wherewith Kings were wont to be annointed at their Coronation or wherein the Holy Oyl called Chrism is kept Christianism christianismus Christianity the being or profession of a Christian Chromatick chromaticus that never blusheth whose colour never changeth also pleasant or delightful as Chromatick Musick pleasant Musick composed much of discords to render it more delightful But Chromaticum melos ab antiquis dicebatur una ex tribus musicae partibus quae ob nimiam mollitiem infamiae nota non caruit Chronical chronicus temporal or returning at a certain time Chronical Diseases are such as come at certain times by fits and have some intermission Chronogram from the Gr. chronos i. tempus and Gramma Litera is a kind of Sentence or Verse in which the figurative letters do promiscuously make up the year of our Lord which letters are usually for distinction printed in a different Character As upon Duke Bernard of Weymer his taking Brisack in the year 1938 This. InVICto fortIs CeCiDit BraeIsaels AChILLI IVngItVr tanto DIgna pVeLLa VIro Chronographer chronographus a writer of Chronicles or Annals Chronography chronographia the writing of Annals or description of time Chronology chronologia a speaking of times or the Art of numbering the years from the beginning of the world Heylin saith Chronologies are onely bare supputations of the times without any regard of the acts then happening such are the Chronologies of Funccius Scaliger and Helvicus Chronologer chronologus he that computes times a writer of Chronicles Chronologicks books treating of Chronology Chrysocol chrysocolla a kind of Mineral found like sand in veins of brass silver or gold one kind of it is called Borax or green earth wherewith Gold-smiths solder gold Chrysolite chrysolithus a kind of Jasper of a Gold colour Chrysopase Fr. a precious stone that yeelds a golden lustre Church-Wardens Ecclearum Gardiani seu custodes are Officers yearly chosen by the consent of the Minister and Parishoners according to the custom of every several place to look to the Church Church-yard and such things as belong to both and to observe the behaviour of their Parishioners for such faults as appertain to the Jurisdiction or censure of the Court Ecclesiastical They are a kind of Corporation enabled by Law to sue for any thing belonging to their Church or poor of their Parish See Lambert in his Pamphlet of the duty of Church-wardens Churle Sax. Ceorle a Country Clown a Bumpkin in the North a Carle Chyle chylus the white juyce of digested meat the matter whereof our blood is made The word originally signifies a juyce concocted by heat unto a consistence that holds both of moysture and driness Cot. Chylifactory from chylus and factus that maketh or causeth the white juyce coming of the meat digested in the stomach Vul. Er. Chylification a making or causing of that white juyce in the stomach Chymick or Chymist and Chymistry See Alchimy Chymere See Taberd Cibarious cibarius pertaining to meat sit to be eaten Ciboir Fr. a Pix the box or cup wherin the Sacrament is put and kept in the Churches of Roman Catholicks Cibosity cibositas plenty of victuals store of food Cicatrice cicatrix a token a scar of a wound skin bred upon a wound or soar Ciceronical from Cicero learned or eloquent as Cicero was Cicurate cicuro to tame or make tame Br. Cilerie or Silerie Drapery wrought on the heads of Pillars or Posts and made like cloth or leaves turning divers ways See Silery and Drapery Cilice cilicium a cloth or garment made of hair Cilicious cilicius pertaining to hairy or woollen cloth Br. Cimbal See Cymbal Cimeliark cimeliarchum a Jewel house also a Vestry in a Church Ciment See Cement Cimisse A noysom little worm flat and red which raiseth Wheals where it bites if it be broken it yields a stinking smell Bull. Cimeterre Fr. a crooked sword See Scymitar Cimmerian That sees no Sun or lives without the light of the Sun obscure dark from Cimmerii a people of Italy dwelling in a Valley near the mountain Pausilype so invironed with hills that the Sun never comes to it Hence the proverb Cimmerian darkness where Ovid placeth the Palace of Somnus Est prope Cimmerios longo spelunca recessu Mons cavus c. Metam lib. 11. A Cave there is near the Cimmerians deep In hollow hill the Mansion of dull sleep Never by Phoebus seen from earth a night There of dim clouds ascends and doubtful light Cincture cinctura a girding Cindalism cindalismus a play that Boys use to fling at a heap of dust dust-point Cinefaction cinefactio a reducing into or burning unto ashes Cinefy cinefacio to bring to ashes Ciniph Lat. a Gnat. Cinerulent cinerulentus full of ashes Cinnaber or Cinoper cinnabaris Vermillion Sanguinary is either natural a soft red and heavy stone found in Mines or artificial the more common and better coloured made of calcinated Sulphur and Quick-silver The Paynims used to paint their Idols therewith and themselves in publique feasts and solemnities as we read Camillus when he triumphed in Rome was painted with Vermillion So Virgil speaking in his tenth Eglogue of the shepherds god Pan saith Pan Deus Arcadiae venit quem vidimus ipsi Sanguineis ebuli baccis minioque rubentem Pan the Arcadian God we saw appear With bloody berries stain'd and Cinoper Cinque Ports Fr. five Ports or Havens which lie towards France in the East of England viz. Hastings Dover Hithe Rumney and Sandwich for Rye and Winchelsea are but limbs or members belonging to Hastings as likewise Lid and old Rumney are Limbs of the Port of new Rumney and not distinct Ports by themselves The Inhabitants of these Cinque Ports and of their members enjoy divers priviledges above the rest of the Commons of that Country They pay no Subsidies Suits at Law are commenced and answered within their own Liberties their Majors have the credit of carrying the Canopy over the King or Queen at their Coronation And for their greater dignity they are placed then at a Table on the right hand of the King Min. See the first institution of these Cinque Ports and of the Lord Warden in Camdens Brit. fol. 230. Cion Dion or Scion Fr. a Plant a young Shoot or Sprig growing out of the root or stock of a Tree And by a metaphor a childe or youth Cipher ciphra a figure or number 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 are the figures and 0 a cipher in Arithmetick Which 0 of it self is of no value but encreaseth the value of other figures to which it is joyned Hence 't is we use to say that person stands for a cipher who being in company of others neither speaks nor acts as they do There is also a kind of writing which we call by Ciphers or Characters whereof every exercised Statesman hath peculiar to himself and which was invented by J. Caesar when he first began to think of the Roman Monarchy and was by him in his
ita verborum vetus interit aetas Et juvenum ritu florent modo nata vigentque Debemur morti nos nostraque De Arte Poet. Signifying hereby that words in Common Tongues like leaves must of necessity have their buddings their blossomings their ripenings and their fallings Which old Chaucer also thus remarks I know that in form of speech is change VVithin a hundred years and words tho That hidden price now wonder nice and strange Think we them and yet they speak them so And sped as well in love as men now do This we grant and confess it impossible to keep Words of unlearned Tongues from falling and change in tract of time which has even happened among the Latin Writers themselves when theirs was a spoken Tongue as ours now is who though they first made their own words and gave them their allowance yet divers of Cecilius Statius Ennius and Plautus were by posterior Latinists rejected and now again many of them by the last Writers of all though before as it were by Proclamation put down for baseness are upon a new Touch warranted for good and pass abroad as Sterling thus we see our Latin Dictionaries seldom or never Reprinted without some Additions Corrections or Denotations of obsolete Words So when any considerable Supplement of new English Words have legally passed the Mint and Test of our Vertuos the same liberty may be allowed this Work not derigating at all from the use of it in the interim The second Objection was That the use of such words was not commendable according to that of Caesar Tanquam scopulum vitari debes verbum infrequens and he that should use them would be subject to the censure of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 one that prefers the novelty or affected elegance of the phrase to the nerves and importance of the sence which is confuted by our best modern Authors who have both infinitely enriched and enobled our Language by admitting and naturalizing thousands of forein Words providently brought home from the Greek Roman and French Oratories which though in the untravel'd ears of our Fathers would have sounded harsh yet a few late years have rendred them familiar even to vulgar capacities Witness the learned Works of the L. Bacon Mr. Montagu Sir Kenelm Digby Sir H. Wotton Mr. White Mr. Selden Mr. Sands Dr. Brown Dr. Charlton Dr. Heylyn c. wherein such words are used more or less To many of which I have added the Authors names that I might not be thought to be the Innovator of them Nor is it my purpose to become an Advocate for the use of such Words let every ones Genius and the quality of the Subject they treat of be their own Dictator but certainly at least to understand them can be no unnecessary burden to the Intellect since Knowledge is Animi pabulum And 't is Galens Axiom Whoever is ignorant of words shal never judge well of things Lib. 1. de Method c. 5. My Lord Coke that Oracle of our Law has left us these words In School Divinity and among the Glossographers and Interpreters of the Civil and Canon Laws in Logick and other Liberal Sciences you shall meet with a whole Army of Words which cannot defend themselves in Bello Grammaticali yet are more significant compendious and effectual to declare the true sence of the matter then if they were expressed in pure Latin And Mr. Denham in his quaint Preface to the Destruction of Troy As Speech is the Apparel of our Thoughts so are there certain Garbes and Modes of speaking which vary with the times the fashion of our Clothes not being more subject to alteration then that of our Speech And this I think Tacitus means by that which he calls Sermonem temporis istius auribus accommodatum The delight of change being as due to the curiosity of the Ear as of the Eye Having thus solved these two main Objections I may with an humble confidence hope this Book will prove as useful to our Nation as that Congenerous Essay Des Merveilles de Nature done by René is to the French which has been Printed almost twenty several times within little more then so many years To compile and compleat a Work of this nature and importance would necessarily require an Encyclopedie of knowledge and the concurrence of many learned Heads yet that I may a little secure the Reader from a just apprehension of my disability for so great an Undertaking I profess to have done little with my own Pencil but have extracted the quintessence of Scapula Minsheu Cotgrave Spelmans Glossarium Florio Thomasius Dasipodius Rider Hexams Dutch and Dr Davies Welsh Dictionaries Cowels Interpreter c. and other able Authors for so much as tended to my purpose and hope I have taken nothing upon trust which is not authentick yet should not I thus adventure to make it publick but that it also had the perusal and approbation of some very Learned and my Noble Friends It is chiefly intended for the more-knowing Women and less-learned Men or indeed for all such of the illiterate who can but finde in an Alphabet the word they understand not yet I think I may modestly say the best of Schollars may in some part or other be obliged by it For he that is a good Hebrician Grecian and Latinist perhaps may be to seek in the Italian French or Spanish or if he be skil'd in all those he may here find some Words Terms of Art or Notions that have no dependence upon any of those Languages Such as neither understand Greek nor Latin may with a little pains and the help of this Book know the meaning of the greatest part of such words as we now use in English and are derived from either of those Languages which are many and to facilitate this they may do well to learn the numbers in those Languages as En dyo treis c. unus duo tres c. and such words and particles as are most used in Composition as Monos Hemi Pseudos Tetra c. Circum Subter Praeter Ultra c. and then in simple words to understand but the nature and difference between a Verb Verbal Noun Participle c. that when they know one of them they may also comprehend all the Derivatives from the same Fountain as to illaqueate illaqueator illaqueation illaqueated-illaqueable c. And by once throughly learning these all other words of this nature which are not a few would seem easie So likewise for compound Words knowing Pseudos to signifie false they would understand Pseudo Prophet to be a False Prophet circum about or round about circumstation a standing round about c. with the like And this easiness of understanding all the words that come from one root when one of them is known made me forbear to insert the whole number of such words presuming if the Reader know one or two of them he will not be ignorant of the rest and I have selected the
