Dictionary of obsolete and provincial English : containing words from the English writers previous to the nineteenth century which are no longer in use, or are not used in the same sense. And words which are now used only in the provincial dialects

Ex Libris

C. K. OGDEN

IBD W0BK8 PUBLISHED BY

ith a Supplement of upwards of 4600 New Words
and Meanings.

WEBSTER'S DICTIONARY

OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.

Note. — The only authorized Editions of tlm Dictionary are
those here described : no others published in England
contain the Derivations and Etymological Notes of Dr.
Mahn, who devoted several years to this portion of the Work.
See page 4.

WEBSTER'S GUINEA DICTIONARY

OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. Thoroughly revised and im-
proved by Chaunoey A. Goodbich, D.D., LL.D., and Noah Poetee,
D.D,, of Yale College.
The peculiar features of this volume, which render it perhaps the most useful

Dictionary for general reference extant, as it is undoubtedly one of the cheapest

books ever published, are as follows c —

5. The Orthogfraphy is based as &r as
possible on Fixed Principlee. In aU eata
qf doubt an alternative tpeUing is given.

1. Completeness. — It contains 114,000
words— more by 10,000 than any other
Dictionary; and these are, for the most
part, onnsnal or technical terms, for the
explanation of which a Dictionary is most
want«d.

2. Accuracy of Definitioii. — In this

department the labom^ of Dr. Webster
were most valuable, in correcting the faulty
and rednndant definitlonE of Dr. Johnson,
which had previously been almost univer-
sally adopted. In Uie present edition all
the defli^tions have been carefully and
methodically analysed by W. G. AVebeter,
Keq., the Rev. Chauncey Goodrich, Prof.
Lyman, Prof. Whitney, and Prof. Gilman,
with the assistance and under the super-
intendence of Prot Goodrich.

3. Scientific and Technieel Terms. —

In order to secure the utmost completeness
and accuracy of definition, this department
lias been subdivided among eminent
Scholars and Experts, including Prof.Dana,
Prof. Lyman, &c.

4. Etymology. — The eminent philo-
logist. Dr. C. F. MjiKH, has devoted five
years to perfecting this department.

The Volume contains 1628 pages, more than 3000 Illustrations, and is sold
for One Guinea. It will be found, on comparison, to be one of the cheapest
Volumes ever issued. Cloth, 2ls.; half-bound in <alf, 30a.; calf or half-russia,
Sl«. 6<f. ; russia, £2.

6. Pronunciation. — This has been en-
trusted to Mr. W. G. Websteb and Mr.
Wreeler, assisted by other scholars. The
pronunciation of each word is indicated by
typographical signs, which are explained
by reference to a Key printed at the bottom
of each page.

7. The Illustrative Citations. — No

labour has been spared to embody such
quotations from standard authors as may
throw light on the definitions, or pos-
sess any special interest of thonght or

8. The Synonyms. — These are sub-
joined to the words to which they belong,
and are very complete. ■

9. The Illustrations, which exceed 3000,
are inserted, not for the salje of ornament,
but to elucidate the meaning of words
which cannot be satisfactorily explained
withont pictorial aid.

To be obtamea through ail Booksellers.

GEORGE BELL & 80N8.

New Edition, with a New Biographical Supplement of upwards
of 8700 Names.

WEBSTER'S COMPLETE DICTIONARY

OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, AND GENERAL BOOK
OF LITERARY REFERENCE. With 3000 Illustrations. Tho
roughly revised and improved by Chauncey A. Goodbich, D.D.,
LL.D., and Noah Foeteb, D.D., of Yale College.
In One Yolome, Qnorto, strongly bonnd in clotb, 1919 pages, price £1 lit. 6ct.; hftlf-calf,
£2 ; calf or half-russia, £2 2s. ; rnssia, £2 10s.

Besides the matter comprised in the Webster's Guinba Dictionary, this
volume contains the following Appendices, which will show tliat no pains have
been spared to make it a complete Literai-y Refereace-book : —

A Brief History of the Englieh Lan-
guage. By Professor James Hadlk?.
This Work shows the Philological Rela-
tions of the English Langnoge, and traces
the progress and influence of the causes
which have brought it to its present con-
dition.

of FronuneiatioiL

Principles of Fronuneiation. By

Professor GrOODRica and W. A. Whem^b,
M.A, Including a Synopsis of Words
differently pronounced by different au-
thorities.

A Short Treatise on Orthography.

By Abihub W. Weight. Including a
Complete List of Words that are spelt in
two or more ways.

An Explanatory and Prononncing

Vocabulary of the Names of Noted Fic-
titious Persons and Places, be By W. A.

Whkeleb, M.A- This Work includes not

only persons and places noted in Fiction,

whether narrative, poetical, or dramatic,

but Mythological and Mythical names,

names referring to the Angelology and De-

monology of various races, and those

found in the romance writers ; Pseu-
donyms, Nick-names of eminent persons

and parties, 9k., &c. In fact, it is best

described as explaining every name which

is not strictly historical. A reference is

given to the originator of each name, and

where the origin is unknown a qaotati(»i

is given to some well-known writer in

wUch the word occurs.
77it« valuabU Work man «J»o &« ^<m'

teparaUly, post 8w., 6«.
A Pronooncing YoGabolary of Scrip-
ture Proper Names. By W. A. Wheeler,

M.A, Including a List of the Variations

that occur in the Dooay verwon oH tlte

BiUe.

" The cheapest Dictionary ever published, as it is confessedly one cf the best, Tho intro-
duction of small woodcut illustrations of technical and scientmc terns adds greatly to ttte
utility ol the Dictionary."— C7iurc/ima».

Tq he obtained through, all Booksdlen.

A PronooBicing Vooabolary of Oreek

and Latin Proper Names. By Professor
Thaohbe. of Yale College.

An Etymological Vocahnlary of Mo-
dem Geographical Names. By the Rev.
C. H. Wheelbb. Containing :— I. A List
of Prefixes, Terminations, and Formative
Syllables in various Langoages, with their
meaning and derivation ; ii. A brief List
of Geographical Names f not explained by
the foregoing List), witn their derivation
and signification, all doubtful and obscure
derivations being excluded.

Pronouncing Vocabularies of Modem

Geographical and Biogr^hlcal Names.
By J. Thomas, M.D.

A Pronouncing Vocabulary of Com-
mon EngUih Christian Names, with their
derivations, signification, and diminutives
(or nick-n&mee), and tfaeir equivalents in
several other languages.

A Dictionary of Q^aotations. Selected

and translated by William G. Wkbstbb.
Containing all Words, Phrases, Proverbs,
and Colloquial Expressions from the
Greek, Latin, and Modem Foreign Lan-
guages, which are ftequently met with in
literature and conversation.

A New Biographical Dictionary of

up-wards 9700 Naanes of Noted Persons,
Ancient and Motfern, Including many now
living -giving the Name, Fronuncialion,
Nationality, Piofestion, and Date of Birth
and Death.

A List of Abbreviatioins, Contrac-
tions, and Arbitrary Signs used in Writing
and Printing.

A Classified Selection of Pictorial

Illustrations (70 p«g«s). With references
to thete;s:t.

STANDARD WORKS PUBLISHED BY

WEBSTER'S DICTIONARY.

From the Quabtkbly Kkyibw, Oct. 1873.

** Seventy years passed before Johnson was followed by Webster, an
American writer, who faced the task of the English Dictionary with a
fall appreciation of its reqtiirementa, leading to better practical results."

" His laborious comparison of twenty languages, though never pub-
lished, bore fruit in his own mind, and his training placed him both in
knowledge and judgment far in advance of Johnson as a philologist.
Webster's * American Dictionary of the English Language ' was pub-
lished in 1828, and of course appeared at once in England, where
successive re-editing Juu as yet kept it in the highest place as a practical
Dictionary."

" The acceptance of an American Dictionary in England has itself
had immense effect in keeping up the community of speech, to break
which would be a grievous harm, not to English-speaking nations
alone, but to mankind. The result of this has been that the common
Dictionary must suit both sides of the Atlantic." ....

" The good average business-like character of Webster's Dictionary,
both in style and matter, made it as distinctly suited as Johnson'a was
distinctly unsuited to be expanded and re-edited by other hands.
Professor Goodrich's edition of 1847 is not much more than enlarged
and amended, but other revisions since have so much novelty of plan
as to be described as distinct works." ....

" The American revised Webster's Dictionary of 1864, published in
America and England, is of an altogether higher order than these last
[The London Imperial and Student's]. It bears on its title-page the
names of Drs. Goodrich and Porter, but inasmuch as its especial im-
provement is in the etymological department, the care of which was
committed to Dr. Mahn, of Berlin, we prefer to describe it in short as
the Webster-Mahn Dictionary. Many other literary men, among them
Professors Whitney and Dana, aided in the task of compilation and
revision. On censideration it seems that the editors and contributors
have gone far toward improving Webster to the utmost that he will
bear improvement. The vocabulary has become almost complete, aa
regards usual words, while the definitions keep throughout to Webster's
simple careful style, and the derivations are assigned with the aid of
good modem authorities."

" On the whole, the Webster-Mahn Dictionary as it stands, is most
respectable, and CEBTAINLT THE BEST FBACTICAL ENGLISH
SICTIOHABT EXTANT."

LONDON: GEORGE BELL & SONS, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN.

QEOBGE BELL & SONS.

SPECIAL DICTIONARIES AND WORKS
OF REFERENCE.

Dr. Richardson's Philological Dictionary of the

ENGLISH LANGUAGE. Combiniug Explanation with Etymology,
and copiously illustrated by Quotations from the Best Authorities.
New Edition, with a Supplement containing additional Words and
farther Illustrations. In 2 vols. 4to. £4 14«. Gd. Half-bound in
BuBsia, £5 ISs. 6d. Russia, £6 128.

The Words, with those of the same family, are traced to their
origin. The Explanations are deduced from the primitive meaning
through the various usages. The Quotations are arranged chrono-
logic^y, from the earliest period to the present time.
The Supplement separately. 4to. 12«.

An 8vo. edition, without the Quotations, 158. Half-russia, 20«.
Russia, 248.

Synonyms and Antonyms of the English Language.

Collected and Contrasted. By the late Yen. C. J. Smith, M.A.
Post 8vo. 58.
Synonyms Discriminated. A Catalogue of Synonymous

Words in the English Language, with their various Shades of Mean-
ing, &c. Illustrated by Quotations from Standard Writers. By the
late Yen. C. J. Smith, M.A. Demy 8vo. 168.
A Biographical Dictionary. By Thompson Coopkb, F.S.A.,
Editor of " Men of the Time," and Joint Editor of " Athense Canta-
brigienses." 1 vol. Svo. 128.
This volume is not a mere repetition of the contents of previous works,
but embodies the results of many years' laborious research in rare publica-
tions and unpublished documents. Any note of omission which may be
sent to the Publishers will be duly considered.
" It ifi an important original contribution to the literature of its class by a painstaking

scholar It seems in every way admirable, and fully to Justify the claims on its

behalf put forth by its gAOot."— British Quarterly Review.

" The mass of Information which it contains, especially as regards a number of anthors
more or less obscure, is simply astonishing." —Spectator.

"Comprises in 1210 pages, printed very closely in doable coltunns, an enormous amount
of Information."— £a!amin«r.

" Mr. Cooper takes credit to himself, and is, we think. Justified in doing so, for the great
care b^towed upon the work to insure accuracy as to facts and dates; and he is right
perhaps In saying that his dictionary is the most comprehensive work of its kind in the
English language."— /"oU MaU Gazette.

A Biographical and Critical Dictionary of Painters

and Engravers. With a List of Ciphers, Monograms, and Marks.
By Michael Bbyan. Enlarged Edition, thoroughhj revised. \_In the
press.l

A Supplement of Recent and Living Painters. By

Henry Ottley. 128.
The Cottage Gardener's Dictionary. With a Supple-
ment, containing all the new plants and varieties to the year 1869.
Edited by George W. Johnson. Post Svo. Cloth. Qs. 6d.

LONDON: GEORGE BELL k SONS, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN

6

8TANDABD WORKS PUBLI8BED BY

THE ALDINE SERIES OF THE BRITISH POETS.

CHEAP EDITION.

In Fifty-twe Yoltunes, Bonnd in Olotk, at £igliteenp«nce each
Volume.

Akenside, with Uemoir by the SeT.
A. Dtce, and additional Letters. Is. ed.

Beattie, with Memoir by the Bey.

A. DiOK. u. 64.

Botub, with Kemoir by Sir Harris
NiooLAS, and additional oi^yrlght Pieces.
3 voK U. M.

Butler, with Memoir by the Bev. J.

MiTFORD, 3 vols. 3*.

Chancer, edited by B. Morris, with
Memoir by Sir Habbib N1001.AS. 6 vols.
9s.

Charohm, Tooke'a Edition, revised,
^tb Memoir, by Jaubs Haxkat. 2 vols.
Si.

Collins, edited, with Memoir, by W.
Mot Thokas. i«. 6d.

Cowper, including his Translations.

£dited, with Memoir, and Additional
Copyright Pieces, by Jorh Brccb, F£.A.
3 vols. 4t. M.

Dryden, with Memoir by the Bev,

R. Hooper, F.S.A. CarefuUy revised,
6 yob. It. td.

Falconer, with Memoir by the Bev.
J. MrrroRD. U. M.

Goldsmith, with Memoir by the Bev.
J. MmoRD. Revised. 1*. 6<i.

Qrav, with Kotes and Memoir by the
Bev. John Mitfokd. it. ed.

Kirke "White, with Memoir by Sir H.

NrooLAs, and additional Notes. Carefully
revised, if. 6d.

Milton, with Memoir by the Bev. J,

MiTFORD. 3 vols. 4t. M. ;

Famell, with Memoir Yry the Bev.
J. Mttfobd. It. ed.;

Pope, with Memoir by the Bev. A.
Dtcb. 3 vols. u. 6d.

Prior, with Memoir by the Bev. J.

MiTFORD. 2 VOK 3«.

Shakespeare, with Memoir by the
Rev. A. Dtce. li. Bd.

Spenser, edited, with Memoir, by
J. Patke Coujex. 6 vols. li. 6d.

Surrey, edited, with Memoir, by
Jahss Yeoweli. It. 64.

Swift, with Memoir by the Bev. J.
MiTFORD. 3 vols. 4$. ed.

Thomson, with Memoir by Sir H.

Nicuias. Annotated by Petkb Cnrnmro-
HAM, F.SA., and additional Fsems, oat«-
fally revised. 2 voK 8(.

Wyatt, edited, with Memoir, by
Jambs Ykowbll. It. 6<i

Toung, with Memoir by the Bev. J.

MiTFORD, and additional Poems. 2 vola.
3t.

Complete sets may be obtained, bonnd In half-morocco. £9 it.

V,B.-^^Oo[Ate of the Fine Pt^r Bdlticn, vriti Portraits, may still be bad, prfce M. per
Tolmne (excqit Oollins. 8*. 64.).

LONDON : GEORGE BELL & SONS, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN.

GEORGE BELL & SONS.

THE ALDINE EDITION OF THE BRITISH POETS.

8VPPLEMENTABY SERIES.

Thb fifty-two volumea which have hitherto formed the well-known
Aldine Series, embody the works of nearly all the more popular English
poetical writers, whether lyric, epic, or satiric, up to the end of the
eighteenth century. But since that time the wonderful fertility of English
literature has produced many writers equal, and in some cases far superior,
to the majority of their predecessors ; and the widely augmented roll of
acknowledged EngUsh poets now contains many names not repreaented
in the series of " Aldine Poets."

With a view of providing for this want, and of making a series which
has long held a high place in public estimation a more adequate represen-
tation of the whole body of English poetry, the Publishers have deter-
mined to issue a second series, which will contain some of the older poets,
and the works of recent writers, so far as may be practicable by arrange-
ment with the representatives of the poets whose works are still copyright.

One volume, or more, at a time will be issued at short intervals ; they
will be uniform in binding and style with the last fine-paper edition of the
Aldine Poets, in fcap. 8vo. size, printed at the Chiswick Press. Price
58. per volume.

Each volume will be edited with notes where necessary for elucidation of
the text ; a memoir wiU be prefixed, and a portrait, where an aathentio
one is accessible.

The following are already published : —

The Poems of William Blake. With Memoir by W. M. Eoaaetti,
and portrait by Jeens.

The Poems of Samuel 'Boqebs. With Memoir by Edward Bell, and
portrait by Jeena.

The Poems of Thobias Chattebton. 2 vols. Edited by the Bev.
W. Skeat, with Memoir by Edward Bell.

The Poems of Sib Waltbe Raleigh, Sir Hugh Cotton, and Selec-
tions &om other Courtly Poets. With Introduction by the Bev. Dr.
Hannah, and portrait of iSir W. Raleigh.

The Poems of Thomas Campbell, With Memoir by W. Allingham,
and portrait by Jeens.

The Poems of George Herbert. (Complete Edition.) With Memoir
by the Rev. A. B. Grosart, and portrait.

The Poems of John Keats. With Memoir by Lord Houghton, and
portrait by Jeens.

LONDON: GEORGE BELL & SONS, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN.

t STAND AED WORKS PUBLISHED BY

In Ten Volumes^ price 28. 6<J. each ; in half-morocco, £2 10».
the set.

CHEAP ALDINE EDITION OF

SHAKESPEARE'S DEAMATIC WORKS.

Edited by S. W. SINGEE.

Uniform with the Cheap Edition of the Aldine Poets.

' The formation of nmnerous Shakespeare Reading Societies Las created
a demand for a cheap portable edition, with legible type, that shall pro-
vide a sound text with such notes as may help to elucidate the meaning
and assist in the better understanding of the author. The Publisiiers
therefore determined to reprint Mr. Singer's well-known Edition, published
in 10 vols., small 8vo., for some time out of print, and issue it in a cheap
form, uniform with the well-known Aldine Edition of British Poets.

CONTENTS.

Vol. L The Life of Shakespeare. The Tempest. The Two Gentlemen
of Verona. The Merry Wives of Windsor. Measure for
Measure.

Vol. II. Comedy of Errors. Much Ado about Nothing. Love's Labour
Lost. Midsummer Night's Dream. Merchant of Venice.

Vol. m. As You Like It. Taming of the Shrew. All's WeU that

Ends WeU. Twelfth Night, or What You Will.
Vol. rV. Winter's Tale. Pericles. King John. King Richard IL
Vol. V. King Henry IV., Parts L and II. King Henry V.
Vol. VI. King Henry YL, Parts I. II. and IIL King Richard III.
Vol. VII. King Henry VIII. Troilus and Cressida. Coriolanus.

Vol. VIII. Titus Andronicus. Romeo and Juliet. Timon of Athena,

JuMuB CsBsar.
Vol. IX. Macbeth. Hamlet King Lear,
Vol. X. Othello. Antony and Cleopatra. Cymbeline.

Uniform with the above, price 2«. 6d ; in half-morocco, 5$.

CRITICAL ESSAYS ON THE PLAYS OF SHAKESPEARE,

By WiLLiiM Watkiss Lloyd;

Giving a succinct account of the origin and source of each play, where
ascertainable and careful criticisms on the subject-matter of each.

A few copies of this Work have been printea lo range with the fine-paper Edition qf the
Aldine Poets. The price far tht JEleven Volumes (not sold sqparatxly) is £2 IM.

LONDON: GEORGE BELL & SONS, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN.

8

GEORGE BELL & SONS.

POCKET VOLUMES.

A. SxBrBS of Select WorkS of Favonrlto Authors, adapted for general reading, moderate !b
price, compact and elegant in form, and executed in a style fitting them to be perma-
nently preserved. Imperial 32mo., cloth.

Parables from Nature, i —

GattT's

2 vols. 6$.

Captain Karryat's Uasterman.

Ready, 2s. 6ci
Lamb's Elia. Eliana and Last Essay

with Memoir, by Babbt C!or>wali. 2

vols. Ss.
Bacon's Essays. 2s. 6d.
Bums's Poems. 3s.

Songs. 3s.

Coleridge's Poems. 3s.

C. Dibdin s Sea Songs and Ballads.

And others. 3t.

Midshipman, Tbe. Autobiographical
Sketches of his own early Career, by Cap-
tain Basil Haix, R.N., FJi.S. 3s. 6d.

Lientenant and Commander. By
Capuin Basil Haix, R.N., F.R.S. 3». 6d.

George Herbert's Poems, 2s. 6d,

Bemains. 2s.

Works. 3s. 6d.

The Sketch Book. By Washington

iBViNa. 3s. 6d.
Tales of a Traveller. By Washtno-

TON lavntG. 3s. 6d.
Charles Lamb's Tales from Shak-

speare. 3s.
Longfellow's Evangeline and Voices,

Sea-side, and Poems on Slavery. 3s.
Milton's Paradise Lost. 3s.

Kegained, & other Poems, 3a.

Bobin Hood Ballads. 3s.
Sonthey's Life of Nelson. 3s.

Walton's Complete Angler. Por-
trait* and JUmtratiom. 3s.

Lives of Donne, Wotton,

Hooker, &c 3s. 6<i.

White's Natural History of Bel*

borne. 3s. M.

Shakspeare's Plays & Poems. E[£IGhtl£y's Edition. 13 Vols, in cloth case, 21s,

ELZEVIR SERIES.

Small fcap. 8vo.

These Voltimes are issued nnder the general title of " Elzevtr Sembs," to distingoist
them from other collections. This general title has been adopted to indicate the spirit in which
they are prepared ; that is to say, with the greatest possible accuracy as regards text, and
the highest degree of beauty that can be attained in the workmanship.

They are printed at the Qiiswick Press, on fine paper, with wide margins, and issued is
a neat f-loth binding.

Longfellow's Evangeline, Voices,

Sea-side and Fire-side. 4s. 6d. With
Portrait.
-^— Hiawatha, and The Golden

Legend. 4s. 6d.
Wayside Inn, Miles Standish,

Spanish Student 4s. 6d.

Boms's Poetical Works. 4s. 6d.

WiVi Portrait.

Songs and Ballads. 4s, 6d.

These Editions contain all the copyright
pieces pttblished in the Aldine ^ition.

Cowper's Poetical Works. 2 vols.,

each 4s. 6d. With Portrait.

Coleridge's Poems. 4s. 6<;. With
Portrait.

Irving's Sketch Book. 5s. With

Portrait.

Tales of a Traveller. 5s.

Milton's Paradise Lost. 4s. &d. With

Portrait.
Begained. 4s. 6d.

Shakspeare's Plays and Poecu,
Carefully edited by Thomas Khghtlet.
In seven volumes. 6s. each.

Sonthey's Life of Nelson. 4». 6d,

With Portrait of Nelson.

Walton's Angler. 4s. 6d. With a

Frontispiece.

• Lives of Donne,' Hooker,

Herbert, &c. 6s. With Portrait.

LONDON: GEORGE BELL & SONS, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN.

9

8TANDABD WORKS PUBLISHED BY

HISTORY AND TRAVELS.
Rome and the Campagna. A Historical and Topo-

KrapUcal Description of the Site, Buildings, and Kelghbourhood of ancient Borne. By
toe Rev. Robert Born, Ute FeUow and Tutor of Trinity CoUege, Cambridge. With
eighty engravings by Jewitt, and numerous Maps and Plans, and an Appendix,
bringing the Work down to 1876. Demy 4to. -t3 3s.

Ancient Athens; its History, Topography, and Re-

MAINS. By Thomas BLekbt Dtek, LL.U., Anthor of The History of the Kings of
Rome." Super-royal 8vo. Illustrated, cloth. £1 6i.

The History of the Kings of Rome. By Dr. T. H.

Dtkr, Anthor of the " History of the City of Rome ;" " Pompeii : Its History,
Antiquities," &c, with a Prefatoiy.Difisertation on the Sources and Evidence of Early
Boaum History. 8vo. 16*.

Modem Europe, from the Fall of Constantinople in

1453. By Thomas Henby Dteb, LL.D. Second Edition, Revised and Continued.

In 6 vols. £2 12*. Qd.

The Decline of the Roman Republic. By the late George

Long, M.A., Editor of " Caasar's Commentaries," " Cicero's Orations," &c 8vo.
Vol. L From the Destruction of Carthage to the End of the Jugurthiae War. lit.
VoL II. To the Death of Sertorius. 14s.

VoL UI. Including the third Mithridatic War, the Catiline Conspiracy, and the Con-
sulship of C. Julius Ceesar. 14*.
Vol. IV. History of Csasar's Gallic Campaigns and of contemporaneous events. 14».
Vol. V. From the Invasion of Italy by Julius Caesar to his Death. 14*.

A History of England during the Early and Middle

AQEIS. By C. H. Pearson, M. A., Fellow of Oriel College, Oxford, and late Lecturer
In History at Trinity CoUege, Cambridge. Second Edition, revised and enlarged. 8vo.
VoL I. to the Death of Coeur de Lion. 16*. VoL II. to the Death of Edward L 14*.

Historical Maps of England. By 0. H. Pearson, M.A.

Folio. Second Edition, revised. 31*. 6d.
An Atlas containing Five Maps of England at dififerent periods daring tbe Euly and
Middle Ages.

The Footsteps of our Lord and His Apostles in

PALESTINK, SYRIA, GREECE, AND ITALY. By W. H. Bartxett. Seventh
Edition, with numerous Engravings. In one ito. volume. Handsomely bound in
walnut, 18*. Cloth gilt, 10*. 6<I.

Forty Days in the Desert on the Track of the

ISRAELITES : or, a Journey from Cairo to Mount Sinai and Petra. By W. H. Babt-
LETT. 4to. With 26 Steel Engravings. Handsome walnut binding, 18*. Cloth gilt,
10*. 64

The Nile Boat ; or. Glimpses in the Land of Egypt.

By W. H. Baktlktt. New Edition, with 33 Steel Engravings. 4to. Walnut. 18*
Cloth gUt, 10*. 6d.

The Desert of the Exodus. Joumeys on Foot in the

WiMemess of the Forty Years' Wanderings, undertaken in connection with the
Ordnance Survey of Sinai and the Palestine Exploration Fund. By E. H. Pauteb, M.A.,
Lord Almoner's Professor of Arabic and FeUow of St. John's College, Cambridge',
Member of the Asiatic Society, and of the Societe de Paris. With Maps, and numerous
lUostfations from Photographs and Drawings taken on tbe spot by the Siuai Survey
E^jjedition and C. F. Ttbwhixt Dkakk. 2 vols. 8vo. 28*.

LONDON : GEORGE BELL & SONS, YOjRK STREET, COVENT GARDEN.

10

QEOBGE BELL & 80N8.

STANDARD WORKS.

Corpus Poetarum Latinomm. Edited by E. Walkek.

One thick vol. 8vo. Cloth, 18«.
Containing :—Catnllus, Lncretius, Vlrgillns, Tlbnllus, Propertius, Ovldlus, Horatlus,
Phaedrns, Lacanus, Persius, Jnvpnalls, Martialis, Snlplcia, Statlus, SUius Italicos, Yalerlns
Floccos, Calpumlus Siculns, Ansonius, and Claudlanns.

Oruden's Concordance to the Old and New Testament,

or an Alphabetical and Classified Index to the Holy Bible, specially adapted for Snoday
School Teachers, containing nearly 54,000 references. Thoroughly revised and cou-
densed by G. H. Haknat. Fcap. 2t.

Perowne (Canon). The Book of Psalms. A New

Translation, with Introductions and Notes, Critical and Explanatory. By the Very Rev.
J. J. Stkwaet Perowne, Dean of Peterborough. 8vo. Vol. 1., Fourth Edition, 18*. ;
Vol. U., Fourth EdiUoa 16«.

Abridged Edition for Schools. Third Edition. Crowu

Svo. lOs. 6d.

Adams (Dr. E.). The Elements of the English Lan-

(iUAGE. By Ebnkst Adams, Ph.D. Fifteenth EdiUon. Post Svo. it. 6d.

Whewell (Dr.). Elements of Morality, including Polity.

By W. Whkwkll, D.D., formerly Master of Trinity College, Cambridge. Fourth
Edition. In 1 vol. 8vo. 16«.

Gilbart (J. W.). The Principles and Practice of

BANKING. By the late J. W. Qilbabt. New Edition, revised (1871). Svo. 16».

BIOGRAPHIES BY THE LATE SIR ARTHUR HELPS, K.C.B.
The Life of Hernando Cortes, and the Conquest of

MEXICO. Dedicated to Thomaa Carlyle. a vols. Crown Svo. 16«.

The Life of Christopher Columbus, the Discoverer of

AMERICA. Fourth Edition. Crown Svo. 6«.

The Life of Pizarro. With Some Accomit of his Asso-
ciates In the Conquest of Peru. Second Edition. Crown Svo. 6«.

The Life of Las Casas, the Apostle of the Indies.

Second Edition. Crown Svo. 6*.

The Life and Epistles of St. Paul. By Thomas Lewik,

Esq., M.A., F.S.A., Trinity College, Oxford, Barrister-at-Law, Author of "Fasti
Sacri," " Siege of Jerusalem," " Cfesar's Invasion," ■' Treatise on Trusts," &c. With
upwards of 350 Illustrations finely engraved on Wood, Maps, Flans, &c. Fourth
Edition. In 2 vols., demy 4to. £2 2«.

"This is one of those works which demand from critics and from the public, before
attempting to estimate Its merits in detail, an unqualified tribute of admiration. The first
glance tells as that the book is one on which the leisure of a busy lifetime and the whole

resources of an enthusiastic author have been lavished without stint This work is a

kind of British Museum for this period and subject in small compass. It is a series of
galleries of statues, gems, coins, documents, letters, books, and relics, through which the
reader may wander at leisure, and which he may animate with his own musings and reflec-
tions. It must be remembered throughout that this delightful and Instructive collection is
the result of the devotion of a lifetime, and deserves as much honour and recognition as
many a museum or picture-gallery which has preserved its donor's name for generations."
— Kma.

LONDON : GEORGE BELL & SONS, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN.

11

8TANDABD WOBES PUSLISHED BY

ILLUSTRATED OR POPULAR EDITIONS OF
STANDARD WORKS.

Dante's Divine Comedy. Translated by the Eev. Henry

FsAKCis Cabt. With all the Author's Copyright Emendations. Post 8vo. Zs. W.

Shakespeare. Shakespeare's Plays and Poems. With

Notes and Life by Charuss Khight, and 40 engravings on wood by Habtit. Royal
8vo. Cloth. 10*. 6d.

Fielding. Works of Henry Fielding, complete. With

Memoir of the Author by Xhouas Boscoe, and 20 Plates by Geoboe CsniKSHAirs.
Medium 8vo. lit.

Fielding. The Novels separately. With Memoir by

Thouas Roscoe, and Plates by GtEobge Csuiebhans. Medium 8to. It. 6<2.

Swift. Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. Containing

interesting and valuable passages not hitherto published. With Memoir of the Author
by Thomas Roscob. 2 vols. Medium 8vo. 2it.

Smollett. Miscellaneous Works of Tobias Smollett.

Complete in 1 vol. With Memoir of the Author by Thomas Roscoe. 21 Plates by
Geoboe Cbuikshakk. Medium 8vo. I4t.

Lamb. The Works of Charles Lamb. With a Memoir

by Sir Thomas Noon Talfourd. Imp. 8vo. lo». 6d.

Goldsmith's Poems. Illtistrated. 16mo. 2». Qd.
Wordsworth's White Doe of Rylstone ; or, the Fate of

THE NORTONS. Illustrated. 16mo. 3». 6d.

Longfellow's Poetical Works. With nearly 250 Illiistra-

tions by Bcbkei Fostek, Te!iktel, Godwin, Thomas, &c. In 1 vol. 21*.

Longfellow's Evangeline, niustrated. 16mo. 3«. 6d.

Longfellow's Wayside Inn. Ulustrated. 16mo. 3«. 6<J.

Washington Irving's Sketch-Book. (The Artist's Edi-
tion.) Illustrated with a Portrait of the Author on Steel, and 200 Exquisite Wood-
Engravings from the Pencils of the most celebrated American Artists. Crown 4to.
21t.

Adelaide Anne Procter's Legends and L3n^cs. The

Illustrated Edition. With Additional Poems, and an Intreduction by Charles
Dickens, a Portrait by Jeeks, and 20 Illustrations by Eminent Artiste, and a short
Memoir by Mrs. Ewing. Fcap. 4to. Ornamental cloth. 21t.

Mrs. Gatty's Parables from Nature. A Handsomely

Illustrated Edition ; with Notes on the Natural History, and numerous Full-page
Illustrations by the most eminent Artists of the present day. Aetc complete edition,
with Short Memoir hy J. II. Ewikg. Fcap. 4to. 2l».

The Book of Gems. Selections from the British

POETS. Illustrated with upwards of 160 Steel Engravings. Edited by S. C. Hall.
3 vols. Handsomely bound in walnut. 21 «. each.

FiBStr Sebfes — Chatjcer to Drtden.

Second Series— Swift to Burns.

Thibd SEBiBa— Wordsworth to Tenntson. '

LONDON : GEORGE BELL & SONS, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN.

13

GEORGE BELL & SONS.

BOOKS FOR THE YOUNG.

CAPTAIN MARRTAT8 BOOKS FOR BOYS.
Poor Jack. "With Sixteen Illtistrations after Designs by

Clakkson Stantikld, R^. Twenty-second Edition. Post 8vo., 3s. 6<J. Gilt, «. M.

Cheap Edition. Is.

The Mission ; or, Scenes in Africa. "With Illustrations

by John Gilbebt. Post 8vo., as. 6<i. Gilt, 4*. 6<t

The Settlers in Canada. "With Illustrations by Gilbep.t

and Dalzisl. Poet 8to., 3*. 6<i. Gilt, it. 6d.

The Privateers Man. Adventures by Sea and Land

IN CIVIL AND SAVAGE LIFE, ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO. Illustrated
with Elglit Steel Engravings. Post 8vo., 3*. 6<i. Gilt, U. 6d.

Masterman Ready ; or, the Wreck of the Pacific.

Embellished with Ninety-three Engravings on Wood. Post 8vo., 3». 6d. Gilt, is. M.

Cheap Edition. Is.

The Pirate and Three Cutters. Illustrated with Eight

Steel Engravings from Drawings by Ciabksok StaiiTTeld, R.A. With a Memoir
of the Author. Post 8vo., 3*. 6<i. Gilt, is. 6d.

A Boy's Locker. A Smaller Edition of the above Tales,

in 12 volumes, enclosed In a compact cloth box. 2U.

Hans Christian Andersen's Tales for Children. With

Forty-eight Full-page Illnstrationg by Wehnert, and Fifty-seven Small Engravings
on Wood by W. Thomas. A new Edition. Very handsomely bound. 6*.

Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales and Sketches.

Translated by C. C. Peachet, H. Wabd, A. Pleskeb, &c. With 104 Illustrations by
Otto Speckteb and others. 6*.

This volume: contains several tales that are in no other Edition published in tins
country, and with the above volume it forms the most complete English Edition.

Mrs. Alfred Gatty's Presentation Box for Young

PEOPLE. Containing " Parables from Nature," " Aunt Judy's Tales," and other
Popular Books, 9 volumes in all, beautifully printed, neatly botmd, and enclosed In
a cloth box. 31«. 6d. Any single volume at 3s. 6d.

Anecdotes of Dogs. By Edward Jesse. "With Illustra-
tions. Post 8vo. Cloth. 6s. With Thlrty-foor Steel Engravings alter Coopeb,
Lajidseer, &c. Is. 6d.

The Natural History of Selbome. By Gilbert "Whitf..

Edited by Jesse. Illustrated with Forty Engravings. Post 8va S(. ; or with the
Plates Coloured, It. 6d.

A Poetry Book for Schools. Illustrated with Thirty-
seven highly-finished Engravings by C. W. Cope, R.A., Helmslet, Palksb, Skiix,
Thokas, and H. Wbik. Crown 8vo. 1*.

Select Parables from Nature. By Mrs. Ga.ttt. For

the Use of Schools. Fcap. It.

Besides being reprinted In America, selections from Mrs. Gatty's Parables have
been translated and published in the German, French, Italian, Russian, Danish, and
Swedish langnages.

LONDON: GEORGE BELL & SONS, YORK STREET COVENT GARDEN.

13

STANDABD WOBKS PUBLISHED BY

SOWERBY'S ENGLISH BOTANY:

Containing a Description and Life-size coloured Drawing of every
British Plant. Edited and brought up to the Present Standard of
Scientific Knowledge by T. Boswell (formerly Syme), LUD. F.L.S.,
&0. With Popular Descriptions of the Uses, History, and Traditions
of each Plant, by Mrs. Lankesteb, Author of " Wild Flowers Worth
Notice," " The British Ferns," «Sfcc. The Figures by J. E. Sowebby,
James Sowebby, F.L.S., J. De. 0. Sowebby, F.L.S., and J. W.
Salteb, AXkS. In Eleven Volumes, super-royal 8vo. ; or in 83 Parts,
5s, each.

" Under the editorship of T. Boswell Syme, F.L.S., assisted by Mrs. Lankester, ' Sowerby's
FpgHah Botany,' when finished, will be exhaustive of the subject, and worthy of the
branch of science it lllnscrates, , . . In tnming over the chmmingly executed band-
coloured plates of British plants 'which encumber these volumes with riches, the reader
cannot help being struck with the beauty of many of the humblest flowering weeds we tread
on with careless step. We cannot dwell upon many of the individuals grouped In the
R>lendld bouquet of flowers presented in these pages, and it will be Bofflctent to state that
tae work is pledged to contain a figure of every wild flower indigenous to these islee."—
Tima.

" Will be the most complete Flora of Qreat .Britain ever bronght out. This great work
^111 find a place wherever botanical science is cultivated, and the study of our native
plants, with all their fascinating associations, held dear." — Atherueum.

" A clear, bold, distinctive type enables the reader to take In at a glance the ;atTanKemtnt
■sd divisions of every page. And Mrs. Lankester has added to the techalcal dMcription by
the editor an extremely interesting popular sketch, which follows in smaller type. The
English, French, and German popular names are gjiven, and, wherever that delicate and
difficult step is at all practicable, their derivation alsa Medical properties, superstitions
and fancies, and poetic tributes and lUnsions, follow. la short there is nottuDg more l(it to
be desired."— Guardian.

•* Without question, this Is the standard work on Botany, and indispensable to every
botanist. . , . The plates are most accurate and beautiful, and the entire work cannot be
too strongly recommended to all who are interested In botany." — lUiutrated Ntmt.

Sold separately, prices asfollovos : —

Bound clotb. Half morocco. Morocco elegant.

Vol. L (Seven Parts) « „

TI. ditto .. ..

' ni. (Eight Paris) ., ..

IV. (Nine Parts) .. ..

V. (Eight Parts) .. ..

VI. (Seven Parts) .. ..

Vn. ditto .. ,.

Vni. (Ten Parts^ .. ..

IX. (Seven Parts) .. ..

X. ditto ....

XI. (Six PariB) .... 1 13 0 1 17 0 2 3 6

Or, the Eleven Volumes, 221. 88. in cloth ; 24L 12«. in half-moroooo ; and
28Z. Zs. Qd. whole moroeoo.

A Bvpplemmtary VoHrae, eontammg ferns and other cryptogam, with an Index
to the Khoie vrorl:, is in preparation by Professor BoswElX (formerly Stme).

LONDON: GEORGE BELL & SONS, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN.

£ s.

A

£ «.

d.

£ s.

d.

1 18

0

2 2

0

2 8

6

1 18

0

2 2

0

2 8

6

2 3

0

2 7

0

2 13

6

2 8

0

2 12

0

2 18

6

2 8

0

2 7

0

2 13

6

1 18

0

2 2

0

2 8

6

1 18

0

2 2

0

2 8

6

2 13

0

2 17

0

8 3

6

1 18

0

2 2

0

2 8

6

1 18

0

2 2

0

2 8

6

GEORGE BELL & SONS.

LIBRARY OF NATURAL HISTORY.

" Each volume Is elegantly printed in royal 8vo., and illustrated with a very large
number of well-executed engravings, printed in colours. .... They form a completo
library of reference on the several subjects to which they are devoted, and nothing
more complete in their way has lately appeared." — TA* Bookseller.

BREE'S BIRDS OF EUROPE AND THEIR EGGS, not ob-
served in the British Isles. With 252 beautifully coloured Plates. Five vols. 5/. s*.

COUCH'S HISTORY OF THE FISHES OF THE BRITISH

ISLANDS. With 252 carefully coloured Plates. Four vols. 4/. 4s.

GATTY'S (MRS. ALFRED) BRITISH SEAWEEDS. Nume-
rous coloured Illustrations. Two vols. 2/. lof .

HIBBERD'S (SHIRLEY) NEW AND RARE BEAUTIFUL-
LEAVED PLANTS. With 64 coloured Full-page Illustrations. Executed
expressly for this work. One vol. il. Sf .

LOWE'S NATURAL HISTORY OF BRITISH AND EXOTIO

FERNS. With 479 finely coloured Plates. Eight vols. 61. 6s.

LOWE'S OUR NATIVE FERNS. lUustrated with 79 coloured
Plates and 900 Wood Engravings. Two vols. al. 2*.

LOWE'S NATURAL HISTORY OF NEW AND RARE FERNS.

Containing Species and Varieties not included in " Ferns, British and Exotic."
72 colourwl Plates and Woodcuts. One vol. il. is.

LOWE'S NATURAL HISTORY OF BRITISH GRASSES. With
74 finely coloured Plates. One vol. i/. is.

LOWE'S BEAUTIFUL-LEAVED PLANTS : being a description
of the most beautiful-leaved Plants in ctiltivation in this country. With 60
coloured Illustrations. One vol. i/. is.

MAUNDS' BOTANIC GARDEN. New Edition. Edited by J. C. Niven,
Curator of the Botanic Gardens, Hull. With 250 coloured Plates, giving 1247
figures. Six vols. 12/. i3s.

MORRIS' HISTORY OF BRITISH BIRDS. With 360 finely
coloured Engravings. Six vols. 61. 6s.

MORRIS' NESTS AND EGGS OF BRITISH BIRDS. With

223 beautifully coloured .Engravings. Three vols. 3/. 3*.

MORRIS' BRITISH BUTTERFLIES. With 71 beautifully co-
loured Plates. One vol. x/. i*.

MORRIS' BRITISH MOTHS. With coloured Illustrations of

nearly 2000 specimens. Four vols. 61. 6*.

TRIPP'S BRITISH MOSSES. With 39 coloured Plates, con-
taining a figure of each species. Two vols. al. los.

WOOSTER'S ALPINE PLANTS. First Series. With 54 coloured

Plates. 25*.

WOOSTER'S ALPINE PLANTS. Second Series. With 54 coloured

Plates, as*. ____^^

LONDON : GEORGE BELL & SONS, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN.

16

STANDARD WORKS

PUBLISHED BY

GEORGE BELL & SONS.

*^* For List of Bonn's Libbabees tee the end of (he Volume.

DICTIONAEY

OBSOLETE AND •' PROVINCIAL ENGLISH,

ooirrAxsiiro

WORDS FROM THE ENGLISH WRITERS PREVIOUS TO THE NIWETKESTH

CENTURY WHICH ARE NO LONGER IN USE, OR ARE

NOT USED IN THE SA.ME SENSE.

AND WORDS WHICH ARE NOW USED ONLY IN

THE PROVINCIAL DIALECTS.

OOKFILKD BT

THOMAS WRIGHT, Esq., M.A., F.S.A., H.M.ii.S.L., &c^

ooaaxtrojaxsa mzicbes or tbs ixsnTcre or r&AXCK

IN TWO VOLUMES.
VOL. I. A— F.

LONDON : GEOEGE BELL AND SONS, YORK STBEET,

COYENT GABDEN.

1880.

LOXDON :

PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS

STAUFOUD STKEET ANU CHARINQ CROSS.

DICTIONARY

OBSOLETE AND PROVINCIAL ENGLISH,

CONTAINISO

•WORDS FROM THE ENGLISH WRITERS PREVIOUS TO THE NINITEEKTH

CENTURY WHICH ARE NO LONGER IN USE, OR ARE

NOT USED IN THE SAME SENSE.

AND WORDS WHICH ARE NOW USED ONLY IN

THE PROVINCIAL DIALECTS.

COXriLED BT

THOMAS WRIGHT, Esq., M.A., P.S.A., H.M.R.S.L., &e,

COlRSSFONDIlfO MXMBKB OP THB INSTITUTE OF VKANCI.

LONIX)N : GEORGE BELL AND SONS, YORK STREET,
CX)VENT GARDEN.

1880.

StacK
Annex

?^

v.\

PREFACE.

Some seven centuries ago, two distinct languages were spokeik
throughout England, the Anglo-Saxon, which was that of our Teu-
tonic forefathers, and consequently one of the pure Teutonic dialects,
and the Anglo-Norman, one of the Neo-Latin family of tongues,
which was brought in by the Norman conquest. For some time,
these two languages remained perfectly distinct, the Anglo-Norman
being the only one spoken or understood by the higher classes of
society; while the lower classes, and a great portion of the
intermediate class, used only the Anglo-Saxon. Some only of the
middle classes, more especially those engaged in mercantile occu-
pations, were acquainted with both. It was not until the thirteenth
century, when the intercourse between the several classes had become
more intimate, that an intermixture of the two languages began to
take place, and then all the educated classes appear to have been well
acquainted with both tongues. From this time forwards, an English
writer, though using the Anglo-Saxon tongue, adopted just as many
Anglo-Norman words as he pleased, — in fact it had assumed the
character of a language of two ing»-dients, which might be mixed
together in any proportion, from pure Anglo-Norman (pure, as regards
the derivation of the words) to nearly pure Anglo-Saxon, according
to the class of society for which he wrote. Thus, as late as the
middle of the fourteenth century, the language ot Piers Ploughman,
which was designed for a popular work, contains a remarkably small
mixture of Anglo-Norman words, while in the writings of Chaucer,
who was essentially a Court poet, the proportion of the Anglo-
Norman to the Anglo-Saxon is very great. Much of this Anglo-
Norman element was afterwards rejected from the English language,
but much was retained, and of course a proportional quantity of Anglo-

IV PREFACE.

Saxon \» as displaced by it. In consequence of tLis unsettled state of
the English language, the writers of the ages of change and transition
contain a very large number of words belonging to the Anglo-Saxon
as well as to the Anglo-Norman, which are no longer contained in the
English tongue-
Such was the first process of the formation of the English language.
The limitation of the Anglo-Norman element seems to have taken
place in the fifteenth century, when a considerable portion of the
Anglo-Norman words used by previous English writers were rejected
from the English language, and were never seen in it again. But as
these disappeared, they were succeeded by a new class of intruders.
The scholastic system of the age of the Reformation, had caused a
very extensive cultivation and knowledge of the Latin language, and
it is probable that the great mass of the reading public at that time
were almost as well acquainted with Latin as with their own mother
tongue. Li consequence of this universal knowledge of Latin, the
writers of the sixteenth century, without any sensible inconvenience,
used just as many Latin words as they liked in writing English,
merely giving them an English grammatical form. The English
language thus became suddenly encumbered with Latin words, until,
at the end of the sixteenth century and beginning of the seventeenth,
the practice of thus using Latin words was carried to such a degree
of pedantic affectation, that it effected its own cure. A popular
writer of this period, Samuel Rowlands, in a satirical tract published
in 1611, under the title of " The Knave of Clubbs," has the following
lines upon this fashion, which had at that date reached its culmi-
nating point :

SI6NIEUR WORDE-MONGER, THE APE OF ELOQUENCE.

As on the way I Itenerated,
A Rurall person I Obviated,
Interrogating time's Transitation,
And of the passage Demonstration.
My apprehension did Ingenious scan,
That he was meerely a Simplitian,
So when I saw he was Extravagant,
Unto the obscure vulgar Consonant,
I bad him vanish most Promiscuously,
And not Contaminate my company.

A few of these Latin words have held their place in the language.

PREFACE. ▼

but our writers, from the latter part of the fifteenth century to tht
middle of the seventeenth, abound in words adopted from the Latin
which modern English dictionaries do not recognize.

From these and other causes it happens, that of a very large
portion of English literature, one part would be totally unintelligible
to the general reader, and the other would present continual diffi-
culties, without a dictionary especially devoted to the obsolete words
of our language. It is the object of the volumes now offered to the
public, to furnish a compendious and useful work of this kind, which
shall contain the obsolete Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Norman words
used by the English writers of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries,
many of the obsolete Latin words introduced in the sixteenth and
seventeenth centuries, as well as words which have been adopted
temporarily at various times according to prevailing fashions from
other languages, such as French, Italian, Spanish, or Dutch, or
which belonged to sentiments, manners, customs, habits, and modes,
that have existed at particular periods and disappeared.

There is another class of words, forming at least an interesting
portion of the English language, and coming especially within the
objects of a work of this kind, those of the provincial dialects. There
can be no doubt that the peculiar characteristics, or, we may say, the
organic differences of dialect, are derived more or less from a diversity
of tribe among the Anglo-Saxon settlers in our island; for, as far as
our materials allow us to go, we can trace these diversities in Anglo-
Saxon times. As, however, during the middle ages, and, in fact,
down to very recent times, the intercommunication between different
parts of the country was very imperfect, progress, of whatever kind
was by no means uniform throughout the kingdom, and we find in
the provincial dialects not only considerable numbers of old Anglo-
Saxon and even Anglo-Norman words, which have not been pre-
served in the language of refined society, and which, in many cases, as
far as regards the Anglo- Saxon, are not even found in the necessarily
imperfect vocabulary of the language in its pure state which we are
enabled to form from its written monuments; but also numerous
words, in general use at a much later period, but which, while they
became obsolete in the Euglish language generally, have been pre-
served orally in particular districts. The number and character of

Vi PREFACE.

these words is very remarkable, and instances will be continuallj
found, in the following pages, where a word which is now considered
as peculiarly characteristic of the dialect of some remote district,
occurs as one in general use among the popular, and especially the
dramatic, writers, of the age which followed the Restoration.

Words of this description are a necessary part of a dictionary like
the present, and they have been collected with as much care as possi-
ble. On the other hand, the mere organic diflferences of dialect, as
well as the differences of orthography in words as found in different
medieval manuscripts and early printed books, have been inserted
sparingly, as belonging rather to a Comparative Grammar or to a phi-
lological treatise, than to a dictionary. In fact, to give this class of
i^ariations fully, would be simply to make a dictionary of each parti-
cular dialect, and of each medieval manuscript, and to combine these
altogether, which could not be done within any moderate limits, and
if done, with regard to the manuscripts especially, the first new
manuscript that turned up would only show its imperfection. It has,
therefore, been considered advisable not to insert mere orthographical
variations of words, unless where they appeared for some reason or
other sufficiently important or interesting. There are, moreover,
certain letters and combinations of letters which are in the older
forms of the English language interchangeable, so that we constantly
find the same word occurring, even in the same manuscript, under
two or three different forms, none of which are to be regarded as
corruptions. To insert all these forms, would be to increase the
dictionary twofold or threefold, for the words in which those letters
occur, without any proportionate advantage ; I have therefore in
general given the word only under the form in which it occurs most
usually, or which seems most correct ; but, to facilitate the reference,
1 add at the end of this preface a list of the more common inter-
changes of this kind, so that if a word be not found under one form,
it may be sought for under another.

"Various and indeed numerous glossaries have been already pub-
lished, both of provincial and of Archaic English, but most of them,
have been special rather than general. We may mention among these
the valuable work of Archdeacon Nares, which, however, was de-
voted only to the writers of a particular period ; the extensive under-

PRErACE. VU

taking of Boucher, which was not continued beyond the latter B ; and
the numerous glossaries of particular dialects, among which one of
the last and best is that of Northamptonshire by Miss Baker. The
" Dictionary" by Mr. Halliwell, when we consider that it was almost
new in its class, and that the author had many difficulties to con-
tend with, which would not, perhaps, have existed now, was in every
respect an extraordinary work.

In compiling the following pages, I have taken all the advantage
I could honestly of the labours of my predecessors, in addition
to a large quantity of original material which was placed in
my hands, and I have added to this numerous collections of
my own, especially from the dramatic and popular writers of the
latter half of the seventeenth century, and of the earlier part of
the eighteenth. I have also profited by lists of local words com-
municated from various parts of the kingdom, and among those who
have contributed in this manner, I have especially to acknowledge
the services of the Eev. E. Gillet, of Bunham, in Norfolk. To
make such a work perfect is impossible ; but I hope that, on the
whole, the present will be found one of the most generally useful
works of the kind that has yet appeared.

THOMAS WEIGHT.

LETTERS, kc., COMMONLY INTERCHANGEABLE.

a. 0, and sometimes e.
ar, er, or, ur.
be, bi, by, as prefixes,
c, «, ch, sh, sch,
e, ee, i.
5, ff, gh, y.
J, th.

h. often omitted where it ought to be insertadi
or used superfluously.

t,y.
k, c, ch.
o, 00, ou, u.
qu, ton, w.

S,G.

tw, squ, qu,
w,g.
s,ih.
W*9-

DICTIONAEY

OBSOLETE AND PROVINCIAL ENGLISH.

A, the definite article, is a mere
abbreviation of an, which was
used before consonants as well
as vowels, till a comparatively
recent period. The obsolete
modes of employing the article
are not very numerous. It is
sometimes repeated with adjec-
tives, the substantive having gone
before, in such phrases as, " a
tall man and a good." It is not
unusually prefixed to many, as
"a many princes." It is also
frequently prefixed to numerals,
as a ten, a twelve.
And a grete hole tlierin, whereof the
Hawme came oute of. And aftyre a vj.
or vij. dayes, it aroose nortli-est, and so
bakkere and bakkere ; and so endurjd
a xiiij. nvKlites, fulle lytelle chnimgynge,
goynge from the nortli-este to the weste,
and some tynie it wulde seme aquench-
ede oute, and sodanly it brcut fer-
vently ageyne. Warhnortk's Chron.
The Kynge and his counselle sent unto
dyverse that were witli the erle of Oxen-
forde prevt'ly there pardones, and pro-
mysede to them grete yeftes and landes
and goodes, by the wliiche dyverse of
tliem were turned to tlie kynge ayens
the erle; and so in conclusione the
erle hade no5t passyuge aiie viij. or ix.
menne that wolde holde withe hym ;
the whiche was the undoynge of the
erle, lb.
A is very commonly used as an
abbreviation of one, as " Thre

persones in a Godhede," (three

persons in one Godhead).

Hir a sclianke l)lake, hir other graye.

Ballad oj True Thomas.
It is used often as a mere exple-
tive, generally at the end of a
line in songs and popular verse.
A, for on, or at, before nouns ;
thus we have a place, at the
place, a field, in the field. As
representing on, it is frequently
prefixed to words in composition,
sometimes apparently giving in-
tensity to the meaning, but in
general not perceptibly altering
it. Thus we have constantly
such forms as acold, for cold,
adown,{oT down, abaci, for back,
areadt/, for ready. It appears
sometimes, chiefly when used
before verbs, to represent the
French preposition a, and was
then no doubt an adaptation from
the Anglo-Norman. Thus ado
seems to represent the Fr. <i /aire.
The following are the principal
meanings of a as a separate word.
(1) Always; ever (from the
A.-S.) ; still used in this sense
in Cumberland.

j4 the more I loke theron,
A the more I thynke I fon.

Toteneley Myit(rU$

AA

AAT

(2) Yes (a contraction of aye).
Somerset.

(3) And. Somerset. It occurs ia
this sense not unfrequently in old
MSS., perhaps an accidental
abridgement.

(4) An interrogative, equivalent
to what 1 Far. Dial.

(5) If. Suffolk.

(6) He. It is often put into the
mouths of ignorant or vulgar
people in this sense by the old
dramatists, and it is not uncom-
mon in MSS. of an earlier date.

(7) They. In the dialect of
Shropshire. In the western
counties it is used for she, and
sometimes for it.

(8) All.

(9) Have. As in the common
expression " a done," i. e. have
done.

(10) In. " A Latin," in Latin.
"A Goddes name," in God's
name.

A that hoio, in that way or manner, e.g. I
shall do a' that liow. Line.

(11) An interjection ; for ah!

A! swete sire,! seide the.

Piers Ploughman.

A perse. A person of extraor-
dinary merit ; a nonpareil. This
phrase vras used chiefly in the
Elizabethan age.
The famous dame, fayre Helen, lost her

hewe
■Whenwithred age with wrinckles chaungd

her cheeks.
Her lovely lookes did loathsomnesse en-

sewe.
That was the A per se of all the Greekes.

TurbervilU's Tragicall Tales, 1587.

That is the A per se of all, the cream of all.

Blurt Master ConstabU, 1603.

The phrase is sometimes varied
by an additional a.
In faith, my sweet honey-comb, I'll love
thee, A per se a. Tfllt/ BeguiTd.

Aa. An exclamation of lamenting.
It was asserted by the old po-
pular theologists that a male
child utters the sound a-a when it

is born, because it is the initial
of Adam, and a female e-e, as
that of Eve.

Aac, s. (A.-S.) An oak. North.

Aad, adj. {A..S.) Old. Yorlksh.

Aadle, v. (A.-S.) To flourish. Suf-
folk. See Addle.

Aaint, v. (A.-S.) To anoint. 5m/-
folk.

Aakin, adj. (A.-S.) Oaken. North.

Aan, (1) adj. Own. Yorks.

(2) inter. A contraction of anan!
what say you? East.

(3) adv. On. A form of the
word used in a MS. of the 15th
Century, in the Ashmolean
Library.

Do, cosyn, anon thyn arrays aan.

Aande, s. {Danish). Breath. A

form of the word not uncommon

in MSS. of the 15th Century.

Hys mynde es schort when he oght thynkes,

Hys nese oft droppes, hys aande stynkes.

Hampole, MS. Bowes.

Aandorn, ■l,^^^..^.) A„^fter-

AADORN, J ^ '

noon's repast ; the afternoon.
Cumb. See Amdem.
Aane, 8. (A.-S.) The beard of
barley or other grain, the
awn.

And that we call the aane, which
groweth out of the eare, like a long
pricke or a dart, whereby the eare is
defended from the danger of birds.

Googe's Jlusbaudry, 1577.

Aar, prep. (A.-S. cer). Ere, be-
fore. This form occurs in the
Romance of Kyng Alisaunder.

Aarm, s. (A.-S.) The arm. Wy-
cliflFe, Bodl. MS. Aarmed, for
armed, occurs in WyclyfFe's ver-
sion of the Testament.

Aaron, s. {.4.-S.) The herb wake-
robin. Cotgrave.

Aas, 8. (A.-N.) Aces.

Aat, s. (A.-S.) Fine oatmeal, used
for thickening pottage.

Aata, prep. After. Suff.

Aath, 8. (A.-S.) An oath. Yorks.

AB

ABA

Ab, ». (A.-SJ) The sap of a tree.

Yet diverse haveassaied to deale witli-
ont okes to that end, but not with so
good suceesse as they have hoped, bi-
canse tlie ab or juice will not so soone be
removed and cleane drawne out, wliiclx
some attribute to want of time in the
salt water.

Harrison's Description of England.

Aback, adv. Backwards. North.

They drew aback, as half with shame

confound. Spens. Shep. Kal. June. 63.

Aback-a-behint, adv. Behind;

in the rear. North.
Abacted, part. p. {Lat. abactus).

Driven aw^ay by violence.
Abactor, s. {Lat.) One that drives

away herds of cattle by stealth

or violence.
Aba DE, (1)^00*/ /. of abiden (A.-S.).

Abode; remained.

(2) s. Delay. In MSS. of 14th

Cent.

For soone aftir that he was made.

He fel withouteu lenger abode.

Abafelled, part. p. Baffled;
treated scornfully.

AbaISED, ^ i re J -XT

abmst \part.p.{ivomA.-N-

abaischt, ^ «*"*■««'•)• Asham-
abaischiteJ^^'^'^^^^^'^'
And unboxomc y-be,
Nouht abaisscd to agiilte
God and alle good men.

Piers PL, p. 518.
Tlie sodeyn caas tlie man astoneyd tho.
That reed lie wax, abaischt, and al quakvng.
Chancer, C. T., 8193.
I was abaiscMte, he oure Lorde,
Of our beste hemes. Morte Arthure.
Abakvvard, adv. Backwards.
Abaliexate, v. {Lat.) To alien-
ate ; to transfer property from
one to another.
Abande, ». To abandon ; forsake. .
And Vortigern enforst the kingdom to
aband. Spenser.

Let us therefore both cruelty abimde.
And prudent seeke both gods and nieu
to please. Mirourfor Magistrates.

Abandon, adv. {A.-N. a bandon,
at discretion). Liberally; at dis-
cretion ; freely, fully exposed.

Aftir this swift gift tis but reason
He give his gode too in abandon.

Bom. of the Rose, "SeUZ.

His ribbes and scholder fel adonn.
Men might se the liver abandoun.

Arthotir and Merlin, p. 223.

Abandunk, v. (A.-N.) To subject ;

to abandon. Skelton.
Abarcy, s. {Med. Lat. abartia.)

Insatiableness.
Abare, v. {A.-S. abarian). To

make bare.
Abarre, v. (from A.-N. abarrer).

To prevent.

Reducynge to rememhraunce the prysed
uicmoryes and perpetual! renowned
factes of the famouse princes of Israel,
which did not only abarre ydolatrye and
other uugodlynesse, but utterly abo-
lished all occasyons of the same.

Monastic Letters, p. 209.

Abarstick, *. Insatiableness.
Abarstir, adj. More downcast.
Myght no man be abarstir.

Towneley Mysteries.

Abase, v, {A.-N. abaisser). To
cast down ; to humble. Spenser.
Among illiterate persons, it is
still used in the sense of debase.

"I wouldn't flJoj* myself by descending
to hold any conversation with liim."

Oliver Twist, iii, 134.

Abashment, *. {A.-N.) The state

of being abashed.
Aba ST, part. p. Downcast. See

Abaised.
Abastardize, v. {A.-N. abastar-

der). To render illegitimate or

base.
Abasure, s. {A.-N.) Abasement.
Abastick, adj. Insatiable.
Ab.\taylment,». (A.-N.) Battle-
ment. Sir Gatvayne, p. 30.
Abate, v. {A.-N.) {V) To subtract.

Abatyn.subtraho. Prompt. Parv.

It was the technical term for the

operation in arithmetic.

(2) To beat down, or overthrow.
Blount.

(3) To cast down, or depress the
mind. Shakesp.

(4) To cease.

Ts coutinatince abated eny host to make.
Political Songs, p. 216.

ABA

ABB

(5) To contract, or cut short.
Skakesp.

(6) To lower, applied to banners.
Common in this sense in the
metrical romances.

Alle the baners that Crysten founde
They were abaiyde.

Octovian Imp., 1743.

(7) To flutter, or beat with the
wings. A hawking term.

An hawke that traveyleth upon the
teyne, a man may knowe if he take
hede, for suclie is her maner that she
\rolde pante for abatyiig then another
dotli, for in and if she shold fle a Utell
\rhile almoste she wolde lose her breth,
whether ahe be high or iowe.

Reliq. Antiq., 1, 300.

(8) To reduce to a lower temper,
applied to metal.

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

Abatement, s. {A.-N.) (1) "A
mark added or annexed to a
coat [of arms] by reason of some
dishonourable act, whereby the
dignity of the coat is abased."
Holme's Academy of Armory.
(2) A diversion or amusement.
North.

Abaty, r. (A.-N.) To abate.

Glouc.

And that he for ys nevew wolde, for to

abaty stryf.
Do hey amendcment, sawve lyme and lyf.
Hob. Glouc.

Abavt, prep. About. North.

"1 V. (from A.-N. abaubir

Abawe, I or abaudir.) To asto-

ABAUE, )> nish, to confound, used

abavb, I by Chaucer, and writers

J of his time.

For, soche another, as I gesse,
Aforne ne was, ne more vcrmaile ;
1 was abawed for mer>-eile.

Som. of the Rose, 3644.

My mirth and melis is fasting.
My countenance is nicel6.
And al abavced where bo I be.

The Dreme, 614.

Many men of his kynde sauh him so
aboued. Lang toft' a Chron., p. 210.

(2) (^,-5.) To bow ; to bend.

Alle tlie knyghtes of Walis londe.
Ho made abaice to his hniide.

Caynbridi/e MS. of loth Cent.

Abawt, prep. Without. Staffordsh.
Abaye, v. (from A.-N. abayer.)

To bark.
Abay, «. (A.-N.) The barking of

dogs ; at abay, at bay.

And this doon, every man stond abrod
and blowe the deetli, nud make a short
abay for to rewarde the huundes, and
every man have a smal rodde yn his
lioud to holde of the lioundes tliat thei
shul the better abaye. MS. Bodl. 546.

Thus the forest they fraye.

The hertis bade at abaye.

Sir Degretante, Line. MS.

Abay, v. To suffer a heavy pe-
nalty ; to abie. This form is
given by Skinner. See Abie.

ABAYSSHETTE, \ .? . ,

' J Abatssed.
Abayst, part. p. (A.-N.) Disaj'
pointed.

And tliat when that they were travyst.
And of herborow were abayst.

Brit. Bibl, iv, 83.

Abb, s. (from A.-S. ab.) The yarn

of a weaver's warp.
Abbakayed, /;as^ /. Started.

And aftyr that lie knonnyngly abbarayed.
And to the kvng evya thus he sayd.

Lydgate's Minor Poems, p. 4.

Abbas, s. An abbess.

Abbay, v. (A.-N. abbayer.) To bay;
to bark. See Abay.

Abben, v. To have. Glouc. Dif-
ferent parts of the verb in this
form are found in Robert of
Gloucester.

Arturc, L'ter sone, of wan we tnlde byvore,

Ye abbyth y-hurd hou he was bygete and
y-bore.

Abbess, «. According to Grose,
this is a vulgar name for the
mistress of a disreputable esta«
blishment.

Abbey,*. (A.-N.) The great white
poplar, a variety of the populut
alba. Weslm. Yorks.

ABB

ABE

Abbey-ltjbber, s. a term of re-
proach for idle persons. Somer-
set. Yorks. It is found in most
of the early dictionaries.
"Neither was I much unlike those abbey-
lubbers in my hfe, thousli farre unlike
them in behef, who laboured till they
were cold." Lyly's Euphues.

The most of that which they did bestow
was on the riche, and not the poore in
dede, as halt, lame, blinde, sicke, or im-
potent, but iitlier lubbers that might
worke and would not. In so much that
it came into a commen proverbe to call
him an abbay-hibber, that was idle, wel
fed, a lone; lewd lither loiterer, that
might worke and would not.

The Burnynge ofPauUs Church, 1563.

Abbigget, v. To expiate: make
amends for. See Abie.

Abbod, s. (A.-S.) An abbot. Rob.
of Glouc.

Abbreviate, par^/;. {Lat.) De-
creased ; shortened.

Abbrochment, s. (A.-N.) Ingross-
ing of wares to sell by retail. Cock.

Abbroche, v. (A.-N.) To broach
a barrel. Prompt. Parv.

Abbut, conj. Aye but. Yorks.

Abbyt, s. a habit.

And chanones gode he dede therinne,
Unther the abbyt of seynte Austynne.
Wright's St. Patrick's Purgatory, p. 66.

Abce, s. The alphabet. A not un-
common word in the 16th Cent.

Abdevenham, s. An astrological
term for the head of the twelfth
house, in a scheme of the
heavens.

Abduce, v. (Lat. abduco.) To lead
away.

from the whych opinion I colde not
abduce them with a\ my endevor.

State Papers, temp. Hen. VIII.

Abear, v. (from .,^.-5. aberam.) To
deport ; to conduct.

So did the faerie knight himselfe dbeare.
And stouped oft his head from shame
to shield. Spenser.

Good abearing, or abearance, the
proper and peaceful carriay* of a
loyal subject. A law phras^
Whereof eche one was pledgL jnd
■uretie for others' good abearing.

Lambarde's Peramb. of Kent, 1596.

Abearance is still the technical
word, in law, for such behaviour
as the lawdeems unexceptionable.
(2) To bear ; to tolerate. A vul-
garism.
Abece, s. The alphabet; and,
from this, the elements of a sci-
ence. Found in writers of the
14th and 15th Cents.
Clerc he was god ynou, and yut, as me

telleth me.
He was more than ten yer old ar he
couthe ys abece. Bob. Glouc, p. 266.
A place, as man may se,
Quan a cliyld to scole .val set be,

A bok liyni is browt,
Naylyd on a brede of tre,
That men callyt an abece,
Pratylych i-wrout.

Reliq. Antiq., i, 63.
Whan that the wise man acompteth
Aftir the iormel propirt6
Of algorismes abece.

Gower, MS. Soc. Ant.

i. e. the abc, or elements, of artthmetic.

Abecedarian, s. {Lat. abeceda-
rius.) One who teaches ^ learns
the alphabet. MinsUeu.

Abecedary, adj. Alphabetical.

Abeched, part. p. (A.-N.) Fed;
satisfied.

jit schulde I sum deUe been abeched,
And for the tyme wel refreched.

Gower, MS. Soc. Ant.

Abed, adv. In bed. Var. dial.

Abede, v. (A.-S.) To bid; to
offer. In MSS. of 14th Cent. It
also occurs as the past tense of
abide.

Abeer, v. To bear with ; tolerate.
Northampt.

Abegge. See Abie.

In the MS. of Gower, belonging
to the Society of Antiquaries, we
have abege, used as though the
g were soft.

He wolde don his sacrilege.
That many a man it schulde dbege.
So in Urry, a passage from Chau-
cer's Cant. T. is printed —

There durst no wight hand on him ledge,

But he ne swore be shold abedge.

Abeisadnce, «. {A.-N.) Obedience,

ABE

ABI

Abelde, v. (yi.-S.) To become bold.

Thes folk of Perce gan abelde.

Kyng Alysaunder, 2442.

Abele, s.^A.-N.) The white pop-
lar. A common name in the
provinces.

Abel-whackkts, 8. A game of
cards played by sailors ; the
loser is beaten with a knotted
handkerchief, of which he re-
ceives a blow, or whack, for each
lost game.

Abelyche, adv. Ably.

Abekche, adv. Upon a bench.
Rob. Glouc.

Abent, 8. A steep place. Skinner.

ABEftuiTATE, V. {Lot. abequito.)
To ride away. This word is
given by Minsheu, in his Guide
into Tongues, 1627.

Aberdavine, «. A provincial name
for the siskin {^fringilla spinus
of Linnaeus).

Abere, v. (A.-S.) To bear. Rob.
Glouc. See Abear.

Aberemord, s. {A.-S.) a law
term, meaning murder fidly
proved, in distinction from man-
slaughter and justifialile homi-
cide. Junius.

Abering, 8. A law phrase for the
proper carriage of a loyal subject.
See Abearing.

Abebne, adj. Auburn.

Long abeme beardes.
Cunningham's Bevels Accounts, p. 56.

Abesse, v. {A.-N.) To humble.

See Abase.
Abestor, s. a kind of stone.

Among stones abestor, which being hot
wil never be coUle for our constancies.
Lyly's Mother Bomhie, 1594.

Abet, s. Help ; assistance.
Abettes, «. Abbots. Monastic

Letters, p. 206.
ABEW,/>rep. Above. Devon.
Abeye, v. (1) See Abie.

(2) To bow ; to obey.
Abeyde, v. To abide.

Abeyted, part. p. (A.-S.) En-
snared. In MSS. of 15ih Cent

Hys flesshe on here was so aheyted.
That tliylke woniman he coveyteyd.

Abeyjedoun, past t. pi. They
obeyed. A form found in MSS.
of the 15th Cent.

Abgregate, v. (Lat.) To lead out
of the flock. Mins/ieu.

Abhominable. a pedantic form
of the word, prevalent in the
16th Cent., and arising from an
erroneous notion that it was de-
rived from ab and homo. Shake-
speare ridicules it in Love's La-
bour Lost, V, 1.

Abhor, v. {Lat.) To protest
against, or reject formally. A
term of canon law.

Abhorrant, s. a person who
abhors. Minsheu gives this word
in his Guide into Tongues, 1627.

Abid. Used as the past tense of
abide, in writers of the 16th and
17th centuries.

Abidance, s. Dwelling; tarrying.

Abidden, part. p. Endured.

Abide, V. (from A.-S. abidan.) (1)
To persevere ; to endure ; to
suffer. Pegge gives the phrase,
" You must grin and abide it,"
applied in cases where resistance
is in vain. It is used by Lydgate
in the sense of to forbear ; and
it still occurs provincially in the
sense of to tolerate.
(2) It occurs sometimes as an-
other form of Abie.
Abie, ^ v. (from A.-S. abic-

abiggen, ga7i.) To e.xpiate;

ABE, atone for; make

ABEGGE, amends ; pay for. A

abeye, ^word of very common

ABYCHE, occurrence in early

abite, MSS., and in a great

ABUY, variety of forms of

ABUYjK, J orthography.

Here he had the destenee
That the povre man xulde aW.

Relij. Antiq., i, 63,

ABI

ABJ

Ther durste no wight hand npon him legge.
That he ne swor anon he scliuld ahtgye.

Chaucer, C. T. 3935.

Therefore I rede, keepe the at home;
For thou shalt abfi^e tor tliat is done.

HarUhome, Met. T. 225.

Ther start in Sander Sydebreche,
And swere.be his fader sowle, lie schnlde
tibyche. Hunting of the Hare, 179.

We, yei, that shal thou sore (dile.

Totciteley Myiteries, p. 15.

Thi ryot thou schalt now abuy^e.

Poeitis of W. Mapes, p. 345.

ABIDING, (1) s. An abode; per-
severance; suffering; sojourning.
These four senses of the word
are found in Rider't Dictionarie,
1640.

(2) adj. Patient.

And bo)d and abidynge
Bismares to sutfre.

Piers PL, p. 413.

(3) la MS. of the 15th cent.,
abidyngely is used adverbially,
for remaining.

And in niyn housolde ben abiJyngely.
Abiggede, v. (A.-S.) To suffer.

The wiche schal it aliaqede.

Legend. Cathol., p. 206.

Abiliment, abilment, «. (1) Ha-
biliment. A common ortho-
graphy of the 16th and begin-
ning of the 17th centuries.
(2) AbiHty.

Never liv'd gentleman of greater merit,

Hope, or abiliment to steer a kingdom.

Ford, Broken Heart.

Abill, v. To make able. See Able.
Abilleke, eidj. Stronger; more
able.

Ahillere thane ever was

S)T Ector of Troye. Morle Jrthure.

Abime, s. {A.-N.) An abyss.

Abintestate, adj. {Lat.) Intes-
tate. Minsheu.

Abishering, s. {A.-N.) "To be
quit of amerciaments before
whomsoever of transgression."
Rastall, quoted by Cowell. Rider,
in his Dictionarie, translates it
hyjuco rum redittu.

Abit, (1) pres. t. 3d pen. sing, of
Abide. Abideth. Common in
Chaucer, and the early writers.

(2) s. A habit; clothing. Rob.
Glouc.

Out of ys abyt anon Vortiger hym drow.
And clothes, as to kyog bicome, dude on
him faire y-nowj.

(3) s. A habit or custom.

(4) *. An obit, or service for the
dead. Apology for the Lollards,
p. 103.

Abitacle, g. (Lat.) A habitation,
or dwelling.

In whom also be ^e bildid togidre into
the abitacle of God in the Hooli Goost.
WickUffe.

Abite. (1)«. A habitation; a dwell-
ing-place.
To leve his ahite, and gon his waie.

Bom. of the Rose, 491*.

(2) 8.(A..N.) A habit.

Also wymraen in coverable abite with
schamefastnesse and sobrenesse araignje
hemsilff.

Wickliff<^a New Testament, 1 Tym. ii.

(3) V. See Abie.

(4) r. (from A.-S. abitan.) To
bite.

Abited, adj. Mildewed. Kent.

A.B1TES, part. p. Bitten ; devoured.
A thousent sliei) ich habbe ahilen.
And mo, jef hy weren i-writen.

Reliq. Jntiq., ii, 276.

Abition, g. (Lat.) Going away;
dying. Cockeram.

Abitte, pr. tense, s. from abiden.
Abideth.

Abject, {Lat.) (1) «. A base, des-
picable person.

I deemed it better so to die.
Than at my loeraan's feet an ahjeel Ke.
Mirrourfor Magistrates, p. 30.

(2) V. To reject ; to cast away.
Abjection, «. {Lat.) (1) Baseness,
vileness.
(2) An objection.

For they must take in hande
To precli, and to witbstande
All maner of abjections.

SleUoH, i,3A

ABJ

8

ABL

Abjects, 8. (from the Lat. ahjecti.)
Castaways ; persons abjected.
Shakespeare^ 8 Richard III.

Ablactation-, s. {Lat.) A par-
ticular method of grafting, where
the cyon is as it were weaned by
degrees from its maternal stock,
but not wholly cut off, till it is
firmly united to the stock on
■which it is grafted. See the
Diciionarium Rusticum. 8vo.
Lond. 1726.

Ablated, part. p. (A.-S.) Blinded.

The walmes ban the ahland.

Setyn Sages, 2462.

ABLAaUEATION, 8. (Lat.) The
practice of opening tlie ground
about the roots of trees, for the
admission of air and water.

Ablaste, *. (A.-N.) A cross-bow.
Prompt. Pars. The correspond-
ing Latin word balista in the
Prompt. Parv. does not give a
very definite explanation. It is
said to be synonymous with the
cross-bow; but in a passage in
Hall, a distinction seems to be
made between them. The arb-
last was doubtless, like the cross-
bow, a weapon used for the pro-
jection of arrows, but perhaps of
a more formidable character, for
from Hall it would appear that
there was a difference of some
kind.

Ablaste, j^osf t. Blasted. It oc-
curs in the MS. of Gower in the
Soc. Ant. Library.
Venyra and fyre togedir he caste.
That be Jason so sore allaste.

Able, v. {A.-N.) (1) To make
able, or to give power for any
purpose.

And life by tliis (Christ's) death dbled, shall

control!
Death, whom thy death slew.

Donne's Divine Poems.

(2) To warrant, or answer for;
to undertake for any one.

JCone does offend, none; I say none; Pll

able 'em. Lear, iv, 6.

Admitted! aye, into her heart, I'll aile it.

Widow's Tears, O. P., vi, 164.

Constable I'll able him ; if he do come
to be a justice afterward, let him tliank the
keeper. Changeling, Anc. Dr., iv, 240,

To sell away all the powder in the kingdom,

To prevent blowing np. That's safe, He

abU it. Middl. Game at Chessc.

(3) To make fit or suitable for.

God tokeneth and assygneth the times,
ahlynge hem to ther propre offyces.

The \st Dolce of Boetius.

"Wherfore what tyrae a man dooth what
he may in ablynge hym to grace, hit
sufficith to him, for God askith not of a
man that be seeth impossible to hym.
Caxton's Divers Fruytful Ghostly Maters.

(4) adj. Fit; proper.

A monk ther was, a fair for the maistrie.
An out-rydere, that loved venerye ;
A mauly man, to ben an abbot able.

Chaucer's Canterb. Tales, 165.

(5) Wealthy. Hereford8h. North.
An able man, t. e. a rich man.

Ablectick, adj. (from Lat. ab and
lego.) Set out for sale. Cockeram.

Ablegation, «. {Lat.) A dismis-
sion ; a dispersion.

Ablementes, 8. Habiliments. See
Abiliments.

Ablende, v. {A.-S. ablendan.) To
blind ; to dazzle.

Ablen'ess, «. Power ; strength.

Ablest, part. p. Blinded; de-
ceived.

Ablepsy, s. {Gr. afSXixj^ia.) Blind-
ness.

Abless, adj. Careless and negli-
gent ; untidy ; slovenly in per-
son. Lincolnsh.

Ablet, s. {A.-N. able.) The bleak,
a small fresh-water fish. It is
said by Ash in his Dictionary,
1795, to be "a local word;" but
ablette is given by Cotgrave as
the French word for the same
fish. It is still used in West-
moreland.

Ablewe, past t. Blew upon.

ABL

ABO

Abliche, fltZw. Ably. MSS. of 15th

cent.
A.BLIGURY, s. (From Lat. abligu-

rio.) "Spending in belly cbeere."

Minskeu.
Ablinden, v. (from A.-S. ablin,'

dan.) To blind ; to dazzle.

Why menestow tlii mood for a mote

In till brothercs eiglie,

Siihen a beem in tliyu owene

Ablyudeth thiselve.

Piers Ploughman, p. 189.

Abi-ins, adv. Perhaps; possibly.
North. Aiblins is used in
Lincolnsh. \ when a person has
been taunted by another, and
wishes to reply contemptuously
to an inquiry whether he is about
to do such and such a thing, he
will say, " aiblins I may, aiblins
I may'nt."

Ablocate, v. (Lai.) To set, or
let out to hire. This is the ex-
planation of the word in Cocke-
ram's English Dictionarie, 1639.

Ablode, adv. Bloody ; with blood ;
bleeding. We read in an Oxford
MS. 14th cent.,

Olubrious sat and bylield
How liere lynies roniie ablode.

Thou sejc liyne hyder and thyder y-cached
Frani Pylate to Herode,

So nie bute hys bare flesclie,
Tltat byjt arne all ablode.

W. de Shoreham.

Abloy, interj. {A.-N. ablo!) An
exclamation used in hunting, and
equivalent to On ! On !

Ablude, v. {Lat. abludo.) To dif-
fer ; to be unlike.

Ablusion, s. {Lat.) A chemical
term, for the cleansing of medi-
cines from drugs or impurities.
Chaucer.

Abnegatiox, s. {Lat.) Self-denial.
O let me imitate so blessed example,
and by the merits of thy obedience, let
me obtain the grace of humility, and
abnegalioti of all my own desires in the
clearest renunciation of my will.

Taylor's Great Exemplar.

Abnorme, v. (from Lat. abnormis.)
To disfigure : disguise. Chaucer.

Abocchemen
abocchynge

Aboade, part. p. of abide. Suf-
fered; endured.

Tor all her maydens much did feare,
If Oberou had cbanc'd to heare
That Mab his Queene should have beene
there,
He would not have aboade it.

Drayton.

Aboard, v. (from the Fr. aborder.)
To approach the shore.
(2) In some games, this phrase
signifies that the person or side
in the game, which was previ-
ously either none or few, has
now got to be as many as the
other. Dyche.

Abobbed, adj. (from A.-N. aboby,
astonished.) Astonished.

The messangers were abobbed the.
Thai nisten what thai mighten do.

Arthour and Merlin, p. li.

8. {A.-N.) In-
crease. Prompt.
Parv.

Abode, v. {A.-S.) To bode ; to fore-
bode. The word occurs in Shake-
speare. Abodement, s., is also
used in the sense of an omen or
prognostication.

(2) s. Delay.

(3) Past tense of abide. Waited
for.

Abofe, 8. A dwelling ; an abode.

Wolde God, for liis modurs luf,
Bryng me onys at myne abofe,
I were out of theire eye.

Cambridge MS., 15th cent.

Aboffe, prep. Above.

Be Jhesu Cryst that is aboffe.

Cokewolds Daunce, 217.

Abogen, part. p. Bowed.
Abohte, past tense, sing., of Abie.

Atoned for. Aboghten occurs as

the pi.

Murie he tlier wrohte,
All Rymenild hit abohte.

Kyng Bom, 1402.

Abolete, adj. {Lat. abolitxis.) An-
tiquated ; obsolete. Skelton
speaks of " abolete sciens."

ABO

10

ABO

Abone, (1) V. {A.-N.) To make
good or seasonable ; to ripen ; to
dispatch quickly.

(2) prep. Above.

(3) adv. Well.

And a good swerde, that wolde byte alone.
Sir Gawayiie, p. 217.

ABOODfpast tense of aMde. Waited ;
expected ; remained.
And Cornclie abood liem with hise
cosyns and neccssarie Irendis that weren
clepid togidre.

Wickliffe's New Testament, Acts x.
Aboon, prep. Above; overhead.

North.
Aboord, adv. From the bank.
As men in summer fearles passe the foord,
Which is in winter lord of all the plaine,
And witli liis tumbling streames doth beaie
aboord
The plouglimans hope and shepheards
labour vaine.

Spenser's Suines of Rome, 1591.

Aboot, part. p. Beaten down.
Skinner.

Aboove, pret. Above. West.

Abor^, part. p. Born. Somersefsh.

Aborment, s. An abortion. Top-
sell's History of Four-Footed
Beasts, 1607. We have abors-
ment in Higins' Nomenclator,
and abort in Florio, ed. 1611.

Abort, v. (Lot.) To bring forth
before the time.

Abortive, s. (A.-N.) An abor-
tion.

Aboste, v. {A.-N.) To assault.

A Bretone, a braggere,

Abosled Piers als. Tiers PI., p. 126.

Abote. {I) part. p. Beaten down.
Chaucer.
(2) pret. About.

They cum the towne abate.

Jteliq. Antiq., ii, 21.

Abothe, prep. Ab ove. Arthour

and Merlin, p. 18.
Abought, (1) the past tense of

abie. Atoned for.

(2) Bought.

(3) An incorrect form of about.
Aboughwed, part. p. Bowed;

obeyed.

Aboux, prep. Above.

Tliey snid lliat songe was this to sey,
To God abonn be joy and blysse !

Tundale's Visions, p. 158.

Abounde, part. Abounding.
Ry5t so this mayde, of grace most ahounde,
Ljdgate.

Aboure, s. (A.-N.) The same as
avoure ; a patron.

By God and Sevnte Marv, mvn aboure.
MS. of loth cent.

About, adv. (1) In a circle. It
is used by Shakespeare in the
sense of to work ! as in Hamlet,
ii, 2, " about, my brains !" i. e.
*' brains, go to work."
(2) prep. Near, in the dialect of
the Eastern Counties, where they
say " worth nothing about twenty
pounds."

Abouten, adv. About. Chaucer.
Still used in Sussex.

About-sledge, s. A smith's great
forging hammer.

About-ward, adv. Near.

Abouye, v. (A.-S.) To bow. Rob.
Glouc.

Abovjte, part, past of abie.

Or it schaUe sone been ahow^te.

MS. Gower.

Aboven, prep. Above.
Abowe, v. {A.-S. abogan.) (1) To
bow.

(2) V. To avow ; tc maintain.

In blood he stode. icli it abowe.
Of horse nnd man into the anclowe.
Ellis's Eomances, ed. 1811, i, 279.

(3) prep. Above.

Abowed, part. p. Daunted ;

ashamed. Cockeram.
ABOWEN,jBrQt/. Above.
Abowes, s. {A.-N.) Probably for

aboures, or avoures, patron saints.

God and Seinte Mary, and Sein Denis also,

And alle the abowes of tliischurche, in was

ore ich am i-do. Hob. Glouc, p. 475.

ABOWGHT,j»rejo. About.
Abowtyne, adv. About.
ABOT,zr>%, past t. Bowed.
Abo'^, past t. Bought.

ABR

11

ABB

Abrad, part. p. (from A -S. abreo-
dan.) Killed ; destroyed.
Tlie gode burgeis on a dai,
His ympe thriveiide he sai.
Fair i-woxe and fair i-sprad,
But the olde tre was abrad.

Seryn Sages, 610.
Abrade, v. (Lai. abrado.) To rub,

or scrape off.
Abraham-colour, Abraham-co-
loured. Supposed to be auburn.
"A goodly, long, thick, Abraham-
colour d beard," occurs in Blurt
Master Constable, 1602. See
Abxam-coloured.
Wliere is the eldest son of Priam,
That Abraham-colour' d Trojan.

Soliman and Perseda, 1599.

Abraham-men. The slang name
of a class of beggars in the six-
teenth century. Nares thinks
the phrase " to sham Abraham "
has some connection with it.
An Abraham-man is he that walkcth
bare-armed, and bare-legged, and fayn-
eth hyraself mad, and carycth a packe
of wool, or a styekc with baken on it,
or such lyke toye, and nameth himself
poore Tom.

Fratemitye of Vacdbondes, 1575.
His helpe extends farre and neere to
fugitive raga-muffins, under the signe
of impotent soldiers, or wandring Abra-
ham-men; but his helpe proves the
maintenance of their function, because
it proves his owne, by occasion -. for
being received as a secretary to the
counsell of vagrants, bee couceales much
idle property, in advantage of hiniselfe
and countrymen, not of the common-
wealth.
Stephens's Essays and Characters, 1615.

Abraham's balm, s. An old name
for a species of willow. Bullo-
kar, English Expositor, 1641.
Cockeram explains it as " a wil-
low in Italy that brings forth
agnus castus like pepper."
Abraide, r. (from A.-S, abradian.)
(1) To awaken ; to start up.
Ipomydon with that stroke ahrayde.
And to the kynge thus he sayde.

Ipomydon, 1149.
When he espied the 'squire, therewith
he abrayed and break himself loose,
and took his sword in his hand, and ran
to have stai:i that 'squire.

U^ivry, Eist. of K. Arthur, i, 419.

Whan all to all

Shall come, he shall,

I trust from vyce abrayed.

The New Notbortine Mayd.
Tho sche herd the angel voice,
Sche bigan to abrayd.

Legend of Seynt Mergrele, p. 115.

(2) To upbraid.

Bochas present felly gan abrayde

To Messaline, and even thus he sayde.

Bochas, b. vii, c. 4.
Atreus after with a fuU brode clierc.
And of envye full dead in hys visage,
Unto John Bochas he gan approche nere,
Liche as he had befallen in a rage.
And furiously abrayde in his language.
Id., b. i, fol. xxii.

(3) To draw a sword from its
scabbard.

(4) To apply one's self briskly to
a thing.

I abrayde, I inforce me to do a thynge.
Falgrave.

(5) To rise on the stomach with
a feeling of nausea. North.

(6) To excite ; stir up.
Abram. Naked. A cant word.

"Abram cove" is an expression
used amongst thieves, signifying
a poor man, and also a strong
thief. "Abram cove, naked or
poor man." Coles' English Dic-
tionary, 1677. See also Mid-
dleton's Works, iii. 32.

Abram-coloured. This phrase
is used by Shakespeare in Corio-
lanus, ii. 3 : " Our heads are
some brown, some black, some
abram, some bald, but that our
wits are so diversly coloured."
The folio of 1685 alters abram to
auburn. See Abraham-coloured.

Abrase, v. {Lat.) To shave. This
word occurs in Cockeram's Eng-
lish Dictionarie, 1639.
(2) Part. p. Smoothed; shaved.
"The fourth, in white, is Apheleia, a
nymph as pure and simple as the soul,
or as an abrase table, and is therefore
called Simplicity. BenJonson, ii, 366.

Abread, adj. Unconfined; spread

out ; exposed. North.
A BRED, part. p. Brought up.

Somerset.

ABR

12

ABS

Abrede, (1) V. To wander.

How Troilus nere out of liis witte abrade,
Aud wept full sore, with visage pale of liewe.
The Testament of CreseiJe, io.

(2) adv. In breadth. North.

(3) adv. Abroad. Yorka. It
occurs in Chaucer.

Abregge, 1 V, (A.-N.) To abridge;
ABREGE, J to shorten.

Abreke, v. {A.-S. abrecan.) To
break in.

Abrenounce, v. {Lot. abrenuntio.)
To renounce utterly.

Abrept, v. {Lai.) To take away
by violence.

Abreyde. See Abraide.

Abric, s. Sulphur. Coles.

Abricock, "I s. (from Fr. abricoi.)

Abricot, J An apricot. In Ge-
rard's Herbal it is spelt abre-
cock. The form abricock is still
in use in Somersetshire. " An
aJrfco^ fruite, malum armenium."
Baret's Alvearie, 1580.

Whose golden gardens seeme th' Eesperides
to mock :

Nor tliere the damzon wants, nor daintie
abricock.

Drayton's PolyolUon, song 18.

Abridge, », {A.-N.) To diminish.

Whose chilling cold had bound her bowels

so,
As in no wise she could ahridge his wo.

Turberville's Tragicatl Tales, 1587.

Abridgement, s. The word was
used in Shakespere's time (see
Mids. N. D., V, 1) to signify a
dramatic performance; perhaps
from the prevalence of the histo-
rical drama, in which the events
of years were so abridged as to
be brought within the compass of
a play. In Hamlet, ii, 2, " Look
where my abridgement comes,"
the sense is doubtful. But in a
subsequent passage Hamlet calls
the players "the abstract, and
brief chronicles of the time."

Abrigge, v. (1) To abridge.
(2) To shield off.
Alle myscheffes from him to alrigge.

LydgcUe.

Abripted, part. p. (Lat.) Ra-
vished; stolen away. Cockeram.
Abroach, 1». (from A.-S. abree-
abrochr /ca«.) To tap; to set
flowing. Chaucer and Lydgate.
And mshiiig in amongst his foes, so bote

a skirmish made.
That every blone sets blood abroach.

Warner's Albion's England, 1392,
Call nil my servants, lay down all my
nieiit to the fire, set all my hogsheads
abroach, Sliadwell, Bury lair, 1689.

^ (1) adj. Broad. Jftn-

. I sheu.

Abroad, ! /n\ j t

' y(2) adv. In pieces;
abrode, f j /> ,

' I asunder. Comic. Away ;

J in pieces. Dorset.

(3) adv. Abroad. North.

(4) part. p. Spread abroad.
North.

Abrodieticall, adj. (from Gr.
a(3po^iaiTog.) "A daintie feeder,
or delicate person." Minsheu's
Guide into Tongues, 1627.

Abroke, part. p. (1) One that
has a rupture is said to be abroke.
Kennett.
(2) Torn. Hampsh.

Abroken, part. p. Broken out ;
escaped.

Abron, adj. Auburn.
A liistie courtier, whose curled head
With abron locks was fairly furnished.
Hall, Sal., b. iii, 8. 6.

Abrood, a<fp. (1) Abroad.

(2) Sitting, appHed to a hen.
Abrook, v. To brook, endure,

suffer. Shakespeare's Henry I'l.
Abrupt, part. p. {Lat. abruptus.)

Separated.
Abruption', s. {Lat.) A breaking

off. Minsheu.
Abrygge, v. To be shortened.

My dayes, make y never so q\iaynte,

Schullen abrygge and sumwliat swage.
Cambridge Ml

Absconsion, *. {Lat. absconsio.

Concealment.
Assist, v. {Lat.) To desist.
Absolevi, adj. Absolute.
Andilltiward, syr, verament,
They . M°kd hym'knysrht ahsulent.

Squyr of Lowe Degri, 630.

ABS

13

ABY

Absolete, adj. Obsolete.

Absolute, (1) adj. (Lat.) Very
accomplished ; perfect.
(2) part. p. Absolved; set at
liberty. Chaucer.

Absolve, v. {Lat.) To finish.

Absonant, adj. {Lat.) (1) Dis-
cordant, disagreeing. Jibsonous
was used in the same sense.
(2) Untunable. Cockeram.

Abstacle, s. for obstacle.

Abstent, adj. Absent. Tf'arw.

Absteb, v. {Lat. absterreo.) To
deter.

Abstinent, adj. (Lat.) Abstemious.
Minsheu.

Abstinency, *. Abstemiousness.

Abstorciued, part. p. {Lat.)
Wrested away by force. This is
Minsheu's, explanation in his
Guide into Tongues, 1627.

Abstract, s. (from Lat. abstraho.)
A separation. Shakespeare.

Assume, v. {Lat. absumo.) To
bring to an end by a gradual
waste ; to eat up. Absumption,
destruction.

Absurd. A scholastic term, em-
ployed when false conclusions
are illogically deduced from the
premises of the opponent.

Abthane, s. a steward. Minsheu.
Said to be the old title of the
High Steward of Scotland.

kBV,prep. Above. Devon.

Abuchyment, s, {A.'N.) An am-
bush.

Abude, v. {A.-S.) To bid; to
o<!er. MS. \hth cent.

Abue, 1 V. (from A.-S. abugan.)
abuy, / To bow ; to obey.
K\ ng Aylbriglit gret dcspyt adde in ys

thogl,

That the Brutons nolde seynte Austyn

abiie noght. Hubert of Glouc, p. 235.

Hii ne ssoldeto Englyssemen abue rygt

nolhyng. lb. p. 234.

Abuf, /*rep. Above.

Abuggen, v. Another form of the

verb to abie, which see.
Abuin, prep. Above. North.

Abv^^da^h, part. a. Abounding.

Abundation, s. Abundance. Here'
fordsh.

Aburne, adj. Auburn. It is
sometimes spelt aboume, as in the
Triall of Witts, 1604.

Abuschid, part. p. Ambushed.

Abuse, v. {A.-N.) To deceive ;
to impose upon. Abusable, that
may be abused, and abuiage,
abuse, were words employed in
the 17th century.

Abused, /;ar^/>. Fallen into abuse;
become depraved.

Abuseful, adj. Abusive. Here-
fordsh.

Abushement, «. An ambush.

Abushmently, adv. In ambush.
Huloet.

Abusion, s. An abuse. Chaucet
and Spenser.

He presumeth aud taketh upon hym in
parlie your estate royal in callyng be-
tore liym into greate abusion of all your
laiide, and derogacion of your highnes,
wliiche haib not been sen'e nor tised in
no dayes heretofore.

Hall, Henry FI. foL 62.

Abusious, adj. Abusive.
Thou abusious villaine !

Taming of a Shrew, 1607.

Abut, conj. Sometimes used in the

beginning of a sentence, where

no more is really meant than

would be expressed by the word

but. North.

Abuttal, s. {A.-N.) A boundary.

Abuyje. See Abie.

Abvert, v. {Lat. abverto.) To turn

away. Cockeram.
Abvolate, v. {Lat. abvolo.) To

fly away. Cockeram.
Abwe^e, prep. Above.

Tliaiie come of the oryente
Ewyne hyme agaynez
A b'iake bustous here
• Abwene in the clowdes.

•Morle Arthure.

Aby, V. To abide ; to feel the effect
of a thing. Shak. Mids. Night's
Dream. Same as Abie,

Abyche. See Abie.

Abydde, part. p. of abide.

ABY

14

ACC

Abyde, e. (j4.-S.) To forbear.
Chaucer. See Abide.

' y An abvss. See AMme.

ABYSM, J

Abyt, V. pres. t. of abyde. Abi-

deth. See Abit.
Abyyd. A form of abide, found in

some early MSS.
Ac, con;. (^.-5.) But.
Academe, s. {Gr.) An academy.

Love's Labour Lost.
Academy, s. This word is used

by Ben Jonson, and Beaumont

and Fletcher, with the accent on

the first sylla1)le.
AcAiD, s. (A.-S. ceced.) Vinegar.
Acale, adj. ^from A.-S. acalian, to

cool.) Cold.

For blood may suffre blood,
Bothe hungry and acalt.

Piers Ploughman, p. 393.

AcARNE, s. (Lot. acame.) The

sea-roach. Kersey.
AcAs, adv. By chance
AcAsiAN, *. " Acasian, that is jus

ofwodstone," Med. MS., 14th

cent.
AcASTE, V. (A.-S.) To cast away ;

to lose.

The olde tre his vertn ^n aeaste.

The Sevyn Sages, 600.

(2) To be cast away.
AcATER, s. (A.-N. acater.) A ca-
terer ; a purveyor.

He is my wardrobe man, my acater, cook,
"Butler, and steward. Detil is an Ass, i, 2.

}». (A.'N.) Victuals;
provisions purchased.
Abridged to cate,
which see.
Whan I cam eerlv or late,
I pinched uat at hem in myn acate.

Uocclete, i, 180.

Cotgrave, defining the term pit-
tance, says, it imported " meat,
food, acafes, victual of all sorts,
bread and drink excepted."

The Mantuan, at his charges, him allow'th

Ail fiae acates that tliat same country bred.

Harrington's Ariost., xliii, 139.

AcATRY, 8. (A.-N.) The place al-
lotted for the provisions pur-
chased for the king by his pur-
veyors.

AcAusE, conj. Because. Suffolk.

AcAWMO, part. p. Coming. So-
merset,

AcAZE, prep. (A.-N,) Against.
Rob. Glouc.

AccABLE, V. (Fr.) To press down.

AccAHiNTs, *. Accounts. Staffords.

AccEysED, part. p. (Laf.) Kindled.

AccEPciox,*. (tat.) Reception;
acceptation.

AccERSE, V. (Lot. accerso.) . To
summon ; call together.
Wlierfore the erie, consideryng that
kyng Edward did dayly encrease hys
power, as a runnyng ryver by goyng
more and more augmented, thought it
moste necessary for hym to gave him
battayle with spede," and tlierupon
accersed aud called tozetlier hvs armv.
Hall, Edward tV, fol. 26.

Access, ». Used by Shakespeare
in Hamlet, ii, 1, accented on the
first syllable.

AccESSE.s. (in Lot. accessus febris,
the access of a fever.) A fever; or,
more properly, the fit of an ague.

For upon hym he liad an "note accesse.

That daie by daie liym slioke full pitouslie.
The Complaint of the Blade Knight, 137.

AccEssivELiE, adv. (Lot.) Acces-

sorily ; as an accessory.
AcciDAVY, s. An affidavit. North.
1 s. (acctdia in medieval
Accidie, [Lat., derived from the
ACCiDE, [ Gr. oK/jcia, carelessness,
J sloth.) Indolence, sloth.
He hadde an accidie.
That he sleep Satcrdav and Sondav.
'Piers PI., p." 99.

AcciPiTRi. .lY, 8. {Lat. accipitra-
rius.) A falconer.

1 V. (Lat. accire.) To in-

AcciTE, I cite ; also, to summon, or

AciTE, I call. Shakespeare, 2

J Henry IV, and Tit. And.

We be all by tlie condycyon egall, now

aci/trd for to appere unto Buche and

soo niervHvlous jugement.

Tke Ordynarye of Crysten Men, p. 320.

ACC

15

ACC

AccLtTB, "I (Lat. acclwis.) Slo-
ACCLivous, J ping ; rising ; steep.
AccLOY, V. (1) (A.-N.) To cram;
clog; overload; cloy.

Gorbo, my comfort is accloyd with care,
A new mishap my wonted joyes hath
crost :
Then men-aile not although my musicke
Jarre,
When she the author of her mirth hath
lost.
Elphin is dead, and in his grave is laid, &c.
Drayton, Shepherd's Garland, 1593.

(2) (from the Fr. enclouer.) To
drive a nail in shoeing a horse.
Hence, accloyd, s., a wound given
to a horse in shoeing, by driving
the nail into the quick.

AccoAST, V. To sail by the coast;
to fly near the ground.

Ne is there liawk that mautletb her on
perche.

Whether high towering or accoasting low.
Speiuer'i Faerie Queene.

AccoiL, V. (A.-N.) To be in a coil,

or bustle of business.
About the cauldron many cookes aceoyld
With hooks and ladles.

Sfaiser's F. Q., II, ix, 30.

AccoLE, \v. (A.-N. accoler.) To

ACOLE, J embrace round the neck.

Hence, accolade, the ceremony

of embracing, at the creation of

knights.

Tlien acoles he the knyjt, and kysses hym

thryes.
As saverly and sadly as he hem sette couthe.
Sgr Gawat/ne, p. 71.

AccoLV'B.r), part. p. Become cold;
suffering from cold.
When tliis knyglit that was aecolded, —
and hit was grcte troste, — and he saw
the fyre, he descendide of his horse,
and yede to the fyre, and warmide him.
Gesta Somanorttm.

AccoMBERous, adj. Cumbersome;

troublesome.
AccoMBRE, 1 f-(^-S-)Toencum.
AcuMBRE, M'er, perplex, or de.
J stroy.

Gii of Warwike mi name is;
Ivel ich am acttmhred v-wis.

Gy </ trintikc, p. 817.

Happlye there may be fire less in the same

nombre ;
For their sakes I trust thu wilt not the
rest accombre. Old Flay, i, 20.

Accommodate, o. (from the Ital.
accommodare.) This word it
• was fashionable in Shakespeare's
time to introduce, properly or
improperly, on all occasions,
Ben Jonson calls it one of " the
perfumed terms of the time."
The indefinite use of it is well
ridiculed by Bardolph's vaiu at-
tempt to define it :
Accommodated; that is, when a man is,
as they say, accommodated : or when a
man is, — being, — whereby, — ^he may be
thought to be, — accommodated; which
is an excellent thing. 2 Sen. IV, iii, 2.

Hostess, accommodate us with another
bedstaff—

The woman does not understand the words
of action.

B. Jon., Ev. M. in H., i, 5.

Will you present and accommodate it to the
gentleman.

Id., Poetoiter, iii, 4.

Accomplish, ». (A.-N.) To fur-
nish ; to perform. Shakesp.
Merck. Ven. and Tarn. Shrew.

Accompte, v. {A.-N.) To tell ; to
recount. Sielton.

Acconferment, s.(A.-N.) A con-
firmation. Rob. Glouc.

AccoRAGE, V. To encourage. Spen-
ser.

AccoRATH-EARTH, 8. A field;
green arable earth. North.

Accord, \ s. {A.-N.) An agree-
ACORD, J ment ; a decision.
Shakespeare uses this word in
the sense of affreement in As
You Like It ; as a verb, to agree,
in Romeo and Juliet; and ac-
cordant, agreeable, in Much Ado
about Nothing.
Thou opene myne lyppen. Lord,
Let feltbe of senne out wende.
And my mouthe wyth wel god acord
Schel thyne worschypyng sende.

William de Skoreham.

Sire knight, quoth he, maister and my

lord.
Now draweth cut, for that is myn acord,
Chuuter's Canterbury Talet, M9.

ACC

16

ACE

AccoRDATJNT, part. a. Agreeing.
Snche thynge whereof a man may lere.
That to vertu is acordaunt.

Gower, MS.

The printed edition of Gower has
the word acordend.
Nowe mvght thou here next sewend
Whiche to this vyce is acordend.

Gwer, ed. 1533, f. 36.

According, part. a. Granting.

Spenser.
AccoKT, adj. {A.-N. accort.)

Wary; prudent. Minsheu.
Accost, v. {A.-N.) To address

one's self to a person or thing ; to

approach ; to attempt, or try.
AccouNSAYL, V. To counsel with ;

s. counsel.
Account, v. {A.-N.) To reckon.
Long worke it were

Here to account the endlesse progeny

Of all the weeds that bud and blossome

there. ttt • on

Sjienser's Faene Queene, 111, vi, SO.

Accountant, adj. Accountable.

And, I dare think, he'll prove to Desdemona
A most dear husband. Now, 1 do love her

too, ,

Kot out of absolute lust, though, perad-

venture,
1 stand accountant for as great a sin.

Othello, ii, 1.

AccouPLE, V. {A.-N.) To couple,
or join together. Acopled is used
in the Plumpion Corr., p. 50, for
coupled.

AccouRAGE, V. To cncouragc.

AccouRTiNG, part. a. Courting.
Spenser.

AccoY, V. {A.-N. accoyer.) To
appease; extinguish; to render
shy or coy ; to pacify.

Thou foolish swain that thus art overjoy'd,

How soon may here thy courage be accoy'd.
J'eele's Eglogue Gratulatorie, 1589.

AccoYNTED, part. p. Acquainted.

AccRASE, V. {Fr.) To crush ; to
destroy.

Fynding my youth myspent, my sub-
stance ynipayred, my credvlh accrased,
my talent hydden, my follyes laughed
at't, my re'wyne unpytted, and my
trewtli unemployed.

Queen's Prograsa, i, 21.

AccREASE, V. (from Lat. accresco.)
To increase : to augment.

AccREw, V. {Fr.) To increase ; to
accrue. Spenser.

But sight and talke accrexp to love, the
eubstance must be had.

Warner's Albion's England, 1592.

AccROCHE, ». {Fr.) To gather;

to catch hold of; to increase;

to encroach.
AccRUMENT, s. (from Fr. accruer.)

Addition ; increase.
AccuB, 8. The footmark of any

animal. Cocieram.

ACCURSE, 1 / > o \ T

^„ >v. {A.-S.) To curse.

ACURSE, J ^ ^

Which is lif that oure Lord
In alle lawes acurseth.

Piers PI, p. 375.

Accuse, v. (A.-N.) To discover
or betray.
The entrees of the yerde acciiseth
To him that in the watir niuseth.

Jlotn. of the Rose, 1591.

(2) *. Accusation. Shakespeare.
Accusement, 8. An accusation.

We do apperceyve by the relation of
vour graces commissioners Mr. doctour
Legh and Mr. Williams, that diverse
and sondrye accusementes have ben
made upon us unto your liighnes.

Monastic Lttters, p. 154.

Ace of Spades. A widow. This
slang word is given in the Lexi-
con Balatronicum, 8vo, Lond.,
1811.

AcELE, V. To seal. Rob. Glouc.

AcENTEN, V. To assent.

Acerbate, v. {Lat.) To make
sour or sharpen.

Acerote, s. Brown bread. Min-
sheu.

Acersecomick, *. One whose hair
was never cut. Cockeram's Eng-
lish Dictionarie, 1639.

AcERTAiNED, part. p. Informed
certainly ; confirmed in opinion.

AcERVATE, V. {Lat.) To heap
up.

Acescent, adj. {Lat.) Sour.

ACE

17

ACK

AcKSE, V. {A.-N.) To cease; to

cause to cease.
AcETARRE, s. {Fv.) A Salad of

small herbs. Cockeram, 1639.
AcETH. A form of aseth. See
Aseth.

Acetk for trcspas, satisfactio.

Prompt. Pan., ed. 1499.

AcH, s. Smallage; water-parsley;

avium.
AcHARNE, V. (from Fr. achamir.)

To set on ; to aggravate against.
Achat, «. (^.-A^.) (1) A contract;

a ])argain. Chaucer.

(2) Bargaining.

Coemption is to sale, comen achate or
buying together, that were estalilished
upon tlie peple by soclie a maner ini-
posicion, as wlio so bought a bushell of
eorne, he must yeven the kyng the
fiveth parte. C/iaucer's ioethius.

Achates, s. (A.-N.) An agate.
AcHATOUR, s. (A.-N.) The person

who had the charge of the acatry ;

the purveyor.

A gentil maunciple was ther of a temple,
Of which achatours migliteu take exeiiiple.
Chaucer, C. T., 569.

AcHAUFE, V. (Fr.) To warm ; to

heat.
AcHAVSGEO, part. p. Changed.
Ache, s. An ash tree. Plumpton

Correspondence, p. 188.
Ache-bone, s. The hip-bone.
Achelor, s. Ashlar, or hewn stone.

This form occurs in a Yorkshire

document, temp. Hen. VIII.
Aches,/;/. Was frequently used as

a dissvllable. See Hudibras, 111,

ii, 407.
Achesoun, v. {A.'N. achaison.)

Reason; cause.
AcHETYN, V. To escheat. Prompt.

Pare.
AcHEVE, w. {A.-N.) To accomplish.

Chaucer.
AcHOKED, part. p. Choked.
AcHOR, s. A scab on the head of

children.
AcHORN, s. An acorn. Cheshire.

AciSE. For assise.

AciTB, V. (A.-N.) To cite; sum
mon. See Accile.

AcK, V. To mind; to regard.
North.

Acker, 1 *. (apparently from A.-S.
AKEHjjeffor, the flowing of the
sea.) This word is explained
in the early lexicographers by
the Latin impetus maris, and is
stated to be that which pre-
cedes the "flood or flowing."
Eager, and Niger, are variations
of the same term. The follow-
ing extract from MS. Cott. Titus
A., xxiii, f. 49, further explains
the meaning of the word :

Wei know they tliereume yf it aryse,

An aker is it clept, I nndeistonde,

Wlios myglit there may no shippe or wynd

wytstonde.
This reume in thoccian of propre kynde,
Wytoute wynde hatlie his conimotioun ;
Tlie maryneer tlierof may not be blynde.
But wlien and where in eveiy regioun
It regnethe, he nioste have inspectioun ;
For in viage it may botlie haste and tary.
And, unavised thereof, al myscary.

It appears that the word acker
is still applied on the Trent to a
dangerous kind of eddying twirl
which occurs on the river when
it is flooded. In the dialect of
Craven, a ripple on the surface
of the water is termed an acker.

(2) s. {A.-S. eecer.) An acre;
a field. Yorksh.

(3) Fine mould. North.
AcKERN, ». An acorn. A Northern

word, used principally in West-
moreland and Cumberland.

AcKER5PRiT,». (//.-5.) Wilbraham
explains this word as being said
of potatoes when the roots have
germinated before the time of
gathering them. Corn, and par-
ticidarly barley, which has ger-
minated before it is malted, is
said, in the East of England, to
be acrespired.

AcKERSPYRE. A word in use

ACK

18

ACO

amongst masons and stone-get-
ters (or delvers) in the neigh-
bourhood of Huddersfield, &c.,
in reference to stone which is
not of a free workable quality,
but, on the contrary, is of a very
hard, flinty, or metallic quality,
and difficult to work.

AcKETouN, 8. {A.-N.) A jacket of
quilted leather, worn under the
mail armour; it is sometimes used
for the armour itself.

Ac KNOW, V. (A.-S.) To acknow-
ledge. North. It occurs not
unfrequently in the Elizabethan
writers.

AcKSEN, s. (A.-S.) Ashes. Wilts.

AcKWARDS, adv. Applied to a
beast when it lies backwards, and
cannot rise.

AcLiT, adj. Adhered together.
Devon.

AcLiTE, adv. Awry, North.

AcLOYE. See Accloy.

AcLUMsiD, part. p. {A.-S.) Be-
numbed with cold.

Ache, s. (from Gr. olkhi).) Mature
age. Jonson.

AcoATHED, adj. Rotten or diseased
in the liver, as sheep. Dorset.

AcoLD, adj. (from the A.-S. aco-
lian.) Cold.

Late come to an abbey
Syx men other seven,
AnA lat theron aske gode
For Godd love of heven.
He gchal stond tkeroute
Anhungred and acold.

IF. de Skoreham.

AcoLASTic, adj. (from the Gr.
dKoXaffTiKos.) Intemperate; riot-
ous ; prodigal : lascivious. Min-
sheu gives these meanings of the
word in his Guide into Tongues,
1627.

AcoLATE, adj. {Gr.) Froward;
peevish. So explained in Rider's
Dictionarie, 1640.

AcoLDiNG, par/, a. (from the A.^S.
See Acold.) Getting cold.

AcoLEX. See Accoie.

ACORE
ACORYE

>-to
^^'Jto

AcoMBRE, r. (^.-5.) Toencnmber;

to trouble.

The feend with prede acomhreth ous.

With wretlie aud with eiivie.

W. de Shoreham.

AcoMELYD, part. p. Enervated
with cold. Prompt. Parv.

AcoMPUN, adj. Limping. Lane.

AcoNicK, adj. (from aconite.) Poi-
sonous. Rider.

Acop, adv. (from the A.-S. cop.)
On end ; conically.

Marry sh' is not in fashion yet; she
wears a hood, but it stands acop.

Ben Joiiion, iii, 60.

(from A.-S. ceorian,
to lament.) To sorrow;
to grieve.
At Gloucestre he deide, ac eir nadde be

non;

That acorede al this loud, and ys men

eclion. Rob. Glouc.

Bu a pcyre of a marc, other thou ssalt hit

acorye sore. lb.

AcoRSE, V. {A.-S.) To curse.
Callcde hem caytyves
Acorsed for evere. T\er» PI., p. 875.

AcoRSY, V. (from the A.-N. cars, a

body.) To bury. " For to acorsy

here brother body." Oxf. MS.

AcosT, adv. (from A.-N. u coste.)

On the side ; near.

Forth thai passeth this lond acost.

Artliour and Merlin.

AcouNTRE, |e;i„tf "^/ij ^0/

AcouPE, V. (from A.-N. acoulper.)

To blame ; accuse ; inculpate.
Me acojipede hom harde inou, and sethtlie

atte last.
As theves and traitors, in strong prison me

hom caste. Rob. of Glouc, p. 5-14.

AcouPEMKNT, s. An accusation.

ACOUPING,
COUPINt

ING, J

An onset.

At the aconpynfj the knijtes [speres] cither
brak on otiier. W. and the Jf'eric., p. 134.

AcovERD, past. t. Recovered.
Acow, adv. Crooked; awry.
North,

AGO

19

ACR

AcoYNTE, V. (from A.-N. acointer.)

To make acquaintance.
Heo acoyntede liyni anon, and bicomen

frendes jrode,
Bothe for here prowes, and for heo were of

on blode. Rob. of Ghuc, p. 15.

AcoYSYNG, s. Accusing. A mere
corrupt spelling. Kyng Alisaun-
der, 3973.

AcauAiNT, s. An acquaintance.
mine old acquaint is she.

And one whom 1 liave us'u ui tlial degree.
Zisle's Uislorie of Uehodoms, 1038.

AcauAiNTABLE. Easy to be ac-
quainted with. Minsheu's Guide
into Tongues, 1627.

AcauEYNT, adj. (from A.-S, ac-
wencan.) Quenched,

so that me tLynketh,

My thurst sliall never be acqjiej/nt.

Gower.

AcauiLL, ». {A.-N.) A term in
hunting. It was applied to the
buck and doe, the male and the
female fox, and all vermin, and
is nearly synonymous with the
more modern word imprime.
Syr huutere, how many bestis acquill?
Syr, llie buk and the doo, the male fox
and tlie female, and alle othir vermyn,
as many as be put in the book. And
how many braches ? Sire, alle tliat 4)e
acquilez. Jieliq. Ant., i, 151.

AcauiSE, V. (A.-N.) To acquire.

s. {A.-N.) An acqui-
sition ; something
acquired or gained,
(lis servants he with new acquist
Of true experience from tliis great event
With peace and consolation haih dismist.
Samson Ai/onisles, v, 1755.
Mnd, reposed near the ostea of rivers,
makes continual additions to the land,
thereby excluding the sea, and preserv-
ing these shells as trophies and signs of
its new acquests and encroachments.

Woodumrd.

Skinner has it as a verb, to ac-
quire.

kcdviT, part. p.{A.-N.) Acquitted.
Spenser.

Ac QUITE, V. To requite.

AcftuiTTANCB, 8. {A.-N.) (1) Ac-
quaintance. Skinner,

AcauisT,

ACaUEST

• ]'

>T, r

J •'

(2) Requital. Othello, iv, 2.

(3) A discharge, or release : for*
nierly in general use for what
is now called a receipt; and
it is still so in the northern
counties.

AcRASED. Crazed.

Acre, s. (from the A.-S. cecer.) A
field. Originally not a deter-
mined quantity of land, but any
open ground.

(2) A duel fought by single com-
batants, English and Scotch, be-
tween the frontiers of the two
kingdoms, with sword and lance.
Cowell.

AcRE-uALE, s. {A.-S.) Lands in a
common field, in which different
proprietors hold portions of
greater or less extent. North.

AcREME, s. Ten acres of land. A
law term.

AcREMAN, s. {A.-S.) A husband-
man.

The foules up, and song on bough.
And acremen yede to the plough.

£a^- le Freine, 176.

AcRESHOT, s. A kind of local land-
tax.

AcRESTAFF, "I Called a plough-

AKERSTAFF, J Staff" in Huloet. An

instrument to cleanse the plough-

culter. See Kersey's English

Dictionary, 1715.

AcRiLOGY, s. (from Lat. acer, and
Ch". Xdyog.) Bitter speaking.
Minsheu gives this word iu his
Guide into Tongues, 1627.

AcROKE, adv. Crooked.

Acrook'd, adj. Crooked; awry.
YorAsh.

AcRosPYRE, "I ». (from Gr. uKpog,
AKERSPiRE, J the extremity, or
end, and airtipa, a curling
shoot.) To sprout. When un-
housed grain, exposed to wet
weather, sprouts at both ends,
it is said to acrospyre. Potai
toes, sprouting prematurely, are

ACR

SO

ACY

said to be ackerspritted. See
Ackersprit.

For want of turning, wlien the malt is
spread on tlie floor, it comes and sprouts
at both ends, wliich is called to aero-
spyre; and then it is fit only for swine.
Morlimer's Husbandry.

In a Scottish act of parliament, anent
malt-makers, it is said they " let their
malt akerspire, and sliute out all the
thrift and substance at baith the ends,
quhare it eould come at ane end only."
Regiam Majestatem, p. 293.

Across. A kind of exclamation
when a sally of wit miscarried.
Said to be taken from the lan-
guage used in jousting. See
Shakesp. AlVs Well that Ends
Well, ii, 1.

Acrostic, adj. Crossed on the
breast, "^cros/tc arms." Middle-
ton. It may be regarded as a
punning use of the word.

AcROTCH, V. (from Fr. acrocher.)
To take up ; to seize.

AcsEDK, pret. p. Asked. A rather
unusual form.

TTie kyng Alesandre acsede
Hnrau BiUl that be.

Beliq. Antiq., i, 30.

Act, v. To behave ; to conduct.
Essex.

Act of parliament. A military
term for small beer, five pints of
which, by an act of parliament,
a landlord was formerly obliged
to give to each soldier gratis.

Acts, «. ( Gr. clkti^.) The sea- shore.
Phillips.

AcTiFS, s. pi. An order of monks,
who, according to Skinner, fed
on nothing but roots and herbs.

AcTiLLY, ado. Actually. Lancash.

AcTious, adj. Active.

With divers here not catalogd, and for a

cheefest take
All actious Candish, and of these eternall

peu-worke make.

Album's England, ed. 1612.

ACTIT TtON, a. {lot.)

action.

Frequent

Active citizen, ». A louse. This
cant term is given in the Lexicon
Balalrotiicum, and is too piquant
to be omitted.
Acton, s. {A.-N.) A jacket or
tunic, worn under a coat of mail.
See Acketoun.

His acton it was all of blacke.
His hewberke and his slieeldc.

Sir Cauline, in Percy's Eel.

Actoures, 8. (A.-N.) Governors ;

keepers. Wycklyffe.
Actuate, v. (from Ital. attudre.)

To put into action ; to produce.
Acture, s. (Lat.) Action.
All my offences, that abroad you see,
Are errors of the blood, none of the mindj
liove made them not; with acture they

may be.
Where neither party is nor true nor kind.
Shakes. Lover's Complaint,

AcuATE, V. (from Lat. acuo.)

Sharpened.
Gryndyng withvynegar tylll was fatygate.
And also with a quantyte of spyces acuate.
Ashmole's Theat. Cliem. Brit., p. 191.

In the following example, the
word is erroneously altered to
actuate in the reprint by the
Shakespeare Society :
The Lacedemonians trusting the oracle,
receved the champion, and fearing the
government of a stranger, made him
ther citizen ; which once done and he
obteiniug the dukdome, he asseuded
the theater, and ther very learnedly
wyshing tliem to forget theyr folly, and
to thinke on victory, they being acuate
by his eloquence, waging battail won
the field. Lodge's Defence of Plays, 1579.

Acuis, «.jw/.. Agues. MS. q/" 14 /A
cent.

Acuminate, v. (from Lat. acumina-
tus.) To whet. Rider's Diction-
arie, 1640.

AcuRE, adj. A chemical term, ap-
plied to a drug, the power of
which is increased by the addition
of some other.

AeuRSEN. See Acorsen.

AcYDENANDVs, adv. Asidc ; ob-
liquely. Prompt. Part. Appa-
rently a corrupt spelling of aside'
nands.

ACT

21

ADA

AcfROLOGiCALL, adj. (from Gr.
uKvpoXoyia, impropriety of ex-
pression.) Improper speaking.
This word occurs in Rider's
Dictionurie, 1640.

AcYSE, g. {A.-N.) Custom ; law.

And of these berdede bukkes also,
Wytli heniself tliy moclie niysdo.
That leve Crysleu meniiys acyse.
And liaunte al the iiewe gyse.

BoM. MS. of lath cent.

Ad. Hath. Adde. Had, occurs in

Rob. Glouc.
Adacted, part. p. (Lat. adactus.)

Driven in by force. Minsheu.
Adad, adv. Indeed ; truly.

I see you wonder at ray changes; what,
would you never have a man learn
breeding;, adad?

Skadvcell, Squire ofAUatia, 1688.

They are all deep, they are very deep
and sharp ; sharp as needles, adad; the
wittiest men in England. lb.

Ao.EauATE, part. p. {Lat. adagua-
tus.) Equal to.

Why did the Lord from Adam, Eve create ?

Because with him she should not b' ade-
quate.

HaJd she been made of earth, she would
have deem'd

Her self his sister, and his equal seem'd.
Owen's Epigrams, 1677.

Adam. A serjeanl, or bailiff, was
jocularly so called. See Shakesp.
Comedy of Errors, iv, 3.

Adam-and-Eve. The bulbs of
orchis maculata, which have a
fancied resemblance to the human
figure. Craven.

Adam-tiler, «. A pickpocket's
associate, who receives the stolen
goods, and runs off with them.

Adamant, s. {A.-N.) The magnet.

Al true to thee as steel to adamant.

Green's Tu Quogue.
.\3 iron, tonch't by the adamant's effect,
I'o the north pole doth ever point direct.
Si/h. Du Bartas, p. 64.

The mutual repulsion of two
magnets, which takes place in
Bome situations, is alluded to in
the following extract :

^— away;
We'll be as differing as two adamanlt
The one shall shun tlie other.

W%ite Devil, 0. PI., vi, 315.

Adamantine, adj. Very hard.
This word occurs in Rider's
Dictionurie, 1640.

Adamate, v. (from Lat. adamare.)
To love dearly. Minsheu.

Adamites, s.pl. A sect of enthiu
siasts who were said to imitate the
nakedness of Adam in their pub-
lic assemblies.

Adam's-ale, s. Water. Var. dial.

Adam's-apple, s. (1) A kind of
citron. Gerard,

(2) The nob in a man's throat,
so called, because, it is said,
when Eve swallowed her apple
with ease, and gave another to
Adam, his conscience so rebelled
against it, that it never got
farther than his throat.

Adam's-flannel, s. White mul-
lein ; perhaps from the soft white
hairs with which the leaves are
covered on both sides. Craven,

Adarnech, s. Colour like gold.
Howell.

Adarned, adj. Ashamed. Coles.

Adarris, s. The flower of sea-
water. Howell.

Adased, "1 adj. (A.-N.) Dazzled ;

ADASsiD, J putoutof countenance.

The glittring tlierof wold have made

every man's eyes so adased, tliat no man

should have spied his falshed.

Sir T. More.

Adauds, <idv. In pieces. Yorksh.

Adaunt l^-f^-"^-) To tame; to
' > reduce ; to daunt, miti-
adant, f , ' '

J gate.

Adauntreley. Another form of

avauntlay, which see.
kii\^,v.{A.-N.) (1) Tobedaunted.
Therewith her wrathful courage gan appall.
And haughty spirits meekly to adaw.

Spenser, F. C, IV, vi, 26.

As one adaie'd and half confused stood.
/*., V, v, 45.

(2) To awake. This seems to
be a figurative sense, for Pals-

ADA

ADD

grave says, " I adawe or adawne,

as the daye dothe in the morn-

ynge whan the sonne draweth

towardes his rysyng ;" and, " I

adawe one out of a swounde."

Him to rewakin she did all her pain ;

And at tlie last lie gan his breth to drawe,

And of his swough sone after that adawe.

Trail, and Ores., iii, 1124.

(3) To kill ; to execute.

Some wolde have hym adaiee.
And some savde it was not lawe.
Rom. dfEicliard C. de L., 973.

■^°'*"^' \ adv. In the daytime.

ADAYES, J •'

I ryse soner than you do adayes : ie me

dtscouche plus tost que vuus tons les iours.

PaUgrate.

Adays, adv. Now-a-days. East

Aiiglia.
Adaz, a. An addice. Kennett.
Adcorporate, v. {Lat.) To in-
corporate. Minsheu's Guide into

Tongties, 1627.
Addecimate, v. {Lat.) To take

tithes. Minsheu's Guide into

Tongues, 1627.
Addeem, v. (A.-S.) To think ; to

judge; to determine. Spenser.
Adder-bolt, s. The dragon fly.

Var. dial.
Adder-say. I dare say. Yorksh.
Adder's-grass, s. The name in

Gerard for the cynosorchis.
Adder's-tongde, «. A plant ; the

ophisglossum.
Adder-wort, «. The bistort or

snake-weed.
Addice, a. {A.-S.) An adze.

I had thought I had rode upon addices

between this and Canterbury.

Lyly's Mother Bombie, 1594.

An addis, or little axe. Baret's

Alvearie, 1580.

(2) An addled egg. Huloet.
Addict, part. p. For addicted.
To studies good addict of comely grace.
Mirr.for Mag.

Addiction, a. {Lat.) The state of
being addicted to anything.
Since his addiction was to courses vain.
Sludcap. Henry V, i, 1.

Additiox, a. {Lat.) A title given
to a man over and above his Chris-
tian and surname, showing his
rank, occupation, &c., or alluding
to some exploit or achievement.

Addiwissen. Had I known it.
North. A corruption of hady-
wissen, or hadiwist, which see.
Adywyst occurs in MSS. as old
as the 15th cent.

Addle, v. (from the A.-S. eedlean,
a reward.) So pronounced in
Yorkshire ; in Staffordshire it is
d-dle ; in Cumberland, ettle ; and
in Cheshire, yeddle. To earn by
working.

With goodmen's hogs, or corn, or hay,
1 addle my uinepence every day.

Richard vf Dalton Dale.

In the Eastern counties it is ap-
plied to the growth of corn ; as,
"that crop addles," t. e. thrives.
Forby. In which sense it is used
by Tusser —

Where ivy embraceth the tree very sore,
Kill ivy, else tree will addle no more.

It occurs in the Townley Myste-
ries, p. 195. See Adyld. "To
addle his shoon " is said in the
North of a horse that falls upon
his back, and roils from one side
to the other. In Sussex, when a
horse does so, he is said to " earn
a gallon of oats."

(2) Labourers' wages. YorJcaJi.

(3) s. A swelling with matter in
it. Somerset.

(4) s. Tlie headland of a field ;
same as adland. Northampt.

(5) s. Lees or dregs.

(6) adj. Empty.

Addled, adj. Having corruption.
Used in this sense in Somerset-
shire. Hence addled egg, said of
an egg in a state of putrefaction,
according to Grose and Jennings ;
but more usually applied to an
egg forsaken by the hen after her
sitting. " Urinum ovum, gene-
rationi ineptum, quod fit incuba-

ADD

23

ADI

none derelicta, an addle egge, a
winde egge." Rider's Latin Dic-
tionarie, 1640.

Addle-headed, adj. Stupid;
thoughtless. Var. dial.

Addle-pate, s. A foolish person.
Kent.

Addle-plot, s. A* person who
spoils any amusement. South.

Addle-pool, *. A pool, or puddle,
near to a dunghill, for receiving
the liquid that oozes from the
dunghill ; in which liquid it is
not uncommon, in Sussex, to see
large quantities of mould or
earth, taken from the connnons,
thrown to be saturated with it,

Addlings, s. The wages received
for labourers' work. Yorkshire.
See Addle.

Addolorate, v. (taken apparently
from the Ital. dolordre.) To
grieve.

Address, v. (Fr.) To prepare for
anything; to get ready.

Adds. s. An addice.

Ade, s. To cut a deep gutter across
ploughed land. Shropsh.

Adec,s. Vinegar milk. Howell.

Adelantado, s. (a Spanish word.)
A lord president or deputy of a
country ; a commander.

Invincible adelantado over the armado of
pimpled faces.

Masainger, Virg. Mart., ii, 1.

Open no door ; if the adalantado of Spain
were here he should nnt enter.

B. Jon., Ev. M. out of H., v, 4.

Ademand, s. The loadstone. See
Adamant.

Adent, v. To fasten. Minsheu.

Adeption, s. (Lat.) An acquire-
ment.

A portion of time wherein, to my un-
derstanding;, there hath bin tlie rarest
varieties, that in like number of suc-
cessions of any liereditary monarchy
Imth bin knowne : for it beginnctli with
the mixt adeption of a crowue, by armes
and title.

Bacon, Adt. of Learn., b. ii, p. 114.

ADEauATE, V. {Lat.) To make even
or equal.

Adekcop, s. (A.-S.) a spider. See
Alter cop.

Ades, s. An addice. Kennett.

Adespotic, adj.(Gr.) Not despotic.

Adewen, v. (from A.-S. deawian,
to bedew.) To moisten ; to be-
dew.

Thy gracious shourys lat reyne in habund-

aunce,
Upon myn lierte t' adeiven every veyne.

Lydgate's Minor Poems, p. 251.

Adfiliate, 17. (La^) To adopt for
a son. Minsheus Guide into
Tongues, 1627.

Adge, s. An addice. North.

Adhere, v. {Lat.) To suit; to fit.

I wotild have sworn his disposition
would liave gone to the truth of his
words ; but they do no more adhere and
keep pace together, than the liundredth
psalm to the tune of Greene Sleeves.

Merry Wives oj Windsor, ii, 1.

Adhib, s. a name of the herb eye-
bright.

Adhibite, v. {Lat.) To admit.

Adhort, v. {Lat.) To advise, or
exhort.

Julius Agricola was the first fliat by
adhortiny the Britaines pulilikely, and
lielping them privately, wun them to
build houses for themselves.

Stowe's London, p. 4.

Adiaphoricy, s. (from Gr. dSia-
^opia, indifference.) Indifference.
Rider's Dictionarie, 1640.

Adight, ^ar/. p. {A.-S.) Adorned.

Thanne sawe they yn a park
A ciistell stout and stark
That ryally was adur/ht.

Lybeaus Dtsconus, 711.

Adihten, v. (from A.-S. adihtan.)
To order; arrange ; adorn ; as he
adihteih him, i. e. fits himself
with.

Adihleth him a gay wenche of the newe jet.
fulitical Songs,^.2ii.9,

Abis, prep. Within. Sussex.
Ai>iR,pron. Either. A local form.

ADI

24

ADM

Adit, s. (Lat.) A sough or level in a
mine, for tlie purpose of drawing
off water. Derbysh.

Adite, v. {A.-N.) To indite ; to
write.

Kyng Rychard dcde a lettre wryte,
A iiobleclerk it gun adijte.

Rick. Coer de Lion, 1174.

Adition, s. {Lat.) An entrance or

approach to.
Adjoyxate, part. p. Joined.

Tn"o semely princes, together adjoynate.
Ilardyng's Chronicle.

AvjOYKAVST, part. a. Adjoining.

Trutli it is, that lie (Carelicus) wyth liys
Britons were dryven into Canilirya, or
Wales : yet he left not continuallye to
make reyses and assutes uppon the
Saxous,next to liim adjuynauiite.

Fabian's Lkron., p. v, f. 105.

Adjoynauntes, ». Those who are
contiguous.

Sought and practised waies and meancs
Low to joine himself with forein princes,
and to greve and liurte his neighbors
and adjoynauntes of the real me of Eng-
land. Hall, Hen. VI, {. 53.

Adjoynt, adj. A person joined
with another; a companion or
attendant.

here with these grave adjoynts,

(These learned maisters) lliey were taught

to see
Tliemselves, to read the world, and keep

their points. Daniel's Civ. Wars, iv, 69.

Adjourn, v. (from the A.-N.
adjoumer.) To cite or sum-
mon any one to appear before
a judge.

Adjument, s. {Lat. adjumentum.)
Help ; succour. Miege.

Adjunct, part. p. {Lat. adjunctus.)
United with ; immediately con-
sequent.

AcjuTE, V. {Lat. adjuto.) To assist ;
to help. Jonson.

Adjutories, s. The arm bones are
so called in the old English trans-
lation of Vigo's Book of Chirur-
gerie.

Adjuvant, jwar/. a. {Lat.) Assist-
ing.

TrVhich meeting with convenient matter
and adjurant causes, doc proceed to the
generation of severall species, accord-
ing to the nature of the ettirient and
aptnessc of the matter. Aubrey's Wills.

Adlands, s. The butts in a
ploughed field which lie at right
angles to the general direction of
the others ; the part close against
the hedges. Shropsh., North-
amp t., and Leicestersh.

Adle, adj. Unsound; unwell. East.
See Addle.

Admeasurement, s. {Fr.) A law
term, defined by Cowell to be "a
writ which lyeth lor the bringing
of those to a mediocrity, that
usurp more than their part."

Adminiculary, adj. {Lat.) Col-
lateral; indirect.

Tliat lie should never help, aid, supply,
succour, or grant them any snhveii-
titious furtherance, auxiliary suffrage,
or adminiculary assistance.

Uiihelais, iii, 34.

Admiral, "^ s. This word, which
ADMERAL, I is very varied in its
orthography, is a
yratTe. corruption of
the Arab emir. Ac-
I cording to some,
AMYRALE, J the word is from
emir-alma, or emir of the water.
It is used especially in the me-
dieval romances, where it signi-
fies a Saracen commander, or
sometimes a king. According
to Kennett, the term admiral
was not introduced, in its present
sense, before the latter end of
the reign of Edward I.

He sende aftur lordyngys,
I'yftene admerallys and kyngys.
And armyd them to fyglit.

Cambridge MS.

And be the cytees and be the towncs

ben nmyrnUes,\\i^t ban the governance

of the peple. Manndetih's Travels.

A launcc in hys hand he helde,

Ue smot an nmyraU in the schclde.

Bichard Coer de Lion, 5012

ADMYROLD,
AMIRALD,
AMERAL,
AMRAYL,

ADM

25

ADP

TIio spec on admyrold.

Of wordes lie wes swytlie bold.

Kyng Horn.

„^-^Admirablist, a(Ij. Most admi-
rable. Accented on the ante-
penult. Yorksh.

Admiral of the blue. A publi-
can. This cant word is given
by Grose, who informs us that
the blue aprons formerly worn
by publicans gave rise to the
name.

Admirative, adj. Minsheu applies
the term admirative point to the
note of interrogation (.').

Admire, s. Admiration.

When Arcliidanius dulbelioli] witli wonder,

Mail's imitation (if Jove's dieiidliill thunder,

He thus loncliidesliis censure with admire.

Rovoland's Knave of Uearts, 1613.

Admittance, s. Used by Shake-
speare in the sense of a custom
or power of being admitted into
the presence of great personages.
Ford calls Falstaff a gentleman
" of great admittance." Merry
Wives, ii, 2.

Admittible, adj. Admissible.

Many disputable opinions may be bad
of wiirre, without the praysinsr of it as
only admiltibte by infoiced necessitie,
and to be used onely for peace sake.

Harrison's Desc. of liritain.

Admonest, v. (from the A.-N. ad-
monester.) To admonish ; to
advise.

Admonishment, a. Admonition.
Shakesp.

Admove, V, (from Lat. admoveo.)
To move to.

Adnichell, v. To annihilate.
Skel'on.

Adnihilate, v. (Lat.) To annihi-
late. This word is given by
Minsheu in his Guide into
Tonr/ues, 1627.

Adnote, v. [Lat. adnolo.) To note ;
to observe.

Adnul, v. (Lat.) To annuL

Ado, v. (1) To do.

I wol that thel togithir go,
And done al that thei ban ado.

Romaunt of the Rose, 5080.

(2) part. p. Done ; finished. So-
mersetsh.
Adonnet, s. a devil. North.
Adoors, adv. At the door.
But «liat, sir, I beseech ye, was that

paper,
Your lordship was so studiously imployed

in,
When ye came out adoors ?

Woman Pleased, iv, 1.

ADOPTiocs,a<^'. Adoptive. Shakesp.
Adorat, s. a weight of four

pounds, a chemical term.
Adore, v. To adorn. Spenser.

And tliose true tears, falling on your pure

crystals,
Should turn to armlets for great Queens to

adore. Beaumont and Fletcher.

Adornation, s. (Lat.) Adorning.

Minsheu' s Guide into Tongues,

1627.
Adorne, (1) r. To adore.

(2) 8. An ornament ; adorning.

Spenser.
Adote, v. To doat.

He wax neijh out of wit for wrath that

time.
And for dol adotetk and doth Mm to hire

chaumber.

William and the Werwolf, p. 74-.

Adoubed, part. p. {A.-N.) Armed ;
accoutred.

"I V. (from A.-N. adoul-

Adoulce, I cer.) To mitigate with

adulce, I sweetness ; sweeten.

J Minsheu's G. T., 1627.

Not knowing this, that Jove decrees

Some mirth, t' adulce man's miseries.

Herrick's Works, ii, 47.
Adoun, adv. Below.
Whan Phebus duelt her in this erthe adoun,
As olde bookes maken meiicioun.

Chaucer, C. T., 17,037.
And when the gospel ys y-done,
Ajayn thou my^th knele adown.

Constitutions of Masonry, p. 35.

Adouted, jwar^/;. (A.-N.) .Feared;

redonl)ted.
Adpoynte,:;. To appoint. Monastic

Ixtters, p. 194.

ADR

26

ADU

Adaad, "[part. p. (from ^.-5.
AVB.E.D, J adr(Bdan.) Frightened;
afraid.

— I am adrad, by saynt Thomas,
It stondeth nat aright with Nicliolaa.

Chaucer's C. T., 1, 3425.
Seeing the usrly monster passinar by.
Upon liim set, of peril naught adrad.

Spenser's F. Q.
The sight whereof the lady sore adrad.
lb.

Adraming, adj. Churlish.

Adrawe, v. (1) To draw away; to
withdraw.
j\wey fro hem he wold adrawe,
Yf tliathemyght. Octornan,Zhl.

(2) To draw forth. ,

Tlie geant, tho he sey hym come, began ys
mace adrawe. Hob. Glouc.

Adreamt. (1) I was adreamt, for

I dreamed.
Wilt thou believe me, sweeting? by this

light

/ was adreamt on thee too. 0. PI., vi, 351.

I was adreamt last night of Francis there.

City N. Cap, 0. n., xi, 335.

I was even now adream'd that you could

see with either of your eyes, in so much

as I waked for joy, and 1 hope to find

it true.

Wits, Fittes, and Fancies, 1595, p. 94.

(2) Dosing. Oxfordsh.
Adrede, ». {A.-S. adradan.) To
dread.

Ganhardin seighe that sight.
And sore him gan adrede.

Sir Tristrem.

\DB.mjiT,part.p.{A.-S.) Drowned.
A 1 dame, he saide. ich was asschreint,
Ich wende thou haddest ben adreint.

The Sevyn Sages, 1486.

Adrelwurt, s. The herb federfew.

Adrenchen, v. (from A.-S. adren-
can.) To drown. Adrente,
pait t. Adreint, part. p.

The see the shal adrenche,
Ne shal hit us of-thenche.

Kyng Horn, 109.
And ladde hem out of Egypt bi the liverede

see,
And the kyng adrente and alle hys, that he
lie com never age. Hob. Glouc.

Adressid, part. p. Dressed;
clothed. Gower.

Advl^st, part. p. Dressed; adorned
Somerset.

When spreng, adrest in tutties.
Calls all tlia birds abroad.

Jennings, p. 128.

' >• adv. Aside ; behind.

ADREICH, J

Tlie kingcs doughter, which this sigh,
I'or pure abasshe drewe her adrioh.
Gower's Confessio Amantis, ed. 1532, f. 70.

Adrink, adj. Drunk.

Adrogh, "Xpast. t. Drew away.
ADROWE, J Roh. of Glouc.

ADRONauE, part. p. Drowned.
Kyng Horn, 988.

Adrop, *. A species of aurichalc,
mentioned by Jonson in the
Alchemist, ii, 1.

Adrowed, adj. Dried. Devon.

Adry, adj. Dry ; thirsty. " Doth a
man that is adry. desire to drink
in gold ?" Burton's Anatomy of
Melancholy, p. 329. It is still
retained in various dialects.

How pleasant 'tis to drink when a man's

adry !
The rest is all hut duUv sipping on.

Behn, The City Heiress, 1683.

Adrye, ». (from the A.-S. adreo'
gan.) To bear ; to suffer.

Adulable, adj. (Lat.) Easy to be
flattered. Minsheu.

Adub 1 '^*' '^"'^ * ^"'S^*'

' I "Charlemavnearfowd-

adoube, >, j ■ 1 , . ,.

I bed many a knveht.

ADDOUBE, \ n I ' e i6a

' J Palsgrave, f. 138.

Adulterate, adj. {Lat.) Adulte-
rous; also false, in a general
sense.

Th' adulterate Hastings, Rivers, Vaushan,
Grey. Rich. ///, iv, 4.

Aye, that incestuous, that adulterate beast.
Shakesp. Ham., i, 5.

Adulterine, adj. Adulterous.
. Mir. for Mag., p. 85.

Adumbration, *. {Lat.) Accord-
ing to Huloet, the " light de-
scription of a house side or front,
where the lyne do answer to th«»
compasse and centrye of everye
parte." Abcedarium, 1552.

ADU

87

ADV

Adun, adv. Down.
Adunation, s. (Lat.) Union.
Aduncity, s. (Lat.) Crookedness.
Adijre, v. {Lat. aduro.) To burn.

Bacon.
Adust, part. p. {Lat. adustus.)

Burnt ; parched.

Drye and adust, and a gret wastour.

Lydyate's Minor Poems, p. 197,
Adutante, adj. Astonishing.

With tlier copiientante
They loke adutante.

SkeUon, Work$, ii, 429.

Advance, v. To grace; to give

lustre to. Shakesp., Timon of

Athens, i, 2.
Advancers, s.jjI. The second

branchesof abuck's horn. Howell.

See Avanters.
Advantage, v. To give advantage

to another.

Tims Venus first, to help love's poUicie,
Adnaiitag'd him with opportuiiitie.
And r.ow as lovevs wont tlieir times espie.
This lover can his taske tuU well applie.
And strives to court his ndstres cunuinglie.
Tale oj Troy, 1589.

Advaunt, s. {A.-N.) a boast.
Advauntour, s. a boaster.
Advayle, s. {A.-N.) Profit ; ad-
vantage.

In any wise to do,
For lucre or adrayle,
Ageynst thyr kyng to rayle.

Skelton.

Adventayle, s. (A.-N.) The open
and moveable portion of the hel-
met which covered the mouth,
for the purpose of respiration.

Adventurers. It was common in
the reign of Queen Elizabeth for
young volunteers to go out in
naval enterprises in hopes to
make their fortunes, by disco-
veries, conquests, or some other
means. These adventurers, pro-
bably \naking amorous conquests
a part of their scheme, vied with
each other in the richness and
elegance of their dresses. Sir
Francis Drake, in his expedition

against Hispaniola, had two thou
sand such volunteers in his fleet.
To this Ben Jonson alludes under
the name of the Island Voyage :
" I had as fair a gold jerkin on
that day, as any worn in the
island voyage, or at Cadiz." Epic,
i, 4. {Nares.)

Adventurers upon return.
Those travellers who lent money
before they went, upon condition
of receiving more on their return
from a hazardous journey.

Adversant, ^ar/.;». Contrary to.
Minsheu^s Guide into Tongues,
1627.

Adversation, s. {A.-N.) Oppo-
sition.

Besyringe so a castell in to dwell,
Hym and his men to kepe frome all adver'
sacyon.

nardyng's Chronicle.

Adverse, v. (A.-N.) To be un-
propitious.

Adverser, s. \A.-N.) An adver-
sary.

Myn adversers and false wytnes berars
agaynste me. Archaologia, xxiii, 46.

Adversion, *. {Lat.) Attention ;
animadversion.

The soul bestowcth her adversion
On something else.

So though the soul, the time she doth ad-
vert.
The bodies passions takes herself to die;
Yet death now finish'd, she can well
convert
Herself to other thoughts. And if the eye
Of her adversion were fast fix'd on high.
In midst of death 'twere no more fear nor
pain
Than 'twas unto Elias to let flie
His uselesse mantle to that Hebrewe swain,
Wliile he rode up to heaven in a bright
fiery wain.

More's Philosophical Poems, p. SQl.

ADVERTASH'D,jjar/./>. Advertised.

North.
Advertation, 8. Information.

Digby Mysteries, p. 106.
Advertence,*. Attention. ChaU'

ADV

28

ADV

Advertise, v. {A.-N.) To inform
oneself. This word formerly had
the accent on the middle syl-
lable.

but I do bend my speech

To one that can niv part in liim adnertlse.
]^eaS7trefor Mecsure, i, 1.

Advertisement, s. (1) Informa-
tion.
(2) Admonition.

Advest, v. {A.-N.) To put a per-
son in possession.

Advice,*, (from A.-N. advis.) Con-
sideration ; reflection.

Fair sir, you are well overtaken :
My loid Bassanio, upon more advice,
Hath sent you here this ring; and doth

entreat
Tour company at dinner.

Merchant of Venice, iv, 3.

Advigilate, v. (Lat.) To watch.
Advise, v. (from A.-N. adviser.)
To consider.

But, if through inward griefe or wilfiJl

seorne
Of hfe, it be ; then better doe adrise.

Spenser' i Faerie Queene, IV, viii, 15.

But when they «ime again the next
day and viewed it likewyse, the kepers
of the said castell, suspectyng some
fraude to lurcke in their lokyng, de-
maundedof Uieini what was their entent,
and why they vewed and adcised so tlie
castel. HaU. Henry VII, i. 48.

Advised, part. p. Acquainted. "I
am not advised of it." Used in
the North, and, according to
Grose, in Norfolk. Shakespeare
uses it in the sense of acting with
sufficient deliberation.

My licge, I am adt'tsed what I say;
Jieitlicr disturbed with the effect of wine,
Kor heady-rash, provok'd with raging ire.
Albeit, my wrongs might make one wiser
mad. Corned}/ of Errors, \,\.

Advisement, «. Resolution ; ob-
servation ; consultation ; advice.

St. Augustine noteth how he saw the
tooth iif a man, whcrof he took good
adcisement, »tid pronounced in the ende,
that it would have made 100 of his
owne, or any other man's that lyved iu
biatjrme. Marriton't Descript. of Brit.

JToni soil qui nuti, y pense, quoth he,
Wherewith upon adcizement, tJiough the

cause
Were small, liis pleasure and his purpose

was
T' 'dvaunce that garter and to institute.
Hotiorofthe Garter, 1593.

Advisiov, «. {A.-N.) A vision ; a
dream.

Advite, adj. Adult.

Fyrste such persoties, beyng nowe ad-
vite, that is to saye, passed their chyile-
hode, as wel iu maners as in yeres.

Sir Tho. Elyot's Governor, p. 85.

Advocacils, «. pi. {A.-N.) Law-
suits.

Be ye not aware, howe that false Poliphete
Is now about eftsouis for to plete.
And bringin on you advocacies new ?

Troil. and Ores., 1, 1467.

Advocas, ». {A.-N.) Lawyers ;
advocates.

As shameful deth as herte can devise,
Come to thise juges and hir advocas.

Chaucer, Cant. 2"., 12,225.

Advocation, *. {Lat. advocatio.)
Pleading. In Scotland, advoca-
tion signifies the same as a writ
of certiorari in Englaud.

Alas ! thrice gentle Cassio,

My advocaiion is uot now iu time.

Othello, iii, 2.

Advocatrice, s. a female advo-
cate. Elyot.

Advoid. v. To avoid ; to leave ;
to quit.

Advouch, v. To avouch.

Advoutress, s. An adultress.
Revealing Sir Thomas Overburies words
to the countess of Essex, lord Roches-
ter's advoutress, she was much enraged
at it, and from that moment resolved on
revenge. Bib. Topog., vi, 5.

Advoutrie, 1 s. (from A.-N. ad-
avoutrie, V voutrie, avoutrie.)
advowtry, J Adultery.
We giffe nojte cure bodyse to Iccher)-e ;
we do nane advoictrye, ne we do na
synne wharefore us sulde nede to do
penaunce. Lincoln JUS.

And so the good scly man spake and
made the pese betwene them both, yea
and farther he gave them a gallon of
wyne : addynge to his wives advoutry
the losse ot his wine.

Tales and Quicke Answer*.

ADV

29

AFA

This staff was made to knock down sin.

I'll look
There sliall be no advowtry in mv ward
But wliat is bouest. 0. PL, x, 299.

At bome, because duke Humfrey aye re-
pined,
Cailiug this match advoutrie, as it was.

Mirror for Mag., p. 342.

Advowe, v. {A.N. advouer.) To

avow; to plead.
Advoyde, v. To avoid.

And 50 he, whiche ought and whose
duetiewas to \\-A\eadToyded&nA put from
me the injuries of all other persones.
Hall's l/«ioM,1548. Hen.JF.f. 27.

Adward, s. and v. Award ; judg-
ment ; sentence. Spenser.

Adwaythe, vjt To wait for.
Monast. Letters, p. 202.

Adyld, part. p. Earned. Toume-
ley Mysteries, p. 195. See
Addle.

Adyt, s. (from Gr. dSvrov.) The
innermost part of a temple ; the
place where the oracles were pro-
nounced.

Beliold, aaiidst tlie adi/ts of our gods.
Greene's Works, i, Hi.

Ae, adj. (A.-S.) One; one of
several; each. North.

.^ngageants, s. (Fr.) A sort of
ruffs. " jEngageants, are double
ruffles that fall over the wrists."
Lady's Dictionary, 1694.

Aer, s. An ear. East.

Aeremancy, «. (Gr.) Divination
by the air.

Aerie, ] s. (from A.-S. esg, an
AiRiE, L ^gg.) The nest of an
AYERY, [eagle, hawk, or other
EYERIE, J bird of prey, but some-
times also the brood of the young
in the nest.

One (urie, with proportion, ne'er dis-
closes
The eagle and the wren.

Massviger's Maid of Honour, i, 2.

I found tlie pheasant that the hawk doth

fear.
Seeking for safety bred his ayery there.

Jhayton, The Owl, iv, 1312

For as an eyerie from their seesres wood,
Led o'er the plains and tau<rlit~io get their

food. Browne, Brit. Past., ii, i.

On his snowie crest
Tlie tow'ring falcon whilouie bvult, and

kings
Strove for that eirie. Ih., i, 1.

There is a grant, in which the
"harts and hinds, wild boars and
their kinds, and all aries of
hawks," are reserved. Hutchin-
son's Hist, of Cumb.,\,b2'd. And
a petit serjeantry was held in
Cumberland, " by keeping the
king's aeries of goshawks."
Blount's Joe. Ten., p. 165.
(2) V. To build its nest.

And where the phoenix airies. Drayton.

iEsTivALL, adj. {Lat.) Apper-
taining to summer. Rider's Dic-
tionarie, 1640.

.^STivATE, V. {Lat.) To remain in
a place during the summer.

yEsTivE, adj. {Lat.) Of summer.

iEriTEs. A pebble, sometimes
called the eagle-stone. The an-
cients believed that it was found
in the eagle's nest, and that the
eggs could not be hatched with-
out its assistance. According to
Lupton, it is a charm to ))e used
by women in childbirth, and
brings love between man and wife.
A singular account of its virtues
may be seen in Cooper's edition
of Elyot's Dictionarie, 1559, Sig.
Civ.

Aewaas, adv. Always. North,

Aey, adv. Yes. Var. dial.

Afaiten. 1 ^' (^-^- "ff'!--^

AFFAYTEN, l^," P^J^f " ' '° »"-

.».,,..„ (struct; to tame, to

AFAYTY, J,„i^due.

It afaiteth the flessh
Fram folies ful manye.

Piers PL, p. 291.

He hadde a clergon yonge of age.
Whom he hath in his chamber affaited.
Gower
The jonge whelpe whicbe is affayted.

AFA

30

AFP

As sone as somer come, to Trlond he gan
weiide,

Vor to afayty that lond, and to wynne ech
ende. Bob. Glouc, p. 179.

Afalle, part. p. Fallen.

Afare, «. {A.-N.) Affairs ; busi-
ness; ado.

Afarxe, adv. {A.-S.) Afar off.

Afatement, ». {A.-N.) Be-
haviour; manners.

Afayle v. {A.-N.) To fail.

Afeared, "j
affeard, ^part.p.{A.-S.)MTaid.
afert, J

For be he lewed man or elles lered.

He not how sone that he shal ben afered.
The Doctoura Tale.
Ich am qfert,
Lo whet ich se.
Me thinketh hit beth develes thre.

MS. Arund., 83.

Afere, "1 V. {A.-S. afceran.) To

affear, j terrify.
The flom the soudan nam, Richard for to
affere. Langtoft's Chron., p. 187.

And it afereth the fend,
For swich is tlie mvghte.

'Fieri Fl., p. 395.
Each trembhng leafe and whistling wind

they heare.
As ghastly bug, does greatly them affeare.
Spenser's Faerie Qneene, II, iii, 20.

ArEDE,r.(.<^.-5.) To feed. Chaucer.
Afefe, v. {A.-N.) To feof ; to give

fiefs.
Afeld, \adv. {A.-S.) In the

afelde, j field ; in fight.

Ant hou he sloh afelde

Him that is fader aquelde. Horn, 997.

Afelle, v. {A.-S.) To fell; to
cut down.

That lond destmd and men aqneld.
And Cristcndora tli;u han iiiichel afeld.
Gy of Wancike, p. 96.

Afenge, V. {A.-S.) To receive;
to take.

A lady, whyt as flowr,
That hyghte Ut dame d'amore,
Afe<ig hym fayr and well.

Lybeaus Disconus, 1401.

Ateorme, r. {A.-N.) To confirm ;
to make fast.
Have who so the maistry may,
Afeormei faste is this deray.

Kyng Alisaunder, 7366.

\ adj. {A.-S.) Afraid.

Afer, ». {A.-N.) A horse. The
word is now used generally for
a common hack, or cart-horse.
According to S pel man, it was
current in his time in Northum-
berland.

Aferd, part. p. {A.-N.) In-
structed.

Afere,

AFERRE,

Sche that is aferre lette her flee.

JlUion, Anc. Soni/s, p. 77.

Afetid, part. p. {A.-N.) Well-
shaped, or featured, applied to
deer.

Affabrous, adj. {Lat. affabre.)
Perfect. ,

Affadil, s. {A.-N.) A daffodil.
A form of the word common in
the 15th and 16th centuries.

Affaied, part. p. {^.-N.) Af-
frighted ; affected. Langtoft.

Affaies, *. {A.-N.) Burdens.
Langtoft.

ATTAiiniv,part.p.{A.-N.) Feigned.

Affamish, v. {A.-N.) (I) To fa-
mish with hunger. Spenser.
(2) To die of want.
There is a cnrious clause in one of the
Romish Casuists concerning the keep-
ing of Lent, viz , that beggars which
aj-e ready to affamish for « ant, may in
L«it time eat what tliey can get.

Hall's Triumphs of Borne, p. 123.

Affabulation, s. The moral of

a fable.
Affect, v. {Fr.) To love.

Who make it their taske to disparage

what they affect not.

Ashmole's Theatr. Chem., p. 461.

Affect, i «. Affections ; passions ;
affects, j love.
For every man with his affects is bom.
Love's Labours Lost, i, 1.
Is't possible. I should be dead so soon

In her affects ?

Marston's What You Will, iii, 1.
AU overcome with infinite affect
For his exceeding courtesy. Spenser.
It shall be so. Grime, gramercie.
Shut up thy daughter, bridle her affect*.
Let me not miss her when 1 make
return.

Greenes Pinner of Wakefield, 1599.

AFF

31

AFF

So her chief care, as carelesse how to please

Her own affect, was care of peonies ease.

EiiyUrd's Eliza, Mirr'jil., p. 853.

Affectated, part. p. (Lat.) Af-
fected. " A stile or oration to
much affectated wyth strange
words." Buret.

Affectation, s. {Lat.) A curious
desire of a thing which nature
hath not given. Rider.

Affecteously, adv. Affection-
ately.

Affection, ». (^V.) (1) To love.
" But can you affection the
'ornan ?". Merry Wives of Wind-
sor, i, 1.

(2) s. Affectation.

(3) Sympathy.
Affectionated, part. p. {Lat.)

Attached.

Affectioned, part. p. Affected ;
having affections.

Affective, adj. Touching ; affect-
ing ; painful.

Affectuall, adj. {Fr.) Effectual.
1 adv. Passion-

Affectually, Lteiv;aflfection-

AFFECTUOUSLY, J ^jgj- '

So that my writinge rather provokithe
\ou to (iispleasur ilian it foruerithe me
in any poynt concernyns; your favour,
whiche I most affectually coveyte.

Arclneologia, xxv, 89.

I have sought hym affectuosly.

Eeiiq. Antiq., ii, 157.

Affectuosity, s. The vehemence
of passion.

Affeebled, adj. Enfeebled.

Affeer, v. {A.-N.) To settle ; to
assess ; to reduce to a certainty.
All amerciaments — that is,judge-
meiits of any court of justice,
upon a presentment or other
proceeding, that a party shall be
amerced — are by Magna Charta
to be affeered by lawful men,
sworn to be impartial. This was
the ordinary practice of a Comrt
Leet.

Thy title is affeer' i I Fare thee well, lord.
MacUik, iv, 3.

Affeereks, ». Persons who, in
courts leet, are appointed upon
oath, to settle and moderate the
fines and amerciaments imposed
upon those who have committed
faults, or offences, for which no
precise penalty is provided by
statute; and they are likewise,
occasionally, so employed in
couits baron.

Affende, v. To offend.

Afferaunt, *. {^A.-N.) The haunch
of a hart.

Affere, (1) V. {A.-N. afferer.) To
belong.
(2) s. Countenance ; demeanour.

Afferme, v. {A.-N.) To confirm.

Among the goddes hye it is affernied.

Chaucer, Can't. T., 2351,

Affesild, part. p. {A.-N.) Fright-
ened.
She for a while was well sore affesed.

Broiciie's Shepheard's Pipe, Eel. i.

Affie, 1
affy, I r. {A.-N.affier.) (1) To
afye, i trust ; to rely in.
afyghe, J

For to shewe by experience
That she is Fortune verilie,
In wliom no man ne should affie,
Kor in her yeftis liave tiaunce.

Romaunt of the Rose, 5480.

Bid none affle in friends, for say, his children
wrought his wracke.

Warner's Albion's England, 1592.
Pors qfyed in his streyntlie.

K. Altsaunder, 7351.
Who that hath trewe amye,
Joliilich he may hym in lier afyghe.

lb'., 4753.

(2) To betroth in marriage.

And wedded be thou to the hags of hell,
For daring to affy a mighty lord
Unto the daugliter of a worthless king.
Having neither subject, wealth, nor diailem.
2 Uinry VI, iv, 1.

Affinage, *. {A.-N.) The refining

of metals. Skinner.
Affine, (1) 8, {Lat. affinis.) A

relative.

(2) V. {A.-N.) To refine.

Skinner.

AFF

St

AFF

Affined, adj. Connected by re-
lationship or otherwise.

Now, sir, be judge yourself,

Whether I in any just term am affin'd
To love the Moor. Othello, i, 1.

Affire, adv. On fire. Lydgate.

Affibmably, adv. With cer-
tainty.

Afflight, s. Flight.

Affligit, adj. {A.-N.) Afflicted.

Affluency, s. (^Lat. affiuentia.)
Abundance.

You may justly wonder at this vast
affluenq/ of indulgences.

Bremnl's Saul, ^c, p. 253.

Affodell, 8. (A.-N.) The daf-
fodil.

Afforce,».(^.-7V.) To strengthen ;
to compel. See Aforce, (the more
common form.)

Affore, v. {A.-N.) To make
effective.

Heete and moysture directyth ther pas-
sages.

With greene fervence i'fl^reyongeorages.
Lydgate' s Minor P., p. 244.

Afforest, v. {A.-N.) To turn
ground into forest. This term is
used in the Carta de Foresta,
9 Hen. III.

Afforme, v. (Lat.) To conform.

Afforst, adv. Thirsty. See
Afurst.

Not lialffe ynowh therof he hadde.
Oft he was afforst. Frere and Boy.

Affraye, v. {A.'N.) To frighten.

And whenne kynge Edwardes hooste
had knowlesje that sere Perysle Brasille
with the Scottesmen were coniynge,
tliei remevcd from the sege andwerc
affrayed. Wariworth's Chronicle, p. 2.

Affraie,

AFBAYE,

\]s.{A..N.)

Fear.

But yet I am in grete affraie.

Rom. of the Rose, 4397.
His herte was in grete afraye.

Syr Tryavwure, 1382.
Affray, «. A disturbance.
Who lyved ever in such delyt a day,
Tliat him ne meved eyther his conscience,
Or ire, or talent, or som maner affray.

Chaucer, Cant. 2'., 6555.

Affrayne, v. (^A.-S.) To ques-
tion ; to ask; to know by asking.
I affrayned liyra first
Fram whennes he come. Piers PI.,]). 347.

Affrayor, «. (A.-N.) The actor
in an affray.

Every private man being present be-
fore, or in and during tin- time of an
aifray, ought to stay the affrayor, and to
part them, and to put them in sunder,
but may not hurt them, if they resist
him; neither may he imprison them
(for that he is but a private man).

Dulton's Country Justice, 1629.

Afframynge, s. (A.-N.) Profit;

gain. Prompt. Parv., p. 176.
Affrap, ». (^.-A^.) To encounter;

to strike down.

They bene y-mett, both ready to affrnp.
Spenser.

AffrejA, v. (A.-S.) To make
friends ; to reconcile.
And deadly foes so faithfully affrended.
Spenser.

Affret, *. (Fr.) An assault; an
attack.

And, passing forth with furious affret,
Spenser.

Affrican, s. a name for a species
of marigold.

Affriction, s. Friction.

Affrightment, s. a frightning.
I have heard you say that dreames and
visions were fabulous; and yet one time
I dreamt fowle water ran through the
floore, and the next day the liouse was
on fire. You us'd to say hobgoblins,
fairies, and the like, were nothing but
our owiie affrightments, and yet o' my
troth, cuz, I once dream'd of a young
batclielour, and was ridd with a night-
mare. But come, so my conscience be
cleere, I never care how fowle my
dreames are. The Vow-Breaker, 1636.

Affrodile, s. a daffodil. Chesh.
Affront, (1) w. (r/.-N. affronter.)
To confront ; to salute. These are
the direct meanings of the word ;
but it is also often used to denote
encountering, opposing, attack-
ing, and most generally, to offend
and insult avowedly and with
design.
For we have closely sent for Hamlet hither,
Tliat he, as 'twere by accident, may here
Aff'ront Opheha. Uamlet, iii, 1.

AFF

33

AFO

(2) s. A salutation.

Only, sir, tliis I must caution you of, in
your nffront, or salute, never to move
your l-iit. Green's Tu Qtioque.

This day thou shall have ingots, and to-
morrow

Give lords th' affront. Jonson, Alch., ii, 2.

(3) adv. In face of.

All mortal warres afront the g;ate.

Phaer's Virgil, p. 124.
Afront the towne. /*., p. 168.

.... and on the shore afront them tends.
lb., p. 221.

Affrontedness, «. Great impu-
dence.

Affund, v. (Lat.) To pour upon.

Affyaunce, s. {J.-N.) Trust.

Afgodness, 8. (A.-S.) Idolatry.
Skinner.

Afield, adv. Gone to the fields ;
out in the fields. Northamp-
tonsh.

Afile, -[v. (J..N.) (1) To
affile, J polish.

For «el wy st he, whan that sonp; was souge.

He moste preche, and wel affi/le his tuns^e.
Chaucer, Cant. T., 714.

(2) To defile.
Alas, heo saide, y nere y-spilled !
Jfor men me cleputh queue afiled.

Kyng Alisaunder, 1064.

Afinde, v. {A.-S.) To discover.

And tlia the Sarsens afounde
Her lord was slayn.

Octovian, i, 1659.

Afine, adv. The same as Afyn.
Afingred, adj. A-hungred ; hun-
gry. See Afurst. .
And after many nianer metes
His mHwe is afyngred. I'iers PI., p. 133.
A vox gon out of the wode go,
Afingrel so, tliat him wea wo.

Relig. Antiq., ii, 272.

Afit, adv. On foot. North.

Afive, adv. Into five pieces.

That his spare brast afve.

Gy of Warwike, p. 395.

Aflaming, adj. Flaming.

Aflat, adj. Flat.

Aflaunt, adj. Showily dressed.

Al nflinint now vaunt it ;
Brave wench, cast away care.

Promo* and Cassandra, i, 2.

Afled, part. Escaped. " He
thought hym well ajled." Sir
T. More.
Aflighte,».(.,^.-A'!,) To be uneasy.
Aflore, adv. On the floor.
Afo, v. (J.-S.) To take ; to re-
ceive ; to undertake.
Ac he therof nold afo,
I'or nothing that he might do.

Gy of Warwiie, p. 94.

Afoat, adj. On foot. Var. dial.
Afoile, v. {A.-N.) To foil ; to cast

down,
Afonde, v. (A.-S. afandian.) To

prove ; to try.
And nys non ned wyth foule handlynge

Other other afondeth. W. de Skoreham.

Afonge, v. {A.-S.) To take; to,
receive.

Nou Gk)d that ous soule jaf, ous lete hire
lier 80 rede.

That seint Michel ous mote afonge and to-
fore him lede !
Middle-Age Treatises on Science, p.lJO.

Aforce, 1 ». (A.-N. afforcer.)
afforce, J (1) To force ; to com-
pel. To aforce oneself, to labour
to do a thing.
And doth hit tume in yerdis leynthe,
And aforced hit by streynthe.

K. Alisaunder, 788.

And heo aforcede horn the more the hethene

awey to dryre. Rob. Glouc.

(2) To violate a female.

He hath me of vilanie bisought ;
Me to aforce is in his thought.

Art/i. and Mer., p. 88

Afore, I ,j. ^^^ .^^^^ g^.

AFOREN, >i ' ■ ,.„ '.

' f fore ; m time past.

AFORN, J '^

(2) Gone. Somerset.
Afore-tuz. Before thou hast.

YorAsh.
Aforetime, adv. In time past.
Aforeyene, prep. (A.-S.) Over

against ; in front of. Somerset.

Tlie yondir house, that stante aforyene us.
Troilus and Cres., li, 1188.

Afornande, adv. Beforehand.

Prompt. Parv.
Aforne-caste, adj. (A.-S.) Pre-
meditated.
By high imaginacion aforne-caste.

Vrry's Chaucer.

AFO

34

AFT

Afobran, adv. In store; in re-
serve ; corrupted from ajorehand.
North.

Aforse, adv. {A.-N.) By ne-
cessity.

Than ffelle it afforse to ffllle Item ajeyne.
Depoi. of Rich. II, f. 2&.

Afokthe, adv. {A.-S. afori.) Al-
ways; continually.
And yaf hem mete as he myghte oforthe.
And mesurable hyre. P'iersPl., p. 129.

Aforwakd, adv. In front.

Afote, adv. On foot.

Afoundrit, part. p. Foundered.
Chaucer, ed. Urry.

Afrawl, adv. For all ; in spite
of. Suffolk.

Afreed, adj. Afraid. Derbysh.

Afret, adv. {A.-N.) Placed cross-
wise, or in fret.

For round environ her cronnet
Was full of riche stonis of ret.

Horn, of Rose, 3204.

Afketie, v. (A.-S.) To devour.

The fend on afrelie.

Pol. Songs, p. 240.

Afreyne, V. {A.-S.) The same as

Affrayne.
Afroxt, adv. In front ; abreast.
Afrore, adj. Frozen. Somerset.
Afrodnte, ». (A.-N.) To accost ;

to encounter. An older form of

affront.

And with Nede I mette,
That afrounted me foule.

Piers PI., p. 425.

Aft, (l)arfp. Oft.

(2) prep. (A.-S. aft.) Behind ;
after. North. " I'll come aft
you." Sussex, but not in general
use.

After, //rqo. {A.-S.) Afterwards;
according to. "After that they
were," according to their degree.

Afterburthen, s. The afterbirth.

Aftercaste, s. a throw at dice
after the game is ended; some-
thing done too late.

Afterclap, «. Anything unex*
pected happening after a disa-
greeable aflair has been thought
at an end.

For the assaults of the devil be craftie
to make us put our tinist in s\ich armour,
hee will feine himselfe to flie : but then
we be most in jeopardie. For he can
give us Mi aftercliipvUen we least weene,
that is, suddenly returne unawares to
us, and tlien he giveth us an afterclap
that overthroweth us, this armour de-
ceyveth us. Latimer's Sermons.

. 1 «. (A.-S.) Incon-

Afterdeale, ^- J- _J

y venience ; disad-
afterdele, I .

' J vantage.

The kynge and the duke were before
put to great afterdeale ; by reason of
reformatioun of that ille they gat daily
upon their enemyes. Fabian, ii, 145.
Thus the battle was great, and often-
times that one party was at a foredele,
and anon at aa afterdele, which endured
long.
Malory, E. cfK. Arthur, &c., b. i, p. 169.

After-eye, v. To keep a person
in view ; to follow him.
Thou should'st have made him
As little as a crow, or less, ere left
To after-eye him. Cymbelitie, i, 4.

Afterfeed, s. The grass after the
first crop has been mown, which
is fed off, not left for an after'
math. Oxford.

After-game, s. The " after-game
at Irish" is mentioned in the
Devil's Law-Case, 1623. It is
described in the Compleat Game-
ster, 1709.

What cursed -accident was this? what
mischievous stars have the managing of
my fortune ? Here's a turn with all my
heart like an after-game at Irish.

Elherege, Comical Hereiige,1669.

After-kindred, s. Remote kin-
dred. Chaucer,

After-love, s. A second or later
love. See the Two Gentlemen
of I'erona, iii, 1, and Richard II,
V, 3.

Aftermath, s. A second crop of
grass. Var. dial.

AFTER-PARTE.The behind. Prompt.
Parv.

AFT 35

AGA

After-sails, s. The sails that
belong to the main and mizen
masts, and keep the ship to the
wind.

Afterings, s. The last milk taken
from a cow. This word is used
in the Midland Counties. " Dunna
mix the afterings wi' tothermilk."
— Do not mix the last drawn milk
with the other milk.

Afterlevs, s. Aftermaths. Berks.

After-longe, adv. Long after-
wards.

And after-hnge he lyved withouten stryfe.
Seliq. Antiq., i, -17.

Afterwards. " I must leave that
for old afterwards" i. e., I must
do it at some future time.

After-yerne, v. {A.-S.) To long
after.

Aft-meal, s. a late meal.

At aft-meaUs who shall paye for the wine?
Thynne's Debate, p. 49.

Afcre, adv. On fire. Rob. Glouc.

Afurst, adv. Thirsty. The two
forms a-fyngred and a-furst, ap-
pear to be characteristic of the
dialect of the counties in the West
of England, and occur often in
Piers Ploughman, and in manu-
scripts probably written in that
part of the country. "Affurst
corrupte pro athirst, sitiens, siti-
culosus." MS. Glouc. Gloss.

Afurt, adj. Sullen. Somerset.

Afwore, prep. Before. Var.
dial.

Afyghte, v. {A.-S. afeohtan.) To
tame ; reduce to subjection.

Afyn, "1 V. {A -N. a fin.) In fine ;
afyne, J in the end ; at last.

Mete and drynk they hadde afyn,
Pyemeut, clar6, audEeynysch wyn.

Launfal, 343.

Ac, V. To cut with a stroke. North.
AGAAX,a<fi;. Against; again. North.
Agadred, part. p. Gathered.

Skinner.
Agau, s. The ague. North.

^ \prep. (A.-S.)
' I near to ; tow

ST, J '

Against ;
towards.

Agaix,

AGEYN,

against.
And preyeth hir for to ride agein the

queene,
The lionour of his regne to susteene.

Ckavcer, Cant. T., 4812.
Til it were ageyn evyn.

Songs and Carols, x.

(2) adv. Used expletively.
This citie lieth between tlie rivers Don
and Dee, wherein is the greatest store
of salmons, that is to be found again
within the compasse of Albion.

Descr. ofScotl., Hulinshed, p. 7.
They have, in this country, suche plenty
of foules bothe wilde and tame as the
lyke number agayne is not to be found in
Britaine. Ih., p. 14.

Againby'e, "1 V. (A.-S.) To re-

aghenbie, j deem,

Agaynbyer, ». A redeemer.

"Agaynbyer or a raunsomere, re-

demptor." MS. Hart., 221, fol. 3.

Ageyn - BYiNGE, s. Redemption.

Prompt. Parv.
Agayne-commynge, s. Return.
Again-rising, s. The resurre«tion.
Agay'nsay, "I ». (A.-S.) Con-

AGAYNSAYY'NG, J tradiction.
Sure it is that he tooke lande peaceably
wythout any agaynsa;/ or interrupcion.
Hall's Union, 1548.
Againstande, ». (A.-S. agens tan-
dan.) To resist ; to oppose.
Lorde, thou byddist sufferen both
wronges and strokes withouten agein-
stondinge. .. For suffering norissheth love
and ageinstondeth debate.
Prayer oj tke PlotPtnan, Harl. Misc., vi, 97
For cause he came not forth with all his

might
The tyrant fell to agaynstand as he hight.
Hardyng's Chron., foL 48.
Witli castelles strong and towres for the

nones.

At eche niyles ende iaagaynstande^LWe the

foonys. lb., fol. 53.

Agaynewarde, "I adv. (A.-S.) On

ayenwarde, > the contrary, on

ageynwarde, J the other hand.

But agaynewarde the wTctcheth dis-

posycion of tlie body distourbeth the

soule. Tretisa, lib. ii, cap. iii, fol. 61.

And ayenwarde, yf they bey une\-yn in

proporcyon, and infecte, theune hee

uredytli evyl and syknesse.

Biirthol., by Tretisa, lib. iv, p.61.

AGA

88

AGE

Agaitards, adv. {A.-S.) " To gang
agaitwards," to accompany. A
Yorkshire word.

hGAisTH, prep. Against. North.

Agame, adv. In game. Chaucer.

Agan, part. p. Gone.

Agafe, adv. On the gape. Milton.

Agak, s. a sea monster ; perhaps
a personification of the Higre, or
bore of the tide.

Hee [Neptune] sendetU a monster called
the agar, against wliose coming tlie
waters roare, the fowles flie aw ay, and
the cattel in the field for terrour shunne
the bankes. Lilly's Gallathea, act i, s. 1 .

Agar. An exclamation. Devon.

Agare. An exclamation, equiva-
lent to — be on your guard, or,
look out.

With you again, Beaugard. Agare, ho !
Oticay, The Atheist, 1684.

Agarick, «. {Lat.) The fungus on
the larch. Gerard. Minsheu
calls it " a white and soft mush-
room." It is also given as the
name of an Assyrian herb.
Agarified, adj. Having the ague.

Suffolk.
Agas-day. St. Agatha's Day.
Agased, \part. p. Astonished;

AGAZED, J aghast.
The French exclaim'd, "the devil was in

arms!"
All the whole army stood agaz'd on him.
1 Hetiry YI, i, 1.
The were so sore agased.

Chester Plays, ii, 85.

Agast, part. p. Terrified. Still
used in the North.

For which so sore agast was Emelie,

That she was wel neigh mad, and gan to
crie. The Kuightes Tale, 2343.

Agaste, v. To frighten. Spenser.

Agate, adv. {A.-S.) Agoing, ado-
ing.

I pray yon, memory, set him agate again.
0. P., V, 180.
To get agate, to make a be-
ginning of any work or thing ; to
be agate, to be on the road, ap-
proaching towards the end.
(2) 8. A very diminutive person.

Said to be a metaphor from the
small figures cut in agate for
rings.

Agate-wards, adv. To go agate-
wards with any one, to accompany
him part of his way home, which
was formerly the last office of
hospitality towards a guest, fre-
quently necessary even now for
guidance and protection in some
parts of the country. I n Lincoln-
shire it is pronounced agatehouse,
and in the North generally aga-
terds.

Agathrid, part. p. Gathered.

Age, s. (^A.-S. cece.) Ake ; pain.
Thei feelen myche age and grevaunce.

Medical MS. \hth cent.

Age, ». (A.-N.) To grow old.

" My daam ages fast," i. «., she looks
older in a short space of time. It is
sometimes used in Yorkshire in the
sense of affecting with concern and
amazement, because those passions,
wlien violent and long indulged, are
supposed to bring on gray hairs and
premature old age. The verb agyn oc-
curs in Prompt. Parv., p. 8, and Pals-
grave has, " I age or wexe olde."

Age, adv. (from A.-S. agen.)
Against, towards.

As the kyng Guourguont from Denemarke

wcnde age
Hider toward Engoloud. Rob. Glouc., p. 39.
So gret tempest ther com that drofhem

here and there,
So that the meste del adreynt were in the

se.
And to other londes some y drive, and ne

come ner a^e. lb., p. 96.

Agee, adv. Awry; obliquely; askew.
North. It is sometimes used for
" wrong," and occasionally a cor-
ruption of " ajar," as applied to a
door.

Ageean, prep. Against ; again.
North.

Ageins, prep. Towards.

AoEYiivs, prep. Against.
Also hyt were aieymts good reson,
To take hys hure, as hys felows don.

Constit. of Masonry, 167.

! AGELASTiCK,a4/.(Gr.dyt\a(TriKoe.)

AGE

37

AGH

Sad; sullen. Minsheu, Guide

into Tongues, 1627.
Agelt, {\) v. {ivon\ A.-S. agildan.)

Forfeited ; repaid.

(2) Offends. For agilt.
Agen, adv. {A.-S.) Again ; against ;

contiguous.

Slial have a souper at your aller cost,
Here in tliis ])lace, sitting by this post,
Wliau that ye comen agen from Canterbury.
Chaucer, Cant. Tales, 803.

Agenfrie, s. {A.-S. agenfrige.)
The true lord or owner of any
thing. Skinner.

Agenhine, *. {A.-S.) A guest at
a house, who, after three nights'
stay, was reckoned one of the
family. Cowell.

Agen-kising, s. {A.-S.) The resur-
rection. " This is the firste a^en-
risyng, blessid, and hooli is he
that hath part in the firste ajen-
risyng." Wyckliffe's New Testa-
ment, Apoc, -xx.

Agerdows, adj. {A.-N.) Eager;
keen ; severe. Skelton.

Agest, adj. Greatly alarmed. Some-
times used to express such great
terror, as if a ghost had appeared.
Used in Exmoor, and according
to Grose, in the North.

Agethe, pres. t. Goeth.

Agg, (1) V. {A.-S. eggian.) To
incite; to provoke. Exmoor.
Agging, murmuring, raising a
quarrel. Devon.

(2) s. A grudge ; a spite. Nor-
thumb.

(3) V. To hack; to cut clumsily.
Wilti.

Aggexeration, s. {Lat.) A grow-
ing together.

Aggerate, s. {Lat.) To heap up.
Rider.

Aggested, s. {Lat.) Heaped up.
Coles.

Aggie, v. {A.-S.) To dispute ; to
murmur.

Agglated. Adorned with aglets.
Hall, Henry VIII, f. 162.

Aggle, V, To cut uneven. North-

amptonsh.
Aggrace, (1) ». (.<^..iV.) To favour.

And, that which all faire workes doth most
aggrace. Spenser.

(2) s. Favour.

Of kindnesse aud of courteous aggrace.
Spenser.

Aggrate, V. (!) {A.-N.) To please
or gratify.

From whom whatever thing is goodly

thought
Doth borrow grace, the fancy to agqrale.
Spens., Tears qf Muses.

(2) To irritate. Far. dial.
Aggrede, v. To aggravate. Coles.
Aggreevance, "1 s. {A.-N.) A

aggrevauns, J grievance; injury.
Aggregb, "I V. {A.-N. agreger.)

agregge, V To augment ; to ag-

aggrbyge, J gravate.

And some tonges venemous of nature,
Whan they perceyve that a prince is meved.
To agreg hys yre do their busy cure.

Bochas, b. iii, c. 20.

Aggresteyne, «. {A.-N.) A sick-
ness incident to hawks.
Aggroup, v. To group. Dryden.
Agguise, 1 (1) s. (from guise.)
aguise, J Dress.

The glory of the court, their fashions
And brave agguize, with all their princeW
state. More's Pkilos. Poems, p. 7.

(2) V. To dress ; to put on.

Aghe, pres. t. Ought.
Aghen, adj. {A.-S.) Own.
AGHExnor.E, s. An old Lancashire

measure, containing eight pounds.

See Aighendale.

Did covenant with the said .\nne, that
if she would hurt neitlier of them, she
should yearely have one nqliendole of
meale. VotCs Discov. of W'ilches, 1 613.

Aghful, 1 adj. {A.-S.) Fearful ;

AGHLicH, J dreadful.
Aght, (1) pres. t. (from the A.-S,
agan.) Owes ; ought.

(2) pres. t. Possesses.

(3) 8. Possessions ; property.

AGH

38

AGL

Agilte

AOULTE

• I be
'J Sir

(4) 8. Anything.

Wlian aght was do ajens Lys wylle,
He cursed Goddvs name wvtli ylle.

'MS. Earl.] 1701, f. 33.

(5) adj. {A.-S.) Eight.

(6) *. The eighth.
Aghtand, adj. The eighth.
Aghtele, v. {A.-S.) ' To intend. •

The knight said, May I traist in the

For to tel my prcvete

That I have aghteld lor to do.

Sevyn Sages {Weber), 3053.

Aghtene, adj. Eight.

Agilite, adj. Agile.

If it be, as I have sayd, moderately
taken after some weightie businesse, to
make one more freslie and agilite to
prosecute liis good and godly affaires,
and lawful! businesse, I saye to you
againe, he maye lawfuUye doe it.
2\orthbrooke's Treat, against Dicing, p. 53,

V. (A.-S. agiltan.) To
be guilty ; to oflFend ; to
sin.

He agilte her nere in othir case.
So here all whoUv his trespasse.

Bam. of tlie Rose, 5832.

Tfaay were ful glad to excuse hem ful

blyye
Of thing, that thay never agilte in her ly ve.
Chaucer, Cant. T., 5974.

Agin, (1) con/. As if. Yorksh.

(2) prep. Against. East.

(3) adv. Again, far. dial.
Aginate, v. (from Loiv Lat. agi-

nare.) To retail small wares.
Rider's Dictionarie, 1640.

Agixatour, *. A hayker of small
wares. This word is given by
Skinner, who says he had met
with it but once. It occurs in
Cockeram's English Dictionarie,
1639.

Agipe, s. a coat fall of plaits.
Coles.

Agist, v. (from Medieval Lat. agis-
tare, supposed to be from Fr.
gesir.) To take in cattle to de-
pasture in a forest, or elsewhere,
at a stipulated price ; to put in
cattle to feed ; also called, in the
North, yisin^, gisling, or Joisting I

cattle. Cattle so taken in are
called gisements. According to
Coweli, it is a law term, signifying
to take in and feed the cattle of
strangers in the king's forest, and
to gather the money due for the
same for the king's use.

Agistment, s. (1 ) The feeding of
cattle in a common pasture, for
a stipulated price.
For, it is to be noted, that agistment is
in two sortes, that is to say, the agist-
ment of the herbage of woods, landes
and pastures, and also the agistment of
the woods, which is the mast of the
woods, which by a more proper worde,
for difference, is called the pinvimire.

Mamcood's Forest Laws, 1598.
(2) An embankment; earth
heaped up.

Agistor, s. An intendant of the
royal forests.

Agitable, ad/. Easily agitated.

Agleede, v. (A.-S.) To glide
forth ?

"When the body ded ryse, a grymly gos
agleed. Lydgate's Minor'P., ■p. 1\6

Agler, «. {A.-N.) A needle-case.

Aglet, 1 s. (A.-N.) The tag of
aigulet, j a lace, or of the points
formerly used in dress; a spangle ;
a little plate of metal. Aglet, " a
jewel in one's cap." Buret's
Alvearie.

Wliich all above besprinkeled was through-
out,

With golden aygulets that glistered bright.

Like twinkling stars. Spenser, F. Q., Ilj iii.

All in a woodman's jacket lie was clad

Of Lincolne greene, belay'd with silver
lace;

And on his head a hood with aglets sprad.
lb., VI. ii.

Aglet-baby, s. A diminutive being,
not exceeding in size the tag of a
point. Shakesp.
Aglets. The catkins of the hazel.

Gerard.
Aglotye,w. (from A.-N.gloutoi/er.)
To glut ; to satisfy.

To maken with papelotes
To aglotye with here gurles
That greden aftur foue.

Piers P/., p. 629.

AGL

39

AGR

Agluttyd, part. p. Choked. Book
of St. Albans.

Agxayles, 1 s. A hang-nail,
ANGNAYLES, J This word is, pro-
bably, the same as angnaik (pro-
nounced in Yorkshire Hanyna?7s),
which Grose gives as a provincial
word used in Cumberland, to
signify corns on the toes. Pals-
grave has " agnayle upon one's
too." "An agnaile, or corne grow-
ing upon the toes." Rider s Dic-
tionarie, 1640. Minsheu explains
it as the " sore hetweene the
finger and the naile." It is used in
some places to denote pieces of
skin, above, or hanging over, the
nails, which are often painful and
troublesome. These in Stafford-
shire are called back-friends;
and in Yorkshire, step-mother' s
blessings.

It is good, dronken in wyne, against
scorpiones, and for agiiayUs.

Turner's Herbal.

With the shell of a pomegarned, they
purge away angnaylles, and sucli hard
swellinges, &c. Turner's Herbal.

Agnation, ». {Lat. agnatio.) Kin-
dred by the father's side. Minsk.
Agnition, s. {Lat. agnitio.) An

acknowledgment. Miege.
Agnize, v. To acknowledge ; to

confess ; to know.
Agnominate, v. {Lat.) To name
from any meritorious action. Ag-
nomination, according to Min-
sheu, is a " surname that one
obtaineth for any act, also the
name of an house that a man
commeth of."
Ago, j V. (A.-S.) To go; to

AGON, > pass away. The part. p.
agonne, J is still used in some
parts of the country; a while
agone, some time ago.
Be the Jef, other be the loth.
This worldes wele al agoth.

Reliq. Anliq., i, 160.

Al tliilk trespas is ago.

Pol. Songs, p. 197.

And I tolde them lie was ago.

Cocke Lorelles Hole, p. 14

"Tyll the thyrd dey be agone.

MS. of lath cent.

Uppon thai other syde Palamon,
■Wliun he wiste that Arcite was agoon.
Such sorwe makelli.

Chaucer, Cant. I., 1377.

A-GOD-CHEELD. God shicld you !

Pegge.
Agonious, adj. Full of agony.
Agonist,*. (Gr.) A champion; a

prize-fighter. Rider.
Agonize, v. To fight in the ring.

Minsheu.
Agog, part. p. Gone ; ago ; since.

Dorset, and Somerset.
Agood, adv. In good earnest;

heartily.
Agrade, v. (A-N.) To be pleased

with.
Agrame, "I V. (A.-S.) To dis-
AGREME, > please ; to vex ; to
agrome, J anger.

And if a man be falsely famed,
And wol ymake purgacyoun,
Than wol the ollicers be agramed.

Plowman's Tale, 1. 2281

Lybeauus was sore aschamed.
And yn hys herte agramede,
Tor he hadde y-lore hys sworde.

Lybeaus Disconus, 1916.

AGRASTE,/>re^ t. Agraced ; showed
grace and favour. Spenser.

Agraunte, v. {A.-N. agreaunter.)
To please ; to satisfy.

Agrayde, v. {A.-N.) To arrange ;
to decorate.

Thyn halle agrayde, and hele the wallo
With ciodes and wyth ryche pallcs.

Launfal, 904.

Agre, adv. (A.-N. a gre.) In good
part; kindly.

Whom I ne founde froward, ne fell.
But toke agre all whole mv plaie.

Rom. of the Sose,4S49.

Agre, v. To please.
If harme agre me, wlierto plaine I thenne,
Troilus and Creseide, i, 410.

Agreabilit£,8. Easinessof temper;
equanimity.

AGR

40

AGU

Agkeage, v. To allege.

Agreat, adv. Altogether. To
take a work agreat, to take it
altogether at a price.

Agreeable, adj. Willing to agree.
" I am quite agreeable to any-
thing you likes best." A com-
mon provincialism, though given
by Forby as peculiar to East
Anglia.

Agreeably, adv. Uniform ; per-
fectly alike. Spenser speaks of
two knights "armed both, agree-
ably."

Agbeeance,s. (^.-iV.) Accommo-
dation ; accordance ; reconcilia-
tion ; agreement.

Agref, \adv. {A.-N.) In grief.
AGREVE, I To take agref is a
common phrase in the old
writers.

And, nece mine, ne take it nat agrefe.
Troilus and Creseide, iii, 864.

Agremed. See Agrame.

Agresse, v. (from Lat^ To ap-
proach.

Agrestical, adj. {Lat.) Rural.
Rider's Dictionarie, 1640.

Agret, adv. (A.-S.) In sorrove.

Agrethe, v. {A.-S.) To dress ; to
prepare.

Agreve, v. (A.-N. agrever.) To
grieve a person-; to vex; to in-
jure.

And now fully porposide witliowte oc-

casyon of grey ff to be playntyffe agaynste

me, whom I never agrevi/de in no case.

Monastic Letters, p. 188.

Synne offendyth God in liis face.
And agrevyth oure Lorde ffulle ylle.

Ludus Cotentriee, p. 41.

Agriot, «. {Fr.) A tart cherry.
Howell.

V. {A.-S. agrisan.) To
be terrified ; to dread ;
to terrify ; to disfigure.

Yet not the colour of the troubled deep,
Those spots supposed, nor the fogs tliat rise
from the doll earth, me any whit agrite.
Drayt., Man in the Moon.

AOKISE,
AGKIZE

■u.

To hide the terrour of lier uncouth hew.
From mortal eyes that should be sora
agrized. Spetuser, F. q., VII, vii.

Suche rulers moweu of God agr'tse.

The Plowman's Tale, 1. 2300.
Who so take ordirs otliirwise
1 trowe, that they sliall sore agrite.

lb., 2780.
The gode knyght up aros.
Of Homes wordes liira agros.

Kyng Horn, 1. 1326.
And in his herte he sodainly agrose.
And pale he wexte, &c.

Legende ofThishe, 1. 125.

Agromed. Angered. See Agrame.

Agrope, v. To grope ; to search
out.

Agros. See Agrise.

Agrose, s. (Lat.) A person who
has much land. Cockeram's Eng-
lish Dictionarie, 1639.

Agroten, v. (A.-S.) To cloy ; to
surfeit with meat or drink. This
word is given in Rider s Diction-
arie, 1640. It is generally ap-
plied to surfeits.

Gorges agroteied enbossed their entrayle.
Bochas, b. V, c. 20.

Aground, adv. To the ground.

And how she fel flat downe before his feete
aground. Bomeus and Juliet, 1563.

Agrudge, v. (A.-N.) To be

grieved at.
Agrum, s. a disease of hawks.
Agrym, s. Arithmetic. See Al-

grim.
Ague, (1) a<f». Awry; obliquely;

askew. North.

(2) s. (A.-N. from aigu, sharp.)

Swelling and inflammation from

taking cold. East.
Agued, part. p. Chilly; cold;

shivering.
All hurt behind, backs red, and faces pale
With fright and agued fear.

Coriolatius, i, 5.

Ague-ointment, *. An unguent
made of the leaves of elder, held
in Norfolk to be of sovereign ef-
ficacy in curing agues in the face.

Ague-proof, adj. Proof against
an ague.

AGU

41

AIE

60 to, ttiey are not men of their words ;
they told me 1 was everything ; 'tis a
lie, I am not ague-proof.

King Lear, iv, 6.

Ague-tree, s. The sassafras.

Gerard.
Aguerry, o.(Fr.) To discipline and

make warlike.
Aguili;r, «. (yi.-iV. affuillier.) A

needle-case.

A silvir nedil forth I drowe.
Out of rt^!«7frqueint i-nowe,
And gau this nedill threde anone.

Horn, of the Rose, 98.

AouiSE. See Jgguise.

Agulte, v. To be guilty; to offend.
The form of the word which oc-
curs in Piets Ploughman, Robert
of Gloucester, and other early
writers. See Jgilte.

Agwaix. Going. Jgwon, gone.
Somerset.

Agye, (1) p. To guide ; to govern.
See Gie.
{2) adv. Aside; askew. North.

Agynne, v. {A.-S.) To begin.

Thou wendest that ich wrohte
That y ner ne thohte.
By Rymenild forte lygge,
Y-wys ich hit withsugge,
Ne slial ich ner agynne
Er ich Sudenne « vnne.

'Kyng Horn, li285.

Ah. (1) I. Yorksh.
(2) Yes. Derbysh.

A-HANG, part. p. Hanged ; been
hanged. Rob. Glouc.

Ah but. Equivalent to nay but,
frequently used in the country.
It appears to be generally a
sneering dissent to an assertion
of an uncomplimentary character.

Aheye,

AHY'GH,

.,}

adv. On high.

And ase he henge, levedy, four ous,

Aheye oppoii tlie hulle.
I-scheld ous wane we deade hen.
That we ne hougy in helle.

W. de Shoreham.
And owt of the lond no myghte schyp go.
Bote bytweone roches two,
80 tthygh so any mon myghte seone.

Kyng Jlismuuder, 6236.

A-HEiGHT, a</t). On high. Shakegp,
Ahent, adv. Behind. Midland

Counties.
Ahint, adv. Behind. North.

A hind, Leicest.
Ahoh, adv. {J.-S. awoh.) All on

one side. Northamptonsh.
A-hoight, adv. Elevated ; in good

spirits.
A-HOLD, adv. To lay a ship a-hold,

to stay her or place her so that

she may hold or keep to the wind.
Ahorse, orf». On horseback. A'orM.
Ahte, (1) s. Possessions ; property.

Ah ! feyre thinges, freoly bore !
When me on woweth, beth war bifore
Whuch is worldes ahte.

Lyric Poetry, p. 46.

(2) pret. t. Ought.

(3) Eight.

And sethe he reignede her
Ahte ant tuenti folle yer.

Chronicle of England, 416.

Ahuh, adv. Awry; aslant. Var.
dial.

A-HUNGRY. Hungry. Shakesp.

Ahje, *. {A.-S. cege.) Fear.

Ai, adv. {J.-S.) Always ; ever.

Aid, s. In Staffordshire, a vein of
ore going downwards out of the
perpendicular line; in Shrop-
shire, a deep gutter cut across
ploughed land, as well as a reach
in the river, are so called.

Aider, s. A helper.

What men should scale the walles of the
cytie of Worcestre, and who should
kepe the passages for lettyng of res-
kewes and aiders.

Hall, Henry 711, f. 4.

AiDLE,». To addle; to earn. North.
AiE, «. (J.-S.) An egg.

And for the tithing of a ducke,
Or of an apple, or an aie.

Vrry's Chaucer, p. 185.

AiEL, 8. (A.-N.) A forefather.

To gyve from youre heires
That youre aiels vow lefte.

FiersFloughman, p. 314

AiESE, g. Ease ; pleasure ; recrea*
tiou.

AIG

42

AIR

Ai6, (1) s. (A.-S.) A haw. Lane.
(2) s. {J.-\.) Sourness. North.

AiGHENDALE. A measure in Lan-
cashire containing seven quarts.
^sh. See Aghendole.

AiGHS, 8. An axe. Lane.

AiGHT, pret. Ought; owed. Yorish.

AiGHTEDEX,a<f;.(^if.-5.)Theeighth.

AiGLE, s. A 'Spangle ; the gold or
silver tinsel ornamenting the
dress of a showman or rope-
dancer. Shropsh. See Jglet.
(2) s. An icicle. Midi. Counties.

AiGRE, adj. {A.-X.) Sour; acid.
Yorksh. See Egre.

AiGREEN, s. The bouse-Ieek. Ker-
sey.

AiGULET, s. The clasp of a buckle.
" Aiguelet to fasten a clasp in."
Palsgrave. See Aglet.

AiK, s. An oak. North.

AiKER, *. Glory. Comw.

Ail, v. {A.-S. aidlian.) To be in-
disposed. Var. dial.
(2) «. An indisposition.

AiLE, (1) ». A writ that lieth
where the grandfather, or great-
grandfather was seised in his
demaines as of fee, of any land
or tenement in fee simple, the
day that he died, and a stranger
abateth or entreth the same day
anddispossesseththe heir. Cowell.
(2) s. {A.-X.) A wing, or part
of a building flanking another.

AiLKTTES, *. (A.-N.) Small plates
of steel placed on the shoulders
in ancient armour, introduced
under Edward I,

Ails, s. (A.-S.) Beards of corn.
Essex. " The eiles or beard upon
the eare of come." Hollyband.

Aim, v. (A.-N.) (1) To intend; to
conjecture. Yorksh. Shake-
speare has it as a substantive in
the same sense in the Two Gent,
of Verona, in, 1.

— like Cassins,
Sits sadly damping, aiming Caesar's death.
Sreencs Orlando FMrioto, liM.

(2) To aim at.

(3) "To give aim," to stand
within a convenient distance from
the butts, for the purpose of in-
forming the archers how near
their arrows fell to the mark.
Metaphorically, to direct.

(4) " To cry aim," in archery, to
encourage the archers by crying
out aim, when they %vere about
to shoot. Hence, to applaud,
to encourage, in a general sense.

(5) To attempt. Yorksh.
AiM-CRiER, s. A stander-by, who

encouraged the archers by ex-
clamations. Hence used for an
abettor or encourager.
While her own creatures, like aim-crier$,
beheld her mischance with nothing but
lip-pity. English Arcadia.

AiN, (1) adj. {A.-S.) Own. North.

0 then bespy'd her ain dear lord,
As he cam owre the see, &c.

Ferci/'a Religues.

{2) a. pi. {A.-S.) Eyes.
AiNCE, adv. Once. North.
AiNOGE, adv. Anew. Rob. Gloue.
AiNT, V. To anoint. Figuratively,

to beat. Suffolk.
Air, (1) adv. {A.-S.) Early.

1 griev'd you never in all my life,
Neither by late or air.

Sobin Hood.

(2) s. {A..N.) An heir.

Thoj the Sarazyna smyte of myn hed.
He ys myn ayr after my ded.

MS. Ashmole, xxxiii, f. 46.

The right aire of that cuntr6
£s ciunen, with alle his knightes fre.
Mitwt's Poemi, p. 14.

(3) Appearance.

AiR-DEw, s. An old name for
manna.

AiR-DRAWx, adj. Drawn in the
air; a creature of the imagina-
tion.

This is the very painting of your fear;
This is the air-drawn dagger, which said
Led you to Duncan. Macbeth, iii, 4.

Aire. s. An aerie of hawks. See
Aerie.

AIR

43

AIS

AiREX, «. pi. {A.-S.) Eggs.

AiKLES, s. {A.N.; earles in Craven ;
yearles in Westmoreland ; and in
Scotland, airle-penny.) Money
advanced, or given, to confirm a
bargain. See Aries.

AiRLiNG, adj. A light airy person ;
a coxcomb.

Some more there be, slight airlings, will be
won

With dogs and liorses.

Jonson's Catiline, i, 3.

AiRMS, «. pi. Arms. A Yorkshire

word.
Hur nceaked aims teea she liVd te show.
E'en when t' cawd bitter wind did blaw.

The Torkshire Dialect, 1839, p. 13.

AiRN, (1) s. Iron. Maundevile's
Travels.

(2) V. To earn. JFills.

(3) Either of them (e'er a one).
Northamptonsh.

AiRSTONEs, s. pi. Stones fallen
from the air ; meteoric stones.

They talk of divers prodigies, as well in
tliese parts as in Holiand, but specially
airstones; the bell in his house doth
often ringr out two or three hours to-
gether when nobody is near it, and
when it is expressly watched; and the
grates and bars of his windows are con-
tinually hammered and battered, as if
there were a smith's forge, which hath
almost put him out of his wits.

Letter, dated 1608.

AiRT, 8. (answering the Germ, art.)
A point of the compass. North.

AiRTH, adj. Afraid. Airthful,
fearful. Sorth.

Airy. An eagle's nest ; also used
for the brood of young in the
nest. See Aerie.

AisE, s. (A.-N.) (1) Ease.
(2) The plant axweed. Skinner.

AiSH, «. Stubble ; as wheat, or
oat aish, i. e. wheat or oat stub-
ble. Grose gives this as a
Hampshire word.

AisiELiCHE, adv. Easily.

AisiL, 1 *. (A-.S. aisil or eisil.)
AYSEL I Tinegar; or at least a
ASEL, J sort of vinegar. In two

receipts in the Forme of Curyt
"wyne, vynegar aysell, other
alegar," and "vynegar other
aysell," are mentioned as ingre-
dients. There was, perhaps, there-
fore, a difference between what
was ordinarily called vinegar and
aisel; and it has been supposed
that aysell may have been what
has since been called verjuice;
that is, an acid obtained from the
expressed juice of crab-apples, or
wildings.

Agnus Castus soden with fenell in asell

is good to destroy the dropsy Also a

playster made wyth thys herbe (cher-
vil]) tempered with aysell, destroyeth
wylde fyre. Poor Man's Herbal.

She was like thing for hungir ded.
That lad her life only by bred
Enedin with eisel strong and egre.
And thereto she was lene and megre.
Chaucer, Bom. of the Rose, 1. 217.

AisLiCHE, adj. (A.-S. egeslice.)
Fearfully.

There I aantrede me in.
And aisliche I seyde.

Piers PI., p. 471.

AisNECiA, s. (from A.-N. aisne.)
Primogeniture. Skinner.

AiST. Thou wilt. Line.

AisTER-EAL, s. Eastcr-alc, an
extra-allowance given to labour-
ers at that season. Northampt.

AiSTRE, 1 «. (A.-N. aistre, or, as it
ESTRE, J is verycommonly written,
estre.) A house ; the parts or con-
ditions of a house; its apartments;
also, condition, life. The old
French phrase, savoir Vaistre,
which is interpreted connaitre
tous les reduits d'une maison, will
help to explain its application in
some of the English extracts. It
is still in common use in Staf-
fordshire, Shropshire, and, pro-
bably, in most of the Midland
Coimties, for the fire-place ; the
back of the fire ; or the fire itself.
In the early writers the form estre
is the more common.

AIT

44

AKE

Al peynted was the wal in length and

breede.
Like to the eatrea of the grisly place
That higlit the gret tempul of Mars in

Trace.

Chaucer, Knighes T., 1. 1972.
This Johan stert-np as fast as ever he

might,
And grasped by the wallesto and fro
To fyudea staf, and sclie start up also,
And knewe the estres bet than dede Jon.
Reve's TaU, 1. 4290.

His portes and his estres were ful even
aunte

Of tresour and of lordschyp

Eist.cfBeryn.,\.lQi.

Fyrst by hys subtyU compassyng
He gan espie the estres of the place.
Bochas's I all of Princes, i. 74.

Ait, «. {A.-S.) A little island in a
river.

AiTCH, s. (^.-5.) An ach, orpain;
a paroxysm in an intermitting
disorder. Var. dial.

Aitch-bone s. The edge-bone
(os innominatum). Var. dial.

AiTCHORNiNG,*. Gathering acoms;
acoming. Chesh.

AiTH, s. {A.-S. ai.) An oath.
Norlh.

AiTHE, s. Swearing.

AiTHER, (1) pron. {A.-S.) Either.
North.

(2) Each. "Aw so three greet
hee fellows cummin up t' loanin,
an' aither o' them had a great
big stick iv 'is hand." West-
moreland and Cumberland Dia-
lects, p. 323.
(3) «. {A.-S.) A ploughing. North.

Aits, s. Oats. North.

AiXES, *. {A.-S.) An ague. Grose
gives this as a Northumberland
word, and Brockett explains it,
"a fit or paroxysm of an ague."

AiYAH, s. The fat about the kid-
ney of veal or mutton. Suffolk.

hix^, adv. This word is some-
times figuratively used for con-
fusing, clashing, or shaking. Its
usual meaning is applied to a
door partly opened.

Ajax. Pronounced Ajax (with the

a long.) Sir John Harrington, in
1596, published a celebrated
tract, called " The Metamor-
phosis of Ajax," by which he
meant the improvement of a
Jakes, or privy, by forming it into
what we now call a water-closet,
of which Sir John was clearly the
inventor. The book was an of-
fence to delicacy, forwhich Queen
Elizabeth kept him for some time
in disgrace. Probably from this
circumstance, the writers of the
Shakespearian age were conti-
nually playing on this name,
by taking it in the sense given
to it by Harrington.
A stool were better, sir, of Sir Ajax his
invention. li. Jon., Epic, iv, 5.

But, for his wit no matter niucli it wakes.
Whether he sits at the booid, or on Jjax.
Duties, Scourge of Folly, 1611.

Adoring Stercutio for a god, no lesse
unwoortliily then shanifuUy consti-
tuting him a patron and protector of
Ajax and his comnioditii-s.

Hasp, of Incurab. Fooles, p. 6.
Inquire, if you understand it not, of
Cloacina's cliaplaius, or such as are
well read in Jjax.

Camden, Remains, p. 117.

Ajee, adv. Awry ; uneven. Var.

dial.
Ajuggede, part. p. Adjudged;

judged.
Ak, conj. {A.-S. ac.) But.
Akale, adj. Cold. See Acale.
Akard, adv. Awkward. North.
Akcorn, s. An acorn.
Ake, s. {A.-S. eec.) An oak.
Akedotjn, *. The acton. See

Acton.
Akele, v. {A.-S. acelan.) To cool.
The kyng hyre fader was old man, and droik

to feblesse,
And the anguysse of hys dojter hym dude

more destresse.
And akelde hym wel the more, so that feble
he was. Rob. Gloitc., p. +42.

Akenne, r. (^.-5.) To recon-

noitre ; to discover.
Aker, (1) 9. {.4.-S. eecer.) An

acre ; a field.

AKE

45

ALA

Thanne tweyne schulen be in an alcer,
oon sclial be take, and an other left.
Matthew, c. xxiv, IFyckliffe's version.

(2) s. An acorn. South.
Aker-lond, s. Cultivated land.
Akerman, s. a husbandman.
Akether, adv. Indeed. Devon.
Akevere, v. (A.-N.) To recover.
Akeward, adv. Wrongly. See

j^cward.
Akixnance, adv. On one side;

askaunce. Dorset.
Akker, v. (J.-S.) To shake, or

tremble. Northamptonsh.
Akkerd, adj. Awkward. Nor-

. ttiampt.
Aknawe, "^
akxowe, I adv. {A.-S.) On
aknen, I knees ; kneeling.
aknewes,J

And made mony knyght alcnatoe.
On medewe, in feld, dad bylaue.

Kyng AUsaunder, 3540.
Tlio Atbelbrus astounde,
Fel aknen to grouude.

Kyng Horn, 340.

Aknawe, v. {A.-S.) To know;
to acknowledge; to be con-
scious of.

Aksis, s. {J.-S.) The ague. See
Aixes.

That is y-schakyd and schent with the
ahis. Audelay's Poems, p. 47.

Akse, v. {A.-S.) To ask.

Al. Will. A'l, I will, he will.

Var. dial.
Alaan, adj. Alone. North.
Alabastrine, ad/. Like alabaster;

made of alabaster.
Anotlier while under the crystal! brinks
Her alahiistrine well-shapt limbs she

shrinks.
Like to a lilly sunk into a glasse.

Sylvester's Du Bartas, 202.

Alablaster, *. (1) A corruDt pro-
nunciation of alabaster.
(2) An arbalest.

Alabre, s. a kind of fur.

And eke his cloke with alabre,
And the kuottes of golde.

MS. of nth cent.

Alacche, V, {A.-N. alacher.) To

faint or fall down from weakness;

to fell, or strike down.
Alacrious, adj. {Lat.) Gay ; joyful,
A-LADY, s. Lady-day. Suffolk.
Alamire, s. The lowest note but

one in the scale of music of

Guido Aretine.
Alamode, s. {Fr.) A kind of

taffetas.
Alamort, adj. (Fr.) Half dead;

in a dying state ; drooping.

Wliose soft and royal treatment may

suffice,
To heal the sick, to cheer the alamort.

Fansh. Lusiad, v, 85.

Sometimes written all amort.
See Amort.
Aland, adv. On land ; to land.

Where, as ill fortune would, the Dane with

fresh supplies
Was lately come aland.

Drayton's Polyolbion.

Aland, "j s. (A.-N. alan, alant.)
ALAN, > A kind of large dog ; a
ALAUND, J boar-hound.

Aboute his chare wente white alauriz.
Twenty and mo, as grete as eiiy stere.
To hunte at the lyoun, or at the here,
And folwed him with mosel fast i-bounde,
CoUerd with golde, and torettes fylid
rounde. Chaucer, Cant. 1'., 1. 2150.

Poure coursers and two allans of Spayne,
faire and good.

Bourchier'i Froissart, b. iv, c. 24.

Alande, v. (from the adv.) To

land.
Alane, ad/. Alone. North.
Alanewe, 8. New ale. Huloet.
Alang, adv. Along. North.
Alange, ^ ad/'. (1) Irksome; pain-
alenge, S ful. Apparently only

another form oietenge, which see.

In time of winter alange it is !
The foules lesen lier bliss.

Ellis's Romances, ed. 1811, i, 269.

(2) Strange. Prompt. Parv.

(3) Lonely.

Alangenes, a. Irksomeness :

strangeness.
Alantum, adv. (from Fr. lointain.)

At a distance. To this word off

ALA

46

ALB

is generally subjoined. It is given
by Grose, Thoresby, and Carr,
as a word used in Yorkshire.
Alapat, v. {Fr.) To hit hard ; to
beat. Jlapite, in old French, is
interpreted as meaning farceurs
qui se donnoient des souffiets poiir
amuser le peuple.
Not with a wand to a/apn< and strike them.
Melton's Siie-fold PolHician, p. 125.
Alaran, s. Seems to mean a kitid
of precious stone, in the follow-
ing passage quoted from a MS.
of the 15th century.
Here cropyng was of ryche gold,

Here parrelle alle of alaran .-
Here brydyll was of reler bolde,
On every side liangyd bellys then.

Alarge, ». {A.-N.) To enlarge ; to
bestow liberally.
Such part in tlier nativitie
Was tlien alargid of beautie.

Chaucer's Dreame, 156.
Alas-a-day. An exclamation of

pity. Var. dial.
Alas-at-ever. An exclamation of

pity. Yorksh.
Alassn, conj. Lest. Dorset.
Alast, adv. At last ; lately.
Alate, adv. Lately.
Alatrate, v. (Lot. allatrare.) To
growl ; to bark.

Let Cerberus, the dog of hel, alatrate
what he h'ste to tlie contrary.

Stubbe's Anatomie oj Abuses, p. 179.

Alaund, adv. On the grass ; on

the ground.
Alaunder, *. A kind of pottage.

Alaunder of moton. Take nioton of the
legge, and seth hit tendur bi hitself, and
(jwhen liit is sothen, take and braic liit
in a niorter, or liewe ]iit snial with a
knyfe, and putte liit in a pot and boile
hit with the same broth ; and take saf-
frone, and ponder of clowes, and ot can el,
and put therto, and seth hit, and serve
hitforthe. Cookery Receipts, 1381.

Alaunder of beef. Take leekes of the
lengthe of a spoune, and take parcel and
hewe smal, and pouder of pepur, and
maree, and tern pur hit togedur, and
take leeches of beef, and roUe hom
thcrin, and laye hom on a gridirne and
on the colea t yl they ben rosted ; and if

ye have no maree, take of the self talghi
and hewe hit with the parcelle, and tem-
pur hit as ye dyd before. lb.

Alawk. Alack; alas. Suffolk.

Alay, v. (A.-N.) To mix ; to re-
duce, or lower, by mixing : ap-
plied most commonly to wines
and liquors.

He must be ware of alle such thinges as
may chafe him: if he drinketh wiuelet
liim ahii/e it, or let it be soure.
Hulibush's Homish Apothecary, fol. 41.

(2) A term in hunting, when

fresh dogs are sent into the cry.
Alaye, v. {A.-S. alecgan.) To lay

low ; depress ; to apply.
Albacore, 8. {Fr.) A kind of

fish.
The albacore that followeth night and day
The flying fish, and takes them for his prey.
Bnt.Bibl., \i,482.

Albe, conj. Albeit ; although.
Albk, I s. (A.-N.) A long white
AUBE, I- linen garment, worn by
awbe, J Roman Catholic priests.
Albidene, \adv. (A.-S.) From
albedene, J time to time; one
after another; by and by; forth-
with.
Kend it es how je war kene

Al Inglis-men with dole to dere;
Thaire gudes toke je albidene.
No man born wiild je forbere.

Minot's Poems.
The ten comaundementes allebedene.
In oure play je xal hem sene.

Ludns Cocentrice, p. 4.

Alberge, s. (Fr.) The early peach.

Albespyne, \s. (A.-N.) White-

aubepyne, j thorn ; hawthorn.

And there the Jewes scorned liim, and

madenhim a ciowneof the braunchesof

albespyne, that is white thorn, tliat grew

in tliat same gardyn, and setteu it on

his heved. Mamutetile's Travels, p. 13.

Albian, *. An old term for that
variety of the human species now
called the Albino.

Albification, s. (Za^) A chemi-
cal term for malving white.

Alblast !*• (^-^•) ^°

' V instrument for

alblastre, I 1 „ I-

' J shooting arrows.

ALB

47

ATiD

Both alllast and many a bow
War redy railed open a row.

Miiwt's Poems, p. 16.
With alhJastres and with stones,
They slowe men, and braken bones.
Kyiig AUsaunder, 1211.

Alblastere, s. a crossbow-man.

Albricias, s. (Spanish.) A reward
or gratuity given to one that
brings good news.

Alburn, adj. Auburn. Skinner.
This word occurs in A New Eng-
lish Dictionary, 1691, explained
•' a white brown."

Alburn-tree, s. This word occurs
in MS. Harl.,221 {the Prompio-
rium Parvulorum), explained by
"viburnum," the wild vine.

Albyn, adj. {Lat.) White.

Albysi, adv. (J.-S.) Scarcely;
i. e. with much business or
labour, hardly. Rob. Glouc, p. 81.

Alcamyne, s. a mixed metal. An
alchymical term.

Alcatote, Is. A silly fellow.
alkitotle, J Devon.
An oaf, a simple alcatote, an innocent.
Ford's Works, ii, 213.

Alcatras. Akind of sea-gull. {Ital.)

Most like to that sharp-sighted alcatras.
That beats the air above the liquid plass.
Drat/ton.

Alchemy, s. A mixed metal. See
Alcamyne.

Alchion. Halcyon. This corruption
occurs in Tatham's Royal Oake,
1660.

Alchochoden, s. The term given
in astrology to the planet which
bears rule in the principal places
of an astrological figure, when a
person is born.

ALD,a//>(^..5.) Old.

(2) V. Not unfrequently used in
old MSS. for held, or hold.

Alday, adv. Always.

They can afforce them aUaij, men may see.
Bockas, b. i, c. 20.

Alder, (1) adj. Older.

(2) s. An elder; an ancestor.
Our alders, our ancestors.

(3) A common expression in
Somersetshire for cleaning the
alleys in a potatoe ground.
Alder, "l Forms of the gen. pi.
aller, I of a/ (all), representing
alre, [the A.-S. ealra. This
alther, J was one of the Anglo-
Saxon forms of inflection which
were preserved to a very late
period of our language. It was
used most frequently in compo-
sition with an adjective in the
superlative degree ; of which we
may give the following ex-
amples:
- best. Best of all.

Hy ben the altherhest
That ben from est into west.

Kyng AUsaunder, 1. 4878,

For when je weneth alrehest
For te have ro ant rest.

Reliq. Aniiq., i, 116.

That gtandeth yet awrye ;
It was nat heled alderbest.

Skelton, ii, 63.

-fairest. The fairest of all.

The child he sette next his hende,
In the altherfairest &e.\e.

Floris and Blanchflour.

-first. The first of all.
Tho allerfurst he undurstode
That he was ryght kyugis blod.

Kyng AUsaunder, 1569.

-formegt. The first of all.
For there thai make seniblant fairest.
Thai wil bigile ye alther formest.

Senyn Sages, 2726.

-highest. Highest of all.
And alderhighest tooke astronomye.

Lydgate's Minor P., p. 11.

-last. Last of all.
And alderlast, how he in his citee
Was by the sonne slajne of Tholom6.
Bochas, b. v, c. 4.

Hur own lorde, altherlaste.

The venom out of hys hedd braste.

Florence of Rome, 2115.

-lest. Least of all.

Love, ayenst the whiche who so defendith
Hifflselvin moste, him aldirlest availeth.
Troilus and Cr., i, 605.

ALD

48

ALE

Tliat of the altherleste wounde
Were a stede brouht to grunde.

Uavelok, 1978.

-liefest. Dearest of all.

— ^ mine alderlemst lorde, or brotbir dere.
Troil. and Cr., iii, 240.
An instance has been given in
which this compound appears in
the comparative degree.
An alder-lerfer swaine I weene.
In the biirge there was not seene.
Cobler of Canterb., 1608, sig. E, ii.
-lowest. LovFest of all.
Infimus, aldyrlowest.

Reliq. Antiq., i, 7.

-most. Greatest of all.

But aldirmost in honour out of doute.

Troil. and Cres., i, 152.
To wraththe tlie God and paien the fend
hit serveth aUerniost.

Pol. Songs, p. 336.
The flour of chy valarie now have y lost,
In wham y trust to alremost.

MS., 15//J cent.
Jesu wil tlie help in haste ;
Thi mischefe es now althermaste.

Seven Sages {Weber), 3559.

-next. Nearest of all; next of
all.
Tlie Saterday althemexte sewyng.

Lxjdgat., Min. P., p. 20.

-truest. Truest of all.

First, Eiiglisli king, I humbly do request.
That by your means our princess may unite
Her love unto mine aldertruest love.

Greene's Works, ii, 156.

-worst. Worst of all.
Ye don ous alderwerst to spede,
"When that we lian mest nede.

Gy of Wartoike, p. 128.
Mon, thou havest wicked fon,
The alre-worst is tliat on.

Lyric Poetry, p. 104.

-wisest. The wisest of all.

For aldirwisist ban therwith ben plesed.

IVoil. and Cres., i, 247.

Alderkar, "1 s. An alder

ALDYR-KYR, k plantation in a

ALDER-CARRE, J moist, boggy

place ; explained in the Prompt.

Parv. by locus uhi alni et tales

arbores crescunt. See Car.

Alderlings, «. A kind offish, said

to be betwixt a trout and a
grayling.
Aldermanry, «. A government
by aldermen.

The government of Stamford was, long
before their written charter, held and
used amongst themselves by an ancient
prescription, which was called tlie
aldermanry of the guUd.

Butcher's Stamford, 1717, p. 15.

Aldermen, s. {A.-S.) Men of rank

and dignity above the rest.
Alderne, s. {A.-S.) The elder

tree.
Aldo, conj. Although. East.
Aldress, s. (A.-S.) The wife of
an alderman. The word occurs
on a brass plate in the church of
St. Stephen, Norwich, given by
Bloraefield, Hist. Norw., 1739,
vol. ii, p. 595.
Here ly buried Misstresse Maud Heade,
Sometynie an Aldress, but now am deade.
Anno MCCCCCLX and Seaven,
The XIII Day of April, then
My Lyf I leafte, as must all Men,
My Body yelding to Christen Uust,
My Soule to God the faitlifull and Just.

Aldrian, s. a star on the neck of
the lion. Chaucer.

kh^, s. {A.-S.) (1) A rural festival.
"At wakes and ales." Ben Jon-
son's Tale of a Tub,prol.

(2) An ale-house.

0, Tom, that we were now at Putney, at
the ale there.

Thorn. Lord Cromuiell, iii, 1.

(3) All.

(4) Also.

Aleberry, 8. A beverage made
by boiling ale with spice and
sugar, and sops of bread.

Aleccioun, s. An election.

Besecnyng yon therfore to help to the

resignacion tlierof, and the kvnges lettre

to the byshop of Lincoln for the aleccion.

Monastic Letters, p. 240.

Alecie, «. Drunkenness caused by
ale.

If he had arrested a mare instead of a
horse, it had beene a slight oversight;
but to arrest a man, that hath no fike-
nesse of a horse, is flat lunasie, or alecie.
Lyly's Mother Bonnie,

AlE

49

ALE

Aleconner, s. "An officer ap-
pointed in every court-leet to look
to the assize and goodness of
bread, ale, and beer." Kersey.
It is said of Captain Cox, of
Coventry, that he was

Of very great credite and tmst in the
toun li'eer, for lie liaz been cliozen ale-
cunner many a veer, when hiz betterz
liave stond by ; and ever quitted liimself
M itli such estimation, az yet, too tast of
a cup of uippitate, liis judgement will
be taken above the best in the parish,
be hiz noze near so read.

Laneham {Progr. of EUz., vol. i.)

In some parishes, the aleconner's
jurisdiction v\as very extensive.

Alecost, s. Costmary; an herb
which was frequently put into
ale, being an aromatic bitter.
Still used in the North.

Alective, «. (Z^/.) An attraction ;
allurement.

There is no better alecthe to noble
wittes, then to endure them in a con-
tencyon with their inferiour compa-
niouhs.

Sir Tho. Wyot's Governmr, p. 16.

Alective, adv. To wit. Elyot.
Aled, \part. p. Allayed; sup-
aleid, J pressed ; abolished.

From alaye.
Aledgement, s. {A.-N.) Ease;

relief.
Ale-draper, s. A keeper of an

alehouse.

Tlie rule is this, let corn be cheap or dear
The bread should weigh as it is rated here.
But why should bakers he so strictly us'd,
And the ale-drapers frequently excus'd :
They deal in neck and froth, and scanty

measure.
Their short half pints by which they get

their trensure ;
Were all they pillory'd that do trade this

way.
It would take up a very busy dav

Poor Bobin, 1735.

A-LEE, adv. On the lee.

But whan approach! n;z Sicil coast the winde

thee forth dotli blow.
And that Pclorus crooked straites begin

themselves to show,

Than left hand land, and left hand sea,

with compas long alee.
Fetch out aloofe from lands and seas ok

right hand, see thou flee.

Phner's Virgil, 1600.

Alees, 8. Aloe trees.

Of erberi and alees.
Of alle maner of trees.

Pistill of Susan

Ale-feast. A rural festival. The
Whitsun ales are common in
Oxfordshire, and are conducted
in the following manner : Two
persons are diosen, previously
to the meeting, to be lord and
lady of the ale, who dress as
suitably as they can to the cha-
racters they assume. A large
empty barn, or some such build-
ing, is provided for the lord's
hall, and fitted up with seats to
accommodate the company.
Here they assemble to dance and
regale in the best manner their
circumstances and the place will
afford ; and each young fellow
treats his girl with a riband
or favour. The lord and lady
honour the hall with their pre-
sence, attended by the steward,
sword-bearer, purse-bearer, and
mace-bearer, with their several
badges or ensigns of office. They
have likewise a train-bearer or
page, and a fool or jester, drest
in a party-coloured jacket, whose
ribaldry and gesticulation contri-
bute not a little to the entertain-
ment of some part of the com-
pany. The lord's music, consist-
ing of a pipe and tabor, is em-
ployed to conduct the dance.

Aleft, (1) part. p. Lifted up.
(2) adv. On the left hand.

Alegar, s. (ale-aiyre.)' Sour ale,
used as vinegar in Cumberland.
According to Mr. Hunter, it is
ale or beer which has passed
through the acetous fermenta-
tion, and is used in Yorkshire as
a cheap substitute for vinegac^

ALE

80

ALE

Mr, Cliva, in his MS. Stafford-
shire Glossary, calls it "a fine
acid liquor," Skinner gives it as
a Lincolnshire word, and it is
still in use in that county. In
Westmoreland the vpord is pro-
nounced allekar.

A licence was granted, 1595. by the
queens pateutee, to Mr. Francis Ander-
son to have the sole brewing of ale
and beer, for making beer, vinegar,
beerager and alegar within that town,
and its hberties.

Srand's Hist, of Newcastle.

Alegge, ")». (.^.-A^. aleger.) (1) To
ALEGE, /alleviate.

The joyous time now nigheth fast.

That shall alegge this bitter blast,

And slake the winter sorrow.

Spetis. Sheji. Kal., iii, 4.

But if thai have some privilege.
That of the paitie hem woll alege.

Rom. of the Rose, 1. 6626.

(2) To allege.

They wole aleggen also, quod I,
And by the Gospel preven.

Piers Ploughman, p. 207.

Alegeance,*. {A.-N.) Alleviation.
" Allegyance, or softynge of d ys-
ese, alleviacio." Prompt. Parv.

Aleger, adj. (Fr.) Gay ; joyful.

Alehoofe, s. Ground ivy ; for-
merly used in the making of ale.
Gerard.

Alkiche, adj. Alike; equally.

Ale-in-cornes, s. New ale. Hu-
loet's Abcedarium, 1552.

Aleis. (1) Alas! North.

(2) «. Alleys.

(3) s. Aloes. Chaucer.
Aleived, part. p. Alleviated ; re-
lieved. Surrey.

Aleknight, s. A frequenter of ale-
houses. "A common haunter of
alehouses, or vittayling houses,
an aleknight, a tipler." Buret's
Alvearie, 1580.

Alende, pret. t. of alande.
Landed.

Alknge, arf;. Grievous. SeeAlange.

Aleond, adv. By land. See Aland.

Ale-pole, s. Another name for
what was more usually called an
ale-stake.

Another brought lier bedes

Of jet or of cole,

To offer to the ale-poU. Skelton.

Ale-post, s. A maypole. West.

Alese, v. {A.-S. alysan.) To loose ;
to free.

Ale-shot, s. The keeping of an ale-
house within a forest by an oflBcer
of the same. Phillips.

Ale-silver. A rent or tribute
yearly paid to the Lord Mayor
of London by those that sell ale
within the city. Mentioned in
Miege, 1687.

Ale-stake, s. A stake set up at
the door of an alehouse, for
a sign. Palsgrave, f. 17, trans-
lates it by " le moy d'une ta-
verne." It appears that a bush
was frequently placed at the top
of the ale-stake.

He and I never dranke togyder,
Yet I Kuowe many an ale-sialce.

Hawkins's Old Plays, i, 109.

But, first, quoth he, here at this ale-house.

stake
I will bothe drinke, and etin of a cake.

Chauctr, Urnj, p. 131.
And with his wynnynges he makith his

offryng
At the ale-statis, sittyng ageyn tlie mone.
Reliq. AiUiq., i, li.

— not set like an ale-stake
Froudlie to brag yourselves and bring flies
in brake.

HeyvJooiPs Spider and Flie, 1356.
— the beare
He plaies witli men, who (like doggs) feele

his force.
That at the ale-slake baite him not with
beere. Dames, Scourge of Folly, 1611.

Alestalder, s. a stallion. East

Sussex.
Alestan-bearer, s. a pot-boy.

Higtns's Nomenclator.
Alestond, *. Tlie ale-house.
Ale-stool,*. The stool on which

casks of ale or beer are placed in

the cellar. East.
Alet, 8. (1) A kind of havrk.

ALE

51

ALG

Halloo.

(2) An ailette, or small plate of
steel, worn on the shoulder.
Morte Arthure.

{3) part. p. Carved, applied to
partridges and pheasants.

Ale-taster, s. According to Co-
well, an officer appointed in a
court leet, and sworn to look to
the assize, and the goodness of
hread and ale within the pre-
cincts of the lordsliip. See Co-
well's Interpreter, 1658.

Aleven. Eleven.

Alew, 1 . , .

> tnterj.

ALOW, J •'

Yet did she not lament with loude aino.
As women wont, but with deepe si^hes
and singulis few. Faerie Queeue, V, \-i.

Ale-wife, s. A woman who keeps
an ale-house.

Alex.\nder, s. (A.-N.) The name
of a plant, great parsley.

Alexander's-foot, *. The plant
pellitory. Skinner.

Alexandrix, adj. Cloth or em-
broidery of some kind, brought
from Alexandria.

Aleve, *. {A.-N.) An alley.
That in an alrye had a privee place.

Chaucer, Cant. T.

Aleyn, adv. Alone.

Aleyxe, v. {A.-N.) To alienate.

In case they dyde eyther selle or aleyne
the same or ony parte therof, that the
same Edwarde shulde hare yt before
any other man. Motuulie Letters, p. 86.
And leyde on liem lordschipe, alevne uppon
other. Deposition of Richard JI, p. 12.

Alf, s. {A.-S.) An elf; a devil.
Alf.\rez, 1 «. (Spanish.) An en-
ALFERES, J sign. The word was

in use in our army during the

civil wars of Charles I.

And then your thoroughfare, Jug here, his
alfarez. Ben Jonson's Xew Inn, iii, 1.
Commended to me from some noble friends
I'or my alferes. B. and Ft. Rule a W., i, 1.
The iieliotropeum or sunflower, it is
said, is the true alferes, bearing up
the standard of Flt>^

£aibl., to the larth. SodaUtie, p. 49.

\.LFYN, 1

ALPHYN, V
AUFVN, J

Al-favourite, s. a term applied
to a fashion of wearing the hair.
Al-faiourites, a sort of modish locks
hang dangling on the temples.

Ladies' Dictiotiary, 16W.

Alfeynly, adv. Slothf ully ; slug-
gishly. Prompt. Pan.

Alfridaria, s. An astrological
term, explained by Kersey to sig-
nify " a temporary power which
the planets have over the life of
a person."

I'll find the cnsp and alfridaria.
And know what planet is in cazimi.

Albumazar, ii, 5.

