE.  (1)  A  spout.     North. 

(2)  Even ;  evening.    Percy, 

(3)  An  eye.     Still  in  use. 

M  tkat  Hhs  Blfht  Doght  b*  sw»k*. 
For  acbaat  eo«4<  siwthe  «|>«k*, 
And  Mvar  th*  lest  merry  the  prryd, 
Witll  wepyoitv  te,  and  thui  the  iryde. 

Ctwrr,  M.t.  CamUtb.  tt.  I.  S,  f.  m. 

(4)  The  top  of  a  drinking,  cup. 

(5)  To  love,  or  respect.     North, 
EECLE.    An  icicle.     Salop. 
BED.     I  bad.      .VorM. 

BBP.    Easy.     Stanihunt,  p.  11. 
EE-GRASS.     Aftermath.     Ihrett. 


S^ 


EEIR.     Condition.     (^.-5.)    "  A  stnde  of  good 

ecir,"  Wright's  Seven  Sag«a,  p.  5, 
EEK.     To  itch,      rorknh. 
EEL.     To  cover  in.     Also,  to  season  aa  oven 

when  first  erected.     Cheeh. 
EELDE.     Age.     Still  used  in  the  North. 
Quod  RwM,  to  eel^  of  twmtl  ]««re, 
Oo  to  Oxon/brd  or  Icme  Iswr. 

3)S.  CaiUa*.  tt.  11.  »,  I.  t*. 

EELEATOR.    A  young  eel.     North. 

EELFARE.    A  brood  of  eels. 

EEL-SHEAR.     An  iron  instrument  with  three 

or  four  points  used  for  catching  eels  in  Ibe 

Southern  counties. 
EEL-THING.     St.  Anthony's  fire.     Etttx. 
EEM.  (1)  Leisure.     See  Earn. 
(2)  Almost,      n'anti. 
EEMIN.    The  evening.     Yorkth. 
EEN.  (1)  The  eves.     North.     Sec  Reliq.  Antiq. 

i.  82;  Robin  Hood,  i.  102. 
(2)  To ;  bnt ;  except.     Somrrtel. 
EENT.     It  is  uot.     North. 
EENY.     Full  of  boles.     Yorhh, 
EERIE.     Frightened.     Norlhumi, 
EERL.     An  earl.     (A.-.S.) 
EERLONDE.     IreUnd.      Pr,  Pare, 
EERNYS.     Attention.     (A.-S.) 
EERYS.     Ean.     North. 

The  blodc  brute  owt  ■!  hys  9tr]f», 
And  h;i  ftede  to  grownde  he  tierys. 

MS,  Omlat.  Ff.  11.  M,  f.  T9. 

EES.    Yes.     Far.  dial 

EE-SCAR.     An  unpleasant  object     North, 

BEST.    The  East.     (A.-S.) 

EET.     Yet.     Devon. 

EETH.     Easy.     Northumi. 

EEVER.     Ray-grass.     Dtvon. 

EF.     After.     Ueante. 

B-FERE.    Together.     (A.-S.)     See  Andelay't 

Poems,  p.  60 ;  Reliq.  Antiq.  L  302, 304. 
EFFECT.  (1)  Substance.     (A.-N.) 
(2)  An  intention.     Shai. 
EFFECTLOUS.     EffectuaL     llolituhed. 
EFFERB.    WUd;  strange.     (Lai.) 
EFFET.     A  newt.     Var.  dial. 
EFFII.     A  likeness ;  an  effigy.     Sufott. 
EFFLATED.     Puffed  up.     Chaucer. 
EFFRENATED.     Ungovernable.     (Lat,) 
EFFUND.    To  pour  forth.     (Lat.) 
EFFUSION.    Confusion.     (A.-N.) 
EFNE.     Heaven.    Cov.  Myst.  p.  278. 
EFRENGE.     Fringe.     Cunningham,  p.  14. 
EFT.    Again.   (A.-S.)   "  And  fylle  bit  rfle  ftiUe 

wcle,"  MS.  Cantab.  Ff.  v.  48,  f.  49. 
EFTER.    After.     North. 
EFTEST.     Quickest ;  rradiest.     Shat. 
EFTIR-TEMSIN-BREOD.  Br«ad  madeof  coane 

flour  or  refuse  from  the  sieve.    Yorhh. 
EFT-SITHES.     Oft-times.     North. 
EFTSONES.     ImroedUtely.     (^.-5.) 
BFTURES.     Passages.     Malory,  it.  376. 
EGAL.     Equal.     (Fr.) 
EGALITEE.     Equality.     (A.-N.) 
EGALLY.     Equally.     (Fr.) 
BGALNBSS.     Eqiiality.    Norte. 
BGAK.    To  put  aside.     (Fr.) 


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BLA 


ECERS.     Spring  tulipj.     Bailfy. 

EGESTIOUS.     Belonging  to  digestion. 

E-CEVYN.     Given.      (.4.-S.) 

The  »Ivte  nimauDilmmt  1  will  rthcrce  alio, 
B7  God  e-gevpnt  and  (hat  In  ttraytc  wytc. 

MS.  Laud.  410,  t.St. 

EGG.  To  urge  on ;  to  indtc.  Still  in  use  in 
the  North  of  England. 

Thp  drvde  of  God   ea  that  we  tuma  noghte 
agayne  tillc  ourc  a^-nnc  thurghc  any  Ule  tgirv^B' 

MS.  UnajH  A.  I.  17,  '■  IM. 

EGG-BERRY.    The  birdcherry.     Xorth. 
EGGE.  (1)  Age. 

I  meght  not  fait,  nor  I  void  not  pray  1 

I  tboyl  to  a  mcndyd  In  my  0^^. 

MS.  Uncoln  A.  1.  17,  t.  SI. 

(2)  Edged ;  sharp.  Also  a  substantive,  the  edge 
of  any  instrument. 

Wroghl  hyt  wju  weltc  and  fryrc. 
No  eg^  tule  toyght  hyt  apoyrc 

MS.  Canlcb.  Ff.  II.  X,  t.  101. 

EGGEMENT.     Incitement.     (.Y.-S.) 

EGG-FEAST.  The  Saturday  preceding  Shrove 
Tuesday,  so  called  at  Oxford.  Also  known  as 
Egg-Saturday.  Egg-Sunday  is  mentioned  in 
Baker's  Theatnim  Triamphans,  1670,  p.  37. 

EGGING.     Urging ;  incitement.     (J.-S.) 

EGGLER.  One  who  goes  about  the  countiy 
collecting  eggs  for  sale.     North. 

EGG-I'IE.  A  dish  correctly  describeil  by  its 
title.  It  is  still  mode  in  some  parts  of  the 
country,  and  is  mentioned  in  Taylor's  Workes, 
i.  U6. 

EGGS.  To  have  eggs  on  the  spit,  i.  e.  to  be  ac- 
tively einploved. 

ECGS-AND-COLLOPS.  (1)  Toad-flai.    A'ort*. 

(2)  Fried  eggs  and  bacon.      Var.  dial. 

EGGS.FOR-.\!O.NEY.  A  proverbial  expression, 
used  when  a  person  was  awed  by  threats,  or 
had  been  overreached  into  giving  money  for 
comparatively  worthless  things. 

EGG-WIFE-TROT.  An  easy  jog  trot.  The 
origin  of  the  phrase  is  obvious. 

EGHE.     An  eye.     {.i.-S.) 

Thow  ftalle  hym  m  with  vgtte. 
And  como  to  Crtito  thi  frende. 

MS.  UHtoln  A.l.n,  (.ta. 

KOHGE.    Edge.    {A.-S.) 
EGUNE.     Eyes.     {A.J.) 

For  Alie  the  manace  of  hyi  myghte. 

And  mawgrco  tils  f-fltne. 

Morte  Arlhwre,  US.  Line,  t.  i'. 
EGIITE.     Possessions  j  property.     {A.-S.) 
EGHWAR.     Ever.     «>4er. 
EGIR,     A  kind  of  precious  stone. 

Alle  of  rcwelle  bane. 
Off  egir  and  of  urbane. 

MS.  Lincaln  A.  i.  17.  f.  133. 

EGLANTINE,  Sweet  briar.  The  name  was 
occasionally  given  to  the  wild  rose. 

EGLEHORNE.     A  species  of  hawk. 

EGLENTERE.     EgUnline.     Chaucer. 

EGLINO.     A  perch,  two  years  old. 

EGRK,     Courageous.     iViU.  Werv. 

EGREDOUCE.  A  kind  of  dish  or  sauce,  fre- 
qtienlly  mentioned  in  old  cookery  books. 
Also  as  ibnece-fff^r,  q.  v. 


EGRELICIIE.     Sourly ;  bitterhr.     (-/.-Ai:) 
EGREMOINE.     Agrimony.     (A.-K.) 
EGREMONY.     Sorrow.     {Lat.) 
EGREMOUNDE.     Agrimony.     (^^.V.) 
EGRET.     A  kind  of  heron.     See  Ord.  and  I 

p.  2'20 ;  Harrison,  p.  223. 
EGRITUDE.     Sickness.     {Lei.) 
EGYLL.    An  eagle.     *i7#oii. 
EGYTS'G.     Urging;  incitement.     (.4.-S.) 

Thorow  the  fende*  fffng. 

llyt  doujter  thou jl another  (byng. 

JVS.  ^•hiw4>(l,  I.I 

EGYITIAN-FROG.     A  toad.     1.  /right. 

EGVTMENT.    An  agistment.     South. 

EIIGNE.    Eyes.    {A.-S.) 

EHYT.     Eat.     WicUiffe. 

ElE.     Fear.     {AS.) 

For  many  thyngys  hyt  yi  gretc  ty*. 
The  wfayche  fallcUi  roc  nat  for  to  wye. 
JifS.  ifoW.  1701,  r, 

EIGH.  (I)  Aye;  yes.     North.     Alto  an  iuh 
rogative,  wluit  do  you  say  ? 

(2)  The  eye.     {A.-S.) 

(3)  Fear.     Bevcs  of  llomtonn,  p.  72. 
EIGHEN.    The  holes  or  indices  of  the  aadei 

quadrant  were  so  called. 
EIGHE-SENE.    The  eyesight.     {A.^) 
EIGH-WYE.     Yes,  yes.     AorM. 
EIKE-TREE.    An  oak.     Yorkth. 
EILD.    To  be  sickly;  to  grow  old;   (o  yield; 

old  age.     North. 
EILE.     Evil     Nominalc  MS. 
EILEBER.    The  herb  atliaria. 
EILET-HOLES.     Very  small  boles,  a  tfrn  in 

seropstresy.     North. 
EILLE.    To  be  sick,  or  ill.     (A.-S.) 
EIM.     Even  ;  exact ;  equoL     North. 
EINATTER.     A  serpent.     Cumd. 
EINE.     Eyes.     Tarlton,  p.  89. 
EIR.     The  air.     Sec  St.  Brandan,  p.  32. 
At  undren  tide  ther  coom  a  soun. 
Fro  (he  eir  brettyng  doun. 

Curior  Mundl,  M.S.  Coll.  THm  CiMaft.  f,  tU 
EIRE.     An  heir.     (A.-N.) 
EIRIE.     Same  as  Airy,  q.  v. 
EIRY.     Light ;  unearthlv.     North. 
EISEL.     Vinegar.     (A.'-S.) 
EISTE.     The  highest.     (A.S.) 
EIT.    To  eat.     i'orkih. 
EITH.     Either.     Heanie. 
KiYT.     A  newt.     Brit.  BibL  iv.  29. 
EIJTE.    Eight.    Also,  property.     (A.^)' 
EI3YEN.     Eyes.     {A.-S.) 
E  K.E.  ( 1)  To  ease ;  to  kill ;  to  rid.     Heante. 

(2)  Also.     Common  in  old  ballads. 

(3)  An  addition  to  a  bcc-hive,     A'oWA 
EKER.     Water-cresses.     {A.-S.) 
EKKENE.     To  prolong.-    {AS.) 
EKYN.  (1)  AUo.     Heame. 
(2)  To  itch.     Prompt.  Parv. 
EL.     Else.     Hearwf. 
ELA.     The  highest  note  in  tfae  scale  of  minic^ 

See  Middleton,  iii.  624. 
ELAGERE.     Strength ;  power.     {A.A) 
EL  AT.     Elated.     (Lat.) 
GLAXATE.    To  unloose.     {Lai.) 


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BLT 


KI-BORTN.     A  Hod  of  wine.     fTrbir. 
ELBOW.     A  promontory.     Howell. 
ELBOW-GREASE.   Persevering  exercijc  oftlie 

arms,  exciting  perspiration. 
ELBOWS.     To  be  out  at  the  elbowi,  i.  r.  to  b« 

in  great  difficnltics. 
ELBUWSIIAKER.    A  gameiter ;  a  sharper. 
ELCONE.     Each  one.     Cumb. 
ELCY.    Alice    Aot-7*. 
ELD.    Old  age;  old  people.     {A.-S.)     Some- 

times,  for  age  in  general. 
ELDE.  ( 1)  To  make";  or  grow  old.     {M.S.) 
(2)  To  delav ;  to  linger.     Pn.  Cotl. 
ELDED.     Ailed.     Alto,  held.     Salof). 
ELDEN.     Rubbish ;  fuel.     North. 
ELDER.  (I)  A  cow's  udder,     /'or.  dial. 

(2)  Rather ;  somewhat  bigger,     fforth. 

(3)  An  ancestor.     (//.-S.)     A  justice  of  peace 
was  formerlv  so  called, 

ELDER-HAND.     In  cards,  he  who  held  the 
hand  was  said  to  be  elder-band. 

ELIJERLY-MAN.  A  chief,  or  principal.  Cumt. 

ELDEHMAN.    A  nobleman.     {J.-S.) 

ELDERN.     An  elder  tree.     Eatl.    Alaotnad- 
jeclivp,  made  of  the  elder. 

Er,DERNE.     Elders ;  ancestors.    (J.-S.) 

EI.DER-ROB.   A  consenre  made  of  the  juice  of 
the  ciderlwrry.     Line. 

ELDERYNOES.     Parents ;  ancestors.     (A.-S.) 

ELD-FATHER.     A  grandfather.     A'or/A. 

ELD-MOTllER.    A  step-mother.     AorM. 

ELDRITCH.     Ghastly.    Northumt. 

ELE.  (I)  An  aisle.     Bloram. 

(2)  Aid ;  help.     Siinner. 

ELECH.     Alike ;  equaUv.     {.■i.-S.) 

ELECTION.     Option,     /n  eUelion,  Ukely. 

ELEMEN.     Made  of  elm.     Dornl. 

ELEMENT.     The  sky,  or  heavens.     North. 

ELENOE.     PainfuL     {.4..S.)    AUo,  sorrowfuL 
Elit\g,  St.  Drandan,  p.  30.     Eletigliehe,  Piers 
Ploughman,  p.  2.1 1 .     It  also  means  tolitarif, 
a  sense  still  retained  in  some  counties.     Kl- 
Imgenea,   Brit.   Bibl.   ii.   84.     Keiinett  has, 
"  EUinge,  solitary,  lonely,  melancholy." 
An  rlyngt  lif  there  Ihd  knldc. 
In  wllUi'rnn  were  tlici  fcflilr. 
Ctmor  Mundi,  US.  Cb/I.  TVin.  Canlab.  t.  Jn. 

ELENGERE.    Mon!  sorrowful.     (.^.-S.) 
His  laboure  to  tUm  tt  the  eiengere. 

MS.  ax.  Atilit.  IM,  t.  <H. 

ELEPHANT.    A  species  of  scabious. 

ELET.     Fucl;oUi».     Ifill: 

ELEVENER.     A  luncheon.     Shu. 

ELEWN.     Eleven.     Ennoor. 

ELF.  (1)  To  entangle  hair  in  knots,  an  amuse- 
ment indulged  in  by  Queen  Mab. 

(2)  A  mischierous  person.     North. 

ELF-ARROWS.    Ancient  arrow-heads,  so  called 
by  rustics  in  the  North. 

ELFAY'DES.  Some  kind  of  animals,  mentioned 
in  the  MS.  Morte  Arthim;,  f.  77. 

ELFE.     A  witch,  or  fairv.     {A.-S.) 

ELF-LOCKS.     Entangled  hair.    "  Curl'd  and 
full  of  cWcs-locks,"  Wits  Miscrie,  1596. 

ELF-QUENE.    Tlie  queen  of  elves,  or  fairic!". 

ELF-SHOTS.     Same  as  Elf-arrow;  q.  v. 


ELGER.     An  eel-spear.     Pr.  Parv. 
ELICHE.     Alike.     Depos.  Ric.  11.  p.  G. 
ELICOMPANIE.     A  lomUt.     Contw. 
ELIE.     EUjah.     Ckawer. 
ELIK.     Alike.     North. 

Tak  niafetliia  and  aromatica,  of  athcr  tlik  u\t- 
klllc.  and  wax  and  oyl,  at  resone  gyffct. 

US.  Litic.  ttfd.  I.  »}. 

ELINGLICH.    Wretchedly.    (A..S.) 

ELIS.     Eels.     Chauetr. 

ELISEE.     Elisha.     Chaucer. 

ELtT.     Elect.     Hearne. 

ELK.  (1)  A  wUd  swan.     North. 

(2)  A  kind  of  yew  used  for  bows. 

ELL.     An  ell-wand.     Dgee. 

ELLARNE.    The  elder  tree.     (A.-S.)    Still  in 

use.     See  llcref.  Gl.  and  Pr.  Par%-.  p.  239. 
ELL-DOCKENS.     Colt's-foot.     A'orM. 
ELLE,     An  eel.     Chaueer. 
ELLEED.     Together.     Line. 
ELLEK.     Alexander.     North. 
ELLEN.     Ells,     //rarne. 
ELLENCH.     Afar  off.     Kent 
ELLENE.     Eleven,     //eortie 
ELLEN-TREE.    The  elder  tree.     Yorhh. 
ELLER.    The  alder  tree.     A'orM. 
ELLEUD.     Swoln  with  felon.     North. 
ELLES.     Else ;  otherwise.     (A.-S.) 

yet  I  have  a  morsel  for  iby  loth. 

And  eltis  I  wen  to  Maine. 

MS.  CanUI).  ft.  v.  48,  I.  M. 

ELLET.     The  elder  tree.     Suued: 

ELLOCK-RAKE.  A  small  rake  used  for  break- 
ing np  ant-hills.     Salop. 

ELL-RAKE.    A  large  rake.     Saht). 

ELLUM.     Elm.      far.  dial. 

ELLUMINE.     To  cmbeUish.     Sti-tton. 

ELLY'.  A  bound  or  goal  in  playing  at  fool-hall. 
North. 

ELLYTHE.     Aileth.     Torrent,  p.  41. 

ELM.     An  cll  in  length.     North, 

ELMEN.     Made  of  elm.      IFett. 

ELMESSE.     Alms.     Prompt.  Parr. 

ELMESJEVER.     An  almsgircr.     Pr.  Parv. 

EL.MOTHER.     A  stci>.mother.     A'orM. 

ELNE.  An  ell.  See  Kyng  Alisaunder.  2750  ; 
Holinshed,  Scotland,  p.  9.  Line.  "  False 
einen,"  Rob.  Glouc.  p.  429. 

ELNORNE.     The  elder  tree.     Pr.  Parr. 

ELNJERDE.     An  ell-yard.     Gatrayne. 

ELOINE.     To  remove,  or  banish.     {A.-N.) 

Ef.ONG.     Shuiting.    JSrmoor. 

ELI'HAMY.     Bryony.     North. 

ELREN.     The  elder  tree.     North. 

ELRICllE.     Dreadful ;  terrible.     Purh. 

ELSP.  Already  i  before.  Also,  others.  Nnrth. 
It  is  the  nickname  of  Allee. 

ELSEDOCK.     The  herb  Eriula  eampana. 

ELSEN.     A  shoemaker't  awL     North. 

ELSE-WHEN.     At  another  time. 

ELSK.     Uncouth.     Devon. 

ELSPITII.     Elizabeth.     North. 

ELS  WHITHER.     Elsewhere.     A^orM. 

ELT.  (1)  To  knead  dough.     North. 

(2)  A  voung  BOW  pig.     H>i/. 

BLTH.     Old  age.     Chovetr. 


EME 


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ELTROT.     sulk  of  wild  pinlcy.     fTeit. 
ELVEN.     An  elm.      far.  dial 
ELVESE.     Elve*.     {A.-S.) 
ELVERS.     Young  eels.     Wnt, 
ELVES.     Young  cattle     Tuuer. 
ELVISH.      Irritable;   «piteful ;   peeriih;  mii- 
cbievous  ;  faotutic ;  incncttblc.     (^A.-S.)    It 
ii  still  in  use. 
ELYSWHORE.    EUewhere. 

Anil  what  thou  ilult  hire  DureCorc, 
Yn  thyi  world  aod  tlnttfhort. 

MS.  Harl.  ITVI,  t.  I«. 

EM.    Them.     Var.  dial. 

EMANG.  Among.  North.  "  Emangczthame 
riglite,"  Perceval,  604. 

EMASTYCE.    The  mastic.    Tundalc,  p.  67. 

EMBAIU).     Bound  up.     (fr.) 

EMBARMENT.  An  embargo.  A  tract  Mras 
printed  in  1584,  entitled,  "  A  true  report  of 
the  general  embanement  of  all  English 
shippcs."     Shakespeare  has  embarfuemrtU. 

EM  BASE.    To  make  base,     ^uiutr. 

EMBASSADE.    An  embassy.    (Ut.) 

EMBAY.  To  bathe.  Hence,  to  deUght,  to 
charm  the  senses  irresistibly. 

EMBAYLE.    To  inclose,    i^mutr. 

EMBELISE.     To  beautify.     (A.-S.) 

EMBEUINGS.    The  fasts  of  tte  ember  weeks. 

EMBESY.     Toembujv.     Sinllon. 

EMBLEMENTS.  ProliU  of  land,  as  grass, 
fniit,  &e.     Blount. 

EMBOLDE.    To  make  bold.     (^.-A'.) 

EMBOLIFE.     Oblique.     Chaucer. 

EMBOLNEDE.     Swelled.     Lydgale. 

EMBOSSED.  When  a  deer  foamed  at  the 
mouth  from  fatigue,  he  was  said  to  be  cm- 
bossed.     A  hunting  term. 

KMBOUCHMENT.     An  embossment.     Cofri. 

EMBUWELLED.  Said  of  a  hawk,  when  her 
gorge  was  void,  and  her  bowels  stiff. 

EMBOWING.     Arching.     Lydgatt. 

EMBOYSSEMENT.     An  anibush.     i^A.-N.) 

EMBRAID.  To  upbraid.  Sec  Hall,  Henry  VI. 
f.  4G  ;  Tusscr's  Husbandry,  p.  313. 

EMBRASURES.     Embraces.     Shak. 

EMBREWED.     Soiled;  dirtied.     Lydgate. 

EMBROCADO.    A  pass  in  fencing. 

EMBROUDED.     Embroidered.     (A.-N.) 

EMDELEZ.     With  equal  sides.     Gmeayne. 

SUE.  (1)  Near.     Salop. 

(2)  An  uncle.  See  Earn.  Douce  says  the  term 
i*  also  applied  to  an  aunt. 

Wele  we  wote,  withoulen  wme. 

The  kyngt  Arthur  ouf«  rm«  tholde  be. 

MS.  Harl.  »5!,  f.  107. 

(3)  Consideration  ;  heed.     North. 

EMELE.    A  female  roe.     Sec  a  notice  of  their 

bokeynge  in  MS.  Bodl.  546. 
EMELLE.     Amung;  amidst. 

Wit  Ncmbrol  com  thsl  fur  to  duclle. 
And  lok  a  conteil  Ihim  «»/<•. 

MS.  C«tl.  I'Miau.  A.  Ut.  r.  14. 

BMENDALS.     A  tenn  in  old  account*,  signify- 
ing the  sum  total  in  stock. 
VMENISCHE.    Todinuniah. 


For  DOW  Alexinder  d|iH,  and  Macoispw  alle     < 
wsxc  my  Icsse  aod  letie,  sod  emeMistA*  day  bi  dsy. 
MS.  UmnlnA.l.  >;,(.«. 

EMER.  (1)  Nearer.     Salop. 

(2)  A  deliverer ;  one  who  succours  any  oat  boa 
a  great  difficulty.     Liiu. 

EMERAUDES.    The  hemorrhoid*.     (jL^C^ 

EMERLON.     A  merlin,  or  hawk.     Ckauetr. 

EMERUS.     Humours;  diseases.     {.4.-ff.} 

EMERYEN.     Emiien :  hot  ashes.     (,J.-S.) 

EMFORTH.     Even  with.     (//.-&) 

EMIDDIS.     Amidst.     Chaucer. 

EMMERS.     Embers.     Somtrtet. 

EMMET-BATCH.      An    ant-hiU. 
Also  called  an  emmet-tut. 

EMMOISED.     Comforted.    SAinner. 

EMMO\'E.    To  move.    %>tHtr. 

EMMUT.     Force ;  impetus.     Detoiu 

EMNENUSTE.  Diminished ;  impaired.  (^. 
And  rljtc  M)  it  a  of  the  |[udoewe  of  i  msiM» 
many  meoe  may  take  gade  eocample  of  bynit 
hti  gudnctsc  be  DSthynge  tmnentutt  Chcrtry. 

MS.  Unralfi  A.  L  JJ.  t- 

EMOLLID.     Soft;  tender.     {Lot.) 
EMONGEST,     Amongst.     HaU. 
EMOTE.     An  ant,  or  emmet.     Baret. 
E.MPAIR.     Impairment.     Cht^man. 
EMPECHE.     To  hinder.     Also,  to  attack. 
E.\IPEIRE.     To  impair;  to  hurt.     (.V...V.) 
EMPERALES.     IniiKrials,  a  coin.      ITtter. 
EMPERICE.     An  empress.     i,A..N.) 
EMPERISH.     To  injure,  or  impair.     {A.-ff.' 
EMPERY.     Empire ;  dominion.     {A^N.) 

Woman  in  the  Moonc,  1597  ;  HaU,  Henry  V. 

f.  27  ;  Death  of  R.  of  Hunt.  p.  38. 
EMPESHE.    To  binder.     {A.-N.) 

And  bure  future  ihal  not  be  tmftnhti  10  4aM 

hure  dif  ntloun,  wher  throu;  aay  wykkcd  bnaaiM 

other  «upertluyte«  may  lie  engeodrwd. 

*rf:ai4l.*«> 
EMPIGHT.     Fixed ;  fastened.    Renter. 
EM  PLASTER.     A  pluter.     See  Rcliq.  Astiq. 

i.  54.     Chaucer  has  it  u  a  verb. 

Tbruit  dowoe  a  SUIT,  and  tbere  will  atirk  la  ll 

•ome  mud  [  repeat  It  leverall  Itme*  till  you  ban 

goti  as  much  as  will  make  an  tmt4ttt*i 

./v6n/<  ViUi,  Raft  Bar.  MS.  p. 

E  M  PL  I E.     To  infold ;  to  involTC.     {A.-N.) 

EM  POISONER.     A  poisoner.     (A.-N.) 

E.M  POSSESS.    To  posses*.     Florio. 

EMPKESA.     A  dence  or  motto.     Drayton. 

E  M  I'  RE  S  S  E .     To  crtjwd.     Chaucer. 

EMPRIDEDE.     Proud. 

And  wheone  thii  joumeo  wai  done,   Pausamy 
wai  gretly  <mpntlttlt  IhefoBV,  and   went  Into  tl 
kyngei  palace  for  to  take  the  qwene  Olymitlaa 
of  it,  and  bafe  hlr  with  byra. 

MS.  Uncolt,  A.  L  17.  t  %' 

EMPRI.ME.    To  tepuate  a  deer  from  the  ml 

of  the  herd. 
EMPRISE.  (1)  An  undertaking.     {A-N.) 
How  dare  y  thanne  be  prcsumptuotti^ 
I,  wofulle  wrecebe.  In  any 
To  take  tm  me  thli  perflt  hyje 

Ltttgalr,  MS.  Stc  MnU^-  Ut.  t.  *. 
Sundry  werkU  of  metvelous  emprit*^ 
By  catpcolryo  to  forge  and  dyvlae. 


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ENC 


333 


SND 


hul  thri  wrre  that  (yinc  un<rbe, 
bel  dud  ftjeDei  Goddes  rmprUt. 

CWraor  Mundl,  itS.  Cull.  Trim.  Cantab,  t.  41. 

iber.     Weber. 

'lECE.     A  choice  mor;c«a  of  food  ;  an 

•c's  piece.     Line. 

To  empty,     far.  dial.     It  occurs  in 
Msr.Cint.  T.  16209. 

ON.  A  purchaie.  (Lot.)  See  Con- 
am's  Rerels  Ace.  p.  1 ;  Ord.  and  Reg. 
J,  205. 

To  pow  out  a  imall  portion  of  liquid 
a  veueL 

rOE.     An  emerald.     Siellon. 
I.    An  emerald.     Juniut. 

D.  Mouldy.     {Ut.) 

t.    To  emulate.     Spautr. 

Bnemics.     Heame. 
nd ;  also ;  if ;  him.   It  seems  to  mean  in, 
egrevant,  1061. 

URE.     Action,  or  effect.     Shak. 
2T.     A  luncheon.     Hanlt. 
TR.     Against.     ITeber. 
lEDE.     Armed.      In  old  cookery,  the 
was  ap()tied  to  anything  larded. 
lATION.     A  narrative.     {Ut.) 
ITER.     Lest;  in  case.     Spenter. 
IE.     To  poison.     Alirr.  Mag.  p.  79. 
iED.    Ornamented  i     Gawaytu. 
TE.    To  steep  in.     Philpol. 

E.  To  poimce  upon.     (A.-N.) 
TELLED.    Indented,  like  a  battlement. 

V'MEN.    To  embalm.     (A.-N.) 
.YSE.     Parted  per  bend.     Holme. 
VTID.     Beautified.     Siellon. 
ING.     Imbibing.     {Lai.) 
tUNCHEN.    To  whiten  over.     (A.-lf.) 
iWUN.     Puffed  up.     WiekUffe. 
&    To  fill  out.     {A..N.) 
■•     See   Embo—ed.     This   appears  to 
B  Mine  word  as  mbo»e,  which  occurs  in 
cer, and  is  wrongly  explained  by  Tyrwhitt. 
isGlosa.  p.  75. 

I  tlwl  ihul  not  op«nc  neither  qunleye  whltr 
)•  il  among  the  chsuoge,  for  drcde  to  tnboi*t 
idounyi.  MS.  BnU.MO. 

XE.    To  swell.     PaUgraee. 
SED.     Raised.     (A.-N.) 
N'R.    To  incline,  or  bow  down. 
iCE.    To  take  hold  of.     {A.-N.) 
irode  icheidn  enhrsntds,  and  Imrlyche  lietinya. 
3f»rl<  AnkuM,  MS.  Linmlit,  {.  79. 

lUDE.    To  embroider.     (A.-\.) 
SAM.     Sharp ;  powerful ;  strong. 
3CHE.    To  hide  in  aichuscade. 
PMi  knyjte  whlchehovid  osd  abod, 
inbutched  upon  hon-bak, 
lUa  todeyncllche  upon  him  Imk. 

Qwrr,  US.  Sat:  Anliq.  \H,  1. 11. 

3CHEMENT.  An  ambush. 
A  grel  tnbujKhement  thay  lett. 
Than  tba  fottcr  thamo  mett. 

MS.  Uncvln  A.  I.  17.  t.  I3& 

5Y.     To  bujy  or  exert  one'i  self. 
SED.     Made  wet.     Stellon. 
JSB.    To  cause.     Lydgatt. 


ENCAVE.     To  hide,  as  in  a  cave. 

ENCENSE.  (1)  To  burn  incense.     {A.-K.) 

(2)  To  inform,  or  instruct.     Norlh. 

EN'CENTED.     Assented.     Heanie. 

ENCERCHE.     To  search.     Maundmile. 

ENCESE.     Qit.  increase? 

Unoly  chyrchc  ennMf  and  eVc, 
And  wonchyppGod  in  hyi  kerryte. 

MS.  Cantah.  ft.  U.  38,  f.  I. 

ENCHACE.  (n  Hunting.     Benter: 

(2)  To  drive  away.     {A.-N.) 

After  the  comyoge  of  thit  my;ty  kynge, 
Oure  olde  wcxi  and  troubiile  to  encharr. 

legale,  MS.  Soc.  Anlii).  \M,  f.  It. 

ENCHARGE.     To  charge  one  with  anything. 
ENCHAUFE.    To  warm  ;  to  make  angry. 
ENCIIAUPING.     Heat.     (A.-N.) 
ENCHEDE.     Fallen ;  vanquisheiL     (A.-N.) 
And  the  tnehedt  kyngc  in  the  gay  armea, 
Lyi  gronande  one  the  giownde.and  glrdc  thoTO*f  e  cvene. 
Jforfii  Arlkurr.  MS.  Lincoln,  f.  9*. 

ENCHEINED.     Chained  together. 
ENCHESON.  (1)  Cause;  occasion.      (A..N.) 
It  is  explained/or/«7  by  Batman,  1 582. 

My  crye  that  ii  the  tttchttoun  of  my  rl^thtwlcnn 
that  11  in  hli  tight.  MS.  CWI.  Eton.  10,  f  2S. 

(2)  To  reason  with  ? 

And  the  empeiour  with  hye  rasoa 
Scbe  liegsn  to  enebtmm. 

MS.  Canlab.  Ff.  II.  »,  I.  IS 
ENCHEVE.  To  achieve;  to  conquer.  (A.-N.) 
ENCKE.     Ink. 

Betok  I  ibenckt  in  my  wrytenget 
To  l«l  a  tale  therupon. 

Colrer,  MS.  Ointab.  Ff.  i.  C,  f.  Of. 

BNCLESSIDE.     Inclosed.     Lydgale. 
ENCLINE.    A  bow,  or  salutation.     {A.-N.) 
ENCLOWED.    NaUctl ;  riveted.    {A.-N.) 
vntan  he  ayje  and  redy  fonde 
Thil  cofre  made,  and  wel  enrlowrd. 

Cvutr,  MS.  Sue.  ^Mtiii.  134,  f.  KM. 

ENCLOYDE.     Hurt  in  the  foot. 

The  hore  on  woche  *ehe  rode  wai  blac, 
A  lie  Itne  and  gallyd  on  the  bac. 
And  haltyd  aa  he  were  enriuyde  ; 
Thrroff  the  womman  wai  anoyede. 

Cower,  MS.  Oinrali.  Ff.  L  6,  f.  t. 

ENCOMBREMENT.     Incumbrance.     {A.-N.) 
ENCOROWNMENT.     A  coronation. 
ENCORPOHE.     To  incorporate.     {A.-N.) 
ENCORRED.     Incurred. 

He  mcY-rrerf  God'*  great  wrath, 

And  grows  In  great  dlipair. 

M.I.  Mhimilt  tOeU 

ENCRESTED.    Increased.    Hall. 

ENCROCHE.    To  obtain  possession  of. 

ENCUMBERING.    An  incumbrance.     (A.-N.) 

ENCURTTNED.     Inclosed  with  cortaina. 
A  loft^  bed  of  large  tpace 
They  hadde  made  and  mr«rfyn«rf. 

Geieer,  MS.  See.  Anll^.  134,  t.  41. 

END.  (1)  To  finish ;  to  kUL     A'orfA. 

(2)  A  number  of  anything, 
of  a  tale,  4c.     (A.-S.) 

(3)  Rate  or  price.      lori»A. 

(4)  To  erect,  or  set  upright. 

(5)  The  stem  of  a  plant. 

(6)  Plctsnrc  or  delight. 


Norlh.    Also,  part 


Far.  dial 
Eatl. 
Norlh. 


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ENDAMAGE.    To  damage ;  fo liiirl. 
ENDAYS.     Forward ;  cndwue.     Knrlh. 
BND-DAY.    Termination ;  end.     North. 
ENDE.  (1)  Seat ;  comer.     (A.-S:) 
12)  End  (  aide  j  countr)'.     Htame. 

And  wHle  norykchcd,  gode  ftud  hende. 

No  ctiyldff  bellur  lu  tllv  th«l  vndt. 

MS.  Oinlab.  Ff.  IL  38.  f.  Mi. 
(3)  A  blue  colour.    LiHe. 
ENDEAVOUR.    To  cier<  one's  lelf. 
ENDERRESSION.     Indiscretion. 

Of  muche  uncuDQynge  aud  euttetfrrttion, 

Lfdgal;  US.  Mhrnnh  30.  f.  US. 

BNDELONG.     Along;  lengthwise.     (A.-S.) 
Than  oame  thai  apon  Spayne  tndiange  ttio  •Hduf*. 

MS.  Laiud.  me,  I.  R. 
Sche  clow  hem  In  a  »odcync  nge, 
Endetifttge  the  horde  as  they  l>e  tcL 

Goirer,  MS.  Sx.  jlHtlt.  134,  t.  85. 

ENDELY.     Endlessly. 

Pccf  thalle  be  whereas  now  trouble  b, 

Aner  this  lyfe  endetf  In  bly>.     MS.  Uarl,  3801. 

ENDENTID.     Fixed  in. 

with  maoy  worthy  ttane 
Ktukniid and  dl(hte.  MS.  Une<jH  A.  1.  I/,  f.  130. 
ENDER.     Past ;  gone-by.     (.-t.-S.) 

Thjt  endfr  dal  com  n  cUrc  roc  to* 

And  tMMl  mc  love  on  his  manere.  MS.  SMyby  V6. 

Of  my  fortune,  how  It  ferde 

This  tndir  day,  aa  y  forth  ferde. 

MS.  Sot.  Aniiil.  134,  f.  38. 

ENDETTED.     Indebted.     (A.-N.) 
ENDEW.  (1)  To  digest.     A  hawking  terra. 
(2)  To  give,  or  bestow.     North. 
ENDEYNEDE.     Ordained  > 

In  his  dedts  that  for  dule  mdfynrde  hym  to  dye. 

M.S.  Unrofn  A.  i.  17,  f.  iOl. 

ENDIAPRED.     Variegated  in  colour. 
E.ND-IRONS.     Two  moveable  iron  plates  tued 

to  conlract  the  firc-jilacc.     North. 
ENDITE.  (1)  To  dictate ;  to  relate.     (A.-N.) 
Syne  tndittedt  In  his  dayes  alle  the  dcrepulmet. 
That  in  the  sawtlre  ercsetle  with  selcouthe  wordcs. 
Murit  Arthurc,  MS.  LimcxilH,  f.  89. 
(2)  Put  to  death.     Gairaynr. 
ENDLANDE.     Along ;  straight-forwards. 

And  as  thay  went  endttrnde  this  revere,  abowte 
the  vilj.  houre  of  the  day  thay  come  tiUc  a  castclle 
thatstudciaallttille  lie  In  this  forsald  ryrere. 

JIfS.  UKcdn  A.  i.  1/,  f.  27. 

BNDLBFTB.     The  eleventh.     Heame. 
ENDLESS.     The  Wind  gat.     Ea»t. 
ENDLEVE.     Eleven  j  eleventh.     Ileame. 
ENDMETE.     Lcnticula.     Pr.  Pan. 
ENDOCTRINE.     To  teach.     (Lat.) 
ENDOOST.     Endowed.     I^A.-N.) 
ENDOREDE.     Made  shiny,  as  pic-crust  is  with 

the  yelk  of  egg,  or  coke  with  sugar,  &c. ;  not 

yiViyn/.ascxplainedln  the  Gloss.  toSyrGawaync. 

Sec  Onl.  and  Reg.  p.  437 :  MS.  Lauad.  1033. 
ENDOSE.     Indolence    {.i.-N.) 
EN  DOSS.     To  endorec.    PaU^rapr,     It  occun 

in  Spenser,  and  Reliq.  Antiq.U.  284. 
ENDOUTE.    To  doubt  J  to  fear.    {A.-N.) 
ENDRAITE.    Quality.    (,^..,V.) 
ENDRED.    Entered.    Scolt. 
ENUREYDE.    Dried  up.    Wo/ery. 
ENDRIE.   To  suffer.    (a..S.) 


ENDUOSSE.    Tomtiltiply.    LtittfUte. 
END-STONES.     The  end  biuding-alonet  in  a 

wall.    Arch.  xi.  233. 
ENDUCE.     To  bring  in  ;  to  adduce.    (£rt.) 
ENDl'RABl.B.    Durable ;  lasting.     Eeul. 
EXDUR.ATE.    Obstinate.    Hall. 
ENDITRED.    Made  hard.    {Lai.) 
E.NDWARE.    A  small  hamlet.    ZAic. 
ENDW.AYS.    Strai^'ht-forward.     Totiamdrmi. 

leax/ii,  to  remain  in  an  ofSce  beyond  the 

time.    North. 
ENDYD.    Yeaned.    Jul.  Bamei. 
ENDYED.     Dyed.    Percy. 
ENE.    Alone ;  only ;  once.    Heame. 
EXEDE.    A  duck.    (./.-«.) 
ENEE.    -Eneas.    Chevcer. 
ENELE.    To  anoint.    Pr.  Pan. 
ENEMIS.    Lest.    £att. 
ENEMY.    An  insect.    Salop. 
ENENST.    Opposite  to.    North. 
EXES.    Once.    Heame. 
ENEUGM.    Enough.  Devon.   Generally  appli 

exclusively  to  numbera. 
ENKWED.    Troubled;  vexed.    (A.-!f.) 
ENFAME.    Infamv.    Chaucer. 
ENFAMINED.    Hunpn-.    (-/.-JV.) 
ENFARCED.     Stuffed;  filled.      See   HanJyng, 

Suppt.  f.  88  ;  Becon's  Works,  p.  91. 
ENFAUNCE.    Infancy.     Chaucer. 
ENFECTE.    To  infect.  (A.-N.)    SomctlmejUie 

part.  past,  as  in  Gesta  Rom.  p.  352,  and  oIm 

a  substantive,  infection. 
ENFELAUSHiri'E.    To  accompany. 
ENFEOFF.    To  grant  out  u  a  feoff,  or  esl«t« 

to  (cive  up. 
EXFEUMl.    To  inclose,  or  lock  up.    Heante. 
ENFLAIINCE.    To  innamc.   lydjale. 
ENFLAWMEDE.    Burnt  up.    (A..N.) 

Whene  the  wille  and  the  afllKcyone  rt  fmrj^ttt^ 

and  clensrde  fra  alle  deiicliely  lustes.   kyndi 

werldly  lufe,  and  e*  tn/tatvmpdt  with  breiurai 

nf  the  llaly  Caste.  MS.  Linmln  \.  i.  17, 

ENFLORID.    Endowered.    Skelton. 
ENFLURESCHIT.    Ornamented.    (^.-A*.) 
ENFORCE.    To  strengthen.   (A.-N.) 

1  salle  fV^Me  jowe  in  the  felde  with  ftlasihff  nsflit 
of  armet.  M-nt  Ariharr,  MS.  LliMads,  t.  «;. 

ENFORME.   To  teach ;  to  instruct.    {A.-N.) 
But  yf  ;c  wolde  In  eny  forme 
Of  this  mat«r  a  tale  n^/lmie, 
Whiche  were  ajen  this  vice  set, 
1  sohuldc  fare  wellu  the  bet. 

Gixrer,  MS.  Soc.  jftUi^.  134,  r.n 

ENFORSED.   Seasoned,    .hilij.  Culm. 
ENFORTUNE.    To  endow  with  afortune. 
ENFOIBLEU.    Wrapt  up.     Gawayne. 
ENFOULDRED.    Thick  ;  mistv.    Sprmer. 
ENFRAY.    AlTray.     Tovnetey  Myt. 
ENGAGE.    To  lav  to  pledge,  or  p.nw7i. 
ENGENDirRE.    Generation.     (./.-.V.) 
1  wnte  wel  Icefulle  luste  is  iiece«sarie. 
Wilhoulcn  that  may  be  non  tngtnduTt. 

Oerlet,  MS.  Sor.  AKtif.  IS4,  f.  MB 
ENGEYLED.    Frozen ;  congealed. 

Or  stones  tmgtyted  fallcth  doune  arow, 
Wtirnne  that  hit  hayloth,  a<  hit  Is  oftescyne. 

j«.  cmm».  rr.i.<,tii. 


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BTNE.    To  enjoin.    AudeUy,  p.  47. 
ULE.    To  coax,  or  ojolc.     Also  i  sub- 
ntive,  a  gull.    Jonton. 
HNE.    Eyes.    (.i.-S.) 

Thane  the  worthy  kyuj  wrythe«. 

And  wepcdtt  with  hU  eHghn«. 

Mtn^c  Arllmrr,  MS,  Umxln,  t.  7S. 

tN.    Wit ;  contrivance,    (/.o/.) 
[NED.    Racked;  tortured.    {A..N.) 
[NER.    Ail  engineer,     iliddklon. 
[NOUS.    Inventive.    Joiuon. 
LAMED.    Slimy.     {.1..y.) 
LOSEU.    Painted.    Lydffale. 
LUTING.    Stopping  with  clay.     Chmeer. 
OUTED.     Having  block  spots  on  the  fea- 
rs.   A  banking  term. 
DWSCHEDE.    Swelled;  elated.    (^.-.V.) 

>Vilh  a  dra^ne  «n^PHht4t 

Dredrulle  to  tchewe. 

Hunt  AHhnn,  Unc.  MH.  t.  li. 

RAFTED.    Depraved.    Sufoli. 
RAVE.    To  binry.     Spetuer. 
BEGCE.     To  aggraN-ate.    {A.-N.) 

The  dampoed  ahul  engrrfhti  be. 

The  peynca  moor  grovoui  to  le. 

jrs.  AdM.  iiaus,  r.  iia. 
RELYDE.     Interspersed. 

Uo  ticris  a  feheldr  of  afcure, 
BnfrtlfiU  with  a  tayulour. 

US.  Univtn  A.  i.  17,  f.  IM. 

REVE.    To  huH.    (J..N.) 

REYNED.     Powdered.     {A.-ff.) 

BOSS.    To  thicken  ;  to  fatten. 

UERE.     Formed ;  made.     (A.-N.) 

YNED.    Deceived.     (.^.-A'.) 
A  loftd  l>ed  of  laT^ge  ipaea. 
Where  ache  waa  aftirwardc  engyned, 

CMvar,  MS.  Sdc  AttHf.  M4,  t.  44. 

TNEFUL.    Crafty ;  nmning.     {A.-N.) 
YSTE.    To  constrain.     {.I.-N.) 
ABITE.    Tonsc,  or  accustom.     (A..K) 
ACHED.     Inlaid.     SMlon. 
ALSE.     To  embrace.     Wecon. 
ARPIT.     Hooked ;  edged.     Percy. 
ASTED.     Hastened.     PaUgrmr. 
Pbat  loaoy  worth!  In  knyjihood  ful  famtu 
kiAMdd  weren  unto  here  deth,  alias  I 

MS.  Dlslvi» 
AITNSE.    To  raise.     (.I.-N.) 
ERITE.     To  endow  any  one  with  property, 
an  inheritance. 

lEDE.     Raised ;  exalted,    lyiigate. 
ONY.    To  sweeten.     Florio. 
OKT.    To  exhort.     (.^.-A'.) 
f.     Enough.     CVoreis. 
HITY.     Enmity.    Buret. 
U    Once.    Wright's  Pol.  Songs,  p.  203. 
CED.     Brought  forth.     (Lai.) 
31NB.     To  join  in  battle. 
UBAUDE.     To  endanger.    State  P.  i.  130. 
ANKERED.     Cankered.     Prtvy. 
E-ORN.     An  ink-horn.     Lydgatt. 
ERLY.    Eagerly  ;  intently.    £iUer,  applied 
colour  in  Sj-r  Gawayne. 
sue  the  cmpcrour  mkerig  aikct  hym  tonne, 
at  wUlc  thow,  Gawayne,  wyrke  with  ihl  wapyne  ? 
Jferff  Arlhurt,  MS.  UtmlK,  t.  7*. 


ENKINDLE.     To  kindle.     Fuirfit^r. 
ENLACED.     Entangled.     (^.-A'.) 
ENLAKE.     To  o\erflow.     Florio. 
ENLANGOURED.     Faded  with  languor. 
ENLARGISSED.     Enlai^d.     Jleame. 
ENLEFTE.     The  eleventh.     Jlrome. 
ENLEGEANCE.    Allegiance;  protection;  de> 

Uvenince.     Hnxme. 
ENLEVE.     Eleven.     Lydgale. 
ENLEVED.     Inlaid.     Maundrmlr. 
ENLIMN.     To  illuminate  a  book.     Paltgrare. 
ENLONGE.     Oblong.     Trn^ita. 
ENLVMINE.    To  illuminate.     (./.-.V.) 
ENMES.     Enemies.    Audelay,  p.  62. 
ENMESH.    To  inclose  in  the  meshes  of  a  net. 

Shot. 
ENMOISED.     Comforted ;  encouraged. 
ENMURED.     Inclosed.     Lydgale. 
ENNA.     Is  not  he  .>     Ojoh. 
ENNESURE.     Game;  sport.     (J.-X.) 
ENNEWE.    To  paint ;  to  put  on  the  hut  and 

most  brilliant  colours. 
ENNOBLISH.     To  ennoble.     Pal»gravr. 
ENNOSE.     To  conceal.     (.rf..,V.)     Palsgrave, 

referring  to  Lydgate,  explains  it,  to  abuse. 
Fur  ayther  music  y  playnoly  lilrv  accuse. 
Or  my  gltte  with  thUglUv  mnoif. 

l^ttptlf,  MS.  &f.  ^i,li<i.  IM.  t,  4. 
ENOFFE.     Enough.     Cheater  Plays,  ii.  114. 
ENOINT.    Anointed.     (.^.-A'.) 
ENOO.     By  and  by;  even  now.     NortK 
ENOUMBRE.    To  join  in  anything. 
ENOURNE.     To  adorn.     Lydgale. 

The  temple  of  Covctyie  jc  enoum,,  with  roses: 

alle  50ur  myghtc  and  joure  irlite  5c  putt  in  thama 

that  may  30W  na  thynf  heipe  at  nedc. 

if.V.  Uaco/n  A.  I.  17,  f.  SS, 
ENOW.     Enough,     far.  dial. 
ENOYNTED.     Anointed.     Heame 
ENOJ.     Enough. 

tlave  brok  hit  wri  withowt  faylf, 
1  have  kept  it  long  tno^. 

MS.  Canlob.  Ft.  t.  48,  f  fX. 

ENPAREL.     Dress ;  apparel. 
ENPAYRE.    To  impair ;  to  injure. 

Might  na  perys  enpcyrt 

Be  skillc  ne  by  righte. 

MS.  Univln  A.  1.  17,  f.  138. 

ENPECHE.    To  impeach  ;  to  accuse. 

ENPIGHT.     Pitched ;  settled. 

ENPITED.     Delighted?     S*iruier. 

ENPLEET.     To  implead.     HalL 

ENPLEMENT.     Employment.     Sletton. 

ENPOYSONE.  Poison.  In  the  MS.  Morte 
Arthure,  cups  are  described  as  being  nude, 
"  that  nane  ntpoyione  siilde  goo  prcvcly 
thcrundyrc." 

ENPREST.     Imprest.     Malory,  iL  450. 

ENPRICE.     Fashion.     (^.-A'.) 

ENPRIDDEDE.     Prided.     MS.  Line. 

ENPRISON.     To  imprison.     Coicer. 

ENPROPRED.     Belonging.     (//.-A'.) 
Shal  be  yteen  blisses  aerene 
That  bCD  tnprvprti  unto  (he  iMMtyrs. 

MS.  .Udlt.  U.lnS,  f.  107. 

ENPROWED.     Prontcd  of.     Sietlon. 


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BNQUERAUNCE.     Inquiry.     (A..N.) 
of  Goddes  mystery  and  hl«  wrrklr.g 
Mftk*  fwrer,  ipv  childe,  to  ferrv  etuptfraunct. 

MS.  Qinriik  Cr.  I.  (i,  f.  ISO. 

ENQUE8ATYFFE.     Uejirous  of  knowing. 
Hrrof  I  mm  en^ttatufi, 

MS-CoKlab.  Ff.i.e,  f.  71. 

ENQUEST.     Inquiry.     (.7.-JV.) 
ENQUEYNTANCB.     Acquaintance.     Ifearne. 
ENQUIRANCE.     Inquiry.     Ciaueer. 
ENRACE.     To  impUnt.     (.1-N.) 
ENRESONE.     To  reason  wilh.    {A.-N.) 
ENROLL.      To   fix   anytliing  in   one's  mind. 

Paltgrave. 
ENSAME.     The  grease  of  a  hawk.     Also,  to 
purify,  cleanse,  or  purge  a  hawk  of  glut  aiid 
grease. 
ENSAMPLE.    An  example.     {A..i\.) 
A  node  mtample  I  wyll  jou  lejr, 
What  cfaanie  befell  hym  uoe  a  iley. 

Ms.  .Jlkmulcel,   f.  59. 

ENSCONCE.    To  fortify ;  to  protect  as  with  a 

fort,  or  sconce. 
KNSEAR.    To  dry  up.     Shat. 
ENSEGGE.     A  siege.     Also  a  verb. 

And  thaone  he  went  unto  the  eltee  of  Tyre,  and 

Uyde  emm^gt  abowte  it,   and  ihU  tu»*g^  he  laye 

many  a  day,  and  thare  hit  o«te  luffrcd  many  dy«. 

easts.  US.  UnciAn  A.  I.  17,  t.  A. 

ENSELED.     Sealed  up ;  kept  secret.    Enway- 
litige,  AUeyn  Papers,  p.  12. 

This  buke  ea  cald   ffarthen   encloacd  wel  tntettd 
pandyac  full  of  a|ipelli->.       US.  Cull.  Eton.  10,  f.  1. 
ENSEMBLE.     Company.     (./.-jV.) 
ENSEMBYLL.     Together.     SMton. 
ENSEMLE.    To  assemble.     (.4..N.)     See  Gy 
of   Warwike,  p.   428;   etutmled,    Bevcs  of 
Hamtoun,  p.  125. 
ENSENCESYNGE.     Instruction. 

Saynt  Paule  made  this  orysone  by  Ibfl  enaanee- 
lyfi^e  of  the  Haly  Gaste. 

MS.  UncKlii  A.  1. 17.  r.  177. 

ENSENSE.    To  anoint  with  insence. 
JEiueiue  the  body  no  more  so, 
Ne  do  DO  wurachep  tharunto. 

US.  H<u7.  1701,  f.  73, 

ENSENT.    Advice  i  wish.     {J.-N.} 
ENSENTE.     To  consent.    Ihame. 
ENSESE.     To  take  possession. 
ENSIGNBEARER.     A  drunkard.     Grote. 
ENSILE.     To  ensile  a  bawk,  to  pass  a  thread  in 

tome  way  under  the  beak  and  through  the 

eyelid,  so  as  to  hinder  the  sight. 
ENSINEMENT.     Perseverance.    Batman. 
ENSISE.     Quality.     Skinner. 
ENSLOMBRE.     To  enervate.     (A.-N.) 

Son,  left  not  ydelne«ie  ]OU  tmttombrt. 
Nor  wydoesae  of  clothys  ;ou  encombre, 

MS.  .^thmoli  M,  r.  U. 

ENSNARLE.    To  insnare,  or  entangle. 
ENSOINE.     Excuse,     (.l.-ff.) 
ENSPERE.     To  ask,  or  inquire.     (A.-S.) 
ENSPIRE.    To  inspire.     (.I.-N.) 
BNSTAFP.    To  put  on  a  staff,    florio. 
ENSTATE.     To  invest,     lavrmee. 
ENSTORE.     To  renew.     {Lat.) 
ENSTREMENT.     An  instrument. 


ENSURE.    To  assure ;  to  plight  troth. 

Siippl.  to  Hardvng,  f.  6C. 
ENSWEETEN.   'To  swceUn.     See  the  Opi 

Glasse  of  Humors,  p.  58, 
ENT.     Ended.     Heame. 
ENTAILE.(l)  Shape.     {J^N.) 

The  hon  of  gode  anMifa  acfaall  have  a  lyMlkaai 
and  gret  rouode  eyeo,  scbnrt  ecrva.  lasigv  tnmtm. 

MS.  tKu,^  nt,  c  Uk. 

^2)  PUce ;  stead.     H'eier. 

(3 )  Sculpture  or  carving  of  any  kiniL     Also,  lo 

cut  or  carve ;  a  very  common  term  in  ancient 

art,   and   sometimes  applied  to   omamenlal 

work  of  any  kind. 

He  made  an  ymage  of  efiMW, 
l.lche  lo  a  wommaa  in  semblauoce. 

Ceteer,  MS.  Sot.  Aiuif.  U4,  C.  lOt. 

ENTAILS.    Ends  of  land.     Nortk. 
ENTALENTE.    To  excite.     (A..}f.) 
ENTAME.    To  Ume  ;  to  subdue. 

Mysone.  yf  thou  thy  conacleoc* 

Entamid  haste  In  suche  a  wlae. 

Cower,  MS.  Soe.  jlnUf.  \M.  t, 

ENTECCHES.     Spots ;  stains.     (^.->'.) 
ENTECESSOURS.     Predecessors. 

Loo,  the««  ben  Itj.  thyngea.  as  seyn  onf  cmfWMMn 
That  thit  tiewc  loveret  togedlr  muftte  auatciac. 

MS.  GsnMd.  Ff.  ^.«.t  III. 
ENTENCIOUN.    Intention.     {Lot.) 
ENTEND.     ToaHend.     {A.-N.) 
ENTENDAUNCE.     Attention.     (J.-N.) 
ENTENUEMENT.     Understanding.     (^.-.V.)] 

A  tale  of  gret  enfrndenvns 
I  thenke  telle  for  thy  lake. 

Goiper,  MS.  Soe.  ^nrlf.  134,  f.  B. 

ENTENT.     Understanding.     H'*ier. 

ENTENTE.  (1)  Intention.     (J.-\.) 

(2)  To  attack.     Ellis,  ii.  366. 

ENTENTED.     Attended  to.     Tfeter. 

ENTENTIF.  Attentive.  (J.-N.) 
Whereas  she  satte  in  here  oratorte 
With  hert  tmteniti/  and  wilh  hole  mcmortcw 

l^dtnU,  MS.  A'ttmolt  3*,  (  ML 

Nou  lot  hem  here  and  undetstonde  tnttt^xfy^* 

myne  worde*.  Simtt.^tU,  I'trmtaMS. 

ENTER.    To  enter  ahawk,  to  oommenoebaia- 

ing  her  to  kill  game. 
ENTERCHANGEDEN.     Exchanged.     (jL-fT.) 
ENTERCLOSE.   A  passage  between  two  rooniai 

in  a  house,  or  loading  from  the  door  to 

hall.     Ojf.  Clout.  .Irch. 
ENTERCORRE.     To  interfere.     (Lat.) 
ENTEREMENT.     Interment.     Rif<m. 
ENTERLACE.    A  kind  of  verse,  mentioned  by 

R.  de  Bninne,  pref.  p.  99. 
ENTERLYCHE.     Entirely.     {J.-S.) 
ENTEKMEDLED.     Intermixed.     (j1..N.\ 
ENTERMENTYN.     To  let  in.     Pr.  Parw. 
ENTERMETE.      To  interpose;   to   iatempt, 

(.*.-A'.)    See  Malory,  ii.  45. 

Thou;  1  therof  have  noujt  to  done. 
My  thoujtc  wol  mtirmett  htm  Boae. 

US.  Sk.  JmH^,  IM,  r.  a, 
ENTERMEMl'ER.    A  hawk  that  diangca  th^l 

enlciur  of  its  wings.     SUnner. 
ENTEHMIXE.    To  destroy.     (^.-A'.^ 
ENTERPART.     To  share.     (./..JV.) 


I. 

I 


ENTERPENNED.     A  hawk  w««  «»id  to  be  en- 
lerpcnucil,  when  <lic  feathers  of  the  wings 
were  lietween  the  IkmIv  and  the  thighs. 
ENTERSIIOCK.    To  butt  together. 
ENTERTAILLE.    Wove-work.     (fr.) 
ENTERTAIN.    Entertainment.     Hamer. 
ENTERVIEN.     A  meeting.    [Pr.) 
ENTERY.NG.     An  intcnneut. 

The  «4ine  hml  that  tydjmg. 
And  come  home  to  the  enttri/ng. 

MB.  H*rl.  ITUI.r.  tt. 
ENTETCllEl).     Marked ;  stained.    (.Y.-.V.) 
ENTIIKUMSBD.    Enthroned.   KnoUtn. 
ENTItiRLOCURE.     Entirclv.     C*r.  l-'ii 
ENTIRDIT.     An  interdict.     (^..?f.) 
lUth  lente  the  bulle  of  hii  lentenee, 
With  cunynge  and  with  tntirdit. 

OiMtr,  MS.  Sac.  jinU^,  IM,  t.  SO. 

ENTISE.    To  acquire.     Gawayne. 
E.NTONE.    To  tune ;  to  sing.     {yi.-N.) 
ENTORYNGB.    Aniiitcmieot. 

Thecomyn  pun  made  hit  enforynfe. 

Octlere,  MS.  Sue.  .<<i»t«.  134,  f.  SII7- 

EN'TRADAS.    Rents  j  revenues. 
ESTRjVILE.    To  entwine ;  to  fold.    (Fr.) 
ENTRE.     An  entrance.    (.Y.-JV.) 

And  therwlthalle  nuDtd  if  ctcme. 

And  at  the  entrt  to  they  didc  wryte. 

Uldgate,  MS.  Sw.  ./nil?.  134,  f.  li. 

ENTREAT.    To  write,  or  treat  of  j  to  treat,  or 
use  one  well  or  ill ;  to  obtain  one's  desire  ;  to 
entertain,  or  receive.     Alio,  an  entreaty. 
ENTREAT.MBNT.    Entreaty.    JmuoH. 
RNTRECOMUNED.     Entertained.' 

I)yi)tortri  and  plays  and  a]  roaocr  gladnaast 
Among  tbcae  lusty  folkca  tmiercombmtd  be. 
With  swet*  lovys  amtrous  and  such  lustyn«as«. 
Godly  rvwardyt  with  gret  det)00Cfete. 

MS.  CoHlab.  F(.  I.e.  r.  lil. 
ENTRE  DETEN.    To  handle.    SUnnrr. 
ENTREDITEDE.    Intcrtlictcd.    Heane. 
BNTREE.    An  entry.    (.■/..,V.) 
BNTREMEDLY.    Intermediately. 
So  tmtrtmutUtf  by  succeMloun 
Of  tNithe  was  the  gencracioun. 

I^dgttlr,  MS.Soc.  JhiI^.  134,  f.  14. 

ENTREMEES.    Dishes  scncd  in  between  the 

couracs  at  a  feast.     (Fr.) 
ENTREMETTEN.    To  intermeddle.    (,.4..N.) 
ENTRESSE.    Interest ;  business. 
ENTRETE.    A  plaster. 

It  aal  draweowt  the  ftloneor  the apposlyioe,  aad 

alle  the  fliihe,  and  hele  it  wlthowtteoe  any  tntrttt, 

bnt  new  It  erenc  and  morne.     MS.  lA»c.  Med.  t.  S09. 

ENTRICE.    To  render  intricate.    (Lai.) 

E.NTRIES.    PUccs  in  thickets  where  deer  have 

recently  passed  through. 
ENTRIKE.    To  deceive;   to  entangle.     Also, 
occasionally,  to  hinder. 

H' hereof  that  hec  the  world  entrtkHh, 
That  many  a  roan  of  him  compleyneth. 

GtK-tr,  MS.  Soc.  Anll<i.  114,  f.  IIX). 
Bis  roysty  speche  so  harde  Is  to  uafolde 
Thai  It  enlrtkelh  redctli  llut  it  see. 

MS.  Dtghf  ta>,  t.  s. 
ENTRY.    A  narrow  passage ;  a  lane ;  a  porch ;  a 
gate,  or  door;  an  entrance,  or   small   liall. 
.\orlM. 


EQU 

ENTUNED.    Tuned.    (^..?f.) 
ENTUNES.     Songs ;  tunes.     (A.-N.) 
ENTWITE.    To  twit ;  to  reproach. 
ENTWYN.    To  separate.    Audtla^. 
ENTVREMENT.    An  intcnneni,     Weber. 
ENTYRFERVNE.    To  interlace.     Pr.  Part. 
ENTYRYl).     Interred.    Pr.  Pan. 
ENUCLEATE.    To  solve.    HaU. 
ENL'NIED.     United.    Beeon. 
ENUNTY.    Directly  opposite.    Glouc. 
ENUS.     Once.    Aodelav.  p.  43. 
ENVENE.\IUS.    Venomous.     (.Y.-.V.) 

It  wil  hile  the  bytyng  of  a  wood  howiide,  and  aJ 
maner  strokya  that  byo  fnreMemw*,  and  it  wll  ttr* 
addrus  fro  the.  MS.  Mtd.  Anti^, 

ENVEMME.    To  poison.     (.Y.-A'.) 
ENVIE.    To  ^^e ;  to  contend.    (A.-N.) 
ENVIRID.    Inversed.     (./.-A'.) 

Of  tha  Holy  Gott  roundo  atwute  wnviritt, 

Lvlgale,  MS.  S,K.  .^ntii}.  134,  1.91 

Myna  annes  are  ot  ancrstrye, 

£>imv<fe  with  iurdci.  MS.  UnctJn  A.  L  17,  f.  71. 
ENVIRON.  (1)  About;  around.     (A..\.) 

Alle  hire  maydenis,  atondyngempyrussn, 

Gao  even  thus  for  to  crye  toude. 

I«<<r>">  if''.  Soc.  ^itlUi.  1S4,  r.  6. 

(2)  To  go  round  ;  to  surround. 

And  alle  enrertmiuie  the  vale. 
And  voyde  wheooc  hytn  llkada. 

MS.  Uxetlm  A.  L  17.  f.  73. 
ENVIVE.    To  enliven ;  to  «cit«. 
ENVOLUPED.    Wrapt  up.    (A-N.) 
ENVOY.    To  send.    Lj/dgate. 
ENVY'.    Hatred ;   ill-will.    This  is  a  common 
early  use  of  the  word.     Some  old  dramatista 
have  it  in  the  sense,  to  emulate. 
There  he  had  gretechy*alry. 
He  slewo  bys  cncnys  with  grete  enqr. 

MS.  CMHtmb.  Ft.  it.  M,  f.  Tt. 
ENVYNED.    Stored  with  wine.    (^..A^.) 
ENYYNTYSCHEN.     To  attenuate,    Pr.  Parv. 
ENY3N.     Eyes.     Lydgale. 
EODE.     Went.     Korlh. 

In  that  tyme  ise  ore  Loverd  eivfe  atmutea 
Ane  blinde  man  to  him  men  broujte. 

MS.  Lauil.  IM,  f.  I. 
EORNETH.     Runneth.     (A.-S.) 
EORTHLICHE.     Earthly.     (A.-S.) 
EOW.     Yes.      Var.  dial. 
EOWER.    Your.     Salop. 
EPETITE.     A  kind  of  precious  stone. 
EPHESIAN.   A  jovial  companion.   A  cant  term, 

used  by  Shakespeare. 
EPICEDE.    A  funeral  long.     (Ut.) 
EPISTOLER.    The  priest  at  mass  who  chanteth 

the  epistle.     (A.-S.) 
EPS.    The  asp  tree.     Kent. 
EQUAL.    Just ;  impartial.    Maninger. 
EQUATE.     To  make  equal.     PaUgrave. 
EQUELD.     Equalled.     Lydgale. 
EQU  I  PEN  DY.     A  plumb-liuc :  a  pcrpendicuUr 

or  straight  line. 
EQUIPOLENCE.    An  equivalent.     (A.-N.) 
EQUIPOLENTE.     Equivalent, 

For  in  respyte  of  tyme  eeynnara. 
They  ben  nolhyng  r^tt»tfmtt. 

4f«.  QmMb.  CI  A\.'».v.^. 
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EQUIPOLLE.  To  be  equal.   (./.-A.) 

£R.   Your;  or;  are;  before;  before  llitt;  be; 
former ;  early.     Arch,  and  Prm. 

ERAN.  An  errand,  or  mes«age.  A'or/A.  Chaucer 
has  eratade,  Du.  134. 

ERAYNE.    A  spider.    Nominate. 

ERBER.  (1)  Same  as  arber,  q.  v.    This  is  also  a 
field,  pasture,  garden,  rir  nn  hcrbory  (ur  fur- 
nishing domestic  medidncs. 
In  so  rrltert  berfyde  hur  hslle. 
That  f^re  and  greue  can  ipryng  antl  apredc. 

tis.  omu^  rr.  II. :»,  f.  m. 

Be  led  hym  to  a  fayre  rrfrcr. 
The  ]atia  were  or  clen  crtatalle. 

US   Cantah.  ft.  v.  40,  f.  08. 

(2)  The  conduit  leading  to  the  stomach.   An  old 

hunting  terra. 
ERBES.    Herbs.    Cover. 
ERBOLAT.   A  confection  made  of  several  herbs, 

eggs,  &c. 
ERBOWLE.   A  dish  composed  dtiefly  of  bullace 

and  hoiiev. 
ERCHDEKENES.   Archdeacons.  {A-N.) 
ERCIIEUYSSCUOPES.   Archbishops. 
ERCHEVESQE.    An  archbishop.   (.4.-N.) 
Erie*  and  en:Atfw«9«rj  and  otlier  y-nowe. 

ATarM  Arthurt,  US.  Uiu.  t.  M. 

ERCLE.   A  blister.   Sahp. 
ERD.    The  earth.    North. 

Wc  wolde  hit  uiiaiirongcful  fayn, 
If  wc  mijt  have  ourocTtf  ajayn. 
Oiraor  MuudI,  .VS.  Oill.  TWn.  Ouilab.  f.  134. 
ERDE.   To  dwell;  to  inhabit.    (^.-5.) 
ERDEZ.    I^ids.    Gawai/ne. 
ERDO.N.   An  errand.    Coe.  Myt. 
ERD-SIIREW.   A  shrew-mouse.     Topxell. 
ERDYLY.    Eartlily.    Ritmn. 
ERDYN.    Earthen.    {A.-S.) 
ERE.  (1)  To  plough.   (^.-A.) 
(2)  Before ;  previously. 

A  kynga  and  a  nuo  chiUle  coaceyved  at  her  er«. 

MS.  Con.  ouig.  A.  11.  r  ijn. 
C3)Aacar.   {A.-S.) 

For  whanue  the  schipoien  ley  au  pr« 
t;ntolhe  voyce  In  here  avU, 
Thoy  weue  It  be  a  paradls. 

Gotrrr,  US.  Sk,  Aitllq.  134,  f.  41, 

EREABLE.   Arabic  IJuhel. 

ERE-LAPPE.   The  lower  part  of  the  car.  (A.-S.'- 

See  MS.  Line.  f.  304. 
ERELLE.   An  earl.   (A.-S.) 
EREMITE.   A  hermit.   Lydgale. 
EREN.   Ears.   {A.-S.) 
ERENYE.   Sand.   Pr.  Parr. 
EREOS.  Lore.    Chaueer. 
ERB-ROWNERYS.    Secret  whisperers.   (^.-5.) 
It  it  goode  that  evovry  lorde  of  the  oomuntn  that 

ht  be  not  lad  bl  foli*,  non  bi  noon  othir  tr^rowneryf. 
fVimbettim't  Srrmon,  I3S0,  US,  Ualton  fi7,  p.  II. 

ERGE.   To  tease,  or  vex.    H'eit. 
ERGOS.    Same  as  Arj/oi,  q.  T. 
ERIE.   To  honour ;  to  revere.   (.i.-S.) 
ERJEN.   To  plough.   {A..S.) 

We  tille  na  lande,  ne  eryet,  ne  lawei,  ne  joke* 
nothrr  ox  no  hone  In  plughe  no  in  carte,  ne  uett 
caste  we  Dane  In  the  tee  far  to  take  ryKhe. 

US.  UiKuIn  A.  I.  17.  r.  39. 
BttlOK.    Straw,  or  stubble.    Line. 


ERINDE.  An  errand,  or  mcsaagr, 
ERINGOES.    Were  formerly  considered 

rativcs.    Sec  the  Citye  Match,  1639b  a, 

Taylor's  Motto,  1622. 
ERKE.   \Vear\- ;  sick.  (.l.-S.) 
ERLICHE.    Early.    Gaicer. 
ERLO.ND.    Irelaiid.    Pr.  Parrs. 
ERME.   To  grieve ;  to  lament. 
ERMIN.   Armenian.    CImucer. 
ERMYTE.  (1)  Poverty;  misery 
(2)  A  hermit.    Promjil.  Parr. 
ERN.  (1)  An  eagle.   North. 

From  na  he  lep  aelcouth  lijt, 
Was  never  cm  to  rretths  u>  fll^t. 
CUroT  UuiMll,  Ma.  CUII,  rwn.  C^(a6.  t. 
(2)  An  urn.    Rod.  GUmc 
(.1)  To  glean.    Ketmelt. 
KKNDE.    An  errand.    (.i.-S.) 
ERSE.  (1 )  To  run  J  to  (low.    (^.  JL) 
(2)  To  yearn ;  to  decire.    IHUoh. 
ERNEMORWE.   Early  m  the  maniiog. 
ERNEN.   To  earn ;  to  take.    «>«er. 
ERNEND.    Running.   (A.-S.)  ^^ 

ERNES.    The  loose  scattered  ears  of  e<>nj  left 

on  the  groiud.   Keimelt. 
ERNEST.    Zeal ;  studious  pursuit  of  anrthlnc 

{A..S.)  •        « 

ERNESTFUL.   Serious ;  realous.  (A.-S.) 
ERNESTO.NE.  The  Klites.   llarrisoB,  p. 
ERNFULL.   Sad ;  lomenUble.   Sutttx. 
ERNUTE.    An  earth-nut.    Sgot. 
EHOR.    Former.    Heante. 
EROUST.   Tmst.   {A.-S.) 
ERRABLE.   Arable.   Arch.  xL  216. 
ERRA.NUE.   Wandering.   (A.-N.) 
Evyr  he  rode  rorthc  anaardav 
Tyll  he  come  to  Uombnat, 

US.  C<nM6.  Ff.  II.  _  .  . 
ERRA-PATER.   An  eminent  Jewish  ajlrulogeri 

at  least,  so  say  some  of   the  old  almanux 

The   name  was  sometimes  used  for  an  al. 

tiiauac.     Lilly  was  also  so  calkd  by  BoUo' 
ERU.\TES.    FaulU.   UalL 
ERRATIKE.   Wandering.   {A.-N.) 
ERRAU.NT.   Strolling.   {A..N.) 
ERRE.   A  sore ;  a  pock-mark. 

The  trret  at  hys  wowndca  aa]  apekc 
Agayne  the,  and  of  (he  aik  wnke. 

Stanke  and  roten  mine  erret  ere  iLa. 

US.  oo.  TuMM.  o.  tIL  t,  m, 
ERRESDEKEN.    An  archdeMon. 
BRRIN.   Urine.   J}evoH. 
ERRISH.   \Vheat  stubble.   Amf. 
EKRIWIGOLE.  .In  ear-wig.   £atL 
ERRUUR.    Course  ;  running.    {A..N.) 
ERRYD.   Wandered.    Lydgate. 
ERS.    The  fundament.    {A.-S.) 
ERSDEKNE.   An  archdeacon.   (.*.&) 
ERSII.    Stubble.    Kent. 
ERS.MERT.     Culerage.     See 
plnnls  in  MS.  Sloane  5,  f.  4. 
ERST.    First ;  formerly.     (A.-S.)    At  erti 
first,  for  the  first  time. 

Than  non  trit  he  drew  hit  halt 
Into  the  benke  cnde. 

US.  Canhili.  Ff.  T,  411,  f. 


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ERSWORT.    Tlie  herh  mouse-ear.  See  d  lirt  of 

plauts  in  MS.  Sloanc  5,  f.  8. 
ERTAGE.  Heritage,  lleame. 
EHTE.  (1)  Art.   Somertd. 

JhMu  Crhw,  hivf  iDtTry  one  mc, 
AU  thou  ertt  kyngr  of  m«gMt*. 

MS.  Lmrvln  A.  I.  17.  t.  ilS. 

(2)  To  urge ;  to  compel. 
ERTIIEUOUNE.    An  c«rthqnake.    (/*.-&) 

Whcnae  thit  Ktument  wm  In  *rj'Tm«»  Wf<»» 
AlcsUMtor,  •odernl;  ther  come  ■  ihonncrf  >Dd  ■ 
IsTflnnyDge,  «nil  ftne  cTfheAimn«  rijt*  s  hwlou*,  io 
(hit  lllc  Babyloynoqwokclhcrwlth. 

MS.  Una-tn  K.  I.  17.  t.  41. 

ERTIIE-GALLE.   Tlic  herl.  ccnfuut) . 
ERTllELES.   Without  earth.   (.-f.-A) 
ERTIIEMOVINGE.    An  carlhqntke.    {A.-S.) 
ERTIIEN.    Previously.   (A.-S.) 
ERTllESMOK.    Fumut  terra,  the  name  of  a 

{ilant  ^iven  in  MS.  Sloane  5,  f.  5. 
ERTHGRINE.   An  earthquake.    (A.-S.) 
EUTIIGRYTHE.   An  earthquake.   (A.-S.) 
ERTIIISG.    Burial.    North. 

He  hul  hit  ridmodcr  m&fdpo-ttcdr. 
And  mt  his  erihimg  alle  lede. 

MH.  Cm.  I-Mfw.  A.  UL  r.  It. 
ERTIISTANE.  Tlie  hearth-»tone.   (A.-S.) 
EKTINE.   To  irritate ;  to  provoke. 
ERTOU.   Art  thou?   (AS.) 
ERVE,   An  inheritance.   (AS.) 
Hit  wctkrth  woadn-HchTi 
Aad  «iM»givrthilkcrIich. 

MX.  HtH.  73Sa,  ip.  Cat.  lU.  5M. 
ERT.   Ever)-.    Var.dial. 
ERYDAT.   Everr  day.   Pr.  Pan. 
ERYE  ?   The  eartli.   Pr.  Ptrv. 
ERYN.    Iron.     Lydgatt. 

V  ttftw  hym  bcr«  upp  on  hyi  krowne. 
BrynDyoc  «ryfi  that  ban  hym  downe. 

MS.  HaW.  1701,  f.  10. 
ERYNDE.   An  erran;!.    Rilion. 
ERY'S.   Eart.   Sometimes,  yean. 

Wode  ha%  rryt.  fylJr  h»«l^t. 
Were  the  foatcr  heir  now  rinht 
Thy  wordli  ihtild  likr  the  ille- 

MS.  Omtab.  rr.  V.  «.  r.  49 
ERYSCIIEMEN.   Iriahmen. 
EUYTACIIE.   Heritage.   Arch.  nii. 369. 
ERYYNE?   Earthen.    Pr.  Pare. 
ERZEI.L.    Herself.    Somn-tel. 
BSBATEMENT.    A  play,  or  pasliroc.    (A.-N.) 
ESCAPE.    A  tnui>Kression.    SAai.    Explained 
hy  Blount,  "  a  violent  or  privy  evaiion  out  of 
■ome  lawful  rcttraint." 
ESCHAR.   A  newt.   North. 
ESCHAUFE.    To  make  hot.    (A.-N.) 
ESCHAUNGE.   Exchange.  (A.-N.) 
ESCHE.   Anaah-tree.   Pr.  Pare. 
ESCHEKERE.  Chess.  Also,  the  excheqner. 
ESCHELE.   Troop ;  company.   (A.-N.) 
ESCIiEN.    Made  of  ash.    Salop. 
ESCHETES.   EacheaU.   f.^.-A'.) 
ESCHEWE.   To  stir ;  to  move  ;  to  go. 
The  kyng  rhaungc  i  hit  Tote, 
Bthnca  a  lyltlllr. 

MH.  Unra/n  A.  I.  17,  f.  K. 

ESCHIVE.  To  eschew;  to  shun.   (A.-N.) 


And  In  Ihy  ia»r  10  i 

That  Tayne  gtoryc  y  MMle  mthUn. 

OMctr,  ATS.  Sm  Antiq.  1J4,  (.  SS.  , 
ESCHTE.    Asked.   (A.-S.) 
ESCLAUXDER.   SUnJer ;  reproach. 

No  wonchip  may  he  to  hymacire  conquar** 
BuK  grete  retVaunrf^  uoto  hyra  and  her. 

CtaiTMr,  MS.  OmMl.  rr.  i.  6,  f.  00. 
ESCORCHES.    Aaimala  tint  were  Bayed.    An 

old  hunting  term. 
ESCOTED.  i'aid  ;  supported.   Skak. 
ESCRIED.   Observed ;  descried. 
ESCRITE.  A  writing.  (A.-N.) 
BSCUAOE.    Service.    (A.-N.) 
ESCULPED.    Sculptnied.   //off. 
ESE.  (1)  Ease;  pleasure;  to  accommodate;  to 

beplease<l.   (A.-N.) 
(2)  Bait  for  fishes.   Nominate  MS. 
ESEMENT.    Relief    Vhavetr. 
ESENDROPPERS.     Eavesdroppers.     See  Hio 

Fratemitvc  of  Vaealiondcs,  1575. 
ESH.(l)Siuhble;  aftermath.    Starrey. 
(2)  To  ask.   Aiso,  an  ash  tree.   North. 
ESHIN.    Apiul.   North. 
KSHINTI.E.   A  pailful.    Chnh. 
ESHORNE.   Cut  in  two.    (.i.-S.) 

Why  hast  thou  thb  mk  thus  tthttrnp. 
Now  U  It  ipylt  and  thou  hast  It  lorne. 

MS.  Umi.  41ft,  r.  47. 
ESHUK.    A  hook  at  the  extremity  of  a  waggon- 
horse's  traces,  in  the  fonn  of  an  S.    ITfif. 
ESIE.   Gentle ;  light.    Chaucrr. 
ESILICH.   Gently.    C/iaunr. 
ESK.    A  newt ;  a  lizard.    Nnrth. 
ESKING.   Thepenlice.   Une. 
ESK  I  P.   To  equip,  as  with  men,  &e. 
ESKRIE.  Acrv.   //«». 
ESLE.    Toa»k.    Heame. 
ESLOYNE.    To  remove,   ^ptntr. 
ESNUYE.   To  astonish.    (A.-N.) 

ThU  womtpan  woche  c^m  to  Mmn^M, 
Antucryd  with  fiillc  koflte  sprthe, 

MS.  CMirtal).  Ft.  I.  6,  f.  7. 
And  Ihufl  wfxe  I  wllhlnne  wfnth, 
That  outwanle  I  am  alle  aOVayed, 
And  K)  deltrtnpritf  and  «HWlr«d. 

Omnr,  MS,  Aw.  MrnHq.  134,  t.  *t. 

ESP.  Tlie  asp  tree.   .\'orth. 

Tak  the  ttarke  of  the  atp,  and  the  rote  of  walwort, 
ot  ayther  l-likc  mykel,  and  acanipe  thame  velai  vi4 
do  it  In  a  dene  veoel.       Mfl.  lUr.  MS.  BHfAf,  1. 14. 
ESPECCION.  Especial.   (A.-N.) 
ESPECE.    A  small  portion.    Caxton. 
ESPERANCE.   Hope ;  expccUUon.  (A^N.) 
ESPEYRE.  Expectation.   (A..N.) 

To  putten  itonie  In  fulle  rrferft. 

That  Moris  was  apparauut  eyre. 

OoKtr,  MS.  Sk.  Aitti^.  134,  r.  71, 

Thus  stante  en\ye  in  good  twpnrrr. 

To  ben  himselfc  the  devclls  eyre.  MS.  IM,  f.  (I. 
ESPIAILLE.  Sp>ing;  private  watching.  (A.-N.) 
ESPIAL.    A  spy.'  Cotrcr. 
ESPTCE.    To  look  ;  to  ohserve. 
ESPICERIE.   Spices.   (A.-N.) 
ESPIE     An  overlooker.   HaU. 
ESPIN.  The  asp  tree.    North, 
ESPIRITUELL.   Spiritual nVmbkw^j.    VA-T*^ 


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340 


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ESPLOIT.     AdvinUge.      (^.-.V.) 

Th<  iej]t  goth  uppe  and  furlh  (hrjr  ttraujtc. 
But  nooa  «rWl  thetnr  th«7  oiujU, 

Ooterr,  M».  Six.  AnHq.  1S4,  r.  111. 

ESPniBE.     Hope.     Ckaucfr. 

ESPOUSE.     Spouse;  wife.     llaU. 

ESPREI).     Spread.     Sidney. 

ESPKINGOLD.  An  engine  rati  for  throwing 
large  stones  in  sieges.    {J.-N.) 

ESPRYSEU.    TiJtcn.     (A.-N.) 

ESQLAYMOUS.     Equal  (?)• 

That  many  one  are  so  ilaungerouSt 
And  oute  of  ixmuT*  esi^uatfmew. 

MS.  Halt.  1701,  r.  4t. 

ESQUIP.     Same  aa  E$tip,  q.  t. 

ESQUIRE.  An  esquire  of  the  bodjr,  an  attendant 
upon  a  knight  who  carried  his  helmet,  spear, 
and  shield. 

ESS.  Ashes,  or  a  place  under  the  grate  to  re- 
ceive thcni  in.     Aorth. 

ESSAY.     Same  as  ^May,  q.  T. 

ESSE.  ( 1 )  To  ask.     Ueante. 

(2)  Ease.     Kihon. 

(3)  Is.     MS.  Cotl,  Vespas.  D.  Tii.  f.  2. 
ESSES.  (1)  The  collar  of  SS,  or  esses,  Ttora  hy 

Knights  uf  theGart«r. 
(2)  Large  wonus.     Kent. 
ESSEW.     Issue.     Dale. 
ESSEX-M()N.     A  calf.     Gro*'. 
ESSEX-STILE.     A  ditch.     Grote. 
ESSHEKED.     Asked.     Ifeame. 
ESSHET.    Asked,     fitame. 
ESSHOLE.     An  ash-hin.     Aorth. 
ESSOINE.     An  excuac.     (A..\.) 

But  ;lt  for  iinmgthr  of  matilmonye. 

He  tnyytt  make  naoe  M«>>l^n«. 

GiKt-rr,  MS,  Sx.  Miiliq.  134,  t.  oO. 

ESSTE.     Asked.     Heame. 
ESSYSE.     Habit ;  custom.     R.  dt  Bmnne. 
EST.  (l)£atest.     Heame. 
Host.     Weber. 
I  Love !  mimificcnce.     (A.-S.) 

They  wroghl  hym  nn-kylle  woo, 
Ai  y  yow  say,  be  Godtlyt  ttt. 

US.  Ointak.  Ff.  II.  38,  r.  BO. 

ESTABLIE.    A  guard.     (^.-A.) 
ESTAFET.     A  footman.     (Span.) 
ESTALLED.     In»tallc<L     (A.-S.) 
She  was  Inntlaleil  eternally  to  dwellc 
Aroonge  sterna,  where  that  she  li  ttlaltM. 

MS.  UigtytX. 
ESTANDART.    A  sUndard.     Hatt. 
ESTASION.    A  shop,  or  stall.     (A.-ff.) 
ESTATE.     State;  condition;  a  wealthy  peraon; 

administration  of  goTPmnicnl  ;  an  obeisance. 
ESTATELICIL  Suiely.  Chaucer.   Lydgat«has 

ettatlv.  Minor  Poems,  p.  4. 
ESTATUTE.    A  sUtute.     Mali, 
E8TCHEKER.    A  chess-board. 

And  nlle  to  hit  that  la  that  place  square 
Of  the  Uatea ,  I  mcoa  tha  eatckalrir. 

Otdtr,  MS.  Sot.  Jnll^.  IM,  t.  K3. 

ESTEAD.     Instead.     North. 
ESTELLACIOUN.    Astrology.    (A.-N.) 
ESTERB.     State.     Hearne. 
£ST£RNE.     Prom  A.-N.  eilre  T 


And  fyl  hyt  at  an  < 

That  a  pre>t  ahul  none  outher  weni«. 

US.  Harl.  17*1, 

ESTIMATE.     Estimation ;  ralue. 

ESTITE.     A»  well.     Sorlh. 

ESTOC.     A  small  slabbing  sword. 

ESTOPPED.     Stopped.     HaU. 

ESTRADIOTS.     French  dragoons. 

ESTK.UNGER.     A  stranger.     (Fr.) 

ESTRE.  (I)  State;  condition.     (A.~N.) 
What  Khal  I  telle  unto  Sil<e>tx*, 
Or  of  50ur  name  oi  of  jour  mtr*  9 

Omtr.  MS.  BtM. 

(2)  A  drcunutance.    (A.-A.) 

(3)  Court  :  street ;  town.     (A.- A.) 

So  long  he  lered  In  that  eifrv. 

That  for  hys  name  he  hyjt  Tuttceatrv. 

MS.  Hari.  i:«i,  r.  :«L 

ESTRES.  Tlie  inward  parts  of  a  building:  cttam- 

ben ;  walks ;  passage*  in  a  garden.    (A.-ff.) 

See  Will,  and  Werw.  p.  64. 

ESTRETE.     A  street. 

Towardc  thU  rice  of  whlcha  we  trete. 
There  ben  jit  tweye  of  thilke«trrMr. 

Cover,  MS.  &v.  Jnlh  IM.  I.  <7,  I 

ESTRICII-BOARDS.      Deal-boarda     cxportc4j 
from  the  Eastern  countries,  [Austria  ?] 

ESTRICIIE.     Reserved ;  haughlv.     (-f..,V.) 

ESTRICH-F,VLCON.    A  specic-s  of  I.v  -   '  '  - 
mentioned  in  the  old  metrical  rotn.i: 
of  Warwick.     Shakespeare  seems  lu 
this  bird  in  Ant.  and  Cleop.  iii.  II,  etlndye. 

ESTRIDGE.    An  ostrich.     Mattinger. 

ESTROITS.    Narrow  olotha.   (AV.) 

ESTirp.    Stuff;  household  goods.    Hott. 

ESTUIFE.   A  pocket-case.   (Fr.) 

ESUE.    To  escape.   {A.-A.) 

ESY.    Soft.    Prompt.  Pare. 

ESYNE.    Stercoro.    Pr.  Pare. 

ET.  (1)  Eat ;  even.     Heame. 

(2)  At;  to;  that.    Aorth. 

ETAYNE.     A  giant.    (A..S.) 

Fy,  he  latd,  thou  foulc  I  thou  Hutrn*  ' 
AUe  my  knyghtc*  thou  garte  tic  kUynek 

MS.  Linnln  A.  I.  17,  f.  IM. 

ETCH.  (1)  Stubble.     TuMter. 

Ci)  To  eke  out ;  to  augment.   Kent. 

ETE.    Eat.    iomereet. 

The  Kheperdc  ere  tllle  that  he  rwatlSL 

MS.  Caxtati.  ft.  r. «.  f.  U. 

ETERMYNABLE.    Interminable. 
ETERNAL.    Infernal;  damned.    Etui. 
ETERNE.    Everlasting.    {Ut.) 

Now  tie  welle  ware  that  thou  have  wA  mUdrattv 
H  ire  teodlr  jougthe  Tto  God  that  la  •#•»#. 

l^gttU,  MS.  Sx.  Jhui^.  IM,  tft 
ETEYED.    Tied ;  gartered.    Chaucer. 
Also,  a  hearth.    Weat. 

SeeMore'i 


Earth. 


ETH. 

ETHE.  (I)  Easy;  easily.    (.-/.-S.) 

Supplycacyon  of  Soulys,  f.  12. 
(2)  To  ask.  'Cotcayne. 
ETIIEN.    Hence.   {A.-S.) 
ETHER.  (I)  An  adder.   Aorth, 

(2)  The  air  or  sky.    Aominale. 

(3)  To  bind  hedges  with   flevible   rods  called 
elhere,  or  elherinjr:    Also,  a  hedge.    (.^...V.) 

(4)  Either;  each.  {AS.) 


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EVE 


ETHSCHAPE.     To  e»o«pe.     llampoU. 

ETHSTE.    A.ked.     //wrw. 

ETHYNDEL.     H»lf«  bushel.     Pr.  Pan. 

ETON.     Eat,  pi.     (,/.-&) 

ETOW.     In  two.     Sorlh. 

ETRAATH.    TnJv ;  in  truth.     Craven. 

ETRIDE.     Tried.    Higgint. 

ETTER.     Same  as  Alter,  q.  v. 

ETTETHE.     The  eighteenth.     Ilearae. 

ETTICK.     Hectic.     {Fr.)     Et  tick  fever,  tnoU 

phrase  for  the  agiic. 
ETTIN.     Same  us  F.tayne,  q.  v.     "  An  eten  in 

ich  a  fight."  SirTristrem,  p.  178. 
ETTLE.  (1)  A  ncltle.     H'eit. 

(2)  To  deal  out  sparingly.     North. 

(3)  To  prepare ;  to  set  in  order  ;  to  intend  ;  to 
try ;  to  attempt  j  to  contrive  ;  to  earn ;  to  dc- 
sign  ;  to  linger,  or  delay.  North.  "  EttcUes 
to  bee  overlyng,"  L  e.  designs  to  be  conqueror, 
MS.  .Mortc  Arlhure,  f.  58. 

ETTLE.\IENT.     Intention.     A'orM. 

ETTLISGS.     Earnings ;  wages.     North. 

ETTWEE.  A  sheath,  or  case,  for  holding  small 
instruments.     (/>.) 

ETTVS.     Eats.     North. 

Thit  e>  to  Mjre,  that  rn><  mo.  ;ltl  hungres  thiym, 
nnd  thay  Itiat  dryokes  irr.  jil  Ihriilii  Ihaytn. 

MS.  UtimlH  A.  1.  17,  r.  in. 

ETYK.     A  fever.     Lgiigate. 

EUIJIDES.    The  Hebrides.    Drayton. 

EUGHT.     Owed.     North. 

EUI'Hli|S.\I.  An  afTected  style  of  speaking 
and  wriliug  introduced  at  the  close  of  the 
sixteenth  ccnturj-  by  Lilly,  who  set  the  fashion 
in  works  entitled,  Kujihum,  or  He  Analamg 
of  Wit.  and  Eiiphurt  and  hit  Enytanil,  n  hicb 
arc  replete  with  absurd  jargon  an<i  bombast. 
These  books  were  completely  the  fashion  for 
the  time,  and  their  immortality  vainly  pre- 
dicted hy  the  author's  contemporaries. 

EURE.     I'se  ;  custom  ;  ure.     Malory,  ii.  25. 

El'ROSE.     Rose  water.     (^.-A'.) 

EUTKIR.     To  pour  out.     Devon. 

EV.     Have.     North. 

EVANGELETT-VATS.  Cheese-vats,  so  called 
from  being  charged  with  the  images  of  the 
taints  which  were  to  be  imprinted  on  the 
cheeses.    Suffolk. 

EVANGILES.    Tlie  Gospels.     (J.-N.) 

EVANS.  A  she-cat,  said  to  lie  so  called  from  a 
witch  of  that  name. 

EVAT.     A  newt.    Somenet. 

EVE.  (1)  To  become  damp.     H'ett. 

(2)  A  hen-roost.     Somenet. 

EVECK.    A  goat.     (Lat.) 

EVELINO.   The  evening.     ZJrroii. 

EVELLES.    Without  evU.     (.i.-S.) 

EVELOXG.  Oblong.  Wrongly  printed  enelong 
in  Pr.  Parr.  p.  46. 

EVEMEN.     Evening.     Doriet. 

EVEN.  (1)  To  compare.     Heit. 

(2)  Equal ;  to  equal,  or  make  equal. 

TliB  multitude  oT  the  Pcrclrnei,  quod  he,  may 
no)le  be  e*tntt  to  the  multitude  of  the  Grekes,  for 
Mwtly  «e  are  ma  than  thsy. 

MS.  Unain  A.  1. 17.  f.  IP. 


EVEN-AND-ODD.  A  game  played  by  totdoff 
up  coins.  See  Cleaveland't  Poems,  1660,  p. 
M2;  Florio,  p.  358. 

EVEN-CRISTEN.  A  fellow-Christian,  or  neigh- 
hour.     See  Hamlet.  \.  i. 

In  the  whllke  n  forbodene  ui  alle  manerv  of 
iMynget.  faUe  con»|teracye  and  faUe  fweryng, 
wbifc  tburghe  oure  «Teiw.(>i/r>fie  may  leae  tluyra 
caulle.  Its.  UKctlh  A.  I.  17,  t.  Ill, 

EVEN-DOWN.  Downright.  North.  Perhaps 
connected  with  evenden,  in  Syr  Gawavne. 

EVENE.  (I)  Evenly ;  equally.    (,A.-S.)  ' 

(2)  An  ear  of  com.    Med. 

EVENE-FORTH.     Equallv.     {^A.-S.) 

EVENELICHE.    Evenly  j  equaUy.    (A..S.) 

EVENES.     Equity.     Lydgate. 

EVEN-FLAVOLRED.  UnmUed ;  un^-ariedi 
uniform.    Suffolk. 

EVEN-FORWARD.  Directly  forward  ;  in  con- 
tinued succession.     North. 

EVEXHEUE.     Equality ;  equity.     {.i.-S.) 

EVENINE.     Equitable.    {A.-S.) 

EVENINGS.  The  delivery  at  evening  of  a  cer- 
tain portion  of  grass  or  com  to  a  customary 
tenant.     Kennett. 

EVENLESTEN.     The  herb  mercury 

EVENLIGHT.    Twilight. 

ADoue  iche  bidi  me  go  aivey. 
And  wy  It  ii  fcrr  in  the  nyghl. 
And  1  awcre  it  ii  nentigltt. 

US.  Omlab.  Ff.  i.  6.  f.  W. 

EVENUKE.    Equal ;  equally.     (A.-S.) 

EVENLINESS.    Equality.     Paiifat. 

EVENOMJE.   Of  the  same  age.    (A.-S.) 

EVENSONGE.     Vespers.    (A.-S.) 

EVENTOl'R.     Adventure.    Heter. 

EVEN-WHILE.    Even.time.     »'.  irrrw. 

EVENYNG.    Equal;  just.     {A.-S.) 

EVER.  (1)  However,    ffeame. 

(2)  At  any  time.     I'ar.dioL 

(3)  Always.  {A.-S.)  IVer  la  on,  continually  in 
the  tame  manner.   Ever  to  long,  a  great  while. 

(i)  Rye-grass.    Devon. 

(&)  An  opening  stile.     Glove. 

E\T;R.AM0NG.     SetAmonge. 

EVKR-EITHER.     Both.     Wickliffe. 

EVEREMAK.     Evermore.     {A.-S.) 

EVERFERNE.    Wall  fern.     Cerorrf. 

EVERICII.     Each  one  ;  every  one.     {A.-S.) 

EVERIDEL.     Every  part.     {A.-S.) 

EVERLASTING.  (I)  American  cudweed. 

(2)  A  kind  of  strong  stuff  formerly  much  worv 
bv  sergeants. 

EVERNE.    Ever;  however.    Heame. 

EVERROSE.     Rose  water.    {A.-N.) 

EVERUCHDEL.    Every  part.     (A.-S.) 

EVERY.  ( 1 )  A  species  of  grass.    He*/. 

(2)  i'rery  eaeh,  every  other,  alternate;  every 
foot  amon,  every  like,  every  now  and  then ; 
erery  vthipi  while,  now  anil  then  ;  eeerjr  vhi/i 
and  again,  ever  and  anon  ;  every  year't  Imd, 
land  which  will  bear  crops  ever}'  year. 

EVERYCllONE.     Everyone.     {J.-S.) 
The  chylde  turnyd  hym  abowte  wylh  wouudea  redd, 
And  bleaiyd  the  ptpuU  eMryrAooe. 

MS.  (WnMt.  rr.  II.  w,  1.  lA . 


EXA 


342 


EXP 


EVESE.    The  caves  of  a  house.    (^.-S.) 

EVESED.     Afriid.     Lydgale. 

EVESINfiK.     Eaves.     Iltdwt. 

EVESTEllRE.     Evening  star.     Pr.  Pan. 

EVET.  A  newt.  Uett.  See  lluloet,  1552; 
Kvng  AJisaundcr,  6126. 

EVICTED.     Di5po«»e5se<l.    (Lot.) 

EVID.    Heavied  ;  made  heav)'. 

EVIL.  (1)  A  halter.     Gnte. 

(2)  A  fork,  aa  a  hav-fork,  &c.     Wnt. 

EVIL-EYE.  An  eye  which  charms.  Supersli- 
tioui  people  suppose  that  the  first  morning 
glance  of  him  who  has  an  evil  eye  is  certain 
destruction  to  man  or  beast,  if  not  inmiediatc, 
•t  least  eventually. 

EVITE.   To  avoid.    [Ul.) 

EVORYE.     Ivory.      Webi-r. 

EVOUR.     Ivory.     I.ydyale. 

And  Ihc  {AIM  of  the  pnlAcc  ware  of  «K>ur,  wuader 
whict,  and  tlie  bandes  of  ttlame  and  the  Icggc*  of 
elKlie.  MS.  Lincttln  A.  I.  17,  f.  ii. 

EVYL.  A  disease;  a  fit  of  madness ;  to  £aU  Ul, 
or  sick. 

t»une  ■flyrward  »))a  cnj^M, 

And  deyd  •uiincr  tlian  the  wy1<Ie. 

US.  Harl.  I7UI,  f.  53. 

EVYLY.     Heavily  i  sorrowfully. 
EVYN.     Evening.     Gawer. 
EVTN-LY3THUS.    TwiUght.     (.f.-S.) 
KW.    Y^cw.    (A..S.)    See  KcUq.  Autiq.  i.  7. 
EWAGE.     Some  kind  of  stone,  or  amulet.    Sec 

Piers  {'loughman,  p.  29. 
EWAKE.    A  watcr-l>earer.     Pr.  Pan. 
EWE.   Owc<l.    Svjfolk. 
EWE-GOWAN.    The  common  daisy.    Nortk. 
EWER.    An  udder.    North. 
EWEHY'.    The  place  where  the  ewers  for  wash- 
ing the  hands  before  and  after  meals  were 
kept.     Ord.  and  Reg.  p.  4. 
EWFRAS.    A  herb.    Arch.  xxx.  377. 
EWGH.    A  yew.     Wat. 

Next  to  it  a  drawing-roome,  whocc  floor  li  chee- 
quered  like  a  che'tc-board,  with  hox.  and  ewgh  paa- 
nell«  ofatMut  eix  inchct  »quare. 

^luUry't  fVllt;  tiopnl  Soc.  MS.  p.  903. 
EWN.     An  oven.     North. 
E-WONNE.    Won.     (J.-S.) 

In  loves  art  men  mult  dcypc  wade. 
Or  that  ye  be  coniiueryd  and  vwonm. 

US.  Falr^ia  16. 

EWTE.  (1 )  To  pour  water.   Sa/moor. 
(2)  A  newt.    MamdevUe. 
BWYNS.    UewiDgs.    Arch.  x.  93. 
EX.  (1)  An  axle,  or  axis,     irent. 
(2)  To  ask.     Gloue.  and  Drvon. 
EXAKERLY.     Bxartlv.      lor.  diaL 
E.\ALTATE.     Exalted.     (£fl/.) 

£vcry  man  wiiiioth  to  be  ejo/ln/*. 

Ttiouje  he  be  gret,  jit  heyer  wolde  twROO, 

Orctrw,  Ua.  Sac  Aittl^  134,  t.  9S1. 

EXALTATION.  A  planet  was  said  to  be  in  iu 
exaltatiou,  when  it  was  in  that  sign  of  the 
zodiac  in  which  it  was  suppostrd  to  exert  its 
strongest  influence. 

EXAMETRON.    An  hexameter  verse. 

EXAMPLER.     A  sampler.     PalMgrave. 

E.XAN.    The  herb  crossworl .     Grraril, 


l,r.l4t,H 

4.  rtJ.  j| 

Al>rr«.H 
Klrut,  ^M 


EXBUR.SB.    Todisburse,  or  ditchtrse. 
EXCALlBOllt.    The  name  of  Kiug  Arttwr'f 

sword,  frequently  mentioned. 
EXCIIEVE.     To  eschew,  or  shun.     (J.-N.) 
EXtJlSE.     To  impose  upon;    to    orercbatrgc. 

Var.  diaL 
EXCLAIM.    An  exclamation.     SAat. 
EXCOMMENGE.   To  excomnuinicaie.  {jLtH.] 

See  Stanihiirtt,  p.  26. 
EXCOUUSE.     An  expedition.     (Lot.) 
EXCREM  ENT.     Anything  that  grows  from  lit* 

human  body,  as  hair,  nails,  tfu*. 
E.VCUSATION.    An  excuse.    {Vat.) 
b'er,  je  miute  the  tothe  ti-y  me  irowly 
WitlKjwtyu  uciumrioH  yo  coy  wyaae  ateydft. 

MS.  Quituft.  Ff.  I,  «,  r.  I4lj 

EXCUSEMENT.    An  excuse. 

So  tliiike  tsnutwunt  «a<  none. 

MS.  Six.  .<n>tf.  1)4.  f.  U. 

EXCYTATE.    To  excite.    Hall. 

EXE.     An  axe.     Bant. 

EXECUTION.    The  sacking  of  a  town.  A 

EXECUTOUR.     An  executioner.     Eteculrut, 

a  female  executioner.     {.4.-N.) 
EXEMPLAIRE.     Exemplarv.     {J..ff.) 
EXEMPT.    Taken  nw.w.     Shai. 
EXEN.    Oxen.     North. 
EXEQUY.     Funeral.    Sidney. 
EXERCISES.    Week-day  sermoDi,  ao  call 

the  Puritans. 
EXERPED.     Drawn  out.     TopielL 
EXHALE.    To  drag  out.     Shat. 
EXIIERIOATE.     to  disinherit.    It  seeius  alu> 

to  mean,  tu  hate  or  detest. 
EXHiniTlON.   Stipend  ;  allowance.    The  t<Tm 

is  lAtill  used  at  the  universities. 
EXIDEMIC.    An  epidemic.    tfaU. 
EXIGENT.    Exigence ;  difficulty.     Also,  a  writ 

that  lies  where  the  defendant  in  au  actiuq 

pergonal  cannot  be  found. 
EXILE.     Poor ;  lean ;  endowed  with  mull 

venues.    (Lai.) 
EXLE.    An  axle.    Florio,p.  67. 
EXORCISATIONS.     Exorcisms.    {J.-N.) 
EXPANS-YERES.     Single  years,  witli  tLc 

tioiis  of  the  beavculy   bodies  answering  t< 

them.     CAflncer. 
EXPECT.  To  suspect ;  to  conclude ;  to  siip|io)e 

to  believe ;  to  wait ;  to  tarrv ;  expectation. 
EXPECTAUNT.     Waiting.    {A.-N.) 
EXPECTION.    Expectation.    "  With  so  ni 

exjicction,"  The  Bride,  1640,  »ig.  B.  ii. 
EXPEDIENCE.     Expedition;  celerity. 

.Also,  an  enterprise,  or  undertaking,     Bep^ 

dient,  quick. 
EXPENDUNTUR.  In  old  works,  an  account 

the  things  expended. 
EXPERTFULL.    Expert ;  skilfuL 
EXPIATE.    Expired.    ShaJt. 
E.XPIRE.    To  exhaust,  or  wear  out. 
EXPLATE.     To   explain,  or  unfold.    Jonaoo,' 

viii.  431.     Perhaps  a  form  of  erjitrite,  or  **• 

ploil,  q.  v.    We  have  t.rpleilm  in  A  I'ropbaie 

of  Cadwalladcr,  1604. 
EXPLEITE.    To  perform;  to  finish:  U» 

plete ;  to  auUL    (.^.-.V.) 


EYE 


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EYR 


TbU  werk  ittpliytt  (hit  ye  nal  rrruir, 
But  maketh  Clyo  for  to  ben  my  tnu*r. 

Ms.Digir  eu,  r.  I. 

So  lelc  thy  grace  to  me  dlisendc  ailouu, 
,  My  rude  tongo  to  tjj>tti«  and  spetlc. 

.VS.  Sor.  Anltti.  134,  t.  i. 

EXPLOIT.     To  perform.     Ilolinshed,  Cliron. 

Irclund,  p.  148.    Also,  to  apply  nnc's  teU  (o 

anything.     PaUgrate. 
EXPOSTUIJVTE.    To  inquire.     Shak. 
EXPOSTURE.    Exposure.     Shak. 
EXPOUNEN.  To  expound ;  to  explain.  {A.-N.) 
EXPILSE.    To  expel,  or  drive  out.     (iaf.) 
EXPURGE.    To  purge,  or  cleanse  out. 
EXQl'IRE.     To  inauire.     Chapman. 
EXSUFFLICATE.    Contemptible,    (to/.) 
EXTABLE.    Acceptable.    State  Papers,  i.  815, 
EXTEND.    To  Taluc  the  property  of  any  oue 

who  has  forfeited  bis  bond ;  to  appraise  )  to 

seize.     A  law  term. 
EXTENDOUR.    A  surveyor;  one  who  Mtends 

property. 
EXTENT.    A  valuation,  or  aeizure.    Hence,  a 

violent  attack. 
EXTERMIMON.     Extermination.     Sec  Hall, 

Henry  VM.  f.  23. 
EXTERN.    External ;  outward.     Ifare*. 
EXTIRP.    To  extirpate.    (Lnl.) 
EXTRAUGHT.     Extracted.     HaU. 
EXTR.\VAGANT.     Wandering.     Shak. 
EXTRE.    An  axictrce.     Eatl. 

The  flrmajnent  and  alro  every  spere. 
The  golden  vJtrt  and  the  itcrret  ievcn. 

Lftlgtii,,  MS.  Jitinx^X,  t.  M. 
EXTRfiAT.    Extraction,    (fr.) 
EXTRESS.    To  draw  out.    {lot.) 
EXTRfCTION.     Destruction.    Hryvood. 
EXULATE.   To  banish.   {Lat.)    An  exile,  Har- 

dyng's  Chron.  f.  189. 
EXCPERATE.    To  overbalance. 
EXURE.    To  assiu^.    {.1..S.) 

Paiiilli  pleynly  and  alio  doelh  excedc 
The  vrytteof  man,  1  doo  you  well  tntrf. 

l^tnte,  US.  AihlmJt  30.  t.  ii. 

EXUS.    Axes.    Degrcvant,  325. 
EY.  (1)  Ayejycs;  ah!     NorlA. 

Kff  Ihoght  the  kny;t,  long  y*  gone, 
Ttiat  roeaae  at  tbechcrche  herd  y  none. 

US.  HaH.  mi,  r.M. 
(2)  An  egg.     (A..S.) 
EYANE.     Again.    Degrevant,  431. 
EYAS.     A  young  hawk  recently  taken  out  of 
the  nest.    Eyatmiuket,  a  yotingmale  sparrow- 
hank  ;  and  hence,  nietaphoricallv,  a  boy. 
BYDENT.    Diligent.    Aorl/i. 
EYDl'R.     Either.    A"orM. 

Alle  arownde,  lyke  a  frere. 

And  thto  ovyrthwart  10  cytf«**  ere. 

US.  Otnlab.  Ff.  li.  .11,  f.  Ml. 

EYE.  (1)  A  small  tint  of  colour,  just  enough  to 

see.    See  Nares  in  v. 
Ci)  A  brood  of  phcatants.     far,  diaL 
"\  The  mouth  of  a  pit.    North. 

Vater.  Somertel.    An  outlet  for  wtter  from 
a  drain.    EatI, 

I  To  obKTve  minutely,    Entr. 
I  Awe;  fear;  jKJwer.    (A.-S.) 


h)  Thi 
(4)  Wa 

W' 
(6). 


EYEABLE.    Sightly.     North. 

EYE-BITE.  To  bewitch  an  animal  with  the 
evil  eye.     North. 

EYE-IJREEN.    Tlie  eyebrows.    Lane. 

EYE-DREKES.     Eyelids.    Ao»-/A. 

EYE-GRASS.  Old  pasture  ground,  that  has 
been  long  without  being  eaten.    Gbme, 

EYEN.    Eyes.    {J..S.) 

EYER.     Heir ;  heiress  ;  air. 

EYERIE.     Same  as  Airy,  a.  y. 

EVES.     Ice. 

Be  war,  I  rede,  thou  itondeit  on  the  eyM. 

US.  Sue.  /Intlii.  ISi.  r.  U». 

EY'E-SORE.  A  blemish  ;  any  disagreeable  ob- 
ject.    I'ar.  dial. 

EYET.  (l)Toeat.     JTartr. 

(2)  A  small  island,  or  ait.     Kennrtt. 

EYEVANG.  A  strap  or  stay  to  wluch  the  girt 
of  the  saddle  is  buckled.    Drton. 

EYGER.     Sharp;  sour,     (fr.) 

EYGllE.     Fear.     Gyof  Warw.  p.  13. 

EYGHTE.     Possessions.     {A.S.) 

EYH.  An  eye.  Drome's  Travels,  p.  152.  fyAen, 
MS. Colt.  Vespas.  D.  vii. 

EYIIE.     A  handle,  or  haft. 

EY'KAKE.  A  kind  of  cake  compounded  with 
eggs.     Pr.  Parr. 

EYL.  An  car  of  com.  Translated  bv  aau  in 
MS.  Lansd.  560,  f.  45. 

EYLDE.  To  yield ;  to  return ;  to  give,  or  de- 
liver up. 

EYLDEN.     Went.    Chester  Plays,  U.  72. 

EYLDYNGE.    Fuel.     Pr.  Parr. 

EYl.E.    An  island.     North, 

EYLEN.    To  ail.     {A.-S.) 

Syr  Laitci-lot  tyfjfthe  nothynge  tiut  guile, 
Ite  ihalle  be  hole  by  pryme  of  day. 

US.  Hurl.  f2!>i,  f.  MS. 
Wtiat  eyfetf  me,  why  waa  1  wode. 
That  1  cowth  lo  litellc  gode  I 

U8.  C«'.ra».  Fr.  v,  4a,  f.  M. 

EYLIADS.    Ogles ;  wanton  looks,     (fr.) 

EYLSUM.    Wholesome ;  sotmd. 

EYLYKE.    Elsewhere.    Lydgate, 

EYLYNE.    To  withstand.    Pr.  Parv. 

EYMANENT.    Directlv  oppofitc.     H'ett. 

EYMERY.     Aahes.     Pr,  Parv, 

EYNE.  (1)  Eves.     North. 

(2)  A  thicket  .>     MS.  Morte  Arthure. 

EYNKE.    Ink.     llamfolr. 

EY-QWYT.    The  white  of  egg.    (.V.^.) 

EVRAR.  A  brood  of  swaiis.  Sometimes,  the 
bird  itself. 

EY'RE.  Grace;  haste ;  speed;  air;  to  plough; 
to  go ;  to  move ;  an  heiress,  or  heir ;  to  breed, 
as  hawks  do. 

EYKEN.     Eggs.    See  Introdnetion. 

EYRISH.    Aerial.    Chauetr. 

EYRONDE.    Erected.     Holme. 

EYRONE.    Egg»,  as  eyre«,  q.  v. 

A  wowndyt  man  tchal  kcpe  hym  that  he  jele  n« 
cheete,  ne  tmlur,  ne  q/rttnf,  ne  fyvehe  of  the  we,  ne 
rruytle,  ne  flcfche,  but  of  a  brat  that  Is  gridil :  and 
he  mott  kep«  htm  fro  fleachcly  talent  wythewyon- 
men.  ifnf.  Her.  US.  Brit>it,  I.  10. 

EYHUS.    Ycar^.    Ilnmr. 


FAG 


EYSE.    Euf.    See  Luigtoft,  p.  68. 
I  the  fc  wepynge  Kile  weyea. 
Wlienoe  tbou  shuldef  be  best  al  ^f. 

CWKT  iltnidl,  tIS.  CM.  THn.  Ctatmb.  f.  HI. 

KYSEMENTES.    Conveniences. 
EYSTER.     An  oyster.     RcL  Ant.  I  85. 
BYTE.    Eight.     Con.  Mytt. 
EYTENDE.    The  eighth.     Lydyate. 
EliTENDELE.    Half  a  bushel,  or  the  eighth 
part  of  a  coomb,  whence  the  term.  Pr.  Pan. 


The  tenni  teems  to  be  retained  in  tKe  ] 
thirc  word  ajMendoIr,  eight  (manch  of 
more  usually  written  naeimdoU,  altboa^  t 
derivation  is  probably  from  ogAtmrnd,  q.  v. 

EYTH.    Easy;  easily.     {J^S.) 

EY5IRE.    The  air.    Pr.  Part. 

EYJTHE.     Eight.    Pr.  Parv. 

E3ENEN'.    Eyes.    See  Wright's  Lyric  Po 
p.  39.     Ejc,  St.  Braudan,  p.  3. 

EJEVER.    Ever.    Audelay,  p.  26. 


.Si  I 


FA.  (1)  Very  ftst.   North. 
(2)  A  foe;  an  enemy. 
The  countas  Mid,  kIIu  I 

5c  h<rc  bene  lang  /Mi.     MS.  Unnlit  A.  i.  17. 1. 137. 
FAA.    Few. 

Eftyr  ft  ytia  (Uyet,  he  apperyde  tiUe  ane  thfti  was 
famyllare  lUle  hym  In  hy>  )yfr,  and  laydc  that  he 
wai  dampneile.  MS.  UttcolH  A.  i.  17,  f.  l»i. 

FAAT.    A  fault.     Craren. 
FABBIN.    Flattering.    Nort/i. 
FABLE.    Idle  discourse.   (,Y..JV.) 
FABRICATURE.   Making.   {Lai.) 
FABHICK-LANDS.     Lauds  given  towards  the 
maintenance,  building,  or  repair  of  churches 
or  cathedrals. 
FABURDEN.    A  high  sounding  tone  or  noise 

that  fills  the  ear. 
FACCHE.  To  fetch.    KiliOH. 
FACE.  (I)  To  brag ;  to  vaunt ;  to  boast ;  to  rail 
al  any  one.     To  face  one  itilh  a  tie,  to  moke 
him  believe  it  is  true.     To  face  one  out  or 
doim,  to  put  him  down  by  positive  assertions. 
(2)  7V>  face  about,  a  military  term,  meaning  to 
wheel  to  ttie  rear. 

Harm ;  consequence.    Weber. 
I  Foes ;  enemies. 

Sir,  God  haM  sent  the  thai  grace. 
That  thou  haM  vencuttc  (hi  yiirf. 

MS.  Uficctn.  A.  1. 17,  r  138. 

(5)  A  term  at  the  game  of  Primero,  to  stand 

boldly  upon  a  card.     Sec  the  Trijill  of  Wits, 

1604,  p.  112.     Whence  come  the  phrase  to 

face  it  tcilh  a  card  of  ten,  to  face  anythiDg 

out  by  sheer  impudence. 

FACED-CARD.  A  court-card.    Weit. 

FACER.    An  impudent  person;  a  boaster.  Also, 

a  bumper  of  wine. 
FACETE.    Choice ;  Hnc.    {Lai.) 
FACilELL.    A  small  dagger  .>  Kempe. 
FACHON.    A  falchion,  or  sword.    (A.-N.) 
FACIIUR.    To  grow  like  in  feature.     H'rt^ 
FACKS.    By  my  faith  I    Devon. 
FACO.N.    A  faiileon.    Torrent,  p.  21. 
FACONDE.  Eloquent ;  attractive  {A.-N.)  Also 

a  substantive,  eloquence. 
FACONDIOUS.    Eloquent.    Ciur/aii, 
FACRERE.    Dissimulation. 

Ferst  tMn  enformed  for  to  teen 
A  craft  which  depcd  ti  fttrrrt. 

Gvvtr.  MS.  IMt.  i»4. 

PACULTE.    Quickness ;  readineu    {Lot.) 
FAU.  (1)  Fashioned.    North. 
(2)  A  ttUling  whim.     Wane. 
(3;  A  tmsa  of  straw.     Var.  dial. 


(5)' 


A  coloured  boll.   Line. 

To  Ik  busy  about  trifles,     line 
FADULE.  (1)  A  pack,  or  bundle.      Weal. 
(2)  To  dandle ;  to  cherish.     Scott. 
FADDY.   Frivolous.    Wt$t.   Also  the  name 

Camwall  dance. 
FADE.  (1)  Sod  ;  sorrowfuL    {A.-N.) 

(2)  Dirty ;  disagreeable.   {.i.-N.) 

or  proud  wymrocn  wuld  y  tellcv 

But  ihcy  arc  to  wrothe  and  fieU«, 

Of  thi'co  that  are  to  fouleand/wl*. 

That  nuke  hem  feyrcre  than  God  hem  made. 

MS.UaH.\7v\,f.tl. 

(3)  Strong;  powerfnl.  Tliis  seems  to  lie  the 
meaning  in  I'crceval,  and  SlrTristrcm,  p.  14$. 
Perceval,  mO,  conquered." 

(4)  To  vanish.    Shak. 

FADED.    Tainted ;  decaved.    North. 
FADER.    A  father.    {J.-S.) 
I'ADOE.  (1)  To  put  together  ;  to  fate;  to  suit; 
to  fit ;  to  agree ;  to  proceed  ;  to  succeed. 

(2)  A  small  flat  Itwf,  or  thick  cake ;  to  beat,  Cf 
thrash;  a  buniUe  ;  a  fagot.   North. 

(3)  An  irregular  pace.   Line. 
FADGEE.    To  work,  or  fag.    Detxm. 
FADGY.    Corpulent ;  unwieldy.   North. 
P.\DING.    The  name  of  an  Iriih  dance,  and  sho 

the  burden  of  a  popular  Irish  song  of  a  licen- 
tious kind.     Hence,  sometimes,  a  btirden  ti  • 
sung  is  so  called. 
FADME.    A  fathom.    Lydgalt.    AltoaTcrb,  In 

fathom,  to  encompass. 
FADO.M.    A  fathom.    DelclteT. 
FADOUDLE.    Fuluo.    Delckrr. 
FAEBERUY.    See  Fealierrie: 
FAED.    Fa<led.     Toirneley  iSyt. 
FAEES.    Foes ;  enemies. 

Hym  thare  tie  ferde  for  oo/ti«c«. 
That  twyike  a  folkc  ledca. 

MS.  LinnlH  A.  I.  I;,  (. ;;;. 

FAEGANG.   A  gang  of  beggortu    North. 
F.\ERIE.    The  nation  of  Fairies  ;  cnclnuitoirat, 

the  work  of  Fairies.   {A.-N.) 
FAFF.   To  move  violently.    North. 
FAFFLE.     To  stutter,  or  stammer;  to  saunter; 

to  trifle  ;  to  fumble.   North.   See  Baret,  15M0, 

F.  19;  HoUyband's  Diet.  1593. 
FAFT.    Fought.    Craren. 
FAG.  (1)  A  sheep-tick.    itnc. 

(2)  To  beat,  or  thrash.  Also,  to  be  sent  about  on 
errands.   A  schoolboy's  term. 

(3)  A  knot  in  cloth.   Blount. 
F.VGARY.   A  vagary,    //off 


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349 


FAL 


PAGE.  To  deceive  by  (aUebood  or  flattery. 
(J.-S.)  Also,  deceit,  flattery.  See  Lydgate, 
p.  27  i  Hardyng'i  Chron.  f.  54. 

Ther  U  do  mott  dredfuUe  pcslrleni, 
Thuie  li  conge  that  c*ii  flatorc  and  /a/rr. 

MS.  Canlah  Ft.  i.  «,  f.  13g. 
So  that  DO  wyjtf/k^  may  ne  fayne. 
Tolbre  the  ye  of  thy  upinira. 

l^^pt".  US.  8x.  Aniiii.  134,  t.  7. 

FAGGING.    Heaping,    or  cutting   the  stutible 

with  a  short  scythe.    fTetf. 
FAGGS.    Fain  ;  gladly.   Kent.    More  generally 

explained  n/acin,  q.  t. 
FAGH.     Fought.    Ileirr. 
FAGIOLI.     French  beans,     (ftai.) 
FAGOT.  (I)  A  contemptuona  term  for  a  woman  ; 

a  proitidite. 
(2)  To  cut,  or  tic  up  fagots.    Faffol  brrfri,  Cocke 

Lorcllcs     Bote,    p.    11,    inferior    household 

Ber\ants  who  carried  faguU,  &c. 
FAIGH.     Refuse  soil,  or  stones.    Sorlh. 
FAIGHTEST.    Most  happv.    (A..S.) 
FAIL.  (1)  FaUure  J  faiUt.   Shak. 

(2)  To  deceive;  to  speak  false.   (A.-N.) 

(3)  To  come  to  an  end.    Pattgram. 
{*)  A  woman's  upper  garment. 
FAIN.     Glad  ;  earnestly  desirous ;  gladly  ;  to  be 

willing,  or  reaily ;  to  be  obliged,  or  compelled 
to  do  anything. 

FAINS.  To  feigB ;  to  dissemble.  {A.-N.)  This 
form  occurs  in  Chaucer,  and  many  other 
writers.  See  also  Minsheu,  and  the  early  edi- 
tions of  Shakespeare. 

FAINT.     To  fade.     Var.  dial. 

FAINTY.   Languid.    Glouc. 

FAIR.  (1)  Level,  or  parallel.  Fair-mlliriff,  the 
part  of  the  wall  above  the  projecting  founda- 
tion.   Line. 

(2)  Fairness  j  beauty.  "  Fair«  of  all  fairea,"  Tom 
a  Uncolne,  p.  7. 

f3)  To  make  fair,  or  lovely.    Shak. 

(4)  A  present  at  or  from  a  fair,  fi'orlh.  "  A  day 
after  the  fairc,"  when  everything  is  over, 
Tronliles  of  Qu.  Eliz.  1639,  sig.  G.  ii. 

(5)  Evidently  ;  manifestly.    Nor(h. 

(6)  To  appear ;  to  give  symptoms  of.    Halt. 

(7)  Soft  or  slow.     Ifettm. 

(8)  A  great  roc-huck.    Blome. 
FAIR-CONDITIONED.    Of  good  disposition. 
FAIREHEDE.     Beauty.    {A.-S.) 
FAIR-FALL.    Fair  fall  you,  good  attend  you. 

Fairfallm,  good,  honest,     h'urlh. 

FAIRING.     Same  aa  Fair  (4). 

FAIRISH.    Tolerably  good.    rar.  dial. 

FAIRLY.  Softly.  Fairlyoff  in  Ike  middle,  ftuat 
with  hunger.     North. 

FAIR-MAID.     A  dried  pilchard.    Devon. 

FAIRIIE.     More  fair,     ft  ill.  Hene. 

FAIR-TRO-DAYS.    Davlight.      North. 

FAIRY.  (1)  A  weasel.    Devon. 

(2)  Although  the  fairies  have  nearly  disappeared 
from  our  popular  superstitions,  a  few  curious 
traces  of  them  may  be  found  in  provincial 
terms.  Fairy.bullrr,  a  fungous  excrescence, 
sometimes  found  aliout  the  roots  of  old  trees, 
or  a  species  of  tremella  found  on  furce  and 


broom.  Fairy..eireiet,  fairy-ring*,  or  fairy, 
dancet,  circles  of  coarse  green  gross  often  seen 
in  meadows  and  downs,  and  attributed  to  the 
dancing  of  the  fairies ;  Aubrey's  Wilts,  Roval 
So<-.  MS.  p.  77.  Fairy-dart.'  t  small  llint'or 
fossil  shaped  in  the  form  of  a  dart,  or  perhaps 
an  ancient  arrow-head ;  there  is  a  curious  su- 
perstitious  account  of  one  in  MS.  Addit.  4811, 
f.  23.  Fairy  yroat;  a  country  name  for  cer- 
tain  old  coins,  mentioned  in  Harrison's  Eng- 
land, p.  218.  Fairy -loaret,  or  fairy-facet, 
fossil  echini.  Fairy-money,  found  treasure. 
Fairy-pipet,  small  old  tobocco-pipes,  fre. 
quently  found  in  the  North  of  England.  Fairy, 
tparkt,  phosphoric  light  seen  on  viriooa  (ul)> 
stances  in  the  night  time. 

FAITEN.  To  b<^;  to  idle  ;  to  flatter!  to  de- 
ccive.    (A.-N.) 

FAITERIE.   Flattery ,  deception. 

My  world  Btood  on  another  wbcrlle, 
Withouini  tny  other  /atierre. 

GMttr.  MS.  Sor.  Anllq.  134,  f.  9B. 

FAITH.     To  give  credit  to.   Shot.    Jonson  baa 

the  adjective /oiVA/ii/. 
FAITIIFliL-BROTHER.     A  Puritan. 
FAITIILY.    Tnily ;  properly.    (,/.-JV.) 

For  weare/bOAitfy  to  fewe  to  ftghtc  «lih  them  sit. 

Morte  Jrlhurr,  MS.  Lincoln,  I.M, 

FAITOUR.    An  idle  bizy  fellow;  a  deceiver;  a 
flatterer ;  a  vagrant.   (A.-N.)    Hence,  a  gene- 
ral term  of  reproach,  a  scoundrel. 
FAKEN.    A  falcon,  or  small  cannon. 
FALCON.    A  cannon  of  2J  inch,  bore,  carrying 

2  lb.  weight  of  shot. 
FALD.     A  handspike.     Colet. 
FALDE.  (1)  To  fold;  to  embrace. 
He  tolde  hU  vqwyer*  thecate. 
That  he  luBed  Id  a  (ilace 
Thli  fitly  to/tiM<.        MS.  Uneoln  A.  I.  I?,  f.  IM. 

(2)  Felled.     Degrevanl,  1051. 

FALDERED.    Fatigued.     ti«c. 

FALDING.  A  kind  of  frieze,  or  rough  cloth. 
See  Tyrwhitt,  in  v. 

FALDORE.     A  trap-door.   (Flem.) 

FALDSTOOL.  A  portable  scat  made  to  fold 
up  like  a  camp-stool.  The  term  is  also  erro- 
neously applied  to  the  Litany-stool.  Orf, 
Gl.  Arch. 

FALE.  (1)  Fcle ;  many.    (^.-5.) 

(2)  A  pustule,  or  sore.    North. 

(3)  Marshy,  or  wet  Und.     Line. 
FALEWE.    Fallow.    Heder. 
FALEWEDEN.    Fallowed.    Hilton. 
FALKY.     Long-stemmed.     Comw. 

PALL.  (1)  To  strike  down,  or  let  fall ;  to  make 
to  fall.    Eatl. 

(2)  A  falling-band,  or  Vandyke. 

(3)  Fallen,  part.  pa.     Chmtcer. 

(4)  FaU  of  the  leaf,  fall,  autumn. 

(5)  A  yeaning  of  lambs.    North. 

(6)  To  try  a  fall,  to  wrestle.  Fall  back,  fall 
edge,  at  all  adventures.  To  fall  in  aye,  to  he- 
come  old.  To  fall  in  hand,  to  meet  with  or 
meddle.  To  fall  iml  nf firth,  to  become  lean. 
Also  used  in  this  manner,  to  fall  a  wrtVifi;,  to 


PAL 


34G 


FAN 


Ait,  to  fM  a  rfdilinff,  to  read,  Ac.     n/aU 
out,  to  qaairel. 
(7)  To  follow  u  a  ooroUin-  to  any  argament 

previously  stated, 
(f))  Tn  befoil ;  to  happen  ;  to  belong. 
VAIA.KL.    Meretricious.   Salop. 
r.\LLALS.   The  falling  rulTii  of  a  woman'i  dr«st; 

anv  gav  ornaments.      Var.  riitl. 
FALI.AN'D-EVYL.    The  faUing  rickncss. 
PALL.\S.     Deceit ;  fallarr.    (J.-ff.)     llall  has 
faUoj;  Henry  VII.  f.  32. 

Thorow  oovntureof  hitfliUmM, 
And  ry}t  to  In  wmblftblc  cat. 

(tomr,  HM.  Moe.  .^KMf .  IM.  t.  <»■ 

FALLE.    A  inou»e-trap.     Pr.  Part. 
FALLEN.    Slaked.     Craten. 
FALLEN-WOOL.    Wool  from  a  theep  killed  by 

disease  or  accident.     Sorlh. 
FALLEIU.    A  disease  in  hawks,  in  which  their 

claws  turn  white. 
FALL-GATE.  A  gate  across  a  public  road.  Sorf. 
FALLING-BANDS.    Neck-bands  worn  so  as  to 

fall  on  the  shoulders,  much  worn  in  theseren- 

teenth  century. 
FALLING-DOWN.    The  epUepsy.    Pr.  Part. 
FALLINGS.    Dropped  fruit.    South. 
FALLOW-FIELD.     A  common-flcld.    Gloue. 
FALLOWFORTII.     A  waterfall,    line. 
FALLOW-HAY.     Hay  grown  upon  a  fallow,  or 

new  natural  ley.     ftortlt. 
FALLOWS.    The  itrakcs  of  a  cart.     Wett. 
FALLS.     The  divisions  of  a  large  arable  field 

attached  to  a  village.    Nvrth. 
FALOUN.     Felon  i  wicked.    (,/.->'.) 
FALOWE.    To  turn  pale  or  yellow.   (./.-S.) 
Hb  lippU  like  to  ttir  Icde, 
And  hit  lire  falmefdc.      MS.  Llnroln  A.  I.  17,  f.  M. 

FALSDOM.    Falsehood.    {.i.-S.) 

FALSE.  (1)  Stupid;  obitiuatc  ;  wanting  spirit ; 
sly ;  cunning  j  dcecitfid  ;  fonwom  i  |>crjured. 

(2)  To  falsify  ;  to  betray  j  to  deceive  j  to  whee- 
dle ;  to  flatter ;  to  desert ;  to  baffle. 

FALSE-BLOWS.  The  male  flowers  of  the  melon 
anil  cucumber.    Eatt. 

FALSE-URAY.    A  counter-breastwork.   (Fr) 

FALSEHED.    Falsehood.    (A.-S.) 

FALSE-POINT.    A  trick,  or  stratagem. 

FAI.SE.QUARTERS.  A  soreness  inside  the 
hoofs  of  horses.   Holme,  168B. 

FALSER.    FaUc,   /on*oii. 

FALSK-ROOF.  The  space  between  the  ceiling 
of  the  garret  and  the  roof. 

FALSOR.  Deceiver.  '•  Detested  fabor,"  Wo- 
man in  the  .Moonc,  1597. 

F.VLSTE.    Falsity ;  falseness.     (^.-A'.) 

FALTER.  To  thrash  barley  in  the  chaff.  FaU 
lermg-irotu,  a  barley-chopper.    Line. 

FALTERED.    Diahevclled.    AWM. 

FALWE.  Yellow.  Chaucer.  .Also,  to  turn  yel- 
low.   Syr  Gowghter,  62. 

FALWGS.  Fallow  lands.  Also,  new  ploughed 
field<,  or  fields  recently  made  arable.  See  Pr. 
I'arv.  p.  148,  "falow,  londe  eryd,  mmaie." 
The  Latui  here  given  bean  bolh   interpre- 


utlaoa,  although  the  latter  i«  crtdeally  » 

tended  by  the  BMiMr. 
FALYF.    Fallow.    Kilim, 
FAMATION.    Defamation.    HM. 
FAMBLE.     To  stutter,   or    niiuniiir   inanicB. 

lately.    IJhc.     It  occurs   i  _■,  i»  t. 

Aarn-,  and  in  Coles.    "Stii/  '-rCsow- 

len,"  MS.  llarl.  7322. 
FAMBLE-CKOP.    The  6nt  ttoaucb  in  nw- 

nating  animals.    Eut. 
FAMULES.    Hands,    lieiter. 
FAME.  (1)  To  defame.     Ritton.  tii.  1(1. 
Palir  ud  fckytle  wtt  thai  wyght*. 
Thai  Udjr  for  to  /bmt. 

Ms.cmMtmi.  rr.  aakc^' 

(2)  The  foam  of  the  tea.    (J^.) 

Myldor,  he  nii,  Ci  hlr  nrnme^ 
Btbo  e>  while  all  (he  /taow. 

Jia.limmmA.l.n,ltM. 

(3)  A  surgeon's  lanoet    Line. 
FAMEN.  (1)  To  teMi.    HMrmi 
(2)  Foes ;  enemies.   {jI.-S.) 

To  fygtitc  wytti  thyjkammg. 

Thai  u>  unfiiire  Inlrs.    MS.  Mtnt  >sa»n.  l.tL 

FAMILE.    To  he  fismished.    Want. 

FAMILIAR.  A  demon  or  spirit  atteBdaat  apoi 
a  witch  or  coiyurer,  often  in  the  fonn  «f  sa 
animal,  a  dog,  &c. 

FAMILOUS.     .Idj.    Family.     Sarth. 

FAMILY-OF-LOVE.  A  bnaticaU  Wet  Mn' 
duced  into  England  about  1660,  diilingBahnl 
by  their  love  to  all  men,  and  passive  ebadi- 
encc  to  established  authority.  Tbe  aMaibars 
of  it  were  called  Familiutt,  and  ar»  mctrtkuri 
in  a  list  of  sects  in  Tavlor's  MoUts,  IttS. 

FAMOSED.    Celebrated.    Shak. 

FAML'LAR.    Domestic.    (!«/.) 

FAN.  (1)  To  tease ;  to  banter ;  to  bMlorlknik 
anyone.  Sutnx. 

(2)  Found ;  felt.    Cumi. 

(3)  To  stir  about  briskly,    tine. 
(■4)  To  winnow  com.    i'or.  diai. 
FANCICAL.    FaiicifuL    ITent. 
FANCIES.    Light  ballaiU,  or ain.    SJkaJt. 
FANCY.  (I)  Love.    Faney-frtt.    ShaJk.  A 

heart  is  still  called  t/muy-man, 
(2)  A  riband ;  a  jirizc  for  doncere. 
FAND.    Found.    Tundale,  p.  U. 
I'.ANUE.    To  try,  or  prove.    (.t-S,) 
Ho  waa  in  the  tlaly  l.ande« 
Onllt  of  armcs  for  Cojbutfe. 

MS.  LterWfl  A. 
Tlicy  wolde  lliemiclre.ninrfv 
To  teke  arenturs  nrghtc  and  day. 

MS.Cantut.rT.  lUm.ttU 

FANDINO.    Trial ;  temptation. 

I'auir  prayed  to  God  that  he  suld  fbrdo  tIWi 
/Ijiulfngm  (hit  hym  pynede  m  lan,  bat  Ood  kfid 
hyine  nogtile.  MS.  Uimtn  n.  I.  ij,t.a). 

FANE.  (1)  A  weathercock,  fnniierlr  n»a4i  it 
varioiu  shapes,  seldom  in  thii  of  the  M 
whence  the  modem  term  ia  derived. 

(2)  A  banner.    (ji.-S.) 

h\  Tlie  white  flower-de-luoe.   Grrara. 

(4)  Foes ;  enemies.   MS.  Cott.  Vc«p.  D.  «ii, 

(5)  A  rope  attached  to  tbs  maat  of  •  vtmilf 
Pr.  I'arv.  p.  148,  and  Dncange,  ia  y,  t% 


.17.f.Ui 


FAR 


3J7 


FAR 


I 


(2)- 
(3)' 


B  on  srhipn"  miy ,  p«rliap«,  only  mean 
a  weatlicrcock  on  the  top  of  the  mast.  See  Sir 
Eglamoiir,  1192. 

Of  lylvcr  hli  ma«t«.  of  go\Ae  hi*  fuie* 

its.  Unrvln  A.  1. 1 1,  r.  146. 
PANEK.    A  winnower.    Lydpale. 
FANFECKLED.  Freckled ;  sunliiirut.    Xorlt. 
FANG.  (1)  .\  fin.   Eatt.   A  paw,  or  claw.  North. 
AUo,  to  graip  or  clench. 
"\  To  (tnmgle ;  to  bind.    Will*. 
I  To  be  godftther  or  godmother  to  a  child. 
Somenet. 
PANG  AST.    Fit  for  marriage,  (aid  of  a  toaid. 

Norf.    Now  obsolete. 
FANGE.   To  catch,  or  lay  hold  of.    {A.-S.) 
The  fynnc  God  hAleth  that  on  hem  hjingeUi, 
And  Goddci  batnd  h*U>  hrt;bi>far«. 

MS.  HarL  1701,  f.  »- 

PANGER.  A  receiver.   (.^...S.) 
FANGI.E.    A  trifle,  or  toy.   {J.-S.) 
FANG  LED.     Trifling,    s'kak. 
FANNAND.  Flowing.    Gavavw. 
FANNEL.    Afanon.    UBvies'Rites,  p.  16. 
FANUM-WATER.    The  acrimonioiu  discharge 

from  the  iorea  of  cattle.    Wane. 
FANON.   A  pricsfa  maniple.   (.Y.-iV.)  "  >Vmon, 

a  famiclt  or  maniple,  a  scarfe-like  ornament 

worn  in  the  left  arme  of  a  sacrificing  priest," 

Cotgravc. 
FANSET.    A  faucet.    Sufbll. 
FANSO>IE.    Kind ;  fondling.    Cnjnb. 
FANTASIE.     Fancy.     {.d.-N.)    Alsoaverb,  to 

fancy,  to  like  any  one.    Fantameng,  Harrison's 

England,  p.  118. 
FANTASTICO.     A  coxcomb.     {llaL) 
FANTEAGUE.    A  worrj-,  or  bustle.     Also,  ilU 

hiimour.      Var,  dial. 
FANTICKLES.    Freckles.     Yorkth. 
FANTOME.  (1)  Faint;  weak.     Fantame-eorH, 

com  that   is   unproductive.      Fantome-Jtnk, 

Ocsh  that  hangs  loosely  on  the  bone.     Afan- 

lomt  felloto,  a  light-headed  person. 
Any  false  imagination.     {A.-ff.) 

I  Vanitv.     MS.  Cott.  Vespas.  D.  rii. 
PANTOMYSLICHK.     Visionary.     Chr.  til. 
FANTONY.     Deceitful     (A.-ff.) 
FANTYSE.     Deceit.     (.^.-.V.) 

Thcr  wyite  no  man  thai  wai  wrojht 
Of  hya/oftryic  and  hy«  thoghi. 

Jf.V.  Cnntat.  Ff.  ii.  38,  f.  172. 

FAP.     Drunk ;  tipsy.     Sluii. 

FA  PES.     Gooseberries.    East. 

FAR.  Farther.  AoWA.  "  1^1  be  far  if  I  do," 
i.  e.  I  will  not. 

FAKAND.  Used  in  com|ioiiUon  for  advandug 
towards,  or  being  ready.  Fighliiuj  farand, 
ready  for  fighting.  Faratui-maH,  a  traveller 
or  itinerant  merchant.  This  usage  is  proba- 
bly from  /one,  to  go.  Farand  also  means 
fathinn,  moMNrr,  and  counlenancr,  jierhaps 
from  faring ;  so  ice//  or  iil-farand,  good  or 
bad-looking.  The  last  sense  leans  to  the 
favourable  interpretation  unless  joined  with 
words  of  o)>po»ito  signification.  Hence  fa- 
ranllf,  orderly,  handsome,  comely,  goud-ua- 
turcd,  resiiectabic,  neat.     .\vrlH. 


(2) 
(3) 


FAR-AWAY.     By  much  :  by  for.     Aw/*. 
FAR-llY.     Compared  with.     North. 
FARCE.  (1)  To  paint.     Chaueer. 
(2)  To  stutTj  to   fill  out.     (Fr.)    Sec  Opticlc 

Glassc  of  Humors,  163!»,  p.  II. 
FARCION.     The  farcv,  a  disease  in  hortca. 
FARD.(l)  Afraid,     hwuelry  Mgut. 
(2)  To_  iiaint  the  face.     (,Fr.)    Sec  Du  Bartas, 

p.  37G.     AlsoBBubstanlivc.     "Acertayngay 

glosse  or  farde,"  Palsgrave's  Acolaslu>,'l5'IO. 
FARDEL.   A  burthen.   Also  a  verb,  (o  pack  up. 

SeeTriall  of  M'its,   1604,  p.  170;   Hawkins, 

iii.  64  j  liollvband,  in  v.  t'horgf. 
FARDEN.     Farwl ;  flashed.     Prrey. 
PARDINGALB.    The  fourth  part  of  an  acre. 

Hill:     MS.  Unsd.  1033. 
FARDREDKAL.    An  impediment.     {Fr.) 
FARE.  (1)  To  appear;  to  seem.     Suffolk. 

(2)  To  go  ;  to  cause  to  go;  to  proceed  ;  to  near, 
or  approach ;  to  depart ;  to  feci ;  to  eat ;  to 
live.  North.  The  first  meanings  arc  common 
in  early  English.  "  To  blisse  sballe  ftre," 
MS.  Cantab.  Ff.  v.  48,  f.  69. 

(3)  .K  journey ;  course,  or  path.  (A.-S.)  "  He 
that  folowes  my  /ore,"  MS.  Mortc  Arthure. 
See  Perceval,  1037. 

(4 )  .\  litt  er  of  pigs ;  the  trace  of  a  hare  j  conduct, 
or  behaviour ;  countenance,  or  face.     North. 

(5)  Unusual  display  ;  entertainment ;  proceed- 
ing; adventiure;  onset;  speech;  step;  move- 
ment ;  action.  Gawayne.  It  is  often  equi- 
valent to  biitinen,  ado,  or  going  on.  "  I  ne 
com  of  no  »ich  fore,"  .MS.  Cantab.  Ff.  v.  48, 
f.  52.     See  Thornton  Romances,  p.  33. 

f6)Fur?     Sir  Perceval,  411. 

(7)  A  gome  played  with  dice. 

(8)  To  resemble,  or  act  like  another ;  to  take  on, 
OS  in  sorrow.  To  fart  foul  with  any  one,  to 
use  him  badly. 

(9)  A  boast.     Pr.  Parr. 

(10)  To  ache,  or  throb.     A'orf*. 
FAREINGS.     Feelings ;  B)Tnptoms.     Eait. 
FAKE.MAKERE.     A  boaster.     Pr.  Parr. 
FAREWEEL.     A  taste,  or  rcKsh.     North. 
FAREWELL.      Farmetl,   ami  a   thoiuand,   a 

thousand  times  farewell. 
FAR-FET.     Far-fetched.     Somiriet. 
FAR-KURTHE.     Far  in  advance.     {A.-S.) 
Now  1)«  we  Ht  far-fnttht  come, 
?peke  mote  wc  of  the  dome. 

MS.  Ijtv4.<\t,  (.  1l«. 

FARISH-ON.    Advanced  in  years.   Also,  nearly 

intoxicated.     North. 
FARL.     An  oat-cake.     Northumb. 
FARLEY.     Fairly;  plainly.     Rlliion. 
F.MILIES.     Wonders;  strange  things.    North. 
FARLOOPER.     An  interiopcr.     »>»/. 
FARM.    To  cleanse,  or  empty.     HV»/. 
FARME.    Food;  a  meal.     (A.-S.) 
FARMER.    The  eldest  ton  of  the  occupier  of  a 

farm.      Suffolk.      Andenlly,    a  yeoman   or 

country  gentleman. 
FARMERY.     An  infinnary.     See  Davies'  Rites, 

pp.  88,  138,  153;  Bale's  Kvnge  Johan,  p.S'A 
FARN.     Fared,  or  gone.     (./-S.) 


FAS 


348 


FAU 


Whcone  llnoude  wuatllt^tm. 
An  aungrl  coom  JtMcph  u>  warn. 

Ciirw  Muidl,  MS.  CMl.  rHn.  Oinlmb.  t.  74. 

FARNTICKLKS.     Precklet.     North. 

FARR.     To  «che.     A'or/A. 

FARRAND.     Deep ;  cimning.     Line. 

FARREL.  The  fourth  put  of  a  circaUr  oat- 
cake, the  diTiiiOD  being  made  by  a  cross. 
A'oWA. 

FARREN.     Half  an  acre.     W>./. 

FARRISEES.     Fairies.     £a»/. 

FARROW.     A  Utter  of  piga.     Eoft. 

FARROW-COW.     A  barren  cow.     A'orM. 

FARRUPS.    The  devil.     Yortik. 

FARSE.  To  stuff;  to  fiU;  to  eat.  Alio,  the 
(tufting  of  a  bird,  &c. 

Bot  io  hyi  drlylc*  •dtn  hyt  hert  fuC« 
And  /Urn  >U  thli  lytr  >olde  ay  last. 

HampoU,  MS,  B-m,  p.  IS. 

FARSET.    A  chest,  or  coffer.     S/Hnner. 
FARST.     Farthest.     Creren. 
FARSURE.     Stuffing.     Forme  of  Cuty. 
FARSYN.     The  farcy. 

It  Cometh  mo«tc  corouncllchc  slioulr  ttie  hounde« 

en  Mild  yn  hurc  Icg^ra,  than  yn  any  other  plarei» 

aa  the/br^yn,  ond  jit  liiia  la  won  to  tie  tiool. 

MS.  Boil.  MO. 
FART.     A  Portugal  fig.     Eli/ol. 
FARTHELL.     Same  as  Fardel,  q.  v. 
FARTHER     ru  be  farther  if  1  do  it,  i.  e.  I 

won't  do  it.     Var.  dial. 
FARTHING.     Thirty  acres,     romir. 
FARTHINGS.     FUttcned  |ieas.     ITett. 
FAR-WELTERED.     Cast,  as  a  sheep.    Line. 
FAS.     A  porridge-pot.     Line. 
FASE.     Foes.     See  Ritson,  i.  65. 

Welcome,  air,  to  thia  place  I 

1  awere  the,  by  Ooddia  grace. 

We  hare  lienc  lange/<ue.  MS.  Uncoln  A.i.  IT,  f.  137. 
FASGUNTIDE.     Shrove-tidc.     Norf. 
FASH.   (1)   Trouble;   care;  anxiety;  fatigue. 

Also  a  verb.     North. 

(2)  The  tops  of  tumiiM,  &c     Lane. 

(3)  Rough,  applied  to  mctul.     North. 

(4)  A  fringe,  or  row  of  anything  worn  tike  a 
fringe.     (.^.-5.) 

FASHERY.     Orer  niceness.     Cum*. 
FASHION.  (1)   The  farcy  in  horses,     miti. 

Shakespeare  and  Dckker  havcyoaAion*. 
(2)  State  of  health.    Alto,  to  presume. 
FASHIOUS.    Troublesome.     CYaven. 
FASIIOI'S.     Unfortunate;  shameful.     Ckeih. 
FASIL.     Tn  dawdle.    Line.    It  anciently  meant, 

to  ravel,  ai  silk,  &c. 
FASOUN.     Fashion  ;  form.     *i7roii. 
FASSIDE.     Stuffed.     ReUq.  Antiq.  i.  85. 
FASSINGS.     Any  hanging  fibres  of  rooU  of 

plants,  &c.     Aonc. 
FASSIS.     Tassels ;  hangings.     IlaU. 
FASSYONE.     Ackiiowlcdgincnl.     Pr.  Pan. 
FAST.  (1)  The  understratum.     If'eit. 

(2)  Pull  J  busy ;  very  gay.     North. 

(3)  Liberally.     Rohson,  p.  9. 

(4)  A  dish  in  ancient  cookery,  compoaed  of  eggs, 
pigeons,  and  onions. 

(5)  III  use ;  not  to  be  had.     Eatt. 


(G)  Very  near.      Hence,   intimate.     Luic. 
earlv  writers,  it  means  nrr,JSnm. 

FAST-AND-LOOSE.  A  cheating  game.  fUjti 
with  a  stick  and  a  belt  or  string,  so  arraoged 
that  a  spectator  woidd  think  he  could  nakt 
the  Utter  fail  by  pladng  a  stick  throogh  itt 
intricate  folds,  whereas  the  operator  coiiU  4b 
tach  it  at  once.  The  term  is  often  naed 
taphorically. 

FAST-BY.     Very  near.     Par.  diaL 

FASTE.  (1)  Faced,  as  a  hypocrite.     Oowtr. 

(2)  To  fasten ;  to  marry.     [J-S.) 

That  they  ichulde  /)i«(e  httr  with  no  fWe, 
But  be  were  prynce  or  pryncTs  prrc. 

MS.  CmwitMk.  Ft.  U.M.t.f 

FASTEN.    To  detain  ;  to  seize.     Sorlk. 

FASTENING-PENNY.  Earnest  money.  NartM^l 

FASTENS.  Shrove-Tuesday.  Alau  callnl  Fas- 
tens-Tuesday.  A  seed-cijce  was  tJie  staple 
commodity  of  this  day,  now  exchanged  fct 
pancakes.  Langley  mention*  FaatiagtuuB- 
Tucsday,  a  variation  of  the  same  tenn.  fas- 
lingong,  Shrove-Tide,  Howairl  ilouschoU 
Books,  p.  117.  "  At  fastyngonge,  a  { 
prenaanl,"  Pahigrave.  FoMt-gomft,  Pr. 
p.  ISI.     Fattime,  Hardyng. 

FASTNER.    A  warrant.     Grow. 

FASYL.     A  <law  in  cloth.     HilMab. 

FAT.  ( 1 )  To  fetch.     Tor.  dial. 

(2)  A  vat,  or  vessel  used  in  brewing.    Fonuerty,  ] 
any  tnh  or  packing  case. 

(3^  To  make  fat,  or  fatten.     Line. 

(4)  Eight  bushels,  a  quarter  of  grain. 

FATCH.    Thatcli.    Also,  vetches.     /Fee/. 

PATCHED.    Troubled ;  perplexed.     North. 

FATE.  (1)  Fetched.     Chroii.  ViloiL  p.  54. 

(2)  To  fade ;  to  lose  colour.     Pr.  Pare. 

FATllEADED.     Stupid,      far.  dial. 

FAT-HEN.     The  wild  orache.     far.  lUmL 

FATHER.     To  impute  anything,  or  lay  a  diaigt ' 
to  one.      Far.  dial. 

FATHER-JOHNSON.    A  schoolboy'a  Icnn  for 
the  finis  or  end  of  a  book. 

F.ATIIER-LAW.    A  father-in-law.     fFnt. 

FATIIER-LONGLEGS.  The  long  alender4e«ggd 
spider,  very  common  in  harvest  lime. 

FATIDICAL.     Prophetic.     Ti^eeU. 

F.4T1GATE.     Fatigued;  wearied.     ITaO. 

FATNESS.     Marrow ;  grease.     Line. 

FAT-SAGG.     Hanging  with  fat.    Huhrt. 

FATTERS.     Tatters.     Craren. 

FATTIN.     A  small  quantity.    NortA. 

FATTLE.    A  beat  to  jump  from,  a  schoolboy's 
term.    Line. 

F.\TURE.    Same  as  Faitour,  q.  T. 

FAUCHON.    A  sword,  or  falchioo.    (jt.-S,) 
Gye  haih  hym  ■  stroke  raghc* 
Wy th  kya  /aireiMm  at  •  drsgtita, 

MS.  Canlat.  rl.  ll.  3>.  f.  tV 

PAUD.    A  fold  for  cattle,     horlh. 

PAUDEN.     Folding.     Craven. 

FAUF.    Falhiw  laniL     North.     Keaaclt,   MS. 

Lansd.  1033,  hu  faugh-tand. 
FAUG  HT.  ( 1 )  Fetched.     fFeet. 
(2)  To  want,  or  faih    North. 
FAUOHTG.    A  fault,    (lurfoit. 