and to gather the money due for the same to the Kings use the Officers that do this are called Agistors or Guest-takers of whom the King had four in every Forest where he had any Pawnage their function is termed Agistment which is also used for the taking in of cattle into the Parks or grounds of Subjects Hence comes the word gisting or as the Country people corrupt it joysting of cattle Manwood For. Laws See Pawnage Agitable agitabilis that may easily be moved or tossed Agitate agito to do often to toss shake or discuss Aglet Fr. Aguillette a little plate of any mettal the tag of a point Agnail from the Sax. Angnaegle a sore under the nail of a man or beast a Corn growing upon the Toes Agnation agnatio kindred by the Fathers side Agnition agnitio knowledge or acknowledging Agnize agnosco to acknowledge confess or avow to know by some token to admit or allow Agnominate agnomino to allude to ones name to nick-name Agony agonia horror or trembling torment of body and mind Agonism agonisma the reward or prize won by activities the reward of victory Agonarch or Agonothete Agonotheta a Judge or Overseer in feats of activity a Master of Revels Agonist agonista a Champion one that contends in masteries Agonistic Agonistical agonisticus warlike or skilful in exercises Agrarian Laws were among the Romans preferred by the Tribunes of the Commons as well for division of lands and fields conquered from the enemies among the Commons as to restrain the possessions of the Nobles within a certain limit Livy Agreat Sax. altogether As to take a work agreat is to take the whole work altogether or as some say by the lump Agrestical agrestis pertaining to the field rude rustical Agricole agricola a Husbandman Farmer or Plowman Agriculture Agricolation agricultura husbandry or Tillage of Land Agroter Sax. cloy'd made big swelled Chaucer Ajax Shield a proverb for a sure defence from Ajax a famous Warriour of the Greeks Airie of Hawks Fr. Aire is that we call a nest of other Birds Alabaster alabastrum a kind of marble white and very clear which by reason of its natural coldness preserves things long from corruption and therefore they used to make boxes of it to keep sweet Oyntments and Tombs to bury Princes and great Personages Alabandical alabandicus barbarous or sottish Alay A term in hunting when the Hart is in full chase and one lies near a covert and shakes off some fresh Hounds into the Cry to supply and make it the stronger lest some over-haled dogs should happen to sink in the latter end of the chase Alacrity alacritas cheerfulness liveliness courage joyfulness of heart Alarum conclamatio ad arma a calling together to Arms as is usually done in a Garrison upon the approach of an enemy Alazony alazonia arrogancy or pride Albe alba a long white linnen garment wherewith Priests are cloathed when they say Mass by which Albe is represented the long white robe by derision put on our Saviour in the presence of Herod Treatise of Mass Albion Great Britain so called either from the Greek word Olbion that is happy or from Albis rupibus its white rocks Albis Lat. as when we say a book in Albis that is a book in quires or unbound A term more used beyond Sea then with us we say in Quires the French in blanc Albor Lat. any whiteness or white colour the white of an egg Albuginous albugineus pertaining to the white spot in the eye or to the white of an egg or to any white colour Dr. Br. Alchaick Verse Alcaicum Carmen from Alcaeus the inventor has after two Dactiles two Trochees thus vv-vv-v-v But according to Fabricius it has five feet he places the first a Spondee or Iambick the second an Iambick the third a long syllable the fourth a Dactyle the fifth a Dactyle or Amphimacre and gives this example Vides ut alta stet nive candidum Soracte nec jam sustineant onus Alchymy alchymia the art of distilling or drawing quintessence out of metals by fire separating the pure from the impure setting at liberty such bodies as are bound and imprisoned and bringing to perfection such as are unripe Bac. Alchymist alchymista one that useth or is skill'd in that Art a Chymick A melter or extracter of Quintessences from the Gr. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and that from the Hebr. Alkum Alchoran or Alcoran i. Scripture the book of the Turks Religion first broached by Mahomet who was an Arabian and born in the year 572. his Father was a Pagan and his Mother a Jew In Arabia he was chosen Captain of a rebellious multitude among whom he inducted a new Religion which he pretended was revealed to him by the Angel Gabriel consisting partly of Jewish Ceremonies which he learned of one Abdalla partly of Christian Precepts taught him by Sergius a Nestorian Monk and partly of other phantastical sopperies which his own inventions suggested to him This Religion if we may so call it Osmen the fourth Caliph of the Saracens who married Mahomets Daughter and by that means got a sight of all his papers reduced into four Volumes and divided into several Chapters the whole Body of it is but an Exposition and gloss of these eight Commandments 1. Every one ought to believe that God is a great God and onely God and Mahomet is his Prophet 2. Every one must marry to encrease the Sectaries of Mahomet 3. Every one must give of his wealth to the poor 4. Every one must make his prayers five times a day 5. Every one must keep a Lent one month in the year 6. Be obedient to thy Parents 7. Thou shalt not kill 8. Do to others as thou wouldst be done unto And the Turk writes on the outside of his Alcoran Let no man touch this Book but he that is pure M.S. in Arch. Bod. You may read more of this heathenish superstition in Dr. Heylins description of Arabia and indeed in the Book it self not long since printed in English Alembick alembicus A Still or Stillatory to distill waters Alectryomachy alectryomachia a Cock-fight Alectryomancy Gr. divination by a Cock or by the Cock-stone Cotgr. Alebromancy Gr. divination by barley meal mixed with wheat Aleger the like kind of liquor made of sour Ale as Vineger of wine Bac. Nat. Hist 155. Alexipharmacal from Alexipharmacum that is good against poyson enchantments and execrations Aletude aletudo fatness of body grossness Alferes Span. an Ensign or Ancient-bearer in war Algebra Syriack the Art of figurative numbers or of equation An Art consisting both of Arithmetick and Geometry Chaucer calls it Algrim Algebraical pertaining to that Art Algid algidus chil cold Algifical algificus which makes chil or cold Algidty Algor algiditas great cold or chilness Algorism algorismus the Art or use of Cyphers or of numbering by Cyphers skill in accounting Algorist algorista one skilful in reckonings or figuring Alhidade a rule on the back of the Astrolabe to
been baptized in their infancy ought to be re-baptized when they come to years of discretion 5. That lay-people may Preach and administer the Sacraments 6 That Absolution and the Church-peace ought to be denied to such who are fallen into any grievous sin yea though they repent of it 7. That Luther and the Pope are false Prophets but of the two Luther the worst In matters of State they hold 1. That the people may depose their Magistrates and chief Rulers 2. That a Christian with a good Conscience may not take upon him or bear the office of Magistrate or keep any Court of Justice 3. That none may administer an oath to another 4. That no malefactor ought to be put to death In family-government they hold 1. That no man hath a Property in his goods but that all things ought to be held in common 2. That it is lawfull to have more wives then one at once 3. That a man may put away his wife if she differ from him in point of Religion and be not of their Sect. There are divers sorts of Anabaptists whereof some hold but part of these opinions some all of them and others more then these whereof you may see more at large in Dr. Featley's description of Anabaptists Entituled the Dippers dipt and in Heresiography an English book so called Melancthon saith that one Nich. Stork first broached Anabaptism in Germany about the year 1521. which very much raigns at this time in many parts of Christendom Anabathrum anabathrum a Pulpit or any place whereunto we ascend by steps or stairs Anacephalize from Anacephalaeosis to make a breif rehearsal or recapitulation of things spoken Mr. Evelin Anachorite or Anchoret Anchoreta so called because they use to live 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 i. retired from company a kinde of Religious persons that live solitarily in Cells and dig their graves with their nails Anachoretical Anachoretal Anachoretalis belonging to solitariness or Hermites Anachronicism Anachronism Gr an error in Chronology or an undue connexion of time a false Chronicling a repeating of time Anacreontick Verse so called from Anacreon a Lyrick Poet who was the first inventor of it consists of seven syllables which as I take it are not tied to any certain Law of quantity As Sat est quiete dulci Fessum fovere corpus Anadem anadema a kinde of ornament for womens heads as Garlands Cornets or Borders Anaglyphick or Anaglyptick anaglyphycus pertaining to the Art of Carving Embossing or Engraving CAROLVS REX Anagr. CRAS ERO LVX HENRICVS PERCIVS Anagr. HIC PVER SINCERVS The precise in this practise strictly observing all the parts of the definition are onely bold with H either in omiting or retaining it for that it cannot challenge the right of a letter but the Licentiates somewhat licentiously lest they should prejudice poetical liberty will pardon themselves for doubling or rejecting a Letter if the sense fall aptly and think it no injury to use E for AE V for W S for Z and C for K and contrariwise The Greeks saith Camden refer this invention to Lycophron who was one of those Poets whom they called the seven stars or Pleiades and flourished about the year 380. Anagogical anagogeticus subtile or of deep understanding or belonging unto high matters Anagrammatism The art of making Anagrams which is a dissolution of a name truly written into his letters as his Elements and a new connexion of it by Artificial transposition without addition substraction or change of any letter into different words making some perfect sense appliable to the person named As before Christ in the time of Ptolomaeus Philadelphus King of Aegypt whose name he thus Anagrammatized 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Made of hony And upon Arsinoe his wife thus 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 June's Violet Anagraph anagraphe a registring or recording of matters an Inventory Analects analecta fragments scraps of meat or crums gathered together and Metaphorically it is used for collections or fragments of learning gathered out of any Book or Author Analem analemma a Mathematical Instrument whereby is found out the elevation of any Planet or the height of any other thing Analogism analogismus a forcible Argument from the Cause to the Effect implying an unanswerable necessity Analogâ—â—â— analogia the just proportion correspondence and measure which the object or subject holds with true reason required therein An Agreement harmony or apt answering of the thing to the considerations proper thereunto El. of Ar. Analogous Analogical analogicus proportional equal resembling Analogists analogistae tutors who are not bound to give account of those whom they have under tuition as Guardians and protectors of Wards Analysis Lat. a resolution or unfolding of an intricate matter or a resolving or distribution of the whole into parts Analyze to resolve or explicate an intricate matter c. Analytick that which resolveth Ananias Heb. the grace of the Lord or as some will have it Divinatio Domini Anapest anapaestus a foot in a Latin verse consisting of two short syllables and one long as vâcûÄs Anapestick Verse anapaesticum or Aristophanick commonly used in Tragedies hath three seet an Anapaest a Dactyle and a Spondee which are used in all parts of the verse indifferently as Castos sequitur mala paupertas Vitioque potens regnat adulter Anapologetic from the Gr. Anapologetos inexcusable or without excuse Anarchic anarchicus belonging to Anarchy without rule or government Anarchy anarchia when people are without a Prince or Ruler lack of Government confusion Anarchism the Doctrine Positions or Art of those that teach Anarchy also the being it self of the people without a Prince or Ruler Anathem from the Gr. anathema with an eta or é longum an offering or gift given to an Idol or to the Church and hanged up in the Temple in testimony of devotion or thanksgiving Anathem from anathema with an epsilon or è breve a man that is accursed or given to the Devil by Excommunication also execration or excommunication it self Anathema Maranatha is one accursed for ever or eternal execration 1 Cor. 16. Anathema belongs to all obstinate scandalous offenders Anathema Maranatha onely to blasphemers of the Holy Ghost Gal. 19. Rom. 9.2 Anathematize anathematizo to excommunicate to swear curse and give to the Devil Anatiferous from anas that brings the disease or age of old women Dr. Br. Anatocism anatocismus a yearly revenue of usury and taking interest for interest Anatomy anatomia the incision or cutting up the body of man or beast as Surgeons do to discover the substance actions and use of every part Anatomical anatomicus belonging to or skilful in that Art Anatomize to cut up the body of man c. Vt supra Ancestor antecessor a forerunner In Law there is a difference between Antecessor and Predecessor the first is applied to a natural person as J.S. antecessores sui The last to a Body Politique or Corporate as Rector de D. Predecessores