Alfyn, 1 ^ ^^^ r^^^ j^.^j^^p .^

the game of chess.

The aljjhyns ought to be made and
formed in manner of judges sitting in a
chair, with a book open before their
eyes; and that is because that some
causes be criminal, and some civil.

Caxton, Game of Chess.
(2) s. {A.-S.) A lubberly fellow
(equivalent to elvish); a slug-
gard.

Now cartel, sais syr Wawayne,

Myche wondyre have I

Tliat syclie ah aljifne as thow

Dare speke syche wordez.

Morte Arthure.
Algarot, 8. A chemical prepara-
tion, made of butter of antimony,
diluted in warm water, till it turn
to a white powder.

}con}. adv. {A.-S. aU
geats.) Always; every
way ; by all means.
Still used in the North.

So entirely me meveth, that I mnst
algate recorde the same, and therein be
uo flatterer.

AshmoU's Theatr. Chem., p. 109.
AU merciles he will that it be doe.
That we algate shall dve both two.

Bcchas, b. i, f. 39.
Algate by sleighte or by Tiolence
I'ro yer to yer I wynne my despence.

Chaucer, C. T.,7013
Also that the said Katherine shall take
and have dower in our realm of England,
as queens of England hiilier«'ard
(hitherto; were wont to take and have.
That is to say, to the sum of forty thou-
sand crowns by the year, of the vhich

algate,
algates.

ALG

52

ALT

iwain algates shall be worth a noble,
English money.

Letter of King Henry V, 1430.

And therefore would I should be algates

slain ;
For whUe I live his right is in suspense.

Fairf. T., iv, 60.

Algate-hole,«. a small recess in
the wall within the chimney near
the file, in which is deposited the
tinder-bo.\, matches, brushes, &c.
Sometimes it is the receptacle for
salves, ointments, and other such
articles. Norf.

Alge, adv. {A.-S.) Altogether.

Algere, 8. {J.-S.) A spear used
in fishing.

Algid, adj. {Lat.) Cold.

Algife, conj. Although ; literally,
all if.

Algific, adj. (Lat.) Making cold.

Algose, adj. Very cold.

Algrade, s. a kind of Spanish
wine, mentioned in the earlier
writers.

Both algrade, and respice eke.

Squi/r of Lowe Degre, 756.

ir'

(a contraction of
algorism.) Arithmetic.

Algrim,

AUGRIM
AWGRIM

The name of this craft is in Latyn
alguTsimus,Kni\uJ^Wf\\B alt/rim; and it
is namid off ulgos, that is to say, cnift,
and risrmis, tliat is, nounbre; and for
tliis skille it is culled craft ot nounbringe.
MS. quoted bg Halliwell.

Methonght nothing my state could more

disgrace,
Than to beare name, and in effect to be
A cypher in algrim, as all men might see.
Mirr.for Mag., p. 338.
Than satte summe, as siphre doth in

aicgrym. Deposit. ofRic. 11, p, 29.

Al-hal-day, "j s. All-hallows

alhalwe-messe, >day, the 1st
ALHALWEN-TYD, J of November.
Alhidade, s. An astrological term.
A rule on the back of the as-
trolabe, to . measure heights,
breadths, and depths.
AiiANT, ». An alien. Rider.
Alicanf, «. A Spanish wine, for-

merly much esteemed; said to
be made near Alicant,in Valencia,
and of mulberries.
You'll blood three pottles of AUcant, by
this liglit, if you follow them.

0. PI, iii, 252.
Your brats, got out of Alicant.

B. and FL, Chances, i, 9.

J. e., " your children, the conse-
quence of drunkenness."
Alie, v. {A.-S.) To anoint.
Alien, v. {A.-N.) To alienate.
A-life, adv. As my life; exces-
sively.

I love a ballad in print a-life.

Shaltsp., Wint. 2'.,iv,3.
Thou lov'st a-life
Their perfum'dju^ement.

B. Jonson.
A clean instep.
And that I love a-life.

B. and Ft., Mons. Th., ii, 2.

Alife, V. To allow. Skinner.
Aligant, «. Wine of Alicant.
Aligge, v. {A.-S) To lie down.
Alighte, v. {A.-S.) (1) To light;
to descend; to pitch.
(2) To light ; to kindle. Surrey.
Alyne, v. {A.-N.) To anoint (?).
The cliildren atte chcrchc dore

So bcth y-primisined ;
And that hi beetlie eke atte fount
Mid oylle and creyme alyned.

W. de Shoreham.

Alimentary, «. {Lat.) " An ali-
mentarie," says Minsheu, " is he
to whom a man giveth his meat
and drinke by his last will."
Alinlaz, s. An anlace. This sin-
gular form occurs in the Romance
nfHavelok, 2554.
Aliry, adv. {A.-S.) Across.
Somme leide hir legges nliry.
As swiche losels koniieth.

Piers PI., p. 124.

Alisaundre, s. {A.-N.) The herb
alexander.

With alisaundre thare-to, ache ant anys.
Lgric Poetry, p. 26.

Alise, v. (A.-S. alynan.) To release.
Alisedness, releasing, ransom, re-
demption. " Ac ali/s us from yfle."

ALI

53

ALL

Old Translation of the Lord's
Prayer, in Camd. Rem., p. 24.
Aliways, s. Aloes. Lincolnsh.
Alkakengy, s. The plant persi-

caria. Prompt. Pan.
Alkanet, s. The wild buglos.

Gerard.
Alkani, s. Tin. Howell.
Alke. a broad form of ilk ; each.
Alkekeng, s. The winter-cherry.
Alkenamye, s. Alchemy.

Experinienlz a^ alkenamye
Tlie peple to deceyve.

Piers PI, p. 186.

Alker, s. a sort of custard.

For to make rys alker. Tak figys, and
raysons, and do awey the kernelis, and
a god party of applys, and do aney tlie
paryng of the apphs and tlie kernelis,
and bray hem wel in a morter; and
temper hem up with almandemylk, and
menge hem wyth flowr of rys, that yt
be wel cliariaunt, and strew therupon
powder of galynsraic, and -erve yt fortli.
Cookery ReceiiHs, 1381.

Alke, s. An elk.

As for tlie plowing witli ures, which I
suppose to be uiilikelie, because they
are in mine opinion untanieable, and
alkes, a thing commonlie used in the
east countries.

Harrison, Descr. of England, p. 226.

^a"kT;s,J«^>(^-^-) All kinds.

Alkymistre, *. An alchemist.

Chaucer.
All, adv. (A.-S.) (1) Although;

exactly.

And those two froward sisters, their faire
loves,

Came with them eke, all they were won-
drous loth.

Spenser's Faerie Queene, II, ii, 34.

(2) Entirely. A common pro-
vincialism.

And see, yon workhouse, on that village

green,
Wliere husbands, all without their wives,

are seen.

Poetry attributed to Wakley, 1842.

(3) 'Tor all" is a common ex-
pression, meaning " in spite of,"
and is constantly used by country
people.

(4) " All that," until that. Kyng
yilisaunder, 2145.

(5) " For good and all," en-
tirely. North.

(6) Each. Prompt. Parv.

(7) All and some. One and all;
every one ; every thing ; entirely.

Thou who wilt not love do this,
Learn of me what woman is ;
Something made of thread and thrumme,
A mere botch of all and some.

Herrick, p. 8.
In armour eke the souldiers all and some.
With all the force that miglit so soon be had.
Mirrourfor Mat/istrates, p. 91.

We are betrayd and y-nome !
Horse and harness, lords, all and some !
Richard Coer de Lion, 228i.

(8) This word is frequently, in
popular language, joined with
others toform an adverbial phrase,
as in the following examples :
all-a-hits. All in pieces (Aori/*.);
ail-about, " To get all about in
one's head," to become light-
headed {Herefordsh.) ; " That's
all about it," that is the whole
of the matter; ail-abroad, squeez-
ed quite flat (Somerset) ; all-a-
hoh, all on one side ( Wilts.) ;
ail-along, constantly, " ail-along
of," or "ail-along on," owing to ;
all-amang, mingled, as when two
flocks of sheep are driven to-
gether (Wilts.); all-as-is, "all

as is to me is this," all I have
to say about it (Herefordsh-);
all-a-taunt-o, fully rigged, with
masts, yards, &c. (a sea term);
all-b'ease, gently, quietly (He-
refordsh.) ; all-i-hits, all in pieces
(North.') ; all-in-a-charm,VdW\ng
aXund. (Wilts.); all-in-all, every-
thing, all in all with, very inti-
mate or familiar with ; all-in-a-
muggle, all in a litter ( Wilts.) ;
all-in-one, at the same time;
all-of-a-hugh, all on one side
(Suffolk) ; all-on-end, eager, im-
patient (Somerset) ; all-out, en-
tirely, quite, to drink all out.

ALL

54

ALL

used of a carouse ; alUto-nought ,
completely ; all-to-smash, smash-
ed to pieces ; all-yfere, altogether.

Allane, adj. Alone.

Allay, v. {A.-N.) (1) To mix, to
put water to wine.

The velvet breeches for him aunswered,
And l(ir strength of his drinke excused
liim,
For he allayed them, botli white and red,
And oft with water made them small
and thinne.
Debate between Fride and XowK»M,p.59.

(2) To allay a pheasant, to cut or
carve it up at taljle. Kersey.

(3) s. The set of hounds which
were ahead after the beast was
dislodged. A hunting term.

Allayment, s. That which has the
power of allaying or abating the
force of something else.
All-bedene, arft;. Forthwith. See

^Ibidene.
All-be-thouoh, adv. Albeit. Skin-
ner.
Alle, (1) ado. All {omnino).
(2)s. Ale.
Ther was plentfi of alle
To theym that were in halle.

Tke Feesl, st. v.

Alleblaster, s. a not uncommon
form of alabaster.

Tn the chappell next to the priours
chamber.
Item ij. olde masse bookes.
Itm ij. imagees of whytealleeblaster.
Itm one deske, one snkering bell.

Mouast., iv, 542.

Allect, v. [Lat.) To allure; to
bring together; to collect.

Allectation, ». {Lat.) An allure-
ment.

Allective, 8. An attraction ; al-
lurement.

Allectuary. An electuary. 5*e/<ow.

Allegate, v. (Lat.) To allege.

Wliy, belike he is some runnagate, that will

not show his name :
All, why should I this clUgate ? he \% of

noble fame. Peek's Works, iii, p. 68.

Allege, v. {A.-N.) To quote ; to
cite.

Allegeaunce,*. (1) Citation; the
act of quoting.
(2) Relief.

Herof we habbeth tokene gode,
Wanne we fangelh oeuaunce;

For sennes that we habbeth i-done
To pyne allegaunce.

W. de Shoreham.

Allegement, s. {A.-N.) An ease;
relief.

Quod sche, "Geve I achal the telle,
Mercery e I have to selle;
In boystes soote oyiiementis
Therewith to don allegementis
To ffolkes whiclie be not glade.
The Fylgrim, MS. Coltoii. Tib. A., viii.

Alleluya, s. The plant wood-
sorrel. It is found in the index
to Gerard's Herball, ed. 1633.
"Alleluya, an herhe called wood-
sorrell or cuckowes meat, which
cuckowes delight in." Minsheu's
Guide into Tongues, 1627.

Allemash-day, s. AUumage-day,
the day on which the Canterbury
silk-weavers began to work by
candle-light. Kent. Grose.

Allen,*. Grassland recently broken
up; unenclosed land that has been
tilled and left to run to feed for
sheep. Suffolk.

Aller, (1) s. (A.-S.) An alder-
tree. A common form of the
word in the Western counties.
The alder tree, which is alsoe called an
aller-tree, is named in Greek eletlira, in
Latin alnus, and in Duclie ein Krlen-
baum Turner's Herbal, 1551.

(2) gen. pi. of al. Prefixed to
adjective. See Alder.
Adam was cure aller fader.

Piers PL, p. 342.

Allerbury, s. a plantation of
alders. Devon.

Aller-float, s. a species of large
trout, frequenting the deep holes
of retired and shady biooks,
under the roots of the aller, or
alder-tree ; also called the aller-
trout. North.

Allernbatch, s. a kind of botch
or old sore. Exmoor.

ALL

55

ALL

Allers, s. An acute kind of boil or
carbuncle. Devon.

Alles, tbe gen. s. of all used ad-
verbially. Altogether ; all.

TIio Corineus was alles wroth, so grete
strokes lie gaf. £ob. Glouc.

Allesad, part. p. Lost.

Alle-solyne-day. All Souls' Day.
See MS. Harl., 2391, quoted I'n
Hampson's Kalendariuin, ii, 11.

Alleve, adj. Eleven. Alleventhe,
The eleventh.

Alley,*. (1) The conclusion of a
game at football, when the ball
has passed the bounds. Yorksh,
(2) A marble, for boys' play.

Alleye, v. To allege.

All-flower-water, s. The urine
of cows. Lane.

All-fours, s. A game at cards. A
traditional epitaph describes an
enthusiast :

Here lies the hody of All Fours,
Who spent his money aud pawned

liis clotlies :
And if you wisli to know his name.
It is hiyh, low. Jack, and game.

All-good, s. The herb good Henry.
Gerard.

Allhallown-summer, s. a late
summer.

All-heal, s. The herb panax.
Gerard,

All-hid, s. A name, according to
Nares, for the game of hide-and-
seek ; but Cotgrave seems to
make it synonymous with Hood-
man-blind.

All-holland's-day,s. TheHamp-
shire name for All Saints' (or
All Hallows) Day, when plum-
cakes are made and called Al
Holland cakes.

Allhoove, ». Ground ivy. Afin«Ae«.

Allhose, s. The herb horsehoof.

Alliciate, v. {Lat.) To attract.

Alliciency, 8. Attraction.

Allieny, s. An alley ; a passage in
a building.

Alligant. a corruption of Alicant,
the name of a Spanish wine.

Alligarta, s. (from Spanish /a-
garto.) The alligator, or croco-
dile. The urine of this creature
was supposed to render any
herb poisonous on which it was
shed.

And who can tell, if before the gathering
and making up thereof, the alligarta
hath not piss'd thereon ?

B. Jons., Bart. F., ii, 6.

Alline, s. An ally. Middle/on.
Allinge, \adv. {A.-S.eallinga.)
ALLiNGES, J Altogether; totally.

Tor hire faired and hire chere,
Ich hire boujte allinge so dere.

Flor. and Blanch., 674.

In that lend growen trees that beren
niele, wlierof men maken gode bred atd
white, and of gode savour; and it
semethe as it were ofwhete, but it is
not allingea of suche savour.

Maundevile, p. 189.

All-in-the-well. a game prac-
tised at Newcastle. Boys make
a circle about eight inches in
diameter, termed the well, and
place in the centre of it a
wooden peg, four inches long,
with a button balanced on the
top. Buttons, marbles, or any-
thing else, according to agree-
ment, are given for the privilege
of throwing a short stick at tbe
peg. If the button fly out of
the ring, the player is entitled
to double the stipulated value of
what he gives for the stick. The
game is also practised at races,
and other places of amusement,
with three pegs, which are put
into three circular holes, made in
the ground, about two feet apart,
and forming a triangle. In this
case each hole contains a peg,
about nine inches long, upon
which are deposited either a small
knife or some copper.

Allison, s. The wood-rose. See
Alysson.

All-manner-a-wot, *. Indiscri^
minate abuse. Suffolk.

ALL

S6

ALM

All-of-a-row, *. A child's game.
Suffolk.

Allolida, s. The plant cuckoo-
bread.

Allonge. All of ns. Somerset.

Allonely, adv. Exclusively. See
Alonely.

ALLoauY, 8. (Lat.) The act of
addressing a pirson.

Allottery, s. An allotment.

Allow me such exercises as may become
a gentleman, or give me the poor allot-
terji my father left me by testament.

As You Like It, \, 1.

Allous. All of US. Somerset.
All-overish, adj. Neither sick

nor well. Var. dial.
Allowance, ». Approbation.

A stirring dwarf we do allowance give
Before a sleeping jriant.

Troilus and Crasida, ii, 8.

Allowed. Licensed. An " allowed
fool." Shakesp., Twelfth Night,
i, 5. " An allowed cart or cha-
riot." Hollyband's Diet., 1593.

All-flaister,s. Alablaster. Yorks.

Alls,.?. Earnest money. A'brM. See
Aries.

All-sales, adv. {A.-S. from seel,
a time.) At all limes. Suffolk.

All-seed, s. The orach. Skinner.

All-seer. s. One who sees every-
thing.

All-sides. Every one. South.

All-the-birds- "I Two names of
iN-THE-AiR, I games pecu-

All-the-fishes- [liar to Suf-

IN-THE-SEA, J folk.

All-the-world-over, adv. On
every occasion. This common
familiar phrase is ancient, being
found in Brome's Queen and
Concubine, 1659, p. 96.

Allubescency, 8. (Lat.) Willing-
ness ; facility in yielding.

Allusively, adv. (Lat.) With al-
lusion to something.
I thought him also in the late times a
little too nice, and tender of his credit ;

[GNE, J

and somewhat too profuse of his logick
and rhetorick; who being to preach
upon that of the Acts ; Silver and gold
have I none, but such as 1 have give I
thee : Whenever he had named his text,
desired the people, in all hast, to take
the words not litterally, but alluskdy,
for that he tiad good store of money
chinking in his pockets ; besides what
he left at home in his coffers.

Eachard's Obsenatioas, 1671, p. 63.

Alluterly, adv. Altogether ;
wholly.

Alluvion, «. (Lat.) A washing
away.

All-waters. " I am for all wa-
ters," i. e., I can turn my hand
to anything. Shakesp.

Ally, s. The aisle of a church.
Var. diaL

Alma in,
alemain, l«. (1) AGerman.
allemaigne,
(2) A kind of solemn music. It
was also the name of several
dances, the new allemaigne, the
old, the queen's allemaigne, all of
which are mentioned in early
books of dance tunes.

Almain-leap, s. In dancing, a
kind of jig.

Skip with a rhyme on the table from New-
Nothing,
And take nis almain-leap into a custard.
Joiuon, Detil is an Ass, i, 1.

ALMAiN-auARREL, *. A causeless,
unnecessary quarrel.
D. John. I met before Don Ferdinand's
house a serving man who thrusts me, by
design, upon an almain-qvarrel.
Tod. That's very true, but somewhat
unwillingly, like a coward as he is.

Datenant, The Man's the Master.

Almain-bivets, s. Moveable ri-
vets. The term was applied to
a light kind of armour, used
originally in Germany.
Almaixy, 1
ALMANY, \8. Germany.
alemayne, J

I'll cry flounders else.

And walk, with my petticoat tuck'd ap, likg
A long maid of Almaing. 0. P., \m, 438.

ALM

57

ALM

Nnw Fnlko conies, that to his brother gave
His land in Italy, which was not small,
Aud dwelt in Alma>iy.

Harrington's Ariosto, 1591, p. 19.

Upon the londe of Alemayne. Gotcer.
Ai.MAN, s. A kind of hawk.
Ai.MANDixE, adj. Made of almond.
Almaxdre, s. An ahnond-tree.
And of almandris grete plent6,
Figgis, aud uianv a date ire.

Som.oflheEose.lSGS.

Almarie, s. (A.-X.) a cupboard;
a pantry. See Ambrie.
Tlier avarice hath almaries.
And vreu bouudeu eotres.

Hers PL, p. 288.

Almariol, ». (A.-N.) A closet, or
cupboard, in which the ecclesias-
tical habits were kept.
Almatour, s. An almoner.
After him spak Dalmadas,
A riche almatour he was.

Kyitg Alisaunder, 3043.

Alme, s. An elm. Northampt.
Alinen, made of elm.

AlmeeSjS. /;/. Alms. East Sussex.

Almks-dish, *. The dish in the
old baronial hall, in which was
put the bread set aside for the
poor.

Almksful, adj. Charitable.

Almes-row, ». A row of houses
inhabited by paupers.
Also whcnne eny pore man or womman

. is dcd in tlie almys-rewe, the seyd prysts
to be redy to bryiige the coora to
churche, aud there to ahyde til liit be
buryed. Stratford MSS., tern. H. FI.

Alhksse, s. {A.-N.) Alms.
Almest, adv. Almost.

And as he priked North and Est,
I tel it vow hym had almesl
Bityd a sory care.

Chaucer, Tale of Sire Thopas.

Almicaxtarath, s. An astrologi-
cal term, applied to a circle drawn
parallel to the horizon.
Meaiiwliile, with scioferical instrument.
By way of azimutli and almicantarath.
Albumazar i, 7.

Almodza, s. An alchemical term for
tin.

Almond-por-a-parrot. Some tri-
fle to amuse a silly person. A
proverbial expression, which oc
curs in Skelton and the writers
of the Elizabethan age.

Almoxd-butter, s. The following
is given as a receipt "to make
almond-butter i"

Blanch your almonds, and beat them as
fine as you can with fair water two or
three hours, then strain them through a
linncn cloth, boil them with rose-water,
whole mace, and annise seeds, till the
substance be thick, spread it upon a fair
cloth, draining the whey from it, after
Itt it hang in the same cloth some few
hours, then strain it and season it with
rose-water and sugar.

True Gentlewoman's Delight, 1676.

Almond-custard, s. Was made
as follows :

Take two pound of almonds, blauch and
beat them very fine with rosewater,
tlieu strain them with some two quarts
of cream, twenty whites of eggs, and a
pound of double refined sugar ; make
the paste as aforesaid, and bake it in a
ir.ild oven fine and white, garnish it as
before, and scrape fine sugar over all.
The Queen's Royal Cookery, 1713.

Almoxd-furxace, ». At the silver
mills in Cardiganshire, they have,
or had, a particular furnace in
which they melt the slags, or
refuseof the lithurge not stamped,
with charcoal only, which they
call the almondfumace. Kennett.

Almoxd-milk, s. Almonds ground
and mi.\ed with milk, broth, or
water.

Tlie devil take me, I love you so, that I
could be content to abjure wine for
ever, and drink nothing but almond'
nalk for your sake.

Shadicell, Epsom-Wells, 1673.

Almoxesrye, ». The almonry.
Almose, s. pi. Alms.
Almoyn, «. pi. (A.-N.) Alms.
Alms-drink, s. Liquor of another's

share which his companion drinks

to ease him. Shakesp.
Alms.max, «. A person who live*

on alius ; also, a charitable per«

son.

ALM

58

ALO

Almury, «. The upright part of

an astrolabe.
Almusles, adj. Without alms,
lor tlief 18 reve, the loud is penyles ;
For pride hatli sieve, the lond is almtisles.
Pol. Songs, p. 235.

Almute, s. a governing planet.
An astrological term.
Emanguly, eie Ids popular apydanse
could liiitcli Ids ruine, upon conterence
with a witch that hee saw (by the almn-
ten of his nativity) short life attended
ium, growes fearfuU of his syres incon-
stancy. Herbert's Travels, 1638.
Without a sign masculine ? Dem. Sir, you

mistake me :
You are not yet initiate. The almutes
Of the ascendent is not elevated
Above the almutes of the filial house :
Venus is free, and Jove not yet combust.
Batuiolph's Jealous Lovers, 16i6.

Almifluent, 8. (Lat.) Beneficent ;
abounding in alms.

Almyght, adj. A not uncommon
form of almighty.

Alnath, s. The first star in the
horns of Aries, from which the
first mansion of the moon is
named. Chaucer.

Alnegeor, *. One of the king's
officers, says Cowell, who under-
took the care of the assize of
woolen cloth. Rider, in his
Dictionarie, 1640, explains it by
the Latin word " ulniger."

Alner, 8. {A.-N.) A purse, or bag
to hold money.
I wyll the yeve an alner,
1-niad of sylk and of gold cler,
Wyth fayre ymages tiire.

Launfal, 1. 319.

Alneway, adv. {A.'S.) Always.
And therby heth he alneway the herte
ine peyse, and the body govemeth by
the wylle of God.
Aytnhiie oflnviit, MS. Arundel, 57, f. 25.

Alnil, adv. And only. (?)

Sertis, sire, not ic nojt;
Ic ate gage alnil gras,
More harm ue did ic no^t.

Pol. Songs, -p. 201.

AtOES, 8. An olio, or savoury dish,
composed of meat, herbs, eggs,
and other ingredients, something

similar to the modern dish of

olives. See the Good House-

u-ife'8 Jen-el, 1596.
Alofe, ». {A.-N.) To praise. Morte

Arthure. See Alowe.
A-LOFTE, adv. {A.-S.) On high.

Leve thow nevere that yon light

Hem alofle brynge,

Ne have hem out of helle.

Piers PL, p. 378.

Aloge, V. {A.-S.) To lodge; to

pitch a tent.
I am aloggit, thought he, best, howsoeri*

it goon. Chaucer, ed. Vrry, p. 597.

Alogh, adv. {A.-S.) Below.

Lewed men many tymes
Maistres thei apposen,
■^'liy Adam ne hded noght first
His mouth that eet the appul,
Kather than his likame alogh.

Piers PI., p. 242.

Alogy, 8, (Gr. dXoyia.) An ab-
surdity.
Alomba, 8. Tin. Howell.
Alond, adv. On land.

Ah, the mansing is so ibroded,
Tliah no preost ulonde ncre,
A wrecche neotlieles thu were.

Ovol and Nightingale, 1. 1301.

And taketh his leave, and homeward saileth

hee,
And in au ile, amidde the wilde see, ....
He made his shippe aloud for to sette.

Chaucer, Leg. Good Women, 1. 2164.

Alone, adj. (A.-S.) One ; single.

Now, Jeshu, for thy hu^y name,
Ase 1 ame but man alone,
Than be my helpe to nyght.

Torrent of Portugal, p. 23.

Alonely, 1

ALL-ONELY, I ^^^ ^^_g^ q^^j
ALL-ONE, I
ALONK, J

He made his mone
Within a garden al him one.

Gower, T. 26.
But he hathe lost alle but Grece ; and
that lond he holt alle-onhj.

Maundevile, p. 8.

Vigenius, or Nigenius, was not king,
but alonely Peredurus.

Fabian't Chron., f. 31.

ALO

59

ALS

Alonhj lening to the strong pilor of holy
scripture, agayne the hole college of the
Komaiiistes.

Leland's New Year's Gyfte.
For tlie wyll allniieh/ is deedly synne.
Institution of a Christen Man, p. 111.
■Whereof (oniittin;,' many things), my
muse, alonely suy.

Warner's Albion's England, 1593.

Aloof, adv. Nearer the wind. A
sea term. See Hunter's Disqui-
sition on the Tempest, p. 46.

Along, (I) adv. Slanting. Ox-
fordsh.

(2) prep. Owing to. Var. dial.
It is found in Chaucer.

Aloxge, ». {A.-S.) To long for.
Piers Ploughman, p. 526.

This wortliy Jason sore alongeth
To se the straunnre reijionis.

Gower, MS. Soc. Antiq., f. 147.

Aloxgst, prep. Along; length-
wise. Somerset. It is found in
the Elizabethan writers.

Aloorke, adv. (A form said to be
derived from the /stonrfjc.) Awry;
out of order.

His heed in shappe as by natures worke,
Kot one haire amisse, or lyeth aloorke.
MS. Lansd., 208, f. 4.

Aloryng, «. (A.-N.) A parapet

wall. A form of alure.
Alose, ». (1) (A.-N.aloser.) To

praise; to commend.

These ii. bisshoppes tofore that tyme
were the most alosed bisshoppes among
alle otUere. Rob. Glouc, p. 450, iiote.

(2) {A..S.) To loose; to make
loose.
XhosT, part. p. Lost. A Somer-
setshire word.
When all England is atoste. MS. James.

Alothen, v. (A.-S.) To become

disgusting.

Iscs lion so hot that liit na coleth,
Ne non so liwit tliat hit nc soleth,
Ne nojt so leof that liit ne alotheth,
Ne nojt so glad tliat hit ne awrotheth.
Owl and Nightingale, 1. 1265.

Alough, adv. Below. See Alogh.
Alour, 8. See Alure.

Aloutb, 1 V. (A.-S. alufan.) To
alowte, > bow; to pay obeisance.
ALUTE, J Piers PI., p. 495.

Ho that passeth the bregge,
Hys armes he mot legge.
And to the geaunt alowte.

Lybeaus Discontts, 1. 1254.
That child that was so wiide and wlong.
To me alute lowe.

Retig. Antiq., i, 101.

Alowe, (1) adv. (A.-S.) Low down.

(2) V. To humble.
Alowe, "1 v. (A.-N. allouer.) To
ALLOWE, J praise ; to approve.

Cursyd be he tliat thy werk alowe !

Richard Coer de Lion, 4662.
For he liatlie no knowen congregacion
to reprove hira or allowe him.

Sir T. Mare's Works, p. 524.

Aloyne, V. (A.-N. aloigner.) To

delay.
Aloyse. (1) Alas !

(2) A kind of precious stone.

Book of St. Albans, sig. f, i.
Alpe, s. (1) (A.-S.) A bull.finch.

Ficedula, an alpe. MS. Bodl, 604, f. 31.

There was many a birde sinking,
Thoroughout the yerde all thringing :
In many placis nightingales,
And alpes, and finches, and wodewales.
Rom. of the Rose, 658.

(2) (A.-S. elp.) An elephant.
Alpes-bon, s. (A.-S. e/pen-ban.)

Ivory.
Alphabet, «. The index or list of

contents to a book was formerly

so called.
Alpi, adj. (A.-S.) Single.

A, quod tlie vox, ich wille the telle,
On alpi word ich lie nelle.

Reliq. Antiq., ii, 275.

Alpicke, s. a kind of earth.

Cotgrave, v, Chercee.
Alpurth, 8. A halfpenny-worth.

Monast. Angl., i, 198.
Alre, gen. pi. (A.-S.) Of all.
Bidde we ure lavedi,

Swetest aire thinge.
That lieo ure erende beore
To then heoven kinge.
3IS. Cott., Calig., A. ix, f. 2447°.

Als, (1) conj. (A.-S.) Also; as;
likewise ; in like manner.

ALS

«0

ALY

(2) AV», a contracted form of
all this. Dorset.
Alsatia. a jocular name for the
Wliitefriars, in London, which
was formerly an asylum for in-
solvent debtors, and all such as
had offended against the laws.

Alsaume, 1 , ,,. .,

> adv. Altoffether.

ALSAMR, J °

Alse, (1)*. The name Alice.
(2) adv. (J.-S.) Also.

The fowrtlie pojnit techytli us «/«,
That no mou to liys craft be false.

Const, of Masonry, p. 23.

Alsene, ». {A.-S.) An awl. Elsin
is still used in the North of Eng-
land in the same sense.

Also, (1) covj. (A.-S. alswa.) As.
(2) All save; all but. Midland
Counties.

Alsone, conj. As soon ; imme-
diately.

AUone as that childe y-bome is.
It hath wytt or har i-wys,
And may speken to his dame.

K. AlUaunder, 1. 5024.

AxsTiTE, adv. (A.-S.) Quickly.

Unto the porter speke he thoe,
Sayd, To thi lord myn eriide thou go,
Hasteli and alstite.

Robson's Romances, p. 50.

Alsuithe, conj. (A.-S.) As soon
as ; as quickly as.

Ai.swA, conj. (_A.-S.) Also,

Altamel, s. A verbal or lump
account, without particulars,
such as is commonly produced at
spunging-houses. A slang word.

ALTEMETavE, g. The measuring
of altitudes.

Alterage, *. A fine or tax to the
altar; one of the amends for
offences short of murder.

Alterate. r. (Lat.) To alter; to
change ; part. p. altered.

Altercand, joar^ a. (A.-N.) Con-
tending.

Ai.TERN, adv. Alternately, Milton.

Altham, s. a slang term. In the
Fratemityeof Vacabondes, 1575,

the wife of a " curtail " is said to
be called his altham.

Alther, ffen. pi. of al. Prefixed
to aiijectives. See Alder.

Altricate, v. {Lat.) To contend.

Aludels, 8. (A.-N.) Subliming-
pots without bottoms, which
fitted into each other, without
luting. An alchemical term.

Aluffe, adv. (A.-S.) Aloof; more
nearly to the wind.

Alure, \8. (A.-N.) A gutter or
ai.our, J channel behind the bat-
tlements, which served to carry
off the rain-water; sometimes,
an alley, or passage from one
part of a building to another;
the parapet-wall itself.

Up the ahirs of the castles the laydcs
thaune stode,

And byhuld thy s noble pame, and whyrhe
knyjies were gode. Rot. Glouc, p. 192.
Alisaunder ronieth in his toun,
For to wissen his masons.
The towiis to take, and the torellis,
Vawtes, alouris, and tlie corneris

Kyng Alisaunder, 1. 7210.

Alutation, s. (Lat.) Tanning of
leather.

Alute, v. To bow. See Aloute.

Alvisch, adj. (A.-S.) Elfish ; hav-
ing supernatural power.

Alway, adv. (A.-S.) Always.

Thereby a rhristall strearae did gently play,

Which from a sacred fountaine welled forth
alway. Spenser's Faerie Queene, I, i, 34.

Always, adv. However ; neverthe-
less. North.

Alweldand, \adj. (A.-S. cel-
alwelding, J tcaWa.) All-ruling;
omnipotent.

I prai to grete God alweldand.
That thai have noght the heglier hand.
Ftcaine and Gaunn, 1. 2199.

Alwes, s. pi. Hallows ; saints.

Aly, v. (A.-N.) Go.

Jly! he saide, aly blyvel

Kyn/f Alisaunder, 1. 4370
Alyche, ad/. Alike.
Alye, (1) V. (A.-N.) To mix. See
Alay.
(2) s. Kindred; allies.

ALY

61

AMA

If I myg:ht of myn alye ony ther fynde,
• It wold be grett joye onto me.

Coventry Mystifies, p. 145.

Alyes. (A.-S.) Always.

A-LYGHTELy, adv. Lightly.

Alykenes, s. Similarity.

A-LYKE-WYSE,a(/». In like manner.

Alyn, s. A kind of oil. Skinner.

Aly, ")«. A lent made of canvas.
ALKY, J See Hale.

Alysson, *. (A.-N.) The herb mad-
wort. Said hy Iltiloet to be a cure
for the bite of a mad dog.

Alyz, ad/. A term applied to some
kind of cloth. A " go wn of green
alj/z cloth of gold, with wide
«leeves," occurs in a will of the
date of 1439. 7'est. Vetusi., p. 240.

Am, ;»ro». Them.

Than sal he speke to tliam in his wreth,

And to dreve am sal he in liis breth.

Ps. ii, 5, J/5. Coit., Vesp., D. vii.

Amable, adj. (A.-N.) Lovely-
Amackily, adv. Partly; in some

degree. North.
A-MAD, adj. Mad.

Heo vrendeth bokes un-brad,
Ant maketh men a moneth amad.

Pol. Songs, p. 156.

Amadetto, \s. a kind of pear.
AMADOT, J Skinner.

Amail, ». Mail; armour.

Amaimon.s. In astrology, the name
of a king of the East, one of the
principal devils whose influence
was to be guarded against from
the third hour till noon, and from
the ninth hour till evening.
" The chief whose dominion is
on the north part of the infernal
gulf." Holme.

Amain, adv. (1) With might;
mightily ; plentifully.

He said, and from liis eyes the trickling
teares ran dnwiie amain.

Pkaer's Virgil, p. 300.

(2) Immediately; forthwith; for-
wards. Shakesp.j'i Henry IV,'\v,9,

(3) All at once. A sea term.
Amaister, v. {A.-N.) To teach.

Shropah.

Amaistren, v. (A.-N.) To over-
come ; to be master of.
Ac the Holi Gust is the guode Ipclie thct
amaystreth his ziknesse and chonsrotli
his humours. Jyenhl'.e of limit.

And how I myghte amaistren hem.
And make hem to werche.

Piers PL, p. 129.

Amalgamivg, s. Mixing quick-
silver with any metal. An alche-
mical term.

Amall, s. Enamel. See Amell.

Am AND. (1) ». (Lat.) To send away;
to remove.

Wherefore we ioamand Duke Humplirey's

ftuest.
For their provision truly is o' th' least:
A dog dotii fare mucli better with his bones
Than those whose table, meat, and drink
are stones.

Gayton, Art of Longevity, 1659.
(2) 8. {Fr.) A fine; penalty.
Amandation, s. (Lat.) A message.
Amang, prep. (A.'S.) Among.
North.

The lyejere is amang the men ase the
valse peny amang the guode, ase the
chef amang tlie corn. Ayenbite ofjnirit.

AMANG-HANDs,arft7.(l) Work done
conjointly with other business.
North.

(2) Lands belonging to different
proprietors intermixed. Yorksh.
Amanse, 1 v.{A.-S.amansumian,
AMAUNSE, I to excommunicate.)
amonsi, J To interdict ; excom-
municate; or accurse.
Hii amansede tlio
AUe thulke that rlerkes suche despyte dude

and wo,
Tiiat no man, bote the pope one, hem
asoyley ne mygte.

Bob. of Glouc., p. 464.
With a penyles purs for to pleye,
Lat scho can the pepul amaions.

Relig. Antiq., i, 74.
A-many, adj. Many people.

A-many that I knewe
Knighted in my remembrance, 1 beheld
And all their names were in that Register.
Peek's Honour of the Garter, 1593.
Amar, v. To mar ; trouble.
A-marstled, part, p. Amazed .'
Hupe forth, Hubert, lioscde pye,
Ichot tharl a-marstled into the mawe.
Lyric Poetry, p. 1-11.

AMA

62

AMB

Ahartre, v. To sacrifice ; make a

martyr of.
Amasedxesse, 8. Amazement.
AMASEFULL.arf/. Frightened. Pals-
grave.
A-MASKED, adj. To go a-masked,
to wander or be bewildered.
Wiltsh.
Amate, v. {A.-N.) To daunt ; to

dismay.
Upon the walls, the pagrans, old and young,
Stood hush'd and still, nma/fii and amazM.
Fairfax's Tasio, p. 248.
Here the townsmen are atnated.
That their spire should be translated
Unto Pauls ; and great's their labour,
How to purchase so much paper
To enwrap it, as is fittius,
To secure their spire from spli'tinsr.

Drunken Bamaby.

Amatorculist, 8. (from the Lat.)

A wretched lover or galant.
Amatyste, «. Amethyst. Minshen
gives this form of the word, and it
occasionally occurs in other writ-
ers. Rider has the form amates.
Amawst, adv. Almost. West.
Amate, r. {A.-N. esmayer.) To
dismay.
Pors weneth that y am amaied.
For his gwinris me han bytraied.

K. Ailsaunier, 1, 7243.

Ambage, 8. {Lat. ambages), pi. am-
bagies. Circumlocution. It is used
as a verb, apparently meaning to
travel round, in the Morte d' Ar-
thur, i, 135.

Epigramma, in which evcrr mery con-
ceited man might, without any long
stndie or tedious ambage, make liis
Trtnd sport, and anger his foe, and give
a prettie nip, or shew a sharpe conceit
in a few verses.

Puttenham, Art ofPoesie, 1. i, ch. 27.

We have now heard much of the abuses
reigning in Aligna ; hut now setting
aparte the ambagies, and superfluous
vagaries, I pray you describe, &c.

Slttbbes's Anatomy of Abuses, p. 43.

Ambagious, adj. Tedious ; wan-
dering from the purpose.
Ambassade,

ambassage,

am bass ate,

111 VI

•A

i, J

«. {A.-N.) An em-
bassy.

Ambassador, s. A game formerly
played by sailors to duck a lands-
man. "A large tub is filled with
water, and two stools placed on
each side of it ; over the whole is
thrown a tarpaulin, or old sail;
this is kept tight by two persons,
who are to represent the king
and queen of a foreign country,
and are seated on the stools.
The person intended to be ducked
plays the ambassador, and after
repeating a ridiculous speech dic-
tated to him, is led in great form
up to the tlirone, and seated
between the king and queen, who
rising suddenly as soon as he is
seated, he falls backward into the
tub of water." Grose.

Ambassatrie, 8. {A.-N.) An em-
bassy.

Amber, v. To scent with amber-
gris. See Ambergrise.

Amber-cawdle, s. A preparation
of ambergrease, of an aphrodisiac
character. See Ambergrise.

Yon may talk of your amber-cavdles,
chocolate, and jelly -broths, but they are
nothing comparable to youth and
beauty ; a younz woman is the only
provocative tor old Rfce, I say.

Ravenscroft, Ixmdon Cuckoldt.

Amber-days, «. The ember days.

Ambergrise, "1 ». {Fr. amber

AMBERGREASE, J ^ri>,literallygrey
amber, from its colour and per-
fume.) This substance was for-
merly much used in wines, sauces,
and perfumes. It was consi-
dered also as an aphrodisiac. It
was sometimes called merely
amber.

'Tis well, be sure

The wines be lusty, high, and full of spirit,

And amber'd all.

B. andFl., Cust. of Country, iii, 2.

I had clean forgot ; we must have amier-
ffrise.

Tile greyest can be found. O. PI., vii, 167.

Milton has inverted the word :
— Meats of noblest sort, &c.,
Oru-amber stcam'd. Par. Beg., ii, 841.

AMB

63

AME

Ambes-as, "1 s. (J.-N.) The low-

AMES-ACE, Jest throw on the

dice ; two aces ; figuratively, bad

luck.
Ju'ias tlie emperour with strong power

ynowj.
Two ^er aftur tlie bataile, to Engelond

ajeyn drew.
And tlioujte sle al that folk, and wynne

tliis kyiidom,
Ac he cast therof <z)ni«-<u tho he to londe

com. Sob. Gloiic, p. 51.

I had rather be in this choice, tlian
throw ames-ace for my life.

Shakesp., Mi's Well, ii, 6.

Ambidexter, s. (Lat.) A kind of
Vicar of Bray. "That juror that
taketh of both parties for the
giving of his verdict." Cowell.

Ambigu, *. {Fr.) An entertainment
in which all dishes are mixed to-
gether, instead of regular courses.

Ambilogv, s. (^Lat.) An equivocal
expression.

Ambitionate, ad/. Ainbitious. This
word is given by Minsheu, in his
Guide into Tongues, 1627.

Ambitude, s. {Lat.) The circum-
ference.

Xmblere, s.{ J. -N. ambleure.) An
amble.

Ambolife, adj. Oblique.

And take gode kepe of this chapiter of
arisinge ol celestiall bodyes, for ther
trustetli wel that neither mone neither
sterre in our ambolife orizont.

Chaucer, ed. Irry, p. 445.

Ambrose, «. {Lat.) Wild sage.

^''mry^' 1 *-(^-^-)(l)Acup.
alme4y, ^ J^oard, a pantry; any

AUMBRY, I P'T '" T^'^^ "^-

tuals are kept.

AUMERY, J ^

Some slovens from sleeping no sooner
be up,

But hand is in aumbrie, and nose in the cnp.
Tiisser, 1573.
By that time he came thither, he had
but three ofhislierringrsleft; for.bythe
ivay, he fell into tlii; thievish hands of
malcontents and of lauce-kni^hts, by
whom he was not only robbed of all liis
money, but was fain to redeem his life
beside with the better part of his amiry
«f baruished tishes.

NiuheU Lenten Sl^ffe.

(2) The almonry was sometimes
so called, the alms being kept in
an ambry.

The place wherein this chapel and
alms-house stand>rth was called the
Elemosinary, or almonry, now corruptly
the ambry, for that the alms of the
Abbey were there distributed to the
poor; and therein Islip, abbot of West-
minster, erected the first press of book-
printing that ever was in England,
about the year of Christ l-tTl.

SloKe's Surceij of London.
Ambui.er, g. {A.-N.) An ambling

horse ; an ambler.
Ambury s. {A.-S. ampre,a swollen
vein.) A disease in horses' legs.
Skinner. See Anberry.
Ambuscado, ». {Span.) An ambus-
cade.
Ambusion, 8. An abuse.
Ambust, adj. {Lat.) Burnt.
Ambynowre, *. An almoner. MS.

of Ibthcent.
Ame, \{\) v.{A.-N. aemer, aes-
aime, J »ner, which represented
the Lat. eesfimo.) To guess; to
think ; to tell.
Of men of armes bold the nurabre thei ame,
A thousand and tuo hundred told of Cristen
men bi name. Peter Latigtoft, p. 238.
No mon upon mold mijt ayme the noumber,
Al that real arav reken schold men never.
^'ill. and the Werwolf, p. 58.
Yes, wyth good handelyng, as I ayme,
Even by and by, ye shall her reclaynie.

Commune Secretary and Jalovcsye.
(2) 8. {A.-S, (E]pm, breath, va-
pour.) The spirit; breath.
Elin that giern it soclite.
And til ur note nu liavis it brohte,
Seo delte it wislic als seo wdde.
That allc this werde it is fultilde
Of the ame, and of the smelle;
I'orthi eg gode thar of to telle.

Edinburgh MS. quoted by Boucher.
Amee, *. {A.-N.) The herb ameos.

Gerard.
Ameked, part. p. Pacified; lite-

rally, made meek.
Amel, *. {A.-N.) Enamel.
Heav'ns richest diamonds, set in amel
white. Fletch., Purple IH., x, 33.

The ammell is so faire and fresh of hew.
As to this day it seemeth to be new.

An ouldfacioned love, by J. T., 169^

AME

«4

AME

He seems a full student, for be is a
great desirer of controversies ; he argues
sharply, and cairies liis conclusion in his
scalibiird, in the first refining of man-
kind tins was the gold, his actions are
his amniH, his allay (lor else you cannot
work him perfectly), continual duties,
lieavv and weary marches, lodgings
as full of need as cold diseases.

Overbury'i Characters.

Jfeuer mine eies in pleasant Spring behold

The azure flax, the c'lden marigold.

The violet's purple, the sweet rose's

stammi-ll.
The lillie's snowe, and pansey's various

ammelt. Sylvester's Du Bartas.

Amel-corn, s. {A.-S.) a kind of
corn, " of a middle size betwixt
wheat and bailie, unlike alto>
gether unto winter wheat whereof
we last spake, but of a sort and
faeultie like unto spelt." Mark-
ham's Countrey Farme, 1616.
Gerard calls it the starch-corn, a
species of spelt.

AMELL.^rep. Between ; as " ameU
one and two o'clock." Boucher
gives the phrase amell-duirs,
which signifies the passage be-
tween two doors in a Cumber-
land farm-house, built according
to the old style.

Amelyd, part. p. Enamelled.

Amenage, v. {A.-N.) To manage;
to direct by force. Spenser.

Amenance, s. {A.-N.) Behaviour;
courtesy.

Soone after did the brethren three advance.
In brave aray, and goodly amenance.

Spenser, F, Q., IV, iii, 5.

And with grave speech and grateful

amenance
Himself, his state, Uis spouse, to them

commended.

fUtehtr's furp. Is., xi, 9.

AMKNDABt.E, a(^. (perhaps for ame-
nakle.) Pleasant.

Am^nden, adv. A sort of oath,
equivalent to a plague, or a more
gross word now disused. "Where
amenden ar yeaw a goen?" A
Suffolk word.

Amendment, «. Dutig or compost

laid on land. Kent.
Amends, *. (A.-N.) An addition
put into the scaleof a balance, to
make just weight.
Amene, adj. {Lat. amtenus.) Plea-
sant; consenting.
Amenne, V. To amend.

As we be wont, erbnrowe we crave.
Your life to amenne Christ it save.

Som. oj tht Rust, 7496.

Amense, s. Amends. Skelton.
Ament.s. {Lat. amentum.) A thong;

a string. This word occurs in

Cockeram's English Dictionarie,

1639.
Amenuse, v. {A.-N. amenuser.)

To diminish.
The fame amenuse of so noble a knight.

Bochas, f. 29.
His mercy is surmountin^f of foyson,
Ever enereaseth without amenusing.

/*.,f. 67.

Ameos,». (A.-N.) Theherbbishop's-

weed.
Ameral. See Admiral.
Amerawd, s. An emerald.
Amerawdes, s. The hemorrhoids.
Amerce, \ v. {A.-N. amercier.)
AMERCY, J To punish with a pe-
cuniary penalty ; to inflict a fine
or forfeiture ; to punish, in gene-
ral.
And thou'.'h ye mowe amerey hem,
Lat mercy be taxour. Fiers PI., p. 119.

But I'll amerce you with so strong a fine,
Tliat you shall all repent.

Romeo and Juliet, iii, 3.

Amerciament, s. {A.-N.) An
arbitrary mulct.

To the archbishop belonged the amercia-
meut of bloudshed, from such tyme as
they oease to say alleluja ;it the church
service, till the octaves of Easter.

Lambarde's Peramb. of Kent.

AiSERv:,adv.(A.N. ameir.) Fiercely.
Dariadas, Daries brother,
lie hadde y-slawe on and otliir.
Tauryn and Hardas he slowe with spere.
Willi sweord ryden he dud amere!
In this strong fyghtyug cas,
He mette with Dalmadas.

Kyng ^Usuunder, 4127-

AME

65

AMI

Amereli.e, s. {A.-N.) An umhrella.
Amerre, '\v.{A.-S.amyrran,amer-
AMERE, J raw, to mar.) To mar;
to spoil ; to destroy.
Tlie wif liad tlie tale i-lierd
Ami tlioughte well lo ben amered;
And saide, " Sire, thou liast outrage
To leve a pie in a kage !"

Stuyn Sages, 1. 2266.

He ran with a iVawe swerde

To hys raamentrye,
And all Iiys goddys ther he amerrede,

With greet en\ye. Octorian, 1. 1307.

Amers, s. Embers. Yorish.
Amervaile,v. (A.'N.) To marvel;
to be surprised.

By meane whereof, the kynge's death
was blowen into the citye, and after
unto the eares of Cliilpericus, whereof
he was not amenayUd, nor wolde to it
geve ferme credence. Trevisa, i. 97.

Ames-ace. See Ambes-as.
Amese, v. {A.-N.) To calm. "Amese

you," calm yourself. Townley

Myst., p. 194.
Amesse, s. The amice.
Amet, *. (A.-S.) An ant.

So thycke hii come, that the lond over al

hii gonne fuUe,
As thvcke as ameten crepeth in an amete

hulie. Bob. Glouc, p. 296.

Amethodical, adj. {Gr.) Without
method; irregular

Ametised, part. p. Destroyed.
Siinner.

Ameve, v. (A.-S.) T.0 move.

Amfractuous, adj. (Lat.) Full of
turnings.

Amias. The city of Amiens.

Amice, "| s. (A.-N.) One of the
AMITE, [sacerdotal vestments ; a
AMMTs, [piece of fine linen, of an
AMMASjJ oblong square form,
which was formerly worn on the
head until the priest arrived be-
fore the altar, and then thrown
back upon the shoulders.

' [adv. Amidst.

AMYDDIS, J

Amydon, 8. Fine wheat-flower
steeped in water; tlien strained,
and let stand until it settle at

the bottom ; then drained of the
water, and dried at the sun ; used
for bread, or in broth, it is very
nourishing ; also, starch made of
wheat.
Amidwaro, adv. (A.-S.) In the
midst.

And amydward the place
He mette with Nycolas.

Kyng Alisamider, 1. 967.

Amil, 8. Starch.

Of wheate is made amyl, the making

whereof Cato and Dioscorides teachetli.

Googe's Uusbandrie, 1568.

Amileo, part. p. (A.-N.) Ena-
melled.

Amillier, *. (A.-N.) An almond-
tree.

The hriddes in blossoms thei beeren wel

londe
On olyvcs, and amylliers, and al kynde cf

trees.
The popejayes perken, and pruynen for

proude,
On peren and pynappe! they joyken in

pees. Fistill of Susan, St. 7.

Aminish, v. (A.-N.) To diminish.
Amire, v. (A.-N.) To assist; to

remedy. Chaucer.
Amis, v. (A.-N.) To miss; to fail.

Chaucer.
Amisse, g. A fault. '
1 wretch, too late, do sorrow my amis.
Six Old Phifs, p. 17.
Yet love, thou'rt blinder than tlivself iu

this,
To vex my dove-like friend for my amiss.

Donne, Eleg., xiv, 29.
He told the erring their amisse, and taught
them to amend.

Warner's Albion's England, 1592.

Amission, s. (Lat.) Loss.
Am IT, (1) See Amice.

(2) V. To admit.

(3) V. (Lat.) To lose.
Amitte, v. (A.-N.) To set one's self

to a thing.
Amiture, s. (A.-N.) Friendship.
Thow, he saide, traytonr,
Yusturday thow come in amiture,
Y-armed so on of myne,
Me byhynde at my cliyne
Smotest me with thy spere.

Kyng Aiisaunder, 3675

AMM

««

AMP

Ammat, « A luncheon, h est.
Ammis. See Amice.
Amner, s. An almoner.
Amxicolist, s. (Lat.) One who

dwells on the hanks of a river.
Amnigenous, adj. {Lat.) Gene-
rated in rivers.
Amod, adv. Amid. Langtoft.
Amond, «. (Fr.) An almond. Min-

sheu.
Amoneste, "1 ». {A.-N. amones-
AMMONESTE, J ter.) To admonish.
Amonestement, «. {A.' A'.) Advice ;

admonition.
Amonge, arfr. (y/.-5.) Amidst; at
intervals. Ever amonge, from
time to time, ever at inter\'als.
Amonsi. See Amanse.
Amoost, adv. Almost. West.
Amorge, "Xadv. {A.-S.) On the
amorege, j morrow. See y/morwe.
Amorayle. See Admiral.
Amorette, «. {A.-N.) (1) A love
affair.

(2) A love-motto .>
I'or not i-cladde in silke was he,
But all in flouris and flonrettes,
I'paintid all with amoretles.

Bom. of the Rose, 8QZ.

Ahorist, s. An amorous person ;

a lover.
0 fie! you look not like an amorist; ihnt
face would fright lier.

Carlell's Passionate Lovers, 1655.
Consume your timorous cringing amorists,
that would possess their hcav'n, but dare
not bleed for't.

Dutfey, Madam FicMe, 1676.

Amoroso, s. {Hal.) A lover.

JCo-body many times maketh the good
man cnckhold, for though his wives
amoroso have beene at home all day,
yet if hee aske who hath beene there,
she answereth suddenly, nobody, who
should be here, I say againe, sweete
hart, nobody.
Rich Cabinet furnished icilh Varietie
of Excellent Discriptions, 1616.

Amort, atfr. {Fr.) Dejected; dead.

See Alamort.
Amortise, v. {A.-N.) (1 ) To amor-

tise; to give property in mort-

mtin. Piers PL

(2) To kill, or deaden.
But for als moche as the goode werkes
that men don whil thay ben in good lif
ben amortised by synne fohvyng, and
eek sith that alle the goode werkes that
men doon whiltliayben in dcdly synne,
been outrely deede as for to have the lif
perdurable. Chaucer, jfersones T.

Amortisement, *. The act of com-
mitting lands to mortmain. A
longer explanation is given by
Skinner, in his Etymologicon,
1671.

Amorwe, "I „^^. (^..5.) On the

AMOREWE, I ^ ' . .. _

' > morrow ; in the

AMORGE, ( '

morning.

AMORWEN.J °

Wei jerne he wille the bidde and praie.
That thou come amoretee and plaie.

I'lorice and Blancheflonr.

And thai thai ser>'ed him never so faire,

Amorwen sohold another pair. lb.

So suart so eni crowe amorwe is fot was.

Rob. Gloiic, p. 490.

Amounte, (1) V. {A.'N,) To
amount to; to be.
I/jrdyngs, quod he, ther is fnl many
a nia'n that crieth werre, werre, that
wot ful litel what werre amottnteth.

Cltattcer, T. of itelibetts.

{2) part. p. Smeared, An error
of the scribe for anointe.

And I will goe gaither slyche,

The shippe for to caulke and pyche;

Jmounte yt mnste be with sticlie,

Borde, tree, and pynne.

'Chester Plays, i, 47.

Amountment, ». Reckoning.
Amour,
amo

aR, 1

JURE, >,
)WRE, J

Love ; a

s. {A.-N.)
. love affair.

AMOWRE,

He luked up unto the toure,
And merily sang he of amowre.

Senjn Saffes, 2962.

Amove, v. To move ; to move
away from.

Amper, s. {A-S. ampre, a swollen
vein.) An inflamed swelling.
East. A rising scab or sore,
also a vein swelled with cor-
rupted blood. Essex. A fault, a
defect, a flaw ; a fault or flaw in
linen or woollen cloth. In
Somersetshire, a person covered

AMP

67

AKA

with pimples is said to be ampery.
Theword is applied in the Eastern
Counties to signify weak, or un-
healthy; in Sussex, to cheese
beginning to decay ; and some-
times to decayed teeth. An
ampre-ang, a decayed tooth.

Amphibological, adj. (Gr.) Am-
biguous.

Amphibologie, s. (Gr.) Ambi-
guous language. Chaucer.

Ample, (l) v. (supposed to be cor-
rupted from amble.) To go.
Yorksh.

(2) adj. (Lat.) Liberal ; generous.
Shak.

(3) 8. {A.-N.) An ampulla, or
vessel for ointment. SeeAmpulle.
The fifth piiwn, that is set before the
queen, sigiafieth the physician, spicer,
and apothecary, and is formed in tlie
figure of a man ; and he is set in the
chair as a master, and holdeth in his
right hand a book ; and an ample, or a
box witli ointment, in his left iiand ; and
at his girdle his instrumeuts of iron and
of silver, for to make incisions, and to
search wounds and hurts, and to cut
apostumes. Caxton, Game of Chesse.

Amplect, v. (Lat.) To embrace.

Ampliate, v. (Lat.) To amplify.

Ampoly. See Ampulle.

Ampot, 8. A hamper. Shropsk.

Amprey, adj. (A.-S.) Faulty ; de-
fective ; spoiled ; decayed, applied
to cheese, &c. Kent. Sussex. See
Amper.

Ampte, s. {A.-S. mmette.) An
ant.

Ampulle, "j *. (A.-N.) A small
AMPOLY, > vessel for holding oint-
ample, J meat, holy-water, &c.

X bolle and a bagge

He bar by his s>de,

Au hundred of ampalles

On his liat seten. Piers PL, p. 109.

Amsel, s. a blackbird. Var. dial.
Amseuey, s. (a corrupt form.) A

consistory court.
Amty, \adj.{A.-S.cemH,(Bmtiff.)

ampty, /Empty.
Jmli/ place he made aboute, and folc fleii
hym taste. Bob. Gluuc, p. 17-

Amurce, s. (Lat. amurca.) Dregs

or lees of oil.
Amurcosity, s. The quality of

having lees.
Amuse, v. To amuse, according
to the cant dictionaries, is to
fling dust or snuff into the eyes of
the person intended to be robbed.
Amwast, adv. Almost. Northampt.
Amwoast, adv. Almost. Wilts.
Amy, s. (A.-N.) in the feminine
amye, amie, ameye. One beloved ;
a lover, or a mistiess ; a friend.
He roidud the chaumbre of many uchon.
For he saide, in that nyght, Ammou
Scliolde come to theo lady,
And beon hire leof amy.

K. Alisanndtr, 1. 520.
He askid what hire greved so ?
Scheo saide heo was ameye
To Ammon the god of pleve.

'lb., 1. 376.

An, (1) ». To have. Lane.

Well Mr Cunstable, sed Justice, Whot
an ye brought me neaw? Tim Bobbin.

(2)». (A.-S., from innan,to dwell.)

A dwelling; a house.
Nou beth therinne that riche toure
Four and twenty maidenes boure,
So wele were that ilke man.
That mijte wouuen in that an.

Flor. and Blanchf.

(3) One. North.

(4) A. See A.

(b) prep. (A.-S.) On.

' (6) conj. Than. North and East.
It is found in the Cursor Mundi,
a poem written in a very broad
Northern dialect; but there it
has the form and,
(7) If.
(.8) And.

(9) Of. Northampt. "I yerd
nothing an it," I heard nothing
of it.

An.' What.' Whether? Devon.

Anack, s. a provincial name for
some kind of fine oaten bread.
Also with this small meale, oatemeale, is
made iu divers countries sixe Beverall
kiiides of very good and wholesome
bread, every one finer then other, as
voiir anacks', janacks, and such like.

Mdrkham't Engliih Hotue-vi/e, 1619, p. 24a

ANA

«9

ANB

Anadem, «. (Gr.) A chaplet; a
garland.

Upon this joyfall day, some dainty chaplets

twiue :
Some others chosen out, with fingers neat

and tine,
Brave atiadevu doe make : some bauldricks

up do bind :
Some, garlands : and to some, the nosegaies

were assign'd.

Drayton's PolyoVnon, long 15.

Anadesm, *. (Gr.) A band to tie
up wounds. Minsheu.

Anagnostian, s. {Gr.) "A curate
that serveth onely to reade,
or a Clarke or scolier that read-
eth to a writer or his master."
Minsheu.

Anagogical, adj. {Gr.) Pertain-
ing to the Scriptures. This word
is given by Minsheu, in his Guide
into Tongues, 1627.

Anairmit, at//. Armed. Gawayne.

Analem, s. (Gr.) An instrument
for finding the course and eleva-
tion of the sun. Minsheu.

An-all, adv. Also.

Anameld, ad/. Enamelled.

Anamet, «. A luncheon. Hamps.

Anamorphosis,*. (Gr.) A change
of form.

Anamourd, adj. Enamoured.
— MSS. of Uth and \hth
cent.

Anan, ado. (1) How.> What did
you say ? It has been observed
thatmtef unnan, in Anglo-Saxon,
means " with permission " and
unnan is, to yield as a favour;
so that anan (more properly
annan) seems to be an elliptic
expression, like the French
" Plait-il /" meaning " may I ask
the favour of your saying it
again ?"

(2) A corruption of anon, imme-
diately.

Ananger, v. To incense.

And when the eraperoure harde tliis,
he was greatly amoved, and sore «n-
aagered. VirgiliM, ed. Thomt, p. 13.

AnANTRES, ^ t /r

adv. (from on or

ANAUNTERS, . ^ , ,

in, and adven-

ANAUNTRINS, I . x ,

L tnres.) In case

ANANTER, f.. » ^ , .. ., .,

' I that; lest that;

ENANTER, r j .

if; perad venture.

INANTER, J ' *^

Anger iiould let him speak to the tree,
Enaunter his raiie niiglit cooled be.

Spenser's Shepherd's Calendar.
For longe durst he nut abyde,
Itiaunter if men well seyne,
That he his sister hath lorleyne.

Gower de Conf. jm., f. 48.

Anapes, a. Cloth ; apparently some
fine kind of fustian, which word
is usually joined with it.
His doolilet sleevez of black woorsted ;
upon them a payr ot poviiels of taniiy
cliumblet, laced along the wreast wyth
blu threeden points; a wealt toward the
liand of fustian anapes.

Laneham's Account of the Queen's Enter-
tainment at KillingKorth Castle.
Vestis heteromalla lanea, crepd/xoAAo?
€(r^. De tripe, de chamois velout6.
A garment of fustion anapes, of vellure,
of tuft mockado. Nomenclator, 1585.

Anarwe, v. (A.-S.) To narrow,
or constrain ; to render timid.

He makith heom wavwith scharpelaunce.
Thy men ananoith tLy continaunce.

Kyug Alisaunder, 1. 3344S.

Anathematism, s. {Gr.) A curse.

In tlie primitive church though in their
councils they were not backward to pass
anatheniatisms on everything that they
judged heresies, &c.
Surtiefs Hist, of Reformation, fol., p. 23.

Anatomy, *. A skeleton.

Anauntrins, adv. Perhaps ; if so
be. North. See Anantres.

Anberry, Is. {A.-S. ampre.) (1)
ANBURY, J A disease in turnips.
It is a large excrescence, which,
forming itself below the apple of
the turnip, grows sometimes to
the size of both the bands; and, as
soon as the hard weather sets in,
or it is, by its own nature,
brought to maturity, it becomes
putrid, and smells very offen-
sively.

(2) Akindof spongy wart, full of
blood, growing upon any part of
a horse's body.

A.XB

69

AKC

Anblere, ». (for amblere.) An
ambling nag.

Tlie nieyr stod, as ye may here.
And saw liyni come ride up anbltre.

Launfal, 92.

Anby, adv. Some time hence ; in

the evening. Somerset.
Ancar, ». A hermit. See Anchor.
Anceande, adv. Anciently.
For men may oppen and se tlini»li this kay,
Wat lias been anceande, and sail be aye.

Clatis Scientie, p. 3.

Ancessour, s. An ancestor.
Anchaisun, *. {A.-N.) Reason ;

cause. See Encheson.
Anchanteor, s. An enchanter.
Anchilatiox, s. Frustration.
Anchor, (1) s. An abbreviation of

anchoret, a hermit.
To desperation turn my trust and hope,
An anchor's cheer in prison be my scope.
Shakesp., Haml., in, 2.

Sit seven yearcs pining in an anchor's
cheyre. Hall, Sat., b. iv, s. 2.

(2) ». A Dutch liquid measure,
or cask, often used by smugglers
to carry their brandy on horse-
back. See the notes of the com-
mentators on Merry Wives of
Windsor, i, 3. See Anker.

(3) V. To hold like an anchor.

(4) 8. The chape of a buckle.
North. It is also in use in Glou-
cestersh.

Anchor-frost, ». Ice found far
below the surface of the water in
a running stream. Leicest.

Anchobidge, 8. The porch of a
church, particularly tliat belong-
ing to the cathedral of Durham.

Anchuse, «. {Lat.) The name of a
plant ; ox-tongue.

Ancian, adj. Aged.

Ancient, \s. (1) {A.-N. ancien,

auncient, J ancient.) An elder.

(2) {Fr. ensiffne, an ensign, or

banner.) The flag or ensign of a

regiment or of a ship.

I am appointed to figlit against a snail,
Aud Wilkin Wren the ancient shall beare.
UaKkins's 0. I'., i, 201.

Ten times more dishononrably ragged
than an old fac'd ancient.

1 Henry If, iv, 3.

Full of holes, like a shot ancient.

The Puritan, i, 2.

It was a spectacle extremely delightful
to behold the jacks, the pendants, and
the ancients sporting in the wind.

Don Quixote, ed. 1687, p. 569.

(3) The standard-bearer.
Please vour grace, my ancient;
A man )xe is of honesty and trust.

Othello, i, 9.

'Tis one lago, ancient to the general.
/*., u, 4.

Ancienty, Is. Antiquity. In
auncienty, J writers of the 16th
century.
Ancille, s. (ia/.) A maid-servant.

So fortunate, that I myhte of rihte
Do trcwe servyce, as ancille ever in sihte.
Lydt/ate's Minor I'oems, p. 37.

Ancle-bone, s. A name given by
sailors to the prickly lobster.
Kennett.

Ancle-jacks, 5. Pieces of leather
put round the ancle a little above
the shoe, tying in front. Norfolk.
In Derbyshire this name is ap-
plied to a rough sort of shoes
which tie above the ancle.

Anglers, «. Ancles. Shropsh.

Anclet, *. (1) The ancle. North.
(2) A gaiter.

Ancliff, 8. The ancle. North.

Anclowe, 8. (A.-S. ancleow.) The
ancle.

Ancome, 1 8. (A.-S.) A small ul-
ONcoME, V cerous swelling, form-
UNCOME, J ed unexpectedly. See
Uncome.

I have seen a little prick no bigger than
a pin's he;id, swelling bigger and bigger,
till it came to an ancome. 0. P., iv, 238.

Ancony, 8. A term in the iron
works for a bloom, wrought into
the figure of a flat iron bar,
about three feet in length, with
a square rough knob on eadh end.
Kennett. la Staffordshire one

ANC

of these knobs is called the an-
cony-end, the other the mocket-
head.
Ancre, 8. (A.-N.) An anchor.

AnCRESSE, 1 (^_^^ ^ fg^jlg

ANCREs, ^anchoret or hermit.

ANCHRES, J

And asking wliy slie must be kept a slave,
Or liow she liatli deserv'd so strict a doome,
To be so young put in her marble grave,
(For whais a prison, but a living toombe?)
Or forwliat cause she may no husband liave,
But live an ancresse in so strict a roome,
Knowing herselfe a piincesse ripe and

fit,
Wrougd (as she thinkes) not to be
married yet.

Great Britaines Troye, 1609.

Ancyle, s. a kind of javelin or
dart, or the leather thong with
which it is thrown. Phillips.

And, conj. If.

Ani- aw, conf. And all; as well;
likewise. North. Somerset.

Wi' crackin, and jnokin, and braggin,
And fratchin, and feightin and aw ;

Sec glorious fun and divarsion
Was ne'er seen in castle or haw."
Anderson's Cumberland BaHadt, p. 91.

Ande, s. (said to he derived from
the Danish.) Breath. See Aande.

Thai rested than a litel stound,
I'or to tak thair ande tham till.

Ywaine and Gatcin, 3555.

Andelono, adv. (A.-S.) Length-
ways.

Andersmas, s. The mass or festi-
val of St. Andrew. Ybrish.

Andrrsmeat, s. An afternoon's
luncheon.

Andesith, adv. {A.-S.) Previ-
ousl}\

Andirons, I s. (A.-S.) The or-

AUNDiRONS, >namental irons on

aundeirys, J each side of the

hearth in old houses, which were

accompanied with small rests for

the ends of the logs.

Andulees, ». (Fr. andouilles.)
Puddings made of hog's guts and

. spice.

Anocr, conj. {Dan.) Either.

70 ANE

Anders,
ANDYRS, \,pron. (A.-S.) Other.
enders.

:!■

As I me went this andj/rs day,
Fast on my way makvng my raone,

In a mery mornyng of May,
Be Huntley bankes nwself alone.

Ballad of True Thomat.

Ane, (1) s. {A.-S.) The beard of
corn. See Aane.
Flaxen wheate hath a yelow eare and
bare without anys. Polard whete liatli
no anis. White whete hath ant/s. Red
wheate hath a flat eare ful of anis.
English wheate liath few any or none.
ntzherherCs Uushandry, t. 20.

(2) adj. {A.-S.) One.

That es made als a quarner stane.
For to make tuin folk is aue.

Cursor Mundi, MS.

Cokwold no man I W7II repreve.

For I ame ane, and aske no leve.

For all my rent and londys.

Cotwold's Daunce.

(3) adv. Alone. " Bi hyme ane,"
by himself alone.

(4) A.

Alas! thou seli Fraunce, for the may

thunche shonie.
That ane fewe fullaris maketh ou so tome.
Political Songs, p. 194.

(5) adj. Own. North.

(6) V. To aim at. Somerset.

(7) prep. On.

(8) V. To dwell. MS. of 15/A
cent.

AvEAOvsT, prep. Near to; almost.

Heref.
Anear, (l)^rep. Near. Somerset,

(2) V. {A.-S.) To approach.
Anearst, \prep. {A.-S.) Near.

ANEAST, J Exmoor.
Aneatb, prep. Beneath. North.
Anebak, adv. Aback. Gawayne.
Anede, part. p. of anne, to unite.

United ; made one.
Anedel, *. {A.-S.) One part.

Tlo he the stcde was opon,
He gave anedel of his fon.

Jrlliour and Merlin, 1. 4023.

Ane-end, 1 adv. {A.-S.) On one
ANiND, l^end ; upriglit; rearing
AMNEND, J applied to afour-footed

ANE

n

AME

animal ; perpetually, evermore, in
Cheshire. Aneend is used simply
for on end, in Northampt.
Anehede, s. {A.-S.) Unity.
. Anelace, "] s. {Med. Lai. ane-
ANLACE, > lacius.) A kind of
ANLAS, J knife or dagger, worn
at the girdle.
An anlas and a gipser al of silk
Heng at his gerdul, wliit as niorne mylk.
Chaucer, Cant. T.,?,h^.

Anelave, V. To gape.
Anele, 1 V. {A.-S. an and ele,
enele, y oil.) To anoint, or give
anoyle, J extreme unction.
Cristendora, and bissclioppynge,
Peiiauns, and eke spousinge,
Codes body ine forme of bred,
Ordre, and aneliiiiffe,

Tlies scvene
Hetli lioli c}ierclie sacremens,
Tliat beth tokcnen of hevene.

iniliam de Shoreham.
So when he was houseled and aneled,
and had all t)iat a Christian man ought
to liave. Mart d' Arthur, p. iii, c. 175.
The extreme unction or arulynge, and
confirmacion, lie sayed be no sacra-
ments of the churcli.

Sir Thos. Mare's Works, p. 345.
The byshop sendeth it to the curates>
because they sliould therwith antioynt
t)ie si(-k, iu the sacrament oi anoylmq.
Ih., p.431.
Also cliildren were christen'd, and men
liouseld and anuoylfd thorou<;li all the
land. Holinsh., vol. ii, u. 6.

(2) {AS. arKslan.) To temper
in the fire.

(3) {A.-S. neal(Bcean.) To ap-
proach.

Bothe w^th bullez and berez, and borez

otlierquyle.
And etaynez.that hym aneUde, of the he^e

felle. Stjr Guicayne, p. 28.

Anelixg, g. (1) One that brings
forth one young at a time.
Their ewes also are so full of increase,
that some dos usuallie bring foorth two,
three, or foure lambes at once, whereby
they account our unelings, which we
Bucii as bring foorth but one at once,
rather barren than to be kept for anie
gaine. Harrison's Detc. of Brit., p. 42.

(2) The sacrament of anointing.
See Aneh (1).

Anely,! a<^*. {A.-S. anlic, anlic.)
AXLY, J Alone ; solitary. Ane-
lynes, solitariness.

Anemas, 1 conj. (supposed to be
anemis, J derived from the Scan-
dinavian dialects.) Lest; for fear;
as, " shut that window anemas
it should rain ;" " spar the door
anemis he come," shut the door
lest he come in. Norfolk. It
appears to be now obsolete.

An-end, adv. Onwards ; towards
the end ; " to go an-end," to go
forward ; " to go right an-end,"
i. e., to go straight forward.

Anens, «. Chains or fetters.

Now er his anens wrouht of silvere wele

over gilt ;
Davet that therof rouht, liis was alle the

gUt. Peter Lanytoft, p. X67.

Anempst, '^ prep. Against ; over

anenst, I against ; opposite to.

ANENT, y (In a secondary sense)

ANENTis, I concerning ; with re-

ANENDS, J spect to. In the MS.

Household Book of Henry Lord

Clifford, 1510, there is mention

made of an action " anends the

dean of York."

And wee humbly beseech your higlines
wee may knowe your Graces pleasure
liowe wee shall order ourselves anempst
your graces sayd cytie and castell, for
our discharge. Slate Papers, ii, 204.

And right anenst him a dog snarling-rr.

B. Jon., Alchem., act ii.

The king shall sitt anempst hyra, face to
face, in a chair prepared as to his
high estate accordetli.

Rutland Papers, p. 14.

As it was borne towards the place,
when the bearers came aneynst the-
sepulchre of her husband, king Malcolm,
they were not able to remove the re-
lykes any further.
Uolinshed, Hist, of Scot. ; Alexander, 287.

Foure times the brazen horse, entring,

stuck fast
Anenst the ruin'd guirdle of the towne.

Heyicood's Troja Britannica, p. 394.

Anenst tiiis partition there was greecet
and stayres, down to the place of toiuU'
age, for messengers, &c.

LeUuuFtQM. t,3S7.

ANE

72

ANG

Of thai donn-cast we may hi chaunce
Anent this world get coveraunce.

Cursor Mundi,MS. Cantab., f. 141.

ANEOUST.jarep. Near; almost. Var.

dial.
Anerde, v. {A.-S.) To adhere;

dwell with.
Anerre, v. {A.-S.) To draw near

to ; to approach.
Anerthe, adv. On the earth. To

briny anerthe, to bury, to inter.
So tliat it was thoru Lyre wyth gret

honour y-bore
To the housof Waltam, and y-hro'it. anerthe
there. Rob. Gloucest., p. 364.

Anes, (1) adv. Once.

His lierber lier anes gan he ta,
Tliiit was bcginyng of our wa.

I'watne and Gaioin, 1. 3015.

At anes, at once.

Both patriark and prophete.
All thanked tliei God at anes.

JUS.Cott.,Galba,'Eix,{.6l.

(2) adj. Just like; similar to.
Anes-to, almost, except. So-
merset.
Anes-kixes, "1 arf». (A.-S.) Any
ANis-KiNES, J kind of; any.

Withouten anis-Jdnes duelling,
Sche gan Gregori to tlirete.

Leg. of Pups Gregory, p. 26.

Anesal, v. To nestle (?J. A term
in hawking.

Then, wlien he is well reclemyd thertoo,
anesal hym to a nialard, and when he is
niude unto a malard, lete oon have a
tame nialard, 8tc. Reliq. Antiq., i, 299.

Anet, 8. (A.-N.) The herb dill.
Anethe, \adv.(A.-S.) Scarcely,

anethys, / See Unnethe,
Anethere, v. {A.-S.) To depress.

Rob. Glouc.
Aneust, adv. (A.-S.) Much the

same.
Anew. adv. Enough. Var. dial.
Anewe, v. To renew.
Anewst, prep. Nigh ; almost.

Sussea:
Aney, adv. Enough.
Aneyment, «. (A.-N.) A plague;

an injury.

And that thynge hys ase ich seyde her,

Tho ich her-an gan worche,.
The holy joynynge of Grod self
And or al holy cherclie,

In tome,
Of spouhoth thys aneyment
Louketh jou "tor hordome.

jrUliam de Shoreham,

Aneys, s. (A.-N.) Aniseed.
Anfald, adj. (A.-S. anfeald, one-
fold.) Simple; single; one.
Fader and Sun and Haligast,
That anfald God es ay stedfast.

Cursor Mundi, 3IS. Edinb.
Anfald Godd I call on thee,
Laverd loved in tiinit6,
To the niak I mi bon.

MS. Cott., Fesp., Aiii,f.l42.

Anfeldtyhde, (A.-S.) A simple

accusation. Skinner.
Anfeei.d, "I *. (A.-S. anfilt.) An

anfield, J anvil.
By this had Vulcan hammered his heate,

and bad to stay
The bellowes; and he lymping from the
anfeeld thus did say.

Warner's Albion's England, 15921.

Anfractuous, adj. (Lat.) Wind-
ing; crooked.

Anfractuosities, s. (from Lat.
anfractus.) Mazy and involved
turnings and windings.
Which arteries, taking their rise
from the left capsula of the heart,
bringing through several circuits, am-
bages, and anfractuosities, the vital
spirits, to subtilize and retine them to
the eetherial purity of animal spirits.

Rabelais, iii, 22.

Ano, 8. The hairy part of an ear of
barley. North.

'^ruN^E,}*-^^^-^-)^"^"?^'-

Angel, s. (\) A gold coin worth
from about six shillings and
eightpence to ten shillings. This
word was frequently punned
upon.

You follow the young prince up and
down like his ill-angel.
Not so, my lord ; your ill angel is light ;
but I hope he that looks on me will
take me without weighing. illen.IV, i, 2.

It appears from the following
epigram, that a lawyer's fee was
only an angel:

ANG

73

ANO

Upon Anne's Marriaije icilh a Lawyer :
Anne is an angel, what if so slie be?
What is an aac/el but a law yer's fee ?

tFits Recreation.

(2) Anangularopening in a build-
ing. Willis's Architectural No-
menclature, p. 52.
Angel-bea ST, s. A game at cards.

Tliis gentleman offering to play at
anf)el-heast with 'um, though he scarce
know the cards, and has no more visible
estate then what he may lose at a
sitting.

Smiley, The Mulberry Garden, 1668.

Angel-bed, s. A kind of open bed,
without bed-posts. Phillips.

Angel-bread, *. A purgative cake,
made of spurge, ginger, flour,
oatmeal, &c.

Angelica, s. A species of master-
wort.

Angelical- STONE, «. An alche-
mical stone. Angelical-water, a
sort of perfume.

Angellize, v. To raise to be an
angel.

Illuding Satlinn cannot shine so bright,
Though ant/elliz'd.

Sylvester's Du Bartas, p 161.

Angelot. (1) A small cheese
brought from Normandy. See
Holme's Academy of Armory,
Sfc, h. iii, p. HI, which he says
is curds made of milk, cream,
and rennet, made into thin
cheese.

Your anf/elots of Brie,
Your Marsoliiii, and Parmasan of Lodi.
The Wits, iv, 1.

How to make an anfiellet. — Take a pint
of cream, and double the quantity of
milk, putting to them a small quantity
of runnet, and when it thickens, take it
up with a spoon, and put it into a fat,
there let it continue till it is very stiff,
then salt it ; and when it is so, let it dry,
and at the end of three months eat it.
The Closet of Uunties, 1706.

(2) A gold coin of the value of
half an angel.
Angel's-pood, 8. Apparently a
term for heavy ale. Harri-

son's Description of England,

p. 202.

Anger, (1) s. (A.-S.) Sorrow.

"Angyr or angwysshe, angor, an-

gustia, tribulacio." Promp. Parv.

And 8obret6 ^eveth lieere swete dryoke

And solaceth heere in alle anf/res.

Piers PI., p. 271.
And I sal lane to yow my ring,
Tliat es to me a ful der thing :
In nane anger sal ye be,
Whils ye it have and thinkes on me.
Iivaine and Gawin, 1. 1529.

(2) An inflammation.

(3) V. To anger. A provincial
use of the word, but employed
also as a verb by Shakespeare.

Angerfull, adj. Enraged.

it calls him pitifull.

Repentant, jealous, fierce, and angfrfuU.
Sylvester's Du Bartas, p. 115.

Angerich, adv. Angrily.

And angerich I wandrede
The Austyus to prove.

Piers PL, p. 466.

Angkrly, adj. Angrily. Shakesp.
Angild, s. {A.-S.) a fine. Skinner.
Angine, s. (Fr.) The quinsey.

[He] knew the cold cramp, th* angine, and
lunacy. Sylvester, 2>u Bartas, p. 83.

Angle, s. (A.-N.) (1) A corner.
(2) An astrological term.

Angle-berry,*. A sore under the
claw or hoofof an animal. North.
See Anberry.

Angle-bowing. A method of fenc-
ing the grounds wherein sheep
are kept by fixing rods hke bows
with both ends in the ground, or
in a dead hedge, where they make
angles with each other. Devon.

Angledog, s. a large earthworm.
Devon.

Angle-legs, s. Bent legs.

This heard, sir, play stil in her eyes.

And be a dying, lives, like flyes

Caught by their angle-legs, and whom

The torch laughs peecc-meale to consume.
Lovelactfs Lucasle, 1649.

Angle-twitch I s. (from Fr.
angle-twache, Kanguille, an
angle-touch, J eel.) An earth-

ANG

7*:

ANI

worm. They are mentioned as
being troublesome to sick hawks
by Lady Juliana Berners, and
called uru/uelles.

Angi.kr, *. One who begs in the
daytime, observing what he can
steal at night. A cant word.

Anglet, 8. {fr.) A little corner.

Angnail, *. A coru on the toe.
Cumberl. See Agnail.

Angober, s. A sort of large and
long pear. Diet. Rust.

Angoras, s. An anchorite.

AxGROME, V. {A.-S., from an and
gremian.) To grieve ; to torment.

Angry, adj. Painful ; inflamed ;
troublesome.

Angry-boys, s. A set of wild young
men who delighted to commit out-
rages, and pick up quarrels. They
are often mentioned by the dra-
matists of the time of James I.

Sir, not so yonng, but 1 have beard some

speech
Of the angry hoys, and seen 'em take

tobacco. Ben Jon., Mchem., iii, 4.

Get thee another nose, that will be puU'd
Off by the angry boys, for thy conversion.
B. f F., Hcontf. Lady, iv, 1.

This is no angry, nor no roaring boy, but a
blustering boy.

Green's Tu. Qu., 0. FL, ^ii, 25.

Angry-water. A liquid of an in-
flammatory nature arising from a
sore, as in blisters from chafing,
the skin not being broke. I^o?--
folk.

Anguelle,». (Fr.) A kind of worm,
mentioned by early writers, as
being troublesome to sick hawks.

Anguishous, \ adj. (A.-N.) In
ANGUisous, j anguish ; in pain.

I was bothe anguishous and trouble,
I'or the perill that I sawe double.

Rom. of the Ruse, 1755.

And fortherover, contricioun schulde be
M'ounder sorwful and anguisschf/us, and
therfore givitli him God pleiiily liis
mercy. Chaucer, Fersones T.

Anguyously, adv. {A.-N.) Pain-
fully.

My wordcs to here,
That bought liyiii uere,
On crosse angvyously.

New ^otborune Mayd.
Angusse, s. Anguish.

ANHANGE, 1 / V ox rp 1

' )■ V. (A.-S.) To hang.

ANHONGE, J ^

I-nome for theofthe and i-demd
Anhonge lii were there. —
And anhonge on the rode
As thu were Jhesu also.

MS. Harl, 2277, f. 14.
O, swete levedy, wat the was wo,

Tho thy f liyld was anhonge,
I-taclied to the harde tre
Wyth nayles gret and longe.

jr. de blu/reham.

Anhanse, "1 V. (A.-S.) To raise;
ANHANSY, ^to cxalt ; to ad-
ANHAUNSE, J vancc.

Hye nou to unhansy us alle, and y nelle
no;t be byhynde. Rob. Glouc., p. 198.

' i adv. On high : aloud.
AN-HEIJE, J ° '

Tlier stont up a jeoluraen, jejeth with a

^erde,
Ant hat out an-hek that al the hyrt herde.
Fol. Soiigs, p. 158.
And told Iiem this vilanie,
And seyd lie wold lioiii un-heighe.

Arthour and Merlin, p. 88.

Anhitte, v. (A.-S.) To hit; to
strike.

Tlio kyng Arture ajen Ihe brest ys felawe
vorst anhytte. Rob. Glouc., p. 185.

An-hond, adv. In band, >. e., ia
his power.

Me to wreken ye schnl go
Of a treytour thai is mi to,
Tliiit 18 y-conie up mi loiul,
Wer he Iheuketh to biiiij; me an-hond.
Gy of IrarKike, p. 43.

Anhove, v. (A.-S.) To hover.

Skinner.
.\niente, ». (A.-N.) To destroy;
to annihilate.
Tliat wikkedliclie and wilfulliche
AVolde mercy anience.

Fiers Fl., p. 365.
An-if, conj. If.
AtiiGa, prep. Near. Shropsh.
Anight, adv. In the night.
Tristrem to Ysoude wan.
Anight with hir to play.

Sir Tristrem, p. 239U

ANI

75

ANN

Anile, adj. (Lat. anilis.) Imbecile
from old age.

Animable, adj. (Lat.) That may
be endowed with life.

Animate, adj. {Lat. animatus.) En-
couraged.

I am animate to importntie your poode
lordship with moste )iiirty desyres to
contynue my goode lorde in ausrmenting
the kinges goodc pstiniiicion of me.

Monastic Letters, p. 141.

Anime s. a white gum or resin
brought out of the West Indies.
BuUokar.

Animosite, s. {Lat.) Bravery.
Skelton.

Anind, adv. On end; upright.
" Mr. Jones's hos reared anind,
bout uprit." A Shropshire word.
Moor gives it as a Suffolk word.

Anious, adj. (A.-N.) Wearisome ;
fatiguing.

An-ired, adj. {A.-N.) Angry.

He saiih Richard an-ired, and ])is mykelle
myglit. Peter Langtoft, p. 151.

Anjurdogs, s. Kitchen utensils
for the spit to run on. /. of
Wight.

Anker, s. A measure of liquid.
See Anchor.

We'll drink it out of the anker, my boys.
The Barley-Slow Sony, n. d.

Anker, s. (A.-S.) An anchoret ; a

hermit. See Anchor,
Ankeras, ». A female hermit. See

Ancresse.
Ankley, s. An ankle. West Sussex.

See Anclow.

I Alone ; single.

anelepy

ONELEPY,

He stod, and totede in at a bord,
Her he spak anilepi word

Hateloi, 2107.
Ane es fornicacion, a flesch16 synne
Betwene an anelepy man and an anelepy
woman. MS. Uarl., 1023, f. 73.

On ich half thai smiten him to,
And he ogain to hem also;
Never no was anlemj knight,
That 80 mani stonu might.

Anlicnes,

Gy 0/ rar«!t/t«, p. 189. '

That hy ne take hiis for no man,
Bote onelepy sythe.

William de Shorehan,,

Anlas. See Anelace.
Anlet, s. An annulet ; a small
ring; a tag, or piece of metal
attached to the end of laces or
points. Yorksh.
Anleth, s. {A.-S. anwlit, andwlit.)
The face ; the countenance-
To the mi hert saide the soght face mine,
I sal seke laverd to face thine ;
Ne turne thine anleth me fra,
Ne helde in wrath fra thi hiiie swa.

MS. Colt., resp., D vii, f. 16 b.

Anlicne, v. (A.-S.) To liken ; to
compare.

Thuer^'ore hi byeth anlicned to the tayle
of the voxe, be hare barat, and vor hare
bezuykinge. MS. Jnindel, 57, f. 17 b.

}s. (A.-S., anlicnes.)
An image; a re-
semblance.

Tlierefter wendeth onto ure lavedi an-
licnesse and cneolith mit five Avees;
alast to the other imaigcs and to the
relikes luteth other cneoleth.

MS. Cott., Cleopatra, C vi, f. 9.

Anly, adj. {A.-S.) Solitary. See
Anely.

Anlifen, s. {A.-S.) Livelihood;
substance. Verstegan.

Anlote, v. {A.-S.) To pay a share
of charges, according to the cus-
tom of the place. Minsheu.

Annamelyd, ;»ar/.p. Enamelled,

For the wyche thyng schynis of dyverat

fold,
Schynand full bryght of fyn gold,
Tliey hongyd full t hycke on vlke a party.
An annamelyd wonder rycliely.

fundale, p. 64.

Annary, s. {Med. Lat. annarius.)
A yearly description. Fuller.

V. {A.-S. unnan, annanJ)'
(1) To give ; to yield ; to
consent.

Bohant that was thare.
To Mark his tale bigan;

"Wist ye what Tristrem ware, ,
Miche gode ye wold him an;

Your owhen soster him bare."

Sir Tristrem, f. i, st. 7i

Anne

UNNE

caiiv

ANN

76

ANO

Icli unite hire wel, ant heo me wo,
Ycham Lire frcnd, ant heo my fo,
Me thuncheth min licrte »ol breke atwo,
For sorewe ant syke.

Zvnc Poeiry, p. 40.
Ich an wel! cwath tlie ni^tingale,
Ah, wraniie, nawt for thire tale.

Rule and HyltingaU, 1. 1728:

(2) To wish well to,

Tristram speke bio;an,
" Sir king, God loke the,

As y the love and an.
And thou hast served to me."

Sir Tristrem. f. i, st. 77-

Anne, pron. One. The objective

case of an.
Anneal, v. (J.-S.) (1) To heat
. anything in such a manner as to
give it a proper temper. This
word is chiefly used by the
blowers and workers in glass.
" He that doth aneale pottes or
other vessels, inustor." Buret's
Alvearie, 1580.

Item, a myter for a bishop at St. Nicholas
tide, garnyslied with sylver, and anelyd
with perle, and counterfeyt stone.

Churchwardaia' Accompts, p. 114.

(2) To anoint. See Anele.

NNENTISE, L. \ -r u-

>ter.) Toannihi-

ANNENTISSCHE, | , . ' . j .

J late ; to destroy.
The whiche thre thinges ye have nought
annentissched or destroyed, neyther in
youre self ne in youre counseilourcs, as
ye oughte. Chaucer, 2\ of Melibeus.

Annet, «. {A.-N.) The common

gull. Nort/mmb.
Annett, «. First-fruits ?

The L.Governour.as touching the workes
to be tjiken in hand, uoe niunicion to
be lookt for. with some occui-ances of
the £nglish and Spanish fleets ; for the
cominw up of Cnpt. Case, and touching
Sir John Selby'g meadow, I'ownsdale's
annett. Jrclueologia, xxx, 169.

Annexment, ». Anything annexed,

or subjoined.
ANNiHiLED,j»ar^p. Destroyed.
Wliich els had been long since annihiled.
With all other living things beside.

Loves Owle, 1595.

Anniverse, «. (Fr.) An anniver-
sary.

■ Shall an annivirse

Be kept with ostentation to reherse
A mortal princes birth-day.
Contemplations Moral and Divine, 1676.

Annoy.

"1 ». (^.-a:

1, f ance.

) An annoy-

Kor Helen's rape the city to destroy,
Threat'niug cloud-kissing Ilion with annot/.
Shak., Rape of Lucrece, p. 551.

When his fair flocks he fed ui)on the downs.
The poorest shepherd suffered not annoy.
Drayt., Eel., 6, p. 1414.

How many ills do follow one annoy f
Kow merrily sail our g.'illant Gicekes to
Troy. Ped^s Farewell, 1589.

Ther nys lyves mon noon so slygh
That he neo tholeth ofte nioiiy annye.

Alisaunder, \. 10.

Anoyful, adj. Hurtful; annoying.
.\noiing, s. Harm.

No might do with hir wicheing

In Inglond non anoiing.

Artliour and Merlin, p. 166.

Anoious, adj. Fatiguing; weari-
some; unpleasant.

When driven with wordlie winds, bis
anoious business waxetli without mea-
Btue. Chaucer's Boethius, 360.

Annote, 8. A note.

In annote is hire nome, nempneth hit non

Whose ryht redeth ronne to Johon.

Lyric Poetry, p. 26.

Annuary, ac^. {Lat.) Annual.

Annueler. a priest employed
for the purpose of singing anni-
versary masses for the dead. It
is spelt annivolor in Skellon, ii,
440.

In Londoun was a prest, an annueler.
That therin dwelled hadde manv a ver.

Chaucer, Cant.'T., 12940.

Annunciate, adj. (Lot.) Foretold.

Lo Sampson, whiche that was annunciate
By thaugel, long cr his nativite.

Chaucer, Cant. T., 15501.

Anny, adv. Only. Northampt.
Annyle, 8. Anise seed. Huloel.
Ano, conj. Also. North.
Anoder, adj. Another. "A pyx of

svlver, anoder of laten." Invent,,

MS. Ibth cent.
Anoyle, v. To anoint. See Anele.

ANO

W

ANO

Tlie bjrsliop sendetn it to the curates,
because tliey should tlienvith aiinoynt
the sic-k in the sacrament of anoyUng.
Sir Thomas More's Workes, p. 431.

Anoynte, v. To flatter ; to deceive.
A figurative sense, as we should
say to grease a person. " I anoynte,
Idisceyvebyflatterynge^/eoy^ns."
Palsgrave, verb.

Anointed, adj. Chief; principal.
"An anointed scamp." West.

Anoisaunce, «. A nuisance.

A'SOLK, adv. Too; also. Yorksh,

Anomination, «. (i-a^.) An opinion
contrary to law.

He that adornes his wliole oration with
no otlier trope but a sweet subjection or
an anorni nation, may be tliouglit a trim
mail in tlie ears of tlie multitude, but in
the judgement of the elegant orators, he
shall be known as rude in his art of
rhctorick. as t!ie butcher that scalded
the calfe was in his craft of butchei-y.

Jiril. Bibl., ii, 441.

Anomy, s. (Gr.) Lawlessness.
Anon, adv. (1) What do you say.'
Yorksh. See Anan.

(2) Instantly ; immediately.

Now surely, brother, said the fox anon.

Mother Uubberd's Tale, f. vi.

All which shall appere anon.

Lambarde's Peramb. of Kent, p. 108.

(3) Onwards.

Tlie kyn^ of Northnmberlonde kyng was,

icli iinderstonde.
Of a! tho londe bijonde Hombre anon into

Scotlonde. Sob. of Glouc, p. 6.

(4) Anon, sir, is equivalent to
the modern " coming, sir," the
phrase used by waiters in inns.
An uiider-skinker, who never spake
other English in his life, than— anon,
anon, sir. 1 Henry IV, ii, 7.

Anonder, adv. (A.-S.) Under.

Ten schvprnen to londe yede
Tose the yie yn lengtlie and hrede,
And fette water as hem was node
The roche anondtjr.

Oclovian Imperator, 1. 550.

Anone. \adv. At one time; in

ANONEN, J the first place.
An ONER, adv. Under. North.

Anonriohtes, "1 adv. (A.-S.) Inr
ANANRiHT, J mediately.

Efter evesongr anonriht sisrgetU ower
placebo everiche niht liwon je beoth
eise. MS. Cott., Nero, A xiv, f. 5.

Scheo hette marchal and knyghtis
Greythen heom to ryde anonryghtis.

K. Alisannder, 1. 17a
He liadde in toun v. hundred knightes.
He hem ofsent anonrightes.

Arthour and Merlin, p. 88.

Anont, j?re/>. Against; opposite.

Wilts.
Anonxcion, 8. (for anunction.)

Anointing. Hardyng.
Anonywab, adv. At unawares.

Tho the Brytons come myd the prisons

thar,
The Romeyns come aten hem al anonywar.
Rob. Glouc, p. 213.

Anoth, adv. Enough.

Anoth, dameseile ! quath Blauncheflonr,
To scorne me is litcl honour.

I'lorice and Blauncheffl.

Another, adv. (A.-S.) Otherwise ;
differently.

Al that therinne were,

Al thai made glade chere,

And ete and d'ronke echon wij other,

Ac Florice thoujte al another;

Ete ne drinkc mijte he noujt ;

On Blauncheflonr was al his thoujt.

Florice and Slaunchefl.

Me je, qnath the kyng, tho another we

ssolde do.
That he ath y-nome wyth treson we ssolde

with raaystrie. ICob. of Glouc, p. 447.

Another-gaines, adv. Another

sort of.
Another-gates, adv. (A.-S.) A

diflferent kind; another sort.

Lane.

And his bringing up another-gates mar-
riage than such a minion.

Lyly's Mother Bombie, act 1.

When Hudibras, about to enter
Upon another-gates adventure.
To Ralpho call'd aloud to arm,
Kot dreaming of apiiroaehing storm.
Hudibras, I, iii, 428.

Another-guess, adv. Another
sort of. A word in common use

ANO

ffi.

AN9

in the latter half of the 17th
cent.

H' as been a student in the Temple this
three years, anolher-ghess fellow than
tliis, I assure vou.

Diirfey, Madam Fickle, 1682.

AjfOUGH, adv. Enough. West.

Thai wende have joie anough,

Certes it nas nought so,
Her waning was al wough,

Untroveand til hem to. '

Sir Tristrem, F. II, st. Ivi.

Anour, *. {A.-N. anor.) Honour.

After him thon best emperour,
God hath the don gret anour.

Gy of Warvoicke, p. 149.

Anoure, V. {A.-N. anorer.) To
honour.

Thou ne anourest najt Grod aryjt,

Ac dest is onderlynges.
Bylef thou in no wychecraft,

Ne ine none teliinge.

William de Shoreham.

Anourement, "1 s. {A.-N.)
ANOURNEMENT, J Adommcnt.

I am tormentide with this blew fyre on
my hede, for my lecherouse anottrement
of myne heere, ande other array ther
one. Geaia Romanarum, p. 431.

Anottrne, V, (A.-N.) To adorn.
Axow, adv. Enough. Wesi.

He kest the bor doun hawes anmoe.
And com himself doun bi a bowe.

Seriyn Saget, 921.

Anoward, adv. Upward ; upon.
Hearne explains it, "thorough,
onward."

And anoward his rug fur y-maked.
And doth from jere to tere.

MS. Harl., 2277, f. 47.
The hors hem lay anoward.
That hem thought chaunce hard.

Arthour and Merlin, p. 123.

Anoyle, ». To anoint.
Anoymentis, s. The translation of
limates in an early gloss., in Reliq.
Antiq., i, 8.
Anoyntment, ». An ointment.
Anoyt, s. Trouble ?

That other branche ful ry^t goyt
To the lytil fyngere, without anoyt.

Beliq. Antiq., i, 190.

Amparse. The character &. The
expression and per se, and, to
signify the contraction &, and
substituted for that conjunction,
is often found in nursery books,
more especially in alphabets, such
as the one commencing, " A,
apple-pie." Sometimes spelt
anpassy, and anpasty.

Anpyre, s. Empire.

Anrednesse, s. (A.-S.anrcednesse.)
Unity of purpose.

An's-afe. I am afraid. Yorksh.

Ansample, 8. An example.

Ansel, s. A corrupt orthography
for hansel.

Anshum-scranchum. When a
number of persons are assembled
at a table where the provision is
scanty, and each one is almost
obliged to scramble for what he
can get, it will often be observed
by some one of the party, that
they never in all their life saw
such anshum-scranchum work.
Line.

Ansine, \s. (A.-S. ansyn.) Ap-
ONSiNE, J pearance; figure.

Not no mon so murliel of pine,
As povre wif that falletli in ansine.

Dame Siritk.

Vor nis of ow non so kene

That durre abide mine onsene.

Tlie Utile and the Nyitingale, 1. 1694.

Anslacht,
anslaight,
prise.

I do remember yet, that anslaight, thou

wast beaten.
And fledst before the bntler.

Beaum. and Fl., Mons. Thomas, u, 2.

Anslet, v. {Fr.}) An article of
dress in the latter part of the
14th cent. Some MSS. of Chau-
cer read hanselines.

Upon that other syde, to speke of the
horrible disordinat scantnes ot clothing,
as ben these cuttid sloppis or dnsttis,
that thurgh lier schortiies ne covereth
not the schamful membre of man, to
wickid entent. Chaucer, Persones T.

r, "1 «. {Germ.) A sud-
HT, fden attack; a sur-

ANS

t;f

ANT

E, \V.

ANSauERi j of loth and beginning
qflGtft cent.
Anstoxd, v. To withstand. Rob.

Glouc.
AxsuRER, s. An answerer.
Answer, (1) v. To encounter at a
tournament.

(2) To answer a door, to open
it when any one knocks.
(3)*. Retaliation; requital.
Shakesp.
AxT. (1) Am not. Devon.

(2) couj. And. Common in MSS.
of the reign of Edward II.
The lylie lossum is ant long,
AiVith riche rose ant rode auiong.

Lyric Foetry, p. 33.

AxTEM, s. (1) A church. A cant
word. An antem-morte, " a wj-fe
marled at the churche, and they
be as chaste as a cow." Brit.
Bibl., ii, 520.
(2) An anthem.

Antepast, t. (Lat.) A tasting be-
fore.

AxTEPHXE, s. An antiphon.

AxTEPoxE, V. (Lat.) To prefer; to
set before.

AxTER. See Aunter.

AxTERS, (1) conj. In case that.
North.

(2) ». Adventures. North. See
Aunter.

AxTE-TKME, s. A tcxt cr motto
placed at the head of a theme or
discourse. Skelton.

AxTEVERT, V. {Lat.) To avert.

AxTGATE, *. An occasion. Skinner,

AxTH. And the. North.

AxTH0XY-xuT,«. The bladder-nut,
staphylodendron.

Anthoxy-pig, ». The favourite or
smallest pig of the litter. Kent.
" To follow like a tantony pig,"
to follow close. The friars of
certain convents of St. Antiioiiy,
in England and France, are said
to have enjoyed the privilege of
having their swine feeding in the

streets. These would follow any
one for food; and it was con-
sidered an act of charity and
religion to feed them. St. An-
thony was invoked for the pig.

Axthony's-fire, 8. A kind of
erysipelas.

Anthropomancy, 8. (Gr.) Divi-
nation by the entrails of men.

Anthropophaginiax, adj. X
high-sounding word put by
Shakespeare in the mouth of a
swaggerer. Merry Wives of
Witidsor, iv, 5.

AxTiciPATELT, adv. By anticipa-
tion.

What our Lord did intend to bestow on
all pastors, that he did anticipalely pro-
mise to him.

Barrou), Of Ike Popes Supremacy.

Antick, (1) adj. Old.

(2) An antimasque. Ford's
Works, i, 440.

AxTicKLY, adv. In an antick man-
ner.

Go mUicUy, and show an outward hideous-
ness. Muck Ado about Nothing, r, L

Anticks, ». (1) Odd imagery and
devices.

All har'd with golden bendes, which were

enlJiyld
With curious antickes, and full fayre

aumayld. Sp., F. Q., 11, iii, 27.

(2) Actors are sometimes termed

anticks.
AxTiKE, adj. Grotesque.
A foule deform'J, a brutish cursed crew,
In body like to antike work devised
Ol monstrous shape, and of an ugly hew.
Harr., Jriost., vi, 61.

Anticor, "l*. a swelling on a
ANTOCOW, J horse's breast, oppo-
site to the heart.

Antidotary, adj. Having the
qualities of an antidote.

AxTiEXTS, s. Ancestors.

AxTd.LociuiE, «. {Lat.) A preface;
proem.

Tlierefore I will rehearse to this antilluquie.

But ouly the cogiiisaunce which appeareth
verament.

Holme*"* FaU qfBebeUion, p. 7.

ANT

8V

ANT

Aktimasqub, «. A contrast to the
principal masque, a ridiculous
interlude, dividing the parts of
the more serious masque. It
appears to have been distinguish-
ed by extravagance, and was
usually performed by actors hired
from the theatres ; whereas the
masque itself was more usually
acted by ladies and gentlemen.
It resembled the exodia of the
Romans.

Let anti-masts not be long, they have
been comraonlyof fools, satyrs, baboons,
wild meu, antiques, beasts, spirits,
witches, Ethiops, pigmies, turquets,
nymplis, rustics, cupids, statuas moving,
and the like. As for angels, it is not
comical enough to put them in anti-
tnasis ; and any thing that is hideous, as
devils, giants, is on the other side as
unfit,. But chiefly let the musick of
them be recreative, and with strange
changes. Some sweet odours suddenly
coming forth, witlioutany drops falHng,
are in such a company, as tliere is steam
and heat, things of great pleasure and
refreshment. Bacon, Essay 37.

Tkest. What are yon studying of Jocastus,

ha?
Jo. A rare device, a masque to entertaine
His grace of Fairy with.
Thest. A masque ? what i'st ?
Jo. An auli-masque of fleas, which I have

taught
To dance curnntos on a spider's thread.
Jilop. An anti-masgue of fleas? brother,

me thinks
A masque of birds were better, that could

dance
The morice in the ayr^ vrens and rob-

bin -redbreasts,
Linnets, and titmice.

Randolph's Amintas, 1640.

Antinomies, s. Rules or laws op-
posite to some other rules or
laws deemed false and having no
authority.
Antioche, 8. A kind of wine, per-
haps brought, or supposed to be
brought, from Antioch.
Antioche and bastarde,
Pymeut also, and garnarde,

Squyr of Lovoe Degri, lyj.

Antiperistasis, 8. {Gr.) Ex-
plaitied as " the opposition of a
contrary quality, by which the

quality itopposes becomes height*
ened or intended." Used by
Ben Jonson.

Antiphoner, 8. {^A.-N.) A kind
of psalm-book, containing the
usual church music, with the
notes marked, and so called from
the alternate repetitions and re-
sponses.

Antiphons, *. {Gr.) Alternate
singing.

In antiphons thus tune we female plaints.
0. PI., vii, 497.

Antiouary, adj. Old ; ancient ;
antique.

Instructed by the antiquary time,
Ue must, he is, he cannot hut be wise.
Troilus and Cressida, ii, 3.

ANTiauE, adj. Ancient. Accented
on the first syllable.

Show me your image in some dnti/iue book.
Sltakesp., Sonn., 59.

Not that great champion of the antique
world. Spen., I, xi, 27.

ANTiauiTY, 8. Old age.

Antle-beer, a«f». Crosswise; irre-
gular. Exmoor.

Antling. a corruption of Anto-
nine, a saint to whom one of the
churches in London is dedicated,
which is often called St. Ant-
ling's by the older writers.

Anto. If thou. Yorksh.

Antpat, adj. Opportune ; apropos.
Warw.

Anfre, (1) 8. {Lat. antrum.) A
cavern, or den.

Wherein of antres vast and desarts idle,

Rough quariies, rocks, and hills whose
heads touch heaven,

It was my hint to speak.

Shakesp., Othello, i, 3.

(2) r. To adventure. See
Aunter.

AyiTRESSB, prest. t. He adventures.

Antrums. Affected airs ; whims.
"A's in as antrums this morn-
ing." Suffolfi and Chesh. The
more usual expression is tan-
trums.

Antol. An thou wilt; if thou
wilt. Yoris/i.

ANT

ti

ANT

An't-wart, s. a sort of wart, de-
scribed in the NoTnenclaior(lbSb)
as being deep-rooted, l)road be-
low, and little above.

Antwhii.e, adv. Some time ago.
Waru)icksh.

Anty-tump, *. An ant-hill. Heref.

An UAL, s. {Lai.) A clironicle. Mi-
der.

AxuDDEii, adj. Another. North.

Anuel, *. {A.-N.) An annuity;
particularly one paid to a priest
for keeping an anniversary.

And henten, gif I misjlite,
An anuel for niyne owcii use.
To lielpen to clothe.

Fiers PI., p. 475.

Anunder. '{prep. (J.-S.) Beneath.

ANONDER, J Cumb. To keep any

one at anunder, to keep them

in a subordinate or dependent

position.

Ten scliypmen to londe yede,
To se the yle yn lengtlie and brede,
And fette water as heni was nede
The roche anondyr.

Octovian Imperator, 550.

Anunt, prep. Opposite ; against.'
This old word exists in Lowland
Scotch, and is current in the
dialects of Yorkshire, Cheshire,
Herefordshire, Shropshire, Wilt-
shire, and Worcestersliire.
Anuost. Near to. West. See

Jennings, p. 185.
Anur», v. To honour.
AxuRTHE, adv. On the earth.
Anuy, s. {A.-N.) Annoyance; vex-
ation.
And to the coiitri that ^e beoth of,
Suthe ^e schulle wende,
Al esehcli witlioute u 'uij.
And there youre lyf ende.

MS.Uarl.an.i.^h.

Anuye, 1 ^ (^ .^) To annoy ;
to trouble ; to ve.x.

ruYE. V
^■^''" Ko

NUWE, J

Mocli me anueth
That mi diivil druith.

lieliq. Antiq., ii, 210.

Tho was alle the court anyed.

Rjb. of Gloucetter, p. 53.

Ac mi loverd witeth mi soule wel.
That thu hire nojt ne spille,
For tliu ne niijt mid al thi mijte
Anuye hire wortli a fille.

MS. Uarl.. 2277, f. 86 b

For thai hadde tlie country anuwed.
And with robberie destrwed.

Sevyii Sai/es, 2613.

Alisanndre anvlfd was ;
Over the liihle he gon stoupe,
And siiiot Litias witli the coupe,
Tliat he feol duun in tlie flette.

Kyng Alisannder, 1102.

Anvelt, \s. {yl.-S.) An anvil.
ANViLD, J See Arifeeld.

Upon his anvelt up and downe,
Tlierof he toke the tirste suwne.

Dretne of Chaucer, 1165.

And in eehe liande a srreate hanier,
and Iherwiih they smyte UDon a an-
Tilde. Viri/iUus, p. 26.

Anvempne, r. To envenome.

Coventry Mysteries, p. 75.
Anvil, s. (I) The handle or hilt

of a sword. Shakesp.

(2) A narrow flag at the end o£

a lance. Meyrick.
Anwarpe, v. To warp. Minsheu.
Anweald, s. (A.-S.) Power ; au-
thority. Skinner.
Anword, *. (A.-S.) An answer ; a

reply. Verstegan.
Anxiferous, adj. (Lat.) Causing

anxiety.
Any, adj. Either; one of two, or

of more.
Anynge, 1 ». (A.-S.) Union. See

onynge, \ Ane.
Any SOT, ». A fool. Prompt. Pare.
Anythink. Anything. " Like

anythink agen," exceedingly.

Leic.
Anywhen, arf». At any time. "I

can come anywhen after this

week."
Anywhile, arfp. At any time.
Anywhither, adv. To any place.

Dor. Do you forbid his coming, or I go.
Aunt. Go? whitlier?

Dor. Anywhilker, madness ne're wants a
place.

Mountfort, Grtenmck Pari, 1691.

AOU

82

APE

AorRNBD, part. p. Adorned.

So that he that tofore wente clothed in
clotlies of golde and of sylke, and
aounied wyth precyous stones in tlie
cyl6. Ftte Fatrum, f. 86.

AoT, adv. High. Glouc.

Apaye, \ V. {A.-N.) To pay, sa-
APPAY, J tisfy, or content. " Well
apaid, glad ; ill apaid, sorie."
Rider's Dictionarie, 1640.

Therwith was Perkyn apat/ed.
And preised hem faste.

Piers Ploughman, p. 123.

'Till thou have to my trusty ear

Committed what doth thee so ill apay.

Spent., Daphnaida, 69.
So only can high justice rest appaid.

Milton, P. L., xii, 401.
Th' unwelcome newes seeme welcome to

his eares,
And yet he wishes they awhile had staide ;
That the ^il'd deed is done, he glad ap-

peares,
Yet in his gladnes, he seemes ill apaid.

Great Britaines Trot/e, 1609.
Apaise, adv. In peace.

The thai were al at aise,
Ich went to his in apaite.

Arthour and Merlin, p. 87.

Apaud, part. p. Depressed ; dis-
couraged ; appalled.

Apalled, part. p. Wearisome;
nauseous.

Thanne cometh undevocioun tliurgh
vliich a man is so blunt, nnd as saith
seint Bernard, he halh such a lungour
in Boule, that he may neyllier rede ne
8yn»e in lioly chirche, ne heere ne
thuilce on devocioun in holv chirche,
ne travaylc with his liondes in no good
werk, that nys to him unsavory and al
apalled. Chancer, Persones T.

Av AH, prep. Upon.

Aparine, s. (Fr.) The name of a
plant ; clivers.

Aparseive, v. To perceive.
The burwis aparseived of his wive,
Tele nightes was gon him fram.
And in the dawiymg ayen sche cam.

The Setijn Sages, 1. 1434.

Aparti, adv. Partly.

Apartlie, adv. {A.-N.) Openly.
Monastic Letters, p. 179.

^Ipasseo,}^'"''--^- ^'^'^^-

Apatere, v. (A.'K) To impair.

Skelton. .
Ape, (1) V. To attempt?

And that sche nere so michcl ape
That sche hir laid doun to slape.

Arthour and Merlin, p. 32.

(2) *. A fool. To put an ape
into a person's hood or cap, or,
to put on his head an ape, to make
•a fool of him, Tyrwhitt con-
siders " win of ape," in Chaucer,
to he what the French called
vin de singe.

Haha ! felaws, be war for such a jape.
The monk put in llie mannes hood an ape.
And in his wyves eek, bv Seint Austvn.

Chaucer, Cant. T., '14850.

Thus was the ape

By their fair handling put into Maloerco'g
cape. Spenser, F. Q., Ill, is, 31.

And thus sche maketh Absolon hir ape.
And al his ernest torneth to a jape.

Chaucer, Cant. T., 3389.

To lead apes in hell, said of a

woman who lives and dies

single.

I must dance barefoot on her wedding-day.

And, for your love to her, lead apes in hell.

Shakesp; Taming of Shrew, ii, I.

But 'tis an old proyerb, and you know it

well.
That women, dying maids, lead apes in hell.
London Prodigal, i, 2.

Not to know an ape from an
apple, to be very ignorant.
Calculated according to art for the
meridian of England ; and may, without
sensible error, serve for any other coun-
try besides, where they do understand
att ape from an apple, or a B from a bat-
tledore. Poor Robin, 1707.

To say an ape's paternoster, to
chatter with cold.

Apece, a corruption of ahece.
The alphabet. Prompt. Parv.

Apechrv, part. p. Impeached.
And asone as he came, he was arestcd
and apeched of bye treysone, tliat he
scliuld helpc the trie of Oxenforde.

ff'arlcKorth's Chronicle, p. 25.

Apeire, ». (yf.-iV.) To impair. See
Appair.
Aud thanne youre neghebores next
In none wise apeire. Pier* PL, p. 11.

APE

83

APO

Apel, s. (A -N.) An old term in
hunting music, consisting of three
long moots.

Apelyt, part. p. Called ; named.

Apende, v. (A.-N.) To append ;
to appertain ; to belong.

Thus the pore peple is ransouiide,

They say suche parte t'eni sliould apende.
Flowman'i Tale, 1. 2605.

Apenione, s. Opinion.

Apere, v. To appear.

Aperement, s. An injury ; a mis-
chief. " Aperemeiit, pejoracio,"
Prompt. Paw., MS. Harl., 221.

Apern, s. An apron. Apparn is
still the form in Shropshire, ap-
peron or appren in the Northern
Counties.

Aperner, s. One who wears an
apron ; a drawer at an inn.

We liave no wine liere, methinks ;
Wliere's tliis aperner f

Chapman's May Bay, IGll.

A-PER-SE. See A.

Apert, adj. (A.-N.) (1) Open;

manifest.

(2) Bold ; free ; pert.
Aperte, *. {A.-N. aperte.) Conduct

in action.

For whiche the kyng hym had ay after in

cherte,
Consyderyngwell his knightly aperte.

Hardyng's Chronicle, f. 198.

Aperteliche,|^^_^^ Openlv.

APERTLY, J ^ / r .

Apertion, s. (Lat.) A passage; an
aperture.

Apertness, s. Frankness; open-
ness.

Apery, ». An ape-house. .

And vow to ply thy b oke as nimbly as
ever thou didst tliy raster's apery, or
the hauty vauliing horse.

Jpollu Shroving, 1627, p. 93.

Apesen, p. (A.-N.) To appease.
Apetitely, adv. With an ap-
petite.
Ape- WARD, s. A keeper of apes.

Kor I, quod an ape-ward,
By aught that I kan kiiowe.

FiersPl.,v,n5.

Apeyre, v. (Lot.) To open.

Apeyrement, s. (A.-N.) Injury.

Apeyringes, s. Losses.

A-piCKPACK, adv. Astride on the
back. See A-pigga-back.
There's a speech for you, shou'd yoa
make such a one in the senate liouse,
we should have you brought home
a-pickpack in triumph.

Flora's Vagaries.UJO.

Apiece, adv. To each. North.
Apieces, adv. To pieces. Suff.

Kny, if we faint or fall apieces now.

We're fools.

Beaum. and Fl., Island Princess, v, 1.

Apies, s. Opiates.

As lie shall slope as long as er the leste.

The narcotikes and apies ben so strong.

Chaucer, Leg. of Hypermnestra, 109.

A-PIGGA-BACK, adv. Carrying a
child on one's back, with his
legs under t*ie arms, and his
arms round the neck. Var. dial.
Apis, s. A kind of apple-tree, in-
troduced about the year 1670.
Skinner.
AprsHNEss.s. Playfulness ; game-

someness.
Apistille, j. An epistle.
A-piSTY-POLL, adv. Carrying a
child with his legs on the shoul-
ders, and arms round the head.
Dorset.
A-PLACE, adv. In place. Gower.
A-PLAT, adv. Flat down.
Aplight, adv. (A.-S.) Certainly;
truly ; entirely.
Hidur thei come be mone-lijt,
tele therof wel aplijt.

K. Edward and the Shepherd.
Nou is Edward of Carnarvan
King of Engelond al aplyht.

Folitical Songs, p. 249.
The child yede to bedde anight,
And ros arliclie amorevven aplight.

Sevyn Sages (Weber), 203.

Aplustre, s. (Lat.) The small flag

of a ship.
Aplyn, s. pi. (A.-S.) Apples.
Apock, s. a small red pimple.

Somerset.
Apodytery, s. (Gr.) A vestry.

APO

84

APP

Apoint, adv. At point.

Apoisox, v. To poison.

Apollo, s. A name for a ban-
queting room.

We moved slowly towards the su!t:iii's
piiUace, all tlie way passing ilir<iii>:li a
ranck or file of archers and uiusqueiiers
on either side doubled, and being
alighted, usherd him into his ApcUu,
where upon rich carpets was plac'd a
ueat and costly banquet.

Herbert's TraveU, 1638.

ApoLOGETiK,«.(Gr.a7roXoy>j7-iic6g.)
An apology.

Apon, prep. Upon.

Apoxted, adj. Tainted. Dorset.

Apopuak, 8. A kind of herb, men-
tioned in the ArchcEol., XXX, 404.

Aporet, part. p. {A.-N.) Made
poor ; reduced to poverty.

Aposkx, ». To demand. This word
occurs in Skinner's Etymolo-
ffion, 1671.

Apostata, 8. {Lat.) An apostate.

Apostem, «. (6?r.) An abscess.
A joyful casual violence may break
A dangerous apostem in thy breast.
Donne's Progress of the Soul, ii, 479.
A medicine or salve that maketh an
aposteme, or draweth a swelling to mat-
ter. Nomenclator, 1585.

Apostemation, a. An impos-
thume.

Aposthume, 8. An imposthume.
Prompt. Parv.

Apostilheed, 8. Apostleship.
Wycliffe.

Apostille, «. {Lat.) A marginal
observation.

Apostle-spoons,*. Spoons of sil-
ver gilt, the handle of each termi-
nating in the figure of an apostle.
They were the usual present of
sponsors at christenings ; rich
sponsors gave the whole twelve ;
those in middling circumstances
gave four ; while the poorer sort
often contented themselves with
the gift of one, which bore the
figure of some saint in honour
of whom the child received its
name. It is in allusion to this

custom, that, when Cranmcr pro-
fesses to be unworthy of being
sponsor to the young princess,
the king replies, "Come, come,
my lord, you'd spare your
spoons." Shakesp., Hen. VIII,
v, 2.

And all this for the hope of two apostl'
spouns, 10 suffer! and a cup to eat a
caudle in '. for that will be thy legacy.
B. Jons., Barth. Fair, i, 3.

Apostolione, «. An ingredient,
apparently a herb, mentioned in
an old medical MS. lu another
there is a long recipe to make an
apostolicone, composed of frank-
incense, alum, &c.
Apostrofation, 8. Apostrophe.

Skellon.
Apozeme, s. (Gr. d7ro^€;ia, a de-
coction.) A drink made with
water and divers spices and
herbs, used instead of syrup.
Bullokar.
Appaire, "1 ». {A.-N.) (1) To
APPEYRE, J impair, make worse,
or bring to decay.
His neygheboures ful of envy, his
feyned freendes that semede recoun-
siled, and liis flutereres, maden sem-
blaunt of wepyng, and appaired and
aggregged nioche of this matiere, in
preisyng gretly Melib6 of might, of
power, of riches, and of frendes, de-
spisinge the power of his adversaries.
Chaucer, T. ofMelibeus.
What mendeth it you though tliat we both
apaire' Chaucer, Tr.^Cr., hb. ii, 1.329.
So well it maye with rethorike term^

fayred,
Wliiche by my simplenes I would not wer
appaired. Harding's Chron., f. 51.

Gentlewomen, whicli feare neither
Sonne, nor winde, for appairing their
beautie.

Sir Thomas Elyot's Governor, p. 61.
But if I should so presume, I might
apayr it; tor it was rigbt wel and
cunnyngly made, and translatyd into
rjght godid and fa\r Englishe. Caxton.
Himself goes patched like some bare cot-

tyer.
Lest he might ought the future stock
appeyre. Bp. Hall's Sat., iv, 2.

(2) To be brought to decay.

APP

AFP

AU tliat ly\-eth appavreth faste.

Hawkins's VIJ I'luys, i, 38.
He was of lioiicst eoiivcrsacion and
pure iiitegritie, no kiiower of tvil, and
a kepcr of all goodnes, a dispiser of al
tliynges wliycli were wonte to cause
the niyndes of mortall nicnne to slyde
or appaire. Hall, Edward If, fol. 34.

Appale, 1 V. To turn anything to
APPALLE, J a pale colour.

Hire lisle not appalled for to be,
Kor ou the monve uiifestliclje for to see.
Chaucer.. Cant. T., 1U679.

Kvv\i.i.^,v.{A.-N.) To discourage;
to terrify ; to appease : it is also
used as a neuter verb, to be
terrified ; to grow mild ; to be-
come weak ; to fail.
This disconitilure so amazed the wittes,
and appalled the liartes of the meane
Gascons, that thei offered many tounes
to the French part.

Hall's Chron., Henry VI, f. 79.

her misshaped parts did them appall,

A. loathly, wrinkled luig.

Spetiser, F. Q., I, viii, 4G.
And to the cuppe ay took I heede and cure
tor that the dryuke appalle sholde no^lit.

Hucclere.
Wliiclie never shall appallen in my niinde,
But always fresh beeu in myne mcmorie.
Prologue to i>turie of Thebes.

Appalement, s. Consternation.

Apparaile, v. {A.-N.) To equip ;
to furnish.

Apparancie, s. (A.-N.) Appear-
ance.

Wliose fained gestures doe entrap our youth

With au apparancie of simple truth.

Browne's Brit. Vast., i, song 2.

Apparate, s. Apparatus.
AppAaATOR, *. (Lot.) A Serjeant;

a beadle.
Bailiffs, promoters, jailors, and apparalors.
Theiluses Looking-glass, i, 1.

AppAREiL,».(.<^.-iV.) A word which
Skinner inserts in his glossary of
law terms, witli the following
explanation : " Integra rationum
subductio, item summa totius
debili, quae rationibus subscribi
solet." The sum at the iicttoiu
of an account, which is still due.

Apparemkntes, «. J?/. Ornaments.

Apparence,«. (.^.-A^.) An appeal
ance.

That is to sayn, to make illusion
By swiche au apparence or joglerie.

C/iaucer, Caut. T., 11577.

Apparented, part. p. Made appa-
rent. Holinshed.

Appariblynge, s. a symbolical
meaning; an allegory.

To thys ordre croune bet

Ys an apparyblynge,
Thet hys in holy cherche y-cleped wel

The furste scherynge

' Of clerke ;
Gierke hys to segge an Englysch,

Eyr ot Godes werke. W. de Shoreham.

Apparysshande, adj. Apparent;
brilliant. Caxton.

Apparitions, s. (A.-N.) Appear-
ances. Applied especially to the
appearance, or supposed appear-
ance, after death, of departed
spirits ; yet sometimes, as in
Shakespeare, understood literallj'.

As this wicked people were strangers to
tlit-ir God in their conversation, so was
God grown a stranger to them in lus
apparitions.

Bishop HalVs Contemplations, p 3.

I have mark'd

A thousand blushing apparitions
To start into her face.

Muck Jdo about Nothing, iv, 2.

Appase, adv. Apace ; in pace.

An actuarie, clarke or scribe, that wri-
teth ones wordes appase as they are
spoken. Nomenclator, 1585.

Appassionate,». Tohave a passion

for.
Appassionated, adj. Violently

stedfast; obstinate.

The said Gower remained appassionated

in the opinion of the Pope's supremacy.

Letter in Strype's Annals, iii, 135.

Appeach, V. {A.-N. apescher.) To
impeach ; to accuse.

Bifore this yonge prophete this preost go

appere.
And he him apeched sonc, with chekes wel

pale. Susan, st. xxiv.

Now, bv mine honour, by my life, my troth,
I will appeach the villain.

K. Richard II, r, 2.

APP

86

APP

George Ariiistronge was pardoned to the
ende he slioulde appeache the residue,
which he did.

Holituhed's Hist, of Scotland, p. 441.

Appearance, s. An apparition ; a
vision. The word in this sense
occurs in Rider's Diciionarie,
1640.

Appecementes, *. Impeachments.

Appeyre. See Appaire.

Appeirement, g. (a.-N.) An im-
pairing; diminution.

To the grete appeirement of his most
royalle estate, and enpoverisshyng of
hym and alle his true commons and
Bubjettis, and only to the enrieliynge of
themself. MS. Ashm., 1160.

Appel-leaf, •. {A.-S. teppel-leaf.)

The violet.
Appelye, adt>. Haply.

Appelen, L-/. (^..5.) Apples.
appelyn, i *^ ^ / rv

the mo appelen the tree bereth, the

more sche bowetli to the folk.

Romance of the Monk, MS., fol. 2 b.

Appellacion, s. {A.-N.) An ap-
peal from an inferior to a supe-
rior court.

This sentence shall nerer be repelled,
ne it may not be appelled, for the
appellacj/on shall never be receyved.

Golden Legaid, fol. 5.

Appeluns, «. A dish made of apples
and other ingredients. See a
receipt for making it in Warner,
Antiq. Culin., p. 89.

Appende, v. {A.-N.) To belong ; to
appertain to. See Apende,

Tel me to whom, madame,
That tresour appendelh.

Piers PI, p. 17.

Appene, v. To happen. Wark-
worth's Chron., p. 2.

Appennage, «. {Fr.) That which
is set apart by princes for the
support of their younger children.
Skitmer.

Apperceive, v. (A.-N.) To per-
ceive. See Aperceive.

Apperceiving, a. Perception.
Chaucer.

Appere, v. (A.-N.) To deck out |
to apparel. See Appairp.

Apperil, s. Peril. Middleton and
Ben Jonson.

Let me stay at thine apperil.

Timon of Athens, i, 2.

Appertainment, *. The circum-
stance of appertaining to.

Appertinaunt, juar^ a. Belonging
to. An astrological term.

Appertyces, 8. {A.-N.) Dexteri-
ties.

Crete strokes were smyten on bothe
sydes, many men overtlirowen, liurte,
and slayn, and grete valyauiices, prow-
esses and appertyces of werre were that
day sliewed, whiclie were over long to
recounte the noble feates of every man.
Morte d\irl/iur, i, 145.

Appese, v. (A.-N.) To pacify. To
appese one's self, to become paci-
fied.

And TuUias saith : Ther is no thing so
comendal)le in a gret lord, as whan he
is deljoiiaire and raeeke, and nppesith
him lightly. Chaucer, T. of Melibeus.

Appetence, s. {Lat. appelentia.)

Desire.
Appetite, v. To desire ; to covet.

As matire appetilith forme alwaie,
And from furme into forme it p;issin maie.
Hypsipyle and Medea, 215.

Appetition, s. {Lat. appeiitio.)
Desire for anything.

Appetize, v. To provoke an appe-
tite for food. North.

Appety, «. Appetite ; desire.

Appiert, adj. Open ; public. See
Apert.

Appignorate, v. {Lat. appignoro.)
To put in pawn ; to pledge.

Such bibliopolists are much to blame.
When a good author's dead, t' abuse his

name ;
Tbese tricks they play, and act without

controul,
For money they'll appiijnorate their soul.
Salyricall Poem, 16%.

Apple, v. To bottom, or root firmly,
in the ground " The turnips do
not apple."

Apple-bee, s. A wasp, Comw.

Apple-bird, a. A chaffinch. Comw.

APP

87

APP

Apell-byer, 8. A dealer in apples.
Here is Glyed Wolby of Gylforde squyere,
Andrewe of Habyiigedon apell-byer.

Cocke Lorelles Bote.

Appi.e-drone, s. a wasp. West.
Apple-gray, adj. Dapple grey.

His liead was troubled in such a bud plight,
As thoii!;li his eyes were afiple-gray.
Kiiuj and a Poore Northeriie ilati, 1640.

Apple-hoglin, s. An apple turn-
over. Suffolk. It is made by
folding sliced apples with sugar
in a coarse crust, and baking
them without a pan.

Apple-jack, s. An apple turnover.

Apple-john, 8. An apple, which
will keep two years, and conse-
quently becomes very withered.

1 am wither'd like an old apple-John.

2 Men. ir, iii, 3.
Tis better tlian the pome-water or apple-

John. 0. J'ortun. Anc. Dr., iii, 192.

Nor John-apple, whose wither'd rind, en-

trcnch'd
By many a furrow, aptly represents
Dccrepid age. Phillips, Cider, b. i.

Apple-moise, 8. (1) Cider.

(2) A dish composed of apples.
See Appulmoy.

kvvL^^, 8. pi. Apples.

Apple-pear, s. A kind of pear,
perhaps the tankard pear.

Apple-pie-bed. A common trick
in schools. The bed is arranged
somewhat in the fashion of an
apple-turnover, the sheets being
doubled so as to prevent any one
from getting at his length be-
tween them.

Apple-pie-order, #. Anything in
very great order.

Apple-pips, s. Divination by apple-
pips : To ascertain whether her
pretended lovers really love her
or not, the maiden takes an apple
pip, and naming one of her fol-
lowers, puts the pip in the fire ; if
it cracks in bursting from the
heat, it is a proof of love, but if
it is consumed without noise, she

real regard in that person towards
her. Davy's MS.

Appleplex, s. The apoplexy. lie-
von.

Apples-of-love, s. The fruit of a
foreign species of nightshade, said
to be an aphrodisiac.

AppLE-sauiRE, 8. This very popu-
lar word was evidently used in
more than one sense. An apple-
squire was sometimes a kept
gallant ; at others, a person who
waited on a woman of bad cha-
racter. The name was also applied
to the person who fetched in the
wine. Its most common signifi-
cation appears to have been a
pimp.

Boyes which do attends upon commune
harlottes, called apple-squires.

Huloet's Abecedarium, 1552.

Is Cupid fit to be an aple-squire.

Of lililiy lust to take the loathsome hyre?

The Newe Metamorphosis, MS. temp., J ac. I.

Is lecliery wax'd scarce, is bawdry scant.
Is there of whores or cuckolds any want?
Are wliore-masters decai'd, are all buwds

dead?
Are panders, pimps, and apple-squires, all

fled? Taylor's Works, 1630.

Each bush, each bank, and each base a/)p2«-

squire
Can serve to sate their beastly lewd desire.
Hull's Satires, i, 2.

Aquariolus, festo, impudicarum mulie-
runt sordidus assecla, TropvoSidjcovoi,
Maequereau, rutieu. A ruttinly knave :
an apple-squire: a filthie and bawdie
knave attending upon whores : a wittall
that keepeth the doore whiles his wife
is occupied. Nomenclator, 1585.

His little lackey, a proper yong apple-
souire, called Pandarus, wliiche carrieth
the keye of his chamber with hym.

BuUien's Dialoijue, 1573.

Apple-sttjcklin, s. An apple-
turnover. Hampsh,
Apple-terre, «. An apple orchard.
Formerly used in Sussex, now
obsolete.
Apple-twelin, 8. An apple-turn-
■ over. Norfolk.
' Apple-yard, s. An apple orchard.

APP

88

APP

Apfliablb, adj. Capable of being

applied.
Appliance, s. An application.
Appliment, s. Application.
Applot, v. To plot ; to contrive.
Apply, v. {J.-N.) To take a course

towards ; to ply to ; to apply to.

A nautical term.
Appo, s. An apple. Chesh,
Appoast, r. {Fr.) To suborn.

Minsheu.
Appoint, v. To impute.
Appointment, «. Preparation.
Here art thou in appointment fresb and

fair.
Anticipating time with starting courage.
Troilus and Ciessida, iv, 5.

Appokk, V. {Lat. appono.) To dis-
pute with; to oppose in ar-
gument.

Apposayle, #. (.(^.-M) Question;
enquiry.

Wlian he went out his enmies to assaylc.
Made unto her this uncouth apposayle.

Boehoi, b. V, c. 22.

Appose, ». (A.-N.) To raise ques-
tions ; to oliject; to dispute with;
to examine.

Tho the poeple hyni apposede
With a peny in tjie temple.

Piers PL, p. 18.

Apposition, s. (Lat.) Annexation
of substantives. A grammatical
term.

But this yonge childryne tliat gone to
the scole' have in here Donete this
questioue, how many thinges fallen to
apposicion ? Ande it is answeride, that
case alle only that is afalle.

Geata Somanorum, p. 473.

Appositees, s. Opposites ; anti-
podes. Maundevile,

Apprehension, s. (Lat.) Catch-
ing; laying hold of.

Apprehensive, adj. (Lat.) Of
quick conception.

You are too quick, too apprehensive.

Every Man out of his Humour.

Thou art a mad apprehetisive knave.

0. P., iv, 343.

Appreiffk, I. (Fr.) Contrivance.

Apprentice-at-law, *. A coun-
sellor, the next in rank uuder a
Serjeant.

Apprest, ». {Fr.) Preparation.

All the winter following Vespasian Isie
at Yorke, making his apprests against
tlie next spring to go against the Scots
and Picts. HoUtished, Hist. Scot., p. 48.

Apprinze, ». (Fr.) Capture.
I mean not now th' apprinze of Pucell Jone.
MirrourfjT Miu/istrales, ed. 1610.

Apprise, *. {A.-N.) Learning.

Approacher, «. One who ap-
proaches or draws near.

Approbate, part. p. (Lat. appro-
batus.) Approved ; approved of.
Ha^-yng perfect confidence, and sure
hope in the approbate fidelitie and
constaunt integritie wliiche I have ever
experimented. Hall, Edward IV, fol. 60.
He utterly refused to reccyve the
crowne, except the law established by
liis father Kenneth for the succession
therof were first confirmed and ap-
probate.
Holinshed's Historic of Scotland, p. 227.

Thuniasearle of Lancaster wag hanged and
decollate.

With sixteene barrona moe in Edward the
Second's dales ;

The filthy demeanor that then was ap-
probate,

I abhor to recite, they tooke such nanghtie
wayes. Holmes's Fall of Rebellion, p. 8.

Approbation, *. (1) Approval ;

proof.
(2) A noviciate.
Approchemknt, ». Approach.
Apprompt, v. To prompt. Bacon.
Approof, s. Approbation.

So his approof Uves not in *s epitaph,
.As in your roval speech.

jiirs Well that Ends Well, i, 2.
A man so absolute in my approof.
That nature bath leserv'd small dignity,
That he enjoys not. Cynthia's Rerels.

ApPROPINftUATE, 1 ». {Lat.) To
APPROPiNttUE, J approach ; to
come near.
Appropre, 1 r. {A.-N. appro-
APPROPER, \ prier.) To appropri-
ate.

The fyrst name is the gone of God, and
these names beu appropryd to hvm.

Golden Legend, f. 7.

APP

89

APT

The EvangeJystes dyd applye and
upproper that pionliane word Ecclesia
to sijfnifythe whole coinpanv of christen
peple. " Sir T. Move's Iforks, p. 428.

Approve, s. (Fr.) To justify ; to
make good ; to bring proof of.
Matahruu in likewise eudevored her on
tlie other syde to npprovft the siiid

injury hi lur couiiuiaed and pur-

l)eused. Hellas, p. 27.

Approver, s. (A.-N.) An in-
former. A person who had the
letting of the king's demesnes in
small manors to the best advan-
tage was termed an approver,

Appugnant, adj. {Lat.) Quar-
relsome.

Appulle, s. An apple.

Appulmoy, I «. (y/.-5.) Adishin

APPULMOCE, ^cookery, of which

APPULMos, J apples were the

principal ingredient. " Appulmos,

dishmete, pomacium." Prompt.

Parv., ed. 1499.

Appulmoy. — Tiike apples and seetli hem
in water. Drawe lieni thurgli a stynnor.
Take almande iiiyike, and hony, and
flocrot'rvs, siifron, and powdor-lbrf, and
salt ; and seeth it stondyng.

Forme ofCury, 1390.

For to make appulmos. — Nym appelyn,
and setli hem, and lat hem kele, and
make Item thorw a clotlie; and on
flesch dayes kast t]iercto god fat breyt
of bef, and god wyte grees. and sugar,
and safron, and ahuande mylk ; on fysch
dayes oyle de olyve, and gode jjow-
ders ; and serve it fortlie.

Cookery Receipts, 1381.

AppuYED.^ar/./?. (Fr.) Supported.

Skinner.
Apraine, 8. An apron.

Item, if any common woman were any
apraine, she slial forl'ait hit, and make a
fine after the custume of the manor,
&c. Regulaliotis of the Slews, \ath cent.

Apraysut. part. p. Praised. Rob-
son's Romances, p. 14.

Apres, «. Cloth of Ypres in Flan-
ders,famous for its woollen manu-
facture, "j. cover of a;;re* lynyd
with lynen clothe." Sir John
Fastnlfe' s Inventory ,Arc/ieEolof/ia,
xxi, 263.

Apricate, v. (Lat. aprico.) To

bask in the sun.
Aprication, s. Basking in the

sun.
kpmciTY, s. {Lat. apricitas.) The

warmth of the sun.
Apricock, *. An apricot. West.

See Abricock.
Hop in his walks, and gambol in his eyes ;
Feed him with apricocks md dewberries.
Shakesp., Mids. N. D., iii, 1

April-gowk, «. An April fool.

North.
Aprii.led, adj. Applied to beer or

milk which has turned, or is

beginning to turn, sour: also to

a person whose temper has been

disturbed. Devon.
Aprine, «. {Lat.) A poison which

was said to come from swine

when maris appetentes.
Aprise, 8. {A.-N.) (1) Learning.

(2) An enterprise ; an adventure.

On that other half is Darie, y-wi».
Wroth and grim, and alle his.
For Alisauuders gret aprise.

K. Alisaunder, 1. 3529.

Tlian sayd Lybeaus, Be seynt Jame,
To save thys mayde fro schame,
Hyt wer a fayr apryse.

Lyb. Discon., 1. 594.

Apron, ». (1) A hog's caul. East.
(2) The fat skinny covering of
the belly of a duck or goose.

Apron-man, ». A waiter.

We had the salute of welcome, gentle-
men, presently: W^ilt please ye see a
chamber? It was our pleasure, as we
answered the apron-man, to see, or be
very neare the rtx)me where all that
noise was.

Rotvley's Search for Money, 1609.

Aprove, v. To prove. See Ap-
prove.

Aps, «. {A.-S. teps.) The asp or
aspen tree. A word used in
Warwickshire, and also in the
South and West of England.

Apsen, {adj.) Of, or belonging to
the asp tree.

Apt, v. {Lat. apto.) To adapt; to
fit to; to render fit for anything.

APT

90

AQU

The symbols used, are not, neither
ought to be, simply hieroglyphics, em-
blems, or impreses, but a mixed clia-
racter, partaking somewhat of all, and
peculiarly apied to these more magnifi-
cent inventions. BenJonson.

And some one apteth to be trusted then,
Though never after.

B. Jon., Forest. Ep., xii.

And here occasion apteth that we cata-
logue awhile.

Warner's AlUons Engl.

Aptes, ». pi. Aptitudes.

Thei ban as well divers aotes, and divers
maner usynges, and tltilk aptes niowen
iu will beu cleped affeccions.

Chaucer, ed. Urry, p. 517.

Apt-tinoing, adj. Having a ten-
dency to ignite.

If th' exhalation liot and oily prove,
And yet (as feeble) giveth place above
To th' airy regions ever-lasting frost.
Incessantly th' apt-linding fume is tost
Till it inflame : then like a squib it falls.
Or flre-wing'd shaft, or sulp'liry powder-
balls. Sylvester's Lu Bartas.

Apurt, ad/. Impertinent. Somer-
set. Sullen, disdainfully silent.
Ejrmoor.

Apyks, s. pi. Apes.

AauA-AcuTA, *. (Z/fl/.) A compo-
sition of tartaric and other acids,
formerly used for cleaning ar-
mour.

AauABOB, s. An icicle. Kent.

AauAKE.r. To tremble.

AauAL, adj. Equal. North.

AauAPATis, 8. A kind of pottage.

Aqxiapatys. — Pil garleo, and cast it in a
pot with water and oile, and seeth it.
Do thereto safroii, salt, and powder-
fort, and dresse it forth liool.

Forme of Curt/, 1390.

AauAT, adv. Sitting on the houghs.

Somerset.
AauATiL, adj. {Lat.) Inhabiting

the water.
Aquatories, s. (Lat.) Watery

places. xVn astrological term.
AauA-viTiE, s. (Lat.) A general

term for ardent spirits. Irish

aqua-vitae was usquebaugh.

AauA-viTJi MAX, s. A seller of
drams.
Sell the dole beer to aqiia-t'U<e meti.

Ben Jons., Alch., i, 1.

AauEiGHT.jwre^/. oiaquake, (from
(.^.-5. queccan.) Shook ; trem-
bled.
The gleumen useden her tunge ;
The wode aqueightte so hy sunge.

Kyng AUsaunder, 5257.

AauEixT, (\) part. p. of aquenche.
Quenched with water; destroyed.
(2) Acquainted.
Heo desirith notliyng more,
Thau to beo to you ai/wei/ut.

Kyiig AUsaunder, 759ik

AauEiNTABLE, adj. Easv to be ac-
quainted with.
AttUELLEN, V. {A.-S. acwellan.) To
kill ; to destroy ; to vanquish.
And her gref anon hem teld,
llou Fortiger her king agnelJ.

Arthour and Merlin, p. 16.
And gif y schal be thus aqueld,
Thurch strong bete in tlie feld.
It were ogain the skille.

Gy of mincike, p. 323.

AauENCHE, V. {A.-S. aacencan.)
To quench ; to destroy.'
Nothing he ne fouiidc in al the nijte,
Wer-mide his lions^r ai/uenche mijtte.

Reliq. Anliq., li, 274.

AauETONS, s. Acquittance. Boke

of Curtasye, p. 23.
AauiTE, t>. (^.-A'. ) (1) To acquit.

(2) To requite.
He wole aqrcyte ns rytli wele oure mede.

Coventry Mysteries, p. 335.

(3) To pay for.
Or if his winning be so lite,
Tliat his labour will not aquite
SufRciauntly al his living,
Yet may he go his brede begging.

Itomaunt of the Rose, 6742.

AauoiNTE, part. p. Acquainted.

Rob. Olouc, p. 465.
AauoT, adj. Cloyed; weary with

eating. Devon.
AauoY, adv. Coyly ; shyly.
With that she knit her brows.
And looking all aqitoy.

George Barnwell, 2d pt

AR

9t

AUB

The herb orach.

Ar, (1) 8. (A.-S.) A scar; a pock-
mark. North. It is found in MSS-
of the 15th cent.
(2) *. (J.-S. ar.) An oar.
(3)conj. Or.
(4) prep. {A.-S. ar, eer.) Before.

Abonte mydnypht, ar the day.

Kyng Jlisaunder, 344.

Arace, v. {A.-N.) To draw away
by force.

And ill hir swongli so sadly holdith sche
Hir cliUdren tuo, whan sche gan hem

tembrace.
That witli gret sleight and gret difflcuU6
Th e children from lier arm the v gonne arace.
Chaucer, Cant. T., 8979.

So that the reraembraunce of theire
pestylent errours were araced out of
Xnglishe mennes heartes.

Sir T. Mart's TTorts, p. 355.

Arach, 1

ARAGE, J

Aradde, pret. t. of arede. Ex-
plained.
Arafe, 8. Some kind of precious
stone.
Hir paytrelle was of a rialle fyne,
Hir cropur was of arafe.

MS. Cantab., l*th cent.

Arafte, pret. t. Struck ; smote.

Araged, adj. Enraged.

Araine, \8. (A.-N.) A spider.

ARRAX, J Notts, and Northampt.
Sweep th' arrans down, till all be clean,

neer lin.
Els he'l leauk all a^e when he comes in.
lorkshire Dialogue, 1697.

Araise, ") T,

i- tj. To raise.
areyse, J

Araxee, 1 /^ ^^ ) ^ JJ

aranye, J ^ J r

Aranke, adv. In a row.

Arape, adv. (Lat.) Quickly.

Over theo table he leop arape.

Kyng Jlisaunder, 4339.

Arab, (1) pret. of arise. Arose.

(2) 8. pi. Arrows.
Arate, v. (A.-S.) To rate ; to scold.
And foiile v-rebuked.
And aratei of riche men
That ruthe is to here.

Piffr*PJ., p. 283.

Thyng that al the world voot,
Wlierfore sholdestow spare
To reden it in retorik
To arate dedly synne ?

Tiers PI., p. 208.
Araught, pret. of areche. (1)
Seized ; took away by force.

In that forest woned an herd
That of bestes loked an sterd.
O best him was arauykl ;
Wide-war he hit hadile i-sought.

Seuyn Sages, 1. 895.

(2) Struck, or seized by the
weapon.

Right bifor the doukes fet

Gij araught him with a staf gret.

(?y of Wancike, p. 225.
He araught no man with a ryght strook
but he bare him doun to the erth.

Jason, MS.

(3) Reached.

Florice the ring here araxf^t.
And he liim a;en hit breaujt.

Florice and Blaucheflour.

Araw£, adv. In a row.
\"RRlv.}'-f^-^0(l) Order.

(2) Equipage.

(3) Clothing.

(4) Condition, or situation.

All these different meanings of
the word are found in Chaucer.

Araye, Ip. n)Xo dress.
arraye, J ^ ■'

Up ryst this jolyf lover Absolon,
And him arrayeth gay at poynt devys.

Chaucer, Cant. T., 3689.

(2) To dispose; to afflict.

(3) To defile. " I fyie or araye,
je salts." Palsgrave. " I fyle or
arave with myer, je emboue."
lb.'

Aray'ned, part. p. Tied up by the

reins.
Arayny'e, 9. (A.-N.) Sand.
Araysing, part. a. Advancing;

raising.
Arber, (l) s. (A.-N.) An arbour;

a grove of trees.

And in the garden, as I wene.
Was an aiber fayre and grene.
And in the arber was a tre,
A fayrer in the world might none V«.
Squyr of Lowe Degrt.

AR3

92

ARC

(2) To make the arber, or arhonr,
a pl>rase in hunting, to disem-
bowel the animal. The dogs
are then rewarded with such
parts of the entrails as are con-
sidered to be offal. It is applied
metaphorically to the embowel-
ling of a traitor.

Hubert. Not liere, my lord.
Let tliem be broken up upon a scaffold.
'T will shew the belter when their arbottr's
made. Btaum. mid Ft.

Arberie, s. (A.-N.) Wood.
Arbeset, *. {A.-N.) A strawberry
tree.

Thou schalt fynde trowes two :
Seyntes and holy they buth bo.
Hygher than in othir contray all;
Arbeset men heom callith.

Kyng At'uaunder, 6765.

Arbitrate, v. {Lat.) To deter-
mine. Shakesp.

Arbitrie, 8. {A.'N.) Judgment.
Chaucer.

Arbitrement, s. Arbitration.

At length came certaine English, Scots,

and Dutch,
Who liewing their contention grow so

much.
Would take upon them an arbitlermetif.
To make all friends : so unto cups they

went.

Rowlands, Knaves ofSp. /■ 2>., 1613.

Flod. Suppose one woman be indebted to

another, what would yon then determine?

Breakh. Why, in that case, let her that

is fairest and most beloved of men in

commiseration forgive t'other.

Cler. An arbitrament of love, you'll end it,

knight

Uovcard, Man of Nevmiarket, 1678.

Arblast, s. {A.-N.) An arbalest.

But rise up your mangonel.
And cast to tlieir tiee-tastel.
And shoot to them with arblast.

Sichard Coer de Lion, 1867.

Arblastir, s. (A.-N.) (1) An
arbalest, or cross-bow.
(2) One who shoots with an
arbalest.

Erles, barons and squyers.
Bowmen and arblastirs.

Richard Coer de Uon, 1810.

Arboret, «. A shrub.

Arbour. See Arber (2).

Arbouses, s. Tlie dark bard cherry.
Howell.

Arbusted, adj. Filled with straw-
berry trees.

What pleasures poets fiime of after death.
In the Elizean arbusted groves.

Cyprian Academy, 1647.

Arc, j. A cirrhiis, or cloud in the
form of a streak crossing the sky.
Herefordsh. See Ark.

Arcane, adj. {Lat.) Secret,

Ilave I been disobedient to thy words?
Have 1 bewray'd tliy arcane secrecy ?

Lvcriue, v, 5,

Arcel, s. Liverwort. Skinner.
Arch. (1) A chief; a master.

The noble duke, my master,
My worthy arch and patron, comes to-
night. £i>'ff Lear, ii, 1.

(2) A piece of ground left un-
worked. A term in mining.

Archal, s. Liverwort. Phillips.

Archangel, *. (1) The dead net-
tle.

(2) A kind of bird. Rom. of the
Rose, 915, where the origina;
French is mesange, a titmouse.

Abchabde, s. An acorn. Prompt.
Parv.

Arch-dean, *. Used by Gascoigne
for archdeacon.

For bishops, prelates, aich-deans, deans,
and priestcs.

Steel. Glac. Cludm. Poets, ii, 558, a.

Archdiacre, s. (A.-N.) An arch-
deacon.

Archer, s. The bishop at chess
was formerly so called.

Archet, s. An orchard. JVilts.

Archewives, «. Wives of a su-
perior order.

Ye arckewyves. stondith at defens,

Syu ye ben strong as is a greet cliamayle,

Ne suffre not tliac men vow drxi offens.

C/ia'ucer, Cant. T., 9071.

Archideclixe. The name given
to the master of the feast at the
marriage in Cana.

ARC

93

ARE

Archimastrye, s. a term applied
to chemistry, as the most im-
portant of all sciences. Ash-
mole's Theat. Chem. Brit., p. 13.

Architect, s. Architecture.

To finde an house y-built for holy deed,

■ With goodly architect and cloisters wide.

Browne's Jirit. taatorals, 1625.

Architemples, s. Chief temples.
Rob. Glouc, p. 74.

Archmastrie, s. Arithmetic.

Arch-pife, s. The throat. This
word occurs in Florio's New
World of Words, 1611, p. 36.

Arcubalister, s. (Lat.) An arba-
lester. Holinshed.

Ard, 1 adj. (1) High: used
AiRD, j chiefly in the names of
places. In Cumberland the term
is used to describe the quality of
a place, a country, or a field ;
thus, ard land means a dry,
parched, arid soil ; apparently a
secondary sense, such lands being
dry, parched, etc., only because
thev lie high.
(2)' Hard. Rob. Glouc.

Ardelion, 8. {Lat. ardelio.) A
busy-body, a meddler.

Ardelions, busie-bodies, as we are, it
were much fitter for us to be quiet, sit
Btill, and take our ease.

Burton, Anat. of Mel., i, 250.

Arden, *. Fallow quarter. Cumb.
See Arders.

Aroene, 8. An ordinance ; a com-
mand.

Ardentnesse, 8. Earnestness.

Arder, ». Akindof fish. Versiegan,
in Ellis's Literary Letters, p. 108.

Arders, 1 ».(y/.-5.)Fallowingsor
ARDOURS, J ploughings of ground.

And being in the tovvne, let him not
goe to see any man therein, except it
oe in winter, or at such time ns wlieii
his harvest is in, and bis seede time
and first arder lie dispatcht, to tlie end,
that by one and the same nieanes he
may attend upon bis causes in con-
troversie, and goe about the getting in
of his debts.
ilarkhaitt. The Countrie Farme, p. 27,
ed. 1600.

Ardi, adj. Hardy. Ardiliche,

hardily.
Ardure, *. {A.-N.) Burning.
Are. (1) s. An oar.

His maister than thai fand
A hot and an are.

Sir Triitrem, p. 153.

(2) 8. A hare.

(3) adv. Before.

Ne scije y never are

So wilde l)est y-wrought.

Sir Trislrem, F. I, st. xlii.

(4) V. To plough. Kersey gives
this as a provincial form of the
word. See Ere.

(5) s. An heir.

(6) a. (A.-S.) Honour ; dignity.

Dame, he seyde, be Goddys are.
Haste any money tliou woldyst ware?
Rilson'a Pop. Poet., p. 70.

(7) s. A note in music, the lowest
but one in Guido's scale.

(8) 8. {A.-S.) Mercy.

Swcte Ysoude, thin are.
Thou preye the king for me.

Sir Tristrem, p. 241.

(9) s. An hour. Lane.

^^^^^^\v. {A.-S. areedan.) To

^ ' I declare ; to explain.

AREDE, J ' '^

Therefore more plain aread tliis doubtful
case.

Spenser, Daphnaida, 1. 182.

And many perils doth to us areed
In that whereof we seriously entreat.

Drayt., Moses B., ii, p. 1584-,

F. Sad swain aread, if that a maid may

ask?
What cause so great effects of grief hath

wrought? Brit. Pastoralf.

Areadiness, 8. Readiness.
Aready, ready.

Arear, adv. Upright. Kent.

Arearage, s. {A.-N.) The re-
mainder of an unpaid account;
money unpaid at the time when
due. Cowell says, "it signifieth
the remain of an account, or a
sum of money remaining in the
hands of an accountant."

Areare, "I adv. {A.-N.) Behind ;
arrear, J in default.

ARE

94

ARE

To tilt and turney, wrestle in the sand,
To leave wit, speed Atlanta in arrear.

Fairf. T., ii, 40.

But when his force pin faile, liis pace pan
wex areare. Sp., F. Q., Ill, vii, 24.

Areaut, 1 adv. Out of doors.

REAWT, J Yorish. and Lane.
Areche, v. (1) {J.-S. arecan, to
declare.) To utter; to declare.

But as sone as Beryn bad pleyne know-

leclie
That his eyen were y-lost, unneth he mycht

areche
O word for pure anguvshe.

B'ist. of Beryn, 1. 2999.

(2) {^A.-S. areccan, to explain.)

Crist and Seint Stcvene,

Quoth Horn, areche tliv s«evene.

K. Horn, 1. 668.

(3) {A.-S. arcBcan, to reach to.)
To reach ; to attain.

He that wyle further streche
Than hys schetyn wyl areche,
lathe strau he chalhvs feet feclie.

Harl. MS., So. 8362, fol. 4, r.

On foot he was, and he on layde ;
Manye under liys hand ther deyde,
Al that hys ax areche myirht,
Hors and man he slowgfi dounrvglit.

Richard.'l 7039.

Areckellt, adv. Directly. /. cf

Wight.
Aredde, r. (^A.-S. akreddan.) To

free.
Ab£de, v. (A.-S. aradan.) (1) To

guess; to explain or interpret.

See Aread.

a tliousand bugles of Ynde,

And two tliousand oxen, als I fynde ;
Withouten horses, withouten steden,
Of whiche no man ne coutlie areden
The nombre, bot the hevene kyng.
That woot the sotlie of al thing.

K. Jlisaunder, 1. 5115.

To gease and arede upon his dark ridles.

Sir T. More's Works, p. 515

(2) To advise ; to give counsel to ;
to apprize ; to give warning of.
Peculiar to Spenser.

Therefore to me, my trusty friend, arede
Thy counsel : two is better tlian one head.
Mother Hubberd's Tale,'f. 5.
Artad, said he, which way did he make ?

t. q., V, i, 19.

Aredoe, s. The sharp edge of the

angle. North.
Aredily, adv. Easily; readily,
Aredv, adj. Ready.

And that we hys mote aredy have,
Lord, her at ourt- nede.

William de Shoreham.

Aredynes, s. Readiness.
Areed, *. Counsel ; advice.
Arehthe, 8. {A.-S. yrhi.) Fear,

Ah neotheles, in one felde.
Mid belde worde, an mid ilete,
Detli his i-vo for arehthe swete.

Hule and Xi/r/hliiu/aU, 1. 1704.

Areight, pret. of areche. Struck.
Areise, ». To raise.

Ful wroth than that werwolf wax of that

sijt.
And bremlv his bristeles he san tlio areise.
irniiam and the WcrtcolJ, p. 156.

Are-lumes,s. Heir-looms. North.
Arely, adv. Early ; soon.
Aren, prest. t.pl. of be. Are,
Arexde, s. {A.-S. cerend.) An er-
rand ; a message.
Arenge, 1 adv. (A.-N.) On a row ;
arenk, j in a series. "Arenge, or
arowe. Seriatim." Prompt. Parv.

And ladde him and his mouekes

Into a welfair li;ille.
And sette hem adouii arenlc.

And wosclie here fet uUe.

St. Brandan, p. 12.

Arenulous, adj. {Lat.) Full of
fine sand.

Arerage, «. (.r^.-iV.) Arrear. "The
remain of an account, or a sum
of money remaining in the hands
of an accountant." Cowell.

Arere, 1 ». {A.-S. arceran.) To
AREAR, J raise ; to rear, as a horse.

And yeve us grace goodnesse to lere
Of ham that before us were,
Crysteudom how tliey goiine arere.

Octocian, 1. 21.

Arere, adv. (A.-N.) (1) Back-
wards; behind.

My blaspheming now have I bought ful

dere.
All yerthly joie and mirthc I set arere.

Testament of Creseide, 353^

ARE

95

ARG

(2) Back. A term in hare-hunt-
ing, used when the hounds were
let loose.

That all maye h ym here, he shall saye arere.
Book of St. Albans.

(3) V. To retreat.

Arese, v. (from A.-S. areosian, to
fall down, perish.) To totter.

Tliourgli themouht the fom was wight,
The tusches in the tre he smit ;
The tre aresede as hit wold falle,
The herd was sori adrad witlialle.

Setyn Sages, 1. 915.

Areson, v. {A.-N. aresoner, to in-
terrogate, to reason.) To inter-
rogate; to reason, or debate, with.

Ther foure at Konie were, to areson the

pape,
The ri;;lit for to declare, and for the parties
to scliape. Langtoft, p. 314.

Sir, he seyd, we han gon mis,
Sche hatli aresoun ous biforn.

Legend of Seynt Katerine, p. 181.
As the kyng rod with duykes and eorlis,
He mette with two olde clieorhs.
To the navel theo herd heng :
Tlius aresoned heom the kyng.
Sey me now, ye olde liore !
(Mony day is seotlie ye weore bore,)
Wite ye eghwar by my weyes,
Any merveilles by this wayes.

Alisaunder, 1. 6751.

Arest, (\)s.{A.-N.) Arrest; con-
straint; delay.

(2) pres. t. of arede. Relatest.

Palmer, ryglitly thou arest

AUe tlie maner.
Darst thou ryde upon thys best

To the ryvere,
And water hym that tliou ne falle?
Octovian Imperalor, 1425.

(3) adj. Rancid. Prompt. Parv.
Akeste, v. {A.-N.) To stop.

And ther ourc host bigan his hors areste,
And seyde, Lordus, herkeneth if vow Icsie.
Chaucer, Cant. T., 829.

Arestnesse, ». Rancidity. "Arest-
we*seofflesshe. Rancor. Rancitas."
Prompt. Parv. See Reasty.

Arestogie, s. Apparently the name
ofanherb. Archceoloffia,xxx,'iO'i.

Arethede, *. (A.-S.) Honour.

Aretik, 8. Arthritica. " Gowte
aretik." Medical MS. 14th cent.

Arette,! ». (A.-N.) (1) To im-
• arete, J pute ; to attribute, allot,
or decree. A person was arretted
who was " covenanted before a
judge, and charged with a crime."
Cowell, Interpreter, 1658.

And yf there be ony thyng wreton
or sayd to her playsir, y shall thynke
my labour well employed ; and were as
tlier is defawte, that "slie arette liyt to
the symplenes of my connynge, whiche
is ful smalleinthisbehalve, and requyre
and praye alle them that shall rede this
same werke to correct hyt, and hold me
excusid.

Caxton, in Herbert's Ames, i, 6.

As keepers of the church, judges, and
right sovereign bishops, which do arete
the arms of the church and of the whole
world unto their proper glorv.

ridlpot's Works, p. 350.

(2) To value, to esteem.
Arevant, adv. Back again.
The meyn shalle ye nebylle,
And I shalle syug the trebille,
Arevant the deville,
Tille alle this hole rowte.

Towneley Mysteries, p. 319.

Arew, adv. {A.-S.) In a row.
Arewe, v. {A.-S.) (1) To pity.

Jhesu Christ arew hem sore.
Ant seide he wolde vacclie hem there.
Harrowing of Hell, p. 15.

(2) To make to repent ; to grieve.

The mayster mason moste be ful securly
Bothe stedefast, trusty, and trwe,
Hyt shal hym never thenne arewe.

Const, of Masonry, p. 15.

.T,^„r.\' rs.pl. (A.-S.) Arrows.
arewes, J ^ ^

Areyne, v. {A.-N.) To arrest.
Arfe, adj. {A.-S.) Afraid ; back-
ward. North. See Argh.

Whaugli, mother, how she rowts ! Ise varra

arfe,
Shee'l put and rive my good prunella scarfe.
Yorkshire Dialogue, p. 35.

Arg, v. {I) To argue. West.

(2) To quarrel. Northampt.

(3) To grumble. Sttssex.
Argabushe, s. A harquebuss.
Argaile, s. {A.-N.) Potter's earth.

See Argoil,

ARG

96

ARG

Ay, I know you have arsenic.
Vitriol, sal-tartar, argaile, alkali.

Ben Jotuon's Alchemist, i, 1.

Argal. (1) "Hard lees sticking to
the sides of wine vessels, and
otherwise called tartar." Kersey.
See Argoil.

(2) Used by Shakespeare as a
vulgar corruption of ergo.

Argemone, s. (^Lat.) The wild
tansy.

Argent, ». (A.-N.) Silver.

Argentil, *. {A.-N.) The herb
percepiere, according to Gerard.

Argentina, s. {Lai.) The wild
tansy.

Argentine, adj. {Lot.) Silver-like;
composed of silver; silver.

Argent-vive, s. (Fr.) Quicksilver.

Argh, \adj. {A.-S. earff.) Timid;
ARWE, J fearful ; indolent.
Now tliow seist he is the baste knyght,
That may beore armes in fyglit.
Tliou saist soth, hardy, and hard.
And thou art as arwe coward.

K. JlUaunder, 1. 3340.
Frensche men am arwe, and feyute,
And Sarezynys be war and queyute ;
And of her dedes engynous :
The Frensche men be covavtous.

Bic'hard, 1. 3821.
jif he i-sith that thu nart are^,
He wile of bote wrchen barej.

Hule and Ny^tingale, 1. 407.

Arghe, \v. (A.-S. eargian.) To

ARjE, J wax timid.
Antenor arghet with onstere wordes,
liade doute of the duke and of his dethe

ferde,
Lest the tyrand in his tene hade lurnyt

hym to sle. Siege of Troy, MS., f. 33.

Arghnes,! Sluggishness.

ARWNES, J °°

Arghnes also me thinke is hard.
For that niase a man a coward ;
That mai be cald litilhcde
Of troste of helpe in goode dede.
Nasigngton's Mgrrour, MS. Hunt, {. 29 b.

Argier. The old form of Algiers.
Argin, s. {Ital. argine.) An em-
bankment ; a rampart.

It must have high argins and cover'd ways,
To keep the bulwark fronts from battery.
Marlotcc't Woris, i, 128.

Argisome, adj. Quarrelsome.
Northampt.

Argoile, 8. {Fr. argille ?) An
article used in alchemical opera*
tions.the exact character of which
seems to be doubtful. It has
been taken as signifying potter's
earth; but it seems to be more
properly the impure salt de-
posited from wine ; which, when
purified, is called bitartrate of
potash, or cream of tartar.

Argolets, \8.pl. {Fr.) Light
argoletiers, J horsemen.

Argology, s. (Gr. dpydkoyia-)
Idle speaking.

Argos, g. {Fr.) The small false
toes at the back of the foot, ap-
plied to animals.

Argosie, s. (supposed to be de-
rived from the name of the ship
j4rgo.) A large ship, either for
merchandise or war.
Wlio sits him like a fuU-sail'd argosie
Dauc'd with a lofty billow.

Chapm. Byron's Consp.
That golden traffic love,

Is scantier far than gold ; one mine of that

More worth than twenty argosies

Of the world's richest treasure.

Bowleg's New Wonder, Anc. Br., v, 236.
My instance is a mighty argosie.
That in it bears, besides th' artillery
Of fourscore pieces of a mighty bore,
A thousand soldiers.

Drayton, Noah's Flood, iv, p. 1539.

Argue, v. {Fr.arguer, to reprove.)
To find fault with.
The false Matabrune began to caste an
eye on her, and repreved her of the faute
that her selfe had made, arguing her
without a cause, and saide, O unhappi
and miserable woman. Eelyas, p. 28.

Argufy, "1 v. To argue. Far. dial.

ARGiFY, J The country people in

the Midland Counties often say

*' what argifies ?" in the sense of,

" what signifies it ?

Argument, (1) ». (Fr.) To argue.

(2) s. Conversation.

(3) A given arch, whereby an-
other is determined proportional
to the first.

ARG

97

ARM

As ben his ceutris, and his argvmentis,
Aud his proporcionels couvenientis.

Chaucer, Cant. T., 11589.

Argy, s. An argument ; an asser-
tion. Shorpsh. Also, a person who
is not only contentious, but per-
tinacious in managing an argu-
ment.

Ariches. a. pi. The ends of joists.
Howell.

Aride. See Arride.

Ariereban, «. (^.-.V.) A general
summons from the king to ail
his vassals to appear in arms.
Skinner.

Arietate, p. (ia/.) To butt like a
ram.

Arietatiox, ». Butting.

Ariete, s. Aries, one of the signs
in the zodiac.

Aright. Apparently the pret. of
areche, and used in the sense of
reached, effected, did, or per-
formed.

Aripe, s. a kind of bird.
He chasid aripes, briddes of Archadie.

MS. Dlghy, 230.

.\risixge, 8. {A.-S.) Resurrection.

Ich y-leve ine the Holy Gost, holy
cbercliK generalliclie, mennesse of hai-
jeii, ksnesse of zeniies, of vlesse ariz-
ini/e, and lyf evrelestinde.

MS. Jrundtl 57, f. 91.
Arist, Zd pers. s. of the pres. and
pret. of arise.
Foules in wode hem make blithe,
In everich lond arist song.

Arlhour and Merlin, p. 274.
She wolde wulke upon a daye,
Aud that Was er the Sonne arvst.

Go'cer's Conf. Am., ed. 1532, f. 70.

Ariste, «. (A.-S.) An arising.
Ant stcpe adun ant spruptest helle;
arise, ant thin ariste cuddest thine
i-corene, ant stihealmven the steorren.
MS. Reg., 17 A xxvii, f. 67.
His np ariste do me stepeu upward
in heie and lioli theawes.

MS. Coll., Nero, A xiy.
Aristippus, «. A sort of wine.
O for a l)i>wl of fat canary,
Kich AristippHS, sparkling sherry !
• Some nectar else from Juno's dairy;
0 these draughts would make us merry !
Middleton's Works, ii, 423.

Aristoloch, ». (Gr.) The plant
called Round Hartwort.

Arithmancie, *. {Gr.) Divination
by numbers.

Arivage, *. (A.-N.) The shore;
landing place.
And privilie toke arirage
Into the coniitrie of Carthage.

Chaucer, House of Fame, 1. 223.

Arivaii.e,«. {A.-N.) Arrival.

Ark, *.(1) {A.S.) A chest. In the
northern counties, the large
chests in farm-houses used for
keeping meat or flour are still
so called.

Soth was, that he wolden him bynde,
And trusse al that he mitheu fyude
Of hise, in arii, or in kiste.
That he mouth iu seckes tliriste.

Hacelok, 1. 2018.
Quen this com to the knilit was said.
He did it in an arc to hald.
And opened this arc the thrid day,
And fand tharin selcouthe to say'e.

MS. Coll. Med. Edinh

(2) Clouds running into two
points, thus (); more usually
termed Noah's ark.

(3) ». An arch.

Arles, «. Money paid to bind a
bargain ; earnest-money. To arle
a bargain, to close it. See Airles.

Arliche, adv. Early.

Arling, s. a bird which appears
sarly in the spring.

An arling, a byrde that appeareth not

in winter, a clo'tbyrde, a smatch, cteruleo.

Buret's Ahearie, 1580.

Arloop, ». The orlop, or middle

deck of a ship.
Arly, adv. {A.-S.) Early. East.

And noglit over arty to mete at gang,
Ne for to sit tharat over lang.

MS. Colt., Galba, E, ix, f. 65.

Arm, ». (1) Harm.

So falle on the, sire emperour,
Swich arm, and schanie, and desononr.
Seryn Sages, 852.

(2) r. To lard (in cookery). In
Warner's Antiq. Culin., p. 26,
we have a receipt in which it is
directed that " cranes and hertns

ARM

98

ARM

shal be armed witb lardes of

swyne."

(3) V. To take up in the arms.
Arm, adj. (/t.-S.) Wretched. In

writings of an early date.
Arm AN, s. {Fr. armand.) A pre-
paration given to horses to create

an appetite. Diet. Rust.
Armed, adj. Having arms.

— As a lieated lion, so he looks ;
His liair hangs long beliiud him, black and

shining
Like ravens' wings; his shoulders broad

and strong ;
Arm'd long and round; and on his thigh a

sword
Hung by a curious baldrick.

B. and VI., Two Noh. Einsm.

Armental, } adj. {Lat.) Relat-
ARMEKTiNE, S ing to a herd of
cattle.
Armentose, adj. {Lat.) Abound-
ing in cattle.
Armesin-taffeta, s. a sort of

taffata. Howell.
Armet, s. a helmet. " Armet, a
heed ese of harnesse." Pals-
tave, f. 18.
Arsi-gaunt, adj. Lean ; thin. As
thin as an arm.

— So he nodded.
And soberly did mounlaiiar«i-ffaM>ii steed.
Who neigh'd so high that what 1 would

have spoke
Was beastly dumb'd by him.

Sliakesp., Ant. and CI., i, 5.

Arm-gret, adj. As thick as a man's

arm.
A wrethe of gold arm-gret, and huge of

wight,
Upon his heed set fal of stones bright.

Chaucer, Cant. T., 2147.

Arm IN, s. A beggar ; formed from
the Dutch arm, poor, to suit an
assumed Dutch character.
O hear, God! — so young an armin!
St. Flow. Annin, sweet heart, I know not

what you mean
By that, but I am almost a beggar.

Lonaon Prod., Supp. Sh., ii, 519.

Armyn, «. Ermine.

Armille, 8. {Lat. armilla.) A
bracelet ; also, a necklace.
After they had dronke he gave her twf
tinges to hauge ou hei eeres weyenge

i]. sycles.and as mtmj armyJletweytng
X. sycles. Golden Legend, f. IC

The king thus gird with his swerd, «n4
standing, shall take armyll of the Car-
dinall, saying thise words, acclpe armiU
lam, and it is to wete that armyll is
made iu maner of a stole wovyn with
gold and set with stones, to be putt by
the Cardinall aboute the kinges necke.
Rutland Papers, p. 18i

Arming, s. (1) A coat of arms.
(2) A net hung about a ship's
hull in battle, to protect the men
from an enemy.

Arming-girdle, g. A kind of
sword girdle. Florio, in v. Selldne,
mentions an arming -saddle.

Arming-points, s. Short ends of
strong twine, with points like
laces, fixed under the armpits
and bendings of the arms and
knees, to fasten the gussets of
mail which protected those
parts of the body.

Arming-sword, s. A two-handed
sword.

And weening to hare play'd a young
man's part.

Girts to his a*min(i-sword with trem-
bling hand. Peelt' s rarewM, lh89.

Armipotent, ad/. (Lat.) Mighty

in arms.
Armite, ». {A.-N.) (1) A sort of

helmet.

On the iiij. corners of the waggon were

iiij. lied peces called armites, every pece

beyug of a suudery device.

Hall, Henry VIII, UO.

(2) A hermit.

The armyte seyd. So mote thou go,
Hast thou any othyr herand than so
Onto mv lord the kvng?

'Hartshorne's Mel. Tales, p ^04.

Armivestal, adj. Warlike.
By his armyveslal contenaunce he
hive caused us to have fled.

Morte d' Arthur, i, 110.

Armlet,*. A bracelet. Armolets,
armlets. Herbert's Travels, 1638.
Armonical, adj. Harmonious.

And in May whan the trees spryngeth
and bring forthe the>T odiferaunte
floures, and that the birdes bring their
armonical tunes ou the smal grene
twiges. Eelyat, p. 16.

ARM

99

Aft6

Armony, s. Harmony. Lydgate.

Also, a corruption of the name of

a country, Armenia.
Armorwe, 1 t^ ,
ARNEMORWE,}'- E^rly moming.

An armorvce erliche
Tliemperour aros sikerl'rhe.

Gy of Warvncke, p. 117.
Bifor Gormoise that cite
Ou amemonce than come we.

Ih., p. 184.

Armure, s. (A.-N.) Armour.

Arms, s. Stabbing or daggering of
arms. Young men frequently
punctured their arms with dag-
gers, to show their devout attach-
ment to their mistresses, and
mingling the blood with wine,
drank it off to their healths.
This explains a passage in the
Litany to Mercury, at the end of
Ci/nf/iia's Revels : " From stab-
bingofarms, flap-dragons, healths,
whiffs, and all such swaggering
humours, good Mercury de-
liver us."

Have I not been drunk to your liealth,
Birallowed flap-dra»ons, eat trlasses,
drank urine, stabb'd arms, and done nil
the offices ot protested gallantry for your
sake ? Jlarston's Dutch Courtezan.

How many gallants hare drank healths

to me
Oat of their dagger' d armt f

Honest Wk., O. f., iii, 299.

Armwrys, «. Armour.

Behold the armv!rys which mude myn
herte quake !

Lydgate's Minor Poems, p. 260.
Arm-wrist, *. The wrist. Comw.

. "' > pres.t. pl.oi be. Are.

OfTlsiihes it is scene that dyvers ther
ar)ie, ilie which forseene not the causis
precedent and subsequent.

Heame's Fragment, p. 298.
In Brytayn this layes arne y-wrjtt,
Furst'y-founde and forthe v-sete.

Sir Urplieo, 13.

Arxe, 0. (1) To earn. Shropsh.

(2) V. (J.-S.) To run ; to flow.

K ilo!. erl of Gloucester, also in hys side

Amde, and kepte her and tlier, and slow

ii-liouie wyde. Rub. Glouc, p. 140.

Now rist grete tabour betyng,
Blaweyng of pypes, and ei. trumpyng,
Stedes lepyng.'and ek arnyng.

Kyng Alisaunder, 9166.

(2) *. {A..S.) An eagle.

(3) For e'er a one. West.
Arnaldie, s. {Medieval Lat. amal-

dia.) A kind of disease, men-
tioned in the early chronicles.

Arnary-cheese, s. Ordinary
cheese made of skimmed milk.
Dorset.

Arn'd, 1 s. {A..S.) An errand ;
ARNEDE, J a message.

Arnderx, «. The evening. See
Aandorn.

When the sad arndem shutting in the
light. i)ray<o»'j Oic/, ed. 1748, p. 410.

Arneied, part. p. Broken with
running ?

The Iiors was nought i-paied wel.
He arnede away with the king,
Thourgh felde and wode withoaten

lesing,
And in a mnre don him cast.
Almost he hadde deied in hast.
Ac er hii wonne the stede
Bopes in the contrd thai leide,
Ac never sithe, witlioute fable,
Ne com the stede out of the stable.
So sore he was arneied that tide,
Siththe dorste no man on him ride.

Beds ofHamtoun, p. 79.

Arn'ement, s. {A.-N.) Ink.

Arnemorwe, adv. Early morning.
See .-{rmorwe.

Arneste, s. Earnest money.
Prompt. Parv.

Arneys, ». Harness; armour.

Arxs. The form ofarles, or earnest
money, prevalent in Lancashire.

Arnt. (1) A contraction of have
not ; am not. Var. dial.
(2) s. An errand. Lane.

Arnut, s. The earth-nut, or pig-
nut. North.

Aroint, interj. A word of expul-
sion, or avoiding. It occurs in
Shakespeare, and has been the
subject of much discussion.

Aromate, 1 , r . , .

AROMAZ, l*-.(^'- <'^oma.) A

AROME, J'P''^^-

ARO 100

ARR

The tother to mirre, the thridde to flonr,
The ferthe like to aroHta/«.

Cursor Mwndi.

Also he that in renaying lyse,
Eftyr he be amonest thryse,
Or aromes beres fro tliat he
Tlirvse of hys bysschope amonest be.

Hampole, 3IS. Bovoes, B. 7, P- 10.
Aron, s. Starchwort.
Arost, adv. Roasted.
Thenne mot ych habbe henuen arost.

Political Songs, p. 151.

Aroume, ) adv. (^-5.) At a dis-
AROOM, > tance ; apart from.
The geaunt aroume he stode,

His bond he tint, y-wis ;

He fleighe as he were wode,

Ther that the castel is.

Sir Tristrem, F. Ill, st. vi.
Tho Alisaunder sygh this,
Aroum anon he drow, y-wis.

jr. Alisaunder, 1. 1637.

Aroun, adv. Around. Still used

in the North.
Arocte. (1) To go; to move

about.

In all that lond no Christin durst arout.
Urry's Chaucer, p. 53.

(2) An assembly. Gower.
Arove, (1) adv. Rambling about;

on the rove. Craven.

(3) pret. of arive. Arrived.

In Thamis arote, wher he had ful sharpe
shores. Eardyng's Chron., f. 36.

Arow, > adv. In a row, suc-
AROvyE, > cessively. See Arew.
This day and yesterday I told arowe.
That six and thirty they had y-slowe.

Richard Cceur de L., 1. 1787.
My master and his man are both broke

loose.
Beaten the maids arow, and bound the
doctor. Shakesp. Com. ofE., v, 1.
Thabot present him a sehip
Ther that raani stode arouwe.

Legend of Pope Grey., p. 31.

Arowze, v. {Fr. arroser.) To be-
dew; to water anything.
The blissful dew of heaven does arovcze you.
Beaum. and Fl., Two Nob. Kinsm., v, 4.

Arpent, «. {Fr.^ An acre. " Halfe
an arpent, that is, nine hundreth
foote of ground." Hollyband's
Dictionarie, 1593.

Arpeys, «. A sort of resin, com-
posed of tallow and tar. ArchaO'
logia, XXX, 404.
Arpies, «. Harpies ; furies.
Arpine, s. {Fr.) An acre.
If he be master
Of poor ten arpincs of land forty hours
longer. Webster's Works, ii, 82.

Arpit, adj. Quick ; ready ; pre-
cocious in learning. Shropsh.
Arr, (1) «. A mark or seam, made
bv a flesh-wound ; a pock or scar.
North.

(2) V. To incite; to egg on; to
quarrel. Northampt.
Arra, HI) /;ron. Either. North-
ARR, } ampt.
(2) adv. Ever. Northampt.
Arra-one, or arrun, either one,
ever a one.
Arrable, adj. Horrible.
Arrabys, «. Arabian horses.
Elfaydes and arrabys,
Andolyfaunlez noble.

Morte Arthure.

Arracies, s. (A.-N.) A term ap-
plied to the smaller animals of
the chase, which were skinned,
similarly to the process now
used for hares and rabbits, in
opposition to flayed.

Arrage, (1) s. {A.-N. arage.) Vas-
sal service in ploughing the lord's
land.

(2) V. (A.-N. arrager.) To go
about furiously.

Arrahind, adv. Around. StaJ^.

Arraign, v. To arrange. Webster.

Arrals, s. Pimples; pocks. Cumb.

Arrand, U. An errand.

ARRANT, J

Arrant, {\) part. a. {A.-N.) Er-
rant; wandering.
(2) adj. Notorious ; as an arrant
rogue.

Arras, s. A kind of powder, sup-
posed to be made of the root of
the orris. It is mentioned as a
material used in brewing, and
also as a powder for sprinkling
the hair.

ARR

101

ARR

Arraught, prel. of arreach.
Reached ; seized by violence.
Spenser.

Ab.raughte, p. (from Fr. ar-
racher.) To snatch.

Arraye, r. (1) {A.-N. arrayer.)
To prepare ; to arrange.
i'or whoso will make a feste to ony of
liis frendes, tliere ben certeyn inues in
every gode touiie, and he that wil make
the feste, wil seye to the hosteliere,
arraye for me to morwe a gode dyner,
for so many folk. Maundetile's Travels,
ed. 1S39, p. 214.

(2) To dirty; to defile; to be-

ray. Palsgrave. Also, to spot

anything. lb. See Araye.
Arrawig, *. An earwig. North-

ampt.
.\rrawiggle, s. An earwig. Suff.
Arrayers,*. Officers who had the

care of the soldiers' armour.
Arre, v. To snarl.
Arrear, adv. {A.-N.) Behind.

To leave with speed Atlanta in arrear

Fair/. Tajso, ii, 40.

Ne ever did her eye sight turn arere.

Spenser, Virgil's G«ai.,v, 468.

Arreche, 1 t>. To reach. See
ARREACH, J Areche.
Conferred them, and the letters ad-
dressed to the kinges majesl€ oute of
Ireland, togithers; whiche we have
wayed, debated, and considered, as farre
as our poure wyttes can arreche.

Slate Papers, i, 671.

Arrect, v. {Lat.) (1) To impute.
Therfore he arrecteth no blame of theyr
dedes unto them.

Sir Thomas Mor^t Wbrlet, p. 271.

(2) To refer.

Arrectinge unto your wvse examinacion

How all that I do is under refformation.

Skelton's Works, i, 378.

(3) To direct. "I arecte, I
adresse a thyng in the ryght
wave, jadresse ; Be nat afrayde
if thou be out of the wave thou
shalte 1)6 arrected, Naies poynt
de paour si tu es fiors du chemyn
iu seras adresse." Palsgrave.

(4) To erect or set up anvthiug.

Arredy, v. To make ready.
Arreise, \v. To raise. See

AREYSE, j Araise.
Arrer, adv. Rather. NortlMtnpt.
Arrere, "1 V. (A.-S.) To rear ; ta
ARREAR, J raise. See Arere.
And out of Surrye, and out of Turkye,
and out of other contrees tliat he holt,
he may arrere mo than 50,000.

MawtdetiWs Traiels, p. 33.

And in tlie west parte of the saide walle
he arrered a fayre and stronge r.ite. and
commanded it to be called Luddys Gate,
whiche at this day is deped Luddegate.
Fabian's Chronicle, f. 32.

Arrere, adj. Strange ; wonderful.

Comv).
Akre RE-SUPPER, 8. (Fr.) A rere-

supper ; a collation served up in

the bed-room, after the first

supper.
Arresond. Reasoned with. See

Areson.

Of the customes of Sarasines, and of

hire lawe ; and how the Soudan arresond

me, auctour of this book.

MauudeTiWs Travels, p. 131.

Arret, p. (Fr. arreter.) To de-
cree, or appoint. Spenser.

Arretted. " Is he," says Cowell,
"that is covenanted before a
judge, and charged with a crime."
See his Interpreter, fol., Lond.,
1658. It is translated by " ad
rectum vocatus," in Rider's Dic-
tionarie, 1640.

Arride, v. (Laf. arrideo.) To
please ; to amuse.
'Fore heav'ns his humour arrides me ex-
ceedingly.

Fveri/ Man out of his Humour, ii, 1.

Her form answers my affection, it
arrides me exeeedinglv. •

The Antiquary, O. P., x, 32.

This is a good, pretty, apish, dorible
fellow; really he might have made a
very pretty barber surgeon, if he had
been put out in time ; but it arrides rae
extreamlv to think how he will be bob'd.
Skadtcell, The Humorists, 1771.

Arridge, a. The edge of anything
that is liable to hurt or cause an
arr. North.

ARR

102

ARS

Arriere, «. (^Fr.) The hinder

part ; the rear.
Arrishes,s. The Devonshire term

for stubble or eddish.
Arrivance, s. (A.-N.) (1) The
arrival of company.
For every minute is expectancy
Of more arritance. Othello, ii, 1.

(2) Original abode of a family.
"I say, mate, which parish do
you belong to ?" " I can't justly
say, but father's arrivance was
fram Sheperd's-vvell." (Sibberts-
wold.) Kent.

Arrive, s. Arrival.

Whose forests, hills, aod floods, then long
for her arrive

From Lancashire.

Drayt., Polyolb., Song, 28.

These novice lovers at their first arrive
Are bashful! 'ootli.

Syhester't Du Bartas, 212.

So small a number can no warre pretend,
Therefore their strange arrive they ueede

not feare.
As farre as doth their hemisphere extend,
They view the sea, but see no shipping

neare. Great Britaine's Troy, 1609.

The verb arrive is sometimes

used in an active form, without

the preposition.

But ere we could arrive the point propos'd,

Caesar cried. Help me, Cassius, or 1 sink.

Shakesp.Jul. C, i,2.

Milton has adopted this form :
Ere he arrite »

Tlie happy isle. Par. Lost, ii.

Arrode, v. (Lat.) To gnaw.
Arrogation, s. (Lat.) Arrogance.

More.
Arronly, adv. Exceedingly. Lane.
Arrose, r. (Fr. arroser.) To wet;

to bedew,

— your day is lengtlien'd, and
The blissful dew of heaven does arrose yon.
Bcaum. and Fl.
His nav7e greate, witli many soudjoures.
To sayle anone into this Bntayn made.
In Thamis arrose, wber he had ful sharpe
shoures.

Hardyng's Chron., ed. Ellis, p. 76.

Arrow, at^'. (A.-S.) Fearful. Ri.
der. See Argh.

Arrow-headers,*. Manufactir*
ers of arrow-heads.

Lanterners, stryn^ers, grynders,
Arowe-heders, maliemen, and come-
mongers.'

CocTce Lorelles Bote, p. 10.

Arry, adj. Any. Somerset.
Arryn, ». To seize. Coventry

Mysteries, p. 316.
Ars, s. {A.-N.) Art ; science.

Gregorii coutlie not wel his pars,
And wele riid and songe in lawe.
And understode wele liis ars.

Legend of Pope Gregory, p. 25.

The seven arts, or sciences, of
the schools were Arithmetic,
Geometry, Music, Astronomy,
Grammar, Rhetoric, and Logic;
and these were the arts, par ex-
cellence, understood in the aca-
demical degrees, and in ancient
scholastic education. A " master
of arts " meant a proficient in
these seven arts. They are enu-
merated in the following lines :

Throjh hye grace of Crist yn heven.
He commeused yn the syens seven ;
Gramatica ys the furste syens y-wysse,
Dialetica tlie secunde so liave y blysse,
Rethorica the thrydde, wiihoute nay,
Musica ys the fowrthe, as y jow say,
Astromia ys the v. by my snowte,
Arsnietica the vi. withoute dowte,
Gemetria the seventhe maketh an ende,
For he vs bothe meke and hende.

MS. Bib. Reg., 17 A I, fol. 23.

Arsard, 1 adj. Unwilling ; per-
ARSET, J verse. Var. dial.

Arsbawst, s. a fall on the back.
Staff.

Arsboord, 8. The hinder board of
a cart. Staff.

Arsedine, "I
assaden, I s. A kind of orna-
assady, ^-mental tinsel. See
orsady, I Assad.

ORSDEN, J

Are you puffed up with the pride of
your wares ? — yoiu: arsedine ?

Barth. Fair, ii, 2.
A London vintner's signe, thick jagged
and round fringed, with tlieaming
arsadine. Nash's Lenten Stuff.

Arsefoote. a small water-fowl;

ARS

103

ART

given as the translation of " mer-
giilus " in Higins's Junmi, ed.
1585, p. 60.

Arseling-pole, s. The pole vrith
which bakei's spread the hot
embers to all parts of the oven.
East.

Arselin's, adv. Backwards. Norf.

Arsexick, s. The water-pepper.
" Water-pepper, or arsenicke :
some call it kill-ridge, or cule-
rage." Nomenclator, 1585.

Arsepush, s. a fall on the back.
Howell.

Arsesmabt, ». The persicaria, or
water-pepper, called in old
French culrage. See Arsenick.

Arseverse, s. " A pretended
spell, written u])on the door of
an house to keep it from burn-
ing." Blount's Glossoffraphia, ed.
1681.

ARSEWARD,aff». Backward. Cumb.

Arsewispe, s. Rider gives this
word as the translation of aniter.
gium.

Arsle, v. To move backwards; to
fidget. East.

Arsmetrik, *. Arithmetic.

And arsmetryJc, be castyn;; of nonibrary,
Chees Pyktcgoras for her parte.

LyJijale's Minor Poems, p. 11.

Arsomever, adv. However. Leic.

Arsoun,"! «. (y^.-A\) The bow of
ARSON, va saddle; each saddle
ARSUN, J having two arsouns, one
in front, the other behind.

An ax lie lieute of metall broun
Tliat heiig on liys forniest arsoun.

Octovian, 1. 1106.
An ax lie hente boun,
Thai lieng at liya arsoun.

Lybeaus Disconus, 1. 1323.
He karf his heorte and liis pomoi),
And threow him over arsun.

K. Mlsaunder, 1. 4375.
Sir Launcelot gave liini such a buffet,
tliat tlie arson of his saddle broke, and
80 he flew over liis horse's tail.

Malory, H. of K. Arthur, v. i, p. 190.
Sir Launcelot passed tlirough tliera, and
lightly lie turned him in again, and
Bniote another kniglit tliroughout the

body, and through the horse's arson
more than an ell. Ih., p. 370.

In the following example it seems
to be used for the saddle itself:
He schof liini quycly adoun,
And leop hiniseoif in the arsoun.

K. AUsaunder, 1. 4251.

Arst, adv. {A.-S. esrest.) First ; erst.
And pride in richesse regneth
Ratlier than in poverte-.
Arst in the maister than in the man
Sora mansion he havctli.

Piers PL, p. 287.

Akstable,». An astrolabe.

Hi,« arstabU he tok out sone.
Tlieo cours he tok of sonne and mone,
Tlieo cours of the planetis seven,
He tolde also undur heven.

K. AUsaunder, 287.

Arston, s. a li^rth-stone.

Yorksh.
Arsy-versy, adv. Upside down ;

preposterously. Drayton.
Art, (1) s. a quarter; a point of

the compass. North.

(2) Eight. Exmoor.
Arte, "I v. {Lat. arcto.) To con-
ARCT, J strain ; compel ; urge.

And ore all this, ful mokil more he thought
What fortospeke, andwhattoholden inne,
And wliat to artin her to love he sought.

C/mucer, Tr. and Cres., Urry, p 272.
Love artid me to do my observaunce
To his estate, and done him obcisaunce.

Court of Love, Urry, p. 560.
Wherthrugh, they be artyd by neces-
sity so to watch, labour, and grub in the
giouiide for their siistenauiice, that tlieir
nature is much wastid, and the kynd of
tliem brought to nowglit.
Furlescue on Absolute Monarchy, p. 23.

Arteen. Eighteen. Exmoor,
Artemage, s. The art of magic.

And through the crafte of artemage.
Of wexe lie forged an ymage.

Got«!«r,ed. 1532, f. 138.

Arter, prep. After. Var. dial.
Artetykes, s. (Gr.) A disease

affecting the joints; a sort of

gout.
Arth-staff, s. a poker used by

blacksmiths. Shropsh.
Arthur, s. A game at sea, de-

scribed in Grose.

ART

104

ARY

Arthur-a-bradley. a very po-
pular old song, frequently re-
ferred to. Three songs are still
preserved relating to this hero.
One of them is published in Rit-
son's edition of Robin Hood, and
another may be seen in Dixon's
Ancient Poems, p. 161.

Arthur's-show. An exhibition of
archery by a toxophilite society
in London, of which an account
was published in 1583, by Richard
Robinson. The associates were
fifty. eight "in number, and had
assumed the arms and names of
the Knights of the Round Table.

Article, s. (1) Comprehension.
Shaiexp.

(2) A p&or creature ; a wretched
animal.

Articulate, v. {Lat.) To exhibit
in articles.

Artier, «. (Fr.) An artery.

Artificial, adj. Ingenious ; art-
ful ; skilful in art.

Artillery, g. This word was for-
merly applied to all kinds of
missile weapons.

Artnoon, s. Afternoon. Essex.

Art-of-memory, «. An old game
at cards. Compleat Gamester, ed.
1709, p. 101.

Artow, v. Art thou ; a common
contraction of the verb and pro-
noun in MSS. of the 14th cent.,
and siill preserved in the dialects
of the North of England.

Artry, \a. Apparently a con-

attry, J traction of ar/«//ery. See

Nichols's Roy. Wills, pp. 28 4 , 288.

Artuate, v. {Lat.) To tear mem-
ber from member.

Arum, s. An arm.

And he haves on thorn his arum,
Therof is t'ul mikel harum.

Haveloi, 1993.

Arunde, s. An errand. Perhaps

it should be printed amnde,
Aruwe, «. An arrow.

Ac an aruwe oway he bare
In his eld wounde.

Sir Tristrem, p. 304.

Arval, ». A funeral. North. Arval-
supper is a funeral feast given to
the friends of the deceased, at
which a particular kind of coarse
cake, composed of flour, water,
yeast, currants, and some kind of
spice, called arval-bread, is some-
times distributed among the poor.

Arvyst-gos, ». A stubble goose.

A yong wyf and an arvi/si-t/os,
Moche gagil with bolhe.

Seliq.Jntiq., ii,\13.

Arwe, plural arweii, arewen, as
well as arewes, arwes, s. {A.-S.)
An arrow.

Myd arwen, and myd quareles so muche
folk first me slow.

ifoi. o/G^ouc, p. 48.
Of eolde he sent hym a eoroune.
And a snithe fair faukoune,
Tweye bugle homes, and a bowe also,
And fyve arewen ek therto.

K, Al'isaunier.

Arwe, (1) v. (A.-S. eargian.) To
render timid.

(2) adj. Timid; fearful. See
Argh.
Thou saist soth, hardy and hard,
And thou art as arwe coward !
He is the furste in eche bataile ;
Thou art bjhynde ay at the taile.

K. Misaunder, 3340.

Arweblast, s. a crossbow or ar-
balest.
The galcye wente alsoo faste
As quarrel dos oif the anceblast.

Richard Coeur de Lion, 2524.
Arwe-man, s. a bowman. (.')
He calde bothe anve-men and kene,
Knithes and serganz switlie sleie

Uavelok, 2116.

Arwyggyl, 8. An earwig. Prompt.
Parv, See arrawiggle.

Aryne, prest. t. pi. Are. A pro-
vincial pronunciation of am.

For alle the sorowe that we aryne inne,
It as ilke dele for cure syne.

Sir Isumbras.

Artoles. (Lat. kariolus.) Sooth-
sayers ; diviners.

ARY

105

ASC

For aryoU), nygromancers, brought
tlieym to the auctors of ther god Plioe-
bus', and nffred tlieyra ther, und th;iu
they hadde uusweres.

Barthol., hy Trevisa.

Arise, part. p. Arisen. K. Ali-

saunder, 3748.
Aryste, s. Arras. " iij. peeces of

aryste." Union Inventories, p. 5.
As. Tliat; which ; who. Var. dial.

" He as comes," for he who comes.

In Leicestersh. they say as yet as,

for. as yet.
A-SAD, adj. Sad ; sorrowful.
AsAiLE, V. To sail.
As ALT, V. {A.-N.) To assail; to

besiege.
Hii bygoniie an lioly Tliores eve then toun

asaly there. Bob. Glouc., p. 394.

As-ARHEs, (/^...V.) To arms !

AsAOGHT, s. {A..N.) An assault.
Rob. Glouc.

AsBATE, s. A purchase. Skinner.

As-BuiRD,#. Literally, ashes board;
a box in which ashes are carried.
North.

AscAPART. The name of a giant,
whom Bevis of Hampton con-
quered, according to the old
legend. His effigy may be seen
on the city gates of Southampton.
He was said to have been " full
thirty feet long," and to have
carried Sir Bevis, his wife, and
horse, under his arm ! He is al-
luded to by Shakespeare, Drayton,
and other Elizabethan writers.

AscAPE, 1 _ To escape.

ASCHAPE, J '^

AscAR, «. A person who asks. Wy-

cliffe.
AscAT, adj. Broken like an egg.

Somerset.
ASCAUNCE.I ^^ C^.-5.)(l) Ob.
ASCANCE, ^li eiy aslant.

ASKAUNS, J ^ ^

At this question Kosader, turning his
head ascance, and bending his browes
as if anger there had plousihed the fur-
rowes of her wratli, witli his eyes full of
fire, hee made this replie.

Eufhuea Golden Legacie.

(2) As if.

And wroot the names alway, as he itood.
Of alle folk that gaf hem eny good,
Mcaunce that he wolde lor hem preye.

Chaucer, Cant. T., 7325.

(3) Scarcely.

Aakauru she may nat tothelettresseynay.
Lydgate's Minor Poenu,'j>. 85.

AscAUNT, jwe/>. Across.

There is a willow grows ascaunt the brook

That shews his hoar leaves in the glassy

stream. Hamlet, iv, 7. (early itos.)

Ascendant, s. A term in judicial
astrology, denoting that degree
of the ecliptic, which is rising in
the eastern part of the horizon at
the time of any person's birth :
supposed to have the greatest
influence over his fortune. Com-
monly used metaphorically for
influence in general, or effect.

*Tis well that servant's gone; I shall the

ejisier
Wind up his master to my purposes; —
A good ascendant. 0. FL, vii, 137..

Ascent, s. See Assent.
AscH-CAKE, 8. A cake baked under

ashes.
AscHE, V. To ask. This form oc-
curs chiefly in MSS. of the 14th
cent. The word had soft forms
in A.-S., ahsian. See Ass.
AscHES, s. Ashes. See Ass.
AscHEWELE, r. (^A.-S. ascalian, to
send away). To drive away.
An hwanne heo habeth me ofslahe,
Heo hongeth me on heore hahe;
Tliar ieh asehevoele pie and crowe
From than vhe thar is i-sowe.

Uule and Nygktingale, 1. 1601.

AscHONNE, V. To shun ; to avoid.

They myjte not aachonne the sorowe they
had served.

Deposition of Bichard II, p. 14.

AscHORE, adv. {A.-S. on cyrre.)

Aside.
A moneth after mon myghtte hom a ffond,
Lyand gtyll on the grownd,

Thei myght noaer ryde ne goo.
Ever after the dogges wer so starke,
Thei stode aschore wlien thei schuld barke ;
Her feytt thei drew hom boo.

Uunttyny of t/ie Mare, 1. 256.

ASC

106

ASH

AscHRENCHE, V. (y4.-S ascreucati.)
To slirink ; to make to shrink.

That detli tliat hi luistondeth nou3t,
Ac ech othreii aschrenclteth.

William de Shoreham.

AsciLL, », Vinegar. Chester Plays,

ii, 75. See Aisel.
AsciTE, V. To summon; to call.
AscLANDERD,/;ar<./;. Slandered.
AscoN, V. To ask. Rob. Glouc.

ASCRIDE, 1 J , . .J

I adv. Across ; astride.

ASKRED, > c, ±

I (Somerset.

ASKROD, J

Kif he'd a pumple-voot bezide
An a brumstick vor'n to zit ascride,
O' wizards a mid be thawt tha pride,
Aniangst a kit o' twenty.

Jennings' Observations, 1825, p. 118.

AscRY, V. {A.-N. escrier.) (1.) To
cry ; to proclaim.
(2) To assail with a shout.
(3; To betray.

(4) To descry, to discover. Pals-
grave.

AscRYVE, e. To ascribe; to impute.

AsE, (1) s. Ashes. North.
(2) conj. As.

AsELE, V. (A.-S.) To seal.

Tliat brought liym lettres speciele,
Aselyd with the barouiis sele,
Tliat toldeii hyni, hys brothir Jhon
Wolde do corowne hvm anon.

Richard (kcur de L. 1. 6472.

AsELY, V. {A.-N.) To assoil, give
absolution.

The Englysse al the ny5t byrore vaste

bygon to synge.
And soende al the nyjt in glotonye and in

drvngyiige.
The IS'ormans ne dude nojt so, ac liii cry ede

on God vaste,
And ssryve hem ech after other, the wule

the nyjt y-laste,
And aniorwe hem late asdi/ wyth mylde

Lerte ynou. Sob. Glouc., p. 360.

AsunE, part. p. Seen.
AsERE, V. (A.-S. asearian.) To be-
come dry.

Nou ben hise bowes awai i-sschore.
And mochel of hise beauty forlore—
Tharfore that olde tre les his pride,
And asered bi that o side.

Sevyn Sages, 1. 606.

.\sERVE, V. (1) To deserve.
(2) To serve.

AsEssE, r. To cause to cease; to
stop.

But he bethoughte hym, aftyr tlienne,
That he wolde leve ther al hys nienne.
And, with his pryvy nieyn6.
Into Yngelond thenne wolde be.
And asesse the werre anon
Betwyxe hym and hya brother Jhon.

Richard Cceur de L., 1. 6311.

AsETH, s. Satisfaction for an injury.

We may not be assoyled of tho tresp;is,
Bot if we make aseth in that at we may.
MS. Earl.. 1023, f. 68 b.

AsETNES, s. {A.-S. asetnys.) A re-
gulation.

This ilke abbot at Rnmsai
Msetnes set in his abhai,
Tliat in this servis for to stand
Ai quilis that abbai be lastand.

MS. Med., cited in Boucher.
ASEWE, 1 ,^_^, rj.^ fjjjjjj^^

ASIWE, J ^ '

Alisaundre wente ageyn
Quyk asiwelh liiin al his men.

K. Alisaunder, 1. 2494.

AsEW, adv. Applied to a cow when
drained of lier milk, at the sea-
son of calving. Somerset.
AsEWRE, ad/. Azure.
AsEWRYD, part. p. Assured.
AsEYyiT, part. p. (A.-S.) Lost.

Al here atyl and tresour was al-so aseynt.
Rob. Glouc, p. 51.

As-fast, adv. Anon ; immediately.
AsGAL, *. A newt. Shropsh.
Ash. (1) Stubble. South. " Le

tressel, asche of corn." Walter

de Bibblesworth.

(2) To ask. Lane. See Ass.
Ash-bin, «. A receptacle for ashes

and other dirt. Line.
AsH-cANDLES, s. The seed pod of

the ash-tree. Dorset.
AsHELT, adv. Probably ; perhaps.

Lane. It is usually pronounced

as two words.
AsHEN', *. Ashes. North.
AsHERLAND, ». "Assarts, or wood-
land grub'd and ploughed up."

Kennett.

ASH

AsHiED, part. p. Made white, as
with wood ashes.

Old Winter, clad in high furres, sliowers of

mine,
Apiieaiing in his eyes, who still doth groe
In a mi gowite.as/iied with flakes of snow.
Heywood's Marriage Triumphe, 1613.

AsHisH, adv. Sideways. Somerset.

Ash-keys, s. The fruit of the ash.
The failure of a crop of ash-keys
is helieved in some parts to por-
tend a death in the royal family.
How to make a quick-set-hedge. Then the
herries of the wliite or haw-tliorne,
acoriTCs, ash-keyes mixed tofctlier, and
these wrouglit or wound up in a rope of
straw, will serve, hut that tliey wil h(
somewhat longer in growing.

Norden's Surveyor's Dialogue, 1610.

Ashlar, 1 u j

s. Hewn or squared

ASCHELER, > . , , ■,\-

I stone, for huudinff.

ACHILER, J °

AsHLAR-WALL.s. A wall, the stones
of which are hewn in regular
course and size. "An ashler wall,
free-stone hewed with a mason's
ax into smoothness, q. axtler."
Thoresby's Letter to Ray, 1703.
"A flight of arrows, that harmed
an ashlar-wall as little as many
hailstones." The Abbot.

Ashore, adj. (A.-S.) Aside. West.
It is used in the sense of ajar,

• applied to a door. See Aschore.

Ash-pan, s. A pan fitted to the
under part of the grate, to receive
the ashes from the fire. Line.

Ash-trug,s. a coal-scuttle. North.

Ashunche, ». To repent.'

Mid sliuppirg ne mey liit me ashunche,
Kes y never wycclie ne wyle ;

Ych am a maide, tlial me of-tliunche,
Luef me were gome boute gyle.

Lyric Foetry, p. 38.

AsiDEN, a<;?». On one side; aslant.
West. Rider has asidenam in his
Dictionarie, 1640, in the same
sense.

VsiLE, *. {Lat.) An asylum.
SIX, adj. Made of ashen wood.

My deare Warwik, if your lienor and my
de'sir could accord with the los of the

ml ASK

nidefuls fingar I kipe, God helpe me so
in my most nide as I wold gladly lis that
one joint fore your safe abode with nie,
but sins I can not that 1 wold, I wil do
that I may, and wil rather drinke in an
asin cup than you or yours sliude not
be soccerd both by sea and land, yea and
tliat with all spede possible, and let this
my scribling liand witnes it to them
all. Yours as my own,

Elizabeth B.

AsiNARY, adj. Asinine.

AsmvB, part. p. Assigned. Hey-

wood, 1556.
AsiNEGO. See Assinego.
.\siNGS, s. Easings. Shropsh.
AsiT, V. To sit against, so as to

receive the hlow without being

unhorsed.
No man ne myghte with slrengthe asytte

Hys swordes draught. Octovian, 1665.

Ask, "^

ASKER, , A n \ k

I 8. (A.-S. apexe.) A

ASKARD, > > J^ J J

i water newt, or lizard.

ASKEL, I '

ARSKE. J

Snakes and nederes thar he fand.
And gret blac tades gangand,
And arskes and other wormes felle.
That I can noht on Inglis telle.

MS. Med., Uth cent.

Ask. adj. Applied to the weather,
•meaning damp. " The weather
is so ask." Yorksh.
AsKAUNCE, aJ». Aside; sideways.
Nearly the same meaning as as-
kew, and given as the same word
in Rider's Dictionarie, 1640. See
Ascaunce.
AsKK,v. {A.-S.) To ask; to require.
Ho so hit tempreth by power,
So hit askith in suche maner.

Kyng Alisaunder, 1. 6219.

AsKEFiSE, s. (A.-S.) A fire blower.
The word is translated by ciniflo
in the Prompt. Pare. " Ciniflo,
a fyre blowere, an yryn hetere,
an askefyce." MS. Medulla. In
the Prompt. Parv. we find the
following entry, " Askefise, ci-
niflo." It seems that askefise
was used in a contemptuous
sense to signify a man who re*

ASK

108

ASO

mained snug at home while

others went out to exercise their

courage.
AsKEN, 8. pi. Ashes.
AsKER, *. (1) A scab.

(2) A land or water newt. Far.

dial.
AsKEs, s. Ashes. See Asa.
Askew, adv. Awry. Barefs Alve-

arie, 1580.
AsKiLE, adv. Aslant; obliquely;

aside.
Vliat tlio' the scornful waiter looks asi'Ue,
And )>oiits and fronns and curseth tliee

the while. Bp. Hall, Sat., v, 2.

Askings, ». The publication of

marriage by banns. Yorksh.
AsKOF, adv. Deridingly ; in scoff.

Alisatmder lokid askuf.
As he no gef nought therof.

Alisaunder, I. 874.

AsKowsB, V. To excuse.

Bot thow can lukotcse the,
Thow sclialt abey, y till the.

Frere and the Boy, St. xxxv.

AsKRTE. s. A shriek ; a shout.
AsKusE, V. To accuse.
Owre Lord gan appose them of ther grete
delyte,
Botbe to ashue hem of ther synful blame.
Ludus Coventria, p. 2.

AsKY, (1) adj. Dry; parched.
North.

(2) V. (A.-S. ascian.) To ask.
To oiki tliat never no wes,
It is a t'ole askeing.

Sir Tristrem, p. 209.

AsLAKE, V. {A.'S. aslacian.) To
slacken, or mitigate.
Her herte to ease
And the flesshe to please
Sorowes to aslnkr.

TheBuke of May d Emlyn.

AsLASH, adv. Aslant; crosswise.
Line.

AsL AT, adj. Cracked, as an eai then
vessel. Devon.

A-SLAWE, part. p. Slain. For
y-slawe ; in this and similar cases
of verbs, a- prefixed merely re-
presents the usual y- or i-.

AsLEK, adv. Aslope. Somerset.

AsLEP£D, part. p. Sleepy.

And Verniigu, at that cas,
So sore asleped wiis,
He no might fi^ht no more.

Roulami and Temagu, p. 21.

AsLET, adv. Obliquely.

Aryde or :icydenaudys, or aslet or
asloule: Oblique vel alatere. Prompt.
Pan. Aslet or aslowte : Oblique. lb.

AsLEW, adv. Aslant. Sussex.

AsLiDE, c. To slide away; to de-
part.

i\.-si,oy,part.p. Slain.

Aslope, adv. Sloping.

AsLOPEN.^ar^j;. Asleep. An un-
usual form, used by Middleton
the dramatist apparently for the
mere purpose of rhyme.

AsLOSH, adv. Aside. "St&nd aslosh,
wooll ye ?■'

AsLOUGH, pret. t. s. Aslowen, pi.
Slew; killed.

AsLOUTE, adv. Obliquely. Prompt.
Parv. See Aslet.

AsLUPPE, V. (A.-S.) To slip away;
to escape.

Betere is taken a comelichc y-clothe.
In armes to cusse ant to cluppe,

Then a wrecche y-wedded so wrotlie,
Thah he me slowe, ne myhti him asluppe.
Lyric Poetry, p. 38.

^^^^' I adv. Willingly. North.

ASTLY, J ° '

AsMATRYK, ». Apparently a cor-
ruption of arithmetic. Coventry
Mysteries, p. 189.

AsMELLE, V. To smell.

AsociE, V. {A.-N. associer.) To
associate.

AsoFTE, V. To soften.

AsoMPELLE, ». An example. MS.
Vocab.

AsoNDRi, adv. {A.'S. on sundran.)
Asunder ; separately.

Asondry were thei nevere,
Na moore than rayn hand may
Meve withoute my Ivngres.

Piers PL, p. 358.

AsoNKE, pret. t. Sunk.
Asoo.v, adv. At even. North.
AsosHE, ^ adv. Awry; aslant.
ASHOSHE, J £■««/. ^ttAswaah. In

ASO

109

ASP

the time of Henry VIII, Palsgrave

introduced this word into his
Dictionary, intended for the spe-
cial instruction of the Princess
Mary, and has added in ex-
planation, " as one weareth his
bonnet."

A-souND, adv. In a swoon.

AsouRE, *. "Gumme of asoure."
Reliq. Antiq., i, 53. The meaning
is uncertain.

AsoYLE, V. See Assoile.

AsoYLiNGE, s. Absolution.

AsoYNEDE, part. p. Excused; re-
fused.

Asp, ». The aspen tree. A Here-
fordshire word. It occurs in
Fiorios Neio World of Words,
1611, p. 68.

As PARE, V. (from A.-S. asparian.)
To spare.

And seven he was a nygard,
That no good myghte aspare
To frend ne to fremmed.

PieMP;., p. 303.

AsPAUD, adv. Astride. North.
AsPECCiouN, «. (A.-N.) Sight.
AsPECHE, s. A serpent. SeeAspici,

the more usual form.
AsPECTE,*. Expectation.

Tlie 10. of Jun I was discharged from
l):\iids at the assizes contrary to the
aspects of all men. Fonnan's Diary.

AsPEN-LEAF, s. Metaphorically,
the tongue.

For if they myghte be suffred to begin
ones in the congregacion to fal in
disputing, those aspen-leaves of theirs
would never leave wagg\iig.

Sir T. More's Workes, p. 769.

AsPER, 8. A kind of Turkish coin.
Skinner.

ASPERAUNCE, 8. (A.-N.) HopC.

For esperaunce.
AsPERAUNT, adj. {A.-N.) Bold.

And have horses avenaunt,

To hem stalworthe and asperaunt.

Jlisauiider, 1. 4871.

AsPERGiNG, 8. A sprinkling.

ASPERMCHE, 1 . T> 1,

>adv. Roughly.

ASFERLV, J ° ^

ASPERNATION, 8. {Lot.) NcglCCti

disregard.
AsPERNE, V. (Lat.) To disregard.
Aspersion', *. (Lat.) A sprinkling.
AsPHODiL, 8. A daffodil.
AspiCK, «. (1) A species of serpent,

an asp.

So Pharaolis rat yer he begin the fray
'Gainst the blinde aspick, with a cleaving

clay
Upon his coat he wTaps an earthen cake.
Which afterward the suns hot beams doo

bake. Sylvester's Du Barlas.

(2) The name of a piece of ord-
nance, which carried a twelve
pound shot.
AspiE, (1) V. (A.'N.) To espie;
to discover.

Sche hath at scole and elles wher him

souglit.
Til fynally sche gan of hem asvye.
That he was last seyn in the Jewerie.

Chaucer, Cant. T.,1. 15001.

(2) *. A spy.
AspiLL, 8. A rude or silly clown.

Yorksh.
AspiouR,*. A spy; a scout.
AsPYRE, V. (Lat.) (1) To inspire.

God allowed, assysted, and aspyred them
by his grace tlierein.

Sir T. Mor^s Works, p. 927.

(2) To breathe ; to blow. The
word occurs with this explanation
in Rider's Dictionarie, 1640. It
is used by Shakespeare as a verb
active, to ascend, without the
particle which now usually ac-
companies this word.

Until our bodies turn to elements,
And both our souls aspire celestial thrones.
Marlowe's Tamburlaine, 1590.

AspiREMENT, 8. Breathing.
Asportation, s. (Lat.) A carrying
away.

\"pe;, \fj; (^-^■) Sharp;
' I bitter.
aspbre, 1

And makest fortune wrath and asper
by thine impacience.

Cliaucer's Boethius, p. 366, col. 1.

ASP

110

ASS

He saith that the waytoheavenisstraite
and (upre and painful.

Sir T. Mor^s WorJu, p. 74.

AspREAD, part. p. Spread out.

West.
AspRELY, adv. Roughly.
AspREXESSE, «. Roughness.
AsPROXG, pret. t. Sprung.
AsPROUS, aJ/. Bitter; angry; in-
clement. Leic. They say, "Ifs

a very asp'rous day."
AsouAP.ado. Sittingon the houghs.

Somerset.
AsauARE, "1 arfp. On the square;
ASWARE, J at a safe distance.
And 8wore by seyut Amyasi, that he shuld

abigge
With stroks hard and sore, even oppou the

rigge ;
Yf he liym myght fynd, he nothing wold

hvm spare.
Tlia't herd the pardoner wele, and held hym

better cuquare.

Prol. to Bist. ofBeryn, 1. 591.

AsauiNT, adv. Awry.
Ass, ^ s.pl.iA.-S.asce,<BSce.)

ABB, Ashes. Pronounced

ASCHES, ess in Staffordshire,
ASCHEN, > Cheshire, and Derby-
ASHEN, shire. It occurs in the
ASKEN, singular, " Aske or
ASKEs, J asshe:cinisvelciner."
Prompt. Parv.

The wynde of thilke helves scholde
never poudre ne aschen abyde, that is
dedleche man, wliich is seid'that aichen
and poudre and dong is.

Romance of the Monk, MS., f. 56 b.

And brend til asken al bidene.

EateUk, 1. 2841.
Thynk man, he says, askes ertow now,
And into askcs agayn turn saltow.

MS. Cott., Galba, E ix, f. 75.
Therwilh the fuyr of jelousye upsterte
Withinne Ins brest, and heut him by the

herte
So wodly, that lik was he to byholde
The box-tree, or the asschen deed and colde.
Chaucer, Cant. T., 1. 1301.
Their heresies be biuned up, and fal
as flatte to ashen.

Sir T. Mare's Works, p. 446.
Y wolde suche damseliys yn fyre were

brent.
That the assket with the wynde awey
myght fly. Relig. Anliq., i, 29.

Ass, ». To ask; to command. Cumb.
and Lane. This form occurs in
MSS. of the 14th and 15th
centuries.
AssADY, ^ s. Gold tinsel. See
ASSADYN, i Arsadine and Assi-
ARSEDYKE, |^ due. There is a
ARSEDYNE, j charge of 2d. for
ORSADY, •' assady and redde

ORSEDEN, j wax" in the ac-
counts of the expences for a play
at Coventry in 1472, published
in Sharp's Dissertation, p. 193.
The word is spelt with many
variations, and in the one series of
accounts just mentioned it oc-
curs in the following different
forms :

Expens. ayenst midsomer nyght;
Imprimis, assady to the crests . vj. d.

1477. Item, for assadyn, silver papur, and

gold papur, gold foyle, and grene
foyle . . . ij. 8. ij. d.

1478. Item, for osMifc/i for the harnes x.d.

1494. Item, payd for a paper of arie-
dyke . . . xij. d.

AssAiES, s. " At all assaies," i. e.,
in all points.

Shorten thou these wicked dales;
Tliinke on tliine oath at all assaies.
Drayton's Harmonie of the Church, 1591.

Assail, s. An attack.
Mv parts had power to charm a sacred sun,
Wiio, disciplin'd and dieted m grace,
Belier'd her eyes when I th' assail begun.
Shakesp., Lover's Complaint.

AssALVE, V. To salve fto allay.

Assart, s. (A.-N.) Assart lands,
parts of forests cleared of wood,
and put into cultivation, forwhich
rents were paid, termed assart
rents. It is used also as a verb.

Assassinate, s. Assassination.

What hast tliou done,
To make this barbarous base assassinate
Lpon the person of a prince 'r

Daniel's Civil Wars, iii, 78.

Assation, 8. {l,at.) Roasting.
Assault, 1 adv. Maris appetens,
ASSAUT, J said of a bitch or other
female of animals, and sometime*

ASS

111

ASS

in a contemptuous sense of a
woman.

Catnlire dicitur canis, r) kviov o-kv^o v,
quando in Venerem pnirit. Demander
le masle. To goe tusaut or proud, as a
bitch dotli. NomeHclator, 1585.

And whanne the fixene be assaut, and
goith yu hure love, and sdie seclieth the
dogge fox, she cryeth with an hoos
vovs, as a wood hound doith.

MS. Bodl., 546.

If any man withinne the lordshipe
liolde any sicke tliat goeth assault
withinne the same lordshipe, he slial
make a fine for hir anto the lord of
St.id.

Regulations of the Steves, \oth cent.

Assaut, 1 s. {A.-N.) An assault.
ASSAWTE, J Still used in Shrop-
shire.

And by assaut he wan the cit6 aftur.
And rente douu bothe wal and sparre,
and rafmr. Chaucer, Cant. 7'., 991.
And at the lond-g-.ite, kyng Richard
Held his assawte like hard.

liichard Coer de Lion, 1900.

Assautable, adj. Capable of

being taken.
AssAVE, V. To save.
Assay, «. {A.-N.) (1) Essay ; trial.
.After asay, then may je wette ;
Why blame je nie w'ithoute offence?
mison's Ancient Songs, p. 103.

(2) An examination of weights
and measures, by the clerk of the
market; also of silver in the
Mint.

(3) The process of drawing a
knife along the belly of a deer,
beginning at the brisket, to try
how fat he is; it was called,
taking assay, or say.

Gedered tlie grettest
of gres that ther were,
and didden hem derely undo,
as the dede askez ;
serched liem at the asay
summe that ther were,
two fyn seres thay fonde
of the' tottlest of alle.

Gawyn and the Gr.Kn., 1. 2397.

(4) The point at which the kni^e
of the hunter was inserted ia the
breast of the buck, for the pur-
pose of ascertaining his fatness.

At the assay kitte him, that lordes may

see
Anou fat or lene, whether that he bee ; —
At the chaules to begyn, soone as ye may.
And slit him downe to the assay.
And fro the assay, even down to the bely
shal ye slyt.

Book of St. Albans, chap. "Haw y«
shall brelce an Hart."

(5) The most frequent use of the
term in former times, was in
matters relating to the office of
praelibator, or taster, in palaces,
and the houses of barons, where
there was an officer, who was
called the assayer. The sewer
most commonly took the assaiet
but the other officers also some-
times did the same ; such as the
panter, who tasted the contents
of the trenchers ; the yeoman of
the ewrie, who drank of the
water with which the lord was
to wash his hands ; the marshall
saluted the towel, with which he
was to wipe his hands, by way of
assaie; and the cup-bearer was
to swallow a small portion of the
liquor which he presented, as an
assaie. In short, so great were
the apprehensions of poison and
danger in untried food, that no
viands were served up at the
tables of the great, without being
first assaied.

Kyng Rychardsate downe to dyner, wid
was served without curtesie or assaye ;
he muche mervaylyng at the sodavne
mutncion of the thyng, demaunded of
the esquier whv he dyd not his duety.

Hall, Henry IF, {.U.

(6) Metaphorically, the attempt,
the moment of doing a thing.

And ryght as he was at assaye,
Hys lykyng vanyscht all aw'aye.
Le Bone Florence of Rome, 1. 1500.

(7) Experience.

Shorte wytted men and lyttell ofassaf/e,
saye that Faradyse islonge sayllynge out
of the erthe that men dwelle iune, and
also departeth frome the erthe, and ia
as hyglie as the mone.
Quotation in Note* to Morte d' Arthur,
p. 472.

ASS

112

ASS

▲ssATE, r. (J.-N.) To try; to
prove ; to taste.

"Certes," quod Prudence, "if ye wil
wirche by my eounseil, ye scliul not
assaye fortune by uo maner WHy, ne
schul not lene ue'bowe unto hire, after
the word of Senec."

Chaucer, T. ofMeliheus.

Hereu|>on tlie companie assayed to
convey it to St. Auguatines.

Lamhard^s Perambulation, p. 116.

Contynewynge which feaste, twoo noble
and yonge knightis amonge other hap-

fiened to assey eyther otlier in wrast-
ynge. Trevisa, f. 34.

Assayed, par^ />. Satisfied. Phil-
pof's Works, p. 376.

Assaying,*. "An assayin^'.or flour-
ishing with a weapon before one
begins to play." Rider's Dic-
tionarie, 1640. '^Assaying, a
terra us'd by musicians, for a
flourish before they begin to
play." Kersey's English Dic-
tionary, 1715.

AssAYNE, s. A term in hare hunt-
ing. B. of St. Albans, sig. d, iv.

AssBuuRD, s. A box for ashes.
Norlh.

AsscHREiNT. See Asshreint.

AssE. In the following passage at
asse seems to mean prepared.

And fond our men alle at asse.
That the Faiens no might passe.

Arthour and Merlin, p. 278.

AssEASE, V. {low Lat.) To cease.

Rider.
AssEcuRE, ». (1) To make sure of ;

to make safe.

And so hath Heiirie asseatr'd that side.
And therewithal! his state of Gasconie.

Daniel's Ciril Wars, iv, 9.

Assurance.

(2) To give assurance.

ASSECURAXCE, 1
ASSECURATION, /

AssEcuTiox, s. (Lat.) Acquire-
ment ; the act of obtaining.

AssE-EARE, «. The herb comfrey.
Nomenclator, 1585, p. 137.

AssEER, V. To assure. Yorksh.

AssEGE, s. {.4.-N.) A siege.

Swiche wondring was ther on this hors o(

bras,
That sin the gret assege of Troye was,
Ther as men wondred on an hors also,
Ne was ther swiche a wondring, as was

tho. Chaucer, Cant. T., (Tync.) 1. 10620.

Moreover his ordre of asser/es, plantyng
of campes, settvng of battailes, are left
behind at this iay to our instruction.

Institacion,ofa Gentleman, 1568.

AssELE, V. To seal.
AssEMBLABLE, s. Likcncss.

Every thinge that berithe lyfe desyreth
to be conjoynyd to his assembUabh ;
and every man shall be assocyate to his
owne symylitude.

Dial, of Creatures Moralised, p. 96.

AssEMBLAUNCE, s. ResemblancB.
Skinner.

AssEMBLEMENT, s. A gathering.

AssEMYLE, V. To asscmble.

AssENE, *./>/. Asses.

AssENEL, s. Arsenic. Prompt. P.

Assent, {A.-N.) (1) adj. Consent-
ing ; agreeing.

(2) s. Consent ; agreement.
The wyfes of ful highe prudence
Have of assent made ther avow.

Lydgate's Minor Poems, p. 134.

(3) part. p. Sent.

Assentation, *. {Lat.) Flattery.

Assentator, s. a flatterer.

AssENTiON, s. Consent. Herrick.

Assenycke, ». Arsenic. Palsgrave.

AssEPERSELiE, s. The plant cher-
vil. Nomenclator, 1585, p. 131.

AssES-FOOT, s. The herb coltsfoot.
AssETH, adv. {A.-N.) SuiBciently ;
enough. See Aseth.

Kevir shall make his richesse
Asseth unto his gredmesse.

Bom. of the Rose, 5600.

AssETTE, V. To assail.
AssHE, V. To ask. See Ass.
AssHEAD, s. A blockhead ; a fool.
Ass-heard, s. A keeper of asses.
Ass-HOLE,*. A receptacle for ashes.

North.
AssHREiNT, \ part. p. (from
ASSCHREINT, J A.-S. screucun, to

deceive.) Deceived. Theinfini-

tive of the verb would be assh~

renche.

ASS

113

ASS

A ! dame, he saide, ich was asschreint,
Icli wende tliou haddest ben adreint.

Seryn Sai/es, 1. 14S5.
Tlieg^'oures lovcden the kyn;r iioughth.
And woldeu liave liim bycau<rlitli.
Hy ledden liym therfore, als I fyude.
In tile straungest peryl ol Ynde.
Ac, so ich fynde in tli'e book,
Hy were (ushreyiU in her crook.

K. Alisaunder, 1. 4819.

AssiDUAL, adj. (Lot.) Constant.

As t)v the sun we set our dyals, so
(Madam) we set our pietys by you ;
Without whose light, we shud'in dark-
ness be.
And nothing truely good nor vertuous

see.
You in the Temple so assidual are,
Your whole hfe seems but one continued
prayer. Flechwe's Epigrams, 1670.

AssiDUALLY, adv. Constantly.

AssiDUATE, adj. Constant ; un-
remitting ; daily.
By the assiduate lahonre of hys wyfe
Ethelburga, &c. Fabian, 1. 146.

AssiDUE, s. A word used in Ilal-
lainsliire, a district of the county
of York, to describe a species of
yellow tinsel much used by the
mummers at Christmas, and by
the rustics who accon)pany the
plough on Plough Monday in its
rounds through the parisli, as
part of their fantastic decoration.
It occurs in an old shop-bill,
as synonymous with horse-gold.
See Arsedine and Assady.

AssiEGE, V. {Fr.) To besiege.
Rider's Dictionarie, 1640.

AssiL-TOOTH.s. A grinder. North.

AssiL-TREE, *. An a.xle-tree.
North.

AssiMULATioN, 8. {Lot.) Assiuii-
lation.

Besides these three several operations
of digestion, there is a fourfold order of
concoction : mastication, or chewing in
the mouth; chylification of this so
chewed meat in the stomach ; the third
ts in the liver, to turn tliis cliyius into
blood, called sanguification ; the last is
assimulation, which is in every part.

' Burton, An. of Mel., v. i, 29.

AssiMULE, V. To assimilate ; to
compare.

AssiNDE, part. p. Assigned.
AssiNEGO, "1 «. A Portuguese word,
AsiNEGo, J meaning a young ass:
used generally for a silly fellow ;
a fool.

Thou hast no more brains than I have
in my elbows; an assinego may tutor
thee. Tro. attd Ores., ii, 1.

When in the interim they apparell'd

me as you see,
Made a fool, or an asinigo of me, &c.

O. PI., X, 109.

All this would be forsworn, and I again
an asirugo, as your sister left me.

B. and Fl., Scomf. Lady.

B. Jonson has a pun against Inigo
Jones, on this word :

Or are you so ambitious 'bove your peers.
You'd be an ass inigo by your years.

Epigrams, vol. vi, p. 290.

Assise,*. (A.-N.) (1) Place; si-
tuation.
There ne was not a point truely.
That it has in his right assise.

Rom. of the Rose, 1237.

(2) A Statute.

Sire, he said, bi God in heven,
Thise boilouns that boilen seven,
Bitocnen thine seven wise.
That ban i-wrowt ayen the assise.

Sevyn Sages, L 249ft

(3) A judgement.

The kyng he sende word ajeyn, that he

hadde ys franchise
In ys owne court, for to loke domes

and asise. Rub. Glouc, p. 53.

Ur elder God did Jhesum rise,
The quilc gie hang with fals asise.

JdS.Med.,lithceut.

(4) A regulation ; rule ; order.

And after nicte the lordys wyse,
Everyche yn dywers qutyntyse.
To dauuce went, by ryglit asyse.

Octovian, L 81

(5) Assizes.

jow to teche God hath me sent.

His luwys of lyff that am ful wyse ■
Them to lern be "dyligent,
joure soulys may thei save at »i<e
last asyse.

Coventry Mysteries, p. 60.

(6) Things assigned; comn»>
dities.

ASS

114

ASS

Wlmn ther comes marchatindise,
With corn, wyu, and steil, othir other

assise,
To heore lend any schip,
To house they wnllith anon skyppe.

K. Alisaunder, 1. 7074.

(7) The long assise, a term of
chess.

Xou bothe her wedde lys.

And play thai biginne;
And sett lie hath the long asise.

And endred beth tlieriiine :
Tlie play biginneth to arise,

Tiistreni deleth atuinne.

Sir Tristrem.

(8) Measure. In the romance
of Sir Tryamour (MS. in the
Cambridge Public Library), after
the hero has cut otF the legs of a
giant, he tells him that they are
both " at oon assyse," i. e. of the
same length.

(9) V. To settle ; to confirm ; to
choose.

AssiSH, adj. Foolish. "Asindggine,

assishnesse, blockishnesse." Flor.
AssKES, s. Ashes. 3ee Ass.
Ass-manure, s. Manure of ashes.

North.
AssMAYHED, part. p. Dismayed.
Ass-midden, s. A heap of ashes ;

a mixen. North. '

AssNooK, adv. Under the grate.

Yorksh.
AssoBRE, V. To render calm.

And thus I rede thou assobre
Tliyn herte, in hope of such a grace.
Gotoer's Confessio AmaiUis, b. vi.

Associate, v. {Lat.) To accom-
pany.

Going to find a bare-foot brother out,
One of our order, to associate me.

Romeo and Juliet, t, 2.

AssoiL, V. To soil.
Assoile, 1 V. (A.-N.) (1) To ab-
ASsoiLLE, > solve; acquit; set at
ASOYLE, J liberty.