FAW 


3-19 


FBA 


I 


I 


Also 


Fan- 


FAUKtTN-IliVMAGB.  A  ramage  h»wk.  It  is 
the/alco  prrtyrinut  in  MS.  Addit.  1 1579. 

PAUL.    A<anu-yud.    Cumb. 

FAULKMNG.     Hawking.    Florio. 

FAULT.  (I)  To  commit  a  fault;  to  find  fault 
with ;  to  blame. 

(2)  Murfortune.     Shak. 

(3)  To  fail,  ai  Fought  (2). 
FAUN.  (1)  Fallen.     Var.  dial. 

(2)  A  floodgate,  or  water-gate.    {.1.-N.) 

(3)  To  produce  a  faun.    PaUgrave.    , 
FAUNGE.     To  take;  to  seize.     (.4.-S.) 
FAUNTE.    A  child,  or  infant.    (/i.-\.) 

How  that  hclycth  In  clolhlf  narow  wounde, 
Thi>;aa|«/k<mM.  with  chm  fulle  braignr. 

t^tgnlt,  MS.  Sor.  v<Nrl<j.  134,  f.  II. 

FAUNTBKYN.     A   very   small    /mnff,    q.  v. 

"  Whenne  1  was  tfanteiynr,  I  was  fonde  in  a 

toune,  in  acradyl,"  Cesta  Rom.  p.  215. 

Tbow  arte  bot  tkftiwntkpHt,  ou  fcrly  ine  thynkkys. 

Thou  wllle  be  llsyedc  for  a  flye  thai  ooe  thy  Hnchc 

lyghtln.  Marit  ^nhim,  HB.  Unctln,  I.  TO. 

FAUNTELTEE.    Childishness.    {.^.-^.) 

FAURED.     Favoured.    A'oWA. 

FAUSE.    Shrewd  j  cunning  ;  treacherous, 
to  coax,  or  wheedle.     A'orM. 

FAUSEN.  (\)  False;  bad;  sly.     Gfncer. 

(2)  A  very  young  eel.      Chapman. 

FAUSONED.    Fashioned.     Gowtr. 

FAUT.     To  find  out,  or  discover.    Eati. 

FAUTE.     Fault ;  want.     (A.-N.) 

FAUTORS.    Aiders ;  supporters,   (ia/.) 
Irist  occurs  in  Brit.  Bibl.  iii.  76. 

FAUTY.    Decayed ;  rotten.     North. 

FAVASOUB.     A  vavasour.     {A.-N.) 

FAVELL.  Cajolery;  deception  by  flattery. 
{A.-S.)  Hence  c«rrj£/bre/,  q.  T.  It  wu  also 
the  name  of  a  hone. 

FAVEREL.    An  onion.     Lme. 

FAVEROLE.    The  herb  water-dragons. 

FAVIROUS.     Beautiful.    Chawxr. 

FAVOUR.  I.«ok;  countenance.  Also,  to  re- 
semble in  countenance.  Favourablf,  beautiful. 

FAVOURS.    Love-locks.     Taylor. 

FAW.  (1)  To  take,  or  receive.  North. 

(2)  An  itinerant  tinker,  potter,  &c.     Cumb, 
FAWCHYN.    To  cut  with  a  sword.     Skellon. 
FAWD.    A  bundle  of  straw.    Cumb. 
FAWDYNE.     A  notary.    Nominale  MS. 
FAWE.  (1)  Enmity,     //come. 
(2)Glad;glaiUy.    {A..S.) 

(3)  Variegated ;  of  different  colours.     (^.-5.) 
FAW-GANO.    Agangoffaws.    Cumb.   Francis 

Heron,  King  qf  the  Faun,  was  buried  at  Jar- 
row,  13  Jan.  1756,  Chron.  Mirab.  p.  6. 
FAWKENERE.    A  falconer. 

He  catde  forthe  hyxfawktnerf. 
Ami  Iryde  he  vrolde  to  the  ryvere 
Wyth  bys  hawkys  hym  to  playe. 

US.  Caitlat.  rt.  11.  38,  (.  )G8. 

PAWN.     Fallen.     North. 

PAWNANDE.   Fawning. 

For  they  to  the  hert  t)en  Jitwnandt, 
Th«  more  Ihcy  dyftceyve,  yf  hyt  auente. 

MS.  CMUab.  ft.  IL  3*.  r.  IS. 

PAWNB.    Pain ;  glad.     Pr.  Parv. 


FAWNEY.    A  ring.     (Jroir. 
FAWS.     A  fox.     North. 
FAWTE.    Fault ;  want  of  strength. 

The  lady  gane  thane  upataode. 

For  ^leie  icho  myght  ipcke  no  worde. 

MS.  UneWn  A.I.  17,  f.  U4 

FAWTELES.  Without  a  defect. 
He  kepyth  a  yewcll  In  ireaorye. 
That /acW f/ai  kepyth  hyi  own  name. 

MS.  CMItb.  ri.  il.  38,  r,  M. 
FAWTER.     To  thrash  barley.    North. 
FAWTUTTE.    Failed ;  wanted.     Robton. 
FAX.    The  hair.     (A.-S.) 
And  here  hoodct  bowndeo  at  het  bakke  fulla  bittyrly 

thanne. 
And  ftchoveo  of  her  A'  and  alle  her  fayre  b«rdes. 

MS.  Corf.  Cnlig.  A.  il.  r.  112. 

FAXED-STAR.    A  comet.    Cumb. 
FAXWAX.    The  tendon  of  the  neck,     /.e  mm 
au  col,  Reliq.  Aniiq.  ii.  78.     Parwai  is  still 
used  in  the  same  sense. 
FAY.  (1)  A  fairy  ;  a  spirit.    (A.-N.) 

In  sondry  wlie  hire  forme  chaungcth  ; 
Sche  K'meth  /ajr  and  no  wommau. 

Gouer,  MS.  Sec.  Anll^.  134,  f.  ISS 

(2)  To  clean  out ;  to  cleanse.     Eatt. 

(3)  Faith ;  truth  ;  belief.     (A.-N.)    "  1  telle  n'W 
in  fay,"  Sir  Degrevant,  MS.  Lincoln,  f.  132. 

(4)  To  prosper ;  to  go  on  favourably ;  to  succeed ; 
to  act ;  to  work.    South. 

(5)  Doomed  or  fated  to  die.    (J.-S.) 
PAYER.     Fair.     Lydgale. 
FAYLED.    Wanted,  i.  e.  lost. 

Lyt  wai  a  awynhorde  yn  thyi  runirr* 
And  kept  iwyne  grete  plenU, 
So  on  a  day  heyby/nf  a  boor. 
And  t>cgan  to  momc  and  lyked  Horc. 

MS.  Canlat,.  ft.  11.38.  f.  131. 

FAY'LES.    Ao  old  game,  differing  very  slightly 

from  backgammon. 
FAYLLARD.    Deceitful.    {A.-N.) 
FAYLY.  (1)  A  coward ;  a  traitor.    {A.-N.) 
(2)  To  fail.     Gavat/nt. 
PAYNARE.    A  flatterer.    Pr.  Pare. 
FAYNE.  (1)  To  sing.    Sielton. 
(2)  A  vein  of  the  body. 

And  tailed  hyi  tenow«  and  hyi  /i^ru. 
And  wyda  be  had  moche  payne. 

MS.  Catilak.  Ft.  IL  38,  f.  138. 
PAYNES.    GUdness  ;  joy.     Pi.  Coll. 
FAYNTYSE.     Deceit ;  treachery.     (A.-N.) 
Telle  nie  in  what  maner  of  wyie 
I  have  thyi  drede  and  lbyft/ii^ry«e, 

MS.  OintoS.  Kf.  ii.  38,  r.  V*. 
FAYHE.     Pair ;  fairly ;  gracefully.    (A.-S.) 
FAYRSE.     Fierce.    *i7»on. 
FAYRY.     Magic ;  illusion.     (A.-N.) 
FAYTE.    To  betray ;  to  deceive.    (^.-.V.) 
FAYTES.    Pacts ;  deeds ;  doings.     Sitlloa. 
FAYTHBLY.     Certainly.     Gaytayne. 
FAYTORS.      Fortune-tellers.      Grow.      Obvi- 
ously derived  firom  A.-N.  Faiturier. 
FAYTOURS-GREES.    The  herb  spurge.     Pr. 

Parv. 
FAZOUN.    Fashion;  appearance.      Weber. 
FA3L1C11E.    Truly  ;  certainly  ;  in  faith. 
FEABERRIES.    Gooseberries,   far.  dial.    Cot- 
grave  has  this  word,  iu  x.  GTo\a«U«. 


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FEABES.     Gooscl>erries.     Suftili. 
FEABLB.     Sutijcct  to  fees.     llaU. 
FEACIGATE.  linpuclent ;  linzen-faced.  North. 
FEADE.     Fed.     Somrrtrl. 
FEAGE.     To  whip,  or  beai.      Wrtt. 
FEAGUE.  f  I)  To  he  perplexed.     Line. 
(2)  A  dirty  tlultish  person.     North. 
FEAK.  (1)  A  sharp  twitch,  or  pull.     If'al. 

(2)  To  fidget ;  to  be  reitless  ;  to  be  btuied  about 
trifles.      Yortik. 

(3)  A  flutter,  gcDcnLlljr  applied  to  the  anxiety 
of  a  lover.     Line. 

(4)  To  nipc  the  beak  after  feeding,  a  term  in 
hawking. 

FEAL.     To  hide  alilv.     Norlli. 
FEALD.  (I)  Hidden.     North. 
(2)  Defiled.     Weber's  Flmldon  Field,  1808. 
FRAMALITY.     Effeminacy.     Tayhr. 
FEANT.     A  fool.     North. 
FEAl'BERRV.    A  gooreberry.     Cu/pr/ier. 
FEAK.  ( 1 )  To  feel ;  to  seem.     Eatl. 

(2)  To  terrify ;   to  frigliten.     Common  as  an 
archaism  and  provincialism. 

FEAR-BABES.     A  vaiu  terror,  a  bugbear,  6t 

onlv  to  terrify  children. 
FEARD.     Afraid.     Tnr.  flial. 
FEARDEST.     Most  fearful,     /{all. 
FEARE.     Fair.     *7»oi». 
FEARFUL.  (1)  Tremendous,     far.  dial. 
(2')  Dreadful ;  cansing  fear.     Shot. 
FEARLOT.    The  eighth  part  of  a  bushel. 
FEARN.    A  windlass.     Line. 
PEART.     Afraid.      Vtir.  dial. 
FEART.SPR/\N  K.    A  tolerable  number  or  large 

parcel  of  anything.     Berla. 
FEASETRAW.      A  piu  or  point  used  to  point 

at  the  letters,  in  teaching  children  to  read. 

Florio. 
FEASILS.     Kidney  beans.     Uett. 
FEAST.     Aa  annual  day  of  nierry-maliing  in 

country  villages.     In  some  places  the  feast 

lasts  for  sc^-eral  days. 
FBASTING-PENNY.     Earnest  money.    North. 
FEAT,  (1)   Neat;   clever;  dexterous;  elegant. 

Also,  to  make  neat. 
Noe  not  in  homrc,  allhoiighc  Ihst  ihce 
B*  ntvn  KM  Bnr  and  fiat.  ats,  ^thmole  MM. 

(J)  Nastv  tasted.     Berit. 
FEATHER.  (1)  Hair.     rar.  dial. 
(2')  Condition  ;  substance,     far.  dial 

(3)  To  bring  a  hedge  or  stack  graduaBy  and 
neatly  lua  summit.     H'eal. 

FEATIIER-ROG.     A  quagmire     Comw. 
FEATHER-EDGED.     A  stone  thicker  at  one 

edge  than  the  other.     North. 
FEATIIERFOLD.     The  herb  feverfew.     fTt,!. 

Culled  in  some  places /enZ/irr/bfc/. 
FKATllERHEELED.     Lighihecled ;  gay. 
FEATHER-I'lE.      A  hole  in  the  ground,  fiUed 

with  feathers  dxcd  on  strings,  and  kept  in 

motion  by  the  wind.     An  excellent  device  to 

scare  birds.     East. 
FEATISH.    Neat ;  proper :  fair.     flat. 
FBAT1.ET.     Four  pounds  of  butter.     Ciaiti. 
FBATLY.     NeaUy  ;  dexterously.   North. 


FKATNESS.    Dexteritv.    Harmon,  p. 
FEATOUS.     Elegant.     "  Ye  thinke  it  I 

featous,"  Drant'9  Three  Senooas,  1&84. 
FEAUSAN.      Taste,   or   moisture       h'r> 

fUi^im,  a  very  strong  taste.    North, 
FEA  IT.     A  foot     North. 
FEAUTE.     Feallv;  fidclilv.     (J.  N.) 
FEAWL.     A  fool.     Yorksii.  DiaL16S)7. 
FE.VZE.  (1)  To  cause.     (*■>.)      Tb  fetch 

froze,  the  same  as  fttr  (1). 

(2)  To  harass ;  to  worry ;  to  teaze :  to  dawdlei 
to  loiter.     Wett. 

(3)  To  sneeze.     Line. 
FEBI.E.      Weak;    feeble;    poor;    WTelekn];j 

miserable.     {.A.-N.') 
FEBLESSE.     Weakness.     (^.-.V.) 
FECCIIE.     To  fetch.     {A.-S.) 

The  prtncc  wu  S*rhr4  lo  the  lionle. 
To  tpek*  with  ih<  kyng  a  WDrdc 

MS.  Gntok.  K  T.  4ik  r.t 

FECH.     Vetches.    Nominate  MS. 
FECK.  (1)  To  kick  or  phmge.     Norih. 

(2)  Many  ;  plenty ;  quantity.    Northnmb.    A1>d,^ 
the  greatest  part. 

(3)  Might ;  activity.      YorluK 

(4)  A  small  piece  trf' iron  used  by  miiierf  sn  tiuus-j 
ing  rocks. 

FECKFUL.     Strong;  zejilous;irU»e.    North. 
FECKINS.     By  my  feckins,  i.  e.  bv  mj  MlK 

llevwood's  Edward  IV.  p.  45. 
FECKLESS.     Weak;  feeble.    N'.vth. 
FECKLY.     Mostly ;  chiefly.     Nu,in. 
FEDBED.     A  fealhcjbed.    Line. 
FEDDE.     Fought.     Webtr. 
FEDE.     Sport ;  plav ;  game.     Vme. 
FEDEME.     A  fathom.     (//.-&) 
FEDEN.    To  feed.     (A.-S.) 
FEDER.VRY.     An  accompliee.    Sk^t. 
FEDERID.     Feathered.    Thia  i*  lh«  rMftwttl 

MS.   Cantab.  Ff.  i.  6.  for  ferful,   La  BcO*) 

Dame  sans  Merer,  H6. 
FEDERYNE.     To  fetter ;  to  shackle.  Pr.  fanA 
FEDEW.    A  feather.     Nominale  MS. 
FEDRLS.     Fetters.     Chr.  Vilod.  p.  IM,     fWj 

dryd,  fettere<l,  Ibid.  p.  65. 
FEDUBT.     Feathered. 

Thit  li  bettur  Ihen  sny  lutre, 
Forallc  the /tiAirf  Khaflr. 

US.  cmMb.  rr.  T.  < 
FEDYLDE.     Fiddled.     Reliq.  AnUq.  i. 

FEE.  (1)  To  winnow  com.     North.  

(2)  Property  ;  money ;  fee ;  ao  annnal  saUrr:  i 

reward.     (.V.-5.} 
FEEAG.    To  encumlicr  ;  to  load.     Cm 
FEEAL.     Woe ;  sorrow.     North. 
FEEBLE.     To  cnfeehlo.     PaUyrat^. 
FEED.  (1)  Food.     An  ostler  calls  a  quarten  of 

oats  a  feed.     Also,  to  fjsttcu.     <;raas   food, 

pasture,  is  so  caUed.  ^ 

(2)  To  give  suck.      Yar.  dial 
(.1)  To  amuse  with  talking  or  reading. 

to  fede,"  MS.  Line. 
FEEDER.     A  •  -— '      c*„*. 
FEEDERS.  io.     North. 

FEEDING.  0  ng.     A'or/4. 

(2)  Pasture ;  graxing  land.      J'sr.  <flM. 


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I 


FEEDrNG-STORM.    A  coixUnt  snow.   North. 

FEEDING-TIME.     Genial  wcatbcr.    Nurlh. 

FKED-THE-DOVE.  A  Chrislnuu  game  men- 
tioned in  Brand's  Pnp.  Antiq.  i.  27H. 

FEEL.    To  smcU  J  to  perceive,     Sortk, 

FEELDY.     Gra»»y.     Wiekliffe. 

FEELTII.     Feeling.     Sensation.     fParv. 

FEEK.  (1)  To  take  a  frrr,  to  nin  a  little  way 
luck  for  the  better  advantage  of  lci|>liig 
forwardi.  An  Oxfordsliire  phreie,  giTCD  by 
Kennett,  MS.  Lantd.  1033. 

(2)  Fierce  ;  fire.     Rilnti. 

FEERE.    To  make  afraid.     (J.-S.) 
Befyftc  thftt  hmnl»  aud  lo^ih  yare, 
Aud  iboghl  ho  woWe  h)rm/<»r«. 

MS.  Cantob.  VI.  II. »,  1. 101. 

FEERFUNS-EEN.    Shrovetide.    Zaiic 

FEESE.     Sec  >'ea:e. 

FEET.  ( 1 )  Fat.     Arch.  xu.  407. 

m  A  deed,  or  fact.     (.I.-S.) 

FEET-CLOTll.     Same  as  Foot-cloth,  q.v. 

FEFEDE.     Fcoflwl ;  endowed.     Ileamr. 

FEFF.     To  obtrude,  or  put  u|>on  in  buving  or 

selling.     Ettex. 
FEFFE.    Toinfcof;  topreaeiit.     {jI.-N: 
FEFFEMENT.     Eufeofment.     (.1..N.) 
FEFT.     Enfeoffed.     North. 
FEG.  (1)  Fair  ;  clean.     North. 

(2)  To  flag  ;  d.-onp ;  or  tire.     North. 

(3)  Rough  dead  gnus.     Wait. 

FEGARY.  A  vagary.  Eatt.  See  Hawkins, 
iii.  162;  Middleton,  it.  115. 

FEGGER.     Fairer ;  more  gentlv.     Lane. 

FECI  IT.     Faith  :  bclirf. 

Tliat  thow  me  lavo  from  dcrnallv  ichlme. 
That  have  fuUeAyitI  and  bote  irusic  In  thi  name. 

MS.  OioMl.  t(.  I.fl,  t.  124. 

FEGS.     In  faith  1     South. 

FEll.     Money  J  property.     (A.-S.) 

FEIDE.  Fend;  war.'  Weher.  Warton  read* 
fede  in  the  same  passage,  p.  clxii. 

FEIGII.  To  level  earth,  or  rubbish;  to  S{nt«d 
or  lay  dung ;  to  dig  the  foundatioiu  for  a  wall; 
to  fey,  or  clean.     Yorkth. 

FEINE.  (1)  To  feign.     {J..N.)     %ix  Frynt. 

(2)  To  sing  with  a  low  voice.     Patngrave. 

FEINTELICIIE.     Faintly ;  coldly.     Ueame. 

FEINTISE.  (i)  Dissimulation.     {A.-N.) 

(2)  Paintness ;  weakness.     {A.-S.) 

FEIRE.    A  fair.     (A.-N.) 

FEIRSCIIIPE.     Beauty.     Lyilgate. 

FEIST.     A  puff-baU.     Suffolk. 

FEISTY.     Fusty.     £«/. 

FEITT.     A  paddock ;  a  field.     Line. 

FEIZE.  To  drive  away.  Wat.  Pure  A.-S. 
Ray,  Proverbs,  p.  220,  bos,  "  I'll  vcase  thee, 
i.  e.  hunt  or  drive  thee,"  a  Sonicrscinliirc 
phrase.  It  likewise  has  the  sanic  meanings 
■a  Fease  (2).  Our  first  explanation  is  con- 
finned  by  Fuller,  as  quoted  by  Richanlson, 
p.  1450,  but  the  term  certainly  means  aUo  to 
ileal,  to  chastise,  or  humble,  in  some  of  our 
old  dramatists,  in  nliich  tenses  it  is  stated  by 
GifTord  to  be  still  in  use. 
FEL.  (1)  Cruel ;  destructive.  {A.-S.) 
(2)  Felt.    SUU  iH  tise  in  Salop. 


FELA.     A  fellow,  comiMinion.     Pr.  Pare. 
FELAUREDE.    Fellowship;  company.    {A.-S.) 

But  thou  dedy&t  no  Toly  dcde. 

That  ya  AMhly  filuurtdt.    MS.  Uari.  1701,  r,  II. 
FELAliS.     Fellows.     Langtoft,  p.  219. 
FELAUSIUPE.    A  company.     {A.-S.)     AUo  a 

verb,  to  accompany, 
FEI.CII.     A  tame  animal.    Line. 
I-'ELUE.  (1)  A  field ;  a  phiin.     {A.J.) 

Forth)  1  uy  the  on  thU  wyese, 

Bot  that  thou  moke  wit-nflce 

Unto  my  coddls,  thst  alle  may  wclde, 

Thou  ialle  tw  Uedc  apiione  d  feldf. 

MS.  tlKfjH  A.  I.  17,  T.  in. 

(2)  Felt.     Wttrr.     Folded.     Rilron. 

(3)  To  become  weak  or  ill.     Line. 

(4)  To  fold ;  to  embrace.     Gawaj/ne. 
FELDEFARE.     A   fieldfare.     Chaucer.     Still 

called  Afetdifiert  in  Salop. 
FELDEN.     Felled ;  made  to  fall.     (.^.-5.) 
FEI.UlIASSEIt.     A  wild  ass.     {A.-S.) 
FE1.UMAN-WIFE.     A  female  nistic.    Trans- 
lated by  ruilica  in  Numinale  MS. 
FELDWOOD.     The  herb  baldmony. 

Tho  took  Khe  /Wrfu'Nd  and  vcrveync. 
Of  hertiis  be  not  tiellr  tweyne. 

Gowrr,  MS.  Soc.  Anilii.  134,  t.  lU. 

FELE.  (1)  To  feel ;  to  have  sense ;  to  perceive ; 
tofidfil.    {A..S.) 

(2)  To  hide.     See  Feal. 

(3)  Many.     {A.-S.) 

Toke  hy>  leve,  ind  home  he  venle. 
And  thankyd  the  kyng  /<lr  rythe. 

J/.S-.  ^lAmorcRl,  f.OB. 
FELEABI.E.     Social.     Pr.  Parv. 
FELEFOLDED.     Mtdtiplicd.     {A.-S.) 
FELER.     More ;  greater.     Gawayne. 
FELETTE.     The  fiUet. 

A  t  the  tumyng  thst  tym  the  traytnurt  hym  Mtte 
to  thorowe  the  flttetttf,  and  in  the  Biwnkc  al'tyre. 

Miirtt  Ailhtirt,  MS.  Limetitn,  t.  7& 
FELFARE.     A  fieldfare.      Wnf. 
FELIDEN,     Felt,     WiekUffr. 
FELKS.     FeUoes  of  a  wheel.     North. 
FELL.  (1)  A  skin,  or  hide.     {.-I.-S.) 

(2)  A  hill,  or  mountain.  North.  Also,  a  n>oor 
or  open  waste  ground.  By  frith  and  fell,  a 
very  common  pbnue  in  early  poetry.  Frith 
means  a  hedge  or  coppice,  and  fell,  a  hill, 
moor,  valley,  or  pasture,  any  onincloicd  space 
without  many  trees. 

MoyKs  wente  up  on  thst  yWTt, 
Pourty  dsy«  thetv  Ron  dwelle. 

CUTwor  MtmH,  MS.  CUI.  IViii.  Cuitai.  f.  41. 

(3)  Sharp ;  keen ;  cruel.  North.  Applied  to 
food,  Iriting,  very  salt. 

(4)  A  mouse -trap.      Pr.  Parv. 

[51  To  inseain,  in  sewing.    I'ar.  dial. 

(6)  Sharp  ;  clever ;  crafty.     North. 

i7)  To  return  periodically.    Esurx. 

(9)  To  finish  the  wcavinis  of  a  web,  or  piece  of 

cloth.      York$h. 
FEl.LE.     To  fcU ;  to  kill,    {A.-S.) 
FELLERE.    Purple.    {A.-S.) 
FELLESSE.    A  midtitude?    Heame. 
FELLET.    A  certain  portion  of  wood  uiDtnllt., 

cut  in  •  forett.    Siosie. 


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FELLICH.    Felly  ;  cruelly.    (//.-S.) 
FELLICKS.    FcUocs  of  a  wheH.    Lane. 
FELLON.  (1)  Sharp;  keen.    Norlh.    •' Afelbm 
(hirpe  man,"  BuUcio's  Dialogue,  1573,  p.  3. 
(2)  A  disease  in  cows;  a  cutaneous  eruption  in 
children.    A'or/A.    Apparently  connected  with 
the  ancient  term  felone,  q.  v. 
FELLON-WOOD.    The  herb  bitter-sweet. 
FELLOW.     Companion ;  friend.    In  Willsliirc 
used  only  as  a  tenn  of  reproach  ;  in  Here- 
fordshire, a  yoimg  unmarried  man,  a  scr\'aDt 
engaged  in  husbandry. 
Kver  morv  fcl*<wrii  I  and  thow. 
And  mycuUe  tbmnki,  tit,  now  tiave  je- 

US.  Canlat.  Ff.  v.  W,  f.  S3. 
FELLOWSHIP.    A  titr^-lfle.    Line. 
FELLY.  (1)  Fiercely  ;  cniclly.     (A.-S.) 
V  reAe  w«  artnr  ua  yike  oon, 
Tbys  fcndc  wylle/v/^  fyghlr. 

US.  Canlab.  Ft.  II.  3)1,  t.  HO. 

(2)  To  break  up  a  fallow.    A'orM. 
FELONE.      A  sore,  or  wliitlow.     Frtlom   in 

Heref.  Gloss.     See  TopscH's  Ueasis,  ji.  252. 

Somme  forcDevye  sctiul  have  in  lytnm 

As  kills, ^onci,  aod  potlyinn. 

US.  Mhmeliii.  t.3!. 
FELONIE.    Anv  wickcdncM.   (,/... V.) 
FELONLICHE.    Wickedly.    (A..K) 
FELONOUS.    Vcr>-  wicked.    Lt/djaU. 
FELOUN.    Wicked  i  cruel.     {M.-S.) 
FELS.     Felloes  of  a  wheel.     A'orM. 
FELSH.    To  renovate  a  hat.   Line. 
FELT.  (1)  Hid;  concealed.    A'or/A. 
(2^  A  hat.    Tliynnc'a  Debate,  p.  31. 

(3)  A  hide  ;  coarse  cloth.    (Varen.    "  Fccltc,  or 
t{ws\\t,  filirum"  Pr.  Pan'. 

(4)  A  thick  matted  growth  of  weeds,  spreading 
by  their  roots.    Eaiit. 

FELTER.     To  entangle.     North, 
FELTRIKE.     The  small  ceulaurv.    Pr.  Parr. 
FELWET.     Velvet.    Arch.  xxi.  252. 
FEL-WISDOME.    Craftiness;  cunning. 
FELWORT.     The  herb  baldmony.     See  a  Ust 

of  plants  in  MS.  Sloane  5,  f.  5. 
FELYOLES.     Arc  mentioned  in  the  Squyr  of 
Lowe  Dcgr^,  836, 
"  Vourcurtalne*  of  csmacs.  all  in  Toldc, 
Your/r/yo/«f  all  of  golde." 
Which  appears   to  be  the  same  word  with 
ff/rUin  and  phinll  in  Douglas,  /ylyolez  in  Syr 
Gawaync,  uniifylyota  in  MS.  Cotl.  quoted  in 
the  last-mentioned  work.     In  the  two  last  in 
itances,  length  is  expressly  mentioned  as  a 
characteristic  of  the  fyli/ole.     In  the  absence 
of  certain  evidence,  I  should  explain  it  Jiniatt, 
and  the  term  in  the  above  instance  may  be  ap- 
plied to  small  ornaments  on  the  top  of  the 
bedposts  in  the  shape  of  finialt  or  pinnacles. 
From  the  contradtslinctinn  of  the  terms,  there 
was  probably  some  slight  dilfereoce  between 
the/y/yofe  and  pinnacle. 
FEMALE. HEMS.     Wild  hemp.    I»i»c. 
FEMED.     Foamed.     Gavayne. 
FEMEL.  (1)  A  female.     Pr.  Parr. 
(2)  A  young  family.     \.A.-N.) 
rSiSER.    Slightly  made ;  slender.    A'»r/A. 


FEMEREL.     A  kind  of  tuiret  placed  on 
roof  of  a  hall,  or  kitchen,  so  formed  as  to 
low  the  smoke  to  escape  witlioiit  admitti 
the  rain  from  outside. 

FEMINE.     Female    Brome. 

FEMIMTEE.  Womanhood.  (/t.-A.)    "  ConI 
n'etofcraynvtr,"Lydgate'aMinorPoe]iit,p.4 

FEilYN.     Venom.     Jlilion. 

FEN.  (1)  Mud;  mire.     {,1..S.) 

(2)  To  do  anything  adroitly.     Norlh. 

(3)  A  preventive  exclanialion,  naed  cbidly  bj 
boys  at  plav.      far.  dioL 

FENAl'NCE.'    Fine ;  forfeiture.     (^.-A'.) 
FEN-BERRY.     The  crunberry.      Aor/A. 
FENCE.  (1)  To  keep  out  anything.     Eatt.    lit 
stode  at  fence,  i.  e.  at  defence.     Femer  a  alto 
armour,  or  any  other  kind  of  defence. 
They  myght  not  grte  hym  thcrfro, 
lie  ktodc  at  /tHct  ageyn  thtm  iIkk 

MS.  Cmlab.  ft.  U.  a|, 
(2)  Offence.      T'ar.  dial. 
FENCE-.MONTH.     The  month  wherein  f< 
deer  in  the  forests  do  fawn.     Afantrood. 
FEN-CRICKET.     A  small  beetle,     line. 
FEND.  (1 )  To  defend.     To  fmd  and  yrvtt,  la 
throw  the  blame  on  others'  shoulders. 
Fulle  ofte-iylhtfa  he  kyu«dc  that  mayct 
And  hent  hir  upe  and  volde  awayv, 
Uot  thay  alle  the  brlggea  did  ftntt. 

US.  Uncatn  A.  t  11,  t 
Kyng  Ariiut  finityd  hy»  woayi, 
WoDdur  greto  were  the  ffonys. 

ifS.  Canlah.  Tt.  It.  M,  t  ... 

(2)  To  provide ;  to  endeavour ;  to  make  shift ;  to 
ward  off.     Norlh.     Also,  a  livelihood. 

(3)  A  fiend  ;  the  devil,     (.^.-.y.) 

And  when  the  waytU  blew  lowde  hyn  de. 
The  acheperde  thojl  what  may  thU  lie, 
lie  weode  he  hade  herd  t/ttule/ 

jfs.  vaniHb.  rr.  T.  41,  c  M. 

FENDADLE.     Industrious.     Line. 

FENDLICHE.     Derilish.     Chaueer. 

FENDY.     Thrifty :  managing,     fiifiii. 

FENE.     To  feign,  or  fancy  ?     (J..N.) 

And  In  hia  dremc  him  lhou;(c  he  dede  y^e 
Of  hirrbroujle  forth  withoute  i|k»,  aa  clnie 
A  lambe,  moat  fayre  to  hU  Inijiecctoun, 
That  lie  ever  taw  unto  hU  plesauocc, 

LtKlgatt.  MS.  ««•.  JlHfl^.  13*.  t  14. 

FENEBOILES.     A  Und  of  pottage. 

FENECEL.  The  herb /mini/nrn,  sow-fenneH 
See  MS.  Harl.  978;  MS.  Sloane  5,  f.  5,  spell 
Jrnrkele. 

FENESTRAL.  A  small  fcncstrc,  or  windaw.' 
Before  glass  was  in  genera]  use,  the  fenestra 
was  often  made  of  paper,  cloth,  or  canvass, 
and  it  was  sometimes  a  kind  of  Intticc-wiirk, 
or  shutter  ornamented  with  tracery.  In  ibo 
sixteenth  century,  the  Una  fntrttre  seems  to 
have  been  applied  to  a  bUnd  or  abutter  in 
contraiiistinclion  to  a  gla«d  window.  •■  At 
hire  dorc,  and  liir/eM»fer,"  Arthour  and  Mcf- 
tin,  p,  32. 

The  torn  thare  In  ■  fuyrl  orewt 

At  a  /emctln  anon.         Jf*.  !,,«<,  igm  f,  105 

FENG.     Caught ;  received.     U.S.) 

FENKELLE.  Fennel.  (Ut.)  ThU  fonn  oc 
cure  in  MS.  Med,  Line.  f.  290. 


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FER 


FENNEL.     Tb  girt  fmnrl,  to  fl«Uer. 
KEN-NIGHTiNGALE.     A  frog.     Eail. 
KE.NNY.     Mouldv.     lar.dioL 
FENNYXE.     A  phoenix.     Rcliq.  Antiq.  iL  12. 
FENOWKD.     Mouldy.     See  hnng. 
FENSABLE.     Defensive.      IVeber. 
FENSOMB.     Neat;  adroit.     North. 
FENT.  (1)  A  crack,  or  flaw  j  a  remnant  of  cot- 
ton ;  an  odd  piece.     Norlh. 

(2)  A  pet,  or  darling.     Sorth. 

(3)  I'o  bind  cloth.  Also,  the  binding  of  any  part 
of  the  dress.  Line.  Formerly,  a  short  slit  in 
the  upper  part  of  llie  dress  was  called  tfent. 

(4)  Fear  ;  trembling;  faintness.     (umb. 
FENU.M.     Venom.     Bedt. 
FENVERN.     Sage.     Gerard. 

FEO.     Fee ;  inheritance.     {A.-S.) 

FEODAKV.  One  who  held  property  nnder  the 
tenure  of  fcuilal  scrxice.  Feodalarif  is  the 
proper  word,  but  it  teems  to  be  used  in  this 
sense  bv  Shakespeare  and  Ford. 

FEDFFED.     Infeoffcd.     (A.-N.) 

FEORSE.     Far;  distant.     i^A.-S.) 

FEORT.     To  fight.     Dnon. 

FEORTHE.     The  fourth.     {A.-S.) 

FER.  (I)  Far.     (A.-S.)    SliU  in  use. 

(2)  To  free  pastures.     Cntcen. 

(3)  To  throw.     Somerttl. 
I  A  fire.    See  Scvyn  Sagea,  J  76C. 

Fair.     Sec  Bevcs  of  llaniloun,  p.  4. 
(6^  Fierce.     Rouland  and  Veniagii,  p.  7. 
FEKAUNT.    An  African  horse ;  a  grey.  {.I.-N.) 

Appouc  s  ttcde /imtKMr 
Armyd  a(  r;ghtF. 

MS.UnnlH  A.I.  17,  t.  131 
Pewters  In  freely  one  ftraunie  stedM. 

Jtfi/rfa  Arllmn,  MS,  LinaJit,  t.  7(. 
FEUCIIE.     Fierce.     (.V..,V.) 
FERU.  (I)  Terrified ;  afraid. 

xl.  inca  Icpe  ynto  the  ice, 
l>o,/fertff  of  the  lyenjj  thrj  were. 

MS.  Oixrad.  ft.  II.  38,  t.  8S. 

(2)  Went ;  gone ;  passed ;  fared. 

So  ■Llll«  that  tchc  nolhyagt  hrrdr. 
And  to  Ihc  bed  lUlkcnde  he  /trtf^. 

Cvioer,  US.  Ah-.  AMI^.  IM,  t.  44. 
Thai  leite  mouth  of  thsin  In  lievm. 
And  luDg  of  tham  feiii  in  erthe  oven. 

UX.  Ef«rroii  Cli,  r.  49. 
When  he  Ficnch  and  Ljityn  herdr. 
Ha  hade  mrrrelle  how  ii  fmU, 

MS.  omm.  PC  *.  4a,  r.  m. 

(3)  The  fourth.     (A..S.) 

The/Wvf0  he  fnrsakyi  the  prsyen 
Thet  half  wryle  wyttoes  of  berys. 

R,  lU  Brunne,  MS,  Bou-et,  p.  *. 

(4)  Host ;  army ;  company.     {A,-S.) 

(5)  Power  ;  force.     fVttier. 
FERDEGEWS.     Ornamented   furs  .>    ••  In  our 

trickc  ferdegews,"  Roister  Doistcr,  p.  30. 
FERDELAYKE.    Fear;  terror.     (A.-S.) 

Bot  who  Ml  here  rooght  wytttaod  koewcweW 
What  pa)l>e  the  (yoful  thare  aal  fe«le, 
Thai  >oMc  In  gttXr  firrlrla^ke  be  bruffht. 
Ay  when  llui  on  tha  paynea  IhoghU 

Hcntpol;  MS.  aeww,  p.  IK>. 

FERDNESS.     Fright ;  terror.     (A.-S.) 
FERDY.    AfJaid ;  terrifitsd. 


He  aclde.  Joseph,  tie  not  ffriyt 
Ulholde  on  me  thli  like  U  I. 

tMrmar  Muftill.  MS.  Ci>ll.  TV  in,  Canlmli.  t  iny. 

FERE.  (1)  .\  companion, or  wife.  Aorth,  "In 
fere,"  together,  in  company. 

Farewell,  my  dt>U|{hter  Kateryne,  late  the/we 
To  Pryace  Artour,  late  my  chyld  aodere. 

MS.  SloctH  lau,  f.  0. 

(2)  To  terrify ;  to  frighten.     (A.-S.) 

(3)  Proud ;  fierce ;  bold.    (^.-.V.) 

And  of  Durgayne  dcwke  Lnjrere, 
He  woa  a  bolde  man  and  a  /er#. 

MS.  C«nlnl,.  Ft.  II.  M,  t,  IMI. 
And  of  hya  lone,  that  good  iquycte, 
Wh)ll  he  waa  hole  and  /ne.      MS.  IIU.  t,  147 
FEREDE.    Company. 

Certl*.  lyrr.  thou  no)t  ne  may 
Oon  out  of  oure  fertdt.    MS.  Jtftmatt  .13,  f.  4C. 
FEREN.     Companions.     See  Kyng  Honi,  21, 
where    MS.    Land.    108   reads   '•  xij.  feren," 
which  agrees  better  with  the  context. 
FERES.     Fierce.     See  Perceval,  518. 
He  lyved  teththen  nuuiy  jerra, 
A  quyk  man  and  nfirn.  MS.  Hart.  1701,  f.  17. 
FERETORY.     A  tomb,  or  shrine. 
FERFORTH.     Far  forth.     (.i.-S.) 
FERIAGE.     Boat  or  ferry  hire. 
FERIE.     A  holyday ;  a  wecV-tlny.     (Lai.) 
I  gan  mnembre  of  the  hyjeylrfye. 
That  callid  Is  the  CIrcumcliloun. 

Lt*gmtt,  MS.  B"r.  AhiIi.  134,  t.  ». 

FERISIIER.     A  fairy.     Suffoli. 
FERKE.  (I;  To  proceed ;  to  hasten. 

The  kyng  ftrktt  furthe  on  a  faiie  »tc'de. 

Jfoi-lg  Artk^tn.  MS.  UHeolM,  t.  ',9. 
(2)  To  few.     PalMgravf. 
FERLIES.     Fault*.     N<n-lh. 
FERLY.     A  wonder  ;  to  wonder  ;  wonderfully  ; 
wonderful ;  strange.     Sorlk. 

A  Jrrtif  atrlfo  fcl  them  bclwene, 
Aa  they  went  bl  the  wcy. 

AfS.  OtnM,.  Ft.  V.  4«,  r.  IW. 
FERLYKE.     A  strange  thing ;  a  wonder, 
The  kyng  lokcd  to  that  eandctatyke. 
And  aaghe  bc«yde  a grete /tfr/yjre.  MS.ttHit.i^iH.I.Ca 
FER,MACIE.     A  medicine.     (M.-X) 
FERMAIL.     A  clasp,  or  locket.     (A.-X.) 
FERME.  (1)  A  farm.    (J.-.\.)     Alto,  a  rent  in 
lieu  of  all  other  payments. 

(2)  To  strengthen.     Also  adv. /rm/y. 

(3)  To  cleantc ;  to  empty  out. 

Myt  were  more  to  the  lyke. 
For  to /erme  an  oldedykc. 

.VS.  Cantab.  Ft.  II.  X,  t.  \«i. 

FERMEALD.    A  farm.    (A.-S.) 

FKRMENT.\TK)N.  The  tixth  process  in  al- 
chemy, the  mutation  of  any  substance  into  the 
nature  of  thcfemicnt,  after  ils  primary  quali- 
ties have  been  dt-it  roved. 

FERMERERC.  The  oiiicer  who  liad  Ibe  careof 
the  infirmary.     (Lai.) 

FERMORYE.     An  infirmary. 

Rewfulnea  aalle  make  the  ftrmoryt ;  Dernelone 
Salle  make  the  celete;  Meditadon  talle  make  the 
gemire.  MS.  ttnn<in  A.I.  17,  f. «7*. 

FERMYSONES.  Accortling  to  Mr.  Robson, 
■■  a  hunting  term  applied  to  the  time  in  which, 
the  male  deer  were  c\(»e4,  ox  t."*.  *^w««^.^'» 


FES 


354 


FBT 


be  kUled."     See  hii  Met.  Rom.  p.  1  :  MS. 

Morte  Arthare,  f.  5S. 
FERNE.     Before,    l-'eme  ago,  long  igo.    Femt 

land,    tat  or  diitant   land,  ■  foreign  land. 

(.■/.-5.)     See  Chron.  Vilodun.  p.  84. 
FEKN-KRECKLED.     Freckled.      AorM.      In 

MS.  Med.  Line.  f.  285,  is  a  receipt  "  to  do 

tyiaye  femlUnllei,"  i.  c.  freckles. 
FERN-OWL.     The  goatsucker.     Ghue. 
FERN-WEB.     A  small  beetle,  very  iujoriouito 

the  yoang  apple.     H'eit. 
FERNYEHE.     In  former  times.     (.•f.-S.)     See 

Piers  Ploughman,  pp.  103,  228  ;  Ilocelcve,  p. 

55  ;  Troil.  and  Creseide,  v.  1176,  a  subst.  in 

the  two  lost  instances.    Frmert,  Re}-nard  the 

Foxe,  p.  II. 
FERRAV.     A  foray.     Townclcy  Myst.  p.  310. 
FERRE.  (1)  A  kind  of  eaudle.     Spelt  ferry  in 

the  Forme  of  Cury,  p.  27. 

(2)  Fair ;  beautiful. 

Uodur  the  crth  It  «u  dl)t. 
Fern  it  wax  anil  dene  ofiyjl. 

VS.  Umblt,  Fr.  V.  48,  f .  Jl . 

(3)  Further.     (J.-S.) 

So  that  myn  hap  and  alia  myn  bale, 
Mc  thynketh  U  ay  the  Irng  Ihe/yrre. 

Cowtr.US.  Sm-.  Antiq.  134,  f.  M. 

FERRE  DAYE.     Late  in  the  day.     (-/.-5.) 
FERREL.    Theframcofaslate. 
FERREN.     Foreign ;  distant.     (.1..S.) 
Jon  tclleth  ui  alt  glldcn  mouth 
0(m  Jhrntn  folk  UDCouth. 

CurM-  ilmil,  US.  a</I.  TVin.  CmnlaK  (.  71. 
FERRER.  (1)  A  farrier.     North.     SccTopscU's 

Beasts,  p.  340 ;  Ord.  and  Reg.  pp.  1 0 1 ,  20 1 . 
(2)  A  barrel  with  iron  hoops.     Line. 
FERRERE.     Further.     Ferre$t,  furlhcst, 
Fcllcs  felc  on  the  fddc,  appono  the  firrwrt  vydr. 

Mtrrte  AttSure,  MS.  Linci-In,  (.  G&. 

FERRIER.     A  fairy.     Siiffoti. 

FERRNE.     Far.     Hranie. 

FERROM.  UisUnt;  foreign.  O-ferrom,  afar 
off.  "  We  folowedc  o  ferrome,"  Morte  Ar- 
thure,  MS.  Lincoln,  f.  62. 

PBRRY-WHISK.   Great  bustle ;  haste.   Yorkih. 

FERS.  (1)  Fierce.     Chaucer. 

(2)  The  Queen  at  Chess. 

FERSCHELI.     Fiercely.     (A.-K.) 

FERSSE.     Fresh.     Heame. 

FERSTED.     Thirsted.     Uegrevanl,  1698. 

PERTH  E.    The  fourth.     {.1..S.) 

FERTHYNG.  A  farthing;  any  very  small  thing. 
Chouerr. 

FERTRE.     A  bier;  a  shrine.     {A.-N.) 

FERYNGES.     Sudden.     Heame. 

FESAWNT.     A  pheasant.    Pr.  Pan. 

FESCUE.  Same  as  Featetram,  q.  v.  See  Cot- 
grave,  in  V.  Fetlv,  Profit ;  Howell,  sect.  51 ; 
Florio,  pp.  69,  185  ;  Peelc,  ii.  230. 

FESE.  To  frighten ;  to  make  afraid.  "  Fese 
awey  the  cat,"  Urry,  p.  597. 

When  he  had  etyn  and  made  hyra  at  eae. 
He  thoght  Gyc  for  lo  fear. 

US.  Canto^.  Ff.  U.  Stt,  f.  171. 

FESISIAN.     A  physician.    Seven  Sages,  p.  S3. 
FBSOMNYD.     Feoffed ;  gave  in  fee. 


FESS.  (1)  To  confess.     NortM. 

(2)  Gay  ;  smart ;  conceited,     ffetl. 

(3)  A  small  fagot.     Also,  a   light  blue  ntear. 
Semertet. 

(4)  To  force  or  obtrude  anything.      / 
FEST.  (1)  To  put  out  to  grasa.     A''.' 

(2)  A  fastening.     Line.      ConDeclcu 
old  ierm  Jeit,  fastened. 

So  mistily  he  lete  hit  iwjnfe. 
That  Id  hia  frount  Ihe  ttooo  he  /twf. 
That  bothe  hit  ejen  out  thel  bmt. 

Curaw  ilunill,  MS.  Cct.  THm.  CtoXaS.  f.  i 

(3)  To  fasten,  tie,  or  bind ;  as,  to/e*/  *n  app 
lice,     \orth. 

Fttti/ne  thl  hertc  to  Am 

A  tie  thU  werldea  care. 

ATS.  UtHMn  A.  L  17,  t.  < 
or  alle  thyDge  it  li  the  beat 
Jhe«u  in  hertc  f^it  toykar.  StS.  /ft 

(4)  A  fist.     Also,  a  feast.     Chmictr. 
FESTANCE.     FideUty.     (^.-iV.) 
FESTEYING.     Feasting.     Chmteer. 
FEST1N.\TE.     Hasty.    (Laf.)     Fetttneliimot- 

curs  in  Hawkins,!.  292,  312. 
FESTING-PENNY.     Earnest  money.     i«r. 
FGSTIVAL-EXCEEDINGS.  .\n  addiUonal diih 
to  the  rcgidar  dinner.     Mattinjer.    The  tarn 
was  formerly  in  use  at  the  Middle  Temple. 
FESTLICH.     Used  to  feasts.     Oiauetr. 
FESTNEN.     To  fasten.     {A.-S.) 
FESTU.    A  mote  in   the  eye.    {J.-N.)    AUo 

the  same  atftteue,  q.  v. 
FET.  (1)  Fetched.     Lydgale,  p.  20. 
fetch,  as  in  Th}'nne's  Debate,  p.  *3. 
The  qwene  anon  lo  hyra  was  A", 
For  iche  waa  beat  worthy. 

Jir.<r.  Ointal,.  Ft.  w.  4a,  f.Mi| 
To  be  a  match  for  one.     S'ortM. 
A  foot.     Arch.  jtxi.  407. 


Also,  to  , 


(2 
(3 

(4)  Fast ;  secure  ;  firm.     Line. 
FETCH.  1)  To  recover;  to  gain  strength  after 
an  illness.      Tar.  dial. 

(2)  The  apparition  of  a  person  who  a  alive. 
Brand,  iii.  122. 

(3)  To  fetch  in,  to  seize.  To  fetch  u/t,  to  ovtT«' 
take.    Tb/e/rA  a  icatt,  to  walk,  &c.    K»r.  i" 

FETCHE.     A  vetch.     Chaucer. 

FETCH-LIGIITS.  Appearances  at  nigfal  of 
lighted  candles,  formerly  supposeil  to  prognos- 
ticate death,     tirand. 

FETE.  (I)  Neat;  well-made ;  good. 

Ye  fcle  thur  fete,  lO  fine  ar  thay. 

ttS.  QnlQb.  Ft.  tl.  3B,  r.41. 

(2)  Work.     Chaucer. 

(3)  A  large  puddle.     Line. 
FETERIS.     Features. 

Sche  bihllde  bU  /eterU  by  and  ty. 
9o  fayrc  tehapcn  In  partye  and  lii  alle. 

t4KlgtUt,  MS.  Sk.  Aurif.  134,  tiL 

FETISE.     Neat ;  elegant.     (A..K) 

FETLED.     Joined.     Oairayne. 

FETTE.  (1)  To  fdch.     See  Pet. 

Thus  •che  b>egaa  to  fiu«  re«d. 
And  tunic  aboutc  hire  wlitl*  alb. 

ISoirer,  tIS.  Sbc.  Anll^,  IM.  t.  lit 

(2)  A  fetch,  or  contrivance. 

FETTE  L.    A  cord  used  to  a  pannier.    tMe. 


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FETTEnFOE.    The  herb  feverfew. 

FETTLE.  To  dress ;  to  prepare;  to  put  in  or- 
der ;  to  contrive,  muiage,  or  accomplith  any- 
tliiDg;  to  Kt  about  anything;  to  be  in  good 
time ;  to  repair ;  to  beat,  or  tliraah.  A'or/A.  It 
ia  al»o  common  as  a  siibslantive,  order,  gtxid 
condition,  proper  repair,  &c.  and  tereral  early 
instances  arc  quoted  in  the  Craven  GlotMiy. 
•'  Yllc  fetyld,"  Townelcy  Myat.  p.  309. 

FF,TTYNB.  Fetched ;  brought.  "  Thedir  ««lle 
be  fcttvne,"  MS.  Lincoln,  f.  149. 

FETLOUS.     Same  as  felue,  q.  v. 

FETLKES.     Births ;  productions.     Hall 

FEUD.  T(i  contend.  North.  Also,  to  contend 
for  a  livelihood,  to  live  vicll. 

FEUUJOR.     A  bonfire.     CVoren. 

FEUSOME.     Handsome.     North. 

FKUTll.     Fill;  plenty.     Cravn. 

FEUTRE.     The  rest  for  a  spear.     Also,  to  (U  it 
in  the  rest.     Morte  Arthure,  i.  118, 157. 
A  {aire  florcschte  ipcrc  io  fitctyn*  tie  cutr*. 

if»r«c  Arllnirr,  MS.  Unmln,  t.  87. 

FEUTRED.     Featured.      See  Dodsley,  i.  92. 
Nares  is  puzzled  vrith  this  vron),  although  it 
is  not  unusual.     "  Fevrters  of  his  face,"  Ko- 
meaa  and  Juliet,  p.  57. 
FEVER.  (1)  A  perplexitv.     Var.  dial. 
(2)  A  blacksmith.     (>f.-A'.) 
FE\EUEFOX.     The   feverfew.     See  ■  Uat  of 

plants  in  MS.  Sloane  5,  f.  5. 
FEVEREL.     February.     {^.-A'.) 
Here  U  DOW  another  wondyr  i 
In  Ferrtel  when  thou  hetU  thondur. 
It  tivtokynthe  rlche  men  ligiTTng  low, 
ADd  A  gude  jere  alter  to  iowe. 

ir.s.  oiitfaN  rr.  T.  4S,  r.8. 
FEVEKERE.    February.     (A.-N.) 

And  Fhebui  chare  neyeth  to  Aquarle, 
HU  watry  bnnU  tnfore  Fewrere. 

LlKlgmu,  MS.  SiK.  ^nll^.  IM,  t.  M. 

FEVER-LURDEN.     The   disease  of  idleness. 

This  curious  phrase,  vrhich  occurs  in  Lydgale, 

is  still  ctirrcut  in  the  West  of  England.  "  You 

havrthe  fevcr-Inrgan,"you  are  too  lazytowork. 

FEVEROUS.     Feverish.'   Coirer. 

FEW.  (!)  To  change.     North. 

(2)  A  number,  or  quantity ;  a  little ;  la,  a  few 
pottage,  &c.     far.  dial. 

(3)  Flew.     Perf.  from.^y.     Cheth. 
FEWILLER.     A  per»on  who  supplies  fncl  for 

(irca.     Nominale  MS. 
FEWMETS.   The  dung  of  the  deer.   Alsocallctl 

fnrmithingii.     Twici,  p.  22. 
FEWTE.  (1)  Fealty.     Hawkins,  i.  95. 

(2)  Track  ;  vestige.     Prompt.  Parr. 
FEWTERER.     In  hunting  or  coursing,  the  man 

who  held  the  dogs  in  slips  or  couples,  and 

loosed  them  ;  a  dog-keeper. 
FEWTE  RLOCKS.     Fttlocka  of  a  horse. 
FEWTRILS.     Little  things;  trifles.     Lane. 
FEY.  (1)  The  upper  soil.     Sl^.    Also,  to  cast 

it  off,  or  remove  it. 
(2^  To  discharge  blood.     North. 

(3)  To  do  anything  cleverly.     Laxc. 

(4)  To  cleanse  out.     I'ar.dial. 

(5)  To  injure ;  to  mutilate.     Line. 


(6)  Fated  to  die ;  dead.     (M..S.) 

The  Romayoct  for  radn«M«  nisehte  to  the  CTtha, 
Fore  fcTdncste  of  hys  faee,  ai  tJiey  yvy  were. 

Mont  ^rlhtirt,  MS.  Unetit,,  t.  H. 
FEYE.     Faith ;  beUcf.     (.^..N.) 

Oame,  beteyde,  tMrmy/^r, 
I  kchallc  the  ucvyr  bcwrye. 

MS.  Ctmub.  Ft.  U.  38,  t.  13*. 
FF.YER.    A  peraon  who  cleans  anything  out,  as 

ditches,  &c.     £att. 
FEYFFE.     Five.     Ritson's  Robin  Hood,  i.  88. 
FEYFUL.     Fatal;  deadly.     {J..S.) 
FEYING.     Rubbish;  re-fuse.     North. 
KEY'LO.     A  conipauiou.      H'ebrr. 
FEVNE.     To  dissemble ;  to  flatter.     (,j1.-N.) 
And  cek  my  fere  t*  we)  the  lasse 
That  non  envy  kchaJ  compare, 
Without  a  refotiable  wlte, 
To/f^fir  and  btame  that  1  write. 

dmn;  M3.  Boil,  it*,  t.  I. 
For  they  eonitreyue 
Ther  hcrtea  to  feynt. 

US.  Caiilah.  Ff.  1. 1,  f.  *i. 

FEYNG.     Received.     Hrame. 
FEYRE.     Fair ;  fine ;  clean. 

Kftyn  cloth  oo  the  borde  he  Icyd, 

Into  the  tioure  be  made  a  Imydc. 

MS.  CantiO).  Ft.  v. ««,  t.  U. 
FEVS.     Fees ;  property.     {.i.-S.) 

I  have  CRCteli  and  ryche  cytcei, 

Brode  luodyi  and  ryohe/kya. 

MS.  Oanfat.  Ff.  II.  W.  t.  M. 
FEYT.  (1)  Faith.     SitKm. 

(2)  A  deed ;  a  bad  action.     Salop. 

(3)  To  fight.  H'nt.  We  have  frylyng*  in 
Wright's  Monastic  Letters,  p.  198. 

FEZZON.     To  seize  on,  generally  opplicd  to  the 
actions  of  a  greedy,  ravenous  cater.     North. 
FEJE.     To  fight ;  to  quarrel.    (//.-&) 
FI.    A  term  of  disgust  and  reproach,  ori^nalljr 
applied  to  anything  that  stunk.    The  word  is 
still  in  use  in  Lincolnshire  for  the  penit. 
FIANCE.     To  affiance ;  to  betroth.     (Fr.) 
FIANTS.     The  dung  of  the  Iwar,  wolf,  fox, 

marten,  or  badger.    A  hunting  term. 
FIAUNCE.     Trust ;  belief.     (/*.-iV.) 
In  hym  wat  hyi  fyawnn. 

MS.  aiiiM6.  Ff.  u.  M,  r.  Tt. 

FIAZEN.     Faces.     Doriet. 

FIBLE.  A  small  stick  used  to  s<ir  oatmeal  ia 
making  pottage.     Yoriih. 

FIBLE-FABLE.     Nonsense.     Var.  dial. 

FICCHES.    The  pip  in  cliickens.     /.««ic. 

FICHE.  To  fix  ;  to  fasten.  "  The  frrke/rAerfe 
in  the  fleschc,"  MS.  Morte  Arthure. 

FICHENT.     See  Figenl. 

FICHERE.     A  fisher.     Nominale  MS. 

FICllET.  A  stoat,  ^lop.  We  haveyfcAocm 
iiT Piers  Ploughman,  p.  468. 

FICHMANGER.     A  fishmonger.     Coirer. 

FICICION.     A  physician,     t'letrr. 

FICK.     To  kick ;  to  struggle.      Yorith. 

FICKELTOW.  The  fore-tackle  or  cairiage 
which  supports  the  plough-beam.     Notf. 

FICO.  A  fig;  a  term  of  reproach,  or  con- 
tempt, often  accompanied  wirtv ».  v««^  <*.  ">!««. 


FIK 


356 


FIL 


linger    or  with  putting  the  thumb  into  the 
mouth.     See  Fig  (1). 

Behold,    nvKt   1    Me  Contempt  tnarching  forth, 

giving  TDcc  ihtjiw  with  thU  thombc  In  hU  mouth. 

mo  MmtU,  1296. 

FID.    A  trotll  thick  lump.     Smth. 

FIDDLE.     To  scratch.     Eiul. 

FIDDLEDEDEE.     Nonsense.      lor.  dial 

ri»DLER'S-F\RE.     Meat,  drink,  »nd  money. 

FIDDLESTICKS-END.     Nonsense.     North. 

FIDE.     Faith.     (Ut.) 

FIDEL.     A  fiddle.     Chaucer. 

FID-FAD.     A  trifle,  or  trillcr.      Var.  dial. 

FIDUE.     To  fidget ;  to  sprawl.     North. 

FIK.     Same   as    Fay,    q.  t.     Fie,  predestined, 

still  in  use   in    Northumberland.      See    Sir 

De^vant,  751. 
FIE-CORN.     Dross-corn.     Suffolk. 
FIELD.     A  ploughed  field,   as  distinguished 

from  grasi  or  pasture.      JVeil. 
FIELDISH.     Rural.     HarHngton. 
FIELD-WHORE.     A  very  common  whore. 
FIELDWORT.     Gentian.'     Gtrard. 
FIERCE.     Sudden;  precipitate;  brisk;  lively. 

Still  in  use.     Fyerge,  Brit.  Bibl.  i.  472. 
FIERS.     Proud ;  fierce.     (^.-M) 
FIEST.    Lirida.     See  Fiu. 
PIFERS.     Fibres  of  wood,  tec.     Eatt. 
FIFLEF.     The  herb  guiiiguifulium. 
FIG.  (1)  Same  as  Fieo,  q. r.     "Give  them  the 

fig,"  England's  Helicon,  p.  209.     Not  care  a 

fig,  i.  e.  not  core  at  all.      See  Florio,  p.  219, 

ed.1611.     Slill  in  use. 
(2)  To  apply  ginger  to  a  hone  to  make  him 

carry  a  fine  tail.     Var.  diaL 

ii)  A  raisin.     Somfriet. 
4)  To  fidget  about.     The  tcnn  occttrs  in  A 

Quest  of  Enquirie,  4to.  Lond.  1&9&  ;  Cotgrave, 

in  V.  FretiUeur. 
TIGENT.      Fidgety ;     restless :    busy ;    indus. 

trious.     See  Beaumont  and  Fletcher,  iii.  1H5, 

512.     Fichent  occurs  in  the  Cobler  of  Can- 
terbury, 1590,  p.  72. 
FIGER-TREE.     A  fig-tree.     Scott. 
FIGGED-PUDDING.     A  raisin  or  plum  pud- 

fiing.     n'etl.     Called  also  a  figgity-pudding. 
FIGHTING-COCKS.Theheadsof  rib-grass,  with 

which  boys  play  by  fencing  with  them.   Eaat. 
FIGHTS.     Cloth  and  canvass  formerly  used  iu 

a  sea-fight  to  hinder  the  men  being  seen  by 

the  enemy.    Shak. 
FIGO.     Same  as  Fico,  q.  v. 
FIG-SUE.    A  mess  made  of  ale  boiled  with  fine 

wheaten   bread  and  figs,   usually   eaten   on 

Good-Friday.     Cumi. 
FIGURATE.     Figured;  tipyfled     Pattgrare. 
FIGURE.     Price;  valuft.      Var.  dial. 
FIGURE-FLINGER.     An  astrologer.    SeeTay- 

lor's  No  Mcrcurius  Aulicus,  4to.  1644. 
FIGURETTO.     A  figured  silk.    {Itol.) 
FIKE.  (l)Afig.     Nominalc  MS. 
(2)  To  be  very  fidgety ;  to  move  in  an  uncon- 

stant,  undelerminate  manner;   to  go  about 

idly.     North.     See  Richard  Coer  de  Lion, 

4749. 


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(3)  A  sore  place  on  the  foot,    /.iur. 
nKEL.     Deceitful ;  cTsfly.     (A.-S.) 
FILACE.     A  file,  or  thread,  on  which  the  rc> 

cords  of  the  courts  of  justice  were  strong. 
FILANDER.     The  back -worm  in  Uawka. 

fylaundret  by  Semen. 
FILANDS.    Tracts  of  unenclosed  arable 

Eatt. 
FILDE.     A  field.     Percv,  p.  3. 
FILDMAN.    A  rustic.     Nominalc  MS. 
FILDORE.     Goldthread.    (.V.-.V.) 
FILE.  (1)  To  defile.     Still  in  u»c. 

He  hu  fortedc  hit  »nd  fylmd^ 
And  cho  e«  fay  Icvedr. 

MS.  Hartt  ArUmrt,  f.  O. 
(2^  List ;  catalogue ;  number.     Shak. 

(3)  To  polish,  applied  to  Ungiuge,  &c. 
Harrison's  Britaine,  p.  26. 

(4)  A  term  of  contempt  for  a  worthless  perwn. 
a  coward,  &c.  An  odd  fcUow  is  still  terror^ 
"  a  rum  old  file." 

Sory  he  wu  that  fali/b, 
Aud  Ihoujte  mon  to  btgyjc. 

CuriM-  ilandi.  U.S.  CW/.  Triti.  Caalak 
Sorful  blcom  that  fali/ro. 
And  Ihoght  hour  he  moght  man  Ijj-wiUc. 

UUI.  MS.  04t.  retrat.  k   ttt.t.i. 

(5)  A  girl,  or  woman.     (A.-N.) 

For  to  rage  iryth  ylka  fyte, 

Ther  thenketh  hym  but  lytjl  vhyle. 

MS.  Hurl.  i;cl.  (.  3D. 

FILEINIE.     Wickniness.     Gover. 

FiLEWORT      The  plant  small  codwrcd. 

FILGIIE.     To  follow.     MS.  Cott.  \'t%f.  D.vii. 

FILL.  (1)  A  field,  or  meadow.    Etter. 

(2)  To  fill  drink,  to  pour  any  bererage  into  • 
glass  or  cup  for  drinking. 

(3)  The  plant  restharrow.    Gerard. 
FILL-BELLS.     The  chain-tugs  to  the  collar  c< 

o  cart-hone,  by  which  he  draws.     Eojit, 
FILL-DIKE.     The  month  of  Febrnarv. 
FILLER.    The  shaft-hone.    Heucc,  figuratirtly. 

to  go  behind,  to  draw  back. 
FILLY.     To  foal,  as  a  mare.     Florio, 
FILLY-TAILS.     Long  white  clouds.      North. 
FILOURE.     A  steel  for  sharpening  kniirsor 

razon.     See  Pr.  Parv.  p.  160.      In  the  Bake 

of  Curtasye,  p.  19,  the  term  is  applied  to  i 

rod  on  which  curtains  arc  hung. 
FILOZELLO.     Flowcrcil  silk,     {/lal.) 
FILSTAR.     A  pestle  and  mortar.     Line. 
FILTCHMAN.     A  beggar's  stulf,  or  truncheon, 

formerly  carried  by  the  ii/iright  man.    See  the 

Fratemitye of  Vacttbonilcs,  16/5. 
FILTEREDE.     Entangled.     North. 

H[i  fax  and  hb  foretoppe  nu  JUttrttim  tofeden. 

And  owte  of  hi!  face  fume  aoe  halfe  fute  Uriee. 
Uortt  Anhurt,  MS.  Uuev/K,  f. 
FILTH.     A  sluttish  |>enon.     fyat, 
FILTHEDE.     Filthiness.     (.y.-&) 
But  for  to  delyte  here  lo  folye. 
In  the  fitthvit  of  ftnile  levherye. 

MS.JU-IU.  ItSOJ,  r  M. 
FILTHISH.     Filthy ;  impure.     Halt. 
FILTHY.    Covered  with  weeds.     Wml. 
FILTRY,     Filth :  rubbish.     Somtrtet. 
FILYHAND.   Following.  MS.  CotU  V«p.  D. m. 


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FIR 


\ 


FIMASHINGS.     In  Jiunting,  the  dung  of  wiy 

kind  of  wild  beuU.     Berneri. 
11MBI.E.  (1)  A  w«lt)ed  cliitniify.      ireit. 

(2)  To  fuiiilile ;  to  do  anytliiiig  imperfectly. 
Var.  dial.  It  uct-un  III  the  Schoole  of  Good 
Manncn,  1629. 

(3)  Thistle,  or  feiuale-herap.  Eatt.  See  Tui- 
•er's  IIiuliKiidry,  pp.  153, 172. 

FIN.  (1)  To  find  ;'to  feel ;  to  end.     Cuvi. 
^2)  The  herb  restharrow.     MidLC. 
(3^  A  finger.      Var.  dial. 

(4)  The  broad  part  of  a  plough-riiare. 
KINAU.NCE.     Fine ;  forfeiture.     Percy. 
FINOII.     To  pull  a  finch,  to  cheat  any  one  out 

of  money.     L'hauerr. 
FINCH-BACKED.    White  on  the  back,  appUed 

to  rattle.     North. 
FINCllED.     Finished.      Witt.  Werte. 
FIND.  (1)  To  supply ;  to  >u]iply  with  provitioni. 

Still  in  common  u«e. 

(2)  To  stand  8|)onsor  to  a  child.      Wnl. 

(3)  To  fimi  our  trilh  the  manner,  to  discover 
one  in  the  act  of  doing  anything. 

(4)  A  fiend.     Lydgale. 
FI.NDESTOW.     Wilt  thou  find.     {j4.-S.) 
FINDINGS.     Inventions.     MS.  P».  Coll. 
FINE.  (1)  To  end  ;  to  finish.     (.t.-K) 

And  Icle  tlic  »treml>  of  thy  mcrqr  vchyne 
Into  my  brcttc,  itie  thrldtle  ImoIl  to/vtie. 

l^antt.  .VS.  S"r.  Anll^.  134,  f.  8. 
And  lie  thalt  rpgnu  In  every  wifthtn  ilgttl 
In  Ibe  hnute  of  jKObtie  elemally  by  lyoe, 
Whovc  kyngilome  ever  thAll  Utte.  and  never /irne. 
X^iffn'e,  *"<•  .4thm^t  31,  f.  tU, 
Aod  aftlrwarde  the  jerc  fynmit. 
The  fod  hath  mjide  of  hire  an  rnJe. 

Ciwer.  U&.  .Sk.  .iKi.H.  134,  r.  71. 
FItMhe  ete  never  of  a1  and  allr. 
He  fynad  never  on  Ood  to  ealle. 

CwwrMuKii.  US.  CM.  Tiln.  Canlab.  t.  <II. 

(2)  To  icfine;  to  purify ;  to  adorn. 

And  thart  lit/imo4  ab  gvlde  (hot  ichynea  elterr. 

Hampflf,  UX.  Itneei,  p.  It4. 
At  folde  In  (yre  la  /ifntd  by  asaay, 

Lrtftt,  ya,  8m.  i<)>ti«.  iM,  r.  7. 

(3)  Perfect ;  unconditional.     Oairayne. 
FINE-FORCE.  Bi/ fine  force,  liy  ali'tolute  power 

or  compidsion.  Of  fine  force,  of  iieccMity. 
See  A  Cotullie  Controversie  of  Cupid's  Cau- 
tels,  1S78,  p.  &1 ;  State  Papers,  ii.  478  ;  Hall, 
Henry  IV.f.29;  Troilusaud  Creseide,T.42I. 

FIN  EG  I' E.     To  avoid ;  to  evade.     Wnl. 

FINE-LEAF.     A  violet.    Line. 

FINENESS.     Endless.     ShaJi. 

FINENESS.     Subtlety.     Matninger. 

FINENEY.  To  mince;  to  be  very  ceremonious. 
Devon, 

FINER.  A  refiner  of  metak.  fyiMr*,  Cocke 
Lorelles  Bote,  p.  9. 

FINEW.  MouldincM,  or  mustinesB.  "Finew'd 
waxe,"  Mirror  for  Mag.  ap.  Narea. 

F1NGERER.     A  thief.     Drkker. 

FINGERKYNS.  A  term  of  endeftrmeot,  men- 
tioned in  Palsgrave's  Acolaslus,  1540. 

FINGERLING.  A  finger-stall,  or  rover  for  a 
finger  or  thninb,      VingrrtttillAoct  not  appear 


to  be  in  the  dictionariet.  It  is  in  common 
use,  and  occur?  in  Florio,  p.  139. 

FINGERS.  The  fingers  arc  thus  named  in  a 
nursery  rhyme,  thumb,  foreman,  lonyman, 
ringman,  and  lillleman.  Similar  name*  arc 
of  high  antiquity,  and  the  following  occnr  in 
a  curious  MS.  of  the  fifteenth  centurj'. 

like  a  fyngir  ha4  a  name,  alt  men  thaire  fj-nger*  caUe. 

The  lest  f)  ngir  hat  lUyl  naN,  fur  hit  b  Int  of  alle : 

The  next  fynger  hat  tet*r  man,  for  qurn  a  Icrlie  do*  ojt. 

With  that  fyoger  he  Utto  all  thyng.  howc  thai  hit  la 
wrojt: 

Longmnn  hat  the  mydllnuut,  for  longefl  lynnet  hit  It ; 

Tha  f^he  men  calle*  towt*rr,  Iherwilh  men  tuuchca 
l-wbi 

The  fiflc  fynger  Is  the  ihuu'tmt,*,  anil  ho  haj  most  myjt. 

And  faatett  haldei  of  alle  the  tuther.  furthi  mtn  callea 
hltrl5t.  MS.  Ommh.  Fr.T.48,  r.l». 

FINGLE-FANGLE.  A  tiifle.  See  A  Book  for 
Boys  and  Girls,  Ix)nd.  1686,  pref. 

FINIAL.  A  pinnacle.  Tliis  is  the  usual  mean- 
ing in  early  doctiuieuti. 

FINISHING.  Any  ornament  in  stone  at  the 
comer  of  a  house.     Holme, 

FINKEL.  Fennel,  \orlh.  ••  Fynkyl»edc,/e«if. 
enlum,"  Nominolc  MS. 

FINNERY.     Moiddy.     H>«f. 

FINNEY.     Humoured ;  spoilt.     Wetl. 

FINNIKIN.     Finical.      Var.  dial. 

FINNY.     A  frxilic.     A  Wight. 

FINS.     Finds ;  things  found.     AorfA. 

FINT.     Found.     Weber,  iii.  27. 

FIP.     A  fillip,     for.  dial. 

FIPPLE.     The  undcr-Up.     .Vor^A. 

FIR-APPLES.     The  corns  of  flr».     Var.  dial. 

FIRBAUKS.  Stniighl  young  firs,  fit  for  lad- 
ders, scaffolding,  &c.     Eatt. 

FIRBOME.     A  licacon.     Pr.  Pan. 

FIRDED.     Freed.     Craven. 

FIRE.  To  bum.  Hence,  to  have  the  but 
venerea.  "  Beware  of  your  fire,"  MS.  AsLm. 
36,  37.  ifore  fire  in  the  bed-$trav,  more 
concealed  mischief. 

FIRE-IU'CKETS.  BuckeU  of  water  ii«ed  for 
quenching  fires.     Higim. 

FIRE-DAMP.  The  inflammable  air  or  gaa  of 
coal  mines.     North. 

FIRE-DEAL.     A  good  deal.      miti. 

FIHE-DRAKE.  A  fiery  dragon.  Sec  Ellin, 
ii.  165.  Later  writers  apply  the  term  to  a 
fier}'  meteor,  and  sometimes  to  a  kind  nf  fire- 
work.    Tiremen  were  also  called /re-rfroit«. 

HRE-FANGED.     Hre-bilten.     North. 

FIRE-FLAIGHT.     Ughlning.     North. 

FIRE-FLINGER.     An  incendiary.     HaU. 

FIBE-FORK.     A  shovel  for  the  fire.     (J.-S.) 

FIREHtK)K.  An  iron  instrument  fomicrly  used 
for  p\illing  houses  down  when  set  on  fire, 

FlRE-lRON.  A  piece  of  iron  or  steel  used  for 
striking  a  light  with  a  flint.     Pr.  Parv. 

FIRE-LEVEN.     Lightning.    ( haueer. 

FIRE-NEW.  Quite  new.  Shai.  "Or  fire-new 
fashion  in  «  sleeve  or  slop,"  Du  Bartas,  p, 
516.     Still  in  use. 

FIRE-OF-HELL.  A  fierce  burning  pain  in  the 
hands  and  feel.    North, 


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FIBE-PAN.  A  fire-shovel ;  a  vessel  used  for 
conveying  fire  from  one  apartment  to  anollicr. 
Tor.  dial. 

FIBE-PIKE.  A  fire-fork.  It  h  fraiislated  bv 
fiircilla  id  MS.  Ariind.  249,  f.  89. 

FIREI'OINT.     A  poker.     .Vor/A. 

FJRE-POTTER.     A  poker.     Lane. 

F1UJ2-SUIP.  A  prostitute.  South.  N'o  doubt 
from  the  old  meaning  uifire,  q.  v. 

FIRE-STONE.  A  flint  used  with  steel  or  iron 
for  striking  a  light  with. 

FIRK.  (1)  A  trick,  or  quirk  ;  a  freak.  Firkery, 
a  ver)'  odd  prank. 

(2)  To  whip  ;  to  beat.     Sec  also  Ferke. 

FIRLY.     Confusion ;  tumult.     Nurlh. 

FIRLY-FARLY.     A  wonder.     Cropen. 

FIRM.  To  confirm.  North.  Sec  Lamhardc's 
Perambulatiou,  1396,  p.  405. 

FIRRE.     Further.     Syr  Gatcai/ne. 

FIRREl).     Freed.     (Varen. 

FUIRENE.     Made  of  fir.     (.^.-&) 

FIRST.  (1)  Forest.     Hearne. 

(2)  Early  ;  youtliful.     Gairayne. 

FIRST-END.     The  beginning.     A'orM. 

FIRSTER.     First.     A'orM. 

FIRST-FOOT.  The  name  pven  to  the  iierson 
who  first  enters  a  dwelling-house  on  New- 
Year's  day.     North. 

FIRSUN.     Furze  or  gorse.     MS.  Med. 

FIRTH  E.     A  wood,  or  coppice. 

In  the  rrount  of  the  J^rthe,  as  the  wayc  Tarthlf, 
Fjrfiy  IhouQdc  of  folke  wu  fellide  ai  ones. 

Hartt  Arlhurt,  MS.  UneolH,  t.  '3. 

FIRTLE.     To  fidget.     Cumb. 
FISE.     Linda.     Nominalc  MS. 
FISGIG.  (1)  Frisky.     Warw. 

(2)  A  worthless  fellow.  Somemrt.  In  Craven, 
a  light-heeled  wench.  Sec  Skelton's  Works, 
ii.175.  "Afisgig,or fisking housewife, truliere,' 
HoweU,  1660. 

(3)  A  kind  of  boy's  top.     Blount. 

FISH.  y^»  muff  o*  oJT«A,  very  silent.  Seethe 
Two  Lancashire  Lovers,  1610,  p.  266.  '•  /loc 
mihi  non  ett  nnjotium,  I  have  other  fish  to 
We,"  MS.  Rawl.  A.D.  1656. 

FISHER.  A  dish  composed  of  apples  baked  in 
batter.     Dmon. 

FISHEIUTE.  To  proride  for.  Eait.  Per- 
haps a  corruption  of  officiate. 

FISll-F.VG.     A  fish-woraan.     South. 

FISH-GARTHS.  Places  made  by  the  sides  of 
rivers  for  securing  fishes,  so  that  they  might 
be  more  easily  caught. 

FISHING-TAUM.     An  angling  line.     A'erfA. 

FISH-LEEP.     A  fish-basket.     Pr.  Parr. 

FISK.  To  frisk  about,  idling.  ■■  That  runneth 
out  fitkinff,"  Tusser,  p.  286. 

FISNAMY.     Face,  or  "similitude  of  man  or 
Iteast,"  Huloet,  1552. 
Thr  f Alrcsto  of  fyunamg  that  fourmede  was  ever. 

tlDTtt  Arthyn,  MS.  Uneolti,  f.  88. 

FISODROWE.  A  kind  of  lolister;  translated 
by  jfanu  in  Nominale  MS. 

FIS8-UUTT0CKED-S0W.  A  fiit,  coano.  vul- 
gu,  presuming  woman.    Eait. 


FISSES      RsU.     Var.  dioL 

FISSLE.  (1)  A  thistle.     S^oli. 

(2)  To  fidget.     A'orfA.      In  early   Engli 

same  as  Fite,  q.  v.  and  still  in  use. 
FI  ST.     Same  as  Fitt,  q.  v. 
FIST-DALL.     A  kind  of  ball  Uke  a  foot-lall, 

beaten  with  the  fista.     See  the  Nomenclatori 

loB5,p.296. 
FISTING-HOUND.     A  kind  of  spaniel, 

tioned  in  Harrison's  England,  p.  230. 
FISTY.     The  fist.    To  come  to  fistj-cuffs,  I. 

to  fight.      Var.  diaL 
FIT.  (I)  Ready  ;  iuclined.     Var.diaL 

(2)  To  match  ;  to  be  equal  with.     SJ»at. 

(3)  A  division  of  a  song,  jmcm,  or  dance. 
Thornton  Romances,  p,  191. 

FITCH.  (I)  A  polecat.     Somertet.  ' 

{2)  A  small  spoonfuL     Line. 

FITCHES.     Vetches,     lor.  dial 

FITCHET.      A    polecat.     Also    caHed    filch, 
fitchee,Jitcher,JifcAok,  fitchew,  nii'i  f!i.-i..,i 
Harrison,  p.  225,  seems  to  make  soi 
lion  between  the/ffcAeic  and  polrt 
term  is  sometimes  explained  a  kind  of  stuat  or 
weasel.     It  was  formerly  a  tenii  of  ciutcmpt. 

FITCIIET-PIE.  A  pie  composed  of  applet. 
onions,  and  bacon.     North. 

FITII.  A  fight.  "  Man  iJiat  goth  in  fray  and 
fylh,"  Arch.  xxx.  383. 

FITHELE.     A  fiddle.     (J.-S.) 

Mecho  she  koutbe  of  maulialdra 
Of  hsrpc,  oifith»l»t  of  ssuf  ri. 

Cv  If  Wiirikr.f.  U^ 

FITMENT.     Equipment,  or  dreaa.     Shak. 

FETONE.    To  teU  falsehoods.     See  Stani 
p.  15.     Palsgrave  has^/frn. 

FITPENCE.     Five-pence.     Deron. 

FITTEN.  A  pretence,  or  feint,  irett.  Giffunl, 
in  his  notes  on  Uen  Jonson,  sertiu  iinar- 
quaintcd  with  this  provinciaUsm.  No  iloubl 
(romfitoite,  q.  v. 

FITTER.  To  kick  with  the  feet,  ns  cross  chil- 
dren do.     Hence,  (o  be  in  a  passion.    North. 

FITTERS.  Persons  who  vend  and  load  cnaU, 
fitting  ships  with  cargoes.  North.  AU  ill' 
fitters,  i.  c.  in  very  small  pieces  or  fmgmeals. 
y'or*»A. 

FITTILY.    Neatlv;  nicely;  elererljr.     Dtrom. 

FITTINGEST.     Mostfiltini,     (J.-S.) 

FITTLE.  (I)  Victuals.     »fVo. 

(2)  To  tattle,  or  lilab.     Somertet. 

(3)  To  dean.     Ojoii. 

FITTLKU-ALE.     Ale  with  spirits  wanned  and 

sweetened.      Yorkih. 
FITTON.     Same  as  t'ilone,  q.  v. 
FITTY.  (1)  A  terra  applied  to  land*  left  tiy  llir 

sea ;  marsh-lands.     Line. 
(2)  Neat ;  clever  j  proper.     South. 
FIVE-FINGERS.     Oxlips.     £atl.     (MMjiti- 

finger-graaa  in  Florio,  p.  138.     Also  the  aamc 

as  .'Inberry.  q.  v. 
FIVE-LEAF.     The  herb  cinqoefoU. 
FIVE-PENNY-MORRIS.    The  game  of  Merrils. 

or  nine  nun'i  morrit,  as  Shakcs-pearc  terms  it. 

It  was  commonly  played  iu  Eogland  with 


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atones,  but  in  Prince  with  roonlors  mkde  on 
puq)o>c  for  it. 
FIVES.    Avives,  a  disease  in  horses. 
FIX.     A  laml)  yeaned  dead.      If^nl. 
FIXACIOUN.     Filing.     A  chemical  term. 
To  do  Iher  btfitaeioun. 
With  tnnprid  hetU  of  thefyrr. 

Caurn-,  MS.  Sx.  Ai,li<i.  134,  1. 110. 

nXE.    Kxed.     Ckttucer. 

FIXRN.     A  vixen,  or  acold.     AorM. 

FIXKSE.    The  female  fox. 

Thr  fitttu  fox  whelp«ih  undn  (h*  eilhe  mora 

depe  than  theblcche  of  the  wolf  dulth. 

MS.  Bodl.  no. 
FIX-FAX.     Same  as  Faxvar,  q.  v. 
FIXURK.    Fi\cd  position.     S/iai: 
FIZ.      A  flash ;   a  liissing  noise.      Var.  dial. 

Henccyfjyiy,  a  small  quantity  of  damp  powder 

set  alight  hv  bovs  for  their  amusement. 
FIZMER.     To  fidget.     Suffol*. 
FIZZLE.      To  do  anything  without  noise,  as 

Jlatut  tmlru,  tine  crepilu  out  tonilu.     See 

CleaTcUnd's  Poems,  16C0,  p.  40;  plorio,p.  6. 

fV*fer,MS..\diUt.  5008.    To  nestle.    Cumb. 
FLA.    To  frighten.     Yorith. 
FLAAT.     Scolded.     Craven. 
FLABBERGAST.     To  astonish,   or  confound 

utterly  with  amazement.     /  or.  dial. 
FLABBERKIN.     Flabby.     Nash,  1592. 
FLABELL.     A  fan.    Junius,  1585. 
FLABERGULLION.     A  lout,  or  clown. 
FLACK.  ( 1 )  A  blow,  or  stroke.    i;atl. 

(2)  To  hang  loosely,     yar.  dial. 

(3)  To  move  backwards  and  forwards  ;  to  palpi- 
tate,    ytaeter  in  Craven  Gloss,  i.  152. 

Hire  coldebrcste  bygm  to  hetp. 
Here  herte  alao  to.^ac*«  and  tMrtc. 

Gown-,  MS.  S<K.  Jnlhi.  IS4,  f.  137. 
FLACKER.     To  flutter  j  to  quiver.    North. 
FLACKERED.     Rejoiced.     Cumb. 
FLACKET.  (1)  To  flap  about.     Hence,  a  girl 

whose  clothes  bang  loosely  about  her ;  iftack- 

etitig  wench.     Eatt. 
(2)  A  bottle  or  flask.     North.    "  KXyieiflacked 

of  gold,"  .\lortc  d'Artliur,  i.  282. 
FLACKING-COUB.      A  wide-toolhed    comb. 

See  Batcbclor's  Orlhocp.  Anal.  1809,  p.  132. 
FLACKY.     Hanging  loosely.    Eatt. 
FLAFFER,     Same  as  I'lacier,  q.v.    "A  Ihou- 

lutd  Jtajfing  flags,"  Du  Bnrlas,  p.  363. 
FLAG.  ( 1)  A  flake  of  snow.     North. 
(2)  Turf,  or  sod.   Eatt.    The  term  is  also  applied 

to  the  small  pieces  of  coarse  grass  common  in 

some  meadows. 
FLAGEIN.     Flattering;  lying.     Nvrth. 
FLAGELL.  (1)  A  flageolet.    ^.^..N.) 
(2)  Terror ;  fright ;  scourge.    Lydgate. 
FLAGELUTE.  A  rent  or  hole  in  a  garment.  Eatt. 
FLAGETTE.     A  flagon.    Chester  Plays,  i.  124. 
FLAG-HEATHERS.     The  feathers  ai  the  wiugs 

next  the  body  of  a  hawk. 
FLAGGE.     A  groat.     Harman. 
FLAGGING.  (1)  Paving  with  stone*,    n'etl. 
(2)  Flapping;  waving.    Devon. 
FLAGGY.     Flabby.    Somertel. 
FLAGITATE.     To  desire  eat  ne*tly.    [Lot.) 


FLAGRANT.     Fragrant.     Arch.  v\ix.53 

FLAH.    Turf  for  fuel.    North. 

FLAID.  Afraid;  terrified.  North.  "Thay 
weren  afiayde,"  Archcologia,  xxii.  309. 

FLAIE.     Flew.     Chaucer. 

FL.MGHT.     Same  as  F&iA,  q.  v. 

FLAIK.  A  portion  or  space  of  stall.  Also,  > 
wooden  frame  for  keeping  oat-cakes  upon. 
North. 

FLAINE.  (1)  The  ray-fisli.     North. 

(2)  Fled.     Chaucer. 

FLAIRE.     The  ray,  or  scale.     Kay. 

FLA  ITCH.    To  flatter;  to  persuade.    Cumb. 

FLAITE.     To  scare,  or  frightcu.    North. 

FLAKE.  (1)  A  paling,  or  hurdle,  of  any  de- 
scription ;  a  temporary  gate  or  door.  North. 
The  term  occurs  in  Holiiisbcd,  Chron.  Ireland, 
p.  178.     SeeF/ai*. 

(2)  A  piece,  or  fragment.     Iahc. 

(3)  A  scale  or  covering  membrane.   Pr.  Pan. 
FLAKE-WHITE.     White  lead.     //o/me. 
FLAil.  (1)  To  deceive  or  cheat    Kent,     Alao  a 

substantive,  a  falsehood. 

(2)  A  violent  fall ;  a  heavy  stroke.    North. 

(3)  A  low  marshy  place,  particularly  near  a  river. 
This  word  is  common  at  Islip,  co.  Oxou,  and 
perhaps  in  other  places,  though  it  was  long 
since  mentioned  by  Hcame  as  peculiar  to 
Oxfordshire.  See  Gloss,  to  Langtoft,  p.  571. 
It  is,  however,  in  no  printed  glossary. 

PLAMBE.     A  flame.     {A-N.)     Also  a  herb, 

mentioned  in  MS.  Med.  Line.  f.  314. 
FLAMED.     Inflamed.    Speiuer. 
FLAME-FEW.     The  briUiaut  reflection  of  the 

moon  seen  in  the  water. 
FLAMMAKXN.     A    blowsy  slatternly  wencli. 

Devon, 
FLAMMANDB.     Glittering. 

Fsuuntrs  euflureschii  In  /tamman^  liWcr. 

Wurf<  Arlhuri,  MS.  Unmlti,  t,  U. 
FLAM-NEW.     Quite  new.     C'ornir. 
FL.VMPOY.\TES.      Pork  pics,  seasoned  with 

cheese  and  sugar.     A  common  dish  in  early 

cookery.    See  Warner,  p.  66. 
FLAN.     Broatl  and  large.     North. 
FL.\NCANTERKIN.     The  white  rot.     SOm. 
FLANCARDES.    Coverings  for  a  horse's  flanks. 

See  Hall,  Henry  IV.  f.  12. 
FLANCH.     A  projection.     North. 
PLANE.    To  flay.     (J.-S.) 
FLANG.  ( 1 )  Flung ;  rushed.     WVJer. 
(2)  To  shun  a  door.    Siffbli. 
FLANGE.     To  project  out.     /'or.  dial 
FLANKER.     A  spark  of  fire.    f^M^    "  Flankcs 

of  fier,"    Holinsbed,  Chrnuicles  of  Ireland, 

p.  148.     See  Devon.  Dial. 

For  who  can  hide  the  jtanclcring  flame. 
That  klUI  llKlfc  betrajra? 

Titrbnll^t  OnU,  ISB}.  I,  *3. 

FLANN.     ShaUow.    Cumb, 
PLANNED.     Shallow.     Craven. 
PLANNEN.     Flannel,     rar.  dial. 
FLANTUM.     A  flantura-flalherum  piebald  dill, 

i.  e.  a  woman  fantastically  dressed  with  various 

colours.    Grose. 
FLAP.  (1 )  A  stroke,  or  touch.     "  \  Rwj  VwV  ». 


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fox-Uile,"  riorio,  p.  137.  Hence,  an  afBiction 
of  any  kinil.  Eant.  Also,  fo  strike  or  Iwat. 
See  HowcU's  Lex.  Sect.  i. 

And  th«ne  Alexindci  lett  hym  up  In  hit  bedit, 
•nd  fCAffl!  hymesclfc  a  grtle /1'ippe  on  the cbrke, and 
bygane  for  to  wrpc  rijtv  bitterly, 

MS.  UnnlnA.i.  ,7.  f.  48. 

AHe  the  flcsche  of  the  danke  he  fioppei  In  KindTre* 

US.  Mont  jtrthHTt,  r.  8». 

(2)  To  flap  a  iroize,  to  ttim  it  in  the  pan  without 
toucbing  it.     Etut. 

(3)  A  piece  of  anylhing  flapping  fo  and  fro  on  a 
line  or  point,  as  a  fiy-ftnp  to  ilritc  flies  away. 
See  Nomenclator,  p.  251  ;  Tarltoii,  p.  120; 
Randolph's  Jealous  Lovers,  1646,  p.  23;  Cocke 
Lorelles  Bote,  p.  2. 

(•4)  All  unsteady  woman.    DnrK 

FLAP-DOCK.    Foxglove.    Dmm. 

FLAPDOODLE.  The  stuff  fools  are  said  to  be 
nourished  on.    W'eirf. 

FLAP-DRAGON.  A  smoll  substance,  such  as  a 
pinm  or  candle-end,  set  afloat  in  a  cup  of 
spirits,  and  when  set  on  fire,  to  be  snatched  by 
the  mouth  and  swallowed.  This  was  a  com- 
mon amusement  in  former  times,  but  is  now 
nearly  obwlete.  Flap-ilragtm  was  also  a  cant 
term  for  t  he  luei  venerea. 

FLAP-JACK.  {D  The  lapwing.    Svffol*. 

(2)  A  pancake.  "  DouseUand  flappjacks,"  King 
and  a  Poorc  Northcrnc  Man,  1640.  The  term 
is  applied  in  Norfolk  to  an  apple  turnover. 
Jennings  says,  "  a  fried  cidte  made  of  batter, 
apples,  fee." 

(3)  A  flat  tliin  joint  of  meat.    East. 
FLAPPERS.     Young  birds  just  enabled  to  try 

their  wings  before  they  fly.    Eatt. 
FLAPPE-SAWCE.     A  term  of  reproach,  formed 
similarly  \n  JUipdoodle  .f{.  v. 

Nuwe  hatiic  thli  RluttoD.  1.  Ihli  Jtappe-mtcctt  the 

thyng  that  he  may  plentuously  iwallowe  downc  hole, 

i'al'graiK'a  Aeotnttutt  1^0. 

FLAPPY.     Wild :  nnsleady.     North. 
FLAPS.     Large  broad  mushrooms.    Etut. 
FLAPSE.     To  speak  impertinently.     Also,  an 

impudent  fellow.  lieih. 
FLAPSY.  Flabby.  Bed: 
FLARE.  (1)  To  flare  up,  to  be  very  angry  all  of 

a  sudden.     I'ar.  dial. 

(2)  Fat  round  a  pig's  kidney.      Went. 

(3)  Saliva.     Somertet. 
FLARING.     Showy;  gaudy.     North. 
FLARNECK.-  To  flaunt  vulgarly.    Eatt. 
FLARRANCE.    A  bustle  ;  a  great  hurry.    Nor/. 
FLASH.  (1)  To  make  a  flash,  i.  c.  to  let  boats 

down  throngh  a  lock.  IVeal.  It  is  a  common 
term  for  a  pool.     See  FlotcAe. 

i2)  A  pcrriwig.     North. 
3)  To  rise  up.     "  The  sea  flathed  up  unto  his 
legs  and  knees,"  Holinshcd,  Hist.  England, 
p.  181.     See  Palsgrave's  .\colastus,  ISIO. 

!4)  To  trim  a  hedge.    Eaal. 
5)  7b  c«/  a  JIath,  to  moke  a  great  show  for  a 

short  time. 
(0)  A  aheaf  of  arrows.     Skinner. 

SHES.     The  hot  stages  of  a  fever.    South 


FLASHY.    Gay;  showy.     Alio,  looM. 

as  unsound  grass ;  insipid. 
FLASKER.      To   flutter;    to    tjoirer.     Awtt 

Wilbraham  says,  "  to  choke,  or  stifle." 
FLASKET.     A  clothcs-b«»ke«.    AUo,  • 

washing-tub.      I'or.  diaL 
FLASKIN.     Same  as  So//i^  (1).    Yerbh. 
FLAT.  (1)  Sorrowful;  out  of  t|iirit«; 

without  business.      Vor.  dioL 

(2)  A  hollow  in  a  tield.  Gloue.   Any  very 
level  place.     Anciently,  a  field. 

(3)  Entirely.     Dent's  Pathway,  p.  138. 

(4  i  A  blow,  or  stroke.  "  S  wiche  a  flat."  .4rfluni 
and  Merlin,  p.  182. 

FLAT-BACK.     A  common  knife.     Nvrlk. 

FLAT-CAPS.  A  nick-name  for  the  citaeas,  ifc. 
rived  from  their  dress.  See  .Ajnends  far  Ljdjot 
p.  G2.     It  was  a  general  term  of  demion. 

FLATCII.     To  flatter.     North. 

FLATCHET.    The  stomach.     Drvom, 

FLAT-FISH.  Flounders,  &o.  SoutA.  See  a 
list  of  JIat-fiih  in  Harrison,  p.  22<. 

FLATH.     Filth ;  dirt ;  ordure.     Hett, 

FLATHE.     The  ray,  or  scatc.     Pr.  Ptt. 

FLAT-IRON.  A  heater-sbaped  iroa  wilbool  a 
box.      Car.  dial. 

FIJITIVE.     FUtuIenl.     yfne.  Drmm. 

FLATLING.  Flat.  To  ilnltjiatlimg,  to ttAt 
Willi  the  broad  flat  side  of  auythiiig.  See 
Florio,  p.  137 ;  Morte  d' Arthur,  i.  294  ;  Tem- 
pest, ii.  1 ;  Bourne's  Inventions  or  Periies, 
1578,  No.  32.  "Flat  pcce,  patera,"  MS. 
Arund.  249,  f.  89. 

And  to  hyi  chaumbur  am  he  gone. 
And  leyde  hymyfa'/i"ijron  the  groundr. 

US.  Ointai.  rt.  H.  M.  (.  OS. 

FLATLINS.    Plainly ;  peremptory.     North. 

FLAT.MILK.     Skimmed  milk.    Uhc. 

FLATOUIL     A  flatterer.     (J.-N.) 

FLAT-RIIAN.     Strata*  of  coal.     St^. 

FLATS.  Small  white  fresh-water  fiafa.uroidi, 
&c.     Suffoli. 

FLAT-STONE.    A  measure  of  iron-stone. 

FLATTEN.     To  strike,  or  slap.     (-•f.-.V.) 

FLATTER-DOCK.     Pond  weed.    Chak. 

FLALGK.     Flew;  fled.     *i7«>i«. 

FLAUGHTER.  (1 )  To  frighten.     Yorlhk. 

(2)  Thin  turf  turned  uji.    A'orM. 

FLAUMPEYNS.  A  dish  in  andcnt  cookery 
composed  of  pork,  (ig»,  eggs,  pepper,  sadlruii, 
gait,  wliite  sugar,  &c.     See  Flampoyitfet. 

FLAUN.  A  custard,  generally  made  in  niiacd 
paste.  North.  The  term  is  common  in  an- 
cient receipts,  but  it  was  made  in  various  waya; 
and  a  kind  of  pancake  was  so  calli'd.  Ncllle- 
ham  feast  at  Easter  is  called  the  l-'loirn,  pos- 
aibly  from  flaunt  having  been  formerly  raiea 
at  that  period  of  the  year. 

FLAUNTS,     fineries.     Shalt. 

FLAL/'T.  A  roll  of  wool  carded  ready  for 
spinning.     North. 

FLAYER.    Froth,  or  foam.    Line. 

FLAW.  A  violent  storm  of  wind.  See  Brome's 
Travels,  1700,  p.  241 ;  Florio,  p.  132.  Hence, 
mctaplioricallv,  a  quancl. 


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FLAME.  (1)  Yellow.     Ciaunr. 

(2)  To  flay  «n  animil.     Pr.  Parr. 

PLIWES.  (1)  Square  pieces  of  Iieath-tuif,  drieit 
for  fuel.      YorkiM. 

(2)  Sparks.     Possibly  this  miy  be  the  word  in- 
tended in  Mcas.  for  Mcas.  ii.  3. 
TUIe  the  Jtawtt  of  fyre  flawmn  one  thrirc  hclmes. 
Uortt  MrtUmrf,  US.  Lincoln,  t.BO. 

FLAWGHTIS.    Rakes  of  snow. 

And  thare  begane  for  to  fallc  giete  /tawghti* 

of  tnawci  at  thay  had  bene  greir  lokke>  of  voile. 
MS.  Lincoln  A.  i.  17.  t-  SI- 
FLAWING.     Barking  timber.     Ktnt. 
FLAWMBE.     A  flame.     {A.-N.) 
FLAW'PS.      Ad  awkward,   noisy,   untidy  and 

slovenly  person.     Korlh. 
FLAWS.     Thin  cakcj  of  ice.     Shak. 
FLAXF,N-EGG.     An  abortive  egg.     Dftfon. 
FLAX-WIFE.     A  female  spinner.     Hall. 
FLAY.  (1)  To  pare  turf  from  meadow-lond  with 

a  hrcBSt-plougli.      IVent. 

(2)  To  mix.  A  term  in  old  cookery,  Also,  to 
take  the  chill  off  liciuor. 

(3)  Some  as  h'ta,  q.  v. 

(4)  To  skin  a  hart  or  hind.    A  hunting  term. 
FLAY-BOGGARD.     A  hobgoblin.     A'orM. 
FLAY-CRAW.     A  scarecrow.     Crmrn. 
FLAYRE.     Smell;  odour. 

And  allc  iwcte  uvowrn  (hat  men  may  fele 
or  alkyn  Ihyng  that  here  aavem  wele. 
War  noght  hot  uyocke  to  regard*  of  the/l«|rr«, 
That  et  in  the  cyt4  of  hrfcn  to  fayre. 

Hatnpole,  MS.  Bout;  p.  £». 

FLAYSOME.     Frightful.     Aor/A. 

FLAZE.    A  smoky  flame.     I'ar.  dial 

FLAZZ.     Newly  fledged.     Kent. 

FLAZZ.\RD.  A  stout  broad-faced  wonuui 
dressed  in  a  show^  manner.     Eatl. 

FLEA.  (1)  To  flay  off  the  skin,     ^'orlh. 

(2)  To  send  one  away  with  a  flea  in  his  car,  i.  c. 
to  dismiss  liiin  with  a  good  scolding,  or  make 
him  uneasy,  See  Amim's  Nest  ol  Ninnies, 
1G08,  p.  30. 

FLEA-BITE.     A  mere  trifle,      far.  dial 

FLEA-BITTEN.  Of  a  dark  speckled  colour. 
"A  flea-bitten  horse  never  tires,"  old  pro- 
verb.    See  Ben  Jonson,  iv.  •IS2. 

FLEACHES.  Portions  into  which  timber  is  cut 
by  the  saw.     Eatt. 

FLEAD.(l)  Stood.      Cumi. 

(2)  Lard.     Kent  and  Siater. 

FLEA-DOCK.     The  herb  butter-burr. 

FLEAK.  (1)  A  flounder.     Norlhmh. 

(2)  To  tire,  or  exhaust.     North. 

(3)  A  small  lock,  thread,  or  twist.  Metaphori- 
cally, a  Utile  insifrniflcant  person.    See  Nares. 

(4)  A  variegated  snail-khell.     Line. 
FLEAKY.     Flabby!  soft.     A'or/A. 
FLEAM.     A  water-course.     North. 
FLEAMY.     Clotted  with  blood,     line. 
FLEAN.     FUvcd.     Gcnt.Rec.  u.  77. 
FLEAND.     Flying.     See  Torrent,  p.  61. 

Fare  wellc,  y  parte  fro  the, 
TlieJIeand  devylle  wyth  ihe  be*. 

.VS.  Cantah.  ft.  Ii.  91.  f.  134. 

KI.EASII.  The  substance  under  Ihe  bark,  or 
rind  of  herbs.     Barrt. 


FLEAURE.    The  floor.     Norlh. 
FLEBLED.     Enfeebled.     {J..N.) 
FLEBRING.     Slander.     Stinner. 
PLECCIIE.     To  separate  from ;  to  quit. 
Som  man,  for  lak  of  ocupncton, 

Muieih  fenher  than  faU  wit  may  strecche. 
And  at  feodi*  inttlgaclon 
Daropnable  erroure  holdeth,  and  can  tkotjiecehe. 
Occltoe,  MS.  Sx.  /^■(i4.  134,  f.  Ml. 

FLECCHED.  Dismissed;  separated. 
Out  i«  he  put.  Adam  the  wretched. 
Fro  Paradii  fouly  Jlrcchra, 

Curtor  Uumll,  MS.  Coll.  THm  Canlml:  t.  7 

FLECK.  (1)  The  down  of  animals.     Katt. 

2)  A  crack,  or  defect ;  a  spot.     Norlh. 

3)  To  fly.     Ckeih. 

4)  A  side  of  bacon.     Northuml. 

(5)  Lightning.     "  Like  fleck."     Eatl. 

(6)  To  comb.  Hence  JlecJtfu-comt,  a  comb  with 
large  Iceth.     South. 

(7)  To  deprive ;  to  steal.     Eatl. 

(S)  A  sore  place  in  the  flesh  where  the  skin  is 

mbbed  off.  Line.  Also,  the  flesh  itself. 
FLECKED.  (1)  Arched ;  vaulted.  (.^.-A'.) 
(2)  Marked ;  spotted ;  streaked.    It  occurs  in 

Chaucer,  Piers  Ploughman,  &c.    Still  in  use 

in  Lincolnshire. 
FLECKER.     To  flutter.     Chauetr. 
FLECKSTONE.  A  small  stone  used  in  spinning. 

Nominale  MS. 
FLECT.     To  attract,  or  allure.     Hall, 
FLECTEN.    To  abound.     S*«tner. 
FLED.    Damaged  by  the  fly,  or  wet  weatUer. 

Saltft. 
FLEDGE.     Fledged.     Shak. 
FLEDGER8.     Same  as  Plappm,  q.  v. 
FLEE.     To  fly.     Also,  a  flv.     North. 
FLEE-BY-THE-SKY.    A  flighty  person  i  a  silly 

giggling  girl.     North. 
FLEECE.     To  cheat  any  one.     far. dial. 
FLEECll.  (1)  A  turn  ;  a  liout.     A'ojiA. 
(2)  To  suppUcate  in  a  flattering  manner;  to 

wheedle.     Norlh. 
FLEEDE.     Fled.     (.-f.-S.) 

Thane  the  Bretons  on  the  bente  habyddrt  no  ImgcTtj 

Bot  /Undo  to  the  foreste,  and  the  ftelde  leredr. 

Morte  Arthurt,  MS.  Unnxlh,  t.  W. 

FLEE-FLOWNS.  The  eggs  of  flies  in  meat. 
Domet, 

FLEEING-EATHER.    The  dragon-fly.    A'orM. 

FLEEK.     A  flitch  of  bacon.     North. 

FLEEN.     Fleas.     Chaverr. 

FLEEN  L'RT.  A  field  flower  of  a  yellow  colour. 
L/nie. 

FLEER.  To  laugh  ;  to  grin  ;  to  sneer.  "  I 
flccrc,  1  make  an  yvell  couutenauncc  with 
the  mouthe  by  luicovcrjng  of  the  lelhr," 
Palsgrave.     Still  in  use. 

FLEET.  (1)  To  float.  Sonth.  .Mso,  a  salt-water 
tide  creek.  Formerly  any  stream  was  called 
^flcrl.  Hence,  Fleet  ditch.  In  the  North, 
shallow  water  is  lerme<l  fleel-waler,  and  Ihe 
word  is  also  applied  to  a  lx)g.  Flelt,  floated, 
Towneley  Myst.  p.  31.  fleet,  water.  Se« 
.Ivle;  Keniieit's  MS.  Glossary. 

(2>  To  skim  milk.      lor.  dial.      "You  fteelcw 


FLE 


3R2 


face,"  Bcauiuoiil  «iid  Flet.  v.  442,  Lc.  you 
whey  face.  Klso,  to  «kira  any  liquor  of  sedi- 
ment lying  on  the  lurfacc. 

(3)  The  windward  tide.    Somerul. 

(4)  To  gutter,  as  a  candle.     Gtnue. 
FLEETING.    A  perquisite,    iinc. 
FLEETING-DISH.    A  ihallow  dish  for  skim- 
ming off  the  cream.    North. 

FI.EETINGS.     Curds.     North. 

FLEET-MILK.     Skimmed  milk.    North. 

FLEGE.     Sedge  grass.    Nominale  MS. 

FLEGEL.    Aflagelet.    {A.-N.) 

Tho  the  doth  wu  y-drawF, 
The  wtlle  gin  ■  fitpl  blswc. 

jUtmiter,  Authlnltck  US. 

FLEGO.     A  fly.    Northumt. 
FLEGOE.     Severe ;  terrible.    (A.-N.) 
FLEGGED.  (I)  Fledged.    But. 
(2)  Parted  ;  shaped.    Arch.  xxx.  407. 
FLEH.    Same  as  Flay,  q.  T. 
FLEICHS.    Flesh.    W.  Mapes,  p.  334. 
FLEIH.    Flew;  fled.    Hcanu. 
FLEINGALL.     A  kestrel  hawk. 
FLEITER.     To  prop  the  bank  of  n  hrook  da- 
maged l)V  a  flood.    Verb. 
FLEKE.    See  flaik  and  Flake. 
FLEKED.    Bent ;  turned.    Heame. 
FLEKRAND.    SmiUng.    li.  de  Bruiine. 
FLEKYT.    Same  as  FIrcted,  q.  v. 
FLE.M.     A  farrier's  lancet,    f /«n-*/ie*,  a  small 

stick  to  strike  it  into  the  vein. 
FLEME.  (1)  A  rirer,  or  stream ;  a  large  trench 
cut  for  draining.     Ifent. 

To  Jtemt  Jordon  and  to  Bedlera, 
And  to  the  botogh  of  Jeniulem. 

MS.  CanM.  Vt.  ii.»,  r.n. 
(2)  To  banish.    {A.-S.) 
FLEMED.    Flamed ;  burnt.    ITeier. 
FLEMEB.    A  banishcr.    {A.-S.) 
FLEMNOUS.    A  phlegmatic  person. 
FaI  of  kyndp  tht  /trmnQtu  nuy  Irare, 
And  know  hytne  tieit  by  whytncs  of  hys  t»ct. 

M.l.  Otnlab.  Fl.  I.  8,  I.  HI). 
FLEN.    Fleas.    Reliq.  Antiq.  i.91. 
FLENE.    To  fly  ;  to  escape  from.    A.-S.) 
They  were  *o  imert  and  w>  kene. 
They  made  the  Sanyot  all  to  /te*it. 

US.  Canlai.  Ff.  IL  38,  f.  188. 
They  iny5t  be  no  wvyflenf. 
Her  crltoge  ii  Ihcr  to  bene. 

US.  Omlat).  Ft.  r.  41),  t.  37- 

FLEOTEN.   To  float,  or  sail.    (A.-S.) 
FLEI'PER.     The  under  Up.    Also,  to  pout  or 

hang  the  lip.    North. 
FLERYANDE.    Fleering j  grinning. 

Fy  I  Mli  iyr  Forlda*,  thovi  jleryanilt  wrychc. 

ilurte  Arlhurr,  US.  Unnln,  t.  83. 

FLESCHELYllEDE.    Fleshlincss.    (A.-S.) 

Ot  no  cari'ync.  of  oo  Jlrtefirlphttte, 

US.  Sor.AntU,.  134,  f.  SS. 

FLESH.  To  feed  a  hound  to  encourage  him  to 
run  well.  Hence,  generally,  to  fatten.  See 
Harrison's  England,  p.  132.  In  the  following 
passage  it  means  eniimf  to  fight,  madftrony 
and  inare. 

Aud  SlmoD  beat*  them  lioihe,  and  made  them 
tiorh  girt  of;     aod    after   that   Simon    wold    not 


ihriokc  for  a  btudtll  noae  with  any  boytt  for  | 
wa«  then  lhorowely>(e«/,ed  by  the  meanaof  I 
US.jtal 

FLESH-AXE.   A  butcher's  cleaver. 

FLESHLY.    Flexible.    (A.-N.) 

FLESHMENT.    Pride  of  success.    ShaJt.' 

FLESSHAMYLS.    A  butcher's  shambles. 

FLET.      A   floor;   a  diamber.      (A.-S.) 
Launfal,  979 ;  Wright's  Anccd.  p.  9 ;  Wrig 
PoUtical   Songs,  p.   337;   Gy   of  Warwil 
p.  3.    A  field  of  battle,  Weber,  i.  101. 

FLET-CHEESE.  Cheese  made  of  skimmed  mOk, 
Eail  Anijiia. 

FLETCHER.     An  arrow-maker.    Property,  the 
person  who  put  on  the  feather.  _ 

FLETCHES.    Green  pods  of  peas.    Etut.        ■ 

FLETE.  ( I )  Same  as  Fleet,  q.  v.  V 

For  to  conaume,  with  hii  fervent  he«c*. 
The  ruity  fyllhe  that  In  my  mouth  <lot^/UNk 

Lfd/att,  MS.  8<pr.  jtnUf.  194,  C( 
Detre  is  to  Jlele  tbaa  to  synk*. 

Cowtt.MS.llMd.  r.  I 

(2)  Flitted ;  flew.     Gatoajfne. 

FLETERE.     To  flitter.    Lydgate. 

FLET-MITTE.    Skimmed  milk.    A^orf*. 
form  occurs  in  Kcnnett's  MS.  Gloss. 

FLETSHER.    A  young  peas-cod.    Bat/. 

FLETT.    A  scolding,  or  fliting. 

FLETTE.    Flitted.    LeUndi  Itin. 

FLEUKS.     Fat  vermin  in  the  liven  of  di* 
sheep,    far.  dial, 

FLEW.  (1)  Shallow.     Somrrtet.    Spelt  Jliv> 
Batchelor's  Orthoep.  AnaL  p.  133.     Iloccud 
in  Pr.  Pan-,  p.  167,  and  Hnloet,  155'2. 

(2)  The  down  of  animals,    far.  dial. 

<3)  The  same  as  Flem,  q.  v.    ifidt.  C. 

(4)  A  kind  of  fishing-net.    Pahgrave. 

(5)  Watliy;  tender;  weak.    North. 
FLE  WED.     Having  large  hanging  rhapi,  wUt) 

in  hounds  were  called /Zevi.  "  When  a  houn 

is  fleet,  fairc  flnrd,  and  well  hangd,"  LiUyV 

Myda$,cd.  1632,aig.  X.  xi.  Thetipofado 

horn  was  also  called  the^nr. 

FLEWKE.    The  tnnney.     It  i<   trwtsl«t«a 

pelamut  in  Nominale  MS.     Spelt  ftoke, 

made  synon>°mous  with  the  tea  fioundpr, 

Harrison's   England,  p.   224.     According     _ 

Palsgrave,  "  a  kvnde  of  a  pleas."     See  also 

Brit.  Bibl.  iv.  316. 

FLEWME.     Phlegm.    Arch.  xxx.  407. 

FLEWORT.     A  herb,     Its  synonyme  ia  Ml 

Sloanc  5,  f.  5,  is  ippia  minor. 
FLEXS.     Flesh. 

God  mad  tham  kyrteli  than  of  hide. 
And  cted  thar>r««»  wit  for  to  hide. 

MS.  Corf.  levu.  A.  ULC] 
FLEXY.     To  fly.     R.  de  Jiruime. 
FLEY.     Fled.     .Vlso,  to  fly. 

Crete  atrokyt  the  yejot  gafe. 
And  to  the  criho  /ry  hy t  atafc. 

US.  Cvnlal:  Ff.il.  a»,(.t 

FLEYCH.   Flesh.   Songs  and  Caivl»,x.   >Vey/U."" 
Harrowing  of  Hell,  p.  27  ;  fieynh,  Farme  of 
Cury,  p.  21  ;  fieyr,  Reliq.  Antiq.  iu  79. 

FLEYER.     A  kidney.    MS.  Med.  Line. 

FLEYNB.     Banished.     Rub.  Gloue.  p.  343. 

FLEYS.  (1)  Fleas.     Promiit.  Parr. 


FLI 


(2)  A  fleece  of  Mrool.  Tniuliteil  by  vW/ut  in 
Nominalc  MS. 

FLIBBERGIBBER.  Alyingknave.  See  Frat. 
of  V«c»l)ondc»,  1575,  repr.  p.  22.  fUKfrli- 
giiiel  is  the  name  of  a  Head  oceasionall}'  men- 
tioned hy  old  writers. 

FLICK.  (1)  The  membrane  loaded  with  ttt  in 
the  stomach  of  animals.       fTnt. 

(2)  A  flitch  of  hacon.  A'or/A.  "  Pertu,  a  flyk," 
Nominole  MS. 

Tak  the  larde  of  a  iwjrne  flyk,  and  ano^nte  Ibc 
mannrt  fr<o  therwlth  undernrth, 

MS.  Mtd.  Ukc.  t.  SDI. 

(3^  A  trial,  or  attempt.     Simi*. 

(4)  A  slight  blow,  or  stroke,  especially  with  • 
whip.     I 'or.  dial.     Also,  to  give  a  jerk. 

(5)  The  dowu  of  animals.    Eatl. 

(6)  To  lap  op.     SoHtk. 
FLICKER.  (1)  To  flutter.     (A.-S.) 
(2)  To  kiss ;  to  embrace.     Paifffrare. 
FLICKER-MOUSE.     A  hat.     Jowion. 
FLICK  ETS.     Blushes.     Drvon. 

FLICK. TOOTH-COMB.     A  comb  with  coarse 

large  teeth.     Somernl. 
FLIDDEK.     AUmpet.     North. 
FLIC.    Fledged.     Cliah.    "  Flygge  aa  byrdes 

be,  plumeu,"  Palsgrave. 
FLIGGARD.    A  kite  of  a  diamond  form,  much 

used   about  forty  yean  since  by  Yorkshire 

schoolboys. 
FLIGGED.  (1)  Flwlged.     North. 
(2)  Malted  ;  entangled.     Unc. 
FLIGGER.    To  flutter;  to  quiver.     Bail. 
FLIOGERS.  (I)  Same  as  Flappm,  q.T. 
(2)  The  common  flag.     £u/  AngL 
FLIGHERS.    Masts  for  ships. 
FLIGHT.  (1)  A  light  arrow,  formed  for  very 

long  and  straight  shot*. 
(2)  A  scolding  match.     North, 
is)  A  secoud  swarm  of  bee*.   Enl. 

(4)  A  light  fall  of  snow.     OroH. 

(5)  Sea-fowl  shooting.     South. 

(6)  The  first  swann  of  bees.    Tor.  dial 
FI.IGHTEN.    To  scold.     North. 
FLIGHTERS.     Sparks ;  emlicrs.     North. 
FLIGHTS.    Turf,  or  peat,  cut  into  square  pieces 

for  furl.     Lane. 
FLIGHT-SHOT.     Tlie  distance  a  flight  arrow 

would  go,  about  a  fifth  part  of  a  mile. 
FLIGHTY.     Giddv ;  thoughtless.      Var.  dial. 
FLIG-ME.GAIRBY.     A  girl  gaudily  dressed, 

but  untidy  and  slovenly.     North. 
FLIGNESS.     Plumage.     Paltgravf. 
FLl.M-FLAM.  False;  foohsh;  non'sr.     -  ■     "n. 

a  lie,  or  piece  of  nonsense  not  nC' 

Sec  Stanihurst,  pp.  14,  16;  Howl  .      .    o     '' 

Proverbs,  p.  15. 
FLINUER-MOUSE.     A  bat.     Smth. 

One  face  wai  attyrwl  of  the  ncwo  fivltlon  of  wn- 

mrat  aityrc,   Ihc  olhcr  face  like  the  olde  arioyc  of 

womeD,   and  had  wyngcf  like  a  t»rke  or  flvnttrr- 

•MWH.  Mil.  H»rl.  WO,  f   77. 

FLINDERS.     Pieces;  fragments.     North. 
FLINE.     Flown.     Middlcton,  u.  515. 
FLING.  (I)  Will ;  unrestrained  desire.   Tor.  rfiot 
(2)  To  baffle ;  to  disappoint.     North. 


(3V 

(4)  To  dance  in  a  peculiar  manner,  as  in  the 

dance  so  called  ;  to  throw  out  the  legs.  North. 
FLINGING-TREE.     A  piece  of  timber  hung  a« 

a  partition  in  a  stalL     North. 
FLINT-COAL.    A  kind  of  coal,  ao  called  from 

containing  flint.     North. 
FLINTS.     Refuse  barley  in  making  malt.    V*r. 

dial    DeanMillesMS. 
FLIP.  (I)  A  slight  »tid<lcn  blow.     Eatl.     Also, 

to  fillip ;  to  jerk  ;  to  move  nimbly  ;  to  throw. 

Somertet.     Lilly,  Mother  Bombie,  cd.  1652, 

tig.  DcLii,  seems  to  use  the  word  in  the  sense, 

tofiUip.    To  flip  up,  to  turn  up  one's  sleeves. 

(2)  A  potation  compounded  of  beer,  gin,  and 
coarse  sugar.     SuffoUt. 

(3)  Nimble  ;  flippant.     Dtvon. 

FLIPE.     The  brim  of  a  hat;  a  flake  of  snow. 

Also,  to  pull  oflf.     North. 
FLIPFLAP.     Same  as  flap  (3). 
FLIPPER-DE-FLAPPER.    Noise  and coDfuiiaa 
caused  by  show.    Sutttx.     "  I  nerc  saw  such 
Aftipptr  dfftapptr  before,"  King  and  ■  Poore 
Northcrne  Man,  1640. 
FLIPPEUING.     Crving;  weeping.     A"orfA. 
FLIPPITV-FLOP.    Draggle-taUcd ;  awkward  in 

fine  clothes.      H'arw. 
FLI  RE.    Same  as  f/«T,  q.  v.  Ftiring,  llolinihcd. 
Cliron.  Ireland,  p.  83. 

Tho  two  falie,  wyOi  frrte  ytv, 
Stode  and  bchelde  tier  ryche  atyre. 
And  bcgaune  to  U^h  and  ^Tjrrr. 

MS.  Canlab.  Ft.  IL  »,  t.  ft). 

FLIRK.    To  jerk,  or  flip  about.     WilU. 

FLIRT.  To  move  nimbly.  To  speak  in  a  flirt- 
ing way,  i.  e.  sarcastically.  Hence  Flirt.fUt, 
FUrtiffig.  flirt .gilliau.OT Flirt,  a  forward,  talk- 
ative, and  uncoustant  girl.  Var.  diaL  Shake- 
S[>care  \\aiflirt-gill,  aud  the  latter  lenna  sonie- 
timcs  ocrur  in  a  somewhat  worse  sense. 

FLISII.     Hedged.     Dmm. 

FLISK.  (1)  To  skip,  or  bounce;  to  fret  at  the 
yoke.     North. 

(2)  A  large-toothed  comb.     Wat. 

( 3)  To  flick,  as  with  a  whip.     /.inc. 

(4)  A  bundle  of  white  rurls  to  brush  away  cob- 
webs and  dust.     Gloue, 

FLIT.  (1)  To  remove;  especially  when  at  night, 
to  cheat  the  landlord.     North.    The  word  no 
is  inserted  from  MS.  CanUb.  Ff.  ii.  38. 
Lat  [no]  newefingylncs  the  pleie* 
Oftyn  to  remewe  nor  to  fyi. 

mrwn't  jtHe.  Pop.  Ptti.  1701,  p.  (9. 
(2)  To  leave  work  unfinished,     ffett. 
?3)  Shallow;  thin.     SiMrx. 
(4)  To  fly ;  to  escape.     Spnuer. 
FLITCH.  (1)  OIBeious ;  lively.      JTill: 
(2)  To  move  from  place  to  place.     Norf. 
FLITCHEN.     A  flitch  of  bacon.     Il'ft. 
FLITE.     To  scold ;  to  brawl.     North. 
Thou  fthalt  undyntand  and  wete. 
With  rc«un  may»t  thou  the  wraihe  tnAJIiftt. 

A/.«.  Ibl,^.  1701,  r.  a. 
He  loked  up  and  Mghe  therv  ryltc, 
Fendet  felc  that  fouly  />>». 

JUS.  IH4.  f.  SI. 


FLO 


364 


FLO 


Ifetl.     Also,  to 


swampy 
It  is  the 


Pul  follych*  God  to  hem  Jt^ca^ 
Tn  Ihcf  r>ll  ypoiirylci.  MS.  Ibid.  t.  i^. 

PLITBR,     A  scold.     iVbrM. 
FLITTEN.    To  remove  a  horse  into  fresh  pas- 
ture.    Oxfordth.     "  Leave  her  on  a  ley,  and 
lett  the  dcyiljtitl  her,"  a  Line,  proverb. 
FLITTER.     To  hang,  or  droop.     Une. 
FLITTEUING.  (1)  Floating.     CAitucer. 
(2)  Showery  j  sleety.     Dortnl. 
KLITTER-MOUSE.     See  Ftinilrr.mtnae. 
FLITTERS.  (1)  Pieces!  rags.   Somtmet.    Also, 
to  scatter  in  pieces,  ai  in  Mortc  d'Arthur,  i. 
137,  "  ii_flytteryd  al  abrode." 
(2)  Small  pancakes.     South. 
FLITTING.     Removal.      '■  To  Bethleem  thair 

flillmg  made,"  MS.  Cotl.  Vespas.  A.  iii. 
FLIX.  (\)  The  flux.     Tuwer,  p.  29. 
(2)  The  fur  of  a  hare.     Kent. 
FLIZ.     A  splinter,  or  shiver.     Hence,  to  fly  off; 

to  make  a  noise.     North. 
FLIZZEN.    To  laugh  sarcasticaUy.     North. 
FLIZZOMS.  Flying  particles  ;  small  fragments ; 

sediment  of  liquor.     Eatt. 
FLO.  (1)  An  arrow.     Chaucer. 
(2)FlaT;  flea.     Rilton. 
FLOAT.  (1)  To  irrigate  land, 
pare  off  the  sward. 
I  Chid,  or  scolded.     Yorkih. 
I  Flow ;  flood.     Langto/t. 
I)  A  kind  of  raft.     North. 
FLOAT-GRASS.      Grass  growing  in 
ground.     Devon.     Dean  Millcs  MS. 
gramm  flttvialile  in  Gerard,  p.  13. 
FLOATING.     Hemorrhage.    Somrriel. 
FLOATING-SHOVEL.     A  shovel  used  for  cut- 
ting turf.     Salop. 
FLOATS.     The  frames  of  wood  that  hang  over 

the  sides  of  a  waggon.     Eatt. 
FLOATSOME.  Timber  accidentally  carried  away 

by  a  flood.      ff>»/. 
FLO.VT-WIIEY.     Curds  made  from  whey,  much 

used  in  Northumberland. 
FLOATY.     Rank  and  tall,  as  grass.     Veron. 
FLOCCIPENDED.    Made  no  account  of:  set  no 
value  bv.    {Ul.)    See  Hall,  Henry  VIL  f.  40. 
FLOCK,  'a  hurdle.     Devon. 
FLOCKET.    A  loose  garment  with  large  sleeves. 
Skelton,  ii.  100.     It  is  spelt  flokiard  in  the 
Howard  Household  Books,  1B44,  p.  522. 
FLOCKLY.     In  an  ambush.     Hall. 
FLOCKMEL.     In  a  flock.     (.V.-S.) 
FLOCK-POWDER.  A  kind  of  powder,  formerly 

put  on  cloth. 
FLOCKS.     Refuse ;  sediment ;  down.     Also,  in- 
ferior wool.     far.  dial. 
FLOCKY.     Over-riiK- ;  woolly.     Suffbti. 
FLOUDEREl).     Covered ;  adorned.     Line. 
FLODDER-UP.  To  overflow;  to  stop  up  awatcr- 

coune.     Craven. 
FLODE.     Abounded.     Skinner. 
FLOGGED.     Tired ;  exhausted.     Oron. 
FLOISTERING.     Skittish;  boyish.     H>»/. 
FLOITS.     Disorder.     Yortih. 
FLt)ITY.     A  flag  thick  at  one  end  anil  small  at 
the  other.     North. 


FI/)KE-MOWTIiEDE.     Having  ■  moi 
a  flounder.     Sec  yievke. 

Thow  weoc*  for  to  flay  u«.  Jlnln-mmothe^  uihlw99. 
KurtiMrlhun,  ii».  Ldl-xtm,  I, 

FLOKYNGLYCHE.     In  flocks.     ItUtbegtoM 

of  gregalim  in  MS.  Egerton  829,  f.  94. 
FLOMAX.     Untidy.     Ifarw. 
FLOME.     A  river.     Lyb.Disconus,212. 
FLONE.     Arrows.     (A.-S.)     •' Thoner  floae," 
lightning,  Townelcy  Myst,  p.  92. 
She  birc  a  home  ■bout  hir  halce, 
.\nd  undur  hir  gyrdille  mony  JUmme., 

MS.  onuafr.  rLy.m. 
FLOOD.     A  heavy  rain.     Devon. 
FL(X>D-MARK.     The  mark  which  the  *c*  at 

the  highest  tide  makes  on  the  shore,  jindem*. 
FI.OOK.     See  FleuJa  and  Flewke. 
FLOOR-BANK.     A  bank  with  a  ditch,  and  th« 

same  on  both  sides.     Eatt. 
FLOP.  (1)  Plump;  flat.     far.  diaL 

(2)  A  mass  of  thin  mud.     Dortet. 

(3)  To  outspread.     Northamptonth. 
( i )  The  serol  urn.     Somenet . 
FLOPPER.     An  under-petticoat.      Consv. 
FLOPPER-MOUTHED.  Blubber-lipped. 
FLORCHYT.     Flourishes.   RcUq.  Antiq.  ii 
FLORE.     Flower.     Sir  Trutrtm. 
FLORENCE.      Florins,  formerly  worth  alxrat 

3«.  Ad.  apiece.     Isiimbras,  295, 55i, 
FLORENTINE.     A  kind  of  pie.     SomeliiDes,  a 

custard  made  in  paste. 
FLOUESCHEDE.     Ornamente.1 ;  a»ionied. 
(])■  fceUr  V2Te Jltfrrttknia  alle  la  fynv  oati^ll^. 
Mirrit  Arthurr,  MS.  Ltfic.  t. 

FLORREY.    A  blue  djc.     See  CunninghaiHV 

Revels  Accounts,  pp.  39. 57.  fiurry, 
PLORSCIIARB.     A  decorator.     Pr.  Parr. 
FLORTH.     A  floor,  or  roof.     PaUgrape. 
FLOSCHE.     Apit,orpool.     See  Flath  (I). 
L.averd,  thou  led  ml  saule  fra  hclle. 
Thou  l(cped  me  (n  that  in  Jtntch*  ffcljew 

MS.  C,,lt.  l></«v.  D,  vil.  r.  It. 
FLOSCULET.     A  parterre.     {Lat.) 
FLOSII.     To  spUl ;  tu  splash.     South.     Hence 

Flosh-hole,  a  hole  which  receives  the  wasi 

water  from  a  mill-|ionil.    See  Flaiehe. 
FLOSSY.     A  slattern.     Craem. 
FLOSTER.     To  be  veiv  gav.      Drron. 
FLOTAGES.      Things 'acciilentally  floAtiag  (W 

seas  or  rivers.     Blount. 
FLOTE.  (1)  Water.     Shak.    The  term  wi»«ls» 

applied  to  dew  in  co.  Surrey. 
(2)  Grieved.     Sir  Amadacc,  xxxvL  C. 
FLOTED.     Flooded;  watery. 

When  you  cume  toTwyford.  Ihcjtolfd 

there  sre  all  while  with  little  Sooera,  which 

lie\c  are  lady-amocks. 

Aubrr/t  trait,  MS.  Riiml  «ar.  p.  |1|, 
FLOTEN.     Removed ;  ilistant.     Umttynr. 
FLOTERANU.     Floating.     (.*.-&)   FhtttnJi 
floated,  Kyng  Horn,  129. 

A  tMdd  J  fond  thcrr  jfofenxMrf, 
And  yn  ytt  a  Imljt  liBgande. 

Cqy  </  irtruU*.  MK 

FLOTES.     Ruugh-Dude  river  boats,  foi 
used  on  the  Severn. 


FLU 


365 


FLU 


FLOTIIEKY.     Slovenly,  bat  »Heinpting  to  he 

fine  and  «hoi»y.     North. 
?LOTIIRE.     Flakes  of  »now. 

Mo  taulen  tholleth  there  nioehe  wowe, 
Thane  be  Jlothrt  in  the  inowe. 

MS.  Coll.  Jti.  Onn.  HI. 

FLOTIS.  The  foam  or  froth  of  anything  boil- 
ing. &c.     (^A-S.) 

FLOTSAM.  Goods  floating  on  tbe  sea  •iter  a 
shipwreck.  See  Howell,  1660,  sect.  ri. ;  Cot- 
grave,  in  v.  Flo. 

FLOTTE.     To  flow.     Chaucer. 

FI,OTTEN-MILK.     Same  as  FM-milte,  q.v. 

FLOVGH.  (1)  A  flea.     CAetA. 

(2)  Gold;  windy;  bleak.     North. 

FLOUGIITER.    To  frighten.     North. 

FU)UNDAB.    A  flounder.     Si(^o/*. 

FLOUNT.  To  strut  about  gaily  or  gfudily 
dressed.     I'ar.  dial. 

FLOUR.  (1)  Soft  thread  or  silk  lianging  loosely, 
such  as  is  put  on  a  tassel. 

(2)  Flower.    (A.-N.) 

FLOURELES.     Without  flower.     Chawfr. 

FLOURETTE.     A  small  flower.     {A.-N.) 

FLOURISH.    A  blossom.     North. 

FLOURON.     A  border  of  flower-work.  (.Y.-JV.) 

FLOUT.  (1)  A  truss,  or  bundle.      Wane. 

(2)  .\  boy's  whistle.      Somemft. 
FLOUTERSOME.     Frolicksomc.     North. 
FLOW.     Wild;  untractable.     North. 
FLOWCH.     A  term  of  reproach.     Hye  Way  to 

the  Spvtlctl  Hous,  n.  d. 
FLOWER.     To  froth,  or  foam.     (A.-N.) 
FLOWERS.     You  are  as  welcome  as  F/oieer»  in 

May,  i.  e.  very  welcome.     Var.  dial, 
FLOWERY.     Florid;  handsome.     North. 
FLOWISU.     Immodest.     North. 
FLOWT,     Tlie  flood,  or  water.     {A.-S.) 

And  at  a  window  ca«t  htm  owt, 
RI5I  into  Tcmtc  fiou't. 

MS.  Canlab.  Ft.  V.  M.  (.  IWi. 

FLOWTE.    A  flute.    Pr.  Parv. 
FLO  WTI NG.     Carding  wool  to  (pin  in  the  mix- 
ture.    North. 
FLOYGENE.     A  kind  of  ship.     Spelt  Jlofne  in 
Octovian,  1485;y?eynf,  1671. 
Ther  were  /UipK*"**  oa  ftole  and  farttcs  msDye, 
Colikn  ud  kareltkn  y^culellcd  atli. 

MX.  Con.  Calif.  A.  It.  r.  111. 

FLOYTE.     A   flute.     Lydgale.     Chaucer  baa 

floating,  playing  on  the  flute. 
FLU.     Pale  and  sicklv.     Kmt. 
FLUBSY-FACED.     Plump-faced.     North. 
FLUCB.    To  flounce,  or  plunge.     Nart$. 
FLUCK.     Same  as  Flewke,  q.  t. 
FLUE.  (1)  Same  as  Flm,  and  Doul  (1). 
(2^  Shallow.    Eatt  Anglia. 

(3)  Bed-room  downy  refuse.  Var.  dial.  Also, 
the  nap  or  down  of  anytliing. 

(4)  Tlie  coping  of  a  gable  or  end  wall  of  a  house, 
&c.     Batt. 

FLUB-FULL.     Brimful.      For***. 
FLUFF.     Same  as  Hue  (3). 
FLUGGAN.    A  coarse  fat  woman.     North. 
FLUISll.    Washy;  tender;  weak.     Also.light 
in  morals.     North. 


FLUKE.  (1)  Waste  cotton.    Lane. 

(2)  A  lock  of  hair.  Salop.  This  ia  frcm  More'l 
MS.  Additions  to  Kay. 

(3)  A  flounder.    See  FItvkr. 
Flatl-mowthedo  utftuke,  with  Dtryuite  Ifprya* 

Jfirrtt  Arlhurc.  MS.  IMicoln,  t.  CS. 
FLUM.  (1)  Deceit,      tar.  dial 
(2)  Same  as  Flome,  q.  v. 
FLUMBARDYNG.    A  fiery  character. 

Hit  U  an  hardy  flumharilytig. 
Wis  and  war  In  alle  thyng. 

King  .^/iMunrfer,  1788. 

FLUMMERY.  (1)  Nonsense.     Var.  dial. 

(2)  Oatmeal  boiled  in  water  till  it  is  thick  and 
gclatinons.  North.  Flummery -hHllt,  the 
skin  of  oats  prepared  for  making  flummery. 
Acconling  to  Markham's  English  Housewife, 
the  term  in  his  time  was  peculiar  to  Cheshire 
and  Lancashire,  and  generally  eaten  with 
honey,  although  some  used  wine,  ale,  or  milk. 
Blanc-mange  is  also  called  flummer)'. 

FH'MMOCK.     A  sloven.     Here/. 

FLUMMOX.  To  overcome,  frighten,  bewilder, 
foil,  disappoint,  or  mystify.  Also,  to  maul,  or 
mangle.     Var.  dial. 

FLUMP.  Flat.  Also,  to  fall  down  heavily;  a 
heavy  faU.     Var.  dial. 

FLUNDER.  To  lie  irregtilar.  "  Flimdring 
fame,"  Nash's  Pierce  I'enilesse,  15'.l2. 

FLUNG.    Deceived ;  beaten.     North. 

FLUME.    A  river.    W.  Mapes,  p.  347. 

FLUNTER.  To  be  in  a  great  hurry.  On/  of 
Jiunirr,  unwell.     Lane. 

FLURCH.     A  great  quantity.     North. 

FLURE.     Flory ;  floured.     Geneaynr. 

FLURED.     Ruffled,     lor***, 

FLU  REN.  Made  of  flour.  '•  Flurrn  ealc»," 
Wright's  Purgatory,  p.  55. 

FLUHICHEN.    To  flourish.    {A.-N.) 

KLURING.    A  brwML     North. 

FLURN.    To  sneer  at ;  to  despise.    Line. 

FLURRY.     A  confusion.     Var.  dial. 

FLURT.  (1)  To  snap  the  fingers  derisively. 
Hence,  any  satiricaJ  action  or  speech.  See 
Florio,  p.  98 ;  Thoms'  Anecdotes  and  Tradi- 
tions, p.  24. 

(2)  To  chide  or  scold.     ForibA. 

(3)  A  fool.     Somernt. 
FLU"RT-GILL1AN.     See  Flirt. 
FLURTS.   A  light  woman.    North. 
FLURT-SILK.  A  kind  of  figured  silk,  mentioned 

in  the  Bookcof  Rates,  1598. 
FLUSH.  (1)  Feathered.     It  ant. 

(2)  A  great  number.  Var.diaL  Hence,  prodigal, 
wasteful,  full. 

(3)  Even ;  on  >  leveL     Var.  dial. 

(4)  Same  as  Fkuh,  q.  v.  Also,  an  increase  of 
water  in  a  river. 

(5)  The  hot  stage  of  a  fever.  South.  Also,  hoi 
and  heavy,  applied  to  the  weather  or  atmo- 
sphere. 

(6)  To  hop.  as  a  bird.     Brovme. 

(7)  A  hand  of  cards  all  of  a  sort.  The  modem 
meaning,  and  so  explained  by  Dyce,  Skel' 

ii.  348.    Cf.  Cotgrave.inr.  F/kt.   Then 


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FOG 


however,  a  g»me  of  c»rd«  »o  called.     See  Flo- 
no,  p.  190. 

(8)  In  good  condition,  especially  with  regard  to 
worldly  circumstances.  It  corresponds  to  the 
flr»t  tense  in  the  phrase  yoorf/fo/Aer.  Shake- 
speare has  the  term,  and  it  occurs  in  Lusty 
Juvcntus,  p.  144  ;  King  l.eir,  p.  419. 

FHiSK.    To  flv  out  i  to  quarrel.     Nvrth. 

FLUSKEU.  To  be  confused,  or  giddy;  to  fly 
irregularly.     Sorth. 

FIA'STE.    Flushed ;  pushed.     *i7»i>H. 

FLUSTER.  A  great  hurry,  caused  generally  by 
a  sudden  sun)ri8c.     A  or.  dial. 

FLfSTEUATlON.     See  FUutrr. 

FI.ISTEHEU.    Half  tipsy.    Krnwtl. 

FLUSTERGATED.    Blustering.    /.  TTight. 

FLUSTRATE.  To  frighten ;  to  be  in  a  great 
confusion.     Var.  dial. 

FLUTTER.    A  Utter.    CfoMC. 

FLUTTERGRUB.    A  field  labr.urer.    South. 

FLUX.    To  strike  «-ith  the  wings.    /.  Wight. 

FLUXU'E.    Flowing  with  moisture.     Shak. 

FLUZZKD.    Bruised ;  blunted.    North. 

FLY.  (1)  A  familiar  spirit,  attendant  upon  a  witch 
or  astrologer.    An  old  cant  terra. 

(2)  To  shun,  or  avoid  anWhing.  To  Jty  avay,  to 
frighten  away.  To  fly  asunder,  to  crack.  A 
hawk  is  said  to  Jly  un  head,  when  she  mistakes 
her  proper  game ;  to  fly  on  yron,  when  she 
flics  at  great  birds ;  and  to  fly  at  the  brook, 
when  she  goes  after  water-fowl.  To  fly  in 
one'tfacf,  to  get  into  a  passion  with  him. 

FLYABOSTIC.  Outrageously  showy,  as  in  dress. 
Somertft. 

FLY-BY-NIGHT.  A  worthless  person,  who  gets 
into  debt,  and  runs  off,  leaving  the  house 
empty.    North. 

FLY-CAP.  A  pretty  kind  of  cap,  much  worn 
about  A.  D.  1 760. 

FLYCCHE.    To  separate. 

Jyf  thou  madcitc  CTcr  »ny  w>*che 
Tburghc  whycchecrmft  wpdlik  tojlyeche. 

MS.  Hurl.  1701,  r.  19 

FLY-CLAPPER.     A  clapper  to  drive  away  flics. 

Also  called  a  fly-flap. 
FLY-DOU.    The  herb  ragwort.    Chnh. 
FLYER.    To  fleer.    This  form  is  found  in  Me- 

riton,  and  Chester  Plays,  ii.  51. 
FLY-FLAP.     Sec  Fly-clapper. 
FLY-FOOT.    A  village  game  of  leaping  over  one 

another's  backs.    I'm: dial. 
FLY-GOLDING.     A  ladv-bird.    Swutx. 
FLYNE.    To  fly.    (A.-S.) 

Thcr  !■  no  wlldc  foule  that  wUIe^V*', 
Dut  I  am  licurhim  to  hlllync. 

MS.  CmU'i.  f(.  V.  48,  r.  411. 
FLYNGE.    To  proceed  very  rapidly.    See  Tor- 
rent of  Portugal,  pp.  1",  81. 
FLYTE.    To  fly. 

Hmra  my  tMrf  and  let  mc  bee, 
Y  Km  lothe  to  ^w«. 

MS.  Oatal,.  VI.  H.3»,t.7». 
FLY-TIME.    Summer.    Suffbli. 
FNASTE.    To  breathe  hard.    {.■!..&) 

Hwan  Gt\m  him  hftvcde  faalc  txHindco, 
Aad  ilthea  lo  an  eld  dotli  wndeo, 


A  kevel  of  clutjca  ful  unwruU, 

That  he  [nc]  moutbe  tpckc  at  fnnatt^ 

llwcrc  he  woldc  him  berc  or  l«dc. 

FO.  (I)  Few.     Sumenet. 

LoTilynpef  Ihyr  ar  y-now  of  tho. 
Of  uciilylracn  Ihyr  are  bill  /.. 

if.s.    -■  !.  .j: 

(2)  A  foe,    {A..S.)    Ilavelok,  1 

FOAL.  An  assistant  to  the  pu..^.,  ...  ;,  coal 
mine.     North. 

FOAL-FOOT.    The  herb  colt'»-foot.    Kartk. 

FOAL-KELL.    The  amnion.    NorIK 

FOAP.    To  comb  back.     Deran. 

F(3B.    Froth,  or  foam.     South. 

FOBBED.    DisapjHiinted.     North. 

FOBRI.E.    Quadruple.     lor*»A. 

FOBEDAYS.    Ilolydays.     OzeU. 

FOBS.    Same  as  Dubi,  q.v. 

FOCEK.    A  coflTer,  or  chest.    Paltfrare. 

FOCHE.    To  fetch.    Townelcv  Myst.  p.  60. 

FOllDENED.    Fed.   Nominalc  MS. 

FODDER.    To  mutter.    Somer»tt- 

FOODEKING-GROUND.  A grasa cnclowte for 
feeding  cattle.      If'ett. 

FODDYNG.  A  division.  (.t.-S.)  Spe  Kvn.P 
Alisaundcr,  48.    The  Bodl.  MS.  ha 

FODE.  (I)  This  term  is  found  iu  car.  . 
especially  in  the  old  metrical  romaiicio,  in  the 
sense  of  man,  woman,  girl,  or  tny.  Few  ei- 
pressions  ore  more  commonly  met  vrith  than 
frelyfude,  i.  e.  nobly  fed,  or  a  w  e ll-bred  per- 
son. "  To  wedd  thys  frely  fode,"  Sir  EgU- 
niour,  1254. 

(2)  To  fode  out  with  vordt,  to  keep  in  attentius 
and  expectation,  to  deceive.  The  plirate  oc- 
curs in  Skellon,  Harrington,  Sic. 

FODER.    A  burthen ;  a  fothcr.     {A.-S.) 

FODGE.     A  small  bundle.     Gloue. 

FODYNGE.    A  nourishing.    Pr.  Parv. 

FOE,     To  fall.    Lane. 

FOEMAN.  A  foe.  This  occur*  in  tunny  wriien, 
but  is  now  obsolete. 

FOG.  ( 1 )  The  second  crop  of  grass,  or  kftennatli. 
Forby  applies  the  term  to   long   grass   li  ~ 
through  the  winter  for  early  spring  f^e»l,  whleh 
suits  the  context  in  the  passage*  where  th« 
word  occurs  In  Drayton.  Blount,  in  v.  Fbftft, 
says,  "  fog,  or  ffg,  rank  grass  not  e«( 
summer;"  and  it  is  explained  in  the  Yoi 
Dialogue,  1697,  p.  98,  "  fresh  grass  that 
af^er  mowing." 

(2)  Moss.    North. 

(3)  To  hunt  in  a  senile  manner;  to  flatter 
gain.     Dekker. 

(4)  To  take  cattle  out  of  pasttu-es  in  the  aat<iiDB< 
Craten. 

FOGAN.     A  kind  of  cake.     Comw. 
FOGEY.    An  eccentric  old  man.     Var.tHaL 
FOGGER.  (1)  A  huckster.    SuffoU. 

(2)  A  groom,  or  man-servant.     IViUi. 

(3)  A  cheat.     See  Florio,  p  54. 
FOGGY.  (1 )  Stupid ;  very  dull.      Var.  dial. 
(2)  Fat ;  bloated ;  having  banging  flesh.    "  SomA 

three  chind  foyyie  dame,"  Dolamy'a  Pi 
rose,  4to.  Load.  1606. 


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roL 

Whcicat  I  wu  wonte  (o  br  blokbcchckt^  or 
hjTe  /"tft  chekM  ilut  ihnkcd  ai  I  went,  they  be 
nowe  ihronk*  up,  or  dnwen  togrchar. 

Palfravt't  JcaUMHt,  1640. 

(3)  Coarse,  rank,  u  gnu.     North. 

F<Kill.     F«Uow  ground.     Chfh. 

FOGIIELE.     Afowl.or  bird.     It  occura  in  MS. 

Cott.VtjpM.  D.vii.  Ps.8. 
FOGO.    A  iteoch.    »or.  dial 
FOfiORNER.      One  who  expcla   people   from 

ttieir  dwellings.     Nominolc  MS. 
FOIL.  (1)  To  soil ;  to  dirty ;  to  sully.     Foyltde, 

defiled,  Gcsta  Rom.  p.  120.    Also,  to  trample. 

To  run  the  foil,  a  phrase  in  hunting,  ujicd 

when  game  runs  over  the  same  track  a  second 

time  in  order  to  puzzle  or  elude  the  hounds. 

The  foil  is  the  track  of  the  deer.     Gent.  Rcc. 

ii.  7C.   See  Diet.  Rust,  in  t. 

(2)  A  blunt  sword  used  in  fencing.   Toyut  to  the 
foil,  lometimes  used  for,  to  put  to  the  tvord. 

Hotinshed,  Chron.  Ireland,  p.  170. 

(3)  The  back  of  a  looking-glass.  This  term  ii 
used  by  Bourne  in  MS.  Lansd.  121. 

FOILES.    Leavei.    {J.-N.) 

FOIN.  (1)  To push.in  fencing.    (Fr.) 

(2)  Foes.    Troil.  and  Creseidc,  i.  1002. 

FOING-OUT.    A  brawl.     Cumi. 

FOINS.     Fur  made  of  polecats'  skins.     Foyiu, 

Piers  Ploughman,  p.  468. 
POISON.  (1)  Plenty;  abundance.     (^.-A^.) 
(2)  The  natural  juice  or  moisture  of  the  grass  or 

other   herbs;  the  heart  and  strength  of  it. 

Sufolh.     Kcnnett,  MS.  Lansd.  1033. 
FOIST.  (1)  A  toad-stool.     Suffoli. 

(2)  To  smell  musty,      far.  dial. 

(3)  A  barge  or  pinnace,  often  used  for  merchan- 
disc.  "  Foyst,  a  l)Otc  lyke a  gallye,"  Palsgrave. 
It  must  have  been  a  vessel  dnwing  little  water, 
for  Grafton  mentions  a  penon  wading  in  the 
water  to  his  /out/,  and  then  sailing  off.  Baret 
calls  it,  "  a  Ughtand  swift  shippe." 

(4)  A  cut-purse.  "  He  that  picks  the  pocket  is 
called  a  foist,"  Dekkcr's  Bclman  of  London, 
1608.  See  Woman  is  a  Weathercock,  iv.  2. 
Foinl;  juggling  tricks,  frauds,  Hon  Jonton,  iii. 
264  ;  "  a  foist  or  jugling  trick,"  liowell's  Lci. 
Tct.  1660. 

FOISTEB.     A   pick-pocket.     '•  A  cozener,    a 

convcatehcr,  tfoitter,"  Florio,  p.  5-1. 
FOISTING-HOUND.     A  kind  of  lapdog.     See 

N'ares,  and  Ben  Jonson,  iii.  264. 
FOKY.     Bloated  ;   uiuound  ;  soft  and  woolly ; 

nearly  rotten.     Etut, 
FOL.     Foolish.      ITeier. 
FOLABILITE.     Folly.     Stellon. 
FOLD.     Folded.     Will,  and  Wcrw.  p.  32. 
FOLDE.  (1)  A  farm-yord.     Var.  dial. 
(2)  The  world;  earth;  ground.     (./.-S.)     Sec 

Minot's  Poems,  p.  35 ;  Towiieley  Myit.  p.  245  ; 

Le  Bone  Florence  of  Rome,  342 ;  Will,  and 

WerwoU,  p.  193. 
f  S)  A  bundle  of  straw.     North. 
(4)  lufolde,  in  number.   "  With  robes  in  folde," 

Sit  Perceval,  32. 
(a)  To  cootnct ;  to  fail. 


FOL 

Vr  he  wn«  nsvn  M>  boMe  <  knjrghir, 
or  thai  worirr  when  be  had  a  tyghle. 
Hjri  hcite  began  toji^ide. 

US.  Oinlat.  VI.  il.  SB,  t.  HI. 
The  kyng  harrfe  how  Defyce  toMe, 
For  hjnn  hys  hrrte  cut  fiUt.      US.  lUd.  t.  W. 

(6)  To  embrace. 

For  hU  ttondc  we  may  not  brtke. 

Ills  tmne  wnrde  Knd  we  wll  holife. 
Til  deth  cum  that  alle  tlialle  ftreke, 

ADd  us  alle  lo  clay  to  fitl4». 

US.  catuaA.  tt,  T.  a,  r.  K 

(7)  To  grant ;  to  accord ;  to  plight. 
FOLPEROL.     Nonsense.      Var.  dial. 
FOLD-GARTII.     A  farm-yard.     North. 
FOLDING-GATES.     Gates  wliich  open  in  tlio 

centre.     Nominalc  MS. 
FOLDING-STOOL.    A  portable  seat  made  to 

fold  up  like  a  camp-stool. 
FOLD-PRITCH.  A  hcav)  pointed  iron  to  pierce 

ground  for  htu-dles.     ikut. 
FOLK.     Foul ;  dirty. 

That  alle  the  Althe  of  the  frrke  and  fele  of  lh«  gutUa 

FoIoM  hit  fiite  fotte  whene  he  funhe  rydea. 

Umie  Arlhurr,  U.S.  Umailtl,  t.  (t. 

FOLED.     FooUsh.     Nominalc  MS. 
Wondir  thought  me  nevlr  more 
Thanne  me  dydof  a^yrf  knlghL 

MS*  Hart.  9tN,  t,  9ff. 
FOLEIIARDINESS.     Rashness.     {.1..N.) 
KOLE-LARGE.     Foolishly  liberal  Chneer. 
FOLELY.     Foolishly ;  stupidly.     (^...V.) 
tJnwyieU  the  fadtr,  SaUnion  icld  aUo, 
Tlut  for  hym»«ircannnt  reiircyne  hii  hand* 
But  by  hyi  lyf  depart  /oltl^  hi>  land. 

VS.Latul.*!*,  r.  47. 
They  wilt  be  owltrayede  anone,  are  undrone  rycfes, 
Thuf/u/i/y  one  a  felde  to  fyghte  with  ut  alle. 

Vnrfe  ^rihtm,  MS.  IjimlK,  t.  S3. 

FOLESFOTII.     Ground  ivy.     It  is  left  nnex- 

plained  in  Arch.  x%.\.  407. 
FOLETT.     A  foolish  fellow.     Pr.  Parv. 
rOLlIT.     Baptijiu.     (./.-5.) 
FOLIO.     In  folio,  in  abundance;  In  full  folio, 

in  full  dres*. 
FOLK.  (I)  Famfly.     Var.  iHal. 
(2)  Men  collectively;  people.  {/i.-S.)    In  Maun- 

devilc,  p.  117,  it  corresponds  to  Gentilet. 
FOLK..MaTE.     An  assembly.     See  Hulinahed, 

Chron.  Ireland,  p.  93. 
FOLLAUT.     Foolishness.    <-/.-,V.) 
POLLER.     A  flat  circular  piece  of  woo<]  usrri  in 

pressing  a  cheese  when  the  curd  is  not  soffi- 

cient  to  fill  the  vat.   North. 
FOLLOW.    To  court;  to  pay  addresses.     Tb 

follow  one'i  note,  to  go  straight  forward. 
FOLLOWER.    One  who  courts,     far.  dial. 
FOLLOWERS.      Lean   store   cattle  or   sheep, 

which  follow  the  fatting  bullocks.     Norf. 
FOLLOWING-TIME.      A   wet   season,    wbui 

showers  follow  successively.     Fail. 
FOLLOM'-MY-LEADER.    A  child's  game. 
FOLLY.     Any  ridiculous  building,  not  answer- 
ing its  intended  purpose.    I'ar.  dial. 
FOLdWED.     Same  u  Folul,  q.  v. 
FOLOYDDYN.     Followed.    Tundale,  p.  36. 
FOLTE.     A  fool.     Prom/il.  Parv. 
FOLTED.     FooUsh ;  sillT.    ScePt.?«r«.-«.\«».j 


POM 


3G3 


FOO 


Fnidr*  crvptp  tho  ymage*  wtthlnne. 
And  Ud  filled  mm  to  syone, 

Curior  Munili,  MS.  OM   Trin.  CMInk.  t.  IS. 

Shrewrcmytdnlc  hym  ful  ofte. 

And  hrldc  hjmfcUvd  or  wode. 

MS.  Kaw.  irm.r.as. 
FOLTISH.      FooUth.      See  Ashmole's  Tliekt. 
Cbcm.  Brit.  1652,  p.  401 ;  Lydgale'i  Minor 
Poems,  pp.  81,  166. 
FOLTRYE.     FoolUhues*.     TV.  Pan. 
FOLUU.     Follofred.     (.^..S.) 

iDtoa  halle  tothly  khc  went. 
Tbomu/blud  «t  fair  bondc. 