at a price Censorious Censorian censorius pertaining to the Censor severe grave Centaurs Centauri people of Thessaly who first devised to break horses for war whence they being seen by other people on horseback were supposed to be but one creature which had the upper part of his body like a man and the nether part like a horse This was in the time of the war between the Thessalians and the Lapithae Ann. Mundi 2724. Rider Or as Servius declares when some yong Thessalians on hors-back were beheld afar off while their horses watered that is while their heads were depressed they were conceived by their first spectators to be but one animal and answerable hereunto have their pictures been drawn ever since Centenary centenarium that which contains a hundred years or a hundred pound weight Centre centrum the point in the midst of any round thing the inward middle part of a Globe The Earth is called the Center of the world because it is in the midst thereof Centoculated quasi centum habens oculos that hath a 100 eyes Feltham in his Resolves useth this word as an Epithere for Argus Centon cento a garment patched up of many shreds and divers colours a work compiled of many fragments a mingle mangle of many matters in one book a Rapsody Central centralis pertaining to the Center scituate in the very midst Centuple centuplex a hundred fold Centuplicated made or increased an hundred fold Century centuria a band of a hundred footmen the number of a 100 an age containing an hundred years Among the ancient Romans Centuries were the ranges and degrees of men according to their worth as they were assessed and inrolled by the Censors Centuriate centurio to divide by hundreds to distribute into bands Centurists Four German Writers of the Ecclesiastical History who divided their works into hundreds of years and called them Centuries Centurion centurio a Captain over an hundred foot-men Cephalconomancy Gr. divination by an Asses head broiled on coals Cotgr. Cephalique cephalicus belonging to or good for the head Cepi Corpus i. I have taken the body is a return made by the Sheriff that upon an Exigend or other Writ he hath taken the body of the party Fitzha nat br fol. 28. Cepphick cepphicus very light trifling of no estimation Ceramity ceramites a precious stone of the colour of Tyle Ceratine ceratinus as Ceratine arguments sophistical and intricate arguments Cerberus A Dog with three heads feigned to be Porter of Hell gates By the three heads are signified the three Ages by which death devours man viz. Infancy Youth and old Age. Rider Cerberus haec ingens latratu regna trifauci Personat adverso recubans immanis in antro Virgil. Cerdonists or Cerdoniant a sect of ancient Hereticks so called from Cerdo their first Father who taught two contrary principles to be in the cause of every thing a good God and a bad under the the bad he ranked Moses and the Prophets under the good he comprehended Christ and the teachers of the Gospel c. he was the Master of Marcion the Heretick and lived about the year of Christ 150. Rider Cereal cerealis pertaining to corn or food or to Ceres the Goddess of Harvest Cerebrosity cerebrositas brain-sickness hair-brainedness Ceromancie ceromantia divination or soothsaying by wax put into water Ceromatick ceromaticus anointed with oyl as Wrestlers were wont to be Cerinthuâ—rs So called from Cerinthus an Heretick who taught that Christ at his coming again should give to his people all carnal delights and pleasures he denied all the Scripture onely Matthew excepted and lived about the yeer of Christ 97. Rider Ceroferarie ceroferarius he that has the care or custody of the wax-candles in a Monastery also the candlestick Cerote cerotum a plaister made of oyls Turpentine and wax a Searcloth Certaminate certamino to contend or strive to be at variance Certiorari is a a Writ issuing out of the Chancery to an inferior Court to call up the Records of a cause therein depending that conscionable justice may be ministred upon complaint made by Bill that the party seeking the said Writ hath received hard dealing in the said Court. Terms of the Law See the divers forms and uses of this in Fitzh nat br fol. 242. Cervine cervinus belonging to an Hart of the colour of an Hart tawny Ceruleated from coeruleus painted or done with blew or azure sky-coloured Herb. Tr. Ceruse cerussa white lead often used by Chyrurgeons in oyntments and plaisters It is with Painters a principal white colour and hath been and still is much used by women in painting their faces whom Martial in his merry vain scoffeth saying Cerussuta timet Sabella solem Ceruse differs from Lithargy called also white lead for this is made of the grossest lead as it is in the Mine that of lead refined out of the Mine Cotgr. See Lithargie Cesariated caesariatus which hath or weareth long hair Cessant cessans that doth nothing that prolongs the time lingring Cessation cessatio slackness idleness rest loytering A cessation of Arms is when both sides are agreed that no act of hostility shall be committed during a certain time set down Cession cessio a giving up or ceasing a yielding or giving over Bac. Cessor Lat a Loyterer an idle fellow Cest cestus a marriage girdle full of studs wherewith the Husband girded his Wife at the Wedding and which he loosed again the first night Cetareous Cetaciouâ— cetarius belonging to Whales or such like great fishes Cha is a leaf of a tree in China about the bigness of a Mirtle which being dried in iron Sives over the fire and then cast into warm water serves for their ordinary drink Hist of China f. 19. Chagâ— Fr. cark melancholy heaviness anxiety anguish of mind also a disease coming by melancholy Mr. Mont. Chalcographer chalcographus a Printer or one that ingraves in brass Chaldean-Art Ars Chaldaea fortune-telling or figure flinging So called for that the Chaldaeans were much addicted to Judicial Astrology Chaldron or Chalder of Coals contains Thirty six Bushels Act of Parl. 1651. ca. 1. Chalybete chalybaeus of or belonging to steel or iron Chalybete Water in the Physical dialect is that water wherewith hot steel or iron has been extinguished Chamelionize To live by the Air as the Chameleon is said to do or to change colour as that beast doth who can turn himself into all colours saving white and red Chamfâ—ring a small gutter or furrow made by art upon some pillar of stone or timber called also a Rebate Chamfered channelled or made hollow Chamverdekins or Chaumberdakyns were Irish begging Priests banished England 1. Hen. 5. c. 7 8. Chamelot or Chamolet a kind of stuff intermixt with Chamois or Cammels hair and therefore so called Chamois a wild-Goat or Shamois the skin thereof dressed is called ordinarily Shamois Leather Champarty from the Fr. Champ-parti i. the field or land divided between him that has the title and the Champerter
3. ca. 1 2. and Britton c. 27. Intituled de Heritage divisable The â—own of England is not subject to Coparcenary An. 25. H. 8. ca. 22. If Coparceners refuse to divide their common inheritance and chuse rather to hold it joyntly they are said to hâ—ld in Parcenary or Coparcenary Lit. fol. 56. Copal a kinde of white and bright Rosin brought from the West-Indies whereof the people there were wont to make perfumes in their Sacrifices It is hot in the second degree and moist in the first and is used here to be burnt against cold diseases of the brain Bull. Copesmate from the Sax. Ceap i. merchandise and mate i. companion a partner or copartner in merchandise Copie copia plenty abundance riches eloquence provision of things Copiosity copiositas plenty store abundance copiousness Copulation copulatio a coupling or joyning it was one of the three ways of betrothing marriage in Israel See Moses and Aaron p. 231. Copulative copulativus which coupleth or joyneth or which may couple or joyn Coquetteriâ— Fr. the prattle or twattle of a pert Gossip or Minx Coquinate coquinor to play the Cook to boyl or dress meat Coraage coragium is a kind of imposition upon some unusual occasion of certain measures of Corn. For Corus tritici is a certain measure of Corn. Bracton l. 2. ca. 26. Coral or Corral Corallium There are two principal sorts hereof the one white the other red but the red is best It grows like a tree in the bottom of the Sea green when under the water and bearing a white berry and when out turns red It is cold and dry in operation good to be hanged about childrens necks as well to rub their Gums as to preserve them from the Falling-sickness Sands 235. There is also a black and yellow kind of Coral See more in Dr. Browns Vul. Err. fol. 91. A Corbel Corbet or Corbil In Masonry is a jutting or shouldering peece cut out in stone as we may see in walls to bear up a post Summer or other weight which in Timber-work is called a Bracket or Braggat This and such like terms of art for the most part are taken from the similitude of Beasts Birds or some living thing which they resemble whence this is called Corbel from the French Corbeau a Crow or Raven because they were wont to make such Jutties out of a wall in form of a Crow Min. See Bragget Corban or Korban Heb. a Chest or Coffer in the Temple of Hierusalem where the Treasure that served for the Priests or Temples use was kept Also the treasure it self or an Almes-box Also a gift or offering on the Altar Mark 7.11 Cordage Fr. Ropes or stuff to make Ropes of all kind of Ropes belonging to the rigging a ship Cordelier or Cordilier Fr. a grey Frier of the Order of St. Francis so called because he wears a rope or cord about his middle for a Girdle full of twisted knots Cordiner or Cordwainer from the French Cordvannier or from the Lat. corium a Skin or Hide a Shoo-maker a Tanner or Leather-dresser a Currier Cordovan Leather so called from Cordova or Corduba a City in Spain In the Islands of Corfica and Sardinia there is a beast called Musoli not found elsewhere in Europe horned like a Ram and skinned like a Stag his skin carried to Corduba and there dressed makes our true Cordovan Leather Corespond See Correspond Corinthian work a sort of Pillars in Architecture See Tuscan Cornage from the Lat. cornu a horn in our Common Law it signifies a kind of Grand Sergeanty the service of which tenure is to blow a horn when any invasion of the Northern Enemy is perceived and by this many hold their Land Northward about the wall commonly called the Picts wall Cam. Brit. fol. 609. Cornelian Law L. Cornelius Sylla being Dictator made a Law among others that all such as would follow him in the Civil War should be capable of any Office or Magistracy before they came to their full years c. Those kind of Roman Laws always took denomination from him that prefer'd them Corneous corneus of or like a horn hard or white as horn Cornicle corniculum a little horn Cornigerous corniger horned having or wearing horns One of the Wine-god