And so to ben assoilled,
And siththen ben houseled.

Piers n.^p. 419.

I at my own tribunal am assoil'd,
Yet fearing others censure am embroil'd.
0. PL, xii, 64.

Here he his subjects all, in general,
AssoyUs, and quites of oath and fealtie.
Dan. Civ. Wars, ii. 111.
Pray devoutly for the soule, whom God
assoyle, of one of the most worshipful
knights in his dayes.

Epitaph, in Camden's Rem.
Those that labour to oMoyi^ the Prophet
from sinne in this his disobedience,
what do they else hut cover a naked
body with fig-leaves, &c.

King on Jonah, p. 566.
But, if we live in an age of iudevotioa
we think ourselves well assoil'd, if we
be warmer than their ice.

Taylor's Great Exemplar, p. 68.

(2) To solve; to answer. "I
fl«soy/e a hard question: Je souls."
Palsgrave.

Caym, come fforthe and answere me,
Asoyle my qwestyon anon-ryght.

Coventry Mysteries, p. 38.

(3) To decide.

In th' other hand

A pair of waights, with which he did as-
soyle

Both more and lesse, where it in doubt
did stand. On Mutab., canto vii, 38.

AssoiLE, *. Confession.

When we spcake by way of riddle (enig-
ma) of which the sence can hardly Be
picked out, but by the parties owne
assoile. Pultenh., iii, p. 157, repr.

AssoiNE, (1) s. (A.-N.) Excuse;
delay. See Essoine.

Therfore hit hijtc Babiloyne,
That shend thing is withouten assoyne.
Cursor Mundi, MS. Trin. Cantab., f. 15.
At Venyse com up Alisaunder ;
Pes men blewe and no loud sclaunder.
His lettres he sent, withouten assoyne.
Anon into Grace-Boloyne.

Alisaunder, 1. 1443.

(2) V. To excuse ; to delay.

The scholde no weJer me assoine.

tlur. and Blanch., &l.

AssoMON, V. To .summon.

AssoRTE, «. {A.-N.) An assembly.
" By one assorte," in one com-
pany.

AssoTE, \ ». {A.-N.) (1) To besot,
ASSOT, /or infatuate; used by
Spenser, who also employs it for
the participle assotted.

Willye, I ween thou be assot.

Ecl.March.,\,26.

ASS

115

AST

(2) To dote on ; to be infatuated ;
used especially by Gower.

Tliis wyfe, whiche in her lustes grene
Was r'avre and tresslie and tender of age.
She may not let the courage
Of hym, that wol on her assole.

Gotcer, ed. 1582, f. 12.

AssowE, adv. In a swoon.

Ass-plum, ». A sort of plum, men-
tioned by Fiorio.

Ass-RiDDLTN,s. Astiperstitious cus-
tom practised in tlie North of
England upon the eve of St.
Mark, when ashes are sifted or
riddled on the hearth. It is be-
lieved that if any of the family
shall die within the year, the shoe
of the fated individual will leave
an impression on the ashes.

AssuBjuGATE, V. To Subjugate.

AssuE, "1 adv. A term applied to a
AZEw, J cow when drained of her
milk at the season of calving.
Somerset. Dorset.

AssuMENT, s. {Lat. assumentum.)
A patch or piece set on.

AssvyiP. part. p. {Lat. assumptus.)
Raised It occurs in Hall, Henry
VI, f. 61, and should perhaps be
assumpt.

Assumpsit, s. A promise. It is
properly a law term, but in the
following passage it is used in a
general sense.

Tlie king, wliom now a doubted hope of

profered heipe made glad.
Made promise of two milk white stcedes

as chiefest gemnies he had.
Brave Hercules, whose ventrons heart did

onely hunt for fame.
Accepts til' assumpsit, and prepares the

fiendlike fish to tame.

Warner's Albion's England, 1592.

Assumpt, p. {Fr.) To take up from
a low place to a high place.

Assurance, s. Affiance; betroth-
ing for marriage. Pembroke's
Arcadia, p. 1 7.

AssuRDE,».(from Fr. soiirdre.) To
break forth. Skellon, fForit, i,
374.

Assure, v. {!) To confide.

(2) To affiance; to betroth.
Shakespeare.

There lovely Amoret, that was assur'd
To lusty Perigot, bleeds out her life.

Beaumont and Fl., ii. 107.

(3) s. Assurance. Chaucer, ed.
L'rry, p. 432.

Ass WYTHE, adv. Quickly.

Tnay la^ed and made hem blythe
Wyth lotez that were to lowe;
To soper they jede asstct/the
Wyth dayntes uwe innowe.

Gavayn and the Green K., 1. 252S.

AssTGGE, s. A hunting term. Pe^^
haps for assiege, or a siege.

Ye sliuU say, UUosque, illeosqice, alwey
whan they fynde wele of hym. and then
ye shul keste out assygge al abowte the
feld for to se where he be go out of the
pastore, or ellis to his foorme.

Eeliq.Antiq.,i,\iS.
AssYNE, V. To join.

Svns they be so loth to be assyned.

Playe called the Foure PP.

AssYNG, V. To assign.

AsT. Asked. Aorth. The same

form occurs in MSS. of the 14th

and 15tb cent.
AsTA. Hast thou. Yorksh.

ASTAAT, 1

astaT, Vs. {A.-N.) State.

ASTATE, J
Tlianne is accidie enemy to every aslant
of man. Chaucer, Persones T

Whan he is set in his astat,
Thre thevys be brout of svnful gyse.

Coventry Mysteries, p. 12.
The kyng lay in the palois of York, and
kept his astate soleniplv.

MS. 'Coll. Arm., L. ix.
AsTABiLisHE, V. To establish.
AsTABLE, r. To confirm,
AsTAXTE, V. To stand by.
The might himse aslant the by.

Rembrun, p. 479.

AsTAUNCHE, V. To Satisfy ; to
stanch.

And castethe one to rhese to hir delite

That may better astaunche hir appetite.

Lydgate's Minor Poems, p. SO.

AsTE, conj. As if; although.
AsTRER, adv. Active; bustling
stirring abroad; astir. North.

AST

116

AST

AsTELY, adv. Hastily.

Or els, Jesu, y aske the reyd,
Asteiy that y wer deyd ;

Therto God helpe me then !

Sir Amadas, 1. 396.

AsTENTE, pret. t. of astinte. {A.-S.)

Stopped.
Aster, ». Easter. North and

Shropah.
AsTERDE, V. (A.-S.) To escape.
AsTERisM.s. (Gr.) A constellation.
AsTERTE, V. (A.-S.) (1) To escape.

For man was maad of swich a matere,
He may noght wel asterte.
That ne som tyme hym bitit
To folwen his kynde.

Piers PL, p. 225.
And so began there a quarele
Betwene love and her ovrne herte,
Fro wliiche she couthe not asterte.
Gotcer's Conf. Am., ed. 1532, f. 70.

(2) To release.

And smale tythers thay were fouly sehent,
If eny persoun wold upon hem pltyne,
Ther might asterl him no pecunial pevne.
Chaucer, Cant. T., 6894.

(3) To alarm ; to take unawares.

Ko danger there the shepherd can asterl.
Spetis., Eel. Nov., v. 187.

(4) To trouble; to disturb.
Asterte or astered, troubled, dis-
turbed.

AsTEYNTE,j»ar/. /». Attainted?

What dostow here, uuwrast gome ?
For tliyn harm thou art hider y-come !
He ! fyle asteynte horesone !

K. Alisaunder, 1. 880.

AsTiGK, e. (A.-S.) To ascend ; to
mount upwards. Astiegung, a.s-
cension. Verstegan.

Astinte, "| / . o\ m

ASTENTE, }^-(^-^-) To Stop.

And whan sche drow to liis chaumber sche

dede ful sone
Here maydenes and other meyn6 mekeli

asteale.

William and the Wertnolf, p. 56.

Astipulate, v. {Lat.) To bargain ;

to stipulate.
Astipulation,*. {Lat.) An agree*

ment ; a bargain.

Astire, s. The hearth. See Aitre
and Aistre.

Bad her take the pot that sod over the fire.
And set it aboove upon the astire.

Utterson's Pop. Poet., ii, 78.

Astirte, pret. t. Started ; leapt.
Astite, 1 adv. (A.-S.) Anon;
astyt, V quickly. Kersey, in his
ALSTYTE, J English Dictionary,
1715, gives astite as a North
country word with the explana-
tions, " as soon, anon," taken
probably from Rav's Collection,
1674, p! 2.

God nioroun, sir Gawayn,
Saydc that fayr lady,
yt ar sleper un-slyie,
Mon may slyde hiuer;
Now ar je tan astyt,
\ Bot true us may schape.
Gawayn and the Green K., 1. 1282.

He dyde on hvs clothys astyte.

And to seynt ihon he wrote a skryte.

MS. Harl., 1701, f. 4« b.

Fnl richeliche he gan him schrede,
And lepe astite opon a stede ;
For nothing he nold abide.

Amis and Amihun, 1. 1046.

Bot so he wend have passed quite.
That fel the tother bilor ahlyte.

I'tcaihe and Gaicin, 1. 686.

ASTIUNE, S.

Stone.

Ther is saphir, and uniune.
Carbuncle and asliune,
Smaragde, lugre, and prassiune.

Poem on Cocaygtie.

AsTOD, pret. t. of astonde. Stood.
A-stogg'd, />ar^. p. Having one's
feet fast in clay or dirt. Dorset.
AsTONDE, V. (A.-S.) To withstand.
AsTONED, 'Ipart. p. Stunned.
ASTONiED, J Rob. GUntc.

ASTONIED, "^
ASTOUNIED,

ASTOUND, \pr,t.t.&nApart.p.
ASTOUNDED, ' [^..ivr.)Astonished.

ASTONAYD, ^ '

ASTONED,

STONYED,

Were wonderfully thereat astonyed.

Stanihursl's Ireland, p. 14

A kind of precious

AST

117

AST

— Adam, soon as he heard
TJie fatal trespass done by Eve, amaz'd,
Aslonied stood and blank.

Milton, P. L., b. ix, 1. 888.

Sho was astonayd in that stownde,
For in hys face sho saw a wonde.

I'waine and Gawin, 1. 1719.

And with hys hevy mase of stele
Tliere he gaff the kyug hys dele.
That hys helme al torove,
And hym over Iiys sadell drove;
And hys styropes he forbare :
Such a stroke had lie never are.
He was so stonyed of that deute
That nygh he had hvs Ivff rente.

'K. Richard, 1. 421.

The sodeyn caas the man astoiityd tho.
That reed he wax, abaischt, and al quakyng
He stood, uunethe savd he wordes rao. "

Chaucer, Cant. T., 8192.

Sonderliehe his man astoned

In his owene mende,
Wanne he note never wannes he comthe,

Ne wider he schel wcnde.

Jfilliam de Shoreham.

So one of his felowes sayde, go nowe
speake to her. But he stode styll all
astonyed. ToIm and Quicke Answers.

— Th* elfe therewith astown'd

Upstarted lightly from his looser make.

Spens., F. Q., 1, vii, 7.

Aston'd he stood, and up his heare did hove.

/*., I, ii, 31.

Their horses backs break under them;

The knights were both aston'd;
To void their horses they made haste.
To light upon the ground.

Ballad of King Arthur.
Astoind with him Achates was, for Joy they

would have lept
Te joyne their hands, but feare againe them
held and close y-kept.

Phaer's Virgil, 1600.

Astonish, v. To stun with a blow.

Enough, captain : yuu have astonished him.
Shahesp., Henri/ V, v, 1.

AsTONNE, ». {A.-N.) To confound,
AsToxY, V, {A.-N.) To astonish.

Florio's New World of Words,

1611, p. 15.
AsTOODED, jyar/. p. Sunk fast in

the ground, as a waggon. Dorset.
AsTOOR, a</». Shortly; very quickly,

Berks.
AsTOPARD, 8. An animal, but of

what kind is uncertain.

Of Ethiope he was y-bore.
Of the kind of astopards;

He had tuskes like a boar,
An head like a hbbard.

Ellis's Met. Bom., ii, 390.

AsTORE, V. To store ; to replenish ;
to restore.

At cit6, borwe, and casiel.
Thai were astored swithe wel.

Arthour and Merlin, p. 90.

Astound, v. (A.-N.) To astonish

greatly,
AsTOYNYN, V. To shake ; to bruise.

Prompt. Parv.
Astraddle, v. To straddle.
Astragals, s. {Gr. dffrpdyaXoi.)

A game, somewhat like cockall.

" Astragalize, to play at dice,

huckle-bones, or tables." Blount,

Glossographia. p. 59.
Astral, adj. (Lot.) Starry.
A STR ANGLED, /;ar/,j;. Strangled;

choked.

For neigh hy weren bothe for thurst

jistrangled, and ek for-prest.

K. Alisaunder, 5099.

Astraught, part. p. Terrified;

distracted.
AsTRAUNGED, joar/. p. Estranged,
Astray,*. A stray animal. Prompt.

Parv.
Astrayly, adv. Astray. Prompt.

Parv.
AsTRE, 8. (1) {Lat.) A star; a

planet.

(2) A hearth. See Estre.
AsTRELABRE, 8. Au astrolabc.
Astrengthy, r, {^A.-S.) To

strengthen.
Astretche, v. {A.-S.) To reach.
Astreynyd, part. p. Constrained.
Astreyt, adv. Straight.
Astrick, v. To restrict. State

Papers, temp. Hen. VIII.
AsTRicTED. part. p. Restricted.
Astrid, adv. Inclined. Suffolk.
AsTRiDGE, *. An ostrich. For es-

trxdye.
AsTRiDLANDS,arf». Astrldc, North.
AsTRiNGE, », (^Lat.) To bind; to

compel.

AST

118

AST

ASTRINGER, 1 s. (A.-N.) A fal-
ATJSTRINGER, > concf. In All's
OSTREGIER, J Well that Ends
Well, act V, sc. 1, the stage di-
rection says, " Enter a gentle
astringer."

We usually call a falconer who keeps
\hat kind of hawks, an austrini/er.

CowelVs Law Diet.

AsTRiPOTENT, s. (Lut.) Having
power over the stars.

AsTROD, adv. Straddling. Somerset.

AsTRODDLiNG, adj. Astride. Leic.

AsTROiE, V. To destroy.

AsTROiT, *. A sort of stone, some-
times called the star-stone, of
which Brome, Travels over Eng-
land, p. 12, mentions finding
many at Lassington, in Glou-
cestershire, and gives a particular
account of them.

Astrology, s. A herb mentioned
by Palsgrave, and perhaps the
same as the aristologie.

AsTROMiEN, s. {A.-N.) An astro-
nomer, or astrologer.

Of Kold he made a table,
Al fill of steorren, saun fable.
And thougte to seyn, amonges men,
That he is an astromyen.

Alisaunder, 1. 136.

Astronomer, s. An astrologer.
Astronomer's game. s.

Gentlemen, to solace their wearied
miudes by honest pastimes, playe at
chesse, the astronomer's game, and the
philosopher's game, whicli whettes tliyr
wiltes, recreates theyr minds, and hurts
no body in the meane season.

Lupton's Too Good to be True.

Astrophel, s. a hitter herb;
probably starvvort.

My little flock, whom earst I lov'd so well.

And wont to feed with finest grasse that

grew,

Feede ye henceforth on bitter astrofell.

And stinking smallage an/1 unsaverie rue.

Spttn'; Baphn., ZiA.

AsTROSE, adj. (^Lat.) t5orn under

aii evil star.
AsTROTE, adv. (1) In a swelling

manner. "Astrut or strovytingljr.
Tuigide." Prompt. Parv.
The raaryner, that wolde have layne hur

Hys yen stode owte astrote forthy,
Hys lymmes were roton liym fro.

Le Bone Floretice, 1. 2329.

He gafe hym swylke a clowte.
That hothe his eghne stude one strowte.
Sir Isttmbras, Lincoln MS.

What good can the great gloton do with
his bely standing astrote like a taber,
and his noil toty with drink, but balk up
his brewes in tlie middcs of his matters,
or lye down and slepe like a swine ?

Sir Thomas More's Works, p. 97.

(2) Standing out stiff, in a pro-
jecting posture.

Godds sowle schal be swore.
The knyf schal stond astrout,
Thow his botes be al to-tore
^at he wol make it stout.

AsTRYLABE, *. An astrolabc.

His almagest, and bookes gret and smole.
His astrylabe, lougyng for his art.
His augrym stoones, leyen faire apart
On schelves couched at his bwldes heed.
Chaucer's Cant. T., 320a

AsTRYVYD, par f. JO. Distracted.

Beryn and his company stood all astryryd.
History of Beryn, 24^9.

AsTUN, V. (A.-S.) To stuu.
He frust doun at o dent.
That hors and man astuned lay.

Arthour and Merlin, p. 233.

Who with the thundring noise of his swift
courser's feet

Astun'd the earth. Bray. Pol., xviii.

AsTUNTE, pret. t. (from A.-S.
astandan.) Remained ; stood.

At Lewes the kingbigan mid is poer abide,
The barons astunte withoute toun biside.
Bob. Glouc., p. 546.

Astute, adj. (Lat.) Crafty.
AsTY, adv. Rather; as soon as.

North.
AsTYE, r. (A.-S.) To ascend. Rob.

Glouc.
AsTYFLED, part. p. Lamed in the

leg ; said of a dog.
AsTYLi.E, s. (A.-N.) A shingle; a

thin board of wood. ^^Astglle, a

ASU

119

AT

8chyyd. Teda. Astula. Cadia."

Prompt. Pare.
AstNDERLY, adv. Separately.
AsvNDRi, '\adv. {A.-S.) Apart;
ASYNDRE, J separately.

In this world, bi Seyn Jon,
So wise a man is ther non,
Asundri scliuld hem knawe.

Amit and Amiloun, 1. 3052.

And therfnre comyth the thyrde towche,
that one thynge seme not tweyne, tliat
sholde falle yt eyther eye ast/ndre sawe
his owne ymage.

Trerisa's Barthohm., sig. g v.

AswARE, adv. On one side ; out
of the way of anything. See
Asquare.

Hym had bin beter to have goon more
oixcare. Chaucer, ed. Urry, p. 599.

AswASH, adv. Slanting.

Chamarre, a loose and light gowne, that
may be worne oiwaik or skarfewise.

Cotgrave.

AswELT, V. {A.-S.) To become ex-
tinguished.

Ac sot and snow cometh out of holes.
And brennyng fuyr, and glowyng coles ;
That theo snow for the fuyr no melt.
Kg the fuyr for theo suov asirelt.

K. Alisaunder, 6639.

AswETED.^ar/.p. Stupified, as in
a dream.

For so astonied and asvofted
Was every virtue in nie heved.

House of Fame, ii, 41.

AswiN, adv. Obliquely. North

ASWOGH,
ASWOWE
ASWOUN

Asvoffh he fell adonn
An hys hynder arsono.

Lybeaut Ditcotnu, 1171.

The kins binethcn, the stede alwve.
For solhe sir Aiihour was iisicowe.

Arthour and Merlin, p. 123.

AsTDKNHANDE, odv. On ouc side.
But he toke nat his ground so even in
the front afore them as he wold have
don yf he might bettar have sene them,
butt somewliate atiidenhande, where he
disposed all his people in good arraye
all that nyght.

Arrual of King Ed. IF p. 18.

^'^ \adv. (A..S.) In
' I swoon.

;NE, J

AsTGHE, V. To essay.

Now let seo gef ony is so hardy
That durste hit him asyghe.

Kijng Alisaunder, 3S79.

AsYysD, part. p. Assigned.

At, (1) prep. To; prefixed to the
verb, as at say, for, to say ; at do,
for, to do. Common in MSS. of
the 14th cent.

Bred they pard and schare,
Ynough thei hadde at ete.

Sir Tristrem, st. 50.

(2) To ; before substantives, as,
to do at a thing, instead of to it.

Here's at ye, what 1 drink won't fat ve.
Darfs JIS.

(3) In.

For certes, al the sorwe that a man
myght make fro the begynnynge of
the world, nys but a lite'l tiling, al
regard of the sorwe of helle.

Chaucer, Persones T.

(4) Of. North.

He tuke his leve at the daye
At Mildor the faire maye.

Sir Degrevante.

(5) For.

At this cause the knyjt comlyche hade
In the more half of his schelde hir ymage
depaynted. Sgr Gavayne, p. 25.

(6) conj. That.

Thou ert a fole, al thou ne had are
Tald me of this ferly fare.

Twaine and Gaicin, I. 461.

Still used in the North of £ng-

land.

It leet weel al the podditch war naw

scawding. Tim Bobbin, p. 32.

(7) pron. Who, or which.

Also he to, a< lawborys thewyus shoold
ken and wnderstond the w'yd qwych
shoolde beyr fruyt.

Shepard's Kalender, sig. F, 7.

We may not be assoyled of the trespas,
Bot if we make aseth in that at we may.
MS. Harl., 1022, f. 68 b.

(8) Pret. t. of ete, to eat.

No hadde thai no wines wat.

No ale that was old,
No no gode mete thai at.

Thai hadden al that thai wold.

Sir Trittrem p. 269.

ATA

120

ATE

(9) At after, after. Still used in
the North.

But I pray the what betokned that
wounderful comete and sterre which
apperyd «pon this londe the yere of
our lorde MCCCCII, from the Epiphany
til two wekes at after Ester?

l)\ues and Pavper, sig. d, 5 b.

Atabal, 8. A kind of tabor used

by the Moors. Dryden.
Atake, v. (A.-S.) To overtake.
And to the castel gat he ran ;
In al the oourt was tl.er no man
That him might atakf.

Amis and Amiloun, 1. 2070.
At-alle, adv. Entirely; alto-
gether. Lydgate and Chaucer.
Atame, v. (A.-S.) To tame.
Atanun'e, adv. Afternoon. Suff.
Atarne, v. {A.-S.) To run away ;

escape.
Manie flowe to rhurche, and the constable

unnethe
Atarnde alive, and manie were i-bro5t to
dethe. Rob. Glouc, p. 539.

Atastk, v. To taste.

Ataunt, adv. (A.-N.) So much.

Atavite, adj. {Lat.) Ancestral.

But trulie this boldnes, not myne owne
nature, hath taught mee, but your
nature, generositie prognate, and come
from your atavite progenitours.

Ellis'i Literary Letters, p. 76.

Ataxy, g. (Gr.) Disorder; irre-
gularity.

Atbere, v. {A.-S. cetberan.) To
bear or carry away.

Atblowe, v. To blow with bel-
lows.

Atbreste, v. To burst in pieces.

Atohare, adv. Ajar. Norf.

ArcHEKED, part. p. Choaked.

Atcheson, 1 «. A coin, of billon
ATCHISON, J or copper washed
with silver, struck under James
VI of Scotland, of the value of
eight pennies Scots, or two thirds
of an English penny. It was
well known in the North of Eng-
land.

Nor can the atcheson or the baubee
For my antiquitv compare with me.

'Taylor's Works. 1630.

Atchorn, 8. An acorn. Atchom-

itiff, gathering acorns. Var. dial.
Ate, (1) ». To eat. Somerset.

(2) For atle. At the.
Ategar, 8. {A.-S.) A kind of lance.

Junius.
Ateigne. (A.-N.) To attain ; to

accomplish.
Ateine, v. {A.-N. atainer.) To

over-fatigue ; to wear out.

Moo dyede for hete, at schorte werdes,
Thenne for dint off sper or swerdes.
Kyng Richard was ainioost ateynt,
Aid m the smoke nvgli adrevnt.

Richard Coer de'L., L 4847.

In the hete they wer almost ateynt.
And in the smoke nygh adreyut.

/*., 1. 6131.

Ateinte, v. (1) {A.-N. atincter.)
To give a colouring to.

Nai, dowter. for God above !
Old men ben feUe and queinte.
And wikkede wrenches conne ateinte.
Sevyn Sages, 1. 1756

(2) {A.N.) To reach; to obtain.
She seid, Thomas, let them stand.

Or ellis the feend wille the ateynte.

Ballad of True Thomas.

(3) part. Convicted ; attainted.
Atelich, adj. {A-.S.) Foul ; cor-
rupt ; hateful.

The bodi ther hit lay on here.
An atelich thing as hit was on.

Append, to W. Mapes, p. 343.

Atelle, v. {A.-S. atellan.) To
reckon ; to count.

The kyng thoru ys conseyl encented wel

her to,
And god ostage of nom, the truage vor to

do;
And atel al her god, and let him al bar

wende. Sob. Glmtc, p. 171.

Atex, adv. Often. Northampt.
Atenes, adv. At once.
Atent, s. {A.-N.) An object ; in-
tention.

Tlier y had an honderthe marke of rent ;
Y spente hit alle in lyghtte atent.
Of suche forlok was y.

Sir Amadas, 1. 372.

Ateon, v. {A.-S.) To make angry,
Ater, (1) adv. After. Far. diaL

ATE

121

ATH

(2) *. Attire.
Aterst, adv. In earnest ; in fact.
Atgo, '\v.{J.-S.) To expend;
ATGON, /to go, pass away, or
vanish.

Whet may I sugge bote wolawo !
Wlien miiif is me algo.

Lyric Poetry, p. 74.

Ther ich wes luef, icliam ful lolit,
Ant alle mya godes me atgoht.

lb., p. 48.

Ath, (1) s. {A.-S. a&.) An oath.

(2) pres. t. of have. Hath. Rob.
Glouc.

(3) Each.

Tliai token ath tulke ;
The roglre raggi sculke
Rug ham in helle !

Pol. Songs, p. 296.

4THALDE, 1 V. {A.-S.) To with-
ATHELDE, Wiold ; to keep; to
ATHOLDE, J retain. Pret. atheld,
and athuld. Rob. Glouc.

He him miglit no lenge athelde.

Gij of Warwike, p. 60.

3wider, our kyng of this lond, ys truage

athuld sone. Rob. Glouc, p. G3.

Ath AN OR, s. A digesting furnace ;
an alchemical term.

And se thy fornace be apt therfore,
Wiiyeli H yse men do call atlunor.

Ashinole's Tkeat. Ckem., p. 149.

V'thattens, a^fy. In that manner.

A't/im-ens, in this manner. Leic.

Northampt.
4.THEL, adj. {A.-S.) Noble.

Forthi for fantoum and fayryje
The folk there hit denied,
Tlieilbie to auusware waij arje
Mony aiM freke.

Gawayn ^ the Gr. Knyght, 1. 440.

Atheliste, adj. Most noble.

Thane syr Arlhure one erthe,
Atheliste of otliere.
At evene at his aweue horde
Avantid his lordez.

Morte Arthure.

Athene, v. {A.-S. apenian.) To
stretch out. Athening, s. Ex-
tension. Lydgale.

Atheologian, s. {Gr.) One who
is the opposite to a theologian.

Atheous, adj. (Gr.) Atheistical.

It is an ignorant conceit, that inquiry

into nature sliould make men atheous.

liishop Hall's Works, ii, 13.

Ather, adj. Either.

kTn^viT, prep. Athwart; across.

Devon and Somerset.
A-THES-ALF, jorq!;. On this side

of. Rob. Glouc.
Athilleyday, *. The rule of an

astrolabe.

Seeke the ground meete for your pur-
pose, and then take an eistrolobe, and
hang that upon your thombe by the
ring, and tlien tunie the athilleyduy or
rule with the sights up and downe,
untill that you doo see the marke.

Bourne's Inventions, 1578.

ATHiN,/>rej». Within. Var. dial.

Athinken, v. (A.-S.) To repent,
Soore it nie a'thyuketh
lor the dede that I have doon.

Piers PL, p. 374

A-THis-siDE. On this side. Var.
dial.

Athog, conj. As though.

Atholde, v. See Athalde.

Athout, prep. Without. Somerset.

Athrang, adv. In a throng.

Athre, ~I adv. (A.-S.) In three
ATHREO, /parts.

Athrep, adv. (A.-S.) With tor-
ture; cruelly,

Heo liire awarietli al athrep.
Also wulves dotli the seep.

Oclaman, Conybeare, p. 57.

Athrine, v. To touch, Verstegan.

Athriste, v. To thrust ; to hurry
on.

Athroted, part. p. Throttled;
choked. Chaucer.

Athrough, adv. Entirely.

Athrust, adv. Thirsty.

Athurt, adv. Athwart; across.
West. Athurt and alongst, a
proverbial expression when re-
flections pass backwards and
forwards between neighbours
also, when the two ends of a
piece of cloth or linen are sewml
together, and then cut through

AT 122

ATO

the middle, so that the two ends
become the middle or the
breadth, and the middle or
breadth makes the two ends.
Devon.
Athyt, part. p. Conditioned ?

Ko storing of pasture, with baggedgrly tyt.
With ragged, witli aged, and evcl athyt.

Tusser, ed 1573.

Atil, *. (A.-N.) Furniture ; neces-
sary supplies. JRob. Glouc.

Atile, v. {A.-N. attiler.) To equip ;
to supply with necessary stores.
Used frequently by Rob. of Glouc.

Atilt, (1) adv. At a tilt ; in the
manner of a tilter.
(2) V. To tilt.

Atire, ». {A.-N.) To prepare; to
fit out.

■What dos the kyng of France ? atires him

gode navie
Tille Ingloud, o chance to wyune it with

maistrie. Peter Langtoft, p. 207.

Atisfement, *. {A..N. atiffemmt.)
Ornament.

A pavilion of honour, with riche atisfement,
To serve an emperour at a paiiement.

Peter Langtoft, p. 152.

Atitle, V. See Attitle.
Atlas, «. A rich kind of silk em-
ployed for ladies' gowns.

Jndian-govonman. Fine morning gowns,
very rich Indian stuffs ; choice of fine
atlasses ; fine morning gowns.

Shadwell, Bury Fair, 1689.

Atle, v. To array; to arrange.
See Ettle.

Hire teht aren white ase bon of whal,
Evene set ant cUled al.

Lyric Poetry, p. 35.

At-lowb, adv. Below.

Atnun, adv. Afternoon. North-

ampt,
Ato, adv. In two.
Atok, part. p. Took ; seized.

^'^°^' \adv. At home.

ATOME, J

Atomy, s. {Gr.) An atom.

Drawn with a team of little atomiet
^thwart men's noses, as they lie asleep.
Shakcsp., Rom. and Jul., i, 4.

OMV, J

A skeleton.

Atomy

ANATOMT
Dal. Goodman death ! goodman bones !
Host. Ihou atomy, thou !

ZHen.ir^y,^.

It is also used in the provincial
dialects of several of the Northern
counties.
Our Jwohnny's just turn'd till a parfet

atomy,
NoH ther works, eats, drinks, or sleeps as
he sud. AndersoH^s Cumb. Ball., p, 98.

As I protest, they must ha' dissected
and made an anatomy o' me first, &<•.

Ben Jonson, \, 101.

Atone, v. (1) To agree.
He and Aufidius can no more alone
Than violentest contrariuty.

Shakesp., Coriol., iv, 6.

(2) To reconcile.

Since we cannot atone vou.

Skakesp., 'liich. II, i, 1.

At-one, adv. In a state of con-
cord.

Sone thai were at-one, with wille at on
assent. Peter Langtoft, p. 220.

At fewe wordes thai ben at-one.
He graythes him and forth is gon.

Lai le Frene, 1. 279.

Atonement, *. Reconciliation.
If we do now make our atonement well.
Our peace will, like a broken limb united.
Be stronger for the breaking.

Shakesp., 2 Hen.. IF, iv, 1.
Since your happiness.
As you will have it, has alone dependence
Upon her favour, from my soul 1 wish you
A fair atonement.

Massing., D. of Milan, iv, 3.

Atop, adv. and prep. On the top;
upon. In modern dialects it is
accompanied by of or on.
The buzzar is very ordinary ; 'tis covered
atop to keep out the searching beames
of the scortching suune.

Herbert's Travels, 1638.

Mop the chappell is a globe (or Steele
mirrour) pendant, wherein these linx-
eyed peoj)le view the deformity of their
sinnes. lb.

Atorne, (1) r. To run away.

Tho Water Tyrel y-sey that he was ded,

anon
He atomde as vaste as he my^te ; that wa«

liys best won. Rob. Glouc., p. 419t

ATO

123

ATT

(2) part. p. Broken. Hampsh.

(3) s. An attorney.

Atour, prep. (A.-N.) About ;

around.
Atovrse, V. (A.-N.) To equip.
Atow. That thou.
At-pla\\ adv. Oat of v/ork. Staff.
Atraht, '\pret. t. of atreche.

ATRAUGHT, J Seized ; took away.
Atramental, '\adj.{Lat.)B>\dLcV.

ATRAMENTOus, J as ink.
Atraye, v. (from A.-S. tregian.)
To trouble ; to vex ; to anger.

He sturte him up in a breyd,
lu his lierte sore atrayyed.

Kyng of Tars, 605.

ATRED,arf/. (from Lat. ater.) Tinged

with a black colour.
Atrete, 1 adv. Distinctly ;

ATRiGHTES, J Completely. Trac-

tim, distincte. Prompt. Parv.
Atrick, 8. An usher of a hall, or

master porter. Minsheu.
Atrie, v. To try ; to judge.
Chefe justise he satte, the sothe to atrie,
Tor lei'e no loth to lette the rigi'.t lawe to

guye. Peter Langtoft, p. 80.

Atristen, v. To trust ; to confide.
Atroute, v. (1) To rout; to put

to flicht.
(2) to assemble.
Atrute, v. To appear.

Hervore hit is that me the shuneth,
Ami the tatorneth, an tobuueth
Mid stave, an stoone, an turf, an clute,
That thu ne mi^t no war atrute.

Mule and Nyyht'mgale, 1156

Atscapen, s. (A.-N.) To escape.
Jesu, thi grace that is so fre
In siker hope do thou me,
atscapen peyne ant come to the.
To the blisse that ay slial be.

Lyric Poetry, p. 75.

Atsitte, v. (A.-S.) To withstand;

to oppose.
At-square, adv. In dispute.

Oft times yong men do fall at-sguare,
For a fine wench that is feat and faire.

WithaW Dictionarie, p. 271.

Atston'de, v. {A.-S.) To with-
stand. Rob. Glouc.

Attach, v. (Fr.) To join.

Ten masts attach'd make not the altitude
Which thou hast perpendicularly fallen.

Shakesp., Lear, iv, 6.

Attache, (1) «. {Fr.) A term in
dress.

An attache, is as much as to say,
vulgarly, tack'd or fasten'd togetlier, or
one thing fasten'd to another.

Ladies' Dictionary, \()^i.

(2) V. {A.-N.) To attach; to
indite.

And comaunded a constable,
That com at the firste.
To attachen tho tyrauntz.

Piers PI, p. 40.
I gave cute a commission to certaine
good worshyppefuU folke at Brystow to
attache Richard Weblie.

Sir T. More's Works, p. 727.

Attaint, *. (1) A taint ; anything

hurtful.
I will not poison thee with my attaint.
Nor fold my fault in cleanly coin'd excuses.
Shakesp., Lucrece.

(2) A term in jousting. See (3).
The kyng was that daye hyglily to be
praysed, for lie brake xxiij. speres,
besyde attayntes, and bare doune to
ground a man of amies and hys horse.

Sail, Henry VIII, i.^o.

(3) V. To hit or touch anything,
as to strike a blow on a helmet.
Palsgrave.

Attal-saresin, s. Aterm formerly
applied by the inhabitants of
Cornwall to an old mine that is
abandoned.
Attame, v. (1) {A.-N. entamer.)
To commence ; to begin ; to make
a cut into ; to broach a vessel of
liquor.

I pray ye, syr emperoure, shewe me thy
mynde, whether is more accordynge, to
attame tliys fysslie here preasente,
fyrste at the hcade, or at the tayle. The
emperoure answered shortlye, and
sayde, at the head the fysshe' shall be
fyrste attamed. Fabian's Chron. f. 178,
Yes, ooste, quoth he, soo mote I ryde or

goo,
But I be mery, I wis I wol be blamed •
And right anon his tale he hath atamed.
And thus he said unto us everichon.

Chaucer, Nonnes Priest's Tale, ed. TJrrg.

ATT

124

ATT

For sitliin that payne was first named,
Was ner more wofuU payiie attained.

Chaucer's Dreame, 596.

(2) {A.-N.atainer.) To hurt;
to injure. Probably, when the
word occurs in this sense, it is a
misreading ofthe MS., and ought,
according to the derivation, to be
attaine. In the following passage,
given under this head by Mr.
Halliwell, the meaning probably
is that of (1).

Of liis scholder the swerd glod dorm,
Tliat bothe plates and bauberjoun

He carf atuo y plight,
Al to the naked bide y-wis ;
And nought of flesche alamed is

Thurch grace of God Almight.

Gy of W'ancike, p. 325.

(3) To tame.

V«hich made the King change face and

oiode,
And specially his pride gan attame,
Whan he wist Pandosia was the name.
Bochas, p. 108.

Attaminate, v. (Lat. attamino.)

To corrupt ; to spoil.
Attan. See Atte.
Attanis, adv. (J.-S.) At once.
Attar, prep. After. Shropsh.
Attask'd, part. p. Blamed.
Attaste, v. To taste.
Atte, 1 prep. {A.-S. cet ]>an, at
atten, ^the, softened first into
attan, J attan, then into alien,
and finally into atte.) At the.
And bad bir lyglit it atte fyer.

Caxton, Reynart, sig. B 6, b.

Atte prestes hows. /*., sig. B 7.
Before a word beginning with a
vowel, the final n was often re-
tuned.

So that atten ende
Mabyle hym ansuerede.

R. Glouc, p. 431.

Sometimes, in this case, the n
was thrown to the next word.

And tbanne seten somme,

And songen atte nale. Fiera PI., p. 124.

Atte-frome, adv. {A.-S. cet fru-
mau.) At the beginning; im-
mediately.

Attelax, s. {Lat. atellanics.) A
drollery; a satirical piece.

All our feasts almost, masques, mum-
mings, banquets, merry meetings, wed-
dings, pleasintr songs, fine tunes, poems,
love-stories, playes, eomoedies, attelans,
jigs, fescenines, elegies, odes, &c. pro-
ceed hence. Burton, An. o/J/eZ.,ii,341.

Attele, r. {A.-S.) To aim ; to
design ; to conjecture ; to go
towards; to approach. A form
of ettle.

ATTEMPERAnNCE, 8. {A.-N.) Tem-
perance.

The felawes of abstinence ben attempe-
raunce, that holdith the mene in alle
tliiiiges ; eek schanie, that eschiewith al
dishonest^. Chaucer, Persones T.

And it bihoTcth a man putte such
attemperance in his defence, that men
have no cause ne matiere to rejireven
him, that delendiih liim, of e.xcesse and
outrage. Chaucer, T. of Melibeus.

Attemperel, adj. {A.-N.) Mo-
derate; temperate.
Certes, wel I wot, attemperel wepyng is
nothing defended to him that sorwful
is, amonges folk in sorwe, but it is
ratlier graunted liini to wepe. The
apostcl Poule unto the Romayns
wrileth, A man schal rejoyce with hem
that maken joye, and wepe with such
folk as wepen. But though attemperel
wepyng be graunted, outrageous wep-
ynge certes is detVndi-d.

Chaucer, T. of Melibeus.

Attemperelly. 1 ^^_ ^^_^^

^"-^^^^^^"^'t Temperately.
attemprely, J '^

Man scbulde love bis wyf by discres-
cioun, paciently and attemperelly, and
thanne is sche as it were his suster.

Chaucer, Persones T.

Attempre, (1) adj. {A.-N.) Tem-
perate. Sometimes written at-
tempred.

Sche scliulde eek serve him in al

honesty, and ben attempre of bir array.

Chaucer, Persones T.

(2) V. To make temperate.
Attemptate, *. {A.-N.) (1) An

attempt.

(2) An encroachment or assault.
Attend, v. {Fr.) To wait.

ATT

125

ATT

Snndry of his greatest friends resolving
to attend the receipt of some comfort
to be sent from hmi.

Bowes Correspondence, 1582.

Attendable, adj. Attentive.

Attendably, adv. Attentively.

Attender, s. One who attends;
a companion, or comrade.

Attent, adj. Attentive. Shakesp.

Attentates, s. pi. {Lai. atten-
tata.) Proceedings in a court of
judicature, pending suit, and after
an iniiibition is decreed and
gone out.

Attently, adv. Attentively.

Atter, s. (1 ) {A.-S. alter.) Poison.
Of iiyeli a werm tliat atter beretli,
Otlier it stingetli, otlicr it terclli.

Coni/beare's Octavian, p. 57 .

(2) Corrupt matter issuing from
an ulcer. Atlyr fvltli. Sanies.
Prompt. Para. Still used in
this sense in some of the dialects.

Tlie sore is full of matter or atler.
Ulcus est jmruUnfum.

Uormanni Vulgaria, sig. I 6.

(3) An otter.

Take heare cattes, dogges too,
Atter and foxe, flllie, mare alsoe.

Cluster Flays, i, 51.

(4) An abbreviation of at their.

And ase tlier mot atter spousynge

Be ry^t asent of botlie,
Of man, and of tlier wymman eke,

Yn love and naujt y-lotlie.

W. de Shoreham.

(5) prep. After. Northampt.

(6) Attire; array.
mtercoppe, 1 s. {A.-S. atter-cop-

adercop, ] pa.) (1) A spider.
Perhaps it signified originally
some insect of a more hurtful cha-
racter ; the atter-coppas figured
in MS. Cotton, Vitel., c. iii, do
not reserable modern spiders.

Ac Wat etestu.tliat tliu nc li^e,
Bute attercoujte an tule vli^e ?

Hule and Nyff/itingale, 1. 600.
And though there be no gret venemons
beeates in that londe, yet ben there
atiercoppes venemous that ben called
■palangia in that londe.

Trevisa's Polichron., f. 33.

In the towne of Schrowyshnry, setan
tlire men togedur, and as they seton
talkyng, an atturcoppe com owte of the
wowj, and bote hem by tl)e nekkus alle
thre. Pre/, to Rob. de Brunne, p. cc.

(2) A spider's web. North.

(3) A peevish, ill-natured person.
North.

Atterlothe, 8. {A.-S.) Night-
shade. E.xplained by morella in
list of plants in MS. Harl., 978.

Atterly, adv. Utterh. Skinner.

Attermite, s. An ill-natured per-
son. North.

Attern, adj. (from A.-S. attem.)
Fierce, snarling, ill-natured, cruel.
Glouc.

Atterr, v. {Fr. alterrer.)

Knowing this that your renown alone
(As til' adamant, and as the amber drawes:
That, hardest sieel; this, easie-yeelding

strawes)
Atterrs the stuhborn.and attracts the prone.
Sylvesters Sonn. to E. of Essex, p. 74.

Atterrate, s. {Lat.) To become
dry.

Atterration, s. {Lat.) An old
word for alluvial ground on the
coast.

Attering, adj. Venomous.

Attery, adj. Purulent. East. Iras-
cible ; choleric. West. See Attry.

Attest, s. Attestation ; testimony.

Atteynant, adj. Appertaining ;
attainable.

Atteynt, part. p. {A.-N.) Con-
victed.

Attice, s. An adze. Somerset.

Attiguous, adj. {Lat.) Very near ;
close by.

Attincture, 8. {A.-N.) Attainder.

Attinge, v. {Lat.) To touch lightly
or gently.

Attires, s. The horns of a stag.

Attise, v. To entice.

Servauntes, avoyde the company
Of them tliat i)laye at cardes or dyse;

For yf tliiit ye tliem liauriie, truely
To thefte shall tliey you soone atli/se.

Anc. Poetica' Tracts, p. 11.

Attitle, v. To entitle ; to name.

ATT

126

ATW

Attle, 8. Rubbish, refuse of stony
matter. A mining term.

Attom'd, adj. Filled with small
particles ; thick. Drayton.

Attone, adv. Altogether.

And his fresh blood did frieze with fearful!

cold,
That all his senses seem'd bereft attone.
Speiu., F. Q., II, i, 42.

Attoxes, "ladv. Once for all ; at
ATTONCE, J once.

And all altonce her beastly body rais'd

With double forces high above the stround.
/A.,I, i. 18.
And thenne they alyght sodenly, and
sette their handcs upon hymallat/oHW,
and toke hym prysoner, and soo ledde
Lym unto the castel.

Morted" Arthur, i,Z\^.

Attorxe, or Atturne, v. {A.-N.)
To perform service.
They plainly told him that they would
not atturne to him, nor be under his
jurisdiction. Holiiigsh., Rick. 7/, 481.

Attorney, s. {A.-N.) A deputy ;
one who does service for another.

ArrocR, (1) «. {A.-N.) A head-
dress.

{2)prep. {A.-N. entour.) Around.
(3) prep. Besides. Hence the
Scottish phrase, by and attour.

Attourne, v. To return.

Attournement, 8. {A.-N.) A
yielding of a tenant unto a new
lord. Minsheu. A law term.
Wheruppon dyverse tenauntes have
openly attorned unto the kynges grace.
Monastic Letters, p. 88.

Attract, *. An attraction.

For then their late attracts decline.
And turn as eager as prick'd wine.

Hudibras, III, i, 693.

Attraits,«.^/. Flattery. Skinner.
Attrape, v. {Fr.) To entrap.

And lying and placing tliother vj c. men
in H secret place nygh in the mydd way
betwen Warke and the sayd towne of
Myllerstayenes, aswtll for the releyse
of the said wawcuriores, as to attrape
the enemyes, yf they unadvisedly wold
pursewe or coine to the said fyer or fray.
MS. Cott., Calig., M v, f. 23 v°.
And he that hath hyd a snare to altrap
au other with, hath hym selfe ben taken
therin. Tales and Quicke Jnaw*re*

Attrectatiox, s. {Lat.) Frequent

handling.
Attribution, s. Commendation.

Shakesp., 1 Henry IV, iv, 1.
XTTB-m, part. p. Poisoned.
Attried, part. p. Tried.
Attrite, adj. {Lat.) Worn.
Attrition, «. {Lat.) Grief for sin,

arising only from the fear of

punishment.

He, the whyche hath not playne con-
trvcyon, but all onely attri/ci/on, the
wiiyche is a maner of contrycyon un-
parfyte and unsuflfycyent for to have
the grace of God.
Institution of a Christian Man, p. 162.

Attrokien, v. {A.-S.) To fail;

to weary.
Attry, adj. {A.-S.) Venomous;

poisonous; filthy.

And gulcheth al ut somed thet tliea^M
heorte sent up to the tunge.

MS. Cott., Nero, A xiv, f. 21.

Thanne cometh of ire attry anger,
whan a man is scharply amouested in
his schrilte to forlete synne, thanne
wol he be angry, and answere hokerly
and angrily, to defenden or excusen his
synne by unstedefastnesse of hisfleisch.
Chaucer, Personci T.

Attween, prep. Between, far.
dial.

Atundere, adv. {A.-S.) In sub-
jection.

Atvore, adv. {A.-S. aetforan.) Be-
fore. Rob. Glouc.

Atwain, arf». In two; asunder.

Atwaved, part. p. {A.-S.) Escaped.

What wylde so at-icaped vry^es that
schotten. Syr Gawayne, p. 44.

Atwee, adv. In two. North.
Atweel, adv. Very well. North.
Atween, prep. Between. Jar.

dial.
Atwende, v. {A.-S. (Btwindan.) To
turn away from ; to escape.
Heo mai hire gult attrende,
A rihte weie, tliurth cliirche bende.

Hnle and Nygktiiig., 1. 1415.

Atwin, adv. Asunder; in two.
Chaucer. The word occurs in
this sense in Rider's Dictionarie,

ATW

127

AUG

1640, and according to Moor, is

still used in Suffolk.
Atwinxe, v. (A.-S.) To part

asunder.
Atwirche, v. (A.-S.) To work

against ; to do evil work to.

Al that trowe on Jhesu Crist,
Thai fond aitrircke ful wo.

Scynt Meryrete, p. 103.

Atwist, (1) *. Disagreement.

North.

(2) part. p. Twisted. Somerset.
Atwist, pref. t. {^J.-S.) Knew.

Aho, part, p., known.

Another dai Clarice aiist.
And Blauuchellour aticist
Whi hi made so longe dcmoere.
Eartshorne's Met. Tales, p. 105.

Atwitb, v. {A.-S. cetwitan, to re-
proach.) To twit ; to upbraid.

That eni man beo falle in odwite,
\>i schal he me his sor attcite ?

Hide and Nyghting., 1. 1222.

This woi-d dude much sorwe this seli olde

kyng,
rhat atirytede hyni and j'S Stat, that lie

nadde hjm sell" nothing.

Bob. of Gloue., p. 33.

He was wroth, ye schul here wit«,
Per Merlin hadde him atwite.

Arthour and Merlin, p. 341.
Atwixe, "1
ATwixT, Kprep. Between.

ATWIXEX. J
^TWO, "]

ATuo, I adv. (A.-S. on twa, on
ATWAE, ytwagen.) Intwo;asun-
ATWAix, der.

ATWYX, J

Atwot, pret. t. of atwite. Twitted ;

upbraided.
At-yaxce, ado. At once. North.
Atyme, adv. On a time.
Aty'r, s. Attire.
Au, adj. All. North.
AuBADE, s. (Fr.) A serenade.
Auberge, s. (Fr.) An inn.
AtJBETEoi, *. One of the male sex

at the age when verging upon

manhood. A hobbledehoy. GloU'

cestemh.

AucHT, is used in the dialect of East
Anglia as the preterite of the verb
to owe.

AucTE, *. (A.-S. ahte.) Property.

To-morwen shal maken the fre.
And aucte the yeven, and riche make.
Eatelok, 531.

AvcriVE, adj. (Lat.) Of an increas-
ing quality.

AucTORiTE, s. (Lat.) A text of
Scripture, or of some writer ac-
knowledged as authority.

AuoTouR, *. (A.-N.) An author.

AucuPATiON, s. (Lat.) Fowling;
hunting after anything.

AuD, adj. Old. Var. dial.

Says t' and man tit oak tree.
Young and lusty was I when I kenn'd thee.
Nursery Rhyme.

Audacious, adj. (A.-N.) Bold;
courageous.

Aud-farand, adj. (A.-S.) A term
applied to forward children, who
imitate the manners of elderly
people. North. See Auld/ar'd.

Audience, s. A hearing. Chaucer.

AuDiTiov, *. (Lat.) Hearing.

Auditive, adj. (Fr. attdifif.) Hav-
ing the power of hearing.

Aud-peg, *. An inferior cheese,
made of skimmed milk. North.

Audrie. " Seynt Audries lace,
cordon." Palsgrave. See Awdrie.

Auen, adj. Own.

AuFF, s. An elf. This word occurs
in A New English Dictionary,
1691. Skinner explains it, "stul-
tus, ineptus," a fool. See Awf.

AuFiN, \s. The bishop at chess.
AWFiN, /See Aljin. The tract
De Fetula (published under the
name of Ovid) gives the following
Latin or Latinized names of the
chessmen.

Miles et alpinua, roccus, rex, virgo, pe-
desque.

AuGENT, adj. August ; noble.
Hayle, cumly kyngis augent !

Sharp's Cot. Myst., p. lOL

AUG

128

AUM

AuGGERE, s. An ague.

A man that is here yliunge and lyglit,
Tho never so stahvorthe and whight,
And comly of shape, lovely and fayr,
Auggcres and ruelles will soon apayr.

Hampole, p. 6.

AuGHKNE, adj. Own. See Aghen.
Aught, 1
AujT, >;»re/.^. of OM>e. (1) Ought.

AUHT, J

Floure of hevene, ladi and quene,
As sche awit wel to bene.

MS. Addit., 10036, f. 62.

(2) Owed.

(3) s. Possessions ; property.

(4) adj. High. Rob. Glouc.

(5) adj. Eight; the eighth.

{<o) s. {A.-S. awiht.) Anything;

at all.

(7) adv. In any manner ; by any

means.

He is ful joconde also dare I leye ;
Can he auaht tell a mery tale or tweie,
With which he gladen may this compaijine ?
Chaucer, C. T., 1UUG5.

AuGHTAND, adj. The eighth.
AuGHTED, ^re^. t. Cost.

Bevis did on his acquetoun,
Tiiat had aughted many a town.

Ellis's Met. Rom., ii, 111.

AuHTEND. adj. Eighteenth.

AuGHTENE, adj. The eighth.

AuGHTS. (1) Any considerable
quantity. North.
(2) 8. (corrupted from orts.) Bro-
ken victuals; fragments of eat-
ables. Heref. and Sussex.

AuGHTWHERE, adv. Anywhcrc.

AuGLB, V. To ogle. North.

AuGRiM, "1 *. Arithmetic. See
AWGRiM, } Algrim.

He raeilletli not muche with augrim to
se to what sumiue the nombcr of men
ariseth that is multiplied by an c.

Sir T. More's Works, p. 300.

AuORiM-sTONES, s. Countcrs for-
merly used in arithmetic.

AuGURATioN, s. {Lat.) Conjectur-
ing. This word occurs in Rider's
Dictionarie, 1640.

AuGUKious, adj. Predicting.

AuGURiNE, *. A fortune-teller.
Augusta, s. A cant term for the

mistress of a house of ill-fame.

Auk, \adi. (1) Angry, ill-natured,

ACK, J un])ropitious.Prow;o^Pflr».

Still used in this sense in the

North of England.

(2) Inverted ; confused. The old
signal of alarm was ringing the
bells backwards, or, as it was
often termed, aukward, or ack-
ward. " I rynge aukeivard, je
Sonne abransle." Palsgrave. In
the East of England, bells are still
" rung auk," to give alarm of fire.

(3) s. A stupid or clumsy person.
North.

AuKERT, adj. Awkward. Var.dial.
AuL, s. An alder. Herefordsh.
AuLD, adj. (1) Old. Var. dial.

(2) Great. North.

(3) The first or best, a phrase
used in games.

AuLD-ANE, ». The devil. North.
Auldfar'd, adj. Old-fashioned;
antique.

Thus vearst in legendary teale,
This auldfar'd chronicle cud tell

Tilings that jaen's varra lugs wad geale,
Of what to this and tliat befell.

Stagg's Cumberland Poems, p. 66.

AuLD-THRiFT, s. Wealth accumu-
lated by the successive frugality
of ancestors. North.

AuLEN, adj. Of alder. Herefordsh.

AuLN, s. (Fr.) A French measure
of 5 ft. 7 in. ; an ell.

AuM, s. (1) An aim. Palsgrave.

(2) The elm tree. Northumb.

(3) AUum. North.

(4) A Dutch measure for liquids.
AuMA, *. A sort of pancake. Here-

fordsh.
AuMAYL, (1) s. (A.-N) Eniimel.

As growe grene as the gres.
And grener hit semed
Then grene aumai/l on golde.

Gawayn ^ the Gr. Kn., 1. 429.

(2) V. To variegate ; to figure.
Aumayl'd, adj. Enamelled or em-
broidered.

AUM

129

AUN

In gilden buskins of costly cordwayne
All hard with golden bendes, which were

entayld
With curious autickes, and full fayre au-

mayl'd. Spens., F. Q., II, iii, 27.

AuMAiST, adv. Almost. North.

AuMB, s. Alms distributed to the
poor at Christmas were formerly
80 called in Devon.

AuMBE, s. A measure of lime, con-
taining three bushels. Norfolk
Records, earlier part of 16th cent.

AuMBES-AS. See Ambes-as.

AuMBLE, «. An ambling pace.

AuMBRE-STONE, *. Amber. PalS'
grave.

^Tme^r^.V-C^-;^-) AcupJ)oard;
Aumelet, *. An omelet. Skinner.

AUMENER, "1 / ^ »TN A
AUMERE.r-^^-^-)^ ?""•««•

Than of his aumener he drongh
A little keie fetise i-nough.

Rom. of the Rose, 2087.
Were streighte glovis with aumere
Of silke, and alway with gode chere.
lb., 2271.
AuMENERE, 8. An almoner.
AuMER, V. {A.-N.) To shadow ; to

cast a shadow over. Yorksh.
AuMERD, s. {A.-N.) A shadow.

Craven.
AuMONE, s. (A.-N.) Alms.
AuMous, s. Quantity. When a
labourer has filled a cart with
manure, corn, &c., he will say
to the carter, " Haven't ya got
your aumous." Line.
AuMPERouR, 8. An emperor.
AvMPH,adv. Awry; aslant. Shropsh.
AuMRS, 8. A cupboard. North.
AuMRY-soAL, *. A hole at the
bottom of the cupboard. A word
formerly used in Yorkshire.
AuMS-ASE. See Ambes-as.

^"'^""' Is. Alms. North.

AWMOSS, J

AuNCEL, 8 A sort of scale or ma-
chine for weighing, prohibited by
statute on account of its uncer-
tainty. "Awncell weight as I

have been informed, is a kind of
weight with scales hanging, or
hooks fastened at each end of a
staff, which a man lifteth up upon
his forefinger or hand, and so
discerneth the equality or diflfe-
rence between the weight and
the thing weighed." Cowell, In-
terpreter, 1658. In Piers PI. we
find auncer.

Ac the pound that she paied by

Peised a quatron moore

Than myu owene auncer.

Who so weyed truthe.

Fieri PI., p. 90.

AuNCESTREL, *. (A.-N.) A homagc
which is rendered from genera-
tion to generation.
AuNCETRE.s. (v^.-A''.) An ancestor.
Skelton has auncetryior ancestry.
AuNciAN, adj. (A.-N.) Ancient.
The olde auncian wyf
Hejest ho svttej.
Gaicayn ^'the Gr. Kn., 1. 1806.

AUNCIENTE, 1 A ♦• -i

AUNCIENTIE, J * ^ ''

Avn'd, part. p. Fated. Northumb.
Supposed to be derived from
the Islandis andas, to die.
Brockett.

AuNDER, s. Afternoon; evening.
Apparently the same as undem.
Cotgrave uses aunders-meat to
signify an afternoon's refresh-
ment.

AuNDYRN, 8. See Andiron.

Aunt, a. (1) A cant term for a
woman of bad character, either
prostitute or procuress. Often
used by Shakespeare.

To call you one o' mine aunts, sister,
were aa good as to call you arrant whore.
0. P., iii, 260.
And was it not then better bestowed
upon his uncle, than upon one of his
aunts? I need not say bawd, for every
one knows what aunt stands for in the
last translation.
JUiddle ton's Trick to catch the Old One, ii, 1 .

It still exists in this sense in
Newcastle, as we learn from
Bruckett.

AUN

130

AUR

(2) The customary appellation
addressed by a jester or fool, to
a female of matronly appearance ;
as uncle was to a man.

AuNTE, adv. (A.-N.) Together.

Heo gederede up here aunte here ost aboute
wyde,

And destruyde hire londes evther in his
syde. Bob. Glouc, p. 37.

AuNTELERE, «. An antler.

AuNTERs, 1 «. j»/. Needless scru-
ANTERS, J pies ; mischances. Ray
mentions it as a Northern pro-
vincialism, used in the first of
these senses ; as, " he is troubled
with aunters."

Tho this kynge hadde go aboute in such
sorwful cas,

A.t the laste he com to Caric, there ys
doTter was,

He bilevede withoute the toune, and in
wel grete fere.

He sende the qnene ys dojter worde,
wuche ya antres-were. Sob. Glouc, p. 35.

Ise ding tby hams out, thou base mukky
sow,

Thou mak's sic anters, thou'll mistetchmy
co«-. Yorkshire Dialogue, p. 36.

AUNTER, 1

AVENTURE,
ANAUNTER,
IK AUNTRE, J

Ac atenture, for the fyght.
This vietorie is the y^vght.

K. AlisumUer, 1. 3922.
So I seid, anaunter whanne my enemys
be to glade over me.
Fsalnu and Prayers .- MS. Hunt., f. 88, v".

To do anaunter, to put in
danger.
Tliy love ych abbe wel dere abojt, and my
lyve aimituter y.do. Rob. Glouc., p. 311.

AuNTER, 1 rp » i

' I r. To venture; to

AUNTRE, >-. J

I hazard.

AVENTURE, J

How l[udes] for her lele luf
Hor lyve^ ban auntered,
Endured for her drury
Dulful stoundez.

Gaicayn and the Gr. Kn., 1. 2737.
I wol arise and aunlre it, in good faith.
Chaucer, C. T., 4207.
AuNTER, (A.-N.) (1) ». An adven-
ture ; a hap, or chance. In aunter,
for fear. North.

'ttdv. Perchance.

Forthi an aunter in erde
I attle to shawe.

Warton's Hist. E. P., i, 187

I conjure the neverthelese be God and
thy nobley, that thou take it unto none
ydyotis, in annlyr tliat they by tlier
unkunning myght werk noy to ony man
that is yevea unto the comenne prolite.
MS. \ith cent.

(2)». An altar. Probably a mere
clerical error.

Be-forn his au^Ater he knelyd adoon.

Songs and Carols, St. xi.

AuNTEROus, 1 adj. Bold ; daring ;
AUNTROSE, y adventurous; for-
AUNTRus, J midable; sometimes,
doubtful.

I wot, Sir, ye are wight,

And a wegli nobille,

Junlerotis in amies,

And able of person.

Destruct'on of Troy, MS., f. 10 >*.

Aunters, adv. Peradventure ; in

case that ; lest ; probably. North.

Auntersome, adj. Bold ; daring.

Craven.
Auntre, adv. On the contrary ;
on the other hand.
Auntre, they swore hym hool oth
To be hys men that wer there.

R. Coer de Lion, 3878.

AuNTREOUSLicHE, odv. Boldly ;
daringly.

Al auntreousUche ther he comen wes.

Gy of Warwilce, p. 83.

AuNTY, (1) adj. Frisky and fresh,

generally applied to horses. Leic.

Northampt.

(2) 8. An aunt. Var. dial.
Au-out, adv. Entirely. North.
Aup, (1) «. A wayward child.

North. Pronounced aupa in

Craven.

{2) prep. Up. West.
A.VPY, adj. Apeish; imitative; pert.

Yorkshire.
AuR, conj. Or.
Aurate, s. A sort of pear.
AuRE, prep. Over.
Aureat, adj. (Lat.) (I) Golden;

gilt.

(2) Good ; excellent.

AUR

131

AUV

AcRE-HiET, pret. t. Overtook.

He prekut oute prestely,
And aure-hiet liini radly.

Robson'a Met. ^m., p. 66.

AuRiKiED, part. p. {Lot.) Made
pure as gold.

AuRiGATioN, s. (Lat.) The prac-
tice of driving carriages.

AuRRUST, «. Harvest. Wore.

AuRSELs, prort. Ourselves. North.

AuRUM-MULicuM, s. A Compo-
sition mentioned in some early
documents relating to the arts.

AuRUM-POTABiLE, s. A mcdiclne
said to have possessed great
powers.

And then the golden oyle called aurum-

potabile,
A medicine most mervelons to preserve

mans health.

Jshmole't Theat. Chem., p. 422.

AusE, (1) V. (A.-N.) To try ; to

promise favorably. See Aust.

(2) conj. Also.
AusiER, *. An osier. Suffolk.
AusNEY, V. To anticipate bad news.

Somerset.
XvspiCATE, adj. (Lat.) Auspicious.
Auspicious, adj. Joyful.
AusT, V, To attempt; to dare.

Leic. and Warw. Also used as

a substantive.

AUSTERNE,
AUSTRINE

Stem; severe.

But who is yond, thou ladye faire,
Tliat looketh with sic an austeme face?
Percy's Bcliques, p. 73.
To ansuere the alyenes
Wyth auslerene woitles.

Morle Jrthure.

AusTRiDGE, s. {A.-N.) An ostrich.
AvT, (\) pret. p. Ought.

(2) adv. Out. North.

(3) All the. North.

AuTEM, 8. A church, in the cant-
ing language. Autem-mort, a
married woman ; autem-divers,
pickpockets who practise in
churches, &c.

AuTENTicKE, adj. Authentic.

AuTENTiftUALi., odj. Authentic.

AuTEOSE, «. The name of a flower.

The flowre is of a gode lose,
That men calletli auteose.

Reliq. Antiq., i, 195.
AuTER, «. An altar.

He lies at Wynchestre, beside an autere.
Langtoft, p. 20.

Authentic, adj., "seems to have
been the proper epithet for a
physician regularly bred or li
censed. The diploma of a licenti.
ate runs authentice licentiatug."

To he relirqiiished of Galen and Para-
celsus—
And all the learned and authentic fellows.
Shakesp., All's W. that Ends W., ii, 3.

Or any other nutriment that by tl»e
judgment of the most authentical phy-
sicians, where I travel, shall be thought
dangerous

Jonson, Every Man out of H., iv, 4.

AuTHER, adj. Either.

AuTOLOGY, «. {Gr.) A soliloquy.

AuTOMEDON, 8. The charioteer of
Achilles ; hence the early drama-
tists applied the name generally
to a coachman.

Autonomy, «. (Gr.) Liberty to
live after one's own laws. This
word occurs in Cockeram's Eng-
lish Dictionarie, 1639.

Autopon ! interj. Out upon !
North.

Autority, s. Authority. North.

Autour, "I «. (A.-N.) (1) An au-
AUCTOUR, J thor.
(2) An ancestor.

AuTREMiTE, s. Explained by
Skinner, another attire. Tyrwhitt
reads vitremite.

And she that helmid was in starke stouris,
And wan by force tounis strong and touris,
Shall on her hedde now werin aulremite.
Chaucer, ed. Urn/, p. 1

AuTURGY, «. {Gr. avTovpyia.)
Work done by one's self; the
work of one's own hand.

AuvE, 8. The helve or handle of
an axe. Shropsh.

AuvERDRO, V. To overthrow. West,

AuvERGiT, V. To overtake. West.

AUV

132

AVA

AuvERLOOK, e. To overlook ; to
look upon with the evil eye ; to
bewitch. West.

AUVERRIGHT. ACfOSS. A Wcst

Country word.

Iz vather in a little cot
Liv'd, auverright tba moor.

An tliaw a kipt a vlock o' geese,
A war a thoughted poor.

Jennings' Dialects, p. 109.

AuviSE, s. Counsel; advice. For
arise.

Au WARDS, arf». Awkward; athwart.
North. Sheep are said to be
auwards, when they lie backward
so as to be unable to rise.

Ava', adv. At all. North.

AvACH, V. To avouch. Beds.

AvAGE, s. A rent or duty which
every tenant of the manor of
Writtel, in Essex, paid to the
lord on St. Leonard's day, for the
liberty of feeding his hogs in the
woods. Phillips.

Avail, s. {A.-N.) Value ; profit ;
advantage; produce.

The avail of the marriage cannot be
craved but at the perfect yeares of the
apparent lieir, because he cannot pay
the atail, but by giving security of his
landes. Hope's Minor Praclicts, 48.

Quoth he, " Fayre maye, yet I you pray,

Tims much at my desyer
Vonclisafe to doo, as goe him too.

And saye, an Austen fryar
Woulde with him spead^e, and materi
breake
For his avayle certaine."

A Mery Jest of a Sergeaunt.

Ilowe'er, I charge thee.

As heaven shall work in me for thine avail.

To tell me truly.

Skaiesp., AlVs W. that Ends W., i, 3.

AvAiTE, V. {A.-N.) To watch.

The which ordeynede for a law, that
what tyme there was any fyre in that
citd, there shulde be a bidelle y-or
deined for to avaite hit, and to make an
bighe proclamacione in the n\t.

Gesta Horn., p. 52.

AvALE, \v. (A.-N.avaler.) (1) To
AVAIL, j descend ; to fall down ;
to sink.

And often it hatha befallen, that snmmo
of the Jcwes ban eon up tlie moun-
taynes, and araled down to thevaleyes;
but gret nombre of folk ne may not do
so. ■• Manndevile, p. 266.

But when they came in siglit,

And from their sweatv coursers did avale.
Sp'ens., F. Q., II, ix, 10.

(2) To lower; to let down.
Sometimes abridged to vale, as in
the phrase " to vale the bonnet,"
to lower the bonnet, or take oflf
the hat.

He wold arale nowther hood ne hat,
Ne abvde no man for his curtesye.

Chaucer, C. T., 3124.

(3) To assault. Skinner,
AvAN, adj. Filthy; squalid. North-
amp t.

AvANCE, (A.-N.) (1) V. To advance;
to profit. See Avaunce.
(2) s. Advancement.
AvANCK, 1 s. (A.-N.) The herb
AVANS, > barefoot, which was
AVENS, J formerly much used in
cookery.

Costmarie and avens are verie pleasant
hearbes to give a savour like spice in
pottage and salads.

Marlcham, Countrie Fame, ed. 1616.

AvANCEMENT, «. Advancement.

AvANG, s. A strap, or stay to

which the girt is buckled ; a

whang ; the iron strap under the

lap of the saddle to which the

' stirrup-leather is fastened. Devon.

AvANSE, V. To escape from.

For any cas that may belyde,
Schall non therof aranse.

Cohcold's Daunee, 165.

AvANTAGE, s. Advantage.
AvANT-cuRRiERS, 8. pi. Winds

from the east, so named by the

sailors.

Etesii, windes blowing verv stifFely for
fortie daies together from the east, just
about the dog-daies, called of mariners
the avant-curriers. Florio.

AvANTERS, s. pi. Portions of the
nunibles of a deer, near the neck.

AvANTMURE, s. (Fr.) The fore-
wall of a town.

AVA

133

AVE

AvANT-PEACH, «. Au early kind of
peach.

AvANTWARDE, s. (A.-N.) The van-
ward of an army.

AvARDE, adj. Afraid.

AvAROus, adj. {Lat.) Avaricious.

For it bireveth him the love that men
to him owen, and tumith it bakward
agayns al resoun, and makith that the
atarous man hath more hope in his

catel than in Jhesu Crist And ther-

fore saith seint Poule, ad Ephes. that
an ateroui man is in the tliraldom of
ydolatrie. Chaucer, Tersona T.

Avarotiser, more avaricious.
Are no men ararousfr than hii,
Whan thei ben avaunced.

Piers Ploughman, p. 26.
Avast, interj. A sea term, mean-
ing stop, hold, enough.
AvAUNCE, V. {A.-N.) To advance.
On Filip Valas fast cri thai,
Thare for to dwell and him avauiice.
Mi not' 3 Poems, p. 4.
And as the world hath sent you thes three.
So he sendth me, Woorshypp, to avatcnce
your degr6.

Play of Wit and Science, p. 34.

AvAUNCERs, s. {A.-N.) The horns
of a buck.

Two brannches fyrste pawmyd he must

hare:
And fonre aoauneera the Both yf ye woll

save.

Booh of St. Allans, ed. 1810, sig. d ii.

AvAUVCY, V. To advance; to

raise.
AvAUNT, (1) V. {A.-N.) To brag ;

to boast.

And by the way he chaunced to espy

One sitting idle on a sunny bank.

To whom ataunlitiff in great braverv.
Spenser, F. Q., U, iu, 6.

(2) 8. A boast.

{Z)prpp. Before.

The morow came, and forth rid this

marchaunt
To Flaunders ward, his prentis him

ataunt.
Till he to Bruges came full merily.

Chaucer, ed. Urry, p. 140.

(4) adv. Forward.
And with that worde came Drede ataunt,
Whiche was abashed and in grete fere.

Som. qf the Bate, 3968.

(5) 8. Dismissal. " To give her
the avaunt." Henry VIII, ii, 3.

AvAUNTANCE, 8. Boasting.

AvAUNTLAY, 8. {A.-N.) In the an-
cient system of hunting, one or
two couples of hounds were sent
with a man to several points
where the game was expected to
pass. On the approach of the
deer, these hounds were uncou-
pled. The term relay was applied
to any of these sets of hounds ;
but those which, when a hart was
unharboured, were a-head of
him, were the avaunfrelay, or,
more usually, avauntlay.

AvAONTOuR, «. A boaster.

Atauntour, is he that bosteth of the harm
or of the bounty that he hath don.

Chaucer, Persones T.

AVAUNTRIE, 1 „

AVAUNTARYE,}'- ^"^^'^S'

Ave, (1) V. To have. Aved, he had.
Aveden, they had. This form is
of constant occurrence in early
writings.

(2) 8. Evening. For eve.
The king ther stode with his mein6
On a palmesonnes ave.

Arthour and Merlin, p. 30O.

AvBARD, 4xdj. Afraid. West.

Ave AUNT, adj. Graceful; becom-
ing.

Ave- BLOT, 8. A reckoning ; a pay-
ment. Minsheu.

AvE-BOORDS, *. "Aubes, the short
boords which are set into th'
outside of a water-mills wheele ;
we call them ladles, or ave-
boords." Cotgrave.

AvEER, 8. Property. See Aver.

AvEiSE, adj. Careful; wary. For
avise.

AvEL, (1) g. The awn or beard of
barley. Norf. and Suff.
(2) V. {Lat. avello.) To tear away.

AvELONG, adj. Elliptical ; oval ;
oblong. " Avelong, oblongus."
Prompt. P. It is still used in
Suffolk, according to Moor, who

AVE

134

AVE

says that "workmen — reapers or
mowers — approaching the side
of a field not perpendicular or
parallel to their line of work,
will have an unequal portion to
do, — the excess or deficiency is
called avellong work."

AvKLY, adj. Com is said to be
avely when a portion of the awns
adhere to the grains, after it is
dressed for the market. East.

AvEN, 8. Promise; appearance.
Shropsh.

AvENAGE, 8. {A.-N.) Tribute, or
homage, consisting of oats, paid
to the lord of the manor.

AvENANT, (1) «. {A.-N.) Agree-
ment; condition.

(2) adj. (A.-N.) Becoming;
graceful; agreeable.

Madame, sho said, had we tliat knyght,
Tliat es so curtais and menant.

Yxcaine mtd Gawin, I. 3885.

(3) adj. Accomplished; able;
valiant.

No dosyper naa so atenaunt
To stonde bys strok.

Octoman, 923.

AvKNANTLi, "1 adv. Suit-

AVENAUNTLiCHE, J ably ; well;
becomingly.

Armed at alle pointes
And avmantli horsed.

mil. and the Werw., p. 136.

Of erbes, and of erberi, so avenauntUche

i-diht. Pis till of Susan, St. 1.

Avenge, «. (^A.-N.) The feast of

Advent.
Avene, (1) s. An ear of corn. Pr,
Pare.

(2) adv. In the evening. Per-
haps a misprint for an-eve.
Hi sul him and elde folow,
Both axene and eke a-morw.

Reliq. Antiq., i, 194.

AvENG, pret. t. of avonge, for

ajonge. {A.-S.) Took ; received.

He aveng dethes wounde, and wonder nas

yt none. iJoJ. Glouc, p. 223.

AvESiMKV, part. p. Envenomed.
AvENOB, «. {A.-N.) The person j

who, in the household of the
king, and of great barons, had
the care of the provender for the
horses. His duties are described
in the Book of Curtasye as fol-
lows:

The avfyner sclialle ordeyn provande good

won.
For iho lordys horsis everychon ;
Thay scliyn have two cast of hay,
A pek of provande on a day ;
Every horse schalle so niurlie have
At racke and manger that standes with

stave ;
A maystur of horsys a squver tlier is,
Aveyner and ferour undur liym i-wys.
Those jomen that olde sadels schyn have,
That scIiyn be last for knyjl and knave,
I'or yche a hors that ferrmne schalle scho,
An halpeny on day he takes hym to:
Undur ben gromes and pages mony one.
That ben at wage everychone ;
Som at two pons on a day,
And som at iij. oh. I jou say ;
Mony of hem fotemeu ther ben.
That rennen by the brydels of ladys schene.

AvENs, 8. The plant herb benet.

AvENSONG, *. Evening.

Avent, interj. Avaunt !

AvENTAiLE, 8. {A.-N.) The move-
able front to a helmet, but some-
times applied generally to the
whole front of the helmet.

AvENTE, V. {A.-N.) To open the
aventaile for the purpose of
breathing; to admit air to.
And let hym bayte hym on the ground.
And aventid hvm in that stound.

Torrent oj Portugal, i, 1567.

AvENTERS, 8. Chancc. See Aun-
ters.

AvENTouR, (1) ». To venture. See
Aunter.
(2) 8. An adventurer.

AvENTRE, V. {Ital.) To throw a
spear.

Thenne this one knyght axentryd a
grete spere, and one of the \. knyghtes
enconntred with hym, but this woful
knyght smote hym so hard that he felle
over his hors taylle.

Morte d' Arthur, i, 177.

AvENTROus, 8. An adventurer.

As dootli an heraud of armes
M'han aventrous cometh to justei.

Piert PI., p. 37a

AVE

135

AVE

AvENTURE, (1)«. Accident causing
death. A law term. It is the
generic term for chance in early
writers. See Aunter.
(2) adv. Perchanc^ Site Aunter.

AvKNTURLY, odv. Boldlv.

Aver, s. {d.-N.) (1) A man's per-
sonal property.

(2) g. A work-horse, or other
beast employed in farming.

(3) a<(;. (conjectured to be the Ice-
landic apr.) Peevish. Northumb.

Average, 1 *. (A.-N.) Manley,
AVERiSH, Jin his additions to
Cowell, says that in the North
of England this word is used for
the stublile or remainder of
straw and grass left in corn-
fields after the harvest is carried
in. Boucher gives it as a York-
shire word, meaning a course of
ploughing in rotation. Carr ex-
plains it " winter eatage."

AvER-CAKE, s. An oat-cake.

AvERCORN, ». (1) Corn drawn to
the granary of the lord of the
manor by tlie working cattle, or
avers, of the tenants.
(2) A reserved rent in com,
paid by farmers and tenants to
religious houses.

AvERE, *. Property. See Aver.

AvERiL, *. (A.-N.) April. A North
Country word. See the Popular
Rhymes, Sf'c, of Scotland, by R.
Chambers, 8vo, Edinb., 1842,
p. 39, where the same form of
the word occurs in a rhyme
popular in StirUngshire. It is
also an archaism.

Jteril is meory, and hingith the day ;
Ladies )oven solas and play :
Swaynes, justes; knyghtis, turnay;
Syngith the nyghtyngale, •n'edelhtheo jay.
K. Jlisavnder, 1. 139.

AvERiNG, s. " When a begging
boy strips himself and goes
naked into a town with a fals
story of being cold, and stript,
to move compassion and get

better cloaths, this is call'd
avering, and to goe a avering,"
Kennett, MS. Lansd.
AvERiSH, *. The stubble and grass
left in corn fields after harvest.
North. See Average.

In these mouthes after the cornne bee
innede, it is meete to putt draughte
hoTsses and oxen into the aterish, and
80 lonnge to continue there as the
meate sufflceth, whirh will ease the
other pastures they went in before.

Jrchaoloffia, xiii, S79.

AvERLAND, ». Land ploughed by
the tenants, with their cattle, or
avers, for the use of a monastery,
or of the lord of the soil. Cowell.

AvEROUs, adj. Avaricious. Wick-
liffe renders Prov. i, 19, " of the
averous man that is gredy of
gain." See Avarous.

AvEROYNE, «. {A.-N.) The herb
southernwood.

AvERPENY, «. Average penny.
This word occurs in Rider's Die-
tionarie, 1640. According to
Cowell, it is money contributed
towards the king's averages ; and
Rastall gives the same explana-
tion.

AvERR.AY, V. To aver ; to instruct.

AvERRONCATE,».(Z^/. averrutico.)
To root out, or extirpate ; to
avert.

AvERRUNCATiON, s. Extirpation.

AvERSATioN, s. (Lat.) Aversion,
great dislike to.

This almost universal atersation of the
people had a natural influence upon
the representative, the Parliament.

Wilton't Jama 1, 1653.

AvERSiLVER, s. A custom or rent
so called, originating from the
cattle, or avers, of the tenants.

AvERST, adv. At the first.

AvERTY, adj. {A.-N. avertin.)
Mad; fiery.

The respons were redy that Philip did

tham here.
A kiiyght fulle averty gaf tham this an*

Sucre. Peter Langtoft, p. 260.

AVE

136

AVO

Avery, (1) s. The place of stand-
ing for draught and work-horses.
This is Boucher's explanation of
the term, which is frequently
met with in old writers. The
author of A New English Dic-
tionary, 1691, explains it, "the
place where oats are put for
horses," which is prohahly more
correct, haver being the term
for oats in the North of England.
(2) Every.

AvE-scoT, «. A reokoning; an
account. Minsheu.

AvET, «. Weight.

And yg avet more bi six and thritti leed
pund'e, tbat beeth to liundred and sex-
tene wexpunde. Reliq. Jniiq., i, 70.

AvKTROL, «. {A.-N.) A hastard.
Thou avelrol, thou foule wreche,
Here thou hast thvn endyng feched !

'K. AUsaunder, 1. 2693.

AvEYDE. Perhaps an error for
aneyde.

Taketh and eteth, thys hiis my body,
Of sothe he ham areyde.

William de Shoreham.

AvEXED, adj. Troubled ; vexed.

Also ye must se tbat she be not avexyd
nor grevyd with moche noyse, nor wyth
songe of men.
Book of St. Jlbans, ed. 1810, sig. B iv.

AviDULOCs, adj. {Lat.) Rather
greedy.

AviEU, \v. To view. "larewe,
AVEWE, J I take syght of a thing."
Palsgrave.

AviLE, V. {A.-N. avilir.) To de-
spise.

AviNTAiNE, a<f». (^.-A^.) Speedily.

AviROUN, prep. {A.-N.) Around.

Avis, s. {A.-N.) (1) Advice.

And riglit as the scbipmen taken here
atys here, and governe hem be tlie lode
sterre, right so don scbipmen bejonde
the parties, be the sterre of the soutiie,
the whiche sterre apperethe not to us.
ifaitndftiU, ed. 1839, p. 180.

(2) Opinion.
A.V1SE, r. {A.-N.) (1) To observe ;
to look at. Avisand, observing.

(2) To consider; to advise with
one's self; to inform, or teach.

AviSE, part. p. Circumspect.

Of werre and of bataile he was fulle arixi.
g Latigtoft, p. 188.

AviSELY, adv. Advisedly.

Over alle thinges ye sebal do youre
diliftence to kepe youre persone, and to
warrastore youre house; and seyden
also, that in this yow aughte for to
wirche ful avysily and with gret delibe-
raciouu. Chaucer, T. of Meliheua.

AvisEMENT, s. Advice ; counsel.

AvisiNEssE, 8. Deliberation.

AvisiouN, s. {A.-N) A vision.
This word is of frequent occur-
rence in Chaucer, Robert of
Gloucester, and others.

And oure Lord defended hem that thei
scholde not telle tbat avisioun, til that
he were rysen from dethe to Ivf.

MaundevlU, ed. 1839, p. 114.

AvisT, adv. A-fishing. West.
AviTous, adj. {Lat. avitus.) Very

old.
AvivES, ». A disease in horses.

The horse having drunke much, or
watered verie quickly after bis heat and
travaile, and upon it growing cold, and
not being walked, doth beget the ativrs,
which doe but little differ from the
disease called the king's-evill, because
as well in beasts as in man, the king's-
evill corameth of too much cooling of
water, the throat having beene heated,
whereupon the horse looseth his appe.
tite,to eat, and his rest likewise, and
his eares become cold.

Maifcham, Cottntrit Ftrme.

AvizE. See Avise.

AvocATE, V. {Lat. avoeo.) To call
from ; to draw away.

AvoERY, s. {A.-N.) The right
of the founder of a house of
religion to the advowson or pa-
tronage thereof. These patrons
had, in some instances, the
sole nomination of the abbot or
prior, either by direct investi-
ture, or delivery of a pastoral
staff; or by immediate presenta-
tion to the diocesan ; or if a free
election were left to the rehgious

AVO

137

AVO

foundation, a licence for election
was first to be obtained from the
patron, and the election was to
be confirmed by him. Kennett.
Avoid, v. {A.-N.) To go, depart,
or retire ; to get out of the way.

Thou basest thing, avoid, hence from my

Bight. Shakesp., Cym., i, 2.

Saw not a creature stirring, for all the

people were avoyded and witbdrawen.

Holinshed.

(2) The word is frequently used
by old writers, to signify the
removal of dishes from table.

Jmoydes the borde into the flore,
Tase away the trestes that ben so store.
Boke of Curlasye, p. 33.

His office to avmd the tables, in fair
and decent manner.

Q. Elizabeth's Progress.

(3) s. The act of avoiding.

And as well the servyse for the king
for all night, as the greete avuydes at
feastes, and the dayiy drinkinges be-
twixt meles iu the kings chaumbre for
straungers.
Liber Niger Domus Beg. Edw. IV, p. 37.

Avoidance, t. {A.-N.) Expulsion ;
avoidance.

AvoiDONS, g. In a general sense,
the vacancy of a benefice ; but
in some instances, the profits
during such a vacancy.

Avoir, s. {A.-N.) Property. See
Aver.

AVOIR-DE-PEISE, "1 ». (.<^.-iV.) Ar-
AvoiRDEPOisE, J ticlcs of mer-
chandise tliat are sold by weight.
" It signifieth such merchandise
as are weighed by this weight,
and not by Troy weight." Cowell.

AvoKE, V. To revoke; to call
away.

AvoKET, «. An advocate. Wyckliffe.

AvoLATioN, «. {Lot.) A flying
away.

Only indicate a moist and pluvious air,
which hinders the avolation of the light
and faviUous particles, whereupon they
settle upon the snast.

Broicne, Vulgar Errors.

AvoNGE, V. To take. See Afonge.

AvoRD, V. To afford. West.

AvoKE, prep. Before. West.

AvoREWARD, adv. At first ; before-
hand. Rob. Glouc.

AvoRN, adv. Before him. West.

AvoRTH, adv. Forward.

AvoTE, adv. On foot. Rob. Glouc.

Avouch, '\s.{A.-N.) Proof;

AvoucHMENT, J testimony.

AvouRE, s. Confession ; acknow-
ledgment. Spenser.

AvouRY, s. {A.-N.) An old law
term, nearly equivalent to justifi-
cation.

Therfore away with these atouries: let
God alone be our avowrye; what have
we do to runne hether or thether, but
onely to the Father of heaven ?

Latimer's Sermons, ed. 1571, f. 84.

AvocTRER, «. {A.-N.) An adulterer.
AvouTRiE, s. {A.-N.) Adultery.
AvowABLE, *. Allowable. This

word occurs in Rider's Diction-

arie, 1640.
Avow, (1) s. {A.-N.) A vow ; an

oath.

Myne avow make I.

Bobson's Bomances, p. 61.
Thus be brak his avotce, that he to God had

suorn. Langtoft, p. 112.

AvowE, V. {A.-N.) (1) To vow; to
make a vow. "Avowen, or make
avowe : Voveo." Prompt. Part.
(2) To allow ; to pardon.
AvowE, s. {A.-N.) (1) A friend;
an advocate.
And hendely they bysechith the
That thou beo heore avotce.

K. Alisaitnder, 1. 3160.

(2) One who has the right of
presentation to a benefice. " He
to whom the right of advowson
of any church appertaineth, so
that he may present thereunto
in his own name." Cowell.

(3) Patronage.

Vor thoru avo¥>6 of him, the sone bigan
that strif. Bob. Glouc., p. 477.

And so indnred sir Robert Marmyon
and Somervyle as avowes of the howys
alle the tyme of the lyve of William
the Bastarde. Munast. Anylie.

AVO

138

AWA

AvowBRT, «. {A.-N.) (1) Patron-
age ; protection.

(2) Cognizance, badge, distinc-
tion.

AvowsAL, 8. A confession.

AvowT, s. {A.-N.) A countenance.

AvowTERY, s. Adultery.

AvoY, inter). (A.-N.) (1) A cry
used to call hounds out of cover.
(2) imp. t. Avoid; leave; quit.

AvRiL, s. April. North. See Averil.

AvRORE.fld/. Frozen. West.

AvuRN, adj. Slovenly in dress.
Bedfordsh.

AvvERMEYL, «. Oatmeal. Yorksh.

AvYE, V. (A.-N.) To show the way.

Sir Arthure and Gawayne
Avyede theme botliene.

Morte Jrthure.

AvTNET, 8. A collection of fables,
so termed from Avienus, whose
fables were popular in the Middle
Ages, as from iEsop, an Esopet,
&c.

By the po feet is understande,
Aa I have lerned ia Avynet.

Piers PL, p. 243.

AvTSSETH, adv. A-fishing.

A-day as he wery was, and a suoddrynge

hym nome,
And ys men wery y-wend arysseth, seyn

Cutbert to hym com. Rob. Glouc, p. 264.

Aw, (I) pron. I. Nor thumb.

(2) adv. Yes. Warw.

(3) adj. All. North.

(4) adv. All ; totally. Craven.

(5) pres. t. 8ing. Owe.

And sir, sho said, on al wise,
I aio the honor and servyse.

Ywaine and Gaicin, 1. 720.

(6) For aw, although.

I could do uaa less ner mack bond to
es)i him intot' house, /or aw it wor au a
clunter. Craven Dialogues, p. 299.

(7) Aw out, adv. Entirely.
AwAHTE, />re^ t. (A.-S. awehte.)

Awoke.
AwAiT,8.(A.-N.) Watch; ambush.
AwAiTE, e. (A.-N.) To watch ; to

attend upon.

And this sire Urre wold never goo from
sire Lauucelot, but lie and air Gavayn
awayted evermore upon hym, and they
were in all the courte accounted for
good knyghtes. Morte d' Arthur, ii, 387.

AwAiTER, 8. An attendant; a
waiter.

AwAKiD,j»ar/.p. Awake. Somer8et.

Aw ANTING, ad/. Deficient to; want-
ing to.

AwAPE, "1 V. (A.-S. perhaps con-
AWHAPE, J nected with wafian, to
be astonished or amazed, some-
times written wapean,andwoffian,
to rave.) To confound ; to stu-
pefy ; to astound.

Theo noise of heom askaped;
Al that ost was awaped.

K. Alisaunder, 1. 3673.

Ah my dear gossip, answerd then the ape,

Deeply do your sad words my wits awhape.

Spens., Mother Huh. Tale, 71.

AwARANTisE, adv. Assuredly.
Award, v. To ward off.
Aware, (1) T'o be aware, to per-
ceive.

As Robhi Hood walked the forest along,

Some pastime for to 'spy.
There he was aware of a jolly shepherd,

That on the ground did lie.

Robin Hood and the Shepherd.

(2) V. To prepare, or make room
for any one.

So he led him to the chamber of pre-
sence, and ever and anon crycs out.
Aware, roome for me and my uncle !

Armin's Nest of Ninnies, 1608.

Awarie, V. (A.-S. awyrian.) To
curse.

Theves, ye be ded, withouten lesinge,
Aiearid worth ye iclion.

Gy of Warwike, p. 16&

AwARN, V. To warn; to forewarn.
AwARPE, \v. (A.-S. aweorpan.)
AWEORPE, J To cause to bend ; to
cast down.

Eld me awarpeth,
That mi schuldren scharpith.
And jouthe me hath let.

Reliq. Antiq., ii, 210.

AwARRANT, V. To Warrant ; to
confirm.

AWA

139

AWB

AwART, adv. Thrown on the hack
and unal)le to rise. North,

AwASSHEN, part. p. Washed.

A-WATER, adp. On the water. Piers
PL In the following passage it
seems to have somewhat the sense
of at sea.

But if he had broke his arme as wel as
iis legge, when he fell out of heaven
into Cemnos, either Apollo must have
plaied the l>one-setter, or every occupa-
tion beene layde a-water.

Gossan's SchooU of Abuse, 1579.

Away, s. (1) A way.

And shall departe his aioayefmrn thence
in peace.
Jeremy, chap. 43, CoverdaWs Version.

(2) Past. "This month away."
Beds.
kyfTK^ WITH, ». To bear with ; to

endure ; to abide.
I may not awaye toith youre new moones.
Isaiah, i, 13, Coverdale's Version.
She could never aviay mth me.

2 Hen. IV, iii, 2.

Of all nymphs i' the court I cannot avoay

vith her. B. Jon , Cyntk. Bevels, iv, 5.

I, but I am an unfortunate ; for I neither
can give or take jests, neither can away
with strokes. Terence in English, 1641.

Away-going, s. Departure.

AwAY-THE-MARE. A popular song
of the sixteenth century, fre-
quently alluded to by writers of
that period.

Of no man ho tooke any care.
But song, hevho, atcay the mare.

The Fryer and the Boy, ed. 1617.

Jway the mare, quod Walls,
I set not a whitinge
By all their writing.

Doctour LoubhU Ale.

AwAYTE, 8. A spying. See Await.

AwAYWARD, adv. Going away;
away.

AwBELL, *. A kind of tree, but in
consequence of the manner in
which the word is explained in
the Prompt. Parv., it is difficult
to state the exact species. "Aw-
bellor ebeltre: Ebenus, viburnus."
It probably means the abele, or

white poplar, which is called

ebbel in the Eastern Counties.
AwBLAST, s. An arbalest.
AwcTE,j»re/. t. Possessed.
AwD, adj. Old. North.
AwDRiEs-DAY, s. St. /Etheldrytha'*

day.
Awe', r. (1) {A.-S.) To be bound

by duty. / awe, I ought.

And the archebysschoppe of Cawnter-
bury, the erle of Essex, the lorde
Barnesse. and suclie other as avyde
kynge Edwarde good wylle, as welle in
Londone as in othere places, made as
many nienne as thei myghte in strength-
ynge the seide kynge Edwarde.

Warhcorth's Chron.

(2) To own ; to possess ; to owe.

(3) s. {A.-S.) An ewe.

Awe bleteth after lomb,
Lhouth alter calve ru.

Rifson's Ancient Songs, i, 11.

(4) «. {A.-S. oga, fear.) Doubt;
fear. ^'^Awe or doute : Dubium,
Arabiguum." Prompt. Parv.

(5) V. To awe ; to make afraid.
AwEALDE, V. (A.-S.) To govern.
AwEARiED,/>ar/./?. Wearied; tired.
AwEBAND, s. A reprimand; a check

upon any one.
AwECCHE, V. {A.-S. awecean.) To
awaken.

O frere ther wes among,

Of here slep hem shulde aveeche.

Beliq. Anlu/., n, 378.

AwEDDE, adj. {A.-S. ) Mad.

Wives ther lay on cliild bedde.
Sum ded, and sum aicedde.

Orfeo, 1. 362, JUS. Auck.

AwEDE, V. {A.-S.) To become
mad.

He rod agayn as tyd,
And Lybeaus so he smyt,
As man that wold aicede.

Lyi. JHsetm., I 967.

AwEiGHTTE, pret. t. {A.'S.)

Awoke.

The kyng swoghened for that wonnde,

And h'astilich hymself mteightte.

And the launce out pleightte,

And lepe on fote with swerd of steel.

And gan hym were swithe wel.

X Alisaunder, 585&

AWE

140

AWK

AvTEiNYD, part. p. Weaned.

AwELDE, V. {A.-S.) To govern ; to
rule.

AwBN, adj. (A.-S.) Own.

AwENDEN, pret. t. pi. Thought.

AwER, g. An hour. Lane.

Awesome, adj. (1) Respectful; re-
specting one another.

I see they are wise and witty, in dne
place axosome, lovin» one the other.

Terence in English, 1641.

(2) Appalling; awful. North.
kwKt, V. {A.-S.) To know.

Be mey home we schall awel
Yeff Boben Hode be nerhande.

Robin Hood, i, 93.

AwEYWARD, "1 arfp. {A.-S.) A-
AWEYWARDES, J Way. See Away-
ward.

Tlios we beth al atceyvnard.
That schold her byleve.

William de Skoreham.

To winne hem alle awriwarii** fro the white
beres. William and the Werwolf, p. 79.

AwF, «. (1) An elf. North.
(2) An idiot ; a fool. North.

AwFiN, 8. One of the pieces in the
game of chess. " Awfyn of the
cheker, alfinus." Prompt. Parv.
See Alfyn.

AwFRYKE, s. Africa.

Awful, adj. (1) Obedient ; under
due awe of authority. Shakesp.
(2) Fearful ; fearing.

AwGHT, /jrc/. t. Ought.

AwGHTEND, adj. The eighth.

AwGRYM, ». Arithmetic. See
Axtgrim.

AwHAPE, V. To confound ; to ren-
der stupid by fear. See Awape.

A wild and salvage man :

Yet was no man, but only like in shape,

And eke in stature liigher by a span.

All over-grown with hair that could amhape

An hardy heart. Spens,. F. Q., IV, vii, 5.

AwHARF, adv. {A.-S.) Whirled
round.

And wyth quettyng a-wkarf, er he wolde
lyjt. Syr daviayne, p. 82.

AwHEELS, adv. On wheels.
AwHERE, adv. Anywhere.

Fer yf my foot wolde awher goo.

GoKcr, MS.
I knowe ynough of this matter, Pam-
phagus, not thither awhere but riche.
AcoUistus, 1540.

AwHEYNTE, V. To acquaint.
Awhile, (1) conj. Awhilst.

(2) V. To have time. Var. dial.
Awhole, adv. Whole ; entire.

Somerset.
Awille, v. To will.
AwiNNE, V. To win ; to gain ; to

accomplish a purpose.

Wyth sorwthe of herte and schryft of

mouthe.
Doth deedbote this tyme nouth,
jif je wolle God aicvnne.

Beliq.Jnliq., ii, 243.

AwiRGUD, />ar/.jB. (1) Accursed.

(2) Strangled.
AwiTE, ». {A.-S.) To accuse.

Be not to hasty on brede for to bite,
Of gredynes lest men the wolde atcite.

Reliq. Anliq., i, 157.

AwiTH, pres. t. of awe. Ought.

And if the prest sacre Crist wan he
blessith the sacrament of God in the
auter, avnth he not to blessith thepeple
thatdredith not to sacre Ciist?

Apology -fur the Lollards, p. 30.

AwKE, adj. {\) Transverse; cross;
oblique, ".^ifif^e.or wrong: Sinis-
ter." Prompt. P.

Tlienne groned that knyght and ad-
dressyd liym to syre Gawayn, and with
an aiclce stroke gaf liym a grete wound
and kytte a vayne. Kyng Arthur, i, 148.

(2) Angry ; ill-natured. " Awke,
or angry : Contrarius, bilosus."
Prompt. P.

Awkely, adv. Ill-naturedly.

AwK-END, s. The end of a rod,
wand, or pole, which is not that
used for the purpose for which
the instrument was made.

Awkert, adj. (1) Perverse. Lane.
Awkertly, foolishly.

Tlie dickons tey thee, Meary ! whot on
avkert wliean ar teau ! whot teh pleague
did t' flay meh o thiss'n for?

Tim Bobbin, p. 35.

(2) Stubborn, obstinate. North.

AWK

141

AWR

AwKWARDE,a<fi>. Backward. Awk-
ward occurs in a similar sense
in Shakespeare.

Awl, adj. All. My awls, my
property.

AwLATE, V. {A.-S.) To disgust.

Vor the king was somdel awlated, and to
gret despit it nom. Uol. Glouc, p. 485.

AwLDE, adj. Old.
AwLESSE, adj. Fearless.
Tlie greater strokes, the fiercer was the
monster's awlesse fi^ht.

Warner's Albion's England, 1592.

AwLUNG, prep. All along ; entirely

owing to. Awlung o', all along

of. North.
AwLus, adv. Always. Lane.
AwM, (1) s. A measure of Rhenish

wine, containing forty gallons.

(2) I am. North.
Aw-MACKS, s. All sorts, or kinds.

Lane.
AwMBKR, "I .<f. (medieval Lat. am-
AWMYR, J 6ra.) A liquid mea-
sure ; a kind of wine vessel.
AwMBRERE, s. An almoncr.

Prompt. P.
AwME, (1) V. (A.-N. estner.) To

guess ; to aim.

(2) *. A suspicion.
AwMNERE, s. (A.-N.) An almoner.

His duties are thus set out in the

Boke of Curtasye:

The awmnere by tliis hathe sayde grace,
And the almes-dysslie liase sett in place ;
Ther in the kerver alofte schalle sette ;
To serve God fyrst, withoiiten lette,
These otiier lofes he pavys aboute,
Lays hit myd dysshe, withouten doute.
Tlie snialle lofe he cuttes even in twynne,
The over dole in two lays to hym.
The aumenere a rod schalle have in honde,
As office for almes, y undurstonde ;
Alle the broken-met he kepys, y wate.
To dele to pore men at the jate,
And drynke that leves served in halle.
Of ryche and pore, botlie grete and sraalle;
He is sworne tooverse the servis wele.
And dele it to the pore every dele ;
Selver he deles ryuand by way,
And his almys-dysshe, as I 50U say,
To the porest man that he can fynde.
Other allys, I wot, he is unkynde.

AwMOSs, «. pi. Alms. Thoresby

gives this form of the word in hii
letter to Ray, 1703.

AwMRY, s. A pantry. North. See
Aumbry.

Awn, (1) r. To own ; to acknow-
ledge. North.

(2) To own ; to possess. North.

(3) To visit. Yorksh.

(4) adj. Own.

As fyrste, the xv. of alle there goodos,
and thaune ane liolexv., at yett at every
batell to come feiTC oute there countreis
at ther awne coste.

Warkworth's Chron.

Awa'o, part. p. Ordained. Yorksh.

I am awn'd to ill. luck, t. e., it is

my peculiar destiny.
AwNDERNE,s. An audiron. Prompt.

Pare.
AwNE, *. The beard of com ; the

arista of Linnaeus. North.
AwNER, s. (1) A possessor; an

owner. North.

(2) An altar.
AwN-SELL, 8. Own-self. North.
AwNTURS, «. Adventurous. See

Aunters.
AwoNDER, V. (1) To surprise; to

astonish.

He was wijtliche atnondered.
And gan to wepe sore.

William, and the Werwolf, p. 12.

(2) To marvel.

Heo avjundrede swithe.

MS. Reg., 17 a xxvii, f. 62.

AwoRK, adv. On work ; at work.

I'll set his burning nose once more avoork
To smell where I remov'd it.

B. Jon., Case is Alter'd, ii, 5.
Will your grace set him awork ?

Bird in a Cage, i, 1.

AwoRTHE, adv. M'orthily.
AwR, ^oron. Our. North.
AwREKE, V. (A.-S.) To avenge, or
be revenged of. Pret. t. awrake.

Fort ich have after jou i-sent,
To awreke me thorouj jugement.
Now je witen how hit is agon,
Awreke me swithe of mi fon.

Florice and Blanchefl., L 679.

Awreke, part. p. Revenged.

AWO

142

AXf

He suor he wold atoreke be of hys brother
Roberd. Bob. Glouc , p. 388.

AwRENCHK, V. To seizB.
AwRiTTEN, part. p. Written.
Awao, adj. Any.

Is ther fiiUen any affray
In land atoro where?

Towtieley Mysteries, p, 273.

AwROKEN, part. p. of awreke.

Avenged.
AwROTHB, V. (A.-S.) To make

angry.
AwRUDDY, adv. Already. North.
Aws-BONES, «. " Ox-bones, or

bones of the legs of cows or oxen,

with which boys (in Yorkshire)

play at aws or yawse." Kennett.
AwsT. I shall. Northumb.
AwT. (1) All the. North.

(2) adv. Out, North.
AWTALENT, s. (A.-S.) Ill will.
AwTER, (1) ». To alter. North.

(2) s. An altar.

Seynt Thomas was i-slawe,

At Cantyrbury at the aider ston,

Wher many myraclys are i-don.

Richard Coer de Lion, 41.

AwTH. (1) All the. North.

(2) s. Ought; anything.
AwTHE, adj. Sad ?

Pilgremes, in speehe ye ar fuUe awthe.
Towneley Mysteries, p. 274.

AwTHBR, adj. Either.
AwTS, a. Oats. Lane.
AwvE. I have. Northumb.
AwvER, adv. Over. Somerset.
AwvisH, adj. (1) Elvish. Lane.

£, law I on did 'u the atPtish shap, an
the pleck jump pan, sed 'u the?

Tim Bobbin, p. 7.

(2) Queer ; neither sick nor well.
North.
AwvisHLY, adv. Horribly; super-
naturally.

When he coom in ogen, he glooart

awvithly ot mezzil fease ; on mezzil

fease glendurt os wrytlienly ot him ogen.

Tim Sobbin, p. 20.

AwwHERE, adv. Everywhere ; all
over.

AwYRiEN, ». (^A.'S.) To curse ; to
execrate.

They wolden avyrien that wight
For "his wel dedes. Piers PI. p. 490.

Ax, *. (1) A mill-dam .' See
Hatches.

Also ther is a or that my master clamei h
tlie keeping of; I pray you let ihem
have and occupie tlie same unto the
same tyme, and tlien we shall take a
dereccion in every tiling.

Plumpton Correspondence, p. 71 .

(2) An axletree. Kent.
Axe, Iv. (A.-S.) To ask. This
AX, J word, which now passes
for a mere vulgarism, is the
original Saxon form, and used
commonly by Chaucer and others,
That also sone as he liym herde,
The kiiiges wordes he ansuerde;
What thyng the kyng him axe wolde,
Therof anon the trowthe he tolde.

Gower, MS. Camb., Ff. i, 6.

And axed them this question than.

Heywood, Four Ps, 0. P.,\, 84.

AxEN, *. (^.-S.) Ashes. Still used
in the dialect of the West.
Y not wharof beth men so prute;
Of erthe and ajcen, felle and bone ?
Pol. Songs, p. 203.

AxEN-CAT, s. A cat which tum-
bles in the ashes. Devon.

Axes, s. The ague. Applied more
particularly to fits or paroxysms.

In the xiii of king Edwarde, there was
a greate bote somer And univer-
sally fevers, axes, and the blody flix pre-
vailed in diverse partes ot Englande.

Leland's Coll., ii, 507.
Not only yong, but some that wer olde,
Wyth love's axcesse now wer they bote,
now colde.

Bochas, Fall of Princes, f. 124.

AXEWADDLE, (1) V. To WBUoW OH

the ground. Devon.

(2) s. One, who by constantly
sitting near the fire, becomes
dirty with ashes; an idle and
lazy person. Devon.

(3) A dealer in ashes. Devon.
AxFETCH, 1 *. A plant, so called

AXVETCH, >from tlie axe-like
AXWORT, J shape of its pods.

AXI

143

AYE

And we neede not make anv doulit of
it, but that even good and kinde ground,
when it should not bring foitli any
thipg but mustard seede, — blew bottles,
axfetch, or such other hke unprofitable
weedes. The Countrie Farme, p. 666.

AxiL>KAiLs, 8. Nails or bolts to
attach the axle-tree to the cart.

Axing, *. A request.

AxioMANCY, s. Divination by
hatchets. Cockeram.

Axle-tooth, s. A grinder. North.

To drearae of eagles flying over our
heads, to dreame of marriages, danc-
ing, and banquetting, foretells some of
our kinsfolkes are departed ; to dreaiue
of silver, if thou hast it given to thy-
selfe, sorrow; of gold, good fortune;
to lose an axle-toth or an eye, the death
of some friend; to dream of bloody
teeth, the death of the dreamer.

Country-mans Countellor, 1633.

Ax-PEDLAR, s. A dealer in ashes ;
a person who hawks about wood-
ashes. West.

AxsEED, s. The axfetch. Minsheu.

AxsY, ». {A.-S. acsian.) To ask.

Ho that wyll there axsy Justus,
To kepe hys armes fro the rustus,
In turnement other fyght.

Launfal, 1027-

AxTREE, s. The axle-tree.
AxuNGER, s. {Lat. axuiigia.) Soft
fat; grease.

The powder of earth- wormes, and axvn-
ger, addetli further, grounswell, and
the tender toppes of the boxe-tree,
with olibanum ; all these, being made
up and tempered together to make an
eraplaster, he counselleth to bee ap-
plyed to sinnewes that are layed ooen.
Topsell, Uislory of Serpents, p. 311.

AxwoRT, g. Axfetch. Minsheu.
Ay, 8. {A..S. <Eif.) (1) An egg.
Ayren,pl. (A.-S. cegru.) Eggs.

Afterward a flok of bryddis.
And a faucon heoiu aniyddes.
And ay he laide, so lie fleygh,
That feol the kyng Plielip nygh,
That to-brac, y yow telle
A dragon crep out of the schelle.
The bryght sonne so hole hit schon.
That tlie ay al to coon.
The dragon lay in tlie strete,
Myght« he nought dure for hete ;

He fondith to creope, as y ow telle,
Ageyn iu to the ay-schelle.

K. Alisaunder, 11. 566—577.

Ayren they leggith, as a griffon ;
Ac they been more feor aroun.

lb., 1. 66C3

(2) conj. Y.es.

(3) adv. Always ; ever.

(4) inter/. Ah !

Ay ! be-slierewe yow be my fay.

Ritson's Ancient Songs, p. 101.

^Iye,}'-^^-^-'^^'-) ^^"-

Of non the had ay to stint ne hold tham
Btille. Langtoft's Chron., p. 220.

Thi men er biseged hard in Dunbar with
grete aye. lb., p. 275.

Ayance, prep. Against.
Ayder, conj. Either.
Aye, "1

AYEN, \adv. {A.-S.) Again ;

AYENB, Cprep. against.

AYAYNE, J

Ye mote abide and thole me.
Till eftsone y come aye-

K. Alisaunder, 1. 66.

Ayel, 8. (A.-N.) A grandfather.

For kyng Cyrus would not, in hys live,
Suffre hys ayel of very gentilnesse
That men should fynalhe him depryve
Of kingly bouoiu". Bochas, li, 60.

^' 1 V. (A.-S.)

E, J ^

To redeem.

Ayenbie,

AjENBIE,

Ayenbier, «. (.^.-S.) A redeemer.
Ayenbyte, 8. (A.-S.) Remorse.

This hoc is dan Michelis of Northgate,
y-write an Englis of his ojene baud,
thet liatte ayenbyte of inwyt, and is of
th( bochouse of saynt Austines of
Canteiberi. MS. Arundel, 57, f. 2.

Ayenrising, "1 «. (A.-S.) Resur-

A^ENRISYNG, J TCCtion.

Ayensay, "1
ayensaying, j

Ayenst, prep. Against.
Ayenstonde, 1 T, •.!. i J

AJENSTONDE.) "• ^o Withstand.
Ayenwarde,!^ Back.

AYEWARD, J

Denial.

AYE

144

AZZ

Ayebe, *. (1) Breed.

Many fawcouns and faire,
Hawkis of nobille ayere.

Syr Degretante.

(2) An heir.
I* (3) Air; breath.

(4) V. {A.-N.) To go out on an
expedition, or any business.

There awes none alyenes
To ayere appone nyglittys.

Morte Arthure.

A.Twvt, V. To covet. Rob: Gloue.
Atfull, adj. Awful ; high ; proud.
Ayghe, s. (A.-S.) Terror ; fear.

Sum for eret ayghe and dout.
To other Kinges flowen about.

Arthour and Merlin, p. 18.

Aygre, adj. (A.-N.) Sour.
Aygreex, «. The houseleek.
Aygclet, s. An aglet. Spenser.
Ayild, e. To yield.
Ayl, adv. Always. Skinner,
Aylastande, adj. Everlasting.
Aylastandly, adv. Everlastingly.
Ayle, v. To possess.

Hir aylede no pryde.

Sir Perceval. IflO.

Aylis, s.pl. Sparks from hot iron.
Aymant, ». (A.-N.) A diamond.
Ay-mee. a lamentation ; from
crying ah me, or ay me!

I can hold off, and by my chymick pow'r
Draw sonnets from the melting lover's

brain,
Aymees, and elegies.

Beaum. ^ Fl., Woman Hater.
Hero of hie-hoes, admiral of ay-me's,
and Monsieur of mutton lac'd.

Htyioood's Lov^i Miatresa.

Ayuers, 8. pi. (A.-S.) Embers.
Take cliickes and wry hem in ashes all
nyjt, other lay hem in hoot aymers.

Forme of Cury .

Aynd, 8. Breath ; life. See Ande.
Ays, s.pl. Eyes.
Ayoh, adv. Awry ; aslant. Shropsh.
Ayont, prep. Beyond. North.
AY-auERE, adv. Everywhere.

Ay-quere naylet ful uwe

For that note ryclied.

Syr Gatoayn*, p. 84.

Ay RE, (1) «. An heir.

(2) adj. Ready ; yare.

{3) prep. Ere; before.

(4) s. Air.
Ayrely, adv. Early.
Ayren, 8. pi. Eggs. See Ay.
Ayry, (1) V. To make an aerie.

(2) adj. Joyful; in good spirits.
Ayschettb. pret. t. Asked.

Mercy mekelvche of hym he aysehette.
Chron. Vilodun., p. 25.

Ayschis, 8. pi Ashes.

Ayse, «. (A.-N.^ Ease.
(2) V. To make at ease.
I made it not for to be praysed,
Bot at the lewed mene were aysed.

Warton's Hist. Engl. Poet., i, 68.

Ayselle, 8. Vinegar. See Aisell.

Ayshweed, 8. A herb mentioned
by Minsheu; perhaps the gout-
wort.

Aythir, adj. Either.

Ayttene, adj. Eighteen.

Aywhere, adv. Evrtywhere.

1%, } ^^^ ^'■^- -^s^''^*-

(2) adv. Again.

AzEROLE, s. {Fr.) A diminutive
kind of medlar tree.

A.-ZZT, part. p. Set; planted. Dor-
set.

AzocK, 8. The mercury of metal,
an alchemical term.

AzooN, adv. Anon ; presently. Ex-
moor.

Azure-byse, 8. A colour.

jif thou wilt prove azure-byse, whether
It be good or bade, take a pensel or a
penne, and drawe smalle rewles upon
blewe lettres with that ceruse, and jif
thi ceruse be nojt clere white bote dede
fade, theu is the blewe nojt fyne.

MS. Sloane, 2584, p. 3.

AzzARD, "I*. A puny child; an
I insi
North.

AZZY, J insignificant fellow.

AzzARDLY, a<^'. Poor; ill thriven.
AzzLE-T00TH,«. A grinder. Craveiu
AzzLED, adj. Chapped. Leic. A

person's hands are said to be

azzled.

A5E

145

BAB

AjKXNis, prep. Against.

Mikil more if he pronounce withont
:iuinrit6 or lif contrariously aiennis the
Lrfirdis wille.

Apology for the Lollards, p. 8.

AJenwobd, adt. On the other hand.
A5ER, adv. Yearly.
Heo wol rather bi-leve here truage, that je
hem bereth ajfr. Rob. Glouc, p. 100.

AJeyxus, prep. Against.
A'lez, adj. Fearless.
A't, -1(1) adj. {A..S.) Noble;
AHT, J honourable.

As lie wolde sometyme to Engelond wende,

At that a'^l was in Engelond he let Eomony

in ech ende. Sob. Glouc., p. 377.

For other hit is of tnam tliinge,
(>~e mai that thridde no man bringe;)
Otiiar the laverd is wel aht.
Other a snunde an nis naht.
jef he is wurthfnl, an aht man,
Xt'ele no man that wisdom can
Hure ot is wire do }iim shame.
Tor jif aht man is hire bedde,
Thu mi;t wene that the mistide,
Waune thu list bi hire side.

Rule and the Ai/ghtitigale, 1. 1467.

(2) pret. t. Ought.

(3) adj. Eight.
AiTR, pret. t. Possessed.

B

Ba. (1) adj. {A..S.) Both.

(2) V. To kiss. Chaucer.

(3) *. A kiss.
(4)«. A ball.

Baad, (1) V. To bathe. Craven.

(2) pret. t. Continued. Yorknh.

(3) s. A disreputable woman.
Cumb. See Bad (7).

Baa-lamb, s. A childish term for

a lamb.
Baal-hills, *. Hillocks on the

moors, on which fires are said

to have been formerly lighted.

Yorksh.
Baax, «. A bone. North.
Ba.\n-cart, *. The body. Craven.
Baant. Am not ; are not. Var.

dial. " I baant agoing."
Baar, r. To bear. Maundevile. I

Baard, s. a sort of sea-ressel, oi
transport ship.

Ba-arge, «. A fat, heavy person.
Devon.

Baas, adj. {A.-N.) Base ; low.
Wherfor empostume off blode and ther
o4 engendred is callyd fflegmon; em-
postume sprungen off flewme is callyd
baas, that is to say law, empostume;
of rede, coleryk. MS. 14/A cent.

Baas daunces, were dances very
slow in their movements.
And then came downe the 1. prince and
the lady Cecill, and daunced two baas
daunces and departed up againe, the
1. prince to the king and the lady Cecill
to the queene. Harl. MS., No. 69.

Baaste, {I) v. To sew; to baste.
(2) s. Bastardy. Prompt. Parv.
Baath, adj. Both. North.
Bab, (1) v. To bob down. North.

(2) V. To fish, by throwing into
the water a bait on a line, with
a small piece of lead to sink it.

(3) «. A baby ; a child.
Babbart, 8. A familiar name for

a hare. Reliq. Antiq., i, 133.
Babble, (1) v. Hounds were said
to babble, " if too busie after they
have found good scent." Gent.
Rec, p. 78.

(2) V. To talk boisterously, or
without measure.

(3) s. An idle story.
Babblement, "I s. Idle discourse ;

BABBLING, J much Speaking.
Babby, ». (1) .A baby.

(2) A sheet or small book of

prints for children. North.
Babe, ». "A child's maumet."

Gouldman. See Baby.
Babelary, «. A foolish tale. Sir

T. More.
Babelavante, 8. A babbler.

Chester Plays, ii, 34.
Babble, v. n. To totter; to waver.

" Babelyn or waveryn : librillo."

Prompt. Parv.
Baberlupped, adj. Thick-lipped.

Pier* PI. " Babyrlyppyd : la-

brosus." Prompt. Parv.

BAB

146

BAG

Babery, "I Childish finery.

BABBLERY, J ■'

Babeury, s. An architectural or>
nament.

Al was of stone of berile,
Both the castell and the tonre,
And eke the halle, and every boure,
Without peeces or joynings,
But many subtell conipassings;
As babeuries and pinnacles,
Imageries and tabernacles.

Chaucer, Howe ofF., iii, 99.

Babewyne, "1

BABION, J

Babish, adj. Childish.
Bablative, adj. Talkative.
Bable,
babulle,

A baboon.

A fool's bauble.

Mean while, my Mall, think thou it's

honourable
To be my foole, and 1 to be thy bable.
Earring. Epxg., ii, 96.

Bables, 8. (Fr.) The glass or
metal ornaments of the person.
Their ears are long, made longer by
ponderous babies they bang there, some
using links of brasse, of iron, others
have glasse-beads, chains, blew stones,
bullets, or oyster-sliells.

Herbert's Travels, 1638.

Tliey suppose them most brave, most
courtly, who can teare or dilacerate
their eares widest, which they effect by
many ponderous babies they hang there.
lb

Baby, s. A child's toy, especially
a doll. In the North the word
is still used to signify a child's
picture.

Oscilla, pro imagunculis quse infantibus
puerisque ad lusum prsebentur. Puppits
or belies for children to play withall.

Nomenclator, 1585.

Babies doe children please, and shadowes

fooles :
Shewes have deceiv'd the wisest many a

time. Griffin's Fidessa, 1596.

But to raise a dayry
('or other men's adulteries, consume my-
self in caudles,
A.nd scouring work, in nurses, bells, and

babies,
Only for charity.

Filliers, The Chances, 1692.

Baby-cloult, was a name given

to puppets made of rags. Cot-
grave translates muguet, " a cu-
riously dressed bable of clowts."
Babies-heads. A kind of toys for
children are called babies'-head.s
in the Book of Rates, 1675.
To look babies in the eyes, is a
phrase common among our old
poets to characterise the amor-
ous gazing of lovers upon each
other. In addition to many ex-
amples which have been quoted,
we may add the following :

She clung about his neck, gave him ten

kisses,
Toy'd with his locks, look'd babies in his

eyes. Heyxcood's Love's Mistress, p. 8.

Look babies in your eyes, my pretty sweet

one.
There's a fine sport.

TIte Loyal Subject, ii, 4.

We will ga to the dawnes, and slubber
up a siUibub, and I will look babies in
your eyes.

Philocles and Dorielea, 1640.

Clet. How like you one anotbers faces
now'

Pass. Hast ne're a bahy in thy eye ex-
traordinary, Maldriu ? or do'st see one
in mine ?

Howard, Man of Newmarket, 1678.

Babyshed, part. p. Deceived
with childish tales.

Baccare. An cvclamation, sup-
posed to be a corruption of back
there, and found not unfre-
quently in our early dramatists.

Baccated, adj. (Lat. baccaius.)
Garnished with pearls.

Bacchar, *. The herb ladies' glove.

Bacches, *. Bitches; or, perhaps,
a mere clerical error for racches.

The bacches that hym scholde knowe,
I'or sone mosten lieo blowe pris.

App. to Walter Mapes, p 345.

Bacchus-feast, s. A rural festi-

val ; au ale.
Bacciferoos, adj. {Lat.) That

bears berries.
Baccivorous, adj. {Lat.) That

eats berries.
Bace, (1) s. {A..N.) A kind of

BAG

147

BAG

fish, supposed to be the basse,
or sea-perch.

(2) An incorrect orthography of
base.

(3) r. To beat. Devon.

Bace ch a umber, «. A room on
the lower floor. "Bace cham-
byr : Bassaria, vel camera bassa-
ria, sive camera bassa." Prompt.
Pare.

Bacheler, «. {A.-N.) A young
man who has not yet arrived at
knighthood.

Bachelerye, *. {A..N.) (1) The
condition or grade previous and
introductory to knighthood; and,
generally, that period in the life
of a young man before he has
entered on a determinate footing
in the world. There were knights
bachelors, or young knights.

(2) The qualification of this age,
courage and strength.

(3) A party of bachelors.
Bachelor's buttons, "I s. The

BRASSELTY BUTTONS, J Campiou

flower. It was an ancient custom
amongst country fellows to carry
the flowers of this plant in their
pockets, to know whether they
should succeed with their sweet-
hearts. Hence arose the phrase,
"to wear bachelor's buttons,"
for being unmarried. In some
parts, still, the flower-heads of
the common burdock, and the
wild scabious, are thus named.
Gerarde mentions two or three
plants, of which this was the
trivial name.
He wears bachelors bullous, does be not ?
Hegw., fair Maid <^ the Vest.

Bacine, s. a bason.

Back, «. (1) A bat.

(2) In mining, the back of a
(ode 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 dis-
tance of the level above.

(3) A back and breast, a cuirass,

(4) V. To mount on the back.
"To back a horse."

(5) V. To endorse ; as, to back a
bill.

Back-along, adv. Backward.
Somerset.

Back and edge. Completely, en-
tirely. In Yorkshire they say,
" I can make back nor edge of
him ;" I can make nothing oi him.

Backarack. See Backrag.

Backards-way, adv. Backwards.
Yorksh.

Backas, s. The back-house, or
wash-house; sometimes the bake-
house.

Back-band, s. That part of the
harness which, going over the
back of the horse that draws,
keeps up the shafts of the cart
or carriage.

Backbar, s. The bar in a chimney
by which any vessel is suspended
over the flre.

Backberand, s. The bearing of
any stolen goods, especially deer,
on the back, or open indisputable
theft. A law term.

Back-board, s. More commonly

• called back-breyd. The baking-
board, or baker' s-board, is a thin
board about 18 or 20 inches wide
each way, but the corners and
end held next to the body of the
baker rounded off' a little. It is
cut cross-wise with shallow kerfs
of a handsaw, about an inch
asunder, over the faoe of it in
form of net-work. When used,
some dry oatmeal is spread upon
it, and a small wooden ladle full
of the oatmeal dough [which by
being elted is previously made
to about the consistency of thick
cream] is poured in a heap upon
it. The baker then, by a pecu-
liar kind of circular motion of
the board, slightly elevating and
depressing the sides alternately

BAG

148

BAG

during the working of It, con-
trives to spread out the dough
into a broad thin cake, rarely
more but often less than one
eighth of an inch in thickness.
The cake is then slid off the
back-breyd upon another thin
board of lesser dimensions with
a short handle on called the
baking-spittle, and by a peculiar
cast of the baker is spread out
still thinner upon the hot bake-
stone, where in a few minutes'
lime, being turned over once or
twice in the interval, it is tho-
roughly baked. Servants used
to be required to know how to
bake oatmeal, but this custom is
rapidly becoming obsolete.

Backbron, s. a large log of wood
put at the back of the fire. Dorset.

Backbt, adv. Behind ; a little way
off. North.

Backcarry, v. To carry on the
the back.

Back-cast, «. The failure in an
effort ; a relapse. North.

Back - cauter, s. " Cautere dor-
sal, the backe-cauter, somewhat
like a knife, or having a back
like a knife, and searing onely
on the other side." Cotgrave.

Backen, v. To retard.

Back-end, «. The latter end;
autumn. Yorksh. Sometimes,
the latter end of the year.

Backening, g. Relapse; hin-
drance. Yorksh.

Backer, a<^'. Further back. West.

Backerd, adv. Backward. Var.
dial.

Backerly, adj. Late, applied? to
crops.

Backerts, adv. Backwai"ds.

Backerter, \adj. More back-
backirmore, J wards.

Back-friend, s. (1) A secret
enemy.

(2) A term for an angnail.
North.

Back-o'-beyond, adv. Of an un

known distance. North.
Back-out, s. A back-yard. Kent.
Back-piece, s. The piece of ar-
mour covering the back.
Backrag, j s. A kind of wine,
bacharach, > made at Bacharach
BAGRAG, J in Germany.

I'm for no tongues but dry'd ones, such as

will
Give a fine relish to my backray.

Old PL, ix, 282.

Backset, s. " To make a backset,
to make a stand to receive a
chased deer, and to cast fresh
hounds upon him at the latter
end of the course. " Holme.

Backsevore, adv. The hind part
before. Devon.

Backside, s. The hind part of
anything, generally. But this
word was used in several par-
ticular senses, of which the fol-
lowing are chiefly to be noticed ;

(1) The yard behind a house.

Nicholas Ward, unfortunately smoor'd
to death, in sinking for a draw well in
liis fathers backside^ \0 feb. 1716.
Parish Register, Hartlepool. {Chron. Mirab.)

No innkeeper, aleliouse keeper, victual-
ler, or tippler, shall admit or suffer any
person or persons in his house or back-
side to eat, drink, or play at cards.

Grindal's Remains, p. 138.

(2) The back part of the house
itself.

Onely heare mee: I have a certaine
parlour in the backside, in the further-
most part of my house, in thither was
a bed carried and covered with clothes.
Terence in English, 1&41.

The backside of the kitchen.

Durfey, Fond Husband, 1685.

(3) A farm-yard. Hampsh.

(4) A man's posteriors. In the
following passage it is applied to
the ant, because the latter, as in
a fable, is spoken of as a human
being.

A poor ' ant carries a grain of corn,
climbing up a wall with her head down-
wards, and her beu:knde upwards.

Addison.

BAC

149

BAD

(5) The side of a letter on which
the address was written.

Come, wrap it (the letter) up now,
whilst I go fetch wax and a candle ;
and write on the backtide, "for Mr.
Homer."

Wycherley, Country Wife, 1688.

Backstaff, «. An instrument
used for talving the sun's alti-
tude at sea ; so named because
the back of the observer was
turned towards the sun when
using it.

Backstand, «. Resistance.

Backster, 8. A baker. North,

Backsters, 8. Wide flat pieces
of board strapped on the feet, to
walk over loose beach on the sea
coast. South.

Back-stock, *. A log of wood.

Backstone, 8. An iron for baking
cakes, generally hung over the
fire. A person is said to go
"like a cat upon a hot back-
stone," when treading cau-
tiously and with apparent fear
and uneasiness.

Backstrikino, s. a mode of
ploughing, in which the earth,
after being turned, is turned
hack again. Suffolk.

Backsunded, adj. Shady. Dor8et.

Back-swanked, adj. Lean in the
flank, applied to a horse.

Backsword, s. The game of
single-stick. Wilts.

Backward, ». To keep back ; to
hinder.

Backward, ». (1) The state of
things past. Shakesp.
(2) A Jakes.

Backword, «. An answer to put
off an engagement. North.

Back-worm, a. A disease in
hawks ; also called the filander.

Backwort, 8. The name of a
herb, apparently the same as the
comfrei/.

Backwound, v. To wound se-
cretly, or from behind.

Bacon, «. A clown. Shakesp.
Bacon-bee, s. a small insect of

the beetle kind, which blows

bacon. Leicest.
Bactile. (Lat.) A candlestick.
Baculometry, 8. {Lat.) The art of

measuring altitudes or distances

by means of a staff.
Bacun, part. p. Baked.
Bacyn, «. A light kind of helmet

More correctly, basyn.

■ Some he hytte on the bacyn,
Tliat he cleff hym to the chyn.

K. Richard, 1. 2557.

Bad, (1) adj. Sick ; ill.

(2) adj. Poor, Var. dial.

(3) Offered; invited.

(4) pret. t. of bidde. Asked ;
entreated.

(5) V. To shell walnuts. West.

(6) 8. A rural game, played with
a bad-stick, formerly used in
Yorkshire.

(7) 8. A bad person or thing.

That of two badils for betters choyse he
backe agayne did goe.

Warner's Albion's England, 1593.

Baddeliche, adv. Badly. Rob.

Glouc.
B a ODER, adj. Comp.oibad. Worse.

Chaucer.

^^°^' 1(1) «. Delay.

BADDE, J ^ ' ^

(2) pret. t. of bide. Abode;
remained.

(3) pret. t. of bidde. Prayed.

(4) Commanded. Chaucer.

(5) 8. (A.-S.) A pledge ; a surety.

(6) V. To l)athe. Warw.
Badelynge, 8. A flock or com-
pany of ducks.

Badge, v. To cut and tie up beans
in shocks or sheaves. Leicest.

Badger, (1) s. A pedlar; a corn-
factor ; a person who buys eggs,
butter, fiC, at the farm-houses,
to sell again at market.

(2) V. To beat down in a bar-
gain.

(3) V. To tease ; to annoy.

BAD

150

BAG

Bad6ER-the>beak, 8. A game, in
which the boy who personates
the bear places himself upon his
hands and knees, and another
boy, as his keeper, defends him
from the attacks of the others.

Badget, «. (1) A badger. East,
(2) A cart-horse.

Badling, 8. A worthless person.
North.

Badly, adj. Ill ; sickly.

Bads, «. The husks of walnuts.
West.

Bael, 8. (A.-S.) Sorrow ; bale.

Baelys, s. Rods. Tundale.

Baffe, v. To yell as hounds.

Saffen as houndes : Baulo, baffo, latro.

Baffi/n as houndes after their pray :

Nuto.

Baffinge or bawlinge of houndes : Bnu-

latua, vel baftatus. Prompt. Parv.

Baffers, 8. Barkers ; yellers.
Baffet, v. To baffle.
Baffle, \v. (Fr.) To treat with
BAFFUL, J indignity; to expose.
Properly speaking, to baffle or
bdfftd a person was to reverse a
picture of him in an ignominious
manner.

Bafalling is a great disgrace among the
Scots, and it is used when a man is
openly peijured, and tlien tliey make
an image of liim painted, reversed, with
his heels upwards, witli his name,
woondering, crying, and blowing out of
him with horns. Holiruhed.

And after all, for greater infamie.
He by the heels him hung upon a tree,
And hafful'd so, that all which passed by
The picture of his punishment might see.
Spetuer, F. g., B. VI, vii, 27.
I amdisgrac'd, iropeach'd, and baffledhere,
Pierc'd to the soul witli slander's venom'd
spear. K. Richard II, i, 1.

(2) r. To cheat, or make a fool
of; to manage capriciously or
wantonly ; to twist irregularly
together. East.

(3) In Suffolk they term ba^d,
corn which is knocked down by
the wind.

(4) ». To twist or entangle.
Northampt.

Baffling,*. Opprobrium ; affront.
Baft, adv. Abaft. Chaucer.
Baftys, adv. (A-.S.) Afterwards.

Cov. Myst.
Bag, (1) 8. The udder of a cow.

Var. dial.

(2) V. To cut peas with an in-
strument like the common reap-
ing-hook. West.

(3) V. To cut wheat stubble,
generally with an old scythe.
Oxfordsh.

(4) 8. The stomach. Hence eat-
ing is called familiarly bagging.
(5)r. To move; to shake; to jog.

(6) V. To breed, to become preg-
nant.

Well, Venus shortly lagged, and ere long
was Cupid bred. Mb. Engl., vi, p. 148.

(7) 8. In some dialects, turf.
The upper sod cut into squares
and dried for fuel.

(8) «. A name for the long-tailed
titmouse. Northampt.

(9) Among the popular phrases
in which this word enters, are to
get the bag, or be dismissed ; to
give the bag, or leave. The lat-
ter phrase is also used in the
sense of, to deceive.

You shall have those curses which be-
longs unto your craft ; you shall be
light-footed to travel farre, light witted
upon every small occasion to give your
masters the bag. Green's Quip, 4'C.

Bag and bottle, a schoolboy's
provisions.

An ill contriving rascal, that in his
younger years sliould choose to lug the
bag and the bottle a mile or two to
school ; and to bring home only a small
bit of Greek or Latin most magisterially
construed. Eachard's Obseruations,
8vo, 1671, p. 31.

Bag and baggage, everything a
person possesses.

And counsel'd you forthwith to pack
To Graecia, bag and baggage, back.

Homer A-la-Mode, p. 79.

Bag-of-moonshine, an illusor) de<
ception ; a fooUsh tale.

BAG

151

BAI

Bagatike, «. An Italian coin,
worth about the third of a far-
thing,

Bagavel, s. (A.-S. ?) A tribute
granted to tlie citizens of Exeter
by a charter from Edward the
First, empowering them to levy
a duty upon all wares brought to
that city for the purpose of sale,
the produce of which was to be
employed in paving the streets,
repairing the walls, and the ge-
neral maintenance of the town.
Jacobs' Law Dictionary.

Bage, T *. A badge. Prompt.
BAGGE, j Part).

Bageard, s. a badger.

Bagelle,*. (^.-A^.) Rings; jewels.

Baget, s. a sort of tulip.

Bau-fox, s. a fox that has been
unearthed, and kept a time for
sport. Blame.

Baggabone, *. A vagabond.

Baggage, s. (perhaps from Fr. ba-
gasse.) A worthless or pert
woman.

l&\GG.\G^T>,\part.p. Bewitched;
bygaged, J mad. Exmoor.

Baggagely, adj. Worthless. Tuss.

Bagge, v. To swell with arrogance.
Chaucer. Tyrwhitt conjectures
that it means to squint.

Baggerment, s. a corn-field full
of weeds and rubbish is said to
be full of baggerment. It may be
questioned whether this is genu-
ine Lincolnshire, and it has been
suspected that it has been intro-
duced by some sailors ; the only
word like it being Bogamante,
a common lobster, and such a
word it is possible may have
been corrupted and used meta-
phorically for rubbish, or that
which is good for nothing.
Lincolnsh.

Baggib, ». The belly. Northumh.

Faggin, «. Food. Cumb. Baggin-
time, or bagginff'time, baiting-
time. Lanc-

Here ample rows of tents are stretch'dl,
The gurse green common bigg'd on ;

And bagcfin reddy cuck'd is fetch'd
Frae Peerith, Carle, an Wigtou.

Stat/g's Cumberland Poems.

Bagging, s. (1) The act of cut-
ting up the haum or wheat stub-
ble for the purpose of thatching
or burning. Oxfordsh.
(2) Becoming pregnant.

Bagging-bill, Is. A curved
BAGGING-HOOK, J ironinstrumeut
for agricultural purposes.

Baggingly, adv. Squintingly.

Bag-harvest, *. A harvest in
which the men provide their own
victuals, which is commonly car-
ried by them in bags for their
daily support. Norf.

Baghel, s. Jewellery. See Ba-
gelle.

In toun herd I telle,
The baghel and the belle
Beu filched and fled.

Political Songs, p. 307.

Baginet,*. A bayonet.

Bagle, s. An impudent and dis-
reputable woman. Shakesp.

Bagpipes, *. A popular name for
a flail. Northampt.

Bag-pudding, «. A rustic dish, of
which we have no very clear
description, but it was probably
like our rolly-polly puddings.

A big bag-pudding tlien 1 must commend,

For he is full, and holds out to the end ;

Siklome with men is found so sound a
friend. Daviet, Scourge of Folly, 1611.
True love is not like to a bat; -pudding ;
a bag-pudding liath two ends, but true
love hath never an end.

Poor Sobin, 1757.

BAGWALETOca, s. A Carrier of

Bagy, ». A badge. Bemers.

BAHff, part. a. Going. YorAsh.

Baibery, s. a bay-berry. Mr.
Dyce suspects an error here for
bribery. But see Bay berry.

I wept and sighed, and tliumped and
thumped, and raved and randed and
railed, and told him how mv wife was
now grown as coninion as baibery.

Kertlacard Roe, 1607'

BAI

152

?*»

B/.JCU, t. A slip of land.

A batch or languet of land.

Sai/'s Travels, p. 280.

Baics, 8. Chidings ; reproofs.

If lazar so loathsome in cheese be espied,
Let baics amend Cisly, or shift her aside.
Tusser't Husbandry.

Baigne, v. (Fr.) To dip in liquid;
to drench ; to soak.

Bail, (1) «. (A.-S.) A beacon; a
bonfire. North.

(2) The handle of a pail, or the
bow of a scythe. Suff.

Baile, 8. A wooden canopy, formed
of bows.

Bailes, s. pi. (A.-S.) Blazes;
flames. Slaffordsh.

Bailey, *. (A.-N.) Each of the
enclosures round the keep of a
castle, so named because its de-
fence was intrusted, or bailie, to
a portion of the garrison, inde-
pendent of the others.

Four tonres ay hit has, and kernels fair,
Tbre baiUiees al aboute, that may nojt

apair ;
Nouther hert may wele thinke ne tang may

wel telle
Al the bounty and the bewt6 of this ilk

cas telle.
Seven barbicans are sette so sekirly aboute.
That no manei of shoting may greve fro

withoute. The CaatU of Lute.

Bailiwick, ». Stewardship.

Baillie, 8. {A.-N.) Custody ; go-
vernment.

Bails, ». Hoops to bear up the
tilt of a boat.

Baily, «. {A.-N.) A bailiff; a
steward ; a sheriff's officer.

An honeste husbande man, that
chaunsed to fynde the sayde bodget,
brought it to the baily of Ware, ac-
cordynge to the crye, and required his
XX. li. for his labour, as it was pro-
claymed. Tales and (^uicke Answers.

Baiv, adj. (1) Near; ready, easy.
North.

(2) Pliant, limber. £att.

(3) Obedient, willing.

Water thai asked swithe.
Cloth and bord was drain :

With mete and drink litlie.
And seijauuce that were bayn.

To serve Tristrem swithe.
And sir Rohaut ful favn.

iSir Tristrem, i, 65.

I saw this wild beste was ful bayn
For my luf himselfe have slayne.

Twaine and Gaicin, 1. 3097.

Baine, (1) «. (jFr.) A bath.

As the noble emperour Augustus on a
time cam in to a bayne, he behelde an
olde man that hadde done good senice
in the warres, frotte liimselfe agaynste
a marble pyller for lacke of one to
helpe to wasshe him.

Tales and Quicke Ansv>ers.

Balneator, Cic. ^a-ySvev*. Maistre des
bains ou estuves. The maister of the
baines, staves, or hothouse.

Nomenelator, 1585.

(2) V. To bathe.

To haine themselves in my distilling blood.
F. Lodge, IFounds of Civil War.

Bained, adj. (A.-S.) Fated. Used
in Somersetshire by farmcrswhen
the sheep are affected with liver
complaints, from which they
hardly ever recover.

Bainer. Nearer. North.

Baines, s. pi. Bans, particularly
applied to the announcement or
introduction to a play or mystery,
as in the Chester Plays. " To
the players of Grimsby when
they spake thair bayn of thair
play." Lincobish. Records,

Bainge, r. To bask in the sun ;
to sweat as in a bath. Glouc.

Baire, adj. Fit ; convenient. Dur.

Bairn, s. (A.-S.) A child. North.

Bairnelie, adj. Childish. North.

Bairn-team, ». (A.-S.) A progeny
of children.

Bairnwort,*. The daisy. Yorksh.

Baisemains,*. (Fr.) Salutations;
compliments. Spenser.

Baiskb, adj. (A.-S.) Sour.

Bath hew doune and caste in the ftre,
tor the froite of itt is soure,
And baiske and bittere ot odoure.
MS, Colt., fatnl,, B. vi, f. 123 v".

BAI

153

BAL

Baist, v. To beat. North. See '

Baste. }

Baiste, adj. Abashed. {

Bees noghte baiste of pne boyes,

Ne ot thaire bryghte wedis. I

Morle Arthure. I

Bait, (J.-S.) (1) *. A luncheon. {

(2)

feed.

(3) «.

{4)v.

term.

(5)

To refresh; to stop to

Food; pasture. North.
To flutter. A hawking

A meat pie, or

To teaze, or worry.

BAiTAND,/>ar/. In great haste.

Baitel, v. To thrash. North.

Baith, adj. Both. North.

Bait-poke, s. A bag for provi-
sions. North.

Bajardour, s. (j4.-N.) a carter;
the bearer of any weight or bur-
den. Kersey.

Bak, s. a bat. See Back.

Baked, part. p. Incrusted. Far.
dial.

Bak'd-meat, s.

perhaps any other pie ; pastry.

Bake^^, part. p. Baked.

BAKERtEGGED, adj. A pcrson
whose legs bend outwards.

Baker-knee'd, adj. One whose
knees knock together in walking,
as if kneading dough. Baker-
feet, twisted feet.

Baker's-dozen, s. Thirteen. A
baker s dozen, was formerly called
the devil's dozen, and it was the
number who sat down at a table
in the pretended sabbaths of the
witches. Hence arose the idea
of ill-luck which is still popularly
connected with it.

Nais, Minthe, Metra, Phrine, Messalina,
Abrotonion, Lensa, Affranea, Laurentia,
Citlieris, Chione, and lascivious Licaste,
Make a baker's dozen with Astinasse.

Daties, Scourge of lolly, 1611.

The refuse of that chaos of the earth,
.\l)le to give the world a second birth,
Atfrick, avaunt! Thy trifling monsten

jchiiice
Bui sheeps-eyed to this penal ignorance.

That all the prodigies brought forth before
Are but dame Nature's blush left on the

score.
Tliis strings the baker's dozen, christens all
The cross-leg'd hours of time since Adam's

fall. Rump Songs.

Bakestbr, 8. A female baker.

Derbysh.
Bakhalfe, 8. The hinder part.
Bakhouse, *. A bakehouse. North.
Bakin, 8. The quantity of bread

baked at one time. Yorkah.
Baking-draught, s. Part of the

hinder quarter of an ox.
Bakke, s. a cheek.

Than brayde he brayn wod.
And alle his bakkes rente.
His berde and his brijt fax
For bale he totwijt.

William / the Weno., p. 76.

Bakpaner, 8. A kind of basket ;
apparently a pannier carried on
the back.

Other habyllementes of werre: First
jdi. c, paveyses : cc. fyre pannes and
XXV. other fyre pannes .... Item vc.
bakpaners al garnished, cc. lanternes.
Caxton's Fegecius, sig. I v, b.

Bakstale, adv. Backwards.

Prompt. P.
Bal, (1) s. {A..S.) A flame.
The following lines occur in an
early poem which contains a
description of the fifteen signs
that are to precede the destruc-
tion of the earth, and the day of
judgement.
Than sal the raynbow decend.
In hew of gall it sal be kend ;
And wit the windes it sal mel,
Drit thaim doun into the hell,
And dunt the develes theder in
In thair bal al for to brin ;
And sal aim bidd to hald thaim thar,
Abon erthe to com no mar.
The term is comen haf ye sal.
The incom to be in your bal.
Than sal tai bigin to cri and calle,
Laverd fader ! God of alle !

Cursor Mutidi : MS. Edinb., f . 7 »"

(2) 8. A mine. West.
Balaam. This is the cant term in
a newspaper oflSce for asinine
paragraphs about monstrous pro-
ductions of nature and the like.

BAL

154

BAL

kept standing in type to be used
whenever the news of the day
leave an awkward space that must
be filled up somehow. See Lock-
hart's Life of Scott, vi, 294.
Balade-koyal, s. a poem writ-

ten in stanzas of eight lines.
Balance, (1) s. Balances. Shakesp.
(2) Doubt; uncertainty. "To
lay in balance," to wager. CAawcer.
In old French we have, estre en
balance, to doubt.
Balancers, s. Makers of ba-
lances.
Balase, v. To balance. Baret.

" Balassen, saburro."
Balastre, *. A cross-bow.
Balate, v. {Lat.) To bleat ; to

bellow. Salop.
Balayn, s. Whalebone ?

Afftyr come, whyt as the snow,
Fvffty thousand on a lowe,
Ther among was ser Saladyn,
And his nevewe Myrayn-Momelyn.
Her baner whyt, wit)iouten fable.
With thre Sarezynes hedes off sable,
That wer schapen noble and large,
Of balayn, both scheeld and targe.

Richard, 1. 2982.

Balats, «. {A.-N.) A kind of ruby.

Balbucinats, v. {Lat.) To stam-
mer.

Balch, (1) V. To sink flower-pots
in the mould in a garden, level
with the surface.
(2) ». Stout cord, used for the
bead lines of fishing-nets. Cornw.

Balche, p. To belch. Huloet.

Balchers,». Very young salmons.

Balcbing, 8. An unfledged bird,
Var. dial. Frequently used with
the prefix blind. Warm.

Balcoon, \s. {Fr. balcon.) A
BALCONE, J balcony. Howell.

This preparation begot expectation, and
that filled all the windows, balconet, and
streets of Paris as they passed with a
multitude of spectators, six trum-
peters, and two marslmls.

Wilson's James J, 1658.

Bald, adj. (1) Bold. Baldore,
bolder.

Gentile Johan of Doucaster
Bid a ful balde dede.

Minot's Poems,

(2) adj. Eager ; swift.

(3) V. To make bald.
Baldar-herbe, s. The amaran-

thus. Huloet.

Baldchick, 8. A callow un-
fledged bird. Leic. Synonymous
with Balchin, which see.

Baldcoot, «. The water-hen.
Drayton.

Balde, v. {A.-S.) To encourage.

Baldeliche.I ^^ Boldlv.
baldely, J

Baldemoyne, 8. Gentian. Prompt.
Pare.

Balder, v. To speak coarsely.
East.

Balderdash, (1) «. Hodge-podge:
a mixture of rubbish ; filth; filthy
language ; bad liquor. It is
found in the latter sense in the
early dramatists.
(2) V. To mix or adulterate
liquor.

Baldfaced, adj. White-faced.
Yorksh.

Bald-kite, », A buzzard,

Baldock, s. a kind of tool,

Baldore, adj. Bolder. Rob. Glouc.

Baldrib, 8. A portion cut lower
down than the spare-rib, and
devoid of fat.

Baldrick, ~| 8. {A.-N.) A belt,
BAULDRiCK, I girdle, or sash;
B.AUDERiK, I sometimes a sword-
BAUDRiKE, J belt. In some in-
stances it seems to have been
merely a collar round the neck,
but it was more usually passed
round one side of the neck, and
under the opposite arm,
(2) Some subsidiary part of a
church bell, perhaps resembling a
belt, though it is not certain what
it was. It is often mentioned ii
old churchwarden's accounts un-
der such forms as bawdryk, baw-
dryck, bawdrick, bawdrikke, baU

BAL

155

BAL

drege, bowdreg, bawdry g. Bailey
(Diet.) says it meant a belt, strap,
thong, or cord, fastened by a
buckle, with which the clapper of
a bell is suspended. The buckle
is mentioned in some accounts.
In the vestry-books of St. Peter's,
Ruthin, Denbighshire, there are
entries in 1683, and many sub-
sequent years, in the church-
warden's account, of wooden bal-
drocks, from time to time sup-
plied new to the parish.

Also liyt ys agreed the same tjrme, the
Clarke have all the vauntage of tlie 4
belles, and he to fynde !)oth hawdryckes
and ropes for the 4 seyd belles.
Strutt's Horda Angel-Cynnan, iii, 173.

(3) A kind of cake, made pro-
bably in the shape of a belt.

Balductum, s. a term, apparently
burlesque, applied by writers of
the 16th cent, to affected ex-
pressions in writing.

Baldwein, s. The plant gentian.

Bale, (1) s. {A.-S. beal.) Mis-
chief; sorrow.

Therwhile, sire, that I tolde this tale,
Thi sone mighte tholie dethes bale;
Tliannewererai tale forlore !
Ac, of-sende thi sone therfore,
And yif him respit of his bale.

Seuyn Sages, Weber, 1.701.
Let now your bUss be turned into bale.
Spens., Daphitaida, 320.

(2) 8. Destruction.

(3) s. (A.-S. balew.) Evil.

My graunserwith greme gird [liem]unto,
And sloghe all our sitesyns and our sad

pepull,
Brittoned to bale dethe and there blode

shed. Destruction of Troy, f. 36 v". MS.

(4) (A..S. beelig.) The belly.
Pronounced bale. In a curious
description of cutting up the deer
after a chase, are the following
lines :

Sythen rytte thay the foure lymmes,
And rent of the hyde ;
Thf n brek thay the bali.
The balej out token.

Gawayn Ir '** Or. Kn., 1.4507.

(5) ». {A.-S.) The scrotum.

(6) a. Basil wood. Skinner.

(7) Ten reams of paper. Kennett.

(8) ». A bale of dice. A pair of
dice.

For exercise of arms, a bale of dice.

Or two or three packs of cards to shew the

cheat,
And uimbleness of hand.

B. Jon., New Inn, 1, 3.

A pox upon these dice, give's a fresh bale.
Green's Tu Quoque. O. PL, vii, 50.

(9) r. (Fr. bailler.) To empty
water out with buckets or other
small vessels.

(10) *. The bowed handle of a
bucket or kettle.

(11) A bar or rail to separate
horses in a stable.

Baleful, adj. Evil ; baneful.
Bale-hills, s. Hillocks upon the

moors upon which have formerly

been those fires called bale-fires.

See Baal-hills.
Baleis, s. {A.-N.) a large rod.
Baleise, v. To beat with a rod ; to

scourge. Piers PI. Still in use in

Shropshire.
Balena, s. {Lat.) A whale.

The huge leviathan is but a shrimpe
Compar'd with our balena on the land.
Tragedy of Hoffman, 163L

Balew, s. (A.-S. balew.) Evil.
Baleyne, s. (Fr.) Whalebone.

Skinner.
Balej, 8. Bowels.
Balhew, adj. Plain; smooth.

Prompt. P.
Baliage, *. The office of a bailiff.
Balin, 8. The name of a plant.

Nor wonder if such force in hearbs re-

maine,
Wliat cannot juice of devine simples bmisd?
The dragon finding his young serpent

slaine,
Having th'herbe balin in his wounds

infus'd,
Restores his life and makes him whole

againe.
Who taught the heart how dettany is used

Wlio being pierced through the bones
and marrow,

Can with that hearbe expell th'offensive
arrow. Great Britainei Troye, 1609

BAL

156

BAL

Balist, *. (A.-N.) An engine for
projecting stones in besieging a
town.

Balistar, 8. A crossbow-man.

Balk, *. (J.-S. bale.) (1) A ridge
of greensward left by the plough
in ploughing. " A balice or banke
of earth raysed or standing up
betweene twoo furrowes." Ba-
ret's Alvearie.

(2) A beam in a cottage. 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 those below. The balk
was used to hang various articles
on, such as flitches of bacon, &c.
Balk ende whych appeareth under the
eaves of a house, procer. Huloet.

(3) V. To heap up in a ridge or
hillock.

(4) " Balk the way," get out of
the way.

(5) *. A contrivance in the
dairy districts of Sutfolk, into
which the cow's head is put while
she is milked, is called a balk or
bawk.

(6) Balks, straight young trees
after they are felled. Var. dial.

(7) " To be thrown ourt' balk,"
to be published in the church.
"To hing ourt' balk," marriage
deferred after publication. Yorksh.

(8) A division of lands in an open
field.

(9) To balk a hare, to pass one
on her form or seat without
seeing her. Norf.

Leam'd and judicious Lord, if I should

balke
Thyne honor'd name, it being in my way,
My muse unworthy were of such a walke,
Where honor's branches make it ever Mav.
Daciet, Scourge of Folly, 16li.

Balke. (1) To leave a balk in
ploughing.

But so wel halte no man the plogh.
That be ne iaZit^/i otherwile.

Goteer, MS. Soe. Antiq.

(2) {A.-S.) To belch.

BalJcyng, sum is smoki and hoot, and
sura is sour ; the firste cometh of lieate
and of bote humours that ben in the
Btomak, the secounde is of coold hu-
mours either of feble heate of the stomak.
Medical MS. of the \5th cent.

(3) To be angry. Reyn. the Foxe.
Balker, «. (1) A little piece of

wood by which the mo wers smooth
the edges of their scythes after
the whetstone has been used. It
is commonly fastened to the end
of the sneyde by a pin. Devon.
(2) A great beam. East.

Balkers, *. Persons who stand on
elevations near the sea-coast, at
the season of herring fishing, to
make signs to the fishermen
which way the shoals pass.
Blount.

Balking, «. A ridge of earth.

Balk-ploughing, «. A mode of
ploughing, in which ridges are
left at intervals. East.

Balks, s. The liay-loft. Chesh.
Sometimes, the hen-roost.

Balk-staff, «. A quarter-staff.

Ball, (I) adj. Bald, Somerset.

(2) «. The pupil of the eye.
"Ball, or apple of the eye."
Huloet, 1552.

(3) *. Cry ; lamentation.

Son after, wen he was halle,
Then began io slak hvr baUt.

Guy of Warwick, Middlekill MS.

(4) ». The palm of the hand*
Yorksh.

(5) 8. The round part at the bot-
tom of a horse's foot. See Florio,
in V. Cdllo.

(6) a. The body of a tree. Lane.

(7) V. To cohere, as snow to the
feet. Northampt.

(8) V. To beat a person with a
stout stick, or with the hand.
Comw.

Ballace, v. (supposed to be from
A.-S. behleestan, to load a ship.)
To stuff.

BAL

157

BAL

With soTce gall'd trunk, haUa&d with straw

and stone.
Left for the pawn of his provision.

Bp. Hall's Satires, n, 5.

Ballad, v. To sing or compose

ballads.
Ballader, a. A maker of ballads.
Balladin, s. {Fr.) A kind of

dance.
Balladry, s. The subject or style

of ballads.
Ballance, «. (A.-N.) This word

was formerly regarded as a

plural.

A pair of ballance.

Barckley's Summum Bonum, p. 431.

Are there balance here, to weigh

Tlie fleah? M. of Venice, iv, 1.

Ballant, s. a ballad. North.
Ballard, s. A castrated ram.

Devon.
Ballart, s. a name for the hare.

Reliq. Antiq., i, 133.
Ballast, s. A ruby. See Balayg.
Ballat, 8. A ballad. North.
Ballatron, *. {iMt. ballatro.) A

rascal ; a thief. Minsheu.
Ballatrough,*. a foolish prating

fellow. Dev.
Ballatry, s. {Ital.) A song, or

jig. Milton.
Balle, (!) s. The head. Chaucer.

(2) V. ' To howl. " I balle as a

curre dogge dothe, je hurle."

Pakgr.
Balled, a(^/'. Bald.
Ballednesse, s. Baldness.
Ballenger, \g.{A.-N.) A small
BALLixGER, J Sailing vessel used

in ancient times.
Ballerag, 1 1>. To banter; to
BULLiRAO, J abuse; to scold. Var.

dial.
Balle.sse, 8. Ballast. Huloet.

BalUsse or lastage for shippes, saburra.
Huloet.

Balliards, ». The game of bil-
liards.

Ball-money, ». "Moneydemanded
of a marriage company, and given

to prevent their being maltreated.
In the North it is customary for
a party to attend at the church
gates, after a wedding, to enforce
this claim. The gift has re-
ceived this denomination, as
being originally designed for the
purchaseof a foot-ball." Brocket/.
BalUmony, given by a new bride to lier
old play-fellows. Ladies' Dictionary, 1694

Ballock-grass,». The herb dogs'-
stones. Gerarde.

Ballocks, 1 8. {A..N.) Testiculi.
BALLOKs, ^The word occurs fre-
BALLoxs, J quently in early medi-
cal receipts. Sometimes called
hallok-stones. " Hie testiculus, a
balok ston. Hie piga, a balok
iod." Nominate, MS.,\bth cent.
\i appears from Palsgrave's Aco-
lastus, 1540, that ballocke-stones
was a term of endearment.
Also take an erbe that growith in wodes,
and is lick an neitle, and it is the
lengthe of a cubite ether ther aboute,
and hath as it were hallok sloones
aboute the roote.

Medical MS. of the loth cent.

Balloc broth, I «. A kind of
BALOK-BROTHE, / broth described
in the following receipt :

Balloc broth. — Take eelys, and hild*
hem, and kerve hem to pecys, and do
liem to seeth in water and wyne, so tliat
it be a litel over-stepid. Do thereto
sawge and ootliir erbis, with ft w oynons
y-mynced. Whan the eelia buth soden
ynowj, do hem in a vessel; take a
pyke, and kerve it to gobettes, and
seeth hym in the same broth ; do thereto
powdor gvnger, galyngale, canel, and
pcper; salt it, and cast the eelys there-
to, and messe it forth.

Forme of Cii<nj, p. 12.

Ballok-kny7, «. A knife hung
from the girdle. Piers PL

Balloon, "1». (Fr.) A large in-
BALOON, J flated ball of strong
leather, used in a game of the
same name, introduced from
France, and thus described in a
book entitled Country Content*:
" A strong and moveing sport in

BAL

158

BAL

the open fields, with a great ball
of double leather filled with wind,
and driven to and fro with the
strength of a man's arm, armed
with a bracer of wood."
While others have been at the balloon,
I have been at my books.

Ben Jon., Fox, ii, 2.

Minsheu, under Bracer, speaks
of a wooden bracer worn on the
arm by baloon players, " which
noblemen and princes use to
play." In the play of Eastward
Hoe, Sir Petronel Flash says,
" We had a match at baloon too
with my Lord Whackum, for
four crowns ;" and adds, " 0
sweet lady, 'tis a strong play with
the arm."* O. PL, iv, 211.
Faith, from those bums, which she through

lischtnesse setts
CFor balhne- balls) to liire, to all that play,
Who must in time quite voUey them away.
Davits, Scourge of lolly, 1611.

Ballop, "1 ». The front or flap of
BALLCP, J smallclothes. A'or/AuOTJ.
Ballow, (1) ad/. (^.-5.) Gaunt;
bony ; thin.

Whereas the balUno nag outstrips the
winds in chase.

Drayton, Polyolbion, song iii.

(2) V. To select or bespeak ; used
by boys at play, when they select
a goal or a companion of their
game. North.

(3) s. A pole ; a cudgel. North.
"A bailer, malleus ligneus quo
glebae franguntur." Huloet.

Ball-stell, 8. A geometrical
quadrant, called in Latinized
form balla-stella. Nomenclator,
1585.

Ball-stone, s. A local name in
Shropshire for a measure of iron-
stone which lies near the sur-
face ; a kind of limestone found
near Wenlock.

Ball-thistle, s. A species of
thistle. Gerard.

Ballu, 8. (A.-S.) Mischief; sor-
rosv. See Bale.

Ballum-bancum, s. a licentious
dancing party. An old slang
term.

He makes a very good odd-man at
hallum-rancum, or so ; that is, when the
rest of the company is coupled, will
take care to see tliere's srood attendance
paid. Oltoay, The Atheist, 1684.

Ballcp. See Ballop.

Bally, (1) ». A litter of pigs.

North.

(2)». To swell or growdistended.

Shropsh.

(3) adj. Comfortable. Wett.

Ballys, 1 o „

y s. Bellows.

BALYWS, J

Balmer, a. If not a corruption,
this word, in the Chester Plays,
i, 172, seems to designate some
kind of coloured cloth. " Bar-
rones in balmer and byse."

Balneal, adj. (Lat.) Refreshing.

Balny, «. {Lat. balneum.) A bath.

Bald, #. A beam in buildings;
any piece of squared timber. East.

Balon, a. (Fr.) Whalebone.

Balotade, *. {Fr.) An attempt
made by a horse to kick.

Balodrgly, s. a sort of broth.

For to make a bahurgly broth. Tak
pikys, and spred liem abord, and helys
^if thou hast, fle hem, and ket liem m
gobbettys, and seth hem in alf H^n and
half in water. Tak up the pykys and
elys, and hold hem hotc, ana draw tlie
broth thorwe a clothe; do powder tif
gyngever, peper, and galyngale, and

canel, into the broth, and boyle yt; and

the « "
aud serve yt forth.

do yt on the pykys aud on the elys,
yt forth.
Warner, Antiq. CuUn., p. 49.

BAi.oviT, {A.-S.) prep. About.
Balow. (1) A nursery term. North.

(2) 8. {A.-S.) A spirit ; properly,

an evil spirit.
Balow-broth, a. Probably the

same as ballock-broth.
Baloynge, a.

Eyther arm an elne long,
Baloynge mengetli al by-mong,
Ase baum ys hire bleo.

Lyric Poetry, p. 35

BAL

159

BAN

Balsam-apple,*. The name of an

herb. Florio, v. Caranza.
Balsamum, T «. (Fr.) Balsam.

BALSAMINT, J Shakcup.

Balsomate, adj. Embalmed. Har-

dyng's Chron.
Balstaff, s. a large pole or staflf.

See Balk-staff.
Balter, v. To cohere together.

Warw.

(2) To dance about; to caper.

Morte Arthure.
Baluster, s. (Fr.) A bannister.
BAt.-WE.{V)s. (A.-S.baleiffe.) Evil;

mischief; sorrow,

(2) adj. Plain ; smooth. Pr. P.
Baly, (1) s. {A.-S.) Evil; sorrow.

(2) s. {A..S.) The belly.

(3) s. (j.-N.) A bailiff.
Balye, *. {A.-N.) Dominion.

Bot for he sau him nolit bot man,
Godhed in him wend he wax nan,
Forthi he fanded itlienlye
To barl him til his balye.

Cursor Mundi, MS.Ed.,1. 54.

Balyship, «. The office of a bailiff.
Balyshyp : Baliatus. Pr. P.

Balzan, s. (Fr.) A horse with
white feet. Howell.

Balje, adj. {A.-S.) Ample; swell-
ing.

Bam, s. (1) A story which is in-
vented to deceiveor jeer, probably
an abbreviation of bamboozle.
(2) V. To make fun of a person.

Bamble, v. To walk unsteadily.
East.

Bamboozle, ». To deceive ; to
make fun of a person. Some-
times it is used in the sense of to
threaten.

Bamby, adj. By and by. Devon.

Bamchiches, s. " Ariel ini, the
chichescaWed bamchiches." Florio.

Bame, s. Balm.

Bammel, v. To beat ; to pommel.
Shropsh.

Ban, (1) V. (A..N.) To curse.

Xud here upon my knees, striking the
earth,

I tan their souls to everlasting pains.

MarUno'a Jevi of Malla.

(2) *. A curse.

(3) ». An edict ; a proclamation.
That was the ban of Keningwurthe, that

was lo this.
That ther ne ssolde of heie men deseri'.ed

be none,
That hadde i-holde aje the king, bote the

erl of Leicetre one. Rob. Glouc, p. 568.

(4) s. A summons ; a citation.
Of ys rouude table ys ban abonte he sende.
That eche a Wy tesohetyd to Carleon wende.

JSob. Glouc, p. 188.

(5) ». To shut out ; to stop.
Somerset.

(6) 8. A kind of dumpling. Lane.
Band, *. (A.-S.) (1) A bond ; an
engagement or covenant.

(2) pret. t. of binde. Bound.
On slepe fast yit sho him fande,
His hors until a tre sho band,
And hastily to him sho yede.

Ywaine and Gatcin, 1. 1776.

(3) s. Imprisonment.

His moder dame Aiienore, and the barons

of this land,
For him travailed sore, and brouht him out

of band. Latigtofl'i Chron.. p. 201.

(4) «. String or tw^ine. Var. dial-

(5) «. A hyphen.

(6) 8. An article of dress for the
neck, worn commonly by gen-
tlemen.

His shirt he chaungeth, as the moone doth

chaunge.
His band is starch'd with grease, french-

russet cleare.

Davies, Scourge of Folly, 1611.

Some laundresse we also will entreate.
For bannes and ruffes, which kindnes to be

great
We will confesse, yea and requite it too.

Rowlands, Knave of Spades, 1613.

(7) s. A space of ground twenty
yards square. North.

(8) s. The neck feathers of a
cock. Holme.

Band-box, s. Originally a box for
bands and other articles of dress
which required to be kept from
rumpling and crushing.

Band-case, s. A band-box.

By these within a band-case lies thy ruffe,

And next to that thy brush, and then thy

muffe. Crauley's AnAtda, p. 3L

BAN

160

BAN

Bandsd-uail, «. A kind of armour,
formed of alternate rows of
leather or cotton, and single
chain-mail.

Bandel, s. {A.-N.) A little band
for wrapping round anything.

Bandrleer, 1 s. (Fr. bandouil-
BANDOLEER, K Here.) Abroad belt
bandilero, J of leather, worn by
a musqueteer, over the left
shoulder, to which were hung,
besides other implements, ten or
twelve small cylindrical boxes,
each containing a charge of pow-
der. The charge-boxes were also
called bandeleers. Sylvester calls
the zodiac a bandeleer :

What shall I say of that bright bandeleer
Which twice six signs so richly garnish
here?

DuBart. P. iv, Day 2, Week 2.

Bandelet, s. A band, or fillet ; a
narrow scarf. " Cidrpa, any kind
of scarfe or bandelet." Florio.

Banden,
baxdyn,

Banders, s. Associators; con-
spiral ors.

Baxdish, «. A bandage. North.

Band-kitt, s. a large wooden
vessel, with a cover to it. In
Yorkshire it is said to be known
by the name of bow -kit t ; and in
Lincolnshire, of ben-kit.

Bandle, 0. To bind round; to
encircle with a scarf.

Bando, «. A proclamation. Shirley.

Bandog, s. A fierce kind of dog,
conjectured by some to have been
thus named because it was always
kept tied up on account of his
fierceness. Bewick describes it
as a cross breed between the
mastiff and bulldog.

But, Grazus, if thy sole repute bee bralling :
A. iiandogge is thy better, by his balling.

Dana, Scourge oj Folly, 1611.

Bandon, «. (.<^.-A^.) Dominion;
subjection; disposaL

' y part. p. Bound.

Merci, queth, ich me yelde
Recreaunt to the in this felde.
So harde the smitest upon me krown.
Ich do me alle in tliy handoun.

Betes oJ Hamloun, p. 42.

Bandore, s. (Ital. pandura.) A
musical instrument, very similar
in form to a guitar, but whether
strung with wires like that, or
with catgut, like the lute, we are
not told.

Bandorf, ». A penon banner.
Holme.

Bandow, s. {Fr. bandeau.) A band
round the head, worn especially
by widows.

Bandroll, s. (Fr.) A small ban-
ner, or pennon, fixed near the
point of a lance.

Bands, a, (1) The hinges of a
door. North.

(2) The rings of a hinge. They
speak of " hooks and bands."
Leicest.

Bandsters, s. Those who bind the
sheaves in reaping. North.

Bandstring, *. The string or tas-
sell appendant to the band or
neckcloth.

They were to stand mannerly forsooth,
one hand at their bandstring, the other
behind the breech. Jubrey.

Bandstring-twist, «. A kind of
hard twist made of bleached
thread thrice laid, used in making
laces for females.

Bandstrot, s. a charm.

Bandy, (1) ». A game played with
sticks called bandies, bent and
round at one end, and a small
wooden ball.

(2) V. To toss a ball, a term at
tennis.

(3) V. To join in a faction.

(4) adj. Flexible ; without sub-
stance ; applied to bad cloth.

(5) 8 A hare. East.

(6) s. The small fish called a
stickleback. Northampt.

Bandy-hewit, s. a little bandy
legged dog ; a turnspit.

BAN

161

BAN

B\NDY-HOSHOE,«. A game at ball,
commoa in Norfolk.

B ANDYLAN,s. Abad woman. North.

Bandy-wicket, ». The game of
cricket, played with a bandy in-
stead of a bat. East.

Bane, (1) v. {A.-S. ban.) A bone.
North.

(2) V. To poison.

(3) s. {A.-S. bana.) A murderer.

(4) s. (A.-S.) Destruction.

(5) adj. Courteous; friendly.
North.

(6) Near; convenient. North.

(7) s. In Somersetshire and the
adjacent counties this is the name
given to the disease in sheep,
commonly called rottenness.
(8)v. To afflict with a bad disease.
West. This term is not applied
exclusively to animals.

(9) s. (A.-N.) A proclamation
by sound of trumpet.

Herkenes nowe, hende sires,
je liaii herde ofte
Wieli a cri has be cried
Thurtli cuutres fele,
Thuith best of tliemperour
That hatli Rome to kepe,
That what man upon niolde
Mijtonwar linde
Tuo breme wife l)ares,
The bane is so maked
He scliold wiiiue his wareson
To weld for evere.

William and the Werwolf, p. 81.

Dec. No, I forbid
The banes of deatli : you shall live man and

wife,
Your scorn is now sufficiently reveng'd.

Tlie Slighted Maid, p. 88.

" bane of a play, or marriage :
Banna, preludium." Prompt.
Parv. In Somerset they still call
the banns of matrimony banes.
See Bains.

Baneberry, «. The herb Christo-
pher ; the winter cherry.

Baned, adj. Age-stricken.

Banehound, v. To make believe ;
to intend ; to suspect. Somerset.

Banerer. The bearer of a banner.

Banes. "Fesv banes,-" no difficulty,
quickly dispatched. Northurnb.

Banewort, *. The plant night-
shade.

Bang, (1) v. To strike; to shut
with violence.

(2) To go with rapidity. Cumb.

(3) s. A blow.

(4) s. A stick ; a club. North,

(5) V. To surpass, to beat.

(6) " In a bang," in a hurrv.
North.

(7) *. A hard cheese made of milk
several times skimmed. Suffolk.

Bang-a-bonk, v. To lie lazily on
a bank. Staffordsh.

Bang-beggar, s. (1) A beadle.
Derbysh.

(2) A vagabond, a term of re-
proach.

Bange, s. Light rain. Essex.

Banger, s. (1) A large person.

(2) A hard blow. Shropsh.

(3) A great falsehood.
Banging, adj. Unusually large ; as

a banging child.
Bangle, {I) v. To spend one's
money foolishly. Lane.

(2) s. A large rough stick.

(3) V. The edge of a hat is said to
bangle when it droops or hangs
down. Norf.

Bangled, part, p. Corn or young

shoots, when beaten about by the

rain or wind, are bangled. East.
Bangle-eared, a<^". Having loose

and hanging ears.
Bangstraw, *. A nick -name for a

thresher, but applied to all the

servants of a farmer.
Bang-up, ». A substitute for yeast.

Staffordsh.
Bangy, adj. Dull; gloomy. Essex.
Banis, 8. {A.-S.) Destruction.
Banish, v. To look smooth and

bright. Sussex.
Bank, {\)v. To beat. Devon.

(2) V. To coast along a bank.

(3) A term in several old games.

(4) s. A piece of unslit fir-wood.

BAN

162

BAN

from four to ten inches square,

and of any length. Bailey.

(5) s. A dark thick cloud behind

which the sun goes down.
Bankafalet, s. An old game at

cards mentioned in " Games most

in Use," Lond. 1701.
Bankage, s. A duty for making

banks.
Banker, s. (1) {A.-N.) A carpet,

or covering of tapestry for a

form, bench, or seat ; any kind of

small coverlet.
The king to souper is set, served in halle,
Under a siller of silke, dayntyly diglit ;
With all worshipp and wele, mewilh the

walle ;
Bi'iddes branden, and brad, in hankers

briglit. Gawan and GaUdon, ii, 1.

(2) s. A stonemason's bench,
Northampt.

(3) An excavator. Line.
Banker, "1 «. A pile of stones raised

BiNKER, J by masons foi' the pur-
pose of placing upon it the stone
they may be working. Line.

Banket, s. A banquet.

Bank-hook, *. A large fish-hook,
baited, and attached by a line to
the bank. Shropsh.

Bank-jug, ». The name of a bird ;
according to some, the nettle-
creeper; according to others, the
chifF-chaff. The name is also
applied to the hay-bird. Leicest.

Bankrout, "1(1) s. (Fr.) A
BANauEROuT, J bankrupt.

Kor shall I e'er believe or think thee dead,

Though mist, until our bankrout stage be
sped. Leon. Digges. Prolog, to Sh.

Of whom, I think, it may be truly said.

That hee'll prove banquerout in ev'ry trade.
Hon. Ghost, p. 4.
And to be briefe, I doe conjecture that
in this yeare will happen too many dis-
honest practises by bankroicls. Worthy
the halter for a rew'ard.

Almanack, 1615.

(2) «. Bankruptcy.

An unhappy master is he, that is made
cunning by many. shipwTacks ; a mise-
rable merrhant, that is neither rich nor
viae, -but aiier some hmikrouts.

Asckann, Scholtm., p. 59.

(3) V. To become bankrupt.

He that wins empire with the loss of failhci,
Uut-buies it, and will baiikront.

Thorpe, Byron's Conspiracy.

Banks, s. The seat on which the
rowers of a boat sit ; the sides
of a vessel.

Banksman, s. One who superin*
tends the business of the coal
pit. Derbysh.

Bank-up, v. To heap up. Devon.

Banky, (1) adj. Having banks.
A banky piece, a field with banks
in it. Heref.

(2) V. To bank. " I dont banky,"
i. p., I dont keep accounts with a
banker. Somerset.

Banles, adj. Without bones.

Banne, v. (A.-N.) To ban ; to
curse ; to banish.

Banner, s. (A.-N.) A body of
armed men, varying from twenty
to eighty.

Bannerell, s. (A.-N.) A little
streamer or flag.

Bannerer, s. a standard-bearer.

Bannering, s. An annual peram-
bulation of the bounds of a parish.
Shropsh.

Bannerol,*. The same as ianrfro/.

Bannet-hay.s. Arick-yard. Wilts.

Banney,*. St. Barnabas. /. Wight.

Bannian, s. a sort of dressing
gown, used in the last century.

Bannick, ». To beat; to thrash.
Sussex.

Bannikin, *. A small drinking cup.

Bannin, s. That which is used for
shutting or stopping. Somerset.

Bannis, *. A stickleback. Wilts.

Bannition.s. The act of expulsion.

Bannisters, s. Persons (with
passes ) who received money from
the mayor to enable them to de-
part out of the limits of his juris-
diction.

Bannock, 1 A thick round cake

bannack, /ofbread.madeof oat-

meal, kneaded with water only,

with the addition sometimes of

BAN

163

BAR

treacle, and baked in the embers.
A kind of hard ship biscuit some-
times goes under this name.

Their bread and drinke I had almost
forgotten; indeed it was not ruske as
the Spaniards use, or oaten-cakes, or
hannacks, as iu North Britaine, nor
bisket as Englishmen eate.

Taylor'% Works, 1630.

Bannut, s. a walnut. West.

Banniowr, \s. a banner-bearer.

BANNiKR, J fiannyowr or banner

berer: Vexillarius. Prompt. Parv.

BANttUET, s. (1) What we now
call a dessert, was in earlier times
often termed a banquet ; and was
usually placed in a separate room,
to which the guests removed
when they had (lined. The com-
mon place of banqueting, or eat-
ing the dessert, was the garden-
house or arbour, with which
almost every dwelling was fur-
nished.

We'll dine in the great room, but let the
niusick

And banquet be prepared here.

Massing., Unnat. Comb.

Tlie dishes were raised one upon another

As woodmongers do billets, for the tirst,

The second, and tliird i;ourse ; and most of
tlie sliops

Of the best confectioners in London ran-
sack'd

To furnish out a banquet.

Mass., City Madam, ii, 1.
Oh, easy and pleasant way to glory !
From our bed to our glass; from our
glass to our board ; from our dinner to
our pipe ; from our pipe to a visit ; from
a visit to a supper ; from a supper to a
play ; from a play to a banquet ; from
a banquet to our bed. Sp. Hall's Works.

(2) Part of the branch of a

horse's bit.
BANauETER, s. (1) A fcastcr; one

who lives deliciously.

(2) A banker. Huloet.
Ban RENT, \ s. A banneret; a

BANRET, J noble.
Banshen, v. To banish. Pr. P.
Bansel, v. To beat ; to punish.

Staff.
Banstickle, 8. The stickleback.

Asperagus (quaedam piscis) a

banstykyll. Ortus Vocab. In

Wiltshire it is called a banticle.
Bantamwork, s. a showy kind

of painted or carved work. Ash.
Banwort, s. {A.-S.) The violet.
Bany, adj. Bony. North.
Banyan-day, s. A sea term for

those days on which no meat is

allowed to the sailors.
Baning, s. a name for some

kind of bird.
Banzell, s. a long lazy fellow.

North.
Baon, s. See Bawn.
Bap, s. a piece of baker's bread,

of the value of from one penny to

twopence. North.
Bapteme, s. Baptism.
Baptiste, s. Baptism.
Bar, {\) s. {A.-S.) A boar.

(2) s. A baron. Rob. Gbmc.

(3) adj. Bare ; naked. North.

(4) pret. t. of bere. Bore.

(5) s. A joke. North.

(6) V. To shut ; to close. North.

(7) ». To bar a die, a phrase used
amongst gamblers.

(8) V. To make choice of (a
term used by boys at play).

(9) s. A feather in a hawk's wing.
Bemers.

(10) s. A horseway up a hill.
Derbysh.

Bara-picklet, *. Bread made of

fine flour, leavened, and made

into small round cakes.
Barathrum, a. (Lat.) (1) An

abyss.

(2) An insatiate eater.
Baratour, s. (A.-N.) a quarrel.

some person.

Barratoure : Pugnax, rixosus, jurgosus.
Prompt. Pan)

Baratous, adj. Contentious.

Barayne, *. A barren hind.

Barb, v. (A.-N.) (1) To shave, or
to dress the hair and beard. To
barb money, to clip it; to barb
a lobster, to cut it up.

BAR

164

BAR

(2) Metaphorically, to mow.

The stooping scythe-man, that doth barb

the field
"niou mak'st wink-sure.

Marst. Malcontent, iv, 63.

(3) 8. A kind of hood or muffler,
wiiich covered the lower part of
the face and shoulders. Accord-
ing to Strutt, it was a piece of
white plaited linen, and belonged
properly to mourning, being ge-
nerally worn under the chin.

(4) Florio has " Barboncelli, the
harbes or little teates in the
mouth of some horses."

(5) The armour for horses.

(6) The feathers under the beak
of a hawk were called the barb
feathert.

(7) The edge of an axe. Gawayne.

(8) The points of arrows are
called barbez, in Sir Gawayne.

' i- s. A Barbary horse.

BARBARY, J ^

Barbalot, ». (1) A puffin.

(2) The barbel.
Barbarin.s. The barberry. Pr.P.
Barbed, adj. Caparisoned with

military trappings and armour.

Spoken of war-horses.
Barbed-cat, s. A warlike engine.

For to make a werrely holde, that men
calle a barbed catte, and a bewfray that
shal have ix. fadome of lengthe and two
fadome of brede, and the said caite six
fadome of lengthe and two of brede,
shal be ordeyned all squarre wode for
the same aboute foure hondred fudom,
a thousand of horde, xxiiij. rolles, and
a grete quautvt6 of smnlle wode.

Caxtoii's Fei/ecius, sig. I, 6.

Barbel, «. (A.-N.) A small piece
of armour protecting part of the
bassinet.

Barber, v. To shave or trim the
beard. Shakesp.

Barber-monger, s. A fool.

Barbican, "1 a. When the siege
barbecan, V of a castle was an-
barbacan, J ticipated, the de-
fenders erected wooden pal-

ing and other timber work in
advance of the entrance gateway,
assuming often the form of a
small fortress, where they could
hold the enemy at bay for some
time before it was necessary to
defend the gate itself; and they
also placed wood-work before the
windows, which protected those
who were shooting out of them.
Either of these was called a
barbican, a word which, and
therefore probably the practice,
was derived from the Arabic. The
advanced work covering the
gateway was afterwards made
of stone, and thus became per-
manent. When the old system
of defending fortresses went out
of use, the original meaning of
the word was forgotten, and the
way in which the word was used
in the older writers led to some
confusion. It is explained by
Spelman : " A fort, hold, or
munition placed in the front o^
a castle, or an out-work. Also a
hole in the wall of a city or cas-
tle, through which arrows or
darts were cast; also a watch-
tower." The temporary wooden
defences on the top of the walls
and towers were called bre-
tasches.

Barbles, s. Small vesicular tin-
gling pimples, such as those
caused by nettles. East. The term
was also applied to knots in the
mouth of a horse. See Barb (4).

Barboranne, «. The barberry.
Gawayne.

Barborery, s. a barber's shop.
Prompt. Part).

Barbs, «. Military trappings.

Barbwig, s. a kind of periwig.

Barcary, s. {A.-N.) a sheep-
cote ; a sheep-walk.

Barce, s. a stickleback. Yorksh.

Barcelet, s. a species of bow.
Gaw. ? A hound. See Barslet.

BAR

165

BAR

Bard, s. (A.-N.) (1) The warlike
trapping of a horse. The bards
consisted of the following pieces :
the chamfron, chamfrein, or shaf-
fron ; the crinieres or main facre ;
the poitrenal, poitral or breast-
plate; and the croupiere or but-
tock piece.

(2) adj. Tough. Rob. Glouc.
(3) part. p. Barred; fastened.

Bardash, 8. (Fr.) An unnatural
paramour.

Bar'd cater-tra, or more pro-
perly, barr'd quatre trois. The
name for a sort of false dice, so
constructed that the quatre and
trois shall very seldom come up.

Wliere fullam high and low men bore great

sway
With the quicke lieipe of a bard cater trey.
Taylor's Trav. o/12 pence, p. 73.
Such be also cali'd bard cater treas, be-
cause commonly the longer end will of
liis own sway drawe downewards, and
turne up to tiie eie sice, sincke, deuce,
or ace. The principal use of tliem is at
novum, for so long a paire of bard cater
treas be walking on the bourd, so long
can ye not cast hve nor nine unless it
be by a great chance.

Art of Juggling, 1613. C, 4

Baeded, pret. p. Equipped with
military trappings or ornaments,
applied to horses.
For at all alarmes lie was the first man
armed, and that at all points, and his
horse ever barded.

Comities Hist, by Danet, 1596.

Bardgllo, s. {Ital.) The quilted
saddle wherewith colts are
backed.

Bardolf, a. An ancient dish in
cookery.

Bardolf. Take almond mylk, and draw
hit up tliik with vernagc, and let liit
boyle, and braune of capons braied, and
put therto; and cast therto sugre,
Clowes, maces, pynes, and ginger,
mynced ; and take chekyns parboyled,
and chopped, and pul of the skyn, and
boyle al ensemble, and in tlie settynge
doune from the fire put therto a lytel
vynegur alaied with ponder of ginger,
and a lytel water of everose, and make
the potage hanginge, and serve hit
forthe. Warner, Jntiq. Culin., p. 84.

Bardocs, adj. {Lat. bardus.) Sim-
ple ; foolish.

Bards, s. Strips of bacon used in
larding.

Bare, (1) adj. (J.-S.) Mere.

(2) adv. Barely.

(3) V. To shave. Shakesp.

(4) adj. Bareheaded.

(5) s. A mixture of molten iron
and sand, lying at the bottom of
a furnace. Shropsh.

(6) s. A piece of wood which a
labourer is sometimes allowed to
carry home. Suffolk.

(7) A boar. See Bar.

(8) A bier.

(9) A place without grass, made
level for bowling.

Bareahond, v. To assist. North.
Bare-barley, *. Naked barley,

whose ear is shaped like barley,

but its grain like wheat without

any husk. An old Staffordshire

term.
Bare-bubs, s. A boyish term for

the unfledged young of birds.

Lincolnsh.
Bare-buck, s. A buck of six years

old. Northampt.
Baregnawn, adj. Eaten bare.
Barehides, «. A kind of covering

for carts, used in the 16th cent.
Barelle, s. (? Fr.) A bundle.
Barely, adv. Unconditionally ;

undoubtedly.
Baren, (1) pret. t. pi. of here.

They bore.

(2) V. To bark.
Barenhond, v. To intimate.

Somerset.
Bxre-pump, a. A small piece of

hollow wood or metal to pump

liquid out of a cask.
Bares, *. Those parts of an image

which represent the bare flesh.
Baret, a. {A.-N.) (1) Strife ; con-
test.

(2) Trouble; sorrow.
Bareyntl-, a. Barrenness Pr. P.
Barf, «. A hill. Yorksh.

BAR

16S

BAR

Barphame, «. The neck-collar of
a horse. Durham.

Barfray, *. A tower. See Berfrey.

Barful, adj. Full of bars or im-
pediments. Shakesp.

Bargain, ». {A.-N.) (1) An in-
definite number or quantity of
anything, as a load of a waggon.
East.

(2) It's a bargains, it's no con-
sequence. Line.

(3) A small farm. /. Wight
and Northampt.

(4) A tenement, so called in the
county of Cornwall, which usually
consisted of about sixty acres of
ploughed land, if the land were
good, or more if barren. See
Carlisle's ^cc. of Charities,^. 288.

(5) An unexpected reply, tend-
ing to obscenity. To sell a bar-
gain,io make indelicate repartees.
No maid at conrt is less asbam'd,
Howe'er for selling bargaitu fam'd.

Stcift.

Bargains, «. Contention ; strife.

Bargainer, s. One who makes a
bargain.

Bargain-work, «. Work by the
piece, not by the day. Leieest.
Northampt.

Bargander, *. A brant-goose.
Buret.-

Bargany, *. A bargain. Pr. P.

Bargaret, "1 «. {A.-i\.) A kind
baeginet, J of song or ballad,
perhaps of a pastoral kind, from
bergere.

Barge, (1) *. A fat, heavy person ;
a term of contempt. Exmoor.
A blow-maunger barge, a flat,
blob-cheeked person, one who
puflfs and blows while he is eat-
ing, or like a hog that feeds on
whey and grains, stuffs himself
with whitepot and flummery,
(2) A highway up a steep hill.
Kennet.

Barge-board, «. The front or
facing of a barge-course, to con-

ceal the barge couples, laths,
tiles, &c.

Barge - couple, *. One beam
framed into another to strengthen
the building.

Barge-coursb, s. A part of the
tiling or thatching of a roof,
projecting over the gable.

Barge-day, s. Ascension-day.
Newcastle.

Barger, s. The manager of a
barge.

Barget, s. (Fr.) A little barge.

Bargh, s. (1) A horseway up a
hill. North.
(2 ) A barrow hog. Ortua Vocab.

Bargh-master, «. See Bar-
master.

Bargh-mote, s. (A.-S.) The court
for cases connected with the
mining district. See Bar-master.

Bargood, «. Yeast. Var. d.

Barguest, s. a goblin, armed
with teeth and claws, believed
in by the peasantry of the North
of England.

Barholm,*. " Collars for horses to
drawe by, called in some coun-
treves barholmes. Tomices."
Huloet, 1552.

Barian, s. (J.-N.) a rampart.

Bar- ire, s. A crow-bar. Devon.

Bark, (1) «. The tartar deposited
by bottled wine or other liquor
encrusting the bottle. East.

(2) s. The hard outside of
dressed or undressed meat.
Northampt.

(3) s. A cylindrical receptacle
for candles; a candle-box. North.

(4) Between the bark and the
wood, a well-adjusted bargain,
where neither party has the ad-
vantage. Suffolk.

(5) *. A cough. Var. dial.

(6) V. To cough, Sussex.

(7) V. To knock the skin off the
legs by kicking or bruising them.
Shropsh.

Barkaby, «. A tan-house.

BAR

167

BAR

Barked "la<^'. Encrusted with

BARKENED, J dirt. North.
Barken,*. The yard of a house;
a farm-yard. South. For barton.
Barker, s. (1) A tanner.
What craftsman art tliou, said the king,

I praye thee, tell me trowe:
I am a barker, sir, by my trade ;
Nowe telle me, what art thou ?

K. Ed. IV and Tanner, Percy.
Barter -. Cerdo, frunio. Barkares harke-
tcater: Nautea. Barke powder for
lethyr: Frunium. Barkinge of lethyr
or ledyr : Fmnices. Barke lethyr :
Frunio, tanno. Prompt. Pan.

(2) A fault-finder.

(3) The slang name for a pistol.

(4) A marsh bird with a long
bill. Hay.

(5) A whetstone; a rubber.
jDevonsh.

Barkfat, s. a tannei's vat.
Barkham, *. A horse's collar.

North. See Barkholm.
Barkled, «. Encrusted with dirt,

applied particularly to the human

skin. North.
Barkman, s. a boatman. Kersey.
Bakkselk, s. The time of strip-
ping bark.
Barkwater, s. Foul water in

which hides have been tanned.
Bark-wax, «. Bark occasionally

found in the body of a tree. East.
Barlay, interj. Supposed to be a

corruption of the French par loi.
Barleeg,«. An old dish in cookery.

BarUeg. Take creme of almondes, and
alay hit with flour of rys, and cast
thereto 8U»re, and let hit boyle, and
gtere hit wel, and colour hit with saffron
and sauuders, and make hit stundyn^e,
and dresse hit up on leches in disshes,
and serve hit forthe.

Warner, Antiq. Culin., p. 83.

Barlep, s. a basket for barley.
Prompt. P.

Barley, v. To bespeak ; to claim.
North.

Barley-big, «. A kind of barley,
cultivated in the fenny districts
of Norfolk and in the Isle of
Ely. " Beere corne, barley-bygye,

or mon<^rnt.AehiUeias." Huloet,
1552.

Barley-bird, s. The siskin. It
is also called the cuckoo's mate,
which see. Its first name is
taken from the season of its ap-
pearance, or rather of its being
first heard; which is in barley-
seed time, or early in April. Its
chirp is monotonous, — tweet,
tweet, tweet. The first notes of
the nightingale are expected soon
to follow, then those of thii
cuckoo. Moore's Suffolk MS.

Barley-bottles,*. Little bimdles
of barley in the straw, given to
farm-horses.

Barley-break, s. An ancient
rural game, played by six people,
three of each sex, coupled by lot.
A piece of ground, was divided
into three compartments, of which
the middle one was called hell.
The couple condemned to this
division were to catch the others,
who advanced from the two ex-
tremities ; when this had been
effected, a change of situation
took place, and hell was filled by
the couple who were excluded
by pre-occupation from the other
places. By the regulations of the
game, the middle couple were
not to separate before they had
succeeded, while the others might
break hands whenever they found
themselves hard pressed. When
all had been taken in turn, the
last couple were said to be in
hell, and the game ended.
Jamieson, in barla-breikis, barley
bracks, says, "This innocent
sport seems to be almost entirely
forgotten in the South of Scot-
land. It is also falling into
desuetude in the North.'' He
describes it thus : " A game ge-
nerally played by young people
in a corn yard. Hence called
barla-bracks, about the stacks.

BAR

168

BAR

One stack is fixed on as the dule I
or goal ; and one person is ap-
pointed to catch the rest of the
company, wlio run out from the
dule. He does not leave it till
they are all out of his sight.
Then he sets out to catch them.
Any one who is taken, cannot
run out again with his former
associates, being accounted a
prisoner ; but is obliged to assist
his captor in pursuing the rest.
When all are taken, the game is
finished ; and he who is first
taken is bound to act as catcher
in the next game."

Barley-bree, 1 s. Familiar and
BARLEY-BROTH, I jocular names
SIR JOHN BAR- j fof alc, which
LEY-CORN, J is made of bar-
ley. Barley-bree is, literally, bar-
ley broth.

Barley-bun, s. a barley bunne
gentleman, "a gent, (altliough
rich) yet lives with barley bread,
and otherwise barely and hardly."
Minsheu.

Barley-corn, s. Ale or beer.

Barley-hailes,«. The spears of
barley. South.

Barley-mung, *. (from A.-S.
mencgan, to mix.) Barley meal
mixed with water or milk, to
fatten fowls or pigs. East.

Barley-gyles, s. The beard or
awning of barley. Berks.

Barley-plum, *. A dark purple
plum. West.

Barley-seed-bird, s. The yellow
water-wagtail. Yorksh.

Barley-sele, s. {A.-S.) The sea-
son of sowing barley.

Barliche, s. Barley.

Barlichood, *. The state of
being ill-tempered from intoxi-
cation. North,

Barling, s. A lamprey. North.

Barlings, s. Firepoles. Noi^.

Barm, s. (1) {A.-S. bearm.) The
lap or bosom.

And laide liis heved on hire larme,
Withoute dcjng of ony harme.

K. Alisaunder, 1. 535.

(2) Yeast.

Bar-master, s. (A.-S.) An oflScer
in the mining districts; whose
title is written berghmaster by
Manlove in a passage cited from
bis poem on the Customs of the
Mines, in the Craven Gloss.,
which brings it nearer to a word
used in Germany for a like officer,
bergmeister. He is an agent of
the lord of minerals, who grants
mines and fixes the boundaries;
the term is in use in Derby-
shire, where an ancient code
of laws or customs regulating
mines, &c., still prevails ; and in
Yorkshire.

Barme-cloth, s. An apron.

Barm -fel, *. A leathern apron.

Barm-hatre, s. Bosom attire, the
garments covering the bosom.

Barmote, s. a bergmote. Derb.

Barmskin, \s. a leather apron.
basinskin, J The skin of a sheep
with the wool scraped or shaven
off. There is a proverbial phrase,
" Her smock's as dirty and greasy
as a barmskin." To rightly ap-
preciate this elegant simile, you
must view a barmskin in the
tanner's yard. Line.

Barn. (1) (A.-S.) A child. Still
used in the North. See Bairn.

(2) s. A man.

(3) s. A baron.

(4) s. A garner. Wiekliffe.

(5) V. To lay up in a barn. East.

(6) part. a. Going. Yorksh.

(7) V. To close or shut up. Oxf.
Barnabas, «. A kind of thistle.
Barnaby, s. In Suffolk they cal

a lady-bird " Bishop Barnaby."
Barnaby-bright, s. The trivial

name for St. Barnabas' day,

June 11th.
Barnacles, s. A popular term for

spectacles.

BAR

169

BAR

Barnaclk-bikd, ». The tree pro-
ducing the barnacles.

Barnage,*. (^.-A^.) Thebaronage.

Barxd, part. p. Burnt.

Barx-door-savage, s. a clod-
hopper. Shropsh.

Barne, 8. (1) A sort of flower,
mentioned in Hollyband's Diet.,
1593.
(2) A baron.

Barnhed, s. Childhood.

Barnkin, "1«. The outermost

barnekynch, J ward of a castle,
in which the barns, stables, cow-
houses, &c., were placed.

Barne-laikixs, *. {A.-S.) Chil-
dren's playthings.

Barxess, "[ V. To grow fat. Lei-
barn'ish, J ce*/.

Barngun, s. a breaking out in
small pimples or pustules in the
skin. Devon.

Barxish, [\)adj. Childish. North.
(2) V. To increase in strength or
vigour; to fatten.

Some use to breake off the toppes of the
lioppes wl)en they ar frowne a xi or xii
foote liigb, bicause thereby they hamish
aud stoeke exceedingly.

R. Scot's Platfurmc ofaHop-Garden.

Barn-mouse, s. A bat.
I Barn-scoop, «. A wooden shovel
^ ^ used in barns.
^»^ BARX-TEME,«.(y^.-5.) (I) A brood
of children.

Antenowre was of that barn-tnae,
And was fownder of Jerusnlem,
That was wyglit withowtyn wene.
Le boiie t'lorence of Some, 1. 10.

(2) A child.

Jacob Alpine hame-teme
Was firste biscop of Jerusalem ;
Rightwise to him was eal man wone.
And was ure levedi sistrr sone.

Curtor Mundi.

Barxyard, f. A straw-yard. East.
Barxyskyn, s. a leather apron.

Pr. P. See Darmskin.
Barox, *. (1) A child. For bam.

(2) The back part of a cow.

Baronage, ». {A.-N.) An a8seni>

bly of barons.
Barox BR, *. (1) A baron.

(2) Some oflicer in a monastery;

perhaps the school-master, or

master of the barns or children.

Bury Wills, p. 105.
Barr, (1) V. To choose. iSArqpsA.

(2) s. Part of a stag's horn.

(3) «. The gate of a city.

(4) V. To debar.

Barra, s. a gelt pig. Exmoor.

■ See Barrow.

Barracan, ». (Fr.) A sort of stuff,

a strong thick kind of camelot.
Barra-horse, s. A Barbary horse.
Barras, «. A coarse kind of cloth

— sack-cloth.
Barre, (1) ». To move violently.

(2) s. The ornament of a girdle.

(3) A pig in bar, was an ancient
dish in cookery.

Pi/ffge in barre. Take a pigge, and farse
hym, and roste hym, and in the rostynge
endorse hym ; and when he is rested
lay orethwart him over one barre of sil-
ver foile, and another of golde, and
serve hym forthe so al hole to the
borde for a lorde.

Warner, Antiq. Culin., p. 80.

Barred, part. p. Striped.
Barrel, s. A bucket.
Barrel-fever, s. Sickness occa-
sioned by intemperance. North.
Barren, (1) s. Cattle not gravid.

(2) ». A company of mules.

(3) «. The vagina of an animal.
Line.

(4) adj. Stupid ; ignorant. Shai.
Barrexer, #. A barren cow or

ewe. South.

Barrex-ivy, s. Creeping ivy.

Barren-springs, «. Springs im-
pregnated with mineral, and con-
sidered hurtful to the land.

Barrexwort, /. A plant (epi-
medium).

Barresse, s. pi. The bars.

Barricoat, «. A child's coat
Northumb.

BAR

170

BAR

Barrie, "1 arf;. Fit; convenient.
BAiRE, j Durham.

Barriers, s. The paling in a tour-
nament. To fight at barriers, to
fight within lists.
And so if men shall mn at tilt, just, or
fight at barriers together by the kings
commaniiement, and one of them doth
kill another, in these former cases and
the like, it is misadventure, and no
felony of death. Country Justice, 1620.

Barriham, s. a horse's collar.
North. See Barholm.

Barriket, \s. a small firkin.
BARRiLET, J Cotgrave.

BARRiNG.jjflr/. Except. Var.dial.

Barring-out, s. An old custom at
schools, when the boys, a few
days before the holidays, barri-
cade the school-room from the
master, and stipulate for the dis-
cipline of the next half year.

Barrow, s. (A.-S.) (1) A mound
of earth ; a sepulchral tumulus.

(2) A grove.

(3) A way up a hill. North,

(4) The conical baskets wherein
they put the salt to let the water
drain from, at Nantwich and
Droitwich.

(5) A castrated boar.
Barrs, *. The upper parts of the

gums of a horse. Diet. Rust.

Barry, v. To thrash corn. Nor-
thumb.

Bars, ». The game of prisoner's-
base.

Barsale, «. The time of strip-
ping bark. East. See Barksele.

Barse, s. A perch. Westm.

Barslets, 8. Hounds.

Barson,*. a horse's collar. Yorksh.

Barst, pret. t. Burst ; broke.

Barte, v. To beat with the fists.
Warxo.

Barth, \s. a shelter for cattle.
BARSH, J Var. dial.

Bartholomew-pig, 8. Roasted
pigs were formerly among the
chief attractions of Bartholomew
Fair ; they were sold piping hot,

in booths and stalls, and osten-
tatiously displayed to excite the
appetite of passengers. Hence a
Bartholomew pig became a com-
mon subject of allusion ; the
puritan railed against it :
For tlie very calling it a Bartholomew
fig, and to eat it so, is a spice of idola-
try. B. Jons., Bart. Fair, i, 6.

Bartholomew-baby, s. a gawdy
doll, such as were sold in the
fair.

By the eighth house you may know to
an inch, how many moths will eat an
alderman's gown ; by it also, and the
help of the bill of mortahty, a man may
know how many people die in London
every week: it also tells farmers what
manner of wife tliey should cliuse, not
one trickt up with ribbands and knots,
like a Barlholomew-baby ; for such a one
will prove a holiday wife, all play and
no work. Poor Bobin, 1740.

Bartholomew-gentleman, «. A
person who is unworthy of trust.

After him comes another Bartholomew
gentleman, with a huge hamper of pro-
mises ; and he falls a trading with his
promises, and applying of promises, and
resting upon promises, that we can
hear of nothing but promises: which
trade of promises he so engross'd to
himself, and those of his own congrega-
tion, that in the late times he woiild
not so much as let his neer kinsmen,
the presbyterians, to have any dealing
with the promises.

Eachard's Observations, 1671.

Barthu-day, 8. St. Bartholo-
mew's day.

Bartizan, s. The small turret pro-
jecting from the angle on the top
of a tower, or from the parapet
or other parts of a building.

Bartle, *. (1) "At nine-pins or
ten-banes they have one larger
bone set about a yard before the
rest call'd the bartle, and to
knock down the bartle gives for
five in the game." Kennett.
(2) St. Bartholomew.

Barton, «. {A.-S.) (1) The de-
mesne lands of a manor ; the
manor-house itself; the outhouses
and yards.

BAR

171

BAS

(2) A coop for poultry.

Bartram, s. (corrupted from Lat.
pyrethrum.) The pellitory.

BARTYNiT,/?ar^./?. Struck; beaten
with the fist. Gaw, See Barte.

Baku, «. A barrow or gelt boar.
Rob. Glouc.

Barvel, s. a short leathern apron
worn by washerwomen ; a slab-
bering bib. Kent.

Barvot, adj. Bare-foot.

Barw, adj. (A.-S.) Protected.

Barway, «. A passage into a field
made of bars which take out of
the posts.

Barytone, s. The name of a viol-
shaped musical instrument, made
by the celebrated Joachim Fielke
in the vear 1687.

Bas, (1) r. (Fr.) To kiss.
(2) *. A kiss.

Nay. syr, as for hassys,
From lience none passys,
But as in gage
Of maryage.

Play of Wit and Science, p. 13.

Basah, s. The red heath broom.
Devon.

Bascles, ». A sort of robbers or
highwaymen. Langtoft, Chron.,
p. 242.'

Bascox, s. a kind of lace, con-
sisting of five bows.

Base, (1) adj. {A.-N.) Low.

(2) r. To sing or play the base
part in music. Shakesp.

(3) 8. Matting. East.

(4) a. A perch. Cumb.

(5) 8. The drapery thrown over
a horse, and sometimes drawn
tight over its armour. See Bases.

(6) A small kind of ordnance.
Base, "1». Prison-base, or prison-

bace, J bars. A rustic game, often
alluded to in the old writers.

Lads more like to run
The country hose, than to commit such
slaughter. S/uikesp., Ci/m., v, 3.

So ran they all as they had been at bace.
They being chased that did others chace.
Spent. F. Q,., V, viii, 6.

To bid a base, to run fast, cbak
lenging another to pursue.

To bid the wind a base he now prepares.

Shakesp., Veiius and Ad.

Base- BALL, #. A country game.
Sufoli.

Basebroom,s. The herb woodwax.

Base-codrt,«. The outer, or lower
court.

Base-dance, ». A grave, sober,
and solemn mode of dancing,
somewhat, it is supposed, in the
minuet style ; and so called, per-
haps, in contradistinction to the
vaulting kind of dances, in which
there was a greater display of
agility.

Basel, *. A coin abolished by
Henry II in 1158.

Baselard, 8. See Bastard.

Baseler, s. a person who takes
care of neat cattle. North.

Basel-pot, ». A sort of earthen
vessel.

Which head she plasht within a basellpot.
Well covered all with harden sovle aloft.
Turbemille's Tragical tales, 1587.

Basen, adj. Extended as with

astonishment.
A.nd stare on him with big looks lasen wide,
Wond'ring what mister wiaiht he was, and

whence. Spent., Moth. Hubb. Tale, 1. 670

Base-ring, «. The ring of a can-
non next behind the touch-hole.

Baserocket, 8. A plant (the bur-
dock).

Bases, «. pi. A kind of embroi-
dered mantle which hung down
from the middle to about the
knees, or lower, worn by knights
on horseback.
All heroick persons are pictured in bases
and buskins. Gay ton, Fest. Notes, p. 218.

Bases were also worn on other
occasions, and are thus described
in a stage direction to a play by
Jasper Maine.

Here six Mores dance, after the ancient
.Ethiopian manner. Erect arroweg
stuck round their heads in their curled

BAS

172

IBAS

liair instead of quivers. Their bowes
in their hands. Tlieir upper paits
naked. Tlieir nether, from the wast to
tlieir knees, covered with bases of blew
satin, edged with a deep silver fringe,"
8w;. Amorous Warre, iii, 2.

The colour of her bcises was almost

Like to the falling whitish leaves and

drie, —
With cipresse trunks embroder'd and em-

bost. flare. Ar., xxxii, 47-

(2) An apron. Butler has used
it in Hudibras to express the
butcher's apron.
Bash, (1) v. (probably from A.-N.
baisser.) To lose flesh ; become
lean. A pig is said to bash, when
it " goes back" in flesh in conse-
quence of being taken from good
food to bad. Leic. Northampt.

(2) V. To beat fruit down from
the trees with a pole. Beds.

(3) V. To be bashful.

(4) s. The mass of roots of a
tree before they separate; the
front of a bull's or pig's head.
Heref.

Bashment, «. Abashment.

Bashrone, 8. A kettle.

Bashy, adj. (1) Fat ; swollen.
North.

(2) Dark ; gloomy ; sloppy ; said
of the weather. Northampt.

Basil, s. (1) When the edge of a
joiner's tool is ground away to
an angle, it is called a basil.
(2) The skin of a sheep tanned.

Basilez, s. A low bow. Decker.

Basil-hampers, s. A diminutive
person who takes short steps,
and proceeds slowly; a girl whose
clothes hang awkwardly about
her feet. Line.

Basiliard, ». A baslard.

Basilicok, 8. A basilisk.

Basilinda, *. The play called
Questions and Commands ; the
choosing of King and Queen, as
on Twelfth Night

Basilisco,
basilisk,

5.1

A sort of cannon.

Basinet, *. The herb crowfoot.

Basing, 1 «. The rind or outer
bazing, J coat of a cheese. Mid'
land Counties.

Basinskin, 8. See Barmskin.

Bask, (1) adj. Sharp, hard, acid.
Westmor.

(2) V. To nestle in the dust like
birds. Leic.

Baskefysyke, s. Fututio. Cok-
wolds Daunce, 1. 116.

Basket, s. An exclamation fre-
quently made use of in cockpits,
where persons, unable to pay
their losings, are adjudged to be
put into a basket suspended over
the pit, there to remain till the
sport is concluded. Grose.

Basket-sword, s. A sword with a
basket hilt.

Basking, s. fl) A thrashing.
East.

(2) A drenching in a shower.
East.

Baslard, s. {A.-N.) A long dag-
ger, usually suspended from the
girdle. In 1403 it was ordained
that no person should use a bas-
lard, decorated with silver, unless
he be possessed of the yearly in-
come of 20/.

Basnet,*. (1) A cap. Skelton.
(2) A bassenet.

Bason,*. A badger. Cotgrave. See
Bawson.

Basgning-furnace, s. A furnace
used in the manufacture of hats.
Holme.

Bass, (1) «. A kind of perch.

(2) 8. A church hassock. North.

(3) A collar for cart-horses made
of flags.

(4) Dried rushes. Cumb.

(5) The inner rind of a tree.
North.

(6) A slaty piece of coal. Shropsh.

(7) A twopenny loaf. North.

(8) Athing to wind about grafted
trees before they be clayed, and
after. Holme.

BAS

173

BAS

0, L
E, J

Bassa,
BASSADo, ^ s. A bashaw,

BASSATE,

Bassam, s. Heath. Devon.
Basse, (1) ». {A.-N.) To kiss.

(2) «. A kiss.

(3) 8. A hollow place. Hol-
lyband.

(4) 8. Apparently, tlie elder
swine. TopseU'8 Foure Footed
Beasts, p. 661.

(5) V. To ornament with bases.
Bassel-bowls, *. Bowling balls.

Northampt.
Bassenet, s. A light helmet worn

sometimes with a moveable

front.
Basset, s. (1) An earth-dog.

Markham.

(2) A mineral term where the
strata rise upwards. Derbysh.

(3) An embassy. Past. Lett.,
i, 158.

Bassett, 8. A game at cards,
fashionable in the latter part of
the seventeenth century, said to
have been invented at Venice.

Basseynys, s. Basons.

Bassinate, s. a kind of fish,
supposed to be like men in
shape.

Bassock, 8. A hassock. Bailey.

Bast, (1) s. Matting; straw. North.

(2) s. Boast.

(3) s. A bastard.

(4) part. p. Assured.

(5) V. To pack up. North.
Basta. Properly an Italian word,

signifying it is enough, or let it
8ttffice,hat not uncommon in the
works of our ancient dramatists.
Bastard, s. A sort of sweet Spa-
nish wine, which approached the
muscadel wine in flavour; there
were two sorts, white and brown.
It was perhaps made from a bas-
tard species of muscadine grape;
but the term seems to have been
applied, in more ancient times,
to all mixed and sweetened wines.

Spaine bringeth forth wines of a wliit4
colour, but much hotter and stronger,
as sacke, rumney, and bastard.

Coghan's Haven of Health, p. 239.

I was drunk with bastard.
Whose nature is to form things, like itself.
Heady and monstrous.

B. ^ Fl., Tamer Tam'd, ii, 1.

(2) 8. A gelding.

(3) V. To render illegitimate.
Bastat, *. A bat. North.
Baste, (1) v. {A.-N.) To mark

sheep. North.

(2) V. To sew slightly.

(3) 8. A blow. North.

(4) V. To flog. Basting, a severe
castigation.

(5) 8. Bastardy.

(6) {A..S.) A rope.
Basteler, 8. (A.'N.) A person

who bastes meat.

Bastel-house, 8. See Bastile.

Bastel-roofs, 8. Turreted or cas-
tellated roofs.

B aster, (1) «. A heavy blow.
North.
(2) A bastard.

Thel5. Octob. A. All. delivered before
her tynie of a man child. Tliis yere
was a quiet yere, but that the discour-
tasi of A. Ail. troblud me often, and
the buster. Forman's Diary.

Basterly-gullion^s. a bastard's
bastard. Lane.

Bastian, *. St. Sebastian.

Bastick, s. a basket. West.

Bastile, «. {A.-N.) A temporary
wooden tower, used formerly in
military and naval warfare ; some-
times, any tower or fortification.
They had also towres of tymber goyng
on wlieles that we clepe bastiles or
somercastelles, and shortly alle tliinges
tliat nedfulle was in eny maner kyude
of werres, the legion had it.

Vegeclus, hy Trevisa, MS. Reg.
Item the xxviijti of Marche Roger
Witherington and Thomas Carlell, of
this towne of Barwyke, rode into Lam-
merniore to a place called Bowshehill,
xvj myle from Barwyke, and tber wan
a bustell-howse, and gote the man ot
the same, wliiche offred to gyve them
for his rauosume xl marks.

MS.Cott.Caag.,1iy,i.i

BAS

174

BAT

And in thi hostel fulle of blisfnlnegge,
lu lusti age than schalle the wel betide.
Boetius, MS.

Bastiments, s. {A.-N.) Provi-
sions; victuals.

Kelation of the shipps, galies, galiases,
and other shippiiige; seamen, iiifan-
tery, horsemen, officers, and particular
persons; artillery, amies, muuytions,
and other necessaries wliich is tliought
to be needful iu case slialbe performed
the journey for Ingland, and the hasli-
nients, with the prices that they may
cost, tlie partes from whence both one
and other is to be provided, and Vhat
all will amount unto, accompting tlie
army, and at what shalbe levied for the
saya enterprize to goe provided, payd,
and bastiaed for 8 months, as all is
hereafter. Hatfield House Records.

Bastise, v. To victual.
Baston, s. (1) {A.-N.) A cudgel.

(2) A sort of verse, of which the
following appear to be examples :

Hail be ye tadurs, with yur scharpe

schores !
To mak wronge hodes ye kitteth lome

gores.
Agens midwinter bote beth yur neldes ;
Thogh yur semes semith fair, hi lestith
litel while.
The clerk that this baston wrowghte,
Wel he woke and slepe righte nowghte.
* » » »

Hail be ye, sutlers, with your mani

lestes !
With your blote hides of selcuth bestis ;
And trebles, and trifules, both vampe

and alles ;
Blak and lothlich beth yur teth, hcri
was that route.
Nis this bastun wel i-pight 1
Euch word him sitte arigbte.

Reliq. Antiq., ii, 174.

(3) A servant of the warden of
the Fleet, whose duty it is to
attend the king's courts, with a
red staff, for taking into custody
of persons committed by the
court.

(4) A kind of lace. See Bascon.
Bastone, s. {Hal.) A bastinado.
Bat, (1) s. {A.-S.) A stave; a

club ; a cudgel.

He neraeth is bat and forth a goth,
Swithe gori and wel wroth.

Beves ofHamloun, p. 17.

But what needs many wordg ? whilst I
am faitlifull to them, I have lost the
uge of my armes with batts.

Terence in English, 1641.
And each of you a good bat on his neck.
Able to lay a good man on the ground.
George-a-Greene, 0. P., iii, 43.

(2) s. A blow ; a stroke. North,

(3) s. A wooden tool for breaking
clods of earth.

(4) V. To strike or beat; to beat
cotton.

(5) *. Debate.

(6) V. To wink. Derbysh.

(7) *. The straw of two wheat
sheaves tied together. Yorksh.

(8) s. State ; condition. North.

(9) «. Speed. Line.

(10) s. A leaping-post. Somerset.

(11) «. A low-laced boot. lb.

(12) s. The root end of a tree
after it has been thrown. lb.

(13) s. A spade at cards. lb.

(14) *. The last parting that lies
between the upper and the nether
coal. Stafford.

(15) s. A piece of sandstone used
for sharpening scythes and other
tools. Norf.

Eatable, (1) adj. Fertile in nutri-
tion, applied to land.
(2) 8. Land disputed between
two parties, more particularly
that lying between England and
Scotland, which was formerly
called the batable ground.

Batailed, s. (A.-N.) Embattled.

Batailous, adj. Ready for battle.

Batails, s. (A.-N.) Provisions.

Batale, v. To join in battle.

Batalle, *. (A.-N.) An army.

Batand, part. a. Going hastily,

Batant, s. {Fr.) The piece of
wood that runs upon the edge
of a lockside of a door or
window.

Batardier, ». (Fr.) A nursery for
trees.

Batauntlichb, adv. (A.-N.)
Hastily.

Bataylynoe, a. A battlemeat.

BAT

175

BAT

Batch, s. (1) A certain quantity;
part of a number. Berks.

(2) A quantity of bread baked at
once; also the whole of the
wheat flour used for making com-
mon household bread, after the
bran has been separated from it.

(3) A kind of hound. North.

(4) A mound ; an open space by
the road-side; a sand-bank, or
patch of ground lying near a
river. West.

Batch-cake, ». A cake made of
the same dough, and baked with
the batch of bread. Northampt.

Batch-flour, s. Coarse flour.

Bate, (1) s. {A.-S.) Contention;
debate ; strife.

(2) V. To abate ; to diminish.

(3) V. To flutter, applied to
hawks.

(4) pret. t. of bite. Bit.
{b)prep. Without; except. Lane.

(6) V. To fly at.

Thus surveying round
Her dove-befeather'd prison, till at length
(Calling her nohle birth to mind, and

strength
Wlicreto her wing was born) her ragged

beak
Nips offher jangling jesses, strives to break
Her gingling fetters, and begins to bate
At ev'ry glimpse, and darts at ev'ry grate.
Quarles's Emblems.

(7) V. To go with rapidity.

(8) V. To fall suddenly.

(9) s. (A.-S.) A boat.

(10) *. A sheaf of hemp. Norf.
{II) pret. t. Did beat. Spens.

Bate-breeding, «. Causing strife.

Bated, adj. A fish, when plump

and fuU-roed, is well bated.

SuSSCuC

Batel, Is. (A.-N.) A little
batelle, J boat.

Bateless, adj. Not to be abated
or subdued.

Bate-maker, s. A causer of strife.

Batement, a. That part of wood
which is cut off by a carpenter
to make it fit for his purpose.

Batement-lights *. The upper
openings between the mullions
of a window.

Bateb, s. a bye-way, or cross-
road.

As for the word bater, that in English
purporteth a lane bearing to an high
waie, I take it for a meere Irish word
tliat crept unwares into the English,
through the dailie intercourse of the
English and Irish inhabitants.

Stanihurst, Desc. of Irel., p. 11.

Batfowling, s. A method of

taking birds in the night-time.
Batful, adj. Fruitful.
Of Bevers batfiill earth, men seeme as

tliough to faine,

Reporting in what store she multiplies

her graine. Drayton, Pol., song xiii.

The belly hath no eares. No? hath it not?

What had my loves when she with child

was got ?
Though in her wombe the seedsman sowed

tares,
Yet, being battfulle, it bare perfect eares.
Davies, Scourge of Folly, 1611.

Bath, (1) adj. Both. North.

(2) 8. A sow. Heref. See Basse.

(3) V. To dry any ointment or
liquid into the skin.

Bather, (1) v. To nestle and nib
in the dust, as birds in the sun-
shine; also to roll and settle
downwards, spoken of smoke.
Leic.
(2) {A.-S.) gen. pi. of both.

Bathing. See Beating.

Bathing-tub, s. A bath formerly
administered to people aflfected
with the venereal disease.

Batige, s. a pearl.

Batilbaby, s. An office in forests.

Batillage, *. {A.-N.) Boat hire.

Bat-in-water, s. Water mint.

Batler, ^ s. The in-

BATLET, I strument with

batling- staff, )»which wash-
BATSTAFF, | crs beat their

batting-staff, J coarse clothes.

Batleton, *. A batler. Shropsh.

Batling, s. A kind of fish.

Batlins, s. Loppings of trees, tied
up into faggots. Suff.

BAT

176

BAT

Batner, «. An ox.
Batoon, g. (Fr.) A cudgel.
Batour, s. Batter. Warner.
Bats, *. (1) The short furrows of
an irregular field. South.

(2) «. The game of cricket. Dev.

(3) s. A beating. Yorksh.

(4) s. The slaty part of coal after
it is burnt white. Coal deterio-
rated by the presence of this
slaty matter is said to be batty.
Northampt. In Shropshire it is
called bass, and in Yorkshire
plate.

Bat-swain, *. {A.-S.) A sailor.

Batt, v. (1) To beat gently.
Shropsh.

(2) To wink or move the eyelids
up and down. Chesh.

Battable, adj. Capable of culti-
vation.

Battailant, s. (J.-N.) a com-
batant.

Battaile, s. (A.-N.) a battalion
of an army.

Battalia, g. (Fr.) (1) The order
of battle.

(2) The main body of an army
in array.

Batted, /?ar/./>. Stone worked oflF
with a tool instead of being
rubbed smooth. A stonemason's
term.

Batten, (1) v. (A.-S.) To thrive;
to grow fat. North.

(2) g. A rail from three to six
inches broad, and one or more
thick.

(3) *. The straw of two sheaves
folded together. North. See Bat.

Batten-board, s. A thatcher's

tool for beating down thatch.
Batten-fbnce, g. A fence made

by nailing two or three rails to

upright posts.
Batter, (1) ». (perhaps from

A.-N. abattre.) An abatement;

a wall which diminishes upwards

is said to batter. Sttggex.

(2) *, Dirt. North.

(3) V. To fight one's wav. Mid'
land C.

(4) V. To wear out. South.
Battero, g. A bat.
Batticle, g. A moveable wooden

cross-bar to which the traces of

husbandry horses are secured.

Northampt.
Battid, adj. Covered with strips

of wood, as walls are previously

to their being plastered.
Battil, "X v. (A.-S.) To grow fat.
BATTEL, J Also, to fatten others.

For sleep, they said, would make her battil
better. Sp., F. q., VI, viii, 38.

Ashes are a marvellous improvement to
battle barren land. Say's Prov., 238.

Batting, «. A bottle of straw.
Northampt.

Batting-stock, «. A beating
stock. Kennett.

Battle, (1) v. To dry in ointment
or moisture upon the flesh by
rubbing that part of the body
while exposed to the fire.

(2) adj. Fruitful, fertile, applied
to land.

(3) V. To render ground fertile
by applying manure.

(4) V. To go about a room with
wet and dirty shoes. Northampt.

(5) V. To bespatter with mud.
Battled, splashed or bespattered
with mud.

(6) V. To take up commons at a
college, without immediately
paying for them. Skinner de-
rives it from the Dutch betaalen,
to pay, a term which appears to
have been formed from the an-
cient manner of keeping accounts
by tallies, or tale.

Eat my commons with a good stomach,
and battled with discretion.

furitan, ii, p. 543.

Battled, />ar/./>. Embattled.

Battledore, «. (1) A hornbook,
and hence no doubt arose the
phrase " to know a B from a
battledoor," implying a very

BAT

177

B^U

Blight degree of learning, or the
being hardly able to distinguish
one thing from another. It is
sometimes found in early printed
works, as if it should be thus
written, " to know A. B. from a
battledoor."

You sliall not neede to bnybookes; no,
Bcorne to distinguish a B.from a baltle-
doore; onely looke that your eares be
long enough to reach our rudiments,
and you are made for ever.

GuU Hortie-booke, 1609, p. 3.

(2) A flat wooden implement,
with a slit at one end for the
hand, used in mending thatch,
to push the ends of the new
straw under the old thatch.
Northampt.

Battledore-barley, s. A kind of
barley, said to be so called " from
the flatness of the ear." Aubrey's
Wilts.

Battler, s. (1) A small bat to
play at ball.

(2) An Oxford student ; properly
one who pays for nothing but
what he calls for, answering
nearly to a sizar at Cambridge.

Battle-royal, s. A fight between
several cocks, where the one that
stands longest is the victor.

Battles, a. Commons or board.
Cumberl.

Battlet, 1 «. A kind of

batling-staff, I flat wooden

BEETLE, J mallet used to

beat linen with, in order to

whiten it. See Batler.

Battletwig, 8. An earwig. Mid-
land Counties and North.

Battlixg-stone, s. a large
smooth-faced stone, set in a slop-
ing position by the side of a
stream, on which washerwomen
beat their linen. North.

Battologist, s. (Gr.) One who
constantly repeats the same thing.

Battologize, v. To repeat con-
tinually the same thing.

Battolcgy, 8. {Gr. /3arro\oyia.)

The frequent repetition of the

same thing.
Battom, 8. A narrow board, the

full breadth of the tree from

which it is sawn. North.
Batton, 8. (Fr.) (!) A club or

weapon.

(2) Strong, broad, fencing rails.
Norf.

(3) Doors made by the boards
being nailed to rails or bars are
called batton-doors, in contradis-
tinction to such as are panelled.

(4) Narrow deals with which the
best floors are laid.

Battril, s. a bathing-staff. Lane.

Battry, *. A copper or brass
wide-mouthed vessel, not riveted
together, as plates of metal are
in larger vessels, but hammered
or batter'd into union, as tea-
kettles, &c., are.

Batts, s. (1) Low, flat grounds
adjoining rivers ; sometimes,
islands in rivers. North.
(2) Short ridges. Wiffht.

Batty, adj. (1) Belonging to a
bat ; in the manner of bats.
(2) A term applied to coal. See
Bats.

Batwell, *. A wicker strainer to
put over the spigot in the mashr
vat, to prevent the grains from
passing through. Leic.

Batyn, v. To make debate. Pr. P.

Baubee, 8. A copper coin, of
about the value of a halfpenny.

Badbery, 8. A squabble ; a brawl.
Var. diaL See Bobbery.

Baud, (1) s. (J.-N.) A procurer,
procuress, or keeper of a brothel,
or any one employed in bad ser-
vices in this line, whether male
or female.

(2) 8. A badger.

(3) adj. Bold.

Baude, adj. {A -N.) Joyous.
Bauderie, 8. Pimping.
Baudkin, 8. (A.-N. baudequin.) A
rich and precious sort of stuff.

BAU

178

BAW

said to have been composed of
silk, interwoven with threads of
gold in a most sumptuous
manner.

For cloth of gold, or tinsel figurie,
For haudkin, uroydrie cutworks, or conceits,
He set the shippes of merchantmen on
worke. Gascoigne, Steele Glasse, v. 786.

*, See Baldrick.

Baudrick, 1

BAUDBY, J

Baudry, g. Bad language. Skelton.

Baudy, adj. {A.-N.) Dirty.

Baudy-basket, s. a cant term
for a profligate woman.

Bauffe, v. To belch.

Baufrey, s. a beam.

Bauf-week, s. Among the pitmen
of Durham seems to mean the
week in which they are not paid,
they being paid fortnightly.
Hone's Table Book, i, 654.

Bauger, adj. Bald; barbarous;
bad.

Than brought he forth another byll,
conteyning tliesaid sentence; and that
also he reddc in his bauger Latine.

Bale, bir J. Oldcastell.

Baugh, (1) s. A pudding made

with milk and flour only. Chesh.

(2) V. To bark.
Baughling, s. Wrangling. Cumb.
Baulchin, *. An unfledged bird.

Warw.
Baulk, v. To overlook or pass by

a hare in her form without see-
ing her.
Baulky, adj. A term applied to

earth which digs up in clots.

North.
Baulme-mint, s. Water mint.
Baulter, v. To curl.
Baun-cock, g. A game cock.

Durham.
Baunsey, s. A badger. Prompt. P.
Baurghwan, g. A horse-collar.

Yorksh.
Bause, v. To kiss. See Base.
Bauson, adj. Swelled ; pendant.

Shiopsh,

Bauson, ^

BAUSIN, I

bawzon, I

bawstone, ys. A badger.
bawsone, I

BAUSTON, I
BOUSON, J

Bautert, adj. Encrusted with
dirt. North.

Baux-hound, «. A kind of hunt-
ing dog.

Bavaroy, s. {Fr.) A kind of cloak
or surtout.

Let the loop'd bararoy the fop embrace,

Or his deep cloke be spatter'd o'er with

lace. Gay.

Baven, "Is. a brush faggot, pro-
BAViN, J perly bound with only
one withe, a faggot being bound
with two.

Bavins will have their flashes, and youth
their fancies, the one as soon quenched
as the other is burnt.

Mother Bombie, 159-1:.

With coals and with bavins, and a good
warm chair. Old Soniji.

The skipping king, he ambled up and down
With shallow jesters and rashiariw wits
Soon kindled and soon burnt.

1 Hen. IF, iii, 3.

(2) g. A bundle of small wood.
Berks.

Bavens, s. a kind of cake.

Bavere, «. Bavaria.

Bavian, s. a baboon, or monkey ;
an occasional, but not a regular
character in the old Morris dance.

Bavier, s. {A.-N.) The beaver of
a helmet.

Bavin, s. Impure limestone.

Bavisenesse, s. (A.-N.) Mockery.

Bavish, I?. To drive away. East.

Baw. (1) An interjection of con-
tempt.

(2) s. A boy. East.

(3) s. A bail. North.

(4) s. A dumpling. Lane.

(5) V. To bark. See Baugh.

(6) V. Alvum levaie. Lane.
Bawaty, s. Lindsey-wolsey. North.

BAW

179

BAY

Bawcock., a. (conjectured to be
a corruption of the Fr. beau coq.)
A burlesque word of endearment.

Why that's my baiccock. What has
srautch'd thy nose ?

Sliakesp., W. Tale, i, 2.

At a later period the word bate-

cock was used to signify a rogue.

Bawd, (1) s. The outer covering

of a walnut. Somerset. See Bad.

(2) pret. t. Bawled. Yorksh.

(3) 8. A hare. A word used
chiefly in Scotland.

Bawder, v. To scold grumblingly.
Suffolk.

Bawe, «. A species of worm for-
merly used as a bait for fishing.

Bawe-line, s. The bowling of a
sail ; that rope which is fastened
to the middle part of the outside
of a sail.

Bawer, s. a maker of balls. Staf-
fordsh.

Bawk, (1) V. To relinquish.

How? let her go? by no means, sir.
It sliall never be read in chronicle, that
sir Artlier Addel (my lenowned friend)
bawk'd a mistress for fear of rivals.

Caryl, Sir Salomon, 1691.

(2) *. A balk in ploughing.

(3) s. A beam. Bawk-hei-t, the
height of the beam. Cumb.

Baw, s. a bow.

Bawker, *. A sort of sand-stone
used for whetting scythes. So-
merset. See Balker.

Bawks, s. a hay-loft. Cumb.

Bawlin, adj. Big ; large.

Bawm,». To daub. "He bawmed

and slawmed it all over mortar

and wash."

Bawme, 1 ,,x / . >T \ T, ,

' Ml) (A.'N.) Balm.

BAUME. J "^ '' ^ '

(2) V. To embalm.

(3) V. To address; to adorn.
North.

Bawmyn, ». Balsam. Prompt. P.
Bawn, (1) 8. An inclosed yard,
especially of a small castle.

Tliese round hills and square laxr:ns,
which you see so strongly trenched and
tlirown up. were at first ordained that
people might assemble themselves
therein. Spenser's State of Ireland.

(2) adj. Ready ; going. North.

Bawnd, adj. Swollen. East.

Bawndonly, adv. (A.-N.) Cheer-
fully.

Bawrell, 8. {A.-N.) A kind of
hawk. The male bird was
called a bawret.

Bawse, v. To scream.

Bawsen, adj. Burst. Derbysh.

Bawshere, «. A corruption of
beau-sire.

Bawsin, "1 (1) s. An imperious
BAWSON, J noisy fellow. North.

Peace, you fat hawson, peace.

Lingua, 0. PL, v. 232.

(2) adj. Great; large; unwieldy;
swelled. Coles has " a great
bawsin, ventrosus."

(3) «. A badger. See Bauson.
Bawsand, "XadJ. Streaked with

BAWSONT, J white upon the face:

a term applied only to horses

and cattle.
Bawstone,*. Abadger. Prompt. P.
QxyfT, {\) prep. Without. Yor^sA.

(2) V. To roar; to cry. North.
Bawy, s. a boy.
Baxter, ». (1) A baker. See

backster.

(2) An implement for baking

cakes, common in old houses.

North.
Bay, (1) ». A berry.

(2) A high pond-head to keep
in the water, for driving the
wheels of the furnace or hammer
belonging to an iron mill. Blount.
In Dorsetshire, any bank across
a stream is called a bay. Cotgrave
mentions " a bay of land."

(3) s. The space between the
main beams in a barn. Nor-
ttiampt.

(4j «. A principal compartment
or division in the architectural

BAY

ISO.

BEA

arrangeraent of abuilding.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 and
pillars, the principals of the roof,
or by any other leading features
that separate it into correspond-
ing portions. The word is some-
times used for the space be-
tween the mullions of a window.
Houses were estimated by the
number of bays :

If this law bold in Vienna ten years,
I'll rent the fairest house in it, after
three-pence a Jay. Meas.forM.,u,\.

Of one baye's breadth, God wot, a silly

coate
■Wlrose thatched spars are farr'd with

sluttish soote. Hall, Sat., v, 1.

As a term among builders, it
also signified every space left in
the wall, whether for door, win-
dow, or chimney.

(5) «. A pole ; a stake.

(6) V. To bathe. Speiiser.

(7) «. A boy.

(8) adj. Round. Gaw.

(9) V. (A.-S. bugan.) To bend.
Cumberl.

(10) V. To bark. Miege.

(11) V. To open the mouth
entreatingly for food, like a young
child. Hollyband.

(12) s. The nest of a squirrel.
East.

(13) 8. A hole in a breast-work
to receive the mouth of a cannon.

(14) V. To unlodge a martem.
Blome.

(15) ». To bleat.

Bayard, s. {A.-N.) Properly a bay
horse, but often applied to a
horse in general. " As bold as
blind bayard," is an old proverb.

BAy-BERRY, 8. The fruit of the
laurel.

Bacca lanri. ta^voKOKKOi, Pelaffonio.
Grain de laurier. A hayberry.

iiomenclator, 1583.

Bay-dwck, s. a shell-duck. East.
Baye, adj. {A.-S.) Both.

Into the chaumber go we baye.
Among the maidens for to plave.

Gy of ITarunke, p. 108.

Bayen, v. To bay ; to bark ; to
bait.

Bayes, s. Baize.

Bayle, ». A bailiflf.

Bayles, 8. A bucket.

Bayly, ». (A.-N.) Authority; any-
thing given in charge to a bailiff
or guard.

BAVLXDtpart.p. Boiled.

Bayn, *. {A.-S. bona.) A mur-
derer.

Baynyd, part. p. Shelled for
table, as beans, &c. Prompt. P.

Bayte, v. [A.-S.) To avail; to
be useful ; to apply to any use.

Baythe, v. To grant. Gaw.