MS.  Cattlnt.  Ft.  r,  M,  I.  6C 

FOLlJT.     Baptiseil.    "  Folut  in  a  fontcstooe," 

Anturs  of  Arthcr,  p.  9. 
FOLWERE.     A  follower.     (A.-S.) 
FOLY.     Foolish.     Perccvn],  1672. 
FOLYLYCHE.     Foolishly. 

A  (lerk  that/vfW^htf  dyvpcDdyth 

The  godyi  thftl  hyi  Tndyr  hym  ^eveth  or  wndyth. 
.VS.  Harl.  1701,  f.  8. 

FOLYM.\RE.     Ayoungfoal.    Tliin  tenii  occurs 

in  MS.  Coll.  Jes.  Oson.  28. 
F0L3E.    To  follow ;  to  succeed.     (y*.-S.) 
FOMARD.     A  polecat.     North. 
FOMAUNDE.     Foaming. 

Flltyrde  unf^ly  wyth  /nmavnth  lypp«». 

Mortt  ^rlhitrr,  MS.  Utmln,  f.  61. 

FOMBLITUDE.     A  weak  comparison. 

FOME.     Smoke ;  foam ;  scum.     Eatt. 

FOM EKEL.     See  Fnnerel,  and  Pr.  Parv.  p.  169, 

FO-MON.     An  enemy.     {.t.-S.) 

FON.  (1)  Foimd.  A'orM.  Towneley  Mvst.  p.  40. 

(2)  Foes.     Rob.  Glouc.  Cliron.  p.  1. 

(3)  To  be  foolish,  or  fond ;  to  make  foolish. 
Also,  a  foolish  person.  Fon,  foolish,  Gesta 
Romaoonmi,  p.  196. 

FONCE.     Cunning;  knowing.     Line. 

FOND.  (1)  Stupid;  foolish;  simple;  half  silly; 

fearful ;    timid  ;    weak ;    idle ;    unprofitable. 

North.    A  very  common  archaism. 
(2)  Luscious ;   fulsome ;   tUsagreeahly  sweet  in 

taate  or  smell.     Eatt. 
FONDE.  (1)  To  Ir)';  to  meet  with;  to  receive; 

to   tempt;  to  inquire.     {J.-S.)     Sec    Kyng 

Horn,  157  ;  Chaucer,  Cant.  T.  4767. 

(2)  Found ;  discovered.     (.■(..$.) 

(3)  To  doat  upon ;  to  fondle. 
FONUENE.    Found.    Perceval,  519,  1902. 
FONDLING.     An  idiot;  one  of  a  stu^iie  syco- 
phantic nature.     North. 

FONDLY.      FooUslUy.     North.     Sec    A   Mad 

World,  my  Maslen,  p.  343. 
FONDNESS.     Foolishness  ;follv. 
FOND-PI-OfGH.  The  fooUploiigh,  q.  v.  North. 
FONDRBD.      Forced.     Heame's  Langtoft,   p. 

574.     Perhaps  an  error  for  nxufrnf. 
FONDYNG.     A  trial.     (.I.-S.) 

ADdoroure  gyltyi  grauntui  repentjuner, 
And  ttnnckyth  ui  to  ilonde  In  alle  fuxitrf. 

MS.  CanUb.  ft.  11.  38,  f.  11 
V  Krydc  hyt  for  do  velioyc, 
Bot  for  a  to»dimgt.  MS.  lUd.  f.  7«. 

FONB.  (1)  Few.     Minot's  Poems,  p.  7. 
(I)  A  fool.    Chester  Plays,  i.  190. 


(3)  Foes.     If  is  used  as  the  singular  in  TliTnneli 
Debate,  reprint,  p.  25. 

Je,  than  teyd  the  rei«le-»u»ne, 
Mayilcr  hatfa  many  /one. 

V.v.    /*>.—»'-  r.i. 
FONEL.     A  funnel.     Pr.  Parr. 

For  here  u»  wantetb  no  tc*vI, 
Bollc,  ny  bokct.  ny  no  Jbnrt. 
Cum,,-  Mundi,  MS.  CM.  TrIn.  Cuilak.  t,  «l 

FONGE.    To  tAke;  to  take  hold  of.     (J.- 

Fongrr,  MS.  Cott.  Vespas.  D.  vii. 
He/oN^erfefuieon  the  fdvyjihct,  and  fay  led  TiUaM 
M«rlt  .Arthur'.  MS.  Uncatii,  C  I 

FO^K.    Vapour ;  smoke.     Neame. 
FONNE.    To  be  foolish.     (,y..S.) 

Thar*rorg  It  ca  gud<  that  Ihou  lefe  ttii  A** 

purpotae,  and  wende  hanc  o^ync  and  ftt  the  Im  iM 

modcr  knee.  MS    L««ic«/n  A .  L  1 7. 1 1 

FONNELL.     A  dish  in  ancient  cookery, 

of  lamb  and  sweets. 
FONNES.     De\i»e».     SUnjur. 
FONNISH.     Foolish.     Pahip-ort. 
FONRYS.     A  furnace  ?    Arch.  xi.  438. 
FONT-STONE.     A  font.     (.1..S.) 
FOOAZ.     To  level  the  surface  of  ■  fle«re  of 

wool  with  shears.     North. 
FOOCII.     To  put  in  ;  to  shore.     Diron. 
FOODY.     Fertile ;  full  of  grass.     North. 
FOO-GOAD.     A  plaything,     tone. 
FOOL.     To  fool  lip,  to  practise  any  foUy  to  I 

ridiculous  excess. 
FOOL-BEGGED.     Absurd.     Shot. 
FOOLEN.     .\  narrow  strip  of  land  bel«Ma  I 

embankment  of  a  river  and  the  ilitcb  on  I 

land  side.     Suffolk. 
FOOL-IIAPPY.     Fortnn.ite.     SpnMtr. 
FOOL-PLOUGH.     A  pageant  which  oondsts  i^ 

a  number  of  sword-dancers  dmuirinK  a  j " 

attended  with  music,  and  p' 

ilressed.     Still  in  vogue  in  ti. 

land.     See  Brand  and  Brockclt. 
FOOLS'-PARAUISE.      To  bring  one   into 

fools'  paradise,  i.  c.  to  make  a  fool  <  T 

make  liini  believe  anything.     See  <  a| 

V.    EmbaboHine ;    Florio,    p.   215, 

Suppl.  f.  96;  Ilolinsheil,  Chron.   Ireland,] 

97;  Mall,  Richard  111.  f.  24. 

Of  iTuitof  this  arte  rUcth  Joyet  nice. 
For  lewde  hope  la  JtnAa  Pmnnlict. 

Atkmtl^t  Thrat.  Cham.  Bi-il.   Iffiif,  f  \ 
AU  put  to  ute,  and  yet  none  u«M  at  all ; 
K  Ant  Jhott  jMmilM  I  may  It  mil. 
XUvine  Ctimpte^o/a  Maiden  Mutt.  ISSV,  p  la 

FOOR.  (1)  A  furrow.     North. 

(2)  A  ford  over  a  river.     Yorkth. 

(3)  A  strong  scent  or  odour.     Line. 
FOORZES.     SaraeasBerer(l).     Eiut. 
FOOSEN.     Generosity.     North. 
FOOT.    The  burden  of  a  song.     "  Fotc,  or 

pcic  of  a  ditiye  or  vene,  whichr  is  uftrii  i 

pelcd,"  Huloet,  1552.     Also,  to  dancr.    Sti 

in  use. 
FOOT-ALE.     A  fine  of  beer  paid  by  a  i 

on  cnlcringji  new  place. 
FOOT-BOAT.    A  boat  used  solely  for  convfjiBg 

foot  pastengen.    IVeit. 
FOOT-BROAD.    The  breadth  of  a  foot. 
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FOOT-CLOTHS.  Housings  of  cloth  hung  on 
hones,  generally  considered  a  mark  of  dignity 
or  state,  h'ool-tlolh-hone,  a  horse  so  orna- 
mented. 

FOOTER.  (1)  To  idle.  Also,  a  laiy,  idle,wortb- 
leu  fellow.     South. 

(2)  A  kick  at  a  foot-ball.     Tor.  dial. 

FOOTE-SAUNTE.  A  game  at  cords,  menliooed 
in  the  Schoole  of  Ahuse,  1579. 

FOOT-IHiDGE.  Same  as  Btard-hedgr,  q.  v. 
Ornn. 

FOOTING.     Same  as  Foot-air,  q.  v. 

FOOTINGS.  The  first  courses  in  the  foundation 
of  a  huililini;.    I'ar.  dial, 

FOOTING-TIME.  The  time  when  a  lying-in 
woman  gets  up.     Aorf. 

FOOT-MAIDEN.  A  waiting  miiid.  It  is  the 
glos!.  oi prdittejua  in  MS.  Eger.  829,  f.  91. 

FOOTMAN.     A  foot-solditr.     HoU. 

FOOT-MANTLE.  An  outer  garment  of  the  pel- 
ticoat  kind  tied  alwut  the  hips.  Strutt,  ii. 
170,267.    It  is  mentioned  )iy  Chaucer. 

FOOTMEN.     Thin  shoes  ;  dancing  pimips. 

FOOT-PACE.  The  raised  floor  at  the  upper  end 
of  a  dining-liall.  The  term  was  also  applied 
to  a  landing-place  on  a  staircase,  and  a  hearth- 
stone 

FOOT-PLOUCIl. 

Qu.  When  did  wherl-plouglief  come  into  uie>  t 
think  Imt  about  1630.  Th>y  trrvc  Imt  In  slony 
land.     FMt-pkmirheM  ara  somewhat  later. 

jlulm^-i  tniu,  Hu»»l  Sot.  MS.  p.  »1. 

FOOT-RILLS.  Coalworks  open  to  the  air,  with- 
out sliafls.    Staff. 

FOOT-SHEETS.  Sheets  used  at  the  bottom  of 
a  bed.     Wardrobe  Arc.  Edw.  IV. 

FOOTSOM.    Neat's  foot  oil.     Salop. 

FOOT-SPORE.     A  foot-mark.     Co.r/on. 

FOOT-STALL.  The  fool  or  base  of  a  pillar. 
Nomenctator,  1585,  p.  203. 

FOOT-TRENCIIES.  Superficial  drains  about  a 
foot  in  width.     Xort/i. 

FOOTY.    Trifling ;  mean.     far.  dial. 

FOOWNE.    A  fawn.    Prompt.  Pan. 

FOOZ.    The  herb  irmpcrrirum  teucrittm. 

FOP.  A  fo<d.  "  Spek,  thou  fop,"  Cor.  Myst. 
p.  295.  It  occurs  in  Pr.  Par^°.  Popped,  acted 
foolithlv,  Skelton,  i.  213. 

FOPDOOBLE.  A  silly  fellow.  "  Bee  blith, /(y- 
doudelU,"  MS.  A>hmolc,Cat.  col.  48. 

FOPPET.  A  spoilt  elTcminalc  person.  History 
of  King  Leir,  p.  402. 

POPSTER.     A  cutpurse.     Dekktr. 

FOR.  Since ;  because ;  for  that ;  for  fear  of. 
Common  in  our  early  dramatists.  Very  old 
writers  use  it  in  the  sense  of  againtt,  and  it  is 
often  joined  to  the  infinitive  mood,  as  in  the 
Anglo-Norman.  "3if  that  hit  bc/ortodone," 
MS.  Cantah.  Ff.  T.  48,  f.  48.  In  composition 
in  verbs  derived  from  the  Anglo-Saxon,  it 
conveys  the  idea  of  privation  or  deterioration, 
and  answers  to  the  modem  German  per.  See 
Wright's  Piers  Ploughman,  p.  594.  Various 
cxaniplrs  are  given  lu  the  following  pages.  It 
also  occurs  iu  the  sense  of,  from,  of,  by,  on 


account  tf,  m  order  to,  for  thepurpott,  in  coa- 
eeguenee  of,  initead  qf,  nolvilhtitanding ;  and 
sometimes  an  expletive,  in  such  phrases  as, 
v/iat  ii  he  for  a  viear,  i.  c.  what  vicar  i«  he ; 
tchat  u  he  for  a  lad,  what  manner  of  lad  is  he; 
to  forward  fur  a  Imare,  so  forward  a  knave, 
&c.  See  Palsgrave. 
FORACRE.    The  headland  of  an  arable  field. 

Knl. 
FORAGE.     Fodder;  food.     Chaucer. 
FOR-ALL.     In  spite  of.     Var.  dial. 
FOR-ANU.    Not  an  unusual  phraw,  answering 
to  and  eke.     See  Middlcton,  iii.  544  ;  Dyce'a 
Remarks,  p.  218. 
FORANENT.    Opposite  to.    North. 
FORAT.    Forward ;  earlv.     Salop. 
FOR-BARNf).    Burnt  up.    Kyng  Alls.  7559. 
FOK-BARRE.     To   prevent;   to   interpose;   to 
hinder;  to  deprive.     See  Langtoft,   p.  214. 
t'orbere,  Perceval,  1929. 
And  thou  art  arcunid  alto  in  that  Ihyng, 
Kor  thou  ftiriarrytt  bytwene  hem  the  welefare. 

MS,  l^ud.  4ie,  r.  M. 

FORBEAR.    To  suffer  anything  to  be  done ;  to 

give  way  to  one.     See  .Morte  d'Arthur,  ii.  1 29. 

FUR-BECAL'SE.    Because.     North,     An  early 

instance  is  found  in  Reliq.  Antiq.  i.  152. 
FOR-BERE.    To  ahsUin ;  to  spare.    {A,-S,) 
FOR-BETE.  (1)  The  herb  deril's-hit. 
(2)  To  beat  down  to  pieces,  or  to  death. 
hXJRBISNE.    An  example ;  a  parable.    (/t.-S.) 
FOR-BITEN.    To  bite  to  pieces.     (A.-S.) 
FOR-BLEDD.    Covered  with  blood.    (.i-S.) 
Ar)-ie  up,  unlutte,  out  of  thy  bedd. 
And  tiehulde  my  feet  that  are  fur-btedd, 

MS.  Ctnlal,,  Tf.  IL  SI,  f.  «. 
Slon<!yth  andhrrkcnyth  thyi  chariur  redd, 
M'by  y  am  woundcdd  and  ull/ur-bUdd. 

MS.  /Md.  r.  41. 

FOR-BLOWE.    Blown  abont.     Cotwr. 
FOR-BLOWYNGE.  Swollen  ;  blown  up.  {J.-S.) 
MS.  Soc-  Antiq.  134,  Ttaii  for-iloire  bloiri/nge. 
Where  it  youretiott,  ordaren  you  appere 
With  fmin /vr-blovimg^  vanfti'. 

L^dtau,  MS.  AilKnidtX,  t.  M. 
FOR-BODE.     A  denial,  or  prohibition. 
But  to  holde  hit  wel  unbrokin 
A  /or~bode  bltwrne  hem  tpokcn. 
C»r«r<r  MuHdl,  MS.  dll.  Trim.  Omf»6.  t.  4. 

FOR.  BODE  N.    Forbidden.     (^.-S.) 
FORBORER.    A  furhUher.    Hall. 
FORBOTT.     A  forbidding.    (.-I.-S.) 

Ix.  tyme*  GoddU  fivbou,  thou  wikkydc  worme, 

Thct  ever  thou  make  any  ryitynge. 

MS.  UioolK  A.  1,  17,  r.176. 

POR-BOUGHT.     Ransomed;  retlcemed.     See 

Ellis,  ii.  343  ;  Chester  Plays,  ii.  79,  104. 
FORBOWS.    The  breast  of  an  animal.    Crarm. 
FOR-BREKE.  To  break  in  pieces.    For-breking, 

destruction,  MS.  Colt.  Vtspas.  D.  vii. 
FOR-BRENT.    Burnt  up.    Kvng  Alls.  1276. 
FOR-BRISSUTE.     Broken ;  bruised.     {J.-S.) 
FOR-BROIDE.    Unmete;  unmcasnrable ;  very 

great ;  overgrown.    Heame. 
FOR-BROKEN.     Broken  in  pieces.    See  MS. 

Cott.  Vcspas.  D.  vii.  Ps.  13. 
FOR-BLRTHE.  (1)  Birth-right. 


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Wir-bvrtlit,  be  Kld«,  «h<l  wrveth  me  ? 
Brother,  at  thi  wlllc  ihal  hll  be. 

Curjor  iTundi,  MS.  Chll.  Trin.  Canlati.  t.  S3. 

(2)  Tbc  firsUbom  of  a  family. 

A  He  the  /or-ljur1hea  ahal  I  Uo, 
Boihc  of  mon  and  beoM  alio.       MS.  IMd.  f.  30. 
FORBY.    Past ;  near.    (^.-5.)    It  is  explained, 
bmidet,  in  addition  le,  Weit.  and  Comb.  Dial. 
1839,  p.  351.  gloss. 

And  one  a  day,  ai  Alavander  paiscd  >Mr«r  the 
place  tharc  all  the  rore.«aide  ttmie,  he  tukad  In  be- 
twcne  tbc  barrel  of  yrae,  and  mw  bifore  the  horse 
ineiu  hend  and  fete. 

Llfi  a/Mttmitr,  MS.  UkcoIh,  t.  1. 
Whare  be  hcrde  any  erye, 
H*  paMede  never  furbj/. 

MS.  Uimln  A.  1. 17.  f.  I3I>. 
FORBYER.     Tlic  Redeemer.    (J.-S.) 
FOKBYSCIIYNE.    To  furbish.    Pr.  Parr. 
FOUBYSENE.    Example;  token.    (.1.-S.) 
5ilt  thi  ryiyngyi/rtyaene  tUte  u*  e«, 
rot  allc  that  raae  fra  dede  til  blfK  endlcuc. 

MS.  Unctiln  A.  i.  17.  t.  191. 

FOB-CARF.    Cut  in  pieces.    Weber,  ii.  76. 

FORCE.  (1)  To  regard,  or  esteem  ;  to  care  for; 
to  urge  in  argument ;  to  exaggerate ;  to  stuff; 
to  be  ohliged,  or  compelled ;  to  endeavour  to 
the  utmost  of  one's  power.  A  common  archa- 
ism in  these  various  sense*. 

(2)  A  cascade,  or  waterfall.     North. 

(3)  Strong.    Riclurd  C;ocr  dc  Lion,  1383. 

(<)  To  clip  off  the  upper  and  more  liairy  part  of 
wool,  an  abuse  forbidden  by  Btat.  8  H.  vi.  c.  22. 
See  Kennett,  MS.  Lan«l.'l033.  It  occurs  in 
I'r.  Parv.  p.  1 70,  in  the  more  general  senses, 
to  clip,  ihiear,  or  tkare. 

(5)  No  force,  no  matter.  /  do  no  force,  I  care 
rot.  They  yepe  no  farce,  Ihey  care  not.  Of 
force,  necessarily.   "  Tlien  of  force,  shee  must 

be  worth  the  fetching,"  Hcywood's  Iron  Age, 
Ifl32,»ig.  B.  i. 

(6)  To  fatten  animals.     Eatt. 
PORCELETTE.     A  fort.     Maundevile,  p.  47. 
FORCEMED.     Condemned.     (^.-S.) 
FORCER.   A  chest ;  a  coffer,  or  cabinet.  {^..N.) 

See  Sevyn  Sages,  2035  ;  Wright's  Seven  Sages, 
p.  100;  Piers  Ploughman,  p.  186;  Wrigbl'i 
Anec.  Lit.  p.  113;  Elyot,  in  t.  Scriniolum. 
"  Casket  or  fomr,"  Palsgrave. 

And  In  hat  fitrcer  ichecan  hym  keste. 
That  aameOod  that  Judaa  solde. 

MS.  Ontttb.  Ff.  Ii.  m,t.  M. 
I  have  a  Kirdil  In  roy  ^trcere.     MS,  Dovm  173,  p.  57. 
Be  thytalhaJow  tydo  nyghad  nere. 
The  lady  to  hur/bretr  dud  goat. 

MS.  CUkUIi.  Ff.  il.  3a,  r  40. 
PORCHES.  The  phice  where  two  ways  or  roads 
branch  off  from  one.  Devon.  This  term  was 
applied  by  IScmers  to  the  haunches  of  a  deer. 
FOR-CIIOSEN.  Chosen  previously.  (^..S.) 
FOR-CLEF.  Cleaved  in  piece*.  (.4.-S.) 
FOR-CLOSED.     Closed  ;  shut  up.     "  Stopped 

and/or-c/ow/,"  Iloll,  Henrj-  VII.  f.  43. 
FOR-COME.     To  prevent.     It  occurs  in  MS. 

Colt.  Vespas.  D.  VII.  Pt.  Aniiq. 
FOR-CORFEN.    Cut  in  pieces.     (,*..«.) 
FORCRASED.     Crazv;  mad.     «>»«■. 


FOR-CITTK.    To  cut  through.     (-*.-&) 
FORD.     To  afford  ;  to  sell  anything. 
FtiU-DAUKE.  To  darken,  or  make  darit.  (vi 
FORDUOn.     The  herb  dodder.     The 

epilime  in  MS.  llarl.  978. 
FOR-DEDE.     Destroyed.     (J.-&.) 
FOR-DEDES.     Previous  or  former  deeds. 
FORDELE.     An  advantage.    See  Kail.  Hmij 

Vlll.  f.  163  ;  Morte  d'Arthur,  i.  145. 
FORDER.     To  promote,  advance,  or  further. 

North.     It  occurs  in  PaUgiavc. 
FOR-DEWK.     To  wet  or  sprinkle  with  dew. 
FOR-DIT.     Shut  up.     W.  Mapcs,  p.  545. 
FOR-DO.     To  do  away ;  to  ruin  ;  to  dediof. 

Fordone,  undone,  destroved. 
FOR-DREDD.    Greatly  terrified,     (^.-i) 
The  hothyn  men  were  •oybr.rfr^M* 
To  CUremount  with  the  mayds  tlicy  IM4. 

MS.  omtna.  rr.  u.  a.  1  ML 
FOU-DREINT.     Drowned.     Lydfl*, 
FOR-DRIVE.     To  drive  away ;  to  drift.     It  i* 
the  part.  pa.  in  this  example. 

And  vhaime  the  Grrkd  had  longe  )-1w 
¥i>riryvt  and  caste,  lelllynge  In  the  Kv. 

MS.  Dl^a».\ 
FOR-DROMNG.      Disturbance:  tronUe.      It) 

occurs  in  MS.  Cott.  Vespaa.  D.  rii. 
FOR.DRONKEN.  (1)  Drowned.     RoieUmJ,. 

(2)  Very  drunken.     Chaucer. 
FOR-URY.     Very  drv.     Ckauerr. 
FOR-DULD.     Stupificd.     Nath.     Lydgate  has 

for-dnlle,  very  dull.  Minor  Poems,  p.  191. 
FOR-DWINED.     Wasted  away.    (A^S.)    "  Al 

for-dwynnen,"  Rcliq.  Antiq.  it.  211, 
FORDYNG.     Destruction.     (.1.-S.) 
Wakith  and  pray  heren  kyng, 
Ttiat  5e  ne  falle  In  no/br^tmf. 

MS.  CenMt.  pr.  *.  M.  C  14 
FORE.  (1)  Went.     Perceval,  1425. 
{2)  Fared.     Sec  Syr  Gawayne. 

V  ihal  50U  telle  how  hyt  /hrf 
Of  a  man  that  hym  for*wof«. 

MS.  UqH.  1701,  C  U. 
Folylyche  ccrteyn  Eroud  swore. 
And  yn  dcde  weyl  werK  be  Ma.      MM.  Md.  t.  IS. 

(3)  Faring,  or  going,     ff'eber. 

(4)  A  ford  through  a  river.     North. 

(5)  Before.     Still  in  use.    Having  to  the  fin, 
having  anything  forthcoming. 

(6)  A  furrow.     Prompt.  Parr. 

FORE  BIT.     The   herb  devil'i-bit      Cot/ram. 

Gerard  has /breit/f en  mofv. 
POREDALE.    Tlic  pudding  of  a  cow  totnrti 

the  throat.     Salop. 
FORE-DAYS.   Towards  noon.  Oxon.   TowvA 

evening.     Northimii.    The  lost  is  more  odd. 

ststent  with  its  obvious  A.-S.  derivation. 
FORE-ELDERS.     Ancestors.     North.     It   oc- 
curs in  Holinshed,  Hist.  England,  i,  S. 
FORE-END.     The  early  or  for*  part  of  any- 

thing.     Still  in  common  use. 
FORE-FAMILY.    The  ancestors  of  ■  Camay. 

Eatt. 
FORE  FEND.     To  forbid,  or  prevent.    Stai,^ 

It  occurs  also  in  Skelton,  i.  261. 
FOREFENG.    Tlie  first  seizure  or  Uking  ol  1 

thing.      H'nt. 


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fORK-FLANK.    A  projection  of  ftt  upon  the 

rill*  of  a  tlicep.     S'orlh. 
FOKE-FLAP.     Baml».      Wrbtr. 
FOHE-FRONT.     The  forehead.     Paltgnvt. 
KOnEGANGER.    One  who  goe*  before. 
Whirforc  I  h»ld  Ihctte  gTM»  myidoen. 
All  iiitcciyitr  lymmei  and  hy»  furrtangtn. 

Ummpii;  MB.  BMcr;  p.  tI7- 

FORE  HAMMER.    The  large  haniiurr  wliich 

Btrikcs  first,  or  before  the  smaller  ones. 
F0UE11AND-SHA^T.       An     arrow     specially 

formi'd  for  shooting  straight  forward.     Hhak. 
FOREHEjVD.     Same  as  Earlh-ridgt,  q.  v. 
FOREHEAD-CLOTH.      A    bandage   formerl) 

iiMd  l>j  ladies  to  prevent  wrinUc*. 
FOREHEET.  (1)  Forethought,     ^orth. 
(2)  To  forbid.     Kennrll.     It  is  explained  prt- 

delmnine  in  Yorkshire  Dial.  16'J7,  p.  B3,  and 

Ilallamsh.  Gloss,  p.  111. 
FOREHENT.     Seized  before-hand.     Sprturr. 
FOREIIEVEDE.   The  forehead.  Perce>-al,  495. 
Fro  ttie  ybr0jlKv«rf«  uDto  thp  too. 
A  better  tdupcDt  BiyBhi*  aaae  goo. 

IIS.  Unrvtn  A.  i.  17.  1. 117. 

FORE-HORSE.    The  foremost  hone  io  a  team. 

Isoulh. 
FOREIGNER.     A   stranger;   one   of  another 

neighbourhood,  or  county.  Eatl. 
FOREINE.  (1)  A  Jakes,  or,  sometimes, eess-pool. 
Legcnde  of  Ariadne,  77.  Tyrwbitt  doubts 
this  explanation,  but  it  is  confirmed  by  a  pan- 
sage,  in  Rob.  GIouc.  p.  310,  and  a  gloss,  in  MS. 
Uarl.  I70I,  f.  43.  It  seems  to  mean  a  drain 
in  a  document  quoted  in  Pr.  Parr.  p.  5B. 
(2)  A  stranger ;  a  foreigner. 

At  a  fitreynr,  tliorow  hlf  rruelle  myjte, 
By  tyruinye  sod  no  litillo  of  ryfte. 

L^gtil;  its.  Soe.  ^mtiq.  134,  f.  W. 

FORELL.     A  bag,  sack,  or  parse.     (Lat.) 

FORELONG.     Same  as  Foolen,  q.  t. 

FORELOW.     Slanting ;  very  low.     Eml. 

FORE-LYTENEDE.     Decreased ;  lightened. 
Wo  hafr  sf  lowlf  llfTvde  many  lonf^dayc, 
Wylh  delylto  In  thU  Und  with  lordchl|v«  many. 
And  /orfltlauit  the  kwi  that  vc  ate  layltede. 

JtfaH*  Artkurt,  MS.  UnailH,  (.  H. 

FOREMAN.    An  ancestor.     *.  de  Bnmnt. 
FOREMEN.     Geeae.    An  old  cant  term. 
FOREMEST.     Earlieat.     Maunderile,  p.  303. 
FORE-MILK.     The  first  milk  drawn  from  a  cuw 

after  ealring.     North. 
FORENEXST.     Opposite  to  j  over  aga'mst ;  to- 

warrls.     North. 
FORENESS.     A  promontorv.     Stinner. 
FORE-PAST.     Past  by.     Pali^mt. 
FOREPRIZE.    To  warm ;  to  except ;  to  exclude. 

An  old  law  tcnn. 
FORE-READ.     A  preface.     Poaland: 
FORE-RIGHT.  (1)  Straight-forward;  blunt  and 

bolil :  violent ;  obstinate ;  headstrong ;  abrupt ; 

simple ;  foolish.     &ou<A. 
(2)  The  coarsest  sort  of  whealen  bread.     Fol- 

whelc's  Prov.  Gloss. 
FORESAY.     To  foretell,  or  decree.     S*fl*. 
FORE-SET.      Previously  ordained.      See   the 

Misfortunes  of  Arthur,  p.  37. 


FORESHAPEN.  IlUshaped ;  anntttmUy  orde. 
fcctively  formed ;  trausformcd.  A'oraAqv/e, 
unmade.  Piers  Plougbman,  p.  36}  ; /orthapjfn, 
Townclcy  Mysl.  p.  115. 

FORESIllP.  The  forecastle  of  a  ship.  Richard 
Coer  de  Lion,  2618. 

FORESHOUTS.  The  double  ropes  which  fasten 
the  main-sail  of  a  ship.    PaUgrare. 

FORESIGN.     Divination.     Florio. 

FORESLACK.  To  relax,  or  render  slack ;  to 
neglect ;  to  delay.     Spnutr. 

FORESLOW.  To  delay  ;to  loiter;  to  slacken. 
"  His  journeys  to  fore-tlow,"  Drayton,  p.  35. 
•"  Forslow  no  time,"  Marlowe,  ii.  50. 

FORESI'EAK.  To  bewitch.  See  Florio,  p.  24  ; 
llallamshire  Gloss,  p.  Ill  ;  Towncley  Myst. 
p.  1 15.  "  To  brmgt  the  irilch  to  one  (hat  u 
hevilched  or  fortpolcen ;  put  five  Spanish 
needles  into  an  egge  through  the  shell,  and 
sceth  it  in  the  urync  of  one  that  is  bewitched, 
and  whylc  it  is  scethingc,  the  witch  will  come 
without' doubt,"  MS.  Bodl.  e  Mus.  243.  Au- 
brey says  that  in  Herefordshire  they  used 
to  make  part  of  the  yoke  for  oxen  of  withy  to 
prevent  their  being  fores|Kiken.  See  his  MS. 
Nat.  Hist.  Wilts,  p.  12.  Shakespeare  uses  it 
in  the  sense  to  furlnd,  and  it  occurs  with  that 
meaning  in  the  Ghost  of  Richard  111.  p.  8. 
It  means  to  prtdiet  in  Harrington's  NugK 
Antiq.  ii.  5. 

FORE-SPUR.     Tlie  fore-leg  of  pork.     Wett. 

FORESTEAD.     A  ford,     froren. 

FOHESTER-OF-TllE-FEE.  A  person  who  had 
for  some  service  to  the  crown  a  perpetual 
right  of  hunting  in  a  forest  on  paying  to  the 
crown  a  certain  rent  for  the  same.  The  in- 
scription on  the  tomb  of  Junkin  Wyrall,  at 
Newland,  co.  Glou.  of  the  15th  century,  de- 
scribes him  as  Fiirtter  of  Fee.  See  Twid,  p. 
64.     FoMlm  of  theft,  Percy's  Rcliques,  p.  45. 

FOREST-\\  HITES.  A  kind  of  cloths,  men- 
tioncd  in  early  statutes.     Sirutt,  ii.  79. 

FORE-SVMMERS.  A  kind  of  platform  pro- 
jecting over  tlic  shafts  of  a  cart.    Butt. 

FORET.     Forth.    Frerc  and  the  Doy,  ix. 

FORGTE.     The  forehead.     Nominale  MS. 
FORE-TOKEN.     A  warning. 

To  loko  yf  he  htm  wolde  amende. 
To  him  a  /brf  .token  be  icode. 

GMMr,  jirs.  SDf.  amh,.  )m.  r.  le. 

FORETOP.  The  forehead.  "  Fronlupiehim,  a 
fortope,"  Nominale  MS.  It  is  aguahum  in 
Pr.  Parr.  p.  173,  which  Diicange  explains 
tumnia  port  copitu.  "  His  fax  and  his  forc- 
toppe,"  MS.  Morte  Arthure.f.  64.  See  Lyd- 
gate's  Minor  Poems,  p.  115  ;  Octorian,  933  ; 
Skelton,  iL  261.  Ben  Jonson,  ii.  95,  uses  the 
term  for  an  erect  tuf)  nf  hair  on  the  head,  a 
sense  still  current  in  Suffolk.    Moor,  p.  132. 

PORE-TORE.     Tore  in  pieces. 
Al  I  had  profiled  before. 
For  madnca  he  hlmaclfe  /Orr-tvn.  MS.  Mhmelt  MS. 

FORE-WARDEN.    Destroyed ;  undone.    NortM. 

FOREWARE.     To  indemnify.     Somertet. 

FflRE-WASTED.  Wasted  awav;  dettroyed. 
Pari. 


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rOKK-WATCH.    To  watck  iiii>—n.i.     See 

Petteahaa,  f.  Warum't  HM.  in.  S9. 
POKE- WAT.     A  higii  ttnd.     AVflL 
PORE-WETTSG.     FoiciuMnrledge.     (J.-S.) 
VOB-rAGHTE.     Hmag  fbogkl  eunmeiy. 

Tliat  or  byi  Ifft  Kflw  W  MCkw. 

lu:  r^m  ri.  u. as.  Lias. 
FORFAITE.    Tomiado;  toeffaid.     (^.A.) 
FOK-FARB.    To  go  to  rain :  to  pefub«  to  tec 
ill.     Sometimes  for  Um  part.  pe. 
For  he  jt  cute  ta  Mchc  •  can, 

JM.  OMUk.  FC  U.  a,  r.  C3. 
Bcmi  Hxk  M  aay  pir<1w. 
Aa4  MfMly  «■  to  Mw ; 
Alto  /fci'^M  wjOt  ihe  f  im, 

St^nkiBd  illc  or  nnokr.     jrc  /M/.  f.  13. 
But  m  It  were  ■  nun  fi^-fitn, 
L'dIo  the  vod*  y  gaa  to  Care. 

Omw.  JW*.  Jkc  ^aM(.  Ut,  f.  98. 
Fro  hir  ft»  ibc  ittle  Mt  bsn. 
And  Mdc  hinn  there  ihit  wm  Ar-/hn>. 

OuMT  JTnaA.  JVS.  0>fi.  THil  OmM».  C  H. 

FORFEITS.  The  " forfeit*  in  a  b«rlier'»  »liop." 
mrniioaed  by  Shakespeere,  ttiU  exiit  in  tonie 
rillaget.  They  are  peoaltie*  for  handling  the 
razors,  &c.,  and  were  certainlr  more  necesiary 
in  Shalieapeare'*  time,  when  the  harber  was 
alto  a  surgeon.  When  the  article  Bartrr 
was  written,  I  had  not  obsened  the  remarks 
of  Porby  and  Moor  on  this  subject,  which  con- 
firru  U'arliurton's  explanation. 

FOK-CKKEI).     Terrified.     Perceval,  911. 

FOR-FI.YTTE.     Scorned ;  scolded.      ffVAer. 

FOR-FOGHTEN.  Tired  with  fighring.  See 
Morte  d' Arthur,  i.  76;  Gy  of  Warwike,  p. 
326.    See  For-faghlf. 

Moradsa  wu /or-_fl>f[htym  snij  for-blcdd, 
Therfore  he  was  oevyr  to  sore  AHrcdd. 

US.  C'onrab.  Ft.  li.  38,  t.  79. 

fOR-FOR.     Wlicrcfore.     Heane. 
FOR-FRETEN.     To  cat  to  pieces.     (.I.-S.) 

Mt  IhoRhce  Krho  cryede  whuuue  acho  «u  to  ar- 
tayede,  ■!■  ma  thoRltte  that  atlc  the  wcrlde  myghte 
hafe  herde  hlr;  and  the  litUlle  houDde  and  thecatt 
fir-fmtt  tn  aondlr  hlr  leggres  and  h)r  armes. 

MS.  UtmlH  A.  1. 17,  r.  253. 

FOR-FRORN.     Froicn.     Caiton. 

FOU-CiAUnEN      To  mock.    (J.-If.) 

F0R(;AIT.     The  start.     North. 

FORGATHER.   To  meet ;  to  encounter.  North. 

FORGE.  To  invent.  Hence  ybrye/tre,  inven- 
tive, used  by  Shakespeare,  2  Hen.  IV.  iv.  3. 

FORGETILSCHIP.     Forgctfulucss.     Heame. 

FOR-GIKTE.     Forgiveness.     (,A.-S.) 

FOR-GIME.    To  transgress.     Rmolamh. 

FORGIVE.     To  begin  to  thaw.     Eatl. 

FOR-GLUTTEN.  To  devour,  or  swallow  tip. 
(jI.-S.)    Piers  rioughmon,  p.  178. 

FOR-GO.  To  spare;  to  omit;  to  lose.  See 
l|mmydon,  1428.     Also,  to  forsake. 

FtJR-GOER.     One  wlio  goes  l)efore.     (A.-S.) 

FOH-GRAITHED.  Quito  prepat«d.  (A.-S.) 
Sen  MS.  Colt.  Vcipas.  D.  vii.  Ps.  32. 

FOR.GROWE.N.  Overgrown.  Sec  Arch.  ni. 
89;  St.  Brandan,  p.  52  ;  Leg.  Cath.  p.  160. 


rOK^St-LTEN.    BecaapeoMd.     IJ^X) 
thcHanvwinf  a(H<ll.pL2S.«d.  IMa 

rOR-HEDID.     Bciieaded.     Ky^  Afit.  1M&1 

fX>R-HELE.    TocmonL     (.y..£) 
V  kOBcke  jov,  OS  my  Meaqrac 
Tkai  }c  M  <"!•  fio  ma  ao  thyi^. 

MS.  H«i.  t:«,(a 

rOR-HEWK.    To  deque.     (^,-5.) 

Thaaentlhy^aaad  Ihe  laMa  of  ikaae  I  1.* 

towchatfe  ca  lbc(mBeh«Tcdrar4e«1H   ■■ — .■•'.« 

SEkm  a  naac  or  voraaae  aoe  fat  so  Vn 

fm-Jmrt.  MS.  Llae»>»  ; 

FOR-HILER.     A  protector.     fhrJuh^,  (ct- 

teetion.     MS.  Cott.  Ves]aa.  D.  vii. 
FORHFNDER.    To  ptvrenL     Bmt. 
FC>R-HOLE.      Concealed.      See  SevftL  SUrr, 

250,  251  ;  Gy  of  Warwike,  p.  217  :  W.-.f  1 1  > 

Anec.  Lit.  p.  8 ;  Arcii.  nx.  368. 

Hvt  maj  DO  leagcs  be>i«  Saft  ^. 
Fatal;  ounchyp  Ka>c  y  MolMr. 

FOR-HORTD.    Very  hour,  or  grey. 
And  aeyde  to  HaTrovde,  aa  beffD4a» 
Thou  olde  aiid/WJk«v«  maa. 

JO.  raMaS.  PC.  M.  m,  r.  I 
FOR.HirNGRED.     Quite  famisbed.    {A^) 
FOR-JIGED.     Wrongfully  judged. 
KOR-JISTE.    To  juit  with  at  a  ton 
See  Morte  d'Arthur,  ii.  11,  35. 
Gyawiiilt,^)wva«fv^  with  gentlllc  1inyi;htea. 
Thorowe  gcswrawnte*  of  Jeoe  jacfeda  to  tile  hcnr. 
Umt  ^rimtt,  MS.  LMota.  (.  M. 

FORK.  The  lower  half  of  the  body.  TbebawMli 

of  a  deer  was  called  t/bri. 
FOR-KARF.    Cut  in  two.     "  And/or-*«>/bon 

and  l.rrc,"  Lybeaus  Disconus,  1325. 
FORK-UUST.   The  dujt  made  in  grinding  torix 

Shpffi^, 
FORKED.  (1)  A  term  applied  to  the  horns  af 
deer,   when  there  are  only  two  projecliMl 
about  the  snr-royal.     Twici,  p.  36. 
(2)  The  fourchurc.     Z»ero>i. 
FORKED-CAP.    The  mitre.     Arrrfay. 
FORKELYD.     Wrinkled  with  age. 
FOU-KERVE.  Tocarve.orcutthrouglu  {A.-&.\ 
FORKIN-ROBIN.     An  earwig.     AW/*. 
FORKS.  (1)  The  gallon.     "On   hie  on 

forckis,"  Depo».  Ric.  II.  p.  8. 
(2)  Parcels  of  wood.     Lmc. 
FOR-LADEN.   Overladen.   See  Gelding's ( 

ap.  Wartun's  Hist.  Engl.  Poet.  iii.  332. 
FOR-LAFE.     Left  off  entirely.     For4aft, 

missed,  Wright's  Pol.  Songs,  p.  340. 
FOR-LAINE.     Rccliased.     Skinner. 
FOR-LANCYNG.     Cutting  off.     Gateafne. 
FOR-LATYNE.    To  leave  desolate.     (A^) 
FOR-LAY.NE.     Lain  with.     {A.-S.) 
1  have  an  othe  rwor* 
That  y  /ttr-layn  tchatl  Ix  DO  niore« 
Tho|;h  y  tchuldc  therfore  lo«e  my  lyfe. 
But  yf  y  were  a  weddyd  wyfe. 

MS.' Oinuit.  Ft.  II,  3S,  f.  I 
Another  knyght,  so  mote  y  ri)ede. 
Gat  the  chyldc  >yth  thou  yede. 
And  bath  the  quene^Mayne.     MS.  tU4,  t.lti 
Now  wate  1  wrle  It  es  lie 
That  hase  the /tir.ia>n*. 

MS.  IMtttm  A.  1.  i;,  r.  i3li 


FOR 


S7S 


FOR 


FOR-LEDE.    To  mulead.     (A..S.) 
Sir  LuicTlott  Mile  nevn  Uuf  he,  chat  with  the  kjng 

lengDl, 
That  I  fulde  lettc  my  wtyt  Jbr-lede  appoDe  crtbe. 

Morlt  Arthur;  MS.  Uimla  (.  71. 
FOR-LEND.     To  give  up.     Spnuer. 
FOR-LESE.    To  lose  entirely.    (M.S.)    Sec  Gy 
of  Warwike,  p.  44  ;  Kvng  Horn,  665  j   Reliq. 
Antic),  i.  262;  Arch.  xix.  407. 
FOH-LETE.     To  abandon ;  to  quit ;  to  lote ;  to 
forsake,  or  neglect.     See  Kyng  Horn,  224 ; 
Longtofi,  p.  196  1   MS.  Cott.  Vcspoi.  D.  \-ii. 
Pa.  9,  21 ;  Oy  of  Worwike,  p.  144. 
Ilwenne  the  feomlM  heom  fvr-lttetht 
Snakeo  «jid  neddren  heom  towreteth. 

US.  0,11.  Ja.  Oim.  iV. 
Hyt  my;t  hym  w  to  ryet  grte. 
That  alle  hyt  Irmyng  he  tchulde /(jf-trftf. 

MS.  Cantab.  Fl.  li.  3a.  t.  tS'. 
They  luc  their  hond  Ictt  they  ihuld  forgetc, 
Tlut  «11  liter  lyf  after  they  tnnnol/br-lete. 

MS.  lMi,il.*\6,  t.  01. 

FOR-MTIIE.     To  force,  or  ravish.     (.Y.-5.) 

FOR-LOKE.  Utterly  lost.  (.<.-S.) 
Thl  cravayle  thai  Dot  be/hr-furv. 
Thou  kuowii  wel  my  nianere, 

US.  Caiilab.  Ft.  v.  411.  f.  US. 

FOR-LORN.  WortUleu;  reprobate;  alvan- 
doned.  Eatl.  Shakespeare  has  it  in  tlip 
tense  of  Min,  diminulire,  2  Men.  IV.  iii.  2. 
Forluni-hope,  a  party  of  buldicrs  sent  before 
an  army  to  skirmish  with  the  enemy. 

FORLOYNE.  In  hunting,  a  chase  in  which 
tome  of  the  hoiuidt  have  toiled,  and  the  hunts- 
man is  a-head  of  tome,  and  following  others. 
It  may  also  be  explained,  when  a  hound  go. 
ing  before  the  rest  of  the  cry,  meets  chase, 
and  goes  away  with  it.  Sec  Twici,  p.  16 ; 
Gent.  Rec  ii.  79. 

FOR-LUKE.  Providence.  See  Sir  Amadoi, 
Weber,  p.  258,  and  Robson,  p.  40,  wrongly 
explained  by  both  editors. 

Uui  It  come  of  a  gentilnti  of  oure  awrnne  hert 
fowitdcd  lo  TtTtu  or  thee  victories  al«o  whiike  the 
/nr.luk9  of  Godd  hase  acnt  ui,  ere  we  na  thyng  en- 
priddede.  MS.  UhcoIh  A.  I.  17,  f.  17. 

FOR-LY.  To  overlay  and  kill  a  child,  as  a 
nurse  or  mother  sometimes  does  accidentally. 
It  also  has  the  sense  of/ufuo. 

FORM,  llie  scat  of  a  hare.  Hence,  to  sqiut 
down  as  a  hare. 

FORMAL.  Sober;  in  one's  right  tenses ;  in  a 
right  fomi,  or  usual  shape.     Shai. 

FORMALLY.     In  a  certain  form. 

FOR.MAR.     First ;  highest.     SMIon. 

FOUMAST.  Earliest ;  foremost.  (M.-S.)  See 
Le  Bone  Florence  of  Rome,  375. 

lie  wa>  funte  herde  and  fee  dalt  with, 
Tubaloaioe  the  fitrtnatt  imylh. 

CurttrMyndi,  MS.  Cdl.  TrOi.  Oil  (eh  f.  10. 

FORMAT.     To  bespeak  a  thing.     A'orM. 

FORMAYLLE.     The  female  hawk.     The  term 
is  also  applied  to  the  females  of  other  birds. 
Fawkonc  ne/brmoy//*  appone  flit*  handiUe. 
N'e  3ttt  with  gerefawcone  rtjoyte  roe  in  erthe. 

JViirfe  Arthure,  MS.  Llnmlii,  I.  (IS. 

FORME,  (n  First ;  former.     {.4..S.) 

(2)  Tu  teach ;  to  instruct ;  to  inform. 


FORVfELLICHE.     FormaUy.     CAaueer. 
FORMER.  ( 1)  First.     Middleton,  v.  520. 

(2)  A  gouge.  Alto,  on  inttriiraent  for  holding 
different  pieces  of  a  table  together.  "  For- 
moiir,  or  grublyng  yron,"  Palsgrave. 

(3)  The  Creator.     Coventry  Mvst.  p.  109. 
FORMERWARDE.     The  vanpiard.     Ueier. 
FORMFADERES.     Fore-fathers.     {J.-S.) 
FORMICA.     A  iliscasc  in  hawks. 
FORMOSITY.  Form;  beauty.  This  word  occurs 

in  the  Cvprisn  Academv.  1647,  p.  8. 
FORMOLS.  Beautiful ;  fair.  (Lai.) 
FORM. PIECES.      An  old  term  for  the  itonei 

forming  the  tracery  of  windows. 
FORN.     Before.     Gv  of  Warwikc,  p.  3. 
FORNE.  (1)  Foam.    Pabi/raer. 

(2)  For.     Ritson's  Gloss,  to  Met.  Rom. 

(3)  The  first,  fonner,  or  fore.     Pr.  Pan. 
FORNESSE.     A  furnace.     PaUgrave. 
FOR-MGH.     Very  near.     A'orM. 
FOK-NOUGHT.     Easilv.     Urame. 
FORNPECKLES.     Freckles.    Lane. 
FOR-OLDED.     Worn  out  with  age.    &«/*.    It 

occurs  in  Lvdgatc. 
FORORD.     Furred.     ••  Forord  wcle  and  with 

gold  fret."  Ritson,  i.  47. 
FOR-OUTIN.     Without.     Gataayne. 
FOROWS.     Furrows.     (.i.-S.) 

Ho  itroke  the  itede  wyth  the  ipurrya. 
He  spared  Dothet  ruggc  not  fiti  otrg. 

MS.  CItnlab.  Fl.  ii.  38,  f.  107, 

FOR.PINCHED.     Pinched  to  pieces.     (J..S.) 

See  Wright's  Pol.  Songs,  p.  337. 
FOR-PINED.      Pined   or   starved    to   deatb; 
wasted  away ;  niggardly.     (J.-S.)     See  Pien 
Ploughman,  p.  126 ;  Chaucer,  Cant.  T.  205, 
Hi.") ;  Fairy  Quccne,  III.  x.  57. 
FOR-POSSI D.     PoUed,  or  weighed. 

And  thus  he  gan  in  «ondry  thoujlei  wyodc. 
Aft  in  ballauiice/br>|>oj«M  up  aod  doun. 

LvifMf,  MS.  »<.  ^Hl4q.  134,  f.9. 

FOR.PREST.     Prett  down  ;  fallen  down. 
FORRAI).     Forward,     far.  liiaL 
FOR-HAKYD.     Overdone  with  walldDg. 

Towncley  Mysteries,  p.  105. 
FORRAYSE.    To  foray,  or  Uy  waste. 

He  felles  forettei  fele.  Arnif ••  thl  iandei 
Mra-(«  Arlhart,  MS.  U'mlK, 

FORRED.     DehiUlated.    (.^.-S.) 
FORREL.    The  cover  of  a  book  ;  the  border  of 
a  handkerchief.     U'ett.     It  occurs  in   many 
rarlv  writers  in  the  first  sense. 
FOUREOUR.  A  scout,  or  forager.  (A.-X)  For. 
ryilart.  Arrival  of  King  Edward  IV.  p.  8. 
Kerkes  on  a  fniache,  and  frcaclyche  aikr«r* 
To  fyghte  with  oure  /Wtcvvm  that  one  fride  hovia. 
MiTfe  MHhur;  MS.  Lincoln,  f.B4. 
POR-SAKE.     To  leave ;  to  omit ;  to  desist  from; 

lo  refuse,  or  deny.      (.^.-S.) 
FOR-SCAPTE.     Driven  out  of;  banished  from. 

See  the  Chester  Plays,  i.  44. 
FOR-SCIIOP.    Transformed.    (.^.-S.) 

And  him.  as  ache  whiche  was  goddcaae, 
Fvr~*rhop  anone,  and  the  llkoesae 
Sciie  made  him  takea  of  an  hrrte. 

CMmTi  MH.  SiK.  Anli^.  134,  I,  40. 


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,(.m. 


FOR 


374 


FOR 


FOR-SCYPPEUS.  Those  who  >ki|ii>ed  over  the 
Psalms  in  chanting.    Kcliq.  Auliq.  i.  90. 

FOR-SE.  To  neglect  J  to  despise.  Sec  MS.  Cott. 
Vespai.  D.  vii.  Pa.  10.  It  is  tftit  fur-tegh  in 
the  aame  MS.  Ps.  21. 

rORSELY.     Strong  i  powerful. 

The  flfle  wu  a  faire  mane  thane  Mt  of  thiea  other, 
AJhnellf  mane  and  a  fcr««,  with  fomaad  Uppts. 

Ilorif  Arthurr,  US.  U/i«>b>,  f.ng. 

rOR-SETTE.    To  shut ;  to  close  in.     {.4.-S.) 
He  haa  the  cet£  fitr-sett  appono  fere  lialfca. 

MtTle  i4rthurl,  SIS.  LInmIn,  t.  74. 

FOR-SHRONKE.     Shrunk  up.     Chaucer. 
FOR-Sl-EUTllE.     To  lose  through  sloth;  to  be 

spoilt  from  lying  idle.     {yf.-S.) 
FORSLOCKOND.    Done  over.    "  Por-thehmd 

-with  ale,"  Reliq.  Antiq.  i.  84. 
FOR-SLONGEN.      Swallowed    tip;   devoured. 

Sec  Rcvnard  the  Foxe,  p.  10. 
FOR-SLYNGRED.     Beat  severely.   Ibid.  p.  18- 
FORSNES.     Strength.     Gavayne. 
FOR-SNEYE.    To  do  cvU  sUlj.     (A.-S.) 
FoTthy,  yf  eny  man  fvr-t^irye 
TboTow  hem,  they  befl  not  exnifable. 

Coiper,  tlS.  Sac.  MMi^.  154,  f.  41i. 

POR-SODE.    Forsooth ;  truly.     W'eAer. 
FOR-SONGEN.     Tired  with  singing.     {A.-S.) 
FOR-SPENT.     Worn  away.     S/imiirr. 
FORSPREAK.     An  advocMe.     P/iillipii. 
FOR-SPREUE.     To  spread,  or  extend.     MS. 

Cott.  Vespas.  D.  vii.  Ps.  35. 
FOHST.  Frost.  Still  in  use. 
FOR-STALLE.     To  hinder,  stop,  or  forestall. 

(A.-S.)     See  Piers  Plougliman,  p.  68. 
FORSTER.     A  forester.     (./.-.V.) 

5^1  1  Tcdc  that  thou  fatide 
ThaD  any  fottttr  hi  thU  land 
An  arow  for  to  drawe. 

JU.V.  Cmtab.  Ff.  v,  48,  f.  «>. 

FOR-STORMID.     Beaten  by  storms.     {A.-S.) 
The  fchip  whiche  on  the  wawli  renneth. 
And  if  fvr.mtormiti  and  for  bidwc. 
If  uoujt  more  peyncd  for  a  throw. 

OoKtr.  MS.  Sm.  JnU(i  134,  t.  61. 
FOR-STRAUGHT.     Distracted.     {A.-S.) 
FOR- SWAT.  Covered  with  sweat.  Sec  Wright's 

Pol.  Songs,  p.  158 ;  BriL  Bihl.  iii.  U. 
FOR-SWELTE.     Killed.     Kvng  Alis.  7S.''9. 
FOR-SWEREN.     To  peijure,  or  swear  falselv. 
FOR-SWONK.      Tired  with   labour.      '•  Albc 
for-awonk  and  for-swat,"  England's  Helicon, 
lG14,ap.  Brit.  BiM.  p.  U. 
FORSY.     To  stulf,  or  season,  any  diah.     See  a 

receipt  in  Fonne  of  Cury,  p.  104. 
PORT.  (1)  Tipsy.     Percy. 
(2^  Before.     Sec  the  Sevyn  Sages,  239. 

(3)  Strong;  powerful.     Kyug  AUsauiider,  7710. 

(4)  TUl ;  until.     St.  Brandnn,  p.  1. 
FOR-TAXED.     Wrongly  taxed.     (A.-S.) 
FORTE.     A  form  of  forth  { 

Sche  thou5(e  that  thcr  was  fuche  one, 
AUc  WM  ^rfe  and  overcoD. 

Cimtr,  MS.  Soc.  Axliq.  134,  f.  It?. 

FOR-TEACH.     To  unteach.     &>auer. 
FORTELACE.     A  fortress,     {A.-S.) 
FORTBR.    To  thrash  com.     Xorlh. 
FORTBYN.  (I)  To  happen  ;  to  receive.  {A.-N.) 


S« 


And  ;H  for  all  hys  grete  honour, 
Hwnsclfe  Doble  kyng  .Arthoui 
llAth  JlTUiitid  syche  a  chant. 

af&.4a*ia>ie«,  I.4L 

(2)  To  prosper.     (.^.-.V.) 

Tho  my  maytler  *pcnd  never  tn  tkgttu 
t-nou^c  he  ichall  have  it  the  laate* 
Uay  ^trttiyn  aa  mych  a*  ei  er  ahatl  hc^ 
Ttut  drynke  never  peny  to  that  be  dyje. 

Xtifie  <H«rte«,  p-la 

FORTH.  (1)  Out  of  temper.     Devon. 

(2)  Thenceforth;  because;  forwards.     {J.-S.) 

(3)  To  distrust ;  to  despair.     Otncer. 

(4)  Theft.     Skinucr'f  Etym.  Angl.  1671. 
FOR-TH  AN.  Therefore;  on  this  account.  ( J.-X) ' 

See  Ellis,  ii.  28.  In  use  in  the  North,  kooord- 

ing  to  Ray  and  Grose. 
FOR-TH  AT.      Because,     k   common   phrsse. 

See  Sir  Isumbras,  489 ;  Hunter's  Uluat.  Shak. 

i.  290. 
FOltTH-BY.     Forward  by.     {A.-S.) 
FORTllE.  (I)  A  ford.     MS.  Egerton  829, 187. 
(21  To  forward,  or  bring  forward.     {J.-S.) 
FORTH  E-DAYES.     The  dose  of  the  day. 

Fore-iiays,  and  Sir  Perceval,  82!>. 
FORTIIE-GATE.     A  journey.     {A.-S.) 
FORTHELY.     Readily.     Ijinploft.  p.  100. 
FOUTIIER.     To  further ;  to  advance.     \A.-S.) 
FOUTIIER-FETE.     The  forc-fcet.      Kittint, 
FORTHERLY.     Forward ;  carlv.     ^ortk. 
FOKTH.HELDE.    To  bold  forth;   to  retaia. 

(A.-S.) 
FOR-THI.    Therefore;  because,     {jt^i.) 
Tliou  fhal  Iw  ferryd  cv  thou  fOOb 
Fvr-t/ii/  make  gtad  cherc 

MB.  llmtaa,  Ff.  T.  41,  (.  M. 

FORTIIINK.    To  suspect ;  to  foreiee.     £■*(. 

I  Ull-TIIINKE.  To  grieve;  to  vex  ;  to  abie,or 
repent.  •'  Who  so  comyth  late  to  hia  in, 
shall  erly  for-thynit,"  MS.  Douce  52.  Still 
in  use  in  Cheshire.  See  Wilbraham,  p.  41. 
Dot  thow  arte  fay,  be  my  faythe,  aod  thu  me /tir- 
tliynklryi.  Marit  Arlh^trr,  MS.  Uricti;  f.  <&  , 

FORTHIRMASTE.    The  ftirthennost ;  the  nuull 

distant.       "The    forlhirmatte    was    fir»)«.' 

MS.  MortcArthui^,  f.  88. 
FORTH-ON.      In  continuation;  for  an  iodn 

iiite  period.     I'ar.  dial. 
FOR-TIIOL'GHT.     Grieved;  rvpented. 

as  a  substantive  in  Cheshire.     (.f.-.K) 
FORTH-RIGHT.    A  straight,  or  direct  pallLl 

See  Tempest,  iii.  3 ;  Tro.  and  Cr.  iii.  3. 
FOHTllWAR.     Forthwith.     (A.-S.) 
FOUTH-WARDE.     Forward.     Pcrcevml.  lOJg. 
FORTH- WERPE.     To   cast  forth:   to  itjm. 

See  MS.  Cott.  Vespas.  I),  vii.  Ps.  16. 
FORTH-WORD.    A  bargain.    Apol.  LoU.  p.  52. 
FOR-TH  Y.     Same  as  I'ur-thi,  q.  v. 
FORTHY.     Forwaril ;  pert.     Carrar. 
FOUTITUOG.     An  old  astrologioU  toxa  fori 

favorable  planet. 
FORT-MAYNK.     Main  force.     {d.S.) 
FOR-TO.     Till ;  until.     Htbrr. 
FOn-TORNE.     Turn  up ;  rootc<l  up.     f^.«S,)  I 
FOR-TREDE.  To  tread  tlown.  {A..ii.)  8««I"" 

Cott.Veapts.  D.  vii.  P».  7, 


FOB 


375 


rou 


FORTRESSE.     To  roike  rtroDg ;  to  fortify. 

FOFtTUIT.     AcciilenUl.     (^.-A^.) 

FORTUNE.  To  moke  fortunate;  to  give  good 
or  Imd  fortune.  Also,  to  happen,  aa  in  Top. 
uir>  Beutt.  p.  278  ;  Hobion's  Jnta,  p.  29. 
t'orlttitr  My  J-'oe,  one  of  the  mott  popular 
early  l>alliul  tunes,  ia  »o  often  referred  to  that 
it  deserves  a  hricf  notice.  A  copy  of  the 
ballad  is  preserved  in  Bagford'a  collection  in 
the  British  Masciim,  and  the  air  has  been 
pub!ishe<l  by  Mr.  Chappell.  1840.  See  further 
in  the  notes  to  Kind-Marts  Dreame,  p.  61. 

FORTUNOUS.     Fortunate. 

with  mighty  fltrokM  courk|te  uid  cheralToui, 
He  wanne  the  felde  In  tMtcll  /brtunoM*. 

Harilrng't  Oiroitlclt,  t.  It, 

FOR-UNGRID.  Faint  with  hunger.  "  For- 
ungridsore,"  Wright's  Seven  Sjges,  p.  34. 

FOR-WAKED.  Ilavingbeen  long  awake.  Sec 
Sir  Perceval,  1879. 

FOR-WANDRED.  Having  long  wandered; 
worn  out  with  wandering.     {A.-S.) 

FOR-WANYE.     To  spoil.     (^.-5.) 

FORWARD.  (1)  Half  tipsy.      Var.  dial. 

(2)  An  agreement,  or  covenant;  a  promise. 
(A.-S.)  See  Beves  of  Hamtoun,  p.  140 ;  MS. 
Cott.  Vcspas.  D.  vil.  Ps.  15 ;  Chester  Playi,  1. 
56 ;  Cy  of  Warwike,  p.  342  ;  Sir  Amadas,  683. 

(3)  Destruction.  (A.-S.)  It  occurs  in  MS.  Cott. 
Vespas.  D.  vil.  Ps.  9. 

FOR.WAT.     So  that ;  provided.     Hrarne. 

FOR-WAYE.     To  go  out  of  the  way.     (A..S.) 

FORWE.  A  fiuTow.  '■  The  knight  fel  ded  in  » 
fonce,"  Arthour  and  Merlin,  p.  129. 

FOK-WEARIED.    Worn  out.    Pabgrave. 

FORWEEXD.  Hnmour»ome;diflindt  to  please. 
Somerifl.  Perhaps  from  the  old  word  for- 
ircynrrf,  liadiv  weaned,  Dqios.  R.  11. 

FOR-WELKED.    Much  wrinkled.   <,A.-S.) 

FOR-WEPT.  Having  much  wept ;  quite  worn 
out  with  weeping.    Chaucer. 

FOR.WHY.   Wherefore.    Var.  dial. 

FORWIT.  Prescience ;  forethought  i  antici- 
pation.   Pien  Ploughman,  p.  87. 

FOR-WONDRED.  Much  wondrcd  at;  very 
strange.    {J.-S.)   l.angtoft,  p.  37. 

FOR-WORN.    Much  worn.    Spentcr. 

FOR-WORTH.  To  perish.  {A.-S.)  See  an  in- 
stance  in  MS.  Cott.  Vcspas.  D.  vii.  Ps.  1. 

POR-WOUNDED.    Much  wounded.    Chauerr. 

FOR-WRAPPED.    Wrapped  up.    Ckavcer. 

FOR-WROGHT.   Over-worked.    (.i.-S.) 
Fvr-u.roght  wit  hli  luk  sad  tpaA, 
or  himself  be  vn  al  sad. 

MS.  au.  Veifat.  A.  ill.  1. 1. 

FOR-WYTTYNO.   Reproach.   Car/on. 

FOR-YAF.    Forgave.   *iV«oii. 

FOR-YAT.  Forgot.  Auchinleck  MS.  Por^tdt, 
Troilus  and  Crescidc,  ii.  1330 ;  forytlt, 
Chaucer,  Cant.  T.  1884  ;  for.ytttn,  Rom. 
Rose,  4838  ;/or.jii/e,  St.  Brandan,  p.  26. 

FOR' YE  LOE.  To  repay ;  to  requite  :  to  reward. 
See  Kyng  Alisaunder,  362 ;  Piers  Ploughman, 
pp.  133,  257.  f<)r>ye<iM)i{r,  reward,  recoui- 
pense,  MS.  Cott.  Vespu.  D.  vii.  Pi,  27. 


Farvirelle  now,  mT  ^^*  Buyttyr, 
And  God  hyt  yov  fi/r-^idt. 

MS.  Cmntoi.    Ft.  Ii.  X,  f.  M 

FORYTT.    A  ferret.   Nominalc  MS. 
F0U-3ETYLLE.    Forgetful.    Pr.  Part. 
F0R-5ODE.    Lost ;  forgot ;  omitted. 

And  iherrore  wheuDc  tcho  jy/r-^mit  hyidc.  acbD 
/iir-io4w  alio  alle  other  Rude  with  hyme,  and  Iber- 
fore  was  aclio  tiuue  In  wedowcdr. 

MS.  Unmlm  A.  L  17,  t  IM. 

FOS.\R.   Same  as  Farcer,  q.  v. 

FOSOUN.   Confidence ;  ability.   Jieame. 

FOSS.    A  waterfall.    Croern. 

FOSSET.   A  faucet.    Hawkins,  iii.  349.    Also  s 

chest,  the  same  as  Forerr,  q.  t. 
FOSSICK.   .4  troublesome  person.    Hence  also 

foiuiking,  troublesome.    Warv. 
FOSSPLE.    The  impression  of  a  horse's  foot  on 

soft  ground.    Cumb. 
FOSTAL.   A  paddock  to  a  large  house,  or  a  way 

leading  thereto.    Sune.i. 
FOST/VLE.   The  track  of  a  hare. 
FOSTER.   A  forester.    (A.-N.)     See  Syr  Trya- 

motire,  1087;  Robin  Hood,  i.  65. 
To  a  hrrtc  he  let  renoei 
xl).  fi>»t9rt  dyicrycd  hym  thea. 

MS.  Qinfat.  Ff.  H.  M.  r.  TD. 

FOSTRE.  Food ;  nourishment.  {A..S.)  ChaiKser 
has  fotlring,  Cant.  T.  7427.     Fotlredet,  fos- 
tered. Will.  Wcrw.  p.  193. 
POT.    To  fetch.    H'nt. 

HI*  roodlr  him  liitoke  a  pot 
Walit  fro  the  wdle  to  /■<. 
Curmr  Mundi,  MS.  (ML  Trin.  Oxnimi.  I.  T«. 
FOTE.    Fought.    Ilane. 
FOTE-HOT.   On  the  instant :  immediately.   See 
Warton,  I  189;  RiUon.  iU  160;   Gy  of  War- 
vrike,  pp.  28,  63.   It  is  very  common  in  owly 
English  writers. 

On  onswerld  hym  /Ue-Aore. 
He  U  of  thai  londe  wcl  I  wote. 

MS.  liinlab.  Ft.  r.  4»,  t.  U. 

FOTE-SETE.  A  footstool.   Nominalc  MS. 

FOTEZ.   Feet.   Cavayae. 

FOTH.   A  fragment.   Somertet. 

FOTHER.  A  weight  of  19  cwt.  Hence,  a  great 
number  or  quantity  ;  a  burthen  of  any  size. 
(A.-S.)     SceKyng  Aliaaonder,  1809. 

FOn'UERAM.  An  open  space  behind  the  rack, 
where  the  hay  is  placed  ready  to  supply  it. 
A'or/A. 

FOTIVE.    Nourishing.   (Ut.) 

FOT-LAMB.   Lame  in  the  foot. 

KOTTIS.   Feet.   Arch.  x«.  407, 

FOU.  Tipsy ;  full ;  few.  iVorM.  It  occurs  in  the 
last  sense  in  MS.  Cott.  Yrtpas.  D.  vii.  Ps.  16, 
13th  ccnlory;  and  Rob.  Glouc.  p.  153,  spelt 
/owe.  Wilbraham  has/oit>-<frunit,  very  drunk. 

FOUCH.  A  quarter  of  a  buck.  An  old  hunting 
term.  Also,  to  divide  a  buck  into  four 
quarters. 

FOLCHE.  To  vouchsafe,  or  vouch  for.  (A.-K) 
See  William  and  the  Werwolf,  p.  1 49. 

FOl'DERSOME.    Bulky ;  cumbrous.    Cymt. 

FOIDRE.    Lightning.    (A.-N.) 

FOl'DREL.  Apparently  ■  kind  ci  spioe,  men- 
tioned in  Nominalc  MS, 


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FOliGADE.   A  kind  of  firework.   (/V.) 
FOUGH.   An  intcrj.  of  contempt. 
FOUGHT.   Fetched.   Somenet. 
FOUGHTY.    Many  ;  ineipid.  IJne. 
FOUL.  (1)  Ugly  i  dirty ;  rieious  j  unpoUte  i  fiill 

of  weeds.    Var,  dial. 
(2)  An  ulcer  in  a  cow's  foot ;  a  diaeate  tlitt  pro- 
duces ulcers.    Sorth. 
!i)  A  bird.   See  Kyng  Alisauiider,  35M. 
i)  To  flash  ?   See  a  singidar  use  of  the  word  in 

Fletcher's  Poems,  p.  160. 
POULDAGE.    The  liberty  of  penning  or  folding 

sheep  by  night.     Norf. 
FOULDER.    Lightning.    NareM.    Wentx  foHlt- 

ring,  flashing  like  Ughtning,   Misfortaues  of 

Arthur,  p.  57. 
FOULEN.   To  defile.    {.^..S.) 
FOULER.    A  piece  of  ordnance,  mentioned  in 

Gaolfrido  and  Barnardo,  Lond.  15/0;  Onl. 

and  Reg.  p.  272  ;  .\rch.  xxi.  52. 
FOULMART.     A  polecat.   North.    "A  fox  and 

ufolmert,"  Rcliq.  Antiq.  i.  85. 
FOUL-MOUTHED.    Accustomed  to  use  rery 

bad  language,     far.  dial. 
FOUL'S-M.\RB.    A  name  for  the  gallows,  men- 
tioned in  Holinshed,  iii.  15C1. 
FOULYNG.    A  wretch.    Cor.  Mvst.  p.  306. 
FOUND.  (1)   SuppUcd  with  food.     Sec  fiW. 

The  term  founder  it  still  common. 

I  To  confound.    See  Greene's  Works,  ii.  200. 

I  To  intend,  or  design.    tVettmorel.    It  occurs 

in  Ritson,  the  same  as  Fandt,  to  try,  attempt, 

or  endeavour. 
(4)  To  mix ;  to  dissolve.    Prgge. 
FOUNDAY.    A  space  of  six  days.    A  terra  used 

by  iron-workers,   being  the  time  in  which 

they  make  eight  tuns. 
FOUNDE.    To  go  towards;  to  go.   (A.-S.) 

To  hit  forcste  to/i'»iuf«, 

Doihc  with  home  and  with  bunde. 

To  brynge  the  dert  to  the  grounitc. 

Jf&  Unnin  A.  1.  17.  f.  130. 
Syr  knyfhte,  when  thou  oa-hMniyngfitwndm, 
Y  ichallc  gjrf  ye  twogrtyhowndys. 

MS.  Cantob.  Ft.  II.  98,  t.M. 
Fro  the  mome  that  day  wu  lyghtc, 
Tylle  hyt  was  evyn  derke  uyghte, 
Oreylhur  party  woLle/'vnde        JV&.  IM<I.  t.  91. 
FOU  N  DE  R.    To  fall  down ;  to  make  to  fall ;  to 
give  way.    Chaucer. 

In  Cheihlre,  a.o.  165—,  aquantlty  of  earth  yimii- 
tf/-«rf,  and  fcU  downe  a  vast  depth. 

Aubrry'i  niU;  Hegal  Snr.  MS.  p.  106. 
FOURBOUR.    A  furbishcr.    Sec  a  list  of  trades 

in  Davies'  York  Records,  p.  233. 
FOURCHED.    Forked.    Reliq.  Antiq.  i.  151. 
FOUR-EYED.     Said  of  dogs  which  hare  a  dis- 
tinct mark  over  each  eye  of  a  different  colour. 
One  who  wt:ar>  spectacles  is  also  said  to  be 
foitr-ef/ed. 
FOUKINGS.     An    afternoon  meal  taken  at  4 
o'clock  in  hartest-time.    fiorf.   Also  called 
Fourt. 
FOURMEL.    To  do  according  to  rule. 
Fader,  je  may  lauje  my  lewdetpcche, 
yt  that  ]ow  Ibte,  I  caa  nnthln^e  /uurmu'l. 

Otrfcre,  itX.  Sdc  ^<>/i«.  tS4,  t.  %}. 


FOUR-O'CLOCK.     A  meal  taken  livharrait 

bourcrs  at  that  hour.     Sorlh, 
FOUR-RELEET.     The  crossing  of  two 

four  wars  meeting.    Sffjff'oU. 
FOUR-St^'UARE.  QuKlrangular.  SufoU.  "Aai 

the  citie  lay  /ouretjwtrt,"  Bev.  xxi.  16,  «d. 

1640,  fol.  Amst, 
FOURTE.     Fourteen.     rTeber. 
FOURTE-DELE.    The  fourth  part.     (.*-&) 

The  fimti».^lt  a  furlang  betwene  Ihu*  ha  vilkca. 
il'-rif  jIHhuft,  MS.  Liimlm,  LA 

FOURTNET.    A  fortnight. 

Hit  la  mfmrlnet  and  more,  seyd  bcc 
Syn  1  my  Savyour  tee. 

J/8.  Oimtab.  Ft.  r.  41,  f.  W 
FOURUJf.     A  bench,  or  form.      NortA. 
FOUSE.  (1)  A  fox.    Cnwen. 
(2)  Ready ;  prompt ;  willing.    (AS.)     Seenor. 
and  Blanch.  352;   Lyboiui    Diaconu*,  288; 
Wright's  LjTic  Poetry,  p.  50. 
FOUST.  (1)  Dirty  ;  soiled;  mouldy  ;  rumpled, « 
tumbled.      ITett.      "  Particularly  applied  i» 
hay  not  well  dried  at  first,  or  that  hath  tak 
wet,  and  smokes  and  stinks  when  opeatA  an4 
taken  aliroad,"  Dean  Milles  MS. 
{2)  A  labourer's  beer-I>ottle.    Imu. 
FUUT.     A  spoilt  child.     A'or/*. 
FOUTER.  (1)  A  term  of  contempt.   NartM.   Set 
Brockett,  who  has  not  teen  its  obvious  cow 
nexion   with  the  old  word  foutra,  uied  h/ 
Shakespeare. 
(2)  To  thrash  grain.     Sorth. 
FOUTII.     Plenty.     NorlhumS. 
FOOTNART.     Same  as  Fouhnart,  q.  ». 
FOUTILV.     A foutra  for  y OH,  i.  e.  a  fix  for  pMV< 

in  contempt.    Middlclon,  iv.  33. 
FOUTRY.     Mean ;  paltry.    Eatt. 
FOUTY.     Not  fresh  ;  fustv.    North. 
FOUWELES.    Birds.    Piers  Ploughman,  p.  5«1. 

/"okW,  Fmrelei,  St.  Brandao,  p.  10. 
FOW.  (1)  Same  as  Foul,  q.  v. 
(2)  Fur.     "  Fow  and  griis,"  Gy  of  Warwike,  p. 

22.    Sec  lb.  p.  95 ;  Tristrcm,  p.  203. 
FOWAYLE.    Fuel.     Pr.  Parv.     It  it  applied  is 
Richard  Goer  de  Lion,  1471,  1475,  to  pro- 
visions or  necessary  suppliea. 
FOWE.    To  clean,  or  cleanse  out.     *'  Thin  etr 
foice,"  Arch.  xxx.  351 ;  ib.  371. 
Betrr  become  the  i-liche. 
For  to/bieen  an  old  diehe. 
Thanne  for  to  tie  dobtwd  kolglil^ 
Te  goD  among  maldenes  bright. 

Btm  tf  HoaWMm,  p.  U, 
POWER.  (I)  A  fainting  fit.    North. 
(2)  Same  as  Fueler,  q.  t. 
FOWERTIE.    Forty.     ChoMcer. 
FOWING.     Fodder.    North. 
FOWK.    Folk ;  people.     Yorhh. 
POWKEN.    A  falcon. 

Fer  out  over  jon  mowntcn  gray, 
Thonai,  a  fixikea  maket hti  near. 

TViM  TItumu,  MS.  Orntaa.  Ft.  «.  4ft 
POWKIN.    Crepitus  ventris.    Percy. 
FOWXDE.     The   earth,   or   world.     ••  Whtlle* 
I  one  fowlde  rcgnedc."  Morte  Arthure,  MS. 
Lincoln  A.  i.  17,  f.  88. 


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FOWLE.  (1)  Same  u  Foul,  q.  v. 
(2)  To  try  to  catcli  birdj.     Hence  Foteler. 
FOWNCE.    To  indent.    Lydgatt. 
FOWNDYNGE.    TruL 

He  wu  iryito  In  all  finvnOyttgr. 

US.  Canlab.  Ft.  IL  38,  f.  173. 

FOWRIS.     Force.    Arch.  xu.  •407. 
FOWTE.    Fault  J  want. 

At  the  Ust  he  wld,  wo  tl  me. 

Almoft  I  (Ijrc  (oT/'iirit  of  fode. 

Tnit  Tliomit,  .VS.  Qulat.  Ft.  r.  4B. 

FOX.  (I)  The  old  EngUsh  broadsword.  "  He 
acowenan  old  foxe,"  Drayton,  p.  10. 

(2)  To  make  tipsy.  A  cant  term.  See  Hob- 
ion'a  Jcita,  1607,  repr.  p.  33. 

(3)  To  steal.     Coil.  Eton. 

(4)  A  game  in  which  one  boy  runi  first,  and 
others  try  to  catch  him. 

FOXED.  Timber  is  said  to  ht  foxed,  when  it 
becomes  discoloured  in  consequence  of  inci- 
pient decay,     ffane. 

FOXGRIE.     Foxish  manners.     Chavcfr. 

FOX-lN.TI!E.yOLE.  This  game  is  aUmled  to 
in  Soliman  and  Perseda,  1599  ;  Florio,  p.  iSO; 
Ilcrrick,  i.  176.  Boys  who  played  it  hopped 
on  one  leg,  and  beat  one  another  with  gluvrs 
or  pieces  of  leather  tied  at  the  end  of  strings. 
"  A  kinde  of  playe  wherein  boyet  lift  up  one 
leg,  and  hop  on  the  other;  it  is  called  /ox  in 
My  hole,"  N'omcnclator,  1 585,  p.  298. 

FOX-TAIL.  Anciently  one  of  the  badges  of  a 
fool.  Hence  perhaps  the  phrase  to  ffire  one  a 
flop  vilh  a  fox-tail,  to  deceive  or  make  a  fool 
of  him.  "  A  flap  with  t  foxe-taile,  ■  jest," 
Florio,  p.  101. 

FOXY.  Said  of  beer  which  haa  not  fermented 
properly.     Line. 

FOY.  (l)>aith.    SktUoit. 

(2)  A  merry-making  generally  given  at  parting, 
or  on  entering  into  some  sitiution.  I'ar.  dial. 

FOY'LE.  (1)  Paste,  or  cnut.  A  common  term 
in  oUl  culinary  receipts. 

(2)  To  fallow  land-    Diet.  Suit. 

FOYLED.    Defiled. 

But  hoo  U  /oyM  with  dUhonrM^, 
I'd  waKhe  another  it  it  not  aplycd. 

L^folr,  MS.  Soc.  Anilii.  IM,  f.  1 

FOYLINGS.    The  marks  on  gnu  left  by  deer 

in  their  passage.    Hotcell. 
FOY'NE.    A  heap,  or  abundance.    Also,  foes. 

Towneley  Mysteries.    {Qu. /nr.) 
FOY  NED.     Kicked.     Goiroyw. 
POYNES.    See  foiM. 
FOYNTES.     Attempts.     Hearne. 
FOYS.    A  kind  of  delicate  tartlet.     "  Frixum, 

a  foys,"  Noniinale  MS. 
FOYST.    See  Foitl. 
FOZ Y.  ( 1 )  A  choice  delicacy.     Drvon. 
(2)  Sjiongy ;  insipid ;  porous ;  soft  and  wooUy. 

A'orM  and  Satl. 
FRA.     From.    (..^.-5.)    In  common  use  in  the 

North.    Also  an  adverb.     Til  andfra,  to  and 

fro.    See Cliaucer,  Cant.  T.  4037. 

Whinne  he  wrot  oghte  /ra  hi)lne, 
Th.(y  hafc  haltlyneup  hUname. 

VS.  UkcoIk  a.  I.  17,  r.  1 30. 


FRACCHYXE.    To  creak.     Pr.  Parr. 
FRACK.  (1)  Forward ;  eager.     AorlA. 

(2)  A  hole  in  a  garment.    Suffolt. 

(3)  To  abound,  awarm,  or  throng.    £»/. 
FRACTABLE.    The  wrought  stones  that  run 

up  the  gable  ends.     Holme,  1688. 
FRACTED.    Broken.    (Lat.)  PaUgrave  haa  the 

substanlive/rarfiaH,  a  breaking. 
FRACTIOUS.     Peevish,     far.  dial. 
FRAG.  (1)  Low,  vulgar  people.    Hiddr 
(2)  A  kind  of  nc.    Somrrtrt. 
FRiVIIDLE.     f o  talk  foolishlv.    Ciimi. 
FRAID.     Fear.     Sutc  Papers,  ii.  355. 
FRAICIIT.     Fraught.     Webster,  i.  288 
FRA  1 L.  ( I )  Weak-minded.     Line. 

(2)  To  fret,  or  wear  out  cloth.     Eaul. 

(3)  A  light  kind  of  basket,  made  of  rushes,  or 
matting,  much  used  for  fruit,  such  as  figs, 
raisins,  &c.  "  You  have  pickt  a  raison  out  of 
a/rniVe  of  figges,"  Lilly's  Mother  Bombie,  ed. 
1632,  sig.  Cc.  vi.  Blount  gives  70  lb.  as  the 
weight  of  a  frail  of  raisins.  The  term  it  still 
in  use  in  East  Anglia  fur  a  shapeless  flexible 
mat  basket.    Frayel,  Piers  Ploughman,  p.  252. 

FRAINE.  To  ask;  lo  inquire;  In  demand. 
(y/..5.)  In  useinThoresby'ttimc,  1703.  See 
llallamshire  Gloss,  p.  111. 

Scbe  telle  on  kneyt  hym  agayne. 

And  of  hyi  aorowc  iche  can  hym  fiayn*. 

MS.  CuKtnb.  Ff.  11.  W,  f.  W. 
ThU  grct  lord  the  herd  con  fratnt. 
What  wil  men  of  your  kyng  wyne  ? 

MS.  QkHlmb.  rt.  T.  48,  f.  47. 
FRAINKLEY.    Comfortable.    Staff. 
FRAISE.     To  interrogate.     {.4.-S.) 
FRAISTE.  (1)  To  try,  or  endeavour;  to  prove. 
See    Ywaine   and    Gawin,   3253.      Fraittrd, 
tried,  proved,  probalvm,  MS.  Cott.  Vespas.  D. 
vii.  Ps.  II.    Cf.  Roliq.  Antiq.  i.  260. 

Fullc  many  men  the  vorlde  here  frtytia, 
Bot  he  ca  noghl  wyiae  that  tharein  trayXea. 

UampfJe,  MS.  Bowet,  |l.  44. 
Here  one  take  je  (ud  hcde, 
I  did  Dolhyogo  tiot  ;o»e  lo  froftte. 

MS.  LIkcvIk  a.  I.  17,  t.  lis. 

(2)  To  a.'ik,  or  inquire ;  to  seek.  See  Sir  Isum- 
bras,  660 ;  Langtoft.  p.  290. 

The  thryde  braorhe  e«  lo  frayt  and  leiie. 
To  Ibaym  that  ncde  has  and  be  )H>vre  meoe. 

US.  HurMWO,  f.71. 
I  ulle  be  foundyne  in  Fraunce,  f.aute  wbenne  hyra 

lykn. 
The  fynte  daye  of  Feecrjere,  In  Ihas  falre  marchea. 
jr<irw  Arlhuif,  MS.  lAtii:tln,  I.  IB. 

FRAKE.    A  man.     Hill,  and  irenr. 

FRAKNES.  Spots ; freckles.  (J.-S.)  Frahude. 
freckled,  Morte  Arthure,  MS.  Line  f.  64. 

FRAMABLE.    Pliable.     Stanihurst.  p.  10. 

FRAMAL.  A  band  with  which  cattle  are  tied 
to  their  stalls.    Lane. 

FRAM.\TIOiN.  Contrivance;  cunning.  Also, 
a  beginning.    North. 

FRAME.  (1)  To  speak  or  behave  affectedly ;  to 
shape  the  language  and  demeanour  in  a  studied 
way.  Eatt.  In  the  North,  to  set  aboot  a 
thing ;  lo  attempt ;  to  commence,  move,  or 
begin.    To  bring  into  frame,  i.  c.  in  good 


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order ;  out  of  frame,  i.  e.  in  disorder.    Ift  iiin 
frame,  very  stiff,  or  formnl. 

(2)  Effected ;  finished.    (,i..S.) 

And  jivc  wtut  thou  wylt  hyt  iiiainc, 
Aoil  kait  oa  vaiet ;  ibsn  y>  hyt  frtmt. 

US.  Hurl.  17DI,  r,  M 

(3)  Profit ;  ndiTintage.    {A..S.) 

5c,  told  the  kyng,  be  mjr  lpu(4. 
And  ellU  timvc  I  mycul  maugt^, 
5if  hit  be  for  my  frnma. 

MS.  CaMai.  Ff.  T.  48,  f.  SO. 

(<)  A  frame  or  nkeletoii  of  wood  formerly  m«de 
the  commencement  of  building  a  house;  a 
method  of  construction  rcailily  understood 
£rom  any  of  the  nomeroui  old  bUck  and  vhite 
boiiaea  still  remaining. 

FRAME-PERSON.  A  visitor  whom  it  is  thought 
requisite  to  receive  ceremoniously.    Eant. 

FRAMPOLD.  Cross;  ill-humoured!  Eaut.  Ken- 
nett.MS.  Lansd.  1 033,  explains  it  as  a  Sussex 
word,  "  fretful ;  peevish ;"  and  Grose  adds 
frmtmrd,  "  Ill-will'd  and  fi-ampM  wospish- 
ness,"  N.  Fairfax,  Bulk  and  Selvedge  of  the 
World,  1674.  The  term  occurs  variously  spelt 
in  many  old  authors,  and  sometimes  appears 
to  be  equivalent  to  Jfery,  netllesome,  taucy, 
vexatima.  See  Middleton,  iL  477,  v.  140; 
Beaumont  and  Fletcher,  iv.  54. 

FRAMPOLE-FENCES.  Such  fences  as  a  tenant 
in  the  manor  of  Writtle,  co.  Essex,  has  against 
the  lord's  demesnes,  whereby  he  has  the  wood 
growing  on  the  fence,  and  as  many  trees  or 
poles  as  he  can  reach  from  the  top  of  the 
ditch  with  the  helve  of  his  axe  towards  the 
repair  of  bis  fences.  Frampoles  seem  to  be 
no  more  than  poles  to  be  reached  yrnm  ox  from 
the  hedge.     Kennett,  MS.  Lansd.  1033. 

FR.\MPUT.  An  iron  ring  to  fasten  cows  in 
their  stalls.     Ijme. 

FRAM-WARI).  In  an  opposite  direction.  See 
Life  of  St.  Brandan,  p.  3. 

FRAMYNGE.     Cain;  profit.     Pr.  Pan. 

FR.\NCE.     Frankincense.     Lydgate. 

FRAXCEIS.    Frenchmen.    Minot,  p.  31. 

FR.\NCH.    To  scrunch  with  the  teeth. 

FRANCHE-BOTRAS.  A  buttress  placed  dia- 
gonally against  the  comer  of  a  wall. 

FRANCUE.MOLE.  A  dish  in  ancient  cookery, 
composed  chieflv  of  eggs  and  sheep's  fat. 

FRANCHISE.   Frankness ;  Gencrtisity.  (A.-N.) 

FRANCOLEYN.     See  FranJtelrin. 

FRAND.    To  be  restless.     Oron. 

FRANDISH.     Passionate;  obstinate.     Norlh. 

FRANESY.    Frenn-.    Sielton. 

FRANGY.  Irritable ;  passionate ;  ill-tempered ; 
fretful.    Line. 

FRANION.  A  gay  idle  fellow.  Sec  Hcywood's 
Edward  TV.  p.  45  ;  Peele.  i.  207. 

FRANK.  (1)  A  broad  iron  fork.    Salop. 

(2)  The  large  common  heron.     Suffolk. 

(3)  A  small  inclosure  in  which  animals  (gene- 
rally boars)  were  fattened  "  Francke,  cowle, 
or  ploce  wherin  anything  is  fedde  to  be  fatte," 
Huloct,lS52.  Hence  any  animal  that  was  shut 
op  for  the  purpose  of  being  fattened  was  said 
to  be/V-oniterf,  and  the  term  was  also  applied 


to  it  when  fattened.     See  Elyot,  in  t.  j/iHIk 
NomeucUtor,  15H5,  p.40 ;  llarri»oa'»  EngUai 
p.  222  ;  Fletcher's  Poema,  1656,  p.  87  ;  Cot^ 
grave,   in  v.  Ettgrau.     Frtmied,  l>rgr,  hog^ 
liolinshed,  Descr.  Scotland,  p.  22. 
FRANK -CHASE.    A  wood,  or  park,  uninclosed. 

but  having  similar  privileges. 
FRANKE.     Frankincense. 

Goldc,  franke,  and  mlrre,  ttiey  |af  him  *lle  lhs«, 
Anyr  cuttnin  at  Peicc  and  Cald^. 

I^ltgmt,  m.  Sme  Anti^.  IM,  f. 
Our*  frmtia  also,  of  tiyje  pnArcjoua, 
That  icbuldc  tutniM  dciv  stmvr  the  skj 

Lydfate,  MS.  Ibid,  t  M. 

FRANKELEFN.  A  large  freeholder.  Propolj, 
the  son  or  descendant  of  a  rilrin  who  had  be- 
come rich ;  iHit  the  tenu  wa*  also  applied  ta 
small  farmers  and  country  gcnilmneo  of  in- 
considerable propertv. 

FRANKLINE.    The  bird  godwit.    (."^an.) 

FIUNK-PUSTS.  The  piles  of  •  bridge,  but.  or 
other  building.     Lmc. 

FRANSEY.     A  frenzy.     Pabfrtme. 

FHANT.     To  be  careful.   Somenet. 

FR.\Ny.     Ver>- ill-lerapered.     Hf*t. 

FRAP.  CI)  To  brag,  or  boost.     AortA. 

(2)  To  fall  into  a  passion.  Lane.  Also,  a  violetit 
gust  of  rage.  Frape,  Langtoft,  p.  320,  tumult, 
disturbance .' 

(3)  To  strike,  or  beat.  (Fr.)  See  Nare*.  and 
Richard  Cocr  de  Lion,  2513,  4546. 

PR.APE.  (1)  Company,  or  body  of  penons.    See 
Troilus  and  Creseide,  iii.  411. 
Fyghltn  with  sUc  the  frapjtt  sfurUogp  of  wayv, 
Ftlled  fcle  api>onc  feldv  vlth  bit  rmtrr  wapcne. 

Mirt,  Artliun,  3fS.  Ltnah,,  t.'i. 

(2)  To  reprove,  orscold.    Kmt. 

FKAPED.   Drawn,  or  fixed  tight.    Drmm.   See 

Bourne's  Inventions  or  Devises,  1578,  No.  14. 
FRAPLE.    To  bluster.    "  Controwle  you  once, 

then  you  begin  to  fraple,"  Anhmole's  Theat. 

Chcml  Brit.  1652,  p.  324.     Utnce ^&<Tptrr,  a 

blustering fcUow,  Ben  Jonson,  ii.  313.  iocor- 

rccllv  explained  by  GifTord  and  Naresu 
FRAPPING.      Fretful.      .Sommft.      Kennett, 

MS.  Lansd.  1033,  \xasfrappuli. 
FRAPS.     Noise ;  tumult.     Crareit.    Alao,t{)«r- 

■on  who  boasts  much. 
FRARY.     Fraternity.     (.^.-A*.)     See  Lydgate'* 

Minor  Poems,  p.  'l64  ;  Leg.  Cath.  p.  196. 
FRASCHED.     Bruised ;  cut  to  piece*.     (//.-JV.) 
FRASE.  (1)  To  break,     ^'orf. 

(2)  Afroize,  or  pancake.     Kmnetl. 

For  fritt«n,  pancake*,  and  (or/ray^m. 
For  vroLsoD  pastict,  and  mintt  pica. 

Hon'  to  au«K>  a  Good  P>V^, 

(3)  To  fray,  or  quarrel.     C«mb. 
FIUSII.    An  alehouse  bush,  or  sign. 
FRASHIN.     To  creak.     Pr.  Parv. 
PRASLINO.    The  perch.     C»*»*. 
FRA  ST.     Same  as  Frainte,  q.  v. 
FRAT.     Gnawed;  devoured.     (.Y.-5.) 

For  he  Be  rayjte  no  Icngcr  fortlie  i»toti 
The  venym  b<d  thai  ft-al  to  at  hb  hotel 

ar«.iM(V«^ 

FRATCH,     To  scold;  to  quarrel;  to  sport, 
frolic ;  a  quarrel,  or  brawl ;  a  )>layfiU  child ;  a 


ed,      ' 

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FRE 


rude  quirrelsome  fellow.    Fratrked,  ntthe, 

vicious,  applied  to  a  horse.  Fralcher,  a  icold ; 

one  who  braga  mnch.     North. 
FRATER.     A  person  who  solicited  alms  under 

the  pretence  of  their  lieing  for  an  hospital. 

Fratcmitve  of  Vttcaliondcs,  1575. 
FRATER-lioUSE.'    The  refectory  or  hall  in  a 

monastery.     See  Dalies'  Ancient  Rites,  1672, 

pp.    7,   124,  126.     Also  oaUe<l  the  frateri/. 

Spelt  froylFT  in  Bale's  Kyngc  Johan,  p.  27. 
FRATISHED.  Perished)  half-froieni  Itenuiubcd 

with  cold.     North. 
FRATOUR.     The  Frater-house,  q.  v. 

Atemperaoc«  MTvtdo  in  lho//-rtro«r,  ih*(  scho  to 

ylkoiie  *u  luliai  thAt  innure  tie  over  «lle,  thkl  Done 

ovfr  mclilUe  nerv  over  lyttllle  ete  nc  drytike. 

MS.  LiocWn  A .  i .  1 7,  f .  173. 
FRAUD.     To  defraud.     Pork. 
FRAUCillTE.     To  freight  a  ship.     {J.-S.) 
FIIAUH.     Fraught.     UngtofI,  p.  74. 
FRAUNGB.    To  lling  i  to  wince.    AUo,  a  mtny 

frolic.     Croren. 
FRAUNSE.    A  phrase.     Ilooptr. 
FILVUZY.     Frisky !  pettish.     Line. 
FRAUJT.     Freighted.      »VH.  ffene. 
FRAWL.     To  ravel  silk,  &c.     Sujffbt*. 
FR.\WN.     Fror-en.     Eatl. 
FRAY.  ( 1 )  To  frighten ;  to  terrify.    North.    AUo 

•  inbstantivc,  fright. 

Whenne  Jicob  was  moost  tn  /v-oy, 
Ood  htm  counfortlde,  that  at  do  may. 
atnar  itundt,  MS.  Cull.  TriH.  Camfh.  t,  X. 

(2)  A  deer  was  said  to  fray  her  head,  when  she 
nibbed  it  against  a  tree  to  rcnc%y  it,  or  to  cauM 
(he  pills,  or  frayings,  of  her  new  homt  to  come 
off.     Sec  Ben  Jonson,  vi  255. 

(3)  To  attack ;  to  quarrel.  Alio  an  attack  or 
affriiy.  North.  See  Caodlemas-day,  p.  15  ; 
Rilson's  Ancient  Songs,  i.  144 ;  Arch.  xix. 
383;  Uegrevant,484. 

For  iwylke  gud  ladyse, 

Thij  caiteUe  to  /niyr.  MS.  Utmin  A.  1. 17.  t.  139. 

(4)  To  crack,  or  break.     Norf. 
FR.\YINGS.     See  Fray  (2). 
FRAY  ME  NT.     A  fright.     Chaloner. 
FRAYTHELY.     Quickly  i  suddenly .' 

Kynj  Proilerikcof  rmfnifiheh  ihare-aflyre 
Frayncs  at  the  fnltc  mane  of  o«rrc  ferie  knygtite, 
MiTle  Mrthwrn,  MS.  Limmtn,  t.iKl. 

FRAZE.     Half  a  quarter  of  a  sheet  of  paper. 

North. 
FRAZI.E.   To  unrarcl  or  rend  cloth.    FnuUtift, 
threads  of  cloth  torn  or  iinraTcUed.    Eatt. 
FR.VZY.     Mean ;  miserly.    Line. 
FRE.     Noble;  UbenO.     (.I.-S.)     The  aubitaa- 
tive  ii  aoiDMimea  understoud. 
He  lorede  atmoui  drde, 
Povre  fotke  for  to  fede  \ 
Of  mete  wa*  he  yVe. 

MS.  iXirWx  A.  I.  17,  r.  I». 

FREAM.   Arable  or  ploughed  land  that  has  been 

too  much  worked. 
FRE  AM  I NG.     Said  of  the  noise  a  boar  makes  at 

rutting-ttme.    Gent.  Rec.  U.  76. 
FREAT.     Damage;   decay,     rraeen.     Ascham 

applies  the  term  to  a  weak  f\kix  in  a  bow  or 

arrow,  which  is  likely  to  give  «»y. 


FREATIIED.    Wattled.    DevoM. 

FREATS.    The  iron  hoops  about  the  nave  of  a 

cart-wheel.     North. 
FRECKENS.     Freckles,     fiu/.     "  Frecken  or 

frecclcs  in  ones  face,"  Palsgrave. 
FREDDE.     Freed  i  loosened.    Kyug  Horn,  589. 
FREDE.     To 'feel.    (yi.-S.) 

And  rek  the  goddU  Ixfi  veojablc. 
And  ttiat  a  man  may  ryjt  vnl/rwif. 

Dower,  MS.  Ikt.  AitHt.  IM,  t.  IM. 
FREDOM.    Generosity.   {A.-S.) 
FREEDOM.   At  tops,  a  top  being  pegged  out  of 
the  ring,  its  owner  gives  one  spin  as  a  chance 
to  his  adversaries.     This  is  called  nfrerdom. 
FREED-STOOL.     A  scat  or  chair  in  churches 
near  the  altar,  to  whicb  offenders  fled  for  sanc- 
tuary, as  their  last  and  most  sacred  refuge. 
One  at  Beverlv  is  described  in  Brome's  Travda, 
cd.  1700,  p.  153. 
FREEHOLD  ANDE.     Freeholder.     Wrber. 
FREEI.EGE.     Privilege ;  freedom.    North. 
FREEI.I-FRAILY.     Anything  light,  unsubstan- 
tial, or  frivolous.     Ea>t. 
FREELNES.    FnUty.    {.I.-N.) 

Merry  longeUi  to  the  l>e  kynde. 

Of  ny/t«eiiM«  tbou  wylt  have  mynde. 

MS.  Cantmh.  Ff.  U.«l,  C  I. 

FREEM.     Handsome.     YorkMh. 

FREE-MARTIN.  Ifa  cow  has  twin  calves  of  dif- 
ferent sexes,  the  female  is  termed  t  fret-mar- 
tin, and  is  said  never  to  breed.    I'ar.  dial. 

FREEME.N-SONGS.  A  name  formerly  given  to 
ballads  of  a  livelv  descriptirm. 

FREENDESSE.    A  female  friend.    Bahrr. 

FREENDFl  I.LE.     Friendly.    Pr.  Parv. 

gREER.    A  friar.    S*r/^oi». 

FREES.     Frail;  brittle.     Pr.  Pm. 

FREESPOKEN.    Affable.     Var.  dial 

FREEST.    Most  noble.     Gattagne. 

FREET.  (1)  Devoured.     Mrber. 

(2)  A  spectre ;  a  frightful  object.     North. 

FRE-HERTYD.     Liberal.     Pr.  Parr. 

PREISER.    The  strawberry  plant. 

FREIST.  Tofrecxe;  tocooL  {A.-S.)  SecLtng- 
toft's  Chron.  p.  1 75.    To  seek,  ib.  p.  1 19. 

FREISTES.     Fraughts.     Heome. 

FREITUR.  The  frater-house,  q.  V.  SeeWright'i 
Pol.  Songs,  p.  331 ;  St.  Brandan,  p.  13. 

FREK.  ()ulck ;  eager ;  hasty ;  firm ;  powerftil ; 
brave.  See  Minot's  Poems,  pp.  2, 15 ;  Thorn- 
ton Romances,  pp.  234,  292. 

We  hafe  foughtenc  In  faiihe  1>y  ^ooe  fVcache  straBde^ 

With  ihe/VYimteMe  foike  that  to  Uii  roolaafaa, 

Marlt  jtnhurt,  MS.  liiHahi,  t.». 
Thay  faghte  than  •o/rektff^ 
Thara  wiiu  uane  wtltrrly 
Wha  tolde  hafe  the  niayatry. 

MS.  Lincoln  A.  I.  17.  f.  Ul 

FREKE.     ManjfcUow.     (.Y.-&) 

Tbane  foloui  frckly  one  fote  frtUktt  y-newe, 
And  of  the  Romayna  arrayed  appone  rychestedci. 
MarU  AtlhMf,  MS.  UnnJn,  f.  VJ. 
F31EKENYS.    Freckles.    Arch.  xix.  407- 
FRELE.    Frail.     {A.-N.) 

Thy*  worlde  hyt  yi  fulle  fekylle  and  fnl0, 
Alle  day  Ik  day  hyt  wylle  enpayre, 

MS.  amlBt.  Ff.  11. »,  tM. 


FRE 


380 


FRE 


rnELETE.    FraUly.    (-Y.-.V.)    Frthlfte,  ftwli- 
ties,  Life  of  Alexander,  MS.  Lioroln,  f.  21. 

ir  It  M  be  th>l  a  trnful  man  thai  ^11  li  gmei  wilh 
/rtUii  of  OcKhc  ilcnya  noi  lili  chllilcr. 

ilS.  EgrrlM  84a,  f.  Kl 

FllELICHE.    Noble.    {.i.-S.) 

with  prophctn  and  patrUrkes.  and  apotUya  fuUe 

nobllle. 
Befure  hki  frtUcKt  face  that  faurnii»l«  ui  allc. 

MmtU  Arthurt,  MS.  LintvlH,  f.  M. 

FUELNES.    Frailty.     Cov.Myot.  p.  108. 
FRELY.    Noble.    (^.-S.) 

Schocs/r-«fv  and  falr«. 
And  the  aril  awnc  ayrra. 

MS.  UnnlK  A.  I.  17,  I.  >31. 
FUF,M.  (1)  Same  as  Frim,  q.  v. 
(2)  Strange ;  forcipi ;  unknown.  Frem'd  per- 
Jtoiur./rrtu /oM-»,  strangers.  Sorlh.  "  WitU 
fitmid  and  siblic,"  Wright's  Pol.  Songs,  p. 
202,  a  pniTcrliial  phnue  occurring  also  in 
Rob.  Glouc.  p.  346.  "  Sybbc  or  fremmede," 
MS.  Lincoln,  f.  194.  It  there  means  simply 
nof  relaltd,  as  in  Amis  and  Amilonn,  1999 ; 
hut  it  implies  sometimes  a  feeling  of  enmity. 

The  tcxie  commandment  furbcddci  uf  to  lynnc 
or  ftir  to  foly  flochely  wUh  any  womane,  owthrr 
•ybbc  or  frfmmtivt  wcdile  or  unwedde,  or  any 
fli«chc)y  knawynge  or  dnlc  have  with  any. 

its.  LtncolH  A.  I.  17,  r.  ill. 
FREME.    To  perform.    Uavclok,  441. 
FREMEDLY.   As  a  stranger. 

JV^awtf^y  the  Franrha  tung  fey  ck  belefvde. 

Murte  JrtSun,  MS.  Linrotn,  t.  66. 

FRENCH.  (1)  The  name  of  a  dish  described  in 
Fonne  of  Ciiry,  p.  40. 

(2)  Very  bnd  ;  in  great  trouble.     Eail, 

(3)  .\n  old  term  for  the  Iiifs  venerm. 
FRENCll-AND-ENtJLISII.     A  cliildren'a  game 

mentioned  by  Moor,  p.  238. 
FRENCII-HRUSn.     A  brush  nsed  for  nibbing 

horses  down.     Gent.  Rec.  ii.  1 1. 
FREXCn-CROWN.    The  crown  of  a  French- 

ninn's  head ;  a  piece  of  French  money ;  the 

htldni^ss  pmiluceil  by  the  luet  eenerea.     This 

term  was  a  favourite  subject  for  puns  with  some 

of  our  old  dramatists. 
FUENCII-CRUST.    The  luet  venerea. 
FRENCHIFIED.  Having  the  Freneh-cnuf.q.v. 
FREN'CHMAN.     Any  man  of  any  cotmlry  whb 

CJinnot  speak  English.     Eatt.     Dracton  uses 

the  term  in  a  similar  sense.    See  Jacob,  in  v. 
FRENCH-NUT.    A  walnut,    tfat. 
FRENCH-PIE.     Meat   stewed    between    two 

dishes.     Sec  Florio.  p.  83. 
FREND.     Asked.     (Jawaytie. 
FRENOELESER.    More  fricndlew.     (A.-S.) 
FRENUREDE.     Friendship,      tfeber. 
FRENDSUURIE-CLCBS.     An  old  byword,  the 

origin  of  which   is  explained  in  Lambardc's 

Peramhnlation,  1596,  p.  368. 
FRENETIKE.     Frantic.    (A.-ff.)    "  Frenctical 

madnei,"  Hall,  Henry  VII.  f.  32. 
FRENNE.     A  stranger.     See  Frem  (2).     "  An 

aJienc,  a  forraine,  a  frenne,"  Florio,   p.   19. 

"  Frenncd  child,"  Palsgrave.     It  occurs  also 

in  Spenser.  Hence,  perhap9,/rynuAr,  itrauge. 


Chester  Plays,  i.  48,  where   MS.  BodL  IT 

reads yi-efiurA,  and  some  editors  /ranJhtk. 
FRENSEIE.    A  frenzy.    (A.-N.) 
FRENZY.     Frolicsome.     Leie. 
FREQUENCE.      Frequency.     See    Heywood^ 

Rovall  King,  1637,  cpilogtic. 
FREtiUENT.     Currently  reported.      {Lat.) 
FRERE.     A  friar;  brother.     {A...\.)     -^ 

frtrene  rede,"  L  e.  through  firian' 

Rob.  Glouc.  Chron.  p.  545. 
FRES.    Question,  or  doubt.  "Nofrea,"To 

Icy  Mvslerics,  p.  291. 
FRESCADES.     Cool  refreshmenta.    («•.)    T«  | 

walk  in  fresco,  i.  c.  in  the  cool. 
FRESCHEUR.     Freshness.     (Fr.) 

The  /r^*rh«ttr  of  the  feme  wmi  modvralfly  c 

and  the  »ent  of  it  ts  very  gratrfutl  Co  tha  temiMk 

Aubrrv-l  n'ilu,  Heful  &c  JVS.  p.  ■«>. 

FRESCHYD.     Refreshed. 

And  depc  at  the  wellys  grounde. 

The  water  hym  frtachi/4  thai  waa  oolde. 

MS.  CantmJ,.  Ff.  li.  38,  f.  lU. 
FRESE.     Frozen.    Ileanu. 
FRESEE.    A  dish  in  ancient  cookery  made  at  ^ 

|)ork,  chickens,  and  spices. 
FRESH.  (1)    Intoxicated,      far.  dial     Some- 
times, excited  with  drinluug ;  and  in  the  Isle 
of  Wight,  niier. 

(2)  An  overflow  or  swelling  of  a  river ;  a  flood ; 
a  thaw.  Nortk.  Kcunelt  gives  it  as  a  Kent 
word,  "  a  little  stream  or  river  nigh  the  sea." 
See  Harrison,  p.  58. 

(3)  Hrisk  i  vigorous ;  quick,     far.  dial. 

(4)  Rather  fat,  applied  to  cattle.     ;reif. 

(5)  To  take  refreshment ;  to  refresh.  In  Chaucer, 
and  still  in  use  in  the  Isle  of  Wight. 

(6)  Gay  in  dres.s.     Oron.     "  I  make  fr»shif,  je  } 
aeoaUr,"    Palsgrave.     Handsome,    beautifill. 
Cover's  Conf.  Amantit. 

(7)  Rainy.     A'orfA. 

(8)  I'nripe.     Somtrtel. 
FRESH-DRINK.    Small  beer.    for.  di»L 
FRESHEN.     To  enlarge  in  the  udder,  &c.  pre- j 

vious  to  calving.     North. 
FRESHER.     A  small  frog.     Eatt. 
FRESll-LIQUOR.     Uiisaltcd  hog's  fat.    Wfl. 
FRESHM.\N.   A  student  at  an  university  during 
bis  first  term.    .Middlelon,  iv.  51,  has  frnk- 
iroman,  a  word  coined  in  a  similar  sense. 
FRESLILY.    Ficrcflv.    WiU.  Wenr. 
FRESONE.    A  Friesiand  horse.    (A.-S.) 

Bat  a  freke  alle  In  fyne  Koldc,  and  fretl«il  In  all*. 
Come  forthermaf te  on  a  frrtont  in  ffawmaodr  i 

Mont  .Arthurt.  MS.  UttntM,  £J 
FRESSE.     Fresh ;  quick.     Heame. 
FRESTE.  (1)  To  delay,  or  linger. 

Thorowe  prayere  of  thofe  Benlltle  meat. 
Twelve  wekct  he  gatfc  hym  ihane. 
No  langerc  wold  he  frttu, 

MS.  Uimlm  A.  1. 17.  t.  lU.  ] 
(2)  To  lend,  ortrust.  See  Rcliq.  Antiq.  L316  ; 
Tundale,  p.  3.  Frett,  loan.  The  Goode  Wif 
thaiight  hir  Daughter,  p.  13.  The  version  of 
this  |M)em  printed  in,  "  Certainc  Worthye 
Manuscript  Poems  of  great  Aniiquitie,  pre- 
served long  in  the  studie  of  a  Nortbfotke  Geo- 


FRE 

tlemui,"  1597,  rtaih  Irutlf.     Ksnncit,  MS. 
Lutd.  1033,  liaj,  "  Frut,  to  give  respite  for 
B  debt,  to  trust  for  a  time,  or  forbear."   Sin-th. 
Allc  thll  tlicy  Uke  nnwlo//f>», 
Tbeiofitul  God  tak«  a  qucat. 

MS.  Hail.  17"! .  f.  37. 

FRET.  (1)  To  lament,  or  grieve.     Var.  dial. 
(2)  A  narrow  strait  of  the  sea. 

tS)  To  ferment,  as  eider.  Wnl. 
A)  To  adorn.  (.i.-S.)  Tbc  term  fret  is  oncn 
found  in  early  writers  applied  to  ornamental 
work  of  various  kinds  and  in  many  dilTerent 
senses,  but  generally  to  any  work  that  roughens 
the  surfaie.  The  "  fret  of  gold"  in  Chaucer 
is  a  kind  of  cap  made  like  nelwoik,  and  any- 
thing of  the  kind  was  said  to  he  fretted  when 
the  gems  were  placed  crosswise  in  allcniate 
directions,  or  inlcrlaced.  A  fret  of  pearls, 
i.  c.  a  coronet.  Test.  Vetust  p.  135.  A  frilled 
shirt  was  said  to  lie  fretted.  A  pair  of 
boots,  temp.  John,  are  described  as  being  or- 
namented with  eireln  of  fretwork,  meaning 
probably  embroidered  with  circles  intersecting 
each  other.  See  Strutt,  ii.  48.  In  architecture 
it  was  applied  to  embossed  work  or  minute 
carving.  Oxf.  Gloss.Arch.p.173.  Kennctlhas, 
"fretl-icork,  the  more  curious  way  of  plaistcr- 
ing  a  roof  or  ceiling." 

(5)  To  graze,  ax  animals.     Wetl. 

(6)  A  wicker  basket.   Somtriet. 
("i  Tore  lip.     Will.  H'erw. 

FRETCII liTY.  Fretful ;  peevish  j  hot ;  fidgetty ; 

old  J  brittle,     tt'eft. 
FRETE.  (I)To  eat,  or  devour.     (^.-S.)    Alio, 
to  eat  away  as  a  corrosive. 

For  drcdc  the  ryTmami'nt  ichsll  U  te, 
Al  llyl  woldr  DianllyDdt  frete. 

MS.  C^mlaK  ft.  ».  38,  f.  44. 
Ha  has  fitt^ne  of  fnllie  ma  ttiane  tytc  hondicttie. 

Marlr  ^rtliiirt,  US.  Unnln.  (.  (a. 

(2)  To  rub.   Sec  llolinshcfl,  Descr.  of  Scotland, 

p.  18.  Also,  to  blame,  or  scold. 
FRETF.NT.  Frightened.  Cumb. 
FUKTISIllNG.     A  pain    and   stiflfness   in  the 

limbs  arising  from  cold. 
FRETROTS.    A  sect  somewhat  similar  to  the 

Adamites.     SHnner. 
FRETS.     Tlie  points  at  which  a  string  is  to  be 

slopped  in  a  lute  or  guitar.     Howell,  sect.  27. 
FRETTEN.      Spotted;    marked.       Tar.    dial. 

••  Pocky  frctencil,"  Palsgrave. 
FRETTING.    A  griping  in  the  stomach  ;  a  writh- 
ing, or  turning  about. 
FREV.     From.     Used  when  the  next  word  lie- 

gins  with  a  vowel.     North. 
FREWIT.     Fruit.     Christmas  Carols,  p.  8. 
FREYHTE.     A  fright.     Pr.  Pare. 
FREYN.  (I)  An  old  terra  for  the  ordure  of  the 

boar  or  wolf.   Dryden's  Twid,  p.  22. 
(21  An  ash  tree.     (>.-A'.) 
FREYNE.    To  ask.     (A.-S.) 

And  tithe  h«  freytie*  ilw  iwlthe. 

How  fsrn  mylad;  l>r>(hlc.     MS-HartXaafX. 

He  fnymt*  Ihf  kyng  Id  his  «Tt. 

What  lordU  that  ihcl  wcra 

Thai  «aadU  here  the  bye. 

MS  thmtmk.  rr.  r.  48.  t.  tt. 


FRI 

FRETNS.  (1)  nridles.     Finchak  Ch. 

(2)  French.     I.av  le  Fi-cine,  225. 

FUIARS'-FLIES.  Idlers.  Sec  Northbrooke'i 
Treatise,  1577,  pp.  0. 57.  "  Flen,  flyys,  and 
freris  populuin  Domini  male  cirdnnt,"  Reliq. 
Anliq.  u  91.  Daddy-longlegs  are  so  called  in 
Somerset. 

FRIARS'- KNOTS.  Some  kind  of  tassels  used 
in  embroidery.  They  are  mentioned  in  Hall, 
Henry  VIII.  f.  80;  Privy  Purae  Expencea  of 
the  Princess  Mary,  1831. 

PRIARS'-LOAVES.     Fossil  echini.     S«foU. 

FRIARS'.PIECE.  The  piece  of  fat  in  a  leg  of 
mutton  called  the  pope't  eye. 

FRICACE.  A  kind  of  ointment  for  a  sore  place. 
Jaoum. 

FRICilE.  Brisk ;  nimble ;  i|uick.  Oron.  No 
doubt  from^i-yX-e,  q.  v. 

FRICKLE.  A  luiskct  for  fruit  that  holds  about 
a  bushel.    Dean  .Millrs  MS. 

FRI  DU  E.     To  rub ;  to  fray.     North. 

FRIDLEYS.  The  name  of  certain  small  rents 
which  were  formerly  paid  to  the  lord  of  the 
great  manor  of  Sheffield  by  the  inhabitants  of 
the  Frith  of  llawksworth  for  liberty  of  com- 
mon.    Hunter,  p.  40. 

FRIE.    A  very  young  and  small  pike. 

FRIEND-DACK.     A  hang-nail.     North. 

FRIEZE.  A  coarse  narrow  cloth,  formerly 
much  in  use.  Garments  having  long  wool 
were  said  to  be  friezed. 

FRIGGE.  The  nimp  of  beef  or  mutton.  Wane. 
Also,  to  warm ;  to  fiddle-faddle,  or  meddle 
ofliciously ;  to  wriggle. 

FRIGHTEN.    To  astonish.     Wat. 

FRIGHTFUL.     Fearful.     Suffolk. 

FRILL.  (1)  The  cry  of  an  eagle. 

(2)  To  turn  back  in  plaits.     Var.  dial. 

Ii)  To  tremble,  or  shiver,  a  term  formerly  ap- 
plied to  hawks.    Diet.  Rust,  in  v. 

FRIM.  Vigorous ;  thriving;  well-fed;  tender, 
or  brittle;  fresh;  quick  grown.  North,  It 
is  used  in  the  tint  sense  by  Drayton. 

FRIMICATE.  ToatTect  delicacy ;  to  give  one's 
self  airs  about  trifles.    Eatt. 

FRIMZY.     Slight ;  thin  ;  soft.     Kent. 

FRINE.    To  whine,  or  whimper.     North. 

FRINJEL.  That  part  of  a  flail  which  falls  on 
the  com.     Suffolk. 

FRINMSHY.     Over-nice.     DevoH. 

FRINNY.     To  neigh.     Lane. 

PRIPERER.  One  who  cleans  old  apparel  for 
sale ;  a  seller  of  eld  clothes  and  rags ;  a  brokct . 
Called  also  %friplrr  MtAfripprr. 

FRIPPERY.  An  old  clothes  shop.  '•  A  frip- 
pery of  old  ragges."  Florio.  p.  92. 

FRISE.  Friesland.  See  Rom.  of  the  Rose, 
1093;  Kyng  Alisaunder,  1372. 

FRISKET.  That  whereon  the  paper  is  laid  to 
be  put  under  the  spindle  in  printing. 

FRISKIN.  A  goy  lively  person.  Liquor,  when 
fermenting  rapidly,  wfiitky. 

FRISLET.     A  kind  of  small  ruffle. 

FRISSURE.  A  dish  in  old  cookery,  composed 
chiefly  of  hare. 


FRO 


362 


FRO 


rRIST.     Same  u  Fre»l»  (S). 

FRISTELE.  A  Ante.  (A.-N.)  Left  uneipUined 
by  Ritson,  Met.  Roid.  i.  59. 

FRIT.  ( 1 )  A  kind  of  pancake    Line. 

(2)  A  fright.    Also,  frightened.     Var.  dial. 

FRITCH.    Free  1  pleuanl ;  iociable.     H'nl. 

FRITFL'L.     Timoroiu ;  fearful.     It'ane. 

FRITH.  A  hedge,  or  coppice.  See  Will,  and 
the  Werwolf,  p.  30.  "  .Vl»o  there  ia  difference 
lietween  the  fryth  and  the  fcli ;  the  fel»  are 
unilcrstood  the  mountains,  vallycs,  and  pas- 
tures with  come,  aud  such  like ;  the  frytbes 
betoken  the  iprings  and  coppyses,"  Noble  Art 
of  Vencrie,  1611,  p.  98.  lirayton  explains  it 
"  a  high  wood,"  a  sense  it  seems  to  bear  in 
Ywaiuc  and  Gawin,  157,  1688  ;  Minot,  p.  9  ; 
Sir  Amadas,  546 ;  Cov.  My»t.  p.  264;  Piers 
Ploughmau,  pp.  224,  241,  355;  Const.  Mas. 
6, 2G6 ;  Anturs  of  Arthcr,  i.  8,  iv.  10.  A  dis- 
tinction ticlwccn  frith  and  wood  seems  to  be 
niaile  in  Will,  and  the  Werwolf,  p.  80,  "  out 
of  forest  and  frithet  and  alle  faire  wodea." 
Some  writers  explain  it  to  mean  "  all  bedgc- 
woo<l  except  thorns,"  a  sense  still  used  ia  the 
provinces ;  and  it  occurs  in  the  local  glossaries 
with  the  following  meanings, — unused  pas- 
ture land  J  a  tield  taken  from  a  wood ;  young 
underwood;  brushwood.  Many  woods  in  Kent 
are  still  called  friths.  Frylhed,  wooded,  Piers 
Ploughman,  p.  112.  "  Frilh,  to  pUsh  a  hedge. 
Oetnn."   Dean  MiUes  MS. 

The  iteWBrd  ftir  G^ymen, 
Awi  mony  guA  tqwyrre, 
Thay  brogtil  hamc  on  bcrv 
Fra  fryihia  unf«yne. 

MS.  Lincoln  A.  i.  17.  f.  >37' 

FRITH  B.    Peace.    {A..S.) 

FRITTERS.  Small  pancakes,  with  applet  in 
thcni.  SvffoUc.  We  have  frylovre  in  Pr. 
Parv.  p.  1  "S,  translated  by  lagtna,  which  was 
a  kind  of  pancake ;  and  the  Xcrmfriller  occurs 
in  Elyot,  1559,  in  v.  Laganum.  Sec  also  a 
receipt  in  Ord.  and  Reg.  p.  449.  FruloHr, 
Reliq.  Antiq.  i.  88.  "  A  fritter  or  pancake  ; 
a  kind  of  bread  for  children,  a^  fl'itters  and 
wafers,"  Barct,  1580,  F.  1137,  1138. 

FRITTING.  Fitting  and  fattening  the  felloes 
of  a  wheel.     Kenaett. 

FRITTISH.     Cold.     Cumb. 

FRIZ.  Frozen.  Var.dial.  "All/rirout, can't  get 
no  groundsel."     Fret  occtirs  in  Syr  Gawayne. 

FRIZAUF,.  Frciee  cloth.  See  An^  xi.  92; 
Hook  of  Rates,  p.  45. 

FRO-    From.    North.    See  Frow. 

FRO  ATI  NG.  Unremitting  industry.  Cumb. 
It  apparently  means  menditiff,  rrpairiny,  Mid- 
dleton,  ii.  69. 

FROBICilER.  A  furbishcr.  It  is  explained  by 
urigpiiAlor  in  Nominale  MS. 

FROIU.Y-MOULY.    IndifTcrcntly  welL    Suuer. 

FROCIC  (I)  A  long  loose  garment  worn  by 
monks.  The  term  seems  also  to  have  heea 
applied  to  a  kind  of  loose  coat.  See  Strutt, 
ii.  216 :  Prompt.  Pan-,  p.  179. 

(2)  A  fin^.     Reliq.  Aniiq.  ii.  80. 


FROnMORTEt.I..     A  free  pardon  for  maricr 

or  niaiitlaughlcr,     (,i.-S.) 

UkMji  of  ihti  ctodei  kiJ  luvc  pen 
Ot/rmfncrM/aild  U  dcnica. 

JVtiMM.  jtmglte.  U.  Ut 
FROES.    FrowB.    See  Fmw. 
FROG.  (I)   Frof  in  Ike  mitUlt,    a  wdl-kaowi 
child's  game.     Frog  orer  m  old  do§,  lai|h 
frng,  list  of  games,  RawL  MS, 

(2)  Part  of  a  horac's  foot,      H'ore. 

(3)  A  monk's  frock.     See/Vort(l}. 
FROGGAM.     A  slattern.     YorHA. 
FROGON.    A  poker.     (.f.-V.) 
FROG-SPIT.     Same  at  CucJtoo-ipU,  o.  ▼. 
FROICE.     See  Frock  (1). 

He  routvth  with  A  tlcpy  noyce. 
And  bruitelelh  as  a  monlUs  A*4r4. 

GttKtr.  MS.  Sue.  j*i,tt^.  IM.  C  in. 

FROISE.  (1)  To  spread  thin.     Suffolk. 

(2)  A  large  kind  of  pancake,  of  the  full  siu  of 
the  frjnng-pan,  and  of  considerable  thicknm; 
so  thick  as  sometimes  to  contain  small  picoci 
of  bacon  mixed  and  fried  with  Ibe  bKIa, 
when  it  is  called  a  bacon-froize.  Batl.  The 
ancient /roife  was  like  a  pancake  in  fonn,  b>i 
composed  of  dilTcrcnt  material*. 

FROKIN.     A  little  frow,  q.  t. 

FROM.     Away  from.     Shak. 

FROME.  Al'lefromf,  at  the  fint.  imnicdiatdr. 
above  all  things.  Sec  .itlr-fromf  ;  Gy  o/  W«r- 
wikc,  p.  2 ;  Ucves  of  llomtouti.  p.  54. 

FIIOMMARU.  An  iron  instmmeat  to  rend  or 
split  laths.     Weil. 

F!M)MMET.     From.    Salop. 

FROMONDE.     Part  of  the  armour  ? 

Fulle  butt  in  the  rninl  the  frvmtHje  he  hlU«*l. 
That  the  bumyKht  blade  to  the  br^yse  ryniic^ 

JViWe  Arftm^,  M.t.  Uinln,  t.  CX  ^ 
FRON.    From.    Townclcy  Myst.  p.  106. 
FRONST.     Wrinkled.     (J.-N.) 
FRONT.    The  forehead.     Jlaunderile.  p.  20S.1 

llencc,  to  butt,  as  rams  do.     To  frunl  up,  to  j 

bind  the  hair  with  a  fillet. 
FRONTAL.    A  piece  of  armour  for  the  for«liea4  : 

of  a  horse.     Spelt  frotutaU  in  the  Nomen. 

clator,  1585,  p.  251.     Also  at  Fnmlirr.t^.  t. 
FRONTIER.   A  hanging  wliich  covered  the  front 

of  an  altar.     It  was  often  highly  decorated. 

and  the  arms  of  the  family  who  presented  il 

were  sometimes  emblazoned  lliercon,     frott.  , 

lore,  Test.  Vetust.  p.  81.  The  front  of  a  tmiUU 

ing  was  also  so  called.      See  Roquefort,  in  v.J 

Fronliere.     Shakespeare   uses   the  term  f<M 

front  or  border  in  1  Hen.  IV.  i.  3. 
FRONTLET.     A  forchead-band.     See  Noroen-l 

cUtor,  |i.  251  ;  Lillv,  ed.  1632,  sig.  T.  viii. 
FRON  STEAD.     A  fiirm-yard.     Xorkth, 
FROOM.     Strong ;  hcaUhy.     GUmc. 
FRORE.     Frozen.      Froare,  Athmole'i  Theat. 

Chem.  Brit.  1652,  pp.  19,  54.     Frory,  botHj, 

froatbv,  in  Spenser. 
FRORING.     Help;  aid:  assistance.     I^J..S.) 
FRORT.     Forward.     Cheth. 
FROSH.    A  frog.    North.    Oftener  prooanuecAl 

frotk.     See  Towneley  Myst.  p.  62 ;  Bepiard  i 

the  Foxe,  p.  48;  Arch.  xxx.  373.  wllcrtJ 


FRO 


FRU 


I 


iriitcd  that  the  lierli  rervtin  is  eailed  /hunt 
becmisc  its  leaves  are  "  lyke  the  frouys  fet." 
(ji.-S.)    ••  Kana,  a  frosche,"  Notuioale  MS. 
His  Trount  and  hli  fiirbcTede alle  watitovtr 
At  thr  felle  of  •  /rothe,  and  frakncdc  it  icfnedc. 

ifiwft  Arlhui-e,  MS.  Uncelit,  t.  64. 
6««  Wfl  not  the  frMihrt  and  unclcne  wormM  gen- 
ilrld  or  powder  of  the  erlhc  In  ilajidyiife  watrU  and 
plltLi  cryynge  Id  hir  manor. 

Oulon'i  IHrtn  Frurlful  CAortfy  Malm. 
PROSI.INO.     Any  thing,  as  a  plant  or  animal, 
iiip|M!d  or  injtired  by  frost,     Suffolk.     See 
Skelton,  u.  173. 
FROST.      To  turn  down  the  hinder  part  of 
horse's  shoes  in  frosts,  to  prevent  their  slip- 
ping.    East. 
PROST-CETCHEN.    Frost-hitten.    Salop. 
FROSTED.     Frozen.     Deron. 
FKOST-NAII^.     Nails  with  heads  sharp  filed 
put  in  horse's  shoes  to  prevent  their  slipping 
in  frosty  weather,    lor. dial. 
FROTE.    To  rub.     {J..ff.) 

Tumeupthc  forchcs,  and />-oir  them  with  blood. 

Dookt  »/  HunHng,  ISM. 

FROTERER.    One  who  robs.     Manlim. 

FllOTII.     Tender.     Tusscr,  p.  86. 

FROTH ER.     To  feed.     Line. 

FROTY.     Fortv.     Skelton,  ii.  274. 

FROl'ER.     To  favour;  to  aid.     {A..S.)    -nclp 

and/»-oi«T,"  Leg.  Cath.  p.  h2. 
FROUGli.      Loose;   spongy;   brittle;  tender. 
V'ar.  diaL      Short,   crisp,   applied  to   wood, 
bread,  Sec. 
FROUNCE.   (1)  A  disease   in   hawks,    which 
attacks  the  mouth  and  palate,  so  that  they 
cannot  close   the   beak.      See  Reliq.  Antiq. 
i.  294;  Diet.  Rust,  in  T. 
(2)  To  wrinkle.    Also,  to  frown.    As  a  subitan- 
tive,  a  frown  or  wrinkle.     In  later  writers,  to 
ctirl  or  twist. 

With  that  leh*  ffwinctih  up  the  tacow. 
This  covenaunt  y  wllle  alowe 

Coierr,  MS.  Sm.  Jutin.  134,  f.  48. 
May  hire  lo  that  he  pronounce 
A  pUyuegood  wurde,  withoutc  ffounr*. 

Ooirrr,  US.  IbU.  t.  O. 
Thefroantyvvwnaera  that  was  ihcne. 
The  neicdroppcth  ofte  bitwene. 

CWtmt  Munili,  MS.  aJI.  Tn'ji.  CaMeS.  f.  13. 

S3)  A  flounce,  in  dress.     Nam. 
4)  An  irregular  or  wrinkled  kind  of  ornament 

on  a  cup.     Pr.  Parr. 
FROUXTEU.E.     A  frontlet. 

with  a /nwnre//«  endent, 

Withperleoforyenu   MS.  Ltiuxln  A.  I.  17.  f.  139. 

FROUNTY.     Very  passionate,      l.iae. 

FROUSE.     To  rumple.     &(iM. 

FROUST.     A  musty  smell,     far.  dial. 

FROl'ZE.     Tocurl.     Florio.  p.  24  7. 

FROl'ZY.  Froward ;  peevish  j  crusty.  In  Kent, 
it  signifies  anything  disordered  and  ofTcnsivc 
to  the  eye  or  smell.     Kennett,  MS.  Lansd. 

FROW.  (1)  A  woman.  [Hut.)  The  term  is  still 
in  asc  in  the  North  of  England  for  a  dirty 
woman,  a  slattern,  a  lusty  woman.  "  Ancilta, 
■  miskin  fro,"   Nomenclttori  li85,  p.  518. 


See  Harrison's  England,   p.   177:    Pdticat 
Grisscl,  p.  48. 

(2)  Same  as  Frough,  q.  v. 

(3)  Fickle  i  wicked  ? 

Thoghe  the  prest  be  fal*  or  frVM, 
The  moue  ys  ever  gode  y.now. 

MS.  Hitrl.  Vm.  t.  M. 

(4)  Hasty ;  hastUv.     MS.  Hart.  913. 
FROWARD.  (l).\versc.     {.I.-S.) 

(2)  Prom.     Torrent  of  Portugal,  p.  41. 
FROWARDES.     Frowardncss.     SMton. 
FHOWDIE.     A  dirty  woman.     North. 
FROWER.     Same  as  Frommard.  q.  v. 
FROWRINGE.    Froward.    See  the  Romance  of 

Octavian,  Oxf.  1809,  p.  59. 
FROWY.     Stale  j  not  sweet.    Eatl.     Applied  lo 

grass  in  Sjienser. 
FROWYTE.     Fruit.     Froylez,  Morte  Arthure, 
MS.  Lincoln,  f.  87. 
He  pretaeilc  to  pulle/rorryfe  with  hit  hande, 
Ala  mane  for  fudc  that  wiu  nere  faynf. 

True  TAoauj,  MS.  tjKcoln,  t.  IS*. 

Thonour   in   Octobyr   lygnyfyee  (hat  tame  jere 

grete  wyndyi  and  gretekkanteneaac  of  comnys,  and 

lytylle  /rotcytet  on  treea.  MS.  tinc/n  A.  1. 17,  f.SO. 

FRUB.    To  rub,  or  furbish.    Florio,  p.  25. 
FRUCE.     Fruit.     Pr.  Pare. 
FRUCTUOUS.     Fruitful ;  pleasant.     {J.-ff.) 
It  Wat  jnie  for  to  here  and  tee 
Ths/n,cfiipw«  talkyng  that  he  had  to  me. 

ir«.  ilai»<.C.M. 
FRUE.     True ;  faithful.     Line. 
FRUGAL.     ReUucd.     Norfolk. 
FRUGGAN.    (1)   A  curved  iron  scraper  with 

which  ashes  in  an  oven  are  stirred.     North. 

"  An  oven-forkc,  tearmed  in  Liucolnsliire  a 

frvggin,  wherewith  fuell  is  both  put  into  an 

oven,  and  stirred  when  it  is  (on  fire)  in  it," 

Cotgravc,  in  v.  Fovryon. 
(2)  A  slovenly  woman.     North. 
FRUIT.     Apples.     Hn-if. 
FRUITESTERE.      A    female  seller  of   fruit. 

Chaucer. 
FRUM.      Early;  before  its  time;   nimierani; 

thick ;  firm  ;  rank ;  overgrown,     ff'ett.    Also 

as  Frim,  q.  v. 
FRUMENTY.     Hulled  wheat  boiled  in  milk,  and 

aeasoned  with  cinnamon,  sugar,  &c.    Ancient 

recipes  for  it,  differing  from  each  other,  ocenr 

in  the  Forme  of  Cuiy,  pp.  9 1 , 1 2 1 .    See  Reliq. 

Antiq.  i.  88.    "  Frumeutee  noble."  MS.  Morte 

Arthure,  f.  55.    A  person  in  a  dilemma  is  said 

to  be  n  ajrummty  twtat. 
FRUMP.  (1 )  A  lie.     "  To  tell  one  a  Ue.  to  ^ra 

a  frump,"   Hullyhand,  1593.     To  frump  up  a 

tale,  i.  c.  to  invent  one. 

(2)  To  be  rode  ;  to  mock ;  to  rebuke.  Also,  a 
sarcastic  taunt ;  a  toss  under  the  chin  ;  a  flout, 
or  mock.  "  To  fnimp  one,  to  take  one  np 
hastily,  to  speak  short,"  Kennett  MS.  "So 
merry  in  your  frumps,"  Locrine,  p.  64.  See 
Ilorio,  pp.  52.  72  ;  Staniburst,  p.  34  ;  Holin- 
shed,  Chron.  Ireland,  p.  80. 

(3)  A  cross  old  woman ;  a  gossip.  Var.  dial. 
Also,  to  go  about  gossipping. 

(4)  To  complain  without  caiiae.    Lokc 


FUC 


384 


FUL 


FRUMPISH.  Scornful;  contemptnoiu j  peev- 
isli ;  froward.      Var.  dial. 

FRL'MPLE.  To  wrinkle  ;  to  crumple ;  to  ruffle, 
or  ilisorder.     far.  dial. 

FRUMPY.     Same  as  Prumjjit/i,  q.  v. 

KRUNDELE.     Two  pecks.     North. 

FRUNT.     To  ■Ifront.     Somenel. 

FRUNTELEY.     Same  as  Frontier,  q.\. 

FRUS.     Fruit.     Someriel. 

FRVSH.  (1)  To  bruise;  to  indent;  to  break,  or 
dash  to  pieces.  See  Florio,  p.  24  ;  Kyng  Ali- 
uiinder,  1814;  Slaiiihurst,  p.  29;  Horn 
Childe,  p.  303.  To  frusb  a  chicken,  i.  e.  to 
carve  it. 

(2)  To  ruth  violenlly.  Sec  MauDdevile,  p.  238 ; 
Degrevant,  1087. 

FrMMhtne  on  allc  the  frapp,  and  blcmt«  aflVaytvlp. 

Uortv  Arthurs,  MS.  Uttcnttt,  f.  83 

(3)  Said  of  wood  that  is  apt  to  break  and  splin- 
ter.    North. 

!4)  To  rub,  or  scrub.     Line. 
5)  To  set  the  feathers  of  an  arrow  upright.  See 

Nares,  in  v. 
FRUSTICAL.     Festive.     Brd,. 
FRUTINON.     Now  and  then.     EmI. 
rUUTTACE.       A     fritter.       )or*«A.      Hence 
Fruttace-Wedncsday,  Aah-Wednesday,  when 
fritters  were  eaten. 
FRUWARD.     Forward.     Periy. 
FRUJT.     Fruit.     Apol.  Loll.  p.  4. 
FRY.  (1)  A  drain.      Hilt: 

(2)  Y'oung  children.  Salop.  Antiq.  p.  434.  "  To 
the  and  to  ihi  fry,"  i.  e.  ^ccd,  or  progeny, 
Towneley  Myst.  p.  24.  "  A  great  {ne  of 
young  children,"  Kcnnett,  MS.  Lansd.  1033, 

(3)  The  pluck  of  a  calf.      North. 

(4 )  Free ;  noble.  "  That  child  tlut  was  so  fry," 
Rembruu,  p.  424.     {.^.-S.) 

FRYCE.     Frcize  cloth.     Borde. 
FRYKE.  (1)  Fresh;  active;  lusty.     Sec  Chron. 
Vilod.  p.  89  ;  Lydgale's  Minor  Poems,  p.  230 ; 
Prompt.  Parv.  pp.  100, 1 79. 
Thjfi  day  a  man  yi  frt-whc  anil  frpkf, 
And  Khewyth  forthc  a  gladly  chvrr. 

MS.  Canlali.  Ft.  U.  38,  I.  ID. 
Whan  the  thercs  drden  hym  woundr. 
The  fcrndyi  y  lycken  to  the  duggyi  fryka* 

MS.  I6W.r.S8. 

(2)  To  go,  or  move  hastily. 

FHYSOUN.    A  Frieslander.   {.■i.-S.) 

He  jrde  and  »olde  hym  for  raunsoun. 

At  London  to  a  Frytoun.  US.  Hail.  17(U,  f.  71). 

FRYTE.     Fniit.      See   Const.   Mason,   p.  33; 

Tundale'a  Visions,  p.  65. 
FU.     Full.     HitMon. 
FUANTS.     The  dun;  of  the  wolf,  fox,  marten, 

or  badger.     Twici,  p.  22. 
FUATTEU.     Flattwl.     IfVArr. 
FUB.  (1)  To  put  off;  to  ileceive.     At  marbles, 

an  irregular  mode  of  projecting  the  law  by  an 

effort  of  the  whole  hand,  instead  of  the  tliuiob 

only.     See  Moor,  p.  138. 
(2)  A  small  fat  child.     Nurth. 
FUCKSAIL.     The  fore-sail.     (Gtrm.) 
Fl'CKWINU.     Asiwcicsofliawk.     AWfA. 
FUCUS.     Paint  for  the  complexion,  formerly 


much  used  by  ladies,  and  compoAcd  fn 

of  highly  injurious  mineral  poisons.   "Facu 

for  ladies,"  Slrode's  Floating  UlaiiU,  sif.  (Xj 

FUD.  ( 1 )  The  tail  of  a  haie.     .Vor/A. 

(2)  To  kick  with  the  feet.     Craem, 

FlDDAll.     Further.     Eatt. 

PL'UDER.      As  much  as  a  two-horve  cmrl  «il1 
contain ;  a  fother.     North. 

niDDI.N.     A  kick.     Crarm. 

FUDDLE.     To  intoxicate  fish  ;   to  indulge 
drink.      Var.  dial. 

KI:DDLED.     Bothered.     Dortef. 

FL'DE.  (1)  Man;  person.     See  f'ode.    la  uir 
Devon,  according  to  Millcs  MS. 
And  alB  I  am  maydrne  irewe  olul  gnit. 
If  ;e  tie  tiothe  at  one  aosent, 
I  fayle  the  for  na/udi.  US.  Lincoln  A.  I.  17.  L 

(2)  Food.     Perceval,  1326. 

FUDGE.  (I)  A  little  fat  person.     Sarlh, 

(2)  To  poke  with  a  stick.     SuffbU.     The  t< 
seems  to  be  metaphorically  used  hv  Fail 
Bulk  and   Selvedge  of    the   World,     IC 
"fudged    up    into    such    a    sinirklsh    11^ 
lincss,"  dedication. 

(3)  Nonsense ;  fabulous,      far.  diaL 

(4)  To  walk  slowly  and  with  diflicalty. 
FUDGEE.     To  contrive  to  do.     Dnm. 
Fl'DGEL.     An  awkward  child.     Camb. 
ri'E.     To  make  an  attempt.     North. 
FIEL.     Garden  stuff.     Hrrtf. 

FUELER.     The  •lomcstic  who  made  the  6ns. 

Also,  as  Ftnciller,  q.  v. 
FUF.     Five.     Kvne  Alisaiinder,  6711. 
FL'FF.     To  blow,  or  puff.     A"or/A. 
FUFFY.     Light ;  soft  ;  spongy.     North. 
FUGATION.      A    hunting   ground.      Et 

habeani  fiigatione$  atas  ad  /Mjawlum,  Clflv' 

Lib.  Hen.  L  Civ.  Lond. 
FUGE.     To  take  flight.     (Lot.) 
FUGER-SATTEN.     Figured,  or  branche.1  saUn. 

Sec  Unton  Inventories,  p.  11. 
FUGli.     A  species  of  musical  coiii|>osition,  g(. 

nerally  termed /iiyiie. 
FUGLE.M  AN.    A  person  who  directi  the  cbeer< 

inK  of  a  crowd  or  mob.     ►'or.  dial. 
Fl'KES.     Locks  of  hair.     North.      MarWliam. 

Counlrey  Farmc,  1616,  p.  465,  ittei  the  lcr«j 

for  /uetuft, 
FULUOLSY.    Violently.     Btdt. 
FULCH.     To  beat,  or  push ;  to  gore,  as  ■  Imlt 

to   squeeze ;    at   taw,   to  edge  on   unfairl; 

Deeon. 
FULCCLENCY.      "  Dreggic  refnae  and/Uw-, 

Imeir,"  Topsell's  Serpents,  p.  41. 
FULDE.     Destroyed.     Hcamt. 
FULDEN.     Filled.     See  jtldrtn. 
FULDRIVE.  Fullv  driven;  completed.  CJUiteir. 
FULE.  (HA  bird,  or  fowl.     .Vorlh. 
(2)  Gold-foil.    Pr.  Parv.  p.  182.    The  tenn^^ 

occurs  in  Gawane  and  Goldgros. 
FULFIL.     To  fill  up  entirely;   to  make  fidL 

i'abgrare. 
FIL-FREMED.     Full  or  quit*  perfert.   (^.S.) 
FULHED.     Fulness.     MS.  Cott.Ve»p«».n, 
FULIKE.     Foully ;  thaiuefully.     {^.S.) 


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385 


FUR 


FUl^K.  (1)  A  pbrue  made  UJe  of  by  1>oys  pliy- 
iug  at  Uw,  wlien  they  ililr  pash  the  hand 
forward  to  be  nearer  the  mark.  Dean 
Millet'  MS.  Glossary. 

(2)  A  hollow  place.     Skmnrr. 

FULKE.     People.     Chauetr. 

Fl'LKER.     A  pawnbroker,  or  asiircr. 

FULL.  ( 1 )  Dark ;  cloudy.     Dnm, 

(2)  Quite  J  entirely  ;  every  vray.  Var.  dial.  See 
Winter's  Tale,  L  2. 

(3)  Intoxicated.     Crmen. 

(4)  Several  compounds  of  this  word  denote  vio- 
lence and  impetuosity,  m  full-bany,  /iill-buft, 

/ulUdriw,  fiiU-pmh,   fiUI-niuick,  fiiU-tptit, 
JtUl-tpotU,  tiC 

(5)  For ;  because ;  on  account  of.     North, 
FULLAM8.     False  dice.     Shak.     There  were 

high  fullams  and  low  fidlains,  to  denote  ilicc 
loaded  cm  the  high  or  low  number. 
FULLAKINC;.     A  groove  into  wliii-h  the  nails 

of  a  hoHic's  shoe  are  inserted.     Salnp. 
FULL-BETTER.     Much  better.     North. 
FULL-CRY.    Hoiiiids  are  in  full  cry,  when  they 
run  orderly,  and  "  hold  it  merrily  together." 
Gent.  Rcc.'ii.  78. 
FULL-DUE.     Final  acquittance.     Eatl. 
FULLE.  (1)  Fill ;  sufficiency. 

with  the  gncc  of  God,  or  tiyt  wvrc  nyg hte. 
The  yeant  hail  hyi  fulU  of  fyghle. 

US.  Otnlab.  rr.  U.  38,  r,  08. 

(2)  To  cleanse,  or  make  clean.     Une. 
FULLED.     Baptised.     Hrame. 
FULL-FLOPCER.    A  bird  sufficiently  feathered 

to  leave  the  nest.    Eatl. 
FULL-FROTII.     A  cow  is  said  to  be  in  full. 

froth,  when  she  gives  the  greatest  quantity  of 

milk.     Suffolk. 
FULLGENS.     Refulgence ;  brightness. 
PULLING-STOCKS.     A  machine  used  in  a  mijl 

for  fulling  cloth. 
FULL-LITTLE.     Too  little.     North. 
FULLMART.      A  pole-cat.      It  occurs  under 

other  forms.      "  .\  fitch,  or  fullraart,"  Cot- 
grave,  in  V.  lifMlr.      See  Harrison,  p.  225. 

Fulmimle,  Reliq.  Autiq.  i.  B I ;  fvUhmard,  ib. 

ii  83  ;  "  fulmer,  or  imlcattc,"  Barct. 
FULLOCK.  (I)  To  jerk  the  hand  unlawfully.   A 

term  at  marbles. 
(2)  A  sudden  heavv  fall.     Derb. 
FULUPITCII,      Ploughing  the  full  depth    of 

the  soil  is  called  taking  it  up  a  full-pitch. 

Norf. 
FULLSOME.    Nasty ;  indelicate.  NorIK  «  FiiU 

some,  or  sluttish,  syiui^V/af,"  Baret, 
FULL-SOON.     Very  soon.     ChinKtr.     Wick- 

UlTe  hit  full  lorry,  &c. 
FULL-STATED.     Spoken  of  a  leasehold  estate 

held  under  three  lives,     flerow. 
FULLTNGE.     Baptising.     (.1.-S.) 
FUL-MADE.     Wrought ;  finisbe<i     {J.-S.) 
FULSU.VI.     To  help,  or  aid.     Gamiyne. 
FULSU.VILI.     Plenteouslv.     THU.  irme. 
FULSUMNESSE.     Satielv.     U.-5.) 
fULTll-HKBE.     Filthincto.     Heartte. 
FUL-TRUST.     Trussed  fuU ;  filled  up.     Il'eber. 


PUMBLE-FISTED.  Very  awkward  in  handling 

things.     Suffolk. 
FUME.  (1)  Smoke.     (/f.-A'.) 

Af  froin  the  fyre  drpcrtyth  /un«. 
Ho  body  Bod  towlo  asondn  goothe. 

MS.  OiKlmi.  Ft.  U.  38,  f.  >n. 
(2)  To  become  inflamed.     Salop. 
FUMES.   The  ordure  of  the  hert.  "  And  jif  men 

speke  and  askc  hyni   of  the  fumti,  he  shal 

clr|ie  fiimn  of  an  hert ,"  Mavstre  of  the  Game, 

MS.  Uodl.  5J6. 
FU.METERE.    The  plant  fumitory,  called  erlhe- 

urnok  in  MS.  Sloaue  5,f.  5. 
FUHING-BOX.     A  pastile-bumer. 
FUMISH.     Angry ;  fractious.  SuffaU. 
FUMLER.     Afumhler.    Crareit. 
FUMOSITE.     Fumes  :  steam  ;  smoke.     (J..N.) 
FUMOUSLY.     Angrily ;  furiously.   "  I  wuefii- 

mouse  or  angrye,"  Palsgrave. 
FUMP.  (I)  A  slap,  or  blow.     DevoH. 
(2)  The  gist,  as  of  a  joke.     Ermoor. 
FUMY-BALU  A  puff-ball?  Hall's  Satire8,p.  99. 
FUN.  ( I )  To  cheat ;  <b  deceive.     Sommel. 

(2)  Found.     Minol,  p.  38.     North. 

(3)  A  small  pitcher.    Ermoor. 
FUXCH.     To  push.     /.  of  Wight. 
FUND.     Found.     North. 
FUNDE.     To  go  J  to  march. 

Now  to  the  furett  thsy  fM>\4t, 
Dsihe  with  hornr  and  with  hunde. 

VS.  Uiua/n  A.  i.  17,  f.  tM. 
FUNDEL^'NGE.     AfoundUng.    Prompt.  Pom, 
FUNDEMENT.     A  foundation.     (M.-N.) 
FUNDIED.     Injured.     Turner's  Herbal,  1&C2. 
Ft'NDLESS.     A  foundling;  anything  acciden- 

tallv  discovered.      Wane. 
FUNE.  (1)  Few.     Minot's  Poems,  p.  7. 
(2)  To  foin.  or  thrust. 

H'hpnne  the  bat^llei  wcrejunede. 
With  tperli  frcKhfly  thsy  fvneitt. 

US.  Unrvlti  A.  i.  17,  1. 131 . 

FUNGE8.     Mushrooms.     {A.-N.) 
FUNK.    (I)  Touch-wood.   Suffolk.  "Funkc,  or 
lytyllc  fyyr,  igniculuM,"  Fr.  Part. 

(2)  Cross ;  ill-tempered.     Oxon. 

(3)  A  horse  is  said  \ofunk,  when  it  throws  up 
its  hind  quarters  without  lashing. 

(4)  To  smoke ;  to  cause  a  bad  smell.     North. 

(5)  Great  fear.      Far.  dial. 
FUNNEL.  (1)  A  finial.     Willis,  p.  64. 

(2)  A  mare  mule  produced  by  an  ass  covered  lij 

a  horse.     Line. 
FUNNY.     Comical ;  pleasing.     I 'or.  dial 
FUN-STON.     A  font.      "  And  hoven   in  f»H- 

Hon,"  l>eg.  Cathol.  p.  83. 
FUR.  (1)  A  furrow.     North. 

(2)  To  throw.     Somerfl. 

(3)  The  indurated  sediment  sometimes  futind  in 
tea-kenles.     Suffolk. 

(4)  Fire-     Rob.  Glouc.  p.  8  :  St.  Brandan,  p.  9. 
FURBELOWS.     Fringe  ;   any  ornamental  part 

of  female  dress.      Tor.  dial. 
FURCHURE.  The  place  where  the  thighs  pari ; 

sometimes,  the  legs.     (.V.-A'.) 
FURCUM.     The  bottom ;  the  whole.   Somrriel. 
FUHDE.  (I)  Tarried.     Heamt. 


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FUT 


(4)  PurrM      Krng«  Jobu.  p.  S». 

Fl'RUST      The  fartliert,    Scbf, 

FURE.  ( 1 )  To  go.  fmmi.  1 1  <iccun  u  the  put. 
p)u  ill  R.  dc  Bninne,  Bowri  M!S. 

(2)  Pared.     .\lto,  ncut.     Gairaynf. 

Aleunili.r  hmild  •  girlr  !>•'«  <■<>•  'o  •«  b«lti«dt 
Ihcrio.  uul  went   into  It,  ml   l«ihcd  bym,  and 
wflAchwIe  hym  therln.  vnil  bIbo  Mvnr  he  frik-  In  «  ' 
ttxtr.  nnd  ■  hrrcd.wrrlu,  llwrvllh  'O  thai  b*  fun 
wautm  illc.  MA.  Uifln  \.  1. 17.  f.  I«- 

FURBL.    A  furnae*.     Somrrfei.     Weber  hat  | 
/krt  for  lire.     See  Fur  (i). 

FUBENUEL.  Tlie  fourth  put  of  ahiuhelof 
com.     See  Kennett.  p.  78. 

FURER.  An  officer  whoie  duty  it  wm  to  bum 
false  meaium.     Dean  Millet  MS. 

FURETTES.     FerreU.     Ord.  and  Rcif.  p.  66. 

FUH-KORD.  Peri»hcd.  (^.-S.)  See  Kyiiic  Ali- 
ksunder,  3814,  where  the  BodL  MS.  right  1} 
omilt  (he  first  y-mad. 

FURCEON.     A  prop.      Yorttk. 

FURGON.  Same  «»  Fruyyon,  q.  V.  "Wilh/m-- 
foiu  and  with  lotifp«  glUvrand,"  Tandale.p.SI. 
(jt..K)     See  Prompt   Parv.p.  182. 

FUR-HEADS.     Headlands  of  a  field.     Dnon. 

FDRIAL.     Raging.  (.^.-.V.) 

FURIBOND.     Mad ;  outrageous.     Mimheu. 

FUR-IRE.    A  fire-iron,  q.  V.    St.  Bramlan,  p.  30. 

FURL.     To  throw  ;  to  hurl.     /.  Highl. 

FURLEY.     Wondrous,     (iavaynr. 

Fl.'RLONG.  The  line  of  direction  of  ploughed 
land5 1  a  dirision  of  an  uninclosed  corn-field. 
Var.  diaL 

FURME.     To  form.     RcUq.  Antiq.  ii.  U. 

FURMEST.     First ;  foremost.  {.i.-S.) 

FURMETY.    Same  as  Frumenty,  q.  v. 

FURNACE.  (1)  A  boiler.     Somrrttt. 

(2)  To  smoke  like  a  furnace.     Shot. 

FURNACE.  A  fee  paid  for  baking.  See  Ord. 
and  Reg.  p.  195. 

FURNEIl.     A  malkin  for  an  oven.     Line. 

FURNEY.     A  furnace.     Maurdevilc,  p.  49. 

FURNEYE.     To  furnish.     Weber,  ii.  216. 

FURNIifENT.     Furniture!  decoration. 

FURSITADE.     Fiu-niturc.     tjitri. 

FlIRN  ITURE.  This  word  formerly  signified  any 
kind  of  moveable  property.  A  country  well 
storked  with  animals,  &c.  was  said  to  have 
good  furniture. 

FURNOUR.  A  baker,  {lal.)  See  Ord.  and  Reg. 
pp.  70,  232.     Still  in  use  in  Kent. 

FUKOLE.  A  kind  of  meteor,  inentionetl  by 
Skinner,  and  described  by  Cotgrave,  in  v. 

Fl'RUEO-HOOD.  A  hood  lined  with  fur.  Furde 
u-hodn,  Kynge  Johan,  p.  39.  I'urred  pack, 
a  wallet  of  skin  with  the  hair  outward. 

FUHREU-UP.     Entangled.     Soutk. 

FURROUR.  A  fur,  or  skin.  See  Maundevile, 
p.  247  ;  Planchf't  Costume,  p.  174. 

FURRY-DAY.  A  dancing  festival  and  merry- 
making on  the  Bih  of  May,  olisencd  with 
great  ceremonv  at  llelston,  co.  Cornw. 