Bacchus his Epithets because with drinking much wine men grow fierce and furious as horned beasts whence that Satyrical Sumit cornua pauper Cornice a term of Architecture See Frize Cornucopia Lat. plenty or abundance of all things Cornuted cornutus that hath horns also Cuckolded Corody Corrody from corrodo to eat together signifies in our Common Law a sum of money or allowance of meat and drink due to the King from an Abbey or other House of Religion whereof he is Founder towards the reasonable sustenance of such a one of his Servants being put to his Pension as he thinks good to bestow it on And the difference between a Corrody and a Pension seems to be that a Corrody is allowed towards the maintenance of any of the Kings servants that live in the Abby a Pension is given to one of the Kings Chaplains for his better maintenance in the Kings service till he may be provided a Benefice Cow Of both these read Fitz. nat br fol. 230 231 233. Corollary corollarium the addition or vantage above measure an over-plus or surplusage also a small gift or largess bestowed on the people at publick Feasts Coronary coronarius belonging to a Crown Coroner Cororator is an antient Officer of this Land so called because he deals wholly for the King and Crown There are four of them commonly in every County and they are chosen by the Free-holders of the same upon Writ and not made by Letters Pattents Crompt Jurisd fol. 126. See Lieghs Phil. Com. Corporal corporalis that hath or petains to the body Also an inferior Officer in a Foot-Company But in the Roman Church it signifies a little linnen cloth which is spread upon the Altar and whereon the Chalice and Host are placed And the word is also used in the like sence in the Service Book which was sent into Scotland in the year 1637. Corporation corporatio is a permanent thing that may have succession it is an Assembly and joyning together of many into one fellowship brotherhood and minde whereof one is Head and cheif the rest are the body Corporeal corporeus that hath a body or pertaining to the body Corporature corporatura the quantity fashion or constitution of the body Corpuscule corpusculum a little body Mr. Evelyn Corrade corrado to scrape together to take away or spoil Corrasive corrasivus from corrado which scrapes together shaves or spoils This word is many times mistaken for corrosive from corrodo Correlatives correlativa Relatio according to the Philosophers is Cujus totum esse est ad aliud esse whose whole being is to be to another whence Correlatives are such things as are mutually one to another and cannot be nor be explicated but in order to
to speak out of theit belly England Sax. Engla-land was so first named after the common opinion by Egbert the first sole and absolute Monarch of the English men Engonasâ— or Engonnasâ— the name of one of the Constellations commonly taken for Hercules who in the Globe is figured with his right knee bent in the manner of kneeling and with his left foot treading part of the head of the Dragon Min. Engyscope from the Gr. an instrument for discerning the proportion of small things Enharmoniack enharmonion one of the three general sorts of Musick song of of many parts or a curious concent of sundry Tunes Enigma Aenigma a Riddle a dark speech or intricate sentence Enigmatical aenigmaticus obscure hard to understand full of Riddles Enigmatist aenigmatistes he that makes or propounds Riddles or hard questions Ennead enneas adis nine the number of nine Ennealogue Gr. a speaking or treating of nine points an Oration or Treatise divided into nine parts or Chapters Enoch or Enos pillars The story runs shortly thus Enos the son of Seth the son of Adam who is held to be the first Author of Astrology having heard his Grandfather Adam say all things should be destroyed by the universal Flood was desirous that Science should not perish before it came to the knowledge of men did therefore erect two Pillars one of stone the other of brick to the intent if the brick wasted with water or storms yet the stone should preserve the Letters whole and perfect and in these Pillars were graved all that concerns the observations of the stars c. one of which Josephus affirms remained even in his time See Astronomy Enodate enodo to unknit to cut away the knot to declare or make manifest to untie Enormitâ— enormitas want of measure or rule unevenness hugeness Ensiferous ensifer that bears or carries a Sword Enquest Inquisitio is in our Common Law especially taken for that Inquisition or Enquest of Jurors or by Jury which is the most usual tryal of all causes both criminal and civil in our Land Entaile feudum talliatum comes of the Fr entaillé And in our Common Law is a Substantive abstract signifying Fee tayl or Fee entailed See Fee and Tail Entelechie entelechia a soul or form that hath power or motion within herself Entendment Fr. wit or understanding It signifies in our Common Law so much as the true meaning or signification of a word or sentence Of which see Kitch fo 224. To Enterfeir from the Lat. inter and ferire to rub or dash one heel against the other to exchange some blows Enthalamize from Thalamus to bring the Bride-groom and Bride to their Bed-chamber Enthean or Entheater entheatus inspired with God Enthusiasts or Enthusiasiâ—s a Sect of people that thought themselves inspired with a Divine Spirit and to have a clear sight of all things they believed c. Spondanus says they sprung from the Anabaptistical Sect of Nicholas Stork of Silesia in the year 1522. Enthusiasm or Enthysiasm enthysiasmus an inspiration a ravishment of the â—pirit divine motion Poetical fury Enthysâ—asmicaâ— pertaining to an inspiration Enthymeme enthymema is a term of Logick and signifies an imperfect Syllogism which wants either the major or minor Proposition As for example Every sin deserveth correction Every theft is a sin Therefore every theft deserves correction Now if we leave out the first part called the major and say thus Every theft is a sin Therefore every theft deserves correction Or omit the second part called the minor and say Every sin deserves correction therefore every theft deserves correction then it is called an Enthymeme to wit a keeping in the mind for so the word properly signifies because one of these parts is concealed in the mind and not uttered and in that regard it is called truncatus Syllogismus a lame or maimed Syllogism Enthymematical pertaining to an Enthymeme Entitatively entitativè a term in Philosophy and is when a thing is taken according to its essence form or being Entitie entitas a being or subsistence Enucleate enucleo to take out the kernel to declare or explicate a difficulty to interpret or expound To Envelope Sp. Envelopér to wrap unfold involve or inclose also to poster or incumber Enumerate enumero to reckon up to declare to number Enunciative enunciatum Subst any thing pronounced or spoken a proposition or speech which simply affirms or denies any thing as to say Peter is a Scholar Peter is no Scholar To Enunciate enuncio to pronounce utter or reveal Enure See Inure Eolian pertaining to Aeolus the god of the winds also inconstant as the wind Epact epacta the day put to or added to make the Leap year or it is a number of eleven days in which the common Solar year exceeds the common Lunar year the one consisting of 365 days the other of 354 days and therefore they add the excess unto the Lunar year to coequal them For Epacta comes from 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which signifies intercalare or addere by the addition of which excess in every four years there is gotten a number more then 30 which is greater then the Epact can be because from Change to Change there can be but Thirty days therefore Thirty must be taken from that excess and the remainder is the Epact for the next year As 1659. the Epact is Seventeen whereto add Eleven which makes Twenty eight that is the Epact for the next year To get the Epact for ever do thus Multiply the Prime by Eleven parting the Product by Thirty and the Remainder is the Epact Or see the age of the Moon the Eleven Kalends of April for that is the number of the Epact Hop Concord Epatride were Noble men among the Athenians and held the like dignity with them as the Patricii did at Rome Eparch Eparchus the President of a Province or the chief of all the Provincial Presidents Epheby ephebus a Stripling of fourteen years of age and upwards An Ephemeran or Ephemerides ephemeris idis a book wherein daily Acts are registred a Journal or Diary commonly it is taken for a book of Astronomy in use among such as erect figures to cast mens Nativities by which is shewn how all the Planets are placed every day and hour of the year Ephemeridian belonging to such a Register or Day-book Ephemerist One that registreth daily actions or one that casteth Nativities with the help of an Ephemerides a maker of an Ephemerides Ephesian Temple i. The Temple of Diana at Ephesus See Diana Ephesian Moan may be taken for a sad and continual lamentation and is deduced from Heraclitus a Philosopher of Ephesus who always wept at the miseries of the world and mortal men The phrase is used by Du Bartas Ephi or Epha an Hebrew measure containing nine Gallons of ours Ephialtes Gr. the night Mare it is a kinde of disease commonly called the Elfe or Night-Mare with which whoever is affected he supposes himself to be invaded by some spirit which
used for the Posts sustaining both sides of the door the side-posts of a door Iamb-stone is properly a stone that supports a Chimney or other part of a house the Mantletree-stone Iambick Iambus a measure or foot in verse having the first syllable short and the other long as saÌ„luÌ„s Also a kind of Verse consisting usually either of four or six feet as Suis ipsa Roma viribus ruit This kind of Verse is said to be first invented by Archilochus a Greek Poet and was applied by the Antients to Invectives Iames is wrested from Jacob. See Jacob. Iampnorum as so many Acres Jampnorum used in Fines is a made word from the Fr. jaulne i. yellow because the bloomings of Furze are yellow and Jampnum in our Law books and Fines signifies Furze Iaâ—zaries i. the new Souldiery are the Turks principal foot Souldiers that are of his Guard who for the most part by original being Christians are chosen by the Turkish Officers every five years out of his European Dominions or are taken Captives in their child-hood Iannes and Iambres two Egyptian Sorcerers of chief note who resisted Moses 2 Tim. 3.8 Iannock avenacenum a loaf of bread made onely of Oaten meal so called in the North of England Iansenism or Iansenianism The Tenets and Opinion of Cornel. Jansenius late Bishop of Ypres whose writings seemed to hold forth these five Propositions 1. Some Precepts of God are impossible to just men willing and endeavoring according to the present power they have Grace also is wanting to them whereby they might be possible 2. In the state of lapsed nature there is no resistance made to interior Grace 3. To merit and demerit in the state of lapsed nature there is not required in man liberty from necessity but liberty from coaction is sufficient 4. The Semi-Pelagians did admit the necessity of interior preventing Grace to every act even to the beginning of faith and in this they were hereticks because they would have that Grace to be such as the will of man might resist or obey 5. It is Semi-Pelagianism to say that Christ died or shed his blood for all men without exception These Propositions though much defended in France and Flanders were condemned by Pope Innocent the tenth in the Calends of June 1653. Ianus was the God to whom the year was dedicated and therefore it began with his festival and the first moneth was nominated from him for which cause he was represented with two faces to shew he looked both backward on the time past and forward on that to come and sometimes with four faces to signifie perhaps for I know other reasons are given the sour seasons of the year Annorum nitidique sator pulcherrime Mundi Publica quem primum vota precesque canunt Mart. To this god Numa built a Temple which in time of peace was shut and in war open Mr. Cowley Iar Span. Jarro i.e. an earthen pot with us it is most usually taken for a vessel of Oyl containing twenty Gallons Iargon Fr. gibbrish fustian-language Pedlers-French a barbarous jangling Iasper jaspis a precious stone of divers colours but the best is green transparent with red veins and shews fairest being set in silver it is good to stop any issue of blood Iasponyx Gr. a kind of Jasper white of colour with red strakes not much unlike the nail of a mans hand Iatraliptick