Bayting, 8. A chastisement.

Bay-window, *. A large window ;
supposed to derive this name
from its occupying the whole
bay. It usually projected out-
wards, in a rectangular or poly-
gonal form, or sometimes semi-
circular, from whence the cor-
rupted form bow-window arose.

Bay-yarn, s. Another name for
woollen-yarn.

Bayyd, adj. Of a bay colour.
Prompt. P.

Bazans, s. a sort of leather
boots, mentioned by Mat. Paris.

Baze, v. To alarm. Xorth.

Be, {l)prep. (A.-S.) By.

(2) part. p. Been. In the pro v.
dialects, be is often used as the
pres. t, of the verb.

(3) Be, bi, or by, is used as a
common prefix to verbs, generally
conveying an intensative power.
(i)s.{A.-S.) A jewel or ring. See
Beigh.

Bkace, «. (1) Cattle. North.

(2) A cow-stall. Yorksh.
Beached, adj. Exposed to tho

waves.

BEA

181

BEA

Bead, \ s (A.-S.) A prayer, from
BEDE, J 6td, to pray.
A paire of bedis eke she bere
Upon a lace al of white threde.
On which that she her bedis bede.

Jtomaunt of the Rose, 1. 7372.
Bring the lioly water hither,
Let us wasli and pray together :
When our beads are thus united,
Then the foe will iiy affrighted.

Herrick, p. 385.

Small round balls, stringed to-
gether, and hung from the neck,
assisted the Romish devotees in
counting the number of prayers,
or paternosters, they said, and
consisted ofthirty.or twice thirty,
single beads. Next to every tenth
bead was one larger, and more
embellished, than the rest ; these
were called gaudes, and are men-
tioned by Chaucer :
Of smal coral aboute hire arme Bche baar,
A peire of bedes, gaudid al witli grene.

Cant. T., 1. 158.

From this practice originated the
name of beads as applied to per-
sonal ornaments.

Bead-cuffs, s. Small ruffles. Miege,

Bead-faring, s. Pilgrimage.

Bead-house, s. A dwelling-place
for poor religious persons, who
were to pray for the soul of the
founder.

Beadle, s. (A.-S. bcedal, bydel.)
A crier or messenger of a court ;
the keeper of a prison or house
of correction ; an under-bailiff.

Bead-roll, "1 s. Originally a list of
BED-ROLL, J the benefactors to a
monastery, whose names were to
be mentioned in the prayers ; more
generally, a list of prayers and
church services, and such priests
as were to perform them ; also,
an inventory.

And bellow forth against the gods them-
selves
A bed-roll of outrageous blasphemies.

OU PL, ii, 251.
Or tedious bend-rolh of descended blood,
I'rora fa''jer Japhet since Deucalion's flood.
ifp. Hall, Sat., iv, 3.

Then Wakefield battle next we in out
bedroul bring. Drayton, Folyolb., 22.

'Tis a dead world, no stirring, he hatli
crosses,

Behearseth up a bead-rotole of his losses.
Rowlands, Knave of Harts, 1613.

Beadsman, «. One who prays for
another; and hence, being used
as a common compliment from
one person to another, it was at
length used almost in the sense
of servant.

Beadswoman, s. A woman who
prays for another person.

Beak, (1) v. To bask in the heat.
North.

(2) s. An iron over the fire, in
which boilers are hung. Yorksh.

(3) V. To wipe the beak, a term
in hawking.

(4) ». A terra in cockfighting.

(5) 8. The nose of a horse.

(6) «. The point of a shoe, in the
costume of the 14th cent.

Beak er, ». ( Germ, becker.) A large
drinking vessel ; a tumbler-glass.
Another bowle, I doe not hke this cup.
You slave, what linnen hast thou brought

us here ?
Fill me a beaker, looke it be good beere.

Boxolands, Knave of Harts, 1613.

Beakiron,*. An instrument of iron

used by blacksmiths.
Beakment, s. a measure of about

the quarter of a peck. Newcastle.
Beal, (1) V. To roar out (for bawl).

North.

(2) V. (A.-S.) To suppurate.
Durham.

(3) s. (A.-S.) A boil, or hot in-
flamed tumour.

Bealve,v.{A.-S.) To grow in years.
Jne stat that sacrament ine man,
Wanne je ine Gode hyaldeth.

William de Shoreham.

Bealing, «. Big with child.
Bealte, 8. {A.-N.) Beauty.
Beam, (1) ». {A.-S.) Misfortunes

Rob. Glouc.

(2) V. To put water in a tub, to

Slop the leaking by swelling the

wood. North.

BEA

182

BEA

Bohemia.

(3) 8. A band of straw. Devon.

(4) t. The shaft of a chariot.
HoHnsh., Hist, of Eng., p. 26.

(5) 8. A kind of wax-candle.

(6) «. The third and fourth
branches of a stag's horn were
called the beams, or beam-
antlers.

(7) s. A part of a plough.

Tlie heam, is perpendicularly above the
spit, and connected with it; first, by
the ploHgli liaudle, or by the lower part
of that piece of timber whicli terminates
in tlie handle. The size of this piece is
equal to the beam at that end of it, and
both tlie beam and the spit are strongly
morticed into it. Above the beam it is
continued in a sweep the length of 5
feet from the bottom ; the highest part
of the sweep being 3 feet from tlie ground
line, or bottom of the spit.

(8) s. {A.-S.) A trumpet.

(9) s. The rafter of a roof.

Beame of a rouffe, not beyng inbowed or
fretted. Laquear. Huloei.

Beam, 1

BEME. J

Beameling, *. A small ray of
light.

Beam-feathers, s. The long fea-
thers in the wings or tail of a
hawk.

BEAMFUL,a<f;. Luminous. Drayton.

Beaming-knife, s. A tanner's in-
strument, mentioned by Pals-
grave.

Beam-ringle, 8. A moveable iron
ring on the beam of a wheel-
plough, by which the plough is
regulated. Norfolk.

Beamy, adj. Built with beams.

Bean,«. The old method of choos-
ing king and queen on Twelfth
Day, was by having a bean and
a pea mixed up in the composi-
tion of the cake. They who
found these in their portion of
cake, were constituted king and
queen for the evening. — " Three
blue beans in a blue bladder" is
an old phrase, the meaning of
which is not very clear.

F. Hark does't rattle?
S. Yes, like thrte blue beam in a blu»
bladder, rattle, bladder, rattle.

Old Fortunatus, Anc. Dr., iii, p. 128.
They say-
That putting all his words together,
'Tis three blue beans in one blue bladder.

Prior, Alma, Cant. I, v. 25.

Bean-bellies, s. An old nick-name
for the natives of Leicestershire.

Bean-cod, s. A small fishing vessel.

Beane, adj. Obedient.

Beaned, adj. A beaned horse, one
that has a pebble put under its
lame foot, to make it appear sound
and firm.

Beanhelm, «. The stalks of beans.
West.

Bear, (1) s. A kind of barley.

(2) s. A noise. See Bere.

(3) 8. A tool used to cut sedge
and rushes in the fens. Norf.

(4) The V. bear is used in several
curious old phrases. To bear a
bob, to make one among many,
to lend a helping hand. To bear
in or on hand, to persuade, to keep
in expectation, to accuse.

She knowynge that perjurye was no
greatter offence than advoutry, with
wepynge and swerynge defended her
honestie; and bare her husbande on
hande, that they feyned those tales for
envye that they lia'dde to se them lyve
so quietly.

Tales /• QuicTce Answer).

To bear a brain, to exert atten-
tion, ingenuity, or memory.

But still take you heed, have a vigilant

eve —
— Well, sir, let me alone, I'll bear a brain.
All Fools, 0. PI., iv, 177.

To bear low, to behave oneself
humbly. Palsgrave. " I beare one
wronge in hande, ie iouche." Ibid.
To bear out a man, to defend one.
Ibid. Bear one company, i.e.,
keep one company. Ibid. Beare
one bold, i. e., to set at defiance.
"Theyknowe well they do agaynst
the lawe, but they beare them
bolde of thehe lordeand mayster."
Ibid. To play the bear voith, to

BEA

183

BEA

Uhire or disadvantage any one.
"a wet season will play the bear
with me." Northampt.

Beakable, adj. Supportable.

Bbar-away, v. To learn. Pakg.

Bearbino, s. a species of bind-
weed. North.

Beard, (1) ». To oppose face to
face.

(2) To make one's beard, to de-
ceive a person.

(3) V. To trim a hedge. Shropsh.

(4) s. An ear of corn. Huloet.

(5) s. The coarser parts of a joint
of meat.

(6) s. The bad portions of a fleece
of wool.

Beard-hedge,! 5. The bushes
BEABDixGS, J stuck into the
bank of a new-made hedge, to
protect the plants. Chesh.

Beard-tree, *. The hazel.

Bearer, s. A farthingale.

Bearers, *. The persons who carry
a corpse to the grave.

Tlie searchers of each corps good gainers be.
The bearer* have a profitable fee.

Taylor's Workea, 1630.

Bear-fly, «. An insect. Bacon.
Bear-gardex, s. a favorite place

of amusement in the time of

Elizabeth, and frequently alluded

to in works of that period.
Bear-herd, *. The keeper of a

bear.
Bearing, s. (1) A term at the

games of Irish and backgammon.

(2) A term in coursing, giving

the hare the go-by.
Bearing-arrow,*. An arrow that

carries well.
Bearing- CLAWS, «. The foremost

toes of a cock.
Bearing-cloth,*. The fine mantle

or cloth with which a child was

covered when it was carried to

church to be baptized.
Bearing-dishes, s. Solid, sub-

stantial dishes ; portly viands.

Bbaring-of-the-book, t. A term

among the old players for the

duties of the prompter.
Bearing-out, ». Personal carriage.

" Great bearyng ovX,port." Pals-

grave.
Bear-leap, s. A large osier basket

to carry chaff out of a barn, borne

between two men. See Barlep.
Bear-mouths, *. Subterraneous

passages to coal mines. North.
Bearn, s. (1) A barn. East.

(2) A child. North.

(3) Wood. Coles.
Bearsbreech, «. The name of a

plant.

Bears'-college,«. a jocular term
used by Ben Jonson for the bear
garden.

Bear's-ear, «. The early red auri-
cula, called in Latin, according to
Gerard, Auricula Ursi, and in
French, Oreille d'Ours.

Bear's-foot, *. A species of helle-
bore.

Bear-stone, s. A large stone mor-
tar, formerly used for unhusking
barley.

Bearswort, s. The name of a
plant.

Bearward, s. The keeper of a
bear.

Wliat a bragkyng maketh a beareward
witli his sylver buttened bawdrike, for
pride of another mannes bere.

Sir T. More.

Be.vr-worm,». The palmer- worm.
Beas, s.pl. Cows ; cattle. North.
Beasel, s. The part of a ring in

which the stone is set. See Basil.
Beassh, v. To defile. Palsgr.
Beast, s. (1) A game at cards,

similar to our game of loo.

(2) A measure. Wardrobe Ac*
counts of Edw. IF, p. 129.

(3) An animal of the beeve kind
in a fatting state. East.

Beastial, s. {A.-N.) Cattle.
Beasting, s A flogging. Lane,
See Baste.

BEA

184

BEA

Beastixgs, ^ s. (A.-S. bysiynff.)
BEAST-MILK, j The first milk givcii
BEESTLiNGS, ) bv a COW after her
BEESTINGS, j calving. {Byslins
BESTNiNG, J in Staffordshire.)

A cow hath iio milk ordinarily, before
that she hatli calved : the first milk that
she piveth downe is called beestins ;
whicli, uniesse it be delaied with some
water, will soon turue to be as harde as
a pumisli stone.

Holland's Pliny, vol. i, p. 848.
So may the first of all our fells be thine,
And both the beatning of our goats and
kine;
As thou our folds dost still secure.
And keep'st ourfountainssweet and pure.
Ben Jonson, Hymn to Fan, vi, 177-

Beastle, V. To defile. Somerset.

Beastliness, ». Stupidity.

He both cursed the time that he obeyed
the king's letter to come to him, seeing
promises had been doubly broken with
him, and also accused himself of great
beastliness, by the which these mischiefs
were sufferea to spring.

Bovoes Correspondence, 1583.

Beat, (1) r. To make a noise at
rutting time, said of hares and
rabbits.

(2) V. To search. A sporting
terra.

(3) V. (A.-S.) To mend. East.

(4) *. Peat. Devon.

(5) V. To hammer with one's
thoughts on a particular subject.
Shakesp.

(6) *. A blow.
Beat-away,». To excavate. North.
Beate, "1 ». (A.-S.) To excite, kin-

bete, j die, or make to burn.

Thy temple wol I worship evermo,
And on thin auter, wlier I ride or go,
I wol don sacrifice, and fires befe.

Chaucer, Knighte's Tale, Tymihitt.

And in a bathe they gonne hire faste shet-

ten.
And night and day gret fire they under

betten. Second Nonne's Tale.

Bkate burning, 8. An agricultural
device, used particularly in the
AVest. See Denshering.
About May, they cut up alle the grasse
of that ground, which is to be broken

up, in turfeg ; which they call betting.
These turfes they raise up somewhat in
the midst, that the wind and the suune
may the sooner drie them. After they
have been thoroughly dried, the hus-
bandman pileth them in little heaps,
provincially called heat-burrovoes, and
so bumeth them to ashes.

Carete's Survey of Cornwall,

Beatem, s. a conqueror. Yorksh.

Beaten, adj. Trite.

Beater, s. A wooden mallet.

Beatebs, s. The boards projecting
from the inside circumference of
a churn to beat the milk.

Beath, v. (A.-S.) To dry by ex-
posure to the fire.

Yokes, forks, and such other, let bailiff spy

out.
And gather the same as he walketh about :
And after, at leisure, let this be his hire.
To beath them, and trim them at home by

the fier. Tusser's Husbandry.

Beatilles, s.pl. (from Fr. abattis.)
Giblets.

Beating, (1) s. Walking or hur-
rying about. West.
(2) A row of corn laid on the
barn-floor for thrashing. Norf.

Beatment, s. a measure. North.

Beatour, adv. Round about.

BEAT-ouT,/;ar^jB. Puzzled. Essex.

BEATWORLD,arf». Bcyond controul.
East.

Beau, adj. (Fr.) Fair ; good.

Beaufet, a. (A.-N.) A cupboard
or niche, with a canopy, at the
end of a hall; a cupboard, where
glasses, bowls, &c., are put away.

Beau-pere, «. (1) (.^.-A^.) A friar,
or priest.
(2) A companion. Spens.

Kow leading him into a secret shade
From his beau-feres, and from bright hea»

ven's view.
Where him to sleep she gently would

persuade
Or bath him in a fountain by some covert

glade. F. q., HI, i, 35.

Beaupeks, s. Apparently some
kind of cloth. Book of Rateti
p. 26.

BE A

185

BEC

Beacpleader, g. A writ that lies
where the sheriff or hailiff takes
a fine of a party that he may not
plead fairly.

Beautified, adj. Beautiful. Sha/k.
Polonius calls it a vile phrase,
but it was a common one in those
times, particularly in the ad-
dresses of letters. " To the most
beautified lady, the Lady Eliza-
beth Carey," is the address of a
dedication by Nash. " To the
most beautified lady, the Lady
Anne Glemham," R. L. inscribes
his " Diella," consisting of poems
and sonnets, 1596.

Beautiful, adj. Delicious.

Beau-traps, s. Loose pavements
in the footway, under which dirt
and water collects, liable to
splash any one that treads on
them. Not^.

Beauty-spot, s. The patches
which ladies put on their faces,
as fashionable ornaments.

Beauty-water, s. A liquid for-
merly used by ladies to restore
their complexions.

Beaver, (1) *. (A.-N.) That part
of the helmet which was moved
up and down to enable the wearer
to drink, leaving part of the face
exposed when up.
(2) s. The bushes or underwood
growing out on the ditchless side
of a single hedge. Dorset.

Beaver, T «. (A -N.) A name
BEVER, ^ formerly given to the
BEVERAGE, J aftemoou collation,
and still in use in Essex, Nor-
thamptonshire, and other parts.
See Bever.

Drinkinge betwene dinner and supper,
called heaver. Anteceenum. Huloet.

Betimes in the morning they break
their fast ; at noon tlicy dine; when tlie
day is far spent they take their beaver ;
late at nigiit they sup.

Gate of Languages, 1568.
Certes it is not supposed meete tliat «-e
•Lould now contente oureselves with

breakfast and supper only, as our eldert
have done before us, nor enough tliat
we have added our dinners unto tlieii
foresaid meales, but we must luive
thereto our beverages and reare-suppers,
so that smaU time is spared, wherein to
occupy ourselves unto any godly exer-
cise. Description of &'otUmd',\t. id.

Beaverage, *. {A.-N.) Cider
made after the first squeezing
Devon.

Beaveret, 8. A half-beaver hat.

Beawte, ^rep. Without. Lane.

Beazled, adj. Fatigued. Sussex.

Beb, v. {Lat. bibo.) To sip; to
drink. North. A bebber, an im-
moderate drinker. See Bib.

Bebaste, v. To beat.

Bebathe, v. To bathe all over.

The bulls meanwhile each other wounds do

lend,
And gore each others sides, whose bloud

spurts out,
And head and shoulders all i?ia<A« about
\\Tiose bloudy blows the echoing wood

resound. Virgil, by Vicars, 1632

Beberied, part. p. Buried.

BEBLAST,/>ar/.j». Blasted.

Bebled, part. p. Covered with
blood.

Beblinde, v. To make blind.

Beblot, v. To stain.

Bebob, v. To bob ; to bother, or
mock. See Bob.

Bebidde, v. To command.

Becalle, v. (A.-S.) (1) To ac-
cuse; to challenge.

(2) To abuse ; to censure. West

(3) To require. Gaw.
Becasse, *. (Fr.) A woodcock.
Becco, 8. {Ital. becco.) A cuckold.

Duke, thou art a becco, a cornnto.
P. How ? M. Thou art a cuckold.
Malcontent, 0. PI., iv, 30

Bkchatted, part. p. Bewitched.

Line.
Beche, 8. (A.-S.) A beech-tree.
Becher, 8. (A.-S.) A betrayer.

Love is becher and les.

And lef for to tele. ifS. Digby, 86.

Beck, (1) ». (^A.-S. becc.) A rivu-
let or small brook.

BEC

180

BED

(2) s. A constable.

(3) V. To nod ; to beckon.

Tliis liere I row,
Bt my beloved brothers Stygian slow,
By all those pichy flouds and banks most

black.
Whereat he bectt, and with a thunder-
crack
Olympus totall frame extreamlv trembled.
Virgil, by Ficaw, 1632.

(4)». A bow, a salutation. A beck
was a bend of the knee as well as
a nod of the head.
(5) The beak of a bird. " Sho
with a longe becke, sottlier apou-
laine." Palsgrave.

I'm none of these same cringing things

that stoops.
Just Uke a tumbler when lie vaults through

hoops.
Or daw or magpy, when at first it pecks,
A.ltetnately their tails above tlieir becks.

Fleckrwe's Epigrami, 1670-

Becker, s. A wooden dish. Nor-
thumb.

Becket, s. (1) A spade used in dig-
ging turf. East.
(2) A mantelpiece. Norihampt.

Beckets, s. a kind of fastening ;
a place of security for any kind of
tackle on board a ship.

Beck-stans, s. Literally, brook-
stones; the strand of a rapid river.
North.

Beclappe, v. (A.-S.) To catch.

Beclarted, adj. Besmeared ; be-
daubed. North.

Beclippe, v. (1) To curdle. Maun-
devile.
(2) To embrace.

Becomes, s. Best clothes. East.

Becovght, part. p. (A.-S.) Seized;
caught.

Becrike, «. A kind of oath. North.

Becripple, ». To make lame.

Becurl, v. (1) To bend in a curve.
(2) To curl all over.

Bed, (1) V. A roe is said to bed
when she lodges in a particular
place. Diet. Rust.
(2) t. A horizontal vein of ore in
a mine. Derbysh.

(3) V. To go to bed with.

(4) part. p. of bidtJe. Oifered ,
prayed; commanded. Langtoft.

(5) s. A fleshy piece of beef cut
from the upper part c/f the leg
and bottom of the belly. East.

(6) s. The uterus of an animal.

(7) Getting out the wrong side qf
the bed, a phrase applied to a
person who is peevish and ill-
tempered.

(8) A bed of snakes is a knot of
young ones.

(9) s The under side of a wrought
stone, in masonry.

(10) s. The horizontal base of
stone inserted in a wall.

(11) s. The body of a cart or
waggon. Northampt.

Bedaffe, v. {A.-S.) To make a

fool of.
Then are you blind, dull-witted, and bedaft.
North's Flut., p. 105.

Bedagle, r. To dirty.

Bed-ale, s. Groaning ale, brewed
for a christening. Devon.

Bedare, ». To dare ; to defy.

Bedasshed, part. p. Covered ;
adorned.

Bedawe, v. To ridicule. Skelton.

Bedde, (1) «. A bedfellow, hus-
band or wife.
(2) V. To bed ; to put to bed.

Bedder, "I «. The under-stone
bedetter, J of an oil-mill.

^° ' \s. An upholsterer.
beddiner. J *^

Beddern, *. A refectory.

Beddy, adj. Greedy ; ofScious.

North.

Bede, v. (1) {A.-S.) To pray.

That thou wolt save thi moder and me,
Thi preyere now I graunte the
Of that thou bede before.

JTyn^o/rar*, 1.246.

(2) To proffer.

A ring Ysonde him bede
To tokening at iliai tide :

He flcighe forth in gret drede,
In wode him for to h''le.

iSfr •i'rutrem, iii, 2&

BED

187

BED

(3) V. To order ; to bid.

(4) s. A prayer.

(5) «. A commandment.

(6) s. Prohil)ition.

(7) pret. t. of bide. Dwelt;
continued.

BEDEADED,/7re^. jB. Slain; made

dead ; deadened.
Bedeet, j9ar/. />. Dirtied, North,
Bedehouse, ». See Bead.
Bedel, «. A servitor: a bailiff. See

Beadle.
Bedelry, s. The jurisdiction of a

beadle.
Bedexe, adv. {A.-S.) Immedi-
ately ; at once ; continuously ;

forthwith.
Bederke, v. To darken.
Bedevil, v. To spoil. South.
Bedeviled, part. p. Rendered

like a devil; become very wicked.
Bedew, v. To wet.
Bed-faggot, s. A contemptuous

term for a bedfellow. East.
Bedfere, Is. {A.-S.) A bed-

bedpheere, J fellow.
Bedgatt, «. Command ? Morte

Arthure.
Bedight, part. p. Decked out ;

adorned.
Her weapons are the javelin, and the bow,
Her garments angell like, of virgin-wliite,
And tuckt aloft, her falling skirt below
Her buskin meetes: buckled with silver

bright:
Her haire behind her, like a cloake doth

flow.
Some tuckt in roules, some loose with

flowers bedight :
Her silken vailes play round about her

slacke.
Her golden quiver fals athwart her backe.
Great Britaines Troye, 1609.

Bedizen, v. To dress out.

No ; here's Diana, who as I shall be-
dizen, sliaU pass for as substantial an
alderman's heiress as ever fell into
wicked hands.

Mrs. Behn, City Heiress, 1682.

Bed-joints, ». Joints in the beds

of rocks. Derbysh.
Bedlam cowslip, s. The paigle,

or larger cowslip. Northampt.

Bedlamite, s. A person who,
having been put into Bethlehem
as insane, had, after a due time
of trial, been discharged though
not perfectly cured. Not being
mischievous or dangerous, they
were afterwards suffered to go at
large ; and the public took much
interest in their wild and extra-
vagant sayings and deeds. Male
bedlamites were all Toms, and
Poor Toms; and the females
Bettys and Bess ; and all, in addi-
tion to lunacy, were afflicted with
loathsome bodily diseases. It was
one of the most popular plans of
vagrant mendicity; and the coun-
try was filled with bedlams and
bedlamites, or Tom of Bedlams,
as they were indifferently called.

Every drunkard is so farre estranged
from himselfe, that as one in an extasie
of mind, or rather, in a playne phrtuzy,
he may not be said to be sui animi
compos, or a man of sounde wit, but
ratlier, a very bedlem, or much worse.
Stttbbes's Anatomie of Abuses, p. 123.

Alas ! thou vaunt'st thy sober sense in vain.
In these poor Bedl/imites thy self survey.
Thy self, less inuocently mad than they.

Fitzgerald's Poems, l'781.

Till the breaking out of the civill warres,
Tom o' Bedlams did travel about the
country. They had been once distracted
men that liad been put into Bedlam,
where recovering to some soberuesse,
they were licentiated to goe a begging.
They had on their left arm an arniilla of
tin, about four inches long : they could
not get it off. They wore about their
necks a great horn of an ox in a string
or bawdrick, which when they came to
a house for alms they did wind ; and
they did put the drinke given them into
this horn ; whereto they did put a stop-
ple. Since the warres I doe not remem-
ber to have seen any one of them.

Aubrey, Nat. Hist, of WilU.

Bkdlawyr, s. a bed-ridden per-
son. Prompt. Pare.

Bedmate, 8. A bedfellow.

Bed-minion, s. A bardash.

Bedoled, part. p. Stupified with
pain. Devon,

Bedolve, V, To dig.

BED

188

BEE

Bedone, part. p. Wrought ; made

up.
Bedote, v. To make to dote ; to

deceive.
Bedovte, part. p. Redoubted.
Bed-pheke, 8. Bedfellow.

And I must have mine ears banquetted
with pleasant and witty conferences,
pretty girls, scoffs, and dalliance, in lier
tliat I mean to cliuse for my bed-pheere.
B. Jons., Epicocne, ii, 5.

Bedpresser, «. A dull heavy
fellow.

BEDRABfLED, part. p. Dirtied;
wet.

Bedred, />ar^. /?. (1) Dreaded.
(2) Bedridden.

Bbdreinte, part. p. Drenched ;
drowned.

Bedrepes, «. Days of work per-
formed in harvest time by the
customary tenants, at the bidding
of their lords.

Bed-roll, s. A catalogue. See
Bead-roll.

Bedrop, v. To sprinkle ; to spot,

Beds, s. The game of hop-scotch.
North.

Beds-foot, s. The plant mastic.

Bedstettle, «. A bedstead. Essex.

Bedstaff, s. a wooden pin stuck
formerly on the sides of the bed-
stead to keep the clothes from
slipping on either side.

Bed-suster, s. One who shares
the bed of the husband; the con-
cubine of a married roan in re-
lation to the legitimate wife. Rob.
Glouc.

Bedswerver, 8. An adultress.
ShaJIcesp.

Bed-tye, s. Bed-tick. West.

Beduele, ». (.(i.-5. edwelian.) To
deceive.

Our angels ells thai him lete
Our Go^is suiie ells thai him helde
For he cuthe make the men beduelde.
Cursor Mundi, MS. hdinb., f. 129.

Bedusk, v. To smudge, darken the
colour of.

B EDWARD, adv. Towards bed.
Bedwarf, v. To make little.
Bedwen, 8. A birch tree.
Bedyner, 8. An officer.

Lyare wes mi latymer,
Sleutbe ant slep mi bedyner.

Lyric Poetry, p. 49.

Bee. To have bees in the head,
to be choleric ; to be restless.

Bat, Wyll, my maiater hath bees in Ai»

head.
If he find mee heare pratinge, I am but

deade. Damon and Pith , 0. PL, i, 180.

If he meet but a carman in the street,
and I find him not talk to keep bim off
on him, he will whistle liim and all bis
tunes at overnight in his sleep! he ha.)
a head full of bees.

B. Jon., Barth. Fair, i, 4.

To have a bee in the bonnet, to
be cross ; to be a little crazy.

Bee,*, a jewel. See Beigh.

Bee-band, s. A hoop of iron which
encircles the hole in the beam
of a plough where the coulter is
fixed.

Bee-bike, s. A nest of wild bees.
North.

Bee-bird, 8. The willow wren.

Bee-bread, *. {A.-S.) A viscous
substance found in the hives of
bees, supposed to be the ma-
terial from which the young bees
are formed.

Bee-but, «. A bee-hive. Somerset.

Beechgall, 8. A hard knot on the
leaf of the beech, containing the
maggot of an insect.

Bee-drove, s. A great crowd of
men, or other creatures. East.

Bbedy, 8. A chicken.

Beedy's-eyes, «. The pansy.
Somers.

Beef, s. (Fr.) An ox.

Beef-eaters, s. The yeomen of
the guard.

Beefing, s. A bullock fit for
slaughter. Suffolk.

Beefwitted. adj. Having no more
wit than oxen ; heavy-headed.

BEE

189

BEE

Bes-6lue, s. a substance with
which bees protect the entrance
of the hive.

Propolis, Pliii. Gluten quo alvei sui oras
corapingunt apes, irpon-oAis. Beegleic,
wliicli tliey make at the entry oif the
hive, to keepe out cold.

Nomenclator, 1585.

Bee-hive, a. A wattled straw-
chair, common among cottagers.
West.

Beeked, adj. Covered with dirt.
North.

Beel, v. To bellow, applied not
only to cattle, but to human
beings. A woman at Nettleham,
whose only cow had been sold
by her husband, a noted ringer,
for the purpose of subscribing
for a new bell, always used to
say to him when ringing com-
menced : " Hark ! how my poor
cow beels !" They also say when
any one makes a great noise by
shouting, "How he beels!"
Line.

Beeld, (1) s. Shelter, North. See
Beld.

(2) V. To build. North.
Beelding, s. a shed for cattle.

North.

Beele, 8. A kind of pick-axe used
in separating the ore from the
rock.

Bee-lippen, «. A bee-hive. So-
merset.

Been, (1) s. pi. {A.-S.) Bees.
(2)». Property; wealth. Tusser.

(3) The plural of the present
tense of the verb to be.

(4) adj. Nimble ; clever. Lane.

(5) «. A withy band. Devon.
Beenship, s. Worship; goodness.
Beent-meed, 8. Help on particular

occasions. Lancash.
Beeok, 8. An iron over the fire in

which boilers, &c., are hung; a

beak. Yorksh.
Beer, s. Force ; might. Chesh.
Beer-flip, «. A drink prepared in

the same way, and with the same
materials, as "egg-flip," except-
ing that a quart of strong home-
brewed beer is substituted for
the wine ; a glass of gin is some-
times added, but it is better
omitted.

Beer-gooo, ». Yeast. East.

Beerhouse, s. An old name for
an alehouse.

Beerness, s. A beer-cellar. North.

Beery, adj. Intoxicated. Warw.

Bees, (1) s. pi. Flies. Line.
(2) s. pi. Cows. Cumb.

Beeskn, 1 j. / ,1 o I \

beezen '"^^- ^^■'^' *y*^-)
BISON ' r Short-sighted; half-
®'''°''' blind.

BYSOM, J

Wei wostu that hi doth tharinne.
Hi fuleth hit up to the cliinne,
Ho sitteth thar so hi bo biine,
Tharbi men segget a vorbisne ;
Daliet habbe that iike best
That fuleth his owe nest.

Hule and Nyghtingale, 1. 96.

Now gylleorys don gode men gye,
Ryjt gos redles alle behynde,
Truthe ys turnyd to trechery,
Tor now the hysom ledvs the blynde.
MS. Earl., 5396, f. 24.

Bee-skip, a. A hive or skip of
bees.

Bees-nest, s. A kind of flax.
Skinner.

Beesnum.- Bethey not. West.

Beesome, 8. A broom with a long
brush. This word occurs in
Hollyband's Dietionarie, 1593,
and is still in use for a birch
broom, though never applied to
one made of hair.

Sure 'tis an uncouth sight to see some,
That gweepe their hall without a beesome.
Men-Miraclei, 1656.

Beest, 8. The first milk given by
a cow after calving. See Beaating.

Beestaile, «. (A.-N.) Cattle.

Beet-axe, a. The instrument used
in beeting ground in denshering.
Devon.

Beethy, adj. Soft, sticky; in a

BEE

190

BEG

perspiration ; withered. Applied
to meat underdone. Herefordsh.

Beetle, ». {A.-S.) A heavy mallet.
A three-man beetle was one so
heavy that it required three men
to manage it, two at the long
handles and one at the head.

Beetle-browed, adj. Having
brows that hang over.

Beetle-headed, adj. Dull;
stupid.

Beetlestock, s. The handle of a
mallet.

Beetle-ston, 8. The cantharides.

Beetneed, «. Assistance in the
hour of distress. North.

Befet, s. A buflfet ; a blow.

Beffing, s. (1) Barking. Line.
(2) Burning land after it is
pared. North.

Befight, v. To contend.

Befile, v. To defile.

Beflay, v. To flay.

Beflecke, ». To spot ; to streak.

Befoam, v. To cover with foam.

Befog, r. To obscure.

When speech is had of these things,

tliey are so befogged, that they cannot

tell where they are, nor what they say.

Dent's Pathway to Heaven, p. 323.

Bekon, V. To befall.

BeFORN, 1 f J o\ -a e

BIFOREN,F'"^-(^-'^-^ ^^^'''■^-

Tiie time nas once, and may again retorn,

For ought may happen that hath been

beforn. Spens., Skep. K. May, 103.

The little redbreast to tlie prickled thorne

Return'd, and sung there as he had

beforne. Browne's Brit. Past.

BfFOTE, adv. On foot. Pr. P.
Befrose, part. p. Frozen.
BEFT,pret. t. Struck; beaten.
Tliai MTang thair hend and wep ful sair,
Als men warcarkid al wit car;
Apon tliair brestes fast tliai be/l.
And al in God thaimself bileft.

Cursor Mundi, MS. Edinb., f. 46.

Befyce, ». Beau fils, fair son.
Beg.\b, v. To mock; to deceive.
Begalowe, v. To out-gallop.
Begared, part. p. Adorned.

Begarred, /?ar/./7. Defiled; very
much dirtied. Devon.

Begay, v. To make gay.

Begayged, part. p. Bewitched.
Devon.

Begchis, s. Bitches. Cov. Myst.

Begeneld, 8. A mendicant. P. PL

Beggar-my-neighbour,s. A chil-
dren's game at cards.

Beggar's-barm, s. The froth col-
lected by running streams in
ditches, or in puddles by the
road-side. Northampt.

Beggar's-bush, «. A rendezvous
for beggars. " To go by beggar's
bush," to go on the road to ruin.

Beggar's-buttons, 8. The bur-
dock. Devon.

Beggar-lice, "!«. The plant
beggar-weed, J cleavers ( Ga-
lium aperine). Northampt.

Beggar's-xeedle, ». Tbe shep-
herd's needle. Midi. C.

Beggar's-velvet, 1 8. The light

beggar's-bolts, j particles of

down shaken from a feather-bed,

and left by a sluttish housemaid

to collect under it. East.

Beggary, arf;. Full of weeds. East.

Begin', s. See Biggin.

Begirdge, r. To grudge. Somerset.

Begkot, adj. {A.-N.) Foolish.

BeijTcot an bride,

Rede him at ride

lu the dismale.

Political SonffS, p. 303

B eglued, /?ar. p. Overcome. /.yrf^.
Bego, '{part. p. Circumstanced;
begon, J happened to.

The soudan com that like tyde.
And witli }iis wyf he gon to chyde,
That wo was hire bigon.

Kyng of Tars, 1. 552.

Wo was this wrecclied womman tlio biijoon.
Cant. Tales, 1, '5338.

Begone, par^./>. Decayed; worn

out. East.
BEGosiiE, part. p. Begun.
Begravb, r. (1) To bury.

(2) To engrave.

BEG

191

BEI

Bkgrede, v. (A.-S.) To cry out
against.

Begrumpled, adj. Displeased.
Somerset.

Begthex, v. To buy.

Also, t!ie forseyd executours and atnr-
liyes Lulpyn edefyen and maken liow-
Bvng lor ])ovre men in a slret clepyd
l)anel_v3 lane, and hulpe bejthyn and
jjuichiicyn a place in Wykyn in susty-
naunce of tne foresevd howsyng of
povre men. Found. Stat, of Saffron

Walden Alnuh., 1400.

Beguile, v. To cover with guile.

So beguil'd
With outward honesty, hut yet defil'd
Witli iuwaid vice.

Sh., Rape of Ltier.

Begul, v. To make a gull of; to
cheat.

He hath not left a penny in my purse :
Five shillings, not a farthing more, I had,
And tlius begtihl, doth wake nie almost
mad. Sovclands, Knave of Clubbs, 1611

Beguth, j7re«. /. Began.

That hliced hodi to wind thai wald,
And I begulhe it withald,

Suilk strif hilwix us was tare.
Cursor Mu/idi.liS. Ediiih., f. 40.

Brgyngge, adj. (.^.-5.) Careful.
Relig. Antiq., ii, 8.

Beh, prel. t. of A.-S. bugan.
Bent ; inclined.

Behad, arf;. Circumstanced; be-
fallen. " You're sadly behad."

BKHALT,/?re^. t. Beheld.

Behalve, s. Half; side, or part.

Behappex, arfi>. Perhaps. Shropsh.

Behated, ;»ar^jB. Hated ; exceed-
ingly hated.

Behave, v. To manage or govern,
in point of behaviour.

And with sucli sober and unnoted passion
He did behate his anger ere 'twas spent,
As if he had but prov'd an argument.

Skakesp., Tim. of A., iii, 5.

How well my stars behave their influence.

Dateuant's Just Italian.

Behaviour,*. Representative cha-
racter.

Thus, after greeting, speaks the king of
France,

In my behaviour, to the majesty,

The Oorruw'd mi^esiv of England here.

^hakesp., K. John, i, 1.

Beheard, part. p. Heard.
Behelied, ^ar^/>. Covered.
Behest, s. (A.-S.) (1) A promise

(2) A command.
Behete, v. (A.-S.) To promise.
pret. behight and behote.

And for his paines a whistle him behight.
Spens., F. Q., IV, li, 6.

Behewe, adj. (A.-S.) Coloured.
Behint, adv. Behind. North.
Behither, (I) prep. On this side.
Sussex.

The Italian at this day by like arrogance
calleth the Frenchman, Spaniard, Dutch,
English, and all other breed behither
their mountaines Apennines, Tramou-
tani, as wlio should say barbarous.
Puttenh., Art of Engl. Poesie, p. 210.

(2) prep. Except.

I have not any one thing, behither vice,
that hath occasioned so much contempt
of the clergie, as unwillingness to take
or keep a poor living Oley's Pref. to
Herbert, C. Parson, A. 11 b.

Beholding, adj. Beholden; ob-
liged.

We anglers are all beholditw to the good
man that made this song. Walton's Ang.

And I shalle thinke myselfe highly
beholding unto you.

Bachelor's Banquet, p. 18.

Beholdingness, «. Obligation.

Behoveful, adj. Useful ; profit-
able ; needful.

Behounced, adj. Finely dressed;
smart with finery. Essex.

Behove, «. (j4.-S.) Behoof; ad-
vantage.

Behovely, adj. Profitable.

Behung, joar^ja. Hung about

Beie, 1
BEI EN, > adj. (j4.-S.) Both.

BEY, J

Ac heo ne m^-jt so rathe come, that the

kynges twei,
Nere y-come out Yrloud, wyt gret power

bey,
Of Scottes and of Picars, of Denemarch, of

Norwei. Hob. Glouc., p. 107.

And tueie bischopes in ys lond,
Wei by were beyne v-fond.

Chron. of EtigL, 'BiltoH'$ Met, Bom.

BEI

192

BEL

Ne beon jit bute tweien.
Mine sunen ;it beotli beien.

MS. Coll , Calig., A ix, f. 28.

Beigh, #. (^.-5. beag.) Anything
twisted, but generally an orna-
ment for the neck ; a torques :
it also is used to express an orna-
ment in general.
Sir Canados was tban

Constable the queu ftil neighe ;
For Tristram Ysonde wan.

So weneth be be ful sleighe.
To make bir bis lenian

With brocbe and ricbe heighe.

Sir Trislrem, iii, 66.

Beight, s. Anything bent; the

bend of the elbow. North.
Beike, v. To warm as before a fire.
Hys flesclie trembylde for grete aide,
Hvs blode colde, hys body unwelde,

"Hys lyppes bio for-thy:
He had more mvstyr of "a gode fyre.
Of brygbt brondys'breiinyng schyre,
To heyke hys boones by.

Le Bone Florence of Rome, 1. 99.

Beild, 8. (1) See Beld.

(2) A handle. Yorksh.
Beildit, /lar^ j9. Imaged; formed.
Being, (1) conj. Since.

And being you have
Decltn'd hia means, you have increas'd his
malice.

B. and Fl., Uoh. M. Fort., act ii.

Bear. How now?

So melancholy sweet ?

Pot. How could I choose

Being thou wert not here' the time is

come.
Thou' It be as good unto me as thy word ?
Carlxcright's Ordinary, 1651.

(2) «. {A.-S. byan, to inhabit.)
An abode ; a lodging. Sussex.

(3) ». Condition. Weber.
Beire, (1) gen.pl. Of both.

(2) adj. Bare.
Beisancb, «. Obeisance.

How is't then, thicke great shepherd of the

field.
To whom our iwaines sike humble beisance

yield. Peele'a Eglogue, 1689.

Beytb, «. A sharper. Cumb.

Here pedlars frae a' pairts repair,
Beath Yorkshire beytes and Scotch fwoak,

And Paddies wi' their feyne iin ware,
Tho a' deseyn'd to botch fwoak.

Stags'* Cumierl. Poems, p. 135.

Bejade, v. To weary ; to tire. .
Bejape, v. To make game of; to

ridicule.
Bekay, *. The jowl or lower jaw

of a pig. Northarfpt.
Beke, (1) s. The brim of a hat or

hood, or anything standing out

firm at the bottom of a covering

for the head.

(2) V. To warm ; to sweat. Be-

keande, part, a

Bekene, 1 . ,

' }■ *. A beacon.

BEKNE, J

Bekenne, V. (1) {A.-S.) To com-
mit to.

(2) {A.-S. becennan.) To give
birth to.

Bkkere, v. To skirmish ; to bicker.

Bekins, adv. Because. Dorset.

Bekke, t>. To beg. Towneley Myst.

Beknowe, v. {A.-S.) To acknow-
ledge ; to confess.

Thenne watj spyed and spured

Upon spare wyse,

Bi prev6 poyntej of that prynce

Put to hym selven.

That he bekneio cortaysly

Of the court that he were.

Gawayn ^ Ihe Gr. Kn., 1. 1620

Bekur, «. Fight; battle ; skirmish.

Bel, adj. {A.-N.) Beautiful.

Belace, v. To chastise with a strap.

Belacoil, Is. {A.-N.) A kind
BiALACoiL, /reception; a hearty
welcome. Personified in the Ro-
mance of the Rose.

Belafte, pret. t. Left ; remained.

Belagged, /)ar^/;. (1) Tired ; lag-
ging behind.
(2) Dirtied ; wetted.

Belam, v. To beat.

Belamour, s. {Fr.) (1) A lover.
Spenser.
(2) The name of a flower.

B EL-AMY, s. {A.-N.) Fair friend.

Belappe, v. To lap round; to
surround.

BELAST,j»ar/. /?. Bound.

Belated, ^ar/.j». (1) Benighted.
Milton.
(2) Retarded.

BEL

193

BEL

Belave, v. (A.-S.) To remain.

Belay, v. (1) To fasten. A sea
term.
(2) To flog. Northampt.

B^i,AXZD,part.p. Covered. Spenser.

Belch, (1) ». Small beer. Yorksh.
(2) V. To remove the indurated
dung from sheep's tails. Somerset.

Belche, v. To decorate. Pr. P.

Belcone, s. a balcony.

Beldame, *. {A.-N.) (1) A grand-
mother.
(2) A fair lady. Spenser.

Belde, (1) V. (A.-S.) To protect.

This Frein thrived fram yer to yer :
T lie abbesse nece men wend it were.
The abbesse her gan teclie and beUe.

Lay le Freine, 1. 231.

(2) s. Protection ; refuge.

His em answer he veld,

That litel he walil wene.
Of hot sche was him beld.

That Moraunt soster had bene.

SirTris(rem,u,19.

(3) adj. Bold.

(4) 8. Build ; strength.

She blissid here, and from him ran,
Intil here chamber anon she cam.
That was so stronse of beUU.

Syr Gowgkter, L 81.

Bi a childe of Htil belde
Overcomen I am in myn elde.

Cursor Mundi, MS.

(5) r. To build.

(6) V. To inhabit.

Belder, v. To roar; to bellow.
North.

Bele, (1) adj. (A.-N.) Fair; good.
(2) s. (A.-S. deal.) Bad conduct.
Line. The signification of this
word, as far as can be gathered,
appears to be, bad course, or con-
duct, or censurable proceeding of
improvident or ill-disposed cha.
racters. " He'll ne'er bate bele
whawl hes spend evry hawp'ny"
is said of a spendthrift.

Beleakins. By the Lady kin !
North.

Bele-chere, «. (^.-iV.) Good com-
pany.

Belechose, s. {A.-N.) Pudendum
f. Chaucer. Belchos, in MS.
Addit. Brit. Mus., No. 12,195,
f. 158.

Beleddy. By our Lady ! Leie.

Belee, v. To shelter. Shakesp.

Beleeke, adv. Belike ; probably.

As Hector had unhorst Patroclus tho,
Dispoyhng him in field, alas lor woe,
Unwares to wreeke thisdeedeof \\\ibeUeke
He slayes a peereles Troyan for a Greeke.
Peele's Farewell, 1589.
Belepered, adj. Infected with

leprosy.
Beleve, (1) V. (A.-S. belifan.) To

remain ; to be alive.

(2) V. To leave.

(3) s. Belief.
Belevenesse, *. Faith. Pr. P.
Bele WING, ». The belling of the

hart.

Beleyn, part. p. of belye. Besieged.

Belfer, 8. A sort of framework
of wood or other material sup-
ported by pillars of brick, iron,
&c., on which a stack of corn is
raised. At the top of each pil-
lar is placed a projecting coping
stone, and on these stones are
laid the cross beams : the inten-
tion of the broad stone is to
prevent vermin getting up into
the stack. The proper terra
for this erection is a brandretk ;
but many of the common people
call it a belfer, confounding it
probably with the word belfry,
mentioned below. Lincoln.

Belfry, *. (1) A temporary shed
for a cart or waggon in the fields
or by the roadside. Line.
(2) *. Part of a woman's dress.
Lydgate's Minor Poems, p. 201.

Belg, r. To bellow. Somerset.

Belgards, s. (Fr.) Fair looks.

Belgrandfather, 8. A great
great grandfather.

Belier, adv. Just now. Somerset.

Belike, ^adv. Certainly ; per-
belikelt, j haps ; probably.

Belime, e. To ensnare. Dent.

BEL

194

BEL

Beling, «. (1) Suppuration. "In-

sanies. Belyng." MS., Vocab.

\bth cent.

(2) The noise a chicken makes

when first breaking the shell.

" You can hear them beling sir,

afore they comes out." Somerset.
Belitter,». To bring forth a child.
Belive, adv. (1) {A.-S.) Quickly;

immediately ; presently.

(2) In the evening. North.
Belke, v. (1) To belch. North.

(2) To lounge at length. Line.
Bell, (1) s. A roupie at the tip of

the nose. Palsyr.

(2) «. The cry of the hart at
rutting time.

(3) V. To swell.

(4) To bear the bell, to win the
prize at a race, where a bell was
the usual prize.

Among the Romans it [ahorse race] was
an Olvmpic exercise, and the prize was
a garland, but now tliey beare the bell
away. Saltotulall, Char. S3.

To lose the bell, to be worsted.

But when in single fig^t h^ lost the bell.
Fair/., Tasso, xvii, 69.

Bellakin, part. a. Bellowing.
North.

Belland, s. (1) Ore, when re-
duce to powder. North.
(2) Its pernicious effects, when
imbibed in small particles. North.

Bellarmine, s. a sort of stout
earthen bottle, ornamented with
the figure of a bearded face, and
said to have received its name
from Cardinal Bellarmine, whom
this face represented. To dispute
with Bellarmine, to empty the
bottle.

Cos. There's no great need of souldiersj
their camp's

Jio larger than a ginger-bread office.

Pan. And the men little bigger.

Phil. Wliat half heretick

Book tels you that?

Bho. The greatest sort they say

Are like stone-pots icith beards that do reach
down

Unto tiieir knees.

Curtvmght, Lady Errant, 1651.

Tis dark, we'll have one bellarmine
there, and then bonus nocius, I must to
my mistress.

Shadicell, Epsom Wells, 1673.

Bellart, s. a bear-leader. Chest.
Belle, (1) s. A mantle.' See
Wright's Anecd. Lit., p. 12.

(2) V. {A.-S.) To roar.

(3) s. A clock. Cov. Myst.

(4) s. A bonfire ; for baal. Gaw.
Belle, v. To swell.
Belle-blome, s. {A.'N.) The

daffodil.

Belle-chere, ». {A.-N.) Good
cheer.

Belle5eter, s. a bell-founder.
Prompt. Pare.

Bell-flowek, a. The daffodil.

Bell-gate, "1 s. The circuit or li-
BELL-GAiT, J bcrty in which a beg-
gar was formerly allowed to beg,
so named from the bell which
he tinkled to attract the notice
of the charitable.

Bellibone, s. {Fr.) A fair maid.

Pan may be proud that ever he begot
Such a bellibone.

Spen.. Shep. Kal., Apr. 91.

Belliborion, 8. A kind of apple.

East.
Bellical, adj. (Lat.) Warlike.
Belliche, adv. (A.-N.) Fairly.
Bellicon, *. One devoted to good

cheer. North.
Bellicous, adj. {LmI.) Warlike.
Bellify, v. To beautify. Ray.

nalde's Byrth of Mankynde.
Bellin, v. To roar; to bellow.

North.
Bellitude, a. {Lat.) Fairness.
Bell-kite, a. A protuberant body.

North.
Bellman, a. A watchman. Part of

his office was originally to bless

the sleepers whose door he passed.

Thus Herrick :

Th* Belman.
I'rom noise of scarefires rest ye free.
From murders, beneiiicite.

BEL

195

BBL

From all mischances, that may friftht
Your pleasing slumbers in the night;
Mercie secure ye all, and keep
The goblin from ye, while ye sleep.
Past one o'clock and almost two.
My masters all, good day to you.

Hesp., p. 139.

So Milton, Penseroso :

The belman's drowsy charm
To bless the doors from nightly harm.

Hence our Bellman's verses.

Bellock, v. To bellow, far. dial.

Bellosed, adj. Asthmatic. North.

Bellose, adj. {Lat.) Warlike.

Bellowfarmer, «. A person who
had the care of organs, regals, &c.

Beli.peare, 8. A sort of pear.
Pirum cucurhitinum, Plin. ab oblonga
cacurbitte figura. Poire de sarteau, ou
de campane. A bell peare, or gourd
peare; so called of his hkeiiesse.

Nomenclator, 1585.

Bellrag, v. To scold. Heref. See
Ballirag.

Bellragges, s. A sort of water-
cresses.

Bells, s. pi. The ears of oats.
Northamp. A crop of oats is said
to have bell'd well, when it pro-
mises to be heavy.

Bell-soller, *. The loft in a
church on which the ringers
stand. North.

Bellweather, *. A cross and
blubbering child. North.

Belly, s. The widest part of the
vein of a mine. North.

Bellyatere, *. A bellfounder.
Prompt. Parv.

Belly-band, s. A girth to a cart-
saddle. North.

Bellycheat, *. An apron. j4sh.

Bellycheer, s. Good living.
A sptnder of his patrimony and goods
in hellycheere, and untliriftie companie :
a ipeiid-all : a tcasle-good.

Nomenclator, 1585.

Glnttonie mounted on a greedie beare.

To belhj-rheere and banquets lends his csre.
Bowlands, Knaves of Spades, ^-c , 1613.

Belly-clapper, s. A word equi-
valent, according to Florio, to
certain senses of the Italian

words hatfaglio and lattifiille.
It has been conjectured to be
some instrument for announcing
dinner.

Belly-friend, s. A sycophant.

Belly-god, «. A glutton, or epi-
cure.

Belly-harm, s. The cholic.

Belly-holding, s. A crying out
in labour. Devon.

Belly-naked, arf;'. Entirely naked.
A very common expression in our
earlier writers.

Belly-piece, s. (1) The apron, or
covering of the belly.

If thou shoulds cry, it would make
streaks down thy face; as the tears of
the tankard do upon my fat hosts heU\i-
pieces. Shadwell, Bury Fair, 1689.

(2) A thin part of a carcase near
the belly. North.

Bellys, |,. Bellows.
belyes, J

Belly-shot, adj. A term applied
to cattle, " when in the winter,
for want of warmth and good
feeding, they have their guts
shrunk up." Kennett.

Belly-timber, «. Food. Var.dial.

Belly-vengeance, s. Small beer.

Belly-want, #. A belly-band.
Hampsh.

Belly-watik,«.(.<<.-5'.) The cholic.
North.

Bkloke, part. p. Locked.

BEL0KED,j!;ar/. /;. Beheld.

Belon, s. {Fr.) A distemper com-
mon to cattle in some parts of
the North of England. It is sup-
posed to be caused by the water
they drink being impregnated
with lead.

Belongings, a. Endowments.

Belook, v. To weep. Beds.

Beloukk, ». To fasten ; to lock up.

Belowt, v. To abuse roughly.

il^^^^' r »• To cheat. Cumb.

BILPER, J

Brlsch, v. (A.-N.) To adorn; to
decorate.

BEL

196

BEN

Belsh.s. Rubbish; sad stuff. Line.
Bkl-shangles, s. a cant term.

Head-master of morrice-dauncere, high
head-borough of heighs, and ouely
tricker of your trill-lilles, and best bel-
thaiiflUs betweene Sion and mount
Surrey.

Kemp, Nine Dales Wonder, 1600.

Belsire,».(^.-2V.) a grandfather;

an ancestor.
Bklsizb, adj. Bulky; large. East.
Bel-swagger, s. A swaggerer ; a

bully ; a whoremaster.
Belt, (1) v. To suppurate.

What godly reason can any man alyve

alledge why Mother Joaue of Stowe,

speaking these wordes, aad neyther

more nor lesse,

" Our Lord was the fyrst man
That ever thorne prick't upon :
It never blysted nor it never belled.
And I pray God, nor this not may,"

sliould cure either beastes, or men and

women, from diseases ?
L. Northampton't Defeiuative against the
Poyson of supposed Prophecies, 1583.

(2) V. To beat. Shropsh.
(S) V. To shear the buttocks and
tails of sheep. Midland C.
(4)». An axe. Pr. P.

(5) g. A course of stones pro-
jecting from a wall.

(6) Pricking at the belt, a cheat-
ing game, also called fast and
loose, as old as the age of Shake-
speare.

Belt AN,*. The first of May. North.

Belter, s. A prostitute. North.

Beluted, adj. [Lat.) Covered with
mud. Sterne.

Belve, v. (1) To drink greedily.
North.
(2) To bellow ; to roar. Somerset.

Belvering, adj. Noisy; blustering.
Northampt.

Belwe, v. {A.-S.) To bellow.

Belwort, s- The name of a plant.

Belye, v. {A.-S. belicgan.) To sur-
round ; to beleaguer.

The kyng and heie men of the lend, mid

strengthe and mid ginne,
iud beiaxie the castel longe, ar hii him

mijte i-winne. Rob. Glouc, p. 519.

Belymmed, part. p. Disfigured.

Skelton.
Bem, *. A beam ; a pillar.
Bemaxgle, v. To mutilate.
Bem, 'Xs. {A.-S. bema.) A trum-
BEME, J pet.

Thau sal be herd the blast of bem.
The demster sal cum to dem.

Cursor Mundi, MS.

Trompors gunne heire bemef blowe.
The kuihtes riden out on a rowe.
On stedes white and blake.

Ki/ng of Tars, L 499.

Beme, s. Bohemia.
Bemene, v. (A.-S. benuenan.) To
lament for.

The kyng of Tars out of his sadel fel.
The blod out of his wounde wel,
Mony mon hit bement.

Kyng of Tars, 1. 1088.

Bemete, r. {A.-S.) To measure.

Bemoil, v. To bemire, or be-
draggle.

Thou should'st have heard, in how miry
a place ; how she was bemoil'd.

Shaiesp., Tarn. ofShr., iv, 1.

Bemoistex, v. To moisten.

Bemole, s. a term in music,
B molle, soft or flat.

Bemonster, v. To make mon-
strous. Shakesp.

Bem COKED, ad/. Dirtied, defiled;
literally, bemucked. Palsgrave.

Bemused, adj. Dreaming ; intoxi-
cated.

Bemy, s. a terra in music ; per-
haps B my, or middle, between
flat and sharp.

Ben, (1) ». {A.-S. ben.) To be.
(2) adj. Prompt ; ready. Gaw.
{Z) s. pi. {A.-S.) Bees.

(4) *. pi. {A.-N.) Goods.

(5) adv. {A.-N.) Well ; good.

(6) prep. In ; into. Yorksh.
{7) s. {A.-N.) The truth. Z)«;o».

(8) The " true ben," the utmost
stretch or bend. Exmoor.

(9) s. A figure set on the top of
the last load of the harvest, im-
mediately in front, dressed up
with ribbons, &c. Norf,

BEN

197

BEN

(10) #. Oil of ben (benzoin),
an ointment formerly in great
repute.

Benar, adj. Better. A cant term.

Benature.s. (y^.-A^.) A vessel con-
taining the holy water.

Bench, s. The shelf of a rock run-
ning to a main joint. A term
among quarry-men in Northamp-
tonshire.

(2) s. A widow's bench, a share
of the husband's estate which a
woman enjoys besides her join-
ture. Sicssex.

Benchcloth, 8. A carpet to cover
a bench. " Benchclothe or carpet
cloth, tapes." Huloet.

Benched, adj. Furnished with
benches.

Bencher, s. An idler; one who
spends his time on the benches of
alehouses.

Bench-floor, «. In the coal mines
of Wednesbury in Staffordshire,
the sixth parting or laming in the
body of the coal.

Bench-hole, s. The hole in a
bench, ad levandum alvum.

Bench-table, s. ■ A low stone seat
round the inside of the walls of
a building.

Bench-whistler, ». An idler, who
spends his time chiefly on the
alehouse bench.

Bend, ». (1) {A.-S.) A bond; any-
thing which binds.
Mi lord the douke, lie seyd anon,
For scliame late the levedis gon,
Tliat er bothe gode and heiide 1
For ich am comen hider to-day
For to saven hem, yive y may.
And bring hem out of betide.

Amis and Amiloun, 1. 1233.

(2) A band of men.

(3) A band; anything bound
round another ; a tie.

(4) A turn of a forest.
A lierd of deer was in the bend.

All feeding before liis face :
Now the best of vou I'll have to my dinner,
And that in a tittle space.

£obin Hood and hit Cousin Scarlet.

(5) Strong ox leather, tanned
with bark and other ingredients,
which give it a blue cast.
North.

(6) Indurated clay. North.

(7) The border of a woman's
cap. North.

(8) A piece of bent plate-iron,
which went over the back of the
last horse at plough. Leie.

(9) (A.-N.) A band or bandage;
a horizontal stripe.

Bended, part. p. Bound. Maun-
devile.

Bendel, 8. {A.-N.) A band, or
stripe ; a bendlet.

BENDiNG,/?aW.a. Striping ; band-
ing.

Bend-leather, s. Sole-leather.

Bendsfull, *. Bands-full ; bun-
dles.

Bendware, 8. Hardware. Staff.

Bend with, a. The name of a
plant.

Bene, (1) v. To be.

(2) 8. Bane ; destruction.

(3) 8. A bean.

(4) 8. {A.-S.) A prayer ; a re-
quest.

(5) adv. (A.-N.) WeU; fair;
good. Gaw.

Beneaped, part. p. {A.-S. ) Left
aground by the ebb of the spring
tides. South.

Beneday, *. A prayer-day.

Benedicite. (Lat.) An exclama-
tion equivalent to Bles8 tcs !

Bknediction-posset, 8. The sack-
posset taken on the evening of
the wedding day, just before the
company retired.

Benefice, s. (A.-N.) A benefit.

Benefit,*. A living; a benefice.
North.

Be^eme, V. (A.-S.) Totajteaway;
to take from.

^ee jyven hem all jowre powere, and
lorte jyve hem jee benemen me, and
nevere the lattere y myghte nevere
have 80 mnche power as jow.
I Romance of the Monk, MS., f. 14i

BEN

198

BEO

Be>?emerent, adj. (Lat.) Well

deserving.
BEXEMPT,/;ar/. p. Named; called.
Bekerth, s. The service which

the tenant owed the landlord hy

plough and cart in Kent. Lam-

barde.
Benethe, v. To begin. Cov. Myst.
Benetoire, 1 ». a cavity or small
benature, J hole in the wall of a

church, generally near the door,

for the vessel that contained the

holy water.
Benevolence, s. A voluntary gra-
tuity given by the subjects to the

king.
Benevolers, ». Well wishers. Pas^.

Lett, ii, 336.
Bexewith, s. The woodbine. Pr.P.
Bexge, v. To drink deeply. So-
merset.
Benger, «. A chest for corn.

Pr. P.
Bexgy, adj. Cloudy; overcast.

Essex.
Bexigne, adj. (Laf.) Kind.
Benime, v. To take away. See

Beneme.
Benison, *. (A.-N.) A blessing.
Ben-joltram, *. Brown bread

soaked in skimmed milk; the

usual breakfast of ploughboys.

East.
Bene, s. (A.-S.) A bench.
Ben-kit, ». A wooden vessel with

a cover to it. Line.
Bennet, s. The bent grass, or

bents. Somerset.
Bennick, s. a minnow. Somerset.
Benome, part. p. of beneme. Taken

away.
BENOTHiNGED.parf.jj. Annihilated.
Benow, adv. By this time. North.
Bense, «. A cow-stall. North.
Bensil, ». To thrash; to beat.

North.
Bent, (1) «. A plain ; a common ; a

field ; a moor ; a common term in

early English poetrv.

(2) #. The declivity of a hill.

(3) t. A kind of grass, more
usually known as bents.

(4) 8. A chimney. North,

(5) s. Form; shape.

(6) adj. Ready.

Bents, *. pi. Different kinds of
hard, dry, coarse grasses, ree<is,
and rushes ; the grounds, or pas-
tures, on which they grow. Lif-
ferent writers apply the term to
the juncus bulbosus; the star-
wort; the arundo arenaria; the
alopecurus geniculatus ; and the
agrostis.

His spear a lent both stiflf and strong,
Aud well near of two inches long.

Drayton's Nymphidia, ii, 466.

Next to that is the musk-rose ; then tlie
strawberry leaves dying, with a most
excellent cordial smell ; then the flower
of the vines ; it is a little dust, likr the
dust of a hent. Lord Bacon's Essays.

June is drawn in a mantle of dark ^^ss
green ; upon his head, a garland of if »<«,
king-cups, and maideu-hair.

Peacham, p. 419.

Bknters, s. Debentures.
Bentles, s. Dry sandy pastures

near the sea covered chiefly with

bent-grass. East.
Benwyttre, «. The woodbine.

Pr.P.
Benzamyne, "1 ». Benzoin, a kind

benzwine, J of resin.
Beo, (1) V. (A-.S.) To be

(2) prep. By.
Beode, (1) V. To pray; to offer.

See Bede.

(2) *. A prayer.
Beoryng, s. (1) Burying; a fu-
neral.

(2) Birth ; ». e., child-bearing.
Beon, v. (A.-S.) To be.

And tellen we schulen of Ysay,

That us tolde trewely

A child ther is i-boren to us.

And a sone i-^iven us

Wlios nome schal i-uempned beon

Wonderful, as me may i-seon.

Fenion MS., Bi dleian library.

Beoth, prest. t. of beon. Bej
are ; is.

BEO

199

BER

Beouten, jjrcp. (A.-S.) Without.
Bepinch, v. To pinch all over.

Amongst the rest, was a good fellow devill,
feo cal'd in kinds, cause be did no evUl,
Knowne by the name of Robin (as we

heare)
And that bis eyes as broad as sawcers

were :
Wlio came anights, and would make

kiteliins cleane.
And in the bed bepinch a lazie queane.
Eoalands, Knaves of Spades, ^c, 1613.

Beqdarr£, «. B sharp. An old
musical term.

^^^ir, \ (1) «• Beer.

HERE, J ^ '

(2) s. A berry.

(3) t. A bier.

Kow frendschip, suld je fande
Of sir Pliilip jowre fere.

To bring ^ow out of band,
Or je be broght on here.

Minot's Poems, p. 24.

(4) part. p. Carried.

(5) 8. The space a person runs in
order to leap with impetus. North,

Berafrynde, ». A drinking term.

King Edward and the Shepherd,

Hartshome, p. 48.
Berand, part. a. (1) Rushing;

roaring.

(2) Bearing.
Berandyles, s. Thenameofadish

in ancient cookery.

For to make berandyles. Nym hennys,
and seth hem wylh god buf, aud wlian
hi ben sodyn, nym the hennyn, and do
awey the bonys, and bray smal yn a
mortar, and temper yt wyth the broth,
and selh yt tliorw a culdore, and cast
thereto powder of gyngevyr, and sugar,
and graynys of powmys-gernatys, and
boyle yt, and dresse yt in dysches ; and
cast above clowys, gylofres, and maces,
aud god powder; serve yt forth.

Warner, Antiq. Culin., p. 40.

Berascal, v. To abuse like a rascal.
Berate, v. To scold.
Berattle, v. To rattle.
Berayed, part. p. (1) Arrayed ;

dressed.

(2) Dirtied-
Brraixe, v. To wet with rain ; to

moisten.

Berber, s. The barberry.

Berbine, s. The verbena. Kent.

Bercel, T
BERSEEL, 8. (A.-N. bersoult.)
BERTEL, y A mark to shoot at.
BYSSELLE, j Prompt. Parv.

BERSELL, J

Bercelets, 8. pi. Hounds. See

Barslet.
Bercen, 8. The barton of a house.

Wiltsh.
Berche, adj. Made of iron.
Berd, s. a beard.
Berdash, s. a neck-cloth ?

I have prepared a treatise against ths
cravat and berdash, whicli I am told ia
not ill done. Guardian, Mo. 10.

Berde, 8. (1) Margin; brink.

Pr.P.

(2) A lady. See Bird.
Bere, (1) *. {A.-S.) A noise; a

roar ; a cry.

(2) V. (A.-S.) To make a noise.

(3) s. A pillow-case. See PilloW'
here.

(4) V. To bear; to carry.

(5) V. To bear ; to produce

(6) 8. A bear.

(7) ». To bear upon ; to accuse.
Bere-bag, s. One who bears a bag.
Berede, v. (A.-S.) To advise.
Bere-franke, s. a wooden cage

to keep a bear or boar in. Mo-
nastic Letters, p. 269.

Beren, v. To bear. See Bere.

Berent, v. To rent ; to tear.

Beretta, 8. A kind of hood worn
by priests. Hall, Satires, iv, 7.

Berfrey, 8. A moveable tower.

Berger, 8. {Fr.) A term in hair-
dressing.

A berger, is a little lock, plain, with a
puff turning up like the ancient fashion
used by shepherdesses.

Lady's Dictionary, 1694.

Bergeret, 8. (A.-N.) A sort of

song. Chaucer.
Bergh, *. A hill. Yorish.
Bergomask, «. A name for a rustic

dance, taken from Bergamasco,

BER

200

BER

the people of which were ri-
diculed for being more clownish
than any other people in Italy ;
they were on this account made
the types of all the Italiau buf-
foons.

Beuhegor, 8. Beer-aigre.

Berialles, s. Beryls.

Berie, *, A grove ; a shady place.

The cell a chappell Lad on tli' easterne side,
Upon the wester side a grove or herie.

Orl. Fur., xli, 57.

Beriel, «. (1) A burial.
(2) A tomb ; a grave.
Bering, s. The lap.

Al so he lay in slepe by nyght.
Him ihoughte a goshaukwith gret flygM
Steleth on his hcyng.
And yenith.and sprad abrod his wyngyn.
K. Alisaunder, 1. 484.

Bering-case, s. A portable casket.
Beringe-lepe, 8. A basket. Pr. P.
Berispe, v. To disturb.
Berke, v. To bark.
Berlin, s. The name of a kind of
coach in use at the beginning of
the eighteenth century, so called
from being first used in the Prus-
sian capital.
Beware of Latin anthors all !

Kor think your verses sterling,
Though with a golden pen you scrawl,
Ana scribble in a lerlin. ' Swift.

Berlina, ». A pillory. B. Jotison.
Berly, adj. Barry, an heraldic

term.
Berme, (1) V. {J.-S.) To foam.

(2) s. Foam ; froth.

(3) s. Yeast ; barm.
Bermen, s. Bar-men ; porters to

a kitchen.
Two dayes ther fastinde he yede,
That non for his werk wolde'him fede ;
The thridde day lierde he calle ;
"Bermen, bermen, hider forth alle !"
Mavelok, 1. 868.

Bermoothes, 8. The Bermudas.
Sfiakesp.

Bermudas, ». A cant term for
certain obscure and intricate
alleys in London, m which per.

sons lodged who had occasion to
live cheap or concealed; called
also the Streights. They are
supposed to have been the nar-
row passages north of the Strand,
near Covent-garden.

Meercraft. Engine, when did you see

My cousin Everhill? keeps he still your
quarter

In the Bermudas.

Eng. Yes, sir, he was writing

This morning very hard.

B. Joiis., Devil an Ass, il. 1.

Bermudas also denoted a species
of tobacco; probably brought
thence.

Wliere being furnished with tinder,
match, and a portion of decayed Bar-
moodAs, they smoake it most terribly,
Clitus's Whimz., p. 135.

Bern, (1) s. {A.-S. beom.) A man ;
a knight ; a noble.

(2) 8. (J..S.) A child.

(3) «. A barn.
Bernaclk, 8. A gag for a horse.
Berners, s. Men who stood with

relays in hunting ; the men who
fed the hounds.
Berowe,! ^

BERWE, J

Berowne, adj. Round about.
Berrier, 8. A thrasher. North.
Berry, (1) *. A gooseberry.
North.

(2) V. To thrash com. North,

(3) 8. A rabbit-burrow.

A manie schoUers went to steale conies,
and by the way they wam'd a novice
among them to make no noise for feare
of skarring the conies away. At last he
espying some, said aloud in Latiue:
" Ecce cuniculi multi ;" and with that
the conies ranne into their berries.
Wherewith his fellowes offended and
chyding him therefore, he said, " Who
(the devill) would have thought that
conies understood Latine."
Copley's Wits, Fits, and Fancies, 1614.

(4) «. A herd of conies.

(5) «. A flood.

Croscia d'dcque, a suddaine sliowre, a
storme, a tempesi, a blustring, a berry
or tlaw of many windes or siormes to-
getiier, bringing violent ghowres of
water. Florio.

BER

201

BBS

(6) s. A borough.
Berseel, 8. A mark to shoot at.

See Bercel.
Berselet, s. a kind of bow ?
Berst, (1) prest. t. of here.

Bearest.

(2) pret. t. of breke. Broke.

(3) «. {A..S.) Injury.

The levedi, sore adrad withalle,
Ladde Beves into the halle.
And of evericlie sonde.
That him com to houde,
A dide hire ete altlicrferst,
That slie ne dede him no berst;
And drinke ferst of the win,
That no poisoun was therin.

Bevea of Uamtoun, p. 75.

Bert, (1) v. To perspire. North.

(2) adj. Bright.
Beruffianise, v. To abuse like a

ruffian.
Berunge, s. a burial.
Berwe, s. a shadow. See Berowe.

berye, J ^ ^

Berwham, s. a horse-collar.
Pr.P.

Beryll, 8. Apparently some rope
belonging to a ship. Cocke Lovel-
ies Bote, p. 12.

Beryne.s. a child. MorteArthure.

Beryse, 8. Berries.

BERY5T,/>re«. t. oi here. Beareth.

BER5E, 8. A mount; a hill.

Bes, j»rc». t. of be.

Besage, s. {A.-N.) a bed carried
by horses, called besage horses.

Besaguy, a. {A.'N.) A two-edged
axe.

Besant, 8. A gold coin, so called
because first coined at Byzan-
tium. Its value seems to have
varied from ten to twenty sols.

Bescatter, v. To scatter over.

Beschade, v. To shadow.

Bescorned, adj. Despised.

Bescratche, v. To scratch.

Bescro, v. To beshrew.

Bescummer, T v. To scatter or-
BESGUMBEa, f dure.

Which workiiig strongly with
The conceit of the patient, would make

them bescummer
To th' height of a mighty purgation.

B. ^ n., Fair Maid of the Inn, iv.

A critic tliat all the world bescumbers
With satirical humours and lyi-ical num-
bers. Jons., Poetaster, act v.

Bese, v. To see; to behold; ^o

see to ; to take care.
Beseek, v. To beseech.
Beseeme, v. To seem ; to appear.
Besene, part. p. Clad ; adorned.
Besenys, s. Business.
Besbt, part. p. Placed; employed;

bestowed.
Beshake, v. To shake roughly.

The country fellow by the fist did take him,

And in plaiue rusticke manner did beshake

him. Rowlands, Knave of Spades, 1613.

Besharf, v. To make haste.
Var. dial.

Beshet, part. p. Shut up.

Beshine, v. To give light to.

Beshote, joar/. jo. Dirtied. Lane.

Beshradde, part. p. Cut into
shreds.

Beshrewe, v. (A.-S.) To curse.

BzsiDE, prep. By the side of.

Besidery, 8. A kind of baking-
pear. Kersey.

Besieged, part. p. An astrologi-
cal term applied to a planet when
between the bodies of two male-
volents.

Besien, v. To busy ; to trouble.

Besight, s. (A.-S.) Scandal ; of-
fence.

Besiship, *. Activity.

Besit, v. To suit; to become.
Spens.

Beskyfte, part. p. Thrust off;
shifted off.

Beslabber, "1 V. To slobber one-

BESLOBBER, J Self.

Beslomebed, part. p. Dirtied.
Piers PL

Beslurry, ». To smear; to de-
file. Drayton.

Besme, «. A besom. Pr. P.

BES

202

BET

Besmirch, v. To soil ; to daub ;

to smear. Shakesp.
Besmotered, part. p. Smudged.

But he ne was nought gay,
Of fustyau he wered a gepoun.
All bysmoterud, with his liaburgeonn.
Chaucer, C. 2'., 1. 76.

Beshudge, v. To soil or blacken

with dirt or soot.
Besmut, v. {A.-S. besmytan.) To

soil, or blacken with smut.
Besnow, v. {A.-S. besniwan.) To

scatter over like snow ; to whiten.
Beso, cow;. So be it. Maundevile.
BESorTE, pret. t. Besought.
Besognio, 8. {Ital.) A beggar.
Besore, v. To vex; to annoy.
Besort, (1) V. To suit ; to fit.

(2) *. Attendance; society.

Shakesp.
Besparage, v. To disparage.

Yet am 1 not against it, that these men
by tlieimiechanicall trades should come
to besparage gentlemen and chuff-headed
burgliomasters.

Nash's Pierce Pennilesse, 1592.

Bespaul, v. To daub with spittle.
Milton.

BespeIjT, part. p. Bewitched ; mis-
chievous, without being vicious.

Bespeken, v. To speak to ; to
address.

Besperpled, part. p. Sprinkled.

Be-spoke, joar/. J?. Bewitched.

Besprenged, "I j!?ar^. />. Besprin-

BE8PRENT, _| klcd.

And found the springing grass with blood
besprent. Fairfax's Tasso, p. 191.

Bespurt, v. To spurt; to cast

forth.
BEsaciTE, s. Biscuit.
Bessen, r. {A.-N. baisser.) To

stoop Leic.
Bessomb, v. {A.-S. besttnmman.)

To swim ; to sail.
Bessy, s. A female bedlamite. See

Bedlamite.
Best, ». {A.-N.) An animal; a

beast.
Bestab, v. To stab all over.

With all my heart I'le spend a crowne or

twaiue
To meete the rascall in my dish againe :
1 would bestab his skin like double cuts.

Rowlands, Knave oj Clubbs, 1611.

Bestad, s. (.<^.-5.) Circumstanced;
beset; provided.

Sum soujte thayre maystnrs, sum hit

thaym that day,
Sum ran here and there, like men that

were madde.
Sum were ryght hevyand harde bestadde,
Ryght besy'in thayre wittes away to eoo,
AUVas for the best, oure Lorde wold it,

shulde be so ! ilS. Bibl. Reg., 17 D, xv.

BESTARRED,^ar#. p. Covered with

stars.
Bestial, ». {A.-N.) Cattle.
Bestially, adv. Beastly.
Bestiate, v. To make like a beast.
Bestly, adv. Belonging to a

beast. Chaucer,

BeSTOE, T ti i-

, I ^ Reception.

BESTOW, J '^

They find as bad bestoe as is their portage
beggerly.

Warner's Albions England, 159ii

Bestow, v. (1) To lay up; to stow
away. East.

(2) To commit suicide. Line.

(3) To deliver a woman.
Bestract, \adj. Mad; dis

bestr AUGHT, J tractcd.
Bestud, v. To ornament with

studs.
Beswike, v. (A.-S. beswican.) To

betray ; to deceive ; to cheat.
Besy, adj. Busy.

Besyttyn. To set in order. Pr. P.
Bet, (1) adj. (A.-S.) Better.

(2) part. p. Beaten.

(3) part. p. Bettered ; improved.
\a) pret. t.ioT behet. Promised.
(5) Go bet, go along, an old
hunting cry, often used in a more
general sense.

Betake, ». {A.-S.) To give; to

intrust to. See Beteche.
Betalk, v. To tell ; to give an

account. Drayton.
Betars, s. a word used in the

accounts of the proctors of the

BET

203

BET

church of St. Giles, Oxford, for an
article used at the festival of that
saint, which has been a subject of
some discussion, and is supposed
to mean bitters, or bitter herbs
dried. In the earlier half of the
16th cent, there is a regular
charge in the parish accounts of
7d. for a pound of belars or bet-
ters. One of these items seems
to throw some light on the sub-
ject: "Comp. 1540. It. for a
pound of Judas betars Id." Ano-
ther item occurs occasionally, not
only in these accounts, but in
those of other churches, " for a
pound of betars for Judas light."
This item, coupled with others,
for " wax for the dedication day,
2Qd." — "for a pound of wax at
dedication day" — "for 4 pound
of wax at S. Gyles tyde 2s. 6d."
— " It. for gress (grease) at the
dedication day," &c., has led to
the supposition that the betars
were mixed with combustible
matter, to cause a smell in burn-
ing. See, however, Betyng-
candle.

Betattered, adj. Dressed in rag-
ged clothes.

Betaughte, pret. p. of beteche.
Gave to.

Betayne, s. {A,-N.) The berb
betony.

Betawder, v. To dress gaudily.

Go, get ye home, and trick and betawder
yourself up like a right city lady.

Mrs Bekn, City Heiress, 1628.

Bete, (1) ». {A.-S.) To amend ; to
heal ; to abate. " Bete my bale,"
bring me relief from my misfor-
tune.

(2) To light or kindle a fire ; to
administer fuel.

(3) {A.-S.) To prepare ; to make
ready.

(4) s. Help ; assistance. Skinner.

(5) V. {A.-S.) To beat.

(6) ». To walk up and down.

(7) part. p. Bit.

(8) «. A black-beetle. Devon.
Beteche, v. {A.-S. betecan.) To

give; to intrust to; to deliver
up.

Beteem, v. To bestow ; afford ; al-
low ; deign.

Yek could he not beteeme

The shape of any other bird than eagle for
to seeme. Golding's Chid Metamph.

And poore heart (were not wishing in
vaine) 1 could beteeme her a better
match, than tlius to see a diamond
buried in seacoale-ashes.

Case is alter'd, Dram. Dialogue, 1635.

Therefore the Cretan people much esteemed

him.
And cal'd him God on earth for his rare

wit;
Much honor he receiv'dwhich Witybeteem'd

him.
And in their populer judgements held it fit
To burne hira mirrhe and insence, lor they

deem'd him
Worthy alone amongst the Gods to sit.
Hey wood's Great Britaines TVoy, 1609.

Betel, s. A hammer.

Betelle, v. {A.-S.) To deceive;

to mislead.
Beten, part. p. Beaten ; worked ;

embroidered.
Betending, prep. Concerning;

relating to. Yorksh.
BKTU,pres. t, of ben. Be; are.
Bethe, 1 ,.
bethen, J •^*
Bethekys, prep. Betwixt.
Bethink, (1) p. (^.-&) To grudge.
Somerset.

(2) To recollect. North.
Bethral, v. To enthral.
Bethuixt, ^rq». Betwixt.
The prest taketh that ilke child

In his hondcn bythuixle.
And seith, Ich ne cristin thei naujt,
jef thou ert i-cristned.

William de Shoreham.

Bethwins, 8. The wild clematis.
Wight.

Betide, v. (A.-S.) To happen.

Betined, a<f;. Hedged about. Fer-
stegan.

Betle, arf;.Soft ; fitted for cultiva-
tion ; applied to land. North.

Both.

BET

204

BEV

HK, J

V. {A..N.) To be-

Betoatled, adj. Imbecile ; stupid.
Devon.

BTs.TOKv^,pret.t.pl. oiheteche. Gave.

Betossed, adj. Troubled.

Betouse, v. To drag about.

Betraitor, v. To call one traitor.

Betrappe, v. To entrap; to en-
snare.

Betrash,
betratse, .
bitraisshe, J

Betrax, s. a bretesche, or bat-
tlement. Pr. P.

Betrayne, ;jar/. t. Betrayed; de-
ceived.

Betraysshe, v. To go about the
streets of a town. Palsgrave.

B^TVLEv, part. p. Prevailed; con-
quered.

Betreiht, part. p. Sprinkled.

Betrim, v. To adorn ; to deck.

Betso, «. The smallest coin cur-
rent in Venice, worth about a
farthing.

And what must I give you ?
Sra. At a word thirty livres, I'll not
bate you a betso. Antiquary, 0. PI., x. 47.

Bett, v. To pare the turf with a
breast-plough. Herefordsh.

Bettaxb, s. a pickaxe. Devon.

Bette, a^/- (1) Good. Herefordsh.
(2) Better.

Bettee, s. An instrument used
by thieves to wrench doors open.

Bettelynges, s. Battlings ; bat-
tles. Latimer.

Better, adj. More. Var. dial.
" Shee has now gotten the better
way of him," i. e., beat him in
running.

Better-cheap, «. A better bar-
gain; cheaper.

Bettermost, superl. of better.
fFarw.

Betterness, «. Superior. North.

Betty-tit, s. The titmouse. Si^-
folk.

Betwan, s. An open wicker bot-
tle or strainer, put over the vent-
hole in brewing to px'event the

grains of malt passing through.

North.
Betwattled, adj. Confounded;

stupified ; troubled in mind.
Betwit, ». To taunt ; to upbraid.
Betwixen, prep. Between.
Betyng-candle, s. a candle

made of resin and pitch. Sharp's

Cov. Myst., p. 187.
Betynge, s. a rod, any instrument

of 1 unishment. Pr. P.
BEUFE.ad). Buff.
Bevel, (1) s. A sloped surface in

masonry.

(2) V. To cut an antle.

(3) s. {A.-N.) A violent push
or stroke. North.

(4) s. A kind of square used by
masons and carpenters. Cot-
grave.

Bever, (1) s. (A.-N.) An inter-
mediate refreshment between
breakfast and dinner; any re-
freshment taken between the re-
gular meals. See Beaver.

Appetitus. Your gallants never sup,
breakfast, nor bever without me.

Lingua, 0. PL, v. 148.
He is none of those same ordinary
eaters, that will devour three break-
fasts, and as many dinners, without any
prejudice to their bevers, drinkiugs, or
suppers. B. ^ Ft., Worn. Hater, i, 3.
(2) V. (perhaps from A.-S.
bifian.) To tremble ; to quiver.
North.

Beveraohe, 8. (A.-N.) Drink ;
liquor.

Bev£raoe,«. (A.-N.) (1) The same
as bever.

(2) Reward ; consequence. Rob.
Glouc.

(3) A composition of cider, wa-
ter, and spice. Devon. See
Beaverage.

Bever-ken, s. a cant term for a
drinking house.

Is the top of the shire.
Of the bever ken,
A man among men.

Wits Recreations, 1645.

Bevish, ». To fall headlong. North.

BEV

205

BEZ

Bevy, a, (A.-N.) A company;
a term properly applied to dif-
ferent sorts of game, as roebucks,
quails, and pheasants. An old
MS., perhaps out of compli-
ment, speaks of " a bevey of
ladies."

Bewaile, v. To cause, or compass.

As when a ship that flyes fayre under

sayle
All hidden rocke escaped hath nnwares,
That lay in waite her wrack for to bncaiU.
Sj>e)i3.,F. Q.,l,\i,l.

Bewaped, part, p. Astonished.

See Awhape.
Bewared, part. p. Expended.
Be WE, (1) ». To bow ; to obey.

(2) g. Drink ; liquor.
Bewed, v. To wed.
Beweld, "1 V. (A.-S.) To wield ;
BEwiELD, J to possess ; to govern,

or sway.

The whiche shnlde seme to be true, for
so much as tliis Eadwalyn was of lawful
age to bexelde his lande when his father
dyed. Fabian's Chronicle, p. 124.

Bewexded, ^ar/.^. Turned about.
Bewepe, v. To weep for; to

lament.
Bewes, s. Boughs.
Bewet, adj. Wet ; moist.
Bewete, s. Beauty.
Bewgle, s. a bull. HampnTi.
Bewhisper, v. To whisper.
Bewits, *. The leathers with which

the bells were fastened to the

legs of a hawk.
Bewiver, v. To bewilder. Devon.
Bewly, adj. Shining ; having a

lustre. Warw.
BEwosD,part.p. (A.-S.) Imposed

upon ; embarrassed.
Beword, v. (A.-S.) To become.

Wee mused all what would hereof hemord.
Tkynne's Debate, p. 61.

Bewrap, v. To wrap up.

Bewray, ^
bkwrey, (1) V. {A.-S.) To

bewrie, ^ betray; to (Usco-
BEWRiGHE, ver.

BKWRYE,

(2) V. To defile with ordure.

Bewreckt, part. p. Wrecked,
ruined.

Bewrought, part. p. Wrought ;
worked.

Bewtese, 8. Civilities; cere-
monies.

Bex, 8, The beak of a bird, Norf.

Bey, (1) 8. {A.-S.) An ornament
of the person. See Beigh.

(2) pret. t. Bowed.

The wolf bey adoun his brest,
And gon to siken harde and atronge.
Reliq. Antiq . ii, 376.

(3) *. An ox.

And as concemyng beys, all ffate beys,
excepte a very ffewe for the howse, be
sold, and mych of the stuf of howshold
is conveyd awey.

M'maatie Letters, p. 151.

(4) 8. A boy. Pr. Pare.
Beye, (1) V. To aby ; to atone for.

(2) V. To buy.

(3) adj. Both.

(4) «. A bee.

For the flyes that are abonte the water
of Egipte, and for the beyes in the
Asirians londe.

CoverdaWs Bible, Esay, ch. vii.

Beyetk, (1) V. To beget; pro-
create.
Ye sire, heo seide, be seint Katerin,
Yif halvendel the child were thyn.

Then miht ye gladnes seo.
Dame, he seide, how is that ?
Nis hit not myn that ich beyat ?
No, sire, i-wis, seith heu.

Kyng of Tars,\.im.
(2) 8. An obtaining; gaining;
accomplishment.
{i) part. p. Begotten.
Beyghed, part. p. Bowed.
Beyke, ». (1) To beck ; to warm.

(2) To stretch. Pr. P.
Beyn, adj. Pliant, flexible. Pr. P.
Beyne, adv. Quickly ; readily.
Beynesse, adj. Lively; quick.

Pr.P.
Beytk, s. (1) A sharper. North.

(2) A bait ; a snare.
Bez. Be; is.

Bezantler, 8. The second antlei
of a stag.

BEZ

206

BIB

Bezonian, "Is. (from Ital. be-
BESsoGNE, J sogno, or besognoso.)
A beggar. Shakesp.

What Bezonian is that?
Middletan's Blurt Master Constable.
Beat tlie bessognes that lie hid in the
carriages.
Brome, Gov. Gard. veeded, act r, so. 3.

Bezzle, \ P. {A.-N.) To drink to
BizLE, /excess.

'Sfoot, I wonder how the inside of a
tavern looks now. Oh! when shall I
bizU, bizle ? Honett Whore, part ii.

That divine part is soakt away in sinne,
In sensual lust, and midnight bezeluig.
Mariton, Scourge of V., Lib. ii, Sat. 7.

Bezzle, s. The slanting side of the
edge of an edged tool. Norf.
(2) g. A drunkard.
Oh me! what odds there seemeth 'twixt

their cheer
And the swoln bezzle at an alehouse fire.
Hall's Satires, v, 2.

Bezzled, adj. Turned, blunted, as
the edge of a tool. Suffolk.

Bi, s. (A.-S. by, bye.) A town or
village.

Balder bern was non in bi.
His name was hoten sir Gii.

Ch/ of H'ancike, p. 267.

BiACON-WEED, *. The plant goose-
foot. Dorset.

BiALACoiL, s. (A.-N.) Courteous
reception.

Bias, \ (1) adv. {Fr. biais.) In
BiAZ, J a sloping manner.

(2) s. A slope, "byas of an hose,
bias."

(3) s. Al garter.

BiAT, (1) *. {Fr. biaut.) A leather
strap over the shoulders, used by
miners to draw the produce to
the shaft.

(2) " A kind of British course
garment or jacket worne loose
over other apparrell." Cotgrave.

Bib, 1(1) V. {irom Lat. bibo.)
BiBBE, J To drink ; to tipple.

Tliere goeth a pretie jeast of a notable

, drunkard of Syracusa, whose manner

was, when he went into the taverue to

drinke, for to laye certaine egges in the
earth; and cover them withmouid: and
he would not rise, nor give over bib-
bing, till the whole war liatched.

Holland's Pliny, \, 299.

The muses bacely begge, otbibbe, or both.
Warner's Albions England, 15921

(2) 8. A fish, gadus barbatus.

(3) s. A child's pinafore.

(4) 8. A piece of cloth attached
to an apron to protect the upper
part of a dress.

Bibbed, adj. Drunk. Chaucer.
BiBBELER, 8. One who drinks
often.

I perceive you are no great bybler (i. e.,
reader of the bible), Pasiphilo.
Pas. Yes, sir, an excellent good bib-
beler, 'specially in a bottle.

Gascoigne's Works, sign. C, 1.

BiBBER, (1) ». A drinker.
(2) V. To tremble. Kent.

BiBBLE, V. (1) To drink ; to tipple.
(2) V. To eat like a duck, gather-
ing its food from water, and
taking up both together.

BiBBLE-BABBLE, s. Idle talk.

BiBERiDGE, 8. A forfeit or fee in
drinking.

He is a passionate lover of morning-
draughts, which he generally continues
till dinner-time; a rigid exacterofnum-
groats and collector-general of foys and
biberidge. He admires the prudence of
that apothegm, " lets drink first :" and
would rather sell 20 per cent, to loss
than make a dry bargain.

England's Jests, 1687.

Bible, s. Any great book. The
most remarkable superstition con-
nected with the Bible, is the
method of divination by Bible
and key, described in the Athe-
nian Oracle, i, 425, as follows:

A Bible having a kev fastened in the
middle, and being held between the two
forefingers of two persons, will turn
round after some words said : as, if one
desires to find out a thief, a certain
verse taken out of a psalm is to be re-
peated, and those who are suspected
nominated, and if they are guilty, tlM
book and key will turn, else not.

BIB

207

BID

It is still practised in Lancashire by

young women who want to learn

who will be their husbands.
BiBLER-CATCH.s. (A Corruption of

bilboquet.) The game of cup and

ball. Northampt.
BiBLE-CJ.ERKSHiP, *. An aucicnt

scholarship in the Universities,

for a student who was to read the

Bible at meal-times.
BiBLiN, *. A young bird nearly

fledged. Leicest.
BicACHE, V. {A.-S.) To deceive.

Pret. t. and part, p., bicaught,

deceived.
BiCANE, s. A poor kind of grape.
Bi-CAS, a</f. By chance.
BiCHARRiD,7;ar^/;. (^.-5.) Over-
turned ; deceived.
BicHAUNTE, V. To cnchant.
BicHE, s. A kind of fur, the skin

of the female deer.
BicHEij-BONES, s. Dicc. Chaucer,
BiCHE-soNE, s. Son of a bitch. A

term of reproach.
BicK, s. A wooden bottle or cask

to carry beer to the harvest fields.

Norf.
Bicker, (1) p. (^.-5.) To fight;

to quarrel.

(2) V. To clatter; to hasten.
North.

(3) 8. A short race. North.

(4) 8. A small wooden dish
made of staves and hoops hke a
tub. North.

(5) *. A beaker or tumbler glass.
BicKERMENT, 8. A Conflict.
BiCKORN, 8. An anvil with a

bickern, or beak -iron.

^iCL^vTfpart. p. Embraced.

BiCLipPE, T ». {A.-S.) To em-

BiCLUPPE, /brace.

BiCLOSE, ». To enclose.

BicoLLE, V. To blacken.

BicoRNED, adj. Double-horned.

Bid, "1 ». {A..S. biddan) (1) To

BiDDE, J invite. See iWis^MeM;,xxii,

9, "as many as ye shall find, bid

to the marriage." Still used in

the North, especially with re-
ference to an invitation to a
funeral, which is termed a bid-
ding. Two or four people, called
bidders, are sent about to invite
the friends, and distribute the
mourning.

(2) To pray. North. To bid the
beads, originally, to say pray-
ers ; afterwards, merely to count
the beads of the rosary; each
bead dropped passing for a
prayer.

(3) To entreat.

(4) adj. Both. Skinner.
Bid-ale, s. The invitation of

friends to drink at the house of
some poor man, in hope of a
charitable distribution for his re-
lief; sometimes with a view of
making a collection for a portion-
less bride.

BiDAWE, V. {A.-S.) To dawn.

BiDcocK, 8. The water-rail. Dray-
ton.

Biddable, adj. Obedient; trac-
table. North.

Bidder, s. A petitioner.

BiDDiEs-NiE, 8. A term of en-
dearment.

Jella, why frown'st thou? Say, sweet

biddies-nie.
Hast hurt thy foote with treading late

awry ? Duties, Scourge of Folly, 1611.

Bidding prayer, s. The prayer

for the souls of benefactors in

popish times.
Biddy, s. (1) A louse. North,

(2) A chicken.
Biddy-base, ». Prisoner's base.

Line.
Biddy's-eyes, «. The pansy. 5b-

merset.
Bide,». {A.-S bidan) (1) To dwell;

to abide.

(2) To wait ; to endure.

{3)FoTbidde. To require. North.
BiDELVE, V. {A.-S.) To bury.
Bidene, adv. Immediately. See

Bedene.

BID

208

BIG

BiDE-owE, V. To be punished, or

suffer punishment. Kennett. An

old Norfolk word.
Bidet, «. {Fr.) A small horse.
Bid-hook, s, A hook belonging to

a boat.
BiDowE, 8. (A.-N.) A weapon

carried by the side, supposed to

be a sort of lance.

A hidowe or a baselard
He berith be his side.

Piers Ploughmati, p. 540.

BiDRAVELEN, V. (A.-S.) To Slob-

ber ; to slaver.

Bid-stand, s. A highwayman.
Jonson.

BiE, (1) V. (A.-S.) To suffer; to
abide. See Abeye.
{2) prep. "With.
(3) s. A bracelet. See Beigh.

BiEL, s. Shelter. North.

BiELDE, V. To dwell; to inhabit.
See Belde.

BiENFAiT, s. (A.-N.) A benefit.

BiENVENU, s. (A.-N.) A welcome.

Bier, ». The Redeemer. See Ay-
enbier.

BiER-BALR, 8. Tlic church road
for burials, along which the
corpse was carried.

BiERD, s. A lady. See Bird.

BiERNE, 8. A man ; a noble. See
Bam.

BiEST, 8. A small protuberance,
especially on the stem of trees.
Suffolk.

BiFFEAD, 8. A blockhead. Leic.

Biffin, s. A sort of apple, pecu-
liar to Norfolk, sometimes called
beaufin ; but beefin is said to be
the true name, from its resem-
blance to a piece of raw beef.

Bjfolv, part. p. Folded.

BiFOLE, V. To make a fool of.

BiFOREN, />rc/>. (A.-S.) Before.

BiFORMED, adj. {Lai.) Double
formed.

Big, a) V. {A..S.) To build.

Neverthelesse some chronicles reporte
That Irelamall their capitayn had to name.
By whom it was so biggfd.

Hardyiu/'a Chronicle, f. xxx.

(2) V. To remain ; to continue.

(3) 8. A kind of barley.

(4) Big-and-big, very large, full
big. Somerset.

^''^^^^' L. (^.-5.) Birth.

BESETE, J ^ '

BiG-END, *. The greater part.
BiGERNYN. {A.-S.) To ensnare.
BiG-FRESH,a<(^". Very tipsy. North.
BiGGAYNE, s. A nun. Pakg.
BiGGE, (1) V. To buy. Weber.

(2) 8. A pap; a teat. E88ex.
Usually applied to a cow.

(3) «. A name for the hare. Reliq.
Antiq., i, 133.

BiGGEN, V. {\) To enlarge.

(2) V. To begin.

(3) V. To rise after an accouche-
ment. North.

(4) 8. A kind of close cap, which
bound the forehead strongly, used
for new-born children to assist
nature in closing the sutures of
the skull. Shakespeare seems to
use the word for any coarse kind
of night-cap. A biggen, or biggin,
appears to have been part of the
dress of barristers-at-law. Ken-
nett describes it as " a cap with
two long ears worn by young
children and girls."

Upon his head he wore a filthy course
biggin, and next it a garnish of night-
caps, with a sage butten cap of the
forme of a cowsheard, overspred verie
orderly. Naih, Pierce Penniless.

Ah sir (said he, turning towards tlie

fentleman) will you perswade me tlieii
could shew any kindnesse to this old
biggin' d ape ? Don't you see she has
notliing in her but what's capable to
strangle love and ingendtr hate ?

History of Francion, 1655.

Bigger, s. (A.-S.) A builder.

BiGHES, «. Jewels. East. " She is
all in her bighes to-day," i. e.,
best humour, best graces, &c.
See Beigh.

BIG

209

BIL

Bir,nT, ». (A.-S.) A bend, the
hend of the elbow ; a bend in a
river, &c. Anything folded or
doubled. Still used in Cheshire.

In the byit of tlie arme also
Anojyr liys that mot be undo.

Reliq. AiUiq. i. 190.

BiGiNG, *. A building.

jowre highiges sail men brenne,
And breke jowre wallas obout.

Minot's Poems, p. 23.

BiGiRDLB, s. A girdle worn round

the loins ; a purse.
BiGiRT, ad/. Girded.
BiGLY, adj. (1) Loudly; deeply;

boldly ; strongly.

A sweete youth, no doubt, for he hath
two roses on his shoes, to qualifie the
heat ot his feete ; he looketh very bigly,
and conuneth prauncing in.

T/ie Man in the Moon, 1609.

(2) adj. Agreeable; delightful.

BiGNiNG, s. Enlarging.

BiGOi.D,s. Chrysanthemum. Gerarrf.

BiGONNE, part. p. Gone; de-
parted.

BiGRADDE, pret. t. (A.-S.) La-
mented.

BiGRAVE, /;ar<. />. (1) Engraved.
(2) Buried.

BiGRYPE, V. To seize ; to include.

BiHALVE. V. (A.-S.) To divide into
two parts.

BiHEDDE, 1 ,

y part. p.

BIHEVEDED, J •* ^

BiHELVE, s. Behalf.

BiHEST, r. (A.-S.) To promise.
Bihight, promised.

BiHEWE, V. To hew to pieces.

BiHOTE, V. (A.-S.) To promise.

BiJEN, adv. Truly. Yorksh.

Bike, s. A nest, especially of wild
bees or wasps.

Bikeche, v. (A.-S.) To deceive.

BiKED,j»re^ /. Fought.

BiKENNEN, V. (A.-S.) To commit
to. See Bekenne.

BiKERE, (1) ». (^.-5'.) To skir-
mish ; to fight ; to quarrel.
(2) 8. A quarrel.

Beheaded.

BiKNOVTEN, V. (A.-S.) To know ;
to recognize ; to acknowledge.

BiL, s. A fish of the cod kind. Ash.

BiLAD, part. p. of bilede. Brought.

BiLANDER, s. A small ship, of
about eighty tons burthen.

BiLAPPED, part. p. Wrapped up ;
enveloped.

BiLASH, V. To flog.

BiLAVE, V. (for bileve.) To remain.

BiLAYE, V. To besiege.

Bilberries, s. The vaccinium
myrtilliLs, or vitis idma. In
Staffordshire, Derbyshire, Che-
shire, and most of the Northern
counties, they are called whortle-
berries; elsewhere hurtle-berries,
black-worts, and wind-berries;
but, in Cumberland, Westmore-
land, and Lancashire, they retain
the older name of blae- or blea-
berries, from the colour of their
berries, which are livid, or a
bluish black. Perhaps bil is a
mere corruption of blea.

Bilbo, s. A Spanish sword, so
named from Bilboa, where choice
swords were made. A swords-
man was sometimes termed a
bilbo-man.

Bilbocatch, s. a bilboquet. The
toy generally known as cup and
ball. East.
Bilboes, s. Stocks used at sea for
the purpose of punishing of-
fenders.
Bilcock, s. The water-rail. North.
Bild, s. (A.-S.) A building; a

house.
BiLDER, 8. (1) A long-handled
mallet for breaking clods. North.
(2) s. A builder.
BiLDERS, 8. A kind of water-
cresses.
Bile, «. (1) (^.-5.) AboiL

(2) Guile.
Bilede, v. To lead about.
BihEF, adv. Quickly ; suddenly.

BlLEIOHE, 1 , . „\ rp u 1

' yv. (A.-S.) Tobely.

BILIE. J '

BIL

210

BIL

BiLET, ». A willow plantation.

Shropsh.
Bii-EVE, V. {A.-S.) (1) To remain;

to stay.

I know what is the peyne of deth,

therbv,
Which liann I felt, for he ne migrhte

bylete. Chaucer. Cant. T., 1. 10,895.

(2) To leave ; to quit.

The smale addren, of whichewe spaake,
Weren bileved att a lake.

K. AUsaunder, 1. 5310.

Bilge, v. To indent. Somers.

BiLiBRE. 8. (Lat.) Two pounds.

BihiT), adj. Mad; distracted. Somers.

BiLiME, V. To deprive of liFnbs.

BiLiNG, s. The whole number.
Essex. See Boiling.

BiLiTHE, *. An image. Verstegan.

BiLivE, s. {A.-S.) Belief.

Bilk, (1) v. To cheat; to defraud.
(2) ». Nothing. An old cant term.

Bill, *. (1) (A.-N.) A pike or hal-
bert, formerly carried by the
English infantry, and afterwards
the usual weapon of watchmen.

(2) (A.-N.) A letter; a petition,
or paper of almost any kind,

(3) A promontory.
Billable, s. Liable to having a

bill preferred by law.

Billaments, s. Ornaments, espe-
cially of a woman's head or neck.

BiLLARD, s. A bastard capon. Suss.

BiLLEDE prei. t. Built.

And the day afore the kynge schulde
have comyne to the archebysshoppe, to
tlie seid manere of Moore, whiche the
saide archebisshoppe hade piirehasslied
and hyllede it ryghte comodiusly and
plesauntly, the kynge send a gentylnian
to the seide archebiFshoppe.

Warkvoorth's Chronicle.

Billet, s. (1) {Fr.) A piece of
wood chopped into the length con-
venient for firewood. In North-
amptonshire the term is applied
to cuttings of sallow for planting
osier beds.

(2) A stick, or cudgel.

(3) The game of tip-cat. Derbysh.

(4) A small bundle of half-
threshed corn. West.

(5) The coal-fish.
Billetings, «. The ordure of the

fox.

Billing, *. Working. Yorksh.

Billingsgate, s. A fish-market in
London, proverbial for the coarse
language of its frequenters ; so
that low abuse is often termed
talking Billingsgate.

Bill'tngs was formerly a gate, though
now rather partus than porta, being the
prime landing place and market for some
sea commodities. Now, although as
fashionable people live here as elsewhere
in the City, yet much rude folk repair
thither, so that one may term this the
Esculine gate of London, from the drosse
and dregs of the baser people flocking
hither. Here one may hear linguas
jurgatrices ; yea, shrewd «ords are some-
times improved into smart blows be-
tween them. I doubt not, but that
Rome, Venice, Paris, and all populous
cities, have their Billingsgate language,
in those places where rude people make
their rendezvous. Fuller's Worthies.

In short, if you would please a Russian
with musick, get a consort of Billings-
gate nightingales, which, joyn'd with a
flight of screech owls, a nest of jackdaws,
a pack of hungry wolves, seven hogs in
a windy day, and as many cats with
their corrivals, and let them sing La-
crymae, and that will ravish a pair of
Russian luggs better than all the musick
in Italy, light ayres in France, marches
iu England, or the gigs of Scotland.

Present Slate of Russia, 1671.

BiLLiNSGATRY,*. Coarsc language.

After a great deal of Billingsgatrg against
poets. Remarks upon Remarques, 1673.

BiLLMAN, s. (1) A man who cuts

faggots.

(2) A soldier armed with a hill.
Billy, s. (1) A bull. Wight.

(2) A bundle of wheat-straw.
Somerset.

(3) A brother, or young fellow ;
a term of endearment. North.

(4) Removal, or flying off; a term
used by boys at marbles.

BiLLY-BiTER, 8. Tlie black-cap.
North.

BIL

211

BIR

B tI,LY-FE ATHERPOKE, S. The long-

tailed tit. North.
BiLLY-wix, s. An owl. East.
BihOKE, part. p. Fastened; locked.
BiLOWE, V. (A.-S.) To bend ; to

bow.
BiLTER, *. The water-rail. North.
BiLYVE, s. (J.-S.) Food.
BiM-BOM, (1)«. The sound of bells.

(2) s. Cobwebs. Somerset.
BiMEBY, adv. By and by. Somerset,
BiMELDE, V. {A.-S.) To speak of

a thing.

Pame, God the forjelde,

Bote on that tliou me nout bimelde.

Wright's Jnecd. Lit., p. 3.

BiMENE, V. (A.-S. bemcman.) To
lament; to pity; to bemoan.
Part, p., himent, bemoaned.
Pret. t., biminde, mourned, la-
mented.

BiK. (1) Been.

(2) adv. Being, in the sense of
because. "Why dessunt stand
up ?" " Bin ez cant." Devon.

Bind, s. (1) Any indurated argilla-
ceous substance. A mining term.

(2) A certain number of eels;
according to Kennett, two hun-
dred and fifty.

(3) A hop-stalk. South,

(4) Anything that binds. East.

BiND-coRN, s. Buck-wheat.

BxND-DAYS, s. Days on which ten-
ants were bound to reap their
lord's corn at harvest-time.

Binding, s. (1) A hazel rod or
thorn, used for binding the hedge-
tops. North.
(2) The tiring of a hawk.

Binding-band, s, A girdle.

Ceinlure. A girdle, or binding -band .- a
girth. Nomendalor, 1585.

BiNDiNG-BEAN-TREE,«. The black-
thorn.

Binding-course,*. The top course
of hay before it is bound on the
cart with a rope. North.

Binding-day, \s. The se-

BINDING-TUESDAY, J cond Tues-
day after Easter.

BiND-WEED, s. The wild convol-
vulus.

Bine, \s. The stalk ofthehop-
BYNE, J plant. See Bind. In Cam-
bridgeshire, according to Cam-
den's Britannia, malt was called
bi/ne.

BiNETUEN, prep. Beneath.

BiNG, (1) V. To begin to turn sour,
said of milk. Chesh.

(2) adv. Away. Decker,

(3) V. To go. A cant term.

(4) *. A superior kind of lead.

(5) s. A bin.

BiNGE, V. To soak a vessel in water

to prevent its leaking. Line. Leic.

It is also used in the sense of to

soak, generally.
BiNGER, adj. Tipsy. Line.
BiNG-STEAD, s. The place where

ore is deposited in the furnace.

It was also termed bing-place,

and bing-hole.
BiNiME, V. {A,-S.) To take away.
BiNK, s. A bench. North. " The biuA

of a coal-pit," the subterraneous

vault in a mine.
BiNNE, adv. iA.-S.binnan.) Within.
BiNNicK, s. A minnow. Somers.
BiNSTEAD, s. A bay in a barn for

housing corn. Northampt.
BiPARTED, \adj. (Lat. biparti-
BiPARTiTED, J tv.s.) Parted in two.
Of Quintus Kamista his fat]ier's tliird son.
As if one tree bare two boughs, nouis be-
side;
So tliQii dost all things in two parts diviue.
If all thing else should biparlited be,
Wliat of thy fathers gooas would nonie 1o

thee? Owen's Epigrams, 1677.

BiQUAssHEN, V. {A.-S.) To crush
to pieces.

BiRAFTE, \pret. t, oibireve, Be-

BIRAUJTE, J reft.

BiRCHiNG-LANE. " To Send a per-
son to birching-lane" a proverbial
phrase for ordering him to be
whipped.

BIR

212

BIS

Bird, "j «. (^.-5.) A lady. Avery
BURD, y common word in early
BRiD, J English poetry.

Bird, (1) s. The pupil of the eye.
East.

(2) s. Any pet animal. Kent.

(3) s. Bread. Exmoor.
Bird-batting, s. A method of

catching birds at night with a

net and light.
Bird-bolt, *. (1) A short thick

arrow with a broad flat end, used

to kill birds without piercing.

(2) The burbot.
Bird-boy, s. A boy who drives

birds from the corn.
Bird-call, s. A small whistle used

to imitate the call of birds.
Birder, s. (1) A bird-catcher.

South.

(2) The wild cat.
Bird-eyed, adj. Near-sighted.
BiRDiNG, 8. Bird-catching.
Bird-knapping, «. Frightening

away birds from corn by noise.

Devon. It is termed bird-keepiiig

in Northamptonshire.
Bird's-eye, «.(l) Germanderspeed-

well.

(2) Some kind of cloth.

1665, May 14. To church, it being Wliit-
Sunday; my wife very fine in a new
yelliiw bird's-eye hood, as the fashion is
now. Pejiya' Diary.

Birds'-heat, 8. Haws. Somerset.
Birdsnies, 8. A term of endear-
ment.

Dont talk to a body so ; I cannot hold

out if vhou dost, my eyes will run over,

poor fool, poor birdsnies, poor lambkin !

Olicay, Soldier's Fortune, 1681.

Bird-tenting, «. "Watching the
birds to drive them away from
the corn.

BiRE, «. (A.-S.) A stall; a cow-
house.

BiREDi (1) ». (A.-S.) To counsel.
(2) part. p. Buried.

BiRELAY, 8. {A.-N.) A virelay.
Perhaps a mere clerical error.

BiREPE, V. To bind.

BiREVE, r. To bereave.

BiREWE, V. (A.-S.) To rue.

BiRFUL, adj. Roaring.

Birgaxd, \s. A sort of wild
birgander, J goose.

Birge, s. a bridge. Northampt.

Biriel, s. Burial; also, a grave.

BiRK, s. A birch-tree. North.

BiRL, 8. A rattling noise. North.

Birlady. By our Lady. North.

BiRLE, V. (1) {A.-S.) To pour out;
to draw wine.
(2) To powder; to spangle.

BiRLER,«. The master of the reveli
at a bidding-wedding in Cumber-
land, one of whose duties is to
superintend the refreshments.

Birlet, 8. {Fr. bourlet.) A band
for a lady's head.

BiRNY, s. {A.-S.) A cuirass, or coat
of mail.

Birr, s. {A.-S.) Force; impetus;
a rapid whirling motion. North.

BiRRET, *. A hood. Skinner.

BiRSE, *. A bristle. North.

BiRSEL, V. To roast, or to broiL
North.

BiRT, 8. A kind of turbot. " Byrte
fyshe, rhombus." Huloet.

Birth, s. A place ; a station.

BiRTHDOM, *. Birthright.

Birth-wort, s. The aristolochia.
The English and Greek names
have the same signification (the
latter from dpiara rale Xoxoigt
i. e., good for women in child-
birth).

Birtle, (1) adj. Brittle. East.
(2) *. A summer apple. Yorksh.

BiRYE, 8. {A.-S.) A city, or town.

Bis, s. (1) {A.-N.) A silk of fine
texture, generally described with
the epithet purple. " Purple and
bis " are sometimes mentioned
separately, but the former is then
probably used as the name of a
stuff.

Girt Winilsore Castle rounde. Anon I saw
Under a canapie of crymsou bysse.

BIS

213

BIS

Spangled with gold and set with silver beta,
f hat sweetlie chimed, and luld me halfe a-
leepe.

PeeU's Honor of the Garter, 1593.

(2) A black or dark grey colour.

BisAYE, "i ». (A.-S.) To see fit;
BYSEiGHE, J think fit.

BiscAN, s. A finger-glove. Devon.

BiscHEDE, V. To overflow.

BiscHET, //ar/. p. Shut up.

BiscHYNE, p. To shine upon.

BiscoRE, adv. Immediately.

BtscoT, s. (A.-S.) A fine imposed
on the owners of marsh lands for
not keeping them in repair.

BiscoTiN, s. (Fr.) A confection
made of flour, sugar, marmalade,
eggs, and other ingredients.

Bisc'jiT, s. A plain cake as distin-
guished from a richerone. Sussex.

BisE, V. {A.-S.) To look about.

BisEGGEN, V. (a.-S.) To reproach.

BisEKEN, "1 ». (^.-5.) To be-
BiSECHEN, / seech.

BisELET, s. A carpenter's tool.

BisEMEN, V. (A.-S.) To appear.

BisEN, adj. Blind. See Bisne.

BisENDE, V. {A.-S.) To send to.

BisETTEN, V. To place; to set.

BiSGEE, *. A short-handled mat-
tock, to serve for a pickaxe and
axe. West.

BisHREWE, V. (A.-S.) To curse.

BiSHETTE, V. To shut Up.

Bishop, (1) s. A kind of punch
made of roasted oranges, lemons,
and wine. The name is said to
have been derived from a custom
in old times of regaling bishops
with spiced wine, when they
visited the University. Its cha-
racter is given in the following
lines :

Three cups of this a prudent man may take ;
The ftrst of these for constitution's sake.
The second to the lass he loves the best,
The third and last to lull him to his rest.

(2) «. A popular name for a lady-
bird.

(3) r. To make artificial marks

on a horse's tooth, in order to
deceive buyers as to its age.

(4) V. To confirm. Bishopping,
confirmation.

Wanne tlie bisschop hisschopetk the,
Tokene of marke he set to the.

William de Shorehan.

(5) 8. A pinafore or bib. Warw.

(6) V. To water the balls, a term
among printers.

(7) s. " That firy round in a
burning candle called iht bishop."
Florio.

Bishop'd milk, 8. Milk that it
burned in the boiling, whence it
acquires a particular taste. In
Staffordshire it is called griev'd
or grew'd milk. In many parts,
especially in Shropshire and Che-
shire, when milk is burned, in-
stead of saying " it is bishop'd,"
the phrase is, " the bishop has
set his foot in it."

Blesse Cisley, good mistriss, that hxishop
doth ban.

For buining the milk of her cheese to the
pan. Tusser's Husbandry.

When a thinge speadeth not well, we
borowe speach and saye, The bysshope
hath blessed it, because that nothinge
speadeth well that they medyll withall.
if the podeche be burned to, or the
meate over rosted, we saye. The bysshope
hath put his fote in the potte, or The
bysshope playd the coke, because the
byshopes burn who thei lust and who-
soever displeaseth them.
TyndaU, Obedience of a Christen Man, 1535.

BiSHOP's-FINGER, 8. A guidc-pOSt.

BiSHOPSwoRT, s. (A.-S.) A plant,

a species of carutn.
BisiE, adj. {A.-S.) Busy.
BisiLKE, 8. Some kind of silk.

" Bisilke the groce conteyning

xii. dossen peces, x.«." Rates of

Custome House, 1545.
BisiTTEN, V. To beset.
Bisk, (1) s. A term at tennis, a

stroke allowed to the weaker

party to equalise the players.

Car. I am for you at tennis.

Prigg. I'll give'you a bisk at Longs for fen

pound. Shadwell, True WidMO, 1679.

BIS

214

BIT

-s. A biscuit. West.

(2) V. To erase.

This was at length complained off: and
he was forced to beg pardon upon his
knees at tlie council table, and send ihcra
[the books] back again to the king's
kitchen to be bisfd, as 1 think the word
is ; that is, to be rub'd over witU a.u inky
brush.

Calami/, Jccount of Ministers ejected.

(3) a. Broth made by mixing
several kinds of flesh.

BiSKY, "1
BISCAKE, /

BisMARE, \s. (A.-S. bismer.) In-
BiSMERE, J famy ; disgrace ; con-
tumely.
Of chidynge and of chalangjiige
Was his chief liflode,
With bakbitynge and bismere,
Andberyuge offals witnesse.

Piers PL, 1. 2649.

BisME, s. {A.-N.) An abyss ; a pit.

BiSNE, (l)s. {A.-S. bisen.) Ablind
person.
(2) s. {A.-S. bysn.) An example.

BisNEwiD, part. p. Covered with
snow.

BisxiNG, 8. Beestings.

BisoGNio. See Bezonian.

BisoKNE, «. Delay; sloth. Rob.
Glouc.

Bison, s. A bull.

BisPEKE, V. (I) To speak, to ac-
cuse.
(2) To counsel.

BisPKL, *. (1) {A.-S.) A term of
reproach. Cttmb.
(2) A natural child.

BispKREN, V. {A.-S.) To lock up.

BispRENGDE, ;oar/.j». Sprinkled.

Biss, s. {A..N.) A hind.

BiSHADEWE, V. To shadc over.

BissEN. Art not. West.

BissYN, '\v. To lull children to
BYSjYNE, J sleep. Prompt. P.

BiST. Thou art ; art thou ? West.

BisTANDE, V. {A.-S.) To stand
by or near.

BisTERE, V. To bestir.

BiSTOCKTE, «. A stock of provi-
sions laid by.

BisTRETE, ndj. Scattered.

BiswiNKEN, r. To labour hard.

BisYHED, s. {A.-S.) Business;
trouble.

Bit, {I) pres. t. Biddeth.

(2)*. The lower end of a poker.
It is also used as a verb, to put a
new end to a poker. West.
(3) *. The nick of time. North.

BiTAiSTE, pret. t. oibitake. Gave.

BiTAKE, V. {A.-S.) To give ; to
commit to.

Bitch, s. (1) A term of reproach,
given more especially to the
female companion of a vagrant.
The term " byche-clowte" is
applied to a worthless woman, in
the Cov. Myst., p. 218.
(2) A miner's tool for boring
North.

BiTCH-DACGHTER, s. The night*
mare. Yorksh.

Bite. (1) To bite the ear, was once
an expression of endearment.
Ben Jonson has biting the nose
in a similar sense. I'o bite the
thumb at a person, was an in-
sult; the thumb in this action
represented &Jig, and the whole
was equivalent to giving the
fico, a relic of an obscene gestture.

— Dags and pistols !
To bile his thumb at me !

— Wear I a sword
To see men bite their thumbs ?

Randolph, Muses' L. Glass, O. PI., il, 220.

'Tis no less disrespectful to bite the nail
of your thumb, by way of scorn and
disdain, and drawing your nail from
between your teeth, to "tell them you
value not this what tliev can do.

Rules of Civility, 1678.

(2) V. {A.-S.) To drink.

Was therinne no page so lite.
That everewolde ale bite.

Haveloi, 1731.

(3) s. The hold which the short
end of a lever has upon the thing
to be lifted.

(4) V. To smart.
'5) To cheat.

BIT

215

BLA.

k merchant hearing that great preacher,

Smith,
Preach against usury, that art of biting.
Loyal Garland, 1686

BiTEL, s. A large wooden hammer
used in splitting wood. Berks.

BiTHENKE, V. {A.-S.) To COH-

trive. Pret. t., bithought.
^'™''^' 1*. {A..N.) A bittern.

BITTOR, J ^ '

B [TRENT, adj. Twisted.

BiTT, s. An instrsment used in

l)lasting in mines. North.
BiTTE, (1) s. The steel part of

an axe.

(2) pret. t. of Udde. Bad.
BiTTERBUMP, s. The bittcm. Zflnc.
BiTTERMENT, *. Arbitremcnt. Hey-

wood, 1556.
Bitter-sweet, 1*. A sort of

BITTER-SWEETING, J apple.

For al suche tyme of love is lore.

And like unto the hitter-swete ;

I'or tliough it tliinke a man fyrst svrete.

He shal wel felen, at laste.

That it is sower, and maie not laste.

Gower. ed. 1554, f. 174.

Tliy wit is a very bitter-sweeting ; it is a
most sharp sauce. Shakesp., Bom., ii,4.

Wliat in displeasure gone 1

And left me such a bitter-sweet to gnaw

upon ? Fair Em., 1631.

Bitter-sweet,*. The wood night-
shade. Gerard.
BiTTERFUL,a(i)". Sorrowful. Chauc.
BiTTLiN, s. A milk-bowl.
Bitton, s. a bittern.

Stuck with ostrige, cranes, parrots,
bittons, cockes, and capons feathers.
Dial, between the Cap ^ the Hat, 1565.

BiTTRE, adv. (A.-S.) Bitterly.

BiTTYWELP, adv. Headlong. Bed^.

BivE, s. Atwinlaml). Twin lambs
are still called bive lambs on the
borders of Sussex and Kent.

BiWAKE, V. To watch; to guard.

BiWARE, V. To warn.

Biwente, pret. t. Turned about.

BiwEVE, ». (1) (A.-S.) To cover.
(2) To weave ; to work.

BtwiccHE, V. To bewitch.

Biwinne, v. (A.-S.) To win ; to

gain.
Biwite, ». (A.-S.) To know.
Biwope, part. p. Full of tears;

bewept.
Biworpe, v. (A -S.) To cast.
Biwreye, v. To betray.
BiYETE, V. To beget.
Bizon, s. a terra of reproach.

A'ortk.
Bizz, v. To buzz. North.
Bizzen-blind, adj. Purblind.

Northampt.
BijE, V. To buy.
Bi ETE, s. (A.-S.) Gain.
Bi-jUNDE, jorejB. Beyond.
Br.AA, s. Blue. Still used in

Yorkshire.
BLAANEDjfld/' Half-dried, ybr^s^.
Blaat, v. To bleat. Northampt.
Blab, «. An indiscreet chatterer.

Cacqueteur, habillard, haquenaudier,
bavard. Ablab, a longtongue: one that
tcUeth whatsoever he hcareth.

Nomenclator, 1585.

Til' Ayre's daughter Eccho, liaunting

woods among,
A blab that will not (cannot) keep her

tongue,
AVlio never asks, but onely answers all,
Who lets not any her iu vain to call.

l>u Bartas.

Blabber, v. (1) To talk idly.

(2) To loll out the tongue.

To mocke anybody by hlabboring out the
tongue is the part of waghalters and lewd
boyes, not of well mannered children.

Schoole of Good Manners, 1629.

(3) To whistle to a horse.
Blabber-lipped, ad,j. Having

thick lips. See Blobber and Blub.

Black, adj. Mischievous; malig-
nant ; unpropitious.

Black-almain, s. a kind of
dance.

Blackamoor, s. (1) A negro.

Tlie Moore soe pleas'd this new-made em-
press' eie,
That she consented to him secretive
For to abuse her husband's marriage bed :
And soe iu time, a blackanwre she bred.

Percy, Beliqiics,\,^'3Z.

BLA

216

BLA

(2) The bull-rush when in full

bloom. Wight.
Blackamoor's beahty, s. The

sweet scabious. Somerset.
Black and blue. The common

phrase for a bruise of the flesh.

But the miller's meu did so baste his
bones, and so soundly betliwack'd him,
that they made him both llaci and blue
with their strokes. Rabelais, i, 29i.

Black and whitk. Writing or
print.

Careful III let nothing passe without
good blaci and tchite.

Jacie Drum's Entertainment, a. 1.

Black-a-vized, ad;. Dark incom-
plexion. North.

Black-bass, ». A measure of coal
lying upon the flatstone. Shropsh.

Blackberries, «. Black-currants.
Cumb.

Blackberry-scmmer, «. Fine
weather experienced at the end
of September and beginning of
October, when the blackberries
ripen. Hamps.

Black-bess, s. a beetle. Shropsh.
In Berkshire, a black-bob; in
Yorkshire, a black-clock; and in
Cornwall, a black-worm.

Black-bitch, s. A gun. North.

Black-blegs,». Bramble-berries.
Yorksh.

Blackbowwowers, 8. Blackber-
ries. North. On Michaelraas-
day, the devil puts his foot on
the blackberries, according to
the general belief of the co'amon
people. In truth, after this day
they are seldom to be found
good.

Blackbrown, adj. Brunette.

Black-bug, a. A hobgoblin.

Black-buried, adj. In infernum
missus. Skinner.

Black-burnixg shame, and a
"burning shame," are everyday
expressions. Northampt.

Black cap. s. The loiiapyrrhula,
or bul&nch. Z,anc. InCumberlaud,

this name is given to the mota-
cilla salicaria, sedge bird, reed
fauvette, English mock-bird, or
lesser reed sparrow ; in Nor-
thamptonshire, to the greater
titmouse.

Black-cattle, s. Horned cattle,
including oxen, bulls, and cows.

Black-clock, s. The cockroach
(blatta orientalis).

Black-coat, s. A familiar term
for a clergyman, as a red-coat is
for a soldier.

Black-cross-day, *. St. Mark's
day, April 25.

Blackkyed-susan, s. a well pud-
ding, with plums in it. Susses.

Black-fastixg, «. Rigid fasting.
North. It is believed among the
peasantry in Northumberland to
be dangerous to meet a witch in
a morning " black-fasting."

Black feathers. Large black
feathers were fashionablein men's
hats about 1596.

But he doth seriously bethinke him whether
Of the gul'd people he bee more esteem'd,
For his long cloake or for his great tlackt
feather. Sir J. Davis, Epigr. 47.

Black-foot,s.(1) One who attends
on a courting expedition, to bribe
the servant, make friends with
the sister, or put any friend ofl
his guard. North.
(2) The name of a bird.

Melampus, Ovid. fuXoMirov;, nigripes.
Blackefoote.

Nomenclator, 1585.

Black-frost, s. Frost without
rime.

Black-grass,*. The fox-tail grass.

Black-guard, s. Originally a
jocular name given to the lowest
menials of the court, the carriers
of coals and wood, turnspits, and
labourers in tlie scullery, who all
followed the court in its pro-
gresses. Hence amse the modern
acceptation ot the word.

BLA

217

BLA

Her majesty, by some meanes I know-
not, was lodged at his liouse, Ewston,
farre unmeet for her highnes, but fitter
for the blacke gardt!.

, Lodge's Illuslralions, ii, 188 .
Will you know the companions of my
journey? I was alone anionge a coach-
full of women, and tliosc of the electors
dutchesse chamber forsooth, which you
would have said to have been of the
blacke guard. Morison's Itinerary.

Though some of them are inferior to
those of their own ranke, as the blacke
guard in a prince's court.

Burton, Anatomy of Mel.

Blackhead, s. A boil. West.

Black-headed-peggy, s. The
reed-bunting. Leic.

Blacking, s. A kind of pudding,
perhaps a blood-pudding, men-
tioned in the 17th cent, as made
in Derbyshire.

Black-jack, s. (1) A large lea-
ther can, used for beer.
There's a Dead-sea of drink i'th' cellar,
in which goodly vessels lie wreck'd ; and
in the middle of this delude, appear the
tops of flagons and black jacks, like
churches drowu'di' th' marshes.

Beaum.andP.,i,i'2ii.

Honour is a slippery thing, yet some
persons will come to great i)refernient :
as to reign sole King of tlie Pots and
Black- Jacks, Prince of Ihe Spigot, Count
Palatine of clean Straw and Provant, and
Lord High Regent of Rashers of the
Coals. Poor iJoJin, 1746,

(2) A small black caterpillar
which feeds on turnips.

(3) Sulphuret of zinc, as found
in the mines. Derbysh.

Black-jack, "Is. A kind of
BLACK-JERU- y greens. North-
SALEMs, J ampt.

Black-lad-mond.\y, «. Easter
Monday, so called from a custom
on that day at Ashton-under-
Lvne, termed riding the black
lad.

Blackmack, 8. A blackbird.

Black-ousel, «. A blackbird.

Black-men, a. Fictitious men,
enumerated in mustering an
army, or in demanding coin and
livery.

Black-monday, a. (1) Easter
Monday; so called from the se-
verity of that day, April 14, 1360,
when many of Edward Ill's sol-
diers, then before Paris, died of
the cold.

(2) The schoolboy's term for the
first Monday after the holidays.

Black-money, s. Money taken
by the servants, with their mas-
ter's knowledge, for abstaining
from enforcing coin and livery in
certain places, to the prejudice of
others.

Black-mouthed Presbyterian,
s. A man who condemns every-
thing and accuses everybody,
cutting ■ off the most innocent
indulgence, as Presbyterians are
supposed to have done. North.

Black-neb, a. The carrion-crow.

Black ox. The black ox haa trod
on his foot, a proverbial phrase,
meaning worn with age, and
sometimes with care.

She was a pretie wench, when Juno
was a young wife, now crowes foote ig
on her eye, and the black oxe hath trod
on her foot. Lyly, Sappho Sr Ph., iv, 1.

The blacke oxe had not trod on his or
her foote. Heyie. on Totenham.

Black-poles, a. Poles in a copse
which have remained after one or
two falls of underwood. Heref.

Black-pot, a. Blackpudding. So-
merset.

Blacks, a. Mourning.

Black's your eye. They shall
not say black is your eye — that
is, they shall not find any accu-
sation against you. Wanley, Vox
Dei, 1658, p. 85, speaking of St.
Paul's having said " that he was,
touching the righteousnesse
which is in the law, blamelesse,"
observes upon it, " No man
could say (as the proverb hath
it) black was hia eye."

ELA

218

BLA

I can gay llaclc's your eye, thongh it be

grey;
1 have conniv'd at this your friend, and

you. B. and Fl., Love's Cure, iii, 1.

He is the very justice o' peace of the
play, and ran commit whom he wili,
and what he will, error, absurdity, as
the toy takes him, and no man say
black is his eye, but lau^h at him.

B. Jons., Staple of Netcs, 1st intenn.

Black-sanctus, s. a burlesque
hymn performed with discordant
and strange noises ; any extreme
or horrible din.

Thither wee came, whereat the entrie
wee heare a confused noise (like a
blade sanctus, or a house haunted with
spirits), such hollowing, shouting,
danncing, and clinking uf pots, that
sure now wee suppos'd wee had found,
for all this revelling could not be with-
out Mounsieur Mony had beene on of
tlie crew.

Rowley, Search for Money, 1609.

And upon this there was a generall
mourning through all Rome : the cardi-
nals wept, the abbots howled, the monks
rored, the fryers cried, the nuns puled,
the curtizans lamented, the bels rang,
and the tapers were lighted, that such
a blacke sanctus was not seeue a long
time afore in Rome.

Tarlton, News out ofPurg., 1630.

Blacksap, s. The jaundice in an
advanced stage. East.

Black-saturday, «.,(!) The first
Saturday after the old Twelfth
day, when a fair is annually
held at Skipton. Yorksh.
(2) In Northamptonshire, when
a labourer has anticipated his
wages, and has none to receive
at the end of the week, they call
it a black Saturday.

Black-sculls, s. Soldiers with
skullcaps on their heads.

Black-shoes, s. Shoe-blacks, or
men who formerly attended in
the streets for the purpose of
blacking the shoes or boots of
any passengers who required it.
This was a common practice in
London at the commencement
of the present century.

Black-spice, s. Blackberries.

Yorksh.
Black-suxday,s. Passion Sunday.
Blackthorn, s. The slge tree.

Spinus A blacke thome tree: a sloe
tree: a snag tree. Nonienclator,\oiio

Blackthorn-chats, s. The young
shoots of blackthorn, when they
have been cut down to the root.

Blackthorn-winter, s. Cold
weather experienced at the end
of April and beginning of May,
when the blackthorn is in blos-
som.

Black-tin, s. Tin ore ready for
smelting.

Black-wad, s. Manganese in its
natural state. Derbysh.

Black-water, ». Phlegm or black
bile on the stomach, a disease in
sheep. Yorksh.

Black-witch, s. A maleficent
witch.

According to the vulgar conceit, dis-
tinction is usually made between the
white and the black tcilch; the good
and the bad witch. The bad witch they
are wont to call him or her that workes
malefice or mischiefe to the bodies of
men or beasts; the good witch they
count him or her that helps to reveale,
prevent, or remove the same. Gaule.

Black worm, s. The black beetle.

Comw.
Blacksaunt, 8. (corrupted from

black sanctus.) Any confused or

hideous noise.
Bladder-headed, adj. Stupid.
Bladders, s. (1) (J.-S. blcedra.)

Little rising blisters of the skin.

(2) The air bubbles in bread. "

Petite vescie du pain. A bladder or
little swelling bump rising in the crust of
a lofe of bread. Nomenclator, 1585.

(3) The kernels of wheat affected
Lj the smut. East.

Blade, (1) v. To trim plants or
hedges. Shropsh. It is an old
word, for it occurs in the Prompt.
Parv., " bladyne herbys, or taike
away the bladys, detirso."

BLA

219

BLA

(2) g. A brisk, mettlesome, sharp,
keen, and active young man.

Id 1667, Samuel Currett, son to Donald,
a villan bclowe the biirne, buried 25th
of May, niv godson i^and a stout blade)
yet died, Samuel Kobinson being then
minister.

Feltham'i Tour to the I. of Man.

And as he came to Nottingham,

A tinker he did meet.
And seeinsr him a lusty blade.

He did him kiiidlv greet.

Robm Hood, ii, 39.

(3) V. To blade it, to play the
blade, to go about vauntingly.

Bladed-leek, s. a kind of leek.
Petit porreau, porrette, civette. Tlie
unset leeke : maiden leekes : bladed
ieekes. Nomenclator, 1585.

Blades, *. (1) The principal raft-
ers of a roof.

(2) The shafts of a cart. South.

(3) '^Blades or yarne wyndles,
an instrumente of huswyfery,
girgillus." Huloet.

Bladesmith, s. A maker of
swords.

Bladge, «. A low woman. Line.

Bladier, 8. An engrosser of corn,

Blae-berry, s. The bilberry.
North.

Bl^ec, s. (A.-S.) The grease taken
otf the cart-wheels or ends of
the axle-tree, kept till dry, and
then made in balls, with which
the tailors rub and blacken their
thread. Given by Kennett as a
Yorkshire word.

Blaffoorde. a person with any
defect in his speech. Pr. P.

Blain, (l)r. {A.-N.) To blanch;
to whiten. North.
(2) «. (A.-S.) A boil ; an erup-
tion. " Blayne or whealke. Pa-
pula." Huloet.

Blake, (1) adj. {A.-S.) Bleak;
cold ; naked. North.

(2 ) V. To cry till out of breath,
or burst with laughter ; to faint ;
to turn black in the face. Devon.

(3) adj. {A..S.) Yellow.

(4) V. {A.-S.) To bleach; to

fade. To make his brows blaie,
or turn pale, was a common po-
etical phrase, equivalent to, to
vanquish him.
And as he neghet hi a noke,
The king sturenly him stroke.
That bothe liis brees con blaie;
His maistry he mekes

Robson's Metr. Bom., p. 64.

Blaked, adj. Blackened. Chaucer.
Blakeling, s. The yellow bunt-
ing. North.
Blakes, s. Cow-dung dried for

fuel.
Blakne, v. (A.-S.) To turn black in

the face ; to grow angry.
Blame, adj. Blameworthy. The
phrase " too blame " occurs not
unfrequently in the old drama-
tists.

— Y' are too blame.

And, Besse, you make me angry

The girle was much too blame.

T. Heywood, Engl. 2'rav., sign. G.
I were too blanu if I should not tell
thee anie thing.

Menechmtis, 0. PL, i, 152.
Blamefluh. {A.-N.) White-lead.
^\.K^,pret. t. {A.-S.) Ceased.
Blanc, T (in the fern. g. blanche
BLAtiNC, J and blaunche,) adj.
{A.-N.) White. It is used in
several terms and phrases, of
which the following are the
principal :
Blanche brewet, s. A sort of
pottage.

yor to make blanche brewet de Alyngyn.
Mym kedys and chekenys, and hew
hem in morsellys, and setli hem in al-
mand mylk, or "in kyne mylke. Grynd
gyngyver, galingale, and cast thereto;
and boyle it, and serve it fortbe.

Warner's Antiq. Culin., p. 39.

Blanc de sore, ~] *. A dish
BLANK DESSORRE, ( in cookery,
BLANK DESIRE V-for making
BLANK DE suRY, | which the

BLAUNDESORE, J following is

one of the receipts :

Blank dcssorre. Take aimandes blanched,
grynde liem, and temper hem up with
whyte wyne, or fleissn day with broth,
and cast thereinne floer of rys, other

BLA

220

BLA.

araydDun; and lye it therewith. Take
brawn of capons y-ground ; take sugar
and salt, and cast thereto, and flurish
it Mrith aneys whyte. Take a vessel y-
holes, and put in safron, and sene it
forth. Forme of Cury, p. 10.

Blanche-fevere, *. *' The agues
wherwith maidens that have the
greene-sicknesse are troubled."
Cotgrave.

Blanc-mange, "1 «. A dish in
BLANCMANGER, J cookery.

Blank-mang. Take capons, and seeth
hem, thenne take hem up. Take al-
niandes blanched, grynd hem, and alay
hem up with the same broth. Cast the
mylk in a pot ; waisshe rys, and do
thereto, and lat it seeth. Thanue take
brawn of capouns, teere it smalle and
do thereto. Take white greece, sugar,
and salt, and cast thereinne. Lat it
seeth. Then messe it forth, and florish
it with aneys in confyt, rede other
whyte, and with almandes fryed in
oyle, and serve it forth.

Forme of Cury, p. 10.

Blanc-plumb, s. White-lead.

Blanche-porr^, s. a dish in
cookery.

Blaunche porrS. Take the qwyte of
lekes, and parboyle horn, and hew horn
smalle; and take onyons, and mynse
hom therewith, and clo hom in a pot,
and put thereto gode broth, and let hit
boyle, and do therto smale briddes, and
seth hom therewvth, and colour hit
wyth saffron, anJ do therto pouder
marchant, and serve hit forth.

Warner, Antiq. Culin., p. 51.

Blanch, (1) «. Ore when inti-
mately mixed with other mate-
rials.

(2) V. To whiten; to change
colour.

(3) V. To peel anything.

(4) V. To shift off; to evade.
Blancher, s. Anything set round

a wood to keep the deer in it.

Men were sometimes employed

for this purpose.
Blanch-farm, «. An annual rent

paid to the lord of the manor.

Yorksh.
Blandament, "I «. Blandishment;
blandymente, j flattery.
Blande, (1) adj. Blended ; mixed.

(2) V. To flatter.
Blandise, v. {A.-N.) To flatter.
Blandrell, "Is. (Fr. blan-

blaunderelle, J rfwreau.) A

kind of apple.
Blank, s. {Fr.) (1) The white

mark in the centre of a butt, at

which the arrow was aimed;

the mark, the aim, a term in

gunnery.

(2) A small coin, struck by
Henry V in France, worth about
four pence.

(3) The name of a game at dice.
Blanker, s. (1) A spark of fire.

West.

(2) A white garment.
Blankkt-pudding, *. A long
round pudding, with jam spread
over the paste, and then rolled
up. Sussex.

Blankett, 1 A kind of bird.
blonkett, J

Blank-matins, s. Matins sung
over night.

Blankness, s. Paleness.

Blanks-and-prizes,». Beans and
boiled bacon chopped up and
mixed together, the beans being
considered blank, and the meat
the prize. Shropsh.

Blank-shbry, «. See Blanc-de-
sort.

Blanpeyn, «. (A.-N.) Oxford
white-loaves.

Blanscue, 8. A misfortune; an
unexpected accident. Somerset.

Blare, v. (1) To put out the
tongue. Yorksh.

A mocke with the tong, by putting it
out; a blaring as a dog doth that is
thirstie and dry. Nomenclator, 1585.

(2) To roar ; to bellow ; to bleat ;
to cry. Var. dial. The following
has been given us as a genuine
sample of Norfolk dialect : " Lor
mor dont s'n blarin o' that ne ;"
which means, literally, "There,
girl, do not stand crying in that
way."

BLA

221

BLE

(3) To talk loud. Sttssex.
Blart, v. To bleat. Norlhamp.

aud Z^ic.
Blase, v. To blazon arms. See

Blaze.
Blash, (1) V. To splash; to paint.

North.

(2) «. Nonsense; rubbish. Line.

Weak liquor is popularly called

blashment, and is said to be

blashy.
Blashy, adj. (1) Thin, poor, spo-

i<en of liquor. Norlhamp.

(2) Wet and windy.
Blasour, s. a flatterer.
Blass, s. The motion of the

stars.
Blassen, v. To illumine.
Blast, (1) v. (J.-S.) To boast.

(2) V. To miss fire. Devon.

(3) V. To raise the eyes in
astonishment. Devon.

(4) s. An inflammation or wound,
attributed often to the action of
witchcraft. Somerset.

(5) s. The blight. Sussex,
Blasted, adj. Beaten down by the

wind, applied to hay. North.
BLASTETi, part. p. Blown.
Blastment, *. A sudden stroke of

infection.
Blast, v. To blazon; set forth.

Sielton.
BLATAy:T, adj. (Lat.) (1) Bellowing.

A word perpetuated by Spenser

in his term of the " blatant beast."

(2) Prattling.
Blatch, v. To smear or dirty.

Glouc.
Blate, (1) 17. To bellow. North,

(2) adj. Bashful ; timid. North.

(3) adj. Cold ; bleak.
Blatbroon, s. A babbler.
Blather, v. To talk nonsense; to

talk up.
Tlicre's nothing gain'd by being witty ; fame
Gathers but wind to blather up a name.

Beaumont and Fletcher, i, li.

Blatter, s. A puddle. North.
Blaun, adj. {A.-N.) White.

Blaunch, 8. A blain ; a patch of

large pustules blended in one.
Blaunchette, «. {A.-N.) Fine

wheaten flour.
Blaunchmer, s. (A.-N.) a kind

of fur. Syr Degore, 701.
Blaunch-pebreye,*. SeeB/flMcAe-

porr^.
BLAUNDEsoRE,s.Seefi/anc-<?e-*or/.
Blauner, s. a kind of fur, perhaps

the same as blaunchmer.
Blautch, s. a great noise. North.
Blauthy, adj. Bloated. East.
Blaver, (1) V. To prattle ; to prate.

Paston Lett., iv, 22.

(2) 8. The corn blue-bottle.

North.
Blaw, v. To cry loud. Sussex.
Blawe, v. (1) To blow.

(2) To put to the horn, or ex-

eomraunicate.

And nevertlieles in him was more cause
of cursing than in sum that to-day are
blatcun iu the kirk.

Apology for the Lollards, p. 24.

Blawing, s. a swelling. North.
Blawnyng, s. White-lead.
Blawort, s. The corn blue-bottle.
Blawze, s. a blossom. Yorksh.
Blay, (1) 8. A blaze. Essex.

(2) V. To bleat.
Blaze, (1) s. A yule-log.

(2) V. To spear salmon. North.

(3) s. A pimple. Yorkah.

(4) V. To blazon.

I beare the badge within my brest,
Wlierin are blazde your colours brave.
Turbenille, Eplg. and Sonnettes, 1569.

Blazed, (1) adj. A term applied

to a horse when it has a white

mark.

(2) To a tree when marked for

sale.
Blea, (1) adj. (A.-S.) Yellow.

North.

(2) High ; exposed, in situation.
Norlhamp.

(3) s. The part of the sub-stem
of a tree between the bark and
the hard wood.

BLE

222

BLE

Bleachy, adj. Brackish. Somerset.
Blead, s. Fruit. Verslegan.
Bleak, (1) v. To bleach.

(2) adj. {A.-S. bl(BC.) Pale with
cold; pallid, sickly.

Palle, et blesme. A bleake, pale, or
somewliat yellowish colour.

Nomenclator, 1585.

(3) adj. Sheepish. East.
Bleart, v. To scold ; to make a

noise.

Blease, 8. (^A.-S. blase.) A blaze.
Northamp.

Bleat, adj. Cold ; bleak. Kent.

Bleater, s. a cant term for mut-
ton.

Bleather, s. a bladder. North.

Bleaut, *] 8. 'A.-N. hleaus, bli-
BLiAUT, I flMT.) A kind of robe
BLiHAUT, I which fitted close to
BLiHAUD,J the body. The editors
of early English poetry have
commonly turned the u into an
n, and printed bliant instead of
bliaut, and it has even been cor-
rupted into bleaunt.

Bleb, (1) s. A drop of water; a
bubble. North.

(2) V. To drink. North.

(3) *. A blister.

Blech, s. Bleach; water in which

hides have been tanned.
Bleche, adj. {A.-N.) White. See

Bleak.
Blecken, v. To make black.
Bledoer, (1) s. A blister.

How may that be? wo dar theroppe steije,
For doujte of fotes bleddre.

William de Shoreham.

(2) V. To cry. North.
Blede, s. Blood.
Bleden, v. {A..S.) To bleed.
Bledewort, «. The wild poppy.
Blee, s. {A.-S. bleo) (1) Colour;

complexion. " Bright of blee" is

not an uncommon epithet of a

lady.

(2) In a secondary sense, counte>

nance, feature.

Bleech, s. The bleaching-ground.
East.

Bleed, ». To yield abundantly.
Corn is said to bleed well when
it is productive on being thrashed.

Bleeding-boist, s. a cupping-
glass.

Bleeding-heart, s. The wall-
flower. West.

Bleep, 'Ipret.t.oibileven. Re-

BLEFEDE, ^^^incd.
BLEFT, J

Bleff, adj. Turbulent ; noisy. East.
Bleffin, *. A block or wedge.

Lane.
Bleike, v. (A.-S.) To turn pale.
Bleine, s. (A.-S.) A pustule.
Bleit, "1 ,. Bashful. North.

BLATE, J •^

Bt,TE,KE,(\)adj. Black. Prompt. P.
Blely, adv. Blithely.
Bleme, adj. Powerful. Morte Arth.
Blemish, f. A hunting term, when

the hounds, finding where the

chase has been, offer to enter,

but return.
Blemmere, s. a plumber.
Blemmle,». To mix anything with

a fluid, as flour with water, by

moving. North.
Blench, (1) v. (A.-S.) To start, or

fly off; to draw back.

(2) s. A start or deviation.

(3) 8. A glimpse. Wartu.

(4)». To wink, to glance. Shakesp.

(5) V. To impeach; to beti-ay.
Staff.

(6) s. A fault. North.
Blencher, s. Anything that fright-
ens, or causes to start.

Blencorn, s. Wheat mixed with

rye. Yorksh.
Blend, v. To pollute or confound.

And all these storms that now his beauty

blend,
Shall turn to calms, and timely clear away,
Spenser, Sonn., 63.

Blende, (1) v. (A.-S.) To blind.

(2) adj. Blind.
Blendigo, adj. Cloudy.

BLE

223

BLI

Blendings, s. Peas and beans

mixed together.
Blend-water, s. An inflammatory

disease to which blacl£ cattle are

liable. North.
Blene, v. {A.-S.) To blister.

(2) To arise, to bubble up.
Blenge, v. To hinder. Tusser.
Bi.EXKARD, *. A person near-

sighted, or almost blind. North.
Blenker, s. a fighting-cock with

only one eye.
Blenke, ». (1) To glance at; to

wink.

(2) To appear; to shine.

(3) To wince.

Blenkee, w. Mingere perparce.

Bi.EXKS, s. Ashes. West.

Blens, s. a fish, the gad%is bar-
batus.

Blenschen, v. To darken ; to ble-
mish.

Blent. The ■pret. t. and part. p. of
blend, blende, and blenke.

Bleren, v. {A.-S.) To blear; to
make a person's sight dim. To
" blere one's eye," to impose upon
a person.

Bleschen, ». To extinguish a fire.
Prompt. P.

Blese, *. A blaze. Prompt. P.

Bless, v.{\) To wave or brandish
a sword. Spenser.
(2) {Fr.) To wound,

Blessing-the-fire-out. An ope-
ration performed generally, I be-
lieve always, by a female. She
wets her forefinger with spittle,
and moves it in a circular slow
manner over and round the part
that may have been burnt or
scalded, at the same time mutter-
ing inaudibly a suitable incanta-
tion or blessing, in the mysteries
of which I am not initiated. This
I have often seen done, and have,
indeed, not unfreqnently experi-
enced the benefits, be they what
thev mav, of the process. Moors
Suffolk MS.

Blessedlocurre, adj. Blessedly.
Blessing-fires, s. Midsummer
Fires. West.

Neddy, that was wont to make
Such great feasting at the WEke,
AjLid the blessing fire.
Browne's Shepherd's Pipe, 1772.

Blessing-witch, s. The white or

good witch.
Bletch, ». Black, greasy matter ;

the grease of wheel-axles. Staff.
Bletheliche, ad». Blithely; free-
ly; joyfully.
Blether, s. A bladder.
Blether-head, s. A blockhead.

Leic.
Bletinge, adj. (A.-S.) Flaming.
Bleve, 1 V. To stay ; to remain.

blewe, J See Bileve,
Blew-blow, s. The corn-flower.

Gerard.
Blewing, *. Blue paint.
Blewit, s. a kind of fungus. North.
Blexter, *. A person who blacks.
Bleye, adj. Blue.
Bleyme, s. An inflammation in the

foot of a horse.
Bl-eynasse, s. Blindness.
Bleyster, s. a bleacher.
Bliake, s. a bar of wood with

holes to take the soles of a hurdle

while being wreathed. Bars.
Blice, s. Lice. North.
Blickent, adj. Bright; shining.

West.
Blids, s. Wretches. Devon.
Bligh, adj. Lonely ; dull. Kent.
Blighted, adj. Stifled. " Blighted

with the heat." Oxfd.
Bliken, v. (1) (A.-S.) To quiver.

(2) (A.-S.) To shine.
Blim, v. To gladden. Prompt. P.
Blinch, v. (1) To keep off.

(2) To catch a sight of a thing

or person. Comw.
Blind, (1) adj. Obscure.

(2) Abortive, applied to flowers
and herbs. Var. dial.

(3) s. A fence for skouts and
sentinels, made of bundles of

BLI

224

BLO

reeds, canes, or osiers, to hide
them from iBeing seen by the
enemy; an old military term.

Blind-is-the-cat, g. An old
Christmas game, perhaps blind-
man's buff.

Blino-alebouse, s.

la the fidler at band that us'd to ply at the
blind-alehouse ?

Elherege, Comical Eetenge, 1669.

Blind-ball, s. A fungus.

Blind-bucky-davy, «. Blind-
man's buff. Somerset and Glouc.

Blind-buzzard, «. A cockchafer.

Blind-days, s. The first three days
of March, which were formerly
considered as unlucky, and upon
which no farmer would sow any
seed. Devon.

Blind-eyes, «. The corn-poppy.
Northampt.

Blind-hob, s. Blind-man's buff.

Dlind-hooky, ». A game at cards.

Blind-man's-buff, ». (1) A well-
known children's game.
(2) A kind of puff-ball.

Blind-man's-holyday, ». Twi-
light.

Blind-mares,*. Nonsense. Dccon.

Blind-nettlk, s. Wild hemp.
Devon.

Blind-sim, «. BUnd-man's buff.
East.

Blind-tharm, 8. The bowel-gut.
Durham.

Blind-worm, s. The slow-worm.

Blinders, *. Blinkers. North.

Blinding-bridle, t. A bridle
with blinkers.

Blindfellenb, ». To blindfold.
Pr. Para.

Blinding-board, ». An instru-
ment to restrain an unruly cow.
Florio.

Blinds, ». A term for a black
fluor about the vein in a mine.

Bline, s. a kind of wood. Skinner.

Blink. (1) «. A spark of fire, glim-
mering or iutermitteut light.
West.

(2) r. To evade; to avoid the
sight of. North.

(3) V. To smile. North.

(4) V. To wink.

(5) Blinking the malt, is putting
it to work too hot. Cambridge.

Blinkard, s. One who sees badly.

Blinked, ad,j. Stale or sharp, ap-
plied to beer.

Blinker, «. A term of contempt.
North.

Blinks, s. An old hunter's term.

Brisies, bonghes rent by hunters from
trees, and left in the view of a deere, or
cast overlhwart the way wherein he is
likely to passe, thereby to hinder his
running, and to recover him the better;
our wood-men call them blinies.

Colgrate.

Blinne, V. (1) {A.-S. blinnan.) To

cease.

(2) To stop, to delay.
Blirt, v. To cry. North.
Blisful, adj. Joyful ; blessed.
Blish-blash, *. Sloppy dirt.

North.
Blisse, v. (1) {A.-S.) To bless.

(2) {Fr.) To wound.
Blissene, gen. pi. Of joys.
Blissey, s. a blaze. Wilts.
Blissom, adj. (1) Blithesome.

(2) Maris appetens, applied to
the ewe.

(3) V. To copulate, said of sheep.
Blist, pret. t. of blisse. Blessed.
Blit, adj. Blighty. Dorset.
Blith, s. Face ; visage. Kennett.

Probably a corruption of blee.

Blithe, «. Blight.

Blive, arf;. and adp. Quick; ready.
A contraction of bilive.

Blizzy, s. {A.-S. blysa.) A blaze.
Northamp.

Blo, adj. Blue ; livid.

Bloa, adj. Cold ; raw. Line.

Bloach, *. A tumour. Skinner.

Bloacher, «. Any large animal.
North.

To Bloat, or Blote, v. To dry by
smoke, applied especially to her-
rings. A Bloat-herring, or, as

BLO

225

BLO

we now call it, a bloaier, a her-
ring so dried.

Lay you an old court ;er on the coals,
like a sausa°:e or a bloal-herring.

B. Jon., Masq. ofMer., v. 429.
Make a meal of a bloat -herring, water it
with four shillings beer, and then swear
we have dined as well as luy lord mayor.
Match at Midn., 0. PL, vii, 343.
I have four dozen of fine firebrands in
my belly, I have more smoke in my
mouth than would Mote a hundred her-
rings. B. atidFl., Isl. Princ, ii.
Three pails of sprats, carried from mart to

mart.
Are ns much meat as these, to more use

travel'd,
A bunch of bloated fools !

Id., Q. of Cor., u, i.

Bloaze, ». A blaze. North.

Blob, s. (1) A blunt termination
to what is usually pointed. A
blob-nose, a nose with a snaall
bump at the end.

(2) A small lump of anything
thick, viscid, or dirty.

(3) A vulgar term for the lower
lip.

(4) A bubble; a blister. North.

(5) Thick. See Blub.

(6) A drop.

(7) A term applied to the flower
of the water ranunculus.

Blobber-lip. See Blub.
Blob-milk, s. Milk with its cream

mingled. Yorish.
Blob-scotch, s. a bubble. Yorish.
Blob-tale, s. A tell-tale.
Block, *. (1) The wooden mould
on which the crown of a hat
was formed. Hence it was used
for the form or fashion of a hat.
A grave gentleman of Naples, who haring
bought a hat of the newest fashion and
best blocte in all Italic, &c.

Euph.Engl.0.,3,h.
Is this same hat
0* the block passant ?

B. Jons. Staple of News, i, 2.

That is, " of the current fashion."
(2) The Jack at the game of
bowls.
Blocker, \s. A broadaxe.

BLOCKING-AXE, J North.

Block-horse, «. A strong wooden
frame with four handles, to carry
blocks. East.

Blockpate, s. a blockhead.

All these things may well be said unto
me, that be commonly spoken against a
fooie, as to be called a bloclrpate, a dull-
head, an asse, a lumpish sot.

Terence in English, 1641.
BLOCKsficK, s. A club. North.
Block-wheat, s. Buck-wheat.
Blody, adv. By blood; of or in

blood.
Bloggy, "I V. To look angry or
BLOGG, J sour ; to be sullen ; to
frown. Exmoor.
Blokne, v. {A.-S.) To fade ?
That, man, thi body arise sehel
Of deithe nammore to blokne.

William de Shoreham.

Blomjvn, g. A trumpeter.
Blomanger. (A.-N.) 8. A dish
in cookery.

For to make blomanger. Kym rys, and
lese hem, and wascli hem dene, and do
thereto god almande mylk, and seth
hem til they al tobrest ;" and than lat
hem kele: and nym the lire oftheheii-
nyn, or of capons, and grynd hem smal.
Kest thereto wite grece, and boyle it.
Nym blanchyd almandys, and safron,
and set hem above in the dysche, and
serve yt fortlie.

Warner, Antiq. Culin., p. 39.

For to make bloTnanger of fysch. Tak a
pound of rys, les hem wel and wascli,
and seth tyl they breste ; and let hem
kele; and do thereto mylk of to pound
of almandys ; nym the perche, or the
lopuster, and boyle yt, and kest sugur
and salt also thereto, and serve yt forth.
Warner, Antiq. Culin., p. 46.

Blome. (1) V. To flourish.
(2) s. A blossom.

Blome-down. adj. Clumsy; clown-
ish. Dorset.

Blommer, s. Noise; uproar.

Blonc, adj. (A.-N.) White.

Bloncket, adj. (probably from
Fr. blanc.) Gray. Spenser.

Blondren, v. To blunder; to
bluster.

Blonk. (1) adj. Sullen.
(2) V. To disappoint. North.

BLO

226

BLO

Bi ONKE, ». {A.-S.) A steed ; a war-

liorse.
Blost, adj. Dull; heavy.
Bloo, v. To blow.
Blood, ». Disposition. ShaJcesp.
Blood-alley, «. A marble taw.

A boy's term.
Blood-bo LTERED, ac^. Matted

with blood. Shakesp.
Blood-fallen, adj. (1) Chill-

blained. East.

(2) Blood-shot.
Blooding, «. A black pudding.

Apexabo, intestinum sanguine fartum,
admista arvina. A blouding or blacke
puddinge. Nomenclatur, 1585,

Blood-olph, s. a bullfinch. East.
Blood-sucker, «. A leech.
BiooDsupPER, s. A blood-sucker;
a murderer.

Blood-wall, s. The dark double

wall-flower. Northamp.
Bloodwort, s. {A.-S.) The name

of a plant.
Bloody-bone, s. The name of an

hobgoblin or fiend.
Bloody-thubsday, ». The Thurs-
day of the first week in liCnt.
Bloody-wabbior, *. The dark

double wall-flower. West.
Bloom. (1) s. A mass of iron

which has gone a second time

through the furnace.

(2) V. To shine; to throw out
heat.

(3) s. Heat. Bloomy, very hot.

What a bloom am I in all over ? give me
wy fan; I protest I am in a general
dunp. N. Tate, Cuctold'i Haven, 1 6b5.

(4) «. The hot stage of a fever.
Blooth, s. Blossom. Devon.
Blore, (1) V. To bellow like a bull.

East. The blore is the moan of
a cow, unsettled for want of her
calf, or by being in a strange
pasture. Lincolnshire.

(2) s. A blast; the act of
blowing.

(3) V. To weep. Prompt. P.

Blobt, v. To chide in a loud tone.
Leic.

Bloschem,! a blossom.
blosle, J

Bloshy, \adj. Sloppy, windy,
sloshing, J and rainy. Leic.

Blosme. (1) V. {A.-S. blosmian.)
To blossom.
(2) s. A blossom.

Blosmy, adj. Full of blossoms.

Bloss, «. A ruffled head of hair.
Line.

Blossomed, adj. The state of
cream in the operation of churn-
ing, when it becomes full of air,
which causes it to be long in get-
ting to butter. Nor/.

Blot, s. A term at backgammon,
when one in danger of being
taken up is called a blot.

Blotch-paper, *. Blotting paper.

Blote, adj. Dried. See Bhal.

Bloten, adj. Excessively fond.
North.

Blother, v. To chatter idly; to
make a great noise to little pur-
pose. Var. dial.

Blots, «. The eggs of moths.

Bloughty, adj. Swelled; puflfed.
Hall.

Blounchet, adj. Blanched.

Blouse, «. (1) A bonnet.

(2) A woman with hair or head-
dress loose and disordered, or
decorated with vulgar finery.
East.

(3) A girl or wench whose face
looks red by running abroad in
the wind and weather. Kennett.
Such a woman is said to have a
" blouzing colour." To be in a
blouse, to look red from heat.

Blousy, adj. Wild, disordered,

confused.
Bloute, adj. (A.-S.) Bloody.
Blow, (1) v. To blossom.

(2) «. A blossom ; more particu-
larly the blossom of fruit trees.

(3) s. A bladder. Devon.

(4) V. To inform of; to peach

BLO

227

BLU

(5) V. To make a person blush or
be ashamed ; to be blown, to blush
on a sudden surprise.
All blown and red.

Shakfsp., Rape of Lucrece.

Blow-ball,*, (perhaps from A.-N.

blaverole.) The corn-flower.
Blowboll, *. A drunkard.
Blowe, ». (^A.-S.) To blow; to

breathe.
Blower, s. O) A fissure in the

broken strata of coal, from which

a feeder or current of inflammable

air discharges. North.

(2) A child's name for the downy
heads of dandelion.

(3) " One man's particular lass."
JDunton's Ladies' Dictionary/,
1694.

Blow-fly, s. The large blue fly

w^hich blows meat.
Blowing,*. (1) .\ blossom. Wilts.

(2) The egg of a bee ? Harrison's

Descr. o/Engl, p. 229.
Blow-maunger,». A full fat-faced

person, with cheeks puffed out.

Exmoor.
Blow-milk, s. Skimmed milk.

North.
Blown, adj. (1) Swelled; inflated.

(2) Proud, insolent.

(3) Stale, worthless.

(4) To say a cow or beast is blown,
when in pain from the fermenta-
tion of green food having caused
a distention of its carcase, is com-
mon, perhaps, to many counties.
When a man or horse is panting
for breath from over-exertion, he
is also said to be blown. Moor's
Suffolk MS.

Blown-herring. " In some parts
of England they are called bloated
herrings ; and the term occurs in
several of our writers about Eliza-
beth's day, but not, I believe, in
Shakespeare. The word bloated
is a confirmation of the above
conjecture as to the origin of
blown, being merely another form

of the word, but not so applicable.
We sometimes see and hear blown,
bloated, and puffed up, in nearly
the same sense. I have beard
our blown-herrings called bawen
herrings, and bone-herrings, but
never any good reason for so
calling them. Hoven is another
sense of blown or puffed up,
but never applied to a herring.
Since the a!)Ove was written, I
have seen (October, 1823) in a
shop in Great Russell Street, a
parcel of i/oww-herrings ticketed
' fine Yarmouth bloaters.' 1824,
in the autumn of this year, hear-
ing the blown or bown herrings
cried in Woodbridge by the name
of Tow Bowen herrings, I learned
on enquiry that it is a common
name for them." Moor's Suffolk
MS.

Blow-point, s. A child's game,
mentioned in old writers.

Blowre, *. A pustule.

Blowry, adj. Disordered. Warw.

Blows, *. Trouble, or exertion.
Shropsh.

Blowse, s. See Blouse.

Blow-shoppe, s. a forge.

Wild bores, bulls, and falcons bredde
there in times i)aste ; now, for lakke of
woodde, blow-shoppes decay there.

Leland, Jliu., vol. vii, p. 42.

Blowt, r. To make a loud queru-

lous noise. North.
Blowth, s. a blossom.
Blowty, adj^ Applied to a person

who increases in size by a false

appearance of fat. Norf.
Blu> adj. Blew.
Baub, (1) r. To swell,

(2) adj. Swollen, plump, round.

Odd ! She has a delicate lip, such a lip, so
red, so hard, bo plump, so blub.

Otviay, Soldier's Fortune, 1C91.

You have a pretty pouting about the nioutli
like me, and fine little blub lips.

Shaduscll, True Wtdow, 1679.

Bucco, bucculentus, Plauto, cui tuiiii
diurea sunt buccce, aut os grandius

BLU

228

BLU

yvdduv. Joufflu, on geullai^, qui a la
bouclie grande. Tliat hath big cheeks,
or a great and large mouth : blub cheekedj
sparrow mouthed. Nomenclalor, 1585.

Blubber, (1 ) *. A bubble. Var.
dial.

(2) To bubble, as ■water.

(3) V. To cry ; to weep till the
tears stand in bubbles.

(4) 8. The name given by sailors
to the sea nettle.

Blubber-grass, s. Different spe-
cies of bromus, so-called from
their soft inflated glumes. East.

Bluck, v. " So the true men shall
be hunted and Mucked." The
Festyvall, fol. xxvi, r°.

Blue, (1) *. Bloom, Devon.

(2) 8. Ale. Somerset.

(3) V. To " look blue," to look
disconcerted ; to be mortified or
disappointed.

Blue-bottle, s. (1) A term for a

servant or beadle, from the colour

formerly used for their dresses.

(2) A large blue fly.
Blue-bottles, s. The blue flowers

which grow among wheat. Osfd.
Blue-caps,s. (l)Meadow scabious.

Yorksh.

(2) The corn Wue bottles. North-

ampt.
Blue-inkle, ». Some substance

which burnt with a strong oflfen-

sive smell.

Ah me! help, help my lady! cut her
lace, cut her lace ! get some arsa foetida,
bleiB inkle, or partridge feathers, and
burn under her nose.

Shadicell, Jmorous Bigolte, 1690.

Gad take me! hold the gentlewoman,
bring some cold water, and flower, bum
some blew inkle and partridge feathers,
'tis my ladies medicine.

Skadwell, The Scoicrers, 1691.

Blue-i8aac,s. The hedge-sparrow.

Glouc
Blue- JOHN, s. Fluor spar. Derbysh.
Blue-milk, «. Skimmed milk.
Blue-moon, 8. He won't do it for

a blue mbon, t. e., never.

Blue-rock, *. The wild pigeon.
Northampt.

Blue-stocking, «. A woman who
addicts herself to study or author-
ship.

Blue-tail, 8. The fieldfare. North'
ampt.

Blue-vinnied, adj. Covered with
blue mould. South.

Bluff, (1) adj. Churlish; surly.
South.

(2) adj. Big and puffed up, as it
were with wind.

(3) V. To blindfold. North.

(4) 8. A tin tube through which
boys blow peas. Suffolk.

(5) «. The blinker of a horse.
Line, and Leic.

Bluffer, ». A landlord of an

inn.
Bluffin,». To bluster; to swagger.

Staff.
Blufted, adj. Hoodwinked. Line.
Blufter, 8. A horse's blinker.

Line., Leie. Blufted, having

blinkers on.
Blunder, (1) «. Confusion; trouble.

(2) V. To disturb.

(3) V. To blunder water, to stir
or puddle, to make it thick and
muddy.

Blunderbuss, ». A stupid fellow.
North.

Blunge, v. To break or blend
whilst in a state of maceration ;
a potter's term. A long flat
wooden instrument, called a blun-
ger, is used for this purpose.

Blunk, (1) adj. Squally ; tempes-
tuous. East.

(2) V. To snow, to emit sparks.

(3) 8. Any light flaky body.

(4) *. A fit of stormy weather.
Blunket, (1) 8. A white stuff,

probably woollen.
(2) 8. A light blue colour.
Blunt, (1) #. The slang term fof
money.

(2) 8. A pointless rapier, or foil
to fence with. " Batre le fer.

BLU

229

BOB

to play at blunt, or at foyles."

Cotgrave.
Blur, g. A blot. North.
Blurry, «. A mistake, a blunder.
Blurt, (1) An inteijection of con-

tempt. "Blurt, master constable,"

a fig for the constable, seems to

have been a proverbial phrase.

(2) V. To blurt at, to hold in

contempt. "Boccheffgiare,to make

mouths, or blurt with ones lips."

Florio.
Blush, s. Resemblance ; look. At

the first blush, at the first sight.
Blushe, v. To look.
Blushet, s. One who blushes ;

used by Ben Jonson for a young

modest girl.
Blust.s. Erysipelous inflammation.

Yorish.
Bluster-wood, s. The shoots of

fruit trees or shrubs which require

to be pruned out. East.
Blustre,». To stray along without.

any particular aim.

But Uustredcn forth as beestes
Over baukes and hilles.

tiers Fl, p. 108.

Blustrous, adj. Blustering.

Bluter, (1) adj. Dirty.

(2) V. To blot, to dii-ty, to blub-
ber. North.

Blutter, v. To speak nonsensi-
cally.

Bluv, v. To believe. East.

Bluzzed, adj. Darkened ; blinded,
Northamp.

Bly, s. (1) Likeness ; resemblance.
East. See blee.
(2) A transient view. East.

Blycand, adj. (A.-S.) Glittering ;
shining.

Blyfe, adv. Quickly. See Belive.

Blykked, pret. t. Shone.

Bo, (1) adj. Both.

(2) «. A hobgoblin. North.

BoALLiNG, s. Drinking, i. e., bowl-
ing, or emptying the bowl.

Boar, «. A clown, for boor.

Boar-cat, *. A tom-cat. Kent.

The word occurs in Wycherley,
Plain-dealer, 1677.

Board, (1) v. {A.-N. aborder.) To
address ; to accost.
(2) s. An old cant term for a
shilling.

(3)». A kind of excavation. North.
(4) " Set him a clear board in
the world," i. e., put him in a
good position as to pecuniary
matters.

Boarder, adj. Made of board.
West.

Boarding-bridge, #. A plank laid
across a running stream. West.

Boar-necked, adj. A term applied
in some parts to sheep, when
affected with a disease which
causes their necks to be bowed.

Boar-seg, 8. A pig kept for three
or four years as a brawn. Shrops.

Boar-stag, *. A gelded boar.

Boar-thistle, «. Th^ earduus lan-
ceolatus, Lin.

BoATioN, s. {Lot.) An uproar.

Boat-whistles, ». Little bottles
which grow on the sea shore,
which the boys cut a hole in and
make whistles of, and blow in
imitation of the boatswain's
whistle; properly, the bottle ore.

Bob, *. (A.-N. bobe.) (1) A joke;

a pleasantry. A dry bob, a dry

joke. To give the bob was a phrase

equivalent to that of giving the

dor, or imposing upon a person.

He that a fool doth very wisely hit.

Doth very foolislily, altho' lie smart,

^lot to seem seuseless of the bob.

As you Hie it, ii, 7-
I hare drawn blood at one's brains \rith
a bitter bob.

Alex, and Campaspe, O. PI, ii, 113.

C. I guess the business. S. It can be no

other
But go give me the bob, that being a matter
Of main importance.

Massing , Maid of Honour, iv, 5.

So, ladies, I thank yon for the tricks you
have put upon me; but, madam. lam
even with you for your London tricks, I
have given vou such a bob.

'ShadweU, Epsom WelU, 1674

BOB

230

BOB

(2) ». To cheat ; to outwit.

Tliere binding both, and bobbing them, then
trembling at her yre.

Warner's jilbioni England, 1593.

Let him be bob'd that bobs will have ;
But who by means of wisdom hie
Hath sav'd his charge ? — It is even I,
Pembr. Arcad., Lib. ii, p. 203.

Imagining that all the wit in plays con-
sisted in bringing two persons upon the
stage to break jests, and to bob one
another, which they call repartie.

Shadwell, Sullen Lovers, 1670.

No, I am no statesman, but you may
please to remember who was bob'd at
Ostend, ha, ha ! Id., ib.

(3) V. To disappoint. North.

(4) «. A blow.

(5) 8. A bunch. North.

(6) 8. A ball. Yorksh.

(7) 8. The burthen of a song.
To bear a bob, to join in chorus ;
also, to take a part in some foolish
prank.

(8) To fish. North.

(9) To " bear a bob," to be brisk.
JEoit.

(10) ». The pear-shaped piece of
lead attached to the line of a
carpenter's level. East.

(11) V. To swing backwards and
forwards sitting on a rope.

(12) *. A ringing of bells.

(13) t>. To bob up the hair, to
twist it in papers.

(14) 8. A louse, or any small in-
sect. Hants. " Spiders, bobbs, and
lice," are mentioned in MS.,
Addit. 11812, f. 16.

(15) s. A short wig.

(16) p. To strike ; to beat.

(17) V. To cut.

(18) V. To pass in or out.

(19) «. A term applied to a par-
ticular method of taking eels.

(20) 8. The engine beam. North.

(21) adj. Pleasant; agreeable.
Dyche.

(22) s. A slang word for a shilling.
BoBAN, 1 8. (A.-N.) Pride ; va-

BOBANCE,

\8.iA..N.]
I, J mty.

So prout he is, and of so gret boban.

Gy of Warwike, p. 9a.
For certeynly, I say for no bobaunce,
Yit was 1 never withouten piirveyannce
Of mariage, ne of no thinges eeke.

Cliaucer, C. T., 615L

BoB-AND-HiT, s. BHud-man's-buff.

Cotffrave.
BoBBANT, adj. Romping. Wilts.

B°0M^y,}^- To buffet; to strike.

Ye thoght ye had a full gode game.
When ye my sone with buffettes bobbydd.
Cambr. MS., loth cent,

BoBBERous, adj. Saucy ; forward.
fVest.

Bobbery, s. A squabble; an
uproar.

Bobbin, *. A small fagot, Kent.

BoBBiN-AND-joAN, *. The flowers
of the arum maculatum. North-
amp.

BoBBiNG-BLocK, 8. A thing that
may be struck with impunity ; an
unresisting fool.

Became a foole, yea more then that, an asse,

A bobbing-blocke, a beating stocke, an owle.

Gascoigne's Devises, p. 337.

Bobbish, adj. A trivial word, used
in different senses, such as, pretty
well in health ; not quite sober ;
somewhat clever.

Bobble, «. A pebble. Comw.

Bobble-cock, s. A turkey-cock.
North.

Bobbs, s. Pieces of clay used by
potters to support their ware
before it is baked. Staff.

Bobby, adj. Smart ; neat. North.

Bobby-wren,*. The common wren.
East.

Bob-cherry, «. A children's game.

Bobet, 8. A buffet or stroke.

Bobetts, 8. Thick pieces ; gobbets.

BOBOLYNE, *. A fool.

Be we not bobolynes,
Sutch lesinges to beleve.

Skelton, ii, 445.

Bobrelle, 8. The nymphs pu-
dendi. " Haec caturda, AngUce a

BOB

231

BOD

bobreUe." Nominale, MS. \bth
cent.

Bobtail, (1) v. To cut off the tail.
(2) 8. The steel of an arrow which
is sniall-breasted, and big towards
the head. Kersey.

BoBY, s. Cheese. West.

Boc, s. {A.-S.) A book. Boc-home,
a library.

BocASiN, s. A sort of buckram.

BoccoNE, *. (Ital.) A morsel.

BocE (l)r. To cnihoss. Palsgrave.
(2) s. A boss, or lump.
Alas! sora men of hem scliewen the
schap and the ioce of the horrible swollen
membres, that semeth like to the male-
aies of himia, in the wrapping of here
hose. Chancer, Persones T.

BocES, *. Sardines.

BocHANT, «. A forward girl. Wilts.

BocHE, ». A boss or swelling; a
boil.

BocHER, s. (1) A butcher. Bochery,
butchery, butchers' meat.
(2) The name of a fish.

Book, *. Fear. Devon.

BocKE, (1) A verb to which Pals-
grave gives the different mean-
ings, to belch ; to look upon
any one disdainfully ; to make a
noise like that of a toad.

(2) V. To flow out.

(3) *. A book.

BocKEREL, \s. A long-winged
BOCKERET, J hawk.

BocKNE, r. To teach ; to press
upon.

BocTAiL, «. A bad woman. Coles.

BoD, p. To take the husks off wal-
nuts. Wilts.

BoDDLE, s. A small iron tool used
for peeling trees. North.

BoDDUM, s. Principle. North.

Bode. (1) «. {A.-S.) A stay or
delay.

(2) s. A command.

(3) 8. A message ; an offer.

(4) «. An omen.

(5) V. To forbode.

{(>) s. {A.-S. beod.) Board, living.
East.

(7) The pret. t. and sometiroet
the part. p. of bidde.

(8) The pret. t. of bide.
BoDE-CLOTH,s. A tablc-cloth. £■<!»/.
Boded, ad/. Overlooked ; i^ted :

infatuated. Devon.
BoDER, «. A messenger.
Bodering, s. The lining of the

skirt of a woman's petticoat.
Bodge. (1) s. A patch.

(2) V. To patch clumsily.

(3) To boggle, to fail.

(4) A kind of measure, probably
half a peck.

Bodget, s. a budget.

Of the marchaunt that lost his bodgette
betweneWare and London: — Acertayne
niarchant betwene Ware and London
lost his bodget, and a c. 11. therein,
wherfore he caused to proclayme in
dyvers market townes, who so ever that
founde the sayde bodget, and wolde
bryng it asrayue, shulde have xx. li.
for his labour.

Tales and Qu. Atav!.

Bodily, adv. Entirely, all at once.

North.
Bodkix, «. (1) {A.-S.) A dagger.

Was noon so hardy walkyng by the weye,
That with hir dorste rage or efirs pleye.
But if he wold be slayii of Symekyn,
With panade, or witt knvf, or boydekyn.
CAaucCT-, C.r.,3955

Know I am for thee, from the cannon shot
Unto the smallest bodkin can be got.
Name any weapon whatsoe're thou wilt.
Botelandi, Knave of Clubbs, 161l

(2) A sort of ri h cloth, a cor

riiption of baudkin.
BoDKiN-woRK, *. A sort of trim

ming worn on the gown.
BoDLE, s. A small coin, worth

about the third part of a half

penny. North.
BoDRAKE, I *. Depredation; a bor-
B0DRA6E, J der excursion.

By meanes wherof the said castelles be
not for our defence agaynst ther stelthe
and bodrates, according as they were
fyrst ordeyned, but rather take part of
Buche Iratyes as coraeyth by them to-
wardes the Irysher)', to kepe the thyng
secrete.

Stale Paperi, ii, 480.

BOD

232

EOI

No wayling there nor wretehedness is

lieard —
No nightly bodrags, nor no hup and cries.
Sfiens., Colin CI., v. 315.

'BoDwoRD, s. (A.-S.) A message;

a commandment.
Body-clout, s. A piece of iron

adjoining the body of a tumbrel,

and its wheels.
Body-horse, s. The second horse

of a team of four.
Body-staff, a. A stake or rod of

withy, &c., used in making the

body of a waggon. Warw.
BoF, 8. Quicklime. Howell.
BoFFLE, ». (1) To change; to vary:

to stammer through irritation.

East.

(2) To thwart ; to impede. Mid-
land C.
BoFFLERS, *. The legs of old

worsted stockings, or twisted

haybands, put round the legs to

keep off snow.
BoFFY, V. To swell; to puff.
BoG, (1)*. Sturdy; self-sufficient;

petulant.

The cuckooe, seeing him so hog, waxt
also wondrous wrothe.

Warner's Alb'unu England, 1593.

(2) V. To boast.

(3) V. To move off.
BoG-BEAN, s. Marsh trefoil, or

buckbean. Yorksh.
BoGETT, 8. A budget.
BoDGARD, «. A Jakes. " Boggarde

or drawght. Loke in Siege."

Huloet.
Boggart, ». A ghost, or goblin.

North.
BoGGARTY, adj. Apt to start aside,

applied to a horse.
BoGGE, «. A bug-bear.
BoGGisH, adj. Swelling. Pr. P.

BOGGLE-ABOUT-THE-STACKS, «. A

child's game in the North.
Boggle, v. To do anything in an

awkward or unskilful manner.

East.
Boggler, 8. A vicious woman,

You hav3 been a haggler ever.

Shakesp., Ant. and Ci., iii, 11.

Boggy, adj. Bumptious: an old
Norwich school-word.

BoGGY-BO, «. A goblin. North.

Bog-house,«. a Jakes. This is an
old term.

BoGiXG, adj. Sneaking. Beds.

Bogtrotter, 8. An Irish robber.

Bog-violet, <. The butterwort.
Yorksh.

Bogy, s. (1) Budge fur; lamb's
fur. Dean Colet, by his will, in
1519, bequeathed his "best coat
of chamlet, furred with black
bogys." Wardrobe Accounts o/
Edward IV.

(2) s. A hobgoblin, or spectre ;
sometimes called a hogle.

Boh, conj. But. Lane.

Bo-hacky, s. a donkey. Yorksh.

Bohemian-tartar, s. Perhaps a
gipsy ; or a mere wild appel-
lation, designed to ridicule the
appearance of Simple in the
Merry W. of Windsor, iv, 5.

BoiDER, *. A basket. North.

BoiE, *. {A.-N.) An executioner.

He hot mani a wikke boie.
His sone lede toward the hangging.
Sevyn Saga, 960

BoiER,«. Abever. Baret'sAlvearie,

1580. For boire.
BoiLARY, «. A place where salt is

deposited. North.
Boiling, «. (1) A quantity of things

or persons. " The whole boiling

of them."

(2) A discovery. An old cant

term.
BoiLOCNS, *. (1) Bubbles in boil-
ing water.

(2) Projecting knobs.
BoiNARD, s. (A-N.) A low person.

A term of reproach.
BoiNE, 8. A swelling. Essex.
Bois, 8. (A.-N.) Wood.
Boist, «. (1) A threat. SeeBoste>

(2) A swelling. East,

(3) {A.-N.) A box.

BOI

233

BOL

BoisTER, s. A boisterous fellow.

RoisTXESS, s. Cliurlishness.

BoiSTOus, adj. (1) Rough; bois-
terous ; churlish ; stubborn,
(2) Costly, rich, applied to
clothing.

BoKE, (1) V. (J.-S. bealcan.) To
belch; to nauseate; to vomit.
?!orth,

(2) s. Bulk. Boke-load, a bulky
load. East.

(3) V. To swell. East.

(4) s. A break or separation in
a vein of ore.

(5) s. To point, or thrust at.
North.

(6 ) part. p. Baked. North.
{l)v. To enter in a book ; to
write.

BoKELER, *. A buckler.
BoKEN, V. To strike. Skinner.
BoKET, s. A bucket.
BoKED, jwar^.jo. {A.-S.) Learned.

Sche was wel kepte, sclie was wel lokid,
Sche was wel tau^te, sche was wel bokid.
Gower, MS. Soe. Antiq.

BoKY, s. (1) Soft. Northumb.
(2) " Boky-bottomed," broad in
the beam. Line.
BoLACE, s. Bone-lace.
BoLAS, s. A buUace.
BoLCH, V. To poach eggs. Yorksh.
BoLDE. (1) V. {A.-S.) To become
bold.
When he Clementes gpeche harde,
Hys harte beganne to bolde.

MS.Canla.h.,'£i.ii,^,i.%^.

(2) V. To render bold ; to em-
bolden; to encourage.

It touches us as France invades our land,
Not holds the king. Shakesp.,Lear, v, 1.

Alas that I had not one to bold me.

Ilycke Scorner.

(3) «. A bold or brave man.

(4) s. (A.-S.) A building.

(5) adj. Magnificent ; grand.

(6) adj. Smooth, applied to
grain.

In chooseing barley for his use the
malster looks that it be bold, dijr, cweet,

of a fair colour, thin skin, clean faltered
from hames, and dressed from foul-
ness, seeds, and oatts. Aubrey's Wilt).

(7) adj. Healthy, strong. Nor-
thampt.

BoLCHiN, 8. An unfledged bird.
See Balchiny.

Bolder,*. (1) A loud report. iVbrM.
(2) The rush used for bottoming
chairs. Norf.

BoLDERiNG,a4/' Cloudyand threat-
ening thunder. North.

BoLDERs, ». Round stones.

BoLDHEDE, s. Boldness ; courage.

BoLDLOKER, adv. More boldly.

BoLDRUMPTious, adj. Presump-
tuous. Kent.

BOL-DYSSHE, l

BowLDisH, \s. k large flat bowL

BOLDYCHE, J

BoLE, ». (1) The body or trunk of
a tree.

(2) A bull. A free bull, was a
bull common to the town or
parish.

Tliay thynke hem fre, and han no juge,
no more than hatli a fre bole, that takith
whicli cow that him liketh in the toun.
So faren thay by wommen ; for right as a
fre bole is ynough for al a toun, right so
is a wikked prest corrujicioun ynough
for al a pariscli, or for al a contray.

Chaucer, Persones T.

(3) A bowl.

(4) A measure containing two
bushels. North.

(5) A small sea boat.
BoLEARMiN. s. Sinoplc.
BoLE-AXE, 8. In the romance of

Octovian, v. 1023, 1039, this
word appears to be applied to
some kind of weapon; but it
signifies some article used by
potters in a poem in Reliq. Antiq.,
ii, 176, "hail beje, potters, with
jur bole-ax."
BoLE-HiLLS, 8. A provincial term
for heaps of metallic scoria,
which are often met with in the
lead-mining districts. Places on
hills where the miners smelted

BOL

23«

BOM

or run their ore, before the in- I

vention of mills and furnaces, are :

called boles.
Bole-holes, ». The openings in a 1

barn for light and air. North.
BoLE-WEED, ». Knopweed.
Bole-wort, s. Bishop's-weed.
BoLGED, adj. Displeased; angry

North. '■

BoLGiT, adj. Bulged? I

And after they rora with gret navi.
With holyit scliipis ful craftly,
The havyn for to han schent.

Reliq. Antiq., ii, 34.

BoLiNE, "1 «. The bow-line of a
BOLiNG, J ship.

BoLiSME, s, \Gr.) Immoderate
appetite.

BoLKE, (1) V. {A.-S.) To belch.
(2) s. A heap. P. Parv.

Boll, ». (1) A. ghost. Lane.
(2) A man who manages power-
looms. North.

BoLLE, (1) V. (A.-S.) To swell;
in a secondary sense, to pod for
seed. Bollynge, swelling.

And the flax, and the barley was smit-
ten : for the barley was in the ear, and
the flax was boiled. Exodus, ix, 31.

Here one being throng'd bears back, all
. iotnandred. Sh., Bape of Lucr.

(2) A bud ; a pod for seed.

(3) A bowl, or cup.

BoLLER, s. A drunkard, one who

empties bowls.
BoLLEWED, s. Ball-weed.
BoLLEYNE, «. Bullion.
BoLLiNG, 8. A pollard.
Bolls, s. The ornamental knobs

on a bedstead.
BoLLYNE, V. To peck. Pr. Parv.
BoLNE, ». (1) {A.-S.) To sweU.

(2) To embolden.
Bolster, ». (1) The bed of a tim-

ber carriage.

(2) Pads used by doctors were
formerly called bolsters.

(3) V. To prop up ; to support.
Bolster -PUDDING, s. A long

round jam pudding.

Bolt, (1) s. A sort of arrow. "It
is an arrow with a round or half-
round bobb at the end of it, with
a sharp-pointed arrow head pro-
ceeding thereirom." Holme, Acad,
of Armory. Bold-upright, bolt on
end, straight as an arrow. Some-
times the word is used for an
arrow in general, but more espe-
cially for one thrown from a
crossbow.

(2) *. To sift. North.

(3) V. To swallow without
chewing.

(4) *. A narrow piece of stuflF.

(5) V. To dislodge a rabbit.

(6) V. To run away.

(7) V. To truss straw. Glouc.

(8) s. Straw of pease. East.

(9) A quantity of straw tied up
fast.

Boltell, s. a round moulding.

Bolter, v. To cohere ; to coagu-
late. Northampt.

BoLTiN, s. The quantity of wheat
straw usually tied up together
after the corn is thrashed out.
ff^arw.

Bolting-hutch. See Boulting.

Boltings, s. Meetings for dispu-
tations, or private arguing of
cases, in the inns of court.

Bolts, s. The herb crowfoot. Ger.

Bolt's-head, s. A long, straight-
necked glass vessel, rising gra-
dually to a conical figure.

BoLioN, s. See Bullions.

BoMAN, s. A hobgoblin or kidnap-
per.

Bombard, (1) s. {Fr.) A large
drinking can, made of leather.

(2) s. A kind of cannon. Boni'
bardille, a smaller sort of bom-
bard.

(3) adj. High-sounding, as botH'
bard words, or bombard phrase.

Their bombard phrase, their foot and
half foot words. B. Jon., Art of F,

(4) s. A musical instrument.

BOM

235

■BON

Bombard-man, s. One who car-
ried out liquor.

With t)iat they knock'd Hypocrisie on
tlie pate, and made room for a homhard-
nuiH, that brouglit bouge for a country
lady or two. B. Jon., Love Restored.

Bombards, s. Padded breeches.
Bom-barrel, s. The long-tailed
titmouse. Northampt.

BOMBASE,
BOMBACE,

5. J

Cotton.

Hear for our food, millions of flow'rie

grains,
Witli long mustachoes, wave upon the

plains ;
Heere thousand fleeces, fit for princes robes,
In Serean forrests hang in silken globes :
Heer shrubs of Malta (for niy meaner use)
The fine white balls of bombace do produce.
Du Bartaa.

Bombast, s. (Fr.) Cotton.

(2) V. To stuff out, which was
usually done with cotton.

Is this sattin doublet to be hombasted with
broken meat ?

Honest JFTi., 0. PI., iii, 441.

An understandmg soule in a grosse
body, is like a good leg in a winter
boote; but a foolish spirit in a well fea-
tured body, is like a mishapen spindle-
shanke in a bombasted stocking.

Bone's Polydoron, 1631.

In the following passages we see
how it became applied to writing:

Give me those lines (whose touch the skil-
ful ear to please)

That gliding slow in state, like swelling
Eumi rates,

In wiiich things natural he, and not in
falsely wrong.

The sounds are fine and smooth, the sense
is full and strong :

ifot bombasted with words, vain ticklish
ears to feed,

But such as may content the perfect man
to read. Drayt., Polyolb., S. xxi, p. 1054.

To flourish o're or bumbast out my stile.
To make such as not understand me smile.
Taylor's Motto, 1632.

(3) V. To beat ; to baste.

I will so codgell and bombaste thee, that

thou shalt not be able to sturre thyself.

Palace of Pleasure, Sign. K, 6.

BoMBAZE, V. To confound; to
perplex. East,

BoMBii.ATioN, s, {Lat.) A hum-
ming noise.

BoMBLE-BEE, «. A humblc-bee.

BoMBONE, "[». To hum, as bees.
BOMME, J "I bomme as a bom-
byll bee dothe, or any flye, je
bruys." Palsgrave.

BoMEswisH, adv. Helter-skelter.
Wight.

Bom I NO, adj. Hanging down. So-
merset.

Bon, (1) «. A band.

(2) adj. for houn. Prepared.

(3) adj. {A.-N.) Good.

(4) adj. Bound.

(5) s. Bane ; destruction.
BoNABLE, adj. Strong ; able.
BoNAiR, \adj. {A.-N.) Civil;

BONERE, J courtly; gentle.
BoNA-ROBA, s. (/<a/.) A courtezan.
BoNA-sociA,». A good companion.
See Bon-socio.

Tush, the knaves keepers are my hona-
socias and my pensioners.

Merry Devil, 0. PL, v, 268.

BoNCE, s. A kind of marble.

BoNCHEF, *. (A.-N.) Prosperity;
the opposite of mischief, misfor-
tune.

BoNCHEN, V. To beat ; to thump.

Bond, s. (1) Bondage.
(2) A band,

BoNDAGER, s. A cottagcr. or ser-
vant in husbandry, who has a
house for the year at an under
rent, and is entitled to the pro-
duce of a certain quantity of
potatoes. For these advantages
he is bound to work, or find a

- substitute, when called on, at a
fixed rate of wages, lower than
is usual in the country. North.

BoNDEFOLK, s. Serfs, or villains.

And fortherover, ther as the lawe saytli,
that temporel goodes of bondefolk been
the goodes of her lordes.

Chaucer, Persones T

BoNDEMAN, «. (A.-S.) A husband*

man.
BoNDENE, adj. Bound.

BON

236

BON

Lues venerea.

Bonders, «. Binding stones.
Bond-land, «. Old cultivated or

yard lands, as distinguished from

assart. Susses.
BoNDY, s. A simpleton. Yorksh.
Bone, (1) adj. {A.-N.) Good.

(2) adj. for boun. Ready.

(3) ». {A.-S.) A petition ; a com-
mand.

(4) ». To seize ; to arrest.

(5) ». To draw a straight line
from one point to another by
means of three upright sticks ;
a term in land surveying.

(6) ». To steal privately.
Bone-ace, s. " A game at cards

called one and thirtie, or bone-
ace." Florio.

Bone-ache, 1

Vs.

BONE-AGUE, J

Bone-cart, (1) s. The body.
(2) V. To carry on the shoulder
articles more fitted from their
weight to be moved in a cart.
Suff.

Bone-cleaner, s. A servant.
Wight.

Bone-dry, adj. Thoroughly dry.

Bone-flower, s. A daisy. North.

Bone-hostel, s. A good lodging.

Bone-lace, s. Lace worked on
bobbins, or bones.

Thy band which thow did use to weare,
Whicli was scarce washd iij. times a yeare,
Is turned nowe to canibricke cleare,
With broad hotulace up to ttie eare.

MS. Lansd., 241.

Bone-lazy, adj. Excessively indo-
lent.

Boneless, «. A description of
goblin, or ghost.

BoNENF., gen. pi. of bones.

Bonerete, s. {A-N.) Gentleness.

Bones, *. (1) Dice.

And on the borde he whyrled a payre of

bona,
Qaater trey e dewi he clatered as he wente.
Skelton't Works, i, 43.

(2) Bobbins for making lace.
North.

(3) The carcase of a hog is di-
vided into — 1, the flick, or outer
fat, which is cured for bacon ;
and 2, the bones, or the rest.

(4) To make no bones of a thing,
to make no difficulty about it.
Cot grave.

Bonesetter, s. (1) A rough trot-
ting horse. South.
(2) A doctor.

Bone-shave, s. The sciatica. The
peasantry in Exmoor have the
fallowing charm against the bone-
shave :

Bone-shate right,
Bone-shave stmight,
As the water runs by the stave.
Good for hone-shave.

The patient must lie on his back on th«
bank of a river or brook of water, with
a straight staff by liis side, between
him and the water, and must have the
foregoing words repeated over him.

BoNE-soRE, adj. Very idle. West.

Bonet, {Fr.) s. A small cap worn
close to the head.

Bonetta, s. a kind of sea-fish.

Boney, s. a cart-mare. Suffolk.

Bongait, v. To fasten. Cumb.

Bon-grace, "Is. (Fr.) A border
bondgrace, J attached to a bon-
net or hat to defend the com-
plexion ; a shade for the face.
" Cornette, a fashion of shadow,
or boonegrace, used in old time,
and at this day by some old wo-
men." Cotgrave.

Her bongrace, which she ware with her

French liode,
Whan she wente cnite alwayes, for sonne

bornynge.

The Fardoner and the Frere, 1533.

Tod. You think me a very desperate man.

Isab. Why so, sir?

Tod. For coming near so bright a sun as

you are without a parasol, umbrellia, or

a bondgrace.
Dateiumt, The Man's the Master, 1669.

In this hot quarter women wear masks,
fans, &c. Sec., and children bongraces to
keep their faces from being sun-burnt,
because beauty is delighit'ul to all peo-
ple. Foot Boim, 1739.

BON

237

BOO

BoNHOMME, s. A priest.

BoxiE, «. A blow or wound. Given

by Kennett as an Essex word.
BoxiFY, V. (Lat.) To convert into

good.
BoNiTO, s. A kind of tunny-fish.
BoNiTY, 8. {Lat.) Goodness.
BoN'KE, 8. A bank ; a height.
BoNKER, adj. (1) Large; strap-
ping. East.

(2) V. To outdo another in fe*ts

of agility. Sussex.
BoNKET, 8. A huckle-bone.
BoNKKA, adj. Very large. Essex.
BoxNAOHT, s. A tax formerly paid

to the lord of the manor in Ire-
land.
BoN'NETS, s. Small sails.
BoNxiBEL, 8. A handsome girl.

Spenser.
BoNNiLASS, 8. A beautiful maid.

Spenser.
BoxNiLY, adv. Pretty well. North.
BoxxY, a</;. (1) Brisk ; cheerful.

(2) Good ; pretty. North.
BoNXY-CLABBER, s. Cream gone

thick; buttermilk.
BoxNY-Go, adj. Frisky. Wight.
BoxoMABLY, adv. Abominably.

Peek's Works, iii, 88.
Box-socio, T ». (Ital) A good
Boxo-socio, J companion ; a good

fellow.

Thence to Kighley, where are mountains

Steepy-tlireatiiing, lively fountains,

Kising hills, and barren valUes ;

Yet bon-socios and good fellows ;

Jovial, jocund, jolly bowlers.

As they were the world's controulers.

Drunken Bamaby.

BoxsocR, «. {A.-N.) A vault.

The butras com out of the diche.
Of rede gold y-arched riche ;
The bonsour was avowed al
Of ich maner divers animal.

Sir Orpheo, ed. Laing, 325.

BoNTEVOus, adj. Bounteous.

BoxTixG, 8. A binding; curved
bars of iron placed round ovens
and furnaces to prevent their
swelling outwards.

Boxes NocHKs, a. A corruption of

the Spanish words buenos noches,

good night.
BoxwoRT, 8. The lesser daisy.
Boxx, V. To beat up batter for

puddings. Essex.
Boxy, s. A swelling on the body

from pinching or bruising, Pr. P.
Boo, (1) 8. A bough.

(2) adj. Both.

(3) V. To roar ; to make a noise
like cattle. North.

BooBY-HUTCH. A covcrcd carriage
or seat contrived clumsily. East.

Boon, pret. t. Abode.

BooDGE, V. To stuff bushes into a
hedge. Here/.

BooDiEs, 8. " Broken pieces of
earthenware or glass used by
children for decorating a play-
house, called a boody-houae, made
in imitation of an ornamental
cabinet." Brockett.

Boodle, s. The corn marigold.

BooF, adj. Stupid. Line.

Boogth, 8. Bigness. Yorksh.

Book, s. This terra was applied to
anything in writing, sometimes
even to a grant. "There is order
for the passing of a hook of .£200
land." Letter dated 1603.

Bookholder, 8. A prompter.

oTtxofiv0o«. He that telleth the playen
their part when they are out, and have
forgotten: the prompter, or boote-
holder. Nomenclator, 1585.

BooKTXG, *. A chastising. South.

BooKSMAX, 8. A clerk or secretary.

BooL, V. To bawl.

BooLK, V. To abuse. Suffolk.

Boom, s. A term for a stake placed
at the margin of deep channels
to warn boats from the mud.
South.

Boomer, *. Smuggled gin. Brock.

Boox, (I) adj. (Fr.) Good; fair.

(2) 8. A bone.

(3) part. a. Going. North.

(4) V. To mend the highways*
LiJie.

BOO

238

BOO

(5) V. To glide along.
The first of tliem booning by hiraselfe
before the wind, with his nag in the
maine-top, and all his sayles gallantly
spread abroad, after him came the
admirall and the rice-admirall, and
after them two more, the reare-admirall
and his fellow. Taylor's Workes, 1630.

BooNCH, ». To irritate ; to razk&
angry. Leic.

Boon-days, s. The days on which
tenants are bound to work for
their lord gratis. North. Going
to assist a neighbour gratuitously
is called booning in the Midi. C.

Boons, «. (1) Fowls. Yorkah.
(2) Rates for repairing the roads,
the surveyor of which is called a
boon-master. Line.

BooN-WAiN, g. A kind of waggon.

Boor, *. {A.-S. bur.) A parlour ;
an inner rooir.. North.

BooRD, V. To board.

Boord, "1(1) *. (^.-A^.) a jest.
BOURDE, J See Bourde.

(2) V. (from Fr. aborder.) To
attack ; to board ; to accost.

Ere long with like again he boarded me.

Spens., F. Q., II, iv, 24.
Fhilaatns taking Camilla by the hand,
and an \ime served began to boord her
on thir . aauner. Suph. Engl. P., 4, b.

(3) To border, or form a boun>
dary.

Boord's-end, s. The head of the

table.
Ebriscus cannot eat, nor looke, nor talke,
If to the boord's-end he be not promoted.
Davies, Scourge of Folly, \i\\.

BooRSLAPS, 8. A coarse kind of
linen.

BoosE, s. {A.-S. bosff, bosiff.) A
stall for cattle. Boosy, the
trough out of which cattle feed.
Boosy -pastxtre, the pasture con-
tiguous to the boose. Boosing-
stake, the post to which they are
fastened. North.

BoosENiNG, V. A method of curing
mad people by immersion. Brand's
Pop. Antiq., iii, 149.

Boosu, V. To gore as a bull. West.

BoosoN, "1 ». A trough or man-
BUSHON, >-ger for cattle. Leic,
BooziNGS, J and Warw.
BoosTERiNG, part. a. Sweating
at work; working so hard that
you perspire. Exmoor.
BoosY, adj. Intoxicated.
Boot, (1) s. (A.-S.) Help; resto-
ration ; remedy.

(2) s. {A.-S.) A boat.

(3) pret. t. of bite. Bit.

(4) 8. A kind of rack or torture
for the leg.

(5) s. Surplus ; profit.
BooTCATCHER, *. The person at

an inn whose duty it is to pull
off the boots of passengers.

BooTED-coRN, «.' Com imper-
fectly grown, so that the ear re-
mains partly enclosed in the
sheath. South.

BooTHALiNG, s. Frcebooting ; rob-
bery.

— Well, Don John,

If you do spring a leak, or get an itch,

'Till ye claw off your curl'd pate, thank
your night' walks.

You must be still u boot-haling.

B. and Fl., Chances, i,i.

BooT-HALER, s. A frccbootcr. Cot-
grave explains picoreur to be
" a boot-haler (in a friend's coun-
try), a ravening or filching souU
dier."

Sir, captain, mad Mary, the gull my
own father (dapper sir Davy), laid
these London boot-halers, the catch-
poles, in ambush to set upon me.

Roaring Girl.

BooTHER, s. A bowl-shaped hard
flinty stone. North.

BooTHYR, s. A small ship used on
rivers. Pr. Parv.

Booting, s. (1) A robbery.

(2) A mock ceremony of punish-
ment among boys in Northamp-
tonshire.

Booting-corn, s. a kind of rent-
corn.

Bootne, v. (A.-S.) To restore,
to remedv.

BOO

239

BOR

Biynde and bed-reden
Were hootnei a tliousande.

PiewP/., p. 128.

Booty, v. To play booty, an old
term at cards, to allow one's
adversary to win at first in order
to induce him to continue playing
afterwards.

Bop, V. To dip ; to duck. East.

Bo-PEEP, s. A childish game, not
unfrequently mentioned in old
writers, and sometimes called bo-
peeke.

About tlie arches Thames doth play ho-
pe eke
With any Trojan or els merry Greeke.

The AVtce Metamorphosis, 1600.

BoR, ». {A.-S.) A boar.

BoRACHio, *. {Span.) (1) A bottle
or vessel made of a pig's skin, with
the hair inward, dressed in-
wardly with resin and pitch to
keep wine or liquor sweet.
(2) Figuratively, a drunkard.

Boras, «. (.,^.-A^.) Borax.

Golde solder, of some it is called hcras
or greene earth, whereof there be two
kindes, naturall and artiticiall. Nomencl.

BoRASCOES, *. Storms of thunder
and lightning.

BoRATOE, s. Bombasin.

BoRD, s. (1) (A.-N.) A border.
(2) {A..S.) A board.

BoRDAGE. s. A bord-halfpenny.

BoRDE, s. (A.-S.) A table, which
was made by placing a board
upon trestles. Hence, board and
lodging. "To begin the horde,"
to take the principal place at table.
The table-cloth was called the
horde-clothe.

BoRDEL, *. {A.-N.) A brotheL

He ladde hire to the hordel thoo,
>'o wondir is thouje scbe he wo.

Gower, MS. Soc. Antiq.

Tlie same schal the man telle pleynly,
with alle the circumstaunccs, and whe-
ther he have synned with commune
bordeal woraman or noon, or doon his
synue in holy tymc or noon.

Chaucer, Ferxme* T.

That the woemen that ben at common
hordell be seyn every day what they be,
and a woman that liveth by hir body to
come and to go, so that she pate hir
dutie as olde custume is.

Regulations of the Stews, Vith cent.

BoRDELL, «. A border.
BoRDELLER, s. ■ The keeper of a

brothel.
Bordello. {Ital.) A brothel.

— From the windmill !
IVom the bordello, it might come as well.
£. Jom., Every Man in his H., i, 2.

Also crept into all the stewes, all the

brothell-houses, and hurdelloes of Italy.

Coryat, vol. ii, p. 175.

Bordered, adj. Restrained. Shak.

Bord-halfpenny, s. Money paid
in fairs and markets for setting
up tables, bords, and stalls.

BoRDJOuR, s. {A.-N.) A jester.

BoRDLANDS, «. Lauds appropri-
ated by the lord for the support
of his table.

BoRDOUR, *. Apparently a piece of
armour attached to the cuirass.
Gaw.

BoRDRAGiNG, 8. Ravaging on the
borders. See Bodrag.

BoRD-You. A phrase used by one
harvest man to another, when the
latter is drinking, meaning that
he may have the next turn.
Norfolk.

BoRDES, 8. {A.-N. behordeU.)
Tournaments.

Bore, (1) part. p. Born.

{2)8. A kind of cabbage. Tusser.

(3) s. An iron mould used for
making nails. Shropsh.

(4) «. A pore.

(5) 8. A tiresome fellow.

(6) *. The head or first flowing of
the water, seen at spring tides in
the river Parret, for a few miles
below and at Bridgewater, and
also in some other rivers. The
epithet " Boriall stremys" is
applied to the Thames in Reliq.
Antiq., i, 206.

Boreal, adj. {Lat.) Northern.

BOR

24Q

BOR

Borecole,*. A species of cabbage,
BoREE, s. A sort of dance, in
vogue at the beginning of the
18th century.
BoREL, \s. A species of coarse
BUREL, J woollen cloth, generally
of a grey or grizzly colour, and
applied in a secondary sense to
laymen, in contradistinction from
the clergy. The term borelfolk
and borel men, is very common
in Old English poetry. It thus
became used in the sense of illi-
terate. The third of our quota-
tions contains a pun upon the
word.

And tlianne shul burel clerkes ben

abasshed,
To. blame yow or to greve,
And carpen noght as thei carpe now,
Ne calle yow doumbe bovmdes.

PtmP«.,p.l91.

For, sire and dame, trustith me right wel,
Our orisouns ben more eftectuel.
And moie we se of Goddis secrf thinges,
Thau horel folk, although tiiat tliay ben
kinges. Chaucer, C. T., 7451 .

And we see by ejcperience in travel! the
rudenesse and sin\plicity of the people
that are seated far North, which no
doubt is intimated by a vulgar speech,
when we say such a man hatli a borreU
wit, as if we said boreale ittgenium.
The Optick Glajse of Humors, 1639, p. 29.

BoRELT, \adj. Large; strong;

BORLicH, J burly.
BoRESON, *. A badger.
BoRFKEiE. See Berfrey.
BoRGEON, V. {A.-N.) To bud.
Thus Cham his broode did horgeon first,
and held the worlde in awe.

Warner's Jlbions EngUmd, 1592.

BoRGH, s. (A.-S.) A pledge.
BoRGHEGANG, s. (A.-S.) A duty

for leave to pass through a

borough town.
BoRHAME, s. A flounder. North.
BoRiTH, s. An herb used to take

out stains.
BoRJouNE,«. A bud. See Borgeon,
BoRLER, *. A clothier.
BoRXE, (1) s. A stream ; a burn,

(2) r. To burn.

(3) V. To burnish.

BoRN-FOOL, s. An idiot.

BoRow, s. A tithing. " That which
in the West countrey was at that
time, and yet is, called a tithing,
is in Kent termed a borow."
Lambarde.

BoROWAGE, s. Borrowing.

BoROWE, (1) s. {A.-S.) A pledge;
a surety.

This was the fi.rst sourse of shepherd's

sorrow
That now nill be quit with bale nor borrow.
Sp., Shep. Kal. May, 1, 180.

(2) V. To be a pledge for another.

BoROWEHODE, s. Suretyship.

BoRREL. «. (1) A borer or piercer.
(2) A play.fellow.

BoRRiD,arf;. A sow maris appeteng.

BoRRiER, s. An auger.

BoRROw-PENCE,«. A term formerly
given to ancient coins in Kent.

BoRSE, 8. A calf six months old.
Hampsh.

BoRSEN,/>arf. /». Burst.

BoRSHOLDER, s. A sort of consta-
ble.

BoRSOM, adj. Obedient ; buxom.

Borstal, s. "Any seat on the side
or pitch of a hill." Kennett. The
term is still universally current
in Sussex, applied to the nume-
rous roads or pathways leading
up the steep ascents of the whole
line of South Downs from East-
bourne to Midhurst.

BoRSTAX, s. A pick-a.ve.

BoRSTEN,^a>'/. jw. Burst, ruptured.
Warw.

BoRWAGE, s. A surety.

BoRWE, (1) *. A town ; a borough.

(2) 8. A bower ; a chamber.

(3) 8. A pledge; a surety.
Thanne Melib6 took liera up fro the
ground ful benignely, and resceyved
here obligaciouns, and liere bondes, by
here othes upon here plegges and bonees,
and assigned hem a certeyn day to
retourne unto his court.

Chaucer, T. ofMelibent,

(4) t. To give security; to bail;
to borrow.

BOS

241

BOT

(5) ». {A.-S.) To save , to guard.
Bi)s,s. A game, mentioned in Moor's

Suffolk Words,
BosARDE, s. (1) A buzzard; a

worthless hawk.

(2) A worthless or useless fellow.
Bosc, *. (/f.-N.) A bush.
Boscage, (1) s. {A.-N.) A wood.

(2) The food which wood and
trees yield to cattle.

(3) Boscage, or leaf-work, in
carving.

BoscHAiLE, s. {A.-N.) A thicket ;
a wood.

BoscHES, s. Bushes.

BosE, (1) jore*. ^. It behoves.
(2) s. A hollow.

BosEN, s. A badger. North.

BosH,(l)*. A dash, or show. East.
(2) s. Nonsense. A word derived
from the Turkish.

Boshes, s. " The bottom of the
furnace in which they melt their
iron ore, the sides of which fur-
nace descend obliquely like the
hopper of a mill." Kennett.

Bosholdek, s. The chief person in
an ancient tithing of ten families.
Lambarde.

Boske, s. a bush.

Bosked. See Buske.

Bosky, adj. (1) Drunken. From
Boose.
(2) Bushy.

Bosom, {\) v. To eddy. Yorksh.
(2) s. A desire ; a wish. Shak.

Boson, s. A boatswain.

Boss, (1) s. A protuberance.

(2) V. To emboss ; to stud.

(3) s. A stone placed at the in-
tersection of the ribs of a vault.

(4) s. A head or reservoir of
water.

(5) p. To throw. Sussex.

(6) s. A hassock. North.

(7) ». A hood for mortar. East.

(8) s. A large marble. Warw.

(9) s. \ master, or he who can
beat and overcome another.
Norf.

BossAGE, s. The projecting work
in building.

BossocK, (1) adj. Large; coarse;
fat.
(2) V. To tumble clumsily.

BossocKiNG, adj. The same *s
Bossock.

Boss-ouT, s. A game at marbles,
also called boss and span.

Bossy, adj. (1) Thickset; corpu-
lent. North.

(2) Convex.

Bossy-calf, s. A spoilt child.

Borset.
BosT, (1) s. Boast; pride.

(2)pret. t. Burst. West.

(3) adj. Embossed.
Bostal. See Borstal.
Bostance, s. Boasting ; bragging.
BosTE, V. To menace.

And that he was threatened and hosted

with proud words <fiven by the Colvills.

Bowes Correspondence, loW.

BosTKN, V. (A.-S.) To boast.

BosTLYE, adv. Boasting. Gaw.

BosTus, adj. Boastful ; arrogant.

BosvEL, s. A species of crowfoot.

BoswELL,, s. Some part of a fire-
grate. Suffolk.

BoT, (1) «. A boat.
(2) s. A but.
(3)pret. t. Bit.

(4 ) pret. t. Bought. Bevon.

(5) conj. Unless.

(6) adj. Both.

(7) s. A botcher. Yorksh.

(8) *. A sword; a knife.
BoTANO, s. A kind of blue linen.
BoTARGE, "1 ». A kind of salt cake,

BOTARGO, J orralhersausage,made
of the hard roe of the sea mullet,
eaten with oil and vinegar, but
chiefly used to promote drinking.

Because he was naturally flegmatic, he
began his meal with some dozens of
gammojjs, dried neats* tongues, botargos,
sausages, and sucli other forerunners of
wine. Rabelms, B. i, ch. 21.

Botch, s. (1) A thump. Sussex.
(2) An inflamed tumour. North.

BOT

242

BOT

(3) A badly done patch.
BoTCHERY, 8. Patch work ; achirasy

addition to a work.
BoTCHET, s. Small beer mead.

North.
BoTCHMENT, «. An addition.
Bote, (1) pret. t. of bite. Bit;

wounded ; ate.

(2) s. {A.-S.) Help; remedy ; sal-
vation.

(3) V. To help.

(4) adj. Better.
BoTELER, K. A butler.

BOTILER, J

BoTEMAY, s. Bitumen.

BoTENK, V. To button.

BoTENYNG, s. {J.-S.) Help ; assist-
ance.

BoTE-RAiL, «. A horizontal rail.
North.

boTESCAKL, s. A boatswain.

BoTEWs, s. A sort of large boot,
reaching up to or above the knee.

BoT-FORKE, s. A crooked stick.

Moil in the mone stond ant strit,
On is bol-forke is burthen he bereth.
Lyric Poetry, p. 110.

BoTHAN, s. A tumour. Devon.
BoTHE, s. A booth; a shop where

wares are sold.
BoTHEM, s. A watercourse.
Bother,
both erin

' Is. Nc

ING, V

I some

ATION, J

f onsense; tire-
.'some talk.

BOTHERATION,

Bother, (1)». To teaze ; to annov.

(2) gen. pi. Of both.
Bothering, s. A great scolding.

East.
Bo-thrush,s. The squalling thrush.

Wight.
Bothul, 8. The name of a flower.

Pr. Part.
Bothcm, *. (1) Bottom.

(2) (A.-N.) A bud.
BoTiNG, *. (1) {A.-S.) Assistance.

(2) " Encrese yn byynge." Pr.

Parv.
Botme, «. Bottom. Pr. Parv.
BoTON, 8. A button.
BoTOR, «. {A.-N.) A bustard.

Tlier was vemsoun of hert and bor«,
Swannes, pecokes, and holors.

Arlhour and Merlin, p. 116.

He brojt a heron with a poplere,
Ctirlews, bolurs, bothe in fere.

MS. Cantab., £i. v, 48, f. 49.

BoTRACES, 8. A sort of frogs, said

to be venomous.
BoTRASEN, V. To make buttresses.
BoTRE, 8. A buttery.
BoTS, s. Small worms which breed

in the entrails of horses ; a terra

applied by gardenersin someparis

to all underground worms.
BoTTA, adj. Proud, pert ; assuming

consequential airs. Nor/.
BoTTE, {I) pret. t. oi bite. Bit.

(2) 8. A bat ; a club.
Bottle, s. (1) A small cask, used

for carrying liquor to the fields.

(2) {Fr. hotel, boteau.) A bundle,
more especially of hay or straw.
Bottles, little bundles. Leic.

(3) A bubble. Somerset.

(4) A round moulding.

(5) {A.-S. botl.) A seat, or chief
mansion house.

(6) A pumpion. Devon.

(7) The dug of a cow. East.
Bottle-bird, ». An apple rolled up

and baked in paste. East.

Bottle-bump, «. The bittern. Ea8t.

Bottle-flower,*. The blue-bottle,
a flower growing among wheat.

Bottle-head, *. A fool.

Bottle- JUG, s. The long-tailed
titmouse. Leic.

Bottle-nose, 8. A porpoise. East.

Bottle-nosed, «. Having a large
nose.

Bottle-tit, «. The long-tailed tit-
mouse. Northamp.

Bottle-up, v. To preserve in one's
memory ; to keep secret.

Bottom, (1) s. A ball of thread.

(2) 8. A vessel of burden.

(3) s. The posteriors.
Bottomer, s. The man who con-
veys the produce of a mine from
the first deposit to the shaft.

BOX

243

BOU

BoTTOMiNG-TOOL, s. A narrow
concave shovel used by drainers.
Shropsh.

Bottom-wind, s. A particular mo-
tion of the water observed in
Derwentwater.

BoTTRY, adj. Short, stunty, applied
to trees. Northamp.

BoTTRY-TREE, *. An elder tree.
North.

BoTTY, adj. Proud. Suffolk.

BoTY, s. A butty ; a partner. Pals-
grave.

BoucE-jANE, s. {A.-N.) An ancient
dish in cookery.

Bouce Jane. Take gode cowe niylk, and
put hit in a pot, and sethe liit, and take
sa^e, parscl, ysope, and savory, and
otlier gode herbes, and sethe liom and
hew hom smalle, and doliom in the pot ;
tlien take hennes, or capons, or chekyns ;
wlien thai bjn lialf rosted, take horn of
the spit, and sniyte hom on paces, and
do therto, and put therto pynes and
raysynges of corance, and let hit boyle,
and serve hit forthe.

Warner, Jntiq. Ctilin., p. 56.

BoncHAKT, s. A name for a hare.
BoucHET, s. (Fr.) A kind of pear.
BouDE, V. {Fr.) To pout.
BouDGE, V. To budge; to move.

BOUDS, 1

ys.

BOWDS, J

BoL'EY, s. A louse. Wore.

BouFFE, s. Belching. Skinner.

BouGE, s. (1) A cask. The term is
applied to the round swelling part
of a cask, in Sussex.
(2) {Fr.) An allowance of meat
or drink to an attendant in the
court, termed indiscriminately
bouch, bouge, or bowge, of court.
"Bowge o/ courte, whyche was a
liverye of meats and dryncke,
Sortella." Huloet. In the ordi-
nances made at Eltham, in the
17th of Henry VUI, under the
title bouche of court, the queen's
maids of honour were to have,
" for theire bouch in the morning,
one diet lofe, one manchet, two
gallons of ale, dim' pitcher of

Weevils.

wine." " Avoir bouche a court,
to eat and drink scot-free, to have
budge-a-court, to be in ordinary
at court," Cotgrave, v, bouche.

What is your business? — N. To fetch
hojidffe of court, a parcel of invisible
bread, &c. B. Jon., Masq. of Augurs.

They had houch of court (to wit, meat
and drink) and great wages of sixpejice
by the day.

Stowe's Survey of London.

(3) P. To project. Leic.

(4) " To make a bouge," to com-
mit a gross blunder, to get a
heavy fall.

(5) V. To bulge, to swell out.
East.

(6) V. To prepare a ship for the
purpose of sinking it.

(7) s. A small beetle. Leic.
BouGERON, s. (fV.) Abardash.
BouGET, *. A budget.
Bough-houses, s. Private houses

allowed to be open during fairs

for the sale of liquor.
Boughreli., 8. A kind of hawk.
Bought, s. {A.-S.) A bend;

joint; applied particularly to the

curve of a sling where the missile

was placed.
Bought-bread, s. Bakers' bread.

North.
Bougill, s. a bugle-horn.
BouGOUR, s. {Fr.) A bardash.
BouGY, s. {Fr.) A small candle.
Bouke, (1) s. {A.-S.) The bulk;

the body; the interior of a

building.

(2) V. {A.-S.) To buck or wash
clothes.

(3) s. A pail. North.

(4) s. The box of a wheel.
Shropsh.

(5) *. A bolt. North.
BouKED, adj. Crooked.
BouL, s. An iron hoop. Line-
Boulder head, s. A work oi

small wooden stakes made again
the sea. Sussex.

BOU

244

BOU

BouLTE, V. (A.-S.) To sift.
BouLTED-BREAD, s. Bicad made

of wheat and rye.
Boulter, s. (1) A person who sifts.

(2) A sieve for meal. " A meale

sive : a boulter : a serse." Nomen-

clator.
BouLTiNG-CLOTH, s. A cloth for

straining. " Estamine. A strainer

of hairy cloth : a boulting cloth."

Nomenclator.
BouLTiNG-HUTCH, s. The wooden

receptacle into which the meal

was sifted.
BouMET, adj. Embalmed.
BouN, (1) adj. (J.-S.) Ready;

going.

(2) V. To dress ; to make ready ;
to prepare.

(3) «. A woman's garment.
Bounce, s. The larger dogfish.
BouNCHiNG, adj. Bending or

swelling.
Bouncing, adj. Large.
Bound, (1) a<^'. Sure; confident.

(2) adj. Apprenticed.

(3) s. A boundary mark.
Bounde, s. (J.-S.) A husband.
Bounder, s. A boundary; a limit.
Bounding, «. Perambulating the

bounds of the parish.
Bound-stone,*. A boundary stone.

The term occurs in a chaiter

relating to Poole, co. Dorset,

temp. Hen. VIII.
BouNG, *. A purse. An old slang

word.
BouNTE, a. {A.-N.) Goodness.

BOUNTEVOUS,
BOUNTIOUS

IS, "1 ,.

Bountiful.

Mine, quoth the one, is of a bouiUioiu

sprite,
And in the tarerne will be drunke all night.
Spending most lavishly he knowes not what.
Somlands, Knave of Spades, J6\Z.

BouNTT-DAYS,*. HoUdaysonwhich
provision was given to the poor.
North.

BouR, ». (A.-S.) A bower; a
chamber.

BouRAM, s. A sink. Yorksh.

BouRDE, (1) g. (A.-N.) A game ; a
joke.

(2)». To jest; to jape; to de-
ceive.

Where words may win good wil.
And boldnesse beare no blame,

Why should there want a face of brasse
To bourd the bravest dame ?
Turbenille, Epig. and Sonnettet, 1569.

BouRDER, *. A jester.
BouRDiNGLY, udv. In sport.
Bourdon, s. (A.-N.) A staff.
BouRDONASSE, s. (Fr.) A sort of

ornamented staff.

Their men of armes were all bardedand

furnished with brave plumes, and goodly

bourdonassea.

Danel's Transl. of Ph. de Condnes.

BouRDOUR, «. (1) A pensioner.
(2) A circlet round a helmet.
Bourgeon, v. {A.-N.) To bud;

to sprout.
BouRHOLM, *. The burdock,
Bourmaidne, *. (^.--S.) A cham-
bermaid.
Hail be je, nonnes of seint Man house,
Goddes bourmaidnes and liis owen spouse.
Beliq. Antiq., li, 175.

Bourn, «. (1) (^A.-S.) A brook; a
rivulet.

(2) A boundary, or limit.

(3) Yeast. Exmoor.
Bournede, adj. Burnished.
BouRT, V. To offer; to pretend.

North.
Bous, s. A box ; a chest. Yorksh.
Bouse, a. Ore as drawn from the

mines. Small ore, as washed by

the sieve, is called bouse-smiihen.

Yorksh.
Bouse,

BOUZE,
BOW!

Bossus wiU bowse, and bragges he can ore-

beare
(Or make them deadly drunke) an hoast

of men ;
When he is foxt he plaies the bull and

beare.
And makes all men and women feare him
then. Danes, Scourge of FoUy, 161 1

orxsn.
««' 1 r,

WSE, j

To drink,
cant term.

An old

BOU

245

BOW

BotrsTOtrs, adj. Impetuous.
Bout, (1) s. A batch.

(2) ». A turn ; a go ; a set-to at
anything.

(3) conj. But.

(4) prep. Without ; except.

BouTEFEU, s. (Fr.) An incendiary.

Bout-hammer. The hea\-y two-
handed hammer used by black-
smiths. East.

BouT-HonsE, adv. On the ground;
anywhere. Wight.

BouTisALB, t. A sale at a cheap
rate.

BouzixG-CAN, 8. A drinking
can.

BovATE, s. As much land as one
yoke of oxen can reasonably cul-
tivate in a year.

BovE, prep. Above.

BovERT, *. {A.-N.) A young ox.

BovoLi, s. (Jtal.) A kind of snails
or periwinkles, used as deli-
cacies.

Bow, (I) «. A yoke for oxen.
(2)«. A nosegay. A^.iZ. Yorish.

(3) *. A bow's length.

(4) g. A boy.

(5) 8. A small arched bridge.
Somerset.

(6) t. An arch or gateway.
Bow-BELL, 8. One born within the

sound of Bow bells.

Bow-BOY, s. A scarecrow. Kent.

BowcER, s. The bursar.

BowDiKiTE, «. A contemptuous
name for a mischievous child ; an
insignificant or corpulent person.
North.

BovfDLKD, adj. Swelled out; ruffled
with rage.

BowE, (1) V. To bend ; to bow.
(2) 8. A bough ; a branch.

BowELL-HOLE, 8. A Small aper-
ture in the wall of a barn for
giving light and air. North.

BowEN, ». (1) A narrative.

(2) Early or half-cured sprats are
called botcen sprats.

BowEB, t. (^A.-S.) A chamber.

BowERiNGE, 8. The part of a tree
consisting of the boughs.

BowERLY, adj. Tall; handsome.
West.

Bowers, "] s. Young hawks, be-
BOWETS, I fore they are branch-
BOWESSES, J ers.

BowETY, 8. Linsey-wolsey. North.

Bow-HAND, 8. The left hand. To
be too much of the bow-hand, to
fail in a design.

Bowhawler, 8. A man who draws
barges along the Severn.

Bowie-frame, s. A phrase ap-
plied to toads when together.
Fairfax, Bulk and Selvedge of
the World, 1674, p. 130.

Bowit, *. A lanthorn. North.

Bowk, (1) adj. Crooked. North.
(2) 8. An article used in the
shaft of a coalpit.

BowK-iRox, 8. The circular piece
of iron lining the interior of a
wheel. West.

Bow-KiTT, 8. A sort of large can
with a cover. Yorish.

Bow-knot, s. A large, loose knot.

Bowl-alley, *. A covered space
for the game of bowls, instead of
a bowling green.

Bowling-match, s. A game with
stone howls, played on the high-
way from village to village. North.

Bowltell, 8. A kind of cloth.

Bown, adj. Swelled. Norf.

Bowndyn, adj. Ready ; prepared.

BOWNE, 8.

Bowne, buttell, or merestafe, or stone,

Jmiliarius. Hulott.

Bow-net, s. A sort of net for

catching fish, made of twigs

bowed together.
Bow-pot, "1 «. A flower-pot for

BOUGH-POT, J a window. West.
BowRE, V. To lodge. Spens.
BowREs, ». A dish in old cookery.
Bowsing, ». A term in hawking,

an insatiable desire for drink.
BowsoM, adj. Buxom ; obedient.

Bowsomnea, obedience.

BOW

246

BRA

BowssEN, V. To dip in water, to
drench or soak.

BowsTAVES, s. Staves for bows ?

Bowsy, adj. (1) Bloated by
drinking.
(2) Large ; bulk v. Berks.

BowT, s. (1) {Fr.j The tip of the
nose.

(2) Part of an angler's ap-
paratus.

BowTEL, s. A convex moulding.

Bow-weed, s. Knapweed.

Bow-wow, «. A servile attendant.

Poore unbegotten wether beaten Qualto,
aah()b-h»nsom man, God wot, and a bow-
kOw to his lady and mistresse, serving
a lady in Italy as a Tom drudge of the
pudding house. Philotimus, 1583.

BowYER, «. (1) A maker of bows.

(2) A small ship.
Box, (1) «. A blow,

(2) V. To strike.

(3) *. A benevolent club, the
anniversary dinner of which is
called a box -dinner. North.

(4) To " box the fox," to rob an
orchard. West.

(5) Box of a cow, A peculiar
meaning, apparently the wicket
of the belly. Yorkshire Ale,
p. 93.

(6) To be boxed about, to be
much discussed and talked of.

Pray be pleas'd to send me your mind
about this sermon ; for Goodman
Staidraan's child is to be cliristcn'd
next Friday, and there it will be box'd
about ; and I am in a great quandary
about it. Dame Huddle's Letter,Yi\0.

Box-and-dice, s. a game of

hazard.
Box-BAKROW, 8. A haud-barrow.

Shropsh.
Box-HARRY, V. To be careful after

having been extravagant. Line.
Boxing, adj. Buxom. Line.
Boxing-day, s. The day after

Christmas day, when people ask

for Christmas-boxes.
Box-iron, s. Aflat-iron. £a«^. An

iron inclosed in a heater.

Boy-blind, a<(?". Undisceming, like

a boy.
Boydekin, 8. A dagger. See

Bodkin.
Boye, *. (A.-S.) A lad servant.
B'oye. Be wi' ye.
BoYKiN, s. A term of endearment;

a little boy.
BoYLES, s. Lice. Line.
BoYLUM, s. A kind of iron ore.
BoYLY, adv. Boyishly.
BoYS, s. (A.-N.) A wood.
BoYSHE, 8. A bush.
BoYsiD, adj. Swelled.
BoYs'-LOVE, 8. Southernwood.

West.
BoYSTiNG MILK, 8. Becstiiigs ;

the first milk a cow gives after

calving.
BoYSTONE, V. To cup. Pr. Pan.
BoYT, adj. Both.
BozzuM, 8. The yellow ox-eye.
BozzuM -CHUCKED, adj. Red-
cheeked. West.
B03E, V. To move; to rise, or go.
Braa, s. An acclivity. North.
Brab, s. a spike-nail. Yorksh.
Braband, s. Cloth of Brabant.
Brabble, v. To quarrel; to

wrangle.
Brabblement, *. A quarrel.
Bracco, adj. Diligent ; laborious.

Chesh.
Brace, (1) ». {A.-N.) Armour for

the arms.

(2) V. To embrace.

(3) 8. {A.-N.) An arm of the sea.

(4) V. To brave a person ; to
swagger.

(5) 8. The clasp of a buckle.

(6) {Fr.) A piece of timber with
a bevil joint, to keep the parts of
a building together.

(7) *. Warlike preparation.
Bracer, "1 «. ( 1 ) (^.-iV.) Armour

eraser, J for the arras.
(2) {Fr. Brassart.) A piece of
wood worn on the arm in playing
at ball or balloon.
Brach, s. {A.-N.) A kind of small

BRA

247

BRA

scenting hound. "Catellus, a
very littell hounde or brache, a
whelpe." Eli/ot. The word seems
at a late period to have been used
generally for a bitch. Brath was
the ancient Cornish name of the
mastiff dog.

There are in England and Scotland two
kinds of huming-dogs, and no where
else in the world : the firat kind is called
ane ruche (Scotch), and this is a foot-
scenting creature, lx)th of wild beasts,
birds, and tishes also, wliich lie hid
among the rocks : tlie female tliereof in
England is called a brache. A brach is a
mannerly name for all hound-bitches.

Gentleman's Recreation, p. 27.

Brach Merriman, — the poor cur is imbost —
And couple Clowder with the deep-mouth'd
brach. Shakesp., Tarn. Shr. induct.

Ha' ye any braches to spade.

J), and t'l.. Beggar's Bush, iii, 1.

Brachicourt, s. a horse with its

fore-legs bent naturally.
Brachygr.\phy-man', s. (GV.) A

short-hand writer.
Bracing, s. Cool, applied to the

weather.
Bracing-girdle,*. A kind of belt.

Huloet.
Brack, (1) s. A break, or crack;

a flaw.

Having a tongue as nimble as his
needle, with servile patches of glavering
flattery, to stitch up the bracks, &c.

Antonio and MeUida, 1602.

(2) «. A piece. Kennett.

(3) *. Salt water ; brine ; some-
times, river-water.

Suffolke a sunne halfe risen from the brack,
Norfolke a Triton on a d<j!|ihins backe.

Drayiun's Poems, p. 20.
Where, in clear rivers beautified with

flowers,
The silver Naiades bathe them in the brack.
Drayton, Man in the Moon.

(4) 8. A sort of harrow. North.
(a) V. To mount ordnance.

(6) s. A cliff or crag.
Brack-breed, adj. Tasted. North.
Bracken,*. Fern. North.
Bracken-clock,*. A small brown

beetle found on fern.
Braket-rules, «. A trivet for

holding toast before the fire.
Leic.

Brag RLE, ». To break ; to crumble
to pieces. Northampt.

Brackly, adj. Brittle. Staff.

Brackwort, s. A small portion
of beer in one of its early stages,
kept by itself till it turned yellow,
when it was added to the rest,
Harrison's Descr. of Engl.