FURSTI.     Thirsiy.     See  Afunl. 
It  hr  «tr  of  snothvr  tre, 
f\trtti  slul  ti«  tMvrr  be. 
CWtmt  MmMU,  US.  CMI.  THn.  Omiab.  t.  7. 


aium. 


Ii 


lonS 


FURTirER.     See  example  nnder  fW. 
FURM  E.     A  fiuTow.  (A.-S.) 
FURZE-BREAK.     Land  where  ftm»  it,  or 
htm,  gro«Tns;.  and  it  broken  op.     SwmtA, 
FURZE-CHIRPER.    The  nioaiUain 

is  also  called  lhe/i«rre-c*iic*«T". 
FURZE-MAN-PIG.     A  hedgehog. 
FURZEN.     Furze.     Tutser,  p.  189- 
FURZE-OWL.     A  cockchafer.     5 
FUSBAI.L.     A  puff-ball,  or  fungus 

Wych  willir  black  and  lifbt  wtlkall. 
Much  like  the  siibitanee  of  ■  /WAatL 

^•hmcli't  ntml.  attm.  BrU.  1MB.  fb.  H 

FUSE.    The  track  of  a  buck  in  the  gnac    Ai 

ancient  hunting  Irrm. 
FUSEL.    A  spindle.     (Fr.) 
FUSIN.   Same  as  Foito»,  q.  T.  We  h«Te/««* 

in  Lybeaus  Diseonua,  100. 
FUSOME.     flaody ;  neat ;  handsoine.     AWLi 
FL  SSL£.     A  slight  confiision.   S^fiM.  O 

in  some  places /lunneii/. 
FUSSOCKING.     l.ar?e  and  ftt.      iVorfA. 
FUSSY.     Needlessly  or  over  busy.      »«r. 
FUST.  (1)  A  fist.     Piers  Ploughman,  p.  lit. 

(2)  A  vessel  for  wine,  &c.  (fr.)  Sec  the  HowonS 
Household  Books,  p.  522. 

(3)  To  mould  as  com  docs.     See  Hamlet,  iv 
and  Palsgrave.  FuMtine;  Ord.  and  Reg.  p.  21 

(4)  Wood.    {J..N.) 
FUSTBRER.    A  maker  of  pack-saddle*. 

saddlers  and  fiuleren,"  Chester  Plays,  i.  8.' 

where  MS.  Bmll.  175,  readsyrysrrs. 
FUSTIAN.     Low  ;  vulgar ;  coarse.    Ftittini  lt». 

piu^p,  unintelligible  jargon,  such  at  gipaiet  lae. 

Sec  Cotgrave,  in  v.  Barragouin :  Florio,  p.  ML 
FUSTIKE.   A  kind  of  wood  used  by  dyen.  Sn 

Brit.  Bihl.  ii.  403. 
FUSTILARIAN.     A  cant  term  of  ooal«iDpt, 

fusty  stinking  fellow.     Shat. 
FUSTILUGS.     A  big-boned  persoa  ;■  &t 

woman.   Emmnr.  "  A  fustilug,  or  nnk- 

ing  woman,"  Howell. 
FUSTLE.     A  fuss,  or  bustle.     fTorw. 
FUSTY.  (1)  Thirsty.     WiUt.  _ 

(2)  Musty  ;  mouldy  ;  ill-smelling.      Far,  dtoL 
FUSUM.     Handsome.     jYor/*. 
FUTE.   The  scent  or  track  of  a  fox,  or  any 

ofcliace.  Pr.Parr.  S|)elt/i«eliy  Howell,  in 
FUTNON.     Now  and  then.     FaM(. 
FUTRE.     See  Foutfa.  "  Futrc  for  thy  base  ser- 
vice," Heywood's  Royall  King,  1637,  sig.  C. 

iii.     See  2  Henry  IV.  v.  3. 
FUTRIT.   An  horizontal  shaft  or  way  used  near 

Iranbridge.     Salop, 
FUWTING.     Favouring.     Uirr.  Mag.  p.  S52. 
FU.VOL.     A  fowl,  or  bird. 

Tlie  Am  to  watur,  als  we  Add. 
Thc/iitot  bo-taght  ha  lo  the  wynd. 

US.  OH.  I'aqMa.  A.  Hi.  f^j 

FUYLE.  (I)  To  defile. 

She  bedc  hit  mv  wlthoutcnblynne. 
She  hatit  inr/m/!^l  wi'h  her  •)1iMe. 

Cur-,r  tfundi.  .V.«.  r>>(t  1\1n,  OntlA.  t.^ 

59. 


I 

I 


(5)  To  fail 
FUYR. 
p.  68 


Fire.    See  Mauiidevile,  p.  35  ; 
Forme  of  Cury,  p.  84. 


GAB 


387 


GAB 


PinrSON.     Poiaon ,  picntv.     SJkeU<m.     Rty  hu 

fusson  u  a  North  coimtn'  wonl. 
FUZ.     Furze.     Var.diaL 
FUZZY.     Light  and  spongy.     North.     Kongh 
and  tbagg}'.   Eiul.   Silk  or  cotton  tliat  ravels, 
it  said  /o  vear  fHsjx/, 
FW'ALCHON.     A  term  of  reproach.   Sec  an  in- 
stance in  the  Townrley  klyst.  p.  130. 
FYDDE.     Fed.     Tundale,  p.  146. 
FYE.     Bohlness.     {yt.-N.) 

TliyiiKr  whiche  is  lllllle  worth  wlthilinc* 
He  sayeth  in  upcn/V*  to  synor. 

lioiitr,  US.  Soc.  Jlnll<i.  134,  t.  41. 

FYEMARTEN.     A  term  of  reproach  ? 

1S8].  Feb  2i,  we  went  to  the  theater  to  le  a 
■curvic  plsy  act  owl  al  by  one  virgin,  which  ther 
proved  m  fyrfnarttn  without  voice,  to  that  «e  itayd 
nnt  the  matter.  MS.  AMil.  MHS. 

FVEN.   To  purge ;  to  dear ;  to  drive ;  to  hanith  ; 
to  iligest.   See  Arch.  xix.  353 ;  Prompt.  Parv. 
■     p.  159. 

FYGERE.    A  fig-tree.     (A.-S.) 
FYGEY.     A  dish  cotnposed  of  almonds,  figs, 

rnJAins,  ginger,  and  hnney. 
FYGWRYTH.     Figureth.     Cm.  Mgtl. 
FYKE.     Trifling cnrc.     Nortkumb.     In  Syr  Ga- 

wayuc  occurs  ^itn^,  shrank,  was  troubled. 
FYLAND.     Defiling.     See  File. 

Here  may  men  ie  and  uodyTnUnd 
Howe  fowlesyn  e*  and  hovfytaM. 

Hamfotl,  MS.  Bouvt,  p.  70. 

FYLE.     Vile ;  foul.     W'elier.     It  meani  JIU  in 

Torrent  of  Portugal,  p.  39. 
F\LE(;iI.     To  follow.     Ps.  Cott.  MS. 
FYLIJSOPERUS.     Philosophers.     (,^.-iV.) 
FYLLE.  (1)  A  file.     Nominale  .MS. 
(2  )  To  fulfil.     Syr  Gatrayne. 
FYLLETORY-GUTTERS.     Gutter*  for  convey. 

ing  vratei  from  the  walls  of  building*. 


n'LLOK.     A  wanton  girl.     Hye  Way  to  the 

Spyttell  llou],  n.  d. 
FY-LOAN.     A  word  used  to  call  home  cow*  to 

be  milked.     Norlh. 
PYMTERE.     Same  as  Erihemok,  q.  v.     It   Is 

menlioued  in  MS.  Med.  Lincoln. 
FYN.     Fme;  clever.     (A.-N.) 
FYNDLY.     Ficnd-Ukc ;  terrible. 

Thti  preiat  (hat  wai  her  p«r%oD  and  curat  thert, 

Seid,  I  shall  IcU  you   what  l>  beat 

To  putto  Bwey  holy  this  /im^tv  trmpnt. 

Vi'.LouW.  416,  r.43. 
Fl'MlYNG.     An  allowance.     Uearru. 
FYNELICIIE.     Finely ;  nicelT.     Goirrr. 
FYNGIRMELL.     A  finger's  breadlli.     (M.S.) 
FYNISMENT.     End;  finish.     Gau-ayne. 
FYNLY.     Goodly.     Robiu  Hood,  i.  51. 
FYOLL.     A  cup,  or  pot.     It  correspondito  the 
Latin  omnia.    "  Fyollyt  and  cowpis,"  Tundale, 
p.  64.    See  Huloet,  ed.  1552. 
FIl'RMETE.     Infirmity.     Audelay.p.  31. 
FYRUYS.     Furze  or  gone.     Pr.' Parv. 
FYSCHERE.     A  fisher. 

Aoodur  man  he  mett  there. 
He  seyde  he  waf  a  /V*Mere. 

MS.  Oinlab.  ft.  iL  SB,  t.  IM. 

FYSYSCHONS.     Physicians. 

All  the  lechya,  fyty-htmt,  and  furgycni,  ne  ;yt  all 
the  creaturya  In  heveoe  and  In  crche,  Khali  Doi 
mow*  bcela  the  wounde  of  hyt. 

MS.  OaxMi.  rt.  M.m,  t.  ». 
FYTTE.     Feel.    Torrent,  p.  20. 
nVETHE.     The  fifth. 

The  fyvrtSt  day  he  failed  DOUjt, 

or  walir,  foule,  and  fiiahe,  he  wroujt. 

Curmtr  Mundl,  MS.  OiU.  Trin.  Vanlal:  t,  i. 
FYVIRE.     Fever.     Arch.  xxx.  407. 
FYWELEF.     Same  as  Fhr-lenf,  q.  T. 
FYYRE.     The  sUr-thistle.     Pr.  Part. 
FYYST.     Lirida.     Prompt.  Part. 


GA.    To  go.     North.     Sr«  Perceval,  1462, 
2173,  2271.     Gaa,  ib.  1615;  Isumbras, 
696,  719,  724,  754. 

The  kyng  tMr«  witnetao  and  Mid,  ]a. 
But  thou  myjt  onya  er  thou  g9t 
Elyn  with  me  a  mele. 

MS.  Otnlai.  Vt.  V.  48,  f.  S3. 
And  whether  it  toroc  to  wele  or  waa. 
Gladly  wille  I  with  ;ow  g%ia. 

MS.U-coln  A.i.l7.Mi7. 

GAAM.     Sticky ;  clammy.     mU: 
GABBARD.     Some  as  Gabbem,  q.  v. 
GABBE.     To  talk  idly ;  to  jest.     (A.-N.)     Still 
in  common  use.    In  early  writers  it  sometiincs 
means,  to  lie,  or  draw  tlic  long  bow. 
To  the  kyng  than  uyd  syr  Oawayne, 
I  fwbbyd  on  hyin  Ibya  3ciidyr  day. 

US.  Hntl.  Z2S>,  r.  lot. 

GABBER.  Explained  by  Franklin,  Life,  cd. 
1619,  p.  57,  a  person  "skilful  in  the  art  of 
burlesque."     It  now  means,  to  talk  nonsenie. 

OABBERIES.     WUy  deceits.     Uiivheu. 

GABBERN.  Large ;  comfo-tless ;  ill-contrived. 
Applied  lo  rooms  or  houses.     ff'iT/a. 

GABBING.    Lying ;  jesting,     fftckl^r. 


GABBLE-RATCIIES.     Birdi  that  make  a  great 

noise  in  the  air  in  the  evenings.     North. 
GABEL.     A  tax,  or  excise.     (A.-N.) 
GABERDINE.     A  coarse  loose  frock  or  mantle. 

"  Mantyll  a  gaberdync,"  Palsgrave.     Still  in 

use  in  Kent. 
GABERLILTIE.     A  ballad-singer.     North. 
GADIE.     A  sieve  with  large  holes.     North. 
GABLE.  (1)  High.     Ilrame. 
(2)  A  cable.     Gable-rojie,  a  large  thick  rope,  a 

cable.     "  Gable   rope  nf  a  shippe,  chabk," 

Palsgrave. 

Sode,  ter,  seyd  the  gabvtU-rop«t 
Methlnke  gode  ale  li  In  ^our  lnj>e. 

yug^  PtMttt^,  p.  16. 
Hyi  ^fivtie  and  hyi  ropy»crerecfaone 
Waa  portrayed  verely. 

MS.  Oiixat.    Ff.  II.  M.  r.  71^ 
CABLETS.     Small  ornamental  gables  or  cano- 
pies formed  over  talicmacles,  niches,  &c.    See 
the  Oxford  Gloss.  Arch.  p.  178. 
Ale  the  wallc  w.iiorgete, 
or  gay  e  gal^Uittr*  and  (tret*. 

MS.  IjKcoln  A.i.  17.  r.  I3«, 
GABLE-WINDOW.     A  window  in  a  gaMe.  or 
shaped  like  a  gable.     Brit  ton. 


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OABLICK.     A  crow-bir.     Line. 

GABLOCKS.  Spun  made  of  iron  or  mebd  for 
fighting-oocki.     Holme,  1668. 

GABRIEL'S-HOUKDS.  At  Wcdnesbnry  in 
Stafforclihire,  the  colliers  going  to  their  pits 
early  in  the  morning  hear  the  noise  of  a  pack 
of  bounih  in  the  air,  to  which  they  give  Ibe 
name  of  Gabriert  Mounds,  though  the  more 
sober  and  judicious  take  them  only  to  be  wild 
geete  making  this  noise  in  their  flight.  Ken> 
oett,  MS.  Lanul.  1033. 

GABY.     A  siUy  fellow,     far.  dial. 

GACH.    Children's  filth  or  dirt.     GUme. 

GAD.  (1)  A  measuring  rod  of  ten  feet.  Hence, 
•  fishing-rod ;  any  rod  or  st  ick.     A'or/A, 

(2)  A  spear ;  a  good  or  small  bar  of  metal ;  a  pole 
pointed  with  metal.  The  last  sense  is  sUll  in 
use.  A  kind  of  long  and  stout  nail  is  still  | 
termed  a  gad-naiL  Hence  to  gad,  to  fasten 
with  such  a  nail.  Gadt,  knobs  or  spikes  of 
iron  used  in  ancient  armour. 

And  hyiaxet  alto  imetpa 

Wltti  gtuidot  oi  itc)e  that  made  Ihem  to  Ijetyn. 

MS.  CBMab.   Ft.  1).  .18.  r.213. 

And  thanoe  nic  thoghta  Uio«e  devela  tiiltr  lange 
gnHiitf4  of  iryoe  alle  tirynnyDgr,  auil  put  lhorowt« 
lllc  lurcllc.  JUS.  UncolK  A.  I.  17.  (■  iH. 

(3)  The  gad-fly.  Var.  dial.  All  upon  the  gad, 
i.  e.  roving,  frolictome.  "  The  gad  of  going," 
Shirley,  v.  156.  To  gad,  to  flit  about  like  a 
gad-fly.  Sec  Staniburst,  p.  28,  Gadding 
imn.re,  Fiorio,  p.  100. 

f  4)  To  think  ;  to  believe.     Kemelt. 
(5)  A  tall,  slender  person.     Craven. 
GAD-ABOUT.    A  rambling  person.   ITetl. 
GADAMAN.     Roguish.     HtrvforiUh. 
GAD-BEE.    The  gad-fly.    Fiorio.  p.  42. 
GAD-BIT.     A  nail-passer.      Var.  dial. 
GADUKG.     ■■  Gaddre  as  a  colfes   gadre  or  ■ 

shepcs,/ro«»urf,"  Palsgrave. 
GADB.     A  gadbng    See  J-gade. 
GADER.     To  gather.     Paltgravf. 
GADGER.    A  gauger,  or  exciseman.     North. 
GAD-HOOK.    A  long  i>olc  with  an  iron  crook 

attached  to  it.    Somertft. 
GAOLING.    A  vagabond.    (.-/.-&) 

He  wyde,  fab  thef«  and  fowlc  ffatttyng. 
Thou  lyett  falsely,  y  am  thy  kynge. 

its.  Canub.  Ft.  ii.  38,  f.  MO. 
For  every  gndtitnf,  nat  wurth  a  pere, 
Takyth  enaample  at  jow  to  twrrc. 

MS.  Harl.  IJtIl,  t.  6. 
Thof  tiche  foHlyngt*  Iw  ^cvede. 
It  grevca  mc  hot  lyitUle. 

MS.  LtllC•^H  A.  I.  17.  r.  79. 
OAOREDEN.     Gathered.    (J.-S.) 

The  alle  the  AKh<«  In  the  flode 
Ca'fretf^n  him  aboule. 

MS.  O-ll.  Trir,.  Orwi.  57,  an.  i. 

GAD-STEEL.    Flemish  steel,  because  wrought 

in  gadi,  or  small  bars. 
GAD-Wllll'.    An  ox-whip.    Line.    "  Agaddc, 

or  whjppe,"  Baret,  1580,  G.  2. 
CARD.    Went.    North.    See  Oa. 
GAERN.    A  gar<Ien.     Somerset. 
GAF.   Gave.    Somfrnt.    Gaf  him  to  drink,  t.  e. 

addicted  himself  to  drink. 


He  ^i^hym  a  godc  iverde  In  bis  bood^ 
Hit  hed  with  for  to  kepe. 

MS.  OoMMi.  FT.  T.  Mk  <V 

GAFF.  (1)  An  iron  hoe  or  hook.  Wert.  "OdW 
as  a  gaffe,"  Rel.  Ant.  ii.  174. 

(2)  To  play  a  game  by  tossing  op  three  peooe. 
North. 

(3)  A  gaffer  or  old  man.    Line. 

GAFFER.  An  old  man;  agrundfatber;  theail 
labourer  or  workman.  Jfest.  Formerly,  a 
common  mode  of  address,  equivalent  Xo  friend, 
neighbour. 

GAFFLE.  (1)  That  part  of  the  crosa-bow  whidt 
was  used  in  bending  it. 

(2)Toteaze;  to  incommode;  to  iacomber;to 
gad  about.    West. 

(3)  A  dung-fork.     Someml. 

(4)  To  chirp,  or  chatter,  as  birds  do.  Gai^^f, 
Wrighl'i*  Seven  Sages,  p.  113. 

GAFFLOCK.    An  iron  crow-bar.     Deri. 

GAFFS.  Spurs  made  of  iron  or  metal  for  fi^t. 
ing-cocks.     Holme,  16H8. 

GAFT.  A  sort  of  fish-book,  used  for  catdUa^ 
eels.     Wilts.  

GAFTY.    Doubtful:  suspected.     OtM*. 

GAG.  (1)  To  nauseate.    Snfolk. 

(2)  To  gad  about     Dean  Milles  MS. 

GAGATE.  An  agate.  Mona!>t.  iii.  175.  See*. 
receipt  like  the  following  from  another  MS.  ii 
Reliq.  Antiq.  i.  S3. 

For  to  gare  a  womane  uy  what  thou  aakca  lilr, 
Tak  a  ttane  that  li  called  a  itagntr,  and  lay  *\  an  Mf 
leftc  pape  whene  *cho  tlepU.  thai  «i<Ih>  vIct  aot, 
and  if  the  itanc  be  gude,  alle  that  tliuu  tskma  his 
talle  Kho  tay  the  whatever  icho  hate  done. 

MS.  Untsln  A.  I.  17.  t.  1M. 

GAGE.  ( 1)  A  pledge ;  also,  to  pledge ;  to  put  ia 
pledge  or  pawn  ;  to  lay  as  a  wager ;  a  pledge, 
or  dctiancc  for  battle.  "  In  gage."  Hall, 
Hcnr)-  IV.  f.  ,12.  See  lleywood's  Iron  Age, 
sig.  I.  iii. ;  England's  Helicon,  p.  210 ;  Tragedy 
of  Hoflinan,  1631,  sig.  E.  iu. 

(2)  A  measure  of  slate,  one  yard  tqnare,  about  • 
ton  in  weight. 

(3)  A  bowl  or  tub  for  cream.  East.  A  qiioit 
put,  according  to  Dekker.  "  Gage,  lytyQ 
bollc,"  Pr.  Pat-e. 

(4)  To  harness  a  horse.     Beds. 
GAGEMENT.    An  engagement.    /.  fTight. 
GACGER.     A  nonconformist.     East. 
GAGGLE.    To  cackle;  to  laugh  immCKlcrateljr. 

North.  See  Harrison,  p.  223;  Slonitinrsl,  p. 
11;  Reliq.  Antiq.  L  86.  A  flock  of  gec» 
was  called  a  gaggle  of  geese. 

A  faJre  white  gooie  bcaii  feathers  oo  ber  iMeka^ 

That  gafgitt  it  ill. 

CA»i-cAjMr^#  P/MMfVf  Ouilfto,  IS 

GAGGLES.    The  game  of  nine-pins.    \orlJk. 
GAGS.    Children's  pictures.     Suffolk. 
GAG-TEETH.     Teeth  that  project  out. 
GAGY.    Showery.     East  Sussex. 
GAHCHYD.     G'ashed;  scratched.     Wtbtr. 
GAHEN.    Again. 

Com  he  never  gohen  In  thyi  land, 

Thar  wai  hyi  dohtl  lx>dl  riaa. 
Out  of  Warvloki 


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CAHUSEY.  A  comfortable  w«rm  wonted  abort 
shirt  with  ileevei.    £01/. 

OAIB£SE£N.  Gay  in  appearance,  i.  e.  gay  to 
be  leen.    Chakmer. 

GAIGNAGE.  Gain  ;  profit.  {J-N.) 
At  the  trewe  DUl  lo  the  plouf  he 
Only  to  the  gnignagr  eotcndrth. 

Goirtr.  MS.  Sac.  AnHq.  134,  f.  1(10, 

GAIL.  A  tub  used  in  brewing.  Gail-eitar,  a 
tub  for  wart.  Spelt  gaiUer  in  Hallamsh. 
Gloss,  p.  147.  (7a>Y.(/i>A,  a  retacl  used  in  pour- 
ing liquor  into  a  bottle  or  cask.     Korth. 

GAILER.     A  gaoler.     Chauctr. 

GAILLARD.     Urisk ;  gay.    (^.-A^.) 

GAILY.    Pretty  well  in  health.    North. 

GAIN.  Near;  contiguous;  suitable;  conve- 
nient ;  profitable ;  cheap ;  easy ;  tolerable  ; 
dexterous ;  tractable ;  active ;  expert ;  respect- 
able ;  honest ;  accommodating.     A'orM. 

CAISCOME.    Return.    Chauerr. 

GAINXOPE.  To  go  across  a  field  the  nearest 
way  ;  to  meet  with  something.    South. 

GAINFUL.    Tractable ;  active.     Yorlth. 

GAINGIVING.     A  misgiving.     SAo*. 

GAINLI.  SuiUble.  "  A gamli  word,"  Bevis of 
Ilamtoun,  p.  112.  Oanely,  readily,  Weber, 
ii.  160.    Easily,  Craven  Dial.  i.  173. 

OAINSAN.    Gainsaying ;  denial. 

Andsagh  thjt  galiuan  wu  Ihai  nan. 

IIS.  Coll.  rctpti:  A.  111.  r.  B. 

GAINSHIRB.  The  barb  of  a  fishing  hook.  Derb. 
GAINST  AND.    To  withstand ;  to  oppose.    Sec 

Fairfax,  Bulk  and  Selvedge,  1674,  p.  7.    A 

subst.  in  Ilardyng.  f.  101. 
GAINSTRIYE.    To  strive  against,    ^wtuer. 
CAIRN.     Yam.      Yorkth. 
GAIT.    A  path,  way,  or  street;  pasturage  for 

cattle  during  stmimer  in  a  common  field ;  a 

single  sUeaf  of  com ;  two  buckets  of  water. 

North.    To  gait  com,  to  set  up  sheaves  of 

com  in  wet  weather  to  dry. 
OAlT-BIiRDE.    A  goat's  beard.   Translated  by 

tlirillHin  in  Nominale  MS. 
GAITING.     ProUcsome.    Dortet. 
GAITINGS.    Single  sheaves  of  corn  set  up  on 

end  to  dry.     Aorlh. 
GAITRE-BERRIES.    Berries  of  the  dog-wood 

tree.     CAauerr. 
GAKIN.    A  simpleton.    Gloue. 
GAL.    A  girl,  or  maiden.     Car.  dial. 
GALAGANTING.     Large  and  awkward.    ITnl. 
GALAGE.    A  kind  of  patten  or  cli>g,  fastened 

with  ^tchets.     "  Solfa,  a  shoe  cullcrl  Kgalai/t 

or  paten,  which  hath  notliyng  on  the  frete  but 

onely  latchettes,"  Elyot,  1539.     Sec  Florio,  p. 

203,  ed.  1611 ;  Strutt,  ii.  235.    The  term  is 

now  applied  to  any  coarse  shoe. 
For  they  beetle  like  foule  wafmoirrf  nrergnut. 
That  if  thy  gollap  once  tilrketh  ful. 
The  moie  la  winde  it  out  thou  doeit  ivlncke. 
Thou  mought  ay  deeper  aod  deej>er  alncke. 

Ortfni^i  Ghiul-HauHtitig  Cvnycutehertt  IGSC. 

OALANTNESSE.     Fashion  in  dreu.    {J.-N.) 
GALAOTHE.    A  chaplet.    Maumledle,  p.  244. 
OALASH.    To  cover  the  upper  (lart  of  the  shoe 
with  leather.     Yorhh. 


GALAVANT.  To  flirt ;  to  woo.  far.  dial 
GALCAR.  An  ale-tub.  Yorith.  Sec  GaiL 
GALDER.    Coarse,  vnlgar  talk.    Also,  to  talk 

coarsely  and  noisilv.    Eaut. 
GALDIMENT.    A  great  fright.    Somertet. 
GALE.  (1 )  A  castrated  bull.     Wat. 

(2)  To  cry ;  to  croak,  or  scream.  Also,  song, 
noise.  See  Kyng  Alisaunder,  2047,  2548, 
"  Thare  galede  the  gowke,"  Morte  Aitbure, 
MS.  Lincoln,  f.  63. 

Tlllo  at  the  lait  one  of  rerr^  pryde 
Preauiuptuouily  gan  to  rrye  and  gaU, 
And  acydcu  tchortely  the  leggla  weren  to  amalo. 
l^itaU,  MS.  Sk  itMif .  134,  t.  17. 

(3)  To  ache  with  cold ;  to  fly  open  with  heat. 
North. 


f  4)  Wild  myrtle.    Cumb. 
(5)  To  gale  a  i 


mine,  to  acquire  the  right  of  work- 
ing it.     fTeil. 

(6)  Fashion?  manner? 

Who  ao  with  iworde  wyrkea  bale. 
He  ihalle  (o  that  like  gvlt. 

MS.  cvraiii».  rr.  r.4e,  1. 17. 

(7)  Taunt;  gibe.    Pari. 

(8)  The  gaol,  or  prison. 

Lltul  Johne  and  Moeh  for  aothe 
Tuke  the  way  unto  Ihtffote. 

MS.  Canlab.  Ft.  y.Ul.f.im. 

(9)  Any  kind  of  excrescence,    tine. 
GALE-HEADED.    Heavy ;  stiipiiL    Dremi. 
GALENTINE.    A  dish  in  ancient  cookery  made 

of  sopped  bread  and  spices.  "  Laye  some 
brce<l  in  soke,  for  I  wyll  have  tome  galantTne 
made,"  Palpgrave. 

Scho  fechode  of  the  kytchyne 

Uastclctea  In  gvUntynt. 

MS.  Unculn  A.  I.  17.  t.  139. 

GALES.    Walea.    Thornton  Romances,  p.  1, 
GAI.EY.     Swampy ;  marsbv.     Devon. 
GALFHIDE.    Geoffrey.     C'heueer. 
GALIARD.   Cay.    Hall,  Edward  IV.  f.  37.   Ca- 

liaudiie,  gaiety,  Tlij-nnc'f  Debate,  p.  58. 
That*  the  gtetc  ware  ||cjeryde  wyth  gal^ardi'  knyghte*. 
Mmlt  Arthure,  MS.  Umixlii,  1. 6\. 

GALILEE.    A  chnrch  porch.    Davics,  Ancient 
Rites,  p.  71,  mentions  the  Galilee-bell. 

G  A  LI  NO.     A  hruise.     Somrrtrf. 

GALINGALE.    Sweet cypcrus.    "  Gingiverand 
i;alingale,"  Gy  of  Worwike,  p.  421. 

GALINIC.    A  guinea-fowl.     Comic.   The  more 
common  wonl  is  gaUaney. 

GALIOT.    A  small  vessel.    "  The}T  shippes  and 
tbi'vr  pofto/,"  Hardyng,  f.  204. 

O.ALKAU.\W.    Literally  a  girl-cow-lioy ;  a  girl 
who  looks  after  cows.    SufoU. 

C.\LL.  (1 )  A  sarcasm.    Also  to  say  galling,  sar- 
castic things  ;  to  vex  one. 

1,2)  A  sore  place ;  a  fault,  or  imperfection.    Still 
in  use  in  Sussex. 

(3)  To  frighten.     Somrrttt. 

(i)  The  oak-apple.    Prompt.  Ptr». 

CALLAGES.     Braces.     Yorhh. 

GALLANT.    Finely  di^sed.    Also, 
gay  or  fine  apparel. 

GALLAS.    The  gallows.     Knutelt. 

GALLE.   Vexation  1  trouble.    (^.-JV.) 


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GAM 


CokweU  WW  kjrng  Aniiour, 

N*  faO*  DOB  h*  had.     MS.  MiumiU  ei,  t.m. 

GALLEY-BAUK.    A  bv  or  beam  in  >  cliimDe; 

on  whi'-b  pouboola  iung.     Sorlh. 
OALLEY-CROW.    A  »carecrow.     WMm. 
6At,LBY.rOIST.     A   long   barge  with    oars. 
The  term  wu  eipcciallv  applied  to  the  Uird 
Mayor*!  barge.     "  A  ttateW  gallie  or  gallif. 
/out  that  the  Duke  of  Venice  goet  in  triumph 
in,"  Florio,  p.  70. 
CAI-LEY-NOSE.   The  figure-head  of  a  «hlp. 
CALLIAN.    tiallic,  or  French.     Shak. 
CALLIARD.     A  quick  and  lively  dance,  intro- 
duced into  this  country  alraut  1541.  The  tcmi 
wat  alao  appUed  to  the  tune  to  which  it  was 
danced.    "  To  pipe  or  whistle  a  galiard,"  Sta- 
iiihurit.p.  16. 
OALLIASS.    A  large  kind  of  galley.    Sec  Flet- 
cher's Poems,  12mo.  1656,  p.  253. 
OALLIBEGGAR.     A  scarcecrow ;   a  bugbear. 

South. 
GALLIC-HANDED.    I.«ft-h»ndcd.    North. 
OALLICK.    Bitter  us  gall.     Coin. 
GALLIEK.  (1)  A  penoD  who  keeps  teams  for 

hire.     Hertf. 
(2)  A  lighl ;  a  romping  bout,    Wfl. 
GALLIC  A  NT.    See  (iahvanl. 
GALLIGANTUS.    Any  animal  much  almve  the 

usual  size.     Olouc. 
OALLIMAWFREY.    A    dish   made  of  several 
kinds  of  meat  minced.     Sec  Colgrave,  in  v. 
Hachu  ;  Florio,  p.  6 ;  Taylor's  Workcs,  i.  U6  ; 
Lilly's  Sixe  Court   Comedies,  16,'J2,  sig.  T. 
The  tcnn  is  still  in  use  for  a  dish  made  up  of 
rcnihnnls  and  scraps.      It  is  applii'd   nieta- 
pliorically  to  any  confused  jumble  of  things. 
Sec  Aincndii  fui  Ladies,  ii.  1  ;   Stanihurst,  p. 
II  i  Tarlton's  Jests,  p.  109. 
GALLIMENT.    A  frightful  object.    jDeroa. 
GALLISE.    The  gallows.    Wetl. 
UALLO.nELOlCUS.     A  kind  of  European  an- 
nual register  in  I^tin  was  published  under  tliiii 
title,  and  is  referred  to  by  Ben  Jonson  and 
many  contemporary  ^Titers.   The  first  volume 
appeared  nbout  159H. 
OALLOC.    The  herb  comfrev. 
GAI.LOCK-HA\D.    The  l<>ft  hand.      Y<,rk»h. 
GALLOPEU-UEER.     Small  beer  made  for  im- 
mediate consumption.     Eatl. 
GALLOPIN.    An  undcr-eook  ;  a  scullion.     See 

Arch.  XV.  11 ;  Ord.  and  Reg.  p.  252. 
GALI.f »\V.    To  frighten.    A  Wiltshire  word,  ac- 
mrdingto  Keunctt,  MS.  Lonsd.     It  occurs  in 
Shakespeare. 
GALLO\S'AY.  A  horse  under  fifteen  hands  high; 

a  hackney,     fforlh. 
OALLOW-CLAPPER.    A  very  wild  youth. 
GALLnWGLASS.     An  Irish  beavr-arnied  foot- 
suldier.    See  Arch,  xxviii.  139.    Ilrwnsinlhe 
Ihinl  rank  of  Iri^b  soliliers,  but  considered  of 
great  impnrtiinrr  in  bnltle.     A  lirnvy  axe  used 
by  a  galli)wgla»  s\m  aIko  so  called. 
GALLOWS.     Very.      lar.iUaL 
GALLS.     Springs  or  wet  plaoea  in  •  field.     See 


Tama,  p.  156.    Also,  bare  piaeei  ia  a  eraji 

Gallji,  wet,  moist,  applied  to  wet  lasid. 
GALLY.    To  frighteu ;  to  taunt ;  to  tunsi :  t« 

hnrry.     Wat.     Moor  mentions  an  appaotioa 

called  a  gaOy-trot. 
GALLY-BIRD.     A  woodpecker.     SkisMr 
GALLY-GASKINS.  Wide  loose  troiuer*.   Called 

^//y-ireeoAesin  Gaalirido  and  Bamardo.  1  '  T'l. 

Harrison,  speaking  of  excess  in  womtm't  z^ry- 

rel,  mentions  "  their  galligascoiu  to  lieare  mii 

their  bums  and  make  their  attire  to  sit  plum 

round  (as  they  tcmie  it  i  about  tbcm."  Deiik'r 

in  his  Belman  of  London,  says  that  shoplifi'  d 

generally  wore  goUi/f  tloju.     See   Earic   ;■ 

248  ;  Brit.  Bibl.  u.  518. 
GALLY-GUN.    A  kind  of  culverin. 
GALLY-HALFPEXNY.      An    inferior    foreign 

coin  prohibited  bv  Henrv  VIIL     Btomnl. 
GALLY-TEAM.     A  team  kept  for  hire,      Wnl. 
GALLY-TILES.     Little  square  tiles,  like  iI.  v^^ 

of  polished  earthenware  sometimes  ceen  la 

cottages  in  the  country. 
GALLY-TRAPS.      Any    frigfatAU    omamentt, 

head-dresses,  boods,  &c.     Gloue. 
GAIX)C1IE.     Same  as  Galage,  q.  v. 
GALOING.     Galling;  rubbing.     n<ttotl. 
GALORE.     Plenty,      far.  dial     "111  aeon  gel 

togs;rn&>re,"Dibdin's  Songs,  1823,  no.  18. 
GALOWE-TRE.    The  gallows.     Mi/mm. 
GALPE.     To  yawn ;  to  gape ;  to  belch.     (.I.S.) 

Alto  a  std)»t«otivc.     "  WiOi  gattlie  ffoi^  of 

gri^lie  bug,"  Sl«nihursl,  p.  28. 
GALT.    (1)   A  hour  pig.     North.     "  A  gilttc, 

nfft-etutuM*'  Nuniiiijie  ilS. 

T«k  •  iMCYiir,  sii.l  scourr  It  wflr.  and 

the  sydi*  wtio  within  with  the  Isrde  or  s  gnit*. 
MX.  IjInfUm    tft4    t. 

OresM  (roweoe  u  •  flu.  tMt  ;r)lycli  lirluktk 
MwM  .lulfurt,  MH.  LutaiCM.  t 

(2)  Clay ;  brick-earth.     ."Jii/Tf./*. 

(3 )  To  gall  or  rub.     Kenoett's  MS.  Ctoca. 
GALVER.     To  throb :  to  move  quickly.     But. 
GALWES.     The  gallows.     (,^.-S.)     Se«  Lang- 
toft,  p.  247  ;  and  fifth  example  under  <4nAaM«. 

GAM.     To  mock.     North. 

GA.MASIIES.  Gaiters.  North.  Thetertamt 
forrai-rly  applied  to  a  kinil  of  loose  drawrars  «r 
stockings  worn  outside  the  legs  over  the  other 
clothing,  and  much  used  by  travellers.  Also 
called  gamogm*  or  gamfmdurt,  which  were 
large  cases  of  leathrj-  to  protect  the  shoes  and 
stiH'kingj  from  the  dirt  when  on  horseback. 

GVMAWDLED.     Halftipsv.     hvc.    m 

GAMllAUOE.  A  painlwl,  or  prank.  (.^-.V. 
fiamhrnrilynffr,  llartshorne's  Anc.  Met.  Tales* 
p.  252  ;  Skclton,  ii.  352. 

GAMBESON.      A   stuffed  and   qtiilleil    hahit. 
fitted  to  the  body  to  prevfiit  the  rhsfinir  of  the 
extenial  armour,  a.'!  well  as  to  cherV 
press  of  awcn|Kin.    It  dcsrmili'dto  ' 

of  the  thighs,  and  was  also  worn  in  .i  

stantial   sliape  by  women  to  regiihite  their 
figure.    See  Gy  of  Wnrw ike,  pp.  312,  .^25. 

Gomr*  with  tnmhtumttrmt 
l.fnon  tht  bent  m  bfowfie, 

tlx.  Ltonin  A.  I.  i;,  f.  Ijt, 


ma  asiaTaaa.^^ 

r  s  swc       ^H 
•  )tt4  r.iMJH 

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GAMBLE.  A  Ipg.  Somrrnet.  Pcrhapa  gam- 
hrel,  the  lower  part  of  the  leg. 

JAAiriOSE.     Agatnmon.     Skclton,  i.  105. 

OAMUKF.L.  (I)  A  crooked  piece  of  wood  used  by 
butctierb  for  lungiiig  up  or  expanding  a  tlaugb- 
tered  aoimal. 

(2)  A  cart  with  raili.     Herrf. 

GAME.  (1)   Pleasure ;  sport.     (^.-S.)     Game- 
tfcAe.jorfully,  Reliq.  Aiiliq.  ii.  8. 
Ulm  luite  bctre  for  to  wrpc 
TtuD  don  oujt  ellli  to  the  ipimv. 

limver,  MS.  Sx.  Jnli^.  134,  f.  UB. 

'2)  A  rabtiit.warren.  Sec  Lanibarde's  Peramhu- 
lation,  ed.  1596, p.  II. 

GAME-LEG.     A  sore  or  lame  leg.      Var.  dial. 

GAMELY.     Plavfullv.     (.-f.-S.) 

GAMENE.     See  Game.     Perceval,  1689. 

GAMESTER.  A  diiaolute  person  of  either  tcr. 
A  fighter  is  still  called  a  gamester  in  Somerset. 

GAMMAGE.  The  same  tale  repeated  over 
again  to  one  person. 

GAMMEK.  An  old  wife;  a  grandmother.  See 
Two  Lancashire  Lovers,  16-(0,  p.  99.  Gnm- 
mer-ttang,  a  rude  wanton  girL  To  idle,  ac- 
cording to  Groic. 

GAMMEKGL.    The  small  of  the  leg.    Devon. 

GAMMGT.  Fun;  sport.  Somertef.  Also  to 
dance,  as  a  nurse  does  a  baby.  Hence  gam- 
mett,  whims,  fancies. 

GAM.MON.  Sport ;  pbiy ;  nonsense,  far.  dial. 
Perhaps  from  the  olil  word  gamene.  "  This 
gammon  thai  begyne,"  Chester  Plays,  i.  102. 

GAM.MOL'THE.     The  gamut.     Pabgrafe. 

GAMOCK.  Foolish,  silly  sport  Al»u,  to  romp 
or  piny  praciicul  jokes.     Salop. 

GAMY.     Sticky ;  chrty.     Hant: 

GAN.  (1)  Uegan.     Chaucer. 

(2)  A  mouth.     An  old  caut  term. 

OAN'CII.  To  punish  by  tliat  cruel  mode  prac- 
tise<l  in  Turkey  of  suspeniling  a  criminal  on  i 
honk  by  the  ribs  till  he  dies.     Narei. 

GANDER.     To  gad  ;  to  ramble.     Eatt. 

GANDERGOGSE.     The  herb  ragwort. 

GANDEK-MONTH.  The  month  in  which  a 
man's  wife  is  confined.  Var.  dial.  Gander- 
mooner,  a  niarricd  gallant,  one  who  exercises 
gallantrr  at  that  season. 

GANPERNOPED.    Giddy;  thoughtless.    Wft, 

GANDY.     Idlv  disposed. '  &ifo;i. 

GANE.  (1)  Gone;  went.     AoWA. 

(2)  To  yawn,  or  gape.  Paltgrave.  Still  used 
in  Lincolnshire,  pronounced  gaum. 

GANE-FISH.     A  homlwak.     Sommel. 

GANG.  (1)  To  go.  ^^orth.  See  Harrison,  p. 
57 ;  lUiist.  Fairy  Mjthol.  p.  66.  Hence  Gang- 
dag;  Rogation  week,  so  called  because  the 
parish  Itoundaries  were  generally  peramba- 
latcd  at  that  time. 

Thorow  fince  that  He  us  jcveth. 
Where  w  we  gnttfr. 

MS.  Crnlal,.  Ft.  II.  XI.  (.  31. 

(2)  Row,  set,  or  company.     I'ar.  dial. 

GANG-BOOSE.  The  n'artxiw  passage  fmiu  a 
cow-hnuse  to  the  bam.     North. 

GANGER.    A  good  goer.    AbrM. 


GANGERAL.     A    vagrant,     ^'ort^.     CotgnTe' 
applies  the  term  to  a  tall  scraggy  man. 

GANGING.    Going,    ^'orlh.  Ganging.gear,tiie 

machinery  of  a  mill. 
Ne  gruche  Qoghte  my  piftsgrnf.  It  ulle  to  gaic  tnfBe. 
Miirtt  .Irthun,  MS.  Unatlm,  t.  dO. 

GANGINGS-ON.     Proceedings.     Norlh. 

GANGLE.    To  make  a  noise.     (A.-N.) 

GANGLING.    Tall,  slender,  deUcate,  generally 
apphcd  to  plants.      Wane. 

GANGRIL.     A  toad.     North. 

GANGSMAN.     A  foreman.     Line. 

GANG-TEETH.    Teelli  in  animals  which  pjn- 
ject  out  of  the  mouth.    Topsell.p.  194. 

G.\NG-  WAY.     .\n  entry,  or  passage.     ATeit^ 

GANG-WEEK.     Rogation  week.     See  Gang. 

GANNER.     A  gander,     lar.dial. 

GANNER-HEAD.     A  great  dunce.     .<!t>i«M. 

GANNIES.    Turkies.    Dewti.   Palmer  and  Jen- 
nings have  ganng-cock. 

CANNING.  The  barking  of  foxes.   SeeTopseU't 
Beasts,  1607,  pp.  128,  223. 

GANNOK.     Standard ;  ensign.     Heame. 

GANNOKER.     A  tavern  or  inn-keeper. 

GANNY-WEDGE.  A  thick  wooden  we<lge,  used 
in  splitting  timber.      H'etl. 

GANSE.  (1)  Thin  ;  slender.     Keml. 

(2)  Merriment ;  hilaritv.     Smuex. 

GANT.  (I)  To  yawn.  '  North. 

(2)  Lusly ;  hearty ;  well.     North, 

(3)  A  village  fair  or  wake.    £atl. 

U)  Scanty.     Moor's  Suffolk  Words,  p.  143. 
(5)  A  gander.    "  A  gose  and  a  gant,"  Skelton, 

i.  III.    Giraldus  Cambrensis  calls  itaiioa.the 

saiiic  as  OMser.     In  Pr.  Porv.  p.  186,  bittarda, 

or  the  bukt&rd,  ucconliug  to  Uiicange.   Douce 

says  gani  is  the  gannct,  a  bird  about  the  size 

of  a  goose,   mentioued  by  Ray  as  found  in 

Cornwall. 
GANTREE.  A  sUnd  for  barreU.  AorM.  Called 

also  a  gantril. 
GANTY.     Merrr ;  frolicsome.     Suaei. 
GANTV-GUTTED.     Lean  and  lanky.    Eatl. 
GANZAS.    Geese.     (5/ki».) 
GAOWING.     Chiding,     fniioor. 
GAP.     To  notch ;  to  jag.     South.   '•  To  gap  or 

to  stile,"  to  be  alwa)-s  in  time. 
GAPESINO.   Sight-seeing.    Var.  dial  In  Devon 

gape's  nent  is  a  strange  sight ;  and  in  the  North, 

gaf>e~ifeed. 
GAPESNATCH.     A  fooL     Gbme. 
GAPE-STICK.     A  large  woo<len  spoon.     Eatt. 
GAR.     To  force ;  to  com |h:1  ;  to  make.     North, 

Sec  further  in  Gore. 
GARATWIST.     Awry.     S«*»e.r. 
GARX.     A  sheaf  of  com.  An  old  heraldic  term, 

mentioned  bv  Drayton. 
GARBASH.     Garl>a'ge,     Florio,  p.  70. 
GARHGLLER.     A  person  who  examined  spices, 

drags.  See.  to  find  out  the  impurities  in  them. 
GARB-FEATIICRS.   The  feathers  under  thcbiE 

of  a  hawk.     Bemm. 
GARBOIL.     A  commotion,  tumult,  uproar,  or 

confusion.    See  Florio,  pp.  55,  443 ;  Drayton's 

Poems,  p.  88 ;  Staii'Uturst,  p.  34. 


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GARCIL.     fnderwood.     North. 

GARCLFVE.     The  herb  sgrimony. 

CARD.  A  facing,  or  trimming.  "  Three  faire 
gards,"  Euphuci  Golden  Legacic,  p.  117. 
"  (Warded  or  purfled  ganuents,"  Hollvband's 
Dictiooarie,  1593.  "  I  garde  a  garmentc,  I 
utie  one  garde  upon  hym,  ji  betuit,"  Pali- 
grave.  "  Now  may  I  were  the  brodcred  garde," 
King  Cambiiea,  p.  260.  Sec  also  Liturgies  of 
Edward  VI.  p.  423,  wrongly  explained  by  the 
editor ;  Solinian  and  Perseda,  p.  233 ;  Thorns' 
Ancc.  and  Trad.  p.  43. 

GARDE.  Caused ;  made.  (J.-S.)  "  He  garde 
hyme  goo,"  Torrent  of  Portugal,  p.  28. 

GARDEBRACE.   Armour  for  the  arm.   (^.-AT.) 

GARDEEN.     A  guardian.     Suffolk. 

GARDEMANGER.     A  cupboard.     {Fr.) 

GARDEN.  To  garden  a  hawk,  i.  e.  to  put  her 
on  a  piece  of  I  urf, 

GARDEN-GINGER,     Cavennc  pepper. 

GARDEN-I!OL'SES.Sum'mcr-bouses,frequently 
mentioned  by  our  old  draniatisti  as  places  for 
intrigue  and  debauchery.  Garden-pol,  a  water- 
ing pot,  Du  Bartas,  p.  4.  Garden-trhore,  a 
very  common  whore,  Peele's  Jests,  p.  3. 

GARDEROBE.  A  wardrobe;  the  place  in  a 
palace  where  the  clothes  arc  kept.     (Fr.'j 

OARUEVIANCE.  A  chest,  trunk,  pannier,  or 
basket ;  a  bag  for  meat.  "  Seriniolwm,  a  kaa- 
ket  or  forsar,  a  gardiriance,"  Elyot,  155U. 
"  Baggc  or  gardeviauoce  to  put  meat  va,pera" 
IIulucl.  1552. 

GARDWYNES.     Rewards.     (^.-JV.) 

Glfetie  ut  gersoml  and  goldr,  and  /rardwyntt  mm;, 
Grewhoundci  and  grctt  hor«e,  aod  alkyne  gammn. 
M'<rt«  Artkurt,  US.  Unditn.  t.  71. 

GARE.  (1)  To  make,  or  cause.     See  Pcrcevnl, 
141 1 ;  Uumbnu,  343.    Garle,  made.     "  Make 
OTgarre  to  do,  as  the  Scottish  men  say,"  Florio. 
Than  he  prayed  the  iKirtcTp 
That  he  wold  be  hU  racttynger. 
And  ffvn  hym  hafe  ao  antucre. 

MS.  Uneolti  A.  1.17.  t.  131. 
And  yf  (he  kyng  me  tpirrt  falle  can. 
What  y  am  ther  wottyth  no  man. 

MS.  Ol^ea^.  ft.  II.  38,  f.  tm. 

Coarse  wool.  See  Blount,  in  t. 
A  signal  flag  ?  Arch.  xiii.  101. 
Ready.     Richard  Coer  dc  Lion,  6409. 

(5)  A  dart,  or  javelin.   (.1..S.) 

The  batellc  t>egan  (o  vmyghte 
With  many  a  gryrame  ir«rr. 

MS.  Caiiinb.  Ft.  li.lS,  t.  83. 

(6)  Gear ;  accoutrements.      fVetl. 
GARE-BRAINED.   Thoughtless;  giddy.    South. 
GARE-LOCKS.    A  cock's  gafflcs.     Chetk. 
GARESOWNE.     A  boy,  or  youth.     (.4.-N.) 

That  made  hym  knyght  ofgrete  renowne 
Of  m  mysprovde  gnr-ewfowe. 

MS.  Canlab.  Ft.  I>.  »,  f.  90*. 

GARETT.  A  watch-tower  ;  a  room  near  the  top 
of  a  building. 

Then  waa  that  lady  Ktt 

Hye  up  In  a  ganll.  MS.  Cantab.  Ft.  11.38.  f.  7C 
TUry  bygsnoe  at  the  grettestc  jatc  a  gantle  to  rcre. 
Oetirn  up  fro  Ihc  gtouode  on  twelfe  iykur  poitei. 
MS.  CoH.O<"«.  A.  II.  r  lis 


m 

n 


GARFANGYL.     An  ecl-«pe«r.     Pr.  /Vm 
GARFITS.     Garbage.     North. 
GARGATE.     The  throat.     Chaue<^.     We 

yargazt  in  Kyng  Alisanndrr,  3636. 
GARGEL.     A  projecting  spout   from 

sometimes  made  in  grotesque  and 

forms.    "  Gargyle  in  a  wall,  gargoUk^ 

grave.     "  Gargeyld  with  grayhoundes,' 

p.  27.    SeeProiiipt.  Parr.  p.'lSG. 
GARGILOl'N.     Part  of  the  numblea  of  ■  d«t 

See  Sir  Tristrem,  p.  387  ;  Rel.  .Ant.  i.  155. 
GARGOUN.     Jargon  ;  buiguage.      (^...V.)  See 

Wright's  Seven  Sages,  pp.  IM,  107. 
GARGUT-ROOT.  BearVfoot.  h'nrf. 
GARISH.    Splendid;  shining ;  i 

Sec  Lilly's  Sixe  C^urt  Com^ 

vi  ;  Marlowe,  ii.  44  ;  Drayton  »  i  .muis 

Harrison,    p.    172.     Caruhly, 

Brachy-.MartyroIogia,  1657,    p, 

provinces  it  is  used  in  the  senses  i^  frighitoel, 

very  vild,  tiUy.fooliiililg  gay. 
GARISOUN.   (1)  To  heal.      Chauctr. 
(2)   A  reward.     Garymn,  Rob.  Gloue.  p.  409.  I 
GARLAND.    The  ring  in  a  target  in  which  the 

prick  or  mark  wa»  set. 
GARLANDS.     A  common  name  for  anuU  ool- 

lections  of  popnlar  ballads. 
GARLE.    To  spoil  butler  in  maldng  Vf 

it  with  hot  hands.     Eatt. 
GARLED.     Variegated  ;  streaked  ;  spotted.  A 

term  applied  to  the  colour  of  animals. 

Harrison,  pp.  226,  239.  "  White  tbitkly  s| 

ted  with  red,  the  outside  spott  smalt,**  o'atcfai 

lor's  Orthocplcal  Analysis,  1809,  p.  133. 
GARLETE.     Garlic.    P'egge. 
GARLIC-EATER.     A  stinking  fellow.      Smtih. 
GAHLONG.    A  garland  Christmas  CaroU,  p. 9, 
GARN.  (1)  A  gwden  ;  a  gamer.     South. 
(2)   Yam.     .VorM.     See  Kennett,  p.  6.S. 
GARNADE.     A  dish  in   ancient   cookery,  di 

srrlbed  iu  Ord.  and  Reg.  p.  465. 
GARNARDE.    A  wioe   of  Granada.     See 

Squ^Tof  Lowe  Degn?,  758. 
GARNEMENT.     A  garment.     (./..^:) 
Tho  he  fftode  up  vflrament. 
And  dud  upon  hym  hyi  gum^Men/* 

Jf».  rvtntak  W.  II.  j»,f.  V 
GARNER.     Properly,  a  granar)- ;  but  it  also 

nilics  a  store-room  of  anv  kind. 
GARNETOl'R.     I»rovisiotIs :  liverr.     (,^...V.) 
GAKNETT.  (I)  A  kind  of  6rewurk,  appeatiBg 
like  a  flying  broom.     {ttaL)  j 

(2)    Gomel  apjiille,  llic  poniegranntc  1 

Ltche  the  frule  thai  Uof  luehe  plnaunee. 
The  gurnet  applUe  of  coloure  goUcn  hcwjit. 

L^igatt,  MS.  Hk.  ^Innq.  lM,t,\X. 

(i)  A  kind  of  hinge.     Ojf.  Glon.  Arch. 
GARNISH.  (1)  A  service  which  geBCrallr  coa> 

sistcd  of  sets  of  twelve  dishc*.  saucers,  Ac. 

See  Warner,  p.  123.     ngaminh  thetaMe.ta 

set  the  dishes  on  it. 
(2)  The  fees  paid  by  a  prisoner  on  entering  gioL 

See  Songs  of  Ixindon  Prentices,  p.  57;  aad 

Grose,  in  v. 
CARNISON.    A  guard,  or  garrison.     (J^lt.) 


Se«^ 


GAT 


GARN-WrNDLE.     A  red  to  winfl  y»m  upon. 

North.     "  A  par  girnwyn,  girgUlHm,"  Noiui- 

nalc  MS.     Sec  Pr.  Parv. 
GAKRACK.     Awkward.     Ctmb. 
GARRANT.     A  griding.    See  State  Paper*,  in. 

169;  Egtrton   Paiicrs,  p.  Xbi-.garon,  llolin- 

ahed,  Cbron.  Ireland,  pp.  118,  156. 
OARRAY.     Array  ;  troops.     Toa-ntley  Mytt. 
GARRE.    To  make  a  garment,  or  do  any  other 

work :  to  expel.     North. 
GARRET.     The  head.      Var.  dutU 
GARRETTED.    Having  small  splinter*  of  stone 

inserted  in  the  joints  of  masonry  or  flinuwork. 

See  Hrilton,  p.  263. 
CARRICK.     An  awkwartl  person.     North. 
CARRING.     Chirping ;  chattering.     "  Garring 

and  flijiig  of  briddus,"  Apol.  LoU.  p.  96, 
GARRON-NAILS.     Large  spike-nails.     North. 
GARRYS.     Makes ;  caates.     See  G»r. 
I  wu  M  biytlie  u  byrd  on  breyr  ; 
Tbst  gvnyt  me  luffer  the*  «ch«Tp  srhorb. 

llS.UKcvln  A.  I  17.  r.M. 

GARS.     Gn*a.     Garting,  a  pasture.     North. 

GARSH.     A  notch.     PaUfrme. 

GARSING.  A  method  of  bleeding  by  pricking 
the  skin  with  a  lancet.  It  diflercd  slightly 
from  cupping,  and  was  done  on  lereral  |>arls 
of  the  body. 

Ther  U  oo  minvr  of  purKsdoaa  of  the  body  that 
la  y-mud  In  too  invieri,  by  medlcyn  outhrr  tiy 
btedyii(e!  bledyng  I  lay,  dthn  by  tryne  or  by 
gertnf.  US.  BcdI.  413,  f.  >M. 

G.^RSOM.     An  earnest  penny.     North. 
GARSON.     A  youth  i  a  page.     (A.-N.) 

Thrr  Mine  wm  a  prowde  fofwon. 
Men  bym  cicpyd  lyr  Bcfovu. 

MS.  onM.  rt.  iL  It,  r,  lU. 
GART.     Made ;  caused.     {J.-S.) 
When  he  came  Into  the  halte. 
The  fble  be  gvrt  tiefore  hym  caUe. 

VH.  o»>fo6.  rt.  iL  91.  r.  lu. 

with  Kharpeaxli  of  •tele, 
Mony  knyghte  forf  he  knele. 

MS.  Lifun/n  A.  I.  17.  t.  1.11. 
GARTEN.     A  garter.     North.     Abo,  corn  in 

the  sheaf.     Durham. 
GARTH.  (1)  A  yard ;  a  small  field  or  inclosore 
adjoining  a  house ;  a  churchyard  ;  a  garden  ■, 
an    orchard ;    a    warren.     North.     "  Garthe 
cresse,"  garden  cress. 

Tak  a  pmy-weghte  ot  gurtht  creue  »ede,  and  gyV 
hym  at  ete,  and  gare  hym  arter  a  draghle  of  gade 
rede  wyne.  MS.  Ltnc.  Mtd.  t.  K8. 

(2)  A  hoop,  or  hand.     North. 

(3)  Sep  Ifh-gartht,  and  Blount. 
GARTIIOR.     A  garter.     Pattfrave. 
GARTIIYNERE.     A  gardener.     TWne/ey. 
GARTI.E  HEAPED.     Thoughtless.     Eait. 
GARTLESS.     Heedless ;  thoughtless.     Eatt. 
GASCOINES.     See  CaUy-gatkim.     •'  Much  in 

my  gascolnea,"  Lilly,  cd.  1632,  lig.  Cc.  v.  See 
the  Widow  of  Watl'ing  Street,  p.  29. 

CASE.  (1)  A  goose.  Skelton,  i.  410;  The 
Goode  Wif  (haught  hir  Doughter,  p.  8. 

(2)  Goes.     MS.  CanUb.  Pf.  ii.  38. 

GASS.HOUND.     A   kind  of  hound  formrrlv 


much  Talued  for  fox  or  hare-huatlBg,  ob  ■»• 

count  of  its   excellent  sight.     Sec  TopieU, 

1607,  p.  167. 
GASHFUL.     Ghastly ;  frightfiil.     £o*t. 
CAST.  (1)  To  frighten  J  to  terrify.    "I  gatta, 

I  feare,"  Pclfrate.    It  ii  the  part.  pa.  in  the 

following  passage. 

His  wllle  waa  but  to  make  hem  foef. 
And  afllr  lewe  on  here  at  the  latt. 
CWrti/r  MuHdl,  MS.  0,ll.  THm.  Oili<a6.  f.  31. 
(2)  Spirit :  breath ;  a  ghost,  or  >|ririt. 
G  AST-BI KU.   A  single  partridge  in  the  afaooting 

seaioD.     SiffoUt. 
G AST-COW.    .A  cow  which  does  not  produce  • 

calf  in  the  season.     Katl. 
CASTER.     Same  as  Gast,  q.  T.     Ray  hu  it  as. 

an  Essex  word,  and  Gifford,  wlio  was  a  native 

of  that  county,  uses  it  in  his  Dialogue  on 

Witches,  1603! 
GA.STFIL.     Frightful.     Palyrare. 
GASTNE.     An  apparition.     Batman,  1582. 
GASTNESS.     Ghastliness.     (^.-S.)     It  ocean 

in  Chaucer  and  Shakespeare. 
GASTOYNE.     A  solitude.     (J.-N.) 
GAT.  (1)  A  goat.     Nominaje  MS. 
(2)  A  gap;  an  opening.     £■«/. 
0.\TCHEL.     The  mouth.     Somertet, 
GATE.  (1)  A  farm-yani.     South. 

(2)  A  way,  path,  street,  or  road.  "Go  thi 
gate,"  go  thy  war.  The  track  of  an  animal 
was  called  his  gate.     Blome,  ii,  78. 

He  lay  at  the  rychr  msnnyi  {ate, 
Ful  or  bylcs  yn  Uie  fore. 

MR,  Harl.  1701,  f.  44. 
He  folowcd  Ihame  thorowe  the  wad, 
Alle  the  pilii  that  Ihay  joda. 

MS.  UncolM  A.  I.  17.  r.  1st. 

(3)  Manner ;  fashion.     iUvelok,  2419. 
GATE-DOOR.   The  street  or  outer  door.    Gtytl 

doore,  Townclcy  Myst.  p.  107. 
GATE-DOWN.     A  going-down.     Pal/^/mt. 
GATEL.     Goods ;  property  ? 

Beri*  of  hie  palfrai  aUghtc, 
And  tok  the  tresore  anonrlghte ; 
With  that  and  with  mor  gairl. 
He  made  the  castel  of  Arondcl. 

Brvet  V  Homrown,  p.  110, 

GATE-PENXY.     A  tribute  paid  by  the  custom- 

ary  tenants  for  leave  to  pass  through  one  or 

more  of  their  lord's  gates  for  the  more  easy 

passage  to  and  from  ihcir  own  lands-     Ken- 

nett,  MS.  Laosd.  1033. 
GATE-POST-BARGAIN.     Wbcn  the  money  is 

paid  on  the  gate-post  before  the  stock  sold 

leave  tlie  field.    North. 
GATE-ROOM.    A  yard,  or  paddock. 
GATES.    Other  ijaln,  in  aoplhcr  manner.  Oaf 

gatet  three,  nearly  three  o'clock. 
GATE-SCHADYLLE.    The  division  of  ■  road 

into  two  or  more  ways.     Pr.  Parv. 
GATE-SHORD.     Agate-way;  a  place  or  gap 

fur  a  gate.     Someriet. 
GATE-WARD.  A  porter,  or  gate-keeper.  {A^.) 
GATHER.  (1)  To  glean.     Somertet. 
(2)   To  gather  up,  to  be  in  a  passion  and  aoold 

any  mt.     To  gather  on^t  teff  Hftther,  ta  a 


GAU 


S94 


GAW 


hia 


nun  do«  when  he  intends  to  eihibit 

itrength. 
(3)  An  animal's  pluck.     Sec  Ord.  and  Reg.  p. 

297  ;  Cotfttave,  in  v.  [lantillr: 
GATHERER.     A  money-laker  at  a  theatre. 

Thire  it  one  Jhon  Ruiwll  that  by  your  apojnl- 

ment  was  marie  a  fathervr  with  ui,  but  my  fellowei 

Amllng  [him]  often  ralce  to  tu,  hare  many  lymca 

warod  tilio  from  takin|(  the  bov. 

Mltyn  Parrr;  Dnlioldi  Cttlegr  MS.  t.  45. 

GATHERnRS.  A  horses  teeth  by  which  he 
draws  his  food  into  his  luoiith. 

GATHERING.  Raking  mown  bay  or  com  into 
cocks  or  rows  for  carting  it. 

GATHERS.  Out  of  the  g^athcrs,  i.  e.  out  of 
order,  in  distressed  circumstances. 

GATI.ESS.     Heedless ;  careless.     Eatt. 

GATTERAM.     A  green  lane.     Line. 

OATTER-BUSH.  The  wild  gclder-rose.  or  dog- 
wood.     Also  called  the  gattridije. 

GATTLEHEADED.     Forgetfid.     Cumb. 

GAT-TOTHEn.  Chancer,  Cant.  T.  470,  6185. 
Urry  reads  gap'lothid,  and  some  MSS.  cat- 
tothfd.  It  means  having  teeth  itanding  or 
projecting  out.  "  Dmiet  eserti,  gag  teeth,  or 
teeth  standing  out,"  Nomenclator,  1585,  p. 
29.  TjTwliitt  professes  himself  unable  to  ex- 
plain this  wonl. 

GAUBERTS.     Iron  tacks  for  chimneys.   Cheth. 

GAUBY.     A  lout,  or  clown.     Dfrb. 

CAUCHAR.  Vexation.  "  Haved  at  thayre^w- 
ehar,"  Wright's  Pol.  songs,  p.  318. 

GAUCY.     Fat  and  comely.     Norlli. 

GAUD.  (1)  Habit;  practice :faihion. 

(2)  A  toy,  or  piece  of  finery.     SAa*. 
gttuderi,  adorned,  Coriol.  ii.  I. 

(3)  A  jest,  or  trick.     Lydgate,  p.  92. 
sport  or  jest, 

CArDEES.  Tlic  larger  beads  in  n  roll  for  prayer. 
"  Gaudye  of  bccdes,  tigneau  de  patenotirt," 
PalsgraTC. 

Upon  the  gautim  all  without 
Waa  wrilU  of  goMe  fmr  rtfcur. 

Cower,  ed.  tiSi,  t.  IM. 

iUDERY.    Finery  j  gaiety.   It  is  wrongly  ex- 

ned  in  Skellon's  Works,  ii.  191. 
tUDY.     Gaiety.     Also   gay.     Hence  gaudy- 
day,  a  festival  or  feast  day. 

We  mays  make  our  Iryumphe,  i.  kei>c  our  gaadiKi, 

or  let  u«  tctte  the  cockeon  the  hope,  and  make  pood 

chere  within  doret.  Pall/r-avr'i  Jcolatui,  ls«fl. 

1  have  good  cau«e  to  let  the  cocke  on  the  hope, 

and  make  gimdye  chere.  i'''''- 

GAl'DY-GREEN.  A  light  green  colour.  "  Co- 
lour hit  gaiide  ^renc,"  Ord.  and  Reg.  p.  452. 
There  is  a  verv  ancient  receipt  for  making  it 
in  MS.  Harl.  2253. 

GAl'F.     To  go  off.     Homitte/. 

CAUGHLING.  Tall  and  slender  in  proportion 
to  the  bulk,      n'anr. 

GAUK.     To  stare  vaeantly.     North. 

GAl'K-HANDED.     Left-banded.     Ouptn. 

OAUKY.  A  simpleton;  a  clown.  Also,  awkward. 
Var.  dial. 

OAVL.     A  large  wooden  lever,     lew. 

OAULDRINO.     Drawling.     Somrrtct. 


Yorkth. 
Hence 

Also,  to 


GAULIC-UAND.     The  left-hmod.     yoHL 
G.\ULS.     Spots  where  grau.   oora,  or  tm^  _ 

have  foiled.     South. 
GALLT.     Blue  clay.      Far.  dial. 
CAU.M.   To  comprehend,  or  underetaiid ;  to  ^ 

tinguish  ;  to  consider ;    to   feu' ;    to 

improperly,     \orth.     Tbi*    lost    inrunag 

found   in  Fletcher's  Poems,    p.  £30,  lal  ■" 

still  in  common  use.     In  sotue  pUcea,  ROC  l» 

gaum  a  man  is  not  to  mind  him.     Abo.  ta 

smear  or  maul. 
GAUMLESS.   Vacant ;  half  silly.   yorlA.  Aim 

frozen,  as  the  fingers  are. 
GAUN.    (1)    A    gallon   measure,     rar.   iitl 

"  Gawnes  of  ale,"  Sharp's  Cot.  Myxt.  p.  aO. 
(2)  Going ;  given.     Nurlk. 
GAUNCE.  (1)  Gaunt.     Skelton,  LM. 
(2)  To  prance  a  horse  up  and  down, 
GAIJ  N  SEL.    A  kind  of  sauce  made  of  flonr  laJ 

milk,  and  coloured   with  tafbmxt  fanaeri; 

eaten  with  geese.  _ 

GAIWT.  (1)  To  yawn.     Northmit. 
(2)  The  old  Enghsb  name  for  Ghent. 
GAUNTRY.     A  wooden  frame  for  c>«kg.j 
GAU  P.  (1)  Vulgar  or  noi!.y  ulk. 
(2)  To  gape,  or  stare,    lor.  diaL 
GAUPEN.    Two  handfuUs.     Hence,  an  i 

derate  quantity.     North. 
GAU  PS.    A  aimpletou.     South. 
GAURE.    To  stai«:  to  look  vacantly.    Ck 

Also,  to  cry  or  shout. 
GAUSTER.    To  laugh  loudly;  to  be  noiay ;  ( 

swagger.      Crapni. 
CAUVE.     To  stare  vacantly  or  rudely. 

Hence  yaury,  a  dunce. 
GAUVISON.     A  young  simpleton.     A'orf*. 
GAVEG.  A  gage,  or  pledge.  State  Papcn^ii.  13| 
GAVEL.  (1)  A  sheaf  of  corn  before  it  isi'  ' 

up,   not    usually   applied    to    wheal. 

Cotgrave   has,  "  Jareler,  to  snathe  ur  gavd 

come ;  to  mukc  it  into  aheavca  ur   gBveU(«f 

See  also  in  v.  EujareU. 

(2)  To  stare  vacantly.     Cumb. 

(3)  The  gable  of  a  building. 
GAVELKIND.     An  ancient  tenure  io  Kent, I 

which  the  hinds  of  a  father  were  dir 
among  all  his  sons,  or  the  lamls  of  a  brotha 
dying  without  issue,  among  all  the  t.tu-Tivii^ 
brothers ;  a  custom  by  which  the  female 
sccndanls  were  utterly  excluded,  aitd  bosta 
inherited  with  legitimate  children.  See  I 
barde's  Perambulation,  1596,  p.  530. 
GAVEl.OK.  A  spear,  or  javelin.  The  term  1 
stUl  used  in  the  North  for  an  iron  crow  i 
lever.     See  Brockctt,  p.  130. 

Gtvtt\'kt4  alao  tlilrke  flowe 

So  gnattel,  Ichil  avowe. 

ArihilUr  amd  Mtrltm.  p.  3», 

Thai  hurte  him  foule  and  ilough  hla  hon 

With  garfUiu  and  wylh  dartia. 

MS.  OoVBt  171,  p.  » 
QAVER.     The  sea  cray-fish.     (^ntar.  M 

GAVER-HALE.    The  jack-snipe.     Dtron.      f 
CiAW.     A  boat-pole.    Also,  a  stripe.     South. 
GAWCUM.     A  simpleton.     Sommrt. 
GAWFIN.     A  clownish  fellow.     Chat*. 


Qkt 


395 


GEE 


OA\nSH.    Gty.  It  ocean  io  Wright's  DiipUjr 

of  Dutie,  4to.  Lond.  1589. 
GAWK.  (1)  Clonniah ;  awkward.      Var.  dial. 

S2)  A  cuckoo.     Also,  a  fool.     Surth. 
3)  To  hawk  and  spil.     Dtron. 
GAWK-A-MOUTH,     A  gaping  fool.     Verm. 
GAWKSHAW.     A  left-handed  man.      lor*fA. 
GAWL.     Gold.     SomtTul. 
GAWLB.     Same  aa  Hale  (2). 

Wa  may  not  letta  the  pcple  to  gttwte  and  ajt, 

MS.  Otnlaf:  Ft.  i.  0,  t.  159. 

GAWLEY.     A  simpleton,     ffanr. 
GAWMIN.     Vacant ;  itupid.     North. 
GAWNE.   Gave.    Still  in  use  in  Essex.    Howard 

Household  Books,  p.  446. 
GAWNEY.     A  simpleton.     ITilt: 
GAWN-PAIL.     A  pail  with  a  lundle  on  one 

aide.   GInnc.    Qu.  from  gavn  ? 
GAWT.   The  channel  tlirough  which  water  nnis 

from  a  water-wheel.     Lnnc. 
GAY.  (1)  A  print,  or  picture.    "  He  loved  prcty 

gayes,    Mayd  Emiyn,  p.  26. 

A«  If  a  thtfcfe  thoultl  tie  proud  of  hit  halter,  a 

b«]i(rer  of  tiii  clonic*,  a  child  of  hit  g9v,  or  a  fool* 

of  hit  lublc.  Dcuf»  fathwai/.  p.  40 

i3)  Considerahle ;  tolerable.     North. 
*)  Quick ;  fast.     Var.  dial 

(5)  The  noon  or  morning.     North. 

(6)  A  gay  person.     Gawayw. 

(7)  A  small  nit  in  a  path.    Line, 
GAT-CARDS.     Court  cards.     Suffolk. 
GAY-FLOOR.     In  the  coal-pits  at  Wcdnesbury 

in  Staffordsliire,  the  third  ]iarliiig  or  laming 
in  the  body  of  the  coal  is  called  the   t/ay- 
Jioor,  two  foot  thick.     Kcnoett,  MS.  Lansd. 
GAYLES,     Gaols.     Hall,  Henry  vi.  f.  91. 
GAYNE.     To  gainsay. 

Sche  woMc  have  hnJ  hyra  at  homefiyno. 
But  ihcT  myght  no  tpvche  jro^ff. 

US.  Catitab.  ft.  li.  M,  r.  78. 

GAYNEP.     Availed.     ElUB,ii.  247. 
GAYNESSE.     Gaiety.     Lydgate. 
GAYNESTE.     Read'ieil ;  nearest.     At  the  gay. 

nnte,  i.  c.  at  ranilom.     Paltgrare. 
GAYNORE.     Queen  Gueniver. 
GAYNPAYNE.   The  ancient  name  of  the  aword 

used  at  tournaments. 

AITtfT  1   tookr  lh«  guynepawntt  and  the  twerd 

with  which  1  gurda  roe,  and  illhr  whane  I  wai  that 

armed,  1  putte  the  tarne  to  my  tydc. 

n..»Ki>,<.>  a/lkt  Uimk,  Sim  rMtfrt  KX. 

CAYN-STIE.    Thchigh.way.   Ungtoft,p.  319. 
GAYNTYL.     Gentle.     Uitton. 
GAY-POLE.     A   piece  of    wood   which    goes 
across  the  interior  of  a  chimney  on  which  the 
hangers  for  the  kettles  are  hung.     Salop. 
CAYS.     Goes.     North. 

The  knyjt  aniweryd  and  teyde  altat ' 
Momyng  to  hit  ticdd  he  gout, 

MS.  Omiab.  tt.  U.  »,  f.  «3. 

GAYSHEN.     A  simpleton.     Cumb. 
GAYSPANI).    Gasping.' 

CrUcly  gajftpand  with  gruochande  lotca. 

JVerIt  JrlhHrt,  il».  Un<y>lm,  t.  M. 

GAYSTYN.    Tolodgt!.     Gawayne. 
OAYTE.     A  goat.   Sec  Percenl,  186,  254, 268, 
314,  hi;  ;  Keliq.  Antiq.  i.  52. 


GAZE.  A  deer  was  said  to  stand  at  gaze,  when 
it  stared  at  annhiiig. 

GAZET.  A  Venetian  coin,  worth  alxiut  three 
farthings.  Thi»  was  the  original  price  of  the 
small  written  courants,  which  formerly  sup- 
plied the  place  of  oewspa|ien.  Hence  the 
modem  term  Gazette. 

OAZLES.     Black  currants ;  wild  plums.     Kent. 

GE.     To  go,  as  in  the  gr-ho  to  horses. 

GEALE.     To  frecr.e ;  to  congeaL     Nam. 

GEALL.     To  grieve.     Northumb. 

GEAN.     The  wild  cherry,      far.  dial. 

GE.\NCE.     A  jaunt,  or  errand.     Jomon. 

GEANO.     A  giant.    Uegrcvanl,  1242.    (A.-N.) 

GEANT.     A  jay.     SUmer. 

GEANY.     Profitahle.     Ttuwer. 

GEAR.  (1)  Any  kind  of  moveable  property ;  sub- 
ject, matter,  or  business  in  geneniL  The  latter 
sense  is  common  in  old  phiys.     Still  in  tise. 

(2)  A  worthless  person.      Yorkth. 

(3)  To  dress.  In  hiigeart,  in  good  order.  On/ 
of  gear,  unwell,  out  of  order. 

GEARMENT.     Rubbish.     Yorkth. 
GEARS.     Horse  trappings.      Var.  dial. 
GEARUM.     Out  of  order.     Lanr. 
GEASON,     Scarce.      See  Grxon.    ••  Scant  and 

geason,"  Harrison's  England,  p.  236. 
GEAT.  (1)  Pace;  motion.     Northumb. 

(2)  The  hole  through  which  melted  metal  nina 
into  a  mould.     MS.  Lansd.  1033. 

(3)  Jet.     See  Harrison's  England,  p.  239. 
OEAY.  (l)Togo.     Meriton,  p.  99. 

(2)  A  jay.     Howell's  Lex.  (sect,  xxxix.) 

GEB.    To  hold  up  the  eves  and  face;  to  sneer. 

A'orfA. 
GECK.      Scorn ;    derision  ;  contempt.     North, 

See  Cynilieline,  v.  4.    Also,  to  toss  the  head 

scornfully.     Hence,  an  object  of  scorn,  i  fool, 

as  in  Twelfth  Night,  v.  1. 
GECKDOR.    The  herb  goose-grass. 
GEO.  (1)  A  pike.     Northumb, 

(2)  Dead;  deceased.    Drrbyh. 
GEDDBDE.    Dead.     (//.-&)     "  Uve  is  gcd- 

dede,"  Wright* s  Anec.  Lit.  p.  96. 
GEDDIS.     Goods ;  property. 
Crete  fttHU  l-nowe 

Gate  he  untalde.    MS.  Utitmin  A.  L  17.  t.  IK, 
CEDE.     Went.     Nominate  MS. 
GEOELYNGE.     An  idle  vagabond. 

Thit  ihame  he  htlh  mc  done  In  dede. 
The  grdfiynge  ot  uncoulhc  ledc. 

Curm-  Mundl,  MS.  (HI.  Trin.  OaMS.  0  JS. 
Peter  I  salt  lyr  Oawayne,  ihit  gtaddet  myne  hertc. 
That  5one  gedlj/ngat  arc  gone,  that  made  grct  iiowmbre. 
Mttrtt  jtrtHure,  MS.  Unroln,  t.  83. 

GEDER.   Togathertogcthcr;  to  meet.    Gedurt, 

gathered,  Tur.  Tott.  xxiv. 
GED-WAND.     A  goad  foroxen.     North. 
GEE.  (1)  To  give.'     Var.  dial    Also,  to  thaw. 
(2'i  An  alTront  j  stubbornness.     .Vor/A. 

(3)  To  agree ;  to  fit ;  to  suit  with.  Var.  dial. 
See  Songs  of  the  London  Prentices,  p.  121. 

GEEAL.     aear.      lor***. 
GEEU.     Gave.     Seen,  given.     North. 
GEEKING.    The   ladders  and  side-r«iU  of  ' 
waggon.     Midland  C. 


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GEBS.    icaet.q.T.    Bd^.AM^.LS7. 
CEE8R.  A  boog'igifOcrMiilu  HJiy.  Hi 
lor  Ind.    Jifnit. 
(I)  ic*.    See  Sir  Dc«reTut.  1461. 


(2)  Goata.    Wright't  PoL  Soogt,  p.  198. 

ctrr.  DeaC   a<««. 

GirFE.    Gnen.    Bobio  Bood.  i.  89. 
GEFTHB.     A  gift.     Weder. 
CEC.    To  walk  carelealT.     ffvHJL 
GEGGIN.     Atnuntnb.     \orlk. 
CEHEZFE-CMEESB.      A   ytrj    poor   cheoe, 

mule  of  milk  pvtially  ikiramed.     £a*l. 
GE-HO.     A  phrue  iddresied  to  bono  to  make 

them  go.     It  corroponds  to  the  ItalUo  Gio, 

which  ocean  in  a  umJiMr  Kant  ia  the  Dialofut 

CreaturarwH,  1480. 
GBITHER.    An  animal'i  plnck.    Florio,  p.  123. 
GEITLESSE.    Withoat  booty. 
JV  wc  f*U(MM  foo  home,  the  tfaf  villc  be  (med*. 
Aad  lay  we  an  gadlynges,  agute  for  a  lyttU)& 

Mont  JrtlMn,  MS.  UnaOm,  t.  K. 

GELD.  (1)  To  geld  aot-hilla  is  to  cat  off  the 
tops,  and  throw  the  inaide  orer  the  land. 
llerrforiUh. 

(2)  To  castrate ;  but  formerlj  uwd  for  the  opera- 
tion bj  which  females  ere  rendered  barren. 
Id  the  North  of  England,  a  cow  or  ewe  not 
with  young  is  called  a  geld  cow  or  a  gcldene; 
and  the  term  is  utod  in  a  similar  sense  in  the 
Townelejr  Myst.  p.  7i,  applied  to  a  woman  ; 
Reliq.  Antiq.  iL  210. 

(3)  A  tax,  or  impasition.    North. 

(4)  To  cleanse  wheat.     Florio,  p.  68. 
GELDING.    An  eunuch.     Wickliffe.     Used  for 

yadling  in  Chester  Plavt,  i.  1*9. 
GELE.    Jelly.     Forme  of  Cury,  p.  50.     Gelide, 

made  into  a  jelly,   OnL  and   Reg.  p.  471  ; 

Warner,  p.  89.  (7eU^et,  Harrison's  Description 

of  England,  p.  167. 
GELL.  (1)  To  crack,  or  split.     North. 
(2)  A  Urge  number  or  quantity.      H'arv. 
GELMYD.     Glittered.     Reliq.  Aniiq.  1.  77. 
GELOCS.     Jealous.     Lydj/ate. 
OELOWE-FLOURE.    A  gillyllower.  PaUgract. 
OELP.    Thin  insipid  liquor.     Yorkuh. 
OELI'E.    To  boast.     Nomlnale,  MS. 
GELT.  (1)  Money.     Skelton,  ii.  176. 
(2)  Barren,  or  impotent.      Yorkth. 
GGLTIIES.     Guilts.     Reliq.  Antiq.  i.  227. 
CELTIF.    Guilty.     Sc\7U  Sages,  856. 
GELUCE.    Jealous.     Pr.  Pan. 
GEMEAN.     Common ;  vulgar.      Yorkth. 
GEME-FEDERS.    The  feathers  which  cover  a 

hawk's  tail.     Skinner. 
GB.MBL.     A  twin,  or  pair  of  anything,     Ilrnce 

^rawlf,  apairof  hiugcs.     This  nord  occurs  in 

many  forms.    In  some  early  writers,  quoted  liy 

Sleevens,  it  seems  to  liavc  the  meaning  of 

gimiHttI,  or  double  hug. 

Joyater  and  gi^mow*  he  joggn  la  wndyn*. 

MtMt  Anhun,  MS.  Unrtin,  I.  St 
GBMETRY.     Oeomelrr.     Const.  Mast.  p.  12; 

ftmytrf,  Lyilgalr's  Minor  Poonu.  p.  II. 
CKM.MAN.     A  gonlleman.     rnr.iHal. 


roreol 

Af>HH 

GEHMERT.    A  jevtIJioiiae. 
GEMMIVr.    AtvI^t 

for.  dud. 
GEN.  (1)  Against.    J>«c 
i2)Bcgaa.    K  j>c  AfiMMder.  ZMO. 
GENDK.    Nat-.preay.    Ooiecr. 
GENDER.    ToriBgitoraoniid;t« 

the  teeth.     Crwetm. 
GENDRE.    To  engender. 
Ttun  wiaie  folkc  oflM 
Say  thou  on ympoUBt  to  fwi*»  I*  IM 

JTCOMartwrLLCC 
GEKS.  (1)  Genoa.    Bearae'i  ttttgUlL 
(2)  Given.    Hunttyng  of  tJiellare,  266. 
(3 1  To  force ;  to  comfM^  j  to  in%-it«.     (J-S.) 
GENEFE.     A  knife.    RotrlamU. 
GENE  R.VI_    The  people ;  tbe  pobBe.    ShtL 
GENER.VLS.     The  archdeacoa's  TiatatioB.    i 

term  nsed  at  Norwich. 
GENEREN.    Engender;  create. 

Good  iryUe  sod  eaemia  fcMroi  (ao4  «]Mnttt«. 

MS.  OBtfas.  rr.  tt.  1^  (■. 

GENEROUS.     Of  noble  birth.    ShaJk. 
GENEST.     The  broom  plant.     (i«/.) 
GENET.     The  wild  cat.     Arch.xxix.  41. 
GENGE.     A  company  of  people;  «  retinae] 

family;  a  nation.     It   ocrurs   in  MS. 

Vespas.  D.  vii  Ps.  2  ;  Arthoar  and  Mezlia.  |^' 

142,  305. 

Mogbl  aocly  folke  and  gmgr  taae  ogayneaCiW^ 

bot  abwi  the  kyngcs.  MS.  CWi.  CMn.  10,  t-i- 

GENLESE.    The  cusps  or  featheriagi  in  iW 

arch  of  a  doorway.     JT.  Wyrc. 
GENNER.     January.     Wttrr. 
GENOVS'AIE.    A  Genoese.     Naret, 
GENT.     Neat ;  pretty ;  gallant ;  rourteota ; 

ble.     (.1.  N.) 
GENTERIE.    Courtesy ;  hooour.  {yt..S.)  Cos- 

trioft,  Dcgrevant,  481 ;  gentritt,  R.  Glouc.  }. 

66.     Gentry.  Hamlet,  ii.  2. 
GENTILE.     Gentle  ;  genteel ;  well-born )  go- 

tlenun-like.     GtitliUicht,  beautifully,  liaely. 

gentecUy.     (A.-N.) 
GENTILITY.     Geutilism.     Hooper. 
GENTIN.     Projecting ;  in  the  way.    NorthMm^. 
GENTLE.     A  gentleman.    Shak.     Common  is 

old  ballads.     See  Eglamour,  112,1000. 
GENTLEMAN-USHER.    Originally  astttcolS. 

cer,  attendant  upon  queens  and  other  penoM 

of  high  lank.     Afterwards,  a  sort  of  upper- 

servant,  whose  duty  it  was  to  hand  his  mistica 

to  the  coach,  and  walk  before  her  bareheaded, 

though  in  later  times  she  leaned  upon  fait 

See  Nares,  in  v. 
GENTLERY-MEN.    The  gentry.     {^A-N.) 
GENTLES.     MagKOts  or  grubs.     Var.diaL 
GENTLY.     Gently  with  a  rush,  L  e.  be  not 

impetuous.    North. 
GENTRY-CUFFIN.     A  gcntlenun.     Ihkktr. 
GENZIE.     An  engine  of  war.     See  Looil  BiA. 

Tab.  Book,  Trad.  i.  247. 
GEOMESIE.     Mensuration. 

geomesic,"  P.  Ploughman,  p.  186. 


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GEOMETER.     A  ganger.     Taylor. 
CEORDIE.     George.     North. 
GEOIMJE-NOBLE.    A  goW  coin,  temp.  Hen. 

VI 1 1 .  worth  tbout  6#.  8rf.     See  J  acob.  in  v. 
GEOSE.     A  hut  for  geese.     A'or/A. 
GEOTER.     A  c«sterofmcUlB.     {.I.-N.) 
GEP.     A  scuttle.     Craven. 
GEPON.   A  pourpoint  or  doublet.  SeeClariodes 

in  Sir  Tristrcm,  p.  375. 
GER.     Sec  Oar,  Gare,  and  Grar, 
GEHAFUJLR.     The  gilUflower.     Bore/. 
OERUE.     A  handful  of  hav.     Someriel. 
6BRDOLES.     Girdles,      fhirr. 
OBRE.     Same  as  Gear,  q.  t. 
GEREVE.     A  guardian,  or  governor. 
GERFAWCON.     A  kind  of  large  falcon.  A  ffer- 
faui,  Gv  of  Warwike,  p.  26 ;  femfaalkim,  MS. 

Addit.  11579,  f.  98. 

A  f*ryliMM*n  vliyte  u  mylke. 
In  all  thjrt  worlde  yi  ooo  ftwylk. 

HB.  Chnlab.  ft.  U.  38,  t.  ISO. 

GERGEIS.     Greeki.    MiU.  Werw.  p.  80. 
GERtiNESSE.    Changeal^Ieiiess. 
I  wuAdrad  *o  othite  gtrinrju^. 
That  my  lyfTwai  but  a  dedly  gUf1ncM«. 

Orcltvc.  MS.  Soc.  Aniii.  134,  t.  SKt. 
GERISH.      Wild ;    unconstrained.       Gtrykt, 

Lydgate'i  Minor  Poems,  p.  245. 
GERKIN.     A  gerfawcon,  q.  v.     Markkam. 
GERL.     A  young  person  of  either  MX.     (A.-S.) 

"  Knave  gerlvs,"Cov.  Myst.  p.  181. 
GER-LAUGHT'ERS.    Personn  who  laugh  extra- 
vagantly  and  noisily.     Sec  Mcllou's  Sixe-fold 
Polittciaa,  1609,  sig.  M.  ii. 
GERMAINE.     A  seed,  or  bud.     Shak. 
GERMAN.     A  brother.     Speiuer. 
GERN.  (1)  To  gnn ;  to  anarl.     North.     It  alio 
means,  to  yawn. 

And  grymljr  g^mnt  on  hym  and  blrrr, 
Aod  hydoww  btaydea  make  hyin  to  fere. 

Hampolf,  .V&  Bnttftt,  p,  72. 

(2)  To  open  ;  to  come  nniewn.     YorktM. 
GERNADE.     Granada.     Chaucrr. 
GERNE.     Promptly ;  earnestly. 

Thao  thou  gyicd  the  grrne,  and  gate  the  to  goo, 

MS.  Univbi  A.  I.  17,  t.  93!, 

GBRNETER.    The  pomegranate.     See  a  list  of 

plants  in  MS.  Sloaue  5,  f.  3. 
GERNIER.     A  granary.     PaUgrme. 
GERNING.     Yearning;    desire.     It  occiira  in 

MS.  Cott.  Vespas.  D.  vii.  Ps.  20. 
GERRE.     (Jnarralling.     Narn. 
GERRED.     Bedawbed.     Ermoor. 
GERRICK.     The  sea-pike.     Comto. 
GERSE.  (I)  Grass.     North. 
(2)  Causes ;  makes.     (.i.-S.) 

Wale  thou  nojic  «(le  tiiat  a  Wolfe  chsscsa  (ret* 

floko  of  tchepe,  and  gefw  tbaiae  iparple.     Righte  fo 

and  the  wyfdoroe  of  tht  Otvkca  paaaea  other  nacyoot. 
MS.  UneatnA.L  17,  L  Ii. 

GERSING.    Pasturage.    North. 
GERSOM.    Treasure;  reward.    "  Gertom  and 
gold,"  Rcllq.  Antiq.  ii.  217. 

Thou  tallc  hare  gtrtonu  fulte  grett. 
That  gayne  ulle  the  v^-ere. 

UorU^rlHyn,  US.  UitCDtll,  f.M. 

GERT.(l)Caaied;  made.     (.I.-S.) 


Scho  taid  unillle  hym,  Sane,  quod  acho,  vhat  m 
that  t  AU  thl  folt  hafc  made  it,  quod  he,  lo  it  Oi  t 
Andthannc  he^rr  tjcrychym  wlrchI|ifuUy. 

its.  UncolH  A.  1.17,  t  1. 

(2)  Pushed  ;  pierced.     Weber. 

(3)  Great.     Devon. 

GERTTE.     Girt ;  girded,     mttmt. 
GERUND-GRINDER.     A  schoolmaster. 
GERY.      Changeable.      See   Lydgate's   Minor 
Poems,  p.  24.     It  seems  to  mean  giddt/  in 
Skclton,  i.  157.    See  Gerith. 
GESARNE.    Thcgarliagc.    (>y«mip,  PalsgniTe. 
Tak  the  gvnmt  of  a  hare,  aod  itampe  It.  and 
temper  It  with  water,  and  gyf  It  to  llie  xkc  mane 
or  womaoe  at  drynke.  MS.  Line  Mt<t.  t.  3US. 

GESERNE.  A  battle-axe.  (.-f.-.V.) 
They  »mote  of  wyth  ther  gtitmet. 
Fete  and  bonde.  fchouldur  and  armcs. 

MS.  Canlmh.  ft.  U.  31,  f.  101. 

GESINE.     Cliildhed;  confinement.     Ingtitnt, 
llardyng's  Chron.  f.  133. 

Oothc  on  a  nijt  lijlvr  were  thai. 
And  bothe  at  ooci  In  gtMyn  Uy- 
Curmr  Midndl,  MS.  Call.  Trin.  Cantab,  f.  M. 
GESLINS.      Goslings.       Also,  the  early  blos- 
som of  the  willow,  which  some  have  beUcved 
fell   into   the  water  and    became   goslings. 
North. 
GESON.      Rare;    scarce.      See   Black's   Pen. 
Psahns,  p.  31 ,  where  theCambridge  MS. reads, 
"  false  othes  ben  holden  in  sesone." 

In  werke  they  wprcn  never  ao  nyce, 
Neof  mt>o  good  liver»  graou. 

MS.  CaKluti.  Ft.  II.  3«.  r.  ai. 
Let  not  thy  tuiige  rprke  thy  wyUe, 
Lawghyng  and  iprche  In  thy  mouthe be  fuea. 
MS.  IIM.  t.M. 
Reccyve  her  than  and  make  no  mor  ado, 
Thou  migbt  seke  farreand  the  world  k  ir««of*. 

JCS.  UnuL.  410,  f.  W. 
CESS.     Sort ;  kind.     Somenet. 
GESSARE.     One  who  guesses.     Pr.  Pan. 
GESSE.  (1)  To  guess.     fAaueer. 

(2)  Guests.     Park. 

(3)  To  aim  at  a  mark.     See  Palm/rare. 
GESSERAWNTE.     A  sort  of  jacket   without 

sleeres,  composed  of  small  oblong  plates  of 
iron  or  steel  overlapping  each  other,  and  some- 
times covered  with  velvet.     (.^.-.Y.) 

And  a  fyue  grutr.niml*  or  gcntille  maylcs. 

M«rt'  Jrihurt,  MS.  Unixtti.  f.  84. 
GESSES.     Same  as  Jettet,  q.  t. 
GESSID.     Valued.     Baier. 
GEST.  (1)  A  deed,  history,  or  tale.    (J..N.) 
Romances  were  termed  yrntet. 

Thys  same  tale  tellyth  veynt  Bade, 
Vn  hya  geiff «  that  men  rede. 

M.t.  HaH.  1701,  r.  17. 

(2)  A  guest.     Octovian,  75.    "  Glade  the  with 
thi  geile,"  MS.  Lincoln,  f.  133. 

(3)  A  lodging  or  stage  for  rest  in  a  progte*  or 
journey.     Kmry. 

(4)  Ge*tnre  of  the  body.     Speiuer. 
GESTENED.    Lodged.    See Gesu  Romononun, 

p.  212 ;  Dcgrevant,  935. 

The  Trinity  lay  he  bl  that  aljl. 

And  itf^enfd  hem  with  him  that  nyjt. 

CarmrMmtdt,  ttS.  CM.  Triit.  CooMk  f.  17- 


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GKSTEMNG.  Lodging;  feutiiig;  cntcrUin- 
mcnt  for  gw$lt.  The  old  prion-  great  h»II. 
part  of  Ihc  deanery  house  in  Worcester,  is 
called  the  Oesten-liill,  MS.  Lansd.  1033.  See 
Torrent  of  Portugal,  p.  58  ;  Gejla  Rom.  p.  19  ; 
Cv  of  Warwikc,  p.  243;  Arch.  xxix.  342. 
Getlonye.  Torrent  of  Portugal,  p.  100;  gilt- 
nnu/e,  Rcliq.  Antiq.  ii.  2/7. 

The  emperour  wa*  glart  of  that  tydyng, 
And  midf  DcfvM  foAc  getttnyn/rt 

MS.  nmlal:  Kf.  il.  ."B.  f.  1I»- 

GESTLE.    To  prance  a  horjc  backwards  and 

forwards ;  to  stumble. 
OESTLING.    The  meeting  of  the  members  of 

the  Cinque  Ports  at  Romney,  Co.  Kent. 
GESTOUIt     A  tale-teller ;  a  rclater  of  gesU  or 

romances.     Chaucer, 
GESYLY.     Fashionably.     {J.-N.) 

Suchc  wuhliipprtyde  and  hcrtU  dnlra 
To  lie  sraide  gttrly  of  a  ttiaunge  altye. 

HX.  LauA.  416,  t.  73. 

GET.  ( 1 )  Toffel  drad,  to  die.  To  get  life  in  one, 
to  revive  him.     iVorM. 

(2)  Fashion  ;  custom ;  bcharionr  ;  contrivance. 
C/)ancer. 

(3)  To  be  scolded,  or  beaten.     I'ar.  dial. 

(4)  Slock;  breed  ;  income.     Xorlh. 

(5) That  which  is  begotten;  procreation.  See 
Townelcy  Myst.  Gloss,  in  v. 

(6)  A  goat.     Rcliq.  Antiq.  ii.  275. 

(7)  To  swagger ;  to  brsig.     Pahyrare. 

(8)  Booty ;  gain.     Gawayne. 
GET-AGATE.    To  make  a  beginning  of  n  work 

or  thing.     North. 
GETARNYS.     Guitars.    SIrClcges,  101.  "  Rn- 

bibis  and  getcms,"  MS.  Furfax  16. 
GETE.    A  jet.     Sec  Sir  Degrevant,  1461. 
Johnc.as  Ihe  grle  or  germandir  Rente, 
Ai  Jaapcr  the  Jewelle  of  (!en(llle  perry. 

MS.  LinTi'n  A.  i.  17. 1.  »31- 
GETEE.     A  part  of  a  building  which  projects 

beyond  the  rest ;  a  jcttic.     Pr.  Parv. 
GETHE.     Goeth.     Chaucer. 
GBTON.    Gotten.     Also,    begotten.     Sir  Egla- 
mour,  170, 13,292.     Ce//e>i,  got    Line.    See 
Hawkins,  i.  237,  gitton,  got,  found. 
GETOUN.     A  banner,  properly  two  yards  in 

length.     Arch.  xiii.  397. 
GET-PEKNY.    An   old  term  for  a  play  that 

turned  out  profitable.    Jomon. 
GETTAR.     A  hragger.     Paltgrare. 
GETTERON.    Same  as  Getoun,  q.  v. 

Than  bannora  waa  displayed  fayre  In  the  wynde. 
Thai  a  roan  hb  maiiter  myght  the  belter  Tynde, 
With  ittfnmt  and  pencelles  of  lundry  hew. 

.VS.  Lantd.  MB,  f.  SO. 
GBTTING-AWAY.     Near ;  approaching  to.     A 

Suffolk  phrase. 
GBTTOUR.     A  hragger,  or  boaster. 
Thyi  genlylmen,  ihyi  fytlours. 
They  ben  but  Goddyi  turmenlours. 

MS.  Uurl.  I'OI,  I.  e. 
GETTS.     Earnings,     far.  dial. 
GEW-GAW.     A  Jew's  harp.    North. 
GEW-GOG.     A  gooseberrr.     Suffolk. 
CEWYT.    GiTcth.     Nomiiule  MS. 


Alaa,  aU>,  and  alai  why 
Halh  fortune  done  ao  crewelj  » 
fro  me  to  uke  awey  the  acyle 
Of  Uial  that  grwtt  m\  hert  lyu. 

MS.  Ca»ra6-  Ff-  I.  •,  C.  Da 

GEY.     Joy.    Frere  and  the  Doy,  x. 
GEYLERE.     A  gaoler. 

He  gave  hyin  the  keye»  thcrr. 

And  made  hym  hys  tft"*- 

ta.  CfHiaU  PL  IL  S.  t  MS. 

GEYN.     Denial ;  refusal. 

Their  l>  no  jretr"  ne  oruaaclon, 

TU  the  trtjulhe  bt  type>l  to  H>e  raotai 

Mi.  .ttDmmU  m,  t.  )« 

GEYNEBYVNE.    To  ransom.    Pr.  Pmr. 
GEYNECOWPYNE.     To  hinder;  to wiltotand. 

Pr.  Parv.  p.  189.     See  also  daineope. 
GEYRE.   A  kind  of  eagle,  mentioned  in  Flon^ 

ed.  1611,  p.  609. 
GEYST.      A   guest.      "  Take,    my  geftt.  wM 

Adam  than."  MS.  CanUb.  Ff.  v. 48,  f-  50. 
GEYT.    Goats.    State  Papcn,  iii.  3. 
GEYZENEl).    Parched  nilh  thirst.     NoriL 
GIIEET.  (1)  Jet.    Walter  Mopes,  p.  35J. 
(2)  Goats.     Reynard  the  Foxe,  p.  44. 
GliEI.LS.    The  game  of  trip.     Crote. 
GIIENGE.    The  depth  of  a  furrow.     /.  Higkt. 
GMERN.    A  garden.    Berk: 
GHESSE.     To  guess.    Si}emer. 
GHETKIN.    A  cucumber.    Colef. 
UlIEliS.    Beggars,  a  term  of  reproach  for  the 

Flemish  Protestants.    PhilUpt. 
GHIZZEUN.     The    giiizrd.     Une.     VTe  have 

gytMrne  in  an  early  MS.  collection  of  nieiUcal 

receipts  at  Lincoln,  apparently  iti  tlie  same 

sense. 
GHOST.    A  dead  body.    Also,  to  haunt  u  a 

ghost.     Shak. 
GHOWER,    To  jar,  or  brawL    Bxvtoor. 
GHYBE.     To  gibe,  or  scold.    North. 
GliVMBELX.    Boots.    Spnutrr. 
GIB.  (1)  A  young  gosling.     Line. 

(2)  A  horse  that  shrinks  from  the  collar,  and  will 
not  draw.  North.  "  Gybbe  horae,  manjicu*,' 
Pr.  Par^-.  p.  192. 

(3)  A  hooked  stick.    North. 

(4)  A  piece  of  wood  lucd  in  supporting  the  roof 
of  a  coal-mine. 

(5)  A   contraction  of  Gilbert,   and  fonaetljr  a 
common  name  for  a  cat.  SceUi6-e«t.  It  ia 
used  as    a   term    of  reproach  to  •  woni 
"  Playelh  the  gib,"  Scbole  Uouae  of  W 
p.  73,  i.  e.  the  wanton. 

(6)  A  bump,  or  swelling.    {A.-N.) 
GIB-A-LA.MB.     A  voting  lambldn  jost 

from  it4  dam.     Devon. 
GIBBER.    To  chatter.     Hamlet,  i.    I. 

gibber-gabber,  idle   talking,  Tosser, 

Gibrish,  Florio,  pp.  60,  76. 
GIBBET.  (1)  A  violent  fall.    Suffolk.  To  gihl 

a  toad,  to  place  it  on  a  lath  or  piece  of  w 

hoop,  and  by  striking  one  end  precipitate 

snfiiciently  to  cause  death. 

(2)  Same  as  lleetle.  q.  v. 

(3)  To  bang,  usually  on  a  gallovi,  bat  also  on  ' 
upon  anything. 


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GIBntE-GABRLE.      Idle,    hotiM-nnrtl    talk. 
Suffolk.    "  Any  rude  giblile-gabble,"  Colgrave, 
in  T.  Borrngnl/in. 
GIBBOL.    The  sprout  of  an  onion  of  the  second 

Tear.    Km/.    From  c/iiiol. 
tJlllliUN.    A  hooked bliik.     A'orM. 
GIBBY-IIEELS.    Kibcd  heelt.    Sommet. 
GIBBY-LAMB.    A  castrated  lamb,     llrtt. 
GIBBY-LEGS.    I^gs  that  are  thinner  on  the 

calf  side  than  the  other.    X>rron. 
GIBBY-STICK.    Same u  Ci'i&on, q.  v. 
GIB-CAT.   A  m.ile-cat,  now  generalljr  applied  to 
one  that  ha^  been  rjutrated.    "  At  melancholy 
ua  gibb'd  cait,"  Howell's  English  Proverbs, 
p.  10.    "  A  gihb,  or  old  male  cat,"  Howell's 
Lex.  Tet.  1660. 
GIBE.    To  mock,  or  jest.    "  A  tncrry  jester  or 

giber,"  Rorio,  e<l.  1611.  p.  72. 
GIB-FISH.    The  niUtcr  of  the  Hdmon.   A'or/*. 
GiniER.    Gnme.    Rutland  Papers,  p.  27. 
G I BLETS.     Hags  ;  tatters.     Kent. 
GlltUAi;i'AR-K<)CK.    Veined  sweetmeat,  told 

in  lump.^  reu-nibllng  a  nx-k. 
GIBKIDCE.    GibbcrUh.     Colgravf. 
GIB-STAFF     A  quarter-staff.    AorM. 
GIU.  (1)  A  guide,  or  leader. 

I  will  hnlil  mc  byhind  &nd  thi  men  Inl. 
lUd  with  tiic  reiward  aod  ticthcrf^. 

Halanil,  MS.  lanM.  a»,  f.  386. 
(2)  Gave.    Somertet. 

GIDDED.    Hunted.     Mirr.  Mag.  p.  418.  ap. 
Nares.    It  seems  to  mcin  guid*d,  directed,  in 
Pluniptou  Corr.  p.  129. 
GIDUY'.  (1)  Furious;  very  angiy.     A'orM.    To 

go  giddy,  to  go  in  a  pauion. 
(2)  A  term  applied  to  sheep  that  have  hyilatidcs 

on  the  brain.    Line. 
CIDDYGANDBR.   Tlie  orchis.     Done/. 
GIDERNE.     A sUndanl,  or  banner.    (^.-iV.) 
GIUINGS.     Manners.     Paltgntve. 
GlE.   (1)  To  give.     A'orM  md  Wr»l. 
(2)  To  guide,  direct,  or  rule.    (J.-S.) 

Ne  Tcnjauncc  titer  no  place  ocupyelh. 
Where  inoonnce  a  Kiule  uDfctlty  r%rth. 

LUgatr,  its.  &.r.  ./»»«.  1.14,  r.7. 
Scheldr  lu  fro  Khamivlrdcant)  kynfullc  wclkM, 
And  gylTe  uigracv  to^e  and  guvrrnr  u*  tierr. 

MurU  ArlAurr,  MS.  Uifoiln,  t.  S3. 

GIER-EAGLE.     A  kind  of  eagle  mentioned  in 

Lent.  li.  18 ;  Dcut.  »iv.  17. 
GIEST.     A  joist.     HoUyband,  1593. 
GIF.     If.     North. 

I  wil  go  alxiutc  till  netie. 
Fur  to  \o)k.tgi/  I  may  >pcde. 

MS   Canldh.  Vt.  v.  48,  t.  oS. 
Dome,  hf  Miyde,  late  that  be, 
Ttiat  daye  f chalte  Ihou  never  uc, 
Ctjr  I  nay  t«d«  ryghtv. 

MS.  UiKO/M  A.  1. 17,  r.  IIS. 
GIFEROUS.     Covetous ;  scraping.     Cumb. 
GIFF-GAFF.     Conversation.     Also,  mutual  ac- 
commodation.    Aort/i. 
GIFFIN.     A  trifle.     Somenrt. 
GIFFLE.     To  be  restless.     Saffollt. 
GIFT.  (1)  To  give  a  gift,  i.  e.  to  make  a  reso- 
IntioD.     This  phrase  occurs  in  Perceval,  86, 
163;  MS.  CuiUb.  Ff.  i.  6,f.  3. 


(5) 
(6) 


(2^  A  bribe.     MS.  Cott.  Vespas.  D.  vii. 

GIFTS.  White  specks  on  the  6nger-nails,  por- 
tending gifts.     /  ar.  dittL 

GIFTY-UAY.  A  boon-day ;  a  day's  work  given 
by  neighbour  to  neighbour.     Leie. 

GIG.  (1)  A  machine  used  in  raising  cloth,  to 
prepare  it  for  dressing.     North. 

(2)  A  long,  slender,  light  pleasure-boat  used  on 
the  river  Tyne. 

(3)  A  silly  flighty  (wrson.  Eatt.  "  Fare  oogbt 
as  a  gygge,"  Tlie  Goode  Wif. 

(4)  An  old  machine  for  winnowing  corn.  Biil- 
chelor's  Orth.  Anal.  p.  133. 

To  hasten  along.     Deton. 

A  lop.  See  Florio,  pp.  124,  324,  351,  379; 
Nomendator,  p.  297.  Tlie  term  was  also  ap- 
plied  to  a  small  toy  made  with  geese-feathers, 
used  by  fowlers  for  decoying  birds. 
(7)  Acock.  Nomiiialc  MS.  This  may  possibly 
lie  the  meaning  of  the  word  in  Chester  Flays, 
i.  123,  although  the  alliteration  seems  to  re- 
quire pi/(/!/e* /rxjfe. 

(5)  A  fiddle.     Juniwi. 

(9)  To  talk,  or  chatter.     Cotet. 

(10)  A  bole  made  in  the  earth  to  dry  flax  in. 
Ijihc. 

GIGGA-JOGGIE.     To  shake,   or    rattle.     Sec 

Florio,  pp.  73,  144,  198,  439. 
GIGGING.     Sounding,     ^i-mner. 
GIGGISII.     Trifling;    silly;    flighty;    vranton. 

Giggut,  Skelton,  i.  410.    Eiut. 
GIGGLE.     A  flighty  person.    Salop.    Cotgrave 

has  this  word,  in  v.  Gailrouilletle. 
GIGLET.  A  giddy  romping  girl.  «>«/.  This 
term,  in  early  writers,  generally  implies  wan- 
tonness or  fickleness.  1 1  occurs  imder  various 
forms,  as  gybetot  in  Pr.  Parv.  pp.  193,  194, 
which  the  eililor  WTongly  considers  an  error. 
Sec, however, the  examples  here  given.  Gyblol 
is  al50  found  in  the  Bowes  MS.  of  Robert  de 
Brunne,  p.  56.  See  Wright's  Pol.  Songs,  p. 
15 J  ;  Ben  Jonson,  iii.  124;  Middleton,  ii.  115; 
Rcli(|.  Aniiq.  ii.  40;  Eupbues  Golden  Lcgacie, 
p.  88  :  Stanihurtt,  p.  26  :  Lilly,  ed.  1632,  >ig. 
Dd.  vi.  Gigget,  Cotgrave,  in  v.  Beau.  The 
proverb  quoted  from  MS.  Douce  52  occurs  in 
the  Srholc  House  of  Women,  p.  75. 
Nv  ^It  to  no  cokcfygtttyng.  Ktietyng, 
At  it  wet  «  atrumpct  other  ■  gjtgtMs. 

MS.Jtltmot,m,t.  1. 
A  roctae  ya  y-no|{he  for  the. 
The  toiither  iwMvc  late  liyl  be. 

MS.  Hiui.iTm,  f.S9, 
ThcimalIrr  priun.  (Tie  more  to  pott. 
The  Tayier  woman  tlir  ipore  f^Mi, 

MS.  DMtrw  St. 

GIG-MILLS.  Mills  nscd  for  the  perching  and 
burling  of  clotli.     Blovnt. 

GIGSY.     A  wanton  wench  ;  a  whore. 

GIKE.     To  creak.     North. 

f.ILCl'P.     The  buttercup.     Doraet. 

GILDED.     Tipsy.     An  old  cant  term. 

GILDENE.     Gilt.     Maundevile,  p.  81. 

GILDER.  A  snore.'  "The  gilder  of  disparv- 
cione,"  MS.  Lincoln  A.  i.  17,  f.  21.  It  also 
occurs  in  MS.  Cott.  Vespas.  U.  vii.  Ps.  I<). 


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Stni  naed  in  the  Nortli  for  a  ntare  for  catch- 
ing birds. 

GILDS.     Village  grtem  or  commons.     North. 

GILE.  See  Chester  PUvs,  i.  5i.  Perhaps  syno- 
nvmoas  with  ?aye,  the  reading  of  MS.  Bodl. 
r75.     6'oofr,  MS.  Harl. 

GILEYSPEKE.     A  trap,  or  device.     Hearne. 

GILIR.  A  deceiTcr.  See  Urry,  p.  ^50,  where 
the  Camb.  MS.  readn  ffilour,  q.  r. 

GILL.  (I)  A  riTulet;  a  ravine,  narrow  valley, 
or  dell ;  a  ditch.  P'ar.  dial.  According  to 
Kennett, "  a  breach  or  hollow  descent  in  a  lull." 

i2)  A  pair  of  timber-wheels.     Korf. 
3)  A  wanton  wench.     Ketmelt.     It  vraa  for- 
merly a  generic  name  for  a  woman. 
it)  The  jaw-l>one.     Somrrtet. 
5)  A  coane  apron.     Prompt.  Pan. 
(6)  A  little  pot.     Prompt.  Part. 
GILLABER.     To  chatter  nonsense.     North. 
GILL-ALE.     Tlic  herb  ale-hoof.     Drron. 
GILL-BURN'T-T.ML.   An  ancient  jocular  name 

for  the  igniit  fatHus, 
GILL-CREEP-BY-THE-GROUND.  Grotind  iv)-. 

Sttmrmet. 
GILLER.     Several  horse  hun  twisted  together 

to  form  a  fislung-Une.     Chah. 
GILLERY.     Deceit ;  trickery.     North. 

Alio  hrre  et  forbodetic  gUttrp  o(  w«ghtc.  or  of 
talc,  or  of  niptt,  or  of  mnure,  or  thorow  nkyrv  or 
vlolroce,  or  drtdc  US.  Linmlit  A.  I.  17.  (■  I'X. 

And  ]yf  he  lerne  gtiter^t 
Fals  wurde  and  feynt  trctilyng  with  ya. 

MS.  Hurl.  1701,  f.  33. 

OILLET.  An  instrument  aaed  in  thatching. 
See  Tusser,  p.  147. 

GILLETING.  Wedging  the  inlenticei  of  ash- 
lar work  with  small  flint. 

GILL-FLIRT.     A  flighty  girl.     Kmt. 

GILL-HOOTER.     An  owl.     Cheth. 

GILLIVER.     A  wanton  wench.     North. 

QILLOFERS.  Carualions,  pinlu,  and  sweet- 
williams.  Whence  tlie  modern  term  GiUi- 
flower. 

GILI.URE.     Plenty.     Robin  Hood,  iL  144. 

GILLOT.     Same  as  Giglet,  q.  v. 

GILLYVINE-PEN.     A  bUck-lcadcd  pendL 

GILOFRE.     Cloves.    Rom.  Rose,  1368. 

GILOUR.     A  deceiver.     (A.-S.) 

For  when  groundisl  thou  loGoddU  Uwc  to  clo«e 
men  in  ttoni^,  bot  if  ll  were  wode  men,  nr  gihmre^ 
ofthepuplc.  tlS.DigtvA\.t.i. 

GILRY.     Deceit.     Ywaine  and  Gawain,  1604. 

Mony  ■  threw  ther  !• 

Od  ny;t  and  ats  on  day. 
And  prove*  oft  with  thaite  giirp 
How  thai  my;t  men  betray. 

MS.  OiMat,.  Ft  T.  i»,  I.  ai. 
Byt  ys  a  tokeoe  of  fblunoyc 
To  weyte  hym  with  iwych  fjllry€. 

MS.  Harl.  1701.  f.  M. 

GILSE.     A  kind  of  salmon.     North. 
GILT.  (1)  A  spayed  sow.     far.  dial.     Some- 
times, a  yoang  pig  or  sow. 

Tak  unto  the  mane  the  gallr  of  (he  Kalte,  and  (o 
the  womane  the  galle  of  the  fill. 

Ma.  Umc.  Med.  t.  31  > 

(8)  Gold,  or  money.     Middleton.  ii.  197. 


I  wWdk     1 

idlslin 
•  ««ea(^ 
Aadeat 


(3)  To  commit  a  fault.     Pulifrme. 
eiLTEl.ESS.     Guiltless.     Clumeer. 
GILTIFE.    Ouilty.   "Yf  otherwise  I  be^aOfS^ 
Gower,  ed.  1&54,  sig.  L.  ii. 

Now  axcih  further  of  ny  lyf. 
For  hereof  am  I  i>at  g>ttitf. 

Odkv.  MS.  Soc  JmHf.  U<,Cli 

GILT-POLL.    The  fish  gilt-he«I.     Wed. 

GILVER.     To  ache  ;  to  throb.     Eaat. 

GUI.     Neat ;  spruce ;  smart.      Var,  dM. 

GIM.\L.     A  vault,  or  VBultine. 

GIMUER.  To  gossip:  to  gad  about.  .VerU. 
Generally  used  in  a  bad  sense. 

GIMBLE.     To  grin,  or  smile.     Eatt. 

GIMDO.     A  bastard's  bastartL     C3u»k. 

GIMBOL.  A  device  ;  a  gimcrack.  S«e  Stani- 
burst,  p.  16  ;  Holinshed,  Chron.  Irelfttiii,  f,  U. 

GIMELL.     A  double  tree.     North. 

GIMLET-EYE.     A  squint-eve.     Tar.  dmL 

GI.MLICK.     A  gimlet.     North. 

G1MI.1N.  (I)  A  large,  shuUow  tub.  in  «UA 
bacon  is  salted.     North. 

(3)  A  smiling  or  grinning  face.     EoMt. 

GIMMACE.     A  hinge.   Somrrttt.   Wheat 
minal  was  hung  in  chains,  he  wa*  aaid  Is 
hung  in  giminacti.     The  term  gimmm 
to  mean  hiiu/et  or  hookt  in  Daviea'a 
Rites,  ed.  1672,  pp.  51,  56. 

GIMMAL.  A  sort  of  double  ring  ruriotiily  con- 
structed. It  is  spelt  gimnute  in  iloUyband't 
Dictionarie,  1593.  A  couple  of  auytli'iiig  m  as 
called  a  ^f'mma/.  "The  giuimews  or  jtunu 
of  a  spurr."  Howell,  1660. 

GIMMER.  (1)  A  female  sheep  from  the  Ar>i  l« 
the  second  shearing;  one  that  haa  not  bcoi 
shorn.  North.  Also,  a  two  years  old  shee{L 
"Bidua,  a  gymbyre,"  Nominale  MS.  Kennett, 
MS.  LansiL  1033,  has  gimmer.hog, 
of  one  year ;  gimmer.tm,  a  tree  that  fa>f% 
double  from  the  root. 

(2)  A  gimcrack.     See  Narea,  in  t. 

(3)  A  hinge.     North  and  Eatt. 

(4)  An  old  drab.     Nnreajitle. 
GIMP.     Neat ;  handsome,     NorlA. 
GIMPLE.     A  wimple.     Stmtt,  ii.  44. 
GIMSON.     A  gimcrack.     Ginuoner, 

makes  clever  gimcracks.     Eiut. 
GIN.  (1)  Gave;  to  give.     Far.  dial. 

(2)  Engine;  contrivance.  (A.-N.)  Still  used 
for  a  trap  or  snare,  in  which  tciue  it  i*  com- 
mon in  old  writers. 

The  nay  wlit  by  •  gym 

That  the  knyght  waa  comene  Ine- 

MS.  IMmln  A.  I.  17.  f,  U^ 

(3)  To  begin.     See  Macbeth,  i.  2. 

(4)  A  wooden  pcriiendicular  axle,  which  has 
arms  projecting  from  ita  upper  part,  to  which 
a  horse  is  fastened.     Salop.  Antiq.  p.  4«2 

(5)  If.     North.     See  Brockett,  p.  13S. 
GINDE.     To  reduce  to  piece*.    This  aeeun  m 

.MS.  Egerton  614,  P».  28. 

GING.   (I)  Excrementum.     North. 

(2)  Company  ;  people.     (.-f.-S.)     Sec  Ktd> 
saunder,  922,  1509;  Richard  Cocr  dc 
4978.     This  form  is  used  by  Drayton,  OtrcMk 
and  other  contemporary  sulliort,  but 


(»e  who 


GIS 


I 


ooiljr  tappoied  by  Narn  to  he  "  a  mcrr  ror- 
niption  of  jmiij."  Src  Downfall  (if  R.  of 
)IuiilinK!lon,  p.  44  ;  Son|i^  anil  Carols,  x. 

GING  WVTKE.  A  dish  in  gnrient  cookery,  made 
cltic'fly  of  coil  and  haddock.  It  is  tprit  gyn- 
pmrd'ry  in  MS.  Sloane  1201,  f.  48.  See  iltu 
Fornic  of  Curv,  p.  47  j  Warner,  p.  70. 

GINOEP.     Ocwitched.     Ei^moor. 

GINCEFERE.  Ginger.  "  Gingiver  ud  gsltn- 
^1c,"  Remhnin  Gy  Sone,  p.  421. 

GINGER.  (I)  A  pale  red  colour.  Florio  men- 
tions n  colour  called  gmgirlhir,  p.  209. 

(2)  brittle:  tender;  delicate.     Sauth. 

GINGERBREAD-DOTS.  Gingierliread  nuti  of 
a  dumpy  form,  not  flat.     Eiul. 

GINGER-GRATE.     Grated  pingcr,     Paltgrme. 

GINGER-IIACKLED.  Red-haired.  Var-dial. 
Grose  and  Carr  have  gingtr-palrd. 

GINGERLY.  Carefully ;  with  caution  :  quietly  ; 
adroitly.  Var.  dial.  So  in  Cotgrave,  "  Allrr 
h  pat  mmu,  to  goc  nicely,  tread  gmgerty, 
mince  it  like  ■  moid." 

GINGIBER.     Ginger.     Chaucer. 

GINGLE-GANGLE.  A  tpangle;  any  kind  of 
ahowy  ornament  of  dress. 

GINGREAT.     To  chirp.     Skinner. 

GINNE.     To  begin.     Vhaucrr. 

GINNEI,.     A  narrow  entrance.     North. 

DINNERS.     Tliegillsofafuh.     North. 

GINNET.     A  genet.     Florio,  p.  19. 

GINNICK.     Nejit ;  complete ;  iwrfert.     Eurr. 

GINNY-CARRIAGE.  A  small  strong  carriage 
for  conveying  materiaU  on  a  mil-road.  Giuny- 
railt,  the  rails  on  nliioh  it  i»  drawn. 

GINOUR.  An  engineer ;  a  craftsman.  Flor.  and 
Blanrh.  335  ;  It  Coer  do  Lion,  2914. 

GlN-RlNG.  The  circle  round  which  a  gin- 
horse  move*.     Sec  Gin  M). 

CINT.     A  joint.     Ermoor. 

GIN-TUUS.  Vessels  for  receiving  the  produce 
of  mines.     North. 

GIOURE.     A  guide ;  a  ruler.     (^.-5.) 

GIP.    To  retch.     Yortih. 

<iirCIEUE.    A  (much,  or  purse.     (A.-N.) 

GU'E.  (I)   A  glutton;  to  gulp.     North. 

(2)   An  upper  frock  ;  a  cassock.     (W.-M) 

G I I'-G ILL.  A  name  for  ■  hone.  Sometimes, 
a  term  of  contempt. 

GIPON.  A  doublet.  Chttvcfr.  It  is  spelt  yypett 
in  Lybcaus  Disconus,  224,  1176. 

GIPS.     A  kind  of  morUr.     Mintheu. 

CIPSEN.     A  gipsy.     ^>eiuer. 

GIPSEY.    A  wooden  peg.     Norlhumi. 

GIF8EYS.  Sudden  eruptions  of  water  that 
hreak  out  in  tlic  downs  in  the  East  Riding  of 
Yorkshire  after  great  rains,  and  jet  up  to  a 
great  height.  They  arv  mentioned  by  William 
of  Ncwliery  under  the  name  of  rrp«e.  See 
W.  Neubrig.  dc  rebus  Anglieis,  cil.  1610,  p.  97. 

GIPSY-ONIONS.     Wild  garlick.     South. 

GIPSY-ROSE.     The  corn-rose.      far.  dial. 

GIPTIAN.     A  gipsy.      Wheltlonr. 

GIRD.  (1)  To  strike;  to  pierce  through  with  a 
weapon;  to  push.  See  Srvyn  Snifes,  1299. 
Hence,  melaphoricidly,  lolB^h  wilb  wit,  to  re- 


pTDBch.  Also,  a  urrtsm,  m  in  VKiy,  tA.  1632, 
Sig.  Cc.  vi. 

Sir  Gerync  and  ilr  Grlidwuhle,  stid  othir  fret  lordn, 
Garte  GAluth,  a  gud  et»mc,  fiinlt  nt  thatrr  he<tyt 

Hurt'  ^.Ikmrr,   M-l.   linoJl,,  t.tf. 

Bi^lyfF  thane  grrtc  Alrxnndrr  »md  alter  Prnntity 
for  to  ronic  uaiiUe  liyro,  and  Rprte  th«  lotlit  b« 
•vrched,  and  faiidr  that  he  was  worthy  the  dedei 
and  thane  h«  gert  girttt  of  hU  hcvnl. 

MX.  L^ncWn  A.  t.  17,  Ma. 

(2)  A  hoop.     North. 

(3)  A  girdle.     Kyng  Alisannder,  2272. 

(4)  A  fit ;  a  spasm.     Crartn. 

(b)  To  spring,  or  bound.   See  Nares,  in  v.    The 

word  occurs  in  the  tame  sense  in  Gusson'a 

Schoole  ofAhu.se,  1679. 
(6)  To  crack  ;crepilo.     Line. 
GIRDBREW.     A  very  coarse  kind  of  flummery, 

eaten  almost  (Mclu»ivrly  by   farm -labourers, 

mentioned  by  Markhiuii. 
GIRDER.  (1)  A  jejtcr,  or  satirist.     Nartt. 
(2)  A  blow.     Salop.     From  Gird,  q.  v. 
GIRDING.     A  beam  ;  a  girder.     North. 
GIRDLE.  (11  A  great  deal.     Sumrrnt. 

(2)  A  round  iron  piste  for  baking.  North. 
Hence  girdle-eaket. 

(3)  To  growl  at.     Somrrtrt. 

GIRDLER.  A  maker  of  ginUcs.  Heywood's 
Royall  King,  1637,  «ig.  F.  i. 

GIRDLE-STEDE.  The  vinist ;  the  place  of  the 
girdle.  "  Cyrdcll  sicde,  /aulr  du  eorpi," 
Palsgrave.  "  Ginlvlle  stede,  rineliu,"  MS. 
Arundel  249,  f.  fl8. 

GIRDLE-MIIEEL.  A  spinning-wheel  imall 
enough  to  be  used  hanging  at  the  waist. 

GIRDSTINGS.  Poles  or  bths  used  for  making 
hoops.     Book  of  Rates,  161 1. 

GIRE.  To  revolve.  Florio,  p.  211.  Also  ■ 
circle.  It  is  a  very  common  archaism.  "Wind- 
ing gyres,"  Fletcher's  Poems,  p.  249. 

GIRK.     A  rod.     Also,  to  chastise,  or  beat. 

GIRL.  (I)  An  unmarried  woman  of  any  tge. 
Her^rdth. 

(2)  A  roebuck  in  its  second  year.  Return  from 
Parnassus,  p.  238. 

GIRN.  (1)  To  grin ;  to  laugh.     North. 

(2)  To  yearn  for.     Kennelt's  MS.  Gloss. 

GlR-NE-GRE.\T.     A  great  grinner.      YorHh. 

GIRNIGAW.   The  cavity  of  the  mouth.    North. 

GIRRED.     Draggle-tailed.    £rmoor. 

GIRSE.     Grass.     Still  in  use. 

Rot  allv  that  dranke  thernff^  It  kc-ite  than^e  In- 
tUIra  dux,  and  vlewr  agretrhcpvorihame,  tt*i  that 
water  was  woodcr  icllarpe,  and  all  blltlrv  ala  any 
mrkille  gyrtt.  U8.  Unnln  A.  I.  17,  f.  tl. 

GIRSLY.     Full  of  gristles.     Craifen. 

GIRT.  (1)  Picrral  through.     From  Gird,  q.  v. 

(2)  Yen'  inlimnle.     Crorm. 

GIRTH-WEBBIN.  The  stuflT  of  wliich  swldle- 
girths  are  made.      North. 

GIRTS.     Oatmeal,     tor.  dial. 

GIRTY-MILK.     Milk  porridge.     Eait. 

GIS.  An  oath;  a  supjxiscd  corruption  of  tlie 
name  of  our  .Saviour. 

GISARME.  A  bill,  or  battle-an.  See  Giwrme. 
It  had  a  spike  risitig  at  the  bark  of  it.   Sunie- 


6IV 


402 


GLA 


tim<a  called  yitariitg.  See  Morte  d'Artliur, 
i.  221 ;  Ellis,  ii.  76  ;  Gy  of  Warwike,  p.  123 ; 
Arthour  and  Merlin,  p.  226. 

Hun  of  yroo  uid  gsdiln  of  title, 
Anil  gftamyi  for  10  «!nyte  wele. 

MS.  Canlab.  ft.  II.  38.  f.  913. 

GISE.  Guise ;  fashion.  CAoiicrr.  Also  a  verb, 
to  dress,  to  prepare  ;  and,  sometimes,  to  re- 
pose or  recline. 

When  thpy  hiirilr  or  th»c  (ythindyi, 
Thty  y»Md  thom  fullc  gay. 

MS.  Canlab.  Ft.  II.  W,  f.7S. 
Wh«n  they  come  at  the  koten"y>>ir> 
To  dele  hyt  among  hit  outber  thyng. 

XS.  Hurt.  1701,  r.23. 

GISN.    To  gasp  for  breath.     A'or/A. 
GISPEN.     A   pot   or  cup   made   of   leather. 
"  Gyspen  pottc,  pot  de  cuir,"  Palsgrave.    C«- 
pin,  Ord.  and  Reg.  p.  374.     In  use  at  Win- 
chester School,  according  to  Kennett,  MS. 
Lansd.  1033. 
GISS.  (1)  The  name  of  a  pig.     North. 
(2)  The  girth  of  a  saddle.      Deron. 
GISTE.     A  guest.     See  Gett.     (.•f.-S.) 
The  llglite  u(  grsce  that  gottely  gtttt  ef 
Of  the  thai  a  aonne  of  ryghtwiuief. 

MS   Uncoln  A.  I.  17.  f.  IW 
Tak  ye  no  tr«we«,  thoughe  ye  myght, 
For  giJf ,  negariion,  asGwynylon  hight. 

Roland,  MX.  Lamd.  XS,  t  XIJ. 

GISTING.    The  agistment  of  cattle. 

GIT.    The  gist,  or  substance.     Devon. 

GITE.  (1)  A  gown.     Ckauetr. 

(2)  Splendour  ;  brightness.     Peele,  ii.  40. 

GITH.     Corn-cockle.     See  TopscU,  p.  423. 

GITT.    Offspring.     Craten. 

CITTERN.  A  cidcm.  Stonihurst,  p.  16.  Spelt 
filtroH  in  Lcighton's  Tcares  or  Lamentations, 
4to.  Lond.  1613. 

GITTON.     A  small  standard.     (A..N.) 

GIIIST.     A  tournament.     Spewier. 

GIVE.  (1)  To  give  the  time  qf  day,  to  wish  a 
good  day  to,  to  show  rcsjwct  or  civihty.  To 
give  in/teth,  to  luivc  the  skin  galled.  To  give 
over,  to  leave  off ;  to  yield ;  to  forsake  ;  to  de- 
lay. To  give  again,  to  thaw ;  to  relax  by 
damp  or  fermentation ;  also,  to  decrease  in 
value.  To  give  one  a  good  teord,  to  recom- 
mend. To  give  the  bag,  to  dismiss ;  in  old 
writers,  to  cheat.  To  give  grant,  to  allow 
authoritatively.  To  give  back,  to  give  way. 
A.  give  keep,  to  take  care.  To  give  faith,  to 
believe  a  thing.  To  give  out,  to  give  way,  to 
fail.  To  give  the  dor,  or  gleek,  to  pass  a  jest 
upon.  7*0  give  hand;  to  applaud.  To  give  the 
bucklers,  to  yield.  To  give  one  hit  oim,  to  tell 
him  his  faults.   To  give  the  white  foot,  to  coai. 

(2)  To  yield ;  to  abuse,  or  scold ;  to  beat,  or 
chastise.      Var.  diaU 

(3)  To  take,  or  assume.     An  heraldic  term. 
GIVELED.     Gathered   or    collected    together. 

(y/.-Af.  Gavete.)  "  With  fish  giveled  als  a 
atac,"  Havelok,  814,  left  unexpUincd  by  the 
editor.  To  gavel  com  ia  to  collect  it  into 
heaps  for  the  purpose  of  being  loaded.  There 
may  be  some  conncuon  between  the  terms. 


GIVEN.     DisiKWcd  ;  inclined.      Var.ifial. 
GIWES.    The  Jews.     Rob.  Gloac.  p.  72.    Gym, 
Wrighfs  Lvric  Poetry,  p.  100.  M 

GIX.    The  kcx  of  hemlock,    mitt.  I 

GIXY.     A  wanton  wench.     See  Cotgrmve,  in  ^ 

GadrouiUette,  Safrette. 
GIZ-DANCE.     A  dance  of  mtuomers.  _ 

GIZEN.  (1)  To  open  ;  to  leak.     Korth.  ■ 

(2)  To  gaze  intently.     Line.  " 

GIZLE.     To  walk  mincinglv.      North. 
GIZZARD.    To  stick  in  the'gimrd,  L  e.  to  be« 
in  mind.      Var.  diaL  ~J 

GIZZEN.    A  sneer.     North.  ■ 

GLABER.     Smooth ;  slippery.      Deroa.  ■ 

GLACE.     To  look  scornfully.     Line. 
GLAD.  (1)  Smooth  ;  easy.    Kennett  vn%,"  thai 
goes  smoothly,  or  slips  easily,  spokea  at  a 
door  or  bolt."     North.     Perhaps  fix>m  the  old 
word  glad,  glided,  Towneley  Myst.  p.  18L 
"  Glat  and  slyper,"  Reynard  the  Foxe,  p.  144. 
(2)  Pleasant ;  agreeable.     Chaucer, 
GLADDEN.  (1)  To  thaw.     Yorttk. 
(2)  A  void  place,  free  from  incumbrances.  Ntrtk 
GLADDIE.    The  vellow-hammcr.     Avon. 
GLADDING.     Pleasant ;  cheerful.     Comr. 
GL ADDON.    The  herb  cat's-tail.     Norf. 
GLADE.  (1)  To  make  glad.     (J.-S.)     Also,  to 
rejoice,  to  be  glad.     Chancer, 

(2)  An  o|)en  track  in  a  wood,  particoUrljr  maJc 
for  placing  uet4i  for  woodcocks. 

(3)  Glide<L     Gy  of  Warwike,  p.  347. 

(4)  Shining;  bright.     Cov.  Myst.  p.  168, 

(5)  Cheer.     Torrent  of  Portugjal,  p.  49. 
GLADER.    One  who  maketh  glad.     Chaa 
GLADINE.     The  herb  spurgcwort.      It  il 

tinned  in  MS.  Med.  Line.  ff.  2S6,  290. 
GLADISH.  To  burk,  as  hounds  do.   Du  Dart«t. 

p.  365.     From  A.-N.  glatir. 
GLADLOKEK.     More  gladly.     CoMwynr. 
GLADLY.     Nicely ;  readily.    Pabsrrmfe. 
GLADSCIIYPE.     Joy ;  gladness.     (-f..&) 
Thu  wyrt  he  welle  the  kyogn  herte. 
That  he  the  delh  nc  icIitUde  a«tert«» 
And  tuch  a  torwc  hath  lo  hym  take. 
That  gtatUchypt  he  hath  al  fumke. 

CMctr,MS.  CWttaS.  FY.  L<I,C.«. 

GLADSUM.     Pleasant.     Sir  Cleges,  30. 

GLAKE.  (I)  Smooth;  polite.     Norlh. 

(2)  tx>ne!iome.     U'ettmoreL 

CiLAFFEK.     To  flatter.     North. 

GLAIK.   Inattentive;  foolish.   North.   Brvcfci 
has  qiaky,  gid'ly. 

GLAIRE.     A  miry  puddle.     Cumb. 

GL.^IVE.  A  weapon  composed  of  a  long  cat> 
ting  blade  at  the  end  of  a  lance.  Soe  Mur1« 
d' Arthur,  i.  81 ;  Christmas  Carols,  p.  38. 
"  The  growndeneglayfe,"  MS.  Morte  Artfauiti 
f.  92.  Spelt  gleave  in  IloUyband's  DictioBUicv 
1593,  in  V.  Dard;  and  gleme$,  UoUnsiwdt 
Hist.  England,!.  199. 

GLAM.  (1)  Togrosp;  tosnotch.     North. 

(2)  A  wound,  or  sore.     Devon. 

(3)  Noise ;  cry ;  clamour.     Gatcayue. 
GLAMOUR.    A  spell,  or  charm.     North. 
GLAMS.     Tlie  hands.     Northamh, 


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GLAND.    The  bank  of  a  riter.     Cormr. 
GLAPYN.     To   be  gUd.      "  And   gliip>-n»  in 

herte,"  MS.  Morte  Arthure,  f.  9^. 
GLAUE.  (1)  Togl»zeeartlienw»rc     Wnt. 
(2)  To  stare  eornistlj'.     North. 
GLARE-WORM.     A   glow-worm.      /.   Wight. 

It  occurs  in  ToptcU't  Beasts,  p.  S42. 
GLASE.     To  make  bright ;  to  (mlish;  to  scour 
harness.     Pahgrare.     Minsheu  has  j/laze,  to 
vaniish.     See  also  Pr.  Parv.  p.  197. 
GLASEDD.     Glided  ;  glanced  wrongly. 
But  hjri  twcrile  gla*nid  lowCi 
And  stroke  upon  the  udtill  t»«e. 

its.  Cnnlab.  Ft.  II.  38,  1. 179. 
GLASTEKS.     Eves.     Xn  old  cant  term,  men- 
tinned  in  Harman,  ed.  1567. 
GLASINGE.     Glau-nork.     Chaucer. 
GLASSEN.     Made  of  glass.     Hett. 
GLASS-PLATES.     Pieces  of  glass  ready  to  be 
made  into  looking-glasses.  See  Book  of  Rates, 
1675,  p.  296. 
GLASS-WORM.    A  glow-worm.     J/ov/e/. 
GLAT.     A  gap  in  a  hedge.     H'at. 
GLATERYE.    Flattery? 

The  gatli  of  gtatcrpt  itanden  up  wyde, 
Hem  leinythe  chat  al  y»  ryght  and  do  wroDg. 

MS.  Ouual.  Ft.  L  S,  r.  UO. 
GLATH.     Public    Hnme. 
GLATIIE.   To  rejoice  ;  to  welcome.    Cot.  Myst. 

p.  171.    See  Glade. 
CLATTON.     Welsh  flannel.     North. 
GL.1UUKIN.     A  kind  of  gown,  much  in  fashion 

ill  ilciirv  Vlll.'s  reign. 
GI^VUMANDE.     lUotous.     Gamtyue. 
GLAVE.     A  slipper.     Lane. 
GLAYER.    To  flatter.     In  later  writers,  iome- 
timcs,  to  leer  or  ogle.    Brockett  says,  "  to  talk 
foolishly  or  heedlessly."    Also,  to  slaver  at 
the  mouth. 
GLAVERANDE     Noisy ;  boisterous, 
sir.  Mil  tyr  Gawayne,  to  me  Code  tielpc. 
Slche yltfvenaiKfr  gomca  (trevri  me  liot  lyttille- 

UoHt  Mrtkurt,  its.  Llnatln,  t.  BO. 

GLAVERER.     A  flatterer.      See  Hollyband's 

Dictionarie,  1593,  in  t.  Vofard. 
GLAW.M.  To  look  sad.  Yorkth. 
GLAWS.     Dried  cowdung,  used  for  firing  in 

Devon  and  Coruwall. 
GLAYER.     Glair  of  egg.     Reliq.  Antlq.  i.  53. 
GLAYMOUS.    Clammy ;  slimy.    Gtoyniy  occurs 

in  Skelton,  i.  124,  and  glcmmy  in  Salop.  An- 

tiq.  p.  444,  close,  damp,  mugg;'. 

For  Mmc  peer  wyll  be  yelowe.  and  loiDe  grene, 

and  tume  gtmpmout,  and  tome  clere. 

Bernrrt.  lig.  A.  it. 

GLAZENE.    Blue?    (A.-N.ytaji.)    "  A  glazcne 

howTC,"  Piers  Plonghman,  p.  435. 
GLAZENER.     A  glazier.     North. 
GLAZE-WORM.     A  glow-worm.     Lilly. 
GLE.     Minh ;  music.     (A.-S.) 

The  kyag  tokc  the  cuppc  anoa. 
Aad  wld,  paatUodloo  ! 
Hym  thojt  H  was  rod«  gie. 

MS.  Cmlai.  ft.  T.  48,  f.  M. 
CLEA.    Crooked.     North. 
GLEAD.     A  kite.    North.     Cotgravc  has, "  Ei- 
cotifle,  a  kite,  pultocke,  or  find." 


GLEAM.  To  cast  or  throw  up  filth  from  tier 
gorge,  applied  to  a  hawk. 

GLEAN.  (I)  To  sneer.     Dortet. 

(2)  A  handful  of  corn  tied  together  by  a  gleaner. 
A'ra/.     "  A  glen,  comptca,"  Nomioale  MS. 

GLEB.     Smoothly ;  glibly. 

And  the  like  If  reported  of  the  pillars  of  the 
Tetnplc  Church,  LondoD.  Sec.  and  not  onely  the 
vulgar  swallow  down  thii  tndttlonf/«C>,  ImoevcTali 
lenmed.  and  othcrwiie  undentandlog  pciMmi,  Witt 
not  be  pcrswaded  lo  the  contrary. 

Jlltlfxt'i  ftilu,  Rvfal  Soc.  MS.  p.  <7t> 

GLEDDE.     Shining ;  brilliant.     (.4..S.) 
llym  thowht  he  tatte  In  gold  alle  gieMt, 
At  he  was  comely  kynge  with  crowne. 

MS.  Harl.iaSt,t.W, 

GLEDE.  0)  A  burning  coal;  a  spark  of  fire. 
Sec  Perceval,  756;lsumbras,  452;  Chron-Vi- 
lodnn.  p.  37  ;  Piers  Ploughman,  p.  361. 
Aod  timgyf  iheryn  abo  nAA, 
At  hyt  were  m  tircnnyng  gltdd. 

MS.  OuMak.  Vt.  U.  38,  f.  14*. 
Thoughe  In  bis  hert  were  lltcUe  play, 
Forthe  be  spronge  as  tparke  of  gJnU. 

MS.  Hart,  aara,  t.  vi. 
(2)  A  kite.    Palnffrmt.     See  Glead.    "  A  gledc, 
milttu,"  Nominale  MS. 

with  Oder  mete  shaJt  thou  not  Icvc, 
But  that  thys  gierfi  vyile  ya  geve. 

Ma.  ctiiiab.  Ff.  II.  aa.  r.  bo. 

GLEE.  To  squint.  Norlh.  "  I  garde  her  gle," 
Skelton,  i.  293. 

GLEEK.  (1)  A  jest,  or  scoff.  Also,  to  jest.  To 
give  the  gleek,  i.  c.  to  pass  a  jest  on  one,  to 
make  a  person  ridiculous.  Sec  Cotgrave,  in 
T.  Donnrr.  Used  in  the  North  for,  to  decciya 
or  beguile.     See  Brockett,  p.  135. 

(2)  A  game  of  cards,  played  by  three  persona 
with  forty-four  cards,  each  hand  having  twelve, 
and  eight  being  left  for  the  stock.  To  gleek 
was  a  term  used  in  the  game  for  gaining  a  de- 
cided advantage.  To  be  gleeked  was  the  con- 
trary. A  gleek  was  three  of  the  same  cards  in 
one  hand  together.  Hence  three  of  an}-thiDg 
was  called  a  gleek,  as  in  Fletcher's  Poems,  p. 
131  :  Men-Miracles,  1656,  p.  9. 

GLEE.M.  A  flash  of  lightning ;  a  hot  interval 
between  showers  in  suiumcr.      Wettmortl. 

GLEER.     To  slide.     Ox/ordih. 

GLEG.  (I)  Slippery  ;  smooth.     Cumb. 

(2)  To  glance  aslant,  or  slily.  Also,  quick, 
clever,  adroit.     North. 

GLE-MAN.  A  minstrel.  (J.-S.)  Piera  Plough- 
man, p.  98  ;  Wright's  Lyric  Poetry,  p.  49. 

GLEME.     Viscous ;  clammy.     Paltgraoi: 

GLEMERAND.  Glittering.  Glemyrrynj,  Tor- 
rent of  Portugal,  p.  19. 

M'ifh  tprepyi  and  wllh  tredonre, 

Olrmtnni  hir  lyrte.  MS.  Unmin  A.  1. 17.  f-  IXk 

GLEMTIL    A  gUmpse.     Norf. 

GLENCH.     Same  as  Clemth,  q.  v.    ITarw. 

GLENUER.  To  stare;  to  look  earnestly.  Nortk. 

GLENT.  (1)  Glanced  ;  glided.     Glent  is  a  com- 
mon provincialiiim  for  a  glance,  or  a  start :  ° 
slip,  or  fall ;  and  also,  to  glance.     "  As  be 
glenttys,"  MS.  Morte   AivVvJsxt,  <■- *"»-   ' 


GLI 


4(M 


GIX) 


Tliynne'a  Debate,  p.  1 8 ;  Richard  Cocr  de  I.ion, 
5295 ;  Chester  Plays,  i.  150,  ii.  148. 

OUyvnglvtrrmnd  tU*y  ffritf 

On  glelcnnil  icheldyB. 

MS-LbinlH  A.I.  17.  r.  131. 

(2)  niraned.     Eatl. 

(3)  To  make  a  figure.     North. 

GLERE.     Any  slimy  matter  like  the  glair  of  an 

CYf.     Mirr.  Ma^.  p.  212. 
GLETlll'ULY.     Smoothly ;  quickly. 
So  ftitthurl^  llic  fwynle  went, 
Th»t  the  f)re  uwt  of  tlie  ju»iD«it  iprrot. 

MS.  Canlxb.  ft.  il.  38,  f.  ISS. 
GLEVE.     A  glaive,  q.  v.     C/iaucrr. 
GLEW.     Music;    glee;  mirth.     W.  Mopes,  p. 
347;  Arthour  and  Merlin,  p.  123.     Also,  to 
joy,  or  rejoice. 

Orpanrt.  harp*,  ftnrt  other*  ^«M>. 
Hc<lro«3e  hcrm  out  ofmutlk  new. 

Curtor  Jfunrfl,  MS.  CaU.  Trlti.  Cmlai.  1. 10. 
Mochemyrthe  was  them  amonge. 
But  t))er  gamyd  hur  no  fittttt. 

MS.  CaKlab.  Ff.  il.  »,  f.74- 
There  ya  no  soliu  umlyr  hevcne, 
or  *\  that  a  inan  may  oevciie. 
That  fihuld  a  man  to  moche  gtmft 
Ai  a  godc  woroman  that  Inveth  trew. 

MS.  Harl.  1701,  r.  IJ. 
No  game  achulde  the  gttuif. 

MS.  CiiHtab.  F(.  11.38,  t.  It. 

GLEWE.     To  glow,     humbras,  394. 

GLEYGLOF.     A  kind  of  lily. 

GLEYME.     The  rheum.     Pr.  Part. 

OLEYNGE.     Mcloily ;  minstrelsy.     {A.-S.) 

GLI  AND.  Squinting.  "  Slroba,  k  woman 
glyande,"  Nominilc  MS. 

GLIB.  (I)  A  large  tuft  of  hair  hanging  over  the 
itix.  According  to  Stanihurst,  p.  44,  the 
Irish  were  vcrj- "  proud  of  long  crisped  bushes 
of  heare,  which  they  tenuc  j/ii»,  and  the  same 
they  nourish  with  all  their  cunning."  See  also 
Ilolinihed,  Conq.  Ireland,  p.  54  ;  Chron.  Ire- 
land, p.  134. 

(  To  castrate.     See  Narea,  in  v. 
I  Smooth ;  voluble.     North.     Cotgravc  has  it 
in  the  sense  of,  smoothly,  gently,  in  v.  Dour- 
qtitsoflt,  BkouIoiuhI. 

CLIUBER.  Worn  smooth.  North.  Hence 
gliibrry,  slippery,  in  Ben  Jonton,  and  Dodsley, 
ix.  1*4.     Still  in  use. 

GLICK,  A  jest,  or  joke.  "  Tlicres  f/liete  for 
you,"  Lilly,  ed.  1632,  sig.  Cc.  vi.  Gifford  ex- 
plains  it  wrongly  in  Ben  Jonson,  ii.  3H0. 

OLIDDER.  Slippery.  Devon.  Ben  Jonson, 
T.  110,  hta  gliddered,  glazed  over  with  some 
Irnncious  varnish.  Glidrr,  anything  that 
glirlri,  Brit.  Bibl.  iii.  24. 

GLIDE.  (1)  Distorted ;  squinting.     A'ores. 

(2)  To  sUde.  Oron.  Palsgrave  has,  "  Glydar, 
a  slyder,  glanceur." 

GLIDER.     A  snare,  or  gilder,  q.  t. 

GLIERB.  One  who  squints.  Translated  by 
Mtrabo  in  Nominale  MS. 

GLtKF.  A  glimpse ;  an  unexpected  view  of  a 
thing  that  startles  one.     North. 

GLIFTE.  To  look.  "  Than  gliftU  the  gud 
kynge"  MS  Morte  Arthurc,  f.  94. 


GMG.     A  l)liffer.     Line. 

GLIM.    To  look  sly  or  askance.     North.  

GLIME.    The  mucus  frma  the  nostrils  of  honm 

or  cattle.     North. 
GLIMPSE.    To  shine  or  glimmer.     CAoiien-. 
GLIMPST.     Caught  a  glimpse  of.      GUmc 
GLIMSTICK.     A  candlestick.      Cro«». 
GLINCY.       Smooth;   slippery.       Su*»rx. 

Greenwich  they  say  y/i'ue,  and  Skelton,  i.'. 

has  t/lint. 
GLIiNDER.     A  shallow  tnb.     Dntm. 
GLINE.     Same  as  Glhn,  q.  v.     Kcnnrtt.  MS 

I.ansd.  1033,  has  glinlc ;  Brockrtt  and  Palme 

glint.     In  use  in  Dorset. 
GLtRE.     To  slide,     far.  dial. 
GLISE.  (1)  A  great  surprise.    North. 
(2)  To  glitter,  or  shine.     Horn  Childe,  f.  SS&^ 

Glinen,  Craven  Gloss.  L  187. 
GLISK.     To  glitter.     Also  as  gltm,  q.  y. 
GLISTEN.     A  term  applied  iu  Cbcsliire  to  csm 

when  nmrin  ajiitrtmt. 
GLISTER.     Tu  glitter.     See  Collier's  Old  Dai- 

larls,  p.  25 ;  Men-Miracles,  1656.  (t.  44. 
GLITEN.    ToUghten.    Xorkth. 
GLITTISll.     Cruel;  savage.     iJrova. 

explains  it  gluttonith. 
GLiJED.    Played  evilly.    (A-S.) 
The  elder  lifter  he  forvokc. 
For  the  i:hyrd,  ieith  the  tjoke 
Curxjr  Mufdi,  MS.  OJI.  TrtK.  I 

GLOAMING.    Tmlight.     North. 
GLOAK-FAT.    Immensely  fat.     North.   •' 

all  glorj- -fat,"  Fletcher's  Poems,  p.  1 10. 

Middle'ton,  v.  517. 
GLOAT.  (1 )  To  stare.    Hawkins,  in.  115, 
(2)  To  look  sulky ;  to  swell.    South. 
GLOB  BE  R.     A   miser.     Somertet.       In 

writers,  it  means  a  glutton. 
GLOBED.    Foolishly  fond  of.     Cheth. 
GLOBE-DAMP.     Damp  in  coal  mines 

into  thick  globular  mists.     North. 
GLOBERDE.    A  glow.wonn.     Palifmvf. 

Topsell.p.  566;  Florio,  p.  101. 
GLODE.     Glided.     See  Arthour  and  Merlin,] 

121,  where  Ellis,  i.  249,  reads  «<orfe. 
Sche  gfoti  forth  at  an  aitdtr  doolh, 
Non  other*"  '■  >!h. 

'-.  ytnti^.  IM,  C  III 

That  Other  M  :  tc  atKMlc« 

Out  by  the  ru|K-  ilown  hi>  glorfr. 

.VS.  Cantab,  ff.  U.SS,  tAM 
The  gotte  tolte  up  a  gresely  grone, 
Vt  ylh  fendyt  avey  he  rM'.  IfS.  ttM,  t.  M. 

GLODEN.     The  sunflower.     Linr. 
GLOE.    Toenjov.'    Chester  Plays,  i.  128.    Ttte 

MS.  Bodl.  175  reads  eo//f. 
GLOKT.    Glowed.    Robson's  Met.  Rom.  p.  5. 
GLOFFARE.    A  glutton.    Pr.  Parv. 
GLOMUE.  To  look  gloomy.or  louring.  Ch 
Palsgrave  has  glome ;  and  glomittg  ocmn 
Hawkins,  i.   208.      Kcnnett   haa   j/loom, 
frown,  to  be  angry,  to  look  tourly  anii  aeverdji 
North.     Still  in  use. 

Whoaoatode  upe  and  o^htc  aoM  says. 
He  bade  ihamme  ga  il  itiedcvyllv  way*. 
And  gtemmedf  aU  b*  oetr  vtathe. 

MS.  LtoxXn  A.I.  17,  r.  J 


GLO 


403 


ONA 


I 


GliOMK.     A  bottom  oft  hrend.     North. 

t;  LOND.     The  hcrli  cow-basil. 

GLOOM.     A  pusing  cloiiil.     WiUm. 

(iLOP.     To  stare.     North. 

GLOPPEN.  To  frighten;  to  feel  astonished; 
to  lie  startled,  or  greatly  perpleied  ;  to  atu- 
pify ;  to  disgust  or  sicken.  North.  It  sonic- 
tinies  means  in  early  writerii,  to  lament  ur 
mourn.  CoTie.Towneley  Myst.  p.  H6,  a  sur- 
prise. It  occurs  in  Nominale  MS, 
Thowc  wrtiys  to  fl'Tf^ne  me  with  thy  grct  »ord« 

Uoftt  ^rlktlrt,  US.  Una/In,  I.  SO. 

GLOPPING.    SuckiJigin.     {.1.-S.) 
GLOKE.    To  sure ;   to  leer.     North.     "  And 
glorcde unfaire,"  MS.  .Morte  Artbure,  f.  6H. 

Why  fhrf  Ihyn  eyes  ia  thy  hcadc  ?    Why  ws^cft 
Ihoii  thy  herd,  at  though  Ihou  wnc  very  uwry  t 

Paligrnt'f  .^cvlatnu,  IMO. 
GLOHIATION.     Glorying.     {Lat.)     It  occurs 

in  Lusty  Jurentas,  ap.  llankins,i.  131. 
GLORIOUS.     Vain;  boastful.  lUI.)  Common 

in  our  old  dramatists. 
GLOUY-HOLE.     A  cupboard  at  the  head  of  a 

staircase  for  brooms, &c.     For.  dial. 
GLORYV.NE.     To  defile.     Pr.  Parr. 
CLOSE.  (1)  To  comment ;  to  interpret.     Glof, 
an  unfair  gloss,  Townclcy  Mynteries,  p.  209. 
{A.-N.)     Hence,  dissimulation,  unfainiess. 
(2)  To  speak  tcudcrly  ;  to  flatter. 