jatraliptes a Physitian or Chyrurgeon that cures onely by outward application of oyntments or frications Iatromathematique from 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 medicus and mathematicus may signifie a Physitian that is also a Mathematitian or a Physitian that cures in a mathematical way Iaveline Fr. a weapon of a size between the Pike and Partisan Ibis Lat. a tall strong bird in Egypt with a long bill which doth much good there in killing Serpents and when he is sick he gives himself a Clister of salt-water some write that Hippocrates first learned of this bird to give Clisters Min. Icarian Sea so called from Icarus who as the Poets will have it flying from Creet with his waxen wings and not following his Father Daedalus directly was there drowned Thus Ovid. Dum petit infirmis nimium sublimia pennis Icarus Icariis nomina fecit aquis Whilst Icaru's weak wings too high did soar He fell and Christned the Icarian shoar Ich dien the true old Sax was Ih or Icâ—thian or thiene i. I serve some will have it come from the Brittish Etch dyn i. your man in that language it is the Motto belonging to the Devise of the Princes of Wales which we commonly though corruptly call the Princes Arms the figure is three Ostrich feathers which saith Cambden Edw. the Black Prince won at the battle of Cressy from John K. of Bohemia whom he there slew whereto he adjoyned this old English Motto alluding to that of the Apostle The heir while he is a childe differs nothing from a servant These feathers were an antient ornament of military men and used for Crests as is evident by that of Virgil. Cujus olorinae surgunt de vertice pennae Ichnography ichnographia a plot of a house to be built drawn out in paper or the description of any work according to its tract or tracery on the ground as it were the footsteppings of the work For Ichnographia in Gr. is quasi vestigii descriptio or descriptio operis futuri Ichthyology ichthyologia a discoursing or description of fishes Br. Ichthyonomancy Gr. a divination by fishes Ichthyophagie Gr. fish-eating Iconical iconicus belonging to an Image also lively pictured Iconism iconismus a true and lively description Iconomical belonging to Images or after the manner of Images Iconoclast Gr. a demolisher or breaker of Images also a Sect so called sprung up about the year of Christ 719 in time of Pope Gregory the second and Leo the third Emperor who for casting holy Images and Statues out of the Churches and causing them to be burnt or broken was surnamed the Iconoclast or Iconomachus Against which was gathered the seventh Nicene Synod consisting of 350. Bishops who decreed against and condemned it for heresie c. Idea Gr. the form or figure of any thing conceived in the mind or imagination a pattern The Platonists define Idea an eternal exemplar of things which are according to nature Ideal idealis pertaining to an Idea imaginary conceived in the imagination onely in fancy Ideated from Idaea made by or for a pattern figured in the imagination Ides Idus eight days in every moneth so called In March May July and October these eight days begin at the eighth day of the month and continue to the fifteenth in other moneths they begin at the sixth day and continue to the thirteenth Sex Maius Nonas October Julius Mars Quatuor reliqui tenet Idus quilibet Octo. â—nde dies reliques omnes die esse Kalendas Where note that the last day onely is called Ides and the first of these days the eighth Ides the
the twentieth part of a drop Kalends See Calends Karobe or Karoble the fruit of the Carobe tree Also the twenty fourth part of a grain one of the least weights used by Goldsmiths Kenne Sax. to see or know within ken i. within view Kenodoxy 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the love study or desire of vain-glory Scapula Kern in Ireland is a kind of Foot Souldier lightly armed with a Dart or Skeyn Antiq. Hibern p. 33. and 57. We take a Kern most commonly for a Farmer or Country Bumpkin Ketchef from the Fr. Couver chef i. to cover the head a linnen cloth that old women wear on their heads and hence Handkerchef though improperly King of Heralds Rex Heraldâ—rum is an Officer at Arms who has the preheminence of this Society See Harold This Officer among the Romans was called Pater Patratus Kings Evil A disease or swelling so called Edward the Confessor King of England was of that holiness of life that he received power from above to cure many diseases among others this of the Kings-Evil A Prerogative that continues as some think hereditary to his Successors of England Heyl. Keâ—l Belg. Kiel the bottom of a ship Keâ—e Sax. pottage a word still used in the north of England and in Scotland So Kelemuâ—t signifies Pottage-hearb which we to this day corruptly call Cole-worts Verstegan Kichel Sax. a Cake which Horace calls Libum Vtque sacerdotis fugitivus liba recuso It was of old with us called a Gods Kichel because Godfathers and Godmothers used commonly to give one of them to their Godchildren when they asked blessing Chaucers Interpret Kilderkin from the Belg. Kindeken Kenneken octava Cadi pars Dioscorides saith it is eleven Gallons and a Quart Agricola and Junius thirteen Gallons and a half Kym-Kam See Camoise Kin the antient diminutive of our Saxon tongue as Perkin is as much as little Peter Comkâ—r little Thomas and the like Kintal Span. Quintal is a certain weight of Merchandize to the value of an hundred or something under or over according to the divers uses of sundry Nations This word is mentioned by Plowden in the Case of Reniger and Fagossa Knave Sax. Cnaâ—a a boy or childe was not of old used as a name of disgrace or contempt as now it is but as the name of some kind of Servant or Lacquey as Scyld-Knapa was he that carried a noble persons Shield c. Verst See Esquire Kit-Kaies The fruit of the Ashen tree they are little narrow husks hanging together in clusters wherein is contained the â—eed of the Ash which is bitter This provokes Urine and is sought by some for other purposes Bull. Knight a title of dignity was heretofore by our Ancestors written Cnight and in the modern Teutonic it signifies Rider and answers to the French Chevalier which may be Englished a Horseman and so agrees with Eques in Latin Verst Knights Fee feudum militare is so much inheritance as is sufficient yearly to maintain a Knight with convenient Revenue which in Henry the thirds days was but fifteen pounds Cam. Brit. p. 111. But Sir Tho. Smith in his Repub Angl. l. 1. ca 18. rates it at forty pounds And I find in the Statute for Knights A. 1. E 2. ca. 1. that such as had twenty pound per an in Fee or for life might be compelled to be Knights Stow in his Annals p. 285. saith There were found in England at the time of the Conqueror 60211 Knights Fees Others say 60215. wherof the Religious houses before their suppression were possessed of 28015 Knights Fee is sometime used for the Rent that a Knight pays for his Fee to the Lord of whom he holds and this an uncertain sum some holding by forty shillings the Shield some by twenty shillings as appears by Bracton lib. 5. Tract 1. cap. 2. My Lo. Coke in his ninth Book of Reports saith A Knights Fee is estimated by the value of the Land viz. 20 l. annual An Hide of Land is as much as one Plough can break up in a year Relief the fourth part of the annual value of the Land viz. of a Knight 5 l. of a Baron 100 Marks an Earl a 100 l. a Marquis 200 Marks a Duke 200 l. Knighten gyld was a Gyld in London consisting of nineteen Knights which King Edgar founded giving them a portion of void ground lying without the City wall now called Portsoken Ward Stows Annals p. 151. Knights service an ancient tenure of Lands by which a man was bound to bear Arms in War for defence of the Realm But is now abolished by Act 1656. ca. 4. Knipperdollings a sort of Hereticks who took name from one Knipperdolling who lived in Germany about the year 1535 was contemporary with John of Leyden a follower of Muncer in matters of doctrine Lo. Herb. H. 8. Knoll Sax. Cnollâ— the top or cop of a Hill or Mountain a familiar word in Herefordshire as Birchers Knoll c. And in Scotland they call those Knolls of peace which are Mounts cast up by the labor of men in Latin Dumi pacis Korban See Corban Kyrie eleison omnibus linguis à Gr. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 i. domine and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 i. miserere ab 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 i. misericordia q. miserere Domine Lord have mercy on us So Christe eleison i. Christ have mercy on us In the Greek Church these words are of great esteem and often repeated by their Priests and are also used in the Latin Church both in the Mass and Litany L LAbarum Gr. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a Church Banner a Flag or Streamer for the War Eusebius Pamphilus lib. 1. de vita Constantini describes this peculiar Standard very curiously The common form you may see in the 163 page of the Elements of Armories In the Labarum these things are more First The Banner was of purple where the pictures of the Emperor and his Children were wrought in gold and stones of wonderful value and beauty above the cross beam or traverse Staff of the Banner stood the two first Greek Capitals of Christs name and on the point or top of the Launce or Staff Imperial was advanced a Crown of gold set with precious stones All in honor of his miraculous conversion upon the apparition of the Cross Labdacismâ— labdacismus or rather lambdacismus from the Greek Letter 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is when the Letter L is pronounced with too much force as when one says ellucet for elucet Labefaction labefactio a weakening or enfeebling a loosening or destroying Labial from labium a lip pertaining to the lips Labile labilis unstable unconstant that will soon or or easily fall Laboriferous laborifer that takes pains that endures labour painful difficult Laboriosity laboriositas painfulness laboriousness or laborosity Labrador Spa. a laborer a Ploughman a Country Swain Labrous labrosus that hath a brim bank or border Also that hath great lips Labyrinth labyrinthus a Maze or
to make great account of to honor much Magnificence magnificentia stateliness sumptuousness high atchievement great performance Magnificat part of the Even-song among the Romanists or the song of the Blessed Virgin Mary Luk. 1.46 beginning thus Magnificat anima mea c. My soul doth magnifie our Lord c. At saying of which they use to stand up as being a Canticle or Song of joy for the delivery whereof that posture is most proper To correct magnificat an English Proverb signifies to attempt to amend Scripture or that which is beyond correction Magnifico Ital. a great or honorable Personage The chief Noblemen of Venice are by a peculiar title called Magnifici or Magnifico's And the Rectors of the Academies in Germany are honored with the same Title Magnificent Magnifical magnificus that atchieveth worthy acts noble sumptuous acting great matters majestical Magniloquy Magniloquence magniloquentia a lofty manner of speaking or a discourse of great matters Magniloquent magniloquus that useth a stately manner of speaking or writing Magnitude magnitudo greatness largeness nobleness valiantness Magog mentioned in Ezek. 38. Gog in the Hebrew signifies saith St. Hierom tectum or a covering of a house And Pintus upon Ezekiel affirms that by Gog is meant Antichrist For saith he Antichristus erit Diaboli tegumentum sub specie humana That Antichrist shall be the covering of the Devil under humane form He adds that Magog is as much to say as Gog the letter M being an Hebrew Preposition and imports as much as of or from so he takes Magog for those people that follow Antichrist See more in exposition of these two words in Sir Walt. Ral. hist lib. 1. fol. 136. Mahm or Maim from the Lat. mancus signifies a corporal hurt whereby a man loseth the use of any member that is or might be any defence to him in battle The Canonists call it Membri mutilationem as the Eye the Hand the Foot the scalp of the Head the fore tooth or as some say any finger of the hand Glanvile lib. 14. ca. 7. And Vgolinus de irregularit ca. 4. sect 3 4 5. Magonel an instrument to cast stones Chauc Mahumetism or Mahumetanism the Religion and profession of Mahumet and the Turks which see in Alchoran Mahumets Law-book Mahumetan one that professeth that Religion Maid-Morsan See Moriseo Majestative majestativus that is full of majesty or majestical Mainour or Manner from the Fr. Maniére i. the Manner signifies in our Common Law when a Thief hath stoln and is followed