Braconier, *. {Fr.) The berner.
or man that held the hounds. At
present the term braconnier is
applied in France to a poacher.

Brad, adj. (1) Spread out; ex-
tended. North.

(2) {A..S.) Roasted.

(3) Hot; inflamed. North.

(4) «. A small nail without a head.
Bradder, adj. Broader.

' adj. Comfortably

BRADDLED, > •' j r • ., "

I warmed. Letcest.

BRADLED, J

Brade, (1) V. {A.-S.) To pretend.

(2) V. To bray ; to cry.

(3) adj. Broad ; large.
Brades, *. Necklaces, or hanging

ornaments.
Bradow, v. To spread ; to cover.

Chesh.
Brads, s. (1) Small nails.

(2) Money. Essex.
Brafl, *. The back part of a

hawk.
Braffam. See Barfhame.
Brag, (1) adj. (from the Fr. v.

braguer.) Brisk; spirited; proud.
It brought the spiders againe, brag and bold.
Ecywood's Spider and Flic, 1556.
I was (the more foole 1) so proud and brag,
1 seut to you against St. James his faire
A tierce of claret-wine, a great fat stag, 8tc.
Harringt., Ep., ii, 51.

(2) 8. A ghost or goblin. North.

(3) *. An old game at cards.
Bragance, adj. Bragging. Towne-

ley Myst.
Braget, 1 ». a sort of beverage
BRAGGAT, ^formerly esteemed in
bragot, J Wales and the West

of England.

BRA

248

BRA

By me that knows not neck-beef from a
pheasant.

Nor cannot relish hrapaat from ambrosia.
B. and'Fl., Little Thief, act 1.
To male Bragotte. Take to x galons o!
ale, iij potell of fyne worte, and lij
quartis uf hony, and putt therto canell
J. iiij, peper sc'hort or long, j. iiij., gahii-
gale, J. j., and clowys, 5. j., and gingiver,
J. ij. MS. \^th cent.

The following is a later receipt
for making ^'braggef:
Take three or four galons of good ale
or more as you please, two dayes or
three after it is clensed, and put it into
a pot by itselfe, tlien draw forth a pottle
thereof, and put to it a quart of good
Eughsli hony, and set them over the fire
in a vesscll, "and let them boyle faire and
softly, aud alwayes as any froth ariseth
skumme it awav, and so clarifie it, and
when it is well clarified, take it off the
fire, and let it coole, and put thereto of
pepper a penny worth, cloves, mace,
ginger, nutmegs, ciuamon, of each two
penny worth, beaten to powder, stir
them well together, and set them over
the fire to boyle againe awhile, then
being milke-warrae put it to the rest,
and stirre all together, and let it stand
two or three dales, and put barme upon
it, and drink it at your pleasure.

Savcn of Health.

Draggable, adj. Poorly; indif-
ferent. Shropsh.

Braggadocia, ». A braggart.

Braggaty, adj. Mottled, like an
adder, with a tendency to brown.
Comw.

Bragged, adj. Pregnant ; in foal.

B R agger, "1». A wooden bracket,
BRAGGKT, J or corbel.

Bragging-jack, *. A boaster.
" Thraso, a vaineglorious fellow,
a craker, a boaster, a braggirtg-
Jacke." Nomenclator.

Braggle, v. To poke about. West.

Braggi.ed, adj. Brindled. So-
merset.

Bragless, adj. Without osten-
tation.

Bbagly, adv. Briskly; finely.
Spenser.

Braid, (1) v. To resemble. North.

(2) «. A reproach.

(3) V. To upbraid.

(4) s {A.-S. bregd.) A start; a
sudden movement ; a fright.

— When with a braide
A deep-fet sigh he gave, aud therewithal
Clasping his hands, to heav'n he cast his
sight. Ferrex and Porrex, 0. 1'., i, 148.

(5) s. A toss of the head.

(6) s. A moment of time.

(7)s. Hastiness of mind; passion;
anger.

(8) 8. Craft; deceit.

(9) adj. Quick; hastv,

(10) ». (A.-S.) Deceit.

(11) «. A blade of corn. Norf.

(12) V. To beat or press, chiefly
applied to culinary objecis. East.

(13) V. To nauseate. North.
(U) V. To net. Dorset.

(15) s. A row of underwood,
chopped up and laid lengthways.
Oxon.

(16) V. To fade or lose colour.
Braide, v. (A.-S.) (1) To start

quickly or suddenly ; to leap ; to
turn.

(2) To draw forth, as to pull a
sword out of the scabbard.

(3) To strike ; to beat down.

(4) To brandish.
Braidery, s. Embroidery. Wight.
Braids, «. (1) A wicker guard to

protect newly grafted trees.

Glouc.

(2) Scales. North.

Braidy, adj. Foolish. Yorksh.

Brail, v. (Fr.) To put a piece of
leather over the pinion of one of
the hawk's wings to keep it close.
A term in falconry. Brail-fea-
thers, the long small white fea-
thers under the taiL

Alas! our sex is most wretched, nurs'd
up from infancy in continual slavery.
Ino sooner are we able to prey for our-
selves, but they brail and hood us so with
sour awe of our parents, that we dare not
offer to bate at our desires.

Aibumazar, O. P., vii, 1 79.

Brain, v. To beat out the brains.
Brain-crazed, adj. Mad.

BRA

249

BRA

What a ' trim-tram trick is tins ? The
master and tbe man both braiit-craz'd ;
as tlieoneus'dme, so did tlie other my
mistress Bronw's Northern Lass.

Braikish, adj. Mad. Sfiakenp.
Brain-leaf, «. A kind of plant.
Brain-pan, s. The skull.
BRAiNsicK,a<//. Wildbrained;mad.
Brain-stones, s. A name formerly

given to stones the size of one's

head, nearly round, found in

"Wiltshire. Aubrey.
Brain-wood, adj. Quite mad.
Braird, (1) adj. Tender; fresh.

North.

(2) 8. {A.-S. brord.) The first

blade of grass.
Braissit (for braced.) Inclosed.
Braist, adj. Burst.
Brait, 8. (1) {A.-S.) A sort of

garment, or cloak.

(2) A rough diamond.
Brak, j3re^. t. Broke.
Brake, (I) s. Fern; called also

braken. Still used in the North.

Bayly. Sir, you s6e this pSece of ground,
it liath not the name for nought; it is
called Fernie close, and, as you see, it is
full, and so oveigrowne with these
brakes, that all tlie art we can devise,aiid
labour we can use, cannot rid them.

Harden, Surveyors Dialogue, 1610.

(2) *. A plat of bushes growing
by themselves, a bottom over-
grown with thick tangled brush-
wood.

Tis but the fate of place, and the rough

brake
That virtue must go through.

S/uikesp., Hen. nil, i, 2.

HonoTur ghonld pull hard, ere it drew me into
these brakes.

B. and Ft., Thier. and Theod., v, 1.

(3) 8. An enclosure for cattle.

(4) 8. A snaffle for horses.
Lyke as the brake ■v'lXh.m the rider's hand
Doth strain the liorse, nye wood with grief

of paine,
Not used before to come in such a band.

Surrey's Poems, sign. U, 2.

(5) 8. An instrument of torture.
(6j s. A flaw. See Brack.

(7) A strong wooden frame in
which the feet of young and
vicious horses are confined by
farriers, to be shod.

(8) 8. An engine to confine the
legs.

He is fallen into some brake, some wench
has tied him by the legs.

Shirly's Opportunity.

(9) 8. A sort of crossbow.

Crosse-bowes werefu-st among the Cretans

scene.
Quarry es and bolts the Syrians bring to

sight,
Tlie ever-bold Phenetians furnisht beene
With brakes and shngs to clironicle tlieir

might. Great Britaines Troye, 1609.

(10) 8. An instrument for dress-
ing hemp or flax.

(11) 8. A harrow.

(12) s. A large barrow. North.
(13)s. Abaker'skneading-trough.

(14) s. The handle of a ship's
pump.

(15) s. A sort of carriage used
for breaking in horses.

(16) ». To beat. North.

(17) ». To vomit. Pr. Parv.

(18) 8. A mortar. North.
Brake-bush, s. Asmall plot of fern.
Braken, j»ar/.j». Broke.
Braket, s. See Braget.
Braler, s. a bundle of straw.

Dorset.
BRAMAGE,«.Akindof cloth, of which

carpets were sometimes made.
Bramble-berri£s,«. Blackberries.

North.
Bramble-sith, 8. A hedge-bill.

Kuncina. A bramble-sith orbush-sith;

an hedge bill. Nomenclator, 1585.

Brame, 8. (A.-S.) Vexation.
Bramish,». To flourish ; to assume

affected airs ; to boast. East.
Bramline, «. The chaffinch.
Bran, (1) v. To burn. North.

(2) s. A brand, or log of wood.
West.

(3) 8. Thin bark ; skin.

(4) adv. Quite. Devon. Bran-nevx
See Brand-new.

BRA

250

BRA

Brancard, s. (Fr.) A horse litter.
Branch, (1) w. To make a hawk
leap from tree to tree.

(2) r. To embroider, to figure.

(3) ». A small vein of ore.
Branch-coach, s. In the old days

of coaching, a coach, called the

branch coach, used to go round

the town collecting passengers

for the stage-coach.
Branch-coal, s. Kennel coal.

North.
Brancher, s. (1) a young hawk,

just beginning to fly. The term

is also applied to a nightingale

by bird-fanciers.

(2) An officer belonging to the

Mint.
Branches, s. Ribs of groined

roofs.
Branchilet, a. (Fr.) A little

branch or twig.
Brancorn, «. Blight.
Brand, (1) «. (J.-S.) A sword.

(2) *. The smut in wheat.

(3) ». To brand turves, to set
them up to dry in the sun. Cornw.

(4) V. To roast.

(5) 8. A spark.
Brand-bete, v. To mend or make

up the fire. Devon.
Brande, v. To burn.
Branded, «. A mixture of red and

black. North.
Brandellet, «. Some part of the

armour. Richard Coer de L., 322.
Branders, s. The supporters of a

corn stack.
Brand-irons, s. (1) The same as

Andirons.

(2) Red-hot irons for branding.
Brandishing, s. A parapet.
Brandle, v. (from Fr. brandiller.)

To totter ; to give way.
Brandlet. See Brandreth.
Brandling, «. The angler's dew-
worm.
Brandly, adv. Sharply; fiercely.

North.
Brand-new, adj. Quite new.

Brandon, s. (1) A fire-brand.
(2) A wisp of straw or stubble.
East.
Brandreth, "| s. An iron tripod,
brandelede, I on which a pot
branlet, [or kettle is placed
branlede, J over the fire.
Brandrith, s. a fence round a

well to prevent falling into it.
Brands,*. The stems or stout parts
of the thorn, after the small
branches have been cut off. Norf.
Branduts, s. Four wooden arms
fixed to the throat of a spindle
in an oatmeal-mill. Shropsh.
Brand-wine, 1 s. The old name
brandewine, j for eau de-vie,
now shortened into brandy.

Buy any brand-wine, buy any brand-Kine.

Beggar's Bush, iii, 1.

He confided not in Hanse's hrande-wine.

a. Tooke, Belides.

Brandy-ball, s. A Suffolk game.

Brandy-bottles, s. The flowers
of the yellow w ater-lily. Norf.

Brandysnap, s. Thin gingerbread.
North.

Bbangle, v. To quarrel.

Brangled, adj. Confused; entan-
gled. Line.

Brank, (1) ». To hold up the bead
affectedly.

(2) V. To put a restraint on any-
thing. North.

(3) *. Buck-wheat. East.
Brankes, «. A saddle of straw.
Brankke, v. (A.-N.) To wound.
Branks, (1) s. An instrument,

formerly used for punishing

scolds, being a sort of iron frame

for the head, with a gag for the

mouth.

(2) A sort of halter or bridle.

North.

Bransle, "1 8. (Fr.) A dance, the
bransel, I same as the brawl.

Brant, (1) adj. Steep; perpen-
dicular. North.
(2) adv. Up.
(Z) part. p. Burnt. Chesh,

BRA

251

BRA

(4) *. A harrow. Huloet.

(5) 8. Abrantgoose, or barnacle,

(6) adj. Consequential ; pompous.
North.

Bran-tail,*. The redstart. Shrops.
Braxtkn, adj. Bold ; courageous.

Dorset.
Brase, \v. To make ready; to
BRAZE, J prepare.

Such' was my lucke, I shot no shaft in vaine.

My bow slood bent and brased all the y eare.

Mirr.for Mag., p. 509.

Brasell, adj. An epithet for a
bowl, used in the game of bowls.

Blesse his sweet honour's running brasell
bowle. Marslon, Sat., ii.

Braset, 1 «. A kind of sauce,
brasill, J apparently for fish,

" Pykes in brasey,"' and " eels in

brasill," are mentioned in the

Forme of Cury.
Brash, (1) s. The refuse boughs

and branches of fallen timber;

clippings of hedges,

(2) V. To run headlong. North.

(2>)adj. Impetuous; hasty; rash,

(4) g. A violent push.

(5) s. A rash or eruption. West.

(6) », Any sudden development,
a crash,

(7) V. To prepare ore. North.
Brash, T «, A sudden

WATKR-BRA8H, J sickncss, accom-
panied with a rising of brackish
water into the mouth, Warw.

Brashie, adj. Land that is light
and brittle, and fullof small stones
and gravel, is said in Gloucester-
shire to be brashie.

Brashy, Small ; rubbishy ; delicate
ip constitution. North.

Brasil, s. a word used in dyeing
to give a red colour. It is used
by Chaucer, Cant. T., 15465 ; and
in other early writings.

Brass, «. (1) Copper coin, half-
pence.
(2") Impudence,

Brassarts, 1 8. (A.-N.) In ancient
br.'Vssets, J armour, pieces be-

tween theelbow and the top of tbs
shoulder, fastened together by
straps inside the arms.

Brassish, adj. Brittle, North.

Brast, pres. and pret. t. Burst.

Brast, v. To burst, or break.

Then gan she so to sobbe
It seem'd her heart would breut.
Romeiis and Juliet, Supp. to Sh., i, 333,

Brastle, v. To boast ; to brag.

North.
Brastnes, «. A rupture. Huloet.
Brat, *, (1) (A.-S.) A short coarse

mantle.

(2) A coarse kind of apron.
Lincoln.

( 3) A child's bib or apron. North.

(4) A turbot. North.

(5) Film or scum. North.
Bratchkt, s. a term of contempt.

North.

Brathly, adv. Fiercely; exces-
sively.

Brattice, "I «. A partition ; a shelf ;
BRATTisH, J a seat with a high
back. North.

Brattishixg, ». The same as
Brandishing.

Brattle, (1) v. To thunder.
North.

(2) V. To lop the branches of
trees after they are felled. The
loppings are called brattlings.

(3) 8. A race, or hurry. North.

(4) «. A push, or stroke. North.
Bratty, adj. Mean and dirty. Line.
Brauch,*. Rakings of straw. Kent.
Brauchin,*. a horse-collar. North.
Brau6hwham,9. a dish composed

of cheese, eggs, and bread and
butter, boiled together. Lane.

Braunging, a/(/. Pompous. North,

Bravadoes, s. Roaring boys.

Bravation, 8. Braverv.

Brave, (1) adj. (^A.-N.) Finely
drest.

They're wondrons brave to-day : why do

they wear
These several habits ?

tutor. Coromb., 0. PL, vi, 321

BRA

252

BRE

For I have gold, and therefore will be brave ;
In silks I'll rattle it of ev'rv colour.

Green's Tu. Q., 0. PI., vii, 35.

(2) V. To make a person fine.

Thou bast brav'd many men (that is,
hast made them fine, being said to a
taylor) brave not me ; I will neither be
fac'd nor brav'd. Tarn. Shr., iv, 3^

Thou glasse wherein my dame hatli such

delight.
As when she hratti then most on thee to

gaze. T. Watson, Sonnet 24.

(3) 8. A boast ; a vaunt.

(4) s. A bravo ; a ruffian.

(5) *. A trophy.

Troph6e, enseigne de victoire. A signe
or token of victorie : a brave.

Nomtnclator.

(6) adj. In some dialects, thej
say of a person just recovered
from a sickness, " He is brave."

Bravery, (1) s. Finery.

(2) g. A beau ; a fine gentleman.
Bra VI, s. (Lat.) A reward, or prize.
Brawdry, s. Sculptured work.

SMnner.
Bra WET, 8. A kind of eel. North.
Brawl 1 s. {Fr.) A sort of dance,
BRALL, J brought from France

about the middle of the sixteenth

century.

' >8. A brat, or child.

BROL, J '

Shall such a begar's brawle as that, think-
est thou, make me a theefe ?

Gammer Gurt., 0. PI., ii, 51.

And for the delight thou tak'st in beggars
and their brawls.

Jovial Crew, 0. PL, x, 357.

Brawn,*. (1) Smut of corn. West.

(2) The stump of a tree. Devon.

(3) A boar; a boar pig.

(4) Any kind of flesh, not merely
that of the boar, especially the
muscular parts of the body.

Brawned, adj. Strong; brawny.
Spens.

Brawneschedyn. Branded. Tun-
dale, p. 40.

Brawn-fallen, adj. Very thin.

Brawns, «. The muscles.

Bray, (1) v. (Fr.) To beat in a
mortar ; to beat ; to thrash.

Twould grieve me to be brai/'d
In a huge mortar, wrought to paste, &c.
jlbumazar, O. PI., vii, 161.

(2) adj. Good; bold.

(3) V. To throw.

(4; V. To upbraid. Huloet.

(5) V. To cry.

(6) *. A clifl", or rising ground.
But when to climb the other hill they gan.

Old AJadine came fiercely to their aid ;
On that steep bray lord Guelpho would

not then
Hazard his folk, but there his soldiers

staid. Faitf., Tasso, ix, 96.

Braying-ropes, 8. Part of the

harness of a horse.
Brays, ». Hay thrown in rows

before it is made into cocks.
Braze, v. (1) To be impudent.

(2) To acquire a bad taste, applied

to food. North.
Brazil, «. Sulphate of iron.

North.
Breach, (1) a. A break, applied

especially to the break of day.

(2) Breach of the sea, the brim
where the waves beat over the
sand, or where the foam is carried
by the breaking of the waves.

(3) 8. A plot of land preparing
for another crop. Devon.

(4) V. To quarrel. Tusser.
Breach-corn, s. Leguminous

crops.

Breachy, adv. (1) Said of cattle
apt to break out of their pasture.
(2) Brackish. Sussex.

Bread, *. " To know which side
one's bread is buttered on," f. e.,
to consider one's own interest.
" To take bread and salt," meant,
to bind one's self by oath. In
Northamptonshire they say, " If
I don't speak to such a one when
I meet her, there will be no
bread in nine loaves ;" meaning,
she will fancy I am offended, or
too proud to notice her.

Breadings, a. The swathes ot

BRE

253

BRE

heaps of corn or grass wherein
the mower leaves them. Chesh.

Bread-loaf, s. Household bread.
North.

Break, (1) s. Land in the first
year after it has been ploughed
or broken up, after it has long
lain fallow or in sheep-walks.
Norf.

(2) V. A stag breaks cover, when
he goes out before the hounds ;
and breaks water, when he has
just passed through a river.

(3) V. To break beans, to run the
horse-hoe between the rows.

(4) V. To tear. Hampsh.

(5) To break across in tilting,
when the tilter, by unsteadiness
or awkwardness, suffered his
spear to be turned out of its
direction, and to be broken across
the body of his adversary, instead
of by the push of the point.

Break-danse, a. A treacherous
person.

Breakditch,s. a cow which will
not stay in her own pasture ; any
one in the habit of rambling.
North.

Break-neck, s. A ghost. North.

Breaknet, s. The dog-fish. " A
breakenet : a seadog, or dog-
fishe." Nomenclator.

Break-up, p. To cut up a deer. An
old hunting term.

Bream, arf/. Cold and bleak. North.

Brean, v. To perspire. Yorksh.

Breant-xeed, s. Assistance in
distress. North.

Breast, (1) «. The voice.

Truely two degrees of men shall greatly
lacke the use of singiuge, preachers and
lawyers, because they shall not without
this, be able to rule their hreastes for
every purpose. Jscham's Toxoph., p. 29.

By my troth, the fool has an excellent
breast. Shakesp., Tie. Night, ii, 3.

Pray ye stiiy a little : let's hear him sing,
ii'as a fine breast. B. ^ Ft., Pilgrim, iii, 6.

(2) V. To trim a hedge. Shropsh.
C3) *. The face of coal- workings.

(4) V. To spring up. North.
Breast-knot,s. Ak not of ribbon*

worn by women on the breast

Addison.
Breat, s. a kind of turbot.
Breath, (1) «. Exercise; breathing,

Shakesp.

(2) V. To exercise.

He would every morning breath himself
and his horse in running at the ring ;
after dinner he often danced in masks,
and made sumptuous feasts, and in every
thing he did shew himself so magnifi-
cent, that he charmed the hearts of all
the Italians. History of Francion, 1 653.

(3) V. To take breath.

(4) ». A smile. Somerset.

(5) s. Scent ; odour. West.

(6) V. To bray ; to neigh. Devon.

(7) Futuere. "And think'st thou
to breath me upon trust?"
Heywood, Royal King, 1637.

Breathing-hole, «. A vent-hole

in a cask.
Breathing-while, ». A time

sufficient for drawing breath;

a very short period of time.

Ingratitude, I hold a vice so \'ile,

That I could ne'r endure't a breathing
mhile :

And therefore ere I'l prove a thanklesse
jade,

Tune in Ids course shall runne quite retro-
grade. Taylor's Workes, 1630

Breau, s. Spoon meat. North.
Breche, «. (A.-S.) (1) Breeches.

And whan that thay knewe that thay
were naked, thay sowede of fige leves
in mauer of breches, to hideu here mem-
birs. Chaucer, Fersones T.

(2) The buttocks of a deer.

Breck, (1) «. A piece of unen-
closed arable land ; a sheep walk,
if in grass. East.
(2) A small hole broken, usuallj
confined to cloth or like material.
Comw.

Bredai.e, », A marriage-feast.

Brede, (1) V. (A.-S.) To roast.

Man and hous thai brent and bredden,
And her godes oway Icdden.

ArthouT and Merlin, p. 27t

BRE

254

BR^

(2) 8. Breadth. North.

(3) V. To breed.

(4) adj. {J.-S.) Broad; extended.

(5) adv. Abroad. Skinner.

(6) *. Living; employment.
North.

(7) 8. A knot. West.

(8) *. {A.-S.) A board.

(9) g. A biaid.
Bredechese, 8. Cream-cheese.
Bredhitithe, 8. A lump of bread.

Pr. Parv.
Bred-sore, s. A whitlow. East.
Bree, (1) s. a bank. North.

(2) s. (A.-S.) The eyebrow.

(3) adj. Short, spoke of earth as
opposed to stiff and clayey.
Devon.

(4) V. To frighten. North.

(5) 8. Agitation. North.
Breech, v. To flog; to vvhip.
Breechmen, s. Sailors.
Breed, (1) ». To plait. South.

(2) Breed and seed, birth and
parentage and relationship. " I
know the breed and seed of him."
fVarw.

Breed-bate, s. A maker of con-
tent on.

Breeder, s. A fine day. East.

Breeds, «. The brims of a hat.
Glouc.

Breefe, 8. A gadfly. See Brief.
" Flye havynge foure winges
called a breefe, Tabanus." Hul.

^ Y 8. Breeches. North.

BREEKS, J

Breek-girdille, 8. A girdle round
the middle of the body.
At ya breggurdU that swerd astod.

Ashmole MS., \olh cent.

Breel, 8. Perhaps for brol.

Why lowtt je nat low to my Jawdabyll

presens,
Ye brawlyng breeU and blabyr-lyppyd

bycchys. Digby Mysteries, p. 107.

Breen, 8. A gob'in. North.
Breeth, adj. A term applied to

Hght, open soil. West.
Breeze, (1) v. To lean hard Devon.

(2) 8. A quarrel. Var. d.
Bref, adj. {A.-N.) Brief; short.
Breffet, v. To rans: ck. Line.
Bregge, s. a bridge.
Bregid, /;ar^. j». Abridged.
Breid, s. {A.-S. breyd.) Grief; fear.

I'or evere were thou luther and las,
For to brewe me bitter breid.
And me to puyten out of pees.

Walter Mapes, p. 342.

Breke, v. To break ; to separate.

North.
Breket, s. a weapon ; a sort of

pike.
Breme, adj. {A.-S. brem.) Re-
nowned ; fierce ; vigorous ; cruel.
Brench, *. The brink.
Brende, (1) V. To make broad;

to spread about. North.

{2) part. p. Burn shed.
Brendston, s. Brimstone.
Brenk, ». To stand erect in a stiff

and pompous manner. Yorksh.
Brenne, (1) V. (A.-S.) To burn.

(2) s. Bran.
Brenningly, adv. Hotly.
Brext, adj. (1) Steep. North.

(2) Burnt.
Brenwater, s. Aquafortis.
Brenyede, s. (A.-N.) Courageous.
Brero, s. {A.-S.) The surface ;

brim.
Brere, (1) 8. {A.-S. brcer.) A briar.

(2) V. To sprout. North.
Brkrewood, 1 «. The brim of a
breward, j hat. "Aile, a wing ;

also, the biimme or brerewood

of a hat." Cotgrave.
Brhse, v. {A.-N.) To bruise.
Bressemor, 8. A beam. North.
Brest-apple, s. A kind of apple.

Mahi orthomastica, Plin. mammarum ef-
figie, 'opOonaiTTiKa.. Brest-apples.oiiafe-
apples, so called of their likenes.

Nomenclator, 1585.

Breste, (1) V. {A..S.) To burst.
(2) 8. A burst, especially of sor-
row.

Bresure, *. {A.-N.) A bruise or
sore.

BRE

255

BSI

Bret, ». To fade away ; to change.
Kent.

Bretage, 1 s. {A.-N.) A para-
BRETESCHE, I pst, Of, morc pro-
BRETEXE, fperiy speaking, the
BRETisE, J temporary wood-
works raised on the battlements
in a siege. Bretaged or bre-
tcxed, furnished with bretages.

Bretfull, adj. Brimful.

Breth, «. Rage ; anger.

Brethel, Is. A worthless

bretheling, > person; a mise-
BROTHEL, J rable wretch.

Bret-out, v. Com being very dry
in harvest time, and falling from
the busks, is said to bret-out.
South.

Brettexe, r. (A.-S.) To carve ; to
cut up.

Breve, (1) r. To speak; to in-
form ; to account.
(2) V. To mark ; to write.
{3) adj. {A.. N.) Brief; short.

Brevement, s. An account.

Brevet, (1) «. (^A.-N.) A small
letter.

( 2) To move about inquisitively ;
to search diligently. West.

Brevetour, *. A porter, or car-
rier of letters.

Brevial, s. A breviary.

Breviate, (1) V. (Lat.) To
abridge.
(2) «. A compendium.

Breviature, s. a note of abbre-
viation.

Brevit, (1) r. To rummage for
anything. Northampt.
(2) A person who oes hunting
and fidgeting about. North-
ampt.

Brew, (1) s. A kind of bird-
(^2) g. Broth. Conuc.

B REWARD, s. A blade of corn.
North.

Brewer's-horse, s. a drunkard
was said to be one whom the
bretcer's horse had bit.

Brewet,

BREWIS,
BROUWYS,

browbt,

BRUET,

BREWEWES,

BROWESSE,

s. (A.-S. brheas,
sops.) Pottage ;
broth. IntheNorth
they have still a
brewis, made of
slices of bread, with
fat broth poured

BREYT, J over them.

lor to make hruet of Almayne. Tak
partrichys rostyd, and checonys, and
qualys rostyd, and larkys ywol, and
demembre the other; aud mak a god
cawdel, and dresse the flesch in a dysch,
and strawe powder of galentyn ther-
upon ; styk upon clowys of gelofre, and
serve yt torthe. Warner, Ant. Cul., p. 41.

Brevet of Almony. Take conynges or
kiddes, and hewe hera small on moscels,
other on pecys. Parboile hem with the
same broUi. Drawe an almauiide mylke,
aud do the tleissh therewith. Cast thereto
powdor galyugale and of gyuger, with
floer of rys ; and color it wilb alkenet.
Boile it, and messe it forth with sugar
and powdor-douce. Forme of Cury,f. 11.

For to make bruet of Lombardye. Tak
chekenvs, or hennys, or otiiere flesch,
and mak tlie colowre als red as any blod ;
and tak peper, and kanel, aud gyngyver
bred, and grynd hem in a morter, and a
porcon of bred, and mak that bruer
thenne; and do that flesch in that
broth, and mak hem boyle togedere,
and stury it wel. And tak eggys, and
temper hem wyth jus of parcyle; and
wryng hem thorwe a cloth; and wan
that bruet is boylyd, do that tliereto,
and meng tham toiiedere wyth fayr
grees, so that ytbe fat ynow; aud serve
ytforthe. Warner, Antiq. Culin.,f 41.

Bbew-lede, 8. The leaden cooling

vessel used by brewers.
Brewster, «. A brewer. North.
Breyde, (1) s. Force; violence.

(2) V. To startle ; to frighten.
Breje, v. {A.-S.) To frighten.
Brian, v. To keep fire at the

mouth of an oven. North.
Briar-ball, s. An excrescence on

the briar. In Northamptonshire

hoys put it in their coat-cuflFs as a

charm against flogging.
Briars. Brought in the briars,

i. e., deserted ; brought in the

lurch; impeded. To help one

BRI

256

BRI

ont of the briars, i. e., out of any

difficulty.
Briary, s. a place where briars

grow.
B RIB AGE, s. (/i.-N.) Bribery.
Bribe, v. {A.-N.) To rob; to

steaL

BaiBE-PIE, s.

Eat with him ! damn him \ to hear him
employ his barbarous eloquence in a
reading upon the two and thirty good
hits in a shoulder of veal ; and be forc'd
yourselt to praise the cold bribe-pye that
stinks. Wt/cherley, Plain-dealer, 1677-

Bribour, s. {A.-N.) (1) A robber.

(2) A beggar.
Bribre, s. Robbery.
Bricco, adj. Brittle. Chesh.
Bricue. adj. Happy.
Brick, (I) v. To break by pulling

back.

(2) s. A loaf of bread baked in a
narrow oblong form, somewhat
resembling the proportions of a
brick. Warw.

(3) s. A rent or flaw. Devon.
Bricken, (1) adj. Made of brick.

South.

(2) V. To draw the chin to the

neck.
Brickettes, g. The pieces of ar-

mour which covered the loins,

and joined the tassets.
Brick-keel.s. A brick-kiln. South.
Brickle, adj. Brittle. Still used

in the North.

See those orbs, and how they passe ;
All's a tender brickie glasse.

Tixall Poetry, p. 59.

Bbicknoggin, s. An old mode of
building with frequent wooden
right-ups, filled in with bricks.
Half-timbered houses are termed
brick-pane buildings,

Brickstone, 1 Abrick.iV(,r//i.
brick-tile, J

Brick-walls. Making brick-walls
is a term sometimes applied to
swallowing one's meat without
chewing.

Bricole, 1 (Fr.) The reboun(J

brickoll, I. of a ball after a
brick- WALL, J side stroke at
tennis.

Bricole, s. {A.-N.) a military en-
gine for battering walls.

Brio, *. {A.-S.) A bird.

Bridale. See Bredale.

Bridaltee, s. a nuptial festival.

liRiDDis, *. (^.-5.) Brood; family.

Anoone he ordeynlde a vessel afore hir
hole, ande put iherin everi diiye niilke,
that the serpent withe his briddis myglit
licke hit oute. Gesta Romanorum, p. 196.

Bride, (1) s. (A.-N.) A bridle.
(2) V. " Cincischiare, to mince
or bride it at the table or in
speech as some affected women
use." Florio.

Bride-laces, *. (1) A kind of
broad riband or small streamer,
often worn at weddings.
(2) The ribbon grass {calama-
grostis variegata). Northampt.

Bride-wain,*. A marriage custom
in Cumberland.

Bridewell. A well-known prison,
and often used for a prison or
house of correction in general.
A bridewell-bird, a rogue.

Ergastulus. Servus ergastulo inclnsns,
qui e niiculis opus facil. Serf enserrfi.
A roge kept in prison and forced to
worke : a bridetcell bird. Nomenclator.

Bridge-pin, s. Part of a match-
lock gun.

Bridges. (1) Bruges.

(2) *. A kind of thread, made
probably at Bruges.

Bridle, s. An ancient instrument
for punishing a scold.

Bridlegged, adj. Weak in the
legs. Chesh.

Bridle-ro.^d, 1 A road for a
bridle-sty, korseonly.
bridle-way, J ^

Bridling, s. A bitch maris appe«
tens.

Bridling-cast, ». A parting turn.

Brioris, «. Breeders.

BRI

2ar

BRI

Bridwort, g. Meadow-sweet.
Brief, (1) ». (^.-;V.) A petition;

any short paper ; a letter ; an

abstract ; an account.

(2) adj. Common ; prevalent.

(3) *. A horse-fly, or gad-fly.

(4) s. A breve in music.
Brig, s. A utensil used in brew-
ing and in dairies to set the
strainer upon ; a sort of iron,
set over a fire.

Brigant, s. {J.-N.) a robber or
plunderer. Originally, a soldier
who wore a hrigandine, which
being light arrnour, these soldiers
were the most active plunderers.

Brigantaile, s. (A.-N.) A hrigan-
dine, a sort of armour composed
of small plates of iron sewn upon
quilted linen or leather.

Bribe, s. (J.-N.) Contention.

Brigge, *. A bridge. North.

Briggen, v. To abridge.

Bright, s. Celandine.

Brightsome, adj. Bright.

Brigose, adj.{A.-N.) Quarrelsome.

Brik, adj. Narrow ; straight.

Brike, s. {A.-S.) Breach ; ruin.

Brim, (1) s. The sea; flood; a
river.

(2) adj. The same as breme.

(3) «. The forehead. North.

(4) High, in respect of locality.
Yorksh.

Brimbles, ». Brambles. Devon.
Brimme, «. Public; known.

— Yeat tliat thou doest holde me in
dfsdnine,
Is brimtae abroad, and many a gybe to all
tliat keepe tliis plaii\e.

Warner's Albions England, 1593.

Brimmer, s. A hat. North.

I cannot forget (before sashes and broad
liats caroe into fashion) liow much I
have seen a small puny wit delight in
himself, and how horribly he has thou^lit
to have abused a divine, only in twist-
ing the ends of his y;irdle, and asking
him the price of his brimmer; but that
phansie is not altogether so considerable
now. as it has been in former ages.

Eachanei Obseniatiom,\&l\.

Brimmle, *. A bramble. West.
Brims, "I k Aa v .

BRIMSEY.r-^S^^fly- ^"»'-

Oestrum, Vlrg. asilus, Eid. tabanus,
Pliii. Vespaium genus armentis infes-
turn, fjivuxli, ot<7Tpo5, Aristot. Tahon.
A gadbee; a brecse; a duiiflee; a
brimsee. Nomenclator, 1585.

Brimstone, adj. Rampant. South.
Brince, 1 T. J • 1 •

BRiNCH, l"- Todrmkinan.

BRiNDicE, Jswertoapledge.

Luther first brinced to Germany the
poisoned cup of his heresies.

Harding, in Bishop Jewel's Works.

Let us consult at the taveme, where
after to the healtli of Memphio, drinke
Me to the life of Stellio, I carouse to
Prisius, and brinch you mas Sperantus.
Lyl^, M. Bombie, ii, 1.

Brinded, adj. Fierce. Devon.
Brixdle, s. The state or condition

of being brindled.
Brindled, adj. Streaked ; varie-

gated.
Bringen, v. {A.-S.) To bring. To

bring one going, or to bring one

on his way, or to bring onward ;

to accompany a person part of a

journey.

And she went very lovingly to bring him on
his Kay to horse.

Woman killed w. *., O. PL, vii, 283.

Come, mother, sister : you'll bring me oH'
ward, brother.

Reeenget's Tr., 0. PL, iv, 312.

^^^^^^ |s. (A..S. byma.) A
breny, V . ^ y /

• cmrass.

BRUNY, J

The knyghtis redy on justers,
Alle y-armed swithe wel,
Bruny, and lannce, and sweord of stel.
K.Misaunder,\.iifft.

Brink-wark, s. Small faggots to

repair the baitks of rivers. East.

Brise, (1) V. To bruise, or break.*

(2) ». A bristle. North.

(3) s. Fallow ground. East.
Brisk, v. To enliven one's spirits.
Brisk-ale, s. Ale of a superior

quality, West.

BRI

258

BRO

Briskex, r. To be lively.

Brisle-dice, s. a sort of false
dice.

Briss, s. Dust ; rubbish. Devon.

Brissle, v. To scorch; to dry.
North.

Bkissour, g. A sore place ; a chap.

Brist-high, adj. Violent. Yorks/i.

Bristle-tail, s. A gadfly. North.

Bristow, Bristol. Bristol milk
was an old name for sherry. A
false diamond was called a Bristol
stone, from a kind of soft dia-
monds which were found in rocks
near that town.

Coffee-lioiises and taverns lie round the
Change, just us at London; and the
Bristol milt, wliicli is Spanish sherry,
no where so ^ood as liere, is plentifully
drank. Journey thro' England, 1724.

Oh ! you that should in choosing of your

owne,
Knowe a true diamond from a Bristow

stone. Wit Beslor'd, 1658.

Brit, v. To bruise; to indent.

JVest.

(2) s. A kind of fish. Comw.
Britain-crown, s. a gold coin,

worth about five shillings.
Brite, v. When hops or corn are

over-ripe and shatter, they are

said to brite. East and South.
Brith, *. Wrath ; contention.
Britonner, s. a swaggerer.
Brittene, v. (A.-S.) To carve; to

break, or divide into fragments.
Brittling, s. The slow-worm.
Brize, s. a gadfly.

This brize has prick'd mv patience.

B. Jons., Poetaster, iii, 1.

Iwill put the brize in's tail shall set him
gadding presently.

nit. Corom., 0. PI., vi, 251.

Bro, 8. A brow ; the brink.
Broach, (1) s. (Fr.) A spit.

(2) V. To spit or transfix.

(3) s. A larding-pin.

(4) «. A spur.

(5) V. To spur.

(6) t. A sharply pointed stick
to thrust into mows of corn.

(7) ». To deflower. Miege.

(8) s. A taper ; a torch.

(9) 8. A rod of willow or hazle
used by thatchers.

(10) An irregular growing of
a tooth. Brochity, a crooked-
ness, e8i)eciallv of the teeth.
Phillips.

(1 1) ». To shape stones roughly.
North.

(12)«. A fishing-hook. Prorw;;/. P.
Broad, s. A flooded fen. East.
Broad-arrow, s. An arrow with a

large head, and forked.
Broad-band, *. Corn laid out in

the sheaf on the band, after

rain, and spread out to dry.

North. .
Broad-blown, adj. Full-blown.
Broad-cast, adj. Corn sown by

the hand and not drilled. South.
Broad-heads, «. The heads of

broad-arrows.
Broad-set, adj. Short and thick.
Broak, v. To belch. East.
Broan, "1 «. Cleft wood for the
brawn, J fire. Devon. A faggot.

North.
Bros, v. To piick with a bodkin.

North.
Brobillr, v. To welter.
Broc, «. (A.-S.) A rupture.
Brocage, s. (A.-N.) A treaty by

a broker or agent.
Brocale, s. Broken victuals.
Broche. See Broach.
Brock, (1) s. {A.-S. broc.) A

badger.

(2) #. A cabbage. North.

(3) s. A piece or fragment.
West.

(4) s. (A.-S. broc.) An inferior
horse. A horseman was called in
Kent a brockman. The word is
still used in the North for a cow
or husbandry horse.

(5) *. The insect which produces
the froth called cuckoo-spittle.
(6"^ «. A brocket.

Brouke, v. To brook ; to enjoy.

BRO

259

BRO

Brocket, «. {A.-N.) A stag in its
third year; or, according to some
authorities, in its second year.

Brockle, arf;. Brittle. North.

Brocour, s. (A.-N.) a hroker.

Broddle, v. To make holes. North,

Brode, v. To prick. North.

Brodekins, *. {Fr.) Buskins or
half-boots.

Brodel, *. A brothel.

Brodelyche, adj. Strong ; fu-
rious.

Brode-nail, 8. A sort of nail,
often mentioned in old building
accounts.

Brods, s. Money. Line.

Broerh, adj. (J.-S.) Tractable.

Brog, (1) ». A swampy or bushy
place. North.

(2) V. To crop. Yorksh.

(3) V. To catch eels with brags
or small sticks. North.

(4) V. To troul)le water.

(5) 8. A trick. East.
Brogger, s. a badger who deals

in corn.
Broggle, v. To fish for eels in a

manner called in some parts to

sniggle.
Brogue, (1) s. A sort of shoe

" made of the rough hide of any

beast, commonly used by the

wilder Irish." Holinshed.

(2) s. Breeches. Suffolk.
Broided, adj. (A.-N.) Braided ;

woven.
Broke, (1) v. {A.-S. brucan.) To

deal, or transact a business, par-

ticularly of an amorous nature;

to act as a procurer ; to be the

means of seducing.
But we do want a certain necessary
Woman, to broke between tlieni, Cupid said.
Fansh., Lusiad, ix, 44.

Tis as I tell you, Colax, she's as coy
And liatli as shrewd a spirit, as quicke

oonceipt,
As ever wencli I brok'd in all my life.

Daniel, Queen's Arcadia, iii, 3, p. 365.

(2) s. A breach. Becon.

(3) ». A rupture. Kent.

(4) adj. Exhausted; used up.
Northamp.

(5) s. A misdeed, or crime.

(6) s. A brook.

(7) V. Sheep, when lying under
a broken bank, are said to broke.
North.

(8) V. To keep safe.
Brokele, adj. Brittle.

Of brokele kende liis tliat he deithe,
I'or hy ne more naujt dury.

William de Shoreham.

Brokeleak, s. The water-dock.

Brokelette, 8. A fragment.

Brokell, s. Rubbish. " Gary away
rubbell or brokell of olde decayed
houses. Erudero." Huloet.

Broken-beer, s. Remnants of
beer.

Broken-crosse, «. To come home
by Broken Crosse, ». e., to be
bankrupt. Howell, 1659.

Broken-grass, 8. Grass left and
mown after a field has been
grazed by cattle. Leic.

Broker, s. A pander or go-be-
tween.

Broket, s. (1) A lark. Northumb.

(2) A little brook.

(3) A torch or taper.
Brokking, *. Throbbing; qui-
vering.

Broklembe, 1
BRAKLEMPE, l^«. The herb Orpin.

BROKLEMP, J

Brol. 8. (1) {A.-S.) A brat or
child.
(2) Part; piece.

Brom,«. Thebitofabridle. iVor/A.

Bromidgham. Birmingham. The
name was applied to false money,
of wiiich it was the great manu-
factory; and to politicians who
were between "Whig and Tory,
neither one nor the other, a
trimmer.

Bronched, joar/.^. Pierced.

Brond, ». (1) {A.'S.) A sword.
(2) {A..N.) A torch.

BaoNCE, r. To brand ; to burn.

BRO

260

BRO

Bkond-iron, g. A sword. Spenser.
Brong, part. p. Brought. North.
Bronstrop, 8. A prostitute.
Broo, «. (1) The top of anything;

the brow.

(2) Brother. North. A broo-

chip, a person of the same trade,

or likeness.
Brood, v. To cherish.
Broodle, v. To cuddle. North.
Broody, adj. (1) Sullen; ill-tem-

j)ered. Dorset.

(2) Dark and cloudy, spoken of
the weather. Northamp.

(3) Broody hen, a hen which is
sitting on eggs.

Brook, (1) v. Clouds are said to
brook up, when they draw to-
gether, and threaten rain. South.

(2) 8. A boil or abscess.

(3) s. To digest. Palsgrave.
Brooklime, 8. \Vater-s^»eedwell.
Brookmint, 8. {A.-S.) Waterraint.
Broom-dasher, «. (1) A dealer

in faggots, brooms, &c. Kent.
(2) A maker of brooms. Leic.

Broom-fikld, 8. To sweep broom-
field, to get possession of the
whole of anything. East.

Broomstaff, "Is. The handle of
BROOMSTALE, J a broom.

Brose, v. To bruise.

Broseley, s. a pipe, so called
from a place in Shropshire where
pipes were made.

Brosewort, *. Henbane. Gerard
gives this name to the consolida
minor.

Brosier, 8. A bankrupt. Chesh.

Brosshing, 8. Gathering sticks or
bushes,

Erosten, part. p. Burst.

Brotchet, 8. A liquor made from
the last squeezings of a honey-
comb. North.

Brotel, adj. {A.-S.) Brittle ; un-
steady.

Brot-ground, 8. Ground newly
broken up. IVestm.

Broth, «. Pottage. North.

Broth-belly, J. Aglutton.A'or/A.

Brothe, 1 j- r- J

' I adj. Enraged: an-

brothefulle, > ^ • 1 ..
f Rry ; violent.

broth LY, J o / >

Brotue, adv. Abroad. North.

Brothel, « (A.-S.) A worthless
person ; a harlot. See Brethel.

Brothelry, 8. Lasciviousness ;
obscenity.

Brothered, part. p. Embroi-
dered.

Brotherhed, «, Brotherly af-
fection.

Brother-in-law, «. A half-bro-
ther. East.

Brotherwort, 8. Pennyroyal.

Brothy, adj. {A.-S.) Hard ; stiff.

Brotts, 8. Fragments ; droppings.
North.

Brood, ». A forehead. West.

Brough, 8. A kind of halo.
North.

Brough-wham, \s. Adishmadeof

BROUGHTON, J chcCSC, PggS,

clap-bread, and butter, boiled

together. Lane.
Brouke, v. {A.-S.) To enjoy ;

to use ; to possess.
Brouse, 8. Brushwood. West.
Brout, *. A bruit, or rumour.
Brow, adj. (I) Pert; saucy. North.

(2) Brittle, Wilts.
Browden, adj. (1) Anxious about.

North.

(2) Vain ; conceited. North.
Browdene, adj. Broad ; ex-
tended.
B RowEN, part. p. Brewed.
Browes, 8. Pottage. See Brewet.

They tliank'd him all with one cousent,
But especiariy maister Powes,

Desiring nira to bestow no cost.
But onely beefe and browns.

King's Halfe-PennyKorth of Wit, 1613.

Browing, s. Soup ; pottage.
Brown-clock, s. The cockchafer.

North.
Brown-crops, s. Pulse. Glouc.
Brown-day, s. A gloomy day.

WiUs.

BRO

261

BRU

Bbowx-deep, adj. Lost in re-

■^ection. Kent.
Brown-george, s. (1) A coarse

sort of bread.

(2) A large earthen pitcher.

(3) A small close wig, with a
f'Ogle row of curls, said to take
its name from George III.

Brown-leemkrs, 1 Ripe brown
BROWNSHULLERS. J niits ; figu-
ratively applied to generous per-
sons. North.

Brown study. A thoughtful ab-
sence tti mind.

And in the niornynge whan every man
made hyni rcdy to ryde, and sonic were
on horsobacke" setting forwarde, John
Reyiioldes louude his companion syt-
tviige iu a browne study at the inue
gate. Tales and Quicke Answers.

Why how now, sister, in a motley muse?

Fait)i, tliis brotcn study suits not with your

black,
Your habit and your thoughts are of two

colours. S. Jonsoii, Case Alter'd, iv, 1.

Browsage, s. Browsing.
Browse, s. Dry food for cattle.

" Browse, or meat for beastes in

snow tynie. Vesca." Huloet.
BROW-sauARE, «. A triangular

piece of linen, to bind tlie head

of an infant just born. West.
Browthy, adj. Liglit and spongy,

spoken of bread ; the opposite of

clusty, or clayey. Comw.
Broylery, «. {Fr.) A tumult.
Broylly, adj. (Fr.) Broiled.
Brozier. " Brazier my dame,"

i. e., "eat her out of house and

home."
Bruce, ». Pottage. See Brewet.
Bruck, s. a field-cricket. North.
Bruckeled, adj. Wet and dirty;

liegrinied. East.
Bruui.e. v. To let a child lie till

he is quite awake. Devon.
Brue, v. To enibrue.
Bbuet, *. Pottage. See Brewet.
Bruff, adj. (1) Hearty; jolly;

rough iu manners.

(2) Brittle Dorset.

Brugge, #. {A.-S.) A bridge.

Bruile, v. a sea term.

Our master Richard Swanley, seeing
their advantage, caused to bmile nmine-
saile, and edge within niuski-i-sliot of
them both, and there maintained tight
with them till lunne-set. and received
no hurt at all. Taylor's U'orkes, 1630.

Bruit, (1) *. {A.-N.) A rumour or
report.

(2) V. To report.

A thousand tilings besides she bruits and
tells. Mirr.for Mag., p. 17.

Bruitist, s. a brute.

Bruklempe, s. The herb orpin.
See Broklembe,

Item. Also take heyhove, walworte,
white nialowes, and bruklempe, and huyle
hem iu watereandwassh the score ther-
in. MS. \ith cent.

Brulliment, s. {Fr. brouillement.)

A broil. North.
BbUMBLE-GELDER, s. A farmer.

East.
Brummell, s. a bramble. Hants,
Brummock, s. a sort of knife.

Shropsh.
Brump, v. To lop trees in the

night. East.
Brun, v. To burn. North.
Brune, s. {A.-N.) Brown.
Bbungeon, s. a brat; a child.

Kent. It meant properly a

foundling.
Brunned, adj. Shrunk. Dorset.
Brunswick. *. A sort of dance.
Brunswyne, *. The seal. Pr.

Parv.
Brunt, adj. Sharp to the taste.

North.
Brunte, v. To leap.
Brure, «. Brushwood. West.
Brus, s. Broth. See Brewet.
Brusell, v. To bruise, or break.
Brush, (1) v. To jump quickly.

(2)0. To splash hedges. Yorksh.

(3) s. A nosegav. Devon.
i\) s. Stul)ble. 'staff.

BausHALY, s. The bushy branch
of a tree.

BRU

262

BUB

Britsk, adj. {Fr. bnisqtie.) Rude.
Bruslery, s. {A.-N.) a tumult.
Bruss, (1) adj. Proud; upstart.

Sussex.

(2) s. The dry spine of furze.

Devon.
Brust, (1) g. A bristle.

(2) adj. Rough, or covered with
bristles.

(3) V. To burst. North.
Brusting-saturday, ». The Sa-
turday before Shrove-Tuesday.
Line.

Brustle, v. {\) To rise up against
one fiercely.

'Sbud I'll brustle up to him !

Otieay, The Atheist, 1681.

(2) To crackle ; to rustle.

(3) To parch.
Brusy. Begone! Beds.
Brute, s. (Fr.) Rough.
Brutel, adj. Brittle.
Bruts, s Old clothes. North.
Brutte, r. To browse. South.
Bruttle, adj. Wild ; furious,
Bruzz, v. To blunt, Yorksh.
Bruzzled, adj. (1) Over-roasted.

North.

(2) Bruised.

Buy, s. A kind of tart. "Tartede
bry." Warner.

Bryche, adj. Low.

Bryde, a<^'. Bowed; broke.

Brygauntes, 8. Robbers. See
Brigant.

Bryge, 8. (A.-S.) Strife ; conten-
tion.

Amongcst other, he snspectith oon to be
his Hccusar CiiUyd Champneyg, whiche
is as fond a feluwe, as maliciouse, and
as sediciouse a person, as any in tliis
shire; he is a tenant of myn, and was of
laate my servant, and for sediciou and
bryf/es that he had with syr John
Saynrtlo, and other jentyllmeii here in
the countre. Letter, 1536.

Brygous, adj. Quarrelsome; con-
tentious.

Brykknder, s. A brigandine, or
coat of light mail.

Bryheus,

BRYNEUX

.}

«. An ancient dish.

For to make brymeus. Nym the tharm^s
of a pygge, and wasch hem clene in
water and salt, and seth item wel; and
than hak hem smale; and gryud pepyr
and safron, bred and ale, and hoyle
togedere. Nym wytys of eyren, and
knede it wyth flonr, and make sinal
pelotys, and frye hem with wyte {trees,
and do lieni in disclies above that otbere
mete, and serve it forthe.

Warner, Antiq. Culm., p. 39.

Brymlent, «. A sort of tart.
Bryn, s. a way or path ; a journey.
Bryne, 8. Brows or bristles.
Brynnys, 8. Bourns ; streams.
Bryon, 8. Wild nepte.
Bryste, 8. Want; need.
Bryswort, 8. The less daisy,
Bryttle, v. To cut up venison.
Bryve, adv. Brief.
Bu, (1) V. (A.-S.) To bend. North.

(2) 8. (A.-xW.) An ox.
Bub, (1) *. Liquor.

(2) V. To throw out in bubbles.
BuBALLE, 8. (Lat. bubalui.) An

ox.
BuBBER, 8. A great drinker.
Bubble, (1) «. A simple fellow;

a man easily cheated.

Are any of these gentlemen good bubbles.
Sedley, The Mulberry Gardeti, 1668.

(2) V. To cheat.

He's a Buckinghamshire grasier, very
rich ; he lias the fat oxen, and fat acres
in the vale : I met him here by chance,
and could not avoid drinking a glass
o' wine with liim. I believe he's gone
down to receive money ; t'were an excel-
lent design to bubble him.

Elherege, Comical Revenge, 1669.

This is unlookt for fortune — but 'lis such
a good iiatur'd old fool, that inctliinks
'tis pity to bubble him.

Durfey, Fool turit'd Critiek.

(3) V. To dabble in the water.
" Bubblyng,oT bybblyngin water,
asduckesdo. Amphibolug.'' Hu-
loet.

BuBBLE-AND-SftUEAK, 8. A disb

composed of beef and cabbage.
Bubble-hols, ». A child's game.

BUB

263

BUC

BUBBLE-THE-JUSTICE, S. A gatlie,

said to be the same as nine-holes.
Bubbly-jock, s. A turkey-cock.

North.
BuBBY-HUTCH, s. A sort of truck

or handbarrow. Leic.
BuB-DouBf.E, "Is. A sort of strong

DOUBLE BUB, J beer.
BuBUKLE, *. {Lat.) A botch or im-

posthume.
BucHT, s. A herding place for

sheep. Northumb.
Buck, (1) v. To wash.

(2) s. A quantity of linen washed
at once, a wash of clothes.

The wicked spirit conid not endure her,

because slie had washed among her htck

of cloatiies, a eatholinuc priestes sliirt.

Decl. of Popish import, 4to, E, 2.

Then sliall we not have our houses
broken up in the uiVht, as one of my
nvghtljois liad, and two creat buckfs of
cfothes stolen out, and niostot tlie same,
fync Ijnncn.

Caveat far Com. Curs., A, 2, b.

(3) s. That peculiar infection
which in summer sometimes gets
into a dairy, and spoils the cream
and butter. Cornw. To be buckt,
is, in Devon, to have a rankish
taste or smell, as we say " the
beer is bucked," "the cheese is
buckt." Ill the dialect of Exmoor,
milk is said to be buckward or
bucked,\\\\tn it smells of the milk-
pail or bucket, or turns sour in it.

(4) To buck com, to pick out all
the flour or pith of grain in the
ground, after it has begun to
spring, leaving only the husk or
sliell behind, which birds ofiea
do. Devon.

(5) ». A gay or fashionable per-
son ; a word in use as early as
the 15th cent.

(6) 8. The body of a wagon.
East.

(7) 8. The iron in a wagon to
which the horses are tied.

(8) V. To spring nimbly. East.

(9) 8. (A.-S.) The breast, or belly.
Sussea:.

(10) V. To swell out. Somerset.

(11) V. To fill a basket. Kent.

(12) ». To beat. Yorksh.
Buck- BASKET, s. A clothes-basket.
BucKBEAR, r. To teaze, find tault.

Leic.

Buck-buck, 8. A child's game,
more usually called, " buck, buck,
how many horns do I hold up?"

BucKER, (1) s. A bent piece of
wood, on which anything is sus-
pended, as a slaughtered animal.
(2) *. A broad flat hammer, used
in mining.

BucKERELs, *. A sort of play used
by bovs in London, in the time
of Henry VIII.

Bucket, *. A pulley. North.

Buckets, s. Square pieces of boggy
earth, below the surface. Yorksh.

BucK-FATT, 8. A Washing tub.

Buckhead, v. To lop.

BucKHORN, 8. Dried haddock.

BucKHORSE, 8. A Smart box on
the ear; a cant term derived
from the name of a boxer.

BucKiNG-sTooL, 8. A Washing
block.

Buck-in-the-park, s. a child's
game.

Buckle, v. (1) To bend; to bow.

(2) To quarrel. Somerset.

(3) To marry. "Good silly Stellio,
we must buckle shortly." Mother
Bombie.

(4) To buckle to, to return to any
work, &c. ; to set to a thing in
earnest.

Buckle-horns, ». Short crooked
horns, turning inward. Yorksh.

Buckle-mouthed, adj. Having
large straggling teeth. North.

Buckler, (1) f. To defend.

(2) ». A great beam. Line.

(3) To give bucklers, to yield,
or lay by all thoughts of defence.
To take up the bucklers, to ecu*
tend.

BUC

264

BUF

A most tnan\y wit, Margaret, it will not
hurt a u'onian ; and so, 1 pray thee, call
Beatrice: J gict thee the buciUrs.

Much A., V, 2.

Charge one of them to talce up the bucklers
Against that hair-monger Horace.

Decker's Satironiaslix.

Age is nobodie — when youth is in place,
it ffives the othrr the bucklers.

OldilegofUeref.,'B.Z.

Buck-mast, «. The fruit of the

beech-tree.
Buckram-bearer, «. Adependant.
His buckram-bearer, cue that kuowes his

Can write with one hand and receive with
two.

Taylor's Workes, 1630.

BucKSHORN, s. A bawd.

BucKSOME, adj. (1) Blithe; jolly.
South.

(2) Lascivious. The word was
used in this sense early in the
last century.

BucKSTALL, ». (1) A net for taking
deer.

(2) The stout part of a thorn,
the branches being cut off. Norf.

BucK-swANGiNG, «. A sort of
punishment, which was adminis-
tered by two boys taking hold of
the culprit by the hands and feet,
and swinging him with a bump
against a wall.

BucKSTiCK, «. A stick used in the
game called Spell and Ore.

BucKWASHER, g. A lauudrcss.

BucK-WEEL,*. A bow-net for fish.

Bud, (1) ». To make, or compel.
North.

(2) s. A calf of the first year.
{Z) pret. t. Behoved.
(4) s. A term of endearment,
generally between man and wife.

Mrs. Pin. O Lord, buJd, why d'ye fright
me so ? fTycherley, Country Wife, 16s8.

Bud-bird, a. The bullfinch. West.

BUDDLE, 1 ™,, ,,

' vs. The corn maryeold.
BUDEL, J 'o

BuDDLE,r. (1) To suflfocate. Somer-

(2) To cleanse ore. North.

(3) s. The vessel for this purpose,
formed like a shallow tumbrel.

BuDDLED, adj. Tipsy. Devon.
Buddy, adj. Fat; corpulent. Line.
BuDDY-BUD, «. The flower of the

burdock. North
BuDE, pret. t. Bode; endured.

North.
Budge, (1) s. (Fr.) Lambskin with

the wool dressed outwards.

(2) adj. Brisk ; jocund. South.

(3) adj. Proud.

(4) adj. Stiff; dull. Sussex.

(5) s. A bag or sack. Kennett.

(6) ». A kind of water-cask, on
wheels. South.

(7) V. To abridge, or lessen.
North.

(8) s. A thief.

(9) V. To stir ; to move off.

Tlie sounding well they like, so in they
went,

And budge not till the tyler's pots were
spent.

Rovilands, Kimres of Spades, 1618.
And when wee struck downe one, tlie
residue budgd not one jot till all were
vanquished. Herbert's Travels, 1638.

Budget, "l s. (Fr.) A wallet ; a
BouGET, ^leather case for carry-
bogkt, J ingthings behind a man
on horseback.

I am a Welshman, and do dwel in Wales,
I have loved to serche budgets and kxik in
males. Andrew Borde, B. o/Kiiotcl.

BuDPiCKER, «. The bullfinch.
Devon.

BuDRAM, g. Oatmeal gruel. Norf.

BvE, adj. {A.-N.) Fair.

BuEiNGs, s. Joints. Devon.

BuEN, V. To be.

BuER, *. A gnat. North.

BuEss.s. A stall, or station. iVor/A.

BuF, g. (A.-N.) Beef.

BuFARious, adj. Mendacious.

Buff, (1)». To rebound. A wood-
man will say his axe buffs when
it strikes on a tough piece of
wood and rebounds without cut-
ting. Warw.

BUF

265

BUG

(2) V. To emit a dull sound, as a
Ijladder filled with wind. Buffed-
hells are tolled or rung with a
covering. TJ'arw.

(3) s. Leather made of a buffalo's
hide.

(4) s. The bare skin. To be in
tuff", is equivalent to being naked.

(5) c. To beat or strike. Spenser
uses it for buffet.

(6) V. To boast.

(7) «. A tuft or hassock. Kent.

(8) 8. The hough of a tree. North.

(9) «. A buffalo.

(10) Buff tie baff, neither one
thing nor another. In North-
amptonshire they still say buff
nor bum, in the same meaning.
A certaine persoiie being of hym [So-
crates] biilden stood speede, s.iied to livm
aguiiie neither bvfft «« baff, [tliHt is, made
liiiu no kmd of answer]. Neither was
Socrates tlierettiih any tliiiis; discon-
tented. I'daU, Jpopkik., fol. 9.

BuFFARD, "1 ». {A.-N.) A foolish

BUFFER, /fellow.

BuFFE, 1 r. To stutter, or stam-

BUKFLE, J nier.
Buffet, ». (I) A cushion for the

feet ; a small ottoman ; sometimes

called a buffet-stool.

(2) (Fr.) A kind of cupboard.

(3) A blow.

Buffie, «. A vent-hole in a cask.
BuFFiN, s. .\ sort of coarse cloth.
Buffing-knife, #. A knife for

scraping leather.
Buff-jf.rkix,». a leathern jacket,

worn usually by Serjeants and

catchpoles.
BuFFLE, (1) ». A buffalo.

(2) ». To handle clumsily. East.

(3) r. To speak thick and inar-
ticulately.

(4) V. To puzzle.
Buffle-greess, s. The Brussels

sprouts. Northamp.

BUFPLE-HEADED, adj. Stupld.

You know nothing, /on luffle-keaded,
stupid creature vou.

IfyekerUy, Plain-dealer, 1677.

BuFT, s. The joint of the knee. ^

A'orth.
Bug, {^1) s. A goblin ; a bugbear.

Tusli, tush ! fear bovs with bugs.

Shakesp., Tarn. Skr., i, 2.
Afterwards they tell them, that those
wliich they saw, were bugs, witches, and
hags. Lavater. de Spectris, tr. 1572.

Hobgoblins, or night-walking spirits,
black bugs. Nomenclator.

Which be the very bvggrs that tlie
Psalme nieaneth on, walking in tlie
night and in corners. Asch. Tuiopk.

(2) adj. Proud ; conceited ; me-
nacing, when applied to words,
seems to be the meaning in
Skinner. "To take bug," to
take fright or offence.

These are higg-mords that aw'd the wo-
men in former ages, and still fool a great
many in this.

Saeenscroft, Careless Lovers, 1673.
Bra. A very great comfojt — a whore is
a very great comfort to her husband,
witliout doubt.

Beauf. Sin-all, no bttg words, there was
uo whoredom iu the case.

Durjey, A nrtuous Wife, 1680.

(3) V. To take offence. North-
amp.

Bugaboo,*. A bugbear ; a ghost.

West.
Bdgax, 8. The devil. West.
Bugasin, 8. Calico buckram.
BuGE, V. (A.-S.) To bend.
Buggen, v. (A.-S.) To buy.
Bugger, (1) v. To cheat at play.

(2) 8. A hobgoblin. Glonc.
Buggy bane, 1 *. An old game
buckee bene, J in Devonshire
played by children in the dark,
in which the following rhymes
were repeated by one of the
players.
Buggy, buggy, bidde bene.
Is the way now fair and clean?
Is the goose y-gone to nest.
And the fox y-eom to rest?

Shall I come away f
BuGLF, 8. A buffalo.
Bugi.e-rod, 8. The crosier of a

bishop.
Bugs-words. Fierce, high-sound-
ing words. See Bu^. " Chtval de

BUG

^ trompelte, one thats not afraid

of shadowes, one wliora no l)ig
nor bugs words can terrific."
Coigrave.

BuGY, adj. Rough.

BuiLLEN, V. {A.-N.) To boil.

BuiST, V. To mark sheep. North.

BuKE, «. A book.

BcKENADE, s. A dish in cookery.

Bukkenade. Tiike hennes, other conyn-
ges, other veel, other other flessh, and
liewe hem to gobetts; waische it, and
hit well. Grvnde almandes unhUinched,
and drawe hem up witli the broth.
Caste thereinne raysons of corauce,
sugar, powder gynger, erbes y-stewed
iu grees, oynouiis, and salt. If it is to
thynne, alye it up with floer of ryse,
other with other thyng, and color it wii h
safroon. Forme ofCury, p. 6.

Bulbs, s. The tonsils of the throat.
BuLCH, V. To bilge a ship.
BuLCHiN, s. A bull-calf.
BuLDERiNG, adj. Hot and sultry,

applied to weather. Devon.
BuLDER-STONK, *. A bouIdcr.
BuLE, s. (1) A boil or swelling.

(2) The semicircular handle of

any article like a bucket.
BuLGOOD, s. Yeast. Easi.
Bulk, (I) s. The body, from the

neck to the hips.

And strike thee dead, and trampling on

thy bulk,
By stamping with my foot crush out thy

'soul. Four Prentices, O. Fl., vi, 478.

Beating her bulk, that his hand slinkes
witluiL Shakesp., Rape of Lucr.

(2) s. The bottom part of a ship.

(3) «. The stall of a shop. Tlie
front of a butcher's shop is still
called a bulkar in Lincolnshire.

(4) V. To strike ; to beat.

(5) V. To throb.

(6) «. A beam.

BuLKE, {\)v. {A..S.) To belch.

(2) To bow, to bend. Prompt.

Parv.
BuLKER, g. A night-walker; a

strumpet.

Tliat ii their last refuge in point of

cloaths ; and when that's worn out, she

266 BUL

must on with the strip'd semar, and
turn bulker ; at which trade 1 hope to
see you suddenly.

Baceiiscroft, Careless Lovers, 1C73.

BuLK-RiDDEN, adj. Riddcii with
one's body.

Wience d'ye come ?
From what bulk-ridden strumpet reeking
home ? OU/iam's Foems.

Bull, (1) adj. Strong.

(2) V. Cattle are said in York-
shire to buU up hedges.

(3) *. An instrument used for
beating clay.

(4) s. A sandstone for scythes.
North.

BuLLACE, s. A wild plum, larger

than the sloe. See Bullions.
BuLLAKiN, «. Low vulgar abuse.

Norf.
BuLLATE, V. (Lat.) To bubble or

boil.
BuLLBEAR, s. A bugbcar.
BuLL-BEGGAR, s. A hobgoblin ;

any object of terror.

A scarebug : a bulbegger : a sight that
frayeth and frighteth. Homenclator.

And they have so fraid us with bull-
beggers, spirits, witches, urchens, elves,
&c., and such other bugs, that we are
afraid of our own shadowes.

Scot's Disc. ofWitchcr., 1580.

And being an ill-look'd fellow, he has a
pension from the churchwardens for
he'ns; hdlbeggar to all the Iroward
children in the parish.

Mounlforl, Greenwich Park, 1691

Bull-calf, s. A stupid fellow.
Bulled, (1) adj. Swollen.

(2) Said of & cow maris appetens.
BuLLEN, s. (1) The stalks of hemp

after they are piled.

(2) Boulogne.
BuLLER, (1) V. To roar. North.

(2) s. (A.-N.) A deceiver.
Bull-faces, 1 «. Tufts of coarse

BULL- FRONTS, / grass. North.
BuLL-FEisT, s. A puff-ball. East.
Bullfinch, (1) *. A stupid fellow.

North.

{'Z) s. A hedge which is allowed

BUL

267

BUL

to grow high without laying.

Nhrthamp.
BuLLFiNCHERS, s. A Cant term

applied to double rows of posts,

with a quickset in the middle.
Bullhead, «. (1) A tadpole.

Chesh.

(2) A small fish, called also a

miller's-thumb.
Bullheads,, s. Curled tufts of

hair on a woman's forehead.
Bullies,*. Round pebbles. South.
BuLLiMOXG, «. A mixture of oats,

I)eas, and vetches. Tusser, and

still in use in Essex.
Bulling, part. a. Boiling.

BuUyng, bollynge, or bubblyng of water

GUI of a spryiige. Ebullilio. Huloet.

Bullion, s. {Fr. billon.) Base coin.

And those, which eld's strict doom did

disallow,
And damn for bullion, go for current now.
Sijh.yDu Sartas, week 2, day 2.

Bullions, 1 „,., , , ,

I ». vV lid plums ; large
BULLACE, V , ^ ' &

' f sloes.

BULLIES, J

Bullions, «. (1) Hooks used for
fastening the dress ; buttons ;
embossed ornaments.
(2) A pair of hose or doublets
ornamented with bullions.

BuLL-juB, 1 «. The fish called
Bui.L-KNOB, J a miller's thumb.
Derby.

BuLL-JUMPiNGs, a. A kind of por-
ridge. North.

Bullock, v. To bully. North.

BuLLOT-STONES, *. Balls of stone.

The arrowes flewe from side to side,
The bullotstones did waike.

Turberville's Tragical Talts, 1587.

BuLL-PATED, adj. A heavy crop of
grass driven by wind or rain into
an eddy, is said to be bull-pated.
Northamp.

Bulls, s. (1) The stems of hedge-
thorns.

(2) Transverse bars of wood into
wliich the heads of barrows
are set.

BuLLS-AND-cows, s. The flower
of the arum maculatum.

BuLL-SKG, a. A gelded bull. North.

Bulls-eyes, *. A sort of coarse
sweetmeat.

Bull's-feathbr. To stick a bull's-
feather in the cap, to make one
a cuckold.

Bull's-forehead, a. The turfy
air-grass. North.

Bull's-neck, a. To bear one a
bull's neck, i. e., to bear a grudge
against, or to be provoked at the
sight of a person. Devon.

Bull's-noon, a. Midnight. Eaat.

Bull's-pink,«. Achaffinch. North.

Bull-stag, a. A bull gelt after he
is full grown. Glouc.

BuLL-sTANG, a. (1) A dragon-fly.
North.
(2) An upright stake in a hedge.

Bull-stone, a. A kind of sand-
stone. Yorkah.

Bull-trout, a. A large species of
trout, found in Northumberland.

Bull-ward, 1 adj. A cow mad
bull-wood, I for the bull. A sow
BULLAD, I is said to be hoar-
BURRAD, ) wood, and a mare
horsewood, under similar circum-
stances. The word is sometimes
applied opprobriously to a woman.

Bull-week, a. A name given to
the week before Christmas at
Sheffield.

Bull-works, a. Boisterous be-
haviour. JVeat.

Bully, (1) a. A familiar term for
a companion.

(2) a. A parlour, or small room.
Eaat.

(3) V. (A.-N.) To boil.

(4) V. To frighten.

(5)». A riot. "To make a bully,"
to kick up a riot.

Bully-beggar, a. A scare-crow.

Bullyrag, ». To rail or use op-
probrious language. Leic.

BuLLY-ROCK, a. An impudent
swaggerer. The word was much

BUL

268

BUM

used in the latter half of the 17th
century.

If they spy a gentle sqnier making
faces, he poor soul must be hector'd till
he likes 'em, while the more stubboru
hully-rock damm's and is safe.

ShadtPcIl, Sullen Lovers, 1670, Prrf.
Oh! dear buUij-rock, that wheadlewont
pass. Shadwell, Sullen Lovers, 1670.

Upon honour, m a short time not a bully-
rock of 'em all can come near lliee for
gallantry, burfey, Madame Fickle,\i&i.

BuLSE, «. A bunch. North.
BuLT, (I) ». A silting cloth.

(2) V. To sift. "Bull, raunge,
or syeve meale. Succemo."
Hulo'et.

BuLTER, s. A bag for fine meal.

" Bultre, or bultyng poke for fyne

meale. Cribra." Huloet.
BuLTiNGARKE, «. A tub or chcst

for sifting.
BuLTLE, 8. Bran. North.
BoLVER, V. To increase in bulk.

East.

BULVERHEAD, ». A Stupid fcUoW.

East.

BuLVERiNG.joar/. a. A tree or bush
whose branches extend over the
road, is said to Hang bulveriny
over. Any part of dress, as of a
gown or coat made large and full,
so as to stick out, ia said to be
bulvering.

Bulwark, «. A rampart.

BcLWORKS, «. Part of the armour,
used to prevent the thighs of the
wearer from being chafed by
the pieces that terminated just
above the knee.

Bum, (1) V. To strike; to beat.
North.
{2) V. To spin a top. North.

(3) V. To rush with a humming
sound.

(4) V. To dun.

(5) V. To drink ; to taste.

(6) ». A bum-bailiff.

Bum, I «. The posteriors. This
BUMME, V word was in common
BOMME, J usewiththeElizabethan

writers, and with those of the
century following. It appears to
have been origmally synonymous
with buttock. Florio has, "A'd-
tiche, the buttocks or bummes."

Phryne is light, and yet she hath two
bummes.

Like a ful payre (at least) of mountanetts.
Davies, Scourge ofFulli/, 1611.

But when the priest had done his part, and
that they homeward come.

The bride, for Baltus, might salute the
pavement with her bomme.

Warner's Albions England, 1592.
The female sex each new moone defying
pale fac'd Cynthia by turning up their
bummes, imagining her the cause of their
distemper. Herbert's Travels, 1638.

Kound all the roome were placed tacite
Mirzaes, Chawns, Sultans, and Begler-
begs, above threescore ; who like so
many iiianimnte statues sat crosse-
legg'd , and joyned their bum?ns to the
ground, tlieir backs to the wall, their
eyes to a constant object ; not daringto
speak one to another. lb.

BuMB, #. The game of bandy.

BuMBARD, V. Futuere. North.

Bumbabrel, s. The long-tailed tit.

Bumbaste, v. To beat, or tlog.

Bumbe, v. To hum. Prompt. P.

Bumble, (1) v. (A.-S.) To make
a humming noise.

(2) V. To muffle a bell. East.

(3) ». To start off quickly, ^a*^

(4) 8. A confused heap. North,

(5) *. A small round stone. West.
Bumble-bee, s. The humble bee.
Bumble-broth, s. Suds ?

The olde woman to her payne
In such a bumble-broth had lavne.
The UnlHc:.ie Firmentie, Engl. Dr., iii, 189.
For laundresses arc testy and full of

wroth.
When they are lathering in their bumble-
broth. Taylor's Workes, 1630.

Bumble-foot, s. A thick heavy

foot. East.
Bumblekites, s. Blackberries.

North.
BuMBLE-PUPPy, s. The game of

nine-holes.
Bumbler, s. (1) A humble bee.

North.

(2) A bungler. Glouc.

BUM

269

BUN

(3) A wencher.
Bumbles, s. (1) Rushes. Line.

(2) A sort of blinkers. North.
Bumble-staff, s. A stout stick.

North.
Bum-boat, ». A boat which waits

upon ships coming into harbour,

to sell greens, spirits, &c.
BuMBRUSHER, s. A schoolmaster,

from the punishment he is in the

habit of inflicting.
BuMBY. (1) Bv and bye. far. dial.

(2) «. A place for lumber ; any

collection of filth. East.
Bum-card, \s. A card used by
BUN-CARD, J dishonest gamesters.

" Rinlerzdta carta, a dun-card."

Florio.

To tliose exployts he ever stands prepar*)!;
A vUlaine excellent at a hum-curd.

Rutclands' Humors Ordinarie.

Bumclock, 8. A beetle. North.
Bumfeg, v. To beat ; to belabour.

BUMFIDDLE, (1) S. PodcX.

(2) V. To take in ; to cheat.
Have I
Known wenches thus long, all the ways of

wenches,
Tlicir snares and subtilties? have I read

<iver
All their school-leaming, div'd into their

quiddits ?
And am I now bumfidUd with a bastard.

riUiers, The Chances, 1692.

BcMFiDLER, s. A busy-body ; a
fidgety person.

Kate still exclairaes aeainst great medlers,
A busie-body hardly she abides;
Yet she's well pleas'd with all bum-fdtfrs.
And hir owne body stirring still besides.

Davies, Scourge of FoUy, ICll.

BuMKix, "I ». A rude country
BUMPKIN, J fellow; a ploughman.

Of which hee that hath not heard some-
thin!.',
I count him but a conntrev humten.

Sir Thomas Browne, MS. Shane, 1900.

BuMMELL, » (1) A bramble. Cumb.

(2) The ball of the foot near the

toes. Leic.
BuMMKR, ». A rumbling carriage.

North.

BuMMLB, V. To blunder. North.
Bump, (1) v. To beat.

(2) s. A blow

(3) V. To ride rough. East.

(4) s. The noise made by a bit-
tern with its bill.

(5) V. To make such a noise.
Bumping, adj. Large. JFest.
Bumpsy, adj. Tipsy.
Bumptious, a<(/. Proud ; arrogant.
Bumpy, adj. Uneven.
Bum-rolls, s. Stuffed cushions,

used by women to make their
petticoats swell out, instead of
the more expensive farthingales.

Nor you nor vonr house were so much
as spoken of, l)efore I disbased myself
from my hood and my farthingal, to
these bum-rowls, and your whalebone
budice. B. Jon., Poelasl., ii, 1.

Those virtues [of a bawd] rais'd her
from the flat petticoat and kercher, to
the gorget and bum-roll.

Parson's Wedding, 0. PL, xi, 460.

Bum-ruffian, a. An outrageous
ruffian.

Give a drunkard that hath learned t«'
reele of the tap-spinning Mcarmaide,
and a ditell bomme.rujpan, the w all, in
any case; for the one needes it, the
other in right should have wall on all
sides of him, viz. Newgate.

Done's Folydoron, 1C31.

Bum-troth. An abbreviation of
by my troth. Bum ladie, by my
lady.

Bun, (1) s. The tail of a hare.
North.

(2) «. A dry stalk, especially the
stubble of beans.

(3) s. A familiar name for a
rai)bit.

(4) *. A term of endearment.
{h) part. p. Bound. North.

(6) s. TO alcoiov. Devon,
Bunch, (1) v. To beat ; to strike ;

to push.* "I bounche or pusshe
one, ie pousse." Palsgrave.

(2) ». To bend or bow out-
wards.

(3) r. The act of a calf when

BUN

270

BUN

sncking, in pushing its head forci-
bly against the cow's udder, to
cause the milk to come more
freely. Norf.

(4) «. A worthless woman.
East.

(5) 8. A company of teal.

(6) 8. A pack of cards.

(7) 8. The horn of a young stag.
Bunch- BACKED, adj. Hunch-
backed. This term occurs in
Copley's Wits, Fits, and Fancies,
1614, p. 186,

BcNCH-BERRiEs, 8. The fruit of

the rubus saxatilis. Craven.
BuNCH-CLOD, 8. A clown.

Term is no sooner out but in comes
Valentine to trade in sweetliearts, then
the maids look out sharp if possible to
have him for a valentine whom they
could inwardly incline to chuse for a
husband; and as for those who are

fovern'd by lump love, if Valemine's
ay will not do for them, here is Pan-
cake day a coming:, one to please the
fancy, and the other the a))petite ; for
there are a great many himck-clods in
the world that had ratlier have a belly
full of victuals than a handsome sweet-
heart: not that I would encourage
anybody to neglect their victuals for
the sake of a woman, mucli less to go to
plays or masquerades to seek a liandsom
woman, where you have a better chance
to meet with beauty than virtue.

FoorRobin.mi.

Bun-crow, «. A grey bird which
commits depredations on thecorn.
Kent.

BuNCUs, s. A donkey. Line.

BuNDATioN, s. Abundance. West.

Bundle, (1) *, A term for a low
woman.
(2) V. To go away in » hurry.

Bundling, *. A custom in Wales
of courting in bed with the
clothes on. It is still continued,
and often has rather disastrous
results. An action for seduction
on this custom was tried at Car-
narvon, July, 1846.

Bunds, ». A species of scabious.

Bunk, adv. Promptly.

Bung, .(^) '• ^ pickpocket. A

cant word, also used for a pocket,

and a purse.

(2) *. A heap or bunch. North.
BuNG-DocK, s. A curtail. East.
BuNGER, I ». To do anything awk-

BUNJER, J wardly. Suss.
Bungersome, adj. Clumsy. Berks.
BuNGiE, adj. Short and squat.

Somerset.

The tree is not high nor hingit; the
branches spread to a great length, and
beare many cods (not unlike the Indian
beanes) arm'd with many sliarp prickles.
Herbert's Travels, 1638.

Cross-leg'd hee sat : his shash or turbant
was white and bungle; his waist was
girded with a thong of lather.

Herbert's Trawls.

BuNGY, adj. Intoxicated. Beds.
BuN-HEDGE, s. A hedge of twisted

sticks. Lane.
BuNHiLL, s. A bunyon. Northamp.
BuNHORNS, s. Briars bored and

used by woollen-weavers to wind

yarn on. Lane.
Bunkas, s. A number of people

collected together. East.
Bunking, adj. Fat. Yorksh.
Bunks, s. The wild succory. East.
Bunned, adj. Shrunk. Dorset.
BuNNEL, 8. A dried hemp-stalk.

Cumb.
Bunny, ». (1) A small swelling.

East. " Bownche or bunnye,

Gibba." Huloet.

(2) A sort of drain. Hants.
Bunny-back'd, adj. High and

round sliouldered. Devon.

Bunny-mouth, a. The snap-dra-
gon. Surrey.

Bunt, (1) w. To push with the
head. West.
^)v. To rear. Oxf.

(3) V. To run like a rabbit.
North.

(4) p. To sift, or to boult meal.
West.

(5) 8. Smut in corn.

(6) 8. The part of a sail which
is inflated by the wind.

(7) «. A puff-ball. Northamp.

BUN

271

BUR

BuNTER, s. (1) A collector of rags.

(2) A prostitute. East,
Bdnting, (1) adj. Mean; shabby;

untidy. East.

(2) s. A large piece of timber.
North.

(3) *. A shrimp. Kent.

(4) s. A boys' game, played with
sticks and a small piece of wood.
Line.

(5) s. The wood-lark.

(6) s. A term of endearment.
WTiere is ray little bunting ? Why, how

now, bird ? what, in a pett ?

N. Tate, Cuckold's Hanen, 1685.

(7) s. A sort of fine linen of
which searches or sarsers are
made {cribra pollinaria).

Bur, (1) s. A blow; force, or
violence.

(2) s. The halo round the moon.

(3) *. A stop for a wheel.

(4) «. A whetstone for scythes.

(5) s. Sweet-bread of a calf.

(6) s. A rabbit burrow. Dorset.

(7) conj. But. Yorksh.
BuRATo, *. A sort of woollen cloth.
Burble, 1 _ To bubble.

BURBLY, J

Burble, \s. A bubble on the

BURBYL, J water.
Burble, s. A small pimple. East.
BuRCOT, s. A load. Somerset,
BuRDELAis, 8. A sort of grapcs.
Burden-band, s. A hay-band.

North,
BuRDis, s, (A.-N.) A tournament.
BuRDisE, V. {A.-N.) To joust at a

tournament.
BuRDON, s. {A.-N.) A staff.
BuRDouN, 8. {A.-N.) The base in

music.
BuRE, s. {A.-S.) A chamber.
BuREDKLY, adv. Forcibly ; swiftly.
Burele, s. The spoke of a wheel.
Buret, s. A drinking vessel.
BuREWE, r. {A.-S.) To protect.

BURGONET, J

BuRGE, s. A bridge. Oxf,
BuRGEN, "1 ». (1) To bud. See
BURGEON, J Bourgeon.
(2) s. A bud ; a sprout.
Burgh, s, (1) Part of a spear.

I'll try one speare , though it

prove too short by the burgh.

Roaring Girl, 0. PL, vi, S3.

(2) The projecting rim of a deer's
horn, close to the head.
Burghe, ». {A.-S.) (1) A hillock
or barrow.

(2) A town or borough.

(3) A barrow hog.
Burgmote, s. {A.-S.) A borough

court.
Burgoin, s. {Fr.) A part of the
head-dress.

A bnrgoign, is tliat part of the head-
dress that covers the hair, being the
first pai't of the dvess.

Dunton's Lady's Diet., T694.

Burgon, s. a burganet, or helmet.

Tytan encounters Jove, Jove him defies,
AJad from his steely burgon beates out fire.
Great Sritaines Troye, 1609.

Burgood, ». Yeast. Norf,
Burgullian, s. a braggadocio.
Burjonen, ». To bud. ^teBurgen.
BuRK, V. To warm byfondhng;

to nuzzle. Northamp.
Burke, v. To bark. West.
Burlace, s, a kind of grapes.
Burle, (1) ». To welter.

(2) s, A knot or bump.

(3) V, To take away the knots
or impure parts from cloth.
" Burle cloth, desquamare pan-
num." Huloet,

(4) s. The horn of a young stag.
Burled, /?ar/. JO. Armed.
Burler, «. (1) One who buries

cloth.

(2) A resolver of doubts.
Burlet, «. A hood, or head-dress.

" Calantica, a tyre, burlet or

coyfe, a kerchief, or a hood for a

woman." Elyot.
Burley, «. The butt end of the

lance.

BUR'

272

BUR

BuRLEY-MAN, g. An officcF in
court-Ieets, assistant to the con>
stable. Rennet t.

EuRLiBOUND, adj. Rough; un-
wieldy.

Burliness, 8. Bulk.

Burling, s. A young ox. Line.

BuRLiNG-iRON, *. An instrument
for burling cloth.

BuRLiNGs, s. Pieces of dirty wool.

Burly, adj. (1) Big; stout.
(2) Red and pimpled. Somerset.

Burmaiden, 8. A chamber-maid.

Burn, (1) *. (A.-S.) A man.

(2) 8. {A.-S.) A brook. North.

(3) s. A load or burden. North.

(4) V. To waste, applied espe-
cially to time, as to burn time.

(5) To burn daylight, to light
candles before it is dark.

Burn-beking, s. Denshering land,
or burning turf for improving it.

Burn-cow, s. A kind of beetle.

Burned, adv. {A.-N.) Burnished.

Burnel, s. {A.-N.) a name for an
ass, from its colour.

Burnet, «. (1) (A.-N.) Brown
woollen cloth.

(2) A hood.

(3) The plant pimpernel.
BuRNEUx, 8. A sauce, made of

butter, pepper, salt, &c.
Burnie-bee, *. The lady-bird.

Norf.
Burning, «. Lues venerea.

Item that no stueholder kepe noo wom-
maii withynne his hows tint hath any
sikenes of hrenmjiige, but that she
be putte out.

Regulation of the Stews, 15 th cent.

So heretics bum'd, but wenches' suitors.
S/iaiesp., Lear, iii, 2.

Burning-candle, «. The ignis
fatuus.

The lowest meteor in the air is the
bnmitifi candle, or, as some call ii.,
i^iiia latiius

WUUfurd, Nature's Secrets, 1658.

Bt'RNiNG-oF-THE-HiLL, 8. A me-
thod of punishing a thief, for-

merly practised by miners on the

Mendip hills.
Burning-sweat, s. A plague

which occurred in the reign of

Henry VII.
Burnish, v. To smooth or flatten.

North.
Burn-stick, ». A crooked stick,

on which a piece of coal is daily

carried home by each working

collier for his own private use.

North.
BuRN-THE-BiscuiT, «. A child's

game.
BuRN-TROUT, «. A trout. "Trocta.

A bumtrout : a trowt." Notnen-

clator.
BuBNT-wiNE, 8. Brandy. See

Brand.

Vinum igni eliquatum, vini latex. Eau
de vie, eau ardente. Burnt icine, or aqua
vitje. Nomenclator, 15S4.

BuRNWiN, 8. A blacksmith. North.

Burr, *. (1) The broad iron ring
fixed on the tilting lance just
below the gripe, to prevent the
hand slipping back.

(2) The knot at the bottom of a
hart's horn.

(3) The flower of the hop.

(4) The burdock; applied more
especially to the prickly calyx of
the plant.

(5) The lap of the ear.
BoRRATiNE, 8. Somc sort of

clothing. Ben Jonson.
BuRRiSH, adj. Rough; prickly.
Burrow, s. Sheltered from the

wind. Somerset.
Burrs, s. Upright pieces of armour

in front of the thighs.
Burr-stones, 8. Rough unhewn

stones.
Burse, s. (Fr.) An exchange for

merchants.
Burseu,
bursews,

Burseu. Take the whyte of lekes, slype
Iieni, and shrede hem small. Take
noiunbles of swyue, and parboyle hem

J

». A dish in cookery.

BUR

273

BUS

in broth and wjne Take liym up, and
dresse hym, and do the leke in the broth,
bee'.h and do the nuunibies thereto ;
make a iyorof brode, blodc, and vynegre,
and do thereto jKjivdor-fort ; seeth
o\-nouns, niynce hem, and do thereto.
The self wise make of pigges.

Forme of Cury, p. 5.

Bursews. Take pork, seetli it, and
grynde it smale with sodden ayren. Do
thereto gfde powders, and hole spices,
and salt, with sugar. Make tliereof
snialle biUes and cast hem in abator
of ayren, and wete hem in flocr; and
frye hem in grece as frytors, and serve
hem forth. For'mt of Cury, p. 32.

BuRSEX-BELLiED, adj. Rupturcd.
Bl'rst, v. To break.
BuRSTE, *. (.(^.-5.) Loss; adversity.
BuRSYD, part. p. Bruised.
Burt, (1) p. To press or indent

anything. Somerset.

(2) 8. A small flat fish.
BuRTH,/(res. t. Behoves.
BuRTHEX, (1) *. A quarter of ale.

(2) V. To press earnestly. East.
BuRTHENSOME, s. Productive,

North.
BuR-THisTLE, s. The spear-thistle.

North.
BuRTLE, 8. A sweeting apple.

North.
BcR-TREE. 8. The elder-tree.
BuRTYME, s. Birthtime. R. Glouc.
BuRWALL, s. A wall leaning against

a bank. Yorksh.
BuRWE, V. {A.-S.) To defend.
BcRWHE. 8. A circle. Pr. Parv.
Bury, ». (1) {A.-S.) A house or

castle.

(2) A rabbit's borrow. South.

(3) A place sunk in the ground
to protect potatoes, &c., from
frost. Northampt.

Burying-a-wife, 8. A feast given
by an apprentice at the expira-
tion of his articles.

Bus, pres. t. Behoves ; must.

BuscAGE.s. (Fr.) A kind of cloth.

BuscvYLE, s. (A.'N.) A bush.

Bush, (1) «. The sign of a tavern,
usually an ivy-bush. Cotgrave
gives the proverb, " Good wine

draws customers without any
help of an ivy-bush." Tlie term
was afterwards continued to the
wooden frame of the sign, on
which the bush was placed.

What claret's this ? the very worst in

towne :
Your taveme-bush deserves a pulling

downe.

Bowlands, Ktuvee ofHarla, 1613.

{Enter lechUl ahore in a balcony.) I
found this ladder of ropes upon a slielf,
but dare not venture down yet, for fear
some prying rasciil shall snap me be-
tween earth and heav'n — 'sdeatli, I'll
creep into this bush, it may be this may
secure me. {Gels upon the tavern busk.)
Hah! upon honour I grow cliearful;
this is so modist a deWee, that I've
great hopes of good success.

Durfey, Mailam Fickle, 1682.

(2) To go about the bush, to
approach with ceremony or cau-
tion.

(3) V. To butt with the head ; tc
push. West.

(4) 8. The inner circle of a wheel,
en losing the axle-tree.

(5) V. To retreat from. South.

(6) 8. A form of the beard.
BusHET, "I*. A small shoot from

BUSKET, J a bush.

Busheting, s. Sprouting out at
the roots. Glouc.

BusHLOCK,«. A bushy tuft of hair.
At nyght Mr. Banyster cauled me up to
se a comet, but yt w^as Venus witn a
great fyery haze fyke a bus/iloct about
hir. MS. 4ddit., 5008.

BusHMENT,*, (A.-N.) (1) An am-
bush.
(2) A thicket of bushes.

BusHSiTHE, 8. A bill-hook. Huloet.

BusHY-BARNABEE, 8. The lady-
bird. Suffolk.

BusiNE, V. {Fr.) To trouble with
business.

Business, «. (1) Trouble.

(2) A term used affectedly, for
what is now^ called an aflTair of
honour, a duel. To make a mas-
ter of the duel, a carrier of the
differences, Ben Jonson puts.

BUS

274

BUT

among other ingredients, " a
drachm of the business," and
adds —

For that's the word of tincture, the
busitiess. Let me alone with the busi-
tuss. I vrill carry the business. I do
understand the business. I do find au
affront in the business.

Masque of Mercury, ^c.

— Could Caranza himself
Carry a business hetter.

B. ^ Fl , Love's Pilgrim, v.

Busk, s. (1) A sort of linen cloth.

(2) A rod of whalebone, or
sometimes of steel, in the front
of the stays to keep them
straight.

Her long slit sleeves, stiffe buske, patTe

verdingall,
Is all that makes her thus angelical.

Marstoti, Scourge, II, vii.

(3) A flock of sheep. East.

(4) (^.-A^.) A bush. North.

(5) V. To lie in the sun. Essex.
Buske, ». (/f.-5.) To busk; to go;

to array, prepare, make ready.
BusKET, s. {Fr. bosquet.) A small
bush, or branch.

Youth's folk now flocken in every where
To gather May-iu>i«<<and smelhng hreere.
Spens., tcl. May, 9.

Busking, adj. (1) Bushy.

(2) Provoking. Exmoor.
Buskle, e. To bustle about.
BusK-poiNT, s. The lace, with its

tag, which secured the end of

the busk.

Whether a kick will raise it. Pray go fetch

him
Some aqua vitse ; for the thought of steel
Has put him in a swound : nothing revive

you?
Then will I keep thy sword and hang it up
Amongst my busk-points, plus, and curling-
irons,
Bodkins, and vardingals, a perpetual tro-
phey. Rajidolph, Jealous liavers, 1646.

BusKY, ad;. Woody; busby.

BusMER. See Eismare.

Buss. (1) A young bullock. Devon.

(2) V. To kiss.

(3) V. To butt with the head.

(4) s. A large pitcher. Devon.
BussARD, s. A great drinker.
BussE, (1) s. {Out.) A kind of

fishing-boat.

(2) V. To lie in ambush.
Busses, s. Hoops for the top of a

wagon. North.
Bussing, s. Whispering .*

Without the blind bussings of a Papist,

may no sin be solved.

Bale's linage of both Churches.

BussocK, «. (1) A thick, fat per-
son. Warw.
(2) A young donkey. Leic.

Bust, s. A tar mark on sheep.
North.

Buster, «. (1) A loaf.
(2) A heavy blow.

BusTiAN, «. A sort of coarse cloth.

BusTous. See Boistous.

Busy, v. (A.-N.) To be active.

Busy-good, «. A meddhng person.
JVest.

But, (1) s. A cast; a throw.

(2) pret. t. Contended ; strug-
gled with each other. Havelok.

(3) s. A flounder, or plaice.

(4) s. A small piece of ground.

(5) s. The thick or fleshy root of
a plant. A potato or turnip is
said to be large in the but.

(6) *. A conical basket used
for catching salmon in the river
Parret.

(7) ». To grow or swell out.
North.

(8) s. A buttock of beef. West.

(9) *. A shoemaker's knife.
North.

(10) s. Strong leather. North.

(11) " But and ben," the outer
and inner apartment, where tliere
are only two rooms in a house.
North.

(12) *. A hassock. Devon.

(13) *. A bee-hive, commonly
ca.]]ed &bee-but. Exmoor.

(14) s. A kind of cap. North.

(15) adj. Rough; ragged. North,

(16) V. To barter. Craven.

BUT

275

BUT

(17) prep. Without.

(18) conj. Unless.

(19) V. To abut.

(20) adv. Suddenly. Devon.
BuT-BOLT, s. The peculiar arrow

used in shooting at the butt.
BuTCHE, V. To kill. North.
Butcher's-broom, s. a kind of

rush (ruscm).
Bqtcher's-cleaver.s. The name

given in Northamptonshire to the

constellation of the Pleiades.
Bute, s. Help; remedy; for bote.
BuT-GAP, s. A hedge of turf. Devon.
BuTH, (1) pres. t. pi. of buen.

(A.-S.) Se; are.

(2) 8. A situation. Essex.
BuTLAXDS, s. Waste ground. East,
But-shot, *. A bow-shot.
Butt, s. {\\ A boat.

(2) A cart. Devon.
Butt AD, *. {Fr. boutade.) A burst

of passion.

This brigand had certain violent and
suddain buttads of furious cruelty, aud
maxims drawn from tlie very bowels of
vengeance it self; for if he were never
80 little offended by another, or sus-
pected another to be offended with him,
lie presently commanded such to be
massacred. BeUum Tartariciim, 16oi.

Buttal, «. (1) A bittern. South.
(2) A corner of ground. North.

BuTTEX, V. To push.

Butter-and-eggs, s. The daffodil.
JFest.

Butter-bit, 8. The small strainer
in which each pound of butter
is wrapped when packed for
market. Northampt.

Butter-box, s. A cant term for a
JJuichman.

Butter-bump, s. A bittern. North.

Butter-cup, s. The wild ranuncu-
lus.

Butter-daisy, ». The white ox-
eye.

Buttered-ale, 8. Ale boiled with
sugar, butter, and spice. Shropsh.

Butter-fingered, adj. Slippery.

Butter-ham, a. Bread and butter.

Butter-mit, 8. A tub in which the
butter is washed. West.

Butter-pence, *. The farmer's
wife's perquisite money gained
from the sale of her butter.

And when the father on the earth did live.
To his sonues faucie he such way did give ;
For at no season he the plow must hold.
The summer was too hot, the winter cold ;
He robs bis mother of her butier-pence.
Within the alehouse serves liini for expence.
Taylor's Workes, 1630.

Butter-print. A bastard child.

Butter-pumps, *. The ovary of
the yellow water-lily. Dorset.

Butter-shag, s. A slice of bread
and butter. North.

Butter-tart, s. A tart made as
follows :

First you must beat a little green citron,
a little salt, cinnamon, two raackrooms,
a piece of butter that is fresh and good,
with the yolks of four raw eggs; beat
all this well together, and put this into
a pan, sheeted with fine paste, and bard
it over with long slices of paste, and
when it is baked, put to it some orange
flowers, and suiar in serving it away.
The Queen's Royal Cookery.

Butter-teeth, s. The two in-
cisors in front of the upper jaw.

Butter-whore, s. A woman who
carries butter about, a class who
were set down in the same cate-
gory as the fish-women of Bil-
lingsgate.

Buttery-bar, "1 ». A half-

buttery-hatch, j door between

the buttery or kitchen and the

hall, in old mansions, through

which provisions were passed.

Buttillary, s. A buttery.

BuTTiNG-iRON, «. An instrument
for peeling bark. North.

Buttock, s. A common strumpet.

I'll kiss you, you jade, I'll ravish you,
you btiiliick, I am a justice of the peace,
sirrah ! Otvoay, Soldier's Fortune, 1681.

The bawds and the buttocks that liv'd there

around.
Came flocking then thither.

Poor Robin, 169i.

Buttock-strap, ». A strap at-

BUT

276

BTE

tached to the back of cart-har-
ness, which assists to hold the
trace up. East.
Button-, (1) s. A bud.

(2) s. The chrvsalis of an insect.
Wegi.

(3) s. A small cake. East.

(4) V. To shut up. Oxon. But-
toned-up, closed up, shut. " See
how her little mouth is buttoned-
up."

(5) «. A small mushroom.
Button-nails, «. Roundheaded

nails.

Button-pound, «. Money. North-
ampt.

Buttons, (1) *. Sheep's dung.
Devon. To make buttons, cacare,
and hence to be in great fear.
(2) s. In Devonshire, burs are
called beggar's buttons, and cuc-
kold's buttons.

Buttrice, s. a tool used to pare
ttie hoofs in shoeing horses.

Butt-shaft, s. A sort of arrow ; a
butt-bolt.

Butty, (1) ». A companion or
partner.

(2)». To work in company.
Leic.

BuTURE, 8. The bittern. North,

Butyne, «. (Fr.) Booty.

BuvER, s. A gnat. North.

BuviDLY, adc. Stout made. iVor^A.

Buxom, adj. {A.-S.) Obedient;
and hence, meek, or humble.

Buzz, V. To empty a bottle of wine
in carousing ; to drink.

Buzzard, s. (1) A coward.

(2) A sort of large moth that is
seen in great abundance in the
meadows, hovering over certain
flowers in a summer evening.
Devon. The word is also used
in Craven, and is supposed to be
the origin of the proverb, " As
blind as a buzzard."

Buzzom-chuck'd, adj. Blowsy,
or with cheeks of a deep red.
Ermoor

Buzzy, 8. A familiar term of en-
dearment. Northampt.

By, (1) prep. By is often used by
old writers in the sense of in, as,
" by his life," in his lifetime ; and
sometimes in those of for, with,
or of. " By and by," distinctly, in
order one after the other.

(2) *. A by-place. " Burella, a
bi/ or darke corner." Florio.

(3) s. A ))racelet. See Beigh.

(4) s. A bee.

(5) V. To buv.

(6) V. To abide.

(7) V. To able. See Abeye.

(8) A term in gambling. " Mas-
sdre, to play or cast at the by, at
hazard or gresco." Florio.

(9) adv. Besides. Northumh.
Byar, s. a cow-house. North.
Bybbey, 8. Some kind of herb.

Chester Plays, i, 119.
By-»low, 8. A bastard.

In such a ladies lappe, at sucli a slipperie

by-blow.
That iu a world so wide could not be found

sucli a wiHe
Lad ; in an age so old, could not be foimd

such an old lad.

Bamefield'a Affectionate Shepherd, 1594.

Sal. Thou speak'st not like a subject-,
what's thy name ^

Fit. My name is Draco.

5a/. Of the Athenian Draco's?

ni. No, of the English Drakes, great Can-
tain Drake

(That sail'd the world round) left in Spain
a by-blow.

Of wiiom I come.

The Slighted Maid, p. 27.

Bycalle, v. (A.-S.) To accuse.
Byclagge, v. To besmear.
Bycoket, s. Some ornament for

the head.
Bydagge, v. To splash. Weber.
Byde, *. (A.-S.) Abode ; dwelling.
Bydryven, v. To commit evil.

Caxton.
Bydwongen, part. p. Compelled.
Byebe, s. a dwelling. Ash.
Bye-bootings, 8. The finest sort

of bran. North.
Byet, s. Work not finished. North.

BYF

277

BYT

Br-FAR, adv. Much.
Byfounde. Found out. Heame.

By-fruits, «. " Those wens or
humid bubhies which insects raise
upon vegetables, wherein they
lodge their egge and produce
their young, are call'd by-fruits."
Kennett.

BvGAGED, adj. Mad ; bewitched.
Exmoor.

Bygates, «. Spoil ; plunder.

By-gold, *. Tinsel.

Bygorn, 8. A goblin. North.

Byhefde, v. To behead.

Byheter, s, a surety. Wickliffe.

Byhore, v. To commit adultery
against ; to cornute.

By-hours, s. Extra hours at work.
Northamp.

Byhove, v. To advantage. Chaucer.

Byland.s. a peninsula.

Byle, s. a boil ; an ulcer.

Byle'er, a</». Just now; a little
before. Somerset.

By-leman, s. a second lover, or
gallant.

Bylie, v. To be'ong.

Byllerne, s. a kind of water-
plant. Pr. P.

Byllyne, v. To use a spade or
mattock. Pr. P.

By-lov, part. p. Laughed at.

By-lye, v. (^A.-S.) To lie with a
woman.

By-matters, s. Irrelevant circum-
stances.

Bymolen, v. (A.-S.) To spot; to
stain.

Bymowe, v. To mock.

]i\^,prep. Within.

Byname, v. To nick-name.

Bynderes,*. Binders; robbers who
bind. Havelok.

Byne, s. Malt.

Bynny,». a kind of pepper.

Bf-Now, adv. A short time ago.
West.

Byste, pres. t. of binde. Binds.

Byox, s. a quinsy. North.

By-past, adv. Past by. " With order I

that all faults by-past should be

forgiven." Bowes Correspondence,

1582.
By-plot, s. A plot of ground out

of the public way.

BYauiDE, s. Bequest. Rob. Glouc.

Byrde, pret. t. Must ; it behoved.

Byrding, "1 . 1 J

>s. A. burden.

BYRDUNE, J

Byre, *. (1) The stump of a tree.

North.

(2) A cow-house. Cumb.
Byrkyn,*. Breaking. Town. Mysf.
Byrlakin. a diminutive of by our

Lady.
Byrlet, s. SeeBurlet. "Byrlet, or

tyrynge for women. Calantica."

Huloet.
Byronne, v. To run over.
Byryne, v. To bury.
Bysmalow, s. The hollyhock.
Bysom, adj. Blind. See Bisen.
Byspel, s. (A.-S.) a proverb.
Byspitte, v. To spit all over.

And yit is it tormentid by impacience of
adversitfi, and byspit by servage and
Bubjeccioun of synne, and atte last it is
slayn finally. Chaucer, Personet T.

Byspyng, *. Confirmation. An

abbreviation of bishopping.
Byssi, adv. Quickly.
Byssine, s. Fine silk. Wickliffe.
BYSTfpres.t.ofbidde. Prayest.
Byste, 8. A temporary bed used

by hop-driers and maltsters.

Sussex.
Bysyschyppe, s. Activity.
Bytack, s. A farm taken by a

tenant who resides on another

farm. Here/.
By-tail, a. The right handle of a

plough.
Byte, (1) v. {A.-S.) To cut with a

sword, or any instrument.

(2) *. A morsel ; a bit.
By-the-walls. Unburied. East.
By times, adv. At times; occa*

sionally. Northamp.
Bytr\ysid, part. p. Betrayed.

Certis sinful mannes soule is bytrayaid

BYT

278

CAD

of the devel, by coveitise of temporal
prosperity ; and scorned by discey t, wlian
he cheseth fleischly delytes.

Chancer, Pertones T.

Bytte,«. Abottle; a flagon. TVarw.

Byvonde, part. p. Found; con-
trived.

Byvore, adv. Before.

BvwAiT, V. To be patient.

By-wash, s. The outlet from a
dam. North.

By-wipe, s. An indirect sarcasm.
North.

Byword, s. (A.-S.) A proverb.

Bywrye, v. To let out ; to betray
counsel.

And tlierfore yow is better hyde youre
counseil in youre berte, than prayen
liini to whom ye have bytcryed youre
counseil, that he wol kepe it clos and
stille. Chaucer, T. ofMelibeus.

Byzant, ». A besom. Dorset.
Byjt, «. A bend. See Bight.

Ca, v. To drive. North,

Caad, s. Cold. North.

Caas, *. (for cas.) A chance, or

case.
Cab, s. (1) A number of persons

secretly leagued together. Sussex.

(2) Any glutinous substance.

Lev.
Cabbage, (1) s. The part of a

deer's head on which the horns

are set.

(2) V. To grow to a head, ap-
plied to the horns of a deer.

(3) g. A part of a lady's head-
dress. See Choux.

Behind the noddle every baggage,
Wears rowls, in English call'd a cabliuje.
London Ladies Dressing Room, 1705.

(4) V. To steal silly ; now used
merely of tailors.

Cabane, «. {Fr.) A cabin.
Cabaret, s. {Fr.) A tavern.
Cabby, adj. Sticky; clammy.

Devon.
Cabes, a. A cabbage.

Cable-hatbaxd, s. a fashion
supposed to have been intro-
duced at the very close of the
16th century, consisting of a
twisted cord of gold, silver, or
silk, worn round the hat.
I had on a gold cable-halband, then new
come up, whieli 1 wore about a murrey
French hat 1 liad, — cuts my Imtband,
and yet it was massie goldsmith's
work,"&c.

B. Jons., Et. Man end ofH., iv, 6.

Cablish, s. Brushwood.
Cabob, 8. A leg of mutton, stuffed

with white herrings and sweet

herbs.
Cabobble, v. To puzzle. East.
Caboche, v. {A.-N.) To bend.
Cabrioles, s. a lady's head-dress.
Cabrito, s. {Span.) A kid.
Cacchen, v. {A.-S.) To catch ; to

take. Kachone. Const. Freem., 380.
Cache, »». (1) To go.

(2) To couch or lay down.
Cachere, g. {A.-N.) A hunter.
Cacherele, *. A catchpole.
Cack, v. Cacare.
Cackle, v. To babble.
Cackling-cheat, 8. A cock or

capon. An old cant terra.
Cackmag, 8. Idle talk. Eagt.
Cacorne, 8. The windpipe. Devon.
Cad, 8. (I) Avery small pig. East.

(2) The person who guards the
door of an omnibus, and keeps
on the look out for passengers.
It is also a low term of abuse.

(3) A low fellow who hangs
about the college to provide the
Etonians with anything necessary
to assist tlieir sports.

(4) A familiar spirit,

(5) A blinker. Leic.

Cadar, s. a wooden frame placed
over a scythe to preserve and lay
the corn more even in the swathe.
Staff,

Cadators, $. Beggars who make
circuits round the kingdom, as-
suming the characters of decayed
gentlemen.

CAD

279

CAG

Caddee, s. a servant employed

under another servant.
CADDEt,,(l)*. Cow parsnip. Devon.

(2) adv. In a hurry ; confusedly.

Berks.
Caddis, s. Worsted ribbon ; also,

a woollen stuff.
Caddle, (1) ». To scold ; to hurry ;

to attend officiously. West.

(2) *. A dispute ; a noisy con-
tention. Var.dial.

(3) V. To tease. West.

(4) V. To coax ; to spoil. North,
{b) V. To squander money.
Warw.

(6) adj. Nice in appetite. Leic,
Caddling, /?ar^. a. (1) Dawdling.

Somerset.

(2) Tale-telling.
Caddow, s. a jackdaw. East.
Caddy, (1) s. A ghost or bugbear.

North.

(2) s. The caddis-worm.

(3"> adv. Well ; hearty. North.
Cade, s. (1) A barrel containing

six hundred herrings.

(2) In Kent, a cade of beef is
any quantity of pieces under a
whole quarter.

(3) A small cask.

(4) V. To pet; to indulge.

(5) s. The testicle. Still used in
the North.

Telle scliul wives tuelve,
jif ani cliilU may be made
Withouteii kiiowe'.iig of mannes eade.
Arlhour and Merlin, p. 36.

Cade-lamb, «. A pet lamb.
Cadent, adj. (Lot.) Falling.
Cader, s. a small wooden frame

en which the fisherman keeps his

line. South.
Cades, s. Sheep-dung. Var. dial.
Cadesse,*. a jackdaw.
Cadew, s. The straw-worm.
Cadge, (1) ». To bind. "I cadge

a garment, I set lystes in the

lynyng to kepe the plyghtes in

order." Palsg.

(2) 8. A circular piece of wood,

on which hawks are carried when
exposed for sale.

(3) V. To stuff, or fill. North.
Cadge-belly, a full fat belly,

(4) V. To carry. North.

(5) V. To beg. Leic.

(6) V. To talk incessantly. Leic.
Cadger, s. (I) A packman or

itinerant huckster.

(2) A butcher, miller, or carrier

of any other load. Kennett.

Cadgy, adj. Cheerful. North.

Cadilleck, s. A kind of pear,

Cadle, V. To fondle. Northamp.

Cadling, adj. False; insincere.
West.

Cadlock, 1 s. The name of a
CALLOCK, > plant ; rough cad-
charlock, J lock, the wild mus-
tard; smooth cadlock, the wild
rape. North.

Cadma, s. The least pig of a
litter. Var. dial.

Cadnat, s. {A.-N.) a canopy.

Cadock, s. a bludgeon. Somerset.

Caduke, adj. {Lat.) Frail; pe-
rishing.

But follow the cadnlce pleasures of this
world. Bis/iop Fisher.

Every thing in this world is caduke,
transitory, and momentary. Id.

Cady, adj. Foolish; addled.

Shropsh.
CajciTY, «. (Lat.) Blindness.
Cafart, *. (/■>.) A hvpocrite.
Caff, (1) «. Chaff. North. "Full

of kaff." Apol. Lollards, p. 56.

(2) 8. A gardener's hoe. North.

(3) V. To run off a bargain ; to
abandon anytliing. Craven.

Caffa, s. a kind of rich stuff,

perhaps taffata.
Caffle, ». (1) To cavil ; to quarrel.

Ah if I now put in some caffling clause,

I shall be call'd unconstant all my days.

Harr. Ar., xlv, 97.

(2) To entangle, Somerset.
Caft, adj. Intimidated. Yorksh.
Cag, (1) ». A stump. West.

CAG

280

CAL

(2) r. To crawl about. Leic.

Cagel. v. To harrow ground.
North.

Cagg, v. To make a vow or re-
solution not to get drunk for a
certain time ; or, as the term is,
till the cagg is out. " I have
cagged myself for six months."

Cagmag, (1)». Coarse bad food of

any kind, properly an old goose;

a small inferior breed of sheep.

(2) V. To quarrel. Wore.

Caie, 1 .

>»• A quay.

Caife, s. An iron cap. Grafton.

Cailes, s. Nine-pins.

Gained, arf;. Motbery. North.

Caingel, «. A crabbed fellow.
North.

Caingy, adj. Peevish ; ill-tem-
pered. North.

Cairo, s. A tinker. Northumb.

Caisar, 9. {A.-N.) A king, or
emperor.

Caitche, a. The game of tennis.

Caitif, s. (A.-N.) (1) a captive.

(2) A wretch.

(3) A cripple.

Caitiftee, 8. Captivity. Wickliffe.
Cake, (1) v. To cackle. North.

(2) s. A foolish fellow. Var. di.

(3) " My cake is dough," I am
entirely disappointed, my hope
is gone.

Notwithstanding all tliese traverses, we
are confident here that tlie match will
take, otherwise my cake is dotigh.

Howell's LeUers, 1, § 3, 1, 12

Cake-bread, ». Rolls, or manchet.

Cake-creel, s. A rack for drying
oat-cakes. North.

Cake-house, s. A confectioner's.

Others not so concem'd, walk in tlie fields.

To give their longing wives wliat cai(r-^oi««
yields. Satj/r against Hypocrites, 1689.

Cake-night, «. A term for the
eve of All Saints, at Ripon in
Yorkshire, when a cake is made
for every member of the family.

Caker, V, To bind with iron.
North.

Cake-sprittle, s. a thin board
used for turning the oat-cakes
over the oven. Yorksh.

Calabass, s. a sort of small gun.

Calaber, s. A kind of fur.

Calabs. {Gr. xaXvyli.) Steel.

Calamance, s. Calamanco, a sort
of woollen stuff.

Calander, 8. {A.-N.) A kind of
lark.

Calangy, v. (A.-N. calanger.) To
challenge. Rob. Gl.

Calash, s. (Fr. caliche.) An open
coach.

Calasses, 8, Alms-houses. Grose,

Calcar, "1 *. An astrologer. See
calker, J Calke.

Calccle, v. {A.-N.) To cal-
culate.

Caldese, v. To cheat, or de-
ceive, chiefly by fortune-telHng.
Butler.

Cale, (1) *. Colewort.

(2) Pottage.

(3) A turn. North.

(4) V. To throw; to gambol. Ea$t.
Caleever, v. To gambol. North.
Calender, (1) v. To give the gloss

to woollen cloths.

(2) A kind of wood.

(3) A guide, or director.
Calenture, «. A hot fever.

Fear may call
Friends to partake of palsies, anger strives
To fire each neighbouring bosome, envie

thrives
By being transplanted ; but a lovers pure
Flames, though converted to a calenture,
Unwillingly with the least flame will part,
Although to thaw anothers frozen heart.
Chamberlayne's Pharonnida, 1659.

Cales. The city of Cadiz.
Caleweis, a. {A.-N.) A kind

of pear.
Calf, a. A hart in its first year.
Calf-lick, 1 ». A tuft of hair on
cow-LicK, J the forehead which

cannot be made to lie smooth.
Calf's-skin, 8. Fools kept for

diversion in great families were

often distinguished by coats of

CAL

281

CAL

calf-skin, with buttons down the
back. See Sfi., K. John, iii. 1.

His calfsskin jests from hence are clear
exii'd. Prol. to Wily Beguiled.

Calf-stages, ». Places for holding
calves. Glouc.

Calf-trundle, s. (1) The entrails
of a calf.

(2) The ruffle of a shirt, or
flounces of a gown.

Calf-yard. v. Tiie dwelling-place
of our infancy. North.

Calimaxco-cat, s. a tortoise-
shell cat. Norf.

Calis, s. a chalice.

Calivkr, s. (Fr.) A large pistol
or blunderbuss.

Calke, v. (1) To calculate.
(2) To cast a figure or nativity.

Calkins, I *. The parts of a
CAWKiNS, > horse-shoe turned up
calkers, I and sharpened to pre-
vent slipping.

Call, (1) v. To scold. North.

(2) V. To proclaim by public
crier.

(3) V. A term in hunting: when
hounds are first cast off, and find
game, they are said to call on.

(4) s. The outlet of water from
a dam. North.

(5) 8. Occasion ; necessity.
Gallant, *. A lad. North,
Callar, adj. Fresh ; cold. Cumb.
Callards, s. Leaves and shoots

of cabbages. Wight.
Call-back, «. A wear. North.
Calle, (1) «. A sort of cap or

network worn on the head ; a

coif.

(2) V. To invite.
Called-home, part. p. Asked in

the church.
Caller, (1) adj. Fresh; cool.

North.

(2)e. To jump; to caper. Wight.
Callet, (1) s. A scold ; a drab;

a strumpet.

(2) V. To rail.

Or to hear her in her spleen
Callet like a butter-quean.

Ellis's Specimens, vol. iii, p. 84.

Callierd, s. {A.-N.) a hard stone.
North.

Calling-band, *. A leading-
string. North,

Callot, "1 s. {Fr. calotte.) A plain
callet, J coif or skull-cap.

Callow, (1) *. (A.-S.) Smooth;
bare ; unfledged ; applied chiefly
to birds.

(2) adj. Smooth, applied to an
even wood. Suss.

(3) s. The stratum of vegetable
earth lying above gravel, sand,
limestone, &c. East.

Callow-doctor, *. A quack.
Calls, s. Pieces of tape. North.
Callymoocher, s. a term of re-
proach.

I do, thou upstart callymoocher. I do ;
'Tnas well known to the parish I have been
Twice ale-cunner.

Mayor of Quinb., 0. PI., xi, p. 133

Callyvan, s. a sort of pyramidal
trap for birds. Somerset.

Calm, s. Scum of liquor. East.

Calmes, s. (1) The cogs of a wheel.
North.

(2) The frames of a window.
Harrison's Besc. of Engl., p. 187.

Calmewe, \ »• A kind of sea
caldmawe, J bird.

Calmy, adj. Motliery. East.

Calsey, *. A causeway.

Calsons, "I s. {Fr. cale^on.)
CALsouNDS, V Close linen trousers
CALZOONS, J for men.

Caltrop, (1) *. (A.-N.) An im-
plement with four spikes, so con-
trived that, in whatever direction
it is thrown, one of the spikes
always stands upwards. It was
used against cavalry in war.
(2) A kind of thistle.

Calts, s. Quoits. Shropsh.

Caluz, adj. {A.-N.) Bald. Weier

Calver, v. To prepare salmon, or
other fish, in a peculiar way.

CAL

232

i^AM

Calvered salmon was a dainty

celebrated by our old dramatists.
Ca-ves-henge, *. A calf's pluck.

Somerset.
Calves-mugget, s. a pie made

of the entrails of calves.
Calves-snowt, «. A plant. " Ana-

gallis silvestris. Muron violet.

I'oeil du gat. Calves snowt." Hul.
Calyon, s. (Fr.) A stone or flint.

Palsffr.
Cam, (1) «. A ridge, or old earthen

tnouud. North.

(2) adj. Crooked.

To doe a thing cleane kamme, ont of
order, the wrong way Cotgraxe.

(3) adv. Awry. North.

(4) pret. t. Came.

Camaca, «. A sort of rich silk
cloth.

Camail, 8. (1) {A.-N.) A camel.
(2) A neckguard ; the thickest
part of the armour near the
neck.

Camalion, s. The camel-leopard.

Camarade, *. {Fr.) A comrade.

Camber, s. A harbour. South.

Camber-nose, «. An aquiline nose.

Gamble, ». To prate saucily.
Yorksh.

Cambril, s. (1) The hock of an
animal.

(2) The curved piece of wood
on which butchers suspend the
slaughtered animal. See Gambril.

Ca^mbuck, s. (1) The dry stalks of
dead plants. East.
(2) A game at ball.

Cambure, adj. Hooked.

Camed, adj. Covered. North.

Cameline, *. (A-N.) (1) A stuff
made of camel's hair.
(2) A kind of sauce.

Camels, s. A nick-name for the
natives of Cambridgeshire.

Camerike, *. Cambrick.

Camil, s. Chamomile. Somerset.

Camis, s. (A.-N.) a thin transpa-
rent dress or robe.

Camisado, *. (Ital.) A whitf> shirt
or smock frock, which was often
worn by soldiers to know each
other in a night attack. "To give
a camisado, viz. to wear a white
shirt over their armes, that they
mav know one another in the
dark." Howell.

Camle, s. a camelion. Maur.Jev.

Cammed, a<//'. (1) Crooked.

(2) Cross; illnatured. North.

(3) Short nosed.

Cammick, s. The plant restharrow.
Cammish, adj. Awkward. South.
Cammock, *. (1) A crooked tree

or beam.

(2) Timber prepared for the

knee of a ship.

Tliough the cammoci the more it is
bowed the better it is, yet the bow, the
more it isbcntandoccupied, the weaker
it waxeth. Lilly's Eiiphuca.

Bitter the blossom when the fruit is sour,
And early crook'd that will a camock be.

Drayt. Eel, 7.

Camoise, 1 adj. (A.-N. camus.)
camuse, I Crooked; flat; ap-
camused, J plied to a nose.

Camooch, s. a term of contempt.

Camoroche, s. The wild tansy.

Camp, (1) v. {A.-S. cempan.) To
contend.

Get campers a call.
To camp iherewithall.

Tusitr, p. 56.

(2) s. A game of ball, formerly
practised in the Eastern counties.

(3) V. To talk of anything. Lane.

(4) ». A hoard of potatoes, tur-
nips, &c. North.

Campable, adj. Able to do. North.

Campahe, adj. Consisting of fields.

Camperkngws, s. Ale-pottage,
made with sugar, spices, &c.
Grose.

Campeson, *. The gambison.

Campestriall, adj. {Lat.) Be-
longing to the fields.

Cample, v. To talk, or argue ; to
contend. Var. diaL

CAM

283

CAK

Camplktes, s. a kind of wine.

CAMPT,/)arif./>. Encamped.

Camstekrte, adj. Crazy. North-
umberland.

Can, (1) the pref. t. of canne.
Knows.

(2) V. To be able.

(3) Began to; used as an auxi-
liary before verl)S in the infinitive
to express a past tense. See Gan.

Canacin, s. The plague. Bailey.
Cakakin, *. A small drinking can.
Canaries, *. (Fr.) A quick and

lively dance, in which the dancer

sometimes used castanets.
Canary, (1) ». A kind of sweet

wine, much used in the earlier

part of the 17th cent.

Canarie-wine, which beareth the name
of the islands from whence it is brought,
is of some termed a sacke, with this
adjunct sweete; but yet very impro-
perly, for it differelh not only from
sacke in sweetnesse and pleasantness of
taste, but also in colour and consistence,
for it is not so white in colour as sack,
nor so thin in substance ; wherefore it
is more nutritive than sack, and less
penetrative.
Venneri Via recta ad Fit. Umgam, 1622.

(2) V. To dance; to frolic.

(3) s. A sovereign.

(4) 8. A kept mistress. North.
Can-bottle, s. The long-tailed

titmouse. Shropsh.

Cancarde, adj. Cankered.

Canceleer, 1 «. {Fr. chanceller.)
cancelier, J The turn of a light-
flown hawk upon the wing to
recover herself, when she misses
her aim in the stoop.

The fierce and eager hawks down thrilling

from the skies,
Make sundry canceUers ere they (he fowl

can reach. Drayt. Polyolb., xx.

(2) To turn in flight.

The partridge sprung,
He makes his stoop ; but wanting breath,

is forced
To cancelier; then with such speed, as if
He carried li<ilit'uiugiu his wings, he strikes
The trembling bird. Mom. Guard., i, 1.

Cancer, t. A plant of some kind.

Who taught the poore beast having poison

tasted,
To seeke th' hearbe cancer, and by that to

cure him ?
Wlio taught the bore finding his spirits

wasted
To seeke a branch of ivy to assure him ?

Great Britaines Troye, 1609.

Cavch, 8. A word used in the
Eastern and Midland counties,
and used to signify a small quan-
tity of corn in the straw put
into the corner of a barn ; a short
turn or spell at anything; a
trench, cut sloping to a very
narrow bottom; a certain breadth
in digging or treading land, or in
turning over a dung-hill.

Cancro. {Ital.) A sort of impre«
cation.

Candle, 8. The pupil of the eye.
West.

Candle-bark, s. A round cylin-
drical box for candles. North.

Candle-beam, «. A chandelier.
" Candle-ieame, suche as hangeth
in gentlemens halles, with sock-
ettes, to set candels upon, lacu-
nar." Huloet, 1552.

Candle-cap, s. An old brimless
hat, with a candle in front, used
by butchers. North.

Candlegostes, ». Goose-grass.
Gerard.

Candle-shears, s. Snuffers.

Candling, *. A supper given by
landlords of alehouses to their
customers on Candlemas-eve.

Candock, 8. A water-plant.

Cane, *. A small animal of the
weasel kind.

Caned, adj. Mothery. York8h,

Canel, s. {A.-N.) (1) A channel.

(2) The faucet of a barrel. 5o-
mer8.

(3) {A.-N.) Cinnamon.

(4) A lot. Apol. Loll, p. 93.
Cane-tobacco, 8. Tobacco made

up in a particular form, highly
esteemed, and dear.

CAN

284

CAN

The nostrils of his chimnies are still stnCPd
With smoke mtire chargeable than cane-
tobacco. Merry Dnil, 0. PI., v, 257.

— My boy once lighted
A pipe of eane-lobncco, with a piece
Of a vUe ballad. All Fools, O. PI , iv, 187.

Then of tobacco he a pype doth lack
or Triuidade in cane, in leaf, or ball.

Harringt. Ep'ig., iv, 34.

Caxge, V. To whine. North.
Caxgle, v. To entangle. North-

ampt.
Cangy, adj. Cross ; ill-tempered.

Cuml).
Caniffle, v. To dissemble; to

flatter. Devon.
Caxioxs, s. Rolls at the bottom

of the breeches just below the

knee, sometimes indented like a

screw.
Cank, (1) ». To talk ; to cackle.

(2) *. A gossip.

(3) V. To persevere ; to over-
come. Wilts.

(4) V. To be infested with can-
kers. Northampt.

(5) adj. Dumb. Yorksh.
Canker, s. (1) The common red

field-poppy. East.

(2) The dog-rose.

(3) A toadstool. West.

(4) A caterpillar. South.
Cankerfret, s. (1) Copperas.

(2) A sore or blister in the

mouth. East.
Cankerweed, s. The ragwort.
Canke, v. To whine. Derbysh.
Canky, adj. Rotten, applied to

stone. Northampt.
Cannel, s. The collar, neck.
Cannel-bone, 1 *. The coUar-

CHANNEL-BONE, J bonC.

Canniness, s. Caution; good con-
duct. North.

Cannis,©. To toss about carelessly
from place to place. Comw.

Caxny, (1) adj. Pretty; good ; neat.
North. Canny -hinny,& sly person.
(2) V. To coax. Northamp.

Canox, «. A portion of a deceased
man's goods exacted by the priest.

Caxons, «. The first feathers of a
hawk after she has mewed.

CansHjS. (1) A small mow of
corn.

(2) A small pile of faggots, &c
East.

(3) A strain. Shropsh.
Caxstick, s. a candlestick.
Cant, (1) adj. Strong; hearty;

courageous.

(2) V. To recover, or mend.

(3) V. To throw ; to upset.
Kent.

(4) s. An auction. North.

(5) V. To let fall. Susscv.

(6) s, A corner or division of a
field.

(7) *. A small bundle of hay.
Hampsh.

(8) s. A niche.

The first and principal person in tne
temple was Irene, or Peace; she was
placed aloft in a cant.

Jons., Coronation Enlertainm.

Directly under her, in a cant by herself,
was Arete intbroned.

Declcer, Entert. of James I.

(9) V. To humour, caress. Leic.

(10) r. To backbite. Herefordsh,

(11) r. To whine, or play the
hypocrite.

(12) V. To set upon edge. East.

(13) s. A company, or crowd.
North.

(14) *. A canter, or vagabond.

(15) V. To divide. Tusser.
CAXTABAxaui, s. {Ital.) Ballad-

singers.
Caxtaxkerous, adj. Contentious.
Caxt-dog, s. a. handspike with a

hook. North.
Cantel, '\s.(A.-N.) a corner or
CAXTLE, J angle ; a small piece or

portion of anything.
Canteled. Different pieces of cloth

worked together. Hall, Henry IV.
Caxteling, s. a stake or pole.

North.
Caxter, s. (1) One who cants, a

vagrant or beggar.

CAN

285

CAP

A rog:ue,
A very eanter I, sir, one that maunds
Upon the pad.

B. Jon., Staple of News, act ii.

Hey day ! turn'd canter .' this becomes
thee worse tlian fine di'ess and youthful
cloths an old woman. There's scarce a
nuu will talk thus through a grate.

The Reformation, 1673.

(2) A pint jug. Northamp.
C.\NTERBURY, s. A liorsc's cantcr.
Canting-caller. An auctioneer.

North.
Cantle, s. (1) The head. North.

(2) The leg of an animal. North.
Cantle-piece, s. The part of a

cask into which the tap is driven.

Northumb.
Cantly, adv. Strongly. Minot.
Canton, v. To notch.
Cant-rail, s. A triangular rail.

East.
Cantrap, s. a magic spell. North.
Cantred, ». A terra used in VVales

and Ireland for a certain division

of territory.

Sur. Two knights fees make one eantred,
which after the first computation,
amounteth to 3S40 acres. Six cantreds
11-26 maketh a barony, 25600 acres,
whose reUefe is 100 marks. One barony \
make an earldomc 38400 acres whose
reliefe is 100 pound.

Nordai's Surveyors Dialogue, 1610.

Cant-window, s. a how-window.

Canty, adj. Cheerful; talkative.
North.

Canvas, *. To receive the canvas,
i. e., to be dismissed. The phrase
is taken from the practice of
journeymen mechanics who tra-
vel in quest of work with the
implements of their profession.
When they are discharged by
their masters, they are said to
receive the canvas or the bag,
because in this their tools and
necessaries are packed up prepa-
ratory to their removal.

I ha' prorois'd him
As much as marriage comes to, and \ lose
My honor, if the don receives the canvas.
ShirUy, Brothers, act ii, p. 14.

Cantspar, s. a fire-pole.

Canty. arf/. Merry; cheerful. North,
Canvasado, s. Amove in fencing.
Cap, (1) V. To complete; to finish.

(2) V. To overcome in argument ;

to puzzle any one.

(3)». A challenge to competition.

(4; s. A master or head. Cumb.

(5) V. To arrest.

(6; ». To mend shoes at the toe.

(7) A shepherd's dog. /. Wight.

(8) A man's cap was said to ake,
when he was tipsy.

To walke and see a friend they both in-
tended,

Souie two mile out of towne, and merne
make

So frolique, till the husbands cap did ake.
Good Neices and Bad Nexces, 1622-

Cap-of-maintenance, «. A pecu-
liar cap carried before a high
dignitary on state occasions.

About X. of the cloke afore none, the
king come into the parlement chamber
in his parlement robes, and on his bed
a cap of mayntenaunce, and sat in his
most royall majcst6.

MS. Cotton., Jul. C, vi, fol. 255, r°.

Capable, adj. (Lai.) Comprehen-
sive.

Capados, s. {A.-N.) a hood.

Gap-case, «. A small travelling
case, or band-box. "A bag: a
wallet : a port-manteau : a cap-
case." Nomenclator.

Cape, «. (1) The coping of a wall.
North.
(2) The sleeve of a coat.

Cape-cloak, s. A Spanish cloak.

Capel,s. The horn joint connecting
the two parts of a flail. Devon.

Capellink,s. a skull-cap of steel.

Caper-cousins, s. Great friends.
Lane.

Caperdewsie,«. The stocks. .Suf-
fer.

Caperlash, «. Abusive language.
North.

Capes, «. Ears of corn broken off
in thrashing. North.

Capha, s. a kind of damask cloth.

CAP

CAR

Capilome, «. The circumstance of
one set of reapers being so far in
advance of the other as to be
out of sight by the intervention
of a liill or rise. North.

Capirotade, 8. Stewed mince-
meat.

Capitaine, s. {A.-N.) a captain.

Capitle, s. {Lat ) A chapter or
summary.

Caple, s. a horse. See Caput.

Capling, .?. The cap of a flail.

Cap-money, *. Money gathered
for the huntsman at the death of
the fox.

Capocchia, *. (Itat.) A fool; an
innocent.

Capon, s. (1) A letter. Shai.
(2) A red-herring. Kent.

Capon-bell, s. The passing-bell.

Caponet, s. a small capon.

Capon's-feather, *. The colum-
bine.

Cappadochio, 8. A cant term for

a prison.
Cap-paper, a. A coarse sort of

brownish paper.
Cappe, s. a cope. Pr. Parv.
Cappel, v. To mend or top shoes.

Craven.
Capper, (1) v. To chop the hands.

East.

(2) V. To coagulate ; to wrinkle.

(3) 8. A cap-maker.
Cappy-hole, s. a kind of game.
Caprifole, *. The honeysuckle.
Capriole, s. A lady's head-dress.
Caprick, s. a sort of wine.
Caps, *. (1) All sorts of fungi.

East.

(2) Hoodsheaves of corn-shocks.

North.

Cap-screed, 8. The rim of a cap.
North.

Capsize, v. To turn over.

Captain, adj. Chief; more excel-
lent. ShaA.

Capuccio, s, A hood. Spenser.

Capul,

capel, ^s. {A.-N.) a horse.

caple,
Capul, s. A domestic hen.
Car, (1)». {A.-S.) A rock.

(2) 8. A wood or grove on a
moist soil, generally of alders.

(3) 8. Any hollow place or
marsh.

(4) V. To carry. South.

(5) *. A bottle or keg of one or
two gallons. Leic.

(6) s. A gutter. Line.
Carabins,*. a sort of light cavalry,

in the 16th cent., armed with

carabines.
Caracol, s. The half turn which

a horseman makes on either

side.
Caractes, "Is. (A.-N.) Charac-
carectis, J ters ; figures ; applied

especially to characters for magi-
cal purposes.
Carage, s. (A.-N.) Measure;

quality.
Caraing, 1 8. (A.-N.) A carcase.
CARF.YNE, \ Caronyes, carcases.

CARDING, J Rob. GIOUC.

Caravel, 1 s. {Fr. caravelle.) A
CARVEL, Y light round ship, with
carveil, J a square poop, rigged

and fitted out like a galley.
Carawayes, *. Comfits made with

caraway seeds.
Carberry, s. a gooseberry. North.
Carbokul, 8. A carbuncle.
Carbonado, (1) «. A steak cut

crossways for broiling.

(2) V. To broil.
Carcanet. See Carkanet.
Carcelage, 8. Prison fees.
Card, (1) adj. Crooked. North.

(2) 8. A chart.

(3) #. The mariner's compass.

We're all like sea cards,
Alt our endeaTonrs and our motions,
As they do to the north, still point at
beauty. B. ^ Fl., Chances, i, 11.

(4) r. To mix bad and good
together.

CAR

287

CAR

And these ; for that by themselves they
will not utter, to mingle and to card
with the apostles' doctrines, &c., that
at the least yet lie may so vent thera.
Sermon at St. Giles, 1593.

You card your beer, if you see your
guests begin to be drunk, half small,
half stronjc.
Greene's Quip for an TJpst. Courtier, 1620.

(5) To speak by the card, to speak
with great exactness.

Carder, s. (1) A card player.
(2) A jackdaw. Suffolk.

Cardew, s. An alderkar.

Cardiacle, *. {Gr.) A disease af-
fecting the heart.

Cardicue, s. (corrupted from Fr.
quart d'ecu.) The fourth part of
a French crown, about fifteen-
pence. The other is the spelling
of the time.

Did I not yester-morning

Bring you in a cardecu there from the pea-
sant.

Whose ass I'd driven aside?

B. ^ FL, Bloody Brother, iv, 2.

Cardinal, (1) s. A liquor drunk in

the University, made like bishop,

except that claret is substituted

for port wine.

(2) *. A kind of cloak, in fashion

about 1760.
Cardinal-trilost, s. a Cornish

fish, the three-tailed ray. Borlase.
Care, s. (I) Grief; vexation.

(2) The mountain-ash. Devon.
Care-awayes, s. Caraways.

Yet, if a stormc should rise (by night or

day).
Of sugar-snowes, and haile of care-a-wayes.
Duvies. Scourge of Folly, 1611.

Care-cake, «. A pancake. North.

Care-cloth, s. A square cloth
formerly held over the head of a
bride by four men.

Carkcrin, arfw. Cheerfully. North-
umh.

Careful, adj. (A.-S.) Sorrowful.

Careire, *. {Fr.) The short turn-
ings of a nimble horse ; the move-
ments of a drunken man.

Carer, a. A sieve. Derbysh.

Care WARE, s. A cart. North.
Carf, (1) pret. t. Carved.

(2) s. The breadth of one cut.

ting in a rick of hay. Kent.
Carfax, s. (A.-N.) A meeting of

four roads.
Cargo, s. A bully or bravo.
Car-hand, s. The left hand.

North.
Carien, v. (A.-S.) To carry.
Caries, s. {A.-N.) Carats of gold
Carine, (1) 8. The bottom of a

ship.

(2) V. To pick or prune the

feathers. Leic.

Let me see, says madam, where's my
cornet ? Pray carine this, favourite.

Ladies' Dictionary, 1694.

Cark, (1)«. {A.-S.) Care ; anxiety.

(2) V. To be careful and diligent.

(3) adj. Stiff. Leic.

(4) ». Forty tod of wool.
Carkanet, 1

CARCANET, I s. (i^r.) Anecklacc.
carquenet, J

As rings, and stones, and carkenettes.
To make them please the eye.

Turberville's Tragicall Tales,\Z9n.

About his necke a carknet rich he ware
Of precious stones all set in gold well tried.
Harr. Ariosl., vii, 47.

About thy neck a carkanet is bound
Made of the ruble, pear), and diamond.
Herrick, p. 30.

Carl, «. (A.-S.) A churl ; a bond-
man ; a clown.

Carl-cat, s. A tom-cat. North.

Carline, s. a term applied to an
old woman. North.

Carling, s. a penguin.

Carlings, s. Grey peas, steeped
all night in water, and fried the
next day with butter, eaten on
Palm Sunday, formerly called
Carling Sunday. North.

Carlish, adj. Churlish. North.

Carlot, 8. A rustic, or churl.

Carmes, s. (A.-N.) Carmelite
friars.

Carnadinb, s. The carnation.

CA-R

288

CAR

Cabnary-chapel, s. a charnel-
house.

Carnel, s. (1) (^A.-N.) A bat-
tlement.
(2) A dish in cookery.

Carnel of pork. Take the brawnn of
8wyne. Parboile it, and grynde it gmale,
and alay it up with jolkes of ayrenn.
Set it over the fyre with white greece,
and lat it not seeth to fast. Do there-
inne safronn and powdor.fort, and niesse
it forth; and cast thereinue powdor-
fort, and serve it forth. Forme of Cury.

Carn'ey, v. To coax. Var. d.
Carnifex, 8. {Lat.) A scoundrel.
Carnilate, v. To build houses

with battlements.
Carnill, 8. Kernel. Heywood,

1556.
Carnositt, 8. {Lat.) Fleshiness.

" Carnositye or an ye thynge that

is fleashye." Huloet.
Caroch, s. {Fr.) A large coach.

Have with them for the great -carvek, six

horses.
And the two coachmen, with my ambler

bare,
And my three women.

B. Jotis., Der. is an Ass, iv, 2.

Caroigne, 8, See Caraing.
Carol, (1) *. {A.-N.) A dance.

(2) V. To dance.

(3) 8. A closet or small study.
Carol-window, a bow-window.

Carouse, «. A bumper.

Next he devoured up a loyne of vealc,
Upon foure capons then his teeth did

deale.
And sent them downe into his pudding

house.
So tooke the cup, and drinking a carowse.
Fell to his rabets, and dispatching foure.
Sou-lands, Knave of Sp. andD.,'iQ\Z.

Carp, ». (1) {A.-N.) Speech ; con-
versation.
(2) Noise ; tumult.

Carpe. v. (A.-N.) To talk.

Carpet-kxights, *. Knights dab-
bed at court by favour, instead
of for distinguished military ser-
vices. Hence, an effeminate
person.

But as for you, your cloaths are rich and

rare,
Of purple hues, embroidered all most faire,
Signes of your lazie miudes; and year

deli!:hts
In wanton dancings are, fond carpet-

knights:
In jackets short, with sleeves most delicate.
And hairelace, bongrace, most effeminate.
rirffil,byricars,\QS2.

Carpets, s. Covers for tables or

sideboards.
Carpet-shield, «. An effeminate

person.
Can I not touch some upstart carpet-shield
Of LoUu's Sonne, that never saw the field ?
Hall's Sat., iv, 4.

Carpet-squire, 8. An effeminate
person.

For that the valiant will defend her fame.
When carpet squires will hide their heads
with shame.

TurberciUe's TragicaU Tales, 1587.

Carpet-standing, j. A small
piece of rich carpet, for royal
and noble personages.

Carpet-way, ». A green sward.
East.

Carpmeals, s. a coarse sort of
cloth made in the North of Eng-
land in the reign of James I.

Carpnel, 8. A kind of white coN
ton cloth.

Carr, s. a sort of black fibrous
material washed up by the sea in
heavy gales, and used for fuel.
East.

Carrack, 8. A Spanish galeon ;
any vessel of great value and
size. At an earlier period the
name was given to smaller
vessels.

Carrans, s. Buskins or covering
for the feet and legs, cut out of
the raw hide. /. Man.

Carrect, 8. A carat of gold.

Carrefour, s. {Fr.) A jHace
where four ways meet.

Carrel, s. Fustian cloth.

Carriage, s. (1) A drain. Wilts.
(2) A belt to carry a whetstone
behind the mower.

CAR

289

CAS

Carrock, s. a heap of stones for
a boundary-mark. Aorfh.

Carrosse, s. (Fr.) A coach.

Carroy, s. {A.-N.) a square or
body of soldiers.

Carry, v. (l) To drive. Craven.

(2) To recover. North.

(3) To carry coals, to submit to
any indignity.

Carry-castle, ». An elephant.

So closely amliusht almost every day,
To watcll the carry castU, in his way.

Du Bartas.

Carry-merry, g. A kind of sledge
for conveying goods from one
warehouse to another. Somerset.

Carry -FLECK, s. A boggy place,
the water of which leaves a red
sediment. Lane.

Carry-tale, «. A tale-bearer.

Carr^'witchet, 8. See Car-
whichet.

^^ ' Vs. (A.-S. cers.) Cresses.

KARSSE, J ^ ''

Carsey, s. Kersey.

Carsick, s. The kennel or gutter.
North.

Cart, s. (A.-S.) A chariot, or car.

Cart-bread, s, Bouglit bread.
Elyot.

Carted, adj. Not considered ;
equivalent to " put on the siielf."

Carter, s. (A.-S.) A charioteer.

Carthagines, s. a cant term for
cart-horses.

Cartle, v. To clip, or cut round.

Cart-loose, *. A cart-rut. North.

Cartly, adv. Rough; unman-
nerly. North.

Cart-rake, s. A cart-track. Essex.

Cart-sadel, s. The saddle placed
on the horse in the shafts.

Carve, (1) ». A plough land.

(2) V. To grow sour, or curdle.
North.

(3) r. To cut ; to slice.
Carvel, ». (1) A small ship, or

caravel.

(2) A prostitute.

(3) {A.-N.) A basket; a chicken*

coop. North.
Carvett, s. a thick hedge-row.

Kent.
Carvis-cakes, 8. Flat round

oatmeal cakes, with caraway

seeds.
Carvist, 8. A young hawk.
Car-water, *. Chalybeate water.

North.
Carwhichet, 1 .

CARWITCHET, I *" .j^^jP""' «•"

carrywitchet, J ^

All the foul i' the fair, I mean all the
dirt in Smithfield, — that's one of Master
Littlewit's carwhickets now, — will be
thrown at our banner to day, if the
matter does not please the people.

B. Jons , Bartk. Fair, v. 1.

Sir John had always his budget full of
punns, conundrums, and carrawitchets,
— at which the king lau^lit tiU his sides
crackt. Arbuthwt, Dissert. onDumjiling.

Cary, 8. A sort of coarse cloth.
Carye, v. To go.
Carystye, 8. {Lat.) Scarcitv.
Cas, *. (1) (^A..N.) Chance;

hazard.

(2) A case.
Casardi.y, adv. Unlucky. North.
Casbald, t. A term of contempt.
Cascade, ». To vomit.
Case, (1) v. To skin an animal:

to strip.

(2) s. A kind of fish, somewhat

like a char, hut not so much

esteemed. Nicolson and Burn'i

West, and Cumb., i, 185.
Casehngs, 8. The skins of beasts

that die by accident. Chesh.
Caselty, adj. Uncertain ; casual.

West.
Casemund, *. A casement. Ilet/-

wood, 1556.
Case-worm, s. The caddis. East.
Cashe, v. To cashier.
Casiers, a. Broad wide sleeves.

Devon.
Casings, s. Dried cow-dung used

for fuel. North.

CAS

290

CAS

Casks, adj. Strong.
Casket, a. A stalk, or stem. North.
Caspeke, s. The plant cardiac.
Cassabully, *. The winter cress.

South.
Casse, (1) ». (A.-N.) To discharge;

to cashier ; to disband.

(2) s. An earthworm. Florio.
Cassiasistre, s. a plant, the

cassia fistula. Gerard.
Cassock \s. {Fr.) A loose out-

CASSAauE, J ward coat.
Casson, *. Beef. Dekker.
Cassydonys, s. The calcedony.
Cast, (1) ». To speak; to address.

(2) V. To intend.

(3) V. To contrive.

(4) V. To consider; to de-
termine.

(5) «. Chance; opportunity.
North.

(6) V. To bring forth prema-
turely, said of beasts. Shropsh.

(7) V. To vomit.

(8) V. To empty.

(9) part. p. Thwarted; de-
feated. Shropsh.

{10) part. p. Warped. North.

(11) ». To choke one's self with
eating too fast. North.

(12) V. To vield; to produce.
Norf.

(13) V. To add up a sum; to
reckon.

(14) ». To think; to cogitate.
Buret.

(15) s. A second swarm of bees
from one hive.

(16) s. A brace or couple.

(17) part. p. Cast off; thrown
aside.

{IS) part. p. Plotted; devised.

(19) s. {A.-S.) A stratagem; a
contrivance.

(20) s. A flight of hawks.

(21) V. To set a hawk on a
perch.

(22) V. To purge a hawk.

(23) \A'hen liounds check, and
the huntsman tries to recover

the scent by taking the bounds
round about the spot, he is said
to cast them.

(24) ». To rectify or correct a
compass. Palsg.

(25) V. To arrange or dispose.
Pr. P.

(26) To cast up, to upbraid.
North. Also, to forsake. To cast
afore, to forecast. " I cast my
penyworthes, ^ejDOMr/ec/e ; whan
I have all caste mypenyworthes,
I maye put my wynnyng in myn
eye." Palsgrave. To cast be-
yond the moon, to attempt im^^
possibilities ; also, to indulge in
wild thoughts and conjectures.
To cast water,to find out diseases
by the inspection of urine.

(27) ». To groan. Warw.

(28) a. {A.-S.) Strife; con-
tention.

(29) V. To condemn,

(30) s. A small portion of bread.

Castelet, a. {A.-N.) A turret.

Castelle, s. {A.-N.) A large cis-
tern.

Caster,*. (1) A cloak. Dekker.

(2) A cow that casts her calf.

(3) To come the caster,/u/Mcre.
Abating that expression, I should have
sworn tliat thou and I sliouid have c<Mn«
the caster with )ier hy turns.

Howard, Man of Newmarket, 1678.

Castes, «. An instrument for
punishing schoolboys with a
blow on the palm of the hand.
Comw.

Casting-bottle, s. A bottle for
casting, or sprinkling, perfumes ;
a fashionable luxury in the days
of Elizabeth. Sometimes called
a casting-glass.

Pray Jove the perfumed courtiert keep
their caiting-huttles, pick-tootns, and
shittlecocks lioni you.

B. Joits., Cynthia's Ret., i, 1.

Faith, ay : liis civet and liis casting-glass
Have belpt liini to a place among the rest.
B. Jon., Jit. M. out ofU., iv, 4.

, Castle, s. A sort of close helmet.

CAS

291

CAT

Castleward, s. a tax laid on
those dwelling within a certain
distance of a castle, for the sup-
port of the garrison.

Castling, s. A calf bom before
its time.

Castock, «. The heart of a cabbage.
North.

Castor, ». (Lat.) A lieaver.

Castrel, s. {A.-N.) An inferior
kind of hawk.

Like as the sparrow, from thecaslreU ire,
Made his as>luiu in the wise man's fist,
FocM addressed to Lady Drake, 1596.

Cat, ». (1) A mess of coarse meal,
clay, &c,, placed in dove-cotes,
to allure strangers. East.

(2) A ferret, Suffolk.

(3) A game played among ooys
with sticks, and a small piece of
wood, rising in the middle, so as
to rebound w hen struck on either
side.

(4) A stand formed of three
pieces of wood or iron, crossing
and united in the centre, to place
before the fire for supporting a
plate of buttered toast,

(5) (From a common usage of
the Fr. chat.) Pudendum f.

(6) Mentula, Somerset.

(7) A shed to protect soldiers
while lying ready to attack.

Catadupe, *, ( Gr.) A cataract.

Cataian, s. a sharper.

Catapuce, s. {A.'N.) .^ kind of
spurge.

Cat-arles, *. An eruptive disorder
of the skin. North.

Catayl, s. a sort of vessel, Rich-
ard C. de L.

Cat-beagle, «. A swift kind of
beagle.

Cat-bill,*. A woodpecker. North.

Cat-blash, *. Any thin liquid, as
weak tea. Line.

Cat-boils, s. Small boils. North-
amp t.

Cat-brain, «. A sort of rough clay
mLxed with stone. West.

Cat-call, s. A sort of whistle.
Catch, (1) s. A few hairs drawn

out of a knot or bunch, woven

in the silk.

(2) «. A sort of ship.

(3) s. The eye of a link.

Orhiculus. oTrij. Maille. The male, the
catch, or rundle through which tlie
latchet passelh and is fastened with tlie
toung of the buckle : a loope.

Jfomeiiclator, 1585.

(4) To catch copper, to take
harm. To lie upon the catch, to
seek an opportunity.

I hope you do not lie upon the catch to
weary and tire me out, by putting more
upon me then a liorse is able to endure,
and then go about to hang me, because
I, through tiredness, want bodily
strength and abilities to make and pro-
nounce my defence. English Worthies.

To catch a fell. A weaver is said
to have caught a fell when he
finishes his piece, because there
is always a small portion wove
beyond the actual termination
of the piece, for the purpose of
securing the remainder of the
warp after the finished work is
cut out.

Catch-corneb, s. a well-known
child's game.

Catched, adj. Entangled, Beds.

Catcherel, », Acatchpole. Pr. P.

Catch-land, s. Border-land, of
which the tithe was disputable,
and taken by the first claimant
who could catch it. Norf.

Catch- water, *. A reservoir of
water in a newly-erected com-
mon. Somerset.

Catchy, adj. Disposed to take ad-
vantage.

Cate, v. To b« lecherous. North.

Catel, s. (A.-N.) Goods; property,
treasure, or money.

Cater, v. To cut diagonally.

Cater-cousin, s. (1) An intimate
friend.
(2) A parasite.

CATEREYNis,».(,(f.-A'.) Quadrains*
farthings.

CAT

292

CAU

Caterpillar, a. A cockchafer.
Somerset.

Caterramel, v. To hollow out.
JFarw.

Catersnozzled, joaW.^. Zig-zag.

Catery, 8. The place where pro-
visions were kept.

Gates, s. Provisions.

In a plaine country greeting he invited
us to drinke and 'eate with him such
cates as the house afforded.

Rowley, Search for Money, 1609.

Cat-gallows, s. A child's game.

Cathammed, adj. Awkward ;
clumsy. South.

Cat-haws, s. Common haws.
North.

Cathedral, ». A huUy. Line.

Cather, 8. A cradle. North.

Cat-hip, «. The burnet rose.
North.

Cat-ice, s. Ice from which the
water has receded. Northampt.

Cat-in-pan, s. a turncoat, or de-
serter from his party ; to turn
cat-in-pan, to be a turncoat.

Our fine pbylosopher, out trimme learned

elfe.
Is gone to see as false a spie as himselfe.
Damon sniatters as well as he of craftie

pilosopliie.
And can toume cat in the panne very pre-

tily:
But Carisophus hath given him such a

miglitie cliecke,
As I thiuke in the ende will breake his

necke. Damon and Pithias, p. 206.

Thus may ye see to tume (he cat in the pan.
Workes of J. Ueiwood, 1598.

Catling, s. The string of a lute or

violin, made of cat-gut.
Catmallisons, «. Cupboards near

chimneys for dried beef and

provisions. North.
Catrigged, adj. Badly creased;

applied to linen. North.
Cats and kittens, a. The blos-
soms of the salix.
Cats-cradle, a. A children's

game, with string twisted on the

fingers.

Cats-foot, s. Ground ivy. North.

Cats-head, *. (1) A kind of po-
rous stone found in coal pits.
(2) A sort of apple.

Cats-heer,«. "Cattes-heere, other-
wyse called a felon. Furunculus."
Huloet.

Catso, s. (Ital. cazzo.) A low
term of reproach ; a rogue ; a
base fellow. Catzerie, cheating,
'roguery.

And so cunningly temporize with this cun-
ning catso. Wily beguiled, O. PI.

— And looks
Like one that is employed in catzerie
And crosbiting ; such a rogue, &c.

Jew of Malta, 0. PI., viii, 374.

Cats-smere, a. An old name of a

plant, axungia.
Cats-tail, s. (1) The catkin of

the hazel or willow.

La fleur de noyer semhlable i, la queue
d'un rat, minons in Gallia Narbonensi.
The cats tailea on nut-trees, the long
bud hanging like a long worme or ae-
glet. Nomenclator, 1585.

(2) The plant horsetail.

(3) A sore place, or fester. Cot-
grave.

Cat-stairs, «. Tape, &c., twisted
to resemble stairs. North.

Catter, v. To thrive. North.

Catton, v. To thump. North.

Catwhin, 8. The dog-rose. North.

Cat-with-two-tails, a. An ear-
wig. North.

Catwitted, adj. Silly and con-
ceited. North.

Cauch, a. A nasty mixture. Devon.

Cauci, 1 *. {A.-N.) A causeway,
gauge, j or road.

Cauciocr, a. A surveyor. Cumb.

Caud, adj. Cold. North.

Caudebeg, a. A hat of French
fashion, used in England about
1700.

Caudel, "Is. {A.-N.) A sort of
CAWDEL, J pottage.

Chykens in cawdel. Take chykenns,
and boile hem in gode ) roth, and ramme

CAU

293

CAW

Jiem up. Tlienne take jolkes of ayren,
and the brotli, and alve it togedre. Do
tliereto powdor of "vnjjer, and sugar
ynowh, safronn, and salt ; and set it
over the fyre withoute boyllynsre, and
serve the chykens hole, other y-broken,
and lay the so«e onoward.

Forme ofCury, p. 9.

Cawdel ferry. Take floer of paynde-
niayn and gode wyne ; and drawe it to-
gydre. Do thereto a grete quantite of
sugar cypre, or hony clarified; and do
thereto s;ifronn. Boile it, and whan it
is boiled, alye it ud with jolkes of ayren,
and do tliereto salt, and messe it forth,
and lay thereon sugar and powdor gyn-
ger. Forme of Cury, Tp. M.

Caudel rennyng. Take vemage, or other
gode swete wyne, and jolkes of eyren
beten and streyned, and put tlierto
8uger, and colour hit with saffron, and
setlie hit tyl hit begyn to boyle, and
straw e pouder of ginger tlieron ; and
serve hit forthe. Warner, p. 83.

Cauderne, s. a caldron.

Caudle, s. Any slop. Devon. See
Caudel.

Caud-pie, 8. i. e., Cold pie; a dis-
appointment or loss. North.

Caugle, v. To quarrel. North.

Cauk, s. {A.-N.) Limestone. East.

Caul, «. (1) A spider's web.
(2) A swelling. North.

Cauld, *. A dam-head. North.

Caule, «. (1) The filament inclos-
ing the brain. " Les covertures
de la cervelle. The caules or
filraes ofthe braine." Nomenclat.
(2) A coif. " Where is my cau/e.?
Ou est mon escofion ?" The
French Alphabet, 1615.

Cau.mpersome, adj. Lively; play-
ful. Derbysh.

Caumy, adj. Qualmy, Northampt.

Caup, ». {A.-S. ceapian.) To ex-
change. North.

Cauphe, 8. Coffee.

The Tartars have a drink not good at
meat called cauphe, made of a berry as
bigge as a small beanc, dryed in a fur-
nace and beat to powder of a soote co-
lour, in taste little bitterish, that they
seeth and dnnke hot as may be en-
dured ; it is good all liourcs of the day,
but especially morning- and evening,
when to that purpose ihey euienaiue

themselves two or three honres in
caupkf-houies, which in all Turkey
ahouud more then inues and alehouses
with us.

Blunt's Voyage in the Levant, 1650.

Caupon'ate, v. (Lat.) To hold an

eating-house.
Caury, adj. {A.-N.) Worm-eaten.
Cause, conj. Because.
Causey, 8. {A.-N.) A causeway,

of which it is the more correct

spelling.
Caush, 8. A sudden declivity.

North.
Causidick, 8. (Lat.) A lawyer.
Cautel, 8. {A.-N.) A cunning

trick.
Cautelous, adj. Artful ; cautious.
Caution, s. A pledge ; a surety.
Cave, (1) p. To tilt up. Shropsh.

(2) To fall in, as earth when
undermined.

(3) To rake ; to separate. South.

(4) To thrash corn.

(5) «. A cabbage. North.
Caveare, s. The spawn of a kind

of sturgeon pickled, salted, and
dried, which was formerly con-
sidered a great dainty.

Gavel, (1) v. To divide or allot
land.
(2) 8. A part or share. North.

Cavenard, 8. {A.-N.) A term of
reproach.

Caversyn,«. {/rf.-A'^.) A hypocrite.

Cavill, s. a coif, or caule.

Her golden loekes like Hermus sands,
(Or then bright Hermus brighter)

A spangled con'// binds in with bands.
Then silver morning lighter.

Engiandt Helicon, 1614.

Cavillation, 8. {Lat.) A cavil-
ling; a quibble in law. "Cavil-
lation, or subtyle forged tale.
Cavillafio." Huloet.

Caving, s. Refuse swept from the
threshing floor. East.

Cavous, adj. Hollow ; full of caves.

Caw, (1) 8. The rot iii sheep,
Devon,

CAW

294

CEN

(2) V. To bring forth a lamb.
(3) «'. To gasp for breath. Devon.

Caward, adv. Backward.

Cawbabv, s. An awkward, shy
boy. Devon.

Cawdaw, s. a jackdaw. North.

Cawdle, «. Entanglement; con-
fusion ; also a mining term for a
thick and muddy fluid. Cornw.

Cawdrife, s. a shivering feeling.
North.

Cawdy-mawdy, s. The Royston
crow. Northampt.

Cawe, v. {A.-N.) To go, or walk.

Cawf, s. An eel-box. East.

Cawftail, s. a dunce. Lane.

Cawhand, s. The left hand. North.

Cawken, v. To breed, applied
especially to hawks.

Cawkv, adj. Frumpish. Line.

Cawl, (1) s. a swelHng from a
blow. Yorksh.

(2) ». To do work awkwardly.
North.

(3) s. A coop. Kent.

(4) s. A sort of silk.

(5) V. To bully. North.
Cawm, v. In Derbyshire, the rear-
ing of a horse is called cawming.

Cawnry, *. A silly fool; a half
idiot. Berks.

Cawnse, s. a pavement. Devon.

Cawte, adj. Cautious.

Caxon, s. a worn-out wig. So-
merset.

Cay, v. To caw, as a crow.

Cayn, s. a nobleman.

Caynard, *. (A.-N.) A rascal.

Cayre, v. To go ; to come. Cayers,
comers. Morte Arthure.

Cayser, \s. (A.-S.) An empe-
caysere, f ror.

Cavtefete, s. (A.-N.) Wretched-
ness.

Cayvar, s. a kind of ship. K.
Alisannder, 6062.

Cazami, s. The centre or middle
of the sun ; an astrological
term.

CAjTE,/>rc<. /. Caught. Rob. Glouc.

Ceace, s. a layer of earth, straw,

&c. Norf.
Cease, v. To die. Shakesp.
Ceate, s. a membrane.
Cecchin, s. An Italian coin, a

sequin.
Cedule, s. a schedule.
Cee, s. The sea.
Cege, s. a seat. See Sege.
Cegge, s. The water flower de-luce.

See Segye.
Ceise, v. {A.-N.) To seize.

* [■ s. A sort of skull-cap.
celate, J ^

Celature, s. (A.-N.) The under-

surface of a vault ; the ceiling.

Cele, (1) adj. Happy. See Sele.

(2) s. (A.-N.) A canopy.

(3) s. Time ; season. See Sele.

(4) V. A term in falconry. " I
cele a hauke or a pigyon or any
other foule or byrde, whan I sowe
up their eyes for caryage or other-
wyse." Palsgrave.

Celebrious, s. (A.-N) Famous.
CEi,ED,part. p. (I) Decorated by

sculpture or painting.

(2) Wainscoted.
Celee, adj. Strange ; wonderful.
Celerer, «. (Lat) The officer in a

monastery who had the care of

the provisions.
Celestine, s. a kind of plunket

or coloured cloth, with broad

lists.
Cellar, s. (A.-N.) A canopy,

especially of a bed. " Cellar for

a bedde, del de lit." Palsgrave.
Celle, s. (Lat.) A religious house.
Celsitude, s. (Lat.) Highness.
Celwylly, adj. Unruly. Pr. P.
Ceme, *. A quarter of corn. Pr. P.

See Seam.
Ckmmkd, adj. Folded; twisted.
Cemy, adj. Subtle. Pr. Parv.
Cencleffe, s. The daffodil.
Cendal, s. (A.-N. sendal.) A sort

of rich silken stutF, which was

much prized.
Cene, s. (1) A sort of sauce.

CEN

295

CHA

(2) An assembly. Palsgrave.
Cexs, s. Incense. To cense, to

sprinkle with incense.
Cexser, ». An incense pot ; a bottle

for sprinkling perfumes.
Censure, (1) s. {Lat.) Judgment ;

opinion.

Tmly, madam, he suffers in my censure

equal with your ladyshi)>s, and I think

him to be a bundle of vanity, otherwise

called a fop in extraordinary

Dnrfey, Fool iuni'd Crilick.

(2) V. To judge; to give an

opinion.
They doffe their upper garments: each

begins
Unto lier milke-white linnen smocke to

bare her.
Small difference twixt their white smocks

and their skins.
And hard it were to cmsure which were

fairer. Great Britahies Troye, 1609.

Cent, s. A game at cards, supposed
to have resembled picquet, and
so called because 100 was the
game.

Centener, *. An officer command-
ing a hundred men.

Cexto, *. {Lat.) A patchwork.

Ce.ntry-garth,*. The cemetery of
a monastery.

s. A game at cards.

Centy-foot, \
cent-foot, j

I at cards play'd with a girl,
Rose by name, a dainty pearl:
At centy-foot I oft'n moved
Her to love me, wliom I loved.

Dmnkai Bamabt/.

Ceout, V. To bark. Shropsh.
Cep, ». To catch a ball. North.
Cepe, *. A hedge.
Cephen, s. The male, or young

drone.
Cep.adene,*. a fresh-water muscle.

North.
Cercle, v. (A.-N.) To surround.
Ceremonies,*. Prodigies. ShaJcesp.
Cerge, ». {A.-N.) A wax taper.
Cerke, s. a shirt. See Sark.
Cern, r. To concern. Shakesp.
Cernoyle, *. Honeysuckle.
Cerse, r. To cease. North.
Certacion, s. Assurance.

Certain, a<fv. Certainly. Chaucer.

Certed, adj. Certain ; firm.

Certes, adv. {A.-N.) Certainly.

Cert-money, s. Head money or
common fine, paid yearly by the
residents of several manors to
the lords thereof. Blount.

Ceruse, s. Ceruse or white-lead,
used by ladies for painting.

Cerve, s. a circlet.

Cervelle, «. {A.-N.) The brain.

Cess, (1) v. To spill water about.

(2) *. (^.-A'^,) Measure; estima-
tion. " Out of all cess,^ exces-
sively.

(3) v. To call dogs to eat. South.

(4) s. A layer or stratum. East.
Cesse, v. (1){A.-N.) To cease.

(2) {A.-N.) To give seizin or
possession.

Cesser, s. An assessor.

Ckst, part. p. (A.-N.) Ceased.

Ceston,s.(.^.-A'^) a studded girdle.

Cete, s. a company of badgers.

Ceterach, s. {Fr.) The stone-
fern.

Cetywall, ». See Setewale.

Chace, *. The groove for the
arrow in a crossbow.

Chaceable, «((;. Fit to be hunted.

Chacechiens, *. {A.-N.) Berners.

Chackle,». To chatter. Somerset.

Chackstone, s. a small flint.
North.

Chacoon, *. {Span.) A dance like
the saraband, brought from Spain.

Chad, s. A small trench for drain-
ing land. Midi. C.

Chadan, «. The inwards of a calf.
Dorset.

Chadde, v. To shed.

Chadfarthing, ». A farthing paid
formerly for the purpose of hal-
lowing the font for christenings.

CuADLE, V. Vo make a small groove
in which to drive a wedge to split
stones. Northampt.

Chads, *. Dry husky fragments
found amongst food. East.

Chafb, v. {A.-N.) To grow angry.

CHA

296

CHA

Chafegall, ». A boil caused by
the friction of the legs.

Entretail, escorchure et peau par es-
chauffement, souillure. A gall with
sweating: a chafegall: a niglilgall: a
iiierryg;ill, which may come by going
and riding in a sweat. Nomendator.

Chafer,*. (1) The May-bug. South.
(2) (A.-N.) A saucepan. "A
caudorne, kettle, skellet, or chaf-
fer to heate water in." Nomen-
clator.

Chafer-house, «. An alehouse.
North.

Chafery, 8. {A.-N.) A furnace.
Derbysh.

Chafeweed, s. An old name for
the plant cudwort. Nomenclat.

Chaff-bone, T «. The jaw-bone.
CHAFTE-BAN, J Ckaff-fallefi, low-
spirited. North.

Chaffere, (1) V. (A.-S.) To deal,
exchange, or barter.
(2) s. Merchandise.

Chaffle, v. To haggle. Ne*th.

Chaff-nets, «. Nets for catching
small birds.

Chaffo, v. To chew. Lane.

Chaffron, s. a chamfron, or head-
piece for a horse with a projecting
spike.

Chaflet, ». {A.-N.) A small scaf-
fold.

Chafty, adj. Talkative, Yorksh.

Chaiere, s. {A.-N.) A chair, or
pulpit.

Chain, s. A weaver's warp. Somer-
set.

Chair-hole, ». A recess made in
the upper part of a rick in which
a person stands to receive the
corn or hay to convey it higher
for completing the rick. East.

Chaisel, 8. {A.-N.) An upper
garment.

(2) A sort of fine linen, of which
smocks were often made,

Chaity, adj. Careful; delicate.
So7nerset.

Chalande, s. a chanter.

' Chalder, v. To crumble. East.
Chaldron, "1 *. {A.-N.) A sort

CHAWDUEN, J of SaUCC.

Chalk, v. To mark up debts with
chalk in an alehouse.
Where I drank, and took my common
In a tan-house with my woman :
While I had it, there I paid it,
TiU long ckalk'mg broke my credit.

Drunken Barnaby.

Chall, s. The jaw. Leic.

Challenge, ». A term in hunting;
when hounds or beagles first find
the scent and cry.

Chalm, v. To nibble into minute
particles. Northamp.

Chalon, s. a coverlet. Chaucer.

Chaltered, part. p. Overcome
with heat. Leic.

Cham, (1) adv. Awry. North.
(2) v. To chew or champ,

Chamberdekins, 8. Irish beggars.
Blount.

Chamberer, s. a wanton person,

Chamberere, *. {A.-N.) A cham-
ber-maid.

Chamber-fellow, s. A chum;
one who occupies the same cham-
bers with another.

Chamberings, s. The furniture of
a bed or bed-room.

Chamber-lie, s. Urine. Shakesp.

Chamberlin, "Is, An attendant
chamberlain, fin an inn, equi-
valent to the head waiter or upper
chambermaid, or both, and some-
times male, sometimes female.
Milton says that Death acted to
Hobson the carrier,

l^n the kind office of a chamberlin,

bbow'd him his room where he must lodge
that night,

Pull'd off his boots, and took away the light.

On the Univ. Carrier, 1. 14.

I had even as live the chamberlaine of

the White Horse had called me up to

bed. Peele's Old Wives Tale, i, 1.

Chamber-piece, s. A gun which,
instead of receiving its charge at
the muzzle, had an opening or
chamber near the opposite extre-
mity, in which the powder and

r

CHA

297

CHA

ball, properly secured, were de-
posited.

Chambers,*. Small cannon, with-
out carriages, used chiefly on
festive occasions.

Chamble, v. To chew.

ChaMBLET, 1 / ^ »rs .

*. (A.-N.) A vane-

CHAMLET, > ; 1 i X.

f gated stuff.

CHAMKLOT, J =

Chamblings, s. Husks of corn.

Emt.

Chambre-forene, s. {A.-N.) A
Jakes. Rob. Glouc.

Chambrel,*. The joint or bending
of the upper part of the hind legs
of a horse.

Chamfer, s. (1) The plain slope
made by paring off the hedge of
anything; a rabbet.
(2) A hollow channel or gutter;
a furrow. " Chamfred brows,"
furrowed brows. Spenser.
As for the malleoli, a kind of darts,
shaped they be on this fashion : There
is an arrow made of a cane, betwixt the
head and the steile, joined and couclied
close with an yron full of chamfers and
teetli. Ammianus Marcellinus, 1609.

Chamfron, s. (A.-N.) Armour for

a horse's nose and cheeks.
Chammer, s. a richly ornamented

gown, worn by persons of rank in

Henry VIH's time.
Champ, (1) adj. Hard; firm.

Sussea:.

(2) V. To bite, or chew.

(3) V. To tread heavily. Warw.

(4) «. A scuffle. Exmoor.
Cham aine, "1 arf/. (.<^.-iV.) Plain;

champion, J flat; open; applied
to country.

Out of this street lies a way up into a
fair ehampa'ujn heath, where the walks
are so pleasant, and the air so sweet.

Brume's Travels over England.

Champartie, s. (A.-N.) A share
of land; a partnership in power.
As a law term, a maintenance of
any one in his suit on condition
of having a share of the thing
recovered iu case of success.

Champe, s. (A.-N.) The field or
ground in which carving is
placed.

Champers, s. Hounds.

Champeyne, s. a sort of fine
cloth.

Champignon, *. (Fr.) A mush-
room.

Champion, v. To challenge; to
provoke.

Chance, s. The game of hazard.

Chance-bairn, s. A bastard.
A orth.

Chance-bone, *. The huckle-
bone. East.

Chandry, *. The place where can-
dles were kept.

CHANE,;;re/. ^. (^.-iV.) Fell.

Chanfrous, adj. Very fierce.
A'orth.

Changk, s, a shift.

Changeable, adj. Variegated.

Changel, s. The herb bugloss.

Changeling, *. A child changed
by the fairies.

Changerwife, s. A female huck-
ster. North.

Changingly, adv. Alternately.
North.

Chanke,«. An old dish in cookery.

Chanker, s. a chink. Dorset.

Chanks, s. The under part of a
pig's head. South.

Channel, *. The windpipe.

Channer, v. To scold. North,

Channest, v. To exchange. Ex-
moor.

Chant, ». To mumble ; to chatter,
as birds do.

Chanter, s. Part of a bagpipe.
North.

Chantrel, g. A decoy partridge.

Chap, (1) ». (from A.-S. ceapian.)
A purchaser.

(2) A familiar term for a com-
panion.

(3) A chink.

(4) A knock.

(5) The lower jaw of a pig.

(6) V. To crack.

CHA

298

CHA

Cha p-book, s. a small book sold

by hawkers.
Chapchurch, s. a parish clerk.

North.
Chape, s. (1) The hook or metal

part at the top of a scabbard.

I'll make him eat tlie sword you speak
of; nay, not only the sword, but the
hilt, the knot, the scabbard, tlie chape,
the belt, and the buckles.

Durfey, Marriage-hater Match'd.

(2) The end of a fox's tail.

North.
Chapel, s. A printing-house, said

to be so named from having been

originally held in the chapel at

Westminster.
Chapelle, «. {Lat.) A chaplain.
Chaperon, s. A French hood.
Chapetrel, s. (A.-N.) The capital

of a column.
Chapin, s. See Choppine.
Chapitle, s. {A.-N.) a chapter.
Chapman, s. {A.-S. ceapman.) A

merchant, or buyer.
Chap-money, s. Jloney abated or

given back by the seller.
Chappellet, «. {A.-N.) A small

chapel.
Chapped, part. p. Chopt.
Chappy, a(f;. Cleft; gaping open.
Chaps, *. Wrinkles. Craven.
Chapyde, pret. t. (for eschapyde.)

Escaped.
Char, (1) «. A species of trout,

caught in the lakes of West-
moreland.

(2) V. To char a laughter, to
raise a mock laugh. North.

(3) adv. Ajar. North.

(4) V. To hew stones.
Char, "1 ». A work or business.

chare, J They still use the word
in the North, where they would
say, " That char is charred," that
work is done. Char-woman, a
woman hired by the day for
general work.

To blush and to make honors, and (if need)
To pule and weepe at every idle toy.

As women use, next to prepare his weed.
And his soft hand to chare-woriea tc

imploy :
He profits in his practise (heaven him

s|)eed)
And of his shape assumed grauiit him joy.
Great Britaines Troye, 160S.

And look that the han!;ings in the

malted room be brusht down, and the

c/utre-tcoman rub tbe rest of the rooms.

Revet, The Totcu Shifts, 1671.

Charactery, *. Writing; ex-
pression.

Charbokul, s. (A.-N.) a car-
buncle.

Chare, (1 ) s. (A.-N.) A chariot.

(2) V. To hinder. Pr. Pan.

(3) V. To stop, or turn back.
North.

(4) V. To drive away.

(5) V. To separate chaflf from
corn. South.

(6) V. To counterfeit. North.

(7) s. A narrow street. Newc.

(8) 8. A wall-flower.
Charely, adj. Careful ; chary.
Chare-thursday, s. Maundy

Thursday.

Charets, 8. Chariots.

Charge, v. {A.-N.) To weigh, or
incline on account of weight ; to
weigh in one's mind.

Chargeant, adj. {A.-N.) Bur-
thensome.

Charged, arf/. Ornamented ; bor-
dered.

Charge-house, *. A paid school ?

T>o you not educate youth at the charge-
house on the top of t'be mountain ?

Shakesp., L. L. Lost, v. 1.

Chargsous, adj. {A.-N.) Trou-
blesome,

Charger, s. A large dish.

Chariness, *. Caution.

Charitods, adj. {A.-N.) Cha-
ritable,

Chark, (1) V. To chop, or crack.
Craven.

(2) s. A crack. North.

(3) V. To creak. North.

(i) V. To make charcoal. We8t.

CHA

299

CHA

(5) V. To expose new a'le in an
open vessel until it acquiiesacidity,
and becomes clearer and sourer,
when it is fit for drinking. Line.

(6) 8. Small beer. Yorksh.

Chark-coal, s. Charcoal.

Charles's-wain, 8. The constel-
lation Ursa Major.

Charlet, s. {A.-N.) a dish in
cookery.

CharUt. Take pork, and seeth it wel.
Hewe it smale. Cast it in a panne.
Brake ajrenn, and do thereto, and
swyng it wcl togyder. Put thereto
cowe mylke and sal'roun, and boile it
togyder. Salt it, and messe it forth.

Forme of Cury, p. 10.

Charlock, s. The mustard plant.
West.

Charm, (1) v. (A.-N.) To utter
musical sounds.

Here we our slender pipes may safely
charm. Spens. Shfp. Kal., October, v. 118.
O what songs will I charm out, in praise
of those Taliamly strong-stinking
breaths. Decker, GuU Rornb. Procem.

(2) 8. A hum, or low murmuring
noise. " With charm of earliest
birds." Milton, Par. L., iv, 641,
Hence, as birds charm together,
it was used to mean a company
of birds, as a charm of gold-
finches, i. e., a flock of them.

(3) r. To silence.
Charmed-milk, \s. Sour milk.

charme MiLKE, J North.
Charmer, s. {A.-N.) A magician.
Charx-odrdle, 8. A churn-staff.

North.
Charneco, "1 ». A sort of sweet
charnico, J wine, made near
Lisbon.

Come my inestimable bullies, we'll
talk of your noble acts in sparkling
charnico.

Puritan, act 4, Suppl. to Sh., ii, 616.

Cbarxel, s. The crest of a helmet.

Ch.\rre, v. To return.

Charred-drink, s. Drink turned
sour in consequence of being put
into the barrel before it is cold.
Kent.

Charret, (1) *. (A.-N.) A cart,
or chariot.
(2) adj. Dear ; precious. North.

Chartal, 8. {Lat. chartula.) A
small document.

Chartel, 8. (Fr.) A challenge.

Charterer,*. A freeholder. Chesh.

Charter-master, s. A man who,
having undertaken to get coals
or iron-stone at a certain price,
employs men under him.

Charter-party, 8. A bill of
lading.

Charthous, *. (A.'N.) Carthu-
sian monks.

Charwort. See Brackwort.

Chary, at/;. Careful ; cautious.

Chase, (1) s. (Fr.) A term in the
game of tennis, the spot where a
ball fails.

(2) a. A wood, or forest.

(3) V. To enchase. Cov. Myst.

(4) r. To pretend a laugh. North.
Chasing. An amusement at school

of pressing two snail-shells to-
gether till the weaker was
broken. The strongest is called
the chaser.

Chasing-spere, ». A hunting-
spear.

Chasour, s. (A.'N.) A hunter.

Chasse, 8. The common poppy.

Chaste, (1) v. (A.-N.) To chastise,
or correct.

(2) 8. (A.-N.) Chastity.

(3) Trained, applied to hounds.
Chastelain, *. (A.-N.) The lord

of a castle.

Chastey, 8. (A.-N.) The chesnut.

Chasthede, s. Chastity.

Chastie,v. (A.-N.) (I) Tochastise.
(2) To chasten.

Chastilet, 8. (A.-N.) A small
castle.

Chastise, v. To accuse ; to ques-
tion closely. West.

Chat, «. (1) (A.-N.) A cat, or
kitten.

(2) A child. Devon.

(3) A tell-tale. Devon.

CIIA

300

CHA

(i) A small twig; a fragment of
• anything. JFest.

(5) The wheatear. Northampt.
Chate, s. (1) A feast; a treat.

Essex.

(2) A sort of waistcoat.
Chates, 8. The gallows. Harman.
Chateus, 8. (A.-N.) Chattels.
Chats, s. (1) Calkins of trees.

Maundevile.

(2) Small refuse potatoes. Var.di.

(3) Small hits of dried wood.
The gathering of them is called
chatting. Northampt.

Chatsome, adj. Talkative. Kent.

Chatter, v. To tear; to bruise.
North.

Chatter-basket, "Is. An inces-
chatter-box, J sant talker.

Chatternoul, *. A lubber. North.

Chatter-pie, s. A magpie.

Chatter-water, s. Tea.

Chattery, adj. Stony, or pebbly.
Craven.

Chattocks, *. Refuse wood from
faggots. Glouc,

Chaucer's-jests, s. Licentious-
ness ; obscenity.

Chaudern, s. a sauce, or gravy.
The chaudern for swans was
made of the giblets boiled and
seasoned with spices. Warner,
Anttq. Cut., p. &5.

Chaudron, *. Part of the entrails
of an animal.

Chacfe, v. {A.-N.) To warm;
to heat.

Chaufere, s. {A.-N.) A basin for
hot water.

Hurre thoujt that hurre chaufere the
whyche was of ledde y-made.

Ckron. Filodun., p. 54.

Chaufrain, a. The head-piece of
a horse. See Chamfron.

c^HAwr}^^^*- ^'^''^- ^''*-
Of an asse he caught the chaule bone.

Bochoi, 33.
Bonght also and redeemed out of the
wolves chaws.

Pre/, to Bullinger'* Sermon), p. 2.

(2) V. To scold, or, as we say in
trivial language, to jaw.
Chaumbre, v. To curb, or restrain,
applied to the tongue.
For Critias manaced and threteiied
hvm. that onelcsst he chaumireed his
tongue in season, ther should ere long
bee one oxe the fewer for hym.

Apopthegmis of Erasmus, 1542.

Chaumpe-bataile, «. Battle in
the field.

Chauncely, adv. {A.-N.) Acci-
dentally.

Chauncemele, "I «. A sort of

CHAUNSEMLE, J shoC.
Othere spices ther ben of pride whiche
men and women ben lounuen inne, and
it encresith fro day to day, of dyvers
atire about the bodi : as ofte streyte
clothes and schorte da;,;gid hodis, chaun-
semUes disgised and iryde op slrayt in
T. or vi. sifdis : women with schorte
clothis unnethe to the hipes, booses and
lokettes about the heed, and vile styn-
kend homes longe and brode, and other
dyvers atire, that I can nought witen
ne discryen of surchc thinges. Everi
man and woman be liis owne juge and
loke wed if it be nought thus.

MS. Cantab., 15M cent.

Chauncepf,, s. {A.-N.) A shoeing
horn. Pr. Parv. (For chaucepe.)

Chaundler, s. {A.-N.) A candle-
stick.

Chaune, v. (Fr.) To gape, or
open. Chaun, a gape or chasm,
Chaum is still used in the same
sense in Warwickshire.

Chauntement, s. Enchantment.

Chauntre, *. {A.-N) A singer.

Chavel, s. a jaw. See Chaule.

Chavish, (1) s. A chattering, or
murmuring noise, especially of
many birds or persons together.
South.
(2) adj. Peevish ; fretful. Kent.

Chavle, v. To chew. York.<th.

Chaw, v. (1) To be sulky. South.
(2) To chew in an awkward
manner.

Chaw-bacon, s. A country clown.

Chawcers, s. {A.-N.) Shoes.

Chawdpys, "I s. {A.-N.) The stran-
CHAUDPis, J gury.

CHA

301

CHB

Cheadle-dock, s. The Senecio

Jacobaea.
Cheance, «.(^.-M) Chance; turn;

fall.
Cheap, (1) s. (AS. ceap.) A

purchase ; a bargain ; a sale.

Good cheap, a good bargain. See

Chepe.

(2) Cheapside, in London.

(3) V. To ask the price of any-
thing. Cheapen is still used in
this sense in Shropshire.

Cheaps, s. Number. Weber.

Chear. See Chere.

Cheasil, s. Bran.

Cheat, «. \\) The second sort of
wheaten bread, ranking next to
manchet.

(2) A linen collar, and shirt-
front appended, to cheat the
spectator into a belief of the
presence of a clean shirt.

Cheater, s. An escheator.

Cheaters, s. False dice. Dekker.

Cheatry, s. Fraud. North.

Check, (1) v. To reproach. East.

(2) V. When a hawk forsakes
her proper game, and flies at
crows, pies, or the like, she was
said to check.

(3) When a hound loses scent
and stops, he is said to check.

(4) " Boccheegiare, to play or
checke with the mouth as some
ill horses doe." Florio.

(5) adv. On the same footing.

Checked, adj. Chapped. Suffolk.

Checker, s. {A.-N.) A chess-
board.

Checklaton. See Ciclatoun,

Checkroll, s. A roll of the names
of the servants in a large man-
sion. To put out of checkroll,
to dismiss.

Checkstone, s. a game played
by children with round pebbles.

Chee, s. a hen-roost. South.

Cheek, (1) v. To accuse. Line.
(2) V. To face a person ; to have
courage. Leic.

(3) s. Courage ; impudence.
Cheek-balls, s. The round parts

of the cheeks. North.
Cheeks, $. Uoor posts ; side posts
in general. " The cheekes or side
postes of a crane or windbeame."
Nomenclator. The iron plates
inside a grate to reduce its size
are also called cheeks.
Cheeks and ears. A kind of
head-dress, in fashion early in
the 17th cent.

Fr. 0 then thon can'st tell how to help

me to cherks and ears.

L. Yes, mistress, very well.

Fl. S. Cheeks and ears ! why, mistress

Frances, want you cheeks and ears?

metliinks you have very fair ones.

Fr. Tliou art a fool indeed. Tom, thon

knowfst what I mean.

Cin. Ay, ay, Kester; 'tis surh as they

wear a' their heads. London Prod., iv, 8.

Cheek-tooth, s. A grinder. North.
Cheen, adj. Sprouted. Devon.
Cheep, v. To chirp. North.
Cheer, v. To feast or welcome

friends. North.
Cheering, s. A merry-making.
Cheerly, (1) adj. Pleasant; well-

looking.

(2) adv. Courageously.

Ckeerely, prince Otho, ther's such a war

like siglit
That would stirre up a leaden heart to fisht.
Tragedy of Hoffman, 1631.

Cheese, «. A bag of pommace from
the cider-wring.

Cheese and cheese. A terra ap-
plied in some parts to two fe-
males riding on one horse, or
kissing each other.

Cheese-brigs, "1 «. Two poles of
cheese-ladder, J wood, crossed
by two shorter ones, placed
over a large pan of cream, to
support the skimming bowl after
it has been used, so that it may
drip into the liquid below. Line.

Cheesecake-grass, s. Trefoil.
North.

Cheese-crusher, a. An instru*
ment for crushing cheese. Leic.

CHE

802

CHE

Cheese-fatt, «. A vessel in which
the whey is passed from the curd
in cheese making.

Cheese-ford, s. The mould in
which cheese is made.

Cheese-late, s. A loft or floor to
dry cheese on.

Cheeselope, s. Rennet. North.

Cheeser, s. The yellowhammer.
Northam.pt.

Cheese-running, s. Ladv's-bed-
straw. South.

Cheeses, s. (1) The seeds of the
mallow.

(2) Making cheeses, a game
among girls, turning round seve-
ral times, and suddenly curtsey-
ing low, when their clothes spread
in a large circle round them.

Cheeste, s. See Cheste.

Cheeving-bolt, s. a linch-pin.

Chefe, (1) ». See Cheve.
(2) s. A sheaf.

Cheffery, s. a rent due to the
lord of a district.

Cheftance, s. (A.-N.) Chieftains.

Chefts, s. Chops of meat. North.

Cheg, v. To gnaw. Northumb.

Chege, 8. A frolic. Kent.

Cheggle, v. To chew or gnaw.
North.

Cheho, v. To sneeze.

Chetsel, s. {A.-N.) a sort of stuff.

Of V. thinges he bitaujt hem werk,
As to hem wald bifalle,
Of flex, of silk, of cheisel,
Of porpre and of ])alle.

Legend of Joachim §• Anne, p. 152.

Cheitif, s. {A.-N.) a caitiff.
Chek, «. Ill fortune.
Cheke, (!) part. p. Choked.

(2) Checked, in chess; and hence
used nietaphoiically.

(3) s. A person, or fellow. Line.
Chekelatoun. See Ciclatoun.
Chekene, v. To choke.
Chekere, s. (1) The exchequer.

(2) The game of chess.
Chekkefulle, s. Quite full.
Morte Arthure.

"1 adj. Choking;
CHOKELEW, J strangling.

Chelaundre, s. (A.-N.) A gold-
finch.

Cheld, adj. (A.-S.) Cold.

Cheldez, s. Shields of a boar.

Chele, s. (A.-S.) Cold ; chill.

Chelinge, s. The cod-fish. Pr. P.

Chelp, v. To chirp. Northampt.

Cheltered, adj. Clotted ; coagu-
lated. North.

Chem, s. a team of horses. West:

Chemise, s. A wall which lines a
work of sandy or loose earth.

Chene, s. a chain.

Chenile, s. (A.-N.) The henbane.

Cheorl, s. {A.-S.) a churl.

Chep, s. The part of a plough on
which the share is placed.

Chepe, (1) V. {A.-S. ceapian.) To
buy ; to cheapen ; to trade.

(2) s. A market.

(3) s. Cheapness.

(4) s. A bargain. See Cheap.

But the sack that thou liast drunk me
would have bought me lights as gooi
cheap, at tlie dearest chandler's in
Europe. Slialcesp., 1 Hen. IF, ill, 3.

Perhaps thou may'st agree letter cheap
now. J)io>i. Plug of Hen. V.

Cheper, *. A seller.

Cheping, s. (^.-5.) Market; sale:

a market place.
Chepster, s. a starling. North.
CHEauER-TREE, s. The service

tree. The fruit is called chequers.

Sussex.
CnEaTiiN, s. See CeccAin.
Cherally, s. a sort of liquor.

By your leave, sir, I'll tend my master,
and instantly be wiih you for a cup of
cherally this hot weather.

B. ^ Fl., Fair M. of Inn, ii, 2.

Chercher, s. a kerchef.
Chercock, s. The mistletoe thrush.

Yorksh.
Chere, (1) 8. (A.-N.) Counte-

nance; behaviour; entertainment.

(2) s. A chair.

(3) adj. {A.-h.) Dear.

CHE

303

CHB

Cherel, s, a churl ; a peasant,

Cherete, |s. (^.-A'.) Dearness;
CHERTE, J affection.

Cherice, v. (J.-N.) To cherish.
Cherisance, comfort.

Cherke, v. To creak. Pr. P.

Cherky, adj. Rich and dry, ap-
phed to cheese. Northampt.

Cherlich, adv. {A.-N.) Richly.

Cherlish, adj. (A.-S.) Illiberal.

Cherlys-tryacle, *. Garlic.

Cherrilet, *. A little cherry.

Cherry, adj. Ruddy. Devon.

Cherry-cobs, «. Cherry-stones.
West.

Cherry-curd-milk, s. Beast-
lings. Oxford.

Cherry-curds, s. A custard made
of heastlings and milk boiled
together and sweetened, North-
ampt.

Cherry^-fair, s. Cherry fairs,
often referred to in the early
writers, especially as typical of
the transitoriness of human life,
are still held in Worcestershire
find some other parts, on Sunday
evenings, in the cherry orchards.

T)iys worlde liyt ys fuUe fckylle and frele,
AUe df.y be day liyt wylle enpayie;

And so sone thys worldys neelc,
Hyt farytli but as a cheryfeyre.

MS. Cantab., \hlh cent.

Cherry-feast, s. A cherry fair.

Sumtyme I drawe into mciiioyre
How sorow may not ever laste.
And so Cometh hope in at lastc,
Wlian I non other foode knowe ;
And tliat endureth but a throwe,
Ryjt as it were a chery-feste.

Gower, MS. Soc. Antiq., f. 182 b.

Chepry-pit, s. a child's game,
consisting of pitching cherry-
stones or nuts into a small hole.

I have loved a witch ever since I play'd
cherry-pit. Witch of Edmontoi,.

His ill favoured visage was almost eaten
through with pock-holes, so that halfe
a parish of children might easily have
played at cherry-pit in his face.

Feuner's Compteri Com. IK in Cat).
Lit., X, 301.

Chersid, part. p. Christened.
Cherven, v. To writhe, or turn

about. Pr. P.
Chese, (1) ». (A.-S.) To choose.

(2) pret. t. Saw. " Even til the

hegh bord he chese." Sj/r

Gowghter.

Cheseboi.le, "1 .

>s. A. popDV.

CHESBOKE, J f 1-..

Chesle-money, s. The name given
by the country people to Roman
brass coins found in some places
in Gloucestershire.

Cheslip, *. A woodlouse,

Chesoun,*. Reason. ^eeAchesoun,
which is the correct forna of the
word.

Chess, v. (1) To crack. Line.
(2) To pile up. Yorksh. Three
ches chamber, three chambers
over each other. Towneley Myst.,
p, 27.

Chessil, s. (A.-S.) Gravel or peb-
bles on the shore ; a bank of sand.

Chessner, s. a chess-player.

Chessom, s. a kind of sandy and
clayey earth.

Chest, (1) s. (Lat.) A coffin.

(2) V. To place a corpse in a coffin.
" Chest a dead corps with spyce
and swete oyntmentes in a close
coffyn. PoUincio," Huloet.

(3) The game of chess. "The
game at draughts or dames : some
take it for the playe at chests."
Nomencl.

(i)part.p. Chased ; pursued.

(5) adj. Chaste,
Cheste, s. {A.-S. ceast.) Strife;

debate.
Chesteine, "Is. (A.-N.) The

CHESTAYNE, J Chcsnut.

Chester, s. One who embalms
or places corpses in coffins.

Chest-trap, s. A sort of trap for
taking pole-cats, &c.

Chet, s. a kitten. South.

Chete, v. (1) To cut.

(2) To escheat. Pr. Parv.

CheurEjV. Towoikorchar. Wilts.

CHE

304

CHI

Chevachie, *. {A.-N.) An expe-
dition with cavalry.

Cheve, V {A.-N. c/ievir.) To suc-
ceed ; to compass a thing; to
thrive ; to obtain, adopt. Cheving,
success, completion.

Ilowsomever t)iat it cheve,
The knyglit takis his leve.

Sir Degrevant, Lincoln MS.

R:ripture saith heritage holdyn wrongfully

Schal never cheve, ne with the thred heyr

remayne. MS. \^th ceni.

Chevelure, s. (Fr.) A peruke.

Cheven, s. a blockhead. North.

Cheventeyn, s. {A.-N.) a chief-
tain.

Chever,*. {A.-N.) " Cheville. The
pin of the trukle : the chever, or
axe." Nomencl.

Chevere, v. To shiver or shake.

Cheveril, *. {Fr.) (1) A kid,

A sentence in but a cheveril glove to a
good wit ; how quickly the wrong side
may be turned outward !

Shakesp., Twel. N., in, ].

(2) Kid's leather, which being of
a very yielding nature, a flexible
conscience was often called a
cheveril conscience.

Cheveron, s. {Fr.) A kind of lace.

Chevesaile, s. {A.-N.) A neck-
lace.

Chevice, v. {A.-N.) To bear up,

Chevisance, s. {A.-N.) Treaty;
agreement ; a bargain.

Chevish, V. {A.-N.) To bargain;
to provide.

Chkvorell, s. The herb chervil.

Chewen, v. To eschew.

Chewer, s. A narrow passage or
road between two houses. " Go
and sweep that chewer." West.

Chewet, s. a sort of pie.

Chewetes on ftesshe day. Take the lire
of pork, and kerve it al to pecys, and
hennes therewith; and do it in a panne,
and Irye it, and make a coffyn as to a
pye, smale, and do thereinne, and do
thereuppon ^olkes of ayren, harde, pow-
der of gynger, and salt. Co\ er it, and
frye it in grece, other bake it wel, and
serve it forth. Forme ofCury, p. 32.

Chewre, s. (a corrupt form of
chare.) A task, or business. It is
still used in Devon.

Here's two chewres chewr'd; when wisdom

is employed
'Tis ever thus. B. ^ FL, Love'i Cure, iii, 3.

Chewree-ring, v. To assist ser-
vants. Wilts.
Cheyle, s. Cold. For chele.

For many a way y have y-goo,
In hungur, thurste, cheyle, and woo.
MS. Cantab., Ff. ii, 38.

Chez, v. To choose. North.
Chibbals, s. {A.-N.) Small onions.
Chibble, v. To chip, or break off

in small pieces. Northampt.
Chibe, s. a kind of onion. North.
Chice, s. a small portion. Essex.
Chiche, {\)adj. {A.-N.) Niggardly;

sparing. Chiche-faced, lean faced.

(2) s. {A.-N.) A dwarf pea or

vetch. " Pease chiches, or chich-

peason." Nomenclat.
Chichelings, s. Vetches. North.
Chick, (1) v. To germinate,

(2) V. To crack.

(3) s. A crack, or flaw. East.

Chickeli-,». The wheatear. Devon.

Chickenchow, s. A swing. North.

Chicken's-meat, s. a name ap-
plied to chick-weed, to the en-
dive, and to dross corn.

Chickering, s. The cry of the

cricket.
Chick-peas, s. Chiches.
Chiddlens,*. Chitterlings. Wilts.
Chide, r. (1) (^.-5.) To wrangle;

to quarrel.

(2) To make an incessant noise.

C«'°^«^^^^'U. A female scold.
chidester, J

Chidham-white, s. a species of
corn much cultivated in Sussex.

Chid-lamb, s. a female lamb.

Chiel, s. a young fellow. North.

Chiertee, s. See Cherete.

Chi EVE, (1) ». See Cheve.

(2) " Apex, stamen, the chieve or
litle threds of flowers, as in gillo-
fers, lillies." Nomencl.

CHI

305

CHI

Chifk. s. a fragment. Suffolk;.

Chig, (1) V. To chew. North.
(2) s. A quid of tobacco.

Chike, s. (J.-S.) a chicken.

Chilbladder, s. a chilblain.
South.

Child, s. (1) (A.-S.) A youth
trained to arms; a knight.
(2) A girl. Devon. So Shakesp.,
Winter s Tale, iii, 3, " A boy or
a child, I wonder."

Childage, s. Childhood. East.

Childe, v. {A..S.) To be delivered
of a child.

Childkrmas, ». Innocents' day.

Child-gkred, adj. {A.-S.) Of
childish manners.

Childing, (1) s. Bringing forth a
child. Childing-woinan, a breed-
ing woman.
(2) adj. Productive.

Childly, adj. Childish.

Childness, s. Childishness. Shak.

Child-of-the-people, s. a bas-
tard.

Childre, plur. of child. (^A.-S.)
Cliildren.

Child's-part, s. a child's portion.

K<it so skk. sir, but I liope to have a
child's yart by voiir last will and testa-
lucnt. IlUl. of Thomas Sluteli/, 1605.

Childwit, «. A fine paid to the

Saxon lord when his bondwoman

was unlawfully got with child.
Chile, s. A blade of grass. Leic.
Chill, (1) *. A cold. Dorset. A

cold shaking fit. East.

(2) V. To take the chill off liquor.
Chillery, adj. Chilly. Kent.
Chilvkr, s. (1) An ewe-sheep.

ffcst.

(2)Tue mutton of a maiden sheep.

Glouc.
Chimbe, 8. (A.-S.) The prominent

part of the staves beyond the

liead of a barrel.
C H 1 M BL E, r. To gnaw. Chimblings,

bits gnawed off. Bucks.
Chimer, v. (A.-S.) To shiver.
Chimicke, «. A chemist. Florio.

Chiming, s. A kind of light we

perceive when we wake in the

night or rise suddenly.
Chimingness, s. Melodiousness.
Chimley, s. a chimney.
Chimney, *. (A.-N.) A fire-place.
Chimney-sweeps, *. The black

heads of the plantago lanceolata.

Northampt.
Chimp, s. A young shoot. Dorset.
Chimpings, s. Grits. North.
Chimy, s. (from Fr. chemise.) A

shift.
Chin-b.\nd, s. A lace to fasten

the hat or cap under the chin.
Chixbowdash, 8. The tie of the

cravat. Dorset.
Chinche, (1) adj. (A.-N.) Miserly.

(2) s. A miser. Chyncherde.

Skelton.
Chinchel, s. a small hammer.

Craven.
Chixcherie, *. Niggardness.
Chixchone, *. The herb groundsel.
Chix-clout, 8. A sort of muffler.
Chin-cough, *. The hooping.

cough.
Chine, (1) «. A chink or cleft.

(2) 8. A kind of salmon.

(3) 8. Same as chimbe. Chine-
hoop, the extreme hoop which
keeps the ends of the staves to-
gether.

CiiivKD,part.p. Broken in the back.
Chingle, «. Gravel; shingle. East.
Chink, (1) ». A chaffinch. West.

(2) 8. Money.

(3) V. To cut into small pieces.

(4) V. To loosen or separate earth
for planting.

(5) 8. A sjirain on the back. East.
Chioppine. See Choppine.
Chip, (1) v. To breat, or crack, as

an egg, when the young bird
cracks the shell. North.
(2) V. To cut bread into slices.
Chippings, fragments of bread ;
chipping-knife, a knife to cut
bread with ; chipper, the person
who cuts bread.

CHI

CHI

(3) V. To trip. North.

(4) «. The cry of the bat.

(5) Chip in porridge, a thing of
no avail, neither good nor bad.

Chipper, v. To chirp. East.
Chip-up, v. To recover. East.
Chirche, «. {A.-S.) A church.
Chire, (1) V. To feast, or make
cheer.

What tho' he chires on pure manchet

crown e,
While kind client grinds on black or

browne. Hall, Satires, book ii.

(2) s. A blade of grass or of any

plant.
Chiristane, *. A cherry-stone.
Chirk, v. {A.-S.) To chirp.
Chirme, s. (1) A charm, or noise.

Heywood, 1556.

(2) The melancholy under-tone

of a bird previous to a storm.

North.
Chirre, r. (A.-S. ceorian.) To

chirp. Herrick.
Chis, pret. t. of chese. Chose.
Chisan, Is. a dish in old
chysanne, J cookery.

Chisan. Take holeroches, andtenchys,
or plays, but choppe horn on peces, and
frie hom in ojle ; and take crustes of
bredde, and draw hom with wj-n and
vynegur, and bray fygges, and drawe
hom therwith ; and niynce ouyons, and
frie hom, and do tliertn, and blaunclied
almondes fried, and raisinges of corance,
and pouder of clowes, and of ginger, and
of canelle, and let hit boyle, then do thi
fissh in a faire vesselle. and poure thi
sewe above, and serve hit foithe colde.
Warner, Anliq. Culin., p. 70.

Chise, s. a small quantity. " I
wish I had put a chise more salt
into the links," was said by a

. Bury housewife. Suffolk.

Chisel, *. Bran ; coarse flour.

Chiselly, adj. Brittle; chippy.
Northampt.

Chisket, s. Cheese-cake. Leic.

Chissom, v. To germinate. West.

Chistk, s. {Lat.) A chest.

Chit, (1) v. To germinate.

(2) «. The first sprouts of any-
thing.

(3) «. A forward child.

(4) adj. Diminutive.

(5) " Chyts in the face lykeunto
wartes." Huloet, 1552.

Chite, v. (A.-N.) To scold.

Chitre, v. To chirp.

Chitsface, s. A baby-face. See
Chiche.

r>ow, now, you little witch, now you
chitsface. Otway, Soldier's Fortune, 1681.

Chitt, s. a kind of bird.
Chitter, (1) V. To shiver, or
tremble.

(2) V. To chirp. Palsgrave.

(3) adj. Thin, folded up, applied
to a thin and furrov.'ed face.
Comw.

Chitterlings, s. (1) The small
entrails.

(2) The frills at the breast of a
shirt ; any ornamental fringe.

(3) The intestines of a pig linked
in knots and boiled.

A liaggise: some call it a ehitterling:
some a hogs harslet. Nomencl., 1585.

(4) Sprouts from the stems of
coleworts. Northampt.

Chitters, s. Part of the giblets or

entrails of a goose. North.
Chittyfaced, adj. Baby-faced;

lean-faced.
Chival, a. (Fr.) A horse.
Chivel, s. a small slit or rent.

Leic.
Chivers, s. The small fibres at

the roots of plants.
Chives, (1) s. (Fr.) Chits of

grass. Leic.

(2) The threads or filaments

rising in flowers, with seeds at

the end.
Chiving-bag, *. A horseman's

wallet.
Chivy, v. To pursue.
Cbizen, v. To munch. Line.
Chizzly, adj. Hard; harsh and

dry. Eaat.

CHO

307

CHO

Choakixg-pie, s. a trick played
on a sluggish sleeper, by hold-
ing a piece of lighted cotton to
his nose.

Choak-pear, s. a cant term for a
small piece of copper money.

Choane, s. a small fracture.

Choaty, adj. Chubby. Kent.

Chobbixs, s. (irains of unripened
wheat left in the chaff.

Chock, (1) *. A part of a neck of
veal.
(2) *. A piece of wood. North.

Chocklixg, s. Scolding. Exmoor.

CaocK\.y, adj. Choky; dry. Sussex.

Chockon, v. To jingle the glasses
together in drinking.

Come, nephew, all of us chockon,
chockoH, to an absent fi ienci, ha, hum ;
you know — no more to be said. {They
datk their glnsses.)

ShadtoM, The Scowrers, 1691.

CHOCKY,a<^'. Ridgy ; full of holes;

uneven. Xorthampt.
Chode, pret. t. of chide.
Choff, adj. Stern ; morose. Kent.
Choffe, «. A churl. See Chuffe.
Chogs, *. The cuttings of hop

plants in spring. South.
Choile, v. To overreach. Yorksh.
Chokes,*. The throat. Aor/Aw/wd.
Chokke, c. (A.-N.) To push

through.
Chol, s. (A.-S.) The jole; jaws ;

properly, that part extending

from beneath the chin and throat

from ear to ear.
Choler, *. Soot. North.
Cholicky, adj. Ciioleric. East.
Choller, s. A double chin. A'or/A.
Cholt-headed, adj. Stupid.
Chomp, r. To chew; to crush.

North.
Chox, r. To break.
Chonce, ». To cheat. Devon.
Choxgy, r. {A.-S.) To change.
Chooxer, v. To grumble. Lane.
Choore, s. Thirty bushels of flour

or meal. Liber Niger Edw. IV.
Choory, v. To work, or char.

Choosixg-stick, s. a divining-
rod. Somerset.
Chop, (1) v. (A.-S.) To exchange,

or barter. "Choppe and chaunge.

Mercor." Huloet.

(2) To flog. Essex.

(3; To meet accidentally. North.

(4) To put in. North.
Chopcherry, s. a game with

cherries.
Chopchurches, ». Secular priests

who exchanged their benefices

for gain.
Chop-loggerhead, *. A great

blockhead. East.
Chop-logick, s. a person who is

very argumentative.
Chopper, s. (1) A cheek of bacon.

Hampsh.

(2) A sharp fellow. Devoru

Choppixe, 1 s.{1)(Span.chapin,)

chioppixe, I a high clog or clog

chapin, [patten, of cork or

chopeex, J light framework,

covered with leather or metal,

and worn under the shoe. They

were commonly used in Spain

and in Venice, but in England

only in masquerades.

By'r lady, your ladyship is nearer to
heaven than when I saw you last, by
the altitude of a chioppine.

S/iakesp., Haml., ii, i.

The Italian in her high ehopeene.

Heytc., Challenge of Beauty, act 5

— I am dull — some music —
Take my chapitu off. So, a lusty strain.
JBassinger, Renegado, i, 2

(2) {Fr.) A quart measure. North

Choppixg, adj. Large; lusty.

Chopse, v. To abuse. Northampt.

Chore, s. A narrow passage be-
tween two houses. See Chewer.

Chork, adj. Saturated with water.
Northumb.

Chorle, s. a churl.

Chortox, *. Tripe made from the
calf s stomach. Leic.

Choses, s. Excuses. Plumjdon
Corr., p. 198.

CHO

SOB

CHU

To cheat.

Choblinges, ». Chosen people.
Choule,». (1) Ajaw. A'brM. See

Choi.

(2) The crop of a bird.
Choxinting, 8. Quarrelling. Exm.
Chountish, adj. Surly. Devon.
Choups, «. Hips, the fruit of briars.

North.
Chouse, "1 ,j.

CHOWSE, J ^ ^

(2) s. The act of cheating,

(3) s. A person easily cheated.

Chousle, v. To munch. Line.

Chout, 8. A frolic, or merry-
making. Ea8t.

Choux, 8. (Fr.) A part of a lady's
head-dress. See Cabbage.

A. choux is the round boss behind the
head, resembling a cabbage, and tlie
French accordinKly so name it.

Ladies' Dictionary, 1694.

Chove, v. {A.-N.) To sweep.
Chovelings, s. Husks or refuse

from rats or mice. Leic.
Chovy, s. a small beetle. East.
Chow, r. To grumble. North.
Chowder, s. A fish-seller. Devon.
Chowfinged, 8. A stupid fellow.

Lane.
Chowre, v. To grumble or mut-

ttr. Still used in Somerset.

But whcu the crabbed nurce
Beginnes to cliide and chowre.

Turbetile's OiJ, 1567, f. 122.

CHOWTER,r;. To grumble. Devon.
Chrinsie, 8. A sort of drinking
pot.

This hot wentlier causes people to be
thirsty, insomuch that there will be
great employment for noggins, whiskins,
chrinsies, cans, tankards, black-jacks,
and such Uke implements of husbandry ;
with any one of which, if a man follow
his work hard, he may get drunk before
night, if he's a good "(or if you please a
bad) husband in the morning.

Poor TfcWn, 1740.

Cnviisota., 8. {A.-N.) {\) In Popish
times the white cloth set by the
minister upon the head of a child
newlv anointed with chrism after

his baptism; but afterwards taken
for the white cloth put upon the
child newly christened, in token
of baptism, and with which the
women used to sliroud the child if
dying within the month. Hence
the term ehrisoms was applied
to children dying within the
month of birth.

(2) In some parts of England, a
calf killed before it is a month
old was called a chrisom-calf.

Chrisome, 1 8. The oil with which
crysume, > children were anoint-
CRisME, J ed when baptized.

Christ-cross, s. The alphabet;
because, in the old horn-books
for teaching it to children, the
letters of the alphabet were pre-
ceded by a cross. Sometimes
called Christ -cross-row.

Christendom, s. A christian name.
Shakesp.

Christian-horses, «. Sedan
chairmen. Newc.

Christing-day, *. Christening
day.

I thinke if the midwife were put to her
oalh, I was wrapt in hers o' th' cArii/-
iiigday. IPitit, Beere, Ale, and Tobacco,
contending for Superiority, 1630.

Christlings, s. a small sort of
plum. Devon.

Christmas, s. Holly, with which
houses are decorated at Christ-
mas.

Christmas-boxes, s. Boxes car-
ried by poor men at Christmas to
solicit money, whence the modern
use of the word.

Christmas-lord, s. The lord of
misrule.

Christ-tide, s. Christmas.

Chub, s. A rough country clown.

Chubby, arf;. (1) Fat.
(2) Surly ; angry. East.

Chuck, (1) v. To toss ; to throw.

(2) 8. A hen. Craven.

(3) *. A term of endearment.

(4) 8. A sea-shell. North.

CHU

309

CHU

(5) «. A great chip. Sussex.
Chitcker, adv. Cosily. Sussex.
Chuckers, s. Potions of ardent

spirits. North.
Chuckfarthing, s. a game

played with money.
Chuck-full, \adj. Quite full.

CHOKE-FULL, J WorW.

Chuckle, v. To exult inwardly.
Chuckle-head, «. A fool. Var.di.
Chucks,*. (1) The cheeks. Devon.

(2) Grains pinched in the husk.
Dorset.

(3) Large chips of wood. Suss.
Chud, v. To champ or chew.
Chuet, s. Minced meat. See

Chewet.
Chuff, (1) adj. Sullen ; churlish ;
surly.

(2) s. A cheek. Cotgrave.

(3) adj. Conceited; childishly
pleased. Leic.

Chuffe, s. a term of reproach or
contempt, usually applied to
miserly fellows.

And now the lustfull chuffe was come to
single out his ^ame.

Warner's Jlbions England, 1592.

A fat chuffe it was (I remember), with
a grey beard cut s liort to the stumps, as
though it were grynide, and a huge
worme-eaten nose, like a cluster of
grapes, lianging downwards.

Nash, Pierce Penilesse, 1592.

Troth, sister, 1 heard you were married to
a very rich chuff.

Honest \Vh., O. Pi., iii, 256.

Chuffy, adj. (1) Fat and fleshy.
(2) Blunt ; surly.

Chulle, ». To handy ahout; used
in MSS. of the 14th cent.

Chum, (1) «. A bedfellow.

(2) v. To chew tohacco. Miege.

Chumming-up, s. a ceremony
practised in prisons on the arri-
val of a new comer, who is wel-
comed with the music of old
swords and staves, for which he
is expected to pay his admission
to their company.

Chump, «. A log of wood.

Chumpt, adj. Small ; stunted.
Chums, «. The smallest fragments

of brick used by masons.
Chun, s, A profligate woman.

West.
Chunch, adj. Sulky. Line.
Chunk, s.{\) A log of wood. Kent.

(2) A trunk of a tree. North-
ampt.

(3) v. To chuck one under the
chin. Kent.

Chunkings, s. The stump of a

tree left in the ground after the

tree is cut down. Leic.

Chunter, ■) T, 1 • i

' ». To complain ; to

CHUNNER, V ui

I grumble.
chunder, J °

Church-ale, *. A feast in com-
memoration of the dedication of
a church.

Church-clerk, s. A parish-clerk.
East.

Church e-gang, s. Church-going.

Churchhaw, \s. {A.-S.) A
chyrche-haye, j church-yard.

Churching, ». The church-ser-
vice. East.

Church-litten, s. A church-yard,
or burial ground. " When he
come into that chirche-lyttoun
tho." Chron. Vilodun. Still used
in West Sussex.

Church-.masters, 8. Church-
wardens. North.

Church-reve,«. (y/.-5.) a church-
warden.

Church-scot, s. Payment or con-
tribution to the church.

Church-stile, «. A pulpit. iVor/A.

Church-town, s. a village near
the church. South.

Churchwarden, *. A cormorant.
South.

Churchwort, s. Pennyroyal.

Churer, s. An occasional work-
woman. Comw.

Churl, s. The wallflower. Shropsh.

Churl's-treacle, *. Garlic.

Churly, adj. (1) Rough, applied
to weather. Yorksh,

CHU

810

CIP

(2) StiflF; cloddy; applied to
soil. Leic.

Churn-dash, s. The staff of a
churn. North.

Churnel, 8. An enlargement of
the glands of the neck. North.

Churn-gotting, 8. A harvest-
supper, North.

Churn - milk, ». Buttermilk.
East.

Churn-supper, «. In some parts
of the country it is customary for
the farmers to give an entertaiu-
inent to their men at the close
of the hay-harvest ; this is called
the churn-supper. At these sup-
pers the masters and their fami-
lies attend and share in the
mirth. The men mask them-
selves, dress in a grotesque man-
ner, and are allowed the privilege
of playing jokes on their em-
ployers, &c.

Churre, s. A kind of bird. Arch.,
xiii, 350.

Churring, s. The noise made by
a partridge in rising.

Churty, s. Rocky soil. Kent.

Chuse, ». {A.-J^.) To reprehend;
to find fault; to accuse.

Chuse-but, p. To avoid. North-
umb.

Chuserel, 8. A debauched fellow.
South.

Chute, s. A hilly road. Wight.

Chute-lamb, s. A fat lamb. Sus8.

Chwot, adj. Dressed. Somerset.

Chymbe, ». {A.-S.) A cymbal.

Chymmer, «. A gown cut down
the middle, formerly used by
persons of rank.

Chvmol, s. a hinge.

Chyn, «. The chine, or back.
Weber,

Chyppe, v. To carp at.

Chyvelen, r. To become shri-
velled.

Cicely, s. Cow parsley. North,

Cichling, *. Vetches. North.

CiciLiA, «. The name of a dance.

CiCLATOUN, 1 8. (A.-N. sigla.
checlaton, > ton.) A rich
chekelatoun, J stuff brought
from the East ; the name is Ara-
bic. In the 16th cent, the name
appears to have been given to a
sort of gilt leather.

Lef on me aut be my wife, ful wel the mai

spede ;
Auiitioge ant Asie scaltou han to mede ;
Ciclaloun ant purpel pal scaltou have to

wede ;
Wid alle the metes of my lond ful wel I

seal the fede. Ltgend of St. Margaret.

But in a jacket, quilted richly rare,

Upon checklaton. he was strangely dight.
Speiis., F. Q., VI,'tu, 43.

CiDDLE, V. To tickle. Kent,

CiDE, V. To decide. South.

CiDERAGE, 8. The herb arsmart.

CiDERKiN, *. The liquor made
from the apples after the cider is
pressed out.

CiERGES, 8. (A.-N.) Wax tapers.

Cimbick, 8, {A.-N,) A miserly fel-
low.

CiMicE, 8. {Ital.) A wall-louse.

CiMiss, s. {Lat. cimex.) A bug.

CiN cater, s. {Fr.) A man in his
fiftieth year.

ClNDER-WENCHKS, 8. Girls who

collected or carried cinders and

ashes from houses.
CiNGLET, 8. A waistcoat. North.
CiNGULAR, 8. A wild boar in his

fifth year.
CiNOPER, 8. Cinnabar.
CiNauE-PACE, 8. A dance, the steps

of which were regulated by the

number five.

We had not measiued three cinqne-

paces, but we met with one that cuuie a

far greater pace towards us.

Sowley, Search for Money, 1609.

CiNauE-poRT, 8. {Fr.) A sort of
fishing-net, with five entrances.

CiNdUETALE, 8, A quintal.

CiPE, 8. A large basket. Berks.

Cippus, 8. The stocks or pillory.

CiPRESS, s. A sort of fine gauze or
crape, lor wearing round a wo-
man's neck.

CIR

311

CLA

CiRCLiNG-BOY, «. A Foaring boy.
Jonson.

CiRCOT, *. A surcoat.

CiRCUDRiE, ». See Stirquidrie.

Circuit, s. A circle or crown.

Circumbendibus, *. A circuitous
roundabout way.

CiRCUMCiDE, V. {Lat.) To cut off.

Circumstance,*. Conduct; de-
tail. Shakesp.

CiRNE, *. The lote-tree.

Cist, s. (1) A chest.
(2) A cess-pool. South.

CiTEE. g. {A.-N.) A city.

Citizen, adj. Town-bred; delicate.
Shakesp.

CiTOLE, s. {A.-N.) A stringed mu-
sical instrument. Citolers, per-
sons who plaved on citoles.

CiTTE, V. (A.-S.) To cut.

Cittern, s. A musical instrument,
like a guitar, used much by bar-
bers. Cittern-headed, ugly.

For grant tlie most barbers can play on tte
cittern.
B. Jon., rUion of Delight, vol. vi, p. 22.

CivE, r. {A.-N.) To result. See

Cheve.
CiviT, adj. Perfiiined.

Yea, t)iis same silken, golden, cytit whore,

Is roguish, rago;ed, and uiost pockey poore.

BoKlandt, Kntvce o/Harlt, 1613.

CiVERY, s. A partition or compart-
ment in a vaulted ceiling.

Civil, adj. Sober ; grave.

CiviTY, *. (Lat. civitas.) A city.

Claas, ad/. Close; tight. Yorksh.

Clabby, adj. Worm-eaten, applied
to carrots. Northampt.

Clacx, (1) ». The clapper of a mill.

(2) 8. The sucker of a pump.

(3) V. To snap with the fingers.

(4) *. .\ kind of small windmill
placed on the top of a pole, which
turns with the wind, and makes a
clapping noise, to frighten birds
away.

(5) 8. A contemptuous name for
a woman's tongue.

(6) s. A tale-bearer.

(7) V. To cut the sheep's mark
from wool, which made it weigh
less, and thus diminished the
duty.

Clack-box, s. The mouth. East.
Clack-dish, Is. A dish or box
CLAP-DISH, J with a moveable lid,

formerly carried by beggars to

attract notice, and bring people

to their doors, by the noise it

made.
Clacker, "I «. A rattle to drive
CLACKET, J birds from the corn.
Cladde, adj. Armed. Sir Tris-

trem.
Cladder, s. a general lover, one

who wanders from one object to

another.

A. T»-o inns of court men. B. Yes, what

then ? A. Known cladders.
Through all tlie town. B. Cladders! A.

Yes, catholic lovers.
From country madams to your glover's

wife.
Or laundress. City Match, O. P., ix, 298.

Claf^, part. p. Cleft.

Clag, p. To stick, or adhere.
Claggy, sticky. North. \\'omen's
petticoats, when dirtied with
walking, are said in Northamp-
tonshire to be clagy'd.

Clagger, s. a well-timed remark.
North.

Claggum, "1 Treacle made

CLAG-CANDY, J hard with boil-
ing. North.

Clag-locks, s. Locks of wool
matted together. East.

Clags, «. Bogs. North.

Claiket, 8. A puddle-hole. Oxfd,

Claim, v. {Lat. clamare.) To cry
out.

Stryke them, also, with madnes, blynd-
nes, and woodnes of mynde, that Ihay
may palpe and clayme, also handle aa
bljinde men dotbe in darknes.

State Papers, ii, 218.

Claim-up, part. p. Overloaded,
applied to a mill ; pasted up, as
a placard against the wall. North.

CLk

312

CLA

Clairg, r. To bedaub. North.
Claity, adj. Dirty. Cumb.
Clake, v. To scratch. North.
Clam, (1) ». To emaciate; to be
starved. East.

Now barkes the wolfe against the fall

cbeekt moonc.
Now lyons hai{e-clam'd entrals roare for

food.
Now croaks the toad, and night crowes

screech aloud.
Fluttering 'bout casements of departing

soules
Now gapes the graves, and through their

ya«iies let loose
Imprison 'd spirits to revisit earth.
Second Part of Antonio and Mellida, 1633.

(2) V. To pinch. North.

(3) V. To choke with thirst.

(4) V. To clog up. West.

(5) V. To stick to.

(6) s. Clamminess. East.

(7) s. Any adhesive, viscous mat-
ter.

(8] s. A slut. East.

(9) V. To snatch; to shut. Line.

(10) V. To rumple. Devon.

(11) w. To muffle a bell; to ring
irregularly or out of tune.

(12) «. A rat-trap. South.

(13) s. A kind of shell-fish.

(14) s. A stick placed across a
stream. IFest.

(15) r. To castrate a bull or ram
by compression. North.

(16) V. To daub ; to glue. North.
Clam, '\pret. t. Climbed; pi.

CLAMB, J clamben.
Clamber. K. To climb.

CLAMMER, J

Clamberscull, ». Very strong ale.

Ea^t.
Clame, (1) V. To attach with glu-

tinous matter ; to spread butter

upon bread. North.

(2) V. {Lat.) To caU.

(3; «. A call.

(4) *. An iron hook, to bind
stonework together horizontally.

(5) ». {A.-N.) To challenge.
Clammas, (1) V. To climb. North.

(2) s. A clamotu-. North

Clammersome, adj. Clamorous;

greedy. North.
Clamp, (1) v. To tread heavily.

(2) V. To fit a piece of board at
right angles to the end of another
piece.

(3) s. A large fire of underwood.
North.

(4) s. A pit or mound lined with
straw to keep potatoes, &c.,
through the winter. East.

(5) s. A rude sort of brick-kiln.
East.

Clamps, *. Andirons. North.

Clams, «. (1) A pincer for pulling
up thistles and weeds. North.
(2) A rat-trap, made like a man-
trap. Suss.

Clanch, v. To snatch at. Line.

Clancular, adj. {Lat.) Clandes-
tine.

Clang, v. To eat voraciously.
Northampt.

Clank, s. A set, or series. Leic.

Clanker, s. a severe beating.
North.

Clanliche, adj. (J.-S.) Cleanly.
Clannes, purity, chastity.

Clans, *. Cows' afterbirth. Leic.

Clansy, v. {A.-S. clcmsian.) To
purify.

Clant, v. To claw. North.

Clap, r. (1) To place to. or apply.

(2) V. To strike.

(3) s. A blow.

(4) V. To fondle, to pat. North.

Umwhile the cliilde sowked hir pappe ;
Umwhile ganue tliay kvsse and clappe.
'MS. Line, f. 101.

(5) V. To sit down.

(6) s. The lip, or tongue. West.

(7) adj. Low; marshy. East.

(8) s. The lower part of the beak
of a hawk.

Clap-board, T s. Board cut for
CLAPHOLT, J making casks.

Clap-bread, 1 s. Cake made of
CLAP-CAKE, J oatmeal, rolled thin
and baked hard.

Clap-dish, s. See Clack-dish.

CLA

313

CLA

Clap-door, s. The lower half of a

door divided in the middle.
Ci-APER, V. To chatter. Oxon.
Clapeked, part. p. Splashed with

mud.
Clap-gate, s. A small horse-gate.

East.
Clappe, (l) V. (A..S.) Totalkfast.

(2) s. Talk.
Clapper, s. (1) The tongue.

(2) {A.-N.) A rabbit burrow.

(3) A child's plaything. "Gew-
gawes for children to playe and
make sport withall, as rattels,
clappers, &c." Nomenclator.

(4) A door-knocker. Minsheu.

(5) A plank laid across a
stream to serve as a bridge.
Var. di.

Clapper-claw, w. To beat roughly.

Clapper-dudgeon, \s. A cant
clapper-dougf.on, J term for a
beggar, probably derived from the
custom of clapping a dish.

See in their rags then, dancing for your

sports,
Our dapper-dudgeoiu, and their walking
niorts. Juvinl Crew, O. P., x, 373.

Clapping-post, *. The gate-post
against which the gate closes.
East.
Clapse, v. To clasp.
Clap-stile, s. A stile, the hori-
zontal ledges of which are move-
able.
Claraner, s. A clarinet.
Clarent, adj. Smooth. Devon.
Claret. See Clarry.
Claretee, s. {A.-N.) Brightness.
Claricord, 1 s. {A.-N.) A musi-
clakicol, I cal instrument in
clakishoe, I form of a spinet,
clarico, J containing from
thirty-five to seventy strings.
Clarion, *. {A.-N.) A sort of
small-mouthed and shrill-sound-
ing trumpet.
Clarrv, 1 *. {A.-N. clarre, clare.)
CLARRE, > Wine made with grapes,
CLABET, J honey, and aromatic

spices. The name was afterwards

given to wine mixed with honey

and spices, and strained.
Clart, (1) ». To spread, or smear.

Clarty, muddy, dirtj. Clarty'

paps, a dirty sloven.

(2) s. A daub.
Clary, v. To make a loud shrill

noise ; to play on the clarion.
Claryne, v. To clear, or clarify.
Clash, v. (1) To bang anything

about. North.

(2) To gossip. North. Clashme-

saunter, a tiresome teller of

stories.
Clashv, adj. Foul ; rainy. North.
Clasper, s. a tendril. Oxon.
Clasps and keepers. Fastenings

for the shoes of children, and for

other purposes.
Clat, (1) «. A clod of earth.

(2) V. To break the clods or
spread dung on a field. Tf'est.

(3) V. To cut the dirty locks of
wool off sheep. South.

(4) 8. Cow-dung. West.

(5) V. To tattle.

(6) s. A dish in ancient cookery.
Clatch, 8. A brood of chickens.

Lane.

Clate, *. (1) A wedge belonging
to a plough. Chesh.
(2) A practice among school
and other boys before the com-
mencement of a game in which
two parties are interested, to
decide which party is to begin or
have the first innings.

Clathers, s. Clothes, West.

Clats, s. Slops ; spoon victuals.
Line.

Clatter, (1) *. Noise; idle talk.
(2) V. To let out secrets.

Clatterfert, s. a tale-teller.
" Clatterer, or elatterfart, which
wyl disclose anye light secreate,
Loquax." Huloet.

Clatty, adj. Dirty ; slovenly. Line.

Clauch, v. To claw. Yorkgh.

Claucks, v. To snatch. Line.

CLA

314

CLE

Claud, s. A ditch, or fence. North.
Claudicate, 9. {Lat.) To limp;

to go lame.
Claught, pret. t. Snatched at.

Northumb.
Claum, v. To scrape together. Line.
Claunch, v. To walk lazily. East.
Clause, s. {A.-N.) A conclusion.
Clauster, *. {Lat.) A cloister.
Claut, (1) V. To scratch, or tear.

North.

(2) 8. The marsh ranunculus.
Wilts.

Clave, s. The part of small ba-
lances by which they are lifted up.

Clavel, \ s. a mantel-piece.
CLAVY, / West. Clavel-tack, the
shelf over the mantel-piece.

Claver, (1) V. To climb. North.
{2)v. To cajole by talking. North.

(3) s.{A..S. clcBfer.) Clover-grass.
North.

Clavers, *. Noisy talking. North.
Clavy-tack, *. A key. Exmoor.
Claw, (1) ». To snatch; to take
away violently. North.

(2) V. To curry favour. North.

(3) ». A fourth part of a cow-
gait in common pastures. North.

Claw-back, (1) s. A flatterer.

The overweening; of thy wits doth make

thy foes to smile,
Tliy friends to weepe, and elawhacks thee

with BooUiings to begile.

Warner's Albions England, 1 592.

Clawbacts more do not assail me.
Than are beggars swarming daily.

Drunken Barnahy.

And tliis mischievous or deadly vice,
whicli in others sometime abateth and
waxeth cooler, in him, as age came
upon him, grew the hoter, whiles a
company of cUuc-backe flatterers egged
him forward in his purposed course.

Ammianus Marcelliuns, 1609.

(2) V. To flatter.
Clawe, v. {A.-S.) To stroke.
Claw-ill, s. An ulcer in the feet

of cattle. Devon.
Claw-off, v. To reprove. North.
Clay, v. To shiver. Devon.

Clay-daubiv, 8. A custom in
Cumberland, for the neighbours
and friends of a newly-married
couple to assemble, and erect
them a rough cottage.

Clay-salve, a The common ce-
rate. East.

Clayt, s. Clay or mire. Kent.

' >•«. A claw. Warw.
cley, j

To sHve lier from tlie seize

Of vulture death, and those relentless cleys.

B. Jon., Vniienc., vol. vii, 29.

Cleach, V. To clutch. Shropsh.
Cleaching-net, s. a hand net,

used by fishermen on the Severn.
Clead, v. To clothe or clad. East.
Clear, v. To snatch. North.
Cleam, v. To glue together. See

Clam.
Cleam ED, adj. Leaned ; inclined

North.
Clean, (1) adv. Entirely.

(2) adj. Clear in complexion.

(3)». To wash, dress, and arrange

one's toilet.
Cleaning, "Is. The after-birth

CLEANSING, J of a COW.

Cleanser, s. A large kind of gun-
picker.

Clear. (1) Pure; innocent. Shak.
(2) Clear and shear, totally, com-
pletely. "He's thick i' the
clear," said of a dull stupid
fellow.

Cleat, (1) s. A piece of iron worn
on shoes by country people.
(2) V. To strengthen with iron.

Cleat-boards, s. Flat pieces of
wood fastened to the shoes to
enable a person to walk on
the mud.

Cleaver, «. A sucker, or piece of
soaked leather to which a string
is attached, used by schoolboys.
North.

Cleavers, s. Tufts of grass. Eatt.

Cleche, v. To snatch, or seize.

Cleck, v. To hatch. North.

Cleckin, ». A chicken. North,

CLE

315

CLE

Clecking, adj. Said of a fox maris

appetens. Craven.
Cleckings, 8. A shuttlecock.

Cumb.
Clecks,«. Refuse of oatmeal. Line,
CLT.D,part.p. Clad; clothed.
Cleden, *. Goosegrass. Dorset.
Cledgy, adj. Stiff, clayey. Kent.
Clee, «. A claw. North. See Clea.

The term is especially applied to

the two parts of the foot of

cloven-footed animals.
Cleek, s. a hook; a harb. North.
Cleerte, s. {A.-N.) Brightness.
Cleet, s. (1) The hoof. North.

(2) A stay or support.
Cleeves, s. Cliffs.
Cleffe, pret. t. Cleaved.
Cleft, *. (1) Black slate. North.