Hyi  «yfe  cmme  to  hynt  yn  hye, 

AdiI  tiQgsD  to  kyue  hym  and  to  gln^ift. 

MS.  CanMk.  Ff.  ii.  38,  t.  132. 

CLOSER.    A  flatterer.     Lydgate. 

GLOTON.  A  glutton.  (^.-A.)  It  occurs  in  a 
gloss,  in  MS.  Egerton,  829,  f.  54. 

GLOTTEN.     Same  a.i  GInppm,  q.  v. 

GLOTTENING.  A  temporary  nielflngof  ice  or 
snow.     North. 

GLOUD.  Glowed.  Keliq.  Antiq.  ii.  8.  "Gloa- 
inde  glede,"  MS.  Digby  86. 

CLOUNUEN.     A  lock  of  hair. 

GLOUPING.     Silent,  or  stupid.     North. 

G LOUSE.  A  strong  gleam  of  best  from  the 
sun  or  a  fire.    Eatt. 

OLOUT.  To  pout,  or  look  sulky.  Glovtyd, 
Ilichard  Goer  de  Lion,  4771.  To  stare  at, 
Miltes'  MS.  Glossary. 

GLOUTOUS.    Gluttonous ;  ravenom. 

GLOVE.     To  bevel.    Craven. 

GLOW.    To  itaie  earnestly.    Deron. 

GIX)W-BASON.  A  glow-worm.  Also,  a  bold 
impudent  person.     H'etl. 

CLOWE.  (1)  To  glow,  or  Ungle. 

Ite  treote  the  portar  on  the  hode, 
That  he  can  downc  fallc. 
Alia  byi  hcdd  can  glowm. 

MS.  OMM6.  Vt.  ii.  SB,  r.  07. 

(2)  To  look.    Syr  Gaveynt. 

GLOWER.  To  gaze,  or  stare.  North.  See 
Dekker's  Knight's  Conjuring,  repr.  p.  67. 

(i LOWERING.    Quarrelsome.   Krmoor. 

(!LOWI\G.  Glowing  of  cockles  is  the  discovery 
of  tliem  in  the  water  by  a  certain  splendour 
reflected  from  a  bubble  which  tbcy  make  be- 
low, when  the  sun  shines  upon  the  surface  of 
the  water  in  a  clear  still  day.  Dean  Milles  MS. 


GLOX.    The  sound  of  liquids  when  shaken  iu  ■  ' 

barrel.      H'ilti. 
GLUBHE.     To  suck  in  ;  to  gobble  up.    (A.-S.)  , 

llcncc  j/lnl/bere,  tk  glutton. 
GLUB-CALVES.    Calves  to  be  reared  for  stodc. ' 

JOmon.     Qu.  from  glubbt  t 
GLUM.   Gloomy  ;  overcast ;  sullen.   Alto,  a  sour 

cross  look.     Var.  dial. 
GLUM-METAL.    A  sort  of  stone  found  aboot 

Bradwcll,  in  the  moor  lands,  co.  Staff,  as  hard 

to  dig  OS  any  rock,  yet  mollified  by  air,  raimb| 

and  frosts,  it  will  run  as  if  it  were  a  uatural 

time.     Kennelt,  MS.  I^nsd.  1033. 
CLUMPING.    Surlv;  sulky.     Var.  dial 
GLUM-POT.    A  gallipot.    Somerttl. 
GLUMPSE.   Sulkiness.  North.  The  iii.glumpy 

is  very  common. 
GLUMS.    Sudden  flashes.     Ghme. 
GLUNCII.   A  frown.    Northivit. 
GLUR.     Soft,  coarse  fat,  not  well  set.     Applied 

to  bacon.     Line. 
GLUSKY.     Looking  sulky.    Eaul, 
GLUST.\RE.     One  who  squints.    Pr.Parv. 
GLUT.  (1 )  Scum  ;  refuse.     Var.  dial 

(2)  Tlie  slimy  substance  that  lies  in  a  hawk's 
panncl.    Gent.  Rec.  ii.  62. 

(3)  .\  thick  wooden  wedge  used  in  splitting  blocks. 
Var.  dial. 

CLUTCH.     To  swallow.     Gluleher,  the  throat. 

Shakespeare  has  yhil. 
CLUTIIEN.     To  gather  for  rain.    tTett. 
GLY.     To  squint.   See  CZre. 
GLYBE.    To  scold,  or  reproach.    North. 
CLY-II  ALTER.  A  halter  or  bridle  with  winkers. 

Ea*l.    From  Gly,  q.  v. 
GLYME.     To  look  silly.    North. 
GLYSTE.   To  look.   "  Sche  glysl*  up,"  Le  Bone 

Florence  of  Rome,  1659.    This  leema  to  be 

correct  as  wcil  as  gli/le,  q  v . 

sir  Gawayne  gtttte*  un  tb«  gome  with  a  glada  villa. 
tforfc  Arlhun,  MS.  IAkoIh.  t.  W. 

GLYT.    GUdes.    Kyng  Alitaunder,  8. 

GLY3T.    Looked.    Gawayne. 

GNACCHEN.    To  grind  the teetb.    See*  poem 

in  Reliq.  Antiq.  i.  240. 
GNAO.    To  gnaw.    iine.    {J..S.) 
GNANG.    To  gnash.    Suiiier. 
GNAPPE.    To  scratch  or  rub. 

And  sum  gnafpfd  here  fete  and  handca, 
Af  doggft  done  that  gnawc  here  liandet. 

.VS.  Harl.  iTni,  f.«7. 
GNAR.   To  quarrel ;  to  growl.   North.  To  snarl, 

or  growl,  Skellun,  ii.  36. 
GNARL.   To  snarl.    Also,  to  gnaw.     Line.     U 

occurs  in  Shake>])eare. 
CNARL-BAND.     A  miserly  feUow.   imo. 
GNARLED.    Knotty.     Also,  twisted,  wrinkled, 

or  crumpled.     South. 
GNARRE.  (I)  To  strangle.     PaUgrare. 
(2)  A  hard  knot  in  a  tree.     (A.-S.) 
GNASPE.    To  snatch  at  with  the  teetb.     "  I 

gnaspc  at  a  thyng  to  catche  it  with  my  tethe, 

je  hanehe,"  Palsgrave. 
GNASTE.  (I)  To  gnash  with  the  teeth.    See 

Towncley  Myst-  pp.  I  <3, 307  ;  Morte  .I'Artbi 

i.  178;  Apvl.  LoU.  p.93. 


GOA 


406 


GOB 


Thsii  tal  thai  gteHv  imd  ffowl*!.  and  wUh  t»thc  gnayiltt 
Fcr  of  bejppe  and  mrrcy  thar  thaime  nopht  trayit«. 

Hampote,  MS.  Butvtt,  p.  S14. 
TNm  wire   knyghtd  of    Home  Ihat    crucifycd 
Criste  ^>i4y«laMd  all  betlci  wilhouten  rcsounr. 

MS.  CbU.  KIM.  10,  r.  X 
{%)  The  wick  of  a  candle.     Pr.  Parp. 
GNAT.     In  used  by  Chiucer  for  anj'tliing  imall 

and  vrorthlets.     (-/.-S.) 
GNATT.    The  knot,  or  Tringa  Canutut. 
GNATTER.     To  gnimblc ;  to  gnaw.     North. 
GNATTERY.     Full  of  pebbles  or  gravel.     Also, 

ill-tempered.     North. 
GNAURENG.      Forgrtfulnew.      It  occurs    in 

Batman  uppon  Bartholomc,  1582. 
GNAVE.   Gnawed.     Sir  Amadas,  24  7- 
GNAWIXG.     A  griping.     Ueliq.  Aiitici.  ii.  84. 
GNAW-POST.     A  silly  fellow.     Somrrtfl. 
CNEDE.     Sparing.    Perceval,  607,  724.  Want- 
ing, ib.  752,  1 689.    To  need,  to  require,  Const- 
Mason,  p.  36.    See  Havclok,  97. 
Ofgyttit  wai  he  [u]cveT  gnMut 
to  vpic  n>  In  wa.       MS.  Unco/n  A.  I.  17,  f.  134. 

GNEW.     Gnawed.     Suffolk.     "  iVud  fitew  the 

bones,"  Ellis,  ii.  227. 
GNIDE.  To  rub.    (A..S.) 

Hcrbes  heiought  and  fond, 
Knifnidde4  hem  bituU  hli  hoild. 

Arthvur  and  Merlin,  p,  M. 

And  after  fnoAie  and  waiche  wcl  thi  laflour  hmgt 

In  thllke  ]jr;e  with  bothc  thyn  hondit.  to  thou  »e  that 

ctaillje  hath  take  a  falre  colour  of  thI  favour  bagge. 

US.  Slatnt  73,  f.  !I4. 

GNIPE.     The  rocky  summit  of   a   mountain. 

Also,  to  gnaw.     North. 
CNOFFE.    A  churl ;  an  old  miser.  See  Chaucer, 
Cant.  T.  3188  ;  Todd's  rilust.  p.  260. 
Theo>untry^ti(lJff«.  Hub,  Dick,  and  Hick, 

WUh  olubbe«  and  clouted  thoon, 
Sliall  fill  up  Duasyn  dale 

With  lUughtered  boilics  Roone. 

SorfiMt  Furitt,  ICES. 

GMOOHE.    Gnawed.     See  Gaev. 

He  ahette  hya  tunge  before  the  errcyt . 
And  gnoght  hjri  ynward  al  to  pecy«. 

If.V.  Harl.  1701,  f.  91. 

6N0STYS.  Qu.  an  error  tonjhotlyt. 

Smoke  and  fyre  there  can  o«t  welle. 
And  many  gnoiti/i  glowyng  on  glede. 

US.  Qmlab.  ft.  il.  »,  t.  41). 

QNOWE.     Gnawed.     Chauctr. 

GO.  To  walk.  Isumbras,  56 ;  Eglamour,  760. 
Sometimes  for  the  part.  pa.  gone.  Various 
phrases  which  include  tliis  word  may  be  worth 
notice.  To  go  abroad,  to  spread  abroad.  To 
go  agaitul  one,  to  go  to  meet  him.  To  go 
backward,  to  fall  in  clebt.  To  go  darkling,  to 
grope  in  the  dark.  To  go  compau  round,  to 
encircle.  Tb  joyrom  a  fAinj/,  to  deny  it.  To 
go  forward,  to  prosper.  To  go  out  qf  kind, 
to  do  anything  contrary  to  one's  proper  na- 
ture. To  go  quit,  to  escape  a  danger.  AU 
the  go,  quite  the  fashion.  To  go  near,  to  be 
very  near  doing  anything,  fioie  doei  it  go 
wits  you,  how  do  you  fare  ?  To  go  to  the  leorld, 
to  be  married. 

GOXV.     Same  as  gad,  q.  v. 


GOAOS.    Customs.    Also,   playthinga. 

GOAF.  A  rick  of  com  in  the  straw  laid  npin  ■  j 
bam.  tjoaf.flap,  a  wooden  beater  to  knock 
the  ends  of  the  sheaves,  and  make  the  goaf 
more  compact.  Go^-tlead,  a  diTisiorn  of  a 
bam  in  which  a  goaf  is  placed.  Atn^  Tuner 
mentions  the  gofe-taddrr,  p.  9. 

GOAK.  (1)  To  shrink;  tocontiact;  to  disco- 
lour by  damp,  &c.      York»K 

(2)  The  core  of  anv  fruit ;  the  yolk  of  an  egg, 
hK.     North. 

GOAL.      At  the  game  of  camp,  if  a  pervon  em 
manage  to  get  the  ball  between  the  two  heipa 
of  clothes  made  by  his  own  party,  that  aide 
reckons  one,  which  is  called  a  goaL     If  tha-j 
ball  passes  between  the  side-)ieaps,  it  is  called  J 
a  goal-by,  and  reckons  only  half  a  goaL 

GOALE.     .K  barrow,  or  tumulus. 

GOAM.     To  look  after,  or  provide  for.      Alio,  ' 
to  grasp  or  clasp.     North. 

GOAN.     To  yawn.     Also  as  gaiut,  q.  t. 

GOANDE.     Going.     Weber. 

GOATIIOUSE.     A  brotheL     far.  dUL 

GOATS.     Stepping-stones.     iVorf*. 

GOATS-LEAP.  A  kind  of  leap  praetiaed  by  I 
equestrians.     North. 

COB.  <1)  The  month;  saliva.  North.  Some- 
times, a  copious  expectoration. 

(2)  A  portion ;  a  lump.  Var.  diaU  Hence  the 
phrase,  to  work  by  the  gob.  ■ 

(3)  To  fill  up ;  to  impede.     Salop.  | 
G0DI3EDE.  1 

Thane  an«wen  fyr  Gayouf  fulle  f«frw<e  wortai^ 
Wai  eme  to  the  emperour,  and  rtlahymfwtfcwe. 

MurU  Artkun,  MS.  UmrttK,  t.  9. 

GOBBET.  A  morsel ;  a  bit.  {.1.-S.)  Still  ia 
use  A  large  block  of  stone  is  called  a 
gobbet  by  workmen. 

GOBBIN. '  A  greedy  clownish  persoo.    Also. «, 
spoilt  child,     /'or.  dial. 

GOBBLE.  (1)  A  chattering.     Deri. 

(2)  To  do  an>-tliing  fast.     Var.  dial 

(3)  A  lurkev-cock.      Var.  dial. 
GOBBLE-GUT.     A  greedy  fellow.     Lute. 
GOBBLER.     A  turkey-cock.    Siiffoli. 
GOBBON.     Same  as  Gob  (1). 
GO-BET.    A  hunting  phrase,  equivalent  to  f» 

along.  See  Bet  (8).  Our  second  extract  <«• 
riously  illustrates  a  passage  in  Chaucer,  Leg. 
Dido,  288. 

&<  f>fr,  Wil,  with  Cryltei  cune ! 

The  next  tyme  thou  thai  be  take; 
I  tUTB  a  hare  pype  in  my  purte. 
That  shall  be  set,  Watte,  foi  thi  uke. 

MS.  Cahtut,.  Ft.  v.  M,  r.  119,1 
Old  Father  of  the  I'ye, 
I  cannot  aing,  my  lip*  are  dry  I 
But  when  my  lipa  are  very  well  wet. 
Then  I  can  tjng  with  the,  Heigh,  gttttl 

Hunling  Smg,  I>esfi  MUlf  MS. 
OOBETTYD.     A  term  used  in  dressiAg  (Uh,  fi>^  J 
taking  the  garbage  out.     Bemen.  I 

GO-BETWEEN.    A  pimp.     Dekkrr.  ' 

GOBLOCK.  A  lump  of  anything ;  an  irregular 
moss.     North- 


GOD 


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GOG 


I 


GOBONB.     Qa.  Gob  one? 

ThcyfWteKtfof  the  mrettnte  with  growndancswertln 
H«WM  OB«  thu  bulkct  vith  thctrc  hsrd^  wapynt. 

MorA  Jnhmn,  MS.  Lmtoln,  t.  M. 

GOBSLOTCH.  A  greedy  clown  ;  ■  dirty  vora- 
cious  eater.     North. 

COBSTICK.    A  spoon.     Korth. 

GOBSTRfNG.     A  bridle,     /or.  dial 

GOB-THRUST.     A  Btupid  fellow.     A'orM. 

GO-BY.  To  give  one  the  go-by,  i.  e.  to  deceive 
him,  or  to  leave  him  in  the  lurch ;  to  over- 
pasi.  The  second  turn  a  hare  made  in  coun- 
ing  wu  called  her  jo-by.  Our  old  dramatists 
often  ridicide  a  plume  introduced  by  Kyd  in 
his  Spanish  Tragedy,  ap.  Dodsley,  iii.  163, 
"  Go  by,  Hieronimo,"  which  even  seems  to 
have  become  proverbial. 

GO-BY-THE-GllOUND.  A  diminutive  person. 
Eatl.  The  ground  ivy  is  colled  Gill-^o-by-th}- 
fround  in  the  provinces. 

GOCHE.     A  pot,  or  pitcher.     nVlt. 

GOCK.EN.    To  be  ravenous.     Line. 

GOD.  God  b^ort,  or  Godlo-fome,  God  going 
herorc  and  assisting.  God  lo  friend,  God 
being  protector. 

OOD-,VLMIG}ITV'S-COW.    The  lady-bird. 

ODD-CAKE.  A  particular  description  of  cake 
which  it  is  customary  on  New  Year's  Day  for 
sponsors  to  send  to  their  godchildren  at 
Coventry ;  a  practice  which  appears  to  be  jkcu- 
liar  to  tliat  city. 

GODCEPT.  A  godfather.  This  occurs  in 
llolinshcd,  Chrou.  Iieland,  p.  78. 

GODDARD.  (1)  A  fool.     North. 

(2)  A  kind  of  cup  or  goblet.  "  A  woodden  goddel 
or  tankard,"  Florio,  p.  80. 

OODDARTLY.     Cautiously.     CV<m». 

CODDEN.    Good  even.    North.     We  have  alio 
goday,  good  day.     Sec  Meriton,  p.  100. 
Th«  kyng  t«iil,  gTamercy  uid  hire  goiUig ! 
Tbs  scheiMrda  oiuwetid  and  uld,  luy. 

MS.  Cantab.  V!.  v.  48,  t.  t\. 

GODDE RUBLE.  Better  health  !  GodrrhayUe, 
Townclcy  Mysteries,  p.  89, 

GODDOT.  An  oath  which  occurs  frequently  in 
Havclok.  The  eilitor  is  dearly  right  in  con- 
tidering  it  a  corruption  of  God  ttot,  so  many 
oatba  being  amalgamised  in  a  similar  manner. 
Ib  the  notes  to  Pr.  Par^^  p.  201,  it  is  confuted 
with  God-Jate,  or  God-rolde,  which  are  evi- 
dently uf  a  diScrent  origin.  I  have  purposely 
omitted  a  host  of  oaths  of  this  description,  as 
they  are  for  the  most  part  easy  of  solution,  and 
in  any  case  are  not  of  sufficient  worth  to 
balance  their  impiety. 

GODB.  Wealth;  goods.  {A.-S.)  Still  re- 
tained  in  Cheshire.     Wilbraham,  p.  43. 

GODELE.  Goodly.  Emar^,  503. 
Fcjn  and  longc  »ai  be  thorc, 
A  gvdelimr  mau  wai  Done  tiore. 

MS.  Cnnta'b  Ft.  II.  X,  1. 1;4. 

GODELYHEDE.    Goodness.    (A..S.) 
GODENESS.    ^/jodeisnw,  at  advantage.    See 

Rom.  Rose,  H53,  3462. 
GODESEIE.    The  herb  clary.    The  Utin  name 

is  gaUilritum  in  MS.  Sloane  5,  f.  5. 


GODFATHERS.  An  old  cant  term  for  jurymen. 

See  Ben  Jonson,  v,  139. 
GODIIEDE.     Goodness.    Kyng  Alls.  7060. 
GOD-ILD-YOU.  A  comiption  of  God  yield  yim, 

i.  e.  reward  or  bless  you. 
GODLEC.  Goodness.  Wright's  Anec.  Lit  p.  8. 
GODLYCHE.    Goodly;  politely.  "Godlychehe 

hvr  gret,"  Dcgrevant,  675. 
GODNEDAY.     Good-day.    Rittm. 
GOD-PAYS.     A   profane    expression   formerly 
used  by  disbanded  soldiers,  implying  that  they 
had  no  money  themselves,  and  muit  therefore 
borrow  or  beg.    Hence  God-to-pay,  a  hopeless 
debt,  nothing.    See  Ben  Jonson,  viii.  60, 158. 
GODPHERE.    A  godfather.    Joiuon. 
GOD'S-BLESSING.  To  go ont  of  Cod" i  Meiarfnj 
into  the  warm  sun,  a  proverbial  phrase  for 
quitting  a  better  for  a  worse  situation.     See 
Nares  and  Ray. 
GODSEND.      Any  good  fortune  quite   unci- 
pected.     On  the  coast  a  wreck  is  sometimes 
so  called,    far.  diaL 
GOD'S-GOOD.    Yeast,    for.  dial.     See  Ully, 
ed.  1 632,  sig.  Aa  vii ;  Florio,  p.  130.  It  is  spelt 
gotyoodin  some  provincial  glossaries.    Forby 
is  clrjirly  ^Tong  in  his  explanation,  as  (he  re- 
ferences to  Lilly  and  Florio  indisputably  show. 
GODSIIARLD.     God  forbid!     Yorkih. 
GODSIB.    A  godfather.     Chaucer. 
GODSPEED.    An  exclamation  addressed  to  a 
person  commencing  a  journey,  implying  the 
speaker's  anxiety  for   his   speedy  and   safe 
transit.    Still  in  use. 
GOD'S-PENNY.   Earnest-money.    North.  "A 
God's-pennie,  an  earnest -pennie,"  florio,  p.  39. 
GOD'S-SAKE.  A  child  kept  for  God's  sake,  i.e. 
a  foster-child.      Sec   Nomenclator,    p.   20; 
Florio,  p.  22. 
GOD'S-SANTY.   An  oath,  supposed  by  Sleeven* 

to  be  corrupted  from  God't  lanctity. 
GOD'S-TRtTH.    An  absolute  truth. 
GOEL.  Yellow.  £(u/.  "The  goelcr  and  younger," 

Tusscr,  p.  126. 
GOETIE.     Witchcraft.     Blount. 
GOFER.     A  species  of  tea-cake  of  an  oblong 
form,  made  of  flour,  milk,  efgs,  and  currants, 
baked  on  an  iron  made  expreasly  for  the  pur- 
pose, called  a  gtiferimg  tnm,  and  divided  into 
square  compartments.   Laiic. 
GOFERING-WORK.     A  sort  of  crimping  pcr.j 

formed  on  frills,  caps,  &c.  * 

GOFF.  (1)  An  oaf  or  fool.    North. 
(2)  A  game  played  by  striking  bard  slulfcd  balls 
with  clubs.     He  who  drives  his  ball  into  the 
bole  with  fewest  strokes  is  the  winner.  It  was 
a  common  game  in  Enghuid  in  the  reign  of 
James  I.   See  D'Ewes,  i.  48. 
(31  A  godfather.    Calk.  Angl. 
GOFFLE.    To  gobble  np;  to  cat  fast.  Buex. 
COFFRAM.    A  clown.    t\mb. 
GOFISH.    PooUsh.    Chmteer. 
GOFLE.  A  small  basket.    Line. 
GOG.    A  bog.    Oxon.    Aubrey,  in  his  MS.  Nat. 
Hist.  Wilts,  p.  56.  mcutions  "a  boggy  place 
called  the  Gogget." 


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GOL 


GOGE.     Tbe  tliroit.     Nomiiiale  MS. 
GOGGLE.     To  swallow.     "  (iiilpnl,  or  goggled 

downc,"  Cotgrave,  in  v.  Cimlarile. 
GOGGY.    An  egg.    Craem. 
GOGINC-STOOL.   A  cucVing-stool,  q.  v. 
COGION.    A  gudgeon.    Sec  Hollybuid'a  Dic- 

tionirie,  1503,  iu  v.  Jipron. 
GOG-MIUE.    A  quagnilre.   Fulie. 
GOIGll.   Very  merry.   Drroii. 
GOIL.   SpoDg)-  ground.    Millet  MS. 
GOING.  (1)  A  right  of  pasturage  on  a  common 

for  a  beut.   Suffuli. 
(2)  Going  to  the  vault,  an  expression  sometimes 

used  lir  hunters  when  a  hare  takes  ground 

like  a  rahliil. 
GOLNG-OUT.     Visiting.     Var.dial. 
GOINGS-ON.    Proceedings.    Var.  dial. 
GOISTER.     To  laugh  loudly.    Iahc.    Also,  to 

brag ;  to  enter  into  a  frolic 
GOJONE.    The  gudgeon  of  a  wheel ;  also,  the 

fibh  so  called.    Pr.  Pare.  * 

GOKE.     A   fool.     Rcliq.   Antiq.  i.  201.    Ben 

Jonson  hugokl,  stupefied.    Goky,  a  gawky,  a 

clown,  Piers  Ploughman,  p.  220.     "  A  goky,  a 

gokin  vcl  gakiii,  ululltit,"  Millcs  MS. 
GOKEUT.    Awkward  ;  clumsy.      I'ar.  ilial. 
GOLD.     The  plant  lumsol.     It  is  also  applied 

to  com-marygold  and  wild  myrtle. 
That  she  iprunge  up  out  of  the  molile 
Into  a  flourewju  uMmcdgitldF. 

CoKvr,  cd.  ISM.  r.  ISO. 
GOLD-CRAP.       The     herb    crow-foot.       See 

llollyband's  Dictionarie,  1593,  iu  \.  Bottineti. 

Called  aho  gold-cup. 
GOLOEFOME.     Copper.     Nominale  MS. 
GOLUEN-niG.    The  ladybird.    Suffolk. 
GOLDEN-CHAFER.    A  green  beetle,  very  com- 

mon  ill  the  month  of  June.     I'ar.  dial. 
GOLDEN-CHAIN.     Yellow  laburnum.     Weit. 
GOLD-END-MAN.      One    who   buys    broken 

pieces  of  gold  and  silver ;  an  itinerant  jeweller. 

Sec  Hen  Jonson,  iv.  79. 
GOLDEN-DROP.     A  kind  of   plum.    Also,  a 

\Tlricty  of  wheat.     /  'ar.  dial. 
GOLDEN-EYE.     Tlic  bird nno*  rtonyiiir.     It  is 

called  j/oldnye  in  Arch.  xiii.  3J3. 
GOLDEN-HERH.    The  plant  orach.     North. 
GOLDEN-KNOP.     The  Udy-bird.    EmI. 
GOLDEN-WITHY.    Bog  mirtlc.    Soutk. 
GOLDFINCH.    A  piece  of  goldi  a  purse.    Mid- 

dleton,  i.  283.     A  sovereign  is  now  so  called. 
GOf.D-FINDER.  An  old  jocular  name  for  a  per- 
son who  cleaned  a  jakes. 
GOLDFLOWER.    Golden  cudweed ;  tbe  aurcUii, 

according  to  Florio,  p.  166. 
GOLDFRE.  A  well  of  gold :  expUiined  auri/igium 

in  Nominale  MS. 
GOLD-IIEWEN.     Of  a  golden  colour.  (J.-S.) 
GOLD-HOLSE.    A  treasury. 

On  ttit  mnrowe,  tbo  hyl  was  ilay, 

The  kjrng  to  hyi  fotde-hovt  tokehyi  way. 

MS.  Cmhiul,.  Ft.  It  38,  t.  IS. 

OOLDING.    Amarvgold.    C/ink. 
GOLD-KNAP.    The  herb  crow-foot.    IMoet. 
GOLD-NEPS.    A  kind  of  smoU  red  and  yellow 
early  riiM"  pear.    Chrth. 


GOI.DSMITllRIE.  Goldsmith'* worlc.  (,4.-i 
(.OLIISI'INK.  The  goldfinch.  North. 
GOI.D-WKIGH  r.  Tu  the  gold-weigbt.  i.  e.  ( 
the  minutest  particulars,  gold-weights  bafl 
venr  e-iact.  See  Joiisuo,  i.  360. 
GOLUY.    Of  a  gold  colour. 

At  oftr  at  Ktudyfl  be  lo  ttw  aatt*  •», 
And  fW4r  gravel  In  the  itrvmys  rich, 

MS.  OMIad.  Kf.  I  «,  r.  12 
GOLE.  (1)  Big;  full;  llorid  ;  prominent ;  ranll^ 
as  grass,  jcc    Eatl. 

(2)  Tlie  jaw-bone.     Nominale  MS. 

(3)  A  ditch  or  small  stream.  North,  Also,  I 
whirl-pool ;  a  flood-gate,  or  sluice  See  Dn 
dale's  Imbanking,  1662,  p.  276.  "  A  gniC 
lacuna,  vid.  Skinncnim ;  item,  a  correiit  Q^| 
water  in  a  swampy  place,  and  generally  nil 
it  is  obstructed  with  boggs ;  Ukeirise,  a  b<Jlo 
lietwecn  two  hills ;  a  throat ;  a  narriiw  ralr,*! 
Dean  Millcs  MS.  p.  132. 
Than  lyr  GJiwayiie  the  gude  a  galayr  ht  Kakya, 
And  (ilides  up  at  a  gole  with  pad  men*  of  i 

Mitrlt  .Irll.urr,  MS.  Uiacnte,  C  M.i 

(4)  A  fool  ?    "  Grcate  dole  for  a  gole,"  Chester  , 
Plays,  i.  229.     Gowte,  MS.  Bodl.  1  75. 

GO-LESS.  I  cannot  go  less,  i.  e.,  I  cannot  ac- 
cept of  leas,  I  cannot  play  for  a  smallrx  sum. 
"  Goe  lesse,atprimero,"C<>tgniTe.iiiT..Vsiif«r. 
GOLET.  The  throat,  or  gullet.  {J..N.)  A 
part  of  armour  or  dress  which  covered  Ibe 
throat  was  so  called. 

Throwghe  goUt  and  gorgere  be  hurtex  hym  twyoc 
Jf<ir<r  Jrthtirr,  Xa.  LiatUm,  CT*. 
Be  the  gvlell  of  the  hade 
Johne  pulled  the  uiuiikc  downe. 

MS.  GM■I<^.  Ff.  T.  48,  t  im 
GOLl ARDS.  Tlic  best  account  of  the  goUmrtS  is 
given   in    Mr.    Wright's  preface   to   Walter 
Mapes,    p.  X.      "  They   appear,"     savs    Mr<j 
Wright,  "to  have  been  in  the  clerird  otd««1 
somewhat  the  same  class  as  the  jongleors  and  ' 
minstrels  among  the  laity,  riotous  and   un- 
thrifty scholars  who  attended  on  tbe  t 
the    richer    ecclesiastics,     and  gained  1 
living  and  clothing  by  practising  the  pr 
of  bulToons  and  jes Ici-s.    The  name  a\>\M 
have  originated  tuwanls  the  end  of  the  tt 
century ;  and,  in  the  documents  of  that  tin 
and  of  the  next  century,  is  always  connccte 
with  the  clerical  order."     In  the   De 
Bonifacii  VIII.  Univ.    Oxon.  Ibcy  arel 
mentioneil,  tejoculalorn  tut  goliardoij 
out  buffune*.    See  other  quotetioas  of  •  iiisii 
lar  import  iu  Ducangc. 
GO-LIE.    To  recline ;  to  be  laid  by  the  wind ;  I 
subside.     Somertet.      Perf.    went-lie ;    |h 
gone-tif. 
GOLIONE.    A  kind  of  gown. 

And  alle  wa.i  do  ry;l  of  Khc  bad. 

He  haih  hire  in  hb  clothlt  d«l. 

And  cost?  on  hire  hi*  frJdme, 

Whiche  of  thctkyn  nf  a  Hone 

U'M  in^de,  at  he  upon  the  wey 

It  »luw  ;  bn<)  over  tt.U  tu  ideye 

Schc  look  hi*  gret  Rmrc  ai»o. 

And  kniltr  it  at  hire  frirdltle  Iho. 

fiVKrer,  M/kSK.  Antiq.  IS4,f 


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GOO 


GOLL.  (1)  A  hand,  or  Art.  Eatt.  "  IIow  cold 
(hvy  ire,  poor  golli,"  Bcguin.  mil  Ftct.  i.  97. 
Sre  llawkini,  iii.  119. 

(2)  To  strike  or  blow  with  violence ;  to  nuh,  as 
wind  docs.    North. 

(3)  The  gullet,  NominaleMS.  More  properly 
the  liall  of  the  throat. 

Strth«n  hv  went  to  thr  Ikullc, 

AnU  hewjril  aiondrr  the  throte^/f^. 

MS.  Canlal,.  Ft.  11.. V),  t.  Hi. 

GOLLAND.  Tliis  plant  is  alluded  to  by  Turner 
ai  the  roHuneuliu  or  croivfoot,  and  Brocket! 
tnrntions  a  yellow  (lower  so  called  without 
giving  ita  other  name.  It  is  probably  that 
species  which  is  described  by  Gerard,  p.  810, 
as  the  double  crowfoot  or  yellow  batchclor's- 
bnltons.  "  Goulaoda,  Bor.  cum-marigolds," 
Kenuett,  MS.  Lanid.  1033. 

COLLAR.     To  shout ;  to  snarl,    \orlh. 

GOLLOP.    A  large  moncl.    Somer$el. 

GOLLS.  Fat  chops ;  ridges  of  fat  on  a  corpulent 
[icrson.    £ast. 

OOLOSSIANS.    GaJoshes.  Arch.  xi.  95. 

COLP.    A  sudden  blow.     Dreou, 

GOLSH.     To  swallow  quickly,     fforlk. 

OOLSOGHT.    The  jaundice. 

Envul  man  nuy  Ijknyd  lie 

Tn  the  gtUMght^  that  cs  a  paync, 

MetiD  may  ic  it  In  nuns  reue. 

A.  dt  BrMnnt,  MS.  Bowet,  p.  40. 

GOME.  (1)  A  man.  (^..5.)  This  continued  in 
use  till  the  time  of  the  civil  war«.  Itoccun 
in  early  versions  of  the  Psalms  in  place  of  tbe 
modem  Gentile.  Sec  Reliq.  Antiq.  i.  77,  iL 
211  ;  Lybeaus  Disconus,  1091. 
(2)  Black  grease.     Upton's  MS.  Additions  to 

Juniua  in  the  Bodl.  Lib, 
(.I)  Heed;  care.    Kennctt  has,  "  to  fome,  to  mind 
or  be  intent  upon."    Sec  Goam  ;  R.  Glouc.  p. 
67.    A.S.  gyman. 

Son,  iip  Mide,  take  good  j?i>nf,>, 
Jyren  thou  hmit  thin  ownc  dome. 

Carmr  Munili,  MS.  Cbll.  Trln,  Canlab.  t.  M. 

(4)  A  godmother.    Cotgrave. 

GOMEN.   Game;  play.    \V.  Mapes,  p.347. 

GOMERILL.    A  silly  fellow.    SoHh. 

GOM  MACKS.  Tricks  ;  foolery.    Eiul. 

GOMMAN.  Gomman,  paterfamiliaa  i  gommer, 
materfamiliat.  MiUcs'  MS.  Glossar}'.  Skinner 
haa^onufn. 

GOM  ME.  The  gum.    Chawfr. 

GON.  (1)  Since  ;  ago.   Reliq.  Antiq.  i.  64. 

(2)  Gave.  Alao,  to  give.    Var.  dial. 

GONE.  (1)  De*d ;  expired,    far.  dial. 

(2)  A  term  in  archery,  when  the  arrow  wm  «hot 
beyond  the  mark.  The  wmc  term  is  «till  nscd 
in  the  game  of  liowls,  when  the  Iwwl  runs  l>c- 
yond  the  jack,  ftartt.  "  1  am  gone,  or  overcast 
at  bowles,"  HowelL 

GONEIL.  Same  as  GomrHlt,  q.  v. 

tiONFANON.    A  banner  or  standanl.  {A^N.) 
See  Sir  Tristrem,  pp.  145,  210;  Kyng  Ali- 
aaunder,  1903;  Langtoft,  pp.30,  330. 
Wlwin  th«7  wctc  r«dy  foi  lo  rydr. 
They  rcyMHl  ipvTc  iin.l  g^nfimotih*. 

MS.  Will,  tut,  t.Ut. 


GONGE.  (1)  To  go.  See  EUis,  u.3f9. 
Jhesu  thoujt  hit  «u  ful  k>ngc. 
WIthouti'n  r«lowihipe  to  jprnp p. 

Curior  Afunrfi,  MS.  CM.  THn.  Qinlab  t  lU. 

(2)  A  jakea.  "  The  devcis  gongc-housc  of  helle." 
MS.  quoted  in  MS.  Lansd.  1033.  Gungr- 
farmer,  a  cleaner  of  jakes,  Palsgrave.  Gonge- 
firmourrr,  Cocke  Lorellea  Bote,  j.  3.  St«we 
baa  j/ouHff  for  dtmg.  See  Narea  in  T.  Ctmtiff. 
Jak,  If  rv«ry  hons  wrtc  honest  tn  cte  Oelsh  Inntf. 
Than  were  It  honnt  to  cte  In  a  fu*tgt. 

MS.  Dlgbr  t\,  r.». 
And  was  adrad  nygho  owt  of  hyit  wyttr, 
And  eattc  hyt  yn  a  gimgt-fii/iu. 

MS.  Cantali.  Ft.  JL  3R.  f.  1.13. 

GONHELLY.  AXomUb  hone.  More's  MS, 
Additions  to  Ray,  Mus.  Brit. 

GONMER.   An  old  person,    Devon. 

GONNE.  A  machine  for  expelling  balls  ;  a  gun, 
but  not  necessarily  used  with  gunpowder. 
Chaucer,  however,  has  the  term  in  exactly  tlie 
modem  sense. 

OONNERIIEAD.  A  stupid  jicrson.  XorlA. 
Probably  fro-n  gonner,  a  gander. 

GONY.   A  great  goose.    Gbme. 

GOO.  Good.   See  Arch.  XXX.  408. 

GOOA.   Togo.    far.  dial. 

GOOCllY.    Indian  rubber,    far.  dial 

GOOD.  (I)  Rich.  A  mercantile  use  of  the  word 
common  in  old  plays. 

(2)  Verv.    Good  tawcili/.  Thorns'  Anec.  p.  74. 

GOOn-BROTHER.    A  brother-in-law. 

GOOD-CHEAP.  Extremely  cheap.  It  answers 
to  ion-marcA/ in  Cotgrave.  In  Donee's  erf- 
lection  is  a  fragment  of  an  early  book  printed 
by  Caxton,  who  promises  to  sell  it  "good 
chepe."   See  Fletcher's  Poems,  p.  72. 

GOOD-DAWfflNG.    Good-morrow.    Wnt. 

GOOD-DAY.    A  holiday.  Sli^f. 

GOODDIT.  Shrove-tide.  North.  Shrove  Tues. 
dav  Is  called  Goodlrs-Tucsday. 

GOOD-DOING.   Charitable ;  kind  fiu/. 

GOODED.   Prospered.    Z>ero»i. 

GOOD-ENOUGH.   Poasablc.   Shah. 

GOOD-FELLOWS.  A  cant  term  for  thieves. 
"Good  fellows  be  thieves,"  Hey  wood's  Edward 
IV.  p.  42. 

GOOD-FEW.    A  fair  number.    AorM, 

GOODGER.  Goo<Imaii,  or  husband.  Also  a 
term  for  the  devil.  Drron. 

GOOD-HUUR.  A  favourable  time,  a  phnue  ap- 
plied to  a  woman  in  labour. 

OOOD-HUSSKY.   A  thread-caae.    fTnt. 

GOODIN.  A  good  thing.    Yorhih. 

GOODING.  To  go  agooding,  among  poor  peo- 
ple, is  to  go  aliout  before  Christmas  to  collect 
money  or  com  to  enable  them  to  keep  ilw 
festival.    A'enf. 

GOODISII.  Rather  Urge  or  long.  lar.  dial. 
"  A  gtwdlsh  step,"  a  long  way. 

GOOD-KING-II ARR  V.   Tin  herb  goosr-foot. 

GOODLICH.  Conveniently.  Sre  NicboU'  Royal 
Wills,  p.  118 ;  TesL  Vctust.  p.  139. 

GOOD-I.IKE.  Handsome.  Good.like>u«iig1il, 
bamlsciiuc  lint  wurthlcas.    S'uvlh. 


coo 


410 


OOR 


GOOD  LORD.  A  term  fonnerly  applied  to  • 
pttroD  or  benefactor. 

GOODLY.    Fresh  or  gav  in  apparel. 

GOODLYIIEDE.    Goodiipss.    (^.-S.) 

GOOD-M.\N.  The  landlonl  or  master  of  a  house. 
See  Sevjn  Sages,  3869 ;  Mullhew,  xx.  U.  In 
the  provinces,  a  voman  tcrtus  her  husband  her 
ffooif-man, 

GOUDMANTURD.  A  worthless  unpleaiant  fel- 
low.   See  Florio,  p.  160. 

GOOD-MIND.    Good  humour.   Siut. 

GOOD-MISTRESS.    A  patroness. 

GOOD-NIGHTS.  A  species  of  minor  poems  of 
the  ballad  kind.    Nam. 

GOOD-NOW.  A  phrase  equivalent  to.  Do  you 
know,  you  mtut  know,     ft'enl. 

GOOD-OUTS.    Doing  well.     far.HioL 

GOODS.    Cattle ;  dairy  produce.    North. 

GOODSCHII'E.  Goodness.  (A..S.) 
ADd  for  the  urtodrchipe  of  ttiil  drtle, 
They  graunten  him  a  lusty  roede. 

G«u»r,  MS.  Soo.  Anlii.  IM,  Ml?. 

COOD-SPEED.    Yeast.    Florio,  p.  130. 

GOOD-TIDY.    Moderate;  reasonable.    Eatt. 

GOOD-TIME.  AfesUval.   Joiuon. 

GOOD-TO.    Good  for.   See  Pegge.inT. 

GOOD-WOMAN.    A  wife.    I'ar.diat. 

GOOD-WOOLLED.  A  good-wooUcd  one,  i.  e., 
a  capital  good  fellow.    I.iuc. 

GOODY.  (1 )  Good-«-ife.  This  tcmi  is  addressed 
only  to  |Kior  women.  North.  Chaucer  has 
good-lefe,  cd.  Urry,  p.  160. 

(2)  To  prosper ;  to  appear  good.    H'ett. 

GOOD-YEAR.  Corrupted  by  our  old  writers 
from  ifoujere,  the  French  disease. 

GOIJF.   A  kind  of  sweet  cake.    Etui. 

GOOCEN.  A  gudgeon.  See  Clerk's  edition  of 
Withals"  DieUonaric.  1608,  p.  36. 

GOOKEE.   To  hang  down.   DrvoH. 

GOO^^.    To  file  a  saw.    I'ar.  dial. 

GOORDY.    Plump  or  round. 

We  ihal  (o  twwel  t?Mt  tcrlppe  or  bagge  of  hl>  with 
Btroltn,  by  pynctiyoge  or  uy|>pynf[  mealc,  tjelng 
nowe  kwollen  irllh  mochc  bra.K,  I.  whiche  Ii  now 
banl7  or  goordf,  or  itiouttad  out  with  moche 
SKMT.  Acolaitm,  U*0. 

GOOSE,  ^n  A  silly  fcUow.    far.  dial 

i2)  A  tailor's  smoothing  iron. 
3)  A  game  described  by  Stmtt,  p.  336.    On  the 

Stationers'  registers,   16th  June,   1597,   was 

licensed,  "  The  ncwe  and  most  pleasant  game 

of  the ^oow." 
(4)  A  breach  made  by  the  sea. 
GOOSEBERRY.  To  play  old  gooseberry,  L  e.,  to 

create  a  great  conftisioo. 
GOOSE-BILL.   The  herb  gooae-grass. 
GOOSE-CAP.    A  silly  person.    Drtnm.    "A  sot, 

asse.  poo»erap,"  Cotg.  in  t.  Orue. 
GOOSIXIllTE.   The  herb  agrimonv. 
GlJOSE-FKAST.    Michaelmas.  Line. 
GOOSE-FLESH.    The  roughness   of  the  skin 

produced  hy  cold.    I'ar.diaL 
GOOSE-GOG.    Thegoosebcm.    far. dial 
GOOSB-GRASS.    Calch-wccd".    iVorM. 
Q0OSE.HKARD.   One  wliu  takes  care  of  geese. 


Se«Harriaon,p.223.  "jtmemHm.mgukuL' 

NomiiuUe  MS. 

GOOSE-HOUSE.  A  parish  cage,  or  amaO  lea- 
ponm'  prison.    Suffolk. 

GOOSE-INTENTOS.  A  word  used  ia  I«Mi- 
shire,  where  the  husbandmen  claim  it  wafc 
to  have  a  goose-intcntos  on  the  sixteentk  Sl» 
day  after  Pentecost ;  which  custom  took  orifia 
from  the  last  word  of  this  old  cburrti  pnys 
of  that  day. —  Tua  not  tpuesimuM  Damkt, 
gratia  temper  prirreniat  et  te^uatun  me  hail 
operiiutjujfiterpritttel  esse  im/eutot.  ComaM 
people  mistake  it  for  a  gooae  tpitk  tt»  Ittt, 
Blount's  Glossographia,  ed.  1681,  p.  290. 

GOOSEMAN-CHICK.     A  gosUng.    North. 

GOOSE-SMERE.  A  kind  of  axungi*  bci^ 
tioned  in  MS.  Sloane  &,  1 2. 

GOOSE-TANSY.     Silver-weed.     NortJL 

GOOSE-TONGUE.     Sneeze-wort,     fi 

GOOSE-TURD-GREEN.     A  colour  in 
alluded  to  in  Harrison,  p.  172:   Cotgraw, 
T.  Merde.    Jonson,  it.  415,  meuliooa  "  goOM- 
green  starch,"  and  a  waistcoat  made  al$tJm 
green  a  named   in  the  Vicar  of  'WakcUi 
ch.  xii.  p.  59. 

COOSHARETH.    The  herb 

GOOSHILL.     A  glitter,      mitt. 

GOOSIER.     A  goose-hcard,  q. 

GOOSTLICHE.     SpirituaUv.     (A.^)  ■ 

GOOT.     Goeth.     Arch.  ix\.  408.  ^ 

GOOT-BUCKIS.     He  bucks.     HlckUffe. 

GOPE.  To  talk  vulgarly  and  loud  ;  to  snaldi, 
or  grasp,     Citmb, 

GOPPEN.FULL.  A  large  UandfuL  Aertl 
Sec  Cotgrave.  in  v.  Joi»tt. 

GOPPISll.     Proud  ;  pert  ;  teaty.     ffortA. 

GOR.  ( 1 )  Dirty  ;  miry ;  rotten.     AW<A. 

(2)  A  young  unfledged  bird.     Jfetlm. 

(3)  A  clownish  fellow.     Somertet. 
GORBELLY.     A    person   with  a  lai^  bcBy. 

Deron.  See  Hollyband,  1 593,  in  t.  ~ 

1  Henry  FV.  iL  2. 
GORDIT.     Same  as  Gar  (2).    YorUh. 
GORBLE.     To  cat,  or  gobble.     NartK 
GORGE.    A  wear.     Blount,  in  ». 
GORCHANDE.     Grumbling.     K,  it 
GORCOCK.     The  red  grouse.     North. 
GORCROW.     A  carrion-crow.     >■, 

bird  is  mentioned  hy  Ben  Jonsoo. 
GORD.     A  narrow  stream  of  water.     Sr«  K«» 

nctt's  Gloss,  p.  80.  "  A  whirlpool,  or  d>wp  holt 

in  a  river."  Blount's  Gloss,  cd.  IfiHl,  p.  299. 
GORDE.  (1)  Girded  on.     Mcyiick,  i.  177. 
(2)  To  strike,  or  spur.     Gmeayne. 
GORE.  (1 )  Mud ;  dirt.   Lybeaua  Diaeonua,  1 4! 

Still  in  use  in  Norfolk. 

(2)  A-gort,  bloody.  Sec  Moor'a  SuflbOi  Wads, 
p.  154,  and  Agore,  p.  32. 

(3)  The  lowest  part  in  a  tract  of  country.  AWA 
It  is  explained  by  Kennett,  anuaD  narjun  j^^ 
of  ground.  Gloss,  p.  80. 

(4)  A  piece  of  cloth  inserted.  This  Sa  lbs  Or- 
planation  in  the  Craven  Gloss.  L  19t,  aad  t 
may  be  more  fully  described  as  a  diagoaal  twa 
inserted  nt  the  Ixtttom  of  a  shift,  ahirt.  ivbc 


Piiaiaaf.  Tba 


90. 


GOS 


411 


GOU 


or  gown,  to  give  brcadtb  to  the  lower  part  of 
it.  Florio  has,  "  Gheroni,  the  gorci  or  gusseti 
of  a  shirt  or  smock."  See  Chaucer,  Caot.  T. 
3237.  It  is  often  used  by  very  early  writers 
in  the  phnue  undrr  gorr,  i.  c.  under  the 
clothing.  This  exiilains  a  di&putcd  passingr  in 
Sir  Thopas.  "  Gouthlicb  under  gore."  MS. 
Digby  86.  "  Glad  under  gore,"  Wright's 
Lyric  Poetry,  p.  26.  See  also  Wright's  Pol. 
Songs,  p.  152.  Gorr-coat,  a  gown  or  petticoat 
gored,  or  so  cut  as  to  be  broad  at  the  bottom, 
and  narrower  at  the  upper  part,  Exuioor 
Scolding,  p.  39. 

(5)  To  make  up  a  mow  of  hay.     Line. 

GORE-BLOOD.     Clotted  blood.     Shak.    We 
have  jfoncoundedt  in  Reliq.  Antiq.  u  !>b. 

GORELL.     A  great  clownish  lad. 

Ololooy  that  foretl  U  the  rjtc.  syoDe, 
That  men  tu«  of  In  dellcst  fedyng  nf  iDttc. 

MS.  LamU  tl6.  (.  M. 

GOROAYSE.  A  woman's  tucker.  Sktlton,ii.39I. 
GORGE.     The  throat ;  the  mouth.    {A.-h'.)    A 

hawk  when  full-fed  wu  said  to  bear  full  gorge. 

To  give  over  the  gorge,  i.  e.  to  be  sick. 
GORGEAUNT.     A  boar  in  the  second  year.   An 

old  bunting  tenn. 
GORGER.     Armour  for   the  throat.    (A.-N.) 

See  Lybeaus  Disconus,  1618. 

N  owe  I  wol  try  Ihte  of  the  gorgitr,  whiche  thouldt 

krpe  the  throte-bolle. 

Ai/ni.  it/Ihe  Monk,  gUm  CcUtp  MS. 

GORGET.     "  A  kcrchef  wher«ith  wotuen  cover 

their  pappes,"  Barel,  1580. 
GORGEY.     To  shake,  or  tremble.     Wttt. 
GOHISOUN.     A  youth; a  page.     (^.-A'.) 
GORLE.    To  devour  eagerly.     Soulh. 
CORM.    To  smear;  to  daub.     S'orth. 
GORMA.     A  cormorant.     Xorlh. 
CORN.    A  small  pail  with  one  handle.  Oeriyth. 
GORNEY.    A  journey.     Robin  Hood,  i.  85. 
GORONS.     Bars  and  cramps  of  iron  to  secure 

the  upper  stone*  of  a  piniuu^le.    lilojam. 
GORRELL.    A  fat  person.     Cotgrave  has  this 

word,  in  t.  BrtdaWrr.     In  Craven,  gorry,  ver)' 

fat,  naiucously  fat. 
OORSE.      Furze,     far.  dial.      "  The  firse  or 

gorse,"  Elyot,  1559,  in  v.  PaUunu. 
GORSEHOPPER.     Tlie  whinchat.     CAmA. 
GORST.    The  juniper-lree,  but  more  commonly 

the  same  as  gone,  q.  t. 
GOSE.     Go.     Ckaueer. 

And  frajrth*  ]ii«*  to  joa*  fna»  wodc. 


Mtm  Jrllmn,  Mg.  Um-lm,  L  an. 
GOSHAL.    The  goshawk,    /too*  qfRatt*. 
GOSLINGS.    The  bloasoiusof  the  wiUow,  which 
children  sometimes  play  with  by  jiultiug  them 
into  the  fire  and  seeing  how  they  bum,  rc> 
jKatiu;;  verses  at  the  same  time. 
GOSI.ING-WEED.     Goose-grass.     IIuImI. 
GOSPELLER.  (I)  An  Evaogelist. 
And  the  tmircgMpftUr* 

Sbuduid  oo  the  peleis.  MS.  Uihs/Ii  A.  L 17, 1. 138. 
(2)  The   priest  that  chanted  the  gospel.     See 
Davics'  Ancient  Rites,  1672,  p.  U;  Ord.  and 
Reg.  p.  169. 


GOSS.  (1)  Furze.     See  Gor»r. 
(2)  To  gurale,  or  drink.     Devon. 
GOSSANDER.     -nie  Mergut  Uergamer,  a  bird 

nf  I  be  fens.     Drayton. 
GOSSI B.    A  sponsor  at  baptism,  since  corrupted 
in(o  gotfip.     See  Ventegan's  observations  on 
this  word  quoted  in  Ben   Jonsoo,  iii.  217; 
Plumpton   Corr.  p.  62 ;    HoUnshed,   Chroa. 
Ireland,  p.  112  ;  SUtc  Papen,  iii.  13.     There 
was  formerly  considered  a  kind  of  relation- 
ship between  a  person  and  his  sponsors,  ex- 
pressed by  gomprede.     See  Lydgate's  Minor 
Poems,  p.  36 ;  State  Papers,  ii.  479. 
GOSSONE.     A  god-son.     Pr.Pan. 
GOST.  (I)  Goett ;  walkest.    {A.-S.) 

The  kyog  to  the  Kbrperde  cod  say, 
Fro  me  ne  (art  thou  not  away. 

MS.  QuiMk  tS.  T.  48,  r.  SI. 
(2)  Spirit ;  mind  ;  soul.     {A..S.) 
(JOSTEAD.     A  bay  or  division  of  a  bam.  Kurf. 
GOSTEIL     Same  as  Gautler,  q,  v. 
GOTCIL    A  large  pitcher.     Var.dial,    Gotch. 

belly,  a  large  round  belly. 
GOTE.     A  ditch,  or  sluice.     A'orM. 

There  arose  a  great  controversle  about  the  rrcoU 

isig  ol  two  new  gntw  at  Sklrtick  aikd  Lasfsfc  for 

drayninf  the  waters  out  of  South   Holand  and  the 

Fens.  DvplnUt  ImlMtiking,  \mt,  p.  MS. 

GOTER.     A  shower.     Also,  a  gutter. 

He  lal  rom  doun  als  ram  In  flee*  voft. 
And  goten  droiipsod  orererthe  oft. 

MS.  KgrrlimSH,  !.*». 
Banket  flowen  of  floode  sbowte  In  the  rale. 
And  out  of  the  gaye  golde  gvint  tb«r  50de. 

MS.  Ceo.  OtUf.  A.  ii.  r.  IN. 

GOTFER.    An  old  man.     Killt. 

GOTHAM.  A  wise  man  of  Gotham,  i.  e.  a  fool. 
It  is  scarcely  necessary  to  allude  to  the  well- 
known  collection  of  tales  of  the  n-ise  men  of 
Gotham,  repr.  1840.  Gotham  is  also  a  cant 
term  for  Newcastle. 

GOTHARD.    A  fooUsh  feUow.    North. 

GOTHELEN.  To  gramble,  or  rumble,  M  the 
stomach  doc*.   (J.-S.) 

GOTHERLY.    Kind  ;  sociable.    North. 

GOTHSEMAY.     Gossamer.    Lady  AI.  1659. 

GO-TO.  i>oii'/  go  to,  not  able  to.  Var.  dial 
The  phrase  go  to,  in  old  colloquial  language, 
and  often  introduced  in  old  plays,  hat  not,  I 
believe,  been  properly  explained.  It  ia  equi- 
valent to,  ireU,  mil  note,  teett  then,  at  go  on  ; 
and  it  occurs  in  the  French  Alpliabet,  8vo. 
LooiL  1615,  as  the  translation  ufi/rnw.  Florio 
has,  "  Hi'r  bine,  well,  go  ttM),  it  is  well  now." 

GO-TO-BED-AT-NOON.     Goal's  beard. 

GOTOVRS.   Lumps ;  impurities  ? 

Ink  the  rutci  of  morrtle  snit  waM*he  ihtme  mid 
■limp  thame  wrle,  and  lay  thtine  to  Ihr  fnlei  al 
moroe  and  si  even*,  and  ever  rlenrr  It  wrle  of 
tytUHTM,  and  waichs  It  with  htu  wyne. 

MS.  Umc.  Wnl.  f.  313. 

GOTTED.   Gotten.   Sielton. 

GOTY".    A  pitcher,  or  gotch,  q.  T. 

GOLD-SPINK.    Agoldflndi.   Crown. 

GOrL.  (l)rhe  gum  of  U>e  eye.  Aorf*.  See 
Cotton's  Works,  1734.  p.  125.     "  A  lilrmniish 


GOV 


'412 


GRA 


or  w»tcri>li  matter  in  soreejres  called  of  aome 
gowit"  Florio,  p.  lO'l. 

(2)  A  hut,  or  cottage.    •  Cumh. 

GOl'LFE.    A  goaf  of  com.   PaUgrare. 

GUVND.  A  yellow  aecrelion  iu  the  comers  of 
the  eyca.  North.   Left  unexplained  in  Arch. 

.  XXI.  408.  "  Gtmmde  of  the  eve,"  Pr.  I'arv. 
"GoiitiAfMordet  oow/orwm  con/lmmtaprr  tolum 
agrum  Line.  VHtgalitnme  ajriietlaitlur,"  Skin- 
ner. In  MS.  Med.  Line.  f.  283  is  a  rccei])! 
"  for  blcred  egline  and  gundy ,"  and  gunny 
eye*  are  explained  sore  running  eyes  in  the 
Yorkshire  Dialogue,  1697,  p.  100.  The  gaunii 
ia  well  explained  hy  Milles  to  be  ocuiontm 
gramia  i/ua  at  oculis  distiUat,  and  if  the  old 
text  in  the  passage  in  Timon  of  A.,  i.  1,  "Our 
Pocsie  is  aa  a  Goime,"  ed.  1633,  p.  80,  in  in 
any  way  correct,  we  have  in  this  word  gound, 
mgmemle,  as  it  Is  spelt  in  Pr.  I'arr.  p.  206,  the 
genuine  old  reading,  which  Ticck  tries  to  make 
sense  of  in  a  different  manner.  The  tlisliUal 
of  Milles  answers  to  the  um  or  ooin  of  Shake- 
speare. 

Rlltht  Ki  plcynly  thnrowe  Ihe  founds  tight 

Of  fryUkes,  dp  may  not  tuilcyne 

For  to  tKholde  the  cli-rmcwe  of  thl»  qurne. 

l^lftrtt.  MS.Jii*mi>l»3S,  t.3S. 

GOUN'E-CLOTH.     Cloth  enough   to   make  a 

gown.    C/iaaeer. 
norilD.  (1)  A  species  of  false  dice,  mentioned 

in  the  Merry  W.  of  W.  L  3. 

(2)  A  vessel  to  carrv  liquor  in.  Sec  Chaucer, 
Cant.  T.  17031. 

(3)  "  Jgwir/ium,  a  gourde  of  water,  whichc  coia- 
meth  of  ravne,"  Elvot,  1559. 

COUKMANDIZE.  Glutlonv.  Spmm: 
(iOl'RY.  Dull  J  stupid-looking.  Sorth. 
GOt'SH.    A  stream.    Also,  to  make  a  noise,  as 

water  when  gushing  out. 
GOl'T.  The  gateway  bridge  over  a  watercoanc  ; 

a  drain.    fVarw. 
GOUTHLICH.    Goodly.    {A.-S.) 

wit  tie  wn  of  lore. 

Anil  gtmlhllrh  under  gom.     Wrighft  Aneei.  LU.  p.  S. 

GODTOUS.  Rich  ;  dcUcatc,  especially  applied 
to  made  dishes.  Ord.  and  Reg.  p.  473.  "  Luk 
ay  that  he  ette  no  gowttous  mctte,"  MS.  Med. 
Line.  f.  310.  So  called  probably  on  account 
ofWch  meats  causing  that  disease.  "  Gotows 
mann  or  womannc,^(/^onM,"  Pr.  Pan',  p.  206. 
Guttonuia  Med.  Lit .  corresponds  tu  arlhrilicus. 

GOUTS.  (1)  Drops.  Macbeth,  ii.  I.  There  is 
no  doubt  of  the  correctness  of  this  explana- 
tion. Gowlgth  for  dropjielh  occurs  in  an 
early  English  MS.  mentioned  in  Arch.  xxx.  40H. 

(2)  The  spots  on  a  hawk,  an  ancient  term  in  fal- 
conry.    See  Diet.  Kust.  in  v. 

GOVE.  (1)  To  stare  vacantly.    North. 

(2)  To  make  a  mow.  Tusscr,  p.  1  "6.  Tliis  is  an- 
other form  o{  gonf,  q.v. 

(3)  Given.    Lydgale. 

GOVELE.  To  get  money  by  usiuy.  It  is  a 
sul»tsntive  in  Digby  Mysl.  p.  191. 

He  gwttjrde  go<lp  with  slle  hys  myght. 

ff.  ite  RniAitc,  Ma.  Umfff*,  p  S. 

GOVERNAILLE.  Government;  8tecrage.(,<..M) 


f^ja^ 
ounl^H 

noldng 
pro^l 


GOVE-TUSUED.  Having  projected  tcctU.  J 
GOW.  (I )  Wilrl  myrtle.     Florio,  p.  4. 
(2)  Let  us  go.  Suffolk.  An  abhreviutiun  of  ^  | 
plur.  im|icr.  of  ^.    In  the  Northern  cou 
goira^fyrgooa. 
GOWARGH.    A  round  cfaiiel  used  for  moldng 

hollows.    North. 
GO-W.\Y.    Give  way ;  cease. 

Co  iray,  doujtur,  *lrh  thyng  1 
I  wlUe  DO  more  of  thi  playng. 

JirS.  Canlah.  ft.  r. «,  ( 

GOWBERT.   Agoblet,  ordrinkiag.veatel. 
GOWCES.    The  pieces  of  armour  which  pr 

the  arm-iiit  when  the  arm  is  raiset). 
Um-tiegrlppyt  a  cpcrc,  and  to  a  gtmio  rynnyi. 
That  t»rc  of  gowlci  fulle  gaye  withpotcew  of  rytvm. 
Mont  Arltiurt.  MS.  lAmnlH,  t.  O. 
GOWD.  (1 )  A  toy  or  gaud.    North. 
(2)  To  cut  dirty  wool  from  off  the  tuls  of  sheep. 
North.   The  wool  so  cut  off  is  called ^oscdnu. 
GOWDER.    Futuo.    North. 
GOWDVLAKIN.  A  iilaything.   Norlhumh. 
GOWBR.  (I)  .\ great  dish  or  platter  for  polage. 

WMon.    Kennett's  MS.  Gloss. 
(2)  A  kind  ofcake,  formej-ly  made  for  childrea  il 

Christmas.     North's  Toy-liotik,  16C5. 
GOWGE.   The  gauge  or  measure. 

The  r'w'P'  seyd,  the  dpvylca  dyrfe 
Fore  anything  that  thou  canne  ir)rlte  * 

iVwpr  rSfHw.  p*| 
GOWIL-SOWGIIT.    Thu  is  translated  by  j 

coma  in  Nominate  MS. 
GOWK.    A  cuckoo.    .\lso  as  yoile,  q.  T.   H« 

Govtspit,  cuckoo  spit.   North. 
GOWLARE.    An  usurer.    Pr.  Parv. 
GOWLE.   To  cry  sulkily.  jN'orM.  Brockctts 
"to  threaten  in  a  kind  of  hnwl,"'  Gloaa.4 
1829,  p.  138.     See  RtUq.  Aniiq.  i.  291  j  1 
dale,  pp.  15,  39. 

For  unnrthcfl  n  a  rhyldc  Ixmie  fully. 
That  It  oe  liegynnca  to  gmct*  anil  crye. 

Hampnir,  MX.  Bontm, 
ROWLED.     Gummed  up.     Sec  Co*/ (I). 
GOWLES.     Gulea.     Reliq.  Antiq.  i.  324. 
The  rmt  that  on  bli  hrlraeea, 
E>  a  lady  of  pielli  In  hlr  rcrhra. 

MS.  UrmlH  A,  L  IT.  t.  IU, 
A  lyoDc  tycd  till  an  ake 
Of  gowlim  and  gime.  MS.   I'Ai.  f.  1» 

GOWSTY.     Dreary  ;  frightAil ;  ghastly  ;  ilioMl , 

or  uncomfortable.     North. 
GOWT.     A  sink ;  a  vault.     ITeft. 
COWTE.     A  swelling.     Arch.  nx.  408. 
GOWTONE.    To  gutter  as  a  candle 

tone  as  candclvs,"  Pr.  Parr. 
GOXIDE.     Yawned ;  pped.     Bab^. 
GOYSE.     Goes.    Towneley  Mjit.  p.  13, 
COYTE.     The  same  as  gole,  q.  t. 
GOZELL.     A  guzzle,  or  ditch. 

any  ferric,  a- passage,  a  foanl,   or  goieltl 

from  shore  to  shore,"  Ilorio. 
GOZZAN.     An  old  wig  grown  jrellow  bwa  V 

and  wearing.     Comir. 
GOZZARD.     A  fool.     Line. 
GRAAL.    A  large  dish,  a  large  boUowbuia.  * 

for  serving  up  meat.    The  St.  Graal  was  tir 

vessel  in  which  our  Saviour  ate  the  Iwl  i^ 


'6«»- 


GRA 


4 1. J 


ORA 


I 


per  n-ith  his  ipostlfs,  and  'a  fabled  to  have 
been  preserved  by  Joseph  of  Ariinathea.  W 
riou»  miracles  are  said  to  have  been  pcrfonucd 
by  means  of  this  dish,  and  il  is  a  frequent 
subject  of  aliusioD  in  some  of  the  old  ro- 
rimnces,  us  an  object  in  scarrli  of  whicli  nu- 
merous knightS'crrants  spcut  their  lives.  Sec 
further  in  Roquefort. 
GRAB.    To  seize,  or  snatch;  to  steal.    Abo,  a 

snap  or  bite.    I'ar.  dial. 
GRAIIBLE.    To  grapple.   Derois.    "To  grabble 

or  f:rope  a  wench,"  Miegc. 
ORAliBY.    firimy  ;  filthy.    Kmt. 
liHAH-STOCK.   A  young  crab-tree,  or  the  cut- 
ting of  one.    Dorset. 
GRACE,    //orde  yroce,  misfortune. 
GUACE-CUP.    A  large  cup  in  a  monastery  or 
college,  passed  round  the  table  after  grace  was 
said.    See  Daviea'  Ancient  Riles.  lC/2,  p.  126. 
GRACE-OF-GOD.    The   plant  httrtsliorn.     See 

Topsell's  Foure-footcd  Beasts,  p.  126. 
GRACES.   Thanks ;  gifts.    Wickliffe. 
GRACE-WIFE.    A  midwfe.    Durham. 
GRACIA-DEI.   A  medicine  so  called,  dcicribed 

in  MS.  Med.  Line.  f.  308. 
GRACIOVS.   Agreeable ;  graceful.    It  occurs  in 

Chaucer  and  Shakespeare. 
CRACY-DAYS.    Daffodils.   Drron. 
CRADDE.   Cried  for ;  cried  to.    {.4.-S.) 
And  thcnk,  u  thuu  Iiut  herd  me  telle. 
How  grace  be  fradiU^  aod  grac*  he  hsdJc. 

Oouitr,  MS.  »-dt.  <M. 
lie  porTcide  him  of  a  ichfp. 

And  over  the  watcrelsdde, 
Bvercb  lymc  dsl;  and  nyjt 

Allc  Ihll  10  him  graidf.      MS.  Lmtti.  IM,  r.  lit- 

GRADE.    Prepared  ;  got  ready.   (.Y.-S.) 
CRADEI.Y.      Decently;   orderly;  moderately 

Also  an  adjective.   .\'urth. 
CRADl'ATE.    A  physician.   Siffbllc. 
GRAF.    The  depth  of  a  spade's  bit  in  digging. 
Sahp.     Ileucc,  to  dig.    Perhaps  from yrq/if,  a 
huslkandman.  Spade-graf,  the  quantity  of  stuff 
tamed  up  by  the  spade  at  once. 
GRAFER.   An  engraver.    Lydgate.    Wright  has 

grafyng  in  bis  Monastic  Letters,  p.  137. 
GRAFF.     A  graft.     Also,  to  graft.     See  Robin 
Hood,  i.  32  ;  Tusser,  p.  113. 
To  make  the^n|/rr  itut  hoc  Uo  Judu  fette, 
Kruclifye  In  a  pure  vlrgynr. 

l^dgnl'.  its.  Bet.  AmUl.  IM,  t.  ML 
GRAFFER.    A  notar)-.    Blount. 
CKAFFERE.   One  who  grafts.   Lgdgate. 
G RAFFLE.    To  grapple.    Somerttl. 
GRAFMAKERE.   A  sexton.    miHaU. 
GIUFT.    A  ditch.    Craven. 
GRAFTED-IN.    Begrimed.   Deron. 
GRAFTING-TOOL.    A  long  spade  used  in  drain- 
ing land.    Salop. 
GRAG.   The  neck.   Nominale  MS. 
GRAID.    Sec  Grade.   ••  Leide,"  Trin.CoU.  MS. 
or  thir  Ihlngca  I  haf  her  cald. 
Was  Adam  cors  to-gedir  gmid. 
CttniT  UuimH,   MS.  Oxr.  frtpa,.  A.  Ui.  f.  i. 

GRiMLE.  (1)  Gravel;  small  pebl.les.    .<tpenwT. 
(2)  The  name  of  the  book  which  ronlained  the 


responses  iiing  by  the  choir.   "  I  goirle  an  mi 

grayel,"  RcUq.  .\nliq.  i.  291.    •'  Gradak,  « 

grale,"  Nominale  MS. 
GRAILING.  A  slight  fall  of  hail,  just  to  corrr 

the  ground.    North. 
GRAILS.      The  smaller  feathers  of  a  hawk. 

Blome. 
GRAIN.  (I)  A  branch  of  a  tree.    Cumb. 

(2)  To  strangle,  gri|)e,  or  tlirotlle.   East. 

(3)  Broken  victuals.    Somertet. 
(••)  The  prong  of  a  fork,    ll'etl. 

(5)  A  scarlet  colour  used  by  dyers.  Blount. 
GRAINED,    (irimcd  ;  dirlv.    Hillt. 
GR\1NED-F<>RK.    A  proiigcd  fork.    Eatt. 
GRAIXEE.  Proud  ;  ill-tempered.  Devon.  "Stiff, 

somewhat  stalely,"  Milles  MS. 
GRAINING.   Theforkof  atr«e.    Sorth. 
GRAIN-STAFF.    A  quarter-staff,  with  a  pair  of 
short  tines  at  the  end  which  they  call  grains. 
Dean  Milles'  MS.  Glossary. 
GRAITIIE.     To  prepare;  to   make  ready;  to 
dress.  (A.-S.)    Still  in  use  in  the  Nortli,  and 
explained  in  the  provincial  glouaii<i,   "  pre- 
paration ;  readniess;  to  bring  a  horse  up  with 
great  care;  the  trapping  of  ahorse;  to  clothe, 
or  furnith  ;  to  repair;  condition  ;  riches."  Sec 
Arthour  and  Merlin,   p.  175;  Perceval,    123. 
Oraithing,  clothing,  equipment.  Grath,  speed, 
Townclcy  Myst.  p.  32. 

Tlire  «rore  knyghtli  of  the  Iwst 
Grwtttktd  wele  in  greoe. 

MS.  Ijnealn  A.  I.  17,  f.  IM. 
But  if  thowc  gT^*hr  thy  gvrc,  the  wille  grefe  hapiiene. 
Or  thowe  goo  of  tliit  gre»e,  fur  all  thy  gretc  wi>t«t<«. 
Mont  Jrthurf,  MS.  Una4ii,  f.  I»l. 

GRAITHLY.  Readily ;  speedily.  (.4..S.)   It  here 
means  ttead/attly,  con/ldenllif. 

If  we  fraifthfly  and  tothefaslly  ticlulde  ourraelft*. 

ther  e«  na  ihynge  tlial  we  here  hafe  that  we  niiiy  bl 

rlghte  callc  oun.  MS.  t^pnln  A.  I.  17,  f.  a. 

Dot  alway  thynke  on  thy  la»te  cnde,  for  thou  ere 

a  dedly  mane,    and   Ilk    a   daye.   If  thou  twhald* 

ffr0tfthali/,ihou  may  tec  thy  dcdd  bifore  Ihyne  cghue. 

US.  IbM.  r.  tl. 

Ft?ly«me  grathtti  every  ytkaoac, 

And  w  that  I  have  Deette  and  bone. 

Ceti/fs  Errrt^ft  Amti^tta,  p.  lot*. 
GRAKE.    To  crack.    I.yilgale. 
GRAMATOLYS.   Sniattcrers.   SkelloH. 
GRAME.    Auger ;grie/.    (.Y.-S.) 

Moradai  »eydc.  hyt  )»  gretc ictutme 
On  a  bora  to  wreko  thy  irtanit. 

MS.  Orar««.  Ff.  II.  .18.  f.  rt 
Wilt  my  lorde  of  (his  house. 
With  gmme  he  wold  the  gretc, 

MX.  LiHrnlm  \.  I.  17,  r,  I3S, 

GRAMERCY.  Great  thanks.   {J.-N.) 

GraHtil-mtrcy,  leld  than  he. 
But  tllver  shalt  thou  non  gif  me. 

MS.  Oindi.  Ff.  v.  *»,  {  a. 
GH.VMERY.    .-frs  grammatica,  and  hence  used 

generally  for  abstruse  learning. 
GRAMFER.    A  grandfather.    Heil. 
GRA.MFFR-LONGLEGS.    A  daddy-longlega. 
GRAMMRR.    A  grandinolhcr.    Il'ftt. 
GRAMMERED.    Hegrimcd.    llVt,. 
GKAMMER'S-PIN.    A  large  pin.    Dreon. 


OTIA 


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GRA 


CKAMPtB.   A  crab.   SUnner.    (Pr.) 

6RASADO.   A  grcnadr.    Woiwtt 

CRANCII.  (1)  To  scrunch.    H'arw. 

(2)  A  gnuige.    Mille*'  MS.  GIom. 

GRAND.    Yen? ;  much.    Kml. 

GRANDAM.   A  gramlmMhcr.     rar.dUU.    See 

Wilhals  ed.  1608.  p.  HO. 
GKANDARDE.     I'«rt  of  indent  armour.    Sec 

lUll,  Henr)-  IV.  f.  12.    It  sectna  to  h«ve  been 

worn  only  \>y  knights  when  on  hor«cb>ck. 

Sometimes  sp<^\t  f  rand-guard. 
CJLWDIE.    Grandmother,    ^'ortll. 
GRAND-TRICKTRACK.   An  old  game  at  cards 

mentioned  in  Poor  Robin't  CoHnlr>-  Vices,  4to. 

Lond.  1674. 
CRANE.   To  groan.  A'oWA. 

Here  my  trowllie  or  I  b«  Un», 
Miny  of  jour  gestll  ullc  gnit. 

US  Unrvin  A.  L  17,  (.  13S. 

GRANEIN.   The  fork  of  a  tree.   Line. 

GRANER.   A  granary.    Barct,  A.266. 

GRANGE.  A  farm-house ;  a  Ijarn,  or  granary  j 
a  tmall  hamlet.  In  Lincoliubire,  a  lone  farm- 
house is  still  so  called. 

GRANK.  To  groan ;  to  murmur.  SeeTownelcy 
Myst.  p.  155.  Still  in  use.  Granky,  com* 
plaining.   Brockett.p.  139. 

GRANNEP.  A  grandmother.  Yoriih.  More 
usuallv  called  ^onny. 

GRAN  NY-DO  D.     A  snail-sbell.     Cami. 

GRANNY-REARED.  Spoiled,  Le.,  brought  up 
bv  a  grandmother.    XorlM. 

GRANNY-THREADS.  Tlie  runners  of  the  creep- 
ing crow-foot.    Cmrrn. 

GRANONS.  The  long  hairs  gromng  about  the 
mouth  of  a  cat.    Topwll,  p.  101. 

GRANSER.    A  grandiire.    Towneley  Myst.  p. 
172.     Still  used  in    Salop.      Palsgrave   has 
grannitfrf ;    and    graynttr    occurs    in    the 
Plumpton  Cnrr.  p.  151. 
Come  hettiyr,  he  will,  And  lake  up  thi*  lak, 
An<I  ley  It  Ij'^.  fold  on  thy  gravnetir*  bsk. 

tIS.  Lmd.  tie,  f.  4C. 

GRANT.  The  pudendum  muliebrc.  Hence,  to 
prostitute  the  body.  Still  in  use. 

GRAP.  (I)  A  vuhure.    See  Crip*. 

(2)  An  ear  of  Virginia  com.     MS.  Lansd.  1033. 

GRAPE.  (1)  To  gttipe,  or  feel.    North. 

(2)  A  fork  with  three  prongs  used  for  611iag 
rough  dung.    Sorth. 

GRAPER.  The  covering  for  the  gripe  or  han- 
dle of  a  lance.    Arch.  xvii.  291. 

GRAPINEL.    A  grappUng-iron.   {A.-N.) 

GRAPLE.  A  hook;  the  chup  of  t  buckle. 
Hollyband's  Dicttonarie,  1593. 

GRAS.'  Grace.    Scvyn  Sages,  658. 

CRASH.  To  gnash  the  teeth.  See  Collier's  Old 
Ballads,  p.  71  ;  Topscll's  Beasts,  p.  126.  Also, 
to  crush.  "  Graschede  doune  crestez,"  MS. 
Morte  Arthure,  f.  75. 

GRASIERS.  Sheep  or  other  animali  when  fed 
solely  on  grass.    North. 

GRASPLIN.   Twilight.    Devon. 

GRASS-HEARTH.  A  fcudAl  service  of  a  day's 
ploughing.    Kmnelt. 


GRASSTABLE.    See  Earth-tohlr. 
GHASS-MIDOW.     An   unmarried  won 

has  had  a  child.    f'ar.diaL   See  MS.  ( 

Book,  No.  77. 
G  KXT.  ( 1 )  Wept.    Northumb. 
(2)  Made.    For  garl.    Degrevanl,  339. 
GRATCHE.    A  suppoied  error  for  graiihe 

Rom.  Rose,  7368. 
GRATE.  (1)  A  fish-bone.   {Germ.) 

(2)  A  grating,  or  lattice.     See  Teat.  Vetact. 
627 ;  Davics'  Ancient  Rites,  p.  70  ;  De>th  j 
Robert  E.  of  Huutingdun,  p.  27. 

(3)  Grateful.    Bemn. 

(4)  To  seize ;  to  snatch.    Deron. 

(5)  Metal  worked  into  steel,  aa  io  the  nialungof 
weapons,  Slc. 

GR.\T1I.    Assiu-cd ;  confident.  North. 
GIL\TING.   The  act  of  separating  the  large  liom 

small  ore.     Crmen, 
GR.VTTEN.   Stubble.   So»th.  Ray  says  it  means 
sometimes  after-grass. 

The  north  part  of  WUU  adjoyolnf  Io  Sto 
CoteswoM,  uti   U  part  of  CoteswoM,    tba  uall 
grtttMt'gmiwtdMimxt  ut  sb«ii4aao*of  vytd  taiul«. 
Amirtr't  mill.Rflttr.  MS.  p.  tZl. 

GRATTICHING.  Dung  of  deer.  CotgnTe.iaT^ 
Fumeft,  Plateaux.  \ 

GRAUNDEPOSE.    A  grampoi.    SkeUon.         1 

GRAUNT.    Great.    Piers  Ploughman,  p.  353. 

GRAIJNTE.  Agreed.  "  Graunir,  acid  oure 
kvng,"  MS.  Cantab.  Ff.  v.  18,  f.  48, 

GRAUNT-FADER.    A  grandfather. 

The  King  pardons  thst  for  thy  ootit*  ^i— ii» 
/fif^,  the  whlche  suffrld  trouble  for  the  kyoffli 
mooat  noble  predercMeurs.  MS.  OU.  Jrm»  L,  9. 

GRAUT.    Wort,    lor*.*. 

GRAVE.  (1)  To  dig;  to  bury.  jVorf*.  See 
Maundc\-ilc,  p.  12;  Seryn  Sages,  18:  Gy  i  ' 
Warwike,  p.  410. 

(2)  A  nobleman  of  the  low  countries.     He 
Grave  Maurice.    Grave,  a  bailiff.    yenfaiA. 

(3)  A  potato-hole.     Line. 

(4)  Engraven.    Kyng  Alisaunder,  3155.  M 

So  that  my  lady  thenipone,  H 

Hath  tuche  a  prcDle  t»r  love  frapt.  ^ 

Courer,  MM.  Sar.  AkiU).  1M,  f.  tt. 

GRvWELIN.  A  small  migratory  fish,  about  six 
inches  in  length,  commonly  reputed  to  Iwtlie 
spawn  of  the  salmoTL    Sec  Harrison,  p.  22  (. 

GRAVELLED.  Vexed;  mortified;  perplexed. 
Also,  buried.    North. 

GRAVER.  A  sculptor ;  an  engraver.  See  Coa 
Blitutiona  of  Masonry,  p.  31. 

GRAVES.    The  refuse  which  remains    at 
bottom  of  the  melting  pot  used  in  makia 
tatlow  candles.     It  is  collected   and  pre 
into  oblong  cakes,  wliich  arc  boiled  with  water  ' 
as  food  for  dogs. 

GRAVE-SPIKE.  An  instrument  lUcd  by  aex. 
tons  in  digging  graves.    Wett. 

GRAVID.    Big  with  chUd.    {Lat.) 

GR.\VKYNG.    Graying;  dawning.    Weber.       J 

GRAVOWRYS.    Engravers.    Pr.  Parr.  ^ 

GRAVYNGE.    Burial.    See  Grave. 

Tlllc  hyt  fraryngtit  aeniyde  alt  the  *y«t«  (aAi 
•CTTCM.  MS,UnciJKA.i.n,t,l 


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GRAW.    The  tguc.     Alw,  the  senwfion  ju*t 

before  the  fit.    Sorth. 
GRAWINGEKNE.    A  piefe  of  iron  on  a  w«g- 

p>n.  formerl)'  used  as  a  drag. 
GRAWSOME.    UplT ;  frightful.    North. 
GRAY.  {1)  Tvrilight'.    Knnetl. 
(2)  A  Undger.    See  HoUjrband,  in  v.  Blamou  t 
Topscir*  Four-Footcd  Uejuti,  p.  34.  Also,  the 
tkin  or  fur  of  a  badger,  as  in  Lybeaus  Di»- 
conus,  839 ;  Bril.  Bibl.  ii.  404. 
GRAYEDE.    Prepared ;  got  ready. 
Thar*  of  Iht  nie  wh  t*1*^ 
SoDC  hU  oitehlMbCfniirtdt/ 
He  wu  na  thyng  aflVaytdc. 

MS-Unntn  A.  I.  17,  f.  131. 

GRAYLING.     Applied  to  tapcttes  for  sumpter 

horses,  and  means   that   they   were  cut   or 

rounded.    Eliz.  of  York,  p.  14. 
GRAYSTE.     To  gnash,  or  grind. 

Whrnne  Alcxandtt   hetde  thu,    he  bigane   to 

gnfie  »lth  the  lethc,  and  lo  tome  hit  hnle  htdlr 

and  llicdir.  MS.  Uicoln  A.  I.  17,  f.  ti- 

GRAYTIIELYCHE.    Speedily.    "  And  ^oyMr- 

lyi-he  arayede,"  MS.  Mortc  Arthurc,  f.  61. 
GRAY\'EZ.'     Steel  boots.     "  With  groyrex  and 

golteleta,"  MS.  Mortc  Arthure,  f.  63. 
GRAZE.    To  fatten.    Also,  to  become  covered 

with  growing  grata.  Korf. 
GRE.    An  ear  of  com.     "  Spica,  gre  of  come," 

MS.  Coll.  Je».  Oxon.  28. 
GRE  ABLE.     Agreed.   See  Dial.  Great.  Moral. 

p.  89 ;  and  Agrttable. 
GREASE.  (1)  Rancid  butter.    North. 

(2)  A  dim  (oAision  over  the  tky,  not  poailiTC 
cloudineti.    BaMt. 

(3)  To  grease  in  the  6st,  i.  e.  to  bribe.  Cotgrave, 
in  T.  EHfonttr. 

(4)  The  fat  of  a  bare,  boar,  wolf,  fox,  marten, 
otter,  badger,  or  coney.  The  season  of  the 
hart  and  buck  was  called  great  time,  be- 
cause that  was  the  season  when  they  were 
fat  and  fit  for  killing.  See  Sir  U.  Dryden's 
Twici,  p.  25. 

That  nane  werrrya  my  wylde  tiotte  Waynoor 

hinelvcn^. 
And  that  In  the  acaonc  whenne  gr^i  et  aulgnyde. 
Jforle  Arlhyre,  MS.  Uxeuln,  t.m. 

(5)  To  graze.    PaUgror*. 

GREASY.  Foul ;  grassy ;  spoken  of  fallows  or 
ploughed  ground.  Noif.  Also,  slimy,  ai  some 
roads  are  after  rain. 

GREAT.  (1)  Intimate ibmiliar;  tugfa  in  favoar; 
fond ;  loving.    /  'ar.  dial.    Also  an  archaism. 

(2)  To  » ork  iy  great  is  to  work  by  quantity  in- 
stead  of  by  the  day.  See  Nomenclator,  p.  502 ; 
Batchelor,  p.  134  ;  Tusser,  p.  183.  Dg  great, 
by  the  gross,  wholesale. 

GREATEN.    To  enUrge.     Am/. 

GREAT-IURB.     A  hare  in  iu  tliird  year. 

GREAT-HEARTED.  Bold ;  magnanimous ;  in- 
flexible.    I'r.  Pan. 

GREATHLY.  Handsomely;  towardly.  /n 
greath,  well.    North. 

GREAT-JOSEPH.    A  surtout.    Grote. 

OREAT-LIKE.  Probably ;  very  Ukely.  North. 
Shakespeare  has  the  phrsse. 


GREAT-MEN.    An  old  term  for  memben  of 

parlinmciit  and  noblemen. 
GREAb'N.    A  mouth.     Yoriah. 
GREAVES.  (1)  BooU;  buskins,    .\orth.     Iron 

boots  were  formerly  so  called.    See  Mirr.  Mag. 

p.  46  ;  PlanchiS's  Costume,  p.  138. 

(2)  Griefs  ;  grievances.  Ord.  and  Reg.  p.  159. 
More  usually  spelt  gretet. 

(3)  Trees ;  boughs;  groves.    Sjpenter. 
GREAZAGATE.    A  wheedling  fawning  design- 
ing fellow.     Yorith. 

CRECHUT.    Crew  angr)-.    Robson,  p.  19. 
GRECK.    A  dwarf;  the  tmollcst  of  a  brood  or 

Utter.     Yorluh, 
GRECYNGES.    Steps.    Manndcvilc,  p.  220. 
GREDE.  (1)  To  cry ;  to  proclaim.    (.-/.-S.) 
Fulle  lowdc  gotine  they  bloweaiid  gte^e. 

MS.  Harl.  S2Si,  f  117. 

(2)  A  greedy  person.    Chaveer. 

(3)  The  lap.  Sevyn  Sages,  1802.  Welter  also 
explains  it,  the  "  breast  of  the  mantle." 

(4)  A  small  tub  used  in  washing.    Line. 
GREDEL.    A  gridiron.    Set  Oriddte. 

A  itrong  fur  he  let  make  and  (rat. 
And  a  g-rt4tt  thcropon  ftcttc. 

MS.  0>/t  TVln.  OMM.  97. 

GREE.  (1)  To  agree.  North.  "  It  yreat  not 
well,"  Collier's  Old  BaUads,  p.  50. 

(2)  Grace ;  favour ;  pleasure  ;  will.  See  Lydgate'l 
Minor  Poems,  p.  22 ;  Maundevile,  p.  295 ; 
Wright's  Anec.  p.  83.  To  receive  in  gre,  i.  e., 
to  take  kindly. 

(3)  Degree  j  the  prize.     {A.-N.) 

Who  to  CTyr  wynnelh  the  fr^ 
Schalla  wedde  hur  wyth  ryalte. 

JUS.  C<inM6.  Ff.  il.  38,  t.  7«. 
The  doghtty  knyght  In  thegrene 
Haaewonnene  Ihefpre. 

MS.  Llimitt  A.  1. 17, 1. 1.14. 

GREECE.    A  step.  Harrison,  p.  33. 

CREEDS.  The  straw  to  make  manure  in  a  fann- 
vard.    Kent. 

GliEEDY.    To  long  for.   North. 

GREEDY-GUTS.  Gluttons.  Greedg-houndr, 
hungry  persons.    North. 

GREEK.  "  /teerlaii,  a  good  fellow,  a  mad  com- 
panion, nierie  Vreeke,  sound  drunkard," 
Cotgrave.    Sec  Nares,  in  v. 

GREEN.  Fresh,  applied  to  meat.  See  Harrison, 
p.  221.  According  to  Peggc,  "  raw,  not  done 
enough."  In  Lincolnshire,  coals  just  put  on 
the  fire  are  called  green.  A  young  inexperi- 
enced youth  is  very  commonly  so  denomi- 
nated, and  Shakespeare  uses  the  term  in  the 
tame  sense. 

For  drrdc  and  love  they  hadde  for  to  tene. 
So  liarde  aaaay  made  un  hire  age  frme. 

LWrsM,  MS.  Sac.  A»tlq.  134.  f.  T< 

GREEN-BONE.    The  needle-fish.    North. 

GRE  EN -CHEESE.  Cream-cheese.  Fools  and 
cUildrt'n  are  told  that  the  moon  is  made  of 
this  material.  "  To  make  one  swallow  a 
gudgeon,  or  heleeve  a  lie,  and  that  the  moone 
is  made  of  greene-cbecsc,"  Florio,  p.  73. 

GREEN-DRAKE.    Tlie  Mav-flv.    North. 

GREENE-WINCHARD.  A  sloven.  See  the 
Prstemitye  of  Vacabondc*,  1575. 


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ORBBNEY.  The  green  grosbeak.  Norlh.  Cillcd 
the  grecn-olf  in  Norfolk. 

OREEN-FISH.    The  cod.    Cole$. 

GREEN-GOOSE.  A  young  or  MiiUnmmcr 
goose.  A  fail  held  >t  Bow,  co.  Essex,  wu 
called  Green-goose  Fair.  It  was  also  ■  cant 
term  for  a  cuckold,  and  a  common  woman. 

GREBN-HAND.  One  who  is  green  or  awkward 
at  an;  work.     Var.  dial. 

GREEN-MEW.  A  certain  tribute  paid  to  the 
lord  of  the  manor  in  Westmoreland  for  lilicrtj 
of  cutting  off  the  boughs  or  heaiU  of  some 
trees.    Knnttl. 

GREE.N.HOUN.  An  inexperienced  yonth. 
Greyn-home,  the  name  of  an  ox,  occun  in  the 
Towuelev  Mvsteries,  p.  8. 

GREEN-LAND.     Pasture  land.     South. 

CBEENLING.    Same  as  Crwn^tA,  q.  v. 

GREENLY.    Unskilfully.    Shni. 

GREEN-MAN.  A  savage.  Stnitt  describes  the 
green-men  of  the  old  shows  as  "  whimsically 
attired,  and  di>gui»ed  with  drull  masks,  hav. 
lag  large  staves  or  clubs  headed  with  cases  of 
crackers."  The  term  is  still  reUined  in  the 
aign  of  '•  The  Green-man  and  Still"  in  Oxford 
Street,  and  other  placea, 

GREEN-MISTARD.   The  pUnt  dittjinder. 

GREEN-PEAK.  A  woodpecker,  line.  It 
occurs  in  Cotgrave,  in  v.  Pic. 

GREEN-SAUCE.  Sour  dock  or  aorrcl  mixed 
with  vinegar  and  sugar.    North. 

GREEN-SIDE.    Grass;  turf.    Devon. 

GREEN-SILVER.  It  is  an  ancient  custom  in 
the  manor  of  Writtel,  co.  Essex,  that  whatever 
tenant  has  his  fore-door  opening  to  Green- 
bury,  pays  a  halfpenny  yearly  to  the  lord  of 
the  manor  by  the  name  of  green-silver. 
Kennett,  MS.  Lansd.  1U33. 

GREEN-SLEEVES.  A  very  popnlartune,  pub- 
liahed  in  1580,  and  frequeully  alluded  to. 
See  Collier's  Shakespeare,  i.  200. 

GREEN-STONE.  A  name  given  to  the  soft 
alaty  rocks  in  the  Western  c<junties.  Grene- 
ttonr,  in  Chaucer,  seems  to  mean  stone  newly 
hewn. 

GREEN-TAIL.  A  diarrlKea  in  deer,  to  which 
they  are  often  subject.    t\'orth. 

GRE  EN- WAX.  Seems  to  be  used  for  estreats 
delivered  to  the  sheriffs  out  of  the  Exche- 
quer, under  the  seal  of  that  court  made  in 
green  wax,  to  he  levied  in  the  counties. 
Sec  mount's  Law  Diet,  in  v. 

GREEN-WEED.    The  dvcr's  broom.    EomI. 

GREEOK.    Very  nearly  so.    Lone. 

GREEP.  (I)  A  bunch.'   Somemt. 

(2)  To  grapple,  or  clutch.     Pnon. 

GREES.    Ste|n :  stairs.   .VorM.  "  Sittt  gradum, 
abide  thor  at  ynM»,"  MS.  Egcrton  829,  f.  79. 
"  At  the  grcesc-foot,"  Da^^e«,  p.  136. 
At  lliii  ti'mpic  that  I  of  mone, 
A  grrrtt  ihcr  was  ofifvpitci  ftrtrne. 

Vurtor  Muiuti.  US.  Cfll.  Trin   CaKM,  f.OO. 
Up  tt  s  gr9*«  *cIk>  liytn  tmdc, 
Tu  vtiamltlr  aclio  tiym  broghti*. 

MS.  UncWii  A.I.  IT.  r.  I.V. 


GREESINGS.  Steps.  Ulimn:  Still  in  me. 
pronounced  ffrixnens.  There  is  a  f1i-.fbi  n^ 
stone  stairs  on  the  hill  at  Lincoln  caUi-<i  thcia 
the  Grecian  ulnirt.  a  strange  cnrruplioii. 

GREET.  Rough  stone,  generally  of  a  vcrj  in. 
ferior  kind ;  a  kind  of  freestone.  It  U  men- 
tioned by  Harrison,  pp.  36,  234,  235. 

GREFES.    Groves :  co|Hes. 

For  lo  ray tlirtf  titay  ru«ch*  wltli  roae1.1t  tptrla. 
That  the  raakalile  was  rade,  and  niir  to  iIm  gr*^*. 

MarU  .ArtkHn,  MS.  UikWk.  (.  gX 

CREFFE.    Sorrow ;  anger.    "  Take  no  prx^r," 

MS.  Ashmole61,  f.61. 
GRKGAL.    Dclonging  toaflock;  fomDiar.     See 

TopscU's  Bcaiits,  p.  719. 
GREGORIAN.   A  vrig,  or  head  of  false  hair,  of 

a  peculiar  kind,  said  to  have  been  invented  hy 

one  Gregor}',  a  barber  in  the  Strand,  in  the 

seventeenth  ccntur\\ 
GREGOKIAN-TREE*.     ThegaIlo<in.     CVotr. 
GKEGOKIKS.    A  species  of  narciasu.     Wemt, 
GREGS.    Wide  loose  breeches.    See  Cotgnv^ 

in  v.  Channe,  Grecgnet,  Grtjut», 
GREGYOWS.    Greeks.     Grejrfi,  Weber. 
Thrre  wrrc  Grfgi/owi  many  a  wuoac. 
Or  ho  hf  t  gatr,  ttiat  wm  aJonc 

MS.  Cmlah.  Ff.  II.  at,  f.  Ml 

GREIA.    Lees  of  wine.    Nominale  MS. 
GREIDE.    Prepared.    (A.-S.) 

What  art  Ihuu  I  hit  fadlrHidei 

Sir  Rtau,  thi  mete  have  frvirfa. 

Ctlrtar  Wunitl,  MS.  CM  Tnm.  Cmlmb.  t.  SI. 

GREIDLY.    Well-meaning;  anvtbing  good  in  ita 

kind.    North. 
GREIN.    Grein  of  Pariji,  grains  of  Pandiie.1 

■ort  of  spice.    {/t..\.)    See  Gy  of  Warwike, ( 

p.  421.    Also  simply  called  grein: 
GREINE.    A  year's  produce  of  com. 
GREITH.    Motion.    Iframe. 
GREITHE.    See  Graithe :  W.  Mopes,  p.  340. 
GRE.ME.    To  irritate ;  to  provoke ;  to  grind  the  i 

teeth  ;  to  corse.    {.I.-S.) 
GREMENT.    An  agreement.    Paltgrare. 
GRE.MTHE.    Anger.    Will  Werw.  p.  75. 
GREN.    Aginorsnnre.    See  liolinshed,  CUron,  1 

of   Scotland,   p.  66;   Depos.  R.    II.    p.    U;J 

Ilartshomc's  Met.  T.  p.   122;  Dent's  Patb>4 

way  to  Heaven,  p.  258. 
GRENDE.    Grinned.    Tundale, p.  55.    rerhaptl 

it  may  be  explained  marled. 
G RE N E.  ( I )  To  roar.    %r  Gawayne. 
(2)  SiHirt,  or  play.    Havctok,  996,  lefl  nnet'^ 

plained  in  glossary. 
GRENEHED.   Childishness.    U.S.)    Grmkfd,' 

greemieis,  Reli<|.  Antiq.  ii.  84. 
GREOBY.    Fold  ;  dirty.    Norlh. 
GREOT.    Earth.    Piers  Ploughman,  p.  544. 
GREP.  (1)  Afork.     Northumk.  _ 

(2)  Seized ;  griped.    Sec  Welter. 

The  llounecM*  was  stout  aoi  sterae, 
Agcn  to  Revrs  she  f^an  erne. 
And  l*  the  right  leg  he  him  irrep, 
Afo  the  wolf  doth  Ihetrhrp. 

GRES.     Flower;   pUnt :    herb;   gmsTi. 
grease.    Arch.  xxx.  4  OH. 


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FlourM  MaA  grmea  UmTniw  I  fondi 
And  ky  fourtme  therynne  i;oaiidc. 

Curmr  Jfini'H,  MS.  CoV.  TV  in.  Oinlati.  t.  89. 
Son.  KcyrrygrcMt  »rcn;»  preol, 

That  gro»e»  ui>od  (loddll  grounde ; 
Off  ihU  poMiiM  Ihtt  ihou  mc  teal 

Clin  never  mike  me  unboD<'c. 

US.  (iinfot.  Fr.  V.  411,  f.  Bd. 

GRESCO.    A  game  at  cards.    Florio  apimrently 

makes  it   «jnon)ruiou«   with    liazard.    iu    v, 

Atippo,  Mwunire. 
GR£SE.    Deer  or  game  in  grass  or  greose-lime. 

Ipomvdon,  .370. 
GUESSES.    The  jesses  of  a  hawk.     Se«  Mar- 

lowe's  Works,  ii.  38. 
GUESSOP.    A  grasshopper.     It  is  spell  gmhop 

ID  Itcliq.  Anliq.  ii.  82.     "  Cicada,  a  grysope," 

Noiiiinale  MS. 
GRESVNE.    To  gnuc.    Prompt.  Pare. 
GRET.  (1)  A  snare  for  hares.   Line. 

(2)  tJrectcd ;  accosted.    Gawayne. 

(3)  Great ;  licavT ;  loud.    (,-/.-S.) 
GRETANDE.    Crjing ;  sorrowing.    (J.-5.) 

Dere  Udy,  for  die  mrowc  thciu  hsde  whranc  thi 
tone  wu  iMie  fm  Ihc  thre  dayri,  aud  ihou  loughic 
h|TO  with  grtlmilt  hen,  prrye  Ihjr  wnc  Ui  gyflk  mc 
contrycloune  of  klle  my  iymiyt. 

M.S.  Linra/n  A.  I.  17, 1. 177. 
He  my^t  no  lengrr  for  torow  tunde. 
But  jede  home  ful  Mjrc  ifrrtoini. 

MS.  Hari.  1701,  t.  30. 
Then  kyng  Quorc,  ton  grttiiMie, 
Swere  t>e  llahounde  and  Tcnnagaunt. 

MS.  Canlnl..  Tt.  II.  38,  t.  lit. 

GRETE.  (I)  To  become  big  with  child.    Gene- 
rally, to  be  enlarged.    Kyng  Alisaundcr,  452. 

(2)  Much  j  many.    IFelier. 

(3)  To  cry,  or  weep.     S'orlh.     Sometimes  used 
for  the  part.  past. 

K  That  damyrclle,  that  was  io  mylde, 

H  Soiorehad  fT,4  forhiir  chylde. 

■  MS.  Canfb.  Tt.  II.  ».  f.  G8. 

^^  Whan  he  haddc  ful  long  r*^(«, 

V  And  a  |>arty  therof  began  lete. 

*  MS.  Hurl.  1701,  r.N. 

And  the  fk-crc  ful  weyl  tharby  lele, 

tAnd  thanked  God,  and  for  Joye  he  grtl9. 
MS.lUd.t.<a. 
(4)  A  cry.    Still  in  use. 
There  ahe  fel  In  luchc  a  frefc. 
That  with  the  trre*  the  weuhe  Hli  fete. 
Cunor  Mmdi,  MS.  (Ml.  Trln.  Canlab.  t.  67. 

(5)  The  com.    Tristrem,  p.  269. 

(6)  Great  men ;  nobles.     Gawayne. 
GRETli.     Grace  ;faTOur.    Sir  Clcges,  293, 
GRETINGES.    Great  things.   (^.-S.) 
GRETLECll.     Greatly.    Dcgrcvant,  31. 
GRETTE.    Cried ;  adilrcsscd.    Sec  Crefe. 

With  bene  ententyf  and  with  hoot  memorye, 
Oreric  to  God  and  alle  hire  ful  myiMle. 

Ifdgnlt,  M.S.  Scr.  Jnll^  134,  f.  1, 
The  lady  by  the  welle  hur  sett, 

I  To  Jbcau  Cryate  aorc  iche  irrrtt. 

I  MS.  Carttah.  ft.  il.  38,  f.  84. 

GRETTELI-LICnE.    Greatly.    WiU.Werw. 
GREUIL  Hail.    .\rch.  xU.  329. 
GREVE.    To  vex,  or  injure.    {A.-N.) 
GKEVES.  (I)  Armour  for  the  legs.    See  Hall, 

LIZ— 


(2>  Griefs.    Hall,  llenr^  IV.  {.  20. 
(3)  Groves  ?    Lybeaus  Diiironus,  551. 
To  acheefi-  foreate  they  rheiene  theirc  wiyrs. 
And  fvlede  theme  %o  feynle  Ihry  falle  in  the  f 

Mi^if  .4rlf>u*p,  MS.  Linattn,  t  73. 
GREW.  (1)  A  greyhound.    AorfA. 
(2)  Greek.    Mauiidcvile,   p.   76,     Narea't   ex- 

jilanatinn  is  cerlBinly  wrong. 
( 3 1  To  adhere  limilv. '  H>»f. 
GREW-BITCIl.    A  greyhound  bitch.     Yoriih. 
Hyiu  thou5t  that  his  frrbtt^he  lay  hym  beayde. 

Chronkvn  VlltKtun.  p.  35. 

GREWEND.    Grieving.    Arch.  xxx.  408. 
GREWIN.    A  greyhound.     Eatt.     Harrington 

has  it  greiimd. 
GREWN.    A  nose,  or  snout.    North. 
GKEY-UEARD.    A  fine  large  handsome  stone 

jar  or  bottle.    North. 
GBE  V-BEARDS.    The  seed  of  the  wild  vine. 
GREY. BIRD.    The  thrush.    Dnon. 
GREY-COAT-PARSON.    An  impropriator;  the 

tenant  who  hires  the  tithes. 
GREYGOLE.    The  lilucbcU.    D-irtet. 
GREY. HEN.    Tlie  female  of  the  black-cock  ;  a 

kind  of  i>enr  ;  a  large  stone  liottle.    North. 
GREY. LIN  NET.    Tlie  common  hnnct.   North. 
GRE  Y.M  ARE.     A  wife  who  roles  her  husband. 

I'ar.  dial. 
GREYMIN.    A  light  fall  of  snow,  just  enough  to 

cover  the  ground.     Cutni. 
GREYNE.    To  grow  com.   {J..N.) 

And  that  the  londe  began  (o  fn-i^tt 
Whlche  whilom  hadde  tie  bareync. 

CMwr,  MS.  SKf.  jIoU.,.  134,  t.  \3X. 

GREY-RUSSET.     Coarse  cloth  of  a  dnll  grey 

colour.    See  Forby,  ii.  141. 
GREY-STONES.     Coarse  mill-stones  used  for 

grinding  common  meal.     North. 
GREYTllE.  (1>  Same  as  Graiihe,  q.T. 

(2)  Agrcelh;  suitcth.    Stetlon. 

(3)  Grace;  favour.    (A.-S.) 

And  thou  mayit  nat  love  hym  with  no  frayfAa, 
Out  thou  have  of  hym  gode  fey  the. 

jr.T.  Hari.  1701,  r.  es. 
CREY'\'E.    Grcvf ;  magislratc.     (J^S.) 
CRIB.    To  bite  sliaqily.    Stmlh. 
GRI  BBLE.    A  shoot  from  a  tree ;  a  short  cutting 

from  one.    IFnt. 
GRICE.  (1)  Same  81  Crete,  q.v. 
(2)  A  young  cub,  generally  applied  to  the  yoirag 

of  sv«inc.     See  the  Talis  of  the  Wise  Men  of 

Gotham,  p.  22.    "  Gris,  parcel,"  Reliq.  Autiq. 

ii.  79.    Cf.  Yorkshire  l>i«l.  p.  42. 
GRICHE.    To  greet,  or  salute.   (,t-5.> 
GRIDDLE.    A  gridiron.    Vett.    Also,  to  broil. 

Sec  early  example  in  v.  Gredet. 
GRI DE.     Cut ;  pricked.     "  Was  sharply  gridt." 

England's  Helicon,  ed.  1614. 
GRIDELIN.    A  sort  of  colour  composed  of  while 

and  red.   Narrt. 
GRIEKFL'LL.    Melancholy,    ^nurr. 
GRIBME.    The  groin.    Florio,  p.  254. 
GRIEVOUS.    Dangerous.    Patvfrave. 
GRIP.   A  deep  valley.   North. 
GRIFE.    To  shed  the  horns,  a  term  fonarrly 

applied  to  deer. 


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URI 


SRITF.  A  grart.  "  Grifte  or  gr-jffc  of  a  tree," 
I'al5gT»ve.  Also,  to  gr«ft.  Gryffar,  a  grafter, 
I'r.  Vks.  p.  259. 

The  drye  he  olilf  wtlie  lhi(  tiTo;, 
And  bad  hit  frifj/ng  fhiyt  forth  bryilj. 

MS.  CoU.  Trin.  Cmntmb.  R.  ill.  B,  f .  3, 
GIUFF-GRAFF.     Bt  an;  ineana;by  book  or  b; 

crook.     SUnnei: 
GRIFPOUNS.    Grt^ki.    Webrr. 
CiRIFFUS.    Gn?«vei) ;  IcK-armour.  Arch.  ivii. 
OniFHOUNDES.    Greyhmindi.    JTeier. 
GRIFT.    Slate  pencil.     Var.dial. 
GRIG.  (1 ;  Heath.    Salop.   Sometimet  griglan. 
What  Bdvanlagrs  then  mlfht  Imc  made  of  *ome 
great  moaaea  in  Lancaahlre  and  claevhere,  that  lye 
near  to  coal  and  limeiiotie,  and  therefore  might  well 
be*pared  without  making  fuell  dear,  and  Improved 
at  a   very  email  charge,  and  for  the  prraent  yield 
little  or  no  profit,  aavc  lomc  frt^g  or  heath  for  sheep. 
Aubrtt't  tVilu,  MS.  Ratat  tec.  p.  304. 

(2)  A  cricket,     rar.  dial. 

(3)  A  small  eel.    Suffolk. 

(4)  A  farthing.   An  old  cant  term. 


(5)  To  pinch.    Somerset. 


I  A  wag.    "  As  merry  as  i  grig."    It  is  a  cor- 
ruption of  Greet,  q.  v.    "  A  merry  grig,  vn 
plauant  compatfnon,"  Miege. 
(7)  A  short-legged  hen.    I'ar.dial. 
GRIGGLES.  Small  apples.  In  some  cyder  coun- 
ties,  boys  who  collect  these  aArr  the  prin- 
cipal ones  are  gathercti,  call  it  grigglitig. 
GRIGINGE.     Dawn  ;  opening ;  twilight. 
TlureunbrydilUttheU  boldo,  and  baytcf  Ibelrehonea, 
Tu  the  gnrgimi^  of  the  daye,  that  byrdea  gane  tynge. 
Miirit  Arlhurt,  MS.  Lincoln,  f.  HO. 

GRIHT.  Peace.  JCi/toH. 
GRIKE.   A  rut ;  a  crevice.    North. 
GRIMCM.    Hideous.   "  Fulle yry/ycA  he  lukei." 

MS.  Mortc  Arthure,  f.  65. 
GRILL.    To  snarl,  or  auap.    Eatl. 
GRILLE.  ( I )  Stem  ;  cruel;  horrible ;  frightful ; 
hideous.    See  Lybeaus  Di^conus,  1S75  ;  Skel- 
ton,  i.  95 ;  Amis  aud  Amiloim,  657. 
That  tchall  jow  lyke  non  of  tbo, 
Dot  make  jour  bertyi  grj/tL 

MS.  Aihmalt  61,  f.  85. 
V  fhal  have  aum  gode  at  hym, 
Be  he  never  ao  gryt  ne  grym. 

Jf«.H<trl.  170l,f.37. 
DttI  he  waa  marrid  of  hit  nUle, 
Ful  flone  he  found  y  t  full  gn/lU. 

MS.  lmui.  416,  r.  no. 

Ss  awefullc  th.tre-tu  thuu  nlle  God  »ee,  that  thou 
aalle  tw  mj  fcnlc  owl  of  Ihi  wytlr,  and  to  the  moun- 
laynca  and  hilllt  thou  aalle  lukc  and  rryc  with  a 
fryltt  voyce.  MS.  /.IniWn  A.  I.  17.  t.M. 

(2)  Sharp;  cutting;  severe.  "  Woundis  gT>Ue," 
Arch.  XXX.  350,  L  32.  Sec  W.  Mapes,  pp. 
334,  344. 

With  a  apere  icharpo  and  grillt 
My  hcrt  wia  woundlt  with  my  wQle. 

M&  Cintab.  rS.  v.  46,  f.  49. 
Wylh  a  ipere  icharpp,  that  waa  full  /pylle, 
Myn  herte  waa  perayd  ;  hyt  waa  my  wylje. 

MS.  CaiJah.  ft.  II.  38,  f.  6. 

(3)  Guile ;  deceit. 

Ther  cvimo  never  man  In  thyi  hylle, 
Thorow  tiweyntva  nor  thorow  grytlt. 

MS.  Outtmb.  Ft.  II.  90,  r,  m. 


(4 )  To  thake.  or  tremble.  esp«ci*Ily  with  te 
See  Che»itt  Plays,  i.  70. 

Gte  DC  game  lykee  hym  noujtit* 
So  grecly  be  gaije  gryllr. 

jes.v«akiMiie«l.r.A 

(5)  To  torment,  or  teaze ;  to  provolce. 

if  you  love  a  wenctic  wtt,  cyttier  toudc  and  atlDa, 
Bestir  wel,  but  yef  hir  oCHite  ;  grant  hlr  aJ  liir  wiile 
Be  thou  noht  «o  hardy  )iir  onia  to  rrUt*^ 

MS.  Artiiti.  <iM.  jtrm.  t3,t.  M. 

C6)  Harm.    Erie  of  Tolous,  279. 

(7)  A  kind  ol  small  fish.    Blouni. 

GRIM.  (1)  To  grin.     PaUgrace. 

(2)  Fury.     Ywainc  andGawin.  1061.     Left  as- 
explained  bv  Ritson. 

GRIMALKIN.     A  cat.     Var.  duO. 

GRIMBLE.    To  begrime.     Etui. 

GRIMGRIBBER.  A  lawyer.  Also,  (he  Uch- 
nIcsJ  jargon  used  by  a  lawyer. 

GRIMING.     A  sprinkling.     North, 

GRIM.\IER.     A  laige  pond.     Emt. 

GRIMP.  See  St.  Brandan,  p.  20.  where fryi^ 
may  be  an  error  for  gryp. 

GRIM-SIR.  A  phrase  applied  to  apmodBen* 
in  any  superior  office.  Skelton  term  Wotii) 
a  grim  tir.    See  Grom  (2). 

GRIM-TIIE-COLLIER.  Golden  mou*e-eir.  Ser 
Gerard,  e<L  Johnson,  p.  30%. 

GRIN.  Same  as  Cms,  q.  T.  To  grin  aiid abide, 
i.  c.  to  endure  patiently. 

GKINCH.     A  small  morseL     ITetl. 

GRINCO.MES.  The  <ue«  wii«re<i.  AnoUcM 
term.     Webster,  iii.  154. 

GRINDE.     To  pierce  through.     LyJfate. 

GRINDEL.     Wrath;  Ijcrcc.      Gamtyne. 

GRINDER.  To  take  a  grinder  is  to  apply  tlie 
left  lliumb  to  the  tip  of  the  nose,  luid  revolrt 
the  right  hand  round  it,  working  an  inu- 
ginary  colfee-mill.  It  is  usually  done  in  cvi>- 
tempt.    See  Pickwick  Papers,  p.  3 1 8. 

GRINDLE.     A  small  drain.     Suffolk. 

GRINDLE-COKE.    A  woru-down   grindstooiVa 
sometimes  used  as  a  stool  in  the  cottaget 
the  poor.     North. 

GRINDLE-STONE.  A  grindstone.  S'ortk.  Sa 
Cotgrave,  in  v.  Cimnlie ;  Book  of  Rates,  p.  Ad 
GrgndgUtOHK,  Rcliq.  .\ntiq.  i.  81.  •'  Uota^i 
grvnstone,"  MS.  Egerton  829,  f.  65. 

GRINOLET.     A  drain,  or  ditch.     S)mlh. 

GRINDLE.TAIL.     A  trundlctoil  dog. 

GRINI.NG.  The  growling,  or  fiist  apprcMeh  i 
an  ague  lit.     CAe«A. 

GRINT.     Grit.      EoMl.      Chaacer  haa 
ground,  gnashed  with  the  teeth, 

GRIP.  (I )  A  drain,  or  ditch,      lor. dial 
any  kind  of  sink. 

(i'S  To  bind  sheaves,     fietl. 

(3)  Strength ;  power  of  griping.  Al»o,  to  Kri|l 
fast.  Sec  Robin  liood,  i.  106;  Morte  (TAI 
thur,  i.  166. 

GRIPE.  (1)  A  vidlure;  sometimes,  n 
Arch.  v.  387  ;  Eglamour,  841,  H5 1 
1030,  1035;  .Malone's Shakcspeart,  ,v.  u,, 

The  gripe  alio  bitlHc  the  l>ere. 
No  liceat  wolde  to  olhenr  dcr«. 

CVrK>rJViiMn.Jfa.CWf.  Trtm.  f ,   ||   | 


GRt 


419 


GRO 


That  (ndy  Orrardeu  (ipHfw, 
Now  hii  wroDgU  bigonoe  to  r)p«. 

Ciu-oir  MumH,  MS.  nu.  t.  Tt- 
A  fnrv  came  in  alio  hur  car*. 
Hut  yoBge  iofHr  awcy  he  bare. 

US.  Canlal,.  Ft.  D.  38,  I.  SB. 

S)  A  three-proDged  ilang-fork.     North. 
3)  To  seize ;  to  embrace.     (.i.-S.) 

Anil  buttle  him  4tillc  with  alle  hU  bcsy  P«yi>«j 

»And  gryjic  hem  faatc  with  hl>  hondU  tweyuft. 
MS.  Ointak  ft.  U.  W,  C.  t». 
U)  A  kinil  of  t>maU  boat.    KeuntH. 
(5)  A  bandfuJ  of  anything.  "  A  gripe  of  cornc  in 
reaping,  or  so  much  hay  or  come  ai  one  with 
a  pitchforkc  or  hooke  can  take  up  at  a  time," 
Baret.  1580.     See  Grip  (2). 
GHIPER.     An  instniiuent  of  torture,  mentioned 

by  Florio,  p.  89. 
GRIPES-EGG.     Aq  alchemical  vesMsl  in  form 

of  a  vulture's  egg.     Jonton,  iv.  61. 
GRI  PING-LINE.     A  line  to  direct  the  spade  in 

cutting  grips.     H'nt. 
GRIPLE.   To  grasp.  '•  Well  griple  in  his  hand," 

Topsell's  Beasts,  p.  213. 
GRIPPEL.     Same  as  Griji,  q.  t. 
GRIPPEN.     A  clenched  hand.     North. 
CRIPPLE.    Greedy  I  rapacioua.    See  Rowlands' 
Knave  of  Cluhbs,  1611.    Brockett  has  grippf. 
GRIP-YARD.    A  seat  of  green  turf,  supported 

by  twisted  boughs.     North. 
GUIS.  (1)  Pips.    See  Grice.    Not  olisolete,  ai 
stated  in  Pr.  Parv.  p.  211.     See  West,  and 
Cumb.  Dial.  p.  356. 

Wyth  ftyt,  and  gee«,  and  rapouBS, 
Wylh  veaesoo  and  wyth  oyle. 

MH-ylOimtlt  33,  r.SS. 
(2)  A  (>o">tlv  fur,  formerly  much  etteemed.     See 
Ellis,  ii.  15  i  Gy  of  Wa^^tikc,  p.  421  ;  Strutt, 
u.  102;  TjTwhitt,  iv.  M6. 

With  ryche  robyi  of  grrte  pryi, 
Furryd  wele  wyth  verte  and  jrvy. 

MS.  ciMkik  rr.  II.  3t,  f,  lu. 

Cyedud  hym  bathe  full  well. 
And  dnthyd  hym  ncwe  every  dell 
With  ryche  rnbyi  of  vcrre  and  fry*. 

Gwy  <■/  IVaruri<*,  CvmhrUg*  MS. 

GRISARD.    Grey.     See  Topsell,  p.  34. 
GRISBET.    To  make  a  wry  face.     Somertet. 
GRISELY.     Frightful ;  ugly.     Yortnh.     It  is  a 

common  archaism. 
GRISLED.     Grisly ;  frightful.     Crif/icA  occurs 

in  Wel)er.     (.1.-S.) 
GRISLY.     Speckled,     lor***. 
GRISPING.     Same  as  Grigmge,  q.  v. 
'        GRISSE.    A  grass, or  herb. 

Tak  at  th«  byfynnyng  and  anoynte  the  bole  wiUi 
hony,  atid  thane  take  the  powdlr  of  a  $rU*Ct  that 
rocne  calUa  wodcrofe,  and  do  thfrio. 

AM.  Lmc.  Mr*.  t.tU. 
I        GRISSEL.    Grisly.     Du  Bartaa,  p.  127. 
I        GRIST.    To  gnash  tlie  teeth.     tfiUt. 
GRIT.  (1)  The  sea-crab.     /.('nr. 
(2)  To  squeak  or  grant.     Sumerwt. 
I         GRITII.     Grace;  protection.     (A.-S.) 
\  The  othrre  atinget*  that  fel  him  with, 

LWhIchr  r.in.>ke  Codda  gru\. 
(Ww  ATundt,  M*.  CulL  T.  I*.  Cuumk.  t.  4, 


I  gaf  hem  grUh,  Mid  ouie  kyng, 
Thorow  out  alle  mcry  Inglood. 

MS.  Cmlai.  ft.  T.  48,  t  IV. 
And  gif  thou  have  du  any  tmpas, 
Falle  on  knees  and  aake  grace. 
And  be  willa  gif  tht  grltk. 

MS,  tIM  t.  U. 
Thou  iHuchaieit  ua  pea  and  gnith. 
So  teythio  us  the  prophetr  Davyd. 

MS.Harl.  17DI,  MP. 
And  that  y  may  wyndc  hur  with. 
Into  my  contre  yn  peea  and  ^t:^A«. 

MS.  CafiliiU.  Ft.  II.  38,  f,  I4A. 

GRIZBITE.    To  gnash  the  teeth.     Glove. 
GRIZLE.   A  *tfki»h  grey.     Dram. 
GRIZZLE.    To  laugh,  or  grin.    H'eit.    Alio  to 

complain  much  or  gnimblr. 
GKIZZLE-DEMUNUY.   A  stupid  fellow  alnayi 

grinning.     Decon.     "  That  laughs  at  her  own 

folly  which  she  mistakes  for  wit,"  Dean  MiUes' 

MS.  Glossan-,  penen  me. 
GRO.    A  kind  of  rich  fur.     See  Vright'i  Lyric 

Poetry,  p.  26. 
GRO.W.     Among  hunters,  the  noise  made  by  a 

buck  at  rutting-time.    See  Gent.  Rec  ii.  76. 
GROANDE.     Growing.    Lyitgate. 

she  led  hym  Into  a  fayre  herbere, 
Ther  fiutc  grvande  was  gret  pUnl^. 

MS.  Oin(«6.  Pf.  r.  48,  f,  118. 

GROANING.  A  lying-in.  The  terras yroanrn;- 
eake,  ffroaning-chair,  and  groani»g-che*te, 
explain  themselves  as  provided  fur  an  event  of 
that  kind.  In  MS.  Ashmolc  36,  37,  f.  232,  is 
a  piece  called  a  "  Preparation  for  Groaning." 

GROAT.  It  is  not  worth  a  groat,  i.  e.  of  very 
small  value.  6Voa/  may  here  be  pat  for  froal, 
a  very  small  Dutch  coin. 

GROATS.    Shelled  oaU.     Var.diaL 

GROB.    To  seek  for.     Line. 

GROBBLE.  ( 1 )  To  loiter.     Hue. 

(2)  To  grovel ;  to  poke  about.  Also,  to  make 
holes.     North. 

GROBIAN.    A  sloven.    Mirgr. 

GROBMAN.  A  sea-bream  about  two  thirds 
grown.    CoTHW. 

GROCER.  Orig^iuiUy  meant  a  wholesale  mer- 
chant who  s]ieculated  in  various  things  at 
markets  and  tain. 

GROCllE.  To  murmur;  to  gnmible.  Hence, 
grocher,  a  grumbler.  "  Murmurttor,  a  gro- 
cher,"  Nominate  MS. 

GROCK.    A  very  small  child.    Lme. 

GRODE.    To  devasUte.    {A^S.) 

GROFE.     Digged.     Dabrr. 

GROFBN.    Grown.    Towucley  Myst.  p.  63. 

GROFKE.     On  the  groffe,  flat  on    the  ground. 

Gritflyngeii,  Townelcy  Myst.  p.  40.     To  be 

gniliblings,   I  e.  with  the   face  ilowowards, 

Forby,ii.  143. 

Than  Gawayne  gyrde  to  tba  f  (Mne,  and  one  the  §f^t^ 

fallU, 
Alle*  hU  grefe  wai  graythede,  hU  graee  w«t  no  twftyrr. 
Miirtt  .triltmt,  US.  LUiailii,  I.  VEL 

GROFT.    Growth ;  produce.    Eatt. 

GROFTS.    A  kind  of  stone  for  building  men- 

tiuued  in  Arch.  X.  71. 
OHOG.   Angry ;  excited.    Line. 


t 


GRO 


420 


GRO 


A  hanging  lip.    Hence,  to  Dumlile;  to  be 
liscoDtented.    (y/.-M)     "  A  Troward  look," 


CROGRAIN.    A  coarse  kind  of  silk  Uffcty,  usn- 
aUy  stiffened  with  gum.   See  Book  of  Rates, 
p.  52  ;  Harrison's  England,  p.  221 ;  yrojeron, 
Cotgravr,  in  v.  liaragant. 
GROGlfNGB.    Grumbling ;  murmuring. 
To  temprc  hii  byddynge  to  obey, 
WiChouUm  gragjmpi  or  rcbcljoa, 

l^igalt,  SIS.  Mthmilt  90,  f.  M. 

)rNE.  (1)  A  nose,  or  Buout.  Sorth.  Chaucer 
pplies  it  to  the  snout  of  a  pig.   Also,  to  grunt 
Pbs  a  pig,  according  to  Kcnnett. 

;2)  To  cut  grass.    Yorkih 
3)      "      _    /■ 
discontented. 
Skinner. 

GROING-TIME.    The  spring.    Aor/A. 

GROLLENG.  Wollowingof  the  stomach.  Bat- 
man uppon  Bartholome,  1582. 

GROM.  (1)  A  forked  stick  used  by  thatchers  for 
carrying  bundles  of  straw.    Went 

(2)  Dirty.  Also,  to  soil  or  make  dirty.  Swatx. 
Perhaps  we  should  read  grim  tir  in  the  follow- 
ing passage.    See  Grim-Sir. 

Hewu  nude  a  minuter,  xnd  toe  withallc  tiecsme 
a  •colmuter  and  teacher  of  children.  He  wai  a 
man  of  torn  fifty  yean,  mean  of  stature,  and  a  black 
from  fir.  MS,  Athmnle  ^A. 

GBOMALY.    The  herb  gromwcll. 

GROME.  A  man.  See  Chron.  Yiloduu.  pill. 
Hence  our  modern  groom. 

CiROMER.    A  boy,  or  young yrome, q.  v. 

GROMYL.  The  plant  g'romwell.  SccMS.SIoane 
5,  f.  9 ;  Wright's  Lyric  Poetry,  p.  27. 

GRON.    Ground,  as  corn  is.     Went. 

GRONDEN.    Ground ;  Iwaten  ;  i>ounded. 

GRONDESWYLB.     The  plant  groundsel. 

GRONDY.    A  grandmuthcr.     <iim4. 

GRONE.  To  groan;  to  grunt.  {.i.-S.)  Groime. 
grunting,  Octovian,  12,  Sec  Rcliq.  Antiq.  U. 
80.    GronI,  groaiie<l. 

GRONY.    Grumbling.    Pr.  Parr. 

GROOM-GRI'UIIER.  An  officer  in  the  royal 
household  whose  duty  it  was  to  sec  that  the 
barrels  brought  into  the  i?cllar  were  tight  and 
full,  and  to  draw  out  the  lees  from  casks  that 
were  nearly  empty. 

GROOM-PORTER.  Anoflicerof  the  royal  house- 
hold whose  business  it  was  to  see  the  king's 
lodging  furnished  with  tables,  chairs,  stools, 
and  finng  ;  as  also  to  provide  cards,  dice,  {kc. 
and  to  decide  disputes  arising  at  games.  For- 
mrrlv  he  was  allowed  to  keep  an  open  gambling 
table  at  Christmas.  Narcs,  in  r.  Loadetl  dice 
were  also  sometimes  called  groom-porters. 

GROON.    See  Grone,  and  Groine. 

GROOP.  A  pen  for  cattle.  Also,  the  place  in  a 
stable  where  the  cows  or  horses  dung.  North. 

GROOT.     Dry  mud.    Devon. 

GUOOT-RISK.  A  ridge  of  caith,  in  ploughed 
land.    Dean  Milles  MS. 

GROOVE.  A  mine,  or  shaft.  .Vor/A.  "Robert 
Rutterwas  hurt  in  a  groore,"  Chron.  Mirab. 
p.  81.  Perhaps,  however,  the  wor<l  here 
means  a  hole  from  which  the  mineral  has  been 
taken.     See  Kcunelt. 

GROOVERS.     Miners.    Norld. 


GROO\Ti:S.  The  turnings  within  the  bole  eft 
screw-plate,  and  the  like  hollows  in  a  screw- 
pin,  are  called  the  grooves.      A'or/*. 

GROPING.  (1)  A  mode  of  ascertainiog  wiKtlar 
geese  or  fowls  have  eggs.    Var.  dial. 

(2)  A  mode  of  catching  trout  by  UckliDg  iIho 
vith  the  hands  under  rocks  or  iMaka.  Mots 
forMeas.  i.2. 

GROPING-IRON.    A  gouge 

The  gropinif-li-en  than  tp«kr  hr, 
Compas,  who  hath  grevyrt  f l>e  ' 

Ma. 

GROPYS.    Chaff  of  com.    Pr.  Pm^. 

GROS.    Feared ;  dreaded.    Glossed  rfre^ 
The  Jew  Iho  atawy  the  aroa, 
nyt  ira>  no  wundyr  thoj  liym  ima. 

MS.  NaWL  1(01,  f  ■ 

GROSE-REE.   A  bat  for  geese.    \or1». 
GROSERS.     Gooseberries.    A'ar/A. 
GROSH.    Grovf ;  fat;  thrising.      iorbk. 
GROSS.  (I)  Thick  soft  food,   such  at  ponidr'. 
&c.     Veeon. 

(2)  Dull;  stupid.    P/iUgravf. 

(3)  A  liawk  was  said  to  fly  gross,  when  sA« 
large  birds.     See  Howell. 

GROSSET.     A  groat.    Nnminale  MS. 
GROSSOLITIS.     Chrysolites.    Sirtlaa. 
GROSS-UP.    To  engross  up :  to  buy  up  all 

market.    S.;c  Pr.  I'arv.  p.  2H  ;  Kynge  Jo( 

p.  3,  coinpiired  with  Mark,  xiL  40. 
GROST.    The  star-thistle,      it  is  wrongty  B- 

plained  in  Arch.  ulx.  408. 
GUdSVAIR.    A  kind  of  fur.     Stntt,  ii.  102. 
GROTINDE.     Weeping.     (J.S.) 
GROTtJNE.    To  stuff,  or  surfeit.     Pr.  Ptrr. 
GROUDGE.    "  I  groudge  as  one  dothc  I  bat  btili 

a  groudgyngof  the  nxcsJe/rUotme,"  Pategnn. 
GROUIJNG.    The  first  approach  uf  aa  agiM  it. 

Kennctt,  MS.  Lansd.  1033. 
GROUN.    A  greyhound.    Sahp. 
GROUND.  (1;  An  old  musical  terra  for  an  sirao 

which  variations   and  divisioiu  yrere   to  be 

made.    Naret. 

(2)  The  jiit  of  a  theatre  was  foniierly  so  caDed. 
It  was  without  benches,  and  nn  a  les-el  "ilk 
the  stage.    See  Jonson's  Earth,  Fair. 

(3)  To  go  to  ground,  i.  e.  almim  eJBwti'arr. 
Gone  to  the  grountl,  i.  e,  buried. 

(4)  A  field,  or  fiirm.  Also,  a  plantation  of  «H1- 
lows,  &c.    n'etl. 

(5)  The  bottom  or  foundation  of  anything.  So 
MS.  Cott.  Vespaa.  D.  vii. 

GROUND-ASH.    An  ash-sapling  of  a  few  y. 

growth.     r*ar.  tiiai. 
GROUND-BAIT.    Thelochc.    Nor/k. 
fiROUND-CAR.    A  sledge.     JTett. 
OUOUNU-DICE.    lUunt-comcrwl  dice, 
GROUNDE.    To  grant.    Arch.  xai.  72. 
GROUN  U-ELDER.    Dwarf-eldcr      SuutA. 
GROUND-EVIL.     The  sheplienl'a   needle,  • 

plant  mentioned  bv  Gerard. 
GROUND-FIRING.'  RooU of  trees  and 

given  to  labourers  for  fucL 
GROUND-GUDGEON.    A  smaU  Aah.  a«Mi 

to  Forbv,  the  eobitit  bm-halHla,  Linn. 
i^GRQUND-HALE.    The  herb  grotuwcU. 


■af^\ 


GRO 


421 


GRU 


J-ISAAC.    The  yellow  wren.    »>./. 
}LIKR.    More  profoundlr.    Grouttdelji, 
SUtePiper*.  i.  62. 

GROUNDLING.  A  penon  vlio  stood  on  the 
ground  or  pit  of  a  theairc.  Generally,  in  con- 
tempt.   JoruoH. 

GROUND-NEEDLE.  A  plant,  called  the. Wwin/ 
Slorkr'tBiU  in  Geraril,  p.  796. 

GROUND-RAIN.  A  plentiful  hut  gradual  fall 
of  rain,  which  nrorlu  its  way  deep  into  the 
ground.    Eatt. 

GROUNDS.     Lees  ;  sediment,     far.  dial. 

GROUND-SILL.  The  Ihrwhold  of  adoor.  Sec 
llarriion's  England,  p.  187. 

CROUND-SOr.  A  sop  or  sippet  hy  which  the 
lees  or  dregs  niav  he  soaked  up.  Sec  Prompt. 
Parr.  p.  216. 

GROUND-SWEAT.  A  penon  tome  time  buried 
is  «aiit  to  have  taken  a  ground-sweat.     Eail. 

GROUND-TABLE.     Same  as  Earlh-lablr.  q.  v. 

GROUPE.  To  sculpture  or  engrave  with  a  fine 
gniigc.     Li/dgalt. 

GROUPPADE.  Exphiined  by  Skinner,  "  a  kind 
[of]  curvet  in  horamanahip." 

OROUSOME.    LoBthiome ;  fearful.    Cumb. 

GROUT.  (I)  Ground  malt.  Ray  explains  it, 
wort  of  the  hut  running,  and  Pegge  adds  (hat 
this  is  drunk  only  hy  poor  people,  who  ore  on 
that  account  called  yroutert.  Kennett  says, 
"  In  Leicestershire,  the  liquor  nitli  malt  in- 
fused for  ale  or  beer,  before  it  is  fully  boiled, 
is  culled  gronl,  and  before  it  is  tunned  up  in 
the  vessel  is  called  wort.  They  have  in  the 
wot  a  thick  sort  of  fat  ale  which  they  coll 
fronZ-oip."  Tlie  grout-ale  is  sweet  and  medi- 
cated with  eggs.  In  Dean  Milles  MS.  Gloa- 
aary.  p.  13C,  in  my  possession,  is  given  the 
best  account  of  grout-ale, — "  a  kind  of  ale 
dilTvrcut  from  white  ale,  known  only  to  the 
people  about  Newton  Bussel,  who  keep  the 
method  of  preparing  it  as  a  secret ;  it  is  of  a 
brownish  colour.  However,  I  am  infnnncd 
by  a  physician,  a  native  of  that  place,  that  the 
preparation  is  made  of  malt  almost  burnt  in 
an  iron  pot,  mixed  with  some  of  the  barm 
which  rises  on  the  first  working  in  the  keeve, 
■  small  quantity  of  which  invigorates  the 
whole  mass,  and  makes  it  very  heady." 

(2)  A  masonic  process  of  filling  up  the  interstices 
lietween  bricks  or  stones,  by  iwiu'ing  fluid  mor- 
tar, which  is  the  grout ,  over  each  course  or 
two  to  saturation.  Hence  jocularly  applied  to 
one  who  may  happen  to  take  anything  fluid 
late  in  a  meal.     Var.  dial. 

(3)  To  bore  with  the  snout,  or  dig  up  like  a  hog. 
YorkMh. 

GROUTED.     Begrimed.     Var.  dial 
GROUT-HEADED.      Stupidly   noisy.    Sutwx. 

Also,  large  or  great-headed,  stupid. 
GROUTS.      Dregs;    lees.     Var.  dial.      Thick 

muddy  liquor  is  grouty. 
GROUZE.     To  eat ;  to  devour.    Imc. 
GROVE.  (1)  To  dig.    North.    We  haTCyrotv, 

dug,  in   MS.  Cott.  Vespas.  D.  vii.    Grvmeit, 

dug,  Craven  Dial. 


Also,  lu 
UrotphI, 

To  grow 
common 


Prompt.  Parv. 
Var.  dial.   See  Ord. 


(2)  A  ditch,  or  drain.    Line. 

(3)  A  deep  pit  sunk  into  the  ground  to  search 
for  minerals.    A'orM. 

GROVED.    Grew.    See  Towneley  Myst.  p.  12; 

Y«ainc  and  Gawin,  354. 
GROVE-\\  OOD.     Small  timlwr  for  the  use  of 

mines  to  sup|>ort  the  roof  or  sides.     North. 
GROW.  (1)  To  he  troubled.    North. 

murmur,  to   repine,    to  be  sulky. 

Emare,  669. 

(2)  To  cultivate  anything,     far.  dial. 
downward,  i.  c.  to  get   smaller,   a 
phrase  in  the  provinces. 

(3)  To  l>e  aguish.  Hanlt. 
GROWBLAR.  A  digger. 
GROWER.    A  cultivator. 

and  Reg.  p.  234. 

GROWl.NG.  (1)  A  growing  day,  i.  e.  a  day  that 
will  make  plants  grow  well.    Var.  diaL 

(2)  The  hot  fit  of  an  ague.     North. 

GKOWME.  An  engine  to  stretch  woollen  cloth 
with  after  it  is  woven. 

GROWN.  Said  of  milk  when  burnt  at  the  bot- 
tom of  the  pot.    tittc. 

CROWNDENE.    Ground ;  sharpened. 

Alle  giftcrande  In  jjolde  apponc  grvte  ttrdci, 
Towsrdv  thp  grtve  wode,  that  with  j^(>irn,tf»t#  wa|iui.->, 

Uorle  Arlliurr,  US.  UkcuIk,  f.  07. 

GROWN  DER.      Founder.     Tundale,  p.  U6. 

GKOWNDIS\^'ELIE.  Groundsel.  Gnmdeneilic, 
Rrljq.  Antiq.  i.  37. 

GKOWNDYNE.     Bellowing.     Isumbras,  453. 

GROWSOME.  Genial,  generally  applictl  to  Uie 
weather,    tine. 

GUOWTH-H  ALFPENNY.  A  rate  so  called  and 
paid  in  some  places  for  the  tithe  of  every  fat 
animal.     See  Jacob,  in  v. 

GROWTNOUL.  A  blockhead.  We  have  al- 
ready had  grout-headed.  "  Growte-nowie, 
come  to  the  king,"  Promos  and  Cassandra,  p. 
81.  Strnnge  that  Narcs  should  hove  thought 
this  common  word  peculiar  to  Dckker. 

GROWZE.  To  lie  dull  httore  the  beginning  of 
an  ague-fit.    North. 

GROY.    Old ;  grey-headed.    Live. 

GROYNE.  To  lament;  to  groan,  Groynhif, 
discontent,  grunting.     Chaucer. 

GROYNEDEN.     Grinned.     IViclcliffe. 

GROZEN.    A  grove.     Romemet. 

GROZENS.    The  weed  duck's  meat.    Wetl. 

GROZET-EYES.    Gogcle-eves.    South. 

GRU.    Greek.     Warton,  i.  74. 

G  R  U  B .  ( 1 )  Food ;  victuab.     Var.  dial 

(2)  To  grumble.  To  ride  gnib,  i.  e.  to  be  sulky. 
The  grubs  bite  him  hard,  i.  c.  he  is  sulky. 
Eatt. 

(3)  A  little  dirtv  animal,  applied  also  to  •  child. 
SuffijUc. 

(4)  Idle,  stupid  talk.     Notf. 

GRUB-AXE.    A  rooting-axe.    Itant:    Called 

grubber  in  Florio,  p.  39. 
GRUBHLE.    To  grub  about.    Coki. 
GRUBBY.     Poor;   shrunken;   stunted.      Also, 

testy,  peensh.     IVett. 
GRUUB.  (1)  A  diteb,  or  drain.     Notf. 


CSV 


422 


6UB 


(2)  AinaBgeoeUsirte!i,toeataefc«tkcBaadcr 

the  wings  of  a  eocfc. 
GKCB-PEIXXXG.   fdlia%tmthfemttiag*mwf 

■n  tbeir  roola.    JEM.    Also  caDed  yi  ■*!/■* 

Arabia  Suffolk. 
CBl'BLIXG-IKOX.    Apimgt.     Pmbfrwe. 
GSUCCHAXDE.     GnBnbtiiig;mBrmriBg. 

Tfeaa*  (iCTy4e  syr  Gawsrac  at  Ui  (ita  void, 

Onrtka  towagfc t>«  game  with  |i  TrtMii  tain. 
JlWto  Awthmn,  MM.  ttn»f»,C«7. 

GBCCHER.  Aki]idofh8«k,BetfioiiediaMS. 
Addit.lU79,198. 

GRUDGING.  A  feeling,  or  iBciiaatiaii.  A 
gradgiBg  of  an  agae,  Le.  a  i  jmptoai,  Beamnoot 
aad  Plet  tL  34  ;  Dr.  Dee'i  Diary,  p.  28. 

GSDDGIN'GS.    PoOard ;  fine  Inn.    Norths 

GSUE.  To  pain,  or  grieT&    Lime. 

GBUBL.    Same  a*  Grmdfimf,  q.  t. 

GRUFF.  A  mine.  Somerwet.  Heaoe  gn^er, 
a  miner.    See  Jenningi,  p.  4 1. 

GKUFFLE.    TogrovL    S»g<iik. 

GKUFTED.    Dirtied ;  begrimed.    U»c. 

GRDGGE.    To  grmnUe.    Cot.  Hyxt.  p.  228. 

GRUM.  Angr; ;  imiy.  "  And  (o  gnun,"  Cot- 
ton's Works,  ed.  1 734,  p.  155. 

GRUMBLE-GUTS.  A  gmmiding  discontented 
peraon.    Vmr.SmL 

CRUMMEL.    GrorawelL    Reliq.  Antiq.  i.  52. 

GRDMMUT.    An  ignorant  person.    South. 

GRUIIPH.    To  growl,  or  grumble.    North. 

GRUMPHET.  A  species  of  jostling  among 
•choolboys,  in  endesTooring  to  hide  anything 
which  one  takes  from  another.    North. 

GRUMPY.     Sulky  ;snrly.     Var.dial. 

GRUHSEL.    The  dandelion.   Damt. 

GRUN.  (1)  Ground.    Far.  dM. 

(2)  The  upper  lip  of  a  beast.    North. 

GRUNDLIKE.    Heartily ;  deeply. 

GRUNDWALLE.    A  foundation. 

Bot  for-thl  that  na  were  may  stand, 
WiUwtcn  grundumiie  to  be  lasta&d. 

MS.  au.  r-piu.  A.  ui.  r.  3. 
GRUNDTNE.     Ground;    sharpened.     "With 

grundyne  wapynes,"  MS.  Morte  Arthure,  f.  68. 
GRUNNLESTO.NE.    A  grindstone.    North. 
ORUNNY.    The  snoat  of  a  hog.   Btut. 
GRUNSH.    To  scrunch.    Salop. 
GRUNT.    To  try,  or  endeavour.    Wat. 
GRUNTER.    A  pig,  or  hog.    Var.dial 
GRUNTING-CHEAT.     A  pig.    An  old  cant 

term,  given  by  Dekker. 
GRUNTLE.  (1)  A  muzzle.    North. 
(2)  To  be  sulky.    "  To  powt,  lowre,  grmtk,  or 

grow  sullen,"  Cotgrave. 
GRUNTLING.   A  pig. 

But  oome,  my  gruntting,  when  thou  art  full  fed. 

Forth  to  the  butchers  stall  thou  must  be  ted. 

J  Book  M  Boi/i  and  CirU,  168B,  p.  31. 

GRUP.    A  trench  ;  a  groop,  q.  t.   Eatt. 

ORUSLE.     Gristle.     Weber. 

ORUT.    Grit,  or  gravel.    Medulla  MS.   Still  in 

use  in  Devon. 
ORUTCH.    To  grudge.    Alio,  to  grumble.  See 

Baker's  Pocnis,  1697,  p.  78. 
GRWELL.   Gruel ;  any  kind  of  pappy  food.   See 

Reliq.  Antiq.  L  81. 


GRT.    To  base  a  aligks  attaek  of  tke 

Htrth. 
GRTDERN.    A  gridiroa.    Vt^^f.9». 
GRTED.    Trembled;  was aptalcsL 
GRTFK.    To  grieve.    Hampnte  US. 
GRTFFE.    The  iierti  diagon-wart. 
GRTLB.    Honibiy.    SmGrOk. 
GRTNGEV    Griisd.    Kyisg  Aiw.  4443w 
GRTNMES.    Snares;  gins.  JlpaL  la^ 
GRTXSTONR.    A  grindasoM.    Pr.  Pmrt. 
GRTNSTTNG.    Gnashing ;  griadiiK. 
GRYPPE8.    Saatcfaea:aeiiea. 
He  »SMM  hym  a  gicta  tpm. 

htttxa 
Tkaighe  tkr  gmttca  iwio  the  (om  W  gjiiha  bywr 
evyae.  Ibrtt  ^irswn,  Jis.  Limimbi,  I.  m. 

GRYSE.  (1)  Grass.  Sowierael. 
Sane  all  ^rjFae  and  tnea  tKat  i 
Has  beyng  aad  lifyag,  bat  aa  tttyag. 

Ma.  LimaUm  A.i.  IT.t  M. 
(2)  To  be  frightened  or  terrified. 

Wboa  the  cmniyiMS  taijaa  to  IJXW 
Wai  Don  so  pet  lord.  ■•  I  ffcsaa^ 
That  tbei  ia  kcftc  bs^on  tn  j  i  gmt, 
Inillrlilr  hrrjnlpi'  inimsai 

MS.rt,mtm.mtLtA 
GRYTHGrOB.   Troubled ;  vexed. 

ThaseayrGawsyae  was  giwvede.  and  jiji^di  ftitc 

•01*. 

With  Galothe  his  gnde  swcrde  gTymlye  he  stryfcca. 

Mcrtt  Jrtkure.  MS.  LiMtmU,  f.  M. 

GRYZE.  To  squeeze,  or  mb.     Abo,  ta  wear  or 
annoy.    Her^.    To  grind  between  the  teeth. 
Gloue.    Dean  Uilles'  MS. 
GUAGB.    To  engage.    Pal»grave. 
GUANO.    The  dung  of  sea-fowl,  fbmid  ia  hige 
quantities  on  some  islands  on  the  coast  ef 
Africa,  and  introduced  into  this  conntrr  a  few 
years  ago  as  a  valuable  species  of  maaiue. 
{Span.) 
GUARD.  (1)  A  postnre  ci  defence. 
(2)  Same  as  Gard,  q.  t. 
GUARISH.    To  heal,  or  core,    ^tenter. 
GUARY-MIRACLE.    A   miracle-play  formerly 
acted  in  Cornwall,  even  as  late  as  the  seven- 
teen century.    A  specimen  of  one  from  the 
Hart  MSS.  has  bran  printed  by  Mr.  Davies 
Gilbert.     In  the  following  pasa^e,  the  tenu 
seems  to  be  applied  to  the  redtatioo  or  singing 
of  a  romance. 

Thys  ys  on  of  Brytayne  layes. 
That  was  used  by  olde  dayes. 
Men  callys  playn  the  gmrjfe, 
OUB.  (1)  A  sum  (rf  money,    lime. 
A  pander,  or  go-between.   Devom. 
A  rough  round  stone  that  will  not  lay  regnlar 
in  a  wall.     Oxoa. 
GUBBARN.    A  foul,  filthy  place ;  a  Rirtter.  w 

drain.    WUt: 
GUBBER.     Black  mud.    Sufex. 
GUBBER-TUSHED.    Said  of  a  peiwm  vriiose 

teeth  project  irregularly. 
GUBBINGS.    The  parings  of  habodiae.    Also, 
any  kind  of  fragments. 

GUBBINS.    A  wild  sort  of  people  in  DevoBsUie 

about  Dartmoor.     Milles'  MS. 
GUBBLE-STONE.    Same  as  Gu6  (3). 


GUI 


428 


GUL 


GUBBY.    A  crowd.     Dmm. 
OUBERNATION.  Rule,  goTcrnment.  ILGIouc. 

p.  583  ;  Hall,  Hcnrv  V.  {.  5. 
GlID.     Good.     Reliq.  .Vntiq.  L  82. 
GlID-DEVON.     Gooii  even.     AmadM,  110, 
GUDULE.     Topiz7.1e.     Somenel. 
GUDE.    To  as!>ist ;  to  do  good.     Eiul, 
GUUGKN.    A  cutting  or  a  tree  or  pUot  let  in 

the  ground.     H'etl. 
GUDGEON.  (I)  To  iwallow  i  gudgeon,  i.  e.  to 

be  caught  or  deceived,  to  be  made  a  fool  of. 

To  gape  for  gudgeons,  i.  e.  to  look  out  for  im- 

poiaibilitiet.     A  gudgnn  was  olao  a  terra  for  a 

lie,  as  appear*  from  Florio,  p.  476 ;  and,  (ome- 

timcs,  a  joke  or  taunt. 
(2)  The  large  pivot  of  the  axis  of  a  wheel.    Also, 

a  piece  of  wood  used  for  roofing.    North. 
GUDGEONS.    Tlie  rings  that  bear  up  the  rod- 

dcrofaahip.     Vul^att. 
GUDGIL-IIULE.     A    plnce   containing   dung, 

water,  and  an}'  kind  of  filth.     /?></, 
GUDLY.     Courteoui.     Cmvayne. 
GlIE.     A  rogue,  or  sharper.     11  occurs  in  the 

1631  ed.  of  the  White  Dcril.     Sec  Webster's 

Works,  i.  81. 
GUEDE.      A   mistake  in  Havelok  and  other 

works  for  Gnede,  q.  v. 
GUEOUT.    The  gout.    Also,  a  soft  damp  place 

in  a  field.    Cheth. 
GUERDON.    Reward;  recompeoce.    Also,  to 

reward.     Gutrdonixr  occurs   in    Dolam^'s 

Primerose,  4to.  1606. 
GUERDONLES.     Wilhout  reward.    {ji..N.) 
GUERR.    War.     State  Papers,  iii  141. 
GUESS.  (1)  To  suppose,  or  bcUcve.     Var.  dial. 

(2)  A  corruption  at  gunl;  common  in  oar  old 
dramatists  and  early  writers. 

(3)  A  term  applied  to  cows  when  they  are  dr;  or 
barren.    Kent.    Guess-sheep,  barren  ewes. 

GUEST.  A  ghost,  or  spectre.  North.  Any 
person  is  called  a  guest  in  Craven. 

GUESTLINGS.  The  name  of  certain  meetings 
held  at  the  Cinque  Ports. 

GUEST-MEAL.     A  dinner-party.    Line. 

GUESTNING.  A  hospiublc  welcome ;  a  kind 
reception.    North. 

GUFF.   An  oaf,  or  fool.    Cumi. 

GUGAW.  A  flute.  Prompt.  Parr.  This  term 
is  probably  connected  with  gew-gow,  q.  T. 
Blount  has,  "  Gugaw,  a  Jew's  harp,  or  (rifle 
for  children  to  play  wilh." 

GUGE.  Tu  judge.  This  form  occurs  in  Wright's 
Monastic  Letters,  p.  133. 

GUGGLE.  (1)  To  gargle.    Harv. 

(i)  To  gull,  or  cheat.    North. 

(3)  A  snail-shell,  or  a  snail  having  a  shell.  This 
aingular  word  is  in  very  common  use  in  Ox- 
fordshire and  adjoining  counties,  but  has  never 
yet  found  a  pUce  in  provincial  glossaries. 
Cochlea  has  been  suggested  to  me  as  its  pro- 
bable derivation. 

GUGGLER.     AfunneL    £u/. 

OUIDERS.    The  tendons.    North. 

GUIDES.  The  guides  of  a  waggon  are  the  arc* 
of  circles    Csstened  on    the   fore-axle  as  a 


bearing  for  the  bed  of  the  waggon  whan  it 

locks.     Dorset  GL 
GUIDE-STOOP.    Aguidc-poat.    North. 
GUIDON.    A  kind  of  standard.    See  HoUnshed, 

Hist.  England,  i.  29. 
GUIDRESSE.    A  female  guide.    Narts. 
GUIE.    To  guide.    Fairfar. 
GUILE.    A  gtiile  of  liquor,  i.  c.  as  much  u  b 

brewed  at  once.    North. 
GUILERY.    Deceit.    Dert. 
GUILE-SILARES.    Cheating  sbatts.     Am/. 
GUIL-FAT.    A  wort-tub ;  the  tub  iu  which  the 

liquor  ferments.     North. 
GUILL.    To  be  dazzled.     ChetA. 
GUILTY-CUPS.    Butter-cups.    Devon. 
GUIMAO.    A   fish   mcutiuued   by  Skinner  as 

caught  in  the  river  Dee. 
GUINEA-HEN.    An  ancieol  caut  term  for  a 

]>ro8litnte.    Sec  Othello,  i.  3. 
GUINIVER.    Queen  to  King  /Vrlhur,  famous  foi 

her  gallantries  with  Launcelot  du  Lake,  and 

others.     Hence  the  name  was  frequently  ap- 
plied to  any  flighty  woman. 
GUI  PON.    "fhejupon.orpourpoint.    {J..N.) 
OUIRDING.     A  loud  crepitui  ventrit. 
GUISE RS.    Mummers.    North. 
GUISSETTES.    In  armour,  short  thigh  pioee*. 

See  Hall,  Henry  IV.  f.  12. 
GUITONEN.    A  vagrant,  a  term  of  reproach. 

See  Middleton,  iv.  324. 
GUIZENED.  (1)  Leaky.     North. 
(2)  Strangely  and  careleuly  dressed.    Line. 
GUIZINNY.   FooUshlydresmxL  Une. 
GULARDOUS.    A  form  of  GoUanb,  q.  t. 
A  mynstimtle.  a  gitlartotu, 
CimeoByilaa  byvliopct  iKMu. 

Ma.Bm1. 1701,  r.  41. 
ADd  thareforc  I  WAldf  thst  thou  wu  warre ;  for  I 

uy  the  aykcrljr  th«l  It  M  a  fuutc  lychcry  for  Co  de- 

lyte  the  la  rymmcs  snU  tlyke  fut^rd^. 

UH.  I.<nn,fn  A.\.  i;,  f.  (04. 

GULCH.  (1)  To  swallow  greedily.    H'ett.    Per- 

haps  connected  wilh  giUch,  wrongly  explained 

by  Nares.    A  guleh  u  a  great  fat  fellow,  as 

clearly  appears  from  Cotgrave,  in  v.  Bmlaiiln; 

Grand.     "  StufEngly,  gulchingly,"  Florio,  p. 

65.     Sec  below  in  Gulchy. 
(2)  To  fall  beanly.     far.  dial.     Also  a  siilxt. 

A  plumpendieular  gtddi  is  a  sudden,  awkward 

and  heavy  faU.    Ifett. 
GULCHY.     Coarsely  fat.     Devon.     The  term 

occurs  in  Florio,  p.  132.  Also,  grcedv  of  drink. 
GULDE.     Gold.     Rilnn. 
GULDER.    To  speak  loud  and  with  a  dissonant 

voice.     Cumi. 
GULE.  (1 )  To  Uugh,  or  boast.   Henf.    Alio,  to 

grin  or  sneer. 

(2)  Lammas  Day,  the  1st  of  August. 

(3)  Gluttony.    Nominale  MS. 

TtiU  vice,  wMclie  koouteof  rrulc 
Hath  Kt  ut  alle,  U  clepld  full. 

Ovwrr.  MB.  *e.  Anltt.  134,  t.  in. 

GULES.   Red.    An  herddic  term. 

GULF.    The  stomach,  or  belly.    Middleton  haa 

the  term,  but  Mr.  Dyce,  iv.  351,  reads fri/Or. 
GULK.  To  gulp,  or  swallow.    Devon. 


GUM 

GULL.  (1)  A  Jape,  or  foot  Very  common  in 
the  old  dnmatiiU. 