with Hue and Cry and taken with the Manner that is having the thing stoln about him which is called the Mainour and so we say when we find one doing an unlawful act that we took him in the mainour or manner Mainpernable a Law word and signifies bailable or that may be bailed and Mainpernors are the Sureties for one that is mainprized to appear at a certain day c. yet Mr. Manwood 1. part For. Laws p. 167. makes a difference between Bail and Mainprize viz. that he that is mainprised hath a greater liberty then he that is bailed c. Main-sworn in our Northern Dialect signifies foresworn or perjured Major Lat. the greater The major proposition of a Syllogism See in Syllogism Majorate majoro to make greater Majoration a making greater Bac. Malachite malachites a stone of a drak green colour Malacissation malacissatio a kneading or making soft Bac. Malacy malachia a calm or still time on the Sea also the inordinate lusting of women with child Malaga or Malaca Sick so called from a City of that name in Andalusia in Spain where that kind of wine is made Maladie Fr. a sickness or disease Malanders a disease in horses from the Span. malander i. to go ill for so the disease makes them Maldisant Fr. an evil speaker a backbiter Malediction maledictio evil-speaking a curse banning imprecation execration Malefactor Lat. an evil-doer an offender Malefice maleficium an evil deed an ill act a shrewd turn hurt displeasure Maleficence maleficentia evil doing Maleficiate malefacio to do wrong to offer abuse to do evil Bac. Maletent in the Statute called the Confirmation of the Liberties of c. An. 29. Ed. 1. ca. 7. is interpreted to be a Toll of forty shillings for every sack of wooll Stow in his Annals p. 461. calls it a Maletot from the Fr. maletoste or Maletote See also the Stat. de Tallagio non concedendo Malevolence malevolentia ill-will heart-burning spite Malignity malignitas malice prepensed ill-will grudge despight villany Malleable from malleus tractable hammerable which may be wrought or beaten with the hammer Malleated malleatus wrought or beaten with the hammer or beetle Malkin Maukin or Scovel to make clean an oven the Italians call it Scovola di forno i. the broom or besome of the oven the Lat. is Peniculus or Penicillus dim a pene i. a tail because they were in times past made of the tails of beasts as now they are of old clouts Min. Malmesy a sort of wine so called from Arvisium a promontory in the Island Chio vulgarly called Marvisia or Malvisia whence comes the best of this kind Maltesian an Inhabitant of the Island Malta called in Scripture Melita Mamaluke a light-horseman in the Syrian and Arabian tongues the Mamalukes were an order of valiant horse-men in the last Empire of Egypt Cot. Mammeated mammeatus that hath Paps or Teats Mammon is a Syriac word signifying riches or the god of Riches Hierom sup Matth. cap. 17. The Mammon of iniquity is expounded to be wealth unjustly detained from them to whom it is due Greg. Mammonist from mammon may be taken for a worldling or one that seeks after riches Mammâ—oda a coyn among the East Indians of equal value with our shilling Manation manatio a flowing or running a trickling down Manbote Sax. a pecuniary compensation for killing a man Lambert in his exposition of Saxon words verbo Aestimatio Of which read Roger Hoveden also in his Annals fol. 344. Manche Fr. a sleeve a term of Heraldry Also any thing in form of a sleeve Mancipate mancipo to deliver possession to give the right to another to sell for money Mancipation mancipatio a manner of selling before witnesses with sundry ceremonies c. so called à manucaptione from taking that which is sold into ones hands or possession See Emancipate Manciple manceps a Caterer or one that in Colledges or Hospitals buys victuals and common provision into the house Mancuse mancusa of the antient pence which weighed about three pennies of our money thirty as Alfric Arch-Bishop of Canterbury in his Saxon Grammer notes made a Mancus which some think to be all one with a Mark for that Manca or Mancusa is translated in antient Books by Marca and Manca as appears by an old fragment was quinta pars unciae These Mancuse or Mancus were reckoned both in gold and silver For about the year of our Lord 680. In a King of the West
non aetas not yet of age minority that is all the time of a mans age under One and twenty years in soml cases and Fourteen in some as marriage See Brook tit Age. Non compos mentis i. not in his right wits is of four sorts 1. He that is an Ideot born Next he that by accident wholly loseth this wits 3. A Lunatick that has sometime his understanding and sometimes not Lastly he that by his own act deprives himself of his right mind for a time as a Drunkard None of the day is the third quarter of the day beginning at Noon and lasting till the Sun be gone half way towards setting Nones nonae in March May July and October are the six days next following the first day or the Calends In other moneths they are the four days next after the first But the last of these days is properly called Nones and the other reckoned backward according to the number distant from the Nones as the third fourth or fith Nones They are called Nones because they began the ninth day before the Ides Hoptons Conc. p. 70. Non liquet i. It appears not it is not clear it likes not Also a Verdict given by the Jury signifying that the matter was to be deferred to another day of trial Ignoramus with us or a Reprié it was wont to be put down in a Scrowle or Tablet by these letters N.L. As guilty or Condemnatio by C Quitting by A i. Absolutus Carol. Sigon de Judiciis Non obstante Lat. notwithstanding nevertheless a word much used in our Statutes Patents and other writings c. Non plus Lat. no more a term often used when a man can say no more nor answer an Ojection then he is said to be at a Nonplus Non-residency unlawful absence from the place of his charge most commonly spoken of Ministers and their Cures Non-suit is a Renunciation of the Suit by the Plaintiff or Demandant when the matter is so far proceeded in as the Jury is ready at the Bar to deliver their Verdict A. 2. H. 4. ca. 7. See the New book of Entries verbo Nonsuit The Civilians term it Litis renunciationem Nonupla a quick time in Musick peculiar to Gigs and such like having nine Crotchets between Bar and Bar. Nook of Land See Yard Normal normalis right by rule made by the Square or Rule Nortel ware corruptly so called in some part of England for Lorimers See Lorimer Norrey or Norroy King at Arms. See Harold Nosognomonick Gr. a part of Physick See Medicine Nostoch says Dr. Charlton in his Paradoxes is the nocturnal pollution of some plethorical and wanton star or rather excrement blown from the nostrils of some rheumatick Planet falling upon plains and sheep pastures of an obscure red or brown tawny in consistence like a gelly and so trembling if touched which the Philosophy of the clouted shoo affirms to be the ruines of a star fallen Some there are saith Dornaeus who by Nostoch intend wax but by the favor of a metaphor Notary notarius a Scribe or Scrivener that onely takes notes or makes a short draught of contracts obligations or other instruments these notes he may deliver to the parties that gave him instructions if they desire no more but if they do he must deliver them to a Tabellion who draws them at large ingrosses them in parchment c. and keeps a Register of them but this is not generally observed for in many Towns of France the Notaries are also Tabellions Cotg. Notification notificatio information signification advertisement Notion notio knowledge understanding acquaintance Novatians a sort of Hereticks whereof one Novatus was first Author about the year 215. he condemned second Mariages and held that such as had once faln or were in Apostacy ought no more to be received into the Church although they were repentant therefore c. This Heresie was condemned by a Council at Rome See Catharians Novator Lat. he that makes a thing new a renewer Novels of the Civil Law are in number 168. into which the 91 Collations of the Authenticks which were set out after the Codex by Justinian then Emperor and brought into the body of the Civil Law were divided They were called Novelles says Cujatius quod novissime promulgatae sint post Codices Novenary novenarius of nine that consists of nine Novendial novendialis of nine days space or continuance Novennial novennis of nine years Novae tabulae Lat. was an easement proposed in favor of debtors at Rome whereby the old debt books and obligations were cancelled or the nomina dashed out Among the Athenians this practise was called Sisacthia i. an easing of burthen or Creâ—opia a cutting off or striking out of debts Livie Novercal novercalis of or pertaining to a Step-mother or mother in Law Novice from the Lat. Novus a young Monk or Nun before they are professed one that 's but newly entred into a Religious house and has not passed his time of probation also a youngling or beginner in any profession Novity novitas newness strangeness novelty Nowed a term in Heraldry from the Fr. Nové knotted or tied in a knot Noxious noxius hurtful noysom offensive Nubiferous nubifer that brings or carries clouds cloudy Nubilous nubilosus full of clouds cloudy stormy tempestuous Nubivagant nubivagus passing through or among clouds Nuceous nuceus of or pertaining to a Nut. Nudation nudatio a making bare Nude nudus bare naked uncovered void empty destitute poor Nude contract nudum pactum is in our Law a bare contract or promise of a thing without any consideration given therefore ex quo non oritur actio Nudity nuditas bareness nakedness want of any thing poverty Nugal Nugatory nugatorius trifling vain of no force Nugator Lat. a trifler Nugation nugatio a trifling Bac. Nuisance See Nusance Nullifidian from nulla fides one of no faith Religion or honesty a Seeker Nullity nullitas nothing annihilation the being void nothing or of no effect Nullo a Cypher or non-significant character Numeral numeralis of or belonging to number Numerical belonging to number Also a term in Logick as when we say a numerical difference that is to say the last difference by which one individual thing is distinguished from one another Numerist numerarius he that numbereth an Officer in the later Emperors time belonging to the Office of Praefectus praetorio A kind of Register Notary or Auditor Nun nonna q. non nupta Teut. Nunn Belg. Nonne is a holy or consecrated Virgin or a woman that by vow has bound her self to a single and chaste life in some place and company of other women separated from the world and devoted to an especial service of God by prayer fasting and such like holy exercises St. Hierom makes nonna originally an Egyptian word as Hospinian records of him in his book de origine progressu monachatus fol 3. Of these there are several Orders Scholastica the Sister of St. Benedict was the first that collected