(2) Timher fit for cooper's ware,
spokes, &c. Yorksh.

(3) A piece of wood split for
burning. Northampt.

Cleg, (1) *. The gad-fly. Still
used in the North.

(2) s. A fish, gadus barbatus.

(3) V. To cling, or adhere. North.

(4) s. A clever person. Lane.
Clegger, v. To cling. Cumb.
Cleke, v. To snatch, or strike.
Clem, (1) ». To starve. See C/a»i.

Clemmed is still in use in Shrop-
shire for starved.

Hard is the choice, when the valiant
must eat their arms, or clem.

B. Jons., Ecenj Man out of S., iii, 6.
I cannot eat stones and turfs, say.
What, will he clfm me and my follow-
ers? Ask him an he will clem me;
do, go. lb., Poetaster, i, 2.

^'ow lions' kalf-ctem'd entrails roar for food.
Antonio and Mellida.

(2) St. Clement. South. In the
Isle of Wight it is, or was till
lately, the custom for black-
smiths to invite their friends and
neighbours to a feast on St. Cle-
ment's day. This was called
keeping elem.

(3) V. To climb.
Clemeyx, s. a claim.

Clemtd, pArt. p. Fastened.
Clenche, *. i^A.S.) To cling

together.
Clenchpoope, «. See Clinchpope.
Clency, adj. Miry ; dirty. Line.
Clene, adj. (A.-S.) Pure ; clean.

Clenenesse, purity.
Clenge, v. (1) To contract or

shrink.

(2) To strain at.
Clent, v. To become hard, applied

to grain. West.
Clepe, v. (1) {A.-S. clypian.)

To call.
They clepe us drunkards, and with swinisl

phrase
Tax otir addition. Shatesp., Rami., i, 4.

(2) [A.-S.) To clip, or embrace.

Cleps, s. An implement for pulling
weeds out of corn. Cumb.

Cler, 'ladj. (A.-N.) Polished;
CLERE, J resplendent. Clerenesse,
glory. Clerte, brightness.

Clere, s. a sort of kerchief.
On their heades square bonettes of
damaske golde, rolled wyth lose gold
that did hange douiie at their backes,
with kerchiefes or cleres of fyne cypres.
Hall, Henry riU, 1 83.

Clerete. (A.-N.) Purity.

Clergie, s. {A.-N.) Science;
learning. Clergically, learnedly.

Clergion, s. (A.-N.) A young
clerk.

Clergy, *. An assembly of clerks.

Clerk, s. {A.-N.) A scholar.

Clerliche, adv. (A.-N.) Purely.

Clermatyn, s. {A.-N.) A kind of
fine bread.

Cleryfy, v. To make clear.

Cleste, v. To cleave in two. North.
The word occurs in Huloet.

Cletch, s. a brood of chickens.
North.

C lete , «. A piece of wood fastened
on the yardarms of a ship to
hinder the ropes from slipping
off. In Sussex, the term is ap-
plied to a piece of wood to
prevent a door or gate from
swinging.

CLE

316

CLI

Clethe, v. To clothe. North.

Clett, 8. Gleet. MS. Med. Ibth
cent.

Cleve, s. (1) {A.-S.) A dwelling.
(2) A cliff,

Clevel, *. A grain of corn. Kent.

Clevkn, {\)s.(A.-S.) Rocks; cliffs.
(2) V. (A.-S.) To split ; to burst.

Cleve-pink, s. A species of car-
nation found on the Chedder
cliffs.

Clever, (1) ». To scramble up.
North.

(2) adj. Good-looking. East.
Kennett says, " nimble, neat,
dextrous." Lusty; very well.
Lane.

(3) adj. Affable. South.

(4) adv. Clearly ; fully. Kent,

(5) s. A tuft of coarse grass
turned up by the plough. East.

Clever-boots, 1 #. A satirical
clever-clumsy, / term for a per-
son who is awkward.

Clever-through, ^rep. Straight
through. Leic.

Cleves, s. Cloves.

Clevvy, s. a sort of draft iron
for a plough. North.

Clew, (1) s. (A.-S.) A rock.
" Bothe the clewez and the cly-
fez." Morte Arthure.

(2) s, A ring at the head of a
scythe which fastens it to the
sned.

(3) pret. t. Clawed ; scratched.
Clewe, v. To cleave, or ad-
here to.

Clewkin, 8. Strong twine. North.
CLEW}THE,part. p. Coiled.
Cley, *. A hurdle for sheep.
Cleyman, s. A dauber. Pr. Parv.
Cleymen, v. (A.-N.) To claim.
Cleynt, part. p. Clung.
Cleystaffe, s. a pastoral staff.

Pr. Parv.
Clibby, adj. Adhesive, Devon.
Click, (1) ». To snatch.

(2) s. A blow. East.

(3) V. To tick as a clock.

(4) " To click or flurt vnxh ones
fingers as moresco dancers."
Florio. "To clicke with ones
knuckles." lb.

(5) 8. [Fr.) A door-latch.

(6) s. A nail or peg for hanging
articles upon. North.

(7) V. To catch ; to seize.
Clicker, ». A servant who stood

before the shop-door to invite
people to buy.
Clicket, (1) V. To fasten as with
a link over a staple. Shropsh.

(2) 8. {A.-N) A latch-key.

(3) 8. A clap-dish, or anything
that makes a rattling noise.
Cotgrave.

(4) V. To chatter. Tnsser.

(5) *. The tongue.

(6) 8. A term applied to a fox
when maris appetens. Anciently,
a common term for a fox, as in
the following lines, describing
the properties of a good horse :

Heded of an ox,
Taj'led as I'ox,
Comly as a kyng,
Nekkvd as a dukyjig,
Moutiiyd as a kliket,
Vitted as a wodkok,
Wylled as a wedercoke.

MS. Cott., Galba, E,ix, f.llO.

Click-handed, adj. Left-handed.

Comto.
Click-hooks, *. Large hooks for

catching salmon by day-light.

North.
Click-up, *. A person with a

short leg, who in walking makes

a clicking noise. Line.
Clider, 8. Goose-grass.
Clife, adj. {A.-N.) Clear ; fine,
Clift, 8. {!) A cleft, or opening of

any kind.

(2) Thefourehure.

(3) A cliff.

Clifty, adj. Lively; active. North.
CLiGHTEjjore/. t. Closed; fastened.
Clighty, arf/. Stiff; clayey. Kent.
Clim, (1) V. To climb.
(2) Clement.

CLI

317

CLI

(3) r. {A.-N.) To call, or chal-
lenge.

Climber, v. To claml)er.

Clime, s. The ascent of a hill.

Climp, v. (1) To steal. East.
(2) To soil with the fingers. East.

Clinch, s. (1) A repartee, or bon-
mot. Clincher, one who says
bons-mots, a witty fellow.
(2) A claw, or fang. North.

Clinching-net. See Cleaching-
net.

Clinchpope, "I «. a term of con-
CLKNCHPoopK, J tempt.

If a gentleman have in liym any humble
beliavdur, tlien roysters do cal suclie
one by the name of a loute, a clynche-
pupe,OT one that knoweth no facions.

Institucion of a Gentleman, 1568.
Lesse wel-form'd, or more il-fac'd, and
like clenckpoope looke and lim.

Warner's Albions England, 1593.

CLiNcauANT, s. {Fr. clinquant,
tinsel.) Brass thinly wrought out
into leaves. North.

Cline, ». To climb. Warw.

Cling, v. (A.-S.) (1)To shrink up.
North.

If thou speak false,
Upon the next tree thou shalt hang alive
Till famine cling ihee.

Shaketp., Had., v, 6.

(2) To embrace.

Some fathers dread not (gone to bed in

wine)
To slide from the mother, and ding the

daughter-in-law.

Recsnijer's Trag., 0. P., iv, 322.

(3) To rush violently. North.
Clink, (1) s. A hard blow.

(2) adv. Upright. Berks.
Clink-clank, s. Jingle.

Tis prodigious to think what veneration
the priesthood have raised to themselves
by tiieir usurpt commission ojf apostle-
ship, their pretended successions, and
tlieir clinic-clank of extraordinary ordi-
nation.

Penu's Address to Protestants, 1679.

Clinke, v. {A.-N.) To tinkle; to

ring.
Clinker, s. (1) A bad sort of coal.

(2) A cinder from an iron fur-
nace. Shropsh.

(3) A puddle made by the foot of
a horse or cow. Warw.

Clinker-bell, «. An icicle. Somers,

Clinkers, s. Small bricks ; bricks
spoilt in the burning.

Clinket,*. Acrafty fellow. A^or^A.

Clinks, s. Long nails.

CLiNauANT, adj. (Fr.) Shining.

Clint, v. To clench ; to finish, or
complete. Somerset.

Clints, *. Chasms ; crevices.

Clip, (1) v. (A.-S.) To embrace.
But as a dame, to the endsheeniay at a
lime more opportune at better ease, and
in a place more commodious, be catthed,
clipped, and embraced, wliich feminine
art, I not yet knowing in first my be-
ginning, so unwarily I did remaine
wailed with love.

Passenger of Benvenuto, 1612.

(2) V. To call to. North. This
is merely a form of clepe, q. v.

(3) V. To shear sheep. North.
(4j V. To shave. Eider.

(5) V. To shorten. Craven.

(6) V. To hold together by means
of a screw or bandage. Shropsh.

(7) s. A blow, or stroke. East.

(8) V. To quarter a carriage so as
to avoid the ruts. Northampt.

Clipper, s. (1) A clipper of coin ?

I had a sister but twelve years ago, that
run away with a Welsh ensign, who
was hanged for a highwayman, and she
burnt ill Wales for a clipper.

Mountford, Greenwich Park, 1691.

(2) A sheep-shearer. North.

Clipping-the-church, s. An old
Warwickshire custom on Easter
Monday, the charity children
joining hand in hand to form a
circle completely round the
church.

Clips, (l)ji;ar^ ;?. Eclipsed.

(2) s. An eclipse.

(3) s. Shears. Northumb.

(4) «. Pot-hooks. North.
Clipt-dinment, s. (1) a shorn

wether sheep.

(2) A mean-looking fellow. Cumb.

CLI

318

CLO

Clishawk, ». To steal. Line.
Clish-clash, s. Idle discourse.

North.
Clit, adj. (1) Stiff; clayey. South.

(2) Heavy ; hazy ; applied to the
atmosphere.

For then with us the days more darkish

are,
More short, cold, inuyste,and stormy cloudy

clil.
For sadness more than mirths or pleasures

fit. Mirr.for Mug. Higiiu's Ind.

(3) Imperfectly fomented, ^ojwers.
Clite, (I) «. Clay; mire. Kent,

(2) 8. Goose-grass.

(3) g. A wedge. Pr. Pan.

(4) V. To take, or pull up. North.

Clitkr, v. To stumble. North.

Clithe, 8. The burdock. Gerard.

Clitheren, 8. Goose-grass. Ge-
rard.

Clitpoll, 8. A curly head. Dorgel.
Glitter, v. To make a rattling

noise.
Glittery, adj. Changeable and

stormy, applied to the weather.

Hamp8h.
Clitty, arf;'. Stringy; lumpv. West.
Clive, (1)*. {A..S.) A cliff.

(2) V. To cleave. Suffolk.
Gliver, (1 )«. Goose-grass. Hampsh.

(2) «. A chopping-knife. East.

(3) Cliver-and-shiver, completely,
totally. Somerset.

Clivers, s. The refuse of wheat.

East.
Clize, 8. A covered drain. Somers.
Cloam, 8. Common earthenware.

Comw. Cloamer, one who makes

it.
Clob, 8. Rough material used for

building cottages. Devon.
Clobe, s. a club.
Cloche, v. {A.-N.) To blister.
Clocher, s. (1) A large cape or

mantle.

(2) (A.-N.) A belfry.
Clock, (1) *. (A.-N.) A bell.

(2) 8. A sort of watch, some*

times called a clock-watch.

But he who can deny it to be a prodigy,
which is recorded by Melchior Adamus,
of a great and good man, who had a
clock watch lliat had lay en in a chest
many years unused ; and when he lay
dying, at eleven o'clock, of itself, in that
chest, it struck eleven in the hearing of
many. Baxter, World of Spirits.

(3) «. A beetle. North.

(4) 8. A sort of ornamental work
worn on various parts of dress,
now applied to that on each side
of a stocking.

(5) 8. The noise made by a hen
when going to sit.

(6) 8. The downy head of the
dandelion. North.

Clock-ice, «. Ice cracked into fan-
tastical forms. Norihampt.

Clock-dressing, *. A method of
obtaining liquor on false pre-
tences. Craven.

Clocks,*. Ordure of frogs. Devon.

Clock-seaves, s. The black-
headed bog-rush. North.

Clod, (1) t'. To break clods.

(2) adj. (A.-S.) Clodded ; hard.

(3) s. The coarse part of the
neck of an ox.

(4) ». A sort of coal. West.

(5) r. To throw. North.
Clodder, v. To coagulate.

If the ashes on the hearth do clodder
together of themselves, it is a sign of
ram. Willsford, Nature's Secrets.

Cloddy, a<^". (1) Thick; plump.
B'ilts.
(2) Hazy, thick.

This said, he swiftly swag'd the swelling

streams,
Dispell'd the cloddy clouds, clear'd Sola

bright beams. ' irgil by Vicars, 1632.

Clode, v. (A.-S.) To cloathe.
Clodge, s. a lump of clay. Kent.
Clodger, T *. The cover of a

CLOSERE, J book.
CLODoy, adj. Plump. Hampsh.
Clod-head, *. A stupid fellow.

North.
Clodhopper, 8. (1) A farmer's la«

bourer.

CLO

319

CLO

(2) A clownish fellow.

(3) The wheatear.
Clod-mall, s. A wooden hammer

for breaking clods. Shropsh.
Cloffey, s. a great sloven. North.
Cloffing, s. The plant hellebore.
Cloft, s. The jointure of two

branches. North.
Clofyd, part. p. Cleft ; split.
Clog, (1)«. A shoe with a wooden

sole.

(2) s. A piece of wood fastened
to a string.

(3) *. An almanac made with
notches and ri^de figures on square
sticks.

(4) V. To prepare wheat for sow-
ing. West.

Cloggy, adj. Sticky.

Clogsome, at?/. Dirty; dull.

Clogue, v. To flatter. Sussex.

Clog-wheat, «. Bearded wheat.
East.

Clointer, v. To tread heavily.
North.

Cloister-garth, «. The space in-
closed by a cloister.

Cloit, s. a stupid fellow. North.

Clokarde, s. a sort of musical
instrument.

Cloke, *. A claw, or clutch.

Clokke, v. (A.-N.) To limp in
walking.

Clom, v. To clutch. North.

Clombe, pret. t. Climbed.

Clome, v. To gutter, as a candle.
North.

Clome. See Cloam.

Clome-pan, ». A pan for milk.
Norf.

Clomp, v. To walk heavily. Clom-
perton, one who walks heavily.
North.

Clomsen, v. (A.-N.) To shrink or
contract,

ChOVGKy, part. p. Shrunk; shri-
velled.

Clonker, s. An icicle. Somerset.

Cloom, (1) s. Clay or ceuient.
(2) V. To cemont.

Cloor, ». A sluice. Northumb.

Clope, s. a blow.

Clopping, adj. (Fr.) Lame ; limp*
ing. Cornw.

Close, (1) s. A farm-yard; an en-
closure.

(2) s. A public walk. /. Wight.

(3) s. An obscure lane. North.

(4) adj. Secret ; selfish.

(5) V. To enclose minerals in
metal.

(6) adj. Quiet ; silent. Leic.
Close-bed, s. A press-bed. North,
Close-fights, s. Things employed

to shelter the men from an enemy

in action.
Close-fisted, adj. Mean.
Close-gauntlet, «. A gauntlet

with moveable fingers.
Close-hand-out, s. The name of

an old game.
Closexr, s. {A.-N.) An enclosure.
Closen, s. a small enclosure or

field. Northampt.
Closh, s. (1) The game of nine-
pins.

(2) A Dutchman. South.
Closings, s. Closes ; fields. In

some counties we have the more

pure form closen.
Closure, s. (1) {Fr.) An enclosure.

(2) A clencher. Wight.

(3) A gutter. North.
Clot. (1) Same as Clod (6).

(2) s. A clod. " Clodde or clotte
lande. Occo." Huloet.

(3) V. To clod.

For as the ploughman first settetli forth
his plough, and tlien tilleth his land,
aud ureaketli it in furrowes, and some-
timer idgeth it up a^aine, and at ano-
ther time liarroweth it, and chtteth it,
and somtime dungeth and hedgeth it,
diggelh it, and weedetli it, purgeth it,
and maketli it cleane : so the prelate, the
preacher, hath many diverse oftices to
do. Latimer's Sermons.

(4) V. To clog.

(5) V. To toss about. North.

(6) V. To catch eels with worsted
thread. West.

CLO

320

CLO

(7) s. A disease in the feet of

cattle.
Clotch, v. To tread heavily. East.
Clote, 1 _ The yellow water-lily.

CLOT, J ' '

Take tlie rote of the klote, and stampe
it, and turue it on whyte wyne or ale,
and dryuk at jeve hoot and at morow
kolde. MS. Med. Bee, xv Cent.

Then lay a clot-leaf, or else a wort-leaf,
on the same, but first let the water out
of the blister with a pin, and it will
draw out all the water that causeth the
pain or grief.

Lupton's 1000 Notable Things.

Clote, s. a wedge. Pr. P.

CtOTTnED, part. p. {A.-S.) Clotted.

Clot-head, s. A blockhead.

Cloth-of-estate, s. a canopy
over the seat of principal per-
sonages.

Clotter, s. a clothier.

Clouch, (l)w. To snatch or clutch.
Line.
(2) s. A clutch. Piers PL

Cloud-berry, s. The ground mul-
berry.

Cloue, s. {A.-N.) a fruit or berry.

Clough, s. (1) A valley between
two hills ; a ravine.

Each place for to search, in hill, dale, and

clovqh,
[n thicke or in thin, in smooth or in rough.
Robinson's Rev. of Wickedn.

(2) A cli'fF. Morte Arth.

(3) The stem of a tree, where it
divides into branches. Cumb.

(4) A wood. Lane.

(5) A vessel of coarse earthen-
ware for salting meat.

Cloughy, adj. Gaudily dressed.

North.
Clour, s. (1) A lump, or swelling.

North.

(2) {A.-N.) Hollow ground; a

field.
Clout, s. (Fr. clouetle.) The mark

or pin fixed in the centre of the

butts, at which archers shot for

practice.

Indeed he must shoot nearer, or he'll ne'et
hit the clout.

Shakesp., Love's L. L., iv, 1.

Wherein our hope
Is, though the clout we do not always hit,
It will not be imputed to bis wit.

B. Jon., Staple of N., Epil.

(2) V. To beat.

I wasted them and so clouted them, that
they could not ai-ise.

Tindal's and Tav. Bibles, 3 Sam., 23.

(3) s. A blow.

(4) s. (A.-S.) A piece or frag-
ment.

(5) «. A cloth ; a piece of cloth.
"A slice wherwith to spread
salve on clouts'&nA make plas-
ters." Nomenclator.

(6) V. To clothe shabbily.

I seeing him clouted, his cloathes slovenly
done on, very ill liking, as ragged as a
tattered fole, with never a whole clout on
his back. Terence in Etiylish, 1641.

(7) To mend, or patch ; applied
especially to shoes.

Of the scoler that gave his shoes to
clonte. — In the universyte of Oxeforde
there was a scoler that delyted moche
to speke eloquente englysshe and curious
termes, and came to the cobler with his
shoes whyclie were pyked before (as
they used [at] that tyme) to have them
clouted, and sayde this wyse.

Tales and Quicke Answeres.

(8) s. {Fr.) A nail.
Clouted, (from clout, a nail.)

Fortified with nails.

Clouter, (1) ». A cobbler. Pr.
Parv.
(2) V. To do dirty work. North.

Clouter-headed, adj. Stupid.

Clouterly, adj. Clumsy. North.

Clove, s. Eight pounds of cheese.

Clovel, s. a large beam, placed
across the chimney in farm-
houses. Devon.

Clover-lay, s. A field of clover
recently mown. Hampsh.

Clove-tongue, «. The black helle-
bore.

Clow, (1) v. To scratch. Cumb.

(2) V. To work hard. North.

(3) V. To nail with clouts. West.

CLO

321

CLU

(4) ». (A..S.) A rock.

(5) «. The clove-pink. East.

(6) s. A flood^'ate. \orth.
Clowchyne, s. a clew of thread.

Pr. Parv.
Clowclagged. " Thur yowes are
clowclagg'd, tliey skitter faiie.''
Yorksh. Dial, p." 43.
Clowder, r. To daub. Line.
CLOWEN.r. To bustle about. Cumb.
Clownical, adj. Clownish.
My behaviour ! alas, alas, 'tis clownical.
Greeners Tu Quoqiie.

Clowk, r. To scratch. Not-th.

Clowsome, adj. Soft; clamniv.
North.

Cr.owT-CLowT, ». The oame of an
old game. "A kinde of playe
called cloict clowt, to l)eare about,
or my hen hath layd." Nomencl.

Ci.oY,v.{A.-N.) (1) To prick in
shoeing a horse.

(2) To nail or spike up, as artil-
lery.

Cloy, v. To claw. Shakesp.

CiOYER, 1«. An old slang term
CLOYXER, /for one who intruded
on the ]iroiiis of young sharpers,
by claiming a share.

Then 'here's a cfoyirr, or snap, that dc^s
any new brotlier in th:it tmde, and
snaps, — will Iiave half in anv hootv.

Soaritig Girl, O.V\.,\\,n%.

Ci.ozzoNS, 8. Talons ; clutches.

North.
Club-ball, «. A game at ball,

played witli a straight club.
Club-weed, s. The plaut raat-

telon.
Club BEY, «. A sort of game.
Ct-UBBisHLY, adv. Roughly.
Clubid, adj. Hard; difficult.
Club-men, «. People who rose in

arms in the West of England

in 1645.
Clubster, 1 A stoat. iyror/A.

CLUBTAIL, J

CLTJCCHE.r. (^.-5.) To clutch.
Cluck, (1) adj. Slightly uuwell;
out of spirits. South.

(2) #. A claw ; a clutch. North.
Clud-nct, s. Two nuts grown

into one. North.
Cluff, ». To cuff. NortJi.
Clum, (1) adj. Daubed. Yorksh.

{2)pret.t. Climbed. Aor/A.

(3) V. To handle roujhly. West.

(4) V. To rake into heaps. Devon.
Clume-bczza, s. An earthen pan.

Devon.

Clummersome, adj. Dirty ; slut-
tish. Devon.

Clomp, (1) v. To tramp.

(2) *. A lump. North.

(3) adj. Lazy. Line.
Clumper, s. a large piece. So-
merset.

Clumpers, t. Thick, heavy shoes.

East.
Clumpertox, T ». A stupid feU

CLUMP3, J low.

Clumpish. s. Awkward. North.
Clumps, (1) «. Twilight. East.

(2} Lazy. North.

(3) Plain-dealing; honest. AoWA.

(4) adj. Benumbed with cold.
North.

Clompst, adj. Benumbed with

cold. Nortliampt.
Clumpy, (1) s. k dunce. South.

(2) adj. Sticking together.

Devon.
Clcnch, (1) adj. Close. North.

(2) s. A thump. East.

(3) «. A clodhopper.

(4) s. Close-grained hard lime-
stone.

Clunchfistes, adj. Close-fisted;
niggardly.

Now a pox take these ritijens! and
then a man may ^et sonir. niuiirr hy
'um ; they are so hide-himnd, there s no
Hving by 'um ; so chmchfisttd, u man
would Birear tlie pout were got out ot
their feet into their hands, 'tis death to
'um to pluck 'am out of their pockets.
The CheaU, 166i.

Clunchy, adj. (1) Thick and

clumsy. East.

(2) Quicktempered. Northampt,
Cluner, <. A Cluniack monk.

CLU

322

COA

A gcQlle clutter two dieses liadue of me.
Barclay's tyfte Eglog.

ChvuG. adj. (1) Shrivelled; shrunk.

(2) Emptv; emaciated. Craven.

(3) Soft; flabby. Notf.

(4) Heavy; dough v.

(5) Tough; dry. East.

(6) Daubed. Craven.

(7) Strong. Berks.

Ci.uNGE, V. To crowd, or squeeze.

South. Clunged, stopped. Craven.
Clungy, adj. Adhesive. North.
Clunk, r. To swallow. Devon.
Clunter, (1) *. A clod of earth.

Xorth.

(2) V. To walk clumsily. North.

(3) V. To turn lumpy. Yorksh.

Clunterly, adj. Clumsy. Craven.

Cluppe, v. {A.-S.) To embrace.

Ci.usK. (1) *. (Fr.ecluse.) A flood-
gate. North.

(2) {Lat.) A cell.
Clush, v. To lie down close to

the ground ; to stoop low down.

Comw.
Clussomed, part. p. Benumbed.

Chesh.
Clussum, adj. Clumsy. Chesh.
Clustere, v. (A.-N.) To harden.
Clusterfist, 8. A clodhopper.

Well, away I went with a heavy heart,
and brousflit his guest into the very
chamber, where I saw no other cakes oii
the table, but my owne cakes, and of
which he never proffered me so mm li
as the least cmm, so l)ase a. clusterfist
was he. History of Francion, 1655.

Clusty, adj. Close and heavy ;
applied to bread not well fer-
mented, or to a potato that is
not mealy. Comw.

Clut, v. To strike a blow. North.

Cldtch. (1) V. To seize; to grasp.

(2) s. A miser, or grasping
person.

(3) s. A fist. Clutch-Jist, a very
large fist.

(4^ V. To cluck. South.

(5) s. A covey of partridges, or
s brood of chickens. £ast.

(6) adj. Close. .Suwex.

Clute, *. A hoof. North.

Cluther, (1) adv. In heaps.
North.
(2) s. A great noise. Kent.

Clutsen, r. To shake. North.

Clutter, (1) *. A bustle; con-
fusion.

(2) s. A clot. "Grumeau de
sang, a clot, or clutter of con-
gealed i)loud." Cotyrave. Clut-
tered, clotted.

(3) s. A plough-coulter. South.
CLUTTER.FiSTED,a<^'. Having large

fists.

Cluttery, adj. (1) Changeable.
(2) Very rainy. Berks.

Cluutts, s. Feet. Cumb.

Cltjves, s. Hoofs of horses or
cows. Cumb.

Cly, s. (1) Goose-grass. Somerset.
(2) Money.

Clyke, v. To noise abroad ; to
chatter.

Clytenish, adj. Sickly. Wilts.

Cnaffe, s. {A.-S.) a lad.

Cnag, 8. A knot. North.

Cnoble, *. A knob ; tuft.

Cnopwort, s. The hall-weed.

Cnoutberry, s. The dwarf-mul-
berry. Lane.

Co, (1) *. (A..N.) The neck.
(2) V. To call. North.

Coach-fellow,"! *. A horse em-
coach-hohse, J ployed to draw
in the same carriage with ano-
ther; and hence, metaphorically,
an intimate acquaintance.
1 have grated upon my good friends for
three reprieves, for vou and vonr
coach-fellow Nyiix. Merry W. /r.,'ii, 2.

CoACH-HORSE, *. A dragon-fly.
East.

Co AD, adj. Unhealthy, ». e., cold.
Exmoor.

CoADjuvATE, 8. (Lat.) A coad-
jutor.

CoAGER, 8. A meal of cold vic-
tuals taken by agricultural la-
bourers at noon. Susser.

Co.\GVLAT, adj. {Cat.) Curdled.

COA

32S

COB

CoAH, s. Heart or pith, i. e., core.

North.
CoAJER, s. A shoemaker. Exmoor.
CoAKEN, r. To strain in vomiting.
CoAKS, s. Cinders. Yorksh.
Coal. To carry coals, to submit

to any degradation.

CoAL-BRAND, S. SuiUt in whCRt.

CoAL-FiRE, s. A parcel of tire-
wood, containing when burnt the
quantity of a load of coals.

CoAL-HAGGLERS, s. People who
fetch coals from the pit or wharf,
and retail them to the poor. Leic.

CoAL-HOOD, ». (1) A bullfinch.
JVest.
(2) A wooden coal-scuttle. East.

Coal-powder, s. Charcoal. This
terra occurs in an inventory of
artillery stores, 154 7.

CoAL-RAKE, *. A rake for raking
the ashes of a fire.

CoAL-sAY, ». The coal-fish. A^orM.

CoAL-SMUT, s. An efflorescence
found on the surface of coal.

Coaly, s. (1) A lamplighter. Newc.
(2) A species of cur dog. North.

COALY-SHANGIE, ». A Hot, Or

uproar. North.
CoAME, V. To crack. Googe.
CoANDER, s. A corner. Exmoor.
CoAP, ». A fight. North.
Coarse, s. Rough, applied to

weather.
CoARTE, V. {Lat. coarctare.) To

compel.
CoASH, r. To silence. North.
Coast, v. {J.-N.) (I) To approach.

Wlio are these tlmt coast ns ?
You told me tlie walk was private.

B. and FL, Mind iit Mill., i. 1.

(2) To pursue.

William Donslas Ktill coasted the Eng-
lishmen, doing tbeni what damage lie
might. Uol'msh., lii, p. 332.

Coast, s. {A.-N.) The ribs of
cooked meat.

Coasting, «. An amorous ap-
proach ; a courtship.

O these encountcrers, so glib of tongue.
That give a coasting welcome ere it comes.
Tro. aiid Cress., iv, 5.

Coat, s. A petticoat. Cumb.
CoAT-CARDS, s. Court-cards.

I am a coat-card indeed. — Then thou
must needs be a knave, for thou art
neitlier king nor queen.

SotcUi/, When you see me, /-c.

Here's a trick of discarded cards of us :
we were ranked with coats as long as
my old master lived.

Massinger, Old Lave, iii, 1.

CoATHE, (1) V. To faint. Line.

(2) g. The rot in sheep. Som.
CoATHY, (1) adj. Irritable. Norf.

(2) V. To throw. Hampsh.
Cob, (1) *. A blow.

(2) V. To strike or pull the hair
of any one.

(3) V. To throw. Derbysh.

(4) *. A lump, or piece. Florio.

(5) g. A wealthy person: a rich
miser.

And of them all cobbing country chnffeg,

which make their bellies and their

bagges theyr gods, are called rich cobhrs.

Nash's Lenten Stiiff.

(6) *. A leader, or chief. Chegh.

(7) V. To outdo, or excel.

(8) g. A stone ; a kernel. East.

(9) a. The broken-off ears of
corn, especially wheat, are in
some parts called cobs.

(10) s. A young herring.

ne can come hither with four white
herrings at his tail— but I mav starve
ere he give nie so much as a cob.

Hon. Wh., part 2, O. PI., lii, 440.

(IW 8. The miller's-thimib.

(12) s. A Spanish coin, formerly
current in Ireland, worth about
As. %d.

(13) ». Clover-seed. Eagt.
(l4)«. A small haystack. Oxon.

(15) g. A sea-gull. Var. dial.

(16) *. A basket for seed. North.

(17) g. Marl mixed with straw,
used for walls. West.

(18) s. A punishment used
among seamen for petty offences.

COB

324

COC

or irregnlarities, by bastinadoing
the offender on the posteriors
with a cobbing stick or pipe staff.
(19) «. A sort of loaf made in
Oxfordshire.

Cobber, s. A falsehood. North.

CoBBiN, s. A slice of any fish.

CoBsr.E, (1) ». A round stone.

(2) s. An icicle. Kent.

(3) V. To hobble. Var. dial.

(4) Cobble-trees, double swingle
trees, or splinter bars. North.
(5) ». The large cock of hay made
previous to carrying. Northam.pt.
(6) s. The stone of fruit. Norf.

CoBBS, s. The testicles. North.

Cosby, adj. Brisk; lively; tyran-
nical. North.

CoB-CASTLE, s. A prison ; any
buildingwhichovertops its neigh-
bours. North.

JoB-coALs, s. Large pit-coals.
North.

CoB-iRONs, s. (I) Andirons.
(2) The irons which support the
spit. East.

CoB-JOE, s. A nut at the end of a
string. Derbysh.

CoBKEY, s. A punishment at sea
by bastinado, perhaps the same
as cob.

Coble, s. A kind of flat-bottomed
boat, navigated with a lug-sail.

Cobleb's-lobstek, s. A cow-heel.
Camb.

Cobler's punch, s. Ale warmed
and sweetened, and mL-ced with
spirits. Northampt.

CoBiOAF, s. A crusty uneven loaf
with a round top to it. "A cob-
loafe or bunne." Minsheu.
Here, in the lialls, were the raunimings,
cob-loaf stealing, and great number of
old Christmas playes performed. In
{rreHt liouses were lords of misnile
during the twelve dayes after Christmas.
Auhrei).

Cobnobble, v. To beat.

Cob-nut, «. A master nut. It is
the name of an old game among
the children, played with nuts.

CoB-POKE, t. A bag in which

gleaners carry the cobs of wheat.
CoB-STONES,s. Large stones. North.
CoB-swAN, s. A large swan. Jons.
CoB-wALL, s. A wall of straw and

clay.
Cobweb, (1) adj. Misty. Norf.

(2) s. The spotted flycatcher.

Northampt.
CoccABEL, 8. An icicle. Cornw.
CocHEN, *. {A.-S.) The kitchen.
Cock, (1) ». A corruption of, or

substitute for, God, used variously

in oaths.

Cockes amies (quod the haylye) my
pourse is pycked, and my moiieye is
gone ! Tales and Quicke Answeres.

By cocke they are to blame.

Skakesp., Hand., iv, 5.

By cock an.i pye, was also not
an unusual oath.

Now hy cock and jne you never spoke n
truer word in your life. Wily Beguiled.

(2) s. A cock-boat.

(3) V. To contend ?

(4) V. To hold up; to buzz.
Lane.

(5) V. To walk nimbly about,
spoken of a cliild. North.

(6) s. The needle of a balance.

(7) s. A notclied piece of iron
at the end of the plough-beam,
for regulating the plough.

(8) Li cockfighting, a cock cf
twenty is one that has killed
such a number of his antagonists
in the pit. Giff.

(9) s. A striped snailshell.
Northampt.

(10) s. A conical heap of hay.

(11) V. To swagger impudently.
CocKAEORE, V. To lord it over

another. Leic.

CocKAL, s. " A game that boyes
used with foure liuckle bones,
commonly called cockall; it is
also diceplay." Nomenclator.

CocK-ALE, s. A particular sort of
ale.

coc

a2d

coc

Bnt by your leave Mr. Poet, notwith-
standing tlie large commendations you
pve of llie juice of barley, yet if com-
jKir'd with Canary, they are no more
than a mole-kiil to a mountain ; whe-
ther it be cocic ale, Cliina ale, rasbury
ale, sage ale, scurvy-grass ale, horse-
reddish ale, Lambeth ale, Hull ale,
I)arbv ale, Norihdown ale, double ale,
or small ale; March beer, nor mum,
though made at St. Catharines, put them
all together, are not to be compared.

Poor Robin, 1696.

CocK-A-MEG, s. A piece of timber
fastened on the reeple in a coal
mine to support the roof.

CocK-AND-MwiLE, s. A jail. Wat.

CocKAPERT, adj. Saucy.

CocKARO, s. A cockade.

Cockatrice, *. .V courtezan.

CocK-B0.\T, «. A small boat.

Cock-brained, a(/;. Fool-hardy;
wanton. " Doest thou aske, coci-
hrain'd fool ?" Terence in Eng-
lish, 1641.

CocK-BRUArBLE, s. The rviug
fnicticosus of Linnaeus.

Cockchafer, #. A May bug.

CccK-CRowN, s. Poor pottage.
North.

CocKEL-BREAD, "1 ». Agamcfor-
cockely-bread, /meriy played
among young girls.

Cocker, (1 ) p. To indulge, or spoil.

(2) r. To crow, or boast. North.

(3) r. To skirmish or fight, said
of cocks.

Sitarmysh ye male, and like capon cockers

rock.
Bat we butterflies must heare bide the

shock. Ueywood^s Spider ^ Flit, \a^6.

(4) «. A cock-fighter.

(5) ». To alter fraudulently ; to
gloss over anything. South,

(6) V. To rot", Norf.

(7) «. A stocking. Lane. An old
sign of an inn in that county was,
the doff-cocker, a maid pulling
off her stocking.

Cockerel, «. A young cock.
CocKERER, ». A wanton.
Cocker.nony, «. A small cock^s

egg, wbich if hatched is said to
produce a cockatrice. Devon.
Cockers, s. (1) Rustic high shoes,
fastened with laces or buttons.

His patched cockers skant reached to his
kuee. Barclay^s Eclogue, 1570.

His cockers were of cordiwin.
His hood of miniveer.

Drayt , Eel., iv.

(2) Rims of iron round wooden
shoes. Cumb.

(3) Gaiters. Northampt.
CocKET, (1) V. To join or fasten

timber or stone in building.
{2) adj. Swaggering; pert; brisk.

(3) Cocket bread was the second
kind of best bread.

(4) s. A docquet.

CocKEY, g. A sewer. Norf.

CocK-EYE, s. A squinting eye.

CocK-FARTHiNG, s. A term of en-
dearment used to a little boy.

CocK-FEATHER, ». The feather
which stood upon the arrow when
it was rightly placed upon tlie
string, perpendicularly above the
notch.

CccK-GRAss, s. Darnel.

CocK-HANNELL, f. A honsc-cock.
" Cock-hannell, or house cocke.
Callus." Huloet.

CocKBE.^D, «. The part of a mill
which is fixed into a stave of the
ladder on which the hopper rests.

CocKHEADs, s. Mcadow knobweed.
North.

CocK-HEDGE, "1 ». A hedge with-
cocK-FENCE, J out Stake, the ends
of the bushes ha»f stuck into
the bank.

CocK-Hoop, ». A bidliinch.

CocK-HORSB, (1) ». To ride acock-
horse, a term applied to children.
(2) adj. Proud ; upstart.

CocKiNG,/>ar/. a.(l) Cock-fighting.
(2) Wantoning.

I marvell then Sardinius is so old,
When he' is eoeking still' with every tnill.
Davies, Scourge o/FoUif, 1611.

CocK-iROx, g, A part of a plough

coc

326

COC

• s. Day -break. Devon.

immeiliately hetorp the breast,
to support the share, and prevent
roots Irom getting in between
the breast and the share.

CocKisH, adj. Wanton. North.

Cockle, (1) *. The agrostemma
githago of Linnaeus.

(2) V. To cry like a cock. Cumb.

(3) *. A stove used for drying
hops. Kent.

(4) V. To wrinkle. Var. dial.

(5) To "cry cockles," to be
lianged.

(6)».

Now, although he says in his preface,
that he would not much hoast of con-
vincing the world, how much I was mis-
taken, in what I undertook ; yet, I am
confident of it, that this contrivance of
liis did inwardly as much rejoycc tlie
cocklts of his heart, as he phnnsies that
what I writ did sometimes much tickle
my spleen. JEachard's Obaerxat., 1671.

COCKLEART, 1
COCK-LEET, /

Cocvih^Ti, part. p. Enclosed in a
shell. Shakesp.

CocKLER, s. A sejler of cockles.

Cockle-shell, *. The badge of a
pilgrim, worn in the front of the
hat, and implying that the bearer
had been at sea.

Cockle-stairs,*. Winding stairs.

CocKLETV, adj. Unsteady. North.

Cockling, adj. Cheerful. North.

CocKLOACH. (i^r.) A silly coxcomb.
" A couple of cockloches." Shir-
ley's Witty Fair One, ii, 2.

Cockloft, s. A garret.

CocKMARALL, «. A little fussv per-
son. Line.

Coc KM ATE, ». A companion.

They must be courteous in their beha-
viour, lowlie in their speech, not dis-
daining tlieir coctmales, or refraining
their companie. Lilli/, Euphues, Q 4.
But the greatest thing is vet behinde,
whether that those are to be admitted,
as coctmales, with children. Jb.

CocKXELL, ». A young cock.
Cockney, «. (1) A young cock.
(2) A spoilt or elfeminate boy.

(3) One born and bred in Lon-
don, and very ignorant of rural
matters.

(4) A lean chicken.

(5) An imaginary country, filled
with luxuries of every kind.

(6) A person who sold fruit and
greens. Pr. P.

CocK-PENNY, 8. A prescut made
to the schoolmaster at Shrove-
tide by the boys, in some schools
in the North.

Cock-pit, s. (1) A place for cock-
fighting.

(2) The original name of the pit
in our theatres ; which seems to
imply that cock-fighting had been
their first destination.

Let but Beatrice
And Benedict be seen ; lo! in a trice.
The cock-pit, galleries, boxes, all are full.
Leon. Digges., Sh. Suppl., i, 71.

CocKauEAN, «. (Fr.) (!) A beggar
or cheat.
(2) A female cuckold.

Queene Juno, not a little wroth against her

husbands crime,
By whome shee was a coctqueane made.

Warner's Albions England, loOi.

Cock-ro.\ch, a. A black-beetle.

Cocks, *. Cockles. Devon.

Cock's-foot,». Columbine. Gerard.

Cock's-headling, *. A game
among boys.

CocKs'-HEADS,». The sccds of rib-
grass.

Cock-shut, «. (1) A large net
stretched across a glade, and so
suspended upon poles as to be
easily drawn together, employed
to catch woodcocks. These nets
were chiefly used in the twilight
of the evening, when woodcocks
go out to feed, whence cockshu-
time, and cockshut light, wer~
used to express twilight.

If thou (to catch a woodcocke) snare me so
lie fluttei in thy cocke-shoote till I go.

Davies, Scourge of Folly, 1611.

coc

327

C(9B

Thoma* the earl of Surry, and himself.
Much about eockshut time, went thro' the
»rniy. Slutiesp., Richard IIJ, T, 3.

Mistress, this is only spite ;
For you would not yi-sternijrht
Kiss him iu the eockshut light.

B. Jons., Matq. of Satyrs.

(2) A winding road through a
wood.

Cock's-neckling, adv. To come
down cock's neckling, t. c, head
foremost. Wilts.

CocKspuR, s. The name of a small
shell-fish.

CocK-sftuoiLiNG, s. Throwing at
cocks with sticks. Wiltt.

CocK-STRiDE, s. A shoft spacc.
Country folks say at Twelfth-
day, " The days are now a cock-
stride longer."

Cocksure, s. Quile certain.

CocKWARD, «. A cuckold.

CocKWEB, s. A cob-web. North.

CocK-WKED, s. The cockle. "Cock-
wede. Gythaffo." Huloet. "Uerbe
du cocq, ou de la poivrette.
Pepperwoort : cocke-weede: Span-
ish pepper : dittander." Nomen-
clalor.

Cocky, adj. Pert; saucy.

CocKYBABY, ». The arum. Wight.

CocKYGEE, s. A sour apple. West.

("ocowoRT, s. Shepherd's-purse.

CocTYN, adj. Scarlet, or crimson.

CoD. *, (1) {A.-S.) A bag.
(2) A pod.
^3) The bag of the testicle.

Swelling of the cod and of his stoones
rometh eitlierwhiles of humours that
fiilleu adoun into tlie cod and into the
stoones. Medical MS. of the 15(/i cent.

(4) A pillow or cushion. North.

(5) The bag at the end of a net,
in which a stone is placed to sink
it.

(6) A seed-basket. Oxfordsh.
CoD-BAiT, s. The caddis worm.
CoD-BERE, s. A pillow-case.
CoDDER, s. A pea-gatherer. Midx.
Coddle, v. (1) To parboiL

(2) To indulge; to take to<r
much care of.

CoDDY, adj. Small. North.

Code, s Cobbler's wax. Vigby
Myst., p. 35.

CoDGE, p. To do a thing clumsily.
Leic.

Codger, s. A miser; a queer old
fellow.

Codger's-end, s. The end of a
shoemaker's thread.

Codgery, s. a strange mixture.

Cod-glove, *. A thick hedge-glove,
without fingers. Devon.

Codinac, s. a sort of conserve.

Codlings, «. Green peas.

Cooling-cream, *.

To make a codling cream. Affer your
codlings be througlily cooled and ) ield-
ed, put them into a silver dish, and till
the dish almost hiilf with rose-water,
and half a pound of sugar, boil ali tliese
liquors together until half be consumed,
and keep it stirring till it be ready, then
fill up your dish with sweet cream, and
stir it till it be well mingled, and whru
it hath boiled round about the dish, tHkn
it up, sweeten it with sugar, and serve
it cold.

A True Gentlewoman's Delight, 1670.

CoDLiNS, s. Partially burnt lime-
stones. North.

Codpiece, s. A protuberance to
the breeches, suflSciently ex-
plained by its name, and pecu-
liar to the costume of the 16th
cent. It appears to have been
often used as a pincushion. The
name was also given to a simi-
larly formed article worn by wo-
men about the breast.

Yet all is chang'd ; there is great altertition.
Shee is as stale as breech with cudjia

fashion.
Whereof no tailor can avouch the troth,
Witliout he prove it with old painted clotlt >
Jtotnlands, Knaet of Harts, 1613.-

Cods, ». Bellows. North.

Cods-head, s. A fool. North.

Cod-wark, s. Pulse. Tusser.

CoE, s. (1) An odd fellow. Norf.
(2) A small house near a min»
used by the workmen. North,

COF

328

COI

CoF, {/i.-S.) (I) adj. Keen ; eager.

(2) adv. Quickly.
CoFE, s. (ji.-S.) A cave.
CoFERER, s. A chest-maker.
CoFF, V. To change. Oxon.
CoFFE, 8. {A.-S.) A cutf.
Coffin,*. (1) The raised crnst of

a pie.

(2) A conical paper for holding
spices.

(3) A basket or chest.

(4) A shell or rind.
Cofre, *. {A.-N.) A chest.
CoFRENE, 17. To put in a coffer.
CovT, part. p. Bought. Northumb.
Cog, (1) V. To lie or cheat ; to load

a die. " A cogger, un pipeur. To
coy^'e, pi per." The French Schoole-
master, 1636.

If his page, Mockso, pibe at your ill
manners, il is to make you menu tlieni ;
iiiidifhee himselfe, the principall, cu'-
lelh you to the quicke, know that hce is
no cogging chirurpion.

Man in the Moon, 1609.

(2) V. To entice. Sussex.

(3) V. To suit or agree. East.

(4) 8. A wooden dish, or pail.
North.

(5) s. The short handle of a
scythe.

Cog-bell, s. An icicle. Kent.
CoGER, s. A luncheon. South.
CoGFOisT, s. A sharper.
CoGGE, s. (A.-S.) A cock-boat.
CoGGERiE, s. Falsehood; cheating.
CoGGLE, (1)». A cock-boat. Aor/A.

(2) V. To be shaky.

(3)#. A small round stone. Line.

(4) r. To harrow. North.

CoGHEN, "1 / J c>\ rtt .

coHWE;r-(^-^-)^°^°"sh-

CoGMEN, s. Dealers in coarse

clotb.
Cognition, s. (Lai.) Knowledge.
CoGUE, (1) *. A dram.

(2) V. To drink drams.
Cog-ware, s. A sort of coarse

worsted cloth.
Cohere, v. (Lat.) To agree with.

That trimming ^oo, witli your favour, is
very disagreealile, and does not cohere
with your complexion at all.

Shadveell, True Widow, 1679.

CoHiBiTOR, 8. (Lat.) A hindcrer.

Cohorted, /?ar/. jw. Exhorted.

CoiGXE, «. {A -N.) The corner-
stone at the external angle of a
house.

Coil, (1) s. A bustle, tumult, or
noise.

You will not believe what a coil I had
t'other day, to compound a business
betweenaicattern-pear woman and liini,
about snatching.

B. Jons., Bart. Fair, i, 4.

They talk of wit, and this and that, and
keep a ca;/l and a pother about wit,
there's nothing at all in't.

Shadwell, True Widow, 1679.

(2) s. A hen-coop. North.

(3) ». A lump, or swelling. North.

(4) V. To beat.

CoiLE, ». (A.-N.) (1) To choose,
or select.
(2) To strain through a cloth.

CoiLKRS, s. The part of a cart-
horse's harness put over his
rump and round his haunches to
hold back the cart when going
down-hill.

CoiLET, s. (A.-N.) A stallion.

CoiLONS, s. (A.-N.) The testicles.

CoiNE, *. (A.-N.) A quince.

CoJNT, *. (A.-N.) Neat ; curious ;
cunning. Cointese, a stratagem.

CoiSE, adj. Chief; master. Cumb.

CoiSTER, adj. Ill-tempered. North.

CoiSTERED, part. p. (Fr.) Incon-
venienced.

CoiSTREL, s. (A.-N.) (1) An inferior
groom ; one who carried the
knight's arms.
(2) A coward ; a runawav.

CoiSTY, adj. Dainty. North,

CoisY, adj. Excellent ; choice.

CoiT, ». (1) To throw.

(2) To toss the head. East.

CoiTlNG-STONE, 8. A quoil.

CoiTURE, 8. (Lat.) Coition.

COK

329

COL

III roilnre slie dotli conceive ; one sonne
is borne nnd slayiie.

Wanter's Jlbions England, 1592.

„ ' yg. X cook.

COKE, J

CoKAGRYS, 8. A dish in cookery,
made of an old cock. Warner,
Ant. Cul, p. 66.

CoKK, (1) V. To |)ry about. Sussex.

(2) V. To cry peccavi. North.

(3) s. An old name for mineral

coal.

COKEDRIL, "1 . ,.,

>■«. A crocodile.

COKODRILLE, J

CoKEN, V. To choak. North.
CoKER, (1) s. A reaper. Originally

a charcoal maker wlio came out

at harvest time. Warw.

(2) V. To sell by auction. South.
CoKERs, s. Iron rims round clogs.

Cunib,
Cokes, (I) «. A fool ; a simpleton.
Wliy we will make a cokes of this wise

nia.ster.
We will, my mistress, an absolute fine
eoies. B. Jon., Dtrril an Ass, ii, 2.

He slioweth himself herein, ye see, so very

a coze.
The cat was not so madly aliired bv the

foxe. 0. PI., ii, 72.

Go, you're a brainless coax, a tov, a fop.
B. .j' FL, mi at set. We'ap., iii, 1.

(2) V. To coax ; to make a fool
of.

Princes may give a good poet snch con-
venient countenauiice and also benctite,
as are due to an excellent artificer,
tliough they neither kisse nor coki-s
them. Art of Foetrie, I, viii, p. 15.

Coket, 8. A sort of fine bread.
CoKEWOLD, s. {A.-N.) A cuckold.
CoKiN, s. f^A.-N.) A rascal.

COKYRMETE, 8. ClaV. Pr. P.

Cokysse, 8. A female cook.

Coi., (1) 8. (A.-S.) Coal; charcoal.

(2) V. To strain. North.
Colander, «. A cullender, or

strainer. " Crible. A strayncr,

colander, or sive." Nomencl.
CoLBERTiNE, 8. A sort of lacc.
Cold, (1) pret. t. of can, and of

kenne. Could ; knew.

(2) adj. Serious ; sober.

(3) Cold-rost, i. «?., nothing to
the point or purpose.

Cold-chill, s. An ague-fit. East.
CoLD-cooK, 8. An undertaker of a

funeral.
CoLDE, V. {A.-S.) Tj grow cold.
Colder, s. Refuse wheat. East.
CoLD-FiRE, 8. A fire laid but not

lighted,
CoLDHED, s. (A.-S.) Coldness.
CoLDiNG. Shivering. Chesh.
Cold L.\RD, s. A pudding made of

oatmeal and suet. North.
Cold- PIGEON, s. A message.
CoLDRicK, adj. Very cold. " Cold-

rycke or full of cold. Algosus."

Huloet.
Cold-shear, s. Inferior iron.
Cole, (1) ». (A..S.) To cool.
And lete hir cole hir bodi thare.
For hir wordes unwrast.

Legend of Seynt Mergrete, p. 93.

(2) 8. {A.-N.) Cabbage.

(3) 8. Sea-kale. South.

(4) s. Pottage. North.

(5) 8. {A.-N.) The neck.

(6) 8. A colt.

(7) a. A species of gadns.

(8) V. To put into shape. North.
Coleman-hedge, 8. A common

prostitute.

I'emme impudicque, atlonn£c & paillar
disc. A stewed whore, an arrant
whore: Vl coleman hedge : a woman that
is rumpproud. Nomencl., 1585.

CoLEPixY, V. To beat down apples.

Dorset.
CoLE-PROPHET, "1 ». A falsc pro-

COL-PROPHET, J phet.

Cole-prophet and cole-yoyson, thou art both.

Heg'w., Ep. 89, Cent. vi.

Whereby I fbund, I was the hartlcs hare.

And uot the beast colfrophtt did declare

Mirr.for Mag., Oteen Gl., ed'. 1587.

CoLBRiE, 8. {Lat.) Eye-salve.

CoLERON, *. Doves.

CoLESTAFP, s. A strong pole, on
which men carried a burden be-
tween them. Burton speaks of
witchea—

COL

330

COL

Ridins in the. ayreupon a cnulslaffe, out
of a cliimuey top. Anat. of Mel., p. 60.

CoLET, s. An acolyte.
CoLFREN, s. pi. Doves.
CoLiNG,*. The crab-a()i)le. Sfiropsh.
Cor.iSANCE, «. A badge or device.
CoLKE, s. The core.
Coll, v. (1) {A.-N.) To embrace,
or clasp round the neck.

Found lier .iraong a crew of satyrs wild,
Kissing and collitig all the live-long ni^lit.
arim tlie CoUier, O. PI., xi, 191.

There, th'amoroiis vine colls in a thousand
sorts

(With winding arms) her spouse that her
snpports:

The vine, as far inferiour to the rest

Ju beauty, as in bounty past the best.

Du Bartas.
Therefore I blame not Paniphilus so
much, though liee had rather be colling
of her hiniselfe a nights then that my
master should. I'erence in Engl., 1641.

(2) To run about idly. North.
Collar, "I
COLLOW, >s. (1) Soot; grime.
colley, J
(2) Smut in wheat. Kent.
Collar, (1) v. To entangle. North.

(2) V. To collar the mag, to throw
a coit with such precision as to
surround the plug.

(3) s. The fork of a tree, where
the branches part from the trunk.
Northampt.

O'Jllar-ball, «. A light ball used

by children. East.
Collar-beam, s. The upper beam

in a building.
Collard, s. Colewort. East.
Collaret, s.{Fr.) A band for the

neck.

A collaret, is a kind of a gorget that

goes about the neck.

Ladies' Diet., 1694.

CoLLAR-OF-ss, s. A sort of punch.

Mrs. W. Wliat say you to your collar

0/55', then?

Scruple. That would not be amiss.

There's no false Latine in't.

Mrs. W. Quickly, Tim, quickly; — npint

of sack, a quart of sidcr, and a handful

or two of sugar, and put 'um into the

great bowle. The Cheats, 1663.

Collation,*. (Laf.) A conference.

CoLLAUD, V. (Lot.) To unite in
praising.

Collection, s. (Lat.) A conclusion
or consequence.

CoLLEGioNER, s. A collcgian. Sco-
gin's Jests.

College, s.. An assembly of small
houses having a common entrance
from the street. Somerset.

CoLLER-EGGS, s. Ncw-Iaid eggs.
North.

Collet, «. (Fr.) (1) The setting
which surrounds the stone of a
ring.

(2) A small collar or band, worn
as part of the dress of the infe-
rior clergy in the Romish church.

Collets,*. Young cai)l)ages. Berks.

CoLLEY, s. (1) A blackbird. So-
merset.

(2) Butchers' meat. North.

(3) Soot. See Collar.

Collier, s. A seller of charcoal.

Colligate, v. (Lat.) To bind to-
gether.

Colli-molly, s. a jocular corrup-
•tion of melancholy.

Tlie devil was a little colli-mollie and would
not come oflf.

Decl. of Pop. Imp., sign. Q -3.

Colling, s. An embrace.
CoLLiNGLY, adv. Cioscly ; embrac-
ing at the same time.

And hung about his neck.
And colUnglie him kist.

Gascoigne, Works, A 2.

CoLLTSE, "1 «. (A.-N.) Broth.
COLLAYES, f " Broth or collyse,

Pulmeniarium." Huloet.
CoLL-ME-NEAR, s. The swcet-wil-

liam.

The flower sweet-william was called,
among other names, col-me-near, i. e.,
hug me close : from the flowers being
formed in so compact a cluster.

Lyte's Doioens.

CoLLOBYNG, '\part. a. Mending.

COLLOPYNG, J "Payd for callopyng

a bell clapper." Old Parish Ace.

COL

331

COM

CoLLOCK, s. A great pail. North,

Collogue, ». (1) To confederate
together for mischief; to con-
verse secretly ; to cheat.
(2) To flatte'r.

CoLLOP. s. A rasher of bacon, or a
slice of flesh.

Colly, (1) s. Soot; the smut of
coal. See Collar.

(2) V. To blacken, or make dark.

Nor Iiast tlioa collied thy face enough,
stinkard ! B. Juiis., Poetast., iv, 5.

To see her streaking with her ivory

)iand his collied cheekes, and with lier

tnowy lingers coml)ing his sootv beard.

Cceliim Brilan., B 4, 1634.

(3) adj. Dirty ; smutty. Leic.

(4) ». A cottager's cow. North-
ampt.

CoLLY-WESTON. A term uscd whcH
anything goes wrong. Chesh.

Colly -WOBBLE, adj. Uneven.
West.

CoLLY-woMPERED.par^jo. Patch-
ed. North.

CoLMATE, s. A colestaff. Durham.

CoLMosE, 8. The searaew. See
Calmewe.

CoLNE, s. A basket, or coop.
" Colne or francke for fowles.
Vinarium. Colne made of roddes
or wyckers. Scirpea." Huloet.

CoLOBE, *. {ImI.) a short coat
reaching to the knees.

CoLOFONY, ». Common rosin.

CoLOFaE, s. Fine gunpowder.

Colon, «. Stalks of furze-bushes,
remaining after burning. North

CoLPHEG, \iTom Lat, colaphizo.)
To beat, or buffet.

CoLPicE, ». A leaver. Warw.

CoLSH, «. Concussion. North,

Colt, (1) r. To cheat.

(2) V. To crack, as timber. Warw.

(3) V. To ridge earth. South.

(4) 8. A new comer, who is re-
quired to pay a forfeit called
colt-ale.

(5) 8. An apprentice, especially
to a clothier. lVe8t.

(6) s. A piece of wood, found
loose inside a tree.
(7)». A third swarm of bees :n
the same season. West.

(8) V. To wanton ; to frisk about.

(9) To have a coU's tooth, to be
wanton.

Indeed, towanls you I am somewhat
frigid; but some in the world know I
have a toll's tooth.

S/cadicell, Bury Fair, 1C89.

(10) To get a colt to a windmill,
to do a difficult thing.

Tlie gentleman presently takes tlie
book, and beginning again, cries out
nloud, fire, fire, heresie, rebellion ; so
that now you can no more get him
near that book, than a colt to a iriiid-
mill. Eachants Observations, 1671-

CoLTEE, V. To be skittish. Devon.
CoLT-EviL, *. The strangury.
CoLT-iN, V. To fall in, as the side

of a pit or quarry. Glouc.
CoLTiNG, *. Foot-ale. Warw.
Colt-pixy, «. A fairy. West.
CoLVMBiyK, adj. (Lat.) Dove-like.
CoLUMBUCK, ». An aromatic wood.

A colurtihucJc, a yiiece of wood of a very
pleasant scent, used in their diambers
to keep out unwiiolesora aires.

Ditnton's Ladies Dictionary, 1694.

CoLVER, adj. Delicious. North.
CoLVERE, 8. {A.-S.) A dove.
Com, pret. t. Came.
CoMADE, *. A mixture.
CoMADORE, 8. A table delicacy in

ancient cookery, formed of fruits.
Comb, (1) *. {A.-S.) A valley.

(2> 8. A balk of land. Devon.

(3) 8. A sharp ridge. North,

(4) ». A brewing-vat. Chesh.

(5) *. The window-stool of a
casement. Glouc.

(6) s. A mallet. Devon.

(7) V. To acrospiie. West.

(8) To cut a person's comb, to
disable him.

CoMBACY, *. Fighting.

And did conclude by combaey to winn«
or loose tjie game.

Warner' t Jlbions England, U02.

COM

532

COM

'"OMBATANCV, s. Figliting.

foMB-BROACH, s. The tooth of a
wooUcomb. Somerset.

.'oMBERE, V. To trouble. Combe-
rere, a trouble. Combersome,
troublesome, difficult of access.

3oMBRE-woRLD, 8. Au incum-
brance to the world.

JoMBDBMENT, s. Incumbrance.

JuMBusT, adj. (Lat.) Burnt.

^iJoMBUSTIODs, adj. Blustering,

1( late when Boreas' blustriug blasts Lad
blowne

Down mighty trees, and chimnies tops ore-
thrown.

In th' interim of this fierce comhust'tons
weather.

Rowlands, Knaves of Sp. ^- D., 1613.

Come, (1) .v. {A.-S.) Arrival.

(2) pret. t. pi. Came.

(3) ». To go.

(4) ». To become.

(5) V. To succumb : to yield.
(6) ». To overflow, or flood.
West.

(7) V. To be ripe. Dorset.

(8) adj. Ripe. Dorset.

(9) «. A comfit. North.
Come-back, s. A guinea-fowl, so

named from its peculiar note.
CoME-BY, V. To procure.
{Z0M2.O, pret. t. Came. A common

vulgarism.
Co-MEDLED, adj. Well mixed.
CoME-iN, V. To surrender.
CoMELiNG, \s. A stranger; a

CUMLYNG, J guest.

CoMEN, V. To commune.

CoME-oFF, ». (1) To execute any
business.
(2) To alter ; to change.

CoME-oN, p. To grow; toeneroach;
to succeed.

CoME-ovER, V. To cajole.

CoMERAWNCE, s. Vexation ; grief.

CoMEROus, adj. Troublesome.

Comestible, adj. {Lat.) Eatable.

Comfort ABLK, *. A covered pas-
sage-boat used on the Tyne.

Comfortable-bread, s. Spiced
gingerbread.

Comic, s. A comedian, or actor.

My cliief business here this evening was
to speak to my Irieiids in bebait' of
lionesl Cave Underbill, who has been a
comic for three generations.

Steele, Tatter, No. 22.

Comical, arf/. Ill-tempered. West.

Com IN E, V. {Lat.) To threaten.

Coming, part. a. A word used to
denote the equal germination of
all the grains in the same parcel
of malt.

CoMiNs, s. Commonage. Midi. C.

Comise, v. {A.-N.) To commit.

CouiT, pres. t. s. {A.-S.) Comes.

Comity, s. {Lat.) Courtesy.

CoMLAND, *. {A.-N.) A covenant.

Comlyly, adv. Courteously.

Commander, s. A wooden rammer
for driving piles into the ground.

Commandments, *. The nails of
the ten fingers.

Commeddle, v. {Fr.) To mix.

Commence, «. (1) Aoy aflfair. South.
(2) An awkward event. Essex.

Commends, s. Regards; compli-
ments.

Commensal, s. {Lat.) A compa-
nion at table.

Comment, v. To invent ; to devise.

Commenty, s. The community.

CoMMEVE, V. To move.

Commist, part. p. {Lat.) Joined
together.

Commit, v. To be guilty of incon-
tinence.

Commil not with mail's sworn spouse.

Lear, iii, 4.

Thougli she accus'd
Me even in dream, wliere thoughts commit
by cliauce. JFils, 0. PI., viii, 425.

Committer, ». A person guilty of
incontinence.

If all commuters stood in a rank.
They'd make a lane, in which vour shame
might dwell. Decic. Hon. Wh.

Committed, part. p. Accounted ;

considered.
Commode, s. A lady's head-dress,

of considerable bulk, fashionable

COM

333

COM

at the beginning of the last cen-
tury.

Very good, there's an impudent ropiie
too, he has an jguoraiit raw skittish
head, witli a fluiring comode on.

Durffy, Miirriage-kaler Xatch'd.

Yet least these prove too great a load,
Tliey'r all rompnz'd in one commode;
Pins tip't nith di;iiiiond point and head,
By which the curies are I'astned.

Loudon Ladies Dressing Room, 1705.

I wash'd and patch'd to make me look pro-

vokini:.
Snares that they told me wou'd catch the

men;
.\iid on my head a huge commode sat cock-

inir.
Which made me shew as tall agen.

Old Souff.

Commodity,*. (1) Interest; ad-
vantage.

(2) Mares taken in payment by
needy persons who borrowed
money of usurers.

(3) An interlude. Shakesp.
{\) A prostitute.

(3) Pudeuduui f.

Commoner, s. A common lawyer.

CoMMOXEYS, «. A boy's term for
a choice sort of marble.

CoMMOx-piTCH, s. A term applied
to a roof in wliich the length of
tlie rafters is about three fourths
of the entire span.

Commons, s. Provisions.

CoMMORAXT, ;yor^ a. (Lat.) Re-
maining at a place with another.

Commorse, «. Compassion ; pity.

.\nd this is sure, though his offense he such.
Yet doth calamitie attract commorse.

Uaniel, Cir. H'ars, i, 46.

CoMMORTH, «. A subsidy, a contri-
bution, for a special occasion.

CoMMOTHER, ». A godmother.
North.

CoiiHOTivE,ad;. {Lat.) Disturbing.

Fur, th' Etemall, knowing
llie seas commotive atvi inconstant howing,
Thns curbed lier ; and 'gainst her envious

r.igo,
lor ever fenf't our fiowrv-mnntled stage.
I)u Bar/as.

CoHMDNE, (1) ». (J.-N.) The com«
monalty.
(2) p. To distribute.

Communes, «. The common people.

Communicate, v. {Lat.) To share
in.

Commy, v. To come. Skelton.

CoMNANT, «. A covenant.

CoMouN, 8. {A.-N.) A town, or
township.

CoMPACE, V. To encompass.

CoMPAiGNABLK, adj. {A.-N.) So-
ciable.

CoMPAiGNE-wiG, «. A wig of an
expensive description.

Aug. ve 4, 1711, a compnigne-ieigg, 9/.
Old Bill of Expenditure.

Com PAINE, g. {A.-N.) A com-
panion.

CoMPANABLE, odj. Sociable.

CoMPANAGE, 8. {A.-N.) Food ;
sustenance.

Companion, *. A feltow of bad
character, becr.use " companies"
were generally of rogues and
vagabonds.

Company, r. To accompany. To
company with a woman, y«/Berf.
Palsff.

Company-keeper, ». (1) A com-
panion.

It is a pretty soft thing this same love,
an e.tcellent company keeper, full of
gentlenesse.i

Essay es by Corutoattyet, 16S-.

(2) A lover. East
Compare, 8. Comparison.

Wlience you, and your illustrious sister are
Each in their several kinds without com-
pare ;
You for a matchless virgin, she a wife ;
The great examples of a vertuous life.

Flecknoe's Epigrams, 1670.

Comparative, «. A rival. 5Aajtc«/y.
Comparisons, s. Caparisons.
Com parity, ». Comparison.
Com pas, ». (1) {A -N.) Form:
stature.

(2) A circle.

(3) An outline. Ea»t.

(4) Compost. Tuaaer.

COM

334

CON

COMPASMENT, \s. (J.-N.) CoD-

COMPASSING, J trivance.
Compassed, adj. Circular. A bay
window, or oriel window, was
called a compassed window.
Compel, v. To extort.
CoMPENSE, V. To recompense.
Compere, s. (A.-N.) A gossip; a
companion.
But wote ye wlmt I do here?
To seke youth, my compere:
Fayne of hym I « olde have a sight,
But my lippes hauge in my lyglic.

Mnterlude of youth.

Compersome, adj. Frolicsome.
Derhysh.

CoMPERTE, ». (jMt. cotnpertum.)
An ascertained fact. Monastic
Letters, pp. 50, 85.

Compest, v. To cotnjjost land.

Complain, p. {A.-N.) To lament
for.

CoMPLE, (1) V. To taunt, or bully.
North.
(2) adj. Angry. Yorksh.

Complement, «. Anything orna-
mental.

Complin, adj. Impertinent. Far. d.

Compline,*. {A.-N.) The last ser-
vice of the day iu the Catholic
church.

CoMPLisH, V. To accomplish.

CoMPLORE, V, {Lat.) To weep to-
gether.

CoMPLOT, V. To plot together.

CoMPON-covERT, s. A sort of lace.

CoMPONE, V. {Lat.) To compose.

Composites, s. Numbers more
than ten and not multiples of it.
An old arithmetical term.

CoMPOSTURE, s. Compost.

Composure, s. Composition.

CoMPouNST, /;ar/./;. Compelled.

Peace, dawpates, while I tell a thing' now
rejounst

In my liead, wliich to utter I am com-
pomist. Ilf.yvoood'a Spider ^ File, 1556.

Comprise, v. To draw a conclu-

clusion.
CoMPROBATE, part. p. {Lat.)

Proved.

■ s. A comrade.

CoMPROMiT, V. {Lat.) To submit

to a 1 bit ration.
CoMPT, adj. {Lat.) Neat ; spruce.
CoMPTE, s. {A.-N.) Account.

COMRAGUE, 1
COMROGUE, J

CoMSEN, V. {A.-S.) To begin ; to
endeavour. Comsing, beginning:,
commencement.

CoMCNALTt;, s. {A.-N.) Com-
munity ; the commons.

Comyn, ^1) adj. {A.-N.) Common.

(2) s. {A.-N.) The commons.

(3) s. An assembly.

(4) s. Cummin.

(5) s. Litharge of lead.
CoMYNER, *. {Lat.) A partaker.
Comynte, s. Community.

Con, (1) V. {A.-S.) To learn ; to
know. Still used in the North.
To con thanks, to study expres-
sions of gratitude, to acknow-
ledge an obligation.

I con. tliee thanke to whom thy dogges be
deaie. Pemb. Arc, p. 22 K

What me ? whongh, how fiiendly you are
to them that conites you no thank.

Terence in English, 1641.

(2) pres. t. Can ; is able.

(3) V. To calculate ; to consider;
to meditate upon.

(4) V. To search whether a hen
is with egg. North.

(5) V. To fillip. North.

(6) s. A squirrel. Cumb.
CoisiABhE, adj. {A.-N.) (1) Suitable.

(2) Famous.
CoNANDLY,adp. Knowingly; wisely.
Con A NT, s. A covenant.
CoNCABELL, *. An icicle. Devon.
Concealment, s. A hidden ))art of

a person.

Wliat are such she objects, to a man
that can with more gayncss behold his
brown mares buttocks llian the finest of
their concealments.

HoKard, Man of Newmarket, 1678.

Conceit, (1) s. An ingenious de-
vice.
(2) V. To suppose ; to suspect.

CON

335

CON

(3) «. An opinion. West
(4) * (A.-N.) Conception; appre-
liension.
CoNCEiTEU, adj. (1) Fanciful; in-
genious.

(2) Merry ; given to jesting.
Your lordship is conceited.

B. Jon., Sej., act i.

Conceived, adj. Beliaved. Weber.
Concent, s. (Lat.) Harmony.
Concern, (1) «. An estate.

(2) *. A business.

(3) V. To meddle with.
CoNciNNATE, adj. (Lat.) Fit; be-
coming.

Conclude, v. (Lat.) To include.
Conclusion, s. An experiment.
And, like the famous ape.
To try conclusions, in the biisket creep,
And break your neck down.

Shakesp., Ilmnl., iii, 4.

Coxcomitate, v. {Lat.) (1) To
accompany with.

Tliey (the fishes) were glnd of our com-
pany many hundred miles, concomitating
and frisking ahout us.

Herbert's rrar<r/*, 1638.

(2) Futuere.

The women are Gods creatures, but
liave adulterated liisjholy starape, by
not only deforming their face and body,
hut by that vile luhricitie their soules
are spotted witli. Impudence goes here
unmasked; it is no novehie for them to
open the sack tliey goe in, and intice a
stranger to concomitate.

Herbert's Travels, 1638.

Concrew, v. To grow together.
CoNCUBiT, V. (Lat.) To sleep with.
Of Alanus, grown old.
His cubit with's wives cubit measuring,
Alauus said, O sweet concnbilxng.

Owen's Epigrams, 1677.

CoNCUPY, *. Concupiscence.
He'll tickle it for his concupy

Tro. Sr Cress.
Concussion, s. {Lat.) Extortion.

And then eoncnssion, rapine, pilleries.
Their catalogue of accusations till.

Dan. Civ. Wars, iv, 75

CoNCURBiT, ». (Lat.) Asubiimiiig-

vessel.
CoNCYS, s. A kind of sauce.

Capons in coneys. Take capons, and
rest hem riglit hoot that they be not
lialf yiiouhg, and hewe tliem to gobettes,
and cast hem in a pot; dolliereto cltne
broth, seeth hem that they be teiidn.-.
Take brede and the self broth, and
drawe it up yfeies. Take strong powdor
and safroun and salt and cast thereto.
Take ayrenn, and seeth them hardt;
take out the Tolkes, and hewe the whytc
thereinne; talce the pot fro tlie fyre, and
cast the wliyte thereinne. Messe thu
disshe therewith, and lay the jolkes
hool, and floer it with clowes.

Forme of Cury, p. 8.

CoND, V. To conduct. Chaucer.
CoNDE, part. p. (A.-S.) Known ;

perused.
CoNDECORATE, V. (Lat.) To adom.

Many choice and fragrant gardens also
coniecorate her, which together make a
combined beauty, though seemingly se-
parate. Herbert's Travels, 163S.

CoNDER, s. (1) A man who from

an eminence gives notice to the

fishers of the direction the her-
ring-shoals take.

(2) A corner. Devon.
Co'SDERSATK, part. p. Congealed.
Condescend, v. (Lat.) (1) To

agree.

(2) To yield.
CoNDETHE, ». Safe conduct.
CoNDiDDLE, V. To filch away ; to

convey anything away by trickery.

Comw. &( Devon.
CoNDiE, V. (A.-N.) To conduct.
CoNDisE, ». (A.-N.) Conduits.
Condition, s. Disposition ; temper.
CoNDOCiTY, 8. Docility. Leie,
Condon, adj. Knowing.
CoNDRAK, s. A sort of lace.
Conduct, (1) «. A conductor.

(2) part, p (Lat.) Hired.
Conduction, s. Conduct; charge.
Conduct-money, s. Money paid to

soldiers and sailors to carry them

to their ships.
Condul, s. (A.-S.) a candle; pi.

condlen.
Cone, «. A clog. North.
Cone-wheat, s. Bearded- wheat.

Kent.

CON

336

CON

Coney, s. A bee-hive. Ttisser.

CoNFECT, (1) s. A sweetmeat;
a comfit.
(2) V. To prepare as sweetmeats.

CosTECTED,part.p. Pliable. North.

CoNFECTURK, s. {A.-N.) Compo-
sition.

CoNFEDER, V. To Confederate.

CoNFEiT, ». A sweetmeat.

Confer, v. {Lat.) To compare.

CoxFERY, «. {J.-N.) The daisy.

Confidant,*. (jFr.) " k confidant,
is a small curl next the ear."
Ladies' Diet., 1694.

Confine, v. To expel.

CoNFiNED,j5»ar/.jB. Engaged to one
master for a year. Line.

CoNFiNELESs, adj. Boundlcss.

CoNFiNER, 8. (A.-N.) A borderer.

CoNFisKE, V. (A.-N.) To confiscate.

CoNFiTEOR, s. A confessor.

Touchinge wordes by liim spokene in
matters of religion, of creepinge to the
crosse, liolly watere, &c., and iianily of
a newe soai-te of confiteors.

Archtgologia, xviii, 128.

CoNFiTiNG, s. A sweetmeat.

CoNFLATE.joar^.jB. {Lat.) Troubled.

CoNFLOPSHUN,*. Confusion. A'orM.

Confound, ». To destroy. Shak.

CoNFRARY, «. {A.-N.) A brother-
hood.

Confuse, adj. {A.-N.) Confounded.

CoNFY, s. A confection.

CoNRE, ». (1) To bow. East.
(2) {A.-N.) To send away ; to
expel.

Congee, «. (1) Leave.
(2) A bow.

A tyler and a surgion met togellier :
Whose congees Tjtmi, and salutations dnn,
Tiie tyler's lui-ther speacli he thus beeun.
Rowlands, Knaves of Sp. ^- !»., 1013.

Congelate, part. p. {Lat.) Con-
gealed.

CoNGEON, s. A dwarf. Minsheu.

Conger, s. A cucumjjer. North-
ampt.

Congerdoust, 8. A dried conger.

CoNGRECE, 8. {A.-N.) A suit of
servants.

CoNGREE, p. To agree togetLer.

CoNGRUELY, adv. Fitly.

Congruent, adj. Fit. Congruenee,
fitness.

CoNiFFLE, V. To embezzle. Somer-
set.

CoNiG, 8. A rabbit. See Cony.

Conigar, ~| s. a rabbet-warren.

coNiGARTH, | " Contgare, or cony

conigre, )>earth, or clapper

coNYNGERY, j for conics. Viva-

conigreen, J rium." Huloet. In

Wiltshire, Somersetshire, and

other counties in the west of

England, this word, variously

spelt, eonigree, eonnygar, &c., is

often met with as the name of a

field, and sometimes of a street,

as in the town of Trowbiidge.

CoNisANCE, s.{A.-N.) Understand-
ing.

CoNJECT, (1) V. To conjecture.

(2) part. p. Tlirown into.

(3) V. To project.

Conjecture, v. {A.-N.) To judge.

CoNJOUN, s. {A.-N.) A coward.

Conjurator, s. {Lat.) A conspi-
rator.

Conjure, v. {A.-N.) To adjure.

CoNJURisoN, *. {A.-N.) Conjura-
tion.

Conkers, s. Snail-shells. East.

Connatks, s. (A.-N.) A sort of
marmalade of quinces.

Connates. Take counes, and pare hem;
pyke out the best, and do hem in a pot
of erthe. Do thereto whyte grace, that
he stewethereiniie, andlyehem up with
liony clarified, and with rawe ^olkes,
and with a lytell almaund mylke, and
dothereiniie powder-fort and safrcuii ;
and loke that it be y-leeshed.

Forme of Cury, p. 7.

CoNNATivE, adj. {Lat.) Born at
the same time with.

At this rare copie of connathe love,
Which in's affection this reply did move ;
I promise and protest, all said and done,
Is highly worthy such an lionouj'd sonne
Virgil hy VicarS) 1632

CoNNE, (1) *. {A.-N.) A quince.

CON

337

CON

(2) V. (J. S.) To know; to be

able.
Conner, s. A reader. YorX:sh.
CoNNEX, V. (Lat.) To join together,
CoNNiEARS, s. A beast's kidneys.

North.
Conning, s. (J.-S.) Learning;

knowledge.
CoNNY, adj. Handsome ; pretty.

North.
CoNOUR, s. A small outlet for

water.
CoNQuiNATE, V. (Lat.) To pollute.
CoN-REY, s. {A.-N.) A company ;

a cortege; an entertainment.
Conscience,*. Estimation. North.
CoNSECUTE, V. {Lat.) To attain.
CoNSEiL, s. {A.-N.) Counsel.
Conserve, ». {A.-N.) To preserve.
Conserves, s. {Fr.) Preserves.

It is his mominz's driiught, when lie
riselli; hia cotiserves or cates, when lie
liiith well dined; his aftcrnoones nun-
(ions ; and wlien he goeth to bedde, his
posset smoaking-liote.

Man in the Moone, 1G09.

Consenisc, or any thynge whyche is
condite, or conserved, as grapes, bar-
beries, fvgges, pearles, &c. Salj/ama.
lluloet.

CoNSERVisE, s. A conservatory.
CoNSEYLY, V. {A.-N.) To advise.
CoNSHRivE, V. To shrive, confess.

What a devil, he won't conshrive her him-
self? Flora's Vagaries, 1670.

Considerable, adj. Important;

grand ; applied to a person.
Consist, v. {Lat. consistere, to

agree.) To exist at the same time

with ; to be compatible.

To this we answered, that there was no
repugnancy betwixt these two asser-
tions, viz. that our desires were agreea-
ble to the fundamental hiws, and yet
Ibat we craved that the acts which were
repugnant to the conclusions of the
assembly should be repealed; for both
could very well consist : because, as it
was competent to tlie parliament .to
make laws and statutes for the good of
the church and stiite, so it was jiroper
for them to repeal all laws contrary
thereunto. Ituihworth, sub an. 1639.

Cons KITE, 1 ,, ,.

CONSKITT,/''-"^'"'^'''**?^'"^^''^-

Consort, (1) s. A band of mu-
sicians.
(2) V. To associate with.

Consoud, s. {A.-N.) The lesser
daisy.

Conspiration, s. {Lat.) A con-
spiracy.

CoNSPiREMENT, ». Conspiracy.

CONSTABLERIE, s. {A.-N.) A Ward
of a castle, under charge of a
constable.

CoNSTELL, V. {Lat.) To forebode ;
to procure by prognostication .'

Oh, could seaven planets and twelve
signes constell one such unrest.

Warner's Albioiis England, 159i.

CoNSTERY, 1 «. A consistory

CONSTORY, J court.

CoNSTER, V. To construe.
CoNSTiLLE, V. To distii.
CoNSTOBLE, \s. A great coat.

CONSLOPER, J East.
CoNSUETE, adj. {Lat.) Usual ;

accustomed.
Consummate, ar//. {Lat.) Perfect.

lormerly an eminent merchant in Lon-
don, whom the aiitlior had tbe happi-
ness to accompany in these travels, is
now again revised to make it the more
consummate and inviting.

Brorne's Travels over England.

Contain, v. To abstain; to re-
strain.

Contek, T *. {A.-S.) Debate;
contake, j quarrelling. Cont»-
hour, a person who quarrels.

CoNTEL, V. To foretel. Tusser.

Contenance, «. Appearance ; be-
haviour.

CoNTENTATiON, ». Content.

Contignat, adv. {Lat.) Suc-
cessively. Heame.

Continent, (1) «. That wbicL
contains, Shakesp.
(2) adv. Immediately. For tn*
continent.

Continuance, s. Duration.

CON

33S

CON

It is true: this kiud of wood is of
greater continuance in watry places,
then any other timber: for it i8 ob-
served, tliat in these places it seldonie
ur never rots.

Norden's Surveyors Dialogue.

Continue, s. (Fr.) Contents.
CoNTOURBE, V. To disturb.
CoNTRAiRE, a<^*.(./^.-iV.) Contrary;

opposite.
Contraption,*. (1) Construction.

Hampsh.

(2) Contrivance. West.

CONTRARIK, (1) ». (^.-A^.) Togo

against ; to oppose.

(2) V. To vex.

(3) adj. Obnoxious.
CoNTRARiocs, adj. (A.-N.) Dif-
ferent.

CoNTRAVERSE, ad/. Contrary to.

CoNTRETH, s. Countrv.

CoNTREVORE, s. A contrivance.

Contribute, v. To take tribute of.

Contrive, v. (1) {Lat.) To wear
out, pass away.

(2) To confound, used as an
imprecation. "Contrive the pig !"
Leic.

CoNTROVE, V. {A.-N.) To invent.

CoNTUBERNiAL, adj. {Lot.) Fa-
miliar.

CoNTUND, V. (Lat.) To beat down.

CoNTUNE, V. To continue.

CoNTURBATioN, s. {Lat.) Dis-
turbance.

CoNVAiL, V. To recover.

CoNVALK, ». {Lat. convalUs.) A
valley.

CoNVENABLE, adj. Fitting.

Convene, «. {A.-N.) Arrangement.

Convent, v. To summon ; to
convene.

Conventionary-rents, 8. The
reserved rents of life-leases.

CoNVENT-LOAF, s. Fine mancbet.

Converse, s. A point in conversa-
tion.

'Tis very pleasant to hear him talk of
the advantages of this reformation, bis
lectin es of repiirtes, converse, regales,
and an hundred more unintelligible lii|)-
perie*. The IMformaiion, 1073.

Convertitb, s. a convert.
Convey, a. Conveyance.
Conveyance, s. Stealing.
CoNvicious, «. {Lat.) Abusive.
Convince, v. {Lat.) To conquer;

to convict ; to overcome.
Convive, v. To feast together.
Convoy, s. A clog for the wheel

of a wagon. North.
Cony, s. (1) {A.-S.) A rabbit.

(2) Rabbit-skin.
Cony-catch, v. To deceive ; to

cheat; to trick.

He will omit no villaiiie he can cleanly
commit ; he will cheat his fatlier, coseii
his mother, and conycatch liis o«'iie
sister. Man in the Moone, 1609.

Thence to Hodsdon, where stood watching
Cheats who hv'd by cony-catching :
False cards brought me, with them play 'd I,
Dear for their acquaintance paid 1.

Drunken Barnaby.

CoNY-CATCHER, s. A sharper, or
cheat.

A conie-catcher, a name given to de-
ceivers, by a metaphor, taken from
those that rob warrens, and come-
grounds, using all means, sleights, and
cunning to deceive them, as pitching of
haies before their holes, fetching tbtni
in by tumblers, &c. Minsheu.

CoNY-CLAPPER, ». A ral)bit-war-
ren. Monastic Letters, p. 76.

CoNY-yisH, s. The loach.

CoNY-FOGLE, V. To lay plots. Line.

CoNYGARTHE, s. A rabbit-warrcH.
See Conigar.

The He of Thanet, and those easterne
partes are the grayner; the Weald was
the wood ; Rumney Marsh is the medow
plot; the Nortlidowues, towards the
Thamvse be the conygarthe or warreine.
Lambarde's Peramb. of Kent, 1596.

CoNY-GREEN, «. A rabbit-warrcn.
CoNY-HOLE, s. A rabbit-burrow.

Here's one of Sir Ralph Nonsuch hit
rabbet-catchers : there's scarce a ferret
sees further into a coney-hole.

HhWard, Man of Nevonarket, 1678.

CoNY-LAND, s. Land so light and
sanfiy as to be fit for nothing but
rabbits. East.

CON

339

COP

CoNYNGE, (1) «. (^.-A^.) A rabbit.

(2) adj. Learned. Konyngeste,

Most learned, or clever.
Coo, {\)v. To call. Cumb.

(2) s. A jackdaw. Pr. P.

(3) 8. Fear. North.
CoocH-HANDED, adj. Left-handcd.

Devon.

Cook, v. (1) To throw; to chuck.
(2) To disappoint; to punish.
North.

CooK-EEL, ». A cross-bun. East.

CooKLE, *. A pair of prongs through
which the meated spit is thrust.
East.

Cooler, s. A large open tub.

Cooling CARD. Something to damp
or overwhelm the hopes of an
expectant. A phrase supposed
by some to be borrowed from
some game in which money was
staked upon a card, and to have
been originally applied to a card
so decisive as to cool the courage
of the adversary.

Tliese hot youths
I fear will find ii cooling card.

B. and tl., Island Pr., i, 3.

CooLSTOCK, s. Colewort.

CooL-TANKARD, s. The plant bo-
rage, used as one of the ingre-
dients in a favorite beverage of
the same name. Northampt.

CooM, s. Dust ; dirt; soot. North.

CooMS, s. Ridges. East.

Coop, (1) «. A closed cart. North.

(2) 8. A hollow vessel made of
twigs, used for taking fish in the
Ilumber.

(3) An abbreviation of come up !
CooPLE, V. To crowd. North.
CooRE, V. To cower. Yorkah.
CooscoT, 8. The wood-pigeon.

North.
CoosE, V. To loiter. Devon.
Coot, ». (1) The water-hen.

(2) The ancle, or foot. North.
COOTTON, «. A dolt.
Cop, (1) ». {A.-S.) The top, or

summit; the head, or crest.

(2) «. A pinnacle ; the rising part
of a battlement.

(3) 8. A mound ; a heap. North.

(4) s. An inclosure with a ditch
round it.

(5) *. A round piece of wood at
the top of a bee-hive.

(6) *. A fence. North.

(7) *. The part of a wagon which
hangs over the thiller-horse.

(8) *. The beam placed between
a pair of drawing oxen.

(9) 8. A cop of peas, fifteen
sheaves in th& field, and sixteen
in the barn.

(10) ». A lump of yarn. North.

(11) r. To throw underhand.
CoPART, V. To join in ; to share.
CoFATAiN, 1 «. A hat, in the

coppiDTANKE, I form of a sugar
coppiNTANK, J loaf. See Copped.

Cop-BONE, s. The knee-pan. So-
merset.

Cope, (1) ». To top a wall.

(2) ». (a.-S.) To exchange mer>
chandise.

(3) V. (A.-S.) To buy. Leic.
(4){A.-N.) A cloak, or covering.

(5) r. To comply?

To reqnest yon, sir, that by any means
you would hinder our chiefs, Mr.
Swiftspur and Mr. Trainstedy, from
coping with any suchdelijihts.

Hotcard, Matt of Nevimarket, 1678.

(6) 8. A tribute paid to the lord
of the manor in the Derbyshire
lead mines for smelting lead at
his mill.

(7) V. To give way, to fall in, as
a bank or wall. H'arw.

(8) r. To fasten; to muzzle.
East.

(9) 8. A large quantity. East.

(10) V. To pare a hawk's beak.

(11) r. Yniviext.Shakesp.yOlhel.,
iv, 1.

Copeman, 8. {A.-S.) A chapman,

or merchant.
Cofebniceb, 8.

COP

340

COP

Or if eomhattansie not please, the land is

rich and large.
And they conernicers may live, and us of

death iischarge.

Warner's Alhxoru England, 1592.

CoPERONE, 8. A pinnacle. Pr. P.
CoPESMATE, s. A friend; a com-
panion ; a fellow.

Klse my conciiision is.
If not for worth, liy force perforce to tvinne

lier from you all.
Yea thou<;h our hanisht copesmate could
liis lirittish succours call.

Warner's Albions England, 1592.

Her honest husband is her hobie-horse
at home, and abroad, her foole ;
amongst lier copMHia<«, wanton wenches
game amongst themselves, and wagges
sport to point at with two fingers.

3Ian in the Moone, 1609.

Tluseop««?»a/ewill bring men that have
lost some of their wit quite beside theni-
seWes. Terence in English, 1641.

COPB-HORSE-DEALERS, «. PcttV

dealers in horses. Leic.
Cop-halfpenny, «. The game of

chuck-farthing.
Cop-head, *. A tuft of feathers

or hair on the head of an animal,
Copie, «. (Lat. copia.) Plenty.
Copiner, s. (A.-S.) a lover.
Copious, adj. (Lat.) Plentiful.
Copland, s. A piece of land which

termmates in an acute angle.
CoPLOFT, s. A toploft.

Also in the coplofles two little wheeles,

apples, some wooll, with other thinges

there. MS. Inventory, 1658.

CoppE, s. {A.-N.) A cup.

Copped, ] adj. (1) Peaked, refer-

coPT, >ring to the fashion of

couPED, J the long-peaked shoe,

or to the peaked hat, worn at a

later period, also called a coppid

tank hat. This word appears in

various forms.

With hlgh-eopt hats, and feathers flaunt a

flaunt. Gascoigne, Hearbes, p. 216.

Cliapeau d'Albanois. A suger loafe Iiat :

a coppid ianke hat. Nomenclalor.

Qui a la teste a'.:ue, ou pointue. One
that bath a heade with a sharpe crowne,
or fashioned like a sugerlofe : a cojrid
tanke. lb.

Upon their heads tbey ware felt hats,
copple-tanked, a quarter of an ell hi^h,
or more. Comines, by Datut, B 5, b.

Then should come in the doctours of
Loven, [Louvain] with their great cop-
pin-tankes, and doctours hattes.

Bee-hite of Rom. Ch., I 7, b.

A coptankt hat, made on a Flemish block.

Gasc. Workes, N 8, b.

(2) Crested. " Accreste. Crested,
copped ; having a great creast."
Cotgrave.

Were they as copped and high-crested aa
ntarish whoops.

Rabelais, Ozell, B. II, ch. xii.

(3) Proud ; insulting. North.
CoppEL, «. (Fr.) A small cup.
CoppER-CLOUTS, «. Spatterdashes.

Devon.

CoppERFiNCH, s. The chaffinch.
West.

CoppER-ROSE, «. The red field-
poppy.

CoppiE, s. A dram. North.

CoppiN, 8. A piece of yarn taken
from the spindle. North.

Copping, s. A fence. North.

CoppLE-CROWN, s. A high head,
rising up ; hair standing up on
the crown of the head ; a tuft of
feathers on a bird's head.

And what's their feather?

Like the copple crown
The lapwing has. Randolph, Amynt., ii, 3.

CoppLiNG, adj. Unsteady. East.
CoppRous, 8. A syllabub.
CoppY, s. (1) A coppice. West.

(2) A foot-stool.
Cops, ». (1 ) A connecting crook of

a harrow. West.

(2) Balls of yam. Lane.

(3) A contrivance ?

It is a great matter, saith Tertuhan, to
see the vanitie of women in these daies,
who are so trinid and trickt, that yow
would ratlier say they beare great
forests on their necks, then modest and
civill furnitures: Tut, answers Fa-
shion, it keepes their faces in coni-
passe ; to weare «iers and great ruffes,
IS a comely cops to hide a long wrinckled
face in. Boulsters for crooki shoulders,
who but Fiishions first sold them in
Venice? Lodge's Wits Miteri*, ISyfi.

COP

341

COR

Cops A I,, s. The iron which termi-
nates liie front of a plough.

Copse, v. To cut brushwood, &c.
Dorset.

CopsB-LAUREL, ». Spuxgc laurcl.

Copses, s. The moveable rails
attached to the side of a cart or
wagon, by which the width may
be extended. Northampt.

CopsoN, s. A fence on the top of
a dam laid across a ditch. South.

Copt, adj. (1) Convex. North.
(2) Pollarded. Northampt.

Copt-know, s. The top of a coni-
cal hill. North.

Cop-up, V. To relinquish. East.

Copy, v. To close in.

Copy, s. (Lat. copia.) Plenty.

CoauET, \s. (Fr. coquette.) A

cocauET, I harlot. Cocquetish,

amorous; cocquetry, lust. Tliis

is the older use of these words in

English.

CoRAOE, «. {A.-N.) Heart; in-
clination.

CoRALLE,*. (y^.-iV.) Dross; refuse.

CoRANCE,«. Currants.

CpRANT,/?ar^. a. (A.-N.') Running.

CoRANTo, s. A sort of dance, with
rapid and lively movements.

CoRASEY, s. Vexation.

CoRAsiVE, V. To grieve. See Cor-
sive.

As ravens, schricli owles, bulls and beares,
We'll bill and bawle our paits.

Till yerksonie noyce have cloy'd your cares.
And corasiv'd your liearts.

Webster's Dutckesse of Malfy, 1623.

CoRAT, s. A dish in cookery.

Corat. Take the noumbles of calf,
swyne, or of sbepe ; parboile hem, and
skeine hem to ilyce ; cast liem in pode
lirolh, and do lliereto hcrbes. Grynde
eliyballs sraalle y-hevi-e. Seeth it tendre,
anil lye it with jolkes of eyrenn. Do
thereto verjous, safronn, powdor-douee,
and salt, and serve it forth.

Forme ofCury, p. 6.

CoRBEATJ, *. The miller's thumb.
Kent.

CORBETTES, S. GobbctS.

CoRBiN-Bos'E,«. The bone between

the anus and bladder.
CoRBO, s. A thick-hafted knife.
Corby, s. A carrion crow ; a raven.

North.
CoRCE, (1) V. To exchange.

(2) s. The body ; for corse.
Cord, s. (1) A cord of wood, a

piece 8 ft. by 4 ft. and 4 ft.

thick.

(2) A stack of wood. Cordwood,

wood, &c., stacked.
CoRDE, V. {A.-N.) To accord.
CoRDELLES, s. Twistcd cords, or

tassels.
CoR" — 'AN, "Is. Spanish lea-
CORDB "AYNE, / thcr, from Cor-
dova, formerly celebrated for its

manufacture. Cordevan leather

was manufactured in England

from goat-skin.
CoRDiNER, s. A shoemaker.
CoRDLY, s. A tunny.
CoRDONE, «. An honorary reward

given to a successful combatant.
CoRDY, adj. Of cord ; like cord.
Cork, {\) part. p. Chosen.

A strong kny^t and a wel i-core
Was he withuute lye.

MS. Jshmole S3, f. 2+.

(2) *. The middle of a rick when
the outside has been cut away.

(3) s. A disease in sheep. Devon.

(4) V. To sweep a chimney.
CoRESED, adj. {A.-N.) Harnessed.
CoRESUR, s. {A.-N.) A courier.
CoRETTE, V. To correct.

Corf, s. A large basket.
CoRFouR, *. The curfew.
CoRFY, V. To rub. North.
Coriander seed, s. A jocular

term for money.
Corinth, *. A brothel. Shakesp.
Corinthian, s. A wencher.
Corke, 8. The core of fruit.
Corked, joar/.^. Offended. Corker,

a scolding.
Corks, s. (1) Bristles.

(2) Cinders. Lane.
CoKLE, V. To tap, or pat.

COR

542

COR

CoRf.ET-SHOES, s. Raiscd cork-
shoes.

CoRLu, 8. A curlew.

CoRMARYE, ». A dish in ancient
cookery.

Cormarye. Take eolyandre, caraway,
smale grounden, powdor of peper, and
earlec y-grounde in rede wyne. Medle
a'le thise togyder, and salt it. Take
loynes of pork, rawe, and fle of the skyn,
andpryk it -vTelle with a knyf, and lay it
in the sawse. Roost thereof what thou
wilt, and keep that that fallith therefrom
in the rosting, and seeth it in a possy-
net, with faire broth, and serve it forth
with the roost anoon.

Forme of Cury, p. 12.

CoRME, ». {A.-N.) The service-
tree.
Cormorant, $. A servant. Jonson.
Corn, (1) s. A grain of salt, &c.

Corned-beef, salted beef.

(2) 8. Oats. North.

(i) part. p. Chosen, See Core.
CoRNAGE, 8. {A.-N.) A tenure by

giving notice of an invasion by

blowing a horn.
CoRNALL, 8. (1) The head of a

tilting lance.

(2) A coronal, or crown.
CoRNAHNE, 8. Comclian.
Corn-bind, «. Wild convolvolns.
CoRN-BOTTLE, 8. The bluc-bottle

flower. Northampt.
Corn-cockle, «. Corn campion.
Corn-crake, s. The land-rail.
CoRNDER, 8. A receding angle.

Devon.
Corned, adj. (1) Peaked; pointed.

(2) Supplied with grain. North.

(3) Intoxicated. Shrop8h.
Cornel, «. (1) A corner. West.

(2) An embrasure on the walls
of a castle. See KemeL

(3) A kernel.

(4) A frontal. Pr. Parv.
CoRNELius-TOB, 8. A swcating-

tub, prescribed by Cornelius for
the cure of syphilis.
CoRNEMusE, 8. (Fr.) An instru-
ment of music, closely resembling

the bagpipe, if not identical
with it. Drayton calls it coma-
mute

Ereu from the shrillest shawn, unto the

eomamute.
Some blow the bagpipe up, that plays the

country round. Polyolb., iv, p. 736.

Corner, s. A point at whist.

CoRNER-CREEPER, *. A sly fcUoW.

Corner-tile, s. A gutter-tile.
Cornet, «. A conical piece of

bread.
CoRNicHON, s. {Fr.) A game like

quoits.
Cornish, *. The ring at the mouth

of a cannon.

CORNIWILLEN, 8. A Upwiug.

Comw.
CoRNLAiTERS, s. NcwIy married

peasants who beg corn to sow

their first crop with.
CoRN-piNK, 8. The corn-cockle.

Northampt.
Corn-rose, ». The wild poppy.
CoRNCB, V. To strike with the

knuckles.
Corny, adj. (1) Abounding in corn.

Etist.

(2) Tasting strong of malt, as
corny ale.

(3) Tipsy.

CoRODY,*. {Med.Lat. corrodium.)
An allowance of money or food
and clothing by an abbot, out of
a monastery, to the king for the
maintenance of auy one of his
servants.

Corollary, 8. Something added,
or superfluous.

Bring a corollary
Rather than want.

Skakesp., Temp., iv, 1.

Coronal, 8. A crown, or garland.

Now no more shall these smooth brows be

girt
With youthfttl coronals, and lead the dance,

Fl.,FaHhf.Shepk.,\, l-

Coronel, «. The original Spanish
word for colonel. Hence \\vj
modern pronunciation, curnel.

COR

343

COR

Aftenraras their eoroiuH, named Don
Sebastian, came forth to intreat that
thev might part with their amies like
touldiers.

Spenser, State of Ireland.

He brought the name of coronet to
town, as some did formerly to the sub-
urbs tliatof lieutenant or captain.

Flechtoe's Enigm. Charactert.

CoRouN, «. {A.-N.) A crown.
CoROUNMENT, «. Coronation.
CoROUR, «. {A.-N.) A courser.
Corp, ». A corpse. North.
CoRPHUN, s. A herring.
Corporal, s. (1) The officer who

guarded and arranged the shot

or arms of the soldiers on the

field of battle.

(2) A corporal oath, an oath

taken on the consecrated bread.
CoRPORAS, s. The cloth placed

beneath the consecrated element*

in the sacrament.
CoRPORATURE, «. A man's body.
Corps, «. (1) {Fr.) The body.

Hipocrates hath taught thee the one

kinde;
Apollo and the muse the other part •■
And both so well, that thou with both dost

please :
The minde, with pleasure; and the corps,

with ease. Dariea, Scourge o/FoUtf, 1611.

(2) A lease for lives, of which
one or more lives have fallen in.

Corpse-Candle. «. (1) A thick
candle used formerly at lake-
wakes.

(2) A sort of apparition, de-
scribed by Aubrey, Miscellanies.

CoRRADY, ». What we should now
term a man's board. See'Corody.

CoRRETiER, «. A horse-dealer.

CoRRiD-HONEY, «. Candled honey.

CoRRiES,«. Apparently, a cuirass.
The term occurs in an old do-
cument printed in Burgon's
Gresham, i, 320.

CoRRiGR, r. (a.-N.) To correct.

CoRRiN, «. {A.-N.) A crown.

CoRRivAL, ». A partner in affec-
tion; a rivaL

This proportion was assured cleare
before the losse of Constantinoule.
which to Rome it self, if not considered
M a eorrivall, was a deep blow.

Blunt's Voyage in tie Levant, 1650.

CoRROSY, ». A grudge. Devon.
CoRRUMPABLE, adj. Corruptible.
CoRRUMPE, V. {A.-N.) To corrupt.
Corrupted, adj. Ruptured. Suffolk.
CoRRYNE-PowDKR, ». Fine gun-
powder.
CoRS, a. (A.-N.) (1) The body.

(2) A course.
CoRSAiNT, s. (A.-N.) A holy body ;
a saint.

Knowestow aught a eorsaint
That men calle Truthe ?

Pier) PI, p. 109.

CoRSARY, $. (Fr.) A pirate.
Corse, (1) p. {A.-S.) To curse.

(2) «. The body of a chariot.
" Corse of a chariot or hors«
lytter covered wyth bayles or
hordes. Tympanum." Huloet.

(3) s. Silk riband woven or
braided. " Corse of a gyrdell,
tissu." Palsgrave.

CoRSERE, s. (1) A horseman.

(2) A war-horse.

(3) A horse-dealer.

CoRSEY, 1 s. (a corruption oicor-
CORSIVE, ^rosive.) Anything that
coRziE, J grieves, that corrodes
the heart.
And that same hitter eorsive which did eat
Her lender heart, and made refraine from
meat. Spens., F. Q., IV, ix, IJ.

Tliis w.TS a eorsive to old Edward's days,
And without ceasing fed upon his bones.
Drayt., Leg. of P. Gav., p. 571.
The discontent
You seem to entertain, is merely cause-
less ; —
— And tlierefore, good my lord, discover it,
That we may tiike the spleen and corsey

from it.
Chapman' t Mont. D" Olive, Jnc. Dr., iii, 348_

CoRSiCK, adj. Grieved ; embittered.
Alas ! poore infants borne to wofiill fates.
What eonicke hart such liarmeiesse soules
can greeve. Great Britaines Troye, 16(/9.

CoRsiNG, 8. Plorse-dealing.
CoRSiVE, adj. Corrosive.

COR

341

COT

CoRSPRESANT, s. (Fr.) A mortuary.

CoRSY, adj. Fat ; unwieldy.

CoRTEisE, (1) adj. {J.-N.) Cour-
teous.
(2) s. Courtesy.

CoRTER, s. A cloth.

CoRTiNE, «. [J.-N.) A curtain.

CoRTS, «. Carrots. Somerset.

CoRUNE, s. (A.-N.) A crown.

CoRVE, 8. (1) The eighth part of
a ton of coals.
(2) A box used in coal mines.

CoRVEN, j»ar^. /7. Carved.

CoRvisoR, *. A shoemaker.

CoRWE, adj. Sharp.

Cory, s. A shepherd's cot. Pr.
Parv.

Co RYE, V. To curry.

CoRYNALLE, s. See ComaU.

(Jos, s. A kiss.

CosciNOMANCY, «. {Gr.) Divina-
tion by a sieve.

CosEY, s. Snug; comfortable.

Cosh, (l)arf/. Quiet ; still. Shropgh.

(2) s. A cottage, or hovel. Pr. P.

(3) s. The husk of corn. East.
Cosier, s. A cobbler.

CosiN, ». {A.-N.) A cousin, or kins-
man. Cosinage, kindred.

Cosp, 8. (1) The cross bar at the
top of a spade.
(2) The fastening of a door.

Cosset, (1 ) «. A pet lamb. Spenser.
(2) V. To fondle.

CossoLETis, «. " A cossoletis, a
perfuming pot or censer." Dun-
toti's Ladies Dictionary, 1694.

Cossic.vL, adj. Algebraical. An old
term in science.

Cost, s. (1) (Lat. cosla.) A rib.

(2) {A.-N.) A side, or region.

Tliis bethe the wordes of cristninge,
Bi tliyse Knglisschc eotUs.

William de Shoreham.

(3) A dead body. Devon.

(4) Loss, or risk. North.

(5) Manner, quality, or business.

(6) The i)lant mantagreta.

(7) " Nedes coit," a phrase equi-
valent to positively. Chaucer. " It

will not quite cost" it will not
answer. Almanack, 1615.

Costage, s. (A.-N.) Cost ; expense.

Costard, s. (1) A sort of large
apple.

(2) A flask.

(3) The head.
CosTARD-MONGER, "I «. A Seller of

cosTERMONGER, J applcs ; and,
generally, one who kept a stall.
They seem even in Ben Jonson's
time to have been frequently
Irish.

Her father was an Irish coslarnwnger.
B.Jons., Jlch., iy, 1.
And then he'll rail, like a rude eoster-

monger.
That bchool-boys had couzened of his

apples,
As loud and senseless.

B. ^ Fl., Scomf. Lady, iv, 1.

CosTE, f». (1) To tempt. Costniny,
temptation. Verstegan.

(2) To ornament richly.

(3) To cast.
CosTEiANT,juar/. a. (A.-N.) Coast-

ing.

CosTERiNG, (1) adj. Blustering;
swaggering. Shropsh.
(2) *. A carpet.

Costers, s. Pieces of tapestry
placed on the sides of tables,
beds, &c.

CosTious, adj. Costly

CosTLEWE, adj. Expensive ; costly.

Costly, adj. Costive. East.

Costly-colours, «. A game at
cards.

CosTMOus, adj. Costly.

CosTREL, "1 ». {A.-N.) A closed
C3STRET, j portable vessel or flask
of earth or of wood, having pro-
jections on either side, with holes,
through which a cord or leathern
strap passed, for the purpose of
suspending it from the neck of
the person who carried it.

CosTY, adj. Costly.

CosTYFHED s. Costivencss.

Cosy, ». A pod, or shell. Beds,

Cot, s. (1) {A.-N.) A coat.

COT

345

COT

(1 1 A pen for cattle.

(3) A small bed, or cradle.

(4) A finger-stall. East.

(5) The cross-bar of a spade.

(6) A man who interferes in the
kitchen. North.

(7) Refuse wool. North.
CoTAGRE, g. An old dish in cookery.

Cola/ires. Take and make the self fars
(as for pomes dorri/le) ; but do thereto
pynes and su^ar. Take an hole rowsted
cok. Pulle hyni, and hylde hym al
togyder, save t'lie legges. Take a pig-^,
and" lulde hjin from the middes doun-
«ard. Fylle him ful of the fars, and
sowe hyiii fast togyder. Do hym in a
panne, and seeth livni wel ; and wlian
tliei bene i-sode, do hem on a spyt, and
rost it wele Color it with pikes of
ayren and safrou. Lay thereon fovles
of gold and silver, and serve hit forth

Forme o/Cury, p. 31.

CoTCHED, pret. t. of catch. A

popular vulgarism.
CoTCHEL, s. A sack partly full.

South.
Cote, (1) ». (Fr.) To coast, to

pass by, or keep alongside; to

overtake.

We coted them on the way, and hither
they are coming. Shakesp., Haml., ii, 2.

Ttie buck broke gallantly; rav great
swift being disadvantaged in Fiis slip
was at first behind ; marry, presently
coted and outstripped them.
Eel. from Pom. Orig. of Dr., jii. p. 238.

'Wlien each man run his horse with fixed

eyes, and notes
Wliich dog first turns the hare, which first

the other coats. Drai/lon, Polyolb., x.\iii.

(2) s. -A pass ; a go-by.

But wlien he cannot reach her,

This, giving him a coa<, about again doib

fctcn her. Dray/on.

(3) A term in hunting, when the
greyhound goes endways by his
fellow, and gives the hare a turn.

(4) *. (A.-S.) A coat or tunic.

(5) {A..S.) A couage.

(6) The third swarm of bees from
the same hive.

(7) A salt'pit.
Coted, part. p. Braided.

Cote-hardy, «. (A.-N.) A close-
fitting bodv garment, buttoned
down the front, and reaching to
the middle of the thi§(h.

CoTERELLE, s. A cott^er. Pr. P.

CoTERET, «. A faggot.

CoTGARE, ». Refuse wool. Blount.

CoTH, *. {A.-S.) A disease.

CoTHE, V. To faint. East.

CoTHY, T Faint; sickly; morose.
coTHisH, J East.

CoTiDiAi., adj. {Lat ) Daily.

CoTiDiANLicH, «. {A -N.) Daily.

CoT-LAMB, s. A pet-lamb. Suffolk.

Gotland, *. Land held by a cot-
tager in soccage or villenr.ge.

CoT-auEAN, s. An idle fellow ; one
who interferes with women's
business.

CoTTR, part. p. Caught.

CoTTzn, adj. (1) Matted; entan-
gled. Line.
(2) Cut.

Cotter, v. (1) To fasten. Leic.

(2) To mend or patch. Shropsh.

(3) To be bewildered. fJ'est.

(4) To entangle. Line.

(5) #. An iron pin to fasten a
window-shutter. Northampt.

(6) V. To repair old clothes.
Northampt.

(7) s. A miscellaneous collection.
Northampt.

(8) V. To crouch over ; to keep
close to.

(9) V. To grapple; to contend.
Leie.

CoTTERALDGG, ». A bar across the

chimney for the pothook.

Berks.
CoTTEiiiL, g. (1) An iron wedge to

secure a bolt, &c. Called also a

cotter.

(2) The leather which keeps the
mop together. Line.

(3) A pole to hang a pot over the
fire; a hook to hang spits on.
South.

CoTTERiLS,». Money. North.
CoTTERLix, g. A pet lamb. Eatt.

COT

346

COU

Cot. ». To fold 8heq> in a barn.
Heref.

Cotton, p. (1) To succeed : to go
on prosperously. " It will not
cotten." Almanack, 1615.

Still mistress Dorothy! This geer will cotton.
B. /- Fl., Mons. Tko., iv, 8.

It eottent well, it cannot choose but beare
A pretty napp. Fanuly of LovCyDZth.

Styles and I cannot cotten.

Hist, of Capt. Stukely, B 2, b.

What means tliis ? doth he dote so much
of this strange harlot indeed? now I
perceive how this geare cottens.

Terence in English, 1641.

(2) To beat, " I'll cotton jour
jacket for you." Warw.

CoTTYER, «. A cottager,
CoTYiNG, *. The ordure of a rabbit.
Couch, (1)*. A bed of barley when

germinating for malt.

(2) «. The roots of grass collected

by the harrow in pasture-fields.

GUmc.

(3) ». A den ; a small chamber.

(4) V. To squat, said of animals.

(5) adj. Left-handed. East.
CoucHE, V. {A.-N.) To place, or

lay.

CoucHER, s. (1) A setter.

(2) A book in which the trans-
actions of a corporation were
registered.

Couch-grass, ». A . coarse bad
grass which grows in arable land.

CouD, (I) pret. t. oi kenne, oi can,
and, in the Northern dialects, of
eaU.
(2) adj. Cold. North.

CocFLE, ». A tub. Rob. Gl.

CouGH-ooT, V. To discover.

CouL, (1) «. Cole, or cabbage.
Somerset,

(2) «. An abscess. Yorksh.

(3) V. To pull down. North.

(4) s. A large wooden tub ; any
kind of cup or vessel.

(5) V. To scrape earth together.
North.

CouLiNG-AXE, s. An instrument

used to stock up earth. Shropsh.
CouLPE, s. (A.-N.) A fault.
CouLPENED, part. p. (A.-N.)

Carved ; engraved.
CouL-RAKE, s. A scraper. North.
Coulter, «. A plough-share.
CouNDUTE, s. (A.-N.) A song.
CouNGB, (1) 8. A large lump.

North.

(2) p. To beat, Northumb.
CouNGE, *. (A.-N.) Permission.
Counger, v. (1) To shrink.

(2) To conjure.
Counsel, (1) «. A secret; silence.

(2) r. To gain the aflfections.

North.
Count, r. To account.
Countenance,*. (1) Importance;

account.

(2) What was necessary for the
support of a person according to
his rank,

(3) Custom,

Counter, (1) v. To sing an ex-
temporaneous part upon the plain
chant.
(2) A coverlet for a bed.

Counter-bar, ». A bar for shop
windows.

Counter, s. An arithmetician.

Counterfeit, «. A portrait, or
statue.

CouNTERPAiNE, s. The Counterpart
of a deed.

CouNTERPASE,». (./^.-iV.) Countcr-
poise.

Counterpoint, s. A counterpane.

COUNTERWAITE, V. (A.-N.) To

watch against.
CouNTiSE, «. (A.-N.) Art; cunning.
CouNTouR, s. (1) (A.-N.) Acompt-

ing-house. Chaucer.

(2) (A.-N.) A treasurer.
CouNTRE, V. To encounter.

COUNTRETAILLE,*. (.(^.-iV.) A tally

answering to another.
Countries, s. The underground

works in mines.
CovNT&Y-TOM,«. ABedlam-'jeggar.

cou

34;

cou

County, ». A count; a nobleman.
Coop, r. (1) To empty, or overset.
North.

(2) To bark, or yelp. Shropsh.

(3) To tip, or tilt. Northampt.
CouPABLE, adj. (A.-N.) Culpable.
CocPAGE, s. {J.-N.) A carving, or

cutting up.
Coup-cart, "1 ». A long cart.

couPE-wAiNE, J North.
CoupcREELs, s. A summerset.

Cumb.
Coupe, (1) #. (J.-N.) A cup ; a vat.

(2) s. A basket.

(3) *. A coop for poultry.

(4) r. To cut.

(5) ». A piece cut off.

(6) V. {A.-N.) To blame.
CoupE-GORGE, «. {Fr.) A cut-
throat.

CoupiNG, s. An encounter.
Coupis, «. Coping.
CoupRAiSE, s. A lever. North.
CouRAKE, s. A plant, caulicuhis.
CouRBE, (1) V. {Fr.) To bend, or

stoop.

(2) adj. Curved ; bent.

Hire nekke is Bcliorte, hire schaldris etmrbe,
Tliat niy^le a maniils luste destourbe.

GoKer, MS. Soc Jntiq.,n4, f. 49.

CouRBTiLY. See Cuiriouly.
CouRCHEF. See Kerchef.
CouRDEL,«. A small cord, Shropsh.
CouRE, (1) «. {A.-N.) Heart; cou-
rage.

(2) r. (A.-N.) To crouch down.

(3) ». To creep up. Morte Arth.
CouRL, V. To rumble. North.
CouRSE-A-PARK, ». The name of

an old countrj' game.
CouRSER-MAN, «. A groom.
Court, ». (1) The principal house

in a village.

(2) A yard to a house.
Court-chimney, ». A small or

portable fireplace ?

They use no rost, but for themselves
mid their housholil; nor bo fire, but a
little court chimnie in their owne cham-
ber. Green'* Quip, ^c.

CouRT-cup, 8. An ashen dish.
Let it dry in an ashen dish, otherwise
call'd a cmtrt-cvp. and let it stand in tlie
dish till it be dry, and it will be like a
saucer.

True Gentlewomm's Dehght, 1676.

Court-cupboard, s. A kind of
moveable closet or buffet, to dis-
play plate and other articles of
luxury.

Here shall stand my eourt-cvphoard, with
its furniture of plate.

Moms. I/Olire, Am. Dr., iii, 394.

With a lean visage, like a carved face
On a cotirt-cupbvard.

Corbet, Iter BoteaU, p. 2.

CouRT-DiSB, *. A sort of drinking-
cup.

Courtklage, «. {A.-N.) A court-
yard.

CouRTEPY, «. {A.-N.) A short
cloak.

Court-fold,*. A farm-yard. Wore.

CouRT-HOLY-WATER. lusinccre
compliment ; flattery ; words
without deeds.

O nuncle, court koly-toater in a dry
house is better than this rain-water out
o' door. Shuketfn Lear, iii, 2.

CouRTiNE, ». A curtain.

Court-keeper, ». The master at
a game of racket, or ball.

Courtlax, ■) «. A short crooked
CURTLAX, y sword; a comip-
curtle-axe, J tion from the
French coutelas.

Court-lodge, ». A manor-house.
Kent.

CouRT-NOLL, *. A contemptuous
name for a courtier.

CouRT-op-LODGiNGS, ». The prin-
cipal quadrangle in a palace or
large house.

Courtship, «. Courtly behaviour.

Cous, ». A kex. Lane.

CousE, r. (1) To change.

(2) To change the teeth. Wane.

Coushot, «. A wild pigeon. "A ring-
dove : a woodculver, or ceushot."
Nomenclator.

CousLOP, ». A cowslip.

cou

343

CocTBLAS, s. (/r.) A cutla&s.
CouTERE, s. A piece of armour

which covered the elbow.
Couth, {l}s.(A.-S.) Acquaintance;

kindred.

(2) pret. t. Knew ; could. Often
used before an infinitive in the
sense of began.

So couth he sing: his layes among them all
And tune his pypeunto the waters fall.

Peek's Farewell, 1589.

CouTHE, (1) V. {A..S.) To make
known ; to publish.
{2) part. p. Known.

(3) adj. {A.-S.) Affable ; kind.
Couth BR, v. To comfort. North.
CouTHLY, *. Familiarity.
CouvER, 8. A domestic connected

with the kitchen, in a great
mansion.

CouWE, adj. Cold. Heame.

CouwEE, adj. ( Fr.) Having a tail.

Cove, s. (1) A cave.

(2) A low building with shelving
roof.

CovEiTE, V. (A.-N.) To covet.

CovEiTiSE, s. Covetousness.

CovEL, s. A kind of coat.

Coven ABLE, adj. Convenient ; suit-
able.

CovENAUNT, adj. Becoming.

Covenously, adv. By collusion.
See Covine.

Also, if any have cotenously, fraudu-
lently, or unduely obtained the freedonie
of this city. Calthrop's ReporU, 1670.

CovENT, ». (1) (A.-N.) A convent.

(2) A covenant.

(3) An assembly of people.

To know the cause why in that triumph he
Of all that cotent found the time to he
With thoughtful cares alone.

Chamberlayne't Fharonnida, 1659.

CoVENTRY-BELLS, 8. A kind of

violet; a mariet.
CovERAUNCE, 8. Recovcry.
CovERCHiEF, 8. (A.-N.) A hcad-

cloth.
CovERCLE, 8. (A.-N.) A pot-lid.
CovERE, ». To recover.

COW

COVERLYGHT, 8. A COVCrlct.

CovERSLUT, «. (1) A sort of short

mantle.

(2) A clean apron over a dirty

dress. Northampt.
Covert, *. (1) A covering.

(2) A cover for game.

(3) (A.-N.) Secresy.

(4) A sort of lace.
Covert-feathers,*. The feathers

close to the sarcels of a hawk.

Covertine, 1 . „ _
ys. k covering.

COVERTURE, J °

CovERTON, 8. A lid or cover.
CovERYE, V. (A.-N.) To take care

of.
Covey, (1) «. A cover for game.

(2) V. (Fr.) To sit, said of a bird.

(3) 8. A pantry.

Covine, (1) «. (A.-N.) Intrigue;
deceit ; secret contrivance. In
law, a deceitful compact between
two or more to prejudice a third
party.
(2) V. To deceive.

Cow, (1) r. To frighten.

(2) 8. The moveable wooden top
of a malt-kin, hop-house, &c.

(3) V. To scrape. Craven.
Cow-BABY, ». A coward. Somerset.

Peace.lowing cow-iaif.lubberly hobberdj -
hoy. bavies, Scourge of Folly, 1611.

Cow-berries, 8. Red whortle-
berries.

Cow-BLAKEs, 8. Dried cow-dung
used for fuel.

Cow-CAP, 8. A metal knob put on
the tip of a cow's horn. West.

Cow-cLAP, 8. Cow-dung. To light
in a cow-clap, i. e., to fall into
poverty or misfortune, to mis-
manage anything.

Cow-CLATTitiG, part. a. Spreading
manure on the fields.

CowcuMBER, 8. A common old
spelling of cucumber.

CowDE, (1) «. A gobbet of meat.
(2) adj. Obstinate. TFest.

CowDY, (1) adj. Pert; frolicsome.
North.

cow

349

COT

(2) a. A small cow. North.

Cowed, adj. Timid. North.

CowEY, T adj. Club-footed.

COW-FOOTED, J North.

Cow-fat, s. The red valerian.

CowFLOP, s. The foxglove. Devon.

CowGELL, s. A cudgel. Huloet.

Cow-grass, s. The trifolium me-
dium. Northampt.

Cow-gripe, s. A gutter in a cow-
stall.

Cow-hearted, adj. Wanting cou-
rage.

CowisH, adj. Timid.

Cow-jockey, s. A beast-dealer.
North.

CowK, s. A cow's hoof. Devon.

' I p. To strain to vomit.

COWKEN, y ,. ,,

I Aorth.
cowker, J

Cowl, (1) r. To cower down.

North.

(2) s. A poultry coop. Pr. P.

" Francke, cowle, or place wher-

in anything is fedde to be fatte."

Huloet.

^ „ ' i- «. A tub. Essex.
cow, J

Cow-lady, a. The lady-bird.

CowLAY, 8. A pasture.

Cowlick, *. A stiff tuft of hair on
a cow.

Cowlstaff, 8. (1) A staff for carry-
ing a tub or basket which has
two ears.
(2) A stupid fellow; a clown.

Wliy tliou unconscionable liobnail, fliou
country cowl-stuff, thou absolute piece
ot Vby own dry'iT dirt.

Oltcay, The Atheist, 1684.

CowLTES, a. Quilts.

Cow-MiG, ». The drainage of a cow-
house or dung-hill. North.

Cow-MUMBLE, a. The cow-parsnip.

CowNANT, ». A covenant

Cownder, » Confusion ; trouble.
North.

Cow-PAR, *. A straw -yard. I'orf.

Cow-PAWED. adj. Left-handed.
Northampt.

CowpiN, a. The last word. North.
Cow-PLAT, "I*. A circle of cow -

cow-DAiSY, J dung.
Cow-pRisE, a. A wood-pigeon.

North.
Cow-GUAKE, s. The plant spurry.

East.
CowRiNG, s. A term in falconry,

when young hawks quiver and

shake their wings, in token of

obedience to the parents.
Cows, *. Slime ore. North.
Cows-AXD-OALVEs, *. The flower

of the arum maculatum.
CowsE, V. (1) To pursue animals.

(2) To walk about idly. West.

COWSHARD, "1

COWSHARN,
COWSCARN,

*s. Cow-dung.

cows -EASINGS, )
A faire woman tooke an yll-fac'd man to
busband, and hei beauty still more and
more increased. A pleasant gentleman
noting it said : That he never in all bis
life sawe an apple in a cowshare con-
tinue so Ion? unrotten.
Copley's If its, Fits, and Fancies, IQM.

CowsHUT, a. A wood-pigeon.
North.

COW-STRIPLING, "Is. A COWSlip.

cow-STROPPLE, J North.

CowTHERED, part. p. Recovered.
North.

CowTHWORT, a. Motherwort,

Cow-TiE, s. A rope to hold the
cow's hind legs while milking.

Cow-TONGUED, adj. Having a
tongue like a cow, smooth one
way and rough the other, and
hence one who gives fair or foul
language as may suit his purpose.

Cow-wHEAT, a. The horse-flower.

CoxoN, s. A cockswain.

Coxy, adj. Conceited. Warw.

CoxY-ROXY, adj. Merrily and fan-
tastically tipsy. North.

CoYE, (1) V. {A.-N.) To decoy ; to
flatter ; to stroke with the hand ;
to soothe.

Come, sit thee down upon this flowery bed.

While 1 tby amiable cheeks do <w/.

Shakesp.. Mids. X. hr., iv, L

COY

350

CRA

(2) #. A decoy.

To try a conclusion, I have most fortu-
nately made tlieir pages our coyes, by
the influence of a wliite powder.

Lady Alimony, act 3.

(3) adj. Rare or curious. Drayt.

(4) g. A coop for lobsters. East.

(5) V. To stir in anything.
CoYEA. Quoth you. Yorksh.
CoYNTKLiCHE, odc. Cuuninglv.
CoYSE, «. Choice ?

And prively, witlioute noyse,
He bryrigeth this foule gret coyse.
Gower, MS. Soc. Anliq., 134, f. 49.

CoYSELL, «. A consul, or judge.
Coze, r. ( h'r. causer.) To converse

familiarly with. Sou/ A.
Cozier, s. {Span, coser, to sow.)

One who sows ; a tailor, or a

cohler.
Cra, g. (A.-S.) A crow. Eagt.
Crab, (1) s. The potato apple.

Latie.

(2) *. An iron trivet to set over
a fire. Chesh.

(3) V. To bruise, or break. North.
Crabat, s. a cravat ; or rather a

gorget, or riding-band.

Crabbat, g. Good looking.

Crabbun, s. a dunghill fowl.

Crabe, v. a term in falconry, to
fight together.

Craber, s. The water-rat.

Crab-lanthorn,*. (1) An apple-
jack.
(2) A cross child.

Crab-louse, s. " Pediculns ingui-
nalis, quod pubera et inguina in-
festet. Morpion. A crablowse."
Nomenclator.

Crab-stock, s. a crab-tree.

Crab-verjuice, s. Vinegar made
from crabs.

Crab-windlass, s. A windlass
employed on a barge.

Cracche, v. (A.-S.) To scratch.

Crached, adj. (Fr.) Infirm.

Craches, g. Chickweed.

Ckachy, adj. Infirm. Var. di.

I Crack, (1) g. A boast.

(2) V. To boast ; to challenge

(3) V. To converse. Norf.

(4) s. Chat; news. Norf.

(5) Chief; excellent,

(6) V. To strike, or throw.

(7) g. A blow.

(8) " In a crack," quickly.

(9) g. Crepitus ventris.

(10) «. A charge for a cannon.

(11) «. A prostitute. North.

(12) «. A pert, lively boy.

I saw him break Skogan's head at the
court gate, when he was but a crack,
not thus high.

Shakesp., 2 Hen.. 17, iii, 2.

It is a irogue, a wag, his name is Jack,
A notable dissembling lad, a crack.

Tour I'renUcts, O. PI., vi, 654.

(13) V. To creak. Palsgrate.

(14) r. To restrain. North.

(15) V. To curdle. Craven.
Crack-brained, adj. Flighty.
Cracked, /;ar/.jw. Cloven.
Cracked-piece, s. A girl no longer

a virgin; sometimes said to be

cracked in the ring.
Crackel, *. A cricket. North.
Cracker, g. (1) A small baking

dish.

(2) A small water-biscuit North.
Cracket, s. a low stool. North.
Crackhalter, 1 , ... ,. ,

CRACK-HEMP, I *• An lU-dlSpOSCd
CRACK-ROPE, J ^*^"°«'-

Crackling,! f^\ ^ ■ ,

CRACKNEL, r-(^) ^ CHSp Cake.

(2) The brittle skin of roasted

pork.
Cracking-whole, s. A slicken-

slide.
Crackman, «. A hedge.
Cracknut, 8. A nut-cracker.

Then for that pretty trifle, that sweet fool>
Just wean'd from's bread and butter and

the school;
Cracknuts and hobbihorse, and the quaint

jackdaw,
To wear a tiling with a plush scabberd-law.
I'ktcher's PoenLi, p. 24-1.

Crackowes, g. Shoes with long

CRA

351

CRA

points turned up in a ciirve, said
to be named from Cracow in
Poland.
Cracoke, 1
CRACONUM, >». Refuse of tallow.

CRAKANE, J

Cracus, s. a sort of tobacco.
Craddantly, adv. Cowardly.

North.
Craddin, *. A mischievous trick.

North.
Cradelings, s. Domestic fowls of

a particular colour. Leic.
Cradge, v. To mend banks of

rivers for the purpose of protect-
ing the adjoining fields from

flood. Northampt.
Cradle, s. A framed wooden fence

for a young tree.
Cradle-scale, s. A scale in a

mill for weighing sacks of corn.

Leic.
Cradle-scythe,*. Asort of scythe

having a frame to lay the corn

smooth in cutting.
Craff, «. A sparrow. Cumb.
Craffle, v. To hobble. Derbynh.
Crafte, v. To deal cunningly.
Craftiman, s. (J.-S.) An artificer.
Craftly, adv. {i4.-S.) Prudently.
Crafty, adj. (^.-.9.) Well made.
Crag, ». (1) The neck, or throat.

(2) The craw. East.

(3) A small beer-vessel.
Crag, 1 ». A large quantity.

GROG, J Northampt.

Cragged, adj Crammed. North-
ampt. See Grogged.

Craier, s. a sort of small ship.

Craim, *. A booth at a fair.
North.

Craisey, s. The butter-cup. Wilts.

Craith, s. a scar. West.

Crake, (1) v. To boast.

She was bred and nnrst
On Cyntlius liill, whence she her name did

take ;
Then is she mortal borne, howso ye crnle.
Sp., F. q., VII, vii, 50.

(2) s. A brag or boast.

Great craket hath beene made that all
sliould be well, hut, when all came to
all, little or nothing was done.

Latimer, Serm., fol. 28 b.

(3) V. To speak, or divulge. West.

(4) V. To shout, or cry.

(5) V. To creak.

(6) V. To quaver hoarsely in sing-
ing.

(7) ». A crow. North.

(8) s. The land-rail. East.

(9) V. To crack ; to break.
Crake-berry, s. The crow-berrv.

North.

Crake-feet, s. The orchis. North.

Crake-needles, s. Shepherds'-
needles.

Craker, s. a boaster.

Crakers, 1 «. Picked English
kreekars, J soldiers employed in
France under Henry VIII.

CRA.hL.iT, part. p. Engraven.

Cram, (1) ». To tumble or disar-
range. Line.

(2) V. To lie.

(3) s. A lump of food. North.

(4) V. To intrude. Leic.
Cramble, 27. To hobble; to creep.

Crambly, lame. North.
Crambles, a. Large boughs of

trees.
Crambo, s. A game or pastime in

which one gave a word, to which

another must find a rhyme.
Crambo-cree, s. Pudendum f.
Crame,». (I) To mend by joining

together. North.

(2) To bend. Lane.
Cramer, s. A tinker. North.
Crammely, adv. Awkwardly.

North.
Crammer, s. A falsehood. Var. d.
Crammock, ». To hobble. Yorksh.
Cramosin, s. {A.-N.) Crimson.
Cramp-bone, s. The patella of a

sheep, employed as a charm for

the cramp.
Cramper, *. A cramp-iron.
Crampish, v. {A.-N.) To contract

violently.

CRA

352

CRA

Crampled, adj. Stiflf in the
joints.

Crampon, s. (Fr.) The border of
a ring which holds a stone.
0 Cramp-rings, s. Fetters.

Cramsine, v. To claw.

Cranch, v. To grind or crush be-
tween the teeth.

Crane, s. (1) (Fr.) The criniere.
Cranet, a small crane.

(2) A pastime at harvest-home
festivities. Northampt.

(3) A heron. Leic.
Crane-gutted, adj. Very thin.

East.
Cranet, g. A small red worm.

Cumb.
Crangle, v. To waddle. North.
Cranion, (1) «. The skull.

{2) adj. Small; spider-like. Jons.
Crank, (1) adj. Brisk; jolly;

merry.

A lasse once favour'd or at least did seeme

to favour it.
And fosterd up my froUick heart with many

a pleasing bit.
Slie lodg'd him neere her bower, whence

he loved not to sad.
But waxed cranhe, for why? no heart a

sweeter layer had.

Warner's Alhions England, 1592.

(2) adj. Sick. Leic.

(3) adj. Over-masted, said of a
ship.

(4) r. To creak. North.

(5) V. To wind, said of a river.

(6) s. Tlie bend of a river ; any
winding passage.

(7) s. The wheel of a well to
draw water. Pr. P.

(8) s. A reel for winding thread.
ibid.

(9) 8. An impostor.
Cr.\nkies, s. Pitmen. North.
Crankle, (1) V. To run in and

out in bends. Crankling, winding.

(2) r. To break into angles or
unequal surfaces.

(3) ». Angular prominences, in-
equalities.

^4) adj. Weak. North.

Cranks,*. (1) Pains; aches. Cra-
ven.

(2) Offices. South.

(3) A toaster. North.
Cranky, a<f/. (1) Merry; cheerful.

(2) Ailing; sickly.

(3) Chequered. North.
Cranny, a^/. Giddy; thoughtless.
C RANTS, «. Garlands. Shakesp..
Crany, s. a crumb. Devon.
Crap, (1) pret. t. Crept. North.

(2) v. To snap ; to crack. 5o-
merset.

(3) «. The back of the neck.

(4) s. A bunch. West.

(5) s. Darnel, or buck-wheat.

(6) s. The coarse part of beef
joining the ril)s.

(7) s. Money. North.

(8) *. Assurance. 1~ilts.

(9) s. Dregs of inaii, liquor.
Crafaute, s. (Fr.) The toad-stone.
Craper, s. {A.-N.) a rope.
Crap-full. Quite full. Devon.
Crapish, adj.

Those poor devils that call themselves
virtues, and are very scandalous and
crapish, I swear.

Olwaij, Soldier's Torlimf, IGSl.

Craple, s. a claw. Spenser.

Crapon, «. {A.-N.) A loadstone.

CRAPPELY.af?;'. Lan.e; infirm. Line.

Crappins, s. Where the coal crops
out. Shropsh.

Crappy, v. To snap. Somerset.

Craps, s. (1) The chaff of corn.
West.

(2) The refuse of lard burnt be-
fore a fire. North.

Crapsick, adj. Sick from over-
eating or drinking. South.

Crare, 1 f J -KT • \ »
' ». {A.-N. crater.) A

small ship.

.ER, \

r. J

grayer,

CRAY,

Let him venture
In some decay'd crare of his own : he shall

not
Rig me out, that's the short on't.

B. /• Fl., Captain, i. 2.
A miracle it was to see them grown
Tu ships, and barks, with gallics, bulks, an^
croj/et. Hiirr. Ariost., xxxix, St. 28,

CRA

333

CRA

Some shell or little crea.
Hard ialiouring lor the land, on tlie high-
workiug sea. Drayton, Polyolb., xxii.

Sending them come from Catana, in
little fisher botes, and small craijers.

Karlh's Pint., 295 b.

Crased, adj. (A.-N.) Crushed;

weakened.
Crash, (1) s. An entertainment.

(2) ». To be merry. North.

(3) V. To crush.

Crash, "Is. Loose rock or stone
CREACH, J between the soil and

the oolite or limestone. North-

ampt.
Crashing-chetes, s. The teeth.
Crask, adj. Lusty ; hearty.
Craske, ». To crash. Pr.P,
Craspic, s. a whale, or grampus.
Crassantly, adc. Cowardly.

Chesh.
Crasse, adj. (Fr.) Thick ; fat.
Crasseche, t?. To split, or crack.
Cratch, (1) s. {Fr. creche.) A

manger.

(2) s. A pannier. Derhysh.

(3) 8. A kind of hand-barrow.

(4) V. To eat. Shropsh.

(5) s. (Fr.) A moveal)le frame
attached to a cart or waggon to
extend its size. Northampt.

(6) 8. A wooden dish. \ork$h.

(7) V. To claw; to tear.

(8) *. A clothes pole. Sussex.

(9) s. "VVarts on animals. North.
Cratcher, s. One who scratches

together or collects.
Cratchers of Coyne, delayers of proccsse.
Barclay'! Fyfte Eglog.

Cratchety, adj. Old ; worn-out.

Northampt.
Cratch iNGLY,a<f». Feeble; weak.

North.
Crate, s. (1) A wicker basket for

crockery. North. Crate-men,

itinerant venders of earthenware.

Staff.

(2) An old woman.
Crathayn, 8. A craven; a

coward

2a

Crather, 8. A sort of scythe.
Crattle, 8. A crumb. North.
CRAVAisE,«.(^.-iV.) The cray-fish.
Cravant, adj. Craven ; cowardly.
Cravat-string, s. The orna-
mental tie of the cravat.

Oh give 'em but a fool,
A senseless, noisie, gay, bold, bristling,

blockhead,
A rascal with a feather and cratat- string,
Ko brains in's head.

OtKay, The Atheist, 1684.

Cravatjnde, #. {A.-N.) A coward.
Crave, s. A chink, or cleft.
Cravel, 8. A mantel-piece. West.
Craw, ». (1) The crop of a bird.

(2) The bosom.
Craw-buckles, *. Shirt-buckles.

Eedf.
Craw-feet, s. The wild hyacinth.
Crawk.s. (1) Stubble.

(2) A faggot.

(3) The refuse of tallow. Pr. P.
Crawl, v. To abound. North.
Crawley-mawley, adj. Weak.

Norf.

Crawly-whopper, «. A black-
beetle.

Crawparsed, adj. Hog-breeched.
North.

Crawse, a</;. Jolly; brisk. Yorksh.

Cray, *. (1) A disease in hawks.

(2) A sort of gum.

(3) A ship. See Crare.
Crayne, 8. A chink, or cleft.
Craytox, "1 s. A dish in ancient

critone, J cookery.

Tor to make crayton. Tak checonys,
and scald liem,andseth heui.andgryiui
gyngeu, other pepyr, and comyn; and
temper it up wyth god niylk; and do
the checonys tlieryn; and boyle hem,
and serve yt forth.

Warner, Antiq. Cut, p. 40»

Cratzk, *. A wild fellow.
Craze, v. (1) To crush, or break;

to weaken.

(2 ) To crack. Devon.
Crazed, s. Insane ; foolish.
Crazey, s. Crow's foot. South.
Crazies, ». Ache? ; pains. North,

CRA.

334

CRE

Crazi.e, v. To congeal. Yorfcsh.

Crazy, adj. lufirm ; ready to fall
to pieces.

CuAzziLD, s. Coals caked to-
gether.

Creag, ». The game of ninepins.

Creaght. a drove of cattle.

Creak, s. A hook. Yorksh.

Cream, (1) v. To froth, or ctirdle.
North.

(2) {A.-N.) The consecrated oil.

(3) s. A cold shivering. Somer-
set. Creamy, chilly. Devon.

Creamer, s. One who has a stall

in a market or fair.
Cream-water, «. Water with a

sort of oil or scum upon it.
Creance, *. (1) {A.-N.) Faith;

belief.

(2) 8. {A.-N.) Credit; payment.
Creancer, a creditor.

(3) V. To borrow money.

(4) ». The string with which a
hawk is secured.

Creant, 8. Recreant.
Creas, 8. The measles. Yorksh,
Crease, (1) adj. Loving; fond.
Lane.

(2) s. A curved tile. West.

(3) V. To increase. Devon.

(4) s. A rent ; a split.
Creauk,*. a crooked stick. North.
Creaunser, 8. A tutor. Skelton.
CiiEAUNT, adj. (A.-N.) Believing.
Credence, s. Credit; reputation.
Credent, a<(?'. Credible. Shakes/).
Cree, (1) V. To steep, or soak.

Northampt.

(2) V. To seethe. North.

(3) V. To pound, or bruise. North.

(4) s. A sty, or small hut. Cumb.
Creech, v. To scream. Somerset.
Creed, adj. Hard. Yorksh.
Creek, s. A servant. Suffolk.
Creel, s. (1) An osier basket.

North.

(2) A wooden frame foroak-cakes.

(3) A butcher's stool. North.

(4) A ball made of worsted of
diifeient colours. North.

Creem, v. (1) To shrink into small
compass. "To be creemed with
cold," that is, shrunk with it.
When potatoes have been pressed
into pulp, they are said to be
creemed. Comw.

(2) To press a person's hand or
arm so as to cause him to suffer
from it.

(3) To pour out. North.

(4) To convey slily, Chesh.
Creen, v. To pine. Devon.
Creeny, adj. Small ; diminutive.

mus.

Creep, (1) s. A ridge of land.

(2) V. To hoist up.
Creeper, s. A small stool. North.
Creepers, *. (1) Small low irons

between the andirons in a grate.

(2) Grapnels. East.

(3) Low pattens. Norf.
Creepins, 8. A beating. Craven.
Creeple, v. (1) To squeeze; to

compress. East.

(2) A usual old form of cripple.

Creeze, adj. Squeamish. West.

Creil, s. a dwarfish man. North.

Creiled, ad/. Speckled. Cumb.

Creke, s. (A.-N.) A crane.

Crekyne, v. To cluck, as hens.
Pr. Parv.

Creme, 8. (Fr.) Chrism ; ointment.

Crenelle,*. (J^.-iV.) A battlement;
a loophole in a fortress.

Creopen, v. (A.-S.) To creep.

Crepemous, «. An old term of en-
dearment.

Crepil, «. (A.-S.) A cripple.

Crepixe, t. (Fr.) Fringe worn
with a French hood ; a golden
net-caul.

Crescent, «. (1) An ornament for
a woman's neck.
(2) Podex.

A pox on this indigrested London liqnor !
its best essence is tit lor nothing: but to
betjel a crude sort of I'eniales, iliat Hre
so impudent to turn up their cres-
cents by niooiilisrfct.

Howard, Jian of Newmarket, 1678.

Crescloth, «. Fine linen.

CRB

355

CRI

Crese, r. (A.-N.) To increase.

•Cresmede, part. p. (A.-N.)
Christened.

Cressawnte, s. a crescent.

Cresset, s. An open lamp, sus-
pended on pivots in a kind of
fork at the end of a pole, for-
merly used in nocturnal pro-
cessions.

Cress-hawk, *. A hawk. Comw.

Crest, «. (1) The top of anythinj^.

(2) The rising part of a horse's
neck.

(3) In architecture, an orna-
mental upper finishing.

(4) {A.-N.) Increase.
Creste-fall, *. The name of a

disease. Rowlands, Knave of

Clubbs, 1611.
Crest-tiles, s. Tiles used for the

ridge of a roof.
Crete, s. A sort of sweet wine.
Cretoyne, s. {A.-N.) a sweet

sauce.
Creuden, prei. t. pi. of cry,

Tliev unil:i))ud the soule a'lowte,
imicreudeu aud mad au liUTVschon-t.

TundaU, p. 6.

Creuse. {d.-N.) A cup.
Crevasse,! s. {A.-N.) A chink

creveys, J or crevice.
Crevecceur, 8. {Fr.) A term in
hair-dressing.

kcrfvecoeur, Ijy some call'dheartbrealcer,
is the ciiri'd lock at the nape of the
neck, and generally there are two of
them. Ladies' liictionari/, 1C94.

Crevet, 8. A cruet. East.
Crevil, 8. {A.-N.) The head.
Crevin", 8. A crevice. North,
Crevise, {Fr.) s. (1) Acray-fish.

(2) A crab.
Crew, s. A coop. Shropsh.
Crewdlk, v. To crouch together.

North.
Crewdling, s. One who moves

slowly. Chesh.
Crewds, 8. The measles. North.
Crewel, (1) arf/. Severe ; stern.

(2) 8. A cowsiij '^Merset.

(3) s. Fine worsted.
Crewxt, v. To grumhle. Exmnor.
Crew-yard, s. A farm-yard. Z/hc.
Crib, s. (1) A rack or manger.

(2) A child's bed.

(3) A fold for cattle.

(4) A lock-up house. Shropsh.

(5) A hundred square feet of
cut glass.

(G) 0. To be cooped up, or

confined.
Cribbage-faceu, adj. Thin and

emaciated. Comw.
Cribble, ». (1) A fine sort of

bran. Cribil-brede, bread made

from it.

(2) A corn. sieve.
Crick, s. (I) The gaffle of a

cross-bow.

(2) A cramp in the neck.
Cricker, s. A collier's horse.

West.
Cricket, (1) s, A low four-legged

stool.

(2) adj. Maris appetens, said of

a ferret.
Crickle, ». (1) To bend; to stoop.

(2) To break down, applied to a

prop or support. Comw.
Cricks, s. Dry hedgewood. West.
Criel, *. A kind of heron.
Cbig, (1) ». A wooden mallet.

North.

(2) V, To beat.
Crike, \s. {Fr, crique.) A

CRiKKET, J creek.
Crill, adj. Chilly; goosefleshy.

Lane.
Crim,(1)*. a small portion. West.

(2) V. To shiver. Wiuht.
Crimble.v. (1) To creep ahW. East.

(2) To criinble-i'-th'-poke, to

desert au engagement, to hang

back.
Crime, «. Cry; report. West.
Crimme, v. To crumble bread.
CaiMMLE, V, To plait up a dress.
CiiiMosiN, \adj. A red colour

CREMOSiN, J tinged with blue.
Ckimp, (1) «. A game at cards.

CRI

3&6

CRO

(2) V. To be stingy. Devon.

(3) adj. Inconsistent.

(4) s. A dealer in coals. Nor/.

(5) V. To wrinkle. Northampt.
Crimps. To be in crimps, to be

dressed up choicely.
Chinch, (1) s. A small bit. Glouc.

(2)r. To crouch together. Aor^A.
Crinchling, la. A very small

CRiN'GLiNG, J apple. Var.di.
Crincomes, 3. The lues venerea.
Cri'NCum, *. A cramp ; a whimsy.
Crindle, s. a kernel. Lane.
Crixe, v. To pine. North.
Crinetts, s. {Fr.) Black feathers

on a hawk's head.
Cringle, s. A withe for fastening

a gate. North.
Cringle-crangle, adv. Zig-zag.

North.
Crinite, adj. (Lat.) Hairy.
Crink, s. (1) Abend. East.

(2) A crumpling apple. Here/.

(3) A very small child. Tf^est.
Crinkle, v. (1) To rumple.

(2) To bend. Crinkles, sinu-
osities.

(3) To go into loops. Line.

(4) To shrink. Suffolk.
Crinkle-crankle, s. a wrinkle.
Crinze, *. A ilrinking cup.
Crip, v. To cut the hair. West.
CsiPLiNG, adj. Shaky. North.
Criplings, s. Short spars at the

sides of houses.
Crippes, s. a sort of fritters.

Warner, Antiq. C, p. 40.
Cripple-gap, "1 *. A hole left in
cripple-hole, J walls for sheep.

North.
Cripples, s. Crooked pieces of

wood. Northampt.
Crips, adj. (A.-S.) Crisp ; curled.

West.
Crish, s. Cartilage. East.
Crisimore,*. a little child. Devon.
Crisled, adj. Gtiosefleshy.
fr»^ap,». (1) Pork crackling. South.

''2 ( Very fine linen ; cobweb lawn.

'3^ A kind of biscuit. North.

Crispe, (1) adj. Curled. Crispi-ng-
iron, a curling-iron. Crisple, a
curl.
(2) 8. A fritter, or pancake.

Crispels, 8. Fritters.

CryspeU. Take and make a foile of j ode
past HS tliynnc as paper. Kerve it out
and fry it in oile, other in the grace;
and the remnant, take hony clarified,
and flaunne tlieieuith; alye hem up,
and serve liem forth.

Forme of Curt/, p. 29.

Cristaldre, "1 «, The lesser

cristesladdre, J centaury. Ger.
Cristen, s. a kind of plum.
Cristendom, 8. Baptism,

5onr cristmdom his tokene tlitof,
Of Criste that we toke.

IViUiam de Shorekam.

Cristin'e, s. {A.-N.) a kid.
Cristing, s. Baptisiu.
Cristygrey, 8. A sort of fur in

use in the 15th century.
Crit, 8. A hovel. Shropsh.
Critch, (1) 8. Any earthenware

vessel ; a jar. Hampsh.

(2) adj. Stony. Line.
Critick, 8. Criticism.
Crituary, s. a sort of sauce.
Crizzle, v. To crisp. Northampt.
Cro, s. Nose-dirt, Lane.
Croak, v. (1) To complain, or an-
ticipate evils; to despond,

(2) To die. Oxon.
Croat, s. A bottle. Suffolk.
Crob, (1) s. a clown. North.

(2)». To tyrannize over. Yorksh.
Croce, s. (1) {A.-S.) A cross.

(2) A crozier ; a crook. Croeere,

the bearer of a pastoral staff, or

crozier. Pr. P.
Croche, s. (1) (A.-N.) A crutch.

(2) The knob at the top of a

stag's head.
Croched, .?. (A.-N.) Crooked.
Crochen, *. The crochet in music.
Crochet, s. (A.-N.) A hook.
Crocheteur, *. (Fr.) A common

porter.

CRO

337

CRO

Rescued? 'Slight I would
Ilave hired h crcchetenr for two eaidccues,
To have done so imich with liis whip.

B. t i^> i^^- '*^'"»'* ^•. >". 1-
Crochon; s. a mixture of pitch,

rosin, &c., for cresset lights.
Crock, (1) s. (A.-S.) A pot; an
earthen vessel.

(2) V. To lay up in a crock.

(3) *. Soot. Crochy, sooty.

(4) V. To blacken with soot.

(5) s. A cake. Mrs. Bray's
Tradns. of Devonshire, ii, 286.

(6) .*. An old ewe. Yorksh.

(7) s. A kind of musket.

(8) s. The back of a fire-place.
West.

(9) s. An old-laid egg. North.

(10) ». To decrease; to decay.
North.

(11) s. Hair in the neck.

(12) s. The cramp in hawks.
Crock-butter, s. Salt-butter.

South.
Crocket, s. A large roll of hair,

fashionable in the 14th cent.
Crocks, s. (1) Locks of hair.

(2) Two crooked timbers, in old

buildings, forming anarch. North.
Crocky, s. A small Scotch cow.

North.
Crodart, s. a coward. North.
Croddy, v. To strive ; to play very

roughly. North.
Crode, s. a mole. North.
Croffle,». To hobble. Z«c. Crof-

fling, infirm.
Croft, s. A vault. Kent.
Crogged, part. p. Filled. Oxf.
CROGGtLE, adj. Sour, or curdy.

Yorksh.
Croghton-belly, s. One who eats

much fruit. Lane.
Crognet, *. The coronal of a spear.
Croice, s. (A.-N.) a cross.
Croisade, s. (1) A crusade.

(2) The cross on the top of a

crown.
Great Brittaine, shadow of the starry

spliears,
Selle-viewiog beauties true presented grace

In Thetis mynhour, on this orhe appeares.
In worth excelling, as extoU'd in place:
Like I he rich croisade on th' imperial)

ball,
As much adorning as surmounting all.
Zuxtch's Dote, ICIS.

Croise, s. a drinking-cup.
Croiserie, s. The Crusade.
Cboke, (1) «. A hook.

(2) V. To bend.

(3) s. Refuse. Line.

(4) 8. A trick ; a turn. North.
{bS 8. (J.-N) A kind of lance.
(6) 8. The ordure of the hare.

Ckokeo, adj. (1) Lame; infirm.

(2) Cross-looking. "A eroked

countenance." The Festyvall, fol.

cxxviii.
Croker, ». (1) A grower of saffron.

(2) A cottage without stairs.
Crolle, adj. Curled.
Crolling, *. The rumbling of the

stomach. Palsg.
Crom, v. (1) To crowd. North.

(2) To arrange. Lane.
Crome, s. (1) Kernel, or pulp; the

crumb.
He was more dogged then the dogs he

kept.
For tliey lickt sores when he deny'd liis

cromes.

Rowlands, Knaves of Sp. ^ D., 1G13.

(2) A crook. Norf.
Cromp, (1) adj. Witty. Osf.

(2) V. To curl, as a dog's tail.
Cromster, s. {Dut.) A vessel with

a crooked prow.
Crone, s. (1) An old ewe.

(2) An old w oraan, used generally

in an opprobrious sense.
Crone-berries, s. Whortle-ber-

ries.
Cronell, *. A coronal.
Crones AN ke, s. The persicaria.
Cbonet, 8. The hair which grows

on the top of a horse's hoof.
Cronge, *. A hilt, or handle.
Cronk, v. (1) To prate. North.

(2) To perch. Yorksh.

(3) To exult insultingly.
CaoNNY, adj. Merry; cheerfi.1.

Derb.

CRO

358

CRO

Cronv, s. An old and intimate

acquaintance.
Ciioo, 8. A crib for cattle. Lane.
Crooule, v. (1) To cower; to

shrink.

(2) To feel cold,

(3) To coax ; to fawn.
Crook, (1)«. A bend, or curvature.

(2) The crick in the neck.

(3) A chain in a chimney to sus-
pend boilers. North.

(4) The devil. Somerset.
Crooked-stockings. To have

crooked stockings, i. e., to be

drunk. Northampt.
Crookel, v. To coo. North,
Crook-lug, s. a hooked pole for

pulling down dead branches of

trees. Glouc.
Crooks, s. (1) Pieces of timber

to support burdens on horses.

Devon.

(2) Hinges. North.
Crool, 1 V. To mutter ; to grum-

croot, J ble.
Croom, s. A small portion. Somers.
Croox, v. (1) To roar. North.

(2) To murmur softly.
Croonch, ». To encroach. East.
Croop, v. To scrape together. Dev.
Croopback, s. a hump-back.
Croopy, (1) V. To creep. Dorset.

(2) adj. Hoarse. North.
Croose, «. The assistant to the

banker at basset.
Crop, s. (1) {A.-S.) The top.

(2) The head or top of a tree, the
extreme shoot. Any shoot, or
sprig, particularly the growth of
one season.

(3) The spare-rib.

(4) The gorge of a bird.
Crope, {\) pret. t. {A.-S.) Crept;

pi. cropen and croppen.

(2) V. To creep slowly. East.

(3) 8. The crupper.

(4) adj. Crooked.

(5) s. {A..N.) A band, or fillet.
Ckopiers, 8. The housings on a

horse's back.

Groping, s. The surface of coal.
Cropone, s. {A.-N.) The buttock

or haunch.
Crop-out, v. To appear above the

surface, said of a stratum of

coal or other minerals.
Croppen, (l)/(ar^ p. Crept. North.

(2) V. To eat, said of birds.

(3) s. The crop of a hen. Cumb.
Cropper, v. To cramp. Leic.
Crop-rash, *. The loose stone

above the solid vein. Warw.
Crop-rock, s. Loose, soft stone,

that lies above the solid vein.

The surface or uppermost rock.

Warw.
Crop-weed, s. The black matfellon.
Crose, *. A crosier.
Croshabell, 8. A harlot. Kent.
Cross, (1) s. A piece of money, so

named from the cross which was

usually placed on the reverse of

old English coins.

He (lid reply, Faitli not a croae
To blesse rae in this case;
1 must goe seeke to mend my selfe,
lu some more wliolsome place.

Rowlands, Knave of Clubs, 1611.

(2) s. The horizontal piece near
the top of a dagger.

(3) V, To cashier.

(4) V. To dislodge a roe-deer.
Also, to double in a chase.

(5) V. To cleave the back-bone
of the deer, a term in hunting.

Cross-and-pile,s. The game now
called heads-and-tails.

Bil. That ever friends should fall out
about trifles ! (Thq/ drop iheir svjords,
and embrace.) 'Prilliee let's discourse
tlie business quietly, between ourselves ;
and since 'tis gone so far as to he taken
notice of in the town, cross and file
between us, who shall wear his arm in
a scarf.

T. T. Agreed.— But hold— the denl \
cross have I.

Bil. Or I.— Then knots and flats,— f. ..
swords shall serve; — this, knots — that,
flats. -I cry, knots. The Cheats, 1663.

Prithee let's throw up cross and pilt then
whether it shall be a match or no.

Eotcard, Engliih Mounsieur, I674u

CRO

359

CRO

All onr wisilom and jndcnnent is perfect
chance, cross or plU, even or odd, we
take all upon trust, are bore away by
custom and number, and run headlong
like slieej) because we are led, and never
stop to ask the reason why ? And at the
rehearsal of a fresh story the' true or
false, we are whistled together as thick
as swarms of bees at the tinkling of a
brass warming pan.

The Mohhs Catechism, 1703.

Cross-bars,*. A juvenile game.

Cross-bated, adj. Chequered.

Cross-bite, (1) r. To swindle; to
cheat ; to deceive. Cross-bite, and
cross-biter, a swindler. " Fur-
bare, to play the cheater, the
cunnie-catcher or crosse biter."
Florio.

Who, when he speaks, grunts like a hog,

and looks
Like one tliat is employ'd in catzerie
And croshiting. 0. PI., viii, 374.

Here's young Maggot, and Selfish, why
they don't know how to bet at a horse-
race, or make a good match at tennis,
and are cross-bitten at bowls.

Sliadwell, True mdoie, 1679.

I challeng'd him; he dar'd not meet;
but by cross-biting made Jack here, little
Jack, aud me meet, and fall out.

Shadvoell, Bury Fair. 1689.

Was ever man so cross -bit and con-
founded by an asse ?

Caryl, Sir Salomon, 1691.

(2) «. A trick.

What a cross-bite have I scaped? this
sham was well carried on madam. Did
you hear, old fcx)l ?

Shadaell, True Widov, 1679.

Cross-bridge, ». The frame be-
hind a wagon into which the
side pieces are tenanted. North-
ampt.

Cross-cloth, *. " Plagnla. Vela-
men capitis lineum minus, quo
nostrates feminae fere capita in-
tegunt. A crosse cloth, or knit
kercher." Nommclator.

Cross-days, «. The three days
preceding the Ascension.

Crossed.*. {A.-N. croise.) Having
taken the cross ; a crusader.

Crosselet, t. (^A.-N.) A crucible.

Cross-g.\rter'd, adj. A fashion
prevailed at the end of Eliza-
beth's reii?n of wearing tlie gar-
ters crossed on the leg, wiiich
appears to have been considered
as characteristic of a coxcomb.

Cross-grained, adj. Peevish;
difficult to please,

Cross-hoppled, adj. Ill-tempered.
Northampt.

Cross-lay, ». A cheating wager.

Crosslet, s. a front'et.

Cross-morganed, adj. Peevish.
North.

Cross-patch.I _^ j^^^-„i,j
cross-pot, J '

Cross-purposes, *. A child's game.

Cross-row, ». The alphabet.

Of all the letters in the crossrow a w. is
the worst and ill pronounced, for it is a
dissemblers and a knaves epithetoii.

Boiui's PolydorOH, l&U.

Cross-ri'ff, s. An old game at

cards
Cross-the-bcckle, 8. A peculiar

step in rustic dancing.
Cross-toll, s. A passaae toll.
Cross-trip, «. In wrestling, when

the legs are crossed one within

the other.
Cross-wamping, s. Wrangling;

contradicting. Northampt.
Cross-week. s. Rogation week.
Crosswixd, v. To twist; to warp.
Crostell, s. a wine-pot.
Croswort, s. Herba Crimatica,

but.
Ckotch, ». (1) A post with a forked

ttip.

(2) The place where the tail of

an animal commences.
Crotch-boots, s. Water-hoots.

East.
Cbotch-bound, adt. Lazy. East.
Crotch ED, adj. (1) Hooked. North.

(2) Cross in temper. Ea-it.
Crotch-room, s. Length of the

legs.
Crotch-stick, ». A crutch. East.
Crotch-t.ui, s. A kite. Essex.

CRO

360

CRO

Crote, s. a clod of earth.
Crotels, "1 ». {Fr.) The ordure
CROTEYS, J of the hare, rahbit, &c.
Crotey, «. (A.-N.) Pottage.
Croton, s. a dkh in cookery. See
Crayion.

Croton. Take the offal of capons other of
other briddes. Make hem clene, and
parlioile lieni. Take Iiem up and dyee
iiem. Take swete cowe mylke, and cast
thereinne, and lat it boile. Take payn-
demayn, and of the self mylke, and
draine thurgh a cloth, and cast it in a
pot, and iat it seetli. Take ayren y-sode,
liewe the whyte, and cast thereto; and
alye the sewewith jolkesof ayren rawe.
Color it with salron. Take the jolki-s,
and frye hem, and florish hem therewith,
and with powdor-douce.

Forme of Cury, p. 13.

Crotte, 8. (J.-N.) A hole ; a cor-
ner.
Crottles, 8. Crumbs. North.
Crottling, a(lj. Friable. North.
Crou, 8. A sty. Devon.
eRoucH, 8. A tumble; a wrinkle.

0X071.

Crouche, (1) *. (A.-S.) A cross.

We the byddcth, Jhesa Cryst,

Codes sone alyve,
Sete on crouclie, pyne and passyoun.

And thy dethe that hys ryve.

W. de Shoreham.

(2) V. To sign with the cross.

(3) s. A coin. See Cross.
Crouchen, part. p. Perched.

North.
Crouchmas,*. Christmas. Tusser.
Croud, (l)s. A fiddle. See Crowd.

(2) 8. The crypt of a church.

(3) *. An apple pasty. Wilts.

(4) V. To coo. North.
Croudewain, s. a cart, or a kind

of banow.

Crouke, (1) 8. {A.-S.) An earthen
pitcher.
(2) V. {A.-S.) To bend.

Croume, adj. \^A.-N.) Sharp ; cut-
ting.

Crouncorn, s. a rustic pipe.

Croup, (1) *. The craw; the belly.
(2) 8. The buttock, or haunch.

(3) s. {A.-N.) The ridge of th«
back.

(4) p. To stoop ; to crouch. Cumb.

(5) V. To croak. North.
Croupy-craw,*. Theraven. North.
Crous, adj. (1) Merry; lively.

(2) Saucy ; malapert. North.

(3) V. To provoke. East.
Crousley, v. To court. Devon.
Crouth, s. a fiddle ; a crowd.
Crouwepil, s. The herb crane-bill.
Crow, (1) s. A cattle-crib. Lane.

(2) s. An iron gavelock. North.

(3) V. To claim. Somerset.

(4) 8. A pigsty. Devon.

(5) 8. The i)ig's fat which is
fried with the liver. Northampt.

(6) To give the crow a pudding,
to die. Shakesp.

Crow-bell, s. A plant peculiar
to Wilts. Aubrey.

Crow-berry, *. Etnpetrum ni-
grum, Lin.

Crowch, s. (I) A crutch.

(2) A stilt. "Stilts: skatches:
crowches." Nomenclator.

Crow-coal, *. Inferior coal. Cumb.

Crowd, (1) *. A fiddle; crowder,
a fiddler.

(2) 8. A crypt in a church.

Cryptoporticus, Plin. Jun. Portictis
siibterrdiiea, ant loco dcijressioie po-
sita, cujusmodi slructiini est porticiium
in antiqui operis nionasteriis. Kpvim).
A secret waike or vault under the
grounde, as the crowdes or shrowdes of
Paules, called S. iaithes church.

Noiuendalor.

(3) V. To make a grating noise.

(4) ». To wheel about. Norf.

(5) 8. Congealed milk. North.
Crowd-barrow, "[ *. A wheel-

CROWDING, J barrow. A or/I

Crowdling, adj. Timid ; sickly.

West.
Crowdy, s. a mess of oatmeal
mixed with milk. North.

And tlicre'll he pies and spice dumpltugs.
And there'll be bacon and pease;

Besides a great lump of beef boiled,
And they may get crotcdia wlio phase.
Old Sonq.

CRO

3G1

CRU

Crowdy-kit, s. a small fiddle.
JVest.

Crowdy-main, ». A riotous as-
sembly ; a cock-fight. North.

Chowdv-mutton, s. a fiddler.

Crowdy-pie, s. An apple-turnover.
West.

Crow-feet, *. The wrinkles at the
outer corners of the eye.

CuowFLowER, s. The crow-foot.
North.

Crowfoot, s. A caltrop.

Crowish, adj. Pert. North.

Ci{.owL\SDE, part. a. Exulting;
boasting.

Crowle, v. To grumble in the
stomach.

Crow-leek, ». The hyacinth.

Crown, v. To hold an inquest.
N^orth.

Crowned-cup, ». A bumper.

Crow-needles, ». The plant shep-
herd's needle. Northampt.

Crowning, adj. Slightly arched.
East.

Crow-parsnip, ». The dandelion.

Crow-pie, s. Nasal dirt.

Crow-pightle, «. The butter-cup.
Northampt.

Crowse, adj. Sprightly, merry, or
alert. North.

Such one thou art, as is the little fly.

Who is so crowse uud gamesome « ilh the
tinnie. Drayton, Eel. 7.

Crowshell, *. The fresh-water
muscle.

Crows-nest, s. Wild parsley.

Crowsope, *. The plant saponaria.

Crow-stones, "1 s. Fossil shells ;
crow-pot- S^gryphites. A'or/A-
STONES, J ampt.

Crowt, v. To pucker up.

Crow-toe, s. The wild ranun-
culus.

Crow-toed, adj. Wheat irregu-
larly beaten down. Northampt.

Croydon-sanguinb, 8. A sallow
colour.

Croyn, v. To cry, like deer in
rutting time.

Crozzils, #. Half-burnt coals.

Yorksh.
Crub, s. a crust, or rind. Crubby,

crusty bread. Devon.
Crubbin, 8. Food. West.
Crtes, ». The wooden supporters

of panniers on a horse. West.
Cruccheiv, v. {A.-S.) To crouch.
Cruce, 8. {Fr. cruche.) A jug.

They had sucked such a juce
Cut of the good ale cruce.

The Unluckie Ftrmeniie.

Cruche, s. A bishop's crosier.
Cruchet, 8. A wood-pigeon.

North.
Cruciar, ». Acrucifier. Wickliff'e.
Cruciate, v. {Lat.) To torment.

Ilee hath kneeled oftener in tl>e honour
of liis sweetelieuit lUeii his Saviour : hee
eruciateth himself with the thought of
her, and wearielh si his friends with
talking on her. Man in theMootte, 1609.

Cruckle, v. To bend; to stoop.

East.
Cru d, part. p. Carted ; conveyed.
Crud, If. To coagulate; to
CRUDDLE, J curdle.
Grudge, v. To crush; to crowd

upon. Northampt.
Crudly, arf/. Crumbling. S^ropsA.
Cruds, s. {A.-S.) Curds.
Cruel, (1) adj. Keen; valiant.

(2) adj. Sad. Exmoor.

(3) adj. Very.

(4) a. Fine worsted.

(5) s. A cowslip. Devon.
Cruels, *. The shingles. Yorksh,
Cruel-wise, adj. Inclined to

cruelty.
Cruives, 8. Spaces in a dam or

weir for taking salmon. North.
Cruke, *. {A.-S.) A crook.
Crule, v.{\) {A.-S.) To curl.

(2) To siiiver with cold.
Crum, v. To stuflF. North.

Pliormio, the wliole charge is laid on
thy bark; thou thyself didst erum it,
thou therefore must eat it up all:
self do lelf have.

Terence in Englith, 1611.

CRU

S62

CUB

Crumbs, s. The loose ea'th at the
bottom of a dr.iin. Northampt.

Crumcakes, «. Pancakes. North.

Crumenal, «. (Lot.) A purse.

Crummel, v. To beat. Shropuh.

Crummy, (1) adj. Plump; fleshy.
" A crummy wife and a crusty
loaf for my money." Warw.
(2)s. A cow with crooked horns.

Crump, (1) adj. Hard; crustv.
North.

(2) adj. Cross in temper. North.

(3) adj. Crooked. " Bossu. That
is crumpe-shottldered, camell
backed, or crooke backt." No-
mencl.

(4) *. The rump. North.

(5) s. The cramp.
Crumple, (1) v. To wrinkle; to

contract. West.

(2) To twist ; to make crooked.
CRUMPLEDY,a</;. Crooked; twisted.
Crumple-footkd, adj. Having no

movement with the toes.
Crvmpy, adj. Short; brittle. North.
Crundles, s. Scorbutic swellings.

Devon.
CauxE, ». To bellow, or roar.

North.
Cruney, v. To whine. Devon.
Crunk, v. To make a noise like a

crane.
Croxkle, v. (1) To rumple.

(2) To creak.
Crup, adj. (1) Crisp ; surly. South.

(2) Short; brittle.
Crupel, 8. A cripple.
Crupper, v. To vex. Northampt.
Crush, (1) «. Gristle. East.

(2) V. To crush a cup, to finish
a cup of liquor.

(3) V. To squeeze. Leic.
Cruske, 1 ». a drinking cup of

CRucE, I ea'-th.frequentlymen-
CRoisE, I tioned in inventories
CRUSKYN.J of the fourteenth cen-
tury ; thus, in the Kalendar of
the Exchequer, 1324, — " Un
crusekyn de terre garni d'argent,
a covercle souz dorrez od iiij

escuchiois as costes de divers
amies, du pris, viij«." " Un
cruiikyn ac lerre blank hernoissez
d'argent endorrez, ove covercle
enbatell, enaymellez dedeins ove
j babewyn, pois, ij lb."
Crussel, "I r- • »1-

' ys. Gristle.

CRUSTLE, J

Crustade, "I*. A pie composed
CRUSTARDE, J of a mixture of in-
gredients.

Cru STIVE, adj. Covered with
crust.

Crusty, adj. Surly.

Crut, «. A dwarf. North.

Crutohet, «. A perch. Waiic.

Crutch-nib, s. The right-hand
handle of a plough.

Cruttle, (1) s. A crumb. North.
(2) V. To stoop down. North.

Cry. (1) V. To challenge, bar, or
object to. Somerset.

(2) 3. A proclamation.

(3) s. (A.-N.) The head.
Cryance, 8. (A.-N.) Fear.
Cbying-out, *. Child-birth.

Spent at fair Sarah the dairy-maids
cn/iiiff-out, who in her labotir laid tlie
cliUd to voiir worship.

ilounljort, Greenv:ickPari,\t^\.

Crying-the-mare, "Is. An an-
CRYiNG-THE-NECK, J cient gamc

in Herefordshire at the harvest

home.
Crymosin, s. Crimson.
Crysen, *. pi. Cries.
Crystals, s. The eyes. Shahesp.
CrystiantS, s. {A.-N.) Christ.

endoni.
Cryzom, adj. Weakly. Craven.
Cu, s. (A..S.) A cow.'
Cub, (1) s. A bin. North.

(2) s. A crib for cattle. Glonc.

(3) ». A coop. " A hen house : a
place wiiere poultrie is kept: a
cub." Nomencl.

(4) r. To confine in a narrow
space.

To be cubbed up on a sndden, how sliall
be be perplexed.

Burl., Auat. Mel., p. 153:

CUB

363

CUE

(5) «. A heap; a mass.

(6) s. A marten in the first
year.

Cuba, *. A game at cards.

Cuccu, s. (A.-S.) A cuckoo.

CucK, V. (1) To throw. North.
(2) To punioh a woman with the
cucking-stooh

Cucking-stool, *. A well-known
engine for the punishment of
women, often, but not so cor-
rectly, called a ducking-stool.

Having lately read the rare history of
Patient Grize'll, out of it he liatli drawiie
this pliylosophicall position, that if all
women were of that woman's condition,
we should have no im|)loyuieut for
cuckin-stooles.

Harry Utile's Humour, circa 1600.

CtTCKOLD, s. The plant burdock.
The burrs on it are called cuck-
old's-buttons.

Cuckold's-fee, s. a groat.

Cuckold's-knot, s. a noose, the
ends of which point lengthways.

Cuckoo, s. The liarebell. Devon.

CccKoo-ALE, s. Ale drunk to
welcome the cuckoo's return. A
singular custom prevailed not
long ago in Shropshire, that as
soon as the first cuckoo had been
heard, all the labouring classes
left work, and assembled to drink
what is called the cuckoo ale.

CuCKOO-BALL, s. A light ball of
parti-coloured rags for children.

CucKoo-BREAD, s. Wood-sorrel.

CucKoo-BUDS, s. The butter-cup
{ranunculus buliosus).

CucKoo-FLOWER, s. Orchis mas-
cula, Lin. The wild lychnis
fiosculi. Gerard, p. 201, "wilde
water-cresses or cuckow flowers,
cardamine." The greater stitch-
wort. Kent. Red-flowered cam-
pion. Northampt.

CucKoo-LAMB, s. An early lamb.
Oxf. A late-yeaned lamb. North-
ampt.

CocKoo-MALT, 8. Malt made in the

summer, t. e., after the arrival of
the cuckoo.

This 1? hut a had month to make malt
in, except I lie weather happen to he
much colder than one would either wish
or expect it to be: cuckoontalt (as they
call it) will make hut bad liquor; anu
bad liquor is sure to sell badly j except
it he to some drunken, sottish, idle-
headed fellows, who neither care what
they guzzle down, nor who pavs for it.
Poor sJbin, 1764.

CucKOO-PiNTLE, s. The plant arum.

CucKoo's-MAiDEN,*. The wryneck.
North.

CucKoo's-MATE, 9. The barley-
bird. East.

CucKOO-spiCE, 8. Wood-sorrel.

CucKoo-sPiT, «. The white froth
enclosing the larva of the cicada
spumaria.

CucKOO-TiME, *. Spring. North.

CucK-auEAN, s. A female cuckold.

CucKuo, s. A cuckoo.

CucuBES, *. Cubebs.

CucuLi.ED, adj. {Lat.) Hooded.

CucuRBiTE, s. (Lat.) A gourd.

CuDDE, pret. t. {A.-S.) Showed ;
manifested.

CuDDEN, *. A clown ; a fool.

CuDDiAN, a. A wren. Devon.

Cuddy, s. (1) A silly fellow.
(2) The hedge-creeper. North-
ampt.

CuDDY-Ass, s. A donkey.

Cuddy's-legs, «. Large herrings.

CuDE- CLOTH, 8. A chrisome cloth.
North.

Cudgel, v. To embroider thickly.

Cud's, s. A substitution for God's,
as odd's, &c., in popular excla-
mations, such as cud's liggina,
cud's fish, &c.

Vliy, realy cousin, or uncle, quo' the
you'nsr man, we may chance to pop upon
ve before y'are aware. I should be at
Exeter-fair this Lammas tide. Cuds-
fish, quoth his cousin, 'tis hut a little
out ot your way, to ride to Dorchester,
and then you come within a mile of our
house. Ladies lHcliouary,\6^,

Cud-weed, ». The cotton weed.
Cue, s. (1) Half a farthing. A

CUE

364

CUL

term used to signify a small
quantity of different articles.

(2) A horse-shoe. Wejit.

(3) Humour ; temper.

(4) Tlie catch-word of a speech
in acting. Cue-fellows, actors w ho
play together,

CvERPo, s. (Span.) To be in cuerpo,
to be without the upper garment.

Tour Spanish liost is never seen in cuerpo.

Without his paraoientos, cloke, and sword.

£, Jotu., New Inn, ii, 5.

Cuff, (1) v. To beat.

(2) V. To insinuate. East.

(3) s. A glove, or mitten. Pr. P.

(4) To cuff over, to dilate. To
cuff out, to pour out.

CuFFEN, s. A churl.

CcFF-sAND, 8. A deep heavy sand.
Lane.

CuGLioN, 8. (Ital.) A scoundrel;
a stupid fellow.

CuiFF, ». To go awkwardly. North.

CuixsE, V To carve a plover.

Cdirbodly, 8. {A.-N.) Leather,
softened by boiling, in which
condition it took any form or
impression required, and then
hardened. A very common ma-
terial in the Middle Ages.

CniRET, s. {Fr.) A hard skin.

Th' liast armed som with poyson, some with

paws,
Som with sharp antlers, som with griping

claws,
Som with keen tushes, som with crooked

beaks,
Som with thick cuWets, som with scaly

necks ;
But mad'st man naked, and for weapons

fit
Thou gav'st him nothing but a pregnant

wit. Du Bartas.

CuissEs,*. {A.-N.) Armour for the

thighs.
CuiT, s. {Fr.) A sweet wine.
CuKER, 8. A part of the horned

head-dress.
CuKKVNE, V. Cacare. Pr. P.
CuKSTOLE, *. The toadstool.
CuLCH, 8. Refuse ; rubbish. East.

CuLDORE, s. A colander.
CuLE, *. {A.-N.) The fundament.
CuLERAGE, *. The herb aismart.
Cull, (1) ». To pull ; to enforce.
Skinner.

(2) V. To embrace. Somerset.

(3) adj. Silly. North.

(4) s. A cheat ; the devil. North-
umb.

(5) «. The bull-head. Var. di.

(6) 8. A kind of lamprey.
CuLLACK, s. An onion. Devon.
CuLLEN. Cologne.

CuLLiCE, V. To beat to a jelly.

Shirley.
Culling, s. The light corn sepa-

rated in winnowing.
CuLLiNGS, \s. Inferior sheep, sepa-
CULLERS, J rated or culled front

the rest, as unfit for market.

Culls, in Northamptonshire.
Those that are big'st of bone I still reserve

for breed.
My cullings I put off, or for the chapman
leid. ilra^/., AympA., 6, p. 1496.

Ovis reicula. Kebbers or cullers, drawue

out of a flocke of sheepe : a ridgiing.

Nomendalor.
CuLLioN, s. {Fr.) A scoundrel.
CuLLioN-HEAD, s. A bastion.
CuLLiONS, s. {Fr.) The testicles.
CuLLis, 8. {A.-N. coulis.) Strong

broth.
CuLLisANCE, 8. A badge of arms,

corrupted from cognisance.
CuLLOT, s. A cushion to ride on.
Cully, (1) v. To cuddle. Wore.

(2) adj. Silly ; foolish.

(3) 8. {Fr.) One easily imposed
upon, especially by women ; a
worthless or base fellow.

CuLLY-FABLE, V. To whecdlc.

Yorksh.
CuLME, 8. {Lot.) (1) The summit,

top.

(2) Smoke, or soot.
CuLN, 8. A windmill. North.
CuLORUM, 8. The conclusion or

moral of a tale or narrative.
CuLP, 8. {A.-N.) A heavy blow.

East.

CUL

365

CUB

CuLPATE, V. (Lat.) To blame.
CuLPE, *. {Lai.) Blame; fault.
CuLPiT, s. A large lump. East.
CuLPONS, «. (A.-N.) Shreds ; logs ;

small parcels or pieces.
CuLPY, arf;. Thick-set; stout. Suf.
CuLPYNES, s. {F?:) Part of a horse's

trappings.
Cult, v. To jag a dress.
CuLVAUD, s. {A.-N.) Cowardly.
Culver, (1) s. (A.-S.) A dove;

the woori-pigeon. Devon.

(2) V. To beat ; to throb. East.
Culver-foot, s. A plant.

Ffor the ffallyng off heere, Tnke nr.d
make lye of the asshes of an erbe that
is callid cuhijr-fooU, and wesssh thyu
Lede therwitli. MS. \ith cent.

Culver-headed, adj. (1) Stupid.
(2) Thatched with straw or stub-
ble, said of a stack.

Culver-house, s. A pigeon-house.

Culver-keys, *. (1) The bunches
of pods on the ash tree.
(2) The columbine.

Culvert, s. {A.-N.) A drain.

CuLVERTAGE,s.(^.-iV.) Cowardicc.

Culvertail, s. a dovetail.

Culverwort, s. Columbine.

CvM,pret. t. Came.

Cumber, (1) «. Care, danger, or
inconvenience.

Meanwhile the Turks seek succotirs from

our king;
llius fade thy helps, and thus thy cumbers

spring. Tairf; Tasso, ii, 73.

(2) s. Trouble ; a tumult.

(3) V. To trouble, or inconve-
nience.

For if yon did, you would now at last
pive over to cumber me with your un-
reasuuablenesse.

Terence in English, 1641.

Cumber-ground, s. A useless

thing.
Cumbermext, «. Trouble.
CuMBLED, part. p. Oppressed;

cramped.
CcMBLY-coLD adj. Stiff wlth cold.

East.

CuMFiRiE, «. The daisy.
CuMMED-MiLK, 8. Curds and whey

Lane.
CvMyiY, adj. Stale; bad-smelling

South.
Cumxant,«. a covenant. Heywood,

1556.
Cumpan'iable, adj. Sociable.
Cdmpuffle, e. To confuse. North-

ampt.
CuN, s. (A.-S.) Kine; cows.
CcND, V. To give notice, to indicate

the way a shoal of fish has taken.
CuNDE, s. Nature; kind.
CuNDETH, "1 ». A conduit ; a sewer.

cuxDY, J North.
CuNDYDE, adj. Enamelled.
Cunger, «. (1) A cucumber. Warw.

(2) A conger.
CuxGTT, *. The level of a mine.
CuNiE, s. Moss. Cornw.
CoNLiFF, s. A conduit. North.
CuNNE. (1) ». {A..S.) To know.

(2) *. Kin.
CuNNiE, s. A rabbit. See Cony.
CcNNiFFLE, V. To disscmble ; to

flatter. Devon.
Cunning, ^l)s.(.<^.-5.) Knowledge.

(2) adj. Knowing ; skilful. Cun-
ning-man, a conjurer or astro-
loger. Cunning -woman was used
ill the same sense.

(3) s. The lamprey. North.
CuNRicHE, *. {A.-S.) A kingdom.
CuNTEK.s. A contest. See Contek.
CuNTipUT, s. A clown. Somerset.
CuNY, s. Coin. Pr. P.
CuNYNG, *. A rabbit.

Cupalo, s. a smelting-house.
Cupboard, s. An open sideboard ;

a table or sideboard for holding

the cups.
Cupel, s. A melting-pot for gold.
CuPHAR, *. {Fr.) A cracking.
CuppE-MELE, adv. Cup by cup.
CupROSE, ». The poppy. North.
CupsHOTTKN. adj. Tipsv.
CuR. «. (1) {Fr.) The heart.

(2) The bulUhead. East.
Curat, «. The cuirass.

CUR

366

CUR

Curb, t?. (Fr.) To bend ; to cringe.
CuRBER, s. A thief wiio hooked

goods out of a window.
CuRCH, ». Cliurch. North.
CuRCHY, V. To curtsy. North.
CuRciTE, s. A surcoat.

CuRD-CAKE, S.

To make curd cakes. Take a pint of
cui ds, four eggs ; take out two of tlie
wliites, put in some sugar, a little nut-
meg and a little flour, stir tlicm well
together, and drop them iu, and fry
them with a little butter.

Queen's llayal Cool-try, 1713.

Curdle-back, ». The small crooked
fish which generally occupies the
shell of the whelk, after the latter
has forsaken it. South.

Cure, (1) *. {A.-N.) Care ; anxiety.

(2) V. To care.

(3) V. To cover.

CuRET, l s. {Fr.) A cuirass ; the
CURIET, J skin.

For with liis club he skufHes then amongst

their curets so,
That speedie death was sweeter dole then

to survive his bio.

Waiiur's Albions England, 1592.

CoRF, V. To earth up potatoes.
CuR-FiSH, 8. The dog-fish.
CuRiAL, adj. (Lot.) Courtly.
Curious, {l)adj. Nice; fastidious.
Curiosity, niceness.

(2) adj. Careful.

(3) adj. Courageous.

Curl, s. The inward fat of a pig.

Line.
Curlings, s. Little knobs on

stags' horns.
CuRLiwET, s. The sanderling.
Curmudgeon,*. A miserly fellow.
CuRNBERRiES, «. Currauts. North.
CuRNOCK, *. Four bushels of corn.
CuRPEY, s. See Courtepy.
CuRRALL, s. Coral.
Currant, s. A high leap. Wight.
CuRRE, *. {J.-N.) A sort of wagon.
CuRREL, «. A rill, or drain. East.
Current, adv. Freely; with au

appetite. Leic.

CuRRETTER, s. A brokei ; one who
canvasses.

CuRREYE, s. (Fr.) A wagon train.

Currish, adj. Surly.

CuRROUR, s. {Lat.) A runner. "Of
niessagers, currours, rybauldes,
and players at the dyse." Caxlon.

CuRRULE, s. {Lat.) A chariot.

CuRRY, V. To flog. North.

CuRRYDOW, s. (Fr.) A flatterer.

CuRRYFAVEL. (Fr.) A flatterer.

CuRRYPiG, s. A sucking-pig. Wilts.

Curse,*. A course.

CuRSEDNEss, s. Shrewishncss.

CuRSELARY, adj. Cursorj.

CuRSEN, V. To christen. Cumb.

CuRSENMAS, s. Christmas. North.

CURSE-OF-SCOTLAND, 8. ThC uinC

of diamonds.

CuRSETOR, s. (1) A vagrant. A
cant term.
(2) A pettifogger.

CuRSORARY, adj. Cursory.

Curst, adj. Ill-tempered; mali-
cious ; vicious.

CuRSY, *. Courtesy.

CuRTAiL-DOG, s. (1) Originally
the dog of an unqualified person,
which by tlie forest laws must
have its tail cut short.
(2) A common dog, not meant
for sport, or a dog that missed
his game.

CuRTAiNERS, s. Curtains. Lane.

CuRTAL, *. (1) {Fr. courtault.) A
docked horse ; any cropped ani-
mal.

A booted swagg'rer sharking up and downe.
Met in his walkt a silly horse-maii clowue.
That nodding rid upon a curtall-jade.

Rowlands, Knave of Harts, 1603.

(2) A cant term for a beggar
with a short cloak.

(3) A sort of cannon.
CuRTu, (1) s. Courtesy.

(2) adj. {A.-N.) Short.
CuRTEis, adj. {A.-N.) Courteous.
CuRTKLS, s. The nerves of the

body.
CuRTESY-MAN, ». A civil thiet

CUPv

367

CUT

CuRTLE-AX, s. A cutlass.
CuRTOLE, s. A sort of fine stuff.
CuRVATE, pari. p. (Lai.) Curved.
Curve, v. To carve off.
Curvet, ». {Fr.) To leap up.

Yet are you servile to all ; he that hath
money may command ycm; hetliat can
(lomiiiere will ijisult over you, making
you crouch and airvet wlien he pleaseth.
Man la the Mooiie, 1609.

CuRY, 8. {A.-N-) Cookery.
CuRYSTE, s. Curiosity.
Cus, s. A kiss. North.
Cushat, *. A wild pigeon.
CusHiA, *. Cow-parsnip. North.
CusHiES,*. Armourfor the thighs.
CusHiox, (1) *. A riotous kind of
dance, used mostly at weddings.

Witli the cushion dance
There is kissini;, billing:

Every youthful glance
Shows the damsels willing.

The Hop Garland, 1756.

(2) Tobeput beside the cushion,

to be passed over with contempt.

To hit or miss the cushion, to

succeed or fail.
Alas, good man, thou now begin'st to rave,
Thy WHS do err, and miss the aishion quite.
Drayt., Eclog., 7.

A sleight, plotted betwixt her father and

myself.
To tiirust Mounchensey's nose besides the

cushion. Merrtj Dec, O. PI., v, 278.

CusHioNET, ». (Fr.) A little cush-

ion.
Cushion-lord, s. (1) Alordmade

by favour, and not for good ser-
vice.

(2) An effeminate person.
CusHioN-MAN, «. A chairman.

East.
CusHY-cow-LADY, «. A ladv-bird.
CusK, *. The wild poppy. Warw.
CusKiN, «. A drinking cup. See

Cruske.
Cuss, adj. Surly ; shrewish. Suss.
Co9SE, V. (A.-S.) To kiss.
CussEV, adj. Dejected. North.
Cussiv, s. A cushion. Cussynys,

cushions.

CusT, *. A second swarm of bees

from one hive. See Cast.
Custard-cap, s.

You shall drink bumpers out of your
eustardcap, you rogue, and be druuk
for the honour of vonr coantrv.

Durfey, Madam Fi'ckU. 1682.

CusTiN, s. The wild plum. Somers.

Customable, adj. Customary.

CusTOMAUNCE, s. A custom. Lydg.

Customer, (1) adj. {A.-N.) Ac-
customed.
(2)*. A collector of the customs.

CusTRELL, s. One who carried a
knight's arms. " Cusfrell or
page whyche beareth hys mas-
ters buckler, shyelde, or target.
Scutigerulus." Huloet.

Cut, (1) *. A familiar name for a
horse or other animal, properly
one with a cut tail. " Cut and
long tail," all kinds of dogs, origi-
nally a term in hunting ; every-
thing.

Yea, even their verie dogs. Rug, Rig,
and Risbie, yea cut and long taile, they
shall be welcome.

Fulwel, Art of Flattery, 1576.

(2) 8. {A.-S. cwii.) Pudendum f.

Come forth, thou quene ! come forthe, thou
scolde !
Com forth, tliou sloveyn! com forthe,
tiiou slutte I
We xal tlie teche with carys colde
A lytyl bettyr to kepe tin kiitte.

Coventry Mysteries, p. 218.

(3) s. A harlot.

(4) s. A slow-worm. North.

(5) V. To castrate.

(6) adj. Drunk. Sometimes ex-
pressed by the phrase cut in the
back, or cut in the coxcomb.

(7) V. To say; to speak.

(8) V. To scold; to quarrel.

(9) V. To beat soundly. Devon.

(10) s. A skein of yarn. North.

(11) «. A door-hatch. Somerset.

(12) s. A canal.

(13) To draw cuts, to draw
lots. Slips of unequal length
were drawn, and he who got the
lon^st was the winner.

CUT

368

DAB

CuTBERDOLE, 8. 6rank>ursine.
CuTCHEL, V. To house or box up.

Leic.
CuTCHY, *. A coachman.

Inspire me streight with some rare delicies,
Or ile dismount thee from thy radiant

coach.
And make thee a poore cutchy here on earth.
Return from Parnassus, 1606.

Cute, adj. Shrewd ; clever.

CuTEs, s. The feet North.

CuTH, part. p. {A.-S.) Taught;
instructed.

CvTHE, (l) part. p. (A.-S.) Made
known.
(2) s. Acquaintance ; kindred.

CuTHES, *. (A.-S.) Manners; ha-
bits.

Cdtlins, s. Oatmeal grits. North.

Cut-meat, *. Fodder cut into short
lengths. North.

Cut-purse, s. A thief.

Cuts, s. A timber-carriage. Line,

Cutter, (1) v. To whisper. iVorM.

(2) s. A ruffian ; a swaggerer.
Cutting, swaggering, ruffling.

(3) V. To fondle. Lane.

(4) V. To coo. North.
Cutting-knife, s. An instrument

for cutting hay. South,
Cuttle, s. A knife used in tutting

purses. Dekker.
Cuttle-headed, s. Foolish. York.
Cutty, (1) ». A wren. Somerset.

(2) s. A hobgoblin. Somerset.

(3) adj. Diminutive. North.

(4) s. A knife. North.

(5) s. A cradle. West.
Cutty-gun, s. A short pipe.

North.
Cutwith, s. The bar of the plough

to which tlie traces are tied.
Cut-work, «. Open work in linen,

stamped or cut t)y baud.
CuYL, s. {A.-N.) Podex.
CuYP, V. To stick up. Norf.
Cybere, s. Sinoper. Caxton.
Cyclas, s. a military garment.
Cylery, 8. " Draperye-woreke, or

cylerye, a kjnde of carvynge or

payntynge so called. Vhlula!*

Ilnloet.
Cylk, 8. A sauce for certain fish.

" Tenches in cj/lk." Warr^er,

Antiq. Cut., p. 87.
Cylours, s. Tlie ceiling. MaundC'

vile.
Cymar, s. (Fr.) A loose robe.
Cymbale, r. To play on a cymbal.
Cyme, s. Cement. " Cement, or

cyme, wherwith stones be joyned

together in a lumpe. Lithocalla."

Huloet.
Cynebote, 8. The cenegild.
Cyphel, 8. Houseleek. North.
Cypher, v. To cypher off a square

edge, to make two edges for that

one. A joiner's term.
Cypress-cat, s. A tabby cat. East,
Cypur, s. The cypress tree.
Cyther, *. (A.-N.) Cyder.
Cyve, s. a sieve.
Cyvs, s. (Fr.) A ragout. In some

instances it is wrongly printed

cyne.
Cyves, s. Onions; chives.

D

Da, s. a doe.

Daak, adj. Dirtv ; covered with

filth. Berks.
Dab, (1) 8. A slight blow.

(2) s. A small quantity.

(3) «. An insignificant person.

(4) adj. Dexterous; clever.

(5) *. An adept.

(6) V. To dibble. Nor/.

(7) s. A pinafore. Line.

(8) V. To throw down carelessly.

(9) s. The sea flounder. Sussex.

Dabbing, 1 ,. -,,. ,.

y adj. Flimsv ; limp.

dabby, J "^ . ' r

Dabbish. An interj. of vexation.
Dabbit, 8. A small quantity.
Dauby, adj. Moist ; adhesive.
Dab-chick, ». (1) The water-hen.
North.

DAB

369

DAG

(2) A babyish person.
To be rock't asleep like a great baby,
wliilst tliey are all a revelling! Well, I
shall meet with these dah-ckicis.

Tlie Se/ormation, 1673.

Dabster, s. A proficient. North.

Dab-wash, g. A small wash, in
contradistinction to the regular
washing times in a family.

Daciax, *. A vessel to hold the
sour oat-cake. Derbysh.

Dacity, g. Activity. North.

Dacker, (1) V. To totter; to wa-
ver ; to hesitate. Line.
(2) adj. Unsettled, applied to
weather.

Dackles, *. Globules of water
caused by damp. Sussex.

Dacky, s. a sucking pig. Shropsh.

DAD,(l)s.Achildish\vordforfather.

(2) V. To strike. North.

(3) *. A blow.

(4) *. A large piece. North.
Dadacky, adj. Decayed ; rotten.
Dadder, v. To perplex. Dorset.
Daddick, 1 s. Rotten wood;

daddoc, J touchwood.
Daddle, (1) *. The fist. East.

(2) V. To trifle. North.

(3) p. To do imperfectly. Craven.

(4) s. A pea-shooter. Y'orish.

(5) V. To walk unsteadily.
Dade, (1) v. To lead children be-
ginning to walk. Dading^tringt,
leading strings.

Wliirh nourish'd and bred np at her most

plenteous pap.
Mo sooner taught to dade, but from their

mother trip. Drai/t.,Pol!folb., song i.

(2) To move slowly.

But eas'ly from her source as Isis gently
tiades. Drayton, Poli/olb., song xiv.

(3) s. A kind of bird.

There's neither swallow, dove, nor dade.
Can soar more hish, or deeper wade.

the Loyal Garland, 1686.

Dadoe, (1) «. A great lump. North.

(2) p. To walk danglingly. North.
Dadi.ess, adj. Useless; stupid.

North.
DiSOAL, adj. (Gr.) Variegated.

Daff, (1) ». To doff; to toss aside.

(2) p. To daunt. North.

(3) g. A dastard, or coward.

(4) g, A priest. Craven.

(5) adj. Doughy. Line.
Daffadilly, "1 s. The daffo-

daffadowndilly, J Oil.

The azur'd hare-bell next, with them, they
neatly niixt :

T' allay whose lushions smell, they wood-
bind plac't betwixt.

Amongst those things of sent, there prick
they in the lilly:

And neere to that againe, her sister daffa.
duly. Drat/Ion's Polyolbion, song 15.

Daffam, s. a silly person. Craven.
Daffe, s. (A..S.) A fool.
Daffer, s. Small crockery.
Daffix, s. Mirth. Northumb.
Daffish, adj. (1) Shy. West.

(2) Low-spirited. Shropsh.
Daffle, 1 «. A mop made of
BAFFLER, J rags, for cleansing the

oven before baking. Leie.
Daffled, adj. (1) In one's dotage.

North.

(2) Bruised or decayed on the

surface, applied to fruit. North-

ampt.
Daffling-iron, 8. A scraper for

getting the wood ashes out of the

oven. Leie.
Daffock, g. A slut. North.
Daft, (1) adj. Foolish ; of weak

intellect.

(2) V. To put off. Shaiesp.
Daftlike, adj. Foolish. North
Dag, (1) s. A large pistol ; calied

also a dagger.

(2) 8. Dew ; a misty shower.

(3) V. To drizzle. North.

(4) V. To bemire, or daub.

(5) V. To daggle.

(6) r. To run thick. North.

(7) ». A rag. Kent.

(8) 8. A sudden pain. Beds.

(9) 8. A projecting stump on a
branch. Dorset.

(10) V. To cut off the dirty locks
of wool from sheep. Kent.

(11) ». An axe. Devon.

DAG

370

DAL

Dage, v. (1) To trudge. Cumb.
(2) To thaw. North.

Daggar, s. The dojr-fish.

Dagge, (1) r. (A.-N.) To pene-
trate; to pierce.

(2) s. (A.-S.) A dangling slip
or shred. A garment was dogged,
when its edge was jagged or foli-
ated. This fashion, according to
the Chronicle of St. Albans, was
introduced in 1346.

Dagged, adj. Tipsy. North.

Dagger. The name of an ordinary
in Holborn, very celebrated in
the reigns of Elizabeth and
James 1. Dagger-ale a.ud dagger-
pies are frequently mentioned by
writers of that period.

But we must have March beere, dooble
dooble beere, dagger-aU, fihenish.
Gascoigne's Del. Diet for hrounlcardes.

Dagger-money, s. A sum paid
formerly to the justices of assize
on the Northern circuit, for the
provision of arms against ma-
rauders.

Daggers, *. (1) Icicles. North.
(2) Sword-grass. Somerset.

Daggle, v. To trail in the dirt.
N^orth.

Daggly, adj. Wet ; showery.
North.

Daglets, s. Icicles. Wilts.

Daglixgs, s. Sheep dung. North.

Dag-locks, s. The dirty locks of
wool cut off sheep. South.

Dagon, s. a slip, or piece.

Dag-frick, s. a triangular spade.
East.

Dagswain, s. a rough sort of stuff,
used for tables, beds, &c. " Dagge-
sioayne, Gausape." Huloet.

Dag-wool, s. Refuse wool. Kent.

Daieseyghe, *. The daisy.

Daiker, v. To saunter. North.

Dail, s. a heap. North.

Daile, v. To dally.

Dain, «. (1) Noisome effluvia.
Wilt:

(2) Taint, or putrid affection.
Berks.

(3) Disdain.

Dainous, adj. {A.-N.) Disdainful.
Daintrel, s. (A.-N.) a delicacy.
Dainty, (1) aey. Pleasant ; excel-
lent.

(2) adj. Nice ; aflFected. To make
dainty, to refuse, to scruple.

Ah lia, my mistresses ! whioh of you all
Will now deny to dance ? She that maket

dainty, she,
I'll swear, hath corns.

Shakesp., Rom. /• Jul., i, 5.

(3) 8. a novelty, anything fresh.
Dairier, ». A dairy-man. North.
Dairns, s. Small, unsaleable fish.
Dairods, adj. Bold. Devon.
Dairyman, s. One who rents cows

of a farmer.
Dais. See Deis.
Daised, part. p. Badly baked or

roasted. North,
DaismeNt-day, a. The day of

Judgment.
Daive, v. To sooth. Cumb.
Dake, v. To prick. West.
Daker, (1) V. To work for hire

after the usual day's work is over.

North.

(2) *. A dispute.
Daker-hen, s. The corn-crake.
Dakerin, *. Walking carelessly.

Cumb.
Dakes-headed, adj. Heavy ; dull.
Dalcop, *. An idiot. North.
Dalder, s. a foreign coin, current

in England in the 16th cent.
Dale, (1) v. (A.-S.) To deal;

pret. t. dalt, dealt.

(2) s. (A.-S.) A share, or lot.

(3) V. To descend.

(4) adj. Furious ; mad. North.
Dalf, j»re/. t. of delve. Dug.
Dalies, s. A child's game played

with small bones, or pieces of
hard wood.
Dalk, s. (1) A hollow.

(2) A vale.

(3) A dimple in the fiesh.

DAL

371

DAN

Dall, $. (1) A petty oath. Yoriih.

(2) The smallest pig in a litter.

Berks.
Dallacked, part. p. Gaudily

dressed. Line.
Dallarin», part. a. Dressing out

in a great tarietyof colours. Line.
Dalle, s. The hand. From

Daddle.
Dalled, joar/. ;>. Wearied. North.
Dalleps, s. Weeds among corn ?
Dalliance, s. Delay ; dawdling ;

tittle tattle.
Dallop, (1) s. A patch of ground

among growing corn missed by

the plough.

(2) s. A rank tuft of growing
corn where heaps of manure have
lain.

(3) 8. A parcel of smuggled tea.

(4) s. A slatternly woman.

(5) s. A shapeless lump of any-
thing tumbled in the hands.

(6) V. To paw and toss about
carelessly. East.

Dally-bo.nes, s. Sheep's trotters.

Devon.
Dally-car, 8. A deep ditch.

Yorksh.
Dalmahoy, s. a sort of bushy bob

wig, worn in the last century by

tradesmen, especially chemists.
Daly, adj. (1) Lonely. North.

(2) Abounding in dales.
Dam, *. A marsh. Suffolk.
Damage, s. Expense. Var. d.
Damageous, adj. Hurtful.
Damasee,

8. The damson.

MASEE, 1
IMASYN, yj
IMYSE, J

DAMA
DAMYS

Damaskin, *. (Fr.) A sabre.
Damasking, s. Damask-work.
Damask-water, ». A perfumed

water.
Dambet, s. a rascal. Dekker.
Dame, «. Mistress; lady.
Dammarel, s. {Fr.) An eflFeminate

person.
Dammy-boys, s. Koving boys.
Damn, r. (Lat.) To condemn.

Damnify, v. {Lat.) To damage, oi

injure.
Damnigerous, adj. Injurious.
Damosel, s. {A.-N.) a damsel.
Damp, (1) adj. Rainy. Oxfordsh.

(2) s. A liquid refreshment.

(3) s. Dejection.
Damper, s. (1) A luncheon.

(2) Anything discouraging.
Dampne, T p. (A.-N.) To con-

dampny, J demn.
Damsax, s. a broad axe.
Dam-stakes, s. The slope over

which the water flows.
Dan, s. (1) (Lat.) Lord; sir.

(2) Scurf on animals. Fast.
Dance, s. A journey. Var. d.
Danch, adj. Dainty ; nice. North.
Dander, (1) s. Scurf; dandriff.

North.

(2) V. To wander about. Chesh.

(3) V. To hobble. Cumb.

(4) s. Anger. Var. d.
Dandilly,*. a vain woman. Z/hc.
Dandiprat, ». (1) A dwarf, or

child; an insignificant fellow.
There's no good fellowship in this dandi-
prat, this divedapper, as in other pages.
MiddUton's More Dissemblers, jrc,
Anc. Dr., iv, 372.

On father Mntaa liis peck thee dandiprat
hangeth. Stant/hurst's Virgil, 1583.

(2) A coin of small value, minted

by Henry VIL
Dandling, (1) adj. Fondling.
Tlience when first fittest serene seas gave

way,
And gentle fanning blasts made dandliuy

play
Upon our sails, our troops the shores do

fiU. nrgil by Vicars, 1632.

(2) s. A pet child.

Dandril, *. A thump. Line.

Dandy, (1) adj. Distracted. Somer'
set.
(2) 8. The hand.

Dandy-candy, s. Candied sweet-
meats. Neioc.

Dandy-chair, s. A seat made for
a child by two nurses who cross
their hands for that purpose.

DA.N

372

DAR

DA.NDy.cocK, 1 «. Poultry of the

DANDY-HEN, J Bantam breed.
Dane, s. Din ; noise. East.
Danes-blood, «. Danewort.
Dang, (1) v. To strike down with

violence.

(2) A softening of damn, as an

imprecation.
Danger, s. (1) (A.-N.) Lordship ;

dominion ; the power which the

feudal lord possessed over his

vassals.

(2) Debt, ShaJcesp.

(3) A dangerous situation.

(4) Coyness ; sparingness.

Dangerful, adj. Dangerous.

Dangerous, adj.{\) {A.-N.) Arro-
gant ; supercilious.

(2) Difficult ; sparing.

(3) In danger. IFest.
Dangle-jack, «. The common

jack with hooks turned with

worsted. Leic.
Dangus, s. a slattern. Lane.
Dangwallet, 8. A spendthrift.
Dank, adj. Damp ; moist.
Danker, s. A dark cloud. North.
Dannack, s. a gaiter or buskin.

Norf.
Dannet, s. a bad character. North.
Dannies, s. Grey stockings. Berb.
Dannocks, s. (1) Oat cakes.

North.

(2) Hedger's gloves. East.
Dans, s. Yearling sheep. East.
Dant, (1) ». To tame.

(2) V. To reduce metals to a lower
temper.

(3) s. A loose woman.
Danton, v. {A.-N.) To tame ; to

daunt.
Dap, (1) V. To hop. Somerset.

(2) s. A hop; a turn. West.

(3) s. The nip of a kev.

(4) adj. Fledged. Yorksh.
Dapper, adj. Smart ; active.

Goe there and call but for a can,
And ther 's a dap//er knave
Comes, Gentleman, what dainty bit
I'sr diet will you hnve ?

Rowlands, Knave of Clubs, 1611.

Dapperling, s. A dwarf.
Dapperwit, «. A lively little man
Dapping, par/, a. Fishing with the

line on the surface of the water.
Daps, s. Likeness. Devon.
Dapsility, s. (Lat.) Sumptuous-

ness.
Dapstuck, adj. Prim. Leic.
Dar, (1) adj. Dearer.

(2) s. A small hasty wash. Berks.
Darby, s. Ready money. Var. d.
Darcell, s. The long-tailed duck.
Dard, «. (A.-N.) Anything that

throws out ; a spout.
Dare, (1) v. To lurk; to lie hid.

I have an hoby cau make larkys to dare.
Skellon, vol. i, p. 269.

(2) V. To cause to lurk ; to
frighten. To dare birds, Xo catch
them by frightening them.

Let his grace go forward,
And dare us with his raj), like larkes.
Shakesp., Hen. VJII, iii, 2, first ful.

(3) V. To tremble for fear.

(4) V. To threaten. Somerset.

(5) V. To grieve. Essex.

(6) V. To defy. Shakesp.

(7) *. (A.-S.) Harm.

(8) *. Peril. Shakesp.

(9) V. To rouse. West.

(10) ». To languish.
(ll)».Togive, or grant. Heame.

(12) s. The dace fish.

(13) V. (A.-S.) To stare.

(14) ». To dazzle.

Darfe, adj. Hard; unbending;

cruel.
Darh, «. {A..S.) Need.
Dariol, Is. a dish in cook-
darielle, J ery.

DaryoU. Take creme of cowe niylke, or
of alniandes. Do thereto ayrtn, with
sugar, safron, and salt. Medleit yfere.
Do it in a coffyn of two ynche de])e;
bake it wel, and serie it forth.

Forme of Cury, p. 32.

Dark, (1) v. To make dark.

(2) adj. Blind. Var. d.

(3) s. A dark night. South.

(4) V. To lie hid.

DAR

373

DAU

(5) ». To eavesdrop ; to watch an
opportunity of injuring others.

Darkening, s. Twilight. North.

Dark-hour, s. Twilight.

Dark-hodse, s. The old name for
a madhouse.

Darkling, adv. Involved in dark>
ness.

Darkmax, s. The night. A cant
term. Dehker.

Darks, s. Nights on which the
moon does not shine.

Darksome, adj. Very dark.

Darxak, s. a thick hedge-glove.
Suff.

Darnel, s. The lolium perenne.

Darnex,s. a coarse sort of damask,
originally made at Touruay, called
in Flemish, Domick.

Darnick.s. Linsey-wolsey. North.

Darns, s. Door-posts. Devon.

Darous, adj. Daring. Devon.

Darraigne, v. {A.-N.) (I) To pre-
pare for hattle.
(2) To fight a battle.

Darrak, s. a day's work. Cumb.

Darrayne, v. To change ; to trans-
mute.

Darrein, adj. The last.

Darriky, adj. Rotten. Glouc.

Darrilsk, s. Damask cloth.

Darsts, *. Dregs ; refuse. North.
See Drast.

Darte, s. {A.-N.) The date-tree.

Darter, adj. Active. Cumb.

Dart- grass, s. The Holcus lana-
ttts. North.

Dasewenesse.s. {A.-S.) Dimness.

Dash, (1) v. To destroy; to spoil.

(2) v. To abash. East.

(3) V. To splash with dirt.

(4) V. To dash one in the teeth,
to upbraid.

(5) «. A tavern drawer.

(6) V. To dilute.
Dash-boards, s. Moveable sides

to a cart; the beaters in a barrel

churn.
Dashel, 8. A thistle. Devon.
Dashen, V, To make a great show ;

to make a sudden attack or

move.
Dasher-on, s. a piece of boiling

beef.
Dashin, 8. The vessel in which

oatmeal is prepared. Derb.
Dasiberde, 8. A simpleton ; a

fool.
Dasing, *. Blindness. Becon.
Dasne, r. {A.-S.) To grow dim.
Dasse, s. a badger. Caxton.
Dastard, s. A simpleton.
Dateless, adj. Crazy; in one's

dotage. North.
Dates, s. Writings; evidences.
'DA.Tn^iT,part.p.{A.-N.) Cursed;

generally used as an impre-
cation.
Dather, v. To tremble. Kent.
Dation, s. (Lat.) A gift.
Daub, (1) s. Clay. Lane.

(2) V. To bribe. A cant term.
Dauber,*. A builder of mud walls;

a plasterer.
Daubing, adj. Wet and dirty, ap-
plied to weather. Leic.
Dauby, (1) adj. Clammy ; sticky.

Norf.

(2) 8. A fool. Northumb.
Dauder, v. To ill-treat. North.
Daudle, v. (1) To trifle away time.

(2) To swing perpendicularly.

(3) 8. A slattern. Yorksh.

Dauds, s. Fragments. North.

Daughter-in-base, s. A bastard-
daughter.

Dauk, v. To incise with a jerk ;
to give a quick stab. Wilts.

Davnch, adj. Fastidious; squeam-
ish ; seedy. Daunche, fastidi-
ousness.

Daundrin, 8. Same as Bever (1).

Daunge, 8. A narrow passage.

Daunt, v. (1) (A.-N.) To con-
quer.

(2) To knock down.

(3) To dare; to defy.

(4) To frighten; to fear.

(5) To frisk about.

(6) To tame ; to nourish.

DAU

874

DAY

Daure,». To dazzle ; to confound.

East.
Dacrg, 8. A day's work. North.
Dausey-headed, adj. Giddy;

thoughtless.
Daut, s. a speck. Craven.
Dave, v. (1) To thaw. Somerset.

(2) To assuage, or relieve. North.
Daver, v. (1) To droop ; to fade.

West.

Lord', all tilings hud, and shall I davour

W'illiout the sunshine of thy favour ?

Cudmore's Prayer Song, 1655.

(2) To Stun ; to stupify. North.
David's-staff, s. a sort of quad-
rant, formerly used in navigation.
Daving, s. a partition of boards.

West.
Davison, s. A large wild plum.
Davy, (I) v. To raise marl from

cliffs by means of a wince. Norf.

(2) s. An affidavit.
Davy-jones, s. The name given

by sailors to a sea-devil.
Daw, (1) V. To dawn ; to awaken.

North.

(2) r. To rouse ; to resuscitate.

Yet was this man well fearder than.

Lest he the frier had slaine ;
Till with good rappes, and hevy clappes.

He dawed him up againe.

A ilery Jest of a Sergeant.

(3) V. To daunt, or frighten.

(4) 8. A fool ; a sluggard.
(5)». To thrive; to mend. iVor/A.

(6) V. To dawdle ; to idle.

Ther is no man that doth well knows
mee that will beeleeve that 1 would, ifl
had not been distempered by surfett
and drinke, ryde lobbinge and dawinge
to rayle at your lordship.

Ellii't Literary Letters, p. 93.

(7) «. (^.-5.) Dough.

(8) s. A beetle or dor. East.
Daw-cock, s. A jackdaw,
Dawdy, s. a slattern. North.
Dawe, (1) s. {A.-S.) Dawn.

(2) 8. [A.-S.) A day ; life.

(3) adv. Down.
Dawexing, s. {A.-S.) Day-break.
Dawgos, «. A slattern. North,

Dawgy, adj. Soft ; flabby. Yorksh.
Dawie, ». To awake. ittDaw.
Dawing, s. Day-break.
Dawkin, «. (1) Afoolish, self-coa-

ceited person. North.

(2) A slut. North.
Dawkes, 8. A slattern. Glouc.
Dawks, 8. Fine clothes put on

slovenly. Line.
Dawl, v. (1) To dash, Devon.

(2) To tire; to fatigue,

(3) To loathe, or nauseate,
Dawne, v. To revive a person.
Dawns, s. A kind of lace.
Dawntle, v. To fondle. North.
Dawny, adj. Damp; soft. West.
Dawpate, s. a simpleton. Het/-

wood, 1556,
Dawsel, v. To stnpify. Suffolk.
Dawsy, adj. Sticky; adhesive.

Northampt.
J) AWTET, part. p. Caressed. Cumb.
Dawze, v. To use the bent hazel

rod, for the discovery of ore.

Somerset.
Day, (1) r. {A.-S.) To dawn.

(2) 8. {A.-S.) Day; the dawn;
time.

(3) V. To fix a day.

Tlie moste part of my debtters have ho-
nestly payed,

And they that were not redy I have gently
dayed. Wager's Cruell Debter, 1566.

(4) V. To procrastinate.

(5) 8. A league of amity.

(6) s. The surface of ore.

(7) *. A bay of a window.
Day-bed, s. A couch, or sofa.

Calling my officers about me, in my
branch'd velvet gown ; having come
from a day-bed, where 1 have left Olivia
sleeping. Shakesp., Twel. N., ii, 6.

Above there are day-beds, and such tempt-

ations
I dare not trust, sir.

B. /■ Fl., Rule a Wife, ^c, i, 6,

M. Is the great couch up,
The Dnke of Medina sent ? A. "Tis up,

and ready.
3/. And <iay-if<i» in all chambers? A. In

all, lady. /*., act iii, 1,

DAY

375

DEA

Daye,». (/^.-S'.) To die.

Dayegh,*. Dough. Yorksh.

Day-house, Is. A dairy; a place
DEY-HousE, J for making checsc.

Daying, *. Arbitration.

Dayle, v. (1) To blot out.
(2) To dally, or tarry.

Day-lights, s. The eyes. North.

Daylight's-gate, s. Twilight.

Day-net, s. A net for taking
small birds.

Day-nettle, s. Dead nettle.

Daynly, adv. {A.-N.) Disdain-
fully.

Dayntel, 8. A dainty.

Dayntevous, a<7/. Choice; dainty.
Danetyvousely, daintily.

Day'sman, 8. An arbitrator, or
umpire.

If one man sinne against another, dahe-
men may make liis peace, but if a man
Einne against the Lord, who can be
his dayesman ?

TindaPs Bible, 1 Sam. 2.

) f neighbours ■vrere at variance, they ran

not streight to law,
Daiesmen took up the matter, and cost

ihem not a straw.

New Custome, O. PI., i, 260.

Simus and Crito, my neighbours, are at
controversie here about tlieir lands, and
they have made me umpire and daies-
man betwixt tliera.

Terence in English,16i\.

Days-math, *. {D An acre, the
quantity mown by a man in one
day. IVest.
(2) Any small portion of ground.

Daytale, s. Day time.

Daytaleman, s. a chance-la-
bourer, one employed only from
day to day. Bay tale-pace, a
slow pace.

Day-work, s. (1) Work done by
the day.

(2) Three roods of land. "Four
perches make a dayworke; ten
dayworks make a roode or quar-
ter." Twysden MSS.

Daze, v. To dazzle. Spens.

Dazed, adj. (1) Dull; sickly.
(,2) Confused.

(3) Spoilt, as in cooking.

(4) Of a dun colour.
Dazeg, *. A daisy. Cumb.
De, (1) s. {A..N.) God.

(2) The.
Dea. Do. Westm.
Dead, (1) ». To deaden. North.

(2) V. To kill,

(3) s. Death. Suff.

(4) part. p. Fainted. West,

(5) adv. Exceedingly ; com-
pletely. North.

Dead-boot, s. (A.-S.) Church ser-
vices done for the dead; penance.

Dead-coal, s. A cinder. North.

Dead-doing, adj. Destructive.
Spenser.

Dead-hedge, s. A hedge made of
dead thorns, &c., wattled with-
out any live wood.

Dead-horse, To pull the dead
horse, to work for wages already
paid.

Dead-house, 8. A place for the
reception of drowned persons.

Dead-lift, s. The moving of a
motionless body. Hence, a situ-
ation of difficulty.

Deadly, (1) adv. Very; exceed-
ingly.
(2) adj. Sharp ; active.

Dead-man, «. (1) Old works in a
mine.

(2) A scarecrow. West.

(3) When the soil rises higher
on one side of a wall than on the
other, or when there is a descent
of two or three steps into a
house, the part of the wall below
the surface of the higher soil is
called dead-man. Northampt.

Dead-man's-thumb, s. An old
name for a meadow flower,
which was of a blue colour.

Dead-mate, s. A stale-mate in
chess.

Dead-men, s. Empty ale-pots.

De.\d-men's-fingers, ». The
small portions of a crab which
are unfit for food.

DEA

376

DEC

Dead-nip, s. A blue mark on the
hoily, ascribed to witchcraft.
Norih.

Dead-pay, s. The continued pay
of soldiers actually dead, which
dishonest officers appropriated
illegally.

Most of them [captains] know arithmetic

so well,
That in a muster, to preserve dead-pays.
They'll make twelve stand for twenty.

Webster's Appius, v, i, Anc. Dr., v, 457.

Deads, «. The under-stratum.

Dm.
Deadst, *. The height. Belcher.
Deaf, (1) adj. Decayed; tasteless;

applied to nuts, corn, &c.

(2) ». To deafen.
Deafly, \adj. Lonely; soli-

deavelie, J tary.
Deaf-ears, *. The valves of a

beef's heart. Norihampt.
Deaf-nettle, s. The dead nettle.
Deail-head, s. a narrow plat of

ground in a field. Cumb.
Deak, (1) s. A ditch. Kent.

(2) V. To fight. North.
Deal, (^.-5.) (1) v. To divide;

to distribute. See Dele.

(2) ». A dole.
Dealbate, ». {Lat.) To whiten.
Deal-tree, s. The fir-tree. Deal-
apples, fir apples. East.
Deam, adj. Lonelv ; solitary. North.
Dean, (1) s. {A.-'S.) A valley.

(2) s. A din ; a noise. Essex.

(3) V. To do. Yorksh.
Dea-nettle, «. Wild hemp. iVor^/j.
Dear. See Dere.

Deared, part. p. Frightened ; con-
founded. Eocmnor.

Dearly, adv. Extremely. Var. d.

Dearn, (1) adj. Lonely. North.
(2)«. Adooror gate post. A'or/A.

Dearnful, adj. Melancholy.
Spenser.

Death, adj. Deaf. Suffolk.

Deathing, s. Decease.

Death's- HERB, s. Nightshade.

Dbath's-man, «. An executioner.

Deathsmear, "1 s. A rap'dly fatal
DE '.M, J disease incident to

children.

Deaurat, adj. (Lat.) Gilded.

Deave, v. To deafen. North.

Deazed, adj. Dry; raw. North.

Debacchate, v. {Lat.) To act in
a rage ; to rave furiously.

Debare, adj. Bare. Drayt.

Debashed, adj. Abashed.

Debate, (1) v. {A.-N.) To fight.
Debatement, contention.
(2) *. Combat.

Debaushment, s. A debauching,

Debell, v. {Lat.) To conquer by
war. Z)e4eWa/Jon, conquest. "Who
at the debellation of Jerusalem by
Nabuchadnezer." Huloet.

Debellish, r. To embellish.

Debeof, s. a sort of spear.

Deberries,9. Gooseberries. 2)«>on.

Debile, adj. {Lat.) Weak; infirm.

Debite, s. a deputv.

Deble, s. {A.-N.) the devil.

Deboist, adj. Debauched.

Debonaire, adj. {A.-N.) Cour-
teous ; well-bred.

Debonertk, s. {A.-N.) Gentle-
ness ; goodness.

Deboraine, adj. Honest.

Debord, v. {Fr.) To run into
licence.

Debosh, v. To debauch.

Deboshee, s. A debauched person.

Debreide, v. To tear.

Debruse, \v. To crush; to
debryse, J bruise.

Debut, s. Company ; retinue.

Decantate, v. {Lat.) To chant.

Decard, v. To discard.

Decas, s. {A.-N.) Ruin; dilapi-
dation.

Deceivable, adj. Deceitful.

Decepturr, 8. Deceit ; fraud.

Deched, adj. Foul ; rusty. IVarw.

Decipe, v. {Lat.) To deceive.

Deck, (1)». Apack of cards; aheap
of anything. Deck the board,
lay down the stakes. Sweep the
deck, clear the stakes.

DEC

377

DEF

(2) V. To put anything in order.

(3) V. To tip the haft of any
implement with any work; to
trim.

Deci.are, v. To blazon arms.

Declaremext, s. a declaration.

Decline, v. (1) To incline; to bow
down.
(2) To nndervalue.

Declose, v. To disclose.

Decollation, s. {Lat.) A be-
heading.

Decopid. See Copped.

Decore, v. {A.-N.) To decorate.

Decourren, v. {A.-N.) To dis-
cover.

Decrew, v. To decrease. Spenser.

Dectyd, part. p. Decked; adorned.
Kynge Johan, p. 18.

Decurt, v. {Lat.) To shorten.

Decypher, v. To overcome.

Dede, (1) s. {A.-S.) Death.
(2) V. {A..S.) To grow dead.
{2,)2)ret.t.oido. Did.

(4) s. Deed; battle.
Dedeful, adj. Operative. " This

vertue is dedefnll to all Chrysten
people." The Festyvall,M. c\\\n.

Dedely, adj. (A.-S.) Mortal.
Dedelines, mortality.

Dedemen-yen,s. a sort of pulleys,
called also dead-eyes.

Dedeyne, s. {A.-N.) Disdain.

Dedir, v. To tremble. Yorksh.

Dedition, ». {Lat.) A yielding up.

Deduced. {Lat.) Drawn from.

Deduct, v. {Lat.) To reduce.

Deduit, s. {A.-N.) Pleasure ; en-
joyment.

Dedyr, adv. Thither.

Dee, «. (^.-A^.) A die.

Deedily, adv. Diligently. West.

Deeds, s. Refuse. North,

Deedy, adj. Industrious ; very ac-
tive. Berks.

Deef, adj. {A.-S.) Deaf.

Deeght, v. To spread mole-hills.
North.

Deel, s. The devil. North.

Deep, adj. Cunning ; crafty.

Deer. See Dere.

Deerhay, s. A great net for catch-
ing deer.
Dees, s. (n {A.-N.) Dice.

(2) The i)lace where herrings
are dried. Sussex.

Devit, {I) pret. t. Died. Cumb.
{2) part. p. Dirtied. North.

(3) ». To plaster over the month
of an oven to keep in the heat.

(4) V. To wipe, or clean. North.
Deeting, *. A yard of cotton.

North.

Deeve, v. To dip. Suffolk.

Defaded, part. p. Faded; de-
cayed.

Defaile, r. {A.-N.) To effect; to
conquer.

Defaillance, *. (Fr.) A defect,

DEFAiTED,jwa»'^.;7.(/^.-A'.) Wasted.

Defalk, v. {Lat.) (I) To lop off;
to diminish ; to detract from.
For brevitie is tlien comniendable, when
cutting off impertinent and iiiiseason-
able dclaics, it defallcelh nothing from
the knowledge ol' iiecessarie and mate-
rial! points. Ammianus Marcel., 1609.

(2) To abate in a reckoning.
Defame, (1) *. {A.-N.) Infamy.

(2) V. To make infamous.

(3) s. Defamation.

Fond men unjustly doe abuse your names.
With slandrous speeches, and most false
defames.

Rowlands, Knave of Clubs, 1611.

Defamods, adj. Reproachful.
Defare, v. {A.-N.) To undo.
Defated, /;ar#. ^. (Za^.) Wearied.
Defatigate, v. {Lat.) To tire.
DEFAULTY,arf;.(Fr.) Blameworthy.
Defaute, s. {A.-N.) Want ; defect.

Defauteles, perfect.
Defeasance, s. Defeat. Spenser.
Defeat, (1) f. To disfigure.

(2) s. The act of destruction.
Defeature, s. (1) Deformity.

(2) Defeat.
Defect, v. {Lat.) To injure, or

take away.
Defence, s. {A.-N.) Prohibition.
Defended, jsaW./?. Fortified.

DEP

378

DEL

Defende, (1) V. (A.-N.) To for-
bid ; to piolubil.

(2) V. To preserve.

(3) part. p. Defended.
Defensory. s. (Lat.) Defence
Deffe, adj. Neat ; trim. Leic.
Deffete. {A.-N.) To cut up an

animal. A hunting term.

Deffuse, s. {A.-N.) Vanquish-
ment. Morte Arthure.

Defhed, s. (A.-S.) Deafness.

Defiance, s. Refusal ; rejection.

Deficate, adj. Deified, Chaucer.

Defien, "1 p.(^.-5.)Todigest;to
defiJen, J consume ; to dissolve.

Definishe, v. {A.-N.) To define.

Definitive, adj. Final ; positive.

Defly, adv. Neatly ; fitly.

Defoille, v. {A.-N.) To vanquish.

Deformate, adj. Deformed.

Defoule, v. To defile ; to pollute.

Defoulings, s. The marks made
by a deer's feet in wet soil.

Defoutering, *. {A.-N.) Failing.

Defraudation,*. Fraud.

Deft, adj. Neat ; dexterous ; ele-
gant.

He said I were a deft lass.

Srome's Northern Lass.

A pretty court leg, and a deft, dapper
personage. Chapman, May Day, i, 1.

Deftly, adv. Neatly ; softly.

Deftly deck'd with all costly jewels, like
puppets. Beehive of Bomisk Ch., Z 5.

And perching deftly on a quaking spray,
Nye tyr'd herself to make her hearer stay.
Browne's Brit. Fast., ii, 3.

Defcll, adj. {A.-S.) Diabolical.
Defunct, adj. Functional. Shakesp.
Defye, v. {A.-N.) (1) To defy.
(2) To reject ; to refuse.

Fonle ! sayd tlie pagan, I thy gift defye.
But use thy fortune as it doth befall.

Sjoens., F. Q., II, viii, 52.

Deg, v. To moisten ; to sprinkle ;

to ooze out. North.
De-gamboys, s. a viol-de-gambo.
Deg-bound, \adj. Swelled in the

deg-bowed, J stomach. North.
Degender, v. To degenerate.

Degenerous, adj. Degenerate.
Dkgg, v. To shake. West.
Beggy, adj. Drizzly ; foggy. A'cr/A.
Deghghe, v. To die.
Degised, part. p. {A.-N.) Dis

guised.
Deglubing. {Lat.) Skinning.

Now enter his taxing and degluViruj
lace, a sq\ieezing look, like that of
Vespasianus, as if he were breeding over
a close-stool. Cleaveland's Poems, 1651.

DEGOUTED,/?ar^./?. {A.-N.) Spot-
ted.

Degree, s. {A.-N.) A stair, or set
of steps.

Dehort, v. {Lat.) To dissuade.

Deid, part. p. Dyed.

Deiden, jore/. t.pl. {A.-S.) Died.

Deie, v. {A.-S.) (1) To die.
(2) To put to death.

Deignousb, adj. {A.-N.) Disdain-
ful.

Deine, v. To deign.

Deintee, s. {A.-N.) A precious
thing ; value.

Deinteous, adj. {A.-N.) Choice.

Deirie, 8. A dairy.

Deis, s. The chief table in a hall,
or the raised part of the floor on
which it stood. Properly, the
canopy over the high table.

Deject, (1) ». {Lat.) To cast
away.
(2) part. p. Dejected. ShaJceitp.

Deke-holl, s. a dry ditch. East.

Dekeith, 8. Decrease.

Dekne, 8. {A.-S.) A deacon.

Del, 8. {A.-S.) (1) A part, or por-
tion.
(2) The devil.

Delacerate, V, {Lat.) To tear to
pieces.

Tlie fierce Medea did delacerate
Absyrtus tender members.

The Cyprian Academy, 1647.

Delare,*. An almsgiver. Pr. Parv.

Delate. {Lat.) To accuse ; to com-
plain of.

Delation, 8. (1) Delay.
(2) An accusation. Shakesp,

DEL

379

DEM

Delay, (1)». To allay metals, &c. ;
to mix with,

(2) s. (J.-N.) Array; ceremony.

(3) V. To assuage.
Delayne, v. {A.-N.) To delay.
Dele, 17. (1) (yi.-5.) To share; to

distribute.

(2) To bestow; to partake.
Delectation, *. {Lat.) Delight.
Dele-wine, s. A foreign wine, said

to be Rhenish.

Delf, 1 s. (from A.-S. delfan, to

DELFT, >dig.) A quarry, ditch,

delve, J or channel.

Before their flowing cliannels are detected

Some lesser del/Is, the fountain's bottom

sounding.
Draw out the baser streams the sprin^rs

annoying. Fletch., Purple Isl., lii, 13.

There be also syringes, i. e., certaine
fistulous noukes under the ground, and
full of windings; which, by report, the
skilfull professors of old rites having a
fore-kiiowledge of a deluge, and fearing
least the meniorie of their ceremonies
should be quite al)olished, built in divers
places witliin, digested orderly by cu.
rious and laborious delfes: and upon
the wals, hewed out of the very rockcs,
engraved many kinds of fowles and
wild beasts, yea, and infinite formes of
other living creatures; which being
not understood of the Latines, tliey
called hieroglyphicke letters.

Ammianus Marcellinus, 1C09.

Delf-case, «. Shelves for crockery.
North.

Delft, #. A spade deep. " I mean
to dig a delft lower." Leic.

Delfulliche, adv. (^A.-S.) Dole-
fully.

Delfyn, s. a dolphin.

Delibate, v. {Lat.) To taste.

Delibere, v. (A.'N.) To delibe-
rate.

Delicacie, s. (A.-N.) Pleasure.

Delicates, 8. Delicacies.

Delices, s. {A.-N.) Pleasures ;
delights ; delicacies.

Delict, s. {A.-N.) An offence.

Delie, adj. {A.-N.) Thin ; slender.

Delirent, adj. {Lat.) Doating.

Envie of a forraigue tyrant
Tlireatueth kings, not shepheards hixm-
ble.

Age makes silly swaines delirent.
Thirst of rules garres great men stninMe.
England's Helicon, 1614.

Delightsome, adj. Delightful.

Delit, s. {A.-N.) Delight.

Delitable, adj. Delightful.

Deliten, v. {A.-N.) To delight.

Delitous, adj. {A.-N.) Delightful.

Deliver, (^.-.V.) (1) a<7;. Active;
nimble. Delivemess, agility, De-
liverly, nimbly, adroitly. Deli-
very, activity.

Swim with yonr bodies.
And carry it sweetly and deliverly.

B. j- Fl., Two Noble K., iii, 5.

But the duke had the neater limbs, and
freer delivery. Wotton.

And those have dartes and shorte
bowcs; whichesorte of people bebothe
hardy and detyver to serche woddes or
raaresses, iu the whiche they be harde
to be beaten. Slate Papers, iii, AAA.

(2) V. To despatch any business.

Delivering,*. Division, in music.

Delk, s. a small cavity. East.

Dell, s. An old cant term, for a
girl not yet debauched.

Dellect, s. Break of day. Craven.

Dellfin, 8. A low place, over-
grown with underwood. Glouc.

Delfh, s. a catch- water drain.
Line.

DELUvr, 8. {Lat.) A deluge.

Delve, (1) v. {A.-S.) To dig; to
bury.

(2) 8. A devil, or monster.