(2)  A  gosling.  AJto,  the  bloom  of  the  willow  in 
tpring.    South. 

(3)  To  sweep  away  by  the  force  of  running  water. 
Also,  a  breacli  or  hole  so  made.  A  creek  of 
water,  Harrison,  p.  59.     Gulletl,  ib.  p.  lU. 

(4)  A  kind  of  game.    Moor,  p.  23H. 

(5)  An  unfledged  bird.  North.  Wilbrabam  says, 
p.  44,  that  all  nestling  birds  in  quite  an  un- 
ilrdgeil  state  arc  so  called  in  Clieshirc.  "  .is 
that  ungentle  gull,  the  cuckoo's  bird,"  1  Henry 
IV.  V.  I.  Tlicre  can,  I  presume,  be  no  doubt 
about  the  meaning  of  tbe  word  in  tbal  passage, 
and  the  reader  will  be  somewhat  amused  at 
Mr.  Knight's  note.  See  also  the  "  naked  gull" 
in  Timon,  ii.  1. 

(6)  To  guzzle,  «r  drink  rapidly.  Sec  Staoiliiirst'i 
Ireland,  p.  16.  ^"^ 

(7)  A  crown.    An  old  cant  term. 
CULLE.    Uay;fme.     A.-S.  gjl? 

The  Jcwcs  site  of  that  gatt 
Wex  III  ralle  ful/i  *ud  grcin 

MS.  HaH.  ar^ljim. 

GULLERY.    Deceit    "  JUiuion,  i  mockerie,  or 

gullerie,"  Cotgrave, 
GLILLET.  (1)  A  small  stream.    See  Harrison's 

Descr.  Drilaioc,   p.  50.     From  pull,  to  force 

M  water  does.     See  GhU  (3),  and  Harrison, 

ib.  p.  31.    Tbe  term  occurs  sometimes  in  old 

dociinicnts   apparently  in  ibe  sense  of  |>or- 

tions  or  parts. 
(2)  The  arch  of  a  bridge.    Devon. 
13)  A  jack.     Korlh. 
GULLEY.    A  large  knife,     VorM. 
GULL-GROPERS.    Usurcrswho  lend  money  to 

the  gamesters.     This  term  occurs  iu  Uckker's 

Satiro-Mastix. 
GULLION.  (1)  The  choUc.    Eiul. 
(2)  A  mean  \rrctch.    North. 
GOlLY.  (I)  A  rannc ;  a  small  gutter ;  >  ditch ; 

■  small  stream,     lor.  dial. 
(2)  A  calfs  pluck.    S'orth. 
Ci\  A  hand-barrow.     Devon. 
gCLLYGUT.    a  glutton.    "  A  glutton,  a  gully- 

gut,  a  gormand,"  Florio,  p.  147.     See  also 

Barel,  1580,  G.G29. 
GULLY-HOLE.    The  mouth  of  a  drain,  sink,  or 

sewer.    Norf.    Florio,  p.  64,  hoiffvlfr-hole. 
GULLY-MOUTH.    A  smaU  pitcher.    Devon. 
CULLY^-PIT.    A  whirlpool.    /Jeron. 
CULOSITY.  Greediness.  {Lot.)  See  Dial.  Great. 

Moral,  p.  79. 
GULP.    "The  young  of  any  animal  in  its  softest 

and  tendercst  state ;  a  very  diminutive  person. 

Alt/. 
GULPH.     A  mow,  or  goaf,  q.  V.    Norf. 
GULSH.     Mod ;  lees ;  sediineDt ;  any  uncleanly 

deposit.     Eatl. 
GULSKY.    Corpulent  and  grots.    Eiut. 
GULT.    Injured,     mil.  Herte. 
GUM.     Insolence,     lor.  dial. 
GUMIIALDE.     Some  dish  in  cookery. 

Tula  of  Turkjr,  luic  irhane  iheraf  lykyn. 
OumbaU€*  gnythvly  tullo  gTKioui  to  ta*lc. 

JfarM  /kHmtt,  Ma.  LmcWn,  t.  U. 


GUMBLE.    To  fit  very  badly,  ud  be  too  lajft 

as  clothe*.    Kent. 
GUMBLED.    Awaking  in  the  no 
are  said  to  bej/ttmbM,  wrben  not  i 
Moor,   p.   158.   ■■  Thy  eye*  ore  fmim'i  «r«k 
tears,"  Hawkins,  ii.  92.    "  licr   oht  gomisir 
eyes,"  Two  Lancashire  Lovers,  16«tf,  p.  HI. 

GUMMED.  Velvet  and  taflStta  were  aOBCtiBa 
stiffened  with  gum  to  mnkr  thero  look  sUay ar 
sit  belter;  but  the  ctn.  'hattV 

stuff,  l)cing  thus  hardf  nliad 

fretted  itself  out.  See  Nurr-!-.  •  (lumiu'd  vel- 
vet," 1  Henry  IV.  ii.  2.  "  He  frets  like  gumm'il 
taffely,"  Ray's  Proverbs,  ed.  1813,  p.  60. 

GUMMY,    "niick ;  swollen.     XortH. 

GUMP.    A  fooUsh  fellow.    SoutM, 

GUMPTION.    Talent.     Far.  dial 

GUMPY.    Very  lumpy.    Drvm. 

GUMSHUS.    Quarrelsome.     Stut. 

LiVS.    A  large  flagon  of  ale.    ft'orlh.    Soa  of  t 
gun,  i.  e.  a  merry,  jovial,  drunken  fellow. 

'l-.S'DE.    To   reduce  to  pieces.     It  ocean 
MS.  Cott.  Vespas-D.vii. 

GUNNER.    A  shooter.    Suffolk.    It  u  in  Wf 
America. 

GUNNING.BO.\T.   A  light  and  namiw  hoati 
which  the  fenmeu  pursue  the  dorks  of ' 
fowl  along  tlieir  narrow  drains.     Alao  oaUedl 
gHnnintj-nhout. 

GUNSTUNE.   This   term   was   retained  tat 
bullet,  aAer  the  introdnction  of  iron   aha 
Gonnr-tlone,  Palsgrave.  

OUODDED.    S|>otted ;  stained.      Weter. 

GUOUE.     Good.    Amis  and  AmU.  16. 

GUP.    Go  up!     In  I  iilinintlnii  ntldii  wiNfl 
horse,     far.  dial. 

GUR.  (I)  The  matter  of  metals  Ixffare  it  i*< 
gulated  into  a  metallic  form.    Kennett'a  US 
Gloss.  MS.  Lonad.  1033. 

(2)  Green,  as  a  wound  is.    Line. 

GrRUE.(l)  Gilt;  girded,    lleanu. 

(2)  To  strike.    Also  the  part.  pa. 

Ry5t  M  grytRMiet  on  grcne  thvy  fMntrn  c^ycdnff. 

MS.  OM.  CaUg.  A,  Ik  r.  II4| 
A  comer  orotuweletKhtild 
He  gwrd*  out  smiilde  th«  feld*.        Oil«^  ^  \ 

GUROS.  (I )  Fits i  starts,    ftr. dial 

(2)  Eructations.    Somfriet. 

GURGE.    A  gulf,  or  whiripool.    (Lot.) 

GURGEON.    A  nondescript.     /.  iriffAt. 

GURGEONS.    PoUanl  meaL    Sec  Haniwsn, 
168;  Ord.  and  Reg.  p.  69. 

GURGIPING.  Stuffed  up  and  stiff.    An  < 
terra  in  hawking.    Sec  Gent.  Rec  iL  62. 

GURGY.    An  old  low  hedge.    Corme. 

GURL.    To  growl.     Someritl. 

GURMOND.    A  glutton.  Aaret. 

GURNET.    A  gurnard.    We  havo 
Ord.  and  Reg.  p.  449. 

GURRY-BUT.    A  dung-sledge.    Devtm, 

GURT.    Shulledoats.     Florio.  pp.  5,  67.  72. 

GURTE.    Struck.     Reliq.  Antiq.  ii.  8. 

GUKTHELE.    A  girdle.    CAaoeer. 

GUSH.  (1)  A  gust  of  wind.    fiu/. 

(2)  To  scare  or  frighten.    H'mt. 


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GUSHILL.    A  gutter.    Kennett,  p.  42. 

GUSIIMENT.    Terror;   fright.     Pnon. 

GUSS.    A  girth.    Al»o,  to  girth.    Hut. 

GUSSCHELLE.  A  disli  in  ancient  cookcrj-. 
Sec  MS.  Slouie  1201,  f.  48. 

GUSSETS.  Pieces  of  ohain-mail,  cut  in  a  tri- 
angular lozenge  shape,  which  were  fixed  to  the 
baiutmcut  or  garment  under  the  armour  by 
means  of  orciing-points,     ilryrick. 

GUSSUCK.  A  strong  and  sudden  gush  or  giut 
of  wind.     Eiul. 

GUSS-WEBB.     A  woven  girdle.     C/oiic. 

GUST.    Totiste.    SkaJe. 

CUSTARU.  The  great  bustard.  See  Uolinshed, 
Cliron.  Scotland,  p.  I&. 

GUSTRILL.   A  nasty  gutter.    WiUt. 

GUT.  (1)  A  wide  ditch,  or  water-course  that 
empties  itself  into  the  so;  a  bay.  Kennett, 
MS.  Lansd.  1033. 

(2)  A  very  fat  man.     Var.  dial. 

GUTBELL.    The  cUnncr  or  eating-beU. 

GUTII.    A  girth.    Salop. 

CIJTLING.    A  glutton.    Crmen. 

GUT-SCRAPER.    A  fiddler.     Var.  dial. 

GUTTED.     IJcgrimed.     Deroti. 

GUTTER.  (1)  The  hollow  place  in  a  cross-bow 
in  which  the  arrow  was  laid. 

(2)  A  small  stream  of  water  deep  and  narrow. 

(3)  To  devour  greedily.    Devon. 
GUTTERS.    Little  streaks   in  the  beam  of  a 

hart's  head.    {Fr.) 
GUTTER-SLUSH.     Kennel  dirt.    Eatt. 
CUTTER-TILES.    Convex  tiles  made  expressly 

fur  drains  or  gutters. 
GUTTIDE.     Shrovc-tide.    See  Wilbraham,  p. 

44  ;  Middlcton,  ii.  165. 
CUTTLE.    To  be  ravenous.    North. 
CUTTLE-HEAI).     A  forgetful,   careless,  and 

thoughtless  |)erson.     Vamli. 
CUTTONE.    To  jrut  an  animal.    Pr.  Parr. 
GUWEORN.    Spurge.     MS.  Harl.9;8. 
GUWLZ.     Marigolds.    This  form  is  from  Bat- 

chelor's  Orth.  Anal.  p.  134. 
GUY.    An  effigy  carried  about  by  lioys  on  Nov. 

5th  to  represent  Guy  Fawkcs.     Hence  applied 

to  any  strange-looking  individual. 
GUYDEIIO.ME.      A  guidon,  q.  v.    This  form 

occurs  in  Hall,  Henry  VII.  f.  47. 
GUYED.    Guided ;  directed.    [A.-N.) 
So  of  my  Kliip  troj'o'  >•  the  rothir. 
That  7  De  may  crre  for  wawr  ne  for  vynde. 

Lttlgml;  MS.  .•><•€.  Ahii<i.  1M,  t.  I, 
GUYOUR.    A  guider,  or  leader.     Heamr. 
GUYTE.    A  guide.     Nominale  MS. 
GUYZARDS.    Men  in  disguise.    See  Dekker's 

Knights  Conjuring,  p.  54,repr. 
GUZZLE.     A  drain  or  dllch.     Soul/L    Some- 
times, a  small  tlreani.    Called  also  a  fusim. 

"  Guzzcn-<Urt,  the  stinking  dirt  of  mud-jHWls 

in  summer,"  Millcs  MS. 

Tht>  U  all  oae  thing  u  If  bee  >houM  goe  alxxit 

lo  Juule  her  Into  tomt  filthy  itlnlUiif  gutsia  or 

ditch.  niMttln'a  UrUt  Bvtli,  IQKI,  |>.  114. 

a  WAIN.    Going.    A»r/*. 


G\^1BNDERS.    A  dingreeable  tingling  arising 

from  cold.     Comir. 
GWETHALL.    Household  stnlT.    Herrf. 
GWINRIS.    Guides,    lifier. 
GWODE.     A  goad.    Uiliq.  Antiq.  i.  82. 
GWON.    Gone.   Stili  in  use. 
GWYLE.    A  gully,  or  ravine  ;  generally  applied 

to  wooded  ravines.    U'nt. 
GY.    To  direct,  or  rule.    See  Gie. 

The  proitierlt^  uf  Lhf*  Uott  thus  they  gy, 
Forthewyth  togMlere  a1  to  theilaunce. 

US.  Camltb.  Ff.  I.  0,  r.  I3& 

GYANE.      Gay.'      "  Colours  gyane,"  CoIUer'a 

Hist.  Dram.  Poet.  ii.  289. 
GYBE.     A  counterfeit  license  for  begging.    See 

the  Fratcmitve  of  Yacabondes,  Load.  1575, 
GYBONN.    Gill«rt.     Pr.  Pare. 
GYDE.    A  guide.     Sec  6'«f. 

And  l*halt)c  the  muitket^d*. 
With  the  myght  of  mylde  Mary. 

MS.  Cttnlnb.  Ft.  T.  48,  f.  ISL 
GYDERESSE.     A  female  guide.     CAaueer. 
GYDERS.     Straps  to  draw  together  the  o\tr» 

parts  of  armour.     Arch.  wii.  292. 
CYDLES.     Giddy.     Lydyale. 
GYE.  (Ij  Tlic  name  of  different  weeds  grnwing 

among  com.    Eatl. 
(2)  A  salt-water  ditch.    Somertet. 
GYFFENE.     Given.     Perceval,  206, 2150. 
GYGE.     To  creak.     Craven. 
GYLE.  (I)  Guile;  deceit.    Also,  todeceive. 

Bol  ther  wu  ;ll  gon  a  g]ilt.     MS.  ^thmmUei,  t.  61, 
He  »eyde,  welcome  mile  »am«. 
He  lete  hymtclfe  then  tw  gtrlird, 

MS.  cntmi.  ri.  iL  Si,  r.  78. 

Many  on  trowyn  an  here  wylyi. 
And  many  lymri  the  pye  hem  fy/y«. 

MS.  Hart.  171)1,  f  3. 
(2)  Wort.     Gyle-tvite,  Uiiton  Invent,  p.  3,  Ihe 
vessel  in  which  ale  is  worked,  now  nearly  ob- 
solete.    Generally  sprit  gait.     Sec  gytefattt, 
in  a  note  in  Pr.  Parv.  p.  274.     Gylynfkout, 
Finclmlc  Charters. 
GYLE-IIATIIEK.     Is  he  that  will  stand  by  his 
master  when  he  is  at  dinner,  and  hid  him  eat 
no  raw  meat,  because  be  would  eat  it  himself, 
Frat.  of  Yacabondes,  1575. 
GYLKELADE.     A  dish  in  cookery  descril>edin 

MS.  Shiane  1201,  f.  53. 
GYLTED.     Gilt.     Paltgraee. 
GYME.    To  gim ;  to  grin.     NnrlM. 
CYMELOT.    A  gimlet.     Pr.  Pare. 
GYM.MES.     Gems.     Kyng  Alisaunder,3I52. 
GYNFUU     Full  of  tricks,  or  contrivances.    See 

Piers  Ploughman,  p.  186. 
GYOWNE.    Guy,  pr.  n.     Sec  Roquefort,  Sup- 
plement in  T,  G«ion. 

Oewke  l.oyer,  leyde  Cirotcne, 
Why  have  ye  do  thy«  treaon  I 

MS.  I'm/nk  Ff.  II.  38,  f.  I«Z. 

GYP.     At  Cambridge,  a  college  servant  is  called 

a  gyp,  said  to  be  from  Gr.  yt>i|>. 
GYKON.     A   kind  of  triangle.     An  heraldic 

term.     See  Test.  Vetust.  p.  231. 
GYRSOM.     A  fine  or  composition  paid  Iwfore- 

hand.     Dmrham. 


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HAC 


OTBTHE.     Protection;  peice.    {ji..S.) 
if  Ihou  htFTc  AD)'  thomlur 
Id  the  monttli  of  Dvcembvr, 
Wcfthol  thorow  the  grace  of  oure  Ltonlc, 
Have  pcci  and  gyrthr  j^mIc  acordr. 

KH.  Otmlab.  Ft.  v.  48,  t.  9. 

OYST.  (I)  Ajoist.    Paltgrme. 

(2)  Getteit.     Songs  and  Carol*,  i. 

(3)  Juice  ?    Nomiuale  MS. 

Do  hyt  f lDni[ie  and  uke  gmie  wjnt. 
And  take  the  ^yatt  and  put  Ihcryu. 
And  all  that  theror  drrnke. 
They  tchall  Icmefor  towynkc 

MS.  Canlmh.  ft.  U.  M,  t.  111. 

(4)  Deed,  action,  or  adventure. 


W«  wyO  UOe  RUnrfif-aowT* 

Of  Ibf  flMiu  ami  ihyn  liotiovra. 

US   t-«f.ra6.  Ff.  U  ]^C,a 
GYTELSCIIEPPE.     Rccklcuncsi. 
WyllaiHl,  mlea,  I  >iyd  It  notic, 
Oot  for  fyM>ck<i9>e  of  inochta^ 

n.  tfe  lirM/tru-,  VJC.  I 

CYTHESE.     GoiM  ;  (uhion.      ff  rf^  j 
GYTRASII.     A  spirit,  or  ghost.     Cfw^m. 
GYVE.  (1)  This  terra  is  ocnuiooall;  a«4  Ml 
verb,  to  kerp  or  fetter,  but  inrtanccaof  iliili 
sense  are  not  very  frequcntlv  to  he  ; 
(2)  To  banter ;  to  qtiir.      Norl'h. 
GYVES.     Fetters.     OcfOTtan,  222 
GY-WEL.     A  jc»r«l.     Rob.  GIooc  p.  5J 


HA.     A  contraction  of  hmm.    Sonietimet  hoM, 
ox  haul.      far.  dial. 

IIAA.    Azure.     Anturs  of  Arther,  p.  1. 

HAAFURES.     Fiihcrmen's  lines.     Norlh. 

UAAL.     Wiole.     fratifii. 

HAAM.  Home.  Korti.  This  dialect  gene- 
rally  changes  o  into  aa. 

HA-APB.    To  st^  or  keep  back.     Devon. 

HAB.  To  obtain  a  thing  by  hab  or  nab,  i.  e. 
by  fair  means  or  foul,  //ab  or  nab  means 
properly,  rashly, nithout  consideration.  "  Shot 
hab  or  nab  at  randon,"  Holinshed,  Chron. 
Ireland,  p.  82.  See  Florio,  p.  48 ;  Cotgrave 
in  V.  Conjeeturalement,  Perdu. 

11 AUADE.     Abode ;  stopped ;  wailed. 
The  knyghtL'  Do  luDgiLrc  fuilMttUt 
Dot  on  his  waye  faate  he  rade. 

US  Uncaln  A.  1    17,  t.  IXI. 

Ajid  hymselfe  and  a  certanc  of  tncn;e  with  hym 

habtuit,  and  Ihare  hegarlemake  acitec.  andcallei]  It 

Alevander  aTtcr  hi>  awenne  name.  US.  Ibtd,  t.  i. 

HAIIBE.     Have;  hold.     {A.-S.) 

H  A  B  D  ETH .     Have.     Rob.  Glouc.  p.  9. 

IIABENRIES.  Architectural  decorations  of 
some  kind,  but  the  exact  meaning  of  llie  term 
does  not  appear  to  be  knov^.  It  occurs  in 
Chaucer,  sonic  copies  reading  barbicaita. 

UAUERDASUER.     A  acboolmostcr.     North. 

HABERDINE.  Salted  cod.  In  an  old  register 
of  Buthey,  co.  Wilts,  it  is  stated  that  "  iU. 
Gale  gave  a  Haberdme  fish,  and  half  a  peck 
of  blue  peas,  to  twenty  widows  and  widowers, 
once  a  year."  See  Reports  on  Charilics,  xxv. 
330;  Tusser,p.  61. 

HABERGEON.  A  breastplate,  generally  of 
mail  or  close  steel,  but  sometimes  of  leather. 

Thin  habrrion  \*  thy  body  Tre, 
Thy  baner  U  the  rode  trc.     US.  Addlt.  1]»>7,  t.  SI. 
Sche  me  fond  pairrey  and  stod, 
Hclme,  habyriim,  and  odour  wed. 

US.  jtthmoUei.t.l. 
IIABID.     To  abide;  to  wait  for.     See  the  se- 
cond cjtample  in  v.  Verne. 
HABILITEE.     Ability.     Chaucer. 
HABILLIMENTS.     Borders,  as  of  gold,  pearl, 

&c.  in  ancient  dress. 
IIABITACLE.  Adwelling.or  habitation.  (y/.-JV.) 
It  it  sometimes  applied  to  a  nicbe  for  a  statue. 
What  wondir  thanne  thou;  that  God  by  myzacle 
WlthtoQoa  iT\aydcmadchikAii&i/fi(ye. 

Lr>lf<lle,  UH.  ate.  <Al>lf.  IM,  t.  .% 


HABITE.    To  dwell.     Chametr 

HABITUDE.     Disposition.     Table  Ultei 
demy  of  Complements.  I2iik>.  1640. 

HABLE.    A  sea-port,  or  haven.     (J^A'.) 

HABOT.    An  abbot.     Lf,dffote. 

Alt  aynt  Ambrote  tayse.  and  wrrtyHltailil 
haly  Aatex  that  hygbie  AcaUione.  thai  Van  an  I 
bare  a  itsne  ui  hb  moutJie  la  Irrc  kym  to  kaMto 
"y"'-  MS.  U»eUw,  A   L  I7.r.4 

II AB  UD.     Abided ;  auOered. 

The  hol^  croa  wyn  or  he  dye. 
That  Crbt  Aoiiuf  on  suoU  Fryilay, 

MS.  OaKctWa,tt 

HABUNDE.    To  abound.     Gotoer. 
HABUHDEPAYS.  Article*  of  merck 

are  sold  by  weight.     (.-/.-JV.) 
lUBUUIO.NE.    Same  as  tfoieryeoB. q.  t. 
DIadeync  to  Ihjk  hit  haAmriatu  iMtb  iimjIh 
or  my  dctirere  that  I  may  at  ryth  aawtlie. 

MS.  CkmtmU  FT.  Llktl 
IIABY.     Same  as  ^ije,  q.  T. 

The  knyghte  aniuen  in  h y. 
He  ullr  the  bargane  Aal*. 
That  did  Bie  Ihk  trelany. 

MS.   I^aiWH   A.   I.  n,  t. 

HAG.     But.     Heame's  Rob.  Uloue.  p.  &U, 
H ACH  E.  ( 1 )  Pain ;  fatigue.     ( jt..If.) 

(2)  Hatcbel ;  axe.     l/eame. 

(3)  A  rack  for  hsv.     See  Had. 
IIACIIED.    "  Clothe  of  nlver   AcfAnf 

satyn  grounde,"'     Wardrobe  Ace.  Bdw. 
1(>0.      The  editor  sufipoaea    thia    M| 
cloth  slightly  embroidered  with  al* 
satin  ground. 
HACK.  (1)  A  strong  pick.«xe,  or  Imm(  a 
tock  ;  a  spade.     Var.  diai.     See  »»^ririii 
For-wroffhl. 

(2)  .K   hatch,   or   half-door;    •    r*rk.      XHf' 
Skinner  gives  it  as  a  Lincolnsbire  mrd. 

(3)  To  stammer ;  to  cough  faintly  and  ftvqualfn 
to  labour  severely  and  indefatigably  ;  to  cki^ 
with  a  knife ;  to  break  the  clods  of  earth  rfla 
ploughing,  far.  dial.  It  occttrs  in  tliefnl 
sense  in  Towncley  Myst.  pp.  111.  j  16. 

(4)  The  place  whereon  bricks  newly  made  OT 
arranged  to  dry.     Weiit. 

(5)  The  lights,  liver,  and  heart  of  a  boar  or  a 
Holme,  1688. 

(6)  A  hard-working  man.     f^ttf^lk, 

(7)  Hack  at,  to  imitate.     Yortilk, 


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427 


HAG 


I 


I 


I 


(8)  A  place  vbere  a  hawk's  meat  was  placed. 
G«nt.  Rcc.  ii.  62. 

(9)  To  liop  on  one  leg.      If'nt. 

(10)  To  chttller  wth  colli.     Drron. 

(11)  A  hcd^     tine.     From  the  ^.-S. 

(12)  To  mo  ererj'thing.     Cumi. 
HACKANUE.   Annoving ;  troubleaome.  (A.-S.) 
HACKBUSII.     A  hcatT  hand-gun. 
HACKED.    Chopped,  or  rliapped.    ffortM. 
UACKENAIE.     An   ambling   hone,    or  pad. 

(.V..A.)     See  Rom.  Rose,  1137. 
HACKER.  (1)  A  kind  of  axe.     Mett. 

(2)  To  ttutter ;  to  vtainnicr.  Hacker  andttam> 
nier,  to  prevaricate.     North. 

HACK-HOUK.  A  cnmked  bUl  with  a  long 
handle  for  cutting  peas,  tares,  &c     South. 

HACKIE.     Samea«Co^(2). 

UACKIN.  A  pudding  made  in  the  maw  of 
■  sheep  or  bog.  It  was  fonuerly  a  standard 
dish  at  Christinas,  and  is  mcntionc<l  hy  N. 
Fairfax,  Bulk  and  Selvedge^  1674,  p.  159. 

HACKLE.  (1)  A  straw  cone  of  thatch  placed 
over  a  hce-hive,  Stmlh.  Tlie  term  accin*  to  be 
applied  to  any  conical  covering  of  bay  or  straw. 

f2)  To  shackle  Wasts.     SuffM. 

(3)  To  dress ;  to  trim  up.      YLrkth, 

(4 )  Hair ;  wool ;  feathers.     Surlh. 

(5)  To  agree  together.     Somrnrl, 

(6)  The  mane  of  a  hog.      If'illi. 

(7}  Ad  instrument  with  iron  teeth  for  combing 
hemp  or  flax.     North. 

is)  To  dig  or  pull  u|i.     Imc. 
9)  To  make  hay  into  rows.     A  hackle  is  a  row 

of  ncw-madc  hay.     Oatm. 
(10)  A  stickleback'.     Drrm. 
il.\CKLEU.     Peevish  i  crossgrained.     North. 
HACKLES.     The  long  pointed  feathers  on   a 

cock's  neck.     I  'ar.  dial. 
HACKMAL.    A  tomtit.     Devon. 
HACKNEY.  (1)  A  saddle-bofsc.     Wat. 
(2)  A  common  whore.     See  Cotgravc,  in  v.  Csn- 

lonniere,  I'utain ;  Howell,  sect,  xiii ;  VVithals, 

ed.   160t<,  p.  228.      Slukcs)ieare  nppsrenlly 

uses  the  word  in  this  sense  in  Love's  Labours 

Lost,  Ui.  I. 
HACKNEY-MAN.     A  person  who  let  out  horses 

for  hire.     Piera  Ploughman,  p.  96. 
HACKNEY-SAUDLE.     A  riding  saddle. 
HACK-PUDDING.     A  mess  ma<le  of  shcq>'s 

heart,  chopped  with  suet   and  sweet  fruits. 

The  people   used   to   breakfast   on    this   on 

Christmaa-day  at  Whitbeck,  co.  Cumberland. 

See  Jefferson's  History   and   Antiquilics  of 

Allerdale  Ward,  IH42;  and  Ihctm. 
HACKS.     Axes,  or  hatchets.     Mevrick.  iii.  ib. 
UACKSLAVER.    A  nasty  slovenly  fellow,  both 

in   words    and   action.      North.     Also,    to 

slammer,  or  stutter. 
HACKSTER.     An  hacknied  person, 
HACKSYLTRESE.    Axle-trees. 
HACKLM-PLACKVM.     Barter.     North. 
HACKV.     Artful ;  witty.     Norlhumi. 
HACONY.    A  hackney,  or  whore. 

Fclyd  sUtabowtcssSD  Aaconi/  lu  be  hyrnl. 

MX.  iMMl.  4IC,  r.  «4. 


HACQUETON.    Same  as  .icirfouH.  q.  v. 

HAD.     Hold.    Also,  have.     North. 

HAODEN.     Pa.  t.  pi.  of  Hare. 

UAI5DER.  Heath,  or  ling.  North.  See  Ho- 
linshed.  Hist.  Scot.  p.  95. 

HADE.  (1 )  In  mines,  the  underlay  or  inclinatjuu 
of  the  vein.     North. 

(2)  A  ridge  of  land.  This  term  occun  in 
Drayton's  Polyolbion.     See  Narn. 

IIADEN.     Ugly;  untoward.     »'«/. 

HADFASH.     Pbguc;  (rouble.     North. 

HADING.     A  sloping  vein.     Verb. 

HAD-I-WIST.  Tluit  is,  had  I  known  the  cod- 
sequences,  a  common  exclamation  of  those 
who  repented  too  late.  See  JdiiitUMtn ; 
Towneley  MysUp.  100;  Florio,  p.  14.  "  Had 
I  wist  comes  ever  to  late,"  Northern  Mothers 
Blessing,  1597. 

HADLEYS.  Hardly.  North.  It  is  occaxioa- 
allv  pronounced  hadluut. 

HAD-LOONT-REAN.  The  gutur  or  di»ision 
lictween  headlands  and  others.     North. 

IIAET.  Has.  Frere  and  the  Boy,  st.  4  7.  Ex- 
plained hot  bv  Mcriton.     - 

lUFE.     Heaved;  raised.     O1..S.) 

■Jhcsui  tho  hyt  hasde  op  hafi. 
And  hys  bletijog  by«  modur  gate. 

US.  CmIqI.  tf.  11.  38,  r.  ss. 
HAFER.    To  stand  higgling.     £11^. 
HAFEREN.     Unsettled ;  unsteady.    Eiut. 
HAFFET.    The  forehead,  or  temples.     North. 
IIAFFLE.     To  stammer;  to  prevaricate ;  to  fal- 
ter.   North.     It  seems  to  mean  in  Cotgrave, 
in  V.  Vieilazer,  to  abuse,  or  make  a  fool  of. 
HA  FIR.     Oats.     It  is  the  transhition  of  ataia 

in  Nominale  MS. 
HAFLES.     Wanting.    Towneley  Myst.  p.  152. 
HAFT.    Loose  in  the  haft,  L  c.  not  qnite  honest. 
See  Wright's  Pol.   Songs,  p.  339.     By  the 
heft,  a  common  oath. 
HAFTED.     A  cow  is  said  to  lie  haftcd,  when, 
from  long  retention  of  milk,  the  teats  liave  be- 
come rigid  like  the  hafts  of  knives. 
HAJTER;    A  wrangler ;  a  subtle  crafty  person. 
This  term  occurs  in  HoUyband's  Dictionarie, 
1593;  Doctour  Doubble  Ale,  n.d. 
HAFTS.    Little  islands  or  raised  banks   in  a 
pond  or  pool  for  ducks  or  other  water-fowl  to 
build  their  nesta.     Staf. 
HAF\'E.    Possess;  have.     (A.-S.) 

Wether  ••  It  b<  knyth  or  koav*. 
Uy  lafMl  h*  net  V/W. 

CV  <tA  WnrwUir,  MHUUkinlU. 
HAG.  (1)  The  belly.     Norlhumb. 

(2)  To  hew,  chop,  or  hack.     I'ar.diaL 

(3)  Idle  disorder.     Somertrt. 

(4)  A  certain  division  of  wood  intended  to  ho 
cut.  In  England,  when  a  set  of  workmen  un. 
dertake  to  fell  a  wood,  they  divide  it  into 
equal  portions  by  cutting  off  a  rod,  called  a 
hag-ntaff,  three  or  four  feet  from  the  ground, 
to  mark  the  divisions,  each  of  which  is  islltd 
a  hag,  and  is  considered  the  portion  of  one 
inclividnal.  A  whole  fall  is  called  ijlng.  The 
term  t)ccurs  in  Cotgravc,  in  v.  Defrader.     The 


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word  wu  also  applied  to  ■  imall  wood  or  iu- 
cloiiirc.  The  pork  at  Auckland  Cattle  nu 
fonnerW  railed  the  Hag.  Nares,  p.  220,  gives 
a  wrong  explanation. 

(5)  A  sink  or  niirc  in  mouses ;  an;  hrokcn  ground 
ill  a  bog.  Kurlh.  Sec  Dugilalc's  Historjr  of 
Iniliaiiking,  1GC2,  p.  292. 

(6)  A  white  mist;  phosphoric  light  at  night- 
time.     North. 

(7)  To  haggle,  or  dispute.     Writ, 

(8)  To  work  by  the  hag,  t  e.  by  (he  job,  not  by 
the  dav.     North. 

(9)  A  witch,  or  fiend.    {.i.-S.) 
HAGAGING.     Passionate.     Daon. 
IIAGBERRY.     The  Prunut  padtu,  a  shrub. 
HAG  BUSH.      See    Ihckbuih.      <•  Ca-itc    hag- 

buihcs,"  Hall,  1548,  Henry  VlU.f.  28.  It  is 
BOiiictimeB  spelt  hot/but. 

HAG-CLOG.    A  chopping-Wock.     North. 

HAGE.     Ague ;  sickness.     Heamr. 

HAGGAOAY.  A  kind  of  wooden  latch  for  i 
door.     Yorith. 

HAGGAGE.     A  sloven  or  slattern,    newm. 

HAGGAR.     ■Wild;  untamed.     Yortth. 

UAGGAKD.  (1)  A  rick-yard.  Jl'ett.  Tliisword 
occuni  in  Holinslicd,  Coni).  Ireland,  pp.  44, 
148,  and  also  in  Hall. 

(2)  A  wild  hawk  ;  one  thai  has  preyed  for  her- 
self before  being  taken.  Metaphorically,  a 
loose  woman. 

HAGGAR-MAKF.R'S-SHOP.     A  pubUc-house. 

HAGGEU.    Tired;  fatigued.     North. 

HAGGE.VBAG.  Mutton  or  lieef  baked  or  boiled 
in  pie-crust.     Corntr. 

HAGGER.    To  chatter  with  colcL     mttt. 

HAGGIE.    To  argue.     Kcmnor. 

HAGGIS.  The  entrails  of  a  sheep,  minced  with 
oatmeal,  and  boiled  in  the  stomach  or  (Mmnch 
nf  the  animal.  North.  To  cool  one's  haggis, 
to  beat  him  soundly.  Sec  Klorio,  p.  65 ;  N'u- 
uieiiclator,  p.  87. 

HAGGISH.  An  opprobrious  epithet  for  a  fe- 
male.    North. 

HAGGISTER.  A  magpie.  Kml.  "  The  eat- 
ing of  a  hagijulrr  or  pie  hclpeth  one  be- 
witched," XL  Scot,  Discoveric  of  Witchcraft, 
p.  82.    Sec  MS.  Lansd.  1033. 

HAGGLE.  (1 )  To  haU.     North. 

(2)  To  cut  irregularly.     North. 

(3)  To  tease,  or  won")'.     Oron. 
HAGGLER.    The  upper-»cr\ ant  of  a  farm.    /. 

night. 
HAGGLES.    Haws.    Males'  MS.  Glota. 
HAGGLE-TOOTHED.  Snaggle-toothed.  Devon. 
UAGGY.     Applied  to  the  broken  or  uneven  sur- 
face of  (be  soil,  when  in  a  moist  state.     Eatt. 
HAGH.    A  hedge.     (./.-S.) 

llcrmud  lookeil  umtrr  ay  hagfi. 
Ay  fail  tnaydcn  he  thcr  isgh. 

Gy  <tr  Wancik;  MUdMW  MS. 
HAGHE.     Fear;  tremor.     (AS.) 
HAGHES.    Haws.     North. 
IIAGHTENE.     The  eighth. 

Git'lc  dule  rorwtbe  it  es  to  Idle, 
Opponc  the  ImiiMtfe  Jsyc  byMle. 

MS.  Lincvin  A.  I.  17,  f- IW- 


HAGLER.     A  bungler,     yar.dinl. 

HAG.VLVLL.     A  woman  wbo  drrMCS  bendf  f 
a  sluttish  manner.    Sommrt. 

HAGKIDUEN.  Entongleil.  Drvon.  Thi*  and 
some  few  other  terms  niford  curious  traoea  of 
old  superstitions.  The  fair>'-ringi  are  termed 
hag-lraclm  in  the  Viesi  of  England.  _ 

HAti-STAFK.     Sm/lagH). 

IIAG-THURN.     The  hawthorn.    Dnon. 

HAGIES.     Haws.     Cnrm. 

HAG-WORM.     A  snake.     North. 

HA-HOUSE.    A  mansion.     Norll^. 

HAIU-CORN.    The  pUiuts  of  wheat  in  ' 
Northutnb. 

HAIE.     A  hedge.     Chaurer. 

IIAIFEK.     To  labour,  or  toU.    Bait. 

HAIGH.    To  have.     North. 

HAIHO.     The  woodpecker.    Sato/i. 

HAIKE.    An  exclamation,  generaUy  •  sigoalaT' 
defiance.    North. 

HAIL.  (I)  Health.     Rob.  Glouc.  p.  1 18. 

(2)  Healthy.  "  Hail  and  clear  English,"  Nalh. 
Fairfax,  BiUk  and  Selvedge,  1674. 

(3)  To  roar  or  crv.     Somerttl. 
IIAILE.     lUulcil ;  drawn.     Tuner. 
HAIL-FELLOW.     An  expression  of  inliDU 

To  be  hnilfrllnv}  veil  met  with  every  one,  i 
to  mix  in  all  sorts  of  inferior  society. 
HAILSEN.     To  salute  ;  to  embrace.     (^.-S.)j 
HAIL-SHOTS.     Small  shot  for  ouinon. 

Florio,  p.  53;  Doume's  Inventioiis,  1578. 
UAIN.  (1)  To  raise  or  heighten.    EomI. 

(2)  To  save  ;  to  prcscn-e.     North,     llcnce, 
exclude  cattle  from  a  field  to  that  grass 
grow  for  Imy. 

(3)  To  own,  or  posaess.    Lme. 

(4)  Malice;  hatred.    CAet*. 
HAINISH.     Unpleasant.     Ener. 
IIAIPS.     A  sloven.     Craren. 
HAIR.     Grain;  texture;  character.     Thti" 

common  word  in  old  jdays.     A  qnibble  o 
seems  intended  in   Sir  Thomas  More,  p. 
Citye  Match,  1639,  p.  51.     .Igahut  the  ha 
against  the  grain,  contrary  to  luturc 

HAIRE.     Same  as  /fayre,  q.  v. 

HAIREVE.     The  herb  cleaver.    Chue. 

HAIRY-LOCKED.     Having  sidc-lucVa. 

HAISH.     Thcasb.     ReUq.  Antiq.  ii.  82. 

HAISTER.     The  fire-place,     Sali^. 

HAISTERT.     Hoisted  about.     Vumb. 

HAIT.     Happy  ;jo>-ful.     (A.-N.) 

HA  ITCH.     A  slight  shower.     Stutta, 

HAITCHY.    Misty ;  cloudy.    &>«/*. 

HAITIIE.    To  heave  up.     (A.-N.) 

HAIT. WO.     Go  to  the  left !    A  word  at 
mand  to  horses  in  a  team.     A 
has  the  following  chorus,  "  With  a  1 
a  rec,  with  a  wo,  with  a  gee  1"     The  ' 
sion  is  very  ancient. 

HAKASING.    Tramping  aliout.     Line. 

HAKATONE.     Same  as  Aeltetottn,  q.  t. 
Asridait  smolt  Oyooe 
Tliorowe  hawbcrkr  and  AaJbafm*. 

MS.  caMoh.  rr.  li.  9|>  f.  W. 

IIAKCHYP.    A  bttldiet.    Pr.  Parv. 


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HAL 


HAKE.  (1)  A  hook.  rar.  dial.  Tlic  draught 
irons  of  a  plough  aire  the  hakes. 

(2)  To  sneak,  or  loiter  about.  Norlh.  Also,  lo 
dally  wantonly. 

(3)  A  hand-gun.    Egerton  Papers,  p.  17. 

(4)  A  hawk.    Sir  Amadan,  ,'>5. 
IIAKED.     A  large  pike.     Cambr. 

ilAKEL.  See  Aral/.  It  iccina  to  mean  cbMiiijr, 
dmi,  in  Warner,  p.  97. 

HAKERE.     A  quarter  of  com. 

IIAKEKNES.     Acorns.    WUL  Werw.  p.  66. 

HAKKE.     To  follow,  or  run  after.     (.-/.-S.) 

HAKKER.  To  Irenible  with  passion;  to  chat- 
ter with  cold,     ff'ent. 

HAL  (1)  A  fool.    Yorkik. 

(2)  All ;  hold.     Hearw. 

(,1)  Abbreviation  for  l[enry.     Obiolete. 

HALA.     Bashful ;  modest.     Yorlah, 

MAL.tNTOW.  A  pmccssion  which  used  to  sur- 
vey the  parish  bounds,  singing  a  song  with 
that  burilen,  and  accompanied  with  ceremo- 
nies, somewhat  similar  to  the  Furry-day,  q.  v. 

HALCIIE.     To  loop,  or  fasten.     Gawaynr. 

HALCilOO.     Same  as  llacUc,  q.v. 

HALDE.  Kept ;  held.  Also,  a  prison,  fortreas, 
or  castle.     (A.-S.) 

IIALDEN.     Held.     Cliaucer. 

HALDER.     A  plough  handle.    Line. 

IIALE.  (I)  To  pull,  or  draw.  »>./.  Sec  the 
Assemble  of  Foulcs,  I.M  ;  Spanish  Tragedy,  ap. 
Hawkins,  ii,  122 ;  Harrison,  p.  202 ;  Marlowe, 
i.  156,  ii.  14  ;  Rcliq.  Antiq.  i.  2 ;  Brit.  Bibl.  iv. 
93  ;  Stanihurst,  p.  11.  In  early  Euglish  the 
word  is  applieil  in  various  ways,  hut  generally 
implying  rapid  movement. 

(2)  llcjiltli;  safety.     l.yHgate. 

?3)  Whole  i  well ;  strong.    (.V.-S.) 

(4)  An  Iron  instnimcnt  for  hanging  a  pot  orer 
the  fire.    South. 

(5)  To  jiour  out.     Dfirtfl. 

{a)  Wiole ;  all.  Sir  Perceval,  2029.  "  The  hale 
howndrethe,"  MS.  Morte  Arthurc. 

(7)  A  tent,  or  pavilion.  "  Hale  in  a  fclde  for 
men,  trrf,"  Palsgrave.  Nares  misunderstands 
the  term.  "  Tabemaeulum,  %  pavilion,  tcntc 
or  hale,"  Elyot,  l.'>59. 

(S)  To  vex,  or  trouble ;  to  worry.     Ilall. 

(9)  To  procure  by  solicitation.     Norlh. 

(10)  A  rake  with  strong  teeth  for  getting  loose 
pebbles  from  brooks.     Deron. 

HAI,E.BREDE.     A  lout ;  a  lubber. 

HAI.EGH.  A  saint.  {A..S.)  This  occurs  in 
MS.  Cotl.  Vespas.  D.  vii.  Ps.  14. 

HALELELY.    Wholly.     See  Minot,  p.  17. 

And  wbraue  the  oitr  hnd  hrrde  thire  wordn,  Ihjiy 
commraedidc  hrm  huUUIjf  wittt  a  voycc. 

MS.  U»<W»  A    I.  17.  f.  19. 

IIALEN.     To  hawl,  or  take.     (J.-S.) 

HALES.     Plough-handles,     Line. 

HALESOME.     Wholesome;  healthy. 

HALESTONE.     A  tlint ;  a  fire-stone,     yorlh. 

HALEWES.     Saints.     Rcliq.  Antiq.  i.  38. 

HALEYARDS.  Halliards.  See  Euphues  Gol- 
den lA-ga'ie,  ap.  Collier,  p.  109. 

HALF.     Half;  part ;  side.     (A.-S.) 


HALF-BAKEI).     Raw ;   inexperienced ;   balf. 

silly.      Var.  dial. 
HALF-BORI).     Sixpence.    A  cant  term. 
HALF-CAPS.      Half-bows;    sUgbt    saliiUtiou 

with  the  cap.     Shot. 
IIALFENDELE.     Half ;  the  half  part.     (A.-S.^ 
In  Somerset,  a  halfeudeal  garment  is  onccoiiu 
posed  of  two  different  materials. 

H«  MluKd  llie  erie  in  ■  while 
Marc  [then]  hatflmHett  %  nijrie. 

US.  UnroJn  A.  I.  17.  t.  IS). 

HALFERS.  An  exclamation  among  children, 
which  entitles  the  utterer  to  half  of  an)1  hing 
found  by  his  companion,  unless  the  lotlcr 
previously  says,  "  No  balfers,  flndec  keepec. 
loosee  aeekee,"  which  destrovs  the  claim. 

HALF-FACED.  Showing  only  half  the  face, 
the  rest  being  concealed  by  a  muffler.  See 
the  Puritan,  quoted  by  Nares.  Also  said  of  u 
face  drawn  in  profile.  Hatf-faeed groalt  wcro 
(hose  which  had  the  king's  face  in  profile. 

HALF-HAMMER.  The  game  of  hop,  alcp. 
and  Jump.     Ewit. 

ILVLF-KIRTLE.  Tlic  common  dress  of  coiulc- 
sans.     Sec  2  llcnn-  IV.  v.  ^. 

HALFLY.     Half.    Halle's  IIUl.  Ex.  p.  39. 

HALF-MARROW.  One  of  two  boys  who  ma. 
nages  a  tram.    North, 

HALF-MOON.    A  periwig.    Dckkn-. 

HALF-NAMED.     Privately  baptized.     Wnt, 

HALF-NOWT.     Half-price.     Norlh. 

HALF-PACE.  A  raised  floor  or  platform.  See 
Ord.  and  Reg.  pp.  341,  356. 

HALFPENNY.  To  have  one  hand  on  a  Imlf- 
pcnny,  to  be  cautious,  prudent,  or  attentive  to 
one's  interests.    Norlh, 

HALF-ROCKED.     Sillv.      Var.  dial. 

HALF-SAVED.  Half-witted.  Heref.  The  epi. 
thct  hatf-tlrained  is  also  common. 

HALF-SIREET.  A  place  in  Soolhwaric,  for- 
merlv  notetl  for  stews. 

H ALFi  LDE  LE.    Same  as  HoffemUb,  q.  v. 

IIALIDOM.  Holiness ;  sanctity  ;  the  sanctuary ; 
a  sacrament.  Ponncrly  a  common  ouili. 
Minsheu  calls  it,  "  an  old  word,  used  by  ulil 
countrywomen  by  manner  of  swearing." 

HALIE.     To  bawl  ;  to  pull.     (A.-S.) 

HALIFAX-GIBBET.  An  instrument  of  execn- 
tion  formerlv  use<I  at  Halifax. 

IIALIGH.  Holy.  This  word  occurs  in  MS. 
Cott.  Vespas.  D.  vii.  Ps.  4. 

HALING.     A  pulling.     Harri>on,  p.  184. 

HALING-WHIP.    A  flexible  whipor  rod 

HALI-PALMER.     A  palmer-worm.      »>»/. 

HALIW"EY.  The  balsam  tree.  Sec  a  list  of 
plants  in  MS.  Sloane  5,  f.  3.  The  term  was 
also  applied  to  any  remedy  against  sickneas. 

IIALK.    Futiio.     MS.  Ashmole  208. 

HALKE.     A  comer.     {A.-S.) 

And  also  thUc  r«lc«  «rchc«l»k«ne  that  About*  tht 

OURlTr  wslkc. 
And  maynteynen  fake  pncatb  lu  rvrry  hatkr. 

ttX.  AMliimAt  no,  r.  07. 

HALL.  (1)  A  trammel.     Suffoli. 

(2)  .\  chief  house.  The  manor-house  in  ininy 
parishes  is  called  the  Hall. 


HAL 


430 


HAM 


(S)  A  hall!  a  haU!  The  nisual  exeUmation  it 
ancient  tnii.'U]un,  &c.  to  make  room  for  the 
iloiicen  or  perfonners. 

UALLAItAI.OO.     A  noise,  or  uproar. 

UALI.ACKING.  Idling;  fea^Hng;  making 
merry.     HaUackt.     An  idle  iVllow.     North. 

HALLAGE.  The  fee  ur  toll  due  to  the  lord  of 
■  £>ir  or  market.     (».) 

HALLAN.  The  passage  or  space  between  the 
outer  and  inner  door  of  a  cottage  ;  the  parti- 
tion iKtvcen  the  piusagc  and  the  room. 
llttUan-nhaker,  an  impudent  prctuming  beg- 
gar.    Xorth, 

HALLANTIKE.     All  Saints' dav.     JTett. 

HALLE.  (1 )  Well ;  heolthv.     See  BaU  (2). 

(2)  A  dweliing,  or  habitation.    (.i.-S.) 

(.S)  All.     Kypig  Alisamidcr,  2327. 

('I)  A  plough-liondlc.     Deron. 

ILU>LE.EES.     AU  Hallo*  even.     A'orM. 

HALLESYN.     To  kiss,  or  embrace.    Pr.  Pan. 

HALI.IBASH.     A  great  blare,     yorlh. 

IIALLIER.  A  student  in  a  hall  at  Oxford.  See 
Harrison's  England,  p.  152. 

UALLING.  (1)  Trying  to  sec  if  gecM  or  ducka 
be  with  egg.     Depot). 

(2)  Tapestry.     See  Wartou.ii.  377. 

HALLION.     A  reprobate.     Aor/A. 

HALl.-XIGHT.  Shrove  Tuesday  evening.  The 
previous  Sunday  is  sometimes  called  Hall- 
Simday.     Devon. 

HALLOWDAY.     A  holiday.     Eatf. 

HALLOWMASS.     Tlic   feast   of    AU   SainU. 
liaUiwp  Thurtilaye,  Holy  Thursday. 
ToflC«  hyi  nnbdilc  and  rynlleariayt 
In  llotnc  on  Hahu-t  Thundair*. 

MS.  OtKlali.  Ff.  IL  38,  t.  H3. 

HALLY.    WhoUy.     Govvr. 

Thane  they  boldest  htthe»le  halty  at  ooc«. 

Murlti  Arthun,  MS.  Unevln.  t.K. 
HALM.     Handle.     Gairayne. 
HALMOT-COi;UT.     The  court  of  a  copyhold 
manor ;  a  court  baron.     A  or/A.    "  Holdcn  his 
halyniotcs,"  i.  e.  his  courts,   Wright's  Pol. 
Songs,  p.  154. 
HALOGHE.     A  saint,  or  holy  one.     {A.-S.) 
Thou  Ml  noffht  Icve  my  caule  In  hello,  oe  thou  Ml 
Boght  gtfe  thl  hato^^  to  ic  corrupclauo. 

MS  au.  «(M  10,  r.  S3. 

AUe  tbs  haio»n  that  are  in  hevene. 

And  angels  ma  than  manne  kitnne  nerene. 

.VS.  Uncvin  A.  1. 17,  T.  It!. 
HALPACE.     A  raised  floor,  or  stage;  the  dais 
of  a  hall.      It  is  sjielt    /laulepace  in    Hall, 
Hcnrv  VIII.  f.  65  ;  Ord.  and  Reg.  p,  153. 
HALPE.     Helped.     Chaucer. 

He  hcwe  on  ther  tiodyos  bold*, 
Hys  liownUe  /ia/p«  byin  at  node. 

U.S.  Oinlal,.  Ft.  U.  38,  f,  73. 

HALPED.    Crippled.     /.  niffhl. 

HALPOWRTH.     A  halfpennyworth. 

HALS.     The  neck  ;  the  tliroai.     (.^.-S.) 
Koure  rendu  w  he  als, 
Hongyng  fast  aboutc  hlr  halt. 

US.  Caulali.  Ft.  r.iB.t-  4i. 

HALSE.  (1)  HazeL    Someriet. 

(2)  To  Mlute ;  to  einbr»;e.    (^.-6'.) 


HALSKNT.   Ctjcss;  conjecture. 

rallv,  an  evil  prediction. 
HALSFANG.     The  pillory.     Bloeml. 
IIAI.SH.     To  tie  ;  to  fasten  ;  to  knot.     Kvrtk. 
HALS-MAN.      An  executioner.      "The  balk 

man's    sword,"    Cleawlaod   Bevhrcd,  liM, 

p.  75.    (AS.) 
ILALSON.  (1)  A  kind  ofhard  wxhmL 
(2)  To  promise  or  bid  fair,  good,  or  bail;  to 

predict.     Deron. 
HALSTEK.     He  wbn  dravn  a  barge  al«sgd&! 

a  river  by  a  rope.    Wett. 
IIALSUMLY.     Comfortably.      Gmraynt. 
HALT.  (1)  A  shrub ;  a  copse.      It  is  the  I 

lation  of  virgultum  in  Nuininalc  MS. 

(2)  Held ;  kept.     Also,  holdelh. 

For  the  that  halt  fai»  tir  lo  drr* 
ItU  mo<lir  Ift,  withoutcTD  wcnw 
Cirnir  Mooii,  MS.  0>J(.  IVSa.  I 

(3)  A  Strong  hamper,  such  as  is 
pack-saddle.     North. 

(i)  Animal  deposit.     Somertef. 

IIALTE.     To   go  lamely.     {J.-N.)     Abo  i« 

adjective,  lame. 
HALTEUPATH.    A  bridle-vay.     Dormt. 
HALTERSACK.     A  term   at  reproadi, 

mating  that  a  person  ia  fit  for  the  | 

"  A  knavish  lad,  a  slie  wag,  a  hnttn 

Florio,  p.  81. 
HALVANS.     Inferior  ore.     North. 
UALVENDELE.     Same  as  HalfmdeU,  q.  v. 

Her  ys  \hv hatvynttelt of  o\it  gest«t 
God  lave  us,  meet  and  lest. 

US.  jlnixdel,  CM,  ^n 
HALWE.    To  hallow,  or  consecrate. 
ilALWEN.   Saints.   Auchinleck  MS. 
HALWETHURS.     Holy  Thursday. 
HALWYS.     Sides.     Arch.  xxi.  408. 
IIALY.     Hated.     Promfil.  Pare. 
HALZEN.     The  same  as  llalnon,  q.  v. 
HAL5EN.     SainU.     MS.  Arundel  57.  f. 
HAM.  (1)  Them.    Weber's  Met.  Rom. 
(2)  A  rich  level  pasture.     H'ett.      A  plot  af 

ground  near  a  river. 
HAMRERWES.    Horse  collan.    Noiuinaln MS. 

Kcnnctt  has  hamrrought, 
HA.MBURGHES.    The  ann-holes.     Ume. 
HA.MBYR.     A  hammer.     Pr.  Parv, 
HA.MCH.     The  hip.joint.     Northumb. 
HAME.  (1)  Home.     Still  in  use. 
(2)  Skin.     Kyng  Alisaunder,  391. 
HAMEL.    To  walk  lame.     To  hamel  dogs,  t 

hune  them  by  cutting  their  hams  or  hough 

North.      See  Troilus  and  Crescide,  ii.    " 

"  0  fote  is  hainelcd  of  lliy  sorowo." 
HAMELESSE.     Hamlets.     Langtofi.  p.  321. 
HAMELIN.     Limping;  VMilkiug  Ininc.      .VoryU 
H.\MES.     Pieces  of  wood  on  tlie  collar  of  < 

horse  to  which  the  traces  arc  fixed.    /  *<sr.  • 
HA.\(.FLEETS.      A  sort  of  cloth  bu 

defend  the  legs  frooi  dirt.     Gloue. 
HAMIL.     A  handle.     Sumeriet. 
H AMINE.      To   aim   at   anything,    to 

Lydgate. 
HAMKIN.     A  pudding  made  upon  Die  1 


IIAN 


I 


of  •  ihoulder  of  muttoo,  all  the  Aeah  being 

fint  taken  off.     Devon. 
HAMLEN.    To  tie,  or  «tt»ch.     (.f.-S.) 
HAMLET.     A  high  ronstable.     Grme. 
HAMLING.     Tlie  operation  of  catling  the  halli 

out  of  the  feet  of  dogs. 
HAMMARTWARD.      Homeward.       See    the 

Chron.  Vilodiin.  p.  9G.     Hammard  occon  in 

Sir  Degrcvant,  1233. 
HAMMER.    To  stammer.     Alio,  to  work  or 

laliour.      far.  dial.     The  hammer  of  death, 

i.  e.,  a  fist.      Hammer  and  pinem,  the  noise 

made  liy  a  horse  when  he  strikes  the  hind- 
foot  against  the  fore-foot.      To  livt  Hammer 

and  lung;  to  agree  ver;  badly. 
HA.MMER-AXE.      An    instniment    having   a 

hammer  on  one  side  of  the  handle,  and  an  axe 

on  the  other.     Norlh. 
HAM.MER-DKESSED.      Said  of  stone  hewn 

with  a  pick,  or  (minted  hammer. 
HAMMEU-SCAI'PLE.     A  miser.     Sorlh. 
HAMMER\Vt)RT.    The  herb  pcUitorv. 
H  AMMIL.     A  village ;  a  hoveL     Sorlh. 
HAMPEIL     To  beat.     Norlh. 
IIA.Ml'ER-CLOT.    Aplotighman.     North. 
HA.MI'ERIXGGED.     Led  away  or  overborne 

bv  ftiiotlier.      IVaru'. 
HAMI'ERY.     Out  of  repair.     Ktnt. 
UAMI'SlilRE-IIOG.     A  deriaiTe  name  for  a 

native  of  Hampshire. 
HAMRON.     The  hold  of  a  ship.   Bhtml. 
HAMS,     nrceches.     A  cant  term. 
HAM-SAM.     Irregularly.     Otmb. 
HAMSHACKLE.     To  fasten  the  bead  of  an 

animal  to  one  of  its  foreleg*. 
HAMSTICKS.     Part  of  the  hamcu  fixed  to  a 

horse's  collar.     Norlh. 
HAM-TREES.    Tlie  haraes,  q.  v.     Devon. 
HAMUR.     A  hammer.     Pr.  Parr. 
HAMWARD.     Homewards.     Ileame. 
HAM  WOOD.     A  hoop  fixed  ro(md  the  collar  of 

a  carl-horsc,  to  which  the  chains  are  attached. 

Soulh. 
HAN.  (1)  Hence.    Sevyn  Sage*,  494. 

(2)  To  have.  Still  in  use  in  the  North  for  the 
prcs.  plur. 

(3)  The  voice  wherewith  wood  cleavers  keep 
time  to  their  strokes. 

HANABOROUGH.  A  coarse  horse-collar,  made 
of  reed  or  straw.     Der<m. 

lUNAP.     A  cup.    Test.  Vetusl.  p.  99. 

HANAPBR.  A  hamper,  or  basket.  Hanaper 
Office,  where  the  writs  were  deposited  in  a 
basket,  and  still  so  called. 

HAN  BY.     Wanton ;  unrulv.     Norlh. 

HANCELEI).     Cut  off.     SUnnrr. 

HANCE-POTTS.  In  the  inventory  of  Arch- 
bishop Parker's  plate,  Archtrologia,  xxx.  25, 
is  "  ij.  hance-potlM.vithe  angclls  wings  chased 
on  the  bellies,  withe  covers  annexed,  weyingn 
xliij.  01.  |." 

IIANCLB.     A  great  many.     North. 

HANCUTCHER.     A  han.lkerchief.     Nnrlh. 

HAND.  (1)  ///  any  /laml,  at  any  rate,  at  all 
events.     To  mate  a  hand  on,  to  waste,  spoil, 


or  destroy.  To  be  on  Ike  meit£i>f  Amrfi  to 
be  in  a  state  of  convalescence.  719  hart  the 
hand  in,  to  be  accuntomed  to  business.  To 
tiiap  even  homh,  to  exchange  without  advan- 
tage. //«'«  any  hand  afore,  ready  and  pre- 
pared for  any  undertaking.  To  hand  ttrilh,  to 
cooperate  with. 

(2)  To  sign.  Eatl.  My  own  hand  copy,  i.  e. 
my  autograph  copy. 

(3)  i'he  shoulder-joint  of  a  hog,  cut  without  tlie 
blade-bone.     Stiff. 

(4)  A  bunch  of  radishes.     Camir. 

(b)  Performance.  Also,  a  doer  or  workman  in 
any  business  or  work. 

HAND-BALL.  Stowe  mentions  a  ctutom  of 
playing  at  hand-hall  on  Easier-day  for  a  tansy- 
cake,  the  winning'of  which  depended  chiefly 
npon  swiftness  of  foot.  Survey  of  London, 
ed.  1720,  b.  i.  p.  251. 

Anit  t>rlyre  he  frrrte  write  ■  l«ltrs,  and  Mrlit  It  tUlc 
AlcKsodcr,  and  thrrwitti  ht  wnl  hym  a  handbmitt 
and  other  certanc  jaiicf  In  Kome. 

US.  UnniK  JV.  1. 17,  r.  7. 

HAN'DBAND.    Possession.    {J.-S.) 

UANDBEATING.  Cutting  otT  the  turf  with  a 
l>cating  axe.    Devon. 

HANDBOW.    Tlie  long  or  common  bow. 

HAND-BREDE.    A  hand's  breadth.    (^.-5.) 

HAND-CANNON.    A  musket.     HalL 

HAND-CLOTH.    A  handkerchief.    Line. 

HAND-CLOUT.    A  towel.    Norlh. 

HANDE.    Hanged.' 

Alexander  gart  rayie  up  I  va  peless  of  inarlilc,  and 
by-twUe  Iharoc  he  hanHt  a  labia  of  folde. 

Its.  Uitcclm  A.  L  17.  r.  40. 

HANDECHAMP.    A  raffle,     frarm. 

HANDELL.     A  fuller's  inslninient.     Pepye. 

IIANDER.     The  second  to  a  pugilist.    Line. 

HANDERHAMP.    A  ruffle.     Craven. 

IIANDERSOME.    Handv ;  meddling.    Norlh. 

HANDEWARPS.  A  kind  of  cloth,  formerly 
much  made  in  Essex. 

HANDFAST.  Hold;  custody;  confinement. 
.\lso,  connection  or  union  with.  Seellolinsbcd, 
Chron.  Irchind,  pp.  C.  134.  Tbc  custom  of 
liandfasting,  or  contracting  for  marriage,  needi 
no  mort;  than  a  passing  observation. 

HANDFUL.  The  measure  of  a  hand,  or  four 
inches ;  a  span.     Blount. 

HANDGUN.    A  culverin.     PaUjrave. 

HAND  -  llOVEN  -  BREAD.  Oatmeal-hiead, 
kneaded  very  stilT,  with  little  leaven.    Ltne. 

HANDICAP.  A  kind  of  game,  mentioned  in 
Pepys's  Diary. 

HAND-IN-.\NI)-n.VND-OL'T.  A  game  pUyed 
in  tbc  following  manner.  A  company  of 
young  people  arc  drawn  up  in  a  circle,  when 
one  of  them,  pitched  upon  by  lot,  walka 
round  the  band,  and,  if  a  boy,  hits  a  girl,  or  if 
a  girl,  she  strikes  a  hoy  whom  she  chooses, 
on  which  the  party  striking  and  the  party 
struck  run  in  pursuit  of  each  other,  till  the 
latter  is  caught,  whose  lot  it  then  become*  to 
perform  the  same  part.  A  game  so  calletl  was 
furliidilen  hv  statute  of  Edw.  IV. 

HASU-IN-rOST.    A  gtmle-post.     Oxon. 


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HAN 


nANDLASS.     A  stnftll  windliui ;  the  hindlc  of 

a  windlass.     It'et/. 
HAND-LIME.     \  riron,  or  hand-worm. 
IIANDLOCKED.     HamloullV-d.    Dckkn-. 
HAND-OUT.    A  kind  of  game  mentioned  by  Sir 

Jolm  Harringtou. 
HAND-OVTR-IIEAD.    Thonghtlessly  extrava- 
gaat ;  carelcu ;  at  random  ;  plenty.    Hemp  is 
taid  to  be  dressed  hand  nrrr  /irail,  when  ibc 
coarre  port  is  not  scparatr<l  from  the  fine. 
IIANDPAT.    Fluent.    See  Antpal. 
HAND-Ul'FF.    A  shirt  nifflc    Hall. 
HANDUUNNING.    Continuously.    Sorth. 
HANDSMOOTH.    Quite  flat.  Forby  explains  it, 
uninterruptedly,  without  obstacle,  entirely.  It 
occurs  in  Palsgrave. 
HAND-SPIKE.     A  wooden  leaver,  shod  with 

ir*m.    Craren. 
HAND-STAFF.    The  liamUc of  aflail. 
HANDSTRIKE.    A  strong  piece  of  wood  used 

u  ■  lever  to  a  windlass,    far.  dial. 
HAND'S-TURN.    Assistance.     Var.  dial. 
HANDSUM.    Dexterous:  vcn-  haiulv. 
HAND-TABLE.    A  table-book.    Pr.  Pan. 
HAND-WHILE.    A  moment ;  a  short  time. 
HAND-WOMAN.     A  midwife.    Defoa. 
HAND-WTtlSTS.    ThcwrisU.    Somertel. 
HANDY.  (1)  Apiggin.    .\orl>i. 
(2)  Ready ;  expert ;  clever.    /  or.  dial. 
HANDYCITFFS.     Blows.    See  Yorkshire  Ale, 
p.  10;  Florio,  p.  20.      Hanrly-ilowi,  Spanish 
Tragedy,  ap.  Hawkins,  ii.  9. 
HANDY-DA-NDY.  A  game  thus  played  by  two 
children.     One  puts  something  secretly,  as  a 
small  pebble,  into  one  hand,  and  with  clenched 
fists  he  whirls  his  hands  round  each  other, 
cr)'ing,  "  Ilandy-spandy,  Jack-a-dandy,  which 
good  hand  will  yonhd\e?"  Tlicolbcr  guesses 
or  touches  one ;  if  right,  he  wins  its  contents; 
if  wrong,  loses  an  equivalent.     This  game  is 
not    obsolete,    and    is  mentioned    in    Piers 
Ploughman,  p.  69  ;  King  Lear,  iv.  G;  Florio, 
p.  57.   '*  The  play  called  hundie  dandie,  or  the 
casting   or  pitching  of  the  barre,"  Nomen- 
clator,  p.  297,  which  seems  to  refer  to  another 
amusement, 
HANDYFAST.   Holding  fast.   Derm. 
HANDYGRIPES.    "  yllle  tirtltr.  M  gmplingor 

haiiHyifripet,"  Florio,  c(L  161 1,  p.  20. 
HANE."(1)  To  throw.    fJeron. 
(2)  Protection  ;  safeguaid.    tioc. 
HANG.  (I )  A  crop  of  fr.iit.   Eatl. 

(2)  A  declivity.  Eatl.  To  hang  out,  to  lean  over 
OS  a  cliff  docs. 

(3)  To  stick,  or  adhere.  Hrj/.  Alao,  to  tie  or 
fasten.    Somcmel. 

(4)  //'«  hang  il  thai  hai  it,  there  is  little  or  no 
difference.  To  hanti  out,  to  give  a  party.  To 
hang  on  arte,  to  Imn;;  buck  or  hesitate.  The 
last  phrase  occurs  in  lliidibras.  Tn  hong  the 
tip,  to  pout,  to  look  sullen.  To  hang  in  the 
liell-ropet,  to  he  asked  in  church  and  then 
defer  the  marriage.  To  hang  in  one's  hair,  to 
seold  or  abuse. 

HANGBY.    A  lutBger-on ;  *  de|tendent. 


a  »«HB 
diiaptfl 


HANGE.    Tlie lights,  heart,  ami  liver, 

of  an  animal,    lint. 
HANGEDLY.    Reluctantly.     A'erM. 
HANGEN.     Same  as  Hang  (2). 
HANGER.  (1 )  A  pot-hook.    lor.  dud. 

(2)  The  fringed  loop  or  strap  aititcuj 
girdle,  in  which  the  daggca-  or 
usually  hong. 

Metw  iwords  hi  hmnfm-a  hukg  taM  try  Oidr  M4k, 
Tlwir  stirro|«  Itang  wlicfD  mn  thwj  ti»r  to  riiSm. 

Ti^lur't  n.rtf.  UEH.  U.  IS 

(3)  A  hanging  wood  on  tbe<lecU>ily  of  a  biH 
South. 

HANGEREL.   Same  u  (TomirH:,  q.  r. 
HANGER-ON.    A  dependent.    far.dM. 
HANG-GALLOWS.   A  villain ;  a  fellow  wheil*. 

serves  the  gallows.     Var.  dial, 
HANGING.    Tapestry.     See  Warton,  &,  <»; 

Taylor's  Workes,  1630,  ii.  133. 

HANGING-LEVEL.    A  regular  lerel  or  ^im, 

an  inclined  plane.    Eatl. 
HANGING-MONTH.   Noveiuber.    Tar.  ditl 
HANGING-SIDE.    Tlie  higher  aide  of 

that  is  not  perpendicular. 
HANGING-WALL.    Tlic  wnU  oraidemwt 

regular  vein.    Derbysh. 
HANG-IT.    A  common   eiclamatioa  of 

pointmcnt  or  contempt.    f'ar.ttiaL 
ILVNGLES.    The  iron  moveable  rrook,  coin- 

)insed  of  teeth,  and  sn<|>cudcil  over  the Urr  ( 

culinarv'  purposes.  North. 
HANGM.AN.  A  term  of  endearrnent.  HcvwiMni 

Edward  IV.  p.  82. 
HANGSIAN'S-WAGES.    Thirteen  pcncr 

penny.    See  Grose. 

HANGMENT.  (I)  To  play  the  hajipnort,  L < 

til  be  much  enraged.    SortA. 
(2)  Hanging-,  Eus|>ension.  Pr,  Pare. 
HANGNAILS.    Small  pieces  of  piirt tally  sxi* 

rated  skin  about  the  roots  of  the  finger-oaiU 

I'or.  diaL 
HANGNATION.    Very ;  eitrcme.    Rurt, 
HANG-SLEEVE.    A  dangler.    Si^ff^uU, 
HANG-SUCH.   Same  as  l/ang^aUfnr»,  n  r 
HaNGULIIOOK.   a  fish-hook. 

The  fiuhcrc  h^tti  loft  hit  hangulAfiok, 

K»<w/<e.  out.  p.  I 
HANK.  (1)  To  hanker  after.   AW/A. 

(2)  A  skein  of  thread,  or  worsted  ;  a  rone  i 
latch  for  fastening  a  gate.  Hence,  to  fasti 
To  keep  a  good  bank  upon  your  horse,  to  li<« 
a  good  hold  of  the  reins.  Tlic  r«pc  thai  go**! 
over  the  saddle  of  the  tbill-hiinki:  is  lennrJ 
the  thill-hanks.  To  make  a  ravcllcil  liank,  lo 
put  anything  into  confusion.  To  have  a  hank 
on  another,  to  have  him  entangled.  To  catch 
a  hank  on  one,  to  take  advauti^e  of 
revenged  on  him. 

(3)  A  habit,  or  practice,   \orth. 

( 4 )  A  body,  or  assemblage.    IFarv, 
(b)  A  handle.   Soaurtel. 
(6)  An  ox  rendered  furious  hy  borbaixHU 

nient.   Midill. 
HANKETCHER.   A  handkercliiesf.   &w/. 


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H  ANKLE.   To  entangle,  or  twist,   fforlk. 
II.\NKTELO.   A  silly  fellow.   Sou/It. 
HANNA.    Have  not.    Var.  dial. 
IIANMEL.  A  bad  fellow.    North.    Skeltonhu 

haynyardr,  L  282. 
HANNIER.  A  teuingpcrion.    l'i>r*«A. 
HANNIKIN-BOBY.   An  old  English  daiioc. 
HANS.    Quantity  ;  multitude.    Hall. 
IIANSE.  (1)  The  upjirr  part  of  a  door  frame. 
"  AntlaKtM,   ymagct  of   antique   settr   over 
doores  in  the  comers  of  an  bauoce,"  Elyot, 
1559.    "The  haun«e,  or  lintell  of  a  doore," 
Col  grave,   in  v.  Claveau;  "the  hannse  of  a 
dorr,  iiii  deimt  tie  porle."      Florio,  p.  S07, 
apparently  makes  it  synonymous  with  thresh- 
old,  and  early  M-ientific  writers  use  it  occa- 
aioiially  fur  the  spring  of  an  arch. 
(2)  To  enhance,  exalt.    Chester  PUys,  i.  1G8. 
HANSEL.  A  gift,  reward,  or  bribe.   See  Reynard 
the  Foxc,  p.  U6  ;  Depos.  Ric.  ILp.  30-,'Piers 
Ploughman,  p.  96.     It  is  a  new  year's  gift,  an 
eanic<>t  or  earnest  penny,  any  gift  orpurehatr 
It  a  particular  time  or  season  ;  also,  the  first 
iiie  of  anything.     The  first  money  received  in 
the  morning  for  the  sale  of  goods  is  the  han- 
sel, and  it  is  accounted  fortunate  to  be  ihe 
purchaser.    Hansel-Monday  is  the  fu-st  Mon- 
day in  the  year,  when  it  is  usiul  to  makeprc- 
aenl»  to  children  and  ser>ants.    "  To  lianicl 
oar  sharp  blades,"  to  use  them  fur  the  first 
time.  Sir  John  Olilcaslle,  p.  29.      In  Beves  of 
Hamtoun,  p.  113,  it  means  the  first  action. 
"In  the  way  of  good  honsell,  de  6omte  rrre," 
Palagravc.    In  the  Vale  of  Blackmore,  a  pre- 
lent  to  a  young  woman  at  her  wedding  is 
called  1  good  handsel.    The  fint  porchaser  in 
a  shop  newly  opened  Anuelt  it,  as  the  first 
porchaser  of  Ibe  day  doe*  a  market.    "  Tlic 
first  (jridall  lianket  after  the  weilding  daye,  the 
good   handzrU  feast,"   Nomenclator,    p.  80; 
"  Gossips  feasts,  as  they  tearme  them,  good 
handsel    feasts,"   Withals,  ed.   1608,  p.  291. 
"  Handselled,  that  hath  the  handsetl  or  first 
use  nf,"  Cotgrave,  in  v.   Ettrein/.     "  Haffe 
hansell  for  the    mar,"    Robin  Hood,   L    87. 
Prom  the  following  very  curious  passage,  it 
appears  the  w-riicr  disbelieved  tlu-  common 
superstition  rc«|iecting  Ihe  good  fortune  of  the 
hansel,  or  hancel. 
or  hnncrl  y  can  no  illytlc  slsik, 
Hyt  )f  DoujI  to  )M'l«vr  ttiMrto  ; 
Mc  tti)'Dlkelh  liyt  >•  faU  every  dryt, 
V  tKlcvc  hyi  noujt,  nr  ncvtr  ttul  weyl, 
Fortnaoy  tiavyn  ^l«il  liatttft  at  thcmortr, 
Aod  to  ticiirur  evyn  coniclh  mortiyl  kor«. 

U.S.  Hurl.  ITOI.  t.  S 
ThcrTiirc  \hau  lia»te  frbtr  AouW/, 
And  wane  lictyde  tlie  achalt. 

MS.  Qmnt. ri.  II.  .11.  r.  till. 
HANSELINR.    A  kind  of  ihort  jacket,  men. 

tioned  by  Chaucer. 
HANS-EN-KELDER.     A  Dutch  phmse,  mean- 
_  ing  JaeJt  in  thr  ctllar,  hut  formerly  applied 

■  jocularly  to  an  unborn  infant. 

■  HANT.    Have  not.    lar.dml. 


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H ANTETH.   Prcquenlctb ;  makelh  much  u«e  of. 

Ueanif. 
HANTICK.    Mail ;  cracked.   Enmrnr. 
IIANTINGS.    The  handles  which  Ax  on  to  Ibe 

snced  of  a  ic)1hc.    North, 
H.\N1'LE.    A  handful ;  much  ;  many  s  ■  great 

quantity,     far.  dial. 
HANTY.    Wanton  j  restive.    North. 
HANYLONS.    Tlie  wiles  of  a  (bx.    See  Pleti 

Ploughman,  p.  181. 
HAP.  (1)  To  wrap  np ;  to  clothe.    Hence.eover- 

ing.    Still  in  use. 

The  KtieiH?rde  lieppid  his  itaf  ful  warme. 
And  hmfiptd  It  aver  uDdur  hU  hanne. 

MX.  oiNiifr.  Ff.  V.  a,  r.  ea. 

(2)  Chance ;  fortune.     (-■f.-S.) 

He  sendyth  yowryi  bottle  Aapatidhele, 
And  for  yow  dyed  my  dere  atine  dere. 

MS.  Cmlab.  Ff.  U.  3B,  f.  U. 

(3)  To  encourage  or  set  on.    Nvrlk. 
HAP-HARLOT.     A  coarse  coverlet.  Barel  says, 

"  a  course  covering  made  of  divers  shreds." 
Upton,  MS.  additions  to  Junius,  gives  ■ 
strange  etymology, — "  Ilapharlct,  or  close 
coverlet,  etym.  q.  cL  a  hartut  by  hap  to  keep 
one  warm." 

ilAPNEDE.  Happened;  chanced.  "Us  es 
fullc  hapnede,"  MS.  Morle  Arlhui'e.  "  It  hap- 
peneth  me  well,  nhiche  nayeing  we  use  whan 
ofa  good dede  goo<l  and  Mrlthe  halh  fuliiwelb, 
ilmeprmt  bim,"  Pulsgrnve. 

HAPNY.     A  halfpenny.    Urit. 

HAPPA.    Wiat  think  you  ?    North. 

HAPPE.   To  happen.    Vhmirtr. 

HAPPEN.    Perhaps ;  jiossibly.   North. 

IIAPPEN-ON.    To  meet  with.    irne. 

HAPPER.    To  crackle ;  to  patter.    We$l. 

HAPPILY.    Haply.    Cotgrave. 

HAPPING.  A  coarse  coverlet.  Also,  any  kind 
of  covering.  North.  Sec  the  Test.  Vctusto, 
p.  454,  avrill  datetl  1503. 

HAPPY.  (I)  Rich.    Ben  Jonson,  ii.  404. 

(2)  Happy  go  lucky,  any  thing  done  at  a  ven- 
ture. Happy  man  be  hit  dole,  may  happiness 
be  bis  lot.    North. 

HAPPYLYCHE.  Perhaps.  Sec  sn  early  gloss 
in  .MS.  Egerton  829,  f.  78. 

HAPS.  0)  Ahasp.    Var.dial. 

(2)  The  lower  part  of  a  half-door.   £wm. 

HAPT.    Happed,  or  wrapped  np.    Leiand. 

HAQUE.  A  hand-gnn,  about  tlirce-qnartcn  of 
a  yard  long.    Hofiuliitt,  an  ininebaB. 

BAR.  (I)  Hair.    KvTig  Aliowadw,  &0S6. 

(2)  Their.    Rittoa. 

(3)  The  hole  in  a  stone  on  which  the  spindle  of 
a  door  or  gate  rests.  Durh.  Tlie  har-lree  Is 
the  head  of  the  gate  in  which  the  foot  or  bot- 
tom of  the  spindle  is  phiccd. 

""  gbcr.    Northumh. 

drizzling  rain,  or  fog.    North. 
H.MLVGEOUSE.    Violent ;  stem ;  severe. 
Ilowellcand  Hardelfe,  tiappy  Id  aimes. 
Sir  llerylle  and  str  Heryfalte,    ilitae  JUraj^anat 
knyehtlct.  JTerle  iMAore,  MS.  Ll»ciilii,  t.  7). 

Rtrawe  ti*  tie  oavar  lo  ham^mmM. 

Omint,  MS.  Aa  Aml^.  IM,  (.  .111. 
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HAR. 


HARAS.  A  rtnd  of  hor»c»;  «  BtaWe.  "  Egui. 
eium,  k  b«res,"  Nominule  MS.  Cf.  Depot. 
Ric.  n.p.  15. 

Th<D  lopm  (bout  hem  ih>  Lomban, 
At  wkkrJ  ooltM  out  of  *«««. 

Cy  »/  n'arulkt,  p.  9(IS. 

HARBEGIERS.    Persons  whose  duty  it  was  to 

provide  lodgingt  for  the  king,  or  their  masters. 

Harbrther;  Hall,  Henry  VIII.  f.  96,  is  appa- 

rentlv  the  same  wonl. 

UAUBENYOWUE.     A  lodging. 

Nowe  y»  he  cone  with  grcl  hoiiowre 
To  Rome  to  hyi  hmHtanifiimn, 

US.  Cmlab.  Ft.  U.  98.  f.  >M. 
HARHER.    The  honi-beam.    Eatl. 
UAKIIICHGAGE.     Inn  ;  lodging. 

H>c»  to  Iht  harli'rgagf  lluire  llic  kynj  hovyt. 

Mortr  Jrlhurt,  MS.  Uncaln,  (.  79. 

HARBINGERS.    See  Harbegien. 

IIARUOROUS.    HospiUible.    Cwerdale. 

HAKHORROW.  Lodging ;  protection.  Alfo.to 
lodge  in  an  inn.    Lydgatt. 

HARBOrU.  The  term  applied  to  the  lodgment 
ofthchart  or  hind.  See  Twin, p.27.  The  man 
who  helil  the  lyincr  was.  called  the  harbourer, 
and  his  business  was  to  go  out  early  in  the 
morning  on  bis  ring-walks,  and  find  by  liii 
hound  where  a  hart  or  other  beast  bad  gone 
into  the  wood  firom  his  pasture.  He  then  fol- 
lowed the  scent  till  he  thought  he  was  near 
the  lair,  and  having  taken  some  of  the  freshest 
fcwnicts  he  could  tinil,  went  to  the  place  of 
meeting.  This  was  called  harbouring  the 
hart.    See  alto  the  Gent.  Rec. 

IIARBROUGHE.  Harbour;  lodging.  Wehave 
also  horburgerye,  and  other  forms. 

HARBURGBN.    Sec  Habergeon. 

HARD.  (1  I  Soiu-,  said  of  ale.    Var.  dial. 

(2)  Hard  of  hearing,  deaf.  Hard  and  tharp, 
scarcely,  cruelly,  harshly.  Hard  laid  on,  ven' 
ill.    Hnrd-nt,  scarcely  able  ;  very  obstinate. 

(3)  Hardy  ;  strong.     Soulh. 

(4)  Full  grown.     Somertel. 

(5 )  Miserly ;  covetous ;  very  mean.    North. 

6)  Half  tipsy.      Yorktk. 

7)  Sharp ;  gricvotts  ;  hardship ;  sorrowftd ;  tCT- 
riblc  1  great ;  hard.     Heame.    Also,  danger. 

!9)  A  hurdle.     Nuininale  MS. 
10)  A  small  marble.    Somertet. 
IIARUAUNT.     Courageous.     I.ydgale. 
IIARUBEAM.     Same  as  llarber,  q.  v.      It  is 

mentioned  in  Harrison,  p.  212. 
IIARU-BY.     Very  near,      Var.  dial. 
HARD-CORN.     \\1ieat  and  r\e.     North. 
HARDE.     To  make  hard.     (>.-S.) 
HARUEL.     The  back  of  the  hand. 
HARDBLY.     Boldly  •,  certainly.    {A.^.) 
And  haniti/,  sungvl,  trutt  therto, 
For  doughllct  It  ihil  (M  <to. 

MS.  CtU.  THk.  t)»hl.  D.  W.  IH. 

HARDEN,  (I)  To  air  clothes.     Salop. 

(2)  To  grow  dear.     A'orM.     "  At  the  hardest," 

or  most,  Harrison,  p.  U5. 
(3''  Strong  or  coarse  cloth.     Line. 
(4)  Hemp.     Yorkshire  Dial.  1C97.     "  Slufia,  a 

hardes,"  N'ominale  MS.    See  Hardt. 


HARDIIKAD.     Hardihood-      fTtmt. 
HARDHEADS.     Knapweed.     A'orth.    Al«e 

same  irame  as  Cocii  \2). 
HARD-HOLD.     A  stilT  dispute.     HaO. 
HARDHOW.     The  pUnt  marigold. 
HARDIESSE.     Boldness.     (.y.-.V.) 
AoJ  Tor  to  loken  ovcnnotcv 
It  hflth  snd  Khsdc  ben  cvcrrmore 
Tli«t  of  knuthtxlr  the  proweM* 
I*  founded  upon  Aarduwve. 

CWT,  MS.  Sac.  .jHtiq.  IM.  f.  Ill 

HARDIMENT.      Courage;    acU   of 

Carew's  Taaso.  4to.  1594. 
HARDING.     Hardening.     {^.-S.) 
HARD-IRON.     Com  croB^^oot.     iVoWA 
HAUIIISHREW.     A  field-mouse.    Stmff.    Alto 

called  the  harditlrav. 
HARDLE.  (1)  To  entangle.      Doml. 
(2)  A  hurdle.     Harrison,  p.  184. 
HARDLEYS.    Scarcely ;  hardly.  North,  SoM>, 

limes,  hard&ngt. 
HARDMEAT.     Com.     Krrmett. 
HARD.MEN.     Men   who,   by  eating  a  ceitiia 

herb,  became  impcriiotis  to  shot,  exce|it  Ike 

shot  was  made  of  silver. 
HARDNESS.     Craelty ;  severity.    {J.-S.) 
HAHDON.     Heard.     Ileanw.  ' 
HARDS.  (I)  Coarse  flax  ;  the  refase  of  <Ux  or 

hemp.     "  Grtttet  de  tin,  the  hartU  or  towe  of 

flax,"  Cotgrave.     Also,  small  pieces  of  eiwne 

linen  malted  together,  with  whicli  rnktlrmii 

are  §tuired.     Sec  Hardrti. 
(2)  Vcrv  bard  cinders.     £«»/. 
IIARD-TIilSTLE.     Scrratula  arrensiv     BuL 
HAKD-WUUD-TREES.      Trees    that    chMge 

their  leaves  annually.    North. 
HARDWORKEN.     Industrioiu.      tfett. 
IIARDYE.     To  encourage,  embolden.    (,t^N.) 
HARDYSSEDG.  EDCOurege<t  Uartt^,my,hMrA. 

nrss,  Imldness.     Heame. 
HARE.  (1)  Hoarv.     Percevil,  230.   257,  SOO, 

1780,2190,2200. 

(2)  To  burr)',  harass,  or  scare.     Hence  we  ntj 
perhaps  have  harum  latrum. 

(3)  A  mist,  or  thick  fog.     North, 
(1)  Her ;  she.     Kitnoor, 

(5)  Their.     Octovinn,  1092. 
IIARE-UKAINED.     Giddy ;  tlionghtlei*. 
IIARECOI'PE.     A  bastard.     Very  wrongly  ej- 

plained  by  Narcs,  in  v. 
HARENESSE.     llairineu.     //eanse. 
HARE-NUT.     An  earthnut.      )onk*A. 
IIAREODE.    A  herald.    See  Sharp'i  Co' 

Mysteries,  p.  121. 
HAKE-PIPE.     A  snare  for  bares.     See  the  n- 

ample  given  under  Go-bet. 
HARES-EYE,     The  wild  ca.iipion. 
HARE'S-FOOT.     To  kiss  the  hate's  foot,  L  e„ 

to  be  too  late  for  anything. 
H  ARK-  S  U  PPE  R.    The  harreiUbome.     Derk. 
HAREWE.      A  harrow.      (^.-S.)       Htniegi; 

harrowed,  Nominate  MS. 
HARE  WEN.     Arrows.     Rob.  Gloue.  p.  39« 
HAKGUEBUSIER.      A  soldier  who  cwried  a 

lianjuebus.     Cot/rare. 
IIARIE.  (I)  To  hurry.     Chauerr. 


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(2)  Devutation.     Langloft,  p.  157. 
HARIFF.     Calch-we«<l.     Sorlk. 
HARINGE.     A  kind  of  jerpeiit. 
HARK.     To  guess  at.      Yorhih.     Ilork-ye-bul, 

i.  c.  do  1>ii(  hear ! 
H ARL.  ( 1 )  A  mist  or  fog.     Korlh. 
(2)  To  entangle  ;  to  conftise.      Var.  dial. 
HARLAS.     HarmlcM.     Chron.  Vil.  p.  5. 
IIAHLE.  (1)  Hair,  or  wool.     Sorlh. 

(2)  Three  hounds.  Oxoa.  This  correspoodt  to 
a  leaih  of  greyhounds. 

(3)  To  cut  a  »lit  in  the  one  of  the  hinder  legs  of 
an  animal  for  the  purpose  of  BM9|)rnding  it. 

HAKLEI).     Mottled,  as  cattle.     Sorth. 

HARLEDE.  Drove;  hurled.  Sec  Hob.  Gloue. 
p.  4H7  ;  St.  Brandan,  p.  II. 

Anil  harlvden  hcom  out  of  the  londc. 
And  with  tormenf  manlv  huy  ftowr. 

MS.  ixtiid.  108,  r.  use. 
HARLINGS.     The  hocks  of  a  horse. 
IlARIiOCK.     Supposed  to  mean  the  chiu-lock, 

in  Drav'tun  and  Shakespeare. 
UARI.OT.     A  term  originally  applied  to  >  low 
depraved   class  of  society,  the  ribalds,  and 
having  no  relation  to  sex.    {ji.-N.) 
SaIIc  never  tuirlott  have  happe,  thorowti  hclpc  of  my 

lorile, 
To  kjUc  a  cTownde  kyng  with  krytoniF  enoynttede. 
Morf  .unhurt,  MS.  Uneolii,  t.  79, 

HARLOTRY.     Ribaldo'.     (^.-A^.) 
HARI.S.     The  earnest,  or  token.     (//.-A) 

Better  It  ware  to  hymc  that  he  ware  UDbome, 
than  lyfe  wlthowtlrnc  grare,  for  graec  c«  hmrU  of 
that  kuund  joye  that  la  to  come. 

Ma.  Ula<s>/ll  A.  I.  )7,  r.  HI. 

HARLYCHE.     Early.     "  Harlyche  and  lattc," 

Wright's  Seven  Sages,  p.  21. 
II ARM.     A  contagioiu  disease,     irett. 
HAUMAN-BECK.    A  consUble.   Mamunif.tbe 

stocks.     Old  cant  terms. 
HARMLES.     Without  arms.     Hearne. 
HARMS.     To  mimic.     l'or*»A. 
HARN.     Coarse  linen.     North. 
HARNEIS.     Armour  i  furniture.     {A.-N.) 
HARNEISE.    To  dress ;  to  put  on  armour. 
HARNEN.     Made  of  horn.     mtti. 
HARNES.     The  brains.     AorM. 

And  of  hya  hede  he  brake  the  tione. 
The  harntt  lay  upi>on  the  atone. 

MS.  Hurl.  1701,  r.  34. 

The  clenaynge   plat*   of  the  hert  fa  utMler  the 

armcai    the  clenaynft  place  of  the  lyvcr  la  byiwyx 

the  tho«  and  the  body :  and  the  rlenayng   pbc«  of 

the  hames  ca  under  the  ere. 

MS.  Ulmtit  A.  I    17,  f.301. 

HARNESS.  (1)  Any  kind  of  implement  or  ma- 
chine. IVett.  Also  as  Hameit,  q.  v.  Har- 
ness-horse, a  horse  protected  by  armour. 
"  Hames-man,  amtigtre,"  Palsgrave. 

(2)  Temper ;  humour.     South. 

HARNISH.     To  harness.     Salnp. 

HARN-PAN.  The  skuU.  AWf*.  "  CWisnm, 
a  bampanc,"  NomiualeMS. 

HARNSEY.  A  heron.  XUaee  hanatf-gutttd, 
lank  and  lean.     Eatt. 

HARO.  The  ancient  Norman  Am*  and  ery  ,•  the 
excUmttioa  of  k  penon  to  procure  astiBtance 


when  bis  person  or  property  was  in  tlanger. 
To  cry  out  Aura  on  any  one,  to  denounre  liis 
evil  doings.  HaroU  alarome,  an  exclama- 
tion of  astonishment  and  alarm,  mentioned 
by  PaUgrmve. 
HAROFB.     Catch-weed.     See  /hrif. 

Tak  wormod,  or  Aaro/^,  or  wodebynde,  and 
atampeil,  and  wryngrowt  the  Jeuae,  and  do  it  Irwke 
In  thyne  ere.  Ms.  Llnmla  A.  I.  17,  r.  313. 

HAROOD.     A  herald.     Torrent,  p.  72. 
HAHOWES.     Arrows.     Somrrfl. 

So  they  achett  with  hnnyit-i^  amall. 
And  sett  laddura  to  the  wallc. 

Ma.  Uulai.  Ft.  II.  »,  f.  Ilil. 

HARP.     To  grumble.     .\ort/iHmi. 
HARPER.     An  Irish  sliilling,  which  bore  the 
figure  of  a  harp,  and  was  in  renliiy  only  worth 
ninepence.      Ben  Jonson,  vil.  .|li|. 
Although  aur)i  fnuaif]ue  aomc  a  ahillknn  cost, 
Vet  ts  It  worth  but  nlne.pcnc«at  the  moat. 

Oam/trld'a  Lad;  l>ke«ni«,  liM. 

HARPERS-CORD.     A  luirpsicbord. 

HAHPOUR.     A  harper.     Chavcrr. 

UAKP-SIIILLINC;.     Same  as  Harper,  q.  v. 

The  haberdaahcra  by  natural  nperatinn  of  this 
comet  arc  fortunate,  for  old e  hattcaoi-*  Irtmd  ahall 
not  laat  long,  and  knrjt*  thittitiftt  thwW  not  poaaefor 
twelvcpcnee.— Ke^arr/MH  MMd  Lamrntmbtt  ISffwtlt  ^ 
Tu^tniutif/trout  Oime(*,  10U1. 

HARPY.     A  species  of  hawk.    Oeu\.  ttite. 
IIARR.     To  snarl  angrily.     North. 
II  AURAS.     The  harvest.      Uetl. 
IIARRE.  (1)  Higher.     Chester  PUys.  i,  134. 

(2)  The  back  upright  timber  of  a  gate,  by  which 
it  is  hung  to  Its  |>ost.     Nomeuclator,  1&80. 

(3)  Out  ofharre,  out  of  order.     See  Jamieson. 
Hrrre.  .MS.  Uodl.  294. 

Thei  aaken  all  Judgcmrdt 

Aycnc  the  man,  and  make  hym  warre, 

Tber  while  hlmacife  ataut  out  of  hurn. 

Cmrtr.  «d.  1U4,  f.  8. 
HARREN.     Maileofhair.     Eant. 
HARRER.   Quicker.  An  exclamation  lo  ■  bone 

in  Townclev  Mvsteries,  p.  9. 
HARREST-D'am!     Harvest-home.    Yorkth. 
HARRIAGE.     Confusion.     Eatt. 
HARRIDAN.     A  liaggjrtl  old  woman  ;  a  mise- 
rable, worn-out  barlot.     Gmte. 
IIARRIDGE.     The  atraigirt  edge  of  a  ruler,  or 

anv  other  thing.      )'orA>A. 
HARRIMAN.     A  lizard.     Salop. 
HARRINGTON.     A  farthing,  so  called  because 
Lord  Harrington  obtained  from  James  I.  • 
patent  for  making  brass  farthings.     Drunken 
Bamaby  says, 

Thence  to  Harrington  be  It  apokca. 
For  name-cake  I  icave  a  token 
To  a  t>egf  ar  that  did  craTe  It. 
HARRISH.    Harsh.    See  Nates,  in  v. 
HARROT.     A  herald.     Ben  Jonson,  i.  28. 
Ryght  aooe  were  thay  redily  on  evrry  tyde. 
For  the  Aemrf ee  betwyatethamrfaal  dyde  ryde. 

MS.  Laud.  M8,  f. «'. 

HARROW.  (I)  Same  as  //«ro,  q.  v. 

(2)  To  tear  to  pieces ;  to  distract ;  the  same  i 

Harry,  q.  v.    Hence  the  title  of  the  piece. 

Harrowing  of  Hell,  in  Harl.  MSS. 


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(.3)  To  fattgtie  groHy-   im*. 

HABROW-UALL.  The  frame  of  t  h»rrow,  with- 
out the  spikes.    Line. 

HARKOWEK.    A  kind  of  hawk.   Blom*. 

HARKS.  Hinges  of  a  door.  Xorlh.  The  two 
eiidi  of  a  gate  are  so  called.    See  Harrt. 

HARRY.  (1)  To  tpoil,  or  plunder;  to  rex  ;  to 
tormeot ;  to  impose  upon  ;  to  drag  by  force  or 
Tiolence.    {A.-S.) 

(2)  A  rude  clown.    Craveit. 

HARRY-UANNINGS.     Stickleback!.     A'or/A. 

HARRY-GAUD.    A  low  pcrBon.    North. 

HARRY-GRtJATS.  Groats  coined  in  Henry 
VUI.'s  time,  of  which  there  were  several 
kinds )  but  the  term  was  tonietlmcB  applied  to 
a  peculiar  impression.  "  Spurroyalt,  Harry- 
groats,  or  such  odde  coine,"  Citie  Match, 
p.  14.    Sec  also  Narcs. 

HARRY-LION.  A  horse-godmother.  See  the 
Christmas  ['rince,  cd.  1816,  p.  33. 

HARRY-LONG-LEGS.    See  Hanesl-nuM. 

HARRY-RACKET.  A  game  played  somewhat 
similarly  to  Hidt  andSrek. 

HAKSKE.     Dry ;  astringent.    Pr.  Parv. 

HARSLET.  A  pig's  chllicrlings.  "Ahaggise,a 
chilterhng,  a  hog's  harslet,"  Nomen.  p.  S7, 

HARSTANE.    The  hearthstone.    Nurth. 

HARSTOW.     Hcarcst  thou  ?    {A..S.) 

HART.  (I)  Heard.    Towneley  Myst.  p.  274. 

(2)  A  ho/t ;  a  handle.    Sumertel. 

HART-CLAVER.    The  melilot.    North. 

HARTICHALKS.    Artichokes.    Deton. 

HARTMANS.    The  stocks.    Dfktrr. 

HART-OF-GREECE.  Or  hart  of  (;re<ue,  a  fat 
hart ;  a  capon  u/greaif,  a  fat  capoD,  &c  See 
lloliin  Hood,  ii.  59. 

HART-OF-TEN.  A  hart  that  has  ten  or  eleven 
crochcs  to  his  horns.  See  Ben  Joaaon's 
Works,  ri.  254. 

HARTREE.    A  gat«-po8t.    South. 

HART-KOYAL.  A  hart  that  escii\>cs  after  hav- 
ing been  pursued  by  royalty  was  ever  after- 
wards termed  a  hart-royal ;  and  if  the  king  or 
queen  make  proclamation  fur  his  safe  return, 
he  was  then  called  a  hart  royal  proclaimed. 

HARTS-EYE.    Wild  ditany.    To/weff. 

HARTYKYN.  A  term  of  endearment.  Pals- 
grave's Acolastus.  1540. 

HARU.M-SCARUM.  Verj- giddy;  thongbtlesa. 
HarHm,  harm,  Havelok,  1983. 

HARVE.    A  haw.    North  Einex. 

HARVEST-BEEF.  A  term  applied  to  any  kind 
of  meat  eaten  in  harvest.    Norf. 

IIARVEST-CART.  Men  employed  in  carting 
corn  are  said  to  be  at  harvett  cart. 

HARVEST-GOOSE.    Sec  Arri/it-go: 

HARVEST-LADY.     The  second   reaper  in   a 
row,  the  first   and  principal    reaper,   whose 
motions  regulate  those  of  his  followers,  being 
colled  the  harvest-lord.   The  second  reaper  is 
also  called  the  harvest-queen. 
HAHVEST-MAN.    The  crancfly.     Var.  dial. 
HAHVEST-ROW.    The  shrew  mouse.     WiU: 
H.^KWEHE.     One   who  vexes,   torments,   or 
plunders.    Gov.  Myit.  p.  160. 


HAS.  (I)  An  elliptical  eipresaion  for  Ae  lim,  I 

nnusual  in  old  poctrv. 
(2)  Haste.    Sir  Perceval,  487. 
HASASDOUR.    A  gamester.     (jt^M.)    Be 

hoMardrie,  gaming.     "  Aliator,    ■ 

Nominalc  MS. 
HAS-ARMES.    See  >^«.<im»«». 
HASCUE.    Ashes.    TranaUted  by  dmm  ia  1 

Lansd.  560,  f.  45. 
HASH.  (1)  A  hog's  haslet.    Xorf. 

(2)  Hoarse.  See  Gloss,  to  Ritsoa't  list.  1 

(3)  Ai.    Anturs  of  Arther,  p.  9. 

(4)  Small  rain,  or  mist ;  a  fog.     \orllk. 

(5)  To  breathe  short.    Line. 

(6)  To  beat ;  to  thrash ;  to  rub.    XortA. 
HASELRYS.   A  hazle-bush.    (j/.-&) 
HASH.  (I)  A  sloven  i  one  wbo  ta. 

nonsense.    North. 
(2)  Hanh ;  impleasaot ;  rough  ;  terete  ; 

far.  dial. 
HASK.   (1)    Rough:  parched;   stiff; 

harsh  ;  dry.    North. 
(2)  A  fish-hasket.     Speiuer. 
HASKEROB.    A  rough  fellow.  Dekter.   Ci]M| 

in  the  North  hawpert.    "  Vilaue    limat 

Percy's  Rel.  p.  25. 
IIASLE-OIL.   A  severe  beating.   Vmr.  , 
H  AS  LET.    Same  as  Hariitt,  q.  t. 
II  ASP.    The  iron  catch  of  a  door  which  falls  into  ' 

a  loop.    Hence,  to  fasten.  Sec  Gesta  Romano- 

rum,  p.  464. 

HASPAT.    A  youth  between  •  man  and  •  bof. . 

Also  called  a  hanpenald. 
HASPIN.    An  idle  fellow.   North. 
H.iSPINFlILL.   AhandfuL     Nott». 
HASSELL.     An  instrument  formerly  iiaed  for  j 

breaking  flax  and  hemp. 
HASSEN.   Asses.  Sot.  Glouc. 
HASSOCK.   A  leed,  or  nuh  ;  a  tuft  of  rushet,  or  ' 

coarse  grata.  North.  Sec  Harrison'a  England, 

pp.  213,  236.    A  basket  made  of  hassocks  was 

called  a  hassock. 

And  Ihst  hatmda  ihauld  be  gotten  In  (lie  fea ,  tmt 

UM  at  the  foot  of  the  »aM  l»nk  in  ••vcta]  pl*c«i 

where  need  requireil.     D'tfdnlv't  Jmbanking.  n.3BL 

HASSOCK-HEAD.    A  bushy  entangled  head  of 

coarse  hair.    Eatt. 
HASTE.    To  roast.    Hence,  perhaps,  hasting 

apples,  or  pears.    Il'ett.  ' 

HASTELET  YS.     Part  of  the  inwards  of  a  wild 

boar.     Reliq.  Antiq.i.  154.  There  «ei«  leve- 

ral  dishes  in  cooker>'  so  called. 
Scho  fecliede  of  tlie  kylcfa|rii« 
H.nttmt«tei  in  galrotync, 
Tha  irhuldir  of  the  wylil  (wync. 

MS.  UNCobi  A.  1.  17,  f,  un. 
HASTELICHE.    Haatilv  ;  quickir  ;  andilealv 
HASTER.  (I)  A  surfeit.    North^ 
(2)  .\  tin  meat-screen,  to  reflect  the  heat  vrhila 

the  operation  of  roasting  ia  going  on.      Hal- 

lamsh.  Gloss,  p.  48.    "  Hastlere,  that  roslytha 

mete,"  Pr.  Parv.  p.  229.   Theae  ternu  utay  be 

connected  with  each  other. 
HASTERY.     Roasted  meat     Lgdgatt. 
HASTIF.     Hasty.     CAoncer. 
HASTIFLICHE.    llastUy.     (A.-N.) 


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HASTILOKEST.     Mo«t  quicUy.  or  hirtUy. 
HASTILY.     Impitientlv.     HalL 
HASTING-HARNESS.    Amour  used  at  i  ha*- 

tilude,  or  apcar  pUy. 
HASTINGS.    A  variety  of  peaa.     S^ff^oUl. 
HASTITE.     Haate ;  rapidity.    {A.-N.) 
Then  coom  a  doom  In  hnsfiiit 
To  heni  thai  long>  had  >pand  be. 

CVrnr  MuluU.  MS.  CoU.  Trin.  Omtob.  f.  19. 

HASTI\'ENESSE.     Raahneis ;  pride.    (J.-N.) 
HASTLER.     Same  as  Achelor,  q.  t. 
HASTNER.     Same  as  Hatlrr  (2). 
HASTYBERE.    A  kind  of  com,  explained  by 

Irimeiuu  in  Pr.  Parv.  p.  22R. 
HASTV-PODUISll.     A  haity  pudding.    It  U 

made  witli  milk  and  flonr.     A'or.'A. 
HAST^TYTE.     HaatincM ;  rushneas.     {A.-If.) 
VciiKraunce  and  wrathe  In  an  haMitti/tr, 
Wylh  an  uDitcdcrait  iptrytc  uf  IndyKTicloun. 

MS.Ca,>'at:ff.i.«,  f.  l.T?. 

HAT.  (1)  Hot.     KyngAUiaundcr,  3270. 
(2)  la  called.     (A.-S.) 

Hat  Dot  thy  fadur  Hochon, 

AUo  hare  thou  bllue  ? 

MS.  Ouilal,.  Vt.  V.  48,  t.  W. 

f3)  Prtft.  of  hit.     Var.  diaL 

(4)  Ordered  ;    commanded.      Hilton.      It  ia  a 
aulisl.  in  Wright's  Pol.  Songs,  p.  158. 

(5)  Heated,  aa  hay  or  com.     Korlk. 
HATBAT.    The  common  bat.     n >«/. 
HAT-BRUARTS.     Ilat-brima.     \orl)i. 
HATCH.  (I)  To  inlay,  aa  with  silver,  &c. ;  to 

engrave.  A  anonl  gilt,  or  onuiiucntcd,  was 
aaid  to  be  hatehtd.  Hence,  generally,  to 
adorn  or  beautify. 

(2)  To  (tain,  smear,  or  colour.      "  Uubatch'd 
rapier,"  Twelfth  Night,  iii.  4. 

(3)  A  wicket,  or  half-door.      Var.  dial.    To  leap 
the  hatch,  to  run  awar. 

(4)  To  fasten,     far.  dial. 
HATCHEE.     A  diah  of  minced  meat. 
HATCHES.     Dams,  or  mounds.     Comv. 
HATCHET-F.VCED.     Lean  lod  furrowed   by 

deep  lines.     Devon. 
HATCHMENTS.     The  diflferent  omamenta  on 

a  sword,  &c.     Holme,  1688. 
HATE.     To  be  named.     (A.-S.) 
HATEFUL.     Full  of  hatred.     (A..S.) 
HATERK.  (1)  Hotter.     {A.-S.) 
Tlul  nedioradropeof  wuera 
Than  ha  brraDOd,  nevera  thyiife  h^m-a. 

MS.  HmH.ntO.f.  TO. 
(2)  Dress ;  clothing.     (.,^.-5.) 
Sche  Itrypyd  of  hur  hatere. 
And  wytche  hul  body  In  dene  watrta. 

MS.  Cmloi.  Ft.  IL  SB,  1. 33. 
HATEREDYNE.     Hatred.    {A.-S.) 

Anc  n  ftaterfdyn*  to  tpeke,  or  hrrr  oghte  lie 
■pokrne,  that  may  lowne  unto  {ude  to  thayra  that 
thayhltr.  JVS.  Z.(>io.l>i  A.  1.17,  r.»(. 

IIATEREL.    The  crown  of  the  head. 
Also  Tto  the  haUr»t  of  the  croan 
To  the  tole  of  the  foot  ther  donn . 

MS.AthmottH,  r.  17. 

HATKRING.     Dressing ;  attire.     (A.-S.) 
lUTBRLYNGE.     -  Snatching,"  ed.  1597. 


Mekely  hym  aiuwere  and  noght  to  hmterl^nge. 

And  HI  thou  *ch«lt  slake  hli  mode,  and  behisdar* 
tvugf .  rA«  &«rfe  rV^f  tfivufiht  Mr  Duvghlrr. 

HATE-SPOT.    The  ermine.     TifteU. 
HATIIE.  (1)   7b  ie  in  a  kaihe,  to  be  matt«d 

closely  together.    Weal. 
(2)  A  tnp-iioor  in  a  ship.     Howell,  1660. 
HATHELEST.     Most  noble.     (A.-S.) 

1  am  coroyne  fra  the  conquerour  nirtal*e  and 

gentUle, 
As  one  of  the  hMhtlrti  of  Arthur  hnyghtea. 

Miwtt  Arlhurt,  MS.  UkcMh,  t.  64. 

HATHELL.     A   nobleman,   or   knight.     See 

Wrijfhl's  Lvric  Poetnr,  p.  33. 
HAT1IF.NNES.     Heathendom.    {A..S.) 
IIATHER.     Heath,  or  Ung.     f/orlh. 
IIATIE.     Haughtineaa.     Heame. 
HATIEN.    To  hate.     (A.-S.) 
UATKIN.    A  fingcr.atalL    Skf^btt. 
HATOUS.     Hateful.     Hardyng,  f.  52. 
H.ATREN.     GarmenU ;  clothca.     {A.-S.) 

OrfVI  hyt  to  upon  a  day 

That  pore  men  Mte  yn  the  way. 

And  fpred  here  hatrtn  on  here  barme, 

Ajenf  thi-  »(M)»c  that  was  warme. 

MS.  UarU  1701,  f.  S). 

HATBEX.     Hatred.     Ungtoft,  p.  124. 
HATS-OF-ESTATE.     Caps  of  dignity,  ased  at 

coronations,  and  in  procesaiona. 
UATTENE.     Ulled ;  named.     (A..S.) 

The  secundt  dedely  synne  c«  hatiew.  eovy  i  tliat 
e«,  I  torowe  and  >  syte  of  the  wclefaie,  and  a  Joy  of 
the  evylle  fare  of  oure  cvenecrUtetie. 

MS.  Lincoln  A.  I.  17,  (■  i\9. 

HATTER.  (1)  To  entangle,     .\orth. 

(2)  To  expose  to  dauger  ;  to  weary  out ;  U)  ^eu 

out ;  to  haraaii,  or  trouble. 
UATTElttJL.     The  same  aa  llatertl,  q.  y. 
IIATTEUS.     Spiders?     Paltffron. 
IIATTIL.     A  thumb-stall.     Dtr6. 
HATTLE.     Wild :  akiltish.     Chnh. 
HATTOCK.    A  shoik  of  com.     Norlt. 
UATTON.     Same  as  .icteloun,  q.  v. 
Befysc  dud  on  a  gode  Imrttm. 
Hyt  was  worthr  many  a  towoe. 

afS.  Cantab.  Ft.  II.  »,  f.  lul, 

HATTOU.     Art  thou  named  ?     {A.-S.) 
H.\TL'RE.     Poison ;  venom.     (A..S.) 

Then  was  ther  a  dragon  grete  and  grymme* 

Fulle  of  hmtwv  and  of  veoym. 

ilfJt.  Omraa.  Pf.  a  »,  t.  Mt. 

HAIBER-JANNOCK.    Ano«t-c«ke.     Ntn-lh. 
HAUBERK.    A  coat  of  mail.     (A.-N.) 

Syr  Msdor  nlle  redy  was 

With  hclme.  and  shelile,  Bi*d  Hmmttarkt  shenv. 

MS.  Hort.asa,  f.  ine. 
HAUCEPYS.     Hancepya  ? 

Also  men  lakath  hem  yn  puitya,  and  wtUi  nedtM^ 
aod  with  hmuerpiit,  or  with  vcoamous  powdna  th^j 
men  gyvoth  hem  yn  Qesh.  and  many  other  uun« 

MS.  tail.  HIkl 

HAICH.  (l)TogorcasabnlL     We*l. 
(2)  To  speak  a  broad  accent.     Dnun. 
HAUCIIEE-PAUCHEE.       Said    of    poUtoea 

boded  to  a  mash.     Devon.     Sometimes  it  ia, 

all  lo  poHch. 
HAUD.     Hold ;  stop ;  go.     A'orM. 
HAUF-ROCKTON.    Qukc  aiUy.     ror*»*. 


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HAUT-THICK.     Hslffat.     North. 
HAUGH.     Fl«t  ground  by  a  river-side.      Also, 

a  hillock.     Norl/i. 
HAUGHT.     Proud  J  haughty,     yam.      Spdt 

haulle  in  Arch,  xxviii.  100. 
HAUGHTY.     Windy.     A'or/o«. 
HAt'K.     A  cm,  or  wound.     A  term  formerly 

lucd  in  fencing.    Holme,  1688, 
HAl'KIT.     Very  ugly.     South. 
HAUL.     The  hazel.     Somertet. 
HAULEN.    To  halloo.     "The  hunterea   thay 

haulen,"  Robson,  p.  3. 
HAULM.      Straw  ;  stulihle ;  utalks  of  plants. 

Also,  to  cut  haulm.     /  or.  dial. 
HAULTE.     High.     Slaniburst,  p.  19. 
HAULTO.     A  three-pronged  dung-fork. 
H.\UM.     To  lounge  about.     Leic. 
HAUM-GOBBARU.     A  silly  clown.      Yorkih. 
HAUMPO.     To  halt.     Une. 
HAUMS.     The  skin.     {A.-S.) 
HAUMUDEYS.    A  purse.     {A.-S.) 
HAUNCE.     To  raise;  to  exalt.     (A.-S.) 
HAUNCH,  (n  To  fondle ;  to  pet.     Unc. 
(2)  To  throw  j  to  jerk.     North. 
HAU.NDYLT.     Handled.     Rcl.  Ant.  i.  86, 
HAUNKEUE.     Fastened.     Sec  Hank  (2). 

And  forlhi  crc   Ihiiy  callotc  dcdely   i>nn«,  for 

ihAy  CAftfly  ilna  like  mann  and  womann  uulc  that 

ei  ha»tikadeia  alleor  in  any  of  tliayme. 

MS.UDC»ln\.\.  17.  t.m. 
HAUNT.     Custom  i  practice.     (A.-N.) 
HAUNTE.     To  practise;  to  pursue;  to  follow; 

to  frequent.     (.-/.-,V.) 

Judas  wel  he  knrw  the  ttude 
That  Jhetiis  wai  Aautif<»i(f«. 
Oir»>r  Jfuniff,  MS.  rull.  THn.  Oinrat>.  f.  97. 
HAUNTELERE.     The  antler  of  a  deer. 
HAUPORTH.     An  awkward  uncouth  person ; 

a  worthless  bargain.     North. 
HAURLL.     To  drag,  or  pull.     North. 
UAUSE.     The  neck,  or  throat.     North.      See 

the    old    form    halt.      llausc-col,    a    steel 

gorget  for  the  neck. 
HAUST.  (1)  High.     Hrorne. 

(2)  A  cough ;  a  colli.     North. 

(3)  A  hop-kiln.     Sinff.r. 
HAUST.MENT.     A  stiff  under-garment  to  keep 

the  body  erect. 
HAUT.     High ;  loft\- ;  proud,    lydgate. 
HAUTEHEUE.     Haughtiness.     (.V.-JV.) 
HAUTEIN.     Haughty.     Also,  loud,     l/autein 

faleon,  a  high-living  hawk. 
HAUTE  PACE.     See  llalpace. 
HAUTESSE.     Highness;  greatness.     {A.-N.) 
HAU  VE.  ( I)  The  helve  of  an  axe.     H'fl. 
(2)  To  come  near,  applied  to  horses. 
HAUZEN.     Same  as   llaltt,  q.  v.     Grose  has 

hawte,  to  hug  or  embrace.     See  Hauwe. 
HAUJT.     Ought.     AiK)l.  Loll.  p.  59. 
HAV.     The  spikelct  of  the   oat.     Oats  when 

planted  are  said  to  be  luvcd.     Dttoa.     See 

Relii|.  Antiq.  ii.8U. 
HAVAGE.  (1)  Race ;  faraUy.     Dmm. 
(2)  Sorl,  or  kind.     Evmoor. 
HAVA.NCG.    Good  manners,   Dtmm.    Perhapi 

frriiii  hare,  to  behave. 


HAVE.     Ta  *«pe  ado,  to  meddle 

To  have  a  mind  to  one.   to  l>e  favour^Mr 
him.    To  hate  jfoodday,  to  bid  gooj  tlay. 
hare  on,  to  wear.     Have  trith  yo»,    I  wilt  go 
with  you. 

I  have  tKDUjI  theundur  frtxtm  vod  Ifne; 
Fare  wel  aod  K»m  g«^»  dmf. 

MS.  CcnUifu  Fr.  V.  4«.  r.  IS 
HAVED.     Head.     More  crmimonlj-  herrd. 
Wot  he  defcodc*  hym  hariltly. 
Many  a  hmtte^  he  made  btodyr. 

Cp  <if  Pl'trmik;  tridUteMU  HI. 

HAVEING.     Cleaning  com.      Cfcr.*. 
HAVEKE.  A  hawk.  "  Of  Aare*e  ne  of  houmk." 

Rehq.  Antiq.  i.  12o. 
HAVEL.  (1)  The  slough  of  a  inake. 

as  Arel.  q.  v. 
(2)  .\  term  of  reproach.     SkeltoH. 
UAVELES.     Poor;  destitute. 
I  My  not  Khe  U  hat^frlc*. 
That  iche  aU  rlche  and  wel  at  esc^ 

Coircr,  MS.  Sk.  .«•««.  Ml,  t  ML 

HAVENET.     A  small  liaven.     See    MorriMa. 

p.  &8.     The  same  writer,  p.  53,  calls  )ia*tB. 

"  a  new  word  growon  by  an  aspirattoo  addal 

to  the  old." 
HAVER.  (1)  To  talk  nonsense-     Ntn-tk. 

(2)  The  lower  part  of  a  barn-door ;  a  honlle 
Salop. 

(3)  A  gelded  deer.     Kennclt's  MS-  Gloaa. 
(i)  0«t4.      Harer-eaJte,  an  oat-cake.       Htrtr- 

laei,  an  oatmeal-bag. 

Take  and  make  lee  of  Adryre-atrtuf,  an,l  waadK  Ite 

hede  therwilh  ofle,  aod  tall  do  harr  awaye. 

US.  Uxroln  A    I.  17,  r.  SK 
Tak  a  hate  Aoiyre-mVc,  aod  lay  ll  ftowsie.  «||4  Uy 

thytic  cretherooe  ah  hate  alt  thou  thittr  It,  iwd  ^ 

Ihcr  be  Kchepe  luuae  OT  any  other  q«lk  tttysi|[e  iB  It, 

It  f alle  tone  crefie  owte.  US.  itdd.  f.  ttX 

HAVEH-GKASS.     Wild  oats.      Co/yrwe. 
HAVERIDIL.     A  sieve  for  oats,  or  bartr. 
IIAVEUIL.     A  half-fool.     North. 
IIAVERI.NG.     A  gelded  buck.      DurAamt. 
HAVERS.    Manners,    far.  dial.    Shalespeare 

has  httviovr,  liehavionr.  Sec  also  llaniiigtoo's 

Nugse  .\ntiqiw,  i.  52. 
HAVES.     Effects ;  possessions.     (jI.-S.) 
HAVEY-SCAVEY.       Helter-skelter. 

Wavering ;  doubtful.     Groie. 
HAVILER.     A  crab.     5i«wj. 
H.WING.     Same  as  Ihrei,  q.  r. 
HAVOCK.    The  cry  of  the  soldiers  when  no 

quarter  was  given.     Sec  the  Ancient  Code  of 

Military  Laws,  1784,  p.  6. 
HAVOIR.     Wculth ;  property.     {J.-N.) 
HAW.  (I)  A  yard,  orinclusun:.  Kent.  Chtuiccr 

has  it  for  a  churchyard. 

(2 )  The  car  of  oaU.    See  liar. 

(3)  Hungry.    West,  and  Cumb.  Dial. 
(41  To  look.     Look  haw,  look.     Km/. 

(5)  A  green  plot  in  a  valley.  In  old  BngUsb, 
azure  colour. 

(6)  An  excrescence  in  the  eye.  "  The  Aop  ia 
the  eghe,"  MS.  Lincoln  A.  i.  17,f.  285. 

HAWBUCK.  A  silly  clovm.  North.  Can  this 
have  any  connexion  with  theCbauccriau  wonl 
Amwiaitr,  Cant.  T.  4515. > 


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HA  WCHAMOUTH.  A  penon  who  tilka  inde- 
cently.    Drron. 

HAWtllEE.     To  feed  fouUy.     Kimoor. 

HAWELI.     Holy.     St.  Bimndun,  p.  32. 

HAWES.  H«vf thorn -bcrrie».  Hmrelhen,  the 
lumiliorn. 

HAWFLIN.    A  simpleton.    Cnmb. 

HAWll).     Hallowed.    A|iol.  Ixill  p.  103. 

HAWK.  (1 )  A  lopping-hook.     Otm. 

(2)  lit  iloft  not  /hioir  a  havk  fmm  a  hrmthmr, 
hcisvrry  Jtupid.  Comjpled  into  handunr ! 
Hawk  (/  Ihtfint  coat,  a  hawk  in  her  fourth 
year.    See  the  Gent.  Rcc. 

(3)  llavkamoulhrd,  one  who  is  constantly  hawk- 
ing and  spitting.     H'nI. 

(1 )  A  fore-finger  liound  up. 

HAWKEY.  (1,1  The  harvest  supper.  Havkry. 
U}ad,\hii  lost  luad.   Eaut, 

(2)  A  common  game,  played  by  boys  with  sticks 
and  a  ball,  pronounced  hockey. 

HAWKIE.    A  white-cheeked  cow.    Surth. 
HAWKIN.    Diminutive  of  Harry. 
HAWKS'-FEET.   The  plant  columbine.    See  a 

list  in  MS.  Sloanc  5,  f.  4. 
HAWKS'IIUODS.     The    small    hoods  which 

were  placed  over  the  heads  of  hawks. 
HAWLECiYFE.     Acknowlcdgelh. 
HAWL-TUESDAY.    Shrove  Tuesday.   Dttcm. 
HAWM.   A  handle,  or  helve.  Derh. 
UAWMEI.L.    A  small  close,  or  piiliiock.    Kml. 
HAW.MING.   Awkwardness.   Line. 
KAWN.   A  horte-collar.   Sorlk. 
HAWNTAYNE.    Haughty.  {J.-S.) 

Thu«  thmv  foirre  l,-n4:fthyft  titfy|{tit, 
Thst  he  kuawrc  nogtit  hymtcif  rygbt, 
AoU  mue  hyft  tiert  Tulle  htttfutvirnt^ 
And  full«  fraward  to  hyt  ■OTersyne. 

Hamp-J;  MB.  flMvw.  p.  18. 
1  wu  to  hmwtmj/mM  of  hrrtr  whills  t  at  home 
Irogede.      Mtm  ^rthurt,  US.  Liifvlm,  t.  tl. 
HAWPS.    An  awkward  clown.    North. 
HAWRAWDE.     A  herald.  (-^.-.V.) 

An  A4]i(>rffu,rf«  hjret  tiefore,  (he  twtt«  of  the  lordei, 
Horn  at  the  ht-rbergafe.  o«t  of  tha  hyghe  ioodea. 

Mtrn  AHhMrr,  MS.  /.iticvta,  t.  U. 

HAWSE.    The  hose.    Yortth. 
HAWTE.    To  raise :  to  exalt.     (.4..K.) 
HAWTHEEN.    The  hawthorn.   P<-ffr,r. 
HAWTllER.    .V  wooden  pin  or  nail  for  a  coat, 

&c.    It  is  also  spelt  hatcthern. 
HAWTIST.    Oughlest.    A|>oL  Loll.  p.  37. 
HAWVELLE.    SUlv  idle  nonsensical  talk. 
HAWYN.    To  havfc    Arch.  ixx.  408. 
HAW5E.    To  confound  with  noise. 
HAXTER.    Same  as  llachtrr,  c).  v. 
HAY'.  (I)  A  net,  tised  for  catching  hires  or 
rabbits.    See  Collier,  ii.  264. 
^    I  <l.ir  not  til  to  CToppe  on  have. 
And  the  iryTca  Iw  in  the  way ; 
Anon  t)ie«»er)th  t>eeockes  mawe. 
TlMT  U  a  itoute  har«  In  hir  hn^. 

irs-omtas.  rt.  1.  4a.  t.  iia 

(2)  A  hedge.  Still  io  use  in  Norfolk,  hut  grow- 
ing obsolete. 

(3)  A  hit :  An  exclamation  in  old  plays,  from 
the  ItaUao,   It  was  alio  the  cry  uf  buiitcn. 


HAY 

(4)  A  ronnd  conntry  dance.  "  Hayes,  jiggea, 
and  ruundelaves,"  Martin'i  Month  a  Miode, 
15H9.     See  Howell.  16(>0. 

shall  we  for  daunve  the  h*iff 
Never  pipe  could  e^er  play 
Better  the]>t)r:ird'B  ruuodelay. 

Kugianiri  Htllnm,  p.  ttS. 
(&)  An  ioclosure.    See  flaw. 
HAY  BAY.     Noise ;  uproar.    North. 
HAY-BIRD.    The  willow-wren.    »«/. 
HAYCKOME.     A  kind  of  hay-rake.    The  term 

appears  to  lie  obsolete. 
HAYIlIGEE.     An   ancient  rural    dance.     The 
phrase  to  be  in  haydiyert,  high  spirits,  ij  iu 
use  in  Somersetshire,  and  is  no  doubt  a  relic 
of  the  old  term. 
HAY-GOB.     The  black  bind-weed.     /larw. 
HAY-GRASS.     The  after-grass.      »>»/. 
IIAYHOFE.     The  herb  rdera  trrrntrit. 
IIAY-HOLSE.     A  hay-loft.     PaUyrave. 
HAY-JACK.     The  wliilc-throat.     Etut. 
HAYLE.     Same  as  Hale,  q.  v. 

Haylt  and  |iulie  I  Khali  fullc  fsite 
To  reyae  houty»,  whyle  1  may  laate. 

MS.  AMhmiJtm. 

HAYLER.  The  rope  by  which  the  yarda  tn 
hoisted.     A  sea  term. 

The  lery  aanio  thyng  alfo  happened  Io  us  In  the 
tMMt  by  dcfawt  and  brrakiiig  of  a  h^ttter. 

MS.  M*ti.  aooa. 
HAYLESED.    Saluted.     See  DegrcTani,  162. 
When  Tryamowrc  come  InlolhehaUe, 
He  KajfUstd  the  kyng  and  tylhcn  alle. 

MS.  Cantab.  Ff.  ti.  3U.  f.  78. 

HAYLLY.     Holy.    {.4.-S.) 

Sythcii  lyfetl  he  alle  Aayf/y, 

That  nuw  men  callyi  taynte  Fnny, 

n.  <f«  Brunne,  MS.  Ba4et4,  p.  3. 
HAYLWOmTH.    The  plant  eidamum. 
HAY.MAIDEN.     Ground  ivy.     Weil. 
HAYMAKER.     See  Harrett-mm. 
HAY'N.      To  lay  in  groond  for  hay,  by  taking 
the  cattle  otf,  &c.     Oxen.     Also,  to  hedge  or 
fence.     Var.  dial. 
HAYNE.     An  inclosurc ;  a  park. 

Grcle  herte*  In  the  ha^rt, 
Faire  iMrc*  in  the  playne*. 

M8.  LlHcalij  A.  I.  17,  r.  1,10. 

HAY-PINES.     Hay  seeds.    Milles'  MS.  Glou. 
HAY'RE.     A   garment  made  of    goat's   hair. 

Hayretttr,  ■  maker  of  hayres. 
HAY-REE.     Go  ou  !     A  carter's  addren  to  his 

bones.     A  very  ancient  phrase. 
HAYS.     FUt  plauis.    Staff. 
HAY-SCALED.     Hare-lipped.     Yorktk. 
HAY-SELE.    Hay-time.     Eatl.     (A.-S.) 
HAY-SPADE.     A   sharp  heart-sha|>ed  spade, 

used  for  rutting  hay  with,    ffrtt. 
HAY-STALL.     A  small  portion  of  wood  on  the 

outskirts  of  a  Urge  wood.    Heref. 
HAYSUCK.     A  hedge-sparrow.    Glotie. 
HAYT.    Haughty ;  proud.    Hearme. 
HAYTHENE.     A  heathen.     Cosrer. 
HAY-TIT.     The  willim-wrcn.     Lnc. 
HAYTY-TAYTY.    A  Iward  used  in  the  game  of 

see-saw.     H'til. 
UAYWARD.     OrigiuaUy  a  person  who  guardad 


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the  ooro  and  rarm-yard  in  the  night-time,  and 
gave  warning  by  a  hom  in  case  of  alarm  from 
robben.  The  term  wai  afterwards  applied  to 
a  pcraoD  who  looked  after  the  cattle,  and  pre- 
vented thcni  from  breaking  down  the  fences ; 
and  the  warden  of  a  common  is  still  so 
called  in  some  part*  of  the  country. 

HAZARD.  A  pool  for  halls  in  some  ancient 
games  of  chance ;  the  plot  of  a  tennis  court. 

H.\ZE.  (1)  To  dry  Unen,  Jtc.    B<ut. 

(2)  A  thin  mist  or  fog.     North. 

HAZE-G.VZE.     Wonder ;  surprise.      Yorkih. 

IIAZELY-BRICKEARTH.  A  kind  of  loam, 
found  in  some  parts  of  Ecsex. 

HAZEXEY.    To  foretell  evil,    noriel. 

HAZLE.  (1)  The  lir?t  process  in  drying  washed 
linen.    Eatt. 

(2)  Stiff,  as  clay,  &c    Kuer. 

(3)  To  beat,  or'thnuh.     Omen. 
HAZON.    To  scold.    JTilU. 
HA3ER.    More  noble.     Gawayne, 
HAJT.    Hath.    MS.  Cott.  Psalm.  Antiq. 

HE.   (1)  Is  often  prefixed,  in  all  its  cates,  to 
proper  names    emphatically,    according    to 
Saxon  usage.    Tyrwhitt,   p.  113.     Conntry 
people  reverse  this  practice,  and  say,  "  Mr. 
Brown  he  said,"  &c.  It  is  also  frequently  used 
for  il,  in  all  cases;  and  constantly  means, 
thet/,  >he,  fhrm,  thii,  who,  and  sometimes, 
you,  but  seldom  in  the  lost  sense. 
(2)  High.    RiUon'sAnc.Songs,  L106. 
Tha  grrt  ti«ut<  tfllyth  owt 
or  luch  a  malde  of  Ae  parage. 

Gtitrtr,  MS.  Caiilab.  ft  I. «,  f.  70. 

HEAD.  (1)  To  be  off  the  head,  to  suffer  in  in- 
tellect. To  go  at  head,  to  have  the  first  bite 
at  anything.  To  head  poinli,  to  put  the  irons 
on  them.  To  give  one'*  head  for  icathing,  to 
lubnilt  to  be  impo&cd  upon.  To  drive  a-head, 
to  force  a  passage  tlirough  an}-tliing.  He  look 
it  upcffhiM  own  lieail,  he  taught  himself^  To 
let  their  heads  together,  to  consult  or  con- 
spire.  To  turn  the  head,  to  attend  to.  To  be 
M/tOH  the  bead  of  il,  very  close  to  the  jack,  a 
phrase  used  at  Itowling.  JUad  nor  tail,  no- 
thing at  alL  To  head  out,  to  come  to  the 
earth  or  surface.  Headt  and  holU,  pell-mell, 
toi>8y.turv7.  Headt  and  pluckt,  the  refuse  of 
limbcr-liecs.  Headt  and  tailt,  a  common 
game  of  tossing  up  pence,  and  guessing  the 
side  before  they  touch  the  ground. 

(2)  To  behead  a  man.    PaUi^we. 

(3)  7b  your  head,  to  your  face.  Shak.  Still 
in  uae  in  the  North  of  England. 

(4)  A  hewl-dreia.    Paltgrwe. 

HE  AD-AC  liE.    Com  poppy.    Eatt. 

HEADBOROW.  '•  Signifies  him  that  is  chief 
of  the  Frankpledge,  and  that  had  the  princi- 
pal govenimcnt  of  them  within  hi*  own 
pledge,"  Ulount,  in  v. 

1 1 E  A  U-CO  R  N .     M  ixcd  com.    )  or*»A. 

HEAD-GO.  The  best.    Var.  dial 

HEADGKOW.    Aftermath.    Salop. 

HEAD-KEEP.    The  first  bite.    Norf. 

HEADLANDS.     Same  a*  Adland,.  q.  v. 


HEADLETS.     Buds  of  planta.      tTfl. 
HEADLINE.    To  atUch  a  rope  to  the  head  of  a 

bullock.     Somtrtel. 
HEAD-MONEY.     A  kind  of  Iax.     "  Heed  bm>- 

ney,  truaige,"  Palsgrave.      Blount  iT.«nty^i«. 

head-pence. 
HEAD-PIECE.    The  helmeU     See  aoliadhe^ 

Chron.  of  Ireland,  p.  5. 
HEAD-SHEET.    A  sheet  which  waa  plaoed  at 

the  top  of  the  bed.     Holme,  1688. 
HEAD-SHEETS.     A  sloping  plalform  t«wanU 

the  stem  of  a  keel.   A'etec. 
HEADSMAN.    An  executioner.   SAai. 
IIEAIVSTRAIN.   A  note-hand  fora  hacM, 
HEADSW  0.\tAN.    A  midwife.    Satt. 
HEAD-WAD.   A  hard  pillow,  aometiiaot  ixaierf 

by  soldiers.    Blome. 
IIEAD-WARK.  The  headache.    A'or/A.   K^of 

common  term  in  earlv  reeeipti. 
IIEADY.    Self-willed.  'Sec  Gitford  on  VTrtdws 

1603;  Hollnshed,  Chron.  Ireland,  p.  83.    Ex- 
plained brink  m  Craven  Gloss. 
HEAL.    To  lean  or  lie  on  one  side,  u  a  tbip 

doe».   Spelt  heeld  in  Bourne's  Inventions,  4ta. 

Loud.  1578.    Hence,  to  hold  downwards,  or 

pour  nut  uf  a  pot,  &c.    Also,  to  rake  up  afiic- 

Snulb.    See  further  in  Hele. 
HEALER.    A  tlatex,  or  tiler.    tVeat. 
HEALING-GOLD.     Gold   given    by    the  kingj 

when  touching  for  the  e\il.      "  rrivy-piu^n 

healing-gold,    £500,"    is    lueiitioaed    in   *j 

Treasury   Warrant    dated    Ngvember    I7( 

liiS'i,  in  my  possession. 
HE.VLINGS.  Thebed-dothea.   Ojeo*.  It 

iu  ^IS.  Gough.  46. 
HEALTHFUL.    In  sound  health.    fTal. 
IIEAM.    The  secnndine,  or  »k.in  that  the  young 

of  a  beast  is  WT«p])cd  in. 
IIEAN.    The  hilt  of  anv  weapon,     fft 
HE.\P.  (1)  A  wicker  basket.    NorfM. 

(2)  .\  large  number.    Var.  dial     Hence  Ht^ 
fait,  briin-full. 

(3)  A  quarter  of  a  peck.  North.  To  live  al  fnO 
heap,  i.  e.  abundantly, 

MEAPINGSTOCK.   A  ttcpping-stone.   Deron. 

HEAR.     7*0  Aeor  i7/,  to l>e  ill  spoken  oC    7b 
\eell,  to  be  well  spoken  of. 

HEARDEN.   A  headland.   Bedt. 

HEARE.     A  fumoce,  or  kiln. 

HEARING-CHETES.   The  ears.    Dekker. 

HEARINGLES.  Deaf.  List  of  old  wot4*  ia 
Batman  uppon  Bartholome,  1582. 

HEARKEN.  Hearken  to  the  hinder  end,  hew 
the  rest  of  the  story.      Yorkeh. 

HEAUN.    Coarse  linen  cloth.    Neu-c. 

HEARSE.  Tlie  name  of  the  hind  iu  its  tecood 
year.     Gent.  Rec.  ii.  75. 

i  i  E ART.  ( 1 )  The  stomach.    Vor.  dial. 

(2)  Out  of  heart,  discouraged.  7b  hnrr  tit 
heart  in  the  mouth,  to  lie  very  much  friiflit- 
eued.  To  be  heart  and  hand,  to  be  fully  IktiU 
To  lire  one'*  heart  out,  to  be  eicMdwly 
troublesome.  To  break  the  heart  tff  oaf' 
thing,  to  luive  almost  completed  it.  /«  ^ooi 
heart,  in  good  order.     Nezt  the  Aacrf,  is  a 


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morning  fiutiog.  Poor  hecri,  ui  exclaroition 
of  pity.  Am  hear/  may  think  or  tonfpit  may 
tetl,  a  very  comiDOii  cxprcuion  in  old  workt, 
ConveyiDg  intensity.  Tofiel  oiw't  Heart  eome 
to  one,  to  lAke  courage.  7b  have  enr'i  heart 
m  a  nuttheU,  to  be  very  |>enurioiu  or  mean- 
spirited,  to  act  cowardly. 
For  the  |»yD«  thare  o  more  bytter  and  t^\\e 
Tluo  hnt  may  thynk  or  twng  nuy  t«)le. 

UamiMe,  MS.  fiiwo,  p.  Sg. 

HEART-AT-GRASS.  To  take  heart  at  gnu, 
i.  e.  to  take  courage.  /  'ar.  dial.  It  it  often 
spell  Heart-af-Orace. 

HEART-BREAKER.     A  love-lock.   Asm. 

HEARTFUL.    In  go<Kl  spiriti.    Hrref. 

HEARTGROWN.    Vcr>  fond  of.    J\orM. 

IIEARTGUN.   TbecardUcle.    DevOH. 

I1E.\RTS.  Friendi ;  botom  companions.  See 
the  Yorkshire  Ale,  1697,  p.  U. 

HEART-SCAI).    Grief;  vexation,    .VorM. 

UEAUT-SCIRTS.    The  diaphragm.    )or*«A. 

HEAKTSOME.    Merry ;  lively.    Sorth. 

HEART-SPOON.   The  navel.    \orUh. 

HEAUT-TREE.  The  par<  of  a  gate  to  which  the 
bar*  arc  fa«tcned.    North. 

IIEARTWIIULE.  In  good  spirits,  or  order. 
H'mt.    Also  sp«lt  heartveil. 

HEARTY.    Having  a  good  appetite ;  well. 

HEASY.    Hoarse.    North. 

HEAT.  (1)  Heated.    Sec  Nares,  in  v. 

(2)  To  run  a  heat,  or  race.    Shak. 

HEATH.  A  kind  of  Staffordshire  coal.  Kennett, 
MS.  I.ansd.  1033. 

HEATllER-m.EET.   Thebittem.    North. 

HEATIIl'OWT.   A  black-cock.    (\mb. 

HEAUI-UY".   Tender;  delicate.    Yorkth. 

HE.WE.  (1)  To  pour  corn  from  the  scuttle  be- 
fore the  wind.    North. 

(2)  To  throw ;  to  lift.    Var.  dial. 

(3)  The  horizontal  dislocation  which  occnn 
when  one  lode  ii  intersected  by  another  having 
a  dinrrcnt  direction.     A  mining  term. 

(4)  To^upplant.    Dortel. 

(6)  Hrare,  hotr,  and  Rumlirlov,  an  ancient 
chonis,  which  is  frequently  alluded  to  under 
Tarioiu  forms.  With  heave  and  how,  with 
might  and  niain.  A  reference  to  Cotgrave,  in 
T.  Cor,  would  have  extricated  Nares,  p.  228, 
from  a  difficulty. 

(6)  To  rob.   Dekkcr's  Bclman,  ICI6. 

(7)  A  place  on  a  common  on  which  a  particular 
flock  of  sheep  feeds.    North. 

(8)  To  weigh.      Far.  dUU. 
HEA\'ER.    A  crab.  Kenl. 
IIEAVE-Ul'.   A  di»turliancc.    Devo*. 
HEAVING.    Lifting  up ;  inclling. 

Whan  (TOtiBd  bwsin  natnrally  ttnrc  o(  chamock*. 
th«  chaasc  that  la  made  ofT  frmn  tiich  ground  tb« 
liayry-womcii  cannot  kati*  from  hwmHm^. 

AMiny't  Wtlu,  MS.  Hufl  ««r.  ^  900. 

HEAVING-DAYS.     Easier  Monday  and  Tnea- 

day,  so  called  from  the  custom  of  lifting  at 

ttiat  time.    H'ane. 

HRAVING-OP-THEMAW.     A  game  at  cards. 

Sec  ArcbKoIogia,  viii.  149. 


HBAVISOMB.    Very  dull  or  heavy.    ATorf*. 
IIEAVLE.    A  dung-fork.    I/errf. 
HEAVY-CAKE.    A  flat,  compact,  currant  caka, 

sc  called  in  Cornwall. 
HEAVYISH.    Somewhat  heavy,     far.  dial. 
HEAZE.    To  cough,  or  spit.     A'orM. 
HEOBE.   To  heave.   Rob.  Glouc.  p.  1 7. 
HEBBEN.   To  hare.    KyngAlisatmder,4940. 
HEBBER-MAN.    A  fisherman  on  the  Thames 

below  Loudon  Bridge. 
HEBBLE.  (1)  A  narrow,  short,  plank-bridge. 

Yorkth.    See  HalUmsh.  Gl.  p.  1 13. 
(2)  To  bnild  up  luistily.    A'orM. 
HEBEN.   Ebony.   {J..N.)    The  juice  of  it  wa» 

fonnerlv  considered  (loisnnous. 
HEBERD.    Harboured ;  lodged.    Lanytqft. 
HEBOLACE.    A  dish  in  cookery,  composed  of 

onions,  herbs,  and  strong  broth. 
HE-BRIMMLE.   A  bramble  of  more  than  one 

year's  growth.     Somentt, 
HECCO.   The  green  woodpecker.    Dravlon. 
HECH.  (i)  Each.     See  Rob.  Uluoc.  p.  240. 
(2)  A  hatch,  or  small  door.    North. 
HECHELE.    A  hatchel  for  flax.     See  the  KeUq. 

Antiq.  ii.  78,81,  176. 
HECK.   The  division  from  the  side  of  the  fire  in 

the  form  of  a  passage  in  old  houses ;  an  in- 

closure  of  open-work,  of  slender  bars  of  wood, 

as  a   hay-rack ;  the  bolt  or  bar  of  a  door. 

"  With  I'lek  and  maiigeor,"  Arch.  xvii.  203. 

Heek-ioarri,  the  iMjard  at  the  Imttom  of  a 

cart.     Hrci-door,  the  inner  door,  not  closely 

panelled,  but   only  partly  so,    and  the  reat 

latticed.     Half-heck,  the  lulf  or  lower  part  o( 

a  door.     North. 
HECK-BERRY.     The  hird-chetry.     Yorkth. 
IIECKEMAL.   Thetom-tiL     Deron. 
HECK-PAR.    A  heifer.     Huloet.  1552. 
HECKLE.  (1 )  To  dress  tow  or  flax ;  to  look  an- 

gr>'.  or  to  pnt  oneself  into  an  impotent  lage ; 

to  beat.    North. 

(2)  An  artificial  fly  for  Ashing;  a  corslet  or  any 
other  covering,  as  the  heckle  of  a  fighting, 
cock ;  the  skin  of  an  ox.     North. 

(3)  Busy  interference;  intrusive  meddling;  im- 
{lertinence.      Yorkih. 

(4)  The  name  of  an  engine  tised  for  taking  flsh 
in  theOwse.     Blount. 

HECKLED.     Wrapped.     Skhmer. 

HECKLE-SPIRE.     Same  u  Aervpirt,  q.  t. 

IIECKSTOWER.     A  rack-aUflT.     YorkA. 

IIECKTII.    The  highest.     Ghue. 

IIECLEPYN.     Called.     Ritm,. 

IIECTE.  Highest.  Htane.  We  have  heeth, 
height,  Akcrman's  Wiltsh.  Gloss. 

HED.  (I)  Heeded  ;  cared  for.     Drrbyth. 

(2)  Head.  {.^..S.)  On  hit  hetl,  on  |>ain  of 
losing  his  head.  To  laie  the  hrd  in  hW,  to 
kill  or  slay.  Hed  mat  peny,  a  penny  oflTered 
at  the  ma*s  said  fur  a  person's  soid  at  his 
funeral.    See  Blount. 

HEDARE.    One  who  beheads.     Pr.  Pare. 

HEDDE.     Hidden.     Chaueer. 

HEDDER.    Hither.    See  Tundale,  p.  40. 


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HEDDIR.     An  a.lder.     See  Apol-  LoU-  P-  97. 

IMdre,  Rtliq.  Antiq.  ii.  273. 
UE  DOLES.     The  small  cords  through  which 
the  warp  it  passed  in  a  loom,  after  going 
through  the  reed.     Sorth, 
HEDE.  ( 1 )  To  Iwhcad.     See  Torrent,  p.  90. 
(2)  Hahit ;  dress.    Perceval,  1 103.    t,A.-S.) 
HEDEN.     A  heathen,      freber. 
IIEUER.     A  mole  sheep.     UtK. 
HEDE-ItAPYS.     Head-tope*.     A  sea  term. 
Th«nc   wu  heAe'T^fv*  hcwene  that  hrlde  upc  th« 

Dtxctei ; 
Tharf  wu  conteke  fuUe  keoe,  and  crjtchynfc  of 
chippy*.  V'W«  Jrlhurt,  MS.  Uftcoln.  r  01. 

HEDtiE.  To  mend  hedges.  "  Thresh  and  dig 
and  hedg,"  MS.  Ashniole  208.  The  nn 
i/iinei  both  tidei  of  the  hftii/e,  said  of  sum- 
mer. To  be  on  the  wrong  mile  itf  the  heilje, 
to  be  mistaken.  To  heilge  in  a  debt,  to  se- 
cure it  cunninfclv. 
HEDtiE-ACCKNTOR.       The    hedge-sparrow. 

EaMl.    See  Forhy,  ii.  1 55. 
IIEDGE-ALEIIOUSE.     A  yery  imall  oincure 

ale-huusc.      I'ar.dial. 
HEPGE-UELLS.     Great  bindweed.     South. 
HEDGE-UUKE.     Rough,  unskilful,  applied  to 

a  workman,    ft'ett. 
IIEUGE-BOTE.     Timlwr ;  fire-wood.     (^.-S.) 
HEDOE-CREEPER.     A  wily  crafty  vagabond 
and   thief.     "  Un    avanivrier   raijabond    gvi 
fait  ta  regiiardic're  de pettr  den  coups,  a  hedge- 
creeper,"  Hollyband's  Dictionarir,  1593. 
IIEDGE-HOGS.'  Small  slunlcd  trees  in  hedges 

unfit  for  timber.     Chenh. 
HEDGE-IiOUND,  A  stinking  species  of  fungas 

growing  in  hedjf;es.  Var.  dial. 
IIEDGE-.MAUKIAGE.  A  secret  clandestine 
marriage.  North.  The  term  hedge  in  cotn- 
]>o!ition  generally  implies  deterioration. 
Jietlgp-prieit,  a  very  ignorant  priest.  Hedge- 
whore,  a  very  common  whore.  "  A  doxie, 
common  hackney,  hcdgcwhorc,"  Cotgrave,  in 
V.  Cantonniere. 
IIEUGE-RISE.    I'uderwood  used  for  making 

up  hedges.    North, 
IIEUGE-SPEAKS.     Hips.     Glouc. 
HEUGE-TACKER.     A  hedge-mender.    Denon. 
HEDLAK.     A  kind  of  cloth. 
HEDLV-MEDLY.     Confusion.     HtOL 
IIEDLYNG.     Headlong.      Weber. 
ItEDOES.     Hideous.     See  Robson,  p.  64. 
HEDON.     Went.     Chronicon  Vilodun.  p.  118. 
HEDOYNE.     A  kind  of  sauce  ? 

Sytheoe  herons  in  Afrin^ff  bylcd  fulle  falre. 
Grrtt  fwanopi  fulle  twythe  In  *tlveryii«  charKetin, 
Morte  Arthurs,  MS.  Unnln,  t.  ii. 
HEDUR-COME.     Arrival;  hither-coming. 
HEDYRWARDE.      Hithcrward.      '•  Ilerkcnes 
now  hedyrwardc,"  MS.  Morte  Arthure,f.  53. 
HEE.  (1)  Eye.    Wright's  Seven  Sages,  p.  71. 
(,2)  High.    Still  in  use  in  the  North. 
To  tc  the  dere  draw  to  the  dale, 

And  IcffL'  the  liilla  Aar, 
And  ihadow  hem  la  the  levaa  greoe 
Undur  the  graii»'Woode  tn* 

jOLOBri^.  rr  V.  «a,  r.  m. 


HEEDER.     A  male  animal.    Umc. 
HEEDISH.    Headstrong; :  tcstv  ;  AightT. 
HEEDS.    Nercssity.     Narthumb. 
HEEL.  (I)  The  inside  thick  part  of  tlic 

from  the  second  joint  of  liie  tliurob 

wrist.     C'smip, 

(2)  The  liod  of  cheese,  far.  tUat.  Alto,  k 
crust  of  bread.     Dor»H. 

(3)  To  upset  a  bucket.      Gbmc 

(4)  To  kick  one' t  hrelt,    to  st«iid  idly 
waiting  for  something.     /  '«r.  di»L 

HEELE.     Danger.     Hilton. 
HEELER.     A  quick  runner,  from  a 

cock,  forraerlv  so  t^lcd.    Nurlh. 
HEEL-RING.  '  The   ring  which 
blade  of  a  plough.      Tlie  wedget 
heel-wedges.    Var.diaL 
HEELS.  (I)  Tlic  game  of  nine-pina. 
(2)  To  turn  «p  the  heeb,  to  die.     To  IdeHIk 
Meelt,  to  run  away.     Out  at  hrtU,  is  drbL 
He  loke  a  furfel  with  a  cup. 
That  nude  hytn  lountr  Au  kxilawy. 

The  Bok*  1^  JtaH  Ai^^ 

HEEL-TAP.  The  hed-piece  af  a  shov.  U». 
wine  or  liquor  left  at  the  bottom  nf  a  gte- 
lor.  dial. 

HEEL-TREE.  The  swing-l>ar  at  the  heels  rfl 
horse  drawing  a  harrow.    Line. 

HEEM.    Near ;  handv ;  convenient.    Satm. 

HEENT.    Have  not.  'Suffolk. 

HEERS.    A  hearse.    Arcbjeolosia.  x.  95, 

HEEST.    Highest.    Oaten. 

HEET.    Commanded.    H>trr. 

MEEZE.    Toelcvate;  to  raise,     /fartk. 

IIGPDE.     The  hivd.    Hoi.  Glouc. 

HEFE.     Lifted  up.     Also,  to  lift  ujv 
A  man  hrfi  ones  at  the  fonlr 
A  majde  chylde,  as  fntii  are  wan(4>. 

tlS.UTl,f]0i,im. 

HEFFLE.    To  hesitate;  to prtTaricate.  Sank. 

IIKFFUL.    .\  wootlpecker.     Crttrrn. 

IIEFLY'.    Heavenly.     (>3v.  Mvjt.  p.  2:i5. 

IIEJT.  (1)  Weight;  pressure. '  A  c 
in  provincial   architecture.      Mn 
need  or  great  necessity.      As  a   vurl 
To  be  done  to  the  heft,  exhausted,  worn  out. 

(2)  A  hail,  or  handle.    Loote  in  the  hrft,  gf 
sipated  habits.    See  Howell,  p.  14. 

(3)  A  haunt.    North, 
(t)  A  heaving,  or  reaching.    SAak. 
(5)  Comnuuid  ;  restraint.    fTebfr, 
HEFTED.    Accustomed ;  ustuL    Durham. 
IIEFTERT.   After.    North. 
HEFTPOrP.   A  temporary  handle  u»ed  in 

ing  knives,  &c.    i'lirkiih. 
ilEFY.    Heavy.   Hampole's  Slim.  Coi 
UEGE.    A  hedge.    Somertel. 

Tho  thou  thorowe  the  hrin  rvn. 
Thou  thai  be  hongut  be  the  thtolc. 

US.  Omiab.  Ft.  v,  4s,  £  |: 
IIEGEHEN.    Eyes.    Hilton. 
HEGGAN.    A  hard  dry  cough.    Dmon. 
IIEGGE.    A  hag.   "A  witche  that  chautigetli 
favour  of  children,  the  hegge  or  faiiic,"  Bh 
inv.6Vrir.    Harrison,  p.  218,  saya,  old 


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fonnd  in  Kent  were  called  hrgi  ptnct  by  the 
country  people. 
HEGGl.ING.    Vexatiooa;   trying;   veariiome. 

Swmrr.    Hall  usea  the  word. 
HEGII.    A  hedge.    Reliq.  Antiq.  ii.  83. 
HEGHE.   Tn  exalt.    MS.  Cott.  Vesp.  D.  vii. 

For-thI  Gi>l  tiaie  h^frhede  hjrme.  and  gyflVnf  hym 
name  tlut  m  abowne  at  that  nnmp  bvn*. 

MS.  Ur.™;n  A.I.  I7,r.S46. 

HEGIITE.    Eight.   MS.  Mortc  Aniiure. 
sir  Drgrrraunt,  that  hmdp  knyght. 
Will)  hfght«  hclinyt  on  hyithte 

JV.S-.  Unrvin  A.  I.  17.  1. 131. 

HEGHTENE.  The  eighth.   {.i.S.) 

And  one  th«  hefhtent  viij.  day,  Ihay  fkod«  a  ba«l- 
llac,  Chat  roaw  callcs  a  cocatry*.  a  ^nxv  and  anv  hor- 
rll>lr.  MS.  Umcalit  A.  I.  17.  f-  »■ 

HEGH YN.    To  hedge ;  to  incloie.    It  occun  in 

MS.  nibl.  Reg.  12D.i.r.  78. 
HEGLICHE.   lligblr.   Serin  Sages,  2028. 
H  E I .  ( n  They.    Weber,  i.  232.  AI»o,  high. 
(2>  An  egg.    Rrliq.  Antiq.  ii.  83. 
HEIAR.    Higher.   See  AH- LoU.p.31. 
HEIDEGYES.   Sports ;  dancea. 

Klav  Cndtmton,  klue  htk  ryaf  i 
Then  to  our  midnight  hrUegyt*. 

UWi  Ku<tlmt«m.  IDS,  alg.  E.  Ir. 
HEIE.    Tall.   Scenavclok.987.  (^.-.S.) 
HEIFKEIL    A  heifer.    A'or/. 
IlElGIi.    An  exclamation  to  arreat  any  one'* 

progress.    Var.  diaL 
HEIGH  AW.  A  woodpecker.  "  Ortot,  a  heighaw 

or  witwall,"  Colgrave. 
HEIGHE.   To  hie,  or  go  in  liaate.   AU  in  Mghr. 

all  in  baite.    Still  in  use.    On  ktigheing,  in 

haste.    SeeLayleFreine,214. 
HEIGHEING.   Command,  or  proclamation. 
HEKillEN.    To  heighten.   Surf. 
HEIGll-GO-MAD.    In  gieat  spirits ;  highly  en- 
raged.   North, 
HEIGH-HOW.  (l)Ttiyawn.    NoHh. 
(2 )  An  occasional  assistant  in  a  bouse  or  kitchen. 