to Archbishops and Metropolitans and they at the Altar wear it about their necks above their other Ornaments The Pall was first given to the Bishop of Ostia by P. Marcus the second An. 336. Also the velvet laid over a dead body is called the Pall. Palladion Spa. Lat. Palladium an Image of Pallas which the Trojans fondly believed was sent to preserve their City and Estate c. which sottish belief St. Augustine lib. 9. de Civ Dei very well reproved when he said The Trojans were keepers of the Palladion but not the Palladion of the Trojans However this word is still used for a preservation or sure defence Pallas the Goddess of Wisdom otherwise called Minerva c. In the Poetical story of Perseus staying Medusa Pallas furnished him with a shield for that purpose and with a Looking-glass Mercury with wings for his feet Pluto with a Helmet c. see the Fable at large in L. Bacons Advancem of Learning fol. 120. Hence 't is we use Pallas shield for a shield of Wisdom and Providence For so his Lordship means when he says In Wars the Shield of Pallas prevails more then the sword of Mars that is wisdom and stratagems prevail more then down right blows Palled Fr. palle pale also dead without spirit Bac. Palliardize See Pailliardize Palliate pallio to hide or cover to conceal or cloak Palliation palliatio a cloaking covering or hiding Palliative that cloaketh covereth or concealeth as Chyrurgeons call that a Palliative cure when a wound is healed outwardly and festers underneath or where a shew onely is made of a perfect cure without searching to the root or cause of the disease Pallid pallidus pale bleak sometimes yellowish fearful whitish Pullification a term in Architecture piling of the ground plot Sir H.W. Pallor Lat. a pale colour paleness wanness Pallizado See Palizado Palmar palmaris pertaining to victory or to a hand breadth or to the palm of the hand a Palm in measure palmus the breadth of a hand or four fingers and this is called the minor Palm the Palm major is a span or according to some a shaftment Palm Sunday Dominica Palmarum the sixth Sunday in Lent and the next before Easter so called because on that day the people went to meet our Saviour with boughs of Palm and Olive branches in their hands when he entred solemnly into Jerusalem riding on an Ass Palm Tree Palma is that which bears Dates growing plentifully in the Holy Land Its branches were wont to be carried as a token of victory Palmaque nobilis TerraruÌ„ Dominos evehit ad Deos Hor. Od. 1. Because it naturally shoots upward though oppressed with never so great weight and its leaves never fall of this Tree there is male and female the male bears onely blossoms and no fruit the female bears both but not unless the male grow by it Palmer ferula a Feruler so called because in Schools the palms of Boyes hands are struck therewith It is also called a Palmatory from the Span. Palmatoria which hath the same signification Min. Palmer from the Span. Palméro a poor Pilgrim that visits all holy places so called from a staff or boughes of Palm which they were wont to carry with them See Pilgrim Palmer eruca a worm with many feet so called from the Palm tree which it gnaws and eats a Caterpillar Palmiferous palmifer bearing or yeelding Palm or Date Trees also victorious Palmipedous palmipes edis that hath a plain and flat foot Palmipedous birds i.e. whole-footed such are most water-sowl Br. Paltoâ—ster chiromantes a Diviner by the palm of the hand one that tells the fortune of others by looking in their hands Palmestry See Chironantie Palmeto Wine is a sweet and pleasant juyce like Muscadine or Alicant coming from the Palmeto Tree in the Isle Mauritius Herb. Tr. Palpation palpatio flattery cogging fair speaking soothing Palpitation palpitatio panting beating often quick moving up and down as the heart when it throbs Palâ—sgrave Belg. and Pfalizgraff Teut. from Palis or pfaliz i. Palatium and Grave or Graff i. comes Lat. Comes Palatinus the title of the Prince Elector Palatine of the Rheine See Falatine and Archdapifer Paludament paludamentum a Coat-armor or Horsemans coat a Soldiers garment an Heralds Coat of Arms. Among the antient Romans it was a Military garment worn by none but the Lord General or Chief Captains Alex. Gen. Dier lib. 5. cap. 18. Paludiferous paludifer that causeth a Fen or Marsh Palumbine alumbinus of or belonging to a Wood-culver or Ring-dove Pamphilâ— a kind of great Boats in Italy having 140 or 160 Oars of a side Pampination pampinatio a cutting or pulling off superfluous leaves and branches from Vines Pampinean pampineus of or belonging to a young Vine Branch or Leaf full of Vine-Branches Pan the god of Shepherds in Greek it signifies All. Panade Span. Panada or Empanada Fr. Panade a kind of meat made of crums of bread and Currants boyled in water or as some will have it of grated Bread Milk Sugar and grated Cheese Panage See Paunage Panatetus Gr. that contains all vertues Silvester makes it the title of one of his Books wherein he bewails the loss of Prince Henry Panathenate belonging to the Solemnity called Panathenaea held at Athens once every year which was the less and once every fifth year which was the greater Pancatâ— Fr. a paper containing all the particular rates of Tolls or Customs due to the French King Thus termed because commonly hung up in some publick place either single or with a frame Cotg. Panchaia a sandy Country of Arabia where is store of Frankincense Hence Dubartas and others use Panchaian Fumes for incense or sweet perfumes So also Odor Panchaique for the smell of Arabian Frankincense Pancratiast Gr. one that is skilful in wrestling and other feats of activity Pancratical pancraticus expert at all feats of activity cunning at all kind of Games and Exercises stout like a wrestler Br. Pandarism the function or employment of a Pandar which is to make or set lecherous matches Ruffianism Baudery Pandects pandectae à 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 i. omne 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 haleâ— Books which contain all matters or comprehend all parts of the subject whereof they intreat or Books of divers Arguments The Volume of the Civil Law called Digestes is also called the Pandect Pandiculation pandiculatio a gaping or stretching ones self with all his body as they do that gape for or come from sleep or at the approach of an Ague Pandor from the Belg. Pander that is he that takes a pawn or pledge for the souls of such as make use of him are pawned into his hands as to Asmodeus his Chamberlain a He-Baud Pandora fained by Hesiedus to be the first woman and made by Vulcan indued by all the gods with several excellent gifts but afterwards by Jupiter in displeasure sent to her Spouse Epimetheus with a box full of all manner of miseries Hence Pandora's Box is taken
so called brought out of India the best are of a deep skie colour This stone is said to be of a cold nature Sapid sapidus well seasoned savory that hath a smack Sapidity sapiditas pleasantness of taste or savor also pleasantness of talk Sapientipotent sapientipotens mighty in wisdom or that by his wisdom and prudence is able to bring great things to pass Sapor Lat. see Sapidity Sapphique Verse so called from Sappho a famous Poetess held to be the first inventor of them consists of eleven syllables and hath a Trochee a Spondee a Dactyle and two Trochees immutably as Nuncius celso veniens Olympo After three Verses is inserted an Adonique of a Dactyle and a Spondee Rara juventus Saraband Ital. Zarabanda a kind of lesson in Musick and a Dance so called Sarah Hebr. Lady Mistress or Dame Sarcling time or time of Sarkling is the time when the Countrey man weeds his Corn and comes from the Lat. sarculare or from the Fr. sarcler both which signifie to rake or weed Sarcasm sarcasmus a biting taunt bitter jest a manner of scoffing nippingly Sarcinatious sarcinarius of or belonging to Packs Fardels c. serving to carry burthens or loads Sarcinate sarcino to load with Fardels or Packs also to patch or sew Sarcophage sarcophagus a Grave a Sepulchre a Tomb also a stone called Eat-flesh because it consumes in forty days the dead Carkasses inclosed within it the Teeth excepted Sarcotique from sarcoma breeding or belonging to new or superfluous flesh Sarculate sarculo to rake to weed up with a hook or other Instrument Sardonian Gem sardonius lapis a precious stone of a black colour being a kind of Onyx and called a Corneol the best whereof are found in Sardinia and therefore so called Sardonian Laughter risus Sardonius a long and causeless laughter whereof the end is sorrowful so used from the Hearb Sardoa which being of a poisonous nature causes men to dye with such a convulsion or contraction of their sinews that they seem to grin or laugh This Herb is like Smalage and is found in Sardinia Sarmentitious sarmentitius belonging to twigs or branches Sarplar sarplera lanae is a quantity of Wooll This in Scotland is called Serplathe and contains fourscore stone for the Lords of the Council in Anno 1527. decreed four Serpliathes of packed Wooll to contain sixteenscore stone The Merchants use now to pay fraught for their goods to Flanders by the Sack to France Spain and England by the Tun and to Dantzick and the Eastern Seas by the Serpliath Skene With us in England a load of Wooll as I have been enformed consists of eighty Tod each Tod consisting of two stone and each stone of fourteen pound And that a Sack of wooll is in common account equal with a load and a Sarplar otherwise called a Pocket is half a Sack Further that a Pack of Wooll is a Hors-load which consists of seventeen stone and two pounds see Fleta lib. 2. c. 12. Sartor Lat. Ã Sartio a Tailor a Botcher a Mender of old Garments Sassafras a Tree of great vertue which grows in Florida of the West Indies the Rinde whereof has a sweet smell like Cinnamon it comforts the Liver and Stomack and opens Obstructions of the inwards parts being hot and dry in the second degree The best of the Tree is the Root next the Boughs then the body but the principal goodness of all rests in the Rinde Bull. Sassinate see Assassinate Satan Heb. Gr. Satanas an adversary the Devil enemy to God and all goodness The Devil took this name from the Hebr. Sitnah which signifies hatred or spightfulness Satanical from Satan devilish pertaining to the Devil Satellite satelles itis one retained to guard a mans person a Yeoman of the Guard a Serjeant Catch-pole one that attacheth Satiate satio to fill to satisfie to cloy Satiety satietas plenty fulness glutting so much as one desireth Sation satio from sero a sowing of seed a planting Satisdation satisdatio a putting in of Surety or Bail sufficient for performance of Covenants or for payment of moneys Satorious satorius belonging to a Sator or to him that sows sets or plants Satrap satrapa a great Ruler a Peer of a Realm a Lieutenant Governor or President of a Country Saturate saturo to fill or satisfie with any thing superfluously to cloy or glut Saturity saturitas fulness plenty excess Saturnals saturnalia Feasts dedicated to Saturn in December when Servants had freedom Macrobius his Saturnals are Books intreating of the Colloquies and Passages at some of those Feasts Saturn Saturnus hath the first place among the Planets but is slowest in motion not finishing its course under thirty eight years space The antient Mathematicians attributed Sterility and Mortality to this Planet to Jupiter happy times and the beginning of life To Mars the cause of all Debates Garboils and War To Sol Riches and Treasure To Venus Loves and Marriages To Mercury Eloquence and Knowledge To Luna the Empire and command over Humid matters Saturn with Alchymists is used for Lead with Heralds for Sable Saturnian or Saturnine from Saturnus barren dull heavy melancholly also unlucky or unfortunate Satyre satyra a kinde of Poetry whereof there seems to have been two kinds the one more antient which consisted only in variety of Verses the other more modern containing an open reprehension of mens Vices without respect of persons Satyrical satyricus of or pertaining to Satyres biting nipping reproving Satyrist one that writes Satyres or invectives Satyre satyrus a Wood-wose a strange monster having the body of a man all hairy with legs and feet like a Goat full of motion and given much to venery and jeering which the Poets were wont to call gods of the Woods these as Pliny testifies lib. 7. cap. 2. were found in times past in the Eastern Mountains of India And St. Hierome in the life of St. Anthony reports he saw one of these in his time Vidi homunculum inquit aduncis naribus fronte cornibus aspera cui extrema corporis in caprarum pelles desinebant c. But the truth hereof I will not rashly impugn nor over boldly affirm And Satyres shall dance there Isa 13 21. Sauciate saucio to hurt to wound to cut Saul Hebr. lent of the Lord or as some will Fox Saucige from the Fr. Saucisse a kind of pudding well known The Bolona Saucige is made of Beef and lean Bacon in equal quantity flayed and chopped small with half as much Lard and some Pepper Ginger and Salt then put into a clean Ox-gut half a foot long and laid in salt for two days together and after hung up in the smoak Cot. Sauitoir or Sautoir Fr. the figure of St. Andrews Cross in Heraldry Saxons the ancient name of our Ancestors in England were so called from their use and wearing a certain Sword or Weapon made after the fashion of a Sithe which in the Neatherlands is called a Saisen These kind of Swords were