(3) V. To indent, or bruise. North.
Delver, s. {A.-S.) A digger.
Delvol, adj. {A.-S.) Doleful.
Delyre, 17. {A.-N.) To retard.
Dem. You slut ! Exmoor.
Demaine, v. {A.-N.) To manage.
Demandant, s. A plaintiff.
Demande, 8. A question ; a riddle.
Demath. See Days-math.
Demaye, v. {A.-N.) To dismay,
Demaynes, s. {A.-N.) Demesnes.
Deme, ». (.^.-5.) To judge.
Demean, (1) v. {A.-N.) To be-

have; to direct. DemeaneTf t
conductor.

DEM

380

DEP

I- s. A long pistol.
'--' J

(2) s. Behaviour.
Demeans, s. Means.
l)EMKMBRE,z;.(/'r.) To dismemljcr
Demexcy, s. (Lat.) Madness.
Demene, v. {A.-N.) To manage.

Demening, behaviour.
Demented, adj. {Lat.) Mad.
Demer, s. {A.-S.) a judge.
Demere, "1(1) V. {A.-N.) To
DEMOERE, J tarry.
(2) s. Delay.
Demerits, s. Merits. ShaJcesp.
Demi-culverin, s. a cannon of

four inches bore.
Demigreyne, s. (A.-N.) The me-
grim.
Demihao,
demihake,
And where ye declare by your seid
letters, that the same erle shulde have
one cannon, with suclie other munityon
as mought here be sparred; tliere is
here no cannon, but one demy-cannon,
which we will sende with hyni, and one
Bacre, and ij. fawcons, witii sliott and
powdre, and fiftie demihakes.

State Papers, iii, 536.
Demilance, s. (Fr.) A light horse-
man carrying a lance.
Dem-in, v. To collect, as clouds

do. North.
Deming, s. (A.-S.) Judgment.
Demirep, s. A woman of loose

character.
Demiss, adj. {Lat.) Humble.
Demonster, v. {Lat.) To show.
Demorance, s. {A.-N.) Delay.
Demple, v. To wrangle.
Demption,s. " Colysion, abjection,
contraction, or demption of a
vowel, as this, thayre for the ayre,
thadvice, for the advice. Si/mp/io-
nesis." Huloet.
Demster, *. A judge.
Demure, v. To look demurely.
Demycent, s. The metal part of a

girdle in front,
Demye, s. a kind of close jacket.
Den, (1) s. a grave.

(2) s. A sandy tract near the sea.

(3) " Good den," good evening.
Denay, (1) ». To deny.

A villaine, worse then he that Christ be

tray'd,
His niaister, for God's son, he ne'er denay'd.
But did confesse him just aiifc innocent.

Rowlands, Kii. ofSp. ^ Di., Ibl3.

(2) 8. Denial.
Dench, adj. Dainty. North.
Dene, s. (1) A valley. North.

(2) A din. East.

(3) {A.-N.) A dean.
Denere, s. {Fr.) A penny.
Denge, v. To ding down.
Denial, s. Injury; drawback.

West.
Denk, v. To think.
Denne, v. To din ; to make a noise.
Denny, *. A plum which was ripe

on the 6th of August.
Denominate, part. p. {Lat.)

Called.
Denotate, v. {Lat.) To denote.
Denshering, (from Denshire, as
Devonshire was formerly called.)
See Bum-beking.
Dent, (1) s. A blow, as a clap of
thunder.

(2) V. The worst of anything.
Suff.

{Z) part. p. Indented. North.
Dentethus, s. Dainties.
Dentie, adj. Scarce.
Dentor, s. An indenture.
Denty, adj. Tolerable; fine. North.
Denude, v. {A.-N.) To untie a

knot; to disengage.
Denul, v. To annul.
Deny, v. To refuse ; to reject.
Denyte, v. To deny.
Deoi., s. (^.-5.) Dole; grief. Beol-

ful, doleful.
Deorkhede, s. {A.-S.) Darkness.
Depahdus. An oath. Be par Dieu.
Depart, ». (1) {A.-N.) To distri-
bute ; to divide ; to separate. De-
partable, divisible.
Right worshipfuU, understanding how
lilvc Sciliius the Scythians fagot you
are all so tied togither with the brotherly
bond of amitie, that no division or dis-
seution can depart you.

Lodge, Wits Miserie, 1596.

(2) To disband a body of people.

DEP

381

DER

Depauter, s. a refiner of metals.
Depasture, v. To pasture.

Tlic goats climb rocks, and promontories

steep,
Tlie lower ground depasture flocks of slieep.
Owen's Epigrams, 1677.

Depe, adj. Low,

Depeche, v. (Fr.) To despatch.

Depeinte, v. {A.-N.) To paint.

I sawe depeynted upon a wall

From est to west ful many a layre yma^je,

Of sundry lovers, lyke as they were of age,

I-set iu order after tliey were true.

Lydijate's Temple of Glas.

Depell, v. {Lat.) To drive away.

Dependance, s. Aterm used byour
earlier dramatists for tlie sul)ject
of a dispute likely to end in a
duel. Masters of dependencies
were bravoes, who undertook to
regulate the grounds of a quarrel.

The bastinado! a most proper and sufli-
cient dependiince, wiuranted by tlie
great Caranza.

B. Jon., Every M. in his II., i, 5.

Your liigli offers,
Taught by Hie masters of depeniifncies.
That by compounding difCereiices 'tween

others.
Supply their own necessities, with me
Will never carry't. B. ^ El., Eld. Bro., v, 1.

Depenixg, s. The nets used by the
Yarmouth herring busses were
made in breadths of six feet.
The necessary depth was obtained
by sewing together successive
breadths, and each breadth was
called a deepening.

Deplike, adv. {A.-S.) Deeply.

Depose, s. A deposit.

Depper, adj. {A.-S.) Deeper,

Deprave, v. To traduce.

Ilerefordt, have witli thee: nay, I cannot

have
Tiiat which thou bast: for, tliou bast mirth

and ease:
I say not sloutb, lest I sliould thee deprave.
Duties, Scoiirf/e of Folli/, 1611.

Deprese, v. {A.-N.) To press

do\>n.
Depure, v. To purify.
Depute. /jar/. /?. Depi.ted,
DtauACE, V. {Lat.) To crush.

Deracinate, v. (Lat.) To root up.

Deraine, v. To quarrel; to con-
test. See Darraigne.

Derate, (1) «. {A.-N.) Confusion ;
noise.
(2) V. To act as a madman.

Dere, (1) V. {A.-S.) To injure.

(2) V. To hurry, or frighten a
child. Exmoor.

(3) *. {A.-S.) Wild animals.
" Rattes and rayse and such smal
dere." Bevis of Hampton.

But mice and rats, and sucli small deer.
Have been Tom's food for seven long year.
Shakesp; Lear, lii, 4.

(4) adj. {A.-S.) Dear ; precious.

(5) adj. Noble; honorable.

(6) V. To dare.

(7) s. Dearth.

(8) adj. Dire ; sad. East.
Tin-R^iGyiTLfV. {A.-N.) To justify;

to prove.

Dereliche, adv. Joyfully.

Dereling, ». {A.-S.) Darling.

Derely, adv. Direly ; extremely.
East.

Derenes, s. {A.-S.) Attachment.

Dereworthe, adj. {A.-S.) Pre-
cious ; honorable, Derworthy-
nesse, honour.

Dereyne, (1) s. {A.-N.) Agree-
ment ; arbitration.
(2) V. To derange, or disorder.

Derfe, adj. Strong; fierce. Morte
Arthure.

Dergy, adj. Short and thick-set.
West.

Derivate, v. {Lat.) " Derivate, as
to take from one, and lay it to
anothers charge, Derivo." Hu-
loet.

Derk, adj. {A.-S.) Dark, Derkhede,
darkness.

Derl, v. To scold. Yorksh.

Derlily, adv. {A.-S.) Dearlv.

Derne, (1) adj. {A.-S.) Secret.
Demelike, secretly.

Wlio, wounded with report of beauties
pride.

Unable to restraine his derne desire.

Trag. of Wars ofCyrut,

DER

382

DES

(2) V. To hide ; to skulk.

But look how soon they heard of Holo-

ferne
Tlieir courage quail'd, and they began to

derne. Hudson, in Engl. Farn.

Dernere, s. a threshold.
Dernful, adj. Dismal; sad. Spens.
Dernly, adv. Mournfully; severely.

Spens.
Derogate, joar^jff. Degraded.
Deroy, s. (1) (Fr.) A sort of cloth.

(2) A company. North.
Derre, adj. (A.-S.) Dearer.
Derrest, adj. Noblest. Gawayne.
Derrick, s. (1) A spar arranged to

form an extempore crane.

(2) {A.-S. dweorg.) A fairy, or

pixy. Devon.
Derrixg-do, 8. Warlike enterprise

{daring deed). Derring-doers,

heroes.

For ever, who in derring-do were dread,
The lofty verse of hem was loved aye.

Sjiens., Shejp. Kal., Sept., 65.

Derse, (1) 8. Havock.

(2) V. To dirty ; to spread dnng.

(3) ». To cleanse ; to beat. Cra-
ven.

Derthyne.p. To make dear. Pr.P.

Dertre, s. {A.-N.) a tetter.

Derye, s. {A.-S.) Hurt ; harm.

Descant, s. Variation in music.

Descensorie, s. a vessel used in
alchemy to extract oils.

Desces, s. Decease ; death.

Desceyvance, s. {A.-N.) Deceit.

Descharge, v. To deprive of a
charge.

Descide, v. {Lot.) To cut in two.

Desclaunder, s. Blame.

Descrie, v. To give notice of; to
discover.

Descrive, v. {A.-N.) To describe.

Descdre, "1 ». {A.-N.) To dis-
descuver, J cover.

Desesperaunce, 8. {A.-N.) De-
spair.

Deserie, r. {Fr.) To disinherit.

Deserve, v. To earn.

Desese, 8. {A.-N.) Inconvenience.

Desevy, v. {A.-N.) To deceive.

Desgeli, adv. {A.-N.) Secretly.

Desidery, s. {Lot.) Desire.

Desight, s. An unsightly object.
Wilts.

Design, v. {Lai.) To point out.

Desire, v. To invite.

Desiree, adj. {A.-N.) Desirable.

'DESiRiTE,part.p.{A.-N.) Ruined.

Desirous, adj. {A.-N.) Eager.

Deslavie, adj. {A.-N.) Impure.

Deslaye, v. {A.-N.) To deny ; to
blame.

Desfarple, v. To disperse.

Despeed, v. To despatch.

Despende, v. To consume.

Despens, *. {A.-N.) Expense.

Desperate, arf». Very; great.

Despite, *. (^.-iV.) Malice; spite.
Despilous, very angry.

Despoile, v. {A.-N.) To undress.

Dess, v. (1) To lay carefully to-
gether. Cumb.

(2) To cut hay from a stack.
North.

Dessable, adv. Constantly. North.

Desse, s. A desk.

Dessment, s. Stagnation. North.

Dessorre. See Blanc.

Dest, pret. t. Didst. Rob. Glouc.

Destaunce, s. {A.-N.) Pride ; dis-
cord.

Deste, part. p. Dashed.

DESTEiGN£D,j[;ar/./;. Stained ; dis-
figured.

Destene, "Is. {A.-S.) Des-
destenyxg. J tiny.

Destinable, adj. {La'.) Destined.

Destinate, v. {Lat.) To destine.

Destituable, adj. {Fr.) Destitute.

Destour, s. {A.-N.) A disturb-
ance.

Destre, 8. {A.-N.) A turning.

Destreine, v. {A.-N.) To con-
strain ; to vex.

Destrere, s. {A.-N.) A war-
horse.

Destruie, v. {/i.-N.) To destroy.

Destrynge, v. To divide.

DES

383

DEV

Destuted, adj. Destitute; wanting.

Desuete, adj. (Lat.) Out of use.

Desume, v. {Lat.) To take away.

Deswarre, adv. Doubtlessly.

Detacte, v. To backbite.

Detect, v. To accuse, Shakesp.

Detekmiv AT, pari. p. (Lat.) Fixed.

Determine, v. {Lai.) To termi-
nate.

Determission, 8. Determination ;
distinction. Chaucer.

Detestant, s. One who detests;
a term used by Bishop Andrews,
tetnp. Jac. I.

Dethe, adf. Deaf. See Death.

Dethward, s. Tlie approach of
death.

Detract, v. (Lat.) To avoid.

Detrae, v. {Lat.) To thrust down.

Detriment, s. A small sum of
money paid annually by barristers
for the repairs of their inns of
court.

Dette, s. (A.-N.) a debt.

Deuce, *. The devil. Var. dial.
Deucid, very, much.

Deuk, v. To bend down. Bedf.

Deule, s. The devil.

Decs, adj. {A.-N.) Sweet.

Deusan, s. a sort of apple; any
hard fruit.

DecsewynSjS. Twopence. Dekker.

Deutery, Is. A plant having the
DEWTRY, J same quality as night-
shade.

Oh ladies, have pity on me, I believe
some rogue, tliat liad a mind to marry
me, pave me deutery last night, and I
was disguis'd and lost tlie key too, and
my lady has discharged rae, to beg in
my old age.

Shadwdl, The Scomers, 1691.

Deutyrauns, s. Some kind of
wild beasts. K.Alisaunder, bil6,

Devald, v. To cease. North.

Devant, s. {Fr.) An apron.

Deve, v. To dive ; to dip. East.

DEVELiyiG, part. a. Throwingdown.

Develop, v. {Fr.) To envelop.

Devere, «. (A.-N.) Duty ; endea-
vour.

Deviaunt, part. a. Deviating.

Device, s. Any piece of machinery
moved by wires or pulleys.

Devil, s. In the devil way, i. e.,
in the name of the devil. The
devil rides on a fiddlestick, a
phrase to express something un-
expected and strange. Shakesp.
The devil and all to do, a great
fuss.

Deviling, s. The swift. Var. d.

Devilment, s. Mischief. North.

Devil's-bed-post, s. The four of
clubs.

Devil's-bit, s. The scabiosa sue-
cisa.

Devil's-bonrs, *. Dice. Dekker.

Devil's-coachhorse, "1 ». An in-
devil's-racehorse, /sect, the
ocypus olens of Lin.

Devil's-cow, s. a kind of beetle.
Som.

Devil-screecher, ». The swift.
West.

Devil's-dancing-hour, s. Mid-
night, in allusion to the sabbaths
of the witches.

Devil's-dung, *. Assafcetida.

Devil's-gold-ring, 8. A palmer
worm. North.

Canker-worm wliich creapeth most
comonly on colewortes, some do call
them the devyls-i/oldrynge, and some the
colewort worme. Eruca. Uuloet.

Devil's-mint, «. An inexhaustible

fund.
Devil's-needle, s. The large

dragon fly.
Devil's-pater-noster. Tosay the

devil's pater-noster, to grumble.
Devil's-snuff-box, *. The puff-
ball.
Deviltry, s. Anything unlucky

or hurtful. East.
Devinal, s. a wizard.
Devineresse, 8. A prophetess ; a

witch.
Deving-pond, 8. A pond from

which water is drawn by dipping

a pail. East.

DEV

384

DJB

Devining, s. {A.-N.) Divination.
Devise, v. (A.-N.) (1) To direct;
\o order; to relate.

(2) To get knowledge of; to espy.

(3) At poiyit devise (a French
phrase), with the utmost ex-
actness.

Devoide, v. {A.-N.) (1) To re-
move.
(2) To avoid, or shun.

Devoir, *. {A.-N.) Duty.

Than the saide sir Rauf Grey deperted
from the saide heroud, ant put hym in
devoir to make deffence.

MS. Coll. Arm., L Ix.

DEVOhVTBO, part. p. {Lot.) Rolled
down.

Devoterer, s. {A.-N.) An adul-
terer.

Devotion, s. A thing consecrated.

Devoure,». To deflower, or ravish.

Devoutement, adv. {A.-N.) De-
voutly.

Devow.w. (1)To disavow. Fletcher.
(2) To dedicate to.

Devulsion, s. a breaking up.

Dew, v. To rain slightly.

Dew-beatebs, s. Coarse oiled
shoes that resist the dew".

Dewberry, s. {A.-S.) (1) The
rubus chamosmorun, often con-
fused with the blackberry, but
its fruit is larger.
(2) The goosebeny. Var. d.

Dew-bit, s. A first meal in the
morning. West.

Dew-drink, "I s. The first allow.
DEW-CUP, J ance of beer to har-
vest men. East.

Dewe, pret. t. of daye. Dawned.

Dewen, v. {A.-S.) To deafen.

Dewing, s. The dew.

Dewlap, s. (1) A coarse woollen
stocking, buttoned over another
to keep the leg dry. Kent.
(2) The nyraphae pudendi. See
Cotgrave, v. Landie.

Dewre, v. To endure. See Dure.

Dew-rounds, s. The ring-walks
of deer.

Dewsiers, «. The valves of a pig's
heart. West.

Dew-snail, s. A slug. North.

Dewtby. See Deutery.

Dexe, s. a desk.

Dexterical, adj. Dexterous.

Dey, s. Tlie servant who had the
charge of the dairy. Dey-wife, a
dairy-woman. Palsgrave.

Deye,'». {A..S.) To die.

Deyeb, s. {A.-S.) A dier.

Deyke, s. a hedge. Cumb.

Deyl, *. A part. See Dele.

Deyled, adj. Careworn. Cumb.

Deynous, adj. {A.-N.) Disdainful.
Deynouskede, scornfulness. Dey-
nyd, disdained.

Deyre, v. {A.-S.) To injure.

Deytron, s. Daughters.

Dezick, s. a day's work. Sussex.

Dezzed, part. p. Injured by cold.
Cumb.

DE5E, V. {A.-S.) To die.

Diablo, earcl. {Span.) The devil !

Dial, s. A compass. Var. d.

Dialogue, s. The eighth part of a
sheet of writing paper. North.

DiAMER-wiNDOw.s. The projecting
window in a roof. Northampt.

Diapenidion, 8. {Gr.) An elec-
tuary.

Diaper, (1) v. {A.-N.) To deco-
rate with various colours ; to em-
broider.

(2) s. A rich fignred cloth ; also
a sort of printed linen.

DiB, (1) V. To dip.

(2) s. A valley. North.

(3) s. The cramp-boi>e. Dorset.
Dibben, s. a fillet of veal. Devon.
DiBBiTY, s. A pancake. Var. d.
Dibble, "Is. A setting stick. Var.

DIBBER, f dial.

Dibble-dabble,s. Rubbish. North.

Dibbler, *. A pewter plate.
Cumb.

Dibles, s. Difficulties. East.

Dibs, s. (1) The small bones in the
knees of a sheep, uniting the
bones above and below the joint.

DIB

385

DIF

(2) A game played with sheep
bones.

(3) Money.

DiBSTONE, s. Tossing pebbles. A

child's game.
DiCACious, adj. (Lat.) Talkative.
DiCARE, 8. A digger.
Dice, s. A piece. Yorksh.
DicHE, V. (J.-S.) To dig. JDicher,

a digger,
DiCHT. See Dight.
Dick, (1) s. A leather apron and

l)ib, worn by poor children in the

North.

(2)». To deck, or adorn. North.

(3) s. The bank of a ditch. Norf.

(4) s. A sort of hard cheese. Suff.
DicK-A-DiLVER, s. The periwinkle.

East.

DicKASs, s. A jack-ass. North.

DicK-A-TUESDAY,s. Asort of hob-
goblin. "Ghosts, liobgoblins, Will
with a wiap, or Dic/ce-a-Tuesdai/."
The Vow-breaker, 1636, ii, 1.

DicK-DANDiPRAT, s. Tlircc-half-
pence.

DiCKEN, s. The devil.

Dicker, (perhaps from Lat. decas.)
Tlie quantity of ten, of any com-
modity ; as a dicier of hides.

Behold, said Pas, awliole dicker of wit.
Pembr. Arc, p. 393.

DiCK-HOLL, s. A ditch. Norf.

Dick-pot,*. A brown earthen pot,
sometimes pierced with holes,
and filled with bright coals or
wood embers, jjlaced by women
under their petticoatstokeeptheir
feet and legs warm. Northampt.

Dicky, *. (1) A common leather
apron.

(2) A woman's under-petticoat.

(3) The top of a hill. West.

(4) A donkey.

(5) It is all dickey with him, it is
all over with him. See Dicken.

Dicky-bird, s. A loube.
Dict, 8. {Lat.) A saying.
bicTiTATE, V. {Lat.) To speak
o'ten.

DicTouR, *. {A.-N.) A judge.
Did, v. To hide. Craven.
DiDAL, (1) ». A triangular spade.

East.

(2) V. To clean a ditch or river.
DiDAPPER, *. The little diver.

DiDD, 1 . . i . 17 7

> s. A cow s teat. Var. a,

DIDDY, J

Didder, ». To shiver. North.
Diddle, (1) v. To cajole.

(2) V. To dawdle. East.

(3) V. To hum a tune. North.

(4) *. A contrivance for taking
salmon. West.

DiDDLECOME. Sorely vcxed. West.

Diddles,*. (1) Youngducks. East.
(2) Sucking pigs. Nortkampt.

Diden, pret t. pi. of do.

Dido, s. A trick, or trifle.

Diere, s. {A.-S.) a wild beast.

DiERN, acj)'. Severe; stern. West.

Diet, 5. To take diet, to be put
under a regimen for the lues
venerea.

Diet, "Is. (A.-N.) Daily food.
DiETE, J Diet -bread, a daily allow-
ance of bread. Diet-house, a
boarding house.

DiFFADE, V. {A.-N.) To damage,
or destroy.

DiFFAME, (1)». (.(^.-iV.) Bad repu-
tation.

(2) V. To disgrace.

(3) V. To spread abroad the fame
of any one.

DlFFIBULATE, V. {Lat.) To iiu-
button.

Difficile, adj. {A.-N.) Difficult.

DiFFiciLiTATE, V. {Lat.) To mako
difficult.

Difficult, adj. Peevish ; fretful.
North.

Diffide, v. {Lat.) To distrust.

DiFFiGURE, V. {Fr.) To disfigure.

Diffind, v. {Lat.) To cleave.

DiFFiNE, V. {A.-N.) To determine.

Diffinish, r. To define.

HirvovEO, part. p. Digged.

DrFrrGous, adj. (Lat.) Flying di-
vers ways.

DIF

386

DIL

Diffuse, adj. DiflBcult.
Diffused, «<//. Wild; irregular;

confused ; negligently dressed.

Diffusedly, irregularly.

Tliink upon lore, which makes all creatures

handsome,
Si-emly for eye-sight ; go not so diffiisedly,
Tliere are great ladies purpose, sir, to visit

you. B. /- Ft., Nice Valour, act iii.

Dig, (1) s. A duck. Chesh. Dig-
brid, a young duck. Lane.
{2) s. A mattock, or spade.
Yorksh.

(3) V. To bury in the ground.

(4) V. To spur ; to stab.

(5) V. To munch.
DiGGABLE, adj. Capable of being

digged.
Digging,*. A spit in depth. North.
Diggings, s. Proceedings. Devon.
Dighle, adj. (A.-S.) Secret.
DiGHT, V. (1) (A.-S.) To dispose;

to array.

Kow wote we thanne stonde
To fijte ;
The feend, that flesche, and eke the wordle,

Ajeins ous belh i-diz/e.

Jrilliam de Shoreham.

(2) To ordain.

In water ich wel the cristny her.
As Gode himself hyt dipe.

William de Shoreham.

(3) To deck, dress, or prepare ;
to put on.

Soon after them, all danncing in a row,
The comely virgins came, with girlands
digkt. Spetu., F. Q., I, xii, 6.

But ere he could his armour on him di^hl.
Or get his shield. lb., I, vii, 8.

(4) To prepare, or clean. North.

(5) To foul, or dirty. Ray.
Dightings, s. Deckings.
Digne, adj. {A..N.) (1) Worthy.

Digneliche, deservedly.
(2) Proud ; disdainful.

Dignostick, s. {Gr.) An indica-
tion.

DiGRAVE. See Dike-reve.

Digress, v. To deviate.

Dike, (1) «. {A.-S.) A ditch.
(2) ». {a.-S.) To dig; to make

ditches. Biker, a hedger or
ditcher.

(3) s. A crack or breach in a
strata of rock.

(4) s. A small pond, or river.
Yorksh.

(5) s. A dry hedge. Cumb.
Dike-cam, s. A ditch bank. North.
Dike-reve, "1 s. An officer who

DIGRAVE, J superintends the
dikes and drains in marshes.

DiKESMOWLER,*. The hedge-spur-
row.

DiKE-sTouR, s. A hedge-stake.
Cumb.

DiLANiATE, V. (Lat.) To tear in
pieces.

Dilatory, *. (Lat.) A delay.

DiLDE, V. (A.-N.) To protect.

DiLDOE, s. Mentula factitia. Cot-
grave in Godemiche.

DiLDRAMs, s. Improbable tales.
West.

DiLE, s. The devil.

DiLECTiON, *. {Lat.) Love.

Dill, s. (1) Hedge parsley. Var.
dial.

(2) Two-seeded tare. Glouc.

(3) A cant word for a wench.
Dekker.

DiLLAR, g. The shaft-horse. Wills.
DiLLE, (1) V. To soothe; to calm.

(2) V. To dull, or prevent.

(3) adj. Dull;foohsli.
DiLLED, joar^;;. Completed. Cvmb.
DiLLiNG, s. A darling, or favorite ;

the youngest of a brood.

Wliilst the birds billing

Each one with his diUing

The thickets still filling

With amorous notes.

Drayt., Ni/mphal., 3.

Of such account were — Titus delicis
liumani generis, and, which Aurelius
Victor hath of Vespasian, the dilling of
his time, as Edgar Etheling was in Eng-
land, for his excellent virtues.

Burton's Jnat. of Mel.

Dills, ». The paps of a sow. East.
DiLLY, s. (1) A small public car-
riage.

DIL

387

DIP

(2) A sort of light cart, formed
by a hurdle placed on an axle-
tree and wheels. Somerset.

(3) A game played with pieces of
lead. Norf.

DiLNOTE, *. The plant cidamum.

DiLT, V. To stop up. North.

DiLVE, V. To cleanse ore. Comw.

DiLVERED, adj. Tired; confused;
drowsy ; nervous. East.

Dim, s. (a.-S.) Dimness.

DiMBER, adj. Pretty. JVorc.

DiMBLE, s. A dingle.

DiMHEDE, 8. (A.-S.) Dimness.

DiMiNiT, V. (Lat.) To diminish.

DiMiNUTE, adj. (Lat.) Imperfect.

DiMME, adj. {J.-S.) (1) Dark.
(2) Difficult to understand.

DiMMET, s. Twilight. Devon.

Dimming, s. {A.-S.) Tlie dawn of
day.

DiMP, V. To dimple. Northampt.

DiMPSE, s. Twilight. Somerset.

DiMPSEY, arf/. Neat; smart. North-
ampt.

DiMSEL, s. A large piece of stag-
nant water. Sussex.

DiNCH, adj. Deaf. Somerset.

DiNCH-PicK, s. A dung-fork. Glouc.

DiNDER, *. Thunder. Exmoor.
Dinderex, a thunderbolt.

DiNDERS,s. Tlie popular name for
the small Roman coins found at
Wroxeter. Shropsh.

DiNDLE,(l)w. To tremble, or shake.

(2) V. To stagger. North.

(3) V. To tingle.

(4) s. The sowthistle. Norf.

DiNE-DOPPING,

He is worse tlien an otter-hound for a

dine-doppitig ale-house-keeper : and
limits him out unreasonably from his
element of liquor ; and yet he may seenie
reasonable honest, for he liearkens
readily to a composition.
Stephens's Essays and Characters, 1615.

Ding, v. (1) To strike violently
down ; to dash.

This while our nohle king.
His broad sword brandishing,
Dowu the I'rench host did ding.

Drayt., JJallad vf Agine.

(2) To bluster. Wore.

(3) To reprove. We*t.

(4) To surpass. Chesh.

(5) To reiterate, or importune.
Devon.

(6) To ding on the nose, to taunt.
Northampt.

DiNG-DiNG, s. An old term of

endearment.
Ding-dong, adv. In good earnest.
DiNG-D0SSEL,s. Adung-pot. DeDOH.
Dingdoulers, s. Finery in dress.

East.
DiNG-Fuz,s. A pet; anger. North-

ampt.
Dinghy, s. A jolly-boat. North.
Dinging, *. {A.-S.) A blow.
Dingle, {\)v. To drizzle. " Dew it

rain .' No — ta ded dingle just

now." Norf.

(2) On the dingle, on trust.

Northampt.
Dingner, adj. M-ore worthy.
Ding-thrift, s. A spendthrift.
Dingy, adj. Foul ; dirty. Somerset.
Dinman, *. A two-year sheep.

North.
Dinnel, v. To stagger; to tingle

from cold, &c. North.
DiNNiCK, s. The Devonshire name

of a small bird said to follow and

feed the cuckoo.
DiNSPiCK, s. A three-pronged fork.

Warw.
Dint, s. {A.-S.) A stroke.
DiNTLE, (1)». To indent. North.

(2) s. An inferior sort of leather.
DioL, s. {A.-S.) Dole.
Dip, (1) ». To go downward, as a

vein of mineral.

(2) s. Butter, sugar, or any sauce
eaten with pudding. North.

(3) s. Salt. Dorset.

(4) adj. Cunning; deep. West.
DiPLOis, s. (Gr.) A cloak.
Dipper, (1) s. A bird, the cinclus

aqualieus.
(2) adj. Deeper.
Dippings, s. The grease, &c., col-
lected bv the cook.

DIP

338

DIS

DiPPiN-NKT, a. A small net attached
to two round sticks for sides, and
a long pole for a handle, used for
dipping salmon and some other
fish, as the shad, out of the wa-
ter. Somerset.

DiPTATiVE, s. A terra in alchemy.

DiRD, s. Thread. Somerset.

DiRDAM, s. An uproar.

DiREMPT, part. p. Divided.

Dirge-ale, s. A funeral wake.

DiRiTY, s. (Lat.) Direness.

Dirk, v. To darken.

DiRKE, V. To injure. SpeTiser.

DiRL, (1) V. To move quickly.
Yorksh. DiV/ct", an active person.

(2) V. To shudder.

(3) «. A thrill of pain. North.
DiRSH, 8. A thrush. Somerset.
Dirt, s. Rain. North.
DiRT-BiRD, s. The woodpecker.

North.
DiRTEN, adj. Made of dirt. West.
DiRTMENT, 8. Rubbish. North.
DiRT.piEs, 8. Earth made into

paste.

I will learn to ride, fence, vault, and
make forlilicatioiis in dirl-pyes.

Olway, TUeMlieist,\CSi.

Dirt-weed, ». The chenopodium
viride, Lin.

DiRUTER, s. (Lat.) A destroyer.

Disable, (1) ». To disparage.
(2) adj. Unable.

DiSACTLY, adv. Exactly. Lane.

Disadmonish, v. To dissuade.

Disaffirm, s. To deny.

Disallow, r. (A.-N.) To dis-
approve.

Disannul, v. To contradict; to
dispossess ; to remove ; to injure;
to inconvenience. Var. dial.

Disappointed, />ar/.jo. Unarmed.

Disar, Is. An actor. Generally
DisARD, / applied to the clown.
" A dizzard or common vice and
jester counterfeiting the gestures
of any man, and moving his
body as him list." Nome?i-

clator. " Disard in an enterlnde.

Pantomimtts." Huloet.
Disarray, s. (A.-N.) Disorder.
DiSAVAiL, V. To prejudice auy one

in the world.
DiSAVAUxcE, V. (A.'N.) To drive

back.

DiSAVENTURE, 8. {A.-N.) Mis-

fortune.

DiSBEATJTiFY, V. To dcface any-
thing.

DisBLAME, V. (A.-N.) To clear
from blame.

DiscANDY, V. To dissolve. Shakesp.

Discard, v. To put one or more
cards out of the pack.

Discase, r. To undress.

DiscEYVANCE, 8. {A.-N.) Dcccit.

DiscHAiTE, s. {A.-N.) Ambush.

Discharge, v. To pay one's
reckoning.

Jacke seeing he no more would pay,
Unto his niaister went,
And told him there was one within
That had much victualls spent.
And woiild not see the house dischargd.
Rowlands, Knave of Clubs, Ibll.

DiscHEKELY, odv. {A.-N.) Se-
cretly.

Disciple, v. To discipline.

Discipline, «. Church reforma-
tion.

DiscLAUNDERER, 8. A Calumni-
ator. "To stone hym (Stephen)
to deth as for a dvssclaunderer."
The Festyvall, fol". Ixx.

Disclose, v. To hatch.

Discoloured, adj. Variegated.

Discomfort, (1) *. {A.-N.) Dis-
pleasure.
(2) V. To discourage.

Discomfrontle, v. To ruffle any
one. East.

Discommodity, s. Inconvenience.

To seeke his own commoditie, even by
the diaeommoditie of another?

Terence in English, 1641 .

DrscoNVENiENCE, s. {A.-N.) Mis-
fortune.
DiscoRDABLE, adj. Disagreeing.

DIS

3S9

DIS

MscoRVK, V. {A.-N.) To disagree.

Discourse, (1) s. Reason.
(2) V. (Lai.) To run about.

Discover, v. {J.-N.) To uncover.

DiscRESEN,». {J.-N.) To decrease.

Discriven, v. (.4.-N.) To describe.

DisCRYE, V. (A.-N.) To descrilie.

DiscRYGHE, ». To descry ; to un-
derstand.

DiscuRE, V. (1) To discover.
(2) To betray.

DiscusT, /;ar/.jo. (1) Determined.
Drayton.
(2) Shaken off. Spenser.

DisE, T V. To put flax on a dis-
DYSYN, J taff.

Disease, (1) v. To trouble, or
annoy.
(2) g. Uneasiness

Disembogue, ». {A.-N.) To dis-
charge.

Ttiat liierarcliy of handicrafts begun ?

Tliose new Exchange men of reliiiion ?

Sure tliey're the antick heads, which plac'd
witliout

The church, do gape and disembogue a
spout :

Like them above the Commons House
have been

So long without, now both are gotten in.
Cltatetand's Poems, 1651.

DisEMOL, adj. {A.-S.) Unfor-
tunate.

Disexcrese, (1) V. {A.-N.) To
decrease.
(2) s. Diminution.

DisERT, adj. (Lat.) Eloquent.

DiSESPERANCE,s. (y^.-iV.) Despair.

DisFETiRLY, adv. (A.-N.) De-
formedly.

Disfigure, (1) s. (A.-N.) De-
formity.
(2) V. To carve a peacock.

DisGEST, V. To digest.

DiSGRADE, V. To degrade.

DisGRATious, adj. {Lat.) De-
graded.

Disgruntled, part. p. Discom-
posed. Glouc.

Disguise, v. To dress up in mas-
querade. Disguising, a sort of
dramatic represeatation.

DiSHABiT, V. To remove from its
habitation. Dishabited, uninha-
bited.

DisHAUNT, V. To leave.

DisHBiLLE, s. Disorder. Kent.

DisH-CRADLE, «. A rack for dislics.
North.

Dished, part. p. Ruined.

DisHEL, s. Eggs, grated bread,
saffron, and sage, boiled to-
gether.

DiSHELE, s. {A.-N.) Unhappiness.

DiSHER, 8. A maker of dishes.

DiSHERiTESON, «. {A.-N.) Disin-
heritance.

DisH-FACED, adj. Hollow-faced.
A'ortfi.

DisH-MEAT, s. Spoon-meat. Kent.

Dishonest, v. To vilify.

Dishwasher, s. (1) A scullery
maid.
(2) The water-wagtail.

Disige, adj. Foolish. Verstegan.

DisjECTKi), part. p. {Lat.) Scat-
tered.

Disjoint, s. {A.-N.) A difficult
situation.

DisLEAL, adj. Disloyal. Spenser.

Dislike, v. To displease.

DisLiMN. V. {Lat.) To obliterate.

Disloigned, jwar^ ;». (y^.-iV.) Se-
cluded.

Disloyal, adj. Unchaste.

Dismale, s. {A.-N.) Ruin ; de-
struction.

Dismals, s. Melancholy feelings.

DisME, s. (A.-N.) A tenth ; a tithe.

Dismembre, v. {A.-N.) To vilifj'.

Disnatured, adj. Deprived of
natural affection.
I am not so disnatured a man,
Or so ill borne to disesteem her love.
Daniel's Hymen's Triumph, Works, G g 8.

Disobeisant, part. a. {A.-N.)
Disobedient.

Disoblige, v. (1) To stain. East.
(2) To incommode; to rumple,
or soil. Northampt.

DisoRDEiNED, adj. {A.'N.) Dis-
orderly.

DIS

390

DIS

DisoRDiNATE. (1) (Lttt.) Dis-
orderly.

(2) Excessive ; illegal. Disordi-
naunce, irregularity.

For the whiche the peple of the londe
were gretely displesyd; and evereafter-
M-arde tlie erle of Worcestre was gretely
beliatede emonge the peple, for ther
dysordinate detlie that he used, con-
trarye to the hiwe of the londe.

Warheorth'a Chronicle.

DisouR, «. (1) {A..N.) A teller
of tales.
(2) (A.-N.) A player at dice.

DisPACARLED,/>ar/./>. Scattered.

DisPAR, (1) (JLat.) Unequal.
(2) A share. North.

DisPARABLE, «. Unequalled.

Disparage, (1) ». A disparage-
ment.
(2) V. {A.-N.) To disable.

Disparcle, \v. To disperse, or
nisPERCLE, J scatter.

Then all his (Darius) men for feare dis-
parcUd. Brende's Quintui Curtius.

The brute of this act incontinently was
disparkUd almost tliroughout the re-
gion of Italy.

Palace ofFlecaure, vol. ii, S 1.

DisPARENT, adj. (Laf.) Varie-
gated.
DisPARLE, V. To destroy,

DlSPARPLE,
DISPERPLE

They leave traiterously the flocke to the
woiQfe, to be disperpled abrode and
tome in pieces.

Erasmus, 10 John, p. 76, b.

Dispart, (1) v. To divide.

(2) s. The peg at the mouth of a
piece for taking the level.

DispEED, V. To despatch.

DrsPENCE, s. (A.-N.) Expense.

DispENDE,». To expend; to waste.
Dispendious, costly. Dispendere,
a steward.

DisPERAUNCE,*. (y^.-A^.) Dcspair.

DispiTE, V. {A.-N.) To be angry,
or spiteful ; to defy.

DispiTous, adj. {A.-N.) Exces-
sively angry.

;,}

V. To disperse.

Display, ». To carve a crane.

DispLE. V. To discipline.

DisPLESAUNS, s. (a.-N.) Dis-
pleasure.

DisPLEsuRE, V. To displease.

DispoiNT, V. {A.-N.) To dis-
appoint.

Dispone, ». (Lat.) To dispose.

DisPONSATE, adj. Set in order.

Disport, s. (A.-N.) Sport.

Dispose, s. Disposal.

And, with repentant thoughts for what is

past,
Bests humblv at your majesty's dispose.
Weakest goeth to the Vall.ki, b.

Disposed, adj. Inclined to mirth
and jesting.

L. You're disposed, sir.
V. Yes, marry am I, widow.

B.^n., Witto.M.,\-,\.

Chi. Wondrous merry ladies.
Luc. Tlie wenches are (ii£po«'(i ; pray keep
your way, sir. B. ^ Ft., Valentin., li, 4-.

Dispourveyed, part. p. (A.-N)
Unprovided.

DispREDDE, V. To spread out.

DisPREisE, V. {A.-N.) To un-
dervalue.

DispuxGE.r. To sprinkle, 5AaArejtp.

Dispunishable, adj. Unpunish-
able.

DispuTESouN, s. (A.-N.) A dis-
pute.

DispYTE, s. Anger ; revenge.

DisaniET, V. To disturb.

Amidst their cheare the solemne feast the

ccntaures did disqueat ;
Whom by no meanes the nobles there to

patience might iutreat.

Warner's Albions England, 1592.

DisRANK, V. (A.-N.) To degrade.

Disray, (1) 8. (A.-N.) Clamour.
(2) V. To put out of order.

DiSRULiLY, adv. Irregularly.

DissAR, g. A scoffer; a fool.

DissEAT, V. To unseat.

DissEiLE, e, (A.-T^.) To deceive.

DissEMBLABLE, odj. Unlike ; dissi-
milar.

Dissentient, (Lat.) Disagreeing.

DIS

391

Drv

DissEYVAtJNT, adj. (^A.-N.) De-
ceitful.

DissHROWED, jjar/. JO. Published.

DissiMULARY, r. To dissimulate.

DissiMULE, V. To dissemble.

Dissolve, v. (Lat.) To solve.

DissoNED, adj. Dissonant.

DissuRY, s. {Gr.) The strangury.

DisTAixE, V. (1) To discolour; to
take away the colour.
(2) (A.-'n.) To calm, or pacify.

Distance, s. (A.-N.) Discord;
debate.

Distaste, s. An insult.

Distemperate, adv. Immoderate.

DiSTEMPERATURE, s. Disorder.

Distempered, adj. Intoxicated.

DisTEMPRE, V. (A.-N.) To mix.

DisTENCE, s. (A.-N.) The descent
of a hill.

Distinct, v. (Lat.) To distinguish.

Distinction, s. (Fr.) A comma.

Distingue, r. {Fr.) To distinguish.

Distor, s. Distress. North.

DisTouRBLE, V. (A.-N.) To dis-
turb.

Distractions, s. Detachments.

Distrain, r. To strain; to catch;
to afflict.

DiSTRAUGHT,jt;ar/./>. (A.-N.) Dis-
tracted.

Distraying,«.(/^.-A'.) Distraction.

iJiSTREiTE, s. {A.-N.) Strait.

DiSTRENE, V. {A.-N.) To constrain.

DiSTRET, *. {A.-N.) A superior
officer in a monastery.

DiSTRiCATE, V. (Lat.) To dis-
entangle.

DiSTRiE, r. To destroy,

DisTRouBE, "I r. {A.-N.) To dis-
DiSTROUBLE, >■ turb ; to trouble;
DisTURBLE, J to disputc. Distvo-
belar, a disturber. Pr. P.

DisTRUss, V. {Fr.) To overthrow.

Disturb,*. A disturbance.

DiSTURBELAUNCE, 8, {A.-N.) A

disturbance.
DisTURNE, p. {A.-N.) To turn

aside.
DisvELOPE, r. To disclose.

DisvoucH, V. To discredit.
DiswARY,! ^^_^ Doubt.

DiSWERE, J ^ •'

DiswoRSHip, s. Discredit.

Dit, v. {A.-S.) To stop up; to closa

Ditch, (1) «. A fence. North.

(2) V. To make a ditch,

(3) s. Grimy dirt.

(4) V. To stick to. Far. d.
Ditch-back, s. a fence. North.
DiTE, (1) ». {A.-N.) To dictate ; to

indite. Ditement,An indictment.

(2) V. To winnow.

(3) s. {A.-N.) A saying ; a ditty.
Dither, (1) v. To tremble; to

shiver; to confuse.

(2) s. A bother.
DiTHiNG, s. A trembling motion

of the eye. Chesh.
DiTiNG, «. (1) {A.-N.) A saying,

or report.

(2) Whispering. North,
DiTioN, s. {Lat.) Power.
DiTLESs, *. A wooden stopper for

the mouth of an oveu.
DiTOUR, s. {A.-N.) A tale-teller.
DiTT, s. A ditty. Spenser.
DiTTED, adj. (1) Begrimed. Line.

(2) Stopped or clogged with dirt.

Northampt.
DiTTEN, 8. Mortar or clay to stop

up an oven.
DiTTER, *. A boy's game, called

also Touch-and-Run.
Dim.E, s. The block placed at

the mouth of a large old-fashioned

country oven.
DiuRNAL-woMEN, s. Womcn who

formerly cried the daily papers

about the streets.
Div, V. To do. North.
Divaricate, r. (Lat.) To stride.
Dive-dapper, s. A small bird, cal-
led also a dabchick, or didapper.
This dandiprat. tliis dire-dapper.

MiddletOH. Anc. Dr., iv, p. 372.

Diver, *. A cant term for a pick-
pocket.
DivERB, 8. (Lat.) A proverb.
Diverous, adj. {A.-N.) Wayward.

DIV

592

DOD

DiVKRSE, adj. Different.
DivERsoRY, s. (Lat.) An inn.
Divert, v. {Lat.) To turn aside.
DivERTivE, adj. Amusing.

Pray, forward, sir, nietliiuks 'tis very
diver lice.

Durfey, The Fond Husband, 1685.

Divest, v. {A.-N.) To undress.
DiVET, s. A turf, or sod. North.
DiviDABLE, a<//' Divided ; distant.

Shakesp.
DiviDANT, adj. Divisable. Shakesp.
Divide, v. To make divisions in

music.
DiviLiN, 8. A brick-kiln. Line.
DiviNACLE, .1. A riddle.
Divine, s. Divinity. Divinisire, a

divine.
DivisE, r. To divide.
Divulgate, v. To divulge.

After tliiit thies newes afforesaide ware
di/culgale in the citie here.

Letter temp. Hen. VIII in Rymer.

DivvY-DUCK,s. Adabchick. nVs^.

Dizen, ». To adorn in a conceited
manner. North.

DizzARDLY, adj. Foolisb.

Do, (1) V. To cause. I do make, I
cause to make, or be made ; to do
one right, or reason, to pledge in
drinking; to do for, to provide
for; to do for one, to ruin him;
to do to death, to do to die, to
kill or slay ; to do (l know, to
inform; to do out, to extin-
guish, or obliterate ; to do forth,
to proceed with ; to do on or off,
to put on or off.

(2) The part. p. of do.

(3) conj. Though ; then. Kent.

(4) s. Deed; contest.

(5) 8. A fete, or entertainment.
North.

DoAGE, adj. Rather damp. Lane.
DoALD, adj. Fatigued. Craven.
DoAX. s. Wet, damp bread. Devon.
DoalKD, part. a. (A.-S.) Doing.
DoATFD, adj. Beginning to decay.
/ia^.

DoATTEE, V. To nod tlie head from

sleepiness. Exm.
Dobbin, s. (1) An old horse.

(2) Sea gravel and sand. Susser.
DoBBLE, t;. To daub. East.
DoBBY, s. (1) A kind of spirit, like

the browny. North.

(3) A fool.
DoBE, V. To dub.
DoBY, V. {A.-N.) To beat.
DoccY, s. A doxy. "No man

playe doccy.'' Hycke Seomer.
DociBLE, adj. Docde. North.
DociTY, s. Docility. Gloue.
Dock, (1) t;. To cut off. Var. dial.

(2) s. The fleshy part of a boar's
chine ; the stump of a beast's
tail ; the broad nether end of a
felled tree, or of any body.

(3) 8. The crupper of a saddle.
Devon.

(4) V. Futuere. A cant word
often used in old writers.

(5) 8. The common mallow.

(6) In dock out nettle, a pro-
verbial phrase expressive of in-
constancy.

DocKAN, s. The dock. North.

DocKERER, 8. Fur made of weasel
skin.

Docket, 8. (V) (A.-S.) A piece.
(2) A woodman's bill. Oxford.

DocKEY, s. A meal taken by field
labourers about ten o'clock in
the forenoon. East.

DocKSPiTTKR, 8. A tool fof Cut-
ting down docks. Dorset.

DocKSY, 8. Podex. East.

Doctorate, *. Doctorship.

DocTRiNABLE, adj. Containing
doctrine.

If tlie question be for your own use and
learniiiff, wlietherit be better to have it
set down as it shold be, or as it was ;
then certainly is more doctrinable the
fained Cyrus in Xenopiion, tlian t)ie
true Cyrils in Justin. Sidney on Foeaie.

Doctrine, v. To teach.
Documentize. v. To nreach.
Doi), (1) V. To cut off; to lop.

DOD

393

DOG

(2) s. A rag of cloth. Cumb.

(3) «. The fox-tail reed. North.

(4) 8. A shell. Suffolk.

(■i) s. A bog, or quagmire.

Northampt. Doddy, boggy.
DoDDART, s. A game phiyed with

a ball and a bent stick, which

latter is called the dod.lart.
Dodder, (1) v. To shake, or

tremble. North.

(2) s. A plant; the woodbine.
DoDDEREL, s. A pollard. JVarw.
Doddering-dickies,*. The heads

of quaking grass. North.
Doddings, s. The fore-parts of a

fleece of wool. North.
DoDDi-E, V. (1) To totter. North.

(2) To idle; to trifle. Lev.
DoDDLEisH, ad;'. Feeble. Sussex.
DoDDY, adj. Small. East.
DoDDYPATE, s. A hlocklicad.
Dodge, (I) s. A cunning trick. To

dodge, to cheat.

(2) V. To follow in the track of
a person or animal.

(3) V. To jog; to incite. North.

(4) V. To drag on slowly. North.

(5) s. A squirrel's nest. South.

(6) .<f. A small lump of an\ thing
moist and thick. East.

Dodger, s. (1) A miser. Howell.
(2) A night-cap. Kent.

DoDiPOLL, s. A blockhead.

But some will say, our curate is naught,
au asse-iiead, a dodipoll, a lack-laliii.

Latimer's Sinn., DS, b.

DoDKiN, s. A small Dutch coin,
the eighth part of a stiver.

Well, williout Ualfpenie, all my wit is not
worth a dodkin.

Lyly's Mother Bomhie, ii, 2,

Dodman, s. a snail ; a snail-shell.
Norfolk. It has been said that
the only difference between a
Norfolk and a Suffolk man is,
that one calls a snail dodman,
the other hodmandod.

Dodo, s. (Fr.) A lidlaby.

Doe, V, To live on little food.
ChesA.

DoELE, s. Dole ; grief. Doeljitit

dolefully.
Doer, s. An agent ; a factor.
Doer BODY, s. The body of a frock.
Doff, v. (1) To do off; to undress.

(2) To remove ; to delay.
DoFTYR, s. A daughter.
Dog, (1) ». To follow or dodge

one. " Folow the fote or steppes

of one, properly to dogge one."

Huloet.

(2) s. A toaster made in the
shape of a dog. North.

(3) a. A small pitcher. Craven.

(4) s. A hand of iron, employed
t« fasten walls outside old houses,
support wood. &c.

Dog-bee, s. A drone, or male bee.
DoGBOLT, s. (1) A term of re-
proach.

I'll not be made a prey iinto the marshall.
For ne'er a suarling dogboU of you both.

B. Jons., Ale., i, 1.
0 ye dogbolts I
That fear iio hell but Dunkirk.

Beaum. ^ n., Eon. M. Fort., v, 1.

BofjhoJt ! to blast the lionour of my
mistress !

Shadwell, Amorous Blgotle, 1690.

(2) Refuse or fusty meal.

DoGCHEAP, adj. Excessively cheap.

DoGCOLE, s. The plant dogbane.

DoG-DAisY, s. The field daisy.
North.

DoG-DRAVE, s. A kind of sea-fish.

Dog-fennel, s. Corn camomile.
Warw.

DoGFLAws, s. Gusts of rage.

Dogged, adj. Very; excessive.

DoGGENEL, s. An eagle. Cumb.

Dogger, s. A small fishing ship.

DoG-HANGiNG, s. A Wedding feast,
where money used to be collected
for the bride.

DoGHooKs, s. Strong hooks for
separating iron boring rods.

DoGHY, adj. Dark ; cloudy ; re-
served. Chesh.

DoG-KiLLER, s. This sccms to
have been formerly a commou
office iu the hot months.

DOG

394

DOL

Would take you now the habit of a
porter, now of a caiman, now of the
dog-killer, in this month of Auoiust, and
in the winter of a seller of tinderboxes.
B. Jon., Bart. Fair, ii. 1.

And last, the dog-ldlUrs great gaines
abounds

For brayuing brawling currs, and foisting
houads.

TJiese are the grave trades, that doe get
and save.

Whose gravity brings manv to their grave.
Taylo?s Workes, 1630.

DoG-LATiN, s. Barbarous Latin.

Dog-leach, «. (1) A dog doctor.
(2) An ignorant practiser in
medicine.

Dog-lope, a. A narrow slip of
ground between two houses,
the right to which is question-
able. North.

DoG-LousE, ». A term of reproach.
Craven.

DoGNOPER, g. The beadle. Yorksh.

DoGONE, s. {A.-N.) A term of
contempt.

DoG-piG, g. A sucking pig ?

I'll be sworn, Mr. Carter, she be-
witched Gammer Washbowl's sow, to
cast her pigs a day before she would
liave farried ; yet they were sent up to
London, and sold for as good West-
minster dog-pigs at Bartholomew fair,
as ever great-belly'd ale-wife longed for.
W^iUh of Edmonton.

Dog-rose, g. The common hedge

rose.
Dogs, *. The dew. Esgex.
Dogs-ears, «. The turned corners

of leaves of a book.
Dog's-grass, g. The cynogurug

cristatus, Lin.
Dog's-head, g. Some kind of bird.
Dog's-nose, g. A drink composed

of warm porter, moist sugar, gin,

and nutmeg.
Dog's-stones, ». Gilt buttons.

North.
DoG-STANDARD,s. Ragwort. North.
Dog-tree, ». The alder. North.
DoG-TRicK, *. A fool's bauble.

I could have soyled a greater volume
than this with a deale of eniptie and
triviall ituffe : as puling sonets, whining

elegies, tlie iog-triclci of love, toyes t«
niocke apes, and transforme men into
asses. Taylor's Workes, 1630.

Dog-tykf,». Adog-louse. "Dogge-

tyke or louse. Ricinus." Huloet.
Dog-whipper, s. A beadle. North,
DoiL, (1) g. Nonsense. JVegt.

(2) V. To wander idly.
Doit, *. A Dutch coin, of the

value of half a farthing. See

Dodkin.
Doited, part. p. Superannuated.
DoKE, (!) g. A furrow or hollow.

See Dalk.

(2) A small brook. Egsex.

(3) A bruise. Essex.

(4) A duck. Dokeling, a young
duck.

(5) When a dog turns round
before lying down they say he
is making bis doke. Wight.

DoLABRE, g. {Lot.) An axe. Cax-

ton.
DoLARD, g. A pollard. Oxfordsh.
DoLATE, V. To tolerate. Li7ic.
DoLCK, g. A gift.

'"^o";}'''^-^^-'-) stupid.
Dole, (1) ». (^.-5.) To distribute;
to divide.

(2) g. A share ; a lot.

(3) g. A lump. Line.

(4) 9. {A.-N.) Grief; sorrow.

(5) g. A balk or slip of un-
ploughed ground.

(6) g. A boundary mark. East.

(7) g. A piece of common on
which only one person has a
right to cut fuel. Norf,

(8) *. A low flat place. West.

(9) g. The bowels, blood, and
feet of a deer, doled to the
hounds after the hunt.

(10) ». Bread distributed on cer-
tain occasions.

DoLE-AX, *. A tool used for di-
viding slats for wattle gates.
Kent.

DoLEiKQ, part. a. Almsgiving.
Kent,

DOL

395

DON

Dole-meadow, s. A meadow in

which several persons have

shares.
DoLEMooR, «. A large uninclosed

common. Somerset.
DoLENT, adj. {A.-N.) Sorrowful.
DoLE-STONE, g. A landmark.

Kent.
Do LEY, a^'. (1) Gloomy ; solitary.

Northumb.

(2) Soft, applied to the weather;

easy ; without energy. Line.
Doling, s. A fishing boat with

two masts, each carrying a sprit-
sail. Stiss.
Doll, a. A child's hand. North.
Dolling, *. The smallest of a

litter or brood. Suss.
Dollop, (1) s. A lump. East.

(2) V. To beat.

(3) V. To handle clumsily.
Dollour, v. To abate in violence.

Kent.
DoLLURs.(Fr.) Bad spirits. Wight.
Dolly, (1) adj. Sad; sorrowful.

TJ'arw.

(2) s. A sloven. Var. dial.

(3) s. A prostitute. North.
(4)v. To beat linen. TFest.

(5) s. A washing tub, or a wash-
ing beetle ; a churn-staflF.

(6) s. A passing staff, with legs.
North.

DoLLYD, part. p. Heated ; luke-
warm. Pr. P.

DoLLY-DODCET, s. A chUd's doll.
Wore.

Dolour, s. (A.-N.) Grief ; pain.

DoLOL'RiNG, s. A mournful noise.
Essex.

DoLVE, part. p. of delve. Digged;
buried.

DoLVER, s. Reclaimed fen-ground.
East.

DoLY, adj. Doleful.

DoM, s. A door case. Wilts.

BoiiAGK, s.{A.-N.) Hurt; damage.

DOMAGEABLE, "1 j- t • •

' >adj. Injurious.

D0MAGE0U5, j •' ^

DoMBE, adj. (A.-S.) Dumb.

DoMBER, V. To smoulder. North'
ampt.

DoMK, «. (1) {A.-S.) Judgment.
Dome-house, the judgment-hall.
(2) Down of rabbits, &c. East.

DoMEL, adj. Stupid. Glouc.

DoMELOus, adj. Wicked, applied
especially to a betrayer of the
fair sex. Line.

DoMENT,*. A merry-making. iVor/A-
ampt.

DoMEscART, *. (J.-S.) The hang-
man's cart.

DoMESMAN, *. (A.-S.) A judge.

Dominations, «. One of the sup-
posed orders of angels.

Domineer, v. To bluster.

Domino, «. (1) A kind of hood.
(2) A mask used in masquerades.

DoMMEL, s. A drum. North.

DoMMELHEED, s. Pudcndum f.
Cumb.

DoMMERARs, s. Bcggats who pre-
tended to be dumb.

DoMP, ». To tumble. North.

D'JN, (1) V. To put on ; to dress.

Some shirts of mail, some coats of plate

put on,
Some donn'd a cuirass, some a corslet

bright. Fair/., Toss., i, 73.

And, w1ien he did his rich apparel don,
Put he no widow, nor an orphan on.

Jip. Corbet') Poems, p. 39.

(2) adj. Clever ; active. North.

(3) s. (Span.) A superior; one
who sets himself above others.

(4) s. A gay young fellow. Line.
Donative, s. (Lat.) A reward.
DoNCH. See Daunch.

DoNCY, s. Dandyism. North.

DoNDEB, 8. Thunder.

DoNDiNNER, 9. The afternoon.
Yorksh.

DoNDON, s. (fr.) A coarse fat wo-
man.

Done, (1) r. To do; pret. t., did.
(2) part. p. (A.-S.) Put ; placed.
{3) part. p. Exhausted,

(4) s. (A.-S.) A down, or plain.

(5) V. (A.-S.) To din ; to wund.

DON

SPG

DOR

DoNEUE, V. (A.-N.) To fondle.

DoNKT. s. A graiuuLir, from the
name of the aullior of the jjopular
Latin grammar of the Middle
Ages, Donatus.

DoNEY, s. A hedge-sparrow. North-
amp t.

DoNGE, s. A mattress. Pr. P.

DoxGENE, part. p. of ding. Struck
down ; beaten.

DoNGESTEK, s. A duHgfork.

DoNGON, s. One who looks stupid,
but is really clever. West. See
Dungeon.

DoNicK, s. The same game as
doddart.

DoNJEON, 1 s. {A.-N.) The prin-
DONJON, vcipal or keep tower
DUNGEON, J of a Norman castle.

DoNK, \adj. {A.-S.) Damp;
DONKEY, J humid. North.

DoNKE, V. (A.-S.) To thank.

DoNKS, s. A boy's term, at marbles.
He who ktiocks out all the mar-
bles he has put in, at hussel-cap,
is said to have got his donks.

DoNNAT, 8. A devil ; a wretch.
North.

DoNNE, (1) adj. Of a dun colour.
{2)8. Deeds.

Before tlie ships ; wliere Ajax in a heate,
1 or that the stomach of tlie man was great,
l,ayes open to the Greekes liis former 2o«n«
In their affaires since Hist this warre be-
gonne. G. JPeele.

DoNNiNETHELL, 8. Wild hemp.

Gerard.
DoNNiNGS, s. Clothes. West.
DoNNUT, s. A dough pancake.

Herts.
DoNNY, (1) adj. Out of sorts;

poorly. Lane.

(2) s. A small fishing-net. Line.

(3) s. A profligate woman. West.
BoNSEL, s. {A.-N.) A youth of

family not yet knighted.
DoNYE, V. {A.-S.) To resound.
DooD, part. p. Done. Devon.
Doodle, s. An idler.
DooDLE-SACK,«, A bagpipe Kent

\s. 1

VNS, >■ ^

' [ of a
ID, J

The threshold
door.

DooKE. Do you. Wilts.

DooLE, s. {A.-S.) A small conical

heap of earth, to mark the bounds

of farms or parishes on the

downs Sussex.
DooLS, s. Slips of pasture. Essex.
Doom, s. {A.-S.) Judgment.
DooMAN, s. A woman. Var. dial.
DooN, (1) V. {A.-S.) To do.

(2) s. A village prison. Line.
Door, s. The fish doree.
DooR-CHEEKS, s. Door-posts.
Doordern.s. a door-frame. X?«c.
Door-keeper, s. A whore. Dekker.
DooRN, s. A door-frame. Wilts.
Door-piece, s. A piece of tapestry

hung before an open door.

DoOR-SILL,
DOOR-STAANS,
DOOR-STEAI

Doou-STALL. A door-post. East.
DooRY, adj. Diminutive. Yorksh.
DoosE, (1) adj. {A.-N.) Soft to the
touch. Line.

(2) adj. Thrifty. North.

(3) s. A slap. North.
DoosENLoop, s. Pudendum f.

Cumb.

DoosEY-CAP, *. A childish punish-
ment. North.

DooTE, s. A fool. See Dote.

DooTLE, 8. A notch in a wall to
receive a beam. North.

Do-ouT, V. To clean out. Suffolk.

Dop, s. (for dip.) A low curtsey.
East.

The Venetian dop, this.

B. Jon., Ci/nlhia's Rev., v, 1.

D OP- A -LOW, a^". Very short. East.

DopoHicKEN, 8. The dabchick.
Line.

Dope, s. A simpleton. Cumb.

Dopey, *. A beggar's trull.

DoppER-BiRD, s. The dabchick.

DoppERS, 8. Dippers, the Anabap-
tists.

DoPT, V. To adopt.

Dor, (1)s. A drone; a cockchafer.

Wliat sliould I care what ev'ry (/or doth bua

In credulous ears f

Ji. Jon., Cynthia's Bevels, iii, 3.

DOR

397

DOR

Uncertaine wheare to finde tliem, with the
egle or the dorr.

Warner's Albions England, 1592.

(2) S. A fool.

(3) To dor, or to give the door,
to make a fool of a person.

There oft to rivals lejuls the prentle dor.
Oft takes (liis mistress bv) tlie bitter bob.
Fletck., Purp. Id., vii, 25.

You will see, I shall now give him the
gnille dor presently, he fort;ettin!r to
shift the colours which are now cliaiiged
with alteration of the mistress. Jb., v, 4.

(4) V. To frighten. TTest.

(5) To obtain a dor, to get leave
to sleep. A schoolboy's phrase.

DoR.\DO, «. {Span.) Anything gild-
ed ; a smooth-faced rascal.

DoRALLE. See Dariol.

DouBELiSH, adj. Very clumsy.
Line.

Dorcas, *. Benevolent societies
which furnish poor with clothing
gratuitously, or at a cheap rate.
Line.

DoRCASED, adj. Finely decked out.

DoRDE, s. A kind of sauce.

DoRE, (1) ». {A..S.) To dare.

(2) V. To stare. North.

(3) adv. There.
DoRE-APPLE, s. A winter apple of

a hright yellow colour. East.

DoREE, *. (A.-N.) Pastry.

DoREN, s. pi. {A.-S.) Doors.

DoRESTOTHES, s. Door-posts.

DoRE-TREE, s. The bar of a door.

DoRFER, s. An impudent fellow.
North.

DoRGE, 8. A kind of lace.

DoRisHMENT, ». Hardship. North.

DoR-LixES, s. Mackerel lines.
North.

DoRLOT, «. (A.-N.) An ornament of
a woman's dress.

Dorm, s. A dose. North.

Dormant, adj. The large beam
across a room, sometimes called
a dormer. Anything fi.Kcd was
said to be dormant; dormant-
tables, in distinction from those

consisting of a board laid on
trestles, are often mentioned.

As if hee only had beene borne to rni-
cloud whatsoever is included in their
spacious orbs, he holds a dormant coun-
eel-table in his own princely breast.

The Cyprian Jcademie, 1647.

DoRMEDORY, s. A hcavy, sleepy
person. Here/.

DoRMiT, s. An attic window pro-
jecting from the roof. Heref.

DoRMiTiVE, \adj.{Lat.) Causing

DORMATIVE, J slcCp.

There are (sayes he) two dormitive great
States,

Til' one made of horn (as fame to us re-
lates)

By which true spirits have a passage right :

Th' other of elephantine ivorie bright.

Virgil by f jcara, 1632.

DoRMoxD,*. A part of the clothing
of a bed.

DoRN, s. A door-post. Devon.

DoRNTON, s. A small repast taken
between breakfast and dinner.
North.

Dorp, s. (A.-S.) A hamlet.

DoRRE, (!)». To deafen. Somerset.
(2) pret. t. Durst.

DoRREL, 8. A pollard. Warw.

DoRRER, s. A sleepy, lazy person.

DoRRY, \<idj. Endorsed, or sea-
DORRYi.E, J soned, a term in cook-
ery. " Sow pes dorry." Forme of
Cury, p. 17. " Pomes dorre."
Warner, p. 89. " To make pomes
dorryle, and other thynges."
Forme of Cury, p. 31.

DoRSEL, 1 s. A pack-saddle; a pan-
DORSER. J nier in which things
are carried on horseback. Sussex.
See Dosser.

DoRSEBS, s. (A.-N. dorsal.) Hang-
ings ; tapestry.

DoRSTODE, 8. (A.-S.) A door-post.

DoRTED, adj. Stupified. Cumb.

DoRTH,jwrep. Through.

Dortour, s.(A.-N.) A dormitory,
or sleeping apartment.

DoRTY,a</;. Saucy; nice. Northumb.

Dory, a. A drone bee. Philpot.

DOS

398

DOU

Dos, s. A master. North.
DosAYN, s. {/J.-N.) A dozen.

DOSEBERDE, "1

DASiBERDE, K s. A simplcton.

DOSSIBERDE, J

DosEL, s. {A.-N.) A dorser.

DosELLE, «. {A.-N.) The faucet
of a barrel.

Do.SENED, a<Jj. Benumbed. North.

DosENS, *. Straight clothes manu-
factured in Devonshire, under
Hen. V.

DosioN, s. A vessel for preparing
oatmeal. See Dashin.

DosK, adj. Dark. Craven.

DosNELL, adj. Clownish.

DosoME, adj. Healthy. North.

Do&s, (1) V. To sit down roughly.
Kent.

(2) s. A hassock. East.

(3) V. To attack with the horns.
East.

Dossal, *. (A.-N.) A rich cloak
worn by people of high rank.

DossEL, s. A wisp of hay or straw
to stop up an aperture in a barn ;
a plug ; the rose at the end of a
water-pipe. North. See Doselle.

Dosser, "[ ». A pannier for carry-
DORSER, J ing on the back.

He fell to discoursing within an odde
manner of love-making, whea beginning
very low, marking lier new shod feet
hanging over her dossers, beganne with
this commendation. Pasquil's Jests, 1G39.

f he milkmaids' cuts shall turn the wenches

o«f.
And lay tl\eir (ioi^er* tumbling in the dnst.
Merry Dev. of Edm., O. PI., v, 265.

By this some farmer's dairy.maid I may

meet her,
Kiding from market one day 'twixt her

dorsers. B. /• Fl., Night-walker, i, 1.

Cos. They're carri'd to the wars then
As chickens are to market, all in dorsers.
Some thirty couple on a liorse.

Cartviright's Lady Errant, 1651.

DossERS, *. A motion of the head
in children, caused by affections
of the brain. East.

DossET, s. A small quantity. Kent.

Dossil, s. (Fr.) A lump of lint to

lay on a sore.
Dossity, (1) s. Ability. West.

(2) adj. Ailing; infirm. Leic.
Dossus, *. A weasel.
Doster, s. a, daughter. Pr. P.
Dosy, adj. {A.-N'.) Dizzy, or giddy.
Dotance, s. {A.-N.) Fear.
Dotant, s. a dotard. Shakesp.
Dote, *. {A.-S.-) A fool.
Doted, adj. Foolish.
DoTE-FiG, s. A fig. Devon. Properly,

a fig newly gathered from a tree,

not a preserved fig.
Dotes, s. {Lat.) Endowments ;

qualities.
Doth. {A.-S.) Do ye.
Dother, ». To totter. North.
DoTons, adj. {A.-N.) Doubtful.
Dots, s. Gingerbread nuts. East.
Dottard, *. A dwarf tree.
Dottel, s. See Doselle.
Dotterel, s. A silly fellow; a

dupe.
Double, (1) v. To shut or fold up ;

to clench the fists. Var. dial.

(2) s. The duplicate of a writing.

(3) s. A letter ])atent. Cowetl.
{A) A bare is said to double, when
she turns about to deceive the
hounds.

(5) «. A sort of stone.

(6) V. To vary in telling a tale
twice over.

Double-beer, s. Strong ale.
Double-cloak, s. A cloak which

may be turned to serve as a dis-
guise.
Double-couple, s. Twin lambs.

East.
Double-double, s. A double hedge

with a ditch on each side. North-

ampt.
Doubler, *. A large dish, or bowl.

North.
Double-reader, s. A member of

an inn of court whose turn it was

To read a second time.
Double-ribbed, adj. Pregnant.

Nui:h.

DOU

399

DOU

Double-ruff, g. A game at cards.
DouBLE-iPaoxGED, adj. A term

applied to potatoes, when they

have lain in the ground till the

new crop shoots out fresh hulbs.
Doublet, s. (^.-A'.) (1) A military

garment covering the body from

the neck to the waist.

(2) A false stone composed of

two pieces joined together.
DouBLE-TOM.s. A doublc-brcasted

plough. East.
DouBLE-TONGUE, 8. The plant

horsetongue.
Doublets, s. A game resembling

backgammon.
DouBTsoME, arf/. Doubtful. North.
Douce, (1) adj. {A.-N.) Sweet;

pleasant.

(2) 8. A slap, especially in the
face.

(3) V. To duck in water. Craven.

(4) adj. Sober ; prudent. North.
{b\ adj. Snug; comfortable.
North.

(6) s. Chaff. Devon.

(7) 8. The back of the hand.
Line,

DoucE>AME, 8. A dish in cookery.

Douce ame. Take gode cowe mylke, and
do it in a pot. Take parse), sawge,
ysopfj, savray, and ootlier gode herbes,
hewe Lem, and do liera in tlie niylke,
and seeth liem. Take capons halt' y-
rosted, and siiiyte hem on pecys, and do
thereto pynes and hony clarified. Salt
it, and color it witli salron, and serve it
forth. Furme of Cury, p. 14.

DoucET, (1) adj. {A.-N.) Sweet.

(2) A custard.

Fresh cheese and dowsed, curds, and dent-
ed cream. Drayt., Eel., 9.

Heer's dousetsviA flappjacks, and I ken

not what.
The King andaPoore Horlherne Man,\6iO.

(3) 8. The name of a musical
instrument.

DoucET-piE, 8. A sweet-herb pie.

Devon.
DoucETs, «. The testicles of a deer.
DoucH, V. To bathe. Somerset.

DoucKER, 8. A didapper. Kenneil
DouFFE, 8. A dove.
Dough, s. (1) A little cake.

(2) The stomach. Shropsh.
Dough-baked, adj. Imperfectly

baked.
Dough-cake, "Is. An idiot. J9e-

dough-cock, J von. A fool.
Dough-fig, s. A Turkey fig.

Somer.
Dought, v. To do aught,
Doughter, s. {A.-S.) a daughter.
DouGH-up, V. To stick. East.
Doughy, adj. Foolish. Derby.
DouGLE, V. To wash thoroughly.

Yorksh.
DouK, V. (1) To bow.

(2) To dive, or bathe. North.
DouKY, adj. Damp. North.
DouL, (1) 8. Down. Shropsh. See

Dowle.

(2) 8. A nail or pin sharpened at
each end.

(3) adj. (A..N.) Thick; dense.
DouNDRix, *. An afternoon drink-
ing. Deri).

DouNS, 8. An idle girl. North.
Do-up, V. To fasten. Var. d.
Doup, 8. (1) The buttocks. North.
' (2) An egg-shell.
Dour, adj. Sullen ; sour. North.
DouRE, V. (1) To endure.

(2) {A.-N.) To dower, or endow.
Dousher, 8. A rash person ; a

madcap. Line.
Doussing, 8. {Lat.) The weasel.
Dout, v. To do out ; to extinguish.

Douter, an extinguisher,
DouTABLE, adv. In uncertainty.
Doutance, ». (/^.-A.) Doubt; fear.
DouTE, 8. Fear.

DouTEousE, adj. {A.-N.) Fearful.
DouTHE, (from ^^.-5". dugan.) (1)

pret. t. Was sufficient; availed.

(2) 8. People ; nobles. Gawayne.
DouTiF, adj. {A.-N.) Mistrustful.
DouTous, adj. {A.-N.) Doubtful.
DouTREMERE, adj. {A.-N.) From

beyond the sea.
DouvE, v. To sink. North.

DOU

400

DOW

DouwED, Endowed.

DouzzY, adj. Stupid. Chesh.

DoujTiLi, adv. (A.-S.) Bravely.

DovANE, s. {Fr.) A custom-house.

Dove, v. To thaw. Exmoor.

DovEXiNG, s. A slumber. North.

DovKR, (1) ». A piece of sandy
ground near the sea. South.
(2) V. To be in a doze. North.

Dove's-foot, s. The columbine.

Dow, (1) ». To thrive ; to be good
for anything. North. " Atrophe,
in a consumption, one with whom
his meat doioes not, or to whom
it does no good." Cotgrave.

(2) adj. Good. Westmorel.

(3) s. A dove. Var. d.

(4) *. A little cake. North.
Dowaire, s. {A.-N.) a dower.
Do-way, imperat. of v. Cease.
DowBALL, s. A turnip. Line.
Dowblet, *. A doublet.
DowBOY, s. A hard dumpling.

East.
DowcE-EGYR, *. An ancient dish

in cookery. See Egre-douce.
DowcER, s. A sugar-plum. West
DowD, (1) adj. Flat ; dead. Lane.

(2) s. A night-cap. Devon.
Dowdy, adj. (1) Dark and dull of

colour. Northampt.

(2) Shabbily dressed. Var. d.
DowDY-cow, s. The lady-bird.

Yorksh.
DowE, s. Day.

Dowels, s. Low marshes. Kent.
DowEN, V. {A.-N.) To endow.
Dower, g. A rabbit's burrow.

Pr.P.
Dowf, s. a dove.
Dow-HOusE, s. A dove-cote. East.
Dowhj, s. Dough ; paste.
DowiE, adj. Worn out with grief.

North.
DowiNG, adj. Healthful. Lane.
Do-wiTHALL. 7 eannot do wilhall,

I cannot help it.
DowKE, r. To hang down slo-
venly.
DowL, a. The devil. Exmoor.

Dowlas, s. Coarse linen, imported

from Brittany.
DowLD, a<^". Dead; flat. Yorksh.
DowLE, *. The down in a feather,

or any other object.

Such trees as have a certain wool or
dowie upon them, as the small cotton.
History of Manual Arts, 1661, p. 93.

There is a certain shell-fish in the sea,
called pinna, that bears a mossy dowl or
wool. Hid.

His hat (though blacke) lookes like a med-
ley hat J

For, black 's the ground which sparingly
appeares ;

Then heer 's a dowU, and there a dabb
of fat,

Which as unhansome hangs about his
eares. Duties, Scourge o/Folli/, 1611.

DowLER, s. A coarse dumpling.

East.
DowLY, adj. (1) doleful. Yorksh.

(2) Lonely ; melancholy. A'^or//^,

(3) Dingv. North.
Down, (1) 's. (A..3.) A hill.

(2) s. (A.-N.) A bank of sand.

(3) ». To knock down ; to fall.
North.

(4) adj. Cast down ; discon-
solate.

(5) adj. Sickly ; poorly. Craven.

(6) *. A company of hares.
Down-along, (1) s. A little hilL

Devon.

(2) adv. Downwards. West.
DowNARG, V. To browbeat in

arguing. West.
Dowx-BOUT, s. A hard set-to at

anything. East.
DowNCOME, *. (1) A downfall.

(2) A piece of luck. North.
DowNDAiSHOus, adj. Audacious.

Dorset.
DowNDAP, V. To dive down. Devon.
Down-done, arf;'. Too much cooked.

Line.
Downfally, adj. Out of repair.

East.
Downgate, s. (A.-S.) a descent.
Dovft^'GESE, part.p. of ding. {A.-S.)

Beaten.

DOW

401

DRA

Down-house,*. The back-kitchen.

North.
Down-hill, s. A descent, or fall.

T}i' inclianting force of their sweet

eloquence
IlurU headlong down their tender

audience.
Ay (cliilde-like) sliding, in a foolish strife,
On th' icie dovu-hiUs of this shppery life.
Du Bartas.

Down-lying, s. An accouche-
ment.
DowNo-CANNOT. When one has

the power, but wants the will to

do anything. Cumb.
DoWN-piN.s,». Persons quitedrunk.

East.
DowxsELLA,*. {Ital. donzelld). An

old dance.
Downy, adj. Low-spirited. East.
Dowp, s. The carrion crow. North.
Dowpar, s. The dabchick. Pr. P.
DowPY, «. The last-hatched of a

breed of birds. North.
DowRYBBE, s. An implement

for scraping thekneading trough.

Pr.P.
Dowse, (])s. A strumpet,

(2) V. To beat. Var. d.

(3) V. To rain heavily. North.

(4) To put under water. Berks.
DowT, s. A ditch, or drain. Line.
DowTTOusE, adj. Doughty.
DowvE, s. A dove.

Doxy, «. (1) A mistress ; a
strumpet.

(2) A sweetheart, in an innocent
sense. North.

(3) A vixen.

Doyle, v. To squint. Glouc.
DoYT, pves. t. Doth.
DoYTCH-BACK, *. A fcncc. North.
DozAND, 1 adj. Spiritless ; im-

dozened, j potent.
Dozen, v. To slumber.
Dozeper, "1 #. a nobleman; one

dosyper, J of the Douze-Pairs of
France.
OozK.Y, adj. Unsound; decaying.
N'rthampt.

DozziNS, *, Corn shaken out in
carrying home the sheaves.
North.

Dozzle, s. (1) A small quantity.

(2) A paste flower on a pie-
cover. North.

DozzLED, adj. Stupid ; heavy.

East.
Draant, s. a drawl. Suffolk.
Drab, (1) v. To associate with

loose women.

(2; V. To beat ; to drub. Kent.

(3) s. A small debt. North.
Drab-and-norr, s. a game in

the North, something like tip.

cat.
Drabbet, s. An angry expression.

Berks.
Drabble, v. To draggle. Drabble.

tail, a slattern.
Drackstool, s. The threshold.

Devon.
DRAD,^ar/ .p. Feared.
Draf, s. {A.-S.) Dregs ; refuse.

Draf-sak, a sack of draf.
Dbaffit, s. a tub for hog-wash.

West.
Draffy, adj. Coarse and bad.
Drafty, adj. Worthless.
Drag, s. (1) A harrow for breaking

clods.

(2) A fence across running water,
formed by a sort of hurdle which
swings from a horizontal pole.
West.

(3) An implement for moving
heavy weights.

(4) A malkin for an oven. North.

(5) A skid-pan.

(6) A raft.

(7) A dung-fork. North.

(8) V. To drawl in speaking.
West.

Dragans, "1 s. {A.-N.) The herb

DRAGANCE, J Serpentine.
Drage, s. (A.-N.) a sort of spice.
Dragee, s. {A.-N.) A small

comfit.
Draggnall, a. A ve-'M to hoid

comfits.

DRA

102

DRA

Dragging-time, s. The evening
of a fair-day, when the lads pull
the wenches about. East.

Draggle-tail, s. A slut.

Draght, s. (1) A sort of small
cart.

(2) (J.-N.) A pawn, in chess,

(3) Result; consequence.

Dragon, s. A sort of carbine.

Dragons-female, *. Water-dra-
gons. Gerard.

Dragon-water, s. A sort of spe-
cific.
AMiilst beazer stone, and mighty mith-

ridate,
To all degrees are great in estimate,
And triacles power is wonderously exprest,
And dragon water in most high request.

Taylor's Workes, 1630.

Drail, s. A toothed iron pro-
jecting from the beam of the
plough to hitch the horses. West.

Drains, *. Grains from the mash-
tub. East.

Drainted, part. p. Ingrained.
Wilts.

Drait, (1) ». A team of horses.
North.
(2) V. To drawl. Derhysh.

Drake, s. (1) {A.-S.) A dragon.
(2) A small piece of artillery.
(3^ A sort of curl, in which the
ends of the hair only turn up,
and all the rest hangs smooth.

(4) Darnel. East.

(5) To shoot a drake, to give a
fillip on the nose.

Drakes,*. A slop ; a jakes. ^cs^.

Drale, v. To drawl. North.

Drammock, «. A mixture of oat-
meal and cold water. North.

Drane, ».(y^.-5.) A drone. "Drflne
or dorre, which is the unprofit-
able bee havynge no stynge.
Cephenes." Huloet.

Drang, s. A narrow lane. West.

Dr.angoll, 8. A sort of wine.

Drank, s. Darnel grass. North.

Drant, s. The plant rocket.

DRAP-DE-LAYNB,S.(.<i.-A^.) "Wool-

ieu cloth.

Drape, (1)». A barren cow or ewe.
Drape sheep, the refuse sheep of
a flock. Var. di.

(2) V. To drain the last drops
from a cow in milking.

Drapery,*. (1) Carving or paint-
ing resembling cloth or foliage.
(2) New drapery is manufac-
tured worsted for stuffs ; and old
drapery is that cloth which has
undergone the operation of the
fulling mill. Anthony Munday
wrote the Triumphs of Old
Drapery, 1614.

Drapet, s. a table-cloth. Spenser.

Draplyd, adj. Bedrabbled. Pr. P.

Draps, s. Unripe fruit when fallen.
East.

Drash, v. To thresh. Somerset.

Drashel, s. (1) A threshold.
(2) A flail. West.

Drastes, s. {A.-S.) Dregs; refuse;
lees of wine.

Drat. (1) An imprecation. An
abbreviation of God rot !
(2) pres. t. Dreadeth.

Dratchell, s. a dirty, slovenly
person. Wane.

Drate, v. To drawl. North.

Draught,*. (1) Ajakes.

(2) A team of cattle. North.

(3) A sort of hound.

(4) A spider's web; a snare.

(5) Sixty-one pounds weight of
wool.

(6) A pawn, in chess.
Draught-chamber, s. A with-
drawing room.

Draughts, *. Forceps for extract-
ing teeth.

Draun, v. (A.-S.) To draw on ; to
approach to.

Draup, v. To drawl. North.

Dravele, v. To slumber fitfully.

DRAVY,arf;. Thick; muddy. North.

Draw, (1)». To throw; to stretch.
West.

(2) s. A hollow tuck in a cap.
Line.

(3) V. To strain.

DRA

403

DRE

(4) *. A sort of sledge. West.

(5) s. A drawer.

(6) V. To build a nest, said of
hawks.

(7) ». The distance an arrow will
fly from a bow.

(8) ». To follow the track or scent
in hunting.

(9) «. A stratagem, or artifice.
Sussex.

(10) V. To remove the entrails
of a bird. Var. dial.

(11) To draw amiss, to follow
the scent in a wrong direction.
To draw together, to assemble.
To draw a furrow, to plough.
East.

Drawbreech.s. a slattern. i)<^on.
Drawcansir, s. a boaster; a

bully.
Drawer, s. A tapster, or waiter.
Draw-gloves, s. An old game

played with the fingers.

At draw-gloves wee'l play.
And pretliee let's lay

A wager, and let it be this :
Who first to the sunime
Of twenty doth come,

Shall have for hia winning a kisse.

Pleasant Grove of New Fancies, 1G57.

Drawing-boxes, s. Drawers.

Drawk, (I) V. To soak with water.
A^orth.

(2) a. A weed resembling darnel.
East.

Drawlatch, 8. (1) A thief.
(2) A lazy person.

DRAWN-ouT,juar^.^. Finely dressed.
Northampt.

Drawt, s. The throat. Somerset.

Drawtsr, s. A term among lace-
makers for the long slip of parch-
ment or cloth which they draw
over their lace to keep it clean
in making.

Draw-the-well-drv, 8. A child-
ish game at cards, resembling
beggar-my-neighbour.

Dray, (1) *, A sledge without
wheels.
(2) s. A great noise.

(3) V. To act like a madman.

(4) s. A squirrel's nest.
DRAYNE,;;ari'./7. Drawn.
Drazel, s. a slut. Sttssex.
Drajt, s. a draw-l)ridge. Gawayne.
Dreadful, adj. Fearful; timorous.
Dream, v. (1) {A.-S.) To be glad

(2) To sing.
Dream-holes, «. Openings left

in walls to admit light. Glonc.
Drean, (1) V. To drawl. Somerset.

(2) 8. A small stream.
Dreap, v. To drench. North.
Dreare, v. To annoy. Drearing,

sorrow.

Than were no wowershym nor his wyfe

to dreare. Barclay's Fyfle Egtog.

Drecche, (1) V. {A.-S.) To vex ;

to oppress.

(2) s. A subject of sorrow.

(3) V. To linger ; to delay.
Drecen, v. To threaten. North.
Dreck-stool, s. a door-sill. Dev.
Drede, (1) V. {A.-S.) To fear.

(2) s. Fear; doubt. Dredeful,
timorous.

Dredeles, adv. Without doubt.

Dreden, ». (^.-5.) To make afraid.

Dredge, s. (1) Oats and barley
mixed together.
(2) A bush-harrow. South.

Dredger, "1 «. A small tin box

Dredge-box, J for holding flour.

DREDGERY,a£?i;. Cautiously; gently.
Leic.

Dredge-salt, a. Seasoned salt.
" Dredge salt, such as was tem-
pered with spices and seedes of
sweete savour for belly cheere
sake, &c." Nomenclator.

Dredingful, adj. Full of dread.

Dredy, adj. Reverent. Wickliffe.

Dree, (1) ». {A.-S. drigan.) To
sulfer; to endure.

(2) adj. Long; tedious. Dreely,
slowly, tediously. North.

(3) adj. Continuously; steadily.
Line.

(4) V, To journey to a place.
North.

DRE

404

DRI

(5) ». A cart without wheels
drawn by one horse. North.

(6) 8. A hard bargainer. Yorksh,
Dreed, «. (^.-5. driht.) The Lord.
Dreedful, adj. (^A.-S.) Reveren-
tial.

Drkex, v. To drain dry. Suffolk.

D«EERy, adj. Fearful.

Dref, pret. t. Drove.

Drefene, ^arf./?. Driven.

Drefully, adv. (A.-S.) Sorrow-
fully.

DREGH,j»re/. t. Suffered.

Dreghe, adj. Long. On dreghe,
at a distance.

1)register, s. a druggist. Suffolk.

Dkkist, part. p. {A.-S.) Drowned.

Dremel, s. (A.-S.) a dream.

Dreme-redare, *. (A.-S.) An «a-
pounder of dreams.

Dremes, 8. Jewels.

Drench, 1 * .• j • i
' ^ *. A potion ; dnnk.
DREXG, J ^ '

Drenche, ». (A.-S.) To drown ; to

be drowned.
Drenching-horn, s. a horn for

pouring physic down an animal's

throat.
Drenges, s. a class of men who

held a rank between the baron

and thane. Havelok.
Drengy, adj. Thick; muddy.

North.
Drenkled, part. p. Drowned.
Drepe, v. (1) To drip ; to drop.

(2) {A.-S.) To kill, or slay.
Drepee, 8. A dish in cookery.

lirepee. Take blanched almandes, grynde
hem, and temper hem up with gode
brotli ; uke oynouns a grete quantite,
perboyle liem, and frye hem, and do
thereto. Take snialle bryddes, perboyle
hem, and do thereto pellydore, and salt,
and a iytel grece. Fornle of Cury, p. 7.

Drere, 8. Sorrow. Spenser. Drery,

sorrowful.
Dreriuext,

DRERI!
DRERYHl

Dhesh, V. To thrash. Var. d.

»*^^'^' 1*. S
'-"''^«^^' r tion.

YHEAD, J

Sorrow; afflic-

Dresse, v. (A.-N.) To address ; to
prepare ; to apply.

Dressel, 8. A cottage dresser.'
Trest.

Dresser, s. An axe used in coal-
pits.

Dressing-board, s. A dresser.

Dressing-knife, s. A knife used
for dressing or pruning anything,
apparently meaning a cook's.

Drestall, «. A scarecrow. Devon.

Dreste, v. {A.-N.) To prepare.

Drestis, *. {A.-S.) Dregs ; lees.
Dresty, full of dregs.

Dretche, v. To be disturbed by
dreams.

Dretching, a. (1) Trouble; vexa-
tion.
(2) {A.-S.) Delay.

Dreul, (1) 8. A lazy fellow.
(2) V. To fritter away one's time.
Dreuler, a driveller. Devon.

Dreury, s. Love. See Druery.

Dreve, v. To pursue. West.

Drevede, part. p. Confounded.

Drevklen, v. {A.-S.) To drivel.

Drevil, s. a diTiflge.

Drevy, adj. Dirty ; muddy. North.

Drewe, 8. {A.-N.) Love ; friend-
ship.

Drewries, 1 t 1

,^ >«. Jewels; ornaments.

Drowryis, J '

Drewsens, 8. Dregs ; refuse. Dev.

Drewje, pret. t. Drew; reached.

Drevde, ^re/. t. Dried.

Dre?e, v. To suffer. See Dree.

Drib, (1) v. To shoot at short

paces. An old term in archery.

(2) 8. A small quantity. Sussex.

(3) V. To chop off. Dekker.
Dribble, (1) «. A drudge; a ser-
vant. North.

(2) 8. An iron pin.

(3) V. To drizzle. West.

(4) V. To deal out in small quan-
tities. Northampt.

Driblet, s. Anything small.
Dridge, v. To sprinkle. Lane.
Dridle, 8. An instrument used for
hollowing wooden bowlg

DRI 405

DRI

Urie.

DKI
DRI

GHE, j

(^.-5.) To suffer ; to
endure. See Dree.

Religion was i-maked
Penance for to drye.
Now it is mycli i-turned
To pryde and glotonye.

Wdliain'de Shoreham.

Drien, v. {A.-S.) To be dry, or
thirsty.

Drife, v. (A.-S.) To drive; to ap-
proach.

Drifle, r. To drink deeply. North.

Drift, s. (1) A drove, or flock.
North.

(2) Drift of the forest, an exact
view or examination what cattle
are in the forest, to know whether
it be overcharged, &c. Blount.

(3) Road-sand. Glouc.

(4) A sort of sleeve, made usually
of silk, nth cent.

(5) A green lane. Leic.

(6) Diarrhoea. Somerset.
Drifter, s. A sheep overlaid in a

drift of snow. North.

Drifts, *. Dregs.

Driftway, s. A road chiefly used
for driving cattle. Northampt.

Driggle-draggle. a slut. Florio.

Drigh, adj. Tedious. See Dree.

Dright, 8. {A.-S.) The Lord.

Drightups, s. a boy's breeches.
North.

Drike, v. {A.-S.) To repent.

Drile, v. To waste time. West.

Drill, (1) s. A large ape, or ba-
boon.

A diurnal-maker is the antimark [anti-
mask] of an historian, he differs from
him as a dril from a man.

Clevel., Char, of a Diurnal-maker.

And as well match'd as any three ba-
boons in Europe, why, madam, I would
as soon marry a drill umixy one of them.
Shadteell, The Runwrists, 1671.

(2) V. To decoy ; to flatter. Dev.

(3) »>. To twirl, or whirl. Devon.
{\) To drill along, to slide away.
Kent.

(5) «. A small draught of liquor.

Drimble, v. To loiter. Dorset.
Drimmel, v. To suflFer pain. Somer^

set.
Drindle, (1) V. To dawdle. 5?'/-
folk.

(2) s. A small drain. East.
DaiNGE, V. (1) To drizzle. East.

(2) To drink.

He DO may sitt no stonde,
No unnetlie drawen his onde.
Rest no take slepeinge.
Mete ete, uo drinke dringe.

Gy of Ifartcite, p. 8

Dringett, s. a crowd. Devon.
Bringing, adj. Miserly. Devon.
Dringle, v. To dawdle. West.
Drink, (1) ». To absorb. East.

(2) s. A draught of liquor.

(3) s. Small beer. West.

(4) V. To smoke tobacco. Jon-
son.

(5) V. To abie, or suffer. Cott/.
Drinkhail, {A.-S., literally, drini

health.) The pledge in drinking,
corresponding to wassaile.

Drinking, s. A collation between
dinner and supper, in use in the
beginning of the 17th cent.

Drinking-towel, s. a doily, for
dessert.

Drinkle, V. To drown. Pr. P.

Drink-meat, s. Boiled ale thick-
ened with oatmeal and bread.
Shropsh.

Drink-fenny, a. Earnest money.

Drinkshankere, 8. {A.-S.) A
cup-bearer.

Drinky, adj. Drunk. Var. d.

Drip, s. Anything that falls in
drops. North.

Dripper, s. A shallow tub. West,

Dripping-horse, s. A wooden
frame to hang wet clothes on.

Drippings, s. The last mdk af-
forded by a cow. Shropsh

D ripple, adj. Weak ; rare. Wore,

Drish, 8, A tiirush. Devon.

Driss, v. To cleanse; to beat..
North.

Drister, 8, A daughter. Craven.

DRI

406

DRO

Drite, (1) s. {A.-S.) Dirt; dung.

(2) V. To speak thickly. North.
Drith, *. Drought. " Drynes or

dryth, Ariditas." Huloet.
Drive, (1) v. {A.-S.) To follow.
12). V. To propel. West.

(3) ». To advance very quickly.

(4) V. To procrastinate. Yorksh.

(5) s. Force ; speed.

(6) V. To drizzle ; to snow. North.
(J) To drive forth, to pass on.
To drive adrift, to accomplish
any purpose. To drive pigs, to
snore.

Drive-knor, *. j\ bandy-ball.

North.
Drivel, v. To beslaver.

Tlien hee flingeth the ginsses against
the wals, aa if they cost nothing, and
daunceth a round about a can, as if it
were a May-pole : then he dotli dritell
liis hostesse, and will dallie with any
that weareth a erosse-cloth.

Man in the Moon, 1609.

Drivelard, s. a driveller.
Drizzle, (1)*. Small rain. "Driz-
ling or mizling raine." Nomencl.

(2) r. To rain small.

(3) 8. A diminutive salt ling.
North.

Droatups,*. a leather strap under

the lower part of a horse-collar.

South.
Drobly, adj. Muddy. Pr. P.
Drobyl, v. To trouble.
Drock, (1) s. A water course.

Wilts.

(2)». To drain with stone gutters

underground. Glouc.
Droddum, s. The breech. North.
Drqvf, (I) pret.t. of drive. Drove.

(2) pret. t. of throwe.

(3) ». Dregs. North.
Drofman, s. a herdsman.
Droghe, pret. t. of drawe.
Droghte, *. (A.-S.) A drought.
Droie, *. A drudge, or servant.
Droight, 3. A team of horses.

North.
Droil, *. A drudge. " Belitre, co-
quin digne d'estre fouette. A

knave, a slave : a droyle or drudge
subject to stripes." Nomenclator.

Droits, s. {A.-N.) Rights ; dues.
Kent.

Drokk, s. a filmy weed common
in stagnant water. Kent.

Droll, (1)«. "A good-fellow, boon
companion, merry grig ; one that
cares not how the world goes.''
Ladies' Dictionary, 1694.
(2) V. To put oflf with excuses.
East.

Drollery, s. A puppet-show.

Drolling, adj. Witty ; joking.

Drombeslade, *. A drummer.

Dromon, 1 *. (A.-N.) A ship of
DROMOND, J war.

Dromocnday, s. (A.-N.) A war-
horse.

Drone, (1) ». To drawl. North.
(2) 8. A drum.

Drong, *. A narrow path. West.

Droning, s. (1) (A.-S.) An afflic-
tion.

(2) A lazy way of doing any-
thing.

DRoyiKK,part.p. (A.-S.) Drowned.

Dronkelewe, adj. (A.-S.) Drunk-
en. "And is noght dronklewe ne
dedeynous." Piers PL

They were counted barbarous and cruel],
dronlcelnoe, and wilde people.
Humfrey's Nobles or of A'obililye, 1563.

Dronkenand, adj. (A.-S.) Intoxi-
cating.

Dronkle, v. To drown.

Dronny, s. a drone. Skelton,

Drool, v. To drivel. Var. d.

Drooper, s. a moody fellow. West,

Droot, 8. A stutterer. Pr. P.

Drop-box, ». A money-box. Cra-
ven.

Drop-dry, (1) adj. Water-tight.
North.

(2) V. To do anything by con-
traries.

Drop-dumplings,*. Small dump-
lings made each by a spoonful of
batter dropt into the hot water.
East.

DRO

407

DRO

Rainy ; wet.

Drope, (1) ». A crow. Yorksh.

(2) V. To run down. East,

(3) V. To baste meat.
Dropes, s. Ornaments on the

dresses worn by mummers.

Drop-gallows,*. One who is foul-
mouthed. East.

Drop-in, v. To beat. Wight,

Dropmele, adv. (A.-S.) By drops.
" The strangurie, which is when
one maketh water by dropmeale
very hardely, and with great
paine." Nomenclator.

Drop-out, v. To quarrel. West.

Droppers, ». Persons employed to
drop seed into the holes made by
the dribbles.

Droppixg,

DROPPY,

Droppings, s. (1) The dung of
birds.
(2) An early apple. Yorksh,

Dropping-the-letter, a. A boy's
game.

Drop-vie, s. An old term in gam-
bling.

Dropwort, s. The plant ^/(pen-
dula.

Dropyk, «. The dropsy.

Drore, s. a dish in cookery.

J>rore to potape. Take vele or motiin,
and Bmyte it on gobettes, and put it in
a pot with watur, and let it setlie ; and
take onvons, and niyiice honi, and do
thereto, and parsel, snuge, ysope, savery,
and hewe lioni sniale, and do hit in the
pot, and coloure liit witli saffron, and do
thereto powder of pepur, and of clowes,
and of maces, and alaye hit wyth yolkes
of rawe eguus and verjus; but let hit
not sethe after, and serve hit forthe.

Warner, Anliq. Cul., p. 54.

Drose, "1«. To gutter, as a can-
DROSLB, /die. Drosings, dregs

of tallow. Kent.
Drosity, flrf/. Weary; languid from

fatigue. Northampt.
Drossell, s. a slut.
Dross-wheat, s. Inferior wheat

left after dressing. Suffolk.
Drosty, arf/. Full of dross. Wane,
DaosY, adj. Very brittle. Deron.

Drot. See Drat.

Drotchell, s. a dirty, untidy

woman. Northampt.
Drotyne, r. To stammer ; to speak

indistinctly. Pr. Parv.
Drou, r. To dry. Exmoor.
Drouched, part. p. Drenched.

Suffolk.
Drouge, s. a strong carriage or

truck for conveying military

stores.
Drough, "Xpret. t. oi drawe.{A.-S.)

DROUH, J Drew.
Drought, s. (1) A passage. West.

(2) A team of horses. North.

Droughty, adj. Thirsty. Heref.

Drouk, v. To drench. North.

Droukening, "1 A 1 V

>s. A. slumber.
droupnynge, J

Droumy, adj. Dirty. Devon.

Drounslate, s. a drummer.

Drount, v. To drawl. Northvmb.

Droupen, (1)». To droop; to look

sickly. Shropsh.

(2) to lie hid secretly. Pr. P.
Drouth, *. Thirst. Drouthy,

thirsty.
Drove, (l)/?ar#. jt;. Driven.

(2) 8. A road, especially an un-
inclosed one. West.

(3) V. (A.-S.) To pursue; to
tease. Drovgng, vexation.

DRovi-, adj. (A.-S.) Dirty in
person.

Drow, ». (1) To dry.
(2) To throw. West.

Drowbully, adj. Troubled.

Drowe, \pret. t. Drew. Drowen,
drowj, /Driven.

Drowking, a</?. Faint with thirst.
North.

Drowned-land, s. Marshes.

Drowning-bridge, s, a sluice-
gate. Wilts.

Drowse, v. To gutter. See Drose.

Drowsen, adj. Made of tallow.
Kent.

Drowsyhed, *. Drowsiness.
Spenser.

Drowty, adj. D'^: dusty. Derlt.

DRO

408

DRY

Drowy, v. To dry. ,hmerset.

Dkoxy, adj. Rotten. West.

Droy, (1) s. a thunderbolt. Old
Wilts.
(2) V. To wipe clean. Lane.

Droze, V, To beat severely. Eaut.

Drozen, adj. Fond ; doating. A'orM.

Drub, v. (1) To throb.
(2) To beat.

Drubby, adj. Muddy. Northumb.

Drubs, s. Slates among cinders.
North.

Druck, v. To thrust down. So-
merset.

Drucken, adj. Tipsy. North.

Drudge, (1) s. A large rake.
(2) V. To harrow. West. To
harrow with bushes. 5?<s«.

Drue, adj. Dry. North.

Druery. (y^.-iV.) Courtship; love;
gallantry.

Druffen, adj. Drunk. North.

Drug, (I) adj. Damp. Wight.

(2) V. To dry slightly. Sussex.

(3) s. A heavy timber-carriage.
Drugeous, adj. Huge. Devon.
Drugge, v. {A.-S.) To drag.
Drugged, adj. Half-dried, applied

to linen. Sussex.
Drugger, 1 _ A druggist.

DRUGSTER, J °°

Druid's-hair,*. Longmoss. Wilts.
Druivy, adj. Overcast; muddy.

Cumb.
Drum, (1) v. To beat severely.

West.

(2) s. The cylindrical part of

anything.
Drumbelo, s, a dull fellow. Exm.
Drumblk, v. To be slujrgish, or

confused ; to mumble. West.
Drumble-bee, s. a humble-bee.
Drumbled, adj. Made muddy.

North.
Drumble-drone, s. a drone.

West.
Drumbles. He dreams drumbles,

he is half asleep. Norf.
Drumbow, "1 «. A dingle, or ra-
ORUMBLE, J vine. Chesh.

Drumler, s. a small vessel of

war ; a dromon.
DRUMLEY,(l)«rt/. Muddy ;confused.

{2) adv. Slowly ; lazily. North.
Drumming. Palpitating.
Drummock, s. A mixture of meal

and water. North.
Drumslade, *. A drum. \&th

cent. Drumslager, Drumsted, a

drummer.
Drumstick, s. (1) The leg bone of

a fowl.

(2) The calix and stalk of knap-
weed. Northampt.
Drun, s. A narrow passage. Wilts.
Drunge, s. a crowd. Wilts.
Drunk, s. Darnel grass. North.
Drunkeschipe, s. Drunkenness.
Drunkwort.s. Tobacco. Minsheu.
Drunt, s. a bad humour. North.
Drupy, adj. Drooping.
Druries, s. See Drewries.
Drury, adj. Dreary.
Druss, s. a slight slope. Wight.
Drvv, part. p. Driven. Var.d.
Druve, s. a muddy river. Cumb.
Druvy, a4/. Thick; dirty. A'orM.
Druye, adj. {A.-S.) Dry.
Dry, (1) ?'. To suffer. See Dree.

(2) part. p. Disappointed ; cast
down. North.

(3) adj. Thirsty.

(4) V. To wipe dry.

(5) adj. Crafty; subtle.

(6) adj. Genuine; unadulterated.
North.

(7) V. To cease milking a cow, in
consequence of her giving little
milk. North.

Dry-bob, s. A joke. Cotgrave.
Dryche, v. To frighten.
Dry-communion,*. A nick-name

for the Nicene Creed.
Dry-crust, *. A miser.
Dryfat, *. A box, or packing-case;

a large basket.
Dryfe, v. To drive.
Dry-foot, v. To follow the game by

the scent of the foot. A hunting

term.

DRY

409

DUG

Dryghe, u. To suffer. See Di'ee.
Dryghten, s. (A.-S.) The Lord.
Dryhe. On dryhe, backwards.
Dry-hedge, *. A bank of earth.
Dry-meat, «. Hay.
Drynche, v. To drench.
Dryng, v. (A.-S.) To drink.
Drynge, v. (A.-S.) To throng.
Dryp, v. To beat. Shropsh.
Dry-salter, s. A person dealing

in various articles for dyeing.
Dry-scab, s. The ring-worm.

Palsg.
Drysse, v. (J.-S.) To subdue.

Daiimarke he dryssede alle.
By drede of Iiyniselvyiie,
I'ra Sw ynne unto Swetlierwyke
Willi his swrede keiie.

Morte Arlhure.

Dry-wall, s. A wall without lime.
Dry'je, adj. Patient ; enduring.
Duable, arf;. Proper ; convenient.

Leic.
DuARY, s. A dowry. Pr. P.
Dub, (1) s. A blow.

(2) V. One who drank a large
potion on his knees to the health
of his mistress was said to be
dubbed a knight.

(3) V. To dress flies for fishing.

(4) V. To raise the flock or nap
of cloth by striking it with teasels.
Glouc.

(5) V. To cut off the comb and
wattles of a cock.

(6) s. A pool of water; a deep
piece of smooth water in a rapid
river. Nortfi.

Dubbed, ^ar^^.(l) Clothed; orna-
mented.

(2) {A.-S.) Created a knight.

(3) Blunt ; not pointed. South.
DuBBERS. Trimmers or binders of

books. Bavies' York Records.
Dubbing, s. (1) A paste made of
flour and water boiled, used by
cotton weavers.

(2) A mixture of oil and tallow
to make leather waterproof.
North.

(3) The first i oat or covering of
clay laid on the splents and riz-
zors. Norf.

(4) Suet. Somerset.

(5) A mug of beer. Wilts.
Dubbin-pin, *. The pin used by

lacemakers to fix the pattern

parchment on the lace pillow.
Dubby, adj. Dumpy. West.
DuBEROus, adj. Doubtful. Var. d.
Dubli, v. (A.-S.) To double.
Dubs, *. (1) Doublets at marbles.

(2) Money.
Dub-skelper, «. A bog-trotter.

North.
Duo, *. A duke, or leader.
DuCHERY, s. (A.-N.) A dukedom.
Duck, (1) v. To stoop, or dip.

(2) V. To bow.

Smile in men's faces, smooth, deceive,

and cojr,
Duci ivitli I'rench nods, and apish

courtesy. Mich. III. i. 3.

Still more ducMnr;,
Be there any saints that understand liy
sinns only ? B.^ Fl., PUgrim,\,i.

(3) ». A bow ; a reverence.

As it is also their generall custome
scarcely to salute any man, yet may
they neither oinitte crosse, nor carved
statue, without a religious duck

Discov. ofiSfew World, p. 128.

Be ready with your napkin, a lower
dottke, maid. R. lirome, Nevi Jc, i, p. 19.

(4) V. To dive in the water.

(5) V. To support, or carrj'.
West.

DUCK-AND-DRAKE, S. A Well-

known game.

DucKER, s. A sort of fighting-
cock.

Ducket, s. A dove-cot. North.

DucK-FRiAR, s. Leap-frog.

DucK-FROST, s. A slight frost.
Northampt.

Ducking-stool, s. An incorrect
name for a cucking-stool.

DucKisH, s. Twilight. Devon.

Ducklegged, adj. Having short
legs.

DUC

410

DUL

DccK-oiL, ». Water; moisture. A
Warwickshire mason calling to
his labourer, who was making
mortar, said, " Put a little more
elbow grease in, and not so much
duck-oil" i. e., more labour, and
less water.

Duck-shower, s. A hasty shower.

Ducks-meat, g. "A kinde of
weades hovering above the water
in pondes." Huloet, 1552.

DucKSTONE, s. A boy's game.

Duck-wheat, s. Red wheat.
Cotgrave.

Ducky, 8. A woman's breast.
Nortfi.

DucTOR, «. The leader of a band
of music, a court officer.

DcD, (1) pret. t. Did ; put.

(2) «. A coarse wrapper formerly
worn by poor people.

(3) g. A rag. North. Buddy, rag-
ged; duddles, filthy rags; dudman,
a scarecrow or ragged fellow.

DuDDER, ». (1) To shiver. Suffolk.

(2) To confuse; to confound with
noise. Wilfg.

(3) «. One who carries goods
for sale from door to door in a
town, differing in this from a
hawker, who goes from town to
town.

DuDDERY, ». A place in a town
where rags and old clothes are
sold.

DuoDLE, (1) r. To wrap up too
warmly ; to cuddle. East.
(2) ». Tomake lukewarm. North.
(3) g. A child's penis. Var. d.

Dude, ^ar^j». Done. Somerset.

DuDGE, g. A barrel. Wiltg.

Dudgeon, t. (1) The root of box,
of which handles for daggers
were usually made, whence the
term isoften applied to the handle
itself,and sometimestothedagger.
(2) Anger; resentment.

Yet neverthelesse I take the matta in
u great a dudgifi.

Terence i» Engluh, 1011.

DuDOY, adj. Thickened by shrink-
ing. Northampt.

Dudman, «. A scarecrow.

DuDs, s. Rags; dirty clothes. It
was the cant term for clothes.

Dudyn, pret. t. pi. Did.

Duelle, v. To dwell ; to remain.

Duello, s. {Ital.) Duelling.

DuEN, ». {A.-N.) To endue.

Duere, adj. Dear.

Duff, (I) v. To strike.
(2) s. A blow. Devon.
C3) V. To daunt. South.

(4) V. To fall heavily ; to sink.
West.

(5) 8. Coal dust. North.

l*^^ s. A dark-coloured clav.

Duffel, g. A strong shaggy cloth.
Duffer, s. A pedlar who sells

women's clothes. South.
Duffit, «. A sod. North.
Duffle, ». Futuere. Urquhart'g

Rabelais.
Duffy-dows, s. Dove-cot pigeons.

East.
Dug, (1) g. A woman's breast.

(2) V. To stoop. Devon.

(3) V. To dress ; to prepare.
North.

(4) V. To gird, or tuck up.
Exmoor.

DuGGED,arf/. Draggletailed.Deron.
DuGGLE, V. To cuddle. Suffolk.
DuGH, V. To be able. North.
Duke, s. A captain. See Due.
Dulbar, "1 *. A blockhead.

dulberhead, j North.
DuLCE, adj. (Lat.) Sweet.
Dulcimell, s. a dulcimer.
Dule, (1) s. The devil. North.

(2) s. An instrument for sepa-
rating or cleaning wool. North.

(3) adj. {A.-N.) Double ; thick.

(4) *. A flock of doves.
Dule-crook, 8. (1) An evil-dis-
posed person. North.

(2) A kind of fly, the March
brown. Craven.
Dulkin, s. A dell. Glo'xc.

DUL

411

DUN

Dull, (1) s. (A.-S.) Sorrow; dole.

(2) adj. Hard of hearing.

(3) s. The dead of night.

(4) V. To stun. North.
DuLLAR, s. A stunning noise; con-
fusion. Essex.

Dullard, *. A blockhead.

DuLLE, V. {A.-S.) To make, or
grow dull.

Duller, v. {A.-N.) To sorrow
with pain. Suffolk.

Dulling,*. A silly person. West.

Dullive, s. a remnant. Line.

DuLLOR, s. A dull moaning noise.
East.

DuLLYTRiPE.s. A slattcm. Warw.

DuLSOME, adj. Dull; heavy.

DuLwiLLY, s. A species of plover.
East.

DuM, s. The down or fur of an
animal. Suffolk. A housemaid
sweeping a room negligently,
would be blamed for the dum
left in it, the downy produce of
carpets and feather-beds.

Dumb, ». To make dumb. Shakesp.

Dumbfound, v. To perplex.

DuMBLE, (l)arf;. Very dull. Wilts.

(2) V. To muffle up. Suffolk.

(3) s. A wooded dingle.
DuMBLE-BEE, s. A drouc.
DuMBLEDORE, s. (1) A humblc-

bee. Devon.

(2) A cockchafer. South.

(3) A stupid fellow. Somerset.
DuMBLE-HOLE, s. A picce of stag-
nant water in a wood or dell.
Shropsh.

DuMBMULL, s. A stupid fellow.

Glouc.
Dumb-wife, s. A fortune-teller.

Cumb.
DuM-CRAMBo, s. A cluld's game.

Suff.
DuMMEL, (1) s. A heavy, stupid

fellow. Leic.

(2) adj. Dull, inactive, applied to

animals; damp, applied to hay

or corn. Berks.
DuMMEKBL, «. A silent person.

Dummerhead, s. a blockhead.

South.
Dummil, s. A slow jade. Shropsh.
DuMMUCK, *. A blow. East.
Dummy, s. A silent person.
Dump, (^1) s. A meditation.

(2) V. To meditate.

(3) s. A melancholy strain in
music.

(4) s. The name of an old dance.

(5) 8. Astonishment.

(6) s. A deep hole of water, sup-
posed to be bottomless. Grose.

(7) V. To knock heavily; to
stump. Devon.

(8) s. A medal of lead. East.
Dumpish, adj. Torpid; stupid.

Devon.
Dumps, s. (1) To be in the dumps,
to be out of spirits. To put one
to the dumps, to drive him to
his wit's ends.

Strange it was, and struck me in some
dumpes, but considering his gentle ac-
tion and gravity I a little revived.

Man in the Moone, 1609.

(2) Twilight. Somerset.

(3) A boy's game, by throwing
pieces of lead in the shape of
buttons at a small leaden figure
of a cock.

Dumpty, adj. Ashort person. West.

Dumpy, adj. (1) Sullen; discon-
tented. North.
(2) Short and thick.

DuNBiRD, s. A bird mentioned in
Harrison's Descr. of Engl.

'Dviicu,{\)adj. Deaf; dull. DuncA
passage, a blind passage.
(2) V. To give a nudge. Cumb.

DuNCH-DUMPLiNG, ». A plain pud-
ding made of flour and water.
West.

DuNcus, s. A kind of weed.
Line.

DuxDER, 8. Thunder, or tempest.

West.

Dunderhead,! -r..- ^.

I s. Different terms
uunderpate, ^. . , , . .
«r, »,„„„„«, , I for a blockhead.

ODNDBRPOLL, J

DUN

412

DUR

DuxDERSTONES, s. Thunderbolts.

DuNDUCKiTYMUR, s. A dull inde-
scribable colour. Suffolk.

DoxDY, adj. Dull in colour. East.

DuxELM-OF-CRAB, *. A dish of an
epicurean description. North.

Dung, part. p. (1) Struck down.
Shropsh.

(2) Overcome. North.

(3) Reflected upon. Craven.
DuxGAL, adj. Very noisy. North.
Dungeon, s. A shrewd fellow ; a

scold. North.
DuNGEViL.s. A dung-fork. Shropsh.
DuNGFARMER, «. A jakcs-cleanser.

North.
DuNG-GATE, s. A sewer. East.
Dunghill. To die dunghill, to give

up.
DuNGHiLL-auEAN. A slut. Florio.
DuxG-MERES, s. Pits whcrc dung

and weeds rot for manure.
DuNGow-DASH, 8. Filth; dung.

Chesh.
DuNG-piKE, s. A dung-fork. Lane.
Dung-pot, s. A cart for carrying

dung. Wight.
Dungy, adj. Cowardly. Wilts.
Dunk, adj. Little, fat, short, and

thick, applied generally to a pig.

Line.
Dunk-horn, s. A blunt horn.

Dunk-horned,%ntak.m^ or shabby.

East.
DuNKiRKs, 8. Dunkirk privateers.
Dunling, s. a kind of snipe. Line.
DuxNER, s. Thunder.
DuNNOCK, 8. The hedge-sparrow.
DuNNY, adj. (1) Dull; stupid.

Glouc.

(2) Deaf. Berks.
Dunpickle, 8. The moor buzzard.

North.
Dunsepoll,«. a loggerhead. Devon.
Dunsery, 8. Stupidity.
D UNSET, 8. A small hill. Skinner.
DuNSH, 8. Paste of oatmeal and

treacle. Yorksh.

DUNSICALL, I ._ s^ j^
DUNSTICAL, J

DuNT, (1) s. A stroke, or blow.

{2) adj. Stupid; dizzy.

(3) V. To stupify. Essex.
DuNTEDj^ar^./;. Beaten. Aor/Awmd.
DuxTER, s. A porpoise. North.
DuNT-SHEEP, s. A sheep which is

suffering under a disDrder in the

head, that makes it look AnW.East.
DuxTY, adj. (1) Stupid; confused.

Kent.

(2) Stunted ; dwarfish.
DuNVALiE, adj. (A.-S.) Tawny.
Dup, V. (1) To do up, or fasten.

(2) To do up, or open the door.

Gates and doors were often

opened by lifting up.

What devell iche weene the porters
are drunk, will they not dup the gate to
day. 0. PL, i, 217.

Duplicate, «. A copy of a docu-
ment.

DuppE, adj. Deep.

DuR, (1) s. (A.-S.) A door.
(2) pret. t. of dare. Durst.

DuRAXCE, 8. (1) Duration.

(2) A sort of durable stuff, of
thread or silk. It is often punned
upon by the old dramatists.

(3) Imprisonment; prison.
DuRc, adj. (A.-S.) Dark. Dure-

hede, darkness.

Dure, (1) adj. {A.-N.) Hard; se-
vere.

(2) V. (A.-N.) To endure. Dure-
ful, lasting.

Duresse, *. (A.-N.) Hardship;
severity; harm; imprisonment.

Duret, s. a dance.

The knights take tlieir ladies, to dance
with them gaUiards, dtirels, corantoes,
Stc, Beaumont, Masq. at Gray's Inn.

DuRETTo, 1 ^.^ Hard; durable.

DURETTY, J •' '

The people are cole black, have great
heads, big lips, are flat nos'd, sharp
cliiiid, liuge limbd, afifecting Adam's
garb, a few plantaiiie leaves girding their
wasts, vailing their modest parts; cut
and pinekt in severall works, upon tlieir
durello skins, face, armes, and tliighs,
striving to exceed eacli other for variety.
Herbert's Tnvels, 1638.

DUR

413

DWE

DuRGAX, «. (^.-5.) A dwarf. West.
DuRGAN-WHEAT,». Bearded wheat.

Kejit.
DuRKE, r. To laugh. Norlhumb.
DuRN, s. A gate-post; a door-frame.
DuRXE, V. To dare. Pr. P.
DuRRE, (1) pres. and pret. t. of

dare ; durst.

(2) s. A door. Durre-barre, a

tloor-bar.
DuRRYDE, 8. A pasty of onions,

chickens, and spice.
DuRSE, V. To dress. North.
Durst, v. To dare. Var. d.
DuRWE, s. {A.-S.) A dwarf.
DuRZE, V. Corn when so ripe that

the grains fall out, is said to durze

out.
Dt.'scle, s. The solatrum nigrum.
Dz.sH, V. To push violently. North.
Dx'SKE, V. (A.-S.) To grow dark.
DussET, «. A blow. West.
DussiPERE, s. See Dosepere.
Dust, s. (1) Tumult; uproar.

(2) Pounded spice. Palsgrave.

(3) To dust one's jacket, to beat
a person severely. Down with
your dust, pay your money.

He lieard at London, that they were
without Christ, and he came on purpose
to bring tliera Christ, and what a great
deal of money he was offered upon the
road for Chnst, but lie was resolved to

f)art with Christ to no body, till the
)e!oved that he was preaching to, had
had the refusal of him; and if they did
intend to trade with him, tliey must
dotcH tciih their dust instantly; for to
his knowledg, the Papists did offer a
very vast; sum of money for Englands
Christ. Eachard's Observations, 1671.
Dust-point, s. A boy's game, in
which the points were placed in
a heap, and they threw at them
with a stone.

Down go our hooks and scrips, and we to

nine holes fall,
At dust-point, or at qnoits, else we are at

it hard,
All false and cheating games we shopherds

are debarr'd. Drmjl., Nymyhul.

DuST-WHOPPER, S.

beater.

A carpet-

DusTYFATS, *. Pedlars.

DusTYP0LL,s. A name for a miller.

DuT, 8. (A.-S.) A tusk.

Dutch, s. (1) "White tlover. Dor^
set.

(2) She talks Dutch, i. e., she
uses fine and affected words.
Dutch concert, a great noise.

Dutch-cloak, s. A short cloak
worn in Elizabeth's time.

DuTCH-GLEEK, 8. A jocular term
for drinking.

Dutch-morgan, 8. The horse-
daisy. Wight.

Dutch-widow, s. A courtezan.

DuTE, 8. (A.-N.) Pleasure.

Dutfin, 8. The bridle in cart-
harness. £ast.

DuTTE, {i)pret. t. Doubted; feared.
Gaw.

(2) An abbreviation of do it.
And whan the mayden came with her
present, she founde the abbot syttyii"
at dyner, to wliom she sayd : Moeh good
dutte the, my lorde. Ha ! welcome, may.
den, quod he.

Tales and Qiiiclce Ansvers.

DuTTEN, V. To shut; to fasten.
DuTTY, *. A sort of fine cloth.
Duv, pret t. Dug. Leic.
DuYSTRE, 8. A leader.
DuYSTRY, V. To destroy. Audelay,
DuzzY, adj. Slow ; heavy. Chesh.
DujTY, adj. Doughty.
DwAiN, (1) adj. Faint ; sickly. East.

(2) s. A fainting fit.
DwALE, 8. (A.-S.) (1) The plant

night-shade.

(2) A lethargic disease.

(3) A sleeping potion.
DwALLOWED, adj. Withered. Cumb.
Dwarfs-money, y. The name given

locally to ancient coins found on

parts of the Kentish coast.
DwAULE, V. To yield to reveries.
DwEEZLE, V. To dwindle away.

Northampt.
DwELLE, V. (A.-S.) To remain.

Dwelling, delay.
DwERE, s. Dou))t,
DwERUGH, s. (A.-S.) A dwaif.

DWI

414

EAR

DwiLE, (1) s. Refute wool; a mop

made of this material, or any

coarse rubbing rag. East.

(2) r. To drivel. NortAampt.
Dwindle, t. A poor sickly child.

Kent.
DwiN'DLER, *. A swindler. North.
DwiNE, V. (1) To pine; to waste

away ; to faint.

(2) To pull even. South.
DwiyGEhisGfadj. Shrivelled; poor.

Leic.
DwiNGLE, V. To shrivel.
DwizENED, part. p. Withered.

Northampt.
DwTRD, part. p. {A.-N.) Taught ;

instructed.
Dydle, «. A kind of mud-drag.

Norf.
Dye, ». Dried cow-dung collected

for fuel. Cambridge.
Dye-hocse, s. a dairy. Glouc.
Dyextely, adv. Daintily. Skelton.
Dyffafe, p. {A.-N.) To deceive.
Dyk, s. (A.-S.) a ditch.
Dykke, adj. Thick.
Dylde, v. To reward ; to yield.
Dylfe, s. The devil.
Dylfulle, s. Doleful.
Dyll, s. a part.

Dymes, «. (A.-N.) Tithes. Denia-
ble, subject to tithes. See Dirme.
Dymox, s. a sturdy combatant.

East.
Dy-mysent, 8. {A.-N.) A girdle.

See Demy cent.
Dynge-thrift, 8. The name of an

old game.
Dyntand, /7ar/. a. Riding.
Dyre, adj. Dear.
Dyren, v. To endure.
'Dysti.,v.{A.-N.) To break, or bruise.
Dyson, s. The flax on adistaff. West.
Dytare, 8. One who prepares.

Pr.P.
Dyze-man's-day, "I ». Childermas.

dyzemas-day, J Var. d.
DviE, V. {A.-S.) To die.

E.
E, ». An eye.
Ea. (1) In; and; yes. North.

(2) s. {A.-S.) Water; a river on
the sands by the sea shore.

(3) adj. One ; each. North.
Eace, s. a worm. Wight.
Eager, (1) ». A peculiar violence of

the tide in some rivers, ^tt Acker.

(2) adj. (Fr.) Sour ; sharp. Ea-
gemess, acidity.

(3) adj. Angry ; furious. North.
Eagerspired. See Ackersprit.
Eagless, *. A female eagle.
Eagle-stone, s. The common

name of iheaetite.
Eak, «. An oak. North.
Ealand, s. An island. Craven.
Eald, s. Old. North.
Ealdren, adj. Elderly. North.
Eale, v. To reproach. Devon.
Ealing, *. A lean-to. North.
Eam, (1) *. An uncle. North. See

Erne.

(2) V. To spare time. Chesh.
Eamby, adv. Close by. Chesh.
Eamer, adj. Nearer. Staff.
Eamouth, s. The aftermath. Norf.
Ean, v. {A.-S.) To bring forth,

applied especially to ewes.
Eance, adv. Once.
E AND, .<(. Breath. North. See And.
Eanlings, s. New-born lambs.

Shakesp.
Eafns, *. A handful. Yorksh.
Ear, (1) V. (A.-S.) To plough.

Earable, arable. See Ere.
He teachetli men (untaught before) to

eare tlie lusly land.

Warner's Albions Englatid, 1592.

(2) V. To give ear to.

But if
Thou knew'st my mistress breaiL'd on me,

and that
I ear'd her languase, liv'd in her eves.

FUtch., Tico Noble k., iii, 1.

(3) 8. Honour. Verstegan.

(4) 8. The handle of a pot. "A
pot or jugge with handles or

EAR

415

EAT

tares : a woodden mazer, dish or
booll, with a handle." Nomencl.

(5) s. A place where hatches
prevent the influx of the tide.
Somerset.

(6) *. An animal's kidnev. East.

(7) To go together by the ears,
to quarrel. To send one axcay
with a flea in his ear, in anger or
disgrace. To be up to the ears,
to be fully occupied. To go in at
one car and out at the other, not
to be remembered.

Ear-breed, *. The prominent part
at the end of a cart. North.

Eard, s. Earth. North.

Earfe, adj. Timorous. North.

Ear-finger, s. The little finger.

Earike, s. a tax for ploughing.

Earing-bag-skin, s. a calf's sto-
mach, from which rennet is made.
North.

Ear-keckers, s. The tonsils of
the throat. Somerset.

Ear-lap, s. {A.-S.) The tip of the
ear.

Earles-penny. See Aries.

Ear-mark, s. A token, or signal.
North.

Earn, (1) r. To run.

(2) V. To curdle milk. North.

(3) «. Some article of dress.

(4) r. To glean. North.
Earnder, s. The forenoon ; a fore-
noon drinking. Yorksh.

Earne, v. To yearn.

Earnest, (1) s. Deposit money to
bind a bargain. "Arra. An earnest
penie, or a Gods penie, which is
given to confirme and assure a
bargaine." Nomenclator.
(2) V. To use in earnest.

Earning,*. Cheese-rennet. North.

Earsh, s. a stubble-field. South.

Eart, adv. Sometimes. Exmoor.

Earth, (1) a. A day's ploughing.
(2) V. To turn up the ground, as
a mole.

Earth-chbsnut, a. A kipper-nut.
Gerard.

EARTHEaWAVE, 8. (A.-S.) An
earthquake.

Earth-flax, s. A kind of talc.
"A stone like to roch allum, or
stone allum, whereof matches or
candle weekes be made, which
being fiered, never goe out, so
long as the oyle lasteth : earth
flax: Salamanders haire." No-
menclator.

Earthgall, a. The larger centaury.
West.

E.ARTHLY, adj. Austere; rough.
Yorksh.

Earth-table, ». The lowest course
of stone in a building, level with
the earth.

Earth-turf, a. A kind of mush-

Tiiberes, Plin. vJca. Mushroms : tad-
Btooles : earthturfes : earthpuffes.

Nomenclator.

Earwike, "I *. An earwig. Somer-
EARWRiG, J set.

Eary, adj. Every. Yorksh.

Easeful, adj. Easy. East.

Easement, s. Ease ; relief. South.

Easen, "1 *. The eaves. Easing-

easing, J drops, drops of water

from the eaves after rain. North.

Easiful, adj. Indolent. North.

Easily, adv. Slowly. Yorksh.

Easings, s. Dung. North.

Easing-sparrow, 8. The house-
sparrow. Shropsh.

Easles, 8. Hot embers. Essex.

Easter,*. The back of a chimney.
See Estre.

Easterlikg, a. A native of the
Hanse towns, or of the East of
Germany.

Easter-eggs. See Pasch-eggs.

Easter-price, s. At Easter price,
i. e., at a cheap rate ; flesh being
formerly then at a discount.

Easy-beef, s. Lean cattle. North.

Easy-end, adj. Cheap. Craven.

Eat, v. To eat one's wordi, to re-
tract what one has said. To hare

EAT

416

EDE

eaten up all the hire, to feel under
no obligation.

" Me tliinke," seyd the hennyte, "thou
art a stoute syre. I have ete up all the
hyre." MS. Jshmole, 61, xv. cent.

Eat ALL, «. A glutton. " Pampha-
gus.Ovid. TrafKpayoQ. Omnivorus.
Eatall, or ravener." Nomencl.

Eat-bee, s. An old name for the
woodpecker.

Merops, apiaster, k devorandis apibus.
fic'poi^. Guespier. A wood-pecker or
eatcbee. Nonuiicl.

Eat-corn, "I 8. A name for a

eat-wheat, J kind of pigeon. "A

kinde of pigeon called an eate-

corne, or eatewheate." Nomencl.

Eaters, s. Servants. Jonson.

Eath, (1) adj. (A.-S. eaS.) Easy.
North. Eathly, easily.

For wfcy, by proofe tlie field is eath to win.
Gascoigne'a Works, a 8.

Who thiuks liim most secure, is eathest
sliam'd. Fair/., Tasso, x, 42.

(2)s. Earth. Wilts.
E\THS, adv. Easily ; commonly.

riiese are vain thoughts or melancholy

shews
That wont to haunt and trace by cloister'd

tombs:
\\1iich ealhs appear in sad and strange

disguises
To pensive minds, deceived with their

shadows. Cornelia, O. PI., ii, 262.

Eat-out, r. To undermine by false

insinuations. North.
E.WB, V. To thaw. Devon.
Eavelong. See Avelong.
Eaver,*. A quarter of the heavens.

North.
Katings, ». The eaves.
Eazed, adj. Decayed; rotten.

Yorksh.
Y.MK, adv. Near the surface. West.
Ebb-cbuse, «. A pot very nearly

empty.
EBBEa, adj. (J.-S.) Shallow.
Ebble, s. The asp tree. East.
Ebene, «. Ebony wood.
EccLKS. To build eccles in the air

is a Northamptonshire phrase,

equivalent to building castles in

the air.
Ecclesiast, s. An ecclesiastic.
EccLES-TREE, s. An axle-trcc.

East.
EcHADELL, adv. The whole.
EcHE, (1) adj. (J..S.) Each one.

(2) V. (A.-S.) To add to; to eke.

(3) *. Increase.

The wordes schoUe be i-sed
Vfitheoute wane and eche.

And onderstand hi more bi-sed
In alle manere speche.

William de Shoreham.

EcHE-HOOK, s. A hook attached to
the forbuck of a wagon or cart,
through which a rope passes to
bind on a load. Northampt.

EcHELLES, s. (Fr.) "An echelles,
is a stomacher lac'd or riboned
in the form of the steps of a lad-
der, lately very much in request."
Ladies' Dictionary, 1694.

EcHESE, r. To clioo>e.

EcKLE, (1) V. To aim ; to intend.
North.
(2) s. A woodpecker, Var. d.

EcKLEs, s. The crest of a cock.
Northampt.

EcTASY, s. Madness. Shakesp.

Edder, s (A.-S.) (1) A serpent, or
adder ; pi. eddren.

(2) A fish like a mackerel.

(3) The binding at the top of
stakes in making hedges, some-
times called eddering. North.

\n lopping and felling save edder awi stake,

Tliine hedges as needeth to meud. or to

make. Tttsser.

Eddercop, s. a spider. Craven.

Edderwort, s. Dragonwort.

Eddige, "]
EDDISH, I *. The aftermath ;
ETCH, J>sometimes the stubble
ERSH, I in corn or grass.

EEGRASS, J

Eddle,«. Putrid water. A'br/Aumd.
Eddy, *. An idiot. Chesh.
EDE,^rc/. t. (A.-S.) Went
Eder, s. a hedge. Chesh.
Ederlyng, s. {A -S.) Relations.

EDG

417

EGG

Edge, (1) s. The ridge of a bill.
North.

(2) V. To set on edge.

(3) V. To stand aside. North.

(4) V. To liarrow. North.
Edge-leams,s. Edge tools. North.
Edgey, adj. Eager. Northampt.
Edgling, adv. On an end. Warw.
Edgrew, s. Aftermath. Chesh.
Edifye, v. (A.-N.) To build.
Edne, v. (J.-S.) To renovate.
Edward-shovelboards,*. Broad

shillings of Edward VI, so named
because they were much used in
plaving at shovelboard.

Edwyte, (1) V. (A.-S.) To re-
proach ; to blame.
(2) *. Rei)roach.

Ee, (1) s. The eye.

(2) s. Evening.

(3) s. A spout. North.

(4) V. (A.-S.) To love, or respect.
North.

(5) s. The top of a cup.
Eecle, s. An icicle. Shropsh.
Eef, adj. Easy.

Ee-grass, *. Aftermath. Dorset.

Eek, v. To itch. Yorksh.

Eel, v. (1) To cover in. See Hele.

(2) To season an oven when first

erected. Chesh.
Eeleator, s. a young eel. North.
Eelfare, s. a brood of eels.
Eel-shear, s. An iron implement

with three or four points for

catching eels. South.
Eel-thing, s. St. Anthony's fire.

Essex.
Eem, (1) s. Leisure.

(2) adv. Almost. Warw.
Eemin, s. Ti.c evening. Yorksh.
Een, (1) *. The eyes. North.

(2) conj. To ; but ; except. SO'

merset.
Eexd, s. End. " Most an eend" is

a common expression for mostly,

generally. IFest.
E en Y, a^y. Full of holes. Yorksh.
Eerie, arf;. Frightened. Northumb.
Eerxys, t. {A.'S.) Attention.

2 X

Ees. Yes. Var. d.

Ee-scar, s. An unpleasant object.
North.

Eever, s. (1) Ray-grass. Devon.
(2) A quarter of the heavens.
Cumb.

Effect, «. (1) Substance.
(2) An intention. Shakesp.

Effectuous, adj. Effectual.

Effere, ~I (£a/.) Wild; strange.
efferous, J The fox is called "an
efferous beast" in Vitis Palatina.
1614.

Effet, s. a newt. Var. d.

Effete, adj. (Lat.) Barren.

Effii, s. a likeness. Suffolk.

Efflated, part. p. Puffed up.

EFFRENATE,a</;. (Za/.) Ungovern-
able.

Effund, V, {Lat.) To pour forth.

Effusion, s. Confusion.

Efrenge, «. Fringe,

Eft, adv. (A.-S.) Again.

EFTER,jore/;. After. North.

Eftest, adv. Quickest ; readiest.

Eftir-temsin-breod. Bread made
of coarse flour or refuse from the
sieve. Yorksh.

EFT-siTHEs,ad». Oft-times. iVorf A

Eftsones, adv. (A.-S.) Imme-
diately.

Eftures, s. Passages.

Egal, adj. (Fr.) Equal. Egally,
equally. £]^a/nes», equality. Ega-
litA, equality.

Wlierefore, 0 king, I speake as one for all,
Sith all as one do beare vou egall faith.

Ferrcx ^ Porrei, O. PI., i, 113.

Egar, v. (Fr.) To put aside.

Egers, s. Spring tulips.

Egestious, adj. Belonging to di-
gestion.

Egg. 2'o have eggs on the spit, to
be actively employed. To have
eggs for one's money, to be over-
awed into doing anything, to be
made a tool of.

O rog:ue, rogue, I shall hiive eggs for my
money ; I must liang myself.

Match at Midn., O. PI., vii, 43i.

EGG

418

EKE

Who, notwithstandingliis high promises,
having also the king's power, is yet con-
tent to take edges for his money, and to
bring him in ai leisure. Stow's Annals.

Egg-berry, s. The birdcherry.

North.
Egge, (1) V. (A..S.) To incite.

Eggement, incitement.

(2) s. An edge.

(3) adj. Edged; sharp.

(4) 8. Age.

Egg-feast, "1 «. The Satur-

EGG-SATURDAY, J dav preceding
Shrove Tuesday. Orfd.

Egg-fish, s. The echinus.

Eggi.er, s. One who goes about
the country collecting eggs for
sale. North.

Egg-pie, s. A custard. " These
tarts be cold, and the egge-pies
also. Ces tartes sont froides, et
ces flans aussi." The French
Schoolemaster, 1636.

Eggs-ane-bacon, s. Bird's-foot
trefoil. Northampt.

Eggs-and-collops, s. (1) Toad-
flax. North.
(2) Fried eggs and bacon.

Egg-wife-trot, s. An easy trot.

Eghe, s. {J.-S.) An eye. Eghne,
eyes.

Thow salle hym se with eghe.
And come to Ciistethi frende.

MS. Lincoln, A, i, 17, f. 222.

Eghte, s. (A.-S.) Possessions;

property.
Eghwar, adv Ever. Weber.
Egir, s. a sort of precious stone.
Eglantine, s. (1) Sweet briar.

(2) Sometimes the wild rose.
Eglehorne, s. a species of hawk.
Eglentere, s. Eglantine.
Egling, s. a perch, two years

old.
Egre, adj. (Fr.) Courageous.
Egredouce, s. (Fr.) A sort of

sauce piquant. " Bgitrdouce of

fysshe," fish in sauce piquant.

We have also, " Boor in egre-

dovee."

Egurdouce. Take conynges or kydde,
and smyte liem on pecys rawe, and I'rye
liem in white grece. Take raysonsof
coraunce, and fry hem, take oyiiouns,
parboile hem, and liewe hem smalle,
and fry hem. Take rede wyne, sugar,
with powdor of pepor, of gynger, ot
canel, salt, and cast thereto ; and lat it
seeth with a gode quantity of white
grece, and serve it foith.

Forme ofCury, p. 7.

Egreliche, adv. (A.-N.) Sourly;
bitterly.

Egremoine, "Is. {A.-N.) Agri-
egremounde, J mony.

Egremoxy, s. {Lat.) Sorrow.

Egression,*. Departure. Huloet.

Egret, s. (Fr.) A bird of the
heron kind.

Egriot, s. [Fr.) A kind of sour
cherry.

Egritude, s. (Lat.) Sickness.

Egyptian, s. A gipsy.

Egyptian-frog, s. A toad. Wight.

Egytment, s. An agistment. South.

Ehgne, s. Eyes.

EiGH, (1) Ave; ves. North.
(2) s. (A.-'S.) the eye.

Eighe-sene, «. (A.-S.) The eye-
sight.

Eight, s. (A.-S.) An island.

EiGH-WYE, C07IJ. Yes, ves. North.

Eigne, adj. (A.-N.) the eldest
born.

EiKE-TREE, s. An oak. Yorksh.

EiLD, (1) ». To be sickly.

(2) V. To yield.

(3) *. Old age. North.
EiLE, V. To be sickly.
EiLEBER, s. The herb alliaria.
EiLET-HOLES, s. A term in semp-

stresy ; very small holes. North.
EiM, adj. Even; equal. North.
Einatter, s. a serpent. Cumb.
EiNE, s. Eyes.
EiR, 8. The air.
EiRiE. See Aerie.
'EiKY,adj. Light; unearthly. North.
Eisel, «. {A.-S.) Vinegar. See

Aistl.
EiYT, 8. A newt.
Eke, (1) conj. Alsc.

EKE

419

ELL

(2) V. To ease ; to Icill; to rid.
Hearne.

(3) *. An addition to a bee-hive.
North.

(4) V. To divide sparingly. Essex.
Eker, s. (A.-S.) Water-cresses.
Ekkene, v. {A.-S.) To prolong;

to eke.
Ekyn, v. To itch ; to ache. Pr. P.
Ela, *. The highest note in the

scale of music.
Elagere, s. {A.-S.) Strength ;

power.
Elaxate, v. (Lat.) To unloose.
Elboryn, s. a kind of wine.
Elbow, s. A promontory.
Elbow-grea.se, s. Exercise of the

arms.
Elbowshaker, s. A gamester; a

sharper.
Elcone, adj. Each one. Cumb.
Eld, s. {A.-S.) Old age ; old people.
Elde, ». (1) {A.-S.) To make, or

grow old.

(2) To linger ; to delay.
Elded, (1) adj. Ailed.

(2) pret. t. Held. Shropsh,
Elden, s. Rubbish ; fuel. North.
Elder, (1) s. (A.-S.) An ancestor.

(2) s. A justice of peace.

(3) adj. Rather; somewhat big-
ger. North.

(4) «. A cow's udder.
Elderly-man, ». A chief, or prin-
cipal. Cumb.

Elderman, s. (A.-S.) A noble-
man.

Eldern, (1) s. The elder. East,
(2) adj. Made of the elder.

Elderne, s. (A.-S.) Ancestors.

Elder-rob, s. A conserve made of
the juice of the elderberry. Line.

Elderynges, 8. (A.-S.) Parents;
ancestors.

The feste lieste scheweth tlie

That tliye senne sclial skllse,
jyf thou rewardest lliyne eldrynges naujt

A-l;ve and eke a-deihe.

William lie Shorekam.

Eld-fatheh, «. A grandfather.
North.

Eld-mother, s. A step-mother.

North.
Eldritch, adj. Ghastly. Norlh-

umb.
Ele, s. Help. Skinner.
Elech, adv. (A.-S.) Equally.
Election, s. Option. In election,

likely.
Elbmes, adj. Made of elm. Dorset.
Element, s. The sky, or heavens.

North.
Elenge, adj. (A.-S.) (1) Painful ;

sorrowful.

Among many aiv7iiacions divynours
nieaiie tliat Crowes token rcyne witli
gredynge and cryenge, as this verae
nieanetli, "Muuc plena comix pluviam
vocat improha voce :" that is to under-
stonde, " Nowe tlie crowe calleth reyne
witli an eleynge voyce."

Bartholomaus, Be Propr

(2) Solitary ; lonely.
Elinglich niai lii go,
Whar ther wonith men no mo.

Land of Cockaigne

Elects, *. Cider apples.

Elephant, s. A kind of scabious.

Elet, s. Fuel ; oUit. Wilte.

Elevener, s. a luncheon. Suss.

Elf, (1) V. To entangle hair in
knots. Elf-locks, entangled hair.
(2) s. A term frequently applied
to persons, in an ill sense ; a mis-
chievous person.

A grumbling, growling, greedy elf,
Begrudg'd wliut went besides himself.

Collins' Miscellanies, 1762, p. 11.

Elf-arrows, s. a popular name
in the North for ancient stone
arrow-heads.

Elfe, *. (A.-S.) A witch, or fairy.

ELF-a'JENE, s. The queen of fairies.

Elger, s. An eel-spear. Pr. Pare.

Elicompanie,*. a tomtit. Cornw.

Elik, adj. Alike. North.

Elinglich, adv. (A.-S.) Wretch-
edly.

Elit, adj. (Fr.) Elect.

Elk, *. (1) A kind of yew used for
bows.
(2) A wild swan. North.

ELL

420

EMB

Ell, s. An elUwand.
Ellar, s. The elder. Szissex.
Ellarne, «. (^.-5.) The elder tree.
Ell-dockens,«. Colt's-foot. North.
Elleed, adv. Together. Line.
Ellen, 9. pi. Ells.
Ellench, adv. Afar off. Kent.
Ellen-tree, s. The elder tree.

Yorish.
Eller, s. The alder tree. North.
Ellerd, adj. Swola with felon.

North.
Elles, adv. (A.-S.) Else; other-
wise.
Ellet, s. The elder tree. Sussex.
Ellock-rake, 8. A small rake for

breaking up ant-hills. Shropsh.
Ell-rake, s. A very large rake,

called also, in different parts, a

hell-rake or a heel-rake.
Elly, s. The bound in plaving at

foot-ball. North.
Elm, «. An ell in length. North.
Elmen, adj. Made of elm. West.
Elmesse, s. Alms. Pr. P.
Elmother, 8. A step-mother.

North.
Elne, «. An ell.

Elnorne.s. The eHer tree. Pr.P.
Elnjerde, s. An ell-yard.
Eloine, 1 ». (A.-N.) (1) To re-
eloigne, J move, or banish.

I'll tell thee now (dear love) what thou
Shalt do
To anger destiny, as she dotli us.
How I shall stay, though she eloignr. me
thus.
And how posterity shall know it too.

Donne's Poems, p. 23.

(2) To abscond.
Elong, adv. Slanting. Exmoor.
Elfhamy, s. Bryony. North.
Elren, 8. The elder tree. North.
Elriche, adj. Dreadful. Durh.
Else, (1) adv. Already; before.

(2) adj. Others.
Elsedock, s. The enula campana.
Elsewhat, adj. Other things.

Wien talking of the dainty flesh and ehe-
tchat as they eate.

Warner's Albiont England, 1993.

Elsewhen, adv. At another time

We shulde make a dockett of the names
of suche men of nohylytie here, as we
thought mete and coii\ enyent to serve
his highnes, in case his graces will were,
this preasent yeare, or elUs-trhen,to\iie
ther service iu anv other foreyn couu-
trey. ^tate Papers', iii, 653

Elsh, adj. Uncouth. Devon.

Elsin, "1 8. (A.-S.) A shoemaker's
elsen, j awl.

Elswhither, adv. Elsewhere.
North.

Elt, (1; V. To knead dough. Var. d.
(2) s. A young sow. West.

Elth, s. Old age.

Elting-mgulds,*. The soft ridges
of fresh-ploughed lands.

Eltrot. s. The stalk of wild pars-
ley. West.

Elutriate, v. [Lat.) To strain
liquid from one vessel into an-
other; to decant.

Elvfn, s. An elm. Var. d.

Elvene, s. pi. Elves.

Elvers, s. Young eels. West.

Elves, s. Young cattle. Tusser.

Elvish, adj. (A.-S.) Irritable;
peevish ; spiteful ; intractable.

Thou art too eJmsh, faith thou art, too
elvish and too coy.

Ifariier's Albions England, 1592.

EM,joron. Them. Var. d.
EuAyiG, prep. Among.
Embarment. s. An embargo.
Embase, ». To make base. /SJoeaser.
Embassade, s. (Fr.) An embassy.
Embay, v. (1) To bathe.

(2) To delight ; to charm.
Embayle, v. To inclose. Embaild,

bound up.
Embelise, v. (A.-N.) To beautify.
Embesy, v. To busy. Skelfon.
Emblements, s. Profits of land, as

grass, fruit, &c. Blount.
Embolde, v. {A.-N.j To make

bold.
E m bolled , part. p. Vaulted.

The west wall answers the other, witli
an embol'd roof finely fretted and plais-
ter'^ with a peudaut iu the middle ; ou

EMB

421

EilP

the boss of wliich, are the prince's arms
crown'd as before, with caps of feathers
graven iu stone.

Journey thro' England, 1734.

Embolife, adj. Oblique. Chaucer,
Embolnede, part. p. Swelled.
Embossed, j»ar^j». A hunting term.

When tlie hart is foamy at the mouth,
we say, that he is emboss'd.

Turberville on Hunt., p. 242.

O lie is more mad
Than Telamon for his shield : the boar of

Thessaly
Was never so embossed.

Sluikesp., Ant. ^ CI, iv, 11.

Which once a day wiA his embossed froth
The sea shall cover. Tim. of A., v, 3.

Embowelled, adj. Said of a hawk,
when her gorge was void, and
her bowels stiff.

Embowing, j»ar^. a. Arching. Lyd-
gate.

Emboyssement, s. An ambush.

Embraid, v. To upbraid.

Embranglement, s. Embroil-
ment.

Embrasures, s.Embraces.S'Aa^esp.

Embrewed, adj. Soiled ; dirtied.

Embrocado, s. a pass in fencing.

Embroude, v. {A.-N.) To em-
broider.

Embrue, v. To strain, or distil.

Eme, (1) s. An uncle.

(2) 8. Heed; consideration.
North.

(3) prep. Near. Shropah.

Emele, 8. A female roe.

EMELLE,/>rqo. Among ; amidst.

Emendals, *. A term in old ac-
counts, the sum total in stock.

Emenische, r. To diminish.

Emer, (1) s. One who succours
from a great difficulty. Line.
(2) adj. Nearer. Shrop8h.

Emeraudes, s. {A.-N.) The he-
morrhoids.

Emerlox, «. A merlin, or hawk.

EMFORTH,prqo. {A.-S.) Even with.

Emmers, 8. EmbeiS>. Somerset.

Emmet-batch, 1 «. An ant-hill.
EMMET-BUT, J Somerset,

Emmoised, part. p. Comforted.
Skinner.

Emmove, v. To move. Spenser.

Emmut, *. Force ; impetus. Devon.

Emnenuste, par/. j9. {A.-N.) Di-
minished.

Emollid, adj. (Lat.) Soft; tender.

Emote, *. An emmet, or ant.

Empair, s. Impairment.

Empeche, v. {Fr.) (1) To hinder.
(2) To attack.

Empeibe, v. (A.-N.) To impair.

Emperales, s. Imperials, a coin.

Emperice, s. (A.-N.) An empress.

Emperish, v. (A.-N.) To impair.

Emperor,*. The large bone at the
end of a sirloin of beef. North-
amp t.

Empery, *. (A.-N.) Empire.

Empeshe, v. (A.-N.) To hinder.

Empight, /7ar^/?. Fixed ; fastened.

Empli ASTER, s. A piaster.

Emplie, V, (A.-N.) To infold ; to
involve.

Employments, s. Implements;
engines.

My stay hath been prolong'd

With hunting obscure nooks for these em-
ployments. }Fidow's Tears.

Employture, s. Employment ; en-
gagement.

Empoisone, v. (A.-N.) To poison.

Empresa, s. A device, or motto.

Empresse, v. To crowd.

Empride, v. To make proud.

Emprime, v. To separate a deer
from the rest of the herd.

Emprise, s. {A.-N.) An under-
taking.

Sundry werkis of marvelous emprise.
By carpentrye to forge and dyvise.

Lydgate.

je myjt telle hit for a gret emprys.
That this morne for yowre sake,

Soo mekuUe I tliinke one yowre serwyse,
Ttat when I sleps I may not wake.

Porkington MS.

Ajax Oeleus was of smaller size,

Of mildeT temper, curteous, blacke his

haire.
His colour fresh, himselfe of f Aire emprUe,
And a great part among the princes bare.
Great Britmnes Troye, 1C<.D

EMP

422

END

EMrs-piEce,«. An epicure's choice.

Line.
Empt, v. To empty. Var. d.
Emftion, s. {Lat.) A purchase.
Emrod, s. An emerald.
Emucid, adj. {Lat.) Mouldy.
Emule, v. To emulate. Spenser.
Emulsion, s. {Lat.) A draining

out.

Were it not for the emulsion to flesh and
blood in being of a publick factious
spirit, 1 might pitty your infirmity.

Howard, Man of Newmarket, 1(j78.

En, conj. And; also; if; him. It
seems to mean in, in Sir Degrevant,
1061.

Enablement,*. Assistance; quali-
fication.

Enacture, s. Action, or eflFect.

Enamet, s. a luncheon. Hants.

ENANTYR,^rq». Against.

ENARMEDE,jwar/. /;. (1) Armed.
(2) Larded. In old cookery.

E NARRATION, «. {Lat.) A narra-
tive.

Enaunter, /?rcp. In case; for fear
that.

Enbane, v. To poison.

Enbaste, v. To steep in.

Enbate, v. {A.-N.) To pounce
upon.

ENBATTELLED,j»ar/. jw. Indented,
like a battlement.

Enbelyse, adj. Parted per bend.
Holme.

Enblaunchen, r. (A.-N.) To
whiten.

Enblawun, part. p. Puffed up.

Enboce, v. {A.-N.) To fill out.

Exbolle, v. To swell.

ENBossED,;»ar^.jB. {A.-N.) Raised.

Enbowe, v. To bow down.

Enbrace, v. (A.-N.) To take hold
of.

En bream, a<(;. Sharp ; powerful ;
strong.

Enbusciie, ». To place in ambus-
cade. Enbuschement , an ambush.

Enbusy, v. To busy one's sel£.

Enbybed, part. p. Made wet.

Skelton.
Encave, v. To hide, as in a cave.
Encense, v. (1) To inform, or in-
struct. North.

(2) (A.-N.) To burn incense.
Encerche, v. To search.
Enchace, (1) V. (A.-N.) To drive

away.

(2) s. Hunting.
Encharge, v. To charge with any-

thing.
Enchaufe, v. To warm ; to anger.

Enehaiifing, heat.
Enchede. (A.-N.) Vanquished.
Encheined, adj. Chained together.
Encheson, (1) (A.-N.) Occasion;

cause ; reason.

Tliou railest on right without reason,
And blamest hem much for small encheason.
Spens., Shep. K., May, 146.

(2) V. To reason with.

Encheve, v. (A.-N.) To achieve.

Encke, s. Ink.

Enclense, v. To make clean.

Encline, «. (A.-N.) A bow, or
salutation.

Enclowe, v. (A.-N.) To nail ; to
rivet.

Encloyde, part. p. Hurt in the
foot, applied to a horse.

Encombrement, s. (A.-N.) In-
cumbrance.

Encorownment, s. Coronation.

Encorpore, v. (A.-N.) To incor-
porate.

Encrested, adj. Increased.

Not doubting but, if the same may be
coiitvnued emonges theym, they shall
so tiierby be encrested in welth, that
thev wold not gladly be pulled therfro.
Slate Papers, iii, 269.

Encroche, v. To obtain possession

of.
Encumbrance, s. Family. Var. d.
Encurtyned, part. p. Inclosec'

with curtains.
End, (1) V. To finish ; to kill. North.

(2) s. A number of anything

North.

END

423

ENF

(3) «. A portion, or division.
Northampt.

(4) 8. Pleasure, or delight. North.

(5) V. To erect, or set upright.

(6) s. The stem of a plant. East.

(7) s. Rate, or price. Yorksh.
Endamage, v. To damage.
Endays, arfp. Endwise; forward.

North.
Ende, s. (1) End; part; country.

(2) {A.-S.) Seat ; corner.

(3) A blue colour. Line.
Endeavour, v. To exert one's self.
Endelong, adv. {A.-S.) Along;

lengthwise.
Endentid, joar^. jw. Fixed in.
Ender, adj. {A.-S.) Past ; gone by.

" This ender dai," the other day.
Endew, v. To digest. A term in

hawking.
ENDiAPRED,jBre^ <. Variegated in

colour.
End-irons,*. Two moveable plates

of iron to contract the fire-place.

North.
Endite, v. (1) {A.-N.) To dictate ;

to relate.

(2) To put to death. Gawayne.
ENDLANDE,fl</». Straiglit-forwards;

along.
Endlefte, adj. The eleventh.
Endless, s. The blind gut. East.
Endleve, adj. Eleven ; eleventh.
Endlong, adv. Straight along

forwards.
Endmete, *. Lenticnla. Pr. P.
Endoctrine, v. {Lat.) To teach.
Endoost, part. p. {A.-N.) En-
dowed.
Endorede, adj. Made shiny, as

pie-crust with the yolk of egg,

&c. A term in cookery.
Endose, 8. {A.-N.) Indolence.
Endoss, v. To endorse.
Endoute, v. To doubt ; to fear.
Endraite, 8. {A.-N.) Quality;

the turn of the scale given by

butchers.
EsDREYDE, part. p. Dried up.
Endrie, v. (a.-S.) To suffer.

Endrlsse, r. To multiply.
Enduce, v. {Lat.) To adduce.
Endurate, adj. {Lat.) Obstinate.
Endure, v. {Lat.) To make hard.
Endware,*. a small hamlet. Line.
Endways, adv. Straight-forward.

North.
Endyd, part. p. Yeaned.
Ene, adj. Alone ; only ; once.
Enede, s. {A.-S.) A duck.
Enele, v. To anoint. Pr. Parv.
Enemis, (1)s. a common term for

the devil.

(2) 8. An insect. Shropsh.

(3) conj. Lest. East.

(4) In the sixteenth century, it
w as often customary to speak of
the gout, par excellence, as ^he
enemy.

EsEtiST, prep. Opposite to. North.

Enes, adv. Once.

Enewed, part. p. {A.-N.) Trou-
bled ; vexed.

Enfamined, adj. {A.-N.) Hungry.

Enfarced, adj. Stuffed.

Enfaunce, «. {Fr.) Infancy.

Enfelaushippe,». To accompany.

Enfeoff, v. To grant as a feoff.

Enfeloned, adj. {Fr.) Full of
fierceness. Spens.

Enfermi, v. To inclose, or lock
up.

Enfire, v. To set fire to.

It fflads Lim now to note how th' orb of

flame,
VVliich girts this globe, doth not erfire the

frame. Du Bartas.

Enflaumede, /;ar^ j». Burnt up.
Enflaunce, ». To inflame.
Enforce, v. {A.-N.) To strengthen.
Enforcement, s. Effort. Erasmus'

Enchiridion, 1533.
Enforme, v. {A.-N.) To teach ; to

instruct.
Enforse, v. To season. A terra in

cookery.
Enfoubled, part. p. Wrapt up.
Enfouldred, arf/. Thick; misty,

Spenser.
Etifray, I. An affrav.

EN'G

424

ENO

ExGAGE, t. To lay to pawn.

En'gaol, r. To imprison.

Engendure, *. (J.-N.) Genera-
tion.

EycKYLW, part.p.{A.-N.) Frozen;
congealed.

Engeyne, v. To enjoin. Atidelay.

Enghle, (1) V. To coax, or cajole.
(2) 8. A gull. Jonson.

Engin, s. (Lat.) Wit ; contrivance.

Engined, v. {A.-N.) To rack; to
torture.

ExGiNous, adj. Inventive.

Englamed, adj. (A.-N.) Slimy.

Englosed, part. p. Painted.

Englute, v. To stop with clay.

Engouted, adj. Having black spots
on the feathers. A hawking term.

Engrafted, part. p. Depraved.
Suffolk.

Engrailed, />ar^.j3. (Fr.) Varie-
gated.

Engrave, v. To bury.

Exgrease, r. {Fr.) To become fat.

Riches, wherewithal they are fatted and
engreased like swine.

Foxe's Acts and Monuments.

Engregge, v. {A.-N.) To aggra-
vate.

Engrelyde, part. p. Interspersed.
See Engratlde.

Engreve, 1„.(^..^.) To afflict.
engrieve, i ^ ^

ENGREYNED,j»ar<.p. {A.-N.) Pow-
dered.

Engross, v. (1) {A.-N.) To fatten ;
to make large.

(2) To collect ; to heap together.
Engrossments, accumulations,
heaps of wealth.

For tliis they have engrossed and pil'd up

The canker'd heaps of strange-atchieved
gold. Shakesp. 2 Hen. IV, iv, 4

ENGUERE,jBar/.p. (A.-N.) Formed;

made.
Engyne, v. (A.-N.) To deceive.

Engyneful, crafty, cunning.
Engyste, ». (A.-N.) To constrain.
Enhabite, v. (A.-N.) To accustom.
Enhalse, v. To embrace.

Enharpit, part. p. Hooked ;
edged.

Enhasted, part. p. Hastened.

Enhaunse, v. (A.-N.) To raise.

Enherite, v. To endow any one
with an inheritance.

ENHiEDE.j^ar^ji;. Raised ; exalted.

Enhony, v. To sweeten.

Enhort, v. (A.-N.) To exhort.

Enis, adv. Once.

Enixed, part. p. (Lat.) Brought
forth.

Enjoxne, v. To join in battle.

Enjoyance, s. Enjoyment.

Enjubarde, v. To jeopard; to
risk.

Enkerly, adv. Eagerly.

Enlaced, part. p. (A.-N.) En-
tangled.

Enlake, v. To overflow. Florio,

Enlargissed, part. p. (A.-N.)
Enlarged.

Enlegeance, s. Allegiance.

Enleve, adj. Eleven.

'Evu.Kvv.n, part. p. Inlaid. Maun-
devile.

Enlimn, v. To illuminate a book.

Enlonge, adj. Oblong.

Enlumine, v. (A.-N.) To en-
lighten.

Enmesh, v. To entangle in a net.

EiiMoisED, part. p. Encouraged.

Enmure, v. To inclose.

Enne, s. One. The obj. case.

jet sret peryl hy nndergothe.
That cristneth twyes enne,

Otlier to jeve asent therto,
Other for love of kenne.

William de Shoreham.

Ennesure, s. (A.-N.) Game ; sport.

Ennewe, v. To paint; to put on
the last and most brUliant co-
lours.

Ennose, v. (A.-N.) To conceal.

ENOiNT,/?ar/./?. (A.-N.) Anointed.

Enoo, adv. By and by. North.

Enorme, adj. (A.-N.) Enormous.

To beware, henceforth, of these deed
enor»c. Re^voo£i Spider and Flit, l&i>t

ENO

425

ENT

ExouMBRE, ». To join in anything.
Enocrne, v. To adorn.
Enow, 1 ,. t- u

Enfarel, ». Apparel.

Enpayre, r. To impair.

Enpeche, v. To impeach; to
accuse.

EypiGHT, part. p. Pitched.

Enpoysone, *. Poison.

Enprice, s. {A.-N.) Fashion.

Enpropred, part. p. (A.-N.) Be-
longing.

Enprowed, part. p. Profited of.

ExauEST, s. (A.-N.) Inquiry.

ExQCEYNTAXcE, ». Acquaintance.

ExauiRAXCE, s. Inquiry.

ExRACE, r. (^.-iV.) To implant.

ExREsoNE, V. To reason with.

ExsAME, (I) s. The grease of a
hawk.

(2) V. To cleanse, or purge a
hawk of glut and grease.

Ensample, 8. {A.-N.) An exam>
pk.

ExscoxcE, V. To fortify.

Exseamed, adj. Greasy. Shakesp.

Ensear, v. To dry up. Shakenp.

ExsEGGE, s. A siege.

ExsELED, j»ar^/>. Sealed up; kept
secret.

ExsEMBLE,(l)s. (A.-N.) Company.
(2) adv. (Fr.) Together.

ExsEMLE, V. To assemble.

ExsExsE, V. To anoint with
incense.

ExsEXT, s. (A.-N.) Advice; wish.

ExsESE, V. To take possession.

ExsiGXBEARER, 8. A drunkard.
Grose.

ExsiGXEMEXT, 8. {Fr.) Instruc-
tion ; information. " And whan
all the people come so togyder at
this ensignement." The Festyvall,
fol. cliv.

ExsiLE, V. To pass a thread under
the heak and through the eyelid,
so as to hinder the sight.

ExsixEMENT, 8. Pcrseverancc.

ExsiSE, 8. Quality. Skinner.

ExsLOMBRE, V. {A.-N.) Tc make

ExsxARLE, V. To insnare.
ExsoiXE, 8. (A.-N.) An excuse.
ExsPERE, V. (A.-S.) To inquire.
ExsTATE, V. To invest.
ExsTORE, V. (Lat.) To renew.

" Enstore, Instauro." HvUoet.
ExsuRE, V. To assure.
ExTACHED,^ar/.j». {A.-N.) Spotted.
Of elephantis tetlie were the palace gatis,
Enlosenged with ninny goodly platis
01 golde, entachid wiili many a prervons
stone. Skelton, Wories, i, oSO.

ExTAiLE, (1) V. {A.-N.) To cut, or
carve.

(2) 8. Sculpture, or carving.

(3) 8. Cut ; shape ; a fashion.
ExTAiLS, 8. Ends of land. North.
ExTALEXTE, V. {A.-N) To cxcitc.
ExTAMB, V. To subdue.
ExTECCHES, «. {A.-N.) Spots;

stains.

ExTEXD, V. {A.-N.) To attend.
Entendance, attention.

ExTEXDEMEXT, *. {A.-N.) Un-
derstanding.

ExTEXTE, (1) 8. {A.'N.) Under-
standing.

(2) s. Intention.

(3) V. To attack.
ExTEXTiF, adj. {A.-N.) Attentive.
Enter, v. To commence training

a hawk to kill game.
ExTERCi.osE, 8. A passagc between

two rooms in a house.
ExTERCORRE, V. {Lat.) To in-

terfere.
Enterdeale, 8. Intercotirse.

For he is practiz'd well in policy,
And thereto doth his courting most apply.
To learn the enterdeale of princes strange,
To mark tli' intent of counsels. &c.

Sp.Moth.Uubb.T.,l%Z.

Exterlace, 8. " Enterlace, com-
munication with them whych be
already talkynge. In alienum
8ermonem insinuare." Huloet.

ExTERLAcfi, 8. {Fr.)X kind of verse.

EXTERMETE, V. (1) {A.-N.) To

interpose.

ENT

42e

EPII

(2) To intermeddle.
Thouje I may not do soo, jit foitlii
With helpe of Grod the sentence schal I

save
To Chanser, that is floure of rethorike
In Englis tonge and excellent poete ;
This wote I wel no tliinge may I doo like,
Thouje so that I of makynge entermtte ;
And Gower that so crdftely doth trete.
As in his book of morality,
Thouje I to hem in makynge am unmete.
Soetius, MS. Soc. Antiq.

Entermewer, 8. A hawk that
changed the colour of its wings.

Entermine, v. {A.-N.) To destroy.

Enterpart, v. {A.-N.) To share.

Enterpenned. a hawk was said
to be enterpenned, when the fea-
thers of the wings were between
the body and the thighs.

Entershock, v. To butt to-
gether.

Entertaille, 8. {Fr.) Woven or
platted work.

Entertain, «. Entertainment.

Entervieu, *, (Fr.) A meeting.

Enteryng, *. An interment.

Entetched, part. p. {A.-N.)
Marked ; spotted. See Entached.

Entierlocure, adv. Entirely.
Chron. Vil.

Entirdit, «. (^.-A'^,) An interdict.

Entise, r. To acquire.

Entradas, 8. {Span.) Rents ; re-
venues.

Entraile, v. {Fr.) To entwine ;
to fold.

Before tliey fastned were under her knee
In a rich Jewell, and tliereia entrayVd
The ends of all the knots.

Spenier,F.q.,ll,\n,21.

Entr6, 9. {A.-N.) An entrance.

Entreat, (1)». To treat of; to treat
one ; to entertain.
(2) s. An entreaty.

Entreatment, s. Entreaty.

Entrecounter, v. To oppose.

Entredeten, ». To handle.

Entremedly, adv. Intermedi-
ately.

Entremees, 8. {Fr.) Dishes served
between the courses at a feast.

Entrkmetten, v. {A.-N.) To in

termeddle.
Entresse, *. Interest.
Entrete, s. a plaster.
Entrice, v. {Lai.) To render

intricate.
Entries, s. Places in thickets

where deer have recently passed

through.
Entrike, r. To deceive; to en-
tangle ; to hinder,
Entrupsion, s. Interruptlon.^(?y-

wood, 1556.
Entunks, s. {A.-N.) Songs; tunes.
Entwite, V, To twit.
Entwyne, v. To separate.
Entyrferyne, v. To interlace.

Pr. Pare.
Enucleate, v. To solve.
ENUNiED,j3ar^.j». United.
Enunty, prep. Directly opposite.

Glouc.
Enus, adv. Once. Audelay.
Envenime, v. {A.-N.) To poison;

Envenemus,\'enomous; poisonous.
Envie, v. {A.-N.) To conten8.
Envirid, /)ar^;». Environed.
ETXVXB.o:^,{l)prep.{A.-N.) About;

around.

(2) V. To surround ; to go round.
Envive, v. To enliven.
Envoluped, part. p. {A.-N.)

Wrapt up.
Envoy, v. To send.
Envy, s. Hatred ; spite.
Envyned, part. p. Stored with

wine.
EovE,prei.t. Went.
Eorne, v. {A.-S.) To run.
Eow. Yes. Var.dial.
Eower, jorow. Your. Shropsh.
Eow^TE, s. A dish in cookery.

Eoxctes of flessli. Take borage, cool,
langdebef, persel, hetes, orasre, avance,
violet, sawray, and fenkel, and when they
buth soden, presse hem wel sniale, cast
hem in gode broth, and seeth hem,
and serve hem forth.

Forme of Cury, p. 6.

Ephesian, 8. A jovial companion.
Shakesp.

EPI

427

ERS

EpicnaiALL, adj. Epicurean.
Epistoler, *. (y^.-iV.) The priest at

mass who chanted the epistle.
Eps, *. The asp tree. Kent.
EauAL, o/f;. Just; impartial.
EauATE, V. To make equal.
EauiPENDY, s. A plumb-line.
Equipolente, adj. Equivalent.

Equipolence, an equivalent.
EauiPOLLE, ». (^.-iV.) To be equal.
Er, arfp. Before ; former ; early.
Erayne, s. a spider. Nominale.
Erber, s. (1) {A.-S.) An arbour.

(2) A field, pasture, garden ; an

lierbary.

(2) The conduit leading to the

stomach. An old hunting term.
Erbolat, a. A confection of herbs,

eggs, &c.

Erholates. Take parsel, myntes, saverey,
and sauge, tansey, vervayn, clarry, rewe,
ditayii, lenel, southrenwode ; lieweliem,
and grinde hem sniale ; medle hem up
with ayren. Do butter in a trape, and
do the fars thereto, and bake, and messe
it forth. Forme of Ciiry, p. 30.

Ebbowle, s. An article of cookery.

ErlovcU. Take bolas, and scald hem
with wyne, and drawe hem with a
styomor. Do hem in a pot. Clarify
hony, and do thereto, with powdor fort,
and floer of rys. Salt it, and florish with
wliyte aneys, and serve it forth.

Forme ofCury, p. 1 9.

Erchdekene, s. {A.-N.) An arch-
deacon.

Erchebysschope, "1 ». An arch-
ERCHEVEsaE, J bishop.

Ercle, s. a blister. Shropsh.

Erd, *. {A..S.) The earth. Erdyn,
earthen.

Erde, v. (A.-S.) To inhabit.

Erdez, s. Lands.

Erdox, s. An errand. Cov.Myst.

Erd-shrew, *. A shrew-mouse.

Ere, T r. {A.-S.) To plough. Ere-
ERIE, J able, arable.

Ere, (1) adv. Before; previously.
Eror, former. Eroust, first.

(2) «. {A.-S.) An ear.

(3) pres. t. pi. of be. Are.

Erear, v. To raise up.

That other love infects the soul of man;
this cleauseth; that depresseth, this
erear). Burton' sAuat. Mel.

Ere-lappe, s. (A.-S.) The lower

part of the ear.
Eremite, ». A hermit.
Erenye, 8. Sand. Pr. P.
Ere-rowner, s. a secret whis-
perer.
Erge, v. To tease, or vex. West.
Erie, v. {A.-S.) To honour; to

revere.
Erige, *. Straw, or stubble. Line.

" Eriffe holme or thacke."

Huloet.
Erke, adj. (A.-S.) Weary; sick.
Erme, v. (A.-S.) To grieve; to

lament.
E rmyte, s. (A.-S.) Poverty; misery.
Ern, (1) s. (A.-S.) An eagle.

(2) V. To glean.
Ernde, s. (A.-S.) An errand.
Erne, v. (1) (A.-S.) To run ; to

flow.

(2) To yearn.
Ernemorwe, adv. Early in the

morning.
Ern EN, V. To earn ; to obtain.
Ernes, s. The loose scattered ears

of corn left on the ground.
Ernest, s. (^.-5.) Zeal. Emestful,

serious, zealous.
Ernestone, s. The eagle-stone.
Ernfull, a^'. Lamental)le. Sussex.
Errande, 1 (A.-N.) Wandering;

ERRAUNT, J strolling.
Errates, ». Faults. Hall.
Erratike, adj. (A.-N.) Wan-
dering.
Erre, (1) s. (A.-S.) A sore ; a pock-

mark.

(2) V. (A.-N.) To wander,
Errin, s. Urine. Devon.
E RRisH, 1 ^y ^g^j stubble. Kent.

ERSH, J

Erriwiggle, s. An ear-wig. Easi.
Errocr, s. (A.-N.) A course ;
running.
, Ers, s. (A.-S.) Podex.

GRS

428

ESP

Also make poudir of ysope, of cala-
mynte, and origane, eitlier of lier floures,
aud do tliat poudir in his ers.

Medical MS. of the Ihlh cent.

Ersdekne, s. An archdeacon.

Ersmert, s. The plant culerage.

Erst, adv. (A.-S.) First; formerly.
At erst, for the first time.

E RswoRT, s. The plant mouse-ear.

Erte, (1) pres. s. 2 pers. Art.
Somerset.

(2) V. {A..N.) To compel; to
constrain.

Ertbedoune, 8. {A.-S.) An earth-
quake.

Erthe-galle, «. The plant cen-
taury.

Erthemotinge, s. (A.-S.) An
earthquake.

Erthen, adv. (A.-S.) Previously.

Erthesmok, s. The plant fu-
mitory.

Erthgrine, Is. (A.-S.) An
erthgrythe, j earthquake.

Erthing, s. Burial.

Erthstane, s. (A.-S.) The hearth-
stone.

Ertine, v. To irritate.

Ertou. Art thou ?

Erve, 8. {A.-S ) An inheritance.

Hit werketh wonderliche,
And ernes giveth sikerlich.

Ery, adj. Every. Var. dial.

Eryday, adv. Every day. Pr. Pare.

Eryn, s. Iron.

Erys, s. (1) Ears.
(2) Years.

Erzell, pron. Herself. Somerset.

EsBATEMENT, 8. (A.-N.) Pastimc.

Escape, s. A transgression. SkaL

Eschar, s. A newt. North.

EscHAUFE.u. {A.-N.) To make hot.

Eschaunge, s. (A.-N.) Exchange.

Esche, *. An ach-tree. Eschen,
made of ash.

Escbekere, *. (1) A chess-board.
(2) The exchequer.

EscHELE, 8. {A.-N.) Troop ; com-
pany.

Eschetes, s. {A.-N.) Escheats.
EscHEWE, V. To move; to go.
Eschive, v. {A.-N.) To eschevr;

to shun.
EscLAUNDER, s. (^.-iV.) Slandcf ;

reproach.
EscoRCHES, s. Animals that were

flayed. An old hunting term.
EscoTED, part. p. Paid; supported*
EscouT, s. {Fr.) A spy, or scout.
EscviiED, part. p. Descried.
EscRiTE, s. {A.-N.) A vfriting.
EscuAGE, 8. {A.-N.) Service.
EscuLPED, part. p. Sculptured.

Hall.
EsE, (1) 8. {A.-N.) Ease; pleasure.

Esement, relief.

(2) V. To accommodate ; to be
pleased.

(3) s. Bait for fishes.
EsENDROPPER, s. An cavcsdropper.
EsH, 8. (1) Stubble; aftermath.

Surrey.

(2) An ash tree. North.
EsHiN, s. A pail. North.
EsHiNTLE, «. A pailful. Chesh.
EsHUK, s. A hook at the extremity

of a wagon-horse's traces, in the

form of an S. West.
EsiE, adj. Gentle; light. Esilich,

gently.
EsK, 8. A lizard. North.
EsKiNG, 8. The pentice. Line.

ESKIP, "1 „

Esauip,}''- To equip.

EsLE, V. To ask. Heame.
EsLOYNE, V. To remove. Spenser.
Esmaye, v. {A.-N.) To astonish.

EspiN I** The asp tree. North.

EsPECE, 8. {A.-N.) A small por-
tion ; a bit.

Esperance, 8. {A.-N.) Hope; ex*
pectation.

Espeyre, "Is. {A.-N.) Expecta-
ESPoiBE, J tion; hope.

EspiAiLLE, s. {A.-N.) Spying;
watching by stealth.

Espial, s. {A.-N.) A spy.

£ SPICE, V. To look ; to observe.

ESP

429

ETH

EspiCERiE, s. (A.-N.) Spices.

EspiE, s. An overlooker.

EspiiviTUELL, adj. (^A.-N.) Spi-
ritual.

EsPLoiT, s. {A.-N.) Advantage.

Espouse, *. Spouse,

EsPRiNGOLD, s. {A.-N.) An engine
used for throwing large stones in
sieges.

EsPRVSED, part. p. (A.-N.) Taken.

EsauAYMous, adj. Difficult to
please.

Ess, *. Ashes. North,

Esse, v. To ask.

EssES, s. Large worms. Kent.

EssEX-STiLE, s. A ditch. Grose.

EssHE, V. To ask.

EssHOLE, s. An ash-bin. North.

EssoiNE, 8. (A.-N.) An excuse.

EssYSE, 8. Habit. R. de Brunne.

Est, (1) 8. (A.-S.) Love; munifi-
cence.

(2) 8. A host.

(3) 2 pers. pre8. 8. Eatest.

Establie, 8. {A.-N.) A guard.

EsTAFET, 8. {Span.) A footman.

EsTAMiN, adj. Surprising; won-
derful. East.

EsTAXDART, 8. (Fr.) A Standard.
EsTASiON, 8. (A.-N.) A shop, or

Stall.
Estate,*. (A.-N.) State; condition.

Estatelich, stately.
Estatute, s. a statute. Hall.
EsTEAD, jwrpjo. Instead. North.
EsTELLACiouN, 8. Astrology.
Ester, «. The back of the fireplace.

Leic.
Estimate, s. Estimation.
EsTiTE, conj. As well. North.
EsToc, ». A small stabbing sword,
EsTRADioTs, 8. A sort of dragoons

employed in France.

Accompanied with crosse-bowe men on
liorsebacke, estradiols, and footmen.

Cumines, by Danet, ¥ f 3.

EsTRAiNGER, 8. {Fr.) A Stranger.

EsTRE, 8. (A.-N.) (1) State; con-
dition.
(2) A court, or street. Estres,

the interior parts of a building j

the chambers ; the passages in a

garden.

(3) A circumstance.
EsTRETE, 8. A street.
EsTRiCH-BOAKDS, 8. Deal-boards-
estriche, 1 . a. • x.
Estridge:}*-^"°«*"*=^-

And in birds, as estriches, vultures,
cranes, and pasae-ilemingoes, whose
feathers (equallizing the birds of para-
dise) are rich crimson and pure white
so amiably commixed, that above others
it inticed my pains to present it vou.

Herbert's Travel's, 1638.
To be furious,
Is to be frighted out of fear; and in that

mood
The dove will peck the estridge.

Shakesp., Ant. Sf CI., iii, 11.

Estriche, adj. {A.-N.) Reserved ;
haughty.

ESTRICH-FALCQN, 8. A SpCcicS of

large falcon.
EsTRoiTS, 8. {Fr.) Narrow cloths.
EsTUF, 8. Stuff; household goods.
EsTuiFE, 8. {Fr.) A pocket-case.
EsuE, V. {A.-N.) To escape.
EsYNE, V. Stercoro. Pr. P.
Etch, (1) «. Stubble. Tusser. See

Eddish.

(2) V. To eke ; to augment

Kent.
Ete, {I) v. {A.-S.) To eat.

{2) prep. At; to. North.
Eten, -^j 8. {A.-S. eaten, eten.) A
ETAYN, [giant, "An eten in ich a
ettin, J fight." Sir Tristrem.

Vy, he said, thou foule ! Ihon etayne !
AUe my kiiyghtes thou garte be slayne.
MS. Lincoln, A, i, 17, f. liS.

For they say the king of Portugal cannot

sit at liis meat, but the giants and tlie

ellins will come and snatch it from him.

B. S- Ft., Knight ofB. P., i, 1.

And, whether thou with doughty knight,
Arm'd or unarm'd, shalt enter fight;
Nay, with a gyanl or an ettin.
Thou shalt be" ever sure to beat him.

Cotton, Scoffer Sco/L

Eternal, adj. Damned. East.
Eterne, adj. {Lat.) Everlasting.
Eth, s. Earth ; a hearth. Wtst.

ETII

430

EVE

Ethe,{\) adv. (A.-S.) Easy; easily.

(2) To ask. Gawayne.
Ether, (1) v. To bind hedges with

flexible rods called ethers, or

etherings.

(2) 8. {A.-S.) A hedge.

(3) {A.~S.) Either; each.

(4) «. An adder. North.

(5) s. The air, or sky. Nominale.
Ethsch\pe,». To escape. Hampole.
Ethyndel, «. Haifa bushel. Pr.P.
Etow, adv. In two. North.
Etraath, adv. Truly. Craven.
Ettick, adj. (Fr.) Hectic. Ettick

fever, the ague.
Ettle. (1) r. {A.-S.) To intend; to
attempt ; to contrive. Still used
in the North.

(2' V. To prepare; to set in
order.

(3) V. To 2arn. See Addle.

(4) ». To deal out sparincrl'-.
North.

(5) 8. A nettle. West.
Ettlement, s. Intention. North.
Ettlings, a. Earnings; wages.

North.

Ettwee, s. {Fr. etui.) A sheath,
or case.

Ettys, />res. «. 3 pers. Eats.

Etyk, s. a fever. Lydgate.

E\jGHT,pret. t. Owed. North.

Euphuism, *. An affected style of
speaking and writing which pre-
vailed at the close of the six-
teenth century, and received its
name from works by Lilly, en-
titled, Euphues, or the Anatomy
of Wit, and Eu])hues and his
England, which set the fashion
of such writing.

Eure, 8. Use. See Ure.

Eurose, *. (Fr.) Rose water.

Eutrir, v. To pour out. Devon.

Ev. Have. North.

Evangelett-vats, 8. Cheese-vats
which were charged with images
of the saints to be imprinted on
the cheeses. Suffolk.

EvANGiLEs, ». {A.-N.) TheGospels.

Evans, s. A she-cat, said to be

named from a witch.
Eve, (1)». To become damp. IFcs^

(2) s. A hen-roost. Somerset.
Eve-boards, s. The rails of a cart,
Eveck, *. A goat.
EvELiNG, s. The evening. Devon.
KvE,Li.ES,adj.(A.-S.) Without evil.
EvELOXG, adv. Oblong.
EvEMEN, s. Evening. Dorset.
Even, (1) adj. Equal.

(2) V. To equal, or make equal.

(3) V. To compare. West.
Even-and-odd, s. a game by

tossing up money. " Even or

odde, a game much used now a

dayes amonge chyldren." Huloet.
EvEN-CRiSTEN, 8. A fdlow-Chris-

tian.
Even-down, adv. Downright.
Evene, (1) adv. {A.-S.) Evenly;

equally.

(2) s. An ear of corn. Mid. C.
EvEHE-TORTH, adv. (A.-S.) Equally.
Eveneliche. {A.'S.) Evenly;

equally.
Evene-longe, adv. All along.

One the upper syde make holys etene-
longe, as mauy as tliou wylt.

Porkington MS.

Evenes, s. Equity ; equality.
*' Evenes of paisse or wayght.
yEquilidrium." Huloet.

Even-flavoured, s. Unmixed;
uniform. Suffolk.

Even-forward, arf». Directly for-
ward; in continued succession.
A'orth.

Evenhede, s. (A.-S.) Equality;
equity.

EvENiNE, adj. (A.-S.) Equitable.

Evenlesten, s. The plant mercury.

EVENLIGHT, 8. Twiligllt.

Evenlike, (1) adj. {A.-S.) Equal.

(2) adv. Equally.
EvENLiNESs, s. Equality.
EvENOLDE, adj. (A.-S.) Of the

same age.
Even-while, s. Even-time.
EvENY.NG, adj. (A.-S.) Equal; juit.

EVE

431

EXC

Ever, (1) adv. (A.-S.) Always.

(2) adv. At any time. Var. d.

(3) s. A drop stile, lifted up to
pass through. Glouc.

(4) s. Rye-grass. Devon.
EvER-EiTHER, adj. Both.
EvERFERNE.s. Wall fern. Gerard.
EvERicH, adj. {A.-S.) Every one.
EvERiDEL, s. {AS.) Every part.
Everlasting, s. (1) A sort of

strong cloth formerly worn by

sergeants.

(2) American cudweed.
EvERNE, adv. Ever ; however.
EvERROSE, s. {A.-N.) Rose water.
Every, (1) Every each, alternate;

every foot anon, every whips

while, every like, every now and

then ; every hand's while, often ;

every whip and again, ever and

anon.

(2) s. Ivory.

The towres slial be of every,
Clene conctie by and by.

Purkington MS.

(3) s. A species of grass. West.
EvERYCHONE, adj. {A.-S.) Every

one.

Evese, s. (A.-S.) The eaves.
" Evesynge, or eves settynge or
trimmynge, imbricium, suhgrun-
datio." Huloet.

Evesed, adj. Afraid. Lydgate.

EvET, s. A newt. West.

Evicted, part. p. {Lat.) Dispos-
sessed.

EviD, adj. Made heavy.

Evil, s. A fork, as a hay-fork, &c.
West.

EviTE, V. (Fr.) To avoid.

EvouR, 8. Ivory. Lydgate.

EvYL, (1) V. To fall ill, or sick,
(2) s. A disease ; a fit of mad-
ness.

EvYhY, adv. Heavily; sorrowfully.

^^' \s. {A.-S.) Yew.

EWGH, J ^ ^

EwAGE, 8. Some kind of stone, or

amulet. Piers PI., p. 29.
EwARE, ff. A waier-bearer. Pr.P.

EwE, (1) 8. {A.-N.) Water.

Ac water is kendeliche cheld,
Tba; hit be warnid of fere ;
Therfore nie nicy cristni tlicr-inne,
lu wbaut time" falthe a jere
Of yse ;
So mcy me naujt iu ewe ardaunt.
That neth no wateris wvse.

William ie Shoreham,

(2) part. p. Owed. Suffolk.
EwE.GOwAN, s. The daisy. North.
Ewer, s. An udder. North.
EwERY, s. The place where the

ewers were kept.
EwFRAS, s. The name of a plant.
EwLE, *. Yule ; Christmas.

At ewle we wonten gambole, daunce, to

carrole, and to sing,
To have gud spiced sewe, aud roste, and

plum-pies for a king.

Warner's Albions England, 1592.

EwN, s. An oven. North.

EwTE, (1) V. To pour water. Ex-
moor.
(2) s. A newt.

Ex, (1) s. An axle. West.
(2) V. To ask. West.

ExAGiTATioN, s. {Lat.) A violent
agitation or shaking.

And with sucli vigour strook
Tlie scepter on the long Uv'dlamp, it shook
Its clirystal wals to dust, not thuiidera

strong
Exaffilalions, wlien it roars among
Heaps of congested elements, a sound
More dreadful makes.

Chumberlayne'a Fharonnida, lCo9.

ExAKERLY, adv. Exactly. Var. d.
ExALTATE, adj. {Lat.) Exalted.
Exametron, s. Hexameter verse.
ExAMPLER, *. A sampler. Palsg.
Exan, s. Crosswort. Gerard.
ExBURSE, V. To disburse.
lixcALiBouR, s. The name of King

Arthur's sword.
Exception, s. A ground of quarrel.

Faith, I'm of your mind, vet I have
known some unconscionable ladies make
their servants wait a« long for a just
exception, aud almost as impatiently, ai
they did for tlie first favour.

Sedley, The Mulberry Garden, 1668.

ExcHEVE, V. {A.-N.) To eschew.

EXC

432

EXT

Excise, v. To overcharge. Var. d.

Exclaim, s. An exclamation. Shak.

ExcoMMKNGE, V. (A.-N.) To ex-
communicate.

ExcouRSE, s. (Lat.) An expedi-
tion.

Excrement, «. Anything that
grows from the human body, as
hair, nails, &c.

ExcusATioN, «, (Lot.) An excuse.

ExcusEMENT, s. An excuse.

Exe, «. An axe. East.

Execution, s. The sacking of a
town.

ExECCTODR, «. {A.'N.) An execu-
tioner.

ExEMPLAiRE, adj. {A.-N.) Exem-
plary.

ExEN, «. Oxen. North.

ExEauY, s. {Lat.) A funeral.

ExERPED, joar/. jB. Drawn out.

Exhale, p. To drag out. Shakesp.

Exhaust, v. {Lat.) To draw out.

Did I not despise thee for thy want of
wit and breeding, these barbarous con-
tumelies would exhaust tears from my
eyes. Shadwell, Bury Fair, 1689.

Exheridate, v. (1) To disinherit.
(2) To detest. " Exheredate.
Abominor." Huloet.

Exhibition, s. Stipend; allow-
ance.

ExiDEMic, s. An epidemic. Hall.

Exigent, «. (1) Exigence.

(2) A writ which lies where the
defendant cannot be found.

ExiLK, adj. (Lat.) Poor; lean.

ExLE, s. An axle.

Exorcisations, s. (_A.-N.) Ex-
orcisms.

Exotic, adj. Rare ; out of the com-
mon way.

I am the son of a squirrel, if this was not
mighty pretty and exotic.

Shadwell, The Humorists, 1671.

Expans-yeres, s. Single years,
with the motions of the hea-
venly bodies answering to them.

Expect, (1) v. To wait; to tarry.
{2) s. Expectation.

(3) ». To suppose; to conclude I
applied to things past, not future.
"I expect he went to town yes-
terday."

ExpECTAUNT.jsarf. Waiting.

Expection, s. Expectation.

Expedience, s. (I) Expedition.
(2) An enterprise; an under-
taking.

Expedient, adj. Quick.

ExPEDiTioR, s. (Lot.) Despatch,

Expenduntur, *, An account of
the things expended,

Expertful, adj. Expert.

Expi ate, jwar^jw. Expired. Shakesp.

Expire, v. To exhaust, or wear
out.

Explate, v. To explain ; to unfold.

Expleite, "l ». (1) (A.-N.) Toper-
EXPLOiT, J form ; to complete.

(2) To assist.

(3) To apply one's self to any,
thing. Palsgrave.

Expostulate, v. (Lat.) To in-
quire.

ExposTURE, s. Exposure. Shakesp.

ExpouNE, V. (A.-N.) To expound ;
to explain.

ExpuLSE, V. (Lat.) To expel.

ExpuRGE, V. (Lat.) To cleanse out.

ExQuiRE, V. To inquire.

ExsuFFLiCATE, adj. (Lat.) Con-
temptible.

ExTABLE, adj. Acceptable.

Extend, v. (A law term.) To value
the property of any one who has
forfeited his bond ; to seize.
But wlien

Tbis manor is extenird to my use,

You'll speak in liumbler key.

Mass., New Way to P. 0. D., v, 1.
Lahienus (this is stiff news)

Hath with his Parthian force extended Asia.
Shakesp., Ant. ^ CI., i, 2.
(2) To praise. Shake.<tj}.

ExTENDOUR, *. A surveyor; one
who appraises property.

Extent, s. (1) A seizure.

Make an extent upon his lionse and lands.
S/ialesp., As t'ou L. It, iii, L.
(2) A violent attack.

EXT

ExTERMiNioN, s. Extermination.
KxTERNE, adj. External; outward.
ExTiRP, V. {Lat.) To extirpate.
ExTRAUGHT, part. p. Extracted.
Extravagant, s. A vagabond.

riierefore retiirne if yee be wise^ you
full into tlie diich els, and enter the
cittie a^aiiie, tor if tlieie liee be not, he
is a verie extravaj/ant, and has no abidinz.
Rowley, Search for Money, 160U.

Ex-tre, «. An axletree. "Ex-ireof

a carte. Axis." Huloet.
Extreat, s. (Fr.) Extraction.
Extress, ». To draw out.
Extructiox, s. Destruction.

Heywood.
ExvLATE, 2jart. p. (Lat.) Banished;

become an exile.
Exuperate, v. To overbalance.
Exus, s.pl. Axes.
Ey, (1) s. (A..S.) An egg,

(2) Ave ; yes.

(3) Ah!
Eyas, s. A young hawk new from

the nest.
Eyasmusket, s. (1) A young male

sparrow-hawk.

(2) A boy.
E YCAKE, ». A cake composed with

eggs. Pr. P.
Eydent, s. Diligent. North.
Eye, (1) g. (J.-S.) Water. Somerset.

(2) ». {A.-S.) Awe; fear; power.

(3) «. The mouth of a pit.
North.

(4) s. An outlet for wllter from
a drain. East.

(5) V. To observe minutely.
JEssex.

(6) s. A small tint of colour.

(7) s. A brood of pheasants.
EvKABLE, adj. Sightly. North.
Eye-bite, v. To bewitch with the

evil eye. North.
Eye-breek, s. The eyebrows. Za»c.
Eye-brekes, s. Eyelids. North.
Eye-grass, s. Old pasture, which

has been long without being

eaten. Glouc.
Eyen, *. (J.-S.) Eyes.

433 EYS

Eyer, s. (1) An heir,
(2) Air.

Eyerie. See Aerie.

Eyes, s. Ice.

Eye-sore, s. A blemish ; any dis-
agreeable object.

Eyet, 8. A small island.

Eyevang, s. a strap or stay ta
which the girt of the saddle
buckled. Devon.

Eyey, adj. Specky ; full of eyes,

Eyghe, s. Fear.

Eyghte, s. (A.-S.) Possessions.

Eyh, s. All eye.

Eyhe, s. a handle, or haft.

Eyl, s. An ear of corn.

Eylde, v. To yield ; to return.

Eyldynge, *. Fuel. Pr. Parv.

Eyle, (1) s. An island. North.
(2) V. (A.-S.) To ail ; to grieve.
The inscription on a medieval
ring found in Suffolk was:
Me eylel, me eyUt, ine eylet.
That hope beliotet and failet.

Eyliads, *. {Fr.) Ogles ; wanton
looks.

Eylsum, adj. Wholesome.

Eylyke, adv. Elscwlieic. Lydg.

Eylyne, ». To willistand. Pr.P.

Eymanent, adv. Directly oppo-
site. West.

Evmery, s. Ashes. Pr. Parv.

Eynke, 8. Ink.

Ev-awYT, s. {A.-S.) The white
of egg.

Eyrar, 8. A brood of swans.

Eyre, (1) s. Grace.

(2) V. To plough.

(3) V. To go ; to move.

(4) 8. Haste ; speed.

(5) 8. An heir.

(6)». Air,

(7) V. To breed, as hawks,

Eyren, 1 F r< -
' ys.pl. Eggs.

EYRONE, j ^ °°

Eyrish, adj. Aerial, Chaucer.
Eyro^^de, part. p. Erected.
Eyrus, *. Years.
Eyse, s. (1) An ice or glaze for the
outside of a pie.

9 -

EYS

4n

FAD

To ninke a fyne white /tyse. Take n
<,aantity of rose water and a peece of tine
•ugar, and boil yt in a porenger on a
«hating-disli of 'coles, and so indore
anything; after yt is baked, as niarch-
paue, floreiidin, kecslio, or any such
like foresayd disli, and put yt presently
in the oren againe, xnd yt will be a
white ei/»e ; but you must not let yt
tarry too long in the oven, for then yt
will loose the colour and shrincke.
MS. Cookery Receipts, beg. ofl6lh cent.

(2) Ease. Eysementet, conre-

niences.
F.YSTER, s. An oyster.
Eyte, 8. Eight. Eytende, the

eighth.
Eytendelk, «. Half a bushel, or

the eighth part of a coomb.

Pr. P. Compare aghendole.
Eyth, adv. (A.-S.) Easy ; easily.
Ejenen, s. Eyes.
EjEVER, adv. Ever. Audelny.

Fa, (1) ». A foe.

(2) adv. Very fast. North.

(3) adj. Few.

Fa BBiN, /?ar/. a. Flattering. North.
Fable, s. (^A.-N.) Idle talk.
Fabrtcature, s. (Lat.) Making.
Fabrick-lands, 8. Lands given

for the building, or repair, of

churches.
Fa BURDEN, at^'. High sounding.

Ue eondemneth all mens knowledge
but his owne, raising up a method of
experience with (mirabile, miraculoso,
stupendo and such fabiirthen words, as
Tierovaiiti doth) above all the learned
Galienists of Italic, or Europe.

Lodge's Wits Miserie, 1596.

Facche, v. To fetch.
Face, (1) ». To brag ; to rail at any
one ; to browl)eat.

(2) 8. Harm ; consequence.

(3) V. A term at primero, to
stand boldly upon a card. Hence
the phrase to face it with a card
cf ten, to face anything out by
luere impudence.

Faced-card.s. a court-card. nV«/.
Facer, ». (1) An impudent fellow;

a boaster.

(2) A bumper of wine.
Facete, adj. (Lat.) Choice; fine.
Fachon, 9. A falchion, or sword.
Fachub, v. To grow like in fea-

ture. West.
Faces. By my faith ! Devon.
Faconde, \adj. (A.-N.) Elo-

rACONDious, J quent.
Facrere, s. Dissimulation. Gower.
Faculte, 8. {Lat.) Quickness.
Fad, (1) *. A truss of straw. Var. d.

(2) 8. A whim. Wano. Faddy,
frivolous. West. Finniking. Leic.

(3) t. To be busy with trifles.
Line.

(4) «. One who is difficult to
please in trifles.

(5) adj. Fashioned. North.

(6) 8. A coloured ball. Line.
Faddle, (1) V. To cherish ; to dan-
dle. Faddler, a fondler, one who
spoils children.

(2) 8. A pack, or bundle. West.
Yadk, {I) adj. (A.-N.) Sorrowful;
sad.

(2) adj. {A..N.) Dirty; dis-
gusting,

(3) adj. The decayed part of
cheese. Chesh.

(4) adj. Powerful; strong.

(5) V. To vanish. Shaiesp.
Faded, part. p. Decayed. North.
Fadge, (1) V. {A.-S.) To fare; to

fit ; to agree ; to succeed. " It
will not fadge." Almanack, 1615.

I will be plaine, he waxt too prowd, and

plotted higher drifts
Than fitt him oxfadged well.

Warner's Albions England, 1592.
Though now, if gold but lacke in graines,
the w&i(&a%fudgelh not. lb.

Well, sir, how fadges the new design ?
have you not the luck of all your brother
projectors, to deceive only your self at
last. Wgckerleg, Cotuitnj W\fe, 1688.

(2) 8. A small flat loaf, or thick
cake.

(3) V. To beat, or thraih.

FAD

435

FAI

(4) «, A bundle ; a fagot. North.

(5) *. An irregular pace. North.

(6) «. A sack, or pack-sheet,
loosely filled. Midi. C.

Fadgee, v. To fag. Devon.

Fadgy, adj. Corpulent. North.

Fading, s. The burthen of an
Irish song, and the name of a
dance ; often used as a general
term for a burthen for a song.

George, I will have liim dance fading ;
fading is a tine ji^', I'll assure you, gen-
tlemen.

B. ^ Fl., Knight of B. Pestle, iv, 1.

Not one amongst a hundred will fall.
But uuder her coats the ball will be found,
With a. fading, &.C.
Bird in a Cage, 0. PI., viii, 263.

^' Is. (^.-5)
)M, J ^ ''

A fathom.

Fadme,

KADOM,

Fadoodle, v. Futuere. Dekker.
Faed, part. p. Faded. Towneley

Myst.
Faegang, s. A gang of beggars.

North. See Faw.
Faerie, s. (A.-N.) The work or

country of fairies ; enchantment.
Faff, v. To move violently. North.

"/'"a^yn^wordes," violent, strong

language. Document of 29 Hen.

VIII.
Faffle, v. (1) To stammer.

(2) To saunter, or trifle; to

fumble.
Faft, part. p. Fought.
Fag, (1) V. To beat, or thrash.

(2) s. A knot in cloth.

(3) s. A sheep-tick. Line.

(4) 8. The paunch. East. "Fatte
fagge. Frossula." Huloet.

(5) 8. Long coarse grass. North-
ampt. A field in wliich it grows
is said to h&faggy.

(6) V. To ravel or fringe out.
Northampt.

Fagary, *. A vagary. Hall.
Fage, (1) V. {A.-S.) To deceive by
flattery or falsehood.

(2) 8. Deceit, flattery.

(3) ». A fable ; a merry tale.

Fagging, ». Reaping the stubble

with a short scythe. West.
Faggs, adv. Gladly. Kent.
FAGU,pret. t. Fought. Weber.
Fagioli, 8. (Ital.) French beans.
Fagot, (1) v. To cut, or tie up

fagots.

(2) 8. A contemptuous term for

a woman.
Faigh, 8. Kefuse soil, or stones.

North.
Faightest, adj. (A.-S.) Most

happy.
Fail, (1)«. Failure ; fault. Shakesp.

(2) V. To come to an end.

(3) p. (A.-N.) To deceive.
(4)*. A woman's upper garment.

Fain, (1) {A.-S.fiegn.) adj. Glad;
earnest.

(2) adv. Gladly.
'(3) V. To be willing, or ready.

(4) V. To be obliged to do any-
thing.

Faine, v. (A.-N.) To feign.
Faint, v. To fade. Var. d.
Fainty, adj. Languid. Glouc.
Fair, (1) s. (^.-5.) Fairness;
beauty.

The lovely lillie, that faire flower for beautie

past compare.
Whom winter's coldkeene breath hath kill'il,

and blasted all her faire.

Mirror for Mag., Ind. to Winter's X.

Some veil I wot, and of that some full

many,
Wisht or my faire, or their desire were

lesse. Lodge's Glaucus ^ Silla.

(2) V. To make fair. Shakesp.

(3) adj. Level, or parallel, said
of a wall, &c. Line.

(4) A fairing. North. "A day
after the faire," too late.

{b) adv. Evidently; manifestly.
North.

(6) V. To give symptoms of.
Hall.

(7) adj. Soft or slow. Westm.

(8) 8. A great roe-buck. Blome.
Fair-death, 8. A natural death.

East.
Faireiiede, s. {A.-S.) Beauty.

FAI

436

FAL

Faikfallen, adj. Good, honest.

North.
Fairish, adj. Tolerably good.
Fairly, adv. Softly. North.
Fair-maid, s. A dried pilchard.

Devon.
Fairre, adj. More fair. Will.

Werw.
Fair-tro-days,». Daylight. North.
Fairy, s. A weasel. Devon.
Fairy-butter, s. (1) A fungous

excrescence, found about the

roots of old trees.

(2) A species of tremella found

on furze and broom.
Fairy-dart, *. A popular name

for ancient flint arrow-heads,

which weresupposed to be thrown

by fairies.
Fairy-groats, s. An old country

word for ancient coins.

Fairy-loaves, T x- -i i • •
>s. Fossil echinL

FAIRY-FACES, J

Fairy-money, s. Found treasure.

Fairy-pipes, s. Small old tobacco-
pipes, frequently found in dif-
ferent parts of England.

Fairy-sparks. Phosphoric light
seen in the nighttime.

Faiten, ». (^.-iV.) To flatter; to
deceive ; to idle; to beg. Faiterie,
flattery, deception.

Faith, v. To give credit to.

Faithly, adv. Truly ; properly.

Faitotjr, *. {A.-N.) A deceiver ; a
flatterer ; a vagrant ; an idle lazy
fellow ; a scoundrel.

Fake, v. To thrust ginger into a
horse's tail tomake him sprightly.
East.

Falbeloe, s. An article of dress.

A street there is thro' Britain's isle le-

nowii'd.
In upper llolborn, near St. Giles's pound,
To wliu'h unhappy Monmouth gave his

name.
The darling once of victory and fame:
Ten thousand habits liei'e "attract tlie eyes.
Garments of ev'iy colour, sort, and size;
The rags of peasants, and the spoils of

beaus,
Mix'dwith hoop-petticoats a^ni falbeloet;

Here Damon'» birth night suit to view dis-
play'd,
• Fills with new grief the taylor yet unpaid ;
There Cloe's nianlua liangs, of winds tha

sport.
In wliich ten winters since she grac'd the

court.
Here, on one hook, I oftentimes have seen
The warrior's sciurlet, and the footman'i

green ;
And near a broken gamester's old ro-

qu'laure,
The tatter'd pawn of some ill-fated whore ;
Hats, bonnets, scarves, sad arguments of

woe,
Beavroys and riding-hnods make up the

show. Aew Crazy Tales, 1783, p. 25.

Falcon, T «. A cannon of 2^ inch
faken, J bore,carrying a shot 21b.

weight.
Fald, *. A handspike. Coles.
Faldage, s. a right reserved by

the lord to set up folds for his

sheep in the fields of his tenants.

/'aW^ee,acompositionpaid by the

tenants in lieu of this service.
Falde, v. To fold ; to embrace.
Faldered, adj. Fatigued. Line.
Falding, s. a sort ot rough cloth.
Faldore, s. a trap-door.
Faldstool, s. A portable seat like

a camp-stool.
Fale, (1) ». A pustule, or sore.

North.

(2) Wet marshy land. Line.
Faleweden, pret. t. Fallowed.
FALKY,arf;. Long-stemmed. Comw.
Fall, (1) v. To strike down, or

make to fall. East.

(2) part. p. Fallen.

f3) 8. .\ falling-band, or Vandyke.

(4) s. Yeaning of lambs. North.

(5) s. The time of cutting tim-
ber. Sussex.

(6) v. To befall ; to happen.

(7) To try a fall, to wrestle.
Fall back, fall edge, at all adven-
tures. 2'o fall in hand, to meet
with or meddle. To fall out, or
by the ears, to quan el. To fall
through, to be abandoned. Fall
of the year, autumn.

Fallal, adj. Meretriciout. Shropsh.

TAL

437

FAM

*ALLALS, *. Gay ornaments ; pro-
perly, tlie falling ruffs of a wo-
man's dress.

Falland-evyl, *. The falling
sickness.

Fallas, s. (^A.-N.) Deceit ; fallacy.

Falle, 8. A mouse-trap. Pr. P.

VshhEfi, part.p. Slaked. Craven.

Fallen-wool, s. Wool of a sheep
killed by accident or disease.
North.

Fallera,*. a disease in hawks, in
which their claws turn white.

Fall-gate, s. A gate across a
public road. Norf.

Falling-band, Is. A neck-band
pall, /falling on the

shoulders, and separated before ;
afterwards called a Vandyke.

So, poke my ruff no«-. My gown, my

sown! have I my fall, wlicre's my/aM,

lloger? 0. Pi., iii, 281.

Nay, lie doth weare an embleme 'bout his

ueck ;
For under tliat fayre ruffe so sprucely set
Appears a fall, afaViuff-baiid, forsooth !

Marston, Sat. iii, p. 148.

Falling-down, s. The epilepsy.
Fallow-field, «. A common.

Glouc.
Fallowforth, s. a waterfall.

Line.
Fallow-hay, s. Hay grown upon

a fallow. North.
Fallows, s. Tlie strakes of a cart.

West. "Fallowes or straikes of a

carte. Viclus." Huloet.
Fallow-smilde, «. The whestern.

Northampt.
Fallow-smiter, «. The clotbird or

arling. Warw.
Falls, s. The divisions of a large

arable field attached to a village.

North.
Falowe, "1 V. {A.-S.) To turn pale

FALWE, J or yellow.
Falsary, s. {Lai.) A liar.
Falsdom, 8. (A.-S.) Falsehood.
False, (1) adj. Obstinate ; wanting

spirit.

(2) adj. Sly ; canning ; deceitful.

(3) adj. Forsworn; perjured.

(4) V. To falsify ; to deceive.

(5) V. To wheedle ; to flatter.
False-blows, s. Tlie male blossomi

of the melon and encumber. Eaxt.

False-bray, *. (Fr.) A counter-
breastwork.

Falsehed, «. (A.-S.) Falsehood.

False-point, s. A stratagem.

FALSE-auARTERS, 8. A sorcncss
inside the hoofs of horses.

Falser, adj. False. Jonson.

Falsor, 8. A deceiver.

Falste, s. (A.-N.) Falseness.

Falter, v. To thrash barley in the
ciiafF. Faltering-irons, a barley-
chopper. Line.

Faltered, part. p. Dishevelled.
North.

Falwe, adj. Yellow.

Falwes, 8. (1) Fallow lands.
(2) New-ploughed fields. Pr. P.

Falx, 8. A term in wrestling.

Or by the girdles graspt, they practise with

the hip,
The forward, backward, falx, the mare,

the turne, the trip.

Drayton, Tolyolhion, Song i.

Falyf, adj. Fallow.
Fam. C^on my /am, upon my faith.
Famation, 8. Defamation.
Famble, v. To stutter, or murmur

inarticulately. Line.
Famble-crop, 8. The first stomach

in ruminating animals. East.
Fambles, 8. Hands. An old cant

term.
Fame, (1) a. (A.-S.) Foam.

(2) V. To defame.

(3) 8. A surgeon's lancet. Line.
Famelick, adj. Domestic.

Why thou lookst as like a married-mHii
already, with as grave a fatlierly_/a»«r-
lick couutenance as ever I saw.

Otimij, The Atheist, 1684.

Famen, (1) *. (A.-S.) Foes; foe-
men.
(2) V. To famish.

Famile, v. To be famished. Warw.

Familiar, ». The spirit attendant
upon a witch or conjurer.

FAM

138

FAR

FvMiLous, adj. Domestic. North.
Famose^ v. To celebrate. Shakesp.

The Clivna monarch is that same great
cam wliich M. P. Venctus and Mande-
Tile afore liira \iaye fnmousrd.

Herbert'! TrateU, 1638.

Pamular, adj. {Lot.) Domestic.
Fax, (1) V. To tease, or banter ; to
beat. Sussex.

(2) V. To winnow corn. Var. d.

(3) V. To stir about briskly.
Line.

(4) part. p. Found ; felt. Cuml).
Fancical, adj. Fanciful. West.
Fancies, s. Light ballads, or airs.

Shakesp.
Fancy, (I) Lo\e. Fancy-free, tree
from love.

Fair Helena in fanct/ following me.

Shakes^., MitU. N. I)., iv, 1.

(2) t. A riband, the prize for

dancers. Cumb.
lAST>,pret. t. Found.
Fande, v. To try. See Fonde.
Fane, s. (1) a weathercock; a

vane.

(2) {A.-S.) A banner. A fane of
a ship, was probably the banner
or vane at the head of the mast.

(3) The white flower-de-luce.
Gerard,

(4) Foes ; enemies.
Faner, «. A winnower. Lt/dg.
FANFECKLED,flrf;. Freckled. North.
Fang. (1) s. A fin. East. A claw.

North.

(2) V. To grasp, or clench.

(3) V. To be godfather or god-
mother to a child. Somerset.

(4) V. To bind; to strangle.
WUts.

Fangast, adj. Fit for marriage.

An old N jrfolk word.
Fange, «7. (^.-S.) To catch, or take

hold of. Fanger, a receiver.
Fangle, v. {A.-S.) To trifle, or toy.

Fangled, trifling.

A hatred iof angles and the French fooleries
•f his time. Wood'* Alhena, col II, 456.

A book? O rareune!
Be not, u is ayxt fatigled world, a garment
Nobler than that it covers. Sh., Cymh., v, 4.

Fangs, a. The roots of a tree. Line.

FANNAND,/>ar/. a. Flowing. Ga-
wayne.

Fannel, ] 8. (A.-N.) A priest's
FANON, J maniple.

Fanom-water, *. The discharge
from the sores of cattle. Warw.

Fanset, 8. A faucet. Suffolk.

Fansome, adj. Kind; fondling.
Cumb.

Fantasie, s. (A.-N.) Fancy.

Fantastico, s. (Ital.) A coxcomb.

Fanteague, *. (1) A hustle.
(2) Ill-humour. Var. d.

Fantickles, 8. Freckles. Yorksh.

Fantodds, *. Indisposition. Leic.

Fantome, (1) adj. Faint; weak.
Fantome-flesh, flesh that hangs
loosely on the bone. Fantome-
corn, light corn.
(2) Vanity.

Fantomysliche, adj. Visionary.
Chron. Vil.

Fantony, adj. {A.-N.) Deceitful.

Fantyse, 8. Deceit. See Fagntue.

Fap, adj. Drunk ; tipsy. Shakesp.

Fapes, s. Gooseberries. East.

Far, adv. Farther. North. FUbefar
if I do, I will not.

Farand, part. a. Going ; faring.
Farand-man, a traveller or itine-
rant merchant. lU-farand, bad-
looking. Farantlg, orderly,
comely, good-natured, neat.
Norih.

Far-away, adv. By far. North.

Far-by, prep. Compared with.
North.

Farce, v. (1) (Fr.) To stuff; to
fill.

Farcing liis letter with like fustian, call.
ing his own court our most happy ant'
shining port, a port of rctnge for the
world. Sandys' Travels, p. 47.

(2) To paint.
Farcion, s. The farcv.
Fard, (1) V. (Jr.) To paint th«

face.

FAR

43!^

FAR

(2) «. A colour.

(3) adj. Afraid.
Far-death, ». Natural death. Etut.
Fardel, (1) «. A burthen.

(2) V. To pack up.
Fardingal, s. See Farthingale.
Fardingale. s. The fourth part of

an acre. Wilts. The old form is

farding-deal.
Fardredeal, g. {Fr.) An impedi-

ment.
Fare, (1) ». {A.-S.) To go; to

cause to go. Fam, gone,

(2) s. (A.-S.) A journey ; course.

(3) r. To approach. North.

(4) e. To eat ; to live. North.

(5) 8. Unusual display; enter*
tainment.

(6) g. Adventure; onset.

(7) g. Business.

(8) V. To appear; to seem. SuJ^.

(9) V. To resemble, or act like
another.

(10) «. Conduct, or behaviour;
countenance, or face. North.

(11) «. A litter of pigs; the trace
of a hare,

(12) g. A game with dice,

(13) », To ache, or tlirob. North.

(14) «. A boast. Faremakere, a

boaster, Pr. P.
Fareings, t. Feelings ; symptoms.

Eagt.
Fareweel, *. A relish. North.
Far-fet, part. p. Far-fetched,

Somerset.
Far-forthe, adv. {A.-S.) Far in

advance.
Farish-on, adj. (1) Advanced in

years.

(2) Nearly intoxicated. North.
Farl, g. An oat-cake. Nor'humb.
Farley, adv. Fairly ; plainly.
Farlies, «. Wonders. North. See

Ferly.
Fari.goper, I. An interloper.

West.
Farm, v. {A.-S.) To cleanse out.

Wegt.
Farme, «. {A.-S.) Food ; a meal.

Farmer, ». The eldest son of the
occupier of a farm, Suffolk.

Farmers'-day, «. The day of St.
Matthias, in some parts of the
country.

Farmery, s. An infirmary.

Farn-geare, «. Last year. Nor th-
umb.

Farntickles, g. Freckles. North.

Farr, v. To ache. North.

Farrand, (1) adj. Cunning, Litic.
(2) g. Manners; humour. North.

Farrel, s. The fourth part of a
circular oat-cake, divided by a
cross. North.

F.arren, *. Half an acre. West.

Farrendine, «. A sort of stuff.
If I were your wife, I must board half a
year with a friend in tlie country, tum-
ble al>out the other half in most viU
lainous hackneys, lye two pair of stairs
liigh, and wear llacL farrntdine tlie
whole year about.

Sedley, The ifulberry Garden, 1668.

Farroll, », The cover of a book.

Devon.
Farrisees, g. Fairies, East.
Farrow, «. A litter of pigs. East.
Farrow-cow, », A barren cow.

North.
Farrups, ». The devil. Yorkgh.
Farse, v. To stuff; to fill. See

Farce. Ears, stuffing.
Farset, g. A coffer,
Farst, adj. Farthest. Craven.
Farsure, s. Stuffing.
Fart, «. A Portugal fig. "Parte*

of Portingale, or other like sweie

conceites, Collyria." Huloet.
Farthell, s. See Fardel.
Farthing,*. Thirty acres, Comtp.
Farthingale, «, A hoop to swell

out the petticoat or gown, Shak.
She seems a medley of all ages,
Withaliuge/ar/Ai«^ai<;tosweU her fustiua

stuff,
A new commode, a topknot, and a ruff.

Sm/t.

Farthing-bound, adj. Costive.

East.
Farthings, g. Flattened peas.

West.

FAR

440

FAU

Far-weltered, adj. Cast, as a

sheep. Line.
Fas, i. A porridge-pot. Line.
Fascinate, adj. {Lat.") Charmed.
Fase, s. Foes.

Fasguntide, s. Shrove-tide. Norf.
Fash, (1) s. (Fr.) Trouble; anxiety;

weariness. North. Fashions,

troublesome.

(2) V. (Fr.) To trouble; toannov.

(3) s. {A.-S.) A fringe.

(4) s. The tops of turnips, &c.
Lane.

(3) adj. Rough, applied to metal.

North.
Fashery, s. Over-niceness. Cumb.
Fashion, (1) «. State of health.

(2) V. To presume.

(3)s. The farcy in horses. Wilis.
Fashous, adj. Shameful. Chesh.
Fasil, v. (1) To ravel, as silk.

(2) To dawdle. Line.
F\sswE, part. J}. StuflFed.
Fassings, *. Hanging fibres of

roots. Lane.
Fassis, s. Tassels. Hall.
Fassy, s. The farcy. " Farsye or

fassj/e, which is a sore upon a

beast or horse. Petimen." Huloet.
Fast, (1) adj. (A.-S.) Sure; firm.

(2) adj. Very near; intimate. Line.

(3) «. A dish in ancient cookery,
composed of eggs, pigeons, and
onions.

(4) adj. Full ; busy. North.

(5) adv. Liberally.

(6) s. The understratum. West.

(7) adj. In use; not to be had.
East.

Fast-and-loose,*. (1) a cheating

game, played with a stick and a

belt or string.

(2) The game of prison-bars.

Notf.
Fast-by, adv. Very near.
Faste, v. {A..S.)' To fasten; to

marry.
Fasten, ». To seize; to detain.

Fastening -penny, earnest nionev.

North,

Fastens, s. Slirove-Tiiesday ;

called also Fastens-Tuesday.
Fastidious, adj. (Lat.) Lofty ;

proud.

Huge temples of idolatry, tlie mines of
above a hundred (once lofty infastidiota
turrets) to tbis dav renviiiiin?.

Herbert's Travels, 16S8.

Shrovetide.

Fastingonge, 1
fastgonge, j
Fastner, *. A warrant. Grose.
Fasyl, s. a flaw in cloth.
Fat, (1) s. {A.-S. feet.) A vat; a
vessel in general.

(2) s. Eight bushe's of grain.

(3) V. To fetch. Var. d

(4) V. To fatten. Line.
Patch, s. Thatch ; vetches. West.
Fatched, adj. Perplexed. North.
Fatheaded, adj. Stupid.
Fat-hen, s. The wild orache.
Father-johxson,s. A schoolboy's

term for the finis or end of a book.
Father-longlegs, *. The insect

otherwise called Harry-longlegs.
Fathom, s. Full growth. East.
Fatidical, adj. {Lat.) Prophetic.
Fatigate, adf. (Lat.) Fatigued.
Fatness, s. Marrow ; grease. Line.
Fat-sagg, adj. Hanging with fat.

Huloet.
Fat-shag, s. Bacon. East.
Fatters, 8. Tatters. Craven.
Fattin,*. a small quantity. North.
Fattle, s. a schoolboy's terra, for

a beat to jump from. Line.
Fauchon, "1 s. (A.-N.) A sword, or

faucon, /falchion.
Faud, *. A fold. North.
Fauf, s. Fallow land. North.
Faught, (1) ». To want, or fail.

North.

{2) part. p. Fetched. West.
Faukun-ramage, s. a ramage

hawk.
Faul, s. a farm-yard. Cumb.
Faulkning, *. Hawking. Florio.
Fault, (l)s. Misfortune. Shakesp.

(2) V, To see, smell, or scent.

Ea$t.

FAU

441

FEA

FArN, (1) t. {A.-N.) A floodgate.
{2) part. p. Fallen. Var. d.

Faunge, t>. To take. See Fange.

Faunte, s. {A.-N.) a child, or in-
fant. Fauntekyn, a small child.
Faunleltee, childishness,

Faured, /;ar/.^. Favoured. North.

Facse. The North-country form of
false,

Fausen, (1) adj. False; sly.

(2)s. A large eel. "An eele. Apiid
eosdem praegrandis, a/ausen eele,
minima, a grigge, media, a scaf-
fling dicitur." Nomenclator.

Fausoned, part. p. Fashioned.
Gower.

Faut, v. To find out. Eatt.

Faute, s. {A.-N.) Fault; want.

Fautor, 8. {Lat.)^ .\a aider ; a sup-
porter.

Fautv, adj. Decayed. North.

Favel, (1) s. {A.-N.) Cajolery;
flattery ; deceit.

(2) adj. (A.-N.) Fallow, or dun
coloured.

Faverel, s. An onion. Line.

Faverole, g. The plant water-
dragon,

Faverous, adj. Beautiful.

Favour, (1)«. Look ; countenance.
Favourable, beautiful.
(2) V. To resemble in counte-
nance.

Favours, s. Love-locks.

Faw, (1) s. An itinerant tinker,
potter, &c. Faw-gang, a gang of
faws. Cumb.
(2)t). To take, or receive. North.

Fawchyn, v. To cut with a sword.

Fawd,». a bundle of straw. Cumb.

Fawdyne, s. a notary.

Fa WE, (1) adj. (^.-S.)'Glad; gladly.

(2) adj. {A.-S.) Variegated.

(3) *. Enmity.

Fawn,(1)». " a bucke the first yeare
is Bi/awne." Retumejrom Par-
nasxua, 1606.
(2) part. p. Fallen. North.

Fawne, adj. Fain ; glad. Pr, P.

Fawney, «, A ring, Grose

Faws, s. A fox. North.
Fawter, v. To thrash barley.

N^orih.
Fax, 8. (A.-S.) The hair. Fazed,

hairy.

And here hondea bomiden at her bakke
I'ulle bittyrly thnune,
Aiid sclioveu of her /hjc
And alle her fayre hrrdes.

MS. Coll., Calig., A, ii

Faxed-star, s. a comet. Cumb.
Faxwax, s. The tendon of the

neck.
Fay, (1) «. {A.-N.) A fairv.

(2) 8. {A.-N.) Faith ; truth.

{Z) adj. {A.-S.) Doomed or fated

to die.

(4) V. To prosper ; to succeed ;
to work or act well. South.

(5) V. To cleanse. East.
Fayer, adj. Fair.

Fayle, v. {A.-S.) To lose; to

want.
Fayles,*. An old game resembling

backgammon.
Fayllard, adj. (A.-N.) Deceitful.
Fayly, (1) ». f^A.-N) To fail.

(2) 8. {A.-N.) A traitor.
Fayne, (1) ». To sing. Skelton.

(2) 8. A vein.
Fayner, 8. A flatterer.
Faynes, 8. Gladness.
Fayntyse, 8. {A.-N.) Deceit ;

treachery.
Fayrv, s. {A.-N.) Magic; illusion.
FAYssED,/>ar/. ;;. Feasted. Monas-
tic Letters, p. 157,
Fayte, (1) r. (^.-iV.) To deceive;

to betray.

(2) s. A fact; a deed.
Faythely, "1 arff. Certainly; truly;

FAJLICHE, J in faith.
Faytor, 8. A fortune-teller.
Faytours-grees, s. The plant

spurge. Pr. P.
Fazoun, s. Fashion.
Feaberries, 1 ». Gooseberries;
feapberries, J still caWtd feabes

in Suffolk,
Feacigate, a^/'. Impudent. North.

FEA

442

FRA

Feage, ». To whip, or beat. JVest.
Feague, (1) V. To beat ; to whip;
to drive.

You hell-cat, with yonr ho^g;s face, I'le
%Q feague you w itli tins f:iggot-stick.

Rntt, 'I'he Tutcu Shifts,l6Tl.
1 love to be merry sometimes ; but wlien
a knottjr poiut comes, I lay my head
close to it, with a snuff box in my hand,
and then 1/egue it away, i' faith.

The Eekeartal, 1675.
Heark ye, ye currs, keep off from snap-
ping at my heels, or I shall so feaguf ye.
Otwaij, Soldier's Fortune, 1681.

(2) P. To 1)6 perplexed. Line.

(3) g. A sluttish person. North.
Feak, (1) «. A sharp twitch, or

pull. fFest.

(2) V. To fidget; to be busied
about trifles. Yorfcsh.

(3) ». A flutter. Line.

(4) V. To wipe the beak after
feeding, a term in hawking.

(5) «. A curl or lock of the hair ?
Can set his face, and with his eye can

speake,
Anu dally with his mistres' dangling /«aX-c^,
And wish that he were it, to kisse her eye.
And flare about her beauties deilie.

Mariton, Sat., 1, repr.,p. 138.

Fkal, (1) adj. {A.-N.) Faithful;

loyal.

(2 ) V. To hide. North.
Fkald, pari. p. Defiled.
I'kam, *. A horse-load. East.
Fkamality, «. Effeminacy, Taylor.
Feant, g. A fi>ol. North.
Fear, ». (1) To terrify.

(2) To feel ; to seem. East.
Feard, adj. Afraid.
Feare-babes, g. A bugbear, to

terrify children; a vain terror.

As for their sliewes and words, they are

hut feare-babes, not « orthy once to move

a worthy man's conceit.

femir. Are., p. 299.

Fearfol, a<7/- Dreadful; causing

fear.
Fearle, «. A prize ?

By just descent these two my parent* were,
hi which the one of knighthood bare the

fearle.
Of womanhood the other was the pearle.
Mirr.for Mag., p. 273.

Fearlot, g. The eighth part of a
bushel.

Fearn, «. A windlass. Line.

YEAB.s,adj. Fierce, //eywoorf, 1556.

Feart-sprank, g. A large parcel.
Berks.

Feasetraw, *. A pin used to point
at the letters, in leaching children
to read. Flono.

Feasils, «. Kidney beans. Wegt.

Feasting-pknny, g. Earnest
money. North.

Feasting-s-even, «. Shrove Tues-
day evening.

The castle of Roxburgh was taken by
Sir James Rrm glas on Ffoitings-eren.
Holinsh., Uitt. of Scotl, sign. U 5.

Feat, ( 1 ) arf;. Neat; clever. Feat-
ish, neat, prop^ West. Featly,
neatly, de.\terously. North. Feat-
nesg, dexterity. Featoug, ele-
gant,

(2) V. To make neat.
('i) adj. Large in quantity. Line.
(4) adj. Nasty tasie<l. Berkg.

Feather, (1) ». To bring a hedge
or stack gradually to a summit.
Wegt.

(2) s. Hair. Var. dial.

(3) V. To tread, as a cock.
Feather-bog, g. A quagmire.

Cornw.
Feather edged, adj. A stone

thicker at one edge than the

other. North.
Featherfold, "I ». The plant
featherfowl, J feverfew. West.
FEATHERHEELED,arf;. Lighthecled;

ga.v.
Feather-pie, «. An arrangement

of feathers on the ground to scare

birds. East.
Featlet, *. Four pounds of butter.

Cumb.
Feausan, g. Taste, or moisture.

Feauganfuzzen, a very strong

taste. North.
Feadte,* (A.-N.) Fealty; fidelity.
Feaze, (1) r. {Fr. faiger.) To

cause.

FEB

443

FEO

Those eagrer impes whom food-vaiit
fatz'd lo fight aiiiaiiie.

Mirror for Magist., p. 480.

(2) r. To settle, or finisli a person.

Well! — has given me my guietua est; I

felt liim
In my small guts; Vm sure 'hnsfrfz'dme.
ruiiers. The Chaucer, 1692.

(3) V. To harass ; to teaze ; to
loiter. West.

(4) V. To sneeze. Line,

(5) a. The short run hefore leap-
ing. " To fetch his race, orfeese,
to leape the better." Hollyband's
Dicttonarie, 1593.

(6) r. To untwist the end of a
rope.

Feble, a(lj. {A.-N.) Weak ; poor.

Feblesse, weakness.
Fecche, r. {A.-S.) To fetch
Fech, g. Vetches.
Feck, (1) v. To kick, or plunge.

North.

(2) s. Might ; activity. Feckful,

strong, active. Feckless, weak,

feeble. North.

(3)». Many; plenty; the greatest

part. Feckly, mostly. North.

(4) ». A piece of iron used by

miners in blasting.
Feckins. By my feckms, by my

faith.
Fedbed, 8. A featherbed. Line.
Fkt>de, pret. t. Fought.
Fede, (1) V. (A.-S.) To feed.

(2) g. Sport ; play. Line.
Fedeme, s. {A.-S.) a fathom.
Federary, s. An accomplice.
Federyne, v. To fetter. Pr. P.

Fedryd, fettered.
Fedew, g. A feather.
Fedrus, g. Fetters.
Fkdyle, v. To fidille.
Fee, (1) t.{A.-S.) Property; money;

fee.

(2) g. An annual salary, or re-
ward.

Two liveries will I sive thee every year,
And forty crowns shall be thy /e«.

George a Greene, O. x\., iii, 47.

(3) V. To winnow com. North.

Feeag, v. To encumber. Cvmb.
Feeal, g. Woe ; soiTow. North.
Feeble, r. To enfeeble. Palsgrave
Fee-bdck, g.

None come to see and to be seen ; non«

hcares.
My lords fce-^ici closet h lioth eye« and

eares. Carixright't toewu, 1651.

Feed, (1) «. Food.

(2) V. To grow fat, or corpulent.

(3) v. To give suck.

(4) V. To arouse with talking or
reading.

Feeder, *. A servant. Shakesp.
Feeders, ». Fatting cattle. North.
Feeding, ». Pasture ; grazing land.
Feeding-storm, ». A constant

snow. North.
Feeding-time, g. Genial weather.

North.
Feed-the-dove, g. A Christmas

game.

Tonng men and maidens, now.
At "feed the dote" (with laurel leaf io

mouth)
Or "blind-man's buff" or "hunt the «Kp-

per " play.
Replete with glee. Some, haply, cards

adopt. Ckr'Mmas, a Poem, 179S.

Feel, v. To perceive. North.
Feeldy, adj. Grassy. Wickliffe.
Feelth, g. Feeling. TJ'anr.
Feer, {l)adj. {A.-N.) Fierce.

(2) s. Fire.

(3) To take a feer, to run a
little way back for the better ad-
vantage of leaping.

Feebfuns-een,*. Shrovetide. Zone.
Feese. See Feaze.
Feet, g. {A.-N.) A deed, or fact.
Feff, v. To obtrude, or overreach

in buying or selling. Essex.
Feffe, V. {A.-N.) To enfeoff; to

present. fe/f<?»wen/. enfeoffment.
Feft, (1) ». To put off or dispose

of wares. Essex.

(2) part. p. Urged on or en«

couraged to fight.
Feg, (1) ffrf/. Fair; clean. North.

(2) r. To flag ; to tire. North.

{Z) g. Rough dead grass. Wegt.

FEG

444

FEL

Fegary, s. a vagrary. East.

Pegger, adj. Fairer. Lane.

VzGs, interj. In faith! Sou/h.

Yv.H, g. (//.-5.) Property; money.

Feide, *. Feud.

Feigh, v. To level rubbish ; to
spread dung ; to dig foundations ;
to clean. Yorksh.

Feine, v. To sing with a low voice.

Feintise, s. (1) (^A.-N.) Dissimu-
lation.
(2) Weakness ; faintness.

Feire, «. (^A.-N.) A fair.

Feirschipe, «. Beauty. Lydg.

Feist, s. A puff-ball. Suff.

Feisty, adj. Fusty. East.

Feit, *. A paddock, or field. Line.

Feize, ». (1) To drive away. West.
(2) See Feage and Feague.

Fel, (1) adj. {A..S.) Crael; fierce.
{2)pref.t. Felt.

Felawrede, "Is. (A.-S.) Fellow-
felawshipe, J ship ; company.

Felch, s. a tame animal. Line.

Felde, (1) 8. (A.-S.) A field.

(2) V. To fold ; to embrace.

(3) V. To become weak or ill.
Line.

(4) pret. t. offele. Felt ; folded.

(5) pret. t. offelle. Felled.
Feldhasser, s. (A.-S.) A wild ass.
Feldman-wife, s. a female rustic.
Feldwod, 8. The plant baldmonv.
FELE,(l)a<f>.(^.-5.) Many. Feler,

more.

(2) V. (A.-S.) To feel ; to perceive.
"And whan the people felie the
smell therof." The Festyvall,
foL c.

(3)1;. To fulfil.
(4) r. To bide. See Feal.
Feleable, adj. Social. Pr. P.
Yelkd, pret. t. of fele. Felt.
Velki?olde,1), part. p. {A.-S.) Mul-
tiplied.
Fklette, 8. The fillet.

At the turnyng that tyme
The traytours hyni liilie
In thorowe ihe felettes.
And in the flawuke aftyre.

Morte Artkmr*.

Felf, «. The spoke of a wheel. Lime,
Felfare, 8. A fieldfare. West.
Felks, Is. Felloes of a wheel.

FELLicKS, J North.
Fell, (1) s. A hill, or mountain;
a moor; a wild uninclosed space.

(2) «. Low copse. Drayton.