Lincolnshire  MS.  Gloss. 
HEIGHMOST.  The  highest.    >or*«A. 
HEIGHT.   To  threaten.    //«n^A/ nor  ree,  neither 

go  nor  drive,  said  of  a  wilful  person. 
UEIHUW.   The  herb  alehoof. 
HEIK.   To  swing,  or  jerk.    York»H.   Almardfor 

see-saw  is  called  a  hrikry. 
HEIKE.   The  same  as //Kite,  q.  T. 
HRILD.    Decrease ;  wane.    Siuk. 
HEILDOM.   Health.   SirTnstrcm. 
HEIND.   A  hand.    Wrhrr. 
HEIR.  (1)  To  iuheril  from  any  one.    North. 
(2)  Avoimgliiulter  tree,    Hani: 
HEIRE.    Air.    Also,  higher.    See  Ritson. 
HEIREUES.    Harriers.   Twici,  p.58. 
HEISEI).    Eased.    K.deBrunmr. 
HEISTE.    Highest.   See  Chester  PUyi,  ii.  143. 
HEISUGGE.   Tlie  hedge-sparrow.    CAaacer. 
HEIT.   To  throw,  or  toss  up.    It'ett. 
HEIVY-KEIVY.   Tottering  ;  hesitating;  oncer. 

tain.   Hence,  tipsv.    North. 
IIKIMNG.    Sliced.  'WUI.  Werw.  p.  88. 
IIi;i5rrE.   Waa  called.   {J.-S.) 
II EK.   Alio.    //eame. 


HBKES.    Racks.   See  Hnt. 

H^kes  and  hakkmayi,  and  tiorsM  of  srmc*. 

JUtH-u  .Irthvrt,  ii%  Linroin,  t.  77 
HEL.    A  hill.    See  Weber,  ii.  2.%:. 

And  now  thii  day  m  corrpn  ou(e  of  (lODe, 
WlibouM  bondKor  thai  holy  htl. 

Ultftr.  MS.  Sor.  v/nUf.  IM,  t.  It. 
HELASS.   Alas!    PaUgnm. 
HELDAR.   Rather;  More.   North.    .More, in  a 

greater  degiee.    Gmeaynr. 
HELUE.  ( 1)  To  throw,  or  cast ;  to  put ;  to  gire 
way,  or  surrender.      It   occurs    in   the  last 
sense  in  the  .Murte  Arthure,  MS.  Linooln. 

(2)  Fidelity ;  loyalty,    /frame. 

(3)  The  wild  uiisy.    Culprpfr. 

(4)  Covered.     Sir  Degrcvant,  1 185. 

( 5)  Health.    See  Wright's  Seven  Sages,  p.  40. 

(6)  Beheld.   Also,  hold.    Hrbrr. 

(7)  To  incline,  or  bend.    Pr.  Parv. 

(8)  To  ride ;  to  follow  ;  to  move ;  to  advance ;  to 
go  down  ;  to  lead.    Gaieai/ne. 

(9)  A  verv  small  apple.    Draon, 
HELDING.    Quick ;  fast ;  lilting.    H>«/. 
HELDISH.    Bucolic ;  appertaining  to  cattle. 
HELE.  (1)  Health  ;  salvation.  (.1.-S.)    It  occtira 

in  MS.  Cott.  Vpspas.  D.  vii.     Also,  to  beal,  to 
help.    It  is  common  in  earlv  English. 
(2)  To   bide;    to  cover.    {.i.-S.)     Hence,   In 
DcTon,  to  mof  or  slate,  to  earth  up  |mta. 
toes,  to  cover  anv-thing  up. 

Oadn  the  Khadov  of  iM  •ryngn  limit  nic  fTa  the 
face  or  the  wicked,  that  me  ha>  laurmnilld. 

MS.  CtU.  JC<Mi.  lU,  r,  M. 
(.1)  To  pour  out.    W7«». 
HELELES.    Helpless.    CAancep. 
HELEN.    Caves.    (.^..S.) 
HELFRI NGWURT.    The  plant  eoiuolida  mtdi*. 

See  a  Ust  in  MS.  Sloane  S,  f.  4. 
IIELING.   Hidden.    MS.Cott.  Vesp.  D.tU. 
IIELINGS.   The  eyelids.   PgUfrine. 
IIEI.ISE.    Elysium.    Chaueer. 
HELKS.     Large  detached  crags.     Also,  Ilrga 

white  clouds     North. 
HELL.  (1)  A  term  at  the  game  of  Barlry-brrak, 
q.  T,     Sec  Patient  f  irissel,  p.  26. 

ThMe  teach  dial  dauncing  li  a  Jraalwll. 
And  l>aflry-t>rcak  th«  rvady  way  to  hrll. 

Knitdolph'f  P^Himt.  XtAi,  p.  inS. 

(2)  A  tailor's  bell  was  the  place  where  be  de|io. 

sited  his  cabbage^ 
(S)  To  pour  out,  as  Hele,  q.  v.     It  occnn  in  MS, 
Lincoln.  Med.  f.  287. 

And  b«lyve  he  garte  hellt  downnc  the  water  on 

the  crthe   l>e(ore  alle   hii   mene,  and  whenne  his 

knyghtit  saw  that,  tliay  ware  hugely  oomforthede. 

MS.  L<i>«ta  A.  1.17,  r.<T. 

(4)  A  cant  term  for  the  darkest  and  worst  part 
of  the  hole,  an  obscure  dungeon  in  a  prison, 
Massinger,  e<l.  GUTord,  iv.  *. 

HELLA.   Thenighimare.    H'nt. 

HELL-CAT.   A  furious  vixen  or  scold.    Gnu*. 

HELLECK.    A  rivulet.    Mirge. 

HELLERED.     Swollen.      Yorkih. 

IIELLFALLERO.     A  great  tumult.     South. 

HELL-HOUND.     A  wicked  fellow. 

HELLIER.     A  tlutcber.ortiler.     ffevf.     Wat 


HEM 


444 


HBN 


T]rl«r  if  called  Waltenu  Helier  b;  Wal- 
linghim.    See  MS.  LshmI.  1033. 

HELLIN.     Hardened  »oot.      YorHh. 

HELL-KETTLES.  The  name  given  to  three 
pooU  of  irater  near  Darlington.  Bishoji 
Tuastall  ii  said  to  have  aacertaiucd  their  won- 
derful depth  by  putting  a  goose  into  one  of 
them,  which  was  afterwards  found  in  an  ad- 
joining river.  See  Harriion,  p.  130  ;  Bronie's 
Travels,  p.  166. 

HELL-O-ONE-SIZE.  At  a  great  nte;  the 
whole  hog.    South. 

HELL-RAKE.  A  Urge  nke,  with  long  iron 
teeth,     yar.  dial. 

HELL- WAIN.  A  supernatural  waggon,  seen  in 
the  sky  at  night.    North. 

HELLY.     Hellish.     See  Narcs  and  Todd,  in  v. 

HEL.M.  (I)  A  handle.  Also,  a  hovel ;  a  kind  of 
outhouse.     North. 

(2)  A  heavy  mountain  cloud.    Cumi. 

(3)  To  cut  the  ears  of  wheat  from  the  straw  be- 
fore thrashing  it.    Gloue. 

HELME.    A  helmet.    Perceva],  1225.   Helmed, 

armed  with  a  helmet. 
HELME-UOOP.     A  helmet.     (.V.-S.) 
HELOE.     Bashful ;  modest.    North.     "  Hee  is 

verie  maidenly,  sbamefac'de,  heloe,"  Cotgrave, 

in  V.  Coiffi- 
HELON.     To  cover ;  to  hide.     Su»jw.r. 
HELP.    To  mend,  or  repair.     North. 
HELPLY,    Helping;  helpful ;  assisting. 
HE  LP- UP,     To  aaiist,  or  support.    East. 
IIELSUM.     Wholesome.    ApoLLolLp.  6. 
IIELT.  (1)  Poured  out.     See  Kitton,  i,  16. 
(2)  Healthy,     lleame. 

!3)  Likely ;  probable ;  perhaps.     Imuc. 
4)  To  soil,  or  dirty  ;  to  make  a  mess  of.     Une. 
HELTER.   A  horse-coUar  made  of  hemp.  Also, 
a  halter.     North. 

With  qust  pride  rome  thb  Laxda  tliltler. 

As  ■  kyng  ihuld  do  i 

BarleK  on  a  hetiini  hor»e. 

And  5ct  tjarfote  alto. 

i/S  Caflat.  ft.  V.  48.  f.  88. 

HELTER-SKELTER.    Confusedly  j  disorderly  i 

promiscuouily.     See  Florio,  pp.  20,  96. 
HELVE.  (1)  A  stone  pitcher.     Glouc. 

(2)  A  haft.  Sevyn  Sages,  384.  To  throw  the 
keire  after  the  hatchet,  to  be  in  despair. 

(3)  To  goisip.     Also  a  subst.     Suaex. 
HELWALLS.    The  end  outside  walls  of  a  gable 

hou.<ie.    Ojon. 
HELYCH.     Loudly.    (.Y.-&) 

They  bcido  lu  tbelre  berbergage  bundrethes  fulle 
many, 

Homes  of  olyranln  fulle  heltcH  lilaweae. 

Marie  .rtrthuTt,  MS.  Unetin,  f.  67^ 
HEM.  (l)Veo-.     Suiter. 
(2)  Thcin ;  he,  or  him.     IVetl.     The  first  scn«c 

is  commou  in  old  EngUsh. 
f  3)  Home.     Sec  Cov.  Myst.  p.  30. 
(4j  The  partition  between  the  hearth  and  the 

oven,  open  at  the  top,  in  a  place  for  Imking 

calamine.    Kenncit,  MS.  Lansd.  1033. 
HEM-A-BIT.     Certainly  not.     Sinter. 
HEMATITE.    The  blood-stone. 


HE.M6LE.    A  horel ;  a  itable ;  a  ahed.    ffarth. 
IIEMELY.     aosely  i  secretly.     (Dan.) 
HE  MEN.   Them.   {J.-S.) 

That  yi  to  uy,  alle  thyngs  that  yc  vyli*  (iMt  Ba 
do  to  jow,  do  ]e  the  Mme  to  htmen. 

MS.  Rmrl.  Ptt.  Ill, 

HEMINGES.  A  piece  of  the  hide  of  an  aaima] 
slain  in  the  chase,  cut  out  to  make  ahoea  (or 
the  huntsmen.    (A.-S.) 

HEMMES.   Tops;  sides.  (.I.-S.) 

Fyndri  theme  helmede  hole  and  horaeflyde  oa  atcdys, 
Uovando  one  the  hye  wayc  tiy  the  holte  hemmtt. 
MorU  ArOtttrt,  MS.  UjKvAa. 

HEMPEN-WIDOW.  The  widow  of  •  man 

has  been  hanged,    far.  dial. 
IIGMP-HECKLER.   Aflax-drmer.    North. 
HEMl'Y.    Mischievous.    AorM. 
HEMSELVE.    Themselves.    (A..S.) 
HE.MTON.    Hempen ;  made  of  hemp. 
A  htrnvm  haller  then  he  tooke. 

Aboitl  hit  Dccke  he  put  the  tame, 
And  with  a  greevoui  pittiout  looke 
This  speech  unto  them  did  he  frune. 

DelOHett'*  Btnngf  HutvrUt.  IflDT. 

HEMUSE.  A  roe  in  iu  third  year.  See  Hawkins, 

iii.  238 ;  Gent.  Rec.  iL  75. 
HEN.  ( 1)  To  throw.   Somertet. 

(2 )  Money  given  by  a  wedded  pair  to  their  poor 
neighbours  lo  drink  their  healths. 

(3)  Hence.    Still  in  use  in  Lincolnshire.  ] 

DamyKll,  kcyde  Befyte  then, 
Speke  un  and  gn  h*n. 

MS.  asMe».  Ff.  It.  JB,  L  m. 
HEN-AY.    A  hen's  egg.   (A.-S.) 
HKN-BAWKS.    A  hen-roost.    North. 
UKNBELLE.  Henbane.   It  is  mentioned  in  MS. 

Lincoln.Vi.  17,  f.287. 
IIEN-CAUL.    A  chicken-coop.    North. 
HENCE.   Sylvester  make*  a  verb  of  to  henet,  to' 
go  away.    Sec  his  Panaretus,  p.  875,  quoted 
hy  Nare's,  p.  229. 
HEJS'CH-BOY.     A  page;  an   attendant   on    a 
nobleman,  sovereign,  or  high  personage.  More 
usually  called  a  henchman,  as  in  Chancer. 
HEN-COWER.    The  position  of  a  person  sitting 

on  his  heels.    Durh. 
HEND.  ( 1 )  At  hand ;  near  at  hand.    See  Beveal 
of  Hanitoun,  p.  61.     "  Nether  fer  ne  heoiie,' 
MS.  Cantab.  Ff.  V.  48,  f.  50. 
(2)  To  seize,  take,  or  hold.    Spenttr. 
HENDE.    Gentle;  polite.     {A.-S.)      UendeUe. 
politely,  Artboor  and  Merlin,  p,  54  ;  W; 
Seven  Sages,  p.  97. 
Hyi  kyiuie  waa  woudur  yoyftatle  thao 
That  lie  waxe  fo  feyrc  ■  tnaa  t 
Hatdt  he  was  and  mylde  of  modTt 
All  men  tpeke  of  hytn  grele  god* ; 
With  A  iwyrdc  he  cowde  weUe 
And  pryck  aitede  lo  a  wrye. 

MS.  cutut.  rt  ii.  aa,  t.  i.«y. 
HENDELAYK.    Courtesy.    Gamiyne. 
MENDER.    More  gentle  ;  kinder.   {A.-S.) 
IIENDY^.    Same  as  A/emff,  q,  V. 
And  he  it  curteya  and  h^wltf, 
ThI  God  him  lete  wel  endy. 

MS.  CM.  Jn.  Oxon.  I 

UENE.   Abject ;  in  subjection.  {A..S.) 


I 


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445 


H8B 


HENEN.    Hence.    ChaMcer. 
HENEPE.    Same  u  Hen.pen,  q.  v. 
liKNES.    Belieats  ;  commands.    lA/iifi«tf. 
HENETE.    Alizjird.    NominalcMS. 
UKN-FAT.    Same  as  Fat-hen,  q.v. 
HENG.    To  hang.    C/umcfr. 

For  I  lUr  DcTcr,  ulit  Ibc  wbcref. 

Cum  btton  imre  kjrng  i 
For  if  1  do,  t  wot  fcnni 
For  wihe  h«  wll  mi  htnf. 

US.  Cmtab.  Ff.  r.  «8,  t.  131. 

HENGE.  The  heart,  liver,  and  lighu  of  an  ani- 
mat.    See  the  Ord.  and  Reg.  p.  96. 

IlENGET.     Hungup.    Lydgale. 

IIENGXE.    A  hinge. 'Nominate  MS. 

HEN-GORSE.    Ononis  arvensis.    North. 

IIEN-IIARROW,    A  kind  of  buzzard.     Norlh. 

HEN-HURDLE.    A  hen-roost.     Chetk. 

HENIll'SSY.  A  meddling  officioas  person  t  a 
cotqucan.    fVeit. 

IIENK.     Ink.    Sec  the  Apol.  Loll.  p.  91. 

HENKAM.    Hcnhanc.    Lincoln  MS. 

HENNES.    llcnce  i  from  this  time.    (J.-5.) 

HENNOT.    Have  not.    Norlh. 

HEN-PEN.  ( 1 )  The  dung  of  fowls.   Norlh. 

(2)  Tlie  herb  vellow-rattle.    Var.  dial. 
HEN-POl.LER.     A  hen-roost.    Norf. 
HEN-SCRATTINS.    Same  as  FiUy-laitt.  q.  v. 
HEN'S-NOSEFULL.    A  very  small  quantity  of 

an^-thing.    Eatl. 
IlENT.  (1)  The  plough  up  the  bottom  of  »hc 

furrow.    Craven  Gloss,  i.  222. 
f  2)  To  wither ;  to  dry,  or  become  dry.   Sonurut. 

(3)  Hold  ;  ojiportunity.     Shot. 

(4)  To  sow  com.     Dean  MiUes'  MS,  Glossary. 
HENTE.     To   seize,  hold,  or  take.     {J-S.) 

Sometimes  the  part.  past. 
He  lUrte  up  \eramcnt. 
The  itewird  be  the  ihrot«  h*  hme. 

MS.  auiM*.  ¥1.  II.  3*.  r.  74. 
The  pore  man  »«if«  lijrt  up  belyre. 
And  wai  therof  Tul  ferly  blythe, 

las.  Htri.  1701,  r.  37. 
A  knyfe  In  blr  taaade  *b«  htni  ful  tmcrte. 
And  imota  hir  roodur  to  the  hiTt« 

MS.  QiKiab.  Ft.  V.  48  f.  44. 
HENTER.     A  thief,     lydgale. 
HENTI NG.  ( 1 )  A  rude  clown.     A'or**. 
(2)  A  furrow.     //ea/^^wTMr,  tlMs  last  one. 
HEO.     She  ;  he ;  they  ;  iliU.     (J.-S.) 
HEORE.     Their.     A</«m. 
HEOTE.    Ordered;  commanded.     (./.-S.) 
HEPE.  (1)  A  hip,  or  fruit  of  the  dog-rose.   See 
Robin  Hood,  i.  S7.     "  Corniu,  a  hepe  tre," 
MS.  Bib.  Vf%.  12  B.  i.  f.  40.     Hepen,  Kyng 
Alisaunder,  4983,  ap.  Weber,  i.  207. 
(2)  A  company  ;  a  troop.     (A.-S.) 
HEPE-BOON.     A  hip-bone. 

Woundyd  lore  anil  vvjM  bo-gone, 
ADd  brokyD  waa  hya  hrpt-boon. 

MX.  GMte^.  ri.  a  »,  f.  m. 
HEPPEN.     Dexterous  j  handy  ;  active ;  ready ; 

neat  j   handsome.      North.     Sometimes  for 

unheppm,  not  dexterous,  &C. 
HEPPING-STOCK.     A  horse-Wock.     Corme. 
HER.     Hair ;  their  ;  here ;  hear ;  ere,  or  before ; 


higher.     In  the  praviacea,  it  is  heard  indiioi- 
Riinatelv  for  he,ihe,oi  him, 
HERALDIZED.     Blazoned.     Wamtr. 
HERALDYE.     Misfortune.     (/f-iV.) 
A«  he  whlche  halh  the  hftaUi/* 
Of  hem  that  uaen  for  to  lye. 

Gcu-rr,  MS.  Soc.  Amiq.  U4,  f.  M, 

HERAUOE.  A  herald.  Chaucfr. 
TUIe  on  a  tyroe  thai  It  befcUe, 
An  Aervudf  corny*  by  the  way. 

Ma.  Hari.  ftn,  f.  n. 
HERB-A-GRACE.    Rue.     It  it  jocularly  ued 

hv  Dekker,  ap.  Hawkins,  iii.  195. 
IIGRBARJOURS.    Tlie  king's  harbingen. 
Thane  come  the  hmbrntjirmt,  harafeoui  kayf  htcx. 

mn»^raurt,  Ms.  Umxln,  I.  7S. 

HERBARS.     Herbs,    ^veiuer. 
HERB-BENNET.     Hemlock.     Gerard. 
HERBELADE.     A  confection  of  herbs.     See 

MS.  SloaDeI201,  ff.  32,  S2. 
IIERBER.     Lodging.     It  is  alto  used  for  an 
harlraur,  or  a  garden.     See  Hall,  1548,  Henry 
VIII.  f.  97. 

within  hya  awen  modyr  Ixidy, 
Where  hya  Aertar  vyihhi  waa  dynht. 

Htmpol;  Ms.  Bowt,  p.S4. 

HERBERGAGE.    A  lodging.     (^.-.V.) 
They  herde bithelrehartef^jpi^hundrethesfullemany. 
Jferte  /<r(*iirT,  MS.  UntolH,  I,  67. 
He  came  to  hya  berbrrgirt. 
And  fuode  hya  fclowei  hrndlye. 

MS.  Ouuab.  ft.  II.  at,  t.  170. 
Tharfore  maheth  he  noue  Aer^erferye 
There  he  fyndcth  byf<>re  envye. 

MS.  Harl.  \lm,  t.tl, 
IIERBERY.     A  cottage  garden ;  a  herb  garden. 

Deton.     See  Ilrrlirr. 
HERBIVE.     Tlie  forget-me-not.     Gerard. 
HERB-PETER.     The  cowslip.     Gerard. 
HERBROWLES.     Without  lodging.     (A.-S.) 
I^huralcd,  and  ye  yave  me  to  dnnke:  I  waaAer. 
broirlae,  and  ye  ticrtirowde  me  ;  I  wai  nakld.  and  ye 
riothid  me.  MB.  Aairl.  C.  !W,  U  II. 

HERD.  (1)  Fallen;  prostrate.     Line. 

(2)  A  keeper  of  cattle.     North. 

The  kyng  to  the  Aerrfr  aeld  than, 
OfTwhena  art  ttiou,  gode  man  ! 

MS.  Omrsl..  FT.  t.M,  f.  47. 

(3)  In  hunting,  this  term  was  applied  to  flooka 
or  companies  of  harts,  wrens,  swans,  crane*, 
&c.     MS.  Porkington  10. 

HERDELES.     Hurdles.    Ptgft. 

HEROES.    Coarse  flax ;  dreased  flax.  Chanetr. 

Still  in  use  in  Shrapihire. 
HEROBSS.     A  shepherdesi.     Browne. 
HERDESTOW.     Heanlest  thou.      Weber. 
HERDLENGB.      Dressing  the  roebuck,  after 
he  has  been  killed  in  a  chase.     Gent,  Ree. 
cd.  1686,  u.  87. 
HERDOM.     Whoredom.     Hmtm. 
HERE.  (1)  Hoat;  anoy.     (J.-S.) 

5e  tallc  hym  knawe  thurg he  alle  the  kgre  i 
}oura  aleve  be  wlUe  hafe  on  hit  aiwre. 

MS.  UiHotn  A.  I.  17,  f.  int. 
Tho  corns  Arelol  Into  thla  laad«i 
With  hottegrM  and  Aara  timac. 

jr«.  n-*^  rr.  v.  4(,  r.  m. 

(2)  To  hear.    Nominale  MS, 


HER 


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HER 


m  t). 

(5)  Hi' 


Sum  man  myft  Am^  tbp, 
The  wrrc  beltur  be  »|HI«. 

VX.  Canlti.  Ft.  v.  48,  f.  49. 
(3)  nal  u  neilhrr  hrre  nor  there,  nothing  to  the 
purpose.    \  verj'  common  plutue. 
lair.     Hrren,  made  of  hair.     (/4.-S.) 
lire ;  reward.     Kyng  Ali»aunder,  5221. 

(6)  To  plough.     Apol.Loll.  p.  112. 

(7)  Hoarfnist;  miit.     Lohc. 
IIEKEAWAYS.     Uercahout.      /or.  dial. 
HEKEDE.     Praised.    Ihame. 
HERKIIOUNE.     The  hcrh  horehmmd. 
HERE-LACE.     Ahair-bamL     Skellon. 
HERELY.     Early.     Lydynli-. 

Then  come  he  wUhegrct  h»f!e  to  Wii  gmve  one 
the  Sqniliye  hertty  nt  morne,  and  tokeftftjiync  hii 
bll»»cdc  liody  nwt  of  rhe  fjiuve,  and  weute  forthe 
Ihurghe  h(f  a^heoe  tnyght. 

US.  Unnln  A.  I   17.  t.  IW. 
HEREMITE.     A  hermit.     {.1..N.) 
HERENCE.     Hence.     Wat. 
HEHERIGIIT.     Directly  ;  in  this  place.    H'etl. 
HERES.     The  eyelashes.      fV.  liibhhtwnrlh. 
HERE'S-NO.     Uer^t  no  vanity,  an  ironical  ex- 
prcuion  iuipl}ingthat  there  is  great  abundance 
of  it,  applied  to  any  object.    S'am. 
HERE'S-TO-YE.     A    malic  form  of  drinking 

healtlu  common  in  the  Northern  counties. 
HEREY.     Hairy.     StrUon. 
HKRFEST.     A  harvest,    tf'icklifft. 
HERFtlR.     For  this  reason. 
HERGED.     Invaded ;  plundered.     {A.-S.\ 
In  fourty  houres  after  his  ded  hrrge4  he  hclle. 

MS.  EgTtiin  917. 

HERIE.     To  honour.    (.V.-S.) 

Thai  thou  arte  at  thou  arte,  God  thanke  and  hfri*. 
Orclnr,  .VS.  Sor.  .JhIIi,.  IS4,  f.  3i0. 

HERtGAUS.      Upper    cloaks.      (.Y.-A'.)     Sec 
Uob.  Glouc.   p.  548,  absurdly  glossed  dew- 
elowt,  tjium. 
HERIOT.     Warlike  apparatus.     {.1.-S.) 
HEKITAGELIK.     Inhcrilal.ly ;  in  fee  simple. 
See  Langtoft,  p.  251.     Ueriter,  an  Inheritor, 
MS.  Adrlit.  54C7,  f.  71. 
HERI3YNG.     Praising.     Reliq.  Antiq.  ii.  225. 
HERKYN.     Hearken ;  listen. 

Joly  Rubyn,  he  teld,  hrrltim  to  roe 
A  worde  er  tweyno  in  privets. 

MS.  Cantab.  Ft.  T.  48,  f.  S3. 
HERI.E.     Twist ;  fillet.     Gaaayne. 
HKRLOTE.     A  ribald,  or  harlot,  q.  v. 
HKRLOTS.     White  latchets  formerly  used  to 

tie  the  hose  with.     (.i.-N.) 
HERMAN.     A  soldier.     (.4..S.) 
HERMBLINE.     Ermine.     See  TopscU,  p.SlS. 
HERN.  (I)  A  heron.     Colgrme. 
(2)  Hen  ;  l>elonging  to  her.      Var.  dial. 
HE  RN A YS.     Harness ;  armour. 
HERNDE.     An  errand.     See  .^nlrf. 

His  lif  and  hl«  aoule  worthc  Mhend, 
That  the  lo  me  thii  hrrmlt  hareth  lend. 

MS.  Digtiv  80. 

HERNE.     A  comer.     {A.-S.)    Still  apphed  to  a 

nook  of  land.    See  Forbv,  ii.  157. 
HERNE-PANNE.   Theskiill.    See  RcUo.  Antiq. 

ii.  78.    (^A.-S.) 


'M 


Of  wilke  the  prykkea  ware  f  »a  scharpe  ttianr. 
Thai  Ihey  percedc  nere  thurghe  the  t>rrr^i»m>. 
MS.  /Jn.Wn  A.  i.  17.  t.  IK 
Hitlea  hym  on  the  hcde  that  the  ttelme  briktla; 
llurttes  hlft  hemf-panf  an  haunde-l»Trde  tarfe. 

Morit  Jrtliurt,  MS.  Umcrim,  t,  11 

IIERNIST.    Ye»niesl ;  desircst.     {.I.-S.) 
IIEKNSEWE.     A  kind  of  strainer  used  in  aa- 

cient  cookcn'. 

IIERNSIIAW  ■  A  heron.    "  .irdeola.  an  hft 

sew,"  Elyot.  1559.  Ilrmtur,  MS.  Uuc  Gl 

Ilrrunarv,  Reliq.  Antiq.  i.  88. 

lIEROn.     The  fierceness  of  this  character 

the  old  mysteries  has  been  well  illu&tratnt  li) 

the  Shakespearian  comnient.ilors.    Hence  lb< 

expression,  if  OB/-//efW*  llerod,  his  laugnap 

being  always  of  the  most  fiery  and  extraragiol 

character. 

IIERO.N'ERE.     A  hawk  made  to  At  onW  at 

heron.     {A.-N.) 
HEROUD.     A  herald.    Sir  Degrevani,  I 
HERPLK.    To  walk  lame;  to  creep.     AV 
HERRE.  (1)  Sane  as  Ham;  q.  v. 

The  lonite,  the  m«.  the  flnnament. 
They  axen  slid  jugfemenl 
A;en  the  man,  and  make  him  werre, 
Thcrwhile  him»elfe  i tante  uiiteuf  fterre. 

Cower,  MS.  Sec.  Antiq.  134.  f.  9. 
(2)  A  hinge.     Prompt.  Pare. 
IIERRET.     A  piiifulUtite  wretch.      Wnt 
IIERRIN.     Urine.     Salop. 
HERRINGCOBS.      Young  herringa.      It  •■ 
formerly  a  gcnericterm  foranylhiug  worthl^ 
"  The  rubbish  and  outcast  of  yonr  herringtota 
invention,"  A  Pil  to  Purge  MeUncholie,  n.  4 
Herrinq.fnrt,  the  season  for  catching  bKTJnri. 
llEURORIOirS.    F.dl  of  error?  "  Lonle  Cobhu 

lierronous,"  Hardvng,  f,  209. 
IIKRHY.     To  plunder,  or  spoil.      Herry  vU 

lung  nailn,  the  devil.  North. 

HEKSALL.     Rehearsal.     Spenter. 

M  E  RSE.  ( 1 )  A  dead  body.     Heywood. 

(2)  A  framework  whereon  lighted  candles 

placed  at  funerals.     Also,  a  frame  set   o\a 

the  coffin,  whereon  was  placed  a  rJoth   called 

the  hertr-rlothe,  which  was  oftcu  richly  eia- 

hroidercd.     Sec  Account  of  the  Grocers'  Coin- 

panv,  p.  13. 

HERSTOW.     Hearest  thou  ?    {A..S.) 

Hitr&tow,  felow  *   ha«(  thou  ilu 
The  thyng  that  I  trid  the  to  > 

MS.  Canlah.  ft.  T.  48    t 
HERSYVE.     Ahair-sieve.     Pegye. 
HERTE.  (1)  Hurt.     Chaucrr. 
(2)  To  lie  heartened,  or  encouraged. 
Bereit  to  air  Howclle  that  n  in  hnrde  tundea. 
And  byd  hyroc  hrrle  hym  wele,  hit  mmy  e« 
Mtirte  Arlhutr,  M.S.  IJmi 

HERTECLOWRE.     The  plant  gerniand 
IIERTELES.     Without  courage.     (./..{ 
HERTEN.     Buckskin.     Ritaon,  iii.  293 
HERTIIE.     Earth;  mould.     Lydgate. 
HERTI.ES.     Cowardly.     Pr.  Parv. 
HERTLY.     Hearty  ;  strong  ;  severe. 
The  hcthene  harageous  kyngcappone  the  hetbe  tyM& 

And  of  hit  htrltit  hurte  helyde  he  never.  

Morlt  Arthur;  M.1.  Ltnrrli,,  f.  ( 


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I 


HBT 

HKRT-RO'WKB.     A  d«h  in  cookery,  described 

in  the  Forme  of  Curj-,  p.  79. 
HERTS.   Whortlcbcm'e*.  tt'etl.  See  Sherweo't 

Iiitrod.  to  in  Exuniination,  1809,  p.  IC. 
IlERTYS-OK-GRESE.     Ftt  birts. 
Me  (hynkfl  hli  hertyt  o/  fr««t 
Bcryi  nil  Ictten  of  pne. 

MS.  UnetlH  A.  i.  l*.  r.  I3r. 
IIERUNDE.   AnerrsniL  See  Chron.  Vil.  p.  136. 
HERVESTEN.    To  make  harvest.   {.-t.-S.) 
IIERV.     Hairy.     Lvdgale. 

Hrr  artnn  An-y  with  blac  hide, 
flerrlbowcA  wrrr  i«tt  In  her  tide. 

C«rm,r  A/iinrfl,  MS.  (V.  Trill.  Canfh.  t.  9). 

IIERYE.    To  plunder,  or  spoil.     {A.-S.) 

To  hii  manrre  he  wente  : 

A  fAire  place  was  Ihrr  ftchrnt, 

Dli  huabaitdct  that  gaflV  hyrnrent 

Hnymfe  in  idljthte.      JUS.  Uiicoln  A.  I.  17,  t.  IX. 
HERVINli.     Praise.     Chaucer. 
IIES.     Has.     Towncle}' Mysteries. 
IIESBLYCHE.     Utstilv.    ' Iharne. 
HESLYNE.  Composed rifhnzle trees.  "CorutuM, 
a  bcsyl  Ire,"  Nouiinalc  kIS. 

Holtis  and  hare  wod<le«,  with  heslj/nt  ichawe*. 

M'Tle  Arthur*,  MS.  Lincoln,  f.  0(1. 
HESP.     A  hasp,  or  latch.     A'e/rM.     "  A  Iicspe, 

hiupa,"  Nominale  MS. 
IIESPALL.     To  harass.     Htrrf. 
IlESPE.     A  bank  of  yarn.     North. 
HESTE.     A  command;  a  promise.     (A.-S.) 
liESTERN.    Ofyestenlay.     IVam. 
HESTRIS.     State ;  condition.     {A.-N.) 
HET.  (I)lle»tcd.     North.    It  nccnrs  in  Gianni's 

Dialogue  on  Witches,  1603. 
(2^  It.     Also,  to  hit  or  strike.     fTrtt. 

(3)  Promised.     Townclcy  Mysteries,  p.  39. 

(4)  ilight,  or  named,     ijane. 

(5)  Have  it.     North. 

II  ETCH.  (DA  thicket ;  a  hedge.     SuJTult. 

(i)  To  turn  upside  donn.     North, 

HETE.  (1)  To  promise.     Alsoasuhst.    {,4.-S.) 

The  teheperde  teld,  I  wiile  with  llic  goo* 

I  dmr  the  hete  a  Toule  or  twou. 

MS.  Canlnb.  Vf.  v.  M,  f.SI. 

(2)  To  he  called,  or  named.     (A.-.S.) 
HETELICH.      Hotly;    eagerly.    ••  Hethcly  in 

my  hallc,"  MS.  .Mortc  Arlhure. 
And  Guy  hent  hia  aword  In  hand* 
And  hftflk-h  ftnot  lu  Colbrand. 

Rumanet  o/Gujftff  fVwn/nde. 
HETEL-TONOriED.     Foul-mouthed.     Darh. 
HETIICROPPER.     A  liorw;  bred  on  a  heath 

Horirl. 
HETHEN.     Hence.     (A.-S.) 
HETHENNES.     Heathen  land. 
Farre  tn  hsthmnnn  ys  he 
To  wcrr*  Id  Ooddyi  f  nee . 

jr^   Cmnlnb,  Tt.  II.  9S,  t.  T*. 

HETHER.  (1)  An  adder.     Salop. 

m  Nearer.     Holinshed.  Chron.  Scott,  p.  31. 

(3)  Rough  ;  ugly ;  bearish.     North. 
HETHEVED.    Ahead.     (.y.-S.) 
HBTHINO.     Contempt;  mockery.     {A.-S.) 

Skorne  he  had  ami  grete  hrlhfnf 
or  them  that  made  ao  gretr  boatynff. 

Mf.  C»nuh.  rr.  11. 3t,  t.  ITfl 


And  alle  that  hym  aboute  atode 
Wcitde  that  man  hade  twne  wode. 
And  low}  hym  to  h^lhvn/f. 

its.  Ciinlal.  Ft.  r.W,  f.M. 
Tiile  Ihe  was  done  Ihare  at  the  befynnyog 
Many  fawlde  dispyle  and  tiMkpngr, 

MS.  UnceJn  A.  I.  17,  f.  190. 

HETING.     A  promise.     {A.-S.) 

This  fu^/mgr  was  that  tynie  ful  mykvl, 
Bui  his  waa  ful  tali  and  Bkel. 

CHrtor  M<4tnll,  M.'^.  Cull.  Trin.  Ctnlnh.  f.  B. 

HETLIK.     Fiercely ;  Tehemcntly.     {A.-S.) 
HHlik  he  leiieof  ilk  rrre: 
To  Oodd  srlf  wald  he  he  prre. 

US.  Ci.ll    t-Mjsw.  A.  Mi,  f.  4. 
HETTER.    Eager ;  earnest ; keen  ; bit<«r ;cnM« ; 

ill-natured.     North. 
HETTLE.     Hasty;  eager.     Yortth. 
HEUCK.     A  crook,  or  sickle.     Also,  the  hip. 

bone   of  ■  cow.      Heuck-Jingered,  thieriib. 

North. 
IIEUDIN.    The  leather  connecting  the  huid- 

statf  of  n  flail  with  the  aningle.     North. 
HEI;F.     a  shelter ;  a  home,      rortih. 
HEl'GH.     A  rugged  steep  hill-side;  ■  ravine. 

North. 
HEl'KS.     The  hiccough.     Pcroii. 
IIEUNT.     A  mole.     (fore. 
IIEISTER.     A  dyer.     Nominale  MS.  "  Uiera 

an<l  hewstcrs,"  Cbcnler  Plays,  i.  7. 
HEVE.     To  heave;  to  raise;  to  labour;  to  pat 

in  motion.     (,1.-S.) 
IIEVEU.     Ahead.   (^.-5.)   HmdltMul,  ».]u»d- 

land,  MS.  Anmd.  220. 
HEVBDE.  (1)  »<"1-     MS.  Harl.  2253. 
(2)  To  behead.     See  Head. 

SIthen  of  Jonrs  iuplisyng, 

And  how  him  h«mie4  Heronde  the  kyng. 

Curft  MMndi,  MS.  Coll.  Trin.  CMHaK  1. 1 

IIEVEL.     Fine  twine.     Somertrt. 
IIEVELLE.     Evil.     Chron.  VUodun.  p.  91. 
IIEVEN-QI.'ENE.    The  queen  of  Heaven  i  the 

Virgin  Marv.     {A.-S.) 
HEVENRICHE.     The  kingdom  of  heaven. 
As  he  whiche  Is  his  iiexle  llche. 
And  forthcst  fro  Ihe  Aev«iir«eAe. 

G.UW,  M».  »>c.  jlnll^.  IM,  r.  «. 
HEVENYNG. 

But  God,  that  ror;,<leth  nothyng. 
He  sente  ttLsrfore  grele  Set^npn^, 

M.v  HarL  ITDI.  r.«. 
HEVESONG.  Evening  song.  Chron.  Vil.  p.  40. 
HEVIED.     Become  heavy.    This  occurs  in  MS. 

Cott.  Vcsp.  D.  vi).  Ps.  .17. 
HEVYS.     Hives.     See  l.vdgate,  p.  154. 
II EWE.  (I)  Colour;  appearance.     (A.-S.) 
Pot  pcnaunee  chaunitrd  was  hys  A#m>. 

MX.  Mart.  1701,  r.at 

(2)  A  husbandman  ;  workman.     (./.•$.) 

(3)  In  cookery,  to  cut  or  mince. 

(4)  To  knock  one  ankle  against  the  other.  North. 

(5)  "  I  hewe  in  a  dere  as  they  do  that  set  Ihe 
wyndlesse,>e*iie,"  Palsgrave.  "  Go  hewe  the 
derc  whyle  I  scke  me  a  standynge,"  ib. 

(6)  A  com,  or  bunnion.     Somrrttl, 
HEWED.     Coloured,     fhanerr. 
HEWER.     A  coal-worker.     Ltne. 
HBWPUN.    HetTea.    Nominale  MS. 


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HEWING.  A  method  of  catting  wheat  with 
one  hand.     Devon. 

HE-WITCH.    A  wiMrd.     Lane. 

HEWKES.     Heralds"  coat*.     Percy. 

HEWSON.  (1)  The  leather  whidi  a  placed  on 
the  top  of  a  bone'i  collar.     Beds. 

(2)  A  term  of  reproach,  applied  to  a  hlind  in- 
considerate person.     North. 

HEWSTRFNG.     Short-lireallied.    firaoor. 

HEWT.  High;  haughty.  "Such  hewt  ex- 
plolU,"  MS.  Ashmole  208. 

HEWYLL.     Evil.     Nominalc  MS. 

IIEWYRYN.  An  iron  chisel,  held  in  a  twisted 
hazle-rod,  and  used  in  cutting  portions  from 
bars  of  iron. 

HEXT.     Highest.     (.-I.-S.) 

The  crchrblfchop  of  rantuibrrU 
In  Engrloode  thut  li  hrst. 

MS.  OtI.  JVi'n.  Ojvn.  B7. 

HET.  (l)nigh.     Lydyate. 

(2)  To  make  haste,  i'orhih.  Alto,  to  sport, 
play  or  gambol ;  to  kick  aliont. 

(3)  A  tenn  of  exaltation.  TopUj/  Aey,  to  be  in 
a  very  great  passion. 

(4)  Yes.     Also,  to  have.     North. 
HEY-BA.     A  great  noise.     Yortth. 
HEYEN.     Eyes.     See  Welter,  ii.  .33. 
HEYERE.    To  hear.     II  occurs  in  Lydgate. 

Lo.  my  Nme,  now  u  thou  myth  htqnrt 
Of  al  Uiyt  Ihyng  to  my  raalyere. 

CMrer,  MS.  Cantuh.  Ft.  i.  A.  f.  41. 

HEYET.     Height.    Apot.  Loll.  p.  41. 
HEYGYNG.     Urging.    Chron.  Vilodun.  p.  104. 
HEYllOE.     The  green  woodpecker.     See  Ray's 

English  Words,  cd.  1674,  p.  84. 
HEYHOVE.    The  plant  erfera  /nrCT/K«.     See 

a  list  in  MS.  Sloane  5,  f.  5. 
KEYING.     Haste.     Weber.    (j1..S.) 
HEYLAW.     A  halloo.     Catgnwe. 
HEYLDE.    Aileth.    Lydgate,  lUwlinion.    MS. 

Hcylyjht,  Coventry  Myjt.  p.  139. 
HEYLE.     To  hide,  or  conceal     (A.-S.) 
Yf  y  have  ony  lhynj{  my»itro|(ht, 
Say  hyt  now,  and  ht^lt  hyt  noghl, 

MS.  CkwMt.  Ff.  II.  38,  r.3J. 

irRYLUNSY.    A  headlong  falL    B»U. 
HEYLY.     Highly;  honourably.     {A.-S.) 
In  hire  wrytyngcanJ  In  here  twkU  oolde 
Of  aiMMtcJU  ntoii  heyty  magnified. 

l^ilfl'.  MS.  Boc.  jintig.  134,  t  SI. 
HEYMAN.     A  nohU-man.     {A..S.) 
HEYMENT.      A  boundary,  or  fence.      Salop. 

More  properly  fiai/npnt. 
HEV-MUSE.    The  name  of  the  roebuck  in  his 

third  year.     More  commonly  tU-mutr,  q.  y. 
HEYN.     Eyes.     Wright's  Seven  Sages,  p.  13. 
HEYNDLY.    Courtct>usly.     (A.-S.) 
Hcrkynnme  heyndt^,  and  huldyi  jow  ntyllc, 
And  1  MiUr  telle  jow  a  tjile  that  trcwe  c$  and  nobylte. 
Morte  .IrthHn,  MS.  LAneoln,  t.  SX 

HEYNE.  (I)  Hence.     North. 

Hye  lu  haalylye  acyiw  or  we  mone  fulle  hippene. 

Jforo  AnKurt,  JUS.  Uncoln,  f.  7B. 

(2)  A  miser ;  a  worthless  person. 

(3)  To  raise,  or  exalt.     Pr.  Parr. 
HEYNJOUS.    Ueinons;  disgraceful. 


Haibely  In  my  halle,  >yih  Ifyrt^mu  i 
In  »pcche  dlMpyiletle  me  and  flparide  me  tyttMe. 
M-rr,  Anhurt,  MS.  Umt»l»,  1. 1 

HEY-PASSE.     A  terui  nted  by  jagglen.    Sec 

Kiod-Harts  Dreame.  1592. 
HEYRES.     Young  timber  trees.    EatI, 
IIEYSE.  (I)  Same  as  Barton,  q.  t. 
(2)  Ease.     Ritson's  Anc.  Songs,  i.  69. 
IIEWE-KEYVE.     Tottering.      Yorhk. 
HEYVOI..     SeeAxfuU.     This  wor»l  ia 

spelt  in  Rob.  Glouc.  pp.  194.  377. 
HEY5.     Hay.     Psalms.  Rawlinton  MS. 
HEZ.     Ilatii.    Line.    Gil  gives  lliit  won)  in 

Logon.    AngUc.  4to.   Lond.  I6I9. 
IIE/.ZLE.     Loose;  sandy.      Yorkth 
11F.5ER.     Higher.     See  Robson,  p.  58. 
HE3T1ST.     Promisest.     (.^.-5.) 

Adam,  quuLh  the  kyng,  blcaoett  Ihou  Iie4 
Here  il  tiettur  then  thou  Ar;rl«r  me, 

MS.  Ou>ua.  Ff.  r.U.1,1 

HI.    They.     Sec  the  Forme  of  Cury,  p.  99. 
Coatriiye  there  wai,  the  amiral. 

With  ritaile  ginil  plent*. 
And  the  ttandanlof  the  lowUati  royal* 
Toward  ManlriUe  ridden  ai. 

Sir  Ftrumbru,  mp,  BHt,  U.  SM. 

IIIBBY.     A  colt.     Devon. 

HICE.     To  hoist  up  anvlhing.    Paltfftvre. 

UICHCOCK.     To   liicrough.     Florio.  p.  Ml. 
Also,  a  term  of  contempt. 

HICK.     To  hop,  or  spring,     far.  diaL 

HICKERY.     Ill-natured.     Narlk. 

HICKET.  The  hiccough  in  horses.  S^eTop•dl'l 
Bca.'its,  p.  435. 

IIICKEY.     Tipsy.     6'ro»e. 

HICKINGLY.     A  term  applied  by  Topsell,  p. 
377,  to  a  hacking  cough. 

HICKLE.    To  maiiagx-,  or  make  shift.     Etut, 

IIICKI.EBARNEY.     Hell.     Northumb. 

HICKLEPY-PICKLEUY.  Inconfnsion.  /% 
pet/ledy,  hipledepiglr, — Florio,    pp.     20, 
I'ar.  Dial. 

HICKOL.     A  woodpecker.     Weil. 

HICK-SCORNER.  There  was  an  itjterliide  un- 
der this  title  printed  by  Wynken  de  Wor 
Hick-Scomer  ia  represented  as  a  libertine  \ 
scoff's  at  religion,  and  the  term  appear*  tol_ 
l>een  applied  to  any  one  who  did  so,  and  to  t 
vice  in  a  play.  "  The  vice  or  hicsoom* 
Stanihurst,  Desc.  Ireland,  p.  14. 

HICK'S-MARE.  Higins,  Nomcnclator,  ISSaJ 
29H,  mentions  "  a  kinil  of  gambaU  called  I 
haltering  of  Hix  Mare." 

HICKUP-SNICKIP.    The  hiccough.      A'oi 

HICKWAY.     A  woodpecker.     "A   hiewav,! 
woodpecker,  rirco,"  Withals,  ed.  1608,  p^ 
llickvall.  Florio,  p.  203.   Uigham;  C:otg 
in  v.  Beijuebo,  Epriche,  I'piche.  "  ilvgU-wiM 
picHt,"  MS.  Arundel  249,  f.  90. 

HICTirS-DOCTlUS.     a  canting  phraaei 
jugglers,  said  to  l>e  cornipted  from 
inter  riocto:     See  Blount,  iu  v. 

HIDE.  (1)  To  beat,  or  flog.     Var.  dial. 

\2)  Hide  and  find,  a  common  game  ■ 
children,  consisting  in  one  of  them   hidti 
and  the  remainder  searching  him  out.     M« 


aw.    1 


HIG 


449 


HIL 


I 


Uf  now  called   Hide   and   Setk,   u  in 
(Cotton's  Works,  1734,  p.  80.    The  game  U 
calletl  Hidy-hnck  in  Dorset. 

(3)  A  field.  Kvng  AlUaunder,  458. 

HIUE-BOUND.     Slingy.      Vcr.dial. 

HiOE-FOX.  A  game  inentioDcd  in  Hamlet, 
IT.  2,  (oppoiied  to  be  tlie  same  as  Hide  and 
Seek,  It  was,  perliaps,  (be  same  as  the  game 
of  far  mentioned  by  Cotgravc,  in  v.  Lami- 
Imudichnn,  "  a  word  used  among  boves  in  a 
ploy  (niurb  Uke  our  Fo»),  wherein  be  to  whom 
ti^  used  must  niiinc,  aud  the  rest  inderor  t« 
catch  him." 

IIIDEL.  A  hiding-place;  an  ambush.  It  oc- 
curs in  MS.  Cott.  Vespas.  D.  rii. 

Anil  whcnne  the  prynwi  that  ticwc  Dsrius  iritH! 
that  Alexander  was  romene  into  thv  ctlrv,  Uisy 
vent  mil  hi-ldc  Ihatnc  In  hiaUi  ay  tllle  thsy  myjle 
HHe knawryngr  of  A1px.indrT  will. 

Ufi  »/  Mleian^rr,   Unc-Jn  US.  f.  SO. 

llIOEKWAUn.     Ililherlo.      Ilearnr. 
IIIOE-TIIE-IIORSE.     A  gambling  game  men- 
tioned in  the  Times,  June  6th,  1843. 
IIIDE-WISK.     To  blind  J  to  hoodwink.   lloUy- 

liami's  Dictionarie,  1593. 
IIIDLANDS.      Secretly.      North.      In     some 
counties  we  bear  hidloek,  and  hidnee  occurs 
in  Langtofi,  p.  77,  explained  teoreZ/itocea. 
IIIDOUS.     Dreadful ;  hideous.     (.^.-jV.) 
Y  wytt  myself  Aydu*  and  blafc. 
And  nothyng  hath  so  niochelak. 

MS.  Hm-I.  17III,  r-KL 
HlDliR.     Hither. 

Hidur  thelcomc  be  mone-U;t, 
Ecle  Uuni^r  wrlle  aplljt. 
And  ichrwe  no  curtasye. 

US.  CaiUtb.  rt.  t.AB.t.  SO. 
HIE.     Haste ;  diligence.    (.^.-S.)    In  hie,  oh  hie, 
in  haste.    S|iclt  hi^he  in  Wirkliflb.    Highe, 
Bevcs  of  Homtoun.  p.  107.     The  verb  is  still 
in  nsc  in  the  North  of  England. 
And  c&Uyd  the  portar,  ga'llynx,  t>c  ffonc. 
And  bad  hym  come  faite  and  hy>  hyin  Mxm. 

MS.  Camlali.  Ft.  II.  9S,  f.  140. 

HIERDESSE.   A  shepherdess.   (J.-S.) 

HIEKE.    Higher.   (.-/.-S.) 

HIESSEN.    To  forbode  evil.    Dortet. 

HIG.  A  passion ;  a  sudden  and  violent  commo- 
tion of  any  kind.    iVorth. 

H  ir.CiLE.  To  effect  anything  slowly  and  perti- 
iijiriou5ly.    Eoit. 

IlKiGI.ER.     A  huckster.    A'orM. 

HIGH-DAYS.  Great  feasts.  Var.diaL  "High 
days  anil  holidays." 

HIGH-DE-LOWS.   Merry-makingi.    Devon. 

HIGIIENESSE.     The  lop.    Baber. 

HIOll-lN-TllE-lNSTEP.    Proud.    fTeit. 

HIGH-JINKS.  An  absurd  mode  of  rbinking, by 
throwing  the  dice  in  order  to  determine  who 
shall  empty  the  cup.  See  further  in  Guy 
Mannering,  ed.  1829,  iL  83.  He  Im  at  hit  high 
jinki,  be  is  out  larking. 

HIOII-KICKED.     Conceited.    Vnr.  dial. 

HKill-LONE.    See  d-High-Lone. 

HIGH-LOWS.  High  shoes,  fastened  by  a  lea- 
ther tape  in  front.     /  or.  dial, 

HIGH-ME.N.    A  term  for  Cilse  dice,  so  loaded 


aa    to   produce  high   throws.     See    Florio, 

p.  186;  Middlrton,  ii.313. 
HIGH-ON-END.     Dear.    Yorkih. 
HIGH-PAD.     The  high  way.    Harmon. 
HIGH-PALMED.    Said  of  a  stag  whose  homi 

are  fuU  grown.     Drayton. 
HIGHT.  (I)  Called.     Also,  promised,     (^.-f.) 

Still  used  iu  the  North. 

(2)  To  dandle,  or  dance  up  and  down  ;  to  hop ; 
to  cluinge  one's  position  often.    Line. 

(3)  To  deck,  adorn,  or  make  fine.  Bat  mail  uppcio 
Bartholome,  1582. 

HIGH-TIME.  Quite  time.  I  or.  dial,  Stttha 
Leicester  Letters,  p.  386. 

The  kyng  hii  itedv  he  can  itrida. 
And  fake  hUleve  for  to  ride; 
Hym  thojt  it  was  V  'n"', 

MS.  Cmub.  Ft.  r.  41,  r.  SI. 

IIIGHTY.  (1)  Pleasant ;  checrfuL    tt'eet. 

(2)  A  chilli's  name  for  a  horse.     North. 

IIIGRE.  The  name  for  the  violent  aud  tu- 
multuous influx  of  the  tide  into  the  mouth  of 
the  Severn,  and  for  similar  effects  iu  other 
rivers.  Naret.  Drayton  mentions  it  iu  hia 
Polyulbion.     Sec  Acker,  and  Eager. 

nil.     They.   {A.-S.)     Also,  high. 

HIKE.  To  swing;  to  put  in  motion  ;  to  toss; 
to  throw  ;  to  strike  ;  to  hoist ;  to  go  away ;  to 
hurry.  Var.  dial.  Toads  killed  by  being 
jerked  from  a  plank  are  said  to  be  Ai*frf. 

HIKEY.     A  swing.    North. 

IHLUACK.  Eitravagauce  in  apparel.  Itocciin 
in  Tusser.    Kennctl,  MS.  Lnusd.  1033. 

HILD.  (1)  Held.  Shak.  This  form  Is  often  used 
by  Warner.     It  also  occurs  in  Hall. 

(2)  The  aediiiient  of  beer.    Eatt. 

(3)  To  lean,  or  incline.  Paltgrave,  "  Hildea 
dounc,"  Reliq.  Aiitiq.  i.  54. 

(4)  To  skin  an  animal.  See  Pegge,  and  Grsta 
Rom.  p.  134.  "  Hylt,  dead,  skin  puUed  off," 
Kcnnett,  MS.  Unsd.  1033. 

And  t;>ke  I].  >hep«-hedy>  that  ben  fattr,  and  let* 
liflAe  hero,  and  rlene  hem,  and  aethe  hem  til  thry  IM 
tendyr.  and  than  Uke,  4c.  MS.  Med,  Rtc 

HILDEBRAND.      Tlie  family  name  of  Po|ie 
Gregory  VII.,  who  was  so  abused  by  tlie  early  i 
reformers,  that  his  name  became  proverliid 
for  violence  and  mischief. 
HILDER.    The  elder.    Noif.    This  form  ocean 

in  MS.  Aniudel  220. 
HILDING.  A  low  person.  A  term  of  re- 
proach, formerly  applied  to  both  sexes.  Ken- 
nett  explains  it  "  an  idle  jade."  The  word 
is  still  in  use  in  Devon,  jironounced  hilderling, 
or  hinderling. 
HILE.  (I)  To  cover  over.  {J,-S,)  See  Depoi. 
Ric.  II.  p.  25  ;  Ord.  and  Reg.  p.  471 ;  Lang, 
toft,  p.  224  ;  Y'waine  and  Gawin,  741.  Still 
in  use,  applied  to  plants. 

The!  Ailnl  hem,  I  telle  hit  the, 
With  leve*  or  a  AfEe  tre. 

CVratn-  MitHdl,  MM.  Cnll.  IVta.  OlllSa*.  f, ». 
When  Ihalre  horaca  wm  hiltnt, 
Thay  prlkkcdc  fast  thorow  the  felde. 
Bathe  with  spers  and  with  •c-helde, 

MS.  U»nl«  A.  L  17,  r.  la  I 


HIN 


450 


niR 


^  A  cock  of  whf«t-»hetvM,  generally  consist- 
ing of  eleven.    South. 

(3)  To  strike  with  the  horns,    ff'eit. 

(4)  To  otfa ;  to  jircseiit.   IJne. 

HILING.  A  covering.  It  occum  in  MS.  CoU. 
Vcipas.  D.  vii.  P».  35.  See  Chester  Plays, 
1 29  ;  Florio,  p.  122.  Now  spelt  liUUnf.  Left 
unexplained  by  Ritson,  iii,  llo,  coverlets. 

HIl.L.    Topour'out.    H'iU: 

HILtARIMESSE.    llilurv-tide.    (J.-S.) 

miXERNB.    The  elder  tree.    Pr.  Parr. 

niLLETS.  liiUocks.  Sec  Harrison's  Descrip- 
tion nf  England,  p.  131. 

HILL-HOOTER.    An  owl.    CHert. 

HILLOCKY.    Fidl  of  hillocks.    A'orfA. 

HILT.  (1)  The  handle  of  a  shield. 

(2)  A  young  sow  for  breeding.    ffeMt. 

HILTS.  Cudgels.  Jotuon.  She  is  loose  in  the 
hilts,  i.  e.  (rail ;  a  common  phrase. 

HILWORT.   The  herb  pennyroyal.     Gerard. 

HIM.    To  believe.    Sommet. 

HIMP.  To  halt !  to  limp.  Upton's  MS.  Addi- 
tions to  Junius,  in  the  Bodl.  Lib. 

H I M  P  E .   The  succour  of  a  t  ree. 

HIMSELF.  He  is  not  himself,  i.  e.,  he  i*  oat  of 
liis  mind.    North. 

HIMSEN.    Himself.   Uic. 

HINCH.    Tobemiseriy.    Line. 

HINCH-PINCH.  "PiwK  moritte,  the  game 
called,  Hinch  pinch,  and  laugh  not," 
Cotgrave.     Compare  Micge. 

HIND.  A  servant  or  bailifTin  husbandly.  Sorlh. 
See  Hint. 

HIND-BERRIES.   Raspberries.    North. 

HIND-CALF.  A  hind  of  the  enit  year.  Sec 
Holiushed,  Hist.  Scot.  p.  66. 

HINDER.  (1)  Remote ;  yonder,    far.  dial. 

(2)  To  bring  damage,  or  hurt.    PaUgrave. 

(i)  To  go  backwards.    Somertt. 

HINDER-ENDS.  ReAisc,  applied  especially  to 
refuse  of  com.    North. 

HINDEREST.    The  hindmost.    (^.-S.) 

HINDERS.    FragraenU.    Salop. 

UINDERSOME.    Retarding ;  hindering. 

HINDGE-BAND.  The  band  in  which  the  binge 
of  t  gate  is  fastened.    Hali. 

HINO-ilECK'.  The  back  end-board  of  a  cart. 
North. 

UIND-HEEL.  The  herb  lansey.  North.  Ken- 
nett,  MS.  Lansd  1033.  "  .4mbrontt,  hjnde- 
hele,"  MS.  HarL  978.  Hf/ndehale,  MS. 
Sloane  6,  f.  2.  Culpeper  explaiiu  it,  the 
wild  sage. 

HINDROUS.     Same  as /finrferjome,  q.  T. 

HINE.  (1)  A  lervant,  serf,  rustic,  or  labourer. 
(A.-S.)      It  was  sometimes  applied  to  any 
person  in  an  inferior  grade  of  society. 
The  knyght  went  on  hit  waye, 
WhsTc  tlw  tied  ment  laye, 
And  ur>  oft  in  hU  pUjrc, 
Thir  WCTC  Koutc  hfm. 

US.  Unmltt  A.  I.  t?,  f.  137. 
Hlj  hi/nt  holly  sod  he 
Tmrcly  Uowade  lha»  to  the. 

MS.  nu.  r.  23S. 


•arpmc, 

I 

anra|«e<'a 


(2)  Henoe  ;  before  long.  North,  time  o^a 
i.  e.  after  a  while. 

(3)  Behind ;  posterior.    Somtrtel. 

(4)  A  hcrt,  or  hind.   Nominale  MS. 
HINEHEAO.      Kindred;  ■  distant  degne  W 

relationship.    Cine. 
HING.     To  hang.    North.     This  fom  is  voy 
common  in  early  writcn.      To  Any  ,^r  ram, 
to  look  like  rain.    Uynkfug,  hanginf;.  JWIcr. 
lie  Ny/iff  himieUto  upoa  m  stake 

CMMT,  MS.  &«.  Amtto.  UC  (. «. 

HINGE.     Active  ;  snpple ;  pliant.    CykeiA.    Of 

the  hinges,  L  e.  out  of  health.    7V>  hi^e  i^,  to 

entangle,  to  get  in  a  mess. 
HINGERS.    The  car*.   North.  j 

HINGI.N.    A  hinge.    Suffolk.  \ 

HINGLAND.   England.    R.deBnmiu.  ' 

HINGLE.  ( 1 )  A  smaU  hinge.    Also,  •  ibuv  cf 

wire.   Ea»t. 
(2>  The  neck  of  a  bottle.    Line. 
HINNEY-HOW.    An  exclamation  of 

accompanied  with  gl>doc»9. 
HINNY.  (I )  To  neigh,    t  .^.-.V.) 
(2)  A  favourite  term  of  endearment.  A  eanra{*e4 

fonn  of  honey. 
HINT.  (1)  Seiied;took. 

Levy  for  WToolh  ■  jentc  Adir, 
And  imot  him  on  the  he«d  s  dtnt 
Citrtur  Mvi.di,  us.  CnU.  TriM,  OuiMa,  t.  7^ 

(2)  A  cause,  or  snbject.   MoA. 

HIP.  (1)    To  hare  any  one  oh  the  A^,  to  have 

the  advantage  of  him.     "  tjtre  au  demut  da 

vent  encontre,  to  have  the  wind,  adrantace,  «r 

upper  hand  of,  to  have  on  thehip,"Colgr«TB. 

Itiy  and  thigh,  completely,  entirely. 
<21  To  hop,  or  skip  over. 
HIP-BRIAR.     Tlie  wild  rose.    North. 
HIPE.     To  push ;  to  rip  or  gore  wiili  the  bom 

of  cattle.   North.   Also,  to  make  mouths  at,  or 

affront ;  to  censure. 
IllPUALT.    Lame  in  the  hip.   This  terra 

in  Gower  and  Lydgate. 
HIPPANDE.     Limping;  hopping.     {.4^S.) 
8ora  nil  wryllunde  to  and  fr*y«. 
And  com  gu  hip/Mndt  aU  a  ka», 

HIPPANY.   A  wrapper  for  the  hips  of  aa  i 

Eaft. 
HIPPED.     Melancholy,      far.  dial. 
IIIPPETY-HOPPETY.     In  a  Uraping  and 

bling  manner.     ITett. 
lUPPlNG-HOLD.    A  loitering  place ; 

for  idle  gossips.     North. 
IIIPPINGSTONES.    Larg«  stepping-stoaes  !a 

a  brook  for  passengers.     Hift/matte,  p.— ^sj| 

by  means  of  such  stones. 
HIPPLES.    Small  hay-cocks.    N'orth. 
HlPPtlCRAS.     A  beverage  composed  of  wine, 

with  spices  and  sugar,    strained   through  a 

cloth.      It  is  said  to  have  taken  itt  name  tnm 

Ihppocralet'  tleeve,   the   term   apothecanH 

gave  to  a  strainer. 
Hl».    Ofthcra.    Gen.pLof*e. 
HIItCHEN.   A  hedgehog.  (J..N.)  SpeltJbr**. 

own  in  Reliq.  Antiq.  ii.  83. 
HIRD.    Heart.    Sir  Triitrem. 


HIT 

UrnnEMEN.   At1end«nU.   {.1.-S.) 
IIIIIDIM-DURUUM.  An  uproar.    AWM. 
HIRE.  (1)  To  take  a  farm.    Eatl. 

(2)  To  borrow,  said  of  money.    SuffbU. 

(3)  Their  i  her.     (A.-S.) 

(4)  To  hear.    Somertrt. 
Anit  uxdr.  A,  "yitcr.  (ttt  m*  ftyr* 
Wat  bm  Chcy  thit  ryden  now  hrt«. 

Ceirer,  MS.  Oiiitol.  Ff.  I.  C  t.  7. 

(5)  .\  host ;  an  army.    {A.-S.) 
IIIREN.     Irene,  the  fair  Greek.     Peele  wrote 

■  play  in  which  this  character  is  introduced. 
It  seems  to  hare  been  a  cant  term  for  a  sword. 
See  Dekker,  ap.  Hawkins,  iii.  173. 
HIRING.     A  fiiir  for  serranU.     A<w/». 
niRNE.(lU  corner.  (.#.-5.)    //yme,  Pr.  Par%. 
p.  93.     Ilyron,  Chron.  Vil.  p.  1 0(). 
Tilt  ttonp  llut  WW  rpproryd 
or  men  thit  were  IH^and, 
Ib  Ihe  hedeof  the  Himr 
U  now  nude  llf;t(**i'l^< 

MS.  Canlal,.  11.  r.  W,  r.  91. 
(2)  To  nin.    Somenel. 
HIRNES.     Irons.     Rcliq.  Aatiq.  ii.  84. 
lilRPLE.    To  limp,  or  walk  lame.    Also,  to 

lirinft  forth,  or  litter.     North. 
HIRSEL.  (I)  A  flock  of  sheep,  or  lambs.    Camb. 
{2}  To  move  about ;  to  fiilget.     North. 

IHIRSELVENE.     Herself.    (.Y.-.S.) 
HIRST.    That  part  of  a  ford  in  the  Serem,  over 
which  the  water  nms  roughly.     Also,  a  bank 
or  nudden  rising;  of  tlie  groiud. 
niRSTE.     A  branch,  or  bough.     (A.-S.) 

fThan  they  hcldedr  tolilr  hettealleliolly  SI  Don 
The  hrghcvteoftrhca  Alrff*.  1  hettc  50W  foraothe. 
Ufin  .Arthur;  MS.  LiHt^H,  f.  RB. 

HISK.     To  draw  breath  willi  flini<  iilty.     Also, 
to  spe«k.     \orlk. 

IHISN.     His  own.     f'ar.iUat,     Ci..|'>i.iin  wrvie 
hem,  her  own,  in  1S99. 
HiSPANISH.     Spawth.     (/>■/.) 
MISSEL.     Himself,     lar.dinl. 
HIST.    The  hearing.     Arch.  mx.  409. 
HISTER.     Be  off!     Line. 
HISTORIAL.     Historical.     (J.-tl.)     Skelton. 

Pi.  74,  has  kuloriotu. 
HIT.  ( 1 )  A  good  crop.   Ifett.    Alio,  to  promise 
well  for  a  good  crop. 

(2)  To  find.     Alwi,  to  agree.     North. 

(3)  To  hit  Ihe  mail  on  Ihr  head,  to  take  the 

I  right  course.      Mind  your  hill,  erohmce  your 

opportunity.    To  hit  on  a  Ihini/,  to  find  it.    j4 
ilecided  hit,  any  great  piece  of  good  luck  or 
clever  management. 
HITCH.  (1)  An  elevation  or  depreaaion  of  a 
stratum  of  coal.     North. 

(2)  To  move ;  to  change  places ;  to  fidget ;  to 
hop.     North. 

(3)  A  slight  twitching  paio.     Entt.    To  have  a 

■  hitrh  in  bis  gait,  to  he  Une.    Ahotseissaid 
I  to  hitch,  when  he  knocks  his  legs  in  going. 
I       (4)  To  become  entangled.     To  hileh  ttp,  to  sus- 
I  pend  or  attach  lUghtly;  to   fasten,  or  tie. 
I  fftal. 

■  HITCHAPAOY.     A  Suffolk  game.    Moormen- 
I  Moat  Hitchg  Lock  llo.   Suffolk  Wordi  p.  238. 


noA 

HITCHER.    The  chape  of  a  buckle.    Cnm. 

HITCHING.  Any  comer  or  part  of  a  field 
ploughed  up  and  sowed,  and  sometiniei 
fenced  otf,  in  that  year  wherein  the  rest  of  the 
firld  lays  fallow.     Oxon. 

HITB.  To  bite  up  and  down,  to  run  about  idly. 
North.    Kcnnett,  MS.  Lanid.  1033. 

HITHE.     A  small  port  i  a  wharf.     (X-&) 
For  DOW  is  Culhun  hilhr  l.<ain  to  in  code. 
An  al  thcconttt  the  tMlrr,  and  no  man  the  worse. 

l^lfnt'li  lltfirrviium.  iX.iOl. 

HITHEN.     Hence.     R.  de  Bniniic,  p.  26. 
HITHER.     Hither  and  yon,    here  and  there. 

Hithertoward,  towards  or  up  to  this  time  or 

place.    Eatl. 
HITTEN.    To  hit.    {A.-S.) 
HITTERIL.  Pimples  on  the  skin,  atteadedwith 

itching.     North. 
HITTY-MISSY.    At  random.   Eatt.    Cotgrare 

has,     "  t'onjecturalement,    conjccturally,   by 

ghesse,  or  conjecture,  haboab,  hittic-missie." 
HITTYNE.     To  bit.     See  Flyne. 
HITY-TITY.  (1)  See-saw.    Somenel. 
(2)  Haughty ;  flighty.     Also,  an  cxcUmation  of 

surprise.     North. 
HIVE.    To  urge  in  vomiting.     Ifeit. 
HIVES.     Water-blebs  on  the  skin.     North. 
HIVY.SK'i"\'Y.     Helter-skelter.     Line. 
HI  WE.     Hue;  colour.     {A.-S.) 
IIIZY-PRIZY.     A  comiplion  of  Niti Prhu. 
1II5R.     Her.     Arch.  nx.  409. 
HIJTLY^.     Filly.     Gawofne. 
HO.  (1)  Who.     Kyng  Alisaunder,  6218. 

What  art  thou,  womman ,  that  raakyit  iwych  ery  * 

Ho  hath  made  thy  chyld  to  blody. 

JV.V.  Haw.  1701,  r.  a. 

(2)  Ok/  of  oil  ho,  out  of  all  hounds.  There  it 
no  Ao  iriVA  Aim,  he  is  not  to  lie  restrained. 
Ho  was  fmnerly  an  uclamation  commanding 
the  cessation  of  any  action,  as  at  loumanients, 
and  hence  perhaps  these  phrases  may  be  de- 
rived. "  Let  us  ho,"  i.  e.  slop,  Towiieley 
My«.  p.  31.  Sec  the  Erie  of  Tolous,  153, 
and  further  in  //m.  There's  neither  liati  nor 
ho  with  him,  i.  e.  he  i>  neither  one  thing  or 
the  other,  a  North  country  phrase. 

Scollen.  ai  they  read  much  ot  Jove,  u  whca  lliay 

DDC*  fall  in  lore,  lh«T*  la  bo  A*  with  Ultai  Utl  Uwr 

have  their  love.  CMer  <^  QmUr*mU.  M*. 

But  alaa,  alaa,  we  have  ymad  all  IWttJlda  of  mo. 

dratle  and  maaaur*:  th«ie  b  no  ho«  with  ui. 

/VmI**  l*HlAic<ay,  p.  49. 
HowtirU  t!..  >>t  ef^  Km  Iwre,  but  sail 

lo  post acjni'  it  u>  Home. 

.Sf  ,  .rripnm  of  tnUnt,  p,«l 

(3)  To  long  for  anything ;  to  be  oair^ol  and 
anxiotu.     Weil. 

(4)  He :  she  ;  they.     Line. 
HOAF.     Helped.     Eatex. 

HOAR.     Moulily.     Shakespeare    has    bI»o   the 
verb  Aoor,  to  l>ecomc  mouldy.   ■•  Horie,  moul- 
die  or  fenoed,"  Batman  nppon  Bortholotue, 
1582.    Still  in  use  to  Soineraet. 
HOARD.     A  heap,  or  collection,     far.  dial, 
HOAR-STONES.     Stones  of  memorial ;  ito" 
marking  dinsioni  between  estatesaod  pan 


HOB 


452 


HOB 


lifT arr (tilt  found  in  ^cvrral  part»of  Ens;Uni1, 
«nit  jiif  frwiuentlj'nientioiied  in  old  cart  Hljuici. 

flOAST- (1)  A  cou'gli.     Also,  lio«r»c.     .Vor/A. 

(2)  Tlie  ciinl  for  cheese  before  it  is  ttkCD  from 
the  whey.     Cumb. 

HOASTMEN.  An  nncient  gild  or  fratemity  it 
Newcastle,  dealing  in  seA-ronl. 

HOAZEU.     Hoarse.     Ermoor, 

ilOU.  (I)  The  side  of  a  grate,  or  the  space  be- 
tween that  and  the  chininrj'.      far.  ilia!. 

(2)  The  shoe  of  a  sledge.      Ynrkih. 

(3)  A  country  clown.  \Vc  liave  hoball  in  Koister 
Doitter,  p.  39.     It  is  the  short  for  Robert. 

{i)  An  error,  or  false  step.     North. 

(5)  To  laiiith  loudly.     SotMprtet. 

(6)  Iloi  and  Hob,  the  act  of  touching  glasses  in 
pledging  a  health.  To  hoh-nob,  to  pledge  in 
tlukt  way. 

(7)  A  two-year  old  sheep.     Comw. 

HOB.  A  small  piece  of  wood  of  a  cylindrical 
form,  used  by  boys  to  set  up  on  end,  to  put 
half-pence  on  to  chuck  or  pitch  at  with  another 
half-penny,  or  piece  nindc  on  purposis  in  or- 
der to  strike  down  the  hob,  and  by  that  means 
throw  down  the  lialf-pcncc;  ouil  oil  that  be 
with  their  heads  upwards  are  the  pitcher's,  and 
the  rest,  or  women,  are  laid  on  again  to  be 
pitched  at. 

HOnUETY-HOV.  A  lad  between  boyhood  and 
manhood,  "  neither  a  man  nor  a  boy,"  as  the 
jingbug  rhyme  has  it.  Tusser  says  the  third 
age  of  seven  years  is  to  be  kept  "  under  Sir 
Uobbard  de  Hoy."  The  phrase  is  very  vari- 
ously spelt.  Utiklrdflioy,  Palsgrave's  Acolai- 
tus,  1540.  Children  give  this  name  to  a  large 
unmanageable  top. 

HOUDIL.     An  idiot.     North. 

HOBBI.NS.  Rank  grass,  thitUe,  &c.  left  in  a 
pasture  bv  cattle.     North. 

HOBBLE.  (I)  A  place  for  hogs.     Eait. 

(2)  To  tie  the  hind  feet  of  a  horse  to  prevent 
him  straying.    North. 

(3)  Tu  trammel  for  larks.    PaUffrare. 
HOBBLE-BOBBLE.     Confusion.     SuffoU. 
HOBBLE-DE-POISE.  Evenly  balanced.  Hence, 

wavering  in  mind.     Eatt. 
HOBBLEDYGEE.     With  a  limping  movement. 
HOBBLERS.     Men  employed  in  towing  vessels 

by  a  rope  on  the  land.      Jf'eiit. 
HOBBLES.  (1)  Rough  stones.    Eiut. 
(2)  A  wooden  instrument  to  confine  a  horse's 

legs  while  he  if  undergoing  an  operation. 
HOBBLY.     Rough  i  uneven.      Var.dial. 
HOBBY.   (1)  A   small    horse;  a  poncy.     The 

hobby    came  originally  from    Ireland.      See 

Harrison's  Enghind,  p.   220 ;  Slaniburst,  p. 

20 ;  Holinshed,  Chron.  Ireland,  p.  83.   Hobby- 

headed,  sbag-headcd  like  a  hobby. 
(2)  Sir  Potthumotu  Unbliy,  one  very  fiuitastical 

in  his  dress ;  a  great  fop. 
"  I  A  goose.     Durham. 

I  A  very  small  kind  of  hawk.     Sec  Dorastus 

and  Fawnia,  p.  34  ;  hobe,  MS.  Addit.  11579  ; 

Harrison,  p.  227 ;  Cotgravc,  in  v.  Hobrean, 

Obeuau.    Still  in  use 


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Ai  llic  ncveroHl  Dr  Wreo.  Dean*  of  Wk 
wss   rravclWnf    in   liti   roach    over    lia 
down':*,  a  linnet    or  finch  wxs  eagerly  pMvMial  J 
a  httb]/  ox  fparroir-hawke,  and  tooke  sanctuarf   la 
the  coach.      Avbrt^i  fflUt,  MS.  Haral  Skr.  p.  IIK 
HOBBY-HORSE.  (1)  The  dmgon-fly.      CkonA. 
(2)  An  important  pereonage  in  the  morris  daact, 
obsolete  for  two  centuries,  althoogfa  UteiUnoe 
is  still  practised.     The  hohby-boree  oonaiitcd 
of  a  light  frame  of  nicker-work,  faatitocd 
the  l)ody  of  the  person  who  performed  ill 
character,  whose  legs  were  concealed   by  i 
housing,  which,  with  a  false  bead   and  oe> 
gave  the  appearance  of  a  horse.      Tlius  rquip>| 
pcd,  he  performed  all  sorts  of  anlif         ■  ■    rt 
the    movenieiils   of  a  horse,   an<l 
juggling  tricks  of  various  kinds.      A 
sometimes  suspended  from  the  horse's  mouTk 
for  the  purpose  of  collecting  money  from  i 
spectators.     To  play  the  hobby-horse,  i.  e  to  ' 
romp.    In  the  following  passage,  the  may-polc 
is  supposed  to  In;  speaking : — 

The  hohhy.htirtt  dolh  hither  prance. 

Maid  Marrian  and  the  Morrli  daDce, 

My  ftummonc  fetchtth  far  and  ncmr  J 

Alt  that  cm  iwaeger,  »wil,  and  swear.  I 

All  that  call  dance,  and  drab,  aod  drtnk,  * 

They  run  to  me  aj  to  a  sink.         MiS.  MmH,  1111. 

IIOBBY-HORSE-DANCE. 
"  Bromley  Pagcts  was  remarkable  for  a  vtrt 
singular  sport  on  New  Y'ear's  Day  and  TwrMli 
Day,  called  the  Hobby  Horse  Dance :  a  penoo 
rode  upou  the  image  of  a  horse,   with  a  bo* 
and  arrow  in  his  hands,  with  which  he  '"»A» 
a  snapping  noise,  keeping  time  with  the  rauaie, 
whilst  six  others  ilaneed  the  hay   and  otbtf 
country  dances,  with  as  many  rcin-dcer'sheadt  J 
on  their  shoulders.     To  tliis  hobby-hursc  Iw- 
longed  a  pot,  which  the  reeves  of  the  tnwal 
kept   and  filled  with  cakes  and  ale,  toward*] 

which  the   spcclalors   contri' '  -    ;.,  nny,; 

and  w ith  the  remainder  maint ..  '*>>3f«i 

and  repaired  the  church,"  Miri  j -5 

HOBBY-LANTHORN.     An  ignis-fatuns.   ' 
termed  a  Hob-lantcm.     /  or.  dial. 

IIOBCLUNCH.     A  rude  clown.     See  2  Pnmca  ' 
and  Cassandra,  iii.  2. 

HOB-COLLINGWOOD.  A  name  given  (o  the 
four  of  hearts  at  whist.     North, 

HOBELEN.     To  skip  over.     (.A.-S.) 

HOBELER.  A  light  horseman  ;  one  wbo  rode 
on  a  hoiiby.  Pornicrly.  some  tenanta  wn* 
bound  to  maintain  hobbies  for  their  use  in 
ca>e  of  their  services  lieing  require*!  for  lii* 
defence  of  their  country  in  an  invasion,  and 
were  called  hobelers.  HobtUar;  Holiiuhed, 
Chn>n.  Ireland,  p.  69.  See  also  Uctonan, 
1.')!I8,  "hobelers  and  squyers." 

HOBERD.     A  simpleton  ;  a  fool,  or  idiot. 

HOBGOUBIN.     An  itliot.     North. 

HOBGOBLIN.  A  ghost,  or  fiend.  SometiMM 
termed  a  Hobhoulard. 

IIOB-HALD.     A  foolish  clovni.     North. 

IIOBKNOLLING.  Spunging onthc good-iiatui* 
of  one's  friends.     North. 

HOB-LAMB.     A  pet-lamb.     SoutK 


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HOBLER-HOLK.  The  liinder-holr  at  ■  boy'k 
game,  alluded  tn  in  Clarke's  I'lirauologia 
I'ueriUs,  1655,  p.  255. 

HOBLERS.  Sentinels  who  kept  nateh  at  bea- 
cons in  the  Isle  of  Wight,  and  ran  lo  the 
OoTcmor  when  they  had  any  intelligence  to 
coninitinicAte.     MS.  Lansd.  HBS. 

HOBLESHOF.     A  great  confuiinn. 

HOB-MAN-BLIND.     See  Hoodman- Blind. 

HOB-NAIL.     A  rude  clown,      far.  dial. 

iinOOY.     A  hautboy.     Beaumonl. 

HOB-I'RICK.  A  wooden  peg  driven  into  Uie 
heels  of  shoes.     Sorth. 

HOII-SIIACKLED.  Having  tbe  hands  or  feet 
fatitcned.     Lane. 

HOBSON'S-CHOICE.  Tliat  or  none.  This 
aajring  is  said  to  have  taken  its  rise  front 
Hobsoa,  a  carrier  and  livery-man  at  Cam- 
bridge, who  never  peruiiltcd  hit  customers 
to  cboose  their  honca,  but  compelled  them  to 
take  them  in  succesaton.  IIol»on  died  on 
January  1st,  1631.  tod  was  for  many  yean 
the  carrier  of  letters  between  Loudon  and 
Cambridge.  Many  memorials  of  him  arc  pre- 
served at  tbe  last-named  town. 

HOn-THHL'SH.  A  goblin,  or  spirit,  generally 
coupled  with  Robin  Goodfellow.  See  Cutgrave, 
in  v.  Loup-garou ;  Tarlloii,  p.  55.  Tlie 
millepeais  called  the  !lob-thn>»h-lousc. 

ir  he  be  DO  lnih-thru*h  nor  no  Hnblu  Goodfettow, 
]  rould  liDdr  with  ill  my  heart  lo  ttji  up  a  ilUybub 
with  hlRl.  Tito  iMnvtuhin  Lorrrt,  l&4(t,  f.2ti. 

HOIU'B.  .\  hubbub  ;  a  hue  and  cry.  llolin- 
shed,  Chrr)n.  Ireland,  p.  156.  llooboob,  Florio, 
p.  51.    Siill  in  common  lue. 

KOBYINC.    Riding  on  a  hobby.    Lydgale. 

HOC.  The  holyhock.  (.^.-5.)  Hock;  Cot- 
grave,  in  V.  Ron. 

HOCCAMORE.     Old  hock.     Butler. 

HOCllE.     A  coffer,  or  chest.     Pr.  Parr. 

HOCHEPOT.  A  mixture  of  various  things 
shaken  together  in  the  same  pot.  (.1.-N.) 
Now  spelt  hotch-potch.  See  a  pun  ou  the 
term  in  the  Return  from  Parnassus,  p.  262. 

HOCIION.     Each  one.     Audclay,  p.  50. 

HOCK.  An  old  game  at  cards,  horrowcd  from 
the  Dutch,  and  mentioned  by  Taylor. 

HOCK-CART.  The  harvest-home  cart;  the 
last  loadwl  waggon.    See  llerrick,  i.  139. 

HOC'KEK.  To  climb  u)>on  anything;  to  scram- 
ble awkwardly;  To  do  anything  clumsily j 
lu  staniM)cr,  or  hesitate  ;  to  loiter.     Sorlh. 

HOCKEUHEADED.     Rash.     .VoWA. 

HOCKET.     A  large  lump.     Glouc. 

HOCKETI.MOW.  An  instninienl  for  ciitliug 
till-  sides  of  ricks,  generally  fonuctl  of  a  scythe- 
blade  filed  to  a  pole  or  staff.      H'ane. 

HOCKEY.     Same  as  Havkry,  <\.  r. 

HOCKLB.     To  hamstring.     Skimmer. 

HOCKS.     To  back.     Hetl. 

HOCK-TIDE.  An  annual  festival,  nhich  tiegui 
the  fifteenth  day  after  Easter.  Money  wu 
formerly  collected  at  this  aiim'versary  for  tbe 
repairs  of  the  church,  &c.     Lancham  haa  de- 


scribed the  llox  Tuaaday  play,  aoniiBUjr  acted 

al  Coventry. 
HOCUS.     To  cheat.     Hence  the  more  modem 

term  hoajr.     Spirits  that  have  laudanum  put 

into  them  are  said  to  be  hoctuted. 
HOD.  (1)  To  hold;  to  snatch.     A'orM. 

(2)  A  heap  of  potatoes,  covered  with  straw  and 
soil,     tf'eil. 

(3)  A  hood,  cap,  or  helmet.  Also,  any  kind  of 
covering.    (.■/.- S.) 

(4)  Tbe  crick  in  the  neck,     Korth. 

(5)  A  hole  under  the  bank  of  a  rock,  a  retreat 
for  fish.  Yorkth.  See  Holinshed,  Descr. 
of  Scotland,  p.  15. 

(6)  A  ehimncv-hob.     MS.  Lanwl.  1033. 
HODDEN-YOWS.     Ewes  intended  lo  be  kept 

over  the  year.     S'orlh. 
HODDER."    A  thin  va|>our.      York*h. 

HODDING-SPADE.  A  sort  of  spade  principally 
used  in  the  fens,  so  shaped  as  to  take  up  a 
considerable  portion  of  earth  entire.     Eatt. 

HODDON.     Ha<L     Ueonu. 

HODDY.     Well ;  in  good  spirits.     Eait. 

HODDY-DODDY.  (1)  A  term  of  contempt,  a 
weak  fooli&li  fellow.  Sec  Kemp's  Nine  Daies 
Wonder,  p.  21.  Hoddy.ptke  is  used  in  a 
similar  sense.  See  Hawkins,  i  205.  Skelton 
has  hoddypoule.  Florio,  p.  98,  has  hoditydod, 
a  snoil-shcll,  but  I  cannot  trace  auy  positive 
evidence  of  a  connexion  between  the  two 
words.  "  Hoddymandoddy,  a  simpletoD," 
Comw.  Gloss,  p.  95. 

(2)  A  revolving  light.     Devon. 

HODENING.  A  custom  formerly  prevalent  in 
Kent  on  Christmas  Eve,  when  a  horse's  bead 
was  carried  in  procession.  This  is  now  tli*. 
continued,  hut  the  singing  of  carols  at  that 
season  is  still  callcil  hodenimg. 

HODER-MODEK.     Hugger-mugger.     SkeUom. 

HODGE.    To  ride  gently.     North. 

HODGEPOCHER.  A  goblin.  "  A  hobgoblin, 
a  Robin  GoudfcUow,  a  hodgepochcr,"  Florio, 
p.  190.     Hodye  poker,  ibid.  p.  191. 

HODIT.     Hooded.     Lydgate. 

HODMAN.  A  nickname  for  a  caoon  of  Christ 
Church,  Oxford. 

HOD.MANDOD.  (1)  A  snail.4bell.  South.  Some- 
times, the  snail  itself. 

So  they  hoisted  her  down  Jost  a«  safe  sod  s«  well. 
And  a*  inug  ■•  ■  hodmimdod  rides  in  hi*  tbrll. 

Tht  N«e  Jla<A  Guuir,  cd.  Inx),  p,  Jf, 

(2)  A  scarecrow.     n'e$t. 
HODMEDOD.     Short ;  clumsy.     fTtft. 
HODRED.     Huddled.     Ungloft,  p.  27S. 
HODS.     Cases   of  leather,  stuffed  with  wool, 
put  over  the  spurs  of  cock*  when  fightiog  to 
prevent  their  hurting  each  other. 
HOE.     Same  as //«,  q.  V. 
HOES.     Hills.     Antun  of  Ariher.  v.  5. 
HOFEN.     Lifted,  or  heaved  up.     (.Y.-.S.) 
tloc  no  fawtc  mAy  ihltbrn  p«*. 
Untyl  U  be  als  deene  nla  II  fym  was. 
When  he  wak  S"/,^  at  fount-ilane. 
And  hya  cryvteadom  Ihare  had  Uoe. 

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RatcUkc  til  hijn  he  weal*, 
And  Godrlch  Uin  fullkr  •hiiilc  i 
Tor  tiii  cwnd  he  »»/  up  licje, 
Ami  Ihe  hand  hr  dlde  otiryt. 
Thai  hr  tmut  him  wlih  to  ton; 
H«  mithe  he  don  him  ih«me  man  t  Hawtok,  97fiO. 
HOFEY.    A  cow.    Norlk.    Alio,  a  term  UMd  in 

oiling  eowi. 
IlOFF.  ( 1 )  The  hock.    Alio,  to  throw  inylhing 

under  tlic  thigli.     Sorlh. 
(2)  To  make  fun  of;  to  mock.  Line. 
IIOFTE.     Head.     Skelton,  ii.  246. 
HOFUL.     Prudent;  careful.     {.i.-S.) 
HOG.  (I)  A  term  for  a  ahecp  from  lix  months 
old  till  being  first  shorn.     Somr  mv  from  a 
lamb ;  others,  a  sheep  of  a  year  old.     The  last 
meaning  is  the  one  intended  bjr  early  writers. 

!2)  Same  as  Hod,  q.  v. 
3)  A  shilling.     An  old  cant  term.     According 
to  tome,  sixpence. 

(4)  To  drive  Hogt,  to  more.  To  iritu)  imr't  liojft 
to  aftni  market,  an  ironical  saying  of  anyone 
who  has  been  unsuccessful.  .1  hog  in  armour, 
a  person  finely  hut  very  awkwardly  dressed. 

(ii)  To  hog  a  horse's  niaiic,  to  cut  it  quite  short. 

f  6)  To  carry  on  the  hack.     Nnrlh. 

HOGATTES.  "  Bidnu,  a  slieepe  with  two 
teeth,  or  rather  that  is  two  yeres  old,  callerl  in 
tome  place  hogrelles  or  hogoUet,"  Elvot,  1559. 

HOG-COLT.     A  yearling  colt.     Devon. 

HOGGAN-BAG.  A  miner's  bag,  wherein  he 
carries  his  proTisions.     Cttmvf. 

HOGG  ASTER.  A  boar  in  its  Uiird  year.  Twici, 
p.  32 ;  Reliq.  Antlq.  i.  151.  The  tcnn  was  also 
applied  to  a  lamb  after  its  flnt  year. 

HOGGK.  (1)  Care;  fear.  (^.-S.)  HoggyUehe, 
fearfully,  Chron.  Vilodun.  p.  112. 

(2)  Huge.'    Ungtoft's  Chron.  p.  31. 

HOGGEPOT.  "Gees  in  hoggejiot,"  Forme  of 
Ciiry,  p.  24.  Now  tcrmefl  hodge-podge.  Hog- 
poek  was  used  very  early  in  the  mctaplioriciil 
tense,  as  in  .Andelay's  Poems,  p.  29. 

HOGGERDEMOW.  An  instrument  uaed  for 
cutting  hedges  with.     fVarw. 

HOGGERS.     Same  as  Coeker;  q.  r. 

HOGGET.  A  sheep  or  ndt  after  it  hat  paiaed 
its  first  Tear.      Inr.  dial. 

HOGGINS.  The  sand  titled  from  the  grayel 
before  the  stones  are  carted  upon  the  roads. 
Enex. 

HOGGREL.     A  x*oung  sheep.     Pibgrave. 

HOG-GKtHBING.     Verr  sordid.     £«./. 

HOGU.     A  hilL     Sec  //Jm. 
HOG-IIAWS.     Hips  and  hawi.     Soulk. 

HOGHE.  (I)  Oweth ;  oughu  (^.-.S.) 
Ami  dredew;!  make  a  man  clci^lw 
To  do  Che  icrvyse  that  1m  AovA'*. 

MS.Hm-l.  i;UI.  f.34. 

(2)  High.    Towneley  Mysteries,  p.  262. 

HOGLIN.  (1)  Aboar, 

Be  that  lajr  that  y  leve  ynne. 

My  iytjfllespole  ht>glifn, 

Dcre  boghtc  thy  dethe  ichatle  bee. 

US.  Omfali.  Ft.  il.  38,  t.  68. 

(2)  An  applc-tnmoTcr.     Emt, 
UOGMAN.     A  kind  of  loaf.     See  the  Ord.  and 
Regulations,  p.  69. 


IIOGMENA.    A  name  given  to  December,  and 

to  any  gift  during  that  month,  especially  on 
the  last  day ;  a  new-year's-day  oflering.    Hog- 
mena-night.  New-year's  eve.     Sec  Bruckdl. 
HOGMINNY.  A  young  girl  very  depraved.  Deson. 
HOG-MllTTON.     A  sheep  one  year  old.    Lmne. 
HOGO.     A  bad  smell,      far.  dial.     It   meant 
formerly  any  strong  flavour  accompanied  wills 
a  powerful  smrll.     See  Skinner. 
HOG-OVER-IIIGH.     Leap-frog.    Eatt. 
HOG-PIGS.     Barrow  pigs.     North. 
HOG-RUDBER.     A  clownish  pcnoa. 
HOG-SEEL.    The  thick  skin  on  the  neck  ud 

shoulders  of  a  hog.     Eatt. 
HOGSHEAD.      To   eoueh   a  hogtikead,  to  Vtf 

doBTi  to  sleep.     A  cant  pbraie. 
HOG'S-HOBBLE.     See  Ilohbk  (1). 
HOGS-NORTON.     "  I  think  thon  w»st  born  at 
Hoggs-Norton,   where  piggs  play    upon  the 
the  organs,"  Howell's  English  Proverbs,  p.  16. 
This    proverbial  phrase  was   commonly    ad- 
dressed to  any  clownish  fellow,  unaoqnaiated 
with  the  rules  of  good  society. 
HOGS-PUDDING.     Tlie   entrail    of   a    bog, 
stuffed  with  pudding,  composed  of  floor,  cur- 
ranis,  and  spice.     South. 
HOC-TATURS.     Bad  potatoes  of  a  blue  colour, 

only  fit  for  hogs,    lirdt. 
HOGWERD.     Knot-grass.     Norf. 
HOG-WOOL.   The  first  fleece  in  shearing  lambt. 

Eait.    It  is  omitted  bv  Forby. 
HOGY.     Fearful.     See  tundalc,  p.  15. 
HOH.     High.     (.V..5.) 

Hw«ii  Havelok  herde  that  «he  rmiJd*^ 
Sone  It  «a>  day.  sooe  he  him  rtBd4e« 
And  %o\\t  to  the  kirkc  yede. 
Or  he  (lldeanl  other  dedo. 
And  bifor  the  rode  bi^an  falle, 
Cmls  and  Crist  bi[g«n]  to  kallr. 
And  teyde,  Loeerd,  thatal  weMa, 
W I  nd  and  water,  wfjdcs  and  rcltl«». 
For  the  h'th  mllce  at  you. 
Hare  mcrci  of  me,  Loverd,  now  ! 

ttawtlalt.  1 

HOI.    A  word  used  in  driving  hogt. 
IIOICE.     To  hoist.     ColUer's  Old    BallMia, 

77.      Huiting,  Harrison,  p.  129. 
HOI  DEN.     The  name  of  some  animnl  -• — 
atile  for  the  vivacity  of  its  motions,  r^ 
by  Oifford  to  be  a  leveret.     It  wa.s 
applied  to  the  youth  of  both  tcxea. 
HOIL.     Toeipel'.     Sheffield. 
HOILE.    Whole ;  sound.     (.^.-5.) 

Wyth  multitude  hyi  fader  was  cooalraytia^ 
Mawgrr-  hyi  myghte.  Into  a  toure  to  fl»| 
HysMBeunkynde  hath  ofhym  dhulcync^l. 
And  yette,  for  alle  hyt  ttraunge  advcrsyt4, 
orhlacora^e  theraaffnanlmluft 
Vfi  hyi  persona  ttodc  hnite,  lyit  not  vary. 
ThoUKhe  fortune  was  to  hym  contrarle. 

tiKlfam'i  OmtVu,  lUivlliitan  J 

HOILS,    The  beards  of  barley.    Doraet.     Thi»  ; 

teems  to  be  the  same  as  holit  in  an  early  rloa 

in  Rcliq.  Antiq.  ii.  84. 
HOINE.    To  harass,  worry,  or  oppress. 

to  whine.     Line. 
HOIST.    Voice.    Alto,  a  cough.     Eatt, 


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HOISTER.    To  rapport.    E*hx. 

HOISTING-THE-GLOVB.  A  Devonshire  cus- 
torn  of  carrying  a  baud  with  the  first  two 
fingers  erect,  and  surrounded  hy  flon-ers.  This 
WIS  formerly  practised  at  Lammas  fair. 

HOIT.  (1)  A  newt.    Bnek: 

i2)  An  awkward  boy ;  an  ill-taught  child.  North. 
3)  To  indulge  in    riotous    and    noisy  mirtb. 

Wrbtter. 
(4)  A  large  rod,  or  stick.    Lane. 
HOIT-A-POIT.     Assuming  airs   antuitahle  to 

age  or  station.    Eail. 
HOITY-TOITY.    See  Hily-litg. 
HOK.   An  oak-tree.   See  a  very  early  list  io  MS. 

Sloane  5,  f.  5. 
HOKE.  (1)  A  hood.    Nominale  MS. 

!2)  To  gore  with  the  horns.     Wetl. 
3)  A  nook,  or  comer.    Knmrll. 

(i )  To  romp,  or  ploy ;  to  gambol.    Somtntl. 

HOKER.  (1)  Krowardness.  (A..S.)  Hokerliek, 
Wright's  Pol.  Songs,  p.  204. 

(2)  A  shoplifter.  Sec  Dekker's  Lanthome  and 
Candlc-llgbt,  1620,  sig.  B.  iii.  "  A  cunning 
ftlcher,  a  craflic  booker,"  Florio,  p.  167.  Sec 
Harrison's  Englnnd,  p.  183.  "  Hooking  and 
stealing,"  Florio,  p.  217. 

HOKET.  (I)  Scorn;  contempt.   {A.-S.) 

(2)  A  plaything.     (A.-N.) 

HOKY-POKY.    Hocus-pocus.    North. 

HOL.     M'bole  j  sound.    Rition. 

HOLARD.  A  ribald,  or  harlot.  HoUn,  Rob. 
Glnuc.  Chron.  p.  2G.  In  Chfton's  translation 
of  Vegeciiis,  hoUmreiut  mentioned  as  nnfil  to 
be  chosen  knighU.     MS.  Douce  291,  f.  10. 

HOLBEAHDES.     Halberts.     Union,  p.  1. 

HOLD.  (0  A  fortress.    (A.-S.) 

(2)  To  cry  hold!  an  authoritative  way  of  lepa- 
rating  combatants,  according  to  Ibe  old  mili- 
tary laws  at  tournaments,  &c. 

(3)  HrM  thee,  i.  e.  take  the  letter,  &c.    See  Ben 
Jonson,  ed.  Gifford,  iv.  347. 
I  A  dispute,  or  argument.    £u/. 
I  Trust ;  faithfulness.      Therr  u  no  hold  in 
him,  i.  e.  he  is  false  and  treacherous. 

S6^  To  take  care ;  to  beware. 
7)  A  stag  was  said  to  take  his  holil,  when  be 
went  into  cover.   See  the  Gent.  Rcc. 

(8)  To  hold  one't  own,  to  persist  in  the  same  con- 
duct. To  hold  one  tack,  to  keep  close  to  the 
point.  To  hold  for  good,  to  approve.  7*0  hold 
htnuthold,  to  live  thriftily.  To  hold  one  in 
ha^d,  to  penuaile  bini,  to  amuse  in  order  to 
deceive.  To  hold  one  trilh  a  late,  in  keep  him 
dawdling  with  trilling  conversation.  Hold 
belli/  hold,  glutted,  satiated.  Not  fit  to  hold 
the  condle  to,  Tcr}'  inferior  to.  To  hold  with, 
to  agree  in  opinion,  n  te  in  hold,  to  he 
grappling  with  one  another. 

(9)  To  liet  a  wager.  To  hold  a  penny,  to  bet  a 
trifle.    Shah. 

(10)  To  put  a  price  on  a  thing.  "  N^Hiat  hold  you 
this  book  at  ?"     Also,  to  agree  to  a  bargain. 

UOLDE.  (1)  Old.  Nominale  MS. 
O  wy  n*  whett  y  5y(  a  msyda. 
For  IO  thn  hnifle  mytTy*  uytl«. 

JUS.  oinMt.  Ff.  (. «,  r.  t. 


i!!^ 


(2)  Held ;  considered. 

Humility  wss  Iho  blholdt. 
And  pride  was  a  vtct  AoMa. 

Cauirr,  MS.  Sx.  AkH^.  IM,  t.  K 

(3)  Friendship ;  fidelity.  {A.-S.)  Alio  an  ad- 
jective, faitliful. 

Ant  raoreothct  hoUm, 

That  huere  non  ne  kholde 

Horn  never  by  treye.  Rjrn^  ifurfi,  1259, 

HOLDERS.  (1)    The  fangs  of  a  dog.    ffat. 

(2)  Sheaves  placed  as  ridges  on  com  stacks  to 
hold  the  com  down  before  the  thatching  take* 
place.     Derb. 

HOLD-FAST.  A  plirasc  used  to  horses  to  move 
from  one  cock  of  hay  to  the  next  in  carting  it, 
as  well  as  to  caution  the  men  on  the  top  to 
hold  fast.    far.  dial. 

HOLD-FUE.     Putrid  blood.     North. 

HOLDING.  (1)  A  farm.     Comui. 

(2)  The  burden  of  a  song.    Shak. 

HOLDYN.     Beholden.     Ipomvdon,  1949. 

HOLDYNLYCHE.  Firmly.  Translated  by  tena- 
eiler  in  MS.  Egerton  829. 

HOLE.  (1)  A  game  pUyed  by  ladies,  mentioned 
by  Miege,  in  v.  Tron.  It  consisted  in  trund. 
Ung little  balls  into  eleven  holes  at  the  end  of 
a  bench,  and  is  the  same  game  as  Trmki, 
q.  V.  This  game  is  mentioned  in  Taylor's 
Motto,  12mo.  Lond.  1622,  sig.  D.  iv.  "  Trou 
Madame,  the  game  called  trunkes,  or  the 
Hole,"  Cotgmve. 

(2)  The  name  of  one  of  the  worst  apartments  in 
the  Counter  prison.  To  hole  a  perton,  Io  send 
him  to  gaol.  Craven  Dial.  i.  231. 

(3)  To  undermine.  North.  To  make  holes,  or 
bore.     Pr.  Parv.  p.  243. 

(4)  Entire  i  whole ;  sound.  (A.-S.)  "  Be  bole 
bundrcthcz  on  bye,"  MS.  Morte  Arthure,  t 
77.    Also  a  verb,  to  heal  or  cure. 

Vtchalle  In  a  tytulle  stowoda 
Make  thy  t  knyghte  h<>It  and  fere. 

MIS.  Cmlali.  Ff.  ii.  30,  I.  1&5. 

(5)  Hollow  ;  deep  ;  concave.  North.  Metaphori- 
cally, hungry,  cheerless,  or  comfortleaa. 

(6)  A  scrape,  or  difficulty.    For.  dial, 
\l\  Concealed.    See  Octovian,  1355. 

(8)  To  earth,  as  a  fox,  &c    North. 

(9)  To  hide.     Middleton,  ii.  400. 

(10)  Mirtdle.     See  Craven  Gloss,  i.  231. 

(11)  Hole  in  one's  coal,  a  blemish  or  imprr. 
fection.      Var.  dial. 

IIOLEI.YCIIE.     WhoUy.     Heante. 
HOLETTEZ.     Holes. 

And  He  hadd  gretv  awrveyllc,  and  sakad  Ihame 
it  Ihiy  hadd  any  other  bowies,  and  ihay  «o»utYd« 
and  Mid.  nay,  hot  In  thir  hottttez  duelle  we  alvnyr, 
and  in  thir  cavct.  ttS.  Uncnln  A.  1. 17,  f.  30. 

HOLGH.     HoUow;    empty.     {A.-S.)      Uolie, 
Forme  of  Cury,  p.  78.     Holkel,  hoUow,  sunk, 
Anturs  of  Arther,  ix.  12.    "  His  eigben  waxes 
bolle,"  Reliq.  .\ntiq.  i.  54. 
IIOLIMAUL.     To  beat.    Somenet. 
HOLINTRE.    A  holly-tree.    ReUq.  Antiq.  i.  83, 
HOLITE.     HoUness.     (A..S.) 

Ill  heven  thai  ihal  wooe  wlUi  me, 
Withoulsn  pyne  wiih  HMii. 

MS.  VmUtb.  ft.  V.  *»,t.  I«. 


HOL 


456 


HOM 


(1 )  To  throw.      /  ar.  dial. 

(2)  A  narrow,  or  dry  ditoli.    East. 

(3)  Uollow.    Sec  IJafyk. 

So  it  folic  Ihnt  a  knyg;ht«  of  MACcdoync,  thftt 
tiyjir  Zephllut,  fand  walt-r  atandynite  tn  an  hfllf 
atane.  (hat  mu  gadlrd  Iharv  of  the  dewe  of  the  he- 
Trtie  US.  Uneoln  A.  I.  17.  f- 27. 

nOLLAND-CHEESE.    Dutch  cheese.   See  the 

Citye  Match,  fol.  16.1!).  p.  10. 
IIOLI.AKDS.    Dead  hraiiches  of  tree*.  Sutntx. 
HOI.LAKDY-DAY.     Holv-rood  day.      Wnl. 
HOI.LE.    Sound :  well.    (>.  Jf.)    "  VVTiil  he  was 
halte  and  suunde,"   MS.   Cantab.  Ff.  t.  4B, 
f.  51.    It  occiin  in  K.  de  Bruune. 
nOLLEK.     A  hoWbock.    Nominale  MS. 
HOLLKN.     The  commnn   holly.     North.    See 

Percy's  Kcliqurs,  ji.  28 1 . 
HOLLEK.    Better  in  health.    {A.-S.) 
Henuacd  tho  jerdca  knclyng  there, 
Waa  he  never  htitirr  ere. 
Cumr  Munii,  US.  Coll.  Trin.  anlitli.t.ii. 

HOLLING.  The  e\'e  of  the  Epiphany,  «o  called 
at  Drough  in  WcitmorcUnd,  where  there  in  an 
■iiuiul  prnoeuion  of  an  aah  tree,  lighted  on 
the  tap>  of  it!i  branchea,  to  which  conihustihie 
matter  baa  l>ccn  tied.  This  cuatom  is  in  roni' 
memoratiou  of  the  star  of  the  wise  men  of 
the  East, 

HOLLOBALOO.  A  tumultuous  noise ;  con- 
fiuioD,  accompanied  with  noise. 

HOLLOCK.  A  kind  of  sweet  nine.  It  is  men- 
tioned in  Gaicoigne's  Delicate  Diet,  Lond. 
1576;  Florio,  p.  17. 

HOLLOW.  To  brat  a  perion  holUnp,  to  gain  a 
contest  thoroughly,  where  much  less  exertion 
would  have  carried  the  point.  Jlullow  or /tat, 
■  game  mentioned  in  the  NomencUtor, 
Bvo.  Lond.  1585,  p.  298. 

HOLLOW..MEAT.  Poultry,  rabbits,  tec,  any 
meat  not  sold  by  butchers.  Eiul.  Also  called 
hatJnW'irnrr. 

HOLLY.  Entirely;  wholly.  (M-S.)  Holb/eht, 
Chrou.  Vilodun.  p.  19. 

HOLM.  ( I )  Flat  land ;  a  small  island  ;  a  deposit 
of  soil  at  the  confluence  of  two  waters.  Flat 
grounds  near  water  are  called  holms.  "  Some 
call  them  the  holmes,  bicause  they  lie  low, 
and  are  good  for  oolhing  but  gnuse,"  Har- 
rison's Descr.  of  England,  p.  43. 

(2)  The  holly.  Some  apply  the  term  to  the 
evergreen  oak,  but  this  is  an  error. 

HOLM-SCREECH.    The  niis-iel-thrush.    Wett. 

HOLN.     Hid  ;  concealed.    (A.-S.) 

HOLONDIS.     High  lanils;  dry  ground. 

nOLPE.  Hclficd.  Still  in  use.  Hotpyn  occurs 
in  the  same  sense. 

And  for  thou  haft  hotpyn  me  now. 
Ever  more  felowua  I  and  thoir. 

MS.  CaMah.  ft.  V.  48,  f.  U. 

HOLSTER.     To  l)uslle.     Ejcmoor. 

HOLSl'M.     Wholesome.      Lydqale. 

HOLSY.     To  tie  bv  twisting,  &c.    Bed». 

HOLT.  (1)  A  grove,  or  forest.  (A.-S.)  Iloltn 
hore,  the  hoary  woods,  a  very  common  cx- 
preuion  in  early  poetry.  The  term  it>  still  in 
use  for  a  small  plantation,  and  appears  even 


-pffi 


'  it  iai 


in  early  tiroes  to  havelxvn  r 

to  a  forest  of  small  extent.     1 1  - 
"a  peaked  hill  covered  wiih  noon,     a  ne: 
which  exactly  suits  the  context  in  the  qi 
tiniis  given  by  Percy.     "  A  hoult,  or  grove 
trees  about  a  house."  Howell. 
Now  they  hye  to  the  ;i(//(e,  thes  harageoiu  knygtittci^ 
To  herkenc  of  the  hye  mene  to  helpene  IticL*  lordes. 

Morit  .Inhttrr.  UX.  LinajH,  X.  70. 

(2)  Holl  for  hotdflh.  Sec  Maundevile,  p.  182} 
Relii].  Antiq. i.  111. 

(3)  To  halt,  or  stop.     I'ar.  dial. 

(4)  A  hohng,  going  into  a  hole,  or  putting;  a  ball 
into  a  hole,  which  is  required  at  several  games. 
I  gained  three  points  at  one  holt,  i.  c.  M  one 
holing. 

(5)  Same  a%  Hod  {!>). 

ilOLTLESS.     Careless ;  heedless,     //er^ 
IIOLUS-UOLl'S.     All  at  once.     insc. 
HOLY-HYZONT.    A  ridicidoas  fignrtL    Korik. 
HOLYMAS.    All  Saiuts-dav.    But. 
HOLYUOP.     Wild  hemp.     GenmL 
IIOI.YS.    Hulls;  husks.      Ilamrr. 
HOLY-STONE.    A  stone  with  a  hole  throu«;h  H 

naturally,  and  supimscd  tu  be  of  great  efficacy 
against  witchcraft.    .Vor/A. 

HOLY-WAKE.     A  lionfire.     Glow. 

HOLY-WATER.  Holiz-water  font,  holp.valer 
val,  the  vessel  containing  holy-water  carried 
about  in  religious  processions.  Holg-watrr 
tlonr,  the  stone  vessel  for  holy-water,  placed 
near  the  entrance  of  a  church.  Tlie  latter  is 
callv<l  a  huly-tratrr  tlock  by  Palsgrave.  Iloly- 
valfr  clrrk,  a  salyricol  name  for  a  poorscho- 
lar.  "  Aipielittjutui,  a  holiwAtiir  clerke," 
( Nominale  .M  S. )  a  person  who  carried  the  boi^- 
water.     The  term  i>ccurB  in  Lydgale. 

Anthony  Knovci  hBtho|<ieyne*)  the  Bluhoprtk  of 
KUclHte  toaiyn)|t!c  Irlih  protc.  a  vagalHiunilc,  with- 
out Icruyiift,  roancn,  ur  good  qiialitye,  oot  worthy 
tu  tK*e  a  ftaUif'UMtrr  ettrt.  Stait  Paper*,  U.  141, 

HOMAGER.     A  vassal.     {A..N.) 

And  ever  withowttyne  aikyiig,  he  and  htt  ayers 

Be  hvntagtr*  to  Arthurc,  whilleft  hi*  lyfTfe  liutia. 

Jfurtit  ArUHre,  US.  lAKoaln,  I 

And  aftur  kyngyi  av.. 

That  hamitgrrt/ti  to  hym  bene. 

US.  CaMnb.  Ff.  II. .«,  r, 

IIOMARD.     Homeward.     See  the    Frer« 
the  Bov,  ed.  Wright,  st.  22. 

HOMliER.     A  hammer.     W>»f. 

IIOMULE.     A  duck.     Dortet. 

HOME.  (1)  Tliem.     See  Sir  Degnrvaal,  8, 

(2)  Closclv  ;  urgently.     East. 

HOMEUREDS.     Young  kine,  bred  at  home, 
on  the  premises.     Eatt. 

IIOMECOME.     Arrival.     North. 

HO.ME-DWELLERS.  InhabiUnts  of  any  place, 
as  opposed  to  strangers. 

HOME-HARVEST.     A  harvest-home.    Line. 

HOMELINOS.  Natives;  residcnta.  See  Har- 
rison's Description  of  Britaine,  p.  6. 

HOMELLS.     Large  feet.     Wane. 

HO.MELY.  (1)  Familiarly.  To  be  homely  with 
a  woman,  &c.  Honnan. 


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457 


HOO 


T«k«  tht  titlees  ami  drynk  the  wyoe 
Ai  hvmtt^  u  1  ilUl  of  thyne. 

JUS.  Canlak.  Fl.  v.  48,  t.  &S. 
(2)  Saucilv ;  pertlv.     Ord.  and  Keg.  p.  I  jG. 
HOMEIie.     To  mumble.     Nomiiiale  MS. 
IIOMKKEI).     Hammered;  struck.     (J.-S.) 
IIOME-SCREECH.    The  misile-thrush.    IVett. 
IH»MEST.4LL.     A  homestead.     £iut. 
IIU\IE-TO.     Except.     Someriel. 
UOMILELE.     Humble.     {.t.-S.) 

Luve  mmketh  In  the  Uud  moal  A^jRJlfl/*. 

MS.  Dig'))!  as. 
IIOMINO.     Ridiculous.      IVnlm. 
IHlMLINESSE.  Domestic  management.  (A.-S.) 
HOMMEUED.     Decayed ;  mouldv.      Yorkth. 
IIUMI'EI,.     A  kind  of  jacket.     SortK 
UUMSU.M.     Whulcsoinc ;  agreeable. 

That  gToweth  fullc  of  Kttm^m  ItnurU  fayre. 

Lfiltnl;  US.  Aw.  Anliti.  134,  f.  IS. 
nOMVKS.     Large  legs.     linU. 
HONDE.  (I)Ahound,ordoK.    {AS.)    Ilondr: 
tonge,  the  herb  hound's-tonguc,  MS.  Lincoln 
Medic.  Rec.  f.  283. 

(2)  A  hand.  And  ktmdt  I  Me  hrtt,  I  promitc 
Tou  on  my  hand.  Sir  Dcgrcyaut,  8.S2,  1272. 

The  Almarni  Bewe  wtlli  thrrbrondyi 
Bryght  drawcD  to  ther  hondf*. 

MS.  Cmlab.  ft.  II. »,  r.  IM. 
IIONDEN.     Honda.     CUron.  Vilod.  p.  79. 
HONDENE. 

Hake  oure  oatage  at  eao,  Ititae  avenaunt  childyrme. 
And  luk  je  hondema  them  aUe  that  to  myne  oate  Irngei. 
MerU  Anhun,  MS.  Uruxin,  (.  87. 
HONDER.     A  hundre<l.     Kiltou. 
HUNO-HABDI.su.     Stealing.     (A..S.) 
HONE.  (1)  Stockings ;  hose.     A'orM. 
^2)  To  deUy.    Towneley  Myiteria,  p.  U. 

(3)  S{uime ;  mockery.     [A.-N.) 

SlrGawayn  aniwetd,  ala  curtaya, 
Tbou  aat  noghtdu,  tU.oU  thnuaala; 
Thia  honowr  Ml  might  Ije  myne, 
Bot  ftertn  It  aw  wric  at  Ite  Ihliw  t 
I  gif  It  the  her,  wlthowten  Vin«, 
And  gTanm  that  I  am  undone. 

Yu'oint  and  Gaiefn,  p.  IM. 

(4)  A  hand.     {A.-S.)     Also,  a  lt«ckl»ne. 
(b)  Any.     "  tn  hone  way,"  MS.  Douce  302. 

(6)  To  long  for;  to  deiire.  North.  Ljc  lioi 
this  aa  a  Deronihire  word. 

(7)  To  swell ;  to  increase.     Var.  dial, 
I8J  To  ill  treat,  or  oppress,     t'mren. 

(9)   A   thill    piece   of    dry   and  stale    bread. 

Drron.    AI>o,  an  oil.cakc. 
HONEST.  (1)  Noble;  honourable.     (A..ff.) 

(2)  Chaste.  This  sense  is  still  retained  in  the 
phroac,  Ae  ha*  mtuh  an  Aone*/  %poman  of  kfr^ 
I.  e.  married  her  after  haviug  led  her  astray. 

(3)  To  do  honour  to.     Joiuon. 
HO.NESTEE.   Honour ;  rirtue ;  decency ;  good 

manners.     {A.-N.) 

HONESTNAS.  Ornament.  Black'i  Dotea  to 
Chronicon.  Vilodun.  p.  64. 

HONESTY.     The  herb  bolbonaeh. 

HONEY.  To  sweeten,  or  dehght ;  cou,  or 
flatter ;  to  caress.  It  is  still  used  as  a  term 
of  endearment,  tluloet,  in  his  Al>cedarium, 
1&52,  has  honeycomb  iu  the  latter  scnac. 


HONEY-CRACH.  A  small  pluni,  very  awert, 
mentioned  by  Forby,  in  v. 

HONEY-LlNCiUED.     Honcv-tongucd.     {Uil.) 

UONEY-POTS.  A  boy's  game.  They  roll 
themselves  np,  and  are  then  pretended  to  lie 
carried  to  market  by  otben,  as  honey,  the 
amusement  consisting  in  the  difficulty  of  con- 
tinuing in  the  required  positiu.'i. 

HONEYSTALKS.  Clover  flowers,  which  con- 
tain a  sweet  juice.  It  is  common  fur  cattle  to 
overcharge  tbemselres  with  clover,  and  die. 
A'oren. 

HONEYSIJCK.     The  woodbine     Wfl. 

HONEYSL'CKLE.  According  to  Culpepper, 
the  white  honeysuckle  and  red  honeysuckle 
were  names  of  the  white  and  red  sorta  of 
meadow  trefoil.  In  the  West  of  England, 
the  red  clover  is  still  called  honeysuckle. 
See  also  Gerard's  Herball,  ed.  Johnson,  p. 
1187.     The  yellow-rattle  is  likewise  so  called. 

HONGE.     To  hang.     Lydj/ale. 

In  pvyllelyme  thou  dedy«l  hym  wrfingej 
He  yt  myo  emc  i  y  arhalle  the  hongv. 

MS.  Cantab,  tt.  U    38,  r.lil. 

HON  GET.     Hanged.     (./.-S.) 

gum  uf  theim  waa  txmde  tore. 
And  afturwaid*  tMmgrt  therfore. 

jir,«.  iHfiiHi,.  rt.  V,  48.  r  48. 
UONICOMB.     A  flaw  or  defect  in  ■  piece  of 

ordnance,  or  small  cannon. 
HONISHEL).     Starved  with  hunger  and  cold. 

Ijine.    Hence,  lean  and  miserable. 
HONKOUTH.     Strange;  foreign.    "An  hon- 

koiith  loiidr,"  Keuibrun,  p.  431. 
HONORANCE.      Honour.     (A.-N.) 
In  hoMimncr  of  Jtie«u  Cryit, 

Sitteth  atlUrand  harelh  lyil.  Ml.  MUll.  VMM,  t.m. 
In  the  Axnuranre  of  «wrte  Jhcau, 
That  IS  Luvrrd  Tul  of  verlu, 
Anepartle  l-chullprvu  rede, 
orii  Ulfand  of  Uchlldbede.  MH.  MmI.  108,  MI. 
HONORIFlCABlLlTtDlNlTATlIUS.      This 
word  isprcsuineilto  Ite  the  longest  in  existence. 
It  fretjuentiv  occurs  in  old  plavs. 
HONOUR.     Olwisance.     Ftelcher. 
HONOUR-BRIGHT.     A  very  common  piotea- 

tation  of  iiitcgritv.    /  ar.  dial. 
HONUURIUE.      Adomol.     (A.-S)      llonimt. 

menlyt,  ornaments,  Tundolc,  p.  59. 
HONT.  (1)  A  huntsman.     (A.-S.) 
(2)  Haunt.     Kyng  Ahsaunder,  CS31. 
HONTEYE.     Dishonour;  infarav.     (A.-\,) 
HONTLE.     Ahonilfiil.     AorfA.' 
HONY-SWETE.     Sweet  as  honey.     {A.-S.) 
HOO.  (1)  Halt:  stop.     See  //o  (2). 

1  f<v  fullr  feite  that  aaumple  lerv. 
Who  bathe  lO  morhe  that  cab  aay  htnK 

MS.  («„f„6.  rt  II.  n,  r. «. 
When  Ihoti  art  laghta  that  thou  wliuhltsl  hm 
Ofawcryng,  tnitwben  hyi  were  nrtle. 
Thou  KOrne«l  them  that  aeyli  thr  lOO, 
Thou  takeat  to  myn  bentya  non  hrde. 

M.'i.  ItM,  r.  17. 
(2)  A  cry  in  hunting. 
Now  la  the  foi  drevln  t«  liol«,  h«o  to  hym,  hoo,  hoo  I 
For  sod  ha  crepa  ooi  Iw  wUle  y,iw  alle  undo. 

Kte*'-tft«  Hufortaa,  p,  fTB, 
HOOD.  (1)  Wood.     «msfrw/. 


HOO 


458 


HOP 


(B)  The  •aitie  as  Cafftn,  q.  ?, 

HOOD-EN  U.     The  hob  of  a  grate.      Ynrkth. 

HOODERS.     The  two  sheaves  at  the  top  of  a 

abock   to  throw   off  the  rain.     Also   called 

bood-sbeaTes,  and  hoods.   North. 
HOODKIN.     A  Icathrr  boltle  fonocrly  used  by 

phvuicians  for  certain  mcdirines. 
HOOD  MAN -BLIND.     Blind-man's  hnff.     See 

Klorio,  pp.  26,  301,  480;  Nomcnclator,  p.  298 ; 

Cotgrave,  in  v.  Capif ou,  Cline-muettle,  Satatr; 

Cooper,  1&S9,  in  v.  .Vya.     It  is  called  f/o6 

mm  blind  in    the   two   Angric    Women    of 

Abington,  p.  113,  and  HoodicinJt  liy  Dni>1on. 

"  The  hoodwinke  pUy,  or  hoodmanblincic,  in 

some  places  railed  the  hlindmanbuf,"  Baret's 

Alvcarie,  1580,  H.  597. 
HOODMOLD.    A  moulding  projecting  over  a 

door  or  window.      Yorlcth. 
IIOOFE.    To  hove,  hover,  or  stand  off.    (.-f.-S.) 

Antt  haste  downo  a  ttone,  aad  ftonye  manyc  kny^lva. 

Whyle  we  iliallc  Stit^e,  and  byholde,  anil  do  stroke 

aofU.  MS.  (Ml.  Callg.  A.  U.  f.  HE. 

HOOIND.     Mnch  ftitigucd.     Yorkih. 

HOOK.     An  instrument  of  a  curved  form  with 

which  some  sorts  of  corn  are  cut.    The  differ. 

r«ice  between  a  hook  and  a  sickle  is  that  a 

ok  is  broad    with  a  sharp  edge,  whilst  a 

kle  has  a  narrow  hUde  with  a  serrated  edge. 

By   hwik  or   by   crook,    b;   one    means   or 

another ;  a  very  common  phrase.     It  occurs 

in  Uu  llartas,  p.  404  ;  Florio,  p.  72.     Hook  is 

a  common  term  of  reproach  in  early  writers. 

IIOOK-BACKKD.     Hump-backed ;  crooked. 

HOOKER.      Same  as  Hoker,  q.  v. 

HOOK-FISMES.     Those  kind  of  fishes  that  arc 

caught  by  hooks.     Line. 
HOOK-SEAMS.     Panniers.     North. 
UOOLE.     MTioIly.     Nominale  MS. 

Tliaf  arte  to  God  ra  acceptable  and  drre, 
That  hooit  hli  grace  fa  upon  the  Talle. 

Lydt^lr,  MS.  Sar.  .Inflf.  IM,  t  S, 

HOOLY.    Tenderly  j  gently.    North. 
HOOM.     An  oven.      Yorkth. 
HOOI'.  (1)  A  bulUfinch.     Somtrul. 

(2)  A  quart  pot,  so  called  because  it  was  formerly 
bound  with  hoops,  like  a  barrel.  There  were 
generally  three  hoops  on  the  qnart-iiot,  and 
if  three  men  were  drinking,  each  would  take 
his  Hoop,  or  third  portion.  The  term  is  still 
in  use,  and  explained  as  ■  measure  consisting 
of  four  pecks;  some  say,  one  peck.  "  Half  a 
hoop  of  corn,"  TuUie's  Sicg«  of  Carlisle,  p. 
22.  According  to  Kennett,  .MS.  Lansd.  1033, 
the  hoop  contained  two  pecks ;  but  in  hit 
Glossary,  p.  147,  be  says  only  one  peck. 

(3)  Hoop  and  Hide,  an  in-door  game.  Daniel's 
Merrie  England,  i.  5. 

(4)  To  boast,  or  brag.     Line. 
HOOPER.     A  wUd  swan.     Kennett. 

HOOR.     A  whore.     North.     It  occurs  in  the 

Towneley  Mvsteries,  p.  148. 
nOOROO.      A   hubbub.      Wane.    "Hoo-rxjo, 

the  devil's  to  do,"  a  proverb. 
HOORS.     Hoarse.     {J.-S.)    Hoon  occnn  in  the 

Prompt.  Parv.  p.  248.    Iloozy,  Cornwall  Gloss. 

p.  95,  and  used  alto  in  Devon. 


HOOSING.     The  husk  of  a  nut.     SoHk. 
HOOSIVER.     However.      Yorkth. 
HOOT.     Hotly;  eagerly.    {A..S.) 
He  annyd  hym  aa  AooC, 

And  mannyd  h]n  boot.  MS-  OatliOt.  ft.  U.  St.  f. 
HOOTCH.     To  crouch.     Herrf. 
IIOOVINO.     Hoeing.      Wore. 
HOOZE.     A  difficult  breathing,  or  half  coa^j 
peculiar  to  cattle.    A^orM.    See  the  Pr.  P»r» 
and  Hoort. 

HOP.  (1)  A  dance,     far.  dial     AI>oav«t1i,B 
in  the  following  example. 
But  yf  that  he  nnlo  your  grac*  iMMfvm, 
And  at  a  nrrell  for  to  te  yaw  tiapr:   HM.  Ktlftu 

(2)  n  hop  the  twig,  to  escape  one's  cndttoA 
Also,  to  die.  Tlie  latter  is  more  conuooa. 

(3)  Wood  fit  for  hop-poles.     Kent. 

(4)  To  jog,    or  jolt.     Howell. 
HOP-ABOliTS.     Applcdumpling*.      Wett. 
HOP-ACRE.     Almut  half  an  acre,  or  that  tfiet 

of  ground  which  is  occupied  by  a  tlionsaat 

plants.    Here/. 
IIOP-CREASE.     The  game  of  hop-scotch. 
HOP-DOG.     An  instrument  used  to  draw  hop. 

poles  out  of  the  ground.     Kent. 
HOPE.  (1)  Helped,     lor.  diaL 

(2)  To  expect ;  to  trust ;  to  think.  Also,  expes.; 
tation.  (J.-S.)  "  Some  hoped  he 
fend  of  hell,"  i.  e.  thought,  Sevyn  Sages,  S611 
The  occurrence  of  the  word  with  the  meaoiagi 
here  given  hat  led  some  modem  editors  ii 
man?  strange  blunders. 

(3)  A  valley.     Also,  a  hill.     North.     The 
occurs  in  the  Morte  Arthure,  MS.  Liaeohi, 
6  ft,  "  thorowe  hopes." 

HOPE.RING.     Ahoop.ring.> 

A  gret  ring  ofgould  on  hia  lyttell  flngvr.oA 
right  hand.  Ilka  a  weddlDg  rinfte,  a  h»f»*tmft. 

Ms.^,i,mauam,t. 
HOP-HARLOT.     Sec  llap.harlot. 
HOP-HEADLESS.     Wlien  a  king  lieheaiM 
[>crson,  he  was  said  to  make  him  hop 
a  phrase  which  occurs  in  many  early  writ 
and  was  even  applied  to  decapitation  in  liati 
See  Langtoft,  p.  179  ;  Hall,  Edward  IV., f. 
Vafpaiiane  ID  the  vale  thcwowanlebyholilrcbs. 
Hnw  the  betheo  hopped  /trdlci  to  the  grounde. 

MS.  (Ml.  OUlg.  A.  n.  I.  It4 

Ladders   for  the  purpose  it 

Sec  Horn  (5). 

A  species  of  moth  which  ip> 


laboaren   after  hcf- 


HOP-HORSES. 

horsing  hops. 
HOPHOl'LAD. 

pears  in  May.      Wore. 
IIOPKIN.      A    treat  to 

picking.     Kent. 
HOP-O-DOCK.    A  lame  person.     Crams. 
HOPOLAND.     A  military  cloak,  made  afecmm 

cloth.     SecTesl.  Vctust.,  pp.  187,  218.     Th» 

term  was  applied  to  several  kinds   of  loot* 

garments. 
HOP-O.MY-THl'MB.     A  very  diminative 

son.     /  'ar.  dial.     "  lloppe  upon  my 

fretiUon,"  Palsgrave. 
HOPPE.     Linseed.     Prompt.  Pare. 
HOPPEN.     A  maggot.     Somenel. 
HOPPER.    A  seed-basket.    "  A  scdelepe  or  a 

hoperc,"  MS.    Eg'jrton   829.      Hopptrmiti, 


UOR 


459 


HOR 


applied  toapereon  with  large  buttoclu.  Ken- 
nett  Mva,  "  any  one  whose  lanicora  lies  in 
the  hip  i«  called  liopperarsed."  llovreU  has 
the  tenn  hopper-hipped.  hex.  Tet.  tect.  21. 
Uopper-caie,  a  iteMl-cake  with  plums  in  it, 
with  whicli  the  farmers  treat  their  len-anlii 
when  fceed-tinie  is  finished. 

HOPPER-FREES.  Mhcn  the  tenants  of  the 
manor  of  Sheffield  ground  their  com  at  the 
lord's  mill,  some  of  them  were  called  hopprr- 
Jrert,  being  privileged  in  consequence  of  some 
extraordinary  semce  which  they  performed 
in  keeping  the  weirs  upon  the  river  in  good 
repair.     Harianiihire  Gloss,  p.  .M. 

Iini'l'EU-TtaiCGII.  The  box  in  a  mill  into 
which  the  grain  is  put  for  grinding.    rre»/. 

HOPPESTERES.     Dancers.     {y/.-S.) 

IIDPPET.  (I)  Tohop.     Somenel. 

(2)  A  hand-liaxkct.  Var.  dial.  Also,  the  dish 
used  by  miners  to  measure  their  ore  in. 

(3)  An  infant  in  arms.      Yorkth. 
HOPPINO.  (I)   The  game  of  prison-bars,   in 

which  the  persons  who  play  hop  throughout 
the  game.    Berk: 

(2)  A  ilancing.     A  country  fair  or  wake,  at 
which  dancing  is  a  principal  amiiBcmeat,  ia  to 
called  in  the  North  of  England. 
Men  made  tong  and  fttiptmgM, 
Ogain  the  L*ume  of  thrt  ktllgca. 

^i-rfmir  a»4  Mtrlin,  p.  lO. 

HOPPING-DERRY.  A  diminutive  Ume  pcraon. 
JVorth.  Furby  has  hopping-giln,  a  oomiBOD 
appellation  of  any  one  who  limps. 

HOPPING-.VIAO.     Violently  augry.     Gltme. 

HOPPIT.  A  small  field,  generally  one  near  a 
house,  of  a  square  form.     E*iiex. 

HOPPfiE.  To  tic  the  feet  of  an  animal,  to  pre- 
vent it  straying.  Hence,  Cow-hopplet.  Also, 
to  manacle  a  felon,  or  prisoner. 

HOPPLING.  Tottering!  moN-ing  weakly  and 
nnstcadiW.     Eatt. 

HOPPY.  to  bop,  or  caper.  Wait.  This  form 
occurs  in  Skelton,  i.  113. 

HOP-SCOTCH-  A  common  children's  game. 
The  object  proposed  in  this  game  is  to  eject  a 
ttone,  slate,  or  "  dump"  out  of  a  form  linearly 
marked  on  the  gronnd  in  different  directions, 
by  hopping,  without  touching  any  of  the  lines. 
Called  lloptron  in  Yorkshire. 

HOPSHACKLES.  Conjectured  by  Narea  to  be 
some  kind  of  shackles  imposed  upon  the  loaer 
of  a  race  by  the  judges  of  the  contest.  Tlie 
term  is  used  bv  Ascharo. 

HOP-THUMB.  '  Sec  Hop-o-mp^kitmi. 
A  cockney  dandlpral  hufthumbt 
l>rctl)re  lad  ^iiraa.  Sl*nt><Hnfi  VUrtO,  IMS,  p.  71- 

HOP-TO.  A  grasping  fellow,  one  who  jiunpa  at 
everything.     SiiffbUt. 

IIOQUETON.     The  gaml>eson.     (.■/.-iV.) 

HUKCOP.     A  bastard.     PaUgrave. 

For.  sjrT,  bo  iryds,  liyt  wvie  not  /ayi* 
A  htimp  to  b*  yownheyfc. 

MS.  oiiMat.  rt.  iL  31,  r.  n. 

Than  was  he  an  hvmppt 
,  Thou  iryite  aolhe,  nayttyr,  be  my  lojji*  1 

^^^_  MB.  IM.  t.  1*. 


HORD.    Treasure.     i^A.-S.) 

Hit  fhalbr  thoojt,  IT  thai  I  mow. 
Hit  ■■  wrl  kept  In  *«n<>. 

Mli.  CanlQb.  ft.  T.  48, 1.  34. 

HORDAN.  Whoredom.  Horikame,  Reliq.  An- 
tiq.  i.  323.      Horedam,  Ritson. 

Covctyt,  AimfKjt,  rovle  and  prida. 
Has  tpred  Ihii  werld  on  Jcoth  and  wUo. 

MS.  OM.  fufo:  A.  lU.  f.  II. 

HORDE.  (I)  A  point,  or  edge.     (J.-S.) 
(2)  A  cow  great  with  calf.    Devon  MS.  GL 
HORDE-HOW'S.    A  shed  for  cattle.    Alio,  a 
treasure  house,  or  treasury. 
RyKhle  above  Rome  yate. 
An  hor^e■hDWl  they  liave  let  make. 

MS.  omiab.  rt.  II.  sa,  r.  137. 
HORDEITNE.     Appointed.     R.  Glouc.  p.  452. 
HORDOCK.     A  plant  mentioned  in  some  early 

4to.  editions  of  King  I.car. 
HORE.  (1)  Whoredom  ;  adultery. 

Syth  the  tyme  thai  C'ry4l  Jhesu. 
Thorouith  by  •  grace  and  TtTtu, 
Waj  in  thit  world  tx>Te 
Of  a  mayd  witliowt  hart. 
And  ibe  world  CryitsBdom 
Among  mankynd  first  becooc, 
Manyadteniurethaih  iK  wnnijt. 
Tllat  after  mm  knoweth  nonjt. 

Ma.  Ci>tl.  Oxll  CanAiS.  ID7. 

(2)  Hoary  ;  aged  ;  grey.  (A.-S.)  To  become 
hoary.     Reliq.  Antiq.  i.  121. 

Levc  we  now  of  kyflg  Quote, 
And  spekc  we  of  Amyn  the  ttfrr. 

MS.  rtrnlKb.  ft.  u.  »,  t.  lit. 
Thys  emperour  waxe  aide  and  Aura, 
And  ifioghi  to  tctt  hya  son*  to  lon^ 

MS.  ibuL  t.  m. 

(3)  Mercy ;  grace ;  favour.     (A.-S.) 

And  mekclycha  cryede  hurre  merc7  and  Aitra. 

Cflrimlctm.   (VoJkii.  p.  75* 

HOREHOWSE.      A  brothel.     Prompt.  Parr. 
HORELING.     An  adulterer.     (J.-S.) 

And  wendebl  hrom  that  it  wiif 

An<l  bire  harrlinf  It  were.       MB.  L«mL  IOB,  f.  I  W. 
ilORELL.     An  adulterer.     (^.-5.) 
IIORESIIED.     Hoarseness.     Arch.  xxx.  409. 
HOREWORT.     The  herb  cudweed. 
HORHOWNE.     The  plant   horehound.     "  An 

beved  hor  als  horhowne,"  Reliq.  Antiq.  ii.  9. 
HORN.  (1)  A  ronirr.     Kmt.     (.-/.-S.) 

(2)  To  gore  with  the  horns.     iVorf. 

(3)  In  a  Aom  vAen  the  deril  in  blind,  spoken 
ironically  of  a  thing  never  likely  (o  happcu. 
Denm. 

HORNAGE.  A  quantity  of  com  formerly  given 
yearly  to  the  lord  of  the  manor  for  every  ox 
worked  in  the  plough  on  lands  within  his  juris- 
diction.    See  Cotgrave,  in  v.  Droict. 

HORN-BOOK.  A  single  sheet  protected  with 
bom,  formerly  used  by  childrm  for  leanitalg 
their  alpliahet.  It  was  usually  suspended ftom 
the  girdle.  Pegge  gives  the  phrase  /o  irtaM 
one's  horn-book,  to  incur  displeasure. 

HORN-BURN.  To  bum  the  horns  of  (»ttta 
with  the  owners'  initials.    North. 

HORNCOOT.     An  owl.     Bailey. 

HORNED.     Mitred.     MS.  Bodl.  »38. 

HORNEN.    Made  of  bom,     rar.dM. 


HOR 


460 


HOR 


HORXER.  (1)  A  cuckold.     Dtikrr. 

(2)  A  mtker  of  horni.  Harnerttter,  ■  female 
horner.     Pattgraet. 

HORNEY.  A  faliehood ;  t  cheat  JVor/A.  Alio 
a  name  of  the  deriL 

HORNEY-TOP.  The  end  of  »  cow'i  horn,  made 
like  a  top  for  boys  to  play  with. 

IIOK.S'-FAIR.  An  anuuul  fair  held  at  Charlton, 
in  Kent,  on  St.  Luke's  day,  the  18th  of  Oclo- 
It  contitts  of  a  rioton*  moh,  »ho,  after 
kprinlmi  tummons  dispcritil  llirough  the  ad- 
eiit  towns,  meet  M  Cuckold's  Point,  near 
Ucptfoni,  and  niarch  from  thence,  in  proces- 
sion, through  that  town  and  Circcuwicb,  to 
Charlton,  with  lionis  of  dilfereut  kinds  upon 
their  heads ;  and  at  the  fair  there  are  sold 
ram's  hums,  and  e^cry  sort  of  toy  made  of 
horn  ;  even  tlur  gingerbread  ligurrs  have  horns. 
It  was  formerly  the  fashion  for  men  tu  go  to 
Ilum-Pair  in  women's  clothes.  Sec  further  in 
Grose  and  Brand. 

HORNICLE.     A  honict.     S<attx. 

IIORNKECKE.  The  fish  green-liack.  PaUgrme. 
It  occurs  apparently  as  a  tenn  of  contempt,  a 
foolish  fellow,  in  Skcllon,ii.  77. 

HORN-MAD.  Raving;  mad.  See  the  Optjck 
Glasse  of  Humom,  l63!»,  pp.  47.  129.  165; 
W.  Nfapes,  p.  285.  Homrtcuod,  Slanihunt, 
p.  26 ;  Chester  Plats,  ii.  68. 

HORN-PIE.    The  lapwing.     Batt. 

HORNS.  To  make  horns  at  a  person,  to  put 
the  forefinger  of  one  hand  hetwccn  the  first 
and  second  finger  of  the  other.  SeeTarllon's 
Jcsli,  p.  I .') ;  Cotgrave,  in  v.  Ciron. 

HORN-SIIOOT.  To  incline  or  diverge,  said  of 
any  stone  or  timber  which  should  be  parallel 
with  the  line  of  the  wall.    Nurlh. 

HORN-THU.MB.  .\  case  of  horn,  put  on  the 
thumb,  to  receive  the  edge  of  the  knife,  an 
implement  formerly  used  by  cut -purses.  Hence 
the  term  was  used  generally  for  a  pick|K>cket. 

HORNY-HIC.     A  boys' game.    Moor,  p.  238. 

HORNY-WINK.     The  lapwing.     Comu: 

HOROLOGE.     A  clock.     {Lai.) 

HORONE.     The  white  horehound.     Pr.  Parr. 

HOROWE.  Foul.  Chaucer.  Still  used  in 
Devon,  pronounced  horn/. 

HORPYD.    Bold.     {J.-S.) 

tlrrniyte,  mc  pays  wele  wlUi  thee. 

Thou  arte  a  hnrp^  frcro.  Jas.  Mhmote  61. 

HORRIBLETE.     Horribleness.     (/f.-.V.) 

1IOKR.IUGE.  A  house  or  nest  of  bad  charactera. 
Dorgft. 

HORRUCKS.    A  large  fat  woman.    Gloue. 

HORRY.     The  hoar-frost.     Siiffali. 

HORS.     Horses.     Chaunr. 

HUKSAM.     Money.      Yorkth. 

HORS  BAD.  A  term  of  reproach,  perhaps  cor- 
rupted from  iphore't-bird. 

HORSBERE.     A  horse-Utter.     (A.^.) 

IIOKS-CHARGE.  Horse-loud.  Will.Wcrw.p.lS. 

HuRSfllONK.     Ilorsc-shoes.     Lydyate. 

HORSE.  (I)  Hoarse.    (.f.-&) 

(2)  An  obstruction  of  a  vein  or  stratum  in  a  mine. 
North. 


(3)  A macliine  upon  which  anytluag bl 
by  laying  it  across.      A  plank  Ut  stanU 
digging  in  wet  ditciies  is  to  called. 

(4)  Horte  tml/oot.  altogether.  eBtiKi)i.j 
and  holluek  is  said  to  be  U>e  f^jaj  i 
they  go  a  gossuping."  Urry'a  MS.  Ad 

(5)  To  tie  the  upper  braadies  vi  ibe  I 
to  the  (K)Ie.     KaU. 

HORSE-BALLET.     A  daaee  or  liaU  i 

by  horses.      BUnaU. 
HORSE-BAZE.     Woader.      Nortkamk. 
HORSEBEECH.     The  hornheani.     Smm 
HORSE-BR.\MBLE.     Tbc  wibi  nM.    A«^  I 
HORSB-ClllRE.     The  berb  germandcv. 
HORSE-COD.     A  horse  coUar.     S*rik. 
HORSE-CORN.     The  small  com  whidsui 
rated  by  sifting.      Derttm.      Hairisoa.  f.  Ill 
gives  this  term  to  bcana,  peas,  oalt,  &c. 
HORSE-COl'RSER.    A  hor^e-xlcaler.    Sm  I 
lowe,  ii.    171:1;    Ilarriaoa's    Euf^aud,  fk  '. 
The  term  horif-ctm/irr  it   atill  in 
Nort  h  of  England. 
HORSEDE.    On  huneback. 

The  duke  was  Aor#>.ip  ajtrjnp. 
Heprfkkcd  fosie  In  rhc  ptgjti^ 

Us.  ;..»..&.  A.  L  K.  1 1 
HORSE-GODMOTHER.       A    Urge 
woman,  coarsely  fat.    /  «r.  diaL 

Id  wuman,  uiigel  mediau  IM  nar  mt ; 
No  galloping  >u>rM-g»^imMkt,m  for  om^ 

Pf€vr  tSh.tt.'t  ,k..  »««ra^| 
HORSE-GOGS.     A  kind  of  vn 
HORSEHEAD.      MaHtappt.  r^tal 

mare.     Sammtl.     Also,  horstAutL 
IIORSKIIELME.     A  kind  of  herb,  auMUaotia 

"<-    1 .'n  Med.  f.  290. 

II  A  break  of  land.      Soutk. 

H'  I       \VE.     .\  groom.      (.t.-S.) 

And  tnikse  here  haltria  forth  wilti  mc^ 
Auri  «m  but  a«  here  hvrm--Jcnntm, 

Gou'tr,  MS.  atr.  .4>,«(^  114,  J,  | 

HORSE-KNOP.     Knapweed,      far  JM. 

HORSE-LAUGH.     A  loud  hearty^  laugh. 

HORSELDER.  The  herb  emmpamula.  It  >l 
called  harteUt  in  MS.  Med.  I.,inc.  f.  281,  ^| 
canipanc.    Compare  Gerard.  Soppl. 

HORSE. LEECH.     A  horse-doctor,  or  fnrio. 

HORSE-LOAVES.     A  kind  of  •  -i.«Jtl 

given  to  horses,     ll  was  an'  ;i 

phrase  to  say  tliat  adiminutr.^  ,.^.,..„  mi 
higher  than  three  horse-loaTcs.      A  phi^  I 
still  current  says  such  a  one  must  stand  n  | 
three  penny  loaves  to  look  over  the  badkitfl 
goat,  or,  sometimes,  a  duck. 

HORSE-MA-GOG.  All  agog.  Eatt.  Abo,ij 
large  coarse  person,  the  latter  being  ltkr«7«l 
a  korK-monel,  or  kortrmtatel.  \ 

HORSE. NEST.    A  troublesome   repntitko  of 
an  old  tale.     Gloue. 

HOKSE-NIGHTCAP.     A  bundle  of  ittaw 

HORSE.PENNIES.    The  herb  veilow.Tatt)B. 

HORSE-PLAY.     Rough  sport.    '/PeW. 

HORSE-POND.     A  iwini  used  chiefly  fort 
ing  horses,      far.  dial. 

HORSE-SHOES.  The  game  of  coiU.  whiekl 
was  formerly  played  vrith  burae-ahoes.' 


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nORSE-STINGEB.    A  gad-fly.     tTnt. 

HOIISE-STONE.    A  horw-block.     Lane. 

HORSE-STOPPLES.  Hole*  made  by  the  feet 
of  hones  in  wet  land.     South. 

HORSE-TIUSTLE.    The  wild  lettuce. 

HORSE-TREE.  The  lieain  on  which  the  tim- 
ber is  placeil  in  a  saHi)it.    North. 

HOKSE-WARE.     Horse-wash.     Betb. 

HORSIIARDE.  A  kccjier  of  horse*.  Thii  term 
occurs  iu  Noniinale  MS. 

HORSING-STEPS.    Same  as  Honf-tlone,  q.  v. 

HORSKAME.  A  curry-conih.  "  CalamMrum, 
a  horskame,"  Nominate  MS. 

HORSTAKE.  A  kind  of  weapon.  "  Hor»take«. 
laden  with  wylde  fyer,"  are  mentioned  in  the 
Sute  Papers,' iii.S43. 

HORT-YARD.  A  garden,  or  orchard.  Sec 
Klorio.  cd.  1611,pp.93, 138. 

HORVE.  (1)  To  Iw  anxious.     Doriel. 

(2)  Conic  nearer  !  An  exclamation  ustully  ap- 
plied to  horses.     Deri. 

HOS.     Hoarse.    Ritton.     See  Hoon. 

HOSCHT.     Hushed.    RUnn. 

HOSE.  (l)Tlie  throat;  the  neck.     Cumb. 

(2)  The  sheaf  of  com.    North. 

(3)  Breeches,  or  stockings,  or  both  in  one.  The 
hose  ap|ican  to  have  had  many  various  shapes 
at  different  period*. 

of  g(KlefyIke*nd  of  purpull  paU«, 
MAntctx  slxivr  ttipy  cute  all ; 
Ufftv'  t'tcy  lldil  uppoD,  but  no  ichonp. 
B*refote  tJity  were  every  chono. 

MS.  Quilai.   Ft.  11.  .«.  f.  IM. 

(4)  To  embrace.  From  //abe,q.  y.  Sec  Kennett, 
MS.  Lanxl.  1033. 

HOSELY.      To   receive   the   sacrament.     See 

Heame's  Gloss,  to  Rob.  Glouc.  p.  659. 
HOSERE.     Whosoever. 

Alio  for  hn§ert  woM  come  thcder  tho. 

Otmn.  Vih.itHH  p.  131. 
HO-SHOW.    The  whole  show  J  everything  ex- 
posed to  sight.     South. 
HOSIER.     Formerly  this  term  was  appUcd  to 
tailors  who  told  men's  gamienls  ready  made. 
HOSPITAL.     Christ's  Hospital  wa*  often  called 
the  Hotpilal  by  old  writers.    Foundling*  were 
sent  there  on  it*  first  institution. 
HOSPITALERS.      Religious  persons   who   at- 
tended the  sick  in  hospitals,     {tat.) 
HOSS.     A  borse.      tar.  dial. 
HOSSE.     To  buzz  about.    Patufrate. 
HOST.  (1)  Tried,    tone. 
(2)  To  reckon  wttlioiit  one's  bout,  L  e.  not  to 
coDsidcT   all   circumstance*.     The   following 
pMiage  gives  the  original  meaning  of  this 
phrase,  which  i*  still  common. 

Hut  thci  recltmrd  tirfore  thrlr  ttoat,  and  lo  p*y««l 
roore  then  ttteir  ihotte  came  to. 

H-ll,  Umri  ri..  t.  *». 
(i)  To  almdc,  or  lo<lge.     Shat. 
(i)  To  bt  at  hott,  i.  e.  at  enmity. 
HUSTAYE.    To  make  a  hostile  incursion. 
Bee  Eityre,  Mil  the  *iu|iennir,  1  ettyllr  ntyKlfeoc 
TaAM<cvi«  In  Mmayne  witti  ■rme'leknyKtiUt. 

JMorti,  Mrthurti,  MS.  Unntn,  t.  Kt. 

nOSTE.   To  iwell,  or  ferment.    Aicb.  xxx. 


HOT 

IIOSTELE.  To  give  lodging ;  to  receive  into  *n 
inn.  HottrUrrr,  an  innkeeper.  See  Maunde- 
vile,  p.  2H.  The  iitudcnts  in  the  ancient 
hoitelt,  or  small  colleges,  at  Cambridge  and 
Oxford,  were  called  hottelmi,  Harrison,  p.  152. 
Hoitelrir,  an  inn,  or  lodting-house.  Peggc 
has,  Hott-hoMte,  an  ale-house  fur  llio  rcccp- 
tion  of  lodger*. 

And  alfto  ihat  •oldyofs,  ne  oib«n,  shall  trkt  no 
boiienieta,  d«  manna  meale,  in  the  said  thruughe- 
fares  sod  borowf  he  towDei,  but  at  tuthe  pru-e  at  llie 
homit^t  roaye  have  a  reaKmable  lyvc>n(.  whiche 
shaUe  Incurrage  them  to  dwell  ther. 

Suit  Paptrt,  11.  MS, 

HOSTER.  (1)  An  oyster.    Line. 

(2)  A  kind  of  jug  without  a  handle.   Deron. 

HOSTILEMENTS.  Hou.<ebold  fumitnre;  any 
kind  of  utensil*  or  implement*.  Sometimes, 
hwitlemrnt).     (,Y..jV.) 

HOSTING.  A  hostile  incursion.  Sec  Stanihtmt, 
p.  21 ;  Holinshed,  Chmn.  Ireland,  pp.  7,  27. 

Some  sayeth,  the  Klngc*  Drputye  ukIiIi  lomake 
to  many  grrate  rode«,  Jumayn.flmt  Hi.tuir:/rfr,  nowe 
in  the  liorthe  parlyea  uf  WoUtrr,  now  In  the  Mtutht 
partet  of  Mowniter,  nowe  Into  the  west  partye*  of 
Cooaught,  and  takelib  the  Kiagra  fubgettca  wyth 
hym  by  conipuUloD.  Sratf  Papert,  11. 19, 

IIOSTOUR.  A  goshawk.  It  is  the  translation  of 
aaci/iiler  in  MS.  Addit.  11579. 

HOSTRIE.    An  inn.    (^.-A'.) 

H0STY1,DE.  Hoipiuble.  Alao,  put  np  at  to 
innorhostry.    MS.  BibLReg.  12  B.  i. 

HOT.  (1)  His.    SuJoU. 

(2)  A  finger-sUll.     Lane. 

(3)  A  kind  of  ba*ket  used  for  carrying  duag. 
Cumi. 

(if  What.    Somer$et. 

(b)  Hight;  ordered.    Tristrcm  Glou. 

(6)  Hot  in  the  tpiir,  very  earnest  or  anxion*  en 
any  subject.  Neither  hot  nor  eold,  untler  any 
circum*tanccs.  Hot  prat  and  haem,  a  game 
similar  to  Hide  and  teek,  only  the  thing  hiti 
it  often  inanimate. 

(7)  To  heat,  or  make  hot.     Nottt. 
HOTAGOE.    To  move  nimbly,  spoken  chiefly  of 

the  tongne.     Sumes. 

UOTCH.  To  shake;  to  separate  bean*  from 
peas,  aAer  they  are  thrashed  ;  to  Ump  ;  tn  lie 
restlcn  ;  to  move  by  sudden  jerks,  or  >t*rta  ; 
to  drive  cattle ;  to  boil  a  quantity  of  rockir* 
together.  North.  MThentbcy  shake  iMitatoe* 
in  a  bag,  so  that  they  may  lie  the  closer,  they 
are  said  to  AofcA  them.  Cockles  alao  are  aaid 
to  be  hatched,  when  a  quantity  of  thrtn  has 
been  lioiled  together.     It  is  1i1  1  to 

signify  an  awkward  or  ungain:  ;'ro. 

grrADing;  as  the  old  woman  i..i...,  .  .'....tied 
tliniiigb  the  crowd,  »»il  she  hiilchrd  after  me  j" 
and  when  a  man,  w.nlktng  with  u  lioy.  gtHM  at 
such  a  rate  a*  to  keep  the  latter  on  the  run,  he 
is  de*rri>>ed  as  keeping  him  holehinif.  Most 
probably  from  the  Freuch  hoeher,  which  mean* 
to  shake,  jog,  lir.    Line. 

HOTCHEL.  To  walk  awkwardly,  or  tamely ;  to 
shuffle  in  walking.     H'arv. 

HinTHENE.    To  beat?  to  chop? 


nou 


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nou 


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,  f.ts. 


I  ttmufghe  chr  hudc  ^u^e  fullc  hmly  dyMttt, 
Mkcn«  In  hoUe  the  hrlhcnne  koyRhti*. 

Mem  unhurt,  tlS.  Unnlit,  f.93. 

HOT-COCKLES.  A  game  in  which  one  penon 
lin  down  on  hii  face  and  ia  hoodniuked,  and 
being  itruck,  must  gueu  who  it  wai  that  hit 
him.  A  good  [lart  of  the  fun  conaittcd  in  the 
hardneai  of  the  &laps,  which  were  generally 
giTcn  on  the  throne  of  honour.  It  was  for- 
merly a  common  sport  at  Christmas.  See 
Hawkins,  iii.  204  ;  Florio,  p.  26  ;  Cotgrave,  in 
y.  BouehoH.  Goldsmith  mentions  the  game  in 
Ids  Vicar  of  Wakefield,  th.  xi.  7b  til  upon 
hot  roetlet,  to  be  Tery  impatient. 