this sense my Lo. Bacon uses it in his Advan of Learning fol. 268. Seater an old Idol of the Saxons which was honored on the day called Saturday which thence took denomination This Idol was also called Crodo and by some mistaken for Saturn Scythian Scythick scythicus belonging to Scythia a large Country in the north part of the World Sea-longs the fervent froth of the Sea Bac. Seax a kind of sword made like a Sithe and worn by the old Saxons of which there were two sorts a longer and a shorter which last were called Handseaxes Of this kind of Handseaxes Erkin-wine King of the East Saxons did for his Arms bear three Argent in a field Gules Verst See Saxon. Sebacean sebaceus made of tallow or sewet Sebastian Gr. honorable or Majestical Sebastocrator Gr. was a great Officer of the Empire who about Constantine the Greats time was third in dignity from the Emperor the second was called Despot Secament secamentum that which is cut or shread from a Log or Block as chips and such like A Secant is a right line drawn from the Centre through one extreme of a given Ark till it meet with the Tangent raised from the Diameter at the other extreme of the said Ark. Secation secatio a cutting sawing parting or dividing Secerne secerno to divide to lay or separate one from another to sever to chuse from among others Secession secessio a departing from other a forsaking or going aside a separating ones self from another In antient Rome it was a general Insurrection and revolt of the Commons wherein they left the City until such time as they had the authority of their Tribunes strengthned yea and certain Laws enacted and established by a solemn oath with a curse denounced against all those that went about to abrogate or abolish the same which thereupon were called Sacratae Leges Livy Seclude secludo to shut a part from other to shut out to put away Seclusory seclusorium a place where any thing is shut up a part from other a Coop Secondary see Secundary Secundine secundae quasi secunda nativitas the three skins wherein an Infant lies while it is in the womb or when it comes into the world the second or after-birth in women in Beasts the Heam Sectary sectariüs one that follows private opinions in Religion a Ring-leader of a Sect a seditious factious person Section sectio a cutting dividing or parting Books are commonly divided into Chapters Chapters into Sections and Sections into Paragraphs or Breaks as Printers call them which is the breaking off at such a word and beginning a new line Sective sectivus that is often or that may be cut or divided Sector Lat. in Geometry is a figure comprehended of two right lines containing an angle at the Centre and of the circumference assumed by them There is also a Geometrical Instrument having two legs containing all variety of Angles and the distance of the feet representing the Subtences of the circumference which is therefore called a Sector Secular secularis of or belonging to the space of one hundred years that is done or renewed every hundred year or once in an age Secular Plays ludi seculares were solemn Games or Plays among the antient Romans performed once in a hundred and ten years and sometimes every hundredth year in honor of Apollo or Diana Secular Priests are those whose ordinary conversation is among men of the world and profess the undertaking the charge of Souls as condistinct from those that profess a Monastical or Conventual life under the Rule of some holy Predecessor and thence are called Regulars Secundary secundarius of the second sort the second the next to the first As the Secundary of the Fine Office is an Officer next to the chief Officer Secundary of the Counter who is as I take it next to the Sheriff in London in each of the two Counters and so of others Secundate secundo to make lucky or prosperous to make better or amend a thing Secundine See Secondine Securiferous sceurifer that beareth an Ax or Hatcher Sedateness quietness mitigation the same with Sedation O. Lo. Prot. Speech Sedation sedati◠an appeasing mitigating asswaging qualifying or quieting Sedentary sedentarius that sits much that is done sitting In France they have eight Sedentary Parliaments or High Courts of Justice which are so called because they are alwayes sitting See Parliament Sediment sedimentum a sinking down to the bottom or that sinks to the bottom grounds the dregs or dross of perfume Bac. Seditious seditiosus contentious mutinous factious loving discord Mr Feltham uses Seditiary for a seditious person Seduction seductio a seducing a leading away aside or apart a misleading a deceiving Sedulity sedulitas care and great diligence Segador Span. a Reaper a Mower a Harvest-man Segment segmentum a morsel shred peece or gobbet cut off from any thing a partition Br. Segmentation segmentatio a cutting into small pieces an embroidering Segnity segnitas negligence slowness slothfulness also barrenness Segregate segrego to take out of the flock to lay apart to sever or separate Seian horse so called from Cneus Sejanus who first backed him was of extraordinary bigness and wonderfull composure but had this fatal property to bring his Master to some miserable or untimely end Whence grew the proverb Equum habet Sejanum a man has that which will be his own ruin Sejant or Seisant from the Fr. Seant a term in Heraldry when a beast is painted sitting upright Seignior Fr. Seigneur a Lord a Master a Landlord or a Lord of Jurisdiction a proprietary or owner Seigniory Seigniorage Fr. Seigneury Seigneuriage Seignory Soverainty mastery dominion Seigniorage An. 9. H. 5. Stat. 2. cap. 1. seems to be a Regality or Prerogative of the King whereby he challenges allowance of gold and silver brought in the mass to his Exchange for coyn Seisin from the Fr. Saisine signifies in our Common Law possession and to seize is to take possession Primier seisin is the first possession c. Sejugate sejugo to sever or separate from other to put apart Sejunction sejunctio a separating or putting asunder Selenites Gr. a stone wherein is a white which increases and decreases as the Moon doth Also lunary men or people that are held by some to inhabit the Moon Selion Fr. seillon a ridge of land lying between two furrows Sometimes it contains an Acre sometimes half an Acre sometimes more or less Therefore Crompton in his Jurisdictions fol 221. saith a Selion of land cannot be in demand because it is a thing incertain Seliander is a kinde of dry scab growing in the very bent of the Ham of a horses hinder leg Markham Sellary sellaria a place wherein were forms and stools for men to sit on It is used by Tacitus in his Annals for that place where Tiberius exercised his horrid and unnatural lusts Semblable Fr. like alike even such resembling Semblance Fr. shew seeming appearance Also resemblance likeness like form or feature
and Nottinghamshires that still retain this antient name and in Holland they call it Dorp Thraskâ—es are the followers of John Thraske who broached his Judaical opinions in England about the year 1618. for which he was censured in the Star-chamber but afterwards recanted Mr. Full. Church hist lib 10. p. 76. There was also one Theophilus Braborn a Disciple of his who wrote a Book in defence of his heretical opinions in the year 1632. Thrasonical thrasonicus vain-glorious boasting cracking Thraso-like Thrave of corn was too Shocks of six or rather twelve sheaves a piece Stati 2. H 6 ca. 2. The word comes from the British Dreva i. twenty four In most Counties of England twenty four sheaves do now go to a Thrave Twelve sheaves makes a Stook and two Stooks a Thrave Threne threnum lamentation also a lamentable verse or song a funeral song Threnody threnodia the singing of a funeral song Threnetick threneticus mournful lamentable Threpe Sax. to affirm positively or to face one down with confidence Also to rebuke or chide Still used in the North. Third-borow is used for a Constable An. 28. H 8. ca. 10. which also is noted by Mr. Lambert in his Duty of Constables p. 6. and seems to be corruptly used for the Sax. Freâ—â—orâ— i. ingenuus fide jussor See Headborow Throb â—ax to pant or rise often as the heart doth Thrones throni have the third ranck in the celestial Hierarchy whom together with Dominations Principalities and Powers St. Paul mentions They signifie Majesty on whom God is said to sit Thou sittest c. Thurman Hebr. persection See Vrim Thuriferous thurifer that beareth or brings forth frankincense Thursday See Thor and Day Thymelical thymelicus belonging to players in interludes and open dance Thymous thymosus full of Thime an herb so called Thyrse thyrsus a stalk or stem of any herb also a Javelin wrapped with Ivy which the flock of drunken Harlots bare in Bacchus his Sacrifice Tiarâ— Lat. a round Ornament for the head which Princes Priests and women of old time wore Hence we still call it a tire for a womans head and a tiring-woman It is sometimes used for the Popes triple Crown Tibial tibialis of or belonging to pipes meet to make pipes of Tibicinate tibicino to sing or pipe Ticktack Fr. trictrac a game at Tables so called not from the sudden removing the men and the snapping noise they make as Min. would have it but ticktack quasi touch and take that being the law of the Game if you touch a man you must play him Tide Belg. time See Spring-tide Tiercel See Tassel Tieâ—câ—t Fr. a song of triple Stanzoes or Stanzo of three verses Tiercâ— Fr. tiers a certain measure of liquid things as Wine Oyl c. containing the sixth part of a Tun. Ann. 32. H. 8 c. 14. or the third part of a pipe and from this last it takes denomination because tiers in French signifies a third or third part Tigrine tigrinus of or like the swift beast Tigre Tilting See Turneaments Timariots wheresoever any land is conquered by the Great Turk it is divided into divers parts and given to those they call Timariots for term of life with obligation to serve on horse-back wheresoever they shall be summoned This is not much unlike our old Tenures of Knights service or Escuage but not hereditary According to the value of the timar or feud the Timariot is to come in with one two three or more horses c. See Sir Hen. Blounts Voyage fol. 65. Timber of skins is a term among Furriers and signifies Forty skins Acts 1656. ca. 20. And Timbers of Ermine is a term in Blazon signifying the rows or rancks of Ermine in the Capes of Noblemens Robes Timbrel from the Belg. Trommel a Taber Timidity timiditus fearfulness bashfulness timerousness Timocrâ—cy Gr. dominatus in quo á sensu magistratus creantur Scap. a government wherein the Magistrates were created by their riches Timothy Timotheus a mans name in Greek it signifies honoring God Timpane See Tympane Tiâ—cei from the Fr. Estincelle i. a spark or sparkle of fire signifies with us a stuff or cloth made of silk and copper so called because it glisters like sparks of fire Tiâ—ture tinctura a dying or staining a colour or dye Tingible tingibilis that may be stained dipped or died Tinâ—y a word used in Worcestershire and thereabouts as a little tiney comes from the Ital. Tini which is a diminutive termination Tinniment tinnimentum a ringing or tinckling as mettals do Tinsel See Tincell Tint-wine See Tent-wine Tintamar Fr. tintamare a clashing or crashing a rustling or gingling noise made in the fall of woodden stuff or vessels of mettal Tintinate tintino to ring like a bell to ring Tipocâ—smy or Typâ—câ—sm typocosmia a type or figure of the world Tiromantie tiromantia a kind of divination by cheeâ—e Tissu Fr. woven or plaited with us cloth of tissu is cloth of silk and silver or silk and gold woven together Tiâ—an used of Poets for the Sun Titâ—nick titanicus of or belonging to the Sun Tithâ— decimae seems to be an abreviate of tithing being the Saxon â—otâ—uâ—g a little altered which signifies decuriam a tithing It signifies the tenth part of all fruits predial or personal c. See Sir Henry Spelman de non temerandis Ecclesiis and Mr. Seldens History of Tithes Tithing Sax. Teothung signifies says Lambert the number or company of ten men with their families cast and knit together in a society all of them being bound to the King for the peaceable and good behavior of each of their society of these companies there was one principal person who of his office was called Teothung-man at this day in the West parts Tithing-man but now he is nothing but a Constable for that old discipline of tithings is left long since It also signifies a Court An. 23. Ed 3. ca 4. Titillation titillatio a tickling a stirring a pleasant moving Titubate titubo to stagger in going to stumble and by metaphor to stutter or stammer in speaking Titular from titulus that bears a title onely Tobaco or Tobacco sic vocatur in omnibus linguis a Drug too well known in England since the year 1585 when the Mariners of Sir Fra. Drake first brought it hither from the Indies where some affirm there is an Island called Tobacco and abounding with it whence the Drug took denomination if nor the Island so called from the Drug Tobiâ—â— Heb. the Lord is good Tod of Wool is twenty eight pounds in weight or two Stone see Stone Tolâ—â—yth the name of the chief Prison at Edenburgh Tolsey or Toldsey is a place in the City of Bristol answerable to the Old Exchange in London where the Merchants meet and may perhaps be so called because oft-times there is money told upon the heads of round posts or pillars made for that purpose or from Tol i. vectigal and sey i. sedes the seat or place of paying Custom Tolutation tolutatio