(3) adj. Keen ; cruel. North.

(4) adj. Sharp; clever; crafty.
Nor>lh.

(b) 8. {A.-S.) A skin, or hide.

(6) V. To hem the inside of a seam.

(7 ) V. To finish the weaving of a
piece of cloth. Yorksh.

(8) V. To come round periodi-
cally. Essex.

(9) s. A mouse-trap. Pr. P.
Felle, v. {A.-S.) To fell; to kill.
Fellere, adj. {A.-S.) Purple.
Fellet, 8. A portion of wood cut

annually in a forest. Glouc.
YEhLica, adv. {A.-S.) Felly; cruelly.
Fellish, adj. Fierce.

Never was wild boar more fellish.
Though the wine did smally relish.

Drunken Bamahy.

Fellmonger, s. a dealer in skins.

FELL0N,(l)arf;. Sharp; keen. iVorM.
(2) 8. A disease in cows ; a cuta-
neous eruption. North.

Fellon-wood, 8. Bitter-sweet.

Fellow, s. A companion ; a friend.

Fellowship, s. A tete-a-tete. Line.

Felly, (1) adv. {A.-S.) Fiercely.
(2) V. To break up a fallow.
North.

Felon, ». A sore, or whitlow.

Felonie, 8. {A.-N.) Wickedness.

Feloun, 1 adj. {A.-N.) Wicked ;
felon, [cruel. Felonoiis,viicV.ed.
Felonliche, wickedly.

Fels, «. Felloes of a wheel. North.

Felsh, v. To renovate a hat. Line.

Felt, (1) «. A hat.

"We soone tnrnd our backes on this
place, and had as soone espied many
haberdashers that had fells of many
fashions, but none that would fit this
foresaid bare-lieaded tall man : marry,
for Momisieur Mony, if he came him-
telfe, (for ao they answered ui *t lh«

FEL

445

FEB

tnqniry after him) he should have rhoise

of -Any fells of wlial fashion or blocke it
might be liis pleasure to wejire.

RoviUy, Search for Money, 1609.

(2) 9. A hide; a coarse cloth.

Ci-aven.

{3) part. p. ConcealecL North.

(4) s. A thick matted growth of

weeds. East.
Felter, v. To entangle. North.
Feltrike, «. The small centaury.

Pr.P.
Felwet, s. Velvet.
Fel-wisdome, 8. Craftiness.
Felwort, *. The herb baldmony.
Felyole, Is. A finial, or small
fvlyole, J pinnarle ?

Your curl nines of camaca, all in folde,

\o\XT feli/oUi all of golde.

Squyr of Lowe Vegri, 836.

Female-hems, «. Wild hemp. Line.

Feme, v. To foam.

Femei-, s. (1) A female.

(2) {A.-N.) A young family.

Femer, adj. Slender. North.

Femerel, s. a sort of turret on the
roof of a hall or kitchen, which
allowed the smoke to escape
without admitting the rain.

Femine, adj. Female. Brome.

FEMiNiTii, s. (A.-N.) Womanhood.

Fen, (1) 8. (A.-S.) \fud ; mire.
(2) V. To do anything cleverly.
North.

Fenauxce, *. (A.-N) Forfeiture.

Fen-berry, »• The cranberry.
North.

Fence, {I) v. To keep out any-
thing. East.
(2) 8. Offence.
(.3) 8. Defence.

(4) s. Armour, or anything de-
fensive.

Fence-month, *. The month in
wliich deer fawn.

Fen-cricket, s. A kind of small
beetle. Line.

Fend, (1) s. (A.-S.) A fiend; the
devil. Fendliche, devilish.

(2) V. To defend.

(3) r. To provide for or support.

generally to do so with difficulty.

" He must fend for himself as

well as he can."

(4) 8. A livelihood.
Fendable, adj. Industrious. Line.
Fender, s. One who defends, or

protects.
Fendy, adj. Thrifty. Cumb.
Feneboiles, *. A sort of pottage.
Fenecel,
fenekele, \s. Fennel.

fenkelle,
Fenestral, s. (A.-N.) A small

window.
Fenestre, s. (A.-N.) A window.
To a fenestre than Gy is jjOi
Biheld the tastel, the tour also.

Gy of Warmke, p. 13.

Feng, pret. t. oifange. Caught.
Fen-nightingale, *. A frog. East.
Fenny, adj. (A.-S.fennig.) Mouldy.
Fenowed, adj. Mouldy.
Fensable, 8. Defensible.
FENS0ME,arf/. Neat; adroit. North.
Fensure, s. a fence. " Fence or

/ensure, Vallum." Huloet.
Fent, (1) s. Fear ; famtness. Cumb.

(2) V. To bind cloth.

(3) 8. The binding of any part of
the dress. Line.

(4) s. A crack, or flaw ; a rem-
nant, or odd piece. North.

(5) «,. .i pet. North.
Fen-thrush, s. The missel thrush.
Fenvern, *. Sage. Gerard.
Feo, s. (A.-S.) Fee ; inheritance.
Feodary, 8. One who held under

tenure of feudal service.
Feofe, 1 8. (A.-N.) To enfeoflF; to
FEOFFE, J entail.

For she tliat fayl'd to doe him right, did
feofe on liim the wronsj.

Warner's Albions England, 1592.

Feorne, adj. (A.-S.) Far; distant.
Feort, r. To fight. Devon.
Feorthe, adj. (A.-S.) The fourth.
Per, (1) adj. Fair.

(2) adj. Fierce.

(3) adj. Far. Ferrere, further.
Ferrest, furthest.

FEB

446

FEB

(4) 8. A fire.

(5) V. To throw. Somerset.

(6) V. To free pastures. Craven.
Feraunt, s. {A.'N.) An African

or Barbary lioise ; a word not
uncommon in the early romances.

Ferche, adj. (A.-N.) Fierce.

Ferd, {I) prei. t. of fare. Went.

(2) part. p. Terrified ; afraid.

(3) t. (A.-S.) A host, or army ;
a company.

(4) 8. Power ; force.

(5) adj. (A.-S.) The fourth.
Ferdegews, s. Some kinds of rich

or ornamental stuff. " In our

tricke ferdrgews." Roist. Boist.
Ferdelayke, s. {A.-S.) Fear.
Ferdness, 8. (A.-S.) Fright.
Ferdy, adj. Afraid.
Fkre, (1) 5. (A.-S.) A companion,

or wife. In fere, in company.

Feren, companions.
Warwicke auJ Mowntegew were slayn in

fere,
Kny^tes and gentilmeu, and other men

moo.
In alle tlivnzes, good Lonle, evorv tliv
wille be doo"^! MS. Bihl. Reg., 17 1)., xv.

(2) P. {A.-S) To frighten.

(3) adj. {A.-N.) Proud ; fierce ;
bold.

(4)arfp. Direct; downright. Zone.
Ferede, 8. Company. See Ferd.
Feres, adj. Fierce.
Feretory, *. (Lat.) A tomb, or

shrine.
Feriage, *. Boat or ferry hire.
Feridge, s. a common sort of

gingerbread usually bought at

fairs. Norf.
Ferie.s. {Lat.) A holyday, a week-
day.
FerIsher, *. A fairy. Suffolk.
Ferke, r. (1) To proceed; to

hasten.

(2) To fear.
Ferly, (1) s. A wonder.

(2) adj. Wonderful; strange.

(3) 8. A fault. North.
Fkrlyke, 8. A wonder.
Fermagie, ». {A.-N.) A medicine.

FsRif AIL, s. {A.-N.) A clasp, or

brooch.
Ferme, (1) 8. (A.-N.) A farm.

(2) V. To strengthen.

(3) adv. Firmly.

(4) V. To cl anse; to empty out.

(5) 8. A lodging house.
Fermeald, s. (A.-S.) A farm.
Fermerere, s. (Lat.) The officer

who had charge of the infirmary.

Fermorye, 8. An infirmary.

Feumysoxes, s. A hunting term,
the time in which the male deer
were closed, or not allowed to
be killed.

Ferne, adv. (I) (A.-S.) Before;
formerly. Femyere, in former
times.
(2) Far; distant.

Fern-freckled, adj. Freckled.

Fern-owl, *. The goatsucker.
Glouc.

Fern-web, s. A small beetle, in-
jurious to young apples. Weit.

Ferray, 8. A foray.

Ferrk, (1) adj. Fair.

(2) adv. (A -S.) Further.

(3) 8. A sort of caudle.
Ferre-daye, adv. (A.-S.) Late in

the day.

Ferrel, s. The frame of a slate.
See Forrel.

Ferren, adj. (A.-S.) Distant ;
foreign.

Ferrer, «. (1) A farrier. North.
(2) A barrel hooped with iron.

Ferrter, s. A fairy. Suffolk.

Ferrom, adj. Distant ; foreign.
" We folowede o ferrome." Morte
Arthure. We followed afar.

Ferry, s. A litter of pigs.

Ferry-whisk, «. Great bustle;
haste. Yorksk.

Fers, (1) adj. Fierce.

(2) 8. The queen at chess.

Fersse, adj. Fresh.

Fersted. Thirsted. See AJlrst.

Ferthe, adj. (A.-S.) The fourth.

Ferthyng, «. A farthing; any-
thing very small.

FER

447

FET

Fbrtrb, «. {j^.-N.) A bier; a

shrine.
Ferulary, adj. (^Lat.) Pertaining

to a rod

The difficulties which I have here set
downe, were by my peculiar affection to
this autlior, at last all overcome. 1 have
not herein bound mjselfe with a feru-
larie guperstitiun.

Fersius' Satyres, 1G35, Tref.

Ferynges, adv. Sudden. Heame.
Fescue, *. {Lat.festuca.) A wire,
stick, or straw, cliiefly used for
pointing to the letters, in teach-
ing cliildren to read.
Nay then his Hodge shall leave the plough

and waine.
And buy a booke and go to schoole againe.
"Why mought not he as well as others done.
Rise from his/«c«« to his Littleton.

UalVs Sat., IV, 2.
The fescue of the dial is upon the Christ-
cross of noon.

Puritan, iv, 2, Suppl. ii, 607.
A.nd spell in Fraunce with fesltues made
of pikes.

Peele's Honor of the Garter, 1593.

Fese, v. To frighten.

Fesels, s. a kind of base grain.

Fess, (1) V. To confess. North.

(2) t». To obtrude anything. East.

(3) *. A small fagot. Somerset.
(4)s. A liglit blue colour. Somers.
(5) adj. Smart; conceited. We»t.

Fest, (1) V. To fasten, or bind.

(2) s. A fastening. Line.

(3) *. A fist.

(4) s. A feast.

(5) V. To put out to grass. North.
Festanck, s. {A.-N.) Fidelity.
Festeying, s. Feasting.
Festinate, adj. (Laf.) Hasty.
Festination, adj. (Lat.) Flaste.
Festing-fennv,«. Earnest money.

Line.

Festival-exceedings, 8. An ad-
ditional dish toiheregulardinner.

Festlich, adj. Used to feasts.

Festnen, v. {A.-S.) To fasten.

FESTU,(l)(.r/.iV.)Amoteintheeye.
(2) A fescue.

Festucous, adj. (Lat.) Made of

Fet, (1) ». (^.-5.) To fetch. Fet,
part, p., fetched.

AboTite a fyre they were set,

And good ale M-as there fet.

And tlicrwith thev their moathes vet.

And soonc souped tliey.

The JdyUer of Ahyngdom.

(2) ». A foot.

(3) adj. Fast ; secure. Line.

(4) ». To be a match for one.
North.

(5) *. A piece. Spenser.
Fetch, (1) v. To recover after an

illness. Var. d.

{2) s. The apparition of a living

person.
Fetche, s. a vetch.
Fetch EL, v. To seize. Leie.
Fetch-lights, s. Corpse-candles.
Fete, (1) ». Work.

(2 ) adj. {A.N.) Neat ; well-made.

(3) s. A large puddle. Line.

(4) adj. Middling; tolerable.
Berks.

Feteris, ». Features.

Petise, "I adf. (A.-N.) Neat ;
FETuous, J elegant.

Fetled, joar/. p. Joined.

Fette, (1) p. (A.-S. fetian.) To
fetch,
(2) t. A fetch ; a contrivance.

Fettel, *. A cord used to a pan-
nier. Line.

Fetterfoe, 8. The plant feverfew.

Fettle, (1) v. {A.-S.) To set about
anything ; to prepare ; to dress ;
to put in order ; to manage, or
accomplish ; to repair ; to beat.
North.

(2) 8. Order ; good condition ;
proper repair.

Fettulent, adj. Stinking.

And straightway then her corpes became

in parte as blacke as )iitche,
Replenished with tilthy scnrffe, as (almost)

none is such :
And other dregges most fettulent issued
from her then,
I 'Whichmodestieand reason eke commannds
I loe not to penue.
i Stubbed Examples, 1531.

FET

448

FEY

TzTTYiiE, part. p. Fetched,
Fetures, s. {A.-N.) Births ; pro-
ductions.
Feud, v. (1) To contend. North.

(2) To live well.
Feudjor, s. a bonfire. Craven.
Fecsome, adj. Handsome. North.
Fbuth. «. Fill; plenty. Craven.
Fkutre, (1) s. {A.-N.) The rest
for a spear.

A faire floreschte spere
lafewti/re he castes.

Morte Arthure.

(2) V. To fix it in the rest.
His speare hefeutred, and at him it bore.
Spenser, F. Q., IV, iv, 43.

Feutred, adj. Featured.

Fever, (1) s. {A.-N.) A black-
smith.
(2) «. A perplexity. Var. d.

Feverefox, s. The feverfew.

YeVEREL, 1 , J xT\ -n 1

' V *. (A.-N.) February.
I' everere, J

Feveuet, s. a slight fever.

Fever-lurden, Is. The disease of
fever-lurgan, J idleness. "You
have the fever-lurgan — two
stomachs to eat and not one to
work," is still a Warwickshire
phrase, and is used also in the
West of England.

And for the printers, there is such
gaping amongst llieni tor the copy of my
lord of Essex voyage, and tlic liallet of
threscore and fonre knights, that though
my lord nniiquesse wrote a second
parte of his fever-lurden or idl. nesse,
or Cliurchyard enlarg'd liis Cliips, saying
they were tlie very same wliich Clirist
in Carpenters' Hall ispayntedgatliering
up, as Joseph, his father, strcwes
hewing a piece of timber, and Mary, his
mother, silts spinning by, yet would
they not give for them tiie price of a
proclamation ont of date, or, wliich is
the contemptiblest summe tliat may be,
(worse than a scute or a diiiidiiirat) the
price of all Harvey's works bound up
together. Letter dated lo96.

Feverous, adj. Feverish.
tEW, (1) *. A small number; a
little. In Jew, in short.
Jttfev), the warrcs are full of woes.
Warner's .Jlbions England, 1592.

I tell of things done long agoe, of many
tilings in few. lb.

(2) 8. A number, or quantity.

Var. d. A good few, a consider-

ahlr, number. Line.

{3)pret.t. Flew. Chesh.

(4) V. To change. North.
Fewiller, s. One who supplies

fuel,
Fewmets, \s. The dung of

FEWMiSHiNGS, J the deer.
Fewte, s. (A.-N.) Fealty.
Fewte, *. "Track ; vestige. Pr. P.
Fewterer, s. (corrupted from Fr.

vautrier.) A dog-keeper ; one

who holds the dogs and lets them

loose in the chase; a term of the

chase.

Orperliaps stumble upon a yeoinan/ifn-
lerer, as I do now.

£. Jon., Every Man out of H., ii, 3.
A dry nurse to his coughs, a fewterer.
To such a nasty fellow.

B. ,}■ Fl., Tamer T., ii, 2.
If you will be
An honest yeoninn jjheuterer, feed us first.
And walk us after. Mast). Ficture, v, 1.

Fkwterlocks, s. Fetlocks.
Fewtrils, s. Trifles. Lane.
Fey, (1) adj. (A.-S.) Faiedtodie;
dead.

The Romaynes for radnesse

Rusclite to the ertiie,

Vore fcrdticssc of hys face,

As they/efy were. Mortc Artkure.

(2) 8. {A.-N) Faith.

As hi liabbeth dcvocioun,
And hie God/cy taketh.

William de S/wreham.

(3) 8. (A.-S.) A fee ; property.

(4) V. To cleanse a ditch or pond
of mud.

(5)». To discharge blood. North.

(6) V. To do cleverly. Lane.

(7) 8. The upper soil. StnJ^.

(8) V. To remove the upper soil.

(9) V. To injure; to mutilate.
Line.

Feyer, 8. One who cleans out
ditches, &c. £a.^t. Feying, rub-
bish, refuse. North.

Fe\fvl, adj. {A.-S.) Fatal; deadly.

FEY

449

FIG

FiiYLO, s. A companion.

Fevn-e, v. {A.-N.) To dissemble ;

to flatter.
Fexsg, pret. t. o^fange. Received.
Feyre, adj. {A.-S.) Fair.
Fevt, (1) s. A deed; a bad action.

Shropsh.

(2) V. To fight. West.

(3) 8. Faith.

Fezzie, 8. A litter of pigs. North-
amp t.

Fkzzox, v. To seize on; to glut
upon. North.

Fe5e, v. {A.-S.) To fight; to quarrel.

Fi. (1) A term of disgust and re-
proach.
[2) 8. Mentula. Line.

Fiance, v. (Fr.) To affiance.

FiAXTS, 8. Tlie dung of various
wild animals. A hunting term.

FrAUNCE, 8. (A.-N.) Trust ; belief.

FiAZEN, 8. Faces. Dorset.

FiBLE, s. A small stick for stirring
oatmeal in pottage. Yorksh.

FiBLE-FABLE, 8. Nonscnsc. Var. d.

FiccHES, *. The pip in chickens.
Line.

FiCHE, V. (A.-N.) To fix; to fasten.

FicHET, *. A stoat. Shropsh.

FicHEWE, s. A stoat. Piers PI.

FicHMANGER, 8. A fishmonger.

FiCK, V. To kick ; to struggle.
Yorksh.

FicKELTow, 8. The fore-tackle or
carriage of the plough-beam.
Nor/.

f ICO, s. (Ital.) A fig; a term of
reproach ; a reproachful gesture.
IJehold, next I see Contempt marching
lorth, giving mee the Jico with his
tliombe iu his mouth.

mts Miserie, 1596.
And yet the lye, to a man of my coat, is
as ominous a fruit as the fico.

B. Jons., Every Man in his E., i.

Fid, (1) V. To trifle about anything.

Leic.

(2) 8. A small thick piece. South.

^3) ». A sort nf nail.
Fiddle, v. To scratch. East.

FlDDLEDEDEE, S. NoilSensC.

2g

Fiddler's-fare, s. Meat, drink,

and money.
Fiddlesticks-end, s. Nonsense.
Fide, s. (Lat.) Faith.
FiDEFALLE, 8. The falling sickncss?

He is longe, and he is smalle.
And jett halhe the fydrju/le,
God gyve liim sory thry fte

Porkington MS.

Fidel, s. A fiddle.
Fid-fad, *. A trifle, or trifler.
FiDGE, V. To fidget about; to

sprawl. North.
FiDGiPs, 8. The name of a child's

game with two sticks. Norf.
Fie, adj. Predestined. North. See

Fey and Fai/.
FiE-coRN, 8. Dross-corn. Suffolk.
Field, s. A ploughed field, as dis-
tinguished from grass or pasture.

West.
FiELDisH, 8, Rural.
Field-room, *. Open space ; room

for fighting.
FiELD-WHORE, s. A low strumpct.
Fieldwort, s. Gentian. Gerard.
Fierce, adj. (1) Sudden; brisk.

(2) Well in health. Leic.
FiERGE, 8. Fierce.
FiERizE, V. To turn into fire.

But aire turn water, earth may fierize.
Because iu one part they do symbolize ;
And so, ill comhate they liave less to doo ;
I'or, 't 's easier far, to conquer one then two.
Z)« Bartus.

FiERS, «. (A.-N.) Proud; fierce.

FlEST, "1

FisE, Is. A noiseless emission
FIST, I of wind.

FISSLE, J

FiFERS, s. Fibres. East.
FiFLEF, s. The plant cinquefoil.
FiG, (1) V. To fidget about.

(2) 8. A raisin. Somerset.

(3) V. To apply ginger to a horse
to make him carry a fine tail.

(4) V. To bribe.

(5) To give the fig, to treat con-
temptuously. See Fico. To fig
one in the crown tuiih a story,

FIG

450

FIL

♦o put something into a person's
head.
FiGARY, s. A caprice.
FiGEXT, \ adj. Fidgety ; restless ;
FiCHE>rT, J busy.
Q Slight, God forgive me, what a kind
oifffetU memory have you ! Sir P. Nay,
then, what kiud of f gent wit hast Ihou ?
0. PI., iv, 346.

FlOER-TREE, S. A fig-trCC.
FiGGED-PUDDING, \s. A plum
VIGGITY-PUDDING, J puddiug. Wt.

FiGGUM, s. A juggler's trick, sup-
posed to be tiiat of spitting fire.

See! he spits fire.— 0 no, he plays at
figgum.

Tiie devil is the author of wicked figgnm.
B. Jotu., Deril is an Am, v, 8.

FiGHTiNG-cocKS, «. The heads of

rib-grass. East.
Eights, s. Canvass spread out in a

sea-figlit to conceal the men from

the enemy.
FiGO. See Fico.
FiG-suE, «. A mess made of ale

boiled with fine wheaten bread

and figs. Cumb.
Fjgubate, adj. Figured ; typified.
Figure, «. Price; value.
FiGURE-FLiNGER,*. An asttologcr.

stand back, you figure-flingers, and give
place.

Here's goodman Gosli)ig xrill you all dis-
grace.

You that with heavens 12 houses deale so
hie,

You oft vrtint chambers for yourselves to lie.
Eotclands, Kit. ofSp. 4' Oi.

FiGURETTO, s. (Hal.) A figured

silk.
FiKE, (1) s. A fig.

(2) V. To be very fidgety ; to
move about without object.

(3) s. A sore on the foot. Line.
FiKEL, s. {A.-S.) Deceitful.
FiLACE, «. A file, or thread, on

which the records of the couns

of justice were strung.
FiLANDER, s. The back-worm in

hawks.
Fi LANDS, «. Tracks of unenclosed

arable lands. £a»t.

Filch, s. A staff with a hole for a

hook.
FiLDE, s. A field. Fildmutt, a

rustic.
FiLDORE, s. (A.-N.) Gold thread.
File, (1) ». To defile.

(2) s. (A.-N.) A girl, or woman.

(S) 8. A term of contempt for a

worthless person, either male or

female; a coward, &c.

(4) V. To polish, applied to lan-
guage, &c.

(5) s. A catalogue ; number.
Filewort, s. Small cudweed.
Filghe, v. {A.-S.) To follow.
FiLGRAiNED, adj. Filigrancd, or

filigreed. "A filgrain'd, is a
dressing-box, a basket, or what-
ever else is made of silver-work
in wyer." Bunion's Ladies'' Dic-
tionary, 1694.

FiLiGRANE, adj. Filigreed.

Fill, s. (1) A field. Ensex.
(2) Uestharrow. Gerard.

FiLL-BELLS, s. The chaiu-tuss to
the collar of a cart-horse. East.

Filler, (1) »• The shaft-horse.
(2) V. To go behind ; to draw
back.

Fillip, v. To fillip a toad, to
spaughen it. East.

Filly, (1) ». A loose womau ; a
wanton girl.

I believe no body will be very fond of a
Hide Park jiUy for a wife ; nor an old
boy that looks like a pedlar's pack for it
lather-in-law.

i:edUy'i Mulbimj Garden, 1668.

(2) V. To foal, as a mare.
Filly-tails, «. Long white clouds.
The following is a North-country
proverb :

Ilcnscrats wad jilly-taih.
Make lotty ships wear low sails.

FiLMOT, «. A polecat?

There are several noxious animals, Sttcli
as badgers, fVixcs. otters, flmott, hedge-
hogs, snakes, toads, 8iC. As also, several
birds, such as the woodpecker, the jay,
ifcc. J iovrnty tkr«' Englatut, 17~t

FIL

451

FIN

FiLouRE, «. (1) A steel for sharp-
ening knives, &c.
(2) A curtain-rod.

FiLOZELLo, s. (Ital.) Flowered silk.

FiLSTAR, «. A pestle and mortar.
Line.

FiLTCHMAN. A beg:gar's staff, or
truncheon. An old cant term.

FiLTEREDE, part, p. Entangled.
North.

His fax and his foretoppe

'Vf-isfltfrede toarpders,

And owte of liis lace fome

Ane halfe fote large. Morte Arthure.

Filth, ». A slut. West.
FiLTHEDE, #. {A.-S.) Filthiness.
FiLTHiSH, 8. Filthy.
Filthy, adj. Covered with weeds.

West.
FiLTRY,*. Filth; rubbish. Somerset.
FiMASHiNGS, s. The dung of wild

beasts. A hunting term.
FiMBLE, (1) V. To fumble.

(2) «. Thistle, or feiuale-hemp.
East.

(3) «. A wattled chimney. West,

(4) V, To touch lightly. Essex,
Fimbriate, r. {Lat.) To hem ; to

fringe.
FiMMAKiNG.arf;'' Trifling; loitering.
Fin, (1) «. (A.-N.) An end.

(2) V. To end.

(3) V. To find ; to feel. Cumb.

(4) s. The herb restharrow.
Midi, C,

(5) ». A finger. Var. dial,

(6) The broad part of a plough-
share.

Finacnce, ». Fine; forfeiture.
Finch. To pull a finch, to cheat

any one out of money. Chaucer.
Finch-backed, «. White on the

back, applied to cattle. North.
Find, (1) v. To supply, especially

with provisions.

(2) a, A fiend. Lydgate.

(3) V, To stand sponsor to a
child. West,

Findings, s. Inventions.

Fine. (1) v. (A,.N,) To end ; to
finish.

And he shall repne in every wishles sight

In the house of Jacobbe etevnjuly by lyne,

Whose kyngdome ever shall Inste, and never

fyne. Lydgute.

(2) s. An end. Fineless, endless.
That levest and regnest W7th the Fader,

Thar never nys uo pyne.
And also wyth the Holy Gost,
Evere wythoute/y»«. W. de Shoreliam,

(3) V, To purify ; to adorn.

As golde in fyrtis ft/nid by assay. Lydgate.

(4) adj. Perfect; pure. Bt/fine
force, by absolute power. 0/
Jine force, of necessity.

FiNEGUE, V. To evade. West.

Fine-leaf, s. The violet. Line.

Finely, adv. Nicely ; quite well.

Fineness, a. Subtlety,

Fineney, v. To be very ceremo
nious. Devon.

Finer, a. A refiner.

Finew, s. Mouldiness. See Fe-
runoed.

Fingerer, s. a thief.

Finger-fern, a. A plant.

In fnner-frm • wliich, bein^ given to swine,

It makes their milts to nielt away in line.

With ragged tootii choosing the same so
right

Of all their tripes to serve it's appetite.

Du Bartoi.

Fingerkyns, a. A term of endear-
ment. Palsgrave, 1540.

Fingerling, Is. A cover for a
fingerstall, J finger or thumb.

Fingermete, a. A finger's breadth.
And than I lokcd on him that y sau-
first in payu, and saw the colers and the
gay girdels and bawderikes breiinyng,
ancl the fendes drayin^ hem bi two
fingermete and more withthynue here
flessh al brynneiug as fire.

MS. Beg., 17 B, xliii.

Fingers, (1) «. Mr. Halliwell has
given from a MS. of the loth
cent, the following rliyming
list of popular names of the
fingers. In Norfolk the fingers
are called popularly, Tom-thumb-
kin, Will-«ilkin, Long-gracious,
Betty-bodkin, Little-tit.

FIN

452

ns

like a fyngir has a name, ah men ihaire

fvngers calle.
The lest fyngir hat Uti/l man, for hit is lest

of alle ;
The next fynger hat leche man, for quen a

leche (los c^t,
With that fyiiger he tastes all thyng.howe

that hit IS wrojt;
Longman hat the raydilmast, for longest

fynger hit is ;
The ferthe men calles toiccher, therwith

men touches i-wis ;
The fifte fynger is the thovmibe, and hit has

most myjt,
And fastest haldes of alle the tether, forthi

men calles hit rijt.

(2) " Pentas, Lod. Viv. vkwaQ.
The five : the cinque: ihe five
fingers at mawe." Nomenclator.

(3) To see the end ofotte'sfiti-
f/ers, to get drunk. Leic.

FiNGERS-AND-TOES. Tumlps are
said to go to fingers-and-toes,
when, instead of forming a l)ulb,
they branch off in various direc-
tions. Var. d.

FiNGLE-FANGLE, S. A triflC.

FiNiAL, «. A pinnacle.
FixiFY, V. (1) To finish.

(2) To dress finically. East.

"■ AH the morning he wasteth in

finifying his body to please her

eye." Man in the Moone, 1609.
Finishing, ». Any ornament in

stone at the corner of a house.

Holme.
FiNKEL, s. (1) Fennel. North.

(2) A turning orcorner of a street.
FiNNKRY, adj. Mouldy. West.
FiXNET, adj. Humoured; spoilt.

West.
FixNicKS, s. A tawdry dressed

woman. Essex.
FiNNiKix, adj. Finical. Var. d.
Finny, «. A frolic. Wight.
Fixs, «. Things found. North.
F'ixT, pret. t. oifinde.
FixTUM, s. (1) A freak; a fancy.

East.

(2) The name given to a small

piece of wood used for placing

the sickle in while binding the

sheafs. East.

Fin-weed, ». The restharrow.

FioL, *. A viol. " Fyoll or watei
potte. Amula." Huloet.

Fip, s. A fillip. Var. d.

FipPLE, s. (I) The under-lip. Ncirth.
(2) A stopper; a bung.

FiR-APPLE, s. A fir-cone. Var. dial.

FiRBAUKS,*. The timber of straight
young firs. East.

FiR-BOB, s. The fir-apple. Leie.

FiRBOME, s. A beacon. Pr. P.

YiRDED, part. p. Freed. Craven.

Fire, v. (1) To burn.

(2) To suffer from the lues vene-
rea.

Fire-balls, s. Hot shot, or shot
with fusees.

Fire-blasted, jjar^.jP. Struck by
lightning. West.

FiRE-BOTE, s. {A.-S.) (1) An allow-
ance of wood for fuel to a tenant.
(2) Decayed wood. Northampt.

FiRE-BUQKETs, s. Water-buckcts
for quenching fires. Higins.

FiRE-DEAL, s. A good deal. Wilts.

FiRE-DRAKE, *. (1) A ficrv dragon.

(2) A sort of fiery meteor, and
sometimes a kind of firework.

(3) A fireman,
FiRE-FANGED, j»ar/. p. Fire-bittcn.

North.

Fire - flaught, s. Lightning.
North.

Fire-flinger, s. An incendiary.

Fire-fork, s. {A.-S.) A shovel for
the fire.

FiREHOOK, 8. An instrument for-
merly used to pull houses down
when on fire.

Fire-iron, s. A piece of iron or
steel to strike light with a flint.

Fyre yron, or any thing out of the which
fyreu:ay be stricken. lynarium. Huloet.

Fire-leven, s. Lightning.

Firelock, s. A terra of contempt.
D — n that old jfrefocA-, what a clatter li«
makes ; curse liim, he'll never be a con
jurer, for he wa'nt born dumb.

Histort/ of Jack Connor, 1752, J, 233

Fire-new, adj. Quite new.

FIR

453

FIS

r'lRE-OF-HEt.L, s. A burning pain
in the bands and feet. North.

Fire-fan, s. A fire-shovel ; a pan
for coiiveyinfT fire from one apart-
ment to another. Var. d.

Fire-pike, s. A fire-fork.

Fire-point, s. A poker. North.

Fire-potter, s. A poker. Lane.

Fire-ship, s. (1) A prostitute.
South. From one of the old mean-
ings oifire.

(2) Boys sometimes make fire-
ships, as they term it, i. c, they
put lighted almonds into a glass
of any bquor, and swallow them
before the flame is extinguished.

Fire-stone, s. A flint used for
striking a light.

Fire-tail, «. The redstart. North-
ampt.

Firk, (l)s. A freak; a trick. Firkery,
an odd prank.

Sir, leave tliis/rt of law, or by this light
I'll give your throat a slit.

Ram Alley, 0. PI., v, 467.

What new/rjt of folly has enter'd into

the rascals liead? I must observe bini.

Davenant, The Man's the Master, 1669.

(2) V. To beat; to strike; to
whip. " Firk your fidles," t. e.,
strike your fiddles. Davenant.

Nay. I win frk
Mjr silly novice, as he was never <fri'(i
Since midwives bound bis noddle.

Bam Jlley, 0. PI., v, 466.

(3) V. To itch ; to fret ; to nau-
seate. Leic.

Firly, s. Tumult. North.

FiRLY-FARLY,*. A wondcr. Craven.

Firm, v. To confirm. North.

Firmament, s. " Precious stones,
as diamonds and the like, which
ladies head their pins withal, to
make their heads shine, and look
in their towers like stars." Ladies'
Dictionary, 1694.

FiRMY-TEMPBRED, ttdj. DisCOR*

tented ; covetous,
PiRRED, ^ar^ ^. Freed. Craven.
FiBKENE, adj. {A.-S.) Made of fir.

First, (1) adj. Early; youthful.

(2) *. A forest. Hearne.
First-end, s. Thebeginning. North.
FiRSTER. adj. First. North.
First-foot, *. The person who first

enters a house on New-Year's

day. North.
Firstling, *. The first fruit.

S. Georges knigbts, I was encoxuaged
And did as I have doone : which humbly

heere
I yceld, as Jiri/linffi of my schollers crop.
Consecrated jmrely to your noble n;.nie.
To gratulate to yoii this honours lieigtli.

Peele'sHonor of the Garter, 1593.

First-nail. First nail of his cof-
fin, some very heartbreaking

news.
FiRSUN, *. Furze. MS. Med., loth

cent.
FiRTHE, s. A wood, or coppice.
FiRTLE, V. To fidget. Cumb.
FisGiG, (1) *. A sort of harpoon

for catching fishes.

Wluch we scarce lost sight of, when an
amiade of dolphins assaulted us; and
such we saulted as we could iuticc to
taste our hooks oxfissgiggs.

Herbert's Travels, 1638.

(2) «. A loose gadding woman.

Cotgrave in Trotiere.

(3)«. A worthless fellow. Somer

set,

(4) adj. Frisky. Warw.

(5) s. A sort of top.

Fish. To have other fish to fry, to
be busy with other matters.

Fisher, s. Apples baked in batter.
Devon.

FrsHERATE, V. To provide for. East'

Fish-fag, ». Afisli-woman. South.

Fish-garths, s. Places at the sides
of rivers to secure fishes, that
they may be more easily caught.

Fishing-taum, s. An angling line.
North.

Fisu-LEEP, s. A fish-basket. Pr. P.

FisK, V. To frisk about, idling.
" That runneth out fisking." Tas-
ter. "Whither are yon fisiing
and gigiting now ?" Mrs. Behn,

FIS

4S4

FI

City Heiress, 1682. To fish
away, to slink away secretly.
FisNAMY, «. Face ; physiognomy.

The faircste of fyssnamy
Tbat fourmede was ever.

Morte Arlhure.

PisoBROWE, #. A kind of lobster.
Nominate MS.

Fiss-BUTTOCKED-sow. A fat, vul-
gar woman. East.'^Fissebuttocked
sowe. Tarda mulier." Iluloet.

FissE, s. (1) Fish.
(2) Fists. Var. d.

FissLE, (1) ». A thistle. Suffolk

(2) V. To fidget. North.

(3) See Fiest.

Fist-ball, «. A ball like a foot-
ball, but struck with the fists.
Nomenclator.

FtsTiNG-HOUND, s. A kind of
spaniel.

FisTY, s. The fist.

FisTY-cuFFS. To come to fi*ty-
euffs, to fight.

Fit, (1) ». A division of a poem or
dance.

(2) ». To match; to be equal
with. Shakesp,
{Z)adj. Ready; inclined. Var.d.

(4) adj. Much; long. A "fit
time," a long time ; a "fit deal of
trouble," much trouble. Ilampsh.
(b)pref. t. of fight. Fought.

(6) Fit of the face, a grimace.

Shakesp.
Fitch, s. (1) A polecat. Somerset.

(2) A small spoonful. Line.
Fitches, s. Vetches. Var. d.
Fitch ET, ")
riTCHEE, u,.N\ A polecat.

FITCHER, ! A ^ ,• J '^ r^ '^

> Applied often as a

FITCHOLE, f . '^'^ f .

term of contempt.

FITCHEW, i ^

FITCHUK, )

FiTCHET-PiE, s. A pie of apples,

onions, and bacon. North.
FiTHELE, «. {A.-S.) A fiddle.
Fitment, s. Equipment. Shakesp,

FiTTON',

fitoxe,

1(1)

A falsehood.

He (loth feed you with fillom, fifracnfs.
aad leasings. B. Jon., Ci/nth. RneU, i, i.

To tell afittone iu yoar landlord's earg.
Gaac. Works, C 3.

(2) V. To form lies or fictions.

Although in many oilier places lie com-
monly used to ftton (ptjitten), and to
write devises or his owr ''ead.

Plut. Lices, by Jitn.n, p. 1016, A.

Fitten, «. A pretence, or feint.

West.
Fitter, v. (1) To kick the feet

about.

(2) To be in a passion. North.
Fitters, s. (1) Men who vend and

load coals. North.

(2) Pieces ; fragments.
FiTTiLY, adv. Nicely; cleverly.

Devon.
FiTTLE, (1) r. To tattle; to blab.

Somerset.

(2) adj. " Fittle or ranninge
witted. Fuiilis." Huloet.

(3) V. To clean. Oxfd.

(4) s. Victuals. Wore.
FiTTLED-ALE, s. Alc nilxcd witli

spirits, and warmed and sweet-
ened. Yorksh.
FiTTY, (1) adj. Neat; proper.

South.

(2) Lands left by the sea. Line.
Five-fingers,*. (1 ) Oxlips. £««/.

(2) A wart on a horse, called

also an anberry.
Five-leaf, ». Cinquefoil.
Five-penny-morris, *. The game

of merrils, called by Shakespeare

nine men's morris.
Fives, s. Avjves, a disease in horses.
Fix, s. a lamb yeaned dead. West,
Fixatioun, s. {Lat.) Fixing.
Fixe, adj. Fixed.
FixEN, «. A vixen. North.
FiXENE, *. The bitch fox.
Fix-fax, s. Faxwax.
FixuRE, s. A fixed position.
Fiz, s. A flash; a hissing.
Fizgig, s. See Fisgig.
FizMER, V. To fidget. Suff.
Fizzle, r. (1) To fiest.

FLA

455

rLA

(2) To nestle. Cumb.

(3) To do anything: slily. Cumb.
Fla, v. To terrify. Yorkuh.
Flaat, adj. Scolded. Craven.
Flabbergast, t;. To confound.

Var. d.

Flabberkin, adj. Flabby.

Flabell, s. (Lai.) A. fan. " Fanne
or flable, wherwvth wynde is
made. Ventilabrum." Huloet.

Flabergullion, s. a clown.

Flack, (1) v. To palpitate.

(2) V. To hang looselv. Var. d.

(3) «. A blow. East. '

(4) V. To beat by flapping.
Flacker, v. To flutter. North.
Flackered, part, p. Rejoiced.

Cumb.
Flacket, (1) ». A flask.

(2) V. To flap about. East.
Flacking-comb, s. a wide-toothed

comb.
FL.\CKY,a4;. Hanging loosely. East.
Flaffer, v. To flutter.
Flag, (1) «. A tradesman's apron.

Noif.

(2) «. Turf, or sod. East.

(3) s. A flake of snow. North.

(4) p. To pave with stones. West.

(5) V. To flap; to wave. Devon.

(6) Our old play-houses exhii)ited
flags on their roofs when there
were performances at them.
When the players were out of
employment, they were said to
he flag -fallen.

The hnir about the hat is as good ns a
flag upon tlie pole at a common play-
house, to waft company.

Mad World, O. PI., v, 36+.
Four or five fl^gfulne plaiers, poore
harnilesse nierrie knaves, tliat were
neitlier lords nor ladies, but honestly
wore their owne clothes.

BowUi/, Search/or Money, 1609.

Flag-chairs, s. Rush-seated

chairs.
Flagein, 8. Lying; flattering.

North.
Flagell, g. (1) {Lat.) A scourge;

terror.

(2) (A.-N.) A flageolet,
Flagelutb, 8. A rent in a gar.

ment. East.
Flagette, a. A flagon.
Flag-feathers, s. The featheis

of a hawk's wings next the

body.
Flaggb, s. a groat.
Flagging, s. A stone pavement.

West.
FhKGGY, adj. (1) Flabby. Somerset.

(2) Too luxuriant, applied to

corn. Northampt.
Flagitate, v. {Lat.) To desire

earnestly.
Flagrant, adj. Fragrant.
Flagrate, v. {Lat.) To burn.

^^*f' „, U. Turf fuel. North.
flaight, J

Flaid, adj. Afraid. North.

Flaik, 8. (1) A space of stall.

(2) A wooden frame for oat-
cakes. North.

Flails, s. pi. A contrivance in
common use in Norfolk for taking
yelm of straw up the ladder to
the thatcher, by means of two
sticks fastened together.

Flainb, (1) part. p. Flayed;
burned. Lydgate.
(2) ». " Flayne. Verpus." Huloet.

(3) pret. t. pi. Fled.

(4) 8. The ray-fish. North.
Flaire, 8. The scate.
Flaitch, v. To be persuasive.

Cumb.
Flaite, v. To scare. North.
Flake, s. (1) A paling, or hurdle ;

a temporary gate. North.

(2) A scale, or covering mem-
brane. Pr. Parv.

(3) A piece, or fragment. Line.
Flam, (1) a. A low marshv place.

Orfd.

(2) 8. A falsehood ; a deceit.

(3) V. To deceive, or clieat. Kent.

(4) a. A heavy stroke, or falL
North.

Flambe,
flambo,

'^]a.{A..N.)

A flame.

TLA

45ft

FLA

III fine, madam, were tliere not hopes
of seeing once more your angelical self,
and receiving some benediction from the
fiamhos of your eyes, I could presently
resolve to "commence blindness; and
were it not for the oriental perfumes
that come from your breath, it should
not be long before 1 should put a period
to my own.

Eachard's Obsertatiotts, 1671, p. 178.

Tlamed, part. p. Inflamed. Spenser.

Flame-few, s. The bright reflec-
tion of the moon in the water.

Flammakin, *. A blovrsy slatternly
wench. Devon.

Fi-AMME, V. To flame ; to glitter.

Flam-new, arf/. Quite new. Cornw.

Flampoyntes, "1 ». a sort of pork

FLAUMPEYNS, J pieS.

Flampoyntes. Take gode enturlarded
))orke, aud setllc hit, and hewe hit, and
grinde it snialle; and do therto gode fat
cliese grated, and sugur, and gode pon-
der ; then take and make coffy ns of thre
ynclie depe, and do al this tlierin ; and
make a thynne foyle of paste, and cut
oute thereof sniale'poyntes, and trie honi
in grese, and stike horn in the farse, and
bake liit, aud serve hit fortlie.

Warner, Ant. Cul, p. 66.

Flan, (1) adj. Broad and large.
North.

(2) adj. Shallow. Cumb,

(3) s. A small round net, placed
over a hole, to catch a rabbit.
Northampt.

Flancanterkin, «. The white rot.
Somerset.

Flancakdes, s. Coverings for the
flanks of horses.

Flanch, s. a projection. North.

Flandan, s. "A kind of a pinner
join'd with a cornet." Ladies
Dictionary, 1694.

Flanderkin, «. A native of Flan-
ders.

I find him to be a man of more bulk
than brain, in short, a swagbelly'd flan-
derkin. Durfey, Marriage-hater match'd.

Flane, V. (A.-S.) To flay.
Flang, v. To slam a door. Suf.
Flange, v. To project out. Var. d.
Flangy, adj. Siiallow. Var. d.

Flanker, (1) v. To throw out
sparks.
(2) s. A spark of fire. West.

Flannen, s. Flannel. Var d.

Flant, v. To flaunt.

And I s\n\\\ flant it in the park with my
grey I'landers. crowd the walk with my
equipage, and be the envy of all the
bulterflyes in town.

Shadwdl, True Tr/iiow, 1679.

Flantum, adj. Flabby. Leic.
Flap, (1) v. To strike; to slap.

Alle the flesche of the flanke
Heflappes in sondyre.

Morte Arthiire.
Rascall ioit flappe me in the mouth with

tailer ;
And tell'st thou me of haberdasher's ware ?
Rowlands, Knave of Hurts, 1613.

(2) s. A Stroke, or touch.

(3) To turn a pancake over by a
shake of the pan. East.

(4) s. Anything that flaps.

(5) s. A gadding woman. Durh.
Fr,AP-D0CK, s. Foxglove. Devon.
Flapdoodle, s. The pretended

nourishment of fools. West.

Flap-dragon, s. (1) Raisins, &c.,
taken out of flaming spirits and
swallowed. An old Christjuas
amusement for children.
(2) The lues venerea.

Flape, v. To make a noise when
sipping liquids with a spoon.
Northampt.

Flap-jack, s. (1) A pancake; an
apple-puff.

And 'tis in request among gentlemen's
daughters to devour their cheese-cakes,
apple-pies, cream and custards, fmp-
jacks, and pan-puddings.

Jovial Crew, 0. PI., x, 333.

(2) The lapwing. Suffolk.

(3) A flat thin piece of meat.
East.

Flapper, s. A young duck which

has just taken wing.
Flappe-sawce, s. a glutton.

Nowehathe this glutton, i. this /^ippf.

satcce, the thyng that lie may plen-

tuously swallowe downe hole.

Palsgrave's Acolastus, IB-W).

Flappy, s. Wild; unsteady. North.

FLA

457

FLA

Flais, s. Broad mushrooms. Easf.
Flapse, (1) V. To speak flippantly.

(2) 8, An impertinent fellow.

Beds.
Flapsy, adj. Flabby. Bedg.
Flare, *. (1) Fat round a pig's

kidney. Var. d.

(2) Spittle. Somerset.
Flarnsck, v. To flaunt vulgarly.

East.
Flarrance, 8. A bustle, or hurry.

yorf.
Flash, (1) ». To dash.

(2) 8. A perriwig. North.

(3) *. A sheaf of arrows.

(4) V. To trim a hedge. East.

(5) 8. A pool. See Flosche.

(6) To make a flash, to let boats
down through a lock. West. To
cut a flash, to make a show for
a short time.

Flashes, s. The hot stages of a
fever. South.

Flashy, adj. (1) Shovyy; gay.
(2) Loose; insipid.

Flasker, v. (1) To flutter. North.
(2) To choke, or stifle.

Flasket, s. A clothes-basket; a
shallow washing-tub.

Flaskin, s. a small cask for carry-
ing liquor to the field. Yorksh.

Flat, (1) *. A blow, or flap.

(2) 8. A smooth level place ; a
field.

(3) 8. A hollow in a field. Gloue.
{\)adj. Sorrowful; out of spirits.

(5) 8. A simpleton.

(6) adv. Entirely.

(7) 8. A shallow basket, made of
peeled osiers. Northampt.

Flat-back, s. A knife. North.
Flat-caps, s. A nick-name for the

citizens of London, who wore

flat caps ; a cockney.

Shew us (I pray) some reason how il haps,
That we are ever bound to veare flat-cops,
As though we had unto a citie's trade
Bin preutises, and so were freei.ien made.
Soiclands, Knate of EarU, 1613.

Flatch, v. To flatter. North.

Flatchet, ». The stomach. Devom.
Flath, ». Filth; ordure. West.
Flathe, s. The ray. Pr. P.
Flat-iron, «. An iron without a

box.
Flative, adj. Flatulent.
Flatling, "1 adv. Flat. To strike
flatlong, I flatling, to strike

with the flat side.
Flatlins, adv. Peremptory. North.
Flat-milk, t. Skimmed milk.

Line.
Flatour, 8. (A.-N.) A flatterer.
Flat-rhan, #. Stratas of coal.

Stajr.
Flats, s. (1) A general term for

small fresh-water fish. Suffolk.

(2) The slightly burnt bricks on

the top of a kiln. East.
Flat-stone, ». A measure of iron-
stone.
Flatten, v. {A.-N.) To slap.
Flatter-dock, s. Pond weed.

Chesh.
Flaugh, (1) V. To flay. Flaugher,

a flayer. See Flawe.

"Well, well, go in and noint yonr hack,
neiglibour, you have been tnely flamh'd,
}ia, lia, ha; sir, you are an excellent
flauffher, ha, ha, ha.

Ravetucroft, London Cttekolda, 1683.

(2) pret. t. Flew ; fled.
Flaughtek, (1) V. To frighten.

Yorksh.

(2) 8. Thin turf. North.
Flacmpeyns. See Flampoyntes.
Flaun, *. A sort of baked custard.

Fill oven full oiflauns, Ginny pass not for

sleep,
To-morrow thy father his wake-day will

keep. Tiisser.

With green cheese, clouted cream, with

flaxBHi and custards stor'd,
Whig, cyder, and with whey, I domineer a

lord. Ihayt., NympM., 6.

This quarter is welcome to young lads
and lasses ; for now comes in a whole
Spring tide of cherries, gooseberries,
rasberries, genitins, peascods, custards,
cheese-cakes, ^aton^, and fools.

Poor Sobin, 1738.

Flaunts, ». Fineries. Shakesp.

FLA

45

FLE

Flaut, s. a roll of wool ready for

spinning. North.
Flaver, *. Froth ; foam. Line.
Flaw, «. (1) A violent storm of

wind.
V<]int fl-aws, and whirles of weather,
Or rather storms, liare been aloft these

three days. £. /• Fl., Fili/rim, iii, 6.

(2) A quarrel.

(3) A thick cake of ice.
Flawch, v. (1) To spread the

mouth affectedly, like a country
bumpkin. East.
(2) To dress showily
Flawe, (1) ». To flay. Pr. P.
Still in use in Sussex. Compare
fan-flawing. To barktimber. A'cn^.

(2) «. A spark.

Tille the^tcM of fyre
Flaw mes one theire* helmes.

Morte Arthure.

(3) adj. Yellow.

(4) 8. A square piece of heath-
turf, dried for fuel. Yorksh.

Flawght, a. A flake of snow.

Flawps, 8. An awkward, slovenly
person. North.

Flaxen, v. To beat, or thrash.
Northampt.

Flaxen-egg, 8. An abortive egg.
Devon.

Flax-wife, ». A woman who spins.

Flav, (1) p. To mix. An old term
in cookery.

(2) To take the chill off liquor.
(3) ». Topare turf from meadow-
land with a breast. plough. West.
(4) To frighten. Flaysome, fright-
ful. North.

Flay-boggard, 8. A hobgoblin.
North.

Flay-craw, 8. A scarecrow. Cra-
ven.

Flayre, s. Smell ; odour.

Flaze, (1) V. To blaze,
(2) 8. A smoky flame.

Flazz, adj. Newly fledged. Kent.

Flazzard, 8. A stout flaunting
woman. East.

Flea, o. (1) To flay. North.

(2) To send one away with a flea

in his ear, to dismiss him with a

rebuke. A very old phrase.
Flea-bite, s. A trifling hurt.
Flea-bitten, adj. Of a dark

speckled colour.
Fleaches, 8. The pieces into which

timber is divided by the saw.

East.
Flead, (1)». Lard. Kent and Suss.

(2) pret. t. Stood. Cumb.
Flea-dock, s. The butter-burr.
Fleak, (1)*. A small lock, thread,

or twist.

(2) 8. A little insignificant person.

(3) V. To tire, or exhaust. North.

(4) *. A flounder. Northumb.

(5) *. A variegated snail-shell.
Line.

(6) *. A sort of hurdle.

(7) 8. A rack for bacon. North.
Fleaking, 8. Small spreading

branches put as a first layer over
the rafters in thatching. East.

Fleaky, adj. Flabby. North.

Fleam, *. A water-course. North.

Fleamy, adj. Clotted with blood.
Line.

FhEAii, part. p. Flayed.

Fleash, s. The substance under
the rind of herbs.

FLEBLED,j»ar/. j». (A.-N.) Enfee-
bled.

Flebring, s. Slander. Skinner.

Flecchb, v. To separate from ; to
quit.

Fleck, (1) ». {A.-S.) To spot.
Piers PI.

We'U/eci our white steeds in your Chris-
tian blood. Four Prentices, 0. PI., x, 533.

And full of gergon as is aflecl-en pye.

The Ordinary, 0. PI., x, 233.

(2) 8. A crack, or defect; a spot.
North.

(3) V. To fly. Chesh.

(4) 8. A flitch. Northumb.

(5) 8. Lightning. East.

(6) V. To comb. Hence flecken-
comb, a comb with large teeth.
South.

FLE

459

FLE

(7) ». To rob of. East.

(8) ». A sore place in the flesh
where the skin is rubbed off.
Line. Also, the flesh itself.

(9) 8. The down of animals. East,
f VT£,CKv.v), part. p. {A.- N.) Arched;

vaulted.

Fleckstone, "Is. A small stone
FLEEKSTONE, J used in spinning.

Fr.ECT, V. To allure. Hall.

Flectex, v. To abound. Skinner.

Fled, adj. Damaged by the fly, or
wet weather. Shropsh.

Fledgers. Same as Flappers.

Flee, (1) v. To flv.
(2) s. A fly. North.

Flee-by-the-sky, s. A flighty per-
son. North.

Fleech, (1) s. a turn. Nash.
(2) V. To wheedle. North.

Flee-flowns, s. Fly-blows in
meat. Dorset.

Fleeing-eather, s. The dragon-
fly. North.

Fleek, s. a flitch. North.

Fleen, s. pi. Fleas.

Fleenurt, 8. A yellow field flower.
Lane.

Fleer, (1) v. To laugh, or sneer.
"Ifleere, I make an yvell coun-
tenaunce with the mouthe by
uncoveryng of the tethe." Pals-
grave,

A crafty fellow I feare, he is so fuU of
couitesic, and some cmisonin<c com-
panion, he haili such aflearing counte-
nance; now he eieth you, sir, liis liead
is bare. Mati in the Moone, 1G09.

A sniooth.tongu'd fellow of our citty
fashion,

That with Wliat lack yon? gives his sahi-
fation,

And fleering fawnes, and fawning flatters
all,

Claim'd quaiutance of a countryman at's
stall. Rowlands, Kn. ofSp. ^ Di.

{2)9. A sneer; a contemptuous
look.

Do hut encave yourself,
And mark the fleers, the gibes, and notable

scorns
That dwell in ev'ry region of his face.

SAakes., Ol/ieU., iv, 1.

Flekt, (1) V. To float. South.

(2) s. .\ salt-water tide creek.

(3) s. Any stream ; water.

(4) V. To skim milk, or any
other liquor. Fleet-milk, skim-
med milk. Fleetings, curds.
Fleeting-dish, a shallow dish for
skimming off' the cream. North.

(5) adj. Shallow. Pr. P. Still
used in several dialects.

(6) *. The windward side. Somer-
set.

(7) V. To gutter, as a candle.
Glouc.

Fleeting, s. A perquisite. Line.
Flege, s. Sedge grass. MS. loth

cent.
Flegel, s. (A.-N.) A flagelet.
Flegg, s. a fly. Northumb.
Flegge, adj. {A.-N.) Seyere;

terrible.
Flegged, adj. (1) Fledged. East.

(2) Parted ; shaped.
Fleih, part. p. Flew ; fled.
Fleingall, s. a kestrel hawk.
Fleinge, adj. Flying about.

In the begininsfe of Feb. 1587 and in all
that moneth, tlier was many lies ninl
fleinge tallcs, and strange newes and
rumours, verie many like to make an
uprore, which made many folkes aJmosii;
at their wites end to hear theiof.

MS. Ashm.,Z?A, fol. 15G.

Fleiter, v. To prop the bank of a

brook damaged by a flood. Derb.
f LINKED, part. p. Bent.
Flekrand. Smiling. JR. de Bnmne.
Flem, s. a farrier's lancet.
Fleme, (1) *. (A.-N.) A river, or

stream.
2) s. A large trench cut for

draining. fVest.

(3)». (^.-S.) To banish. Flemer,

a banisher.
Ti.KMUv, part. p. Burnt.
Flemnous, s. a phlegmatic person.
Flen, s. pi. Fleas.
Flene, v. (A.-S.) To fly.
Flkoten, p. (.,^..5.) To float; to

sail.
Fleffeb, (1) *. The under lip.

FLE

400

FLI

(2) r. To hang the lip. North.
Flerye, v. To fleer.
Fleschelyhede, «. {A.-S.) Flesh-

liness ; carnality.
Flesh, (1) v. To "fatten.

(2) To strengthen; to incite.

(3) Flesh and fell, muscle and
skin.

Flesh-axe, s. A cleaver.

Fleshing-beam, "1 «. a wooden in-
FLESH-BEAM, J strumcnt used
by tanners to suspend the hides
to be dressed.

Fleshly, adj. Flexible.

Fleshment, s. Pride, encouraged
by success.

Flesshamyls, «. Shambles.

Flet, *. {^A.-S.) A floor; a cham-
ber ; a field.

Fletch, *. A plank. Northampt.

Flet-cheese, 8. Cheese made of
skimmed milk. Eant.

Fletcher, s. {A.-N.) An arrow-
maker.

Fletchered, adj. (1) Having
variegated feathers, applied to
poultry.
(2) Red, applied to a horse. Suff.

Fletches, «. Green pods of peas.
East.

Flete, (1) V. To float.

The order of tlie fyldes and medows
beluiigynpe to Sliotterey, and how many
acres tlie farmer showd have lyene and
fletyng. Stratford MS.

(2) pret. t. Flew. Gatoayne.
Fletere, v. To flitter. Lydg.
Flktmitte, 8. Skimmed milk.

North.
Fletsher, 8. A young peas-cod.

East.
Flett, (1) ». A fliting, or scolding.

(2) pret. t. Flitted.
Fleuks, s. Vermin in the livers of

diseased sheep. Var. d.
Flew, (1) arf;. Shallow. "Fleire or

not deape, but as one maye wade.

Brevia." Huloet. Still used in

this sense in Somerset.

(2) adj. Washy ; tender. North.

(3) s. The down of animals.
Var. d.

(4) 8. A sort of fishing-net.

(5) 8. A lancet. Midi. C.

(6) *. The chap of a hound.
Flewed, having large hanging
chaps.

(7) adj. Weak ; delicate. Berks.
Flewke, 1 «. A kind of fish ; a

FLOKE, J species of plaice; the
tunney.
Flewort, s. The name of a plant.

FleXS, 1 -Di u

' ys. Flesh.

FLEYCH, J

Flexy, v. To fly.

YhEY,pret. t. Fled.

Fleyer, 8. A kidney. MS. Ibth

cent.
Fleyne, part. p. Banished. Rob.

Glouc.
Fleys, s. (1) Fleas ; flies.

(2) A fleece.
Flibbergibbe, 8. A sycophant.

And when these flatterers and fibbrr-
gibbes another day sliali come and claw
you by the back, your grace may answer
tliem thus. Latimer, Sermons, fol. 39.

Flibbergibber, 8. A lying knave.
FLiTTERTiGinBET, 8. The name of

a fiend.
Flick, (1) «. A flitch of bacon.

(2) 8. The fatty membrane in the
stomach of animals. West.

(3) *. A slight blow.

(4) V. To give a jerk.

(5) *. A trial. South.

(6) V. To lap up. South.

(7) 8. The down of animals. £'a»/.
Flicker, v. (1) (A.-S.) To flutter,

(2) To embrace.
Flicker-mouse, s. A bat.
Flickets, s. Blushes. Devon.
Flick-tooth-comb. Acoarsecomb.

Somerset.
Flidder, s. a limpet. North.
FhiGjOdj. Yledged. Palsyrave. Still

used in Cheshire.
Fliggard, s. a kite of a diamond

form. Yorksh.
Fligg-dcst, <. The dust left in the

FLl

461

FLI

nest after the young birds are
flown. Northampt.

Fligged, adj. (1) Fledged. Var.d.
(2) Entangled. Line.

Fligger, v. To flutter. Var. d.

Fliggers, (1) ». A plant ; the com-
mon flag. East.
(2) Young birds, ready to fly.

Fi-iGHER, s. A ship's mast.

Flight, (I) v. To dispute; to
contend.

(2) 8. A scolding match. North.

(3) s. A liRlit arrow.

(4) 8. A light fall of snow. Oxfd.
(b) 8. The chaflf of oats. East.

(6) 8. The first swarm of bees.

(7) s. A second swarm of bees.
East.

(8) 8. Sea-fowl shooting. South.

(9) 8. The flight of an arrow,
aljout a fifth part ofa mile, called
also z. flight-shot.

Flightkn, v. To scold. North.
Flighter, 8. A spark ; an ember.

North.
Flights, (l)s. Turf cut into squares

for fuel. Lane.

(2) The chaff of corn.
Flig-me-gairey, 8. A gaudily

dressed, but untidy girl. North.
Fligness, 8. Plumage. Palsg.
Flim-flam, (1)*. A lie; nonsense.

(2) adj. False; nonsensical.
Flinder-mouse, 8. A bat. South.
Flinders, s. Fragments. North.
Fline, part. p. Flown.
Fling, (1) v. To kick ; to resent.

Devon.

(2) V. To baflSe, or disappoint.
North.

(3) V. To dance, by throwing out
the legs. North.

(4) 8. A finch. Line.
Flinging-tree, «. A piece of tim-
ber hung as a partition in a stall.
North.

Flinket, s. a long narrow slip of

land. Northampt.
Elints, s. Kefuse barley in

malting.

Flip, (1) v. To fillip; to jerk. So»
merset. To flip up, to turn up
the sleeves.

(2) 8. A slight blow. East.
(3) «. A drink made of beer, gin,
and coarse sugar. Suffolk.

This sameflipp and punch are rare drinks.
Shidwell, The Scowrers,\6^\.

[A) adj. FAppant; nimble. Deron,
Flipe, (1) V. To pull off. North.

(2) *. The brim of a hat.

(3) 8. A flake of snow.
Flippant, adj. Lively; gay.

I just met my doctor, and lie has eiv'n
me the rarest cordial — methiuks 1 am
so flippant! — Now, my httle mouse,
how do you ? Sliall we walk in ?

The Cheats, 16C2.

Flipper-de-flapper, s. Noise

and confusion caused by show.

Sussex.
Flippering, «. Weeping. North.
Flippity-flop, adj. Awkward in

fine clothes. Warw.
Flire, v. To fleer.
Flirk, v. To jerk, or flip about.

Wilts.
Flirt, v. To move nimbly ; to

speak lightly or sarcastically.
Flirt-gill, Is. A forward

FLIRT-GILLIAN, I' and uncoustant
FLiRTiGiG, J girl; a woman

of light behaviour.

You heard liim take me up like a fl'irt-gill.
B. ^Fl., Kn. ofB. Pestle, iv, 1.

Thou took'st me up at every word I spoke
As 1 liad been a maukin, nflurt-gUUan.

B.^F., Chances, in.l.

Flirtigig, (1) «. A wanton girl.

(2) 8. A pet ; a passion.
Flish, adj. Fledged. Devon.
Flisk, (1) V. To skip, to flirt

about ; to wince. North.

Were fannes, and flappes of feathers fond,

to flit away the fiskinff flies,
As tnile of luare tliat han<;s on ground,
when heat of summer doth arrise.
The wit of women we might praise
lor finding out so great an case.

Gossan's Pleasant Quippes, 1596.

(2) V. To flick, as with a whip.
Line.

TLI

4G2

FLO

(3) ». A coarse comb. West.

(4) «, A bundle of white rods to
brush away cobwebs and dust.
Glouc.

Flit, (1) v. To fly; to escape.
Spenser.

(2) ». To remove ; to change
one's residence.

(3) V. To leave work unfinished.
IVest.

{i) adj. Shallow ; thin. Sussex.

(5) ». To tetlier.

Flitch, (1) ». To move from place

to place. Norf.

(2) adj. Otticious ; lively. Mils.
Flitchen, s. a flitch of bacon.

West.

YovtT flitchitu of bacon and Martlemas

beef. Invfntoiy, Stratford on Avon MSS.
Flitb, V. (A.-S.) (1) To scold; to

brawl. Still used in the North.

(2) To flit ; to fly.
Fliter, *. A scold. North.
FuTTEN, V. To remove a horse

into fresh pasture. Ojcfordsh.
Flitter, (1) v. To droop. Line.

(2) r. To scatter in pieces.
Flittering, adj. (1) Floating.

(2) Sleety. Dorset.
Flitter-mouse. See Flinder-

mouse.
Flitters, s. (1) Pieces; rags.

Somerset.

(2) Small pancakes. South.

(3) The residue of the leaf of a
fig, in making lard. Northampt.

Flix, s. (1) The flux.

(2) The fur of a hare Kent.
Fliz, s. a splinter. North. Fliz-

zoms, flying particles; sediment

of flour. East.
Flizzen, v. To laugh sarcasticallv.

North.
Flytterynge, pret. a. "Lyght-

nynge, and noi flytterynge." The

Festyvall, 1528, fol. xliv.
Flo, (1) s. (A.-S.) An arrow.

(2) V. To flav.
Float, (1) s. (^.-S.) Flood.

(2) t A kind of raft. North.

(3) ». To irrigate land. West.

(4) V. To pare off the sward.
Floaiiug-shovel. a shovel for cut-
ting turf. Shropsh.

(5) pret. t. Chid, or scolded.
Yorksh.

Float-grass,*. Grass growing in
swampy ground. Devon.

Floating, s. Hemorrhage. So-
merset.

Floats, s. The wooden frames
that hang over the sides of a
waggon. East.

Float-whey. s. Curds made from
whey. Northumb.

Floaty, s. Rank, as herbage. Z>pron.

Flobber, (1) *. Loose flabby flesh.
Northampt.
(2) V. To hang loose.

Floccipend, e. (Z,af.) To despise;
to make no account of.

Flock, s. A hurdle. Devon.

Flocket, "1«. a loose garment
FLOKKARD, J with large sleeves,
worn at the beginning of the 16ih
cent. Sl-elton, ii, 16U.

Flockly, adv. In ambush ; in a
heap. " Flocklye, or in a bushe-
ment. Confertim." Huloet.

Flock-let, *. A mark on sheep
reaching from the hip to the
bucket joint. East.

Flockmel, adv. (A.-S.) In a flock.

Flock-powder, s. A powder ap-
plied to cloih, to make it appear
thick.

If his cloth he xvii. yeards long, he will
get him on a rack, and stretch hira <iut
with ropes, and racke him till the
sinewes shrinke againe, whiles he h;iili
brought him to xvni. yeards. When they
liave brought him to that perfection,
they have a pretie feate to thickc hini
againe. lie makes me a powder lor it,
and plaies the poticarie, they ca'.i it
fiocke-potcdfr, they do so incorpor:ile it
to the cloth, that it is wonderfuh to
consider, truly a ^ood invention. Oh
that so goodly wits should be so ill
applied 1 they may wel deceive the peo-
ple, but they cannot deceive God.

Latimer's Sermons.

Flocks, s. (1) Inferior wool.

FLO

463

FLO

(2) Sediment ; '•efase.

FcocKY, adj. Over-ripa: woolly.
Su_folA.

FLODnKRED, adj. Covered; adorned.
Line.

Flodder-up, v. To stop up a wa-
ter-course. Craven.

Flove, pret. t. Abounded. Skinner.

Flogged, s. Wearied. Oxon.

Floistkring, adj. Skittish. West.

Floits, s. Disorder, Yorksh.

F'loity, s. a flag thick at one end
and small at the other. North.

Floke, 1 «.(^.-5'.y/oe.) Aflounder.
FLOOK, J See Flewke.

Flokynglyche, adv. In flocks.

Flomax, adj. Untidy. Warw.

Flome, 8. (A.-N.) a river.

Flone, j»/. oiflo, {A.-S.) Arrows.

Flood, «. A heavy rain. Devon.

Floor, s. 400 cubic feet of earth.
Line.

Floor-bank, s. A bank with a
ditch on each side. East.

Flooser, s. If a person does any-
thing extraordinary well he is
said to l)e aflooxer, as " Jack's a
flooser a1 skittles." Line.

Flop, (1) ». To outspread. North-
am.pt.

(2) s. A mass of thin mud.
Dorset.

(3) adj. Plump ; flat.

(4) s. The scrotum. Somerset.

(5) V. To beat the wings.

(6) V. To pour in hastily.

(7) t>. To throb.
Flop-jack, ». A small pasty. Gloue.

See Flap-jack.

Flopers, s. Full fledged birds just
ready to leave the nest. F.ast.

Flopper, s. An under-petticoat.
Cornw,

Flopper-mouthed, adj. Blubber-
lipped. Lane.

Flore, s. {A.-N.) Flower.

Florence, s. Florins.

Florentine, s. A sort of pie cus-
tard, made originally at Florence.
It hag remained till late in tiie

last century as a Christmas dish,
though perhaps the composition
of it varied, as they were then
called apple Florentines. They
consisted, we are told, of an im-
mensely large dish of pewter,
filled with good baking apples,
sugar, and lemon, to the very
brim; with a roll of rich paste as
a covering — pie fashion. When
baked, and before serving up,
the upper crust, or lid, was
taken off.
Tf stealing custards, tarts, and Florentines,
By some late statute l>e created treason.

B.^FL, Woman EaUr,\,\.
I went to Florence, from whence we
have the art of making custards, which
are therefore called FlorrutUui.

Cotgrate, Wit's Interpreteril^ll.

(2) A sort of silk.

FlORREY, 1 A ui J

FLURRY, }*• A blue dye.

Florschare, s. A decorator. Pr.
P. See Flourish.

Flosche, s. a pit, or pool. Flosh-
hole, the hole which receives tlie
waste water from a mill-pond.

Flossy, s. A slattern. Craven.

Floster, v. To be very gay. Devon.

Flote, (1) 8. {A.-S.) A wave.
Minsheu. Shakespeare uses the
word in this sense in the Tem-
pest.

(2) 8. A dilution.

When the madere is injtotle, hreke liit
snialle tliat there be no hallys, for to
every jerde je nioste take a pownd of
■ladere. Fork-inglon MS.

Item, for the masterynge, je nioste cast
owte jowre aide fiote of jowre made-
rynge, and make a uewe flute for jour
masterynge of clene water in your loie
competently as woUe serve jow. lb.

(3) V. To be diluted.

To make rede water; takebrasylle tliat
fiotyn, and put hit into an erthyiie
potte, wirh ly made of lynie, tliat liit
ne wesshe, and selhe hit to the halven-
dele. Jb.

(4) 8. Dew. Surrey,

(5) 8. A sort of rough boat, use^'
formerly on the Severn.

FLO

4e4

FLU

{^) part.p. Grieved.
Floted, adj. Flooded ; watery.
Floten, adj. Distant.
Floter. K /^..5n To float.

FLOTTERE, J ^ '

Flothery, adj. Slovenly, and
showy. Var. d.

Flothre, «. Flakes of snow.

Flotis, s. (A.-S.) The froth from
boiling.

Flotsam, s. Goods floating on the
sea.

Flotte, v. To flow.

Flotten-milk. See Fletmitte.

F1.0U6H, (1) adj. Bleak; windy.
North.
(2) *. A flea. Chesh.

Ft.QUGHTER, V. To terrify. North.

Floundab, s. a flounder. SuffoUc.

Flounders, s. Animals found in
the livers of rotten sheep. Sussex.

Flount, p. To strut about in gaudy
dress. Var. d.

Flour, *. Soft thread or silk hang-
ing loosely, as on a tassel.

Flourette, ». {_Fr.) A small
flower.

Flourish, (1) v. To ornament.
(2) 8. A blossom. North.

Flouron, s. {Fr.) A border of
flower-work.

Flout, (1) s. A boy's whistle. So-
merset.

(2) «. A truss, or bundle. Warw.

<r
Besyde my bed thon must goe
And take up ajloule of strawe.

MS. Ashmole 61, St. cent.

(3) r. To express anger hy ges-
tures. Berks.

Floutersome, adj. Frolicksome.
North.

Flow, adj. Untractable. North.

Flowch, s. An old term of re-
proach.

Flower-tabby, adj. A silk ?

16G8, March 26tli. "To the duke of
York's liouse to see tlie new play, called
'The Man is tlie Master;' when the
house was (for the liour), it being not
one o'clock, very full. My wife extra-

ordinary fine in her flotcer-tahby suit,
and every body in love with it ; and
indeed she is vei-y handsome in it."

Pepys.

Flower, v. (A.-N) To foam.
Flowery, adj. Florid. North.
Flowish, adj. Immodest. North.
Flowr, s. A flaw or imperfection.

Hey wood, 1556.
Flowt, 8. (A.-S.) Flood; a wave.
Flowting, 8. Carding wool to spin

in the mixture. North.
Floygene, "I
floyne, Y s. a sort of ship.

FLEYNE, J

FLOYTE, 1 ^g^^^

FLOWTE, J

Flu, adj. Sickly looking. Kent.

Flubsy-faced, adj. Plump-faced.
North.

Fluce, v. (1) To plunge.

(2) To warm the legs by means
of a dick-pot. Nortkampt.

Flue, (1) adj. Sliallow. East.

(2) «. The coping of a gable or
end of a house. Fast.

(3) s. The nap or down of
anything.

(4) Same as Flem, and Doul(\).
Flue-full, adj. Brimful. Yorksli.
Fluelun, s. The plant veronica.
Fluff, {A.-S.) Same as Flue (3).
Fluggan, s. a coarse fat woman.

North.
Fluish, flf//. Washy ; weak ; loose

in morals. North.
Fluit, a.

To fluits, horse-coursers, sellers, and to

buyers.
To prisoners, to night-farmers and to

brooine-nien.
To all estates of forraigners, and freemen

Taijlor'3 Workes, 1630.

Fluke, s. (1) A flounder. See
Flewke.

(2) A lock of hair.

(3) Waste cotton. Lane.

(4) A kind of worm found some
times in the livers of slieep. Leit

Flum, s. (A.-N.) (1) A river.
(2) Deceit. Var. d.

FLU

465

FLY

Flu.mbardyng, «. A fiery cha-
racter.

Flummery, (1) s. Oatmeal boiled
ill water till it is thick and gela-
tinous. North. Flummery-hulls,
the skin of oats prepared for
making flummery.
(2) *. Nonsense.

Flummock, s. a sloven, Heref.

Flummox, v. To maul; to bewilder.
Var. dial.

Flump, (1) v. To fall down
heavily.
(2) adj. Flat.

Plunder, v. To be irregular.

Flung, part. p. Deceived ; re-
jected. North.

Flunkies,*. A term given some-
times to ushers, or assistants in
schools ; but more usually to foot-
men, or men-servants.

Flunter, v. To be in a hurry. Out
of flunter, unwell. Lane.

Flurch, *. A great quantity. North.

Flure, adj. Flory ; floured. Gaw.

Fluren, ar?/. Made of flour.

Fluring, *. A brood. North.

Flurn, v. To sneer at. Line.

Flurrigigs, s. Useless finery.

Flurry, s. A confusion. Flured,
ruflled. Yorksh.

Flurt, (1) ». To snap the fingers
in derision.

(2) s. A satirical action or speech.

(3) g. A blow.

(4) V. To chide. Yorksh.

(5) s. A fool. Somerset.
Flurt-gillian. See Flirt.
Flurts, «. A liglit woman. North.
Flurt-silk, «. A sort of figured

silk.
Flush, (1) adj. Full feathered.
Young birds are said to be flush
when they are able to leave the
nest. Warw.

(2) adj. Ripe ; full.

He took my father grossly, full of bread,
Witli all his crimes broall blown, as flush
•s May. Shakesp., Ilaml., iii, 3.

(3) adj. In good condition, espe-

2 H

cially with regard to worldly cir-
cumstances.

(4) adj. Prodigal ; full.

(5) *. A great number.

(6) s. A hand of cards all of a
sort.

(7) s. An increase of water in a
river. See Flosche.

(8) s. The hot stage of a fever.
South.

(9) adj. Hot and heavy, applied
to the weather or atmosphere.

(10) V. To hop, as a bird.

(11) adj. Even ; on a level with.

Flusk, v. To quarrel. North.

Flusker, v. To flutter; to be con-
fused ; to fly irregularly! Var. d.

Fluste, adj. Pushed.

Fluster, 1 * ^ ■

> *. A (Treat hurrv.

FLUSTRATION, J o """-•

Flustered, adj. Half tipsy.

Flustergated, adj. Blustering,
Wight.

Flustrate, v. (1) To frighten.
(2) To be confused.

Flutter, *. A litter. Glouc.

Fluttergrub, *. A field labourer.
South.

Flux, v. To strike with the wrings.
IVight.

Fluxive, adj. Flowing with mois-
ture.

Fluzzed, adj. Bruised ; blunted.
North.

Fly, (1) s. A familiar spirit, atten-
dant on a witch or astrologer.
(2) V. To be quick at taking
offence. Northampt.

Flyabostic, adj. Outrageously
showy. Somerset.

Fly-caf, s. a sort of cap, in fashion
about 1760.

Flycche, v. (^A.'S.) To separate.

Fly-clapper, 1 s.Aclappertodrive
FLY-FLAP, J away flies.

Fly-dod, s. Ragwort. Cheth.

Flyer, r. To fleer.

Fly-foot, s. A village game, simi-
lar to leap-frog.

Fly-oolding,s. Alady-bifd. Sun,

FLY

466

FOI

Flying-words, s. Irritable lan-
guage. East.

Flyne, v. (J.-S.) To flv.

Flynge, v. To go rapidly.

Flyre, v. To fleer. Curhb.

Fnaste, v. {A..S.) To breathe hard.
Hwan Grim him havede faste bounden,
And sitlien in an eld cloth wuden,
A kevel of clutes ful unwraste,
That he [ne] niouthe speke we /haste,
Hwere he wolde him bare or lede.

Savelok, 548.

Fo, adj. Few. Somerset.

Foal, s. An assistant to the putters
in a coal mine. North.

FoAL-FooT, s. Colt's-foot. North.

FoAL-KELL, *. The amnion. North.

FoAP, V. To comb back. Devon.

Fob, (1) «. Froth. South.

(2) V. To put off; to mock a
person.

Fobbed, part. p. Disappointed.
North.

FoBBLE, s. Quadruple. Yorksh.

FoBEDAYS, s. Holydays.

Fobs. Same as Dubs (1).

FoDDENE, V. To feed.

Fodder, v. To mutter. Somerset.

FoDDERiNG-GBOUND,*. A grass en-
closure for cattle. Var. d.

FoDDiNG, 8. A division.

FoDE, (1) «. A youth ; a person.

(2) V. To feed. Fodynge, nourish-
ing.

(3) To f ode out with words, to
deceive.

FoDER, s. (A.-S.) A burthen.

FoDGE, s. A small bundle. Glouc.

FoE, V. To fall. Lane.

Fog, (1) V. To flatter for gain.
" Hah ! fogging knave ! (sgco-
phantal)" Terence in English,
1641.

(2) s. Fat.

(3) ». The second crop of grass,
or aftermath; long grass left
through the winter for early
spring feed.

(4) V. To have power ; to practise.

(5) ». To take cattle out of pas-
tures in the autumn. Craven.

(6) s. Moss. North.
FoGAN, s. A sort of cake. Corr.vi.
FoGGER, «. (1) A cheat.

(2) A huckster. Suff.

(3) A man-servant. Wilts.

(4) A person who looks after
cattle. Berks.

Foggy, adj. (1) Fat; bloated.

(2) Stupid ; dull.

(3) Rank, as grass. North.

FoGH, s. Fallow ground. Chesh.

Fogg. s. A stench. Var. d.

FoGORNER, «. One who expels peo-
ple from their dwellings. Ibth
cent.

Foil, (1) r. To soil; to defile.

(2) V. To trample.

(3) s. The track of the deer.

(4) #. The back of a looking-glass.

(5) s. A blunt sword used in
fencing. To put to the foil, to
put to the sword.

FoiLES, s. {A.-N.) Leaves.

FoiN, (1) V. (Fr.) To push, in
fencing, "lofogne or to thrust :
to pricke at ones enimie as pur-
posing his dispatch." Nomencl.

(2) s. A push of the sword oi
spear. " First six foines with
hand speares." HoUngsh.

(3) V. To prick ; to sting.

(4) s. Foes.
FoiNG-ouT, 8. A brawL Cumb.
FoiNS, *. {A.-N.) Fur made from

skins of polecats.
FoisoN, s. (1) {A.-N.) Plenty.

(2) The juice of grass or other

herbs. Suff.
Foist, (1) ». A shallow barge or

pinnace, "Foist, called a great or

lyght shippe. Corbita, Liburna."

Huloet.

(2) s. A cut-purse.

(3) s. A juggling trick, or fraud.
Jonson.

(4) V. To smell musty. Var. d.

(5) 8. A toad- stool. Suff.

Foister, s. a pick-pocket. Florio.

FoisTiNG-HOUND, s. A sort of lap-
dog.

FOI

467

FON

Re will fawne on yon Ifke a spaniell,
toilow- you like ?i foisting hound for his
commodity ; say what you wil, hee will
sweare to it. Man in the Moone, 1609.
As fur shepherds' dogs, foisting eurs,
and such whom some fond ladies make
their daily, nay nightly companions too,
1 shall pass over, being neitlier worthy
to be inserted in this subject, nor agreea-
hle thereto. Gentl. Recreat., p. 23.

FoiSTY, adj. (1) {Fr.) Stinking.
(2) Swaggering. Line.

FoKY, adj. Bloated; soft; unsound.
East.

FoL, adj. {A.-N.) Foolish. Fola-
bilile, folly. Skelt.

FoLDE, (1)"«. (^A.-S.) The world;
the earth.

(2) «. Afarm-yard. Var.d. Fold-
garth, a farm -yard. North.

(3) V. To embrace.

(4) V. To contract ; to fail.

(5) V. To grant ; to plight.

(6) *. A bundle of straw. North.

(7) Infolds, in number.
FoLDEROL, s. Nonsense.
Folding-gates, s. Gates which

open in the centre. MS. 15/A
cent.

Folding-stool, s. A portable seat
made to fold up.

Fold-pritch, s. a heavy pointed
iron to pierce ground for hurdles.
East.

Foi.E, adj. Dirty; foul. Morte Arth.

Foled, adj. Foolish. MSS. Ibth
cent.

Fole-large, adj. Foolishly liberal.

Folely, adv. (A.-N.) Foolishly.

Folesfoot, s. (1) Ground ivy.
(2) The plant coltsfoot.

FoLET, s. {A.-N.) A foolish fellow.
Pr.P.

FoLHT, s. (A.-S.) Baptism.

Foi.iER, *. (-Fr.) Goldsmith's foil.

Folio. In folio, in abundance. In
full folio, in full dress.

Foliomort, adj. (Lat.) Dark yel-
low ; the colour of a dead leaf.

Folk, ». (1) {A.-S.) People; men
collectively. Folk-mote a popu-
lar assembly.

(2) Family. Var. d.
Folks, *, Friends. Notthampt.

" We're not folks now."
FoLLAUT, s. {A.-N.) Foolishness.
Foller, s. a flat circular piece of

wood used in pressing a cheese

when the curd is not sufficient to

fill the vat. North.
Follow, v. To court. Follower,

one who courts, a sweetheart.
Followers, *. Lean store cattle or

sheep, which follow those that

are fatting. Norf.
Following-time, *. A wet season.

East.
Follow-my-leader, s. a child's

game.
Folly, s. Any ridiculous building.
FoLTE, s. A fool. Pr. P.
FoLTED, adj. Foolish ; silly.

Shrewes mysdede hym ful ofte.
And helde hym folted or wode.

MS. Marl., 1701.

FoLTisH, adj. Foolish.

FoLTRYE, *. Foolishness. Pr. P.

FoLUD, pret. t. Followed.

' [part. p. Baptised.
FOLOWED, J ^ ^ ^

FoLWERE, s. {A.-S.) A follower.
FoLY, adj. Foolish. Folylyche,

foolishly.
FoLYMARE, *. A young foal. MS,

Ibth cent.
FoLjE, V. {A.-S.) To follow.
FoMARD, s. A polecat. North.
FoMBLiTUDE,*. A weak comparison.
FoME, *. {A.-N.) Smoke; scum.

East.
FoMEREL. See Femerel.
Fo-MON, *. {A.-S.) An enemy.
FoN, {l)v. To be foolish ; to make

foolish.

(2) s. A foolish person.

(3) adj. Foolish.

(4) *. Foes.

{a) part. p. Found. North.
FoNCE, adj. Cunning; knowing.

Line.
Fond, adj. (1) Stupid ; foolish ; half

silly ; timid ; idle and unprofitable.

FON

468

FOO

(2) Luscious ; fulsome. East.
FoNDE, (1) V. {A.-S.) To try; to
inquire.

(2) ». To receive.

(3) V. To tempt.

And jet for man his so brotel

Ine his oweue kende,
Thaj he torai to senne ajen

Thorwe fondynpe of the feende.
WxUiam de Shoreham.

(4) part. p. (A.-S.) Found; dis-
covered.
(5) V. To doat upon.

FovDznE, part. p. Found.

Fondling, s. An idiot ; a man of a
sycophantic character. North.

Fondly, adv. Foolishly.

Fondness, s. Folly.

Fond-plough, ». The fool-plough.
North.

FoNDYNG, 8. (J.-S.) (1) A trial.
(2) Temptation.

FoNE, (1) 8. Foes.

(2) 8. A fool.

(3) adj. Few. Minot.
FoNEL, 8. A funnel. Pr. P.
FoNGE, V. (J.-S.) To take; to seize.
FoNK, 8. Vapour ; smoke.
FoNNE, (1) ». {A.-S.) To be foolish.

Fonnish, foolish.
(2) 8. A device.
FoNNELL, 8. A dish in cookerj-.
FonneU. Take almandes unblancbed,
grynde hem and urawe hem up with
goiJe broth Take a lomhe, or a kidde,
and half rest hym, or the thridde part.
Smvte hym in gobbettes, and cast hym
.to tlie mylke. Take smale briddes yfest ed
and ysty ned, and do thereto sugar, pow-
dor of eanell, and salt ; take jolkes of
ayret harde ysode, and cleeve atwo,
aiid ypanced witli floer of ranell, and
fluris'h tlie seme above. Take alkenet
fryed and yfondred, and droppe above
with a feth'er, and messe it forth.

Forme of Cury, p. 14.

FoNT.^NGE, 8. (Named from one of
the mistresses of Louis XIV.) A
knot of ribbon on a lady's head-
dress.

That d've lack, ladies? fine mazarine
hoods, fontangfs, girdles, sable tippets,
choice of fine ^cloves and ribbands.

ShadveU, Bury Fair, ieS9.

I have not dole enongh to see her in (h .
miserable case, without her silks, point,
jewel, fonta)u/es of seven stories.

N. Tate, Cuckolds Haven, 168.5.
These old fashioned fontanges rose v\\
ell above the head; they were pointid
like steeples, and had long loose pieces
of crape, wliicli were fringed, and hung
down their backs. Addison.

FoNT-STONE, S. TllC fotlt.

FooAZ, V. To cut even the surface
of a fleece of wool. North.

FoocH, V. To push in. Devon.

FooDY, adj. (1) Fertile; rich in
grass. North.
(2) Eatable.

Foo-GOAD, 8. A plaything. Lane.

Fool, rcybo/?*;:?, to practise any
folly to excess.

FooL-BEGGED,a^'. Absurd. 5Aa^f*/;.

FooLEN, s. A narrow strip of land
between the embankment of a
river and the ditch on the land
side. Suffolk.

FooL-HAPPY, adj. Fortunate. Spms.

FooL-PLODGH, 8. A pageant of
sword-dancers dragging a plough.
Still practised in the North of
England.

FooLs'-PARADisE, 8. Deceptive
good fortune or joy. To bring
into a fools' paradise, to make a
fool of.

Of trust of this arte riseth joyes nice,
Tor lewde liope isfooles Paradiee.

Ashmole's Theat. Chem., 1G.53.
Nos opinantes ducimurfalso gaudio. He
brings us silly ones into a fooles jiarn-
dise. Tennce in English, 1G41.

FooR, s. (1) A farrow. North.

(2) A ford. Yorksh.

(3) A strong scent. Line.
FooRZKs,*. Same &%Bever{\). East.
FoosEN, 8. Generosity. North.
Foot, s. The burden of a song.
FooT-ALE, 8. Beer given by a w ork-

man on entering a new place.

FooT-BOAT, s. A boat for foot pas-
sengers only. West.

FooT-BRiG, 8. A plank across a
brook. Northampt.

FooT-BROAD,«.The breadth ofa foot

FOO

469

FOO

FooT-c LOTH, «. Housings of cloth,
hanging down on every side of a
horse, sometimes used for state,
and at others as a mark of gen>
tility.

There is one air Bounteous Progress

newly alighted from his foot-eloth, and

his mare waits at door, as the fashion is.

Mad W. my Mast., O. PI., v. 349.

I am a gentleman,

With as much sense of lionour as the

proudest
Don Uiat doth ride on's foot-clolh, and

can drop
Gold to the Dumerous minutes of Ids age.
Shirley's Brothers, i, 1.

Footer, (1) v. To idle.

(2) s. An idle, worthless fellow.
South.

FooTERY, adj. False ; deceitful ;
slippery. Berks.

FooTE-sAUNTE, *. A game at cards,
practised in the 16th century.

FooT-HEDGE, "1 *. A Slight, dry
FOOT-SET, J hedgeof thorns, to
protect a newly planted hedge.

Footing. ♦' To ^a.y footing " is to
pay a fine or forfeit on first doing
anything, and foot-ale is the fine
spent in beer on a workman's first
entering a new place of employ-
ment. Colling is used in a similar
sense.

Footings, s. The first courses in
the foundation of a building.

Footing-time, s. The time when
a woman gets up after child-
birth. Norf.

Footling, s. (1) A small foot.

(2) Anything no bigger than
one's foot.

(3) Footmarks. Leic.
FooT-LOCKS, «. Corn or hay col-
lected on the feet of mowers
during work. Var.d.

FooT-MAiDEN, ». A Waiting maid.
Footman, «. A foot-soldier.
Footman's-inn,». Amean lodging.

Wliich at the heeles so hants his frighted

ghost.
That he at last, in foolauM's-itac must

host.

Some castle dolorous compDs'd of stone.
Like (let me see) Newsiate is such a or.e.
Bowlands, Knave of Harts, 1613.

Foot-mantle, «. A garment wrap-
ped round the lower parts of a
lady on horseback.

TJppon an amhlere esely sche sat,
Wymplid fu) wel, and on hire heed an hat
As brood as is a bocler or a targe ;
K foot-mantel aboute hire hupes large,
And on hire feet a paire of spores scliarpe
Chaucer, Cant, r.,471.

Footmen, «. Thin slight shoes.

Foot-pace, «. The raised floor at
the upper end of a dining-hall ; a
landing-place on a staircase; a
hearthstone. Gaule, in his ' Mag-
astromancers posed and puzzel'd,'
mentions, among other vain ob-
servations and superstitious omi-
nations tliereupon, "the crickets
chirping behind the chimney
stock, or creeping upon i\\& fool-
pace."

Foot-plough, s. A sort of plough.

Qu. When did wheel-ploughes come
into use? I think hut about 163U.
They serve best in stony land. Foot-
floughes are somewhat later.

Aubrey's WiUs^

FooT-POST, g, A letter-carrier who
went on foot.

He takes away the relation betwixt a
lawyer and his client; and makes it
generally extend to the clearks in oitices;
vender whose safegard hee hath his li-
cence seal'd to travaile : afoot-post and
hee differ in the discharge of their
packet, and the payment: for the in-
former is content to tarry the next
tearme (perhaps) till a judgement.
Stephens's Essays and Characters, 161 5

FooT-PRODS, s. Large nails, usually
three in number, fixed to the
bottoms of shoes to prevent slip-
ping, &c. East.

FooT-RiLLs, 8. Coalworks open to
the air. Staff.

FooT-sHEETs, s. Shects used at
the bottom of a bed. Wardrole
Ace. Edw. IV.

FooTSOM,*. Neat'sfootoil. Shropsh.

FooT-spoRE, a. A foot-mark.

FOO

470

FOR

Foot-stall, s. The foot or base of

a pillar. Nomenclator, 1585.
Foot-stool, s. A sort of stirrup or

support for the feet of a woman

riding on a pillion.
FooT-TRAP,». The stocks, "Cippus.

Un cep. The stocks, or foote'

trap." Nomenclator, 1585.
FooT-TRENCHES, g. Superficial

drains a foot wide. North.
FoOTY, adj. Trifling; mean. Var. d.
Fooz, s. The plant sempervivum

teucrium
Fop, (1) s. a conceited fool.

(2) V. To act foolishly.
FoPDOODLE,». A sillyfellow; a dupe.

Come, come, vou brace of fopdoodles.
ShadweU, Bury Fair, 1689

FoppET, s. A foolish person.

FoppY, adj. Light, puffy, moorish,
applied to land. East.

FopsTER, *. A cutpurse. Dekker.

For, as a prefix to verbs, gives in-
tensity or a destructive significa-
tion, as from bete, to beat, for-
bete, to beat to pieces, to beat to
death. It answers to the modern
German ver-. It is only neces-
sary to give the examples inwhich
the original meaning of the word
has undergone any particular
modification.

FoRACRE, 8. The headland of an
arable field. Kent.

Forage, s. {Fr.) Fodder ; food.

For- AND. And also.

FoRANENT,j»rep.O|)positeto.iVbr/A.

FoR-BARRE, V. To hinder ; to pre-
vent ; to interpose.

Forbear, ». To give way to another.

FoR-BECAusE. Bccausc.

Forbrlo, 8. A furbelow.

Wild. To see a lady in disabilee, with
lier night cloaths pleated about her fare,
like a fortification at a pastry-cooks,
and another forbelo'd from top to toe,
like a Friesland lieu — Why, we gaze in-
deed, because Nature's brought to bed of
a monster. Vice lieciaim'd, 1703.

For-bere, v. {.4.-S.) To abstain.
FoRBETE, a. The plant devil's-bit.

FoRBisNE, "1 8. (A.-S.) An exam-
forbysene, J pie ; a parable.
FoR-BiTEN, V. To bite to pieces.
For-blede, v. To bleed copiously.

For-bledd, covered with blood.
For-blowe, ». (1) To blow about.

(2) To swell ; to blow or puff up.
FoR-BODE, "Is. A denial; a pro-
kor-bott, J hibition.
FoRBORER, 8. A furbishcr.
FoRBOWs, 8. The breast of an

animal. Craven.
FoR-BREKE, V. To break in pieces ;

to destroy.
FoR-BRissuTE, part. p. Broken ;

bruised.
FoB-BROiDE, adj. Very great; un-

raeasurable ; overgrown.
FoR-BURTHE, «. (1) Birth-right J

first birth.

(2) The first-born.
FoR-BUT, *. The top rail at the front

of a cart or wagon. Northampt.
YoB.BY,prep.{A.-S.){\) Past; near.

(2) Besides ; in addition to. Cumb.
FoR-BYE, V. {A.-S.) To ransom ;

to redeem. For-bought, re-
deemed.
FoRBYER, 8. (A.-S.) The Redeemer.
FoR-CARVK, V. To cut in pieces ;

to cut through.
Force, (1) v. To regard, or care for.

Thns he in office plaste,

Puft up with princely might,

Ifot forcing Aretafila
His mother-law a whit,

Nor any of his blood.

Turbenille's TragicaU Tales, 1587.

(2) V. To strive.

Howbeit in the ende, perceiving those
men did more fiercely /orce to geite up
the hilL North's Plutarch.

(3) V. To urge in argument.
ShaJcesp.

(4) V. To stuff, whence forces''-
meat, still used for stuffing.
To what form, but that he is, should wi*
larded with malice and malice forcei
with wit turn him ?

Shakesp., Tro. ^ Cr. v. 1.

(5) p. To exaggerate.

FOR

471

FOR

With fables value my hisforie to fill,
Forcing my good, excusini; of my ill.

Mirror for Magist., p. 52.

(6) V. To fatten animals. East.

(7) V. To clip, shear, or shave.

(8) V. To clip off the upper and
more hairy part of wool.

(9) adj. Strong.

(10) *. A waterfall. North.

(11) 0/ybrce, necessarily. "Then
of force shee must be worth the
fetching." Heywood's Iron Age,
1632. A"© /orce, no matter. /
do or give no force, I care not.

Syr (quod the felowe), I truste ye wyll
beare me recoide that 1 liave hit nat.
Ko by tlie masse quod lie, thou were on
the pyllorie the whyle. Than no force
quod tlie felow — and wenle his waye.
Tales and Quicke Answeres, i, p. 97.

Forcer, «. {A.'-N.) A chest; a
coffer, or casket.

FoRCETis, ». Forceps ; shears.
Caxton,

FoRCHES, s. (Fr.) (1) The spot
where two roads branch off from
one. Devon.
(2) The haunches of a deer.

FoR-CHOSEN, /ar/.;». Chosen pre-
viously.

FoRciPATiON, *. (from Lat, for-
ceps) Tearing with pincer^.

FoR-CLOSE, V. To shut lip.

FoR-coME, V. To prevent.

FoR-CRASED, adj. Crazy ; mad.

FoR-cuTTE, V. (A.-S.) To cut
through.

Ford, v. To afford; to sell.

FoR-DARKE,».(.<^.-5.} Tomakedark.

FoRDBOH, 8. The plant dodder.

FoR-DEDE, *. A former deed.

FoRDELE, s. An advantage. See
Afterdeale.

FoRDEME, {A.-S.) V. To condemn.

FoRDER, ». To further, or promote.

FoR-DEWE, ». To wet with dew.

FoRDiT. Shut up. tr. Mapes,p.3i5.

FoR-Do, ». To undo; to ruin; to
destroy.

FoR-DREDE, V. To terrify greatly.

¥oR-DREi>iT, part. p. Drowned.

FoR-DRivE, V. To drive away; to
drift.

FoR-DRONiNG, s. Troublc ; dis-
turbance.

FoR-DRONKEN, part. p. (1)
Drowned.
(2) Very drunk.

FoR-DRY, adj. Very dry.

FoR-DULLE, (1) V. To be stupified.
(2) adj. Very dull.

FoR-DWiNE, V. To waste away.

FoRDYNG, s. (A.-S.) Destruction.

Fore, (1) pret. t. Went; fared.

(2) s. Faring; going.

(3) part. p. Before ; having any-
thing forthcoming.

(4) s. A ford. North.

(5) s. A furrow.

Forebit, 8. The plant devil's-bit.

Cotgrave.
Foredale, ». The pudding of a cow

towards the throat. Shropsh.
Fore-days, (1) s. Towards noon.

Oxford.

(2) Towards evening. Northumb.
FoRE-ELDERS,». Anccstors. North.
Fore-family, s. The ancestors of

a family. East.
Forefeng, s. The first taking of

a thing. West.
Fore-flank, «. A projection of fat

on the ribs of a sheep. North.
Fore-flap, s. Bands.
FoRE-FRONT, s. The forehead. Pals.
FoREGANGER, 8. A forcrunncr.
FoREHAMMBR, 8. The large ham.

mer which strikes before the

smaller ones.
Forehand-shaft, s. An arrow

specially formed for shooting

straight forward. Shakesp.
Forehead, *. An earth-ridge.
Forehead-cloth, ». A bandage

formerly used by ladies to pre-
vent wrinkles.
FoRE-HEET, (1) ». To forbid.

(2) V. To predetermine.

(3) 8. Forethought. North.
FoRE-HENT,j»ar/.j». Seized before-
hand.

FOR

474

FOR

PoRKHEVEDE, s. (J.-S.) The fore-
head.

Foreigner, «. A stranger to a lo-
cality. In some parts of Kent
all born in another parish are still
called foreigners.

FoREiNE, *. (A.-N.) (1) A Jakes ; a
cesspool ; a drain.
(2) A stranger ; a foreigner.

FoRELL, 8. (1) {Lat.) A bag, or
purse.

(2) A cover of a book.

(3) A kind of parchment, much
used for covers of hooks.

FoRELON'G. The same as Foolen.

FoRELOw, adj. Slanting ; very low.
East.

Foreman, s. An ancestor.

Foremen, s. An old cant term for
geese.

Foremest, adj. Earliest.

FoRE-MiLK, *. The first milk after
calving. North.

FoRENENST, prep. Opposite to;
towards.

FoREXESs, «. A promontory.

FoRE-PAST, part. p. Past by.

FoREPRizE, ». To except; to ex-
clude.

FoRE-READ, s. A preface.

FoRE-RiGHT, (1) adj. Straight-for-
ward ; obstinate ; headstrong ;
abrupt; foolish. South.
(2) *. The coarsest sort of
wheaten bread.

FoRESAY, V. To foretell, or decree.

FoBE-SET, part. p. Previously or-
dained.

FoRESHip, s. The forecastle.

FoRESHOUTs, ». The double ropes
which fasten the main-sail of a
ship.

FoRESiGN, s. Divination.

FoRESLACK, ». To relax; to neg-
lect, or delay. Spenser.

FoRESLOw, V. To delay ; to loiter.

FoRESPEAK. r. (1) To predict.
(2) See For-speak.

FoRE-spuR, s. The fore-leg of pork.
Vest.

FoRBSTEAD, s. A fofd. Crcven.

FORESTER-OF-THE-FEE, S. One wllO

had a perpetual right of hunting
in a forest on paying to the crown
a certain rent for the same.

FoRE-STOOLS, 8. The fore part of
a cart, which projects over the
horse. East.

FoRESTOveE, V. To waste.

This summer must not be lost, nor any
miuute of time forestoxred, to reduce
them of Scotland, lest, by protraction
here they gain time and advantage t<>
frame their parties with foreign states.
Speech in Parliament, 1640 {Rushworth).

Forest-whites, «. A sort of cloths.

FoRE-snMMERs, s. A sort of plat-
form projecting over the shafts
of a cart. East.

FoRE-TOKEN, s. A waming.

FoRETOP, s. (1; The forehead.
" His fax and his foretoppe."
Morte Arthure.

(2) An erect tuft of hair on the
head. Suff. Used in this sense by
Ben Jonson.

For witli far lesser danger you may read

Trithemius charms, or view the Gorgon's
head.

Nor must we now forget the children too,

"Wlio witli their fore-tops gay stand up
i' th' pew.

Brought there to play at church, and to be
cliid,

And for discourse at meals wliat children
did. Satyr against Hypocrites, t6b'J.

Fore- WARDEN, /?ar/.^. Destroyed.
North.

FoREWARE, r. To indemnify. Som.

Fore-watch, v. To watch inces-
santly.

FoRK-WAY, s. A high road. North.

FoRE-wETiNO,s. {A.'S.) Foreknow-
ledge.

FoR-FAGHTE, "I jBflr/. p. Weary
FOR-FOGHTEN, J with fighting.

FoRFAiTE, r. {A.-N.) To misdo ;
to offend.

FoR-FARE, p. To go to ruin ; to
perish.

FoR-FERE, V. To terrify exceed,
ingl.v.

FoR-FLYTE, V. To scold much.

FOR

473

FOR

FoR-FOR, conj. Wherefore. Heame.

FOR-FRETEN, V. (A.-S.) To Cat tO

pieces.
FoR-FRORN,/?arAjo. Frozen. Caxt.
FoR-GABBEN, V. {A.-N.) To mock.
FoRGAiT, «. The start. North.
Forgather, v. To encounter. North.
Forge, v. To invent. Forgetive,

inventive.
Forgetilschip, *. Forgetfulness.
For-gime, v. To transgress.
Forgive, v. To begin to thaw.

Var. d.

FOR-GLUTTEN, V. {A.-S.) To dc-

vour, or swallow up.
FoR-GO, V. (1) To lose; to spare.

(2) To forsake.
FoR-GOER, ». One who goes before.
FoR-GRAiTHED, part. p. {A.-S.)

Quite prepared.
FoR-GROWEN, par^^. Overgrown.
FoR-GULTE, V. (A.-S.) To recom-
pense.
FoR-HALE, V. To harass ; to plague.
FoR-HEDE, w. To behead.
FoR-HELE, V. (A.-S.) To conceal.

For-hole, concealed.
FoR-HEWE, V. (A.-S.) To despise.
FoR-HiLE, V. (A.-S.) To protect.

For-hiler, a protector.
FoR-HORYD, part. p. Very hoary.
FoR-HUNGRED, part. p. {A.-S.)

Famished.
FoR-JUGED, part. p. Wrongfully

judged.
FoR-jusTE, V. To joust with at a

tournament.
Fork, s. (1) The lower half of the

body.

(2) A haunch of a deer.
FoRK-DDST, s. The dust made in

grinding forks. Sheffield.
Forked, «. Tiie fourchiire. Devon.
Forked-cap, s. The mitre.
Forkelyd, adj. Wrinkled with

age.
For-kerve, v. (A.-S.) To cut

through.
FoRKET, «. {Fr.J'ourchette.) A little

fork. V

Fobkin-robin,*. An earwig. A'or/A-
ampt.

Forks,*. (1) The gallows.
(2) Parcels of wood. Lane.

Fob-ladder, a. The moveable rails
at the front of a cart or wagon
for extending the length. North-
ampt.

¥ov.-hAUEN, part. p. Overladen.

For-lafe, "[part. p. Left off en-
for-laft, J tirely ; dismissed.

For-laine, part. p. Rechased.

For-lance, v. To cut off.

FoR-LAYNE. See For-lye.

For-lede, v. (A.-S.) To mislead.

FoR-LEND, V. To give up.

FoR-LESE, V. (A.-S.) To lose en-
tirely.

FoR-LETE, r. To abandon ; to lose ;
to forsake ; to leave desolate.

FoR-LiTHE, V. (A.-S.) To force a
woman, or ravish.

FoR-LORE, />ar^. />. (A.-S.) Utterly
lost.

FoR-LORN, adj. (1) Worthless; re-
probate. East.
(2) Thin ; diminutive. Shakesp.

FoRLORN-HOPE, 8. A party of sol-
diers sent in advance to skirmish.

FoRLOYNE, 8. A term in hunting.
A chase in which some of the
hounds have tailed, and the
huntsman is a-head of some and
following others; also, when a
hound going before the rest of
the cry, meets chase, and goes
away with it.

FORLUKE, 1
FORLORE, J

For I hade tlire hundrythe powunde of

rente,
I speiidest two in that entente.

Ot Buche /or/o*(! was I. Sir Amadace.

Foa-LYK, V. (A.-S.) (1) To lie with
a woman ; futuere. Often with
the implication of force.

That thurch forth hir cliaumberlain
Wald have Uir far lain.

Arthour ^ Merlin, p. 5ii

(2) To overlay and kill a child.

Providence.

FOR

474

FOR

Form, (I) s. The seat of a hare.

(2) e. To squat down as a hare.
Formal, adj. Sober; in a right

form ; in one's right senses.
Formally, ado. In the form of

another ; in a certain form.
The very devil assum'd thee formally.
That face, that voice, that gesture, that

attire. A Mad World, O. PI., v, 376.

FoRMAR, adj. First ; highest.
FoRMAST, adj. (A.-S.) Earliest;

foremost.
Format, v. To bespeak. North.
FoRMAYLLE, 8. The female of birds,

but especially of a hawk.
Forme, (1) adj. (A.-S.) First;

former.

(2) V. To teach ; to inform.
Former, (I) s. A gouge.

(2) s. An implement for holding
pieces of a table together.

(3) s. The Creator.

(4) adj. First.
FoRMERWARDE, g. The vanguard.
Formfader,s. (^.-5.) A forefather.
Formica, «. A disease in hawks.
FoRMOsiTY, s. (Lai.) Beauty.
Formous, adj. (Lat.) Beautiful.
Form-pieces, s. An old term for the

stones of the tracery of windows.
FoRN, adv. (A.-S.) Before.
Fornk, adj. First, former, or fore.
FoRNE-CAST, adj. Premeditated.
FoRNESSE, 8. A furnace.
FoR-NiGH, adv. Very near. North.
FoR-NODGHT, udv. Easily.
FoRNPECKLES, 8. Frccklcs. Lane.
FoR-OLDED, adj. Worn out with

age. South.
¥oKORD, part. p. Furred.
FoR-ouTiN, prep: Without.
FoRow, 8. (A.-S.) A furrow.

Take and put a welowe stoke in s-forowe
v.niade in the erthe fuf the uonyg, and
lett hym growe then above.

PorJdngton MS.
Rachis rennyn one every syde,

In forrotu thei lioppe me tofynd;
Ilonteris takythe there horse and ryde.
And cast the couttray by ttie wynd. lb.

FoB-piNCHE. ». To pinch to pieces.

FoR-PiNE, V. To pine or starve to I
death; to waste away. For-pined, {
niggardly. j

FoR-PossE, V. To push violently. j

FoRRAD, adv. Forward. Var. d. '

VoK-KAKYD, part. p. Overdone with ;
walking.

FoRRAYSE, V. To forav, or lay waste.

¥onvLEV,part.p. (A.-S.) Debilitated.

FoRREL, 8. (1) (A.-N.) The cover ..
of a book.

(2) Tlie border of a handker-
chief. Truest.

FoRREouR, 8. (A.-N.) A scout, or
forager.

FoRREss-LAND,«. Assart land. Suss.

FoR-RiGHT,arf/. Headstrong. South.

FoR-SAKE, V. (A.-S.) To leave ; to
omit ; to desist from ; to refuse,
or deny.

FoR-scAPTE,juar^.jB. Driven or ban-
ished from. Chester PI., i, 44.

FoR-scHAPE, V. (A.-S.) To trans-
form.

FoR-scYPPER, 8. One who skipped
over the Psalms in chanting.

FoRSE, V. To gnaw.

FoR-sE, 1 V. To neglect ; to de-

FOR-SEGH, J Spise.

FoRSELY, adj. Strong ; powerful.

FoR-SETTE, V. (A.-S.) To shut close
in.

FoR-SHAPEN, part. p. (1) Mis-
shaped; transformed.
(2) Unmade.

You-SBKONK^, part. p. Shrunk up.

FOR-SLEUTHE, V. (A.-S.) To loSC

through lying idle.

FoR-stocKOND./^ar/.jt;. Overdone.
" For-slockond with ale." Reliq.
Antiq., i, 84.

FoR-sLONGEN, part. p. Devoured.

FoR-SLYNGRED, joar/.^. Beat Se-
verely.

FoRSNES, 8. Strength. Gawayne,

FoR-SNEYE, V. To do cvil siily.

FoR-soNGEN, part. p. Weary of
singing.

FoR-sPEAK, V. (1) To bewitch.
(2) To forbid.

FOR

475

foft

FoR-sPENT, part. p. Worn away.
FoRSPREAK, s. An advocate.
FoR-spREDE, V. To spread wide.
FoRST, g. Frost.
FoR-sTALLE, V. (A.-S.) To hinder;

to forestall.
FoRSTER, s. A forester.
FoR-STORMED, part. p. Beaten by

storms.
FoR-STRAUGHT, part. p. {A.-S.)

Distracted.
ToR.swAT, part. p. Covered with

sweat.
FoR-swELTE, part. p. Killed.
FoR-swEREN, V. To swear falsely.
FoR-swiNKE, V. To weary one's self

with labour.
FoRSY, V. To stuff, or season, a

dish. See Force.
Fort, (1) adj. (A.-N.) Strong;

powerful.

{2) prep. Before.

(3) prep. Till; until.

(4) adj. Tipsy.
For-taxed, paj't. p. Overladen

with taxes.
For-teach, r. To unteach. Sperm.
FoRTELACE, 8. (A.-N.) A fortrcss.
FoRTELETTE, s. A little fort.
FoRTER, V. To thrash corn. North.
FoRTEYN,». (A.-N.) (1) To happen.

(2) To prosper.
Forth, (1) adv. (A.-S.) Forwards.

(2) V. To distrust ; to despair.

(3) s. Theft.

(4) adj. Out of temper. Devon.
FoR-THAN, conj. (A.-S.) Therefore.
FoR-THAT, conj. Because.
FoRTH-BY, adv. (A.-S.) Forward by.
FoRTHE, (1) ». (^.-5.) To forward,

or bring forward.

(2) 8. A sort of liquor.

Ne mede, neforthe, no otlier licour
Tliat cliaungeth wateres kende.

William de Shoreham.

FoRTHE-DAYES, odv. The close of

the day.
FoRTHE-GATE,s. (A.-S.) Ajoiimcy.
Forth ELY, adv. Readily.
FoRTHER-FETE, «. The forc-fcct.

FoRTtiKRhY, adv. Forward; early.

North.
FoRTH-HELDE,». (A.-S.) To retail).
FoR-THi, conj. (A.-S.) Therefore ;

because.
FOR-THINKE, V. (A.-S.) (1) To rc-

pent.

(2) To suspect ; to foresee. East.
FoRTH-ON, adv. For an indefinite

period. Var. d.
Forth-right, s. A straight path.
FoRTHWAR, adv. (A.-S.) Forthwith. ,
Forth-warde, adv. Forward.
FoRTH-WERPE, V. To reject.
Forth-word, s. a bargain.
FoRTHY, adj. Forward ; pert. Comw.
Fort-mayne, s. (A.-N.) Main force.
FoR-TO, prep. Till; until.
For-torne, v. (A.-S.) To root up.
FoR-TREDE, V. (A.-S.) To tread

down.
FoRTRESSE, V. To fortifv.
FoRTuiT, adj. (Lat.'\ Accidental.
Fortune, v. (1) To happen.

(2) To make fortunate ; to givft

fortune.
Fortunous, adj. Fortunate.
FoR-WAKE, V. To be overcome with

want of sleep.
FoR-WANDRED, part. p. (A.-S.)

Weary with wandering.

FOR-WANYE, V. (A.-S.) To Spoll.

Forward, (1) s. (A.-S.) An agree-
ment, or covenant ; a promise.

(2) s. (A.-S.) Destruction.

(3) Half tipsy. Var. d.
FoR-WAYE,t».(y^.-5.)Tolosetheway.
FoRWE, s. A furrow.
FoR-WEARiED, par/. /?. Worn out.
FoRWEEND, arf/. Humorsome; ca-

pricious. Somerset.

¥oR-WELKt.D,part. p.(A.-S.) Much
wrinkled.

FoR-wEPT, part. p. Worn out with
weeping.

FoR-WHY, adj. Wherefore.

FoRwiT, a. Prescience ; fore,
thought.

FoR-woNDRED, part. p. Over-
whelmed with wonder.

FOR

476

FOU

FoR-woKN, joar/. j?. Worn out.

FoR-woRTHE, V. (.i.-S.) Topcrish.

FoR-WRAPPE, V. To wrap up.

FoK-WB.OGHT,part. p. Over-worked.

FoR-WYTTYNG, 8. Kcproach.

FoR-YAF, pret. t. Forgave.

FoR-YAT, pret. t. Forgot.

FoR-YELDEiP. To repay; to re-
quite.

FoR-jEDE, ». To forego ; to lose ;
to omit.

FoR-jETYLLE, part. p. Forgetful.
Pr.P.

Foss, s. A waterfall. Craven.

FossET, 8. {A.-N.) A faucet.

Foss-FOOT, s. The impression of a
horse's foot. Northampt.

Fossick, s A troublesome person.
Fossicking, troublesome. Warw.

FossPLE, 8. The impression of a
horse's foot on soft ground.
Cumb.

FosTAL, ». A paddock to a farm-
house, or a way leading to it.
Sussex.

FosTALE, 8. The track of a hare.

Foster, s. A forester.
To a herte he let renne ;
xij./oj<«« (lyscryed hvm then.

■ MS. 15M cent.
And love as well i\\t foster can,
As can the mighty nobleman.

Ballad Ylth cent.

FosTRE, "1 8. {A.-S.) Food;

FOSTRiNG, J nourishment.
FoT, V. To fetch. West.
FoTE-HOT, adv. On the instant;
immediately.

FOTE-SETE, 8. A footstool.

FoTEZ, «./>/. Feet. Gawayne.

FoTH, «. A fragment. •Somerset.

FoTHER, 8. (A.-S.) A great quan-
tity ; a burthen.

FoTHERAM, 8. An Open space be-
hind the rack, where the hay is
placed ready to supply it.

FoTivE, adj. (Lat.) Nourishing.

FoT-LAME, adj. Lame in the foot.

Fou, adj. Tipsy ; full ; few. I^orth.

FoucH, V. To quarter a buck. A
bunting term.

FoucHE, V. To vouch.

FouDERsoME, adj. Cumbersome.
Cumb.

FouDRE, 8. (^A.-N.) Lightning.

FouDREL, *. Apparently a sort of
spice.

FouGADE, «. (Fr.). A sort of fire-
work.

TovGHT,part.p. Fetched. Somers.

FouGHTY, adj. Musty. Line.

Foul, s. An ulcer in a cow's foot ;
any disease that produces ulcers.
North.

FouLDAGE, 8. The liberty of penning
sheep by night. Norf.

FouLDER, 8. (A.-N.) Lightning.
Foultring, flashing like lightning.

FouLE, adv. Greatly. " Than was
Kynge Herode foule astonyed of
theyr wordes." The Festival, fol.
Ixxv, 1528.

FouLEN, V. {A.-S.) To defile.

Fouler, s. A kind of ordnance.

FouLMART, 8. A polecat. North.

Foul's-mare, 8. An old name for
the gallows.

FouLYNG, *. A wretch.

Found, (1) v. To intend; to de-
sign. Westmorel. See Fonde.

(2) V. To confound. See Greene's
Works, ii, 200.

(3) V. To mix; to dissolve.

(4) Supplied with food.
FocNDAY, 8. A space of six days.

A term used by iron-workers to

express the time in which they

make eight tuns.
FouNDE, ». (y^.-S.) To go towards;

to go.
Founder, v. To fall down; to

cause to fall ; to give way.
FouRBOUR, *. A furbisher.
Yovv.CKK.ii, part. p. {A.-N.) Forked.
Four days. A person is said to be
four days in a week, who has not

quite the use of bis reason ; an

idiot. Line.
FouRiNGS, 8. An afternoon meal

taken at 4 o'clock in harvest-time.

Nor/.

FOU

477

POX

FouRMEL, V. To do according to

rule.
Four-o'clock, #. A meal taken by

liarvest labourers at that hour.

Northampt,
FouR-RELEET, s. The crossing of

two roads. Suffolk.
FouRRiER, s. {Fr.') A harbinger.
FouR-sauARE, adj. Quadrangular.

Suffolk.
FouRTE, adj. Fourteen.
FouRTE-DELE, *. The fourth part.
FouRTNET, s. A fortnight.
FousE, (1) s. A fox. Craven.

(2) adj. {A.-S.) Ready; wil-
ling.
FousT, (1) adj. Soiled ; mouldy ;

tumbled ; particularly applied to

hay which from damp smokes

and stinks when opened and

taken abroad. West.

(2) *. A labourer's beer-bottle.

Line.
FousTY, adj. Thirsty. Glouc.
FouT, s. A spoilt child. North.
FouTER, (1) adj. {Fr.) A term of

contempt. Nortfi.

{2) V. To thrash grain. North.
FouTH, s. Plenty. Northumb.
FouTNART, 8. A foulmart.
FouTRA. {Fr.) A foutra for you,

an expression of contempt.
FouTRY, arf;'. Mean; paltry. East.
FouTY, (1) adj. Not fresh ; fusty.

North.

(2) *. {Fr.) A mean fellow ;

a scoundrel.
FouwELE,1 ^^^ A bird.

FOWEL, J ^ '

Fow, (1) adj. Foul.

(2) s. Fur.
FoWAYLE, s. Fuel ; provisions.
FowE. To cleanse out. "Fowe, or
dense, or make cleane. Erudero."
JIuloet.
Beter become the i-liclie.
For \o fowen an old diclie,
Thanne for to be dobbed kniglit,
Te goa among iiiaidcnes bright.

Bevcs of Hamtoun, p. 45.

FowELERS, s. (1) Small pieces of

ordnance, carrying stone-shot,

manyof which were distinguished

by the names of birds.

(2) Stone-bullets.
FowER, {\)s. A fainting fit. North.

(2) See Fueler.
FowiNG, *. Fodder. North.
FowK, s. Folk ; people. Yorksh.
FowKEN, ». A falcon.
FowKiN, s. Crepitus ventris.
FoWLE, {\) V. To catch birds.

(2) s. A spoilt child.
FowNCE, V. To indent.
FowNDYNGE, s. Trial. See Fortde.
FowTE, V. Fault ; want.
Fox, (1) V. To make drunk.

Your Uutchman, when he's fozt, is like >»

fox,
For when he 's sunk in drink, quite earth

to a man's tliinking,
'Tis full excliange time with him, then lie's

subtlest.
B.^Fl., Fair Maid of the Inn, Act ii, p. 363.

Wei man'd, wel ship'd, wel victual'd, wel

Well in good health, weU timbred and wel

joynted :
All wholly well, and yet not halfe fox'd

well,
Twixt Kent and Essex, we to Gravesend
fell. Taylor's Workes, 1630.

No sooner was he below, but his friend
arrests him at Mr. Fo^s suit, and by all
means would make liini pay his groat
for being drunk.

Tlus Merry Exploits ofPoor SoUu,
the Saddler of Walden, n. d.
Then such as had but little coin
Laid up in store to purchase wine.
Must drink fair water, cyder, perry,
Or mead instead of sack and sherry :
Or have their throats with brandy drench'd,
Which makes men fox'd e'er thirst is
quench'd. Poor Robin, 1738.

(2) «, The old English broad-
sword.

(3) V. To steal.

Foxed, adj. Timber when it be-
comes discoloured by incipient
decay. Warm.

Foxerie, s. Foxish manners;
knavishness.

Fox-iN-THE-HOLE, s. An old game
among boys, who hopped on ona
leg, and beat one another witt

FOX

478

FRA

gloves or pieces of leather tied at
the end of strings. " A kinde of
playe wlierein boyes lift up one
leg, and hop on the other ; it is
called fox 'in-thy -hole." Nomen-
clator, 1585.

Fox-tail, «. On^ of the badges of
a fool. To give one a flap with a
fox-tail, to deceive or make a
fool of him.

Foxy, adj. A term for beer which
has not fermented properly. Line.

FoY, s. {A.-N.) Faith ; allegiance.
(2) A merry-making given on
particular occasions, as at parting.

FoY-BOAT, s. An assistant boat used
in piloting a vessel.

FoYLE, (1) s. {A.-N.) Paste, or
crust, for pies, &c.

(2) V. To fallow land.

(3) V. To defile.

FoYLiNGs, s. The marks left on
grass by deer,

FoYNE, s. A heap, or abundance.

ToYKED, part. p. Kicked. Gawayne.

FoYS, s. A sort of tartlet.

FoYTERERS, s. Vagabonds; va-
grants.

FozY, (1) adj. Spongy ; insipid ;
woolly. Var. d.
(2) s. A choice delicacy. Devon.

Fra, prep. (A.-S.) From.

Fracchyne, v. To creak. Pr. P.

Fraccyon, s. (Lat.) Breaking.
" When he was at masse, and
had made the fraccyon, he sawe
that blode dropped." The Festi-
val, fol. 11, recto.

Frack, (1) adj. Forward. North.

(2) V. To abound, or swarm, /tast.

(3) 8. A hole in a garment. Suff".
(4)». To fill to excess. Nor thampt.

Fractable, s. The wrought stones
that run up the gable ends.

Fracted, /jar/. /;, (Za/.) Broken.

Fractious, adj. Peevish.

Frag, s. (1) A kind of rye. Somers.
(2) Low, vulgar people. Middx.

Frahdle.i;. To talkfoolisbly. Cumb.

Fraid, a. Fear.

Fraight, adj. Fraught.

Frail, (1;». To wearoutcloth. East.
(2) adj. Weak-minded. Line.

Fraile, \s.{A.-N.frayel') Xhz.^-
FRAYEL, J ket, made of rushes, or
matting, used for fruit, as figs and
raisins. " You have pickt a raison
out of a. fraile of figges." Lilly's
Mother Bombie, 1632. " 1636,
pd. mending frayles, 2d." MS.
Account Book Line. Cathed.
70 lb are given as the weight of
a frail of raisins, or figs.

Tliree /raiis of sprats carried from mart to

mart,
Are as much meat as these, to more use

travell'd. B. ^ FL, Queen of Corinth, ii, 4.
Great guns fourteen, tliree hundred pipes

of wine.
Two hundred /mtto of figs and raisons fine.
Mirror for Mag., p. 482.

Fraine,».(.,^.-5'.)To ask;to inquire.

Frainkley, arf;'. Comfortable. 5<a^.

Fraise, v. (A.-S.) To interrogate.

Fraiste, ». (1) To try ; to prove.
(2) To inquire ; to seek.

Frait, s. a bundle of straw, or
hay. East.

Frake, s. a man. See Freke.

Fraknes, s. {A.-S.) Spots; freckles.

Framable, adj. Pliable.

Framal,». Aband with which cattle
are tied to their stalls. Lane.

Framation, s. (1) Contrivance;
cunning.
(2) A beginning. North.

Frame, (1) part. p. {A.-S.) Ef-
fected ; finished.

(2) s. {A.-S.) Profit ; advantage.

(3) V. To speak or behave affect-
edly. In frame, very stiff, or
formal. Frame-person, a visitor
whom it is thought requisite to
receive ceremoniously. East.

(4) V. To set about a thing; to
attempt ; to begin. North.

Frampold, "I adj. (1) Cross; ill-
FRAMPEL, I tempered. East.
frampul, j (2) Fiery ; nettle-
FRAMPARED, J somc ; saucy ; vex-
atious.

JFRA

479

FRA

Frampole-fences, s. Such fences
as a tenant in the manor of
\V tittle, in 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 his fences.
Frampoles seem to mean poles to
be reached fram or from the
hedge. Kennett.

Framput, (1) s. An iron ring to
fasten cows in their stalls.
(2) V. To dispute. Lane.

Fram-ward, adv. In an opposite
direction ; back.

Framynge, s. Gain ; profit. Pr. P.

France, s. Frankincense.

Franceis, s. Frenchmen.

Franch, v. To scrunch with the
teeth.

Franc HE-BOTRAS, s. A buttress
placed diagonally against the cor-
ner of a wall.

Franchemole,s. a dish in ancient
cookery, composed chiefly of eggs
and sheep's fat.

Franchise, ». (^.-A^.) Frankness;
generosity.

FRANCOLEyN. Scc Fraukelein.

Frand, v. To be restless. Oxfd.

Frandish, adj. Passionate ; ob-
stinate. North.

Frangy, adj. Irritable; ill-tem-
pered ; fretful. Line.

Franion, s. {A.-N.) Awencher; a
gay idle fellow.

Frank, (1) s. A small inclosure in
which animals were fed to fatten.

(2) adj. Luxuriant ; thriving.
Northampt.

(3) s. The common heron. Suff.
(4)s. A broad iron fork. Shropsh.

Frank-chase,*. A wood, or park,
uninclosed, but having similar
privileges.

Franke, s. Frankincense.

Franked, adj. (1) Fattened.
(2) Large; huge.

Frankelein, "1 «. (^.-iV.) A free-
franklin, J holder; properly,
the son or descendant of a vilein
who had become rich ; the term
was applied generally to small
landholders.

Frankline, s. (Span.) The bird
godwit.

Frank- POSTS, s. The piles of a
bridge, &c. Line.

Frannel, adj. Succulent ; plenti-
ful. Kent.

Frant, », To be careful. Somerset.

Frany, adj. Very ill-tempered.
West.

Frap, (1) V. (A.-N.) To strike.

(2) s. Tumult ; disturbance.

(3) V. To brag, or boast. North.

(4) V. To fall in a passion. Lane.

(5) s. A violent gust of rage.
Frape, (1) «. A compaiiv ; a crowd.

(2) V. To scold. Ken't.

(3) V. To draw tight. Devon.
Fraple, v. To bluster.
Frapping, adj. Fretful. Somerset.
Frappish, adj. Capricious.
Fraps, s. (1) Noise; tumult. Crawn.

(2) A person who boasts much.

Frary, *. (1) (A.-N.) A fraternity.
Frary clerk, a member of a cleri-
cal brotherhood.

Edmund shall soufifer my frary dark of
London and Middx. to have a key, as
well to the said utter gate as of tlie inner
gate of the said Pardon Chapell, for
none other caus but for this cans only,
that he and other our frary clarks may
come to and fro the said cliapell yatde,
for to bury in the said chapell yarde
there, as ther seme place convenient,
the bodyes of all dede people, by auclo-
rite of the pope's prevelege, after the
usance and custom of our frary, as
often as cause shall require in tlrit
behalf, during the lyfie of the snid
Edmond. Grant, 1514.

(2) A fairy. East.

Frasched, adj. {A.-N.) Crushed.

Frase, (1)». A froize, or pancake.
Eor fritters, pancakes, and (or frayset,
Yot venison pasties, and niinst pies.

How to C/wosea Good Wife, 1634.

(2) V. To quarrel. Cumb.

(3) V. To break, Norf.

FRA

480

FRE

Frash, ». An alehouse bush, or

sign.
Frashen, r. To creak.
Frasling, ff. The perch. Chesh.
Frast. See Fraiate.
Tr\t, pret. t. oifrete. Gnawed.
Fratch, (1) f . To scold ; to

quarrel. Fratcher, a scold, a

boaster. North.

(2) V. To sport, or frolic.

(3) ». A quarrel, or brawl.

(4) ». A playful child.

(5)#. A rude quarrelsome fellow.
Fratched, adj. Restive, vicious,

as a horse.
Frater, 8. One who begged under

pretext of seeking alms for a

hospital.
Frater-house, ». The refectory

or hall in a monastery.
Fratished, adj. Benumbed with

cold. North.
Fratour, b. The frater-house.
Fraud, v. To defraud.
Fraughte, ». {A.-S.) To freight

a ship.
Fraunge, (1) V. To fling ; to wince.

(2) *. A merry frolic. Craven.

Travzy, adj. Frisky; pettish. Line.

Frawl, v. To ravel silk, &c. Suff.

¥B.AWii,part.p. Frozen. East.

Fray, (1) ». To frighten; to ter-
rify. North,

(2)«. Fright.

(3) r. To attack ; to quarrel.

(4) g. An attack or affray. North.

(5) ». To crack, or break. Norf.

(6) A deer was said to fray her
head, when she rubbed it against
a tree to cause the pills, or fray-
ings, of her new horns to come off.

Frayment, s. a fright.
Fraythely, adv. Quickly.
Fraze, «. Half a quarter of a sheet

of paper. North.
Frazle, v. To unravel or rend

cloth. East.
Frazy, adj. Miserly. Line.
Fpe, adj. {A.-S.) Liberal ; noble.
FR£AGt:, s. A freak?

Or do bnt heare how lore-bang Kate

In pantry darke (or freofle of mate

With edge of Steele the square wood shapes,

And Dido to it chauuts or scrapes.

Lovelace's Lucojila, 1649.

Fream, (I) *. Ploughed land too

much worked.

(2) V. To grunt as a boar.
Freaming, «. The noise a boar

makes at rutting time.
Freat, (1) V. To scold? SeeFrele.

Some others whilestdisorderedly at him
They freat and foyne, are crowded on by
those that hindmost be.

Warner's Alblons England, 1593.

(2) V. To be irritated, as the
skin. " Freatynge or galoynge.
Intertrigo." Huloet.

(3) s. A weak place in a bow or
arrow. Weak places, which are
likely to give way.

Freates be in a shaft as well as in a
bowe, and tliey be much like a canker,
creepinge and encreasinjje in those
places in a bowe, which be much weaker
tliiin otlier. Ascham, Toxoph.,\i.\h&.

(4) s. Damage ; decay. Craven.

(5) s. A recipe. Line.
Freathe, V. To wattle. Devon.
Freats, 8. The iron hoops about

the nave of a cart-wheel. North.
Freckex, s. a freckle.
Fredde, joar/. />. Freed.
Frede, v. (A.-S.) To feel.

AVe seye liit wel ine oure fey,
Aui/redeth hit at nede.

William de Shoreham.

Frrdom, 8. {A.-S.) Generosity.

Freedom, s. A term among boys
at tops ; one being pegged out of
the ring, its owner gives one spin
as a chance to his adversaries,
which is called a freedom.

Fkeed-stool, s. (A.-S./rii-stol.) A
seat or chair near the altar in
churches, to which offenders fled
for sanctuary.

Freeholdande, *. A freeholder.

Freelege, s. Freedom. North.

Freeli-fraily, s. Anything urv
substantial or frivolous. East,

Frbelnes, s. Frailty.

FRE

481

FRE

Freem, adj. Handsome. YorAsh.
Free-martin, s. The female calf

of twins, when the other is a male.
Freemex-song, s. a ballad of a

lively description.
Freendesse, s. a female friend.
Freexdpulle, adv. Friendly.
Frees, adj. Frail; brittle. Pr. P.
Freespoken, adj. Aft'able. Var. d.
Freet, (1) ». A spectre, or frightful

object. North.

(2)pret.t. Devoured.
Preiser, s. (J.-N.) The strawberry

plant.
Freist, v. (1) (J.-S.) To freeze;

to cool.

(2) To seek.
Freistes, *. Fiaughts.
Freitur, s. The frater-house.
Frek, (1) adv. (A.-S.) Quick;

eager; hastj-.

(2) adj. Firm ; powerful ; brave.
Freke, s. (A.-S.) a man ; a fellow.
Frele, adj. (J.-N.) Frail. Frelete,
frelnes, frailty.

f^^"*=«^4arf,.(^..5.)Noble.

FRELY, J ^

Frem, 1 adj. (J.-S.) Strange;

FREMEDE, S. foreign ; unknown.
FREMHED, J Fremedly, as a stran-
ger.

Fremedhj tlie Franche tutig

Fey es belefede. Morte Arthure.

Yr^m, adj. (1) Luxuriant. SeeFrim.

(2) Fresh ; plump. Glouc.
Freme, v. To perform.
fREMEh, adj. Frail?

Farewel thi frenschype, tlii kechyne is cold !
Ofremel flech, ful ol't I liave the told.

Porkinglon MS.

Fren, *. A low vile woman.
French, (1) «. The name of a dish
described in Forme of Cury, p. 40.

(2) s. An old term for the lues
venerea.

(3) adj. Very bad ; in great trou-
ble. East.

French-brush, «. A brush for
rubbing horses.

2 I

French-crown, s. The baldness
produced by the lues venerea.

French-crust, s. The lues venerea.

French-hood, s. An article of
dress in use temp. Hen. VIII.
For by tlieir injunction the husband is
their head under God, and they sub-
jects to rlieir husbands. But this
power tliat some ol them have, is dis-
guised geare and strange fasliions. Tlity
must v.eaxtt french-hooils, and I cannot
tell you, I, what to call it. And wlieu
they make them readie and come to the
covering of their heads, tliey will call
and say, give me my french-hood, and
. give me my bouet, or my cap, and so
forth. Latimer's SermoiU.

Frenchified, adj. Having the lues
venerea.

French-magpie, s. The longtailed
tomtit.

French-nut, s. A walnut. West.

French-pie, s. Meat stewed be-
tween two dishes.

French-russet, s. A sort of stuff.

His band is starch'd with grease, /rracA-
ritsset cleare ;

His beard, for want of combing, full ol
mange. Davies, Scourge of Foil !/,\6\\.

FREyD, part. p. Asked. Gawayne.

Frended, adj. Having friends.
This woman was born in London, wor-
shipfuUy frended, honestly brought up,
ami very wel maryed, saving soiuh hat
to sone; her husbaiide an honest
citezen, youg and g(x)dly, ,nnd of goort
substance. More's Life of Richard 111.

Frendrede, «. Friendshij).

Frenetike, adj. {A.-N.) Frantic.

Frenne, s. a stranger. " An
aliene, a forraine, a frenne."
Florio. See Frem.

Frenseie, «. (A.-N.) A frenzy.

Frenzy, adj. Frolicsome. Leic.

Freguence, s. (Fr.) Frequency.

FREftUENT, adj. (Lat.) Currently
reported.

Frere, s. (A.-N.) A friar; lite-
rally, a brother.

Fres, s. a question, or doubt.

Frescades, s. (Fr.) Cool places
refreshments.

Fresee*. a dish in ancient cookery
made of pork, chickens,andspices.

FRE

Fresh, (1) «. An overflow or
swelling of a river; a flood; a
thaw. North.

(2) s. A little stream or river
nigh the sea.

(3) adj. Brisk; vigorous; quick,
Var.d.

(4) adj. Rainy. North.

(5) adj. Unripe. Somerset.

(6) ad/. Handsome ; beautiful.

(7) adj. Gay in dress. Oxfd.

(8) adj. Intoxicated. Far. rf.

(9) Sober. Wight.

(10) adj. Rather fat. Var. d. '
Fresh-drink, ». Small beer. Var.d.
Freshe, v. To refresh; to take

refreshment.
Freshen, v. To enlarge in the

udder, &c., previous to calving.

North.
Fresher, s. A small frog. East.
Freshet, s. A stream of fresh water.
Fresheur, s. (Fr.) Freshness.
Fresh-force, s An old municipal

law term in London, equivalent

to Novel Desseizen. Calthrop's

Reports, 1670.
FRESH-LiauoR, s. Lnsaltcd hog's

fat. fVest.
Freslxly, adv. Fiercely.
Fresone, s. a Friesland horse.

Morte Arthure.
Fresse, adj. Fresh ; quick.
Freste, (I) ». To lend, or trust.

(2) To delay, or linger.

(3) *. A loan.

Fret, (I) ». (^.-5'.) To adorn.

(2) «. Ornamental work of va-
rious kinds and in many different
senses, especially raised or em-
bossed work.

(3) s. {Lat. /return.) A narrow
strait of the sea.

An island parted from the firme land
with a httle fret of tlie sea.

Knolles's Hist, of the Turks, 462.

(4) V. To ferment, as cider. West.

(5) V. To rub.

Ferranienta, qute a.vi immissa prohibent
attritum ejus. Peeces of iron, wliich

482 FRI

being driven into the axelltree, doe
keepe it from fretting ont : some call
them tackes. Nomenclator, loSi.

(6) part. p. Tore up.

(7) «. A wicker basket. Somerset..

(8) ». To graze. West.

(9) V. To thaw. Northampt.
Fretchety, adj. Fretful; fidgety;

old ; brittle. West.
Fretchit, adj. Peevish.
Frete, v. (1) (A..S.) To eat, or

devour ; to corrode.

(2) To rub. See Fret (6).

(3) To blame, or scold.

YB.ETEiiT,part.p. Frightened. Cumb.

Fretishing, s. a pain and stiff-
ness in the limbs from cold.V

Fretrots, s. a religious sect, re-
sembling the Adamites.

Frets, s. The points at which a
string is to be stopped in a lute
or guitar. Howell.

Frettex, adj. Spotted.

Fretting, s. A griping, or writhing.

Frev, prep. From. Used when the
next word begins with a vowel.
North.

Frevere, v. (^A.-S.) To comfort; to
solace.

Manne, wanne thyt takest ase other mete.

Into tliy wonibe hyjt sedlytlij
Ac ne defith nan^t ase tliv mete,

Wyth thyne flesch raedlyth,

Ac kevereth
Al other wyse, and so thy body

And thy gaule h\ft frevereth.

Jniliam de Shireham.
God wescht, and marketh.

And forjefth, and joynctli men an wyves,
A.nd frevereth thor»e his body man,

And grace sent, and lyves. lb.

Frewer, s. a sirreverence when
spread out by a kind of ferment-
ation. Norf.

Freyn, «. (1) (A.-S.) An ash tree.

(2) (A.-N.) A bridle.

(3) An old term for the ordure
of the boar or wolf.

Freyn E, v. (A.-S.) To ask.
Friars'-flies.s. (1) Idlers. North'

brooke's Treatise, 1577.

(2) Daddy-longlegs. Somerset.

FRI

483

nil

Friars'-knots, s. A kind of tassels
used in embroidery, temp. Hen.
VIII.

Friars'-loaves, s. Fossil echini.
Suff.

Friars'-piece, s. The piece of fat
in a leg of mutton, called also
the pope's eye.

Fribble, (1 ) «. An idler; a coxcomb.
A company of fribbles, euouirh to dis-
credit any honest house in t)ie world. —
No, I'd have you to know, I am for none
of your skip-jacks; — no, give me your
persons of quality, there's Botuewliat
to be got by them. The Cheats, 1662.

(2) V. To mock.

Fribbling, adj. Captious.

Fricace, *. A sort of ointment for
a sore plac;.

Friche, ad; Brisk ; nimble. Oar/if.

Frickle, «. A l)asket for fruit hold-
ing about a bushel.

Friddle, v. To waste time in trifles.
Northampt.

Friuge, v. (1) To rub so as to in-
jure ; to fret, or fray. Var. d.
(2) To dance about.

Fribleys, 8. A name applied to
certain small rents formerly paid
to the lord of the great manor of
Sheffield by the inhabitants of
the Frith of Hawksworth for
liberty of common. Hunter.

Frie, s. a very young pike.

Friend-back, ». A hang-nail. A'brM.

Frieze,*. A coarse narrow cloth.

Frigge, (1)». To warm.

(2) V. To meddle officiously.

(3) V. To wriggle.

(4) 8. The rump of beef or mut-
ton. Warw.

Friggle,». To trifle ; to be tedious.

Northampt.
Frighten, v. To astonish. West.
Frill, (1) v. To shiver, as hawks;

to tremble with cold.

(2) 8. The cry of an eagle.

(3) V. To turn back in plaits.
Frim, adj. {J..S. freom, strong.')

Vigorous; thriving. The term
is now in the provinces chietly

applied to plants or trees in a
vigorous and growing state, and
its meaning in such cases is kind
and thriving. It also signifies
well fed, as applied to cattle.
Through the frim pastures, freely iit his
leisures. Draijlcm's Moses^p. 1576.

(2) The same as Frem. Frim-
folks, strangers.

Frimicate, v. To give one's self
airs. East.

Frimzy, adj. Slight ; soft. Kent.

Frine, v. To whimper. Ncftth.

Frinjel, s. That part of a flail
which falls on the corn. Suffolk.

Frin.vishy, adj. Over-nice. Devon.

Frinny, v. To neigh. Lane.

Friperer, 1 ». a cleaner of old
fripler, V apparel for sale ; a
FRIPPER, J seller of old clothes
and rags.

Frippery, «. An old clothes shop.
Florio.

Frise. Friesland.

Frisket, 8. That part of the press
whereon the paper is laid to be
put under the spindle in print-
ing.

Friskin, 8. A gay lively person.

Frislet, 8. A sort of small ruffle.

Frissure, 8. A dish in old cookery,
composed chiefly of hare.

Frist, v. (1) To give respite for a
debt ; to trust for a time, or for-
bear. North.
(2) To put off. See Freste.

Fristele, *. {A.-N.) A flute.

Frit, s. A sort of pancake. Line.

Fritch, adj. Free ; sociable. West.

Fritful, adj. Timorous. Warw.

Frith, (1) ». {AS.) A hedge; a
coppice ; a high wood. It is still
used in the provinces for ground
overgrown with bushes, or under-
Mood; and for fields which have
been taken from woods.
(2) V. To plash a hedge. Devon.

Frithe, 8. (A.-S.) Peace.

Fritters, s. Small pancakes, with
apples in them. Suffolk,

FPvI

484

FRO

Fritting, s. Fitting and fastening

tlie felloes of a wheel. Kennett.
Fkittish, adj. Cold. Cumb.
¥riz, part. p. Frozen.
Frizade, s. Frieze cloth.
Frizzle, «. A fiy. Northampt.
Fro, prep. {A.-S.) From.
Froattng, (1) part. a. Mending;

repairing. Middleton.

(2) s. Great industry. Cumb.
Frobichkr, s. a fiirbisher.
Frobly-mobi.y, adv. Indifferently

wellt Sussex.
Frock, *. A frog.
Fkod, s. Floating lumps of ice

passing in large masses down

the Severn.
Frodmortell, g. (A.-S.) A free

pardon for manslaughter.
Froes. See Frow.
Frog, s. (1) A frock.

(2) Part of a horse's foot. Wore.

(3) Frog in the middle, a child's
game. Frog over an old dog,
leap-frog. As naked as a frog,
stark naked.

He was afraid of every dog.
Whin lie wns out of town ;

Almost as naked as a frog,
Willi grief he sat him down.

Xhe Welch Traveller, n. d.

Frog-cheese, s. Boleti; growing
on decayed wood. Northampt.

Froggam, s. a slattern. Yorksh.

FrogoSt, «. (A.-N.) A poker.

Frog-seat, s. A toadstool. North-
ampt.

Frog-spit, s. Cuckoo-spit.

Froice, «. A frock.

Froise, (1) s. A large thick pan-
cake, of the full size of the frying-
pan, sometimes containing small
pieces of bacon mixed with the
batter. East. The ancient /roese
was like a pancake in form, but
composed of different materials.
{2) V. To spread thin. Suffolk.

Frokin, «. A little frow, or woman.

Frome, adv. First. Atte frome,
at the first, immediately, above
all things. See Atte-frome.

Frommard, s. An iron instrument

to split laths. West.
From MET, adv. From. Shropsh.
Fromonde, «. Apparently a part
of the armour of the head.
Tulle hutt in tlie frunt

The fromonde he hittez,

Tliat the buriiiisclit blade

To the biayne ryiinez.

Morte Arthure.

From-w AKD, a<f». Back. To-ward
and from-ward, thither and back.
Fronst, adj. {A.-N.) Wrinkled.
Front, (1) s. (A.-N.) The forehead.

(2) V. To face.

The fnther fronted with a guile.

Warner's Albions England, 1592.

And whom so many Romaine peers, grand-

captaines of such might.
Of whom nine emperours themselves in

persons here did tight,
Could hardly foyle, v;ete fronted now even

of a barbarous foe. lb.

(3) V. To butt, as rams.

(4) To front up, to bind the
hair with a fillet.

Frontal, s. (yf.-A^.) A piece of ar-
mour for the forehead of a horse.

Frontal, Is. A hanging for the
FRONTIER, J front of an altar.

Frontiere, s. (Fr.) (1) The front
of a building.
(2) A front, or border.

Frontlet,*. {Fr.) A forehead-band.

I'orsoth, women have many Icttes,
And they be masked in many nettes;
As frontlets, fyllets, partietlus, &c.

F(j«rFs,0.f\.,i,6t.

Hoods, frontlets, wires, cauls, curling irons,

periw igs, &c. hyl'fs Mydas.

Fronstead, s. Afarm-yard. Yorksh.
¥B.ooM,adj. Strong; healthy. Glouc.

See Frim.
Fropish, \adj. Cross; out of
FROPPisH, J temper; peevish.

Oh, my dear, dear bud, welcome home;
why dost tliou look so fropish, who has
nanger'd thee?

WycherUy, Countrey Wife, 1688.

Frore, adj. Frozen. Frory, frosty.
FR0RiNG,s.(y^.-5.)Help;assistance.
Frort, adv. Forward. Chesh.

FRO

485

FRU

Frosh, 1

FROSK, I . ,

FROSCHE, j °

FROSSE, J

Frosling, s. Anything nipped by

frost. Suffolk.
Frost, v. To turn down the hinder

part of liorses' shoes in frosts, to

prevent their slipping. Easl,
Frost-cetchen, adj. Frost-bitten.

Shropsh.
FRosTi.D, adj. Frozen. Devon.
Frost-nails, s. Nails put in horses'

shoes in frosty weatlier. Var. d.
Frote, v. (A.-N.) To rub. Froterer,

one who rubs.
Froth, adj. Tender. Tusser.
Frother, v. To feed. Line.
Frough, '{adj. (1) Loose; spongy;
prow, J tender.

(2) Short ; crisp ; brittle.
Frounce, (1) v. To wrinkle; to

knit the brow ; to frown.

Witli that schefrouiiceth up tlie brow,
This covenauut y wilie alowe. Qower.

(2) 8. A frown, or wrinkle.

(3) V. To curl, or twist.

^•ome frounce their curled beare in courtly

guise.
Some prancke their ruffes.

Spens., F. Q., I, iv, 14.

With dressing, braiding, frouncing, flow'r-
ing. Drayt., Nymph., ii.

(4) s. A wrinkled ornament on
a cup. Pr. P.

(5) s. A flounce, in dress.

(6) «. A disease in hawks, which
hinders them from closing the
beak.

Frounteli.e, s. a frontlet.
Frounty, adj.Xery passionate. Zinc.
Frouse, v. To rumple. South.
Froust, s. a musty smell. Var. d.
Frout, adj. Frightened. Hampsh.
Frouze, v. To curl. Florio.
Frouzy, adj. (1) Froward; peevish;
crusty.

(2) Offensive to the eye or smell.
Kent.

(3) Seedy, from dissipation.

I \ook. frouzy this morning, 'ad, I must
leave oft this drinking, it will kill nie
else. Mountfort, Greenwich Park, 1691 .

Frover, v. (A.-S.) To comfort ; to

solace. See Frevere.
Frow, (1) s. {Dutch.) A woman;

pi. frees.

(2) 8. A dirty woman ; a slattern ;
a lusty woman. North.

(3) adj. Hasty.

(4) adv. Hastily.

(5) adj. Brittle ; crisp. Berks.

(6) V. To pine. Northampt.
Froward, (1) adv. Back.

(2) adj. {A.-S.) Averse.
Frowdie,*. Adirty woman. iVbr^A.
Frower. Same as Frommard, q. v.
Frowringe, adj. Froward.
Frowy, adj. Stale ; not sweet. East.

Spenser applies it to grass.

But if they (the sheep) with thy goat9
should ycde,
They soon might be corrupted;
Or like not of \,\\t frowy fede,
Or with the weeds be glutted.

Speris., Shep. Kal., July, 109.

Frowytb, "1
froyte, J

Frub, v. To rub, or furbish. Florio.

Fruce, ». Fruit. Pr.P.

Fructuous, adj. {A.-N.) Fruitful.

Frue, adj. True ; faithful. Line.

Fruff, arf;'. Brittle; cross-grained.

Frugal, adj. Relaxed. Norfolk.

Fruggan, «. (1) {Fr. fourgon.) A
curved iron scraper to stir ashes
in an oven. North.
(2) A slovenly woman. North,

Fruit, s. Apples. Heref.

Fruitestere, 8. A female seller of
fruit.

Frum, adj. (1) Early. Frum po-
tatoes, or fruit, Shropsh.

(2) Full ; fat. Frumness, reple-
tion. See Frim.

(3) Numerous ; thick ; rank ;
overgrown. West.

Frumenty, 1 s. Hulled wheat
frumety, > boiled in milk, and
furmety, J seasoned. A favorite
dish in the North. A person in a

8. Fruit.

FRU

486

FUD

dilemma is said to be in a fru-
menty sweat.
Frump, (1) v. To mock, or treat
contemptuously. ^' To frump one,
to take one up hastily, to speak
short." Kennett.
Hee fawneth upon them }iis master fa-
vouretli, and frumpeth tliose his mis-
tresse frownes on.

Man in the Moone, 1609.

(2) s. A sarcastic taunt ; a flout.
Lurilla, not aslianied to confesse her
follie, answered him with this/rMmpi?.

Euphues.
Then liow may thy boldnes scape a fine

frumpe,
Warres land is matter for the brazen
trumpe. Peelt's Eglogue, 1589.

These are a kind of witty frumps of
mine like selling of bargains ; I'll come
off well enough.
Datenant, The Man's the Master, 1669.

(3) 8. A toss under the chin.

(4) 8. A lie.

(5) V. To complain without cause.

(6) 8. A cross old woman ; a
gossip. Var. d.

(7) V. To trump up ; to invent.

(8) 8. A person whose clothes
are ill-made and carelessly put
on. Stissex.

Frumpery, *. A gibe; a mock.
Frumpish, "I arf;. Scornful; pee-
FRUMPY, Jvish.
Since vou are so frtimpish, a pin for you !
itavenscroft. Careless Lovcrs.l&lS.

Frumple, v. To crumple ; to rufHe.
Frundele, 8. Two pecks. North.
Frunt, v. To affront. Somerset.
Frus, 8. Fruit. Somerset.
Frush, v. (1) To bruise, or crush;
to break.

Hector assayled Achilles, and gave him
60 many strokes, that he al U)-fnisht
and brake his helme.

Caxfon's Destr. of Troy.
High cedar J are frushed with tempests,
when lower slirubs are not touched with
the wind.

Hinde's Fliosto Libidinoso, 1606.

(2) To rush violently.

(3) To rub, or scrub. Line.

(4) To/rush a chicken, to break

up or carve a chicken. To/rusA
the feathers of an arrow, to set
them upright, which was done to
prepare them for use, probably
to make them fly steadily.

Lord, how hastely the soldiers buckled
their Ileal mes, howe quickly the archers
bente their bowes, and frushed their
featliers, how readily the biluien shoke
their billes, and proved their staves.

Holinsh.. vol. ii.

Frustical, adj. Festive. Beds.

FRUTiN0N,a<f». Nowandthen. Aa*/.

Frutour, 8. A fritter.

Fruttace, 8. A fritter. Yorksh.

Fruward, adv. Forward. Percy.

Fry, (1) adj. Free; noble.

(2) 8. Young children ; seed, or
progeny.

(3) 8. The pluck of a calf. North.

(4) 8. A drain. Wilts.

(5) s. A sort of sieve.
Fryce, 8. Frieze cloth.
FRYKE.(l)ff^'. Fresh ; lusty; active.

(2) V. To move liastily.

Frysoun, 8. A Frieslander.

Fryste, adj. New ; smart. North-
ampt.

Fryte, s. Fruit.

FuANTS, s. The dung of the fox,
and other wild animals.

FuB, (1) ». To put off; to deceive.
(2) At marbles, a mode of pro-
jecting the taw by an effort of the
whole hand, instead of the thumb
only.
(3)'s. A chubby child. North.

Fucus, s. (Lat.) Paint for the com-
plexion, formerly used by ladies.

'Till yon preferred me to your aunt, the

lady,
I knew no ivory teeth, no caps of hair,
No Mercury \vuter,/MC«,s, or perfumes.

Ram Alley, 0. PI., v, 412.

Witli all his waters, powders, fucuses,
To make tliv lovelv corps sophisticate.
B.^Fi, Woman Rater, iii, 3.

FuD, (1) 8. A hare's tail. North.

(2) V. To kick the feet about.

Fuddin, a kick. Craven.
FuDDAH, adv. Further. East.

FUD

487

FUL

FuDDER, s. A fother, tlie load of a

two-horse cart. North.
Fuddle, v. To indulge in drink.

Fuddle-cap, a drunkard. Fud-

dling-bout, a debauch.
Fuddled, /war^.j!>. Bothered. iJorse^.
FuDK, s. (1) A man. See Fade.

(2) Food.
Fudge, (1) s. Nonsense.

(2) V. To poke. Still used in
Suffolk.

(3) V. To swindle.

(4) V. To walk with difficulty.

(5) s. A little fat person. North.

(6) V. A schoolboy's term at mar-
bles, delivering the marble with
a jerk of the hand, which is con-
sidered unlawful.

FuDGEE,». To contrive to do. Devon.
FuDGEL.s. An awkward child. Cumb.
FuE, V. To make an attempt. North.
Fuel, s. Garden-stuff. Here/.
FuELER, s. The servant who made

the fires.
But I'll avoid those vapours, whose swolu

spiglit,
And foaming pojson, would put out this

light.
Vain fueUers ! they think (wlio doth not

know it)
Their light's above 't, because their walk's

below it.

Wilson's Life of James I, 1653.

FuF, (1) adj. Five.

(2) V. To puff; to blow. North.
FuFFY, adj. Soft ; spongy. North.
FuGATioN, s. (Lat.) A hunting-
ground ; a chase.
FuGE, V. (Lat.) To take flight.
FuGER, «. Figure.
Fugleman, *. A person who directs

the cheering of a crowd or mob.
Fukes, s. Locks of hair. North.
Fulbolsy, adv. Violently. Beds.
FuLCH,». (1) To push, or beat; to

gore ; to squeeze. Devon.

(2) A boy's term at marbles, to

edge on unfairly.
FvLDE,part.p. Destroyed. Heame.
FuLDRivE, part. p. Fully driven ;

completed. Chaucer.
FuLB, 8. (I) A fowl. North.

(2) Gold-foil.

Fulfil, v. To fill up.

FuL-FREMED, adj. {A.-S.) Quite
perfect.

FuLGUR, 8. (Lat.) Brightness.
Who (as Caesar told Metellus) could by
the fulgur of his eye dart tliem dead,
sooner tlian speak the word to have
them killed. Herbert's Travels, 1638.

FuLHED, s. Fulness.
FuLiKE, adv. (A.-S.) Foully.
FuLK, (1) V. A phrase at marbles.

See Fulche.

(2) s. A hollow place.
FuLKER, 8. A pawnbroker, or

usurer.
Full, (1) adv. Quite; entirely.

(2) adj. Dark; cloudy. Devon.

(3) adj. Intoxicated. Craven.
(A) prep. For; because; on ac-
count of. North.

FuLLAMs, 8. False dice.

Fullaring, 8. The groove in a
horse's shoe into which the nails
are inserted. Shropsh.

FuLLE, (1) 8. Fill; sufficiency.
(2) V. To cleanse. Line.
(3)v.(A..S.) To baptize. Fullynge,
baptizing.

FuLL-FLOPPER, 8. A bird suffi-
ciently feathered to leave the
nest. East.

FuLL-FROTH, udv. A COW is m full-
froth, when she gives the greatest
quantity of milk. Suffolk.

FuLLiNG-STocKs, 8. A machine in
a mill for fulling cloth.

FuLLMART, ^,. A polecat. Isaac
fulmarde, „. ,/

Walton errone-

FULTHMARD, ! , i ,.

' Vouslv makes it a

FULMER, ( J- i-' X. 1

distmct animal

FULIMART, , , ,

from a polecat.

FULLYMART, J '^

And whan they have hrouglite forthe
theyr byrdes, to see that they be well
kepte from the gleyd, crowes, fully-
martes, and other verniynne.

Fitzherbert's Husbandry.
Witli jfins to betray the very vermin of
the earth. As namely, the fitcliet, the
fulimart, the feriet, the polecat, &c.

Walton's Angl., p. i, ch. 1.

FUL

4<18

FUR

FuLLOCK, (1) V. To jerk the hand,
at marbles.

(2) s. A sudden heavy fall. Derb.

(3) V. To kick, or knock. Leic.
FuLL-ONYD, adj. Agreeing; being

of one mind.
Full-pitch, adv. Ploughing the

full depth of the soil is called

taking it up a full-pitch. Norf.
FoLLSOME, a<?;. Nasty ; indelicate.

North.
FoLL-spouT, adv. Copiously and

dashingly.

So when mine host does money lack.
He money gives amon^j Uiis pack,
And then it xvMijfxM-spout.

Buckingham's Poems, p. 100,

Full-stated, adj. A term applied

to a leasehold estate held under

three lives. Var. d.
Tvh-tiADE, part. p. Finished.
FuLSUME, V. To aid.
FuLSUMLi, adv. Plenteously. Ful-

gumnesse, satiety.
FuLTH, adj. Full-grown. North.
FuLTHHEDE, s. Filthincss.
FuL-TRusT, adj. Trussed full.
FuMBLE-FisTED, adj. Awkwafd in

handling. Suffolk.
Fume, s. (1) {J.-N.) Smoke.

(2)tr. To become inflamed. Shrops.

(3) 8. A rage. To be in a fume, to

be angry. FM»iot«e,angry, furious.
Fumet, s. The ordure of the hart.
FuMETERE, s. The plant fumitory.
Fumette, ». High flavour iu game.
FuMiE, adj. Smoky.
FuMiNG-Box, s. A pastile-burner, '
FuMisH, adj. Angry ; fractious.

Svffolk.
FuMosiTE, s. {A.-N.) Steam;

smoke.
FuMP, «. (1) A blow. Devon.

(2) The gist of a joke or story.

Exmoor. f^\

FuMY-BALL, 8. A pufF-ball.
Yw, {}) part.p. Found.

(2) V. To cheat. Somerset.

(3) r. To joke.

(4) 8. A small pitcher. Exmoor.

FuNCH, V. To push. Wight.

FUXDE, V. To go.

FuNDEMENT, s. {A.-N.) A founda-

tion.
FuNDiED. adj. Injured. Turner's

Herbal, 1562.
FuNDLESs, «» Anything accidentally

discovered. Warw.
FuNE, V. To foin, or thrust.
FuNGE,». (1) {A.-N.) A mushroom.

(2) A fool ; a blockhead.
Funk, (1) s. A little fire. Pr. P.

(2) 8. Touch-wood. Suffolk.

(3) V. To smoke.

(4) p. To cause a bad smell. North.

(5) 8. Great fear.

(6) adj. Cross; ill-tempered. Oafd.

(7) A horse is said tofaik, when
it throws up its hiiul quarters
without lashing.

(8) *. A stinking vapour.
Funnel, s. (1) A finial, in archi-
tecture.

(2) A mare mule produced by an
ass covered by a horse. Line.

FuN-sTON, 8. A font.

Fur, (1) s. Fire.

(2) s. The indurated sediment
sometimes found in tea-kettles.
Suffolk.

(3) ». To throw. Somerset.

(4) ». A furrow. North.
Furbelow, s. Ornamental fringe

on female dress.

Women, wliose pride and vanity brought
them to poverty, and wlio retain so mm h
of the Freiicli air to the last, tliat you
shall see them in a tatter'd silk gowri, a
high head, a dagitel'd tai!, a pair of old
lac'd shiwes, a diiru'd furbelow'd scarf,
and ne'er a smock; and this they'll li.-ive
tho' they dine on scraps for a fortnight :
these I relieve with my cliarity.

The Ladies' Catechism, )7<i3.
Tliey'n as mucli drapery on their Ijacks
as would make a vviTiosheet, and as
raowy furbelows and ribbons, as would
make hoosings and toppings for the best
team in Wiggan -parish. But I thank
you, my wife is none of those, she minds
no pride ; a straw-bat and a woonstic-
petiycoat serve her turn ; she can feetl^
on hung beef and a barley pudding
without the help of French kickshaws, i
'£he Country larnur's Catechism, 1704 j

FUR

489

FUS

FuRCHURE, s. {A.-N.) The part
where the thighs separate from
iiic body ; the legs themselves.

FuRCUM, *. The bottom ; the whole.
Somerset.

Y\;Rov.,pret. i. Tarried, Heame.

FcRDLE,». To contract ; to draw up.

FuRDST, adj. The farthest. Shropsh.

FuRE, (1) pret. t. Fared; went.
Gawayne.

(2) V. To go. Cumb.

(3) s. Fire.

FuREL, s. A furnace. Somerset.
FuRENDEL, s. The fourth part of a

bushel of corn.
FuRER, s. An officer whose duty

it was to burn false measures.
FuRETTE, *. A ferret.
FuR-F0RD,;;re^ /. (A.-S.) Perished.

¥rom for-fare.
FuRGEON, s. {Fr.) A prop. Yorksh.
FuRGON. See Fniggan.
Fur-heads, «. Headlands of a field.

Devon.
FuRiAL. adj. (A.-N.) Raging.
FuRiBON'D, adj. (Lai.) Mad; out-
rageous.
Fur-ire, s. A fire-iron.
Furl, v. To hurl. Wight.
FuRLEV, adj. Wondrous. See Ferley.
Furlong, *. The line of direction

of ploughed lands; a division of

an uninclosed corn-field.
FuRMETv. See Frumenty.

By tlie course of the lieavens, Christmas
will not, at. present, fall in tliis month,
wliatever it may do a thousand years
hence ; yet those that are ricli, and liave
a mind to it, may, notwithstanding, feed
ou mince-pye Kaifurmitii.

Poor Robin, 1746.

Furnace, (1)«. A boiler. Somerset,
(2) V. To smoke like a furnace.
Shakesp.

FuRNAGE, s. A fee paid for baking.

FuRNER, 8. A malkin for an oven.
Line.

FuRNEY, s. A furnace.

FuRNEYE, V. To furnish.

FuRNiMENT, s. Fumiture.

FuRNiTADE, *. Furniture. Essex.

Furniture, s. Any sort of movea*
hie property ; provisions ; stores.
Secondly, that he had neitlier money
for his expenses, -nor fimutvre meet for
his journey. Bcnves Correspondence, 1582.

FuRNouR, *. {Lat.) A l)aker.

FuRNY-CARD, s. {Fr.) A coat card.
I liave a fumy-carde in a place,
That will bear a turne besides the ace.
Interlude of Lnsty Juvenilis.

FuROLE, s. A kind of meteor.
FuRRED-up, part. p. Entangled.

South.
FuRRiDGE, p. To search ; to hunt.

Northampt.
FuRRouR, *. A fur, or skin.
Furry-day, s. A dancing festival

and merry-making on the 8th of

May, at Helston, co. Cornw.
FuRSTi, adj. Thirsty. See Afurst.
FuRWE, *. (A.-S.) A furrow.
Furze-break, s. Land which has

been covered with furze, but is

broken up. South.
FuRZE-CHiRPER, "1 ». The moun-

furze-chucker, J tain finch.
FuRZE-MAN-piG, s. A hcdgehog.

Glouc.
FuRZEN, *. Furze. Tusser.
FuRZE-owL,s. A cockchafer. Sam.
FusBALL, s. A pufF-ball.
Fuse, \s. The track of a beast of

FucE, J chase in the grass.
Fusel, *. (Fr.) A spindle.
FusiN, 1 Foison; plenty.

FUSOUN, J ' r .r

FusKY, adj. Dusky.

Speake gentle shepheard, have I not
(now bene as good as my word witli
thee?) and is not this (thinkest thou)
the still cell where heavie sleepe re-
maineth, and the JreadfuU lodge of the
fusHe daughters of blacke uiglit ?

I'ofle, part ii, p. 44.

FusoME, adj. Neat; handsome.
Nort \

Fuss. In ajuss, hurried, bustled.
Fussy, over-busy.

FussLE, Is. A slight confu-
FussMENT, J sion. Suffolk.

FussocKiNG, adj. (1) Large and
fat. North.

2 I*

rus

490

FYY

^2) Irritating; annoying. North-
amp t.
Fust, (1) s. The fist.

(2) «. (Fr.) A vessel for wine, &c.

(3) ». To become mouldy.

(4) s. (A.-N.) Wood.
FusTERER, s. A maker of pack-
saddles.

Fustian, arf;. Low; vulgar. Fustian
language, unintelligible jargon.

FusTTKE, 8. A kind of wood used
by dyers.

FosTiLARiAN, s. A Stinking fellow.
Shakesp.

FosTiLUGS, s. A fusty fellow. Still
used in Devon to signify a big-
honed-person, a fat gross woman.
Exmoor.

You may daily see %u€b. fnstilugs walk-
ing in the streets, like so many tuns,
each moving upon two pottlepots.

Jnnins, 1639.
What's that to you, nincunipi)op ? What
has your wry neck to siiy to ilrs. Ilosa-
bella here? or you, Mr./(«^i7i/^5, with
yowr franaim and bancum.

Ratenscrqfl, Eiiglish Lawyer, 1678.

FusTLE, *. A bustle. Warw.

YvsTY, adj. (1) Musty; mouldy; ill-
smelling.

Hector shall have a great catch if he

knock out either of your brains ; 'a were

as good crack n fusty nut with no kernel.

Shakesp., Tro. ^ Cr., ii, 1.

Where the dull tribunes.

That with the fusty plebeians hate thine
honours. Coriol , i, 9.

True is the proverbe, thoxx^i fiistie to fine
wits. Man in the Moone, 1609.

(2) Thirsty. Wilts.
FusuM, adj. Handsome. North.
FcTNON, adv. Now and then. East.
FuTRE. See Foutra.
FuTRiT, s. A horizontal shaft or way

used near Ironbridge. Shropsh.
FcwTiNG, s. Favouring.
FcxoL, «. A fowl, or bird.
FuYLE, f. (1) To defile.

(2) To fail.
FoYE, 9. Fire.

FuYSON, «. Foison ; plenty. Skelton.
Fuz, V. To steal marbles at play.
FuzzLE. Another form of fuddle.
Fuzzy, adj. (1) Light and spongj'.

North.

(2) Rough ; shaggy. East.
FwALCHON, s. A term of reproach.
Fycker, s. a vicar.
Fye, ». C^.- A^.) Boldness ; defiance.

Thynge wliiche is litille worth withinne,
He sayeth in open_/i'« to synne. Gower.

Fyen, v. (1) To purge ; to clear.

(2) To drive; to banish.

(3) To digest. See Defie.
Fygere, s. {A.-N. ) A fig-tree.
Fygey, 1 s. A dish composed of

FYGE, J almonds, fiis, raisins, gin-
ger, and honev. Forme of Cury,
p. 18.

Fyke, (1) v. To shrink ; to be
troubled.
(2) s. Trifling care. Northumb.

Fyland, adj. Defiling. See File.

Fyle, adj. Vile.

Fylegh, v. To follow.

Fylle, (1) V. To fulfil.
(2) s. A file.

Fylletory-gutters, s. Gutters
for conveying water from the
walls of buildings.

Fyn, adj. {A.-N.) Fine; clever.

Fyndly, a^'. Fiend-like; terrible.

Fyveliche, adv. Finely ; nicely.

Fyngirmell, s. (A.'S.) a finger's
breadth.

Fynisment, ». End; finish.

Fynly, adv. Goodly.

Fyoll, s. a cup, or pot.

Fyrmete, s. Infirmity.

Fyrrys, s. Furze. Pr. P.

Fys, 8. A winding stair. A cor-
ruption of vice.

Fyschere, s. a fisher.

Fyvethe, adj. The fifth.

Fyyre, ». The star-thisile. Pr. P.

Fyyst, a. See Fiesf.

COMPLETE CATALOGUE

BOHN'S LIBEAEIES,

CONTAINING

STANDARD 'W'ORKS OP EUROPEAN LITEBATDRE IN THE ENGLISH
LANGUAGE, ON HISTORY, BIOGRAPHY, TOPOGRAPHY, ARCHEOLOGY,
THEOLOGY, ANTIQUITIES, SCIENCE, PHILOSOPHY, NATURAL HISTORY,
POETRY, ART, FICTION, WITH DICTIONARIES, AND OTHER BOOKS OF
REFERENCE, THE SERIES COMPRISES TRANSLATIONS FROM THE FRENCH,
GERMAN, ITALIAN, SPANISH, SCANDINAVIAN, ANGLO-SAXON, LATIN, AND
GREEK. PRICE 3s. 6d. 03 5s. PER VOLUME (WITH EXCEPTIONS). A
COMPLETE SET IN 627 VOLUMES, PRICE £140 2s.

Catalogues sent Post-free on Application.

LONDON :

GEORGE BELL AND SONS, YORK STREET,

COVENT GARDEN.

188L

May, 1881.

COMPLETE CATALOGUE
at

BOHN'S LIBRARIES.

STANDAED LIBRARY.

A SKBIES OF THE BEST ENGIiKH AUD FOEEIGN AUTHOBS, PBINTED

IN POST 8V0.

269 Yolt. at 3t. 9d. each, excepting thote marked etherwite.

Addison's Worlu. With the Notes
of Bl&hop Hn&D, mnch additional matter,
and upwards of 100 Unpobllshed Letten.
Kdlted by H. Q. Bohh. Portrait and 8
Engnningt on St«tL In 6 vols.

Alfieri's Tragedies, including those
published posthumously. Translated into
English Verse, and edited with Notes and
Introduction, by Eogab A. BowBiKa, C.B.
a vols.

Bacon's Essays, Apophtheg^ms, Wis-
dom of the Ancients, New Atlantis, and
Henry VII., with Introduction and Notes.
PofrtrmU.

Ballads and Songfs of the Peasantry

of England. Edited by Robeei Bell.

Beaomont and Fletcher, a popular
Selection from. By Lkioh Huht.

Beckmann's History <rf Inventions,
Disooverles, and OrlglnB. EevUed and
enlarged. Portraitt. In 3 voli.

Bremer's (Kiss) Works. Translated by
Mabt Howm. Portrait. In 4 yola.
VoL 1. The Neighbours and other Tales.
Vol. X The President's Daughter.
Vol. 3. The Home, and Strife and Peace.
Vol 4. A Diary, the H FamUy, &c.

British Poets, from Milton to Sirke

Whot. Cabinet Edition. In 4 vota.

Browne's (Sir Thomas) Works.

Edited by Sihon Wilkik. In 3 vols.

Burke's Works. In 6 Volnmes.

VoL 1. VindlcaOon of Natural Society,

On the Sublime and Beautiful, and

FoUtlcal Miscellanies.
VoL S. Freooh BevoluUon, to.
VoL S. Appeal from the New to the

Old Whigs ; the Catholic Clalmfl, 4c.
VoL 4. On the Affairs of India, and

Charge against Warren HagHng,;

18

Burke's Works — continued.

Vol 5. Conclusion of Charge against

Hastings ; on a Begldde I^eace, &c.
VoL 6. Miscellaneous Speeches, to.
With a General Index.

Burke's Speeches on Warren Hast-
ings; and Letters. With Index, in
a vols, (forming vols. 1 and 8 of the
worka).

life. By Priob. New and

revised Edition. Portrait.

Butler's (Bp.) Analogy of Beligion,

and Sermons, with Notes. Portrait.

Camoens' Lusiad, Mickle's Transla-
tion. Edited by E. R. Hodqbs.

Gary's Translation of Dante's Hea-
ven. Hell, and Purgatory. Copyright
edition, being the only one containing
Gary's last corrections and additions.

Cara&s (The) of Haddaloni: and
N^lee under Spanish Dominion. Trans-
lated from the Gterman of Alfred de
Renmont.

Carrel's Counter Bevolution in Eng-
land. Fox's History! and Lonsdale's
Memoir of James IL Portrait.-

Cellini (Benvenuto), Memoirs of
Translated by Roecx)!. Portrait.

Cervantes' Oalatea. Translated by
Gordon Gtll.

Chaucer's Works. Edited by Robert
Bell. New Edition, improved. With
Introduction by W. W. Skeat. 4 vols.

Coleridge's (S. T.) Friend. A Series of

£«says on Morals, Politice, and Religion.

(S. T.) Biographia Liter-
aria, and two Lay Sermons.

Commines. (See Philip de Commines.)

BOHirS VABI0U8 LIBBABIE8.

Conde's Dominion of the Arabi in

Spain. Tnnalatecl by Mn. FoerxB. Ie
3 Toll.

Cowper's Complete Workf. Edited,

with Memoir of the Anthor, by Southkt.
lUuftrattd with 60 Engravingt. In 8 voli.

Vols. I to 4. Memoir and CorrespondeDce.
Vols. 6 and 6. PoeUcal Works. PUtU*.
Vol. 1. Homer's Iliad. Pl»ta.
Vol. a Homer's. Odyssey. Plata.'

Coze's Memoirs of the Dnke of

Marlborongh. Parirait*. In 3 vols.
%* An Atlas of the plans of Marlborongh's
ounpaigns, 4to. lOi . ed.

— — History of the House of

Aostrfo. Pvrtraitt. In 4 Tola.

Cunningham's Lives of Eminent

British Painters. New Edition by Mrs.
Hkaton. 8 vols.

Defoe's Works. Edited by Sir Walter
SooTT. In 7 vols.

De Lolme on the ConstitatLon of Eng-
land. Edited, with Notes, by Johd
Uaoobboob.

Emerson's Works. 2 vok.

Foster's (John) Lifis and Correspond-
ence. EdltedbyJ.E. Ryi-akd. Inavols,

■ ' Lectures at Broadmead

Chapel Edited by J. B. Btlaho. Io
3 ToU.

Foster's (John) Critical Essays. Edited
by J. E. Kti^ard. In 1 vols.

— — Essays — On Decision of Cha-
racter, &:c. &c

■ Essays — On the Evil* of Po-
pular Ignorance, be.

■ Fosteriana: Thooghte, Be-
fiecUons, and Criticisms of the late Josn?
Foster, selected from j^eriodical papers,
and Edited by Hensy Q. Bohn (nearly
600 pages). 6(.

Fuller's (Andrew) Prineipal Works.

With Memoir. Portrait.

Gibbon's Soman Empire. Complete
and Duabridged, with Notes ; Including,
In addition to the Author's own, those of
Guizot, Wenck, Nlebnhr, Hngo, Neander,
and other foreign scholars; and an ela-
borate Index. Edited by an English
Churchman. In 7 vols.

Goethe's Works, Translated into Eng-
lish. In 8 vols.
Vols. Lands. Autobiography ,30 Books :
and Travels in Italy, France, and
Swltierland. Pcrtrnit.
Vol. 3. Fanst. Two Parts. By MIbb

SWAkWICK.

Goethe's Works — continued.
Vol. 4. Novels and Tales.
Vol 6. WUhelm Melster'i Apprentioe-

■hlp.
VoL e. Conversations with Eckermann

and Soret. Translated by Johk

OZENFOKO.

Vol. 7. Poems and Ballade, including
Hermann and Dorothea. Translated
by K A. BowMKO, C.B

Vol. 8. Goiz von Berlichingen, Tor
quato Tasso, Egmont, Iphigpuia,
Clavigo, Wayward Lover, and Fellow
Culprits. By Sir Walter Scott,
Miss SwANWiCK, and E. A. BowElNG,
C.B. With Engraving.
Correspondence with Schiller

See SchUler.

Greene, Uarlowe, and Ben Jonson,
Poems of. Edited by Robert Bell.
With Biegraphies. In 1 vol.

Gregory's (Ihr.) Evidences, Doctrines,

and Duties of the Christian Religion.
Gnixot's Bepresentative €h( vemment.

Translated by A. K. Scoblb.
'-^— History of the English Bevo~

InUon of 1640. Tntnslated by William

Hazlitt. Portrait.
——— History of Civilixation, Trans-
lated by Williah Hazlot. In 3 vols.

Portrait.
Haxlitt's Table Talk. A New Edition

In one volume.
Lectures on the Comie

Writers, and on the English Poets.
... Lectures on the Literature

of the Age of Elizabeth, and on Characters

of Shakespcar's Plays.

Plain Speaker.

Bound Table; the Conversa-

tions of James Norihoor, BJL ; Cha-
racteristics, &c.

Sketehes and Essays, and

62

Wlnterslow (Essays Written there). New
Edition.
Hall's (Bev. Bobert) Uiscellaneous
Works and Remains, with Memoir by
Dr. Qreooay, and an Essay on his Cha-
racter by John Footkb. Portraii.
Hawthorne's Tales. In 2 vols.

Vol. 1. Twice Told Tales, and tb«

Snow Image.
Vol. 1. Scarlet Letter, nd the Houe
with the seven G-ables.
Heine's Poems, complete, irom the

German, by K. A. Bowrino, C.B. B«.
Hungary: ite History and Bevolu-
tlons; with a Memoir of Kossuth from
new and anthentlo sources. Portrait.
Hutehinson (Colonel), Memoirs of,
with the Siege of Latham House.
19

A CATALOGUE OF

Irring's (Washington) Life and Let>

ten. By hit Nephew, Fubkk £. Is vino,
Is a vols.

. Complete Works. In 15 vols.

VoL 1. Salmagimdl and Knickerbocker
Portrait of the Author.

VoL X Skstch Book and Life of Qtoli-
■mitb.

Tol. 3. Braeebridtw Hall and Abbota-
ford and Newstead.

VoL 4. Tales of a Traveller and tbe
Alhambra.

VoL 6. Conqnest of Granada and Con-
qnest of Spain.

VoIb. 6 and 7. lilfe of Colombru and
Companions of Colnmbna, with a nev
bides, fine Portrait.

VoL 8. Astoria and Tour in the Prairiea

VoL 9. Mahomet and his Sncceeeors.

Vol. 10. Wolfert's Roost and Adven-
tures of Captain Bonneville.

VoL 11. Bic^apbies and Ikliscellaiiles.

Vols. 12-15. Life of Washington. Por-
trait.

Forteparate Works, tte Cfheap Seria.

James's (Or. P. B.) Bichard Coeur-de-

Lion, King of England. Portraiit. 3 vols.

^— — Louis XIV. Portraits. 2 vol?.

Jameson's, Shakespeare's Heroines:

Characteristics of Women. Moral,
Poetical, and Historical.

Jonias's Letters, with Notes, Ad-
ditions, and an Index. In 3 vols.

Lamartine's History of the Girond-
ists. Portraits. In 3 vols. ;

- Bestoration of the Monarchy,

■with Index. Portraits. In 4 vols.
■ French Bevolntion of 1848,

with a fine frontispiece.
Iamb's (Charles) Elia and Eliana.

Complete £kUtlon.

Dramatic Poets of the Time

of Elizabeth ; inclnding his Selections boro
the Garrlck Plays.

Lanzi's History of Painting. Trans-
lated by RoscoB. Portraits. In » vols.
Lappenherg's Anglo-Saxon Kings,

2 vols.

Lessing's Dramatic Works. Com-
plete, with Memoir by Helek Zimuebk.
Portrait. 2 vols.

Laokoon. (By Beaslet) Ham-
burg Dramatic Notes, Representation of
Death (by Miss Zimmebn), Frontispiece.

Locke's Philosophical Works, con-
taining an Essay on the Hmnan Under-
standing, &c., with Notes and Index by
J. A. St. Johh. Portrait. In 3 vols.

' Life and Letters, with Ex-

tracts from his Common-Place Books, by
Lord KniQ.
20

Luther's Table Talk. Translated bj

WiLLtAM Hazlitt. Portrait.
Hachiavelli's History of Florence,

The Prince, and other Works Portrait.
Martineau's, Harriet, History of

England, from lSOO-15.

History of the Peace, from

1815-1846. 4 Vol3.

Menxel's History of (Jermany. For-

traits. In 3 vols.

Michelet's Life of Luther. Translatecl
by WnxiAM Hazutt.

Boman Bepublie. Translated

by William Hazlitt.

French Eevolution, with In-
dex. JiYoKtispiece.

Hignet's French Bevolution from

I7S9 to 1814. Portrait.
Hilton's Prose Works, with Index.

Portraits. In 6 vols.

Mitford's (Mary B.) Our Village. Im-
proved Ed., complete, niustrattd. 3 vols.

Moliere's Dramatic Works. Trans-
lated by C. H Wall. In 3 vols. Portrait.

Montesquieu's Spirit of the Laws.
A new Edition revised and corrected.

2 vols. Portrait.

Veander's Church History. Trans-
lated : with General Index. In 10 vols,

— — Life of Christ. Translated.

< First Planting of Christi-

anity, and Antignostlkos. Translated. In

3 vols.

— — History of Christian Dogmas,

Translated. In 2 vols.
-^^— Christian Life in the £arly

and Middle Ages, inclnding his 'Light in

Dark Places.' Translated.
Ockley's History of the Saracens

Kevised and completed. Portrait.

Percy's Eeliques of Ancient English

Poetry. Reprinted from the Original Ell-
Uon, and Edited by J. V. Peichabd. In
Ivolj.
Philip de Commines, Memoirs of

containing tbe Histories of Louis XL and
Charles vIIL, and of Charles the BoW,
Dnke of Burgundy. To which Is added,
The Scandalous Chronicle, or Secret
History of Louis XL Portraits. In
3 vols.

Plutarch's Lives. By G. Long and
A. Stewart. Vols. 1 and 2 ready.

Poetry of America. Selections from
loo American Poets, from 1776 — 1876.
Edited by W. J. Linton. Portrait.

Banke's History ef the Popes. Trans-
lated by E. FOOTEK. In 3 vols.

Banke's Servia and the Serrian Be-
yoluti(»L

BOHN'8 VARIOUS L1BBABLE8.

Beynolda' (Sir Josbaa) Literary
Works. Portrait. In 2 vol*.

Sichter (Jean Paul Fr.) Levana
and Autobiography. With Memoir.

— — Flower, Fruit, aad Thorn

Pieces. A Novel.

Boscoe's Life and Pontificate of

Leo X., with the Copyright Notes, and an
Index. Portraitt. In 3 vols.

Life of Lorenzo de Medici,

with the Copyright Notes, be. P<yrtraU.

Bassia, History of, by Waltes K,
Kaixr. Portraitt. In 3 toU.

Schiller'! Works. Translated into
lihigllBh. In 6 vols.

VoL 1. Thirty Years' War, and Kevolt

of the Netherlands.
VoL 3. Continuation of th« Kevolt

of the Netherlands; Wallenstein'i

Camp ; the Plcoolomlnl ; the Death

of Wallensteln; and William Tell.
Vol. 3. Don Carlos, Mary Stnart, Maid

of Orleans, and Bride of Messina.
Vol. 4. The Robbers, Flesco, Love and

IntTlgne, and the Ghost-Seer.
VoL 6. Poems. Translated by Edoab

BowwNO, C.B.
Vol. 6. PhiloBophical Letters and ^i-

thetical Essays.

Correspondence with Goethe,

translated by L. Dora Schmitz. 2 vols.

Sohlegel'i Philosophy of Life and

of Language, translated by A. J. W. Mos-

SI30N.

'—— History of Literature, An-
cient and Modem. Now first completely
translated, with General Index.

-^— Philosophy of History.
Translated by J. B. KoBERTsoR. Portrait.

Schlegel's Dramatic Literature.
Translated. Portrait.

Modern History.

JBsthetio and Miscellaneous

Works.

Sheridan's Dramatic Works and

Life. PoriraU.
Sismondi's Literature of the South

of Enrope. Translated by Rosooe. Por-
traits. In 2 vols.
Smith's (Adam) Theory of the Moral
Sentiments ; with his Essay on the First
Formation of Languages.

Smyth's (Professor) Lectures on

Modem History. In 3 vols.

•— — Lectures on the French Be-

▼olntion. In 8 vols.
Sturm's Morning Communings with

Qod, or Devotional Meditations for Every
Day in the Tear.

Sully, Memoirs of the Duke of. Prime
Minister to Henry the Gieat Portraitt.
In 4 vols

Taylor's (Bishop Jeremy) Holy Living

and Dying. Portrait.
Thierry's Conquest of England by

the Normans. Translated by William

Hazutt. Portrait. In 3 vols.
Ulrici (Dr.) Shakespeare's Dramatic

Art. Translated by L. D. Schmiti. 3 vols.
Vasari's Lives of the Painters,

Sculptors, and Architect!. Translated by

Mrs. Foster. 6 vola
Wesley's (John) Life. By Robert

SoDTHET. New and Complete Edition.

Double volume. With Portrait, tt.

Whe&tley on the Book of CommoB

Prayer. /Yontitpicu.

HISTORICAL LIBRARY.

21 Volt, at 6t. each.

Evelyn's Diary and Correspondence.

lUuttrated with numerout Portraitt, die.
In 4 vola.

Fepys' Diary and Correspondence.

Edited by Lord Bratbbooke. With Notes.
important Additions, including numerous
Letters. Illtistrated with many Portraits.
In 4 vols.
Jesse's Memoirs of the B.eign of the
Stuarts, including the Protectorate. With
iSeneral Index. Upwanii nf 40 Portraitt-
In 3 vols.

Jesse's Memoirs of the Pretenders
•ad their Adherents. 6 Poriraiti.

Hugent's (Lord) Memoriala of
Hampden, his Party, and Times. 12
Portraitt.

Strickland's (Agnes) Lives of the

Queens of England, from the Nonnan
Conquest. From official records and
authentic documents, private and public.
Revised Edition. In 6 vola.

>— Life of Mary Queen of Scots.

a vols.

21

A CATALOGUE OF

COLLEGIATE SERIES.

6 VoCi. at 6i. each.

DoaaldBon's Theatre of the Greeks.

lUnstrated with Litbogn4>h8 And nu-
merous Woodcata.

Eeightley's Classical Mythology.

New E^lition. Revised by. Dr. L.
ScHxiTZ. With 12 plates.

Herodotus, Turner's (Dawson W.)
Notes to. With Map, &c.

Herodotus, Wheeler's Analysis and

ijoBuaaiy of.

Thueydides, Wheeler's Analysis of.
New Testament (The) in Greek.

Griesbich'e Text, with th« readtngs of
Mill and Scholi, Parallel Referenoee,
a CMtical Introdnction and Cbronoiogica]
Tablee. Tux fac-simikt qf Orttk MSS.
3». id. ; or with Lexicon, is. Lexiooi)
Separately. 2«.

PHILOSOPHICAL LIBRARY.

11 Toll, at iM. ecuik, txcepting thote moa-ked otherwiie.

Oomte's ThHosophy of the Sciences.

By a. H. Lbwss.

Draper (J. W.) A History of the

Intellectual Developmeni of Europe. By
JoHH WnuAM Draper, M.U., LL.D. A
New Edition, thoroughly Revised by the
Author. In 2 vols.

Hegel's Lectures en the Philosophy

of History. Tranglattd by J. Sibksk, U A.

Kant's Critique of Pure Beason.

Translated by J. M. D. Meiki.ejohn.
Logic ; or, the Science of Inference.

A Popular Manual. By J. DBVKr.

Miller's (Professor) History Philoso-
phically considered. In 4 vols. ;3i. 6d.
each.

Tennemann's Manual of the History
o( Philosophy. Continued by J. B.Moselz.

ECCLESIASTICAL AND THEOLOGICAL
LIBRARY.

IS VoiU. at is. each, essoqiting thoH marJeed otherwite.

Bleek (7.) An Introduction to the
Old' Testament, by Fribdrich Blekk.
Edited by Johakn Blekk and Adolf
Kamphausen. Translated from the Ger-
man by Qt. H. yB3tABi.ES, under the
supervision of the Rev. E. Vekabi.es,
Cajion of Lincoln. New Edition. In 3
vols.

Chilliugworth's Beligion of Pro-
testants. 3s. 6d.

Eusebius' Scclesiastieal ffistory.
Wttn Notes.

Hardwick's History of the Articles

of Religion. To which is added a Scries of
Documents from a.». 1536 to a.d. 1615.
Together with Illnetratlons from Contem-
porary Sources. New Edition, revised by
Rev. F. Pboctes.
22

Henry's (Matthew) Commentary on
the Psalms Ifumeroiu lUuttrationi.

Pearson on the Creed. New Edition.
With Analysis and Notes.

Philo JudsBUS, Works of ; the con-
temporary of Jpsephus. Translated by
C. D. Yonge In 4 vols.

Socrates' Ecclesiastical History, in

oontinuatioDOfEuBebina. With the Notes
of Valeslos.

Soiomen's Ecclesiastieal History,

from A.D. 324-440 : and the Ecclesiastical
History of Philostorgius.

Theodoret and Evagrius. Ecclesias-
tical Histories, bom A.D. 332 to A.D. 437
and from aj>. 431 to A.D. 544.

Wieseler's Chronological Synopsis of

the Four Gospels. Translated by Cakon
Vesables. New Edition, revised.

BOHN'S VABI0V8 LIBBABIE8.

ANTIQUARIAN LIBRARY.

35 VoU.

Bede's Eccleaiastical History, and

Uie Ajiglo-Saxon Chronicle.

Boethins's Coiuolation of Philoso-

ghy. In Anglo-Saxon, with the A. S.
letres, and «n EnglUh Translation, by
tho Bev. a Fox.

Brand's Popular Antiqoities of Eng.

land, Scotland, »nd lrol*nd. BySlrHKNBS
ELua. In 3 vols.

Chronicles of the Crusaders. Richard
of Uevlaee, Q«offrey de Vlnaanf, Loid de
Jolnville.

Dyer's British Popular Customs,

Present and I'ast. An Account of the
various Games and Custoois associated
with different days of the year. By the
Rev. T. F. Thiselton Dyer, M.A. \Vith
Index.

Early Travel* in Palestine. Willi-

bald, SffiwuH Bei^jamin of Tndela, Man-
deville, La Brocqniere, and Manndrell;
all nnabridged. Edited by Thomas
Wmght.

Ellis's Early English Metrical Bo-
mances. Revised by J. O. Haluwbii.

Florenee of Worcester's Chronicle,

with the Two Continuations : comprlstng
Annals of English History to the Reign oi
Edward L

Gesta Bomanorum. Edited by Wtn-

NARD HOOPEK, B.A.

Giraldtu Cambrensis' Historical

Works : Topography of Ireland ; History
of the Conquest of Ireland ; Itinerary
through Wales; and Description of Walet.
With Index. Edited by Thos. Wbioht.

Henry of Huntingdon's History of

the English, from the Roman Invasion to
Henry II. ; with the Acta of Kiag Stephen,
&c.

Ingnlph's Chronicle of the Abbey of

Croyland, with the Continuations by Peter
of Blois and other Wrlteri. By H. T.
RUpST.

at 6«. taoh.

Keightley's Pairy Mythology. Fron-

ti^iece by Oruikihcmk.

Lepsias's Letters from Egypt, Ethio-
pia, and the Peninsnla of Sinai.
Mallet's Northern Antiquities. Bj
Bishop Percy. With an Abstract of the
Eyrbiggla Saga, by Sir Waltw Soon.
Edited by J. A. Blaokwbll.
Marco Polo's Travels. The Trans*
latlon of Maisden. Edited by TBOiut
Wrioht.
Matthew Paris's Chronicle. In 5 vols.
First Sbotion : Roger of Wendover*!
Flowers of English History, from tilia
Descent of the Saxons to A.D. 1236.
Translated by Dr. (ixuEa. In 3 vols.
Sjsookd Sbction: From 12S6 to 1373.
With Index to the entire Work. In
3 vols.

Matthew of Westminster's Flowers

of History, especially such M relate to the
aiFalrs of Britain ; to a.d. 1367. Truudated
by C. D. YoN(jK. In 3 vols.

Orderieus Vitalis' Ecelesiastieal His-
tory of England and Normandy. Trans-
lated with Notes, by T. Fosffirm, BLA.
In 4 vols.

Pauli's (Dr. B.) Life of Aliped the

Great Translated from the Qerman. To
which is appended Alfred's Anglo-Saxon
version of Crosins, with a literal Transla-
tion, and an Anglo-Saxon Grammar and
Glossary.

Boger De Hoveden's Annals of Eng>

ILsh History ; from a.d. 732 to A.D. 1301.
Edited by H. T. Rilkt. In 3 vols.
Six Old English Chronicles, vii. :—
Aaser's Life of Alfred, wd the CSironicIes
of Ethelweid, QUdas, Nennins, Geoffrey
of Monmonth, and Richard of Ciren-
cester.

William of Malmesbory's Chronicle

of the Kings of England. Translated by
Shakfk.
Tule-Tide Stories. A Collection of
Scandinavian Tales and Traditions. Edited
by B. Thorpe.

ILLUSTRATED LIBRARY.

84 Vols, at 6s. Mch, excepting those marked otherwise.

Allen's Battles of the British Navy.
Revised and enlarged. fTtimerous fint
Pattrattt. In 2 vols.

Andersen's Danish Legends and

Fairy Tales. With many Tales not In any
other eiition. Translated by Cabouhx
PeacheT. 130 WoeA Engravingt,

Atiosto's Orlando Furioso. In Eng-
lish Verse. Bv W. .S. lioaik IVetof fin*
Sngnmngs. In 3 vols.

Bechsiein's Cage and Chamber Birds.
Inohidiug Sweet's Warblers. Enlarged
edition, ifumerout ptata.

*.* All other editions are abridged.
With the plates coloured. 7s. 6d.

33

A CATALOQUE OF

Bonomi'i NineTeh and its Falacei.

New Edition, revised and considerably

enlarged, both In matter and Plates.

Upiuardt of 300 Bngrcmingt
Butler's Hndibras. With Variorum

Notes, a Biography, and a General Index.

Edited by Henbt Q. Bohh. Thirty btau-

^id iUuttnUtoru.
■ ; or, further illustrated with

62 Outline Portrait*. In 3 vola. lOt .

Cattermole'o Evenings at Haddon

HalL 34 eaquiiitt Engravingt on Stetl,
from detigm by hiimdf the Letterpress
by the Ba^okssb Dk C4Babklla.

Clihia, Pictorial, Descriptive, and
Historical, with some Account of Ava and
the Burmese, Siam, and A nam. Nearly
100 nhutraiioni.

Crane's (0. L.) Porsuit of Knowledge
under Difficulties, Illustrated by Adec-
dotea and Memoirs. Kerlsed Edition.
Wi^ numerout Portrait*.

Cmiksliank's Three Courses and a
Dessert A Series of Tales, with 50 hn
<r\r.Ymi» TCbatratinni bv CruHxhanlf

Cruikshank's Punch and Judy.

With 24 Illustrations. 5s.
Dante. Translated by 1, C. Wbisht,

HA, New Edition, carefully revised.

PartrmU and 34 JUiutraiUm* on Steel,

lifter FUuemwn.
Didron's History of Christian Art

in the Middle Ages. From the French.

Upward* of IBO mLiline Engraving*.

Dyer (T, H.) The History of Pompeii ;

its Buildings and Antiquities. An account
of the City, with a full description of the
Kemalns, and an Itinerary for Visitors,
Edited by T. H. Dtkr, LL.D. tllui-
trated with nearly 300 TTood Engrav-
ing*, a large Map, and a Plan of the
Forum. A New Edition, revised and
brouRht down to 1874. 1*. 6d.

Gil Bias, The Adventures of. 24

Engraving* on Steel, after Smirke, and
10 Etching* by dfxn-gt nruikihiimk. 6<.

Grinim'e Gammer Orethel ; or, Oer-

man Fairy Tales and Popular Stories.
Translated by Edoab Tati^ob. A'Mjnerotii
"Woodcut* by Cruikthank. 3*. M.

Holbein's Dance of Death, and Bible

Cuts. Upward* of 160 tubject*, beatUi
fully engraved in fae-timile, with Intro-
duction and Descriptions by the late
Fhakots Docot and Dr. T. F. Dibdis.
" vola. Id 1 . 7f . Bd.

Howitf s (Mary) Pictorial Calendar

of the Seasons. Embodying the whole o'
Aiken's Calendar of Nature. Upward* oj
100 Sngravingt.

— — (Mary and William) Storiei

of English and Foreign Life. TvJenty beau
tiful Engraving*.
24

India, Pictorial, Descriptive, and

Historical, from the Earliest Times. Up-
ward* of 100 fine Engravingt on Wood,
and a Map.

Jesse's Anecdotes of Dogs. New Edi-
tion, with large additions. Ifwrnerouifine
Woodcut* ojfUir Earvey, Bewick, and other*.

; or, with the addition of 34

highly-finithed Steel Engraving*. 7f. 6d.

Sing's Natural History of Precions

Stones, and of the Precious MetaU. With
mimerou* lUttstratims. Pries 6«.

Natural History of Ctems

or Decorative Stones. Finely lUiutrated.
6*.

Handbook of Engraved Gems.

Finely JUustrated. 6*.

Sitto's Scripture Lands and Biblical

Atlas. 34 Map*, beaut if uUy engraved or>

Steel, with a Consulting Index.
— — ; ^joith the maps coloured, Is. 6d.
Erummacher's Parables. Translatea

frsm the Oerman. Forty Tlluttratiom by

Clayton, engraved by DcUziel.

Lindsay's (Loti) Letters on Egypt,

EJom, and the Holy Land. New Edition,
enlarged. J^irty-»ta beautiful Engrav-
ing*, and 3 Hap*.
Lodge's Portraits of Illustrious Per-
sonages of Great Britain, with Memoln.
Two Hundred and Fcrty Portrait*, en-
graved on Steel. 8 vols.

Longfellow's Poetical Works.

T>ixnty-four page Engraving*, 6y BirTcei
Foster and other*, and a Portrait.

— — — ; oT,u!itfioutiIlustrations,3s.6d.

Prose Works. 16 paie En-
graving* by Birket Foster, <tc.

Loudon's Mrs.) Entertaining Natur-
alist. Revised by W. S. Dallas, FX<.S.
With nearly 600 Woodcut*.

Marryat's Masterman Beady; or,
The Wreck of the Pacific. 93 WoodcuU.
3*.6d.

Poor Jack. With 16 Wus.

trationt, after Design* by C. StanJUU,
R.A. 3*. 6d.

Mission; or. Scenes in Af-

rica. (Written for Young People.) lOui-
trated bv OObert and Dal^eL 3t. 6d.

Pirate; and Three Cutters.

New Edition, with a Mimolr of the
Author. With 8 Steel Engraving*, frcm
Drawing* by O. Stanfleld. R.A. 3* 6d.

Privateers - Man One Hun-
dred Tears Ago. Sight Engraving* on
Steel after Stothard. 3s. 6d.

Settlers in Canada. New

KdlHon. Ten fine Sngraringi by OUbef t
andDiMel. 3*. id.

BOEN'S VABI0V8 LIBB ABIES.

Maxwell's Victories of Wellington
and the British Annies. Stui Engramngt.

Michael Angelo and Raphael, their

Lives and Works. By Dcppa and QtTA-
TRBUKBE DK QcisoT. WUK 13 Sufftuvrngt
onSteO.

Miller's History of the Anglo-Saz-

on«. Written In a jpopolar style, on the
basis of Sharon Turner. Portrait of
Alfred, Map of Saxon Britain, and 13
elaborate Engraving* on Steel

Milton's Poetical Works. With a
Memoir by Jajubs MoKTooMEsr, Tom/b
Verba] Index to all the Poema, and Ex-
planatory Notes. With 120 Engraoingt
by I%<mipton and othert, from I>ravriagi
by W. Eaarvey. 3 vols.
Yol. 1. Paradise Lost, complete, with

Memoir, Notei, and Index.
VoL 3. Paradise Regained, and other
Poems, with Verbal Index to all the
Poems.

Madie's British Sirds. Kevised by
W. C. L. Mabtis. Fifty-tux Figure! and
1 Plata qf Eggt. In 3 vols.

■ ; or, with the plates ooloured,

7t. 6d. per vol.

Vaval and Military Heroes of Great

Britain ; or, Calendar of Victory. Being i«
Record of British Valonr and Conqneni
by Sea and Land, on every day In the
year, from the time of William the
Conqneror to the Battle of Inkermaim.
By Midor Jobms, R.H., and Lientenant
P. H, Nicolas, B.M, JSoeniy-four For-
traiti. et.

Vieolini's History of the Jesuits:

their Origin, Progress, Doctrines, and D&
signs. Fine Portraitt of Loyola, Lainit,
Javier, Borgia, Acquaviva, Fire la.Chaite,
and Pope OemgamiUi.

Petrarch's Sonnets, and other Poems.

Translated into Kngllah Verse. By varioni
bands. With a Life of the Poet, by
Thokas Cakpbelj.. With 16 Engravingt.

Pickering's History of the Baees of
Man, with an Analytical Sjmopsis of the
Natural History of Man. By Dr. Hall.
lUuttraied by nun^erout Portraitt.

;or,«n<A the plates oohuredJs.Gd.
*,* An excellent lidltlon of ■ work ori-
ginally published at 31. 3i. by the
American yovemment.

Pictorial Handbook of Modem Geo-
graphy, on a Popular Plan. 3i. 6d. lOut-
trated by 160 Engravingi and 61 Mapt. 6j.

— ^^— ; or, ioUh the mc^t coloured,
M.M.

Pope's Poetical Works. Edited by
KoBKBi Cabkuthxss. Kumeroui En-
gravingt. 3 vols.

Pope's Homer's Iliad. With Intro-
duction and Notes by J. S. Watsob, M.A.
lUuttrated by the entire Serie* of FUm-
mam,'t Betignt, beautiftdly mgraoed by
Motet {in thtfuU 8vo. ti*e).

— — Homer's Odyssey, Hymns,

&&, by other translators, including Ch^>-
man. and Introduction and Notes by J. S.
Watsob, M.A. fUmman't Detign* beaU'
HftiUy engraeed by Motet.

Life. Including many of his

Letters. By RoBEjn Cabbuthxbs. New

£dltion,revised and enlarged. liUutraHent.

The preceding 6 voU. make a complete

and elegant edition of Pope't PoMoai

Workt and Translation* for 251.

Pottery and Porcelain, and other Ob-
jects of Vertu (a Qnide to the Knowledge
of). To which Is added an Engraved List
of Marks and Monograms. By HsniT
O. BoHB. Numerout Engravingt.

■ ; or, coloured. 10s. Qd.

Prout's (Father) Heliqiies. Revised
Kdition. Twenty-one finrited htchings
by JIadise. 5s.

Recreations in Shooting. B7
■•Craven." New Edition, revised and
enlarged. 63 Bngramngt on Wood, after
Barvey,and9Sngremington8teei,m^fiy
after A. Cooper, ILA.

Redding's History and Descriptions

of Wines, Ancient and Modem. Twenty
beaut\ful Woodntti.

Ronnie's Insect Architeotnre. jrew
Edition. Revised by the Rev. J. Q.
Wood, M.A.

Robinson Crusoe. With DluBtrations
by SroiHABJ) and Habvkt. Twelve becMti'
fm Engravingt on Steel, and 74 on Wood.

——— ; or, without the Steel Ulustra^
tiont,3*. 6d.

Rome in the Nineteenth Century.

New Edition. Revised by the Author.
niuttrated by 34 Steel Engraving*,
2 vols.
Sharpe's History of Egypt, from the
Jjirliest Times till the Conquest by the
Arabs, a.d. 640. By Samukl Shabpk.
With 2 Maps and upwards of 400 Illus-
trative Woodcuts. Sixth and Cheaper
Edition. 3 vols.

Soathey's Life of Helson. With

Additional Note*. lUuttrated with 64

Engravingt.
Starling's (Miss) Noble Deeds of

Women ; or, Examples of Female Courage,

Fortitude, and Virtue. Fourteen lUuttra-

tiont.
Stuart and Revett's Antiquities of

Athens, and other Monuments of (Greece.

lUuttrated in 71 Steel PJatet, and mt-

merout WoodctUt.

35

A CATALOQUE OF

TalM of the Oenii ; er, the Dellghtfal

Iiesuons of Horam. Ifvmerotit Wooicutt,
and 8 steel Engravingt, okfter Sioth,ar4

Tasso'a Jemsalem Delivered. Trans
lated into Engllsb Spenserian Verse, with
tk Life of the Author. By J. H. Wiffkh.
^hi Bnffravingt on 3teel, uni M on
Wood, by J^iurtton.

Walker'f Hauly Exercises. Con-
taining Skatiug, Riding, DrivlDg, Hunting.
Shooting, Sailing, Rowing, Swimming, be.
New Edition, revised by " Cbavkh."
Forty-four Steel Platet, and rmmerwa
Woodcut*.

Walton's Complete Angler. Edited
by Edward Jessh, Eeq. Upwcurdt of
303 Bngrcmmgt.

; or, mth 26 addVtiemcA page
IBm^mtion* on ISttO, It. 6cL

Wellington, Life of. From the ma-
terlals of Maxwell. Eighteen Engravingi.

Westropp's Handbook of ArchsBology

Ne-v EUition, revised. Numtrout Illus-
trations, "is. 6d.

White's Natural History of S«l-

bome. With Notes by Sir Willuh Jas-
Dora and Edwa&d Jbsss, Eeq. lUuttnted
by 40 JSfngravingi.

— ; or, with the phtet ookmred.

7<. ed.

Toxing, Tlie, Lady's Book. A Ma-
nual of Elegant Recreations, Arte, Sdences,
and Accomplishments. Ttoelvt Bundred
Woodcut Illiutratiom, and tevtral Bn-
gravinot on Steel It. M.

; or, doth gUt, gilt edges, 9s.

CLASSICAL LIBRARY.

93 Tolt, at 6t. each, txctpting tkote marked othenoite.

.Sschylos translated into English

Verse by A. SwA^■wICK.
. Literally Xranfilated itto

English Proee by ab Oxonian. 3<. e<i

■ , Appendix to. Containing
the K^uUngs given m Hermann's posthn-
mons Edition of ^schylna. By GsoEoi
BuBOBS, M.A, 3t. 6d.

Ammianns Mareellinos. History of
Rome from Constantins to Valens. Trant-
latedbyC. D. Yonqe.B.A. Dble. vol..7t.6d.

Antoninns. The Thoughts of the

Emperor Marcus Anreliua. Translated by
Qbo. Long, M.A. 3i. M.

Apuleiiu, the Golden Ass ; Death of

Socrates ; Florida ; and Discourse on Magic.
To which is added a Metrical Version of
Cupid and Psyche; and Mn. Tlghe'i
PBych& fYontispieoe.
Aristophanes' Comedies. Literally

Translated, with Notes and Extracts from
Frere's and other Metrical Versions, by
W. J. HioKiK. 1 vols.
YoL 1. Achamlans, Knights, CHondf.,

Wasps, Peace, and Birds.
Vol. 2. Lysistrata, Theemophoriazusas,
Frogs, Eccleslaznsse, and Plutus.
Aristotle's Ethics. Literally Trans-
lated by Archdeacon Bbowkg, late Classical
Trofeseor of King's College.

■ Politics and Economies.
I'ranalated by R. Waltobd, M.A.

■ Metaphysics. Literally Ttmb-
. lated, with Notes, Analysis, ExamlnatiOD

Questions, and Index, by the Rev. Johh
H. M'Mahon, M.A., and Gold Medallist in
MeUphyslcs, T.C.D.
26

Aristotle's History of Animals. LiTen
Books. Translated, with Notes and Index,
by RiOHAKD Chesswbll, ma.

Oi^non ; or, Logical Trea-
tises. With Notes, Ac. By 0. F. OwbhJBLA.
2 vols., 3<. 6<i. each.

' Rhetoric and Poetiet. Lite-
rally Translated, with Examinatiist Qoes-
tlons and Notes, by an Oxonian.

Atheneetis. The Deipnosophists ; or,
the Banquet of the Learned. Translated
t^ C. D. YoHQS, B JL 3 vols.

Caesar. Complete, with the Alexan-
drian, African, and Spanish Wars. Lite-
rally Translated, with Notes.

Catullus, Kbullus, and the Vigil of

Venus. A Literal Prose Translation. To
which are added Metrical Versions by
Lahb, Qraikqkb, and others. iVonM*-
piece.

iJieero's Orations. Literally Trans-
lated by C. D. ToNox, BjI. In 4 voU.

VoL 1. Contains the Oratloni against
Verres, &c. Portrait.

VoL X Catiline, Archlaa, Agrarian
Law, Rabirius, Murena, ^Ua, &c.

Vol. 3. Orations for his House, Plancluj,
Seitlns. CoellUB, Milo, Llgarius, 4c

VoL 4. Miscellaneous Orations, and
Rhetorical Works; with General In-
dex to the four volumes.

on the Nature of the Ckids,

Divination, Fate, Laws, a Republic, Ac.
Translated by 0. D. Yotrox, BJL, and
F. Babhah.

BOHN'8 VABI0V8 LIBBABIEB.

Cicero's Academics, De Finibu, and

Xnsculan Qnestions. By C. D. Tomqe,
B.A. With Sketch of &» Greek Philo-
sopher.
-■ Offices, Old Age, Friendship,

Sclplo'g Dream, Foradozee, be T.Ui<r»Hy
Tnuulated, by R, Edhohds. St. 6d.

• on Oratofy and Orators. By

J. 8, Watson, M.A.
Demostlienes' Orations. Translated,
with Notes, by 0. Rahn Exrrkdt. In 6
Toininea.
Vol 1. The OlTnthlao, FhiUppis, Kd

other Pnbllc Orations. 3». 6d.
Vol. X On the Crown a&d on the £ni-

bosey.
Vol. 3. Against Le|ttlne8, MldlM, An-

drotrlon, and Aristocrates.
VoL i. Private and other Orations.
VoL 6. Miscellaneous Orations.

Dictionary of Latin Quotations. In-

clading ft-overbs, Maxims, Mottoes, Law
Terms, and Phrases ; and a Collection oJ
above 600 Greek Qaotatlons. With all the
qoantltles marked, & i^nglish Translationa.
, with Index Verbomm. 6».
Index Verbomm only. 1*.
Diogenes Laertins. Lives and Opin-
ions of the Ancient Pliilosophera. Tnma-
lated, with Kotes, by C D. Toims.
Epictetns. Discourses, with Enchei-
ridion and Fragments. Translated wiUi
Notes, by Geokqk Long, M.A.
Xnripides. Literally Translated. 2 vols.
Vol. 1. Hecntia, Orestea, Medea, Hippo*
lytns, Alceetls, Bacchsa, Heraclidse,
Iphigenla in Aolide, and Iphigenia Is
Tamls.
Vol. 2. Hercnlei Fnrens, Troades, loa,
Andromache, Snppllanta, Helen,
Electra, Cyclops, ^esns.
Greek Anthology. Literally Tians-
lated. With Metrical Versions by vartoiu
Authors.

■ Somances of Heliodonu,

Longns, and Achilles Tauns.
Herodotus. A New and Literal

Translation, by HnrsT Cabt, M.A., ol

Worcester College, Oxford.
Eesiod, GaUimachus, and Theognis.

Literally Translated, with Notes, by J.

Bahks, M.A.
Homer's Iliad. Literally Translated
- Odyssey, Hymns, fte. Lite-

rally TransUted.
Horace. Literally Translated, by

Shabt. Carefolly revloed by an Oxo^'IA^-.

3«. ed.
Justin, Cornelius Kepos, and Eutro*

pins. Literally Translated, with Notei

and Index, l^ J. S. Watson, M.A.

Juvenal, Persins, Sulpicia, and L«-

cllins. By h. Evars, M_A. With ths
Metrical Version by Gifford. jyontttjoisM
Livy. A new and Literal Translation.
By Dr. Sfili.am and others. In 4 vols.
VoL 1. Contains Books 1— &
VoL Z Books 9—26.
VoL 3. Books 27—36.
VoL 4 Books 37 to the end ; and Index.
Lucan's Fharsalia. Translated, with

Notes, by H. T. Biun.
Lucretius. Literally Translated, with
Notes, by the Rev. J. S. Watson, M.A,
And the Metrical Versl<m by J. M. Good.
Martial's Epigrams, complete. Lite-
rally Translated. E^h accompanied by
one or more Verse Translations selected
from the Works of English Poets, and
other sources. With a copious Index.
Double volume (660 pages). 7t. 8d.
Ovid's Works, complete. Literally
Translated. 3 vols.
VoL 1. FasU, Tristla, Epistles, Ju.
Vol. a. Metamorphoses.
VoL 3. Heroides, Art of Love, ftc.

Pindar. Literally Translated, by Daw-
SON W. TcsHKK, and the Metrical Versloo
by Abrabah Moobk.
Plato's "W^orks. Translated by the
ftev. H. Cakt and others. In 6 voli
VoL 1. The Apology of Socrates, CrUo»
ITisBdo, Gorgias, Protagoras, Phsedms,
ThetBtetus, Euthyphron, Lysis.
VoL i The Republic, TlmKus, &Crttias.
VoL 3. Meno, Euthydemns, The So-
phist, Statesman, Cratylus, Panne-
nldes, and the Banquet.
VoL 4. Philebns, Charmides, Laches,
The Two Alcildadee, and Ten othe?
Dialogues.
VoL 5. The Laws.

VoL 6. The Doubtful Works. With
General ladex.

Dialogues, an Analysis and

Index to. With References to the Trans-
lation in Bohn'R Oassicol Library. By Dr

DAT.

Plautus's Comedies. Literally Trans-
lated, with Notes, by H. T. Biuct, B.A.
Id 3 vols.

Pliny's Natural History. Translated,
with Copious Notes, by the late Jorb
BoerooK, M.D., FJt-S., and H. T. RiUT,
Bji In 6 vols.

Pliny the Younger, The Letters of.

Melmoth's Translation revised. By the
Kev. F. C. T. Bos-vsgUET, M.A.

Propertius, Petronius, and Johannes

Secnndns, and Aristenaetns. Literally
TranslateNJ, and accsompanii^ by Poetical
Versions, trom various sources,

21

A OATALOOVE OF

Qaintilian'i Institutes of Oratory.

Literally Translated, with Notes, Sk^ by i
J. S. Watson, MJl, In 2 vols.

Sallnat, Florus, and Velleius Fater-

CQloB. With Ck>p1ons Notes, Biographical
Notices, and Index, by J. S. Watsos.

Sophocles. The Oxford Translation
revised.

Standard Library Atlas of Classical

Gfeography. Tiuenty-two large coloured
Mapt according to the latett auHwrtiiet.
With a complete Index (accentuated),
giving the latitade and longitode of every
place named in the Maps. Imp.Svo. 7i.6a.

Strabo's Geography. Translated,
with Coplons Notes, by W. Faloonib,
M.A., and H. C. Hamilton, Esq. With
Index, giving the Ancient and Modern
Names. In 3 vols.,

Saetonins' Lives of the Twelve

Caesars, and other Works. Thomson's
Translation, revised, with Notes,] by T.

FOBKSTEB.

Tacitus. Literally Translated, with
Notes. In 3 vols.
Vol. 1. The Annals.

Vol. 3. The History, Qermania. Agrl-
cola, &0. With Index.
Terence and Phsedrus. By H. T.

RttBT. B.A.

Theocritus, Bion,* Moschus, and

Tyrtasns. By J. Banks, M.A. With the
Metrical Versions of Chapman.
Thucydides. Literally Translated by
Kev. a. Dau. In 3 vols. 3i. fid. each.
Virgil. Literally Translated by David •
BOH. N'ew Edition, careftally revised. 3i.6d.
Xenophon's Works, In 3 Vols.

Vol. 1. The Anabasis and MemorabilU.
Translated, vnth Notes, by J. S. Wat-
bom, M.A. And a Geographical Com*
mentary, by W. F. Ainswobth, F.SJL.,
FJl.a.S., fee
VoL 3. Cyropeedia and Hellenics. Bf
J. S. Watson, M.A., and the Bev. H.
Dau.
Vol. 3. The Minor Works. By J. 8.
Wazson, M.A.

SCIENTIFIC LIBRARY.

57 Volt, at Bs. each, exciting Oiote marked otherwitt.

Agassis and Gould's Comparative
Physiology. Enlarged by Dr. Weight.
Pjptoordt of 400 Sngravingt.

Bacon's Novum Organum and Ad-
vancement of Learning. Complete, wltli
Notes, by J. Dbyxy, M.A.

Bolley's Uanual of Technical Analy-

■la. A Gnlde for the Testing of Nattiral
and Artificial Snbetancei. By B. H. Fa0l.
100 Wood Sngravingt.

BBIDGEWATEB TSEATISES. —

-^-^ Bell on the Hand. Its Mecha-
nism and Vital Endowments as evincing
Design. Seventh Edition Revited.

■ Kirby on the History, Habits,

and Instincts of Animals. Edited, with
Notes, by T. Rtubb Jones. Numerout
Engravingt, many of which are additionai.
In a vols.

■ Kidd on the Adaptation of

External Natore to the Physical Condition
ol Man. 3t. 64.

-"■ Whewell's Astronomy and

General Physics, considered with refer-
ence to Natural Theology. St. 6il.

-- Chalmers on the Adaptation

of External Nature to the Moral and In-
tellectual Constitution of Man.
2a

BEIDGEWATER TREATISES— eonfc

Front's Treatise on Chemis-

try, Meteorology, and Digestion. Edited
by Dr. J. W. Qbifi'ith.

Buckland's Oeologfy and

Mineralogy. 2 vols. 16*.
' Boget's Animal and Vege-

table Physiology. lUuttrated, In 3 vols.
6*. each.

Carpenter's (Dr. W. B.) Zoology. A

Systematic View of the Structure, Habits,
Instincts, and Uses, of the principal Fami-
lies of the Animal Kingdom, and of the
chief forms of Fossil Remains. Revi8«?d
by W. 8. Dallas, F.LJS. Ilhutrated v.'iA
many hundred Wood Sngravingt. In
2 vols. it. each.

Kechanical Philosophy, As-
tronomy, auu Horology. A Popular Ex-
position. 181 lU-uftrationt.

Vegetable Physiology and

Systematic Botany. A complete Intro-
duction to the Knowledge of Plants.
Revised, tmder arrangement with the
Author, by E. Lakkesteb, M.D., ke.
Several hundred nittttrationt on Wood, ei.

— — Animal Physiology. In part
re- written by the Author. Upwardi Of
300 capitai Ultutrationt, 6t,

BOHN'8 VABIOUa LIBB ARIES.

Cheyreul on Colour. Ck>ntaiiiing the
Prlndplei of Harmony and Contract of
Ooloon, and their application to the Arts.
Translated from the French by Chables
WABTitT.. Only complete Edition. Several
Plate*. Or, with an additional leriea of
16 Plates In Coloars. Tf . 6<t

Xnnemoser'B History of Kagie.

Translated by William Howttt. WlUi
. an Appendix of the moat remarkable and
, best anthenticated Stories of Apparition! ,

Dreams, Table-Tomlng, and Spirit-Bap-

ping, 6c. In 2 vols.

Hogg's (Jabei) Elements of Experi-
mental and Natnral Philosophy. Con-
taining Mechanics, Pnenmatica, Hydro-
■tatlcs, Hydranlics, Acoustics, Optics,
Caloric, Electricity, Voltaism, and Ma([
netism. New Edition, enlarged. Up-
vMrdtcfiOO Woodcutt.

Hind's Introdnction to Astronomy.

With a Vocabulary, contalniHg an ExpLa-
' nation of all the Terms In present use
New Edition, enlarged. Sumerwi En-
gravingt. 3t. 6(t.

Homboldt's Cosmos ; or, Sketch of a
Physical Description of the Universe.
Translated by E. C Orri and W. S.
Dallas, F.L.S. fine Portrait. In Ave
vols. 3t. ed. each ; excepting VoL V., B(.

*,• In this edition the notes are placed
beneath the text, Homboldt's analytical
Snmmariea and the passages hitherto snp-
pressed are Inclnded, and new and com-
prehensive Indices are added.

— — Travels in America. In S

vols.

■■ Views of Nature ; or, Con-

templations of the Snblime Phenomena of
Creation. Translated by E. G OrM and
H. Q. BoBH. AVith a complete Index.

Hunt's CBobert) Poetry of Science ;

or, Stndies of the Physical Phenomena of
Nature. By Profeeaor Hcnr. New Edi-
tion, enlarged.

Joyce's Scientifle Dialogues. By

Dr. QsiFFiTH. /fumerotu WoodnUt.

Introduction to the Arts and

Sdencea. With Examination Question*.
3(. 6<L

Knight's (Chas.) Knowledge is Power.

A Popular Manual of Political Economy.

Lectures on Painting. By the Royal
Academicians. With Introductory Essay,
and Notes by R. WoEUCif, Esq.
ForiraUi.

Lilly's Introduction to Astrology.

With ntunerooa Emendations, by
Zadkikl.

ManteU's (Dr.) Geological Excur-

tlons through the Isle of Wight and Dor-
setshire, New Edition, by T. Bitfkrt
Jokes, Esq. Ifumerou* beautifully me-
euted WoodcuU, and a ffeological Map.

Medals of Creation ;

or, First Lessons in Geology and the Study
of Organic Bemalns; including Geological
Excursions. New Edition, revised. Co-
loured Plate*, and several hundred beait-
tifui Woodcut*. In 3 vols., 7i. 6<1 each.

■ Petrifactions and their

Teaching*. An Illustrated Handbook tc
the Organic Remains in the British Mn-
■eum. Numerout Snffrarringt. 6f.

■ Wonders of €teology ; or, a

Familiar Exposition of Geological Phe-
nomena. New liditlon, augmented byT.
KcPEKT Joh-ES, F.G.S. Coloured OeologiotA
Map of Sngland, Plate*, and nearly 300
beautiful Woodcutt. In3vol8.,7t.6(t.each.

Morphy's Games of Chess. Being

the Matches and best Games played by
the American Champion, with Explana-
tory and Analytical Notes, by J. Lowxn-
THAL. Portrait and Memt'lr.

It contains by tar the largest collectloc
of games played by Mr. Morphy extant Ic
any form, and has received his endorse-
ment and co-opentlon.

Richardson's Geology, including

Mineralogy and Palaxmtology. Bevlaed
and enlarged, by Dr. T. Wman. {Tptoonb
of 400 lUuttrationt.

Schouw's Earth, Plants, and Man ; and

KobeU'a Sketches from the Mineral King-
dom. Translated by A. Batraxr, F.R.S.
Coloured Map of Ou OeograpJiy qf Plant* _

Smith's 'Pye) Geology and Scrip.

tire ; or, The Relation between the Holy
Scriptures and Geological Science.

Stanley's Classified Synopsis of the
Principal; Painters of the Dutch and Fie-
miah Schools.

Staunton's Chess-player's Handbook.

Ifumerou* Diagrami.

Chess Praxis. A Supplement

to the Chess-player's Handbook. Con-
taining all the most important modem
Impruvementa In tiie Openlngi, lllustiated
by actual Games ; a revised Code of Chess
Laws; and a Selection of Mr. Morphy's
Qames In Fjigland and France. 6i.
39

A CATALOGUE OF

Staiuiton'8Che8s-pla7«r'iCompamo&.

Oomprlslng a new Treatise on Odds, Col
lection o( Match Games, and • Selection
of Original Problf^ms.

Chew Tournament of 1851.

Ifumeraui lUiatratiom.

Stockhardf 8 Principles of Chemistry,

exemplified in a series of simple experi-
ments. Based npon the German work of
Professor Stockhabdt, and Edited by C.
W. Ueaton. Professor of Chemistry at
Charing Cross HospitaL Upward* qf 270

lyre's (Dr. A.) Ctotton Maanfacture

of Great Britain, aystematically investi-
gated; with an introductory view of Itj
oompcrative state in Foreign Conntrles.
New Edition, revised by P. L. 3nnioNDS.
Ont hundred and ffty JZIuiircrtioBf. In
a Tola.

Philosophy of Mannfactores ;

or, An Exposition of the Factory System
of Great Britain. Continued by P. L.
SiHUOHDS. It. 6d.

REFERENCE LIBRARY.

25 YoU. at varioui prica.

Blair's Chronologifial Tables, Kerised

and Enlarged. Comprehending the Chro-
nology and History of the World, froci
the earliest times. By J. WnJOtJOHBT
RossK. Double Volnmo. lOs. ; or, h»U-
bound, lOf. M.

Clark's (Hugh)' Introduction te

Heraldry. With, nearty 1000 Uluttrationt.
\%ih Edition. Revised and enlarged by J. F..
Planch*, Rouge Croix. 5s. Or, with al!
the DlQstratlona ooloored, 16f.

C^onicles of the Tombs. A Collec-
tion of Remarkable Epltapha. By T. J.
Petxiobbw, F.R.S, FAA. 6».

Handbook of Domestie Medioino. Pc -

pularly arranged. By Dr. Hewkt Da vies.
700 pages. With complete Index. 6«.

Games. By various Ama-
teurs and Professors. Comprising
tieatlse* on all the principal Games of
chance, skill, »nd manual dexterity. Ic
■11, above 40 games (the \Vhfst, Dranghte,
and Billiards being especially eomprehen-
tive). Edited by H. G. Bohm. Him-
trated by numtrout Diagratm. 6<.

PrOTorbs. Comprisii^ all

Ray's Biglish Proverbs, with additlone;
his Foreign Proverbs ; and an Alphabetical
Index, tt,

Humphrey's Coin Collector's Ma-

nnaL A popular Introduction to the
Study of Cuns. Biohly finithed iBngrao-
UtQt. In 2 vols. los.

Index of Dates. Comprehending the
principal Facts In the Chronology and
30

History of the World, l^om the earliest
time, alphabetically arranged. By J. W.
Boasx. Double volume, !0i. ; or, bidf-
bound, lei. e<L

Lowndes' Bibliographer's Hannal of

English Literature. New Edition, en-
larged, by H G. Bomr. Parts L to X. (A
to Z). 31. id. each. Part Xl. (the Ap-
pendix Volume). St. Or the 11 parts in
4 vols., half morocco, 21. 2t.

Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs. With

English Translations, and a General Index,
bringing the whole into parallels, by H. G.
BOHN. 6t.

Political Cyclopaedia. In 4 toIb,
it. id. each.

Also in 2 vols, bound. 15*.

Smith's (Archdeacon) Com^eto Col-
lection of Synonyms and Antonyms. Si.

The Epigrammatists. Selections from
the Epigrammatic Literature of Ancient,
Mediseval, and Modem Times. With
Notes, Observations, Illustrations, and an
Introduction. By the Rev. Hekbt PnrLip
DoDD, M.A., of Pembroke College, Oxford.
Second Edition, revised and considerably
enlarged ; containing many new Epigrams,
principally of an amusing character. 6i.

Wheeler's (W. A., M.A.) Dictionary
of Noted Names of Fictitious Persons and
Places. 6*.

Wright's (T.) Dictionary of Obsolete

and Provindal English. In 3 vols. B(.
each ; or half-bound In 1 toL, lOt. 6d.

B0H2P8 VABIOUi

A 000 138 238 i

NOVELISTS' LIBRARY.

6 VoU. at 3t. 6d., excepting those marked otherwise.

Haiizoni(Alessaiidro) Tlie Betrothed
(1 promessl Sposi). The only complete
English translation. With nniuerouB
Woodcuts. 6f.

Uncle Tom's Cabia. With Introduc-
tory Remarks by the Rev. J. Skxbiuv.
Printed in a lartt clear type- JUuttra-
ti4)ni. 3*. id.

Tom Jones ; the History of a Found-
ling. By Henbx Fielding. Roscoo's

Edition, revised. With lUuttraHoni bf
OeoTi/e Oruikshank. In 2 vols. Is,

Joseph Andrews. By Henrt Field-

INQ. Uoscoe's Edition, revised. With
Illustrations hy George Cruikshank. In
1 vol. 3t. 6d.

Amelia. By Henry Fieldinq.
Roscoe's Edition, revised. With Crolk-
shank's lilaBtrations. 61.

ARTISTS' LIBRARY.

6 wis. at various prices. ^

Leonardo da Vinci's Treatise on

Painting. Numerous Plates. iVew Ediivm,
revised. 6s.

Blanche's History of British Cos-
tume. Third Edition. With numerotu
Woodcuts. 6s.

Demmin's (A.) Illustrated History of
Arms andArmour from the EarliestPeriod.
With nearly 2,000 Ulustrations. Is. 6d.

Flaxman's Leetnrei on Seulptort.

KumerousMustrationi. 6*.

The Anatomy and Philosophy of Ex-
pression as connected with the Fine
Arts. By Sir Charles Bell, K.H.
Seventh Edition,revised. Withnumervui
Woodcuts and 20 Flates. U.

BOHN'S CHEAP SERIES.

Boswell's Life of Johnson, and John-

loniana. Including his Tour to the Hebrides,
Tour in Wales, &c. Edited by the Rt.
Hon. J. W. Cbokkr. Vpuiards (if 60
Sngravings. In 6 Tola, cloth, ao<.

Carpenter's (Dr. W. B.) Physiology
of Temperance and Total Abstinence, It.

Tranklin's (Benjamin) (Genuine An-
toDiography. From, the Original Maim-
•crlpt By Jabkd Sparks. Is.

Hawthorne's (Nathaniel) Twiea Told

Tales. First and Second Series. 3 vols, la
one. 2f.; cloth, 2i. 6(1. Snow Image <uid
other Tales, is. Scarlet Letter. l». 6d.
House with the Seven Gables. A
Romance, It. 6d.

Hazlitis Table Talk. Parts 1, 2,
and 3. It. each. Plain Sneaker.
Parts 1,2, and 3. li. each. Lectures
on the English Comic "Writers, is.ed.
Leottires on the English Poets. u.6d.
Lectures on the Literature of the
Age of Elizabeth. i«- Lectures
on the Characters of Shakespeare's
Plays. 1*. M

Emerson's Twenty Essays. Is. 8d.
cloth, 2*. English Characteristics.
!«.; cloth. It. 60. Orations and Lec*
tures. !<• Bepresentative Men.
Complete. 1». ; cloth, is. 6d.

Irring's (Washington) Life of Mo-
hammed. Portrait. Is. M. Successors
of Mohammed, u.u. Life of Gold-
smith, is. 6d. Sketch Book. i». 6d. ;
cloth, is.ed. Talesof a Traveller, i*. W.
Tour on the Prairies. !<• Con-
quests of Granada and Spain- 2
vols. i«. ed. each. Life of Columbos. 2
vols. i(. 6d. each. Companions of
Columbus, 2«. Adventures of
Captain Bonneville. u.6d. Knick-
erbocker's New York. i».6d. Tales
of the Alhambra. i«- 6d. Conquest
of Florida, i*. M- Abbotsford and
Newstead. i*- Salmagundi. i». 6d.
BracebridgeHall. u.od. Astoria. 2*.
Wolfert's Roost, and other Tales.

It. 6ct.

Lamb's (Charles) Essays of Elia. Is.
Last Essays of Elia. is. Elianai
with Biographical Sketch, i*-

Marryat's Pirate and Three Cutters.
It, 6d.

31