Pamph.  It  li  cdlctrd  ttut  every  Grobiui  ihill  pliy 
■t  Bambrrye  Aa«  mcklej  at  thf  four  rcitj^slu. 

Tttnt.   tnOtrd,  a  TtTje  uvrfull    ftl<ort,  but   lately 
much  neclfctcd  to  the  mollcGclnge  of  the  flrih. 

Old  Play,  US.  Uatl.  Stl. 

HOTB.  ( I )  A  TOW,  or  promise.     {M.-S.) 
Wytnei  of  otbc  and  of  hotf, 
Vn  bcvene  allr  thyng  they  wote. 

MS.  UaH.ntl, 

(2)  Heat.    Kvng  Alisanniler,  3386. 

(3)  Promised.'     Also  as  Hoi  (b). 

And  glf  thou  do  a»  thou  haj  me  kott>. 
Then  ihalle  I  glf  the  a  cote. 

MS.  Cmlat.  Ft.  r.  W, 

(4)  To  shout,  or  make  a  noise. 
HOT-EVIL.     A  fever.     Drvon. 
HOT-FOOT.     Same  as  Fote-hol.  q.  v, 
ilOTH.    A  heath.     Launfal,  250. 
HOT-HOUSK.  (1)  A  brotha     Shai. 

(2)  In  salt-works,  the  room  between  the  furnace 
and  the  chimney  towards  which  the  smoke  is 
txinvcyed  when  the  salt  is  set  to  dry. 

HOT-HLANETS.     The  blight  in  com.' 

HOT-POT.  A  mixture  of  ale  and  spiriU  marie 
hot.     Gme. 

HOT-SIIOOTS.  A  compoiud  made  by  taking 
one  third  part  of  the  smallest  of  any  pit-coal, 
sea,  or  charcoal,  and  mixing  them  ver)'  well 
together  with  loam,  to  be  made  into  balls  with 
urine,  and  dried  for  firing. 

HOT-SHOT.  A  foolish  inconsiderate  fellow. 
See  Melton's  Sixefold  Politician,  1609, 
p.  S3  ;  Howell's  English  Proverbs,  p.  4. 

HOTSPUR.  A  rash  person.  "  An  headlong  hot- 
spur," Holinshed,  Cliron,  Ireland,  pp.  97,  101. 
Also  an  adjective,  warm,  vehement. 

HOTTEL.     A  heated  iron.     North. 

HOTTER.  To  Ixril;  to  rage  with  pasaion;  to 
trouble,  or  vex.    North. 

IKtTTES.     Huts.    Also,  oats. 

IIOTTLE.    A  finger-stall.     North. 

HOTTS.  (1)  Water-porridge.    North. 

^2)  The  hips.    Craven  Glossary,  i.  235. 

(3)  Round  balls  of  leather  stufl'ed  and  tied  on  the 
sharp  ends  of  the  spurs  of  fighting-cocks,  lo 
prevent  them  from  hurting  one  another. 

HOT- WATERS.     Spirits.    North.    Tliis  terra 

occurs  in  Ord.  and  Reg.  p.  352. 
HOUDERY.    Cloudy ;  overcast.     Wat. 
HOUGH.  (1)  A  burrow,  or  den.     Eiut. 

(2)  To  breathe  hard  i  to  pant.     South. 

(3)  To  disable  an  animal  by  rutting  its  houghs. 
Line.   See  MS.  Lansd.  1033. 


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Th^  aoeount   of  no  matt  tbat  hath  aot 
axe  at  his  girdle  to  htmgh  dogi  with,  or  vi 
cock's  fethcr  In  a  thrumb  hat  Lkc  a  cavalicT. 
NasA't  Pierce  P.mniieMw, 

(4)  A  hollow,  or  dell.    North.     Seethe 

Mirab.  ed.  Black,  p.  4. 
HOUGIIER.    The  public  whipper  of  criminaU 

the  executioner  of  criminals.     Neve. 
HOUGIILE.     The  shank  of  beef.     NortJk. 
HOUGHS.     A  dirtv  drab.     North. 
HOUGHTS.     Large  clumsy  feet.     Sm,f6aL 
HOULE.    An  owl.     Nominale  MS. 
HOUL-HAMPERS.      Hollow  and  emptj 

machs.     Craren, 
IIOULT.     Some  as  Holm  (I). 
HOUNBINDE.    To  loosen,  or  free.     (A. 
IIOU.NCES.     The  oniaments  on  the  collar 

rart-horsc.     Eatt. 
HOUNCURTEIS.     Unconrtcotu.      (^.-S.) 

Hmtnruri**a  De  wltli  be, 

Ne  con  I  noal  on  vlll^.  MS.  OlfV  <*• 

HOUNCY-JOUNCY.     .\wkward.     £aW. 
HOUND.  (1)  A  common  term  of  reisroadi,  (Hi 
in  fniquent   use.      To  hound    k 
abuse  him.     Yorkth. 
(2)  To  set  on,  as  a  dog,  fltc.     NbHh. 
IIOUNDBENE.     The  herb  lumrhoimd. 
IIOIINUBERRY.     The  nighlibiidc.    Gerant 
HOUNDED.     Hunted ;  scolded.      Drvm. 
HOUND-FISII.    The  dog-fish.  {.I.-S.)   Howmi- 

fytih,  Lvdgatc's  Minor  Poems,  p.  201. 
HOUNDYS-BERVE.    The  plant  niorcL 
HOUNE.  (I)  A  hound.     Chaucrr. 
(2)  Own.     SeeWright's  Anec.  Lit.  p.  12, 
HOUNLAW.     Against  law.     (^.-S.) 
HOUNLELE.     DisloyaL     {A.-S.) 
HOUNSELE.     Unhappiness. 

with  muchel  hounjnit  ich  lede  ml  Ilf^ 
And  that  is  for  on  suctc  wlf.  MS. 

HO-UP.    The  hunters'  halloo.    Gent.  Ret 
HOUPED.     Hoo|ied,  or  hollowed.      {j1..ff) 
IIOUPEN.     To  hoop,  or  shout.    (A.\)    Btf 
is  the  word  generally  used  iu  catchins  ««"*» 
llOUPY.     A  horse.     Offem, 
ilOURES.  The  Romish  church  serrioe.  lA.Jti 
HOURNYNG.     Adorning.    {Lot.') 
HOURSCHES.     Rush.' 

Bot  jUte  the  hathelleste  on  hy,  hayihene  and  **>>*■ 
All  AourarAMOver  hcdo  harrae*  to  wyrkr. 

Malt  Mrllmrt,  MS.  Umtohi,  tH. 
nous.     Houses.     Heame. 
HOUSALL.     Domestic     Cotgravr. 
HOUSE.  (1)  In  a  farm-house,  the  kitchea  «r 
ordinar^'   sitting-room.      Kennctt    aara    iV 
hall.   See  MS.  Lansd.  1033. 

(2)  To  put  com  in  a  barn.     South. 

(3)  To  hide ;  to  get  hid.      VorisA. 

(4)  To  grow  thick,  as  corn  docs.      Bati. 

(5)  A  deep  hing  into  w  hich  block  tin  U  pnt 
smelting.    Derbyth. 

(6)  A  partition  in  a  chest-board. 

(7)  To  put  the  hoH»e  out  of  srnxfowc,  to 
great  disorder.  To  be  at  the  Aotsa*  (ml 
great  rage.   North.  — 

(B)  To  stir  up.     Tim  Bobbin  Gloat. 
(9)  A  child's  coverlet.     Devon. 


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HOV 


I  HOUSE-DOVB.    A  penon  who  ii  comUntly 

I  at  home.    H'nt. 

,  HOL'SGLE.    The  Eucbirist.     Alio,  to  idini- 

■  nist«r  I  lie  sacrement.    n  hen  koiueled,  to  rc- 
t  ceire  the  ucrament.    {A.-S.)     Houtlyng itro- 

pte,  people  who  were  houMled,  or  eoiuinuni- 

I  cants,  spelt  AHKWinjt^rap/' in  Blount, 

t  With  holy  wordy*  Inlobrodd  he  cad  hyn  dm*e, 

j  And  thcro  he  hum^ItU  that  Iftdy  dfrc. 

.  tIS.  Ointab.  Fr  11.  38.  t.  47. 

Dog  callt  mc  %  confnsnur  with  Crihte  In  hlf  armes  ; 

'  t  wille  beAMM«fd«  la  hutc,  whale  hapi>e  to  briydJy^ 

'  Jfmfa  Arll>ur;  MS.  Unn>/<i.  r.M. 

•     HOUSELINGS.    Tame  animalt,  or  rather  luU 
nialii  bred  up  by  hand.     North. 
HOlSEIX.     Hoiuings.     Nicolat. 
I    KUl'Sli^N.     Houses.    Var.dial.     Tohoasenee, 

■  to  stay  at  home.     Houting,  Harrison's  Bri- 
I       taine,  p.  33 ;  Aodelay's  Poems,  p.  33  ;  Arrival 

■  of  King  Edward  IV.  p.  36. 

■  HOUSE-OF-OFFiCE.     Ajakes.    See  Fletcher's 

■  Poems,  p.  1 1 7  ;  Arch.  x.  401. 

'     HOUSE-PLACE.  Samcas  Moiwe(l).    ItUalso 

''         called  the  ilousestede. 

'      HOUSING.  (1)  A  petticoat.     Line. 

(2)  A  niche  for  a  statue.     See  Bloxam'a  Gothic 

'  Architecture,  ed.  1844. 

'  (3)  The  leather  fattened  at  a  hone's  collar  to 
turn  over  the  back  when  it  rains.  It  is 
scarcely  necessary  to  obtcnrc,  the  term  was 

I       applied  anciently  to  the  coverings  of  a  horac  of 
Tarions  descriptions. 
HOUSS.  (I)  Large  coarse  feet.     Eatt. 
(2)  A  short  mantle  made  of  coarse  materials, 
generally  worn  as  a  protection  from  showery 
weather.     (Fr.)     Drjdcn  nsea  the  word,  and 
sad  work  does  Forby  make  of  it,  ii.  1G7. 
HOUT.     Hold.     Also,  ought,  an\ihiiig. 
IIOUTE.     A  dunghill  cock  ?     Juniut. 
HOUTING.     An  owl.     Somenel. 
HOUTS.     Pshaw!  Nay  I     North. 
HOUZE.    To  lade  water.     Yoriih. 
HO V  E.  ( 1 )  To  atop,  or  hover.     (^.^.) 

Awhile  Ihey  hould  and  byhcid 

How  Arthur*  knif  htu  rode  that  day, 

M.V.  Hmh.  aus,  t.  m. 

Awhile  ah*  Aoeyit  and  hybrid. 

m.  tui.  t.  lit. 

Two  knyf htjra  law*  b«  hvM  aad  aliyde. 

uiL  omiot.  rt.  iL  M,  r  ao. 

(2)  To  lift  or  heaTC.  North.  See  Kyng  Horn, 
1277.  In  the  following  passages  it  appean  to 
mean  heaved  or  lifted  at  baptism. 

Or  jyf  a  man  have  httv€  a  chylde, 
Ood  hyl  *v*r  forbadi  and  »hyl<le. 

Ma    Harl.  1701,    t.  U. 

Of  hyt  godfadrya.  maydyn  or  Imave, 
HyB  brethren  or  taktren  may  at  here  pay 
Wadde,  but  he  that  XiHNt  never  may. 

MS.  IhU.  t.  la. 

(3)  To  behove.     Collier's  Old  BalUds,  p.  55. 

(4)  To  Ukc  shelter.     C3k«M. 

(5)  To  move.     Somfr»el. 
Quod  h««,  tbaane  Aeve  ante  of  my  ntnne. 
And  lete  it  achyae  into  my  tunne. 

Oivr.  MS.  aoc.  ./fillf.  134,  f.  M. 

(6)  To  float  on  the  water,  u  a  ship,  &c 


^7)  A  child's  caul.     Pat^yratt. 


(i)  The  ground  ivy,  or  aleboof. 

(9)  Dregs  of  oil,  iiupurities  floating  oo  the  lur- 

face.     PrvTH/il.  Parr. 
HOVE-DANCE.     The  conrt^lancc. 
Whrreaa  I  muile  daunre  and  lyng* 
The  htn^f-ditunr*  and  rarulyoge, 
Ur  for  lo  guo  the  ncwe  fot, 
1  may  not  wcl  heve  up  my  foot. 

Gemr,  US.  fw.  .Inll^.  134,  f.  177. 
With  harp*  and  lule,  and  with  ritolc. 
The  Aoi*e-d«t«ftre  and  the  carole. 

Cou-ar,  Ma.  JMd.  f.  (W. 

HOVEL.     A  canopy  over  the  head  of  a  statue. 

H'.  IVj/rc. 
(lOVELLERS.     People  who  go  out  in  ItoaU  lo 

land  passengera  from  ships  passing  by.   Kent. 
HOVEN.      Swelled.       Hoven-irrad,    leavcDed 

bread.     Kennett,  MS.  Lanid.  1033. 
HOVER.  (1)  Same  as  Hod  (5). 

(2)  To  pack  hops  lightly  in  order  to  defraud  the 
measure.     Kent. 

(3)  Light,  as  ground  is.     South. 
(4)  Open.     Kent  and  Stutrr. 

HOW.  (1)  A  hunting-cry.  See  lloo  (2). 
Thai  halowyd  herehowndyi  wlfh  how, 
1b  holtii  berde  1  never  toehe  hrw. 

XIS.DnM  SOt,t.H. 

(2)  Whole.     Tim  Bobbin  Gl. 

(3)  A  hill.     See  Robin  Hood.  i.  106. 

(4)  Care.  See  Ellis's  Met.  Rom.  iii.  49  ;  Chron. 
Vilodun.  p.  26  ;  Kyng  Alisaunder,  1210.  Alio 
an  adjective,  anxious,  careful. 

Wcl  nflghe  wode  for  dred  and  AMea, 
Up  thou  achotcsl  a  window*. 

Arthimr  and  Merlin,  p.  4lL 
Th*ft«w^  wUf  anon  it  fett, 
And  ycdcaad  held  Ubithefrr. 

AnftoHr  and  Mtrtin,  p.  SB, 

(5^  Deq>,  or  low  ;  hollow.     North. 
Oo)  Who.     Kent  and  Sunei. 
(7)  Ought.     Apot.  for  the  Lollards,  p.  4. 
(8l  To  conglomerate.     SufftM. 

(9)  In  such  manner  as,     (.4.-S.) 

(10)  An  exclamation.  Stop  I 
HOWAY.     Come  along.     Norlhumb. 
HOWBAU..     A  simpleton.     Thvnne,  p.  48. 
HOWBERDE.     A  halbcjt.     MS.  Ashm.  206. 
HOWD.     A  strain.     North. 
HOWUACIOLS.     Audacious.     Var.duL 
HOWUEE.     A  Kalute  ;  how  do  ye  do .' 
HOWDER.     To  walk  heavilv.     Oimi. 
HOWDON-PAN-CANT.      An    awkward    WL 

Hotedon.pan-eonter,  t  slow,  ungraceful  mode 

of  riding.     North. 
HOWUY-MAW.    'n»e  coucluaion  of  the  day's 

lalmur.     Newc. 
HOWDY-WIKE.     A  midwife.     North.     As  an 

example  of  the  length  to  which  absurdity  in 

derivation   may  }>e  carried,  here  follows  the 

preauiued  origin  of  the  term, — "  Jhesuf  hodit 

nalus  est  de  virgine," 
HOWE.     Hugh.    A  proper  lume.     Pr.  Ptrv. 
HOWED-FOR.     Provided  for.     JTiU: 
HOWELLED.     Splashed ;  dirtied.     Lhte. 
HOWEN.  (l)Own.     WOer. 
(2)  To  hoot,  or  (bout.     Nominala  M8. 


nu 


464 


nuD 


nOWES.  (!)  Hawi.  See  lawbru,  167.  A 
Suffolk  form,  tocording  to  Moor. 

(2)  Hove« ;  remaiiM ;  tarrin.   (.i.-S.) 
Onn  burlyelM  boldtt  kyng  appone  the  bcnte  ftoiM*, 
With  hli  iMtall*  ona  brarlc,  and  bancn  dlipUircde. 

Mme  ArlkHri,  MS.  UnealK,  t.  74. 

HOWGATES.    In  what  ronnner.  (.4.-S.) 

Thtfte  thrff  cDnin»inilement«i  Irrrn  mane  h^wgatM 
he  talle  hafe  hjrm  ynencv  Uodd  Ihe  Trynltv 

MS.  Llnnli:  A.  I.  17.  f.  »l. 

HOWGY.  Huge;  large  »'»'.  Thii  form 
orciin  in  Skelton,  ii.  24. 

HOWK.     To  dig ;  to  icoop.     North. 

HOWL.     Same  aa  Hole,  q.  v. 

HOWLEGL.\SS.  The  hero  of  an  old  German 
jest-1i(>nk,  which  vras  tmnslatcd  into  English 
in  Shakespeare's  time,  anil  his  name  sccnis  to 
have  been  proverbial  among  our  aoceatora  for 
any  clever  raacaL 

HOWLET.  The  bam  or  white  owl.  Abo,  • 
terra  of  reproach.     North. 

H()\VI,.KITE.     The  stomach.     North. 

IIOWNTES.     Hunts.     Lydgatf. 

And  fcnfoghunde  foike  folowni  theme  aftyre, 
Hwni9M  and  hcwet  downe  the  heylhene  tyke*. 

.Worfr  ^rtlttirt,  MS.  Llltnln,  t.  97. 

HOWNVD.     Honied.     Brit.  Bibl.  iv.  90. 
fHOW-POND.     A  fish-pond. 
BOWSE.     To  take  a  habitation.    (A.-S.) 
Thercabowte  ye  ahalle  yow  A«icm, 
And  fone  ttitr  that  «hali  be  hur  »powfe. 

MS.  Canlab.  Ft.  II.  38,  f.M. 

HOW-SEEDS.     Hiitks  of  oaU.    North. 
HOWSEHII.LINGE.     Roofing.     Pr.  Parr. 
IHOWSEWOLD.     A  household,     trrlier. 
BOWSHE.     Move  on!     An   exclamation   sd- 

dreued  to  awine.     Dortrl. 
HOWSING.     Building ;  houses.     {.4.-S.) 
Fro  arynt  Mary  at  buwe  t<i  London  Stone. 
At  that  tyme  wai  howaung  none. 

M.S.  C—.lal:  Ft.  II.  38.  f.  IS3. 
Tblie  hende  hovea  on  m  htllr  by  the  holte  eynei, 
Bthelde  Ihe hntofifn/^  fullc  hyc  nf  hathrne  kynnii. 

M^>^te  .Irlhurr,  M.S.  t.inc->lHt  f.  67. 

HOWSO.MEVER.     However :  howsoever. 
IIUWTE.    To  hoot,  or  howl.    Cov.  Myst.  p.  182. 
IIOWVK.     A  cap,  or  hood.     (.^-S.) 
HOWYN.    An  oven.     Arch.  x«x.  409. 
HOX.   (1)    To    cut   the   hamstrings.      Lilly's 

Mother  Bombie,  ed.  16,'52,  sig.  Bb.  xii. 
(2)  To  scrape  the  heels  and  knock  the  ancles  in 

walking.     Gloue. 
HOXY.     Muddy;  dirty.     South. 
HOY.  (1)  To  heave,  or  throw.     North.    This 

seems  to  be  the  meaning  in  Tusscr,  p.  ISl. 
(2)  A  cart  drawn  bv  one  horse.     Cumh. 
HOYD.     Hovered ;'  abode.     «>»«•. 
HOYLE.     Oil.     Apol.  Loll.  p.  58. 
HOYLES.     Some  mode  of  shooting  arrows  for 

trial  of  skill.     Drayton. 
HOY^D.      To  make  a  hard  bargain  ;  to  screw 

up.     Chnh. 
HOYSE-CUP.     A  toss-pot,  or  drunkard. 
HOZED.    Finely  off.  Ennoor.  Grose  has  hosee, 

to  lie  badly  off.    Gloss,  p.  85,  ed.  1839. 
HOJES.      Houghs.      Gairayne. 
HV.    Colour;  complexion.   (W.-S.) 


kr»   •  mo- 
ible.     JB 

lit.   s^l 


HUB.  (1)  The  nave  of  a  wheel.     Oxoih 

(2 )  A  small  stark  of  bay  ;  a  thick  square  tai, 
pared  off  the  surface  of  a  peat-bog,  when 
ging  for  peat  ;  an  olutTuction  of  an} 
North. 

(3)  The  mark  to  be  thrown  at  in  quoita  or 
other  games.     Eaut. 

(4 )  The  hilt  of  a  weapon,     l^  to  Ihe  htii,  n  fa 
as  possible.     SuffoU. 

Hl'BBIN.     A  small  anvil  used  by  blackamithi 

in  making  nails.    If'rit. 
HUUBLE-DUBULE.      A  device   for  tmokm! 

tobacco  through  water,  which  makes  m  bob- 

bUng  noise;   also,  a  person  who 

confusedly  as  to  be  scarcely  intelliinbli 
HLBBLESHOW.     Confusion  ;  tumult 

times,  hulible-te-sliivcs.     North,      .ilso 

plained,  a  mob. 

with  thai  all  waa  on  a  huHilt-s>,utJ>lf. 
Dxciiiv  £>H*IM« 
HUBBON.     The  hip.    Tim  BobUin,  GL 
HUBSTACK.     A  fat  awkward  pcr^n. 
IIICCHE.     An    ark   or  chest.      (-■/.-*) 

Maundovile's  Travels,  p.  85. 
HUCHO.NE.     }lui{b.     A  i>TO\XT  name. 
HUCK.  (1)  A  book.    far.  dial.     See 

ham's  Kevels  Accounts,  p.  205. 

(2)  A  husk  or  [Hid.     South. 

(3)  To  higgle  in  bnying.     "To  haggle. 
dodge,  or  paulter,"  Cotgravc. 

(4)  Threw ;  tossed.      IFft. 
(i)  A  hard  blow  or  knock.     Sutter. 
(6)  In  beef,  the  part  between  the  ahin 

rounrL     Devon. 

HUCKERMtCKER.    Hugger-mugger, 
hurst's  Descr.  of  Ireland,  p.  35. 

HUCKLE.     The  hip.     far.diaL 

HUCKLE-BONES.  A  game  fonuerly  plij 
by  throwing  up  the  hip-bone  of  some  animJ, 
on  one  side  of  which  was  a  head  of  Vena*,  ai 
on  the  olher  that  of  a  dog.  He  who  tarwi 
up  the  former  was  the  winner.  ^^ 

JIUCKLE-DUCKLE.     Aloosewomu.      S 
Here  li  a  hueklt-intttl^,  ^H 

An  inch  above  the  buckle. 

HUCKLE-MY-BirFF.     A   beverage  eom^OKi 

of  beer,  eggs,  and  brandy.     Sauwer. 
HUCK-MUCK.  (I)  A  dwarf.     H>w. 
(2)  A  strainer  placed  before  the  faucet  in  (»«•■ 

ing.     H'iltt. 
HUCKSHEEXS.     The  hocks.      Ermoor. 
HUCK-SIIOULDERED.    Hump-backed. 
HL'CKSY-BUB.  The  female  breast.     JDIdMa. 
HUD.  (1)  A  hood.     Also,  to  hood. 
He  ftroked  up  hla  Aurf  for  teae. 
And  tokuacuppe,  and  made  U  clciie. 
MS.  Cantttb.  Ff. 

(2)  A  husk,  or  bull.     11  ore. 

(3)  To  collect  into  heaps.     Salop. 

(4)  To  hide.     Also,  hidden,     nilt: 
IIUDUEI..     A  hejip.     Somertel. 
HUDUERIN.  A  wcU-grown  lad.  Baal, 

hu>  hulherikin-lad,AT*ggei  youth, 
vated  boy.    Glossary,  p.  163. 
HUDDICK.  (1)  A  finger-stall.     »' 


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I 


I 


HUG 

(2)  The  cahin  of  a  coal-Imrgc.    \orth. 
IIUDPLE.  (1)  To  embrace,     for.  dial. 
(2)  A  tenn  of  contempt  for  an  old  dccrvpid  pcr- 
(on.     Lilly,  etL  1632,  tig.  At.  iv. 

S3)  To  scramble.     Somenrt. 
i)  A  list  of  persons,  or  thinpi.     Line. 
HUDDLING.    A  Cambridge  term  for  one  of  the 

ceremoniri  and  exercucs  coitomary  before 

taking  degreei. 
HUDE.     Went.     Chron.  Vilodun.  p.  91. 
HUD-ENX).     A  hob.      Yorlah. 
IIUnCE-MUDGE.     Huggcr-miiicgcr.     A'orM. 
lU'DGY.     Thick ;  clumsv.     tl'illt. 
IllDKlN.     A  fingcr.sUli.     £atl. 
HUnSTONE.     The  hob-stone.     Xorlh, 
HUE.     He;  she;  they.     Ri/ton. 
HUEL.  (1)  A  mine.     An  old  term. 
(2)  A  term  of  reproach.     A'orM. 
HLEL-BONE.  Whalebone; ivor)  from  the  teeth 

of  walrus.    Weber's  Met.  Koui.  iii.  35U. 
Hl'ER.     Hair.    Craven  Closmry.  i.  2.17. 
UUERS.     Persons  placed  on  the  Cornish  cliffi 

to  indicate  to  the  boats,  stationed  off  the  land, 

the  coune  of  the  shoals  of  pilchards  and 

berringa.    See  PeoDant,  iv.  291. 
HUERT.     A  heart.     Pm]/. 
HUFB.     Same  as  How,  q.  v. 

Ucsfer*  by  j'lnr  hllloa,  (one  hq|heholt»l  uadyr, 

ifH/V«  tlkmrvwlth  hale  itrvnghcor  haylhenr  kynf;cs. 
ilttrtt  Arthur*,  MS.  Linrvlit,  f.  tli. 

HUFF.  (l)To  offend;  to  scold.  Also,  offence 
or  displeasure,      far.  dial. 

(2)  Light  paste,  or  pie-cmst.     Glone. 

(3)  A  dry,  scurfy-,  or  scaly  incrustation  on  the 
skin.     Eatl. 

(0  Strong  beer.     f'ar.  dial. 

(5)  In  chess,  to  remove  a  conquered  man  from 
the  l)oard.  In  draughts,  to  remove  an  adver- 
sary's man  which  has  neglected  to  take  another 
when  an  opjiortunity  offered. 

HUFF-CAP.  (1)  A  species  of  pear  used  for 
making  perry.     IVett. 

i2)  Couch-grass.     Hrrrfordth. 
3)  Strong  ale.     "  These  men  hale   at  hufcap 
till  they  be  redu  cockes,  and  title  wiser  than 
their  combs,"  Harrison's  England,  p.  202. 

(4)  A  swaggering  fellow.     Eotl. 
HUFFING.     Swaggering.     Dekker,  1608. 
HUFFLE.  (I)  To  rumple.     Svffotk. 

(2)  To  shift  ;  to  waver.     Devon. 

CS)  To  blow  unsteadily,  or  rough.      Wetl. 

(4)  A  flnger-ilall.     Grotr. 

(5)  A  merry-meeting ;  a  feast.     Kent. 
HUFP-SNUFP.     A  bully.     "  A  huff-snuff,  one 

that  will  soone  take  pepper  in  the  nose,  one 
that  will  remember  every  small  wrong  and 
revenge  it  if  hec  can,"  Florio.  p.  4li. 

HUFKINS.     A  sort  of  muffins.     Kent. 

HUFTY.     A  swaggerer.      Vor*«A. 

HUFTV-CUFS.     Blows      Florio,  p.  179. 

HUG.  (1)  To  carry  anything.     Sorlh, 

(2)  Tlie  itch.    Someriet. 

(3)  To  huddle  ;  to  crouch  up  in  one's  bed  for 
cold.     PaUgrare. 

HUC-BONE.    The  hip-bone.     Sorlh 


HUL 

nUGGAN.    The  hip.     Craven  Gl.  i.  237. 
HIGGEN-MUFFIN.    The  long-tailed  tit. 
HUGGER.     An  effeminate  pervin. 
HUOGERING.      Lying  in  ambush.    HoU. 
IlUtiGER-MUGGER.   In  secret;  clandestinely. 

See  Florio,  pp.  54,  72 ;  Earie,  p.  252. 
HUGGLE.     Same  as  //»>/  (3  V 
HUG-ME-CLOSE.     A   fowl's   merry-thought, 

or  clavicle.      Var.  dial. 
HUGY.     Huge.     Pecle's  Works,  iii,  6. 
HUHOLE.     An  owl.     Florio.  p.  496,  ed.  16M. 
HUIS.     A  door  or  threshold,    ^ominale  MS. 
UUISSHER.     An  usher. 

In  all*  hit  wcy  he  fyndeth  do  lei. 

That  dore  van  none  hhUthrr  schct, 

CMcrr,  MS,  IkK.  Anli^.  134,  f .  It, 

Itl'ITAlNE.  A  measure  consisting  of  eight 
verses.     (Fr.) 

HUKE.  (1)  A  kind  of  loose  upper  garment, 
sometimes  furnished  with  a  hood,  and  origi- 
nally worn  by  men  and  soldiers,  but  in  later 
times  the  term  seems  to  have  been  applied 
exclusively  to  a  sort  of  cloak  worn  by  women. 
Minfcheu  calls  it,  "  a  mantle  such  as  women 
lue  in  Spaine,  Germanic,  and  the  Low  Coun- 
tries, when  they  goc  abroad ; "  but  Howell 
aeems  to  make  it  synonymous  with  a  veil, 
and  Kennett,  MS.  Unsd.  1033,  calls  it  "  a 
woman's  capp  or  bonnet." 

(2)  A  hook.     See  the  itonast.  AngL  iii.  175, 

(3)  The  huckle-bone.     A'orM. 
HUKE-NEBnYT)E.    Having  a  crroked  nose  or 

bill,  like  a  hawk. 

Uuk^it4tib^dt  a*  a  ha«lie,  and  a  tinro  ticT^a. 

Morlt  Arthur,,   US.  tjKfUt,  f.  M 

IIUKKERYE.     Hucksiry.     (./.-&) 

II I  L.     A  hill.     Also,  held.     Htarnt, 

HULCH.  (I )  A  slice.     Dnan. 

(2)  Crooked.  Ilule/iJiaeird,  hump-backed. 
See  Colgrave,  in  v.  Biuutu,  llujomir,  <  ourlMMtt, 
"  Bv  hulch  and  stuli-h,"  by  Itook  and  crook. 

HULilE.    To  (lay  the  hide,     f  .Y.-S.) 

MULDER.  0)  To  hide,  or  conceal.     Wegt, 

(2)  To  blow  violently.     Devon. 

HliLE.     A  husk,  or  pod.     Sorlhumb, 

HULED.     Covered.     See  ReUq.  Antiq.  i.  39. 

HULFERE.     The  hollv.     f.Y.-S.) 

HULIE.     Slowly.     Ellis,  iii.  329. 

HULK.  (1)  A  heavy  indolent  lublx-rly  fellow. 
I  or.  dial.  The  term  is  a|>plied  to  a  giant  in 
Nominalo  MS.  and  Shakespeare  has  given  the 
title  to  Sir  John  Falstaff. 

(2)  To  lie  very  laiy.     Sommet. 

(3)  A  ship ;  a  heavy  vessel. 

(4)  To  gut,  or  pnll  out  the  entrails  of  any  animal. 
Etut,     The  term  occurs  in  I'hilaslcs. 

(5)  A  heavy  faU.     Var.  dial. 

(6)  An  old  excavated  working,  a  term  in  reining 
Derb. 

(7)  A  cottage,  or  hovel.  North.  Hence,  to 
lodge  or  take  shelter. 

(8)  A  hull,  or  husk.     Peygt. 
HULKING.     Unwicldv.      Var.  dial 

•llULKY.     Heavy ;  stupid.     Saloy. 
HULIm  (l)Tnllual.   "  Hidling in  the  chaaneU, 
Holinsbed,  Chron.  Ireland,  p.  92. 


HUM 


466 


HUM 


s: 


iTbehoUy.     far.  dial. 

I  A  p«n  for  fattening  cattle.     North. 

(4)  A  liusk  or  shell.  Any  outside  covering,  rs 
the  hark  of  a  tree.  Alto,  to  take  off  the  husk. 
"  i'lriculiet,  the  huskc  or  hull  of  all  scedei," 
Elvot,  I  bi9.  See  CleaTclaud's  Poema,  p.  60 ; 
llolinnhed,  Hist.  Scotlami,  p.  12. 

(5)  To  throw,  or  cast,     fi'rtt. 

(6)  A  pigstjr  J  a  hovel.     Yortti. 

!7)  Uoo(n  in  a  gxinding-wheel.     fiorlh. 
H)  The  proverb  alluded  to  in  the  following  lines 
ia  constantly  quoted  by  old  writen. 
There  ii  a  provcrbr,  and  a  pniycr  wUhall, 
Thai  we  may  not  in  three  ttraoite  place*  hU  i 
From  HuU.  fmm  HaltifAa,  from  Hell,  'tlf  thuf, 
From  all  these  three.  Good  Lord,  deliver  ui. 
Thl«  ptayinft  pToverli'i  meaning  to  »et  downe. 
Men  doe  not  wi»h  dellvcmnce  from  the  towne : 
The  town'tnara'd  KiDKitoo,  llul't  theTurloui  rircr, 
Aud  from  llulU  danger*,  I  lay,  lAird  deliver  I 
At  Hallifax  the  law  io  ibarpe  doth  dralc. 
That  whoao  motv  then  13.  pence  doth  itealc. 
They  have  a  Jyn  that  wondroui  qttlcke  and  well, 
Sendi  thlevei  all  beadleue  unto  heav'n  or  hell. 
Prom  Hell  each  man  layet ,  l^rd,  dellvir  me, 
Becautt  ftora  Hell  can  no  flnleropllun  be : 
Mm  may  ncape  from  Hutt  and  Hallifax, 
But  ture  In  Hell  there  U  a  heartcr  laxc. 
Let  each  one  for  themselves  In  this  agrcv, 
Aud  pray.  From  Hell,  gwKl  Lord,  deliver  me  ! 

raylar'i  K'oika,  ]nxi,  ii.  18-13. 

Taylor,  the  Water  Poet,  in  the  same  tract, 
mentions  HuU  cheese.  It  ia,  he  says,  "  much 
like  a  loafe  out  of  a  bicners  basket ;  it  is  com- 
posed of  two  simples,  mault  and  water,  in  one 
compound,  and  is  cousin  germane  to  the 
mightiest  ale  in  EnglaniL" 

HULLAUT.  An  owL  Somertel.  The  north 
country  glossaries  have  huUel. 

IIULLE.     To  kisi,  or  fondle,     n'ithalt.     • 

Ht LLIES.  Large  marblea  iiaed  at  a  game,  now 
nearly  obsolete,  called  HuUitnag. 

IIULLINGS.  Husks,  or  shells ;  chaff.  Also, 
billings  or  coverlets. 

IIULI.UP.     To  vomit.     Eatl. 

Hl/'IXV.  A  long  wicker  trap  tised  for  catching 
eels.  Bromc,  in  hit  Travels,  e<1. 1 700,  p.  1 6ii, 
mentions  a  machine  so  colled  in  Yorkshire, 
"  which  is  much  like  a  great  chest,  bored  full 
of  holes  to  let  in  the  sea,  which  at  high 
water  always  overflows  it,  where  are  kept  vast 
quantities  of  crabbs  and  lobsters,  which  they 
put  in  and  take  out  again  all  the  season,  ac- 
cording to  the  quickness  or  slowneas  of  their 
markets."    Compare  Jennings,  p.  48. 

nULSTIlED.     Hidden.     (.7.-5.) 

HULTE.     Held.     Chroii.  Vilodun.  p.  68. 

HULVE.     To  tuni,  or  throw  over.     Went. 

HULVER.  The  hoUy.  Eatl.  See  IM/rre, 
wliich  occurs  in  Chaucer. 

HULVEU-HEADED.     Stupid.     Etut. 

HL'LWORT.     The  herh  polcy.     Grrard. 

HULY.     Peevish  i  fretful.     Durh.    (Kcnnett.) 

HUM.  (I )  To  deceive.  Tar.  dial.  All  a  hum, 
i.  e.  quite  a  deception.  To  bum  nnd  linw, 
i,  c,  to  stutter,  a  common  phrase. 


4 


Pull  many  a  trope  from  bayoott  ami  dmm 
He  threaten 'd  ; — but,  behold  !  'twas  all  a  Aiuia, 
Pewr  Pttiilar,  L 
^2)  To  whip  a  top.     Kent. 

(3)  Very  strong  ale.  It  would  aeem  fro.n  a 
passage  quoted  by  Gifford,  that  the  term  was 
formerly  applied  to  a  kind  of  liuuear,  but  it 
evidently  means  strong  ale  in  Uie  Pnite  of 
Yorkshire  Ale,  1697,  p.  30. 

(4)  Totbrow  »iolently.     North, 
HU.MANE.     Courteous.     Paltgrme. 
HUMANITIAN.     A   grammarian ;  ooe  tkil 

in  polite  litcratnrc.    Stanihunt,  pp.  40-41 
HUMATION.     Interment.     (Lai.) 
HtMBLE.  (1)  To  stoop.    Shirley,  iv.  137. 

(2)  To  break  oS  the  beards  of  barley  with  ■  flail. 
North. 

(3)  To  eat  humble  pie,  i.  e.  to  be  very  submian^*. 
I'ar.  dial.  ■ 

Humble-bee.     a  dmnkard.     Line.  I 

IirMBLEllEDE.     Ilimiility.     (^.-A^.)  1 

niLVIBLESSE.     Suuii  u  Hnmbkhrdr,  1^  t. 
HUMBLING.     A  bumnung.     Chaucer. 
HUMBUG.    A  person  who  bums,  or  doctivta. 

The  term  ia  also  applied  to  a  kind  of  swtci- 

ineat.    "  .\  humbug,  a  false  alariD,  •  bugbear  ' 

Dean  Mines'  MS. 
H  UM  BUZ.  ( 1 )  A  cockchafer.      ITetl. 
(2)  A  thin  piece  of  wooil  with  a  notched  edae, 

which,  being  swung  round  swiftly  on  a  ttrinc; 

yiclils  a  btunming  or  buzxing  sound. 
Hl!.\IBYBLE.     Condciccndiiig.      {A.S.) 
HUMDRUM.     A  small  low  cart,  drawn  ■■—»-% 

bv  one  horse.     jrr«/. 
HUME.     AhNTnn.     Eatl. 
IIUMELOC.  ■  The  herb  hemlock.    See  m  liM  m 

MS.  SlooneS,  f.3. 
IIUMGUMPTION.     Nonsense.     South,     -i 

man  of  humgumption,"  one  of   great   self. 

im[iortaiicc.    f'ar.diaL 
HUM.\1A.\.     A  woman,     far.  dial, 
IIUMMELD.     Without  boms.     Crvven. 
HUMMER.  (1)  To  neigh,      far. dial. 

(2)  To  make  a  humming  noise.     A'orfA. 

(3)  A  falsehood.     Suffolk.     From  Hum  (1). 
HUMMING.      Strong;   heady.     "  Such  himi 

ming  stuff,"  Y'urktbin:  Ale,  1697,  p.  6. 

HUMMING-TOP.  A  large  hollow  woodca  _ 
which  makes  a  loud  bumming  noiac  whn 
spins.      I'ar.  dial. 

HUMMOBEE.    The  humble-hec      / 

HUMMOCK.     A  mound  of  earth.      ; 

HUMOUROUS.     Moist  i  humid.     A;, 
cious.     Shah. 

HUMOURS.      Manners;    qiulitics;    odditia. 
The  term  was  constantly  used  with  varivm 
shades  of  sense  in  onr  early  dratimliMs.     A 
tipsy  person  wax  said  to  be  in  hi^  ' 
Ben  Jonson  baa  given  a  capital  lii:^: 
word,  which  seems  to  have  been  iin.i. 
the  writer  of  the  following  epigram  : 
Aike  Humors  ivhat  a  feather  he  doth  weare. 
It  Is  his  humvur  (by  the  Lord)  he'll  sweare  • 
Or  what  he  doth  with  sueh  a  horsc-tatle  lock^ 
Or  why  upon  a  whore  he  spendei  his  stockCr— - 


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Be  hftth  a  humour  doth  driermlne  w  i 

Why  In  tho  fttop-throtv  fashion  he  dolh  gor. 

With  fmrfe  about  hit  ucckc,  hat  without  tNmd, — 

It  la  hte  Aumour.     j^wevt  «lr,  undt*ntand 

What  cauK  Ills  purtc  la  to  CKtriranie  dltlrcat 

That  oflenllmet  la  tcarrely  ))enny-blc«t  i 

Only  a  humonr.      If  you  qumion  why 

Hiatuufuc  II  ne'er  unfurnibhM  with  a  lye, — 

It  la  hti  Humavr  too  he  doth  protC4t: 

Or  why  with  »crgrantt  he  if  co  opjiriiBt, 

That  tlkr  to  f(hn»ta  they  haunt  him  cv'rla  day  ; 

A  raical  humour  doth  not  love  to  pay. 

Object  why  tiootn  and  kpurrrt  arc  •till  in  acaaon, 

Hla  ttumivur  aniwcri,  humnur\%  his  rcaaon. 

If  you  iH-Tcclve  his  wttf  In  wrttiog  ihninkCt 

It  Cometh  of  a  humtmr  to  be  druuke. 

Whin  you  tiehold  hii  luokc*  pale,  thtn«and  poore, 

Thcoccatiiin  Ithta  humimr  and  a  whoore: 

And  every  tiling  that  he  doth  undertake, 

It  il  a  Tcinr  for  aenctlcts  hiimour't  aakr. 

Ilumn'i  Ordlnarln,  tni;. 
HUMOURSOME.     Capriciout.     Var.diaL 
HIJMI'.   (I)  A  hunch,  or  lump.      |}'«f.     In 
Norfolk,  ■  amall  quantity. 

(2)  To  insliiiiiite.     Cram, 

(3)  Ti>  (.Tuwl,  or  grumhit?.     Eatt. 
ilUMl'llHEY.     See  Duit-HuiHj>hreif. 
IIUMI'STUIDDEN.     Astride,     lane. 
HUMl'TY.     Ilunch-backciL     Humply^uvyitj/, 

short  nnil  brond,  clniniiy. 
Ht'MSTRUM.  (1)  A  musical  instrument,  out  of 

tunc,  or  rudely  con^tr^JClcd.     A  Jew's  harp. 
(2)  The  female  pudendum.    If'ane. 
HUNCH.  (1)  To  shoNC;  to  heave  up;  to  gore 

with  the  horns.     /  'ar.  dial. 

!2)  A  lump  cf  anything,      lor.  iliaL 
3)  Angry ;  luicitcd.     ii'nc. 
HUNCHET.     A  small  hunch.     Grote. 
HUNCH-RIGGED,     llump-hacked.     Kortk. 
HUNCII-WEATIIER.     Cold  weather.     Eatl. 
HUNDERSTONES.   ThiindcrMn.    Tlie"vul. 

gar  call  them"  so  in  \Viltshir«,  according  to 

Aubrey's  MS.  Histor\'  in  Roral  Soc.  Lib. 
HUNDIi'S-nEHIEN.  The  hei^b  latnuea. 
HUND-KICIl.  Dog-fish.  Nominale.MS.  //imrfe- 

Jltch,  MS.  Mortc  Arthure. 
HUNDRED-SIIIM-INGS.     A   kind  of  apple. 

See  Rider's  Diclionarie,  IMO. 
HUNDY.  Same  as  Huncfl  (1). 
HUNGARIAN.     An  old  cant  term,  generally 

meaning  an  hungry  person,  but  sometimes  a 

thief,  or  rascal  of  any  kind. 
HUNGER.   To  famish,    {'rorni.    tlungerhaned, 

bllteu  with  hunger,  fainishet).  Huiigrr-ttarTed, 

Minsheii.       Hunyrrlir,  hungrily,  ravenously, 

Holinihed,  Conq.  Ireland,  p.    18.     liungrr- 

/joiionrtf,  ill  from  wnut  of  food. 
HUNGEKI.IN.     A  kind  of  furred  robe. 
HUNGER-ROT.     A  miser.     A'<r/*, 
HUNGER-STONE.    A  nuarlre  licbble.    Line. 
HUNGREUS.     Rafters.     fVi*. 
HUNGRY.  (1)  Stingy;  very  mean.   Diron. 
(2)  Poor,  unproductive,  barren  Miil.     North. 
HUNK.     Same  as  lluneh,  q.  v. 
HUNKERED.     Elbowed  j  crooked     Norlh, 
HUNKERS,     Haunches.     Sorlh. 
HUNKS.     A  miser;  ■  mean  old  man.    Var.diat. 


IIUNNE.     Hence.     MS.  HarL  2277. 

1 1 U  N  M  E  L.     The  saiue  as  HwUa,  q.  y. 

1 1  UN  N  Y.    To  fondle.     See  Hotuy. 

llirNSUP.     To  scold,  or  quarrel.     OaO. 

IIUNSY.     Same  as  Utmeh,  q.  t. 

HUNT.  (I)  A  huntsman.     (-^.-5.) 

(2)  Hountls  are  said  to  hunt  change,  when  they 
take  a  fresh  scent,  and  follow  another  chase. 
To  hunt  at  force,  to  run  the  game  down  with 
dogs,  in  opimsition  to  shooting  it-  To  hunt 
counter,  to  hunt  the  wrong  way,  to  trace 
the  scent  backwards;  also,  to  take  a  Cdie 
trail.    See  the  Gent.  Rcc. 

HUNTING.  Most  of  the  principal  old  hunting 
terms  will  be  found  under  their  proper  heads 
in  the  alphabi'tical  order,  but  the  following 
lists  are  here  given  for  the  use  of  those  who 
are  more  espeinally  interested  in  the  subject, 
or  who  may  have  occasion  to  explain  any 
early  passages  referring  to  this  genuine  old 
English  sport.  They  are  in  some  degree  taken 
from  Sir  II.  Dryden's  edition  of  Twici, 
4to.  1841,  and  most  of  the  terms  wdl  also  be 
found  in  Blomc's  Gentleman's  Recreations. 
It  should  )>e  recollected  that,  in  hunting,  there 
is  a  peculiar  phraseology  adapted  to  each 
separate  animal. 

1.   Ordure  qf  .Inimab. 

Hart  and  hind,  fumri,  Jhnnelt,  fevmuhhtj/t. 
Hare,  eroteyn,  erotets,  crotitingt,  builom, 
\ioxa,freyn,fianlM,  tenet.  Wolf,/reyn,  leuet, 
Jiant»,fuantit.  Buck  and  diie,  cotying,  Jew* 
mrtM.fnrminhingt.  Fox,  traggying,  billrtinyt, 
fianti,  fuanti.  Marten,  dirl,  fiantt,  flianl: 
Rue-buck  niid  doc,  cotying,fitrmelt,  frwrnith- 
inya.  Utter,  tjiraitii,  tpramtt.  Badger, 
trerdrobe,  fiant;  fiwntt.  Coney,  erottiM, 
crolryi,  crotitingt.  Twici  appUes  the  won! 
flantt  to  the  onlurc  of  the  boar,  but  the  proper 
term  in  France  is  laitieet,  and  in  England 
tenet.  The  liiithar  of  the  Maystre  of  the 
Game  applies  eotying  to  the  buck  and  roc- 
buck,  but  no  other  writers  do  so. 

2.   Dinlodgemnt,  or  ttnrling. 

Hart  and  hind,  to  unharbour.  Hare,  tlart, 
more.  Boar,  rear.  Wolf,  ratae.  Buck  and 
doe,  diilodge,  route.  Fox,  find,  unJceniiet. 
Marten,  jay.  Roe-buck  and  roe,  yfnrf.  Oiler, 
tent.     Badger,  dig,  find.     Coney,  bolt. 

3.  Luttgeincnt  of  animalt. 

Hart  aud  liind,  to  barbuHr,  llnrc,  teat  form. 
Boor,  couch.  Wolf,  froi'n.  Buck  or  doe, 
fodgt.  Fox,  kennel.  .Martin,  tree.  Hue- 
buck  or  roe,  bed.  Otter,  tralch.  Badger, 
earth.  Coney,  tit,  earth,  burrow.  The  bed 
of  harts,  bucks,  ai,.l  roebuck,  and  their  females, 
is  Me  tair ;  of  a  hare,  the  form ;  of  a  fox, 
the  earth  or  kennel  j  of  a  bailger,  the  earth  i 
of  a  coney,  the  burrow, 

4.  The  lermtfor  tkinning. 

Hart  and  hind,  fimn,  flayed.      Hare,  ilriyprd, 
catrd.     Boar  anil  wolf,  tlri/iped.     Buck  and 
doe,  roebuck  and  roe,  ikinned.     Fox,  m*' 
otter,  badger,  coney,  cated. 


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5.  Jnteifummt  aitti fnl, 
H»rt  ind  hind,  kalher,  hidr ;  Inllmr,  tnrt. 
Hare,  ikin ;  yrfOJf.  taUov.  Bo»r,  pylri, 
Iralh-r,  kiitf,  tlin ;  prrate.  Wolf,  fox,  marlen, 
o'.<*r,  hiilpiT,  auil  conrv, //y (m,  «iiii  ;  frtvf. 
Duck  and  dor,  akin,  tralhrr.  hiilr ;  tallow, 
(Oct.     Itocbuck  and  roc,  Irallur,  hide  i  bevy 


6.   Companin  ofbraiti. 

Hart  and  hind.  Am/.  Hare,  A«ii**,</oim.  Boar, 
Minffular.  Wild  »winc,  toundrr.  Wolf,  row/. 
Buck  and  dnr,  Am/.  Fox,  tiutt.  Morten, 
richen.  Uoclmck  and  roc,  oucr,  ifry.  Uadgcr, 
eett.     Coney,  ««/. 

7.  .^9f^  of  dtrr. 

Tk«  hart.  Firsl  year,  calf.  "^  hifid-calf.  iie- 
touiX,knoLbrT,tnekrt.  Third, «pi7yard.  Fourth, 
itagyarl.  Fifth,  tiag.  Sixth,  Aar/  qf  Jiril 
krod.  Srvrnlli,  hart  tf  feond  brad,  Tni 
msD.  First  year,  calf.  Second,  heart*, 
brocket't  iittrr.  Third,  Ainrf.  The  »cck. 
Rnl  year,  fawn,  Secowl,  prickri.  Tliinl, 
nrrfll.  Fourth,  mar.  Fifth,  i«c*  qf  fint 
head.  Sikth,  iucii',  ^rrof  brad.  TuK  doc. 
First  year./nuTi.  Second,  ley.  Third,  rfof. 
The  roehuce.  Pir»t  year,  kid.  Second. 
girlr.  Third,  bemiite.  fourth,  bttck  ifffirtt 
head.  ¥\ti\i,  fair  roebuck.  Tub  roe.  FinI 
year,  kiil.     Fourth,  roc. 

8.    The  allire  of  deer. 

Of  a  slag,  if  perfect,  the  bur.  the  prarU,  the 
beam,  the  gultrrt.  the  antlrr.  the  tar-antlrr, 
rvyal,  mr -royal,  and  all  at  the  top  the  crochet. 
Of  a  buck,  the  bur,  the  beam,  the  brmr-anfler, 
the  baek-anller,  the  advancer,  palm,  and 
ipellart.  If  you  are  asked  vhat  a  ttag  bears, 
you  are  only  to  reckon  the  cro<'hc»  he  bears, 
anil  never  to  express  an  odd  number ;  for,  if 
he  has  four  crochet  on  his  near  horn,  and  five 
on  bis  far,  you  mtut  say  Ae  beam  ten ;  if  but 
four  on  the  near  horn,  and  six  on  his  far  bom, 
you  must  say  Ae  beart  Itrelre. 

9.  Noite  at  rutting  time. 

A  badger  thriekti  a  boar  freamt;  a  buck 
froant  or  troatt ;  a  fox  barkt ;  a  hare  beatt, 
or  tap§;  a  hart  bellelh,  or  belUi  au  otter, 
vihinet  1  a  roe  beUovt ;  a  wolf  Aoirb. 

10.  For  their  copulation. 

A  boar  goes  to  brim  ;  a  buck  to  rut ;  a  coney, 
to  buck  ;  a  fox,  a  clicketling  ;  a  hare  to  buck  ; 
a  hart,  to  rut  ;  an  otter  hunit  for  hit  kind ; 
a  roe,  to  toum  ;  a  wolf,  to  match  or  make. 
1 1 .    7'Ae  mark  of  their  feel. 

The  track  of  a  boar ;  the  view  of  a  buck  and 
fallow  deer ;  the  ilot  of  a  hart  or  red  deer  ; 
of  all  deer,  if  on  the  grass  and  scarcely  visible, 
the  foiling  ;  the  print  or  foot  of  a  fox  ;  the 
prick  of  a  hare,  and,  in  the  snow,  her  path 
if  called  the  trace ;  an  otter  marki  or  leah. 
12.    Temuiflhe  tail. 

The  vreath  of  a  boar ;  the  tingle  of  a  buck ;  the 
teut  of  a  hare  or  rabbit ;  the  bruth  of  a  fox  ; 
the  white  tip  is  called  the  chape ,-  the  tingle  of 
the  stag  or  hart;  the  item  of  a  wolf.  A  fox's 
feet  are  called  padt ;  his  head,  Ihe  front. 


13.    The  noiiiet  of  houndt. 

When  hounds  are  thrown  off,  atiH  hit  ttpon  a 
scent,  Ihey  are  said  to  ehalh  •  \< 

they  arc  loo  busy,  and  0(>cm  .   u' 

sure  of  the  scent,  they  babble.     <y  ik-u  imuupK 
carry  the  scent   well,  they  are  said  to  Ih.  m 
full  cry.    ^V'hcn  hounds  lag  behind,  or  puule 
upon  the  scent,  they  are  said  to  lye  or  pled. 
H.   The  career  qf  a  deer. 

When  a  deer  stops  to  look  at  anything,  he  is 
said  to  ttand  at ga:e ;  when  he  ruslm  by,  hn 
tript ;  and  when  he  runs  with  »|>eed,  h* 
tlroint.  When  he  is  hunted,  and  leave  tlw 
herd,  he  linglei ;  and,  v>  Lcn  he  fimins  at  th' 
mouth,  he  is  rmbtittrtl.  When  he  snn',1^ 
anything,  they  say  he  hath  (his  or  (hat  in  tl.r 
mnd ;  when  he  holds  out  his  nrck  at  full 
length,  decUning,  they  say  he  it  ftent ;  and, 
being  killed,  Ae  m  done. 

Tlie  stag,  bnck,  and  Iraar,  soinelimea  taJte  toil 
without  being  forced  ;  and  all  ot)K>r  beaita 
ore  said  to  take  water,  except  the  otter,  aiid 
he  is  said  to  beat  the  ttream. 

15.   Technical  Hunting  Term*. 

.4  cole,  is  when  a  dog  passes  his  fellow,  takes 
in,  obstructs  bis  sight,  and  turns  the   hare. 
j4  form,  where  a  hare  has  set.      .^/  fate, 
hwking  steadfastly  at  anyobjectwhen  standing 
still,     ,1   layer,    where  a  stag   or    buck  has 
lodgfd.     Beat   cvunler,   backwrunls.       Bend, 
forming  a  serpentine  figure.    Blemithra,  whca 
they  make  short  entries,  and  return.      liliai, 
to  leave  the  point  or  back,  run  awajr  Rt  i 
report  of  the  gun,  &c.     Break  field,  to  etiln 
before  you.     CAop,  to  catch  with  ih 
Curvet,  U>  throw.     Boucett,  the    t. 
■tones,     fmioiuipif,  tired.     Flourish,  i<>  iwutj 
the  stem,  and  throw  right  ami    left    iu 
givat    a   hurry.       Going  to  raulf,    n    y.^r.-'^' 
going  to  ground.     Handicap,  the   - 
who  matches  the  dogs.     Hard-nor' 
lidle  or  no  sense  of  smelling,     //uy,  to  rail 
close  side  by  side.     In  mnd  in,  too  near  re- 
lated, as  sire  and  daughter,  dam  and  son,  Ac. 
Jncbipin   or  pudding,  the  fat  gut.       Jerk,  an 
attempt  to  turn,  by  skipping  out.      Lapise^lo 
open  or  give  tongue.   .Vorf,  the  death  a(  deer. 
Nrar-tcmird,  not  catching  the  scent  till  too 
near.     Plod,  to  hang  upon  the  trajonings  or 
doublings.      Run  riot,  to  mn  at   the    whole 
herd.     Sink,  to  be  down,  cimningly  tlmwinc  . 
the  feet  close,  and  l>caring  the    nosr  on  the  1 
ground,  to  prevent  the  scent  flying.    Skirl,  U>  \ 
nm  round  the  sides,  being  too  fond    of  the  I 
hedges.      Slip,   losing  the  foot.     Sp^atut  tr  I 
dealt,  the  teats.     Spent,   when   the   deer  it  I 
nearly   dead,    which  you  may    knu-vr    by    hit  J 
stretching  his  neck  out  straight.     H/rnineH,  ] 
when  at  full  speed.     Tappith,  to  hirk.  scolk, 
and  sink.     To  cany  or  hod,  when   the  eaith 
sticks  to  their  feet.     Trajuning,  croasiug  i 
doubling.     Trip,  to  force  by  you.       Turl,  iht 
vent.     TwitI,  a  sudden  turn  of  the  hf^ad,  wbn 
the  scent  is  caught  sideways.     I 'id,  to  makt  { 
■  Ion  ootse.     H'alch,  to  attend  to  the  ot)M 


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dog,  not  endctvouring  lo  flud  liii  own  pttiie, 
but  lying  off  for  advantages.  In  coursing  it 
is  called  running  cunnmy.  Jl'itea  or  I'oiU 
are  engines  to  take  deer  with,  li'rtnch,  a 
half-turn. 

HUNTING. POLE.  A  pole  by  which  hunters 
turned  aside  branches  in  passing  through 
thickets.    ( Gent.  Rec.) 

HUNTING-THE-FOX.  A  boy's  game  men- 
tioned  in  the  Scboole  of  Vertue,  n.  d. '  There 
are  other  games  called  Hunling  the  tlifpfr, 
and  Hun/itu/  Ihe  irhiatle, 

HL'NTIN(i.TIIE-RAM.  A  cumom  formerly 
prevalent  at  Eton,  but  discontinued  about  the 
year  174  7.  It  was  usual  for  the  butchers  of 
the  College  to  give  on  the  election  Saturday 
a  nun  to  be  hunted  by  the  scbotan.  MS. 
Sloane  4839,  f.  m. 

IIUNTING-TIIE-WREN.  The  custom  still  pre- 
valciit  in  Irelanil,  the  Isle  of  Man,  and  some 
other  places,  on  St.  Stephen's  Day,  of  bunting 
the  wren,  is  one  of  very  considerable  antiquity. 
Its  origiu  is  only  accounted  for  by  tracbtion. 
Aubrey,  having  mentinned  the  last  battle 
fought  in  the  North  of  Ireland  between  the 
Protestants  and  the  Papists,  say*: — "  Near 
the  same  place  a  party  of  the  Protestants  bad 
been  surprised  sleeping  by  the  Popish  Irish, 
were  if  not  for  several  wrens  that  just  nakcnc<I 
them  by  dancing  and  pecking  on  the  drums 
aa  the  enemy  were  approaching.  For  this 
reason  the  wild  Irish  mortally  hate  these  birds 
to  this  day,  calling  them  the  devil's  servants, 
and  killing  them  wherever  they  can  catch 
them ;  they  teach  their  children  to  thnist 
them  full  of  thorns ;  you'll  see  sometimes  on 
holiilays  a  whole  parish  running  like  madmen 
from  hedge  to  hedge  a  wrcn-bunling."  In 
the  Ute  of  Man,  on  St.  Stephen's  Day,  the 
children  of  the  villagers  procure  a  wren, 
attach  it  with  a  string  to  a  branch  of  holly, 
dei-oratc  the  branch  with  pieces  of  riband 
that  they  beg  fmm  the  various  houses,  and 
carry  it  through  the  village,  singing  the  follow, 
ing  ridiculous  lines  : — 

W<ni  hunt  Ihe  wnul,  ur>  Ilobln  lo  Bobbin  j 
We'll  hunt  the  wMn,  ny  Richard  lo  Kubln  ; 
Wr'll  hunt  the  wrsn.  layi  Jack  o'  Ih'  land  ; 
We'll  hunt  the  wr«n,  tayi  every  one. 
V^hrtTfthall  we  find  htm  t  uys  llobin  (o  Bobbin; 
W  here  Uiall  we  fin,]  him  t  nyt  Richard  lo  Robin  j 
Whefe  ihall  we  And  him  ?  aaya  Jack  o'  th*  land  ; 
Where  thall  we  find  him  7  uyi  every  ooc. 

In  yon  green  bush,  tayt  Robin  to  Bobbin  : 
In  yoQureen  liush,  gayi  Richard  tu  Kublnt 
111  yon  HTccn  buth,  Miyt  Jack  o'  th*  land  ; 
In  yoa  green  buih,  tayi  every  on^ 

How  fthnll  we  kill  him  t  aafi  Robin  to  D«*bb{n  ; 
How  ihall  we  kill  him)  layi  RIchiril  lo  Robin  ; 
Itow  ihall  we  kill  him  I  lays  Jack  o' the  land  i 
How  fhall  we  kill  bim?  aays  every  no*. 

With  atickf  and  stones,  says  Robin  to  Bobbin  i 
With  stlrki  and  •loots,  says  Richard  to  HobUi ; 
With  sticks  and  slono,  aays  Jack  o°  th'  land  : 
With  sOcks  aiul  sionri,  says  every  one. 


How  thall  we  get  him  home  ?  says  Robin  (o  Bobbin  ; 
Itow  shall  we  get  him  home  f  says  Richard  to  Robin  t 
How  shall  we  get  him  home  t  says  Jack  o'  th'  land  i 
How  shall  we  get  liim  home  t  says  e^'cry  oo«> 

We'll  borrow  a  cart,  says  Robin  lo  Botitiin  j 
We'll  borrow  a  cart,  uyt  Richard  to  RoWnj 
We'll  borrow  a  cart,  siys  Jack  o'  th'  land  ; 
We'll  tKirrow  a  carl,  says  every  one. 

How  shall  wc  boil  him  ?  says  Rnblo  to  Bobtiln  i 
How  shall  we  boil  him  ?  says  RichsrtI  (o  Roblo  ; 
How  shall  wc  txiii  him  t  says  Jack  o'  th'  laiid  ; 
How  shall  we  boil  hlin  ?  says  eieiy  one. 

In  the  brewery  pan,  s;iys  Robin  to  Bobbin  i 
In  Ihe  brewery  pan,  sayi  Richard  lo  Robin  ; 
In  the  brewery  pan,  s^ys  lack  o'  th'  land  t 
in  the  brewery  pan,  uys  every  one. 

HUNT'S-UP.  A  tune  played  on  the  horn  under 
the  windows  of  sportsmen  very  early  in  the 
morning,  to  awaken  them.  Hence  the  term 
was  applied  lo  any  noise  of  an  awakening  or 
alarming  nature.  "  A  bunt  is  up  or  miisikc 
plaid  umlcr  ones  windowin  anioming,"  Morio, 
p.  304.  '*  Rmril,  a  hunt!>-up,  or  morning 
song  for  a  new-maricd  wife  the  day  after  the 
mariage,"  Colgrave.  "  Hmaup,  a  clamour,  a 
turbulent  outcry,"  Craven  Gl.  One  ballad  of 
the  hunl'i-up  commences  with  the  following 
lines : — 

The  hunt  is  up,  Ihe  hum  Is  up. 
And  now  It  is  almost  dayi 

And  he  that's  a-bed  with  another  man's  wU^, 
It's  tbne  to  get  him  away. 
Mr.    Black   discovered   a   document    in    the 
Kolls-boute,  from  which  it  appeared  that  a 
song  of  Ihe  //iin/'i  up  was  known  as  early  as 
1S3G,  when  information  was  tent  to  the  coun- 
cil against  one  John  llogon,  who,  "  with  a 
crowd  or  a  fyddyll,"  sung  a  song  with  some 
political  allusions  to  that  tuoe.     Some  of  the 
words  are  given  in  the  information : 
The  hunt  is  up,  the  hunt  is  up,  4c. 
The  Masters  of  ,\rle  and  Doctoursof  DyiynylA 
Have  brought  this  realirie  ought  of  good  uayt^ 
Thre  nobyli  men  have  ukc  this  to  slay. 
My  Lord  of  NorlT.  Lorde  of  Surrey, 
And  my  Lorde  of  Shrewsbyrry  i 
The  Duke  of  Suir.  tnyght  have  made  Inglond  ntery. 
The  words  were  taken  down  from  recitation, 
and   are   not  given  as  verse.     See  Collier's 
Shakespeare,  Introd.  p.  288. 
MauruslasC  mom  al's  mlitros  window  plaid 
An  tiinrs  lip  on  hU  lute:  but  she  (lu  said) 
Threw  stooM  at  him  ;  so  he,  like  Orpheus,  there 
Hade  stones  come  flying  his  sweet  notes  to  hrere. 

iru;  Drilam,  1(117. 

HUORK.    Ache;  pain.     Arch.  la.  367. 
HUP.     Hook.     Perhaps  a  corruption. 

So  what  wllh  hup,  and  whsl  with  crook, 
They  make  here  ma) •lit  oflc  wynne. 

tJMWr,  JIfS,  Soc.  Ai%tl^.  IS*,  f.  t4a. 
Hl'PE.     Hopped;  leapt.     Roh.  Glouc.  p.  207. 
//K////e.  to  hop.    (,/..4'.)    if un/e,  hopped,  US. 
Marl.  2277. 
HURCII.     To  cuddle.     Snmertet. 
IIURCHED.    Ajar,  as  a  door.     Line. 
HURCHEON.     A  hedgehog.     Norlhtmi. 
HURDAM.     VN-horedom.    (A.-S.) 


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Th«  syxte  eomraiidjrih  lu  alio 
That  wcfthul  nonae  huniom  do. 

MS.  Hart  1701.  r.  II. 
}IURDE.     Heard.     Ilfarw. 
KURDEN.     Same  as  Harden,  q.  y. 
IIURUER.     A  beap  of  itones.     ^'ortk. 
IIURDICBS.     Uordln;    icaffblds;    rampart*; 

fortification! ;   large  shirldt  termed  pavite*. 

(y/..A'.)    See  Weber'i  GL  to  Met.  Rom. 
IKiRDlES.     The  loins ;  tlic  t'rupi>cr.     {forth. 
UVnmS.     Ropet.     KiUon. 
HURDLE.  (1)  A  gate.     /.  H'ight. 
(2)  The  umc  a^  Harle,  q.  v. 
IIURDHEVE.     The  hcrl)  centaury. 
HURDS.     The  same  as  Hard;  q.  v. 
HURE.  (I)  A  covering  for  llie  head.      Pillevt 

e»l  omammtumeapituiiacerdotii  velyradnati, 

Anglioe,  a  bure  or  a  pjfllyoii,  MS.  Bibl.  Reg. 

12  B.  i.f.  12. 

(2)  Hair.     Also,  a  whore.     North. 

(3)  Hire  ;  reward.     (A.-S.) 
HUREN.    Theirs.     Gen.  pU     (A.-S.) 
HURE-SORE.     When  the  skin  of  the  bead  is 

sore  from  cold.     Cheth. 
HURGIN.     Astoutlal.     North. 
HURKLE.     To  shrug  np  the  hack.     "  Hurck- 

ling  with  bis  head  to  hi.i  sholders,"    Optick 

Glasse  of  Humors,  1C39.  p.  13&. 
HURL.  (1)  A  hurdle.     A>»/. 
(2^  A  hole  or  corner;  a  closet.     Yorkth, 

(3)  To  be  chilled.     Craven  Gl. 

(4)  To  nimble,  as  wind  docs,  kc 
HURL-nONE.     A  knee-bone.     "  Jntemodium, 

a  hurlebonc,"  MS.  liodl.  604,  f.  4. 

HURLEBAT.     A  kind  of  dart.    Howell. 

HURLED  LAST.  A  hurric.nne.  Tliis  terra  oc- 
curs in  Iluloct's  .\bredarinm,  lD.''i2. 

HURLEPOOLE.     A  whirlpool.     Florio.p.  81. 

HURLERS.  A  number  of  large  stones,  set  in 
a  kind  of  square  figure,  near  St.  Clare  in 
Cornwall,  so  calle<l  from  an  odd  opinion  held 
by  the  common  people,  that  they  arc  so  many 
men  petrified,  or  changed  into  stones,  for 
profuning  the  Sabbath-<lay  by  hurling  the 
hall,  an  exercise  for  which  the  people  of  that 
county  have  been  always  famous.  The 
burler*  are  oblong,  rude,  and  unhcwc<l,  and 
have  been  conjectured  to  be  sep\Uchral  monu- 
iiieuts.  See  a  Brief  Account  of  Certain  Cu- 
riosities in  Cornwall,  1807,  p.  14. 

HURLES.     The  filaments  of  wax. 

ll  U  to  iwe«l  thul  the  pliigci  will  eatc  It ;  It  grown 
DO  tilgher  than  other  grouv,  but  with  knotts  anil 
hurttu,  llk«  a  ikcen  of  tllkc.     AMtuty,  Athmolt  MSS. 

HURLEWINB.     A  whirlwind     Harrington. 

Ill  KLING.  (1)  A  young  perch.      Went. 

{2)  Harrowing  a  field  after  the  second  ploughing. 
Oicth. 

(3)  The  game  of  ball.      Wett. 

(4)  Strife  ;  conflict.     Nominalc  MS. 
HUULUK.     Hard  clialk.     Briti. 
HURLY.    A  noise,  or  tumult.     Shak. 
HURN.  (1)  To  run.     Somertet. 

(2)  A  hole,  or  comer.     Yorkth.     "  Prom  hale 

to  hunie,"  Wright's  Political  Songs,  p.  150, 
Hl'BON.    Hen.    Cltrou.  Vilodiui.  p.  74. 


HURl'LE.    The  same  as  Hurtie,  q.  t. 

UURR.  A  thin  flat  piece  of  «<oo<l.  tied  Is 
string,  and  whirled  round  in  the  air. 

HURRE.    To  growl,  or  sn&rl.     ^enmi. 

HURRIBOB.     Asmartlilow.      North. 

HURRICANO.     A  waler-sipont.     Shak. 

HURRION.    Aslul,  ortloTcu.      Xorttk 

HURRISOME.     Hasty ;  punoiuste.     Detem. 

lU'RROK.     Qoaotity:  he«p.     IhtrJkmm. 

H  U  RRONE.    To  hum,  as  bee*  do.     /V.  Pn%. 

HURRY.  (I)  To  bear,  lead,  or  cmnr  lasji^ 
away.     North. 

(2)  To  subsist ;  to  shIA ;  to  ihore.  or  puili ;  M 
quarreL     Yorkth. 

(3)  A  small  load  of  com  or  bar.      E*H. 
HURRYR;L.     Rapid;  hastv.'    »"««/. 
HURRY'-SKURRY'.      Fluttering   haste;    giM 

confusion.     I'ar.  diaL 
HURSLE.    To  shrug  the  ahoulden.     CnA. 
HURST.     A  wood.     (.^.-.S.) 
HURT-DONE.     Bewitched.     North. 
HURTELE.    To  meet  togetber  with  violeaai 
to  clash  together.     {.1.-N.) 
Dot  icho  merrelle  of  itt 
Why  ihaiie  clothta  were  so  alytt. 
Af  thay  in  hurtdi/ttf  had  tiesw  tilcr. 

MS.  tJfcolH  A.  L  17,  f.  IX. 
Whan  the!  made  here  menstracJe,  rclie  maa  voUk 
That  heten  hmllli  and  erlhe  irliuld  /s«rM  to-0^K 

H'Hti^tm  and  Ihe  fSVrto^.  p.  BS 
The  fcdnjB  bemaelf  they  burst  there  liio  slo. 
And  Surtuldon  to  ajeyune  the  wall  of  saeacw 

Chron.  nt,tm.p.Uh 

HURTER.     The  iron  ring  wbich  ia  in  tbcaiB 

of  a  cart.     North. 
HURTLE.    A  spot.    Hrrif.     It  has  also  Ike 

same  meaning  as  Hurtle,  q.  v. 
HCRTLEDERRY.     The  bUberrr.     Dewu. 
HURTYNGE.    Hurt ;  harm.      ' 

Wyth  the  grace  of  heryn  kyngv, 
H  ymselfe  had  iw  hurlj/Hgm. 

MS.  OmlBft.  FT.  n.  a^  CIH 
HUS.    A  house.     (A.-S.) 
HUSBAND.  (1)  A  poUard.     Kent. 

(2)  A  hushanihnan,  or  farmer. 

(3)  A  thrifty  man ;  an  economist.  See  Ilobsoa'i 
Jests,  p.  32.  llusbandrie,  thrift,  ecouoiar' 
{A.-N.)    It  occurs  in  Chaucer. 

HUSBEECH.    The  hornbeam.     Skuaej- 
HUSBOND-MAN.     The  master  of 

Sec  Chancer,  Cant.  T.  "350. 
HUSE.     A  hoaneuess.     See  lloort. 
HUSEAN.     A  kind  of  boot.     (.I.-N.) 

HUSH.     To  loosen  earthy  particleainsm 

rata  by  running  water.     North. 
HUSHING.     Shrugging  up   one'a   thottUcdL 

Ejtnoor. 
IRISIIION.     A  cushion.     Yorkmh. 
HUSHTA.      Hold   fast.      Yorkth.      Carr  tm 

"  hold  thy  tongue." 
HUSK.  (I)  A  disease  in  cattle. 

(2)  A  company  of  hares.  A  term  lued  ia 
hunting.    Sec  Twici,  p.  32. 

(3)  Dry  ;  parched.     Liuc. 
HUSKIN.     A  clownish  fellow.      Line. 
HUSPIL.   To  disorder,  destroy,  or  put  to 


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Tcniencc.  See  Salop.  Antiq.  p.  470 ;  Pr.  rarr. 
•.255.    (y/.-JV.) 
HUBS.  (1)  To  buz.    See  PakgriTt. 
(2)  The  (log-fish.    RoiueUe,  Palsgrave. 
IIUSSEU.     A  dram  of  gin.     South. 
IIUSSITES.     The  followers  of  Hu5S. 

or  Brovniit,  H>ut»t,  or  ofCalTlnbl, 
Annlntu,  Puritan,  or  FamilUt. 

Ttir'or't  Malta,  Iffit. 

HUST.     Silence;  whist.    (--f.-.S.) 
HUSTINGS.     Aconrt  of  judicotnre  for  causes 

within  the  city  of  London.    MS.  Lansd.  1033. 
HUSTLE.     Same  as  HurkU,  q.  T. 
HUSTLE-CAP.     A  boy's  game,  mentioned  in 

Peregrine  Pickle,  eh',  xvi.     It   is   pUycd  by 

tosniug  up  half-pence. 
HUSTLEMENT.     Odd* and  ends.     lor***. 
HUTCH.  (1)  To  shrug.     Craven. 

(2)  The  same  as  Uucche,  q.  v. 

(3)  A  coop  for  an  animal.     /  'ar.  dial     Also,  a 
trough  or  bin. 

HUTCH-CROOK.     A  crooked  stick.     Yorbih. 
HUTCH-WORK.     Small  ore  as  it  ii  washed  by 

the  sieve.     Vomv. 
IIUTIC.    ThewhindiaL    Sahp. 
IIUTT.     A  fire-hob.     Derh. 
HUTTER.    To  speak  confusedly.     North. 
HUWES.     Hills.     Coimyne. 
HUXENS.     Hocks:  ankle*.     Duvon. 
HUYLUETll.     lIoliL     Unme. 
HUYSSELES.     Flames,  or  sparks  of  fire. 
HUZ.  (1)  Us.     North  and  Wett. 
(2)  To  hum,  or  buz.     Darefs  .UTcaric,  1580. 
HUZZIN.     A  husk.    North. 
HUZZY.    A  housewife.     Devon.    Also  *«iri. 
HWAN.    When.     MS.  ..Vrundel.  57. 
HWAT.     What.     Somertet. 

Here  may  jc  hcrr  now  hwat  jc  be. 

Here  miiy  ^e  mow  htrat  yi  thai  worldc. 

Jtf5.  AmraXS,  r.3S. 
UWEL.    A  whale  or  grampus.     {.4.-S.) 

Cirlm  wasflfchcrr  twittie  god. 

And  mikcl  couthr  on  ihc  flct ; 

Menl  KOd  Hth  thtrr  innr  lie  lok, 

Bo<h«  with  nrth,  ud  vith  hok. 

He  took  the  ftturgluD.  and  tlie  qual. 

And  the  turbut,  ud  lu  wllhil ; 

He  tnlL  the  ftcle,  uid  the  hivet ; 

Itrtpcildc  ofte  twilhe  wcl.  HaMlolc.  "55. 

HWIL-GAT.     How  i  in  what  manner.    {.1.-S.) 

HWOND.   Ahoaad.   NominaleMS. 
He  uw  an  hydoiu  au<ai*d  dwell 
Wllhlnne  that  howi  that  wu  full  fell : 
iir  that  hond  grettr  dreUe  he  htd  ; 
TuDdole  wu  never  so  edrad. 
Wen  he  hid  teyo  that  lyght, 
He  byMftal  of  that  angcll  bryght 
That  he  wold  lett  hyin  away  iteylt. 
That  he  corn  not  In  that  fi>wlehell. 

riitoni  "/  TVndele,  p.tS. 

HWOR.    Whereaa.     HaTclok,  1119. 

HY.  (l)liK>t«  Ay.onhigh. 

The  pellU-«n  and  the  popynjay. 

The  lomot  ntid  the  tilftll  ttw| 
Ahund'rth  thousand  upon  hi/. 
The  pyrtyngale  with  nntb  new. 

MS.  qma>(>.  rr.  r.  411,  r.s. 
(2)  She ;  they.    Also  as  Mie,  q.  v. 


HYAN.    A  disease  amongst  cattle,  turning  their 

bodies  putrid.    North. 
HYDUL-TRB.    The  elder  tree.    Orlui  Foeai. 
HYE.    Ane^e.    Wright's  Seven  Sagea,  p.  23. 
HYEB.    Quickly.     Beirr. 
HYEL.   The  whole  jaU.    North. 
HYELY.    Proudly.     (A.-S.)     "  Hyely  hailiea 
that  hulke,"  MS.  Morte  Artburc.  Also, londly. 
•■  He  thanked  God  bylyc,"  MS.  CaiiUb.  Ft.  il. 
38,  f.  65.    See  Svt  Oawayne. 
HYEN.     Ahvcna.     Shak, 
HYGUINGLi.    HastUy;  speedily.   (A.-S.)    Yn 

hyijhynge,  Emar^,  511. 
HYIE.    High.    Degrevaot,  840. 
HYL.   Aheap.   {A.-S.) 

Alle  made  he  hem  dun  fUle, 
That  in  bli  gate  yedcn  and  atode. 
Wei  sixlene  ladd»  gode. 
AU  helep  thrkok  111, 
He  ihof  hem  nlle  upon  an  tiyt  ,■ 
A»tirte  til  him  with  hl>  rippe. 
And  bigan  the  6«h  to  fclppe.      Uavelttk,  iW. 
UYN.     Him;  it.     H'ilts.    It  occurs  in  the  last 

sense  in  early  EnglUh. 
HYNDE.    Gentle  i  courteotis. 

Sche  w»  both*  ourtea  and  himdt  : 
Every  man  was  hur  frynde. 

MS.  Canbtb.  Ft.  Ii.  3D,  t.  74. 

HYNNYPYNNY.    "  In  my  younger  days  I  re- 
member a  peculiar  game  at  marbles  called 
Aynny-pynny,  or  hgtuy-pyny,  played  in  some 
parts  of  Devon  and  Somerset.  I  am  unable  lu 
explain  its  precise  nature,  but  a  hole  of  some 
extent  was  made  in  an  uneven  piece  of  ground, 
and  the  game  was  to  (-boot  the  marbles  at 
some  object  lieyond  the  hole  without  letting 
them  tiunble  in  it.    The  game  occasionally 
commenced  by  a  ceremony  of  no  very  delicate 
description,  wliidi  sufficed  to  render  the  fallen 
marbles  still  more  ignominious,"  MS.  Glois. 
HYNONE.    Eyes.    Nominale  MS.  hment. 
He  toke  his  leve  with  drere  there, 
With  wepyng  kirmme  and  bert  Tull  culit. 

Oinm.  riledm.  p,  U, 
HYRNEHARD.  The  herb  ball-wccd. 
HYRON.    A  comer.    Sec^inv. 

And  «ey  hem  In  an  hyrvn  there  ao  lorrhe. 
And  aakcdc  hem  what  they  dcdon  ihel  Iho, 

Ouvit.  rnulUtt.  p.  100. 

HYRT.    An  Msembly.    (A-S.) 
HYRYS.    Praise.    (A.-S.) 

To  the  and  to  alle  thy  rer>-a, 

I  achalle  yow  jylde  fulle  Irthur  kj^rif*. 

MS.  OuitaS.  Ff.  II  M,r.  MI. 
HYSEHYKVLLE.    An  icicle.    Pr.  Parv.  p  259. 
HYYETH.    Highcrt.    Octovian,  1771. 
HY3E.  (1)  An  rye.     MS.  fanlab.  Ff.  i.  C,  f.  4. 
I  serve,  1  bowe,  I  loke,  I  loute, 
Myn  hyj*  fuloweth  hire  about* 

Umnr,  MS.  Ak.  Anti^  IS4,  t  111. 

(2)  High.    Nominale  MS. 

Therefore  I  lehall  telle  the  a  saw, 

Who  >a  wold  be  l>yjt  he  Khali  be  Uw.  MSUilnmU  O. 
HYJT.  (1)  CaUed.    {A.-S.) 
(2)  Promised.     See  further  in  llighl. 

Uyfador  waaa  Walaahc  knyjc. 
Oarae  lutielle  my  loodur  ^y|^ 

Ma.  Ck«ia».  rr.  v.  M,  r.  4i. ' 


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II)  Sometimes  repeate<l  in  conrrnatioD,  "  I 
know  it,  I."  Instances  ari*  frequent  In  our 
early  dnuDati!t«.  This  vowel  wti  constantly 
nscd  for  ay,  yes,  and  ii  ttill  found  in  tlie  pm- 
vincial  dialrcts  in  that  8«uc.  A  curious  exam- 
pleoccursin  Komco  and  Juliet,  nl.  1623,  p.  66. 

(2)  An  eye.     Sec  SItelton's  Works,  ii.  98. 

(3)  It  ia  very  common  in  early  English  as  on 
augment  or  prefix  to  the  impCTfects  and 
participles  of  verbs,  being  merely  a  corruption 
o{  X.-S.ge.  It  ban  been  considered  unnecessary 
to  give  many  examples.  They  will  )>c  found 
in  nearly  every  English  writer  previously  to 
the  sixteenth  centur}-,  but  perhaps  the  follow- 
ing references  will  l>e  found  useful : — I-bme, 
been,  Torrent  of  Portugal,  p.  99;  i-blenl, 
blinded,  Warton,  ii.  399 ;  i-bleind,  blessed, 
Iteliij.  .Vnticj.  i.  Ii9 ;  i-iult,  bnilt,  Hartsbornc's 
Met.  Tales,  p.  108 ;  i-catf,  cast,  W.  Mapes,  p. 
34 1 ;  i-enowe,  know,  Wright's  Aucc.  Lit.  p. 
90  ;  j-corv,  chosen,  St.  Braiidau,  p.  33 ;  i-kaul, 
atiight,  Reliq.  ii.  2/4  ;  i-iend,  known,  ib.  i. 
42  ;  i.loMt,  lasted.  Rub.  Glonc.  p.  509 ;  i-lawl, 
lirrenved,  Wright's  Anoa  Lit.  p.  90 ;  i-melM, 
mixed  together,  St.  Brandan,  p.  13  ;  i-mente, 
designed,  contrived,  Chester  Plays,  i.  18, 103  ; 
i.tened,  injured,  Wright's  Political  Songs,  p. 
149  ;  i-ynlt,  put,  Kob.  Glonc.  p.  466;  i-pij/tl, 
avenged,  Torrent,  p.  89;  i-tacred,  consecrated, 
Rob.  (jlouc-  p.  491 ;  i-ninl,  seest,  Keliq.  Autiq. 
ii.  277;  i-altnce,  slain,  Rob.  Glouc.  p.  488; 
i-irpilt,  destroyed,  W.  Mapes,  p.  343 ;  i-irive, 
shrived,  confessed,  Reliq.  Antiq.  ii.  276 ;  i- 
tlounge,  wounded,  ibid.  ii.  278  ;  i-tlrau^l, 
stretched,  ibid.  ii.  190 ;  i-twore,  sworn,  Robin 
Hood,  i.  37  ;  i-ncnm.  Sir  Degrevant,  1054  ; 
i.lJlte,  taken,  Robin  Hood,  i.  50;  i-M,  tell, 
Reliq.  Antiq.  ii.  85;  i-Me,  prosper,  MS. 
Laud.  108  ;  >-t<>en^  gone,  Reliq.  Anliq.  ii.  211 ; 
■  ■Tconne,  won,  Wright's  Pol.  Songs,  p.  339  ; 
i-ieomd,  warred,  Rob.  Glouc  p.  3  ;  i-stren, 
given,  W.  Mapes,  p.  342. 

I-BAKE.     Baked.     (^.-S.) 

or  flu  anJ  orflnsc,  of  foulet  i-bakit, 

He  Ictte  tenden  Id  cartel  to  hli  fader  iak«, 

MS.  BkU.  BM,  t.  1(W 

1-BGO.    Been.    See  St.  Brandan,  p.  3. 

I-BOEN.     Ready;  prepared.     (A.-S.) 

I-IIOREWE.     Bom.     Se\-vn  Sages,  826. 

1-BUVD.  Bowed  up.  Sec  Wright's  Middle- 
Age  Treatises  on  Science,  p.  139. 

IBYE.    To  abic.     See  Torrent,  p.  52. 

ICCLES.  Icicles.  Norlli.  We  have  also  ice- 
tthoijgtet,  iee-thaekkt,  tec.  Also,  spars  in  the 
fonu  of  icicles. 

ICE.  To  break  the  ice,  to  open  a  business  or 
conversation.      Vor.  Hial, 

ICE-HONE.     The  edge-bone  of  beef. 

ICE-CANDLES.     Icicles,      yar.  dial. 

ICH.  (I)  To  eke  out,  or  prolong.     North. 

(2)  I.     A1.10,  each.     {J..S.) 

ICHET.    The  itch.     Somertet. 

ICILV.     An  icicle.     Kent.     Vrry  MS. 

lUEL.     /»  idel,  in  vain.     (.i.-S.j 

/OELICJIE.     Vainlv;  fruitlessly.     (.I..S.) 


Mm, 

I 


i 

\,LtuM 


Thus  may  jt  sen  my  1)c>7  whd, 
Tlial  goth  DOC  ide'lrA*  sIxKttc- 

Cower,  tra.  tbc  .it^tf.  la*.  l  iil 

I-DELVD.     Divided.     (^.-S.) 

Thillie  was  i-^efnl  la  rwoo. 

jvs.  c-mt^  rcw.m,tv. 
IDLE.     Wandering ;    light-headed.     Aa  oca- 
sional  use  of  the  word  in  old  pla^    Alao^ 
sterile,  Imutcq.     Othello,  i.  3. 
rOLE-UACK.     An  idle  fellow.      \tu-tA. 
IDLEMEN.     Gentlemen      Somertel, 
IDLETON.     A  la2y  person.    Somtrtrt, 
word  is  formed  simdarly  to  timfttetom. 
Soliloquy  of  Ben  Bond  the  Iilleton  u  prinleJ 
in  the  dialect  of  Zummerzet,  1843,  p.  6. 

The  old  merry  monoeyllAlilc  li  quit*  oMIItf*  aiitl, 
and  In  iu  itead,  cueh  idtefon,  and  loiKri^  aUniul  tof 
vlth  a  prevloui  d~a.  writes  B — ag, 

O'UbM'  Mitrttamtf.  tJBr,  f  T,. 

IDLE-WORMS.     Worms  br«d  in  the  fiagm  oi 
lazy  girls,  an  ancient   notion   alladed  to  tf 
Shakespeare.    Ruuieo  and  Juliet,  L  4. 
I-UO.     Done.    "  Wluit  hcu  wolde liit « 

Vernon  MS.  f.  9. 
IDOLASTRE.    An  idolater.     (A.-S.) 
lEN.     Eyes.     Nominale  MS. 

Of  al  Ihii  ryghl  aowght  jr-»to  )«  mhr, 
Ne  ncwre  moo  myo  •«••  two  bcQ  drlc 

Ckauetr,  MS.  CmmUU.  Ff.  i.  Ik  (.»• 

I-FAKINS.     In  faith.     North,     lo  tome 

ties,  i'fagt  is  common. 
IP-ALLE.     Although.     (.4..S.) 

//o/fe  the  knyghtc  were  kr 

ThOfc  owtlawa  wuine  ttic  '  -n 

US.  f-n.. 

IPE.     The  yew  tree.     Snffol*. 

1-FET.    Fetched.   "  Forrc  i-fet  aad  dere  i-bmiR 

is  goode  for  ladvs,"  MS.  Douce  52,  £  13. 
I-FICCHID.     fixed.    {.I.-S.) 

Th.tt  after -clap  in  my  mytide  ao  depe 

t-Juxh'vi  la,  and  hath  iuclic  rotp  canjtr. 

That  atle  my  Joye  and  mirthe  ia  leyde  Co  al^Sk 

Octim,  MS.  Ak.  .AHf.  U«.  t  Mi' 

IFTLE.     If  thou  wilt     North. 
IGH.     An  eye.     Nominale  MS. 

Noo  tuage  can  toUe,  noon  ertlily  i^  may  •■•, 
MSm  JAv4« 

IGHT.  Owe*;  possesses?  {A.-S.) 
The  beeat  to  tiaujie  ahal  gt>  Uioii, 
And  the  lord  thai  hit  ighl. 

(Vraor  Myndi,  MS.  Coll.  7V«i>.  -niiil^ 
IGNARO.     An  ignorant  person,    (/tat) 
Thi>  WBi  the  aUDclent  keeper  of  that  pltcr. 
And  foatcr-father  of  thefyaunt  dead  • 
Itia  name  ignaro  did  hla  nature  right  at avi. 

SprHtrr't  FmerU  yueaiaa,  L  rltt.*.] 
IGNOMIOUS.     Ignominious.      Pret,.     SI 

s|>carc  bos  iffnomy  several  times. 
IGNORANT.     Unknown.     Hooper. 
IGNOTE.     Unknown.    (Ut.) 
I-GROTEN.    Wept.   (.-/.-S.) 

The  kiogea  douther  blgan  thrive. 
And  wex  the  fayrcat  wman  on  llrv , 
Of  all  thewea  wtai]  ahc  wis. 
That  godc  weren  and  of  prta. 
The  maydeo  Ooldetwru  waa  hotw  t 
For  hire  woj  manl  a  ter  t-gtvtan.   A 
I-IIALDE.     Held.    (.4..S.) 


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IME 


Tn  •  toun,  thil  Cue  b  cmlrfe, 
A  brjdalc  wu  Ihore  on  i-haUe^ 

Curtor  Uundi,  US.  CkIL  THn.  Cinlab.  (,  83. 

1  HIT.     Yet.     Sharp's  Cot.  Myit.  p.  1 4 9. 

IIS.     Ice.     Piers  Ploughman,  p.  476. 

IK.     I;  each;  eke,  also.     {A.S.) 

IKE.    Contr.  of  Isaac     North. 

IKLE.     An  icicle.     Nominale  MS. 

ILCE.     Each.     Wright's  Seven  Sages,  p.  6. 

IIjD.     To  yield,  or  requite.     North. 

ILOE.     An  island.     Langtoft,  p.  56. 

ILDEL.     Each  deal,  or  part.    Arch.  xxx.  409. 

ILB.   Anialaod. 

Aod  Ih*  day  »u  7.w(C 

or  the  Ulcll,  withowlni  left  i 

In  ■  pikce  where  thry  Khulde  bee, 

Yn  en  pit  wythynnc  ttlc  »pe. 

Who  wu  gUdil  but  kynge  Adcliton, 

And  hyt  lofdyieverVL'honc, 

Thai  the  pylgrymc  w.ildc  tmke  nn  hende 

For  to  fyght  wyth  Collrbrande  ) 

MS.  Omiah.  Ff.  U,  »,  r.<19. 

ILES.     Small  flat  insect*  found  in  the  livers  of 

sheep.     Comtp. 
I-LICHE.     Alike:  equally. 

For  thouje  1  tumtymc  be  untreve, 
ilir  love  1ft  ever  i-ticht  newe. 

Cunor  llutuH.  MS.  Coll.  Trin.  Cawttti.  f.  1. 

ILK.     The  same.     (<<.-S.)     /Ua,  each,  every. 

Ilkadet,  every  part,  every  one.     Wton,  each 

uuc,  every  one.    Still  in  nse. 

My  name,  hetcid,  U  Joly  Robyn  : 
i£Nnua  knowes  hit  wrileand  fyno. 

MS.  CanMb.  ft.  v.  48,  f.  48. 
The  eroperowre  answcryd  aUo  tyte, 
I  graunle  well  that  he  he  quyte : 
AU  forgevc  y  here  Tyrrye, 
My  evyll  wylle  and  my  malycolyc  ; 
I  schalldrlyryr  hym  all  hyilaode. 
And  all  the  honowre  Into  hythande  ; 
.And  y  wyite  where  he  were, 
Y  ichuldc  dt'lyvyr  hym  leate  and  more, 
Oye  aniweryd,  yf  y  may, 
Ye  tchall  hym  >c«  thysyOlrf  day. 
My  rrctidc,  heicydc  haitclye. 
Go  Kke  xnc  Erie  Tyrrye. 

MS.  Cantab.  Ft.  II,  »,  t.  9». 

ILKE,     The  wild  swan.     Drayton. 
ILKER.   Each.  (y/.-S.) 

The  Tnte  fourU  dawea  ul. 
So  rictie  was  nevero  non  ao  that. 
The  king  nude  Rotierd  there  knlth. 
That  wii  ftil  strong  and  ful  with. 
And  Willam  Weodut,  bet  hb  brother, 
And  lluwc  Raven,  that  was  that  other. 
And  made  hem  baroutu  alle  Ihre, 
And  yaf  hem  lond,  and  other  fe. 
So  mikel.  that  Vkn-  twenltl]  knlhtet 
Havcdc  of  genge,  dayee  and  nitbes. 

HavehJc,  JSSJ. 
ILL.  To  slander,  or  reproach.  North.  To 
be  iU  in  one's  kI/,  to  l>e  aflTected  by  an  internal 
disease.  lU-villed,  malevolent.  Itt-a-hail, 
bad  Inck  to  you  t  lUan,  a  bad  fellow.  III. 
eonditioiud,  ill-contrived,  bad-tempered,  per- 
Teric,  self-willed.  ///-cflnrmiVnMuconvcnient. 
lll-faratul,  bad  conditioned,  ill-luokiug.  See 
Tlinriilon  Hnm.  p,  309.  Ill-/iart,  ill-rrluhrd, 
disagreeable.     IU~itt,  in  difficulties. 


ILLE.    Liiede  nrithe  iHe,  disliked  it  much.    TBv 
makfd,  ill  treated.   {A.-S.) 

Sho  was  adrad.  Tor  he  w  thrette, 
Aod  dunte  nouth  the  ipuiing  letle. 
But  they  hire  tiltf4*  wwithe  tlU, 
Thouthe  it  vat  Goddn  wllle,    fTilnM.IIWI 
tLLFIT.     An  ale  vat.     Salop. 
ILLIFY.    To  reproach,  or  defame.     North. 
ILL-MAY-DAY.     A  name  given  to  the  1st  of 
May,  1517,  when  the  London  prentices  rose 
np  against  the  foreigners  resident  in  that  city, 
and  did  great  mischief.     Stowe  says  their 
captain  was  one  John  Lincoln,  a  broker.   See 
also  MS.  Cott.  Vesp.  A.  rtv. 
ILL-THING.     St.  Anthony's  fire.     Dnon. 
ILLLISTR.VTE.      Illustrious,      //ipjrtiu.      Hall 
has  Ultulre,  "  the  imiou  of  the  two  noble  and 
iUMtrp  famclies  of  Lancastre  and  Y'orke." 
ILLUSTRE.     To  bring  to  light.     (J.-N.) 
ILL-WIND.    It  is  an  ill  wind  which  blows  no- 
body any  good,  a  common  phrase,  implying 
that  most  events,  however  untoward  to  tome, 
arc  productive  of  good  to  others.    "  That  wind 
blowes  ill,  where  she  gaines  not  something," 
The  Smoaking  Age,  or  the  Man  is  the  Mist, 
l2mo.  Lond.  1617,  p,  164. 
I-LOKE.     Locked  up,     (A.-5.) 

With  on  worde  of  the  maide  spoke, 
Tlie  Holy  Gooat  b  In  here  Inest  WnW. 

Lytlfolr.  MS.  /tlhm-^t »,  t,  U, 

I-LOME.    Often;  frequently.    (J.-S.)    "Over 

the  see  caste  i-hme,"  St.  Brandan,  p.  24. 
I-LOWE.     Lied,     irebrr. 
ILT.     A  gelt  sow.     Drtum, 
ILTHIN.     An  inflamed  sore.     fTetl. 
IMACEOCR.     A  sculptor.     Lydgate. 
IMAGERIE.     Painting;  sculpture.     (//.-M) 
IMAGINATIF.     Suspicious.      (A.-N.) 
IMACINOUS,     Imaginative.     ChapmtK. 
IMBARN.    To  enclose ;  to  shut  up. 
IMUASE.   To  degrade.   Harrison,  p.  20S. 
Unplttled  might  he  twe. 
That  imboMa  hta  degree, 
Willi  th la  iDdigntllc. 

MamocuM  XscelietM,  IMOb 
IMBECELLED.     EmIiezzled;  stolen. 

lie  t>rought  from  thence  abundance  of  brave 
arinn,  which  were  here  repoalted ;  but  in  the  late 
warrcs,  much  of  the  arme»  was  imtfcwtfd. 

Avbrt^ft  Willi,  Reyal  Sue.  MS.  p.  140, 

IMBESIL,     To  counsel ;  to  advise. 

IMBOST.     The  tame  as  fm^Mnf,  q.  V. 

IMBRAID.    To  upbraid  ;  to  reproach. 

Sara  the  daughter  of  Itaguel,  desiring  to  tic  de* 
llvered  from  the  irapropery  and  imtmiding,  aa  It 
would  appear,  of  a  certain  default. 

Bmn',  mr«rla,  IMS,  p.  tU. 

IMBREKE.     House-leak.     Gerard. 

I M  BRERS.     Embers.     Rcliq.  Antiq,  ii.  84. 

LMBROCADO.  In  fencing,  a  thrust  over  the 
arm.  {Ital.)  Florio  says,  p.  236,  "  a  thrust 
given  over  the  dagger."  Seie  the  Troubles  of 
Quern  Eliulietb,  1639,  sig.  D.  iv. 

IMDISIIMENT.    An  ambush.     Utimrr. 

IMBUTE.     Embued;  taught.    HaU. 

IME.  (1)  Hoar  frost.     North. 

(2)  The  tip  of  the  nose.    Somtrttl. 


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I-MELE.     Togctlicr.     {A..S.) 

IMEZ.     Ncir.     ITaru: 

IMITATE.     To  trv,  or  Mtempt.     Eatl. 

IMMANUAHLK.  '  Listlesi.     Tnj„ell. 

IMMAHCF.SSIBLE.     l'nf«ding.     Hall. 

IMMOMENT.     Unimportnnt.     Sfiat. 

IMNER.     A  gardener.     Nominale  .MS. 

I-MOUI,EO.  Spotted ;  stiuncd.  {.^..S.) 
And  witti  his  blodc  thai)  wudtr  underoulcd 
TiM  gylt«  of  man  with  nikt  of  lytiDo  i-mumlt4, 

l^igmtt,  MS.  Aihmiilt  99,  f.  !U. 

IMP.  (1)  A  iboot  of  a  tree ;  n  cutting ;  a  bud ; 
gnua,  or  puturage ;  a  graft.  It  u  freqitently 
used  nii'taphoricall;  for  young  ofTupring, 
children,  &c.,  and  is  stiU  in  lur. 

(2)  To  add ;  to  ckc  out.  Also,  an  addition,  an 
iaaertion.  I  n  hawking,  to  insert  a  new  feather 
in  the  place  of  a  broken  one. 

(3)  One  length  of  tvtistcd  hair  in  a  fishing  line. 
/forllL 

(4)  To  rob  a  pcnon.  Lane. 
IMPACY. 

One  Tow  thry  nudr  rellgloutly, 
Aud  were  of  oiic  foclef  ie  ; 
And  oncly  w^i  thrlr  tmptteit 
The  forme  of  ciihen  pbaatule. 

PhUlU  and  Flmra,  \tM. 
IMPALE.    To  encircle ;  to  enclose. 
I.MPARLE.    To  speak  J  to  debate,  (fr.) 
IMPARTERS.    Persons  induced  to  part  with 

their  money  by  artful  pretences. 
IMPARTIAL.     Used  sometimes  lot  jinrlM. 
IMPATIENCE.    Anger.    Shale. 
IMPEACHMENT.    An hinderancc.    Shak. 
I.MPED.     Planted.    fAaiierr. 
l.MPER.    A  person  who  plants.    (,A.-S.) 
IMPERANCE.  Command  ;  master;.  (Ut.)  Im- 

perate,  commanded,  Ilardyng,  f.  50. 
IMPERIAL.  (1)  A  kind  of  cloth. 
(2)  A  game  at  cards,  mentioned  as  having  been 

played  by  Henry  VIII. 
IMPETR.\TE.    To  obtain  by  entreaty.  See  Hall, 
Richard  III.  f.  22.      Im'petre,  Vita;  Patrum, 
f.97.   (A.-N.) 
IHPINGANG.  An  ulcer. /Prvon.  It  is  also  called 

an  impingatl. 
IMPING-NEEDLES.  Needles  used  by  falconers 

in  imping  hawks.    Sec  Imp  (2). 
IMPLEACII.    To  intertwine.  Shak. 
I.MPLUNGED.     Plunged  in. 

Thmt  %n  they  ml^hl  get  out  of  ihe  moit  dsngcroui 

gulfe  of  Ignoruiee,  whchn  multitudoii  are  imj/tungtd. 

Denfi  PttlSwar,  p.  3H. 

IMPLY.    To  fold  tip  ;  to  entangle.  Spfturr. 
IMPONE.   To  interpose.  (Lai.)   Jocularly,  to 

lay  a  wager.    Hamlet,  v.  2. 
IMPORTABLE.   Intolerable;  impossible. 

For  he  alone  thai)  trc^d  down  the  winepress,  and 

take  upon  hU  tiack  the  great  and  impertabte  Inirden 

of  your  tins  all.  Uenm's  tVorla.  11143,  p.  &3. 

I.MPORTAN'CE.    Importunity.    Not  peculiar  to 

Shakespeare,  as  supposed  by  Narcs  and  Todd. 

The  word  is  used  by  Hcywood.   In^torUnU, 

importunate.  (Fr.) 
IMPORTLESS.    Unimportant.    Shak. 
IMPOUTUNACY.  Importunity.  5A«*.  Chaucer 

has  importunr. 


IMPORTURE.   A  stratagem.    HaU. 
I.VII'OSE.    Imposition ;  command.    Shak. 
I.MPOSTEROUS.    Deceitful ;  cheating,   /i 

tvrioiui,  Hamhlct,  p.  155. 
I.MPOTENT.    rierce ;  uncontrollable,  (iaf.) 
IMPRESS.    A  motto, or  dcrice. 
IMPUI.ME.   To  onharbour  the  hart.   Alio  the 

same  OS  Emprimf,  q.  v. 
IMPRINT.    To  borrow.    (,/...V.) 
IMPROPERY.    Imim)pricty.  HaU. 
IMPR0\T;.    To  reprove;  to  refute.   {Lat.)     li 

also  means,  to  prove. 

/m^oec,  rebuke^  exhort  with  all  longinfftrlng 

and  doctrine. 

2  Tim.  U.  9,  ttM  TUOferf  in  Settm't  irarftff,]M3,  p.  9. 

IN.  (1)  Upon  ;  within.    (/f.-5.) 

(2)  To  carry  in  com,  &c   Tor.  dioL 
After  that  hervcste  jmnad  bad  hU  ichevas. 

US.  Bodl.  «ai. 

(3)  TV)  be  in  with  a  prrton,  to  be  on  good  term* 
with  him.    A  common  phrase. 

(4)  That;  if;  than.    AorM. 
INACTIOUS.    Anxious.   Leic. 
IN-AND-I.N.    A  gambling  game,  played  by  tw 

or  three  persons  with  four  dice.     It  waa  for- 
merly in  fashion  at  ordinaries. 
I  call  to  mlnde  1  heard  ray  twelve-ptneoMy 
That  l>e  bath  oft  at  Chrlitraai  t>eeoe  at  play  ; 
At  eourti  at  tli'  iones  of  court,  and  everywhere 
Throughout  the  klngdome,  bclag  farre  and  ooere. 
At  Passage  and  at  Mumchance,  at  In  anti  In, 
Where  swearing  hath  bin  counted  for  no  tliioc  ; 
Where  Fullam  \Mfih  and  low-men  twrc  great  ftway* 
With  thcquicke  hclpcof  a  Uord  Cater  Trey. 

Trarelt  o/Ttrrlrt-Prlicr,  itao,  p. 
Your  ordinaries,  and  your  gaming-schnole*  i 
(The  game  of  Mercuries,  the  mart  of  foolesl 
Doc  much  rcjoyie  when  lib  gold  doth  appeare* 
Sending  him  empty  with  a  flea  in'i  care  } 
And  wlien  heo's  gone,  to  one  another  laugh. 
Making  his  meanca  the  subject  of  their  scoflb. 
And  say,  its  pity  he's  not  belter  tjiugitt, 
iter's  a  falre  gamester,  hut  his  luck  is  nought. 
In  the  mcanctime,  his  pockets  being  scant, 
tlec  6ndcs  a  lurcher  to  supply  his  want. 
One  that  ere  long,  try  p L-iying  in-and-in. 
Will  carry  all  his  lordship  in  a  skin. 

Th«  Young  CalloHt't  tVktrligift  UH 
IN-BANK.    Inclining  ground.    North, 
INBASSET.    An  embassy.    Cov.  Mvst.  p.  77. 
IN-BETWEEN.    Between;  in  a  pUce  that  ia! 

between.   /  'ar.  dial. 
IMBUWED.    Made  in  bows  or  loops. 
INBRED.    Native.    Somenet. 
INUROTIIERING.    Embroidering.    rHirtnedfd 

occurs  in  Pr.  Parv.  p.  261. 
INCAPABLE.  Unconscious.  Shak. 
INCARNATION-POWDER.  Akindofpowi 
"  for  to  clere  the  syjte  veiii:  welle,"  thus  dewj 
scribed  in  on  early  MS.  of  medical  rcceipu 
XV.  Cent. — "  Take  sowj-motenic,  ysope, 
flowrcs  of  sowthcniewod,  colomynte,  berya  ot 
the  jcneprr  tre,  of  echc  Icche  moche,  and  the 
Ickuris  of  fcncllo  sedc  as  moche  as  of  olle  the 
crbis,  and  than  make  alle  these  to  powdoTf 
and  than  strew  it  on  metes,  or  cte  it,  and  it 
wollc  kcpc  the  seyste,  auil  cloryfy  the  stomoke 
from  alle  liiimeres ;  and  also  it  woUe  malce 


• 


IND 


475 


ING 


the  have  >  good  ipiictile,  ami  il  nolle  (tere 
tlic  lownp'S,  and  kcpc  the  Ivver  in  goilc  atate." 

LNCESTANCY.    Incest.    Mi'ddleton,  i.268. 

rNCH.    Aninlanii.    S/iaJt.   (Sc.) 

INCHES.   To  be  at  ioclies  with  tbein,  i.  e.  to  be 
'  Terj-  nearjo  them.  Devon. 
NCUESSOUN.    Rcuon  ;  cansc.   (.I.-N.) 
f  For  love  thai  wju  Iheyin  bytweof. 

Ho  made  intkMtwn  for  to  abydc. 
US.  Hurl.  93U,  f  an. 
IfCH-MEAL.   A  word  similar  in  formation  and 
tcniic  to  piece-meal.    SttU  in  me  in  Warwick- 
ahire.  SJuii. 
IN-CIIORN.     The  inner  pocket  or  pouch  of  a 

fishing-net.   K'arw. 
INCII-1'IN.  The  sweet-bread  of  «  deer.  SeeCot- 

grave,  in  t.  Boyau. 
INCIDENTS.   Chance,  incidental  expencei. 
INCISE.    To  cut  in.    (ia/.) 

rCLEPE.    To  call  upon.  {A.-S.) 
Thcl  in  rartlf  and  thrl  in  hon,  but  mm  In  Che 
name  of  ourc  t^ord  God  •chal  ineltpe. 

MS.  Tanner  \e,t.Sl. 
INCOLANT.    An  inhabitant.    {Lat.) 
INCOMDROUS.    Cumliersomc.  (.4.-S.) 
INCOME.    Arrival.    Alao,  to  arrive. 

■  Dot  Kayoui  at  the  Ineame  wu  kepyd  UDfiyT«. 
B.  JtfarK  ArlHurt,  .US.  Linaitn,  t.  76. 

■RCONSTANCE.    Inconstancy.  {.i..\.) 
INCONTINENT.  Suddenly;  immedUtely.  Used 

for  ineontinenJIy,  the  adverb. 
INCONVENIENT.     Unsuitable j   unbecominj. 

A  frequent  sense  in  old  plays. 

fiCONY.  Fine;  pretty;  sweet  J  delicate.  A  term 
of  endearment. 
Lore  me  little,  lore  m«  long  ;  let  rauslck  rumble. 
Whilst  1  in  thy  tnevnj/  imp  do  tumble. 

JifaWoioe'j  Jew  of  Mmtta.  It.  5. 
Otuper-.daintT  canon,  vicar  ineongf 
Mak*  no  delay.  Miles,  but  away  ; 
And  tiring  the  wench  and  moory. 

tA  Tale  Ufa  Tub,  vk  SOI. 
.COS.    In  partnership.  Swuei. 
CREATE.    Uncreated.   (Lai.) 
Myn  owen  tone  with  mo  increate 
Sf^ulle  doun  be  sente  to  be  Incarnate. 
Legale,  ila.  See.  ./■««.  )M,  1 1. 
CULB.    To  inculcate.  (Laf.) 
CUSS.    To  strike.    SUte  Papers,  i.  280. 
INCUSTUMED.    Accustomed.    HalL 
INCUTE.     The  same  as  /neiut,  q.  v. 

Thii  dolh  incvu  and  tMat  into  Our  hearts  the  fear 
of  Ood,  which  expiileth  sin. 

HTDE.  Azure-coloured.   {.i.-X.) 

^ft  The  toiher  hew  neit  to  fyade 

^L  it  al  blow,  mon  callcn  jmife. 

■  Ciirnr  Munii,  US.  CuU.  Trbi.  Cimlnl:  t.  IB. 

BtPEED-LA  !    The  exclamation  of  a  wliiniog 
H^puritanical    person.     Shakespeare   uses  the 
phrase,  the  right  use  of  which  has  not  been 
previously  e\plainc<I. 
INUEL.    Indoors.  DetoH. 
INDENT.    To  bargain.    From  Indenture. 
INUER.    A  large  quantity.  Eiul. 
IIDEX.   A  Ust  of  the  chapters  to  a  book ;  any 
I  explanation   priced   to  >   piece  of    enler- 
Itaiiunent, 


INDIFFERENT.     Impartial.   Shak. 
INniGNE.    UnworthT.    (.-/.-iV.) 
INDIGNIFV.    To  insult,  or  offend. 
INDIRLY.    CarefuUy ;  zealously. 

Thau  wban  iche  wiste  it  indirl^^ 

Myu  hopetchulde  be  the  more. 

liower,  US.  Sx.  Antif.  W,  (.  74 

INDISH.    Belonging  to  India. 

INDUCTION.    A  beginning ;  ao  introduction  to 

a  poem,  or  plav.  {Lai.) 
INDULTYF.    Indulgence;  luiur).  (^.-iV.) 
Thau  of  brod  cloth  a  jcrde  be  my  lyf. 
Me  thinketb  this  is  a  vorry  indvltj/f. 

Ocdm,  US.  8m.  Anli<i.  IM,  t,  MR 

INOUMENTS.    Endowments.    {Uf.\ 

INDURATE.    Tocniu-e.  Arch.  ixvUi.'UB. 

INDUTE.    Clothed ;  indued,  (tof.) 

INDWYNE.    To  endow,  /"rwrn/i/.  PioT. 

INE.    Eyes.    Minot't  Poems,  p.  29. 

INEAlt.    The  kidney.  A'or/A. 

INECIIED.    Inserted.    (.V.-A".) 

INENNERADLE.    Undiscovered;  unknown. 

I N  F  A  M  E.    To  defame,  or  slander. 

INFANGTIIEFE.  The  liberty  of  trying  a  thief 
granted  to  the  owner  of  an  estate  for  a  rib- 
bery  committed  within  it.    {A.-S.) 

INP.\NT.    A  diild  ;  a  knight,   ^itimr. 

INFANTRY.    ChUdren.    Jonnoti. 

INFARING.    I-ving  within.    Sumertel. 

INFATIGAHLE.    Indefatigable.    Draytm. 

INFECTIVE.    Contagious.    PaUtfravt. 

INFERRE.   To  bring  in  ;  to  cause.    {Lat.) 

INFEST.    Annonng ;  troublesome. 

IN-FEW.    In  short  ;  in  a  few  words.    5*0*. 

INFORTUNE.    Misfortune.  (.-/.-A'.) 

INFRACT.    Unbroken  ;  unbreakable.   {Ul.) 

INFUDE.    To  pour  into.    Pattgrare. 

INFUNDID.  Confounded.  Sec  the  hst  prefixed 
to  Batman  uppon  Bartholome,  I5B2. 

INFUSE.    Same  as /rurnie,  q.  T. 

ING.  A  meadow,  generally  one  lying  low  new  i 
river.    North. 

IN-GA.  To  go  in.  This  word  occur*  in  MS.  CoU. 
Vespas.  D.  vii.  of  the  thirteenth  century. 

INGAN.    An  onion.    Suffolk. 

IN-OANRE.  The  porch  of  a  church.  Sptiurr 
bus  ingate,  entrance.    Sec  also  Craven  Cloas. 

INGENE.    Genius;  wit.    {Lat.) 

INGENI.\TE.    To  contrive.   Dmiel. 

INGENIOSITY.  Wit;  contrivance.  Oplicke 
Glas»c  of  Humours,  p.  92. 

INGENIOUS.  Ingenuous.  Tliese  terms  were 
often  transposed  by  early  writer*. 

INGENNER,  To  generate.  The  commentalnrs 
on  Shakespeare  have  ovcrlo«ke<l  the  occur- 
rence of  the  word  in  this  sense  in  Decker's 
Knight's  Conjuring,  1607.  It  would  havn 
gone  far  towvds  the  explanation  of  adjairtd( 
passage  in  Othello,  ii.  1. 

INGENUITY.    Ingcnuonsness. 

INGENY.  Wit.  See  Brit.  Bibl.i.  302;  Opticke 
Glasseof  Humours,  p.  42. 

Accordlnf  to  the  nature,  Inf  vny,  and  |irepeiiy  of 
Satan,  which  is  a  liar,  and  Ibe  father  of  sll  lying. 

BKm-t  trork,,  IMS,  p.  m- 

INGINER-    .Vn  inventor,  or  creator.  (Uil.) 


INN 


476 


INS 


Our  worthy  poeti,  Oigintn  of  viu 

I'uurlrar  thor  koighu  Is  coloun  t  what  for  lit 

am  to  br  repretcnted  on  a  ilagc 

By  the  «hmzike  btukiDd  acton,  who  preugc 

A  itearth  urgcnllemen,  plenty  of  knighls 

Fit  for  the  itcwcs,  but  l^rre  unfit  for  figbta. 

tUtUletOH'M  Tim^t  MetamorpliMU,  1606. 

INGLE.  (1)  A  favourite;  afnenil;  an  attend- 
ant. Perhaps  more  correctly,  a  paraaite.  The 
wonl  wM  used  sometimes  in  the  l)adaeDse. 

When  the  flrtt  word  that  a  puDkc  Epeakca  at  her 
infle$  commlng  Into  her  chanibvr  in  a  inornlog,  1 
pray  thee  fend  for  tume  fagotv 

I'oi  Cncull,  1633,  p.  9. 

(2)  A  fire ;  a  flume ;  ■  Maze.   North. 

(3)  The  same  as  Eiij/hlt,  q.  v. 
IN-GOING.    An  entrance.   {MS.) 
IN-GOOD-WORTH.    Well  intendeO. 
INGRAM.    Ignorant. 

I  am  nc  clerke,  but  an  tnfrram  man,  of  imall 
cideration  In  >uche  arogant  buke  fkrles. 

BulUin'4  Dialogue,  1S73,  p.  i. 

INGROTON.    To  atuff,  or  lurfcit.   Pr.  Parv. 
IN-GROUND.  The  same a» /n-Aon*.  q.  v. 
INHABITED.    Uninhahitcd.  (ft-.) 
INHERIT.    To  posseas,  or  obtaiD.    Shot. 
INHIATE.    To  gape.  {Ul.) 

How  like  gaping  woWea  do  many  of  than  inhiau 
and  gape  after  wicked  mammon. 

Becoit'i  WiK*l,  1843,  p.  SSS.' 
INHIBIT.    To  prohibit ;  to  forbid. 

InftibittmF  them  upon  a  greatc  payn  not  onee  to 
approche  ether  to  hi*  tpeche  or  presence. 

Hairt  Union,  IM6,  Un.  V.  foL  I. 

INHILDE.   To  pour  in.    (A..S.) 
INHOSPITALL.    Inhospitable.    Hall. 
INlqUIETACION.     DUturbanee.    See   Hall, 

Richard  III.  f.  9. 
INIQUITY.    One  of  the  namesof  thevicc  or 

bufToon  in  old  plays.    He  is  mentioned  as  old 

miiiuity  bv  Bcn  Jonson. 
INJEST.    Almost ;  very  nearly.    Wttl. 
INJOIN.    To  join  together.    Pahgrare. 
INJURE.    Injury.  {A.-N.) 
INJURY.   To  injure.   Middleton. 
INK.     In  falconry,  the  neck,  or  that  part  from 

the  head  to  the  body  of  a  bird  that  a  hawk 

preys  upon.    Sec  the  Gent.  Rcc. 
INKHORN.    To  use  inkhom  terms,  i.  c.  to  write 

affectedly,  and  use  fine  language.   "  Etcorclitr 

k  Latin,  to  inkbomizc   it,  or    use  iukhorn 

tcarmcs,"  Cotgrave. 
INKLE.    Inferior  Upc.     See  Florio,  p.  124; 

Harrison,  p.  222. 
INKLING.     A  wish,  or  desire.    North. 
INK-STANDAGE.    Anink-staud.   A'orf*. 
INLAID.   Laid  in ;  provided.   Yoriik, 
IN-LAWE.    To  receive.  (A.-S.) 
INLEASED.     Entangled ;  insnared.   {A.-N.) 
IN-LOKE.   To  look  narrowly.   {A.-S.) 
INLY.    Inwardly ;  deeply  ;  thoroughly.   {A.-S.) 
INN.  (1)  This  term  was  anciently  appUcd  to  any 

kind  of  lodging-house,  or  residence. 
When  he  waa  achryven  of  hit  synnet, 
Itc  went  horn  into  bis  hvne*.        t 

MS.  Oui(a».  Ff.  r.  W,  r.  44, 

(2)  To  endoie.  Suutx. 


INN.VNDE.  Wilfaitt.   Ardi.  xzi.  409. 
INNARDS.   Kntnsila.    t 'or.  dial. 
INNATIVE.   Innate.    C/tapmun. 
INNE.    In.    The  adverb.    (A.-S.) 
INNEAW.    Fresentlv.    Lane. 
INNERESTE.   InmoiU    (.^-&) 
INNERMORE.   The  inner.    \ortlC 
INNING.    A  harvest,  or  gstbering  fai  </ 
enclosing.    Simlh,     Lsnila  encloted,  •!«> 
covered  from  the  sea,  are  called  ianiagi. 
Wright's  Mon.  Letters,  p.  105,      Al 
the  party  at  the  wicket  has  the  inningi. 
INNIOLP.   Strong  thread,  such 

use.    Prompt.  Parr. 
INNOCENT.  (1)  Ignorant ;  tilly.   B«aeet 

stantive,  an  idiot. 
(2)  Small  and  pretty,  chiefly  applied  to 

Norltan^t. 
INNOM-BARLEY.    Snch  huiej  at  b  ton 
second  crop,  after  the  nooBd  ii  f«lkn 
North. 
INNORMITY.    Minority;  not  bcaiig4^lbi 

Dgc  to  reign.   {Lai.) 
INNOWE.   Enough.   Lydgate  MS.   7.«al  »l 

curs  in  the  Vernon  MS.  f.  13. 
INOBEDIENCE.   Disobcdienec.    OUaetr. 
IN-OPINION.    Opiniativc.     PaUgrcrf. 
IN-OVER.     Moreover ;  besides.    fTtiktk. 
INPARTE.    To  mii  things  together,   tj. 
IN-PLACE.    Present ;  here ;  in  this  pUoB,' 
INPL15ED.    Implied.    ApoL  Loll.  p.  71 
INPORTABLE.    Unbearable.    (^.-.V) 
INPRAVABLE.     Not  able  to  be  oorraplai 
Set  before  hl«  eye*  alway  the  eye  of  llM  mrttf^ 
judge  and  the  inpravabU  Judfftng-pUcnL 

Beton't  Werk*,  tMX  ^W 

INPRENNADLE.    Impregnable.    {A.-S) 
INPURTURED.  Portrayed  ;  pictured ; ato^ 
INQUETE.    To  inquire,  or  seek  for.   lA.-X' 
INQUIRATION.    An  inquiry.    BaH. 
INRED.    Red  in  colour  or  complexion. 
INRISE.   To  rise  in  ;  to  arise. 

Sothcly  fra  Ihythcne   inry«y>a  a   g^ 

what  thynge  that  It  trewely  tnwchea. 

utterly  to  It.  H.S.  Uttcoh,  \.  ....    . 

IN-SAME.   Together.   (^.-S.) 
INSCULP.    To  carve,  or  engraT*.    5»at. 
INSELED.    Attested  under  acal.    (A..S) 
INSENSE.    To  inform;   to  make  a  petwi* 

derstand  a  thing ;  to  coni-ince ;   lo  infu^i 

North.  See  the  Times,  -Aug.  18th,  184J. 
IN -SENT.     Sent,  or  cast  in  ;  placed. 
INSET.     Implanted.     Chauerr. 
INSHORED.   Come  to  shore.  Stanihunt,  |i  (> 
INSIGHT.     A  road  in  a  coal  pit  that  iaikP* 

into  the  work.    North, 
INSPAYRE.     Inspiration  > 

And  my  sawle  m.-ide  thurghe  thyuc 
A  od  gaS^  me  lymmea  irmly  mid  nain. 

US.  Uneotit  A.  t  IT,f» 
INSTANCE.    Motive ;  cause ;  prxiof:  csw^ 

information.     Shot. 
INSTANT.  To  importune.   SUte  Papen,  11*1 
INSTATE.    To  place  in.     See  the  Troabhs^ 

Quecne  EliMbeth,  1039,  sig,  A.  iii. 


INT 


477 


IPO 


TNSTAUREn.     Renovated.     Manton. 
INSTrLE.     Toiitme.orstylc.     Drayton. 
INSTORID.     Included;  contiincd.     Uabcr. 
INSTRUCT.     To  dcfiigti,  or  tpiwint.     (l^t.) 
INSUFFISANCE.     InsiifBcicncy.    (.^.-/V.) 
INSUIT.     Suit,  or  request.     Shai. 
INSUBGE.     To  iiri«e.     (Lot.)     This  word  u 

oIm  used  by  Htrdyng. 

Whit  miKhlcfc  lulh  iniurgvd  la  fMlffin  t)T  In- 

Inlloc  ilc< iiloD.  Hull,  Hinrf  If.  ful.  ). 

INT.     A  kind  of  sharper,  or  rogue ;  the  »inie  a> 

niakrr  in  lilonnl. 
INT.VCK.      An  inclojurc;  part  of  a   common 

field  planted  or  sown,  when  the  oilier  part 

Ilea  follow.     North. 
INTELLIGENCER.     A  spy.     InMligenciariet, 

IloUntUed,  Ilitt.  Scot.  p.  45. 
INTEND.     To  attend  to;  to  he  intent  upon  ;  to 

stretrli  out ;   to  pretend ;  to  understand  ;  to 

be  at  leisure.    Patn/rorf. 
INTENDAULE.     Attentive.     HaU. 
INTENDMENT.     Inlenlion ;  design. 
INTENTION,     lutcosity  of  observation  on  any 

object.     Shai. 
INTERCOMMON. 

About  lans,  all  tirltrFrn  Esilon.  Plcn  and  Cnillc- 

Comb  wai  a  Campania,  hkc  Cotriwuld,  upon  which 

It  tiord«T»  ;  and  then  Vatton  and  Caaile-Cottib^did 

intfmmmim  together. 

Auinf'i  fruit,  .VS.  Srv.  Htg,  p.  190. 

INTERDEAL.    Traffic,  intercourse,  or  dealing 

between  persons.     SjinuKr. 
INTERESSE.    To  interest.     Often,  to  interest 

or  implicate  very  deeply. 
INTERFECTOR.     OnewbokilU.    (Ut.) 
INTERGATORY.     An  interrogatory.     S*at. 
INTERME.VN.      Something    coming    between 

two  other  parts.     Wen  Johioh. 
INTERMEI.L.     To  Intcrroeddlc. 

But  tlisy  loved  eche  othor  puajngu  well. 
Thai  no  tpjrea  durst  with  Uumc  thtrrmrli. 

Ma.  Lrnii.  MN,  (.  19 
INTEB-MEWING.    A  hawk's  mewing  from  the 

first  change  of  her  coat  (ill  she  turn  white. 
INTERMINABLE.     Infinite.     (./.-A'.) 
INTERMITTING.    The  ague.     North. 
INTERI'ARLE.     A  parley.     Danitl 
INTERl'ONE.     To  interpose.     i^Lal.) 
INTHROMZATE.     Enthroned.     HaO. 
INTIL.    Into.    (A.-S.) 

Vl/  ftcho  couthe  oa  horu  ride, 
Aoil  a  thousandc  tncD  bl  hire  ayde  ; 
And  aho  were  comen  i»tr(/helde. 
And  Cngelond  tho  couthe  welde  ; 
And  don  hem  of  thar  hire  were  queme, 
An  hire  boili  couthe  yetnei 
Ne  wolde  me  oeverc  Ireir  like. 
Me  thou  Ich  were  In  hcf  etie  tichc. 

Hae«M.  U*. 

INTIRE.    Within.    Mariowe,  Ui.  364. 

INTISYNG.     Eniicemeal, 

Thoiow  the  feiidlt  iwnaywjr, 
Thcdout]ur  thou;tanodur  thjrng. 

V5.  CmMt.  Vt.  T.  M,  r.  U, 

INTLE.     If  you  wUL     North. 

INTO.    Within  ;  short  of.     llerrf. 

INTOXICATE.     To  poison.     (Lai.) 


INTHEAT.    To  nic  or  ti«at.     Shak. 
INTREATANCE.      Entreaty.      It    <xam    in 

liolinshed.  Hist.  England,  i.  18. 
INTREATY.     Treatment.     Painter. 
INTRINSE.     Inlrieatc.     Shatc. 
INTROATE.     To  make  entries.     {Ut.) 
INTROITS.      Psalms  said  or  sang   while  the 

priest  was  entering  within  the  rails  of  Uie 

Communion  Table. 
INTRUSOUR.    An  intruder,     lytfyalr. 
INTLMULATE.     Buried.    See  Mall,  Edw.  IV, 

ff.  34,  61 ;  Molinshed,  Ili>t.  Scot.  p.  44. 
INTURN.  (I)  Instead.     Aa/op. 
(2)  A  terra  in  wrestling,  when  one  puis  his  thigh 
between  those  of  his  adversary,  and  lifu  him  up. 
Then  with  an  Inrume  fullowinn  that. 
Upon  hU  backc  he  threw  him  flat. 

iMrnH'*  VltarHiiia,  1014. 
INTUSE.     A  bniise,  or  contu.slon.     (Lot.) 
I.NU3HE.     Enough.     (.I.-S.) 
INVASSAL.     To  enslave.     DanUt. 
INVECT.     To  inveigh.     Nam. 
INVINCIBLY.     Tliis  word  seems  sometimes  to 

have  the  sense  of  inrinlily. 
INVITATORY.    A  hymn  ofiuvitation  toprayer. 

In  the  I^tin  services,  the 95th  psalm  is  so  called. 
INVOCATE.     To  invoke.     Shak. 
INWARD.  Intimate;  familiar.  See  Stanihurst'i 

Description  of  Ireland,  p.  34. 
INWARD-MAID.     A  house-mai.l.     Suffolk. 
INWARDS.     The  intestines,      far.  dial. 
INWHELE.    The  inner  wheel  of  a  mill. 
INWIT.     Conscience ;  understanding.     (.^.-S.) 
INWITM.     Within.     {.i.-S.) 
IN-3ETTIS.    Gels  in.     (W.-S.) 

ThUnanieJbefulelrly  huldyne  In  myndedrawea 

by  the  rote  vyces,  tetlyi  vertu*,  In-lawcs  charjl«<. 

iDjettUsavourcof  hevrnely  thynges. 

U.S.  UnailH  A.  1. 17,  r.  m. 

I-PAYNNED.    Ornamented.    (A.-S.) 

How  than,  >eytt  thou,  thai  he  It  too  lOTely,  Ol* 
whyche  eTydenc*  In  dcde  ahewlth  aoo  (rtaly  i- 
fojptntd  and  unlovely. 

Oajro«i*«  IMMr*  Fruyt/ut  GfeM<4r  Mmt*ri. 
IPOCRAS.  (1)  Hippocrates. 

And  ynto  prvaon  put  he  wai: 

And  now  bef  ynneth  the  tale  of  tpocrmt. 

MS.  Vanltli.  Ft.  II.  W,  f.  131. 

(2)  This  beverage  haa  been  already  mentioned,  in 
y.  Hijipoerat,  but  some  further  explanation 
may,  perhaps,  not  be  unacceptable.  Tlie 
manner  of  making  it  is  thus  dcMTJbed  in  a 
MS.  of  medical  ajul  other  receipts — "  To  make 
ypocraate  for  lords  with  gynger,  synamon,  and 
grayncf,  augour,  and  turesoll :  and  for  comyn 
pepull  gynger  eaocll,  longe  peper,  and  cloryf- 
fyed  bony.  Loke  ye  have  feyrc  pewter  liasena 
to  kepe  in  your  {touders  and  your  ypocraate 
to  ren  ynoc,  and  to  vj.  hascns  ye  muste  have 
vj.  renners  on  a  {lerchc,  as  ye  may  here  see  ( 
and  loke  your  poudurs  and  your  gynger  be 
redy  and  well  paryd  or  tiit  be  beton  into 
poudur.  Gynger  colombyne  is  the  best  gyn- 
ger ;  mayken  and  balandyne  be  not  so  good 
nnr  liolaocu.  Now  thou  knnwist  the  proprr- 
tcra  of  y|iocraa.     Your  jwudun  must  be  made 


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everyclic  tiy  llicmiflfe,  «ni1  lelil  in  a  ble<Wcr 
in  store,  hange  sure  yonr  i)erchc  with  biggs, 
and  that  no  baggp  twoychc  other,  but  bucn 
twoyche  baien.  The  frret  baggc  of  «  galon, 
every  on  of  the  other  a  potcU.  Fyr»t  do  info 
■  baseo  a  galon  or  ij.  of  red  wjnc ;  then  put  in 
your  ponders,  and  do  it  into  tlic  rcnnen,  and 
>o  into  the  aeconde  bagge.  Then  take  a  pece, 
a  lid  Buay  it ;  and  yef  liit  be  my  tliyug  to  strongc 
of  gynger,  alay  it  withe  synamon ;  and  yef  it  be 
■trong  of  lynnmon,  alay  it  withe  iugour  cote. 
And  thus  trhall  ye  make  perfylc  ypocra*. 
And  lokf  your  baggos  be  of  boltell  clothe,  and 
the  iDonthen  opyn,  and  let  it  rcn  in  v.  or 
Tj.  hagges  OH  a  perche,  and  under  every  baggr 
a  dene  baacn.  The  drafted  of  the  tpiea  is 
good  for  »ewie«.  Put  your  ypocrase  into  a 
atanche  wcsaell,  and  bynde  opon  the  nionthe 
a  blcddnr  strongly ;  then  serve  forthe  waffiu^ 
and  ypocrasse."  This  is  printed  in  the  Forme 
of  Cury,  p.  1 G 1 ,  but  I  have  had  no  op|iort  unity 
of  aeeiug  the  original  manuscript,  and  I  am 
afraid  it  has  not  been  ijuite  correctly  copied 
in  some  few  instances.  Another  receipt,  much 
more  simple  and  intelligible,  is  given  in  Ar- 
Hold's  Chronicle : — '■  Take  a  quarte  of  red 
wyne,  an  ounce  of  synamon,  and  halfe  an  uncc 
of  g}ngcr  ;  a  quarter  of  all  ounce  of  grcynes, 
and  long  pi'i>er,  and  halfc  a  pouailc  of  siiger ; 
and  brosc  all  this,  and  than  put  tUcni  in  abage 
of  wuUen  clothe,  made  therefore,  with  the 
wyne  ;  and  letc  it  hange  over  a  vessel,  tyll  the 
W7ne  be  rune  thorowe."  A  third  receipt  is 
given  by  Cogan, — "  Take  of  ciiiamou  two 
ounces,  of  giugcr  half  an  ounce,  of  grains  a 
quarter  uf  an  ounce :  punnc  them  gru>sc,  and 
put  them  into  a  pottle  of  good  claret  or  white 
trine,  with  half  a  |iound  of  sugar :  let  all  steep 
together  a  night  at  the  leaiit,  close  covered  in 
aome  bottle  of  glasse,  pewter,  or  stone ;  and 
when  you  would  occupy  it,  cast  a  thinne  linnen 
cloath  or  a  piece  of  a  boulter  over  the  nioiilh 
of  the  bollle.  and  let  so  much  run  through  as 
you  will  drink  at  that  time,  keeping  the  rest 
close,  for  so  it  will  keep  both  the  spirit,  odor, 
and  virtue  of  the  wine  and  spices."  Ipocras 
aeenu  to  have  been  a  great  ravnurite  with  our 
aoceston,  being  served  up  at  every  entertain- 
ment, public  or  private.  It  generally  made  a 
part  of  the  last  course,  and  was  taken  imme- 
diately after  dinner,  with  wafers  or  some  other 
light  biscuits.  According  to  Pegge.  it  was  in 
use  at  St.  John's  College,  Cambridge,  as  late 
as  the  eighteenth  century,  and  brought  in  at 
Christmoii  at  tlie  close  of  dinner. 

IPR£S.    A  kind  of  wine,  mentioned  in   the 
Yorkshire  Ale,  1697,  p.  3. 

I-QUEUE.     Every  where.     Gawaynr. 

I-RADE.     Read;  perused.     (.I.-S.) 
Her«  lettres  were  not  for  to  Inyaf, 
They  were  i-ra<te  aroonge  hem  nllr. 

MS.  Hurl.  tSM,  r.  lis. 

IRAIN.     A  spider.     See  Arain. 

To  skulk  all  lrait%  ibou  made  uule  hlk 

rtatru,  til.  cm,  rtipaM.  D.  rll.  r.  27. 


I  RALE.     A  kind  of  prfooiu  sion^. 

Hlrpnyrlrellcr  wuoflraf*  fyne, 
Hlr  cTfipuurc  vraN  of  c»rptuir«. 

MS.  Unnln  A.  L  i;,  r.  I 
IRAN.     An  eagle.     Siimifr. 
lUE.     Iron.      irml. 

He  let  nine  platui  of  («v, 
.'^umJil  IhiniiF  inil  brode.    MS.  Lm^.  lOB,  f, 
IRENESE.     Rennet.     Somerml. 
IKEN-HARDE.     The  herb  vcr%ain. 
lUEOS.     The  orris  iwwdcr.    See  tterorrf. 
IRISH.    An  old  game,  simdor  to  backgammoD, 

but  more  complicated. 
IRISIIRY.     Tlic  Irish  people.     Also,  Higbl 

dcrs  and  Isles-men. 
IRISll-TOYLE.     According  to  the  Prttenil' 
of  V'acabondes,  1573,  "  an  Iriihe  Tojic  is 
that  earrielh  his  ware  in  liys  wallet,  as  laci 
pins,  poyntes,  and  such   like.      He  useth  to-^ 
shew  no  wares  untiU  he  have  his  alnies ;  and 
if  the  good  man  and  wyfe  he  not  in  the  way, 
he   procureth  of  the  children  or  senrams 
fleece  of  wool,  or  the  worth  of  xg.  d.  of 
other  thing,  for  a  |>eniworth  of  his  warea.' 
The  same  character  iis  nu'iitioned  in  Dekker^^ 
Lanlhonie  and  Candle-Light,  1G20,  sig.  B.  i 
IRK.     Tedious  ;  slow ;  near)'. 

Yn  Goddyi  servfse  an  jiryche  rocn  yrir, 
When  tliey  come  unio  the  kyrke. 

MS.  Hart.  I7«I,  f.  SO. 
Of  hyr  they  were  ncvyr  i/rkn. 

MS.  tuHtaK  if.  il.  a),  f, 
IRNING.     The  same  as  /mete,  q.  v. 
I  RON.     To  taste  a  choese,  by  running  t  rhrcac^ 

swoop  in.     North. 
IRON-XKH'LDS.     Yellow  lumps  of  earth  or 

soft  stone  found  in  chalk.     0.toh. 
IRUN'-SICK.   A  ship  or  boat  is  said  to  be  iron 
sick,  when  the  specks  are  so  eaten  away  with 
the  rust,  or  the  nails  so  worn,  that  they  stand 
hollow  in  the  planks,  so  that  the  ship 
in  water  bv  them. 
IRON-SIDED.     Rough ;  tinruly.    Etutt. 
I  HOUR.     Anger.     Sevyn  Sages.  954. 
IROUS.     Angry;  passionate.     (/f.-A'.) 
ThecoliTlk  ftowarU  fullc  of  d>Kct, 
/rviM  10  Iicrt.  prodegalle  In  emperis. 

MS.  CmwaS.  Ff.  i.  It.  f.  I«A, 
It  ea  none  honour  to  me  to  owttnjr  hys  knyichitra, 
Thoghe  jc  bee  iroMj  rocnc  that  ayns  one  hit  bedc 
Morit  Jrthtirt,  MS.  Uneoln,  fv 
Charyl^  ys  nat  inu. 
And  charyt^  yi  Dst  coveytout. 

MS.  Hart.  1701,  f. 
IRP.    A  fantastic  griiuacc,  or  contortion  of  II 

body.     /Sen  Joruon. 
IRRECUPERABLE.     Incapable  of  being 

covered.     Sec  Hall,  Henry  VII.  f.  27. 
IRRECtRABLE.     Incurable.     ffaU. 
IRREVERBERATION.     Vibration.    ( 
lUnLGATE.     To  wrinkle,     {lal.) 
ISAAC.    The  hedge-sparrow,    ffore, 

from  HeUvggfy  q,  v. 
ISCHEWE.     Issue ;  progeny. 
Tharc  cs  none  Urchctrt  of  ui  on  this  crthe  epronKcncv 
AfDro  Jrthun,  MS.  Unro/»,  f. 
ISE.     I.    ;re(f.     In  the  North,  I  am,  I  &hall. 


I 


1ST 


479 


IVI 


ISELDON.    An  edge-bone  of  beef.    Sec  Arcli. 

xiii.  371.     Siill  in  use. 
ISENCRIS.    The  nume  given  to  the  wolfin  the 

romance  of  Rcnard.    [Lat.  Mfd.) 
T.SE;E.     Saw.     See  St.  Branilao,  p.  8. 
ISIIER.     High ;  lofty.      )'or*«A. 
ISING.     A  kind  of  piidding.     See  Willials,  cd. 
1608,  p.  124  ;  Wyl  Buckc,  p.  12.    According 
to  some,  a  uu!>iige. 
I-SIWED.     Followed.     (^.-S.) 

For  threo  Anma  hco  habbn  i-tiwrnt  me, 
Aiitl  nottjt  DC  hAbbeth  to  mete. 

US-lMii.  inB,  f,  1. 
ISLAND.     The   aisle  of  a  church,  called  in 

medieval  Latin  intnla  .' 
ISLANDS.     Ireland  do(ts ;  shock-dogs. 
ISLE-OF-WIGIIT-PARSON.  A  cormorant,  hie- 
of-H'ighl-RiKk,  a  kind  of  very  hard  cheese 
made  there. 
ISLES.    Eni1>ers  ;  hot  ashe«.   Lane.    The  small 
hlack  particles  of  soot  are  so  called  in  Lincoln- 
shire.   "  Isyl  of  fyrc/api'Wa,"  Pr.  Parv.  p.  206. 
I-SODE.     noilcd.     (A..S.) 

Hon  liim  likrde  that  IlkegUte, 
Thane  uoi  flcchyi  i-t<fA«  othur  i-rott. 

MS.  tjnmd.  InB,  (.  12. 

ISPY.     Hide-and-seeic     Var.  dial 

ISRUM.     Alongstapidtalc.    Line. 

ISSES.     Earlh-vrornis.     Uanlt. 

ISSUES.     To  issue,  ur  rush  out. 

Whan  the  aip  wm  cricil,  walkuirl  wu  Don  icne. 

Bol  tolnnct  hicil,  a»  ther  do  man  had  bene. 

The  Scoitti  pcrccyvod  wcJe  thei  durit  not  Uahtn  oule, 

It  neghed  oere  metcscl,  than  rot  up  alle  the  route. 

At  the  hie  midday  went  the  Scotti*  men, 

Tuo  myle  wai  Iher  way,  to  the  cailcUe  of  Mrtfen. 

VAngtofCi  Chrouiclt.  ii.  334. 

ISSU.    The  entrails  of  an  animal. 

1ST.     I  will.     Also, is  it?     NortK 

ISTA.    Art  thou  .>     Yorkth. 

ISTIA.  The  following  receipt  for  making  "  a 
whyte  trett  that  is  callyd  plasture  ittia  or 
syne"  is  from  a  curions  MS.  of  the  fifteenth 
century : — Take  mete  oylc,  and  sett  hit  one 
the  f)Te,  and  than  put  thereto  literage  off 
gold,  sylver,  or  lede ;  and  than  slurc  them 
weUtogethur;  and  than  take  whylcledc,  and 
pnt  thereto  powder  of  screws  and  codilbon 
therto;  and  than  let  them  sctlie  wcUe,  and 
■Iwey  sttirc  them  tille  hit  be  hard  and  thckc  ; 
and  than  take  a  pyntc  of  oyle  and  of  the  lite- 
rage  a  quortone,  and  of  whyte  led  a  quartone, 
tBd  of  scnu  a  qiiorton,  and  a  quarton  of 
codillmne,  but  loke  that  liit  stonde  most  be 
the  literage,  and  this  wolbe  a  gode  trett  for 
alle  fcsturcs  and  hott  sorys.  Yt  wylle  also 
hele  a  wownde,  withowt  eny  instrumentes  of 
■urgeryo ;  the  whichc  trett  or  ittia  wollc 
garre  the  matere  to  yssen  owte  at  the  wownde, 
and  hele  it  in  a  monyth  or  Ictyllc  more,  the 
whecbe  wonde  wold  not  be  hclyd  in  halfc  a 
yere  he  the  warke  of  surgerj.  And  instedc 
of  codilbon  it  yi  to  be  noted  that  tansy,  hcmp- 
icd,  or  the  croppys,  whyle  they  be  grenr, 
mayc  be  takyv ;  and  the  Khede  tberof  wolle 


ser^e  alle  the  ycrc  for  the  iflia.  Tak  also  the 
le>'y8  of  red  cole,  mowshere,  and  bugle,  of 
ecche  a  handfullc  and  a  halfe,  and  than  stamps 
thame,  and  strcync  them  wjtli  gode  whyte 
wync,  and  so  thcrof  drynke  every  day  iij. 
sponcfulle  at  mome,  and  as  moche  at  nyitb, 
til  je  be  hoole." 
I-SU03E.  In  swoon.  St.  Hrandan,  p.  1. 
IT.  Yet.  «>»/.  In  the.  Aor/A.  Formerly 
used  for  Ae  and  ihe.  It  also  signifies  a  beating 
or  correction. 

The  Journle  lemllli  wondroui  long, 

The  which  1  have  to  make. 
To  tcare  my»?lfe  and  hcate  my  braloea, 

AnJ  all  rot  Wtadome*  take  ! 
And  ff,  God  known  what  may  beAttt, 

And  what  luck  God  will  tpnd, 
Ifahe  will  litue  me  whm  I  come 
At  thi»  my  jotirnyc»  end. 

JtarriBfr  nf  tllf  end  WXtiom;  1979. 

ITAILLE.     Italy.     Chauerr. 

ITALIANATE.  Italianized;  having  adopted 
the  fashions  of  Italy, 

ITCH.  To  creep  ;  to  jet  out.  Kent.  Also,  to 
be  very  anxious. 

ITClI-BlrrOCK.  The  game  of  Lrrrl-coil,  q.  r. 
Florio  has,  "  Giociirv  o  l^aciilo,  to  play  at 
Icvell  cute,  or  itch  buttock."  Skinner  spells 
it  differently,  "  Lrvrl  eoyi,  vox  tessrris  glo- 
bnlosis  Indentium  propria,  a  Fr.  C.  tmz  le  enl, 
culnm  cicves  (i.  e.)  assurgtu,  el  locum  cedas 
successori,  vices  ludendi  pixbeas,  nobis  eliam 
Ai7cA  bultocit,  inio  etiani  Itnlis  eodcm  semxi 
Giocarea  Lira  culo  iisurpatur." 

ITCIIE.     I.     Somn-tl. 

ITCUFULL.     Itchv.     Pattyraee. 

ITEM.    A  hint.     H'orc. 

ITEMS.    Tricks  ;  fancies  ;  caprices,     Devon, 

ITER.     To  renew  a  thing.     {J..N.) 

I-THE.    To  prosper.    {.^.-S.) 

Hell  hl>'n(le  that  mny  »e. 

He  Ib  rtchc  tlxat  ihalle  nerer  f-rA«. 

Arci-m.infl»,  aalmM*. 
I-TOYLED.    Wearied,    {.i..S.) 
Anit  Ktiiiethci  hedileu  on  hymlryd 
Mcore  tcltarpt'  trior he«  slip  tho  -, 
Hit  wojt  In  A  (Ipolful  ployt, 
Reulhllchc  i-inptrit  to  And  frn. 
For  •timme  were  Mgged  and  Ujrlcd, 
Mid  briKlr  huncfirt  un  hrorv  bak  i 
Schrrpcclnuwi-a,  and  loiigeniiylod  i 
Na»  nnn  of  hem  wUlioutcn  lac. 

Vrrnvn  MS,  B*>dMmit  USrv|h 
IV.    In.     /fi/ir.into.     NortA, 
I-VALID.     Depoicd;  made  to  descend. 
And  mighty  lyrauntcs  from  hir  rnyall  u>« 
llr  hilhe  *-M/Jd  and  put  adounc. 

I^rf^rr.  MX.  jMf,mote  39.  f .  .*». 

IVELE.     Evil ;  injury ;  kickncts.    (.f.-5.) 

Kobord  hire  Itdde,  that  w*«  Rrd. 

That  harp  tharnrd  for  bLie  the  ded 

Ofuil  havrdehirc  mliwyd. 

Or  hand  with  iemh  omtm  IcfO.      Iftufclr,  lOT, 

Than  hiiD  tok  an  le^l  ■tronit* 

That  he  vvCO  v^^t^*'  >'><!  uudvtfong, 

Thaihudeth  itaicotn*n  him  on.         it>l4.  Hi. 
IVIN.     Ivy.     .WM. 


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rVOURE.    Ivory.   (A.-V.) 

With  golde  and  ivMttw  ifait  to  bHcble  Khone. 
That  Bile  Btxiute'thc  brwtA  men  majr  te. 

L^fair,  llawlmt.m  MS.  t.  34, 

IVY.  Aubrey  incnlion*  a  curious  custom,  which 
I  believe  is  now  quite ohsolcte.  "  In  severml 
pirts  of  Oxfordshire,"  he  snys,  "  piirtirularly 
at  Ijinton,  it  is  the  custom  fur  the  moid- 
ser>'ant  in  uk  the  man  for  ivy  lo  dress  the 
bouse,  and  if  the  man  denies  or  neglects  to 
fctcli  in  ivy,  the  maid  steals  away  a  pair  of  his 
breeches,  and  nails  them  up  to  the  gate  in  the 
yard  or  highway." 

IVY-BUSH.  The  ivy-bush  was  formerly  bung 
out  nt  taverns,  to  signify  that  good  wine  wai 
»oM  there.  The  following  from  a  rare  work 
fay  Brailhwaite,  Law  of  Drinking,  12rao. 
Lond.  1617,  is  sufficiently  curious  to  be  given 
entire: 

A  pntldtnt  of  ttimding  any  oft«  ejiprtntirt  to  tht 
kmmim  tratU  ^  tht  try-huuh,  or  Rt^lrtUc«i  tmktn 
0wr  v/lht  mnieitnt  rrfi^frr-book^  „/  Pt>tiHii, 

Bv  It  knowDc  unto  alt  men  by  th(.»c  presmts.  that 
1  Ralph  Reiliiowof  nunntnf;-S)(lf{{:ot  in  thecoontle 
of  Turor'Tap,  bowacr,  am  tide  and  fail  bound  unta 
Francb  Ftcry-facclnall  up-caroui^ii,  in  twenty  pota 
ftcrling  t  thai  t»  lo  aay,  not  by  (he  common  can  or 
Jug  now  utrd.  but  by  the  anritnt  full  lop  and  good 
inaaaurr,  acmnling  to  the  laudable  cuitome  of  the 
Red  Lattice  of  Nlp-fcalpe ;  tn  the  which  uld  p:iy. 
mfiot  wcU  and  trucly  to  be  made,  I  bind  mc.  my 
helrca,  ale-aquirci,  put-compaau>ns,  llrk-wimblct, 
malt'Wormes,  vine-frvltcrs,  and  otlicr  failhfull 
dninkartlf.  flrmely  by  thrae  present*:  Dated  the 
IblrMeslh  of  Scant-aober,  and  lealetl  with  O  I  at 
«Mlv«  and  delivered  with  a  twwie  and  a  broome  tn 
the  pteaeoce  of  the  osUer,  the  upitei,  and  the  cham- 
berlalne. 

IVY-GIRL.  A  writer  in  the  Gentleman's  Mag- 
azine, quoted  by  Brand,  i.  3.'),  mentions  a  sort 
of  sport  used  in  Kent  during  the  month  of 
Febniary,  where  the  girls  were  burning  in 
triumph  a  figure  which  they  had  stolen  from 
the  boys,  called  a  holly-boy,  whilst  the  boys 
were  doing  the  same  with  another  figure  called 
an  ifg-yirU  All  this  ceremony  wai  accom- 
panied with  loud  hu^ziis,  noise,  and  acclama- 
tion*.   The  writer  adds,  ■*  what  it  all  means 


I  cannot  tell,  although  I  inquim)  of  scrcral  of ' 
the  oldest  people  In  the  place,  who  conld  only 
answer  that  it  had  always  been  a  sport  >t 
this  season  of  the  year." 
IWB.     A  Jew.     Noniinale  MS. 

Trowo  this  for  no  leiyog. 

And  namely  leve  her  of  do  /k>«. 

For  al  thu>  dud  thei  with  Jhaau. 

Our<T>r  Vvruli.  IIS.  ColL  Tria.  Ckntot, f.  ] ISl 

IWERE.     A  remedy,  or  cure.     Pr.  Pan. 
I-WlllLS.     In  the  mean  time. 

Hti  modir  {  wMh  parte  calle  a  knave. 
And  highte  bym  greie  gyftU  to  hafe. 

MS,  UtKvIn  A .  I.  17,  r.  ». 
I-WIS.    Certainly ;  truly ;  undoubtedly ;  to  wit ; 
especially  ;  besides.     (^-.S.)     After  the  fif- 
teenth century,  this  sense  of  the  word  seems 
to  have  been  lost,  and  it  appears  to  ha%'c  lieea 
regarded  as  a  pronoun  and  a  verb,  /  l-mnp. 
Bermfrynde,  1-seid  Adam. 
I-vifme  Ihou  art  a  wytty  man. 
Thou  Shalt  wtldrynk  Iheirore. 

MS.  Otiu.it.  Ft.  T.  4S,  r-  «a 
1  am  alwayes  troublrd  with  the  Uthcilurdcn. 

I  love  to  to  linger  ; 
1  am  so  lasy,  the  raoste  growelh  an 

Inch  thick  on  the  topof  my  flnger  I 
But  if  you  lUt  to  knowe  my  name. 

/  wi*  1  am  to  well-knowen  to  aome  men  t 
My  name  U  Idlenes,  tlie  flower 

Of  the  frying-pan! 
My  mother  had  Ij.  whetpt  at  one  litter. 

Doth  borne  In  Lent ; 
So  we  ware  tiolh  put  into  a  muiaeUboie, 

And  came  sallng  in  a  sowea  yeareoucr  ae«  into 
Kent.       Maninft  of  Ifill  and  Wltiamt,  1079, 
IX.     An  axle-tree.     Stuiex. 
nilNE.    Iron.    NorlA. 

W)  tti  gunnca  gret,  and  other  gret  ordinaflce. 
Thvm  to  help  and  lo  avanc. 
With  many  a  prowd  pavyi ; 
Gayly  peynled  and  itulTcd  welle, 
f{lbawdc*annyd  with  tyrw«  and  itele. 
Wai  never  better  off  devyce.     ilc/if .  Aitti^.  I).  fiS. 
IZEY-TIZEY.     Uncertainty.     Devon. 
IZLE.    Hoar  fi-ost.     A'orfA. 
IZZARD.     The  letter  Z.      Vnr.  dial      Mora 

generally  pronounced  iaet. 
13£x\.     Eyes.     See  Langtoft,  p.  229. 


'  u./  t//'^ 


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